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THE MORNING OKEGOMA.X, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1912. 5 WITNESS EXPLAINS SEVEN WORDS USED Milwaukee Union Official Says He Referred Only to . "Unionizing" Job. DYNAMITING NOT MEAN 'Pretty Hard to Do Anything With It," Declared Not to Have Had Reference to Violence to - Steamer and Hoist. IXDIANAPOLIS, l)ec 6. Seven words embraced In the phrase "pretty hard to ' ao anything to it," were produced by the Government at the trial today ot the accused "bomb plotters" as its evi dence that Herman G. Seiffert. of Mil waukee, was Implicated in the McNam ara dvnamite conspiracy. Seiffert. as one of the 41 labor union officials charged with using explosives on non-union work, had waited weeks to testify and he was on the stand less than 20 minutes explaining what . he meant by that phrase. About a month before an explosion In Milwaukee on March IS, 1911, when an unloading hoist and a steamer near the dock were damaged by dynamite with $50,000 loss. Seiffert took the place ot William F. Reddin. business agent of the Iron workers' union, who was til for four days. In that time Seiffert wrote a letter to John J. McNamara, secretary of the International Iron Workers' union at Indianapolis. Reports Required by McNamara. Using that phrase, the witness said. he referred to efforts to unionize the Job, for McNamara required reports from all local unions as to prospective work for members of the union. Seiffert said he first learned of the explosion from newspapers the next day. Ortie McManlgal confessed to having actually placed the explosive. Reddin, also a defendant, testified that the members of the Milwaukee union wanted to work for ' the con tractor on the local Job, but Frank M. Ryan, president of the International union, forbade them to do so unless the contractor was induced to employ only union men on Jobs throughout the country. This resulted in a proposal that the local union withdraw from the Interna tional, said the witness, and an appeal was taken to allow unions everywhere to work locally, regardless of the gen eral strike called in 1905 and which still is on. Foreknowledge Is Denled. "Did you know before the Milwaukee exDloslon that It was going to occur?" .asked Attorney William N. Harding for the defense. "I did not." Reddin said that In response to de mands from the Indianapolis headquar ters he sent information about con struction work at Clinton, Iowa, which afterward was blown up. He said Mc Namara also required him to forward newspaper accounts of explosions at Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wis. Whether the defendants helped raise a fund for the defense of the Mc Namaras at Los Angeles and whether they first attempted to ascertain whether the McNamaras were guilty were made points of inquiry In the Government's cross - examination of Reddin. Seiffert, Charles N. Beum, Min neapolis; Daniel Buckley, Davenport, Iowa, and Murray L. Pennell, Spring field. 111. All replied they had urged contribu tions to the fund but tftey did not make an investigation, "believing the Mc Namaras were Innocent until they pleaded guilty." This line of Inquiry was permitted by the court on the ground that the Los Angeles Times explosion was part of the general conspiracy In which the de fendants are alleged to be Implicated. COLUMBIA FIGURES HIGH fContlnwd From First Page.) will cost J2.575.000. exclusive of amounts contributed by the Port of Portland, to complete the SO-foot channel project from Portland to the sea. This new project Is delayed becauso of the ne cessity for constructing new dredges, and therefore an appropriation of only 1280.000 is asked in the forthcoming river and harbor bill.' Discussing this project the report of the Chief of Engi neers says: "The work carried on during the year has been the completion of the eight foot channel on the west side of Swan Island, dredging in the ship channel for Its maintenance by the United States dredges Clatsop and Chinook and by the dredges of the Port of Portland Com mission, the preparation of plans and specifications for two dredging plants and reconstruction of one tug. "The work resulted in a channel be tween Portland and Astoria with a least depth of 2S feet, except at Harrington Point Bar. near the head of the estuary, where a depth of only 24 feet was found at the end of the fiscal rear. This was due to the dredge Clatsop having ceased dredging on this bar in September. 1911, in order to undergo alterations from a coal burner to an oil burner, and dredging on this bar was not resumed until In June. 1912. "The expenditure during the fiscal year was 174.S46.41, all for repairs, alterations, and operations of the dredge Clatsop and for the operation of the dredge Chinook for the mainte nance of the channel, except the new work at Swan Island, on which $18. 639.65 was expended; the reconstruction and outfitting of tug G. H. Mendell, on which 624.603.37 was expended: and the preparation of plans and specifications for two dredging plants, on which $2000 was expended. x The Port of Portland Commission has placed a contract for an additional 30-lnch pipe line dredge to assist In the new 30-foot project. This dredge will be completed in 1912. Dredging Plant Flans In Embryo. "Plans and specifications for two complete dredging plants, with tenders, pipe lines, pontoons, etc, were com pleted and submitted, but at the end of the fiscal year had not been finally approved by the chief of engineers and the contracts for construction had not been entered into. ,Of the $320,000 cov ered by the continuing contract author ization in act of February 27. 1911. $200,000 was carried In the sundry civil act of August 24. 1912. and $120,000 re mains to be appropriated. "The dredging has been ot great ben efit to the deep-sea vessels, as there has been no time during the year when ships rould not safely load to a draft of 25 feet by taking advantage of the tide. None of the permanent works provided for In the approved project has been constructed, but with this exception the project may be considered completed as the depth of 25 feet, has been practical ly secured. A new project for a 30-foot channel called for by the act of March 1. 1S09. has been submitted to Congress. nd was adopted by the river and har bor act of July 25. 1912, the dredging plants provided for In the project hav ing already been authorised by the act approved February 27, 1911. "This project provides for a channel 30 feet deep, 300 feet wide, with a short auxiliary channel eight feet deep. 300 feet wide, on one side of Swan Island, near Portland, to be accomplished part ly by the construction of dikes and re vetmentw, but chiefly by dredging, at an estimated cost of $3,770,000. Includ ing $520,000 for construction of two dredges." Ortzra City Lock Acaulrcd. The report has this to say with ref erence to- the new canal project at Ore ton Citv; "The river and harbor act of June 25, 1910. appropriated $300,000 for tne pur -hftH of th. -TisMne locks, or for th purchase of the necessary lands and the construction of a new canal and locks, in ih Hiwiinn of the Secretary of War Tt was further provided that, ex ceDt for the acquisition of lands and .i.hi nt ,av and for surveys, etc.. no part of these funds shall be expended until the state oi uregun cuimi p prlate a like amount for the same pur- nnse. "The treasurer of the State of Oregon has been requested to deposit to the credit of the treasurer of the United States $200,000 ot the state appropria tion which is now available; tne Dai ance. $100,000 will be Included In the state levy of taxes in January. 1913. "A recommendation made r eDruary 10. 1912. that the United States offer to the present owners the sum of $375,000 for the locks, canal, and right of way on the west side, was approved by the Secretary of War. under date or 1 ebru arv 15. 1912. The offer was duly made and accepted and the necessary transfer papers are in course of preparation Dy the owners, the Portland Kauway, Light & Power Company. The abstract of title has been received and forward ed to the United States District Attor ney for examination Th work done during tne year con slsted In making surveys to obtain data necessary for preparation of plans and estimates for future wore, lor which $1369.35 was expended, making the total expended on preliminary work to June 30, 1912, $6806.48. "The advantages to be derived from thA lmnrovement. when completed, and the condition of the canal and locks at the present time are given In the report of preliminary examination, authorized' by the act of March 3, 1909. and submit ted by the district officer under date of February 23. 1910. This report will bo forwarded to Congress -at its next fipsslnn. "Th general olan of improvement to be recommended is to obtain a depth of six feet over the lower sill ot tne locus and in the upper basin (the avauaDie low-water depth now being about two feetl. and to construct a concrete wall dividing the upper basin from tne lac tnri whixh tiMt the water for power purposes. But the extent and cost oi this Imnrovpment will depend upon the action of Congress on mis special re port referred to. Celllo Canal Progressing. Wort on the Celllo canal, estimated on Juno 30 to have been 65 per cent completed, is progressing as rapidly 'as appropriations permit, and greater progress, with greater economy, would be possible if the money available was appropriated in larger sums. An ap propriation of $600,000 is asked for next year, the total estimated cost of com- nletlnsr the canal being xi.Bus,i9. iut report says of this project: "As modified, the existing project in eludes open-river improvement- at Threemile Rapids and a continuous anal on the Oregon shore between tne nool above Celllo and the pool below Flvemlle Rapids; the canal to have a depth of eight feet, width of 65 feet at the bottom, and length of eight and one-half miles, with five locks 300 feet hv feet (50 feet for Tenmlle jockj by seven feet over miter Bills, two of which will be located at the lower end nf th canal, one ..at Flvemlle Kaplds, one at Tenmile Rapids and one at Celllo Falls, at an estimated cost or si.si a.vuu. "The onerations during the past fiscal year have consisted of open-river Im provement at Threemile Rapids and construction work on The Dalles-Celilo canal. The former work was done un der contract by Robert Wakefield, and consisted in the removal of rock from submerged reefs and main shore of the river. The amount expended for this work during the fiscal year was $15,- 150.25. - The canal construction work was carried on by method of .hired laDor and purchase of materials. The work accomplished in addition to engineer ing and construction ana care oi duuu inim. Installation and repair of plant. etc consisted of excavation for locks and canal trunk, building of embank ments for canal, control of drifting sand dunes and construction of mason ry walls. The expenditure for the fiscal year on this account was $634,533.13, including plant, Duuaings, suppiitso, la bor, superintendence, etc. "The amount expended on the present project to the end of the fiscal year was $2,392,035.68, of which $31,279.81 was applied to surveying, preparing, plans, et, before Its adoption." Cascade Estimate Explained. The renort also explains the estimate of $100,000 for the canal at the Cas cades. It says: The canal and locks were compietea and-opened to navigation in 1896. There yet remains the building of the land wall of the upper iock. consirut-uuii oi three sets of steps and completing the paving and grading on the land side of the canal. About eight feet can be carried at low water through the locks. An annual rise In the Columbia River takes place In May, June or July, and usually reached a stage of 40 feet above low water. The additional work required to complete the project is not necessary to make the improvement available, but is essential in order to decrease the volumetric capacity of the upper lock, thus shortening the time of lockage, and to eliminate the danger of the water from the upper lock cutting its way around the cut-off wall extending Into the" bank at the middle gate." MICHIGAN T. R.'S BY 66,768 Taft Second1 In Complete Count, With 1493 Over Wilson. LANSING. Mich., Dec 6. The first Anima nn the Presidential vote in Michigan, given out today by the Secretary ot Miaie, suoweu ui Roosevelt carried Michigan by a plu rality of 66,768 over President Taft, whiu thA lnttiar was second with a plurality of 149S over Wilson. The vote was: Kooseveii, 2ij,uij; Taft, 152.244; Wilson, 150,751; Debs. 23.331; Chafln, 8923: Socialist Labor, 1252. The Socialists more than doubled their vote of four years ago. CIVILIANS ENTER ARMY War . Department Announces Ap pointments to Commissioned Rank. WASHINGTON, Dee. 6. Tho War Department announced today that the following named, mostly from civil life, had successfully passed examination for appointment as Second Lieutenants in the Army: Montana Percy Keniiro, ni"i' trnw wlllinm Henry Harrl- tvruB iiw -. - - son; William T. Pigott, Great Falls. Wyoming 1 i y u e v. oiuiyauu, - m'washington Herbert M. Ostroskl, Spokane. Oregon Clarence M. Dodson, Clem. Hoohevclt Expenditures $665,500. WASHINGTON. Dec 6. The final statement of the contributions and ex penditures from the Roosevelt Pro gressive Presidential campaign fund filed with the clerk of the House to day showed total contributions of $676, 672.73 and expenditures of $665,500. LAFFERTY WANTS BATHS AT NIGHT Colleagues in House Have Fun at Expense of Oregon Representative. AMENDMENT VOTED DOWN Portland Man Contends Baths in House Should Be Kept Open Un til 7 P. ML. and Fellow Mem bers Tell Him to Go to ilotel. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 6. Representative Laf ferty, of Oregon, came in for an early hazing at the hands or his colleagues this session yesterday when the House was considering the legislative bill. Lafferty offered an amendment requir ing the two colored attendants at the bathroom in the House office building to remain on duty each night until 7 o'clock. The amendment was assailed by both v Republicans and Democrats and ultimately was defeated. Before It was disposed of the House had con siderable fun at Lafferty's expense. The following account of what oc curred is found In the Congressional Record this morning: Mr. Lafferty The Government nas expended thousands of dollars to pro vide a bathroom in the House office building. This bill carries an appro priation of $1800 to employ two colored gentlemen over there to look after the establishment, but they close up at 6 o'clock sharp every evening. If any member of the House desires to go over there after adjournment this evening to take a bath he will be unable to do so. There is no reason why a man datory provision should not be put in this bill reauirinc that the bathroom should remain open until 7 P. M. Time of Work Issne. Mn Fitzgerald Does the gentle man from Oregon think these two col ored gentlemen who work all day should work all night as well? Mr. Laffertv I contend that no man should work more than eight hours a day at any occupation, but there are two of these colored gentle men and there is no reason why one of them should not work part of the day and the other one the other part. Mr. Fitzgerald they are. Dotn Dusy giving baths to members during the daytime. Mr. Lafferty One or tnese gentle men is a masseur and the other is a corn doctor, and they ply their occupa tions during the day time, receiving tips from each individual whom they wait upon, and. incidentally, they per form services for which they receive S900 a vear each. For that reason I say they should be required to devote their services to tne uoverraneni oi the United States. I would not have voted in the first place to put a bath room In the House office building for use of the members of the House, but as long as it is there I say tnese gentlemen who are serving the Gov ernment should be required to stay there at least until the hour the House usually adjourns. Mr. Mann There are plenty oi places In the hotels and elsewhere where bathrooms are open all night. Night Baths Wanted by Lafferty. Mr. Fitzgerald I do not think it makes much difference In the gentle man's attitude to assert that he would not have voted to put a bathroom in the building, but that as long as It was DUt in before he came to Congress he is perfectly willing to avail himself of the facilities afforded, not only in th davtime. which seems to be suffi cient to satisfy everybody else, but even in the unseemly hours of the night. Mr. Olmsted Some years ago i stopped at a fashionable hotel in Richmond, where In each bedroom was posted this notice: "Massage treat ment on the office floor." I have no doubt that in the gentleman's hotel he can get a massage either on the office floor or elsewhere and can also take a bath, or it would perhaps obviate the difficulty if he would obtain permission of the House to absent hlmseir wniie the House is in session and take a bath over here In the daytime. It seems to me It Is unnecessary to make these colored men work more than eleht or ten hours a day to accommo date members who want to take a bath at night Tho new Congressional . mrectory gives Lafferty's residence as "room 486, House Office building." entertainment committee of the local chapter of the Mining Congress, was arraigned' immediately and pleaded guilty to charges of selling liquor without a license, maintaining- a pub nuisance, and causing an immoral exhibition. He was fined $150.10. Brattain had issued a statement ear ly this week, assuming as chairman of ' the committee, any responsibility that might attach to the "Diggin's," but declaring that the objectionable features occurred because the situa tion got out of the hands of those In charge. R. Insinger. president of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce', appeared today before the city commissioners to de mand that they prohibit the holding of a mass meeting called by the Spokane Ministerial Association for next Sun day to discuss the "Spokane Diggin's," on the ground that such a discussion would tend to inflame the imaginations of boys and girls by giving the sala cious details of the "Diggin's" in mag nified form. He was warmly opposed by Rev. W. W. Reld. The commission ers seemed to think no action necessary. FISHER TO HID PROJECT GOVERNMENT WILL SHARE IN DESCHUTES SURVEY. RICH MINER PAYS FINE Spokane Men Try to Stem Odium At tached to Recent "Diggin's." SPOKANE. Dec. 6. Ross E. Brat tain. wealthy mining man and broker, was arrested today on complaint of Commissioner of Public Safety Z. K. Hayden, in connection with the stag ing. November 29, of the "Spokane Diggings," a reproduction of an early day mining camp, gotten up by local organizations for the entertainment of delegates to tne American Mining Con gress. Brattain. who was cnairman Tr ine Teal and Hod son. After Interview, Believe Foundation of Great . Work Has Been Laid. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec 6.-r-Secretary of the In terior Fisher stands ready to .co-operate with the State of Oregon In mak ing a co-operative detailed survey of the Deschutes irrigation project in Eastern Oregon, and so assured Joseph N. Teal and C W. Hodson, of Portland, when they discussed its proposal with him today. Messrs. Teal and Hodson explained to the Secretary the plan to secure an appropriation of $00,000 from the Ore gon Legislature at Its session this Win ter, on condition a like amount would be set aside by the Government, it be ing estimated that a oomplete survey of the Deschutes project, embracing 300,000 acres or more, would call for $100,000. You do your , part, said the becre tary, "and I'll attend to what must be done at this end of the line." After Mr. Teal and Mr. Hodson had fully explained the scope of the pro posed Deschutes project, shown Its pos slbilities and given an Idea of the ex tent of the scheme in contemplation, and had Impressed upon the Secretar-j the fact that It was tar too expensive to be undertaken by private enterprise, Mr. Fisher displayed great Interest, and was aulck to give promise of his CO' operation. The details of arranging the allotment of money from the rec lamation fund for making this survey must be taken up with the President, but Portland men are satisfied that as soon as the state appropriates its share of the cost of the survey, the Secretary will take -the necessary steps to secure an equal allotment from the Federal funds. Mr. Teal and Mr. Hodson are highly pleased with the result of today's con ference with Secretary Fisher, and think It lays the foundation for what promises to be the greatest single irri gation project in the United States. Its adoption will in no way Interfere with the construction of the west Uma tilla project which will proceed with all due speed, now that the prelimi naries are disposed of. HELP PROMISED VETERANS Senators Say Sawtelle Inquiry Has Been Good Thing. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. Immediate steps will be taken to bring about bet ter conditions at the National Soldiers' Home at Sawtelle, according to mem bers of the Senatorial investigating committee, which completed its Investi gation today. Although no statement was made as to probable recommendations concern ing the general conduct of soldiers' homes throughout the country, mem bers of the committee said that they would seek immediate action in Wash ington to remedy certain conditions, particularly the unheated barracks and poor mess. Senators Jones and Chamberlain dis cussed freely the evidence taken dur ing the hearings, and both declared that It was a good thing the investi gation had been brought about, as the declining days of the old soldiers should be made as comfortable as possible. Senators Jones, Chamberlain and Catron, comprising the committee, left late tonight for San Diego, where they will be guests of the exposition com mittee, after which they wll return east to take further evidence concern ing the conduct of soldiers' homes. ILLITERACY TEST FAVORED Early Action on Burnett Iramigra tlon Bill Predicted. WASHINGTON .Dec. 6. Early action tn the House on the Burnett Immigra tion 1)111. presenting an Illiteracy test was predicted today by Chairman Bur nett of the immigration committee. who announced that the rules commit tee was prepared to -bring in a special rule under which the bill could be passed, when it would not interfere with appropriation bills. He asserted that at least 250 mem bers of the House were pledged to vote for the measure. . LWWWWW.V m II LI i High in the esteem of three generations of Westerners stands Ghirardelli's the perfect, the only Ground Chocolate. Its health-giving qualities its absolute purity its unvarying- goodness make it the ideal beverage for the American home. Write Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate first on tomorrow's grocery list. Thirty cups thirty CentS. D GHIRARDELLI CO- Since 1852 ft PARENT HELD ID SLUE MARSHALL PLEADS FOR RELIG IOUS TRAIXIXG IX HOME. Leaving of Instruction in Bible to Sunday School Declared to Be Evasion of Duty. CHICAGO, Dec. 6. Governor Mar shall, of Indiana, Vice-President-elect, who Is a delegate to the Federal Coun- "of" Churches of Christ in America, in session here, devoted his address to night chiefly to the family life and the Sunday school. He said Sunday schools took children through the scriptures with a "hop, skip and Jump, Put tnat religious instruction in the family was no longer given and children were sup posed to get their knowledge of the Bible in Sunday school. This evasion of duty of parents to Instruct their children in their religion, the Governor said, resulted in irreliglon and In way ward children. The relation of young people's or ganizations to Christian unity was Governor Marshall's topic. "When Robert Raikes started the Sunday school, a little over a century ago, he did not have in mind the releas. ing of parents from their obligation to give religious instruction to their chil dren," said Governor Marshall. Mr. Marshall said the Sunday school was intended to round out family de votions, not to take their place. In four years as an executive, he said, many had come to him seeking clemency for wayward sons or daugh ters. If these persons had Been their duty to lay down fixed rules of life and to teach the higher law of living in their homes. God would not have punished them In the falling away of their children, he said. Seamen's BUI Strongly Opposed. WASHINGTON. Dec . Representa tives of shipping interests on the Great Lakes and Pacific Coast before a Sen ate sub-committee today voiced vigor ous opposition to the seamen's invol untary servitude bill, already passed by the House. Robert H. Swain, of San Francisco, said It was impracticable and a menace to the growing commerce of the world. British Sea Lords Appointed. LONDON, Dec. 6. Prince Louis of Battenberg has been appointed first sea lord of the Admiralty in succes sion to Admiral Sir Francis C. 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