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TWE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTTAXD. FEBR'tJARY 19, K V K BOT HHOUSESDEAL OUT 55,1 00,000 Most Extravagant Session of Leg'rslature in Oregon Is Assembly's Record. ONLY SMALL FUNDS KILLED Mnalor and Representatives Ar Cenrrous In Providing for State Institution and F.d notion al Establishments. STATU CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. la (ipr-lal.) At the moat conwnttlve es timate possible to th Orecon tura will coat the taxpayer Ji.!CnX If tba 9nate paw the liKO slate-aM road appropriation, which It la certain to do. sod by Monday the present aeaalon will be written In history aa th most iMnsko that Oregon baa ever seen. Today a bait was called In both House on amall appropriations and many of them were killed, bat the Senate placed ft stamp of approval on more than toxoo worth of bills that cam In from the House. Institutions' Share Big. All of the Institutions fared well and the University of Oregon and Oregon Arricultural College fared better than ever before, th only cut In the main requests of either being lli0 from the estimate of the university. Then U.at Institution received tr-oo.S.1 and the Ore son Agricultural College UMitiu) from ac tual appropriations aside from the con tinuing appropriations. For these enormous expenditures in beneficial legislation the Legislature has given to the people a public eerrice commission: a Sat calary for the state printer: some good roads legislation. In cluding the county bonding act and a new method of dividing or creating counties. Total May Increase. There are a vast number of miscella neous bills, but th above constitute tne lion s share of the principal lawa passed. The amount given aa an approximate estimate fe.100.iM doea not Include sev eral small Increases of salaries of dis trict and state officers and some mis cellaneous small Itema which will prob ably add CuXO.O or UOO.OuO to the grand total when It la finally completed. SENATE'S FINALE BISTLING I'pper Hodm Spends Busy Daj In Considering Many Bills- STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or, Feb. IS. (Special.) Bills passing; th Senate today were: H. B. 3T. by Boll Is Re is tins te matnal Insurance comnantee. H. H. It, br Miller of Columbia Creat ing offices of County Attorneys. H. B. tsa. by Bigalow Relating te Bar. rlssea H. B. 3. by Lleaenweber and Bellaad Appropristlng money ror natcnery loungl Klver. H. H. sun. br Hoi lis Defining claaaee Indemnity contracts. H. H ae. M McKmney Relating to cut ting tree tor tr Remission and electrical corn nan lea. H B. 13. by Bolll Providing for pub- Ilratloa of delinquent taa llata. H. B. lis. by Peine He pes 11 tig laltll tlve Rosu Klver bill. H B. 41. by way and mean commute Making appropriation tar abaritabl In stitution. H. B. 417. by way and mean oommlttea Maklna approprtaUoaa for miscellaneous deflclenclea. It B. els. by way and mean committee Making appropriation lor Stat institu tion. M. B. 1 5. by Thompeoa Allowing the LiRd Roard to drain lake and aeamp. U. B. J 10. by Uroose To enable land owner to In corpora te for Irrigation. H. B. 211. by Abrami Regulating manu facture and aaie of butter. 11. M. 171. by Chamber Flxlag salaries of officers la Lincoln County. H. B. J"l. by Abbott Creating th office of 8tate Immtaratloa aaenC M. B. by Neuner Authorising Doug las County to coavey property. H. M. -07. by Miller of Colombia Pro viding for Columbia County Fair Aaeocla- H. B. by Eggleetoo Kstabltahtng aa experiment station I Knuihera Oresoo. H. B. S. by Reyoolde Appropriating S10.0OO annually for , agricultural Investiga tion it U A. C H. B. I", by Cole Naming commission to rev lee Judicial ytm. H. B. Si by Buchanan Naming salary ear A tr im r-General and assistant. H. B. 3. by Mauoaejr Creating three ConareslonaJ district. H. B. ZXt. by Hollia To provide for pay- men t of 1ndsrant. H B. So, by Thompeoa Te protect .pub- lie fund. H. B. Tl by Rarkleff Allowing com mon user of rallroada in narrow . canyon or psse. II. B. 40. by respportlonment committee Relating to dtatrtct for election of rail road commissioner. H, B. by Dili County bonding act. M. B. IW. by root .'reatlng another 7ustie of th Pear for Mullnoman County. H. B. 413. by Keel To regulate tlahlag m Tillamook. HOrSE'S L.1ST DAT ACTIVE RcprciK-ntativr Enerrctlc In raaalns; and Placarding; Measures. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. IS. (Special.) Bills passed by the House today were: B. 1 VI. Lcks RegulatlBg the employ- nent ef child labor. a B. 4. Caraoa Levying wter sower. a tas e all H- B- 403. Thompson Abolishing off Vr N fftnte Dairy and Food Commissioner and rreaurc office of Stat run Food ad I-alr t Commlslonr. S. B. 111. Wood Providing method for creatine new counties. S. B. 25X Nottingham Appropriating a-o aantaally for eurvera by Stat En alneer. S. B. t:t, Bean and Calkin Increasing to g30O th appropriation tor eoinaera uregon district asnmiturai lair. a. B. 14i Oliver Appropriating 7.10O an. rually for Caatera Oregew eapertrnent ta- tioa. e. jg. tje. ottinhm Providing for r rmbnrsement of etodent t afenmoatB) Nor mal School to extent Of traveling r.penaea. B. 11. Malarkey Removing tiveay limit f-vr filing deeds and mortgage. S. R. -A. Abraaam Flxlag aalary ef Ioi2Z,a County ofrtcer. &. B. IT. Joseph Requiring boads from eoBtrertors on o'ibllo werks. S. B. 11X. Carson Repealing Tuttl road leer by which such Improvement ar - seeeea acalnst trie abuttlne property. a B- !-V ateCollocb Providing for light ml war nrouin tne.osgq lano. a B. S7. Abrahaoi Providing for statue -lode Ceorg H. WIHism la Hall of I rm. & B. TIT. Cafkfn Relating to piace ef rem men cement ef actions. a B. IK Calkin Relating te manner of ser-vir of summons. g. B. -00. rbase Proteettag Chlaa pheasaat for two years. a u. at. revision or taw commute Fiv'-S terms of holding court la th gecead Judicial Irtstrtct. g R- 177, afalarkev Making unknown kelra defendant In aulta a B. 12. Mcroiloch ProAtdtng fer Irrl- eatlow a4 drelnac district. a. B. aa. Beaa Palattag to damage t rse. . a B. !. ! em res aa kigfe- wars For worthig dty and county prison era en ro-1a. , B. 173. Nottingham Regulating 11 m and sulphur spraying solutions. . B. . Oemsns nelaUng to priority of meets-ages. . B- . Miller Placing Stat mater oa a flat aalary. 8. B. T. Judiciary committee Requiring the roiatioo of names ea election ballot. a. B. M. Borgeas Establishing farm libraries. a. b. tU. Chaaa Regulating th enatrol ef miner. a. B. , McColloeh Protecting wild darks la Eastern Oregon- . B. 3-t. TiajTtt-Washlnton Fixing aaleiiea Waahlocton Counir officer. 8. B. 80. Merrymaa ProteeUng wild gees ra Klamath county. . B. SGI. JCerrrnaan Begolatlng salmon fishing In Klamath Klver. a. R- 80. Keiiaher Providing method for settlement "t dlepote between railroads. TL R. MT, Manner Appropriating $30. OOO for roed con at rue 1 1 on- . B. Ml, Mrrjrnin Anthorlstng Gam Warden te kill bearer when a nuisance. 8. B. 38. IrrlgwUoa committee reatlug a, survey fund. S. B. 30. Caraoo Fixing salary County gorveror of afsrlen County. S. B. 1 4. Ksliaher Governing elections by mualrtpallUe for laeorporatln g additional territory. H. H. 111. Carson Allowing Marlon Coun ty Sheriff additional deputies. a. B. III. Carson Giving- Assessor Marion County additional deputy hire. Failed te P. a. w. 3i. Carson Reonlrlng County As sessor to make registration of voter. 8. B- SOS, Norton Repealing Oregon con servation Association. S. B. 104. Careen Fixing th price Bhar- Iffe sball collect for boarrtlns prisoners. . B. IS. Mslarkey uuitrlslmlng certain lends to the Willamette Valley A Cascade Mountain Road Company. Indefinitely rsstpoaed. a. B. 11. Ban pertaining to reglstrs-tlon of land title. , 8. B. 113. Abraham Providing for return to atate of fugitives from justice. S. B. foe. Norton Kegulatlug ' six or screens at In leu to Irrigation ditches. S. K. 17. Judiciary committee For pub' llratloa Oregon Supreme Court Reporter. ft. B. TO. Howerman Keguwung mvear- menta by banka n. B. 31. Judiciary committe Keguiai- Ins deposits of county funda. 8. B. 71. Belling creating tn erne oi Stat Ksmtncr of public office. H. B- SWi roa.la and nignways Kegara Ins roada In Falls my. H. B. 137. Peirr Making appointment or roadmasters eompuiaury. 8. B. a. Miller working state convict on roads. LEGISLATORS DO HONOR RESOLUTIONS PAY TRIBUTE TO EX-GOVERNOR LORD. Character aa Valiant Soldier, Able Lawyer, Ambassador and Got ernor Are Extolled. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or.. Feb. IS. (Special.) In memory of ex-Governor Lord, the 8tat Senate adopted resolu tions today paying tribute to the dis tinguished public services of th soldier. jurist, ambassador and states man. Tho resolutions, which were prepared by Senators Miller. Patton.and Carson, say: 'Urine he waa an Inspiration to American cltlsens -and in death his memory will be cherished by generations following, and posterity will regard with Increaaing eateem the noble charactor of our departed friend and cltlsen. We desire to note generally the distinguished services rendered by William P. Lord. aa valiant soldier in the sen-Ice of his oountry during the Wir of the Rebellion; to his career as an able lawyer and dis tinguished advocate: to his sen-Ices as a Judge of the Supreme Court of this state, where his record as an upright Jurist Is clearly shown In the many opin ions rendered by him which have been for many years the guiding star of Jurisprudence of tr-.le state; to his serv ices as the Chief Executive of this state, where Ms conscientious discharge of his duties won for him the respect and ad miration of his fcllow-cltlsena. and to bis services as Ambassador to the Ar gentin Republic, where he honorably represented this Nation. EASTERN OREGON TO GET ONE Other Side of Cascade Favored for Railroad Commissioner. 8TATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. IS. (SneclaL) Aa finally approved by a conference committee and passed by both houses. Malioney's bill, regulating the election of members of the Railroad Commission provides that the three Commissioners shall be elected from the state at large, but at least one member must reside eaat of the Cascade Moun tains. In support of their claim to represen tation on the Commission, legislators from that section of th state submitted statistics showing that one-half of th products of the state handled aa freight originates In Eastern Oregon. The operation of this bill. If It Is not vetoed by Governor West, will neces sarily retire one of the present Com missioners two years hence. Th term of Commissioners Altchlson and Camp bell will expire January 1. 1913. and their successor are to be elected in Novem ber, 1912. Both of these gentlemen re side In Western Oregon, as does also the third member. F. J. Miller. It la understood Commissioners Altchl son and Campbell desire to succeed themselves, but under the Mahoney bill only one can win. One of the. two Com missioner must come from Eastern Ore gon. W hile the bill waa under discussion In th Senate this feature was brought out and because of it. Senator Oliver, although an Eastern Oregon man. voted against the bllL Honve O. K.'g Labor law Change. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or., Feb. IS. (Special.) Alter Fouls,, of Multno mah, had failed to secur an amend ment reducing; from 18 to IS year th ' ag of boy employed .as messengers between the hours or 1 P. l. and A. M-. th Hous today passed Senator Locke's bill amending the child labor law. Th bill carries an appropriation of S5t for the ensuing two years to be expended by the Board of In spectors of child labor In enforcing the provisions of the act. Amme and Chapman were the only members of the Hou voting against the bill. BOURNE IS HAILED BEAST (Continued From First Pare.) man who sits tn the Governor's chair. I want to say that when that other rep resentative of Jonathan Bourne vetoed that measure to creste th office of As- slsant Secretary of State, that a third man might sit on the Board, he did it that two men would be on the Board. and that they could adopt a policy of you tickle me and I'll tickle you. Dd the public be damned.' On vote It was decided to expunge the Kallaher text, which Senator Bowerman further said was In Itself the product of the hired men of t'nited States- Sen ator Bourne. There be recenllr been published In Pert a re.ame of th result obtained by French ael.ntlsta from Utetr eturijr ot the ra'tle-arifrttr ef th snow that fell at Bon. o-ne during the last Winter. It ta beeo known alnr lfc that newly ratlen anow la radte-aetlva. but the aublert ha not before been so fullr examined. Tne Inveetlaatora anaouoe tht anew qutrkly gathered after tta descent te the earta la ntshly rent :1 e. fiano-acuvite aiaaPDeare aimn eattraly 4tr ta laps of lw b.urs, tew Ml GOOD ROADS BILLS NEAR LAWS Both Houses Pass Three Measures to Assure Per manent Highways. ONE PROVIDES $340,000 Slate Board. Commissioner, State Aid and Bonding Acts Now Re quire Only Governor's Signa tore Prison Labor Approved. STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Feb. IS. (Special.) Construction of permanent roads, through co-oooration of state and county Is assured through the enactment of legislation in tne closing hours of to session. Both houses passed the substitute bill creating a State Highway Board and providing for the appointment of a High way Commissioner: Mariner s state-aid bill, appropriating SSKi.ono of state funds for roadbullding, and GUI s bill, author- lxlng the Issuance of bonds by counties for construction of permanent roada. Senator Miller's bill, authorizing th employment of state .convicts tn th Improvements, was not urged and by the Houae was postponed Indefinitely. A bill was passed, however, permitting th working of city and county prisoners on the roads. Discussion Is Long. Consideration of road legislation oc cupied a great deal of the time of the Legislature during the concluding two weeks of th session. Strongest oppo sition to the different measures by the Good Roads Association existed In the House. After passing the -bonding bill and the substitute bill for the Highway Commission, the House refused to con sider the state-aid and convict labor bills, feeling It had done enough to launch a systematic programme of road- building In th state. The Senate, however, was not satis fied and refused further to consider the Highway Commission and th Gill bonding bills until the House would para th Mariner state-aid bllL Rather than be held responsible for defeating all good roads legislation at thia ses sion, the House surrendered and this afternoon passed the Mariner bill. Senate Returns Favor. - The Senate followed by taking from the table the Highway Commission and the Gill bonding bills and passed them, together with the Mariner bill as It waa amended in the House. Only th veto of the Governor will prevent these measures from becoming lawa Before the convict-labor bill of Sena tor Miller waa postponed Indefinitely In the House on motion of McKlnney, Mariner's state-aid bill passed by 84 to 20. Chapman was unsuccessful In a motion to postpone the bill Indefinitely, while Westerlund also failed "In an amendment Increasing the appropria tion from $340,000 to 1610,000. Those voting against the bill were: Abbott, Brooke. Chapman, Church, Cot- tel. Gill, Graves, Jones, Llbby, Magone, Mahoney, Miller of Columbia, Miller of Linn, Pierce, Peterson, Kackleff, Shaw, Simpson, Sutton and Tlgard :0. TVIIXIAM3 NAMED FOB XICHE Legislature Xames Distinguished Citizen for Hall of Fame. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or.. Feb. II. (Special.) First of Oregon's distin guished citizens to be honored by hav ing his statue placed In the Hall of Fame at Waahlngton will be' the late Judge George H. Williams. A Mil making this provision waa passed during the closing hours of the House today. It was introduced by Senator Abraham. PRESTON REFUSES HONOR Seattle Attorney Does Xot Place on Bench. Want OLTMPIA. Wash., Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) Announcement was made to night that Harold Preston, of Seattle, had refused to accept the place on the Supreme bench which Frank H. Rud kin resigned to become Federal Judge at Spokane. It Is understood that a second message was sent urging him to accept, but he refused. Before sending his final letter to Governor Hay, Preston had wired to Olympta asking If the Legislature in tended to remove the Supreme Court to Seattle, and was Informed that no such Idea was entertained by the Leg islature. No one else has been offered the place, but It Is rumored that O. G. Kills, of Tacoma, Is being considered along with other Tacoma and Seattle attorneys. BUTTER THIEVES ESCAPE Two 3len Take 120 Founds From 'Washington Street Store. ' Motorcycle Policeman Siroa yesterday afternoon sped through the principal downtown streeta of the city in an effort to locate two men who, about 4 o'clock, stole two 60-pound boxes of butter front the store of George D. Goodhue. First and Washington streets. The chase was unsuccessful. The two. men drove up in a light wagon drawn by a team of horses. One held the horses, while the other hastily threw the boxes of butter into the wagon In plain view of people working In the store. They drove off ac a rapid pace. Police headquarters were nottfled and Sims started off In pursuit, but was un able to pick up the trail. A few hours later the police learned that the team had been returned to a Frontrstrect livery barn. T0KI0 TO RAISE SALARIES Japan's Largest City Now Fays Its Officers I Than Others. TOKIO. Feb. IS. (Special.) Osaka pays Its Mayor 110.000 per annum and Yokohama $6000." On the other hand, the Mayor of Toklo receives only $3000. Now. Toklo is the metropolis of the Em pire, and Its Mayor Is one of the country's most distinguished publicist. For this and other reasons a project has been set on foot to grant to Mr. Ozakl Yukto a further sum of IJ500 annually In the form of a house allow ance. The aalaries of the other muni cipal officers are also to be raised at the same time. ' Fifth and Stark FBI VETOES Legislature Changes Adjourn ment Too Late. 10 HOURS COST YEARS Governor. Considering Session Over at Xoon, Takes Back Veto 3Ies- sages Houses Can't Act. Bills Strangely Bead. STATE CAPITOU Balem, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) One of the most peculiar complications to arise In the Legisla ture came tonight, when both Houses forced through a resolution changing the time of adjournment from 12 o'clock noon today to 10 o clock to night. Those behind the resolution said that the change In the adjournment was made to give an opportunity to con sider the Ave vetoed bills which the Governor had filed with the Secretary of State. A committee was named in the Sen ate to wait on the Secretary and ob tain the veto messages. Then it de veloped if such a thing waa done It would be an Implied admission on the part of the Legislature that It had adjourned and as a result the body would be Ipso facto adjourned sine die. The law on this point Is said to be such that the Governor must send veto messages to the Legislature when that body Is In session, and with the Sec retary of State when the Legislature has adjourned. The Governor had been notified officially by the Joint resolu tion passed some daya ago that the Legislature would adjourn at 12 o'clock noon ' today, and by the clock In the Governor's office, he filed his vetoes after 12 o'clock. After making several attempts to se cure the messages from the Secretary, the special committee from the Senate found that the messages had been re called to his office by the Governor. The committee reported back after re cess that the members had been unable to obtain the messages. As a result the five bills will stand as vetoed for two years at least. NATIONALISTS ARE HATED Canton Members' Action Regarding Gambling Bens Opposed. PEKIN, Feb. IS. (Special.) Thirty- five members of the National Assembly who voted In favor of the status quo In regard to gambling dens In Canton seem to have raised a hornet's nest about them selves. All manner of execrations are being heaped upon them, and much In genuity is devoted to the elaboration of methods by which they may be handed suitably down to history. One suggestion Is the erection of an Iron pillar, on which their names shall be carved; another, that large photo graphs of them shall be exhibited at every railway station. A large sub scription list is said to have been opened to carry out the latter proposal. Further, the elders of their native vil lages have repudiated them, and they are to be denied the privilege of wor ship in the ancestral temple. Altoge ther, they are being handsomely abused. TOKIO CONDUCTORS STERN Lnckles Patrons of Tram Beaten Into Subjection. Cars TOKIO. Feb. IS. (Special.) Toklo tram conductors seem to be desperate feliowa Their autocratic ways are continually the subject of complaint In the presa Sometimes a worm turns, but the Toklo conductor restores him swiftly to a limp condition. There Is a "correspondence" system In force on the cars, but apparently you do not Ml belong. We are making ready for the hundreds of pieces of new Furni ture bought last month and now arriving. In rearranging our stocks, every odd piece and broken set has been placed in the windows, where it will be sold at cost. We include beds, dressers, pier glasses, chiffoniers and dressing tables for the bedroom, and serving tables and china cabinets for the dining-room. Every wood and finish is represented. The price reductions are very great, and the( price is marked on each piece. See the windows J. G. Mack get the proper "correspondence" In variably, and trouble arises. Not long ago a Japanese traveler on one of the cars presented a ticket which did not find favor with the con ductor. He was promptly put off the car. So enraged was heHhat he hurled many Imprecations and one large stone- at the head of the conductor. The con ductor Jumped off the cr, and, letting the vehicle proceed without him. seized his assailant, and proceeded to belabor him on the head. After a few blows th stonetbrower. quite cowed, walked meekly back to the car, which by this time had stopped, and allowed himself to be put on to be taken to the rail way office. A policeman on the car now awakened to a realization of what had been .x going on. He boxed the man's ears, and dared blm to attempt to escape. The man took it all hum f wenoff captorwith. the company. SUICIDE JUMPSJ. STORIES Chicago .Heal Estate Man Leaps, Falling on Two Men. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. W. T. J. Plum mer, a real estate dealer. Jumped from the 11th floor of the Chamber of Com merce building today and was Instantly killed. It was shortly before the noon hour when Plummer, climbing over the railing on the 11th floor. Jumped into the rotunda and fell on the floor of the areaway. Plummer's body hit and felled two salesmen who were conversing. A. i O. Mortimer, one of the salesmen, was stunned but soon recovered. The polios could find no one who saw Plummer dive to his death. The body was Identified by cards In the pockets of the clothing D. F. Brewster, who has an office' on I the eleventh floor, told the nolice Plum- nier had been talking business with him 1 a moment before the fatal leap, and had not appeared despondent The real estate man evidently left Brewster's office and walked directly to the railing and Jumped out into space. Two others have simi larly met their death In the last few yeara No cause for the suicide could be learned. POLICE RAID HOLLY LODGE Proprietress Arrested on Charge of Illegally Selling Liquor. Basing their action on sworn state ments of Rosalie Stout and Edith Mc Neil, minors, that they bad obtained liquor Thursday night at Holly Lodge, a roadhouse beyond Lents, Deputy Sberl iffs Hunter and Tally last night ar rested a woman who gave her name as Fitzgerald, owner of the place, and a Japanese servant. They were lodged In the County Jail on charges of selling liquor without a license. Bail was fixed at $1000 In each case. Sheriff Stevens yesterday took the two young girls, who visited Holly Lodge Thursday night in company of George F. Wilson, a traveling salesman, before District Attorney Cameron, to whom they made their statements. CHINESE SEEKS TO VOTE Only Veteran of CItII War Petitions Taft for Citizenship. NEW YORK. Feb. IS. The only Chi naman who is a veteran of the Civil War has written to President Taft for assistance in efforts to regain his citi zenship. He is John Ah Hang, proprietor of a little cigar store in New York China town. Hia citizenship papers were can celled on a legal technicality in 1908. Hang enlisted in the navy at the Brooklvn Navy Yard in 1862. and served under Farragut at Mobile Bay and also on the Albatross, Penguin and isonn Carolina. He voted from New .York until his papers were cancelled. Hang says he Is an old man now and he wants to vote for one more Presi dent before be dies . Two Arrested at Rainier. Richard W. Weston, charged with stealing a canoe from Frank Merrill, and U R. Paris, accused by Dan Marx, a Jewelry store proprietor, of the crime of larceny by bailee, were yesterday arrested at Rainier. The canoe, which was hired from Merrill's boathouse on February 6. was found beached near Rainier. Marx charges that Farls bought a diamond ring from him on the Installment plan and attempted to retain it without making the payments agreed upon. Bargains in Furniture See our windows this week. They contain scores of very unusual val ues in Furniture. These bargains are x . odd pieces of bedroom and dining room Furniture left on our hands by the sale of the suites to which they Co. Fifth and Stark Senate Passes Rusk's Only Bill After Killing It. ' ABRAHAM REVIVES ACT Senator Who Opposed Measure -First Is Potent in Its Victory Pro posed Law Compels Major ity of Party Vote. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or.. Feb. 19. (Special.) As the final piece of leg islation to be forced through by the 26th Legislative Assembly the Senate, at 1:05 o'clock this morning, passed Speaker Rusk's second-choice bill by a vote of 19 in Its favor to 7 against. This was done only after the Senate had once killed the measure. On mo tion of Abraham It was reconsidered and he entered a long, urgent plea In favor of the bill. His action followed l neculiar maneuver on hia part. When the bill was first considered he voted . aye, passing the bill, then changed his vote to no, defeating It with the aid of Merryman. who also changed his vote. Then he moved for reconsidera tion and took part in the argument which finally resulted in victory for the only measure Introduced by Speaker Rusk in the session. The bill as passed provides that when there Is not a majority of all the votes for a candidate, second-choice votes will be added to secure that majority. Second choice Is mandatory on the voter. The object of the bill is to pre vent nomination unless there Is a clear- cut majority of the party votes. The vote was: Ayes Abraham, Barrett of Wash ington, Bowerman, Burgess, Carson, Chase. DImick, Hawley, Hoskins, Les ter, Locke, Malarkey, Merryman, Nor ton. Nottingham, Oliver, Slnnott, Wood, President Selling 19. . Noes Bean, Calkins, Joseph, Kella her, McCulloch, Miller and Parrish 7. Absent Albee, Barrett of Umatilla, Patton, Von der Hellen . PLAN TO BLOW UP HOME Blsappointed Lover Wonld Annihi late Young Woman and Family. TACOMA, Feb. IS. The purpose of a u.oewv.u.. young woman and her entire family is alleged by the police to have been un earthed by the discovery of six sticks of dvnamite with fuse attached near the home of Mrs. O. G. Edfast In this city. The explosive had been placed be neath tome planks piled 25 feet from the Edfast home and was covered with a newspaper and a piece of black oiled paper. The fuse had not been lighted. There was enough dynamite to demol ish half a dozen houses. The discovery was made about dusk last Thursday by a small son of Mrs. Edfast. A policeman happened along as the boys were lighting matchea to see what the package contained. ' A Greek boy who has persisted in his attentions to Miss Edfast is being sought by the police. EGYPT AGAIN EXCITED Second Warning Is Issued by News paper El' Watan. CAIROeT Feb. IS. (Special.) The ex citement caused by the recent expulsion from Egypt of M.-Derroja and Senor D'Arqlla, of the "Depeche Egyptlenne." had barely subsided when journalistic circles Tere again perturbed by. the issue of a "second warning" to the Coptic newspaper "El Watan." This paper had published an article con demning in vehement terms a decision of the Council of Ministers to devote S5000 to the publication of certain Arab encyclopaedias, and to take other steps Involving the expenditure of public 10 CHOICES wlfj money In order to bring about a "ren aissance of Arab literature." The article in "El Watan" begins with a quotation of considerable length from a work entitled "Moufhl-el-Oloum," by Sheikh Abu Bekr el Khua rizma. in which Christians and their religion are virulently abused. What laudable object, then asks the Watan. can be served by the publication of works of which this extract is a fair specimen? What use can there be in popularizing antiquated systems of geography or medicine, or distorted views of history, dating only from tho Hegira? What useful contribution have the Arabs ever made to science? What service have they rendered to the ad vancement of humanity? Their part has rather been to destroy, in Persia, in the Byzantine Empire, and In Egypt itself, all the noblest monuments of civiliza tion, and to hurl the Inhabitants of these regions back again for centuries Into barbarism. DENMARK'SPERIL IS SEEN Banes, However, Are Xot Unit on Question of Defense. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18. (Special.) At last, and not too soon, the ques tion of national defense Is receiving adequate attention at the hands of the Danes. Since the separation of Sweden and Norway in 1905 the three Scandlna. vian kingdoms undoubtedly are held in less esteem by their neighbors, aa Is seen in the action of Germany, In Schleswlg-Holsteln and of Russia in Finland, which is being strongly for tified as a possible base of operations against Sweden and Norway when Rus sia maKes up her mind to possess di rect access to the Atlantic. Russian garrisons already occupy tho whole of the country. Denmark, who by her acquiescence, though tacit, in the disruption between Sweden and Norway, prevented the nos- ' sibillty of the three Scandinavian na tions drawing more closely together for their mutual protection. Is now be ginning to realize what that step means to her, for Germany raises ob jections to her fortifying Copenhagen, and the little kingdom Is In no posi tion to withstand the naval and mili tary forces of the powerful empire. The Danes are, somewhat curiously In the minds of outsiders, not one on the question of national defense, ' though the' attitude of Sweden, which Is exerting herself to maintain her in dependence and to safeguard her neu trality. 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