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Newspaper Page Text4 THE MORNING OREGONIAJ, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1906. HOUSE REJECTS " " SIMPLE SPELLING Insists That Dictionaries Shall Rule in Public Docu- , ments. THEN BEGINS USING SLANG Championing Old-Style Orthography by Great Majority, Members Say "Skldoo" and Quote Mys tic Xumbcr "23.' WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The House of Representatives today went on record in 'opposition to the new spelling as recom ' mended by the President. By a vote ot .142 to 25 the following was adopted as a substitute for the item reported by the appropriations committee in the execu tive, legislative and Judicial appropria tion bill: No money appropriated in this act shall be used In connection -with printing documents authorized by law or ordered by Congress or any branch thereof, unless the same shall con form to the orthography recognized and used by dictionaries of the English language. Kor hours today the debate on simpli fied spelling held the attention of the House and a score or more members took part. C'rumpacker, of Indiana, made a point ot order against the paragraph in the bill which provides that documents ahall be spelled as Webster's or other trenerally accepted dictionaries spell them. This provision was held to change ex isting law and the point of order was sustained. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, in charge of the bill, then offered the amendment quoted, which was adopted. Might Change Whole Language. During the. discussion Sullivan, of Mas sachusetts, remarked that if the.Presi dent "by imperial ukase" could change the spelling of 300 words of the English language he would have the authority to change 3000 words, or every word In pur language. If this could be done he thought a new court language might be, established by executive decree for the new American empire. Iacey, of Iowa, thought the paragraph as originally reported should remain in the bill. He said the new words were offensive to the eye, but "perchance by constant association we might get used to them." Let Literature Start Reform. "To put them by executive order Into the laws of the land before they have reached literature," remarked Lacey, "is getting the tiling wrong-end foremost. Literature comes first; orthography after ward." While Grosvenor was discussing the amendment Towne, of New York, asked him whether the item referred to was not "on page 23, beginning with line 23." "Yes, I believe so," replied Grosvenor. "Then it Is without doubt skidoo and, if so, does It not of necessity go out?" "Oh that's an old story," replied Gros venor amid laughter. SOMEBODY MIXED BOTTLES Taft's Explanation of Death of Ten Manila Trisoners. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The Senate today agreed to a resolution presented by Gallinger, directing the Secretary of AVar to inform the Senate regarding the details of alleged experiments with a cholera virus by Army Surgeon Strong at Manila. Special inquiry is made as to whether such experiments resulted in the death of 10 or more persons; whether these persons were previously notified of the dangerous and possibly fatal char acter of these experiments; whether any of these persons were natives of the Vnitod States, and who is responsible for the experiments. Later in the day. Secretary Taft made answer to the Gallinger resolution. The Secretary calls attention to the fact that Dr. Richard P. Strong, while at one time a surgeon in the army, is at present out of the service, and is at the head of the Biological Laboratory at Manila. He has achieved some re markable discoveries with reference to tholera serum and has used it with success on various occasions. In ad ministering it. however, to some in mates of Bllibid prison, without resist ance on their part, a bottle of bubonic plague serum was substituted for a bottle of cholera serum, with the re sult that the -persons to whom it was administered died. A thorough inves tigation is now being made of the causes of the accident, and the com mission has taken steps to take care of the families of the deceased. The Sec retary says: "It is an occasion for regret and will doubtless Insure greater precautions in the administration of such dangerous agencies." Governor Smith, in his cabled report, says it is believed the plague culture became mixed with the anti-cholera serum through the misplacement of one of the bottles by a visitor, and that under his direction a close inquiry is being' made to ascertain the exact na ture of the precautions being taken to prevent such accidents. DISCHARGES HIS SECRETARY Morgan Accuses Garrett of Lobbying f for King Leopold. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Senator Mor gan today, took action'amounting to dis missal of Thomas G. Garrett, secretary of the committee on public health and national quarantine, of which the Sena tor is chairman. The dismissal is the re sult of a charge that Mr. Garrett is en gaged In the promotion of the interests of Belgium in the administration of the affairs of the Congo Free State. Mr. Garrett tonight gave out a statement de nying the charges. The Congo Free State resolution in troduced by Lodse was taken up today by the Senate committee on foreign re lations. Most of the time was occupied by Morgan, who read a long letter re . citing alleged brutalities in the Congo country. Consideration of the resolution will be continued. New Torpedo AVlth Long Range. NEW YORK. Dec. 15. United States Government experiments with the dirigible Bliss-Leavitt submarine tor pedo, held since April last off Sag Harbor. L. I., closed yesterday. Frank Leavitt. the inventor, has Increased the effective range of the torpedo from 1200 to 13.500 yards. The cost of the trials was $10,000 a day. Work will be resumed in the early Spring of 1908. Guarantee Alaska Railroad Bonds. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. A party of capitalists and others Interested in rail road construction in Alaska saw the President today on the subject of rail road legislation for Alaska, modeled after that of the Philippines in so far as It guarantees the interest on the bonds of the road. The President referred the delegation to Governor Hoggatt, of Alaska, who has made a report that private capital is ready to make invest ments in road-building in Alaska. The party included W. F. B. Stewart, of York. Pa.; A. J. Stewart, of New York, and O. P. Hubbard, of Alaska. t'rges Xcetl of More Currency. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. John H. Per rine, ot Indianapolis, appeared before the House commitee on banking and cur rency today in support of the American Bankers' Association credit currency measure. He urged the necessity for $200,000,000 more in banknotes and ex plained the embarrassing predicament in which bankers find themselves at crop moving time as a result of the great demand for money. Itcids Arrive From London. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Whitelaw Reid, American- Ambassador to Great Britain, and Mrs. Reid arrived today on the steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm. W. Von Rodawita, son of the German Ambassador at Madrid, who comes here to take the post of second secretary of the German Embassy at -Washington, also was a passenger on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm. Defers Action on Chinese Law. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Modifications of the Chinese exclusion act probably will not be- considered by the House committee on foreign relations until after Christmas. The subcommittee to which the Foster bill amending the exclusion act was referred met today but took no action. Confirm Commerce Commissioners. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Favorable reports were ordered today by the Senate committee on interstate com merce on the nomination of Judson C. Clement, of Georgia; James H. Harlan, of Illinois, and Edgar E. Clark, of Iowa, to be Interstate Commerce Com missioners. Seeks Facts on Withdrawn Land. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The House committee on public lands decided today to make a favorable report on the Mon dell resolution providing that the Sec retary of the Interior shall make a full report to Congress of all public lands withdrawn from entry 'since July 1, 1906. Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Diplomats. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Mrs. Roose velt received the members of the dip lomatic .corps and their families today. Mrs. Longworth and Miss Hagner, Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary, assisted in the dining-room and Captain McCoy, of the President's staff, presented the guests. Curzon Not to Ba Ambassador. - NEW YORK. Dec. 12. Lord Curzon eston, ex-Viceroy ot India, will of Kedle not be the next British Ambassador to America, according to a statement made today by his brother-in-law, the Earl of Suffolk, who sailed for Europe on the steamer Celtic. Petition for Postal Savings Banks. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. A petition for the establishment of postal savings banks, bearing the names of nearly 60,000 persons residing in 18 states, was presented to Congress today by Representative Boutell, ot Illinois. Two Weeks' Holiday at Christmas. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The House today adopted the. concurrent resolu tion to adjourn for the Christmas hol idays on December 20 and to reconvene January 3. WILLING TO TRY US! PEARY PROMISED SHIP BY ARC TIC ENTHUSIASTS. Explorer Tells Them He Could Reach Pole in One Year With Right Vessel. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Commander Robert E. Peary, together with 50 other persons, members of the Peary Arctic Club and intimate friends were guests at a dinner given by Morris K. Jessup at the University Club tonight in honor of the explorer's safe return from the Arctic. Commander Peary is said to have told his friends that if he could get the right sort of ships for another dash to the North Pole, he believed he could accom plish his object in a year. It is said assurances were given him at the dinner that the kind of ahip he wanted would be provided whenever he is ready to un dertake another voyage. MEN IN ROW ON OAKS CAR Arthur E. Velguth and J. R. Oatman Have Three Others Arrested. Arthur E. Velguth brother of Bernard O. Velguth, defaulting clerk of the Port land Gas Company and John R. Oatman, a lawyer, appeared at the police station about 8 o'clock last night and swore out warrants for three men whom they claimed insulted and afterwards assaulted them while on the way to the Oaks skating rink. Oatman has a black eye. Captain Slover sent Sergeant Baty and Acting Detective Kienlen to bring the men in and found them without trouble. The trio strenuously denied having as saulted Velguth and Oatman, but sub mitted quietly to arrest and accompanied the officers to the etation. They gave their names as Joseph Fay, W. A. Rey nolds and Ben Henderson. The prisoners charge the complainants with addressing abusive remarks toward them ail while riding to the Oaks from the city. They say that wVen their destination was reached they ordered the two "dudes," as they referred to them, to move along and not bother them any more. They paid no heed to this warning and when, the trio threatened them they turned and ran, and in their haste to get away, it is alleged that Oatman ran into a fence blacking his eye. The trio ap peared to have been drinking. The man who gave his name as Fay whs forced to admit that it was an alias for when Clerk Hennessy secured bonds lor their release his name on the docu ment did not correspond with the one he had given Captain Slover and he had to rectify the mistake before he could be released with his companions. His cor rect name is Busby and he is a candidate for a position on the police force. Dynamite Checks Flames. WAREHAM, Mass.. Dec. 12. The heart of this town was swept last night by a fire which destroyed ten buildings at a loss of $75,000 to $100,000. Dynamite had to be used twice to check the spread. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Catting Terlh Be sure and use that old and well-tried rem edy, frs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, soften the sums, allays all pais, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. NTO Opposition to Moody Fails and Senate Confirms. , CABINET CHANGES FOLLOW Bonaparte, Metcalf and Straus Out of the Woods, but Cortelyou Is Kept AValting When New Appointees Enter. J WHAT THE SENATE DID. t WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The open- I ing session of the Senate was limited 4 today so that the major portion ot the day might be devoted to a con-' I slderatlon In executive session of the I Algeclraa treaty. The feature today was a speech by t Senator Rayner upholding the states' , rights doctrines as Involved In the I present Japanese question on the Fa- clflc Coast. f Resolutions were agreed to calling I upon the President for information re- 4 gardlng the seizure by Mexico of the nehlng schooner Silas Stearns, and dl- inlsh information regarding alleged ex- perlmenta with oholera virus at Manila t resulting In 10 or more deaths. J WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The Senate to day confirmed the nominations of Will iam H. Moody, of Massachusetts, to be PIONEER WOMAN TARRIES ONLY A YEAR AFTER DEATH OF HUSBAND mtt,mirrfrt,-,,l, Jfeacsfc&iWjk&&it Li j &s.,i -IMii1ifflnlti.HiiMni.riiT MR. AND MRS. CALEB W. CCRT ALBANY, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) The death of Margaret E. Curl at -Grass Valley, Sherman County, the first of this month removes another of the early pioneers of Oregon from the roll. Mrs. Curl and her husband, Caleb W. Curl, whose pictures appear herewith, were among those who crossed the plains In an emigrant train in 1S47. They came in one of the very large trains that crossed in those times, being In the party that Included the Ap plegates, Hunfiakere, Millers and others who have been identified with the de velopment of Oregon. Mr. Curl died in June, 1003, at Grass Valley. Caleb W. Curl was a native ot Missouri, born in Carroll County, October 31, 1SJ0. Margaret E. Fulkerson was also born In Missouri, in Oddoway County, June 4,' 1831. Both Mr. Curl and Miss Fulkerson were in the train that crossed In 1S47, and during the hardships that were encountered in the long trip which was begun In January, iu the height of the Winter sea son, began a romantic acquaintance that culminated In their marriage in Polk County, Oregon, in .March, 1850, three years later. Mr. Curl located near Oregon City upon his- arrival in the Oregon Coun try, but after spending a short time there came to Linn County, near Scio. Mits Fulkerson, with her parents, went directly to Polk County, where she resided until her marriage with Mr. Curl in 1S50. The couple then took up a donation land claim near Sclo. in Linn County, where they lived until : 1885, when they removed to Sherman County. They resided in Sherman County the remainder of their days. Both were of the strong character that marked the early pioneers, and were identified with the development of the community in which they lived. They reared a large family, 11 children hating been born of the union, seven of whom survive. Considerable prop erty was amassed by the pioneer couple. The surviving members of this pio neer family are: J. W. Curl, of Grass Valley; K. H. Curl, of Albany; Sarah A. Lane, of Portland; D. H. Curl, of Lebanon; A. M. Curl, of Wetser, Idaho; L. il. Curl, of Albany, and Maggie M. Heath, of Grass Valley. an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Charles J. Bonaparte, of Maryland, to be Attorney-General; Victor H. Metcalf. of Cali fornia, to be Secretary o,f the Navy, and Oscar S. Straus, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce and Labor. The opposition to Messrs. Moody and Bonapare, which had been raised in the Senate by a number of Democratic Senators, "was not strongly pressed at the session today, and no rollcall was asked for. On j the viva voce vote for Mr. Bonaparte, however, there were a number of negative votes on the minority side, estimated at about 15. Culberson and Carmack led the dis cussion against both Mr. Moody and Mr. Bonaparte. There was no opposi tion to either Mr. Metcalf or Mr. Straus. Mr. Moody will be sworn in as Assoc!-'" ate Justice of the Supreme Court on December 24. The other Cabinet changes consequent upon the retirement of Mr. Moody will follow on the same day. Sec retary Bonaparte becoming Attorney Generali and Secretary Metcalf, Secretary of the Navy. "It is the present intention to have Mr. Cortelyou take charge of the Treasury Department on March 4." said Senator Aldrich, who talked with the President today about Mr. Cortelyou's nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury, which was held up by the Senate finance com mittee yesterday, because no date was specified as to when the appointment would become effective. It has been customary heretofore, the Senator said, to specifically indicate the date upon which such appointments are to take effect, and its omission in the present case apparently" was an over sight. So far as he was aware, the Sen ator said, there is no objection to Mr. Cortelyou's confirmation nor to others now pending. As the result of the conference between Senator Aldrich and ilie President, the nominations of Mr. Von L. Meyer to be Postmaster-General and Mr. Garfield to be Secretary of the Interior, also will be dated to take effect March 4. APPLY FOR KE-ENLISTMEXT Six Negroes Await Taft's Reply to - Senate Resolution. WASHINGTON,, Dec. 12. The im mediate recult of a memorandum of Secretary Taft to the Military Secre tary, signed yesterday, outlining the procedure to be followed by enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who were discharged without honor, was the visit today to the War Department .of six of the discharged colored men who applied for re-enlistment, declar ing that they were Innocent of all com plicity in and knowledge ot the affair at Brownsville. The men iiad'no docu mentary evidence to present establish ing -this fact, but their applications were submitted and received upon the assurance that such testimony would be forthcoming at once. Secretary Taft, who will pass upon the case of the discharged men before taking them to the President, said to day that nothing beyond receiving the applications for re-enlistment would be done until the replies of the Presi dent and himself to the Senate resolu tions of inquiry are submitted. Tne evidence furnished yesterday by Gil christ Stewart, who Is .acting for a number ot the men, the Secretary also said, will be gone, into carefully and be taken into account in the final ad judication of the matter. SHOULD BOLD OWN WARSHIPS Admiral Capps Says Government Has Proved Ability. , , WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The ability ot the Government Navy-yard to turn out warships equal in all respects to those built under contract, in the opinion of Rear-Admiral Capps. of the Bureau ,of Construction of the Navy, In his annual report, has been fully demonstrated. He urges that at least one yard on the Pa cific Coast, and one on the Atlantic Coast, when practicable should be given a reasonable proportion of new construc tion work in order that such yards may always be available for any work the Government may desire to undertake therein. Admiral Capps admits that it costs less to build a warship by contract by reason of the shorter hours ot labor, paid holi days, vacations, etc., granted to Navy yard employes, but he believes neverthe less that the Government should be al ways prepared to turn out its own ships in times of emergency. The lack ot suitable docking facilities at Norfolk and Mare Island is commented upon as being especially embarrassing to the bureau as no battleships of any class can be docked at either of those yards. The appointment of a special board to consider matters relating to the personnel of the Corps of Naval Constructors, the report says, is in contemplation. The excessive amount of work devolv ing upon the bureau. Admiral Capps adds, combined with its limited number of of ficers, has resulted in the gradual im pairment of the vitality and in some in stances, complete breakdown ot officers whose services were especially valuable. The report speaks at length of the work on new and old vessels during the past year, and states that preliminary work has begun upon the designs of the 20.000-ton battleship authorized at the last session of Congress. Admiral Capps doubts the expediency of repairs to warships on foreign stations and says that both economy and effi ciency will result from carrying out all large repairs and overhaulings of naval vessels in Navy-yards ,within the conti nental limits of the United States where ever practicable. RATIFIES ALGECIRAS TREATY Senate Disclaims Share In Managing; Affairs of Morocco". WASHINGTON, Dec 12. The Senate in executive session today ratified the gen eral act by the delegates of the powers represented at the conference which met at Algeciras, Spain, in April last, to draft a treaty concerning Moroccan affairs Opposition by the Democrats compelled the adoption of a resolution disclaiming responsibility for the participation of the United States in the programme arranged by the conference as to the future of Morocco. EACH TAKES STEP UPWARD Series of Appointments to High Dip lomatic Posts. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Ambassadors Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary Henry White. Rhode Island, to Prance; Lloyd C. Griscom, Pennsylvania, to Italy; John Jv. Riddle, Minnesota, to Russia; Irving B. Dudley, California, to Brazil. Knvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Leslie Combs, Kentucky, to Peru. Philippines Need More Teachers. WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. One hundred and twenty additional American teachers are wanted in the Philippines for the next school year, according to a cable gram received today from Manila by the Bureau of Insular Affairs, KILL C0I1L OCTOPUS House Committee Will Draft Leasing Bill. COLLECT EVIDENCE FIRST Form of Bill to Be Determined After Hearings Critics of Coal Land Withdrawal Answered by Majority. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. -Wash ington, Dec. 12. The House commit tee on public lands will begin a series of hearings next Monday on the propo sition to repeal the coal-land law and substitute a law along the lines sug gested by the President in his message. The committee is agreed that the pres ent law must be changed, but it is not satisfied as to the best form of sub stitute. Representatives of the Geological Survey and the Interior Department will be heard, together with any one else interested, and it is probable that the Interstate Commerce Commission will also make suggestions based upon the investigations cacently made in Utah. Wyoming and Colorado. The ex pectation is that some bill will be framed directing that title to coal land shall rest in the Government, and that coal be developed under the leasing or royalty system. There was some criticism today of the extensive withdrawals of coal lands, it being contended that there is no law giving the President authority to withdraw this land from entry. The majority of the committee, however, defended the action of the President on the ground that . he had made the withdrawals in order to prevent monopoly of coal land in the West, and was acting entirely in the public in terest. Strong efforts will be made to se cure the enactment of coal land legis lation this session. ATTACK ON INDICTMENT Rnef's Lawyer Fighting Hand to De lay Graft Trial. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 12. Chief of Police Jeremiah Dinan appeared in Judge Dunne's court today to answer to the charges of conspiracy and perjury found against him by the grand Jury. When Judge Dunne called the calendar it came out that copies of the indictments had not been prepared. Oa the motion of the attorneys for the defense, and with the consent of District Attorney Heney, the case was postponed until next lues day. The trial of Mayor E. E. Schmitz and Abraham Ruef was continued today be fore Judge Dunne with the defense en deavoring ta secure delay. The argument of Attorney Ach, representing Ruef, to have the indictments set aside was re sumed and he announced that It would not be completed until Monday next, when he asked that all grand jurors be brought into court for examination. An attack was also made on the grand Jurv in the Nicholas-Duffy case. The de fense contended that Juror Wise was not eligible to sit with the grand jury. Lubin Pushing His Scheme. VIENNA. Dec. 12. David Lubin, of San Francisco, organizer of the Inter national Institute of Agriculture, which has been taken up by King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, arrived here today for the purpose of accelerating the Charcoal Kills Bad Breath Disagreeable Odor Arising From In digestion or From Any Habit or Indulgence, Can Be In stantly' Stopped. Sample Package Mailed Free. Other people notice your bad breath where you would not notice it at all. It is nauseating to other people to stand before them and while you are talking, give them a whiff or two of your bad breath. It usually comes from food fermenting on your stomach. Sometimes you have It in the morning that awful our, bilious, bad breath. You can stop that at once by swallow ing one or two Stuart Charcoal Lozenges, the most powerful gas and odor ab sorbers ever prepared. 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We have many substantial accounts that were started in this manner, saving the small sums here tofore carelessly dissipated. Call at our Bank and the matter will bo fully explained to you. Merchants Investment and Trust Company 247 WASHINGTON ST. CAPITAL, $ 15 0, 0 00.0 0 J. FRANK WATSON," Fres. . R. L. DURHAM, Vice-Pres. ' W. H. FEAR, Sec'y. S. C. CATCHING, Asst. Sec'y., O. W. T. MUELLHAUPT, Cashier. ratification of the convention held in Rome, which brought the institution into existence, by the Parliaments of Austria and Hungary. Herr Darin, the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture, has assured Mr. Lubin that ratification will be the first measure taken by the Hun garian Parliament after the passage of the budget. From Vienna Mr. Lubin will go to Germany to compass a simi lar purpose. Aberdeen Takes Carnegie's Money. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) 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