TTTE OKKGOMAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, , 19US.
WILLIAMS MIS
CURRENCY BILL
the policy of retrenchment favored by
Republican leaders in the House.
The Xavy Department today sent to the
House supplemental estimates calling for
an appropriation of $1,120,000 for repair
and conversion of war craft as follows:
To convert the cruisers Baltimore and
BLACK HAND CHIEF
)San Francisco into mine-laying, ships.
JlOO.Ot'O; to rent the engines and boners 01
these vessels. JoOO.OGO: to equip the
Brooklyn as an armored cruiser. $75,000,
for repairs, alterations and changes neces
sary to make the Alabama. Illinois.
Kearsae, Kentucky and Iowa effectiveas
battleships, $400.(10: for general repairs to
the engines and boilers of the Paul ones,
so as to make that craft effective as a
torpedoboat destroyer, $45,000.
Desperate Criminal Is Arrest
ed in New York.
Allows Half National Bank Re
serves to Be Kept in
Bonds.
HAS BAD RECORD ABROAD
SOLDIERS TELL GRIEVANCES
INLAND '.EMPIRE
VISITORS '
RESTRICTIONS ON LOANS
State Banks and Trust Companies
May Accept Provisions Treas
ury Notes for Currency and
Guaranty of Deposits.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 7. What will he
knuwn as 'the minority currency bill"
was introduced today by Representative
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, the
Democratic leader of "the House, who
drew the measure as a result of a har
monious conference of Democratic mem
bers of the House committee on banking.
The bill will come before the House in
the shape of a minority report from that
committee. .
Among the provisions of the bill are
tti e following:
It repeals all laws permitting National
banks to keep three-tiftlis of their re
serves In National banks of reserve
cities and similar laws permitting such
deposit of one-half of the reserve
amounts.. It provides that not less than
one-half of the reserves now required
to be kept in lawful money In central
reserve cities shall be hereafter held in
gold or gold certificates.
It does away with the payment of Na
tional bank examiners by the fee system
and substitutes salaries not less than
ftJiOOO nor in excess of $50M yearly, with
actual expenses.
Limits Liabilities and Loans.
It provides that the total liabilities of
any National bank, exclusive of the lia
bilities of Its members, shall not exceed
one-tenth of the bank's paid-in and un
impaired capital stock and one-tenth of
its unimpaired surplus funds: and that
in no event shall the liabilities exceed
SO per cent of the capital stock. No Na
tional bank shall loan In the aggregate
more than seven times the amount of its
laid-up capital plus its unimpaired sur
plus. May Keep Reserve in Bonds. '
Any National bank may keep 60 per
cent of its reserve in United States bonds.
r bonds of states or in the bonds of
certain municipalities, but not more than
one-fourth of the total reserve may be
kept in state or municipal bonds: and
the bonds shall be acceptable only of
such municipalities as have maintained
their bonds at or above par for six years
preceding, have been in corporate ex
istence 10 years, have never defaulted In
their funded debt and whose net debt
loes not exceed 18 per cent of tieir taxa
ble property.
The i'o'f roller of the Currency, imme
diately after the passage of the bill, shall
furnish a copy of the new law to each
bank in the country and inquire If It
will accept the provisions. Consent shall
be binding and the liabilities attaching
to consent may be enforced by the Con
troller. Agreement to accept the pro.
ions shall entitle state banks and trust
companies to the benellts of the new
law.
Treasury Notes as Currency.
The elastic feature of the bill is con
tained in a section which provides that
the Inter-convertible bonds may bo de
posited "'In the nearest sub-treasury."
and the depositing bank shall receive in
Heu thereof United States emergency
Treasury notes subject to taxation, re
deemable, at any time in legal tender.
For the creation of a fund of $15,000,000
for the payment of depositors of failed
banks operating under the provisions of
this law there Is authorized imposition
of a tax of one-sixteenth of I per cent
on the deposits of banks so operating
and whose consent to be so taxed has
been oltlnlned.
The final section of the bill provides
that no bank officer shall make a loan
for the purpose of stock gambling.
AVAK CLAIMS BILL PASSED
Map L Senate Arouses Southerner
to Its Defense.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The session
or the House of Ileprosentatives to
day 'was devoted almost entirely to
consideration of the omnibus war
claims bill, which was passed after
considerable discussion. It carries a
total appropriation of $313,000. A rip
ple of excitement was caused by
Macon of Arkansas, who. in the course
of the debate, defended the Senate
against what he suid were aspersions
cast upon that body by Payne, New
York, when he predicted that the Sen
ate would load the bill down with a
number of unmeritorious claims.
The bill covers claims for stores and
supplies furnished the Army of the
United States during the Civil War,
claims of volunteer officers for serv
ice pay and claims by churches, col
leges and other societies.
During the discussion of the bill,
Mann of Illinois gave notice that if the
measure should come back from the
Senate loaded down with all kinds of
ilaims which have no place there, ho
would exhaust every parliamentary
means to prevent its passage. He was
pssured, however, by Hasktns that he
himself would fight nny Senate addi
tion of surplus claims.
The bill contains an Item of $417
for John K. Butler, of I-iine County,
Orrgon.
A joint resolution was adopted giv
'Ing each of the two Philippine Com
missioners In Congress the same sal
ary of $7500 enjoyed by members and
Senators with an additional $2000 each
in lieu of mileage.
A number of private claims bills
nlso were passed and the House then
adjourned until Monday.
CONFERS ON" COAST DEFKXSE
Navy Committee Consults Bell To
Vole on Battleships Monday.
WASHNIGTON, Feb. 7. General Bell,
chief of staff of the Army, by Invitation
of Representative Hobson, of Alabama,
spent three hours today with the House
committee on naval affairs, discussing the
needs of a larger Navy In relation to the
Pacific Coast fortifications and defense.
The fortification of Subig Bay. near Ma
nila, and the need, of a drydock at Pearl
Harbor, near Honolulu, were considered.
A bill appropriating SL-OO.OOO for commence
ment of the latter project has been intro
duced. Next Monday the committee will vote
on the Navy appropriation bill. The vote
will decide whether the committee shall
recommend the construction of four bat
tleships, as urged by the President and
Secretary of the Navy, or cut' down
that estimate by one-half in line with
Meusures Taken for Better Rations
In the Army.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. There have
been plenty of -responses, both from
officers and enlisted men, to Secretary
Taft's invitation for an expression of
reasons of discontent and unrest in the
Army. The reasons given as contrib
uting to disturbing conditions are the
practice inarches, compulsory exercises
in the gymnasiums and inadequacy of
the ration and of the cutting off of
"extras" in the way of food and the
character of extra work. The Depart
ment has already taken steps to amel
iorate some of these conditions.
The ration has been increased and
Congress has been asked to pass a
bill to create a corps to do extra and
nonmilitary work now required of sol
diers. The monetary value of the increase
authorized in the ration is a little
more than 2 cents per ration. There
will be also established a haversack
ration made of bacon, hard bread, cof
fee and sugar and possibly canned
beef, to be used for emergencies.
ROOSEVELT EXCEEDS POWER
Appointment of the Acting Public
Printer Not Binding.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. William S.
Rossiter, appointed as Acting Public
Printer in place of Public Printer Sell
ings, went -to the Treasury Department
today to have his bond approved. The
department refused to consider the mat
ter, on the ground that the President had
exceeded his authority in appointing Mr.
Rossiter; that under the law th As
sociate Public Printer, Captain 11. T.
Brain, succeeds to the vacancy.
Under this Informal ruling, Mr. Rossiter
later in the day stepped aside and his
place was taken by Captain Brain, who
will administer the Government printing
office as acting Public Printer for tfie
time being. Mr. Rossiter, however, does
not relinquish the work of inquiry laid
out for him by the President. His posi
tion in the Government printing office be
comes that of the President's personal
representative and he is proceeding with
the Investigation.
Late this afternoon Captain Brian
took the oath of office as acting print
er and immediately entered upon the
discharge of his duties.
COLISEUM T0SEAT 11,000
Many Alterations on Republican
National Convention Hall.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Chairman
Harry S. New, Secretary Elmer Dover
and other members of the subcommit
tee of the Republican National Com
mittee, practically have completed the
hall arrangements for the National
convention, which Is to be held in Chi
cago next June. The convention will
assemble . in . the Coliseum the scene
of many . historic gatherings which
was designed and erected with Special
reference to the needs of a political
convention. In the opinion of Secre
tary Dover, while arrangements for
previous conventions in the Coliseum
have: been excellent, they will be bet
ter this year than ever before.
The platform, instead of being at the
center of one side of the Coliseum, will
be at one end. .
The total number of seats according
to present plans Is 11,011, which in
cludes the, scats provided in the bal
cony that extends around the hall. On
a raised platform above the floor of
the auditorium will be provided seats
for the chairman and secretaries of the
convention and 56 seats for. members
of the National committee. The sec
tion . immediately in the rear of the
platform provided, for specially invited
guests will contain 1826 seats. Directly
in front of the platform and extending
on both sides of it are the sections pro
vided for working members of the
press. These sections will give desk
room for 416 writers. In the body of
the hall 1000 seats are provided for
the delegates and immediately back of
them 1000 more have been set aside for
the alternates. On each .side of those
two sections and in the rear of them
are 3615 seats for the spectators. The
balcony sections contain 319S seats for
the general public.
SELEQT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Republican Members and Senators
Meet in Joint Session.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. With complete
harmony of action the joint caucus of
Republican Senators and members, held
In the chamber of the House of Repre
sentatives tonight, elected me members
of their congressional campaign "commit
tee. Representative James H. Sherman
of New York presided. Several" states
failed to submit the names of their rep
resentatives on the committee and a reso
lution was adopted empowering the com
mittee to name such representatives in
the event that no choice is made by the
State delegations by February 19. .
The list so far as made tonight in
cludes: California, James C. Needham;
Montana, Charles N. Pray; Nevada,
Senator George Nixon; Oregon,, blank;
Washington. William E. Humphreys Ari
zona, blank; Alaska. Thomas Cale.
Denver Prepares for Crowds.
DKNVKR, Feb. 7. The local commit
tee of the Democratic National Com
mittee, having in charge the details for
quartering and entertaining delegates
and visitors during the National Demo,
cratic Convention in July, announces
that there will be no excessive charges
permitted for hotel and other accommo
dations. The committee also wishes to
assure the public that Denver is able to
furnish quarters for an enormous
crowd. Nine sub-committees were ap
pointed yesterday arid the work' of pre
paring for the comfort of the visitors
parceled out to them.
Northwest Committee Members.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 7. Oregon has not chosen
her member of the National Repub
lican Congressional campaign commit
tee, but it is probable that Congress
man Ellis will be named for the com
ing campaign. Representative Hum
phrey succeeds Cushman of Washing
ton and Representative French again
represents Idaho.
Reduces Duty on Sugar.
BERLIN. Feb. 7. The Reichstag to
day passed the Brussels sugar' con
vention bill. It adopted also a resolu
tion "to reduce the existing- duty on
sugar from 1 to 10 marks per metric
hundredweight, beginning In April
1909. '
Pellegrino Mule Charged AVith Ex
ploding Bomb in Tenement-
House, Which Injured 20
Children Last December.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7. In the arrest to
day of Pellegrino Mule, a big, gaunt
Sicilian, who is alleged to be under sen
tence of life imprisonment in Italy for
murder, the police have the leader of
one of the most desperate black hand
gangs in the country. The specific
charge on which he was arrested was
having exploded a bomb in a big tene
ment house in First avenue last Decem
ber. Twenty children were Injured by
the fire that followed the explosion.
The Italian Government had furnished
the police here with a transcript of
Mule's criminal record in his own coun
try and it was a most appalling one.
Among other crimes he. is alleged to have
committed in his native' province is the
decapitation of a citizen who informed
against the band of brigands of which
he was a leader.
ARREST BLACK-HAND MEMBERS
Six Italians Responsible for Threat
ening Quay's Life.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 7. Six ' Italians,
members of an alleged Black Hand So
ciety, were arrested in a body today at
Sewickley Heights, a fashionable suburb.
The foreigners are said to be responsible
for the threatening letters mailed recent
ly to Richard R. Quay, son of the late
Senator Quay, C. C. Scafe. P. P. Snyder
and Harlon Singer, wealthy residents of
the Heights.
The men captured today maintained
headquarters in an old shanty in the
woods. Three Italians were arrested in
the same place a week ago. Since then
Black Hand letters have threatened
death if proceedings were not dropped.
AMEND HEPBURN MEASURE
Commission to Be Allowed to At
ta'ck Rates.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.-The Senate
committee on interstate commerce today
practically reached an agreement to
amend the Hepburn law so as to allow
the Interstate Commerce Commission the
right to initiate proceedings against a
railroad when in- its judgment a rate is
too high or the practices of a road are
such as to produce the effect of an un
fair rate.
The bill is designed to meet the com
plaints of many people to the effect that
roads often take advantage of no com
plaints to Impose unfair rates and that
often in their manner ot manipulating
freight hauls they manage to impose what
is practically an increased rate on the
shipper in an indirect manner. Under
the proposed amendment switching opera
tions and consequent charges will be
scrutinized by the Commission, also the
shipment of livestock where unnecessary
time is consumed.
NO REASON TO REDUCE TOUC'E
Railroads Should Employ Sufficient
Operators, Says Knapp.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Martin A.
Knapp. chairman .of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, "said before the House
Committee on Commerce today that he
did not believe a railroad had good reason
for not manning its telegraph stations
with a sufficient number of men when it
was a question of higher wages or no
operators.
This was in answer to questions put by
various members of the committee con
cerning the petitions of railroad com
panies asking for an extension of the
time limit in which they should have a
stipulated number of telegraph operators
at each station. Mr. Knapp said that in
many cases the railroads have not tried
to meet the requirements of the law.
"The Commission will not undertake to
say whether the roads could not get men
if they were to pay the price," suggested
Mr. Sherman.
Mr. Knapp replied:
"The roads, I believe, can get men in
a reasonable time if, they pay enough for
them."
REFUSES TO ALTER PASS BILL
Proposed Amendments Rejected by
Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The Senate
committee on interstate commerce today
decided to go squarely on record against
most of the bills now before the com
mittee that propose enlargements of the
pass privilege clause of the new interstate
commerce law. It reported unfavorably
on Senator Stone's bill providing for the
issuance of transportation to publishers
of newspapers in payment for advertising
and on Senator Cullom's bill allowing
large transfer companies to exchange
passes .with the railway companies in or
der to gain free transportation for their
employes soliciting business on trains.
The committee decided to make a fa
vorable recommendation of . Senator
Clapp's bill authorizing railroad compa
nies to grant free transportation to fur
loughed and pensioned employes.
S. H. Cowan and Murdo Mackenzie, rep
resenting the Stock Growers' Association,
appeared before the committee 1n support
of Senator Culberson's bill regulating the
supply of cars and empowering the Inter
state Commerce Commission to make
rules in respect to carrying freight.
NEW ROUTE FOR BURLINGTON
Has Approved Line From Montana
to Nebraska.
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Feb. 7. That
the Burlington Railroad directors have
approved of a new transcontinental
route from its connection with the
Nor.thern Pacific in Montana to its
terminus at Kearney, Neb., was stated
by General Manager Holdredge of the
Burlington, in a hearing before the
State Engineer of Wyoming today.
The hearing was for the purpose of
listening to a protest by the Burling
ton against the erection of a power
dam on the Big Horn River by Asmus
Boysen.
OPPOSITION TO FULTON'S BILL
Railroads Object to Increasing the
Power of Commission.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 7. The Senate committee
on interstate commerce today re
ceived the subcommittee report in
dorsing Senator Fulton's bill amend
ing the rate law so as to suspend the
application of an increased freight
rate made by a railroad pending a
hearing before the Interstate Com
merce Commission on behalf of the
protesting shippers.
The committee decided to report the
Fulton bill to the Senate next week,
amending it, however, to give the In
terstate Commerce Commission author
ity to suspend the proposed change in
the practices of railroads 'pending a
hearing on protests a well as a change
of rates. The bill will provoke extend
ed discussion in the Senate, as it is
looked upon as extending the power
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion in great degree, and this will be
fought with vigor by railroad interests.
TOURIST RATES NOT DECIDED
Question Submitted to Committee
With Power to Act.
SAN DIBGO. Cal., Feb. 7. Present in
dications are that the Passenger Traffic
Association will not complete its business
at the Coronado meeting, as almost
everything has been put over to a later
meeting or referred to committees wrTh
power to act.
This includes the whole question of
Summer tourist rates to the Pacific Coast,
which has been left with a special com
mittee of which President Charlton is
chairman. It will not be decided until
after their return to Chicago". '
Deputy Guilty of Manslaughter.
GOLDB'IELD, New. Feb. 7. George
Gibson, deputy sheriff, on trial the sec
ond time for the murder of Richard
Maunsell. a well-known mining engineer
of Goldfield, in a downtown resort some
months ago. was adjudged guilty of In
voluntary manslaughter today and will
be sentenced Monday. . The first jury
disagreed. ,
Big Order of Steel Rails.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7. It was
learned today that the steel rail orders
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
amount to 55,000 tons, of which the United
States Steel Corporation is awarded half.
The price could not be learned.
VOTE FOR OPEN SUNDAY
Immense Petition Against Closing
Sighed in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Thirteen thousand
and fifty feet of signatures representing
the desire of exactly 168.062 voters to pass
upon the merits of the Sunday saloon
question.' have- insured the appearance
of a little ballot bearing this at the
Spring election April 7.
The great mass of petitions which have
been circulated by workers for the United
Societies was gathered last night, making
a formidable appearance as they were
prepared for the binder. Stacked to
gether they made a pile six feet, eight
inches high.
The saloon adherents declare the votes
which these "petitions represent guarantee
an overwhelming majority for an open
Sunday. Today the petitions were load
ed on a dray and carried to the office of
the election commissioners in the city
hall.
lyocal Option Fight in Illinois.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7. Headed by what
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Iron Furnaces to Resume.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7. The plant of the
Federal Furnace Company at South Chi
cago will resume operations February 20.
giving employment to fiflO men.
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