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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1909. ONE-MAN POWER ON CANALOPPOSED Vigorous Protest Against Abo lition of Commission in House. "ROOSEVELT A DICTATOR" New York Congressman Denounces Mann Bill and Designates ex President an "Despot" and Too "Self-Important." WASHINGTON, Dec 15. Vigorous op position to the proposed plan to abolish the Isthmian Canal Commission and to vest building of the Panama Canal and of (roverninf? the canal zone In one director-general, appointed -hy the Presi dent, cropped out in the House today in general debate on the Mann bill, reported toy the committee on interstate and for eign commerce. Scarcely less intense was the protest nroused when it was learned that the committee had recommended that the Judicial power of the canal zone be vested in one circuit court and such inferior courts as the President may constitute. This would require the abolition of the existing Supreme Court on the zone. Appeal Kiglit to Supreme Court. An appeal direct to the Supreme Court of the United States is authorized, how ever. In questions arising; out of the Con stitution, treaties or laws of the United states. Involving a death sentence or im prisonment. Similar appeal is allowed in civil cases Involving more than $5000. Representative Mann (Illinois), au thor of the bill Rnd chairman of the committee, attempted to explain the necessity for his measure. '"What are the sources of authority from which the President (Roosevelt) derived the right to claim to govern the Canal Zone?" interrupted Repre sentative Harrison, of New York. President's Action Backed. "I Justify the actions of the Presi dent. replied Mr. Mann, "upon the necessity of this civilization prevent ing choas upon the zone and when Congress, In its wisdom, chose not to provide a form of government after the end of the Ssth Congress, hy Its specific enactment. I think it wrote Into the law, without language, that we believed the President had the power to carry on the government and did not intend that no government should exist on the zone." After Mr. Mann had concluded his explanation. Air. Harrison denounced the bill in an extended speech. He designated President Roosevelt as a "dictator" and a "despot." and de clared that he had assumed authority in governing the Canal Zone fo which he had no right. Representative Olmstead (Pennsyl vania) replied to Mr. Harrison, defend ing the ex-President, whose actions, he declared, had been Justified by repeated act of Congress in making appropria tions for carrying on the canal work, and that it - was the Intent of Congress to Rive the President such authority. Canal Policy Defended. A vigorous defense or the canal policy of the Administration was made by Rep resentative Adamson (Georgia), a mem ber of the committee. Representative Keifer (Ohio1 initui Conarreso had no constitutional right to sucn legislative power In the President and urged the .work should be allowed to continue under the canal com mission." Representative Simms (Tennessee!, pave the Information that he would seek to amend section 2 to the bill so as to etrike out the clause vesting "all military, civil and judicial powers of the United States in the Canal Zone, including the Power to make all laws, rules, regula tions necessary for the government of the zone." In the President. General debate on the measure will be concluded beforo adjournment and the reading began. Mr. Mann will call np the 1IU again on Wednesday. January 6. Dr. Wuellner's Lieder JEntrancing Personality of Xoted Oerma-a Matter (ha mm m Mell ns His Voice Doieu Kucorea Demanded. BT JOSJiTH M. QUENTW. AN ungainly but not awkward figure of a powerful-looking man, standing tlx feet six inches tall, a shaven face, keen with that intelligence and culture lint denote the scholar, the visionary; a personality suggesting a bit of Abraham Lincoln and Henry Irving; an emotional actor-singer of lieder or ballads, an artist who is so realistic that his hands !hake end eyes roll 1n the frenzy of tragedy; a swift change of mood to interpret a love song, a merry lilt, and the man hakes with genuine merriment: the lucky owner of three voices, a' baes, a baritone and a dark tenor with well-managed falsetto. His right hand grasps a programme, which he almost squeezes to bits, and the other hand clutches a pair of white gloves, clutches them with an intensity that bespeaks the torrent of the soul within. He sings a bit. Then coughs. Sings some more and coughs tome more. Is he going to make good? Such is the visualization of Dr. Ludwig "Wuellner as he began a high-class con cert last night in the Masonic Assembly Hall, at West Park, and Yamhill streets, one of the music, events under the direc tion of Lois Ptfers-Wynn Coman.. But as the notes roll in majesty from his throat. It is seen that Wuellner is an in tensely nervous man and that his eccen tricities are merely mannerisms. His habit of emitting little coughs stops and he sots and sings: Soon we get under his spell, and quickly comes the convic tion that we are listening to one of the greatest artistic treats ever given In Port land and that the man before us Is prob ably without an equal in his own line in 11 the world. Such Is the name he has made, for years. In every city he has vis ited, so far. Ho made a great. pro Bounced hit, was greeted with over one dozen encores and the audience latterly stood up to do honor to him. It was an intelligent audience, too. and it occu pied every inch of available standing room. Wuellner uses German words exclusive ly and therefore it is a question whether lie would be a success before an audience clamoring for "popular music." He rather appeals to educated listeners, to singers best of all. What if he is not a highly trained vocalist in the sense that Schumann-Heink, Nordica. Gadski, Bisp hara. Jean de Reszke. Hamlin are? Wuell ner is bold enough to throw tradition to th win da, and. he ha made a new, sen- j Rational revelation in the possibilities of singing before an audience demanding the very best. After hearing Wuellner, it is not enough that a singer shall pos sess the satisfaction that he has been trained by a master in voice for say three years and that he, the singer, can tell with mathematical accuracy where hist voice ifl placed, how some tones are pro duced about the nose, and how others are produced by an artistic movement of the tongue. No. The singers that are to be. must have their songs before aud iences, must cry mentally with the sor row of the heroine, and express joy men tally when the heroine is bathed in the sunshine of that Joy. The new singers will also express with mind. face, voice and brain the different emotions neces sary to make their songs human mes sages. No more mumbling from behind the refuge of a sheet of music, but clear enunciation and intelligence with It. That is another of Wuellner's lessons. It is significant that before he became a lieder singer. Wuellner was an actor. This fact explains the wall of tragedy he threw into the intensity of "Erl Koenig." how he was able to imitate three distinct voices, how his features spoke the story he was telling and changed with every mood. "Caecilie" was sung with a dig nity and dramatic Are that swept all be fore it, -and was probably the beet ren dered number. In some concluding notes his face signalled tragedy and his words were spoken rather than sung, with fine elocutionary effect. Schumann's "Die Belden Grenadiere" was sung differently from the Idea left here by Watkin Mills, one of England's greatest baritones. Mr. Mills left a picture of vocal beauty o intonation. Wuellner preached a ser- . .......... ............ . ......................... I ::p:;Si8 1, V v- j I JAMES M. JLl'JfCH, - PRESIDENT CiL ion, full of patriotic fire and sinking at he close almost into a benediction. ) Where have we seen such sublime, lrsonal acting before? Ah, in the maze of years there stands out the visualiza tion of the heavy tragedy of Henry Irving in the court scene of "The Bells." a mem ory once experienced never forgotten. One also recalls historic speeches made by Robert G. Ingersoll and James G. Blaine and others. In a lesser degree, the mag netism and power over an audience seen in Wuellner's "Caecilie" will dwell and be a treasure in our memories. The piano accompaniment provided by Coenraad V. Bos. a native of Holland, was an unusual musical treat. Mr. Bos has been Wuellner's piano accompanist for the last nine years and he and Wuell ner literally moved In unison last night. Wuellner Is just a specially endowed be ing, endowed with special vocal and dra matic gifts from the Almighty, and there are few, if any, better than thia German singer of ballads. He calls to mind the artistic ideal In the poem: And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame. And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame. But each for the joy of the working, and each in his seperate star. YOUTH STEALS FOB GIRL WAITER TTJRXS THIEF TO BE GOOD SANTA CLAUS. Roy Sevits, 31 Tears Old, Declares He Stole to Give Sweetheart Christmas Gift. For unique methods to provide a de sirable Christmas present for his sweet heart Roy Sevis, S4 years of age and a waiter at the Peerless Cafe on Fifth street, must be given the palm. For several "weeks past the proprietor of the establishment has been missing various articles of silverware of an ex pensive design. Although diligent watch was kept on the employes and silver, no clue could be found. It was evident that a systematic theft was in vogue. Sevis was suspected of the thefts sine one night last week when he was seen to conceal a silver utensil In his cloth ing. Detectives Price and Carpenter were placed on his trail, and last night they took the youth into custody. He admit ted the theft of the silx-erware. valued at $50. and as a possible motive said that he "wanted to make the girl a Christmas present." He will be ar raigned in court today. The sneak thief who annexed a suit case owned by Rev. Alfred Bates, of Ilwaco, Wash., at the Ash-street dock last evening was given a severe jolt after he had opened the receptacle. Bibles, hymn books and Sunday school essentials was all that comprised the loot. Injured Boy's Home Is Eugene. EUGENE. Or., Dec IS. The John "Henry" mentioned In yesterday's Ore gonlan as having been injured in an explosion at the works of the Govern ment Standard Explosive Company is a Eugene boy. His right name, is Jun ius Jarvis. He is the eldest son of rr. Jarvis, an optician of this city. The father left last night for Portland to see hla son. It is presumed that he gave an - assumed name at the hospital so as not to arouse the fears of his parents. HEAD OF PRINTERS ADDRESSES UNION Lynch Tells How Typograph - ical Has Become Most Successful. WORKS TO BETTER CRAFT Trains Apprentices and Cares for Old Printers Only Union Which Makes War on Tubercnlosis Among Its Members. How progressive work of the Interna tional Typographical Union has resulted in the. members of that organization en- INTERNATIONAL TYFOGRAFHI DNION. I joying the comforts of a Printers' Home in old age, or its substitute, a pension. and has increased the membership until the Typographical Union Is now at the head of trades unions in North America, was told in detail by James M. Lynch, the president, in an address at Selllng Hirsch hall last night, to the members of the local branch of that workers' frater- j nltv. , Mr. Lynch, who resides in Indianapolis, ; is touring the cities of the Northwest j for the purpose of making himself famil- iar with the conditions that exist in them. .That some of the enemies of unionism' j have -bought up space in leading papers, and used this apace to misrepresent union ism, was an assertion made by Mr. Lynch last night. To combat this method, Mr. Lynch suggested that the trades unions should do what they could to gain publicity-for themselves, and thus educate the public concerning their work. The mortuary benefit of from $75 to $400, which was projected by the general con vention of the International Union last August, and which will be decided by a vote of the various affiliated unions in February, is heartily favored by Mr. Lynch, and this is one of the various progressive movements for which he and other leaders of the International Union are working. Trains Apprentices Well. The vital feature of the work of the typographical union, Mr. Lynch explained, was the proper training of the appren tices, who must work for the continual betterment of the craft, and thus protect Its future. In connection with this, the speaker ex plained the correspondence school In Chi cago, which the International Union has established, and which seems ' to have met with popular favor. Bv means of this school, there is a uniformity ,of instruction from the most capable source, the speaker explained, and many of those whoare availing them selves of It are printers who have fol lowed their trade for years, and are still working for personal improvement. In personal interviews, Mr. Lynch ex pressed his belief that the enforcement of the sentence of imprisonment of Gom pers and other labor leaders would serve to strengthen unionism. After his talk last night, Mr. Lynch stated that he be lieved that unionism would eventually re solve itself into a political issue, with probable union labor parties for the entire country. Regarding labor politics in San Francisco. Mr. Lynch said he was not prepared to comment. Makes War on Tuberculosis. "While explaining the growth of the Printers' Home, which has been built at Colorado Springs, at an outlay of about S1.000.000. Mr. Lynch said that the International Union has sneciallv turned 1-lts attention to the fight on tuberculosis. and that in this light it is the only or ganization of its kind that has made ad vancement. At the Printers' Home there is a tuberculosis hospital, which has 20 tents for tubercular patients. To gain the Typographical Union pen sion a man must have passed the age or 60 years and must have been a mem ber of the International Typographical Union for at least 20 years. Su perannuated members who do not wish to enter the home have the choice of receiving a pension of 4a week, and many of them have taken this pen non, and added it to- what they could earn by easy jobs, thus making for themselves comfortable livings at their respective homes. Secret of Union's Success. One of the secrets of the success of the International Typographical Union, Mr. Lynch explained, was the unity of the branches of workers that come under the nrotectlon of the general organization. He showed how other unions had been split into a number of brandies that i - . GET HIM ASMOK ING JACKET One that is made for a man, and not for a bargain counter. Our coats are tailored properly, with due respect to fit and wearing qualities;, that's why men like to ' trade at the Lion. We're show ing a splendid line of coats at $5 and $7.50. LION CLOTHIERS 166-170 Third Street. failed to work harmoniously, and " thus have "weakened themselves and lessened their usefulness. AnDrentices in the typographic lines should be taught all branches of the work that comes under the general union, and thus make them capable of earning a livinsr at either branch they might after ward choose. "Unless we keep up our efforts for the improvement of our members, the high standard of the work we have gained will be lowered, and we will return to the conditions from which we have go suc cessfully raised ourselves," he declared. At the present time. declared the sneaker, the International Typographical Union is en.loying its greatest era of peace. He cautioned the members pres ent that they should not let the present prosperity prevent them from working for betterment, for a satisfied feeling mi-eht result in decay of the work. President Lynch was the guest of honor at a luncheon tendered several union men at the Commercial Club yesterday afternoon by some of the managers of local minting firms. The employing print ers who gave the luncheon included: F. W. Baltes, S. C. Beach, W. Prudhomme, C. A. Whitemore, Hugh Glen, J. Beve ridge, C. A. Abbott; F. W. Chausse and Mr. Kilhaxn. The guests included: James M. Lynch. f. A- Jones, president of the local Typographical Union; J. J. Price, secretary of the local union; O. H.. Howell, "W Daly, W. A. Marshall and George Weiss. Mr. Lynch departed at midnight last nieht for Seattle. AMUSEMENTS WHAT PRESS AGENTS SAY Ezra Kendall at Bungalow Tonight. The attraction at the Buriff&low Theater, Twelfth and Morrlspn streets, tonight at 8:15 o'clock and continuing: tomorrow Fri day and Saturday nights, with a special matinee Saturday, wfil be the famous Amer ican comedian, Ezra Kendall, In the delight ful comedy, "Ite Vinegar Buyer." rranklyn Underwood Next Week. Two great favorites with Portland audl encea. Franklyn Underwood and Francis Slosson will be on the bill at trie Onpheura next week. They will present 'Dobb's Di lemma." one of the funniest little sketches ever seen in vaudeville. Mr. Underwood has made a remarkable record as a leading man and will be remembered here, supporting a number of our 'best stars. "The Ivand of Nod" at the Baker. "The Land of Nod" is pleasing large au diences at the Baker all this week. It is one of the greatest o fall present-day music al extravaganzas. The children are carried Into ecstacies by all the magnificent scenic effects and strange nursery rhyme charac ters introduced, such as April Pool, the Sandman, the Weather Man and the Fiery Dragon. Sohrode and Chap pell at Pantage. "During One's Lrfe" is the vehicle which serves to introduce Schrode and Chappell, two of the cleverest entertainers ever seen on a local stage, at Pantaes this week. All the time the duo occupies the stage the audience is in gales of laughter. Without question, it is one of the most entertaining acts seen here this season. Pun at the Grand. Pun in abundance Is found at the Grand. Whitehead and Orierson are real entertain ers. Whitehead's dancing. Jokes and say ings are the hit of the bill and keep every one In the best of humor. The sensation of the programme is the revolving ladder of Delmore and Iee. who offer a startling specialty. Matinee daily. Pink Tea Matinee Today. Today will be the regular pink-tea mat inee at the Lyric, where the Athon Stock Company is presenting a dramatization of Archibald Clavering Gunter's greatest story, "Mr. potter of Texas." A drees pattern will be given away. Tonight the same bill. COMING ATTRACTIONS. George M." Cohan Next Monday. Beginning next Sunday night. December 39. and continuing Monday and Tuesday nights only, the attraction at the Buga low" Theater, Twelfth and Morrison streets, will be the famous American comedian. George M. Cohan, and his royal family, in his latest musical play success. "The Yankee Prince." There are 90 people In the com pany. English Beauty on Orp henna Bill. Alice Lloyd, the distinguished little com edienne, graceful and attractive, with her innumerable song Mts and beautiful gowns, Is a great attraction at the Orpheum this -week. Her tongs are bright and gingery and no more artistic bit of song acting has ever been seen. Miss Lloyd i certainly one of the daintiest types of English beauty seen in moons. MA Girl at the Helm. The Baker Theater for Christmas week, starting with next Sunday matinee, will have a whirlwind show, another one of those La Salle Theater musical comedy suc cesses which have always proved so popu lar with Portland theater-goer. This time it Is "A Qlrl at the Helm." first time here, headed by popular Billy Clifford, last seen here with Kolb and Dill. Seven Lions and the Prince Irene. Princess Irene and her world-famous troupe of seven performing African lions tophnes the bill at Pantages which com mences with next Monday's matinee. This act has been the sensation of the entire Kast during the past season, and will be offered to local play-patrons at great ex pense. Polar Bears at the Grand Next Week. Polar bears, seven of tbem. will be shown, at the Grand next week as the feature act. These are the same kind of bears that Cook and Peary found when they were searching for the North Pole. This is the largest band of bears of the Polar variety "ever ex hibited on a stage. Plenty of other new and. novel numbers. Portia ndcr Pays $12,000 for Farm. LYLE, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Special.) O. J. Nelson, of Hood River, has just closed a deal whereby H. G. Colton, of Portland, becomes -the owner of the property that was known to many pioneers as the Rev. J. C. Baker place, and later owned up to the present time hy J. A. McReynoIde, formerly of The Dalles. The considera tion was -33000 cash. There la about 200 acres under cultivation Spfltlifl DIAMONDS j WATCHES . JEWELRY v STERLING SILVER CUT GLASS ART GOODS CHELSEA CLOCKS HER IDEM SORE Aliases of Fake Injured Wom an Are Many. WITNESSES . ARE POSITIVE Mrs. Brown in California, Mrs. Har rel6on In Arkansas, Mrs. Peter son In Tacoma, and Others Are . Same Woman. SEATTLE, Deo. 15. (Special.) At a night session of the Superior CourC sev eral witnesses from cities in the Middle West were put on the stand in the trial of Mrs. Maud M. Johnson, an alleged professional claimant, who is being" tried on a charge of swindling' the Seattle Electric Company of $600 by pretending to have sustained injuries in a streetcar ac cident. The witnesses who testified to night represented railroads in the Middle West that have been victimized hy Mrs. Johnson, who operated tinder various names. All the witnesses tonight were as posi tive in their identification of Mrs. John son as the woman to whom they had paid money In the settlement of claims, as John Ferron, claim agent for the Oak land (Cal.) Traction Company, who tes tified earlier in the day that Mrs. John son, under the name of Mrs. S. T. Brown, went to him on July 4, 1909, relative to an injury she said she had sustained in that city. Perron identified a red-stained quilt as the one Mrs. Brown had on the bed she occupied in an Oakland hospital, and told the jury that when he called her attention to it, and remarked how she must have fooled the doctors, the defendant laughed and replied that ""it was only part blood." How Arrest Was Caused. Ferron later caused the arrest of Mrs. Johnson or Brown, at the request of the Seattle Electric Company, after he had shown her a photograph sent from this city. Park Weed Willis, general surgeon of the Seattle Electric Company, made a chemical test of a piece of the quilt in front of the jury. He found, he said, no trace of blood, and declared that the red stain was caused by applying an aniline dye. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John H. Perry, for the state, sacrificed himself to science and contributed some real blood, so that the physician could show the jury what would occur under the same test as applied to aniline. During all this testimony Mrs. Johnson smiled and often spoke laughingly across the table to the prosecutor. When he produced the stained quilt she laughed aloud. Woman Laughs at Blood Claim. "You are not going to say that I ever claimed that was blood, are you?" she asked, but Perry did not reply. The woman alleged In her Oakland In jury that she had been thrown from a car and her left eye injured. Ferron caused the arrest of Mrs. Brown or John son, and two men who were with her. In the courtroom here Mrs. Johnson car ries a baby boy, which, the police say, she bought from an incubator company here, but which Mrs. Johnson -declares is ESTABLISHED GIFT -OF- BEAUTY AND REFINEMENT Thrifty buyers of Xinas gifts will find tbe greatest variety of suggestions at this store from the least expensive to the most elaborate and at prices that will meet the purse nicely, qualit aud value considered. The style question is in a class by itself. Buy your gifts now and avoid the great crowds of next week. WE INVITE COMPARISON STERLING SILVER HAMMERED FLATWARE A most beautiful design. Must be seen to be appreciated. PATEK PHILIPPE WATCHES Sole Agents for Oregon A time-piece knowTn the world over for its, perfect qualities. . 283-285 Washington Street, Between 4th and 5th Rothchild Building Leading Diamond Merchants Jewelers Opticians MAIL ORDERS GIVEN her own child, born in Kansas City, De cember 7, 1908. Tonight D. C. Davis, claim agent for the Northern Pacific at Tacoma, testified that he had paid $1230 to Mrs. Johnson under the name of Mrs. Hazel Peterson. Otto Harris, of the Pacific Electric Railway Company, of Los Angeles, Iden tified Mrs. Johnson as the woman who is suing his company for $25,640 damages, under the name of Mrs. F. A. Harwood. Arkansas Man Identifies Her. John Hawn, a hotel proprietor of Rog ers, Ark., testified that Mrs. Johnson received $2625 from the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad for injuries sustained in 1907, and George Conover, claim agent for that road, identified her as Grace Payton, to whom he paid $250 in 1908. in settlement of claims for injuries received at Rich Hill, Mo. G. J. McPhillamey, former claim agent for the Leavenworth & Topeka Railroad, identified her as Mrs. N. L. Harrelson, to whom he paid $250 in 1908 for injuries sustained at Oskaloosa, Kan., and Carl S. Otis, claim agent for the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, testified that he paid $400 to Mrs. Johnson at Herrington, Kan., in 1908. The prosecution had not concluded the Introduction of witnesses to identify Mrs. Johnson as the woman to whom they have paid various sums in settlement of alleged claims against their companies DIAMONDS ' CHRISTMAS Our Diamond prices will appeal to you. No matter what the age of the individual or the sex, diamonds are appropriate aud desirable. Diamonds Is PcpularPriced Jeweler 29Washington(nearfiftii) SINCE 1868 SPECIAL ATTENTION . when court adjourned at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Johnson did not have the alleged incu bator baby in court with her today. SEATTLE MAN DROPS DEAD J. B. King Dies Suddenly on Streets of Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. J. B. King, a former newspaper publisher of Colo rado, and later a resident of Seattle, who came here a few days ago with bis wife, was walking on one of the down town streets tonight when he suddenlr" fell to the sidewalk and expired almost' Instantly. He was afflicted with heart disease. - Pittsburg Team Gives Banquet. I NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Two hundred baseball men tonteht were banquet guests of the world's champion Pittsburg Club of the National League. Ban B. Johnson,! of the American League, paid a tribute to the late Harry C. Pulliam and praised his successor, John A. 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