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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOJN'IAK. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1909. T SCENE DURING SESSION OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AND VICE-PRESIDENT SHERMAN, WHO PRESIDES OVEE SENATE. REPORTAGCIDENTS There is Satisfaction in Giving a Piano That Everyone Can Play House Passes Esch Bill an'd Measure Compelling Uniform Equipment of Cars. ' f VI : CANAL BILL CONSIDERED ..i-.. v'-i I A, RAILROADS MU S$ t: ' --r- ' . I . Abolition of Isthmian Canal Cora mission and Centralization of Au thority in President or Director-General Are Opposed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Sitting until after nightfall, the House buckled down to business today, passed the Esch bill, requiring- railroads to make full monthly reports to the Interstate Commerce Com mission of all accidents, and a measure Kivinj? the Commission power to compel railroads to provide uniform equipment for their cars, and then took up for con sideration the Mann Panam Canal bill, on which general debate was concluded. Much opposition developed to section 4 of the Esch bill, prohibiting: the admis sion as evidence Or the use in any action for damages of reports furnished by rail roads or reports of the .Interstate - Com merce Commiwilon of investigations as provided In the measure. Chairman Mann urjred that the section be allowed to re main in the bill, to' encourage railroad companies to give the Commission the benefit of full information on accidents. Amendments All Defeated. Several amendments calculated to modi fy or destroy the section were defeated. The bill will become effective as soon as it Is signed by the President. When the Panama Canal bill was re ported by the committee ori Interstate and foreign commerce, the House imme diately resolved itself into a committee of the whole for its consideration. Rep resentative Mann of Illinois, author of the bill, explained its provisions, after which general debate began. Congress Wants Commission Kept. The abolition of the IsVhmiari" Canal Commission and the centralization of au thority for the construction of the canal nud the government of the Canal Zone under the President or a Director-Oieneral were bitteyly opposed. It was contended that Congress had no power to delegate legislative or judicial authority to the President. Another section of the bill to which ob jections were raised was that conferring Judicial power in the Zone upon a Circuit Court and such inferior courts as the President may constitute. Representative Sterling of Illinois endeav ored to show that there was work -enough for the three Circuit Judges now in the Zone. Before the House rose from the com mittee of the whole, the reading of the bill had been begun, with the understand ing that it would be taken up again soon after the holiday recess. More "av 1 Militia Asked. WASHINGTON, Dec 15. Assistant Secretary Winthrop of the Navy De partment would have the militia in creased from 6300 to .10,000, and would have it placed on the same footing; with 'reference to the Navy that the land militia occupies toward the Army. The Secretary was before the House com mittee on naval affairs today and ad vocated an increase of $25,000 over the estimate made by the department. " McCredie to Help Revise Code. WASHINGTON, Deo. IS. Speaker Can non has not assigned Representative W. W. McCredie to a committee, but it is un derstood Representative Denby, of Mich igan, will retire from the committee on. revision of laws, and that Judge McCre die will succeed him. This committee is now revising the Civil Code. It is a very active committee. STATUTE SOUGHT TO SAVE liaw of limitations Is Defense of Lumbermen In Idaho Case.. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 15. (Special.) Pleading the statute of limitations on the grounds that the title to the land, alleged by the Government to have been fraudulently secured, left the Govern ment three years prior to the bringing; . of the indictments against the defend ants by the Federal grand Jury, C. T. Bundy. of Eau Claire, Wis chief coun sel for the Barber Lumber Company and the defendants, faced Judge Rob ert S. Bean, of the Oregon District Court, in the United States District Court today.- Bundy pleaded for the defendants in support of the demurrer submitted by the defense in the case of the United States vs. James T. Barber and Sumner O. Moon. The defense will probably move to morrow to quash the indictment. Bar ber and Moon are to stand trial Decem ber 27. FLAG CALLED "DIRTY RAG" Member of I. W. AT. Clapped Into Jail for Unpatriotic Speech. SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. 15. "Dese cration of the flag" is the charge Frank Reed must face in court. Reed was chosen chairman of a meeting of the Industrial Workers of the World last Sunday. In accepting the chair, it is claimed he said: "Fellow workers, I used to be a sol dier and I had to take off my hat to a dirty rag, but 1 am a free man now. We will now sing a song about a flag that is a flag." This was as far as he got before belng arrested and marched out of the hall, while the audience stood and sang "The- Starless Red Banner." Now he Is to be prosecuted under the state law for desecration of the flag, and hTs case will also be placed before the Federal authorities. FARM TAKEN, COST UPHELD Supreme Court Confirms $3500 Judgment. OIYMPIA, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Special.) The Supreme Court today affirmed Ihe 13500 judgment found in the con demnation suit of the Columbia & Cowlit River Boom & Rafting Company- to secure" part of the farm of James H- Hutchinson, needed in con ducting booming operations on the Columbia River, near the mouth of the Cowlitz. -s The company claimed tl't the amount allowed was excessive. 1 5 ib WOOD TO BE CHIEF Coming Appointment as Head of Staff Announced. SURGEON'S RISE IS RAPID Colonel of Rough Riders Had Pre viously Distinguished , Himself In Apache Campaign Is Only 4 9 Years Old. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. Major-General Iapard Wood, now in command of the Department of the East, will be the next Chief of Staff of the Army. Secretary Dickinson made this announcement today. General Wood will succeed General J. Franklin Bell, whose term at the head of. the General Staff will expire 'next Spring. General Wood's rise in the Army has been one of the most spectacular in its history. Entering the medical corps as an assistant surgeon, in 18-86, he has been prometed bj leaps and bounds so that next April, when he assumes his new duties at the War Department, he wil'. be at the head of the Army. He is only O years old. Attention was called to Wood before he had been in the Army six months. When serving as assistant surgeon, he voluntarily carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians, mak ing a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles next day. In the same campaign he took command of a detach ment of infantry without an officer, when an encounter was hourly expected with Geronimo. For this action in this cam paign a medal of honor was awarded to hjm in IMS. In the Spanish-American War he was Colonel of the Rough Riders, commanding the regiment In which Theodore Roose velt was Lieutenant-Colonel. For his services at Las Guasima? and San Juan Hill he was made a Brigadier-General. Later he was promoted to be Major-Gen-, eral and was made Governor-General soon afterward. " After the withdrawal .of the American forces from Cuba General Wood was sent to the Philippines, where finally he be came commander of the Philippine di vision. VANCOUVER LADS MISSING Arlie and Ned Fritz, Unsought by Parents, Disappear. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 13. Spe clal.) Unsought by their parents, two small lads, Artie, aged 12 years, and Ned Fritz, aged 8 years, who skipped from school yesterday afternoon, are still miss ing. They were last seen late last night at the Diamond brickyard, five miles up the Columbia River. The father of the boys, James Fritz, said tonight that he was not trying to find them and that if they did not like Major-General "Leonard Wood, Who Will Be Next Chief of Staff of the Army, War Secretary Announces. their home they could stay away. The older boy has been playing truant from school for the past two weeks and had threatened to run away. Tfiey both did run away last Summer, but returned home. The older boy has red hair and the younger black hair. The disappearance of the boys was re ported to the police last night, but as the lads were outside the city, the parents were told to report the matter to the Sheriff's office, but this has not been dona fe 15 T s v I - W Etr- i. 8BHI ill . V s-; - - jUKUtg .i i Wife 3 yaWKWUBi "Wl.''-gji- WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (Special.) This is a view of the House of Repre sentatives in session, made on the opening day of the second session of Congress, December 6, 1909. The only time when it is possible to get a good picture of the House in session is when the chaplain is delivering his prayer, for that is the only time when the members are still enough to be pho tographed successfully. Vice-President James S. Sherman, is seen here on his way to the Capitol to preside over the Senate. It was made on the opening day of the session. Mr. Sherman is a popular presiding officer and an efficient one. HAMILTON ASKS RETRIAL CONVICTED MILITIA OFFICER SEEKS JUDGMENT ARREST. Misconduct on Part of Jury and Other Allegations Named as Grounds for New Action. OLXMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 13. (Special.) On behalf of Ortis Hamilton, ex-Adjutant-General, recently convicted here of em bezzlement, his attorneys today filed in the local Superior Court motions for a new trial and for an arrest of judgment. The motions may be argued Monday, but no definite date has been set. In the motion for the new trial the defense al leges misconduct on the part of the jury; that the jurors, sworn to try the case, had formed and expressed an opinion prior to being drawn; newly discovered evidence, which, by due diligence, could not have been found in time for the trial just finished: errors of law. which were duly excepted to; that the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence, and could not be sustained. The motion for the arrest of Judgment is a motion for Hamilton's discharge on the grounds that the information did not allege a crime or misdemeanor under the laws of the state. They ask for three weeks in which to file affidavits In sup port of their motion. Nothing has been done regarding bail for Hamilton. It is now thought the 'de fense may be waiting until the case has been appealed t.he Supreme Court be fore obtaining his release on KO.OOO bonds. USE OF CONVICTS URGED Good Road President Suggests Mak ing Prisoners I'seful. TOPEKA, Kan.Dec. 13. About 1000 del egates from all sections of the' country were in attendance today at the closing sessions of the tenth annual convention of the National Goods Roads Association. Addresses were given by the state high way engineers of Minnesota and Missouri, George W. Cooley and Curtis Hill. Pro fessor W. C. Hoag, of the University of Kansas, erave the delegates expert ad vice on rock roadbuilding. Arthur C. Jackson, president of the Na tional association, strongly advocated the use of convicts in the construction of roads. WARFIELD INNEW ROLE Actor Appears as Defendant in At tachment Proceedings. TUCSON. Ariz., Dec- 13. David War field, the actor, played an unadvertised role here today when he figured with David Belasco as defendant In attachment proceedings brought by a local theatrical manager. The latter claimed 360 because of a cancelled date. Warfleld was served personally with the papers, and after a short parley a set tlement was"effected and his baggage was released. His cancellation of the local date was due to delay on the railroad. - V. ! s, 5- i s, S. i" TOPIC, LOCAL RATES Package Freight Tolls Engage Interstate Commission. "BACK HAUL CASES" UP Body Delves to Decde Whether Port land and Seattle AM 11 Be Allowed Tolls Charged Missouri River Jobbers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Whether the jobbers of Portland, Or., and Seattle, shall be given such rates on package freight as will enable them to compete successfully with jobbers at Missouri River transfers, St. Paul and Minneapolis and big distributing points like Denver, is being considered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Oral arguments were heard by the Commission today in the cases of the Portland Chamber of Commerce against the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com pany and others and of the transportation bureau of Seattle against the Northern Pacific Railway and others, both of which involve the question at Issue. The cases are known popularly as the "back haul cases." Listening to the arguments today were 15 members of the Merchants Associa tion of New York and a delegation from a similar body in San Francisco, headed by its traffic manager, W. S. Wheeler, ex-Assistant Secretary of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. No decision will be rendered for several weeks, but questions to be determined are said to be of vital interest to the Pa cific Coast and of more than ordinary consequence to big shippers on the At lantic seaboard. THIRD DEGREE DENOUNCED Bureau of Justice to Defend Prison ers Against Police. Tha "Better Citizenship Xssociation" held a "meeting at the Parish House of Trinity Episcopal Church last night, about 0 persons -feeing present. Among the speakers were Dr. A. A. Morrison, A. H. Devers, C. E. S. Wood, General Thomas M. Anderson, County Jude Webster, Cir cuit Judge Morrow, Federal Judge Wolverton and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise. The association has been organized about three months. Representatives of almost all churches end creeds were present last night. Last nigh's speakers urged the aboli tion of the so-called "third degree" in se curing information regarding crimes, and taking such measures as will bring about the reform of the guilty man and pre vent repetition of criminal acts, rather than punishment for the purpose of wreaking vengeance on the guilty. The Bureau of Justice, of which Judge Webster is chairman, and Rabbi Wise secretary, and which is a department of the association, will endeavor to bring about an abolition of prison abuses, chief of .which, in. the minds of the speakers last night, was the police inquisition. It is probable, that an attorney will be ap pointed by -the bureau to look after the interest of hapless prisoners in the Police Court. Last night's speakers said they did not wish to criticise the judges, but that jus tice, as now administered, is somewhat one-sided, with the odds against the ac cused, whether guilty or innocent. DICKINSON HANDLES CASE Cabinet Member Goes to Springfield j as an Attorney. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Secretary Dickinson left Washington this afternoon for Springfield, II., where he will argue before the Supreme Court of that state a case in which the Illinois Central Rail road Company is a party. The case is an old one and Mr. Dick inson, before his appointment as Secre tary of War, informed the President that it would be necessary to complete it. The President readily gave his consent. RICH;STRIKE IS REPORTED North Fairylew Foreman Telephones of Extensive Ore Find. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Dec. 15. (Spel cial.) A rich strike has been reported in the North Fair-view mine at Bohemia. Details are not available. The foreman telephoned to President McQueen that it was richer and more extensive than the strike made a month agr r 'V-rJ I " 'A. The piano has always been a favorite rift. The possibilities it represents for musical enjoyment are so great that it appeals strongly to the imagination. 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The complaint against Wilson .was sworn to by the young woman who says she is Mrs. Wilson No. 2. and who was Miss Mary Stelmacher, of 238 South ave nue Twenty -two. She says she was mar ried to Wilson twice, once at sea, oft San Pedro, and once on land, to satisfy her mother, who did not consider a marine ceremonv legal. Wife No. 1 was Mies Bessie D. Parke, who says she was married in Coqullle City, Or., to Wilson, on January 14, 1905, where she went to live after divorcing her first husband. Wilson was employed by the lx Ange les Laundry Company. Oddly enough, both women who claim him as husband obtained employment there and ' acciden tally compared notes, reaching the con clusion that they were married to the same man. For six months they devoted all their spare time hunting for him, and at last landed him in jail. Prince Henry Calls Blatchford Liar. LONDON. Dec. 15. A telegram ap- The Quickest and Simplest Cough Cure. 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