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ADDS TO CAPITAL
Stock Issue Increased
by $10,000,000
WIDE EXTENSION PLANNED
Streetcar Officials Announce
Service Betterments.
51,000,000 NOW AVAILABLE
.Capitalization Now 15.0M),000
With 65 Per Out Paid In Stock
Already A bore Par, Though
Subject to Asaeaaments.
Reorganisation of th Portland Kail
war. Light A Powtr Company waa f
teotsd at a meeting of tha stockhold
ers of tha company, held la Portland
Xo-rarabr JS. for tha purpoaa of In
creasing the capitalisation from $15.
O0.o to ;S.oo.000 In order to pro
vide additional funde to carry on Im
mense development work for tha Im
mediate future. Supplemental article
of Incorporation will be filed with the
Secretary of State thla week.
The former organisation had a capi
tal stock of lls.000.000. of which
1J.000.000 wae preferred and 110.
000.000 wae common. The preferred
paid an annual dividend of i per cent.
Slxty-flv per cent of the capitaliza
tion of the new organisation baa been
paid In. amounting to lU.ISO.OOO. With
the redemption of the preferred stock
of the former Issue at 105. together
with the common stock, the company
haa been able to retire Its obligation
and receive 11.000.009 In cash which
wtll b available to carry on further
development at once. Stockholders la
tha company bar approved tha plan
and virtually all have subscribed for
the new stock.
Stork Subject to Assessment.
For each share of tha present full
paid common stock and K1.S0 la cash,
the stockholders have received two and
one-half sharea of new capital stock, ti
jer cent paid. The stock Is subject to
aa aaeesment of tha remaining IS per
sent but not mora than five per cent
caa bo called In any calendar year. One
of tha featurea of the new plan Is that
all the stock Issued repreeents aa ac
tual cash Investment and Is considered
worth Its par value plua Interest.
It la expected that after January 1.
all tha stock wtll have been redeemed,
with the result that the former stock
Issue will be entirely out of the way
and the sum of fl.u00.00 wilt be on
hand for nuklnf Improvements and ex
tending electric llnea
-The financial problem has been
prominently before the management at
ail tlmee and particularly during the
psst year." said B. 8. Josselyn. presi
dent of the company. "Ve have met
the sltustlon through the plans of re-
srganltatlon. The fact that additional
funds ran be secured on call will add
t greatly to "the company's financial
credit and facilitate the raising of
ctoney throng h bond Issues.
Orovrth Peruanda Better Service.
"The growth of Portland and the
surrounding territory has been so great
during the five years following tha
Iewte and Clark imposition that the
demands upon the company, for In
creased facilities and Improved service
of all km. I, have required the Invest
ment of large amounts of capital, with
the result that the earnings have been
built up at such a rate as to Justify
fully tits eipendltures. Thla remark
able growth la continuing and the de
mands for heavy expenditures are
greater than ever. The company Is
now developing two hydro-electric
plants with a total caraclty of 70.000
horsepower, one ft which will be com
pleted In 11 months and tha other In
three or four years. These and other
developments, which hare not yet be
come productive, will result in large
Increases In the earnings in the fu
ture. "We expect to be la readiness to an
nounce further p'sns of development
work soon after the first of ths year."
EL CAN0 GOESJN SERVICE
Gunboat Captured by Admiral
Dear; at Manila I Repaired.
WASHINGTON J.rc The gun
boat El Cano. to srhlch the Cnlted
States fell heir aj a result of the
Spanish-American war. was again
placed In commission In the Navy to
day, after having undergone extensive
repairs.
After Admiral Iewey had destroyed
the Spanish fleet In M-inlla Bay. the El
t-mno which had been on duty In soma
remote and isolated corner or the
world, steamed Into the harbor, her
officers Ignorant that their country was
engaged In war. With no other re
sources possible, the gunboat was
promptly surrendered to the Americana
Flood Victims Oct Sl.a00.000.
PARI;. IC- . The Chamber of
iwputles today unanimously Toted an
appropriation of 1.U for tha re
lief of flood victims.
POWER
GOMPAH
: " PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7,
CHICKENS USED IN
PLACER DIGGINGS
BIRDS PIT IX FIELD; CRAW
TILES OPEXF.D FOR GOLD.
Partners Near Vancouver Find Poul
try Business Profitable and Live
liens Are at Premium.
VANCOUVER. Wash, Dec. . Spe
eleJ.) To use chickens to harvest a
continuous crop of gold In ths newly
discovered gold-bearing ground seven
miles east of her Is tha plan of sev
eral prospectors who have staked out
their claims.
Several chickens killed In that vi
cinity recently hava had gold nuggets
la their crsws. and now chicken Is a
popular meat there. The farmers
thinking that they will get sev
eral dollars In gold from a chick
en's craw, will hav chicken to est
and the gold to pat In the bank. Aa
a result It Is reported that chickens
la that part of Clark County are be
ing killed oft at a rapid rata. No
chicken on foot ar being brought to
market, but the thrifty farmer are
killtng.them and dressing them.
Several prospectors sre planning to
fence their claims, and with plows
turn over the soil, then turn several
hundred chickens into the enclosure
and let them pick up th yellow metal.
which, being heavier than other food
gobbled up. remains In the bottom of
tha craw, ther to be extracted when
the life of the chicken Is sacrificed.
The prospectors believe that raising
chickens under ordinary circumstances
is a profitable business, but when a
bounty such as gold nuggets Is possi
ble they say It will truly be a gold
mine, and a producing one.
About a mile square In land has al
ready been staked out. and yesterday
eight more claims of 20 acres each
were located by R. B. Montague. G.
D. Montagus. R. D. Montague. A.
Welch. 11. O. Montagu. Harriet
Welch. C- D. Montagu and H. R. Mon
tagu. LA FOLLETTE SNUBS TAFT
Insurgent Seantor Refuse Invita
tion to While House.
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WASHINGTON. Dec . (Special.)
Senator LaFollette. of Wisconsin, prao
tlcally has refused to meet and talk
with President Taft at tha White
House, having replied to an invitation
extended through Secretary Norton, by
sending a brief letter to th President
himself.
InJei date of December 1. It was
learned tonight Secretary Norton wrote
a letter t Senator LaFollette telling
htm that th President would like to
see him for a discussion on general
appointments. Instead of going to th
Whit Houee or eeeklng an appoint
ment for a conference. Senator LaFol
totte wrote a letter, which he ad
dressed to th President personally.
This letter and the facts Dear in g on
It were given out tonight as the result
of a statement that th President a
month ago wrote a very cordial letter
to th Senator, asking him to visit th
ivhit. Hons upon his arrival In Wash
ington for th Winter session of Con
gress.
Senator LaFollette says 1". received
no sucn letter and that he baa had no
communication from tha President in
either month. The affair Is bound to
cause a sensation, coming at this par
ticular time, albeit Senator LaFollett
hae been regarded by many as an irre
concilable o far as th present Admin
istration Is concerned. There are likely
to be som further Interesting develop
ments one sld or th othr. or both
right aaay.
ARCHBISHOP BANS SALOME
Opera Said to Be) Glorification of
Divorce and Debauchery.
MTT.WAUKEE Wls Dec Arch
bishop 8. G. Messmer. In a letter to
v. . nri..t. of the Milwaukee Archdio
cese, denounced the coming production
i- i cltv of th grand opera
-Salome." be says In part:
-Even If the dance of belomt ne not
i. it. .;f ooenlr immodest, a thing I
do not know. yt th whol tendency of
the operation. If report are irue, is a
glorification of divorc ana aeoaucn-
ery.
-Hence, yon will please request the
members of your parish to tay away
and thus express their emphatic pro
test against the production of ths
opera In our city."
WOMAN AIDING PET KILLED
Girl Burned at Open Fire While
Taking Wire From Doj'a Foot.
NEW TORK, Dec a. Inattention to
her own safety while concerned for th
wellbelng of her pet coUle dog. cost
Miss EUen F. Francis, of East Quogu.
Long Island, bar Ufa today.
Th young woman brought the animal
In the house to extricat a plec of wire
from f.a toot. While Intent on th oper
ation, her dress limited at an open grata
fire and In an instant she waa aflame
from head to foot. Her mother, an in
valid, was barely able to raise herself
from bed and threw a blanket about the
girl, who waa so badly burned that death
soon followed.
FRENCH WOMEN MAY VOTE
Committee In Chamber or Deputies
Favors Bill.
PARIS. Dec . A committee of th
Chamber of Deputies, of which Fer
dinand Buisson. Radical Socialist, la
prealdent. favorably reported today a
hill conferring on women the right to
vote for city, communal and depart
mental councillors, and making them
llgibl for election to these offices.
GIRLS REFUSE TO
DANCE WITH JAPS
Women Slight Admiral
of Mikado's Navy.
PASADENA MAIDENS ABSENT
Bands on Flagship Play Two
Steps to Empty Decks.
OFFICER IS MUCH PEEVED
After Officer's. Waiting Three Hours,
Fair Visitors Do Not Appear,
and Admiral Recalls Invi
tation to School Children.
LOS ANGELES. CaL. Dec . Spe
cial.) The Impeccable dignity of an Ad
miral of the Imperial Japanese navy haa
been wounded.
When Rear-Admiral Rokuro Tashlro, of
th Japanese) battleships, which have
been peacefully lying In th harbor of
Los Angeles, lifts his anchor on his
flagship. Asama, tomorrow and aalla
away he will carry with him a weakened
faith In the touted doctrine of the Japa
nese being received upon an equal foot
ing by Americana
By th asm token Admiral Tashlro
struck back Just once, but enough to
let It be known that he was peevish.
There at many pretty girls In Pasa
dena D. M. Llnnard. manager of the
Maryland Hotel, atruck upon a fine and
grand plan to demonstrate how pretty
the girl of Pasadena were and how deep
was th admiration felt toward Admiral
Yashlro and hla excellent offlcera
Hoot Counts Without Guests.
The plan waa to give a ball and re
ception at th hotel and invite the flower
of Pasadena's belles and the Jap naval
offlcera.
Mr. Llnnard Immediately penned a
beautifully phrased epistle to Admiral
Tashlro and hla officers. In which be re
quested their honorable presence at a
hall, and asked that they meet the flower
of Paaadent'a aoclal set.
After accomplishing tbs he prepared
another met of Invitations to th gay
young beautie of Pasadena. lie en
thusiastically told them of hi fine and
grand scheme, he aaked them to com
to hla ball and dance with the officers
of th Japanese battleships.
He gleefully awaited his response. It
cam promptly. Would they attend his
ball and dance with the Japanese of
ficers? "they would not." That waa
all. They Just wouldn't. Just aa soon
dunce with a negro, said one.
Japanese Return Compliment.
In th meantime Admiral Tashlro had
received his Invitation to the ball In
Pasadena. He told hla officers of the
invitation and they were glad. They
decided they would glv a ball them
selves on th flagship Asama and
would Invite the Paaadenana to Uielr
ball.
They Immediately had engraved a
series of Invitations couched In ths
politest of Japanese English. They
troncluds-1 on rase 8.) .
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INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS
Tbe Weather.
TESTKHDATS Maximum temperature. 48
degrees; minimum. 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain, southerly winds.
Foreign.
Government eoelltlon saina slightly la Brie
ain. Pace 4.
National.
Taft renominates Col wall aa United States
Marshal for Oregon. Page 2.
Democrats plan to force extra session.
Page L
Domeetle.
Evidence obtained by police from girt ac
cused of Glover murder Is admitted by
court. Page 3.
Mexican Journalist an aide of Madera's, ar
rested In Washington. Page 6.
President Taft la delighted with progress
of efforts to endow Bad Cross with 12,
000.000. Page ft.
rso babes held from mother for 128 ransom.
Vae 1.
Federal grand Jury indicts 82 In connection
with "batntub trust" Inquiry. Page 1-
Loa Angeles woman refuse to dsnce with
Jape; illkados navy offended. Page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Chickens used- to harvest gold near "Van
couver. Cage 1.
American ex-spy for Cubans at Aberdeen.
Wash., telle new story of Maine explo
sion. Fsse 4.
Anacortee. Wash-, wet despite fair aex vote.
Page e.
Oregon Tax Commission announces assess--ments
of atate railway llnea Page 18.
Butherlln suffers 840.0O0 are loss. Pags ft,
f port a.
Losing noon basketball team host at banquet
to winner. Page 16.
The Bondsman, recently purchased for $11.
000. will be brought here In Spring. Page 7
The Bondsman, famous harness horse, to
come north In Spring. Page 7.
Hawaiian women to teach Portland people
art of Burf-rldlr.g. Page 7.
Commercial and Marfae.
Decline in American flour trade In Orient.
Pags IL
Last prices highest In Chicago wheat mar
ket. Page 21.
Heavy selling of Steal weakens stock market.
Page 21.
French bark Cannsblsrre careens at dock
and rights Itself aa men discharge cargo.
Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
East Ride committee gives reasons for op
posing vacation of streets for O. R. A
N. Psge 14.
Dock Commission law formally proclaimed
by Mayor. . Page 20.
Mrs Henry W. Cos declarea In court ac
tion, that Stanneld bank violated bank
ing lawa. Pass 15.
Portland Chamber of Commerce trustees to
report on street vscstion plan Friday.
Page 13.
Portland Railway. Light A Power Company
Increases capitalization from 81S.WHI.00ll
to 8-o.ouO.OOO to better service. Page 1.
Pheasants are main attraction at poultry
shove Page IX
Twohy Bros, building 1150,000 repair shops
and aupply depot. Page 12.
Jury promptly convicts two robbers. Page 14.
L. A. Wiley charged with beating pupil In
Montavllla school; discharge requested.
1-ase 2.
Ben Selling almost assured as choice for
President of Oregon Senate. Pags 8.
Portland school girls not given to our Is.
fuss or feathers. Psge 15.
WAIST LINES ARE NO MORE
Chicago Dress Manufacturers Elim
inate Them In Sew Models.
CHICAGO, 111.. Deo. 8. (Special.)
Women's waletllnes, whloh have been
wandering from their arms to their
knees for' some time have now disap
peared altogether. At the convention
of tha National Cloak. Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers today, models for 1911
were displayed, and there Is no sugges-'
tlon of a waist line In any of the new
est things. This not only applies to
gowns, but to cloake and coats as welL
New woman will have no waist, but
will appear In silhouette lines.
True to their promise, manufactur
ers hav discarded th hobble and all
its Ilk. In new gowns there Is no sug
gestion whatever of tightening at the
ankles or knees. Instead there are
many pleate. all cunningly devised, in
serted at odd places, which flare out
delightfully when the-wearer Is In mo
tion, but are completely Invisible at
other tlmes.
Jacketa will be much shorter and
long coats will be cut with a new seam
off the shoulder and with bell-shaped
sleeves. .
1910.
"BATHTUB TRUST"
NOW UNDER FIBE
16 Firms and 32 Indi
viduals Indicted.
CHARGES FOLLOW CIVIL SUIT
Unwilling Witness Tells of
Freeze-Out Methods.
HEARINGS HELD IN SECRET
Combine Alleged to Control 85 Per
Cent of Enamel Ironware, Sinks,
Bathtubs, Etc., by Forcing
Out All Competitors.
DETROIT, Mich.. Dee. 6. The anti
trust campaign of Attorney-General
Wlckersham shifted to Detroit thla week
with the result that Indictments were
returned by the Federal grand Jury today
against ten firms and 8J Individuals al
leged to have secured control of 85 per
cent of the annual output of enamel
Ironware, bathtubs, sinks, lavatories, eta.
In the United States.
The orlminal proceedings grew out of a
civil suit to dissolve the alleged com
bination begun by the Government In the
Federal Court, at Baltimore. Hearings
were held in Chicago, Pittsburg and New
Tork within the last 40 days.
The evidence adduced was presented
to the grand Jury and Kdwln P. Grossve
nor. special assistant to the Attorney
General. United States District Attor
ney Watson, of Detroit, and Joseph
Darling, special agent of the Department
of Justice. Secret hearings began yes
terday and nothing was given out until
the Indictments were handed down this
afternoon.
Conspiracy Is Alleged.
It Is charged that as the result of a
ten days' meeting at Mount Clemens.
Mich., last April, a fund of 17000 was
subscribed to set In motion a plan that
resulted in giving the defendants control
of 16 manufacture and nearly 400 Job
bers, representing an output of approxi
mately 110,000,000 a year.
Both the civil suit started at Balti
more and the criminal proceedings here
have been Instituted under the Sherman
anti-trust law. The defendant firms in
the criminal proceedings are:
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Com
pany. Pittsburg. Pa-: A. Welskittel
Sona Co., Baltimore: the Barnes Man
ufacturing Company, Mansfield, O.; the
CaJiUl Iron Works, Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Colwell Lead Company. New York City;
the Day-Ward Company, Warren, O.;
the Humphreys Manufacturing Company,
Mansfield, O.; Kemer Manufacturing
Company. Pittsburg, Pa.; the J. B. Mott
Iron Works, New York City; McVay &
Walker, Braddock. Pa.; the McCrum
Howell Company. New York City; the
National Sanitary Manufacturing Com
pany, Salem. O.; Union Sanitary Manu
facturing Company, Nobelsvllle, Ind.; L.
Wolff Manufacturing Company. Chicago;
Wheeling Enameled Iron Company,
Wheeling, W. Va.; United States Sanl-
(ConcluJed on Page 3.)
TWO BABES HELD
FOR $25 RANSOM
MOTHER PJLEADS TO COCRT AXD
JUDGE GRAHAM AIDS.
Woman Caretaker Refuses to Sur
render Children Until Debt Is
Faid; Jurist Holds Differently.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 6. (Special.)
Marie Dolan, aged 4 years, and her tiny
brother Frank, aged one and a halt
years, it Is charged by their mother.
Mrs. Annie Dolan. testifying before
Judge Thomas F. Graham, are being
held by Mrs. Annie Page, of Emeryville,
as security for the payment of 3 al
leged to be owing by the mother.
Upon an affidavit setting forth that
Mrs. Page refuses to give up the little
ones until the debt is satisfied. Judge
Graham signed an order appointing Mrs.
Dolan guardian of her own offspring, and
directed faer to proceed to Emeryville
and take her children. If delivery of
the babes Is again refused, then the mat
ter will be turned over to Sheriff Finn.
"No person has the light to hold
another woman's children without an
order of court, regardless of whether the
mother Is indebted to her In the sum of
S25 or $500," said Judge Graham, after
listening to the story of Mrs. Dolan, who
is a widow.
Compelled to seek employment, she
sought out Mrs. Page, who agreed to
care for the children tor a sum, to be
paid weekly.
Ill-health caused the mother to fall
behind In her payments. Settling later,
Mrs. Dolan went to Mrs. Page to get her
children. She charges Mrs. Page refused
to surrender the babes until the (25 de
linquent board bill had been liquidated.
Mrs. Dolan did not have the money, so
appealed to the court-
CONSUL'S HOME DYNAMITED
Explosion, Though to Bo From
Bomb, Falls to Injure Italian.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Tec. 7. An explo
sion, believed to have been caused by
a bomb in the garage at the home of
the Italian Consul. Dr. A. J. Ghilione,
SSI Thirtieth Avenue South, broke all
the windows and chlnaware in Dr. Ghil
lone's residence and adjoining buildings
early this morning.
The explosion was heard 10 blocks
away. No one was injured.
"It is not a Black Hand matter," said
Dr. Ghlgllone. "It Is a personal mat
ter and I have a very good Idea who
the perpetrators of the outrage were.
Only one man laid the mine or bomb.
His tracks are plainly to be seen. I
have received no threatening letters,
but I know that I have made -enemies
recently in performance of my duties
In protecting my poor and ignorant
countrymen against the wiles of men
well known in the business world In
the Italian Colony and t is to them
that I attribute the attempt o kill me
and my wife."
The police sent a squad of detec
tives to the Ghllglone home in an auto
mobile and the sheriff was immeditely
called upon to lend his bloodhounds
for use in the chase after the dyna
miter. Up to a late hour this morn
ing the police had made no arrest.
WOMAN BURIED IN WELL
Rescued After Three Hours She
Dies From Her Injuries.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. S. Mrs. John
Sheehan, 76 years old, wife of an aged
rancher living south of Olympia, was
burled three hours in an old well to
day, and although alive when rescued,
died soon afterward.
She was carrying an armful of wood
to the houae and went too close to the
brink of the abandoned well. ' The
rain-soaked earth gave way, precipitat
ing her Into the hole and burying her
to the neck.
Her cries attracted her aged husband,
who frantically endeavored to release
her. Before he made any headway, a
second cave-In occurred, and Mrs. Shee
han was completely buried. Neighbors
were summoned, ajid after three hours
of hard work, the woman was rescued.
She was still alive, but her injuries
were such that death soon resulted.
FIGHT FOR CURLS WINS
Schoolgirls Threaten to Wear Hob
ble Skirts; Principal Weakens.
STOCKTON. Cal.. Dec. 6. Confronted
by gathering of high school girls who
threatened to attend school adorned
In many false curls and wearing hobble
skirts unless one of their number was
rni.anoi from susDenslon for having
Arpsned too consDlcuously. Principal
Ansel Williams weakened this morning
and announced that the girls couia
wear all the curls they wished.
He oualified his statements, however.
with the provision that "any person
appearing in a conspicuous manner in
reference to dress, actions, etc., will be
advised concerning said appearance."
The girls are Jubilant.
CLARK TEMPTS PRESIDENT
Missouri Apples Presented, Then
Request Made for Patronage.
WASHINGTON, Dec . Representa
tive Champ Clark, prospective Speaker
of the next House, who presented
President Taft with two luscious red
apples a few days ago and then asked
for the appointment of a Missouri man
as an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, today gave
two apples of the same kind to Speaker
Cannon.
He said he had no favors to ask of
the present Speaker, but merely desired
to introduce the fruit of Pike County,
Missouri.
PRICE FIVE CEXTS.
e session is
democratic plan
Hunger for Office Fur
nishes Motive.
YEAR SEEMS LONG TO WAIT
End Can Be Accomplished by
Means of Filibuster.
TARIFF IS SUBTERFUGE
Some of Parly Leaders Look Upon
Scheme as Bad Politics, but
Probability That It Will
Be Adopted Is Conceded.
WASHINGTON. Dec. . (Special.)
There- appears to be a plan on foot
among th Democrats or some of
them, at least to force an extra ses
sion of Congress- This can be ac
complished easily enough, under the
present rules, which, as heretofore
pointed out, permit unlimited filibus
tering. Inasmuch as nothing would be con
sidered at an extra session except what
the President recommended in his call,
some wonder what could he accom
plished by such action.
Two things could be accomplished:
In the first place, if an extra session
were called, the Democrats would de
mand that the President embody in
the call the consideration of certain
schedules of the tariff. Thtt would be
for effect only. '
But more practical would be the fact
that the extra session would be in
charge of the new Congress, which
would proceed Immediately to decapi
tate Republican place-holders and in
stall the hungry-for-offlce Democratic
office-seekers, who are filling up the
city. Instead of waiting until next
December their patrlotiem woul
satiated at once, and the Democrats
would get th benefit of the Jobs, which
without the extra session would be
held by holdovers until next December,
when the new Congresa ordlrarly would
convene.
Some of the more powerful Demo
crats frown on this scheme, ut it is
being considered, despite the fact that
the forcing of an extra session would
mean the payment by the Government
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
for mileage and other expenses.
Thoughtful Democrats know It would
be a false move, but there Is a . rob
abillty of it. without question.
CUMMINS MAKES TARIFF MOVE
Single Schedule Plan, to Be Pre
sented to Senate Today.
WASHINGTON, Dec. . Senator .
Cummins, of Iowa, will introduce a
resolution In the Senate tomorrow de
signed to help in the revision of cer
tain schedules of the tariff law. The
rule will permit the taking up of a
aingle schedule for revision without
opening the rest of the law to amend
ment. Senator Cummins will also Introduce
a resolution limiting to 60 days the
time a bill may be held in a Senate
committee. The resolutlor provides
that after that time a bill may be called
upon the floor of the Senate, as though,
the committee had reported it back.
T..ir. r.f he President's message
consumed most of the time in both
un.,at tnrtav. Three new Senators.
Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia, Joseph
M. Terrell, of oeorgia, ana iarjni
Young, of Iowa, were sworn In.
For the first time In a long while
v. a umi ra hum ti work without prayer.
rihaniflin'. far having? been de-
gtroyed by the snowstorm. The omission
was atoned for later.
icii t niantt Hn not Include an omni
bus building bill at this session, but
some individual bills to meet wnat may
k vrnrrifd as rjresslnsr local necessi
ties may be reported out of the House
committee on public buildings.
The ship subsidy question win oe
taken up again by the special House
committee, headed by Mr. Olcott, of
New York, projably next week. Offl--i.i.
r .nmo v.nroDean lines who did
not have an opportunity to testify at
the hearings during tne last session ui
-inQ. nr In New York, will be sum
moned to give Information concerning
the old allegations of the existence of
a lobby at Washington or elsewhere
for the purpose of influencing members
of Congress In favor of steamship leg
la'ation. The Information so far ob
tained by the committee has revealed
nothing to substantiate the charges.
TAFT CONSIDERS JUDGESHIP
Cummins and Other Leaders Con
sult With President.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Senator Cum
mins, of Iowa, insurgent leader of the
Upper House of Congress, called at the
White House today. Mr. Cummins
spent an hour or more with the Presi
dent. He watted until the end of a
busy afternoon to see the President
alone.
It was said the Senator again talked
with the President regarding Supreme
Court appointments, and made a re
port on several suggested candidates.
(Concluded on Pags S.)