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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. RAILROAD CONTROL DEN ED BY MORGAN Head of Banking Firm Favors "Open Shop" and Places Blame for Conditions. i PHILANTHROPIC GOOD DONE i t I'inancicr Appears as Witness at J' Hearing on Industrial V'nrcst 3 Following Former Miners' Head, Who Attacks J. D. I TCEW YORK, Feb. 1. J. P. Morgan. Z testifying today at the inquiry being conducted by the Federal Commission L on Industrial Relations into the great - philanthropic foundations and the cause of industrial unrest, denied that his J banking firm dominated half of the railroads in the United States. 1 The denial was called forth by a (statement attributed to Samuel Unter t niayer, when the latter was a witness '. before the Commission that his bank- in firm virtually had controlled the railroads. 2 "We certainly do not control the J. Toads." Mr. Morgan asserted. He added ". with a laugh, "I don't know anything J about Kuhn, Loeb & Co.'s business. but Mr.. Untermayer certainly was S wrong." Appearance First for Mr. Morgan v It was Mr. Morgan's first appearance I as spokesman for the vast financial I firm of Morgan & Co. When Mr. Mor- r Kan arrived at the hearing John Mit- I chell, former president of the United Mine Workers of America and now a J member of the New York Workmen's Compensation Commission, was on the ftand. Mr. Mitchell testified regarding con ditions among the miners of Colorado and Pennsylvania and characterized as 'simply absurd" the Rockefeller plan of settling labor troubles in Colorado. Mr. Morgan confessed his lack of Vnowledce regarding labor troubles in ' the corporations in which ho is a di rector. "Open Shop-' Is Favored. The officers of corporations as execu tive officials were responsible for labor conditions imonj the employes, Mr. - Morgan declared, lie was in favor of the "open shop" and considered that In labor disputes the employer should "play the part of any decent man." " Philanthropic foundations had done '- considerable good, he believed. Mr. Morgan was asked to describe his ' connections with corporations. He named those of which he was a dl- ' rector, but said he was unable to recall the full list of those in which he held ' stock as they were too many. a He was a director, he said, of the In ternational Mercantile Marine Com pany, but did not know the number of Its employes. Neither was he able to tell the number of men employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, the United States Steel Corporation or the Pullman Company, in all of which he was director. He said he had not inspected the Northern Pacific road. Stockholder Not Responsible. 'To what extent are stockholders in a corporation responsible for labor con ditions in the International Mercantile Marine Company?" Chairman Walsh asked. "I do not tTiink a stockholder has any responsibility." Morgan replied. "What is the responsibility of a di rector for conditions among the labor ers?" "The directors are not at all respon sible. I should say." f "Who rs responsible?" "The officers of the corporation the executive officials," Morgan replied. .'"The executive officers have entire au thority," he added. "They are responsl- - ble for results in connection with the corporation's affairs. Labor conditions ? do not change like financial conditions. For that reason, we receive frequent - financial reports, but practically no ,'reports on labor." '" Living Conditions Known. No general report regarding sanita tion, living conditions of employes or deterioration of machinery were re quested from executive ofifcers, the witness said. "Such things do not come in the bal ance sheet." Morgan said. He continued: ' "If I have given the impression that directors are ignorant of labor condi tions, I have given an erroneous one. We are constantly hearing about how the men are working." Mr. Morgan was asked to produce minutes of any meetings of directors of the Pullman Company, the United Slates Steel Corporation or the North ern Pacific Railroad Company, wherein there was mention of labor conditions. "I will if 1 can." Mr. Morgan replied. "I will do so if the directors will allow me." "Well, If somebody will not allow you. you give that person's name to our representative, who will call on you," Chairman Walsh said. Minutes Are Obtainable. "I guess we can get the minutes," the witness replied. Mr. Morgan said he had no idea as to how many hours a man should work a day. Nor had he any idea, he said, as to the age at which children should go to work. "The later, the better. I should imag ine." he said. Asked if he thought $10 a week a suf ficient wage for longshoremen he re plied: "If that Is what is paid and the long shoreman takes it. I guess it is enough," he said. Mr. Morgan said he did not know in which of the corporations he was in terested in. the men were organized. He thought men on the Northern Pa cific Railway and in the employ of the International Mercantile Marine Com pany were organized. Industrial Varrst Fassins. "What is your attitude toward organ ized labor?" asked Mr. Walsh. "What do you mean my attitude?" Mr. Morgan asked In reply. When the question was repeated, the witness said it made no difference to him whether the men were organized or not. He said, however, he would object to Union organizers going on the property owned by corporations during working hours. Industrial dis content, the witness "supposed." was on the decrease, as "conditions are beT ins; constantly improved." He cited as an example the United States Steel Corporation, which he said -had-done much for its men. Mr. I nFSPFmvp. RFPRFSFNTATIVES WHO TESTIFIED BEFORE COMMISSION .1. P. Morgan. Morgan said tho extent of poverty and suffering had not been brought to his attention and he had no opinion re garding tlve cause of poverty. As to charitable acts, the witness said: "I have helped where I can, as most peo ple do." The philanthropic foundations have been beneficial socially in the opinion of the witness. He cited the libraries established by Mr. Carnegie and the medical research work made possible by Rockefeller. Mr. Morgan thought Samuel Untermyer was wrong when he said the banking honses of Morgan & Co. and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. dominated tlie country's railroads. Mr. Morgan laughingly declared he "should like to think wo did control halt of tncm." Riickefe'ler Plan "Absurd."' Mr. Mitchell, now a member of the State Workmen's Compensation Com mission, told the Commission the Rockefeller plan of settling labor troubles in Colorado was "simply ab surd." "No good can come out of such a plan," said he. "The unorganized men can be depended upon to select to rep resent them only men the bosses want. They may not be directly influenced to do this; but there will be an indirect influence which they cannot resist. "We have gone through such a thing before. The slogan, 'We Might as Well Starve Idle as Starve Working,' will naturally be raised again just as it was during 190t in the anthracite fields." Mr. Mitchell's reference was to the plan of collective bargaining suggested to the Rockefeller interests by W. L Mackenzie King, former Commissioner of Labor of Canada, who was recently employed by the Rockefeller Founda tion to conduct an investigation into in dustrial relations. Conditions JVoif Better. Mitchell testified he believed certain improvements had resulted toward the betterment of the conditions of work ers. As an example, he pointed to the United States Steel Corporation. As for violence in labor disputes, Mr. Mitchell said he did not approve of it. "But because one man is violent is no reason to condemn every worker," said he. "If one banker is a scoundrel and wrecks a bank, causing thousands much suffering, that is no reason why we should condemn all bankers. Commissioner Weinstock questioned Mr. Mitchell about the charge by op erators that the United Mine Workers of America were lawbreakers and con tract breakers. Mr. Weinstock read to the witness the so-called "Call to Arms" made to miners of Colorado by the officials of the United Mine Work ers of America. 'Call to Arms" Explained. "It has been my opinion," replied Mr. Mitchell, "that a man who comes into court must come with clean hands. When the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com pany called the United Mine Workers of America lawbreakers they them selves were constant and persistent breakers of the law. As for the call to arms, if I had been in Colorado I would not have signed that order. However, it was signed two or three days after Ludlow. What was the condition of mind of the work ers at that time? That has to be taken into consideration. Remember the men believed their wives and babies had been murdered by the guards employed by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company." At the resumption of the hearings today, Amos Pinchot was recalled to finish his testimony, interrupted by ad journment Saturday. Associated Press Covers ews. In this he had accused the Associ ated Press of partiality to the capital istic side of labor controversies in the handling of news. "I don't believe," said Mr. Pinchot, after finishing the statement, "that the Associated Press will carry on its wire dispatches concerning my testi mony here about it. There is a by law in the Associated Press which pro vides that any member printing news derogatory to the Associated Press will be disciplined and is subject to losing its franchise." Commissioner Walsh asked the wit ness if he knew of any instance of a member of 'the Associated Press be ing disciplined for the violation of the alleged by-law. Mr. Pinchot replied that Mr. McCormick, editor of the Chi cago Tribune, had been so disciplined some years ago. The Commissioner then asked the witness if he knew of any public record of such a by-law. To this Mr. Pinchot replied that last year Clarence Shearn. in filing a com plaint against the Associated Press in behalf of the New Tork Sun, had in cluded the alleged by-law in the pa pers. The witness said he himself had a copy of the by-law. After being asked by the Commissioner to produce It, he was excused. Western Koads File Xctt Tariffs. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. New tariffs proposing increases in passenger rates from Chicago to the eastern boundary of Colorado have been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by most of the railroads in Western ter ritory. Experts of the Commission have not completed their examination of the new tariffs, but it is believed they pro pose an increase of about one-half per cent per mile. The increases would affect rates in the territory between the southern boundary of Colorado, ex tending east to the Mississippi River, and the Canadian border. Trieatc. Austria, normally has tjfl.OOO pop ulation, largely Italian. . . I . r v VS, sr N i- , W. I - II r & " s "it-' NJ" y Jobn Mitchell. OF WEALTH AND OF LABOR INDUSTRIAL KELATIUJNo YESTERDAY. SNOW AND SLEET LAY OUT TRAFFIC Fierce Storm Is Sweeping Over Middle West States and Wires Go Down. FLOOD WATERS GROWING Ohio JSiver Ki.-ins Scvcu Incites an Hour and Drownings of Three Persons Keportcd AViseonsin Traffic Also Paralyzed. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. A snow or sleet storm covered the whole Middle West today and tonight, halting telephone and telegraph communications, delay ins: trains and making foot traffic in the cities almost impossible because of the icy streets. In the west the telegraph companies were unable to reach points west of the Missouri River, the snow and sleet com pletely throwing out wires. The storm existed, though in less severe shape, as far east as Cleveland, and according to Henry J. Cox, official Government forecaster, it is expected to continue for several days. A warm rain has melted snow In Allegheny and Monongahcla water sheds, and small streams throughout Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia are pouring volumes of water into those rivers. The Ohio is rising here seven inches an hour, but no flood warnings for down-river points have been issued by the weather bureau. Three persons were drowned today in flooded creeks. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 1. A bliz zard of unusual proportions is sweep ing through Wisconsin, paralyzing traffic. There was scarcely an outlet from Milwaukee, either by telephone or telegraph, and steam and electric roads suffered. Ohio Is Becoming Menace. EVANSVILLE, Ind Feb. 1. The Ohio River here, rising at a rate or 1.5 feet an hour, had reached a stage of 29.2 feet this morning, with the rate of rise constantly increasing. River men and contracting companies have issued warnings of a 40-foot stage. A 36-foot stage would force several hun dred farmers from their homes in the river bottoms near this city. Small streams in this section are overflow ing from melting snow and the rams of the last few days. NEW ARMY COLLIER READY Economy Is Answer to Criticism for Building Craft in Orient. r A CtTT VHTAV VvVl 1 Thft BGW Arm.. .,-,lli..i. cnnstnintftil at Shanghai. China, for Philipine service, is com pleted and ready for delivery, accord- ng to advices just received at tne . ar Department. I ananrAf n V t f ! tbst the COl- lier should have been built in the Unit ed States, War Department ornciais point out that the contract was award- . . ,1 hv tl.n Phlllnln. fiwemmcmt after competitive bidding. It also is pointed out tnat It was economical 10 iidvo uio collier built in the Orient, as she hard it, j.m.1,4 VinvA rrnKsAH thA ocean on her 800 horsepower and speed of four to six knots. tu Mn.p la a hVlil crnft hflrdlv above the harbor tug class, and coal will be transferred from her to Army nc:nnF-ta on nnoHori Wh i 1 A the Collier could cruise from Manilla to Nagasaki, she will not have much sea service, ex cept under extraordinary conditions. ENGINEMEN YET FIGHT Western Railroad Wage Dispute Continues With Pay Revealed. CHICAGO. Feb. 1. The fight between counsel for the enginemen and for the Western railroads as to just what the enginemen earn continued before the board of arbitration here today. J. H. Keefe. assistant general man ager of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, quoted a composite payroll giving the days worked in the month of October. 1913. the average hours a day and the average earnings by the hour, day and month. Engineers in all classes of service, he testified, earned in this October an average of J6.25 and firemen an average of J4.2 9. Seattle Ships 300 Auto Buses. SEATTLE, Feb. 1. An automobile factorv in this city shipped 300 motor cars to California last month, all to be used as 5-cent passenger vehicles, or ders continue to arrive in Increasing numbers. NEW REVOLUTION IS STARTED IN MEXICO Cientifuco Party Backs Move Directed Against Villa and Carranza. 0R0ZC0 TO LEAD FORCES Federico Gamboa, ex-Minister In Huerta Cabinet, Reported as Be ing Slated for Presidency and Washington Is Agreeable. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 1. A movement directed against the Carranza and Villa elements in Mexico has been launched, by the Cientifuco party which sup ported Diaz and the Huerta regime, ac cording to authentic information re ceived here today. The new movement Is said to have received the adherence of many formerly wealthy landowners. Further it was declared that a pur ported peace conference of prominent Mexicans set for February 5 at San Antonio, Tex., was expected to ad vance a new plan; of government which would oppose both the constitutionalists and the conventionalists. Gamboa Is Seletced. Federico Gamboa, ex-Cabinet Minister under President Huerta and once Am bassador to the Washington Govern ment, was reported as having been slated for the position of provisional president. In the new movement the wealth of the Cientifuco party and the military talent and resources of the Orozco revolution are said to be relied upon to combat the Villa and Carranza strength. Both officers and soldiers who fought with Orozco in his revolu tion against the Madero government have retained largely their organiza tion few of them taking part in the conflicts during the last year. Gen eral Ynez alazar, an ex-Orozco chief tain, already is in the field in Chihua hua state. Washington Reported Willing. Several of those connected with the San Antonio meeting, which was pro moted originally by Arturos IMias, ex Hucrta consular official, have asserted that permission to hold the conference had been granted by the United States Government. During the last two days some of the most prominent soldiers connected with the Huerta and Diaz governments have met here or at han Antonio. Elias at present is in Los Angeles interviewing several of the delegates sojourning in California. Detectives here today were in vestigating the destination of the large hinment of rifles and cartridges held rccentlv bv authorities at San Diego, Cal.. on their way from New York to Topolobampo. a Pacific port. The ship ment which iirst was supposed destined for the warships of some European power, they believe was contracted for by the new movement in Mexico. REPUBLICANS 0. K. PLAN (Con tinned From First Page.) gress in 1911 shall have been not less than 7500. Provision Is Made. ' 'Provided, however, that the total number of delegates to which any state 13 entitled shall be chosen from the state at large if the law of the state in which the election occurs so pre scribes; and, "'Provided further, that in the case of any state electing all Representa tives in Congress from the state at large, such state shall be entitled to as many delegates, elected at large, as though the state were divided Into separate Congressional districts.'" The resolution also provides for alter nates; delegates from the District of Columbia, Alaska and the insular pos sessions, and the approval of the new system in such number of states as are entitled to cast a majority of the votes in the present Electoral College. Mr. Reynolds' statement further says: "The states that formally ratified this plan and the electoral votes that they represent are as follows: Oregon Not In List. "Arkansas 9, California 13, Colorado 6, Connecticut 7. Idaho. 4, Illinois 29, Indiana lo. Maine 6, Massachusetts 18, Michigan 15, Missouri 18, New Jersey 14, New York 43, North Carolina 12, Ohio 24. Oklahoma 10, Rhode Island 5, South Carolina 9, Tennessee 12. .Ver mont 4, Washington 7, West Virginia 8. "There were, in addition to these, several states which were in favor of the plan but which held no state con vention during 1914." The membership of the next National convention, in accordance with the above plan, has not yet been worked out in detail by states, as this requires a canvass of the votes in each Congres sional district in order to determine the additional delegates to be allowed. The result by states will be made known later by the National Committee. The statement further says: "The official returns that have been compiled by the Republican National Committee show that on National is sues the vote of the country in Novem ber was: "Republican 5,913,270, Democratic 6,752,580, Progressive 1,474,243." This compilation was made on the vote of the United States Senators and Representatives in Congress and not on the vote of the Governors and other state officers. REPUBLICANS GET ALLIES (Continued From First Page ) had been cleared Senator Stone was recognized. The chamber was in con fusion as the Missourian, who has stood by the bill through the bitter struggle of ahe last two weeks, sur veyed the assemblage for a moment. With a gesture toward his own side of the aisle. Senator Stone declared: "In order that Democrats may have a conference and that the Republi cans and their allies may hold a con ference, I move that the Senate do now adjourn." Motion to Adjourn. Lost. The motion was immediately put' and there was a loud chorus of "noes." On rollcall the motion to adjourn was lost by a vote of 49 to 36. Senator Stone then moved that Senator Clarke's mo tion to recommit be laid on the table, and this, too, was lost by a vote of 44 to 42, seven Democrats voting with the Republicans, and Senator La Fol lette aligning himself with the Demo cratic minority. ITCmocrats who opposed the motion to table were Bankhead, Camden, Clarke, Hardwlck, Hitchcock, O'Gorman and Vardaman. These seven, it subsequently devel oped, had conferred early in the day and determined to break the deadlock with a view to revision of the measure and entirely sidetracking It. at least insofar as the present session is con cerned. This brought the motion to recommit squarely before the Senate, when Senator Reed, of Missouri, was recognized and began arraigning his colleagues who had revolted and Re publicans, who had opposed the bill as supporters of the shipping trust which had sought to plunder the ship pers of America. . For nearly an hour Senator Reed, who persistently had been opposed to Its purposes, defended tho bill. Ship Monopoly Congratulated. "I congratulate the hoary old ship trust mononoply," he said, "on the fact that it appears still to possess in this day and age enough vigor to invade the Democratic side of the chamber and find votes in its support." While Senator Reed was speaking Republican Senators exulted while Democratic leaders rushed hurriedly in and out of committee-room conferences to determine on a course of action. They counted noses, figuring on ab sentees, and could not see a way out of the difficulty. Some sought confer- Senator Norris. who had ottered amend ments several days oem.o ""' strengthen the permanency of the pro posed Government enterprise, told Sen ators who offered to accept his amend ments that they came a few hours too '"Amendments will be considered in the Democratic caucus tomorrow Hie : cau cus also will endeavor to find a wa to without recommitting the bill. If th fails and the Din is tc' . - . - of its most sanguine supporters Insist that the measure Is dead for this ses- Tcnator Fletcher, when Senator Reed had concluded, moveu uj which was voted. FOUR CHURCHES UNITE COXCIIEGATIOXAI.ISTS AT OREGOX CITY FORM FEDEKATlUii. To Jllsslonarles to Be Maintained and Council to Direct Work at Mucn Itcdoced t ost. OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 1. (Spe cial )Four Congregational churches at Oregon City, Parkplace. .Jennings Idge and Clackamas have united in the tirst Federated Churches of Oregon City and vicinity, one of two organizations of its kind in the United States. The purpose of the federation is to reduce the running expenses of the churches in the four communities, to work in better harmony and to take a greater part in missionary work with less expense at home. The federation will maintain two ministers, one at Oregon City and one for the churches at Park place, Jennings Lodge and Clackamas. Each church will have three represen tatives in a council of 12. All of these directors have not been named. The following officers have been elected: President. C. C. Michener, of , T Ho-o- acrthfi. Rev. H. N. Smith, of Boardman; missionary treas urer Mrs. C. li Lucas, vi toi and secretary of the federated Sunday schools, Mrs. W. A. White. The organization of the federation will not be completed before the council meets, which will probably not be be fore the end of this month. MAN WITH OPIUM EXEMPT Federal Decision Is That to Carry Drug Is Xot Penal Offense. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. There is no loophole in the Federal law which makes it a penal offense to be caught with opium in one's possession. This was the substance of a decision here today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, in a test case brought by Max Steinfeldt. sentenced under the act of 1901) to nine months' imprison ment. He attacked the statute as an invasion of the police powers of the states and therefore unconstitutional. L'i.uan similar rases are now before the Supreme Court. By agreement with the United states Auumej, ..cj were passed on to the higher court, and today's decision is the first ever given by a Federal Court of Appeals on the constitutionality of the statute. s ' TRAVELERS' BODY TO ELECT Associated Commercial Men to Sleet in Xew York, February 8. v-tnr -vn-Dir TToK 1 fSoecial.) .The annual meeting and election of officers and directors 01 me ated Commercial Travelers of America will be held in the Hotel Imperial. Broadway and Eighty-second street. New York City, on February 8. Reports of the various committees will be read. The first annual dinner of the associ ation will be given in the Hotel Im perial February 20. The membership of the Associated Commercial Travelers of America during the year has increased more than 300 per cent. The associa tion inaugurated an active campaign against an advance in railroad mileage rates The estimated number of com mercial travelers in tne unneu omven is 800,000. TERRE HAUTE TRIAL SET Mayor and 2 6 Others to Answer Election Fraud Charge March 8. - INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1. Don M. Rob erts Mayor of Terre Haute, and 26 others will be placed on trial in the -rtiu.,.i,.t rrtiirt h re March LnilCU OLacca A.ofcm 8, charged in a Federal indictment with conspiring to corrupt tne election ui November 3, 1914. , . . i t ). 11", whn wprn nr- rit e uincia ...w . - - .. rested on the indictment pleaded not guilty and proDamy win oe .-..i of- am time. The remain ing 83 pleaded guilty, but have not been sentenced. Four Kansas Counties Quarantined. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Four coun ties in Kansas cowiey, boisi, Sumner and Butler were quarantined today by the Department of Agricul ture against the foot-and-mouth dis- . .. r Lfiinna hrnlltlt llV ease uecauae " ' 1 - cattle from Wisconsin. The department first quaranunea tne oi " announced its action, but later issued an amended order. Anti-Harvester Trust Suit Hurried. 'invcTnv TToh 1 Solicitor- HAi3Hli'uw.., -- i i . .aifpii (h. Sunreme uent'rai wa". ........ j - . Court to advance the Government s anti-trust suit against me im.iri. tional Harvester Company for argu ment during the present term. He sug gested the first Monday in April and counsel for the company concurred. Two Policemen Killed. ANNISTON. Ala., Feb. 1. Two police men were killed here today In a street fight with alleged illicit liquor sellers, whose place of business they had raid ed. Eight policemen, have been killed here in three years in similar raids. Chat No. 4 This little talk is mostly to parents: I wonder if you have realized the educational factor in motion pictures? Not only from the instruction viewpoint but from the desire they give for the better things of life. You know how we like our children to see fine statuary, examine beautiful paintings, read great books. Why not beautiful MOTION PICTURES ? ' Consider, for example, what a wonderful artist beau tiful Marguerite Clark in Harold McGrath's "The Goose Girl" is at the Peoples Theater this week? Or what a delight to everyone adorable Mary Pickford in "Mistress Nell" all next week at the Peoples will be? I am sure you long ago have realized that if you desire to see motion pictures that are above even the standard censorship imposes it is 'necessary to visit the Peoples Theater. When next you take your children for a matinee ov evening at the movies, won't you recall this feature of our Paramount pictures? I think j-ou will. My next chat will be in Thursday's Oregoniaii. John F. Cordray 11 . -7iV1 k!LL-jlJ Park, West Park, Free Phones. Marshall 5533, A 5533. 15,000 People Greet Charlie Chaplin in "His New Job" Sunday and Monday the National played carac-ity houses in honor of the return of Charlie Chaplin, the world's funniest comedian. He's greater than ever. See Him Today Sure Held over until today hy request. Don't permit anything lo keep you away. Also on the bill: l-'ate'a rrolertine Arm; Hriarrliff; Hearst-Selig Weekly; Hazel Thorpe, Harpist: Cliff Carney, Mif-lcr Organist, and Ceo. D. Ingram, .WManl Orjranist. Read This and Remember WEDNESDAY Beginning "Exploits of Elaine" (Matinee only) In addition to regular show. OFF L EXPER1MENTSG0 ON Hawley Succeeds in Retaining $5000 Appropriation to Continue Work. DISTILLATION IS STUDIED Department of Agriculture Seeking Process of Extracting Cliemlcnl Products Wliicli May 1 Cost of Cloarins. OREGON IAN NKWS BL'RE.M', Wash ington, Feb. 1. Only after a deter mined fisht was Representative Haw ley, of Oregron, able to hold in tho ag ricultural appropriation bill an ap propriation for 500t to continue the study of methods of ciearinc logiretl off lands with a view to their utilisa tion for agricultural purposes and wlin . ., .. , H.v.inninir a process of stump distillation by which tho cost of clearing may oe rKuvci. . . . ;..,.... ha. h..n car- ucn an aijiip"." - . -- . ried in the past two agricultural bills. . . j . .i v 4 ha ri mi lr The studies conouti - -- ment. however, are not completed, thouKh the work of the past two years j , i ..ainnVilA information as to various processes of removing . . ... an.l H hurninir Stumps O.v DianmiK - - 7 .... ,,tho,is of aettine rid of stumps, however, represent a dead loss to the farmer, lor. in m - he must buy powder or dynamite, and in the second Instance, considerable time must be spent In burning out the stumps, with no recovery nvestlga tions conducted independently by the .. , i... . u.ihn hnvA shown that university . stumps can be distilled, or treated chemically, and that the turpent ne i u,.l nthr nroducts Oils, resinis tti.vi,.'. - . recovered by distillation will be of sm h value as to repny inn ibimic. cost of clearing his land. It vet remains to imvisc '" ' -oughiv practical means of distilling . ." n(. n.,n now l,e done OV skilled 'chemists, but not by the a ver . i Honnrtment. if It cin secure' the funds, intends during the coming year to nm" -with a view to devising a process which farmers can use on their own land. Stump distillation, to be profitable, must be reduced to a simple process and must be done on the ground where the stumps are removed. Eastern Democratic Congressmen made a strong fight to kill this Item in the agricultural bill, attacking It on technical grounds and on the further 4. o ri.iirnd to helD the ground i 1 1 L v - - large lumber companies of the W est. iir. Hawley showed inai imo vv was no more sudjcci m oj.... . , " than are the appropriations for tne eradication of the cotton boll weevil. .... . : i . i A.h.i. iim, in which tne came nc o -- - . the East and South are Interested, and intimated that " nis proio... . - . - . i. .. kilt noint ot stricaen rrom tin ... . " , order, he would raise a similar point of order against oincr ihi which the .South is demanding. This threat was effective. Mr. Haw ley then had no difficulty in convinc ing the House that the stump removal and distillation experiments were de signed primarily to aid the farmers. Senator Brady, of Idaho. Is interested in this same line of Government work. , v. v. . . . ,m ...ri.riuli. when the ana proo.uj .,,, . bill is reported to the Senate, to have the appropriation inurt:ntu i. . .ij i ii. ITniversitv of ,. :-),' i i i 1 1 . " . ..... - Idaho in its distillation work. Frank Appeal lo Bo Argued Teh. 23. WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The Su preme Court today advanced the L,cu LOGGED Nil f "f V 'l n. near Washington C THURSDAY Repeated by request "Two Women" Also "Exploits of Elaine" at matinee and regular bill. M. Krnnk hnbens corpus smtrsl for nrnl argument lo February In s.rnnl- ance with tho Joint refluent of KrsnK's counsel snil attorneys f"r the Slnte nf llroiKUi. l-'rank Is under onMetlen for the murder of .Mary I'haKsn, a fac tory girl. Iiiiiuicriilioii Hill's. l':il Worries. WASHINGTON. Keb. 1. Tho fate of Hie Immigration bill, vetoed hy Presi dent Wilson because of the lltcraey provision took on renewed tiitei-ent in Congress today because of tho n-nrvum-eii Intention of Senator Heed, of Missouri, to speak lit the Semite In sup port of the President's veto, provided the opportunity !s presented. Senator Keed, who lias opposed muliy of ths Administration's measures, fought the Immigration bill nnd was one of sevrn voting against it. china win teen start to mini mftro than SI 7 e.i fnio.oeo in ihrr ike Gasolmo oP Quality: Mad up to a stand ard not down to a price. We make the best gasoline that our experience and re sources enable us to produce. 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