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PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LT.-XO. 10,915.
SHIP BILL SESSION
IS STILL UNBROKEN
Senate Settles Down to
All-Night Debate.
END CANNOT BE FORESEEN
Democrats Muster Unexpect
. ed Strength on Vote.
ADJOURNMENT IS BEATEN
.Another F.rfort In P.rfak lcadlock
Expected Today Wilson to
, Press Jsue. Kven at Cost
' of Kxtra Session.
TV AFUINGTnN. NFrh. 9. After In-.-urtrent
t'finoc-rats republicans
Iiii.i itiri, a. vain effort to break the
continuous session of the Senate on
the Government ship purchase bill.
tirl legislators settled Joira for
another all-night debate In the historic
strusple.
VhMi the end would come, no one
would predict. Administration leaders
de-dared the session might last for a
week without interruption. Opposi
tion spokesmen, however, predicted that
f' nie effort would be made tomorrow to
break tho deadlock.
Republicans Are Surprised.
Republican managers were somewhat
surprised at the strength commanded
by thi Administration forces when
Senator Clarke. of Arkansas, moved
that the Senate adjourn until noon
tomorrow. They had hoped that
.-enator Norris. Progressive-Republican,
would not stand with tho Demo
cratic majority against such a motion.
Both Senator -Js'orris and Senator La
l'olletle. however, voted against ad
journment, and so did Senator Kenyon.
w.'io joined the Administration forces,
for the lirst time since the beginning J
of the dsht.
The vote on the motion stood 48 to
4S. every member of the Senate
answering to the rollcall.
K.Kort to Mrrnk Deadlock Made.
Had the opposition alliance won on
the effort to adjourn, it had been
plulined to try to displace the 6hlp
purchase bill tomorrow by a motion to
take up. for consideration the post
office appropriation bill. Such an at
tempt may yet be made and should it
succeed it probably would be impos
sible to cet the shipping measure be
fore the Senate again between now and
March 4.
In the light of the vote tonight the
regular Democratic Senators feel con
fident that their lines will hold, al
though some of the Kepublicans in
timated that Senator Norris might soon
desert the majority unless the fili
buster can be broken and the con
tinuous session ended.
President I Standing- Firm.
After the strenuous all-night session
Monday the day in the Senate was an
exciting one, enlivened by parliament
ary entanglements and denunciations
of the proceedings by insurgent Demo
crats. Senators O'Gorman and Hitch
cock assailed the attempt to coerce
support of the shipping bill and both
made references to the attitude of
President Wilson.
The President took occasion during
the day to reassure callers that there
v.as no intention of withdrawing the
ship purchase bill, even should It be
necessary to call an extra session of
Congress in the Spring.
According to talk about the Capitol
touiiy. if opponents of the bill prevent
a decisive vote for many more days, a
new plan of action may be undertaken.
The plan which is said to have been
unvested from an authoritative Admin
istration source would be for House
loaders to call up for passage a bill
introduced by Senator "Weeks early In
the session, which passed the Senate,
providing for turning over some of the
ships of the Navy for mail and com
mercial service between New York and
Eolith American ports.
Special Rule May lie Tried.
With this bill before the House it
rouM be part of the plan to attach
t?e ship purchase bill as an amendment
;?.d pas the amend-d bill under a spe
cial rule. This would put the measure
l-.-fore the Senate again In the form of
;:n amended Senate bill, oik which a
n ,-crd vote might be forced.
This plan is said to have been dis
i us.-ed at the White House by party
leaders on both sides of the Capitol.
.-Ithough none would admit It tonight.
The rules committee of the House for
sontt: tune has had a special rule ready
lor an emergency on the shipping bill.
Arrest of Members Threatened.
Karly In the progress of the fight
loday Senator Reed, an Administra
tion Democrat, proposed an order for
the arrest of all the absentees; in short.
he proposed to bring every one of the
Senators Into the chamber and keep
them there until the bill was disposed
of. His proposal drew a roaring attack
and gave prospect of furnishing mate
rial for an all-day's debate. Mean
while the ship bill itself was waiting,
practically, where It has been for the
last two weeks.
Senator Hitchcock prepared a sub
stitute for the need order, which he
submitted, as follows:
"AH Senators are required to appear
forthwith In the Senate chamber and
to remain In tho chamber until March
4. 1915. They are prohibited from hold
iCuo eluded oa 1'ase 3.)
FORESEER OF DEATH
OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
31 ICS. MAKIAX A. BALDWIN. 66,
PASSES AT BAKER, OK.
Woman ATI or Dream Had Warned
President and Swooned in Chica
go Theater at Time of Mnrdcr.
BAKER, Or., Feb. 9. (Special. ) r
Mrs. Mariam A. Baldwin, a native of
New Tork. 66 years old. died last night
at her home, after an illness of several
months. She lived In Baker for the
past 25 years. Mrs. Baldwin had
known President Lincoln and hHd
dreamed of and foretold his assassina
tion. She is sqrvived by three children,
C. W. Baldwin and Miss Clara U. Bald
win, of Baker, and Mrs. H. F. Hin
man, of Connecticut.
Mrs. Baldwin's dream was recounted
In a letter to President Lincoln before
his death. The night of the assassina
tion she was in a theater in Chicago.
the first time she had ever been in a
theater, when she suddenly swooned
and announced, on recovering, that
Abraham Lincoln was dead.
UNPAID DEBTS INJURIOUS
Failure to Care for Personal Bills
Brings Demerit Marks.
Failure to pay personal bills prompt'
ly is the latest offense to be punished
by demerit marks in the city's Depart
ment of Public Works. Notice was sent
by Commissioner Dieck yesterday to
the Civil Service Board that one em
ploye has been given 10 demerits be
cause his "manner-of conducting his
personal business is to the city's dis
credit." Commissioner Pleck says he believes
the failure of an employe to pay his
bills throws discredit on the city serv
ice and he proposes to bring it to an
end through the demerit system if
possible.
WILHELMINAJN FALMOUTH
Captain Says He Put Into British
Port of Own Accord.
FALMOUTH, via London, Feb. 9.
The American steamer Wllhelmina,
which has a cargo of food supplies
aboard for Germany, arrived here to
day. The captain of the Wilhelmlna
said he came to Falmouth of his own
free will and had no prize crew aDoard.
Customs officers visited the vessel
immediately on her arrival, but It has
not been announced wha( action, if any.
was taken. The Wilhelmlna lies in
the stream with the American flag
flylngr. She had an extremely rough
passage, the officers describing it as
the worst in their experience.
KING DECORATES JOFFRE
Belgian Kulrr's Act Cements Friend
ship With Prance.
PAK1S, Feb. 9. A semi-official
statement today says:
"In the course of a recent meeting
His Majesty King Albert of Belgium
bestowed on General Joffre the insig
nia of the grand cross of the Order of
Leopold.
"In expressing to the King of Bel
gium his warm appreciation, of this
high distinction, General Joffre
thanked His Majesty for his new evi
dence of esteem which he thus desired
to show to the French army in the
person of its chief and which would
strengthen still further the bonds unit
ing the two allied armies.
PORK CHOPS ARE CHEAPER
Hogmoat at Baker Drops (G 1-2 and
3 Cents a Pound.
BAKER, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) A
decided cut in the retail as well as the
wholesale price of pork was made to
day. 1'ork chops, which for months
have been selling- at 20 cents a pound,
are now beinj? retailed at 17h cents a
pound. Fork shoulders now are retailed
at 15 cents instead of 17 -a cents, and
pork roasts at 13 cents instead of 18
cents.
Pork sides are bringing the hogr-rais-ers
lO-i cents now, a cut of 1 V cents
a pound having been made today. A
reduction in the wholesale offerings of
steers of 1 cent a pound also was made.
TRADE BALANCE IS HEAVY
E. ports Kxcccd I in port s $ 3 7 , 1 S 4
2 2 6 in Week landed February C.
"WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Foreign
trade for the week ended February 6.
as reported to the Department of Com
merce today by the IS principal cus
toms ports, showed a oalance of $1 7.-134,2-6
in favor of the L'nited States,
the largest weekly balance on record.
The exports for the week were $59,
51. Iu6 and imports $21.446.SS0.
Kxports for the last 10 weeks totaled
$519.:90a-95 and imports $2-4,00ti,550,
making a. balance of $275,343,745 in fa
vor of the United States for that period.
Cotton exports during the week to
taled 365.733 bales, making the total
for tho last nine weeks 2,616.432.
DRIFTING MINES ONLY 84
Of Explosives Reaching Shores of
Holland Majority Are British.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. The 1500
mines reported to have drifted on the
shores of Holland from their anchor
ages in the North Sea have been re
duced by official figures to 84, gecordj
ing to reports to the State Department.
Nine are reported as being French, two
Dutch and the remainder British.
Ail are understood to have been of
the fixed typo, that is to say, they wert
anchored. The Hague convention re
quires that they shall be securely fastened.
DIPLOMAT'S DEBTS
FIGURE IN HEARING
Tailor's Bill on FileWith
Department.
BISHOP'S $500 FINALLY PAID
Protest Withdrawn After Set
tlement Is Made.
TUMULTY NOT SURPRISED
President's Secretary Says It Is Not
Uncommon for Candidates for
Office to Have Personal
Financial Embarrassment.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. Joseph P.
Tumulty, secretary to President "Wil
son and Representative James A.
Ham til, or New Jersey, were witnesses
to day at the Investigation into charges
against James M. Sullivan. Minister to
the Dominican Republic. Hearings here
were concluded tonight, but Special
Commissioner Phelan will later ex
amine witnesses in the Dominican Re
public. Secretary Tumulty testified that
Representative Hitmill introduced Sul
livan to him and that he "simply acted
as a medium for transmitting1 the in
dorsements of Sullivan to the Secre
tary of State." He said that he knew
of no "flood of debts" which were
presented as an argument against ap
pointing Sullivan.
Caudltlate Often In Ieb(.
He had heard of personal debts
which it was said Sullivan owed, but
asserted "that is a usual thins: In can
didates for office."
The only real argument presented
against Sullivan, Mr. Tumulty said.
was his connection with Jack Rose, a
witness at the trial of Police Lieutenant
Becker, in New York, and a letter from
Governor Whitman dispelled that.
Mr. Tumulty declared ho never
knew of any connection between Mr.
Sullivan prior to his appointment and
the Jarvis interests In New Tork, W.
C Bee r, John G. Gray or the Ban-co
Naclonal of the Dominican Republic.
"Watch Kept on Mlnlnter.
"The White House is a great clear
ing" house for rumors' said Mr.
Tumulty, "and when these oliarges be
gan to come In about Mr. Sullivan I
heard about the Jarvis interests and
the Banco Nacional. I asked Mr. Vlck
ex-Receiver-General of Dominican
customs) to watch Mr. Sullivan close
ly and keep the White House advised.
I also told him to warn Minister Sulli
van that the President would be dis
pleased if he heard of Sullivan's grow-,
ing too close to any interest and would
take such action as became necessary."
He was inclined to be suspicious of
all charges coming1 from the Dominican
Republic, because Mr. Vick had told
him
in relation to accusations against
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTCTIDAT'S Maximum temperature,
GS.O degrees; minimum, 43.0 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; winds mostly
southerly.
Legislatures.
House ratifies lease of Lakes Abert and
Summer to Jason Moore. Page 1.
Idaho House passes four state-aid appropria
tion bills. Page 5.
Senate re-refers bill wh'.c gives Governor
power to direct District Attorneys in
prosecution o violators of dry law.
r age 4.
Oregon's woman Senator relieves Senator
Bingham of nil responsibility. Page 4,
Orys con Or with lawmakers to form ballot-proof
dry act. Page 4.
Washington Legislature confirms pact with
Oregon over Columbia fishing. Pago &.
House orders appropriation for State School
tor Girls alter fiery fight. Page. 5.
War. ;
German aeroplane brought down by French
artillery on western battle line. Page
Many racial contingents in Austrian army
invite capture by Russians. Page 3.
German advance on Warsaw stops. Page 2.
National.
Senate settles down to another all-night
session over ship-purchase bill. Page 1.
United States prepares notes to Germany
and Britain inquiring into war cone pre
cautions and use of flag. Page 2.
Domestic.
Taft says embargo ou munitions would re
act against United States. l'age 3.
San Knenciseo Mayor hears New York music
over telephone. Page I.
Minister Sullivan's tailor's bill and other
debts figure in hearing. Page 1.
Tests made of firemen's labpr reported at
wage li ea rln g. Pa&a V.
Sports.
Multnomah Club paying off indebtedness.
Page 14.
Matty says Fed raids are chiefly on weaker
reams of older leagues. Page 14.
Baseball fans get novel peep at 1013 man
agerial personalities. rage 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Woman, who warned President Lincoln of
assassination after dream, dies in Baker,
Or. Page 3.
Hysterical woman trfrs to fly t man In
rourtroom at The Dalles accused oi
slaying husband. Page 7.
Score of miners drown in British Columbia
mine as result of fired hot. Tagc 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Local what buying active at steady prices.
Page Ji.
Grer buying oats on Atlantic seaboard.
l'age ns.
Stock market affected by weakness of New
York Central, l'age 19.
Bids to install machinery in dredge
Columbia too numerous and complicated
for Immediate selection to bo made.
Page IS.
Official In charge of department scouts
report of jetty damage. Page J8.
Port Ian d and V ! in 1 1 jr .
Church records chief testimony in Meth
odist suit. Page 13.
Sale of rose bushes grows and more stocx
crying need. Page air.
Valentines make appearance at stores.
Page 13.
Meier & Frank Company set Lincoln's
birthday an fitting timo for flag-raising
celebration. Page 18.
Govern men ts Na t ion -wido labor agency is
launched. Page 8.
WEST GETTING BIG ORDERS
Armours and New Hampshire Firm
Want Staves by Carloads.
ABERDEEN, Wash:-, Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) Two orders for barrel staves,
the value of which aggregates $57,500
and which will take more than 70 cars
to carry them to the East, have been
received within the last few days by
the Western Cooperage Company. The
first is from the Chicago headquarters
of the Armour Packing Company and
is for $50,000 of lard barrel stock.
This order alone will make 60 car
loads of staves.
The other order is for 97500 worth of
short barrel staves and comes from a
New Hampshire firm.
It is estimated that the Armour or
der is the first of several large similar
orders which may follow. To meet tho
heavy demand placed upon it the coop-
erage plant will continue to operate
I both day and nignt.
THE FILIBUSTER NOW ON -AT
FIRED MOUNTS
LIVES
Rushing Waters Drown
Men in Twinkling.
MINE MANAGER DIES A HERO
Joseph Foy Trapped in
tempt at Rescue.
At
PARTNERS MEET DEATH
Big Pumps Installed in .South Wei'
lington riant ot Pacific Coast
Coal Mines but Two Months'
Work Necessary.
NAXAIMO. B. C. Feb. 9. Twenty-
one lives were snuffed out at 11:30
this morning at the South Wellington
mine of the Pacific Coast Coal . Mines.
limited, when Fire Boss David Nillerst
fired a shot which broke through into
the old working of the SoUihfield mine
of the Old Vancouver Coal Company,
mine abandoned some 20 years ago.
The old workings were filled with
water and when the shot broke
through the inrushing waters drowned
all the men In the section of tho
mine affected with the exception of
W, Murdock, who, after a hard Strug
gle. succeeded in reaching safety.
Among the victims of the disaster
are Joseph Foy, manager of the mine.
and David Nillerst, fire boss.
Koy was on the surface at the time,
but upon hearing of the old workings
being tapped went below ground with
the intention of getting all the men to
the surface. He opened a trap door
of the old stope and immediately was
met by a flood of water which hurled
him against the timbers. His body
has not been recovered.
Thomas Watson was working his
first shift and, along with William
Anderson, had reached a place of
safety, but went back to rescue their
partners and lost their lives in Ihe
attempt.
Mine Inspector John Newton took
charge of the situation and immediate
ly ordered big pumps installed to pump
out the water to recover the bodies of
the victims, which it is expected will
take at least two months' time, owing
to the swampy nature of the ground
and the extensive nature of the work
ings of the Old Southfield mine.
Thaw Xear Dayton Floods Roads.
DAYTON, Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
The frost is coming out of the
ground for the first time In three
months. The thaw is so rapid that a
great deal of damage has been done
the public highways. Deep ditches on
either side of all ihe macadam roads,
if not filled in quickly, may cause
many accidents. Grant Mays nearly
lost his team on the road below town
a few days ago, as the horses fell into
a deep washout, and would have
drowned had not help arrived.
WASHINGTON.
Monday's War Moves
GERMANY'S threatened submarine
blockade of the waters around the
British Isles and France and the Ques
tion of the use of neutral flags by mer
chant ships belonging to belligerent
continues to occupy the public mind In
England and In the neutral countries
of Europe.
Greece already has replied to the
German memorandum to the effect that
she expects Greek ships to be protected
by the regulations governing naviga
tion nn th hicrh seas and coasts not
effectively blockaded, whllo Holland
and the Scandinavian countries arc
taking steps for Joint action.
The American steamer Wilhclmina,
with grain aboard for Hamburg, has
arrived at Falmouth. It was thought
possible that she had been ordered
there by one of the British patrol ships.
as the British government had an
nounced its Intention of preventing her
from proceeding to Germany and of
submitting the question of her cargo
to a prize court.
A dispatch from Falmouth, however,
says that the captain ol me n-
helmia declared he had proceeded to
that port of his own free' will.
Outside of these questions ot inter
national law, the chief interest lies in
the fighting In the eastern zone, the
operations in the west having lapsed
into a period of calm, with only a few
small engagements on narrow fronts,
which can have little effect on the cam
paign as a whole.
In the east, on the other hand, tho
Germans, having been checked In their
ef'orts to break the Ruffian lines be
fere Warsaw, have transferred r.iany of
their troops to East Prussia to meet
the Russian offensive in that rcglon.
This offensive has begun to. be a real
danger to the Germans, as it threatened
to drive a wedge between Tilsit and
Insterburg. and to turn the fortified
noaition in the extremely difficult
country of the Mazurian Lakes.
If this movement succeeded, the Rus
sians would i overrun a considerable
part of East Truss! and would again
be on their way to Koenigsberg and
Danzig.
The campaign in the Carpathians
and Galicia is not so easy to follow, as
the official reports arc exceedingly
sparing in information. It is evident,
however, that while the Russian of
fensive in the western passes of the
mountains is being pushed with
strength and has proved partially sue
cessful, it has been met by stronger
opposition in the eastern pastes, with
the result that the Russians have been
compelled , to fall back in Bukowlna.
They hrve repeatedly done this only t
give the Austrians battle when they de
bouched from the Russian end of the
passes, and it is presumed that this Is
their intention now.
The operations are on so large and
complicated a scale that it may be
weeks before any definite decision is
reached.
OREGON HAS CINCINNATI
Harry I,, llown, of l.nne County,
Quits Farm for Courtroom.
EUGENB:. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
Like Clncinnatus of old. Harry U.
Bown. Lane County Judge-elect in No-
ember, today was given his certificate
of election, and he took office at once,
within a few hours after the Supremo
Court decision, arriving here from his
farm near Irving on the afternoon
train.
The news of the Supreme Court de
cision found Mr. Bown at work in the
field, and he literally dropped his hoe
to come to the city and occupy the
Judicial chair in "the County Courtroom.
Mr. Bown succeeds Helmus W.
Thompson, County Judge for the past
four years, but who was not a candi
date for re-election in November. Mr.
Bown. at this election, defeated W. W.
Calkins, of Eugene.
C. H. STEWART TO GET POST
Senators Agree on Alhany Postmas
tership Ending Long Contest.
ALBANY. Or., Feb. 9. (Special.)
C. H. Stewart will be the next post
master of Albany. The appointment
has not been made yet, but Mark V
Weatherford. chairman of the Linn
County Democratic Central Committee,
heard tonight from Senator Chamber
lain that he and Senator Lane had
agreed to recommend Mr. Stewart.
This ends a contest which has
been active intermittently for several
months. Several prominent local men
were candidates for the place.
Mr. Stewart is now manager of the
Albany Commercial Club and has been
resident of this city more than 40
years.
SHELLS DR0P ON SWISS
German Fire Reported as Falling on
Neutral Territory Again.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, via Paris,
Feb. 9. The Gazette de Lausanne has
published a dispatch from Torentruy,
38 miles northwest of Berne and close
to the French frontier, which says
that German artillerymen, firing on a
French battery near the Swiss fron
tier, sent shells into Swiss territory.
This, the dispatch says, is the second
happening of the kind.
LINER SEES WATERSPOUT
Worst Storm in Experience Encoun
tered on Voyage From Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 9. After en
countering the worst storm in her ex
perience, according to her skipper, the
liner Manoa arrived today from Hono
lulu with her deck rail partly waslieJ
away and other signs of heavy weather.
Early today, when 60 miles from port,
passengers on the Manoa saw a water
spout, which was plainly visible front
the decks.
LEASE OF LAKES IS
RATIFIED By HOUSE
One Big Load Is Off
Legislative Chest.
JASON MOORE'S BID APPROVED
Only Nine Members Against
Abert and Summer Grant.
SOME PLEAD IGNORANCE
Tivo So Uuy RrculaMnj; -;vrri1liinc
They IKd Not llnd Time lo Pr
vole to Millions Seeking
Investment In Male.
PT ItONAI.n C. r.MXVtPT.
4-TATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. lb. !.
(itaff Correspondence.) The Hou.-e
got one big los.1 ot Its riieM today by
parsing the Forbes bill ratifying the
lease entered int'j by the Male Lend
Board with the Jnson Y.norw Interests
for the reclamation of the valuable
salts In Summer and Abert Lakrs In
Central Oregon.
Only nine members voted scalnt
the bill. They were Dlllnrd, Eaton,
Fenwlrk, Ilorne, Hurlburt, Kuchn,
Andrew C Smith and Miss Towne. lut
they made considerable noise in op
position to tho hill and the negative,
vote would have been, larger had not
the House gone Into committee of th
whole and invited the members of tlm
old land board to appear and tell ot
their Investigations and negotiations.
Sulijrrt lnng lllttenMerf.
Tho leasing of these two lakes lias
been a matter of genuine public In
terest for several months. The news
papers have published column about
the project and the various offers. The
Joint committee appointed to conMder
the proposals has held open meetings
and their proceedings huve lecn w Mcly
published and discussed. 'opies of he
proposed lease have been avalluble for
scrutiny and xUirty. The text has even
been published in the public prexn. Y t
some members of the House admitud
ignorance of the proposii) and by the
character of their statements In op
posing ratification of the leaso Indi
cated that their admissions were well
taken.
Investigation Is Itrllevlna.
.ome were not aware that the Lnni
Board had, through the medium of tho
State Bureau of Mines and Otology,
made an exhaustvo Investigation of
the value of the lakes and compared
quantities of salts in solution Willi
those held by tho waters of Kiniilm'
lakes In. California. The uniformed
members wanted a state Investigation.
They insisted on it. loiter tho revela
tion by ex-Governor West and Treas
urer Kay, of the La'nd Board, that It
had already been done relieved the
minds of some for when the vote his
taken the opposition was not so strong
as had been apparent.
One gratifying piece of Information
derived from the debate is that God hss
been watching Representative Porter
and Lewis. That is certain, for tlicy
admit it themselves.
Hard Work Plea llrarl.
Mr. porter led off by asserting that
God knew that he had been wurkluir
six days a week from 8 o'clock In the
morning until 11 at night ami ha. In t
had time to Inform himself as to t:
merits of the lease. Promptly thrm
after Mr. Lewis called on the AlmlKhty
to witness that he had been working
over time and was still seeking light
on the subject.
There were other gentlemen. ho. It
seems, have been knocking l Ilia Mt-
house door every morntug before the
Janitors have turned the keys and have
had to climb out of the windows at
night, because the portals were locked
before they ceased sweating Mood Itl
behalf of the people. As a result this
most Important piece of construct!
legislation pending at this session
caught them by surprise.
Mr. Lewis Rusy Iteaulstor.
There Is no question but what lb
members are telling the truth sbmit
their Industrious habits. There is Mr.
Lewis for example. If there Is any
thing that needs regulating that ha hut
not sought to regulate with a bill ot
his own will someone please point It
out? He has offered measuros to ren
ulate what goes Into the slato blue
book, to regulate district comti, la
regulute motor vehicles, to regulate em
ployment sgencles, to regulata fli.hlng,
to regulate school districts, to regulate
taxation, to regulate trusts and can
neries, to regulate cold storage, to reg
ulate prohibition and to regulate prize
fights. Everybody doubtless will con
cede that a man cannot regulalo the
universe and give thought to fostering
an industry that will bring only a few
millions of capital into the state ami
produce a trifling revenue to the school
fund of 2j.000 to lu,000.
Lease Is lllfle.
So the majority of the Houe politely
took out ot the hands of the over
worked members the Jason Moore lease
and ratified It by approving tho Forbna
bill.
A significant feature of Ihe proceed
Ings was developed by Representative
Vawter, who spoke in favor or tho
measure. Soma question has been
raised as to the financial responsibility
of the pcrsonB back of Mr. Moore. Mi.
Vawter read letters or telegrams from
the Brooklyn Trust Company ami the
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