, VOL. IV. NO. 234.
PORTLAND, . OREGON. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, . 1905FOURTEEN PAGES.
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Ii-E TITLE
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DECIDES
MARQUAM
CAS
IN FAVO
ME;;!
COMPANY
Suit to Recover tle Marquam Block and
Tract of Land Is Lost Decision of
; Lower Gdurt Is Reversed!
Court Holds Company
- Had Right to Buy
in the Property.
', IBpeelal Dispatch to Tat Jneraal.) '. '
Salem. Or.. Dec, . 4. The supreme
. ' , court this morning decided the fsmous
'" case brought by P. A. Marquam sgslnst
the United Btatea Mortgage Trust
. - company, the Title Guarantee ex Truat
' company and J. Thorburn Roaa In favor
of the defendants, .reversing the lower
courts and giving possession of th Mar
quam block In Portland to the defen
. danta. ' ."' -
The record In the ease comprise sev
eral volumes and are the most volum
inous in Oregon courts. Property val
'"- -v ued at mora than" $1,800,009 is involves.
The opinion was rendered by Justice
'- Bean. -. The question to be decided waa
whether the Trust company had the right
' to purchase the property. Following
are extraota from the opinion:
"The Title- company's relation to. the
property under the law and facta, wss
that of a mortgagee in possession, witii
t certain added dutlea and obligations
arising out of a special contract, rather
than as trusts of the title. A mort
gagee in possession la not - trustee.
which would prevent him. from purchas
ing the mortgaged property at public
. -. v . ,
- - Status of the Partis.
"The trust created by, the agreement
, was confined to mere possession of
property, and waa limited to- It man
agement, for the purpose of collecting
- and disposing of rents and profits. It
waa almply a part of a scheme tose--i---warth
"payment -of: loan rrora - the
..- mortgage company.
Tlia. i affert nf ttlft niCaUed, trus.
s-l
agreement was to create a trust condl
. tloned on the Ufa of the mortgage, with
the purpose to provide a fund for the
payment of operating- expenses, repairs,
interest charges,' etc.,- in order to avert
foreclosure. . When the defsult occurred,
' the mortgage waa foreclosed and the
truat agreement no longer - served the
purpose of Its creation and was neces
sarily at an end.
Purchase JTo a, Trustee.
- "The rule which disqualifies the .true-
te from- purchasing the trust prop
erty can have, no application to t-e
title company under the facta and. the
law case. '
"The claim thst the foreclosure suit
was commenced by the mortgage com
pany at the request and instigation of
the Title company, with the design of
securing the property, wss contradicted'
by the officers of both companies, and
the circumstances of the case There
is no evidence U show, or to tend to
show, that the company was anxious to
hare the mortgage foreclosed. Indeed,
the action and the conduct of the offl
cers Indicated the contrary purpose."
Will Improve Property.
' .The victors In the long legal strug
gle will at ' an early date begin the
improvement of the property. -;
"We have held everything In abeyance
pending the outcome of this suit,"
' said J- Thorburn Ross this afternoon,
"but now that It has been decided wo
will get together' and outline our plans
. of Improvement as soon as practicable.
We will do a large amount of work there.
The wiring is on Important thing to be
looked after. I've no doubt the Mar
quam will be rewired throughout At
any rate, there will be no more patch
work of any kind.' . We will spend a
large sum of money on the property, but
It will require a little tlms to fully de
cide what Is- needed."
'The decision in the Marquam case
does not materially affect the Marquam
ATTENDS SWELL WEDDING IN
GLARIHG PIMK SHIRT
; English Arfny Captain and Mil
,, lionaire omfies Pittsburg's ,
-Exclusive Smart Set. - v
-r
(Jn&mal Special Serrtre.)
, Pittsburg.' Ps., Dec, 4. Pittsburg so
ciety Is horrified over th fsct that Cap
tain Edward' Harbord. grandson' of Mrs.
May E. Schanley. formerly of this city,
who died leaving an estate of more- than
$20,000,009 attended a' swell' wedding
her wearing a glaring pink shirt.
Captain Harbord Is hers In- company
With hl4 aunt. Miss Hermoln Schenley,
who 1 being feted and dined by Pitts-
, burgsl most ezcluslv set. and th cap
tain accompanies her everywhere. When
- at hrtme in England he cuts a wide
swsth, for his commission In th Royal
Ouairds entitles him to do so. Therefor
"ft vvas'stipposrd that everything that he
. did' wss all right.:
At the Kay-Ebbert wedding lsst week,
wrhlch was th social-event of th year,
tii captain' wore the shirt that Is csus-
' itig so much comment. It looked like
the kind that hangs. In windows marked
ponly 4r cents."- , '
- lXonr Tlslts Xing. '
(Jnnroal Bperlal Srrk.)
tiinitnii TUn I Ilnlfni, arlalf4 the
king this afternoon and remained 46
. minims. . it is reported saixour has re
signed. ;
: .- . '.,.;;. ...
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- -Mm
P. A. Marquam. .
Grand theatre and Its 'present policy.
Those who have the interest of the
house at heart have long deplored the
faot that it cannot be opened on Sun
days for theatrical entertainment Mr.
Marquam, )t la understood. - favor
able to Sunday opening, but -the-trust
company is opposed and the house wllf
be open ony six days of the week.
aUstory of the Suit. 4-.
ThllUgaUon--4ast4oMeV-ly--na
supreme court grows out of the -following
'facts; ... ; ,..,.; ..-,..,. . -; --
In the summer nd autumn of lt4
P. A. Ma'fiTuam''n?aTtn owner -vt 1 tlie
block of land bounded by Sixth. Sev-
enth, Morrison and Alder - streets, and
also of an a0-acr tract tn the Bandy
road, about at mile -from the city lim
its., Marquam' at that time waa heav
ily encumbered and hla csedltors were
pressing for the settlement of their
claims. The block bounded by Sixth,
Seventh,-' Morrison and Alder, being
block 179 of the city or Portland, was
subject to a mortgage in th sum of
1250,000, -on which -the Interest was
$30,000, in arrears. This block was also
subject, to two attachments - and to a
mechanic's - lien for repairs effected on
the Martiuam building, for which Mar
quam waa unable to make pay it en t .
Under these circumstances he applied
to the United States Mortgage A Trust
company for a, loan 'of 1400,000. ' The
application- was made through the Title
Guarantee Truat company,' the Port
land correspondent of the United State
Mortgage & Trust company? Th lat
ter corporation refused to maka a loan
In th sum desired by Marquam, and,'
after much persuasion, consented to
loan him $300,000 on block 17$ in the
city of Portland and th 30-acr tract
on the Sandy road. - Thla amount waa
Insufficient to pay. Marquam's pressing
Indebtedness .rand- in order - to meet the
additional claims which had to b paid
at that time the Title Guarantee at Trust
company advanced from Its own funds
some $18,000, and took- a deed to the
property-as-security for Its advanoea
This deed covered also' four -lots In
South Portland, which were described' Is
the papers as . collateral security.
Agreement as to Xnoome.
Th United States Mortgags aV Truat
company, before moklng Its loan, had
exacted a condition that th rentals of
th property should be set aside as a
fund for th payment of interest and
fixed charges on th property. In order
to meet this condition an agreement was 1
CRAZED UN HOLDS FORT
IN SIDETRACKED CAR -
., , .- - . -
Mrsv Anna Berry Is Still in Pos
, session of Car Woman -
- Not Widow of Officer-
(Jnaraal Special genrlee.)
Glrard, Kan., Deo. 4. Becoming sud
denly erased, a passenger' supposed to
be Mrs. Anna Berry, en route to Tulsa,
I. T., yesterday drove all her fellow
passengers from -the car at the point
of a pistol and barrloaded herself In the
toilet-room. Th oar was sidetracked
here, and although there Is no Are and
th woman has had nothing to eat, aha
still refuses to allow any on to ntr
th car, threatening, to sheot.
'Mrs. Berry Is still In possession oi
th car this morning. Sheriff Walah and
Deputy Meriwether entered the car
thla, morning, but could not approach
th woman, who aimed a revolver when
th men neared th door of th cham
ber tn which ah is barricaded. Th
only concession she msde was to allow
the officers to stuff pillows Into the
broken windows. She refused to ac
cept their offers to build a Are. Th
woman looks weary and worn. Officers
are unwilling to us fore and have
seined down to "a gam of Treeseout
Th closest clue to th women's Iden
tity Is a photograph taken in Spokane.
Th rumor that- th woman waa thai
widow of Captain A. P. Berry, who com
mitted sulclds at Vancouver barracks
last week, proved false.
J.
Defendant Not Guilty
ot :: Violating Any :
Implied Trust y
therefor entered into, described by the"
parties as an agreement of trust, under
which th property was oommlttsd to
th ear of th Title company, . which
company was to collect all rents, to dis
burse them in a manner defined by the
agreement and to be protected in any
advances which it might make, Mar
quam agreeing to repay th same, -with
AV pvr Mill J U V 1 w .
The revenues proved wholly Inadequate
to the -. payment of Interest and - nxeo
charges and the Title company made ad
ditional advances' from its own funds
for the purpose: of meeting these
chargeaj In this manner ita debt grew
from $1$.000 to upward of $40,000. - -
Notwithstanding th advances which
were mad by th T1U company, a de
fault was made In th payment of in
terest to th United States Mortgage
A Trust company. Finally, on the 80th
of October, m, th United States
Mortgage at Truat company brought a
ault to foreclose it mortgage. Joining
th Title Guarantee A Trust company
as a party defendant .
Uarquam's Beply. ' ' - : " '
' The Title company .Died a cross-bill,
setting up Its claim to. a Hen on the
property in the sum of $40,000, and
Marquam mad hla defense to both
claims. He charged" t he Title Guaran
tee A. Truat oompany with misappro
priating th rental of th property
and with grows fraud, and, negligence in
Various particulars. , - . r
Th caa waa tried out and tha issues
were determined against Marquam, both
In his controversy with - the United
Stales Mortgage A 'TCUgf "CAmPariy" griff
With tn Title Guarantee A Truat com
pany. The findings were that th Title
oompany had been careful and most
honeet and had discharged ita dutlea In
the premises. The Hen of th Title com.
pany waa fixed as a second mortgage
on the property. . Th final decree waa
passed on th 27th of October, 1800.
Th property waa aold at sheriffs
sal on th 10th of December, 100, and
was purchased by J. Thorburn Ross of
th United States Mortgage A Trust
company and th Title Guarantee A
Trust company. Ths Title company
subsequently psld th United States
Mortgage A Trust company about $100,
000 and th United States Mortgags A
Trust company accepted a mortgage
for $300,000 for the remainder of its
'claim, ' I
. The' Tltl company being unwilling to
execute a mortgags on the property, th
tltl waa transferred . to th Oregon
company, a aubsldlary corporation, cen
tral led by th Tltl company, which, ac
cording to th contention of th defend
ants -in th present litigation, has been
th owner of the property ever since. -.
Pour Appeals Taken, . '. 4
' Marquam appealed from the decree' of
October 37, 1900. and also from three
subsequent decrees settling the ac
counts of th Tltl Guarantee A Truat
company, discharging it from all of its
obligations and confirming ths purchase
made by J. Thorburn Roaa. All of
these matters were litigated tn the au
prom court and the decrees of th
lower court, passed by Judge Cleland,
were in all cases affirmed. . .
Notwithstanding these proceedings,
on the 11th of November, 1902, Marquam
brought th present suit, in which he
contended that the relations of th Tltl
Guarantee A Trust company to the
property and to himself were such that
(Continued on Pag Two.)
J-
MANY DELAYS IN PAYMENTS
BY MUTUAL RESERVE
:( .tie
Insurance Investigation ,Shows
Liens and Assessments Taken '
. From the Face Value.
(Joeraal Special 'Vrvlee.t
New Tork, Deo. 4. -Senator Aim
strong, chairman of th Insursric In
vestigation committee, aald this morn
ing lhar n hoped there would be Ave
sessions this week and that th work
would be ended by th end of the month,
but th committee would If necessary
continue after January 1 without a new
resolution of the legislature. -
Oeorge D. Eldrldge, vlce-preeldent
and actuary of the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company, .thla morning re
sumed his testimony "concerning delsyed
payments of policies. He ssld thst his
company usually paid their policies five
or six months after proof of death had
been submitted,-
. A mass of correspondence between the
company and attorneys of the bene
Aclartes waa Introduced by Attorney
Hughes which showed that many delays
htd occurred and that Hens snd assess
ments had been taken from th face
value. -
, ' fcord Cursoa la Xaglaaa. - - ,
(Jnaraal Sporlal Service.)
London. Dee.;4. Lord and Lady Cur
son arrived today from India and wer
met by a great crowd of distinguished
eltlaens and gtvea a warm reception,- -
LIE IS PASSED
Dr. E. L House Electrifies Min
isterial Association by Bitter
t Words Directed Against
Dr. C. T. Wilson.
HISSES AND CRIES OF
"SHAME" FOLLOW WORD
Thaft Preacher Apologise for Bitter
" Wor5, But Maintains That There
Was No Truth in Statement of Dr.
Wilson That There Was a Plot to
Run Suffrage Indorsement Through
- -"It Dr. Wilson or any other man says
that there waa a plot to run this matter
of woman's suffrage through,'! say he
is a llarl" ,
. The Portland Ministerial association
waa electrified by this statement this
morning from Dr. EX I House, pastor
of the First Congregational church,
after twos hours of heated discussion,
teeming with csustio persons lltles, fol
lowing th attempt of the Suffrage as
sociation to secure th Indorsement of
Ita cause. A moment of silent amass
ment followed, and than came criea of
"shame" and hisses, and Dr. House
angrily repeated th statement, though
the "strong word" was drowned, In th
sounds -f disapproval.
"I apologise for the strong Unruase."
ha. said as calm second thought am
to him. "I waa aroused; but I want to
put .myself right In the eyes of the as.
Eotilatmu ana tell tluiu that then
no such plot as Dr. Wilson imputes to
me." -
And th hisses were followed by cries
of approval.
. ' . Bisons si oa Bitter.
The words followed a bitter discussion
by. the members of. the Ministerial as
sociation of th relative merits and de
merits "of woman's suffrage which came
up after a 'resolution had been offered
indorsing ths movement. The body of
ministers waa made up of men with firm
convictions on both sides, and a large
number of women were present, to hear
the results of an interesting debate.
among whom were Miss Gall Laughlln,
ths attorney for th stats association.
. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, who Is
conspicuously against women In politics,
talked long on hla aide of th question,
giving what seemed a carefully prepared
address. When at the close of his
speech Dr. B rougher msde a motion that
th speeches be limited to 10 minutes,
and then added, with a sparkle of
(Continued on Pag Two.)
F
REFUSED BY
t
VANCOUVER
RANCHISE TO
Unless Town Council Grants Some Less Restrictive Permit the
, Line Will Run Direct From Portland to Sound Via
- - Lady's Island Bridge. .. -;
financial powers behind the Vanoou
ver dc Suburban railway . have refused
the franchise granted by the Vancouver
city council. It Is reported thst the re
sult. If not remedied by th passage of
another franchise, will be to send the
traina of the Chloago, Milwaukee St
Paul railroad direct from Portland"to
th sound via a brldg at Lady's island,
leaving Vancouver off the main line.
At tonight's meeting of the Vancou
ver, council th franchise matter will
probably be brought up for reconsidera
tion. Forbes A Ooudy of Portland,
financial agents of the eastern capital
ists who a re- back of th Vancouver A
Suburban road, are hopeful of securing
desired ehanges In the franchise. On
of th principal objectionable features
practically cancels all privileges granted
If for any reason th company does not
hsvs In operation every foot of the
right of way conveyed within a certain
limit of time. Should the company pro
ceed to construct Its main line and
branches, but leave . single- block of
granted Tight of way Inoperative, all
of the rights and privileges described in
th franchise would revert to th city
of Vancouvr.
- Will Ask Mmw rranohlse.
Mr. Forbes of the firm of Forbee A
Goudy was ssked to confirm the re
ported refusal by his company of -The
Vancouver franchise. He' replied:
"Our people have declined to go for
ward with the project on account of
certain restrictive provisions In ths
franchise." .
"Do you intend to ask for a new
franchiser r .
"W will' aalc for a new franchise.
eliminating a few - objectionable , fea
tures and making It a proposition that
our people could safely accept."
It la -known, that the oompany has
made- a survey from Lady's Island .di
rect to Proebstel. Hocklnson snd Bst-
tlsground, and la making preparation ti
push- the. survey on to th sound. -. A I
RUSSIA FACES
Mutinies of Troops Occur at
, Warsaw and Many Other
Stations Throughout : -
; the Empire. .''-'
MOSCOW REPORTED TO
BE IN HANDS OF MOB
Telegraphers Strike in Finland to
Assist Brethren, Tying Up All
- Wires Many Mutineers at Sevas
topol Courtmartialeo aqd , Shot as
"Traitors to the Car.' '
(Journal BpeeUl Stnrlea.l
- Berlin, Dec. 4. Dlspstches received
today stats that mutinies of troops have
occurred at Warsaw, Kursmlnlk, Sarar
toff, .Kherson, Novgorod, Grodno , and
Kharkoff. The imperial guard at St.
Petersburg is slso reported to be tn open
revolt . General"" disorder - prevails
throughout the cities and th govarn-
fment is powerless tq quell disturbances.
Many regiments of artillery have been
concentrated about th capital, but th
soldiers have refused to- fire.
Rumors com from Moscow that ths
city has- been sacked and burned' by
mobs, who have butchered th police
and Cossacks and pillaged th -imperial
granaries. No word hss been heard di
rect from Moscow for $ hours.
Thirty-four provinces of European
Russia outside of Poland, Finland and
th Caucasus are now in a state of in-
"Tii than. Jutll
tion of European Russia red
snide In tneai
districts. A number at Kief? is renort.
ef to have been promptly quelled by
troops aftar a pitched battle In which
CO persons were killed and 100 wounded.
Two regiments at Odessa were disarmed
after having refused to obey orders.
The mutineers at : Sevastopol were
lined up against th walla of th bar
racks and ahot to death after a drum
head courtmartlal. Including th leader,
Lieutenant Smith. Aroused by th fat
of the mutineers, workmen throughout
southern Russia are arming themselves
and th situation is desperate.
The telegraphers of Finland have gone
out to assist thslr brethren in Russia.
Th strike of the telegraphers Is abso
lute. No news is being received at the
capital from outside towns.
Xlgnteen Still In Mia.
uneyenne, wro, ueo. . only - one
body has been recovered from the Dla-
mondvllle coal mine. Relief workers
are -n earing th twelfth level and expect
to reacn. in is oeaa some time today.
MILWAUKEE
THE ROAD
1 per cent grade is being adhered to
nearly-all the way. It lr understood
that th Lady's island rout will be the
Milwaukee's gateway into Portland.
Soundings ar being made at that point
In the Columbia river, and the Oregon
Water Power Railway company la
said to be directing th work. Ths a
W. P. company has surveyed and se
cured rights of wsy from its present
line at Gresham to Falrvlaw, on ths Co
lumbia river at Lady's Island. While
no Official statsment is obtainable at
this time .from O. W. P. or Milwaukee
officials, nor from th Vancouver A Sub
urban people, it is now aifopen secret
that th same financial powera who con
trol th Mtlwaukee have secured con
trolling power In the eastern financial
affairs of the Oregon Wster Power A
Railway company and that the Mil
waukee will com Into Portland over
that line. J t
mysiery or me ouiwauaee s inactivity
In Portland with regard to terminals,
vithlls It Is known to be actively secur
ing terminals and rights of way for Its
line from Wallula to th sound and Is
buying rights of wsy dowA ths north
bsnk of th - Columbia river from
Wallula to Lady Island, through - ths
medium of the Wallula Pacific. It ia
a significant fact that while the work
of acquiring the entire i30 'miles of
right of wsy from Wallula westward Is
nearly finished, and ia. now on th verge
of -"a final round-up In th courts
through process of condemnation and
Injunction suits, -th company baa not
acquired a foot of th Isnd , west of
Lady's Island. Should th Vancouver city
council and the Vanoouver A Suburban
Railway company permanently disagree.
It la said the only reeult would be the
elimination of the company'a spur froty
t roe betel to vsncouvet, and ttie entire
plan with thla exception would- be
carried forward, making one direct line
from Portland to th sound,,
CONGRESS QPES WITH BCIEF
. . p r t ; i I -. - r.,-;
l-T.i.run.n.rL-LT.-un.l.i-UT.Xi-.'iu iii.ii. & I " i i ' ' . ) . .' !- ' .
' 4-
J Arke-President ' -Fairbanks
-
fUnllflOUrSltEflCF?
IN SENATE
No Response When Names of
, Mitchell .and Burton
.l ; Are Called.'
BINCER. HERMANN AND
. WILLIAMSON ABSENT
Soma . Adverse . Feeling Against Ore
gon Senator Among Members-
Representatives r Are Not in the
Capital City., ; .
Waeh!ngtoa Bsreaa of Tbt JoarsaL)
'Washington, Dec.'-4. -There waa 4
noticeable stillness In the sensts when
the names of Burton of Kansas and
Mitchell of Oregon wer reached in the
morning roll call and when no responses
were returned. Conversation - with a
number of senators on the subject Indi
cates there Is - much . adverse feeling
against Mitchell on account of hla ef
forts to retain the chairmanship of ths
lsthmlsn canal committee.
' In the case of Burton thla' feeling ia
absent, for his committee, forest reser
vation, is not an active working one and
his retention of the chairmanship does
not retsrd or intsrfere with public busi
ness on account f his absence and in
ability to attend to public duty.
Mitchell-would help hla standing In
th senate by .voluntarily withdrawing
from the chairmanship.
Oregon was - not omitted when con
gressmen wer summoned by statea to
take the oath today, but neither Oreg'oA
man appeared. If Hermann and Wil
liamson had been . present they could
probably have, been sworn in today,
though It would havs been possible for
any member to object. Their absence
occasioned no Surprise,-for there 1 a
prevailing opinion that under the clr-j
cumstances th Oregon men should not
attempt to participate In the proceed
ings of the house.
Representatives Hermann and William
son, however, failed to respond when
their name were called by th clerk of
the house. They are not In Washing-1
ton.- . ' "
KANSAS SCHOOL MARMS
- WORK IN CORN FIELDS
(Jmrnal Bpeelal Rarrtca.)
Topeka, Kas.. Dec. 4. -A week ago
Miss Cushman, a teacher In Brown coun
ty, closed hsr school for 10 days and
told hsr 40 boys and girls .to go hom
and help their parents eave the great
corn crop. Miss Cushman herself
donned husking gloves and mad a hand
In th com field. Other young women
also helped. '
Today four other schools In that sec
tion adjourned to the corn fields for a
week. People are In entire sympathy
with the movement, ss ths full time
h th schools will be - taught "nest
spring. It is believed that scores of
rural schools over sll Kansas will close
for a week for, th . corn harvest snd
festival.
Speaker Joseph Cannon Reelect
i T ed by Strict Party , Vote
- Over' JohrT Sharp' WiU 7;'
- liams of MississippL
SENATE ADJOURNS OUT.
. . OF RESPECT.T0 PLATT
President's Message to Be Delivered
Tomorrow a Most Comprehensive
1 Document Railroad Rate Measure
Most Prominent- Feature Senator
Fulton Introduces Bills. L
- flonrnal Special Serrtas.) '
Washington, Dec 4. The Fifty-ninth
congress was opened today with a brief
session in both house and senate. Th
presentation of the president's message
having been deferred until tomorrow
there wtr practically no bualness out
side the usual first day routine. Th
time of both bodies waa devoted to th
usual formalities of opening day..
There waa the usual exchange of '
greetings among members, th lntroduo-
tlon of newcomers, the great floral dis
play and ths hundreds of visitors with
beautifully- gowned women predomlnat-"
Ing. Corridors, committee rooms and
cloak rooms were thronged and th
bustle extended vea t th floor of th :
chambers. , . -
Vice-President Fairbanks called th
aenste to order on the stroMTof It and
slKHjUflacaualr f hit noma wss ssppad .
order by Speaker Cannon. The opening
prayers were made by th chaplains.
Rsv. Dr. Edward Everett Hale In th
senate and Rev. H. N. Coudca In th
house. ....
' In both th senate and the" house com
mittees were appointed to wait upon th
president and Inform him that congreaa
waa in session. In the house Clerk Mc
Dowell called th roll and the adminis
tration of th oath of of Ac and th
drawing of seats followed. In th sen
ate resolutions of respect to th
memory of" the late Senator Piatt of
Connecticut war adopted and tha ad
journment was in further tribute to his
memory. -. ,
Th house atf o'clock, by a party
vote, elected Jo Cannon speaker. Hla
Democratic opponent was John Sharp
Wllllama of Mississippi. ,
-, rresldeaVs Message, '
Th' president's massage to be sub
mitted tomorrow Is awaited with keen '
Interest, though its salient features ar
already known to the members of con
gress. Those who have been privileged
- -1 I ,
Speaker Cannon.
to look ovsr th document say that H'lef"
th most comprehensive message Presi
dent 'Roosevelt has ever submitted tn
congress. It covers a large variety 'of
subjects. Internsl and external,, and pays
particular attention to th subject of
railroad rate '.legislation and fsdsral
supervision of corporations.
Railroad rat teglslstton la said to be
the most prominent festure of th mes
sage. ' The president hss pointed out In
great detail th evils now existing snd
th necessity for thslr srsdloatlon. A
s remedy he proposes thst the tntsrstst
commerce commission shall be author
lsed in declaring arat unreasonable, t .
declare at th same time what Is
maximum, reasonable rats, snd to msks
an' order requiring th offending rsil '
road to reduce Ita rate to that mail
mil m. He further recommends that lit
order to Insure obedience to the order,
th law contain a penalty, but thst op
portunity b reserved to th eompasr to
appeal to the federal court,' whnae decls
Ion shall be Anal. The presiaeni bi
seeks tha regulation of the private es
and terminal Interests so that dlscrlroe-
natlon or rebates In any form shall !
Impossible. r . . .
JMgulai Oerporattoaa.
Ths president speaks In s forcef il
meiner on the subject of Insurance, re
ferrlng to th raveletlnns mxde dinlis
tha Inquiry In New York ss evidence
the great need of federal aiiporvinl.m.
t'nmoratlona Is a euhlect which. I ns
been given serious ronalderatlon hr
prMent-- il O'lJerss cnrp-ir,-" i t
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