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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1013. . .CORPUS Colonel Nelson of. Kansas City Star, Adjudged in Contempt, Sentenced to Serve One Day in Jail. ' : . ' ' ' (Tly the Internitlomit News Service.) Kansas. City, .Mo., Feb., l.-An appeal to the court ot appeals On a habeas cor pus writ is the only thing that kept William It. Nelson, owner of the Kan hug City Star. multl-mllllonalre, long a powerful potltteal t f;ictor i. in Missouri ntul Kansas and staunch supporter of Theodore 1-toosevclt in the last election. ' out of Jail tonight. Nelson was today ; fouml 'feuilty df cot'tejnpt of court anil , Kt'iueuceu fo. one a iy , in jau oy juarro J. A;. - fiut'hrt of the ,eireult' oottrt, for puhlishljijif :n article In his newtepapor last' Sunday : which judge. Guthrie do elded "was i: S'aneer at the courts, at tho judges and " at legal procedure." lie also held that, It . was "Contempt uous" and an "Open Insult" . -. ,i The habeas writ was Issued by Judge " Johnson of the appelate court and Is returnable next "Wednesday. f ' : Nelson's defense was 1 thrown out at today s hearing. The article In Ques tion first told about an Incident In Judge Guthrie's court during a divores trial and then About another case in which "The JudRe" hod ' asked advice of aii Interested lawyer and entered his decision accordingly.; This Incident, however, . did not happen in Judge Guthrie' court and Nelson, contended that the words "The Judge" did Hot re fer to Outline who was the only judge previously ; mentioned la the article. J ! The lawyers, for the defense tried to show that this pecured, in Judge LUca" court but this evidence was also ruled out. - SENATE APPROVES 7 , SI XYEAR TERM BY VOTEOF 47 TO 23 (Continued From Pairs One.) Saturday in Congress By the IntornntlonM Nw 8erTli.J ' 1 WashtnRton. 1. C Feb, l.-Wbat congress did today I V. . ; i' Senate - "' '" The Works constitutional amend ment providing, a single term of six years for presidents was passed, 47 to S3, i House must pass amendment by, two-thirds vote and it must then be ratified by three-fourths of the States' legislatures before becoming a law. . House ., District of Columbia appropriation bill debated. . Senate resolution authorizing form alities of counting electoral vote in tapper house' chamber February , 12, adopted..- " .""..v. '. V'V'v Iiucker, of Missouri, and Young of Michigan, appointed tellers for the .house;' -..'-.. i'-v '-'' ' ". ''.-.- - ' , Akin of New York Introduced a res olution attacking the weather bureau and the department of agriculture for alleged extravagance and charging that various government departments have juggled civil service laws. The resolution provides that every mem ber of congress e requested to send a copy to each constituent in order to sound out the sentiment ot the country. -v ' . - .' .: '.' :IA '' - V : i Cooper , of Wisconsin, introduced bill to construct a 122,000.000 bridge across the Potomac as memorial to Uoncrals U. B. Grant and Itobert E Leo. ' ' ' , " Committees " House Judiciary committee re ported favorably workmen' compen sation bill, which passed the eenate. Amendment added by committee pro vides that express companies, bs well as railroads, shall be liable for in juries to employes. Another amend ment provides that state courts shall have concurrent Jurisdiction with fed eral courts in the handling of dam age suits, providing the ( respective states enact laws In conformity with federal workmen's compensation law. Way and means committee con cluded tariff hearings. Committee next week will begin to frame a tariff bill It has Hot f been determined whether house Democrat will under take a schedule by schedule revision or a blanket revlsloa -'"s . Clapp campaign funds Investiga tion committee, after an executive session, announced that Inquiry Into .presidential campaign ; contributions in lilt campaign will be begun as soon as a witness now being sought is located. . . w ill the amendment become-operative. The friends of the proposition believe til 'this Will hav been comDlied With before the expiration , of the term ''of rresident Wilson. There has been little discussion in the states and nothing liKfl an accural estimate of publlo opin ion may , oe uasea, ':';.:; a;'.-U'C; :., . : iiintuae ox uonse in uouot. v,; JuBt how the next house will receive (his proposed change in legislation can not be foretold. The vote" shows that It has been treated as a, political question o y senators. Some of the most influen Uul Republican senators avoided it and In all probability the feeling , in the eenate that the time has come when Koine limitation inust be put on ros fciblo ambitions of men will move the house to adopt the resolution. . Today as on yesterday the senate re Jetted every proposition looking toward a changs In the wording of. the amend ment as reported from the committee: Senator Hitchcock's amendment which was Intended to exempt Roosevelt, Taft and Wllbon from the operations of the amendment Was rejected-by a. vote of 42 to 27. Senator r JJummlns," excepting only Washington, declared . that the services of every, president would have been bet ter for the country had 'he had only one -term. ','. r -:. :':'4 "I believe a president Would 'do his duty more efficiently if ho interference mn effect him,", he said. - "I, believe the. anti-trust Jaw will be more thor oughly administered, more energetical' ly applied to all persons, alike if the president is made free from'the Inter- , ference by the interests.". , , -; "And 1 believe," replied Senator Borah to this contention, "That a Single term would still give these big interests an opportunity to exert their ' influence while the influence of the people would bo removed. - - V Borah Voices Disapproval, v rishting the resolution, as did almost every Republican progressive, Senator Koran declared that .With the chance of election before a president, fThe sub- tie and insidioub influence, -of corpora tions, and. interests would be counter balanced by the Influence 6f the pub lic demand that the law be enforced arid violators prosecuted, regardless of their position or importance. "When yot take away tha$ 'influence," F.'iid Senator Borah"you leave the pres ident to deal alone-with the insidious pressure brought to bear upon htm." Senator Cummins found many reasons for taking the president out of the mael strom of politics and combatted the ar- SEE THAT y-nrF Intelligently Applied Service Many in the optical profession bcU : the cue thing .we supply f with each pair of glasses . , . ' Intelligently applied service. - Our service only begins when we fit he. glasses. It, is continued thfoiijihout the life of the glasses. We asKum" the1 responsibility of re-.toting: and Keeping your ye-b'j-.lit good When you come t6 us, Von need Sre-ons ;if you need I1MPS0W 1 n il Corbett Eld., 2d Floor guments of the opponents of the resolu tion vigorously; ' i ' . "Our presidents ought not to. travel from one eno. of tna country to the otner, appealing to the people after the fashion of candidates for office," said Mr. Crnn mins, He said that the duties of the office were of Such Vast importance tp the country that all ; his time barring only, his -annual vacation, ought to be spent in Whe public service, giving all his Attention and devotion. s . : The latter part of the debate was participated in at length by John Sharp Williams, who criticised the policy ot former President Roosevelt and ex pressed little surprise that the follow ers of Roosevelt should protest at any change in the organic law that would limit the opportunities pt Mr. Roosevelt for reelection to he presidency. Roose velt and Alexander Hamilton, he de clared, were alike. Roosevelt wanted to abolish the' constitution ; through the votes of the people based wpoa his own personal popularity, Hamilton believed in the divine right of certain classes to rule and 'would have nullified the con stitution! whenever it interfered with those rights that he and those who thought as he did believed they pos sessed.. Senator Williams drew from Senator Poindextor a sharp defense of Colonel Roosevelt and the political prin ciples of the new progressive party. ,Vote on Soil Call. .! The final roll rail resulted in the fol lowing vote.. Senators trt the' negative were: . .-. v t -Republicans Bourne, Bradley, Curtis, Galllnger, Jackson, Jones, Llppltt, Lodge, McLean, Oliver, Page, Richard son, Sanders, Stephenson, Townsend and Borah. .,.y- , Republican - Progressives Brlstow, Clapp, Dixon, Kenyon, LaFpllette and Polndexter. ' Democrats Shlvely. . 1 -Senators voting In the affirmative: Republicans - Brandegee, Brown, Burnham. Burton, Caldron, Clark, of Wyoming, Dillingham, Dupont, Gamble, Guggenheim, McCumber, Nelson, Pen rose, Percy, Perkln,; Sutherland, Smoot, Wetmore and Works. Republican-Progressives Cummins. Democrats Ashurst, Bankhead, Bry an. Chamberlain, Chilton, Clarke, of Ar kansas, Fletcher, Gardner, Hitchcock, Johnson of Maine, Johnston of Ala bama, Kavanaugh, Kern, Kewlanda. Overman, Owens, Paynter, Perky, Pom- erene, Simmons,- Smith of Arlsona, Smith of Maryland, Smith of Georgia, Swanson, Thomas. - aVv.F. OF L. CALLS ' OUT 40,000 MEN IN STEEL MILLS (Continued From Pape One.) steel workers in the Pittsburg district that a nation-wide contribution will be taken up to provide a strike fund large enough to enable us to continue the strike here for a year. "The steel trust is ready to -spend millions to prevent the unionizing of its mills and the federation of labor will spend millions to win its fight for the betterment of working conditions." An effort was made by the strikers to get a conference today with the offic ials of the company. This was refused. General Manager Jewett of the Amer lean Steel and Wire company, said: i "We are standing pat. There won't be any recognition of the union. The mills w'll be open Monday morning ami we will take back any men wno apply as individuals. But we won t dlscus.1 wage scales or other conditions. If the men want to work for us they can have their Jobs. If they want to follow tho labor agitators they can do that. We'll run the mills, no matter what course the strikers take. r- : PORTLAND'S "RINGLING" ARRESTED IN DENVER T;ulnd Prein r.esd Wire.) Denver, Colo., Feb, 1. Arrested In portluhd, Or., after having endeavored to socdre a large sum. of money from a banker fn that city while posing as "John E. Rlngllng," of the Ringllng Bros', circus, John Hudson, charged With passing a bogus check for $700 on the Colorado National bank here, plead ed not guilty today. ; His trial was .set for March SO. ': - " . Chinese Itecognition Jlocomniended. ICnltfd r Leaced Wlre.t ; Sacramento. Cal" Feb.' 1, The assem bly today went on record as unanimously lravonny th. raengnitmn cr ti c;y,fnm republic in a memorial to be transmlt- I ted to congrtes. ; Carninetti Introduced I I the Joint resolution .in the fcenate, -. ) SUGAR TRUST . TO PAY WM A-'. ' . i.. , .... ,v ,''. i I 'r'r Paid Half Million More to Gov ernment Than Was Neces sary, to. Avoid Publicity of Weighing Frauds. (By tba lnterntlwhl News Service.) Washington. D. C. ' Feb. 1. The American Sugar Refining company paid the government 500,000 more than nec essary, that It might avoid a conflict with tho government and a repetition of the publicity attendant on the weighing fraud scandal. This was the testimony 6t James P. Gerry, a, former employe of the customs department today .before the ways and means committee. , i The government, explained Getfy, fol lowed its suits against the sutar trust for false weighing with a domand for fibu.vuu unaer tne arawoacic provisions of the tariff law. Exact computation of these drawback duties, due because of the underweight frauds, placed the American 1 Sugar Refining company in debt to the poverhment to the extent of $250,000.' . The government demanded $750,000. v ; -K.: ' -'-r '' "The Question was put tup to Mr. Vhomas, the head of the American Sugar. Refining company," said Mr. Gerry. ''He decided that it was better to pay the 1760,000 than to go to the courts because the American' Sugar Re fining company had been given an unJ enviable reputation by the exposure of the weighing frauds. So the American Sugar Refining company paid 1750,000," ' il , m .i n ii H i ' so ORK ROAD APPROPRIATION Ii (Washington Burtia of The Journal.) Washington Feb. I. Both Senators Chamberlain and Bourne are still urging; the forest service to make better ap propriation for construction of a road through the forest reserve between Ya chata and Florence, in Llnooln county. They hold that the sum already 'decided on by the service is Inadequate, Inas much as much of the road lies In the reserve, and 'on account of so much land betng withheld from development, it is difficult for the county to get 'enough revenue to do th road work. They hope to secure an increased allowance' for this road. . ' Gout is being very effectively treated by electricity by a system devised by a German doctor. . Large Amount of Money Can Be Saved Taxpayers by the , System.of Government, Of ficial Says. . : u.y I;-;'!-' '"...''' :S'':'Vd:t Commission form of goevrnment for Portland ' U strongly recommended by City Attorney Frank ft. Grant, in his annual report for. 1813. filed in the city auditor's office yesterday. Concerning this plan of administration of municipal affairs, - Mr. Grant Who has 1 Just re turned from a tour of eastern oltles, has this to t:yi""'l4''?', : find that a number of ., eastern cities have established commissions with the idea pf formulating plans for better.: government," says Mr. Gran(, "th general scheme betng - to organise the various departments of the city in a manner that will correspond, as near ly as practicable, to the organisation that handles the affairs of large cor porations. It Is ' claimed-that a' .large amount' of money can be saved to the taxpayers and that a more efficient gov ernment can be gtvpn if munlclpnl bus lness Is ' conducted along these lines, the central Idea bolng, after all, a mu nicipal corporation, so far tea admin istrative affairs are concerned, is noth ing more or loss than a large business Concern and that it, should be conducted in the same manner as the average citi zen would conduct his business. Such an c-rganixatlon' would bring about, a better understanding between the three co-oradinate branches of tho ' goevrn ment, namely, the, legislative, the ad ministrative 'ttio . w iaaimV--iH'A W' During the pftst year, says Mr. Grant in his report, a vastainount of work has been done by his department , In the municipal court 10,871 cases have been tried, in the circuit court 110 crim inal cases were tried and 75 clvlf cases, of whibh 10 were decided finally by (he supreme court of the etate, were also handled In the circuit court. - The city attorney wrote tit formal opinions during the year and 1354 other official communications. He prepared 120 contracts, approved a to form.1688 contracts and bonds and In addition personally , attended meetings of the city., council, ''the executive board and their committees. , , ; ; ' Mr. Grant believes ' that the library of his office Should be embellished by the addition of bound volumes of thu chatters and ordinances of other cities ot Portland's size. He asks that the council authorise the publication of Portland's ordinances in bound form so that they may bo exchanged with oth.,r ' Cities. . - He reconnnends that the ordinances of the citybe prlnUd Jn pamphlet form every, three , months for tho benefit of the public.- ' ' . " , - The report) States' that the city at torney Is an advoaata of a" charter jmetidment providing that court cases, In which the ,.fliie; does not exceed $j;o, may-;rfot be appualed, to the' circuit court An appeal may be taken now ' 1 when the fine is Only $20...' '. While not sti-lotly wlthltt tho proV ince Of this department,'' yet being im bued with a desire to aid in Increasing the efficiency or tne city -government I make the following suggestion, bused upon data gathered while vlaltlng other cities, that an information bureau be -established on - the tnaln floor uf the city halt Heading this should be some person having intimate knowledge of the various departments of the city and their functions,. -I find that many peo ple come to me seeking inforamtlon on matters over which I have no Juris--.. AtaHnn ' Tf thov rnnlil ninlffl lnmTlrv nt an Information bureau and he directed to the proper person or department hav ing, pharo-n nt h fnattAr nn which thrv want to get information the bus)nessv the city and the public would be greatly expedited. A1 great saving, of time to municipal employes and a great con . v venlence to the public would be Achieved." - - Refuse gathering waffons of several German oltles are so constructed that they can be llf t1 . bodily with electrio cranes and emptied. . . v Young GoupIes Who Wish an Easy Path to able Home Should ''''' J'- ' lpX'-- - for Three XV:'lrT4 1 k&lT?L'4 $1 ' mV&H 3L M ; .11 i &.U 1 v-jfi, J 11 . 11 11 ' ' WW WPWtali.. ,1 MKXXXXR X. Uh -tA i -J i Pi 'J .ii'- a Comfort-Investigate Creciitflai BIGGEST SELECTIDNOur stock is so large you are almost certain to be suited. , Our low prices have already demonstrated to thousands of our old customers that our credit prices are much lower than cash prices else where. " ' ":V':v '. .-V-. v. '?"" :L: " ''- ' EASIEST CREDIT You can select furniture' that appeals to your taste Jil and you can arrange for payments that $mt your convenience, we are the biggest arid oldest in our line. Our large resources enable us to carry your account as long as you desire. ', ,' , LOWEST, PRICES You can have your money back if you find that you could have bought the same thing for less money elsewhere. We will guar-' antee our. prices, we will let you make your own terms and we will treat you like a friend; "; ; . ' ' . - :j " A Fine Brass Bed, Only $16.80 Exactly as Pictured Everything' Complete - Booms, inoiuaing; rioor Ooverlng, for $110. How much will it cost to furnish A home of three rooms T We answer the Question . before you come to the store, and show you right here in this advertisement Exactly what you are going to get for your money. -. At Edwards' three rooms can be furnished in. grand: style for $100. A bedroom that Is charming in its every appoint ment, a dining room that is simply a dream, and a kitchen So convenient and cheerful that It never, sees a frown. Just as pictured here. THE SEDSOOM. The bed is one of those handsome Vernls Martin Continu ous Post Beds, with ten fillers, fitted complete-with a com fortable woven-wlre spring, a sanitary-top mattress and two feather pillows. A solid golden oak dresser, wtth French bevel-plate mirror and wood drawer handles. Solid oak cen ter table and two cane-seat chairs. The rug is a large BxlJ- toot size Art square. the snraro boom. A solid oak dining room set, consisting of a heavy round top six-foot extension table,-with massive square base of mission construction and four-box-seat chairs to match, with Spanish leatherette seats. Brown or green Craftsman Rug. , ".' : TEB COST xrrcBsir. Everything' so compact and convenient. A table with bins, drawers and bake boards; a gas stove that never disappoints, If You Investigate You Will Surely Buy An excellent Bed like the illustra tion, heavy two-inch posts, fine lacquer that, will not fly-speck, lat-;.; est satin finish brass, on sale this weV Worth. . regularly $20,00 and that outs your gas bill away down; two hard wood chairs and a ten-piece culinary- outfit, (Guar anteed coal stove may be had with this outfit at an additional cost of from $4 to $15.) v . DINING ' " a i3l.15.tay SMlsf&ctory"BAig No range makes cooking an absolute pleasure, but the Monarch Malleable makes it much easier, and it will do it with one third less fuel and why? First It requires no blacking; has a polished top. Just 'keep it wiped off with a cloth. '.. $1.66 AND $2.35 mi Ft' ofr Second It will heat and bake al most as quick. as gas. With a little kindling and a,, few. chunks of coal you will have a red-hot stove before you can get dressed in the morning. 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