The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-01-04
SHIP SUBSIDY
BILL APPEARS
i Va, introduced |n the SsE-
ate This Morning.
40. BAKER QUERIES ROOSEVELT
L. % Know Why Trust Criminals
4. No. Observation-Disclosures
uoton Still Favors Rebates

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The house
:, session ten minutes today and
adjourned as a mark of respect to the
usrory Of Representative Mahoney
~, Illinois who died December q.
representative Baker of New York,
il resolution introduced in the
hop,e quotes the president as saying
hat in reference to smoke law vio-
,tion in the District of Columbia, 1T
yopj seem wise to go to the very
INIT of the law and arrest the head
Of the company again and again at
tbs shortest possible intervals" He
asks that the house inquire IF the
president has given instructions to his
attorney general in reference to the
prosecution of trusts which are rob-
bing the people In another resolution
aimed at Secretary of the Navy Nor
ton, who endorsed the action Of the
Santa Fe railroad in paying rebates to
the Colorado Iron ana Fuel Co, Baker
requests that the house ask the pres
.jdent whether it is in harmony with
- his message of December 6. denOunc-
ing the rebate system to retain Nor
Ton as secretary Of the navy. Morton
was formerly traffic manager on the
Santa Fe.
Representative Mann of Illinois, in
UOduced a bill abolishing the present
sthmian canal commission and vest
Mg the full powers of government over
NE canal zone and the construction of
he canal in the president.
The president sent the following
'Tinatons to the senate today:
>sef of the bureau Of manufactures
'ne department of commerce and
4Oor }. Hampson Moore, of Pennsyl-
'1I'a' professor of mathematics at
annapolis. Lieutenant Commander
'i''i! Mel. P. Husem; chief of the
'D'e@u OF navigation for four years,
Auihlral George A. Converse;
'1 Vi lhe bureau of ordnance with
Tile rank of rear admiral. for four
vars captain Newton E. Mason; /;
advocate general of the army
''' 'ne rank of captain. for four
n N commander Samuel w. S.
commissioner of the interior
'Or Porto Rico, John Stuart Elliott
~, 'O'H' commission of the house
u, 'l"'e appointed to consider the
-. " Tie American merchant ma
~, 0-'U commerce today reported a
s ~, entitled, To promote the national
~ u create force of naval VOL
~ ,sIs' to establish American ocean
no. '''S TO foreign markets, to pro-
'O'nmeree and to provide revenue
FOm tonnage" e'' nc
i"e ship subsidy maaSuro :
mar ''' o'irnent of the officers and
nvn employed in the merchant ar;na
as,;. Sea fisheries capable of rem
-. service at naval volunteers in
r1,, s 0' war. They will be enrolled for
,-o 4S' Years and an annual rata,nsr no,
,,m oe paid each man ranging from
,sr., o,~ to $500 Vessels built or rerjsn e1z.'
r,,I Il the United States will receive
xs1s 1',' sn'lon Of IS. Registered YES
ssIs t ,' oe hned SO annually and YES
aaor.n 'OIelgn trade or fisheries 81
cootr Inc owners must enter into
sss 'a'' to sell or lease their YES
AlQS purpose. TheV
o1s carry mails free and at ,ess 81
e,s sixth of the crew shall hs Araani ''
n,,. citizens. All repairs mnst s,'el,. he
L, s N the United States, one.ou.D D@
aa,,I ne crew must be enrolled as
e,,.. ~ volunteers by 1915. The CON ~.
vii m :, will be for one year. No vssss,
Ia, receive re a subvention for more
Ii. .,, ,sa Years. The bill provides 70,
roo.. Establishment of new ocean mail a0l
riss, Including a Pacific coast roure
p4sa hawaii to Japan, China and ,'u,e the
nd sn,nss. For ls-knot vessels maxi
lss.s each year, fortnightly $500. sat 90" %
. e p,.' coast route to Japan ''1vtSvv cn,u.
s1s1n pi'DDines 1s-knot. monthly tr,ns
p,',s "ps' fOrtnightly .42o, 900. 'D'
"' coast to Mexico. centro,
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