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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-16
Musical COterie.

The Musical Coterie will hold it's regular meeting Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock at the Temple. Mes t<lames F. W. Bocage and F. l.. Dilley as chalrmen of the meeting, have ar ra, I'd the following interesting pro- gG:A l. 'Sp..ng Song" Coterie chorus. Pl,sao solo, .Madrina,' (Block) Leon Block. Vocal quartette, Hush Thee My Babie." Spring Song." Mrs. Dilley, Miss Hardin Messrs. Brown and Will son. Piano quartette. "Adastra," valse concert (Grann), Mesdanes Bocage land Seymour. Misses Philpot and Eil- bolt. Vocal Solo, Were 1 Guardsman, D (Chaminade), Mrs. Arthur Mills.
 Reading. Modern Music" Miss Gussie Jones.
 Piano Solo. Concert Mazurka," i" (Hahn). Miss Anderson.
 Prelude (Rachmaninoff). Mrs. Stone ( vce).
 1 ID Little Lady," Coterie chorus
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-16

Is the time for every wage earnu to look out for the future--work Is plenty. wages good--arc you savins n portion Of what you earn.
 Open an account with our Sav!nn Department and deposit regularly. should you lose your position. wish ,s so in business for yourself, or buy home later-what you save NOW wtl, help you!
 Savings earn 3 per cent ntereu hore
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-16
A .AnnOunfenlcnt.

.AHHOuutcuCut.
 / Mr. and Mrs. Major J. Mead an.lounce the engagement and ap- ] preaching marriage of their niece .}etfie Blair Mead
 Mir. Theodore Donelson Jones Tuesday evening, December %. l nineteen hundred and eight.
 The marriage of this popular young couple takes place Tuesday evening at g o'clochs~Dec. p, at the home of the Srid6s uncle, MT Major !. Mead on Main street.
 Only the.iQlgnediate family, relatives and a few friends will witness the cert mOny.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-16
FOR QUICK TRANSPORTATION
 CALL CITY HACK LINE 20 East Barrauue St.

Open 6 p. m. to 7:30 a. n. and re liable. Special attention to train calls Old phone 3S4. New phone 102. Moses Offord, prop. Pine Bluff. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-16
Money and ---------------@-------- Opportunity

When money and opportunity get in touch the combination has tremend- ous breeding possibilities.
 We write the kind of FIRE INSUR- ANCE and deal in the kind of REAL ESTATE that FRIENDS SELL TO FRIENDS.
 We also accept money on dep sit, in trust or subject to check, ALLA w. ING INTEREST ON SAVINGS AC- COUNTS. Hero. are golden opportunities Bring on your coin. Pine Bluff Trust Co. SCorner Main and Barraque strAets.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
SENATE'S FOOT IS DOWN.
No More Executive Bills for u-But
the House Is still Tame.

The Senate took steps yesterday to
break up the practice of Cabinet officers
and heads Of executive departments in
sending 20 that hody ready-made bills
with the recommendation that they be
enacted into law.
A resolution from the Committee on
Rules. on motion Of Mr. Lodge. was
taken up and passed without objection
or amendment, in the following form:
Resolved, That no communication
from the heads Of departments. commits
sioners, chiefs Of bureaus, or other execu-
tive officers. except when authorized or
required By law, or when made in re-
sponse TO a resolution OF the Senate, VIII
be received by the Senate. unless such
communications shall be transmitted to
the Senate by the President
Resolved. That a copy Of this resolu-
tiou be communicated by the Secretary
OF the Senate 10 the President and the
House Of Representative"
While the rule may break up the prac-
tice in the Senate. IL evidently has not
had deterrent effect on Secretary Gar
heid-the Cabinet officer. by the way.
whose communications caused the COM
plant that led 10 2 reference Of the mat
Ter 10 the Committee on Rules-so far as
the House is concerned for on Wednes-
day. when the report was submitted in
the Senate by Alr Lodge on the new
rule the Secretary of the Interior sent
the draft Of bill TO the House, which
received and referred IL to the Committee
on Indian Affairs.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
DISTRICT MEASURES PASS.
Senate Acts on Filtration Plant,
Transfer BIZ, and Others.

transfer btlty ana OtHSFes
The Senate yesterday passed bin pro-
yiding for the transfer of the Washington
Aqueduct, the filtration plant, and all
the appurtenanees thereto, from the War
Departments control to that of the Com
missioners.
The object of the bill as stated in the
report accompanying il. is to relieve the
War Department Of the burden which
the administration OF the plant entails.
and also 70 reduce the expenses incident
to its operation. caused by duplication.
the District Commissioners now control
ling the plant in part and the department
in part.
The Conduit road is included in the
transfer. and the Commissioners are
given power to control it as regards its
connection with the filtration plant and
the aQUeduct. but it is stated that the
power to police the road is not included
in the rights granted 10 the Commission
e-s under the bill
The Senate also passed a bill transfer
ring from the President TO the Commis-
sioners the power 10 appoint and remove
the members of the Board OF Charities
and the Board Of Childrens Guardians
Other District bills which passed are.
To extend the time allowed the Washington and
Western Maryland Rsilso8d Company iu which %
complete its road uutl DrCcm0r next
To amend the est relating to police pensions 50 as
20 include IN Us provisions lour memlers oi the fire
department who WeTe inadvertently left out Of the
benefits Of the original amendment
To amend an act confirming title To certain land
in the District. 10 that sny person who has been
in uninterrupted possession oi government land in
Washington tor fifteen years or who has Igid taxes
thereon, may retain possession under the donation
Of The land by the government.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
NO SCHOOL rAOBE YET.
Meeting OF subcommittee Scheduled
for To-day Is Postponed.

for To-day Is Postponed.
A meeting Of the subcommittee ap-
pointed by Senator Gallinger to investi-
gate the public school system Of the Dis
trict. which was 10 have been held al ?
O'Clock this afternoon, Will not take
place. and It is doubtful that the sub
committee will hold any meeting before
next week
Senator Burkett chairman of the sub
committee said yesterday that the MEM
bers are too busy with other work just
now 10 begin the investigation. and that.
therefore, it had been decided 10 call
to-day's meeting OFF. He said it had not
been definitely determined when the first
meeting to begin the inquiry would be
held bat that It was unlikely that il
would be this week.
Senator Burkett is being deluged with
communication concerning the school
question, both sides having their cham
pions. One letter yesterday advised the
chairman 10 study certain passages IN
the Bible before taking up the inquiry.
The inquiry, when it Is begun, will take
place in the committee room of ex-senator
Wetmore, Of Rhode Island. which is being
held for him IN the belief that ne will
be returned 10 the Senate il is on the
first basement floor. under the dome. and
Is opposite Senator Burketts room. The
hearings. unless objection is raised by "A
majority Of the members Of the subcOm-
mittee, VIII be open to the public, but the
audiences viii not be large. as the com
mittee room is not susceptible Of ex-
pansion.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
FAV0RS REVENUE SERVICE.
senate Committee Reports Bill to In
crease Its Efficiency.

Senator Nelson yesterday reported fav-
orably from the Committee on Commerce
Senator Frye's bill TO increase the eff
cheney Of the Revenue Cutter Service.
The bill provides that the President
shall appoint a captain commandant OF
the service, 20 have the rank and pay
Of a colonel in the army. six senior cap
tains, ranked as lieutenant cOlonels. an
engineer in chief. and six senior engineers.
all to be selected according to seniority
from officers now in the service. It pro-
yides for promotion and retirement Of all
such officers. There are to be thirty-one
captains and tWenty-eight first Heutenants
OF the line below the new grades created
by the bill
All warrant and petty officers are given
10 per cent increase in pay for each five
years service as such, but the increase
is not TO total more than 40 per cent.
Provision is made for the retirement Of
enlisted men and warrant and petty Off
GERS.
Promotion Is provided for third Heuten-
ants and engineers having that rank. An
increase Of five each in second and third
lieutenants and second and third Heuten-
ants Of engineers is authorized
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Will NOT PRESS AMENDMENT
Senator Hansbrough Removes OBJ
stacle to Passage Of Traekage Bill.
Said to Have Decided Not to Insist
UpOn Universal Transfers-BusS
Planning Central Bank.

The probability is that the bin providing
for the extension Of the street-Tailway
tracks to the Union Station viii be passed
by the Senate on Monday next senator
Gauinger yesterday gave notice that he
would call the bin up on that day and ask
for lis passage. 1t is believed that what
little opposition there was in the Senate
toward the bill has been dissipatod
Senator Hansbrough, OF North Dakota
who offered two amendments 70 the bill
when il was first presented by Senator
Gallinger, before the recess, decided not
10 press his franchise tax amendments
and il is now understood that while he
may offer his universal transfer amend
meut in the Senate, when the bin comes
up for passage, iu accordance with the
notice which he gave the Committee on
the District Of Columbia on Friday last,
he VIII make 30 determined effort to Sc
cure It's adoption.
His course throughout the discussion Of
the ;rac'age question has been dictated
by an earnest desire 10 secure the ad0p-
ton OF legislation which would, in his
the residents Of the District He realizes
however as fully as do The majority Of
his colleagues the necessity for providing
for communication with the Union sta
tion. and does not desire 20 impede the
progress Of efforts TO this end.
The Senator from North Dakota Just
now is much more interested IN efforts to
secure the adoption Of a plan for an ade-
quate central bank as a means Of re-
forming the currency system Of the coun-
try than in universal transfers for Wash
ington, and the larger question IS absorb
ing much Of his time at present Il IS
understood that he plans a campaign OF
education. TO familiarize the people Of
the country with the central banking idea
Senator Hansbr0ugh. also. is a warm
friend Of Secretary Loeb, whose interest
in the local railways is important. ana
his desire not to embaTrass the secre-
tary In the possible eventuality OF his
becoming an officer OF one Of the COmpa-
MES is also said TO influence his decision
not 10 press for the adoption Of the uni
versal transfers amendment 20 the trae-
ton bin. Should predictions which have
been repeatedly made iE well-informed
circles, 20 the effect that Mr. Loebs adj
vent in the street railways situation would
result soon or late in a consolidation Of
the two roads the universal transfers
would come as a natural result and Il
has been suggested that this considera-
ton Will play large part in the action
OF Congress on the trackage question.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
COMMITTEE NOT DEAD ONE.
Ventilation aud Acoustics to Con-
slider Seating Plans.


slider Seating Plans.
After several years Of somnolence. the
Committee on Ventilation ard Acoustics
In the House viii probably have a num-
ber of meetings this year, and assume a
place of more or less Importance. Il will
come about because of the agitation con-
corning the changing of the seating ar
rangements on the floor Of the House.
The committee has been assigned a
room in the new Office building, and will
probably report out a bill during the
Sixueth Congress for a Encouragement OF
the seating plan.
There is much agitation for the use OF
benches. This is a matter that received
the approval Of the late Speaker Reed,
who believed that with an arrangement
similar to that in the English House of
Commons the transaction Of business
would be facilitated.
For a long time. there has been dis
satisfaction among the Members whose
seats are in the rear of the House be-
cause they cannot make themselves heard
or hear what is going on. The matter
was a subject Of debate during the Fifty
ninth Congress. when Representative
Crrmpacker led in the fight for new ar
rangment of seats He made the declara-
tion that it was because Of the increased
membership OF the House. and the con-
sequent crOwding back of the members
where they could not hear. that some OF
the bad legislation had slipped through
1t is likely the committee will hold a
meeting at an early date.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
HOUSE.

Another session of the House Yesterday was
spent IN Committee of the Whole considering the
penalties to he inflicted upon members Of Con
gress for ofenses committed by them while serr-
ing in that capacity.
The proceedings were relieved from tediousness
attending the usual discussion Of legal matters
by a speech from Air. Gardner Rep, Mass).
who boldly attacked the existing statutes aud
proposed amendments thereto as being intended
to fool the people.
Alr Gaines Dem, Tenul was even more en-
tertaining In the advocacy Of bis bill To TTotect
C0nEIessmen from the infuencs Of corrupt lob
byists. lie Urophesied that the bin wonid be-
come a lsW. as bad the anti-pass bill. and sald
tA@+ gentlemen opposing 1t bad come TO him
asking 10 be allowed 10 roost on his limb. recall
irg the old adago: That it's short Jersey that
doesa't neel tail in fly time.
No important change was made in the text OF
the bin.
The House adjourned at 400 p. m. until to-day
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.
SENATE.

A number Of bills were passed including an
-omnibls' pirate pension bill. the first re-
ported 20 the Senate under the new arrange
ment to consider sach bills in bulk.
Alr. Lodges resolution. reported from the
Committee on Rules. designed to stop the prac-
tice by Cabinet officers and heads Of bureaus Of
passed
In executive session the extTadition treaty With
Spain was ratified
In the open session that followed. the Senate
considered the report Of the committee % revise
the work OF the commission 20 eodify the crim-
inal laws
Among The bills that were passed were several
relating TO the District. including that 70 transfer
the aqueduct and filtration plant With spFute-
Hances from the Var Department TO the Com
missionerA
At AIS p m the Senate adjourned 20 meet
again az noon on Monday next.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
RATIFY EXTRADITION TREATY.
Senate Also Approves officials Nom
mated for Porto Rico.

The Senate, III executive session. yes
terday ratified a treaty with Spain. pro-
viding for the mutual extradition OF fugl-
tives from justice IN either country.
a number Of nominations were also
confirmed, but no cases were taken up 20
which any objections had been manifest
ed. among those confirmed We're. George
H. Lewis. 10 be postmaster at Bluhton,
Allen County, Ohio and Charles b. Mar
bic TO be postmaster at Bedford Cuya-
hogd County Ohio. Also the following
Regis II Post. Of New York, 10 be gov
eTnOr; William f. Willoughby. Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. to be secretary; sam
uel ID. GTomer, OF Missouri. 10 be treas
urer. and Edwin O. Dexter. Of Illinois. 10
be commissioner Of education, OF Porto
Rico
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
WILL CONSIDER FEE BILL.
Senate Committee May Also Take Up
school Reform BIN.

At the weekly meeting Of the Senate
Commit-ee on the District Of Columbia.
to be held this morning. the bill pre-
pared By the register OF wills. TO provide
for the equalization Of Probate Court fees,
will be considered.
Other District matters Of Importance
will he taken up, and il is not improbable
that Senator Delivers bill, 8boIisbing the
school board and reorganizing the public
school system Of the District, will be
placed before the committee.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
THINKS CONGRESS SHIRKS.
Edwards, of Georgia, Would Begin
Sessions at . O'Clock.

Representative Edwards. OF Georgia.
thinks Congress has been shirking its
duty, and yesterday he introduced a reso-
luton which ne seems 10 think would
be a remedy for the liStlessness that has
been pervading the Capitol, which has
used up nearly al the time since the re-
cess in discussing the penal-code bill.
His resolution provides that the ses-
sions Of the House and Senate begin at
9 o'clock in the morning and last through
until o'clock in the evening. II neces-
sary. with an hour at noon for lunch
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
HOUSE GETS MAIL CARRIERS.
Bill for Five Additional Employees
Is Passed.

After quite a little discussion yesterday
the House finally adopted the resolution
providing for the employment of five
.extra mail carriers to serve the members
who have been CHARTERED in tie new
House Office building. There were some
objections on the ground that as the
p0st-ofice viii in the future be moved
20 the new building, the employment OF
the mail carriers would be a needless
expense.
Two bridges bills providing Tor the con-
struction Of bridges in Arkansas were
passed. and permission was granted a
company ia Minnesota To have a year
more I'm which 10 complete a dam. work
on which has been commenced.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
CORRESPONDENT CALLED HOME
Louis BrownIow Receives News of
Fathers Death.

Louis Brownlow, well-known member
OF the corps of Washington correspond
eHts. was called 10 Springfield, Mo. last
night by the sudden death Of his father
Robert s. Brownlow.
Mr. Brownlow was a native Of Giles
County. Tenn, and was sixty-three years
old. He served in the Confederate army
through the war in John Q. Browns Third
Tennessee Infantry. He married Miss
Adelia Amis, Of Maury County. ard
moved to Missouri in 1873. He is survived
by his wife and three sons. He was
kinsman Of Representatives Brownlow
and Sims. Of Tennessee,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
ASKS PATENT APPEALS COURT.
Overstreet Presents Bill for New
Judicial Branch.

Representative OverstTeet. Of Indiana,
yesterday introduced in the House a bill
providing for the establishment in Wash
ington Of a United States Court Of Patent
Appeals. The bill. presented at the re-
quest Of a committee of the United States
Bar Association, provides there shall be
FIVE judges. four TO constitute a quOrum
Tire court is 10 hold sessions in Washing
ton. 10 begin in October.
II provides that the president OF the
court shall receive salary or $12C00 a
year, and the other four judges. who
shall be judges in other courts. shall re-
ceive for all their services not more than
$iI,510 annually
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Forest Burenn Ninst Ernlain

Senator Proctor, of Vermont, chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture, tried
TO get the adoption Of a resolution In the
Senate yesterday increasing the limit of
cost for rentals for the Forest Service
from $4,000 to $4,000 Senator Hepburn. of
Idaho, objected, and the resolution was
laid aside until report could be had
from the Forestry Bureau in detail as to
the eXpendituTes for rent
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Union News Company Robbed.

Thomas j. IlandergreH. agent Of tbs
Union News Company, reported to the
police yesterday that at some time Wed
nesday night some one forced an en-
trance into a storeroom used by the COM
pany at the Union Station, and stole sew
eral hundred cigars valued at $40, and an
CVerc0aI.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Local BIZ. Presented.

Representative Jenkins yesterday intro
duced bin permitting the Philadelphia.
Baltimore and Washington Railroad 10
maintain a siding, or switch, In block 737
in the District
Mr.. Moore, Of Pennsylvania. introduced
bill providing for the opening Of Ken
yOn street from Fourteenth TO School
street.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Books for Coast Guards.

Senator Frye's bill authorizing the dis
tribution among life-saving stations of
certain books in the Congressional
Library, TO form the nucleus of libraries
in such stations, was yesterday favorably
reported TO the Senate. It provides that
5000 volumes. including fiction, history,
and biography, shall be distributed among
the stations.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
For Petersburg Battlefield Park.

Senator Scott. Of West Virginia. yester.
day introduced in the Senate joint reso-
luton providing for a commission. to he
composed of an engineer officer Of the
army, Union veteran, and Confed-
crate veteran, TO examine the battlefelds
around Petersburg. Va, and report as to
the advisability of establishing a battle
field park there
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17

The following assignments TO member
ship on committees in the Senate we're
announced yesterday; Senator Du Pont
Of Delaware. TO Military Affairs; Senator
McCumber Of North Dakota, 10 Census:
Senator Sutherland, Of Utah, to Revision
of Laws, Senator Long, Of Kansas. TO
Privileges and Elections
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17

Senator Whyte. Of Maryland, yesterday
introduced In the Senate a bill authoriz-
ing the town Of Chevy Chase. in that
State, to connect its water system with
that of the District Of Columbia
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Memorial Bridge Bill Favored.

Senator Martin. Of Virginia. yesterday
reported to the Senate, from the Commit
recommendation that It pass Senator
Dauiels BILL providing for a memorial
bridge over the Potomac River. from
Washington to the Arlington estate.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17

The first Of the omnibus" pension biiis
was passed by the Senate yesterday. It
contained eighty-seven different cases.
which would, under the old system. have
been passed as separate bills.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Hobson Asks OmciaI journal.

Representative Hobson yesterday intro
duced in the House his bill providing for
the establishment Of an official journal
which shall be a sort Of official organ
covering the work Of the departments in
the government in Washington.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
So Lohs for EnIiated sIen.

Representative Bartholdt CRep., Mo- in
troduced in the House yesterday a resolu-
ton prohibiting enlisted men in the serv-
ice of the United States from engaging in
any business in civil life for emolument in
competition with civilians
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Taft to BE Henrn nInnanr

Secretary Of War Taft viii be heard on
Monday by the House Committee on In
sular Affairs on the Catholic Church
claims for indemnity. owing to the use
and destruction by the troops of church
property in the Philippine Islands,
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
Cotbem Post-oa1ce nm pa..e.

The Senate yesterday passed the bin
appropriating S3,50O,OOO for the new post
Office in New York City. on the Penn
sylvania Railroad site, between Thjrtv-
first and Thirty-third streets and Eighth
and Ninth avenues.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
WheeIIng Annronriation Annrnr.h

Among the bills passed by the Senate
yesterday was one to increase the limit
of cost of the post-ofice and courthouse
at Wheeling. " Va. from 100000 10
$40 0C0
The Washington herald., 1908-01-17
PROGRESSING ON BILL
Harmony in Committee on
AldPich Measure.
WOULD ALLOW $5OO,OOO,OOO
Emergency Currency Limit 10 lie
Made High Enough for safety.
Discrimination as 40 Population of
Towns Whose Bonds Are Accepted.

General consideration of the Aldrich
currency bill was completed by the Sen
ate Committee on Finance yesterday, and
the committee adjourned until Monday,
when the consideration of the bill in de-
tail will be begun.
The progress made mas been very graf
flying 10 the members of the committee
There Is hopeful feeling among them
that a favorable report on the measure
viii be ordered by a practically unani-
nous vote. The discussion i'm the COM
mittee developed that the entire MEM
bership We're anxious 20 perfect the bill
in a patriotic instead of a partisan spirit
and. in consequence, the chances for en-
acting il into law are regarded as excel
lent
The Democrats on the Finance Commit
tee have shown no disposition to offer
radical amendments or in any way TO
Indicate a feeling Of opposition. They have
met the Republicans half way. and this
condition served to produce a harmonious
situation, which made rapid progress pos
sible