The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-07

where sorrows never come and paeans of praise we will ever give to thee in spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ"
 Members Answer Roll Call.
 The speaker announced 341 mem- bers had responded to the roll call and a quorum was present.
 The senate committee then an- nouncei that the Senate had appoint ed a committee to wait upon the pres ident. Representatives DaizeH, of Pennsylvania; Bennett. of New York. and Clark. of Missouri, were appoint ed to join the Senate committee in this embassy. Another committe was named to wait in like manner upon the Senate.
 Representative Jones' of Virginia. informed the House of the death of his colleague, Francis R. Lassiter. and ofrered a suitable resolution. A simi- lar resolution was offered by Repre- sentative Clarke. of Missouri, who an nounced the death of David De Ar mond. It was also agreed to.
 W. W. McCreedie. elected to suc- ceed the late Francis w. Cushman from Washington, was sworn in.
 The House as a further mark of re- spect to the two members who had diad during the reces of Congress at 12:40 p. m. adjourned until tomor- row.
 Suppress swhite slaves Trafic.
 Washington, Dec. 6.-Suppression of women for Illegal purposes. has be- come the slogan of an increasingly powerful international movement, to which President Taft has given much encouragement in his comments to those who have consulted him on the subject.
 This fact gives new importance to the reintroduction by Representative Mann (Ill.) of his bill. prescribing drastic penalties for those convicted of these practices. any person to aid. eH<cA ef force any female to go from one State to another for immoral purposes. with or without her consent, with a penalty of five years Imprisonment or $6.000 fine. If the girl Is under IS, the penalty is ten years Imprisonment and s1o.0o0 fine. i, The bill also seeks to carry out the arrangement with foreign nations known as the White slave traffic arr rangement." under which the keepers of immoral resorts are required to make complete reports to the Com missioner General of Immigration.
 
 Change Canal Administration.
 Washington. Dec. GA radical change in the Isthmian Canal admin istration is provided for in 6 bill in- troduced today by Chairman Mann of the House Committee on interstate and foreign commerce. The bill eliminates the Canal Commission and transfers all of its powers to a director general. It provides also for a civil government on the canal zone under the Presidents direction. An interesting feature Is that the popular appellatiou of Pan anna Cana1' Is hereafter to be the ofii- cial designation in place of "Isthmian Canal"
 There have been several unsuccess- full efforts in recent years to obtain this legislation. but MT. Mann is hope full of the passage of the bill.
 The contest between San Francisco and San Diego for the honor of hold ing the international exposition to cel- ebrate the opening of the canal reached the national capital today and San Francisco scored the first advantage through the introduction of a bill by Representative Kahn of California pro- viding for the celebration In that city. The measure provides for extensive Federal exhibits