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New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
FOR ROOSEVELT INVESTIGATION

Washington. Dec ia Congress investi-
CATION of Theodore Roosevelts railroad
transportation expenses while he was
President of the United States is directed
in a resolution introduced to-day by Repre-
sentative Rainey, of Illinois, a Democrat.
1t was referred to the Committee on Rules.
1t provides that a committee of five mem
bers be selected IN such manner the
House may direct to investigate how
much, if any, of these expenses were paid
by Mr.. Roosevelt or by any one acting for
him. 1t further provides for an inquiry as
to the contracts made by him, or any one
acting for him, while President. with the
Pennsylvania Railroad or its officials "or
the demands for transportation made by
Theodore Roosevelt while President on
said road.
The committee would report as to the
amount of transportation furnished Mr..
Roosevelt, its value, and whether any part
of 1t was paid. and when. The committee
is to make the same investigation with re-
gard to other railroads furnishing similar
transportation.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
CHINESE SENATE REBELS
To Impeach Councillors Who
Block Constitutional Reform.

Picking. Dec. 19-The fight Of the I'M
perial Senate TO abolish the Grand Council
and 10 establish a constitutional cabinet
was renewed to-day in the face OF the
thrones rejection Of the recent memorial
Some time ago in secret sessions the
Senators decided that they would 20 longer
tolerate a Grand Council, which was not
responsible 10 the Imperial Senate and
would not execute that bosIy's resolutions
A memorial to the throne praying for a
constitutional cabinet and the retirement
Of the Grand Councillors was adopted.
Yesterday an imperial edict announced
that the creation Of a cabinet was refused,
and that the throne likewise declined TO
accept the designations OF the Grand Coun-
cillors.
The Imperial Senate convened amid much
excitement to-day. The seats Of the throne
appointees, who constitute one-half of the
membership. were conspicuously vacant
4 resolution was introduced that the Sem
ate impeach the Grand Councillors, with
the object Of forcing the throne to create
4 constitutional ministry or TO dissolve the
Senate. II was declared that the two bodies
were irreconcilable. Not a voice was raised
IN defence Of the government, for the rea-
son probably that on previous occasions
such Spokesmen lad been shouted down.
The resolution was adopted by big ma
Jcrity. only twenty-five out Of the member
ship OF TWO hundred voting against it.
The galleries were crowded with enthusi-
sstic Progressives and interested foreign
ers. Speculation as 10 the outcome is of a
vide range. Some Of the onlookers think
that the action OF the Senate presages a
serious situation
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
CUDAHY LEFT s11,O00,000
Son Jack" Said to Have Been
Cut OFF with $4,000.
by Telegraph to The Tribune.]

Chicago Dec 19-The will of the late
Michael Cudahy was offered for probate
this afternoon. 1t disposes of an estate
appraised at s11,015,000. Charitable in
stitutions receive only S22,500.
According to the document, which was
signed in 1904, John P CJack''l Cudahy,
of Kansas City, receives an equal share
With his brothers and sisters. But ac-
cording to Noble B. Judah, representing
the estate, Jack was cut off with
fiat bequest Of $4,000 because his
father. the testator, had provided Hber-
aIIv for this son in his lifetime Mr..
Judah said that the change was made
, in a codcil written about year and
half or two years ago.
No mention is made of Jacks former
wife, Mrs Edna Cowan Cudahy, or OF
her four children. Trouble broke out
In the family last March, and when his
wife procured her divorce, in August, her
father law, the testator, contracted TO
pay her $4,000 annually during her nat
tlral life, and set aside 100000 fund
for her four children, they to receive the
interest until maturity, and then equal
shares of the principal.
Catherine Cudahy, the widow, gets an
annuity OF $4,000, to be paid by the
trustees who are Miss Mary T. Cudahy,
a daughter; Joseph NJ. Cudahy, son.
and Albert F. Borcherdt, secretary of the
Armour Packing Company. The seven
children are to receive annuites Of $1O,-
GOO for I'VE years. Some other small be-
quests are made
The remainder of the yearly income is
to be held in trust, and when the estate
finally is distributed, at the end of the
trust period 100000 is to be given to
Mrs. Catherine Cudahy, the widow, OF
her heirs.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
SHERMAN 0VERRULED
Senate, by Vote of 81 to II,
Rejects His Ruling.
QUORUM is AGAIN COUNTED
Senator Hale Appeals, and Is
Sustained by Large Majority
of His Colleagues.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

l
| Washington, Dec. 19-Wrathfully, bur
with its accustomed dignity, the Senate
| arose to-day and administered parlia,
mentary rebuke to vice-President Sher-
! man, who undertook to Introduce into The
rules an innovation in the method of count
ing quorum 1t really did not make much
difference whether the ruling was right oil
wrong so far as legislation was affected
but the Senate showed its resentment al
the Introduction of parliamentary methods
prevailing at the other end OF the Capitol
Appealed TO by Senator Hale. who is the
watchdog Of Senate privilege, the body ex-
pressed itself by vote of 81 to II and the
ruling was wiped out of existence.
AT the very beginning Of the session the
question arose over the Vice-Presidents S
counting of a quorum on Saturday Not
enough votes had been cast to constitute a
majority. but by counting Senators an
nouncfng pairs and not voting Mr. Sher-
man had succeeded in squeezing the number
over the necessary limit. The Senate init
mated, by hesitating to approve the record
to-day, that it did not like the ruling,
which suggested the methods initiated In
the House by Speaker Reed, the first
"Czar," but went no further. Late in the
afternoon similar situation arose, there
being Il ayes and 25 noes recorded Vice.
President Sherman. by counting six Sena-
tors paired but not voting. flew in the face
of the Senate's wrath and declared quo
rum present.
Immediately Senators Hale and Hepburn
were on their feet. Senator Hale appealed
from the ruling and was sustained by a
vote of to 1. Vice-President Sherman Is
now trying hard to Obliterate all traces or
his former experience IN the House
The Senate to-day adopted the joint reso-
luton proposed by Senator Hale proVlolns
that Congress adjourn On Wednesday, De-
cember q, for the holiday recess, to con-
vene again on January 3. 1t had been pro-
posed to adjourn tomorrow, but prolonga-
ton of the debate on the omnibus claims
bill prevented. This measure engaged the
attention of the Senate almost all day.
number of amendments were introduced by
Senator Bristow, who is conducting the
fight against the measure, all OF which.
with the exception of one rejecting single
spoliation claim, were defeated the de-
bate will be continued tomorrow, when the
bill will probably come to a. vote.
The Committee on the Judiciary. which
met to-day, decided 70 take UP neither the
commerce court nominations nor the
amendment providing for popular election
of Senators until after the holidays SEN
ator Rayner said that the discussion of the
resolution to provide for the election OF
Senators by direct vote developed that
there would not be more than four votes in
the committee against reporting it TO the
Senate. He declared that the resolution
would pass the committee and the Senate.
The full Committee on Privileges and
Elections will probably take up the sub
committees report on the bribery charges
in the election of Senator Lorimer to-mor-
row.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
HOUSE REGULARS VICTORY
As Result of Filibuster Suspen-
sion Day Is a Dead Letter.
fFrom The Tribune Bureau.I


Washington, Dec. 1s-The entire day was
wasted by the House of Representatives
Rollcalls, calls Of the House and squabbling
over methods OF parliamentary procedure
took up practically all the time from noon
until after p. m. With the exception of
the passage of seven minor bills by unani-
NOUS consent, nothing was done.
But there was an object in this mix-up.
The new rule, enacted last June, providing
a special calendar for motions to discharge
committees from the consideration Of bills
under certain conditions and by a ma
jority vote Of the House, was in operation
for the first time. The organization did its
best to discredit the rule. The Democrats
and insurgents, while somewhat mixed as
10 the merits OF several OF the bills that
might have come up, had not the lnten-
tional delay been accomplished, fought IN
the main 10 sustain the rule
But the regulars came out on top As a
result of their filibuster, ii now looks much
as If suspension day-the day on which
bills may be called up out Of their turn and
passed by q tHo-thrds vote-is a dead let
ter This is serious matter TO those mem
bers who heretofore have got most of the
measures in which their home people were
interested through OF this day
After adjournment the regular Repub-
Iicans were greatly delighted. They de-
clared that they had demonstrated the
futility OF the committee-discharge propo-
sition, which. long before 1t was added 10
the House rules. had the earnest support
of all the insurgents. And the members at
large, both Republican and Democratic.
are worried about the loss of suspension
day" They realize that the codiiication
measure is sufficient Of itself TO keep the
House thoroughly tied up on the days that
otherwise would be devoted TO suspension
Of the rules until the end of the session.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
CHIEF JUSTICE IN OFFICE
Edward Douglass White Takes
Allegiance and Judicial 0athS.
ADMINISTERED BY HARLAN
Simple Ceremony in Presence Of
Distinguished Gathering
Historic Bible Used.

WASHINGTON Dec. 19.-In the presence of
distinguished gathering In the little court
room, Edward Douglass White was to-day
elevated from associate justice In the
Supreme Court of the United States to the
chief justiceship.
The climax Of the ceremonies took place
when Associate Justice Harlan. as senior
member Of the court, administered the
judicial oath to the new chief justice. 1t
was subscribed on the bench itself instead
of at the clerks desk, as is ordinarily the
case Chief Justice White while taking the
oath held in his hand Bible which has
been used by nearly every chief Justice
and associate justice on similar occasions
in the last century, but unlike most of
them he kissed the book at the close of
the oath.
The ceremonies of the induction began in
the robing room. Here the oath of al
legianca was administered. just before the
court took its place on the bench. The
oath prepared for to-day's occasion fol-
lowed the form prescribed by law. 1t read:
I, Edward Douglass White, do solemnly
swear that / will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against
all enemies, foreign and domestic; that
will bear true faith and allegiance to the
same: that I take this obligation freely,
WITHOUT any mental reservation purpose
of evasion. and that I will well and faith
fully discharge the duties of the Office on
which / am about to enter. So help me
God.
1t was a similar oath of allegiance that
created such a tempest in the court back
in reconstruction days. Hence, unusual in
terest was centred in its administration to-
day to the first chief justice who had
borne arms in the cause of the Confederacy
by Justice Harlan, who had borne arms
at the same time in the cause of the
nation.
The oath which the new chief justice
subscribed to in the open court is known
as the judicial oath, as distinguished from
the oath of allegiance 1t read:
l. Edward Douglass White. do solemnly
swear that I will administer justice with
out respect to persons, and do equal right
to the poor and to the rich, and that /
will faithfully and impartiaIy discharge
and perform all the duties incumbent on
me as Chief Justice of the United States
according to the best of my abilities and
understanding. agreeably to the Consti-
tuition and laws Of the United States. So
help me God.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20

the Treasury estimates were submitted at
the beginning of the session. however, 1T
was discovered that Secretary MacVeagh
had made estimates for none of these build
ings, except new postoffice for the city of
Washington
Disgruntled members of the House imme-
diatey began to make Mr.. Tawney's life
miserable. The chairman OF the Appropria-
items Committee declared he could do Moth
ing. in view of the Secretary's limited estt-
mates.
But so great has been the demand by
those whose localities were not provided
for in the appropriation bill Of last year
that Mr. Tawney in self-defence has final
1y decided TO put the matter squarely up
to the Secretary of the Treasury as to
whether the government Will spend 100000
or SIG, ,OOe,000 for public buildings
The resolution Mr.. Tawney introduced to-
day merely asks Secretary MacVeash to
submit to Congress additional estimates for
whatever amount he may deem necessary
for the erection Of public buildings
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
GERMANY'S NEW PATENT MOVE
Bill in Reichstag Which May Void
Foreign Rights After Three Years.

Berlin. Dec 19.-The government to-day
Introduced i'm the Reichstag an amend
rlent 10 the law of patents of farreach-
ing character By the bill the authorities
arc gwen power 10 rescind z patent after
fGee years ia The event that the article is
Manufactured chiefly outside of Germany
CT tie colonies.
The government memorandum declares
thst the measure is necessary in order 10
Protect German industry. which is threat
sned o. the patent laws Of other countries.
provision Of the amendment makes 1t
possible for the authorities to compel
patentee To- license another person 10 de-
ieiop has patent should the holder not
make Use Of il himself
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
PORTUGAL'S NAVAL PLANS
American Bids To Be Invited for
Many New Warships.

Lisbon. Dec 1e-It Is expected that r
constituent assembly will be convened in
april The present plans call for the crea-
rion OF a single chamber legislative body Of
Two hundred members, which will elect the
President Of the republic for f1ve-year
term.
The speciai naval commission, appointed
under tie provisional government. recon-
nends the acquisition OF three 19,opo-ton
hatteships, with a speed OF twenty-one
Knots each. carrying Ten guns: three 5000
ton twenty-tUo-knot cruisers, twelve tflir-
ty-knot torpedo boat destroyers and six
submarines. American constructors viii be
invited TO bid for the new vessels.
The cruiser Almirante Refs left for Ma
deira to-day, carrying a strong force Of
marines, 10 prevent further outbreaks on
the islands, and a corps of physicians, with
medicines and food, 70 combat the cholera
Epidemic Rioting has occurred there re-
Gently owing TO the stringent measures
taken by the authorities to stop the spread
Of cholera
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
DIES FROM STRANGE MA1ApY
Case of White Plains Man Bafled Soc.
cialists for Months.

Carleton s. Carpenter son of J. Henry
Carpenter, Of White Plains. died late fast
night In ST. Luke's Hospital after suffering
for fifteen months from a mysterious fever
which has bafiied many specialists II Is
thought that he contracted some strange
Asiatfc or Oriental disease from one OF tho
many foreigners he came In contact with
while acting as civil engineer on county
road work in Westchester County.
Mr.. Carpenter was born In White Plain.
thirty years ago. He entered New York
University in the class Of 1902, and was
graduated from that institution with hixt,
honors. He also took a Special course in
civil engineering N Columbia University.
Three years ago he entered partnershtu
With James NJ Duffy at Mamaroneck. m
der the firm name OF Carpenter & DUFFY.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
TO REPAY STONE RANSOM
Bill to Pay Contributors to Mis-
sionary's Release Fund Reported
GFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington, Dec 19.-The House Commit
tee on Claims to-day reported favorably the
Lodge bill, which has passed the Senate,
refunding 600 to those contributors who
paid the ransom demanded by Turkish ban
otis when Miss Ellen Stone was held a
captive in the Bulgarian Mountains, in
1901.
The amount necessary for the release Of
Miss Stone WAS raised by public subscrip-
ton during the year 1901, and on February
%, 1902, she was released. The ransom
paid, according to Elinu Root, who was
Secretary of State at the time. could not
be collected from the Turkish government.
The contributions which brought about the
release of Miss Stone ranged from 81 TO
81 600, Kidder, Peabody & Co., bankers, of
Boston, being the trustees.
Miss Stone has been insistent in her APP
peals that the House Committee should
recommend the appropriation.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
BRITISH ELECTIONS END
Final PoIIings Will Not Change
ParIiament's Complexion.
LABOR MEN ARE STRONGER
Coalition Forces May Have In
creased Majority of One In
New House of Commons.
rny Cable 10 The Tribune. J

London. Dec 19--The general election
-.acbed the last stage of its career with
ITnionist attack on the Liberal seat of
,v-;ck Bl,rs.ls, in Scotland. and struggle
,s+ween the RedmoniteS and the O'brien-
,,es for West Cork and South Kilkenny.
wick Burghs may be won by the
T-,,ionists. in which event the coalition
,.,.,oritv will be 124-exactiy what it
80 after the election in January.
r.res Gilhooiy, who has represented
West Cork for the last quarter of a
o.,,+,,r, will probably hold that seat for
.,e 0,Brienites, while the Redmonites
-,ost unlikely TO lose South Kilkenny
Assuming thaS the Liberals retain
wick Burghs and the Irish seats re-
,,ain unchanged, there will be 2I2 Union
ISIS in the new Parliament, 2f2 Liberals,
20 Labor Members, 16 Nationalists and
S 1O'Brienites, giving the coalition forces
8 majority of 126.
The Labor members have added two
70 their number. compared with their
strength in the old House of Commons,
while Redmond and the official National
ist party have scored heavily off O'Brien,
and the independent movement of Union
ists in ireland has done badly. They
have a bare majority OF one in Ulster,
and the only seat which they hold in
The rest Of the country is Dublin Uni
Versifv.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
NEW JAPANESE TREATY
Continued from drst poea.

phatic- It is, perhaps. for that reason -
much as for any other. that the regot1s-
tons have thus far been guarded win
the utmost secrecy, and even now 4 -
not deemed wise to permit the T1bunA
correspondent to give details OF the prog
ress made, beyond an assurance that fess
difficulty than was feared IL being en-
countered and that the negotiations 80
advancing in a manner highly sa&isfac-
tory to both parties
The existing treaty, which Is TO Be ~
placed by the new convention whenever
1t may be ratified and ratidcations e1-
changed, contains twenty articles, and
appended thereto Is protocol which.
like the treaty itself, Is signed BY Walter
@. Gresham, for the United States. aud
by Shinichiro Kurino. for Japan The
convention contains regulations GOVERNS
freedom Of trade, travel. taxes, navl1A-
ton, inviolability Of dwellings,, impoF4
and export duties, equality Of shipping.
tonnage dues, port and cosIsting regula~
tions, deserters from ships, consular on
GERS, etc, from which IL VIII DO seem
that the task which confrpnts the Secre-
tary of State and his associates is By no
means an easy one
The treaty of 1894 also contains regu-
lations governing patents, trade markz.
etc, but it has been superseded In r.
spect to this by a subsequent convention
concluded In 1897
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
MRS. AIMS MAY WITHDRAW
If She Does. Mr.. and Mrs. G.. P. Taft
Will Have Statue Erected.
fBy TeleEraph to The Tribune.

Cincinnatl. Dec 19.-The contention be-
tween Mrs Frederick Aims and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles p. Taft over the proposed
statue of Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati
threatens to be closed within the next few
days by Mrs. Aims, who, it is said, will
withdraw her offer to build the monument.
Mrs Alfns's close friends say that as soon
as the publicity dies away she will with
draw her money from the commission and
permit Mr. and Mrs. Taft to have a monu-
Ineut built by George Gray Barnard.
Mrs. Aims has been i'll for several days,
due TO the controversy. Her attorney, Harry
Probasco, who was chairman of this COM
mission and who withdrew from ii. said
to-day that II Mrs. Aims decided to have
the statue built IL would be built. He says
that because of her physical condition he
had not been able 10 see her for several
days. Mr.. Taft says the monument will
be erected and that if Mrs. Aims does not
care to pay for il he and his wife will.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
TAWNEY FORCED TO YIELD
Asks MacVeagh to Submit New
Estimates for Public Buildings.
1From The Tribune Bureau.l

from The TRIBUNE Bureau
Washington, Dec. 19.-YieIding to the press
ure brought to bear by those disappointed
members of the House who were not pro-
vided for in the annual estimates of the
Secretary of the Treasury, Representative
Tawney to-day introduced resolution re-
questing Secretary MacVeagh to submit ad-
ditional estimates for any public buildings
necessary to be erected.
The pork barrel or public buildings bill
of the last session carried authorizations OF
about S26, coo eco for federal structures When
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
GUERRA MAKES CHARGES
Cuban General Says Government
Attempted to Kill Hiu.

Havana, Dec. 19.-Maj jor- General Pine
Guerra to-day publishes manifesto. ii,
which, by implication, he charges the ad-
ministration with responsibility for his
recent attempted assassination
General Guerra says that his own con-
duct since he was placed in command Of
the army has been actUated solely by A
high sense of duty, and declares that
hereafter as a private citizen he will de-
vote all his energies to the advancement
of the best interests of his beloved Cuba
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
GERMAN OFFICERS FOR BRAZIL.

Berlin, Dec, la.-Twenty German army
officers, headed by major, will be selected
from number that have volunteered to
20 TO Brazil and give military instruction
to the Brazilian army. The officers thus
delegated will resign the commissions they
now hold al home.
Brazil requested the services of German
officers a result of popular discomfort
with the present training of its army and
navy.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
EUROPE GETS s7o25.54s IN MAIL

Figures furnished yesterday by Postinas
fer Edward NJ Morgan show that fro M De
cember to the departure of the CunardeI
Maureiana last Saturday, 45'.5sS lhiefha
tional money orders, representing the sun
If & o25 54s IL were issued here and dis
,,atcbed 10 foreign countries. While the
,,reatest number of these orders were sent
:, f.raat Britain. more money was forward
ed 10 Italy than 10 any othef country IN
tt,. Postal Union.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
WATKINS BANK ASSIGNS
Farmers and Merchants a Private
Institution, Fails.

Watkins. y. y. Dec. 1e.-The Farmers
end Merchants Bank, a private institution.
lsiled 10 open its doors this morning.
general assignment for the beneht OF
creditors mas been made TO Warren w
ute, William E LefingweH and Matt d
Hughey.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-20
fRv The Associated Press. ]

/ - IT. AsSDCld'sI FitSs-i
London, Dec. 19.--TIle three previously un-
announced returns from Saturdays pollings
we're made known to-day. They show
change The Wilton division of Wiltshire
returned Charles Bathurst, Unionist, with
a majority OF So. John a. II. Macdonald
an6 Sir John Henry Bethel. both Liberals.
were reelected in Falkirk Burghs and the
Romford division of Essex. respectively,
with maiorities Of 2,031 and 1853.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-06
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