Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08
Congress Passed Garner's
Resolution as to Order Of
Attorney General Not to
Serve Bench Warrants.
WOULD RECOVER
SUNKEN FRIGATE
Moore Of Pennsylvania
Wants Hull Raised From
Tripoli Waters; Pueblos
Ask for Federal Aid.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 7.-Repre-
sentative Gamers resolution calling
upon the attorney general for all pap
ers in his recent order directing the
United States marshal at New York
not to serve bench warrants for the
arrest of John D. Archbold. w. G.
Tagel and Henry G. Folger, Standard
Oil officers, recently indicted in Texas
passed the house today. ....
Would Raise Old Frisate.
Representative J. Hamilton Moore OF
PENNSYLVANIA, in a speech on Stephen
Decatur, and the gallant frigate Phila-
delphia, urged the house today to ap-
prOpriate money to recover the Phila-
delphia's hull and relics now under
water in the harbor of Tripoli Mr..
Moore said that if the recovery were
attempted before the Italian govern
ment proceeds with construction work
which may obliterate the wreck for
ever, relics could be recovered at a
cost not exceeding $4,000 or $4,000.
Mr.. Moore referred to the recovery
Of the Maine in Havana harbor and
the transfer of the body of John Paul
Indians Seek Federal Aid.
Fifteen bronzed leaders from eleven
OF the nineteen Pueblo tribes in New
Mexico, some of them gay with vari-
colored blankets, red and white moe
casins and big silver earrings, pre-
sented them selves today at the inter
ior department to ask the secretary to
accept their 100000 acres of land in
trust that it might avoid state taxa
ton. Assistant Secretary Adams in
the absence of Secretary Fisher. told
them he thought it would require con-
gressional action.
Acting Commissioner Of Indian Al
fairs Abbott. who also heard their
case, said he was in favor Of having
the federal government obtain entire
control of the Pueblos' rights, but
rather than have a divided authority
he would favor turning them over en-
tirely to New Mexico.
The Indians will appear tomorrow
before the senate committee on Indian
affairs to urge them to include in the
Indian appropriation bill section CIV
ing the secretary power to accept the
lands in trust. ~
A resolution calling on President
Taft for statement of the reason
why American marines invaded Mic
occupation Of the territory of friend
ly nation and entered into armed COM
bat with it's citizens" was introduced
in the senate today by Senator William
Alden Smith of Michigan, chairman Of
the committee Investigating conditions
along the Mexican border.
This governments action has been
sharply condemned and warmly de.
Tended in previous debates on the SUBJ
ject.
Resume Shipping Hearings.
With F. Groves of the Philadelphia
and Gulf Transportation Co.. as the
first witness the house shipping trust
Investigating committee today re.
sumed hearings.
Mr.. Groves testified that Charles
Wagner Of Philadelphia had been en-
ployed by the Southern Pacific lines to
get from employees of the Groves line
information regarding manifects SO
the Southern Pacific could get in touch
with the Independent shippers. Mean
time, Wagner also was employed by
the Philadelphia and Gulf Co., the
independent, to find out what the "com-
bination" was doing to block it's busi-
ness. Groves charged that Wagner
took copies of the manifests Of the in
dependent company to New York and
sold them to J. L. Spence traffic man.
ager for the Southern Pacific, at ten
dollars each. He charged that when
the Southern Pacific rebated to its
own shippers. the Independent broke
the rebating up by meeting it with an
open rate. .......:.
The Southern Pacific, he said, held
over the shippers as club, threat
that, they would suffer If they did busi-
ness with the Independents.
Treasury Order Up in House.
The much critised treasury or
der No. 5" came today before house
committee 1t requires customs and
internal revenue collections to be de-
posted in national banks. Assistant
Secretary Bailey OF the treasury testi-
fed tat the order was not designed
to concentrate money in national
banks but to increase the number Of
government depositaries that holders
Of government checks might cash
them without paying exchange.
Formerly the sub-treasuries had to
handle nine-tenths Of the government
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