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yWplWI'WPp,rt,r ' -DAILY OAPITAti JOtniAIi, '&ALBM, OKKgfa, WHPWte81AY, l18QK.WKlt tfOlOtW 4 ; GREAT BRITAIN FACES GREAT POLITICAL CRISIS (United Prosa Loosed Wlro.) London, Dec. 30. Tho nrmios of tho unemployed throughout England, Scotland, Irolr.nd nnd Wales, tho growth of a malign and vicloua polit ical powor, backed by tho liquor in terests, and tho obstructive mothods of the IIoubo of Lords nro causes that today threaten Great Britain with tho grcatoot political crisis in tho last 7R years of hor hlotory. Tho Iioubo of commons, which has boon rivon by lections for many yonrs, is becoming solidified for no tion on Uicpo three vital matters of political policy, and tho oxlatoncj of tho hourm of lords is at stake. Tho point of attack upon tho up 1 ''r-houno will bo tho weakcBt spot in tho decadpnt aristocratic body her editary lawmaking. Tho llborals, gaining an increasing ascendency, hnvo vowed to change the form of Hticpcnlon to vacancies In tho Iioubo of lords from hereditary to elective. Ono mothod of accomplishing this 1'h - boon tried, nnd has failed, tfhnt of opening up tho great gamo pre serves owned by tho nobility. Tho liberals claim that if this could br coming sessions. accomplished thcro would bo vast acrcago for tho unemployed to make tholr homes upon. Auothor motho dls though fiance'. Next April's budget the bill pro viding govornmentnl appropriations and' tax lovlos to meet thorn will bo purposely designed to bear heavily on tho class tho peers represent. Tho Dritlsh constitution nllows thu lords to do ono of two things with a flnanco bill. They may reject It en tirely, or pass it without nltoratlon. No changes nro permitted In its pro visions. Refusal to pas stho bill means tho stopping of appropriations for tho army, navy nnd tho civil service. ShoulJ tho lords dare to do thla it would mean tho. cabinet's resigna tion, tho dissolution of parliament and a call for a general election. Tho peers own tho gamo preserves, they own tho groat broworles, and theroforo refuco to curb the growing liquor powor. Thoy own tho govern ment, practically, through obstruc tionist tactics, and their1 elimination will bo tho great fight during the I INI II CASE IS ENDED LOOTED BANK AT LEISURE MADE RECORD DRJvF OVER ALASKAN FATE IN HANDS Of HELD UP THE TOWN JURV GRAPHIC STORY TOLD BY CITY CHEMIST GREGORI Catania, Sicily, Doc. 30. City ChomlBt tirogory, of Moaelna, nrrlvul horo this afternoon with ono of tho most remnrkablo stories yut told ol he groat disaster. "I was on n firry boat Jut outside of Mestnn whon tho qunku came," ho said. "It was tho most torrillu Hhoclc that could bo Imagined. Tho en In front of tho boat opened in a groat chasm, and the wotor, being suddenly windward from bohlnd us, tho boat wont down and struck tho bottom with such force that It win shattered to pieces. "Tho boat was crowded, and I bo llovo that I nm the only porsou Hint urvlvod. I romomber llttlo nftor the boat went to plecos, oxcopt tlmt I was caught in a groat swirl of rushing, rearing wator. In somo wny I mnn tiK d to cling to a pioco of wreckage, nnd at lougth landed on tho Italian sldo. "I mndo my wny to Rogglo, whore I found t ho streets lltorally flllod with dead bodies, nnd pooplo absolutely Insano. "It wa ono long ploturo of ruin and horror. I had a hard tlmo hold lug on to my soiuos nnd hooping from losing my mind, I thought for n tlmo I hnd dltfd and gone to hull. "In a public square I camo upon Tina Morlalna, tho oporn slngor, soat od among a groat pllo of bodies of women and mon, crooning over a bird ci'go, la which woro two llttlo cn narloB. Although tho birds woro chirping quito gaily. Mnrlim was be moaning tho death of all tho birds In Italy. " 'All tho birds the swoot slngoro thoy aro nil (load, sho said, look ing up at mo with a faint, sad smllo, ns If sho recognized mo. Sho wis hopolossly liiBniio, as wns ovoryouo olso who wns nllvo In Rogglo. Tho dond and dying woro ovorywhoro. It was Imposslblo to pass along tho ntroota without stopping ovor thu bodlos of mon nnd women. "In somo places oh, how horrlblo it wns tho bodlos woro io thick thxt I could not pass without nctninlly stopping upon somo of tho prostrato forms. "Tho prosonco of so ninny doad doomed to numb tho Bntso Thwo bodlos lot. any personality. Thoy were llko ro ninny bags of whont nf tor awhllo. "I saw tho body of ono womnn with two dead children in hor nrms. caught and crushed In a doorway. Uosldo hor was a man, ovldontly her lunbnnd, who Boomed to hnvo been struck down whilo trying to rolonso hor. Such sights wero so common Unit I hardly noticed thorn, and 1 cannot toll whnt It was that Ini- prorvod this group on my dnzod brnlu "Every building In the city soomod to'hnve bon wrockod. I trlod to g. away as quickly aa posilblo. I did not know or enro where I wont, but crowdod Into a boat bound for Mos fl'na. "Onco in my o'n city Messina I found destruction and doath as gon iral as nt Rogglo. Everywhere vma ruin. "Tho troo4fl woro blockadod nnd It would hnvo boon lmpoislblo for mo to hnvo found my wny to my homo, oven If It lmd not boon burnod. . "I kipt recognizing familiar fawi among tho dond in tho stroot. until my mind bognn to loio Its balance. I bocamo soaslck and folt that tho onrthqiioko wnrs continuing. it soomod to me that tho wliolo of Sicily wok rocking to and fro with tho movomont of tho sea. "I'orhupa I falnUid, I cannot .toll. I romombor being pushed on by a sol dlor, who placed a bayonet botweoo my Bhouldors, nnd told mo to go to hondqnartoru nnd report for duty. "I thon wnlkod through tho streets, making my wny ovor ruins, which somotlmos. soomod to block tho htrootK ontlroly. I romombor climb ing ovor a groat p'lo of dobrlB, and thoro on th top of M enmo upon tho bodlos of throe little chlldron, bo sido which n small brown dog stood on guard. Tho dog had not boon In jured In tho destruction of the city, but somo mnunor had found tho ohll (Iron of tho family to which It be longod. It charged mo viciously nnd cnught its fangs In my olothlug. 7 wns forcod to retroat and sook pas sage through another street, "Tho soldiers at hoadquartors told mo that thoy had made an otlmntn from observations and roports, Indi cating that 50,000 wero doad In Meg stun, nnd that an equal numbar wore dond In Rogglo. I b-diovo that thU Is not In tho lonst oxnggorntod. It In Impowlblo to oxaggorato It, Thoro U no wny to toll of tho horror of tho dlsa-tor, much loss exaggerate It." Gregory cannot toll how ho go Into the ship which brought h'm horo. Ho fainted aftor tolling tho story, nnd ts In a sorloim condition. (United Press Leased Wlro.) Portland, Or., Dec. 30. Tho fato of James A. Finch now rests with tho Jury. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Judge Dronnugh bognn rending his instructions to tho 12 mon who will dccldo whether or not Pinch shnll bo found guilty of tho murder of Ralph 1). Fisher. Moro than half an hour wns occupied in tho dollvory of tho court's Instructions, nftor which the Jurors were taken to their room to deliberate on n verdict. Tho courtroom opinion Is that tho Jury will bo out only n short tlmo. Pinch, outwardly nt least, mnln tnlns a cheerful attitude, apparently bouyod by hopes Hint his story of self defense has been ncccpted and thnt the Jury would find him not guilty. Deputy District Attorney J. Jr Fitz gerald this morning concluded his closing argument for the state. With tears stealing down her fnco nt times, tho ngod mother of Finch Hat Just Inside the railing of tho court room nnd llstouod to nil that tho pros editor had to say against her son. The defense took uumoroiiH excep tions to tho remarks of the prosecu tor and soverul times disputed tho ac curacy of Ills stutomontH, but Fitz gerald proved thnt Ills memory was tho best. THREE HOURS Oklnhoina City, Okla., Dec. 30. After holding tho residents of Wolls ton. Okla., at buy for three hours onrly today, six masked robbors loot ed a bank and oscaped with moro than $5,000. In their operations on tho bank vuttlts the cracksmen used 11 shots of nltro-glycorlno before tho safe and valuts wero shattered. Tho Ilrst blast nroused tho town and scores of citizens who ran toward the bank wero hold off by armed bandits until tho vaults wero torn open and the money taken. A posse has started In pursuit of tho bandits. HENEY Tnconia, Wash., Doc. 30. im pelled by a mes'ngo from her fath er that ho was dying hnd wished to soo nor immediately, Mrs. J. D. Sin clair, of Atlln, Ala kn, drove a two dog sleigh 200 miles over the froz"ii nllows of Southern Alaska, dashed up tho gangplank of a steamer as It was casting off its mooring from the Skngway dock, and reached Tocomn in loss than six days aftor leaving hor homo. In hor race, Mrs. Sinclair estab llBhcd a record for speed that protn llBefl to jtand for many a day. Sho is tho daughter of Robort M. Thomp son, a pioneer of Tnconia, who wn In a precarious condition eight days ago. Tho messngo was sont to Ills daugh ter, who lives with hor husband in Atlln, on S.imlny, December 20. Sho recoived tho dispatch Into at night, and, hitching up hor dog team, Im mediately 'jogan tho portions Jour ney. t. .. . 1 or Wo (lav. ,h"Wl?i C18 roa(Bi reachln "s tho steamer ..".. 'olonVnM.n.1..,. """lUtf. .... UUVK, '"rowing tho 'iiyiuiorlMl,;;,w,lfna, dorkc ,r Wh I vi. WOrn . l lowly 11088. ornout, ,0C(Wr!ng frota" ' Aid To 1W;, J United PreTLTa . . Washington, D. n n. .M executive cominlti".. ,uto Rod rrno a.i.. : wt Wmi Cross society IRO.onn V '""OBUrplu. on h.; ,!.! Wbullon. to tho fund :Z of Snn Francisco for ti, of 190C. ur,ne"i SAYS ITS INDIA TROUBLES ENGLAND !! !! f !!! !!! tll iailii-H-fa-H-- FOLLOW THE CROWD AND GO TO YE LIBERTY The House of Comfort mm 1 ADULTS lOc CHILDREN Sc WrtmiKHIM (United Pross Leased Wire.) London, Dec. 30. A deperno light over India's future will begin as soon as parliament rcasiomhlcs in February, On ono sldo tho ronctlonnrlos will stop at nothing to provont nny move In tho direction of autonomy for tho dopondoncy. On tho othor, tho pro-Indlnns will savagely criticize the law, rocontly passed by India council nt Calcut ta, and approvod by tho India secre tary. Iord Morlov. horo. bv which tho swuthom provlncot wore virtual- r,0(l tUolr ,oot ollt ()f tho wrecked ly nlacod under martial law. and tho l'ostolllco thoy redo away on bicycles. Now York, Dec. 30. Francis .1. Hnoy, who Is In this city, today when asked his opinion of tho sentencing of Uuof said: "Ruef cortalnly will servo tho full II your. Wo hnvo 111 Indict mnnts ugHiust 111 in . churgliig IS dlffo'iit crime, and I urn sure he wilt bo sat isfied to tnko liis medlcliio "Ruef Ik not tho most Important, Neither Is Schmltz. Its Calhoun (he IiiihIiii'sh 111811 that wo'ro Mftt-r Its always tlio biiHlness nut n In politics hocommlts the grentoHt crlm s. Thoy make suoh mon ns Ruef nud Schmltz. Pittsburg could veil afford to lot ovory councilman, accused bi , bathed in Immunity to iiiHuro th"i conviction of ono hanker. Council man and politicians aro simply the agents of tho mon higher up." Honey Is returning to San Fran Cis co to tnko charge of tho trial of Pat rick Calhoun, president of the I'i'I'od Railroads. o Iliit'glai'H Itob I'ostolllce. Fresno, Cnl., Doc. 30. Hurglars ontorod tho postofllco at Fowler last uiK'ii nun, uiiur nj uuiilillllg lll(t WHO took possusslon of $800 worth of stnmps and nionoy. Aftor having ear- vlcoroy waa ompoworod to extend It throughout tho wholo country. Tho reactionaries' strength was not realized until Lord Morloy ro vrnlod his 'iitontlong to glvo gradual ly more and moro of tho Indian ad ministratlvo ofllcos to nntlvoe Instead of Englishmen. ny tho old aristocracy, which 1ms always consldorcd India a providen tially glvon rofugo for England's "youngor som" nnd "poor relation)," this suggestion was rccelvod as al most treasonable. Mon of this class aro ready to face a mutiny, go to wnr or ovon to rlk loss of tho dopondoncy rather than sacrifice nny of thos places. Tho pro-Indians 'ay tho Indln council wont boyond nil decency in depriving the natlvoe of trlnl by Jurv nnd providing for summary trials nnd executions In cnaos of sedition and anarchy. Tho offoct, it Is charged, ha3 boon tho elimination r-f the Hindu's lat hoj of Juatlco and the ogtabllshmout of despotism worJe than tho ozar's, becanso perpetrate 3 by a dominant powor r,ipon n subjo-t raco. , It Is for his failure to voto tho law that Lord Morloy will bo male tho ospeclal object of attack. Tho India secretary U thooretlcallj supremo in the government of the dependency, and parliament can neither forco him Into any policy ho disapproves nor from a course ho has chosen. It can drlvo him from offlco, how ever, by a refusal to voto appropria tions for his department, and, fop that matitor, an ovldont majority against him would bo sure to menu his retirement.. It Is ns yet uncertnln whethp Morloy will bo. able to command i majority or not. The cont -at prom isor quickly to a sumo Inimonfo im portanco. however, smashing o'd par ty alignments and provoking qunr roU 1bnt may completMv niter exiat in BrUIsh present conditions. It Is thought that tho snmo cracks mon who looted tho postofllco at Klngsburg and Lemooro uro Identi fied with this crlmo. if m l: iff I &..m. I whS Jm li MUttmaLUmlrt Ei, i AT T1IK OltANI) OPKHA IIOISK, S.Tl HIAV XICT BOM rm I i Wiijti it BiXWW itm I Html flllir HII lored Quality, Style, Comfort Can Be Found In the Famous Bishop's Ready-Tai Clothes $10 to $30 Suits and Overcoats Come and sec what a splendid assortment of suits and over coats we have for yon w select from .'. " ' SALEM WOOLEN MILL STORE coryHicHT too frm wK(i or MtCHAELS-STERN FINE CLOTH! NG MICMAtlS, STCNN 4 CO. iMMtrnT. n. v.