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CRIMINAL LIBEL, SAYS ROOSEVELT Will Reach Traducers, if Possible. SHAMEFUL FALSEHOODS TOLD No Cause for Breath of Scan dal About Canal. PROUD OF HIS CONNECTION President Delivers Himself neated ly In Address to Deep Waterway Delegation and Indorses ' Lakes-to-Gulf Scheme. WASHINGTON. Dec. JO. "If they can be reached for criminal libel, I shall try to have them reached," said President Roosevelt In speaking- about "thosa Americana who have been guilty of In famous falsehood concerning the acqui sition of the. "property and the construc tion of the Panama Canal Itself." It was to the committee of 100 of ths I-akes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Asso ciation, headed by Governor Deneen, of Illinois, received by the President In the east room of the White, House, that ho made this declaration. Mr. Deneen had presented a copy of the resolutions adopted by the association and made a few remark, to which the President re plied as follows: Sue Slanderers for Libel. "I have felt, as the Governor has so well put it, that no more Important serv ice could be rendered to this country than the building of the Panama Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific, and one thin? I am proud of In connection ' lth the building of that canal Is that there has not been legitimate cause for the breath of scandal connected with any feature of the proceedings. "We have cause to be ashamed of only one set of Americans, who have been guilty of Infamous falsehood concerning tile acquisition of the property and the construction of the canal Itself. If they , can be reached for criminal libel, I shall try to have them reached. If not, at any rate all the facta we know or ever have known are at the disposal of each and every one of you here and any one In Congress or out of Congress, If they ,'wlsh to see them. ' Dig Ikes-to-Gulf Waterway. "Next only in importance, from the ' physical standpoint, to building the Pan ? a ma Canal comes the question of de veloplng the use of our own' waterways. That must be done by the policy of Irri gation at the headwaters up In the arid regions: and where you come from, gentlemen- It is to be done by making our seacoast take a big loop in from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, and we will see that that work is done just as honestly. Just as efficiently as the Panama Canal work has been done, and no work could have been done from be ginning to end more honestly or more efficiently." WAIL STREET HATES HIM Roosevelt Says That Every Lion Is Expected to Do Duty. ATLANTA, Ga.. Dec. 10. In a Wash - ington special printed this morning in the Constitution, President Roosevelt Is quoted as asserting that Wall street hates him. Wlien I go to Africa." said the Presi dent in talking to a party of Georgians who called upon him yesterday, "Wall street expects every lion to do ms auiy. Wall street hates me with- fervid sin cerity, not because of any general de nunciation of railroads and corporations, l.ut hmu I have done things since." The President is quoted as saying that lie does not plead for a centralized gov ernment, but for recognition of the poweV already vested In the National Govern ment, adding: "If Congress will give me and when I sav me I mean -the President, the Na tional administration, the power to secure a thorough supervision of the fltiancta1, affairs of railroads, to regulate the issu ance of stfick, to prevent stock watering and to Insure publicity of all their af fairs, with a due regard to legitimate tde secrets. It would settle the whole corporation question." Urging the necessity of permitting rea sonable combinations of capital, the President Is quoted furthec as saying: If you suould dam up the Mississippi River you would cause a flood and ac complish nothing thereby, but you can guide and restrain this immense water force by means of levees." President Vrges Panama Trip. WASHINGTON". Dec. 10. President Roosevelt has strongly urged members of the House committee on interstate foreign commerce to visit the Panama Canal region, and It practically has been decided to make the trip. The President, the Secretary of War and canal officials -think the time has come for Congress to enact laws for the government of the canal zone. The trip will be made on a transport. PANIC FOLLOWS "TEMBLOR Earthquake In Italy Damages Church and Many Buildings. MESSINA, Dec. 10. Severe earth hocks- at Mount Albano today caused a panic. The church and a number of buildings were badly damaged. ALLEGES HAYES FOULED DORANDO BROTH EU OP ITAMAX ItCXXEP acccsks marathon victor. Says Two Will Never .Meet Again Be cause of Action at Mad ison Square. NRW YORK, Dec. 19. (Special.) At a reception given to the Italian runner Do rando. In the home of G. T. Contl. In Tonkers, rlplano Pletrl. a brother of the great runner, made a sensational accusa tion against John J. Hayes, relative to the recent Madison-Square Garden race, and said that Dorando would not meet Hayes again on account of Hayes unsportsman like action. The statement was made to Michael H. Driscoll. a prominent athlete of Tonkers. In it, L'Ipiano eaid "My brothers victory over Johnny Hayes In Madison-Square Garden dem onstrated his superiority and also showed that he was the real victor of the Lon don Marathon. In the garden race Hayes deliberately fouled my brother twice, and also tried It every time he attempted to pass Dorando. who was forced either to step near the rail or be forced back. Be cause of this unfairness. Dorando will not meet Hayes again, and the rumor that the pair are to meet In a series of races is not true" BIG TIMBER' DEAL CLOSED W. E. Boeing Pays $450,000 for Tract Xcar Aberdeen. iRk-pra-FK Wash.. Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) One of the largest timber dealJ ever consummated in tills county was the sale a few days ago of a tract of J17.0no,XiO feet of standing timber on ths west branch of the Wishkah River by Congressman Fordney, of Michigan, who held a sixth Interest, the heirs of J. B. Eperer and others, to William E. Boeing. The purchase price was $450,000. The deal -was mado by Eastern agents, nw thfg nnrchnnn Mr. Roelna becomes the owner of a total of 12 sections of timber lands in this county. He has been acquiring timber lands steadily during the past few years. Just prior to the deal he bought a section of tlm--..! hrlnrfnar Us total holding up to nine sections. These three sections now give him lands containing an estimated ioihi of 40.000,000 to 600.000.0(10 feet of stand--ing timber. All of this Is adjacent to the west branch of the Wishkah and Is easily logged. The lowest figure for stumpage ts $3.50 a thousand. This would bring the total value of the tract to $1,700,000. WILSON ADMITS STEALING Boas Murder Suspect Confesses to Robbing Bead Employer. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10. J. Walter Wilson, who Is being held by the police on suspicion of having pc.lsoned his former emnlover. Henry Boas, by means of strychnine Bent through the mails, broke down todav and confessed to Detective Oallaeher that he was an embegrler. He admitted to the officer that he had col- IaioH numerous sums of money for Roas and had not accounted for his col lections, but he could not fix the amount of his peculations. He begged not to be prosecuted for em bezzlement In case he was able to prove hi innocence of the murder of Boas, The detective, however, would not promise immiinltv. Wilson also admitted -that he had used an assumed name, but he stren uously denied having written the letter with which the potion sent to Boas was Inclosed, despite the positive assertion of expert Kytka that it was -penned by him. CRAZY FROM LIFE IN NAVY Man W ho W ould "Fix" Roosevelt Alleges Cruel Treatment. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Mrs. Kolovltch, wife of a man taken from the Congres sional limited train of the Pennsylvania road at Trenton last night, because of his remarks to passengers to the effect that he was going to see President Roose velt, and that "It would not be well for him," stated today that her husband's apparent insanity la due to his treat ment In the Navy. He left the fleet, she said, at San Francisco last May. and some time later appeared at his home In this city physi cally and mentally a wreck. He told many stories of alleged cruel treatment. It was with regard to these matters he bad said he wished to aee the Presi dent. CAT UPSETS GUN, BOY HURT Accidental Discharge of Pistol May Cost Weiser Lad His Life. W RISER. Idaho, Dec. 10. (Special.) A I 10-year-old boy named Seavey, living In J this city.' was. seriously wounded this morning by the accidental discharge of a 38-caIlber revolver. The revolver was lying on a shelf on can. A house-cat got on the shelf and knocked the revolver to the floor. The gun was thus discharged, the bullet en tering the boy's stomach and coming out at the back after passing through the liver. The boy Is at the hospital In a serious condition. ' TUNNEL BEING FINISHED i Second Longest in Country Is. on Western Pacific. t RENO, Nev., Dec. 10. A special to the Gaxette from Qulncy, Cal., says that workmen this morning broke through the remaining walls of the new Western Pacific tunnel connecting- the north and middle forks of the Feather River. The tunnel alignment is practically perfect. Thla ttfnnel. nearly two miles In length. Is the longest on the Western Pacific and Is said to be the second longest In the United States. IT nous STUB May Censure Roosevelt for Insult. ABOUT SECRET SERVICE MEN Restriction Adopted Because Members Watched. PRESIDENT IS GLEEFUL Enjoys Commotion, Saying Galled Jade Winces: Both Houses May Expunge Offensive Passage in Message From Kecord. . . WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (Special.) -Congress, which feels that it has been insulted and outraged by .President Roosevelt, is preparing to .vindicate Its honor by censuring the President for saying in his annual message that the members voted -to prevent the usual de tail of Secret Service men because they dreaded anything like Investigation " of themselves. Both branches of Congress are up In arms and the leaders are hav ing difficulty in restraining the angry hotheads from making some petulant break. Both Houses Will Act. Senators propose that "by resolution the objectionable statement of the Pres ident shall be expunged from the record. This would be'an extraordinary proceed ing, but Senators think it la Justified by the character of the imputation carried by the President's words. There may be some discussion of the resolution, and In that case it is expected the President will come in. for a sound rhetorical cas tlgatlon. In the House it is proposed to have a special committee appointed' by the Speaker to consider the alleged affront offered by' the President and to pre pare a suitable resolution ' covering the case. Of this committee it a under stood that Chairman Tawney, of the appropriations committee, will be the chairman, and this la fitting, because it waa Mr. Tawney who put through the offensive provision last session which restricted the President's freedom of con trol of Secret Service officers and brought forth the so-called Insult to Congress. Members Shadowed in Capital. At that time members of Congress salt! that by some one's order Secret Service officers had been shadowing Senators and Representatives, even going so far as to inquire into the social and prtvato lives of the statesmen. This- was savage ly resented and the House adopted provision designed to put a stop to such practices and the Senate concurred. Mr. Roosevelt appears to be greatly en- Joying the commotion his message has created and Is not worrying about the programme of the Senators to censure I l concluded on rBj i i ,....... ' -' . - Mvtnwt TTNT1 A OTIC! - I A GUESS Wiix UJX.uri.Ei irniwiaoxij I itzsmmM Minm inn nr n n n r u u u iwa. t . ' fcuid test. i;-l3-M ! i- i Ml 'M,. mw tra 53 ;Mawi m i i ik rtt HtH rm mvmsmssWi i : f v v r???5Hi rrrm mrra wksci mr t ' i f lira rt i mu mMm&z u I t . il ntH M bi l l . 'LfefcW. W t I . . f C I III I I II Is KS181 lf sn mini mm itm mr :mpnmM U .Ik : t &Y z . ..... WMmLmMKM i - - - . . .. TWO OF VOX PLANK'S COM RADES XIXDER ARREST. Leading Woman Beats Board Bill and Another Female Member Cashes Bad Check. BAKERS FIELD, Cal". Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) "Broke" and stranded, with two of its members under arrest. Is the fate of the Cunningham Stock Company, and a third member, Adrian Von .FianK. is lying at St. Claire Hospital, probably fatally wounded because of being found in his room with another man's wife. The company showed here for . two months with varying success, and the climax came today when it was- learned by numerous creditors that Genevieve Cunningham, leading lady and manager of the troupe, had made her get-away by'night. .Gone with her'were several ot the company, including one Eleanor Thompson, who cashed a bad check at J. A. Hughes' drugstore for $13 before she left. The Cunningham woman was arrested at Barstow for beating a boarj bill and Mrs. Thompson was arrested al Mojave. Both will be brought back to Bakersfield for trial. Sundry debts, amounting to about $500, without count ing back wages due to all her players, are owed by Miss Cunningham. Young Von Plank, shot three times through the lungs, has a chance to re cover If pneumonia does not develop. LILLEY TREATED VOTERS Governor-Elect Accused of Being a Good Fellow in Campaign. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 10. Governor-elect Lilley has been subpenaed to answer the complaint that in the recent campaign here by himself or through a financial agent he violated the corrupt practices law. The complaint alleges that Mr. Lilley or 'his agent. Colonel .Mullane, distributed money through the saloonkeepers In Waterbury, for the purpose of treating electors on election day and also placed considerable sums with individuals in social clubs for "treating" purposes. The complaint further alleges that the sworn statement of Mr. Lilley's expenses does not set forth these expenditures. Mr Lilley's sworn statement showed that he spent over $23,000 by financial agents to be elected Governor. His Democratlo opponent. Judge A. Heaton Robertson, swore to having spent $33,000 ir. his campaign, while the anti-LUley Republlcans spent $15.000. . AUTO WRECKED; FIVE HURT Machine Overturns ' on Curve in Golden Gate Park-Road. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. lO.-Flve per sons were thrown from an automobile which was overturned on a sharp curve in Golden Gate Park early today. Though all but one were injured, no fatalities will result. The Injured: G. P. Wells, agent of the Neustadt Automobile Supply Company. badly shaken up. Mrs. C. P. Wells, severe bruises and other Injuries. Miss C. Bonlni. bookkeeper for the Neustadt Company, severely injured. Robert M. Lawson, manager of, the same company, wrenching and abrasion of left leg. 4 ' Hat Wells, aged 6 years, escaped with out injury. All the occupants were hurled a con .u.Mhia HiKtnnce und thus escaped being struck by the collapsing car, which was completely wrecked. Trial Ended After 106 Days of Labor. PENALTY MAY BE 14 YEARS Crowd in Courtroom Gives Heney Great Ovation. ACH CRIES INTIMIDATION Jury Agrees After 24 Hours Delib eration and Receives Judge's Warm Praise All Demonstra tion In Court Suppressed. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 10. Abraham Ruef, former political boss of San Fran cisco, was convicted today of bribery. The verdict whs returned exactly upon the stroke of 4 o'clock, when the deliber ations of the Jury had been prolonged throughout a period of 24 hours. The warnings of Judge. William P. Lawlor and the vigilance of the police checked all attempted demonstrations, although the excitement in the courtroom was so intense that men were thrust down Into their seats or seized in the grasp of detectives as they arose to obtain a better view of the proceedings. The trial, which had been in progress 106 days, ended with surprising quickness. The day had almost passed without sign from the chamber of Carpenters' Hall. The hopes of Ruef and his attorneys had risen with every hour of the delay, and the adherents of the prosecution were proportionately discouraged. Eager Crowd Receives Verdict. With numbers and interest undimin ished the hundreds of spectators who have clung about the courtroom during the closing days of the trial retained their seats in the chamber or stood pa tiently In a long line opposite the en trance, while a. strong detail of police watched vigilantly for the. first sign of disorder inside and patrolled every ap proach to the hall. A few moments before 4 o'clock there was a stir of Interest as Judge Lawlor left his chambers and assumed his seat upon the bench. Men and women rushed to secure the vacant places in the court room or thronged about the entrance. A bailiff rapped for order, and an intense stillness prevailed in the chamber, with its empty galleries and its crowded lower floor. From within there came the tramp of the 12 men as they descended the stairway. Just before the door opened to permit their entry tho stillness was broken by the voice of Judge Lawlor. who assured the gathering that any demonstration attempted would be visited with punishment of the most serious character. v The jurymen had scarcely assumed their seats in the box before the brief proceedings were at an end. The judge WHY HE REFUSED TO EXTRA- .DITE ARCHER TO JERSEY. Mcintosh Declares Requisition Reg ular and Says Jersey Detective AVill Explain" Refusal. NEWARK. N. J., Dec. 10. Prosecutor Mott has received a letter from Prosecu tor Kenneth Mcintosh, of King County, Wash., in regard to the failure of Gov ernor Mead to recognize the requisition of Governor Fort for the extradition of Elliott F. Archer, wanted here on a charge of foregry. Mr. Mcintosh declares that papers for Archer's extradition were In proper form and that Detective Godfrey did every thing possible to get Archer, but that Governor Mead had refused to honor the requisition for reasons that Godfrey would explain when he reached home. Mr. Mcintosh further stated that he and the Attorney-General, of the state were greatly chagrined over Governor Mead's action as they both advocated the turning over of Archer to Godfrey. Governor Mead goes out of office on January 1 and another attempt may then be made to get Archer. NORMAL GIRLS UP IN ARMS Student Rebellion Threatens to In volve Faculty Members. BELLI NGJIAM. Wash.. Dec 10. (Spe cial.) Because they can't dance, can't at tend any but school functions, can't re ceive callers more than two nights In the week, can't move without permission of the dean of women, and can't even embrace each other In the hallways of the building without being severely rebuked, the girls of the Bellingham State Normal are in a furore of indignation and are threatening to take their woes before a faculty meeting and demand greater priv ileges. The spirit of revolt which has been brewing among'them for some. time has finally broken out openly, and they threaten to withdraw from school If the regulations are not made less stringent. A faction among the faculty members, mostly young men teachers. Is encourag ing the rebels and secretly fighting what they characterise as the "czarism" of Dr. B. T. Mathis, the principal. The fact that two of the younger women teachers who attended a student dance frowned upon by Mathis, were called upon the carpet and told that they were "disgraced," has not added to the good feeling, and a first class faculty row Is threatened. "The Normal has become a training school for old maids," said one of the girls In an Interview today, and this sen timent Is echoed by teachers in inter views given out. GIRL WIFE TRIES SUICIDE Jumps Into Bay After Quarrel With Spouse Over Mother's Authority BE3LLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) Because her mother-in-law as sumed too much interest in .their affairs, and because she bossed the boy husband and made home life disagreeable, pretty little 17-year-old Mrs. Amy Forest today attempted to commit suicide by Jumping from a dock Into the bay here. She was prevented by the prompt action of by standers and was carried home weeping and disconsolate. . - . The girl was married only a few months ago to George Forest, aged 30 years. She now declares that married life is all a mistake. A trivial quarrel over the mother-in-law's Influence Is said to have occasioned her attempt to end- her life. PAJAMAS-MAN GETS THIEF Covers Him With Gun . While Wife in Nightgown .Calls. Police. LOS ANGKLES, Cal., Dee. 10. While her husband, shivering in his pajamas held- an alleged burglar at bay with a re volver, In his backyard, on Mission road. early this morning, Mrs. Phillip Putnam ran. clad only in her nightgown, to a neighbor s house and telephoned to the police. Awakened by a noise. Putnam ran into his yard with a big revolver in hand and almost bumped into the alleged burglar as he came out of the storeroom. Cover ing him with his gun, Putnam ordered the man to throw up his hands and then called to his wife to send for the police. It took the patrol wagon about half an hour to reach the scene and the officers found Putnam nearly frozen, but pluck ily holding the man with his hands still up. EXPLOSION INJURES SIX Premature Blast in Western Pacific Tunnel 'ear Shufter, Nevada. SALT LAKE CITY. I'tah. Dec. 13. Six men were seriously injured this evening by the premature explosion of a blast 1n the. Western Pacific tunnel between Star and Shafter. Nev. News reached this city of the acci dent in a dispatch requesting aid.' A relief left shortly afterwards over the Western Pacific. The tunnel work Is being dune by the Utah Construction Company. The names of the injured could not be obtained tonight. Call Extra Session in Idaho. pnisR Idaho. Dec 10. The Idaho Su- l preme Court today recommended to Gov i ernor Gooding that the Idaho Legislature be called in special session December 2S, for the purpose of reviewing the work of the Commissioner of Revision ot the Idaho Code. It is understood that the (Ifiweninr W ill act favorably upon the rec ommendation. The special session will probably convene a week previous to the regular 6es6lon. ... TAFT EXPRESSES FAITH IN GANNON Confident of an Honest Tariff Revision. HINTS POSSIBILITY OF VETO If Senate Prevents Fulfilment of Party Pledge. MEETS HOUSE COMMITTEE Says Inquiry Is Thorough and Dif ference 'in Cost of Production at Home and Abroad Will Be Learned. WASHINGTON, Dee. 10,-Wtlliam H. Taft said tonight that It was his belief that the House would make an "honest and thorough revision of the tariff" at the extra session which he will call for that purpose. This belief he bases on a conference he had yesterday with Speaker Cannon and on a session today with the Republican members of the ways and means committee. Mr. Taft said he had not as yet con sulted Senators on the subject. Indicating the tremendous pressure upon his time as the reason. When the suggestion was made that the Senate would undoubtedly have some thing to do with the tariff bill, he replied with no uncertainty In his demeanor that there was some one else who would have something to do -with the bill, which, In terpreted through the medium of previous utterances, Indicates clearly that Mr. Taft is determined, even to the exercise of the veto power, to execute the party's pledges. Cannon for Honest Revision. Mr. Taft dictated a statement which covered his interview late today with the Republican members of the commit tee with the exception of Representa tives McCall, of Massachusetts, and Crumpacker, of Indiana. With the lat ter Mr. Tuft had a satisfactory Inter- .' view at Hot Springs. He was asked the substance of the Interview he had yesterday with the Speaker. His reply was that Mr. Cannon had said thaf he was in favor of an honest and thorough revision of the tariff In accordance with the party promises. Find Difference in Com. "I had an interview with Mr. Cannon," said Mr. Taft. "and with his concurrence and,, at the suggestion of a member of the ways and means committee, with th? Republican members of that committee this afternoon. ' From my conversation, with them and the discussion that fol lowed as to the examination which they are now conducting and expect to con duct, I have only reason to be confident that they are keenly alive to the obliga tion which is on them, as Representa- ( Concluded cn Pg 8 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S -Maximum temperature, 4 decrees; minimum, 37. TODAY'S Fair, easterly wlndi. Foreign. Castro lands at Bordeaux, offerln r'ace to France, and will not be expelled yet. Page 8. National. Roosevelt says If authors ot Panama Canal .names can be reached, criminal libel will be charted. Pase 1. Congress mav expunge Roosevelt's charges In connection with secret service. Page 1. Cromwell denies Americans got any of price of Panama Canal. Page 9. Taft confident of honest tariff revision by House:-will veto bill If Senat mangles It. Page 1. Domestic. Union Pacific, report shows only small de crease in earnings In IaJt year. Page . Ruef convicted of bribery; Heney given ovation, rage 1. Von Planks company stranded with two members under arrest, third in Jail. Page 1. President Duniway. of Montana -University. stirs up educational affairs. Paga . General Increase In transcontinental freight rates. Page 4. Sport. President l.ucas promises good baseball IM Northwestern league. Pago 14. Dorando'a brother says Hayes fouled In Madison-Square race. Page 1. Eight teams droo out of bicycle race, ex hausted by speed. Page 17. l'aclflc Coast. Attorney Palmer refuses to deny stories con necting him with Hoot scandal: becomes angry when questioned. Pago Vi. Plot of Japanese ex-convlct to blow up Ore iron penitentiary foiled by Sheriff Minto. Page 13. Walter Johnson, confessed murderer of Klmer Purdue, ori trial at Hillsboro. Page 12. Orecon buttermaker In session at Salem demand law for cleaner cream. Pago 12. Commercial and Marine. Shortage In Northwestern supply of oat. Page 21. Chtcaso wheat market closes strong, after acute weakness. Page 21. Publication of Union Pacific report fol lowed by advance in stocks. Page 21. Steamship Admiral Borressen libeled by W. R. Grace & Co., for 1 15.000. rage 2C Portland and Virloitj. President HIM, of Great Northern, talks of Portland depot troubles and urges set tlement. Page 20. Statement Senators make rush to climb into caucus bandwagon. Page 14. James A. Finch indicted for murder In first degree, for . killing Attorney Fisher.. Page 15. Baby, held as ransom by caretaker, is re stored to mother. Page 15. Fire committee cuts down Chief Campbell's estimate $157,000. Page ID. Street railway Anally loses fight over ma terial tor paving between rails. Pag 1 United. East Side clubs discuss new chattel plana anil trt pavlns. Pa H