VOL. XLVIII.-XO. 14,900. PORTLAND, OKEGOX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11,1908. PK1CE FIVE CENT8. DIVORCE COURT HILL STEAMERS TO FAMOUS HOTEL IS KILLS T SPOKANE MAN AT MYSTERY COUNCIL CHICAGO COXFEREXCE STARTS RUMORS OF ROBBERY. E VENEZUELAN SHIP SEIZED BY DUTCH UPLIFTS NATION TO BE ABANDONED TO MY CITY RABBI KRAl'SKOPP DELIVERS STARTLING SEB.MOX. CHICAGO AUDITORIUM SOOX WILti CLOSE. BOMB Din CDRDS AND WRECKS HOUSE RUN MAY BE PUBLISHED Crew Landed and Prize Towed to Port. NO RESISTANCE IS MADE Castro's Forts See Act of War but Do Not Fire. CURACOA MUCH ENTHUSED "Rumors of Revolntlon In Interior of Venezuela Are Reported to Be Persistent at Mara calbo. - WILLEMSTAD. Curacao, Pec. 13. The Dutch cruiser Gelderland on Sat urday mornlnn captured the Venezuelan "coast-guard ship Allx outside Puerto Cabello. The Dutch flag was hoisted over the Alix outside of Puerto Ca bello and the crew of the Alix was put ashore. The guard-ship was then manned by Iutch officers and marines end towed to Willemstad. arriving here this morning. Although the seizure of the Allx warn plainly discernible from Puerto Cabello. the forts there did not fire upon the Gelderland. - Excitement Is Intense. There is great enthusiasm over the Incident In Curacao. The steamer Maracalbo, which ar rived here today from Venezuelan Torts, renorta that when she was at Slaracalho the air was full of rumors tif a revolution iu the interior of Ven ezuela. The seizure of the Allx was in accord ance with the' plans of the Holland gov ernment when Instructions were Issued to the three Dutch warships now In these waters to mike a demonstration off the roast of Venesuela and to capture any Venezuelan ships of war or guard vessel that they might find. The arrival of the Gelderland at Wil Jematad this morning was greeted with unbounded enthusiasm . bv those who Tioticed the cruiser approach, and soon the entire porulatlon was down to the : water's edge to welcome the return of the Gelderland, towing the first of the enemy's ships as though from a great conquest. Populace of Curacao Rejoices. Naturally the people of Curacao, who 9ave long been clamoring for activity on the part of the Dutch government, are frreatly rejoiced over this evidence that Holland has at last begun active measures agalnet Venezuela, but the gov ernor of Curacao discussed the Incident s follows: "The capture by our warships of coast guard and war vessels Is not to be con sidered, an unfriendly act against the Venezuelans. Simply Act of Reprisal. "It is merely a reprisal against Castro's government, which refuses to give satis faction for his unfriendly acts toward 3tolland. The seizure of these vessels will make It Impossible for the Vene auelan government to carry troops or am munition to and from the various ports. . , "A communication to this effect lias been forwarded bv the Dutch government to the German minister at Caracas.' It is learned from the officers of the Ctelderland that the battleship Jacob Van Heemsker and the cruiser Ftiesland are flow off la Guayra and that further cap turea may be expected at any time. These two vessels left here on Fridiy, cleared for action, and It was believed at that time that the intention was o make a forcible demorstratlon at Ia Guayra. The opinion is held here that the Vene Kuclan government, in the absence of President Castro, nill not -o so fsr as to ore upon the Dutch warships, which, In view of the fact that Venezuela is practically without a navy, hold the Venezuelan ports at their mercy. CASTRO nTERS FAIR AVORDS Particularly Manifests Desire for France's Friendship. PARIS, Dec. 13. President Castro, of Venezuela, and hh party left here to day for Cologne, where a consultation of physicians will be held to determine upon the advisability of an operation on the President. If the operation is found necessary Dr. Israel probably will per form it at Berlin. Castro kept himself closely confined to Jils hotel here, refusing to give out any statement to newspaper men, except through some members of his suite. On the train today, however, he accorder? an Interview to a representative of the Tempa. aaylng that as he waa L aving Franc he felt at liberty to receive a Journal 1st. Castro Wants France's Friendship. The interview, while guarded,- fully con-Pra-.a the representations made by Caatro at Bantander to the effect that he wanted to settle Venezuela's diplomatic diffi cultlea. and so far as France is con cerned, had already made the first steps In that direction. He aald. however, that everything toT the moment mint b. subordinated to !;s Miration of his health. i While avoiding .. -. to Presence of Wasliinjrtonian Arouses Suspicion That Westerner Has Been Victimized. CHICAGO. Dec. 13. (Special.) J. Herbert Anderson, a capitalist of Spo kane, Wash., was the central figure to day in a somewhat mysterious confer ence between lawyers from various parts of the country. The gathering was held in the Audi- j- , " t ' ' !: fe) rgs- ? J. j v 's Z 4 I is . , Senator Eugene Hale, Who as Majority Floor Leader, WIH Oppose Secret Service Reso lution. torium Annex. Those who participated were Samuel G. Untermeyer. the New Tork lawyer; A. C. McDonald, Attorney-General of the State of Washing ton; Assistant Attorney-General Mc Connell, of Montana, and R. M. Mac Leod, a capitalist of Winnipeg. There were rumors about the hotel that a certain Western financier was recently swindled out of J250.O00, but Mr. Anderson and his conferees de clined to throw much light oh the ob ject of the gathering. They discredited the rumor concerning the loss of a large sum of money, denying they were here to effect a settlement with the man said to have been involved. "We are simply floating some bonds," volunteered Mr. Anderson. "It's a .big financial deal, and the premature pub lication of our plans might cost those interested several hundred thousand dollars. Nobody in our "party was fleeced." SICK FROM IMPURE MEAT Mare Island Guests at Launching Victim of Caterer's Graft. SAX FP..VNCISCO. Dec. 13. At a con ference held this afternoon between Dr. J. J. Hogan. of Vallejo. Dr. Martin Re gensburger, president of the State Board of Health, and Coroner Leland, of San Francisco, to inquire into the poisoning of a numoer of guests who attended the launching of the collier Prometheus last week at Mare Island, It has been decided that decayed beef was responsible for the illness that followed the luncheon served by Caterer I S. Cohen. At the conference Dr. Hogan said: "The contract with Cohen called for prime beef, and we have found that he served meat that he purchased for 7 cents a pound. This inferior meat was cooked rare and kept in that state for two days." The three physicians agreed that the poisoning was due to putrid beef and that while the symptoms were similar to those of ptomaine poisoning, the malady was not the same. The inquest over the body of J. C. Keynolds. the waiter who died - presum ably from the effects of the food which was served at the Navy-yard, will be held early this week. ARMY GOODS TO MILITIA All B".quipnienl to Be Supplied by War Department. WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. The Na tional Guard interests are promoted by an order of the War Department, con templating tiiat all requisitions re ceived from militia authorities for clothing and equipment be filled by the issue from the Army source of sup plies of the latest style of articles called for. This will have the etffect of equipping the militia with nothing obsolete in the way of material. Officials say it is a case of the regular Army being side tracked for the benefit of the militia. STEAMER MODOC SINKS Rammed by Valetta in Sacramento River, but Xo One Is Hurt. SACHAMENTO. Dec. 13. The South ern Pacific steamer Modoc was rammed bv the steamer Valetta in the Sacra mento Kiver. near Walnut Grove, at 1:30 o'clock this morning, and sank In seven feet of water. The boilers were submerged and much of the cargo was ruined. It Is estimated that the loss will be about $35,00ti. No one was injured. COSGROVE IS STRONGER Will Resume Taking Baths, as Symptoms Are Favorable. PASO P.OBLES HOT SPRINGS, Cal., Pec. 13. (Special.) Governor-elect Cos rove'a symptoms continue to be favor Lle. His strength is better today and e will resume taking the baths tomor- .. ..w.-y jr, ; ,"t(Ti' ail, inj I President to Retaliate if Criticized. SECRET SERYICE IS NEEDED Says It Saves Him From Mak ing Unfit Appointments. SENATE ADVISES CAUTION Will Endeavor to Postpone Action on Condemnatory Measure Like House Passed, and Allow Displeasnre to Fall on Lower Branch. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (Special.) If Congress criticises the Secret Service part of his message. President Roosevelt will probably retaliate by publishing data gathered by him through the Secret Serv ice concerning' men recommended to him for appointment by Congressmen. He will publish only such bits as will indicate that he needs Secret Service men to save him from the humiliation of appointing totally unfit men. Facts concerning the morals of these men, or rather. lack of them, will thereby be made a part of the public record. According to gossip, there will be material In the reports warranting the Institution of suits for divorce by wives of several applicants for appointment to office. Congress maintains that the President was not authorized to use the Secret Service for any such purpose. His answer will be that the result Justifies the prac tice of lending a Secret Service man to any department that wishes to know about the private life of an applicant for office who has the recommendation of a Congressman. f Senate Wants Delay. Conservative Senators who have been weighing the results of the action ofthe House in passing the Perkins resolution today determined upon an effort to force a course which will leave the House to "hold the bag" in the row with the Pree- (Continued on Paire 5.) 'DUTCH WARSHIPS II -r 1 T - t - "C:""S fs.iXSAr M t -TiiTimnT - r 1 1 ,V- --- - p m , . , Jr'rr- ' " j-ic1 - " ---v--'.s-r-V''-.---'V-'.-vAv " Jf - . t f cy zz& II " f ro. 1 II II f it F I 1 II I! ' J!, Ww- : - Caspar - yr. - - 1 'rJ.I I Zyrtt- -U" 1 1 i . ' II I ----- - - II Directors Declare It - Has Lost Money, and Will Concentrate Business in Annex. CHICAGO, Dec. 13 (Special.) Flans for abandoning the great Auditorium Hotel have been decided upon by the board of directors of the Congress Hotel Company, operating the Auditorium and the Annex. All the business of the two big hotels on Michigan boulevard is to be concentrated in the Annex, which recently was enlarged ' to double its former capacity. President Southgate asserted that the Auditorium Hotel had been losing money for years. He asserted that it did not pay 1 per. cent on the money invented, and that it was poor property compared with the new Annex, which, he asserted, was paying its stockholders J25O.0O0 a year. . From the earnings account for the year shown at the . Chicago Auditorium As sociation stockholders' meeting. It is seen that the hotel paid last year in rentals $133,701. The theater paid JS7.000 and office building while interest and divi dends brought in more, making a total of J2i5.0TT.57. The cost of the build ing amounted to $262,103 leaving a net in come for the year of $32,974, from which was deducted $17,168 as depreciation on equipment. BUTTERMAKERS TO MEET Washington State Convention in Chelialis This Week. CHEHALT9, . Wash., Dec. 13. (Special.) All arrangements have been completed for the annual meeting of .the Washing ton dairymen to be held in Chehalis the coming week. There will be three sepa rate conventions of farmers interested in various phases of the stock and milk business. ' - Wednesday at 1:30 P. M. the Washing ton Buttermakers' Association will open up the dairy convention with an interest ing programme. C. L. Mitchell of the dairy division of the Department of Agri culture, Washington, D. C. will be here to s ore the butter exhibits, and it is possible that Mr. Sweet, of Minnesota, may also be present. Premiums will be awarded to the buttermakers having the three highest scores. Wednesday afternoon, also, the Wash ington Pure Bred Livestock Breeders' Association will hold a business ses sion. They will also attend the meeting of the dairymen Thursday and Friday. The dairymen's convention proper will begin Thursday morning and there will be morning, afternoon and evening pro grammes tha,t day. ,On Friday there will be two ' day sessions. Professor O. M. Olson, a dairy specialist from Minne sota, and Professor W. I Carlisle, director of the Colorado Agricultural Ex periment Station, are among those from outside who are to attend as instructors. WHICH ARE MENACING VENEZUELAN COAST Attempt to Blow Up Chicago Coliseum. SCENE OF FIRST WARD BALL Strong Opposition to Proposed Orgy Was Made. NO BODIES FOUND IN "RUINS Two Men Living In Shack Thought to Have Died Explosion Breaks Windows ami Causes Panic Among People in Churches. CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (Special.) Two buildings were wrecked, two men are thought to have been killed, and windows were shattered for a block around by a terrific explosion of a bomb in an alley In Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth street tonight. The wrecked building adjoins the Coliseum, where the First Ward ball, the annual revel, against the holding of which much. opposition has been made, is scheduled to be held, tomorrow night. The report of the explosion was heard for a mile. The building at which the bomb was aimed adjoins the Coliseum annex on the south, and taking into consideration the fact that preparations were all in readiness for the annual First Ward ball which is to be held tomorrow night, the police and others think it was the motive of the perpetrators to reduce the profits of the dance. Attempt to Spoil Dance. Inspector John Wheeler, Lieutenant John Bonfield and others who were on the scene soon after the explosion, made mention of the fact that the so-called gamblers' war did not figure in this case, as, so far as they were able to learn, there are no gambling places in the im mediate ilclnlty. In saloons and on the street it was common talk that it was the purpose of the bomb-throwers to frighten away those who had Intended tu (Concluded on Page 5.) 4 ii 1 J Says More Freedom In Breaking Un equal Yoke Will Bring About Purer World. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13. (Special.) That the divorce courts of the United States are uplifting rather than degrading the Xatlon, and that this ol'V world would lose much of its normal rottenness if its laws on the severance of marriage bonds were more liberal, were the asser- Louis W. Hill, Grent Xortbern Prettident. Who Declares Hill Will Operate Steamer Be tween Snn Francisco and Portland if Business War rants. tions in a sensational sermon delivered this morning by Rev. Dr. Joseph Kraus kopf, of Temple Keneseth Israel, one of the best-known rabbis of the East. "When I analyze the causes of unhappy marriages, when I note by whom, for the most part, the divorces are sought, to whom they are granted, and for what cause, I find that two-thirds of the di vorces are granted to wronged women, that wives find it more and more insuf ferable to continue yoked to husbands wbo have violated the sanctity of woman hood and who have polluted the purity of the marital tie. "I see the day coming when marriage will have a far different meaning from what it has now; when entrance into it will constitute a coveted privilege: when purity, not purse, will constitute the ab solute necessity pre-requisite; when all the honor that is mow demanded of women will be demanded of men; when the lack of it in man will constitute as much of a bar to marriage as the lack of it now constitutes a bar for woman." DIETZ CHOSEN COMMANDER Elected Presiding Officer of Canby Post, G. A. R., at Hood River. HOOD RIVEP Or.. Dec. 13, (Spe cial.) The annual meeting of Canby Post, Department of Oregon. G. A. R was held yesterday and the follow ing officers elected for the ensuing year: Commander, F. Dietz; senior vice-commander. George P. Crowell; junior vice-commander, F. C. Waldo; quartermaster, John A. Wilson; officer of the day, L. H. Nichols; chaplain, T. J. Cunning: officer of the guard. Frank Noble; representatives to state encampment. George P. Crowell. S. Copple! alternates, L. II.' Nichols, C. F. Waldo. ' It was stated at the meeting by S. F. Blythe, ex-department commander for the state of Oregon, who Is a member of Canby Post, that in the Tl yi;ars the ioeal post has been .In existence it has had 21 past commanders, all of whom are living but one. Judge Henry, who died in California last year. Considering the age of most of the veterans who have occupied the position, their longevity is thought to be remarkable. ALBANY GETS CONDENSER Local Capitalists) Pledge Money for Milk Factory. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 13. (Special.) A big milk condenser will be running in (Albany next Spring, as the result of a meeting held in the Linn County Court house in this city yesterday afternoon. The campaign for a condenser which has been in progress several months came to a focus at this meeting when ihose who have subscribed stock in the nterprise met and formed detlnite plans for the erection of the plant at once. H. H. Hewitt was chosen chairman and Hugh G. Fisher secretary of the tem porary organization and t lie following directors were chosen for the company: Hugh G. Fisher. A. M. Hammer, Henry Lyons and Sheriff D. S. Smith, of Albany, and W. W. Poland, of Shedds. More than $24. OX) worth of stock has been subscribed for the enterprise in the past few months. Now that the initial steps have been taken for the formation of the company and the directors selected it is believed an additional $li;,i worth of stock can be secured hure but the. company will proceed independently of further stock subscriptions, if necessary. HURRIES TO FATHER'S AID Mrs. Page, of Oakland, to Assist W. A. Markley, Accused of Fraud. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 1.1. (Spe cial'.) Reading in the press dispatches that her father. William A. Markley, was in jail here, charged with collecting in surance money without a license, Mrs. E V. Page, of Oakland. Cal., hastened here to help her aged parent straighten out the tangle. She arrived today and has secured the services of an attorney. It .is expected that the $165 will be mwde good, and that Markley will be released from jail with- 1 - , . 2 ! J ! 1 , v J j i -4 nn " 4 t s- A : Mx 1 i gui prosecution. Great Northern Plans Coastwise Line. LOUIS HILL SO ANNOUNCES Two Vessels to Be Put on if Conditions Warrant. INQUIRY IS UNDER WAY Steamers for Proposed Lino Will Ho as Fine as Any F.vor F.iiciicd in Coastwise Trade, Presi dent Declare. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.1. ( 'Special.) A new steamship lino between San Francisco and Portland, equipped for high-claps passenger service, is foreshad owed in the present visit to this city of Louis W. Hill, president of the Grent Northern Railroad, and Francis I!. Clarke, president of Hill's North Bank road. Hill and Clarke have begun an inves tigation into local conditions, and while making no positive declarations, gave out strong intimations today that they were prepared to place two big vessels on the run. This will not only provide opposition to the H.trrlman steamship line, but will give the Hill interests di rect communication, under their own management, with San Francisco. Although it has been reported that ral! extensions of the Hill system toward San Francisco were contemplated, the young railroad president said that no such project existed. Inquiry Is on Foot. "We are looking into the situation," said Hill, "and if conditions warrant we will place two vessels on the run be tween San Francisco and Portland. The vessels are 401) feet long and es fine ai any In "file coast trade. We shall make a specialty of high-class passenger traf fic. We regard the San Francisco-Portland business in the same way as the Chicago-New York traffic is regarded in the East. . If ill Praises Portland. "Fortlnnd has experienced a remark able growth. It has practically doubled its population in five years. As far as Snn Francisco Is concerned its future is assured. It is a city of unlimited pos sibilities. As I look out of the window over these new buildings on every hand, the view suggests New Tork." Mr. Clarke, who is1 accompanying Hill, Is president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, the new road along the north side of the Columbia River, and also chief executive of the Astoria & Columbia River Rai'road. Oriental Trade Mylli, He Says. Hill spoke interestingly of Oriental trade conditions and the development of the Northwest: "Oriental trade?" he echoed. "It is a myth; we have none. Furthermore, we have enough to do at present to take care of our trade at home. Besides, how can we look for trade with the Orient when we subject their diplomats and even their Princes to the Bertillon sys tem before we permit them to set foot on our soil? A foreign trade comes with ( S aaaj uo panuijuo..!) Index of today's news The Weather. TE'TERDVY-"Maximum temperature, 47 decrees; minimum. 4( d'-lirees. TODAY Occasional rain: westerly winds. YeuexuelH.. Dutch cruiser captures roHHt defense vessel oft Venezuela. Pane 1. State Department at Washington not sur prised at Netherlands action. Pago 2. Foreign. Battleship fleet arrives at Ceylon after un eventful voyage, l'apre . Engineer Goethals reports 14 killed, 50 hurt in Panama explosion. 1'bbb ;i. National. Both houses will conclude pre-holiday work tliis week. Pane 3. Hint Director gives out cjitu-ge statistics. Page 3. Secretary Wilson's report shows prosperous condition o Nation. Tunc 3. Domestic. Trial o T. Jullen llalns, author, begins to day. Pace '1. Bomb in Chicago kills two and wrecks build ing. Page 1. Sport Inter-moiintaln cities will form new base ball league. Page VI. Players are announced for Northwestern LaEe teams. Page Industrial. Vancouver has spent 2.000 otio in improve ments this year. Page i:s. Derrick erected at Madras to bore for oil. Page 13. Railroad will soon reach Klamath Falls. Page 13. Portland and Vicinity. Orepon commission to Seattle Fair will ask for I.VI.UOO additional appropriation. Page S. Young women prove themselves heroines at Florence Crittenton Home tire. 1'age 14. Washington State Fisheries Commission adopts recommendations of Oregon fishermen for salmon protection. Page 5. War or Pacific Coat cracker manufacturers ts promised. Page 8. Taylor-Street Methodist Church celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. Page a. Realty Board plans war on rats. Page S. T W. C.-A. formally dedicates new building. Page . Dcmestic troubles drive Lents youth to sul- ciii. t'afie .