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.
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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.
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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-
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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-
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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-
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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
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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-
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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.
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Dcmestic troubles drive Lents youth to sul-
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