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ffSlfe cV,C AA AAA jts -V VOL. XLVIII.-XO. 14,995. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1908. ' FIVE CENTS. ? JUDGE THREATENS BARRETT SILENT; NOT RECOGNIZED TACITURNITY PERFECT DIS GUISE FOR PORTLAND MAN. STRONG EVIDENCE YANKEE CONSUL SULTAN LOOKED ' BRITISH PRESS HITS ROOSEVELT HARD AS HEAD OF STOPS MUTINY LIKE CRIMINAL TO GAG REPORTERS AGAINST MAINS TAFT'S CABINET TALKS TO DRl'XREX SOLDIERS UXTIL THEY SOBER UP. TURKISH RULER WORE SHABBY OVERCOAT AT MOSQUE. KNOX 0 Wrong to Resort to Vituperation. ALIENISTS DECLARE HIM MAD Made So by Seven Years of Popular Adulation. LOSES PERSONAL DIGNITY Americans gaJd to Be Morally Cowed by President Roosevelt Will Deny Putting: Spies on Con gressmen's Trail. LONDON. Dee. 1. (Special.) The London press follows -with the deepest Interest the duel going on between Presi dent Roosevelt and the Senate, while It !! the President's tilt with certain newspaper a "study In vituperation." u-h as no Anglo-Saxon community ever tfrre witnessed. It la generally agreed that the President la entirely wrong- In giving- way to such language, no matter w hnt the provocation, for only a loss of personal dignity and. harm to the pres tige of hi ofTlee can result. Several alienists write asserting that the President is mad and that It is not to he wondered at, after seven years of triumph nnd adulation such as no Euro pean sovereign has received for several centuries. Politicians are interested be cause they are waiting to see what atti tude the American p- ople will adopt to ward their "Kaiaer." One editorial insists that ever since he rnme to the White House the Americans have been morally cowed by President Roosevelt. PRESIDENT HAS EVIDENCE Preparing Tapers to Back 1'p Secret Service Jlap. Washington; Dec. .;'is. resident Roosevelt haa begun preparing for sub mission to Congress a mass of evidence upon which he based the statements In his annual message regarding the secret service, .which the Perkins resolution passed yesterday in the House called upon the " President to produce. The amount of work necessary to put this evidence In shape for presentation to Congress Is so great that it will not he ready to send to the House until after the Christmas recess. ROOSEVELT IS STILL ANGRY Considering: Flans for Libel Suit OverCanal Purchase. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. After to day's Cabinet meeting and a subsequent conference with the President. Attorney General Bonaparte said that the Depart ment of Justice still had under consid eration the question of prosecuting those persons whom the President considered guilty of criminal libel in connection with publications regarding the Panama Canal purchase. 1 0 INTENTION TO INSULT IT Roosevelt Will Surprise Congress by Mildness of Reply. WASHINGTON. Dec 18. (Special.) From an authoritative aource it Is learned that President Roosevelt has under contemplation a surprising reply to Congress as the result of the resolu tion passed by the House yesterday calling; upon him to furnish that body with such Information as he may j?os sesa In substantiation of his strictures upon Congress, with respect to the Se cret Service Inhibition law passed by the last Congress. The surprise lies in the understand ing that the President may disavow any Intention to Insult Congress or hurt Its feelings: that he will deny the Secret Service has been used to spy upon Congressmen, and will Indulge In no personalities as to their private movements. fc Aa an evidence of the attitude of Congress pending the settlement of this controversy, the Senate refused yesterday to consider a bill providing for an Inland Waterways Commission and adjourned without even setting a date for Its consideration. FILES TREADWELL REPORT Referee in Bankruptcy Sums l"p Case Which Judge Will Decide. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. The re port of Hilton J. Green, referee in bankruptcy. In tho matter of the op position so the discharge of Charles Treadwell in bankruptcy, was filed to day In the Vnlted States District Court, and Judge De Haven will render a de cision tomorrow. Referee Green. In his report, states that Treadwell. while insolvent, con veyed to the Western Securities Com pany securities and other properties valued at $!4.030. with Intent to pre fer that co npany and the California fate IHposit and Trust Company as creditors. The securities Involved have been tied up by the other credit ors, who are opposing the discharge in bankruptcy of Treadwell. Resembled Mage Sliylock In Great est Crowd in Constantinople In "500 Years. , CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey. Dec. 18. (Special.) The scene before the Mosque of St. Sofia at the opening of the Turkish Parliament as the Sultan reached the Tarliament-house after his four-mile Jour ney by lan3. exceeded anything that had been Imagined beforehand. Thousands of persons were clustered on the roofs, pil lars and buttresses of the ancient church two mullahs even standing on the sum mit of the dome. Trees, windows and the flat roofs of houses were crowded with spectators. No other such multi tude has gathered In Constantinople in 600 years, yet throughout the entire day no disorder whatever was observed. There was a deadly hush when the Sultan entered his box and everybody stood up. Bent and clad in a shabby overcoat, without a single deooration, the Sultan bore a remarkable resemblance to a stage Shylock. and looked rather like a criminal in the dock than a ruler blessing hia people. "DELUXE" AGENT IN HURRY Mrs. Patton Tells of Mad Haste to Cover Exjiensc Account. CHICAGO. Dec. 18. Mrs. James A. Tatton. victim In the alleged "de luxe" book frauds for which W. N. Cooper and Samuel T. Warfleld are now on trial, has told on the stand the story of the muddled financial dal from the time she was first approached by John 3f. McFarland. who has turned stace's evidence, until she ceased to pay his supposed expenses on supposed trips of investigation relating to her book transactions. Something of Mrs. Patton's attitude toward the whole world of book manu facture was indicated by a remark she dropped in response to a question as to the manner of McFarland in "can vassing." "Oh, always rushed always In mad haste to close up the deal and get away for some reason," was the response of the witness. "I have come to understand lately that these bookmen are always in a hurry to get away to catch a train or something when they have a deal on. The main Idea is to hurry the thing through without giving the customer time for thought." NEWSPAPER IS DESTROYED Plant of Mexican Liberal Parly Organ Wrecked at Tttcson. t TUCSON. Ati., Dec. 18. The plant of El Defensor del Puehlo. a Spanish weekly newspaper published here by Manuel Sarabla In the interest of the Liberal party of Mexico, was wrecked last night by- unidentified persons. Sarabla was prominent in the recent revolutionary movement and was held In confinement by Immigration authori ties here and in Los Angeles for nearly a year. He states his belief that the outrage was the work of agents of the Diaz government. The Sheriff- has charge of the case. No arrests have been made. The work of destruction was thor ough, the presses, furniture and the current edition being either demolished or carried away. MISTAKEN FOR DEER; DIES Montana Rancher Killed by Brother While on Hunting Trip. BCTTE, Mont.. Dec. 18. (Special.) R. A. Taylor, a well-known rancher of Northern . Montana, was yesterday mis taken for a deer by his brother, Leland B. Taylor, and killed. The two men were hunting near Troy and became sep arated. Leland heard the bushes rustle and. thinking it was a deer, fired. Be lieving he had missed his quarry, he proceeded on home. R. A. Taylor' failed to appear and a searching party about four hours later found him. bleeding to death and freez ing. He died before the nearest farm house could be reached. BUSTS WILL BE PLACED Senate Soon to Locate Roosevelt and Fairbanks Sculptures. WASHINGTON. Dec' 18. Shortly aft er the holidays the Senate probably will decide where It will place marble busts, of two of its Vice-Presidents. Roosevelt and Falrhanks. Mr. Roosevelt's career In the Senate was extremely brief, and although It ended about seven years ago, up to this time no bust of him has been made. Mr. Roosevelt selected James Frazler. a young artist of New York, highly rec ommended by Saint Gaudens aa one of the most promising sculptors of the day, to make his bust, and Mr. Frazler has been at work for some time carrying out his commission. It Is understood that this bust Is now near completion, and will be finished before March 4. KATALLA PEOPLE STARVING Steamer Portlund Will Make Spe cial Effort to Reach Alaska Port. VALDEZ. Alaska, Dec. 18. A wireless messwe from the steamship Portland ays that in a heavy storm off Katalla, a wireless message was received from shore that the residents of that town are starving and must have food. No boat has touched at Katalla since October, owing to the rough aeas; that have pre vailed there for months. The steamship Portland will make a heroic effort to land supplies for the starving people Choice Announced by President-Elect. SENATOR ACCEPTS POSITION Wickersham, of New York, for Attorney-General. BALLINGER AMONG CHOSEN Only Man Mentioned for Interior Department Taft Looking for Good War Secretary Straus and Wilson May Stay. AUGUSTA, Ga., Dee. IS.-Presldent-elect Taft tonight announced the ap pointment of Senator Philander C. Knox as secretary of State In his Cabinet. The announcement followed the receipt by Mr. Taft of a telegram conveying the Information from Mr. Knox that he would accept the ofTlee. Mr. Taft without delay announced that the matter waa settled. He said the offer was made .to Mr. Knox last Sunday In New Tork and that since the offer he had not heard from Mr. Knox until today's telegram. "I feel that I am to be congratulated op securing the services of Senator Knox in my Cabinet," said Mr. Taft. "In selecting a Secretary of State I wanted first, a great lawyer, and, second, a man who would fill the public eye, not only here but abroad, as a man who stands out pre-eminently as a great American." Mr. Taft also feels that from a poli tical viewpoint the selection of Mr. Knox Is most happy. He explained that there was often a feeling that Pennsyl vania, with ita Republican majorities, was slighted In the matter of recognition. That this will not be the case in hia administration .was Indicated In the an nouncement by Mr. Taft that he would Invite Mr. Knox to come to Augusta that be might consult, him freely with refer ence to filling other places in his Cabinet. It was stated at the Capitol that Mr. Taft' is looking for a man to take the war portfolio who has had sufficient experience to work out the reorgani zation scheme put Into . force by Mr. Root while he was at the head of that department. The position of Secretary of Com merce and Labor has been mentioned to very slight extent, and In some quar ters it is thought possible that Secre tary Straus, who also is from New York, will be continued in that post, for a time at least. For Secretary of Agriculture it is practically conceded that James Wilson, of Iowa, will be continued for a year or more. The appointment of Frank (Concluded on Page 8. "Who's That DuffeT?" Asks Re porter, Deceived by Absence of Talk From .Tall Man. ORBGONJAN NBW3 BUREAU. Wash ington Dec. 18. They are telling the fol lowing story at the expense of John Bar rett. Director of the International Bureau of the American Republics. Mr. Barrett went to Hot Springs re cently to see President-elect Taft. His train arrived Just before dark; it was gloomy around the station, and the as sembled newspaper men were having dif ficulty in recognizing- the newcomers. As Mr. Barrett stepped off the train, a news paper man. close by turned to a fellow scribe, and asked: "Who is that tall duffer there?" Mr. Barrett overheard the question, and promptly spoke up: "Barrett. John Barrett." "Why, sure it is," answered the cor respondent. "We didn't recognize you. You were in disguise. ; Tou weren't talk ing." 600 CHILDREN IN FIRE Escape From ' Schoolhouse Blaze Which Caused Loss of $100,000. ALTOONA,, Pa., Dec. 18. A fire that threatened , the destruction ' of the. Al toona high school building, erected at a cost of J750.O00, started this morning while 600 pupils were busy with their studies. Aa soon as it was discovered, the bell for the fire drill was sounded and the children, thinking It was merely another drill, calmly formed in line and marched out The flames were placed under, control with a loss of tlflO.OOfc KILLED IN PRIZEFIGHT Blow on Chin From Barnet Proves Fatal to Cnrran. PHILADELPHIA. Dec' 18.-James Curran, 18 years old. was killed In a boxing bout with Benjamin Barnet, 17 year iold, at the Broadway Athletic Club 'tonight Barnet knocked Curran down , with a hard blow on the chin. After arising Curran collapsed and died on the way to a hospital. The police arrested Barnet and Bert D. Race and John Haggerty, who acted as seconds to uCrran. Barnet's seconds fled. ,-. - - MURDERER BRYANT HANGED Killed Old Man . to Get Money to . , . Visit Sweetheart. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Dec. 19. Frank Bryant, 26 years old. was hanged, in the County Jail here today for the murder on, August 28 last of '.nomas Brady, a 70-year-old man. out of whose trunk, after the murder. Bryant stole a small quantity Of money which which to go to Chicago to visit his sweetheart.- In a statement upon the scaffold, Bryant thanked Sheriff Werner for the kindness extended during his imprisonment. He then said bood-by ta the 200 witnesses assembled. THE OVERCOAT " HERE'S WHERE I GET Eye-Witnesses Say He Helped Brother. AIMED REVOLVER AT FUNKE Graphic Story of Shooting of Annis Twice Told. MEDDLERS KEPT AWAY Funke Says After Captain Ilains Fired First Shot Thorn ton Drew Revolver and Aimed at Him and Others. FLUSHING, N. T., Dec. 18. The trial of Thornton J. Hains on the charge of aiding his brother. Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., in the killing of William E. Annis was adjourned tonight until Monday, after a day in which the state developed the strongest testimony so far' adduced. Two witnesses, Herbert L. Funke and Arthur Andrews, eye witnesses to the shooting, swore that there was an Interval between the first shot fired by Captain Hains at Annis and the others that came in fairly rapid succession. Both of these club members declared positively that Thornton Hains aimed his revolver at those on the float after the first shot and before the succeed ing shots were fired. An exhaustive cross-examination on this point, ma terial to the prosecution's case, failed to shake their testimony. Mr. Andrews stated that after the first shot he saw the defendant aim his revolver at wit ness' father. "There was a shot, then an biterval. when there were some more shots In quick succession, then 'a pause and a last ahot which went through the sail. I ran when I saw Thornton point his revolver at my father, and stood under the dock," said Mr. Andrews. Graphic Story of Shooting. Mr, Funke gave a graphic descrip tion of the shooting of Annis. Stand ing by with his arms folded, the Cap tain waited until Annis" boat swept up beside the float, he said; then, lifting; the obscuring sail, Hains fired several shots at the publisher. Mr. Funke said he saw Captain Hains on the float as Annis' boat came in. Thornton Hains was standing about a yard from the Captai. who seized the boom of the boat wtti his left hand and with his right drew his revolver. Cry ing "Annis," the Captain fired, and al most immediately Thornton Hains aimed a revolver at the witness, who was about seven feet away. The witness said that Captain (Concluded on Page 6.) POPULAR ! Fifty Hondurans Break Loose From Quarters and Shoot Up Town Without Damage. . NEW 0 11 LEANS, La., Dec 18. (Spe cial.) A letter to the Picayune from Puerto Cortez, Spanish Honduras, under date of December 12, says: "Last night 40 or 50 soldiers, having filled up on aguardiente and taking advantage of the absence of the com mandante, mutinied and started up the main stroet firing their guns at every thing in sight They fired into several houses, but, fortunately, no one was hit The home of the American agent of the Central Steamship Company was perforated by one of the bullets. The town was terrorized for a time, and word was immediately dispatched to the United States gunboat Dubuque, which iay outside. ','In the meantime the American Con sul, A- W. Brickwood. Jr., walked into the midst of tho mutineers and warned them to be careful not to Injure any American or other foreigner and re spect foreign property. He talked so earnestly to them, an& pointed to the gunboat out In the harbor, that they sobered up and most of them re turned to their barracks. "In tho meantime the commander of the Dubuqi(fa sent a boatload of Jackics ashore, but the commanding officer, learning that the trouble was over, re turned them to their sTiTp. This caused some criticism by American residents, who feared another outbreak and wanted the protection of the jackics." GLASS WORKERS' STRIKE Trouble With Manufacturers Over Wages May Send Them Out. PITTSBURG., Dec. IS. A strike is imminent among the window-glass workers, numbering from 10,000 to 12,000, throughout the country. The men claim the present rate of wages Is Insufficient for a decent living, while the employers assert that they must have the present csale or shut down their plants. It is also claimed by the workers that the strike situation Is forced on them by reason of needless cuts In the sell ing price of glass. by the manufactur ers. As the men are paid on the basis of a sliding scale, each cut reduces their compensation. - The men demand a fixed wage scale which averages about 25 per cent higher than the present rate. Ac cording to reports received here it is likely the trouble will not be adjusted by night and a strike wilj-esult. Indlctlons point to eithfT capitulation on the part of the Nntlonal Window Glass Workers' Association or one ' of the biggest strikes known to the window glas strade in years. The going Into ef fect of the new wage scales has been postponed from December 19 to Decem ber 22. At Columbus, O., all the window glass manufacturers in tho country will meet to take action on the scale. Manufacturers say that they 'Jiave many orders in their books at prices now prevailing and that the new scale would cause them to lose thousands of dollars. TO RUN THROUGH TRAINS Xorthern Pacific Plans Schedule Between Chicago and Coast. MADISON. Wis.. Dec. 18. It is report ed by railroad men here that the North ern Pacific Railroad Company has en tered into an agreement with the Chi cago & Northwestern and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha roads that will enable it to run through trains from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. This agree ment Is understood to be for the purpose of enabling the contracting roads to meet the competition of the Chicago. Milwau kee & St. Paul, which has constructed a new line to the Pacific Coast. Employes of the Chicago & Northwestern road say that they have been ordered to be pre pared to handle 27 additional trains daily through Madison. Whan tlinrn th nbnv disnatch VeS- udiv A D. Charlton, assistant gen eral passenger agent of the Northern Pacific in tins city, said he naa not been informed of any such arrangement and was of the ooln- ion that if any change in the running of trains from the Kast to tne racinc (.oaai was to be made, affecting the line lie represents, it would be to have addi tional service come over the Burlington, which is owned by the Hill Interests. SHOWS' MEXICAN METHODS Chinaman Tells Row He Was Smug gled Into Country. I5S ANGELES. Dec. 18. What Federal authorities believe to be a complete ex posure of the methods used in bringing Chinese into this -country from Mexico, was made in the United States District Court today bv- Chin Bow. He was called as a witness for the Government in the esse of three Mexicans charged with emuggling Chinese into the United States. Chin Bow was arrested with five other Chinamen and the three defendants, at Imperial Junction last June. Chin Bow identified the. prisoners as the men who led him and his companions across the border. He said the bargain was made with Charlie Sam, a China man, of Ensenada, who made a business of getting Chinese Into this country. Chin Bow said he was to pay the Mexicans J310 to get him Into this country. EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED Steamers Collide and One Sinks Off Goodwin Sands. DOVER. England. Dec. 18. The Swedish steamer Llndholmen. 803 tons, went down off Goodwin sands this morning after a collision with the German steamer Fried-erike-Mueller, IT1) tons, from Ormshy for Stockholm. Eight of the crew of the Llndholmen were drowned. The survivors wece landed here. MustNot Publish Night Rider Evidence. ALL DISOBEY HIS ORDERS Witnesses Tell of Rankin Mur der in Tennessee. TWO MEN ARE IDENTIFIED Band Which Kidnaped Land -owners Threatened Death to Betrayers. Noose Which Strangled Ran kin Put in Evidence. UNION CITT. Tenn.. Dec. IS. The trial of the Night Riders for the murder of Captain Quentin Ranken began today with a solemn warning to the newspapers not to publish the evidence lest perspec tive Juries In loter trials should disqual ify themselves by reading it. He threat ened, if this warning was disregarded, to take steps to enforce his order.- but it was ignored by the large body of news paper men present. The state made material progress, testi mony covering the detaiia of the murder of Captain Ranken being presented. Unkempt, Scowling' Prisoners. The prisoners, unkempt, scowling and silent, paid little attention to the pro ceedings. Only once did they betray any emotion. One witness who had been sworn into the bond against his will, tes. tined that the only, part of the oath he remembered was that providing they would kill him if he revealed anything. At this some of the prisoners grinned. Ed. Powell was an important witness for the state. Powell was dragged from his bed the night of the Ranken murder and forced to accompany the band to the Walnut lug Hotel, from which Ranken and Taylor were taken. Powell said he recognized Garrett Johnson' and Roy Ransom as members of the band. Swore Falsely to Save Life. When the Riders took Ranken snd Tay lor out of the hotel into the woods, they took rowell along,' too, he said. He heard them questioning the two men aa to their title to the land in the Reelfoot district. Near the spot Where Ranken was murdered they halted Powell until the ciime was done. When they asked him if he recognized any of them and he said no. they told him to tell Ward, the hotel proprietor, to come down for the bodies of his guests. Powell was arrested by the soldiers (Concluded on page ft-t INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 33.3 degrees; minimum, 20.0 degrees. TODAY'S Portland and vicinity Fair JiJ continued cold; easterly winds. Foreign. Bultan at opening- of Parliament look! like shabby old Shylock. rage 1 American Consul stops mutiny at Puerto Cortez. Honduras.. Page 1. Holland angry with Germany for welcome to Castro. Page 7. Wilbur Wright breaks two flying records. Page . National. Bunaparte proposes Government have right of appeal in antl-truat cases. Page Ti. Taft selects Knox for Secretary of State; Wickersham may be Attorney-General. Ballinger Secretary of Interior. Page I. British press censures Roosevelt's outburst of vituperation ai.d allenUts say be is mad. Page 1 Gary testitles on steel trust before House committee on tariff. Page 7. Great f raternlzatlon of English and Amer icans at Colombo. Page 7. Taft says he will visit canal annually. Page 7. Domestic Sentence on Pennsylvania Capitol grafters. F'age 0. Judge forbids publication of N'lght Rider evidence, but newspapers disobey. Page 1. Eye-witnesses testify Thrrnton Hains helped brother in shooting Annie. Page 1. Copper men organize; rival to smelter trust. Page 5. . Gushaw'a relatives still doubt Identity of body but undertakers are positive. Page 8. Sport. Baseball Commission censures Chicago Cuba' handling of tickets. Page 7. Pevrdfin Comet. Eugene cirlrens file Injunction to ' restrain Couircll from proposed water system ex penditures. Page 12. Washington dairymen elect offioere and ad journ. Page VI. President Bryan, of Pullman, threatens to -close college unless Plate Treasure;' honors orders for .more funds, rage 12. L'irton Pacific hastens date for bids on con struction of Centralia-Aberdeen line. Page IS. Commercial and Marine. Improvement In all hide markets. Page 17. Late rally in Chicago wheat market. Page 17. , Decline in stock prices cheeked. Page 17. Holiday trade better than last year's Page 17. Inquiries are out asking for bids on an order of S8.0fXl.000 feet of lumber for th West Coast. Page 1ft. Portland and Ylolnlty. Harry Daley convicted of murder In first degree of Harry Kenny. Page 10. Board of Education fixes tax levy for achooi district at 4.1 mills. rage 13. Streetcar Company says it would be put out of business If wires go under ground. Page 18. . Search for tralnrobbera transferred to Hood River. Page 10. Six Jurors selected In first day of Finch trial. Page 10- Paving discussion over North Portland dis trict goes to Council aa a whole. Page 13. Repeal of apprnpriatlpn for purchase of Oregon City lock will be asked, raga 1.