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GENERAL
01 BEEF
Government Will Ac
cuse All Packers.
GIVES NO IMMUNITY BATHS
None of Principals Called Be
fore Grand Jury.
SUBPENAS BY WHOLESALE
Club Orer Railroad rt Extort EtI-
denee or Rebating Employes of
Packers and Cattle Ship
pers Are Summoned.
CHICAGO, Pec !. (Special.)
Search for evidence to establish the
existence of a "beef trust" clearing
house, by whJch evidence certain pack
ing Interests could be Involved In
charges of violating both the anti
rebate and anti-trust laws. Is being
made today by (secret Service men and
gents of various departments of the
.United. States Government. The De
partment of Justice at 'Washington has
Issued orders to District Attorney Sims
and his associates In this city to pro
ceed against all the large packers sus
pected of being in a combination with
reference to prices, control of terri
tory and demands upon railroads.
Force Railroads to Help.
The Government's plan Includes an
attack on many of the large packing
Interests and not on Morris & Co. alone,
and the agents are hard at work to
carry out the order and secure the
proof to sustain the general attack.
An opportunity to strike at railroads.
If only to hold a club over them to
facilitate the furnishing of evidence
against the packers. Is also being
Bought by Federal officials, according
to admissions made by one of the at
torneys. Mr. Sims and his assistants held nu
merous conferences today and prepared
to continue their work all day tomor
row. Edward T. Glennon, counsel for
the New York Central lines, and other
railroad men were in the conferences.
All deputy marshals have been ordered
to be on hand on Monday morning to
carry out orders which Mr. Sims and
his associates will give them and to
serve 150 subpenas on witnesses In the
stockyards.
Subpenas by Hundreds.
All day today batches of subpenas
were sent to Omaha. Kansas City. St.
Louis and other places for railroad and
packers- employes, which Federal offi
cials In those places will serve, and to
which all witnesses railed must re
spond. The subpenas issued today are
not merely for employes of Morris &
Co., hut Include employes both in Chi
cago and other cities of other packing
companies.
The calling of cattle shippers from
Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and
other out-of-town points Is a surprise
to the packers and by many Is taken
as an Indication that the Inquiry hy
the grand Jury will not be limited to
the alleged violations of anti-rebate
regulations.
Give Xo Chance of Immunity.
"The railroad rebates are the most
effective weapons used by the packers
to crowd out the little fellows and to
maintain prices and a trust," said a
leading representative of the DepHrt
ment of Justice today In an Interview.
"Thus the railroad rebate problem and
the anti-trust problem are closely
linked. You will notice In the investi
gation none of the men higher up In
the packing companies and In the rail
roads Is being called as a witness.
Of course, for obvious reasons well
known from the former prosecutions
we are not examining men before the
grand Jury whom we have orders to
prosecu te." 1
Vale. Cfcrlatmaa!
ASSAULT
COMBINE
mmHm toff $&mm fefift
mM
CUT ON FINGER BY
DISH KILLS WOMAN
BLOODPOISOXIXG
PIES WITHIX
SETS IX,
WEEK.
Mrs. Sarah Xoble Meets Accident
While Washing Dishes Uses
Bluing Next Day.
CENTRAL.! A. Wash., Dec. IS. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Sarah Noble died here yes
terday from blood poisoning under very
peculiar circumstances. 'While washing
dishes a week ago she cut her thumb
slightly on the sharp edge of a dish.
On Saturday she did the family washing
and on Sunday the hand and arm began
to swell and to pain her severely. .
A bluish lump appeared near the elbow.
Thinking that a boil was' starting, Mrs.
Noble was not alarmed till Sunday even
ing when the pain became to great that
a physician was sent lor. He failed to
come, as he promised, and on Monday
another was called, who pronounced the
case one of blood poisoning and imme
diately took measures to check It.
All efforts were of no avail and, after
suffering greatly, she died on Christmas
day. It is thought that the poison came
from blueing In the washing.
Mrs. Noble was born in Bloomingdale,
111., In 3S55. She and her husband have
lived In Washington since 1879, and in
Centralia for the last three years. Be
sides her husband, she leaves four broth
ers, six sisters and three children.
QUICKSAND IN FOUNDATION
I nstable Soil Adds $500,000 to Cost
of Northwestern Depot.
CHICAGO. Dec. 26. (Special.) A
stratum of treacherous quicksand under
lying the site of the new 20,00fl.0ii0 sta
tion of the Chicago & Northwestern Kail-
road, now under construction, will add
about $300,000 to the cost of the struc
ture, owing to the increased difficulty of
sinking the foundation pillars. This In
formation has been given to the railroad
company by the George A. Fuller Com
pany, which has In turn been told to go
ahead with the construction of the build
ing at any cost.
Interesting pneumatic processes are
now being used to overcome the difficul
ties presented by the unstable soil. En
gineers eay that Chicago soil Is nllve
with quicksand In the territory about the
river banks. Two engineering experts
who handled the situation in New York
at the laying of two big river tunnels of
the subway, when quicksand there fur
nished the gravest engineering problem
of the kind in the history of America,
were called by telegraph and are at work
solving the problem, presented.
JUDGE REMEMBERS VICTIMS
New York Magistrate Gives Men He
Has Sentenced Gifts.
AI.BANY,N. Y., Dec. 26. An unusual
incident in prison life, that of a County
Judge presenting Christmas gifts to
the convicts he had sentenced to prison
during the jar. was reported today by
C V. Collins, State Superintendent of
Prisons. A box was received at Clinton
Prison yesterday accompanied by a let
ter from J. J. Moore, of Fort Plains,
County Judge of Montgomery County,
requesting that the contents of the box
be presented to those named If not
against prison rules.
The recipients were prisoners whom
the Judge had sentenced to the insti
tution during the present year. Super
intendent Collins authorized Uie distri
bution of the gifts.
VAGRANT HEIR TO FORTUNE
Handsome, Well-Educated Powell
Sentenced to Workhouse.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 26. (Spe
cial.) Heir to more than $750,000.- to
broad acres on the Potomac, and entitled
to a high position in Baltimore society.
William James Powell, known far and
wide among the hobos as "Slim." was
sentenced today to serve ISO days in the
workhouse on a vagrancy charge. He
was at once made head trusty.
Powell is a soldier of fortune, with a
wonderful record of adventure: hand
some, refined and educated. Among the
yeggmen and tramps he is as much at
home as in polished society, and his other
side is as seamed as his gentle actiors
are good. Little more than 24, he has
..eon years of the roughest life.
SOME OF THE INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE CLOSING YEAR ARE DULY CHRONICLED BY HARRY MURPHY'S HUMOROUS PEN
"What's the rnrr
fJO
ONE RESISTS
OF GOMEZ
Even Castro's Brother
Readily Submits.
ALL TURN ON EX-PRESIDENT
Many Suits Will Cause Him
Loss of $2,000,000.
EXILES INVITED TO RETURN
Castro's Cattle Monopoly Abolished.
Press Freed, Dispute With Co
lombia Settled Castro's Or
ders Meet With Derision.
CARACAS, Wednesday, Dec. 23., via
Port of Spain, Trinidad. Dec. 25. The
Presidency of Juan Vicente Gomez has
been received by the country at large,
officially and unofficially, and Venezuela
is through wilth one of the most popular
revolutions In the annals of the Republic,
a revolution In which not a drop of blood
is shed.
The authority of President Gomez Is
accepted supreme. Even General Celes
tino Castro, brother of the ex-President,
who was Chief of the Department of
Tachlra, has turned over to the new mil
itary commander of that district all the
arms and ammunition in his possession;
amounting to 6"i00 rifles and 3,000.000
rounds of ammunition. Celestino Cas
tro's acceptance of the new regime is
regarded as final and conclusive evidence
that his brother is no longer a factor in
the political situation.
Castro Sued for Millions.
President Gomez is showing in many
ways his desire to propitiate ail inter
ests, promote business, both local and
foreign and Improve foreign relations.
Cipriano . astro is being sued In the
Caracas courts for moneys and property
alleged to have been obtained wrong
fully. Among othera Madame Crespo,
widow of ex-President Crespo, has
brought action to recover two years' rent
of the Miraflore8 Palace In Caracas.
This beautiful building was erected by
her husband when he was President and
it has been used by Cipriano Castro since
his triumphant entry Into Caracas, nine
years ago. These various actions prob
ably will result In Castro's losing prop
erty to the, value of $2,000,000, which he
left behind in Venezuela when he sailed
for France, about a month ago.
Monopoly Dead, Press Free.
The doors of Venezuela have been
opened to all Venezuelans residing abroad
and all agitators have been urged to re
turn. The cattle monopoly, maintained
for so many years oy Cipriano Castro,
has been abolished and the press has been
given its freedom. All the political pris
oners In the land, excepting the men who
were connected with the recent plot to
assassinate President Gomez have been
freed and the President has settled the
dispute with his neighbor on the west, the
United States of Colombo. This diffi
culty had existed for many years and
arose over a contested boundary line.
Castro's Belligerent Order.
Jose de J. Paul, who was Minister of
Foreign Affairs in the Castro Cabinet,
received two days ago a dispatch from
Cipriano Castro, at Berlin, as follows:
"Declare the Dutch warships pirates.
Suspend the payments to the powers un
der the Washington protocol. I am for
warding you a solution ot the difficulty."
The communication has been received
here with ridicule.
TRAFFIC BY SEA RESUMED
Curacoa Steamer Starts to Take
Cargo at Maracaibo.
"WILLEMSTADT, Dec. 26. The Im
provement In the relations between
the Netherlands and Venezuela has re
sulted already in a resumption of com
munication by sea between the repub-
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The American Comedy Opens in
I-ittaburs;.
POWER
i i
WIDE SCOPE OF ANNUAL.
Every important industry of
Portland and Oregon, and the
progress in all lines made dur
ing 1908, will receive attention
in the New Year' edition of The
Oregonian to be printed next Fri
day. Few publications have been
so thorough or o valuable in ex
ploiting the resources of this
state. Most of the articles are
being prepared by writers who
are known as authorities on the
subjects treated. Besides the
contributed matter, there will be
numerous articles by Oregonian
staff members.
The pictorial features of the
Annual will be all that could be
desired. There will be typical
scenes of Oregon dairies, farms
and orchards, as well as illustra
tions of mining, lumbering and
irrigation. Some of the most
striking pictures will show Port
land's fine harbor. Photographs
and drawings, portraying the
city's building growth and park
extension, will also be repro
duced. The Annual will be issued Jan
uary 1, 1909, and the price will
be 5 cents a copy.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 47
desrves; minimum. S9 degree
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Gomea' power firmly established ; many suits
begun ay a in st Castro.
American who bought auto with forged
checks sentenced in Paris.
National.
Roosevelt telN reasons for not interfering
in labor boycott caw. Section 1. page 3.
Railroad Senators nervous at Fulton's de
mand for action on rate bill. Section 1,
page 2.
Government summons Jtost of witnesses
ajrainst beef trust, but will give prin
cipals no immunfty. Secttoa 1. page 1.
Believed Ambassador Griscom will resign.
Section 2, page 5.
Domestic.
Jury trying Beach Hargis for killing father
disagrees. Section 1. page 2.
Henry W. Poor, leading broker, fails. Sec
tion 1, page 7.
Massachusetts girl coming to Falem to
marry student lower. Section 1, page 1.
Pittsburg reformers, backed by corporations
will have bribers arrested. Section 1,
page 1.
ctnum Sprecke:, California sut'tr -king," dead.
Section 1. page 5.
Troops sent to sceno of Kentucky miners
riot. Section 1. page 7.
Defense of Halns opens after adverse ruling
by court. Section 1. page 7.
Kev to Etruscan inscriptions found by Stan
ford professor will revolutionize Roman
history. Section 1, page 1.
Real KM ate.
Portland's business district is growing to
ward northwest. Section 3, page S.
Tract of Oregon land for farms on Roosevelt
plan put on market. Section 3. pago 8.
One company to build 400 houses in ad
dition. Section S, page 9.
BulMing permits for month to date are over
v $850. OOu. Section 3. page St.
Sport.
Sam I,angford new Idol of San Francisco
fight fans, section . page t.
Harry B. Smith writes about Pacific Coast
League meeting. Section 4. page 4.
New Year paper chase of Portland Hunt
Club to be classy event. Section 4,
page 5.
All floor space taken for automobile show
next March. Section 4. page 4.
Spokane Northwestern league team under
new management. Section 4. page 5.
Coast League Is to open Portland season
April 13. Section 4, page 5.
Multnomah Club team losea but one game
during season. Section 4, page 3.
Chemawa Indians defeat Catholics by score
of Jl to 0. Section 4. page 4.
Malonoy. new arrival from Ireland, breaks
Marathon record. Section 2. page 3.
Johnson willing to fight Burns again, but
will keep him waiting. Section 2, page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Onion Growers 'Association appoints selling
agents. Section 4, page 7.
Hop stocks in farmers hands on Pacific
Coast. Section 4, page 7.
New York bsnk statement shows heavy re
duction in loans and deposits. Section 4,
page 7.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. charter Norwegian
ship Arrunmore to carry lamber to West
Coast. Section 4, page 6.
Portland and Vicinity.
Board of Education announces estimate of
expenditures for new year. Section 2,
page 10.
Pioneer railroad transfer boat Tacoma goes
out of commission. Section 4, page 6.
Dr. Brouglfcer may be called to Boston.
Union labor measures to be Introduced in
Legislature. Saction 4. page 8.
Sensations sprung by defense in Finch trial
fall Mat. Section 2. page 10.
T. P. A. holds annual meeting and banquet.
ie-electing old officers. Section 1, page 8.
Three nations are searching for Edward
Payson Fitch. Section 1. page 5
Harriman plans to complete extension to
Puget Sound during coming year. Sec- I
tluu 3. page 10.
Mother comes from Duluth to help daughter,
but cannot find her. Section 3, page 10.
President Schurman, of Cornell, says Sher
man act should be repealed. Section 4,
page K.
About Done.
PLAN ARREST OP
40 MORE THIEVES
Pittsburg Reformers
After "Higher-ups"
RAILROADS BACK MOVEMENT
Cheaper to Oust Grafters Than
Pay Their Price.
SEARCHLIGHT ON BANKS
More Suspected of Bribery Voters'
League After 17 More Council
men Carnegie Puts Up
Money for Reform.
CORPORATIONS AID REFORM.
FITTsBL'RG. Dec 26. (Special.)
A sensational story Is Roinit th
rounds today that the Pennsylvania
Railroad and other big industrial
and financial interests are back of
the Councilmanlc bribery expose. It
was said that corporations were put
to such an expense In setting through
any legislation for improvements and
extensions that they decided it would
be cheaper to spend a larye Fum In
ousting all the grafters than it would
be to pay them their price.
It is said the Pennsylvania Ratl
roal within the coming year has some
great Improvements planned, per
mission to complete which will re
quire ordinances to be iut through
the City Councils.
PITTSBURG. .Dec. 26. About 0 more
arrests in the Council bribery scandalare
promised by the Voters' League, accord-
ins to a statement made today by Leo
Weil, president of the league. Other of
ficers of the league say they have plenty
of evidence against many persons, who,
it is said, will be arrested.
The first meeting of Council" since the
disclosures were made is scheduled for
Monday night. Clarence Burleigh, coun
sel for Joseph Wassan, Jacob Soffel and
T. O. Atkinson, of the seven accused
Councllmen, stated tonight that he would
advise his clients to continue their duties.
Punish Bribers Equally.
T. D. Harmon, a member of the ex
acutive committee of the Voters' League,
said:
"Pittsburg's Councilmanic corrupters,
the real root of the bribery evil here, will
suffer equally with those who fell before
their temptations. The Voters' League is
not In this thing for any political rea
son, -for there Is not a member of the
executive body who would accept a pub
lic office if it were given him. We Intend
to clean up the city and this is the first
move. Other sensations will follow and
the men who are attempting to frighten
us by threats or counter-suits soon will
learn whether or not we are in earnest."
Examining More Banks.
It was reported today that a number of
new banks were undergoing a thorough
examination in connection with the re
port that certain financial institutions
had paid W76.000 for the privilege of
handling the city's funds, but Govern
ment officials refused to either confirm or
deny the story.
According to a report published here
today, 17 members of Councils have been
notified that they are under surveillance
and that they must not leave the city.
It is also alleged that the 17 men have
been told definitely that they will be
called upon to answer charge in connec
tion -with the bribery prosecutions.
That they were simply playing a game
of politics and wanted to see how far
the detectives would take them, it is re
ported, would" be the defense of eome of
the accused Councilmen when their cases
are tried in court.
Carnegie Aids House-Cleaning.
The story told In the fashionable Du
quesne Club and the Pittsburg Club is
that the same men who told Pittsburg
conditions to President Roosevelt also
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H. S. V. P.
ACROSS CONTINENT
TO MARRY CHOICE
MASSACHUSETTS GIRL TO GO TO
SALEM, OR., FOR WEDDIXG.
Romance Started in Childhood and
Continued Unruffled Through
out School Days.
MIDDLEBORO, Mass.. Dec. 26 Although
the entire continent separates her from
her fiancee, Miss Florence McDermid,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mc
Dermid, of Star avenue. Is undaunted,
for the coming week she will start
alone for Salem, Or., where she will
meet her sweetheart. Way land Chace,
formerly of this town. There she will
become the brido of her schoolday
sweetheart, and they will make their
home in Salem, where the groom-elect
is a landscape engineer.
The romance is one of the pleasant
kind, for it dates back to their child
hood days when they played together.
Both went to school together and both
wore members of the same class which
was graduated from the High School
In 1903. All through their school days
their courtship was all sunshine, and
when they left the High School they
were still sweethearts.
Miss McDermid attended a business
school in Boston, while Mr. Chace, who
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred P.
Chace, of Pearl street, attended the
Massachusetts Agricultural College at
Amherst. Miss McDermid later ac
cepted a position with the telephone
company here as stenographer and ,1aut
was clerk to ihe Board of Selectmen. As
soon as Mr. Chace finished his course
he went to the Pacific Coast.
HERO OF GRIDIRON MARRIES
Forbes, of Oregon, One of Yale's
Best, Takes Bride.
MIDDLETON, Conn.. Dec. 25. (Spe
cial.) Robert W. Forbes, one of Yale's
best football players, has married Miss
Bertha T. Bacon, of this city.
Forbes played end and tackle on the
Yale team in 1305 and 1906 and was
named on the All-American team as
end in 1S06. He was elected captain
of the Wesleyan team In 1905, but ow
ing to conditior.3 in his studies was not
allowed to play. He left college and
went to Yale.
He is in the lumber business in
Wendling, Or., where he took his bvide.
RETURN CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Chicago Officials Barred From Ac
cepting Contractors' Presents.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2fi. Contractors who
have been in the habit of playing Santa
Claus to employes and officials of the
Board of Improvement of the local city
government were invited to discontinue
the practice today. While the rule does
not go into effect until next Christmas,
Colonel H. S. Dietrich, president of the
board, and four members, today returned
a valuable array of presents received to
day. The new rules owe their existence
primarily to the fact that the Board of
Improvements annually passes on some
$8,000,000 in contracts with the city.
LOOK INTO STOCK MARKET
Investigation of Produce and Cotton
Exchanges First.
vpw vnR rec. 26. The New York
Produce and the New York Cotton Ex
changes will be the first ones investi
gated by the commission appointed by
Governor Hughes to inquire into the
nnntiict nf the New York exchanges.
This was decided upon at a meeting
of the comission today, cnairman
White said it probably would take the
commission three months to finish its
work. The commission will meet again
on January 4.
USED 4,000,000 TREES
Christmas- Custom's Inroads on For
ests Upheld by Plnchot.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The native
forests this year supplied 4.000.000 Christ
mas trees, the Forestry Service estimat
ing that one out of every four families
rthcerverl the tree custom at Yuletide.
Gifford Pinchot. United States Forester,
upholds the Christmas tree custom and
believes that It should be maintained.
Jea' Lookta 'Round.
SHEDS NEW LIGHT
ST
Hempl Finds Key to
Etruscanlnscriptions.
OVERTURNS ACCEPTED THEORY
Proves Romans and Etruscans
Were of One Race.
CONFIRMS STORY OF ENEID
Stanford Professor In One Xlghf
Solves Mystery of People Who
Preceded Romans Must Re
state Ancient History.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal.. Doe.
26. (Special.) The key which bares
the secrets so long hidden behind the
Etruscan and old Italic inscriptions has
at last been discovered by Professor
George Hempl. the holder of the philo
logical chair at Stanford University,
and the manners, customs and history
of a people today practically unknown
may be read in the future as in a book.
Experienced In his investigations of
old German inscriptions and rune.
Professor Hempl was able to accom
plish in a single night the feat under
taken by science nges ago and never
before pushed to a successful conclu
sion. Members of the faculty who were
present at the lecture of Dr. Hempl
before the Stanford Phililogical Asso
ciation today declined that the discov
ery is a veritable triumph and will have
far-reaching results. It will necessitate
a re-stating of ancient Roman .history
and It will throw a flood of light on
many disputed facts (it Laiin grammar
and etymology.
Romans and Etruscans One Race.
It has been the generally accepted
view among historians that the Etrus
cans were an element entirely foreign
to their neighbors, tho Romans. This
theory is entirely and conclusively
overturned by Professor Hempl, whosu
investigations prove a great similarity
between the Roman and Etruscan lan
guages and make pus"'1'1-' nl' "9
conclusion, that the Etruscans and Ro
mans sprang from one race, which, fol
lowing the old legend, wandered to
Italy from Troy after the fall of that
great city. Thus Virgil's Eneld is sub
stantiated by scientific proof. Dr.
Hempl's discovery Is yet in Its infancy.
Out of 8000 inscriptions he has read
but 50. yet the-little work he has done
has been sufficient to convince him that
the old idea or distinct races is entirely
erroneous. f
Applauded by Faculty.
When Dr. Hempl unfolded his discov
ery to the little group of educators In
the president's council-room today anil
proved that the Latin and Etruscan
tongues were from the same root, ha
received prolonged and hearty ap
plause. A full scholarly treatise upon
the subject of Etruscan inscriptions
written by Dr. ricmpl will be read be
fore the meeting of the American Phil
ological Association, which is to bo
held at Toronto next Spring. Profes
sor Hempl Intends to go on with his
work on the Etruscan Inscriptions.
Read German Inscriptions.
Professor Hempl attributes his success
with the riddle which has so long puzzled
science to his experience In studying in
scriptions In other languages and coun
tries, notably Germany. For several
years he has been quietly working with
succ ss In German fields, but his dis
coveries have not been of the startling
importance of his last. At the conclu
sion Dr. Hempl was made the recipient
of many congratulations by his col
leagues. In discussing the discovery.
President Jordan said:
Changes Views of History.
"Professor Hempl has made a most
Important discover"- He has been study
ing inscriptions In many countries, so
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