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m -Uj.f t 1 1. m- .yim COVINS THK MORNING FIBXD ON TMt LOWIR COLUMBIA PUBLItHKB FWLtn ' 'Sl PAIS RIPONT, 4 .; 'iH 4 ft, k1 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LVIV.'" NO. J I Jttipitti '- ..' ' TO CONORE S President Presents Phases : of National Charges.. FORESTRY IS AN ISSUE Labor Question is Discussed at Considerable Length in Message. REPRESENTATION FOR ALASKA President Says Corporations' Attitude Must Bo Ona of Publlolty Rathor Than of Secrecy In tho Future. Other Issues Diseuseed. ,....,,- Wsshlnglon, Dec. I. To tho Senate and House of Represen tallVMi Tho nation continues to nJoy note worthy prosperity. Such prosperity I of courot primarily duo to tho high Individual" average of our cltlsonahlp. taken together with our great natural ronourroa; but an Important factor therein la tht working of our long continued governmental policies. Tho people have emphatically expressed tholr approval of tho principles under lying the polltlea, and their desire ' that these principles bo kept substan tlnlly unchanged, although of course applied In a progressive aplrlt to meet changing condltlona. The enlargement of erope of the functions of tho national government required by our development as a na tion Involves, of course. Increase of ex pense; and tho period of proaperlty through which tho country la passing Jusllfles expenditures for permanent Improvements fur greater than would bo wise In hard times. Battle shlpa and forts, publlo buildings, and Im proved waterways are Investments which should be made when wo havo the money, but abundant revenues and a largo surplus alwaya Invito extrava gance, and constant care ehould be taken to guard against unnecessary Increase of tho ordinary oipenaea of government. The cost of doing gov ernment business should bo regulated with the sumo rigid scrutiny as tho cost of doing a private business. Capital and Labor. In the vust and complicated mecha Ism of our modern civilised life the dominant note la the noU of Industrial; Ism: and the relations of 'capita! and labor, and especially of organised capi tal and organised labor, to enoh other and to the public at large come second In Importance only to the Intimate questions of fnmtly life. Our peculiar form of government, with Its hnrn dl-1 vision of authority: between, the nation mid the several states, has been on the whole far more advantageous to our development than a more strongly cen tralised government. But It Is undoubt edly resionslblo for much of the diffi culty of meeting with adequate legisla tion the new problems presented by the total change In Industrial conditions on this continent during tho last half proved exceedingly dlfflcult, and in many cases Impossible, to get unan imity of wise action among the various states on these subjects. From the very nature of the case this Is especially true of the laws' affecting the employ ment of capital lg hugs masses. With regard to labor the problem is no less Important, but It Is simpler. As long a the'states retain the pri mary coptrol of the police power the circumstances must be altogether ex treme which require Interference by the federal authorities. I helleve that under modern Indus trial conditions ft Is often necessary, and even where not necessary It Is ,'et often wise, that there should be organ isation of labor In order better to se cure the rights of yle Indl'vlduaWwage- ' worker. All encodragenjent should be given to any such organlBfttfon, so long as it is conducted with a due and decent regard for the rights of others There are In this country some labor unions which havo habltually.and other labor unions which havo ofteri,) been '. among the . mtxti effectlv agents In working for good1 VWxelislirtP ' nd ' for uplifting tho condition of those whose welfare should bo closest to our hearts. Ttuf when any labor union seeks Im flrhper ends, or seeks to achieve proper ends by Improper means, all good citi zens and more especially all honorable publlo servants must oppose tho wrong doing as resolutely as they would op pose tho wrongdoing pf any great cor poration. Of course any violence, brutality, or corruption, should not for one moment be' tolerated. Wie-workers have an entire right to organise and by all peaceful and honorable means to endeavor to persuade their fellows to Join with, tbem In organi sations. They havo a legal right, which, according to clrcumatances, may or may not be a moral right, to refuse to work In company with men who decline to Jot nthelr organisations. They have under no circumstances the right to commit violence upon those, whether capitalists or wage-workers, who re fuse te support their organisations, or who side with those with whom they are at odds; for mob rule Is Intoler able In any form. Corporations. When we come to deal with groat corporations tho need for the govern ment to act directly Is far greater than In tho cane of labor, because great cor porations can become such only by en Interstate commerce, and Interstate commerce la peculiarly the field of the general government. It la an absurd ity to expect to eliminate the abuses In great corporations by state action. It Is difficult to be patient with an argu ment that such matters should be left to tho states, because more than one state pursues tho policy of creating on easy terms corporations which are never operated Within that state at all, but In other states whose laws they Ignore. The national government alone can deal adequately with theae great corporations. ' '7 ' ' . A recent speech by the president of one of our great railroad systems to the, employes of that system contains (Continued on Page Four.) SENATE IN SESSION Hears the Reading of President Roosevelt's Message. PENNYPACKER ON MORALS If Senator Knox Is a Good Bey Ho Can Have His Job Until tho Moot ing of tho Next Legislature Senators Smile. Washington, Dec. $. The senate was In session more than two hours today, and In addition to listening to the read ing of the president's message, received the-preliminary report of the merchant marine commission, also witnessing tho Induction of Senator Knox and Crane to office,;' ',',. . . t , j " The reading of the commissions of the two senators was attended with more , than ordinary Interest on ac count ojf tfleV ' prominence, -and ,jthe senatofsgeneFafiy, did not fall to note tho peculiar wording of Governor Pen nypacker'a communication in which he conferred the office of senator upon Mr. Knox, empowering him to hold it with all emoluments and prlvelegea until the next meeting of the legislature of the state with tho proviso; "If he shall so long behve himself well." Following this, tho presidential nomi nations were referred to the appropriate committees. The nominations were as follows: Attorney genera), William H. Moody, Massachusetts. . 1 f , Postmaster general, Robert J. Wynne, Pennsylvania ! Secretary of the navy, Paul Morton, Illinois. ' , - . ( Secretary commerce and labor, Victor J. Metcalf, California. Consul at Canton, China, Henry B. MUler, Oregon. Judge district court, Alaska, Royal A. Ounnlson, New York. rhlef Justice supreme court, Hawaii, Wdltvi V. Frear, Hawaii. Commission Indian affairs, Francis E. Leupp, District of olumbla. Governor Alaska, John Q. Brodln, Alaski . . Surveyor general of Alaska, William U Distill, Illinois. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will take a rest. He will not have a monopoly on that Basure, - however, as his Bible Class wtll get 'one, too.' ALL CONVICTED Federal Jury Finds Against Land Fraud Defendants. MARIE WARE EXEMPTED McKinleyand Confederates Now ' Face a Term in State's Prison. ' '"' ' HENEY ROASTS THE DEFENSE Jury Only Requires 35 Minutes In Its Deliberation and Returns a Verdict Soon so a Ballot Can Bo Takon. Portland, Dec. ' I. In almost record time the Jury In the federal court this afternoon returned a verdict against the principal defendants In the land frauds trial, and the famous case came to an end. ' Mario Ware, upon tho Instruction of the court, was exonerated, but 8. A. D. Puter. Horace O. McKlnley, Emma Watson and D. W. Tarpley stand con victed of conspiracy to defraud the United States government. Day commenced with a closing argu ment, and then followed In the behalf of the government.' Forover two hours Heney spoke without ceasing, and the defendants writhed under tho scoring he received from the prosecuting at torney, pregnant as his remarks were with bitter sarcasm and denunciation for the prlaoners and their attorneys. The attorneys for tho defense came In for their share of excoriation for the manner In which they havo conducted helr case, and, step by step, fact by fact, Heney analysed the pertinent points In the case and his argument will make him famous In the annals of criminal trial In Portland. His argu ment was closed by an earnest appeal to the Jury to return a verdict against the guilty defendants, and he asked that none bo spared, and that no cog nisance bo taken of tho fact that among them were women. Mrs. Wat son was one of the accused persona It waa noon when Heney finished. At 1 o'clock Judge Bellinger delivered his charge to the Jury, and In It he consumed but -ten mlnutea The Jury retired to deliberate end at J: SO they returned. V "Gentlemen," taked the court, "have you agreed upon a verdict?" "Wo have, your honor," and the bail iff handed tho verdict to tho court who passed It to the clerk. "We, the Jury," read the clerk, "find the defendants, Emma U Watson, 8, A. D. Puter.'. Horace Q, McKlnley, D. W- Tarpley and Frank H. Wolgamut guilty of the crime of conspiracy to de fraud the government of a part of the public land township south II, range 7 east, aa charged. Wo find defendant Mario L. Ware, not guilty." "Is that your verdict, gentlemen?" asked the court. "It la," waa the reply of the fore man, and the long trial was a thing of the past. Honey's Exooration. In his address Heney said: "Now we come to another phase of the situation. We .brought Governor Richards out here at great expense, the defense saya, for tho purpose of attacking Hermann. What wo did It for was this, we wanted to prove that Hermann transmitted the two false affidavits which Puter and Watson In troduced at Washington, and that Mrs. Watson was living with Puter. "All of this talk about 1100,000 prose cutions la absurd," declared Mr. Heney, taking up another phase of the de fense's argument. "We have ' brought here any person we deemed necessary because the government of the United States Is In earnest In this case for the purpose of stopping the robbery of Us public lands, and not tor the purpose of convicting these defendants for the mere sake of securing a conviction. "The defense," thundered Mr. Heney, "saked us why we didn't get after the big cortKratlon whonv It was stated, haff'Tobbed the country' of more land than theso defendants ever thought of. We propose to stop the stealing of public lands whether the conspirators be railroads, or United Htateo senators or surveyor generals, or governors, or congressmen, or corporations. And If the actions of these defendants are but a cloak to conceal the operations of a corporation, wo wilt find It out. "Now let us come to the next thing," continued Mr. Heney, his eyes flash ing and his tone that of a man in deadly earnest. "It is charged here by the defense that I have unnecessarily dragged Into this case the private life of the defendants. I say I, because I want to assume the entire responsibil ity for bringing that class of evidence Into this case, I was to blame for It, although John Hall would not say It - They say It Is a shame and a dis grace to bring the private Uvea of the defendants to tho light when It was unnecessary for our case. Gentlemen of tho Jury, they even went eo far aa to drag the name of Joel Ware Into this case, a man who was loved by everybody who knew him and whose reputation for honor, honesty and In tegrity was almost a proverb In the community In which be lived. Gentle men of the Jury, Joel Ware Is looking down from heaven today crying for vengeance upon the man who dragged bis fair, young daughter down Into the mire of crime and degradation. I refer to Horace McKlnley. "There Is no man on the face of this earth who deplores more than I that the name of any woman should be dragged into a criminal case. Why was It done, you ask yqureelvee, and the defense asks the aame question. Why was It brought Into this cose, and why have tho defense kept away from It? What Is the story? "Puter and Watson were In Washing ton making false affidavits. She said that seh had borrowed money and was about to lose the lands she had mort gaged. We had to show that Watson and Porter were the same person, and (Continued on Page S.) FORTRESS HQLDSQUT SL Petersburg Officials Say the tnd Is Not Yet. BATTLESHIPS BELIEVED SAFE Japanese Reports of Losses of Ruoaians Before 203-Meter Hill Ridioulod Aa Being Impossible Other War News, St Petersburg, Dec. 5. Although tho war office and the admiralty are still without direct news from Port Arthur, a confidence In the ability of the fort ress to hold out Is still expressed. Reports from Toklo of the shelling of battleships and the recapture of 300 Meter hill are considered misleading. According to high officer of the gen eral staff, warships would be able to seek shelter from firing from 203-Meter hill by anchoring behind Antse hill peninsula. ..-. Reports that the Russians are clear ing the mine fields outside the harbor Is taken as evidence that the squadron Is preparing to move out to this anchor-' age to secure,-, the protection of the shore batteries. Toklo's. reports of the loss of 3000 men In the attempt to recapture 203 Meter hill Is ridiculed in view of the counter attacks being made when the loss of 300 men would have crippled resistance. Toklo, Dec. 6 (Noon.). The Rus sians are nightly attacking 203-Meter hill In a determined endeavor to retake the summit of the ground In conten tion. ; The JnoaneBe are Increasing their defenses on the position and have suc ceeded so for In repelling all the as saults. The Russians have suffered the heaviest losses, and It Is estimated that they have sacrificed 2000 men in an effort to recapture the ground, which the Japanese are confident In their ability to hold. Observations Indicate that the garrison la feeling the shortage of men. The works against the forts on Sung Shu mountain, eastward, are progres sing speedily and all Indications point to. an early general assault although the date when It will begin Is kept secret It Is "expected- that the next general assault will prove successful. GIRL'S PLIGHT Found Unconscious in the Streets of Portland. NOT IDENTIFIED AS YET No Evidence of Poison Is Re vealed by the Physicians' Examination. GIRL WORE GOOD CLOTHING Case lo a Mystery as no Identification Could Be Secured During the . Day Case Way Be One of Assault, Portland, Dec C Unconscious, but bearing no marks of violence or Indica tions of having taken drugs, a woman was found lying beneath the trees at Beech and Gantenbeln streets at 7:30 o'clock this morning. She has not been Identified. She has been token, to Good Samaritan hospital and it is thought she will recover. ' , . At a late hour this afternoon the wo man gave signs of regaining consrious- neas. There is nothing about her whereby she can' positively be Identl fled and the authorities are waiting im patiently for her to tell the story of how she camp to be in the plight In which she was discovered. A. H. Boyland, genera agent for the International Harvester Company, who resides with his father-in-law, T. C. Boom, on the opposite corner from the vacant lot where the woman lay, found her when he started to his office this morning. She waa carried Into the house, where she waa attended by Dr. W. B. Hamilton of 430 Williams ave nue. When found, the woman was suffer ing light convulsions, but her clothing was In no way disarranged. It waa at first thought she had taken poison. but examination of the contents of the stomach failed to reveal the presence of any drug. She appeared stupefied and daxed. . The woman was well-dressed and ap parently was enjoying prosperity. On her handkerchief, which had a black border, waa worked "Orgele." About her neck ' was a short gold chain, to which was attached a gold locket On this locket were the isitlals, "F. H.' Those marks were the only things about her that supplied a clew to her Identity. . She Is a woman about 25 years old and waa wearing a gold wedding ring. tier hands are calloused, as though she had be&n doing hard work. Her shoes are new,' possibly being worn for 'the first time.' Her hair had been' bleached. She was' wearing a dark,' heavy qpat, nearly new, with a ' silk shawl over her. shoulders.' 'her headgear 'was ' a crush traveling hat and when 'found she was using that for a headrest 4 ' In her purse, whlph lay beside her,- was found $4.20,' but no papers of any kind. The laundry mark on her col lar appeared to be "F.'AVl." ! A careful search of the lot In the vicinity of where she was found did not reveal anything. "I think the woman will regain con sciousness," said Dr. Hamilton this morning. "I gave her medicine to stop the convulsions and her pulse Is con siderably better. She may not revive before tomorrow." A large number of people from Up per Alblna called at the Boom home to see If they could Identify the woman, but no one knew her. She is now at Good Samaritan hospital. Fifteen Killed at Football. Des Moines, Dec 6. Calvin Farmer, of Sac City, Iowa, seventeen years old, is dead as the result of Injuries re ceived in a football game with the team from Lake City on Thanksgiving day. The lad was playing left half back, and was thrown while carrying the ball. Injuring his stomach. PerlT tonttis developed later. ' Fourteen deaths from -football had occurred this year, Op to yesterday. Farmer's Is the fifteenth. Thirteen fa talities were caused by the game last year, BIQ DIAMOND STEAL. Vancouver Msn Victimized in Sum of , Ton Thousand Dollar. Vancouver, B. C. Dec A. Lowe, a Jeweler, reported to the chief of police today that his store had been robbed of ten thousand dollars worth of dia monds last night He stated that ha believed that he knew who had taken the gems and thought the man would probably go to Seattle whither be has followed the suspected man. - Handsome .Gift New York, Dec, VA full length portrait of Baron Arnold Leroy, exe cuted by the great painter, Anton Van Dyck, has been presented by George A. Hearn to the Metropolitan Museum of this city., It is valued at' 145.000 regarded as one of the most Important and Interesting examples of the great Dutch painter. The canvas was Im ported about two and a half years ago. It was probably painted about 130 and belonged , to the artists so-called Genoese period. ' Argentine Students. . Ithaca, N. T. Dec. I. Two members of the International Council for the promotion of Womens" Emestlna and Elvira Lopes, of the Argentine repub lic, have a rived at Cornell, where they will study the system of coeducation of women. They will remain as stu dents In the university for several weeks, when they will go te Harvard to study the system there, r ' Secretary Shaw says money is cheap and plentiful. He evidently had been circulating around among his party friends who had Just collected their election bets. : ; ' ' MORE RACE SUICIDE i : r .- Germany Is Committing it at Rapid Rate. BIRTH RATE ALARMS OFFICIALS Statistical Bureau Says the . Outlook for Satisfactory Flight of the Storks Is Anything But Promising, .Berlin, Dec . Official rtatistles covering 24 years' show a steady and ' noticeable decrease in the birth rate to the large cities In Germany; in slte of the fact that the marriage rate ia higher than In cities of less than 1C, 009 inhabitants and in the country. Berlin Which passed the two million mark In December, 'presenta the heav iest decrease In the birthrate In the period from' 189 to 1900 It averaged 28.1 against 44 S from 1875 to 1830.' . The highest birth rate is In tho great Industrial centers'-of ' the Rheinlsh province. In Essen-the average ia 47.7 and in Cologne 40.1. The manage rate ia highest in Berlin, . 21.1 nd in the other great-cities H Am 17.J1 per thousand .v t. c4.i 1 The statistical -bureau .. points, v. out that thla portends a considerable, fl- , ling oft In the .. national - .birth ,rate, tho decline, ia the great cities .with en increasing proportion of people , and, a high marriage. rate are most important In the general effect , ,-., . MARKETS New Tork Silver, E 1-8. .' Union Pacific, 114, preferred 5. Chicago December wheat opened at $111 S-8; closed at 11.10 7-8; barley 4251c; flax $1.13; northwestern, $1.27H. San Francisco Cash wheat, $1.50. Portland Wheat for export Walla Walla, 80c; bluestem, 85c; milling, Walla Walla, 83c;. bluestem, 88c; val ley, 8714c. For eastern markets, Wal la Walla, 85c; bluestem. 0c. Tacoma Wheat, bluestem, 89c; club, 86c. Tacoma Wheat, club, 81c A man has recently died in Missouri at the advanced age, of 104. It Is stated that he .was an "Old Hickory" demo crat and that his life waa cut short by the election returns from, Missouri'.