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UtKIHtt FULL AMOOtATBO PRIM HtPOHT CJOVBRS THI MORNINQ PIILO ON THI LOW! OOLUMBIAil VOLUME LXI NO. 238 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS TO SHOW UP 11 Hcncy Will Expose Con. gressman's Record. IS DEEPLY INVOLVED Government Prosecutor Will Show Williamson's Complicity In Big Frauds. SUBPOENAS TO BE ISSUED Heney Wilt Summon Witnesses nj All Evidence Introduced at WillUmton'i Trial Will Be Again Brought Forth. PORTLAND, Sept, 7.-Cungmman Williamson's connection with tli Blue Mountain r-rve v,9 wftj be gone Into fully Lefure U end of th trial of Senator Maya, W. N. Jones and George Sorenton. Judge Hunt said yesterday that If stronger evidence to prove Will Unison's connection with the case were not presented he would feel (Nint rninivl to direct the Jury to Ignore that already offered. This remark and tin objections of the drfenM to the evidence Intro duced to "how Williamson's connection with the cai determined Special Prose eutor Henry to throw down the nam an let In the entire case an proved against the convicted congressman at the time of hi trial with I)r. Van Ciener and Marlon It, Bigg. Mr. Hcncy put two of the witnesses used at the WNIIIinmson trial on tlie stand today. The defense ohjected to their testimony on the ground that the order of prof wa nt regular Mr. Hen ey thenwlthdrew the two witnesses and aiiked that their Bnewers to certnin questions b atricken from the record "We will prove this caw from begin ning to end," Haiti the. special prosecii tor. He then directed Irwin Ritenhouse to tell Special Inspector Neiihausen to issue subpoena fop all the rest of the witnesses In the former Williamson trial. Evidence was Introduced against Williamson at last night's session by the testimony of Dr. Andrew C. Smith of this city. The testimony of Dr. Smith went a long ways-townrd estate lMiltig Williamson's connection with the scheme. Ills story wan that In 1002 Williamson approached him and sold him a one-third Interest In 13,000 acres of school hinds, He told him there was ft likelihood of ft forest reserve being created and when asked how he knew said he was in a position to know, Dr. Smith testified that ho lost over $2,200 In the deal. The certificates for the land were placed In trust In the Hllvernla bank of this city and have since been canceled by the state. Along the same line with this teati monv was that of Senator Sig Slchel, this forenoon. He testified that Will iamson sold him Ills third of the school land certificate In 1002, for which he gave hi mtwo checks, amounting in all to $2,200. Williamson pointed out to him, so the witness said, that by an act of the Legislature, increasing the pries of school land from $1.25 to $2.25, the land had nearly doubled in value. Caught by such ngumcnt as this, Mr. Slchel turned over the checks and the deed was done. Absolved from the burden of holding the school land certificates, Mr. Williamson afterward, it is alleged, for warded to Washington the protests agulnitt the creation of the proposed reserve. WILL RESIGN PRESIDENCY. Patrick Calhoun to Civ Up Direction of United Railroad Affairs. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 7. The Chronicle says todayt Patrick Calhoun, president of th fulled Hallways, will resign from that office within the next two weeks and Thurnwell Mullatly, nw acting as as sistant (o the president, will be elected to the office of president by the board of directors. Although this ha not been officially announced, it ! not de nied by the officials of the fiilted Rail roads, Patrick Calhoun has interests aii over the United States am! the San Francisco system does not comprise one third of his Interests. As president of the fnited Railroads Investment com puny be has charge of the United Rail roads of Pittsburg, lines In Cleveland and In some of the important cities of the South, To oversee this tremendous system takes a great deal of time, and as San Francisco Is somewhat removed from the Meld of operations, he has de termined to turn over the guidance of the local system to Tbornwell Mullally, who ha had the practical charge of it since last February, Although Calhoun will step down from the office of pres Merit, be will still lie a member of the board of directors and will have a big interest In the affairs of the company QUADRIVUM CONTINUED. ROME, Sept. 7. The Quadrmim of the congregation o the company of Je sua continued yesterday. The only re port which has leaked out was to the effect that the election of the order to succeed the late Father Martin would be held tomorrow. 1IIPPLE m FORGER Signed Notes on Many Prominent Business Men, SECURED QUARTtR MILLION Receiver Earle Discovers Deceased Bank er Forged Names of Philadelphia Business Men Presbyterian Church Out Ijo.ooo. PllH.ADKI.rHIA. Sept. 7 Forgeries for lncov than a quarter of a million dollars by the late President Hippie of the defunct Real Estate Trust com pany, have been discovered by Receiver Knrle, The latter made this statement lute tonight, adding that he had no Idea where Hippie's villany would end. Hippie In order to meet his overdrafts used the name of sonio of the most prominent business men of this city on notes, which In some cases amounted to $150,000. The president had taken copies of the signatures of a number of business men, while their checks or negotiable securities passed through his hands. When pinched for money to mcot the overdrafts or some big Segal oan, Knrle said, as a last resort, Ilip plo would draw up a note with a forged signature attached. This ho would take to the cashier or paying teller, saying ho had personally mado the loan and it was discounted. With the amount to his credit ho would satisfy the pressing claim. Karle said tonight that In or der to accomplish the reorganisation of the trust company, he would accept the presidency if the depositors demanded. It developed today that the last state examination of the trust company was mado by Ranking Commissioner Reedcr In 1002. Robert McAfee, state banking commissioner from 1003 to 1003, made no examination and Commissioner Bcr- key, who succeeded McAfee, also failed to examine the Institution, The com missioners and two expert accountants who were appointed yesterday, an nounced today that they had found the trust estates to be intact. The trus tees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church announco theip em tire loss through the malfeasance of their late treasurer will not exceed $30,-000. 11 1 M REPLY Sullivan Aiiswers Attack With Bitter Words. SHARP ACCUSAH0NS Nebraskan Charged With Dishon esty Insincerity, and Un truthfulness. BRYAN'S CHARGES DENIED Open Challenge to Prove Hit Words Is sued to Bryan Says Bryan Made Money Out of Politics in Speeches. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. National Com mitteeman liogrr C. Sullivan of Illi nois tonight issued a lengthy state ment, replying to Ilryan's recent re marks on htm. Sullivan says he regrets this or any circumstance tending to ward discord in the Democratic party. Ho declares that Bryan's speech at Chi cago, if it means anything, means that Bryan will have his own way rather than have the Democratic ticket win. If though the disaffected Democrats in Illinois, Republicans are returned to Congress in the close districts, the Dcm ocratic party of the nation will havi Hi van to thank, Sullivan takes up at length each charge made by Bryan se rintlm and denies them. Makes Serious Allegation. He accuses Bryan of dishonesty, In sincerity and untruthfulness, both in his attitude toward the Illinois Democracy and in his speech about Sullivan. "The very first paragraph," Sullivan says, "in Bryan's epeech on me and the Illinois situation contains a dolibcratc untruth, Practically every succeeding paragraph contain another deliberate untruth or equivocation of the kind we may ex pect only from a shifty word-juggling pettifogger In upholding his contention that he was entitled to a seat in the last na tion Democatio convention, Sullivan says Bryan and his associates made the state mcnt that some five hundred delegates in the Springfield convention signed peti tions or letters repudiating the action of that convention. "They never," Sul livan continues, "presented any such number to the credentials committee of the national convention. They present ed some, it is true, but the other side at the same time, presented telegrams and affidavits certifying that nearly all the signatures presented by Bryan and his associates were forgeries." Impugns Bryan's Party Fealty. Sullivan accuses Bryan with having advised his particular friends in Illinois to bolt the Democratic ticket and asks: "Is this the measure of Bryan's party fealty i Is thia the way Bryan pro poses to help elect a Democratic con gress!" To Bryan's charge that Sullivan makes money out of politics and the inference that making money out of politics is wrong, Sullivan responds that llr'yan should quit making money "Bryan has not one dollar that he ever made out of anything but politics. He tried to be ft lawyer. He was a failure at it. He tried to be a newspaper editor. He was a failure at that. As fortunes go, he is a rich man. He made every dollar out of politics as a stepping stone to the lecture platform," In It For "Gate Receipts." Sullivan says that Bryan is in pol itics because it helps his "gate receipts." "Like actresses who have discarded tho stolen diamond dodge for the great CRY GVEN er publicity of a divorce suit, Bryan will quit running for president and quit polities just a soon as he discovers tome other form of advertising that will bring more dollars to the box office when he is announced to speak on the stage. Sullivan concludes by challengipg Bryan to poll the delegates to the con vention two years ago, under the di reetion of t lie supreme court of Illinois, and if the majority of these delegates say Sullivan was elected by fraud, then Sullivan will resign from the national committee. If Biyan's charge is false then he will insist that Bryan an nounce he is no longer a candidate fur President. SHAKEN BY TREMBLARS. St. Lucia and Granada Experience Sharp Earthquakes. KINGSTON, Mund of St. Vincent, Sept. 7. Sharp earthquake were felt this morning here and at St. Lucia and (Inmada. At the last named place the shocks were strong and protracted. HICKS APPOINTED. XKW YORK. Sept. 7.-Secretary of War Taft, president of the American National Red Cross, has appointed Jno. Hicks, the fnited States minister to Chile, to act as the society's represent tative in distributing the funds collect' ed here for the relief of Valparaiso. Mr. Hicks is to distribute the money accord ing to his judgment. ESTHER MITCHELL5S TRIAL. SEATTLE, Sept. 7. The trial of Es ther Mitchell for the murder of her brother, George, is set for Sept. 24. United Railway Refuses to Rec ognize Closed Shop. CALHOUN STATES POSITION Says He Will Not Discharge Any Em ploye Who Doet His Work Only Twenty Men Affected by the Question. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.-As a re sult of todays developments there is a prospect of a deadlock between the Unit ed Railways and its employes. An un expected complication has arisen to night through the demand of the em ployes for a recognition of the closed shop, which President Calhoun has refused to concede. In his reply Cal houn states he cannot make it too clear that he will not discharge any em ploye who faithfully and efficiently per forms his work to make place for tome one else. This fact, however, does not in any way affect the men returning to work. He adds, there are only about twenty men affected by this question, and he trusts some way will be found to avoid further trouble. RETURNS TO WASHINGTON. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 7.-Colonel Chnmberlain of the Inspector General's Department at Washington, who has been in Seattle investicatine the charges of conduct unbecoming an of fice!', preferred by John E. Ballaine against Col. Glassford of the TJ. S. Sig nal Corps, leaves for the east tonight. A large number of witnesses have been examined. Ballaine claims that Glass ford held up dispatches filed In the Seattle office for his paper at Seward. "TEDDY," JR. GOING HOME. DENVER, Sept. 7. Theodore Roose velt, Jr., passed through Denver today en route East from hunting trip in Western Colorado. One of his hands was bandaged and he said an ulceration resulting from an injury caused him to return home earlier than he intended. He killed three deer, but no bear. no mm FOR PEACE CubanReyoIutionistsShow No Weakening. GUERRERAVERYACTIVE Armistice Proposal Answered By Destruction of Bridges. Capture Town. TAKE SAN JUAN DE MARTINEZ Insurgents Capture Town After Fight Railroad Traffic Is Suspended Schooner Captured by Govern ment Gunboat with Anns. HAVANA, Sept. 7 All peace over tun's are blocked by the refusal of Guerrera to enter into any arrangements for an armistice, Guerrera's answer to the government's announcement of an agreement to grant a ten days' ar mistice is the blowing up of two bridge on the 'Western Railway and an at tack on San Juan de Martinez. It is said tonight that San Juan de Martinez is in the hands of the insur gents, and the garrison consisting of 100 recruits and a small force of rurals, has been defeated or captured. The fact that other leaders of the insurrection are willing to agree -to an armistice can have little effect so long as Guer rero is determined to prosecute the war, and there is slight doubt in any quar ter that Guerrero can control the situ at ion in his own regino. His force is reported by all those who have visited him to range from three to four thousand men, all well mount' ed and some well and some indifferently armed. The government force oppos ing numbers 2,200 men and three ma chine guns. Guerrero refused point blank to accept an armistice, unless the last presidential election and congres sional election shall be annulled. That the government will consent to this is out of the question, and tonight pros pects are for a continuance of the war. Manager Livesey, of the Western Railway tonight informed the Associated Press that a special train carrying ma chine guns to Pinar del Rio turraed back at Las Sovras, where it was found freight train preceding it had been held up by the rebels. The troop train was unable to pass and after exchanging fire with the rebels, returned to Las Fa' licas. DEPEW WILL RETURN. When Congress Meets in December Chauncey Will Be There. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. The Tribune today says: When Congress meets at the begin ning of next December, Senator Chaun cey M. Depew will be found in his teat This assurance was made yesterday by a member of his family. "Senator Depew's recovery has been slow, but the gains he has made have been held," he said. "At no time with in the last year has he been in- such good health and spirits and the doctors assert that if the improvement continues he will be equal to the strain of an other session of Congress For several months Senator Depew has been in retirement at his home at Dobhs Ferry. The nature of his mala dy has never been made, known, but was generally understood to have been in the nature of a nervous breakdown. PRACTICE EACH MORNING. PUTNEY, Engond, Sept. 7.-Both the Harvard and Cambridge crews were out for brief periods this morning. SURVEY COMPLETED. Survey for Southern Pacific's Extension In New Mexico ia Done, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.-The en gineering department of the Southern Pacific company under the direction of Chief Engineer Hood, bat just complet ed the maps of the survey of the com pany's proposed extension in Mexico, from the border to Guadalajara, which will be forwarded to President Diaz, for his final approval. Part of the new ruote from Guaymaa southward to Trino along the Yaqui river, a distance of about 100 miles, has already been completed and the com pany's forces are now bending every energy toward hastening to completion a part of the road northward to effect connections with the Rio Yaqui and Pa cific and Southward to Alamos on the line to Guadalajara. The Southern Pacific company expects to increase it's construction force on tha extensions to between 6,000 and 7,000 men as soon as the Mexican govern ment sanctios the costwetion and re cently surveyed lines. QUADVTRUM CLOSES. ROME, Sept. 7. Although the Quadri vuin of the congregation of the Com pany of Jesuits, preparatory to the election of the general of the order in succession to the late Fatter Martin closed today, the delegates remain in seclusion until after the election, which takes place tomorrow. The last re ports seem to indicate the choice for general will fall upon Father rRudolph J. Mayer of St. Louis, but to much secrecy surround the doings of the con gregation that all predictions are like ly to faiL IN M Anfloos Kaid Seizes the Town of Mogador. THREATENS TO BURN TOWN Berber Chieftain Demands That All the Jews Shall Retire to the Ghetto or Suffer the Conse quences LONDON, Sept. 7. A dispatch from Tangier to the News agency states that the consular corps at Mogador, Moroc co, has telegraphed the Spanish minis ter here that Anfloos Kaid, with 300 men, has entered and taken possession of the city. The governor with a few guards holds Kaisbah, which Anfloos in tends to attack. Newspapers here contain little news of the revolution in Mogadov. Anfloos Kaid is reported to have seized and threatened to burn the town, whereupon a meeting of foreign representatives was caled and appeals made to Mohammed Htorres, who is sending troops. The French cruiser Gallilee will af ford refuge to all foreigners wishing to leave Mogador. According to a dis patch to the News agency here the raid ers committed many excesses and sev eral were killed and the Jewish commun ity compelled to retire to Mellah. The Times' Tangier correspondent says dis patches from Mogador dated Sept. 4 declared the Berber chief had entered the town and demanded that all the . Jewish merchants, many of whom are proteges of European powers, should retire to the Ghetto, and upon their re fusal threatened to seize and burn their effects. SKELETON UNDER FLOOR. SAULT STE M&RIE, Sept. 7.-Under the floor of a hut occupied by a hermit named James James, near here, the skeleton of a man was discovered to day. The hermit committed suicide last ight and the authorities in searching the place in which James had lived alone for years, made the ghastly find.