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VOLUME LXI NO. .108
ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
REFUSES TO
INTERFERE
President Stands Pat on
Discharge of Soldiers.
NO ONE ARE EXEMPT
The Same Rule Applies to Both
White and Negro
Soldiers.
ALL SOLDIERS TREATED ALIKE
Mr. Roosevelt Say., Had Whit. Troop.
Committed th. Sim. Act. of Vio
lance. Punlihmant Would
B th. 8. ma.
NKW YORK. Nov, 20. Secretary of
Wnr Tuft got hire from New Haven
til) night nicl went to the home of
lirnthiT, llnry V, Taft IK' de
clined to tnlk about th 1)nylnir In
carrying out the order for tho dla
honorable dlarhnrge f the ru'itro aol
dlera.
Collier' Weekly hna received a dis
patch from It enrreapnndent, who la
traveling with the Prpaldenl, In reply
to ono m-nt naklng If Mr. Ronaevelt
would auipend union In regard to the
negro aohllera until he not home. The
reply "' the PrpHlilont'a view ore
"clear and unchanged,' 'that tho lla
Imiulinenl la dun to him, nnd Hint the
President' view la that the negro "l
dlera, In refusing Informiitlon nwei
aary to tho npprthenalon of the men
who committed criminal arts at
llrownavllle, Texas, struck ut the very
heart of mllltnry Jusllce nnd discipline.
Mud white troop done the anme thing,
the reply any, they would hnve Buf
fered the anme penalty. In rnnclualnn
tho reply atutea: "ft the offender
black or white, the Prealdcnt propone
to eombnt nice antagonism by hla ac
lion In the Hrnwnsvllle matter which
wa token In the fnce of much ndverae
Influcnco nnd advice before he left.
There can be no amelioration of the
penalty until the men concerned ahow
their aenan of duty na citizen nnd
aoldlera by Riving up the offender to
Justice."
JURY STILL OUT.
Robnett Land Fraud Jury Unabl. to
Agree,
MOSCOW, Mnho, Nov. 20. Thla
morning at 9:30 o'clock Judge Ilpntty
charged the Rohnelt Jury nnd barred
moat of the evidence, except that of
Roblnaon nnd Ferris, fThe Jury went
out at 10:30 n. m. and have not yet
returned.
Yesterday Attorney Forney com
pleted hla idea nnd Hornh closed for
the defenao In a two-hour speech, baa
ing his plea on the fact that auch ac
tion wero common and should not
convict obnett while the other were
let go, Rulck then closed for the
prosecution, being on tho floor when
the court adjourned at 4:30 p. m., and
continued In the night session until
the court adjourned at 9 p, m. He
reviewed the evidence carefully, rend
ing at times from a transcript, most
Hy from Robinson's testimony.
CHECK ON CRIMES.
Utep. Taken to Prevent Kidnaping of
Eskimo Maid..
SEATTLE, Wash,, Nov. 20. One of
tho first efforts to break up the In
human practice of certain whaling
vessels In Alaskan waters In the kid
naping and carrying out to sea of
young ICaklmo girl resulted here y
terdny afternoon n the Indictment of
Whaling Minder 14. W. Newth, alleged
brutnl master of Mm Jcniiette. Newth
was released under bond1,
For year, men who come out of the
North have told tale of the ayatemn
tic tibdui'tlon of F.xklmo women and
glrla, aumctlmea by actual violence
and soinflltni' by craft. In the for
mer cuae the whaler almply attack a
village nnd carry their prey away bod
ily; In the other, the Inaldloua Influ
ence of the white man's whlxky or
drug la employed and tho female
lured on board, after which tho veaael
haatlly anil. The remoteneaa of the
locality nnd the difficulty of getting
proof hna hitherto prevent"! punish
incut of the kidnaper.
STIMULATING TRADE.
HAN FRAN'ClHC'O, Nov. 20. Bhlral
aha, general munager of the Klaen
Knlahit Bteamahlp Company' line,
arrlve'l from Oklnhnma yeaterdny on
the American Company's atenmer. II
apenka In glowing terma of the proe
perlty of the lalnnd and tell of large
plan of hi concern to meet the
growth of trade between thla port and
the Orient.
"I have come here to see how our
business la progreaalng and what the
outlook In fr trade with the Orient,"
he nli. "It haa been reported that
my company intend buying me
atenmahlpa of the Pacific Mall com
pany, now plying between thla port
and Hong Kong. We have no auch
Idea, We are building two ateamera
In Japan for the American trade. They
will coat 12,000.000 ench."
RYAN HAS RESIGNED
Prominent New Yorker Gives Up
Duties as Director.
TOO MANY RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Ryan Was a Director in About
Twenty-five Different Railroad.,
Be.id. Other Important Com
mercial Organizations,
NKW YORK, Nov. 20. Thomas F.
Ryan' announcement yesterday that
he had resigned as a director from all
of the railroad nnd Industrial corpor
nllons with which ho had been Iden
tified nnd that herenfter ho would re
tain hla ofllclal connection with only
some of the flnnnclni nnd flduclnry ln
atltutlona with which he la Identified,
while a surprise to financial men, was
generally considered by them In line
with the action of Jacob Schlff, of
Kuhn, Loeb & Company, who took
similar action recently. Mr. Ryan, like
Mr. Schlff. stated that his Reasons
for resigning were that his nccumulnt
ng responsibilities rendered It Impos
sible for him to properly discharge his
obligations to tho stockholders con
cerned. Mr. Ryan was a director In
ubout 25 railroad and Industrial con
cerns. The chief of these were the
Interborough Metropolitan compnny
nnd a number of subsidiary compnn-
es; tho American Tobncco Compnny,
the Consolidated Gas Compnny nnd
the Senbonrd Air Line Compnny.
Mr. Ryan's resignation n director,
It is understood, does not menn that
he will wlthdrnw his. financial inter
est In the companies.
It Is stated that Mr. Ryan's sons,
A llnn A. nnd John, will probably take
their father's place on a number of
the companies' boards.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The first
ofllclal printed report on the member
ship of the House of Representatives
of the 60th Congress hna just been Is
sued by the clerk of the House.
The epubllcana are shown to have
a majority of B8. The Republican
membership Is 222 and the Democratic
membership 164.
POLITICAL
II
Harrlman Denies Control
Ing Railroad Lines.
RAILROAD REGULATIONS
Rates Are Not Made By Railroad
Men, But Are Only
Equalized.
INTERSTATE COMMISSION
Mr. Harriman Contend. That R.c.nt
Pow.r. Granted Int.r.tate Com
merce Commi.tion Are Too
Great for Publio Utility.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 20. In reply
log to George J. Klndel of Denver,
who charged that the rallroada were
guilty of unfair rate dlacrlmlnatlon
Mr. Harrlman said In substance: "It
la a mlataken Idea that any one man
controlla or that he hlmaelf controlled
more mllea of railroad than any other
one man. Mr. Harrlman declared that
no man can exert thla control. He
said that the control of all the rnll-
ronda of the United Statea waa vest
ed In a board of directors, who In
turne derived their power from 15,
000 atockholdcrs. He snld that the
rates are not mnde by railroad men
only equalised. The money centers
he declared, must be treated alike,
Rates are controlled by commercial
necessities and you cannot disturb
rntes at one distributing cetner with
out affecting every other distributing
center.
He said thnt there would be no
necessity or occasion for a commis
sion to ever use Its powers, but If
It should make a mistake, conditions
might ensue from which the' business
of the country would not recover In
ten yenrs. He snld thnt while com
merclnl necessity now control the
rates, under the new law, rates may
now be controlled by political oppor
tunlty, Politicians may promise a re
ductlon In rates In order to secure
election to office.
WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE.
William Randolph Hearst May Be I
Candidate for President.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 20. Wm. K
Connors, chairman of the Democratic
state committee, In an Interview yes
terdny snld:
"The Interview with William Ran
dolph Hearst, sent out from San An
tonlo, Texas, In which he Is quoted as
saying: 'I will never again be a can
dldate,' means that he will never seek
the governorship of New York ngnln.
He hns told me the Bame thing. Mr.
Hearst Is a loyal Democrat and If the
party demands his nomination for
higher honors, he will answer the
COIL-
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Commander Peary'. Steamer Roose
velt Encounter. Severe Gale.
ST. JOHN'S, N. S., Nov. 20. Com
mander Peary's arctic steamer Roose
velt, which Is still at St. George's Bay,
N. F., storm bound, Is reported to
have had a terrible experience irt
coming south from Labrador. She
had to tie up for eleven days In Bat
tle Harbor, Labrador, on account of a
hurricane. In Battle Harbor the
Roosevelt carried away her heaviest
anchor and severa lllnes had to be
P T
N
run out to keep her off from the rock.
She wu short of coal and It became
necessary to augment this fuel with
wood and blubber. A portion of the
shlp'a Interior work was dismantled
In order to secure wood. During a
blinding snow storm It 1 declared that
the Roosevelt was nearly wrecked on
the west coast of New Foundland.
ANARCHISTS MEETING.
Advocate Demonstration on the Visit
of King George.
ROME, Nov. 20. The anarchist
held a meeting here today to discus
the advisability of making a demon
stration against the police during the
ojourn In Rome of King George of
Greece. The moat energetic measures
have been taken by the oollce to pre
vent disorder. All person not in
habitant of the city and without any
occupation will be eent away from
Rome before the king arrive..
MORE INDICTMENT8.
8an Franoi.co Grand Jury Return In
dictment. Into Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. The
grand Jury returned two Indictments
this afternoon, one accusing Pater
Duffy of perjury, and another accusing
Supervisor Fred Nicholas with agree
ing to take bribes. Duffy Is a hanger
on about the courts and was former
ly elevator man In the Hall of Jus
tice. The charge against Nicholas
grow out of the purchase of furniture
for the city. In the Indictment Mam
lock I reported as having been an
Intermediary between the furniture
company and Nicholas.
American Sugar Refinery Found
Ouiltv in New York.
HEAVY PENALTY WAS IMPOSED
Mr. Choate, Attorney for the Defense,
Declare. No Precedent Ha Been
Established in American Lew
For Penalty.
NEW TORK, Nov. 20. The Ameri
can Sugar Refining company was
found guilty by a Jury in the United
States Circuit Court here today of
accepting rebates amounting to $26,
000 from the New York Central Rail
road Company and was fined 9 108,
000.
Jos. H. Choate, formerly ambassador
to Great Britain, In his argument for
the defense In today's trial declared
that there was no precedent In Amer
lean law for such an enormous penal
ty ns the statutes against rebating
provided. The defense offered no tes
tlmony and after Judge Holt's charge
to the Jury, the Jury took the case
In accordance with the Instructions of
the court and found a verdict of
guilty.
OPERATING SWINDLES.
Several Underwriting Companies in
Chicago Raided.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. Several under
writing companies, which are alleged
to be the largest fraudulent concerns
of the kind ever operated In Chicago,
were raided today by the United
States marshals, assisted by the post
al Inspectors, and seven men, accused
of operating a swindle and promoting
fraudulent enterprises, were arrested.
According to the federal authorities,
the men accused of operating the
swindles had many victims and ob
tained nearly a million of dollars by
the scheme. The names of the arrest
ed men and concerns with which the
federal officials say they are connected
are: W. J. Root, W. H. Welch, and
W. D. F. Hurlburt the Qentral States
Underwriting and Guarantee Company,
Charles E. Brown, president of the
Prudential Securities company.
ACCEPTING
REBATES
CHINESE
EXCLUSION
Roosevelt Oppose to Chin
ese. Japs Immigration.
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
United Siiits Commissioner of
Immigration Arrives in San
Francisco.
WILL SAIL FOR HONOLULU
President RooMvelt i. Interested In
the Question of Immigration and
Directed Commi.aioner Sar
gent to Investigate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. Unit
ed States Commissioner of Immigra
tion Frank P. Sargent arrived here
last night He will sail at noon to
day on the steamer- Korea for Hono
lulu In company with Secretary of the
Hawaiian Territory Atkinson, who is
here to meet Commissioner Sargent
and conduct him to the Islands to
aid in carrying out a scheme proposed
by the territorial government . This
Is the importation of a large number
of Portguese to aid In settling up
the country and developing its re
sources. President Roosevelt Is greatly In
terested In the question and has di
rected Commissioner Sargent to see
that nothing Is left undone to Insure
Its success If that be possible. In
discussing the condition of Asiatic Im
migration and the extensive objections
made some time ago to President
oosevelt's direction that the exempt)
classes of Chinese should be treated
with more courtesy and their coming
facilitated, Commissioner Sargent
said:
"The position of the President
should be well known. He desired to
enforce the law and to keep out the
Coolie class, but he wishes the exempt
classes give nproper recognition. In
the past many certificates for mer
chants were given to those not entitled
to them, many having paid for at
so much a certificate. The consular
officers who failed to do their duty
have now been removed and In view
of the fact that greater precautions
are taken to see that only those de
serving them are given certificates,
landing of exempt classes Is thus vast
ly facilitated. This is the only end
the President had In view."
INVESTIGATING COLLISION.
SEATTLE, Nov. 20. The list of
victims of the marine disaster which
occurred oft West Seattle Sunday
nlgjtf now wavers between 45 and
50. .'or the first list of missing five
have since been accounted for, while
others have been added to the list, so
that the exact number of dead is not
known. Everything Is in readiness for
the formal inquiry into the collision
which begins at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. United States Inspectors
Turners and Whitney have subpoenaed
nearly all the survivors as well as
the officers of the boats. No bodies
from the wreck have been recovered.
The report of one body being found
yesterday is unconfirmed.
HARBOR GRAB.
Local Plot to Gobble Up
Valuable
Property Foiled.
WASHINGTON, Nov.
20. The
Portland Harbor grab will evidently
be knocked in the head. Major Roess-
ler's report received thla afternoon
declare against any change In the
harbor line as proposed by Allen ft
Lewi, J. Couch Flanders and the Or
egon Railroad ft Navigation Company.
Another narrowing of the channel
he deem Inadvisable, but If the de
partment disagrees with him he says
the property-owner should not be
permitted to extend their docks as far
Into the river a they desire.
The chief of engineers does not
make known hla attitude, but It la
evident he will recommend against
a change in the harbor line and that
the secretary of war will approve thl
recommendation. ,
BLOW UP HOTEL.
Dynamiter. Kill Girl and Man and
Injur Other.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Nov. 20. A
special to the Province from Grand
Forks, B. C, says:
The most terrible outrage ever per
petrated i nthe Boundary district oc
curred about 12 o'clock last night, at
Niagara, a small railway village, sev
en miles up the North Fork of Kettle
river, wheh unknown pfersons blew
up the Canadian Hotel of that town
with dynamite.
The explosion killed a girl named
Louise King .aged 18, and an Italian,
whose name Is unknown, and Injured
nine other people. Three boxes of dy
namite, obtained by breaking into the
storehouse of Contractor Tlerney, were
used. Dr. W. G. Dickson went to Ni
agara early this morning and brought
the more seriously wounded victims to
the hospital.
Louis Gabner Admits Beating Man
to Death With Gaspipe.
ROBBED AND MURDERED JAPS
Dabner Confessed That He Was the
Man Who Committed the Murder
While an Innocent Party was
Serving Time.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. Louis
Dabner, the young man charged with
John Siemsen of beating three men
to death with a piece of gas pipe.
wept In Judge Shortell's court this af
ternoon when the captain of detectives
read his signed confession. Siemsen,
however, smiled when portions of the
confessions were read. Several Jap
anese told how the murder of Kim
mon Ginko had been committed. To
verify the story told by Siemsen to
a cell-mate, he confessed that he had
dug up $5,000 in gold cached at
Wayne, near Santa Cruz. Captain
Duke called the young man accused
of murder before him, and Siemsen
confessed to having dug up the mon
ey, the location of which had been
told him by a convict whom he had
befriended at San Qulntln. Siemsen
admitted that he had brought this
money to the city and hidden It, but
refused to tell where. Captain Duke
then detailed the detectives' search
for the coin among the safe deposit
vaults of the city.
A dispatch from Sacramento this
afternoon states that Richard Dow
dell, who was sent to the peniten
tiary in Kansas City for fifty years
from San Francisco for highway rob
bery, for holding up ex-Coroner Le
land, was pardoned this afternoon by
the governor. Danner and Siemsen,
the "gas pipe' thugs, confessed today
that they, and not Dowdell, robbed
Dr. Leland.
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
SPOKANE, Nov. 20. A Moscow
special to the Spokesman-Review says
the Jury in the Robnett land fraud '
case brought in a verdict of gu1"
one count and not guilty "'
er. Robnett was accused'
tlon of perjury.
SIGNED
CONFESS