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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 289
ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HUNGRY ARMY
PARADERS
Marched Through Town
to City Hall.
CALLED ON THE MAYOR
Assured Them He Would Do All
In His Power to Give Them ,
Employment
ARMY LED BY JAMES EADS HOW
Tho Mayor Promised to Divide tb
Work Being Don for tin City Md
Give Part of it to tho Thinly Clad
Mtt.
8T. LOUIS, Jan. 18.-Uungry and out
of work, $00 thinly clad men marched
through tbe mow and cold to tho city
hall yeeterdsy, seeking Mayor Wells In
order to make application for )(a alt
once la securing employment
Jamca Bade How. phllanthroplat and
adon of a promliwir'. family, who proud
ly otyks hlroalf "hobo," led tho pro
cession and the Welfsro Association, of
which ha la tho founder and benefactor,
formed tho nucleus of tho army.
Vhll Uia hungry horde lined up In
the city haU grounds, committee rep
resenting tho "army" waited on Mayor
Wells. Mayor Wells assured tho nun
that ha would do all la hit ower to give
thm employment, "I cannot give you
charity work," aald Mayor Wells, "Un
der present condition, the only thing I
can do la to divide the work now being
done for the city and give part of It to
JOT." '
Thle met with the approval of the
committee and after IU departure,
Mayor Wolls Instructed Street Commls
oloner Travllls, to prepare an ordinance
caiumr lor an appropriation ui eiu.vw
for street work.
GOVERNOR SPEAKS.
Saya Heedleat Duties Should Cease to
Ifamptr Our Industries.
NBM YORK. Jan. 15. Governor
Guild of Massachusetts; .peaking last
night at the National Boot BUoe
Manufacturers' banquet at the Hotel
Astor, tonight, aaldt
"A demand will bo made after the
next national election for a special ses
sion of eongre. for tho revision of tho
tariff In the Interests of common sense.
I am a protectionist. I believe that pol
icy, mora than any one thing, nas bum
no the Industrial domination of the
United Statesi I believe that policy
i-hould bo continued but tho time has
coma -when lllotrlcal and needless duties
should ceaee to hamper our Induatriea
and our people."
GOVERNMENT TO BE TURNED OVER
HAVANA. Jan. 10. President Roose
velt's declaration that the turning over
of the government to the new Cuban
president and congress must occur not
later than February 1, 1900, was given
out at the palace yesterday too lato for
publication In the afternoon papers. The
news, however, was rapidly circulated
throughout the city and was received
o very where with expression of the
keenest satisfaction on confidence In the
determination of President Roosevelt to
carry out his pledge to restore the re
public at the earliest possible moment
The American officials) unanimously
sgreo on the practicability of President
Kooeevclt'a progress.
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MENTALLY
UNSOUND
The Burden of Littleton's Argu
ment
WOOL GROWERS IN SESSION.
Result of Its Labors Not Gives Out
Last Night
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 15. While
neither Case J. Walsh, chairman, nor
.any other member of the committee on
reaoultlons of the National Woolgrowers'
Association, will give any Intimation of
the result of that body's labors tonight,
is Ma tea on tne auwoniy or, one
closely in touch with the situation that
the' committee will tomorrow ask' the
convention to adopt a sot of most -scathing
resolutions against the administra
tion's policy relative to public lands. In
fact, it is the1 intention of the associa
tion to send to Washington during the
prosent session of Congress three promt
iwnt sheep men, who will wage bitter
warfare on the proposed legislation re
(rarding grazing lands in the west Be
cause of his support of the President's
action, Senator Warren, the present
bead of tne organisation, baa lost all
Ua former supporters except tho Wyo
ming delegation and even In that there
are dissenters. At tbe election tomorrow
It Is more than probable that the asso
ciation will choose as its head Dr, J, M,
Wilson, of Douglas, Wyoming.
NO BAIL SO GOES TO JAIL
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-Mrs. Thomas
Metoalf, who fired several shots at
Samuel R Ham 111, the attorney, and one
of the counsel la the Walsh case, yester
day, continued today to preserve a veil
of mvstery In which she wrapped her-
aelf Immediately following tne exciting
incident. She was arraigned today and
being unable to furnish $1000 ball was
committed to jail.
MOTHER TO GO ON STAND
Littleton la Beginning at the Very Earl'
lest Period of Thaw's Life and Will
Introduce Hit Evidence in Cbronologi
cat Order. . . t
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Adhering
strictly to the promise or not to intro
duce other dofeme than that of insanity
in behalf of their client the attorneys
rcpresnting Thaw at his trial today con
tinued their examination of witnesses
who .wore that young Thaw at various
times in his life appeared to them as
Irrational and mentally unsound. Prac
tically all testimony was entirely new
to tho case and had to do with his acts
down to the day of the tragedy Itself.
Then came 10 men who sat on a coro
ner's jury during the Inquiry Into Stan
ford White's death, all of whom declar
ed that the defendant the day following
the shooting acted Irrationaly. In the
day's testimony there was more delving
Into the history of the Thaw family, Al
fred Lee Thaw, of Richmond, the third
cousin of tho defendant, In taking the
stand and tolling of that taint of insan
ity which had caused his father and
brother to die, In the atate insanjd
asylums." .Some of Thaw's alleged eecen
trictics which were revealed for the first
time were related today by Christopher
llaggan, ateward of tho New York Whist
Club, by Miss Matilda Stein, telephone
operator, and by August Weber, former
butler in the T,haw household. Thaw
spent a portion of the' afternoon of June
25, 1006, at the whist club and at that
time, a few hours before the tragedy.
was pictured by the steward as being
highly nervous and frequently exclaim
ing "It is awful.;
lie asked the steward to have a
valuable package put Into the safe and
after the shooting the package was
opened and found to contain three ciga
rettes wrapped in tin foil. District At
torney Jerome in cross-examining the
club steward brought out tbe fact that
Thaw played bridge whist there with
prominent men. Witness said be was
not supposed to know what Mir. Thaw,
Mr. Gates, Mr. Schwab and others play
ed for, but he was sure that nothing but
mineral water wa. ever served at tables.
(Continued on Pago fc)
MINISTERS
RESIGNING
Japan Threatened With
Political Panic.
NEW CABINET PROBABLE
Statesmen Unwilling to Accept
Responsibilities Under Pres-,
ent Conditions.
EFFORT TO FILL VACANCIES
maintained at present, which it is
claimed, is not warranted by tbe present
international situation.
MONTGOMERY
The presentation of a synopsis of the
budget to tbe leadet of both houses
which it had been arranged to do, sud
denly postponed and it was announced
that a change bad been mads in cer
tain Items,
It is unofficially learned that tho esti
mate for tbe coming year amount to
about $013,000,000 for expenditure and
$010,000,000 in receipts. This would
make a deficit of nearly $500,000,
which tbe finance minister expected to
pay by increased taxation.
AUSTRIAN NOBLEMEN ARRIVE.
There is no Reaaoa to Doubt That the
Present Situation la Duo Entirely to
the Financial Problem Immigration
Question is Unaffected.
TOKIO. Jan. 15. Any accurate pre
diction concerning tho probable life of
tho Marquis Saionji's cabinet is impos
sible. The inability of tho government
to avert a climax and the resignations
of the ministers of finance and communi
cations has crested a situation ap
proaching a political panic. Even those
boat informed aro unable to forecast to
morrow's developments with any , de
gree of certaluty.
A consensus of opinion is to the ef
fect that tho present either with double
portfolios, or possible additions filling
the vacant posts in the ministries of
tho interior and justice, will face the
diet which opens on January 20th.
An effort is being made today to fill
those vacancies, but a difficulty is en
countered in securing tho consent of
statesmen to accept the responsiblity
under existing circumstances.
The opposition and even tho friends
of the government are apparently to
force the government to appeal to the
country, M'Sth an unpopular budget,
the constitutionalists lack nine votes of
an actual majority in the lower house.
Reliable, authorities think the constitu
tionalists will refuse to accept the gov
ernment's financal policy, when the
budget is presented. In this event, the
cabinet will resign, the diet will be dis
solved and the former budget will be
continued until another cabinet is form
ed and a new budget is drawn and
passed.
By such a method,' the constitutional
ists will be in a position to appeal to
tho country, and say they aro not
responsible for Premier Salonji's mis
takes. They can also point to the fact
that they repudiated a budget involving
increased taxation, the ' suspension of
public works,' and the unnecessarily
heavy expenditures for the army.
It is believed that with such a posi
tion the constitutionalists will secure a
majority at the general elections and
that the cabinet will be reformed by
Marquis Katsura, the ex-premier, or
possibly by Admiral Baron Oorabei
Yamamoto. The latter, however, is im
probable. ! ' ' ' '
, There Is no reason to doubt that the
present situation is due entirely to the
financial problem. The immigration
question is absolutely unaffected, and
had nothing to do with hastening the
climax, It is firmly believed on all sides
that the immigration question which
exists with America and Canada will be
settled amicably. In fact, since the
present critical situation developed the
emigration question has been hardly
mentioned.
An interesting feature of the situa
tion la the' increasing Influence Of the
commercial classes in the politics of
Japan. Yoshlre Sakatanl, ex-minister of
finance, Is , the son-in-law of Baron
Khlbusawa, who bitterly opposed the
proposition to increase the taxation, in
common with other prominent business
men who were antagonists to tho con
tlnuod heavy expenditures on tho army
Come to Attend Sxecbenyl-Vanderbilt
Wedding.
NEW! YORK. Jan. 13. iA. party of
friends of the Austrian bridegroom and
who will be guests at the approaching
wedding of Miss Gladys Vanderbllt and
Count Szecbenyi, arrivedyesterday on
the steamer Kron Prinzessin Cecilia.
Tbey are Count Denes SiechenyL the
bridegroom's olJent brother, who is sec
retary of the Hungarian embassy at
Berlin; the latler's wife, Countess
Ksecbenyl; Count Anton Sigray who it
is reported, will be the count's best
man; Count Paul Esterhaiy, an old com
panion of Count Sreenenyl. and Mr. and
Mrs. Kelson O'Shaughnessy of .the
American embassy at Vienna.
LONE HIGHWAYMAN
Holds
Up the Potter Valley
Stage Coach.
DOES NOT STRIP HIS VICTIMS
IS INDICTED
Was President of Hamilton
National Bank.
LAX MANAGEMENT
Overdraft and Over Certification
Have to Do With Acts
Alleged.
TEMPORARY RECEIVERSHIP
JURYMAN HAS EPILEPTIC PIT.
NEW) YORK, . Jan. 15.-An epileptio
fit put a sudden end to the trial of Rocco
Quinte, at Long Island City yesterday,
after the jury bad agreed upon a verdict
Qulnto wa charged with abduction and
asmault It is alleged that ho enticed
15-year-old Minnie Ferroro from be
home and kept her bidden for two weeks.
The case bad been finished and the jury
had retired to their consultation room
and had agreed on a verdict, when one
of tbe jurors fell to tho floor in a fit
brought on by the excitement of tho
trial Judge Humphrey at once dis
charged tbe jury, holding that a verdict
under such circumstances would not bo
legaL
Was a Gentlemanly Sort of a Fellow
and Handed Back the Driver One-third
of His Cash, and Then Tells Him to
Drive On.
URIAH. Cal.. Jan., 15. A lone high
wayman held up the Potter Valley stage
tbfs afternoon near what is called
Wolcck near Wattenberger'e. The rob
ber was a gentlemanly sort of a fellow
and evidently did not want to take all
his victims had. The stage driver threw
out his purse containing 0 and the rob
ber passed him back $2 saying he did
not need it all. Two passengers were
assessed $3.50 and one $2.50. Tho robber
then wished them good luck, and told
them to drive on. ,
. . ..
NEW BANK TO BE ESTABLISHED.
Tho Court's Announcement Overjoyed
the Depositors so Much That They
Marched to Montgomery's Home Head
ed by Brass Band and Cheered Him.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15. The grand jury
today returned two indictments against
William R. Montgomery, president of
the Hamilton National Bank, charges,
involving overdrafts and over certifica
tion, have to do with acts alleged to
have been committed before Montgom
ery became president.' ' , A
The Hamilton bank suspended Octo
ber 23. Recently the courts decided that
the receivership should not be made per
manent and the overjoyed depositors
headed by a band of music marched to
Montgomery a home and cheered him un
til he responded in a speech in which he
said bis personal vindication as an offi
cer of the bank would follow the inves
tigation of the bank's affairs. At that
time Montgomery had been accused of
lax management by Receiver White.
Montgomery pleaded not guilty and was
released on $50,000 bail.
NO REPLY FROM SECRETARY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The, Senato
has not received a reply up to today
from the Secretary of the Treasury to
its resolution calling for Information
concerning the financial situation as bad
been promised and in its absence Ald
rich assented to the passage of Culber
son's resolution on the same subject.
Without further comment tho resolu
tion was adopted. The Senate passed a
joint resolution reducing from $24,000,
000 to $11,000,000 the war indemnity
from China. Tho remainder of the ses
sion was devoted to a discussion of tho
penal code bill.
To be Located in Washington to Have
$100,000,000 Capital
IMMIGRATION QUESTION SETTLED.
TOKIO, Jan. 15. (The Canadian immi
gration question has been settled. The
Japanese government has received notice
that the report of R. Lemkux, the Cana
dian minister of labor is entirely satis
factory to the Canadian government and
that it would accept in good faith a ver
bal promise of restriction of emigra
tion of laborers relying upon the Japan
eso government to enforce the reguhv
tions which are outlined in its memo
randum. Nothing now remains except
the exchange of memoranda between the
two countries." "
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The es
tablishment of on "United States Na
tional Bank of America" is provided for
in a bill introduced in the house today by
Fornes, Democrat of New .York, The
bauk, as conceived, is to be located in
Washington City, and to have a capital
of $100,000,000, divided , into 100,000
shares at the par value of $100,000.
Three-fifths of these shares are to be
purchased by, the United States treas
urer at par, the purchase money to be
raised by the sole of $00,000,000 bonds,
payable in' 50 years, and bearing 3 per'
cent interest. Two-fifths are to be
offered at not less than par to National
Banks of the country, to be paid for in
gold coin. The bank is to open for busi
ness September 1st next and cease to
exist September 1, 1058, unless its life!
Is extended by Congress. Branches are
to be established in New York, Chicago,
New Orleans, Boston, Denver, St Louis,
Cincinnati and Portland, Ore. Tho bank
shall be governed by a board of 25 j
directors, elected by stockholders and
tho Secretary of the Treasury shall bo
chairman. The bank may issue addi
tional notes in amounts not exceeding
$40,000,000 and such notes shall be
available for general national bank cir
culation upon deposit of proper, secur
ity. Four per cent dividends may be
paid stockholders on tbe bank's earnings.
CAN'T ENTER AUTOMOBILE RACE.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Mra John
Omen will nob 'be permitted to drive a
motor car in the stock car race wmcn
will be held over a 30 mile course in
Wtest Chester County in April. Mrs.
Cuneo sent in a formal entry aoeom
oanied bv a check for $500, half the en
try fee required. The committee in
charge of the race promptly declined the
entry. No reason was officially given,
but it is known that the other contest
ants of whom eighteen have already
been entered, objected to the presence
of a woman driver in the race, Mrs.
Cuneo took part in the lost Glidden tour.
being the only woman to make the
entry, driving her own car.
CHAPTER IN WALSEUjUAL.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. The final chapter
in the Walsh trial began today when
District Attorney Fletcher Dobyns be
gan his final summing up to the jury.
Previous to Dobyn s argument John S
Mailer and E. C Richter of counsel for
the defense had concluded their argu
ments in behalf of the banker Dobyns
will probably finish tomorrow and the
case will likely go to the jury early in
the afternoon.
170 PERISHED IN THEATRE FIRE.
E0YERSTOWN, Jan. 15. One hun
dred and seventy persons perished in
the Rhoades opera house Monday night,
according to figures computed by the
coroner today. '
Commission to Meet Saturday
Next January 18.
DISCUSSION TO BE THOROUGH
The Views of tho Members Will bo Out
lined, and a Committee Probably Ap
pointed to go to Washington and Call
on Congress. v
CHICAGO, Jan. 15. Currency reform
legislation of a safe character, that will
afford, a remedy for the inelastic sys
tem held largely responsible for the re
cent financial strain may have its birth
in Chicago.
The currency commission of tho
American Bankers' Association will meet
here next Saturday. This commission
will voice the currency reform ideas of
the 10,000 members of the association.
It will represent in a general way tho
bankers of the United States, metropoli
tan bankers, country bankers, etc.
The commission will then discuss the
question thoroughly. The views of its
members will be outlined and a commit
tee probably appointed to go to Wash
ington and impress , these , views upon
Congress and the President The meet
ing of the commission was called yes
terday in telegraphic messages sent to
each of the members by the chairman,
A. B. Hepburn, president of the National
Bank of New York.
DOESN'T WANT IT.
NEW! YORK, Jan. 15. It became
known today that the interests identi
fied with the , reorganization of the
Knickerbocker Trust Co. had considered
the name of George B. Oortelyou, among
others to take the Presidency of that
institution and that intimation, more or
less positive in character has been con
veyed to him of the consideration of his
name. It was stated however that no
response had been received but this
statement was made before Oortelyou
hod given out the authoritative an
nouncement that any tender or intima
tion of his coming to New. York ai
president of this company had been defi
nitely rejected. . . .
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PORTLAND, Jan. 15. The time of
the federal court today was taken up
with tho examination of tho Jurors to
try tho land fraud conspiracy case
against ex-U. S. District Attorney HaU
and Edwin Mays. When court adjurned
the entire jury was selected and tho
decks will be cleared for action for
tomorrow morning's battle.
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