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PUSUSHCt FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
VOLUME LXIII. NO. 307
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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
T0RM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SIAT'SMEIIY
VMS MISSING
Hcncy Tangles Up.
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BRISTOL'S DATES MIXED
Defence Introduced 2 Members
of a Former Grand Jury to
Discredit Testimony.
TO GO TO JURY THURSDAY
Captain J. A. Sladen, a Clerk in the
Federal Court, Testified That he
Took Hayss and Introduced Him
to Maya. i
PORTLAND, Feb. 4, Both sides
retted today in the Hall conspiracy
case from the government's stand
point. He promises to consume not
more than three houra. Following
him, Judge Webster will speak In the
behalf of Hall. Thursday morning
Hcney will make the clotting argu
ment ami Judge Webster will speak
in behalf of Hall. .Thursday morning
Heney will make the closing argu
ment and Judge Hunt will charge the
jury that afternoon.
Today wait largely devoted to prov
ing that District Attorney Bristol was
mistaken in the assertion that he nev
er talked to II. II. Hendricks until
after the latter had been convicted.
Heney feared Bristol' assertion
would tend to create a doubt in the
minds of the jury as to the truth of
any of Hendricks' testimony and ht
believed the prosecutor succeeded in
leaving an impression that Bristol is
, in error and not Hendricks, Edwin
Mays' declaration that he did not
know of the Thayer frauds in time
to prosecute them, was further dis
v credited today by the testimony of
NjVptain J. A. Sladen, a clerk in the
federal court, who testified that Cha.
O. Hayes appeared before him and
desired to complain about the Thayer
frauds and he (Sladen) took Hayes to
Mays and introduced them. The date
of the introduction was a year before
the date Mays testified he became
aware that the Thayer conspiracy
existed.
The defense introduced two mem
bers of a former grand jury. One of
whom was to discredit the testimony
of a previous witness that special
Agent Loomis had neglected the gov-
nmint'it inlprniila in til A "11-7"
cases and the other to rcfdtc testi
mony to the effect that Hall had vol
unteered advice regarding the useless
ness of attempting to prosecute the
Thayer frauds, The defense recalled
Bristol and he reiterated his previous
testimony, again stating unqualifiedly
tha the never had an interview with
Hjndricks before the lattcr's eonvic
tion and that he never signed a tele
gram to Heney regarding immunity
for Hendricks.
On cross-examination Heney got
Bristol considerably mixed on dates
of various events that took place
about that same time) and ended by
suggesting that as Bristol was mis
taken on these subjects it was barely
possible he was" in error regarding
the Hendricks' interview and the
Heney telegram. . ..
THE TRANSGRESSOR'S W dfi
STOCKON TOO.
, STOCKTON, Cal., Feb. 4.-The
city council by a vote of five to two
fas passed an ordinance closing the
saloons on Sunday and compelling
the restaurants, drug stores and eat
ing houses to refrain from selling li
quor on that day. ),',' ,'
An ex-Convict la up Against Ft h
Chargt of Murder.
Mi NOT, N. D Feb, 4.-Jcro.nc
Mcintosh, a rancher of the Jlighwood
district, about ,10 miles cast of Great
Fulls, was arrested yesterday on the
charge of having murdered Peter
Lasdale near Belt, Mont, early last
month, Lasdale's body wa found In
an upper room of his home, a bullet
wound in the back of the head show
ing what caused his death. Mcintosh
was released from the Montana peni
tentiary six months ago after having
served a five year sentence for for
gery. His parents are respectable
people, He will be brought back to
Choteau county and his trial, it is
said, will take place at Fort Benton,
. McCALLA STANDS PAT.
' WASHINGTON,' 'Feb.' 4.-Rear
Admiral McCslla, retired, in a letter
to Secretary Metcalf, sayi that with
some' modifications the opinions ex
pressed in a recently published inter
view with him, which created con
siderable comment at the time, have
been held by him for 21 years.
Among the statements which the ad
miral was quoted as making in refer
lug to the navy was that with a navy
department under a civilian secretary,
a department with eight different
bureaus and civilian secretaries ruin
ous mistakes are only what might be
expected. No action will be taken by
the navy department in the matter
as it is understood Secretary Met
calf is not adverse to having officers
express honest criticism in naval
matters over their own signature.
TRAGEDY OF THE SEA
Details of Burning of Steamer
St Cuthbert
TERRIFIC WIND WAS BLOWING
The Cymric and the Cambrian Lay by
for Several Houra Awaiting Chance
to Lower a Boat to Rescue the
Imperilled Crew. 1
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-A wireless
despatch to the Times from the
steamer Cymric gives details of the
burning of the steamer St. Cuthbert.
Soon after the Cymric sighted the
burning vessel the steamer Cambrain
also came up and the two ships lay
by for several hours awaiting a
chance to safely lower a boat the
torric wind which was flowing at the
time making it impossible for a boat
to live. Finally at 2 o'clock the
Cymbric got a boat away in command
of First Officer Stive and with a crew
of six men. After a hard fight with
the waves the boat was, brilliantly
handled, succeeded, aided by the "oil
which has been spread on the water
in reaching the side of the ship. For
10 minutes they lay by before a heavy
figure was lowered into the boat fol
lowed by a second. Then ten men
made their way down the ladder and
into the boat. AH were frightfully
burned. The boat returned safely to
the Cymric and the rescued men were
hoisted aboard. The sama crew then
made a second and a third trip back
to the burning steamer, rescuing 37
men in all. On the last trip the boat
was stove in by a wave and barely
reached the Cymric in safety.
The officers and crew of the St.
Cuthbert had a terrible story to tell.
At midday Saturday the fire was first
discovered, smoke being seen emerg
ing from a ventilator. The first offi
cer rushed to the bridge, where the
captain was, to tell him of the fire,
when almost immediately a terrible
explosion occurred, blowing off all
the hatches in the forward part of the
ship and destroying half the bridge.
The captain was thrown to the deck
badly injured and blinded by the
flames. The wheelsman was driven
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I
Mill
AT
THE CAPITAL
President Refuses to Re
ceive MilukoiX
NOT DJJETO BARON RUSEN
Audience in Such Cases Could
Only be Arranged Through Ac
credited Ambassador.
DINNER INVITATIONS DECLINED
President Roosevelt Himself Had
Determined That Recognition of
Russian Might be Construed Into an
Expression of Sympathy for Others
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4.-The
visit to America of Prof, Paul Miluk
off, the leader of the Constiutional
Democrats, and his speech in New
York, which aroused much irritation
in conservative circles, owing to the
detimrstrativt character of his recep
tion, recently were' the subject of an
article in the semi-official Rossia, in
which it was asserted that President
Roosevelt's refusal to receive him
was not due to the intervention of
Baron Rosen, Russian ambassador at
Washington, but the initiative came
actively from President Roosevelt
himself, who already had determined
that the recognition of Prof Miluk
off would be too easily construed into
an expression of sympathy for the
Constitutional Democrats.
The Rossia states that President
Roosevelt informed Baron Rosen, as
well as others who broached the
subject of an audience in this case,
as well as the case of the petition in
behalf of Nicholas Tschaikovsky, that
in conformity with the custom in Eu
rope these things could be arranged
only through the accredited ambassa
dor. The Rossia further asserted that
Secretary Taft and Secretary Root
and Assistant Secretary Bacon de
clined invitations to the dinner to M.
Milukoff at Washington for the
same reason.
In reply to the statement Prof.
Milukoff in an article in the Rcch ex
presses astonishment at such a state
ment in a government organ. He as
serts that most of the facts are di
rectly opposite to the allegations in
he Rossia and he points out that he
visited America as an advocate, not
of terrorism or revolution, but of
constitutionalism.
M. Milukoff probably will be called
to task by conservatives in the Duma
for his trip. There is some talk also
about governmental prosecution but
this is denied in official "circles.
MORE URGLY FEATURES.
Additional Indictments Found in the
: Treadwell Cases.
SA N FRA NCI SCO, Feb. 4, - The
grand jury returned another indict
ment yesterday against J. Dalzell
Brown, and a joint indictment against
Brown, Walter J. Bartnctt and James
Treadwell. The indictment against
Brown charges that he embezzled
$65,000 worth of bonds of the Sacra
menton Electric, Gas & Railway Co.
which the California Safe Deposit &
Trust Co. was holding as trustee. The
joint Indictment charges Brown, Bart
nctt and Treadwell with embezzling
1001 shares of the capital stock of the
Sacramento Vallo Bank of Briggs,
Colusa county of the value of $35,035
and 1203 shares of the Farmers' &
Merchants' Bank of Colusa valued at
$66,165, These shares were the prop
erty of the California Safe Deposit &
Trust Co. The date of the alleged
offense in September 19 ,1906. Both
Indictments were returned before
Judge George Sturtevant, who fixed
the bail in each case at $50,000.
TRIAL NEARING END.
BOULDER, Mont., Feb. 4.-The
State today closed its rase in the trial
of Harry J. Crubcr, charged with
the murder of Engineer Clow, in the
North Coast Limited hold up at
Welch's Spur.
The accused is another example of
the man who wrote and talked too
much for his own good. Towers,
Gruber's pal, who was convicted last
week, will be a witness for Gruber.
THE RATE TOO HIGH
Smelters to Be Established In
dependent of the Trust
MAGNATE DYING.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-A despatch to
the Record Herald from South Bend,
Ind., says: "The condition of James
Oliver, the millionaire plow manufac
turer who is seriously ill with heart
trouble is such that It is feared he
cannojt recover. There has been no!
change for the better during the last
10 days.
PITIFUL PILFERING.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Thc Inter
Ocean says today that Robt. H. Mar
tin, formerly secretary and treasurer
of Columbia , University, now the
George Washington University at
Washington, D. C, was arrested here
yesterday. He is charged with the
embezzlement of $2100 from a Chi
cago firm of wholesale carpet dealers
by whom he was employed.
THE PLANS WELL PREPARED
Montana Mining Men Subscribe $100,
000 to Build an' Independent Smel
ter, on Co-operative Plan Liberal
Freight Rates With the Railroads.
DENVER, Feb. 4.-The News to
day says:
"Mine operators are planning to
establish smelters independent of the
trust. The movement has been en
dorsed by the American Mining Con
gress as the only solution of high
rates 'exacted by the smelting trust
"James F. Callbreath, Jr., secretary
of the American Mining Congress, re
turned, to Denver yesterday, after at
tending meetings of miners interested
in the independent smeltr movement,
and held during the past three weeks
in Helena, Seattle, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City. He "says that mine
operators in all these districts have
their plans well prepared and are at
the point of erecting plants of a later
'and more economical type than those
operated by the trust.
"Secretary Callbreath says that
during the conference in Helena, the
Montana mining men subscribed
$100,000 to build an independent smel
ter on the co-ope'ration plan. He
further explained that the operators
of Southern California has. already
gone so far' as to purchase an old
smelting plant which will be remod
eled and enlarged sufficiently to
handle all the smelting of that dis
trict. He also says that the Utah
Mineowncrs and leasers who will
soon control their own smelters,
have practically reached an agree
ment on liberal freight rates with
railroads running into the mining dis
tricts of that, state. The co-operative
smelter will probably be stationed at
Ogden.
"Plans are under woy to assemble
the principal mining interests in Colo
rado in the next few weeks when the
first steps will be taken toward the
accumulation of enough capital to
begin the smelting business."
THE MESSAGE
DISCUSSED
J. Sharp Williams Lauds
the President. ,
A JERSE STATEMENT
Bonynge Quoted From Democra
' tic Campaign Book Passages
Antagonistic to Roosevelt
"THE PROPER THING TO DO'
The Indian Appropriation Bill Was
Scheduled for a General Debate,
But it Was Sidetracked to Discuss
the Special Message.
WASHIXCTO.V, Feb. 4. j-President
Roosevelt's message on capital
and labor and on the corporations
and the public was again the theme
of a discussion in the House today.
So great was the demand for, time
that a general- debate tm the" Indian
appropriation bill, which is pending
that business was extended until to
morrow for four hours more.
The interest in today's proceedings
centered in a speech made by John
Sharp Williams, who while lauding
the President for some of his senti
ments expressed the belief that others
were dangerous. His remarks on the
financial question prompted a lengthy
discussion of that subject by Hill of
Connecticut in which he opposed the
Aldrich bill. After briefly discussing
the financial question, Bonynge called
attention to what he said was, the ab
solute insincerity and. hypocrisy of
the Democratic party as an organi
zation in its attitude toward the
President.
He quoted from the last Democra
tic campaign book passages antago
nistic to Roosevelt and asked if they
accorded with the present Democratic
commendation of the President.
Heretofore Bonynge said Demo
crats had hitherto withheld their
praise of the Republican statesmen
until they had crossed to the "Great
beyond." ''
Ollie James, of Kentucky, asked if
the speaker meant that Democrats
have to wait until Rosevelt died be
fore applauding his message. ,
"If you desire to pursue the course
you always have," responded Bon-
umi . ...
ynge, i nat woum De tne proper
thing to do.
Cockran remarked that the endors
ing of one message was distinct from
the endorsement of the administra
tion. After agreeing to extend the debate
for four hours tomorrow, the House
adjourned. :
TELEPHONE WARNINGS.
DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. -The
Senate today passed the urgent defic
iency bill carrying an appropriation
of over $24,000,000. The large defic
iency appropriation for the navy
brought out considerable discussion
on the subject of the executive de
partments making expenditures not
provided for bythe appropriation.
The deficiency appropriations for the
Panama Canal gave rise to the Demo
cratic publication of a paper by the
Canal Commission at Panama and in
cidentally Teller "declared he believed
a lock canal at Panama , some day
would be declared a failure" and that a
sea-level canal would take its place,
The Senate devoted two hours to a
consideration of a criminal code bill
and adjourned.
How a New York Sharper Tries to
' Effect Stocks.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4-For the. last
week reports have reached one or
two large banks to the effect that
some one was calling up depositors
on the telephone and telling them tha ,
bank in which they bad deposits was
abou tto close. The attacks scemel
to be directed mainly toward one of
the large banks, although several
others were also mentioned. The
American Bankers' Association has
now taken the matter up and private
detectives as well as a portion of the
city detective force have been put to
work on the case. The banks in
question are entirely solvent and the
telephone messages have' been sent
with the evident intention of starting
runs. It is the general opinion in
banking circles that the rumors are
being spread for the purpose of af
fecting the stock market. It is of
course next to impossible to trace the
sender of the messages but if he or
they can be found, criminal prosecu
tions will follow. Spreading false re
ports regarding a financial institu
tion is a felony under the New Year
law and is punishable by a fine not to
exceed $5000 and imprisonment for a
period not to exceed three years.
A ROUGH DEATH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4. -Fred
Johnson, a porter, was run down and
instantly killed early last evening by
an in-bound Haight and Market street
car, near the corner of ' Eleventh.
Johnson came to this ' city a short
time ago from Ballard, Wash, He
was 23 years of age.
PUBLIC PRINTERY
Report to be Submitted to Presi
dent Roosevelt
RAPIDLY INCREASING COST
The Chief of the Division of Printing
Says the Cost of Composition Has
Increased Nearly 40 Per Cent For
mer Cost Purely Theoretical
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. -That
the cost of printing at the govern
ment printing office for thj various
executive departments of the govern
ment has increased during the admin-
istration of Charles S. Stillings, the
present public printer, is shown in the
report made to President Roosevelt
By George C. Havenner, chief of the
division of printing in the department
of Commerce and Labor. The in
creased cost varies from 2 or 3 per
cent to more than 100 per cent on
various classes of matter, and the in
creases apply to every department of
the government. Mr. Havennor's in
vestigation showed that the cost of
composition, for instance, had inN
creased nearly 40 per cent, notwith
standing that the best modern facili
ties are employed in the government
printing office., The cost of nearly
every other line of work incident to
the production of printed documents
showed a like increase, and in some
instances a very much greater in
crease. " '
While admitting that the cost of
printing and binding for the depart
ments show an increase, Public Prin
ter Stillings says that the cost of
manufacture, applied in the past was
purely theoretical and that the system
he now has in force enables him to
determine the absolute value of the
output. -
President Roosevelt has directed
the public printer to submit a report
to him respecting Mr. Havener's
findings.
BATTLING NELSON BESTED.
: LO SANGELES, Feb, lS.-Ru-
dolph Unholz had the tetter of Bat
tling Nelson in a 10-round bout in
this city tonight. A city ordinance
prevents a decision being given in
boxing contests.