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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 400
fORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1008.
PRICE FIVE CENT8
CURSE ON
CAMPANIA
Correspondent Associated
Press Found Him
GRANTED AN INTERVIEW
Wat Shown London Papers
Referring To Him As Having
Fled From Creditors.
COMING BACK IN TEN DAYS
He Said be Had Sent Cablegrams to
New York Concerning His Poaltloo
Courteously Begged to be Ea
cuied When Aiked His Destination
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 7.--A cor
respondent of the Associated Press
tonight boarded the steamer Cam
pania and found Charles W. Morse
of New York in the smoking room
enjoying a game of cards. Without
a moment's hesitation, Morse granted
. i.rviow to the correspondent.
He was shown extracts ffom the
London papers referring to him is
having fled from his creditors. Morse
said there was absolutely nothing in
the reports. He added that he'had
sent cable dispatches to New York
concerning his position and that he
would rectify matters when he re
turned there. He was traveling part
ly on business and partly for pleasure
for a week or 10 days, askcu wncre
h. nrnhnuil oniiiii after he landed at
Liverpool, Morse courteously begged
to be excused from replying, ne ue
i.;. iinv woVild not be prolong
visit T "
ed beyond 10 days and that he would
then return to New York. .
MONSTER PETITION.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7-Thirtcen thou
sand and 50 feet of signatures rep
resenting the desire of exactly 168,
062 voters to pass upon the merits
of the Sunday saloon question, have
insured the appearance of a little
ballot bearing this at the spring elec
tion April 7.
The great mass of petitions which
have been circulated by workers for
the United Societies gathered last
night, making a formidable appear
ance as they were prepared for the
binder. Stacked together they make
a pile six feet and eight inches high.
The saloon adherent declare the vot
ers which these petitions represent
guarantee an overwhelming majority
for an open Sunday.
Today the petitions will be loaded
on a dray and carried to the office of
the election commissioners in the
city hall.
TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN.
CARSON, Nev., Feb. President
Roosevelt today telegraphed Gover
nor Sparks that the troops would be
ordered to return to their permanent
stations on March 7. The President
stat s it would be impossible for
him against to defer the date for
their return. ,
Sparks replied that he was certain
of the police getting the force in6
shape as rapidly as possible, but the
necessity of getting the equipment
from the east was the principal cause
of the delay.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Headed by
what promises to be hot ibmpaign
in Springfield, Bloomington and De
catur, residents of several Illinois
counties will vote on the saloon
question in ' the spring. Yesterday
was the last day for filing petitions
asking that the issue be submitted to
the voters, and reports received from
many counties indicate that the ant1
saloon adherents have been sur.ess
ful, in obtaining enough signatures to
allow the question to be balloted on
at the polls. It is estimated that
1200 towns will take part in the con
test Ernest A. Scrogln, attorney for the
anti-saloon league of Illinois, and
district superintendent declares' that
reports received within the last few
days it is certain that 90 per cent of
the townships in the counties in his
jurisdiction will vote on the question.
WAGES ARE CUT.
DENVER, Feb. 7.Notiees were
posted yesterday a, the Globe Smel
ter, owned by the American Smelting
& Refining Company announcing a
reduction in wages commencing Feb
rnuary U. One of the company's
smelters at Pueblo will also be shut
down. The reduction affects 700
men and wages cut 15 to 25 cents
per day. General Manager Franklin
Culterman says that the reductions
were made necessary by reason of
the decreased production of the
mines.
Judge Hunt's Instructions
Very Elaborate.
WARFIELD GOINO TO LONDON
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-It is an-
nounced that David Warfield, the ac
tor, is to appeal in London in the
fall. In addition to the plays in which
he has been successful in America
Mr. Warfield. his manager announces
will be seen as Shylock. It is known
that it has been Mr. Warfield's am
bition to appear in Shakespearan
roles.
MILK CONDITIONS
Expectations For Heated Session
Not Realized.
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SURPRISING DEVELOPMENTS
Decided That the Pure Milk Commit
tee Should Take Steps Towards
Securing Modifications of State Law
Which Dealers Pronounce Unfair.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7,-Not
withstanding expectations for i
heated session by some of those who
attended the meeting of representa
tives from bay countries commercial
companies, the milk dealers associa
tion, the milk shippers, the milk pro
duccrs, the State Dairy Bureau, the
Board of Health and the Pure Milk
Committee from the California Wom
an's Club at the Mission street Ma
sonic Temple yesterday afternoon
for a heart to heart talk on the
status of the pure milk qticstion,the
threatened storm failed to break,
Instead, the dove of, peace hovered
within easy calling distance through
out, and the meeting adjourned with
a declaration by both sides that they
would willingly co-operate toward
securing uniformly pure milk for
San Francisco consumers.
The most surprising development
of the day was the statement by Mar
tin Johnson, a milk dealer, that the
milk handlers union were diredtly
responsible for most of the impure
milk conditions existing. He was
vigorously applauded by other milk
dealers,
"Go to the unions," said Johnson
to the pure milk committee. ("We
can't do anything with them. If we
! order a man to keep clean and he
doesn't want to, and we discharge
him for it, in two hours we wouldn't
have a man working for us. That's
what we have to contend against.
Before the adjournment it was de
cided that the pure milk committee
should take steps toward securing
modifications of the state law which
several dealers pronounced manifest
ly unfair, They asserted" tlidt in the
winter months of the year, when the
grass in the pastures is 90 per cent
water.i it was Impossible always to
have the required amount of butter
fat.
ILL'S FATE
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THREE SEPERATE ACTS
Expounded The Law On Subject
Of Conspiracy Alleged Fencing
And Statute Of Limitations.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
Not Alone That a Conspiracy Existed
But That Defendant Had Inten
tionally Been Party to it Favor
able to Prosecution is the Opinion.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7.-The case of
John Hall, charged with conspiracy,
went to the jury at 10:30 tonight.
Judge Hunt in the United States
district court finished his charge and
delivered into the hands of the jury
at half past 10 tonight the case of the
government against John H. Hall,
former: United States district attor
ney for Oregon. Before the jury re
tired to deliberate, Judge Hunt order
ed them, in case they arrived at an
agreement tonight, to return a sealed
verdict to be opened when the court
re-convenes in the morning.
Judge Hunt's instructions were the
most elaborate ever given in a land
fraud or conspiracy case. He lucidly
expounded the law on the subject of
conspiracy, on the illegal fencing of
public lands and on the subject of
the statute of limitations.
In regard to conspiracy he charged
that it remained with the jury to
determine whether any conspiracy
existed and whether there had been
any overt acts in pursuance with this
alleged conspiracy. The court said
the government had introduced tes
timony in attempt to show three
specific overt acts had been commit
ted. Judge Hunt went into the sub
ject on illegal fencing and in addi
tion read the statute on the subject.
Further than this he declared that
in addition to the mandatory char
acter of the-statute, filing of an affi
davit alleging a wrongful a,ct would
be additional reason for a diligent
and prompt performance of duty. He
spoke of the wilful or intentional
omission of duty and the part it
played in a conspiracy, but he em
phatically charged that the jury must
be convinced beyond a reasonable
doubt not alone that a conspiracy
existed but that defendant had inten
tionally been a party to it. The gen
eral opinion among those who heard
the charge was that it was favorable
to the prosecution.
motor cars. The cost of the building
is estimated at $150,000.
Real estate circles were speculating
yesterday as to what caused Mr. Van
derbilt to undertake this building op
eration, there being little reason to
suppose that the structure is to be
put np with a view to offering its ac
commodation in the open market. The
neighborhood is one of many fine
residences, only a block away from
the Vandcrbilt colony near Fifth
avenue and Fifty-second street
SHOT THE DOCTOR.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-A dispatch to
the Record Herald from Columbus,
Ga. says:
Alleging that for two years he has
been pursued by the malign telepha
tic power of Dr. L. F. Meyers, Ed
ward Power, a merchant, went to the
office of the physician last night and
shot him twice, making wounds that
will cause his death.
'i had to do it" said Power after
the shooting. "Two years ago I be
came Meyers patient and since then
he has pursued me with his devilish
telepathic power. Time after time
this power has been entered up
on me to make me do things that
were wrong for the benefit of the
doctor.'"
UNIQUE BUILDING.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-On two lots
now occupied by stables, near Madi
son avenue, on Fiftysecond street,
Wm. K. Vanderbilt purposes building
a structure unique even for this city
of diversified types of buildings. Ac
cording to the plans which Mr. Van
dcrbilt filed yesterday, the proposed
building, described in the plans as a
dwelling, will virtually be an apart
ment house, but with accommoda
tions for only two families. Entrance
hall, reception and billiard rooms oc
cupy most of the first floor. The
three floors over these will comprise
one apartment with dining rooms,
library, large and small saloons, half
a doze.n bedrooms and , three bath
rooms. This apartment is practically
duplicated on three upper floors. In
the basement is a garage with ele
vator capable of handling the largest
$417 FOR LANE COUNTY MAN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7-The om
nibus war claims bill passed by the.
House contains an item of $417 for
John K. Butler, of Lane County, Ore
gon.
CAPITOL SUMUL
WILLIAMS OF
MISSISSIPPI
Introduces Minority Cur
rency
Chicago branch of the National Vigi
lance Committee for the suppression
of the white slave traffic. Dr. O. Ed
ward Janney, of Baltimore, Md., or
ganizer of the national body will ad
dress the meeting and lay down plana
for campaign.
The meeting will be held under, the
auspices of the Union Ministers' As
sociation. The associations expected to strike
the first blow in the state legislature.
The passage of a new law covering
the trafficing in girls has been recom
mended by Speaker Shurtleff of the
state legislature in letters to several
preachers. This law, if passed, will
annul numerous technicalities behind
which the resort keepers take refuge.
Contractor And State Officials
Charged With Conspiracy.
PENNYPACKER IMPLICATED
Letters Were Written by all Con
cerned to Dove-tail in Whitewash
ing Each Other to Carson's Inquiry
of the Capitol ScandaL
.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 7,-The
trial of Contractor Sanderson and
three former State officials charged
with conspiracy in the furnishing of
the new capitol, took a sensational
turn today when Stanford B. Lewis,
assistant to Architect Hueston de
clared with dramatic earnestness that
Hueston's letter to former attorney
General Carson, explaining his part
in the contracts, had been prepared
at the suggestion of former Governor
Pennypacker, former auditor general
Snider and Mr. Carson and that it
was misleading and intended to be a
"white wash." -
Lewis was being subjected to a
severe cross-examination about the
letter and demanded a right to ex
plain the circumstances under which
it was written. He declared when it
became Hueston's turn to write an
answer to Carson, Lewis was tele
phoned to come over to Harrisburg
by Pennypacker and Snyder and the
letter was prepared at a conference
with those two officials and the for
mer Attorney-General to dove-tail
with the others prepared by the state
officers connected with the construc
tion of the capitol. Lewis said the
letter was written at a time when he
had no knowledge of any of the in
dictments as they had been brought
to this court today. He said they
were proud of the building and that
the only purpose of the letter was
more or less "white wash" to protect
the great building which they had
been instrumental in getting up in
Harrisburg. The statements made in
the letter were not in accordance with
what they did. They were made to
fit in with letters written by the
other officials. The letter 'referred to
was one of a series written in No
vember and December, 1906, in re
sponse to Carson inquiry into the
capitol scandal.
HARMONY CONFERENCE
No National Bank Shall Loan
More Than Seven Times Amount
Of Its Capital Stock.
PAY BANK EXAMINERS SALARY
Fund of $15,000,000 is to be Created
for the Payment of the Depositors
of Failed Banks Emergency Treas
ury Notes' Subject to Taxation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 What is
known as a minority currency bill,
was introduced today by William of
Mississippi The measure is the re
sult of a harmonious conference of
the , Democratic members of the
House committee on banking. The
bill repeals the laws permitting na
tional banks to keep three-fifths of
their reserves in the national banks
of the reserve cities. It provides that
not less than one-half of the reserves
now required be kept in central re
serve cities be held in gold or gold
certificates. The bank examiners to
receive salary instead of fees. The
liabilities, exclusive of tb liabilities
of its members not to exceed in any
case 30 per cent of the capital stock.
No national bank shall loan more
than seven times the amount of its
capital stock and unimpaired sur
plus. Any national bank may keep
50 per cent of reserve in United
States bonds or 25 per cent in state
or municipal bonds but only munici
pal bonds shall be acceptable of
cities which have kept their bonds
above par for six years prior, have
been in existence 10 years and have
never defaulted funded debt and
whose indebtedness did not exceed 18
per cent of its taxable property. That
part of the reserve kept in United
States bonds may be kept in the near
est sub-Treasury and such depositing
bank shall receive in lieu, emergency
treasury notes subject to taxation
and redeemable at any time in legal
tender. Fund of $15,000,000 is to be
created for the payment of depositors
of failed banks and a tax of one :!
teenth per cent on deposits is au
thorized to be imposed on banks who
consent to be so taxed. Act also
prohibits the officers of a bank from
loaning money for stock gambling.
MARK TWAIN HOME. .
NEW YORK Feb. 7.-Samuel I
Clemens (Mark Twain), who returned
from Bermuda last night in the
steamship Bermudian which brought
in the crew of the wrecked schooner
Mary C. Newhall, before going to
his home in Fifth avenue, said that
his brief visit to the warm south bad
benefited him and he had lost there
the severe cold that had confined him
to his bed before he sailed. v
MANY IDLE FREIGHT CARS.
CHICAGO,' Feb. 7 An executive
meeting of the American Railway
Association is meetng here today,
considering whether the present 50
cents per diem charge for freight
cars should be changed. It was
stated that as there are 350,000 idle
freight cars in the country, some of
the members of the association be
lieve the charge should be lowered. !
TO BURY ITS DEAD
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-With
complete harmony of action, a . joint
caucus of the Republican Senators
and members, was held in the cham
ber of the House tonight, elected the
members of their congressional cam
paign committee. Representative
Herman presided. Several states fail-,
to submit the names of their repre
sentatives on committee and a reso
lution was adopted empowering the
committee to name such representa
tives in the event no selection is made
by February 29. Among the list so
far as made tonight is William E.
Humphrey, of Washington. '
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. The preachers
of Chicago intend to wipe out the
"white slave traffic" in "this city.
Next Monday 300 ministers, repre
senting all the protestant denomina
tions, will assemble and' organize a
Portugal Awaiting Final Tribute
Of Homage.
STREETS LINED BY TROOPS
Everything is in Re dines for the
March From th Mortuary Chapel
Where the Belies Lie Through
Two Miles of Jtreeta to the Church
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LISBON Feb. 7.-A11 Portugal is
awaiting the coming of the morrow
and the final rendering of homage
to their dead king and crown prince.
Everything is in readiness for the
long march from the mortuary
chapel where the bodies lie through
two miles of troop-lined streets to the
church of San Vincente, where a sol
emn requiem will be celebrated.
V.
CANNOT AGREE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.-A
meeting this afternoon between the
representatives of steam . schooner
owners of San Francisco and the
committee from the marine engineers
over the question of wages came to
naught today. The indications are
that unless some agreement is reach
ed early in the coming week, a strike
will be called. The others unions
may be drawn into the trouble. v
MINE EXPLOSION.
PORT HOOD, N. S., Feb. 7.-Ten
coal miners, employed in the pit . of
the Port Hood mine in this town,
were killed by an explosion today.
All of the bodies have been recover
ed. There is ground for the belief
that a charge of powder may have
become ignited, causing the explos
ion. The mine had previously been
inspected and the lower level as well
as other parts of the mine had been
found free from fire damp.
QUARRY EXPLOSION.
CHICAGO, Feb. '7. Three men
were fatally injured and several oth
ers were seriously hurt as the result
of an explosion . in the quarries of
Doles and Shepard, in the suburb of
Hawthorne, today. The tragedy was
caused by carelessness.