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mi 001111 PUiLliHtf FULL ASSOCIATED PRCS HI PORT C0VCR3THC MORNING flELD ONTHK LOWER COLUMpi VOLUME LXIII. NO. 402 ASTORIA, ' TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1908. POLITICAL PURPOSES Douglas-Bryson Corres pondence In Evidence. PRESIDENT'S ATTITUDE Bryson Asserted the President Did Not Appoint Strong Men to Office MOUNTAIN OUT OF MOLE HILL During the Day Senator Foraker Mad Reply to tha President'! Statement Concerning Uaa of Ap pointing Power for Political Intent WSHINGTON, Feb. la Rising to quetion of personal privilege, Senator Foraker today replied in tne Senate to tiie denial of President Roosevelt of the chargei that he had Uicd federal patronage for the pur pose of influencing the Republican contest. The Senator predicted hi argument on reference to the Ohio situation on a letter of Present Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulka, the former civil service commiaaion, which was published today. Me pro duced the correspondence relative to the appointment of Charlci 11. Bry ion, whose nomination aa postmaster ai Athena, wai withheld temporarily for the alleged reason that Bryion had .given an interview while in Washington recently expressing the opniou that Taft was losing ground in Ohio. The correspondence showed that Bryson who had stood his ground and his declaration of politi- . cal independence had resulted in an other order from White who was making the appointment. Communications , on the subject were octween ncpresemavivc luss of Ohio and Bryson. In a very temperate manner Foraker comment l nn the case, but insisted that rec ords cWarly show an attempt to "Coerce Bryson and that his fear less stand had been responsible for his retention by the President. The Senator said it was no exaggeration to say that there arc hundred of cases in Ohio where appointments have been made for political purposes only, but there were few where documen tary evidence can be produced. Reading in the Senate by Foraker of the Douglass-Bryan correspond ence today caused Douglass on the floor of the liuubc to read another 4 letter of his to Bryson which he said ' Foraker hart failed to rend. Dmlglnss said he failed to understand why For aker had failed to read all the letter unless he did not have them. The letter was in reply to one from Bry son in which Bryson acknowledged himself as a Foraker man and assert ed the President did not appoint strong men to public offices. . In the letter to Bryson, Douglass declared he was making a mountain ont of a mole hill, and in order to dis abuse his mind about the President's feeling toward candidates for public office, he suggested that Bryan come to Washlnirton and have a talk with the President. Douglass said the whole incident illustrates the fact that it is not the disposition of the President to wage war upon any men ' who are not of his way of thinking but rather the same generosity and broad mindednes he has always exhibited in making appointments to office. Postmaster-General Meyer stated later that he did not quite understand the logic of Forakef's speech. For mer's statement, tie says,show9 in itself that notwithstanding the Presi dent knew Bryson favored Foraker, he still sent Bryion'i name to the Senate. Meyer says the President in structed him to hold Bryson'i nomi nation Up because of chargei of cor ruption and that Bryion had been accused of having been violently anti administration. Meyer investigated these reports and found them untrue and 10 reported to the President The President, he sayi, then directed that Bryson'i name be sent In. DOO FIGHTERS ARRESTED. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 Eight officers of the Society for the pre vention of cruelty to Animals today made 23 arrests of ipcctaton in at tendence at what was to have been a fight between blooded bull dogi. The animals were about to be un Icathed when the raid wai made, and white those captured submitted only after revolveri had been drawn, 100 others made their escape in vehicles of various kinds. The promoters had selected an orange grove near Covina, 30 miles from this city, as the scene of the fight and deputies spent the night in preparations for the raid. ; LLOYD ELECTED. John Sharp Williams Strong Opposi tion Didn't Cut Any Figure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. In the face strong opposition by Williams of Mississippi, leader minority in house, James L. Lloyd, of Missouri, tonight was elected chairman of the Demo cratic campaign committee. MONOTONY RELIEVED Brief and Fiery Speech By Rep resentative Leake. SCORED THE DEMOCRATS Charged Bryan With Taking the Big Stick from the President and Leav- r ing the Latter Only a Big Slipper Indian Appropriation Not Inferred. WASHINGTON, Feb. lOi-A brief but fiery speech by Leake of New Jersey in which he outlined his oppo sition to Bryan as a candidate for the Presidency, relieved somewhat the monotony of the debate on the In dian appropriation bill in the House of Representatives today. Leake charged Bryan with taking the big stick from the President and leaving the latter with only a big slipper, and he further credited the Demo crats in the . House with having usurped the right of free action of the delegates at the Denver conven tion by nominating Bryan in ad vance. His remarks were greeted with hisses from the Democratic side of t the House. The consideration of the Indian appropriation bill was not concluded when the House adjourned. FISHERMEN ICE BOUND. CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Sixteen men in two ice-bound fishing tugs are im prisoned four miles out in the lake nenr Waukegan. Two of the sailors came stumbling into that port last night, having walked over the ice. They took back-a supply of food. The boats had been going out every day or so 25 miles into the lake for trout. ' DIED AT SEA. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lO.-The City of Para,' which arrived here yesterday from Panama brings word that Captain Edwardson of the four masted barkentine Koko Head died at Mazatlan. His body has been em balmed, and is coming to this port on the Curacoa. . The mate of the Koko Head is bringing the vessel to San Francisco. .aVIl PRICE FIVE CENTS JM-'MIR L1UF CLASSED Burns Wins in the Fourth Round. TWENTY ROUND CONTEST Palmer Was a Beaten Man From the Moment He Entered the Ring. WAS BUSY COVERING HIMSELF In the Final Round he Wat Sent to the Floor Several Times and at Last Was Barely Able to Drag Himself to His Knees. LONDON, Feb, 10-Tommy Burns the American heavyweight pugilist tonight knocked out Jack Palmer of Newcastle, the English champion, in the fourth round of a 20-round con test for the heavyweight champion ship. It was a one-sided affair from the first gong until the middle of the fourth round, when Palmer, on his knees, was counted out. The referee might have given the decision after the first minute of the contest. Pal mer was a beaten man from the mo ment he entered the ring. Palmer took the count twice in the first round, and was busy the rest of the time in covering himself. This was repeated in each of the other rounds, Palmer being hopelessly outclassed and apparently without ability either to deliver a telling blow or to de fend himself. In the final round he was sent to the floor several times and at last was barely able to drag himself to his knees where he re mained with his elbow on the floor, while the count of 10 was rolled off. ALDRICH BILL. Debate Opened by Senator Aldrich Galleries Packed, WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-Senat; or Aldrich, chairman of the committee, on finance opened the debate in sen ate today on his bill to provide an emergency currency. He was listen ed to with great attention by Repub licans and Democrats alike, while in the agllcrics there was a large au dience.. Among others was J. P. Morgan, who remained through the delivery , of the speech. During the day Senator Foraker made a reply to the President's statement concerning the use of the appointing power for political purposes and had letters read showing the President's attitude in one case, Senator Depew defend ed the course of the secretary of the Treasury in depositing public funds in New York banks. Criminal code bill also considered. COLLECTION TO BE SOLD. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-A large callection of loot from Peking, taken at the time of the Boxer uprising, is to be sold in New York next" week. The collection is that made by the late Edwin H. Conger, minister from the U. S. to Peking at the time of the uprising, It is sold by direction of )Mr. Conger's widow. The collection is an exceedingly valuable one and consists of some 1,200 articles, includ ing pottery, metal work, embroidered and fur garments and other very valuable articles. .When the 'allied forces entered Peking in 1900 there was much looting done by the sol diers, principally those of other na; tions than America. Much of the loot so gathered was sold at public auc tion and the proceeds used to care for the Christian Chinese who had been gathered in the legations. The prices brought at these auctions were in most caci very small and many ex cellent ipecmens of Chinese art were purchased by the American minister. EXPLOSION ON CRUISER. Boiler Tubes Blown Out and Three : Men Probably Fatally Scalded. VALLEJO, Cal., Feb. 10.-Some boiler tubes on the cruiser St Louis blew out at noon today. Three deck hands were horribly scalded. The or igin of the explosion is not known but it is supposed it had been caused by cold water running into the hot pipes. The injured will probably not die. CHINESE CONSUL CHANGED. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10-Sun Sze Yee will no longer be consul gen eral for China at this port He leaves for China tomorrow on the Hong kong Maru, to be gone for a year, and when he returns he will be raised one degree in rank, but will not act as consul general. His successor, Hue Sing Fai, will arrive here with Minister Wu Ting Fang. The date of their coming is uncertain. When Sun Sze Yee returns to this city he will hold the rank of poa pai, a title one degree higher than the one he hetd, He will devote all his at tention to educational work in this country. , CAVALRY CALLED ON Police Powerless to Handle the . Great Crowd. ' LAID AWAY IN PANTHEON King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis Phillippe Finally Laid to Rest Crowd Struggle to Get Into Cathe dral and Brush Aside the Guards. LISBON, Feb. lO.-The bodies of King Carlos and the Crown Prince Luiz Phillippe today were laid away beside those of their royal ancestors in the pantheon. A great crowd struggled outside the cathedral San Vincente seeking to enter and view the bodies before the doors were fin ally closed for the ceremony. The crowd brushed away the police and the royal archers and piled into the church. A panic threatened and it was necessary to call the cavalry. Women and children were caught in the crush and many were bruised and trampled on but no fatalities are reported. ICE DETAINS SUBMARINES. NEW YORK,"Feb. lO.-The three submarine torpedo boats, Cuttlefish, Viper and Tarantula, which attempt ed to leave New York on Thursday for Newport News or some other southern port for elaborate tests, are still in the harbor and will not leave here untill the ice with which the harbor is now filled disappears. The tittle submarines find it dangerous to cope with the greats quantities of floating ice and it has been decided to hold them here until there is less danger of accident. One of the sub marines was damaged by ice on Thursday when the attempt to leave was made and while the damages were of a minor character, it is not thought best to run the risk of further injuries. " BUILD BATTLESHIPS President's Recommenda tion for 4 Rejected, TO COST NINE MILLIONS Hobson Announced After the Meeting He Intended Making a Minority Report WHAT THE HOUSE STANDS FOR The Bill as Amended Carries a Total of $101,000,000 for the Navy Estimate for the Next Fiscal Year. WASHINGTON, Feb. lO.-By a vote of 13 to 5 the House commit tee on naval affairs rejected the President's urgent " recommendation , that Congress this session authorized the building of four battleships at total cost of $38,000,000, and by a unanimous vote there was included in the navy appropriation bill an author ization for the construction of two, to cost $9,500,000 and each be of the Delaware type. Those supporting the President's recommendations con sist of two Republicans and three Democrats. Representative Hobson, one of those who supported the Pres ident's views announced after the meeting that he intended making a minority report recommending the authorization of four battleships, the preference of the committee being in favor of four battleships, but the voting attitude was explained by Chairman Foss, who said experience has shown that it is more profitable in the end to recommend in the be ginning what you know the House will stand for. The bill as amended carries a total appropriation of $101,000,000 for the navy estimate for the next fiscal year. The committee raised the number of submarine torpedo boats asked for from four to eight. The doubling of the department's estimates of subma rines was largely influenced by letters and petitions from Pacific Coast chambers of commerce. These boats are to be of octopus type. "QUEENIE" SHOT. NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-A night spent in hilarity by three men and throe women ended today in a tragedy when one of the women, known as "Queenie," but who is sad to be Mrs. Annie Conning of Delaware, was shot to death in a trolley car on Second avenue. Mabel Couzzie confessed this aftcrnon that she accidently fired from the pistol in her muff and killed "Queenie," but the police be lieve an element of mystery still j hangs over the case in the disappear ance of the men ot the party, lhe Couzzie woman has been held with out bail. The Couzzie woman tells a plausible story. She says one of the men in the party gave the gun to her ! to keep. In the car an Italian took exceptions at some of the remarks passed about him, and in the melee which followed a revolver was dis charged and "Queenie" fell dead. The revolver was dropped to the floor and one of the men picked it up and with his two companions fled. BANK RESUMES BUSINESS. - NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-The First National Bank of Brooklyn, which closed on October 25 last, reopened for business today. A deficiency of $165,000 has been made good by the stockholders. . AERO CLUB. NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Under the direction of various members of the Aero Club of America. The junior Aero CJub of the U. S. is being organ ized here. No person over 21 years of age is eligible for active member ship, the object of the as set forth in the constitution being to encourage the, study of aerial science among young persons and to hold exhibitions and contests with apparatus designed for aerial locomo tion, made or owned bv its active members. A contest for "pilot" bal loons is expected, it was stated yes terday, to be held in or near New York on May 30, next, as the first of the club's competitive events. PENNY ARCADES CONDEMNED NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Penny ar cades on the Bowery are condemned in a report of a Joint committee of the Women's Municipal League and the Peoples' Institute appointed to investigate the cheap amusements of the city. While the committee be lieves that moving picture in which the cities and people of other lands are depicted have great educational value, these pictures are found to be infrequent, while in' many cases there are found pictures which are anything but educational The same fault is found with many penny in the slot pictures machines which are declares by the committee to be vicious. The cheap melodramas and burlesque shows on the Bowery are also condemned as demoralizing. The committee proposes legislative enactment to control all such exhibi NAME SENT TO SENATE. WASHINGTON Fh. in Th. President today sent to the Senate the nomination of Darwin A. TItfr tn be surveyor-general of Idaho. . FIVE INDICTMENTS Returned By the Grand Jurors in Morse's Banks. ARE NOT YET MADE PUBLIC Jerome Stated That the Grand Lar ceny Charges Were Laid Against the "Man Now on His Way Over Here from Europe" Meaning Morse NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-The grand jury which has been investigating the banks with which Charles W. Morse has been connected, today returned five indictments. Three of the in dictments had to do with liquor cases and wto charged with larceny. The indictments are not made pub lic but in asking that a good-sized bail bond be required, Jerome stated that the grand larceny charges were laid against the "Man now on his way over here from Europe." Following the court proceedings it was authori tatively stated that the man referred to was Morse. WANTS TAINTED MONEY. SPOKANE, Feb. ltt-The 150,000 Club, through, its secretary, has writ ten to John D. Rockefeller, asking a donation for children's playgrounds, following a report from the East that the oil magnate contemplates donat ing considerable money to such pur BRIDGING THE WALLA WALLA MILTON, Ore., Feb. lO.-Two new bridges are being erected across the Walla Walla River by the countv commissioners of Umatilla county. One is on the North Fork, about six miles above Milton, while the other is at Brown's millsite, within the city limits. 500 UNION PLUMBERS STRIKE. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 10.-About 5nn union plumbers employed by mem bers of the Masters Plumbers' Asso ciation went on strike todav becau: of a reduction in wages.