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1 V PUBLISHES FULL AttOCIATKP MCM REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 49 i -FVjr I iA w St.! Jj1 COVERS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA MAYOR LANE VINDICATED Mrs. Waymlrc and Rad- ding Guilty. AS VICTIM OF A PLOT Their Acquittal Would Have Been a Serious Blow to Dr. Une Politically. 'JURY OUT A SHORT TIME They Conspired to Blacken the Char acter of Mayor Harry Lane by Hav tag Him Discovered in Comprom ising Position With Mrs. Wsymlre. PORTLAND, Feb. 2S.-Mri. Utile Waymlrc and E. E. Radding were to night found guilty o( conspiring to blacken the character of Mayor Harry Lane by having him discovered in a compromising position with Mrs. Waymire. The case has been under trial for the uait week and has attracted a great deal of attention. The interest centered in the anomalous position of Mayor Une, who, though the com plaining -witness, was in the opinion of the general public, undergoing trial rather than Mrs. Waymire and Raddina. and their acquittal would" have been a serious blow to him po litically not to mention the more im portant fact that it would have cast a serious separation on his integrity as a physician. The jury was out only a short time, and this is taken generally to mean- that that body en tertained no doubts that the Mayor had been the intended victim of a plot against his good name. THIS IN LOS ANQELE3. Thirteen Inch Snaka Comes Through The City Water Main. LOS .ANGELES. Feb. 24,-At- traded by the cries for help of a wo nmn boarder In his boarding house, the proprietor rushed Into the room to find a snake darting around In a basin of water just drawn from the faucet. The reptile, which measures exactly thirteen Inches, had come through the faucet when (he woman went to draw water. It Is of a brown color, and exceedingly vivacious. OPPOSED TO R A CI NO LAWS. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 25.-The state racing commission in its annual report handed down in the legislature last night opposition to any change in the racing laws as recommended by Governor Hughes in his annual mes sage. , Speaking of the pending of the Agnew-llart bills the report says: "In our opinion the enactment of present proposed amendments would seriously damage to racing and would probably terminate it in a short time." DRUG HOUSE FAILS. NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The Stall man & Fulton Company, importers of drugs, with branches in Chicago and London, has made an assignment to Charles G. Dobbs. The business is an old one, having been established more than 40 years. No statement of the assets and liabilities can be ob tained but it is estimated that the liabilities are between $150,000 and $200,000. TRANSPORTATION RATES. i ' ' '" roblema, for. the. Interatate. Com merce Commission to Unravel V. .CHICAGO, Feb 24,-Thcre is a difference of 35 cents a hundred weight to lumber shippers of the Mid die West between hauling a carload of lumber from Los Angeles to Mis souri river points and hauling the same car, refilled with lumber, from the Missouri river to Los Angeles. This difference was considered yes terday by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the complaint of the national Hardwood Mfrs, Association against all the Pacific Coast and Mid die West Railroads. ' G. W. Luce, general freight agent of the Southern Pacific, and C. G. Burhham, assistant to the first vice president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, were the chief witnesses for the railroads. Hoth maintained that there is no necessity for a lower western rate because the coast com petition is inconsequential and that the low eastern rate is made because the eastboitnd traffic is much heavier when the westbound shipments of other commodities than lumber elim inates empty car movement westward. The hearing will be continued next week. .'. ..'..., Commissioners Prouty and Harlan yesterday heard testimony in the com plaint of 16 creameriesjjf Nebraska and Kansas against four railroads and five express companies charging illegal ' combination to raise rates. In August 4907, the rates on ship ments of creamory products were alsed. The railroads and express companies claim added cost of labor and operating expenses necessitated the increase, CRIMINAL LIBEL Owner and Managing Editor of Bulletin on Trial. - ASSERTING A CONSPIRACY W S. Tevis, Preaident of the Bay City Water Company and a Very Rich Man Waa Aaaerted to Have Conspired With SchmiU and Ruef. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25-Rapid progress was made today in the trial of R. A. Crothers, owner, and Fre mont Older, managing editor of the Bulletin on a charge of criminally libelling W. S. Tcvis, president of the Bay Cities Water Company in asserting he conspired to sell with Schmitz and. Ruef, the Bay Cities Water Company to the city for $10, 000,000. Tcvis is one of the richest men in the state. When court adjourned tonight eight jurors had been accepted and sworn in. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS HI ARTICLE H. Reutcrdabl's Charges Against Navy. ARE ABSOLUTELY FALSE So Say Rear Admirals Converse and Capps When Examined By Senate Committee. GAVE WRONG - IMPRESSIONS SHOT THE WfrONG PRIEST. DENVER, Feb. 2S.-The Post to day prints what purports to be a statement from Guiseppe Alio, alias Guaranaccio, alias Angelo Gabriclle, from which it appears that Father Leo was not the priest whom he in tended to murder, but was' mistaken by him for a young Italian priest who had been condemned to death by a band of anarchists which had been eailcd from Italy. When told by the interpreter that the priest he had kill ed was German and had never been in Sicily and that there was no scar on his forehead, Alio burst into paroxysm of grief. After it passed he calmly said, "If I killed the wrong man, I am very sorry, but I will take the consequences like a man." " " GOVERNOR TO JRESIGN. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2S.-Gover- nor Jos. K. Toole, of, Montana, ar rived in Los Angeles yesterday from Helena. Governor Toole announced shortly after his arrival, that, owing to ill health he had determined to re sign and that his resignation will take effect April 1. At the Conclusion of an Extended Refutation of Converse, Perkins Stated That the Apologies of the Committee Were Due the Officer. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. -Two experts in naval construction, rear- Admiral Converse nd Rear-Admjral Capps were examined by the Senate committee of naval affairs today in the investigation of charges made against the navy by Henry Reuter dahl in a recent magazine article. At the conclusion of an extended refuta tion by Converse, it was stated by Perkins that the apologies of the committee were due the officers for having called them to answer . such articles as this. 1 nat is true," said Hale, "but it is written in such a vein that a lay man could not understand how ab surd the charges are.. It attracted the attention of the whole country and he had to investigate." Martin,., Perkins and Gallinger laughingly suggesled that Reuterdahl who is now on the Pacific fleet, hav ing secured permission to accompany it before the article was printed, should be set of! the fleet, if a con venient barren Island could be found in the Pacific Ocean. A development of principal interest was that two of the "charges made by Reuterdahl were in language similar to that used by Lieutenant-Commander Simms and Hill in articles which they prepared and submitted l the secre tary of the navy at his request Con verse disclaimed any Intention of in (heating that these officers or their articles had inspired Rcuterdahl's at tack, nevertheless these officers are to be called before the committee in the near future. Taking up Reuter dahl article, Converse stated that of the charges contained therein that some of them were "Very unimport ant" some of them so "Stated as to give wrong impressions' and some to be absolutely false. In reply to a question from Gal linger, Reuterdahl was described as an artist who had been employed by the navy department for a time de signing prize gun trophies, and it was stated in that connection he had been with the battleships in action on several occasion. The admiral said he undoubtedly had had an oppor tunity of seeing and conversing with the officers. He said that -Reuterdahl had no education as a naval man. REQUEST REFUSED. Slavonians in Juneau Aik Priest to Refuse to Bury Non-Union Miner. SEATTLE, Feb. 25,-A special to the Post-Intclllgcncer from Juneau Alaska, says ycMcrday, when a priest attempted to say mass for a non union Slavonian miner, who died yes terday, he found the church door locked and a mob of 200 union Sla vonians requested that he refuse to bury the non-union man. The priest declined and the miners in turn re fused to permit the dead miner's body to be taken into the church. The crowd attempted to stop the hearse by holding the horses' bridles and dragged several men from the funeral procession. The marshal attempted to restore order and for a time was powerless. The crowd followed the remain to the cemetery and made an other disturbance. Order was finally retorcd. No one was injured. f COMPANIES ACCUSED. STOLE $17,000. BENTON, 111.; Feb. 2S. Ransom A. Youngblood, until six weeks ago president of the Goal Belt National Bank of Benton and the Salem Bank of Salem, Ark;, pleaded guilty yester day bcfore'the circuit court of em ber: lenient of $17,000 of the funds of the Coal Belt Bank, and, wa -immediately sentenced -and :takeri .to '.the Chester penitentiary to serve' "'an in determinate sentence of from'-'onc' to 14 years. CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Thes govern ment's charges against the five ex press companies accused of issuing express franks and shipping property in interstate commerce free of charge will be heard today in the U. S. cir cuit court. The suits are in the form of petitions for injunctions restraining the companies from further allegtd violation of the interestate commerce laws. The defendants in the suits are: National Express Company, American Express Company, Wells Fargo Express Company, United States Express Company, and Adams Express Company. ISSUES OF THE DAY The Seven Hours Allowed for De bate Expire Today. ARMY BILL WAS DEBATED If Furnished an Opportunity lor Free Expression of Opinion on the Issues of the Day Hayes of Cali fornia Denounced Financial System. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-A gen cral debate on the army appropriation bill in the House today again furn ished an opportunity for a free ex pression of opinion on the issues of the day. Garrett of Tennessee and Hau of North Carolina arraigned the Republican party for its politics with regard to the tariff, while Hayes of California denounced the financial system of the United States as "patch work and the Aldrich bill as "Falling far short of remedial legislation needed." The only remarks pcrti nent to the army bill were made by Parker, who spoke in favor of a pro position to increase the pay for offi cers and men, and Kusterman in sup port .of the restoration of the canteen. The seven hours allowed for the de bate on the bill, will expire tomorrow when the measure will be read for amendments. " 'ANTI-SALOON FORCES. CHICAGO, Feb. 25-The anti- saloon forces won an apparently de cisive victory yesterday when mu nicipal Judge Heap ruled that the Sunday closing law applies to Chi cago and that juries in the saloon cases have no authority to pass on that point. In his opinion the jury is to decide merely whether a saloon keeper' kept his place open in viola tion of the Sunday closing law. The opinion is destined to have a far reaching effect on the Sunday closing crusade. . Hitherto the saloon men have admitted the selling of liquor on Sunday but have escaped convic tion on the successful plea that the Sunday closing law is void in Chi cago. Judge Heap ruled that coun sel for the defense would not be per mitted to present this argument to the jury in a case now pending. ITl'OI OF WILL NOT "DOWN.", ELECTRICS To Radiate From the Metropolis. ST. HELENS-TILLAMOOK The Total Mileage Will Be Over 150 Miles and Will Cost $6,000,000. McMINNVILLE AND SALEM The Work Will Commence as Soon as Arrangements for an Entrance Into the City from the North Can be Arranged With the City Council. PORTLAND, Feb. 25 -Plans which contemplate building a network of electric railroads in the lower Wil lamette Valley and as far west as the Pacific Coast were made public today by the United Railroads. Lines have been mapped out which will reach St Helens on the north, Tilla mook on the west and McMinnville and Salem on the south. The total mileage wil exceed 150 miles and the cost will be about $6,000,000. The work will commence as soon as ar rangements for an entrance into the city from the north can be arranged with the council. The United Rail ways already has an electric line built along Front street through the business section of the city from the Northern Pacific yards to the Jeffer son-street depot Shooting Affray at Brownsville by 25th Infantry in Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-That f the shooting affray at Brownsville, Texas, August 12-14, 1906 was done by some of the negro soldiers of the 25th United States infantry and that testimony which was taken by the senate committee on military affairs fails to identify the guilty persons is the opinion of eight members of the committee. Four members of the committee voted against this decision and one member did not vote. The resolution declaring the guilt of the negroes was submitted by Senator Lodge and was adopted after five re solutions by Senator Foraker, one by Senator Dupont and one by Senator Scott, all offered as substitutes and all declaring the innocence of the accus ed negroes, had been voted down. The fight will be carried on to the floor of the senate. The report of the committee will not be made for ten days owing to the absence of senator Warmer. The Ohio senator pro poses to interoduce a resolution to restore to the military service such of dishonorably discharged negroes as were beyond a reasonable doubt in nocent of any connection with the affray. HEART TO HEART TALK. TRACING BANK ROBBERS. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.-John McCoori, formerly chaffeur for a prominent Salt Lake man, has been interrogated in this city by Pinkerton detectives in regard to the robbery reported a few weeks ago by the Utah National Bank of Salt Lake. It is said that another person wanted as a witness has, been located in this city. SPOKElREEilS Owen Makes Speech on the Aldrich Bill. THE CURRENCY LEGISLATION NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Governor Hughes had a heart to heart talk with 300 members of the City Club, whose guest he was at dinner tonight. Breaking through his usual reserve, the governor touched on his relation to the state and his words which were delivered with an impressive solemn' ity evoked most cordial applause and response that amounted to a per sonal tribute. - In the course of his address the governor stated that he was a party man and a party governor but has no sympathy with the ideas that parties depend for their success upon the blind folowing of any lead ership. He said that another of his beliefs is in the honesty and discrimination of the electorate.. He added that you cannot have a good government at the top unless you have it at the bot tom INSTANTLY KILLED. NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Falling 70 feet over the cliff in Morningside Park, Harlem, yesterday, J. S. Dra goon, 17 years old, struck the side walk below and was instantly killed. Young Dorgan, with others boys was engaged in a snowball battle on top of the old Revolutionary Block house, known as Fort Horn which abuts on the edge of the cliff. Run ning close to the ledge he slipped and went over. The boy's father, Jos. Drogan, was immediately notified and carried the body of his son to his home two blocks distant. Received Close Attention and Was Frequently Interrupted by Applause Indian Appropriation Bill Received Considerable Attention. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. - The currency legislation was the chief topic in the Senate today. For nearly three hours Owen spoke on the Aldrich bill, claiming he had through Senator Jones id 1900, pro posed legislation somewhat similar to the bill under consideration but with essential differences which he declar ed would have prevented the recent panic had it been enacted into a law. Owen received - close attention and was frequently interrupted by ap plause. The Indian appropriation bill received consideration in the Senate during a part of the day. Teller de clared that the Indian bill had been put through in haste loaded down Kwith legislation that should never have been enacted. "I have determined so far as I am concerned," said he, "That what little effort I can make will be to rectify the wrongs we have committed to ward these Indians. A general discussion followed. Curtis who boasts of Indian blood and who is a member of the commit tee, said he was particularly proud of the bill now before the Senate and was sure no better measure for the Indians had ever been passed by Congress. GOV. FOLK ON GAMBLING. ' NEW YORK,' Feb. 25.-Attacking the race track gambling as a prolific breeder of crime, and supporting the efforts being made to stop this form of gambling, Gov Folk, of Missouri, aroused the civic forum at Carnegie Hall tonight MARRIED A COUNT. PARIS, Feb.: 25,-Mrs. Alice Ney Wetherbee, daughter of Gardiner Wetherbee, of New York, and Count Rudolph Festetics de Tolna of Paris were married yesterday at the Amer ican Church. The witnesses for the bride were CoL Bailley Blanchard, C. Lander Weyden, the bridegroom's wintesses were Prince Windische Graets, Col. de Kan and Baron Put tlingon. . V