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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LIBEL CASE
CONTINUED
Burns Now on the Witness
Stand.
baycitywaterworks
It Wat Upon Information Given to
Older That the Bulletin Pub
lished Alleged Ubel.
CONFESSIONS MADE TO BURNS
It Was Rudolph 8precklei Who Or
dertd the Investigation It Was
Older Who First PropoMd to Mr.
Burns That he Take up the Work.
SAW FRANCISCO. March li
the second week' of the trial of R. A.
Crothers and Fremont Older, pro
orietor and managiiig editor, respec
tively, of the Bulletin on charge of
criminally libelling William S. Tevis,
president of the Bay Cities Water
Company, ended today wth William
J, Burn relating the confessions
made to him by Abraham Ruef.
Bum teMicd that Tevis explained
to Rucf hi plan of selling the Bay
Cities Water Supply to the city at a
profit estimated at three million, one
third of which was to go to Ruef if
the deal was put through. It was
upon this information given by Burns
to Older that the Bulletin published
the alleged libelous article. Judge
Dooling ruled that the declaration
of Rucf to Burns could not be con
sidered by the jury as substantiating
the truth of the article but he held
that the defendants were entitled to
show the source of their information
that it might be considered in respect
to whether or not malice was intend
ed and whether the article was justi
fiable and for good motives.
s Bums IOIU oi nil emerwii uijuh wis
work of unearthing the evidence in
Ihe bribery graft cases and his reluct
ance to enter upon the work because
he feared the prosecution would stop
with the "Little fellows" but subse
quently he met ; Rudolph Sprecklcs
uin fin u the investigation was to
"Go down the line even if it reached
his own brother." It was Older who
first proposed to Burns that he take
up the work.
Burns related Ruef'a alleged confes
sion, taking up the various briberies
in the order that Ruef told about them
May 7, 1907.
Practically all the facts have been
published but it is the first time the
story enmc from Burns on the wit
ness s.tand. Summarized, Burns' tes
timony is at follows:
Ruef received $10,000 from the fight
trust. For having the gas rate fixed
,. he got $20,000, half of which went
to the supervisors, Ruef and Schmitx
dividing the other half. 'Rucf was
placed on the gas company's pay
roll at $1200 a, month. . , .
Rucf was also on the payroll of the
Pacific State Telephone Company but
when the Rival company offered him
. $120,000 to get a franchise he ac
cepted, half the amount going to the
supervisors, Ruef and Schtnitz divid
ing the other lulf.
Ruef confessed that he received
$200,000 from Tirey L. Ford, general
counsel for the United Railways in
the trolley franchise deal. Of this
$100,000 he divided with Schmiu, the
supervisors getin'g all but $11,000 of
the rest. The $11,000 has not been
accounted for.
Burns testied that Ruef told him
that he and Schmitz were to divide
half a million to be divided between
the supervisors. Assistant District
Attorney Cook stated he would not
cross examine Burns until he could
confer with District Attorney Lang
don and the case went over until
Monday.
DANIEL 8. WARD,
NEW YORK, March 13. Col.
Daniel S, Ward, whom the police say
has a long prison record, was arrest
ed yesterday and in addition to facing
charges . of passing forged checks
amounting to $300 is detained on ao
old charge of forgery in Boston.
Ward is one of the men who came to
New York from the South in 1864
and attempted to burn the city. The
man set fire simultaneously to a
number of public buildings but the
fires were all extinguished before
much damage had been done. Two
of the men were hanged, but Ward
was allowed to go. Ward, the police
ay, began a career of crime shortly
after the close of the Civil War and
since that time fully half his time has
been spent in prison. The police
records show that he was convicted
in New York in 1885, in Cincinnati
in 1888; in Kansas City in 1890; In
Boston in 189S; in Indianapolis in
1898, and in Chicago in 1907. Ward
is 74 years old but is still erect and
soldierly in his bearing. A few weeks
ago, it is said, he marrid a 20-year-old
half breed Indian girl, who accosted
him on the street one night and has
been living with her since. The
specific charge on which he was ar
rested yesterday is passing a forged
check for $50 on a local department
store.
LEGISLATIVE POWER
Senator Bacon of Georgia Spoke
on Usurpation of Power.
EXECUTIVE ENCROACHMENTS
Read Freely From the Newspaper
Reports to Show That Legislation
is Being Mapped Out at the White
House in Conferences.
WASHINGTON, March 13-Scna-tor
Bacon, of Georgia, in the Senate
today spoke of the executive , en
croachments on the legislative power
of the government and read freely
from the newspaper reports to show
that legislation is being mapped out
at the White House in conferences in
which Congressmen are nw present.
The bill providing for the shipment of
material intended for the Panama
Canal in America ships was passed
by the Senate. Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, spoke in favor of the
Ocean Mail shipping bill.
WATER FOR SINO SINO.
NEW YORK, March 13.-Michael
Clarence Paddcn, water register,
made the direct charge yesterday that
the Sing Sing Penitentiary has been
stealing the city's water through an
unmetcred eight-inch pipe to the ex
tent of about $10,000 worth a year. (
"So far as anyone In this office
knows," said Col. Paddcn tonight,
"that eight-inch unmetercd pipe has
been delivering water to the prison
for the last 20 years.
"The records show that there has
been a falling off in receipts from the
state for the prison, since 1904, it
seemed strange that the prison should
pay less for water, now than it did
years ago when it had fewer prison
ers and we investigated."
POST OFFICE
BILL PASSED
Biggest Appropriation Ever
Known.
FIGHT ON PAY INCREASE
BAD FIRE IN BIG TIMBER.
I BUTTE, Mont., March 13.-The
town of Big Timber, about 150 miles
east of this city on the Northern Pa
cific was damaged,' by fire today to
the extent of $400,000. Three hundred
families are homeless. The fire raged
for seven hours in a terrible gale. The
fire started in the stockyards of the
Northern Pacific. 1 1
The Bill Callsfor $222,190,392
Which It $1,450,000 More
Than was Reported.
LETTER CARRIERS VICTORIOUS
Chairman Overstreet Waged a Vig
ourous Fight on the Proposition to
' Increase the Pay of the Letter Car
rier But it Was Voted Into BilL
WASHINGTON, March 13.-Car
rying the largest appropriation in all
its history $22,190,392 the po.ioflice
appropriation bill today passed the
house. This is $1,425,000 more than
was reported by the committee.
Chairman Overstreet waged a Vigor
ous fight on the proposition to in
crease the pay of the letter carriers
which was voted into the bill last
Wednesday but that section was con
firmed by 136 to 126.
The appropriation for rural delivery
was increased $200,000 making a total
of $35,573,000.
A lengthy discussion followed the
offering by Griggs, of Georgia, of an
amendment, providing for the rural
parcels post. The amendment was
ruled out on a point of order by Over-
street A number of other amend
ments bearing upon the parcels post
and rural delivery were ruled out of
order.
CUPID OVERWORKED,
NEW YORK, March 13.-Panama
is one place where leap year is not
needed, Miss Helen Varick Boswell,
who organized the Women's Clubs
on the Isthmus, at the instances of
the government, told the members of
the Portia Club yesterday.
"Cupid is tremendously overwork
ed down there," said Miss Boswell.
"It is impossible to keep a woman
single. At one of the hospitals they
told me they had lost 17 nurses by
matrimony from April to June, and
sent1 word to the states that they
positively would not take young
nurses and strictly plain ones must
be sent. The nurses become engaged
to the men returning to Panama on
the way down on the steamers.
"Everything is provided for the
married quarters, house,, furniture,
drinking water, and there is nothing
to get but food a clothing. A wife is
a very comfortable adjunct to a man's
life, and the bachelor quarters are be
nig constantly depicted. A man in
Panama gets about twice the money
mat he would here tor the same
work, and there is no way to spend
money, I think that is one reason it
has been hard for the women. It is
very good place to save."
SUGAR COMPANY'S SUIT.
NEW YORK, March 13.-That the
American Sugar Refining Company
has prevented the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining sCompany, engaging
in business since 1903 was alleged to
day in the United States circuit court
in the course of the arguments on the
motion to dismiss the suit for $30,
00,000 damages brought under the
anti-trust clause of the Sherman law,
by the Pennsylvania Co., against the
American Company.
TOUR OF THE WORLD.
Evans' Command is Notified by Wire
less of Design of Government
SAN DIEGO, March 13.-The
news that the "American battle fleet"
is toindertake a tour of the world
within two months after its arrival at
San Francisco on May 5 was flashed
by wireless to the 16 battleships of
Evans' command at Magdalena Bay
late tonight by the government sta
tion at Point Loma. The wireless
station here was flooded with mes
sages from Washington during the
day and included the news itinerary
of the world cruise starting from San
Francisco, July 6, and including
Hawaii, Samoa, Australia and the
Philippines as the points to be visited
has been approved by the president
and his cabinet
They also concluded cordial mes
sages of congratulation from the
president and the navy department
MA'seSced
TO BE PULLED OFF IN DUBLIN
LONDON, March 13. The fight
between Tommy Burns, the American
heavyweight and Jem Roche will
take place at Dublin, March 17, unless
Burns' injured eye becomes so bad h
will be a serious handicap.
BAHIA BURNING UP.
BAHIA, Brazil, March 13 A great
conflagration of the business section
of the city. Firemen are unable to
check the flames. The loss is esti
mated at a million dollars. The fire
is stilt burning.
CONSPIRACY CASES
Jury Returns Verdict of Guilty
Against Conspirators.
MOTIONS FOR A NEW TRIAL
1
The Men Were Convicted of Defraud.
ins the State in Furnishing the New
Capitol Which Cost $13,000,000 In.
Stead of $4,000,000, Estimated Cost
Get Five Years at Hard
Labor. .
STOLE REGISTERED MAIL
Judge DeHaven Imposed ; the
Sentence on Geo. W. Reilly
Who Pleaded Guilty.
HIS COMPANIONS TO BE TRIED
Pleading Guilty to Passing Counter
feit Money Edward W. Brady and
Thomas Johnson Were Sentenced
to One Year in San Quentin Prison.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.
Five years at hard labor was the
sentence imposed by Judge de Ha
ven in the United States district
court on George W. Reilly, one of
the three mail robbers "who were ar
rested for robbing a sack of regis
tered mail at Marysville several
weeks ago. Reilly confessed complic
ity in the robbery. His twocompah
ions pleaded not guilty, and they will
come up for trial next month. Ed
ward W. Brady, who .had pleaded
guilty to passing counterfeit money,
and who was arrested with Thomas
Johnson in Napa several weeks ago,
was sentenced to one year at hard la
bor in San Quentin yesterday by the
same judge.
VAUDEVILLE ACTS.
Must Not Make Fun of the Rear Ad
mirals of Industry.
CHICAGO, March J3.-John D.
Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and
other rear admirals of industry wiU
have their epaulets of office respected
hereafter in Chicago vaudeville' thea
ters. Mayor Busse has decided that
slurring imitations of snch men as
Rockefeller and Carnegie should be
stopped, in order to reduce to a mini
mum the repeated criticism of the
sons odf wealth by the anarchist ele
ment Accordingly, a quiet tip has
gone out, through the officers of the
police department, to the managers of
vaudeville houses, that it would be
well to stop the class of vaudeville
acts suggested. '
It also is possible that a letter will
issue from the office of the corpora
tion counsel to the representatives of
the various theatres calling to their
attention the fact that there is much
unrest among many of the people of
the city and that such sketches give
rise to open criticism.
HARRISBURG, Pa., March i3
The jury in the first of the capitol
conspiracy cases returned a verdict of
guilty against each of the defendants,
John H. Sanderson, contractor; Wil
liam P. Snyder, former auditor gen
eral; W. L. Mathues, former state
treasurer, and James M. Shumaker,
former superintendent of the public
buildings grounds. Motions for a new
trial was made in each case. The
maximum penalty of each defendant
in this case is two years imprison
ment and $1000 fine. The men were
convicted of defrauding the state in
furnishinfi the new capitol which cost
the state $13,000,000 instead of $4.
000,000, the figure at which the con
tract was estimated.
VESSELS ARE GATHERING.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.
The torpedo destroyer Perry arrived
yesterday from Magdalena Bay in
command of Lieutenant E. B. Lari
mer, after a smart run up the coast,
making at some times 21 knots an
hour under easy steam. She is here
for repairs and will probably go to
Mare Island. The cruisers Charles
ton, Milwaukee and St. Louis are due
tomorrow and the Preble on Sun
day. A village wholly Mexican has
sprung up at Magdalena Bay and two
Mexican government officials are
placed in charge. An English com
pany has secured a lease of the shore
fronting on the' bay and established
an agency there. This company has
an exclusive privilege of selling meat
to the American warships. When' the
Perry left Acapulco she was in com
munication by wireless with the
American fleet, then far down the
coast.
THEATRICAL WAR.
NEW YORK, March 13.-War be
tween the theatre and opera house
managers and the Musical Protective
Union is declared to be a probability
if the demands which the union are
aid to have been made upon the
managers are Instated upon.
Predictions are even made that
pianos will replace orchestras in the
theatres and that non-union or for
eign musicians will sit in the or
chestra pits at the opera houses. A
new scale of wages for musicians
which the union has, it is said, notified
the managers will go into effect with
the beginning of next season, is the
cause of the anticipated warfare. This
scale calls for a substantial raise in
rates and is considered by the man
agers to be prohibitive, and in addi
tion it was reported last night that
they had decided on the enforcement
of the new scale. At a meeting of
theatre proprietors held yesterday the
matter is said to have been carefully
considered with the result that a com
mittee was appointed to confer with
the musical union and endeavor to
bring an amicable settlement, failing
which it is declared radical measures
will be taken by the managers, even
to the extent of dispensing with or
chestras in the theatres altogether.
BELASCO MEDAL.
NEW YORK, March 13. Thirty
five young men and women who were
graduated from the American Aca
demy of Dramatic Arts last night
were warned by Wm. H. Crane, de
livering the principal address of the
evening, not to take themselves too
seriously at the outset of then
careers. "Try to get a good company
with a good stage manager," said the
actor, "and when you are there listen.
A good listener advances rapidly."
Last night's exercises were held in
the Empire Theatre before a large
audience. The Belasco medal for gen
eral excellence was awarded Miss
Hearndon Kearns of Brooklyn.
BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED.
WASHINGTON, March 13. -The
Senate committee on the Philippines
today ordered favorably reported the
house bill providing for the payment
of $403,300 to the Archbishop of
Manila as trustee of all the Roman
Catholic Church in the Philippines,
all claims damage done church prop
erty by United States military forces.
TO EXCHANGE LAND
State Forestry Association In
itiated a Movement
IS PROPOSING LEGISLATION
TJ-.
The State Land Board and the State
Forestry Commission Directed to
Confer With Government Officials
to Secure Enactment of Legislation
PORTLAND, March 13-The state
forestry association onight initiated
the movement for a state forest
reserve. The resolutions were adopt
ed proposing legislation by which the
state is to be permitted to exchange
about 100,000 acres of school lands
located within the forest reserves in
sctatered tracts to the national gov
ernment for one compact body of the
same area. The state land board and
the state forestry commission are di
rected to confer with the proper offic
ials of the government to secure the
enactment of legislation to bring
about such a transfer.
CONNING TOWERS.
CHICAGO, March 13.-The aerial
conning tower is the latest contribu
tion of the department of smoke in
spection to the problem of abating
the smoke nuisance in Chicago.
It is an invention of the Chief In
spector, Paul P. Bird, who yesterday
reiterated his declaration that the
smoking chimney must go and who
believes that the new device will
greatly hasten its end.
BANK LOOTED.
SALT LAKE, March 13. -The
amount stolen from the reserve box
of the Utah National Bank last Jan
uary was $106,250 is the official state
ment issued today. A reward of $10,
000 was posted by the directors of
the bank today for the detection of
the thief. It seems that there is no
doubt but that some one connected
with the bank committed the theft.
BREAKS ANOTHER RECORD.
PHILADELPHIA, March 13.-At
the indoor meet tonight F, S. Smith
son, of Portland, broke the world's
record for the 50-yard three hurdles
in 6 2-5 seconds.