The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, March 26, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV iii-Y'-f 'WIS'? fis v ' "''' f JII o PUIUtHtl FULL AttOCIATCO Mitt REPORT COVERS THE MORNING flCLO ON THE LOWER COLUMtIA 33rd YEAR. NO. 74 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1803 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 CONTBAC T Hcncy Calls Another Grand Jury. JBOODLERS NOW TESTIFY No Indictments Were Returned at Today's Session Which Was Very Short IS SEEKING NEW INDICTMENT The District Attorney' Office Re fused to Throw. Any Light Upon thi Purpou and Object of Calling a Grand Jury Again. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. The grand jury met this afternoon and took up the bribery graft cases. The ame witnesses who testified be fore the Oliver grand Jury, which returned the indictment charging Calhoun, Thorn well, Mullaly, Tirey L. Ford, William M. Abbott, all of the United Railway), and Abraham Ruef and former Mayor Schmitt with bribery, testified again today. The variou witnesses, including ev eral member of the confessed "bodling" board of supervisors, stat ed that they had repeated their former testimony. No indictments were returned at today' session, which wa hort. The district attorney' office re fused to throw any Hunt upon the purpose and object of calling a grand jury again to consider this testimony, but it is generally believed that the prosecution i seeking new indict ments in the trolley franchise matter without the testimony of Abraham Ruef, and the move wa said was intended to anticipate a possible ad- vrc riililin hv IlllllfA I.Dwlor 111)011 motion now before him to set ade the arraignment of Ruef on the Untwd Railway indictment and if any indictments are Jreturned they would deprive Ruef of ammunition he might use in connection with his immunity contract, which the prose cution has declared void, and which will give the prosecution an oppor tunity to force him to trial without delay. Assistant District Attorney Hcncy personally questioned wit nesses before the grand jury today. ANTI-BETTING BILL. WASHINGTON, Mar. 2S.-H the Sims anti-betting bill, which passed the last Monday is pushed in the senate as now appears likely betting at Benning may be abolished before the end of the present spring meet ing. : v . The measure is tacked on a bill for widening Penning road and there fore may be referred to the sub-committee on street improvement of the District of Columbia. Senator Carter of Montana, chairman of this sub committee, is now in Florida attend ing the funeral of the late Senator Bryan but he is said to favor the anti-betting provision as is also Sen ator Gallinger, chairman of the Dis tricted committee. It is possible the bill will be reported to the sen ate on Friday afternoon. ( FULTON ARRIVES. PORTLAND, March 25,-Unlted States Senator Charles ' W. Fulton arrived tonight , from Washington, whence he come to further his cam paign for a re-election to the United Staty Senate. He declined to dis- ewni the Oregon land frauds, or his Controversy with Francis J. Heney. REVERSE DECISION. U. 8. v Utt Coal ft Coke Company, Referred Back to Lower Court PUEBLO, ColTMar. 25.-Word was received here yesterday that the U. S. Circuit court of appeal had re versed, the finding of the U. S. Dis trict Court here in the case of the U. S. v. the Ute Coal and Coke Com pany and that the case ha been re manded back to the lower court for a new trial. Thi trial will be held April 5, the government asks $30,000 damages from the coal company for taking coal from government lands fraudulently secured. When the case wa tried here in Oct. 1906, the gov ernment wa awarded $5,125 damage but took an appeal UNACCEPTABLE TO GERMANY. WASHINGTON, March 25. Af ter a conference between Ambassa dor Von Stoinberg and Secretary Root it was ascertained that a letter i en route from the German capital which contain a full explanation of the reason for the change of atti tude on the part of the German gov ernment against Dr. David Jayne Hilt, who is not acceptable at Amer ican ambassador to succeed Charle mange Tower. CURRENCY BILL TALK. WASHINGTON. March 25.-Vot-ing on the amendment to the cur rency bill consumed nearly the entire session of the Senate today. All of the committee's amendments were accepted and incorporated in the bill, and all other amendments except one were disagreed to, the voting show ing conclusively that only with the sanction of the committee could any change be made in the bill. "BAD MAN" GETS HIS. RENO, March 25. A special from Winnemucca to the Journal says W. F. Armstrong, a so-calcd "bad man," from Wyoming, was shot and killed in the Palace saloon, Winnemucca, by W. H. Carter, one of the man agers of the place. Eye-witnesses say it was in self-defense, Armstrong having threatened to kill Carter. RELISHED GLAIR Stanley of Kentucky Character ises President . WASHINGTON, March 25. In the course of a bitter denunciation of the President on the floor of the lloues today, Stanley, of Kentucky, compared him with Alexander Ham ilton, whom he designated as "An obscure adventurer," and both of whom, he said, had a profound con tempt for the constitution and dis played everlasting impatience with its restraints, The President wa a man who relished glamor and who became intoxicated with applause. On the other hand, he said, Mr. Dryan had the respect of the country as a statesman and was trusted cs a man. Apparently ignoring Stanley' re marks, Cocks, of New York, who rep resented the President's district, de fended the President against the at tack of Mr. Willett, who while rep resenting another district, is a con stituent of his colleague. Mr. Wil lett, replying, declared his complete ability to defend all he had said. All the remarks were made during a general debate on the agricultural appropriation bill. ' GRAZING LAND PROMISED. WASHINGTON, March 25.-A delegation of cattlemen were intro; duced to the President by Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, left the White House saying they had obtrined the President's endorsement of a propo sition whereby the government, should the proposition become law, will authorize the land to be open for grazing. SUSPENSION OF STUDENTS Decision of Stanford Uni versity Committee. COMPLICATEDSITUATION Student Body Meeting Has Been Called by President Murphy for Tomorrow. DISORDERLYPARADED CAMPUS The Discrimination of the Committee Which Was Made Along Class Lines Hat Arouted More Resent ment Than Any Previous Action. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL, March 25. Chairman Clark today announced the action of the student affair committee in connection with the recent disorderly parade on the campus. Forty-one upper-classmen are sus pended for the remainder of the sem ester; the second-year students have had ten units added to their gradua tion requirement, ' freshmcnt have five units added, and all who parti cipated actively in the only portion of the parade, except freshmen, have five units added. There was some action in the case of those refusing to testify or those who signed the petition under duress and those who took only a minor part. The action of the committee created consider able excitement. Among the forty one suspended are a large number of prominent athletes. The action of the student affair committee has complicated the situ ation almost beyond comprehension. Seven of the original twelve are to be suspended. The discrimination of the committee, which was made along class lines or on merely techni cal points, has arousesd more resent ment than any previous action. Presi dent Murphy has caled a student body meeting for tomorrow. Many of the students already are taking out leaves of absence. DEPORTATION BLOCKED. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. Joseph Zaboski, an alleged anarchist who was arrested here recently, was released by the immigration commis sioner. The inability of the depart ment to find the date of his arrival was a bar to his deportation. The police claim they have located the quarters of an anarchist Italian quar ter and contemplate a raid to cleanse the place before the fleet arrives. C M. CARTWRIGHT DEAD. PORTLAND, March 25.-Charles M. Cartwright, one of the best known stockmen in the Pacific Northwest, died here today from blood poisoning, caused by injuries sustained by being trodden on by a team of horses a year ago. He was 73 years old. Mr. Cartwright for many years was a member of the State Legislature from Cook County. LATEST WIRELESS. V Word was received from the Rose City at 2:30 this morning that she was receiving messages from San Diego and that that station was busy with the fleet and Washington. A report was received from Seattle stating that the steamer Bertha had left for Valdez. DENUNCIATORY HARANGUE Ranting Anarchist Arrested for In flamatory Declarations. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. Paul Bignami, said to be the head of of local colony of anarchists, was arrested today. He came from New Orleans a year ago and last night harangued a crowd and was heard by Police Officer Rocca to say the fleet on arrival would be blown out of the water; that Roosevelt would be assatsinated,and made other vio lent declarations. MONUMENT FUND GROWING. NEW YORK, March 24.-Andrew Carnegie has contributed $1000 to the fund being raised to erecf a monu ment in memory of Deputy Chief Kruger end other firemen who have been killed recently in the perform ance of their duty. The fund now totals $27,377 and will be largely add ed to by three benefit performances which are to be given in New York and Broklyn amusement places this week. QUIETING DOWN. . PORT AU PRINCE, Mar. 25. The attitude of the Haytien govern ment is daily becoming more con ciliatory apparently with the inten tion of accelerating the departure of the foreign warships from this port. Five officers, the last remaining pris oners among those arrested on March 1, were released Tuesday morning and restored to duty. The government has also with drawn its obligation to the embarka tion of the refugees in the foreign legations at Port Au Prince. DEMOCRATS GET BUSY. INDIANAPOLIS, March 25.-The State , Democratic Convention today selected twenty-six district delegates and four at large to the national con vention, and instructed them to vote for Bryan. The majority of them will vote for the re-election of Na tional Chairman Thomas Taggart as the Indiana member of the national committee. Dupont's Amendment to Emerg ency Currency Bill. WASHINGTON, March 25.-An amendment by Dupont providing that during the first six months the emergency curency is out interest shal be paid at the rate of one-half per cent per month and after six months at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent per month was agreed to. The committee will submit addi tional amendments tomorrow. It is evident that nothing coutd get into the bill that the committee did not want. Lodge offered an amendment accepting the bonds of the Philip pines and the City of Manila among the securities for the issuance of an emergency curency, and also the bonds of the insular government of Porto Rico. Teller spoke in apposi tion to Lodge's proposition and de clared "I do not want to do anything that will tie this country to the islands. I want to see the islands cut loose from this country. If we have war with Japan, we will not be troubled with them, as Japan will walk in and take them." COMMITS SUICIDE. BUTTE, Mont., March 25.-A de spatch to the Inter Mountain from Billings says a horse-thief named Byckford, who killed Sheriff Webb, of Shoshone County, when surround ed by a posse thirty miles from Roundup, Montana, committed sui cide. . Andrew Comstock, the alleged partner of Byckford, was arrested today. He stated that Byckford had told him he had killed a sheriff in some other State, but it was impos sible to ascertain where. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS President Sends Message to Both Branches. URGES ACTION ON BILLS The Time Has Come When Pre paration Should be Made for a Revision of Tariff. CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES J3L The Question of Financial Legudi tion Is Now Receiving Much At tention and We Have a Right to Expect Action at This Session. WASHINGTON, March 25.-A special message from the President was read in both houses of Congress soon after convening today, and in both it was closely followed. In the House the declaration that the time had come for revision of the tariff elicited handclapping on the part of the Democratic " members. Demo cratic approval also was given by way of pounding desks to the sug gestion that Congress could with ad vantage forthwith remove the tariff on wood pulp, with a corresponding reduction upon paper made from wood plup. The Republicans waited and con fined their applause to the message as a whole. In the Senate the message was received without comment of any kind. The message in full follows: , To the Senate and House of Rep resentatives: I call your attention to certain measures as to which I think there should be action by the Congress be fore the close of the present session. There is ample time for their con sideration. As regards most if not all of the matters, bills have been introduced into one or the other of the two houses and it is not too much to hope that action will be taken one way or the other on the bills at the present session. In my message at the opening of the present session, and indeed, in various messages to the present Congress I have repeat edly suggested action on most of these measures. ' Child labor should be prohibited throughout the nation. At least a model child labor bill should be pass ed for the District of Columbia. It is unfortunate that in the one place so much dependent on Congress for its legislation, there should be no law whatever to protect children by for bidding or regulating their labor. I renew my recommendation for the immediate re-enactment of an employers liability law, drawn to con form to the recent decision of the Supreme Court. Within the limits indicated by the court the law should be made thorough and comprehen sive and the protection it affords should afford every class employed to which the power of the Congress can extend. In addition to a liability law protecting the employes of com mon carriers the government shows its good faith by enacting a further law giving compensation to its own employes for injury or death incurred in its service. It is a reproach to us as a nation that in both federal and state legislation we have afforded less protection to public and private em ployes than any other industrial coun try of the world. I also urge that action be taken along the line of the' recommenda tions I have already made concern- ( ing injunctions in labor disputes. The j temporary restraining order should be issued by any court withoufnotice and the petition for a permanent in junction upon which such temporary restraining order ha been issued should be heard by the court issuing the same within' a reasonable time, say not to exceed a week or there about from the date when the order was issued. , It i worth considering whether it would not give greater popular confidence in the impartial ity of a sentence for contempt if it was required that the issue should be decided by another judge than the one issuing the injunction except when the contempt is committed in the presence of the court or in other cases of urgency. I again call attention to the urgent need of amending the interstate com merce law and especially the anti trust law along the lines indicated in my last message. The interstate commerce law should be amended so as to give railroads the right to make traffic agreements subject to these agreements being approved by the' Interstate Commerce Commission and published in all details. The commission should also be given the power to make public and to pass upon the issuance of all securities hereafter issued by railroads doing an interstate commerce business. A law should be passed proving in effect that when a federal court de termines to place a common carrier or any other public utility concern under the control of a receivership the attorney general should have the right to nominate at least one of the receivers or else in some other way the interests of the stockholders should be conserved so that the man agement may not be wholly re-deli-vered to the man or men the failure of whose policy may have necessita ted the creation of the receivership. Receiverships should be used not to operate roads but as speedily as pos sible to pay their debts and return them to the proper owners. In addition to the reasons I have already urged on your attention it has now become important that there should be amendment of the anti trust law because of the uncertainty as to how this law effects combina- (Continued on page 8.) STEVENS SU1BS It Was During the Evening Per itonitis Developed. SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. Durham W. Stevens died tonight at 11:30, a few minutes after recovering from the anaesthetic, administered when an operation was performed earlier in the evening. During the early part of the even ing peritonitis developed, and it was then given out by the attending phy sicians that he would not survive. " TOKIO, March 25.-The House of Representatives today passed a reso lution of condolence to be cabled to Durham W. Stevens, adviser to the Korean Council of State, who was shot in San Francisco by a Korean Monday. A similar resolution will be passed by the House of Lords. STEEL MILL OPENS. CHICAGO, Mar. 25.-The plate and slab mills of the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago will open Monday after being shut down for a month to make improvements and alterations. One thousand men will be put to work. Other mills are expected to resume operations in a few weeks. RAILROADS FAIL TO AGREE. CHICAGO, Mar. 25. Transconti nental railroads failed to agree re garding the abolition of personally conducted excursions to California, which has come to be too expensive a luxury under present conditions. The subject was refered to the ex ecutive committee of the association. The matter of economizing in the number of through cars to the coast was also considered.