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33rd YEAR. NO. 74
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1803
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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.