33rd YEAR. NO. 80
'STORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908
PRSCE FIVE CENTS
FAIIIBAIS
ON REVISION
Submits Views to Indiana
State Convention.
INDORSE FOX PRESIDENT
On the Platform Adopted Local
Option Is One of the Strong
est Planks.
REDUCE DISTURBANCE PERIOD
There It One Potential Pact Which
.Must Not Be Obscured, .and It Ii
When Revision Occurt It Mutt Be
Along Protective Lines.
INDIANAPOLIS, April l.-The
Indinnapolix Republicans, in State
convention today, cleared the way
for the adoption of a platform and
the nomination of the State ticket
tomorrow. t The organization was
completed with the selection of Rep
resentative Jesse Ovcrstrcct as tem
porary chairman and John C. Chancy
as the permanent chairman. Ad
dresses were made by these two gen
tlemen and by United States Sena
tors Bcveridge and Ilemcnway and
Governor llanley. The resolution
committee tonight completed the
platform. The principle features
arc the vigorous endorsement of
Vice-Pre-idcnt Fairbanks for the
Presidential nomination, and the
plank .written by Fairbanks himself,
in which he insists on tariff revision
at aspecial session of Congress im
mediately after the Fall elections.
Fairbanks also wrote a letter to
Overstrcct to be read before the con
vention, which outlined his tariff
views as reflected in the plank which
was adopted.
Washington, March 28, 1908.
"My Dear Ovcrstrcct:
"There seems to be no division of
pinion among Republicans with re-
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be embodied in the State platform
except possibly with regard to the
time when the tariff should be rc-
vised. I venture, therefore, to sub
mit to you, and through you to the
committee on resolutions, briefly my
views on this subject, The senti
ment in favor of a revision of the
tariff has so far crystallized as to
make it reasonably certain that re
vision will be undertaken at no dis
tant date. It is morally certain that
lmth of the leading political parties
will declare in. favor of some form
of revision in their national platform.
It has been frequently suggested that
revision should be undertaken at a
', special session of Congress, to be
" convened immediately after the in
auguration of the next President, A
,' number of Republican State conven
,'; tions have already made declarations
to .'this effect. .
. "The time when revision should be
made Is second only in importance
., to revision itself. It is obvious that
there is a wronar and a riirht time
to attempt it. If revision had been
entered upon during the past few
months incalculable injury . would
have been inflicted upon the country.
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ii, iikvc Hiuifr-iiiiiinwrii rue liiirrrri
v, Inintv and strain of revision noon the
acute, nervous financial conditions
we have experienced would have ag
gravated immeasurably the distress,
"It is well understood that revision
is attended with more .or less busi
ness disturbance. Pending the issu
ance of new schedules, merchants
and consumers will hesitate. They
will make no contracts for the future
beyond their immediate necessities, I J w
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ior me reason inai a cnanyc in uuj-' vy
may effect the basis upon w' ,0cV,r
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mcir uiiHiucsf is uonc. ii r jr
fore, important that the pe 0 , of
uncertainty be reduced to the mini
mum in order that business may soon
resume it ordinary activity and com
plete resumption will not occur be
fore the schedules are definitely dc
termined.
"We should not close out eye! to
the fact that there . will be a de
termined effort by the opposition to
control the next Mouse of Represen
tatives. If it should succeed, a Re
publican Senate and a Democratic
Mouse would be charged with th
tremendously important subject of
revision. The two branches of Con
gress would stand for diametrically
opposite theories, the one for a pro
tective and the other tor a revenue
tariff. It is manifest in such
event that the contest would be pro
tracted and the ultimate result com
promise. It is easy to conjecture
what effect this would have upon the
business of the country,
"Why subject the business of the
country to a possible hazard which
we can readily avoid
"We are in control of the legisla
live and executive branches and wil
of course, so continue until the close
of the present Congress. It would
be manifest folly to attempt revision
on the eve of a Presidential election
We can, however, revise such sched
ules as may require revision imme
diatcly following fie constat Nstlooa
election and before the font of Mxt
March. If Cotgrest wtt tonusil
in special session irmaedlately a!M
the election, it could probably
EXHAUSTED
(Continued on page 8.)
LEFT FOR SPRiNGS
Rear Admiral Evans Arrives
San Diego.
at
BOARDED TRAIN FOR O BISPO
The Admiral plainly showed the Ef
fects of His Suffering From Rheu
matism and Admitted That the
Pain Waa Sometimes Unbearable.
SAN DIEGO, April l.-The battle
ship Connecticut, bringing Rear Ad
miral, Evans for a course of treat
ment at the hot springs at San Luis
Obispo, arrived off Coronado beach
today. Evans was transferred' to a
private car which had been held here
two days to await his coming and
left on the afternoon train for San
Luis Obispo. :
The Admiral, in an interview given
out here, expressed the hope that
he will be benefited sufficiently to be
able to rejoin the fleet "For. frolic on
shore" soon after its arrival in Am-
encan waters.
Admiral Evans plainly showed the
effects of his intenes suffering from
rheumatism and admitted that at
times the pain had been almost un
bearable. The Connecticut returned
to Magelena Bay tonight. During
the Admiral's absence Rear Admiral
Thomas is the senior officer and will
act as commander in chief. He is
also to bring the fleet to San Diego
where Admiral Evans hopes again to
hoist his flag an the Connecticut. A
crowd of several hundred persons
gathered on the Sante Fe Dock on to
which the private car Sacramento
had been run, and when they caught
sight of Admiral on the gun boat
Yankton, which brought the officer
from the Connecticut to the shore,
they gave a lusty cheer, which he
acknowledged by lifting his hat.
Admiral Evans found waiting him
a letter of commendation from the
president. In the warmest terms the
president reviewed the t achievments
of the fleet ans its journey from
Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay
and was most liberal in his ' share' 6f
praise and credit bestowed on Evans.
Rucfs Trial Almost Willi
Insight.
THREE MOTIONS DENIED
Judge Doollng Was Requested by
Judge Dunn to Preside it the
Utter's Department V ;
DOOUNG'S DISQUALIFICATION
Denied the Motion of Ruefa Counsel
to Transfer the Cat to Another
Court and Refused the Request to
Make Any Orders.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.-
Abraham Ruef, the former political
boss, suffered three adverse rulings
today, one in the superior court and
two in the appellate court. Judge
Dooling was requested by Judge
Dunne to preside, in , the. latter de
partment of the superior court in the
trial of Ruef, denied the motion of
Rucfs counsel to transfer the case to
another court and refused to make
an order upon the showing of the de
fensc, disqualifying himself, ruling
that he was not biased or prejudiced
and that he was qualified to sit in
the trial.
The district court of appeals late
in the afternoon denied Rucfs peti
tion for a writ of prohibition restrain
ing Judge Doolii.g from proccding
with the trial on the ground of al
Icird disqualification, and also re
fused to grant his application for
writ of mandate compelling 'Judge
Dooling to transfer the case to some
other department of the superior
court.
With these rulings today the pre
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iminarv dctcnsive resources oi
Rucfs counsel seem about exhausted
and the actual trial of the former po
litical boss seems to be within sight.
operators of a competitive field con
sisting of Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, to attend
a meeting in this city April 6 with
the representatives of the miners,
looking to an effort to agree on a call
lor an interstate wage convention,
and if necessary, to decide upon the
general resumption of mining opera
tions, Lewis said tonight that he
had received a number of replies fa
vorablc to the move, but he had not
yet received enough to definitely de
termine the result.
ANOTHER SHARP TEST.
PARIS April l.-Dr. Leo de For
est yesterday conducted the final test
of his wireless telephone system on
the Riffel tower in the presence of a
body of French naval and army of
ficers . Messages were exchanged
in the satisfactory manner with gov
ernment wireless stations through
out France.
STARTLING IF TRUE.
PARIS, April 1. Advices received
from Ceneral D'Amede commander
of the French forces in Morocco
states that during the clearing opera
tions in the Madakra county a small
detachment of cavalry was surprised
by 300 tribesmen. The cavalry lost
eight men killed.
BUFFFALO BILL ILL.
CHICAGO. April l.-Colonet Wil
liam F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is seri
ously ill here, suffering from a gen
eral nervous breakdown caused by a
recent attack of grip.
SUIT FILED
lllll
DIVORCE
Mrs. Vanderbilt Wants
Absolute Divorce.
BOTH ARE WEALTHY
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt is
Son of Cornelius and In
herited $60,000,000.
a
heritcd something like, $60,000,000.
The domestic affairs of the Vandcr
bilts have engaged public attention
since March 24, when Mrs. Vander
bilt, accompanied by their son, left
Oakland Farm, near Newport, and
went to her brother's home. Neither
Vnaderbilt nor his wife would discuss
the 'matter. It was learned tonight
from an official in the county court
house, who saw the papers, that Mrs.
Vandcrbilt nor his wife would discuss
divorce. , , . '
RUDDER GONE.
Steamer Asuncion Towing Disabled
Steamer Hornet to Frisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, April l.-The
steamer Asuncion, which sailed yes
terday for Portland, returned today,
having in tow the steamer Hornet
from Grays Harbor to San Francisco.
The Hornet was picked up off Point
Arena with her rudden and part of
her propeller gone.
THEY HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD
HEDEIIANDEDlNElf
PRESIDENT'S CALL
Miners and Owners Getting To
gether. " ' ;
INDIANAPOLIS, April , l.-Bitu-
. . . oen
mmous coal miners, numoering y,:
000, are idle today on account of the
failure of the United Mine Owners'
of America and. the coal operators to
agree upon a wage scale to g6, into
ffect today.- . . .
District-meetings are being held in
an , effort to .reach art agreement in
th ediffercnt states, and it is believed
that the strike will be a short dura
ion.'' - ; ' ! '
Centra Pennsylvania and Indiana
mines are in operation, as an agree
ment has been reached in the former
istrict and in Indiana miners and op
erators have agreed to continue work
pending a settlement' which is being
negotiated by meetings at . Terre
Haute. ,
All he miners of Western Penn
sylvania; Ohio, ' the' trans-Mississippi
and outlying districts have quit work.
At the international headquarters
of the United- Mine Workers' - of
America today Vice-President- Thos.
Lv Lewis of Ohio! 'succeeded John
Mitchell :;of Illinois as president of.
the organization; . William D. Rya
of Uinois succeeded , Mr- Lewis, as
vice-president, and' J.' P. White, of
Iowa succeeded Congressman W. B.
Wilson of the Central Pennsylvania
district as secretary-treasurer.
The first official act of President
Lewis of the United Mine Workers
in assuming the office today, was to
send a telegraphic invitation to the
Physician Insisted Upon Dentist
Paying His Bill.
A DRUG CLERK IS INVOLVED
An Information Signed by A. L. Fin
ley, Charging Whitney With Man
slaughter, Filed in Justice Reid's
Court Yesterday.
PORTLAND, April i.-Aimost in
state of collapse and constantly
watched by other prisoners at the
county jail to prevent him from com
mitting suicide, as he has threatened,
J. B. Whitney of Forest Grove, den-
tist, charged with manslaughter, as
a sequence of the death of Miss
Mabel Wirt! made a complete state
ment; this morning of his connection
wtih the Affair'.- His statement brings
into the Case "Bud" Watson, a
jeweler of Forest Grove, and Dr. J.
Allen Gilbert.
Whitney alleges that Dr. Gilbert
had agreed to sign the death certi
ficate with the cause of the girl's de
mise given as ptomaine poisoning, in
the event that he should sign a state
ment protecting the physician and
exonerating him from complicity in
the affair in any way and that he and
Watson should pay his professional
bill of $102. He declares that he did
sign such a statement and made des
perate efforts to raise the money, but
that Watson "threw him down." Fail
ing to secure the money, asserts
Whitney, Dr. Gilbert waited until two
hours before the funeral of the girl
was to be held and then accompanied
her uncle to Coroner Finley's office,
where Deputy Coroner A. L. Finley
was .informed that Miss Wirtz had
died of mercurial poisoning. '
j In. the main, Dr. Gilbert admits
the facts to be as stated by Whitney.
He says that he did, at first, believe
the girl to be suffering from ptomaine
poisoning and;' afterwards thought
she had diphtheria, being enlightened
as to the, real caure of her sickness
by Whitney himself. As. regards the
signed statement which . he procured
from Whitney, he admits that on re-
Justice O'Gorman, Before Whom the
Proceedings Were Instituted, Ap
pointed David MiClure, Local
Attorney, As Referee.
NEW YORK, April l.-Within an
hour after he sailed for Europe today
Alfred G wynne Vandcrbilt was made
the defendant in a suit filed with the
supreme court by his wife, Ellen
French Vanderbilt. The nature of
the actiori is not immediately dis
closed" and counsel for the plaintiff
refused to night to say whether Mrs,
Vanderbilt seeks a divorce or a legal
separation from her husband. Jus
tice O'Gorman, before whom the pro
ceedings were instituted, appointed
David McClure, a local attorney, as
a referee to hear the testimony and
report his findings and recommenda
tions to the court
Mrs. Vanderbilt is a daughter of
the late Francis Ormond French,
who was the president of the Man
hattan Trust Company and a director
in many railroads. Eleanor, or Elsie
as she was generally known, was
married to Vanderbilt January 11,
1901. A year later their only son,
William Henry, was born.
Vanderbilt is a son of the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt from whom he in-
"SPIKE" ROBSON SPIKED, A
PHILADELPHIA, April l.-Joe
Cans stopped "Spike" Robson, the
English featherweight champion, in
the third round of a six-round bout
tonight.
DR. WM. M. CAKE DEAD.
PORTLAND, April 1. Dr. Wil
Ham M. Cake, father of H. M. Cake,
the Republican condidate for United
States Senator, and of William M.
Cake, Jr., the'ex-county judge of this
county, died here tonight, aged 82
years. Dr. Cake's death was due to
the effect sof a fall received about
a year ago.
SUBMARINE BOATS
Special Committee is Still In
vestigating Charges.
FROST AND TAYLOR TESTIFY
ceipt of this and the amount of his
bill for treating the girl he agreed, to
place in the death certificate the
cause of her demise not as ptomaine
poisoning, but as toxocmia.
Dr. Gilbert asserts that he followed
the course he did because he desired
to protect the name of the dead girl
and save her parents from the mental
anguish which would follow a knowl
edge of their daughter's error. As
regards the bill for his professional
services, he declares that in his opin
ion Whitney and Watson were prop
erly the ones to pay this, because
they had caused the girl's condition,
thereby relieving the aged father of
the debt. .
Deputy Coroner Finley acted vig
orously as soon as he learned of the
real cause of death. He allowed the
funeral services to proceed at the
chapel of the Edward Holman Un
dertaking Company, but refused per
mission to cremate the body of the
girl until the facts could be elicited j
in connection with the unfortunate
affair at the inquest to be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. .
Moreover, Mr. Finley was eager
The Only Money Ever Paid a Naval
Officer by the Company Was When
It Bought a Patent For $1,500
From Lieutenant Nelson.
WASHINGTON, April l.-Frank-lin
A. Taylor, of Waterjbury, Conn.,
today testified before the special com
mittee investigating the , charges
against the Electric Boat Company,
that he had heard Representative
LiUey make a statement in Water
bury last Saturday that it was quite
likely that he would get an adverse
decjsion from the committee and that
in that event he would tell all he
knew about the whole matter of sub
marine boats on the floor of the
House.
Elihu B. Frost, vice-president of
the Electric Boat Company, referring
to the time when President Roose
velt made a submerged trip in a sub
marine, and denied that the company
had paid any newspaper men at the
trial and said he did not know who
was responsible for the publication
of that event. Frost said the only
money ever paid a naval officer by
him or his company was when the
company bought for $1,500 an inven
tion which is used on submarine
boats from Lieutenant Nelson, U. S.
N. Frost' said no naval officer nor
member of Congress ever owned
FIERCE STORM.
for the arrest of Wats'on, but Deputy
District Attorney Stevenson in-stock in the company.
formed him that the crime of Watson
was committed in Washington coun
ty and there he would have to be
prosecuted. Nevertheless the deputy
coroner conferred with Presiding
Judge Cleland and learning that he
had authority to subpenoa witnesses
for an inquest within a radius 'of 30
miles, sent word to Sheriff Connel of
Washington county to 'have Watson
here at 3 o'clock this afternoon. ; ,
"Watson is "just as guilty as this
prisoner," said Mr. Finley, "and if he
escapes prosecution.it will be, a dis
grace to the State." ' ' ; '
Gales and Snowstorm Delays Great
Northern Trains.
ST. PAUL, April l.-A terrific
gale is blowing today and it is ex
pected the mercury will drop ten de
grees above. There are very low
temperatures today in most places in
Manitoba and the! Territories.' A
heavy snowstorm is delaying the
Great Northern trains near Grand
Forks, N. D. The Soo Line is tied
tip from Ardock to Kenmare.