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COVCRSTHE MORNING FIELD ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA
PUBLISHES PULL ASSOCIATED PRISS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 83
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1908
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THE MORMONS
ENLISTED
In a Campaign for Local
Option.
ULTIMATE PROHIBITION
e Politicians of All Parties Ad-
mit That the Policy of the
Church Will Lead.
BRYAN BOLTERS.
Contend That Convention Chairman
Could't Conduct Meeting.
OMAHA, The Nebraska dclcga
lion which boiled the Populist con
vention nt St. Louis upon their arrival
today issued a statement to the
pres in explanation of their action
They declare that the old-time Poptt'
list were for the most part absent
from the convention and that the
management of the gathering showed
a total disregard for parliamentary
usage and the right of accredited
delegated.
"We believe that whole thing was
financed (and they Deemed to have
plenty of money) by men who or
ganized what in known at the inde
pendence league, hoping thereby to
effect the downfall of both Bryan and
Wat ion.
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ADMIRAL EVANS.
Paying Strict Attention to
Remediea and Improving.
OTHERS SPOKE IN SAME VEIN
President Smith Said "There ia
Movement Throughout the Land
For Local Option and I Hold That
Every Latter Day Saint Will Help.
SALT LAKE CITY, April 4,-By
the utterance of the lenders' the
Mormon Church today was enlisted
in a campaign for local option and
ultimate prohibition, President Smith
in opening the seventy-eighth confer
ence saying: "There is a movement
throughout the laud for local option
and 1 hold that every Latter Day
Saint will co-operate with the move
ment in that we may curtail the
monster, intcrpcrance. We think and
feel that people should be permitted
to ay if they will have drunkenness,
riot, murder and kindred crime
which too often come from the use
of strong drink."
Other church authorities spoke in
the same vein. The politicians of all
parties admit that the policy of the
church will lead to an early enact
ment of local option law in this state
and possibly in other states, Idaho
and Wyoming, where the Mormon
vote is large. Coming at this time
the faithful members of the church
win receive his utterance as an in
spired command.
Bath
-Ad-
PASO ROBLES, April 4,
miral Evans is much improved to
day and is resting well tonight, lie
had a bath and massage in the morn
ing and was afterwards wheeled
about the grounds. Later in the af
ternoon he had another massage
treatment and seemed to feel much
better. Dr. McDonald stated tonight
that he was positive the admiral was
suffering from no organic ailment
and that his trouble is simply in
flammatory rheumatism. The admiral
walked about his room on crutches
today.
BIG CHIEF
TESTIFIES
Denied Statements of Mrs.
Helen Pierce Cray.
HE PRAISES REYNOLDS
Best Agent Crows Ever Had In
That he Helped the Indians
to Help Themselves.
ADVOCATED BY LOW
Proposed Amendments to the
Anil-Trust Law.
GOMPERS' STRONG SPEECH
CHANGE OP VENUE.
PORTLAND. April 4.-J. Thorn
bum Ross, T. T. Burkhart. John E.
tchison and George H. Hill, offic
ial of the insolvent Title Guarantee
& Trust Company will not be tried
in Multnomah county. A change of
venue to Marion county was granted
today, by the state circuit court for
Multnomah county. The change was
not granted with the unanimous con
sent of the circuit judges of this dis
trict, Judge O'Day dissenting from
the opinion concurred in by Judges
Cleland, Gantenbcin and Bronaugh.
Judge O'Day was unable to find any
justification of the claim of Ross and
others that an impartial and entirely
fair trial could not be held in this
county. Ross and the defendants are
charged with a felony in connection
with the failure of the bank last fall.
He Declared That the Working Men
of the Country Would Not Wait
Much Longer For Remedial
Legislation.
TAFT'S BUSY DAY.
CHICAGO, April 4. -Secretary
Taft spent a second busy day in
Chicago with another round of re
ceptions and speeches, winding up
with the banquet of the commercial
club of Chicago at the Congress
hotel tonight. In his stalks the Sec
retary carefully avoided politics al
though in his evening address he
touched upon questions of public
importance.
MATCH ARRANGED.
SAN FRANCISCO, , April .-rAbe
Attell and Brooklyn Tommy Sulli
van tonight were matched for 20
round at some date in the latter part
of this month at 123 pounds.
WASHINGTON, April 4. -The
proposed amendments to the Sher
man anti-trust la.w as framed by the
national civic federation and intro
duced by Hepburn in the House were
advocated today before the sub
committee of the House judiciary
committee by Seth Low of New
York, Semuel Gompers, President A.
F. Garretson of the Rail way Con
ductors and Theodore Marburg of
Baltimore. That there will be strong
opposition to the measure was inti
mated by a number, of telegrams to
Chairman Littlelicld of the sub
committee from manufacturing and
other business concerns of the coun
try. Gompers was the principal
speaker. He declared that the work
ingmcn of the country would not
wait much longer for remedial legis
lation. He related that once before
it was agreed that this act should not
include combinations between labor
ers with a view of lessening the num
ber of hours of labor or increasing
'their wages, nor combinations, per
sons engaged in agricultural or hor
ticultural pursuits with a view of in
creasing the price of their products.
Gompers asked Littlefield if he
recollected that this was not in the
bill when it passed the House in
1901. Littlefield said he did and that
he was one of those who voted
against it. Gompers said nine voted
against it "And some of them were
not in Congress now."
Gompers said the Sherman law is
not an anti-trust law, "It is an anti
combination law; it is law against
associated effort; it is law something
like a law which obtained some 2000
years ago in Rome that made every
form of association or organization
unlawful if it was not approved by
the emperor."
IS QUESTIONED INCIDENTALLY
Plenty Clooa Came to Washington
For an Examination Concerning
Two Billa of General Interest of
the Crow Reservation.
WASHINGTON, April 4. -Chief
'lenty Cloos of the Crow tribe tes
tified before the Senate committee
on Indian affairs and in response to
questions from Senator Dixon denied
many of the statements of Mrs. Hel
en Pierce Grey that many of the In
dians were mistreated by Indian
Agent Kcynoius. rienty Cloos ex
plained the manner of hi tribe in
farming their lauds and told of the
returns of the tribe to Agent Rey
nolds. He expressed the belief that
Mayor Reynolds was the best agent
that the Crows had ever had in that
he helped the Indians to help them
selves. The chief denied that Rey
nolds interfered with the members
of the tribe in selling their stock and
produce for the best price obtainable.
In other ways he praised Reynolds
but-said there had been some com
plaint by those Indians who do not
like to work. Plenty Cloos came to
Washington for an examination con
cerning two bills of general interest
of the Crow reservation and was only
questioned incidentally about the
charges that have been made by
Mrs. Grey.
The first announcement of the
marriage of the former priest was
made in the True Voice, the Roman
Catholic periodical published weekly
in Omaha, Neb. The paper received
its information from Rev. J. C. Mc
Carthy, the priest of the parish in
Shayler Neb., of which Mrs. Crow
Icy was a communicant.
Before the' wedding Mrs. Crowley
was Blanche Mc Lean and was em
ployed as a stenographer in the office
of Mr. Crowley. Crowley is now en
gaged in the real estate business in
Ellcnsburg, Wash.. Prior to leaving
Chicago he was in the publishing
business, his publications being books
and pamphlets attacking the Roman
Catholic clergy. The wedding cere
mony was performed in Seattle, Mar.
REVENGE IS SWEET.
CHICAGO, April 4. Phillip Reis,
who declares he was sent to Sing
Sing penitentiary for six years when
he was innocent of the charge, waited
11 years for his revenge. Yesterday
he recognized in a fellow prisoner at
the county jail the one whose testi
mony had sent him into confinement
The man's name is Charles Aker.
Reiss is awaiting trial on a charge
of larceny Aker is on trial charged
with robbery.
It was discovered by the identifi
cation bureaus of the states attorneys
office Aker had escaped from the
Westherfidled prison, Conn, in 1899
after serving less than two years.
This was revealed by Reis. If Akers
is found not guilty in the robbery
case he will be sent at once to the
Eastern prison.
FULTON SUED
FOB SUNDER
Accused Former Repre
sentative of Perjury.
"SHEEREST NONSENSE"
The Senator Was Served With
the Papers in a $5000
Slander Suit.
FORMER PRIEST MARRIED.
CHICAGO, April 4.-The RcToTd
Herald today says: Jeremiah Crow
ley the former Roman Catholic priest
whose criticism of church affairs and
his fellow churchmen in the Chicago
diocese brought him under the ban of
an eclesiastical interdict is now mar
ried man.
Gompers said the laboring men
would favor the enactment of laws
restricting the jurisdiction of the
courts to property rights and that
property rights be so defined so that
it cannot be held that there is any
property or property rights in the
labor of any person. The speaker re
viewed the recent court decisions and
said that these would not drive or
ganiaztions out of the country, but
merely into secrecy. He said that he
need not say that men in the open
would conduct their business more
intelligently and circumspectly than
if they were considering the same
question in secret and where freed
from the criticism of the general
public. The speaker then called at
tention to the hopelessness of the
working man who should attempt to
protect his rights by an individual
contest in the face of modern indus
trial conditions. Gompers in reply
ing to Littlefield said he favored the
boycott and that his organization
contended for it. Theodore Marburg
during the course of his argument
gave the principal cause of the re
cent panic as being the "Crazy policy
of an attack on railroads and the
unnecessary and revengeful fine im
posed upon the Standard Oil Co.
LIMIT THEIR PfllR
Democratic Filibustering Tactics
Act as a Boi merang.
TROUBLE DATES BACK TO 1897
THE SWEEPING CLOTURE RULE
One of the Few Privileges Left to
the Democrats Was to Force
Roll Call on Adjournment and
This They Did.
WASHINGTON, April 4. -By
adopting the sweeping cloture rule
in the House today, the Republicans
left the Democrats very limited now
crs. io longer can the filibuster be
conducted against sending to con
ference the bills with the Senate
amendments no longer can a motion
to close a debate be amended or dis
cussed and no longer can a motion to
adjourn take precedence over the
motion to take a recess. In present
ing the rule Dalzell characterized the
Democratic filibuster of the last few
days as "Assinine, idiotic and a dis
grace to men."
ine democrats were attordea no
opportunity to talk on the question
and were ridden over roughshod
They tried to get even a short time
afterward by various ways, seeking
to amend the District of Columbia
appropriation bill and then forcing a
division of the House, but the Re
publicans observing the tactics that
were being pursued, secured a ruling
from the chair that all motions were
dilatory. From that time on for the
remainder of the session, the house
resumed its wonted aspect and busi
ness proceeded in an orderly manner.
One of the few privileges left to the
Democrats was to force a roll call on
adjournment and this they did but to
no avail as the motion carried overwhelmingly.
PORTLAND WHITEWASHED.
a'SAN,FRANCISCdrAp'rir"4.-In
the first game of the 1908 season in
the Pacific Coast league in San Fran
cisco, Portland was easy doings for
the Frisco nine by a score of 2 to 0.
A big crowd gathered at the grounds
to witness the initial game.
Considerable Attention Was Recently
Paid by an Eastern Weekly Paper
to an Affidavit Alleged to Have
Been Made by Smith.
SALEM, Or., April 4. At the con
clusion of the speech of United States
Senator Fulton here tonight in which
the Senator denounced former Rep
resentative Smith for the latter's
charge that Fulton had sought to in
fluence Smith's conduct in behalf of
John H. Mitchell during the so-called
hold-up" legislature in 1897, the
Senator was served with the papers
in a $5000 slander suit instituted by
Smith.
Considerable attention was recent
ly paid by an Eastern weekly paper
to an affidavit alleged to have been
made by Smith in which the charge
was made as referred to the above.
Tonight Fulton, during his speech
declared as false the portion of the
affidavit which alleged that he (Ful
ton) had anything to do with the
transaction. Fulton's denial was made
the basis of Smith's suit, Smith al
leging that Fulton has accused him
of perjury and thus injured Smith's
reputation. - x
When asked . tonight to make a
statement concerning the suit Fulton
laughingly replied "It is nonsense,
sheerest nonsense."
surrounding the Erie case, copper
prices have declined and reports
from the iron and steel trade show
small new orders for finished pro
ducts and give rise to questions of
the stability of iron prices. Railroad
officials display little cheerfulness
over the course of traffic, although
reports of earnings begin to show
the effect of economics in controling
the shrinkage in net earnings. Re
porting from accepted authorities on
the condition of the wheat crop are
of very hopeful augury.
BY WIRELESS.
At 10 o'clock last night the Stand
ard Oil barge No. 3 was off the
mouth of the river and in a com
munication to the wireless station
reported that the piston was broken
and she was only making five knots
pCr hour. She is bound for Seattle
and expects to reach there Tuesday
night
The Santa Rita is on the other side
of the bar awaiting an opportunity
to cross in.
MORE SCHOOL HOUSES.
NEW YORK, April 4.-Determin-
ation on the part of the New York
City board of Education to make the
school houses is reflected in the vote
of the board of estimates of $1,000,000
for repair work on these structures.
The money will be immediately ex
pended for the putting into condition
of 20 school houses which the board
of education had reported as being
in such condition as to jeopardize the
lives of the pupils.
FLOATING DRY DOCK.
5 A IN rKAMtisw, April 1. itie
Union Iron Works are about to let
a contract for the construction of a
floating sectional dry dock which
will accommodate, with four excep
tions any vessel entering San Fran
Cisco. It will lift 7,000 tons will be
550 feet 8 inches in length and will
cost about $225,000. It is expected
that the dock will be ready for use
in seven months and will be located
at Union Works.
SOCIALIST MEETING
Discuss the Attitudejof the Authorities.
NO SYMPATHY WITH VIOLENCE
Hot Resolutions Were Passed Con
demning the City Officials for Fail
ing to Give Unemployed Work and
Not Allow Them to Hold Meetings
NEW YORK, April 4. Without
the semblance of disorder and under
the surveillance of the police and de
tectives, 1500 persons took part in a
meeting of the socialist party in the
grand central palace today.
The purpose of the gathering was
to discuss the attitude of the authori
ties in not permitting them to hold a
public meeting in Union Square lasr
Sunday and to let it be known that
the socialists were not in sympathy
with the acts of bomb throwers.
The police had warned the speak
ers against intemperate utterance
and the speeches were mild.
Robert Hunter, the socialist leader,
did not appear. Hot resolutions were
passed condemning the city officials
for failing to give work to the unem
ployed and for withholding permis
sion for a meeting, in Union Square.
SCAFFOLD FALLS.
LOS ANGELES, April 4.-Seven
injured and two perhaps fatally when
a scaffold surrounding, the addition to
the municipal water plant at Elysian
Park collapsed today precipitating to
the ground eight men who were plac
ing in position a heavy steel girder.
1 he accident was attributed by some and the inauguration of through
of the men to the excessive weight freight traffic for Sunday, April 19.
which had been placed on the scaffold.
BRANCH LINE OPENED.
CHICAGO. April 4.-The Illinois
Central R. R. has announced the
opening of the Birminham line from
Jackson, Tenn, to Birmingham, Ala.
STOCK MARKET DULL.
Financial difficulties of the Erie R. R.
Has Been Discouraging.
NEW YORK, April 4.-The stock
market has been reactionary this
week and speculative sentiment has
turned less hopeful, in accord with
the action of the market. The finan
cial .difficulties of the Erie R. R. have
been a discouraging influence and
have prompted inference regarding
the general investment situation ly
ing beyond the peculiar conditions
At Birmingham the Central will have
the use of the Frisco terminals,- as
well as of its own ample terminal.
The Central will connect with the
Central of Georgia Railroad, recently
bought by E. H. Harriman, the
Southern, Seaboard Air Line, the
Alabama, Great Southern and the
Louisville and Nashville Railroads to
Southeastern points in Florida and
the Carolinas. . ...
STANFORD WON. .
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
April 4. Stanford, won the first game
of the intercollegate baseball series
from California today by a score of
2 to 1 in a fast and close contest