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1 nil CUIUS I Lavish Entertainments of Rich Diplomats HILL'S CASE THE CAUSE Diplomatic Bill Under Discussion In the House Stirs up Some of the Members i U.S. SHOULD OWN RESIDENCES Harrison of New York Wu Particu larly Bitter Regarding Ambanador White of Paris, and the Firat Secre tary of the Embaauy In London. WASHINGTON, April 1&-Criti-cihiu of lavish entertainment by rich American diplomats in order to es tablish a aocial Mantling abroad was heard in the House today in the course of the consideration of the diplomatic and consular bill. The oc cupation of Dorchester House, Lon don, by Ambassador Rcid and a simi lar display of wealth in Berlin by 'Amba-itador Tower were particularly emphasized in that connection. As one means, of counteracting the effect of this condition it was urged by many that America should own its own legation buildings. The charge that Emperor William based his ob jections to Dr. Hill solely on account of that gentleman's lack of a fortune was repeated by Longworth. Harmon of New York was par ticularly severe in his criticism of Ambassador White at Paris and the first secretary of the embassy at London, John Ridgeley Carter. He described White as a "Dinner table or dietetic diplomat," and accused him of violating the express statute by frequently appearing In court cos tuine, As to Carter, he pictured him strolling through the drawing rooms of London and compared him to the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. Harrison also accused Secretary Root f being led by Creat Britain in mat ters pertaining to the Congo Free :Statc. The diplomatic bill was passed un der a suspension of the rules. The bill carries $.1,520,000. After having been in continuous session since April 6 by resorting to a process of recess ing from day to day, the house this afternoon adjourned until tomorrow when eulogies will be held in memory of the late representative Smith Of Illinois. Unions, ignoring the contesting rcla tives. The first trial resulted in vie tory for the relatives and the second verdict is a surprise. By the will r annuity of $50,000 is left for mission ary purposes in Chicago; one-fourth of the residue of the estate goes to the American Christian Missionary So ciety of Cincinnati, and another fourth to the same society for the church extension of the fund. Anoth er fourth goes to the Illinois Chris tian Missionary Society and still an other fourth to the Foreign Christian Missionary Society of Illinois. - TRIBUTES OF RESPECT. WASHINGTON', April 18. Trib utes of respect to the memories of the late Senators Morgan and Pettul of Alabama, both of whom died dur ing the recess of Congress last sum mer, occupied nearly the whole ses ston of the Senate today. The Re publican and Democratic leaden join ed in giving testimony as to their splendid qualities of mind and heart that haa given them both enviable places in American history. The dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill was reported during the day. PRINCE HAS GONE TO PARIS. CHERBOURG, April 18.-Prince De Sagan landed today from the steamer St. Paul, The Prince de clined to answer any questions, Me left immediately for Paris. FLEET'S ITINUMCY DEFEATED By Logging Away Another Leg of It's . Long Journey. , DROP ANCHORS AT SAN PEDRO After a Week at Loa Angeles the Fleet Visits Santa Barbara, Port Harford, Monterey, Santa Crur and Then Enters the Golden Gate. BY WIRELESS. The cruiser Maryland passed the ; mouth of the Columbia River bound 'for the navy yard at Bremerton at 11 o'clock last night. The station here was in communication with the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Company's steamer Buckman which was oil Cape Flattery bound South at 12:30 this morning. This is the Buckmari's first trip since being fitted with wire less Instruments. 'The "Watson", her sister ship, will be equipped upon her return to Seattle. WILL IS SUSTAINED. CHICAGO, April 18.-A despatch 'to the Record Herald, from Bloom- ington, ill., says :' v After a trial lasting two weeks a jury in the Platte conrrty circuit court yesterday brought in a verdict sus taining the will of Thomas E. Bondu jrant of Monticello who left over a "half million 'dollars tt church insti SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 18,-Thc American battleship fleet is logging away today another leg of its long journey from Hampton Roads to the Antipodes and beyond. Leaving here early this morning, a run of nine hours lies before the fleet to the next stopping place, the ports of Los An geles, where the ships are scheduled to arrive at 3 p. m. All 16 of the fighting vessels will drop anchor at San. Pedro for an over-night stay and tomorrow the fleet will divide in?!) four divisions and spend the remain ng days of . the week's stay allotted to Los Angeles at the various ports of Long Beach. Santa Monica and Redondo, the division remaining at San Pedro. ' The fleet is proceeding in single column up the California coast, stand ing in-shore far enough to let all the towns and villages between San Di ego and Los Angeles, bordering the sea, have a' look at the imposing line Alter a week at Los Angeles, the fleet visits Santa Barbara, Port Har ford, Monterey, Santa Cruz and then enters the Golden Gate, its originally announced destination. Remaining 12 days in San Francisco the fleet pro- cecds to Puget Sound for a brief visit to Seattle, Tacoma, and neighboring cities. One half of the vessels will dock at Bremerton, the others return ing to San Francisco May 29 for docking and minor repairs. The en tire fleet re-assembles, on July 3 and sets sail July 7 for Honolulu, on the way to Australia, the Philippines, Japan, China, the Suez Canal and New York. Smith Knocked Out In Fifth Round. IS EASY FOR AMERICAN Burns After Playing Light With Him Floored Him in the Third Round. SMITH TOOK HIS MEDICINE The Match Wat Witnessed by Large Crowd Who Paid High Prices For Seats Smith Wat i Beaten Man Before Entering the Ring. PARIS, April 18.Tommy Burns knocked out "Jcwey" Smith, the South African boxer here tonight in the fifth of 10-round bout. The meeting was the biggest aflfair o fthc kind ever held in Paris where something like a craze for boxing exits at present, It was witnessed by a large crowd who paid high prices for scats" Smith was a beaten man from the start although he scored several heavy body blows in the first and second 'rounds. The American showed much more skill than his op ponent and after playing light with him floored him in the third round with a left to the shoulder. In the fourth round Burns had it all his own way, scoring two knockdowns. Smith rallied in t?ic fifth and gamely took his medicine. He was unable to cover a land on the agile American who toward the end of. the round ended the match with a terrific right to the jaw which sent Smith down to stay. LEFT SAFE ON SIDEWALK. CHICAGO, April 18,-Diamonds, 'jewelry and watches to the value of $250,000 were left on the sidewalk all last night at State and Adams street, under the guard of one lone watch man. The valuables , were in nine large safes secured with combination locks , and too heavy to be carried away by anything less than a safe mover's outfit. The safes contained the stock of a jewelry firm which is moving into new quarters, lhey will be moved today. THOUSANDS People Lice the Beach for 40 Miles i CONDITIONAL PARDON. CAN ON CITY, Col., April, 18.- Hcrbcrt Dclaney yesterday was given a conditional pardon from the peni tentiary by Gov. Buchtel in honor of Arbor Day and Good Friday. Under the terms of his discharge, Delaney has to return to his parents in West Virginia and remain there until the completion of his maximum sentence. Dclaney was sentenced to from two to five years for assault to commit murder October 5, 1905. , SURGEON DIES AT SEA. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.-A telegram received by the Pacific Mail Company from Capt. A. W. Nelson of the steamer San Juan at Mazatlan gave news of the death on April 11 at sea of Dr. Wm. Murphy, surgeon of the steamer. No particulars were given. RIFLE PRACTICE National Board for the Promotion of its Practice. WILDEST ENTHUSIASM A Solid Week of Liberal Hos pitality and Unbroken Entertainment FLEET WILL SPLIT TOMORROW Today a Hundred Thousand People Are Estimated to be Scattered Along the Beaches and Bluffs of Forty Miles of Coast TO ENCOURAGE EXCELLENCE Had the Amendment to the Army Ap ' propriation Bill Passed, it Would Have Defeated Purpose for Which the First Law Was Enacted. PRESS ASSOCIATIONS. Washington and Oregon Organiza tions Joint Convention. TACOMA, April 18-Tlie Washing- WASHINGTON, April 1.-The action of the Senate in striking. ouf the amendment to the army approp riation bill which would have pre vented officers of the army, navy and national guard from participating in the national rifle and revolver matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, this summer, is highly gratifying to the War De partment which had receied a flood of protests from all sides against this ton State Pre4 - Aviation' will ! l'Pw"y- ?n. ucu 9luw v meet jointly with the Oregon State I ver' Assis,a"nt Secretary of War and Press Association at Vancouver, July lPresidcnt of the National Board for 16-18. This was decided npoH this ! afternoon at a meeting of the cxeeti tive committee of Association in Tacoma, rromouon ot Kiue rractice, pre I sented the views of the War Depart the State PresJ ' llnt to .the Senate committee on military affairs and has also address ed i letfer to Chairman Hull on the House committee. It is npt though likely the House will insist on the amendment. In presenting the matter Gen. Oliver said that President Roosevelt himself had asked him to call the attention of the committee especially to this provision arid to ask that it be stricken out. He ouote'd BASEBALL SCORE. -Los -Angeles 6,' At Los Angeles Portland 10. At Spokane Spokane 2, Aberdeen a . A At Seattle Seattle 4, Butte 6, At Tacb'nta No game. At San FVancisco San Francisco 4. 1 cn. Bird W. Spencer, the famous Oakland 0. (New Jersey expert in rifle shooting, MURDERS 6Y fiOVSr ,'for many years president of the Na . ' .. . i t ?e. . ... uonai June Association, as saying that it would practically destroy the STILL IMPROVING. PASO ROBLES, April 18.-Ad-miral Evans spent one of the best days since he has been here today. Surgeon McDpnald is very much en- conraged. GUNNISON, CoL April 18. Fred ! effect of the national matches, in the j Collings, aged 17, and' Ed'. Carver;. I establishment of which Gen. Spencer aged 13, yesterday were convicted of';3" nis colleagues took such an ac thc cold blooded murder" Of" Louis l'vtf Part. Gen. Oliver said: "In Bruno near Crested Buttes On Settl?8" t"1's amendment becomes a law tcmber 19, 1907. Collings conviction'! ost if not entirely defeat was for first degree murder and a" life' excellent purpose for which the sentence was recommended. while!""4 law tipon the subject of the Na- Carver was found guiltv of second tional TrOpfiy was enacted in 1903. degree murder and a recommendation i The reason for the enactment of the for clemency made. The ' evidence ! 'aw wSs t encourage excellence in showed that the lads had fired on Bruno from ambush and when he ran had followed him, shooting him down marksmanship" with rifles and pistols in the army, Navy, Marine Corps and National' Guard. In this most im- as he begged for mercy, later robbing ; portant of all duties, the officers are him of $7. The defense claimed Col-itn '.instructors of the enlisted men; lings is mentally unbalanced and that ! an tms tney ar not competent to Carver because; of his youth was easily led and did no shooting, l ' (Continued on page 8.) LOS ANGELES, April 18.-Los Angeles has sent more than 100,000 of its citizens to the ocean side today to welcome the Amerjcan battleship fleet which steamed into San Pedro harbor, 22 miles away at 3:30 this af ternoon. The arrival of the fleet was accompanied by all the flashing col ors and embellishments that have made its appearince in every home and foreign port visiting in the last four months. Thousands of people who made the occasion a holiday and who lined the seawalls, breakwaters, bluffs and beaches, fairly went wild in their enthusiasm as the fleet steamed to their assigned position. Tomorrow morning the fleet is to be split up in to squadrons in order that the four Los Angeles ports may have a share o ttne nonor in entertaining the great naval force. LOS ANGELES, April 18.-Today the Atlantic battleship fleet enters upon the second installment of its California welcome demonstration hat will continue throughout a solid week of liberal hospitality and un broken entertainment for the officers and men of the visiting warships from the other side of the continent. Dim ming the memories of the famous fiestas and surpassing in scope and. enthusiasm the OccasiohS . when La Angeles has been host to visiting thousands, the stay of the fleet is intended to be made the greatest cele bration in the history of Southern California and thousands of visitors, representing every section of the Pacific coast are added to the popu lation that has for weeks been busily engaged in planning details of the reception". Not Los Angeles alone, but Long Beach, San Pedro, Redondo, Venice Ocean Park and Santa Monica are gay with fluttering flags and festooned with lights that will flash their in dividual welcomes each evening. By common consent the American flag has been chosen as the most appro priate feature of civis adornment, and in this city the principal streets are overhung dfld the buildings almost hidden frbffi view by enormous ban ners. Today a" hundred thousand people are estimated to" be scattered along the beaches and bluffs of 40 miles of coast stretching from well below the" Santa Ana county line' to" the" north shore of San Pedro "Bay," where" ttic fleet will drop anchor at three" o'clock this afternoon. The several transportation systems centering in Los Angeles taxed every resource to meet the rush of travel during the morning hours and at five minute intervals long trains crowded with passengers, followed one another to the beach cities, where accommo dations for the ; week had long since become impossible to obtain. The crush of sight-seers was all the heavier because of the eleventh hour announcement that the battleships would remain undivided at San Pedro until tomorrow morning. Numerous conflicting announcements had been made as to the intentions of Rear Admiral Thomas to whom had been referred a protest from the Church Federation of this city against a par ade of the fleet begin until Monday morning, although Mayor Harper, of Los Angeles, and Chairman M. II. Flint.-of the entertainment committee, will board .the Connecticut immedi ately up",r. her arrival today and ex tend to Rear-Admiral Thomas and his officers a formal welcome on be half of the city. The battleships will be illuminated tonight, but no visitors are to go aboard today. Tomorrow, save for the transfer of thee divisions to Long Beach, Redondo and Santa Monica, will be a day of inactivity, no shore leaves being granted and no visitors being received. Beginning with Monday, however, there will be five days of ceaseless activity for the officers and men of the fleet and for the thousands of people in Los Angeles and adjoining cities, who are engaged in their en tertainment. ". On each day shore leave will be granted to 3,500 enlisted men for whom special entertainments, slightly varied each day, will be provided. The boxers of the Atlantic fleet will settle the championship in all classes! A (Continued on page &) PRIMARY RESULTS Cake's Estimated Majority , 2250 Is HAWLEY AND ELLIS WINNERS Both the Successful Senatorial Can. didates Are Adherents of State ment No. 1 Shepherd Beaten by 2500 Plurality. PORTLAND,.' April 18.-Yester- day's primaries resulted in the nomi nation for the candidacy for the nom ination for a United States Senator on the Republican ticket of Henry M. Cake of Portland by an estimated . majority of 2250 over United States Senator Charles W. Fulton and on the Democratic ticket of Governor Chamberlalil, Wlldsc" nomination was uncontested. Both the successful candidates are adherents of statement No. 1. In the first congressional dis trict Congressman. Hawley was "re elected without contest The Demo crats phi ho eatldidaiV tin in this dis trict. In the second district Congress man Wlis will win from T. T. Geer . and George H. Shepherd by about 2500 plurality. COMPANY MUST PAY. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.-A verdict for $16,638 was rendered in the United States Circuit Court yes terday in favor of the warehouse land and improvement company against the Palatine Insurance Company. The complianant sued on a .policy cover ing their building on Brannan street between First and Second streets. There was an earthquake clause in ffie policy and the insurance comnanv refused to pay. LAND PLACED ON MARKET. . BUTTE, Mont., April 18.-Five hundred thousand acres of ' land in' Eastern Montana, and North Dakota, the property of the Northern Pacific R. R. will be placed on th mart,. jvithin the ten days and sold to actual settlers. Farm units are to be of such size as to allow sufficient oasturap. for small bands of stock.
