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CUIUS
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Lavish Entertainments of
Rich Diplomats
HILL'S CASE THE CAUSE
Diplomatic Bill Under Discussion
In the House Stirs up Some
of the Members
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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
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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.