C0VER8THE MORNING FIELD ONTHC LOWER COLUMBIA
PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 97
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COST (IF
THE CRUISE
Bacon Wanted to Know
What It Would Be
NOTBEKNOWN FOR YEAR
Hate, the Chairman of the Com
mlttee on Naval Affairs, Said
Difficult to State
PREDICTS WAR IN TEN YEARS
The Coit Will be Almost Million
For the Fleet to go Through the
Suet Canal Says Its Dangerous,
and Very Expensive.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-Bacon
asked the cost of the cruie around
the world. Hale, the chairman of the
committee on naval affairs, said it
was difficult to state, but he was satis-
e . .i .i iL . . n t m t lit.
- nea mm in wer vi
fleet would be very great. The cost
will not be known for a year. Bacon
said he hoped the report that the fleet
was to go around the world was in
correct. He looked upon it as dan
gerous and very expensive, that the
cost would almost be a million for the
fleet to go through the Sucx Canal
alone. '
Mr. Money made an extended
speech in which he said the danger of
war in the Philippines are held by
thin country all nations with depend
encies were obliged to maintain
great navies, that the Philippines
had cost this country several hundred
millions already and that the money
would produce no material result of
advantage to this country. He in
stanced the San Francisco school
troubles as an example of the rapidity
with which the war clouds might
overshadow the country and declared
that "If we drop the Philippines, we
.1 iL - .1 C ... m !i tltni AKAfin
Vurop inc cnunvo vi war m mi wvn(
nn.l M tliit th Tannnoc attitude On
the school question' unjustified that
she-was reaay "To provoke a quar
rel." Money predicted that in ten
years the "United States would have
to fight. somebody," and said 'that
"Whenever we tackle that little na
tion we will have all we can do."
"You have to keep that fleet there
if you are to hold the Philippines."
Lodge defended the policy of send
ing the fleet to the Pacific Ocean and
that great good had already resulted
from the long cruise in teaching the
fleet how to maintain itself away from
the shipyards by making necessary
repairs by its own . mechanics on
board.
Bevcridge advocated a greater navy
than the United States now has and
said before the fleet was started for
the Pacific that there was talk of war,
but after it reached the Pacific the
war talk vanished.
TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD.
NEW YORK, Apr. 21-To save the
life of Grover Brennan of Sheridan,
Wyo,, who was unconscious from gas
poisoning in the Putnam house, trans
fusion of blood was resorted to at
Bcllevue hospital, late last night.
Brennan, who is a broncho buster,
with the "Buffalo Bill" show, had
lanneu uiu uic (S" who ma nuiu-
brero. House surgeon H. C. Thatch
er underwent the operation perform-
a t cu. r. fl...4.,.t.
CQ Dy Ur, f murium. an. jl iiaivu-
er and the cowboy were placed side
by side.' The incision wa's made in
the surgeon's right arm and the pati
ent's left arm. Brennan rallied im
mediately and has a fair chance of re-
' covery the surgeons say. '
IN SOUTHERN WATERS.
Fleet Still Having Fun Provided For
, Them.
LOS ANGELES, April 21.-Los
Angeles continued today its long
program of entertainment . for the
sailors and officers of the battleship
fleet, Thirty-five hundred bluejackets
were in the landing parties which
came asnore at tne various pons
where the four divisions of the fleet
are anchored, and pitched into the
fun provided for them. A number of
itocl.il events for the officers including
a luncheon at the California Club had
as a guest General Adna R, Chaffee.
Tonight at Redondo, the Chamber of
Commerce of that place gave a ban
quet in honor of Rear Admrial
Sperry, and other officers.
TWO MORE LOST.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-Be-
sides Charles C. Macclevcry who is
reported lost in the wilderness of
Lower California, somewhere be
tween La 'Pa and Magdalena Bay,
that also Mr. Taeger a rich cigar mer
chant of Vera Cruz, who is said to
have accompanied Maccleverly on his
daring journey across Desert and
over mountain to catch the fleet be
fore it sailed for San Diego. No
ord has come from either Mac
cleverly or his companion, and the
old Spanish guide, who had been hired
to lead them on their 120 mile trip Is
also missing.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
Will
Probably Be Reported On
Thursday Next
ABUSE OF SECRET SERVICE
The Insertion of This Clause Was
Prompted by Oft Repeated Com
plaintt That Secret Servicf Men
Were Used in Detective Work.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-The
House committee on appropriations
has inserted in the sundry civil bill
which probably will be reported
Thursday of this week a clause pro
hibiting the use of any money ap
propriated by the bill for secret serv
ice other than guarding the president
and the detection and prevention of
counterfeiting. The insertion of this
clause was prompted by the complaint
oft repeated, that the secret service is
being used by the various depart
ments "In shadowing" and detective
work not contemplated by the law.
EASTERDAY SUICIDE.
Daughter of former Governor of Kan
sas Committs Suicide.
CHICAGO April 21.-Mrs. Jessie
Llewellyn Call, the daughter of a for
mer governor of Kansas, who com
mitted suicide on Easterday, left an
unfinished novel which her friends be
lieve would have made her well
known had she lived to finish it.
The manuscript, which is said to be
in the keeping of Miss Louise Llewel
lyn, Mrs. Call's sister, now is Osk-
aloosa, Iowa, deals with the political
life that centered around her father.
It is partly because of the existence
of this, manuscript belief that she
made up her mind to take her own
life suddenly after a sleepless night
or because she had been made es
pecially despondent by an acute at
tack of her nervous malady. They
believe that premeditation was only
a matter of a day or two.
TWO AUTOISTS KILLED.
DEARBORN. Mich., April 21.-F.
J. .:. Draper and William ( waicott,
both of Milan, Mich., were instantly
killed here today by their automo
bile being struck hy a tram.
MI MOIIOI
CONFERENCE
Fourtccntb Annual Meet
ing to Be Held in May
INTERESTING PROGRAM
Will Include a Thorough Presen
tation of the Results of the
Second Hague Conference
MANY WELL KNOWN SPEAKERS
Program Will Include a Thorough
Presentation of the Results of the
Hague Conference and Relations of
Colleges to Arbitration Movement
MOHONK, N. Y., April 21.-rThe
Lake Mohonk conference on interna
tional arbitration will hold its 14th
annual meeting here May 20-22, with
John W. Foster, ex-secretary of
state, as presiding officer. The pro
gram will include a thorough presen
tation of the results of the second
Hague conference and of the recent
Central American peace conference,
speakers on these topics, including
James Brown Scott, solicitor of the
State Department and member of
The Hague Conference; Joaquin B.
Calvo, Minister of Costa Rica; Luis
F. Corca, Minister of Nicaragua;
John Barrett, director of the Bureau
of American Republics; Dr. Paul S.
Rcinsch of Wisconsin; Dr. Benjamin
F. Trueblood of Boston and Profes
sor Wm. R, Shepard of New York.
Bnron Kogaro Takahira, the Japan
ese Ambassador; Dr. Leo S. Howe of
Philadelphia; Richard Bartholdt pres
ident of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, and Theodore E. Burton,
Congressman from Ohio, who have
been invited to address the meeting.
The relations of colleges to the ar
bitrationriiovemeiit will be d'scussed
by President Wheeler of the Univer
sity of California; Chancellor White
of the University of Georgia; Presi
dent Van Hise, of the University of
Wisconsin; President Swain of
Swarthmore College, and others.
Many prominent business men, in
cluding William McCarroll, J. Edward
Simmons, James Speyer and Frank
A. Vanderlip of New York; E. A.
Benson of Omaha and J. Van Kleek,
of Denver, will be present. About SO
chambers of commerce and boards of
trade, representing all parts of the
country, will send delegates.
MORE BROWNSVILLE.
' WASHINGTON, April 21. Call
ing attention , to the Grand Army
button he wore in the lapel of his
coat and insisting that he had no
prejudice against the negro soldiers,
some of whom he claimed as com
rades, Warner, in the Senate to
day declared his, conviction that
Brownsville, Texas, had been shot up
by the negro soldiers of the 25th In
fantry in 1906. He presented an ar
gument to sustain his belief of the
guilt of the negro soldiers based on
the testimony which he quoted. He
will conclude tomorrow.
The naval appropriation bill was
amended to provide 20 per cent, in
crease in the pay of officers on the
retired as well as the active list.
During the discussion of the naval
bill Bacon sharply criticised the pol
icy of sending the naval flotilla around
the world.
The Senate adopted the conference
report on the Indian appropriation
bill.
FORTY-TWO DEAD.
Many
Burned in Wreckage Which
Takes Fire.
MELBOURNE,. April il.-Torty-two
bodies have been taken out of the
wreck caused by the collision April
19 of two trains from Ballarat and
Bendigo, respectively, at Braybrook
Junction, about eight miles from
Melbourne. It is believed that several
others are still buried under the
debris. The number of persons injured
is placed at 88.
Many of the victims had entered the
Ballarat train at Braybrook, and were
just about settled in their seats when
the crash came. The conductor had
signaled to the engineer to start the
train and was in the act of stepping
into the car when he saw the ap
proaching Bendigo train. He sprang
aside in time to save himself. The
coaches caught fire and many of the
victims were burned beyond recogni
tion. A member of the fire brigade
found the bodies of his two sisters
buried in the wreckage. Several of
the victims died as they were being
lifted from the wreck. The driver of
the Bendigo train says that he saw
the signals and when the brakes fail
ed to work he reversed his engine,
but was unable to check the train.
BASEBALL SCORE.
At Spokane--Aberdcen 6, Spokane
At Tacoma No game; rain.
At Seattle No game; rain.
STEVEDORING FIRM
Brown and McCabe Sell Con
trolling Interest
ROTHSCHILDS & CO. BUYERS
The Price is 6aid to be in the Neigh
borhood of $75,000 Same Parties
Figuring on Buying an Interest in
McCabe and Hamilton.
SEATTLE, April 21.-Materially
altering the stevedoring situation of
Puget Sound and the Columbia River
recent business moves of W. J. Jones,
of this city, general manager for
Rothschild & Co., have made the firm
one of the most prominent operating
in the ports of Coast waters. Among
other things, Jones has purchased a
controlling interest in Brown & Mc
Cabe, the stevedoring firm of Port
land and Astoria, in business for more
than 30 years, the price being in the
neighborhood of $75,0000. Jones is
in Portland at, the present time. His
partner ,F. A. Bartlett, declined to
discuss the. matter or give any details
of the deal. It is also reported Jones
has secured the option of purchasing
all the capital stock of McCabe &
Hamilton, the well known stevedores
of this city, Tacoma and British Co
lumbia, the cosideration for which is
said to be $100,000. Acquisition of the
Astoria, Portland and Puget Sound
interests with those already controll
ed by Jones places the firm in the
forefront of employers on this coast,
making it employer of nearly 2000
men in various ports.
BRONSON HOWARDS ILLNESS.
NEW YORK, April 21.-Bronson
Howard, the dean of American poli
tics has been seriously ill for several
! weeks, although the facts are just re
ceived. Mr. Howard has been ill for
four weeks. A friend of Mr. Howard
explained last night that the family
did not wish to have the fact of his
illness become known. He has been
suffering with the same rheumatism
with which he suffered while on his
trip to Egypt and at one time the
physicians who were much alarmed.
However, he is n&w thought to be on
the road to recovery. His advanced
age has made the attack more dan
gerous than it would have been for a
younger man. ,
MUNICIPAL
RESEARCH
Wm. H. Allen Denounces
Private Charities
MISDIRECTED EFFORTS
Woman Suffrage Would Simply
Mean a New Golden Era for
Confidence Men
AID PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICE
Members of the Club Were Told That
They Were Incompetent, Inefficient,
Uneconomical and That Their Char
ities Were Just So Much Wasted.
. CHICAGO, April 21.-The mem
bers of the Social Service Club were
told in an address last night by Wm.
H. Allen, secretary of the Bureau of
Municipal Research of New York,
that they were incompetent, ineffic
ient and uneconomical.
They were told that the charities
which they represent are just so
much misdirected and misdirecting
effort and wasted money. Mr. Allen
contended that woman suffrage would
simply mean a new golden era for
confidence men and the perpetuation
in office of grafters and incompetents.
He declared that private social ser
vice was more detail, expensive and
often necessarily inefficient work
while public social service was whole
sole, economical and always possible
of being made efficient Bad govern
ment, possible because of the misdi
rected energies of those engaged in
private social service, he said, manu
factures more distress than all the
private social service in the country
can care.
VESSEL FOR VENEZULA.
WASHINGTON, April 21,-An
American war vessel is to be sent to
Venezuelan waters, but her mission is
entirely peaceful. Closing the port of
Laguaira because of the existance of
what is believed to be bubonic plague
there has made it necessary for the
state department to have at hand a
vessel that can be used as a dispatch
boat. , .
UNPLEDGED DELEGATES.
BOSTON, April 21. Unpledged
delegates to the national republican
convention were elected by the
twelfth Massachusetts convention
here today, though they advised the
delegates that the republicans of that
district favored Taft.
HOSPITAL BURNED.
BIG RAPIDS, Mich., April 21.
Fire today lestroyed the Mercy hos
pistal here which was a $75,000 estab
lishment. All of the 30 patients and
the 40 sisters of mercy escaped with
out injury. '
FLYNN WINS.
LOS ANGELES, April 21.-The
heavyweight fight between Jim
Flynn and Battling Johnson in 10
rounds was according to Los Angeles
ordinance a draw. There was no de
cision but Flynn had all the best of it.
CAIRO "WET."
CAIRO, 111., April 21. Cair went
"wet" todav bv a maioritv of 3352 in
the local option election.
HURRYING TROOPS.
Threatening Situation In Persia
Alarms Russia.
TJFLIS, April 21 -On account of
the threatening situation on the Per
sian frontier and the urgent demand
for reinforcements received from the
commanders of the Russian forces in
that district, 2000 men have been sent
from here into the disturbed territory.
These reinforcements will take, sev
eral days to reach the scene of hostili
ties, which is 60 miles from the near
est railroad point through a difficult
country. No further news from the
commanders of the ; detachments at
Belesuvar 'and Shirin, which are
menaced by the Kurdish brigands,
has been received here. Information
has come in that communication
along an important trade route south
ward from the Caspian Sea has been
interrupted by an uprising of the
bandit population. As a result, cara
vans are afraid to venture out of Len
koran. .
SHOULD BE INCREASED.
NEW YORK, April 21.-The rail
road freight rates should be increas
ed was the concensus of opinion at a
conference of the presidents of near
ly all the Eastern trunk lines held at
the offices of the Trunk Line Asso
ciation.
No final actions was taken in the
matter, which will be finally further
considered by the Association.
COMMITTEE NAMED
Speaker Cannon Appoints Com
mittee of Six .
TO PROBE THE PAPER TRUST
Although Several Hours Were Frit
tered Away in Roll Calls the Day in
the House Was One of Comparative
Activity.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-Although
several hours were frittered
away in the roll calls, the day in the
House was one of comparative activ
ity. Several measures .of importance
were put through including the reso
lution of Cannon providing - for an "
investigation of the paper trust and
in pursuance of its provision Cannon
united a committee of six to conduct
the investigation: Mann of Illinois,
Miller of Kansas, Stafford of Wis
consin. Bannon of Ohio, Simms of
Tennessee, and Ryan of New York.
The Democrats to a unit voted
against the resolution on the decla-
xation of Williams that he did not be
lieve any effort would be made to
arrive at the truth. Another measure
of interest to importers practically
creates the board of general apprais
ers at New York a trial court in mat
tes pertaining to the customs duties.
appeals theefrom be taken to circuit
court of appeals instead of circuit
court as heretofore.
PATENT LAWS.
The Reatil Druggists Want
Them
, Changed.
CHICAGO, April 21. Radical
changes in the patent laws as they ap
ply to the drug business will be ask
ed by the Association of Retail Drug
gists if at its coming convention the
members concur in, the recommenda
tion' adopted yesterday by their ex
ecutive in session. An effort will also
be made to bring the pure food laws
Jof the various states into conformity
with the federal pure food law.
, The) main objection of the drug
gists is to be patenting of chemicals
and W medicinal substances instead
of the process of manufacture. It is
also proposed to ask congress to for
bid the granting of any patent to a
foreigner which an American could
not obtain in the foreigner's country.