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11 ' ' mi COVCR8THC MORNING FIILO ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA PUBLISH! full associated prcss report 33rd YEAR, NO. 99 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS J.T, ROSS Gill Marlon County Jury Con ' vlcts Him- IMPARTIAL SUMMING UP Judge Burnett Consumed Only Twenty-Five Minutes in His 1 . 1 1 laiKiome jury . WENT INTO SALIENT DETAILS I. Wl!co McCamant Resumed Hl Ar gument lor Mr. Ron on the Re sumption ol the Trial in the After noon and Finished Shortly After 2 SALEM,. April 23. J. Thorburn Rom, the former president of the de funct Title, Guarantee & Trut Co., of Portland, was this afternoon con victd of larceny in having converted to his own uc $288,000 of itate school fund of the State of Oregon which had been placed in his custody, as the president of the bank by State Treas urer Steel. ' The jury was out an hour and thirty-five minutes. Sentence will be Imposed Monday. The State law provides as a penalty for this crime, imprisonment in the penitentiary from one to IS years, to gether with a fine equal in the amount to twice which the offender is proved to have stolen. Immediately after the hank cloud its doors, Ross and the other officers of the bank were arrest ed and tater indicted for the larceny of state funds. Although numerous demurrers were interposed by the defendants, all ob jections, one after another were swept aside except the one .which charged that a general bias existed in Mult nomah county and on their urging that a fair trial could not be secured in that county, the court sent the cases ' a o Marion county on a change ot venue to be tried before the state cir cuit court in this city. The Ross case which was first assigned to trial came to a hearing on Monday last. The cac is 'of added interest be cause Ross has been" a ' prominent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Portland and was because before coming to that city from Ohio, but 20 years ago, was a Presbyterian clergyman. Failing eyesight compell ed Ross to abandon the ministry. Judge Burnett in his instructions to 1 1 ' ...!.... ...ne ,m r i' A fr i A fin ine Jury gave wiuii was vwniuv.v ... impartial summing up of the evidence, but the effect was taken as an intima tion that the jurymen should disre gard the technical pleas' that had been raised by lawyers for the de fense. Judge Burnett consumed only 25 minutes in his talk, which opened at 2:40 and ended at 3:05, but during that time he went into all the salient details of the evidence. Judge Pipes spoke briefly in conclusion- for the statj, ' '-..;.". '" CONDITION OF BANK. -When it Went Under Last Fall. PORTLAND, April 23.-J-There was on deposit in the Title, Guarantee & Trust Co., something over two and a half millions , when ' the' bank went under last fall. In this total was al most $400,000 of the state money be longing to various funds of which $288,000 was money derived from- the sale of state -school land. None of this, nor in fact was any other deposit lost by reason of the bank's failure Various bondsmen and bonding com panies made good the state's losses. ; William M. Ladd, head of the bank ing firm of Ladd & Tilton, of this city asKitmcd the remaining liabilities of the bank. Ladd's action was inspired by the reason of his having previously been president of the Title Bank and was a stockholder in the institution at the time of its failure. There was further reason that tile bank was still using Ladd's name on its stationery. Immediately after the failure of the bank, the president, J. Thorburn Ross and Vie other officers of the institu tion were arrested and charged with larceny by the conversion of the state funds. The next of the cases to be tried will be that against T. T. Burkhardt, the treasurer of the defcunct institu tion, which Is set for May 4. ELECTIVE COURSES. . CHICAGO, April 23-Higher edu cation in commercial knowledge is offered for the first time in Chicago in the new department of the West ern University. 'The first announce ment of the new school was made yesterday. Elective courses in language, science, and mathematic, with special attention to their relation to business enterprise, will be offered. The course will lead to a diploma. ORGANIZED CHARITY Denounced as a Mere Bid for Notoriety BY ARCHBISHOP OF ST. LOUIS The Prelate's Arraignment Was Made in a Lecture Under the Au spices of House of Good Shepherd Before an Audience of 2500 Persons CHICAGO, April 23. Organized charity was denounced as a mere bid for notoriety 'and theaverage philan thropist was described as a modern Pharisee last night by the Most Rev. John G. Glennon, archibishop of St Louis. ": . 4 The prelate's arraignment was made in a lecture under the auspices of the House of the Good Shepherd and before an audience of 2500 per sons. ,' v ' "It is a recognized fact that we fast are reaching a social crisis," said Archbishop Glcnnon, "with our mil lionaires on one hand and the pauper on the other. When that day comes the philanthropist, sitting in his up holstered chair will not arise to the occasion. He will be told that it is not a lecture that is wanted, but that it is bread. There are today philan1 thropists-so-called, who believe that by giving the people , libraries,' that they might study our present day philosophy they are accomplishing great good. And there are others who spend their time in social settlement work or lecturing on the child prob lem, constantly they seek notoriety. Let them go on giving away their li braries' and establishing their social settlements but I want you to under stand that philanthropy divorced from Christ is not charity, and I say, my friends, that the philosophy taught in your schools and universities today is just as brutal as it is repugnant. This philosophy of evolution, emanating from the brain of Darwin and Spen cer, makes for brutality and retards progress. What is the use of' strug gling if there is nothing to be at tained? Where is there an appearance of charity in this system? The strong succeed and the weak perish. , mm : ATH7fES . t For Championships of the Pacific Coast ' FIVE CLUBS-FORTY HEN Portland, Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco and Oakland Are Entered for Events 0NLYTW0 EVENTS ON TONIGHT Wrestling and Boxing Matches Will Constitute the Principal Events Ritter in the 105-Pound Class In jured His Hand, and is Out of it PORTLAND, April 23.-WrestIing and boxing bouts for the amateur championships of the Pacific Coast opened here tonight under the au spices of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. Forty athletes repre senting the athletic clubs of fort land, Seattle, Spokane, San Fran cisco and Oakland are entered for the various events. Only two champion ships, the 105 pound boxing and the 158 pound wrestling," were on for to night's card, the other events being preliminaries. Wrestling results 115 ffbund class, Edward Wells, Y. M. C A., defeated Fred B. Hussdy of the Seattle Athletic Club. 135 pound class, V. Venable of the Seattle Athletic Club, secured a fall over Otto Ott, of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, one minute and fourteen seconds, and F. A. Brownell of the Reliance Athletic Club of Oakland was given the de cision over E. DK Smith of Multno mah. The 158 pound championship was won by J. Johnson of . the Seattle Athletic Club over G, J. Anloff of Reliance, after two six minute and one three minute bouts. , Boxing The Pacific Coast cham pionship for 105 pounds was won by Heine Ritter of the Spokane Ath letic Club over Richard Hewett, un attached, the referee stopping the bout in the second round. In this bout Ritter injured his hand and will not be able to compete further during the tournament. Olmar Dranga of Multnomah -was awarded the decision over.L. Gran fild of the plympic Club, San Fran cisco, after four rounds of great fight ing. William Speck, of Seattle, was given the decision over H. Niecken of Multnomah. , The police stopped the bout just: before the bell in the third sounded, Niecken being badly beaten. C. CT Ralph, unattached, defeated Tom Corbett, unattached, in the 145 pound class. Fred Sax, unattached, of Portland, won 1 over Larry Stokes of the Re liance Athletic Club in three rounds. Stokes fought out of his class, being a 145 pound man! , E. C. Johnson of Multnomah was given the. decision over L. M. Mad den,' Multnomah, in heavyweight di vision. , , , .,, .; ' 4'.-. ... INVESTIGATION WANTED. WASHINGTON, April s-Representative Carlin is preparing to intro duce a resolution in the house calling upon the secretary of war to make an investigation into the removal of the name of Jefferson Davis from "Cabin John Bridge." - Mr. Carlin's resolution is the fore runner of a second, resolution he will issue directing the name to be restor ed to its former place on the bridge. TO BE RELIEVED. May 9 is Time Set to Relieve Admiral Evans Thomas Gets Orders. WASHINGTON, April 23-Ordcrs have been issued at the Navy Depart ment late yesterday detaching Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas from duty as commander of the second squadron on board the battleship Minnesota, to duty in command of the U. S. Atlantic fleet on board the Connecticut. This change is to take effect on May 9, when Rear Admiral Evans is to be relieved- i Rear Admiral W. H. Emory is dis charged from duty in command of second division, first squadron will command the fourth division first Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry is relieved of the fourth second squadron and will command the second squadron. Captain Scaton Schroeder is detached from command of the battleship Vir ginia to command the second division, first squadron. , Capt. Alexander Sharp is relieved from duty at the Washington navy yard and will take command of the battleship Virginia. BASEBALL SCORES. At Spokane Spokane 4, Aberdeen 5.' " ' At Seattle and Tacoma No games; rain.l At Los Angeles Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 2. At San Francisco Portland 5, Oak land 6. - Never Been Greater Than It Is - at Present NOT CONFINED TO SAILORS Marked Increase Among Those Who Travel and Even Among Those Who Live at a Distance From the Influences of the Sea. WASHINGTON, April 231-Tatoo- ing in the navy, as shown by the rec ords of the receiving ship Independ ence, is the top of an interesting con tribution to the current issue of the United States Navy Medical Bulletin, contributed by Surgeon Ammen Far-enholt- It says that while tatooing originated as an adornment of uncivi lized peoples, it is far less common among them to day, than it was form erly, partly through the influence of missionaries, of public sentiment and government interference, as is at pres ent in the case of Japan. On the other hand the total extent cjf this habit," Dr. Farenholt says, has prob ably never been greater than it is at the present. It may be there is a slight decrease in the percentage bf a tatooed person adopting the sea as a means of livlihood, there is cer tainly a marked increase among those who travel and ejen among those who live at a distance from the influence of the sea. There is hardly any large city, but has one or more professional tatooers. Dr. Farennolt examined the enlistment records of 3572 men, being the enlistment ,on the Independence J for eight and a half years, j It shows that the percentages found . tatooed on examination for second and j subsequent enlistments was 53.61 and the percentage found tatooed on ex amination for first enlistment was 2301. The opinion expressed that about 60 per cent of persons who have served over ten years in the navy are tatooed. REPLEVINED HIS WIFE, COLUMBIA, Tenn., April 23.-W! G. Riggins, a white man, replevined his wife, formerly Ada Templeton, from her parents yesterday. Esquire Farriss required a bond of twice the value of the poperty in question, and Riggins placed the value of $10 on his wife, giving bond in the sum of $20. . . ' moon GHOI 1 ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY Hot Fight in Resolutions Committee ADOPTED THE UNIT RULE Instead of Naming the Usual Four Delegates and Alter nates, Eight Chosen GREATEST PERSONAL LIBERTY Resolution Endorsing Bryan Was Adopted With Hearty Enthusiasm and a Flattering Demonstration Followed the Action. SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 23.- The Illinois Democracy today adopt ed the unit rule and instructed the delegates to the Denver convention to vote for Bryan and use "All honor able means'' to secure his nomina tion. After a hot fight in the reso lutions' committee which was carried into the convention the party adopted a plank in the platform declaring in favor of the "Greatest personal lib erty to individuals, provided such lib erty did not infringe Upon the rights of other people. ' Instead of naming the usual four delegates and alter nates at large to the national conven tion, it was decided to- send eight, al lowing each man half a vote. The electors at large were also chosen. A resolution 'endorsing Bryan was adopted with hearty enthusiasm and a flattering demonstration followed thj action. For all that however, it was not worded entirely to the satisfac tion of Bryan's most enthusiastic sup porters, and in the last few moments of the convention Judge Owen P. Thompson, of Jacksonville, declaring that Bryan had "Been sold out" de manded that a stronger resolution be passed. He desired to have the in structions so worded that Illinois would be bound to support Bryan as long as his name was before the con vention- His efforts met the usual fate of new business sprung on weary and hungry delegates and anxious to catch the trains for home. It was quickly and overwhelmingly defeated. The fight over the personal liberty or liquor plank was warm and long. Nineteen members of the committee report urging that it be stricken en tirely fromihe platform. The convention sustained the ma jority report by a vote of 849 to 686 of which 535 votes came from Cook county. NAVY BILL. Senator Piles Proposes an Amend ment Increasing Battleships. WASHINGTON,' April 23.-As the Senate was to conclude its considera tion of the naval appropriation bill today, Senator Piles of Washington proposed an amendment increasing from two to four, the number of new battleships to be authorized. As sev eral Senators desired to speak on the amendment the further consideration of the bill was postponed until to morrow. An amendment to the naval bill, was adopted appropriating $7, 000,000 to begin construction on the two ships authorized by the bill as it passed the house. A spirited debate c curred on the amendment for a re striction of the purchase of materials for the construction of battleships and submarines to those of . domestic manufacture. The-amendments to re move the restriction from the bill were defeated, Hale stating that since the investigation of the steel - trust some years ago the price of steel ar mor had been reduced $16 per ton. Bevcridge declared that the United States pays less for its armor plate than any other nation excepting Japan' :. ' '';'';,": S.enator Raynor spoke today on the constitutional rights of the state and executive encroachment. He insisted that the commerce act of constitution had been 'interpreted as applying to the industrial lifevof the county to a greater degree than was contemplated by the framers of the constitution and regretted the tendency of the Demo- crats to look upon the President as their guide and declared that the President could not be accepted as his "Messiah." ' - QUIT THE HOSPITAL. NEW YORK, April 23. Because, they allege, they have been fed on too monotonous a diet of tough roast beef and butter of more than ordinary strength, six young internes of the Long Island College , hospital have quit that institution, leaving the hos pital with but two physicians to look after its numerous patients. Last night following the delivery of an ul timatum the six physicians took their suit'eases in hand and left the build ing. During the night the two re maining physicians were kept exceed ingly busy in the different wards and the ambulance was left without a surgeon, Assistant Superintendent Talmadge, having to climb upon the back of the vehicle answering the calls until midnight ilJ Only One Survivor of Family of Five FIERCE PRAIRIE FIRE'S RAYAGE Brave Struggle of the Girl to Save the Mother and Children After Her Father Had Lost His Life Fighting the Fire. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 23.- A dispatch from Battleford, Saskatch ewan says that Anna Mathews is the only survivor of a family of five as the result of the prairie fires in the Tramping lake district Her father went to fight the flames which were creeping on the little home and per ished in the attempt. 'The house took fire and Anna carried her five young er brothers and sisters to a place of safety. Then she returned to get her mother but was too late. When she returned to where she had left the children she found they had wandered into the fire and perished. TO FILE SUITS. Attorney-General Authorized to File ' Suits in Land Grant Cases. WASHINGTON, April 23. By an overwhelming vote of 245 to 8 the House today after several hours of discussion adopted without an amend ment the Senate joint resolution au thorizing the attorney-general to file suits against the O. & C. Railroad for the forfeiture o'fthe whole or part of the land grants in the western part of Oregon. The sentiment in th house was practically unanimous that the suits would work no hardship on the bonna fide purchasers of homesteads from the company. The resolution was introduced into "the Senate by Tillman and has passed that body. ENDORSES CULBERTSON BILL. BUTTE, April 23. The Mon tana Stockgrowers' Convention at Miles City has adopted resolutions endorsing the Culbertson bill and urg ing its passage; that Congress be memorialized to "exact a law which shall prohibit any railroad company advancing rates or fares except upon the approval of the Interstate Com merce Commission; endorsing the work of the department of agricul ture. .. PERISH FLAMES v. r