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.ill vy .... - I 50VBSTMC MORNING FICJ-D ONTHCLOiAfirl COLUMBIA PUBLISH! FUIL AMOCIATKO FRCSS fICPORT 4 XM v?J iJW t - . ' "v " 1 ' ' ' 'r . ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' . ELEVEtlTH nilll ONE C0L1PLETED ITS WOR SS MAS ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1803 BUDGET FOUGHT ALLEGED GRAFT TWO YEARS AGO Adjourn After Election of Its Officers. TELEGRAM FROM TAFT J. H. Richards of Boise is Elect ed President Dr. E. Buckley Vice. DISAPPOINTMENT MUCH FELT Gtnirtl Disappointment Apparent Owing to Fallurt of Congress to Tatt Any Definlta Action Regard ing Mining Fraud. " operation, and a revision of forestry law whereby mining operator! may be given more latitude." WOULD STOP HAZING. CHICAGO. Dec. 5 An anneal to college, parent and the present to unite in An effort to nop Baaing n been iMued by President fcdmund y Jame of the Unlvertity of lllinoi. He describe haxina- at a tort of an nual epidemic. "It break out at the hririnnlnv of the year." the appeal read, "and rage for a time like a fever. It U difficult to eradicate, owing to the entiment of parent nd nubile official, who while con demning the thing in the abstract in a mild aort of way, practically up porting It by refulg to regard it a anything more than a narmies piay, SENATOR HANSBROUCH ILL MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 5. United State Senator Hanobrough l it) in Minneapolis but hi condition II not thimcrht to be teriou. The na turn of hi malady I not known. Hi attending physician is an eye ana ear specialist. ENDORSES SAME OFFICIALS AND METHODS NOW PITTSBURG, Dec 5. The Uth annual national convention of the American Mining Congreit adjourn ed today after a four day aeion. i Congrcti adjourned at noon but the election of officer and other routine buaincft wai transacted at the after noon meeting. The officer are: J. H. Richard of Bole. preldent; Dr. E. Buckley of Flat River, Mo, firl lce-prel-dent; J. F. Calbralth of Denver, ec tetary. Directors: E. C. Bromley of Denver. H. Foter of Bain, Illinois, and Samuel A. Taylor of rittsburg. The tecretary was inttructed to sub mlt a question of the next meeting place to director by a letter vote. C.nlniinn. were adonted declaring for the prevention of mine disaster; compensation for injured miners; nninment of mine with scientific apparatus to prevent mine disaster and government tax of 1 per cent per ton on soft coal to be used for the support of miners, widow and Inltirrd miners. As no action was taken to the relative change of the aeat In national headquarter trom Denver that city will retain the ..Mmisrii-ri. iJisannointment seem ed eeneral that no definite action va taken on resolutions In refer ene to the proposed measure to decrease all alleged frauds practiced in the sale of mining stocks and re lating to mine accidents and their eauses. All these resolution were Tefcrred to the committee. The read ing of a telegram from Judge Taft in which the President-elect said that the mining Industry of this country deserved all the assistance which the government could render It and that the mining resources' the country must be conterved, caused much en thusiasro. President Richard before leaving tonight lummcd up the pro jects upon which the congress will make a fight during the coming year as follows: "The most Important movement in which we are Interested are the e tablishment of a bureau of mine nd mining, federal aid to mining to schools, protection to lead ann sine FIFTY SEIEH LOSE THEIR LIVES ' HEAVY STORM OF LAST FEW DAYS VERY SEVERE OFF UPPER ATLANTIC REPORT IS STILL MEAGRE SUFFRAGISTS AI1D SUFFRAGETT HAVE MiOlli SPLIT (Budget, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 1906. "With the reckless manner in which the city council transacts biiiiness. as-illustrated in the re- cent' ordinance passed for the purchase of a steam roller, to- gether with over-riding the mayor's veto onanist the advice of the city attorney, and out of alt manner of reason and public opinion, the bit was taken and the load carried beyond the reach of the public. When, oh when, will the dear taxpayer live to see the city government free from Kraft?" According to Account Received 17 Were Drowned December 3; zs December 4, and Seven on Decern ber S. HALIFAX, Dec. S.-More than SO seamen have lost their live off the upper North Atlantic coast during the last few day a a mult of a storm of unprecedented everlty, Reckoning itemiied account as largely a meagre reports will al low, follow: December 3, 17 mem bers of crew of three fishing schoon er, drowned off the New Foundland coast. December 4, 28 members of the crew of the schooner Soo City, which is believed to have sunk in th oiilf of St. Lawrence. Decem ber 5, seven members of the crew of barge No. 101 which went down off the coast of Nova Scotia. WILL REINTER BODY. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Having buried for nearly a century In an obscure corner of the Digges' fnrm in Maryland, near here, the body of Major L'Enfant, the engi neering officer of the colonial army who assisted George Washington In laying out the national capltol is to be removed at government expense with military ceremonies to Arling ton cemetery, In Virginia, TVrhant the most ennsnicuou and reprehensible piece of business ever transacted by the 'Citizens . council since it was olaced in cower, and one that will remain for all time aj challange of their fitness for public preferment, wa the purchase of the street-steam roller in the lutnmer ol 1906, when upon the mere bypothe si of simple requisition, with no res olution nor other prescribed author ity from the council of Astoria, Chairman Jen H. Hansen, of the Street Committee, ordered a $3,500 machine from the Buffalo-Pitt Com pany, and had it shipped here, thus tentatively binding the city to take it. Mr. Hansen Is now a candidate for re-election as councilman at larue, The course adopted by the chair man of this important and esponsi bte committee was deprecated in un qualified terms at the time, in the council and out of it, and was com mented upon adversely by every businessman In the citv but without any avail in heading off the outrage H demonstrated a sheer contempt for public opinion and the ordinary rules of business that have left their im pression on the public mind in a shape that will not be forgotten nor forgiven, The veto of the ordinance in sup port of this reckteses and costly measure, In which Mayor Herman Wise showed how excellent a busi nessman and conscientious officer he was. reveals the abnormal conditions under whjch the deal was carried out; the excessive cost, by $1000, of the machine on the markets of the coun try; the correlative cost of its main tenance and operation; the costto other cities and contractors of the identical roller from the identical factory; all the forbidding circum stance of the case that warranted his official refusal to take part in the outrage and that . important docu ment wai oublished in the city and was commended on all sides for its perfect tact and justice. It was the sharpest rebuke ever delivered in the annals of the "Citizens adminis tration: But it was passed over the head of the mayor, and for the sake of the oubtic credit of Astoria, the mayor subsequently signed the war rant that paid for the machine. To show the utter unpopularity of the whole thing, the Morning Asto rian here and now re-produces the stinging editorial which appeared in the Evening Budget at that time on this question, and in which the mat ter was uncompromisingly baited and blasted; and the quotations are made fhe more readily, since the Budget, at that particular time, was not the official organ of the city administra tion as it is now, and was quite free to condemn, .where now it must champion. Its comment was as fol- luwa; WHEN WILL IT END? "What aooears to be a needless tax upon the citizen of Astoria ii evi denced by the action of the street committee of the cemmon council in purchasing a steam roller for the sum of S3500 for the use of the var ious contractors in the city, without having exercised the simple precau tion of ascertaining whether such a steam roller was required for the proper construction of our street, whether the citv irovernment was fi nancially able to make the purchase at this time or submitting the matter to the ooen market to allow other manufacturers of steam rollers to bid upon the , request of the city to purchase one. But before the or dinance could be passed by the com mon council authorizing the pur chase, if such action was possible to secure, the street committee upon the simole irrantiiur of a requisition, took the matter into-its own hands and lo the rollerjs already here at the depot awaiting delivery. When will our citv servants "learn to prac tice a little economy in the conduct of nublic affairs? How Ion must the public tolerate this needlss ex penditure of money? A steam roller without any rolling to do is an ab solute luxury. The city has no more use for a steam roller than a horse has for an automobile. To add to the burden of the firrt cost an addi tional expense of $70 per month is required to employ some one to Op erate it. And on top of all this the city must provide a place to keep it. We ask the council in the name of common sense 'where the money is coming from to meet this extrava gance? The auestion of keeping the city expense within the limit of it indebtedness has already become a problem and by this action of the street committee it must necessarily become treater. "Is it possible that the city must provide way and means for the var ious contractors to bid on street work? Is it part of the agreemnet that a roller be provided? The city now own a rock roller which cost in the neighborhood of $1,000 and ac cording to the report this roller ia to be turned in for the munihcient sum of $250. Looks like another county plow deal. The present roller owned by the city has accomplished its pur pose and where a contractor has been faithful to his dutv no objection has been raised to the manner in which the macadam has been rolled. The street committee has accepted every macadam imorovement cortracted for and the property owners have had nothing to say. borne ot the street improvements have been properly made while others through carelessness are still in an unfinish ed condition. A steam roller could not be used in Astoria exceeding thirty days in a year. Neither has the resent street roller been employed any greater length of time since be coming the property of the city. It is said that a steam roller is required for the heavy grades during street work. This might be true for possib ly a half dozen short improvements but it is not necessary to purchase an expensive machine for only this class of work. '.However, there is one factor in the city government that is not so easily influenced, ine action taken in the oremises bv May or Wise will meet with the approval of the taxpayers and business men in general by his refusal to countenance the action of the street comimttee and he has notified the manufactur ers that the city will not be respon sible for the receipt of the machine as its purchase was not authorized by the city. Further still the mayor has notified the transportation com pany to hold it pending further in structions from the original owners." FAILED TO APPEAR, Coast Artillery Officer Does Not Show up at Court Martial. BOSTON. Dec. S.-A First Lieu tenant Edward Gottlieb of the Coast Artillery failed to appear yes terday at the courtmartial before which he is beinsr tried on charges of irregularity in his dealings with business firms while" acting a quar termaster, it is expected that some action will be taken at Washington today. Gottlieb was released on the personal recognizance of his attor ney in New York but he has not been seen bv any member of the court since it adjourned on Wednesday night. The War , Department nas heen notified it is said, and it is re- norted the lieutenant has gone to Montreal, where he has a number of friend. ' Military regulation demand that the accused always appear for trial unless illness or other good nrevents. Gottlieb gained considerable fame as ; an electrical exDert in the army and has conduct ed extensive experiments. IS. PRICES TESTL1- NY DISPUTED WATCHMAN'S EVIDENCE CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN HER AROUND .PREMISES DAVIS MAY PROVE AN ALIBI Much Testimony Presented in an Effort to Show That Davis Keactt ed His Apartments Before the Hour of the Crime. SECOND MISFORTUNE TO CRUISER YANKEE After Being Successfully Floated She is Now Resting on Bottom of Buzzard Bay PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES WINGTRiP PLANS WILL START TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM WHITE HOUSE, WILL DEFRAY ALL EXPENSE Expedition is to be Outfitted by Smithsonian Institution Son Ker mlt and Distinguished Professors to Accompany Him, NEW BEDFORD, Dec. 5.-With -only a portion of her forward deck, her funnels and her masters project ing above the water, the United States cruiser Yankee, which was floated yesterday rested tonight on the bottom of Buzzard's Bay not far from Pemke'se-e Island, the state leper settlement. Although the Yan, s kee's position and condition are most unfavorable, It 1 the opinion among wreckers and naval officers .i.. ,n:0i win nrove a much less difficulty undertaking than the feat at Hen and Chicken' ledge from which he was floated yesterday. This latest misfortune to the unlucky ship is primarily due to rough weather, combined with the strained and leaky condition of the cruiser. BAKER CITY FIREBUG. RAKER CITY. Or.. Dec. 5. Final act in Baker incendiary cases was pluycd today when the. County Judge rnmmitteil Ooltlen -Anthbnvi' the ju venile firebug, to the reform school. It is stated that the district attorney did not turn the boy over to the cir cuit court for trial because there is no corroborative testimony support ing the boy's own confession. WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. Presi dent Roosevelt in a statment pre nnreri nv Secretarv Walcott of the Smithsonian institution made his t announcement today re garding his hunting trip to Africa he will start within two weeks after he retires from the presidency. The expedition is to be outtittea Dy the Smithsonian Institute, tne presi ,iAt rii-fmvintr his own expenses and will gather natural history materials for the new national museum, wum bassa will be reached in April of next v,,it nr. detailed itinerary be yond that place has been made ex cept a general route to Victoria m.,, nnrl thence down the Nile to Khartoum, where it is expected the party, will arrive about April. 1910. Besides the president and his son Kermit. the personnel of the party I on leaving New York will consist of three reoresentatives of the Smith sonian Institution: Major Edgar A. ALearns, medical corps, U. b. A., re tired; Edmund Heller, graduate of Stanford class 1901, who is a thor oughly trained naturalist and who has collected big game animals in the same part of Africa where Roose velt will visit; J. Atdcn Loring, field naturalist whose training comprises service in biological survey of de partment of agriculture, New York City zoo, "as well as numerous col lecting trips. COMMITTEE DISSOLVED. PORT AU PRINCE, Dec. S.-The .nmm.tt,, An miblie cafetv has heen dissolved 'and General Simon has named a commission to carry on the affairs of the city. Throughout the dav General Simon was acclaimed on every side by, crowds. Revolutionary leaders say that they accept tne ae cision of the national assembly which has his permission to vote freely on a successor to President Alexis. This fleclaration is srenerally accept ed as beinir sincere, but his officers are urging him to assume the office himself and take control of the government." ' CLARK IS ELECTED. WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. Repre sentative Champ Clark of Missouri was at the caucus of the Democratic members of the body. Clarks' elec tion was unanimous. His name was amroesterl to the caucus bv the retir- ing minority leader, benator-eicct Inhn Sharu Williams of Mississippi. Resolutions were adopted thanking Williams for his services to the party on the floor of the House. 1 DOUBT THAT SOO CITY IS LOST GENERAL OPINION THAT SHE WAS SUNK BY A COL- , HSION WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE OMAHA, Dec. S.-The trial of Charle E. Davis, charged with the murder of Dr. Rustin. was adjourned today until Monday.. The testimony tending to impreach that ot Mrs. Abbie Rice was introduced today. Block, a watchman, testified to hav ing seen here within a block of the Rustin residence at 1 o clock on the morning of the killing of Rustin when according to her testimony she went asleep in the house of Clara Gleason two miles away. Mucn tes timony was presented in an effort in Ti our that Davis reached ' his apartments in the Shatham Hotel before 3 o clock,- approximately rne hour when the shooting occurred. FLOODS HEAVY DAMAGE. Belts Marked "S. S. Stanley" To gether With Those Marked "Soo City" Lend Color to Supposition That the Ship is Destroyed. HALIFAX, Dec. S.-It is now thought that the steamer Soo City was probably sunk in a collision, belts bearing the name of steamer Stanley have been lound among the Soo Citv wreckase, according; to a Hienntrh received here. NORTH SYDNEY, Dec. 5. Reltc marked "S. S. Stanley" drifted ashore with those marked "Soo City" and it is suggested that the life belts marked Stanley may have been pur rhafteH second- hand bv the owners of the Soo City while she was carry ing excursionists on Lake Michigan. The only steamer Stanley in Cana dian waters is the government ice breaker which runs between Char- lottetown and Potou and that that vessel is now at, Charlottetown Harbor. Small quantities of wreck age continue to drift ashore at Cape Ray, but no bodies have been found. PIKE BLUPF. Dec. 5 After rancid? an actual damage of $150,- 000 and an estimated damage by de preciation to adjoining property of $100,000. The Arkansas river had today slowly fallen. As soon as the river falls sufficiently the citizens will begin work on substantial revet ments to prevent further destruction by floods. '' Battle With Sterds c.t Big London Gathering ARE CHAINED TO SEATS When Attendants Start to Eject Objectionable Women Find Fastened to Chairs MANY ARf'tED WITH WIHPS Chancellor ia Interrupted at Very Start of His Address With Cries "We Want Deeds, Not Words" Demonstration Finally Stopped. LONDON. Dec. S.-The ax-If be tween the suffragists and suffraget tes, the latter being the term gener ally used to describe militant sec tion of the woman agitators who be lieve in street riots and attacks on cabinet ministers as the quickest means of obtaining the ballot for their sex, was further widened this afternoon through a fierce demon stration by suffragettes at Albert Hall acainst David Llovd Georsre. chancellor of exchequer. The chan cellor was addressing a suffrage meeting, but had hardly started when interrupted by strident cries, "We want deeds, not words." The stewards of the hall, there be ing 350 on hand to deal with the an ticinated disturbance, at once started to eject the women. They found the latter chained to their scats. There was'a confused struggle, but. finally the chains were cut and the suffra gettes expelled. The number of disor derly persons seemed to increase rather than diminish.' Some of the women were armed with whips and. they repelled every attempt to eject them. There was a fierce struggle in every part of the hall every few minutes and every time George made an attempt to speak his voice was drowned by groans and hisses. The .uproar was at its height when a dozen suffragettes who had been recently released from prison divest ed themselves of their outer wraps and appeared in jail garments. These exhibitions acted on the sisterhood like a red flag on a bull. Megaphones and bells were brought into use and the. noise became deafening. The stewards at length lost their tempers and as thev continued thrOwine out the disturbers, the clothing of many was torn off their backs, finally after a half hour of opposition they became exhausted and George was allowed to proceed without further interruption. He assured the audience that the majority of the cabinet fa vored women suffrage and that the suffrage clause would be included in the government's franchise bill. MILES DENIES HE IS A FREE-TRADER Also Disclaimed That He Has Had Any Trcubk With Labor Unions, Some Hot Discussions WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. -Although chairman of the tariff com mission of the National Manufac turers' Association, Herbert E. Miles of Racine, Wis., manufacturer of agricultural implements, wagons and carriages, made it plain to the com mittee on ways and means that he appeared as a private indivodual "As an independent, non-trustified manu-facurer." "Stone, labelled as bread," is what he said the farmer is given through the Dingley tariff. Miles said that the Standard Oil Company benefit ted most from the duty on oil. The Standard's wage cost is six per cent I of the price to the consumer and the J tariff offered protection of 99 per J cent of the price. The tariff of steel iandj.its products, he said, were all 'in excess of the wage cost. He de clared that 95 oer cent of the steel output was controlld by the United States Steel Corporation anil half a dozen large concerns which in. a commercial sense are practically one concern. "That is true so far as the making of one price is concerned," suggested Cockran of New York. (Continued on page i)