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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)