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-.. ; . JOWCBSTMS MORNING flti.0 ONTHK tOWCR COLUMBIA fUBUSHt rULl AffOCIATKO PRESS POT 83rd YEAR. NO. 289 TUFT CERTAEfi TARIFF HL GET IIE81 REVESIOfl no; """ ' " ' 'wimm'' " ' '"" Has Important Confer ence With Cannon IT President Elect Remarks In dicate That He Will Make r Hard Fight PARTY WILL KEEP PLEOGE WUn Suggestion Wn Mid That genat Would Probably Kava Boimthing to do With Tariff Soma On Eli Would Alao. "WASHINGTON. Dec 10.-Judge T(t ld tonight that it wai hit be lief that the home wilt i mak an honest and thorough revision of the tariff at an extra session of con gcets which h wilt cU (or that pur pose. - "vf . ''"." '' Thi belief be baset on confer ttice yesterday with Speaker Can non and in th session today with the Republican membera of the way and meant committee. Taft taid he bat not yet consulted with tenatort on the tubject, indicating a tremen dous pressume upon hit time at the reason. , - . - When iimffeitlon wat made that SPEND QUIET DAY. , , WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. At no i time tody was there even a sem blance of a quorum in the House. Soon lifter convening the legislative appropriation bill wat presented and several bill pasted, Btnong them be ing one authorizing the removal , of the imoosltion of loss of cltiienthip upon deserters in military and naval service. The remainder of the day was taken up In discussing, bill for an arbitrary settlement of the diffi culties between employer! and em- L : " $ V that be it positive that no man in public life in America, in or out 5f congress, ever had the lease pecun iary interest in the Panama Canal. Answering a charge of the newspa per, that no one except Charles P. Taft took the trouble to notice or deny the truth of the assertion that the Americana had re-sold the canal to this government at a great profit. Cromwell tayi that on October 3rd he gave an interview to the New York World tlating that during the approaching election all kinds of storict would be put afloat, but that he denounced this one as a lying fabrication without te slightest shadow of truth. CROMWELL TEUS OF CANAL PURCHASE DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION NEW YORK, Dec. lO.-Miss Ida Hawley, who for two years patt has been under study to Friui Scheff, lied veterdav in a private sanitarium here, following an operation for ap pendicitis. Miss Hawley wat a. Ca nadian by birth and wat about 3S year old. The body will be sent t Toronto, where her father resides. REGARDING STORY OP $40,00.. 000 PURCHASE FOR $12,000. , 000 PROPERTY. SAYS HE HAD NO INTEREST , If, , 11 .' i Endorsed President Roosevelt's De nial of Truth Of Statement baying That the Entir Sum Want to Thousand of Stakeholder. NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-Wi!liam Nelton Cromwell today gave out a statement printed in the Indianapolit Newt relating to the purchase of the Panama Canal jn which assertion were made that the United States ourchased from American citizens M1SSINO CONTRACT FOUND Said to Show Standard Oil's plete Control .ia c.n.i. .nM nnitniititnllv have for J-W.000.000 property that cost aomelhinir to do with the tariff bill , these citizens only $12,000,000. Crom l. ..ti.,i nn nnmrtnintv that well' itatemcnt is an extensive one II V . ' there wat tome one else who wcml J and goes into all phases of the sub- hive something to do with trie oui.'lect. tie enaortet rretiaeni. bouk which Interpreted through medium ( vclt't denial of the Verdict Returned Yester day at 4 O'clock HENEY IS PRESENT First Appearance of the Famous Attorney Since the -;. Shooting BLOW HITS RUEF HARD Com' truth of the of previous utterancet, Indicates statement contained In the News, clearly that Taft It determined evea ( declaring that trie entire turn went io vorrUe nower to veto the exeeu-, thoutandt of. stockholdert in the New tive't party't pledge. Judge Taft wat Panama Canal Company. Cromwell asked to give the tubstance of an In- .says he did not handle $40,000,000 at tervlew he had yesterday with all, that it was transferred from the Speaker Cannon. He replied that United States treasury through Mor Cannon had said he Is in favor of gan & Company to a bank of France, honest and thorough revision of the ' Cromwell explalnt the organiza tariff In accordance with party prom- tlon of the Panama Canal Co., of J... Vm,Mn tit f nnferenrr with America, which it incorporated In mca. ih.iuiiih iiiv . the wayt and means committee today In- addition to that committee In fa vor of thorough revision of the tar iff, Judge Taft taid committee'! plan Is to prepare a bill on tuch evidence as they have and wtll have In the course of hearings and then to call for additional evidence , whenever It teems necessary. He also said the discussion covered other thlngt. like the Philippine tariff, and that he ft -hopeful that there will be no difficul ty In reaching an agreement between -the varlout people Interested,' those representing the Philippine Islands -and those representing the tugar and tobacco Interests. NEW YORK. Dec. lQ.-The miss ing contract of the Standard Oil fomninv. which cxoUiiiir the loan r r . . , : made bv the corporation to T. N Barnsdall of Pittsburg Is now in the hands of Frank B. Kellogg, the gov ernment prosecutor, conducting the government's suit tp dissolve the Standard Oil Cmpany which it in progress here. The contract nad been demanded by the government while John D. Archbold wat on the stand recently and yesterday it was turned over to Mr. "KeHoggDy M orris Rosenthal, after having been ohiained in . Pittsbursr from the .Pittsburg -Trust Company, The con tract, it is said, indicate! the Stand- ard'i romolete control of the oil eld which Mr. Barnsdall operated Two contracts, In fact, covered the transaction of the loan of $7,500,000 and the tecurity given by Mr. Barns dalt wat the bulk of. the stock of the Barnsdall Oil Company, mortgages on coal lands and rights in Oklah oma. These tame securities, Wm. Rockefeller testified on the witness stand, were practically worthlss. All PORTLAND SEARCH- II FOR iS GUILTY Prince of Grafters Nearly Fall From Hia Chair When he Hear the Ver dict Large Crowd Fill Courtroom But no Demonstration Are Made. surrounded liim would have discouj ged any concerted attempt at acm onstration had any existed. Ten minute before the verdict wat returned, . ) Heney arrived at the court to consult with Judge Lawlor. His coming had been her alded and as he alighted from the automobile and posed for a newspa per photographer a man on the side walk proposed three cheert which were given by the crowd across the street. Notwithstanding all the ef forts of the officers, when Heney en tered ' the courtroom, men and women arose to their feet and cheer ed, waving hats and handkerchiefs. Heney proceeded directly to the teat he occupied when Haat shot him, af- Iter which he went to the chambers of Judge Lawlor where he remained for half an hour. Foreman McNamara of the Jury stated tonight that the jury stood eight to four for conviction on the first ballot. At 3:30 in tne afternoon two more were won over to tne con vtrtlnn side on the fourth ballot and on the fifth ballot a few minutet later the iurrs voted unanimously guilty. "The on incident which did more than anvthina- else to delay the ver Hirt Mid McNamara, "Was the ad dress of Mr. Johnson which was strongly resented. LISTEN. YE LOVERS . To the Tale of a Broken Engagement and a Law Suit NfflHI 1,01 AFTER PAU CAtlAL FALSIFIERS HIGHBINDER WAR SAN FRANCISCO,- Dec. 10.-A hiehbinder war involving the On Yick and Suey On eocieties broke out simultaneously in this city and Oak-, land late last night The trouble started over the theft of a young slave girl tome weekt ago. ' Sup porters of both organizations met laat nicht in Oakland and in this city and scores of shots were fired but to far as is known no one was hit. The police of both cities gath ered in a number of members of the rival societies all of whom were hMvilv armed. It is feared that these conflicts are the beginning of a general war; ' , : v . lOURKECOMESTORES CUE OE YOUuG Concerning Acquisition of Property and Work WORK IS ALL If GUEST Roosevelt Declares There is Not a Legitimate Cause for Scandal Subscribe to Th Morning Astoria. New Jersey which was formed to buy French concessions and to re sell It to the United States. Crom well sayt that this was another' mat ter and further than the Incorpora tion of the American Company noth ing further was ever done by that comnanv as is thown by the records in the office of the New Jersey Sec retary of State. He adds that this company went out of existance two years before th French company sold the concession to the American government. , Cromwell sayt that he had no pecuniary Interest In the ean al and that since the recent publica liont' he hat made Inquiries in Paris and Is Informed that the distribution of $40,000,000 is a matter of public record there. Cromwell also asserts JAMES J. THOMAS IS FOUND GUILTY SECURITY COMPANY OFFERS $600 REWARD FOR THEIR CAPTURE. BANK OFFERS 10 PER CENT East Side Bank Will Give 10 Per Cent of tha Full or Any Amount of the , Stolen Money as Reward if Returned. , PORTLAND, Dec. 10,-The Sur etv Company which insured the East Side Bank to the amount of $10,000 has offered a reward of $600 for the arrest and conviction of the .gang which robbed the bank Monday ev ening. The bank has offered to pay 10 per cent of the amount of any money returned as a reward for the recovery of any or all ot tne $i v 743.90 stolen. ..... tellihgham Han Who Killed His Wife and Burned Body in the Garden ;BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 10, The jury tonight brought in a ver diet of murder in the second degree in the case of James J. Thomas, ac cused of killing hit divorced wife in Inlw Ust. In hit confession to the police Thomas admitted that he shot tcrwards. the woman while intoxicated after having forced his way into her home. Defense pleaded alcoholic in sanity. The crime was a ghastly one. After killing the woman, he stent beside the body in a drunken stupor, burying it in the garden af- McFARLAND VS. ERNE. CHICAGO, Dec. lOThe weight question having finally been decided Packy McFarland and Young Urne will meet on December 23 at New Orleans. Packey will commence light training at once for the coming battle. After he finishes ' with Erne, McFarland will go direct to the coast, where he expects, to meet Dick Hyland, Harry Gilmore, Jr., Packey's manager, is at present negotiating with Matchmaker McCarey of the Facifk Athletic Club for the bout. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10-Ruef was found guilty at 4 o clock this afternoon. When the verdict was read nearly everybody arose to their feet but there was no scene or dem onstration. Ruef nearly fell from his chair when the heard The verdict Heney entered the courtroom short ly before the verdict was announced, He sat at the-end of the table near where he was shot It was his first appearance since he was shot The warnings of Judge Lawlor and the vigilance of police checked all attempted demonstrations although excitement in the courtroom was so intense that the men were thrust down into their scatt or tcized in a grasp of detectives as they rose to obtain a better view of the proceed ings. The trial which has been in progress 106 days, ended with sur prising ouickness. Te day had al most passed without a sign from the chamber of Carpenters Hall, hopes of Ruef and his attorneys had risen with every hour of delay and adher ents of the prosecution were propor tionately discouraged. A few mo ments before 4 o'clock there was a stir of interest as Judge Lawlor ap peared from the chambers and as fcumed a seat on the bench. The men and women rushed to secure vacant places in the courtroom or thronged about the entrance. The bailiff rapped for order and an intense silence prevailed as the jury filed into the courtroom and took their seats. The stillness was brok en by Judge Lawlor, who warned the on-lookers to make no demonstra tion. Next he glanced at the ver diet and handed it to the clerk who trad it aloud. Just as he pronounced the words, "Guilty as charged, the newspaper men arose from their seats, to wave a signal to the associate standing in the chamber. Half a doien detectives pounced on the of f.-nder and sharp cries of "Order, or der," Interrupted the question of the court who " then ordered the Jury A soon as the verdict was ,,A , ierharired the jury ana 1 V l un"v.-"p - tinted them for the tmusual serv ices exacted of them. Judge Lawlor set next Saturday as the day for pro- nouncing judgment. Kuet s . convic ttr. renders him liable to the maxi inum punishment of 14 years in the Th courtroom was cleared of spectators immediately after adjournment. The jury left the box at once and through Judge Law lor, declined to make any statemem relating to the number of oaljots taic en or the feature of their delibera- tions. Ruef said he aecnnae w n any comment, on the verdict, saying he "Did not wish to have his utter ances distorted later" As Ruef descended the steps to enter the prison van that conveyed him to jail, there was a few faint from the crowd, but the pres- t - f detectives who Cuve u avv.w - NEW YORK, Dec. 10. A case in which the bethrothed will be inter ested it set for hearing today in the First Municipal Court here. ,lhe point to be decided is whether a girl U Justified in keeping presents atter her finance has broken off the en gagement". Louit BMerick, Broad wav salesman, is the plaintiff, and Miss Ray Aronoff, 19 years old, the defendant. Two diamond rings are the cause of contention. The young pair quarreled after their engage ment was announced last fcast ana since then Biderick has sought to recover the rings, several - young women who were to have been bridesmaids at the wedding will tes tify as well at the girl's father, who maintains that he underwent neavy expense for a dinner at which the en gagement was announced. , ANNOUNCES THAT STAND BY HIM . THE END AN INTERESTING HE WILL ! UNTIL President Sayt he Will Try to Reach Those American " Who Are Re sponsible For Falsehood Concern ing; Construction of Canal LOST HAH IS FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH WALTER PARDEE. FORMERLY NIGHT CLERK OF BAKER CITY HOTEL. FOR PORTLAND POSTMASTER Senator Believe That Young Will Prove as Efficient and Competent Postmaster as the City Ha Ever Had. .. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Sena tor Jonathan Bourne today taid that he anticipated no serious trouble over the confirmation of John C Young 9 Postmaster at Portland. Besides being capable, Young; he said, was state organizer for the Republican clubs in Oregon in the recent cam paign, and, Senator Bourne says, was an important factor in securing the big Republican majority. "Aooreciatinir the services of fort- land Postmasters in the past, I be lieve .Young will prove as efficient and romoelent a Postmaster as the city has had," said Mr. Bourne, "and I intend to stand by the nomination to the end :-: v. WAS OF PROMINENT FAMILY Unfortunate Man Was Missed First Wwtnesdaw Nieht and Yesterday Searching Party Strike Trail and Find Body. - RAKER CITY. Or., Dec. 10-Wal ter' Pardee, formerly night cleric at the Geiser Grand Hotel in this city, lost last night between Bourne and Dobbins' Camp, in this n.mv . Todav a searching party found his frozen body. Pardee a par ents live in Meridan, Conn., and are said to be prominent people. AN AMERICAN OLYPMIAD. VPW YORK. Dec. lO.-Believing ithat before 1911 there will have been constructed in New York City a sta dium rivalling the greatest structures of the kind in the world today, Jas. V. Rnlivan. president of the Amaeur Athletic Union, suggests that a mon- ster American uiympiaa o " here in that year. Mr. Sullivan nas had this in mmd ever since-ma re- turnVfrom the Olympic games in t ,tr.n last summer, but now tie nas begun to urge the proposal. To avoid any disputes with foreign visitors as to the rules t tne meet, . says that ample preparation must be made and he thinks ivu is me ies possible date for the carnival. DRESSMAKER SUES. 'of CHICAGO, Dec. . 10. Municipal Judge Maxwell, who asserts he toiows something about the ht ot women's gowns, declared yesterday of dressmakers could not ' . . A J acree on a case in nis coun uu en tered judgment for the amount thr dressmaker's claim. The suit was one in which Anna Harrison, a dressmaker was suing m Wartwe Hunt, zsuu . inaiana avenue for $37 for materials furn ihA and the makinsr of a gown. - Mrs. Hunt appeared in court as her own attorney and put ; expert witnesses on the stand in an , tmnt to orove that the gown did not c ci, taifi- reanneared in court lib. 1 1 - --. wearing the dress. WASHINGTON, Dec 10. -"If they can be reached for criminal libel, I shall try to have them reach ed." said President Roosevelt today in speaking about "Those "Americans who have been guilty of infamou falsehood concerning the acquisition of property and construction of the Panama Canal itself. It was to a committee of 100 of Iaks to gulf deep waterway associa tion, headed by Governor Dencen of Illinois that the Presfdent made the declaration. The President in the course of an address said that no more important service could be ren dered this country than the building of the Panama Canal and one thing that he is proud' of in connection with the building of that canal is that there is not a legitimate cause for a breath of scandal connected with anv feature of the proceedings. The President declared that we have occasion to be ashamed of only one class of Americans, those who have been guilty of infamous falsehoods concerning acquisition of property and the construction of the canal it self, and that he would try to have them reached. ': : "'.'" : The Senate held a short session todav and aereed to take Op the omnibus claims bill Monday with the understanding that it shall not m-; terfere with the postal savings bill or any other measures in which the senators are especially interested. Senator. Lodge said he would, on Wednesday, speak on the Browns ville matter in support of a bill to authorize re-enlistment of solders of the 25th regiment who were dis charged without honor by the President.- : '--::, SEVERE EARTHQUAKE. . MESSINA, Dec. 10. -A severe earthquake at Mount Albano today caused a 'panic. A, church and a num ber of buildings were badly damaged. No persons were reported killed u? to a late hour last night. Many are leaving th city. DANGEROUS JAP IS CAUGHT AT SALEM G. Yashita an Ex-Convict With a Largs Amount of Dynamite in His Possession SALEM Dec. 10.-G. Yashita, the to give the explosive to a prison SiAL,J-i, ucu. w . t. .1.. .... -in Mow nir un the -1a....At -frrtm the state, . . Japanese . penitentiary ; here ; Wednesday last, was arrested this afternoon while ,in 1 ':. . e possession of a large amount oi nitro-glycerine and dynamite, ine Japanese made two '.confessions,;; In his first one he declares he intended penitentiary buildings and effecting nthmr In this confession no Earned the ringleaders of the alleged plot. Later he repudiated tne nrs,i confession and declared that the. pur pose wat to dynamite the bank of KVoodburn, at Woodburn.