Jpltf II i'"f
IIEPBII RULES
JIT PRESENT SESSION
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WJ, Ci-.i JL a '
worn otartea by Commi -
ttee and Cannon
EXPECT COMPROMISE
A Number of Other Amendment
Reforms Will be Con
sidered HOUSE AGAIN IN OLD FORM
Fint Wrangle Wm on tht Resolu
tion Fixing tht Boundary Lint Be
tween Bute of Colordo, Oklahoma
and New Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12.
One of the first thing agreed upon
by memberi of the Hepburn rule
revision committee in the Home wii
plan to make the fight for amend
ment at the present session. Work
was started by a conference between
member of the committee and Can
non and Representative William,
former minority leader, as well ai
between the committee and other in
dividual among the element favor
ing a revision of the rule. Word
was tpread by a majority of the
committee that the amendment
will be conservative. A practical
disapproval waa announced on inch
change a the selection of a steer
Ing committee of the Home to ap
point committee and proposal to
have the committee on rule elected
by the House. It ii understood the
committee will ask to be authorized
to agree to compromises that the
speaker might suggest if desifable.
Member of the "Reformer of the
Tulc are prc''c11y united on the
Hepburn resolution which wouM
practically compel the peaker to
recogniee any person upon whom hi
eye fell instead of allowing him to
arrange at the beginning of the
day, designating mcmbcri who shall
be given privilege of the floor. A
number of other reform amendments
will be considered.
The House was in old-time form.
No patrlcular program had been
mapped out but under the call of
committees several measures in
which the members are especially in
terested and in some cases vitally
concerned were considered. With a
few exceptions they engendered the
liveliest sort of debate and it was
disclosed that the forces for or
against them were fully lined up for
the fray. Parliamentary tactics wee
freely resorted to, with the result
that fiv times, the roll was called.
The grst wrangle was on the resolu
tion fixing the boundary line between
the States of Colorado,
Oklahoma
FLOYD McFARLAND
TiotedlBicycle Rider of California Wins Sixtieth
International Event at New York
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
New York, Dec. .12. Floyd McFar
land, veteran bicycle, racer of Cali
fornia, won the sixteenth internation
al six-day race for-the team of Mc
Farland and Moran tonight set a new
distance record. Butt of Rutt-Stol,
second, and Demara (California), of
the Demara-Hill combination run
third. The final sprint of one mile
PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED
N0, 291 " " ! , ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY. DECFMRPR 13 ie?ra " T" - ,.t-
TO BE REVISED
! Nw Mexico, it was loptcd by
' ,ood mir"y Her two roll
,f" T,, then by decuive
-.r... .i i . . i.
iciuiica io lunner con hki cr ttie
bill providing arbitrary settlement of
disputes between employers and em
ployes. A bill providing for the pro
tection of aliens In the United
States wai threshed out at length,
The measure which had rough sail
ing, wa passed by a thin majority
after the rolls was called twice.
FRANCE IS AfiGRY AT
PRESIDENT CASTRO
PROTESTS AGAINST HIS PRES
ENCE AND DEMANDS AN
APOLOGY.
WANTS AN EXPLANATION
Paris Paper Say it la Undignified to
Allow a Man Who Had so Bitterly
Flouted Franca to Remain With
' out an Apology.
PARIS, Dec 12.Th Temps pro
tests loudly against the quivocal po
sition in which France has been
placed by the presence of President
Castro in the country and insist
that the government explain the
enigma forthwith. The papers say
it is undignified to allow a man who
so bitterly flouted France to remain
here without an apology. "When M
Taigny (who was the French min
ister at Caracas), was expelled. Amer
lea waa stupefied by our inaction; and
today, Holland, with less of a case,
is giving us a good lesson."
DISCUSSED BIG FINE.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Judge Kern
saw M. Landis' $29,000,000 fine
against the Standard Oil Company
was a subject of discussion at a
banquet of the Lawyers' Club of
Chicago last night. Among those
who listened to the remarks was
Judge Wm. H. Seaman of the
United States circuit court, one of
the three judgs wh,o reversed Judge
Landis opinion.
Attorney Chas. E. Cramer assailed
the fine and Judge Landis in humor
ous vein. "This fine was harder on
the defendant than is the man who
goes through the pockets , of
corpse," remarked Mr. Cramer. "He
who robs a corpse takes only such
belongings as the victim may have
in his' or its possession at that time
1 his fine, however, docs not stop
here, it takes ajso that which, its
victim has not. Also it contemplates
depriving its victim of all its pres
ent holdings and much that it may
be able by future thrift and industry
to gather together."
was between representatives of these
;' three teams which- were on equal
terms as to distance coveted, 2737
miles, one lap in 142 hours which is
( 3 miles 7 laps ahead of the record
, of the Miller-Waller team in 1899.
The prizes of the surviving teams
( are:" First, $1500; second, $100; third,
$700; fourth, $500; fifth. $300: sixth.
$250; seventh, $200.
PRESS REPORT
1 --sewMMM I IMVki I !! W"-"
The question of state riahts limn
ed prominently in the debate in the
House today, the bill providing pro
tectlon of aliens in the United States
in accordance with the treaties en-
tered into with foreign powers. The
bill designed to, relieve the United
State from what was stated on th.
floor by Shirley, of Kentucky, to be
"The embarrassing and often hu-
miliating position arisinir from its in-
ability to make good the obligations
oi its treaties for protetcion of for-
eigners in this country." Onoonents
ot the measure contended that the
laws of several states are ample to
meet the situation whenever it ore-
scnted itself. The first vote was 100
to 99; recapitulation, 100 to 100. The
vote of the Speaker in the affirmative
passed the bill. The riuht of the
speaker to vote after balloting- was
closed was dispufed by DeArmond.
Cannon in an elaborate decision de
clared he had a right to vote and said
the vote would stand. DeArmond
appealed but in the meantime a vote
to adjourn was passed.
I
MERELY A SUGGESTION.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-MStoo the
doctor's salary when the Datimt is
sick and pay his salary when the pa
tient is well as the Chinese do." was
suggested as a means of a fair basis
of condensation for rail wsv sur
geons, and "pay the business agent
when things move evenly and stop
his pay when a strike occurs," as a
means of solving the labor Question.
at the closing session of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Sur
geons at the Palmer House last
night These assertions were made
by Dr. A. I. Bouxeur of Chicago,
chief, surgeon of the St. Paul in dis
cussing the question of "legal com
pensation." FLEET IS SIGHTED. .
. COLOMBO, Ceylon, India. Dec.
I3.--The United States Atlantic fleet,
in command of Admiral Sperry, was
sighted at 7 o'clock this (Sunday)
morning. The fleet left Manila De
cember 1. The 16 vessels will remain
six days. This is tire first stop of the
homeward voyage.
HAS EMBEZZLER IN TOW.
HOUSTON, DcT 12. -Detective
Ehillip Findley, of Chicago, left
for Chicago with W. Briggs Good
rich, who is wanted in that city on a
charge of embezzlement. It is charg
ed that he annrooriated to his own
use about $5000 belonging to the
widow of Michael McDonald. Good
rich is convinced that he will be able
to straighten the matter after he
reaches Chicago.
DM 111 TO BE
PLAINTIFF CLAIMS HEIRS
PLIED DECEASED WITH
WHISKY BEFORE DEATH
MANY SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Late Simon H. Dikeman of Oakland
Who Left Estate Valued at Hun
dred Thousand Dollars Probably
Met With False Play.
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 12.-The
contest of the will of the lat? Simon
H. Dikeman who died at Berkeley.
leaving an estate valued at a hundred
thousand dollars, was filed today by
his son, Waldo Dikeman. The com
plaint makes sensational charges that
those members of the family who are
benefited by the will plied the de
ceased with whisky when he was on
the point of death. There are four
children. Henry Dikeman was al
lowed $10; Waldo given . nothing;
tames and Matilda to inherit the es
tate after the death of the mother.
Waldo Dikeman lives at Gold Hill,
Oregon, and is engaged in mining.
M PUHS 10
III Wi
Trip is Contemplated Be-
fore . Inauguration
WILL LEAVE JANUARY
President Elect Makes Trip to
Put Him In Personal Touch
With Work
WILL LEAVE IN JANUARY
Announcement is Made as a Result
of Conference With Roosevelt and
Root Cabinet is Again Thorough
ly Discussed.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12.-
President-elcct Taft contemplates
visit to Panama before his inaugura
tion. This visit is approved by Roose
velt and Secretary Root Unless
something unforseen occurs he will
depart the last week in January and
remain away about three weeks.
Taft eel this practically his only
opportunity to visit the Isthmus dur
ing bis forthcoming term as presi
dent. The visit will put him in di
rect personal contact with' the situa
tion. ihe only object is a possi
bility of something happening t)
Taft during his trip to prevent his
inauguration for which there is no
constitutional or legal provision
News of the trip followed the confer
ence last night with Roosevelt and
later with Root. It is known that
the selection of a cabinet was thor
oughly discussed.
A reserve supply depot for differ
ent departments of the army to be
established on Corregdor Island at
the entrance of Manila Bay, will cost
$250,000, and construciton on Manila
reservation of store houses for the
supply department of the army at i
cost of $1,250,000, are among the im
portant plans which the war depart
ment has completed to facilitate the
delivery of supplies to troops in the
Philippines and providing a reserve
for emergencies.
The action to be taken by the
Senate in asserting its displeasure
because Roosevelt's message in re
gard to the secret service has not
been outlined with any definiteness.
Senator Burrows has- been approach
ed to offer a resolution on the sub
ject, but he has not consented to act.
It is likely that the resolution will
be the same as that of the House
providing the appointment of the
select committee of five to consider
the whole subject. It is evident the
House committee will take no hasty
action and the understanding now is
that no report will be made until the
latter part of the week.
TRADITION DISTURBED.
GUAM, Dec. 12.-There is a de
cided undercurrent of dissatisfaction
amonc the native Donulntion of this
place over the arrival of the German
friars who have come to take up the
work of Catholic religion on the
islands. The newcomers speak neith
er Spanish, English or Chamorro.
the native tongue, and are at a loss
for a means of communication with
the natives. The priest whose place
is to be taken by the Germans has
been in charge , of this work for 50
years past. He is a native of the
islands and has very decided Ameri?
can views.
Old newspapers for sale at thi
olhce. 5U cents oer hundred.
COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
NEED HORSE SENSE.
Chicago Judge Thinks Public Efforts
Are Misapplied.
CHICAGO, Dec 12.-Judge Mc
Kenzie Clelland addressing a meet
ing at the Washingtonian Home lait
night said instead of governor at
tending a national conference for
the conservation of natural resources,
they would do better to conserve the
10,000,000 poverty-stricken people in
the country by practical legislation.
Judge Clcliand declared that the con
ference at Washington is a waste :f
time. "The governors are talking
about saving natural gas," he said,
When they might be at home doing
something practical that will . save
the underfed from dying of tubercu
losis, which is brought about by pov-
rty and poor sanitation. What we
need more than a conference of gov
ernors is the display of horse sense
treat the difficulties that exist
We should begin right with the head
of the nation. We have a Secretary
of the Interior., There is no longer
any interior. We should have a
United States department of chari
ties and corrections with a secretary
who will recommend remedial legis
lation that will save the making of
:nminals."
SUFFRAGETTES ACTIVE.
But Women Who Oppose Also Com
tag to the Front
NEW YORK, Dec 12.History is
to repeat itself in New York on De
cember 18, when meetings for and
against woman suffrage will be held.
Rival demonstrations of this char
acter were held only last week and
the cominsr clash, as it wer. U a
direct result o? one of the former
at which Dr. Lyman Abbott declar
ed that college women did not want
to vote. It seems that there are
many college women in the city who
differ decidedly with this, view and
with the intention of emphasizing it
in the public, a mass meeting will be
held at the Berkeley Lyceum on the
date named. There wll be a great
array of college banners and pla
cards bearing the cry of "votes for
women." The meeting will be un
der the auspices of the College Equal
Suffrage League and it is said that
Mrs. Clorence Mackay and Mrs. Rus
sel bage will be present. The dem
onstration will be held in the evening
following a meeting in the afternoon
of the so-called "antis" who oppose
suffrage for women, and who are
conducting their campaign under
the name of the National League for
the Civic Education of Women.
TEN n KILLED BY A
BIG EKPLOS
GIANT BLAST DISCHARGES
UNEXPECTEDLY IN CANAL
WORK AT BAS OBISPO.
MANY OTHERS ARE INJURED
Last Hole Was Being Loaded When
explosion Occurs, Discharging 22
Tons of Giant Powder by Concus
sionReports Conflicting.
COLON, Panama. Dec. 12. A
giant blast prematurely exploded in
tne canal work at Bas Obispo today.
Ten men were killed and a number
injured. It may be that others were
killed and debris is piled in all di
rections. The last hole was being
loaded when the explosion occurred
discharging 22 tons of giant powder
by the concussion. Relief trains
were sent to Scione. One brought
back the report that 45 were injured
and were sent to Ancon Hospital, al
though the official report says but
two are injured. Officials on the
train say 11 of the dead are recover
ing and that others in a gang of 120
men at the cut were missing.
JUSTICE miTCHELL TflECE
RAP AT
PUSHED OFF CAR.
CHICAGO, Dec 12.-Miss Alice
Bankretz was pushed off the North
western L platform last evening at
Kinzie and Wells streets, falling to
the street below. She received a
scalp wound and was severely
bruised. The accident was caused, it
is said, by the pushing crowd endeav
oring to get into the train before the
guards closed the gates.
PROF. JOiAfi WANTS
FISH STOPPED
RECOMMENDS PROHIBITION
OF SALMON CATCHING
DURING 1910 AND 1912.
COLUMBIA RIVER IS INCLUDED
Action is Advised bv Professor
David Starr Jordan Who is a Mem
ber of International Fisheries Com
missionCanneries Will Oppose it
BELLINGHAM, Wash, Dec 12,
A special dispatch to Reviile from
Vancouver, B. C, says that Prof
David Starr Jordan, member of the
international fisheries I commission
will report to the federal government
recommending prohibition of all
salmon fishing in Puget Sound and
British Columbia waters in the years
1910 and 1912. It is believed that
the British and Columbia canners
will oppose him. Bellingham can
ners were interviewed and recom
mendations reasonable will not be
opposed. ' '
A LA ASTORIA.
Chicago Drug Stores go Out of Busi
Ness on Account of Health.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Chicago is
amazingly healthy. At least that is
what druggists say.
Drug stores in many parts of the
city are closing their doors on ac
count of decreased trade. Seven
have suspended business on the south
side since Monday and a number on
the west and north sides have closed
in the last ten days.
The state of the public health has
contributed largely to the oresent
condition of the drug trade, but the
temporary cessation of the ice cream
soda, which is a big item to drug
stores, has played its share in the
reduction of receipts.
Some drug stores, it is declared.
have installed a chop suey and chili
con carne lunch to take the place of
iced beverages.
GRIDIRON
NOTABLE DINNER
Annual Fall Event is Attended by Distinguished
Guests and the
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12.-
The annual fall dinner of the Grid
iron club was held tonight and was
made notable by the presence, of the
distinguished company of guests.
The extended program was made one
long to be remembered.
The president, vice-president, vice-
president elect, president-elect, sena
torial representatives without num
n 'iianrv
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To'
wards Judiciary
BONAPARTE Oil TRUST
Attorney-General Analyzes
th5
so Called Anti Trust
'Law
LAWS MIGHT EE
lISPnOYED
Bonaparte Declares That the Rich
Stacked the Cards; the Dice Were
' Loaded Against the Humble Play
era in the Race For Riches.
NEW YORK. Dec, 12.-Indirect
but pointed criticism to Roosevelt's
attitude toward the ; judiciary was
made by Chief Justice Mitchell, of
the Pennsylvania Society of New
York tonight at a banquet Chief
Justice Mitchell did not mention the
chief executive by name but left no
doubt through quotations and allu
sions to various matters oi public
knowledge as to the object of his
criticism. . Mitchell, among other
things said: "The only just criticism
of a judge's law must come from the
court which knows the law and has
jurisdiction to declare it. I dissent
from his view based on individual
Opinion of what the law ought to be,
whether it comes from an executive
or hoodlum, leads directly and by
short steps to anarchy the assertion
of an individual will against the set
tlement of law." -Mitchell
pointed out that if the
law was not what the people want it
should b,e changed, "But it will never
be lost 'sight of that authority to
change it is legislative, nor judicial,
and still less executive." ..
Replying to a toast "The bar "of
the country and the cause of federal ,
justice," Attorney Bonaparte an
alyzed the so-called anti-trust law
and made suggestions for its better
ment After declaring that Ameri
cans were "The judge-ruled people",
Bonaparte reviewed the condition
making necessary anti-trust laws arid
declared the rich and
'Stacked the cards: the dice
loaded against humbler players; the
smaller and weaker amonir the ra.
ers-were crossed in their gallop and
crowded off the track ; by the big
ones," in the race for riches."
The attorney-general believed th
anti trust laws might be improved by
entrusting administrative officer.
with duties similar to those exercised
by the secretary of war in matters
(Continued on page 6)
CLUB'S
Country's Choicest
ber, an English lord, diplomats of
this and other countries, newspaper
men whose names are known far and
wide, captains of finance and indus
try and men of affairs were guests of
the club. Roosevelt, Taft, Sherman
Harriman. Champ Clark, Fairbanks
and Governor Johnson were amorg
the distinguished speakers. A rule
of the club prevents a rcnort ,h'l
remarks.