I WORLD REFUSES TO 111
FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Hakes Reply to His Ues
sage to Congress
READY FOR LAWSUIT
Paper Insists That a Thorough
Investigation of Panama Tran
taction be Made
DEFY PRESIDENT'S THREATS
World Say no Man Em to Grossly
Libelled th Unlt4 States m Doe
Tihs Mao Woo Besmirch) Con-
grew and Bulldostn Judge.
; NEW, YORK, Dec 15-Th World
is courts of Its antwer to President
RooHvatt't reference to thai paper us
hit special menage to congress to
day, wye: . '
I "Mr. Roosevelt l tnUtaksn: he
cannot musxlt the World.
"While no amount of 'Billingigste
oi hit part-can alter our determine'
tion to treat him with judicial impar
tiality and acrupuloui fairne, we re-
put what we have already at id, that
congress should make a thorough In-
vettigation of the whole Panare tran
aaction, that the full truth may be
known to the American people.
"The World appreciate the import
ance and significance of Roosevelt's
atatetnent when he declared to con
gren that the proprietor of the World
"Should be prosecuted for libel by
the governmental authorities and that
the attorney-general has, under con
sideration a form under which pro
ceedings against Pulitxer shall be
brought.'
"This is the first time a president
nas ever asserted the doctrine of les
majesty or proposed in absence of
specific legialation, criminal prosecu
tion by the government of citiiens
who criticiie the conduct of the gov
ernment or conduct of individuals
who may have had dealings with the
government."
The World says that neither the
King of England nor the Emperor of
"Germany would arrogate such a
power to himself, and it mentions
the failure of John Adams' attempt
to enforce sedition laws.
"Yet, Roosevelt it absence of law,
'officially proposes to use all the pow
er of the greatest government on the
earth to cripple the freedom of the'
press on the pretext that the govern-',
ment itself has been libelled and he
TAFTS MAJORITY
IS OVER MILLION
Total Popular Vote Shows an Increase of 1,341,
531 Over Presidential Election of 1904
NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-Tlie . total
popular vote of the presidential can
didates at the last national election
was made known today in an official
form by the filing of the last of the
official vote that of Michigan. The
total shows the following votes cast:
Taft, 7,637,676; Bryan, 6,393,182;
Debs,: Socialist; 448,471 ; Chafin, pro
hihition 241,252; Hisgen, Independent,
83,168; Watson, Populist, 33,871; Gil
haus, Soacilist Labor, 15,421.
The total for all candidates , was
14,853,041. .This grand total exceeds
by 1,341,531, the total number of
is the government."
The World says It is true it printed
public reports concerning the Tana-
ma Canul affair which resulted from
W. U.' Cromwell's appeal to the dis
trict attorney during the campaign
iw nop me puoncauon which was
said to be in the hands of the Demo
cratic National Committee.
"It is true, also, that when Roose
veil made hit attack upon Dclsvan
Smith, the World called attention to
the criticisms which Roosevelt must
have known to be false and mislead
ing and appealed to congress to end
all the scandal by full and impartial
investigation. If this be the reason,
let Roosevelt make the most of it.
"Roosevelt's lamentable habit of
inaccurate statements makes it ira-
iriiifii
hug;i race
DORANDO PIETRI COLLAPSES
. WITHIN SIGHT OF THE
GOAL POST.
HARD FIGHT
START
Men Run Rack Neck and Heck at
25 Miles Dorando Was Leading by
Two LardsThousands of Specta
tors present " - .: ;:
NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-As on the
memorable occasion of his first
Olympiad, Dorando Pietri collapsed
within sight of the goal tonight and
Tom Longboat, the Indian runner,
who had led by a yard or more near
ly all way, won the Marathon race
at Madisorj Square Garden. The race
was hard fought from start to finish
and kept the thousands of spectators
in wild excitement. At 25 miles Do
rando was leading by two yards. A
moment before Longboat had made a
remarkable sprint and put himself
on an even footing with the little
Italian. Dorando immediately re
gained his first position and the men
were fighting it and out in the 26th
mile, with Dorando in tile lead, but
visibly weaker. The chances of Long
boat appeared to improve in the sec
ond and third laps. Iin the third lap,
while the f crowd was crying itself
hoarse both the men slackened per
ceptibly. , Then suddenly Dorando
staggered, and dropped. Longboat
finished alone. The time for the dist
ance of 26' miles, 395 yards, was
2:45:05 2-5. '
The time was 35 2-5 second slower
than the Marathon mark established
by Dorando when he defeated Hayes
over the same track three weeks ago
vote cast in the presidential election
of 1904. Compared with that elec
tion, the candidates of the Republi
can, Democratic and Socialist parties
increased their votes this year. A
reverse is true of prohibition, populist
and socialist-labor parties.
Bryan received 1,315,211 T votes
more than Parker and. Taft ,14,190
more than Roosevelt. Debs ran 45,
368 ahead of his predecessor. The
heaviest loss is shown by the populist
with a loss of about 34,000. Chafin
ran 71,284 behind the mark set in
1904.
possible to accept his judgment or
his conclusions. In his message he
doe not state correctly even so
simple a matter as his pretended
grievance."
The World says il never printed a
statement that Charles P. Taft or
Douglass Robinson made any profits
whatever that it printed and accept
ed Taft's denial and would have done
likewise regarding Robinson if it had
succeeded in obtaining a denial from
him.
"The World has no evidence Unit
he was associated with Cromwell and
would accept his word to that effect;
but Robinson i an estimable gentle
man of high character whose reputa
tion for veracity in infinitely better
than that of his distinguished brother-in-law.
"If the World ha libelled anybody
we hope it will be punished, but we
do not intend to be intimidated bv
Roosevelt's threats or by Roosevelt'
denunciation or by Roosevelt' power.
No other living man ever so
grossly libelled the United States as
doe this president who besmirches
congress, bul!-doxes judges, assails
the integrity of the courts, slanders
private Tcitltens and who has' shown
himself the most reckless, unscrup
ulous demagogue whom the Ameri
can people ever trusted with great
power and authority.
We say this not in anger, but in
sincere sorrow. The World has
immeasurably more respect for the
office of president : of the United
States than Theodore Roosevelt ha
ever shown during the years in which
he has maintained the reign of ter
ror and vilified honor and honesty of
both public officials and private citi
zens who opposed his policies or
thwarted him In his purposes.
So far as the World is concerned.
Its proprietor may go to jail, ifi
Roosevelts succeeds, as he threatens,
but even in jail the World will not
cease to be a fearless champion of
free speech, free press, and a free
people."
OLDEST WOMAN DENTIST.
NEW YORK. Dec. IS.-Mrs. R.
Truchett, who was said to be the old
est woman dentist in this country,
died last night in Bellevue Hospital,
aged 78 years. Pneumonia was the
cause of death. She was the first
woman in the United States to re
ceive a license to practice dentistry.
BOARD OF HEALTH ill
is comcE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM EV-
ERY COAST SEAPORT MEET
AT PORTLAND.
WANTS BETTER PROTECTION
Pacific Slope Public Health Associa
tion Organised at the Meeting and
Officers Are ' Elected With Dr.
Foster President. ' "
PORTLAND. Dec. .-Representatives
of the boards of health from
nearly every seaport on the Pacific
Coast, from Victoria to San Diego,
are in conference here today and
brought into existence the Pacific
slope public health association. The
object of the association is to secure
protection against the" plague, which
members of the convention declare
by no means stamped out on this
coast. The following officers were
elected: President, Dr. N. K. Foster,
Sacramento; vice-president, Dr. C.
Yenncy, Portland; secretary, Dr. E.
E. Hcgg, Seattle; treasurer, Dr. A.
L. Brodcrick, San Francisco. The
president, vice-president, secretary
and treasurer and Dr. A, W. Fagan,
of Victoria, were elected on the board
of directors.
Old newspapers for sale at this
office, 50 cents per hundred.
BIGGY'S BODY IS
FOUIID DAY
Picked Up Floating Of
Goat Island
IS iUCH DISFIGURED
Uniform and Badge Besides
Other Articles Prove His
Identity Without Doubt
NO MARKS OF VIOLENCE
An Autopty Will
Week to Assist
Clearing up the
Death.
4 ',;:v '
be Held Next
if Possible In
Manner of His
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lS.-The
body of Chief of PoOce Biggy, who
was drowned from 'he police launch
Patrol opposite Akatra Island
San Francisco Bay on the night of
November 30, was found this morn
ing by the crew of the freight ferry
boat Transit It was floating off Goat
Island, face upward, witn the arms
outstretched. The harbor police were
at once notified, and, procuring
launch,' Sergeant Donovan recovered
the remains. The face is very much
dsfigured, but the body has been fully
identified as that of the dead chief.
When the corpse was taken from
the waters it had on the long coat
and gloves worn by Biggy on the
night of his disappearance. The
launch with the body landed at the
Mission-street wharf.
Before the launch with Sergeant
Donovan and several police officers
on board reached the place where the
body was first seen, it had been pick
ed up by the crew of the scow
schooner Georgia Woods, who aided
in transferring it to the police boat.
News of the recovery of the remains
spread quickly, and an immense
crowd assembled at . Mission street
wharf, where they were landed.
In the presence of Acting Chief
Cutler, Chief Deputy Coroner Ken
nedy and other officials, a search 'of
the clothing in which the body was
attired was made immediately upon
arrival at the morgue. By means of
the two badge Which Chief Biggy
wore, a locket with his monogram
a muffler, stickpin, his police whistle
and other articles, the identification
was made beyond the shadow of i
doubt.
The watch which Chief Biggy al
ways carried was stopped at 9:12
o'clock. .5 So far as could be ascer
tained, there were no papers in the
pockets to which any significance
could be attached, and it was con
cluded that if Chief Biggy had a writ
ten resignation prepared on the oc
casion of his visit to Police Commis
sion Hugo Keil at the latter' home
in Belvedere, he had disposed of it
in some manner before he met hif
death.. V. : ' "! ' ' '
Much to the surprise of the search
ers, a hammerless revolver, with all
chambers loaded, was found in a
pocket, notwithstanding the fact that
the late chief's pistol was found af
ter his death in a restaurant where
he had dinner on the night of his
death.
There were no marks of violence
on the body, but an autopsy will be
held, to assist, if possible, in clearing
up the manner of death. The inquest
probably will not be held until next
week.
The Morning Astorian contains all
the local and Associated Press re
port.
DALLES CITY SINKS.
Steamer Strike a Rock and
Down In Shallow Water.
Goes
PORTLAND, Dec. 15. The river
passenger steamer Dalles City, which
plies between Portland ' and The
Dalles, 'struck on a rock and sank in
three feet of water at Carson, Wash.
The passenger were badly frighten
ed but none were hurt.
HAS GOOD BACKING.
CHICAGO, Dec. lS.-Tbe Tribune
today prints the following news ar
ticle under a New York date; It 1
learned that Kuhn, Loeb & Co. will
likely undertake the financing and re
organization of the Western , Mary
land Railroad. This is the link that
the Goulds acquired several years
ago, supposedly for the eastern out
let of their transcontinental railway
system then mooted. The idea now
seem wholly abandoned.
'ANTI-DELUVIAN SIGNS.
TORONTO, Ont., Dec. 15-Work-men
employed on the waterworks
tunnel under Toronto Bay yesterday
found human footprints in the blue
clay 70 feet below the water level.
The find was in inter-glacial clay
deposited from 50,000 to 100,000 years
ago, and is considered the most ira
portant geological discovery relating
to that period made in America. City
Inspector W. II. Cross said: "It
looked like a trail. There were over
100 footprints from large prints to
the printing of a child's foot three
and a half inches long. All were
toed in. You could not see the hollow
between the ball and heel in many of
them. AH pointed north except
where some turned off to the side."
MAY SHE BE HAPPY!
NEW YORK, Dec. 15-The report
that Fritzi Scheff, the comic opera
star, and John Fox, Jr., the author,
had been quietly married on Sunday,
was confirmed by an official an
nouncement last night They had been
engaged for some time and the wed
ding was no surprise. ' Mrs. Fox ap-
- a . . . . f . .
pearcu lasi mgnt as usual in a pro
duction in which she is starring. The
wedding took place at the home of
Mr. Fox's brother. Rector Fox. at
Mount Kisco, N. Y. ;
BLICKENSTORFER 19
Jill GUILTY
FORMER CONVICTED OF MAN
SLAUGHTER; LATTER IS
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
PORTLAND DOES FAST WORK
Good Progress is Also Made in the
Case of Antomo Petarsso Accused
of Murdering Vencenza Desantis
Details of Crimes. ' ' ' '
PORTLAND. Dec' 15. A man-
slayer, convicted of manslaughter,
and another sentenced to the peni
tentiary for life, was today's record
in the series of trials for homicide
now progressing here. Casper Blick
enstorfer was found guilty of man
slaughter for the killing during quar
with Charles Hegburn. The men were
both teamsters and became involved
in a row over' the manner in which
Hegburn's team was cared for. In
the heat of passion, Blinkenstorfer
struck Hegburn over the head with a
piece of two by four. 1
Matt Johnson, who killed Fred J.
Holock in a' saloon was sentenced to
serve the rest of his life in the peni
tentiary. In addition to these, good
progress was made in the 'trial' 'of
Antonio Petarsso accused of murder
ing Vencenza Desantis. The trouble,
according to the prosecution arose
out of alleged coarse stories told by
Petarsso at a wedding, an objection
of which was made bv Desantis'
father.
SIl'l'S lli
AT TARIFF II
A THRIFTY SOLDIER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.
Charlcs Harvey, a retired soldier
who has been post quartermaster ser
geant of Fort Rosccrans for some
time drew yesterday from Col. Geo.
R. Smith, chief paymaster of the
Department of California, the sum of
$13,900, the amount he bas saved
fram his pay through the army de
posit plan. This is the second larg
est sum the chief paymaster of this
department has ever paid out to a
soldier. Besides this amount Harvey
will receive for the rest of his life
$67.50 a month for retired pay. He
will go to San Diego, where he ex
pects to build a home in which to
spend his declining years.
KELLY - PAPKE Fill
ENDS i:i DHAI7
JEFFRIES DECISION IS LOUD
LY PROTESTED BY KELLY'S -BACKERS.
' " "
". WASHINGTON, Dec. lS-Ola-
f . ' . 1 agreeing with the published views of
i . Andrew Carnegie with regard to tn
PAPKFS FUKISH"ENT AWFUL; steel schedule of, the. tariff, 'Chart.
, ; !M. Schwab, former president of t!e
' : United States Steel Corporation gave
I valuable testimony before the hense
Kelly Leaves the Ring Without a on ways and means committee at the
Mark While His Opponent Retires tariff hearing today. While he prsc
With His Face Beaten Into a Puln tically admitted that the conditions
Go 25 Rounds.
1 - -r
LT" ""-7XES, Dec: 15.-Hugo
Kelly ana .!ly Papke, former mid-
uiewigm cnampion, wugnt tor a
fast rounds tonight. At the close of
the fina round, with both men fight-
ing strong, Referee James J. Jeffries
called the bout a draw. Kelly left
the ring without a mark, while
Papke was a sight, both eyes were
closed and his cheek bones were
pounded to a pulp. The draw decis-
ion was loudly protested by Kelly's
backers and a majority of the spec-
tatOrS.
HEAVY FORGERIES.
1 ,:,
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Edward E,
Perkins was arrested here last night
charged with forging about twenty
checks, amounting to about $10,000.
Until August he was employed as a
bookkeeper for Speigel, May, Stern & what they deem necessary. A sub
Co. Sidney M. Spiegel's name is the stantial majority of the house voted
one forged. Perkins made no effort to take away from the committee oa
to escape but turned his attention to foreign affairs a consideration of the
his wife who became hysterical resolution which in its original torra
when told her husband' was' under simply called on the secretary of
arrest. He denied , he had fortted
.
i' j j . nr.
opines name ana saw: , n is a
case ot mistaken identity.
MRS. MARTIN IS
Jury Returns Verdict After
Ten F.linutes Charged
OAKLAND, Dec. 15.-Mrs. Isa
bella J. Martin, charged with con
spiracy in dynamiting the residence
of Judge Ogden, March 19, 1907, was
found guilty today by the jury after
being out less than ten minutes. The
case had been on trial for several
months and has been replete with
sensational incidents. Judge Wells
fixed the time for sentencing Satur
day morning. The maximum penalty
is life imprisonment. The motive of
the crime was revenge upon the
judge for an adverse decision in a
IE IE8TIDI
I
iff
Is Not in Favor cf Any
Changs for Steel
DISPUTES CAiKIEGIE
Admits That Conditions
Years Ago Would Kays
milled Chancs
Kir.
Per-
INSURGENTS'
LOSE
CUT
Give op All Hopes of Revision of the
Rules When Gardner Falls to Ob
tain Adoption of Amended Reso
lutions. ' - ' '-'
- - ,
which existed nine years ago -wots. J
have permitted the reduction of steel
schedules at that time, he said the
cost of every item entering into the
manufacture of steel rails had increas
ed to such an extent that conditions
should be changed to permit of tar-
iff reduction. Schwab declared that
in five yearSj -Bessemer" steel would
have been entirely replaced by "open
hearth process and within ten years
"n,n hrtW ,n.c wi,i t,,.
given away to , "electric process."
These changes, he said, would im-
pro,e the qnality o steeI but tbsy
wouid aiso slightly increase its cost,
Schwa!) said he is not Sn favor of atiy
change in tariff on steel and steet
nrnititft,: i " .
Hopes of the so-called insurgents
of the house of revision of rules of
that body were dissipated today for
the time being at least when Gardner
0f Massachusetts failed tod to oh-
tain the adoption of the amende
resolution calline for the annoinhnon
of a committee of eight to consider
the subject and report to coiKxra
Slat f-PCrnrfitncr u.-Viif UA D-:.:t.
" U1S : J1 UIEJIl
house of commons had don in
that
(Continued on na fil
Being Out Less Than
With Dynamiting lis
lUiiiU
suit to recover money from the insur
ance company for houses she is said
to have fired herself. No one was
injured though Judge Ogden's resi
dence was badly damaged.
FIRE FIEND AT WORK.
MINA, Nev., Dec. 15-Fire starti1!s
at 1:15 o'clock this morning i,i the
Davis Hotel, destroyed the eKhe
entire business section, causing a fs
of over $125,0K). No fatalities