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'A 1 9 PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT 'OVFRS THE SNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 33rd YEAR. NO. 296 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATE TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES IE PRESIDENT olvcd, That that portion of the an nual message of the President relat ing to the secret lervice li hereby referred to the committee on resolu tions who ire instructed to inquire whether legislation referred to In the message has impaired the efficiency or sufficiency of the force employed in the secret service and such com mittee I further directed to ascertain what persons other than those includ ed in the secret service were paid from the public treasury for the fiscal vrar endino lime .10 IQflft fnr of Roosevelt's Letter the service in connection with the en forcement or investigation of possi ble crimes or criminal acts or viola tion of law, including all special at torneys, special agents .inspectors, or Senators Take His Mes sage as Insulting RESOLUTION PASSED Portion Relating to Secret Service Inquired Into WARNER BILL SUPPORTED Lodge 8 peaks in Favor of Permit ting the President to Rt-enliat Dis charged Solditrt of 25th Infantry at Ilia Discretion, WASHINGTON. Dec. 16,-The Senate devoted considerable atten tion todsy to discussion of president's course in placing strictures on con gress in the matter of secret service and adopting a searching resolution proposed by Aldrich and amended on the suggestion of Culberson, provid ing for a thorough investigation, by the committee on appropriations of the president's charges both in re sponse to the acta and course that has been taken by congress to resent the imputations believed to have been put upon that body Aldrich in introducing his resolution, made no comment upon it, but Senators Bail ey, Dacon, Tillman, Culberson and others declared that the president's words should resented by the Senate as highly insulting. Foakcr's reso lution calling on the secretary of war cfr information concerning the work of the detectives in Browns ville affair was also adopted. Lodge spoke in support of the Warner bill permitting the president to re-enlist the discharged soldiers of the 25th infantry at his discretion. Investigation of the resolution first introduced by Aldrich, and Culber son immediately offered it more spe cific. Both were referred to the committee on contingent expenses. The committee almost immediately reported' back in favor of the Aldrich resolution. The Democrats finally agreed that if a portion of the Cul berson substitute directing the com mittee on appropriations to advise the Senate specifically as to the course of action it should take with , reference to message they would ac cept it, The committee agreed and the resolution passed without divis ion. The resolution follows: "Re- TAFT GUEST OF HONOR AT BANQUET other employes or any department of government or any branch of the public service and also some infor mation as to all persons whose em ployment was authorized by indefi nite or general appropriations; infor mation to contain names of all per sons so employed or paid, their prev ious occupation, nature of work in whic hthey were engaged, by whom appointed and upon whose sugges tion or recommendation; inquiry,' however, not to include officers ap-l pointed by the president and con-1 firmed by the Senate or officers specifically provided for law, or la borers appointed as such and actually engaged in the employment a la borers." Resoltion confers on the, committee power of subpoena1 and empowers it to examine ihem under oath and fur ther to report what action if any, in the judgment of the committee the Senate should take. BY HAD MOB PLEDGES HIS ADMINISTRA TION AND HIS PARTY TO CHICAGO PLATFORM. , DISCUSSES PRESIDENTS VETO INSULAR EXCEPTIONS. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. -Official order promulgated by the post office department carrying out the recent agreement with Germany fo two cents an ounce postal rate begin ning January 1 next, excludes Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines v other possessions of the United States for its application, the agree ment being restricted to the states and territories on the mainland, in cluding Alaska. President-Elect Refer to Sherman Anti-Trust Las ami Declare For It Enforcement a one of Roose velt's Policies. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. It was au thoritatively announced tonight that the offer of a cabinet position to Congressman Burton has been with drawn by Taft and would not be re newed. Burton had been mentioned as a probable secretary of the treas ury and it was said that a portfolio had been definitely offered to him. The statement followed a conference of Taft with several Republican lead ers from Ohio. Burton, it is believed, will now make an active contest in the Ohio senatorial campaign. Charles P. Taft was at the confer ence and when asked what bearing, if any the conference may havc on his candidacy for the Senate to succee.l Foraker, replied: "I am going to win. Everything is favorable." The president-elect had nothing to say regarding the conference as re gards the senatorship. Taft has re peatedly announced that he is going to keep his "ha'nds off." CHINESE FINANCES. LONDON, Dec, 16.-The Times prints a long Pekin dispatch on the Chinese finances and currency. It says that the financial condition of China will presently by causing con siderable anxiety arising from the heavy fall in silver, the debased sub sidiary coinage, reduced customs revenues, over-speculation, the over trading of merchants in great busi ness centers and numerous failures. President Castro's En emies Rise in Rebellion PROPERTY IS WRECKED No Official Act of Deposing Castro From Presidency, But it May Follow ANOTHER OUTBREAKEXPECTED Angry Mob Gather AU Castro's Statute and Picture and Make Bonfire of Them on Public Boule vard Hi Reign Seem Ended. i then dispersed, I The attack yesterday on the of of 1.1 Constitutional, which the crowd was curbed by a detachment of soldiers, who fired into the dem onstrators, resulted in several fatali ties. A criminal action had .been be gun against Edward Riva and other employes of the paper, in which they were charged with responsibility for these deaths. It is declared that Rivas and his men fired first on the people, making use of revolvers. El Constitutional has suspended publication, and Caracas is practical ly without a newspaper. BERLIN, Dec. 16. President Cas tro maintain composure in the tace of the alarming report published here regarding the disturbances in Venezuela. f When the dispatches were shown him today that the peo ple had arisen against hirn, burned pictures and tatutes beyonding to him in the public squares and had made attack on a number of build ings, including stores of several of his warmest adherent and that sev eral persons had been killed, Castra said he did not believe it. He aid he had dispatches from Caracas this morning but mentions nothing of the kind. FOUND GUILTY. Coroner Jury Charlea J. W. Wilson With Boaa' Murder. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16.-J. Walter Wilson, a friend and business associate of Harry J. Boas, an elec trician, who died as a result of hav ing headache powders sent him through the mails was this evening charged with murder by the coro ner's jury. TIPPING SYSTEM NOV GETS HEARING GOVERNMENT FIRE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16,-The government records, maps, charts and photographs to the value of more than $20,0)0, were destroyed tonight SLEETH INDICTED BY GRAND JURY Editor of "The News" a Portland Paper Held for Criminally Libeling Wealthy Oregonians PORTLAND, Dec. 16. -Dana Slcolh, editor and manager of The New, a local newspaper, was indict ed by the grand jury today 'on a charge of criminally libeling William Hnnlcy, a wealthy Eastern Oregon stockman and Harry Ladd Corbctt, a young millionaire of this city, The name of Hyde Gowan is included in the indictment but Slecth states the mnn has no connection with the pa per. The warrant will be served on Slceth tomorrow. Bail will be $1000 for which arrangement has been made. The articles in question, which are made a part of the complaint, charge Haulcy with having h,ccn a "horsethicf" and "land thief", and accuses Corbett, and also County Judge Lionel Webster with having been "Tangles-up" in the alleged 69,- 000-acre land steal in Eastern Ore gon, SAME OLD PROTEST. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 16,-The Anglican Synod of Sydney, Australin has proposed, to the premier of Aus tralia against allowing the Burns Johnson fight to be fought at Sydney on December 26. lll'S FD COUNSEL L00KII1G R IMPORTANT WITNESS him to clear out King was also the recipent of what is alleged to have been Coughlin' method of resenting the onslaught by the press and pulpit on the "Annual insult forced on Chi cago." He was knocked down and kicked as he lay in the gutter, Other charges may result from the "Annual orgie." Representative of the state' attorneys and of law and .- order league today conferred over the evi dence of ruffianism, indecency and other offenses alleged to have been made during Monday night' ball masque a "Peer if not superior of its predecessors of quality and quantity and quantity of license granted to the underworld." " .... Q 5E DEVOTES TIE TO PEfiAL LAWS John Tonning Swedish Boatman WhoSaw Crime STARTLING EVIDENCE KNOW NOTHING OF IT. Official of Montana Mining Associa tion Ignorant of Transfer Deal INQUIRY APPLIES PARTICU- LARLY TO THE PULLMAN CAR PORTER. ONLY GET $25 PER MONTH General Manager Dean Testifies That Tipping Custom ia a Result of Sel fish People Who Want Things Better Than Their Fellow. CHICAGO, Dec. 16,-The tipping system particularly as it applies ta the Pullman Company underwent in quiry today before the interstate commerce commission. General Manager Dean testified that the tipping custom is a' result of selfishness of persons who want something better than their fellows and are willing to pay for it. Coun sel fr complaint asked Dean what sal ary was paid to a porter. Dean said they were paid $25 per month. Asked if the company furnished the meals, Dean said ''No," "I think it takes that much to buy their meals then," commented the lawyer, , in a fire which broke out in the United States geological survey build ing. The damage to the building is slight. CARACAS. Dec 14, via William- stad, Dec. 16. The people of Cara cas arose today against President Castro. An infuriated mob, unhin dered by the police, swept through the city, wrecking the property of hi henchmen and his closest friend. The people rounded up all the sta tue an pictures of President Castro from the clubs and other semi-public buildings and burned them on the boulevard de Plaza. President Cas tra's rule in Venezuela is probably ended. Further dangerous demonstrations are anticipated. No official act, depos ing Castra from the Presidency of Venezuela has yet been taken, but such a step is expected any moment. An enormous crowd of the inhabit ants of the capital, swelled by people from the outlying country, gathered in the streets soon after daybreak. The people began marching up and down to the main thoroughfares, and it was easy to see that the ill-temper would result in violence. The police stood by and made no attempt what ever to restrain the mob. The first building to be attacked and looted was that of the lottery monopoly. The offices of the state enterprise that has enriched itself at the ex pense of the people were ransacked and pillaged. Furniture was broken and thrown into the streets and piles of lottery tickets were destroyed. The crowd then moved to the printing office of El Constitutional, the organ of President Castro, of which Gumer sindo Rivas is editor, and pillaged it completely. A steam laundry belong ing to Scnor Rivas was wrecked. The crowd then turned its atten tion to several drug stores belonging to Senor Thielen, a son-in-law of General Tello Mendoza, and turned them inside out. General Mendoza at one time minister of finance under Castro, and one of his staunch cst supporters. He is universally hated by the enemies of Castro, and his unpopularity and his close con nection with the President accounted for the anger of the populace against the property of his son-in-law. The statues and pictures of Presi dent Castro were, made into a huge bonfire on the Toulevard dc Plaza. Numerous inscriptions setting forth the virtues of Castro, and extolling his powers next attracted the mob, and every inscription was hacked out and erased. Some of these legends were carved in the public buildings of the city. It was after 1 o'clock by the time the crowd had got thus far in its depredations. It was then th'at a de tachment of troops was tailed out for duty on the city streets, and Act ing Governor Gomez issued a mani festo prohibiting further manifesta tions. These measures had the desirel effect, for the mob quieted down and HELENA, Dec. Id-Officials of the Montana Mining Association which control the smelter at Ponde ray, Idaho, proles to be in absolute ignorance of any deal for the transfer to the so-called smelter trust It is stated under the constitution of the association that this cannot be done by alleged represenatives now in Chicago, in conference with New York attorneys and others. INSANITY GROWS FAST. CHICAGO, Dec. 16 "Insanity grows three times as fast in propor tion as the increase in population in the United States." Dr, David Paulson, president of the Anti-Cigarette League, made this statement yesterday. "China," he continued, "used 26 grains of opium last year for every man, woman and child. The United States used 56 grains. There are at least 1,000,000 opium users in this country." , ALMOST ENTIRE DAY SPEND IN CONSIDERING THEIR REVISION. . TWO BRIDGE BILLS PASSED Houston's Amendment Making it an Offense to Depose in Ships Thru Mails Intoxicating Liquor is Adopted. V Page D. Andrews, Yacht Club Member Gives Much New Testimony THORNTON LAID ALL PLANS CHICAGO ALDERMAN IS RESULT OF ATTACK UPON NEWSPAPER MAN YESTER DAY AT A BALL. OFFICER HELPED BEAT HIM Atwell, According to His Own Story, Attempted to Get a Snapshot of John Couglin When he Was At tacked by Crowd. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Except for a few moments spent in the tran saction of routine business and the passage of two bridge bills the House today devoted the entire time to fur ther consideration of the bill to re vise the penal laws of the United States. Garrett . amendment whicn came over from last night and which prohibited from sending through the mails information bearing on the transactions in the futures was de feated by a decisive vote. Without opposition the amendment by Hous ton was adopted making it an offense to deposit in ships through mails intoxicating liquors. There was still pending when the bill was laid on the table the amendment of Humphreys, of Mississippi, providing for identi fication of intoxicating liquors being transported by interstate carriers. The proposition caused an extended debate. SEWARD GUILTY. SPOKANE, Dec. 16,-Fred Se ward,' who murdered Mrs. Clara O'Ncil at Moscow, Idaho, was found guilty of murder in the first degree today as Moscow. White Declares That Evidence Would be Brought Out Showing That Thornton Hains Had Full Knowl edge of His Brother's Intentions. FLUSHING, N. Y., Dec 16-Th , story f the slaying of? William , E. . Annis, was made part of the record today in .the Thornton j. Hains trial. Page D. Andrews, a yacht club mem ber, testified with the aid of minia tnre iron figures and models; of the float and catboat, how Captain Peter Hains, standing on the float' edge, -held aloft obscuring the obscuring boom and sail of Annis t boat and shot the publisher as he sat at the tiller. There was a surprise when it was learned that John Tonning, a Swedish boatman, who saw the trag edy could not be found. District At torney Darring said he thought Ton ning to be in Swoden, but that noth ing had been heard of him sine?, Sep tember. 'He was an important witness for us," said Lawyer Mctntyre ror ine defense, "For through him we would have shown that he (Tonning struck Captain aHins after .the shoot ing, with a boathook or oar and that to protect his. brother, Thornton Hains drew his revolver." Cross examination of Andrews consumer the major part of the af ternoon and Mclntyre Sought to shpw that Thornton had said after the shooting that he fried to dissuade Captain Hains from his act and that he would hold him until the officers came, bpecial rrosecutor vvnite de clared that vedince would be brought out to show that Thornton Hains, had full knowledge of his brother's intention to kill Annis and virtually led the way to the yacht club and di rected a search for the publisher. White declared that Thornton point ed his revolver at, Mrs, Annis and prevented her going to aid her wounded husband. . CHICAGO, Dec. 16. Alderman John Coughlin, otherwise known as "The Bathhouse" was arrested here today, charged with assault on Ly man Atwell, the Record-Herald photographer, who together with Wyncie King, a cartoonist - on the same paper, were assigned to get photographs and illustrations of the first ward Democratic ball, last Mon day. Coughlin, who with Alderman "Hinkey Dink" Kenna, who is the annual beneficiary of the ball was standing on the sidewalk receiving guests as they alighted. Atwell, ac cording to his own story, attemped a snapshot of "The . Bathhouse" where upon the latter led an assault in which the photographer was badly beaten and his camera smashed. A plain clothes policeman held him dur ing the struggle while the others pounded him. The policeman in uni form to whom Atwell appealed, told COUNT WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR COIN De Castellane Makes Clever Hove When He Learns That His Requested Allowance Injures His Case . PARIS, Dec. 16 The last day of hearing of the suit brought by Count De Castellane against his former wife, Princess De Sagan, for custody of the three children brought out the fact that the Count has withdrawn his demand that the court allow him a yearly income of $60,000 for keep ing the children. M. Bonnet, speak ing for the Count read a letter from his client protesting against the charge having been instittued in the proceedings to obtain money and abandoning his claim for the allow ance. He insisted that his only mo tive was moral and physical welfare. It is evident that the Count has recognized that the claim for a large allowance has injured his case in the eyes of the court and estimation of the 'public, and his tardy denuncia tion is considered a clever move to enlist interest in his favor. v Never theless, the public is greatly, astonish ed that the Count should go to such an extreme. Next week the public prosecutor will present his conclusions and the court will then render its decision dismissing the Count's plea or grant him custody of the children. The princess continues sanguine of the decision,' 1