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84th YEAR. NO. 2.k . ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1803 PRICE FIVE CENTS A PflESIBEIJT TAKES PHYSICAL TEST 111 GREAT EASE Covers 98 f.lilcscnliorse back in 17 Hours If! SLEET AND RAIN f-hkei Trip to Demlnstr&t That Recent Military Order It Not Overbearing RETURNS FEELING FINE Roosevelt Argues That if h Can Cov tf Distance in Oot Cay Without Training, Officers Should b Able to Make it in Three Days. washincton; JaiU.-rr.I dent Roosevelt rode 98 mile on hone back today and when be dismounted at the White House door more than 17 houre after he had departed, and did not show any marked signs of weariness. The Journey was to War ren ton, Va., and back. At the latter place he took luncheon and made a ahort sddresi to the, school children, He waa accompaoied by Surgeon General Rixcy, Dr. Carey Crayaon and Captain Archibald Butt, one of the president's , aides, The last 30 miles of the journey was made in the sleet and rain, while the last IS was In almost pitch darkness. When the President dismounted at the While House, his coat and hat were frozen stiff with sleet and ice. In less than an hour afterward he appeared at dinner In a dresssuil, ready for as hearty a meal aa he has eaten in a long time. . Object of the ride, the president said to the Associated Press, was "To prove to critics who have found fault with the recent order requiring atl jirmy and navy officers to make physical test, that If the president, who is not in training, can. ride 90 miles plus in one day without being laid up in bed thereby, it should not be too much to ask men who are sup posed to be in the best physical train ing at all times to ride 90 miles in three dy- -And ; Virginia roads ( in the winter time," said the President, "Are not usually in , the best condi tion."' 't''':r;'!!' &ajam i, mama ference is the result of the Central American peace conference held in Washington in 1907, at which the rep resentatives of Costa Rica, Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua by convention agreed that on Janu ary 1 every year for live years and longer, if satisfactory, delegates ac credited by each of the five countries shall meet in order to treat on ques tions of an economic and financial nature and all matters which the gov ernments may see fit to submit. Pr, Berbereoa' was elected presi dent and Dr. Munox selected as sec DIFFICULTY III FORHIHG I J SIX MEN DISQUALIFIED YESTERDAY-PROSPECTS POOR FOR QUICK ACTION. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ' 13.Six men were disqualified as jurors, and tne examination oi the seventh was uncompleted and the prospect of se curing 12 men to try Patrick Calhoun upon bribery indictment waa discour aging as far aa the present panel is concerned when the second day of the trial ended at usual hour of ad journment this evening. at the Indiana Steel Company'! plant. For several weeks tests of the far naces and the rolling mills have been made and everything Is in readiuesa for active operation. The big steel was turned out without a mishap and marks the entrance of Gary into the world of steel manufacture. The co pany will Immediately put three blast furnaces In'o operation, while a fourth Is being built, The completion of the quadruple furnaces will enable the company to employ about 500 addi tional men. .. GO TO 'EM CHIEF. NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-Anarchist and their methods and possibility of a gigantic bomb plot were among the important features of an address de livered by Police Commissioner Bing ham Ian evening, He said: , "There waa an attempt of the black handers in thi town to make an al liance with the anarchists of Paterson N. J., one of them to make the bombs the other to throw them and both to divide the spoils .Nothing has hap pened but there may yet be trouble from that source." - SYBIL MSI WRECK OFFICIALS INTERESTED. i ; .- . WASHINGTON, Jan, 13- Much interest Is manifested , among pffclals who follow closely the doings of the Latin-American republics in the out come ,he .first , Central,. .American conference now holding sessions at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. " This con- SHOT AT THIEVES. CHICAGO, Jan.13 -Revolver shots were fired at three alleged freight thieves early today by policemen who had detected thenr stealing a large amount of merchandise from a freight car. Two of the men escaped, but the third was captured. He gave the name of Peter Donas and said he recently came from Milwaukee, Wis. The po lice believes that one of the thieves who escaped, was shot ; BILL STILL PENDING. WASHINGTON, Jan! 13. - Practi cally the whole session of the house today , was devoted to the discussion of an amendment to the District of Columbia appropriation bill appropri ating $10,000 for children's . play grounds. The question, occasioned i lively debate. Supporters of the pro position prevailed arid the amendment was adopted. . The .bill was still pending when. the. Jiousejdjourned. WILL BE TOTAL LOSS. BUENOS, AYRES, Jan. 13.The German steamer Wanguard, Tacoma to St. Vincent, before reported ashore at Punta Negotea is full of water and will probably prove a total loss. FINEST RAIL EVER. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-The first steel rail has been turned out at Gray, Ind., WASHINGTON WILL FIGHT GAMBLING Two bills Presented to Senate to Wipe Out Pool Room and Race Track OLYM PI A; " Jani 13. Two '' bills were presented to the Senate this afternoon making the conducting of poolrooms and racetrack gambling a 'elony, One is the measure advocated by the King County, Anti-Racing Track Gambling, League, The other differs in that the landlords of gamb ling places are not included In penal ties act and possession of parapher nalia ari not pria'in 'facie evidence ,oi guilt. Other bills introduced provide for submission of Initiatve and refer endum amendment; appropriation of $1300 for expenses of the attempt to re-open the Columbia River boundary case in the United ' States supreme court and . fi bill amending the direct primary law. ,'j ; ' , The bill also. provides for separate non-partisan judiciary ' ballot which will, permit, minority, parties to par, tlcipate ,in the selection of the judic iary from which they are now exclud ed. The bill is designed to strengthen the present law. . POOL ROOM BUSTED. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-What is de clared by the police to have been one of the biggest pool rooms In the city was broken into last night by an offi cer of the Society for the prevention of Crime, assisted by nearly 100 po licemen. The place is In East USth Street in a three story brick building Nine men, who were said to be "sheet writers" were placed under arrest. Mistakes Depot Sights for Point Arguello 2 FIREMEN DROWNED Lumber Laden Vessel Strikes on Rocks Near Surf California DISTRESS SIGNALS IN VAIN Craft Carried Crew of Twenty-four, All Are Rescued From Wreck With Exception of the Two Who Were Drowned. . SHIVELEY NOMINATED. IN'DIANAI'OLIS, Jan, 13. Form er Congressman SJiiveley was nomi nated tonight by democratic members of the legislature to succeed Senator Hemenway in the "United States Senate. " " THE MODEL WORLD. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-The. cloak model may yet prove a lasting bene fit to the human race. Through her and the ready-made clothes she dis plays woman may strike a standard figure, according to Mrs. Beatrice F. Howard in an address last night. In ready-made clothes the maker, at tempts to fit the average nearest to the perfect figure," Mrs. Howard said. "Persons who buw these ready made garments,, which have been cut to the shape of women of excellent physique, try more and more to adapt their figures to the clothes. Eventually this will produce the well shaped woman." AFTER BRIDEGROOMS. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-H the Chica go Dressmakers Club gets its own way the' obtaining of a marriage li cense will no longer be pleasure, biit an ordeaL The bridegroom will be forced to assure the license clerk that he can pay all household bills, and most important of all, the dressmakers, before he is given the coveted license, .'.',.. V w . ..i JURY HOLDS SWITCI1- fJEM RESPONSIBLE FOR WRECK ON THE GREAT NORTHERN ON LAST THURSDAY. ' BEL'UNGHAM, Wash.', JaV'iS.- Coroners jury which sat , over the bodies of Engineer Daley and Fire man Stuart, killed in the wreck of the Great Northern passenger 'train in South .Bellingham Thursday, last,, this evening brought in a verdict declar ing the switch was left open and hold ing the switch crew responsible for the accident. ' This, in spite of the fact that Forema ' William Sarlurid, fact ' that1 foreman William Sarlurid, David ,'Monoh'a.q 4 of switch crew testified that the switch was not left open, i Sarlund himself manipulated the switch. The Great Northern de tectives were riot called to testify at the inquest, but it is known they still hold the theory that the wreck was deliberately planned., . .. NEW HARVARD PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Pres ent Roosevelt, when informed today that Professor Abbot ,L. Lowell had been chosen, to succeed Dr. Elliot as president of .Harvard, declared, "I'm s pclased as Punch." He added that it is great mark of America's appre ciation of true scholarship. TENNESEE PROHIBITION. Bill Prohibiting Sale of Intoxicating Liquors Passes Senate, NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 13.-A bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicat ing liquors in Tennessee passed the lower house of the general assembly tonight, It passed the Senate yester day. Will now go to Governor Pat terson who is expected to veto it, but his veto only operates as a sugges tion, not as a stay. Prohibition advo cates declare the bill would be passed over the governor's veto. SURF, Cal., Jan. 13.-The steam schooner Sybil Marston, Captain Schillingsky commanding, which left Gray's Harbor Thursday for Redondo with 1,050,000 feet of lumber went ashore about a mile south of Surf at midnight Tuesday and is now a total wreck. John McCarthy .and Dick O'Neil, firemen, both of San Fran cisco, were washed from the decks by waves soon after the vessel struck and were drowned. McCarthy's body was recovered, and O'Neil's body is buried in the wreckage which lines the coast for almost a mile. The wreck was caused by mistaking the lights in the railroad depot at . Surf for the lighthouse at Point Arguello. The ship struck the rocks and stove a large hole amidships. The schooner carried a crew of 22 men besides the captain and two mates, the crew was unable to land last night because of high water which washed the lumber from the deck, but a line was run from the shore to the wrecked craft and the men were landed in safety. The Sybil Marston first appeared directly off Surf early last night, her engines blowing signals of distress and with, lights flashing for help. For. hours she continued to drift towards shore and down the coast, a fog obscuring the lights and drowning the sounds of the whistle. V , At daylight this morning the vessel was seen about a mile southward ly ing well in towards shore, the high breakers beating over her. f After wards the crew was observed making their effort to reach shore. There are practically no facilities here for aid ing the then to reach shore, but the residents of this sparsely settled vi cinity gathered at the heath to do everything possible. , ' v . , ' . The Sybil Marston sailed from Grays Harbor for San Pedro with 1,- 050.000 feet of lumber on January 8. Captain Charles Schuiinsky was m command, and she carried a crew of 24 men. She is owned by the Eschen Lumber & Mining Company, of San Francisco, and was built in 1907 at a cost of $138,000. She has been engag ed carrying: lumber to this port for the Blinn Lumber Company and the Southern California Lumber Co. for several months. The vessel is 215 feet in length, 42 feet in breadth,, with a depth of 16.5 feet. Her gross ton nage is 1073. John Howalnd, of San Francisco, is chief engineer. The crew besides the captain 'and three mates consists of three engineers, three fire men, two oilers, three in the steward's department and nine sailors. The Sybil Marston was launched from Boole's shipyards ' at Oakland two years ago, and was christened by Miss- Sybil Marston, of Berkeley, daughter of Captain W. H. Marston, one-third owner In the wrecked craft. RESORT TO REFERENDUM ALBANY, Jan. 13. Albany near- beer saloons secured a writ of man- damous today from Judge Galloway, requiring the City Recorder to file a petition calling for a referendum vote on the City Council, prohibiting the sate of near-beer. A hard fight in court is probable. . . The , minimum temperature last night was U degrees above, and one inch additional snow fell. KILUIIG DFflIJf:iSWAS ALLCARE- FULLY PIEEI TUBERCULAR MILK SOLD. CHICAGO,, Jan," 13 -Milk from hundreds of cows condemned on ac count of tubercular affections has been sold in Chicago residence dis tricts, imperilling the lives of thou sands, according to members of the State Pure Food Bureau, who' are now waging a war upon tubercular cattle. '.' . The revelation came in Hammond, Ind., where the inspectors of the bureau have traced hundreds of cattle condemned fa the lake county dis trict! It was supposed that these cattle had been slaughtered. Declared Real Estate t Talk AH Bogus JURYMAN IS INJURED SillE GILES AT FT. STEVENS BOARD OF OFFICERS APPOINT ED TO SELECT COURSE OF CABLES TO FT. CANBY. F ElllSIELTOI LOST PROSPECTORS BROTHER OF FRANK AND WILLIE McLEOD IS SURE OF IDENTIFICATION. TELEGRAPH CREEK,' B. C, Jan. 13. A party of prospectors from Nahalni river, report the finding of two skeletons, supposed to be those of Frank and Willie McLeod, who with" Robert Weir started from Fort Simpson in the fall of 1904 and went up the Nahalni prospecting. Among the prospectors who found the skele tons was Charlie McLeod, a brother of the McLeod brothers, who is posi tive in his identification of the skele tons. Weir's body was not found. The fact that the McLeod boys knew the country well leads Charlie Mc Leod to believe that the party was murdered. N McLeod believes Indians could clear up the mystery but he found their stories very conflicting. - STEVEHSOIiTOGOIiTEST ELECT FIERCE CONTEST ALSO IS EX PECTED OVER HOPKINS' SUCCESSOR WAbiilKiiiUN, Jan. 13. To se lect the course for the submarine cable from ; Fort Stevens to Fort Canby and for the consideration, of such other artillery questions pertain ing to fire control installation of army district of the Columbia as may arise in wnicn two or more depatmenta are concerned, the board of officers con sisting of Major George T. Bartlett, Major James. Mclndoe , and Captain W. M. Moore was appointed today. CORTELYOU NOT IT. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Reports which have reached here from Wash ington saying that George B. Cortel- you, secretary of the treasury, was to become president of the Consolidated Gas Company are said to be without woundation by officers of the com pany in New York, frank A. Van derlip, the well known banker and a director of the company, said empha tically: "There has been no offer to Mr. Cortelyou, so far as I know." The Colsolidated Gas Cornpany has been brought rather prominent before the public of late by the decision of the United States supreme court, sus taining the validity of the 80-cent gas law in this state. The management is still undecided as to what course it wiir pursue, particularly with refer ence to us subsidiary companies as to whether they will accept the court's decision as applying to them. The question of the distribution of $9,000,000 overcharge to consumers, a fund now held by a commissioner, remains more or less in abeyance. The presidency of the' company has been vacant for some time'. ' ". Cass of Thorion Mains Saved From Hiis-Trial By Injured Man's Pluck HA1NS CUTLCDK 1$ SLACK Events Crowd Fast in Hains' Trial Yesterday Prosecutor Damn to Conclude His Address to the Jury Today. FLUSHING,; Jan. 13. -Events crowded fast today in the trial of Thornton Hains. , When court ad-, joured tonight, Juror Thomas Walsh, injured tn a street car accident in New York last night, was placed in the care of a physician by Justice Crane, that his. injuries might not cause mis-trial of the case. Counsel for defense concluded summing up this afternoon and Prosecutor Darrin be gan his address to the jury and will conclude tomorrow. Only the pluck of Walsh saved the case from mis trial today. Battered almost beyond recognition) by a fall from the street lif-t-f- e .l . .... car, vvuibn came irom tne nosptrai to the court and sat through the day's trial, though at times he appeared to suffer greatly. Justice . Crane took frequent recesses that the injured juror might recover his strength. Prosecutor Darrin, following the closing address of Mclntyre for the defense, but bitterly scored defense's witnesses called to testify to the in-' sanity of Captain Hains. Only once did the prosecutor rise to an author ical climax and was talking of the kill ing of Annis. He declared in this connection that when Captain Hains ; learned Of his wife's counter charges to his divorce suit, they" planned to kill Annis and using meeting with real estate men as a framework, they hung 'the cloak of falsehood to con ceal the crime There had to be, the ( prosecutor, declared, a defense for both the defendant and the captain, and it waa agreed that the captain should plead insanity and that the de fendant only went to buy real estate " and tried to prevent his brother from' . killing the publisher. The prosecutor sarcastically said that the men carried checkbooks and not revolvers when they went to buy real estate. ' 47 RECOVERED. BLUEFIELD, Jan. .13. -Forty-seven bodies have been taken from the Lick Branch Mine, the scene of yesterday's disastrous explosion. SPRINGFIELD, Jan. ll-The legislative deadlock ended today and as a result Governor Deneen arid other Republicans chosen for state officers were declared fully elected and trill be inaugurated next Mon- day. The sehate members went into the house and acted as spectators while the election returns were be ing canvassed. Notice was taken and given of the contest filed by Adlaie Stevenson, a democrat, defeated can didate for governor. The contest must be considered by a joint session and Deneen men control the senate. They insist they-will not attend such t session. A fierce contest is feared over the election of the successor to Senator Hopkins. . DISCUSSES POWER OF THE SENATE Bacon Declares Congress Has Authority to De mand Information Wanted From Executive DOWN TO 12 AT SEATTLE. SEATTLE,. Jan. 13.-The ther mometer registered 12 degree above zero this morning, the minimum rec ord this winter. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Author-ity of Congress to direct the heads of, various executive departments to Send to Senate or House information in their possession was subject of an extended speech in the Senate today by Senator Bacon of Georgia. Bacon took the broad view that Congress had absolute power to demand from the head 6f these departments any in formation within their possession to require them to give reason for their action or non-action on any matter coming before them. Senator Lodge questioned the power of Congress to demand papers on file in depart ment ' matters' and insisted upon the right of the "President in department matters and insisted upon the right of President to exercise discretion in such matters. Senator Hale declared he does not believe that the President intended to state in his message that he would not furnish documents and information but merely declined to permit cabinet officer to furnish rea sons for the action taken. Senators Fulton, Teller, Clap,' Money and oth ers joined in the debate, all of them upholding the power of the Senate in the matter under consideration.