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r l0r- , I -I COVERS THE MORNING FIELD OM THE LOWER COLUMBIA vco Mn : ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1909 y - auiii i ljih nut uui 1 11 i PF.XE FIVE CENT3 . ABRAHAM LIIOLII'S Mil SPECIAL HUH President Roosevelt Is sues Proclamation KILL SECRETARY RAISE Bill TPassed Repealing Salary Increase to Enable Knox tor f 1 Accept Portfolio ' u . u1; ..-(I . HEMENWAY RAPS PRESIDENT Senator In Pmenting Report on Ap- orooriatlon DkUuo RooMvelt Wti Not Juitified in Making State mtntt Contained in Hi Mesuge tion to the passage of any bill for the rj-enlltmeni of the negro eoldien of the regiment acctued of hawing shot up Brownsville.: Tbe lenate adjourn ed until Monday. MORS JAP BILLS. HELENA, Mont," Feb. ll.-No- tlce waa given today by Senator Norton hat he will introduce in the legislature' a bill . providing for the aegregation of Japanese, Chinese ana Indian children in public achooli of Montana and resolution urging con- fit to malntnin the preient Chi- encluiion act and to amend that act ,o at to include the Japanese anu otlter Mongolian. ' COULON WINS. NEW YORK. Feb. 11 Johnny fni.lon. American champion bantam weluht pugilist, won tonight over Kid Murphy in the fifth, of a ached uled ten-round bout. LOOSE FOUND GUILTY. ' :"v, NEW YORK, Feb. 11. The jury in the case of Carl Loose, on trial for the killing of his 16-year-old daugh ter, tonight brought in verdict of murder in the first degree, Loose waa convicted on testimony of his two sons, one of them a minister, and hi daughter who charged her father with the heinous crime. PRESIDENT TO BE THERE. PITTSBURG. - Feb. lt.-On his .... . wav to eentennarv ceieoration m Larue county, Ken., . s President Roosevelt arrived here at 9:15 to night and departed IS minutes later. He was accompanied by Mr. Koose- velt. Mis Roosevelt, Secretary Wright, Secretary Loeb, Dr. Tracey and others. At variou stop the President wa greeted by cheering crowd. He made a brief address at Altoona and Pittsburg. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 By the joint resolution late today congres so far at possible made provision for observance of February 12, centen nial anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln a apecial holiday and authoriied the president to is sue proclamation making it effective in the District of Columbia and the Territories of Alaska, Arixona, New Mico and Hawaii. In anticipation of the passage of uch resolution af ter he departed for Kentucky, the president had prepared and signed the proclamation which wa issued as aoon a the joint resolution had been signed by the president of the senate and speaker of the house. While this proclamation applies only to the Dis trict of Columbia and territories the date of Colorado, Connectitcut, Delaware. Illinois. Kansas, Minneso ta, Nevada, New Jersey. New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Wash ington and Wyoming have by legisla tion made Lincoln' birthday a legal holiday. Report wa made to the senate to day from the committee on appro priation relative to the president' tatement concerning the attitude of eongres toward the mpport of the ecret ervic. - Senator Hemenway, who presented thi report added that the preiident 1 not Justified in mak ing the statement contained In hi message to congress. Just before adjournment the enate passed the resolution in exact form In which it bad passed the housedeclaring Feb ruary 12th to be a special holiday in h District of Columbia and In. ter- rltorie In honor of centennary of thi Wrth of Lincoln. A bill wa also passed repealing the increase in al arv of the secretary of itate o as to permit Senator ..Knox to accept the appointment a ecrtary of state, MeLaurln made a speech In opposl FLEET POSITION. NEW YORK. Feb. 11. A wireless messase from the Atlantic fleet was received tonight dated 8 p. , ret rv li. and says: "Position, lati t..A. A? ?? Innoitude. 71.47: all VM"V ww f 1 well? 1W BIS 61111 TAFT BIS President-Elect is En thusiastically Received ENDORSES LOCK CANAL ' .?v V. f 1 Declares it to be the Best Type ' Possible for Great Waterway OUTLINES INAUGURAL SPEECH HAS 'EM GUESSING. ifERLIN. Feb. li. Intense cur iosity being displayed concerning Sir Charles Harding's conference , with Chancellor Von Buelow last night. Authoritatives, however, main strict est silence except to say that every subject touched upon, in which the oolicv of both nation is interested and that the result i most satisfac tory. .The indisposition of King Ed ward, who is suffering from a mild attack of bronchial catarrh i o slight that he wa able to carry out the greater part of the day pro gram as pre-arranged. STEEIs PASSENGER CARS. CHICAGO. Feb. 11 After an in tla?it'rn into the efficiency all steel cars, the Rock Island has" de cided to adopt thi tyle for all it nituiwn nervice. Contracts nave beett let for .the immediate construe tion of 69 all steel cars for service on the throueh train. Delivery of these cars will begin early in May and by ihe last of the month, all of the or drr. which contemplates an expendi ture of more than $1,000,000, will be service. MOTHER AND TWO OTHER CHILDREN FATALLY IN JURED IN FARM FIRE. USED GAS TO END HIS " DEEP SORROW " ALLEN DEPUE COMMITS SUI CIDE IN CHURCH LEAVES STRANGE MESSAGE, Judge Will Submit Hi Addreaa to Certain Friend in Washington Which Give Detailed and Com plete Report of Work on Canal CHICAGO, Feb. 11. -A ga filled room In the rear of the church of whlrh ha has been financial secretary. . i.tr nf f.rewell written on the back of the map of the Holy Land which hung on the wall thi wa the closing scene of the life of Allen Depue, who, despite the spelling of hi name mid he was I distant KM tlva of Chauncey Depew. "These forts rima out at the inauest today. Depue ha been financial aecretary of the Roseland Central Presbyterian church. Mra. Depue, a widow, teen- tied that her husband told ber he h. heen systematically black mailed since boyhood, but never told her of tt,.tptaili.. Recently trustee pi church accused htm of shortage of several hundred dollar. After in din tin if fin his Innocence, Depue promised to return the money last Monday. In this, he latlea ana m body wa found by the pastor oi the church just before the evening prayer meeting ; - - r 5AT.ltM. Mass.. Feb. ll.-Relatives of Allen Depue are, a loss to, under stand reference to blackmail ROC1ITSTER. N. Y., Feb. 11.- Two girla were burned to death and the mother - fatally injured ana two other children of the same family badly hurt in a fire that destroyed a farm dwelling near Rexvilie toiay PLUCKY TELEPHONE GIRL CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Following the recent example of Jack Binns, the wireless operator of the steamer Re public, Ml May Donnelly, a night telephone operator, proved herseit a heroine early today in a fire which destroyed a freight house of the Wa bash railroad, causing a loss of nearly half a million. While the flames ra erf about her. Miss Donnelly remain ed at the switchboard notifying the different employes in the yards of thi fire until she was overcome by smoke Clerk found her unconscious in front of the switchboard and carried her to a place of safety, where she waa re vived. , . , ,- THE AGRICULTURAL C1LL SE PASSES FIFTEEN 0!i TRIAL FOR BAILEY MURDER MEN ACCUSED OF LYNCHING FARMER BECADSE HE RE- FUSED TO HOLD UP PRICES NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 11.- Pr.iHnt.clf-et : Taft landed here .Unni hffnre 3 o'clock this after- from Panama and was enthus'r- ...u,ii rr,vrA. He will be the' AO V J -" - ritv' cmest until Saturday morning "-J - o - - t Taft made a brief speech this auer .n heartilw 'aoDrovmit the lock canal acros the isthmus. Tomorrow he will address tne ne- rro Y. M. C. A. and at o'clock wm be the guest of honor at an elaborate banquet On the trip from Panama, Taft made the first chart of his in augnural address. This he intends to submit to certain friends in wasn- t. T-f ;n Vila anrh ington next ween. will say that a board of engineers have examined the whole work and say it is good; that it shall go on a it has gone on; that the organization of the Isthmus,' the Africa push and good feeling there, and the work of that class and convince them tnai inc canal is now an immediate prospect- Taft' entry into New Orleans was interest. He came up the Mississippi on the scout cruiser Bir mingham at a fast rate, all shipping on the river in gala' dress and as far .toien miles below the city tne alive with tugs and stern wheelers having aboard crowds ot .fcnntinff citizens. He was met eigm SpIow the city by a local re ntinn committee. A parade in whicn ...... ..- h nartic bated immediately auer landing had been waiting for an hour and Taft took his place at once ai .1,- hvarf in a caniaee drawn by four horses. QRE60 M? GOIO IIIE il- liH IB MINERS ESCAPE., YUZVOKA, Russia, Feb. ll.-The 125 miner imprisoned in Catherine mine for two day following explo sionFebruary 9, and whose lives were despaired of, escaped from the mine today, through an abandoned gallery.' :' r" I ANOTHER CURE-ALL. Anti-Toxin fa Discussed to Prevent Three Diseases. Weapon to bo Used , to Force Harriman . 2 BILLS INTRODUCED APPROPRIATION MEASURE ADOPTED PRACTICALLY A AS IT CAME IN. ; ANOTHER BRIDGE MAY SPAN COLUMBIA Oregon and . Washington May Join in Building 1 Structure if Introduced Bill Passes itfORT SMITH. Ark.. Feb. 11.- Charged with murder In the, first de gree, 15 men, farmers of Scott coun tv. weer olaced on trial today at Waldron. Defendants are accused of membership in the mob which three mbnths ago called out John Bailey and lynched him.., The murdered man had been warned to .leave the coun try because of his refusal to hold his crop at higher prices. i m CLOUGHEN GETS RECORD. NEW YORK, Feb. ll.-Bobby Cloughen hung up the new world's fianres for 130 yards at the 14th regi ment eames in Brooklyn tonight Time: 12 ,4-5 seconds.1 The former record is 13 flat , held by" Wendell Baker of Harvard since 1886. OLMPIA, Feb. ll.-Actlng Gov- ernor Hay approved the anti-race-track gambling bill this afternoon, .. -:..!.... ..arance that the act mus givin will become effective June 11.-- The new law puts bookmaking and pool selling in the felony class. Oregon and Washington may join in building ,a bridge across the Columbia be tween Portland and Vancouver, legis 1 lature today having consented to the .appointment of a committee to con lit, committee already ap pointed in Oregon. One of thetate good road association bill wa de feated this afternoon because mem bers objected to the provision pro hibiting the blocking of wagon wheels on hills, The bill was de signed to give protection to macada mized roads. Bills introduced today include one appropriating $30,000 for the enter tainment of national irrigation con gress which convene in Spokane on Aiimist 9. and a bill establishing state powder factory at the reforma tory at Monroe. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. The agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the house today practical ly as it came trom ine coimiun- The debate dragged wearily on for several hour when the proceedings were enlivened by a brief but spirited tilt between Macon and Cook. Suc cessful fight led by Sebath was made, against the bill amending the naturalization laws which among other things increased naturalization from five to ten dollars. By empha tic vote a conference report on. the measure was rejected. SATISFIED WITH IT. NEW YORK. Feb. ll.-The new postal sea service between this coun try and France was inauguratea to day on the Fench line steamer . Le Bretagne, sailing tor navre. rust master Edward M. Morgan, of New York and, P. Faguet, general agent of the Compagnie General Trans-Atlao- tiaue here, both expressed themset ves today enthusiastically about the new service and are hopeful of its success and permanent establishment between the two countries. ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE -.1 nr ninrnnif VlbtKUT BOSTON. Feb. 11. After two year work and experimenting, a vac. cine which it is said will successful ly check the eerms of pneumonia. blood poisoning and typhoid fever. has been been discovered -in the labo ratory of Tuft' medical school. The announcement is made through Dr. Timothy Leary, head pathologist at the school, who" said that an anti toxin for these three diseases had been oerfected" and that arrangments would soon be made to supply phy-j icians. The pathologists worked in to practical use the theories advanced by Sir A. E- Wright of London, that dead germs automatically create an anti-toxin in the blood for all living fferms of the same kind- In other words, dead germs in the blood form a poison that is fatal to all living fferma of the aame kind with which it come in contact. Following out thi theory, it was proved that it is pos sible to inject into the blood dead germs and that after the inocculation they will form this anti-toxin, fatal to all living germs of the same kind. Working on this, it was only a question of isolating the germ in question- OPPOSES POSTAL BILL. Measures Before Legislature to ; Amend Constitution are .. : Favored fi NEW GAME CODE PASSED WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-The hank hill was before the Senate durinst most of the session i today, and Senator Heyburn of Idaho . spoke in opposition to it BELL FOUfID GUILTY OF liiiiTER-: CELEBRATION STARTED. ROCKEFELLER SUIT. NSW YORK. Feb. 11. Decision was reserved by Justice Gerard In the supreme coart today after he had heard arguments upon the writ of habeas corpus introduced Dy council for aSmuel S- Carvalho, Bradford Merrill and Edward Clark, officers of the Star Company, which publishes the New York American, for criminal libel instituted by John D.. Rockefel ler, Jr. ,...'. RHMR THROWN AT TKAIN THOUGHT TO BE OCCUPIED BY LORD MINTO. . CALCUTTA, Feb. 11 A bomb was thrown at a railroad train near BarracksDtir, 15 miles north of here yesterday, and investigation results the suspicion that it was intended ror the viceroy, Lord. Minto. He was due to pass that place but it so hap pened that he took another train. JEFF GIVES OPINION. . NEW YORK, Feb. 11 Tonight saw the beginning of the' greatest memorial celebration ever planned for a ereat man when Lincoln meet- Ws were held at the Broadway tabernacle in Trinity school and the lewish theological seminary, bena tnr Rorah and Congressman , Olco.tt were among the speakers. JURY SHOW NO MERCY FOR MEN WHO . KILLED HIS . , WIFE'S BETRAYER. , nPMVRR. Feb. 11. Within less than two hours after the arguments ended this afternoon, the jury in the case of Burdette Bell who shot the actor, Cuvier Dury to death a month ago, returned the verdict of voluntarly manslaughter During the trial Bell's wife told the story of her relations with Dury, saying she was attracted to him by the promise of a career on the stage., The shooting occurred in tbe hallway of a room ing house where Dury and Mrs. Bell had been living together. . Spirited oCntest Over Game Law la Regard to Bounty For Cougar ana Coyote Scalp Provisions Will Not Adjourn Today. ... SALEM. On, Feb. 11. Intermit tently for the purpose of giving the people a club with which to try to force E- H. Harriman to build rail roads in Oregon two measures are before the legislature; The first i an amendment to the constitution which permit the state to go into the rail road business. The other is a bill creating a highway commission. The proposed, amendment if passed, will go before the people for ratification in 1911. In the meantime if the highway commission bill is passed, its members will gather data and se lect a route for the railroad, presum ably through Central .Oregon first. To assist , in the passage of these measures delegation ot prominent Portland business men came to Sa lem tonight to confer with the mem-v bers. The object of Portlanders in addition to securing changes in bills f making them more specific, wa to solict suoDort. W- W. Cotton, chiet counsel of Harriman lines was also , in attendance. The house this after. noon defeated the bill to submit to the people,, the question whether beer could be sold in dry district separately from whisky. What was considered "joker"' was discovered in the bill and it was summarily killed.' The senate ' passed a new game code this afternoon. There was a spirited contest while this bill was tinder discussion between the East ern and Western Oregon senators over cougar and coyote scalp bounty provisions. After threats had been.maoe morning by the house to defeat the senate bills because of the salary measures tetded by governor were not carried over the veto by senate, a compromise was affected and one of the bills was taken by the senate and passed. In return the house re considered and passed one of the senate bills it had killed this morning. ?;: (Continued on page 61 1 FRESNO. CaL, Feb. 11. When tnlH of Billv Dclaney's off to match him with Al Kaufman, J. J. Jettnes expressed surprise. "Kaufman could not lick a postage stamp," was the laconic comment. Sam Berger, Jef rics sparring partner, says that he be lieves that the big fellow is .getting ready to re-enter the ring. SPENT $107,793. MADISON, ' Feb. 11. -United States Senator Stephenson, through his agents expended $107,793 as can didate for nomination for ottice, United States Senator incident to the primary election of September 1. 1908. This is shown by his omciat statement filed, with the secretary of state this afternoon. COW CONSUMPTION. CHICAGO. Feb. 11 With cows sufferine from tuberculosis coming into the state at the rate of 10,000 a year, the Illinois board of livestock commissioners announced that it had been compelled virtually to suspend the testing of dairy herds and gian dered horses because the "slaughter fund" of $10,000 appropriated by the state, has been exhausted. TELLS OF PLOT TO BREAK JAIL Cell Mate of Bezemer Relates the LatteKs Plans Murder Jailer and Release Prisoners BELLINGHAM, Wash.. Feb. 11 A special to Reville . from Mount yernon says a sensation was caused today during the trial of Leo Beze mer, charged with kidnapping Ed arH Enclish. a wealthy lumberman. when Fred Wheeler, a cellmate of Bezemer, testified that Bezeier con fided; to him a plot to murder Jailor Beardslee, to steal his keys and re lease the 20 prisoners that were in jail Wheeler declared that he pre tended to fall in with Bezemer's idea. bur later told the story to the sher iff. While Wheeler was giving tes timony, Bezemer arose and cursed his cellmate, creating a sensation in the crowded courtroom. The state's case against Bezemer still rests on oii-rumstantial evidence. . The trial will not be concluded this week.