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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1909)
86th YEAR, NO. 49. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1899 PRICE FIVE CEKT3 APPROPRIATION GACE HOUSE Forest Service Hethods Denounced by Hepburn HOUSE DEFIES SENATE Rejects Its Amendments to the ' Legislative Appropriation Salary Bill INVOLVES SALARY PRESIDENT Many Parliamentary Tangle and and Snarlt Occurred During Debate and Imerferred With tha Meeting of tha Different Committee. WASHINGTON, D. C Feb, 24. Thi agricultural appropriation bill was discussed In the Senate moit o( tha day. Senator McCumber of North Dakota ipoka (or eight fixed tUndsrds (or grain and declared the present practice make it impossible for the tale of western grain at price to which it ie reaty entitled. Hepburn denounced the methodi of adminiitering the foreit service Comideratlon of tha bill wa not concluded. Upon Senator Foraker of Ohio and Clark of Arkansa. depends whether the judiciary committee of the Senate will declare the absorp tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company by the United Stales Steel Corporation to have been in viola tion of the Sherman Anti-Trust law and whether President Roosevelt had the right to sanction the merger. The committee today considered the re port of a majority of the sub-committee which Investigated the merger and by a vote of three to two con demned the merger and the Presi dent's action in permitting It. Final ly It was agreed to meet next Frl day and vote on the report. Sena tors Kittredge. Culberson and Over man who signed the majority report declared the vote of the committee will be at leaat seven to six for its adoption. The claim is opposed by Clark of Wyoming and Dillingham, a minority of the sub-committee and by Knox who is working to uphold the President's course. Other mem bers do not profess know how Clark of Arkansas and Foraker will vote. Those who are Ten own to be for the raport are Nelson and Kittredge, Re publicans; Bacon, Culberson, Over man and Raynor, Democrats, Against It are Clark of Wyoming," Depew, FISHERIES BILL Same Measure as Agreed Upon by the Two States at the Meeting in Seattle OLYMPIA, Feb. 24,-Tlie act in dorsed by the Commercial Travelers' "and the Hotelkecpers' I Associations, regulating hotels and lodging houses, has , passed bbth branches of the Legislature, the House adopting it this morning by 72 to 12. The act requires fire escapes on hotels of more than two stories, and the keeping of ropes in rooms of hotels of less than three stories. It re quires the bedding to be-of the-present standard size, and fixes numerous sanitary regulations. An .attempt in the House this morning to increase BILLS ill Ell- Al SENATE ibiks !xjLfcj.-:autf-ctagjc; -.- it sswsa Dillingham, Knox and Fulton, Re publicans. Upon the suggestion of Overton the report was modified to declare that the deal "Appears to the committee to be a violation of the law." WITH WAR PAINT ON. House Goes After Senate's Pet Sal ary Measure. ' WASHINOTOnTd. C, Feb. 24. With war paint on, the House today defied the Senate ' by rejecting its amendments to the legislative appro priation bill providing for salary In crease, for the President, Vice-President, Speaker, judiciary and for crea tion of the offices of undersecretary and fourth assistant secretary of state. Party lines were obliterated completely. Many parliamentary tangles occurred during the debate that caused the Speaker to wield the gave! with great frequency. Interest in the House debate on the salary increase interfered twice today with the meeting of the house committee on postoffices and post road to consider in the Senate the ocean mall subsidy bill. A meeting will be held tomorrow morning and it Is believed the bill' will then be reported. Member said to stand The members ara said to stand 10 to S In Its favor. It Is planned to bring in a special rule for passage of the bill if it is favorably acted upon. TUFT FISHES SELECT- NG HIS CUT FRANKLIN MAC VEAGH OF CHICAGO TO BE SECRE TARY OF TREASURY. ' NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-President Elect Taft completed his cabinet to day with the offer of the treasury portfolio and Its acceptance. That the offer was made and accepted by Franklin MacVeagh of Chicago ia as near positive statement of what 1 believed the fact a may be made in the face of an absolute refusal by Taft to throw any light on the situa tion. In "spite of the strong belief that MacVeagh hat accepted the portfolio it is report the nam of A. B. Hepburn of New York, former comptroller of currency, had figured largely in the conference on the sub ject, It is assumed that should any thing eliminate MacVeagh from the list, Hepburn would be selected. ALMOST ALL IN. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24. E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, is again reported as very low this afternoon. PASSED SENATE the size of sheets to nine feet failed. The Legislature has also passed an act requiring the use of standard cabooses on all freight trains. The Senate passed a bill prescrib ing fishing regulations affecting the Columbia River, in accordance with the conference agreement reached be tween legislative committees from Oregon and Washington. It passed also a school code prepared by t commission appointed by the Gov ernor and a bill requiring Supreme Court Justices to wear gowns . in court. . DRY COUNTIES IN INDIANA. Forty-one Out of a Total of 92 Have 'the Lid On. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 24As the result of local option election held in five counties yesterday 41 or In diana's 92 counties have declared against the tale of liquor. Elections wilt be held in (even more this week. GAMBLERS DOWN AND OUT. Nevada Assembly Passes the Anti Gambling Act by Big Majority. CARSON, Nev, Feb. 24 Assem bly bill No. 74, better known as the anti gnmbling bill, a bill directed to prohibit licensed gambling in Ne vada, came up by special order in the Assembly at 2:10 o'clock this af ternoon. After heated arguments the bill was pased by a vote of 27 to 20. ENGINEERS ADVOCATE GAIU11 01 SYSTEI1 INDULGE IN SARCASTIC COM, MENT ON ENGINEER'S RE PORT . OF CANAL. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 24.- Earnest advocates of the Gatun dam to confine the waters of the Chagres River at Panama were found among members of American institutes during their discussion of the Pana ma canal today. Opposition to the lock type was led by Henry G. Granger of Cartegena, Columbia, who atttacked the report made by the engineers who went to Panama with Taft. If an engineer had to go he declared it unfortunate that their nominator did not pass through the office of the Chicago drainage canal and go to the camps of contractors who had to use their brains to save money by new meth ods and devices. It was also to be regretted that engineers were chosen who had been found guilty of teeing a point and generating a germ of an idea which they fostered into care ful development. PASSES ANTI-ALIEN BILL. CARSON, Nev., Feb. 24.-The Senate of Nevada Legislature today passed the anti-alien bill which had already been adopted by the assem bly. It is in the form of a joint con current resolution providing that all aliens and foreigners shall be exclud ed from federal and state grazing lands, and the national congress is asked to pass such a bill 1 GOVEBT TO OPER ATE STEAMSHIP LIE BILL INTRODUCED IN CON GRESS APPROPRIATING $10,000,000 FOR PLAN. WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 24. Representative McLachal of Cali fornia, introduced a bill directing the Panama Railroad Company toj oper ate a line of steamers between the Principal American ports on the Pacific Coast and western .terminus of the railroads at Panama. In an ad dress to the House he explained that the bill authorizes an appropriation of $10,000,000 for the purchase or construction of ten stecamers of 5000 tons capacity and actual speed of 12 knots. The ports of call will be Se attle, Tacoma, San Francisco, San Pedro and San Diego which would be connected with New York by means of the Panama Railroad and Altantic steamers. OREGON WINS. SALT LAKE,' Feb. 24.-The Ore gon 'basketball team of The Dalles, Oregon, defeated the University of Utah today by a score of 35 to 24. UGLY FACTS ARE Brought Out in Cooper Sharpe Murder Trial COOPER IS DEFAULTER Testimony Shows He Was Short When iCIerk and Master of Chancery SAYS BAD MANAGEMENT CAUSE Thousand of Dollar of tha State's Money Invested in Mexican Silver Mine With Former State Treas urer Polk Also a Heavy Defaulter. NASHVILLE, Feb. 24.-"We ex pect to prove Colonel Cooper a de faulter to the extent of more than $100,000 while clerk and master of chancery of Maury county." This announcement by the attorneys for the prosecution caused much dissen sion in today's trial of Sharpe and Cooper, charged with the killing of former Senator Carmack. After an exciting day the session closed with Colonel Cooper yet on the stand. Cooper said in answer to questions as to supposed irregularities in his office of clerk and master of chancery was due to bad management and poor bookkeeping, that every dollar was made good. The State had resurrected some old legislative records concerning an in vestigation into the defalcation of the State Treasurer, M. T. Polk, in the early 80s and offered to prove that thousands of dollars of the State' money was invested by Polk with others in Mexican silver mine scheme' and other financial undertakings and Cooper today admitted that Polk wa his partner in the ventures but claimed that he (Cooper) never handled the money and had no knowl edge it had been taken from the State's strong-box. NEGRO ATTEMPTS OUTRAGE. PITTSBURG, Feb. 24. -Another, white girl was the victim of an at tempted assault here by a negro last night. The police today have arrested 15 negro suspects. DENIED THE ALLEGATION. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The cross examination of Mabel McCausland, complaining witness in the case of Mrs. Margaret Teal, charged with attempted subornation of perjury in connection with the Frank J. Gould divorce case wai completed at to day's session of the trial. Efforts were made by the counsel to show that Miss McCausland, while pre tending friendship for Mrs. Teal had tried to entrap her. Miss McCaus land denied the imputation. MEET IN SEPTEMBER. OMAHA, Feb. 24.-The date of the national meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles to be held at Omaha has been fixed for September 13 to 20, inclusively. , ' ERlfccT TENEMENT HOUSES. NEW YORK, Feb. 24- It was an- nounced today that Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Sr., has given more than one million dollars for the erection of four modern tenements for persons suffering from tuberculosis. The buildings are to be operated in con nection wth Dr. Henry L. Silveys, tuberculosis clinic of the Presbyter ian hospital. A moderate rental will be charged. , PITTSBURG GRAFT CASES. PITTSBURG, Feb. 24-Testimony was introduced in the graft cases to the effect that Councitmen Brand and Klein had each been seen to ac cept $500 for their influence in the support of legislation and that the attempt has been made to take flash light picture of Councilman Washon while in the alleged act of taking $300 from the detectives. ELECTS OFFICERS. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 24.-The discussion of the proper methods of treating arid soils occupied the atten tion of the trans-Missouri dry farm ing congress today. Edwin F. Nor ris, Governor of Montana, was unani mously chosen president for the en suing year and his selection makes it evident that Billings, Mont., will be the next meeting place. WRECK ON O. R. & N. Newly Married Fireman Killed on First Trip After Marriage. COLFAX, Wash,. Feb. 24.-The O. R. & N. freight west-bound wa wrecked at Scott, 28 miles west of Granger city tonight. O. V. Baer, a fireman, was crushed to death be neath the engine. John Roddy, the engineer, escaped injury. The wreck was caused by a rock overhanging the cliffs, falling on the track, break ing out a section of the outside rail on a curve. The engine and 12 cars plunged down a bank. The wreck ing train is at work. Baer was mar ried here Saturday to Miss Bessie Barnes. This was his first trip since the marriage. JOHNSON STILL WORKING, SACRAMENTO, Feb. 24.-Assem-blyman Grove L. Johnson; whose anti-Japanese bills aroused the an tagonism of Roosevelt, introduced in the legislature today a joint resolu tion asking congress for a convention to amend the constitution so as to prohibit polygamy. It requests all other Legislatures now in session to join the movement IMPRISONED m 1,1 TOL RELEASED SHOW GREAT STRAIN THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH FOR 24 HOURS. SEATTLE, Feb. . 24.-The nine men imprisoned in ; a sewer tunnel cave-in on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition grounds from 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning, Were liberated at 6:50 this morning, and the body of one dead man was recovered. At least one more corpse is known to still be buried in the shaft. Those released are: John D- Har rington, miner; Dan Horan, miner; W. Gregory, concrete worker; John Mahoney, concrete worker; Thomas McNamara, miner; Martin Vissers, concrete worker; Dan McGinnis, carpenter; J. Quillen, concrete worker. The dead are: Duncan Robertson, August Stangel. Missing: F. W. Jones, may be in debris. .... , s'fi' The liberated men showed clearly the great strain to which they had been subjected, and as they crawled and were half dragged from the shaft, the scene was dramatic. The rescued and rescuers crowded about each other to grasp hands while tears coursed down the cheeks of the men. TREATIES, ARE ADOPTED. WASHINGTON, D. C-, Feb. 24. The treaties with Panama and Co lombia relative to the Panama canal was ratified by the Senate today. Resolutions were adopted, however, to obviate the necessities of submit ting to arbitration the questions con nected with legislation of the cities of Panama and Colon. HI CIIIM SB THE V E T 0 M Oil 21 GILLS COMMITTED TO THE TOMBS. Wa Formerly Wife of Former Priv ate Secretary of Ja. J. HilL. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Mr. Mar garet Teal, charged with attempted subornation of perjury in the Frank J. Gould divorce suit was committed to the Tomb prison today by Judge Foster. Heretofore she had been un der $5000 bait ST. PAUL, Feb. 24.-Mr. Teal, when she lived in St Paul about three years ago, was the wife of W. J. Toomey, then private secretary for J. J. Hill. Toomey was divorced from his wife and then left the em ploy of Hill. Mrs. Toomey later brought a breach of promise suit against a prominent St. Paul physi cian. LOOS ESFIFTYTHOUSAHO DOLLAR raUCE NO TRACE OF JEWELS HAVE YET BEEN FOUND AND POLICE NOTIFIED SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-A $50,000 pearl necklace of Miss Jennie Crocker of this city was stolen at the Mardi Gras ball given by Mrs. Charles O. Alexander at the St Francisco Hotel last night- The theft was not reported to the police until tonight though numerous Pinkerton detectives have been at work on the case since the loss was discovered. There is no clue- ; U "... Miss Crocker did not discover the loss until afetr 4 o'clock this morn ing. It is supposed the cord contain ing the jewels broke allowing them to fall to the floor. The sweepings of all the rooms occupied by the ball guests last night were collected and examined but no trace of the pearls could be found. EXPRESS CLERK KILLED. HUTCHINSON, Kas , Feb. 24.- Jesse Haymaker, the night clerk of Wells Fargo Express Company at the Santa Fe depot, was shot and in stantly iklled here early today by a robber who then looted the office safe. Haymaker was killed with bis own revolver, GANGWAY SLIPS. HAMBURG. Feb. 24.-Ten were killed and 17 injured by the slipping of a gangway between the wharf and the steamer Kaiser Auguste Victoria which was beinjr loaded oeroaratorv to sailing for New York. No pas sengers were among the victims. WILL REMAIN ON COLUMBIA RIVER Headquarters of the Thirteenth Lighthouse Dis trict Will Not be Removed to Puget Sound PORTLAND, Feb. 24.Puget Sound will not become the headquar ters of this lighthouse district instead of Portland, the matter having been definitely settled and perhaps for all time. ' Captain Charles F. Pond, light house inspector, received official no tice from the lighthouse board of Washington, D. , C, this morning that the headquarters would not be moved from Portland to Bellingham. The decision is in accordance with the recommendation' made some months ago by Captain Pond and Major J. F. Mclnde, the latter of the corps of United States engineers. Hits Bill Amending Bank Deposit La.v IN FAVOR OF SECTION 2 Careful Nat to Strike Any Cl)!s That Give Him Any Added Patronage BANK LIBEL BILL BUTCHERED Take a Whack at Newspapers of the State by Vetoing Bill For Publish- . ing Delinquent Tax ListsProper ty Should be Taken Without Notice SALEM, Or, Feb. 24. Governor Chamberlain wielded the veto ax with a vengeance all day yesterday, late last night and this morning, with the result that at noon today the heads of 21 bills enacted by the re cent session of the Legislature are resting in the Chief Executive's waste basket Fourteen House bills were filed this morning with the Secretary of State and three Senate bills, with out the approval of the Governor. One of the most important bills vetoed by the Governor is Senate bill 144, amending the bank deposit laws of the State, Governor Chamberlain says in his message that if section 2, which removes an ambiguity in the present law, stood alone, he would approve it, but that section 1 has the effect of releasing the State Treas urer from personal liability on his official bond for any moneys that might be lost by reason of the failure or insolvency of any bank which becomes a depositor; under this act and in the opinion of the Governor, it might have the effect of invalidat ing the Treasurer's bond. "Any act which has the effect of releasing an official on his bond is against sound public policy," says the Governor, "and I return the bill with my veto." Another bill which fell under the ax was Senate bill 162, which pro vides for the publication of taxe which might become delinquent upon real property . Senate bill 114 makes it a misde meanor for any one wilfully and ma liciously to instigate or circulate or transmit any statement untrue in fact derogatory to the financial condition or solvency of any bank, banking in fContinued on page 6) Portland was held to be the logical point for the headquarters of the dis trict which embraces the Oregon, Washington and Alaska coasfs. However, early last Fall the citi zens of Puget Sound concluded to make a fight looking to a change in the location of ' the headquarters and the plant. It was decided that Bell ingham, a smallport on the Sound, would be sufficiently close to Seattle to make the prize worth while. Through the various commercial or ganizations up that way and with the assistance of the Washington delegation in Congress the task wa3 undertaken.