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RECEIVES GREAT
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Ex-Presidonl Roosevelt Warmly
Received by the People of
Naples on Arrival
EMPEROR SENDS BEST WISHES
spirit mid expreised himself at look
Ing forward impatiently to his arrivd
at Mombans. Following luncheon.
Rooievelt proceeded in motor cr
with Crlncom to Capodimote to meet
the Duke and Ducheit Aoita at their
palace. He wai welcomed at the
palace entrance and the duke, who
represented the Kin a- of Italv. rerelv
ed him In private, the two conversing
at lengtn. I he duke cxpretied th
hope that Rooievelt would meet the
Count of Turin who it now hunting
In Africa. The party then made th?
(rip to Poillpo and the ex-Preeident
wai recognized and cheered all atomr
the way. returning to Naolei. Ron...
velt received the civic authoritlei at
the hotel and cordial exnreisloni nf
friendship In the name of Italy and
tn untied statei were exchanged.
After dinner at the hotel Rooievelt
boarded the ateamer Admiral which
7 M l ' convey him to MombasU and
For MotnbaaM With Him and Hit which wai ready to tall at midnigh
Party Aboard and be Will Soon be He wai accompanied on board by
In the Country of Big Oam . Grlacom and Lieutenant-Commander
(Belknap, who will go Menina with
( Mm. Th ex-Preslden'i quarter!
aboard the Admiral were filled with
NAPLES, April 3. Theodore "owe" which had come from admir-
Rooievelt paaied several houra in '"'n chief among these were
wapiei today and waa given many
STORY OF SIIBSIIICE- OF 1 EARTH AI FORI
MB. A CARI1D PORE AIIO SDPIE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Major G. T. Bartlett, Commanding There, Denies
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unequivocally-Tale a Raid Gratuity and De
liberate Effort to Injure This Section and
People Bad Newspaper Work
it
evidence i of hit popularity with the
Italian people. The iteamer Ham
burg, on which Rooievelt waa t pat
aenger, coming in aoon after noon,
wai greeted with blowing of wblitK
fluttering of many flaga and playing
of band. The Italian warahipi in;
the harbor, iteamert, private yachta:
and craft of all kinda were drew d '
In bunting and aignal flagi, added to j
plctureiqneneu of the acene which ;
Rooievelt characteriied at magnifi
cent Great crowda waited for his
appearance on the atreeti and when
ha rode along in an automobile he
wai greeted with enthuiiaim that
aitoniihed him. Three houra elapn4
between the arrival of the Hamburg
and the landing of the former Preii-
oent, at Roosevelt wiihed personally
to iiiperintend the handling
baggage of which there wai
large quantity. When the Preildo t
finally came ashore and waa recog
niied by the populace he wai eivjn
bunched red, white and black carna
tion! from the German Emperor and
a great cluster of fragrant blonomi
from the Empreu.
STEAL SOU CASE GI-
. Till EVIDENCE
STOLEN FROM DEPOT PLAT
FORM WHILE IN THE CUS
TODY OF ATTORNEY.
DETROIT. April S.-A News ipec-
Iftl trem 1-7 1 a i t it n t 11. .Li
01 Attorney F. R. Frethman'i luitcase,
a very ,,.ii ... ..... .
- vuihiii me eviuence lor use in
the Governor Haakell vi. W. R.
Hearst libel suit wai itolen from th
.n . nu hi. v'" w "t wicnigan tentr.l
thai Tit -Seem. f ,h. ,.U.n. 7 n R,iIwljr s,,ion ,ber Saturday nigh'
'I""0 Ashman had been taking deooai
hiks muKo noise as Americans. i. . . . , .
after .11 . Arriving hi. w.i tIon' of number ol H"tin Pple
Roosevelt received with re..e,t' W.h0 Vn k,'hora the time
.uti- .u. l.j ...u.-.j . . WMn c0" McKeynoid'i room was
i. t. entered and aome of hu papera iciaed,
v wl,., . . . , out of which the action for libel grew,
" German eon.,,1 l .h. f .h. "a,ke" "ad previouily taken depoal-
Emperor carrying to Rooievelt the'0"' Um ,hc '""e pW,0tu
warmeit gatheringi and a letter In !
which the Emperor exprened the SWIFT TUNNELLING
hope that he would iee Rooievelt in j
Belin on his return. In reply Roose- LOS ANGELES, April 5. Aque
velt told the consul-general to inform duct engineers and minera have added
the Emperor he would certain go to to their laurels for rapid construction
Berlin and tell the Emperor "How by what they believe is the American
white men can live and fight in 31 day tunnel record for boring ee
Africa." cavation in hard rock with two shifts
Roosevelt told the American am- at work. Twice in succession the
bassddor later that he would certain- American three shift remrA haa
ly go to the Vatican to see the Pope broken on the Elizabeth tunnel and
it Urn ..I!. J Dam. ' - . t. . .... . 1 '
i iic tiaiicu jwiiic. now me new nonors go 10 me men at
Luncheon was served at the hotel, work on the Jawbone Division 18
among those with the ex-President miles north of Mojave. In March
being Ambassador Grlscom, Consul- forces at work under the direction of
Crowninshield, Mrs, Crowninshield, Superintendent L- S. Preston made
Lieutenant-Commander Logan, John total distance of 370 feet on each of
W. Garrett, First Secre'vy of the the tunnels. Between five and six
In response to a direct inauirv. ves
tcrday. as to what he knew of the
truth of the etatcments made in the
Portland Oregonian of Saturday ami
yesterday, Major G. T. Bartlett, com
manding the forti at the mouth of the
Columbia, told the editor of this
paper that he "knew absolutely noth
ing of the reported subsidence of the
earth under the batteries at Fort
Stcvcna nor in that neighborhood, ex
cept what had appeared in the papers;
that he was commandinc officer, in
charge of the military interests there,
and that knowledge of any condition
of the sort would be in his possession
before it was in anyone else's; and
that there waa aimply nothing to it."
Thli, on the word of the man rep
resenting million! of dollan worth of
government property and interests;
in instant and intimate touch with
every concievable condition and
change that exist or takes place in
that section of the country, and to
whom such a matter at the sinkitiir
of a battery plane would be of erave
significance, is quite enough to put
the ban of the canard unon the sillv
stories peddled out by the Oreaonian.
and who neglected its first duty, as a
leading and influential newspaper in !
printing the ituff without havinir eon.
firmed it at first, official handa. i
coin in hoi
SESSION
The rest of the inspired yarn, touch
ig inc caving i of the earth at
Havel, at Warrenton, and the mart.
ed subsidence of the jettyrockaway.
may be charged to the same irre
sponsible source from which the Ore-
Ronign got it, as false and vaoid'ai
the particulars alleged about the fort.
Major Bartlett, in the course of his
conversation with the reoresenrl.
of the Astorian, made the remark
hat "the Oregonian must certainlv
have a well-informed correspondent
down here; one who knew what he
was talking about" a bit of ainV..l
criticism that will be appreciated bet
ter in the "tall tower" when the range ,
i me oiunder that has been made
there, is realized.
The whole tissue of fa!hnvia,
presented in this case by the Oregon
tan, smacki of a purpoie to injure
tins section; to disparage the continu
ance of Work on the jetty: to deore-
cate any extension of imDrovempnt.
at the military posts down here, and
to otherwise belittle the month nf tU
Columbia, its towns and people and
industries. Theraw irratuitv of th.
entire thing is so apparent, so con
temptibly small and mean, that the
marvel is it was ever permitted :n
the columns responsible for It Papers
of that class have, at least, a basis I
tor their unwarranted arid hurtful
tales but the Oregonian will be in
deed hard-pressed to justify the pub
lication of so shallow and shameful
story, especially m view of the fact
that it sought to herald to the world
the alleged dangerous and inflective
conditions surroundinz one of the
chiefest of the defensive posts of the
country hereabout, a piece of reckless
advertising unusual in a well-ordered
paper to whom explicit information
consuming or denying it, in lub-
stance, was ready at hand at any
moment on call.
The lie is so bald, and injurious to
this whole territory, that the Astorian
does not intend to dismiss it without
branding it more than false; it is one
of those peculiar meannesses that
sometimes creep into the best regu
lated papers, when an access of fear.
or dislike, or other hateful motive
working overtime; and the only low
impulse that can be ascribed in the
case under consideration, is. that the
Oregonian, realizing that Astoria and
the lower Columbia are looming large
this year in the public and private
exploitations of the hour, takes this,
the only means left it, to discredit
and hamper the situation and block
it against further favor and progress.
ceived trom a Fairoort man. M
Allyn, the girl's father, tried to ad
just matters, but Sampson declared
that he would leave his wife.
"I'd rather ihoot myself than live
with her," he laid,, according to Mr.
Allyn's story.
twenty minutes later he ran into
the east wine with blood streaming
irom a bullet wound in his chest and
fell death at the feet of his mother-in-
law. Th
powder marks on his breast or on
either his inner or outer shirt. Georgia
Sampson ran into the room a moment
after he fell. She said that the was in
an upper room when she heard th
shot.
For four dayi the theory of suicide
based on Sampson'a wordi to Mr.
Allyn wai believed. Then the Samo-
r.:t.. i j t . .. . "I
'"y ncara sdouc ine aosence Of
smoke itaim and powder burns. They
learned that the gun was not thrown
on the floor, as would probably have
been the case if it were suicide, but
was placed carefully in a corner and
that Sampson held a oackaee of
cheese in his hand as he fell dyin?.
as a result of the inauest Mrs.
Sampson was arrested and the grand
jury found an indictment against her
charging murder in the first degec.
Bail was denied the accused woman
and since last November ibe had been
confined tn the county jail, occunvinir
the same cejl that was once occupied
by Oliver Curtis Perry, the noted
bandit and train robber
Since the tragedy one of the strong
est witnesses for the orosecution
Harry Sampson's father, has died, and
it is rumored that much of the sup
posed damaging evidence against the
young widow has been traced to its
starting point and found to be noth
uig more than idle gossip-
Councilmon Karinen Sorinas
Sensation by Getting After
Councilman Prael's Scalp
GET AFTEK MARTIN FOARD.TOQ
isciolil
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Wife of Admiral SamnsDn's
Nephew Accused of Killing
Her Husband
Embassy Winthrop Chancier, Mn. miles of tunnel has been excavated
Garctt and Miss Cartwright. ' Rooe- on the Jawbone since work began last
velt seeemd in the best of health and October.
PRESIDENT QUOTED
AS AUTHORITY
When on the Bench Tafi Rendered a Decision in
a Standard Oil Case
ST. LOUIS, April S.-For'the first
time in the American courts a presi
dent of the United States was quote-
as the legal authority today during
Special United States Attorney Frank
B. Kellogg's argument in the govern
ment's case to dissolve the Standard
Oil Co., of New Jersey, and violator
of the Sherman act. Kellogg read at
length from a decision rendered in
the Addison pipe case by President
Taft while he was judge in Cincinnati
The issue involved was alleged In re
straint of trade. Kellogg will con
clude his remarks at noon tomorrow.
Ai one of the four judges of the
Federal circuit court hearing the case
will leave St. Louis Saturday, Kellogg
will insist on the defense completing
their argument by Friday evening.
This would leave John G. Milburn of
New York, Moritz Rosenthal of Chi
cago, John G. Johnson of Philadelphia
and David G. Watson of Pittsburc.
but two hours each. This the defense
will bitterly oppose.
A "Rumor" That Mr. Prael is Inter
ested in City Contracts Because of
Hia Connection With the Clatsop
i. Mills as a Stockholder Therein.
The meeting of the common coun
cil last night was replete with inter
esting and even sensational matters
Just as the council was about to ad
journ Councilman Karinen arose.
I heard a rumor today," he said,
"that one of the councilmen has been
selling supplies to the city. I move
that something be done about it'
Councilman Karmen thereupon read
the section of the charter which oro
vides that if any member of the coua
cil is interested in any contracts with
the city his seat shall be declared
vacant,
Councilman Karinen kept on talk
ing, but did not mention the name of
(lie man he was referring to.
"Who is itwho are you talking
about?" came a chorus of voices.
"It's Prael." said Karinen.
At this there was a sort of smile
frome some. The council apparently
was not very anxious Jo, investigate
the "rumor" that Councilman Kari
nen was springing, but the matter
was referred to a committee for in
vestigation. The facts of the matter
seem to be that the Clatsop Mills, of
which Mr. Prael is a stockholder,
sell lumber to contractors who 'n
turn may make contracts with the
city; or it is possible the mills may
sell an occasional cord of wood to
the city. However. Mr. Karinen didn't
state the details of the rumor he had
heard yesterday, apparently not tak
ing time to investigate it before re
porting to the council. As a m.-re
stockholder of the mills, there seems
not the slightest doubt that the oro-
vision of the charter would distinctly
not apply to Mr. Prael even if sales
were made directly to the city: as re
gards sales made to contractors who
are working for the city the matter
seems so remote as to appear almost
ridiculous.
Of course the committee will in
vestigate the rumor and may find out
I that it is at least worthy of invest!
jgation, hut probably no one believes
for a minute that Mr. Prael has know
ingly entered into any illegal matt-jr.
men tnere was another sensation.
Councilman Curtis arose and talkel
of Police Commissioner Martin Foard
and he held the attention of the coun
cil. He called attention tn th f-...t
that Mr. Foard has been out of the
city, and Mr. Curtis stated he believ-
ed he had lost his residence here. If
he has in reality lost his residence in
Astoria his offire
declared vacant. Also the charter! LYONS, N. Y., April S This corn-
provides that if Mr. Foard has been munlty 1S m 8 Perfect fever of excite
out of the city 30 days without per- ment over the trial of Mrs- Georgia
mission his office thereupon becomes yn sampson wnich wl" begin this
vacant; it was stated that this oer- week- Mrs" SamPSn. the daughter
mission had not heen zemreA Tn. ot a wealthy and respected Wavne
matter was also referred to a com-icounty farmer is accused of the mur-
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mittee tor investigation. Mr. Prael.
as president of the Irving Club, said
it was not true Mr. Foard had applied
HE Oil TUFF
ill1! 9
House Sets Date on Which the
Payne Eill Wll Be Dis
posed of
PARTY LINE ARE SWEPT AWAY
Clark of Florida Declares Against A3
'isms and Sayi he Will Support the
Payne Bill if it Contains What His
Constituents Want
ENTIRECHANGE OF SENTIMENT
First Everyone Thought She Was
Guilty But Now Very Few People
Think She Done the Deed Case
Will be Hard Fought.
I he only evidence aeainst Mrs.
Sampson seems to be the fact that
when her husband was last seen alive
she was quarreling with him and she
refused to testify retrardintr th.'s
trouble. Nor has she stated on oath
where she was when the bullet was
fired. .
The Allyn family is one of the old
est and wealthiest in the county and
the fight for Mrs. Sampsons liberty
will be a notable one. Georee Raines
of Rochester, Assemblyman Edson
Hamm of Lyons and George S. Tin-
kelpaugh of Lyons have been engag
ed to conduct the defense.
Mrs. Sampson is said to aooroach
her trial in the confidence of an ac
quittal. The jury that has been
drawn is composed of business men
and prominent farmers. There has
not been a conviction of murder, firnt
degree, in this county, since 1860.
for a non-resident's card
The application by I. Rosendale for
license in the "Owl" saloon was
finally turned down. Councilman
Karinen, as chairman of the commit
tee on health and police, made a re
port in favor of granting the license.
and Councilman Curtis also spoke in
favor of it. The two other members
of the committee are Councilmen
Schmidt and Fox, the former not be
ing present. Both were opposed to
granting it, however. The question,
then was discussed as to whether the
minority or the majority reoort shoii'd
be accepted, Mr, Fox having put in a
negative report; but there thus was
fno minority or majority report, each
being equal, but the negative report
was adopted, all voting for it except
Karinen and Curtis.
SALOON QUESTION.
But the principal business of the
(Continued on page 6)
der of her husband, Harry Sampson,
wno was a nephew of the late Ad
miral Sampson.
ihe trial promises to be one that
will pack the court house to its ut
most capacity. .Public sentiment in
regard to the case seems to have nn
aergone a great change during the
past few weeks. At first there were
few persons hereabouts but thought
Mrs. Sampson was guilty of the crime
as charged, but at present there seems
to be few in Wayne county who think
she had anything to do with the
death of her husband.
Harry Sampson was shot on No
vember 1 last at the farm of his wife's
parents, three miles from the town of
Macedon. The house was arranged
for two families, and he and his wife
occupied the west wing. The apart
ments of his father-in-law were on
the opposite side of the house. At
7:30 o'clock on the morning of the
tragedy there, was a quarrel between
Harry Sampson and his wife over a
letter which Mrs. Sampson had re-
WORK OF LITTLE FOLKS
MONTCLAIR, N. J., April
Handicraft of children of the Old
World and the New are to be exchang
ed and exhibited. At the request of
the French government, drowings,
pottery and paintinprs made bv ouoils
in the Montclair schools soon will be
sent to Paris, while a similar exhibit
made by childern in the schools of
Buda Pest, Austria, is now on its way
to the Montclair state Normal school.
The work of the Montclair pupils at
tracted attention at the international
Congress of Art teachers in London
last Summer and resulted in a re
quest to send the exhibit to France.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Anril S.-
Three o'clock p. m.. Aoril 9. was it
by the House today for the vote on
the Payne bilL A Jong resolution of
the committee on rules closW the
general debate providing for certain
committee amendments and a full and
free opportunity to chance the lum
ber and hides schedule was reoortrf
late in the day and adopted with 16
votes to spare notwithstanding the
desertion of 20 Republicans. Four
of the 16 votes from the Louisiana
delegation who likewise broke away
from their party. Clark of Florid
made an address denouncing Bryan
ana JBryamsm, Populists and Popu
lism and declaring he-would snnnort
the Payne bill if it contained what his
constituents wanted duty on sea isl
and cotton and protection for cit.
fruits, pineapples, etc. Hii remarks "led
him into an exciting colloquy with
Randall of Texas and other Demo.
crats, but he declared that bavin
been instructed by the Legislature rf
his state and his constituents as In
the stand he should take on the ar
icles mentioned he would not violate
his obligation. Before the rule was
reported there were numerous speech
es on the bill.
STILL THEY COME.
ASHLAND, Ky., April S.-Bovd
county voted "dry" today bv a am.
jorit of 107. The victor today means
that 96 of 119 counties of the sta:e
are dry under the county unit law.
BOY SUICIDE
What One Woman's Divorce Led To
In New York City.
NEW YORK, April S.-Humiliated
by the divorce of his mother and sad
dened by separation from her. Wil
liam Cooper, a 16 year old bov. com
mitted suicide by haneinir himself i
jhis father's home in Williamsburg.
Procuring a clothes line, the boy tied
one end to a bedpost and strangled
himself by kneeling. The father, to
whom had been awarded the i1icf FtAir
of William and another son, found the
boy dead when he returned to the
house yesterday afternoon.
OREGON JUDGESHIP
STILL UNSETTLED
Representatives Hawley and Ellis Will See Presi
dent Taft Today in Fulton's Interest
WASHINGTON, D. C. April
Representatives Ellis and Hawley ar
scheduled for another interview with
President Taft for tomorrow regard
ing the Oregon judgeship. It is be
lieved if any position other than the
judgeship would be : acceptable to
Fulton it would be placed at his dis
position. The President is personally
friendly to him, but Taft will be the
final judge upon judicial appointments.
The President today appointed Lee
Rowell postmaster at Sheridan.
Senator Jones, of Washington, has
offered an amendment to the census
bill appropriatinor' $25,000 to nv th
President's traveling expenses in the
coming fiscal year. ,
Senator Chamberlain has Introduc
ed a bill appointing James Jackson, a
tsngaciier-oeneral, retired, and to cor
rect the military record of William R
Owen, Daniel Winneford and Amos
Dahuff. ;