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86th YEAR. NO. 89.
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III SENATE
Financial Committee to Submit
Report to Be Considered
Next Tuesday.
FEW AMENDMENTS OFFERED
Hou Pimm Resolution Catling Bill
From 8natt to Mak Correction
on Omissions o( Petroleum and Will
bt Returned Next ThurwUy.
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 12
The house was In session two hours
and IS mlnutei today. First action
taken wai the adoption ol a resolu
tlon calling upon the Senate (or re
turn of Payne tariff bill next Thurs
day in order that it might be correct
ed to at to Include products ol petro
leum In free list. During the confu
lion incident to passage of bill Fri
day it was believed it included thit
provision but it had developed that
uch ii not case, although it was
clearly the intention to include these
products along with crude and re
fined petroleum. The house especial
ly authorised its enrolling clerk to
make the correction and be can make
the change within a few minutes. It
therefore will csuse no delay in tariff
legislation. It is understood the sen
ate did not object to th return of the
meaure.
There was much opposition to the
two resolutions, one to appoint sev
eral Janitors and the other to appro
priate money for the expenses of the
hmie incident to the extra session.
The first was defeated by being laid
on the table and the second was
adopted. After sending the census
bill to conference the house adjourned
until Thursday.
The amended tariff bill is now on
the senate calendar and consideration
of the measure will be begun Tues
day. It was laid before the finance
committee with Democratic members
present this morning and after 30
minutes parley vote was taken on the
question of making a report to the
senate today, all Republicans voting
1n the affirmative and Democrats in
the negative, Soon after senate me:.
Aldrich presented the amended bill.
Daniel on behalf of the minority pro
tested that the Democrats had not
been given opportunity to examine
the measure, and Aldrich replied that
they could make their examination
Thursday. He said also that as the
majority was responsible for bill, its
course in hastening the report was
warranted. As a result the bill does
no contain all the changes in rates
which the finance committee purposes
to make. Although several important
amendments have been made, such as
restoration of the Dingley rates on
woman's gloves and hosiery, placing
of works of art on the free list and
assessment gf duty on iron ore, reve
nue producing possibilities of bill are
little changed.
DEBATE
IF
MRS. CASTRO NOT
ALLOWED TO LAND
Officials Cut Off All Communication Between Her
and Her Husbands
WASHINGTON. D.'C. April 12
Mrs. Castro, wife of the former prcsi-
. dent of Venezuela also' is to be kept
out of that country. Dispatches from
the American diplomatic office an
nounces that the naties of Venezuela
that Mrs. Castro with her party are
on the steamer , Guadeloupe from
ANIMALS TO BE GIVEN BURIAL
Lot Angeles Organise Soclet to Give
Peta Respectabla Interment
LOS ANGELES, i April 12,-The
(latest enterprise to come to light in
(Los Angeles is a cemetery for pet
dogs and cats. A number of people
jof this city and Pasadena are Inter
ested and it will be but a short time
before lovers of cats and dogs can
consign their pets after death to a
cemetery with all the solemnity and
ceremony attending burlul of human
beings, There will be "family plots"
in the cemetery, and headstones will
mark the resting places of the pets.
ELECTRICAL EXPOSITION
LOUISVILLE, Ky. April .-Following
months of preparation, the
Southern Industrial and Electrical
Exposition was opened today In the
First Regiment Armory in this city
under conditions that promise a high
ly successful exhibition, The display
includes exhibits from many leading
firms of manufacturers throughout
the country and Illustrates the latest
discoveries, Inventions and improve
ments in electricity in its application
to the needs of everyday life. The
Southern F.lectrical Association will
meet In annual session in connection
with the show.
AiTlER RECALL
OREGON MAYOR
ELECTION RESULTS IN ELEC
TION OF A. SAYLOR AS
...MAYOR.
JUNCTION CITY, Or,. April 12.
A recall election was held here Satur
day to decide whether Mayor C. P
Houston should be ousted from his
position. The vote resulted in the
election of Francis A. Saylor as May
or, by 74 votes to 22 for Houston.
The Council met In adjourned meet
ing after the vote was taken. Mayor
Houston refused to .enteratain a mo
tion to receive the election returns.
The Council then ignored him. and
on motion being put it was voted to
receive the returns.
Francis A. Saylor has been in ths
employ of the S. P. April IS, 1881.
He enlisted in Company H, Oregon
Infantry, on December 16, 1864, and
served in the Eastern Oregon Indian
troubles.
1 BURIED IN FLOWERS
Body of Helent Modjeska Lies In
State.
LOS ANGELTS, April 12-Almost
buried from sight in a profusion of
floral tributes, the casket containing
the remains of Mme. Hetene Modjes
ka has occupied a guarded place of
honor in the Knights of Columbus
Club house since Saturday afternoon-
This morning at 930 o'clock ht St.
Vibians cathedral the funeral service
began under the auspices of the
Knights of Columbus. High mass
was celebrated by Mgr. Harnett, and
the funeral sermon was preached by
Bishop Conaty. After the church
ceremonies the remains were taken to
Calvary Cemctnry where they will be
kept in a vault until Count Bozentas
affairs ars so arranged that he can
' take the body to Poland.
Political Friends
which Castro departed at Fort De
France arried at La Guaira Saturday.
They were not permitted to land or
communicate with the shore. The
apparent effort is to keep Mrs. Castro
from direct communications with her
husband's former political friends in
Venezuela. 1
ASTORIA,
ROUESTION
DISCUSSED
Special Committee Holds Inter
csting Meeting at Cham
bers Last Evening.
ORDINANCES CONSIDERED
Belland Ordinance Closing Saloons
on Sunday Defeated on Account of
the Provision Forfeiting a License
Upon the First Conviction.
Pursuant to a call issued .by the
chairman ot me commnice appoimcu
by Mayor Smith at the last council
meeting to consider two liquor li
cense ordinances, and other matters
referred to the committee, about 75'
prominent business men and liqujr
merchants assembled at the council
chambers last evening. The Mayor,
city attorney, auditor and Messrs.
Curtis, Karincn, Belland, Lienenweh
er and Prael were present. At thi
suggestion of the chairman of the
committee, Mayor Smith presided
over the meeting-
Auditor Anderson read both ordi
nances through, after which Belland
made a motion that his ordinance
providing for closing the saloons n
Sunday and providing for a forfeiture
of the license upon the first convic
tion, be recommended by the commit
tee for passage at the council meet
ing Monday night.
The question was then discussed by
members of the council after which
Mayor Smith called upon Mr. Paul
Wessinger of Portland, representing
the Weinhard interests. Mr. Wessin
ger made an excellent and conserva
tive address. lie stated that he was
not an extremest. but a conseravtive.
That he believed in all reasonable
regulations governing the liquor traf
fics and when the council had finally
agreed upon and passed an ordinance,
it should be strictly enforced. He was
not in favor of a wide open town,
neither a closed town. He believed
the question of Sunday closing be left
to the people, not the extremests, but
to men engaged in various mercantile
pursuits and those that bore the bur
dens of taxation. The people, said he,
should be taught to respect the law,
and law and order on Sunday, as
well as every day in the week.
W. F. Schimpff, of the North Pa
cific brewery was called upon. He
considered the Belland ordinance; too
drastic. An enforcement of its pro
visions might entail the loss of thou
sands of dollars to people who could
least afford it. He believed in a rea
sonable law and a strict enforcment
of it. He stated that in Germany and
other countries, where the laws were
very strict, saloons were permitted to
be open on Sunday during certain
hours, and he believed an ordinance
framed along those line would meet
with the approval of the public and
would be obeyed by those engaged in
the business. '
Several other gentlemen spoke on
the question, many of whom were in
favor of a Sunday law, but if there
Was such a law it should be enforced.
That no special privileges or conces-,
sions should be granted to anyone,
but all should be treated alike. '
Speaking of the provision in the
ordinance forfeiting the license, May
or Smith stated, that he was not in
favor of it, that forfeiture laws' which
existed centuries ago were now obso
lete, and many of the states had de
clared against them, and he doubted
the constitutionality of such a provi
sion. He believed an ordinance should
be enacted that would meet with the
approval of a majority of the citizens,
and one that could be lived up to.
After the discussion a vote' was
taken on Belland's motion which was
defeated, Belland and Leinenweber
voting for it. The Curtis ordinance
was then taken up. Maypr Smith out
lined several suggestion he desired to
present to the committee. The sug
no
OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 13,
gestion were mainly along the lines
of the Curtis ordinance, with a few
additions, ami more explicit provis
ion, so when the ordinance was
passed, it would stand a legal test
Belland moved that inasmuch as
both the ordinance and the sugges
tions of the mayor ought to be con
sidered by the committee exclusively,
and made a motion that the commit
tee adjourn until next Friday night at
7;30 o'clock for the purpose of fram
ing an ordinance. The motion carried
and the committee adjourned.
' It seemed to be the concensus of
opinion, that the committee would be
able to draft an ordinance, not too
drastic, but would meet with the ap
proal, and the determination was ex
pressed to strictly enforce it to the
letter, after it has been enacted.
BOXBOARD VS. STRAWBOARD ,
I
CHICAGO. 111., April 12.-Argu-
nicnts were heard in the Circuit Court !
today on the application for an in- j
junction filed by the minority stock- j
holders of the American Strawboard j
Company to restrain the management '
of the United UoxOoard company
from conducting the affairs of the
Strawboard Company. This is an-
other step in the stubborn fight that
has been waged for some time be-
ecn the stockholders of the two
gigantic corporations. The reply of
the United Boxboard interests to the
application ior an injuncnon contains
many charges of fraud against the
former management of
board concern.
the Straw-
STOLEN SUIT CASE IS
FOUND II ICS!!
DEPOSITIONS AND EVIDENCE
'IN HASKELL-HEARST LIBEL
SUIT ARE MISSING.
conference, Hugh D. Mcintosh, the
" " 1 1 Australian fight promoter, offered a
return match for Johnson and Burns.
HASTINGS. Mich, April 12.-The The champion's reply was that he
suitcase stolen from Attorney Fresh- woui,j ony accept SUch terms de
ncy in the Michigan Central Railway manjed by Burns at their Melbourne
station. April 3rd, was found last pgj,t.
night. The case had been opened and ,
all depositions and evidence Freshney j jjj HONOR OF GEN. BOOTH
had secured in the
Haskell-Hearst'
libel case are missing. There is no
clew to the perpretrators. -
PARTY LINES DISREGARDED.
today with meetings and exercises
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 12. under the auspices of the New York
President Taft has directed Director branch of the Salvation Army. Car
North of the Census Bureau to d'is- neg'e Hall has been engaged for the
regard party lines in securing suitable big demonstration to close the cele
men for supervisors and other ap- Nation tonight, when a descriptive
pointive places under the new census tableau of Gen. Booth's life is to be
8ct 'given. The services will be led by
1 j Commander Eva' Booth, one of Gen
BE
FOR EDITORS
OFFICERS OF THE EVENING
STAR CO.. N. Y. AMERI
CAN AND JOURNAL
VTCUr VflPl' Anil 1?. Writs
of
habeas corpus were secured In behalf,-
of S. S. Carvahle, Bredford Merrill
and Edward H. Clark, officers of the
Evening Star Company, the publish
ers of the New York American and
Evening Journal in an action brought
airainst them for criminal libel on
complaint of John D. Rockefeller, Jr ,
was upheld by Justice Gerard in the
Supreme ourt today and the defend-
ants ordered discharged, Rockefeller
complained of publication in the New
York American, December 17, 1908, of
an article wrongfully accusing him of
originating peonage system among
employees of Breakfast Food ' Com-
pany in Illinois. In his opinion Jus-
tice Gerard characterized the article
as a gross and vicious libel, the writ-
ters and publishers of which should
be brought to trial, but was unable to
find that any evidence existed to show
the defendants had anything to do
Iwifh its writing or publication.
1909
SEVERAL FIGHTS
Oil THE TAPIS
Colored Heavy Weight Cham'
pion Receives a Number of
Challenges From Managers
HE WILL DECIDE THURSDAY
Representatives of Al Kauffman De-
mand he be Given First Opportun
ity to Contest for the World i
Championship.
NEW YORK, April 12. -Jack
tr,i,n6nn ,h, ,nlnri-d h.awweieht
champion announced tonight that he
wouM not decitle whose challenge he
woM accept nntH Thursday. The
: r oost0onment is that
Xt Kauffman one of the anxious
chailcngers wjH box Tony Ross, the
much herade(j fight before the local
club tomorrow n;ght and Johnson
..,,. to ... how Kaufman will fieure
as a drawing card. Willis Britt and
Billy Delaney, representing Kaufman,
each demanded, at a conference today
the right to fight Johnson. The lat
ter suggested that the challengers
fight each other to determine which
should meet him for the champion
ship. ,
Britt objected to this and suggested
that Johnson should accept the chal
lenge of the man for whom the larg
est purpose was put up. Johnson
however demurred and the matters
were left standing pending the issue
of the oss battle. At the close of the
NEW YORK. April ll-The local
celebration of the eightieth birthday
anniversary of Gen William Booth,
which begun yesterday, was continued
Booth's daughters and leader of the
organization in the United States.
j
WEDS ARMY OFFICER
NEW YORK, April 12. St. Pat
rick's Cathedral was the scene of a
brilliant wedding today, when Miss
Susanna Livingston Clover, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Clover, be
came the bride of Captain Oscar J.
Charles, of the Seventeenth Infantry,
U. S. A. A number of prominent
army officers were among those In
attendance.' Following the ceremony
at the cathedral a reception and
breakfast was held at the home of the
rl e s Paiws
in East Seventy-sixth
street.
METHODIST CONFERENCE
WASCO, Texas, April 12. Wasco
is filled to overflowing with delegates
and visitors to the fifth annual meet-
ing of the Texas , State Methodist
Conference, which opens this evening
for a session of three days. The at-
tendance promises to eclipse the rec-
ords of all of the previous meetings,
Sectional meetings will have an im-
portant part in the programme. These
will include conferences of pastors,
Sunday school superintendents, els-
mentary workers and teachers, Bishop
'SethWard of Houston Bishop Joseph
S, Key of Sherman, Rev. C. H. Booth
of Austin, Bishop James Atkins of
North Carolina, Rev. J. E- Harrison
of San Antonio, Dr. C. C. Rankin of
:'Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hamill of
Nashville, Tenn., Judge J. C Smith
of Fort Worth and others of promin
ence are included among the speakers,
The music, which forms a leading
feature of the conference programme,
is in charge of Prof. Excel!.
The officers of the conference are
W. C Everett, Dallas, president; C
J. Oxley, Houston, vice-president; C.
S. Field. Fort Worth secretary, and
Louis Blaylock, Dallas, treasurer.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS'
JACKSON, Miss. April 12.-Many
leading physicians and surgeons are
arriving to attend the annual meeting
of the Mississippi State Medical As
sociation, which is . to assemble here
tomorrow. The meeting was preced
ed today by an important conference
of the State Board of Health and the
county and municipal health officers
of Mississippi.
WESTERN STOCKMEN MEET
RAPID CITY, S. D., April 12
RRapid City is entertaining this week
the seventeenth annual convention of
the Western South Dakota' Stock
growers' association, one of the larg
est and most influential organizations
of its kind in this part of the country!
The gathering has attracted a large
attendance of breeders, dealers and
others interested in the live stock in
dustry. For the entertainment of the
visitors there has been arranged a
programme of typical Western sports
including several Indian features.
tnnnnr mi i iivnnirn
uMtAut Uil LUAUKItb
XiSPOSED OF
MATERIAL ADVANCE , IN LI
QUORS WHICH WILL IN
CREASE THE REVENUES
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 12.
At a meeting of the senate finance
committee tonight increased duties in
the schedule covering luxuries was
adopted. The entire liquor schedule
is being materially advanced. This
increase is expected to bring about
$5,000,0(X) addition revenues. .Aldrich
said that increase will not equal loss
from reductions of free list and that
farther increases on certain luxuries
would be necessary.
COSE DIRBER
ADDED TO LIST
CHICAGO GROCER SHOT BY AN
ITALIAN MEMBER OF THE
BLACK HAND AND DIES.
CHICAGO, April 12. -Another
murder attributed to the Black Hand
occurred tonight. , Joseph Phillipolli,
a grocer, was shot by an Italian, who.
was caught and identied later as hav
ing left a letter demanding $1000 on
a saloonkeepers bar in the neighbor
hood a few weeks ago. Phillipolli was
locking up his store for the night and
had a bab yin his arms and wife by
his side when he was attacked. The
child was thrown to the ground and
the shot fired into the grocer's body.
He died in the hospital.
INDICTMENTS
ARE
Against Governor Haskell of Oklahoma and Several
Others Interested in? Muskogee Town Lot Frauds
MUSKOGEE, April 12-The state
ment is given out from the United
States District Attorney's office here
today to the effect that the prosecu
tion of Governor Haskell of Oklaho
ma and six other eases against promi
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Fil l RAINIER
DESTROYS LULL
Astoria-Portland Train Run the
Gauntlet pi, Fierqe.and Seeth
ing Flames Successfully
ENTIRE PR0PERTYJ3ESTRGYED
Mill Owned by Babcock and Flippin,
Formerly Owned byPaterson and
Was One of the Oldest Mills on the
Columbia-
PORTLAND, April I2--At nine
o'clock this evening as the Portland
Astoria train met at Rainier, they
wh confronted with a fierce
that threatened the right of wav
of the A. & C. -The mill and yards
of 'Babcock and Flippin (old Pater
son mill), was a seething mass of
flames. The entire yard with all the
lumber was swept, , including six
loaded flat cars. Conductor Lowe held
his train an hour and IS minutes. The
engineer decided to go down to the
fire and see what the chances were of
getting through. On their return they
stated they thought they could make
lit ,The up train made a dash through
he flames and reached Rainier sately.
This was followed by a similar ven
ture on part of the west bound, and
it succeeded in getting through. The
mill, grounds .were one big, glowing
fire and the heat was intense. Pas
sengers on both trains were greatly
excited and fears were entertained of
th failure of the undertaking. It is
stated, that in the event the rubber
tubes should have melted, it would
have stopped the train and many lives
would have been lost. Passengers on
the down train last evening stated,
they did not care to go through the
same experience again. ,
The mill was entirely destroyed and
the intensity of the heat will render
all the machinery useless. It was one
of the oldest mills on the Columbia
river and was built by Mr. Patterson
about 20 years ago. It is located at
Rice's spur, one mije west of Rainier.
It had a capacity of 65,000 per day.
The loss is' estimated at $100,000.
the amount of insurance could not be
ascertained.
. , ': .,
HIS WIFE ARRESTED
To Curb Husband, Woman Disgraces
Herself, He Says.
NEW YORK, April 12. John. P.
McKenna of Brooklyn declares that
his wife, who was arrested on Satur
day charged with shoplifting, stole in
order to reform him. When she was
arraigned in court, McKenna said:
"She said that she would teach me
to stay at home nights and that sne
would spite be by disgracing herself
if necessary. Now she has done it."
The woman was held ir $500 bail
for .further examination. The specific
charge against her is the theft of
three shirt waists from a Broadway
department store. . ,
DISMISSED
nent Oklahomians recently involved
in Muskogee town lot cases will be
abandoned and all indictments dis
missed. This course, it is stated, has
been dictated from Washington, prob
ably upon the orders of Attorney
General Bonaparte.