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ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1909
PRICE FIVO.IT$
SENATE
I1C0I TAX
Senator Depew Occupied Entire
Day in Support of Pending
Tariff Schedule Revision
FLAUNTING BLOODY SHIRT
Representative HoUlngiworth Takes
Exception to Articles Published In
Newspapers on His Resolution
Prohibiting Portrait of Jeff Davis.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-A com
prehensive discussion o( the income
tax by Senators Sutherland of Utah
ami the extended speech by Senator
Depew in support of the pending
tariff bill consumed most of the time
of the cision in the Senate today
Sutherland argued against the consti
tutlunality of federal income tax and
dcclurcd that such a(tax ihould be
left a a means of revenue or the
itates. Before adjournment a couple
of hours were devoted to a discut
ion of the cutlery schedule of tin
tariff bill.
Speaker Cannon by a ruling today
prevented perhaps the reopening of
the old woundi of the civil war when
Hollingiworth of Ohio sought to
justify as a matter of privilege his
recent resolution objecting to the
placing of the portrait of Jefferson
Davis on the silver service to be pr:
scntcj to the battleship Mississippi,
because of editorials In certain
southern newspapers hurling a'!
sorts of epithets at him. The editor
ials were read. The speaker declared
that as editorials did not attack Holl
ingsworth in his representative ca
pacity he could not continue. The
result of Hollingsworth's attempt was
to get into the Congressional Record
a number of uncomplimentary re
marks about himself wilh no hinge
to offset them. As the editorials were
read the house was convulsed with
laughter.
i Although its consideration was
complete the Philippine tariff bill
was not acted upon today. The house
today passed a resolution calling up
on the attorney general to inform it
what steps had been taken to annul
the contract whereby the United
States Steel Corporation had acauir-
d interests in the Tennessee Coal
& Iron Co.
SCREAMS LIKE WOMAN.
Strange Animal Discovered In Little
Old New Jersey.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 17.
A weird tale of some sort of ani
mal that screams like a woman and
carries off dogs, has reached this city
and has aroused the sportsmen, who
will search the woods back of Fleas-
antviue where the animal has its
present habitation. Charles Erwin, a
JOHN D. SPRECKLES
WAS ARRESTED
Charged With Criminal
Accused of Delivering the Labor Vote.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-On
warrants charging criminal libel
sworn to by P. II. McCarthy, presi
dent of the Building and Trades
'Council, Charles Hornick, general
manager of the San Francisco Call
and E. S- Simpson, managing editor
were placed under arrest today and
later released on $500 bonds. A simi
lar warrant was issued for John D
Sprecklcs, owner of the paper but he
had not been served up to a late
farmer, reported the presence of the
beast after his wife had become
hysterical with fright. According to
Krwin, the animal leaves tracki like
an Immense cat and It it the belief
that it is a panther escaped from .1
circus menagerie I'.rwin declared
that his bull dog was set to catch the
prowler Friday night, but disappear
ed' and left only t few pieces of a
leather collar and t trail of blood at
the edge of the wood near a big
swamp. Men armed with shotguns
and rifles will scour the wood) in
search of the creature tomorrow.
USELESS BRAVERY.
NEW YORK, "May 17.-Tlie use
less bravery of Michael Conlon of
West 138th Street nearly cost him
his life last night. From the Madi
son Avenue bridge over the Harlem
River he saw a peach basket hat
Homing down the stream and believ
ing there was a woman under It he
valiantly leaped overboard and swam
to the hat only to find it untenented.
But his shoes and other clothing were
so heavy that he was unable to reach
a dock unassisted and had gone down
several times when he was rescued
by the police, He was sent to the
Harlem Hospital where it was stated
that hesyhad almost drowned.
Klin TAKEN III
on yacht mm
WAS ON A TRIP WITH PARTY
OF FRIENDS VISITING AT
MOUNT VERNON.
WASHINGTON. May 17,-Mts.
Taft, suffering from a slight nervous
breakdown, was taken ill today while
on the way from this city to Mount
Vernon on the yacht Slyph with a
party of friends, and was hurried
back to the White House. It is said
at the White House tonight that
there is no cause for alarm and Mrs.
Taft will probably be all right again
in a few days. According to a state
ment given out by President Taft
the nervous attack was due to ex
citement and exertion by a visit to
and eye and throat specialist where
Charlie Taft underwent a slight op
eration on the throat after which hi
started on a trip with the President
to Mount Vernon. According to a
statement from her doctor, Mrs.
Taf, after a few days of complete
rest, will be able to resume her social
luties.
IOWA SHOOTERS.
BURLINGTON. Ia., May 17.-
Wcll-known shooters from various
parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri
rounded up here today for the twenty
sixth annual tournament of the Iowi
State Sportmau's association. In
cluded among the prominent profes
sionals on hand were Fred Gilbert,
Tom Marshall and William Crosby.
Today was devoted to preliminary
events. The programme covers four
days. The annual meeting of the as
sociation will be held Wednesday, at
which time officers for the ensuing
year will be elected.
Libel by P. H. McCarthy
hour tonight. McCarthy's complaint
takes exceptions to an article pub
lished to an article published in the
Call, May 14th, in which it was
charged that he, with certain other
labor leaders of the Union Labor
Party had held a conference with
representatives of the Southern Pa
cific at which it was agreed to deliver
the union labor vote to the so-called
Republican machine, said to be domi
nated by the Southern Pacific.
MURDERED BY
HER HUSBAND ,
Ghastly Body of Mrs. J. D. Rose
lair Brought to Hillsboro by
Sheriff of Washington.
KILLED BY A MEAT CLEAVER
The Murderer Is Considered by His
Neighbors to be Insane and Re
ligious Fanatic Had Trouble With
His Wife Three Years Ago.
HILLSBORO, Or.. May 17.-Cor-oner
Brown and Sheriff Hancock
have returned to Hillsboro, bringing
the ghastly body of Mrs. John D.
Roscluir, who was butchered with h
meat cleaver by her husband in the
mountains 10 miles above Buxton.
Or., Saturday morning. The body is
at the Donclson undertaking, parlors
with the throat cut, one hand se
vered, both arms slashed open and
a gash across the top of the head. It
looks like the deed of a madman.
Rosclair stated that the murder oc
curred at breakfast Saturday morn
ing and that the altercation arose
about some cream for his mush, she
giving him milk instead. He says he
struck her with a large knife which
happened to le on the table. Hi
remained at the place all day, laid
the body out in a corner of the room
and started for Hillsboro about 10
o'clock Saturday night to surrcnd;r.
It is the opinion of many who know
him here that Rosclair is and has
been for years partially insane. He
is very excitable and is considerable
of a religious fanatic.
Rosclair arrived in Hillsboro with
his story Sunday morning. It is al
most 30 miles from here to the
scene. He was locked up and Coro
ner Brown, Sheriff Hancock, Deputy
District Attorney Tongue and Dr. A.
B. Bailey left for the ranch to in.
vestigatc. Rosclair formerly resided
here, where he was in the fish busi
ness. I re is a native of Holland. He
had trouble with his family some
three years ago, the Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society taking charge of the chil-
Iren and the second wife procuring
divorce. She subsequently went cast
where she now resides.
The murdered woman was Ros
air's third wife. He married her in
Portland, November 8, 1908. She was
23 years old then, and and Roselair
gave his age as 45. Rev. J. Whit-
comb Brougher performed the cere
mony. Her maiden name was Luetta
Dombrower, and she came here last
August from San Francisco. S.'ie
had been a waitress in Portland prev
ious to her marriage.
Shortly before Christmas the
Rosclairs moved to his mountain
ranch above Buxton, an isolated spot
in the timber. There thev are said
to have had frequent quarrels.
Roseluir's first wife died in the
east. His second wife, in her divorce
complaint, alleged extreme" abuse,
and a daughter' by his first wife is
said to have deserted her home be
cause of abuse. The ranch was mort
gaged for $900 and was a dairy farm.
v THE LAW STILL LIVES.
CHICAGO, May 17.-A11 kinds of
bread promises to become a luxury in
some sections of Chicago because of
the action taken by bankers. The
poorer classes are hit by the advance
in prices which went into effect in
200 bakeries today. On the other
hand, the larger retail bakers have
taken no action and say they will not
make advances until compelled to,
but express a fear that unless prices
of wheat and our go lower that in
creases will be in evitablc.
The bakery products advanced are
pies, cakes and, pastry which are in
creased 20 per cent and cup cakes and
pastry which are increased 20 per cent
and cup cakes, buns, rolls, doughnuts
and cookies, which sell at 12 cents a
dozen instead of 10.
YESTERDAY'S BALL SCORES
American League.
Chicago 0, Philadelphia 1.
Cleveland 5, New York 6.
St, Louis 4, Washington 0.
Detroit 5, Boston 3.
" National League.
, Philadelphia 1, Chicago 8.
' Boston 1, St. Louis 6.
New York 6, Cincinnati 0.
Brooklyn 1, Piltsburg 11.
Coast League.
' Portland 8, Verpon I.
Northwest League.
Seattle 5, Vancouver 6.
Tacoma 4, Spokane 2.
Portland 7, Aberdeen 1.
SAME OLD YARN.
NEW YORK, May I7.-Tbe mys
terious manner in which Patrons of
a famous gambling house in Dey
street could escape before the place
was closed up permanently was re
vealed Sunday, when laborers who
were working to convert the structure
into a saloon came upon a secret
stairway which led to the roof. To
use this stairway, it was necessary to
have knowledge of the secret panels
in the walls. The police and district
attorney made many raSds on this
house, but never found more than
one person present at a time- The
discovery of a secret stairway yester
day interested them greatly.
GRANTED NEW TRIAL IN
LAI FRAUD' CASE
THREE IDAHO MEN FOUND
' GUILTY OF SUBORNATION .
OF PERJURY.
' SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-The
appeal . of W'lliam F. Kettlebach,
George F. Kester and William
Dwyer. all of Idaho, who were found
guilty of subornation of perjury ia
connection with certain land frauds
in that state, were granted by the
United States court of appeals today
and remanded for a new trial. As
was the case in the decision last week
in another action against Dwyer, the
decision today was based on the Wil
liamson decision rendered by thi
United States Supreme Court.
ROUGH-HOUSE CHURCH.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., May 17.
Supporters of the Rev. S. C- Good
man, pastor of the "Men's Church"'
who was assailed by conservative
members of the fashionable Ascen
sion Church for allowing smoking
and vaudeville at Sunday night meet
mgs for men are back of i movement
to build a regular church for the use
of the doughty pastor. Announce
ment has been made to the Ascension
Congregation, where the Rev. Good
man is assistant rector, that land has
been secured for the new Men's
Church and that the building would
be Maried in the Fall. The new con
gregation will have no women mem
bers. Besides the church service
rooms, there will be clubrooms, s
stage for vaudeville and a moving,
picture outfit.
NES TO BE TAKEN TO
mmm
MURDERER OF WM. ANNIS
WILL BE TAKEN TO PENI
TENTIARY TODAY. ,
FLUSHING, N. May .-Unless
some unlookcd for legal obstacle
is interposed, Captain Peter Hains,
Jr., U. S. A., convicted of manslaugh
ter in the first degree for killing Wm.
Annis last August will be taken m
Sing Sing tomorrow to begin the
sentence imposed today by Justice
Garretson. The sentence is indeter
minate, under which minimum period
of imprisonment would be eight
years and the maximum 16 years.
RAZORS MR
III THE AIR
Exciting Debate on Tariff Sched
ule Over Duty on Razors Oc
cupies Senate Attention.
PRICE OF RAZORS AT ISSUE
Customs Duty Provide a Tax of Five
Per Cent and President ia Author
ized to Fix Duty as in His Discre
tion Dictates.
WASHINGTON, May 17 Razors
were used as the subject for discus
sion in a hostile attack on the rates
provided in the Paync-Aldrich tariff
bill today. The committee on finance
had increased the rates on razors in
common use from about 50 to 100
per cent ad valorem. As soon as the
senate took up the cutlery bill those
rates were rejected- Aldrich. said
the most striking feature about the
razor nidustry was the large part of
the razors imported. The cost to im
port razors at whilesale was about 10
cents.
Is there anyone here who ever
saw a razor costing anything like 10
cents?" inquired Aldrich.
"Twenty-five-cent .razors is the
kind the citizens of the south of the
political faith of the senator from
Rhode Island, most commonly use,"
said Bacon.
The general discussion of customs
duty of 5 per cent annually is pro
posed by Senator Owen in an amend-
men tto the tariff bill that he offered.
The amendment proposes this reduc
tion to be made annually until the
lessened revenue from each article is
shown and in such cases the presi
dent is authorized to fix the duty at
rate he believes will produce the
greatest revenue.
MILLION DOLLAR FAIL
URE Of! WALL STREET
TRACY & CO., MEMBERS N. Y,
EXCHANGE, ARE DECLAR
ED BANKRUPT.
NEW YORK, May 17.-In the ap
pointment o the receiver today fo'
Tracy & Co., who were members of
the New York Exchange and the
Chicago Board of Trade. Wall street
had a million dollar failure. E- A
Benedict, the receiver, stated tonigh-.
that he understood the money hid
been lost in backing the local taxi
cab concern and in outside ventures,
The total liabilities are estimated
$1,000,000 and the assets at half the,
amount. A number of local banking
concerns are heavy losers in the
failure.
SAVE LIFE, THEN DIE.
CHICAGO. May 17.-Awakened
by the stamping of fear-maddened
horses, Chas Lippold and his 18-year
old daughter, Anna, narrowly escap
ed death in a fire which destroyed
the two story brick barn in which
they were living. They had time
only to catch up their clothing, grope
their, way to a window and slide
down a waterspout. The two horses
in the barn were burned to death.
STUDENTS REPLACE STRIKER.
Workingmen Resent The Interference
In Sharp Terms.
CHICAGO, May 17.-Collcge
students who take the places of the
strikingcarriage and cab drivers were
denounced by Business Agent Walter
J. Gibbons of the Carriage and Cab
Drivers' Union in his first strike re
port to the Chicago Federation of
labor.
In his report the labor leader de
clares: "I never saw a yonng college flip
ytt who ever had any use for a work
ingman.' I don't blame the college
youths so much as I blame their par
ents. I should think the parents
would have sense enough to see to it
that their sons put their energy to a
better use than to be willing to re
duce the wages of workingmen."
HONOR TO JOLIET.
CHICAGO, May 17.-In unveiling
a large bronze tablet erected at the
base of the Marquette-Joliet Memor
ial Cross at the foot of Robey street
and the Chicago River credit had been
given to Louis Joliet. the Missionary
explorer, as the originator of the
"Lakes to the Gulf deep water pro
ject. Part of the inscription on the
tablet reads: $
"In Crossing the Site of Chicago,
Joliet recommended for its natural
advantages as a place of first settle
ment and suggested a Lakes to the
Gulf waterway by cutting- a cabal
through the 'Portage' West of here,
wnere Degins the church drainage
hip canal."
6E REWARD OFFERED
BRINGS SLUTHS
GREAT NORTHERNS OFFERS
$66,000 REWARD FOR CAP
TURE OF BANDITS.
SPOKANE. May 17.-Responding
to offers of rewards aggregating $66,
000 offered by the federal authorities
and the railroad company for the
capture of the bandits who held up
the Great Northern train near Spo
kane, detectives are gathering here
from many places. Several arrivj
from Denver and the local detective
agency has increased its force to 25
men. The Spokane police believe that
the men came to Spokane and a cloe
watch is being kept on saloons and
lodging houses, while a number of
detectives are working on the theory
that the desperadoes are still in the
mountains near Colbert. The rail
way police don ot believe that Chas.
McDonald was implicated in the
affair.- . . .
AMERICAN FOUNDRYMEN
CINCINNATI,!)., May 17.-The
annual convention of the American
Foundrymen's association began here
today. Nearly a thousand delegates
have already arrived and when the
convention- is well under way 5000
are expected. Besides the foundry-
men the visitors will include members
of the Foundry and Manufacturers'
Supply association, the Foundry
Foremen's association and the Brass
Founders' association.
Tomorrow the visitors will be
tendered an official reception, and
and dinner, pleasure trips and
theatre parties are .on the programme
for their entertainment during the
week the session lasts. An elaborate
exhibit of foundry supplies is one of
the interesting features of the gather
ing.
CRICAGO TRIBUNE
LOSES LIBEL SUIT
Brought by Mrs. Peck, a Temperance Advocate
and Decided in Her Favor by Court.
WASHINGTON, May 17. Some
time ago Mrs. Elizabeth Peck sued
the Chicago Tribune for an alleged
libel. The libel consisted bf publish
ing MVs. Peck's photograph as part
of the advertising endorsing a certain
brand of whisky, which whisky was
put on the market. As Mrs. Peck !
a strong temperance advocate and a
US SPRECLES
WILL CONTEST
Legal Proceedings Brought to
Test Validity of the Will of
Late Sugar King.
TWO SONS PRACTICALLY LEFT
John D. and Adolph Spreckles, Who
Had Been Completely Ignored by
the Will, Will Institute Legal Pro
ceeding to Break the Will. .
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.-Le-J
gal proceedings, th effect of which
wiU be to test the validity of the
last will and testament of the late
Claus Spreckles were begun today.
The will divided the estate into equal
parts. The widow received one part
without any restrictions and the oth
er half was placed in the hands of
Rudolph and Claus Spreckles, two of
the four sons who , were appointed
trustees. ' , . .mll
During the life time of the widow .
she receives the income of the entire
estate-. At her death the half was
placed in trust to be divided into
three parts. Rudolph and Claus were s
fo receive two parts outright and to
hold the other part in trust for
Spreckles daughter, Emma C Ferris,
who is to receive the income from
her part during her life time. By tha ,
terms of the will John D. and Adolph
Spreckles were practically . ignored.
The executors a week ago filed a pe
tition asking that the property to an
amount of one-half of the estate be -transferred
to them as trustees. A
demurrer to the petition was filei
today by John- D. and Adolph and
this is viewed as a protective measure .
taken by the protestants with, a view
of safeguarding any rights they may
have in the estate. Should the peti
tion be gTanted without demurrer on
their part, the validity of the will
would have been well established in
the eyes of the law.
ALL HIS WAY, NOW1
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 Fight
Promoter James Coffroth has offered
Billy Papke, who defeated Hugo
Kelly here Saturday $10,000 to meet
Sam Langford in the Colma arena.
The offer was made to Papke's broth
er and the date suggested was July 5.
The offer was so unexpected that
Papkes' were not ready to give a defi
nite answer. Coffroth asserts that he
will offer $5000 to Langford for his
end of the purse and he is confident of
landing the match. ,
IDAHO TAKES PENNANT.'
NEW YORK, May 17. Seven
thousand persons saw the team from
the battleship Idaho win the one mile
rs lay race for the championship of
ihe "around the world" fleet of the
United States Navy from the . teams
representing the battleships, . Con
necticut, Ohio and Rhode Island Sun
day afternoon. The Connecticut
team was second and the Ohio third.
prohibitionist she objected to the
use of her photo to advertise an ar
ticle of commerce which she was
strenuously endeavoring to put
down. Evidently the jury agreed
with her as they returned a verdict
in her favor. As to whether the
Tribune will appeal the case has not
been decided upon.