The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, January 27, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta- I . . GWDEVEinfire , , ' ' JI Ycilcnlay , : 7as ' Fair tonight and Sunday' north to cast winds. ' f VOL. I I V, :, NO. Cl. PORTLAND, ; OREGON,' - SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1900 FQURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO 1 CENTS, HJ$FltiP F771 Astoria Offidial lii no mmm m -Is-Accused Mi iMiii' RI as f REPORT 10 TREASURY - fc . . ' . . ," ' , f "ConcludeTlnquiry.lnto as Made Improper Use of His Office to Pay ; His Political Debts. A ' . - - - MALICE AND POLITICS" REPLY; ; : OF COLLECTOR TO CHARGES His Term Expires Next Seeking His Post Launch . Patrol Criticised, i 'Kfi. Aa the result of chargeg of official - misconduct filed agalnat Walter L Robb, collector of cuetoma at Astoria, vestlgatlon of the office haa beea made by order of the secretary of the treas ury and the report of Special Agent Rice Is now on the way to Washington. While the integrity of the collector Is not questioned. It is alleged that politic has played too large a part In the conduct of the office, and it is also charged that the revenue launch Patrol ' has been used on a number of occasions by the -collector and his chief deputy, " Fraftk .-' Parker, for private purposes and for tb entertainment of friends and visitor' Thia last charge Is notideeled K h. .'.;... fnl..l e..hn amy- ItOW- " ever, that they have viutaiedno rule of -the - department - in - aucn- -so or -we i Patrol.. , . ; ' ' Collector. Robb eonsiaera the 'charges .too trivial to receive serious attention Iat Washington He declares that bis record as collector is aa open book, that I hla office haa been conducted honestly and efficiently, that If, In bla use- of the Patrol, he has acted Improperly he had abundant justification in the fact that ' the practice prevails In every port la the country. His term will expire in about alz months and the collector attributes the charges to the Ill-feeling toward himself which haa been engendered in ' the scramble for his place. . ' ' . v,., "Xaliee a4 vomica," lays Bobb. "Malice and politics explain the whole thing," was his comment. Prndlctl one are made la some quarter ' however that the report of the apeclal agent. Colonel Rice of Seattle, win be ' found very unfavorable and may result in the suspension or even In the removal , of the collector and -all hta Immediate subordinates. It Is pointed out that un der existing - political . - conditions the charges are likely to receive more grave consideration than would otherwise be given them. ' v The trouble had lta Inception last Sep- . tember when J. P. MoCrea. probationary Inspector in the oustoms service, was re moved by Collector Robb on alleged In competency, the specific charge being that MoCrea'a hearing was ao defective aa to Interfere with his usefulness. Mo- . Crea appealed from thla order to the elvll service commission, then to the aserstary of-tha-treeaury- and -finally to President Roosevelt, alleging that he . had been removed for political reasons. , In flagrant violation of the civil service regulations. He also charged that .Col lector Robb was using his of floe to pay personal and political debts. ' . ' What the Charges Are. ' : ' Borne time after these charges were filed by McCrea, further charges were presented, the principal one being in ' relation to the uee of the revenue launch Patrol. In addition, it waa charged that the collector waa too convivial In his , habits, i The chargea were brought to : the - personal attention v of President Roosevelt and it la supposed that it waa , at his -suggestion that Special Agent ' Rice of the treasury department waa . detailed to make a thorough Inveatlga ' tlon 'of the office. ' Colonel Rice spent several daya In A starts, and- made care ful Inquiry Into all of the charges. To Collector Robb he stated that the moat important accusation waa that relating to the use of the Patrol for private trips, and It is expected that thla will . form the burden of the ease against the ; collector. . -; V; V DEAD-MAN OF-WALL-STREET II DOUBLES FORTUNE IN PRISON " Weerasl BpeeUI Service) ; ' ' " New fork. Jan, IT. The success of the speculation of the "dead man 'of Wall street" was made known when, after years of litigation, the safety de posit box in which Alphonso J. Stephanl locked up hla worldly possessions before rile life Imprisonment began, waa broken open and it waa found that during the rears which ha haa been civilly desd his ortune haa almoat .doubled In value. Fifteen- year ago Stephen! was con victed of the murder of Judge C O. Reynolds, pleaded Insanity and was aen- fenced to life Imprisonment. For years he conducted a brokerage office in his eell -at Sing Sing, and not only made Immensely profitable Investments him self, but directed the Investment of his mother's fortune to such advantage that aer wsr.a increased., ; .. -r Allegations I hat Robb August and Many Are His Use of Revenue V It haa been the custom of the collector and. his chief ' deputy to take occasional pleasure trlpa on the Patrol about the meuth of the Columbia and they nave entertained parties in- this manner on various occasions. When government or state officials or prominent men from other parts of the country visited As toria it waa a common thing for Col lector . Robb to take them out In the PatroL - These trips. It is said, were only of a few hours duration. It In said that the custom of entertaining visitors in this way prevails at other porta, and la not forbidden by. the regulaUona, - ; . - Petrolled -Isgataa .Cows. "Rut more serious stress 'is. laid upon tfi4charre that during the last -ann-nai reratta at Ato?la the "revenue launch waa-need for three- euceeasivo daya for patrolling the course where the races were Held, to the neglect of government business. Other, government yesselt stationed.! Astoria are said to have participated in the regatta, among them the lighthouse tenders - Columbine, Heather and Ifanzanlta, the quarantine steamer Electro and the quartermaster's steamer Ouy Howard. But the use of the Patrol attracted especial criticism and it -la charged that the vessel waa need aa a private pleasure craft for the entertainment of the collector and his friends. t ' 4 In September of last year, during the Lewis and Clark exposition, Collector Robb took the Patrol to Portland and the launch waa kept ror three- daya oft the fair grounds. 'This 'trip had been particularly mentioned In the charges filed against the collector, "but when questioned concerning it Robb showed to the special agent written authority from the treasury department to take the Patrol to Portland for a three days' visit. Candidates -U Plenty. - W.'Xv Robb's term as collector will expire 'about next August I. . The of fice. Is desirable, the salary is tt.000 and the duties are not arduous, Sev eral residents of Astoria are eager to step into Robb's shoes, the most ac tive candidate being J. 8. Delllnger, edi tor of the Astoria. a. He Is credited with a considerable strength and has the indorsement of some influential Re publicans. Samuel Elmore, the can nemrian, la reputed to be a candidate and Frank J. Taylor would also like to have the place. Taylor la an at torney and waa formerly on the circuit bench. Hla brother, E. A. Taylor, was collector for one term. me political pot Duooies nerceiy at timea in Aatorla and the present is one of these occasions.. The probability that Walter I. Robb would aeek reappoint ment for another four years aroused, his rivals to active hoetlllty and Imparted the element of personal feeling to the attack now being made upon him. " Robb has alwaya been an active Republican and haa been an Important factor In local political affairs. The charge that he has used his office for political pur poses finds color in ' the 'personnel ,of the men whom ha haa employed from time to time aa temporary Inspector. 1 : V'i ,' fcobVa -bxployoav , Clark Loughery, former chief of po lice in Astoria, , haa been detailed on a number of occasions to Inspect in coming vessels. He is a Republican and haa been allied with Robb. Richard (Continued on Page Two.) Stephen! haa a marvelous record of never investing In stocks which brought a loss to him. Wall street men declare that if thla "dead man of the street" had been alive and free to watch the market and take part in the manipula tion of the market, he could be many times a' millionaire.. In the fight for the control of Stepha nl'a wealth hla relatives figured without the "dead" man. He held the key to the safety deposit vault In which his tress-, urea were stored, and refused to give 'It up. The aafety deposit company de clined to permit the box to be opened without the consent of Stephanl, and only after a legal battle of two years has the opening of the treasure box been I accomplished. V y ... v r I' i " i -A, f 11 Kaiser JVilliam, From His Favorite Photograph, He Is 47 Years Old t' : ,f'- ; - v( Today.' 1 ;;r ''y,?.". EMPEROR WILLIAM IS 47 TODAY Anniversary of Kaiser's Birth ; Is Celebrated Throughout, German Empire.; "V ij ' (Journal Speetal flerrlee.V .: : s , Berlin, Jan. 17. Emperor-' William- IS 47 years old , today arid the anniversary of hla birth la .celebrated 'throughout the German empire. According '.to- a conservative, estimate 2,000 thanksgiv ing services-were held In the churches In all parts of Germany 'this morning. The off Iclar celebration of the day 'took the form; of military reviews, of which there were probably 100 In all parts of the empire, official receptions and' ban quets." ' ." w-1. ,. In this city the Bourse and nearly all bualnaaa-placea were . closed' tedayto honor of the day, and not even the news papers appeared.' The city was pro fueely decorated with flags, evergreens and""buhtlrig.' and the streets crowded with people all day,- particularly 'In tho vicinity of the paleoe Unter den Linden. There - wae - a great deal to- see, ; state carrlagea bearing members of the-royal family and representatives of - other European courts driving to and from the caatle at short Intervals. , 7 -m , The emperor , was an extremely" busy man air day and his whole time was practically taken up with receiving his royal and other visitors and their, con gratulations. During the morning hours the emperor received - the congratula tions of the members' of his family and the members Of- his Immediate house hold. Then came the members of the cabinet, the heads of the two houses ef parliament members of tho dlplomatlo corps, special envoys from various "Eu ropean cmirfs, reigning ' and other princes and deputations of . the' army, the navy and various branches ' of the .(Continued on Page Two.4 t 4 J i.7 'FRISCO IS AFTER ALAi5KAfl:TRADE ', t r , . . "- B-s-a--------- New' LlnevOfVsteamers VVill; Be Established to Break Seattle's ty r, Commerce Monopoly.'".' (journal SpeelsUSerTlee.): ' , San rranciacov Jan." 17. At . a con ference next Thursday between T the wholesale merchants and: shipping men of Ban Francisco and. John E.( Ballalne of Seattle., representing the Alaska Cen tral Railway company, the question of a line, of steamships, to ply between San Francisco and Seward,, the new city on the coast of Alaska, will bo discussed. It Is understood that if the local whole aale '.dealers agree to send represen tatives north to work for business in t be. new dlsUlct that 1 being opened. by the, railroad company a local shipping company will at onoe put, on one steam ship, lf the result.of .thla conference la what Ballalne expects it. will mark the beginning-of a new period in Alaskan trade', from Pacific coast cities and be the entering- wedge by which the monopoly Seattle haa enjoyed for years frill be wrested from her. ' The : railway which- -will run , from Seward to Fairbanks and the head of navigation of tho Tanana river haa to miles completed. The Barneson-Mlbbard company. It is understood. In the steam ship company that bis decided to put one steamer on the Seward run If. the wholesalers agree to carry out. their part of the compact . . ' ' r . It la likely vthat etther the Watsos or the Buokmsn, now undergoing altera tions to conform with the regulations of .this -coast,, will be put Into service for the work. They are slater boats and arrived on thla coast only a short time ago. .The steamer will probably make the trip every so days. Seattle la only 150 , an ilea nearer Seward , than San k'raaclscor. , .,, -. ;, ...f.( V it....,- ji V"'.' t't ti-t ' , 1KSI Sailors Charge Captain Coualna of tho Queen WHhr Making1 S No Effort to 8ave Va lencia Survivors, ' REFUSED PERMISSION ;TQ TRY RESCUE WORK Doomed Men Sees in ' Rigging but ; QneenV Captain Did Nothing,. Al though . Jackie Say They Volun teered to Man ' Boat Captain Denies It. (Joareal Bpeeial Serrlxe.) -' . San Francisco. Jan. I7.That Captain Coualna of the ateamer Queen, sent out from Victoria Tuesday to rescue the ill fated Valencia, did. not make all 5 charge made today by P. C. Jorcensen and D. J. Sullivan, both chief boatswain's mates in the United States navy, who declare that they and three bluejackets volunteered to take a boat to the wreck, but no attention waa paid to them. . - Cousins indignantly denlea the charge and states that there is no truth in the statements of JOrgensen and Sullivan, but admitted that he would hot have permitted the Jacklea to make an at tempt to - put off In the boat, if they baa volunteered to 0 aa M . A ft..I ' - . mim . - . ww . Ta Qaswn aartved Ing from . Victoria. Among her paa sengera were ti American bluejackets In -charge of ; Jorgensen and Sullivan from Seattle en route to. Mare Island. Tenet -the jaekles and two or three pas sengers remained on board the Queen Tuesday night when ahe was ordered to ' go , in search of the wrecked Va lencia. . Jorgensen, who haa been in the navy It yeara and says that he was Dewey's chief quartermaster on the Olympta In the battle of Manila, aaid positively that- no attempt waa made by Captain Cousins to put OS a boat, "We found the . wreck . Wednesday morning . and ran within about four mllea of it." nays Jorgensen. "Nothing bat the smokestack, masts and part of the upper works were visible. The weather waa rough and equally, and i admit . that a heavy sea was running, but I have seen boats handled in rough er seas during my service in the navy. ; Ufeboats Seedy. ' "Those who looked through glasses said they could make out people In the rigging. I dtdnt see them.- There are supposed to be lifeboats aboard the Queen, : with airtight - compartmenta, maklnghem practically unalnkable. "SullfTln and I were standing on the deck near the captain, when I -aaid I would launch a boat and get nearer the wreck and perhaps get a Una aboard. "Sullivan, Brady, O'Brien and Barrett of our men volunteered to go. The cap tain paid no attention to me. J admit that the chances were agalnat ua, but we were willing and eager to make the at- tempt. "It was heart-rending to stand by and make no attempt to do anything when so many Uvea were Imperiled, t con sidered our lives no more valuable than those on the doomed ship. We stood by until shortly before noon, when the Topeka came up with orders for us to return to 8eattle. . "I am Battened that I could have got a boat safely launched from the steamer, and the fact that the ship wrecked people put -off a clumsy Ufa raft In a sea far rougher convinces me that the boat -could have - been launched." '-. Chief Boatswain's Mate Sullivan "ex pressed his opinion even more forcible. "Even the British tug Csar, drawing only six feet of water, made no attempt to get very close In. Captain Cousins tried to hold the Csar on the scene, but the tug captain paid no attention to him (Continued en Page Two.) j Read The SnndayJoiirn William Jennlnaa Brran. In x piaee- ee aonerae tne-veoeption tof wri.w ia 111, uuuunf wvu,ii. v. ... w.w.,r v. v. u uiu, .u ..u i ni fta oruuuns va uuv1 nlal and the geisha girls who were engaged at one social gathering to sing and daaea for tho distinguished American., Mr. Bryan's lettera have' that personal quality that appeals to every ana who reada them. "Uncle Sam, the World's Schoolmaster," is the title of an intereetlng story Illustrated tn oolora, telling how foreign nations are sending scholars to this country. - . , . , . ; , , '-'In an article illustrated in oolora Dr. Henry Kraemer tells how to grow flowers of any oolov to match . your clothes. .,'' ' . ' ' .,.-'' n In England," the home of the Protestant church, is the strongest monastery In the world fltled with ex millionaires. Ton will And tn The Sunday Journal an article of intense Interest on-the Carthusian monks, telling how they spend their life In prayer and how, when they die, their bod lea are nailed to a cross before . being burled., r , . .-- !;'"..'., .,-.' f ' i .' j ', .. - ; , -y.': A party of Portland men recently made a mid-winter trip on skeea and snowsnoes to ML Hood. tf you y want to knew how much sport can Miss Hall of Cincinnati, whoso plan for the practice of outhanaala for the Insane and hopelessly ill la attracting much attention; tells in The Sundays Journal how ahe waa converted to favoring euthanasia by the death of her. mother. . ' ,; '.".- , , . ; . .'.,.' An article of interest tella how President Penrose of Whitman college raised that Institution from a t . ridden school to a college of much good. These are only a few of the features to ba found In The Sunday JournaL In addltloa te these The Jye. nal prints the only colored supplement In Oregon, and in thla are the funny pictures" which so dell .t 1 ) children and which causa the grown-up to forget their troubles in a hearty laugh. . Commander William; Van Schaick of the III- Fated General Slocum Sentenced to Teh ; Years in Sing Sing at Hard Labor. - FAILED TO KEEP VESSEL'S CREW DRILLED FOR FIRE EMERGENCY Aged Skipper Is Made Scapegoat for Disaster in Which Over a Thousand Persons; Lost v j Their Lives While on an Excursion; (Jeerasl tpeelal Serrlse.) New Torn. Jan. 17. Captain William e ill-1 fated ateamer Slocum, In which 1.011 persons lost their Uves on June It. 1004, waa today found guilty on the charge of criminal negligence in falling to keep hla crew properly drilled for fire emer gency and . waa sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment in Sing Sing at hard labor. The burning of the Blocum waa one of the moat calamitous . eventa In the world'a history. The General Slocum had 1.100 excursionists aboard., mostly members of the . Sunday- school con nected with St. Mark's Lutheran church. 1 . . .J 1 W HV wi JiH9 ' j uv',. - Tinr D(nn7T"" w s ib--. ""and given 1 big boat steam ea up tna ai nvar snei waa suddenly discovered to be an fire and 'a panto ensued.., , Captain Van Schaick beached . the boat on North Brothers-lsland.'-Bnd-whlle galiant-ef-forts at rescue were made by men on craft in the neighborhood and by those on the island, men, women and ohlldren were burned to death on the doomed veeeel or drowned In the river Into which they had Jumped. Those that had presence of mind to seise Ufe preservers found them ueeleee and In the official inveatlgatloa follow ing, the worthlessness of the boat's equipment in thin partleala waa thor oughly demonstrated. The fire broke out when tho vessel waa near Hell Gate, in the lunch counts RUNAWAY HORDES ARE DROWNED IN COLUMBIA (Joaraal Special Berries.) Arlington, (Jr., Jan. 17. A . valuable team, the property of tho Arlington Lumber .company, ran away from the Icehouse'thls morning and after demol ishing the wagon in the frantic dash through the town, plunged in the Co lumbia river and drowned. The harness and front wheels of the wagon were still attached to the terror-stricken ani mals, who swam wildly for half an hour before going down.. The driver escaped uninjured. HAD AN ICE BOAT TO SAIL TO NORTH POLE Oaaraal Special Swee.l Washington, Jan. 27. Gustavo Stadia of New Tork, who was arrested at the White House Thursday in trying to see the president, died of acute mania In the hospital this morning. He wanted to ahow the president a model of an ice boat by which, he could reach the north pole. 'V' ' : ' SAFE CRACKERS GET " " TWO THOUSAND CASH (Joeroal Rpeelsl Set ike) Owaseo. L T., Jan. 7. The First Na tional bank of this city waa robbed of 11.000 today by thieves, who dynamited the safe and escaped on a handcar. hla tour of the world, waa rnTSllT sntsrtslnsil In Tanan hsise ssiiidsd T Aomirai Togo, no aiso mo tn interview be obtained from such a trip read The in the forward part of the ship" and the names spread rapidly. There a sUuiueds and hnndradrBToT6rcof over the aide of the boat to find watery graves In East river. The screams of the terrified passengers could be heard on shore and hundreds of smell boats put off to the' rescue. ' The General Slocum waa the largest exourslon steamer In New ' Tork and could carry 1,100 paseengera.' She had been inspected on May S and waa re ported to be In good condition ready for the' exourslon season. Captain -Van Schaick waa one of the oldest excursion captains la New Tork . harbor waters. mm 111 . -Mt.k... ' ' J"-'" w.mw lMSSWtIWi given a hearing,- when he waa ac quitted. - The government 'investigation followed And the owners of the vessel as well aa the commander were held for criminal negligence. Not only wae the, fire apparatus worthless aboard the doomed ship, but no preparations to fight f Ira had apparently ever been made. The fire drill was not used and the crew waa not instructed aa to what to do in ease of fire. ' After the fire broke out and It waa Impossible to land, ' the vessel was beached on' North Brothers lalaad off Port Morris. Captain Van Shaick stood by hla post until tho last, driving the vessel ashore at full speed. He did not leave the boat himself until hla clothes were afire, when he Jumped and waa hauled out of the water uncoaeeloua, , ELIMINATE HORSESHOE ' CURVE BY LONG TUNNEL ;'.. -. - , . '' (Jeerasl Special Service.) Pittsburg. Jan. 17. The famoua horse shoe curve on the- Pennsylvania road will be eliminated by methods proposed ' tn four acta of plana prepared. Two plans are for tunoele through tho 'Alle ghany mountains, one nine mllea and the-other 11 -mllea long. . .-The other plana are for a new route across the mountains, one to. and the other 101' mllea long. The nine-mile tunnel plan will-probably be adopted. The tunnel would ao eomodate four tracks and be ventilated With shafts reaching 'the crests of tho mountain a. . All operations through. It will be by eleotrto power. It la astU msten to cost tlt.000.000. MECHANICS' LIEN ON ,. - . SCHWAB'S BIG PALACE '. . -. (Jeerasl Special Ssrvlse.) ! , ', New Tork, Jan. 17. A mechanlos' lien ' for te.m haa been filed agalnat tho 16,000.000 - residence of - Charles M. Schwab. Riverside drive,' by the ..New York Mosaic e Marble -compaey-Tbe lien la in favor of a subcontractor under the general contract for the erection ' of the Schwab mansion held by William Ba urns-art en efc Co. The lien represents the work done on tho marble and bronco deooratlona of the house. Ba urn gar ten said that tho lien la the result of a die agreement between himself and tho sub- ' eontraotor. - " '.' with the emperor. Mr. Bryaai Sunday Journal.- y V.: