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Newspaper Page TextTite. Journal's Increased Consumption of News Print for 1908 Over 1907 Exceeds That of Any Dally Paper Published In the Northwest, In Other Words, the Journal Has "Grown" More In the Last Year Than Any Competitor More Help Wanted ? . Boarders Wanted? Rooms to Let? -Advertise InThe Journal ?; The Weather Fair tonight and Friday I easterly winds. - JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS ' 30,976 VOL. VII. NO. 247. - PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1908. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. JJJIrv acE7s! wmmm SAD 10 HAVE WAR Americans in Islands Confi dent Taft Will Change Glucose Kegimen for One of Sharp Bitters -Crime and Treason liampant. (Staff Correspondence of the United Press.) Manila, Nov. 15. That the placating pollcv which has marked the attitude of tint insular administration toward the native poTIttcal mutator ever since the civil government was established In th Philippines Ih to be replaced by a policy of firm restraint Immediately following the Inauguration of President-elect Taft Is the, conviction of those officials who are In close touch with Insular affair. That a grotesque failure has resulted from the past efforts of the civil gov ernment to make the native politician differentiate he t ween liberty and license Is candidly Admitted by every ornciai connected with the civil administration. s Committed to the cftrylng out of the '"McKlnlev policy" in the Islands, say Tafl's former ofticlat associates, he was unable to change It nt the time when he was gbvernor general, although he real ised that the policy was one of mistaken kindness. No More PreacuJju of Treason. The parting of tho -ways between Taft and his turbulent proteges came. It Is stated, when, after being granted an autonomous government, the first Philip pine assembly, which was opened by Taft, voted for Immediate Independence This ungrateful Jolt. It la said. Jarred the last Jot of patience out of the big secretary of war. His comments at that time-cn the mental capacity of the Filipino politician are said to have been both fervid and lurid. When, as president, he will be In a position to dictate some Insular policies of his own, it is confidently believed that the preachment of treason, which haa marked the meetings of the Philip pine assembly, will come to a sudden stop through the removal of some of the offenders to Blllbid prison. Xr&tiv Officials Shield Criminals. It is also expected that the inaugura tion of tho Taft administration will witness the removal of a number of the native governors of the provinces and the filling of their places with Ameri cans. In several of the provinces mur der and rape, with American citizens as the victims, are becoming alarmingly frequent, and. Invariably, the perpe trators are shielded from arrest, by the native officials. Under the new order of affairs, a general official cleaning up of the provinces is expected to, take place at once. That the officials here are confidant that a change of policy Is about to be inaugurated is evidenced by the arrest on a charge of criminal libel of ttje PARLI1EIIT III (Continued on Page Eleven.) COSGROVE SEEMS OH THE IB Hone Is Entertained That He May Take Office . on January 11. (United Press Leased Wire.) Paso Robles, Cal., Dec. 17. It Is be lieved here today more confidently than ever before that Governor-elect Cos rmvA of Washington will recover from his attack of Brlght's disease. Under f resent plans It Is expected that he will ake the oath of office here on January 1 1, though it is barely possible he will be -able to go to Washington for that purpose. The governor-elect Is now on a .liquid diet. He has stopped taking the hot baths and his condition In general shows a big .Improvement. He looks much better and was able to walk about his room today. Mrs. Cosgrove Is more hopeful than at any time Since she came here. Howard Cosgrove, son of the patient, la here. ' He also is .hopeful. COIIS WIII0PLE People Celebrate ; Second Dawn of Constitu tional Liberty. (Jolted Press Leased Wire.) Constantinople, Dec. 17. The sultan leftYildi Kiosk at 11 o'clock this' morn ing to open the Turkish parliament, the first one of its kind in this country for the last 30 years. Abdul Hamid was cheered by th'e pop ulace when his coach was driven' through the streets. School children lined the route singing patriotic hymns and waving flags. The sultan was -accompanied by Alldjevad Bey, the first secretary of pie chancellery. In honor of the sultan every regiment In the city was drawn for review. Congratulatory messages poured into Constantinople. Most of these were ad dressed to the sultan personally, but many, were sent to the parliament. The English. French and Russian ministers sent official messages. England's law makers sent the following- cable: "From the oldest of parliaments to the younrest." The whole city turned Itself to the pleasant task of celebrating the occa sion, the establishment of a Turkish constitutional monarchy. Everybody took a holiday, and the streets were gay with decorations and enthusiastic crowds. . L0NDDON BALKANS COMMITTEE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS IS WHITNEY Circuit Court Jury Finds Forest Grove Dentist Guilty of Manslaughter Convicts Him of Causing His Fiancees-Death. DECLARED CAUSE OF THE DEFI RliCI F HONORS BIGGY .1-. At His Burial All Civic Bites Performed for Unfortunate Chief. (United rresn Leased "Wire.) San Francisco. Dec. 17. The remains of former Chief of Police William J. Blggy were burled today In Holy Cross cemetery. The services were, held from Knights of Columbus halL, where the body lay In state yesterday. The -cortege moved to St. Mary's cathedral, where a solemn requiem nigh mass -was said. Every policeman who. was nqt actually on duty at his post was present at the funeral, there being a battalion of seren companies in the proeesslon, 'The city's departments Were all closed during the funeral ceremonies and representatives from all tho offices were In tho pro Cession to the cemetery,- - i -. (United Press Leased Wlre. London, Dec. 17. The London Balkans committer the most famous revolution arv nraramzatlon In EuroDe. Is prepar lng to go out of 'existence now that the new Turkish parliament has actu ally opened. Its reconstruction as the Anglo-Oriental committee Is now under discussion and it is propable the change will be effected. The new body's work will be quite different from that of the old one. The intention is to make it the medium for development ot traoe ana tn cumauon of political' friendship between England and the near east. The old organization was alternately held up to public exe cration as the chief cause of all kinds of trouble In the Balkans, and praised for its tireless errorts toward reform and freedom. Ahmed Bey. the leader of the revolution, will ' voice the Young Turks opinion of the association s work when he publicly thanks Its members at the national assembly at Constanti nople. It Is to greet the lawmakers and to congratulate one another upon the culmination of their years erf effort that the committeemen are still holding tneir society icxetner. rne committee men have all been rich and influential Englishmen who have spared neither time nor money In the cause. Most of them knew every stick and stone In Macedonia and after the Turkish slaugh tering and plundering campaigns, under tne oia regime, tney nave often kept inousanas or people xrom starvatlen for months at a stretch. $150,000,000 FOR COAST LINE . r Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Ext en-. sion Assured. (Doited Press Leased Wire.) Madison, Wis., Dec. 17. The Wiscon sin railroad commission has approved the Issuance of J150.000.000 of stocks b- the Chicago,, Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad to provide funds for its Pacific coast extensions. The road recently filed notice of the Issue of stock with the secretary of state and paid a fee of $150,000 for the privilege. AUTO THROUGH DRAW; ; TWO MEN DROAVNED (United Prws Leased Wire. I Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 17. O. Z. Bart lett, a prominent member of the board of trade, and Albert Kum, employed by a ' local automobile company, were drowned today when a -machine In which they were riding with A. 3. Solli day 'washed off an open drawbridge Into the Milwaukee river. Solllday, proprie tor of the automobile concern for which Kum worked, was seriously Injured, but Is expected to recover. Kunz' body has not been found. , Only half an hour was required by the Jury to declare Dr. O. B. Whitney guilty of manslaughter In causing the death by administering bichloride of mercury to his fiancee. Miss Mabel Wirtz, the verdict being returned In Judge Cleland's department of the cir cuit court this morning. There was an affecting scene In the courtroom after the verdict of guilty had been read by the clerk. Whitney's sister has been a constant attendant at the trial, and had strongly hoped that he would be exonerated. She wept bit terly as she heard the words that shat tered her hopes, and the convicted man, as he started to leave the courtroom with Sheriff Stevens paused and tried to comfort her. , t While these tears were shed in pity for the man on trial, another woman sat in tears In a little anteroom. She was Lizzie Wirtz, aunt of the dead girl, unable to control the emotions that crowded upon her at the moment the law fixed the responsibility for her niece's death. Whitney Bemains Calm. Whitney himself stood the ordeal without faltering. He watched the clerk as the verdict -was read and then sank into his. seat by the side of his attorney without a word, rising a mo ment later to be led back to his cell. Next Monday morning was fixed by Judge Cleland as the time for passing sentence. The penalty ranges from one to 15 years In the penitentiary. John A. Jeffrey, the defendant's attorney, will move for a new trial and announced that he will appeal to the supreme court If another trial Is denied. The. defense relied largely upon the alleged culpable negligence and lack of skill of Dr. J. Allen Gilbert, who attend ed Miss Wirtz during her sickness last March and accepted tne. girl's statement that she was suffering from ptomaine poisoning, without detecting the pres ence of mercurial poisoning in the sys tem until after he had been told by Whitney, when It was too late to save the patient's life. The defense argued. that it was im possible t'j say that Whitney's act caused the girl's dearff, because It might have been prevented by proper treat ment and because the trouble 'was ag gravated by the treatment that was given. Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald closed the argument for the state this morning. He painted Whitney in dark colors and declared that it was useless to try to shift the blame to . Dr. Gil bert. He reviewed the testimony at length and depleted Whltnev as a man of depraved character, who possessed medical knowledge enough to know the consequences that might follow from his acts. The Jury retired at 10:30 o'clock, and tne verdict was ready lu half an hour. BoiETTirs G.O.P. TO PROmiSE Up to the Party to Produce Postal Savings Act, As Per Platform. 2P A ' T -SsVr "fisMi ' ' j. yy BOURNE PITIES POOR PRESIDENTS Says Can't Save Anything of Salary, and Wants It Raised $100,000. Washington, Dec. 17. Senator Jona than Bourne Jr. initiated a movement today to increase the salary of the pres ident from 160,000 to $100,000 a year, and that of the vice president from $1'J. 000 to $25,000. He Introduced a bill to day to make that change, the considera tion being that the president's salary Is Inadequate to permit the maintenance of his official establishment by uny tint one who might be possessed of great Ufftitll." Bourne has looked up the history of former presidents, and finds practically all have been poor men. so that their salaries were entirely consumed in ex- nenses necessarily incident to their off! cial Incumbeney. Taft Is known to be n cornnaratl vel v Door man. Bourne believes his bill will meet with favor in the country generally. in. t,,rtl. i Washington. Dec. 17. Senator Burkett of Nebraska, advocating the postal savings bank today, declared that the Kepunncan party had pledged Itself In Its own platform to enact such a law and he felt that Republican law makers "ought not to Juggle with the confidence of the people, ought not, by procrastination, to exasperate the peo ple with the Idea that there were other influences more potent for controlling legislation than the Interests of the people." CONFESSES AND IS LYNCHED "-', Elmer Hill, Assailant and Murderer of Mamie Womack . at Monticello, Ky., Taken From Jail, Carried 20 Miles and Hanged From a Tree. - " i .... (United Press Leaaed WIr. Monticello, Ky., Dee. 17. Swift pun lnrrrnen' was given Elmer H11L of this city by a -mob sist-nlght, : when he was taken rrom Jan and hanged, mil was arrested yesterday on the 1 charge of having assaulted and murdered Mam la Womack; a lS-year-old girl. . A mob of 26 men auletly assembled on foot-at' the' Jail about midnight. .They awakened Jailer " Ramsey and. at the points of revolvers demanded that he surrender' Hill to. them,--. - -The prisoner at first djeclaredVhe was Innocent, but after being -Questioned broke-down -and said? - i . "Yes, boys, I killed her." - Hill then tofd ho it he mot the little girl on a lonely road while she was going home from school. ,He said he tied a bandana handkerchief around her neck and strangled her to death. 'When he finished the recital, some one cried: r "Hang him." This was all . tharf was needed. Hill -was -dra-gged from the cell. White and trembling with fear, he was placed upon a mule and taken in the direction of Russell county. The body was found today, hanging from a tree, two miles from Jamdstown and 20 mUes from MontlcjiUa - Though the leaders' of the mob are -said to be known to the officials here it lsdoubtful If any serious effort wlil be rOido to aoDrehend tbetju - ADVICES SENT TO WASHINGTON (Cnltrd Press Leased Wire. Washington, Dec. 17. Venezuela has declared war against Holland, according to advices received at the state department ' today from Secre tary Paxton Hibben, secretary of the American legation at Bogota, Co lombia. The message from Hibben says that the Colombian minister of for eign affairs has received tho follow ing telegram from Caracas under date of December 14: "In view of the blockade estab lished and the capture by the block ading vessels of Venezuelan vessels, the head of the government of Vene zuela, after assuming extraordinary powers for the defense of the coun try, has declared a state of war." ? ;4W,',!-.'V The port of La Guayra, the entry port to Caracas, has been , under blockade by the Dutch, and two Ven ezuelan vessels have recently been seized. Caracas is reached by tortu ous road9 which could be easily de fended. The Dutch would probably never attempt an invasion, but con tent themselves with bottling the country with a blockade, which could be effectually done. I ,a Guayra, the principal seaport of Venezuela. Immediately be low, is Actinic President Vincente Gomez, who Is in charge of affairs during rresident Castro's absence. Picture at the right is from a recent photograph of Queen Wllhelmina of Holland. . COULDN'T WAIT FOR POL! Thought less Thief Grows Weary When Officer Sent to Arrest Hini Fails to Appear Girl Victims of Rob bery Reveal Slack Methods .of Department. Washington, Dec. IT. It was learned this afternoon that the exact wording of a telegram received by Secretary Paxton Hibben of the American .legation at Bogota, Colombia, from Caracas under the date of December 14 was "Vsnmvli dwlared state of war." The officials of the state department here are uncertain whether this should bo Interpreted to mean that Venezuela has declared war with Holland or whether It Is merely proclaimed mat me counirj is in a state of internal warfare. westIWfic needs steamers San Francisco. Dec. 17. What may be an Indication that the commercial peace pact between the. Gould and Har- rlman ranroaa interests is unmeii is revealed in a report that the Western Pacific railway is negotiating for the leasing of several .piers for the accom modation of steamships to ply between this city and oriental ports. The Western facmc oinciais nave admitted that without Transpacific service the freight department of the new transcontinental road faces a se rious problem in maintaining that branch of the road without loss. This was foreseen oy tne liouid of ficials and the recent agreement with Harriman was believed by those who elnaelv follow railroad affairs to In dicate that the Western Pacific In entering- the aareernent secured the use of the Pad tic Mail steamship line for transportation of freight to and from the orient. ' In the rumored opening of a neces sarily competing; line railroad men pro fess to nee an early break In! the agree ment.! and a wa' to come far u con trol ef oriental trade. f r- Tiie only reason the police didn't catch the thief who robbed Kngcna and Ottillie Jenlsh. two girls who are stu dents of the Kclectic Business college. of 12o Monday night, is that the thief was so Inconsiderate as not to wait for the plain clothes man sent to arrest him. In other words, according to Chief of Police Orltcmacher. although the po lice were informed of the robbery the night before, officer Graves failed to arrive at the Kureka rooming house In the morning in time to find the Italian who is suspected of having stolen the money. No explanation is offered by the chief as to why an officer was not stationed In the building to await the return of the Italian. This morning both the girls told again their story of yesterday, almost exactly as published exclusively In The Journal. They made many attempts at evasion and expressed regret that the story had been published, as it might have the effect of warning the thief that he was wanted which suggests that someone had warned them not to talk but flnallT told substantially the story they related yesterday morning. They said that early Iti the evening, as soon as they discovered . that they had been robbed of every cent they had in the world . except a silver quarter, they called up the police and told them of the robbery. A plain clothes man, Officer Graves, was sent up to see them, and to him they told how they had been robbed, and said that they suspected an Italian rooming next to them of being the culprit. They told the officer that the man would probably return to his room that night. - Instead of waltlflg for the fellow, the officer said it would be just as well to come back the next morning, evidently being confident that the thief would calmly wait for arrest. According to Chief of Police Grltl macher, the man disappointed tha of ficer by escaping in the morning be fore Graves got to the housu. Which was. of course, very impolite and In considerate in the thief. If he had waited long enough, an arrest of a real criminal might have been made. How ever, the thief possibly got hungry and, going out for breakfast, forgot to return. DISHONOR AND DISASTER w ERE HEHEV GETS HIS Washington Correspondent of Los Angeles Paper Al leges Uncle Sam Heney's Paymaster Heney Scorn fully Denies Falsehood. - . v J ' (From Frank Daiy's Harney News.) Thousands of Republican voters in Oregon, acting through a spiritvof revenge, voted for George E-. Chamberlain for serja J tor last June against H. M. Cake, the regular Republican, nomine. Now those same Republican traitors are asking honest, loyal Republican legislators to, violate their solemn" X pledges 'to the people in order to undo ' the work of said traitors in giving .Chamberlain' the;'maj6rfty. -They-. are;.not entitled to be, heard ' and ' thei.ternand -are- unworthy ,o( respect.- There .is nothing that would, please the News, better, than t,d! see Charles W, Fulton six 6r sixteen years more in the senate, but we believe his election is impossible this, time X without dishonor .nd -.disaster;', to -'the ?Republican- partyj .-' X fl'ntted Pres I-asrd Wire.) Los Angeles. Cal., Dec. 17. "There is distinct belief here that Francis J. Heney is naid from the -secret service funds of the government for his work in San Francisco," says Harry C. Carr. Washington correspondent of tha Times, in an article printed here todav. "As a sequel of the Aldrich resolu tlon introduced In the senate the Secret service system will be thoroughly In vestigated and various dark mysteries) laid bare." continues Carr. "The reso lution has special reference, to 'special attorneys' employed in the "investiga tion of possible crimes.' "The big question before the senate) was whether the president iof tha Tnlted States had the right to use gov ernment money to send special prose cutors into California on a purely local city fight. The question did not coins out from hiding, but the significance of It was appreciated by the senate body as a whole." 8an Francisco, ' Dec. 17.--Francis J. Heney In a statement to the United, Press today- denied flatly and emphati cally that President Roosevelt had anything to do : with his activities in the San Francisco graft prosecutions. Referring to the article by the Losi Angeles Times correspondent Heney said: "It Is absolute rot. There isn't tha shadow of a reason for making such statements. "Any'-statement that I received monev from the government for my work In San Francisco Is false. President Roose velt had nothing to do with my coming: to San Francisco to take up the fight. Neither did ' he have anything to do with 'I)etective William J. Burns' com ing here. Burns resigned from his po sition with the government that might be able to devote all of his time to the work here. . . "Any talk about the government hay ing control over me Is absurd. There was no time when I was prosecuting cases for the government that I was not at liberty to drop the work. I with drew from the government cases so that I could give the time that was necessary to the San Francisco prose-cations." HOUSE COMMITTEE FRAMES DE3IAND IX SECRET SERVICE CASE (United Preen Leaned Wire.) v Washington, Dec. 17, The select committee of the house appointed to outline action in connection with thx president's alleged insult to congress torinv nffrapd on ft rennrt cflltinv nn thu president to submit to congress the in formation on wbtcn tie based the In sinuation that members of the douki were afraid of being investigated by the secret service; The report was adopted unanimously by the house with the exception of on clause, upon which the vote was 270 to 14. . MILLION FOR II PAPER MILL Eastern Papermaker Organs izes for Large Opera- tions at Tacoma. ' , tCntted Fti-m LMMAd W!r. t .... . I . . 1- . J ..... Innlflm, M M formation of a company with capital - per mill in this ciy have been takn, and the Dlant. which is to cost lii&. 000. his been designed by Charles H. 'ride, chief hydraulic engineer or tn hlcago. Milwaukee A. St. Paul railroad. -r of eastern paper mills. He has In rested a large number of capitalist doubt that it will be aicotssf ulljr car ried out. The -company is to b known as the Tacoma Wood Pulp Sc. Paper com- pany. ,- ; s - . 4 CELESTIALS OF CHICAGO SCARED i L'alted Pn Letwd W!r i Chicago, Uec. -tV. Tina itv fi.i town id in a tani- ifHlav. ((,n.;i., discovery of a murder m).i ..,.-.! i , been committed by- MkI ,i,fn-i--r f. San - FnnrltM-o. t'im iiii 'i.n found strangled to ifi-ait. via, i , Queue. It la nuld iml li ri i m tor dtth, and tl-.at ih 1 - who rwenily arrive,! fri;n coast came to wreak v. n., cithers uls,,. strit,. t . i . . started the Inwii!-. jt.) that a war of i!'vi-, i.m .i out umpi. i-,b p.ur-: