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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.
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(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.
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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-: