THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD
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Hl USDAV EVENING, MAY 21. 1IM»S
president attach
BY MARYLAND SENATOR
20.—Senator
WMbington, May
nf Maryland, in the senate
Bzflier, 01 •* '
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. .1V called UD “is resolution
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¡lnR the president to appoint a
Lunittee of inquiry to Investigate
^Xrges against Colonel Wm. F.
o,»irt of the coast artillery, now
Atoned at Fort Grant. Arizona,
fivner said he took this action be-
he was satisfied there would
?“ renort from the committee on
Tfir.rv affairs during this session
congress
He spoke sarcastically I
” Colonel Stewart’s present posi
tion and lonely surroundings and I
“’•The president Is delighted with
the situation, therefore the chairman
of the military committee ought to
k satisfied also. If the president Is
satisfied everybody ought to be sat-
isfiewl Why not? What right has
enrtody to be dissatisfied with any
thing that satisfies the president?
Who would be guilty of such a trea-
noiable act?"
Continuing in this sarcastic vein
be spoke of the alleged refusal of
the president to receive communlca-j
TO BE CRAZY
tions from Colonel -----------
Stewart --- and B1
give
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“lni au opportunity to present his
side
of
the
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side of the case, saying “the pres
ident prefers to try this case without i
any witnesses for the defense." and
appealed to the senate to vote on his 1
rsolution.
Still referring to the president the I
senator said:
“When he has his victim upon the
heights of Arizona and declines to re
ceive any communication from him
and positively asserts that there 1 b :
no necessity for examining his wit
nesses or hearing his testimony, he
is then in a position to administer!
justice with an absolutely impartial
and unprejudiced mind.’ A judge
who hears both sides may have his
mind disturbed, but a president who
hears only one side can proceed with 1
accuracy and precision to final judg
ment without the slightest danger of
making any mistake upon the testi
mony lie has heard. The constitution
gives even to a criminal the r'»ht to
be informed of the nature and caus-
(Continued on Page Six.)
Tacoma, May 20.—Judge Snell's
department of the superior court to
day saw an unusual thing when
Chester Thompson, slayer of Judge
Emory, testified to the best of his
ability to the delusions which he suf
fered and the sensations when his
mind departed from the normal, He
was led over the entire field by At-
torney Will H. Thompson, and the
cross-examination failed to confuse
him.
Asked if he thought he suffered
from brainstorm the witness smiled
as he replied:
“The shooting of Judge Emory
was the culmination of a long period
of weakness that terminated in an
explosion.’’
He said he began to get better
right away after that.
FOR COLLMTUK OF
CUSTOMS AT ASTORIA
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Portland. Or.. May
♦ — Southwestern Oregon
♦ Fair tonight; Thursday prob
♦ ably fair; westerly winds.
Northwestern
Oregon —
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♦ showers tonight and Thurs
♦ day; southwesterly winds.
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Washington —
♦ Cloudy, with probably show
♦ ers tonight and Thursday;
♦ southwesterly winds.
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Eastern Oregon, Eastern
♦ Washington and Idaho
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♦ Thursday.
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MYRTLE 1*01 NT WOMAN
GRANDMOTHER AT ;f.
Myrtle Point boasts a grandmoth
er but 32 years of age, which is just
lover the edge of young womanhood.
Mrs. 8. A. Culberson. 32 years of
age, has two grandchildren. Mr. Cul
bertson. grandfather twice, la but 36
years old.— Myrtle Point Enterprise.
Washington, May 20.—The presi
Chicago Wtieat Market.
dent today nominated William F.
Chicago, May 20 -May, »1.01 1-4:
McGregor to be collector of customs July, 89 7-8; September, 86 3-8; De-
for the district of Oregon at Astoria. I cember, 87.
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NO. 21
HOUSE COMMITTEE
ROASTS LILLEY FOR
WARSHIP SMOKE
ALONE VISIBLE TO
YAQUINA WATCHERS
VISITONS AT MOI TH OF <01.1 M-
tti A HAD BETTER FORTI NE
THERE
of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company
in Its rivalry and attack upon a com
peting company*
Seventh That Mr. Lilley's real
object in Introducing his resolution!
and making his charges was the,
same as the purpose of the prop«-|
ganda “of the latke Torpedo Boat
Company." namely the defeat of the
claims in the naval committee's bill
relating to submarines
Eighth That Mr Lilley acted In
bad faith In concealing from your
committee the real part it's in Inter I
est who were behind this question in
furnishing him with information and
evidence.
Ninth—That the charge that the
tour battleships proposition was de
feated by the adoption of the submit
rlne clause In the naval committee's
bill is false; trat Mr. Mley, as a
member of the naval committee,
knew that the charge was false, and
the
that he refused to maintain
charge beforp this committee
Tenth That Representative Loud
was made the object of anonymous
charges that were without any foun
dation in fact.
Eleventh That Mr. Lilley vio
GEORGE L. LILLEY.
lated his obligation as a member of
this house in formulating and urging
before this committee the groundless
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Twelfth
That Mr. Lilley acted
Washington, May 20 The ♦ in contempt of th«> house In destroy
house adopted the Lilley in ♦ ing th«‘ forged letter from Webster
vestigating committee’s re ♦ to Edlnborough Instead of delivering
port and conclusion. 157 to + it to the committee.
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82; not present, 35.
Thirteenth- That Air. Lilley vio
* lated bls obligation as a member of
this house In permitting his clerk
to H'nd out letters In Mr. Lilley's
Washington. D. C., May 19
That name reflecting on th«1 honor and in
Representative George L. Lilley of tegrity of the members of the house.
Fourteenth That Mr. Lilley acted
Connecticut was not warranted In
In contempt of this house 1» not
bringing charges against certain of disavowing openly upon th«1 floor of
Ills colleagues in the hiYuse and ac the house the letter to Goff, publish
credited members of the press, is the! ed over his signature, reflecting up
conclusion reached by the special on the honor and Integrity of the
members of «hi, house
■ommittee named by Speaker Cannon
Fifteenth—That no official of the
o investigate methods employed by navy has been Induced by the offl-
he Electric Boat Co., of New Jersey, ' cers of the Electric Boat Company,
u connection with legislation before lor any one else, to act In his official
ongress.
In au exhaustive report capacity from corrupt or Improper
ubmitted to the house today, Chalr- motives.
.nan Boutell and his colleagues re
Sixteenth That
Mr.
Lilley's
veal the testimony brought out be charge of excessive profits in the
fore the committee on hearings ex submarine contracts was bast'd on fic
tending over several weeks and de titious figures, composed by an agent
clare with equanimity that no mem of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company
ber of the house and no represent for the purpose of perversion of the
ative of the press have been Induced testimony of Admiral
Bowlen In
by officers of jhe Electric Boat Co. 1902.
to act from a corrupt or improper
Seventeenth—That the charge that
motive.
an excessive profit In the subma-
Furthermore, the committee finds rlne contracts was due to special leg
that Mr. Lilley allowed himself to islation In favor of one company was
be used as an instrument of the Lake false, and Mr. Lilley knew the charge
Boat company In questioning the was false when he made It.
integrity and fairness of members I
Eighteenth—That no reporters of
of the investigating committee and the press have been bribed or cor
attacking a competing submarine rupted by the Electric Boat Compa
company. Mr. Lilley 1 b charged also ny.
with maintaining an attitude of bad
Nineteenth That* no member of
fal'b, both in bringing the charges the committee on naval affairs has
ind concealing front the committee be oi Induced by the officials of the
the Identity of the real parties In In Electric Boat Company or any one
terest behind the investigation.
else to pct In bls official capacity
The conclusions reached as the from corrupt or Improper motives.
unanimous act of the Committee fol
Twentieth That no member of
lows:
the house has been Induced by the
First—That house resolution 225, officers of the Electric Boat Com
Introduced by Mr. Lilley, was an im pany or any one el»«> to act In hls of-
potent resolution and no evidence flclal capacity from corrupt or 1 ni
could have been compelled
there proper methods.
under and that this Investigation re-
Twenty-second That
no
ca m-
quireed the adopting of th" house palgn or other contributions were
resolution 228 of the committee on made by th«1 Electric Boat Company
rules under which the Inquiry pro to any member of the liousig or to
any campaign committee or fund of
ceeded.
Second That Mr .Lilley's res«- i any political party.
lutloti was not In good faith.
Twenty-third That
Mr.
Lilley
Third That Mr Lilley bad 110 In has sworn repeatedly, Including his
formation to Justify
his charges last appearance before this commit
made before the committee on rules. tee, that he had no further sugges
Fourth That Mr. Lilley acted In tions, facts or sources of Informa
bad faith In making his charges be tion an I that he had withheld from
fore the committee on rules.
the committee nothing that would
Fifth -That Mr. Lilley acted In 1 tend to sustain his charges,
bad faith In stating before that com-
I Signed I
rnlttee that be had made no charges
HENRY SHERMAN UDITELI
members of the
reflecting upon
FREDERICK STEVENS
bouse before th«1 committee on ruleB.
MARTIN E. OI.MSTEAD.
Sixth That Mr
Lilley allowed
WILLIAM II HOWARD.
himself to .be used as an Instrument
R F BROUSSARD.
HOÜRE DYNAMITED
RUEF JURY STILL
BY BLACK HANDS
UNABLE TO AGREE
New York, May 20. The refusal
of Dr. Atlllio UMClnl, a wealthy Ital
ian physician, to comply with the de
mands of the Black Hand criminals
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San Francisco, May 20.
The jury In the Abe Rti
case was unable to agree
to noon today, when th
They w
went to lunch.
come into court at 2 o'clock.
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lives of hundreds of tenants were en-1
dangered, and a number of persons
Injured, one perhaps fatally. The I
house Is located at 316 East Elev
enth street.
MEMBER OF FAILED
FIRM
J. B. Stetson Hat
$4.50 to $8.00
BOSS GUFFEY RULES
QUAKER DEMOCRATS
INDKTED
New York, May 10.—An Indict-1
ment against a member of the failed
brokerage firm of T A. McIntyre *
Company, was reported by the grand
Which member of the
jury today.
was not specified.
Harrisburg, May 26.--The Demo
cratic organization of Pennsylvania,
headed by National Committeeman
Guffey. today defeated the Bryan
faction of the party In the state con
vention on the question of Instruct
ing four delegates-ta-large to the
Itenver convention.
M Acheson A Co., of Portland,
I.o«
gone Into bankruptcy, with
Y<*Bter<lay’ji baseball scorai
00 I is b 111 It e« and about »30,000 Angelen, 2: San Francisco, o
No
1. This has been looked for for lam.- at Portland, Oakland failing
to ibow up.
time.
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Newport. May 20—The At
lantic battleship fleet passed
Yavulna Bay at 5 o'clock this
morning, about twenty miles
off shore. Nothing was vls-
vislble but a cloud of smoke,
greatly to the disappointment
of large crowds of people
who came from the Interior
on the prospect of seeing the
fleet, on the promise that It
would come close in to the
coast.
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Astoria, May 2 0.—Today is a hol
iday at Astoria, all lines of business
being suspended.
Practically the
entire community and thousands of
visitors from Portland and interior
points of Oregon an<l Washington
turned out to see the fleet and wit
ness the maneuvers off the Columbia
river.
Thousands of people went to van
tage points on the beaches and a
fleet of ocean going steamers, tugs
and other craft crossed out over the
liar to escort the fleet from Tilla-
niook head.
The fleet arrived off the mouth of
the river at noon, the vessel« com-
Ing on In single file wlth the flagship
Connecticut In the lead.
Later they formed In squadrons,
and under slow bell passed along
two miles off shore in easy view
from all vantage points. As the flag
ship pass,, d Fort Stevens a salute of
seventeen guns was fired from the
fort and answered by the flagship.
The fleet will remain off this port
about three hours.
It Is expected that Admiral Sperry
will take luncheon on board the Hoa-
noke with Mayor Wise, of Astoria,
Mayor l>ane, of Portland, and other
prominent citizens.
SEVEN E.XCt RSIONISTS
DROWNED IN RIVER
Memphis, May 20.—The explosion
of a gasoline tank on a launch on the
Whit1 river near Clarendon, Ark.,
last night, caused the drowning of
seven persons, Nine others were res-
All were prominent young
cued,
people on a moonlight excursion.
NEWS SOTES
The Democrats of Washington
have adopted a plnnk forbidding the
m |<> of spirituous liquors.
Th« new city charter of Corvallis,
framed wjth much labor and pa
tience. and involving the b'“st fea
tures of the Portland
and Salem
charters, was defeated In the city
election yiaiterday by an adverse
vote of 172 for and 238 against. One
feature that was opposed la that the
chief of police is made appointive by
the mayor an I council, Instead of
elected by the people.
About 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
a hailstorm at H irrisburg lasting
about five minutes -made man and
beast seek shelter.
Rain fell In
sheets for a few minutes afterward,
the water literally pouring from the
roofs. Crops generally are looking
fine, although the continued cold
weather Is not conducive to rapid
growth.
DENIES STORY
OF MISS WOOD
New
York,
May
20.—Senator
I’la 1 went on the witness stand to
day and gave testimony In his own
behalf
in
the
sensational
suit
brought against him
by
Mae C.
Woo.l, an Omaha woman, suing him
for divorce under the allegation that
he entered into a marriage contract
with her In 1901. The senator en
tered the court leaning heavily on
the arms of two attendants
Platt testified that he 1» 75 rears
old
HU first wife died In 1901. He
flrat met Miss Wood in 1901, but
never met her In the Oriental hotel,
and never asked her at the Oriental
hotel to become his wife
He did
not talk to the plaintiff in Novem
ber, 1901 about marriage. His sto
ry was a complete denial of Miss
Wnodi testimony.
A number of letters, alleged t<i
have been written by the senator to
Miss Wood, were read He denied
writing them
The senator declared
that he maintained improper rela-z
tions with the plaintiff.
Platt testified that he paid »10,-
000 to his son. Frank H. Platt, tn
bring about a settlement of the suit
brought against him by Miss Wood,
through the firm of Howe A Hum
mel.