GENE WEEK!.Y GUARD
VOL. 42
NO. 51
PRES.
BITTERLY DENOUNCED EDITOR JOS PULITZER
DUTCH WARSHIPS TAKE
ANOTHER FROM CASTRO
TOBACCO TRUST
ILLEGAL DECLARES
SUPREME COURT
FINISH UP WORK OF
PROMOTION COMMITTEES
Meeting of Promotion Depart-
ment of Commercial Club
Held Last Night
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suit against the Ani-
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MONOPOLY OF
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R. J. Reynolds Co., the
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i The lingue, Dec. 15.—The Dutch man inder
cas in 19<
varshil'- operating on the coast of
captured another coast Inquire as
Venexnel
known
as
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guardship
De May-. ’ The crew was landed and FRENCH
the vesse [ is proceeding to Curacao in
Jharge of a prize crew.
Part of Castro's Navy
I Willemstad. Dec. 15.-—The capturi
of the ' - ; DeMayo” occurred on D<
eeniber 13 at a point a little nortli ..I
Cunisna on the Gulf of Curacao. The
“2J De Mayo,” while classed as a
(gas:, guard vessel, is a unit of the
Venezuelan navy, but her size ai d
jtrength is insignificant.
The battleship Jacob Van Keen. -
Xerk arrived this morning towing the
prize coast guard vessel.
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Paris, Dec. 15.—The report of the
state tobacco monopoly, filed today,
shows that the French nation last
year consumed $100.000.000 worth
of tobacco, upon which the govern
ment profit was $75,000,000.
EIGHT INJURED
AND TWO WILL DIE
C’hicâtfo Wheat Market.
( astro ill Merlin.
Berlin. Dec. 15.—President Castro
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Dec. $1.00%;
tailed this morning upon Chancellor May, $ 1.05 V* ; July, 97 \ .
Von Buelow and Foreign Secretary
I Von Schoen, leaving his card. The
Tacoma, Dec. 15.—Wheat lower.
foreign secretary later sent Coun Milling bluestem. 99; export blue
cilor Goetzch, who acted on the Ger- stem, 94; club, 90; red, 88.
Newbury. Pa.. Dec. 15.— Eight for
eigners were injured, two fatally,
three houses burned and four others
dynamited, to prevent further loss,
as the resuit of a powder explosion
late last night. One of the foreign
ers accidentally dropped a match into
a keg of powder.
The board of governors of the i
Commercial club promotion depart-’
tusnt met last evening and after dis-,
posing of considerable routine busi
ness discussed the promotion fund
affairs for the coming year and de
cided to ask President Williams to
appoint a new committee to finish
up the work of the seven commit-’
tees and call upon those whom those
committees had been unable to see.
The manager was instructed to,
notify everybody to pay up If pos
sible within the next ten days so
that the treasurer, D. E. Yoran, may
be^abie to make his report for the
The board authorized the purchase
of one thousand of the 1909 year-
books being issued by The
Dally
Guard.
Mrs.
Walter Cxrroll returned
home to Junction City yesterday, af
ter a visit with her mother in Eu
gene.
It Is of Interest to You to Know Where to Buy at This Time
of Year to the Best Advantage
Dir'LTT that one word briefly
Klun 1 - describes our stock
p A C14 IS THE ONE WORD WHICH EXPLAINS
EXTRAORDINARY LOW PRICES
A
Xmas Ribbons
Pillow Covers
Kid Gloves
White Aprons
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Full Jiue Kid Gloves, all shades, many prices.
If you select the wrong size, exchange after
Xmas and have them fitted; pair $1.25
¡.nd ................................................................. $3.50
Table Linen
Round house aprons of fine lawn or dotted
Swiss, with lace or embroidered ruffle; ex
cellent as a Christmas gift, each 50 and OOc
You can not make a mistake on linens. "Al
ways room for one more." Napkins, too.
Tahiti Linens, the yard. 25c, 5Oc, 75c, $1.00
ty . ..
................................................... $2.00
.' aukins, the dozen ...............$1.25 to $5.00
Shopping Bags
These will be most acceptable by any one—
always useful. We have all-silk hose at.
the pair ...................................................... $1.00
Entirely new line or pillow covers, all leather,
made of inch square pieces, sewed together,
forming conventional figures.
Leather
fringe edges. Each.................................. $3.25
New warp print ribbons, floral designs. 5%
inches wide, blue, pink, lemon and laven
der; the yard.................................................. 5Oc
Silk Hose
Greatest values ever placed on our counters.
We are showing them now.
We bought
them of a bag manufacturer.
You get
. $1.75
the jobber's profit; >ach . ..
We/Are Showing
MenJBowP’o
Dress Well and
HaveWney Left
Anv Clothes You Buy Here
are guaranteed to be satisfactory to yon in every
way; worth all you pay for them and more.
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Make that kind of clothes for us; we can't say
about them all they deserve; they're the best
clothes we can find, and we re sure you can’t
find any better clothes than we can. It's our bus
iness. Any time you come to us for clothes
we 11 see that you get the right thing for you in
an overcoat and suit.
$18.00 to $30.00
Whatever the price, the big va'«tqX s-iaqi s,st
etore is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
clothe«
X C»»yri«k'
XMAS SUSPENDERS
Suspenders, Tie and Suh
Handkerchiefs all matched m
Fancy box. the set.......... $. 76
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Hampton Bros
555-564 Willamette St,.
WHERE CAòH BEATS CREDIT
XMAS SOCKS
Bbx containing 14 dozen
fancy sox, assorted colors, high
jnality; the box................ $1.75
ASSERTS HE WILL
BE PROSECUTED FOR
PANAMA CANAL STORIES
PUMPING PLANT
ON THE M'KENZIE
IS NOW CERTAIN
Bids for Machinery Must Be
Filed bv January 11 or
Before
Washington, Dec. 15. The president today sent to the sen-
ate a statement concerning the purchase of the Panama canal I
property by the United States, denouncing in strong language the
PLANT WILL HAVE 2400
charges that anything was wrong concerning the acquisition of
HORSEPOWER CAPACITY
the canal property. The president says his attention was brought
to the matter by the publication of articles in the Indianapolis
News, edited by Delavan Smith, and copied from the New York
World. He severely arraigns Editor Pulitzer, of the World, and Hill Crest Pipe Line Will Be
his papers, and says thousands of persons “believe the state-
Laid by City—Other Bus-
ments they see printed, even though they appear in th? newspa
iness Transacted
per published by Mr. Pulitzer.”
The president says the wickedness of the slanders published
in reference to the canal are only surpassed by their fatuity and
Advertisements for blds were or
says:
dered last night by the city council
for
the construction of a 2400 horse
"So utterly baseless are the stories that apparently they
power plant on the McKenzie river,
represent in part merely the material collected for campaign for pumping water from the McKen
river to Eugene. A resolution
purposes, and in part the stories were originally concocted with zie
was also passed, with one dissenting
a view to positive blackmail.”
vote, that of Councilman Fisher,
stating that the Intention of the
The president goes into details and points out a number of council
is to Install the plant as soon
glaring inaccuracies in the stories, and says they are partly li as ¡H>ssible All bids on machinery
will have to be filed by January 11.
bels upon W. H. Taft and Douglas Robinson, “but they are in
A letter from Engineer Keatley,
fact, in form partly of a libel upon the United States government. who has prepared the specifications
of the plant, was read. He advised
I do not believe we should concern ourselves with the particular that copies of the advertisement be
individuals who wrote the lying and libelous editorials, articles sent to him. so that he would for
ward them to a number of firms of
■ from correspondents, or articles in the news columns.”
reputation in the East and on the
Coast. Other firms will aleo
The president reiterates the responsibility of Mr. Pulitzer Pacific
be notified.
The machinery consists of two
and says he should be prosecuted by the government authorities
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1200 horse-power horizontal
and that the attorney-general has under consideration the f >rm tors,
two 600 kilowatt generators,
under which proceedings against Pulitzer shall be brought. He pumps, electric and other apparatus.
Tlie specifications require that the
then reviews the act of congress authorizing the expenditure of machinery be shipped to Springfield
$40,000,000 and says 'it is no concern of the president what the by the bidder.
While the resolution stated defi
canal company did with the money”; that he directed or ap nitely that the power generated by
plant is to bo used for pumping
proved every action and is responsible for all that was done in the
water only, at a former meeting ft
carrying out the will of congress, saying the matter was filially was sirgwestcd by Councilman Wil
liams that the city could furnish Its
closed by the then attorney-general, Knox, though Secret try of own
lights with their power.
For
State Hay and the then secretary of war, Root, were cognizant of that reason the power plant will be
larger than necessity demands for
all the essential details.
Dumping water. The light bill each
“If, as a matter of fact,” the president explains, “the canal ’month for the city of Eugene is near
ly $4 00.
company, either or both, had been owned by American citizens
City Fiuaix-«.
A number of small bills were re
or by citizens of any other nationality, it would not have mat
ported and ordered paid.
tered in the slightest degree the action taken by this govern
Councilman Williams read
the
ment. Our concern was to get the canal, which was owned by gas franchise, and it was ordered
i that the gas company report their
the French company, and to see that the title was clear.”
I grows earnings for 1907 with those
190H on January 1. ISOS. The
The president states that the money was paid through the | I of
city receives one-half of one per
'New oYrk banking house of J. P. Morgan A Co., acting as the cent of the total gross earnings, ac
cording to the franchise. In a sup
financial agent of this government, into the Bank of Paris.
plemental report it was recommend
MESSAGE PRODUCED
SENATORIAL LAUGHTER
i14 (inc(i( t»-i| with u view t>$ poHitlvc bh$< k
' mall
The Inventor of the atory about
Mr CharlcN I*. T h ft, for IriMtauce, evi
dently MuppoNud that al some porlmi
of the Panama purchase Mr
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Taft muh aecretary of war, wherraa In
i reality Mr. W. II Taft never he<-Hine
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ae< rotary of war until lung after the
Washington, Dec.
!$.—Repeated whole trMfiWK'tIon in <iueatlon had been
peuls of laughter greeted the read |( loa«<1 The Inventor of the story about
iJotiglaa Koblnaon had not lukei
ing of the opening parsgraph of Pres Mr
the trouble to find out the fact llutt
ident Roosevelt's measuge to congress Mr. Koblnaon hail not had the alliclit ‘
Ion the I’auama canal charges today.) eat connection, directly or Indiiuclly,
an> kind or aort with any phua«* of
As the secretary read tbe state- of
the Panama tranaaction from begin
I ment that the charge» were falw in ning to end. Tin- man who *tta<*ked I
j every particular,
Senator
Bailey Hout in the matter had not taken the
to re<d the public documents.
laughed outright and other senators I trouble
The Panama canal tranaaction wa*
on both aldee joined. When tbe reader actually carried through not by either
I reached the statement that a state- the then »»♦♦<■ ret* ry of etale Mr John
or the then secretary of war Mr.
' ment in a newspaper which be tnen- Hay.
Nllhu Root
both of a
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j Honed would not be believed, there were coanixant of all the enaentlal fea
i was general merriment. Tbe reader tures but bv the then attorney *
I' <’ Knox at present Senator from
| hurried through, the papers accum- Mr
Pennsylvania.
I directed or approve»!
| panyIng the message not being read every action and am reaponalnie for
Tbe message also elicited great in ail that waa done In carrying out the
terest in the house, and there were a III of the congreae »n<l the provis
of th»* law. enacted by congreaa of-
ripples of laughter at the president’s ions
ter ex ba native fj / m mi nation and die-
arraignment of Pnlitzer.
cusalon.
were
a< -rupulously compiled
The message was referred to a clm- with by the executive. While the trans-
action waa pending 1 naw Mr Crom
' mlttee.
well but Iwo or three thro»a and my
Salient I'ointa of Meosage
communications with him were limited
to
the exchange of purely for mal cour- |
Those stories were first brought to |
Secretary Hav oc< awlonaily saw
' tny attention ae publlahed In a paper tealea
him
in th «••am* manner.
I
doubt
| in Indianapolla called the N**wa, edltad
whether
Mr Hiiot had any conversation
by Mr. I»elavan Hmlth.
The atorjea
with
him
The
attorney-general
saw
were a«*urrih»ua and llbeluua in char- I
aeler and faiae In every »’amentia! par- 1 him fre«|o.-ntly. aa h»- waa counael for
the
Panama
Company,
their
<«»mmunl-
tit ular
Mr Smith ahaltera hlmaelf l»e-I
u*-r- ofth'la!
representing
hind the eacuae that he merely accept- ‘ <ationa
shies
The action »»f the govern
’ ed the atatamanta which bad appear two
ment waa wholly uninfluenced by any
ed In a pap*r publlahed In New York.
question of who were or who were not
| th»- World, owned by Mr Joa. Pulltaer. stockholders either in II e new or old
' It ia Idle to aay that the known char-
company.
arter of Mr Pulitxer and hie newapa
fhir transaction®
w* re
or t ied on
I per are aueb that the atatementa In
that paper wKs be believed by nobody, openly and were published In detail,
aa unfortunately there ar* thouaanda and we dealt solely < ><> far aa the In
I of peraoaa ill-informed In thia r»-«p*< t terests of the old I’ananm Canal Cum«
| who l»el|eve the atatementa they aee I pany w«i concerned) with the liqui
I printed, even though they appear in dator appointed by the proper French
'a newapaper publlahed by Mr. Pulit- governmental body, the Civil Tribunal
of the Heine and It waa the decree of
i aer.
I
The wlrkedneaa of the aiandera la I thia name tribunal, with the new Pana-
Ho
ma Canal Company,
which alao went
only aurpaawe<J by their fatuity
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(>n (he aaie to the
I utterly baaeleas are the atortea that ap- < Into ll»iul»1allofi
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tranaactlena
were
i parently they reprea«-nt In part merely Cnlted Htatea
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on openly and were publlahed
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f.,r
at.imlvn pur
h ”»’
powee. and In part atnrlee originally In detail.
ed, and the motion passed, that the
water fund should be turned over to
the treasurer, who should keep It
distinct front that of the other money.
All salaries for the water employes
were ordered paid out of tho fund.
Street Committee.
Councilman Williams, when the
street committee reported, made a
vigorous complaint against tbe side
walks on the north side of Eighth
street. Chief Farrington, however,
had ordered the property owners to
remedy (he irregularities and no fur-
ther action was taken.
IC<«M-rvoir l*>-|>tli.
"The land« reservoir has six feet
of waler, and the small one is full
all the time," was (be report of the
Ths committee
street committee,
also failed to find that Nadeau's
bowling alley was a nuisance, and
tbe petition that It be abated was
denied. A light was ordered in
stalled at the intersection of Colum
bia avenue and Villard boulevard in
Fairmount.
The street committee
was also ordered to Investigate the
advi-ahlllty of the construction of
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BODY FOUND NEAR
GOAT ISLAND
Han Francisco, Dec 15.—-
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♦ The body of Chief of Police
♦ Piggy. drowned from the po
♦ lice launch "Patrol” oppo
♦ site A lea t rat island In Hau
♦ Francisco bay. November 30,
♦ was fount today by the crew
♦ of the freiebt ferryboat Tran
♦ sit. off Goat Island, face up
EMMA GOLDMAN
ROBBERS DYNAMITE
♦ ward and arms outstretched.
♦ The face was much dialog-
SHIPPED
TO
CANADA
OKLAHOMA BANK
♦ ur»d bat was fully Identified
♦ is that or Higgy
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McAlester. Okla . H* 15 - Rob-
bere dynamited th* safe of th«- First
National Bank at Eufaulfa. Okla,
■wenty mliaa north of here, and vs-
r aped With $2 7 OO
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Bellingham Dec. 15.—Emma Gold
Hau Francisco, Dec 15.- No marks
man was arreeted last night but re
leased today and put aboard a train on Bury’s body, but an autopsy will
for Canada Hhe was arreeted for In be held to assist in clearing up the
manner of his death.
citing an unlawful assemblage.