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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
WEEDS ARMY OFFICER


NEW YORK, April l2.-St. Pat
ricks Cathedral was the scene of a
brilliant wedding today when Miss
Susanna Livingston Clover, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs, James A. Clover, be-
came the bride OF Captain Oscar ],
Charles, of the Seventeenth Infantry,
U. S, A. A number of prominent
army officers were among those in
attendance, Following the ceremony
at the cathedral reception and
breakfast was held at the home of the
brides parents in East Seventy sixth
street,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
BURIED IN FLOWERS
Body Of Helent Modjeska Lies In
State.


LOS ANGELTS, April 12-Almost
buried from sight in a profusion of
floral tributes, the casket containing
the remains of Nine, Helene Modes
ka has occupied a guarded place of
honor in the Knights of Columbus
Club house since Saturday afternoon.
This morning at $50 o'clock at ST.
Williams cathedral the funeral service
began under the auspices of the
Knights OF Columbus. High mass
was celebrated by Mgr, Harnett, and
the funeral sermon was preached by
Bishop Conaty, After the church
ceremonies the remains were taken to
Calvary cemetary where they will be
kept in vault until Count Bozentas
affairs ars so arranged that he can
take the body to Poland
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
Increase ON LUNURIES
DISPOSED OF
MATERIAL ADVANCE IN Ii
oUoRs WHICH WILL IN
CREASE THE REVENUES

WASHINGTON, D. C., April H.
At meeting of the senate finance
committee tonight increased duties in
the schedule covering luxuries was
adopted. The entire liquor schedule
is being materially advanced. This
increase is expected to bring about
$5,00Ol0O0 addition revenues. Aldrich
said that increase will not equal loss
from reductions of free list and that
farther increases on certain luxuries
would be necessary.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
HIS WIFE ARRESTED
To Curb Husband, Woman Disgraces
Herself, He Says.

NEW YORK. April i2.-John +.
McKenna of Brooklyn declares that
his wife, who was arrested on Satur-
day charged with shoplifting, stole in
order to reform him. When she was
arraigned in court, McKenna said:
"She said that she would teach me
to stay at home nights and that sne
would spite be by disgracing herself
if necessary. Now she has done it.
The woman was held in $500 bail
for further examination. The specific
charge against her is the theft Of
three shirt waists from Broadway
store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
ANIMALS TO BE GIVEN BURIAL
Los Angeles Organizes societ 70 Give
pe.s q Respectable Interment

LOS ANGELES, April l2.-Thc
latest enterprise to come to light in
Los Angeles is cemetery for pet
dogs and cats. A number Of people
Of this city and Pasadena are inter
ested and Il will be but q short time
before lovers of cats and dogs can
consign their pets after death 70 a
cemetery with all the solemnity and
ceremony attending burial Of human
beings. There will be family plots"
in the cemetery, and headstones will
mark the resting places Of the pets.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
COIOred Heavy Weight Cham
plOn Receives a Number Of
Challenges From Managers
he WILL DECIDE THURSDAY
Representatives of Al Kaufman De-
mand he be Given First opportun-
ity to Contest for the Worlds
Championship.

NEW YORK, April r. Jack
Johnson, the colored heavyweight
champion announced tonight that he
would not decide whose challenge he
would accept until Thursday. The
reason given for postponment is that
All Kaufman one OF the anxious
chalIengers will box Tony Ross, the
much heralded fight before the local
club tomorrow night and Johnson
wants to see how Kaufman will figure
as a drawing card. Willis Britt and
Billy Delaney, representing Kaufman,
each demanded, at conference today
the right to fight Johnson. The lat
ter suggested that the challengers
fight each other to determine which
should meet him for the champion
ship.
Britt objected to this and suggested
that Johnson should accept the chal-
lenge of the man for whom the larg-
est purpose was put up. Johnson
however demurred and the ematters
were left standing pending the issue
Of the oss battle. AT the close of the
conference, Hugh D. Mcintosh, the
Australian fight promoter, offered a
return match for Johnson and Burns.
The champions reply was that he
would only accept such terms de-
manded by Burns at their Melbourne
fight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
PARTY LINES DISREGARDED.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April H.
President Taft has directed Director
North OF the Census Bureau to dis
regard party lines in securing suitable
men for supervisors and other ap.
pointive places under the new census
act.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
COUNTY Health oFFrcERs

JACKSON, Miss April i2.-Many
leading physicians and surgeons are
arriving TO attend the annual meeting
Of the Mississippi State Medical AS
sociation, which is to assemble here
tomorrow. The meeting was preced-
ed today by an important conference
Of the State Board Of Health and the
county and municipal health officers
OF Mississippi.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13

Nashville, Tenn Judge J. G. Smith
Of Fort Worth and others Of promin-
ence are included among the speakers,
The music, which forms leading
feature Of the conference programme,
is in charge of Prof. Excel.
The officers Of the conference are
W. c. Everett, Dallas, president; c.
J. Oxley Houston, uce-president; c.
S. Field, Fort Worth secretary, and
Louis Blaylock, Dallas, treasurer.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
STOLEN SUIT CASE is
FOUND N MICHIGAN
DISPOSITIONS AND EVIDENCE
IN HASKELL-HEARST LIBEL
SUIT ARE MISSING.

HASTINGS. Mich, April 1.-THE
suitcase stolen from Attorney Fresh
ney in the Michigan Central Railway
station, April 3rd, was found last
night. The case had been opened and
all depositions and evidence Freshney
had secured in the Haskell Hearst
libel case are missing, There is no
clew to the perpetrators.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
Financial Committee 10 Submit
Report to 30 Considered
Next Tuesday.
FEW AMENDMENTS OFFERED
House Passes Resolution Calling Bill
From Senate to Make Correction
on Omissions Of Petroleum and WIN
be Returned Next Thursday.

WASHINGTON, d. c, April H.
The house was in session two hours
and rs minutes today. First action
taken was the adoption Of a resolu-
ton calling upon the Senate for re-
turn Of Payne tariff bill next Thurs
day in order that II might be correct
ed so as to include products OF petro'
leum In free list During the eoniu-
sion incident to passage OF bill FRI
day |, was believed it included this
provision but It had developed that
such Il not case. although Il was
clearly the intention to include these
products along with crude and re-
fined petroleum. The house especial
" authorized its enrolling clerk TO
make the correction and be ear make
the change within a few minutes. II
therefore will cause no delay in tariff
legislation. II Is understood the SEN
ate did not object to the return OF the
measure.
There was much opposition to the
two resolutions, one TO appoint sew
eral janitors and the other to appro-
pirate money for the expenses OF the
house incident to the extra session.
The FIRST was defeated by being laid
on the table and the second was
adopted. After sending the census
bill 10 conference the house adjourned
until Thursday
The amended tariff bill Is now on
-, the senate calendar and consideration
Of the measure will be begun Tues
day, II was laid before the finance
committee with Democratic members
present this morning and after so
minutes parley vote was taken on the
question OF making a report to the
senate today, all Republicans voting
in the affirmative and Democrats in
the negative, Soon after senate mes,
Aldrich presented the amended bill,
Daniel on behalf Of the minority pro-
tested that the Democrats had not
been given opportunity to examine
the measure. and Aldrich replied that
they could make their examination
Thursday, He said also that as the
majority was responsible for bill, its
course in hastening the report was
warranted AS a result the bill does
nor contain al the changes in rates
which the finance committee purposes
to make Although several important
amendments have been made such as
restoration OF the Dingley rates on
woman's gloves and hosiery placing
Of works Of art on the free list and
assessment Of duty on iron ore, reve'
nue. producing possibilities Of bill are
little changed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13

WASHINGTON, DC April l2.--
Mrs. Castro, wife Of the former presi-
dent of Venezuela also is to be kept
out of that country, Dispatches from
the American diplomatic office an.
nounces that the naties Of Venezuela
that Mrs. Castro with her party are
on the steamer Guadaloupe from
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13

ARE DISMISSED
Against Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma and Several
Others Interested infMuskOgee Town Lot Frauds

MUsKoGEE, April l2-The state
ment is given out from the United
States District Attorneys Office here
today to the effect that the prosecu,
ton of Governor Haskell Of oklaho-
ma and six other cases against promi-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
MRS. CASTRO NOT
ALLOWED TO LAND
Officials Cut Off All Communication Between Her
and Her Husbands Political Friends

which Castro departed at Fort De
France arried at La Guaira Saturday,
They were not permitted to land or
communicate with the shore. The
apparent effort is to keep Mrs. Castro
from direct communications with her
husbands former political friends in
Venezuela
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13

nent 0klahomians recently involved
in Muskogee town lot cases will &c
abandoned and all indictments dis
missed. This course, it is stated, has
been dictated from Washington, prob
ably upon the orders Of Attorney.
General Bonaparte.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-13
FIRE AT RAINIER
DESTROYS MILL
AstOria-P Portland Train Run the
Gauntlet Of Fierce and Seeth-
Ing Flames Successfully
ENTIRE PROPERTY. DESTROYED

Mill Owned by Babeock and Flippin,
Formerly Owned by Paterson and
Was One Of the Oldest Mills on the
Columbia.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Pilgrimage to st. Mary.

Today the members of the Maryland
Pilgrims Association. in number about
900. will leave Baltimore for visit to the
site of the first settlement of Lord Balti-
mores colony in Maryland. The object OF
this visit is to stimulate interest in the
early history of the province. 1t is most
praiseworthy object, and 1t is the custom
OF the association to make the pilgrimage
four times a century. Before the landing
Of Lord Baltimore's settlers party from
Virginia, under William Claiborne, had
settled on Kent Island and another party
on the -Susquehanna. but these were only
trading posts. and st. Mary has always
been considered the beginning of the col
ony OF Maryland. The ancient city" OF
St Mary was situated In a beautiful and
fertile park-lke region on the banks of
the St. Mary river: a tributary Of the the
years the capital of Maryland but 1t has
disappeared utterly. The spot is marked
by a monument erected by the state in
honor Of the founder of the colony. After
the seat OF government was removed to
Annapolis. near the end Of the seven
teenth century. the ancient capital speed
lily disappeared.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
involved Europe In terribly expensive ma
val competition"
And from Paris we have this story:


''The superior council of the navy has
decided to bring the number or Frencn
battleships up to thirty-eight, total that
would insure France fourth place among
the naval powers of the world.
81 ,OOO-ton vessels of an enlarged Danton
type. The council is in favor of twelve
12-inch guns in six turrets. those aft to
be superposed.
1.-The naval artillery experts, however,
have brought forward arguments in favor
of sixteen 1O.S-inch guns in eight turrets.
There is nothing from Berlin. but why
anything? We know what the situation
in Germany Is without announcement.
The government is busy with large
naval program, uninfiuenced by the
racket in England or elsewhere. And as
for ourselves, we are adding to our navy
right along. and doing so with the ap-
proval of both political parties in Con-
gress.
Why, then, ask the President to step
forward, raise an admonitory hand and
of lecturer on the idyllic? AS our prep
arations are not for war, why should we
assume that the preparations Of other
powers are? We are keeping In trim to
discourage war, but to be ready If war
comes, and such is the reasonable inter-
pretation of the activity of the other
powers. 1t would be absurd to talk arbi-
tration, with nothing but fine sentiments
to support il.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Haphazard Suburbs.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston transcript.
What Has Been Accomplished III City
Planning in the United States will be
the topic of Saturday mornings discus
sion at the forthcoming Washington con-
ference. Ten minutes will be assigned
to a representative of each Of the fol-
lowing named cities: Cleveland. Cincin-
natl, Boston. Philadelphia. New York,
Los Angeles. Denver, Kansas City, Wash
ington. Pittsburg and Baltimore. As to
several of these places the speakers could
seemingly discuss the topic assigned to
them in the time allowed more adequate
ly than the reverse Of it-what has not
been done. New York. with its abundance
of cross-street surface, by comparison
with its congested longitudinals. affords
a stock example Of how not to plan a
city Washington. with It's splendid
L'Enfant arrangement down town beside
the wholly haphazard way in which the
suburban thoroughfares have been allow
ed to meander reversing the process OF
most American cities, will stand before
the visitors as an object lesson of both
the planned and the unplanned. The mu-
inequalities which have most to show OF
recent achievement are doubtless Cieve-
land and Kansas City. in both Of which
very substantial results have been Sc
cured through comprehensive study OF
facilities and a public-spirited adherence
to the scheme developed by experts.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Civil Service Retirement.

President Taft's remark yesterday to
the delegation from the United States
Civil Service Retirement Association In
dicates a sympathetic interest in the eff
fort to secure for the elder clerks more
equitable treatment than is at present ac-
corded them. He spoke broadly of the
unsatisfactory condition which now exists
in the departments regarding the men and
women who have passed the point OF
greatest usefulness and are in the de-
cline of their ability. This involves two
considerations. the requirements of pub
lie service and the claims of the individ-
ual for humane treatment. The welfare
of the individual strongly affects that of
the service itself and any condition which
bears oppressively upon the workers In
the ranks initiates against the efficiency
of the whole body. The government
should on its own behalf provide sys-
tenn of clerical retirements insuring the
faithful, efficient men and women who
devote themselves to departmental work
as a career such a competence in their
advanced years as will enable them to
live decently without fear of penury and
suffering. Otherwise the brightest and
most capable of the clerks will leave the
government service at their first oppor-
tunity to locate themselves elsewhere and
the burden of the work will fall upon less
capable and older shoulders
The proposition which has been most
practically presented to Congress in this
connection is to establish system of
retirements funded by retentions from the
salaries, together with an initial contribu-
ton by the United States. Many friends
of the retirement plan feel that the gov
ernment should carry this burden alone,
placing the clerks upon the same basis
as members of the military services. This
plan. however, meets with firm opposition
in Congress, where there is a funda-
mental dislike of the thought of adding
to the pension system. But of late years
there are signs of an increasing dis
position to devise a system which will i'm
pose the burden of retirement jointly upon
the clerks themselves and the govern
ment. The Presidents words yesterday
encourage the hope that he will lend his
influence to this movement to secure jus
tice for the elder clerks and the better
service for the government incident to the
| retirement of those who are past the
point of usefulness.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Seeing Things in England.

Chiefly important as an indication Of
the almost hysterical state of the public
mind in England are the reports that are
being cabled Of visions of airships hover
ing over the right little, tight little is
land lately. Judging from these accounts
one of the continental powers is engag-
ing in series of stealthy observations
from aloft, doubtless with the view Of ef-
fecting a landing or dropping explosives
in case Of war. The airship-which the
cynical have already dubbed ''scareship"
has been observed from time to time In
different parts Of England and has lately
appeared near Cardiff. Wales. where. in
the language OF one of the cablegrams,
"A wayfarer saw a cigar-shaped craft
aground on the summit Of Caerphilly
mountain at about midnight The ship
seemed to be In distress, but after a
while two men managed to repair it and
1t SCARED of. The next day local re-
porter visited the spot and saw the ground
torn up and found printed papers and
clippings relating to aeronautics scatter
ed around.
So many Englishmen today believe
that the Emperor of Germany has de-
signs upon the kingdom of his Uncle
EDWARD tHdL IL 10 Hot easy 10 uiSSuduc
the public of the notion that this mys-
terious aerial visitor is a scout from
the Rhine valley. Coupled with Lord
Roberts warning in the house Of lords,
such a notion is certain to spread a
feeling of the keenest apprehension, al
most of panic. Ridicule has been poured
forth from the columns OF the skeptical
press but to no avail. A large number
of the kings subjects are firmly con-
vinced that Germany is accommodating
from the air, testing airships and ex-
perimenting in landings.
Many stories have been written re-
Gently essaying to describe the future
war in the air." ranging from crude
tales Of utter unlikelihood to scientific
fctions Of suggestive probability. They
have whetted the public imagination to
the point OF willingness to accept the
theory that some day a campaign may
be conducted by means OF dirisibles and
planes.
The element of mystery is always at
tractive; 1t proyokes interest The mere
fact that some private investigator OF
aerial navigation. stunning public
| ity, engages in a series of experiments
at night would not meet the demand
| Of the excited British public for an
explana, ion of the "scareship.'' Pos
sibiy some practical joker has taken
pains To soar around after dark in a
dirigible-such machines are now to be
bought in the market-and leave trail
of wonder-causing. marks and signs. Or
maybe something is due in this case t.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Samuel Clemens Latest Sin.

From the New York SUM-
1t may be worth observing that the
Hon. Mark Twains mastery argument
for the Baconian theory of the author
ship OF the plays called Shakespeare s
has greatly stimulated the Bacon
Shakespeare literary prospectors. Their
business 1t Is to explore the long
suffering text and to extract from
1t those cryptic arrangements OF
letters and numerals, those acros-
tics. those palindromes. those preg
nant paginations. those inseniously
hidden meanings which Francis Bacon,
as we know so well. spent his leisure
nights in weaving into the first folio
and which now establish his case with
such wonderful clearness and COM
pleteness. We ourselves have not given
much attention to this particular form,
of intellectual activity since 1t was our
honor. several years ago to evolve
from the first folio text. by the con-
scientious application Of the cipher
which Ignatius Donnelly discovered.
the immortal principle Of the invariable
proximity Of the white horse and the
red headed girl.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
City Planning.

a national conference on city plan
ming such as that now in session III
Washington is wholesome sign that
remedial interest is at last being taken
by the American people in one of the
most vital problems of modern life. 1t
is common commentary upon our
system of government that its chief de-
feet is in the management of the cities.
the evils. both political and social,
which are commonly in evidence being
attributed to lack of sufficient interest
by the average citizen in the direction
of affairs Immediately at hand. There
is a striking likeness between the
physical and political aspects of many
of the cities, which have been permit
ted TO grow with little or no direction
or attention to the details of admin
istration on the part of the more In
telligent classes of citizens. Some of
the cities have been built up on the
Cow path" plan, with the result of
confusion and congestion. Washington
is a singular exception in that it was
planned on a great scale even when it
held only a few hundred inhabitants.
Had the founders of all the American
cities possessed the foresight displayed
by George Washington in his direction
of the capitals evolution there would
today have been far more wholesome
condition as affecting the physical and
moral health of the people.
The problem confronting those who
are now engaged in this conference on
city planning is two fold. to cure as far
as possible the evils which have de-
veloped from unscientific city making
h. orf md 70 do ,orlxy for
future growth. The latter is the easier
task. Already many cities have recog-
nized the danger of continuing on the
hit-and-mss basis of municipal growth
and have laid out systematic street
plans and suburban extensions which
will provide for indefinite extension
outward. But the evils Of congestion
at the core remain. To cure them thor
oughly will call for an enormous ex-
penditure of money and for the enact
ment and strict enforcement of cor
rectiye legislation. Advance, however,
is made in that direction whenever the
subject is considered collectively as in
this conference.
Washington is often complimented
upon it's lack of densely populated
tenement districts. but at the same
time one Of the most significant ex-
hibits at this conference displays the
conditions which exist in the local
slums, the alleys and by-ways In which
thousands are quartered in the most in
sanitary surroundings. Attention has
been called repeatedly to this condition
and the subject has lately been laid be-
fore Congress in the report of COM
mission appointed by President Roose-
welt. 1t is the local hope that the
present conference will stimulate ma
tional interest in this subject to the
extent of arousing Congress to the
point of enacting the necessary law
for the cure of the local congestion.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Messages of Cheer.

When gloom o'ershadows the daily news
And tempts us all to state Of blues:
When war is threatening far and wide
And the home team fails to get Its stride
When trusts reach forth on every hand
And speeches are hard to understand
Turn DER page. and then be gay.
AS you read what the advertisers say!
There's nothing at all that can't be cured
Nothing that cannot be endured:
Nothing you cannot buy or sell
If you know how to describe it well.
Your business methods you may extend
If you seek to borrow or wish to lend.
No matter what may affiict your mind,
Where they print the ads you may always
find
OF glad assurance such a list
That you can't help being an optimist.