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VOL. \XXVI. "piJipfP.'BY-CARRIKII _|/k f 'I/'VIX
MMBKH 78. S. I\l.KjVj . 1-ER MONTH *" V.>llillJ-O
PRODUCE MEN
PROVIDE EEAST
FOR CHILDREN
EXCHANGE TO FURNISH MOST
OF VICTUALS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS GIVE
CASH ALSO
Hartman's Chorus Girls in Autos Pick
Up Dollars frsm Wayfarers
for Herald's Christmas
Dinner
In whole-hearted fashion yesterday
members of the produce exchange < f
Los Angrlrs substantially agreed to
assume the burden of supplying most
of 111«- potatoes, celery, onions,
cranberries, apples, nuts, tomatoes (if
market conditions warrant it) aoJ
other table necessities at the big
Christmas dinner al the v. H. C. a.
building and Simpson auditorium.
Nil only this, but the generous mem
bers voted io d'onate JCO in cash towai 1
buying tip big quantity of turkey a and
chickens needed, and pevsral linns i i
•the membership which handle poultry i
will si'c to ii that turkeys air sold foi
tiir poor children's benefit i" !»■ used
at the bin ChrlstmßS dinner a;, near
Cost.
This is tin' good new-s of tin- day for
the friends of The Heralds Christmas
dlnm r and entertainment, an enter
prise which has developed from a ban
quet for perhaps a thousand to a prob
able feast for three thousand children.
Public.Spirited Men
following :iic- the Individual* ar.d
firms composing the membership to
whom the city is Indebted (or this su\
itantial aid for (lie festival:
Allaway & Layton Co. McKlnley & 1-vusler.
Armour A Co. McStay Supply Co.
John T. Alen & Co. .1. P. Mulcher.
H. F. liacker. H. J. Mercer.
H. A. Blncham & Co. Merchants lei & Cold
California Creamery & Storage Co.
liutter Co. M. A. Newmark & Co.
Constable & Morgan. I'urino Warehouse &
John 1.. Chs i ttrokerago Co.
Crescent Creamery &■ Pasadena Produce Co.
Butter Co. l'»"l Pelpers.
Cudahy Packing Co. Edmund Peycke Co.
■Fred Ij. Fallas. Klchiirdxon & Holmes
Flint & Boynton. Fruit Co.
Heidt Fruit Co. Rivers Bros. Co. (Key-
James lllffclns Co. stone Produce Co.)
Walter Hill Co. . " Flunk Simpson Fruit .
S. Hillkowltz. " Co. .
Holmes & Stoekard Co. II V. Stanley.
B. A. Holmes, Jr. E. W, Steele.
\\ E. Hunter Broker- Swift .t Co.
,^, Co Chester W. Thompson.
Klein Fruit Co, "Trlolo-Hyram Co.
Knapp I'ntit Co. Charles H. Triolo.
H. .1. J.aiiKhliii. UDioii Warehouse Co,
A. L.funli'h. s. s. Wallace & Co.
Simon Lev! Co. ■ Wesl Coast Produce Co.
Losb, Fleishman & ,Co. Western Produce &
I,os Angeleß loe <<• Cold Commission Co.
Storage Co. f - Weyl, Zuckerman & Co,
D. A. Macneil. Percy H. Wilding.
Maple Orove Creamery. Wolf & Sons.
Mnrsion & Martin. Zaiser Produca Co.
Oeorge H. Martin. Zaiser Bros. Co.
I. J. Mathews.
Working for Los Angeles
I'ivs.Mit otScers of the*exchange are:
L,. J. MathewK, president; ,T. c. Rich
ardson, first vice president; Chester W.
Thompson, second vice president; B.
A. Holmes, Jr., secretary; Market and
Produce bank, treasurer; directors—
L. J. Mathews. J. C. Richardson, Ches
ted W. Thompson, H. Stanley, A. M.
Klein, Jay B. Jacobs and J. Hnber.
The objects of the produce exchange
of. 1..0S Angeles, as specified in the con
stitution, arc;
To protect Its members so far as
practicable against unreliable and dls
honest methods.
To furnish Information to its mem
bers that may tend to prevent fraud.
To- establish art understanding be
tween buyer and seller that each may
n cognise his obligation to the other
by the formulation of just and honor
able rules protecting buyer and seller
alike.
To unite In the execution of the
rules of the exchange and to provide
for the adjustment of differences ari'l
to take such other actions as may bo
for the besi Interest of the exchange.
Advertise the Dinner
■ Interest on the downtown streets yes
terday centered largely In the tour of
the chorus girls of the Wanpr com
pany In autos furnished for the. dinner
/cause by the White steamer garage
and Mrs. Martin Beklns. The posters on
tho autos called general attention to
the big affair for tho children, and will
probably stimulate collections.
Members of Vernon camp, W. O. "W.,
who are striving to gel a large num
ber of recruits, stopped long enough to
innkc a collection for the poor children
last night, and those present raised
$2.10 on short notice.
Committees are arranging to look
after the multitudinous details of the
affiitr, from getting the dishes to filling
them, and from conveying the smaller
children to the hulls to the renovating
of the donated articles of apparel, some
. of which need repairing. •-
Volunteers are wanted for every
branch of the work. If you can't come
make a dozen clothespin dolls, so thut
not a singlo girl need go home doll-lea.i
that day. .
Above all, visit every home in your
bloc* and ask tn« residents to sen I
a postal card tor wagons to call to col
' lect castoff goods .and toys. Shoes and
stockings are in special demand.
T.ATKNT CASH CIITB
rwo chorus girls Ferris Hartman C0..?5ti.47
Friday Morning club .}••«*
r'rleid '■• the children. 10.00
8. awsrts ....'....■...••■. l«-??
n ,1,,,., Cosmos club ..! 7.10
Five Nevada mining men 6.00
Corona parlor, N. B, Q. W S|'-°
Vernon camp, W. O. \V -'JO
Alleen Ware * y I }•-"
Sherman subscriber ».°»
a. F. A., Pasadena i •• ]■««
Friend ••• > .-
Bvan, a boy -60
3ubscrlber :' -
Subscriber ......•»• ',„
Wfll . wisher • .»
h* PREVIOUSLY KEPORTED
Employes Broadway store J 94.05
A friend of the cause. .... ■• 60.00
Los Angeles chapter 277, U. D. C 10.00
Mrs. James a. Warren • '"-'"J
Mrs. J. Ross Clark i"V,""', lu-00
1. M. Klllott. president First Natlnnul
bank'..;.. .' ' 10.00
llrculatlon ilept. The Herald 6.25
«rs.,M. A. Newmark • «-JJ
N i; easier '.',,.'.'., ....*. r>'°°
liiß,'- VlctorlaH.'Traßlt.... '"l)l!
Urs. A. J. Wallace ' jj.oo
Western Wholesale Drug Co o.w
■'our good-hearted ad men: 4.00
Seorgo J. lllrkel C0..... >.00
si.thur I'airoll ■ V. 200
t. B. Oasler. (ianl^na, Cal f'.w
garden City Van and storage Co., 1-50
(Vborvltae Robekah -lodge No; 83 WJ.IO
[ohn lteardon 100
■Sauiln IWwardu .'..........;..... ■
lubiicrlber ......1... ....". ,« ' 100
T. A. 1 Trobeck ..'.:.. .:..." 1.00
(Continued on Page Seven)
LOS ANGELES HERALD
Girls Collect Money for Herald's Fund for Children's Christmas
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ALLEGES AUTHOR
ASKED FOR ANNIS
SAYS VICTIM WAS SHOWN TO
THORNTON HAINS
Witness for State in Trial of Brother
as Principal in Bayside Mur
der Gives Strong Evi.
dence
FLUSHING, L. 1., Dec. 17.—Pred
erlck a. Storm, a real estate dealer,
testified today in tin- trial of Thorn
ton J. Huins, as ;i principal with his
brother, Captain Peter C. Halns, jr.. In
the kiliiiiK- of William E. Annls, that
the defendant had inquired as to the
whereabouts of Annls shortly befon
the latter sailed up ic> the duck where
he whs shot.
"Thornton Tlains stopped talking
about real estate and asked me where
Annis was." said tin- witness. "1
pointed out Annls 1 boat, then sailing
toward the float." The shooting of
Aiinin followed.
It is upon tliis statement of Storm
that the prosecution hinges its con
tention that the Hains brothers hunt
ed up Annis for the purpose of killing
(Continued on I'uee Iwo)
THE NEWS SUMMARY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Friday; heavy frosts in the morning;
orange growers should smudge; light
northeast winds. Maximum tempera,
ture yesterday, 57 degrees; minimum,
39 degrees. I
LOCAL
Knabenshue mukt'.s successful n!ght lli^lit
and drops mock bomb on city hall.
city council and chamber of commerce
may collaborate on scheme. for beautifying*
city.
Jury finds Machuca guilty of murder in
the tirst degree. ■ ■
Officials violate city charter by falling to
file annual ri'portn punctually.'
Youth, sentenced for robbery, boasts that
San Quentin will not jret him.
Woman relates pathetic »tory in Police
Justice Austin's court.
County has unprecedenledly large amount
of cash on hand.
Life Underwriters association. meets at
banquet and elects officials.
University olub holds Christmas high
jinks with Robert J. Burdette aa Santa
Claus.
Tried on charge of smuggling Chinese
over Mexican border.
Contest, over estate of late Mrs. Cressey
settled; money being turned over- to
widower.
Delivery boy forced to give up package
at point of revolver. . ,
Leading: business men form league to sup
press race track gambling.
Vounj? woman victim of brutal assault at
hands of negro. , . , , ... ..'
COAST
. Oregon navigation train is held up by
four unmasked robber* but are said to have
secured but llttlo booty.
Body of Chief of Pollco BtgKV Is burled
at San Francisco with honors tlue rank he
held. .
I'.ASTKRN ' *
Roosevelt, dam in • Arizona Is submerged
and point' ninety feet above bottom, of river
can Just be ' seen ' protruding above tho
water, i
President Roosevelt requested by resolu
tion, unanimously passed by house of rep
resentatives, to furnish evidence to substan
tiate his statement that members feared
to hava secret service operatives Investigate
them. ■ - ' ' " •
President asks Taft to come to Washing
ton to confer with him "n letter's proposed
trip, to Panama canal. , I
Father of man said to be member "l
night riders' band In Tennessee found to
be oh Jury which is to try alleged slayers
of Captain Quentln Rankln, and he is ex
cused. • -. , .
President Carva.lho of Star company, pub
lishers of Hearst's New York American, Is
arrested on charge of criminal libel pre
rerred by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. growing
out of a story published in American and
which stated Rockefeller, Jr.; used peonage
sywtnm In one of his properties.
Man charged with assaulting and killing
ear-old girl lis dragged from Jail and
banged to a tree by a mob. ( . ' \
Witness in Annls .murder trial say*
Thornton Halns. author, and brother of
Captain Ilains, and who is charged with
being a principal In the killing of W. E.
Annis, mado inquiries concerning Annis'
whereabouts Just previous to the shooting.
FOREIGN •->>•■'
Venezuela. • because pf Acting . President
Gomez" statement that his country Is In a
state of defense. Is said to have declared
\v;ir on Holland. , '. ■' . ■'•
Turkey secures constitutional government
and Ottomun parliament is opened by sujtan
amid great rejoicing. Ruler Is cheen.d
loudly by,his wnjeoti as he inlngies with
them.' ,'■■•■" : ','• •'-''■•"
; a»n«r*l Antmiie Blmon •la . elected praal
dent of Haytl to > succeed Word Alexis, re
cently driven out of Vora au Prince. ■ ,
FRIDAY MORNING, DIX EMUSCR 18, 1908.
WHITE GARAGE CAR, TOP RIGHT. MRS. MARTIN BEKINS 1 CAR. LOOKING BACKWARD, BOTTOM
17\ IGHT members of the Ferris Hart-
I, man dpera company, assisted by
■* .Mr. W. F. Graysori of the same
organization, collected $56.75 for . The
Herald's Christmas dinner fund in two
hours In the. downtown district yester
day afternoon. This is at the rate of
almost -"five dimes a 1 minute, or one
every time you count twelve. "What
though the dimes be as elusive ~as
rhymes be," said some care-free poet,
but with the two automobile ■ loads of
pretty girls under way neither dimes
nor rhymes were ■ elusive-: The . girls
furnished the rhymes in the form of a
few of the popular Hartman -song hits,
and the dimes were quickly- forthcom
ing There were< several Undine-like
blonde girls, with soft, v appealing l}lue
eyes, and when they • surrounded a
man who liked blondes, .if !he didn't
have any money with him •he went
home and robbed • the baby's hank.
Then there were dazzling dark-haired
girls, who entrapped the men who did
HEAD OF HEARST
PAPER ARRESTED
PRESIDENT CARVALHO IS AC
CUSED OF LIBEL
Alleges Article in New York American
Saying Oil Magnate's Son Origi
nated Peonage Injures
Him
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—0n a charge
of criminal libel, made by John I>.
Rockefeller, jr., B. B. Carvalho, presi
dent of tho Star company, publishers
of William R. Hearst's New York
American, was arrested today and ar
raigned in police court before Magis
trate Finn.
At the solicitation of. Clarence J.
Shearn, attorney for the Hearst pub
lications, and without any objection
being raised by District Attorney Gar
van who had charge of the prosecu
tion Mr. Carvalho was paroled in the
custody of. his lawyer until Deoembi r
Mr Rockefeller, accompanied by hla
counsel, Mr. Murphy, appeared In Dis
trlct Attorney Jerome's office eajrly«n
the day and made complaint that the
article published in the New York
American, December lb. under a Chi
cago date of December 15. with the
headline*. "J. D. Rockefeller Jr.
Originated Peonage* In stockade, , It
Is Said.' tended to injure his g(*)d
name reputation and credit and to
make him appear ridiculous.
He submitted a typewritten affidavit,
embodying these charges, to Assistant
District Attorney Garvan, to whom
the case was assigned.
On the presentation of the affidavits
to Magistrate Finn he Issued warrants
tor the arrest of Mr. Carvalho. Brad
ford Merrill, treasurer, and Edward 11.
Clark, secretary of the Star company.
.Merrill and <'lark wen- not in their
° Mr. Oarvalho took his arrest good
"'Lawycr Shearn, after pleading lo
have Mr. Carvalho paroled in liis ciis
today said Mr, Merrill had not ar
, i v ... I a < the office when the detective
called, bul that bs would appear in
nuiii tomorrow.
Mr. Clark la In California, Mr.
Shearn said.
Ferris Hartman opera company girls who collected money for
The Herald's Christmas dinner fund:
Claire Baumann
Helen Bechtel
Olga Osborne
Dixie Blair
Automobiles furnished by the White garage and by Mrs.
Martin Bekins of Figueroa street; driven by A. Forbes and Milo
Bekins. ___^_
not fall a prey to the blondes, and one
combination or the other was sure to
be successful. There w« iv shy girls
who descended on shy men and im
pulsive Rills who picked out the trav
eling salesmen and actors. After an
hour's practice .the girls were able to
tell at a glance what the intended vic
tims' preferences wm- and to assign
the one gflrl to his money. All the
TRAIN HELD UP
BY 4 ROBBERS
EXPRESS CAR SHATTERED BY
DYNAMITE
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com.
pany Sends Out Special with
Posse, Detectives and Of
ficials Aboard
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 17.—Oregon
Railroad <<■ Navigation I i-ain No. 1,
Conductor Dunn, was held up and the
ftcpregs car was blown open With dy
namite by four unmasked robbers
shortly after 9 o'clock tonight, nine
miles east of Portland. •
! Kxpress ileasqnger O. H. Huff is au- i
thority for the statement that the rob
bers Becured littlo of value. ,
. The robbers <iid not molest the pas
'Beneera, but uncoupled the express car
and ordered the engineer to take it
down the track toward Portland.
About a mile beyond the point-where
the train was held up the doors of the
express car were shattered by nitro
glycerine. ' ' "
Once inside the car the robbers dls
covi red that the truln did not carry a
through safe—a small local sate and B
strong box being the only receptacles
(or valuables. . __ .
' The robbera compelled Express Mes
senger Huff to open the small safe, it
contained but three or - four small
packages, including a package of foun
tain pens, and the others are believed
to have been of small value. The
strong ''ox is said not to have been
touched. ■ . ... .
Express Messenger Huff was obliged
to give up about $3 of . his personal
money and the robbera quit the, car,
escaping In the darkness.
The robbers boarded the train at
Hood river and had reached a point
one mile west of Clarnie when sud
denly the engineer heard a command,
accompanied by a display of firearms.
The robbers ordered the engineer to
stop the train and In a twinkling the,
expresa car was cut off from the rest
of the train. . *: -; ;
A special train has lefl this city for
the soene. .It carried a I posse jof dep
uty : sheriffs, , railroad detectives * and
officers of the Oregon Railroad & Nav
igatlorUcompany..,•■■,.•■ v . . :
Flora Norris
Viola McLaughlin
Marie Brooks
Grisella Kingsiand
downtown hotels generously allowed
tin girls to pass their subscription
boxes in the lobbies, and th«y received
the most kindly and courteous treat
ment at every torn. The White gar
age and Mrs. Martin Bekins supplied
two elegant touring cars, and after
the girls had finished their work they
were taken for a whirl about the
downtown district,
WAR DECLARED
BY VENEZUELA
ACTING PRESIDENT QUOTED
AS AUTHORITY
State Department at Washington
Probably Will Resume Diplomatic
Relations if Open Revolu.
tion Develops
WASHINGTON, Deo. 17.—A flurry
was caused i" diplomatic circles to
day by the report which slated that
Venezuela had declared war against
Holland.
These reports had their foundation
in the, dispatch which came to the
state department by way of Bogota,
transmitting a telegram from Caracas
saying that the government -hud made
such a declaration, it is also pointed
oat. however, thai the announcement
was baaed on vice President <!omez
declaration that the country is In a
state of defense because Holland had
seized the coastguard ship Alexis.
Officials interested In the situation
profess to see no actual difference be
tween a "state of war" and a "state
cil defense," taking the position that
11 is a rase of "distinction without ■
difference."
A revival' of the demonstrations
against the Cast.ro administration
would not be surprising to • the state
department.
While it is premature to speculate,
should the feeling against the presi
dent develop to the extent of an open
revolution the state department, it is
understood, would lose no time in re
suming diplomatic intercourse with the
new administration to the end that
some ait ion might be taken on the
unsettled claims against Venezuela
ami the resumption of friendly rela
tions.
CABLES GOMEZ HAS DECLARED
VENEZUELA IN V, »TE OF WAR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Vice Pivsi
dent Gomez' recent declaration that
Venezuela Is In a state of defense, has
been construed In some circles as mean
iner b state of war. .■;.■'■ . . ■'.:"-•'
■ That' inference Is apparently ' Justi
li,,,l i, v the following dispatch :to; the
. (Continued ion Vi>£*> Two) .'
!>l .M »I;i j KAJi: JXi9. on trains, « okhtb
AIRSHIP SAFELY
BOMBARDS CITY
KNABENSHUE DROPS MISSILE
ON CITY HALL
Night Voyage Accomplished Without
Any Apparent Difficulty, Buildings
Being Located Accurately
by Aeronaut
A feat often declared impossible and
never before accomplished was carried
out by Roy Knabenshue last night,
when he" made an ascent from Chutes
park with his dirigible airship, drove
swiftly to a point directly over the city
hall and dropped a-mock bomb; re
turning e-o rapidly and silently that he
was unnoticed by thousands of Christ
mas shoppers on the downtown streets.
'Aeronauts consider it one of the
most remarkable flights yet made, for
it proves the feasibility of aerial trips
at night. More than that, it demon
strates clearly what has often been a
matter o£ conjecture—that an airship
might fly over a city and "rk terrible
havoc before Its presence- was per
ceived. , • , . •■■ ' ...
"I myself didn't believe it was prac
tical, hut it certainly is. said Knaben
shue. after making his return to Chutes
park. "We had no trouble in steering
our way directly to the point selected.
I could clearly make out the principal
buildings, and it is no trouble to make
one's way about over the city.
"The bomb we dropped was a large
ballast sack stuffed with paper. If it
had been nitroglycerine the city hall
would have been wrecked, the music
company's store opposite would have.
been badly damaged ami every window
within a radius of half a mile would
have been forced out by the resulting
vacuum. No one can realise the havoc
that could have been accomplished.
-With Favorable weather conditions.
for which a fleet could Walt, it would
he possible 10 steal in near shore at
night, having as a convoy an ulrship
boat. The declcs ol this could be lifted
anil the ship sent up in the air and in
land. Before I.os Angeles or any other
city attacked could know what had
happened the airship would be back In
its quarters and the fleet out of touch.
"Or it might be feasible to make an
inflation In .some unvlsited canyon,
taking night trips only and swooping
down on the city with a Heel of air
ships which would work terrible de
struction and be more terrifying lie
cause of the mystery. This has been
< onjeotured, more or less, hut my trip
makes it certain to me that night air
travel has possibilities which we have
not half conceived.
"The pleasure side of it is certainly
great, r bad a wonderful view r»f
Broadway with Its myriad lights. We
hail no trouble getting away or in
making a landing."
Invade and Defend
The night demonstration was pro
posed by J. B. Lehigh of Chutes park,
and was linally worked out in the style
of a military maneuver. Roy Knaben
shue, K. U Rakestraw, his partner,
and George Deusler, his engineer, con
stituted the Invadi&g force. Dick Fer
ris Captaiu Harmon Ryus and Jack
Adams formed the defensive army and
attempted ta repel the aerial uttack
with the aid of an automobile. ; ,
Ferris and his aides-de-camp made
a rush to save the mayor and the city
records. They clambered up tho city
hall stairs to the attic, Adams bearing
a huge bundle of red fire to . scare
away the enemy. ■
| One member of the party j succeeded
in finding the tower stairway, while
the others rushed around and around,
vainly trying the door of first one se
cret council committee room and then
another. j The | solitary watcher in the
tower could hear the. airship motor as
Knabenshue dipped his boat lower, but
he could see nothing. ; There was a
sudden thud on the roof as the mock
iKiinli landed exactly where the aviator
desired it to' hit. Then the humming
of the engine, stopped abruptly as it
raced back to the place of refuge.
Knabenshue' carried out his j trial
faithfully in every detail. He rose as
quickly as possible and lost mi time in
going direct to the point desired. . Be
fore dropping the bomb he 'turned the
airship toward the south and was gone
from the spot before it struck the roof
of the building.: He came back to the
park at high speed, but the watchers
there could see only the flashes of his
electric bullseye as he. neared them
until he was about ready to land. In
landing he'came almost over the ball
park, until well within range of the
Chutes, searchlight, at ; a height'of 200
feet 1 and then dropped safely hut swift
ly down. ■'.■ ■•■.■; ;■• "1 -' • <■■■.< ■•*"
. Dick Ferris and his defending army
found their way ■ out of ■ the • building
and ' hurried *to • the relief of .; Chutes
park, but arrived there after Knaben
sho. had reached the ground. WjM-
CENTS
CONSTITUTIONAL
GOVERNMENT IN
TURKEY SECURED
PARLIAMENT OPENED WITH
MUCH SOLEMNITY
SULTAN'S SPEECH FOLLOWED
•'* BY REJOICING '
Constantinople Brilliantly Lighted.
Population Eagerly Strives to Do
Honor to Ruler, Who Mingles
with People
fßjr Associated Ptm*.]
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 17,—A new .
. constitutional government mis
' Inaugurated today with every sign
of auecesß. The new parliament, elect-?
e<] under the constitution prorault
by the sultan last July, was opened,'
and everything: passed off without the
| slightest disorder.
Any fear that the sultan may have
had as to the temper, of his subjects
w;is dispelled by the display of ; en
thusiasm.
The lan tlir sultan came out openly
in nil-.-i hi" people on this occi
has gone a long ways low an! remov
ing the effects nf past evils attributed
ti> tin' palace ruli'. while the grand
vizier. Kiamil Pasha, who insisted on
the sultan's coming by the road which
passes through the European quarter
of Peers and Stamboul. thus bringing
the sovereign into contact with tli'
masses, has shown his great wisdom,
ami has by this move secured farther
success in the consolidation or
constitutional regime,
Tonight the streets are full .of Ufa,
and ihe city is brilliantly illumine
Frequent pistol shots are heard
sign of general rejoicing:.
Cheering of Parliament
The- opening of the parliament was
solemnised by 200 deputies and sena
tors, together with the chiefs of vari
ous religious, communities, a
number of other state dignitaries and
ministers and the heads of the diplo
matic missions. With the exception of
the sultan's sons in a box, no other
princes were represented.
After the reading of the speeeh from
tlir throne, there was a flourish of
trumpets, and the troops, massed out
side the building, gave three cheers
for the sultan, while artillery salutes
announced the events to the whole
population.
Never before have such crowds been
seen on the streets here, a remarkable
feature being the great number of
Turkish women filling the windows and
balconies along the line of inarches
A never-to-be-forgotten pc: up was
presented at the Mosque of St. Sophia.
the roof of which was crowded with
spectators, even to the summit of the
central dome.
The ambassadors^nd ministers of the
foreign powers were everywhere given
hearty receptions. They assembled at
the British embassy, and from that
point proceeded to the parliament
budding, escorted by a squadron of
lancers sent, by orders of the grand
vizier.
<)n arrival at the parliament cham
ber, the sultan, accompanied by a bril
liant suite, entered the imperial box,
the deputies rising in his honor.
Reads Speech frorr Throne
Chancellor All Bjovad Key read Hie
speech from the throne as follows:
•■When I first proclaimed a consti
tution thirty-two years ago there were
many difficulties in the way of its ex
ecution and 1 was adviser] to BUS]
It momentarily. In the interval, great
efforts were made toward popular edu
eatiou and for the establishment of in
stitutions of a nature calculated to
elevate the public enlightenment. I
am happy that the people are able to
understand the benefits of a constitu
tion and I was heartily glad to restore
it, notwithstanding Influential advice
to the contrary.
■■My will is definite and unalterable
niifl 'henceforth the constitution "ill
regulate the affairs of the nation. The
cabinet which Iviamil Pa=ha
formed "ill fulfill our decision.
"I regret to be compelled to annoum
to the representatives of the nation
that the prince of Bulgaria and thi
governor general of Eastern Roumelia
have deviated from the path ol lOJ
and proclaimed the independence
those provinces.
"1 also regret to add that Austro-
Hungary has made the illegal move
of proclaiming the annexation of Bos
nia an.! Herzegovina, which temporar
ily ate decupled by her. contrary to the
international good faith and ti
stipulations.
"Our relations with all the powers
are excellent, and 1 anticipate, with
the Rood offices of the great ft*
nations, all these situations Will
peacefully and favorably settled."
The sultan after resting a while re
turned to Yildlz Kiosk by the sama
route along which he came.
\- before, he was enthusiastically
cheered by enormous crowd*
OTTOMAN EMPIRE BREAKS
AWAY FROM DESPOTIC RULE
CONSTANTINNOri.K. Dec, 17.—
■\Viii, the meeting of the first Ottoman
parliament today Turkey formally
breaks from the despotic rule of cen
turies.
Sultan Abdul Hamid. who granted
the constitution last July, providing
for the assembly, paraded througl
city at thi bead of an elaborate- cor
tege to open the first session of the
K very where lie was greeted With
loud cheers, and there was no sem
blance of disorder.
The sultan left Yildiz Kiosk palace
in a state coach at 11:30 o'clock to
drive to the building adjoining the
ministry of justice, and facing the
great square of St. Sotia, where the
new chamber convened.
Triumphal arches spanned tne
sftreets and as the occasion had
made a public holiday the. city was
crowded with people. Thousands came
In from surrounding towns and villages
as well as from more remote, parts of
the empire, and almost the entire local
population turned out to witness the
ceremonies.
Cables Good Wishes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Scot
Baker cabled Ambassador I^eishi
at Constantinople today the :
ongratulations and good wish.
the senate and house of re
lives on the opening day of tl
ish parliament, with direction
vey them to the proper officials.