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COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE 0 & COLUMBIA PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED re.ii.oa ncrvm ftai ftHt yp.p NQ 2Q ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1909 PRICE FIYEgCENTS WVWI - - . ' i miii - r 111 ffff Former Resident of Portland Ar rested for Murder at Cor dova, Alaska. WELL KNOWN ON THIS COAST Wu Looking For TroubU and Put Out' of Hotel by T. R. Carpenter and Shot Him, From tht Effects of Which ho Died. CORDOVA. Alaska, May 18. J. W. McNamara last night killed T. R Carpenter by shooting him in the throat, the bullet cutting hit jugula.' vein. The murderer was formerly a prominent Elk and a wealthy man of Portland. McNamara waa drunk and looking for trouble. He wai put out of the hotel by Carpenter. The Utter i known all over Alas In. and is a oroDerty owner here. A strong guard hai been placed at the jail to prevent lynching. PORTLAND. May 18.-J. W. Mc Namara li known by all old-timers in Portland. He was a conductor on the Northern Pacific, and. leaving the railroad aervice, opened t saloon, the Crystal Palace, on First street, near Washington in partnership . with Charles Slitcr. While here he assist ed in organising the local lodge of Elks, and became the first exalted ruler of Portland Lodge No. 142. Be fore leaving this city, about 14 years ago, McNamara slashed the face of a railroader named Ross, who was tend Ina bar. The attack on Ross was said to have been made by McNamara on ' account of some remark made about Mrs. McNamara, a very attractive woman. It was only after the exer tion of strong influence that Mc Namara was saved from punishment. On leaving Portland. McNamara went to Spokane, entering the railroad ser vice, where he remained until he met with an accident, being caught be tween two cars. For several months McNarama was a cripple. Jock O'Brien in a six-round bout In this city. Th hout lated two rounds. Johnson is accustomed to rounds, of three minutes but Biddte prefers rounds of Just about two. As i result the time keeper called a halt before trie bout was falrlv bmun. The negroes at trie ringside yelled when it was over, "Riddle, you re the best ever.' ohnson himself declared that urn is a strong kid and a fine gentleman. OFF FOR ENGLAND. NEW YORK. May 18--Walter Miller, the lockey. who has mow win ning mounts on the American turf diirinu the seasons of 1905-O7-8 than any other rider, will sail for England tomorrow. He wM4ide on the Eng lish turf as a free lance Tommy Mc Creery, the trainer, will accompan Miller. Miller, who has won two futurities and most of the other important rac ing features in America, declared lait night that the anti-betting law in New York has induced him to give up rding here and also that more money is to be made in England. IB UKEK 10 IE SB PRISON ill KILLS WIFE AT REDMOND L. H. Worley and Bride of Four Days Found by Neighbors. Husband Leaves Letter. THE (WIFE BURNED TO DEATH Stacks of Straw Were Carried From a Nearby Stack and Piled on Mrs. Worley and Set on Fire and Far tlalty Burned. YESTERDAY'S BALL SCORES National League. Boiton 0. St. Louis 9. Philadelphia 2, Chicago 3. New York 2. Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn 5, Pittsburg 8. American League. Cleveland 2. New York 4. Chicago 0, Philadelphia S. Detroit 0, Philadelphia 5. Detroit 3, Boston S. Northwest League. Seattle 7, Vancouver 1. Tacoma S, Spokane 2. Portland 7, Aberdeen 3. Coast League. Los Angeles 2. Portland 1. Vernon 0, San Francisco 8. Sacramento 4, Oakland 1. BIDDLE BOXES JOHNSON. Coon Declares the Amateur "The Beat Ever." PHILADELPHIA. May 17A. J. Drexcl-Biddle author, prominent all around athlete" and amateur boxer, has added another chapter to his ex periences with professionals in the ring by boxing Johnson, the heavy weight champion pugilist of the world. Blddle with this encounter achieved the distinction of havin;$ boxed every pugilist of prominence "i the ring today except James J. Jef fries and Stanley Ketchel. The bout took place at Merchantville in the presence of a large number of spec tators, the majority of whom were tirirroea. ' Jack Johnson Is training to meet CAPTAIN DISPLAYS EMOTION -HE WILL APPEL TO THE HIGHER COURT. NEW YORK. May lSV-Captain Peter C Hains, Jr.. who was sen tenced yesterday on conviction of manslaughter for killing William E Annis. left the Queens County jail today for Sing Sing Prison, to begin serving his term of from eight to 16 years. Eugene L Young, one of Captain Hains' attorneys, said no application would be made for a certificate of rea sonable doubt, but that an appeal 'n the captain's behalf would be taken to the higher courts in the regular way. Captain Hains left the jail In cus imtv nf keener. His bearing was not materially changed from his first appearance in the court room. He walked beside the keeper in a dazed manner, and showed no emotion. On the way to the Grand Central Stathn he neither recognized nor spoke to any one. None of his relatives was at the jail when he departed.' KING JAMES VERSION. CHICAGO, May 18. King James version of the Bible was held to be obselete by Professor M. S. Terry of the Garrett Biblical Institute in his address before the Methodist min isters at the Methodist Episcopal church conference. Much progress has been made in Biblical investiga tions in the last ISO years than in 1000 years before, he said, and this has rhnnored the wording of King James version although it has not destroyed its doctrine or facts. BIG BLOCK BURNS- CHICAGO, May 18. Fire destroy cd a three-story building on the North Side occupied by the Lakevlew Mercantile Company, early today causing a loss estimated at $150,000. PORTLAND, May 18. -According to a telephone message to the AssO' ciated Press from Princvillc, Or., to day's developments in the myster surrounding the death of L. H. Wor ley and his bride of four days, whoe bodie were found on the Worley farm near Redmond, Crook county. were made public in a letter left by Worley addressed to one of his neighbors which contains statements which tend to show that the married life of the couple was inharmonious from the very start and seem to fisc the responsibility for the death of both on Worley himself. The wed ding occurred on Wednesday last. Friday and Saturday the house was closed.' Sunday it was discovered burned down. This it is believed fixes the date of the tragedy as having oc curred last Thursday. There is evi dence that some one spent nearly all day Saturday night in conveying hundles of straw from a nearby stack to the house where they were piled on the woman's dead body after which a fire was set to the straw. At least a ton of these bundles were piled on th comse. The straw was not en tirelv consumed and the woman's body was not cremated although the house burned down. Sundav evening two women neigh bors went to the Worley home . to leave some wedding presents. They found the house burned down and on onna to the stable they fouud a noie ninned on the door with the words: "Find me in the stable." Another letter was found pinned to the gate nost address to J. -E. Lamb. Inci dentallv Lamb is a neighbor of Wor lev's and made the match between Worlev and his bride who came here from Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Worley's maiden name was Ruth Lcroy. In the letter to Lamb Worley says his wife told him she did not want to live with him and did not like the nlace. She wanted to know how far it was to Shaniko and said she was going there to earn some money to cto hack east. Worley says he missed his pocketbook and discovered his wife had taken it. "I treated her as irood as I could and then robbing me of all my money and going to leave me I could not stand it any longer so think we are both better off dead. Worley asked to have his sister at Beaufort, Mo., notihed and two other friends. The authorities do not be lieve the money was the cause of the quarrel as the amount in the purse was only $14. ROCK OF DANGER. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. May 18 Captain Musgrave of the Dominion Government survey steamer Lilloet reoorts the discovery of a dangerous rock on Alexandra Beach situated one mile and a half north of North Rachel Island. The rock is located on the northern part of the beach or patch, by which name it is generally known to manners, and lies directly in the channel of all coast steamers using the inside passage between Van couver and Prince Rupert. SPOKANE REJECTS TIE I WILL INSIST AT THE MEETING ON JUNE 9 THAT DECISION BE AFFIRMED. Cooperation asked """of interior cities . Spohne Chamber of Commerce Sends Out letters Asking CommerciallBodies to Assist. SPOKANE, May 18. -The Cham ber of Commerce of Spokane is mail ing today invitations to commercial bodies of all interior cities west of Denver to organize and resist the ef forts of the transcontnental railroads to upset the recent decision of the In terstate commerce commission in the Spokane rate case, The letter points out that in the decision the commis sion laid down a plan of freight rats reductions that would apply to all interior cities. The railroads contend that these reductions are too sweep ing and have petitioned for a rehear ing and have. offered in the place of the commission's plan, their own plan which 'offers only slight reduc tion9. II JACKS HI ENTER RING A suit had been laid aside for thi champion, but it is too small for Jeffries form and he contents him self with wearing a pair of street trousers and an ordinary pair .of shoes. Fistic Fight Between Johnson O'Brien Will Take Place in Philadelphia Tonight JOHNSON APPEARS CONFIDENT O'Brien Claims he Will Defeat John son as Easy as ha Did Burns in California Thousands in City to Witness the Contest SPOKANE. May 18.-The shippers of Spokane have voted to reject the schedule of transcontinental freight rates submitted to the Interstate Commerce Commission by therail- :ways. "Their schedule fails to comply with the principles laid down by the commission in its Spokane decision," declares H. M- Stephens, attorney for the shippers. "Practically the only instances in which they seem to give rates in compliance with the decision are cases where we produce the ar ticles involved, the apparent purpose being to discourage home industry." At the hearing before the commis sion June 9 the shippers of this city will insist on a schedule conforming to the ruling in the Spokane case. which it is estimated will effect a saving of $1,000,000 a year to ship pers of this district alone. As the same principles of "long and short haul" apply to all interior towns of the West, the total saving is esti mated at tens of millions. PHILADELPHIA, May 18- - Su preme confidence in the outcome of tomorrow nights fistic encounter in this citv between Jack lohnson and Jack O'Brien was expressed by each of the - principles tonight O'Brien said: "I have no reason to fear the outcome. I had an opportunity of viewing the pictures in the recent Johnson-Burns fight and if Johnson adopts the same tactics against me that he did against Burns there wOl be a different story to tell. I am heavier and much faster than Burns and yet it took Johnson 14 rounds to best the Canadian. In mv 20-round fight with Burns in California, the latter could not defeat me and yet I failed to train properly. For the fight with Johnson I have trained more conscientiously than I ever did be fore in my life and I have taken on weight instead of reducing. While Johnson's course of training has not been so severe as that of O'Brien, his manager claims he wiil be able to make O'Brien go six fast rounds. He is not in such perfect condition as O'Brien but the immense difference in weight will be used by Johnson to great advantage in the clinches. Johnson will enter the ring close to 200 pounds while O Bnen will tip tl.: scales at 170. Johnson said tonight that the bout will not go the limit and that he will be returned the victor. The largest crowd that ever winessed a fight in this city will be at the ringside. MORE MIBLICAL ROWS. SENATE HUB IIICOITM Probelm of Beelzebub's Appearance, Theme of Discussion. CHICAGO, May 18,-Whether or not Beelzebub appeared in person on earth tn the scenes depicted m the Bible stories was a mooted point brought by Professor Andrew C. Zenos of the McConmck Theological Seminary before a conference of Presbyterian ministers. The pastors disagreed on the exact intent of the Bible writers and in the definition of Satan. . "A great many people are troubled with the ideas." said Professor Zenos, "that there must be an evil personal ity at the head of all eviL Let us re member that the Bible has a language of its own. I do not believe that it is necessary to believe that a physical man came to Christ and tempted him, but I believe in the personality of the Devil in the Bible. This personal ity, however, is not one of the cardi nal doctrines. The evidence is in fa vor of a personal devil. The man who denies this, however, is not necessar ily to be pronounced unChristian." HUGH MOCANN LOSES KETCHELL FIGHT KETCHELL HAD THE BEST OF THE FIGHT FROM START TO FINISH. GENERAL STRIKE FAVORED. CHICAGO, May 18. A Paris spec inl to the Tribune says: After a pro- discussion the Federal Com- -e- mittee of the General Federation -.f Labor at 2:30 o'clock this morning declared in favor of a general strike in aid of the postal employes. An other meeting of the committee will be held later in the day for the' pur pose of taking the measures nece sary for immediate action. DR. ROLLER ILL. CHICAGO. Mav 18. Joe Rogers, the wrestler, 'who has returned here from Kansas City, has, brought word that Dr. Roller is lying dangerousiv :u tl,..,. enffprino- from otomaine poisoning. So alarmed were the phy sicians attending him' that they tele- irraiihed to his wife at Seattle to hasten to his bedside. Dr. Roller's matches have all been cancelled. IS.1IS11LG0 VAUDEVILLE STAGE PITTSBURG, May 18.-Five times tonight Hugh McCann was down for the count of nine seconds in his six- round bout with Stanley KetchelL thi middleweight champion of the world. Five times in the sixth round he was saved from a knockout by his sec ond. Twice he was knocked dowa and htorugh the ropes, once clear across the press table into the seats of the spectators. Ketchell apparent ly toyed with his oponent and prob ably could have knocked him out if he so desired. - BANDITS 10 HELD UP TRAI . AI LARGE DETECTIVES ARE UNABLE TO FIND ANY CLUE TO SPO KANE TRAIN ROBBERS. FIGHTS AT "220." Jim Jeffries Doing His Best to Get Down to His Standard. SAYS SHE HAS BEEN THROWN ON HER OWN RESOURCES AND MUST WORK. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. WASHINGTON, May 18. -The senate today confirmed the following aoDointments: George Denworth United States district judge western district of Washington. E. E. Cush- man, of Washington, to be United States district judge for northern Alaska. SPOKANE. May. 18.-The police. sheriffs office and a big force pf de tectives brought here by the Great Northern Railroad have confessed, that thev have no clews whatever i indicate the whereabouts of the ban dits who held up the Great Northern train near Sookane Saturday night. The sheriff discredits the detention of four suspects at Deer Park and as serts that he has not sent any men there to investigate. There is woeful lack of co-operation between the dif ferent officers searching for the ban dits. Apparently the magnitude of the rewards have excited jealousy. JEFF AT BASEBALL. Thumps the Fans When he Isn't Playing Ball at Chicago. CHICAGO. Mav 18.-James J. Jef fries has jumped on the scales in pub lic for the first time since he came out of retirement and in the pres ence of a few interested persons tip ped the beam at 243. Jeffries announced that he wouta weigh again before he left the citv and would show whether or not he was reducing his weight. He said his best fighting weight is 220. "I don't see where I am asking for mch when I seek time to get into condition." said Jeffries. I merely want ro he in the best of shape when I enter the ring. When Sullivan and Corbett signed up in 1892 it was in March. Thev met in September. How long did Fitzsimmons and Corbett have for training? It was a matter of months, I know. ' Effort to be Made to Refer Bail ey Amendment to Judiciary Committee for Approval VOTE SAID TO BE VERY CLOSE Progressive Republicans and Demo crats Combine and Statement Issued They Have 45 Votes Which is a Majority, and Will Carry Measure. WASHINGTON, May 18.-That there will be a sharp contest in the senate over the proposition to refer to the judiciary committee tha amendment to the Payne tariff bill introduced ,by Senator Bailey provid ing for an income tax, is indicated by a collation of democrats and some of the "progressive" republicans which became known today. The indications are that the vote will be close, probably the closest that will occur on any vote taken on the tariff bill The democratic strength is 31 votes all pledged to the support of the amendment. Senator Bailey il counting on 16 or 17 republican votes for the amendment Fifteen would be sufficient if the democrats would vote solidly for the amendment On the other hand, "conservative" repub- . licans in charge of the tariff bill say they have made some inroads upon the "vTogrtsm" camp and that there is no question of referring the subject of income tax to the judiciary committee for report at the next reg ular session. They already have 45 votes pledged. Until recently the democrats and progressives were far apart over the form of the tulL Senators Cummins and Borah who ' were the chief republican advocates ,. for the income tax favored a gradu ated tax and opposed a tax on corpo rations. As they surrendered these contentions in order to get a vote, it was said today that an agreement would be reached upon the principle features of the Bailey bill. The plan is to provide a flaj tax of two or three ner cent uoon individual and corpo rate incomes above $5000. In order that there will be no double taxation, provisions are made for deductions where the tax upon corporation stocks have been paid through the corpora- f tion itself. . After devoting a greater part of the day's session to debate the senate passed upon a number of important committee amendments to the tariff bill. It also rejected' the amendment by Senator Stone restoring the Ding ley rates on razors. NSW YORK. May 18 A stage In the sensational murder trial which has become so familiar to the vaudeville ctaA w9q reached in the Hams-Annis tragedy today, when it was announced that Mrs. Annis had signed a contract t nlav accompaniments in a sketoi on the vaudeville stage. Mrs. Ann's is quoted as saying that since she had heen thrown upon her own resources it was necessary for her to adopt some means of making a livlihood. CHICAGO. May 18.-As part of his dailv exercises at the Chicago American baseball park Jim Jeffries frollicked with the players especial.y Smith. At one time the piano mover had mitrilistic aspiratons and this af forded a grand opportunity to te'.t his fighting qualities. Smith could not oenetrate Jeffries guard and never came close to touching the champion. On the other hand, Jeffries hit SmitU when and where he pleased. Smith realized he had better continue his baseball playing. EAMES RELEASED. SEATTLE. May 18. The coroner's inrv in the case of Mrs. Ida Burke, who shot and killed herself Saturday in the Cecil Hotel after making sui cide act with H. O. Eames, the Tacoma hardware dealer, returned a verdict of suicide. Eames was released. FIRST DAMAGE SUIT FILED IN SEATTLE Suit is the Result of the Accident at the Armory :When Sixty Persons Were Injured. SEATTLE, May 18. The first of a number of damage suits as a result of the accident which occurred at the Armory on the night of May 4th when 60 persons were injured was institut ed today in the superior court. The amount sued for is $51,000. The suit was filed by B. W. Murray, the father of John V. Murray who was serious ly injured in the accident. It is al leged that the youth is incapacitated from earning a hvlihood for ate ana the suit is brought against Mathew Dow & Company, the contractors who erected the building. Murray is also a contractor. It is stated that a num ber of other suits will be commenced and that attorneys are now preparing the necessary papers. .