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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1904)
. ', AtSOOIATID PRIt RBPORT OOVIR THE MORNINa FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 0 VOLUME LVJV. NO. 61. ASTORIA, OliEOGN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS : 1 'a' Li it IS NOT ALONE Bankers Also arc Indicted for Embezzlement. GRAND JURY; IS BUSY Indictments Returned it Rate of Three an Hour-Caul Goes Up Against Real Thing. . CHADWICK'S TURBULENT DAY Finish of the "Swindle of the Century' It In Sight, and the Woman Will Net the Only Sufferer, It It Said. Cleveland. Dee. 14. The train bear ing Mr. Chadwlok arrived here at 2)30 thlt afternoon. An immense crowd wat In and around the ttation.. Eteorted by the deputy marthala who aeeompanled her from New York, Mra. Chadwlek eroeeed the platform slowly, entered a carriage and immediately atarted for the federal building. ' During the long wait for the train at the depot the crowd increased, and when the train arrived there were at leatt 10.000 perccne crowded about the posstgtwaya.. At the train drew In there were a few Jeerc that were Imme dittol suppressed by the polios." Whr, Mrs. Chadwlok was placed in Marsha Chandler! carriage and driven to the federal building, Emit, her ton, and Freda, the maid, followed In a carriage Cleveland, Dec. 14. Mrt. Chadwlek nrrlved here' thlt afternoon, after an uneventful trip from Now TorV. Mri. Chadwlek, upon leaving New York. went for the repreeentatlve of the Aso elated Press and gave him a two-hour Interview, during which the discussed many Important phases of her case, She consented to meet the various newspaper men on the train, and far hulf an hour ehe chatted pleasantly, although ahe declined to go Into her -1" affairs. At Ashtabula, Mrs. Chadwlek wo joined by her son, Emll, and for the re malnder of the trip she was In clone conference with him. She was partlcu larly Interested In learning the public feeling at Cleveland. Before reaching Ashtabula Mrt. Chadwlek summoned the Associate) Treat representative and to him die tated "a statement to the people of Ohio," at followt: "Bearing on my side of the ttory, (til has not been told the people of Ohio. It ought to be sufficient proof to you . of my good faith to face by creditors and accuaen. I have lived In Cleveland for many yean, and outside of nego tinting tome large toans, wfileh have all been paid back In Cleveland, and some thlngt that I may have done which may not be considered good business, 1 do not think any one who knowa me will attempt to accuse me of any wrong. I ask the people of Ohio to suspend Judgment until the case hat had a full bearing. "CASSIE L, CHADWICK." Upon drawing near Cleveland, Mra. Chadwlck'a aplrltt perceptibly rote. and ahe expressed the greatest delight at getting near home. When the party arrived at the fed eral building, Mrt. Chadwlek, leaning heavily upon the arm of teh deputy marshals, entered the elevator for the office of United States Marshal Chand ler, on the fifth floor. Mra. Chadwlek at once went Into conference with Sheldon Kerrulsh, her attorney. At the conclusion of a half hour'e talk with KerrulBh, Mrs. Chad ' wick waived any formal examination and later the wat taken to the county Jail. JURIES AT WORK. Federal and County Bodies Consider Chtdwiok Ctse. Cleveland, Dec. 14. The task of Im paneling the federal grand Jury which la to consider the case of Mra. Chad wlek commenced thlt morning. United States District Attorney Sullivan said thlt morning:, . " "The action of Mrt. Chadwlek In wuvlng examination It In' Itself surtl; clent to hold her over to the next term of the federal court, even If no Indict ment It found before the day on which the term opens. There It now no such need of quick work aa would have been necessary If ahe had elected to tttnd an examination In New York. Then we would have been compelled to pre sent our case In order to bold her, but now we will be able to take our time, aa the hat by her own action bound herself to appear In court." The county grand jury also wat la session at the tame time aa the body In the federal building. It wat admit ted at the office of County prosecutor Keeler that an Indictment would prob ably be found against Mra. Chadwlek In connection with the 15,000,000 Carne gie note, The; Indictment hat ben written out and lacks only official ac tion. The federal and county authorities and the great array of legal talent In volved teem to be awaiting the arrival of the federal prisoner, who It ex peeled to arrive during the afternoon. Coloner William L. Moore of Toledo, an Inspector for the postomYe depart ment, It In the city, and will endeavor to ascertain If the postal laws have been violated by anybody connected with the Chadwlek case. . Lyman J. Cage la III. New Tork, Dec. 14. For.ner Secre' tnry of the Treatury Lyman J. Gage Is 111 at hit borne In thlt city. Hit condi tlon today waa such that only Intimate friends were admitted to see him. He It suffering from Inflammatory rheuma tism. It la aald tonight that he la dotting comfortably and hopea to be up In a few days, Seattle Man Arrested on Serious Charge. . er - MANY PEOPLE ARE HIS VICTIMS More' Than a Doxen Witnesses TettU fy Thtt Hillmtn of Seattle In. ttrtod Advertisements In the Newspaper Wrongfully. Seattle, Dec. 14. C. D. Hlllman, real estate man, hat been Indicted by the federal grand Jury on the charge of sending fraudulent advertising matter through the mailt, He waa Immedi ately arrested and gave ball for his ap pearand In the United States commlt- tlonefi court for trial. Hlllman wat Indicted after more than a doten witnesses had testified that he Inserted advertisements In the newt papers that promised them wonderful Investment! on amall amounts of money If placed In. HUlman't property. Each testified that he had been swindled of the money he had Invested. Among the witnesses was an aged soldier, who gave up the last penny he had, and two widow who were made penniless by the operations of the alleged shark. Feeling against Hlllman It Intense hi thlt city. A society known at the Hlll man Victim Society hat been formel, with a membership of more than 50 Money It being subscribed by the mem. bert for the purpose of hiring addi tional lawyers to prosecute the real estate man In the superior court la he la bound over for trial by the Justice of the peace who It now hearing tht preliminary evidence. COMES AT LAST. Organ Grinders Are to Secure Some New Musio. Philadelphia, Dec. 14. Through the organisation of an ordan grinders' union here a censorship will be estab lished over the music to be dispensed by the street musicians. An Italian who has been selected for the position of censor says he la compiling a list of forbidden tunes, chiefly old ones, and that an effort will be made, through the use of more classical airs to edu cate the musical tastes of the masses who patronise the members of the new union. New Postmasters. Washington, Dec. 14.-ts'mlnatlons: Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affaire Charles A. Larabo of Maine. Postmastert Oregon,- Frank J. Jew- ett, Sumpter, Ore. " HENEY LET GO Land Fraud Case Will Go Over for Term. FEDERAL JURY IN IT Government b Extremely Reticent On the Subject of Its Action. TRIAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED Judge O'Dty Smokee a Cigar That Smells to High Heaven The Judge's Eye Glared Roent gen Rays, Portland. Dec. 14. On motion of Special Assistant United Statea Attor ney General Francis J. Heney this morning all 'the land fraud catet now pending In the United Statea circuit court for the district of Oregon were ordered to go over tat the term. All witnesses assembled to appear were excused for the term and speculation la rife at to the cause for thlt unex pected action on the part of the gov ernment. In moving for a continuance Mr. Heney gave the coyrt no explana tlon. other than to say that the govern ment desired not to disclose tta reason at thla time, but that the reasons at hand were regarded by the prosecu tlon aa sufficient to justify, the course taken After the motion for continuance was allowed and the order entered. United Statea District Attorney John H. Hall asked the court that the federal grand Jury, which was given a recess early In November, be ordered to reconvene next Monday. While it It not regarded at likely that this action is to have any bearing on the cases continued, yet startling events are looked for, as a result of the session. Surprise 8prung. When court convened at 10 o'clock and all present were keyed up to the expectancy of the prospective com mencement of the second great land fraud trial, Mr. Heney sprung a pro found aurprlse by addressing the court for a continuance. "If your honor pleases," said the JTnlted Statea assistant attorney gen ral, while everybody wondered what waa coming, "for reasons which the government does not desire to disclose at thla time, but which are regarded by the government at satisfactory, we de sire a continuance of the cosplracy case and all teh other cases tor the term." 'Is that satisfactory to the defense?' asked Judge Bellinger. Well," said Judge' O'Day, "one of these defendants, Mr. Huff, Is here In custody and I think there should be some provisions for his release." "I think the bond for Guy Huff can be satisfactorily arranged today," said Mr. Heney. "Very well," said Judge Bellinger, 'then the cases will be continued for the term." Judge Bellinger asked District At torney Hall If any casea could be got ten ready for trial by the present Jury, and If ao, how soon. The district at torney aald a civil case could be gotten ready by Friday. He then moved the court for an ordei reconvening the grand, jury next Mon day, and the order waa made. Judge O'Day, on behalf of his cli ents convicted on the ' conspiracy charge, asked for 40 daya In which to prepare a bill of exceptions, and It was allowed. Question Raised. "What does all this mean?" was the common query after the court had ad journed. It was hinted by some that the government, rather than try an other conspiracy case when the defense has attacked the proceeding on the ground of former acquittal, former conviction and former Jeopardy, la con tent to let the defense show Its strength by an appeal, and In the event the Judgment stands to trust to pro curing sufficient justlec for the crime on a1 sentence for the conviction al ready had. Judge O'Day entered the court room thlt morning, throwing clouds of smoke from a wtdesmelllng cigar, con trary to the rules of the court, and tht judge had fire In bit eye. Asked about hit plans, the judge said he wat en titled to try out the case on bit special pleat, and that by a Jury to determine the merits of these pleas, before going into the merits of the conspiracy charge at bar. , "We are entitled to a Jury trial on the special pleat of former acquittal. as regards Miss Ware; former convic tion as regards the other defendants, and former jeopardy on a conspiracy charge," said the judge, "and we are entitled to the right to Introduce all toe records of the former trial at a part of our case." Had the defense in voked thlt right, and the manner of Judge O'Day Indicated that It would. Us effect would have been to greatly prolong the process of getting at the merlta of the pending case. What Jury Do. Now that the grand Jury It to re convene, and Inasmuch as Special Prosecutor Heney has said that he was partly actuated In asking for the con tinuance of the land fraud cases set for trial In order that he could present some Important matters to that body, considerable speculation hat arisen as to what this strong arm of the gov ernment will do In ferreting out crime. One thing la certain, and that Is that some startling Issues are expected. While no one knows the waya of the mysterious body. It Is hinted from varl out sources that the cases of C E. Loo mlt and S. B. Ormsby, whose names figured to prominently during the re. cent trial, will be looked Into, and the result la open to conjecture. Rumors are afloat In which it la speculated that several characters In high station may become victims of the grand Jury's Investigations. POUCE COMMISSION Three Commissioners Elected at City flection Yesterday. DOES A VACANCY EXIST? Republicans, Claim That There It no Legal Police Commission in the City of Astoria at The Present Time. A surprise wat sprung at precinct No. 4 In the Second ward yesterday when the votea were counted. It was found that 15 votea had been cast for R. V, Jones, F. J. Carney and B, F. Prael for police commissioners, and the returns were certified to by the Judges and clerkt of election. It Is contended that under the charter, a po lice commissioner should have been elected at this election In place of S. S. Gordon, and that Wm. Barker and W. C. Cook, having left the state, a vacancy existed In their offices. It Is also reported that If certificates are not Issued to the men claimed to have been elected yesterday, the matter will be carried Into the courts. It is a well-known fact that Mr. Cook has not attended but two meetings and his family has left the city and Is no longer resident of the state of Oregon, and, therefore, they cannot hold the office. By all ordinary rulet of muni cipal government, when a man holding an, office removes from the city or state, hit office becomes vacant by opera tion of law. If thlt contention be true, the election yesterday would be legal, and a new police commission will be sworn in the first of January. FIREWORKS SUIT. New York Is Made the Defendant for a Million. New Tork. Dec. 14. This city will be compelled to defend damage suits aggregating $1,719,290, In view of the decision Just handed down by tlio court of appeals granting a new trial in the case of Solomon Landau, who sought $26,000 damages for the lost of his son In an explosion of fireworks opposite Madison Square garden In November, 1902. The explosion occurred during a political demonstration. It resulted In the death of 18 persons and serious in juries to about 100. The Landau case waa a teat suit on which claims for the amount mentioned largely rest. It was alleged by the plaintiff that the city waa liable in having granted permission for the dis play by an ordinance. VOTE IS LIGHT Citizen'sTicket Elected Ex cept in Third-Ward. SMITH'S MAJORITY 3T5 A Light Vote Polled all Over the City Due to the Severe Storm. STANGLUND AND MORTON WIN There Will Be no Change in the Polit ical Complexion of the Common Council, It standing Five to . Four, as at Present Yesterday's' municipal election was one of the most quiet held In the city for years. The principal contest was over the offlec of city attorney, but it became evident In the early part of the day that Smith was a sure winner, but It waa not expected his majority would be so large. Smith defeated Taylor by over two to one, carrying every precinct except the fourth, where Taylor had three majority. . In the Second ward the contest waa between Franclscovich and Morton, and up to 4 o'clock it looked as though Franclscovich . would be elected. In the Third ward a warm contest was waced over the office of counellmen. Friends of Jacobson ' and Stanglund were working for Smith, which ac counts for his large majority in the the Third ward. In Unlontown, where Taylor was supposed to be strong, he was defeated by 4 to 1, The follow ing Is the result: The total voto cast was as follows: First ward, 484: Second ward, 335: Third ward, 191: total, 1010. This Is 74 votes less than the registered vote, and about 400 less than was cast a year ago. The vote In the various wards was as followt: Precinct No 1 Smith 115 Taylor 22 Precinct No. 2 Smith 125 Taylor 4 Precinct No. t Smith 110 Taylor 70 Precinct No, 4 Smith 123 Taylor 125 Precinct No. 5 Smith 73 Taylor 12 Precinct No. ( Smith 143 Taylor, 43 Total Smith 689 Taylor 314 Councihnen. Preclnce No. 4,. Second ward, Fran clscovich 122, Morton. 128. Precinct No. 5, Second ward, Fran clscovich, 22: Morton 63. Total, Franclscovich, 144;. Morton, 191. NEW YORK'8 HEALTH. Those Who Died Are Dead, But Other Still in Trouble. New Tork, Dec 14. Statistics pre pared by the health department show that the general .health of this city during the last 11 months as been remarkably good and thot the low per centage of deaths during the last few years has been sustained. The actual figures of last year, 18.18 deaths per thousand population, will be somewhat exceeded, however, owing to loss of life in the Slocum disaster, the extra ordinary prevalence of measles during the spring and the increase in the num ber of acute respiratory diseases of which pneumonia Is the most serious The total number of deaths last year was 62,0,34. During the 11 months of this year to December 1, 9690 more deaths were recorded. It ia pointed out that 25 per cent of the death rate is among Infants and that New York'a rate Is kept higher than it otherwise would be In conse quence of the large number of mortally 111 patients coming here to be treated In the hospitals and by specialists. ROUGH ON HUMMERS. Mosquitoeo Menaoed by a Very De termined Onslaught New York. Dec. 14. The second an nual convention of the National Mo squito Extermination Society will be held In this clt- 'omorrow and Friday. The object of the convention it the education of the people it to killing the Insects, possible legislation to ward their slaughter and co-operation In getting the country rid of the In sects. Specimens of all kindt Will be exhibited together with the email fish that are active in destroying the larvae. HOME FOR SAILORS. Little Hack It Taken et the Naval Chinks. San Francisco, Dec. 14. The Inter national Beamen't Union of America at Ita session baa decided to establish a home for aged and decrlplt mem bers and appointed a committee to formulate a plan for the practical real ization of Uie project The convention adopted a declara tion to the effect that the . United Statea departments rulings under which teamen. are excluded from the protection of the Chinese exclusion add alien contract labor laws are op posed to the spirit and Intent of these laws and will urge congress to pass a law specifically Including seamen In the operation of these acts. Imprisoned for Debt Butte, Mont, Dec. 14. Mrs. Cather ine Downey has been ordered impris oned In Silver Bow county Jail until she pays a debt of $247 to David Trot ter, an order to that effect having been received from the supreme court Trot ter secured a Judgment against the wo man in the district court but she de fied the court, despite the fact that she had just received $2000 insurance money. Judge Clancy ordered her Im prisoned for. contempt of court, but after three weeks' incarceration she se cured a writ of habeas corpus from the supreme court and was released.. Mrs. Downey was rearrested last night PORTLAND IN DARK Fire Causes Suspension of Street Car Traffic V" -.-v -,:;y CARELESSNESS THE CAUSE Burning of Oswego Hotel, Over Which Wires Passed, Malta Wires and All Traffic la Suspended. Portland,Dec. 14. Carelessness of an unknown tramp in dropping a llehted match in an old building belonging to me uiaa estate at Oswego early this morning plunged Portland in semi darkness, halted street cars carrying people to offices and workshioa held elevator hanging in empty shafts and caused Innumerable inconveniences about town. All trouble was not rem edied until this afternoon. Heavy power wlrea pass directly over the old building, and with the burning . of the structure the wires were melted and the current grounded. A brilliant electrical display accompanied the burning of the power wires. The old building had been unusi-d tor years. but was formerly a hotel. Its original cost was $2000, but at the lime of its destruction it was valued at about $300. Today a resident of Oswego intended to commence the Installation of a fish market In the long-vacant building. A hobo la known to have occupied the vacant building last night, and it is supposed that bis carelessness started the fire, which was discovered at 5 o'clock thla morning. Many of the city street cars, which get their power direct from the local power plant of the Portland General Electric Company, were not stopped by the break, but such aa derive their mo- ' tlve power from the big power stations at Oregon City were stopped, and the crowda of suburbanites were forced to walk to work this morning. The reserve steam power plant of the Portland General t the foot of Twenty-flrst street was started, and late in the aft ernoon the service was again In com mission The main power ,plant of the com pany is located at the falls of the Wil lamette, ' where the purring dynamos generate power equal to the strength of many thousand horses. The wires burned at Oawego carry power to the strength of 10,000 horses, and It It con sidered remarkable that some one was not Injured when the accident hap pened. Had any one ventured near while the big wires were whipping about and scattering giant sparks, it is certain that some lives would have been lost.