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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1905)
COVlfll THI MORNINO FIELD ON THI LOWCR COLUMBIA UBUSMII FULL AIIOOIATI0 Mill RIPOIIT - i 1 ":rT i t "S r PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLtlMELVlVf NO. 1931 IUJ J; ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 27. 1905. J - - I II I I 1 - -' ' . . - - i 1 . . A i i STRIKE WORSE Business Interests, Mostly '"Affected. SPREAD IS INEVITABLE Lumber Interests Will Cause Cess ation of Building Operations lathe City. AGENTS GATHERING, FUNDS Every Local Union in th United State Will I Aiked t Contribute f inn. elal Support t Attirt th String Teemeter f CMag. Chicago, Ht M-Th tftntr' trlk Is running along like ft flood tide, no barrier appearing in any dlrc don to keep tt within dftrUb b-mnJe, ixnd while It Km been spreading In terest ha hlftd temporarily from the trlfe betMren milye- end Ub"r lotion to dlfflcuttloe' bwen tUe liK-et union to dimrulilf beiwtn th bualneu lntreU Involved kftd th o cl idmlnhitrstiv uthoHtlre. , in U) rc oi decltmtlona f the employer that the polle dprtmn of th cly la abaolutely nileiuate t5 afford protection to properly a a r eult of condition broofht about by th etrlkt'a pread to the lumber tricta, Mayor Dunn announced -thai ther wuld b no nm-eantty to call for troop till week. Th lumbtfnn. the luti lntreu to be aTeyted by the atrlke. are not o optlmlntle. Thry aeem to be living In terror of rlotoua uprUlnn ln th vatt are embraced by th-lr ya:d and plunu , iHatrlct pciulluly In vltlnf to lucendlarlvtn. . In anllilpatlOn of trouble In the lumber dUtrlct the mayor Instructed Chief of Police O'Neill to clo all a loon ther between the hour of 1 and 7 p. m. In caaea wrier crowd were permitted to gather Inside or outside the premise. In preparation for a protected atrlk lag th teamsters Joint council ha arranged to send agents to all parte of the country for the purpose of gthr Ing fund. It Is th ambition of the trike leader to rata $1,000,000 by July 1. Solicitor w"lll probably tart from Chicago neat week on this mission. They will visit every local union In th United States, according to th plan and In addition to urging (tnun clat assistance wilt atrlv to arouse organised tabor everywhere to ympa this with th present etruggl. On of the first move of the strlk leaders to keep the men In line will be to Increase th weekly strike benefit. The driver on atrlk now receive 110 a week. Th Express Drivers' Union has arranged, according to the official to pay Ha 900 members 112 weekly be ginning next Mondvy. If aufflctHnt funds can be raised the benefits paid to other strikers will be Increased In proportion. INCREASE IN DIVIDENDS. Industrlsl Suslnsss Shows Large In r Over Last Yan Nw Tork, May 26. June Industrial dividend paytwnta will show a heavy Increase over those In th same month last year, accprdlng to flgurea com piled by the Journal of Commerce. Declarations thus far announced represent ft money value of oyer 111. 100,000 aa compared with $15,600,000 1n 1104. Increase by thre or fout large companies largely account for the gain. RIOTING IN WARSAW. . Troop Fir on Rioter and Numbr Killed and Injured. Warsaw, May 28. After nearly 48 hour of mob la v the authorities this piftVrnoon lutMtSprad, pntn of In fantry and Cossacks speedily dispers ing the rioters, who were engaged In the demolition of disorderly bouses. I i' two Instance "troop fired on the crowd, wounding three person. Fifty n-ree's wr made, ufter which order eJeirftoiV ; Nineteen person were Injured dor Inf the disturbance and at the hos pital ther wr thr dtha of thd who received Injuries In th rlotlig Wednesday night His thousand treps 'am ;t Wmf today Jm their summer encampments. Mftrtiul m wa proclaimed Ituit night, 4; STOPPING A RUNAWAY. Man Threw Undaw TrHy Car Try ing to Sv Llv f Pepl. New Turk, May t.-Un unidentified man of 10 year of age, ha austalned lnjurl'fc, which probably will cost him hl life. In heroically trying to atop a runaway hors a It dahd Into a llrooklyn theater crowd. Th street wag filled with person who had Just left a. play hou on Broadway, Williamsburg, whn the clatter of a runaway wa heard. The animal drew' behind him ft light truck and th crowd scrambled wildly for afety a th horse first ran on th 1jwalk and then lnU the atr. Springing to the streH th unknown man caught at the horse' hrldl with both hanJa. II hHd on deperiely and had succeeded In checking the frightened animal when a trolley cat suddenly turned th comer and hit them. . The man w torn looee and fell under the wheel, hos whom h had eared from ever j Injurlea haatlly raised the car and h waa carried to a hospital Thr It wa said bis In juries were likely to rauita death. INTERESTING TRIAL 5 i . Lieutenant Accused of Giving; Away Government Secrets DEFRAUDS THE GOVERNMENT Wetsel.. Formerly an Instructor in the Artlllttty and Engineer School, la.th Sam Psrton Who Sold Plan or . 0rmn Fortress to Franc. Thorn, Prussia, May It, The trUil will begin Monday next of Hellmut Wessel, formerly ft first, lieutenant and Instructor In ten artillery and engin eer school at CharloUenburg, who I charged with gwlndllng. This I th accusation on which-b will be tried, t)ut the former lieutenant la also charged With selling plan of German fortresses to France. 1 Wess.il I the husband of Matllde Baumler ,the f'Velled lady" of the sec ond Dteyfu .trial In 1895 he found an asylum In Prance and lived there for com years, V;sel followed a precarious career in Italy where the German authorities caused hla arreat am! afsier H montlts' Imprtaonment secured his extradition. The opposition Italian press crlflclsed the government of Italy for giving up a political fugi tive. Wwel I now to be tried here, his last garrison detail, on an Indict ment charging him with fraudulently obtaining $21 from a captain of Uhl ans, named Beiker, since deceased. WRECK OF A WHALER. Bottle Pioked uo at Sea With Letter from Pontia Man. Los Angeles, May 28. A bottle hav ing every appearanec of having beert in the sea a long time wa picked up at Ocean park today and waa found to contain a note purporting to b from Wilbur A. Harris, a native of Pontlac. Mich, stating that on May 8. 1902, the whaler El Toro, out of Topolobampo, Mexico, was wrecked oft a small Island south by southwest oi Tahiti. ' Harris further slates that amon the crew who drowned waa Xope Ault temenex, who had In his possession a French manuscript handed down In his family, giving the complete history of th lot lauphln, of France, written by a man "in whose charge Robespierre left htm, and ft French ornament set In diamonds. 1 Harris aska that a. professor of his tory of Tale university be notified and give direction for finding this, his torical treasure, which he has burled. NAVAL BATTLE Fleets Preparing for an Engagement ON BOTH LAND AND SEA Believed That Great Battle Be tween Russiy and Japan is Near at Hand. ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY i Believed That th Impending lattl Will I th Lat f the War and That It I Sut a Question ef a Short ,Tlm When Will Be Decided. London. Mftf tt The RuMO-Jap- ane war haa entered upon another campaign, which many eprta think will prove to be the last, a the logic of events will compel peace. The op erations will be conducted on both land and sea, and decisive battle ar looked for In th elash of th rival armiea and fleet. The outcome I expected to he a Japanese victory, but th fight on which ther exist some uncertainty a to It rcault is that which will b decided on th ea, .Important develop ment are, therefor expected within 48 bourn. t . " ., .' Sine the resumption of military ac tlvtty In Manchuria, the Russian army has already been driven bcuk In It ef forts to resist the advance of the Jap nu'-se. An official report Issued at Tokto lust night stated that the Rus sian reconnaissance on Thursday In cluded simultaneous attacks upon all three of the Japanese columns advanc ing from Fakumen, Changtufu and Kalyuan. The most determined attack was made at Nanchlngtavt, ten miles north of Kalyuan. All th attacks wer re pulsed. The Russian losses wer heavi est north of Kakumen, where the Jap anese shell fir severely punished a force which attacked a field hospital. The Japanese casualties were scat tering and slight. The Russian front I 40 mile long, and the army occupies strong in trenched positions. Field Marshal Oy- ama will undoubtedly make one of his famous enveloping movement, but Gen. Llnevitch Is reported as being satisfied to accept battle In hla present, posi tions. A dispatch from Gunahu Pas stated that Field Marahal Oyama is deploying heavy force against Gen, Mnevltch'l left and Is concentrating hla troops along the center, but his base is opposite the Russian right. Later At noAn today It waa rumor ed that the Japanese and Russian fleets under Admiral Togo and Rojestvensky have engaged in battle in the Korean straits." '' SENATOR MITCHELL'S DAUGHTER Mr. Ji Chapman Dies at Taeoma from an Operation. Mrs. Jessie Chapman, wife of W. D. Chapman, daughter of Senator John H. Mitchell of Portland, died tonight from heart trouble, following an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Chapman was stricken last Tuesday. After the op eration Wednesday ahe rallied until 'that night, when weakening heart de veloped and oxygen and oVher stlmu lanta were administered, but the pa tient gradually wearied away. Senator Mitchell arrived from Port land and the meeting between father and daughter was very affecting. RECOVERS DAMAGES. Butte Jury Awards the Plaintiff One Cent Damages. Butte, May 28. Simon Bank has Juat been awarded 1 cent as damages in his suit against Constable Pat Holland et al. Plaintiff Bank told the court that Inst year he bought a couper precipi tating plant, paying $335 for the same And securing a bill of sole. Afterward the property and some money due as earnings of the precipitating plant, wa seized by Con table Holland on an at tachment secured against the men who sold hi mthe tanks. Th Jury decreed sold him th tank. Th Jury decreed surrendered to th plaintiff, but only 1 cent wa awarded a damage for th alleged unlawful detention. WOMAN SHYLOOC Kansa Women Sent t Jail fee Charg ing Usurieu Interest Kansas City, May 28. Ml Francis B. Johnson, cashier In the employ of D. D. Drake, a money lender, wa fined 1100 and sentenced to serve SO day In the county Jail on th charge of ex acting usurious Interest This is the second conviction In the crusade against money lender who charge 10 per cent a month Interest DALLAS PLANT SOLD. Idaho Buyer Will ArraMg for Mer i t, Light at On. , Dallas, Ore., May !. Th electric light plant in Dallas has been told to B. 8. Thompson, an Idaho man. Thir teen thousand dollar Is the reported price. It 1 understood that many inv provement will be made Immediately, notably the intsalling of larger engine. as the present power has been taxeo to th limit and many house are without lights for this reason. Baron Rathaehild Dad. Pftrie May J. Bawgi Rothschild, who had been 111 several days with bronchitis, died this morning. . ,v FROM SEAT OF WAR Believed Japanese Fleet Prepared ' for Any Emerency. INTEREST CENTERS IN BATTLE Baron Komura Address th Clearing House Association and Has Implicit Confidence in Japan' Financial and Productive Abilit ' Toklo, May 28. It is believed here that the action of the Russian In send ing some vessels to Shanghai I part of a diversion plan to draw oft ft por tion of the Japanese fleet it is thought that possibly the Russians intend to Intern the Blower craft but the visit and withdrawal of the faster vessels is regarded to be without purpose unless as ft diversion. The whereabouts of Admiral Ro jestvensky' fleet Is not reported and opinion is divided to whether It has entered the Pacific or returned to the lower Chinese coast Th location of Admiral Togo's fleet continues to be secret. Popular feel ing la undisturbed and the Japanese public Is confident that Admiral Togo is prepared to meet any situation. Baron Komura, minister of foreign affairs, Baron Sone, minister of finance and Baron Shibusawa, addressed the Clearing House Association today. Baron Komura. said that the financial capability of Japan had completely surprised the world. He was glad that Japan was, showing ft financial and productive" ability aa well as strength on the battlefield. The .wrar. he said, would last long and he trusted much in the commercial ability of the nation after the war was ended when a great er prospect would be opened before the country. He expected, he said, furth er, that the commercial Interests would do their utmost to develop and etena Introduction of foreign capital and the commerce. He also expected th In counseled his hearers to facilitate this Introduction by Inspiring foreign capi talists with, confidence In the country. Benton Killen Dead. Portland, May 28. Thomas Benton Killen ,a prominent lawyer of the city and state, died today. He was an Ore gon pioneer f 1845. Apache Chief Wins, Rsoe. Lawton, Okla May 58. OTonimo. the aged Apache chief rode his sorrel horse in the race at the fair grounds today and won a $150 purse. LAVYER DITTY Meeting of Illinois Bar " Association. TO RESIST AGGRESSION Judge Alton B Parker Delivers Address of Welcome at Chicago. LAW AS A PROFESSION Duty of Lawyers te Fight Corruption In Every. Branch and Department, and Evil of Every Industrial Move ment and Protect the Ballet, Chicago, May 21. The Illinois State Bar Association convened In this city today The meeting wae largely, at-, tended by attorney from ail parts of the state. Upon- the convening of the association Judge Alton B. Parker was Introduced and delivered the address of welcome. , f , Th ftddres -dwelt npon the scope of men who follow the law as a profes sion, and of thellr relations to the poll tic and public Hfe of ,thet country. He reviewed at length the prominent part taken by lawyer In the public discus slons from the days of th thirteen colonies to the present In the course of his address he said: , "I would emphasise anew ihe thought that as the lawyer finds nimself th beneficiary and the heir of grreat priv ilege, which yield commanding oppor tunities,, it . is more Incumbent upon him than upon any other to recognise that these privileges and powers -im pose obligations from which there can be no escape, as, indeed, there ought not to be, except by meeting and wel coming them in the completest Bens possible. If, at any ttme it should be come apparent that the sanclty of the ballot is either threatened or assailed; if the administration of the law, whether civil or criminal, becomes either lax or careless; If the evils in any Industrial movement manifest such power that they threaten monopoly or put popular rights In peril; If the ex ecuttve. the legislative, or the judicial branches of our system shall, .either by design or accident tend to trenca. unduly or dangerously npon the rights of any of the others the one man who should resent and resist the dangers thus threatened, is the American law yer. The traditions of his profession, the execution of the high trust con fided to him, the example set him by great leaders through many genera tions, all demand that he should ex ercise the greatest watchfulness and show the highest courage." SEPARATE PRESIDENTS, j Harriman's California System to Have Two Boards of Director. San Francisco, May 28. Following the retirement of James A. Agler a manager of the Western system of the Southern Pactflc Company and the re organisation of the divisions -of the road Into two districts, comes a report to the effect that E. H. Harrlmaii and his associated In the control of the western railroads have decided to elect separate presidents and boards of di rectors for each of their roads and that the first step to be taken In thl direction will be made shortly when Harrlman, who Is now president of the companies that compose his network of lines, will resign from all of these positions to later become chairman of an executive board which will be cre ated at the proper time in New Tork. According to the reporte that have reached the higher official of the Southern Pacific Company In this city Vice President and General Manager Calvin will become the president of that corporation, with his headquarter!, in this city; A. U Mohler. vice presi dent and gf neral manager of the Union Pacific, will be elected president of that company with future headquar ters In Omaha; W. H. Bancroft wtfl fce promoted to to presidency of the Ore gon Short rllne and possibly, general superintendent Park of the Union Pa cific or General Superintendent Buck ingham of the Oregon Short' line wilt be made president of the Oregon Rail road A Navigation company, - GOVERNMENT CONTTROU Sslisved Govmmtnt Control of Life insurance Advisable. New Tork, May 2$ At a dinner given by the Life Underwriters As sociation of New Tork, James M. Beck, formerly) "ssdstant attune f general, has spoken for supervision of th Life ' Insurance companies by the federal government Inirtead of by th various' stat governments, a at present and It Is predicted that this would soon come to pas. ' tftl if "I believe the agitation of th last 12 months," he said, "will tend to ben efit the entire cause of life insurance In this country more greatly than anything thaj, has yet occurred." FROST IN GERMANY. Caussd Much Damage to Fruit Ther msmeter Below Freexing. Berlin. May 2$. There was frost In Germany , Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the thermometer registering 9 to I degrees below freezing. The cold weather caused much dam age to fruits and vines and particular ly In th Moselle win district Carman Squadron. Tslng Tau, May, i... The whole Russian fleet is assembled near Woo Sung, and the" German" squadron at Tsing Tau is preparing for eventuali ties. , I i'- . 'I-' - f CORKS IN PRESERERS Trial of Officers of Nonpariel Cork Works Concluded, i y '4 - vi r: iron m life:: preservers i - Clsimed by Defense That There Was Sufficient Cork in th Lif Preserv ers and Even With Iron Their Buoy anee Would Be Retained. ' Trenton, N. J, May 21 The gov ernment's case against J. H. Stone, S. C. Qulntard, and Charles and James Russ, officers of the Nonpareil "Cork Works of Camden, charged with in creasing the weight of cork blocks foe life preservers by inserting Iron bare to attain the required standard weight has been concluded " in the United States district court The' governemnt placed several of the company's employes on the at&nd and they testified to seeing the irons Inserted In the cork blocks. A motion to non-suit' was made on the ground that there was sufficient cork In' the blocks and even with the iron the buoyancy of the preservers would reach the government's standard. .The motion was denied. The defence will , now go on. .. V PHILADELPHIA GAS. : Mayer Weaver Says ths Situation Is Growing Brighter, , Philadelphia, May 18. "The situa tion is growing brighter every minute, said Mayor Weaver late today. He would not give figures or go Into de tails, but contented himself by saying that he had received assurances from many ccuncllmen who had voted for the lease last week that they would support' him In his veto. Leading republicans of the organi sation whlotf Ifvvd; beto advocating the lease continue to remain silent There are signs, however, that several councllmen are breaking away under the tremendous pressure from their cfwl'ttuents. will probably go along with the mayor. - STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO. Will Not Handle Product of Boycot ted Breweriea, San Francisco, May 28. The bot tlers and drivers employed by local firm dealing in the boycotted product of th Northwestern Brewers' Asso clatloa have gone out on strike. About SO "men" are Involved. ','