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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1905)
arv Jtt0rtttt!i -m- - vita ULIMI PULL AttOOIATIO PRBSt RIPOftT COVint THaT MORNINQ rilLO ON THI LOWIN COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 1G0 ."ASTORIA, OREGON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS METHODS USED BY SHARKS How Locators Managed to Swindle Investors. FRANK WIN'S STORY Gardner & McCussen rVere Do in i Und Office Business in Several Ways. MANY WERE CAUGHT IN NET KcCtosci sad Franklin Managed Rom berg End of Concern and Gardiner U Alleged to Havs Spread Hi Net for Sucker at Portland End. roriiand, iX'i. 31. runner urtaii Lave coma to light of the ojcration of J, W. Gardner and S, W. Mi"roscn in mislocatins; peraon on public land. The name of Wilbur Franklin, formerly as sociated with the firm of Ganlner k Mroen J mentioned In t li new tor, Franklin Irft town about the time the victims of the scheme began making demand for restitution. Ths atory of the deal bear out the Inter view with Tbomse II. Neuhanscn, In spector of United State Und Ofllce, In which' he export the method em ployed by cruisers in inducing people to become their prey. "The way myecir and Mend were treated by Gardner, McCroen and Franklin waa fraud and swindle," Mid Frank W. Winn engineer at the Perkins I lot-1 to Hie Telegram thi morning. "Our dealing v it h these men were in February or March of last year. Gardner operated the deal at thi end. MeCrowtcn and Franklin managed the Hocburg end, Franklin lid the locating. There was thre in the flint party that went up, of which I Va one. tiardner wa recommended it me by a friend of mine, who was alio with the party. I borrowed the money, $ 125 to pay Gardner hi lo cation fee. ' "Gardner took u to Ihe train, and JM'iiwen met 11 at the l-tul at Rose 1 mrjf . He Mild he had looked over the record in the land oilier and that i-Vfiy tiling was all right Franklin tiNik lit into the wood and bunted u on three quarter section in township 31, One of the party, George Bower- laud, paid hi fee at It burg, after we had made an application la-fore the I'nited State 1-and Commissioner jit Kiddcll. We then ratuo buck to Port land. "Within a few day I received a let ter' from Mr. Highy, In charge of the Rosehurg I -and Ofllce, aaying that my' application had Wm received and placed on file and that it would bo taken up in the regular order, upon the resumption of business in the of fice.. "After receiving thi newa I Ivor rowed the money to pay Gardner. Then I got to thinking over the matter and Iweame uneasy. "We took the matter up with Card mr ami Mcfroaak-n. Tlffy mad all kind of excuse, one of which wa that it we an oversight in . looking over the record In the Und Office "Finally I took the matter up with my attorney, and after writing Gard ner two letter and receiving no aati faction he advised u to lay the mat ter before the County Grand Jury which waa then in aetata. We did ao, and that I the last we have heard of It" v AISTHRUP ALLEGED TO BAVE STOLEN ON A LABCE SCALE K-..)loy of Steamship IKadlU At.ctt ed Charjrt With Stl!.ig liooo,. cr-o at Ha it . fun Fratklseo, Oct. T. -Vldpli AM i .rh, aeeu'ted of eb.W'jting l00,ncu from the East AItli Coir-pant white In the imyploy of the fifipcnnl Maritime C ustom at lljnkow was ar rente I here lo'ay. Sine comhy to .n:t!i Aihtruph a a employed on thj st :ir I'matillj running letrt n Han Fmn ico and l'uj t ouud. W. C. I. U Re E' ECTS OFFICERS l.o Angd-4, IH. 3l lSi Xiliona! W. r. T. V. today re cl?ei all the of. Ii'cr of the organiMM n now urging fi ixeeutlve head. SUIT CASE MYSTERY Nathan's Counsel Claims Miss Gciry Is Alive. NATHAN TAKEN TO BOSTON EMERGING OUT OF CHAOS Trouble Not Yet at An End in Russia. TREPOFF NOT POPULAR General Announces That All Dis (urbances Will Be Sup pressed Today, SOCIALISTS ARE NOT SATISFIED Feeling Against General Trepoff Very Bitter but Count Witt Doe Not Ap pear to Care to Throw Him Over, at Lent Not For the Present. Boston Police Inipector Claim That Phytidaa Who Dismembered Body of Unifortunat Woman Has Beea Located But Arrest Will Not Be Made Yet. Pittsburg, (H. 3l.Morri Nathan, arrested here in connection with the Winthrop auit case mystery, voluntarily went to Ilostou tonight in charge of ronstablii Smith of Massachusetts. Nathan's attorney tonight made the tartling assertion that be expected to priKluce Miss tieury.. lie refused to state why he Islieved Mis l-ary to 1m alive. Doctor la Under Surveillance. lloston, (H t, 3l.-(.'hief ln-HTtor Watts stated tonight thut the doctor tluit iiii-inU'red the Issly of Siimhii A. Geary, lh suit -'ai( victim, ti Ihi lo cated. It i not exiHM-ted, however, that Nlie arrest will lie made for a l;iv or two intimating that the police, are waiting for Hoiiicthing more indcllnte from Mollis Nathan, the lover of the girl. The tlieory of the police regarding the whole affair, in which the most serious charge can only he manslaughtivr, la titat Miss. Geary went to a woman and submitted to in illegal oeration. The oergt win i was not a aucce, but be fore the girl died a male physician waa caller In and made a aecond operation for peritonitis. , Mis. Geary died, the doctor then dismembering the body. According to Superintendent Pierce of the local police force it U difficult to bring any charge against Nathan, un less he I charged with concealing the crime. St. Petersburg Wednesday, Nov i Early this morning, after a conference which all the generals commanding troops In St. Petersburg participated, General Trepoff placarded an announce ment stating that owing to the fact that yesterday several encounters se cured, between various factions, the population as well as with tbs police Land troops, tb people art aula re quested, to maintain order and he gives warning that all disturbances will be suppressed with the most peremptory and categorical measures. (club, who paraded the avenue and who came into fre.u-nt collision with each other. Several encounter occurred be tween the troojM and the demonatranta but none were of a eriou nature. Rumors of Serious Collisions. During the evening rumors of serious collision resulting in heavy fatalities, obtained wide cirruUton, but the As aocated Press waa unable to confirm thekn. The authorities, however, are more apprehensive for tomorrow, when the liquor shop, which were closed to day will be re-opened and when the agi tator, after the day incendiary speech es, may be able to work a portion of the populace to a point of a aerious encoun ter with the troops. The troopa today mingled freely with tlm populaiv and placed themselves at the bead of one process km, provoking wild applause by their actions. The feature of the day waa the en mity displayed against Trepoff, one ora tor calling for a volunteer to kill him. Witte, however, does not aem Inclin ed to throw him over, at least for the preaent. During the afternoon Witte announced to a friend that he was not without hope that universal sufTra) would lie introduced before the election for the State Douraa took place. This announcement when spread among the liberal, will enroll many friend for the new Government against the socialists, who announce that they will be satis fied with nothing less than a democrat ic republic on the Wis of state social ism. REJOICING KILLS LITTLE BRO MR HeartlessiCrime teen-Year-Old of Six-Fiend. . . c'iy. 'J M-etrUr of the company w'.fl be prodtucd in &, n t-inorro-. It is sai l that Da v rpeit tO.fclO in !".? ling ie i.lay produalor. TO NEGOTIATE WITH PRINCE. With MURDERER IN HIDING Ten-Year-Old Child "Sasies" His Brotehr and Is Instantly Shot to Death. SHOT FIRED AT CLOSE RANGE People at Reynolda Washington, Horri fied by Details of an Awful Crime Committed Yesterday Deed Was Outcome of a Quarrel Norwegian Storthing Satisfied Monarchial Government. Chrwtiana, Oct. 31. The Storting; this evening adopted the proposition of the government to negotiate with Prince Charles of Denmark for the acceptance of the crown of Norway on the under standing that the wisbee of the- people Will be consulted in the form of a ref erendum. , A motion to submit to the people whether the Government be Republican or Monarchial in form was rejected. FIGHTS BETWEEN TROOPS -i : : . AND MOBS IN LODZ Lodz, Oct. 31. The situation tonight I extremely aerious. The general strike i atill In progresa. Sevral collisions oc-4 curred between . the troops and mobs this evonng. The Infantry fired on the mobs killing- two and wounding three. An hour later two were killed and eight, wounded. At the same hour a collision occured In the suburbs of Belstty in which three were killed and eight wound" ed;- ' 'a' ' The Military Governor has ordered the troops to mecllessly quell 'all dieor dw. ....... Celebration Lasts All Day. St. Petersburg, Oct 31. All Russia to day enthusiastically received the F.mper or's gift of fredom, the greater "part with dcepet joy, though In St. Peter burg, Moscow and other places the socia lists and revolutionist organised anti Government demonstrations and red flag parades, which with patriotic manifes tations, led to a numlter of conflicts be tween the "reds" and "white," as anti Government and Royalist factions are respectively termed. On the whole the day passed more quietly in Russia than wa expected. In St. Petersburg and Moscow the day wa one such a Russians had never before een Give Themselves up to Exubersnces. People gave themselves up to exhu- Isthiiii's of the moment and spent the entire dav in tmrndes and assemblies. which for the first time in the history of RusiM were freely H-rmitted, the trops having been withdrawn from the street and the fullest rein given to the people io let out their enthusiastic ilem onstration. which, so long a not des trudive were not interfered with. agitators', consisting of both students and workmen, jomcd to the forefront of affairs and converted the celebra tion on Nevsky Prosjieet jnto a great re vol u t iona ry demonst ra t ion. Hundreds of red flag were displayed in tln processions and every one wa compelled to doff his hat to them. A majority of the parader wore crimson red rosettes and streamer.. Socialists Not Satisfied. Socialist orstors delivered fiery ora tions from every available position, de claring the Kmperor'a concessions insuf ficient and demanding the liberation of political prisoner, the formation of a National militia and the banishment of TreprolT and the troops twenty miles. from the capital. The loyalists several times attempted to take the lead 'against socialists and revolutionists by organising counter parades, - bul the ever increasing number of "reds" drove them off Nevskj Prospect every time they appeared. ' x The major portion of the citizens tired out by the long celebration of the first day, went early to bed and at mid night Nevsky Prospect was deserted ex- cnt for crowds of roughs armed with Newsof Atatfesto Well Received Throughout Empire. FINLAND GAINS CONCESSIONS Diet to Be Called im Extraordinary Ses sion to Legislate for Finland Thous ands of People Parade in Moscow Cheering and Singing National Hymn. Moscow, Oct 31. There are ublic re joicing over the manifesto and strikers have resumed work. The crowd formed processions in which 10,000 people paraded the streets singing patriotic songs, and proceeded toward the residence of Governar- Gen- ral Durnovo for the purpose of de manding the release of political prison er. On the way they were met by a body f policemen escorting the body of pris oners wnom tne crowd warned releas ed. A conllict ensued, with tiring on Uth side, 'wo men were killed and several were injured. Sosiivice The news grantiug a Con stitution was received with greatest joy Crowds everywhere are. demonstrating their satisfaction. Railway men are especially proud and claim their strike decidel the fale of tlits country. Return to Constitutional Regime. Helsingfora, Oct, 31. The proclama tion of civil liberty today wa followed by the announcement of the return to a Constitutional regime in Finland and the abolition of the arbitrary conditions under which Finland has been governed since the accession as Governor-General of Count Bobkoff, who in June of last year, was killed by Fugene Schaumann. Prince John Obolcnsky, the- Governor- General, it is announced . has been in structed to call the Diet in extraordi nary session to legislate for Finland. The members of the Senate who con tinued to perform their functions under Itobrikoff and Obolcnsky all resigned in compliance with the demand of the con stitutionalists. Pe FJI, Wash, Oct. 31 A terrible story of the murder of k 10-year old boy by his 10-year old brother was re ceived here this morning from Reynolds three miles west of this place. The de tails are very meager, but it la known that thre4 boys of 'a family named Verbienkl were hunting, when a dis pute a Hose betVefn thtj smallest of the trio and his brother. Young Ver- bienski "sasscd"' hia elder brother back, and the former told the youngest to go home. The reply came in the shape of an oath, whereupon the 10-year-old lad deliberately shot his little, brother down. The shot was fired at a distance of ten feet, and tore through the throat of the young boy, killing him instantly. The murderer then broke the gun in his rage and escaped to the hills, where he la being searched for by the authori ties. POPULAR DEMONSTRATION. Manila, P. I. Oct. 31. The farewell banquet to Governor Yright, was 'one of the most popular demonstrations in the history of the Philippines. He was toasted by Araercians, Englishmen, Spaniards, Filipinos and cheered for tea minutes when he arose to speak. He gave credit to hi coliegues for the work accomplished in the Island and asked 'May not the most suspicious Filipino trust the government," He expressed faith in the ' future archipelago and announced that he would return to the islands in a few months. He will be given a public re ception on Friday. MINES IN THE WAY Engines of Destruction Interfere With Commerce. PESSIMISTIC VIEWS OF ENGLISH CORRESPONDENTS London, Oct. 31. The St. Pet- ersburjr correspondent of the Times says: "The Constitution comes too late. It has satisfied nobody ex- cerjt the very moderate element The manifesto is regarded as n avowal of weakness and is an incitement to furtner agitation. We are thus facing a situation perhaps more seriou than ever before." , Correspondent of several oilier f) paper also take a peimitii view of the situation. VUDIVOSTOCK UNFORTUNATE But Few of the Submarine Mines Placed is Harbor During War Hare Been Re moved, Although fasMO la Offered to Anyone Taking Out the Obstruction. EVEN NEW Y0RY WONT STAND FOR SHAW'S PLAY. Police Stop Production of "Mrs Warren's Profession" and Arrest Manage of Garrick Thealie. New York, Oct. 31. The police to day stopped the production, of Pcrn&rd Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession," ar resting Manager Gumocrtz of the Gnr ri'k Theatre, who ia charged with of feuding public decency In sanctioning Nagasakt, Oct. 31. Advices from Val- divostok announce that twenty mer chant ships are expected to arrive there at about the same time in consequence of the ratification of the peace treaty. On account of the Northwest winds navi gation close to the southwest approaches of Vladivostok is now relatively safe from submarine mines placed by the Japanese during the war period. The Russian admiralty has asked for assistance in removing these mines and has offered $23,000 for the removal of half of them in the offering which ag gregates over 3,000 but could not in duce anyone to accept the task on ac count of the risk involved. The admir alty in consequence has been working alone with inadequate means and it will therefore lie impossible to finish the work of freeing the water from dan ger before Winter. Vladivostok i badly In need of tug boats and coolies to handle the influx of shipping. KAISER WOULD TAKE CREDIT. Berlin, Oct 31. Since last winter Em peror William ha been in communica tion with Eemperor Nicholas suggesting that he grant Russia a constitution that would include the right of habeas corpus Much satisfaction is expressed here as the result of the issue of the manifesto. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS IN AUSTRIA PLAN STRIKE NANKING GOVERNOR APOLOGIZES. Washington, D. C, iiit growing out of ths attrck on A I- miral Train and Us son near Nanking M Veen sdj .ted. 1 he j r. r oi Nanking has apologised n-l puniiiM '.hi ring leaders of the iLob, Vienna, Oct 31. A Congress of Aus trian social democrats today resolved to emulate the "Glorious Victory" of the Russian proletariat and demand an im mediate convocation of the Reichsrath for the purpose of substituting for the present "Parliament of Privilege" a system of National representation baaed on equal and direct manhood sufrage. Ths resolution declares that pro crastination will be opposed by ex treme measures and even a resort to general strike if necessary.