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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1906)
n WW UtUtHIM'Ull. AttOOIATID PRMt Rf-ORT VOVIRt THK MORNINQ FIILO ON Trft LOWtft COLUMBIA VOLUME LXI NO. 142 ASTORIA. OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS will I 4 V 'it MAXON WOULD MAKE MUCH TROUBLE FOR STANDARD Threatens to CauscjStanaard Oil All Kinds of Trouble because He is Not Granted One Year's Leave of Absence. SAYS HE WILL GET EVEN BEFORE THROUGH TESTIMONY OFFERED BY IRATE OFFICIAL BEFORE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION MA XON HAS ABOUT 1500 LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION WHICH HE WILL USE TO EXPOSE STANDARD. lim.ViU, May II. Nearly every railroad running nith, north mid we.t from fhiciigo repreetiled today before the Interstate Commerce Com lnlion, when the liivi-tijiallun into the relation of the Standard Oil Coin any with the railroad, was returned Attorney 1-aforgc, rcpri'.enting the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky, opened the proceeding by a cro-ex mlnation of Maywuod Moon, of I ill mix, uh wn the lat wit no. at the hearing ye.terday. Tim attorney r'd a nuiiilxr of leUer. written by Maxon, in which he threatened to make trouble lor uif MniKiurn oil 1 ompunv iccii nu ll hud Urn refined a year' leavo of alienee, (hie of tln letter read: "I mean to make nil the trouble fop tlio company I can. Vonr attorney, Mr. Eddy, attacked my iu!ert liefore the Icgii..itiire ut Springfield. III,, and I will j;et. even bcfoip- I 11 111 through." ,Maon ndinitted heing the writer of the lttei. "I it not true tlmt you (ut about f.Vni letter und document in your' x.c..ion belonging to the Standard Oil I'liinpany of Kentucky?" aked Mr. lforj;e. "I have a largo niiinler of letter and paper. Bildrcimed to officer of the com pany ami letter written by them to their agent," the wilnea replied. . "How did you get them J" j "In the name way that for year I got information for the Standard Oil Company." Attorney I.forge then read a letter written by Ma on to ('. M. Pratt, an ollieer of the standard Oil Company in New York, in which he said that ha had obtained tUM letter from one of the company' agent In Ohio and had l joi loininiMiioner uarneia to copy them for ne in prosecuting the com pany. In answer to quc.tion of the attorney regarding pasiei, Maxon said that he hail pa. on nearly every rail road in hiit territory und ucd them in traveling on the company', butdm. He ohtaincd the pa.c, lie .aid, from Treasurer Holme nnd other ofliclalH of the Standard Oil Company. OPPOSE GAMBLING. ALBANY, N. Y May II, "Wide- spread gambling In New York i due to I the exemption In the pemil code In favor of gambling on race track." Tlii declaration l part of a resolu tion against all form of gambling adopted by the National llnriica conven tion In session here ye.terday, Thr hundred delegate, rcprecnting ISO, 000 men forming adult bible elac in Sunday school were presented and voted unaiiimoutily. The convention expreed hearty appreciation of the poftition taken by Governor Higgin In opposition to gamblln gapproved hi veto of the eoggcshall but to incrna thej tax on racing aodation and promised to aid him in advocating a direct ap propriation for the benefit of the town and county fair. "In place of the five per cent tax on the racing oelatlon." FREE RIDES AND HAND-OUTS CUT OUT AT LAST CHICAGO, May 11,-The railroad waned granting free, transportation to Sim Francisco refugee, yeterday the privilege expiring by limit lat night. All refugee hereafter will be dealt with individually by the, Chicago Relief nnd Aid Society. Since the earthquake the refugee, committee of the Chicago Commercial Association ha found position for 2l."il penton from San Francisco, A majority of thee have been provided with clothing, meal and transportation to other point. The giving of free meal at the rail way tation alo ended la.t night. Hereafter each individual cane will be Investigated. DOWIE HOMEWARD-BOUND. CHICAGO, May II. The condition of The convention voted to co operate Do wle i. said to be nearing a critical with the International Reform liureau I stage. The venerable "First Apostle" In it anti gambling agitation. ha. taken to lied and hi strength U failing. The swelling of the extrvmi- INVESTIGATION CONTINUED. tie., which are notifiable characterises of hi affliction i said to have extended BOSTON", May 11. The inve.tigation upward until within a few inche of of the Suffolk county grand jury Into hi. heart. The attending physician the alleged briWy in the legilature .ay in vb w of hi. great vitality he will be continued to the June Killing, might live a week or ten day, but a Tlil annouiM-ement wa made at the fatal termination within a few day will adjournment of today' action. not ! .urjtri.ing. NO LIQUOR 1$ ALLOWED IN BAY CITY'S LOTS Authorities Determined to Keep Out All Saloons and Thus Stop Any Trouble Intoxicants are Strictly Forbidden to Be Sold. ALL SALOON LICENSES MY SOON BE REVOKED SHELVE AMENDMENT SULTAN OBDURATE NUMBER OF SALOON LICENSES T 0 BE ISSUED IN FUTURE WILL BE GREATLY CURTAILED SA N MATEO COUNTY SHERIFF CLOSES ALL SALOONS AND DEFIES SUPER VISORS TO PR EVE ENT HIM FROM IT. Bailey's Non-Suspension Amend' Has Not Yet Shown Signs ment Disposed of Adversely. Yielding to Britian. of STUDENT SUICIDES. Ni:V YOUK. May II. A special to the Herald from Hon 1 011 ayn: ltecaiiMe of dcHHndcn'y Malcolm Me I.eod a Harvard iiiHtitut giaduute and football player, committed .uirldc ye terday by .hooting liimelf through the heart with a revolver. He ended hi life lit hi mother' home in the I tuck Hay di-drict. Two year ago he played on hi. da. eleven at the MiinjiiiIiii oett. Institute of Technology and last year on the Harvard second eleven. He whk 22 year. old. win popular, and wa looked upon a. a good candidate for the varsity team. BONAPARTE RECUPERATING. HAI.TI.MOHK. May U.-Secielury of the Navy Chnrlei .1. Honapnitc, yester day went to hi. country residence in Hiiltiniore County to recuperate from hi recent nttnek of iiciito indigestion. ,lt i. expected that, he will remain there n week or ten day before returning to hi oflicial dutle in Washington. CONVENTION CHANGED. CINCINNATI. May II. -The time for holding the Id annual convention of the commercial Telegrapher' I'nion of America, lui been changed from the fir.t Monday in May to the econd Monday in .lime. Milwaukee wa nclectcd for the next convention city. The election of olliccr. i. tomorrow. SENATOR FULTON SPEAKS BRITISH FLETT IS PREPARED SAX KRAXCISCO. May ll.-The au thorities here have no intention of loosening the tight grip of the rein which they have held the liquor dealer in check with fince the disaster. Mayor Schmitz ha. announced emphatically hi intention of keeping the saloons cloed for an indefinite period. He attribute the remarkable absence of crime and disorder to the rigid enforcement of the edict against the gale of intoxicating liquor. The board of police commissioners en dorsed the suggestion of the mayor that 'all saloon licenses now in existence be revoked. The number of licenses to be issued in the future is to be greatly cur tailed. In San Mateo county, the super visors permitted the opening of saloon and the result was that thousands of nien went from San Francisco to that county and indulged in drunken orgies. Sheriff Mansfield of San Mateo county has informed the San Francisco authori ties that every saloon in bis county will be closed despite the supervisors, and, that if necessary he will ask Governor .Pardee to order out the troops to aid him in his work. Ray nor Offers Amendment Court Review to Constitutional Questions Which is Voted Down Fulton's Address Confining Sick Man of Europe Hast Consent to English Demands or British Fleet Will Force the Psssage of the Dardenalles. WASHINGTON. I). C. May 11. Bailey'. uon-.u.cnHinn amendment ap plying to order, of the Interstate Com- SUCCESSOR ANNOUNCED. ST. I'KTKHSHt'lM?, May 11.-It olllcially announced thnt M. Iswolxky. recently Itu.sian mini. tec to Copen hagen has been appointed Miccessor to Count Lainmloi-ff, mini.ter of foreign affair., and that the hitter will be nomi nated 11 memlier of the council of the empire. SCHURZ STILL ILL. NKW YORK, May ll.-Schuiz con tinue, critically ill at his home in this city. It i felt the 'patient has lot some ground. HOUSE PENSION BILLS. WASHINGTON', May ll.-The house today passed .120 pension bills. Hep burn made, a vigirou. attack upon the court martial system in the navy, and criticized the ofllcer respon.ihlo for the accident that have happened to the ship, of tho navy. ERUPTION DIMINISHING. NAPLES, May 11. Tho eruption of Vesuvius i. diminishing. NO PIPE LINES ALLOWED ON RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY was stated the Carter case was decided but the members were pledged to sec recy. Carter is in Lurope. The meet ing was called because of a letter in which Ir. Carter declares he does not not believe the Westminster confession to be the truth of God, but "An idol of man's invention as truly as any wor- or Africa." LONDON', May ll.-The term fixed by tho British ultimatum to Turkey ex pires at midnight Sunday. It is antici- meive Commission as covered ty the I1"' ' oiuciai circles max, me pone railroad rate bill was today ndversely wil1 pt the demands of the British, disposed of by a strictly party vote of m the event of the sultan proving 2:1 to M. The amendment offered bv obdurate active coercive measures will Ravnor confining the court of review to commence immediately at the expira constitutional questions, was also voted tion of lhe P6"'1 of S140- Ful1 in down, but not until after sneeches had t ructions have been sent to Vice Ad- l..u.n ,.l l,v M.yr 1;,. .n.l I miral Lord Beresford. who is eommanit- iu;i.... i., .,1.., ...i rar Alii- inar the British fleet at Peiraus. Th. 8,l,PId ln Dclhi' Pekin i .i r,.nJ. u uiJ Turkish ambassador had a lenirthv con- T,,is letter is a(ldress to the general 0 r. ...... I fiKSPITlhlir Af fliA PrAcKtrf Afian AhtiMk The dclsite wns in anticipation of the terence with foreign Secretary Grey " VUU1V u ili.cussiiiu tihnt is expected to occur I n,s afternoon. iiHn the Allinon court of review provis- wresiorus instructions are secret, ion tomorrow. Messrs. Raynor and ,nlt il j8 practically certain there will Bailey contended that the Allison attempt to force the Dardenalles 1...-.-. -...I : 1 j a .... 1 111 iiiiika n npnmn.irdTinn nainra jin. I T..vvrx,-ww v. m. ameuuiiieni auu10117.es 111c nroudest pos-1 - - - lu.mva, aiay 11. me coal mines sible court of review, and the Mary- Utantinople. Wilfrid Blunt, who for bill, the object of w hich is to eraduallv land senator urged that in it Senator thirty years has had intimate knowl- miw the hour of work till thev reach I J ... t a . n ... ... I ldrich had achieved a signal victory. g 01 wt e-mai peninsula has written the eight hour limit in 1909. witout re Senator Fulton stated thnt he had first .Sr,y protesting against the dispatch of ducing the wages was passed unanimous- MAN'S INVENTION. Presbyterian Minister so Characterizes Text of Westminster Confes sion of Faith. NEW YORK. May ll.-The question of discipling or of trying on a heresy fharirA Pl.t- Til fianillAl T r'nltai u-nn .u.,.. . a., va.-c, nu, , .... , gamed prominence . , pmf ... - have the West- T " u-at roL'an 1 0 COMPANY WILL DISSOLVE MENASHA, Wis.. May ll-George A. Whiting, first rice-president of tha General Paper Company says the com pany will dissolve. "The newspaper publishers will find to their cost that several years ago through his efforts to minster confession revised up today. The Presbyterian 1 one. He declared a ereat manv olans lasted two hours. At "adjournment it I f"tu,re ha Ped. but 1 uiuiinc jiuc ui oubiuu uctw iiiineu I upon. which meets May 18 at Dea Moines. COAL MINES BILL PASSES. LUMBER MANUFACTURERS. ' WASHINGTON, Miy 11. A census bulletin on the manufacturing indus tries of the State of Washington for the calender year, 1904, was issued to day, showing a total of 2751 establish ments with a total value of products of $128,821,667. The total amount paid in wages was $30,087,287. The largest item was lumber; engaged in the manufac ture of which were 1044 establishments with a capital of $44,776,167, and a total production of $54,745,934. suggested the language of the Allison provision, In presenting his court of review amendment, Raynor said: 'i wish the. President had not inter- ferred in this legislation, but had per mitted us to proceed to settle the question here us it should be settled." A number of other amendments offered in the. main by Democrats and by Ln Folic! le, were rejected. The votes were generally on parly lines during the entire- day, but the Wisconsin senator voted with the Democrats on all pro positions, nnd MeEiu-ry nnd Morgan, Democrats, voted with the Republicans most of the time. the ultimatum 011 the ground that the British case is much less serious than is supposed nnd that an attempt to press the matter to a violent issue will be a risk of a religious quarrel of in definite magnitude with the whole body of Mohammenians. ly on the second reading in the House of Commons today. The bill effects 670, 000 persons. Previous parliaments had rejected the same bill four times after passing the second reading. BAD FOR THE DEAD. NEW YORK, May ll.-The strike of 1500 funeral drivers tied up the under. taking business of New York City to day compelling about 110 bodies to re main unburied. In some instances non union driver were attacked on the streets and police called. FAIRBANKS' BIRTHDAY. WASHINGTON, May 11. Vice-Presi dent Fairbanks was 58 years of age to day. ITc spent his time in presiding over the Senate on one of the busiest days of the session. ITe was the re cipient of numerous congratuations. FIERCE FOREST FIRES. ; BUTTE, May 11. Advices from Sand Point state disastrous forest fires are raging a few miles of that place. Much property is already destroyed and burn ing beyond all control. The only thing to save this entire forest district is heavv rain. LEATHER MARKET BURNS. . PARIS. May ll.-The leather market hi the Gobelins district burned tonight. The loss was two million dollars. CHICAGO, May 11. A. J. Davidson of the St. Louis & Snn Francisco rond testified in the cases against the Stand ard Oil today. Ho said that there were jio pipe lines on the right of way of his company for any considerable distance, nnd thut the roud had no contract to install n pipe line, the executive com mittee of the railroad having denied the application of tho Cudahy Refining Coin jinny with Standard Oil interest. He could think of no reason why Cudahy should be denied the right, and the Standard given such a right. WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE. WASHINGTON, I). C, May ll.-Sec- retary Tuft has refused to assume the responsibility for an order requiring the 1 Canal Commission to buy only Ameri can goods. It is probable thnt a reso lution will be introduced into Congress limiting the purchases of the Commis sion to American markets. Senators Ankeney, Dick, and other prominent Republicans have urged the commission to abandon the idea of buying in the open market. FIRST BREAK. LONDON, May ll.-The first break in the new cabinet is imminent through the appointment of General Sir John Walten, as Lord of Appeals in ordinary, in succession to Lord MeNaughton. EMPEROR AND PARLIAMENT WILL BE MOST FRIENDLY ST. PETERSBURG. May 11 Hope of much impressed by the emporer's earn tho establishment of friendly relations est interest in the nroblems of the conn- FIGHT DRAW. between the emperor and parliament trv. The was further strengthened today by the political questions were not cone into. LOS ANGELES, May 11. Abe Attell audience granted by Nicholas at Peter- but laid special emphasis on the em- of San Francisco and Kid Herman of hof to Professor Mouromtseff, president peror's courtesy and consideration and Chicago fought twenty rounds to a of the lower house. The professor re- his thorough knowledce of the sentl- draw here tonight. 1 turned to St. Petersburg annarentlv ment in the nnrlinmpnt an A .nniatv