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VOLUME LXI NO187 ' I ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 17 1906 PRICE FI VE CENTS ESTABLISH B Government Install Aiw Base Here. ON A STRATEGIC SHE Young's Bay Will Be Dredged and Transport Docks Will Be Built. ACTIVE WORK SOON TO START Barracks For Marine and Bifi Bang Included in Plana Mouth of Columbia Recogniied aa Im portant by Government. To make one of the greatest array and naval station In the United Stale at tie mouth of the Columbia River U one of the plana mad by the Govern ment that will be carried out jut a toon aa tba extreme low water mark on the bar I 33 feet. The fact that Japan io nearly 700 mllea nearer to the mouth of the 'Columbia River than it la to Bun Framleo I the chief reason that the government I anxlou to have iU new bae completed a quickly a possible, lite new ha j tint leaked out that the old survey made at Young' Hay by the War Department several ,vear ago are being carefully examined by naval engineer. The two department are working in harmony in thi matter, a a great army pot I to be built near the propound naval station. Per tnanent quarter for aeveral thousand troop and camping ground for fio.oou 'soldiers are to be made) dock (r to lie constructed that will permit the binding of trtinport. The bay I to be dredged o that the whole Pacific and Asiatic squadron can anchor there1, along with any additional fleet that may be ent from the Atlantic Coast. The plan are to keep at least one battleship at thi atation continual ly, to build extra large barrack for marine, and to establUh the bent rifle range for small arm practice on the cout. Ship' gunner are to be trained in ehooting at flouting target placed out of ight aero from Tillamook Hend. Visible target will nlo be used. There I plenty of room at the wide mouth of the Columbia for the torpedo boat and gunboat fli'CU to maneuver; the ocean I but an hour away, o that battleship and armoured cruisers could put to gea on very abort notice. This new defense is aimed to protect the Northwest from any possible foe that might eek to gain a foothold on the Columbia River from either China or Japan. Tho Young' Buy atation can bo reached both by land and seas the dock are to bo o built that train can run alongside the transport and the troop march direct from tho car to the deck. Varships are much nearer- tho ocean than if they were atatloned at Bremer ton, which is too far from rail transpor tation. For years the fort at the mouth of the Columbia have been strengthened until now it I said that it would be im possible for any enemy's fleet to try to run them. The recent visit of the Pacific squad ron to Astoria caused the Navy De portment to take renewed interest in the proposed Young'i Bay station, and a new survey has been, ordered. FIRED BY CROSSED WIRES. FOREST GROVE, July 10.-Crosed wires caused a Are in the central ex change of Grant Hughes' telephone line. The damage Is $200. BIB ASE CHOLERA SITtATIOlf IMPROVED J MANILA, Jul 1A-Th cholera situa tion lm greatly improved. Twelve cae and nine death were reported during the htt 24 hour. The health bureau offer free vaccination to prevent the prd of the disease, A ttt made of the vaccine lue tli outbreak of the dUeae ahow that 11 act a an abso lute preventative,' Of the many nativa In tb Infected district who had hem treated with the Viru nine developed the dieae, 'All of the health ofllelal were vaccinated and none have develop ed the dlee. The vaccine ha been prepared at the government laboratory in thi city. ' If. II, Talbot a lieutenant In the con Ubulary deserted at Hollo on the Inl and of Panay on July 7 with six men and crossed over from Panay to Guimar a, when he tartd on an aimle cha over the country. A detachment of con tabulary purtued the deserters and raptured Lieutenant Talbot, who, it was found w out of hi mind. The eon .Ubulary with him were dimled from the service. Lieutenant Cotcllo of the constabu lary report that on July 13 he had a fight with Ladrone under Panleton and Villafuerte, at Casaguran, in the prov ince of A hay. Luzon. Villafeurte wa killed during the fight and four rifle together with much ammunition was raptured. The provincial treasurer wa arreted and held prisoner at Caa guran awaiting order from the ln-ular authorities. Villafuerte wa a brother of the Ladrone leader captured some time ago. Private R. Lonsdale of the Sixteenth United States Infantry wa accldently drowned In the Pailg river near Manila on July IS. He fell overboard from a launch while on hi way to camp Mc STICK TO THE JOB Judge Oicott'i Law firm Refuses to Leave Thaw Case. THAW SAYS THEY ARE FIRED Murderer Will Not Allow Olcott's Firm to Handle Bis Case He Has Em ployed Seevral Other Lawyers Controversy la Warm, NEW YORK. July lO.-Through Abe Gruber, of the firm of Black, Olcott (! ruber and Bonynge, It wa declared yesterday that the firm ha not a yet decided to accept Marry K, Thaw' dis missal a final. They are going to have a talk with Thaw's mother. "We were not hired by Harry Thaw but by a Mr. Delaflcld, acting for Mrs, William Thaw," said Gruber. "We shall lay this matter before her then and then may have something to say in regard to the matter." ClilTorvl W. Hnrtridgc, who wa per sonally appointed counsel in chief, an nounccd yesterday that the dismissal of Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge by his lient had been accomplished by tlx severance of the ties that bound Lewis L. Delaflcld to the case. As far us Thaw is concerned, there now remain of the lawyers at one time employed by the defense, only Mr. Hart ridge, John B. Gleasou and perhaps Mr. Longfellow, of the Arm of Dclafleld & Longfellow. Lewis L. Dclafleld is not member of this firm. Frederick P. Delaflcld is it's head. This is the ofllclnl list as furnished by Mr! Hartridge. He is big, broad shouldered man, and once pulled ia a Yale crew. He talked pretty freely about Thaw's case in some ways yesterday, showing the new turn the case had taken. Mr, Olcott and his firm were engaged by Mr. Dellaflleld, who represented that at first. Mr. Dclafleld, I believe, is no longer retained by Mr. Thaw." Mir. Hartrldire declared that the In sanity plea had been positively forbid don by Thaw and added: "As I stand here, a man, Harry Ken dall Thaw, will never be convicted of (Continued on page 8) LOOKS L lilt BIG STRIKE Portland Traction Emplo yes Make Demands. RECOGNITION OF UNION Hold Meeting Last Night and Decide on Bold Course. EMPLOYERS ACTION UNKNOWN Not Thought Demands Will Be Compled With By the Company The Union Has Over 700 Members Wage Increase Ia Demanded. ' PORTLAND. July 10.-The atreet car men' union at a meeting tonight de cided to demand that the Portland Rail way, Light 4 Power Company, which operate all the street car lines in Port land, reinstate K. L McKinney. a motor- man recently discharged, grant a, flat rale of 27 cent an hour, re-adjust the working hour, alwlitih the present y tern of compelling operative to be photo graphed, and recognixe the union. General Manager Fuller refused to night to state what action the company would take. Today however, the com pany poHted a notice in all its barn, which stated that the company under no circumstance would deal with other than individual employee. This it is be lieved, will be tantamount to a refusal in advance, to recognize the union or any of ita demand. The company employe. In the neigh bodhod of 800 men. Of these the union claim a membership of over 700. If the figures given by the men are reliable, and they resort to a strike, as they seemed tonight to believe" to be neces sary, it will almost completely paralyze the entire car service of the city. MUST GIVE AN ACCOUNT. Former President of Mutual Sued For $1,000,000 of Policyholders' Money. NEW YORK. July lO.-Riehard A. Mc- Curdy of the Mutual Life, waa served today, through hi counsel, Delancey Nicoll, with papers in a suit which calls for him to account for about $2,000,000 of the policyholders' money, distributed through "Yellow Dog Funds" during his regime. This i the second suit brought by the company against the former president, and the fifth against him, bis son Robert, and bis son-in-law, Lewis A. 1 hebnnd. STAY IS GRANTED. CHICAGO, July HiJudge , Grossseup in the United State circuit court, today granted the Chieamo & Alton, J. N. Faithorn and Fred A. Wann, writs of superceda,' staying the execution of the fine of $00,000 assessed a short time ago bu Judge Land is, pending appeals to a higher court. This is a friendly pro ceeding, both sides being desirous of hav ing a final decision on the rebate ques tion. , PLATT HAS BIRTHDAY. NEW YORK, July 16.-Senator Piatt passed a balmy seventy-third birthday at a hotel in Coney Island yesterday. It was on this spot that Mr. Plait in for- men years jhuiiubu wim uis menus m the republican party of the stab?, most of the campaigns within the last de cade. In response to letters sent out by Mr. riatt many of his old time friends gath- ered about him on this occasion. MEET ON MARBLEHEAD. Cruiser Will Be Offered For Salvador and Guatemalan Commissions to Meet on WASHINGTON, July lfl.-The Nary department U informed May of the ar rival of the cruiser Marblehead at La IJIrfM'tful. Commander Mulligan of the cruiser will place hi craft at the dis posal of the American legation, o that Charge d'Affair Brown will be in a posi tion to proffer1 the government of Sal vador and Guatemala the use of the war ship a a meeting place for the peace commiwioner. It ia believed the Mar bi -head will take the Salvadoreans from La Lilx-rtad and then proceed to San Joae, Guatemala, where the agent of that government will be taken aboard, and the commisioner then be taken to th M-aboard, the three mile limit, until the conference at over. Still Fighting. SAN SALVADOR. July lO.-fluate-mala i fighting Salvador and Honduras at four point on the frontier. Both aide have fought bravely ith uwneertain remit. , . GEN. R. H. WARFIELD KILLED. SAN FRANCISCO, July lfi.-Ocn ral R, II. Warfield. who wa last night ap pointed a member of the San Francisco board of police commissioner, was in stantly killed late today by an accident near Mill Valley. According to report received here Warfield, who wa mana ger of a ummr resort, wa riding to his hotel in an automobile operating over the track of a shoit branch of railroad, of which lie was vice-president, when the train suddenly rounded a curve and crashed into his car. General War field was prominent in social, political and club circles, and some years ago, wa manager of the California Hotel CHANGE OF POLICY Government Will Brin & Standard Oil to It's Knees. GAINS IMPORTANT EVIDENCE Attorney-General Moody Announces That G. J. Grammar Will Not Be Indicted, But Will Testify Against Standard. CIJiXELAND, Ohio. July 16. The Plain Dealer tomorrow will say: Basing his. opinion upon the testimony already submitted to the federal grand jury in this district, Attorney-General Moody believes the government has at last se cured evidence which will lead to bring ing the Standard Oil Company to its knees. The return of District Attorney Sullivan from a conference with the at torney-general at New York yesterday, will murk a complete change by the government in connection with its fight to htunip out trade discriminations in favor of the giant corporations. The change includes a complete reversal re garding G. J. Grammer, vice-president of the Lake Shoiv and Michigan Southern. Grammar will not be indicted. Instead, ho will be asked to assist the govern ment in forging a chain of evidence about the necks of some of the biggest Standard Oil officials in the country. The switch on the part of the govern ment ,is explained by a statement made yesterday that the single desire of the department is to get at the Standard Oil Company. STRIKE DELAYS RESERVOIR. EUGENE, Ore., July 16,-The work men employed in building the 1,500,000 gallon reservoir for the new waterworks in this city have struck for higher wages. The men asked for an advance of from $2 to $2.50 a day. This the company refused. ARCHITECTS OF THE WORLD MEET. LONDON, July 16. The International Congress of Architects opened here today. DEFENDANTS ARE ABSENT Hoge and Miller Fail to Appear in Court. IN LAND FRAUD CASES Miller Is in Portland; and Hoge Said to Be Sick in Bed. STATE SENATOR MAYS ILL Prosecution Experiencing Great Difficulty in Rounding up the Defendants in Land Fraud Caaea Two Ia- ' dictmenti Dismissed. PORTLAND, July 10. Listening to the excuces of a special venire of tales men summoned to try the land fraud cases, consumed a large part of the time today in the federal district court When the case of the government against At torney M. A. Hoge of Medford; Henry W. Miller, Frank E. Kincart and Charles Nickell of Jacksonville was called, two of the defendants failed to put in ap pea ranee. Hoga la said to be sick abed at hU home. Miller is thought to be in thi city and it is believed be will ap pear tomorrow, to which time his case was continued. The prosecution is experiencing con siderable difficulty in rounding up the defendants in the different cases. Besides Hoge, State Senator F. P. Maya is de clared to be at his home in Eastern Oregon, too ill to stand trial In a large number of instance the defendants were present and these en tered pleas of not guilty. Two indict ments against Puter, McKinley, Tarpley and others, already convicted in connec tion with the land frauds, were nullified by Prosecutor Heney on grounds of for mer jeopardy. Another indictments was dismissed against a defendant, who has died since his indictment. COUP ANY IS BLAMED. SALISBURY. Enghvnd. July 16-The coroner's inquest into the cause of the wreck of the Plymouth steamer express on July 1, in which 25 persons wert killed, resulted in a verdict today of de railment as a result of the high speed of the train, which was contrary to the company's order. The jury declined to allow the verdict to be recorded as one of accidental death, saying they consid ered a certain amount of blame attached to the company as well as the engine driver. . ELKS IN WRECK, TRINIDAD, Colo., July 16. Passenger train No. 7, on the Colorado & Southern Railway, carrying hundreds of Texas Elks to the convention in Denver, was wrecked three miles north of Forbes Junction at an early hour this morning. Engineer Martin J. Cullen was killed and Fireman Charles T. Garroll was badly hurt. The engine rolled over, carrying the two baggage-cars with it. None of the passenger coaches left the track. Cullen was caught under the locomotive and his body crushed to a pulp. DREYFUS WITH laTH ARTILLERY. PARIS, July 10. War Minister "Eiten ne today announced the assignment of Major Dreyfus to the Twelfth Regiment of Artillery,' stationed at Vicennea. This is a crack regiment, which haa participat ed in the stat functions at the capital Brigadier-General Picquart has been des ignated to serve on the staff of the mili tary governor of Paris. SEVERE EARTHQUAKES. SANTA YE, N. M July 10.-Con-.iJ. erabie ppjperty was damaged this after noon at Socorro, San Marciule and Mearby settlements by an earthquake hock, which was the everet of the 200 that have occurred in that part of New Mexico in the past two years. Tho shock were local and caused by land slide in the Magdclina mountains. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M-, July IK. Thi section of New Mexico experienced a slight earthquake today. Object mov ed percepWbly and a dull sickening sen sation waa experienced. No damage is reported, 1 NEBRASKA A FAST ONE. SEATTLE, July 16. The standardiza tion trial of the battleship Nebraska off Vashon Island "today ; developed ,the fact that the vessel will have no trouble in making the contract speed of 19 knots. Thirten run were made over the course, the average speed for five of the fastest run being 19.237 knot and the fastest run being 10 M knots. BLOODY BOUT. Sam Berger Gives Jack O'Brien Hardest Battle of His Life Last Night PHILADELPHIA, July 16. -Sam Berger of California, and amateur cham pion heavyweight, tonight gave Phila delphia Jack O'Brien the hardest six round battle of hi career. When the fight ended, both men were covered with blood, and the referee's hand crimson from his efforts to separate the men from clinches. No decision waa allowed, but it seemed to be the consensus of opinion that O'Brien had a flight ad vantage. Berger, however, surprised the spectators by his cleverness and game ness. THAW IS IGNORED Judge Olcott's Firm Retained for His Defense. ' - .w. . MOTHER VISITS HER SON Greeting Between Murderer and Mother Ia Very Affecting Mrs. Thaw Takes Full Charge of " the Defense. rsu,.. NEW YORK. July 16.-Immediately following the interview with her son at the Tombs today, Mrs. William Thaw assumed full charge of the defense and arranged to "retain as counsel the firm of Black. Olcott, Gruber and Bonynge, dis missed by young Thaw a few days ago. This action was taken to mean that Harry Thaw's desires and opinions will be ignored and reliance be placed in the plea of insanity. Whether application for a lunacy commission will be made, will probably depend on the conference to be held between Mrs. Thaw and con sel tomorrow. The meeting between Mrs. Thaw and her son today was very affecting. After the first greeting they were left alone for half an hour. During the interview the prisoner's wife stood in silence in the corridor, a few feet from the cell door, waiting her turn to speak with the prisoner. No words were ex changed between Mrs. Thaw and her daughter-in-law. From the Tombs, Mrs. Thaw was driven direct to the office of Lewis A. Dclafleld where arrangements were made for Judge Olcott's firm to take charge of the case. When note was sent to Thaw this afternoon, asking whether he concurred in the new ar rangement a reply was returned that "Mr. Thaw had nothing to say." FANEUIL HALL ENDANGERED. BOSTON, July 16.-Faneuil Hall was endangered early today by a fire that badly damaged the six-story brick build ing occupied aa a cafe by TosI & Lioaldo on the opposite side of Faneufl. Hall square. The loss is estimated, at $50,- 000.