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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1906)
,- ytMnnmi,i r.ww""r-' - A .'"i'. UOVIR THI MORNINQ FIBLO ON TH1 LOWIH OOUUMWAi' ,. UtLliMIifULU AMOOIATiO rRtMQ0T : Tr: ' ' VOLUME LXI .XO.ttO ASTORIA, OREGON, TM1B8PAT. SEPTEMBER 10. "0 ; PBICE FIVE CENTSj .....T l.'.iiZC,. .ullr..nnriirirp i sciraimCAUY. inrOnir 111(111 I Mrol" nc"1- VAN Altli - KUUStVtLI "Mbicwuiiii iw Dnmi Min . rc FMriniKFn VFRY SldU 111 1 UlllLffllU sSTSiSft 10 LiiuuiiULu Peculiar Circumstances of the Robbery. CASHIER IN ASTORIA Rainier Bank Cashier Said to Have Lost Heavily Gambling in this City. WAS FREQUENT VISITOR HERE Residents of Rainier Are Said Mot to Be litre Van Auker'a Story Regarding the Robbery-Hunt Still Cots 0. PORTLAND, Sept, 19. In company with Sheriff White of Columbia county, ChlT C. S. Van Auker of the Btate Bank oi lUiuiar, occupied room B23 at the Imperial hotel lait night. Van Au ker was cashier of the bank which, ac- cordlna to hie story, was' held up In broad day Hgbt on Labor dy robbed of $2,000. and The ras1 ler was In company of the herilT during the day. They came to Portland for the alleged purpose of try Imr to Identify the two men who held tip on automobile on the Llnnton road Friday night as the two who, according to Ca-hler Vn Aukcr, held him up on Ubor day, hound him and robbed the bank of 2,00 In gold. However, neither the sheriff nor Mr. Van Auker visited the jail where the men are con fined. Since the mysterious robbery of the State Hank of Rainier, the cashier's ac tlons and habits have been thoroughly Investigated. It is ld that the In veatisatlon has revealed that Van Au ker prior to the roblwry, had been samMIng heavily, and also that he had lost heavily. Persons who claim to know him state that he was a frequent patron of the Milwaukle club near this citv. and that he also made frequent trips to the gambling resorts of As toria. Startling rumors were circulated it Rainier and at other plaeea as soon as the report of the sensational robbery was given out. Few residents of that town believed the statements of the cashier, because of the apparently phys ical Impossibility of the robbers to have performed the deed us the cashier stat ed. A peculia'r feature of the hold-tip and one which those who Investigated the case could not fully appreciate, was the statement of the cashier that an even $2,000 was taken by the bandits. A large amount of silver was untouched, and two gold coins were left on the tray from which the money was taken. The authorities of Columbia county are said to have learned a number of facts In connection with the case which Induced Sheriff White to institute an Independent Investigation. Officials of the bank at Rainier stated positively today that they knew nothing of Sher iff White's Investigation and also stat ed positively that they knew nothing of his accompanying the cashier to this city. ' Kfforts to locate the sheriff or the cashier in Portland today were fruit less. They left the elty together this afternoon. The independent Investigation that was inaugurated by the sheriff of Co lumbia county with reference to the habits and practices o( the cashier is said to have revealed startling losses at gambling that Van Auker recently sus tained. At one time he is said to have lost $1,700, and is also nil to have lost Woman Arrested Charged with Stealing Dead Woman's Diamonds. CHICAGO, Kept. 10.-A dispatch to the Record Herald from Los Angeles, Cel.. sayst ' Detective W. W. Freeman, formerly chief of the Pasadena police, yesterday, at Stockton, arrested Emma Howard, charging the theft of diamonds valued at more than $5,000 from the dead body of the wife of Henry Brlggs ' Pasadena. he romiery took place Aug. 20, end up to the time of the arre-t was kept secrn. The Howard woman, It is said, had not succeeded In disposing of the jewels. The diamonds were stolen from the corne of the late Mrs, Brlggs at San ta Monica, Immediately after her death. Mrs. Brlggs had been In failing health and finally her h unhand decided to take her to Santa Monica In the hope that the sea air would save her life. This hope proved vain, and after an illness of weeka, Mrs. Brlggs died. Her hue- band was not In a condition at the time to pay much attention to worldly mat ters, and Mrs. Howard, with whom the Brlggses were living and In whose San ta Monica hoardlngf house Mrs. Brlggs died, Is declared to have taken the jewels belonging to the dead woman. COMMITS SUICIDE. OAKLAND, Sept.. 19.-W. F. Cotter, a recent arrival In this city from Den ver, committed suicide yesterday by taking a dose of laudanum or opium. No reason has been assigned for Cot ter's act. FEAR PAPER TRUST Chicago Paper Dealers Think New Trust Forming. PRICES ARE GOING UP FAST Former Schedules Are Abolished and AU New Prices Established Are Iden ticalCombination Not Com plete ai Former. CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-A blanket in crease of $5 Pr ton In the price of wrapping and other grades of wood fibre naner with a corresponding advance In other classes has raised the fear among Chicago dealers that a new trut is forminir. This fear Is augmented by the fact that notices abolishing former schedules were withdrawn by all the mills simultaneously and the prices listed thus far have been identical While it is believed a new combina tion of paper manufacturers has been or is beine formed, it is not thought it will be so complete as that effected under the General Paper company. This concern, which was known as the trust, went out of business last May as the result of an Injunction suit brought at St. Paul. Minn., by the federal gov ernment. The company refused to show Its books, and when ordered to do bo by the court, agreed to accept judgment and go out of business. The theory of the Chicago paper bro kers is that this error will not be made a second time, and that no one firm will be allowed to handle the output of all themills in the combine. It is pointed out that practically the same result can be obtained by an association, if the members adhere to the agreement. MANY SHIPS DAMAGED. LONDON, Sept. 19. A dispatch to the admiralty from Hong Kong says the British sloop Phoenix is hopelessly dam aged. The steamer Monteagle and the French torpedo boat Francisque will probably be refloated. The French tor pedo boat Fronde, it is expected, will be a total wreck, a large sailing vessel being thrown almost on top of her. Washington Republicans Demand Renominate. AT STATE CONVENTION Say Roosevelt's Renomination id 1908 is Necessary for Public Good. JONES REPLIES TO GOMPERS Cancressman Tones Answers .Labor Leader's Attack Regarding Panama Canal Labor Question Con gressmen Nominated. w SEATTLE, Sept. 19. The Republican state convention today nominated For Congressman, W. E. Humphrey, of Seattle Franci W. Cuahman. of Ta coma, and Wesley I Jones, of North Yakima. For Supreme' Judges: -Herman -I. Crow and Wallace Mount, of Spokane; Miio A. Root, of Seattle, and Ralph O Dunbar, of Goldcndale. Tim feature of. the convention was the adoption by a rising vote of a reso lution "demanding"1 the renomination of President Roosevelt in 1908 on the cround "that It is necessary to the good of the people and the nomination of another man will seriously interfere with the consummation of those great economic ideas" inaugurated by him dur Intr his present tenure. It is improb able that another state convention will be held in Washington for the reason that the platform of every Republican and Democratic county convention, as well as the Republican state convention has declared in favor of the direct prv mary. Senator Tiles acted as temporary chairman and Judge Cosgrove of Gar field permanent chairman of the con vention. Jones is one of the members of congress whom Samuel Gompers has opened war on. In his speech to the convention Jones replied to Gompers, declaring he was opposed to American lalior constructing the Panama canal, and asserting that the isthmus was no place for Americans, on account of the fevers and other diseases which none but men ued to tropical climates can withstand. PROUD OF AMERICANS. NFAV YORK. Sent. 19. Herbert Bramble Rohss, of Southampton, Eng land, past high chief ranger of the world of the Order of Foresters, was the guest at ft complimentary dinner In his honor last night at the Hotel Maria, given by members 6f the or der. Mr. Rohss said that the feeling toward Americans by Englishmen was one of affection and pride. r Tfnhsu Is mnkimr a tour of the world in the interests of the Foresters CALL FOR MEETING. MINEOLA, Tex, Swt. 19. A. D, Jackson, chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Woods county has Issued a call for. a mass meeting of the Democrats of this county at Quitman Saturday, Sept.' 29, "To as certain and express our wishes in re gard to instructing our atate senator and our representative in voting against J, W. Bailey for United States senator from Texas." Mr, Jackson states that the call is prompted by recent developments made in the testimony of H. Clay Pierce at St. Louis. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. A sound spanking In the presence of a crowd of iheatergoers at Peyton's Theater, Brooklyn, lat night, was given by the mother of M-year-old Susie Fisher, who ran away from borne. Those who were inside the line agreed that the spanking was scientifically administer ed. The girl was placed across ber mother's knee and the spanks were the kind that hurt, and were heard a long distance. Mrs. Fisher had learned that her daughter was seen frequently near the theater and she took a position in the lolby and watched the audience filing In, In the' crowd were a lot of women and girls and among them Mrs. Fisher spied her daughter. Yanking her out of the line, she administered the punishment. When the job was finished, Mrs. Fisher escorted ber daughter whose nose was bleeding, to the police station and had her locked up on a charge of vagrancy. THE REPORT TODAY. SEATTLE, Sept. 19. It- is probable the report of the Mitchell-Creffield in sanity commission will be filed in court tomorrow and the Proecuting Attor ney says if the prisoner are found in ane. Judge Frater will order them put In Oreiron. where thev reside. He says he Is not opposed to sending the women away. NO CHANGE IN SITUATION. MANILA. Sept. 19. There is no change in the condition or position of the Mongolia. The weather continues the same. The passengers are all well. f III DEAL SEVERELY Government Will Stop Attempted Jewish Massacres. SENDS OUT WARNING TO ALL Declares That Any Attempted Anti-Se- metic Outbreak Will Be Dealt With Stringently Witte Writea to Stolypin, ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 19-In view of the rumors of an impending anti- Jewish outbreak at Bialystock Satur day, when another religious procession is scheduled to take place, Governor Bogalevski has issued an order an nouncing that any attempt at organiz ing an outbreak will be stringently put down and measures taken to prevent such an occurrence by the use of armed forces. The newspapers today print an alleged letter from Count Witte to Stolvpin. who, though wishing the lat ter success, is convinced the Premier's policy will fail. The battery guards garrisoning the fortress of fct. mer and St. Paul have been disarmed by sharpshooters for their refusal to do sentinel work. It was the sharpshoot ers who fired on Grand Duke Nicholas at Krasnoye-Selq. GENERAL ASSASSINATED. WARSAW, Sept. 19. General Nieo- laieff, of the artillery, has been assas sinated here. He was erroneously thought to be a member of the field fniirt..ninrt.ia1. Generat Nicolaieff was walking on Weilka street this morn intr when he was surrounded by revo lutionists and shot dead. The murderers escaped. , PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. At Portland Portland, 9 Fresno, 1. At Seattle Seattle lj San Francisco, 0. v At Oakland Oakland, 3j Los Angeles, 5. Smoker Still Submerged in Cimarron River. THREE ARE MISSING Wreck Near Kingfisher Proves Grave of Three Fifteen are Injured. MEN CARRIED DOWN STREAM Swift Wattera of .Cimarron River Car ry Passengers Many Miles Before" - Rescue Cornea Dying Message of Passenger. KING FISHER, Sept. 19 As the result of yesterday's wreck three are missing and probably drowned. Of the fifteen injured two re dangerously hurt and eight seriously and five painfully. ""A farmer living ten miles below the wreck found a pathetic relic. In a bottle was slip of paper with the words, "The one that finds this write to Cleo, Oklahoma, to Eldon Camp. I love you." It is believed to be the dying message of someone im prisoned in the smoker. GUTHRIE, Sept. 19. A special to the State Capitol says tonight the Cim arron river has fallen eight feet, but the top of the submerged smoker is still six or seven feet under the surface, and it will probably be twenty-four hours before rescuers reach it. One man, his name not learned, was fished out of the river nine miles below the bridge. He was nearly dead when he reached King fisher. One of the train crew is authority for the statement that a woman and a child entered the toilet room of the smoker just as that coach plunged into the river. They undoubtedly were lost. W. J. Balsam, who was rescued four teen miles below the scene of the wreck states that fifteen or sixteen were in the smoker. He says that in some way he does not know how, he managed to extricate himself from the wreckage and the next thing he knew he was in the water. He went down and then came to the Burface hanging onto ft piece of the demolished coach. The strong cur rent swirled him off down stream, the waves sweeping over his head and the undercurrent dragging him time and acain beneath the surface. Each time he went under he felt it was his last and each time he came to the surface, a new force impelled one more effort Not until fourteen miles down the river did he drift close enough to shore to grab anything. He finally caught some bushes. He does not know how he got out. but when he recovered conscious ness he was high and dry on the grass. While the current was bearing him down stream he saw people around him struggling, but was unable to render assistance because all his strength was required to keep his head above water. ELECTRICITY CURES. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19. Electri city as a means of curing disease was discussed yesterday at the opening ses aion of the 16th annual meeting of the American Electro Therapeutic Associa tion. It was asserted by the various speakers that locomotor ataxia, cancer, and chronic diseases of the stomach are dally yielding, to this mysterious force, whole the absorption of inflammatory matter is an event of every day oc currence. Son Telia Father "Party Ties Are Thiclc er Than Blood." , CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-"Sorry, father, but I really cannot vote your ticket Party ties are thicker than blood." In these astounding words, Mayor Dunne today repudiated the ticket oa which appears the name of hi father, P. W, Dunne, who is running for county commissioner on , the Hearst ticket. Since the formation of the Hearst Inde pendent League, Mayor Dunne has decid ed that the patha of Democracy and tba Hearstites are widely divergent and h has withdrawn all support from th Hearst candidates. SMITH INAUGURATED. MANILA, Sept. 19, (Thursday). James F. Smith was inaugurated governor-general this morning. Smith in his address, declared hi policy would be the policy of McKinley and Taft, one of education and prep aration of the people for self-government. He said he doubted independence a panacea for ills, asking if Cuba had found that national independence has given good government, peace and con tentment. NEED MORE MONEY. NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The Chile Relief committee has received the fol lowing cable dispatch from the foreign relief committee at Valparaiso: : "Gratefully acknowledge cable remit tances. Funds vanishing, while misery increases. Do your best to stimulate subscriptions." This message confirms previous ad vices as to the seriousness of the situ ation created by the recent earthquake and fire "at Valparaiso. II Secretaries Taft and Bacon Confer With Palma. SITUATION IS DISCUSSED President of Cuba Says Insurgents De mand Annullment of Last Election . and Seek to Oust Him from Position. HAVANA. Sept. 19. In the conversa tion of the American secretaries with President Palma today Taft and Bacon subscribed to the sentiment expressed in Roosevelt's letter and hoped that their visit would contribute toward the establishment of peace. In reply to the question, Palma stated the gov ernment had taken no part in the steps to effect ft compromise, having limited itself to assisting the efforts of the veterans. Palma stated also that the ' programme of the revolutionists in cluded the absolute annulment of the last election, and if by compromise, it should be agreed to hold a new elec tion, that Palma no longer would con tinue as executive, because his prestige would suffer and to do so would be a drawback to the constitutional form of government. Palma believes Congress should pass an electoral law which would amply guarantee both parties. FATHER YORK ARBITER. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19. Rev. Peter C. York of St. Anthony's Parish, in Oakland, has been chosen by the Allied Unions to represent them In the arbitration of the union's demands upon the United Railways. C0DD AND THOMPSON IN DETROIT. ' DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 19. The count' of, the ballots cast at the Wayne coun ty primaries Monday and Tuesday, as sures the renomination of Mayor Geo. P. Codd. City Treasurer William B. Thompson will be the Democratic nomi nee. , OLD CONFERENCE