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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1906)
nfTttftt i i prn i,. UlLttHK PULL AttOOIATID Pftlftt IMPORT COVBRS THI MORNINQ PltLD ON TrIB LOW! ft COLUMBIAN 10V VOLUME LXI NO. .J10 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS N L Prominent Minister De fends Schmitz,Rucf. CONSIDERED GOOD MEN RuefHe Says is a Graduate of the University of Cal ifornia. IS INJURING SAN FRANCISCO Rv. Dr. Vorangar Bllv tht Grot Publlolty Olvtn to Graft Soandali Will Hav. Bad Efftot on tht Bay City. NEW YOrtK, Nov. 23.-The Rev. Dr. Voeraangfr, rabbi of the temple Em manufi In Han Francisco, will tall to day on the Amnrlkn for a year' rest In Europe In discussing last night the stories of irraft In Sun Francisco Dr. Voer Sanger laid: "I cannot In fairness discus the Juatle o theso chnrgea of fc-raft, for my work la not In the political field, and I personally know nothing of the truth of falsity of iheae stories. Hut thla I do know: Mayor fichmlts per aonnlly l one of the moat estimable men. Ho la a devoted husband nnd father. Hla home life la of the moat beautiful character. "And Rurf he la ft grodunte of the University of Otllforiila. a young man of great ability, who had aomo wealth Wiir he entered Dolltlp.nl life. He la of the cleanest life personally. "Whv la It that we hear on all aide atorlea of graft nnd political corruption of every character out la Ban Frandnco, atorlea more lurid than we at homo there ever hoar, but you easterners never hear a word or toll a word of the struggles of our city agalnat monumental difficulties to re build herself and take her place again among the fair onea of the earth. Tou hear nothing of our beavers working underground day nnd night to put up bulldlnga and erect houaea whero we may lay our hends. Why la It that every breath of dirty aenndal gets here but none of the good of which we have no large a part? Ia It Just the looseness or thoughtlessness of mod ern vlewa7 Such things ( aro doing Pun Francisco nn Irreparable Injury. They are dlncournglng eastern capi tal from going there to help us In our groat task They are making our lot doubly hard at this time." REGULATING TRANSPORTATION, Interstate Commeroe Commission Make Important Ruling. CHICAGO, Nov. 22. In Its last cir cular Issued yesterday tho Interstate Commerce Commission has given the railroads an Important hint on through rates. Tho circular modifies to an extent one Issued October 12, In which permission was given tho rail roads to reduce on a single day's no tlco the through rates where they are greater than the sums of the local rates. Shippers set up a cry against this and said It did not afford them any relief In such coses, adding that tho commission should declare tho sums of tho local rates to be the through rates In such cases. The commission now states that It has no power to fix such a rule, except on complaints, but the railroad are warned that on such cases being brought to Its attention, It will regard 1 the auina of the local as prima fa civ evidence that th through rate la excessive and unreasonable. The circular ulao placed tho approv at of tho commission on the Issuance of free transportation to caretaker! of llvwtock and fruit and declared that the term "fruit" will be taken to ln clude all classes of vegetable and perishable products which need such caretakers en routo. It also any transportation may be given for such caretakers to return to their homo. VE88EL8 AND LIVES LOST. Heavy Gal Thursday Night on the Great Lake. BUFFALO, Nov. 22, The tale on Wednesday And Thursday night on tho Great Lake caused a heavy lot to vessels and twenty-three live. The vessels lost ar tht Hurlburt, C D Hill, Conomaugh, Pratt, Itcsollte on Lake Erie; Puritan on Lake Huron; Comfort on St. Clair river, and Paige and Taylor on Lake Michigan. The barge Athena I probably lost off Sandusky, Ohio, with eight men, but hop I not given up. ROOSEVELT DISABLED. Arotlo 8tmer Rooatvtlt Unstawor- thy and Men Dissatisfied. SYDNEY, Nov. 22. The Arctic steamer Roosevelt left Port au Basque for Sydney today and I duo hero to morrow at dnyllght. Th steamer Is leaking and otherwise disabled and It I alleged, I In an unseaworthy con dition, which ha caused discontent among tho crew. For thta reason Peary will remain by tho Roosevelt until the end of the trip LA FOLLET RATE BILL United States Senator Scores Piles and Ankney. DELIVERS SPEECH IN SEATTLE Representative Government Ws th Theme of Hi Addrs in Whhjh He Discussed tht Railroad Rat Bill In Congress. SEATTLE. Nov 22. Following a lecture delivered hero last night by United Stntoa Senator R. M. La Fol letto on "Representative Government" In which ho revlewod the vote In the Senate against the LnFollette amend ments to the Railway Rate Bill, cata loging Senators Plies and Ankeny of Washington as among the railroad senators, Thomas Payne gave the fol lowing statement to the Post-Intelll-gtmecr: "I have discussed this matter with Senator Piles, who states to me that when ho voted on tho Railway Rate Illll he voted for President Roosevelt's bill and the amendments to tlie bill that were favored by the President, nnd not for Senator LaFollette's pro posed amendments. I think this ex plains the vote of Senator Plies against the proposed amendments sub mitted by Senator LaFolletto" TILLMAN WILL 8PEEL. Will Deliver Leotur In Chicago on tho Cuba Question. CHICAGO, Nov. 22. Senator .Ben jamin R. Tillman, who Is to lecture In Orchostra hall next Tuesday evonlng for the benefit of the Chicago Union Hospital, will be asked to eschew all mention of the race problem and the lynching question. This action was decided upon yesterday In accordance with the wishes of Mayor Dunne and prominent colored people of Chicago, Mr. Tillman's subject will be "Shall the United States Annex Cuba?" It was, originally Intended that the sub ject should be the "Race Problem." Senator Tillman will be guarded by police while here, WWXL INTERESTS Text of Speech By W. J. Bryan at Congress. SECOND DAY SESSION Escorts Secretary Shaw to the Plat form Amid Enthusiastic Ap plause from Audience. WIDER FOREIGN MARKET 8haw Would Not Go ao Far a 8te rotary Root, But Favortd Any thing That Will Secure Mar chant Marin. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 22,-Secretary Shaw and W. J. Bryan aecured the lion' share of the attention hero to day tmong the list of speakers before the Trans-Mississippi Congress. AH spoke on tho subjects relating more or less directly to Increasing the com mercial relatione of the country. Bryan was appointed to head a committee of ex-nresldents of the congress to escort Secretary Shaw to the plat form and when these two distinguished public men led the way to the ros trum there was great applause. Secretary Shaw, who spoke partlc tlcularly for a wider foreign market, declared If this country ever devel oped foreign merchants. It will be by granting them encouragement, not alono by dredging harbors and deep ening channels, but by Insuring the merchant marine. Mr. Shaw said he was not prepared to go as far as Sec retary Root had, but would say that he was In favor of anything that will secure a merchant marine for the United States. W. J Bryan, whose subject princi pally concerned the commercial Inter eats of the Mississippi Valley region, was the solo speaker of the evening. Among the speakers on the program today was Geo. W. Dickie, whose sub ject was, "Increased Facilities at Pa cific Coast Shipyards." Mr. Dickie was unable to be present and his paper was road before the congress. Genoral John W. Noblo spoke In support of the resolution favoring an Inter-contlnentnl railway between North nnd South America. George J Klndel of Denver, enlivened the morn ing session by again attacking E. H, Hnrrlmnn and Introducln ga resolution calling for the resignation from mem bersnip of the Interstate commerce commission of Judson C. Clements VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY. Sugar Planter Complain of Paid for Sugar. Price MANILA, Nov. 22. The sugar planters of Negros Island which or dinarily Is the richest producer of that staple In the Philippine group, complain of ruinous market prices. Some of the planters are upon the verge of bankruptcy and many are borrowing at the highest rate of In terest In order to continue operations, hoping the market will Improve. ANTICIPATE CALAMITY. Brooklyn Bridge Deolared to bo Press ing tho Limit. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Recommen dations made by the State Railroad Commission designed to relieve some what the Brooklyn bridge crush, found a startling echo yesterday when Vice President Culderwood of the Brook lyn Rapid Transit Company, declared that tho bridge was being worked to Its limit and that his company lived In expectation of a great calamity there. INTERCEDE FOR NEGR0E3. Colored Pastor of Nw York to Hold a Mat Meeting. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Tho negro pastors and other leaders of their race her have determined to hold a mass meeting at Cooper Union, December 1, at which distinguished white and col ored men are to speak and sentiment Is to be created favorable to Congress making a full Investigation of the dismissal fom the army of the negro soldier of the Twenty-flvth cavalry. A large delegation of ministers, with lawyers who have been retained on behalf of the negro soldiers, Is to visit President Roosevelt on Monday at Washington and urge him to re-open the case. Captain Gilchrist Stewart, acting on behalf of the Constitutional League, left yesterday for Fort Reno, Okla., where the soldiers are being dis charged, for the purpose of securing evidence from them which is to be used In efforts to have the President re-open the case. ANOTHER OPERA TENOR. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Andreas Dlppcl, grand opera tenor, reported to the police yesterday that Jewelry val ued at from 1,000 to $2,000 had been stolen from his apartments during his absence. There is no clue to tht thief. REJECT AMENDMENT Election in the State of Washing too Held Yesterday. DEMAND INCREASED WAGES Four Steamer Collide in Seattle Har bor Between Ferryboat City of Seattle and Kitsap and Steam er Monticolli and Manette. SEATTLE, Nov. 22. The voters of the state of Washington rejected by a majority of nearly five thousand the constitutional amendments submitted by the legislature of 1905. The first amendment provided for the use of streams by loggers, farmers, etc The second was designed to give small timber land owners a right of way across the lands of another to get their logs to market. King, Yakima and Spokane went strong for the amend ments but Whatcom, Chehalls, Lewis, Mason, Thurston and Pierce went strongly against both measures. Demands by organized labor in the building trades for an Increase of from twenty to twenty-five per cent, which had been filed with the Master Build ers' Association of this city, have In part been granted The increased wage scale will add enormously to the cost of buildings to be erected next year The new wage scale Is effective December 1. Four steamers collided in Seattle harbor this morning In a thick fog. The first collision was between the ferryboat City of Seattle and the Kit sap. The ferry boat missed her slip and was backing out when she ran Into the Kitsap. The ferryboat was but slightly Injured, and the Kitsap uninjured. The second accident was between the steamers Montlcelll and Manette, bound In opposite directions. The Manette's stem was stove In and her guard and flag staff carried away. PANAMA WRECKED. DETROIT, Nov. 22. A special to the News from Marquette says that the steamer Panama has been found wrecked on Miner Reef Point, In Lake Superior and that her crew had probably perished. ITALIAN WARBLER Sensation Sprung in Caruso-Graham Case. DROPED OUT OF SIGHT Hannah Graham the Complaining Witness Will Appear in Court. STATES EVIDENCE ALL IN During tht Trial tht Doors Behind tht Magistrate 8wung Open and Woman with Whitt Vtil Stepped In Court. NEW YORK, Nov 22. Today was not without sensation in the Enrico Caruso case. Caruso was still on the stand when court adjourned last night and when pourt convened to day. Deputy Commissioner Mathot questioned the defendant closely re garding the four years In which he has appeared in this country. Caruso acknowledged being in this country In 1904 and that he sang in Parsifal on February 4. It was at this point that the sensation came. The doors directly behind the magistrate's bench swung open and a woman In white with a white veil drawn closely over her face stepped into the court room. "Caruso, look upon this woman," said Deputy Mathot, as the woman raised her veil and revealed her features. Deputy Police Commissioner Ma thot who Is conducting the prosecu tion said that he had but little more evidence to offer. There was only one witness for the prosecution yet to be heard, he said, and when that wit ness appeared he would require less than ten minutes to complete his case. He sold that despite the efforts of the police, it had been impossible to present this witness todhy, but lie felt safe in assuring the court that the person to whom he referred would be in court tomorrow. A report re ferred to that witness referred to was missing, and Hannah Graham ap peared. She dropped out of sight when she left the police station last Friday and witnesses for the prose cutlon testified that the utmost en deavours had been made to find her without avail. Should she appear she would furnish a sensation far great er than that which has marked the two days' hearing. When the woman in white entered the deputy police commissioner said to Caruso: "Did you ever see her be fore?" The defendant moved uneas lly and then replied: "No, I have nev en seen her." "Did you not on the afternoon of February 4, during the second act of Parsifal, stand behind this woman in the Metropolitan opera house and subject her to exactly the same in dignities which it is charged that Han nah Graham was subjected to in the monkey house?" "I didn't" replied Caruso, hotly. "I never saw that woman before so far as I can remember." "Is it not true that on that after noon, not only this woman but other women, were victims of much Inde cent actions on your part?" persisted Mathot. Caruso's counsel broke In with vig orous objections, which were sus tained. It was reported In the court room that the woman In white was a member of the chorus of the Metro politan opera company. One of the diverting features of the day was the appearance of. Dr. Adolf Denslger, former American consul at Madrid. Denslger testified that he was In the monkey house during Caruso's visit there Friday and noticed nothing Im proper in Caruso's actions. He de clared that he testified voluntarily, because he knew the singer personal ly and knew him to be a gentleman. Denslger testified that be was stand ing within ten feet of Caruso and it would have been a physical Impossi bility for him to have acted toward the woman as described by Detective Cain. Director Conreld of the Metro politan company, described Caruso's manners much as did Mr. Denslger. "To be brief, he Is pompous, is he not?" asked Mathot "It would be more kind to speak of It as a habit," replied Conreld. Several other witnesses testified as to Caruso's inability to speak Eng lish, and the hearing was then post poned until next Monday. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Enrico Ca ruso, the tenor who is charged with annoying a woman in the Monkey House in Central Park, will appear again in court at 2 o'clock today, when the hearing In his case Is scheduled to continue. It is possible that a post ponement will occur as Deputy Po lice Commissioner Mathot, who is pres sing the case on behalf of the police department, may not be able to attend the trial because of his departmental duties.- The case has developed Into a fight-between the police department and Caruso and his friends. The lat ter have intimated that motives other than the subservance of law and jus tice prompted the arrest of Caruso, bu this the police officials interested Tig- (Contlnued on Page 8 ) L Investigation to Ascertain About Combination. PRICES ARE HIGH IN FRISCO United State Attorney Devlin State That the Government Ha No Jur isdiction in San Francisco I Against Trust. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. United States District Attorney Devlin said today regarding his investigation of the so-called lumber trust that All evidence he had gathered had been transmitted to the attorney general at Washington for consideration. HtJ said that the greater part of the lum ber used in San Francisco Is manu factured In Oregon and Washington and the mills are situated in those states. It is possible, he said, that an . investigation would be held In Oregon and Washington to ascertain whether the price of lumber is made or out puted and limited by a combination. So for as any combination among the dealers of San Francisco alone is con cerned, Devlin said the government had no jurisdiction. AUTOMOBILE BURGLARS. Man and Woman Work the Game to Its Limit in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. It developed last night that two men and a woman who have come to be known as the automobile burglars, because of their respectable mode of transit, are cred ited with another haul, this time on West End avenue. It is reported to the police that such a party secured entrance to the home of Richard Wlghtman and secured Jewelry to the value of $5,000. FARMER KILLED. KALISPELL, Mont., Nov. 22. John F. Payton, a prominent farmer of the Lodah Plains country, while riding a horse along the railroad track near Eureka, was caught try a fast mall train and Instantly killed. OREGON UMBERMEN