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00111 ULleHI PULL AMOOIATtO Mill HIPOftT UOVKRS THI MORNINO FltLD ON TrfR LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXMI NO. 28 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS METHODS OF HARRIMAN How Oriental Line Was Put Out of Business. CIRCULARS SCATTERED People of Orient Led to Believe Line Could Not Handle the Traffic. TRADE WENT TO HARRIMAN Spreading of Injuriout Tal and O. R. A N. Frlght System Ruined Har riman's Rival 8an Frnoitoo Haaring Ended. HAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Jl.-Evl donee that the operation)) of K. It llnrrlirmn on the Conat constitute violation of the Interstate commerce law wna hrouKht out brfor Commla- aloimr Franklin K. Lnne today. C. A Severance, attorney for the Commis sion, whowed that Harrlman paid prhe out of proportion to the value of the Coon Hay proportion. realizing that hi wua putting the possibility of competition out of the way. Har rlnmn was not buying emit mlnea prl tnarlly; he wax buying monopoly. U. A. Graham, who supplied thla loatlmnny. created another sensation before ho left tin atnnd. Aa na ex ample of the Hurrltnaii m'thodM of kllllnit competition, he totd how, when Harrlman acquired the Oregon Hull road A Navigation Company In 1901 hi agents circulated literature through the Orient, warning merchants mid othera not to whip freight over the Graham line, the Oregon & Oriental, a It had no transportation facilities on thla aide of the world. Tho clr culara wore dated at Portland. Aa a result of these methodH, Orahain'a line went out of business. Graham waa called to the stand for a continuation of the tory he related yeHterday. showing how Harrlman forced hla company, the Oregon & Oriental, out of bualnesa. He atated that the Oregon Railroad & Navlga tlon Company, owned by Harrlman, routed hla Inward .freights, and that he waa required by contract to give tho O. R. & N. bllla of lading over Ihnt road and lta connection". So etrtngent were the condition of thla contract, that when (Iraham deslrod to give aomo of hi freight to the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Taul road, the officials, particularly Campbell, of the O. R. & N., would not permit him. but compelled him to Hhlp over tho Chi cago & Northweatern and the Illi nois Central, When the Coon Ray, Roseburg & Eaatern Railway waa built, Grahom testified that he, In his capacity of railroad contractor, waa nuked to take tho work. Meeting John D. Spreek ela at Coronado, ho Induced him to como Into the enterprise. The Invest ment looked promlNlng to Sproekels, bo he agreed to buy 80 miles of rails, payment to be made to hlm after the 1 bonds were aold and the subHldy paid. It was shown that the entire prop erty In Coos Bay cost Spreckels con siderably less than $1,000,000. When Harrlman came along and bought the property, he vu willing to pay $1, 800,000 for It. Thla made It plain that It waa not the property, Harrlman wanted. He wanted to buy up the possibility of competition with hla railroad monopoly. At noon all the testimony had been taken and Commissioner Lane de clared the hearing at an end. On Thursday next the partlea to the hear- In will go to Lou Angel, rh- the nMlinH will be iMiiniM, LOOKING FOR ELLA. Lawyer Starching for Lost 8wt hart of Rioh Man. COI.UMHUH, Jim, 3l.Admlnltra- tor of Jumna W. Riley, a wealthy old lawyer, who rtlod at F.aat Liverpool, O,, recently, havlrifr nn estate of $100, Ono, nnit no clew to a living relative, aro advertising for one "Elin." who was evidently on a aweelheart of tho lawyer, and whose picture with some tender letter signed only "Ella" were found among hi law book. Thla photograph they reproduce In tlm advertisement, and hops to procure from h'T some clew to hla helra, If she l atlll living, na Riley never married, AWAIT AN8WER. HAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. -The Han Francisco Hoard of Education la watting a telegraphic answer from the California congressional delegation at Washington to Jotermlne whether the entire board or only two member chould go to the capital to dlacusa the Japanese school question. ASSASSINATE CHIEF. WARSAW. Jan. 31. Terrorist to night shot and killed Victor Gruen, chief of ihu secret police here. The murderer escaped. New State Official Proposed By Measure Before House MINERS ARE BACKING BILL Inspector Would Hav Power to Make Employer Furnish 8afty Device, Correct Abut and Gather Statistics on Min Output. 8ALKM, Ore., Jan. 31. There la said to be strong backing for II. 13 130, Walter Moore, which creates the ottlco of State Mining Inspector, at a salary of $2,000 a year and 10 cents a mile for traveling expenses, The bill la up for third reading in the House, and will receive a favorable report from the mining committee. Tho Inspector of Mines Is to visit every mining county In the state at least once each year, and shall pre pare an annual report coverng In full the mining resourcea and devel opnient of the atate. He has power to enter any mine and obtain all Infor mation concerning the quality of ore and the extent of the operations of every mine, but under no clrcum stances must ho divulge to others this Information. Ho is to compile a llat of all mlnca, the number of men em ployed and their nationality. On complaint of three or more ml tiers that any mine is unsafe, ho must Investigate and compel the mine- owner to provide proper safeguards for the protection of the men. When- over there la an accldont, the owners shall notify the Inspector and the in apector or his deputy must bo present at all Inquests and may cross-exam no witnesses. Minors are backing tho measure, nl though mlneowners are not enthus lastlc over the prospect of an inspec tor examining their properties. The napector Is to bo appointed by the governor for four years. He must be practical miner, with at least five years' experience with underground work. FIRST COURT BALL. ROME, Jan. 81. The first court ball of the season took place at the pal ace of the Qulrlnal last night. Min isters, Senators, Deputies, and mem bers of the dlplomatlo corps attended. The king and queen remained for an hour. FOR MINE NSPECTQR LOCKS BILL IS Measure to Buy or Build Before the House. S0L0NS WAX WROTH Jones Declares initiative Will Be Used if the, Bill is Defeated. RODGER'S STINGING RETORT! Points Out"Wiat Bill, Which Jonea Fathered, Provide Initiative and Referdum Law Shall Not Ap ply to Itself. SALEM. Ore., Jan. 31. There were firework when House bill No. 7, pro viding for tho purchase ot a lock site or acquirement of present locks ot Oregon City, came up aa apeclal order of the day yesterduy ut 3 o'clock. The House went Into committee of the whole. Carter of Renton taking the chair. The first trouble came when the House defeated an amendment that would enable the proposed commission to condemn property for the lock site, and Davey then prophesied that the bill would be killed. Vawter an nounced that he would oppose the bill because It did not carry enough ap proprlatlon and because the govern ment should do thla work, anyway. Af ter aome debate the bill was con sldered read by sections, and a mo Hon was made to refer It to the rail road commltee, It having been favor ably reported by the commerce com mittee. It was then that Jones, au thor of the bill, came to Its rescue. "I am sorry that this legislature Is willing to kill this bill without due consderatlon, for I take It that Is what the gentleman from Mutnomah means by his motion to refer," he said. "Thanks to God, we've got an Ini tiative and referendum law on the books, and If you think the people of tho richest valley on earth are go ing to leave It tied up by a corpora tlon without letting a pound of freight pass through without exacting there Its pound of flesh, you are mistaken." Newell said: "I am not afraid to go on record In this matter, but I won't represent my constituents by voting for a bill that purports to do something and carries about two-thirds enough appropria tion to accomplish what It Is Intended to do." Speaker Davey said he had under stood that a compromise had been ef fected whereby the bill would pass Icarrylng an appropriation of $250,- 000, with the understanding that the government should appropriate an equal amount. He Intimated that things had gone wrong when such a dissension arose over a matter sup posed to have been arranged. Jones said he never had heard of a compro mise and had never favored one. Bar rett, of Washington, said: "I won't favor such a measure as this, and! if I did' my constituents would be the first to object." Rogors, of Marion, said: "This bill provides for a half-mill j assessment for the locks. The Dear People don't want such a provision, as that so long ad some counties assess on a 100 per cent valuation, but most on about a 30 per cent valuation. That means that Multnomah and Marlon would pay about three times their share toward these docks. I am not worrying about what the Dear People you are talking so elfectlngly of will DEBATED do. They will kill any bill as inef fectlve na this on sight, that's what ihey will do, and presumably the au thor rcally.es thla, for he expressly provided that the referendum he speaks so touchlngly of should not apply to hla bill. That Dear People la mere buncombe."' Several attempts were made to re fer the bill and one to Indefinitely postpone It. It was finally sent to the apeclal committee appointed to con alder the entire lock situation, after which the House somehow wriggled out of the committee of the whole and became a House again,' Speaker Da- vey doing the guiding, for by that time so much heat had been engen dered that Carter, temporary speak er, was tangled hopelcasly. TWO ARE MURDERED, Woman and Child Slain Clos to Their Horn. PHOENIX, Arl., Jan. 31. Mr. Har vey Mortis and her 7-ycar-old son were murdered today a few hundred feet from their home three miles east of Roosevelt. Mrs. Morris' husband had left home for Roosevelt during the morning and a negro shortly afterwarJ appeared In town with throat cut and other mark of violence apparent, al leging his Injuries were received In defending the woman from the assault of two Mexicans who killed her and the child. The negro Is held In cus tody. PUfillSE TRUST Is Now Charged With Conspiracy to Restrain Trade. OFFICIALS ARE ANGERED Declare Malic Main Motive of Indict' mnt and Make Charge Against District Attorney Call In ment Badge of Succes. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. Regarding the Indictment against the so-called theatrical trust on the charges of con spiracy and restraint of trade, which was returned today, Al Hayman and Klaw & Erlanger atated that they were not surprised at the Indictment, as It has been street and table talk for over a year, but added: "The malice and other motives which Inspired It are tales of an other telling." "If anyone doubts the demoraliza tion," Hayman said, "of the present district attorney's office, he need only to notice the freedom with which the grand jury proceedings are published dally, Certainly the witnesses and the grand jurors themselves would not talk about what happened in the grand jury room." Hayman added that every business Institution which grows to large pro portions la In danger of being dom inated by a "trust," and an indict ment for beng a member of a trust seems to be the badge of success pinned on successful business men by their unsuccessful competitors." MEETS LINGERING DEATH. Montana Wreck Pins Conductor Under Boiler in Icy Stream. MISSOULA, Jan. 31. Two engines upon which were riding a large num ber of men who had been engaged In breaking the snow blockade near Sal tese, Mont., plunged over an embank ment two miles west of De Borga to day, killing two and Injuring nearly a score, " some of them seriously. The dead are D. R. McDonald, conductor, of Missouri; Levi Burres, fireman, of Missoula. McDonald's death occurred tonight after he had lain ten hours pinned beneath the boiler with his body partly submerged in tho Icy wa ters of the St. Regis river. His fel low workmen were unable to help him, but kept hla head above water until he died. He steadfastly refused to have lis leg amputated. APPEAL IS LE Father Pleads to Save the Life of His Son. ALL PRESENT MOVED Tears Gather in the Eyes of Even the Attorneys for the State. ASKS DECISIVE VE IjDICT Father of Chester Thompson Plead With Jury to Find Hi Son In saneYouth Alon Remain Untouched, TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 3L Attorney Will H. Thompson began his address to the jury this morning in behalf of nla son, Chester, who has been on trial for murder for seven weeks. The ad dress of the father lasted all of to day and will occupy a good part of tomorrow. Although Mr. Thompson Is in bad health, his address" Is an oratorical et fort of great strength. His remarks brought tears to the eyes of the judge and jury. Every person in the courtroom fell to sobbing. Even the attorneys for the state were overcome, The aged attorney recited from his own poem, "High Tide at Gettysburg,1 and commented on the fact that he had been a rebel soldier. He claimed that he loved his boy and he loved the law alike, and that he would not make an appeal for the son that was not within the law. "I shall appeal neither to your pre judice nor to your hearts," he de clared, but nevertheless his address was one of the most powerful heart appeals ever made in a Western court room. With tears streaming down his face, the father begged the Jury to And some kind of verdict not to make a mis trial. "I am no coward," he cried, "but I can't go through this ordeal again. If the sun is going down, let It go down today. If youte going to strike, strike now. I'll not flinch at your verdict. If the law does not protect that boy, let him die. Death Is not such a ter ble thing. Men on the jury have faced It. I have faced It." At this ' point Mr. Thompson launched into a wonderful word pic ture of the battle of Cold Harbor, a dramatic effort on which he had evi dently spent many days of preparation, "It Is not death that I am fighting against now, but dishonor. There has "never been a coward In our family; there has never been a drunkard; there has never been a criminal." Then followed an appeal to the Jury to find the boy who slew Judge Meade Emory, the father's friend, Insane. During all of the sobbing and hys teria in the courtroom, Chester Thomp son shed not a tear, nor did he even change position. In opening, Judge Thompson said: "I come before you as the stricken father of this unfortunate boy, as a simple citizen and lover of the law. It is my purpose to ask you to go with me over hla saddened life, due to mental ailment, and I am confident that your verdict will not do him wrong. I know what the attorneys for the prosecution wanted me to do to whip this mental wreck of a boy for his -eccentric acts. 'I did not do it; I am glad I did not, and I never will." The real cry of the father for the life of his son is yet to come. If Judge Thompson's opening remarks MA AO started sobs, there will be a rare scene in court when the eloquent law yer and devoted father reache his per oration, which will likely be tomor row afternoon. Prosecutor Macintosh is to fe!!o, and the case will likely not get to the Jury before the close of the week, It then, B0DIE8 BROUGHT UP, Remains of Miner Killed in Explosion Taken from Ground. CHARLESTON, Jan. 31. The bodlea of twenty-five victim of Tuesday explosion were brought to the surface today. The searchers found a verit able charnal house. Mutilated bodies covered the bottom of the shaft o thickly that the rescuers found It im possible to move about without step- . ping on them. They counted twenty six bodies Including those sent up. HOTEL ALBEMARLE CLOSED. NEW YORK, Jan. 31. The Hotel Albemarle in West 24th street, waa closed yesterday for the first time la many years. It Is understood the house Is to be renovated before It la reopened. The Albemarle for years has been the favorite stopping place for naval officers and visiting English men of rank. Almlral Dewey, Admiral Schley and Admiral Davis were fre quent guests and ex-Governor Hlgglns often waa there. FIRE BURNS IN SAFE Valuable Testimony Lost Tqrough Leakage of Bottles. "PETTYB0NE DOPE" SPILLS Combustible Liquid Destroy Docu ment Intended for Use Against Officer of Western Federation of Miners. COLORADO, Jan. 31. A apeclal to the Gazette from Cripple Creek says, through fire thought to have been cause by "Pettybone dope," or "hell fire," a combustible liquid, certain documentary evidence, photographs and other valuable paper that were to have been used as evidence against Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone, of ficers of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with complicity in the Steunenberg murder in' Idaho, which had been placed In a safe of the Mine ' Owners' Association of Cripple Creek, are thought to have been destroyed. At 1:45 this afternoon smoke wad no ticed issuing from the safe In the rooms of the association In the Nation al hotel. Small drops of fire leaked out through a crack at the bottom and falling on the floor burned holes In the linoleum. The fire department was called but as the Are was con fined to the safe, it was shoved out onto the sidewalk and all the crevices stopped with putty. It is stated that one or more bottles of the chemical, which had been placed In the safe with other valuable evidence for safe keeping, sprung a leak and set fire to the contents of the safe. The chemi cal came Into the possession of the Mine Owners' Association through the confession of Steve Adams, It had been burned In the Cripple Creek dis trict and was found after Adams dis closed Its whereabouts. Heat from the chemical after Its combustion started Is believed to have affected the com bination of the safe and it is impos sible to open it and learn the extent of the damage. The safe still stands on the sidewalk In front of the hotel and is being guarded by officers. IMPERIAL UNION. LONDON, Jan. 31. A St. Peters burg dispatch to the Time says It is known In court circles that there are prospects of a matrimonial union between the Imperial families of Germany and Russia.