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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1907)
Jltoriitiit vt (St (TlTtilrtl-" 1 (UBLItHKS iULL AMO0IAT1O PWv 0 .-OUT UOVER8 THK MORNINQ riBLD ON THE LOWEh OOLUMBIA.1 VOLUME LXI1I NO. ASTORIA, OREGON, TURK DA V. FEBRUARY 5, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS STATEfGIVES IT'S Is Plain Statement of the Killing of White. IS PLEA Hereditary Insanity Will Be Of fered As Reason for Thaw's Deed. MOTHER WILL TAKE STAND Wife and Parent of Murderer Will Both Teetify Statement of State Brief, Occupying But About Two Hourt, NEW YOUK. Feb. 4.-The elate laid lia caeo agalnat Harry K. Tint today. . ,.l..in on, .motional atory of tliu shooting on Madlaon Square roof gar den, The dfena replied with a pl of hereditary Inaanlty. It wn nasort- ! that Thaw, In elaylris; Stanford Wliltw. believed he was RctlnK tia an agent f IT'ivllwiuo; that real or fiin cle.l wrongs which were committed against him by the architect and for mer friend of hla wife hiil caused hla Impulse to kill. When the deed waa done Thaw made no move to escape ltd conaeqlieneea, but holding tho f l:it revolver aloft, ' ,00(l ,lH " muU' proclaiming to I he world: "Tho Joed 1 done; It win rlKht. It was not wrong" Thus Thaw's counsel outlined lila case to the Jury thl afternoon af ter '.he prosecution hui occupied leaa llittti two hui n of tin- morning ses sion In relating through oyc-wltne a Iho narrative of tin tragedy. Tomor row the nmt witness In Thaw' behalf will bo hoard. "You will hour the atory of thin mun'a Inaanlty," Attorney Gloason for tho defense promised the Jury, "from hla mother, from hla wife, from hi rel ative and from hla phyalelana. You will judge him by hla acts; by the hereditary and atrosa which entered Into hi madness, mid when you come 'to Judge him you will any to your self Unit hla net may have been one of Insanity, but It wiih not one of crime." Thut Tliaw'a wife wiih to bo ono of hla moat Important witnesses has been long known. Thut hla mother wna to lako tho aiiin.l only became known to day when the court announced a rule excluding from the court room all wit nesses except tho oxperta. IIIh wife and May Mackenzie left at the word of command. Thaw Roomed dejected at this. Many times In tho liiMt week during the dull days of Iho Jury Holootlon ho turned to bin wife for comfort, and found her ever ready with a quick reaponalve Binlle. Now that tho aerloua work of tho trial la to begin ho was to be denied her pres- enco. Ilia counael told tho atory of Thaw'a defenae as If he were taking every Juror . of the twelve Into hla con fidence. They listened Intently. Glea aon was twice Interrupted by District Attorney Jerome on the ground that he was arguing the case from the evidence, Instead of plainly Btatlng what the evidence waa to be. Thaw's counael told the atory of Thaw's love for the girl of hla honorable love and regard for Miss Nesbltt; of the trip taken to Europe with her and her mother as Miss Nespltt's avowed sui tor and of Thaw'a asking her to marry him and of her refusal. "The reason for this refusal you will hear from hor own Hps," announced Gleason. "Suffice It to say, the reason had to do with an Incident In her life with referenoe .to Stanford .White." I CASE Tint lawyer aald that they ,11 .1 not hiiMM tli'dr defense on emotional Infin ity, but would prove Thaw actually In aatie, no thut very Juryman would understand It without requiring ex porta to explain It to them. Asnlstani IMret Attorney Giirvun took leu limn ton minutes In preaont Ihk tan proHnctiiloii's entire case, Hla outline told of how While went to the roof garden and then related In simple lnriKUitga tho Incident of the killing. "Tho ioplo claim," h concluded, "Unit It wan n cruel, deliberate, ma licious, premeditated taking of human llf, After proving that fact to you we will nsk you to find the defendant guilty of murder In the first degree." Juat at adjournment thl riftornon, Jerome mado an Ineffectual effort to have !lm defenae dlaoloae the nntuea of I hose who are to bo caliod aa It first wltneaaea. It wna reported that the prisoner' wife will be among the flrt to give tedilmony for the defense. Kvon after teailfylng aho will atUI bu denied the privilege of tho courtroom, for the ruling of Juatlco KltxgeralJ, on conaent of connad, waa to exclude the wltneHHea both before and after teatl fylng. It la argued by Jerome that they may be recalled from time to time. The atalo having put Ita cnao o aim ply up to the defenae to prove Ita Juiitlnoiiilon, bears out the theory that Jerome In aavlng hla real effort for re Initial. With the exception of Lawrence White, who testified aa to bow hla fa ther huppened to go to the roof gur doii that night and the coroner's phy Klelan, only tho aeven persona, who were eye-wltneaes to the tragedy, were called to' the stand today. They were briefly croas examined by Delphln Delmaa for the defenae, who thus ap- (eared actively In tho proceedings for the drat time. The wltneaaea related the deliberate manner In which Thaw fired at White, They repeated Thaws iiMaertlon, "He ruined my wife," and Mrs. Thaw's remark to her husband, 'Yea, but look what a fix you aro In now." To this last remark Thaw re plied: "Dearie. 1 have probably saved your life." NICW YtillK, Feb. 4. Interest In the trial of Harry K. Thaw which will be roHumcd today, centered In the men who occupy the Jury box. Would there be a further weeding out process, or would Din Jury as selected when court adjourned Friday, bu allowed to remain Intact, so that tho real trial could be gin, was tho question discussed. It was gnerally bollevol early today that tho prosecution would Ilka to excuse one Juror and possibly a couple of oth era, but It la known that the defense will strongly oppose any such move. Counsel for Thaw states emphatically that tho Jury, as now composed, Is satisfactory to them and there Is no good reason why there should be a change. The detectives of District Attorney Jerome's olllce were busy Sunday rak- lug the pouts of several of the Jurors, showing (ho anxiety of Mr. Jerome to begin the trial 'of Thaw with a Jury In every way fit for the task. Tho story In a morning newspaper that Juror Harney Is the father of a chorus girl, who has some Interest In the trial of Thaw, was Investigated along with other reports. It was found that the father of the chorus girl bora Iho name of O'Harney nnJ Is living peacefully In a Massachusetts town. Tho report that Juror Steele, at ono tmo had .been Interested with Thaw's father was under consideration yester day. There was still another report, affecting n Jusor and the three are keeping the Investigators busy. As sistant District Attorney Marshall re ported yesterday us to the result of his visit to Tlttsburg. Marshall, It Is understood, searched the court records and found that Thaw had alrondy received his share of his father's fortune. The will of William Thaw gave him an equal share with the rest of the Plttsburgher's fortune, but a codicil gave him an annual allowance of $2, 400, the principal of his Inheritance being withheld til such time as he coul show a "settled character," and capa bitty for the receipt and care and ex penditure of his Inheritance. A maj ority of the executors was then to say whether he should have his portion. A search of the Pittsburg records ' (Continued on Pag 8.) TWELVE-MLE CLATSOP New Railway Project Inaugurated by the Astoria & Columbia R. R. Co. WESTWARD AND SOUTHWARD FROM WARRENTON To Be Standard Guage and Throughout the Company's Pushed to Earliest CHIEF ENGINEER R. P. HABBERSHAM TAKES THE FIELD RUMORS HAVE BEEN THICK LATELY REGARDING THIS GREAT IM PROVEMENT, BUT WERE DEEMED TO BE IDLE GOSSIP CON FIRMED YESTERDAY BY A. A C, OFFICIAL NO DOUBT AS TO ITS AUTHENTICITY. For the past ten days there have been a lot of ubiquitous rumors fly ing about Astoria, anent the building of a railway spur out of Warrcnton, weal ward to the beach and down the sands to Seaside; but ho vague and untlxablc were the stories that little or no attention was paid to them, the general Inference being that they were part and parcel of the "fairy tales" In the recent railway talk. In re. the extension of the A, & C. south from Seaside and the acquisition of the lat ter road by Mr. Hill. Yesterday morning, however, a new whisper was abroad, accentuating the rumor and attributing the whole thing to the Astoria & Columbia River Rail road Company, and there was Just enough color to the revised story to warrant a determined search for the source of the perplexing Intimation and either explode It once for all as false or determine Its merit and fix Its spon sorship. With this purpose In view, a report er of the Astorlan called at the office of the A. & C. people, and went after Superintendent McGuIre, who was the only available man on the ground, who could, If he would, speak with author ity. The Inquiry was plainly put, and the gonial superintendent, after lead ing tho reporter a merry chase through a long lano of extraneous matter, at last, reluctantly, admitted that his company was actually behind- the movement and that the project was to build a twelvo mile extension out of Warrcnton, to tho westward, striking the ocean line at a point below the (Fort Stevens' reservation, and then swinging to tho south, paralleling the sea to a connection with tho main line at Seaside; the projected extension of the main system from there southward WHEAT FOR FUEL. Shibata Maru From Portland to Japan, Runs Short of Coal. VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 4. The steamer Empress of China Brought nows that the steamor Shibata Maru, from Portland for Japan, with wheat, arrived atNemure in distress, with three of hor crew Injured, the steam er had run out' of coal and had been burning wheat. MUSIC HALL 8TRIKE ENDING. LONDON, Feb. 4. Then end of the music hall strike Is believed to be In sight. A split has occured in the ranks of the strikers resulting from the for mation of a third party to the con troversy. This section Is composed of the principal stars who have adopted conciliatory methods in negotiating with the managers. BRANCH TO THE OAST Designed to Amplify the Service Coast - Resort Territory-Will be Possible Completion. t ovcilng the entire coast resort terri tory of the company. Yesterday morning Chief Engineer Richard P. Habbersham, of the A. & C. service, left Warrenton with his field gang and commenced the survey of the new line, and will report In due course; and. It Is Intimated, the dirt will move almost Instantly upon tho confirmation of his findings, so that no time may be lost even during the coming season, In amplifying the resort traffic of the road. The line will take In Gearhart Park and all the ccast-slde centers on Clatsop beach, clear to Tillamook Head, and the ser vice to these points Is to be made very popular as to time and freqpency of train schedules and nothing is to be left Undone to make this famous line of beaches the most attractive In the northwest. The present :;:;e does not run even In sight of the ocean between this city and Seaside, and while the dis tances from the various depots along the route to the water edge are but slight, the barrier of sand cliffs inter vening between them all and the sea, has always been a matter of disap pointment to the traveler on the coast branch. This is to be obviated and the new extension, which Is to be standard-guage and equipped with all the appointments for comfort and con venience, is destined to be very pop ular. The celerity with which the com pany Is going at this development, suggests that the venture has been well thought out at headquarters, and Is no hazard whatever in the matter of route, right-of-way, or returns, with those responsible for the Innovation. It will certainly be a splendid improve ment and cannot lack appreciative pa tronage from all points, especially from this city and section. RESCUED FROM MOB. Negro Charged with Murder Taken to Neighboring Town, TUCSON, Arl., Feb. 4. Baldwin, a negro, who was held at Globe, Arl., charged with murdering a woman and child, arrived here last night and was placed in jail. The negro was taken on a hand car from Globe to Rice, fifty miles away, on Friday, to escape a mob. NOVELLI WILL TOUR. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. The Shuberts announced last night that they have arranged for an American tour for Er mlt Novelll, the noted Italian trage dian. The contract calls for thirty ap pearances, the first of which will be made at the Majestlo Theatre,' Boston, on March 6. COAL TRAIN WRECKED, Seven Miners Killed and Dozen or More Wounded in Iowa. DKS MOINES, la., Feb. 4. Seven miners were killed and twelve or more Injured In a wreck of a coal train on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad near the corporate UmlU of Des Moines this evening. The accident waa due to a car in the middle of the tr.iln leaving tho tracks and ditching the, cars behind It. The train had on board about thirty miners, scattered in groups on the different coal cars, and several passengers in the caboose. The victim were all burled under the wreckage and coal. It is feared that when the wreckage Is fully cleared away other victims will be found. ROB RAILROADS. Made Desperate by Lack of Fuel Men Hold Up Train. GUTHRIE, Okla., Feb. 4. The Mid land Valley freight train was "held the coal into vehicles. Residents of without ceremony unloaded nearly all up" at Foraker and a party of deter mined men climbed Into the tender and Foraker have been without coal for weeks and the fuel scarcity had reached the critical stage. TREAT JAPANESE BETTER. So White Waiters of Los Angeles Charge Cafe Management. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. About the first sign of difficulty between Cau casian union labor and the Japanese In this city occurred today at the Palace cafe, when 17 out of 20 mem bers of the waiters' union Inaugurat ed a strike because of alleged better treatment being received by the Jap anese from the management of the cafe. WILL FLOOD HAWAII. Japan Will Allow Four Thousand Im migrants a Month, VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. -4. The steamer Empress of China, from the Orient today, brought advices from Toklo to the effect that the Japan ese government proposes to increase the number of permits for immigrants to Hawaii. The number has been re duced to 2,000 per month, having pre viously been about 3,000. It is pro posed to Increase the number to 4, 000 monthly within five or six months. WILL NOT VISIT COAST. Japanese Training Squadron Will Visit Hawaiian Isles Instead. VICTORLA. B. C, Feb. 4. Advices via the steamer Empress of China state that the Japanese training equad ron, consisting of three cruisers, which left Japan January 15, for Honolulu, had returned In distress, damaged by storm. The squadron will be dis patched to Australia and New Zea land, via Honolulu, Instead of to the United States. BURIED BY SLIDE. Twelve Persons Lose Their Lives in Colorado Disaster. PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. 4. A special to the Chieftain from Sallda county, says that at least a dozen lives are said to have been lost In a terrific snoy slide down the Monarch mountain this morning, which completely over whelmed three business houses and burled the occupants under fifty feet of anow and dirt. The Inmates had no warning and no time to get out before the crash came. Several of them, however, have been rescued. Great confusion exists at the scene of the disaster and it Is difficult to secure le tails. AFTER MANY DAYS. BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Feb. 4. In 1905 a jewelry store here was robbed of $5,000 worth of diamonds and this morning In Los Angeles, Sheriff Kelly of Kern county, arrested David Davis, a manufacturing jeweler, who for merly worked for the firm, charging him with the theft. BIG FLOOD IN FEARED Waters of Willamette are Rising Rapidly. THE RAINS MELT SNOW Entire State Troubled By Bad Weather and the Losses Are Heavy. SHEEP AND CATTLE PERISH ) Eastern Oregon ia in Grip of Blizzard and Stockmen Suffer Many Slides Along Railroad Lines Santiam Breaks Bounds. PORTLAND, Feb. 4. Accounts of miscellaneous weather In Oregon, rains, winds, snowstorms and thaws are be ing received in Portland tonight, with an aggregate loss in sight of many thousands of dollars and much more serious experiences than any yet en countered unless predlcltlons . are all awry. Eastern Oregon has been exper iencing snow storms for Several days, and though tonight there Is a report that rain has fallen In some of the districts in te extreme northeastern part of the state, the snow continues to fall accompanied by a fierce east wind. This Is doing thousands of dol lars worth of damage to stockmen, who with hay at $25 per ton, are unable to care for their flocks and herds. In the Baker City district, there Is six feet of snow on the level and a thaw has set In. There is also from two to three feet of snow thawing; along the banks of the Columbia west of Wallula, with snow to an unknown depth rapidly melting In the foothills contiguous to the river. The thaw has caused a succession of snow slides along the line of the O. R. & N. between Portland and The Dalles, tracks are blockaded and the railroad company Is transferring pas sengers to river steamers and bring ing them to Portland. The most se rious aspect presents itself in the Wil lamette Valley, especially at Portland. A snowfall from two to four Inches In the lowlands with probably about two feet in the mountains covers the entire Willamette watershed and a general thaw accompanied by an un usually heavy rain has started. Warm er weather and more rain is predicted for tomorrow which will increase the thaw In proportion. Reports received by the government weather bureau, by the Associated Press and the Morning Oregonian, from points throughout the valley are all to the effect that the Willamette tributaries are bank-full, and the San tiam, the Willamette's largest tribu tary, Is out of its banks and flooding the lowlands. At Portland the Willamette Jumped five feet In the last twenty-four hours and the weather bureau predicts a further rise of seven to ten feet by to morrow night. Government officials) admit that this Is a conservative es timate. It is the general fear that another flood Is about to occur, such as took place In February, 1890, when the river here went to over twenty five feet, with a current for several days that was a menace to the bridges and docks on the waterfront. RAILROAD MAN DIES. CHICAGO, Feb. 4. R. J. Grammer, vice president of the New Tork Cen tral and traffic manager of that sys tem west of Buffalo, died today. He had been 111 several weeks.