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flirtffttfll III I "USLISHIt FULL AttOOIATID PHUU RIPOftT OOVKRS THK MORNIN9 FIILD ON THB LOWIfc COLUMBIAN VOLUMKLXIll NO. ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY. MARCH 2. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS AND OF CHURCH Son of Mary Baker Eddy Demands Accounting. RECEIVER FOR MOTHER Declares His Parent Not Cap able of Transacting , Business. HIDDEN FROM HER RELATIVES Bill FlUd Chargas High Offiofaltof Christian Solano With Securing Con trol ef Property of Supposed Htad of Churoh. CONCOnD, N. If., Mar. 1. A bill to secure an accounting of tlio financial affairs of Mra. Mary Baker Glover Ed dy, head of the Christian flclonce Church waa AM In tha Suportor Court today by Mra. Eddy's son, George W. Glover of Dead wood 8. D and hl daughter Mra. Mary Maker Glover and Goo. W. linker, of Hangor, Maine,' a nephew and tiexl friend Of Mra. Eddy. Tim bill I directed against Alfred Far low iitid other trustee of the Christian Hcli iicc church of Boston; Alvln A. Frye, Mra. Eddy's secretary Ixwla 0. Strand, her assistant aerretary, and Herinttti Springer, dm reader of tho church In Concord. lia'U demanding nn accommlng of nil iiiuidiKilnnH regarding Mr. Ed dy'a affairs, tho bill ask for' restltu llnri In rune any wrong doing appears; agalnstfor an Injunction during litiga tion nKutrtMt Interference with her property and huslneaa mill fur a recel- vei. In it statement Issued tonight by former United Btotcs Senator W, K. Chnndler, special counsel In tho action, It la declared that Glover la actuated by no spirit of disrespect to his mother but believe that tho proceeding; la In her real Interest. Glover aaya tho action la not directed against tho religion of the Christian Sdeneo church. Tho atntement fur ther declares that Glover had long thought his mother growing too fooble In body and mind to attend to Impor tant business matters, but that for a longtime ho was unablo to coifflrm Ills suspicion because, those about her seemed unwilling to allow even tier nearest relatives to have an Interview long enough to rovonl hor actual con dition. Early In January, it is said, Cllovor during a visit to Concord was enabled to bnve n short talk with hla mother and after duo consideration ho decided on th epresont action as an Imperative duty too long neglected. Specifically tho bill allcgos that tho plaintiff, Mrs. T'Mdy, who sues, "Hy her next friend" has for a long tlmo boon Incompetent to do business or understand tho trans actions conducted In tier name. The next allegation Is that tho defendants have possessed themselves 'nor personal nal property ind have carried on hor business. tt Is nllogeJ that, having done this, knowing of hor Infirmity, they have become trustees for nearly all of hot" property which has oome Into her pos session, and are bound to give an ac count thereof and of all transactions In her name. It Is declared that there la reason to four that the defendants have wrong fully converted some of her property to their own use, and that there are transactions of which an account should be given.' Glover Is a son of Mrs. Eddy by iiar first husband, a. W. Baker Is a son mf Mrs. Eddy's brother, the late George Hulllvan Ilakor, and Is her only sur viving hnphow, When an Associated Press represent atl vii wont to Pleasant View, the homo of Mrs, Eddy tonight, ho was received by Lewis 0. Htrang, her assistant sec retary. Ht rang expressed surprise when proceeding wore outlined to hlrn. Htrang said It was Impossible to In terview M a. Eddy tonight. HIIII' ANTI-RAILROAD LAWS, Union Paoie Official Btliavot Thay Will Uad to Panio. OMAHA, Mar. 1. "I bellove this aiiAl-rallroadl legislation will shortly produce a panic" ""Id Vice-President and General Manager Mohler of the Union Pacific today. Mohler had Just returned from a Chicago meeting with labor represenlatlvea. "The agitation has already greatly affected the railroad building and I think 1 con aay that tho Union Pacific wfll do very little new, construction work for sumo time to come. "Regarding tho demnnJ of the men for higher wages I can only suy that tho railroads will agree to submit to proponed Increase In pay and also other questions to arbitration. Whether the men will agree to this proposition Is unknown. If a strike Is decided upon that la tho men's business." II1 France Will Raise Cotton in Her Colonies for Own Use. EXPERIMENTS IS SUCCESSFUL Gins Have Been Established by French Government Under Direction of Col onial Office and Pro.peott for Indus try Are Bright PARIS, March 1. Tho French Colo nlul Cotton Association, which was started three years ago by the French Cotton Manufacturers with tho object of exploring the French Colonies for tho purpose of ascertaining where cot ton cotilJ. bo advantageously grown, has obtained some surprising results ami seems to warrant tholr confidence that In a few yenre tho French colo nies will be able to supply a consider able portion of the raw cotton con sumed In France, In round figures Franco bought over (4,000,00 francs worth of cotton last year, chiefly from tho United States. Unlike the British Cotton Growers Association, tho French was not organized with the object of profit, but with tho simple purpose or furnishing free seed to the local In habitants of tho colonies for test pur poses. Heeds were sent irU only, to hitherto regions In ' Algeria and Tunis where there has been for many years some attempt 'at cotton growing. But Into the French Soudan, Senegal, French Congo on the West Const of Africa, Dahomey, Madagascar and Indo-Chlna, and even little Guadalupe with some success, Last year tho colonial office backed tho work of the society with a sub vention of 60,000 francs. Gins have been established In all or the colonies where experiments have boon made, and the society has nowVmapped out enough areas, especially In the Soudan and the country back of tho Ivory Const, which It is believed, are capa pable of producing limitless amounts of of cotton as soon as proper railroad and transportation facilities are fur nished. The track back of the Ivory coast alone, It Is believed, can easily furnish a million bales annually when put under systematlo cultivation and properly eulpped wth railroads, For the coming year the society es timates the output from their expert nient at 500 bales. The efforts of the socloty are especially directed to the production of fine quality cotton and In this aim the colonial directors are co-operating. Without additional ef ofrt the society Ibelleves the progres- (Continued on Paga 8 ) GROW COTTON CROPS ADOLESCENT NIT Thaw's iMcnlal Malady is at Last Named. ' EVANS STILL ON STAND Jerome Keeps Defense in Fear Between Electric Chair and Asylum. EXAMINATION PROLONGED Juttiee Fitzgerald Thinks Procedure Not Very Rapid Alienist Evans 8ays Murder Was Committed During Out break of Adolescent Insanity. NEW YORK, Mar. 1. The Insanity of Adolescence Paranoia and the char acteristics of a "brain storm" occupied both sessions of the Thaw trial, today and wbon adjournment until Monday was taken Dr. Britton p. Evans, alien ist for the defense was still under cross examination. From Jerome's baffling questions it It evident that he Is still laying the foundation for the appointment of a commission to Inquire Into Thaw's pre sent sanity. When Delmas objected to a certain question, Jerome replied: "We" are Just getlng to, tho point of this thing." Justice Fitzgerald remarked wearily: "Wo have been a mighty long time getting there." Evans declared that Thaw showed a degree of adolescent Insnnlty when he wrote the letters In 1903 after Evelyn Nesblt had told hlm of her alleged wrong at the hands of White. The delusion apparent In the letters ware more concentrated In the will and codi cil executed In April 4, 1905 and when taken by -themselves Indicated a par anclac form of Insanity of adolescence, on June 25th 1906 when Thaw shot and killed White, according to the Evans tho defendant was suffering from an explosive outbrenk of adolescent In sanity, BREAK IS REPAIRED. Colorado River Finally Brought Under Control WASHING TIN, D. C. March 1. The Southern Pacific Company tin nounces that It has closed the break In the Colrndn River referred to In the telegram from President Roosevelt to Mr. E. II. Harrlman, under date of Dec. L'Oth., in which he fold: . "It seems clear to me that the Im perative duty of tho Company Is to close this break at once." At that time Mr. Harrlman replied to the President to the effect that while the Southern Pacific Company was not Interested In the stock of tho Cal ifornia Development Company, except ns holding Buch stock as collateral for advances made, yet, he would give au thority to the Southern Pacific officers In the West to proceed,, at once with efforts to repair the break, "trusting that the Government as soon as you can 'ocure the necessary Congress ional action, will assist us with the burden. Plans for undertaking the work were made Immediately. The task was a very large one. When the dumping of rock waa actually commenced, the water was 34 feet deep and the ve locity of the current something like 4 1-2 miles an hour. It was" the expectation of the com pany to make the closure in ten days as a minimum and twelve Jays as a maximum, but progress was retard ed by unexpected rises In the river on two different occasions, one of which Increased the How to something more than 40,000 feet per second. The nor mal flow water at Yuma, near which the darn Is located, Is approximated at 2,200 feet per second, tho gauge reading 2J feet. Even as late as Keen. 4!h, the sltutlon on the Colorado River was menacing. Tho settling of a portion of the Jam on tho night of Feb 3rd., caused a con traction of the flow and fiok four bents out of the up-stream trestle; a sudden rise In the river had Increased the flow to approximately 35,000 feet per sec ond, carrying heavy drift, and ren derlngthi; situation most serious. Nev ortheless wllhln a week from that time the closure whs finally made. The time consumed In making the rlosure, dating from the dumping of the first rock, was fifteen days and two hours. At the time of the closure at 0 P. M., on February 11th., the heal difference between tho level of tlie sea water and below It was 13 feet 3 Inch es. The top of the dam was four feet above the level of the water. The ver tical distance from the top of the dum to the hose, where the water was deep est, was approximately 60 feet. The length of tho dam Is approxi mately 1.100 feet The material In It now amounts to 7,7000 cubic yards, 95 per cent of which rock and the bal ance gravel and clay: HUNT CONTINUES Men Who Robbed Sub-Treasury Not Discovered BUT ONE MAN SUSPECTED Examination Concentrated on Suspec ted Man But Arrtst Hat Not Yet Been Ordered May Have Had Sev eral Accomplices. CHICAGO, March 1. The hunt for tho man who stole $173,000 from the Chicago sub-treasury continues. John Wilkie, chief of the United States Ser vice who arrived here today and took personal charge of th0 case: strongly Intimated last night that suspicions had concentrated on one man whose name has already been mentioned in connection with the gigantic theft, but tho officials were not yet ready for the arrest Chief Wllkle said this suspected man might have had one or several accom plices, who expected to profit by the theft, but his theory was that only one man had taken the money. Four young men were put through a searching examination by Chief Wll kle, In the office of Captain Thomas Importer-, chief of the local secret service bureau. The men questioned were: Arthur R. Boal, currency cleric and nephew of Cashier Frank C. . Rus sell. Henry S. Locke, assistant assorting teller who has succeeded George W. Fitzgerald as assorting teller. John M. Rogers, paying teller. Frank J. Walsh, currency clerk. With the exception of George W. Fitzgerald, the assorttn gteller from whose cage the money disappeared, these four men are believed to be In a better position to tell than any other employes or officials of the sub-treasury to throw light on the manner in which the thief secured the money. They were nearest the Fitzgerald cage. Fitzgerald who is being kept under surveillance will be examined later. ..GASOLINE EXPLOSION KILLS. RIO JANEIRO, March 1 One man was killed and 14 severly Injured In two explosions that occurred aboard the Brazilian steamer Floreanopolls yesterday. The men were loading gas oline when the explosions occurred. SIR HENRY HOZIER DEAD. . . PANAMA, March 1. Sir Henry Ho zler, formerly 8ecretaryof Lloyds, Lon don, died yesterday at noon after a long Illness. His body will be burled in Panama, IS Lies on Jetty at Humboldt Bar, California. ONLY ONE LIFE LOST Despite Storm Life Saving Crew Rescues Nearly All the (Passengers. HUNDRED AND FORTY ABOARD 8teamthip Corona Enroute From San Francisco to Eureka is Fatal Total Lost Wreck Nearly Caused Panic on Board of Vettel. EUREKA, Mar. 1. The steamer Cor ona, under Captain Boyd, considered the best boat In Pacific coast steamship company's service between this city and San Francisco, lies straddling the North Jetty, on Humboldt Bar, a hope less wneck. Corona, with, nlearlylOO passengers aboard struck at 10:10 this morning as Capt Boyd was at tempting in the teeth of a stinging wind and a terrific bar flood, to drive her into port. he usual scene attendant upon a shlpwreck'followedl The passengers rushed Into the social halL Some of the women were hysterical and some of the men palsied with fear, but re assuring words from the crew and some of the calmer passengers, brought calm. Thereafter the passengers -assembled upon the hurricane deck, where they remained until the rescue work was completed this afternoon. Soon after the ship struck, a boat, In charge of Quartermatser Gunn was lowered away. It contained three of the crew and there steerage passen gers. This boat capsized at once in the boiling surf and H. Errlckson, a succeeded In reaching the shore, a life Swede was drowned. Gunn ond others saving crew under Captain Hendlg, having gone to their assistance. The Corona is a sister hip to the Pomona and has been on the route about fifteen years. She had. about 140 passengers on board. DANGEROUS PORTLAND STRIKE. Act of Eleven Yardmen May Affect Many Coast Cities. PORTLAND, Ore. March 1. The suike of eleven yardmen employed by the Eastern and Western Mill one of the largest lumber mills in Portland may spread so that the entire Eastern and Western plant will have to close down should the strike be a prolonged one It may spread to other Portland mills and other coast cities. The men who struck today have been getting $2.75 for twelve hours work. The mill men of Portland have no organization but claim to be able to tie up the in dustry here if necessary to win their point. FAVORS REGULATION. Whitney Against the Purchase, ot Rail roads by Nation. OMAHA, March 1. The Omaha bee will say tomorrow: Henry M. Whitney, of Boston once Democratic nominee fo Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and W. J. Bryan engaged In a spirited colloquy at the Omaha club today on tho subject of Government ownership of railroads, and the method of this acquirement, Whitney condemning con fiscation. Bryan asured Whitney that he and his friends did not contemplate 11 WRECKED confiscation and would not tolerate such a syntem. "But the difficulty would be" said Bryan, "In determining their actual cash value. The railroads would want to run In their watered! stock." v j The proper way would be," retorted Whitney," to pay for them on the basis of the cost of their reproduction." Bryan asked Whitney if he believed In the Government ownership of rail roads. Ktlckney answered that the policy of Hill and Harrlman tended to lead to the Government ownership but he be lieved government regulation will meet tho requirements. , FARMERS MAY MANUFACTURE WASHINGTON, March, 1, Dena tured alcohol bill passed the senate by a vote of 65 to 1, Pettus casting the negative vote. An amendment requir ing the presence of a government store keeper whenever the alcohol Is being manufactured was defeated 47 to 11 amendment permitting rum to be de Tho bill as passed contains a senate natured. Consequently the measure must be returned to the House for ac tion. The bill Is intended to make It possible for a farmer to establish a still with a limited capacity for the manufacture of alcohol to be denatur ed. PASS v SUBSIDY BILL House Approves Measure After an Interesting Fight ELIMINATE PACIFIC LINES Steamship Mail Lines From Pacifio Coast to Orient Struck From Pro visions of Measure Bill For Indus trial Peace Commission. WASHINGTON, Mar., 1, The House this afternoon passed the Ship Subsidy bill after an interesting fight. On the first vote the democrats and insurgent republicans had votes enough to defeat the measure but after three hours oB fierce contest the bill as perfected in the committee of the whole, striking out the provision for the steamship mail lines on Pacific coast points to the Orient finally passed by eleven majority. Fifty two Republicans voted with the Democrats on the first ballot and four on the final ballot. The gen eral deficiency bill passed after an amendment by Grosvenor giving all tho employes of congress one month's ex tra pay adopted. A bill was passed , providing for the creation of an indus trial peace commission which is to ad minister the $30,000 which Roosevelt received from the Nobel Pece prize. Only four steamship lines were sub sidized under the measure in the form agreed upon. And all these lines are to sail for South American ports. One lino on the Atlantic Coast to Brazil, the second from the Atlantic coast to Argentina, the third between the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil, the fourth from the Pacific Coast to Panama, Peru and Chile. The annual subsidy of each of these lines is $3,000,000 for the month ly mall service or $600,000 for a fort nightly mail service except the Argen tina line which Is to have $400,000 for a monthly or $800,000 for a fortnightly service. No American cities are named as ports from which any of the lines are to start and the bill is so worded that the line in the Pacific to South Amer ica can touch at any number of ports in the United States. The same Is true of the Atlantic lines. Vessels pro fiting by the subsidy must have a speed of at least sixteen knots. WHOLESALE ASSASSINATION. LONDON, March i. A special to the Times from St. Petersburg says the police have learned the Terrorists have planned a wholesale assassination aof officers by means of disguises.