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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."
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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
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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.