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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1907)
UILIHlft f ULk AMOOIATID Mt (WONT OOVBRS TH MGRNINO FIBLD ON THi LOWIft COLUMBIAN VOLUME LXI1I NO. M ASTORIA, OREGON SAURDAY. MAKCII J ft. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS HUE ON THE STAND Tells of Affidavit Signed By Mrs. Thaw. DELMAS FIGHTS VAINLY According to Witness Evelyn Thaw Denied Ruin by White. CHARGE WAS MADE BY THAW Prisoner Beat Wife -For Denying Story Reliability of Hummtl At Witnese Badly Shaken By Defense la IndicUd For Perjury, NEW YORK. March 15. With Del nuts flhiln hlin ovory Inch of the way. Jerome today secured from Hum- mil his complete story as to the am davit which It li alleged Evelyn NVsblt mado In the lawyer' office In 190$ chart Int Harry K. Thaw with baling her hon she hud told him that tha eutement that Stanford White had drugged and ruined har waa untruo. Jutftlce FltXKernld overruled every ob jection, Dtlniaa inking exceptions. Kv elyn Nrshlt Thaw wit railed to the aland In tho fTrt of the defence to kwp Hummel silent, but PHxgoralJ ruled that, admitting the proposition of counsel and client that Mra, Thaw herself had waived the professional privilege by taking the atund carl yin tha rase and giving her a version of what transpired 1,1 Hummel'- office, The bond of secrecy once removed could not bo re-established. Unsue cesfu In blocking Hummd'a tostlmo ny, Delma on croon examination brought from Hunnncl the fact that he had been convlctedt In tho mime court room In 1U05 on a charge of conspiracy' Hummel further itdmltted that two In dlctements for subordination of per jury was pending against him and that one of these Indictment charges hlin with having cauaed a falae affidavit to be mado. Iluminol testified that he hud prepared an allldavlt In which wan Incorporated Mis Nushlt's atory of Tawa treatment of er; tat la wua sign cd by or and that lutcr alio attempteJ to secure Iho original from Hummel, who took it to White and advised him to have a photogruphlo copy mado: that Hummel had made arrangement' for photographing tho document and that a photographer cams to hla office for tbat purpose. A few moment Inter Hummel com pletely contradicted himself on this point and denied that ho hud no ten tilled. Abraham Hucldeker, one of Hummcl's clerks.testlfled that he handed the aftl davit to Miss Noablt In Whlto'a room In the Tower and that she signed It. Jeromo completed hl8 medical tes timony today,, DohntJ declining to cros lexamllne any of the exports. Flva alienists testified their belief that Thaw knew the import of his act when he killed White. Adjournment was made until Monday, TO CHECK CHILD LABOR. Children's Work tha Curse of the Tex tile Trades. CHICAGO, Maiteh 15. A national law prohibiting or regulating the em ployment of child labor in the United States Is the only practicable method of dealing with this phase of the So cial problem In America, according to ths Bar. A. J. McKelway, assistant secretary of the National Child Labor Committee. , "I want to see tho big stiok at Wash- ngtn shaken over tho ueads of thow who employ child labor," said Mr, Mo Klwiiy btat night In an address at the Chicago Industrial Exhibition. "I want to s this problem made nu tlonul lusim nd carried on to the Fed eral Courts. "The child labor Is tho curse of the textile trades. It Is literally true yiut tha 'clothing you have on, ffom the stocking on your foit to the flower on your hat may have been, and probably was in part, tho product of child la bor, The tlmo will rpms when the rlcan people will boycott articles made by child labor." TO LIMIT LIABILITY. Stockholders Wish Responsibility In Lsrohmont Disaster Reduced. NffW YORK, March 15.-As the r suit of an order granted by Judge Ad arris In ths admlrsllty branch of the United States district court the stock holder of the Joy Steamnhlp Com pany have limited their liability In connection with tho Larchmont dis aster to I10l.lt and no more. Under an existing federal enactment tho liability of a stamhlp compnny In rasa of a disaster Is limited to the value of tha wreck. Tho petition filed by the Joy line stated that tha Larch mont had foundered In water so deep that the vessel had never been loca ted. PRESIDENT 18 WILLING. WASHINGTON, March 11. Presi dent Roosevelt will not Invito McCrea Molten, Hugheltt and Newman to the White House, but If they ak for an appointment he will bo glad to receive trum. Conducts Own Investigation Into Brownsville Affair. SENDS OUT SECRET AGENTS Gathers Evidsnca at Personal Expenae in Dsfsnsa of Discharged Negro Sol diers Faot Accidentally Comas to Light in 8enat, Committee. WASHINGTON, March 15. That Henator Foraker Is' gathering evidence at his own expense In defense of the negro soldiers dlscnarged from the ar my for alleged complicity In "shooting up" Brownsville, Texan, was disclosed today in a sharp clash between mem bers of tho Hunato Committee on Mili tary Affairs' Investigating tho Browns vlllo affray. Senators Overman, Pos ter, and Warner had .piled a number of witnesses with questions am to whom they had talked with beforo coming to Washington to testify. They confes sod they had been Interviewed by a man named Ferguson as what they knew concerning tho Brownsville af fair but none could say of Ferguson Was a white man or a negro and all declaimed knowledge of his connec tion with the Investigation. During the examination of one of the witnesses Foraker Interrupted and said he had sent Ferguson to tho Fort Sam Hous ton on receiving an anonymous letter giving the name of several persons said to have Information that might be of value in the Inquiry. Foraker assured his fellow Senators that Fergu son was not a member of the constl 1 nal LoagtM Md tho Incident pas sed over after an exchange of com pliments between Foraker and the Sen ators taking , opposite view of the Brownsville affair. HEARS RUEF'S PLEA. SAN FRANCISCO. March 15. The State Supreme Court today heard the argumonts b ythe attorneys, for Abra ham Ruef, who pleaded for an order removing him from tho custody of elisor Blggy, who pleaded for an order charge of'the sheriff. The court holds tho matter under advisement. FORAKERPRODESTOO JAPANESE PREPARING Captain Rodic Says Arse nals arc Busy. WORK DAY AND NIGHT Factories Pour Out Arms in An ticipation of War With America. THIS COAST ILL PROTECTED Fifty Thousand Men, Working Day Anj Night, Turn Out Small Arms Twenty Thousand Mora Turn Out Five Hundred Rifles Daily. BERLLV, March 15.-CupUla lgnaco Rodlc of the General 8taff of the Austrian-Hungarian army publixhed a phamplet entitled "The Prospects of tha Future American-Japanese War." After dlwuswlng the armies' and nav ies and theatres of war, Do concludes by saying that the unprotected Pacific coast of the United States offer' ex cellent chances for tho auccess of tho Japanese. Ho declares Japan is work Ing feverishly to complete her mili tary and naval equipments, adding that durtn gthe last few months fifty thou sand men have been at work night anJ day In the arsenals, turning out guns and small arms ,and stating that the cartridge manufacturers of Toklo, where In all twenty thousand men are employed, have turned out dally 500 rifles. Captain Rodlc also asserts that the projectile works at Toklo make six hundred shells per day for the ar tillery. FLOODS 8UBSIDING. Monongahsla, Alleghany and Ohio Riv ers Becoming Normal. PITTSBURG, March 15. With rapid rocedirtg water, the Monongahela, Al leghany and Ohio rivers' condition are assuming their normal condition to night. At nine o'clock tonight the riv er here had fallen almost eight feet Ten square miles are inundated. The loss Is summarized a follows: loss In output of steel mills 3,000,000; Ions In output of other industries, $2,000,000 losses of wages' of employes, $1,837,000 damage to Industrial plants, $2,500,000. Various other estimates were made rupglng from tne to twenty millions. TO AID ENTRYMEN. New Order Will Expediate Process of Proving Up. WASHINGTON, March, 15. Secre tary Garfield, of the Department of the Interior, losued an order to Commis sioner Balllnger of the General Land Office intended to expediate to the ut most the issuance of patents to the thirty thousand entrymen whose ap plications' have accumulated In the gen eral land office.1 The order Is based on President Roosevelt's recent action, making easier the process of "proving up" under tho law. high School tryout. 8econd Debate of Preliminary Series Held Yesterday Afternoon, The second preliminary debate of the tryout series being held by the As toria high school to select a team to debate against Eugene high was held yesterday afternoon. . Three debaters were chosen who will meet the three selected a week ago and then the final team will be chown from the six. Those participating were: negative; Percy TaVg, Donald Stuart, Mary Clark and Harvey Allen: affirmative; Park Helm, Leo Tuomala, Lillian An derson and Norman Anstensen. The affirmative side won the debate by unanimous vote of the judges, who were Rev. W. 8. Gilbert, Rev. Seymour Short and Itev. C. C. Rarlck. Thi iu-s tlon debated was: "Resolved," that the United States should no longer main tain the principles of the Monroe Doc trine." Those, chosen for the final tryout next Friday were Percy Tagg, Mary Clark and Harvey Allen. WATER COMMI88ION MEET. Held Adjourned Seeeion in Regular Quarters Last Evening, Tho Aatorla board of water commls sloners met in adjourned session last evening. Commissioners J. A. Bowlby F, A. Fisher, H. O. Van Dusen and As mus Brlx were present. Mr. Bowlby occupied the chair and Clerk G. W. Lounsberry had charge of the minutes. About the only business of lnpor- tance transacted was tho resolution passed Instructing the Clerk to pur chase fifty water meters. It was ln tended to take up the subject of water rates, but owing to tho absence of three of the members of the body It was thought best to defer action. After, authorizing the clerk to en ter Into negotiations with several par ties with a view of securing a new superintendent and engineer, the board adjourned until next Friday, when ac tion on the head works reservoir may bo taken. STOCKS MORE QUIET Recent Slump Has, Had Effect of Reducing Inflation. WILL NOT EFFECT THE WEST Chicago Bankers Call Panio on Wall Street "Now York's Affair" and Be lieves Adveree Railroad Legislation Had Little To Do With It. CHICAGO, March, 15. Character izing tho slump In stocks as "New lzln gthe slump in stocks as "New York's affair," and declaring that the agitation relative to the railroads has had little to do with the Wall Street panic, Chicago bankers yesterday as serted that they are not troubled over the outlook and that the Chicago and the Middle West would be in no wise affected. There was' manifest among tho bankers, with perhaps one or two ex ceptions no alarm or misgivings. The concensus of opinion was that the rate for money in Chicago, 6 per cent would not be lifted, that there are millions In reserve here which can be utilized, and that the country as a whole Is unusually pro&"perous. One other idea of special Interest also was expressed. It was that the East, will do the nation as a whole, good. The local men of finance con sider the bottom has b0n reached by the Wall street slump and that stocks, instead 0 being too low at their new figures, are gradually approaching a fair valuation. James H. Eckels, president of the Commercial National Bank, was one of the nanclers who looked 0 nthe sit uation with some pessimism. He said however that there is too much agi tation, and that the railroads are be ing unnecessarily assailed. N James B. Morgan, President of the First National Bank, did not go quite so far, but said that he felt that the wave of antagonism against the rail roads' may have had as much to do with the stock market slump as any other single Influence. Other bankers were not of the' same feeling. . They claimed stocks had been steadily tumbling for some weeks, and that there was the culmination; that it was well to clear the atmosphere oc- ROOSEVELT OR BRYAN Only Radical Republican Can Beat Commoner. BRYAN MAKES CHARGES Alleges With Unpurchased, Un timed Vote He Had Been President SPEAKS TO CAMPAIGN FRAUDS Great Commoner Daclaraa That He Would Not Discuse Amount of Fraud Perpetrated In Last Election But Mentions Big Corporation Fund. BOSTON .March 15. The Democra tic state committee today gave a din ner in honor of W. J. Bryan. George Fred William, of Boston, , said "If Pres Ident Roosevelt abides by his refusal to become a candidate, no Republi can, unless he be more radical than the President can prevent the election of W. J. Bryan to tho presidency." Bryan among other things said: "If we had had a vote unpurchased and untlmed in 1896 I would have been elected by an overwhelming majority. I shall not discuss the amount of fraud perpetrated in 189S but we had against us the largest corporation fund that was ever used in a campaign." FLOODS BEAR ICE. Breaking lea Jams Add to Danger of Alleghany Flood. PITTSBURG, March 15.- Rushlng down the Alleghany river on the flood down the Alleghany river on the flood torrent at a apeed estimated at 15 to 20 miles an hour, hundreds of thou sands of tons of ice ranging of from 'four to six feet thick is poundin gthe piers of the bridges connecting Pitta bury with Alleghany ai.d theatenlng destruction to these connecting lines' of the Greater Pittsburg. The ice comes from the twenty five mile gorge that has been forming all Winter at the headwaters of the Alleghany and which broke last night. With ten square miles of two cities under water at four o'clock this morn ing, the lost authentic report of the ice was sent in from the bridges at Sixteenth and Ninth Streets bridges. At that hour the nearest that these points could approach was about 50O feet.' Owing to the darkness, however, the effect could not be observed but the Associated Press' observers could hear the huge bergs crunch and grind against the obstacles encountered, and the creaking of the -bridges and piers as they strained under the added pres sure was plainly audible through the darkness. caslonally and to take lessons which fortune is apt to give. NEW YORK, March 15. At the close of today's market the Stock Ex change brokers; jubilant at the chang ed conditions of the morket ove,r yesterday's demoralized trading, gath ered around the trading posts and cheered loudly in demonstration of their relief and satisfaction. Amalga mated and Union Pacific were buoy antly strong. There were the usual reactions but the tone held relatively strong. Amalgamated advanced thir teen points over yesterday's closing; Great Northern 6.1-4; Reading 12 1-4; Southern Pacific 4 1-2; Union Pacific 11 1-4; United States' Steel 3 1-2 and Preferred S 1-8. . LEFT MANY JEWELS. 8tata Parpharnalia of Lata 8hah of Persia Riohly Deeoratad. VIENNA, March 15. That the lata Khah of Persia was fond of precious stones was Indicated by a dispatch from Teheran which aays that an inventory has revealed that he left Jewels to tho value of $60,000. Chief among them are diamonds. One portion of his state paraphernalia, a jewel studded belt. Is valued at several million dollars. It weighs eighteen pound. The famous diamond stud belt and scabbard is said t0 be worth $1,250,000 and an emerald bedecked stiver vast with one of the Shah's numerous ti tles engraved on It, is regarded M al most priceless. Among other treasur es waa found a block of pure amber containing 400 cubic inches .which la said to have dropped from the skies on the tombe of Mahomed. NAPLES THIEVE8 FIGHT. Gang of 8ix Resist Efforts of Officers to Capture. NAPLES, March 15. While tho pas-' sengers, for the most part American women, were landing from a steamer Just in from Marseilles yesterday, six thieves, belonging to the local society known as the Camerra, took advantage of the opportunity offered by the cus toms Inspection of travelers baggage and stole a number of hand valises' and even some purses. A policeman ar rested three of the thieves. Other po licemen were then summoned, but they fought desperately and succeeded in seriously wounding one of the officers. Plan for Permanent Deliberative Body is Chosen. ADJUST NATIONAL DISPUTES interparliamentary Union Will Pre tent Draft of Schema to Second Hague Conference Board Will Be Empow ered to Use All Powers For Peace. NEW YORK, March 14. At the re quest of President Roosevelt, Repre sentative Richard Bartholdt of Mis souri has submitted to him a report on the plan of the universal arbitra tion drafted by the Interparliamentary Union, which will be presented to the second Hague conferes the corning summer. The plan Is for a permanent delib erative body, in which all nations will be represented to crystallize the best sentiment of the world Into rules of International law. The treaty of ar bitration is to empower the Hague court to say when these rules have been violated in a clearly defined area. Controversies not foiling within this area are to be reserved for trial by armed forces, only hostilities are not to commence until the good offices' of friendly powers have been asked by the disputants, in vain, or undisputed questions of fact have been examined In the light of evidence by an Impar tial commission. GIVE UP VISIT. Four Railroad Presidents Feel Unable to Represent Interests Involved. NEW YORK, March 15. Messrs. McCrea, Mellen, Hughltt and Newman, the four railroad presidents for whose visit to the White House J. P. Morgan arranged before his departure for Eu rope held a conference here today and decided not to go to Washington. They felt that they could not constitute them selves a commission to formulae or present the views of hundred of rail road companies) .which in turn are owned by thousands of share holders. ARBITRATION BOARD