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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1907)
Itl0otitt UBLIBMIB FULL AttOOIATtO PRI HIPORT UOVIRS THC MOBNINQ FIILD ON Tril LOWCft OOLUMBIA.l VOLUME LXIII NO. 03 ' ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY MARCH 23. 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS BIGOY Will y Elisor to Take Charge in BriberyJCascs. SECRET INDICTMENTS Are rot Trusted to File Les Contents Should Become Known. RUEF PREPARES .STATEMENT Preaident Of United Railway Com pany May Appear Before Grand Jury No Attampt Will Now Ba Mad. to Ramovo Supervisor. BAN rRANClSCO. March 22. It wua stated at tho Prosecuting Attor- n' office that President Calhoun, of the United Hallway Cornpuny would upon hla arrival from New York bo given nn opportunity to Appear before tho (Kami Jury in connection with that body's investigation of th alleged brl bry of tho Board of SuporvUore In the matter of the overhead trolley franchlao grunted the company n May. It waa learned from tho same aourco that a number of secret Indict menu httv not been trusted to tho aecret file for four It content' might leak out. To tho Associated l'reas Ilucf stated today that he la consider ing tho preparation of a statement to th public and doclured that when he telle hla try It will contain sensa tion equal to tho disclosures made by the alleged confessions of the Super vlnom. The 65 charges of bribery against Ilucf were today assigned by Presiding Judg0 Coffey to Ju.lge Dunn's department of the Superior Court. They will be placed on the calndr tomorrow and the arraignment set for aome day next week.' The true reason for the determina tion of tho prosecution to take no lin mediate atop .toward tho removing from oillco or tlie Supervisors wua am V closed today. District Attorney Lang don stated that In order to remove thorn It would bo necessary to prove the charge mado against them. This would compel the prosecution to bring forward nil Ittf evidence and thorebf disclose ltM entire haml before the trlul of those who fill bo Indicted The Grand Jury did not moot today but will hold u session tomorrow. The aiune care and watchfulness thut bus marked tho custody of Ruef will bo uxcerclxed In guarding the Jury against possible outside Iniluenco when the trial begin. Instond of bailiff or Mwirlff having chargo of the Jury, Dis trict Attorney Lnngdon stated that the Jury will be placed In chnrgo of Eli sor Blggy. This Is said to be the first time lit legul history that a UnlteJ States elisor has boon appointed by tho court to apprehend a defendant and! given Mich power to keep him In cus tody during hla trial. The report of dissension among Ruef's attorneys seem to be borne out by the fact that they no longer eon'or with him altogether but visit Mm sep arately. Ruef was In good spirits to day, NEW NORTHWESTERN AGENT. Comes From Looal Staff Astoria A Columbia River Line. PORTLAND, Oregon., March 22 R. V. Holder, general agent of the Chicago Northwestern, today announc- GUARD I j ed the appointment of Raymond W. Cook, at present commorciai agent in Portland of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, as city ticket agent of tho Northwestern, to I r , iimos n Alexander. The appi .inent takes effect April 1, when Mr, Alexander will leave for a tour abroad Mr, Cook Is particularly well known locally, because of having been travel lug freight ugeiit of the Northern Pod flo for some time. He began his rail road career with the Southern Cull rornla Railway Company, and aftre serving an apprenticeship of throe yrs wont to the Pacific Coast Railroad, at run i.ui uuiwpo, i;ai ror tne same length of time, then Joining the work crs of the ttlo Grande Western for yw before coming to Portland. After leaving the Northern Pacific a few months ago he Accepted a place with the A. A C. as commercial agent Astoria, being advanced a month ago to the same position In the Portland office. TAFT CHANGES MIND. Eight Hour Day Law Held To Have Numeroua Exceptions. ..WASHINGTON, March ll.-Taft haa reconsidered his original opinion of March 22 relative to the eight hour law In its application to employers of the Rivers and Harbors works. He Is now of the opinion that It only effects the mechanic and laborers and doea not change the hours of work of cap tains, cooks, deckhands, pilots and the like. , . I.. ' PINE BLUFF FIRE. PINE BLUFF, Ark, March 2Z-Flre here has destroyed the property of the niuffm City Lumber Company. The loss Ik estimated at seven hundred thou und dollars. BUTTE STRIKE ENDS Typographical Union Accedes to Publishers' Demands. FOUR DAILIES ARE AFFACTED No Papera Have Bten Published In City 8inee Strike Began Three Yeara Contract At Old Soala Will Be 8igned. . Hl'TTK, March 22. The differences between the newspaper publishers anJ members of the Typographical union wore definitely sottlod tonight, the prln ers voting to return to work on the publisher's terms. Tho four dally noWHpapors affected the Butte Miner ho Anaconda Standard, the Butter In- er Mountain and the ntitto Kvenlng Miner, have been in a stato of bus pension since Feb. 13. The four will resume publication as soon as they get tho reportorlal staffs and meehanl- ul plants organized. A three year contract will be entered Into on the old scalo of $5 for duy work and 15.50 for night work. ROOSEVELT DISAPPROVES. Believes Koahler Guilty Despite Find inga of Court Marshal. WASH1NGTN, March 22. President Roosevelt tonight announced his dls- pproval of the findings In the acquit tal In the case of Captain Lewis' M. Koehler, of the Fourtth Cavalry U. 8. A., cavalry commander at Kolo In the hillpplne Islands. Koehler was charged with disrespectful language to Oeneral Wood, insubordination, and conduct unbecoming a gentleman and an officer In making unfounded and malicious statements regarding his commanding officer. NAVY YARD FIRE. PENSACOLA.Fl a., Fire last night destroyed building No. 1, at the Pen sacola Navy Yard, entailing a loss of $175,000. In addition to this loss the machin ery and equipment for the gunboats Gloucester and Isla de Luzon were destroyed. Ull ENDS IN MURDER Prussian Count Slain Jealous Husband. by MURDERER SURRENDER Foffowed Married Woman from Seattle to Goldfield, Nevada. WELL KNOWN IN SOUND CITY Had Paid Attention To Wife of Jak , Hinas While Latter Waa In Alaska On Busineaa Haines Heart Of the Affairs. GOLDFIELD, March 22.-A feud which began In Nome, Alaska five years ago ended here last night when In a saloon, Jack I line shot and killed a man known as Count Podhorsky of Waritaw. Prussia. Hlnes surrendered himself to the authorities. SEATTLE, March 22. Count Con- stantlno Podhorsky Is well known here. He wua connected with the Northeas tern 8lbera Co., being their representa the In this country. He spent much tlmo In Alaska where he extensively entertained whenever he happened to be In thut part of the country. He list came In contact with Hlnes when Hlnes was connected with the North western Commercial Co. The trouble s believed to have had Its origin In his city lust summer when Mrs. Hlnea was staying here and while Hlnes was In Alaska, The Count Is known to have paid Mrs. Hlnes much attention, the pair having been seen frequently at cafes and places of amusement. Mrs. Hlnes went back to Alaska last sum mer. In some way the news of the Count's attentions became known to Hlnes and accompanied by his wife, Hlnes returned here only to disappear at once. Almost Immediately the cou ple disappeared. The Count was seen frequently around different cafes un til Christmas when he loft for Cali fornia Intending to go to Hawaii. It i Is possible that he heard of the where abouts of Hlnes and his wife nnd went o Goldfield for that reason or It may have been purely business reasons that ho went there. LOOKS BAD FOR SNYDER. Law Objecta to His Hsving Two Wives At Same Time. SAPULPA, I. T. March 22, Ward M. Snyder, eon of Nicholas Snjiiler, a millionaire operator of Pittsburg Pa., was Indicted by the federal grand Ju ry on a charge of bigamy and was com mltted to the federal Jail at Muskogee In defaut of $2,000 bond. The Indict ment was returned on the evidence given by Jeanette Kllllan, a. beautiful woman whom he married here in Jan uary. She claims Snyder haa another wife living from whom he Is not Jlvorc ed. Snflder's father has' refused to as sist hi mln any way. OPEN 8AFE ON TRAIN. Expreas Messenger Thrown From Car by Texan Robbers. PALESTINE, T,ex., March 22. As train No. 4, of the International Great Northern, north bound, was leaving Elkhart, 12 miles' below here last night Express Messenger Wlnsley Womack, of the Pacific Express Company, was attacked and thrown out of the car. He was not missed from the train un til Palestine was reached and a little later a telephone message was re ceived from him at Klkhart, stating that ho had been assaulted by robbers. The safe In the car was opned when tho train reached Pulestlne. The sheriff and posse left Palestine on special train for the sceno of the robbery. RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP. Rose Friete Wins Typewriting Con test, Breaking Former Records. CHICAGO,' March 22. Miss Rose L. Fries?, two times winner of the nar tlonul championship Typewriting con text t the Coliseum last night won thf championship for the third time, win ning permanently the silver cup of fered and breaking the world's record for copying dictations from short hand notes. The record she estab lished last night was 2,445 words in 30 minutes. This Is 200 words better than her last record which was made a year ago at the contest held at Mad ia on Square Garden, New York. GOETHALS TO DIG DITCH. Will Succeed 8tevana Aa 'Chairman of Canal Commission, , ..WASHINGTON. March 22.-8ecre- tary Taft has announced that Lieuten ant Colonel Goethals would succeed Stevens on the canal commission on April 1. His promotion from commis sioner to chairman leaves a vacancy on the commission to which former Sen ator Joseph C. S. Blackburn will be appointed. Goethals as chairman will ! receive a salary of $15,000. REVOLT AT TRUST Great Farm Owning Combine of Jews Causes Outbreak. ROUMANIANS FLEE COUNTRY Eighty Five Killed and Many Wounded in Agrarian Disorders Roumanian Government Still Sending Troopa To District All Moldiva Involved. VIENNA, March 22. The serious ness of the situation In Northern Mol davia, growing out of the Agrarian dis orders has not, according to the latest telegraphic reports', been" exaggerated. It is estimated tonight that four hun dred farms In Moldavia have been de vastated, eight thousand fugitives have lied over the Roumanian frontier into Austria and a total of ten thousand Jews are homeless. The number of dead cannot be given accurately but thL reports of today give a total of 85 men killed and about 150 wounded. Tho outbreak today seems to have been partially suppressed. The Roumanian government Is still sending troops in to that district. Practically the entire province of Moldavia has been Involv ed. The movement Is more really agra rlan than antl-Semetic. The peasants are in. revolt against the great farm lng trust which has leased half the cultivable lands in Moldavia. .The en tee landlords' who control the trust are Jews and this fact brings the ire of the peasants down upon any and all Jews they meet. GERMANY SUPPORTS DEMANDS. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., Marcch. 22. The German gunboat Panther left here yesterday for Port Au Prince, Hay tl, where according to reports, she will support the demands of the German minister In connection with treatment of certain German subjects' who have made representations! to the authori ties at Berlin. AMERICA TO INTERFERE. . NEW ORLEANS, Marcti 22. Presi dent Zelaya of Nicaragua Is quoted as acceding to a request of President Roosevelt for arbitration of the war troubles in Central America, In a let ter received here from Blueflelds. IS Thaw's Counsel Make Out Affidavits. THAW NOT CONCERNED Justice Fitzgerald Will Decide As to Lunacy Commission Tuesday. PRISONER INCURABLY MAD Prosecution Holds That H Is Incap able of Conaulting Attorneys As To u: a r M m .... i nn vwij uBiamm vury excuse wn-j til Wednesday, ..NEW YORK, March 22. The Dis trict Attorney's office tonight made pub lie several fetters supposedly written by Harry Thaw and to which District Attorney Jerome has referred In court and had marked as exhibits for the state. These are expected to gurefl in the hearing of the lunacy commission If Justice Fitzgerald decides to ap point one. The letters have to do chiefly with matters personal to Thaw and are of no special Interest except as they may have possible hearing on the state of mind of Stanford White's slayer. The affidavits which have been handed in by the prosecution show tha1 Thaw is a paranoic, who although le gally responsible when he killed White, Is now In such a state of mental In capacity as to be unable to consult In telligently with his counsel and should not be on trial for his life. The de fense ie preparing affidavits to the contrary and the matter will come be fore the court Tuesday. Meantime the Jury Is excused until Wednesday when the Judge may decide regarding the appointment of a commission In lun acy. The affidavits of the defense will be in the hands of the District Attor ney at six o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Jerome, under the agreement will be permitted to file additional matter on Monday. NEW YORK, March 22. The status of the Thaw case now that District Attorney Jerome has fumshed Justice Fitzgerald with the affidavits of seven alienists whto substantiate, his ex- nvpssort onlnlon that the prisoner Is Insane and Incapable of consulting his counsel as to his defense against the charge of having murdered" Stanford White, is this: "By two o'clock tomorrow, the at torney for thedefense must file affi davits with Clerk Carroll of the Crim inal Court Building, answering Mr. Jerome's assertion and his affidavits. The district attorneiC has not formally moved the appointment of a commis sion to examine into Thaw's present mental condition but has left it to the "conscience of the Court," as he ex pressed It on Wednesday to decide whether the case shall go to the Jury, so Justice Fitzgerald will consider the affidavits submitted by each side and inform all the counsel when to appear in court to hear his decision. Notwithstanding Jerome's Idea that Thaw's disease Is paranoia, and the corroborative opinion of the state's alienist that he la practically Incu rably Insane the defense will make a determined effort to combat the ap pointment of a lunacy commission or his going to an asylum. His law yers met at Mr. Delmas' office last night and made plana toward this end. Their affidavits are being prepared. A number of letters to his qounsel slace the trial began will be submitted. If Justice Fitzgerald decides to ap point a commission in lunacy It will DEFENSE PREPARING consist of three members, an alienist, a lawyer and a layman. The alienist must necessarily be one who has not figured in any way in the case. The commission can, If choen, examine Thaw and report to the Court. If It were to find him sane the trial would be resumed, if otherwise, Justice Fits gerald would be obliged to order Thaw's confinement In the hospital for the criminal Insane. Thaw Ig not greatly disturbed it Is said, over the possibility of having to be examined by a commission. HH lawyers have told him that the ques tlon at Issue la mainly whether he can Instruct them properly. He la con dent upon this point, and confident also that when once this question Is disposed of It will be all the easier for hrs lawyers to persuade the Jury as to the "brainstorm" line of defense. BREAK WORLD'S RECORD. Good Work at National Indoor Meet at SL Louis University. ST LOUIS, March 22. Three world's records were broken last night in the special Invitation events last night at. the National Indoor Meets of the St. Louis University. 4 Florltne of the C T. M. C. A., of SL Louis defeated Archie Halm of Mil waukee In the 50 yard dash by six Inches in 5 1-5 seconds, clipping one fifth of a second off the world's rec ord. W. W. Coe, of Boston, cbampion shotputter, bettered the" world's fee ord by putting the 12 pound shot 63 feet I 14 Inches and the eight pound shot 2 feet I 1-4 Inches. The former records were respectively S3 feet 5 1-2 inches and 61 feet 1- Intch. SLAYS IN SALOON Corporal Lewis Attempts Murder and Commits Suicide. AT EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING Puts Bullet Through Brain In 3 wan Wilson's Saloon After Attempt To Kill Female Companion Was Sta tioned At Fort Columbia. Corporal Lewis of the 33rd Coast Ar tillery attempted to kill Mrs. F. Robin son this morning at 2:00 o'clock, and after missing his victim, shot himself with probably fatal results. The shooting was the outcome of a quarrel over a revolver which was the property of the corporal but which the woman had secured and refused to re turn to him until he was sober. Corporal Lewis entered Swan Wil son's saloon on the corner of Four teenth and Commercial streets in the company of Mrs. Robinson who is a married woman residing on the Wash ington shore. It was about twelve o' clock at the time they entered and asked for a private room. They occupied a booth at the rear of the saloon and it was noticed that they door, laid Lewis in a pool of blood. The ' dy war reached a climax. Two loud re ports rang out and the occupants of the saloon rushed to the apartment, where they found Mrs. Robinson sit ting in a chair and close, to her on the floor, laid Lewis in a pool of blood. The man was taken to St. Mary's hospital in a dying condition and the woman was placed in Jail. The woman was hysterical and all attempts to question her proved futile. Lewis was unconscious. From his post tlon when found and the bullet hole In the wall close by where Mrs. Robin son's head must have been it was de cided that he had fired at her and be lieving his shot effective had shot him self, Dr. Ptlklngton found a wound from a .32 calibre bullet by the man's right ear. The wound is regarded as fatal. In Lewis' clothing was found a pass signed by Adjutant F. J. Behn, of Fort Columbia, which was good until 7:80 this morning. ,