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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1907)
.1 4 UBUtHtt FULL AMOOIAT10 PRIM RB PORT UOVIRS T4B MORNING FI1LO ON Tril LOW! OOLUMHIAil VOLUME LXIII, NO. 67, ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Jtterttitt 0; K V 1 1 t V 8. WITNESSES EXAMINED Grand Jury Gets Evidence In Graft Cases. GLASS PLJADS TODAY He Refuses to Make Public His Course of Action in Matter. WITNESSES ARE ALSO SILENT District Langdon Deolarea Day On of Most Important 80 Far Before Orand , Jury Mayor Sohmltx Oanlat Spsei do Charge. BAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 17. Twelve witnesses war examlneJ today by tha Orand Jury In the n of the Invest! fatlon of bribery and graft during tha Muln thla afternoon. Each wltn a lit canto from tho Inqulnltorlal cham bor refuaed to anawar all question. Rach either, declared ha had been re quested by tho grand jury to keep -tnt or that h had no statement to make. At tha conclusion of the ees elon. District Attorney' Langdon waa asked for a statement. Ho replleJ "Thla waa one of tha moat Important daya thua far before the Grand Jury, respecting which It l necessary for the officers of the prosecution to keep the strictest alienee. "I ahall almply aay thla wa none of the moat satisfactory daya yet." Thla waa taken to mean that the witnesses called, or aome of them, had given, tes timony tending to corroborate the bri bery and graft evidence on which In- dictmenta have ben returned against Abe Ituef, Louie Gltiaa Vice President of tho Pacific Blalea Telephone Com pany and T. V. Halsoy, outalda ogent for the aame company, A. K. Detwel- lor, outride agent for the Home Tele phone Company, Mayor Schmlti and Chief of Police Dlnan, When Haney was aaked for a statement, he replied It would be a big mlatake to make ona. Thla la one of the daya when It la our business to gunrd ngnlnat publi cation." " The wltnessce examined today In cluded Dr. Ferdinand Buttcrfleld, rep , resenting Intercata allied with the Uni ted SUtea Independent Telephone Co., the concern which wanted to hid but did not, for tho competitive frnmthla awarded to the Homo Co., It In charg ed after approximately $200,000 had been paid to the city offlclala, $25,000 to the city of Ban Francltfco and 175, 000 to the Earthquake Relief funds and several offlclala and stockholders of the Home Company. Judge Lawler will call Qonoral Man ager Glass to plead to Indictments for bribery tomorrow. Glass when aaked tonight what his Intentions are, that la, how he expects to plead, referred the questioner to his attorney. The later said "It would be unwise for us to make any atatment now. Whether we ahall plead to Indictments or re list them by demurrer will become known tomorrow morning when the casea are called. This la all we are prepared to say tonight" ' Mayor Schmlti today made a state' tnent specifically denying he had pro fited by the administration graft to the extent of $662,000.He declared that when given an opportunity In court he will prove hla Innocence. , SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-EH-sor Blggy tonight removed Ruef to 2849 Fillmore Street, Mayor Schmltz's former residence. i WIIT PROSPEROUS. Has Not Sen Affeoted By Rich Men's ' Panlo. NEW YOltK, March 27,-Frsnk Trumbull, president of the Colorado Southern system, has Just returned from Chicago In an optfrnlallc frame of mind over the continued prosperi ty of the West. He said: "There are no symptoms of a down grade movement, except such as will naturally follow the curtailment of Improvement by railroads, and If thla does not extend too fur it may prove salutary In tho matter of adjusting labor conditions, money rates, etc, "If we look at our situation In an unruffled way wo can count up a num ber of blexainga. For example, nd railroad construct Ion, no apprehension railroad construction, on apprehension of paralysis over thousands of miles of territory by strikes of railroad em ployea becaua the railroad managers offer to settle upon certain Agues or arbitration." Mr, Trumbull said the prospects In all territories of the ColoraJo South ern lines were good. PAPERS FOR BUTTE. Newspapers Published After Suspen sion of Six Weeks. BUTTE, March 27. All diffewncee having been adjusted between the la bor unions and the publishers, the newspapers or this city will resume publication at once. Evening papers III go to print tomorrow afternoon and morning additions will appear Fri day, morning. The suspension lasted for six weeks. , WILL BOOM ASTORIA New Mill Operated By Electri city Will Be Build. MOST MODERN ON COAST Will Have Capaoity of Four Hundred Thousand Feet Daily Dock At Point Adams Will Be Changed to 8eeure Sheltered Harbor. PORTLAND, Ore., March 27. Be sldea the purchase of the Aatorla & Columbia River Railroad by the Hill Interests, reports from Astoria Indl cate additional Impetus has been given commercial activity on the lower har bor through the fact that A. B. Ham mond, prealdcnt of the A. & C. has ar ranged with the Government offlclala at Washington to alter the poMtlon of the dock at the Point Adama life-sav ing station so he can locate hla pro posed new mill advantageously. The life-saving dock extenda from the shore at a right angle with the stream .and It Is proposed to build It straight. Tho new mill Is to have a capacity of 400,000 feet dally, and promises to bo the most modern on the Coast. Eloe trlclty will be generated for the opera tion of all machine, and the only steam power will be that used in the power house. Wells are to be driven 90 feet deep In order to reach fresh water for use In tie boilers. . The com pany controls practically alt of the waterfront from Hammond, or West Astoria to Fort Stevens, besides all tho spruce timber extending back to Sea side. Shipments will be made both by rail and water, and In securing a change In location of the life-saving station dock a sheltered harbor l pos sible In front of the mill site, When the Northern Paclflo purchased the A. & C. it secured valuable water frontage at Warrenton, and rumors have been rife thatjpn the future docks will be established 'here for. handling cargo brought from the Interior, O. W. Talbot, general manager of the A. & C. who was In Tacoma yesterday conferring with C. M. Levey,, president of the Portland & Seattle, returned last night, and IS at Astoria today arrang ing for the final transfer of the road. CON NE IS Tralnsmen Believe Strike Near at Hand. MANAGERS OPTOMISTIC Forty-Five Thousand Men Are Redy to Walk Out At Signal. EMPLOYERS MUST MAKE MOVE Men Declare No More Conferences Will Be Held Except At Request of Gen era! Managers 8trike Threatened Within N" T-f Daya. CHICAGO, March 27. Forty Ave thJuaand trainmen of the Western Rail road aeem nearer a strike tonight than at any time alnce the negotiations with tho general managers for a IS percent lncreaae and a nine hour day were started two months ago. The confer ente today be'.ween the rpr,senU.lve of men and the rtllroad officials lasted for four hours but was a failure as far as bringing about a solution of the trouble was concerned. Immediately after the .onference broke up tiie rep resentatives of men got together to consider the advlsiblllty of calling a strike. Just what transpired cannot be learn ed, but they were a unit In declaring that a peaceable solution W the con troversy can only be reached by the general managera offering concessions. The union men declare there will be no more conferences unless the rail road officials request It Another meet ing of the union men'a representatives Is scheduled for tomorrow morning and the general belief is that a strtke will be called before another forty eight hours Is passed unless 'railroad officials request another conference to try to settle the matter without A fight Railroad officials are not quite so pessimistic. When the men declared a striae inevitame, secretary inomp son of the General Managers wild: "Wo have not given up all hope of a peace able adjustment of difficulty. We have conceded a great deal to the men and it would seem to be but a matter of time until the union officials see this way clear to accepting the generni manager s proposition." Thompson believes that within couple of days some sort of agreement will be reached. WOULD CLOSE EXCHANGE. Dealers in 8tooka Would Observe Good Friday This Year. NEW YORK, March 27.-Assertlng that their clerks and office force are overworked and almost prostrated by the enormous business' resulting from the recent collapse In the stock mar ket, a majority of the members of the Stock exchange Voted yesterdby1. liv 1 . ' . . favor of closing the exchange on Good Friday and the day following. The matter will be acted upon finally by the board of Governors at their regu lar meeting today. Last, year the ex change voted for a vacation at this time, but the board of governors re fused to consent to it. The produce exchange will be closed on Friday. CONSPIRACY POSSIBLE. WASHINGTON, . March. 87. Lieu tenant Lawrason, who was in com mand of Company "B" 25th Infantry on the night of the Brownsville affray END testified today that he thought It would have been Impossible for the men of his company to have cleaned their guns after the firing occurred as they had no equipment for cleaning guna. Alt guns were Inspected next 'morning, and Lawraaon declared himself satis fled that no guns of his company had been used the night before, The wit ness explained that while at Fort Ni obra, something became wrong with the Company B decapper and 1 more than a thousand empty shell were shipped to Fort Brown. He did not know what had become of the box af ter' the arrival of the company at Brownsville but there was consider able property left on the back porch of the barracks. Tho Inference plainly shown by Senator Foraker's quejtflon was that this box was accessible to boy and others and that shells bear ing the marks of Co. B's guns may have been carried -Into the town and scat tered about the streets with the pur pose of manufacturing evidence against the negro soldiers. OUDJA UNPREPARED. LALALMARINA. Algeria, March 27 he French military mission has re turned here from Oudja, and with It have come all the European residents of Oudja who report that the town Is quiet and that the people do not sus peot the forthcoming occupation. The Moroccan garrison at Oudja is small and not likely to make resestance to the French column. TWENTY" ROUND DRAW. SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. Dick Hyland and Cyclone Thompson went 20 rounds to a draw tonight ASKS CONSERVATION Railroad President Appeals to Politicians of llllinois. DREADS ADMINISTRATION BILL Winchell 0f Rock Island Road Would Not Have Stat Commiaslon Control Issuing of 8tooks ard Bonds of Rail way Corporations. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Mar. 27. Presl dent Winchell of the Rock Island road advised, the railroad, committee of the Illlonols legislature to be conser vative In the matter of railroad legis lation. If the Judgment of the legis lators Is influenced too much by the present outcry against the railroads, Winchell asserted measures might easily be passed which would endanger the prosperity of the country, win chell was one of the large number of ri.UroaJ offlclala' conferring with the committees today on the subject of Important measures pending In the as sembly. The primary purpose of the address was to ask the committees to carefully study the situation before acting on the administration bill pro viding that the state Railroad and Warehouse Commission control the Is suing of stocks and bonds of railway corporations. AMBASSADOR'S WIFE ILL. NEW YORK, March 27. Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, wife of the Am erican Ambassador In Berlin, who ar rived here from Europe last Wednes day is ill at the Hotel Manhattan. It is understood that an operation ha become'" necessary and that a ca blegram has been sent to Berlin sum monlng Ambassador Tower to his wife's aide. AMBASSADOR REID IMPROVING. LONDON, March 27. Advices re ceived from the Rlveria are to the ef fect that the health of the American Ambassador, Mr. ReIL who Is so jouming there, Is Improving, and that he will ' return to his post the latter part of next month. CHUIH RESIGNS Thaw Lunacy Commission Loses Leader. 0'BRIAN LEAVES BOARD Attorney Mc Clure Appointed at Once to Fill the Va cancy. THE FIRST SESSION TODAY Inquiry of Commission Will Be Open, With Secret Executive Sessions Inquiry Will Be Hurried To Conclu sion. : ' NEW YORK, March 27. After the Thaw Jury was excused today until Monday .and the members of the lunacy commission named to inquire In to Thaw state of mind had been sworn in there came the sudden an nouncement that Judge O'Brien, chair man of the commission had resigned. O'Brien In a letter to Justice Fltzger aid stated that the condition of his health and previous business engage ments precluded his serving as a mem ber of the commission. Justice F.U gerald then mode a new order appoint Ing David McClure, a well known al torney of this city, to fill the vacancy. McClure met with the other members "of the commission this afternoon and waa chosen chairman. Later he an nounced that the first session of the commission would be held tomorrow. ANOTHER DALY'S THEATER. Exaot Replica of Famous Building Will Be Constructed. NEW YORK. March 27. There Is to be another Daly's theater In New York. It Is to be built on Broadway, near 42nd Street at a cost of $500,000 by Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger, and the es tate of the late Augustln paly Is to take an Interest in the future of the new house, which Is to 4e as nearly a replica of the famous building on Broadway, between 29th and 30th Streets, as skill and money can make It Every piece of wood work, every picture, all the Interior furnishings hallowed by associations with the old house will be transformed to the new. Announcement to this effect 'was' made yesterday. The lease on the old theater expires May 1. OFFICIALS HELD RESPONSIBLE. NEW YORK, March 27. The grand Jury which has been making an exam ination into the wreck on the Harlem division of the New York Central, near Bedford Park, on the night of Febru ary 14, which resulted In the death of 24 persons; will, according to an an nouncement ' made in the criminal court last night, hand down an In dictment today. Manslaughter in the second degree, it Is stated will be charged. Assistant District Attorney Smythe, at the coroner's hearing contended that some of the officials of the railroad company should be held personally responsible for the killing of the pass engers. STEEL PLANT ENLARGED. NEW YORK. March 27. It was announced yesterday that the Tenn essee Coal & Iron Company has deci ded to enlarge Its steel rail mill which will entail a rebuilding of the plant When the work Is completed the Tens- exsee Coal A Iron Company will have a capacity of 600,000 tons of rails a year. It will be the third maker in the country . largest rait WOULD BIND R008EVELT. WASHINGTON, March 27. The committee representing the Bll., manu facturer's Association, called on the President today and Invited him to ad dress at Springfield III at the earli est poss!bI date, representatives of manufacturing and commercial Inter ests of the middle west, Tho president said he would do so if It was possible. After the confer ence the committees gave out a state ment In which they stated that they had told the President that the rallroa" and financial situation was creating an apprehension and timidity that threat ened the immediate curtailment of ' banking and business credit Flnan- t clai curtailment at tha present time, they told the Pres., would threaten dan gerous results to the great prosperity of the country. The committee urged the President that a great good would come if he expressed a public address, the keynote of his creative and con structlve policy. AMBASSADOR TO POST. JCEWYORK, March 27. Horace G. Knowles, who has been appointed Uni ted States Minister to Roumanian Ser- vla and Bulgaria, arrived in New York yesterday from his borne In Wilming ton, Delaware. He will sail on lA- Provence tomorrow to take charge of his new post Mr. Knowles will reach Roumania as soon as possible, owing to the troubles there. NO THOUGHT OF WAR ButJapanese Will Press Demands tor the Open Door. INTERESTS ARE COMMERCIAL Japanese Foreign Minister Tells Diet That Government Will Await Ad justment of j San Francisco Trouble By the United 8tate. SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. Mail advices from Tokio, state that Viscount HayashI, foreign Minister of Japan, in a speech before the Japanese diet in answer to questions of members re garding the government's attitude con cerning the refusal of the San Fran cisco authorities to admit Japanese to the public schools said: , "The American government which throughout has shown profound sym pathy with the Japanese nation, sent us a telegraphic expression of Its' re gret at the occurrence before our pro test had Teached Washington. Wa considered that our proper course was to stand to one side and patiently await the adjustment of affairs. "In regard to foreign suspicions of . aggressive intentions on the part of Japan, these ideas can only be attrib uted to great Ignorance of the condi tions in this country. The military and naval proposals In the budget are of a kind merely to restore and reor ganise the national forces, just as ev ery other nation Is doing. On behalf not only of the government, but also of the nation, I beg to declare that Japan has no aggressive Intention whatever. As far as commerce Is con cerned, our policy may or may. not be considered aggressive. We Intend to push our Interests to the front We have the right possessed by all coun tries to peacefully compete with other nations, but we intend to firmly ad here to the principles of equal oppor tunity and the open door In which we have the fullest belief." PROFITABLE PUBLICATION. BERLIN, March 27. An estate worth over $20,000,000 was left by the late Herr von Korn, owner of the Schlelssche Zeltung. ;