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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1907)
1 i i 4-1 Ill IS NOW II com L took rescssionofA.&C. esterday. s AD Of 1 1 Lines I Frtji Pasco to the I I Ocean. rICERS RESIGN ow Have Water Grade ;EW MQI AT THE HELM Ttb fWtw Lin, The Portlifc C. M. Road. L undor the ' nrthern off Treated At A Part Of and Seattle Railroad' It President Of Both Spijil to Astorlan. PORTLAN1 Apr. l.-J. J. Hill for- )ly took 4ieelon of the Astorlu d ColumbliiUver R. R., today orfle,' id director ho managed th proper- Cammond regime reslgn- and th Jlrthern Pacific and Great la were elected to ue ied them. (resident Levey announ ce that thekewly acquired property to be maak'ed ns an Integral part fthe new Mrtlnnd and Ktattl Rail- f'.y system.lt will tlve the Hill In ' rest a watt grade route (mm Paco the sea. I M. Levey. President of . Portland ind Seattle Railway waa hoserf preslijit to succeed Hammond hoe realgajtlon waa accepted. Q. '.Talbot vlf President and Gennral tanager ala the road. d to by Prdent Levey nnd Pupcr itendent Johj Un hi preseJ ecretaiy reti tan, or Heat iterestg bet lij; w. . junrur Vt Secretary anU I M held thl fjmt Hotel. I mtd held a etlrea from the service IS dutlea will be atten- McOulre, who la to re position. O. M. McLeod s. Judge U C. Oil attorney for the Hill ics vice Preeldcnt and f Taooma waa elected Treasurer. A meeting afternoon at tht Port- (lie old director of the hort sesalon eeeeptlng air own raJgnatlon an J electing ie list of n dded upon ! ield a meetln tie re. Th w director are C. M. director already do. new directorate then ilind elected the Hill of- p Levey and M UiO. Oilman, 84 P. Martin, Tacoma, L. (le, A. D. Charlton and i William Har-, Portland, John Mo- Sulre and F. 4 Kuottnor, Aitorln. Auditor Kuflner, will remain In con trol of the acajuntlng department and ti.a will also I ounts of the & hern and the md both Hill fflce will be CUBAN Taf tecretary . merit to HAVANA, 9r Taft'a ive charge of the ac lumblrt River and Nor egular line of iteamera ansportatlon line. HI Portland. ARE ANXIOUS. Arrival of Great Mo- finance and Politio. - aprlt 1. Secretary of drlval here la awaited vlth keen oni'ty by politician and overnment oielal. ' Financial and .rlltlcal InteiftW generally, demand s-methlng deflte regarding the pol- Ut the Vnlod Btate. English In- , partlcfarly the railroad com- "s,are ai anxious to know pre- Washington govern- to do, . , ;.; . (RIKE IN NEW YORK. to Quit, Work.. Demand Wage the Cauae. (April t A conference ting of five member .gamated Painter So duty and the Urotherhood of Palntera, which waa appointed to take charge of th kirlke or the two union thl week tor the new wage Male, haa notified (he liKiola of the union in all five de partment of Ui city to withdraw their men today (rum all. building whnre the union acnle I tint paid. Secretary Qoorge linger of rh Urotherhood of Palntera, ea(lmat that about 10,000 painter will be out to duy on hundred' or building and In hlpyaxda. The demand are for an Im reaae of wage of to cent day, KAISER AIDS SUFFERERS. IlKftLIM, April t.-Accordlng to the Itertlner Skdtung, th Kaleer haa only Jiint received an acknowledgement of a check he "out to aid the u(tfrer by th dynamite expo1on at Wliten, four month ago. tnvetlgn(lon which he cauned to be Inmliutod ahowed that during the four month the money ha I pasted from on to another and had only lull reached the "ufferer. BUENOS AYRES ORAIN EXPORTS. RUKNOS AYUKfl, April V8ltt-llt-a compiled by the MlnUtry of Ag riculture give the total value ir wheat ralae and llnieed eiportallon In lso a llM.Ooo.ooo a agalnn tint, 000,000 In 1005. Wheat export In 108 amounted to t, 355, 711 ton: male. SJ.500,T; tlnaeed S2J.13X and flour, 121.U1. . Woman Immune Herselt Trans mits Germs to Others. STRANGEST CASE ON RECORD New York Doctor Puttied by Womi Who In Pat Six. Yar Inoeuttted Mor Than 25 Peepl With Deadly Fever Germ. NEW YORK. April l.-A puMling eaae I under obervatlon In the re ception hovpltal In thl city. The pa tient Ik a woman cook, apparently In perfect health, but who I ditfalned became ahe la aupected of communi cating typhoid to about 26 pernoni within the pat lx year. According to r. Walter Henael, the aanltary u perintendent of Mnnhaltun, the womun i literally a living typhoid factory. Bhe hernelf waa atrlckon with the dls. eae about lx year ugo, It ran the uaual coure and ahe recovered. Now It Uv found tliut In all the time a!nc he waa declared cured of typhoid fe ver ahe kept on nuturlng and devel oping typhoid germ. Though hnraclf Immune, the gerrna which ahe haa been developing have been a contnnt ource of danger and contagion to all with whom Bhe ha come in contact. "The Lord only know' what we can do with 'the woman," auld Dr. ncnxel. "We tvlll keep her under obeervutlon and will c'ertAlnly employ every mmni' known to iclonce to locate and de atroy the culture group of , germa e'hl"!li fr-t In tlngrtig ,ln ner an atomy." Suspicion waa attracted to the wom an am typhoid Invariably appoareJ In famllle where he wa employed and when ha waa taken to the hoipltul the auaplclon waa confirmed through culture teata, ' V ' APPEALS TO HIGHER COURT Applies for a Writ of Hab ' cus Corpus. TOO CLOSELY GUARDED Claims He is Being Punished and Humiliated Before His Trial. SNEEZING CAUSES BLINDNESS. Nw lry ; Woman Totally Blind From Violent Snwxlng. NEW, YORK, April l.-Mr. Joaeph Jack, wife of a prominent resident of Trenton, N. J., 1 blind with Httlo pro. poet of ever regaining her light, a the result of a. violent attack of aneoz Ing which ahe had a few evening ago, Ing which he Buffered a few evening Speclallat who are treating Mri Jack believe that the vlolenca of her Sneez ing caused a hoiinorrage of the blood veoael. YIOUTION Of CONSTITUTION T. V. Haltey To Start Prom Manila April fr Secretary of Board of Su pervisor Removed By That Bady Hny Spring Sentation. BAN FRANCISCO, April t -On the eve of hi trial, on the charge of ex torting $2,0fl from the French r taurant keeper of thl city, wheh I to begin tomorrow before Judge Dunne, Abe Ruef, today aaked the Vupreme Court to free him fro mthe cuftmiy of Kileor niaity d. order him Into lb charge of tli Sheriff whom Judge Dunne dlaquallfled on ground of per sonal Interest. Ruef through hi at torney haa filed in tho higher court. An application for a writ of habeas enrpua ao extensive In allegations, ar guments and citation of authorities that It occupies twenty one type written page and (hat It embrace sixty-two subdlvtalona, Ruef vets up that his detention by tho FJIsor Is Illegal: that. his case had been In court four month prior to March t and on that date being Indisposed, he decided to visit Trocadero, believing on advice of hi counsel that hi pret ence. In court would not be required because of hi appeal to the Federal Supreme Court on the writ of error 'granted by Juctue Hebbard, Ruef re count hi arrest and his refusnl of ball at the hands of Judge Dunne, who with Rudolph Spreckles, and Honey, are hi enemle Ruef declare hi Im prisonment amounts to practically soil tary confinement; that he Unguarded night and dny, by guard employed by Bprecklea, Heney and Burn. That ho cannot consult hi lawyers without being overheard, unless he talk In whispers; that he Is not al lowed to talk wlh hit! wltnesse and that he I being punished. Imprisoned and humiliated before the trial, All 'those act he declares to bo unconsti tutional and violative' of the fifth and eighth amendment to tho Constltu tlon. The supreme court took no ac tion upon the' application today, not even Issuing In alternative writ, I Edwin T. Earl, owner of tho Los Angeles Evening Express and Dr. J. R. Hnynes, president of the Civil Ser vice Commission of Los Angeles were among thorn who 'presented themselves for examination before the Grand Jury today, .... ' ' t Dr. Haync was excused by Honey who said he was satisfied Hanes knew nothing of the affair under Investl galon. Earl wa examined by the Ju ry, and after he was through he ask ed Heney If It were not true that he Heney had told him more about the affairs of the Home Company than he 'knew, when he came Into the room. 'Heney replied that It wa true. ' Heney also stated he wa satisfied 'that Earl knew nothing of theTiffalrs ho had been questioned about. Earl then asked If Heney would go state to presa, to which Heney replied "I will, Sir with pleasure." ,. ,The trial of Abe Ruef, on extortion charges, union the program la chang ed at the last moment will actually begin tomorrow s before Judge Dunn. It la estimated by th Counsel that from ten to twelve day will bo reiulrd to get a Jury, Apodal agent Hums today announc ed receipt of cablegram from Manila, stating that T. V, Halsey. Indicted on charge of bribery of th Supwrvoslrs on the behalf of th 1'acllto States Telephone Company will atnrt for Man Franc Hm.'o on April I, , Heney ainrind a enatlon among the newspaper men immediately after to daa Grand Jury session by remark ing that he had In his possession "One of the RotnliiMiks' of Halaey'a former stenographer and a tpewrttten tran script of Its contents." He would not dlacus the niattera that la contained or give any Information as to their Im portance. The board of supervisor today re moved Its secretary Senator Oeorg II. Knnne, a Runf appointee. Supervisor Gallagher o(Trd the resolution drop, ping Kcsns. FRENCH IN ALGERIA, Change In Franeh Army Corp In OudJ Region. LAIXAMARINA, Algeria. April t In view of the aatlsfuctory condition prevailing in the Oudaja Region Gen oral Liauloy, commander of the French column of occupation haa decided to turn over the command of Oudjg to General Dclanneeu and return to his regular duty at Orau. SALTPETER SQUAD National Food Commission to De termine Its Effect THE PACKERS MADE REQUEST A Squad of Tn Men Will Eat Meat Cured) With- Saltpeter Fee Six Month Under Observation of Board of PhysJeiant, CHICAGO, April 1. A dispatch to I ha Record-Herald from Urbana, 111., say; "It Is the plan of the commas slnn to make the most elaborate tet the effect of liiu Bait-peter content of cured meat upon the health, aald President James of the University of Illinois yesterday, In disrupting the work of the nutlonal fond commission. "The work," he added, "la underta. ken at the solicitation of the packers themselves, who have long watitJ to know whether or not alt-peter when consumed In small quantities, I In jurious. Tho work will be carried on at Ihf University of lltlnol under the dtreot supervision of Professor Grlndj"ay of the University. A squad of 20 men will he housed at a club under the moat favorable - conditions potnlblo Half of the men will be fed meals cured In the ordinary . way and th other tie exactly the same diet except that (hi mvHts will not ontnin any saltpeter. A doctor will examine the man 'dally, and their weigh' and physical condition will be carefully no ted. The Investigation will extend over six months and the results will be uccuraite In every particular, "Tho mari composing the commis sion are the most noted In the coun try. They will direct the work and their presence on the commission In sures that the results) attained will be final. The work la of great Import ance.' Owing to the immense amount of cured meat consumed In the coun try It is Imperative that the people know of the Injurious or non-lnJurl ous use of sultpeter." At) Boon as the saltpeter lnvestlav tlon la finished other work In connee tlon with nutritive problems will be undertaken, , , , . HIIX IN MINNEAPOLIS. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. April I, President HIU waa here today try ing to arrange a compromise rate mea sure to be submitted to the legislature. COUNSEL IS CONFIDENT Lawyers BclicvcThaw Will Stand Test. THAWS COUNSEL RESTS Jerome Expresses Opinion That the Defense Is Assuming too Much. JURY MEETS NEXT WEDNESDAY The State Alitnlttt T Be Heard and ' A Protracted Affair la Looked Fee Counsel Bliovt Thaw Will Stand Th Test. NEW YORK, April i.-An Impor tant development In the Court pro ceedings against Harry K. Thaw U the announcement today by Counaei for the prisoner. The Thaw side ret, so far as further testimony by their side la c"ncrnd before the lunacy cnmmlsalon. ' Thu defense bcllovea that thla will help to bring thl partic ular hearing to a close by Tuesday night that the trial, delayed for more than a week by the movement to de termine Thw' sanity at th present time, can now be Immediately returned. The defense aume, of course that the commission will find that Thaw Is now ane. In fart they are supremely confident of such an outcome baaing their opinion on the aplendld ahowlng Thaw Is auld to have made, when questioned before the Commissioners, DlMrlct Attorney Jerome doe not share the opinion of the defense that th jommlsslon'wlll conclude Its hear ing on Tuesday.. Ho snld that defense was naMimtng too much and expressed the ' belief that several duys would elapse before the commission reported. Mr. Jerome believe that the commis sion will hear hi alienists, and he hopes, besides, that tho testimony of Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton will be admitted. There Is no doubt that the hearing will be prolonged If the State' alienists are allowed to testify a fully as Mr. Jerome wishes them to do, but the defense lawyera hellevn that they will only be,permlttd to tell what they think of Thaw's present condition, and facts' of the distant past, on which most of their conclusions are bnaed, will bo eliminated. Daniel O'Reilly al so stated that Dr. Hamilton would not be allowed to testify, and he added that he hoped the Whole matter would be ended Tuesday night, "I do not 'aee why It should not be," concluded Mr, O'Rellley. "There will be a brief session of Justice Fitzger ald's court today but . the Jury will agsln be dismissed probably until Wednesday to await the report of the commission.'' 1 ' . ; 1 ' ' 'j :' POSTAL ADVANCES RATES. NEW YORK, - April 1. Charles P. Bruch, assistant genera) manager of the Postal Telegraph Company Is quo. ted today as stating that hla company has raised It rate, practically to the am basis aa that recently announced by tho Western Union. The new rate went Into effect at midnight, April 1. glneer compiled absolutely with 'I " company ru!t In bringing th trains to a atop. Th other I per cent brought their trains to a stop but af ter passing tht signal. The men were marked deficient and severely disciplined. Of 110 'train tested on the company main line 17 per cent of the engineers obeyed tho rule while on the New Turk division doc a single engineer wa caught napping. A total of I.Sr.J trains were Involved In tlitf, tests. NINTH TO CO TO PHILLIPINES Colored Regiment and Hot- to Leave for Insular PoteeMion. SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. Twlv iundred horse, valued. It I sold a' 1250,000, will be fchlpped to th Phil. Ilpltie on th army transport Dlx. which I scheduled to leavo thl port for Manilla, th latter part of the week. The hors are Intended fa- the use of the Ninth cavalry, wbjch regiment la to tall for th Islands on May I. The Ninth cavalry la a colored regiment commanded by white officer. It ha been atatlnned for oi.e time past at Fort Riley and Uavenworth In Kan. sat, and at Fort Sheridan, III. ME US A OFF FOR EUROPE. NEW YORK, April L Mme. Melba, sails for Europe on the Klor Wll helm der Orosse, tomorrow. TRAINMEN RECEDE RE8ULT8 OF 8IQNAL TEST. Pennsylvania R, R. Conduota Tact aa to Effiolsnoy of Signal System. . NEW YORK, April 1. The Peonayl vanla road within the last 8 monthx has held surprise signal tests on It lines In which 97 per cent of tho en- Rumored They Will Take Less Than 12 Per Cent TO ACCEPT MANAGERS OFFER Movement of Trainman le Now In the Other Direction Grand Chiefs Gar retaon ni Morrissey, , Refute To Talk On the New Movement. ClflCAOO. April 1 -The rallroade yesterday announced a Secret canvut, Juat completed among their employes showing a strong sentiment against calling a big atrlke and In favor of accepting the wage offer of the roads, The announcement wa made to Fed eral Commissioners who are attempt ing to bring about a settlement of the dispute. It nfty have an Important bearing en the peace negotiations. Follwlng this move of the railroads, a report wa spread that leader of the union were preparing to make attvoral concessions. It wa aald that the demand for a nine hour day may be abandoned and that the men also may decide to take less than the IS per cent, advance In pay they have de monded. Grand Chief Garretton of the Conductor will not confirm this report Orand Chief Morrlscy, of the Trainmen, refused to declare himself further than to aseert "that the att ention had not changed materially.'' Late dispatches tay: v The railway employes of the Wes tern ratlroada have reduced their de 'mand to a nine hour work day and commissioners Knapp and Noll) are working hard to overcome , that ob stacle. They hold an almost contin uous today with the manager' of roada and representatives of the trainmen and conductors. The men today sig nified a willingness to accept tho wage'' Increase offered b the companies It the managers grant the demand for a nine hour day. The labor delegates declared, the wage Increase minor mat. ter but that they would not dare faoe their constituents without securing the Improvement In working conditions. It was learned tonight that the nine hour domand of the firemen waa what prevented a settlement of that end of the labor difficulties the western road are experiencing. While acting sep arately from conductors and trainmen, tho firemen are standing for the same demands', but It ta aald, in event of a ' strike they would walk out v . I