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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1907)
"XI ' - Ji ll AArfAA A.AA w zJ?lX JW&ifWl. ft UfJLItHtt CULL AMOOIAT1D RIPORT OOVIR4I TM MORNIN9 PIILD ON THt LOWE COLUMBIAN t VOLUME LXIII, NO, 72. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ""4 .. J' will ..n .. .n. mi..M lh..!..,!..-. in i- I,, S IS ELECTED Chicago Voters Position on Municipal Question. VOTING MACHINES USED Republican Victory By Plurality 13,131 Election Sees End of Abusive Campaign. TRACTION QUESTION SETTLED Ballot Indicate a Decided Rtvartal Of Th L Election Popl Suitsir. Oamoeralle Counoll On tha 8trt Car Ordlnanow. CHICAGO. April 2,-Not In many year ha ther been bald In Chicago, municipal election ao Important ami far reaching In It effoct aa (hat which begun at ( o'clock thl morning at the tiSd voting precincts. flaid tha election of cltyomYIl, th people will decide or (all to decide tb street car question which hna kept tn eily tn flieibn Jurlng th laat two yeara, Thla election alo will ba tha flrat by which city official are to be selcc- tad for a trnt of four year aa agalni th two year term whlrh ha born the law In tha pMt. The polla will clo at 4 o'clock In tha afternoon and It la estimated that 150,000 cltliena will expre by their ballota their choice both a to Candi da I o and the various qutIon of public policy that will ba submitted to the people today. The Republican manager claim that their candidate for Mayor. FreJ A. Rue, preaent Fotmtr of Chi cago, will have t plurality of 40,000. Tha Democratic leader assert their belief In the aucce of Mayor Edward T. Dunne by about the aame advantage ever Buaae. that th Republican claim for their candidate. Relde tha oatilMiatea for office, the people will be called on to vol for several proportions. One of the I the question of a public policy by whlrh the people will declare for or tmlnat the approval of the traction or dlnanre paaacd by the city council, vetoed by Mayor Dunne, and sgntn punned ovpr the veto. While the prdlnnncea havo been made a party measure It la likely that part line will be crooned by many of the votera on the proposition. Tho Democratic platform declnreil ngnlnt the ordinan ce and Mayor Dunnn haa made hi cainpaJgn In opposition to thorn. The Republican plntform doclared for the ordinance and Mr. Ru"K la pledged to enforcement of tho moo urea If elected. Seldom In the history of Chicago wore the oloctlon precinct surrounded by ao large nn army of watchera and workor of both parties. The Jay opened clear and cold. . The reault of today'- municipal elec tion In Chicago, unleaa the reault 1 surprisingly close will be Indicated 80 minute after the poll cloae at 4 o'clock. Thla quick forecast will be due to tha voting machine which are stationed In each ward of the city. The Inatant the poll cloae at 4 o'olock the machine will be opened the dial read And the reault talophoned to the office of the election commissioner In the City Hall. Comparison of these early result with the Dunne-Harlun vote In the ame precinct two years ago will give an Indication of the result of today's CHIOAQO, April 1. The most In- IDE tenae municipal campaign, Chicago haa xporleneed In many year, cloned to night with th election of Pred A. IIumo. republican candidate for Mayor ovor Edward F. Dunne, hi Democratic rival and candidal for r-etootln, by a plurality of between 13,131 000. Th lue tn the campaign have been largely based on Improvement of local motion ytom. Doth parties wer Agreed that th preaent condition were Intolerable but differed aa to th beat method to b employed In revising them. Th Dm oral, headed by .Dunne, stood for mu nicipal ownership through th condem nation of th eireet car pmpnrile If th reault could not b obtained In any other way. Th Republican puny favorel ordinances, which were recen tly paaaed by th Democratic City Coun ell over Dunne' veto. The ordi nance provide for twenty year fran chises, th dtf retaining th right to purchase th system for 110,000,000 plu the amount spent for th Immedi ate rehabilitation of th lines, six month tiotlc being necessary to ac quire th properly. Th fight for and against the ordinance by referen dum vote ha been exceedlngi ybltter. Thoy wer carried by A majority of (bout 22.000 vote. Th vol today about 40,000 votes. Th vot today Showed decided rvrl of public opinion on th question of municipal ownerahlp comprd wlih th cam paign two year ago. At that time Dunne received 141.000 vote against 130.000 for th Republican candidate. Thla year th Republican vot was about 151,7111, Th campaign haa been on of the mot vlctoui th elty ha ever known. Charge and counter chargea war hurled back and forth, th personal live of th candldatea have been held up to the public and throughout the entlr campaign, pea- kers of both aldea hav Indulged, night after night In tlrad filled with In ventive and Abu. , U4,33t and the Democrat council with him, but It i a very close nm and th makeup of thl body above 16 Republican and 14 Democrat. Ac cording to the latest return at mid night, the only Democrat elected, out side of Aldermen, was John R, Trae gcr, candidate for City Treasurer. SAN FRANCISCO IS Again Visited By a Very Costly Fire. $2,500,000 DAMAGE IS DONE City Without Light Owing To Dsa- truction of Power House Fireman In jured By Falling Wallt-Pollc, Re rv War Called Out. SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.TThe destruction of the electric light and power house of the San Francisco On and Electric Ught Company at 22nd Avenue and Georgia Street, by Are tonight, plunged almost tho entire city Into darkneas. The Are resulted In the Injury of flvo firemen and caused an estimated loss of $2,600,000. Th fire men were caught by falling walla when the building unexpectedly collapsed. Of nine of the leading theatres six could give no performance. Extra po lice were placed on duty at the tempo rary Hall of Justice and the City Pris on. Owing to the darkness of the building, the building having no gas connections, no on was allowed to en wltlch scattered fuel oil In all dlreo- Hons. The oil Immediately caught fire, Ignited the oil tank which explod ed and In a few minute the entire building with the valuable machinery wo wrapped In flame. . HILL RESIGNS. ST. PAUI April 2.-Jame J. Hill has reaigned from the presidency of the Great Northern and will be chair man of the board of director. His son I W. Hill tuoceed him as prest dent BOO ON TRIAL Selecting of, Jury Begun Today. GREAT CARE EXERCISED The Talesmen Were Ask Many Unuseral Questions Before Being Passed. J. R.BRADSTREET FIRST JUROR Long Legal Battle To Follow On th Reault of Which Dpnd th Fat Of Th Other Proceeding Relating Te Bribery and Graft BAN FRANCISCO, April J. Alegal battle that promisee to lat for weeks and which I expected to be In a mea sure pivotal of all criminal proceeding growing out of Grand Jury' bribery and graft Investigations, wa begun In earnest today when Abe Rucf, Sun Francisco' Indicted political bosa wa placed on trial, today on th charge of extorting large sum of money from local restaurantnr under the threat that unless paid he and Mayor Schmltt would prevent the renewal of their liquor licenses, by the Police Commis sion. When the court adjourned, one of th talesman, had been examined and passed without challenge by both aide and a aecond wa under examination by tho defense. The first Is to J. II. Bradstreet, a wealthy manufacturer. Aside fro mthe aterotyped question commonly put to talemen, to determine their qualification, many significant questions were asked. Among these wer queries whether, the talesmen know or have buslneaa relation with the newspaper editors or reporter of th San Francisco press, naming many of them, are they acquainted with any number of the Grand Jury; have they you prejudiced against the Union Labor ou prejudiced against the Union Labor Party; are you acquainted with any political enemy of Ruef or Schmlti; have you formed any opinion as to the connection of Rudolph Spreckles with thla Investigation (Spreckles guaran teed 3100,000 fund for the expense of the Investigation) or acquaintance with him or hi family ;alo If the tales men thought Judge Dunne prejudiced. To this question Judge Dunne sus tained an objection by the people 'If the ruling of this court upon objec tions Interposed should Indicate, to you. that thla court has reached conclusion an to guilt or lunocence of Ruef would that also prejudice you against the do fyndaiiitT" EDWARD AND ALFONSO. A Hug Tim When th Two Monarch Meat thl Autumn. MADRID, April 2. The preparation for th coming meeting of King Ed ward and King Alfonso are progress ing. There will be a banquet on the warship Numanca, at Cartalgena, at which 100 cover will be laid. A fea ture will be th electric light display In the port. Thl will Include the In Itlnlg of the two kings In letters 46 feet high. MILLIONAIRE'S 80N KILLED. Retult ef Shooting Fray A Week Ago In Saloon at Raoln, Wi. CHICAGO, April 2, A dispatch from the Tribune from Racine, 111., says Ja cob C. Best, son of the millionaire wholesale liquor dalr of Milwaukee, who wo shot In the abdomen during a quarrul In a uloon her last week died early today. J. .W, Dillon, In who saloon Rest wa hot, Is In Jail, and although (Dillon dent the deed a dying statement of Best together with the statement of tho men who were la th saloon at th time of th shouting, charge Dillon with the hooting, FAVROT TO BE FREED. KilUd Doctor For Making Disparaging Rmrk About Hia Wife. BATON ROUOE, April 2. Congress man George K, Favrot after several month In Jail during which the grand Jury Indicted him for murder, culmina ted with a final quashing of the Indict ment by the State Supreme Court yes terday. He must now remain In pris on for several months more until an other Grand Jury reopen and act on the whole matter again. Congress man Favrot, shot and killed Dr. W. H. Aldrlch, alleging that the physician had cast aspersion on Mr. Favrot POOL ROOM EVIL In New York the Subject of Searching Investigation. PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED District Attorney' Offic Mak Start ling Diclour Of Illegal Buain Former Patron Supbonad And . Will Ba Compelled To Ttify. NEW YORK, April 1 Th Pool room situation In New Tork Is again attracting attention following Ue Im portant raid made by the Dtatrlct Attorney" office. One of the places raided was in lower Broadway, and the other wa at 112 Fulton Street Both apparently wero distributing point of Information for a chain or pool rooms, and with a list of names and patrons, some prominent In so cial and business life were seised. District Attorney Jerome haa had hi assistants examining thfe docu ments and he make public some of the surprising things they found. The book show that Ave men tn the Ful ton Street poolroom syndicate made a profit of over 220,000 monthly for many months'. The profits for a year are placed at $25Of0O0, Indicating what little chance the majority of bettors have. The Immense profits. It Is sta ted, were made with a capital of $10. 000. The patrons of the pool roomy In cluded many prominent men In busi ness, social, and official circle, ac cording to records, letters and checks found. The names of many of these mep will be made public through grand Jury proceedings which the District Attorney is about to Institute. The men will be called to testify and un der the Dowllng law they will have to tell what they know of the business who ran it and who protected It or go to Jail. , . Sensational exposures are expected ahortly and the statement 1 made that Mr. Jerome hope to uncover the elu sive "Man higher up." Assistant District Attorney Vandt- ver said today that 6i subpoenaes had been Issued for patroft who have placed beta with an alleged pool room syndicate, the three office of which were raided by a force from the, Dis trict Attorney's office last week. Mr. Vandlver later had a conference with several official of different banks and said a a result that he had come Into possession of a number of checks made out by men who had lost o nthe races and who aent checks to cover their losses. One check was for 325,- 000. Dan O'Rellloy, said to be counsel for some of the persons summoned, said no questions would be answered until hi clients go before the Grand Jury, when hi clients would talk freely. ROOSEVELT HARIUN Stenographer Causes Tup moil. Bf PUBLISHING LETTERS Harriman Accused President of Solicting Campaign Funds and Breaking his Word. WHICH ROOSEVELT DENIES Harriman In Letter Said Th President Agreed To Appoint Depew To Am basadorhip Providing Harriman Would Raia Fund of $208,000. CHICAGO, April 2. A. sensation wa caused here today by the publication of a letter addressed to Sidney Web ster, a lawyer and written on political subjects ,of New Tork. and signed by E. H. Harriman. In the course of the letter which concerns Harriman' con nections with certain political events. It Is stated that Harriman during the autumn of 1904 was called to Washing ton by President Roosevelt: that the President told hm there was grave dan ger that New Tork would go Demo cratic becaus of a lack of necessary funds to finish the campaign; and that th President asked him to help raise the necessary funds. The letter says Harriman told the President be under stood the trouble was principally in the "Up State," where Depew' re election to the Senate was opposed and that If Depew could be taken care of, he thought matters could be adjus ted. The letter say the President agreed to appoint Depew to the ambas sadorship at Pari if necessary. The ter proceed with the statement that Harriman returned to New Tors; com municated with Treasurer Eliss, who stated that it was necessary to raise 3200,000; that Harriman communicated to several friends of DepeWs and as a result the campaign contribution de sired was raised and as a result was Instrumental in turning of 30,000 votes in New Tork City alone, and making a difference of 100.000 in the total re sult Harriman says later the Presi dent told him that he the President did not see the need of appointing De pew, to an ambassadorship and prefer red seeing him returned to the Senate. Harriman adds, tht he thought as a matter of conscience ,lt was his duty under the circumstances to do all he could to secure the return of Depew to the Senate and that he did so. NEW YORK, April 2. E. H. Harri man late tonight gave out a statement In response to the statement made pub' lie by President Roosevelt at Washing. ton today In which he says the corre' spondence between him and Webster was intended for his eyes alone. The letter was written January 2, 1905 at a time when no one could doubt the cordiality of his relations with the President He (says that about ten days ago he learned that a discharged stenographer, previously employed by Webster, wa trying to sell to some newspaper a reproduction from some of ns notes one of Harriman' private letters. Harriman said he made every effort to' prevent its publication. When he learned yesterday that a New Tork paper had (he transcript of these notes he notified tho publisher of the facts and urged upon him the gross out rage that the publication under such clroumstances would Involve, Continuing, Mr. Harriman says: "While deploring, of course, that the sacredness of private correspondence y r . . v: .-. should tha be violated, I cannot with draw anything In the letter." Harriman say in Justlc to himself, he feel -bound to call attention to certain thing In which th President doe Harriman an Injustice, Harri man then reviews his correspondence with th President wtth a view to show Ing that the president riot alone solici ted th Interview with him in th sum mer of 1904 but also at several times during the fall of the ame year in or der to1 talk over "Trouble with, th tat ticket In New Tork." : , ' WASHINGTON. April 2. President Roosevelt denied emphatically - th statement contained .In th , alleged letter from Harriman to Webster, i. The FresUent characterized th statement as "Deliberate and A wilful untruth, by right It should be character Ixed by an even shorter and more ugly word. I never requested Harriman to raise a dollar for the Presidential cam paign of 1904." , The President appends to his denial, a copy of the letters from himself to Representative Sherman, dated Octo ber 8, and 12, 190C, In 'which Is con talned the letters exchanged between the President arid Harriman daring tii fall of 1904, whchl tend to show that the President did not ask for any contribution from Harriman. Harriman says Whether the Presi dent was seeking Harriman' aid to secure th adherence of th Stat' of New York, to state ticket or he wa seeking'' mine Is proved or disproved by this correspondence, and Harriman says he Ciaerfnlly submits--to public whether, tha Inference clearly suggest ed by the President Is a proper one.. "I am not responsible" Harriman statement concludes' Tor what Mr. Sherman may have said to the Presi dent with reference to the conversa tion he had with me. 'I contribute to his campaign fund, and that the state ment alleged to have been attributed to me by him wer false. Th President was assured of this fact by a mutual friend who was present at the Inter view." THAW COMMISSION Will Be Ready to Report on Thursday. ALIENIST'S WAR OF WORDS Lunacy Commission Ha But Little Left To Do Evelyn Thaw Subpoen. aed To Appear Befor Commission By Jerome Object A Myctary. NEW TORK. April 2. District At torney Jerome will strive determinedly today, unless all signshfall, to have tho commission which is sitting In the case of Harry K. Thaw permit Mr. Jerome to present such expert testimony as he wishes, to prove that Thaw is a pa ranloac. It was only after strenuous argument at the latest session of the commission which was held on Satur da, that the District Attorney was granted the right to call his alienists to the stand and even then he was In structed that his examination of the experts must be limited to showing what the present mental state of the prisoner Is. But Mr. Jerome Insists that he Is empowered to question these medical men as to the prisoner's' men tal condition prior to White's death and to the time of It Mr. Jerome' contention Is that Thaw la Insane and he should be sanctioned to make It legally manifest , Justice Fttsgerald Instructed the Ju ry In the case to report for duty again next Thursday morning. Thl Is ta ken to mean that th Justice expects the commission to conclude It labors by Thursday. It la reasoned, there fore, that the commission will not spend a great deal of time hearing the state's alienists. The commission per force must decide that Thaw is men tally sound or the rovers. If the for mer his trial will be resumed and each side will sum up; If the latter, Thaw (Continued on Pag 8.) I.