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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1907)
omnt UKIH PULL AMQOIATIO RIPORT UOVKRS THI MORNINQ FIILO ON Trfl LOWKft OOLUMBIAil VOLUME LXIM, NO. 80. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS THAI? JURY STILL OUT " Again Locked Up for the Night. tv OW . " "I J " " "' ' . . .i . m DELIBERATED 31 HOURS Fitzgerald Hopes for Verdict Wil ;Not Discharge Jury Until Foreman Complains. INDICATIONS FOR VERDICT Absence Of Word from Jury That They Aro Unable To Agree Taken At Favorable Sign That A Vordlot Will Bo fUnoVrod. NEW YORK, April H.-Dbwb and thent ho h'irrying egr morning fiuml U 1! men who are charged with tlia duty of flu ling Harry Tliuw guilty or guiltless of Stanford White' wlft death at hla han't last Juno till locked u; In thn jury room In tho criminal court hull ling. They had been confine! there inco 11:10 o'clock lam night nd ihey had had tho caao committed to them shortly after 6 o' clock yeterday afternoon. It will probacy be noil Into morning before they can b releaseo, assuming that they tiuvo agreed f"r Jutlve Fit gci aid iloc not commonly reach the building until 10: SO o'clock. Power rumor than usually (titer from a Jifry room where a grout caao la near ita end resche.1 the outer nlr last night or early today. Ilut scarce and comparatively valuu'eap aa those re- porta were, their irnd was nil In the aiune rtlrect'on disagreement. Of course, gueste. ome of them baaed on shrewd deduction, and aome of them on mere hearaay were not In frequent, At midnight, Daniel O'Rcllley, one of tho prlaoner'a lawyer, who has been credlte.1 with a aucccaafut fore- mating of the way tho Jury tood In the Nan Patteraon caao, an Id that the jury tood Un for acquittal and two for murder In tho drat degree. Mr. O'Rellley wn also convinced that the Jury would agree by 10:S0 o'clock. Aa for the defendant, tho cheerful mss nnd ev m giiloty which marked hi recovery from tho gloom which almost overwhelmed him when Dis trict Attorney Jerome excoriated him nnd hi wlf and Jusl U'C Fltsgerald solemnly adjured the Jury to do their duty, remained with him until Into Into tho night. Indeed through Clif ford W, Ilnrtrldgo, hla personal coun ol, hfi ent ti message to one of the newspaper which quote him as de claring that he had tho absolute con viction that he would bo acquitted, and added: "I fear net her the electric chulr nor the mad house for my act wa Justi fiable." Mr. Evelyn Nfosblt Thjtiw who tayed with him until all likelihood that the jury would return a verdict lat night, had vanished, expressed an assurance like his that he would be acquitted, ' Mr. William Thaw, mother of the defendant and the other member of the family who have remained by hi aide all through the 'rylng ordeal, anx-) lously awaited at their hotel up to a late hour for now from the Jury, NEW TOKK, April 11. Deliberation of thirty one hour by tho Thaw Jury It ha failed lo lesuU In a verdict, At 11:40 tonight tbe Jury wa ordered locked up tor the' second night, at the Criminal Court Bu'lding. Tbe fact that they have not l oon able to agree, after devoting o rtuch tlmo to the study and discussion of th cao has given rise to a belief that tho Trial will end In a dlaagroomont and (he whole affair wl'j have to bo gone pvor again. Although tho twelve men have thu far filoJ to reach a common opinion and to ul' appearance aro bop at M, JustU Flttgorald ha not given ui hope of having Ver diet rendered. As et tho foreman of the Jury ha nil complained to the court that the juror aro unable to reach a declaim- and until ho doe o It I not likely, that Judge Kllxgerald will discharge Ihem , Tho general Impression Is, if they aro unable :o agree at tho eiplratlun of 41 hour, they will bo reloaaed from further servfta. Tin very fact how- ever that nj Intimation ha been re ceived from Jury rooih that the men are unable to ag-eo, ha boon construed by men who nav followed the proeeod Ing closely, in an Indication that (he erdlot will over.tually be reacheJ. The mother, wife and two alstoro and bro ther of tho defendant were In th criminal court up to a late hour, when It wa announ.-m that tho Jury had been looked up r the night and there wa no propet or a verdict before tomorrow mon ing they returned to their hotel '.he Cetl!Ien. BASEBALL 8CORE8. Han Fraiciafo, Ban Francisco Portland 1. l,o Angelo, Los An geles i, Oitk'and 1. Prominent Society Woman Dei! berately Drops to Death. MRS. IGNATZ L0WENGART Nervous Proration Cause Woman To Leave Husoand And Little OaughUr And Deliberately Drop SO Foot From Bridge At Ford Street. Over the tall'ng of the high bridge Unit spans .lie 100-foot gulch at Ford street, Mr, gnat Lowengart threw herself this m irnlng to end what to her, In broken lealth, wa a troubled existence. Th tragedy occurred at 5:20 o'clock. A few minute before 9 o'clock she dial qu'etly at the North Pacific Snn'itot v m In tho presence of her husband. B) e never regained consrloumes. Shu wa me wife of Ignatt Lowen gart, senior pr.itner of tho wholesale millinery Ami t-f Lowengart & Com puny, one of Portland's moot substan tial nnd best k"own buslnes men, and before her mairlngo ten year ago was MImn Leah Oorst, a society belle of San Fra'ielsoo,- Mrs. Lowengart, before III health compelled her to re nounce all olal activity, was promt nent In ocl ty circles of this city. Within !i0 ye.rds of tho spot where Dr, Phillip Johrron met hi' death In the same number neatly three months ago, Mrs. Lowengart fell. While her husband slopt eho had stolen softly from the r nm dressed herself with the utmost rare, then walked a mllo to bridge with no one teeing. There she hold to the tai! In trembling medlta tlon full 40 minute till she slowly let honelf sink backwards to the ground far below Just at a policeman, running with all speid 'o the Bpot wa within 20 feet of hn. Thot she wag not in stnntly klllel wn die to the fact that her fall wai broken by tree. Hor body struck on a small mound of soft earth) bounded up, and fell again on some rocks', oruelly bruising and lacera ting her, Tho plaoe from which Mrs. Lowen gart fell is on the west side of the Ford street bridge, about 100 feet from the south end. This Is not at Us high est point, the itround being about 60 feet below the rail. When picked up she was' lying In a grove of tree. In her haids were a pair of stock ings. Her shoe were on her feet, but unbottono'J. IS Interesting Point In Ruefi Case. STATE CLAIMS BIAS Asks That Sheriff O'Neil be Not Allowed to Summon New Panel. WANTS AN ELISOR APPOINTED Judge Dunn To Decide Prosecution' Motion Tdy Thr More Proba tion Juro-e Acooptod Another War Of Word Between Counsel. SAN FRAJOSCO, April U.-One of the moM ,lnti leH'ng question, from a material a ve!i e from a purely legal standpoint, io I e. evolved out of the Ruef trlul, was i rojectod today by tbe prosecution and will be determined to morrow by Judjt Dinno. The prese il tanel of taleimun hav ing been exhaU4ted today a new panel must be drawn or summoned before the proceeding cun go on. Sheriff O'Neill havl ig .-en dlvquallfled on the motion of thj rn secution for personal bias, In favo: o: Ruef, tho State Is not willing that O'Neil shall have the summoning of tee new panet, from a regular Jury list. Consequently Spec ial Prosecutor Jcbnscn, shortly before todays' adjournment gave notice of a motion for the disqualification of the S!erlff and the appointment of an Elisor to summon a special venire of 100. This is an anticipated move, against which tne defense ha been silently con cndlrg and carefully pre paring for, for week. Outside of the courtroom, Rucft counsel made no se cret of their great destie to have a new venire "Wh-i the tln.e for It should arrive" from a Jury list Instead of a specially sumnroned ventre. Judge Dunne hlmsjif lecogntaed the nicety of the point involved, when he said In response to Johiiaon' motion and to Ach's empluii; OJection, that It was his purpose to ' proceed in the orderly and usual wiy." unless, convinced that the justice 'demanded the summoning tit a special ta;;e, Three mor i rohutl.'nary Jurors were accepted du t ig the Cay, increasing the number In tho bo to te.i all of them are subject to pt.'emptory-Thnllenges, They are, Tbeodo-j Cohen, drygoodfc mer chant; John D. Duftv, drayman, and Bartholomew Oifgar, retired butcher. A lively ertiouu'er between attorneys Ach and Johnn, ocrarrod early In the afternoon seU.n over a voluntary statement fr-m Jurot Cohen, made by permission of tie court, that he had been approached as juror by a man he did not know. Ach suggested that Johnson might be able to tell this per sons name. Johnson returned the compliment In kind, and a wordy war ensued. ANGLO-SPANISH ALLIANCE. 8pin, Witn .England' Assistance Plan To Reoomtruot Navy. PARIS,- April 11. The Madrid cor respondent of the EclaJr says that he ha knowledge that some of the main point of the Anglo-Spanish under standing were discussed by King Ed ward and King Alfonso atjCartagena. England, he says, will help Spain In the re-constructlon of her fleet and SpalnNwIU e to it that certain Im portant naval position do not fall In to the hands of any other power. SHERIFF CHALLENGED CUBA AT THE HAGUE, Dutch Compl'mont To Uncle 8am In Regard 1 o Peace Conference. HAVANA, April lt-The govern ment of Ho'land hue cabled to the provincial government Inquiring wheth ther Cuba would send delegate to Tho Hague v.-oriference. The maMer has been re.'irred to Washington. It bad not been thought here that Cuba would be repneiented at the conference lh uth representation would give the United State an ex. tra representative. Holland however would be un kely to address Cuba on the subject unles she had the consent of tho other power. The action of the Netherlands 1 regarded as a dis tinct compliment to the L'nltde State WARNED TO STA YAWAY. SEATTLE, April U.-In an effort to discourage the taking to Treadwell, Alaska, of a;rlke breaker or men to replace the striking miner, paasen ger leaving Seattle on the steamer Jefferson and Portland last night were warned by union men on the wharf not to go around the mine, a aerlou trouble might arise there at any time. , NITRATE DEP08IT3. VALPARAISO. Chile. April It Nitrate In sufficient quantities to last for 3 DO years, it In es'.lmated, is In the nitrate field of this country. Arrested in House in Tenderloin With Negro Woman. WAS DISCHARGED IN COURT Violated Six'h Ordination Vow And Is Dopoeed By Bishop Greer Invotti gating Co-nmitta Returned An Un favorable Report. NEW YORK, April 11. Rev. How ard Mear, Curate of St. Mathewe Epts copal Church, who was arrested by the police at a 'house in the tenderloin dis trict, on March IS last where he ad was today dopond from the church by Bishop Greer, fi'lowln? the report of the commlt'.ee ot Investigation. The commission , reported that the Curate had violated hu' sixth ordination vow, which requires th Clergnan "Aa far aa in him Ilea, to make himself a wholesome example and pattern, to the follower of Christ." Mears, while assenting that he was not actuated by any wrong motive in visit ing the house in the tenderloin, und that his presence there was with a view of making sociological investiga tions accepred, 'he commissions find ing. The magistrate before whom Mears was srrainged, following his ar rest, accepted his explanation of his presence in iho tenCerloln and he was discharged. WOMENS' COLLEGE FOR CHINA. American At Lo Angeles Give $15, 000 For College At Foo Chow. LOS ANGELES, April 11. A rest dent of Los Angeles, whose name is withheld at his own request, today do nated $15,000 for a woman's college at Foo Chow, China, The gift was an nounced at a meeting of the Woman's foreign missionary Society of the Me thodist church. An Installment of $3000 was paid down and the money forwarded. DROUTH IN SPAIN. .MADRID, April 11. Serious results are likely because of the long contin ued drouth In Andalusia, The best root crop in Granadn threatens to be a total failure and fear are felt for the wheat crp In southern Spain. Misery and distress prevails in the afflicted seotlon. Public prayers for rain have bem offered In all churches. IE INSTITUTE Rededicafcd At Pittsburg Yesterday. GATHERINGOFNOTABLES Speeches of Importance Were Made and Presidents Let ter of Regret Read. PRESIDENTS NAME CHEERED "Carnegie Giert Gift To 8oionoe, And Eduction' The Way Roosevelt Expressed Th Situation Parade Of Of Europeans And American. PITTSBURG, April U. The formal rededlcatlon exorcises of the enlarged Carnegie liuUtjte, cf Pittsburg, were brought to a clore for the day with the announcement of prtae winners in the International Art exhibition. At to day's ceremonies several addresses ot Internationa) Importance were deliver ed by Theodre Von Moeller, Minister of State, GeTflauy; Paul Doumer, for merly Speaker of the Chamber of De puties, Pari; Andrew Carnegie, Bar on d EstourneUes de Constant, Mem ber of Senate, Pari, and Dr. John R. H. Ehys, Principal of Jesus College University, cl Oxford. A letter of re gret was re id from President Roose velt, pralsi-ig Canegie for the great gift to science and education. During the exercises, the President was referred to s a "great peace mak er and vociferous applause greeted ev ery mention of his name The notable feature of the exercises today, was the parade of European and American guests from thj hotel to the Institute. Mr Carne'e said in part ; "Eleven yrars ago, standing here. I handed over the institute to Pitts burg, then an experiment, comblna- atlon of library, art gallery, museum and hall of music, never as far as I know, having been attempted before. The city was to maintain the libra ry, and let me say in passing, most generously ate has done so, including seven branches erected to meet the wants of her swelling population. cungrtuuiaie ner upon being among the foremost cities of the world in public literary development certainly there Is none superior." The speaker then took up the his tory of the establishment of the libra ry system and the Department of the Institute idea, adding: "Here it was that fortune came to me and it is as a P'.ttsburger I have labored for Pittsburg. This Institute is built by e' Pittsburger, with Pitts burg money for Pittsburg. Tou all know the btneflclent results which have followed." Mr. Carnegie then directed his re marks to each of the departments and complimented the directors for their said: "I am told there are today 1390 stu dentsyoung men and young women, and several thousand more waiting admission, in every department there exists obvious proofs of intense ear nestnesa, great system and a determt nation to profit by the advantages offered. Alnady there has been de veloped Btrong feelings of pride and love of the schools. '(Thus, ladl.js and gentlemen, what ever we look at around us, In every branch of tile Institute, we find suc cess written In large and unmistake able letters'. The tree has borne good fruit abundantly, year after year In CARNEG the past and promise to continue do ing so Increasingly, year after year, generation liter generation to come, the end of which no man can forestall. "There 1 room for many thing of tbe spirit In our city. Thing mate rial arj abundant, our mills and fao torle. numjcouA, large and prosper on, but thing material, including money Itself, houM only be the fon datlon upon which I reared thing spiritual. ; f "There 1 rurely to arise from tbe wealth created here, a body of men Woo will Aid in the distribution of their gains' where they wre made, the genuine reward which surplus wealth ean give, the knowledge that It I cer tain In after year to elevate, refine and purify V live of those who suc ceed us, and that we have left one spot of eartn at least a little better than we found It" thank to tbe board of trustee, to the beads of 'departments, the press and lastly, to the vl'liors from foreign lands, and In conclusion, Bald: "It win not be considered Invidious If special mantlon be made of the In terest displayed in our Institute by that remarkable man the German Em peror. We owe him much for sending General Van Lowenthal and other. We ask them to convey to the Empe ror the profound acknowledgment of all Interested In foe Institute. We earnestly wish for him long continu ance of the leign of peace and pros- (Contlnued on Page 8.) In 'Regard to His Moyer-Hay- wood Opinions, m INJURES MEN TO BE TRIED t Chicago Federation Of Labor Takoe Up Cudgel And Endeavor To Plaoe President On Record Question Hi "Square Dil Ask Explanation. CHICAGO, ApiU 11. The Chicago Federation of labor 1 endeaoring to place President Rooseelt, on record, regarding Ms' reported opinions ot Moyer and Ha j wood, the officials of the Western Federation of Miners, charged wtti complicity la the Steu- nenberg murder. T. N. Nlck'cs, secietary of the local labor today, en the President the fol lowing telegram- , J'Newspap-:T8 repo.rt you as saying Moyer and Haywood are undesirable citizens. In vtw of the fact these men will soon be put on trial for their lives, we betlev.) their chances for a square deal to te considerably lean ed if the rjomd statement Is true. We therefor a ask you for correct in formation on thlf sobjet, of believing man is mnooom until proven guilty." FAVROT FREED. Congressman, Who Killed Friend Be cause Of Rema-ks About His Wife. BATON ROT'GE, April 11. Con gressman Gao. Fsrot, who has been In Jail, continuously, for five months un der the charge of murder, of Dr. Al drlch and await-i.g action of the Grand Jury, was tonight set free. The sec ond Grand Jury, today, declined to re indict him. AUrlch and Favrot had been lifelong friends . The Congress man declare 1 the physician had made disparaging remarks about Mrs, Fav rot '. ' DECLARE OPEN SHOP. SEATTLE, Apiil 11. J. W. Pater- son, manager ct Moran and Company, announced totfiy that hereafter the company's pitmr would be strictly non union. Sixty o the machinists are on a strike, although Paterson declares they were raulvlng J to 5 cents more than union scMo which the union Is striking for, The Moran company has maintained an open shop and it 1 said by the officii la that the union is fight QUERIED ing only for leccgnit ion. , - j . mfy;r(!-' , i -Wtei m '.. . -