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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1907)
Qtnttt OOVIHS THI MOHNINO PIILO ON Trff LOW.1M C3CUMBI VOLUME Ulll, NO. 89. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1907. PRICE FIV& CENTS 3 FAIRBAMCS CHANCES Taft and Forakcr Rivals. ins OHIO IS BATTLEFIELD discharged from the Woolwich arsenal t t result of tho war secretary's achome of reducing the military tx pnnsos, Tho mm marched with bands and banners from Woolwich to ih House of Commons to lmpres their prfvwir upon the government, The complaints of ih im.n are Ur reach- Intr, representing not only the ! of employment but wiping out of their savings Inveated In th little proper tlea located in Woolwich, A deputa tion wttlii-d on Premier Cumpboli run. nermnn, Secretary Halrtune and Huron Tweeduwuth being present. The Premier made a sympathetic 'reply and aurd tho men that the government's anxiety over tho Inevitable chjmgcs ahould work as llttlo hardship at pos sible. : STORM ON ATLANTIC. Should Taft Boom Fail In Ohio! 0-, c.od By m Then Fairbanks Will Get Roosevelt's Support exlcan Earthquake Impsde Progress of Llnsrs. LOYAL TO ADMINISTRATION NEW TOKK, Ajprll 22. Incoming llnera report heavy weather on the trip acrosa tha Atlantic, Tho aklppeis say It woa the worat April they had ancn In many years. The steamer America, which aratved yesterday, was la day late. Tho captain attributed the galea 80 No Charges Can Ba Brought On I1"1 J hurrlcanea that heart their vea- That 8oert Forakar and Raault oflsela to the recent earthquakes In Brownsville Investigation Will Ba a Mexico, La, Provence, of the French Factor In Rata For tha Nomination! Hue, in luat Friday, fought a gain f flv hour had her compass and wire lout apparatus put out of commUon. Shortly after midnight Wedneday the hurricane hit the Etrurln. Tho liner' apoeJ waa reduced and ahe logged only 3,1 mllrs, at tUrtai 4(4, hr beat day's run on the trip. The lhll adelphbi alo fought her ahura of bad weather. FIVE JURORS The Seven Offers Peremp torily Challenged. PORT BLAKELY MILLS ON FIRE. Seattle, April 22. Tha Port Blakely mllla are ifurnlng. A flreboat has been dispatched to th acene from Seattle,' Tha loaa sol far Is estimated at 1500,000. MILLIONARE TAFT HOME. u 0 NEW VENIRE NECESSARY Jurors Questioned on Effect of Langdon and Heney's Speeches. HENEY AND ACH IN COURT TE DISCOVERED Unknown Assailant Who Nearly Killed Young Girl. Two conflicting opinion concerning the political altuatlon are of liitoretl a relating to the chances of Vice President Fairbanks for the Rpubll can prealdenttal nomination. Accord lug to aoma ho la In danger of having the ground cut from uudr hla feet by Ketuttor Poraker. Thla opinion la boxed on the preaumptlon that Fair banks la alllgned with tho "reaction- arlin" or what might lie loaned 'be "Old Guurd" of Mt'Klnli-y'a time, Foraker undoubtedly could commund contddurable aupport from tho conser vative rtepubllcnna, perhaps na much a th vice-president. In addition he la an aggressive and resourceful fighter. Hla boldness In chullonglng th. administration and tho dashing TEETH MARKS ON FINGERS Driiunncy with wnicn ni campaign promlaee to be conducted, onnnot full to arouao admiration on tho part of I tha people. Should ho win In the llrowiifvllla Inveatlgntlon It will give him a aupport among delcgatei from certain quurtora acarcely obtainable otherwlao. Thua, It la argued with plaualblllty, Poruker wilt draw aupport from thoae Inclined toward Pulrtuinka and at tho ams time a populur aup port which the latter cannot command. An Identification by Fallow Employee Clinch Hla Identity la In Employ of tho United Railwaya Company Poaltivaly Declared To Ba Right Man SAN FRANCISCO, April 23. Alvln The other theory la al"o aupportodl Eddy, of 1102 Flllmor tret, a motor. by plniiHlble argumenta. It la that In 'event that tho Taft boom fall, Presi dent Rooaovelt will throw hla aupport to Mr. Fulrbank. Tho latter haa been popularly rcguidcd a not altngathpr'ln sympathy with tho prenldcnt, Prob ahy thla la dun aa much na nnythlng to tho fact that ho wn closely Iden tified with the McKlnley forces and probably would have received tholr support In 1004 had Mr, McKlnley lived, Rut no suspicion has been cast on the loyalty of the vlco-prcsldcnt to Mr. Roosevelt. On the contrary ho loft tho somite to accept the second place on tho, ticket against tho advice of his most Intimate counsolora. In tho campaign ho supported his chief loyally, Since then he has been de prived of the opportunity to bo henrd on tho floor of the senate, but on every public occasion where ho has made R apeech, Mr, Fairbanks has laudod the administration and Ha policies. Con ooquontly no charge of Irregularity can bo brought against him nor has the president ever adversely criticised him, at least, openly, as he haa others. The fate of tho Taft boom rests with Ohio. Having precipitated the fight It Is now up to the Taft forces to make good for If they lose there the presi dent will scarcoly undertake to press the boom In other parts of the country. "CRY OF THE UNEMPLOYED." Workman Dlaoharged From Woolwloh Arsenal Raduotlon of Expanses. LONDON, April 22. The "cry of the unemployed" waa raised again tonight when several thousand workmen were man on tho Fillmore etroet line, was arrested yesterday and positively Identified Inter by Miss Ethylo Hergft ton a tho man who had beaten her nearly to death at midnight last Fri day, when ostensibly leading her to the house at 115 Point Lohog avenue, Into which her mother hud moved that day, he enticed her out Masonic 'ttve nue and here choked her and pounded her face until et) was unrecognlaable when .she restated him. lie bears tei.tlimiii'ks on his fingers. Kddy de clares ho la not guilty and asserts he can establish an alibi. Resides the Identification by Miss Horgnton and the marks of teeth on Eddy's flhgers tho police have obtained still further evidence against Eddy. Thla evidence was given by Bert Vnlotga and Wll Ham C. Smith, both United Railways car men living In a Geary-street refuge camp. They saw a man loave 'the Flllmorc-streot car on Friday night; they saw aboard the Geary-street car with Miss Horgaton and they they say positively thnj the man was Alvln Eddy. They oalled at the city Jail yesterday and picked him out. . - PRINCE ALBERT AT JAMESTOWN. NEW YORK, April 22. H. K. H. Prince Albert Leopold, of Saxe-Coburg Qotha, a son of the late Prlneo Phil lips and nephew of Leopold, Kng of Belgium, arrived here yesterday from Quebec, Prince Albert la at tho St. Regis preparatory to leaving for the Jamestown Exposition where be will represent hla government at the naval review. ' . , . . . Aa Raault Several Spirited CLaihst Occurred Between tha Opposing Counsel Issuing of Second Vanire Will Delay Trial For Day Or 80 SAN FRANCISCO. April 22. The first four of the 12 Jurors who will try Abo Ruef, were today secured and sworn In. Eight others composing the probationary panel were peremptorily challenged, three by the prosecution and five by the defense. A oifly two names remain on the special panel It will be neewwary tomorrow to Issue a second a eclal venire, necessitating an adjournment of one or two daya. It la hopinl to complete the Jury by the end of the week and actually be gin taking testimony by the first of next week. A new line of questioning was do veloped today by the defense In the cross-examination of the talesmen Ruefa counsel desired to know wheth er tho Jurors who attended the earth quake unnlversary dinner, on April 18 had absorbed any btes against Ruef fro mthe speeches of Langdon and Heney In which Ruef and other alleged grafters wero vigorously denounced. On tho technical grounds that Lang don and Heney did not discuss this particular case but merely denounced Ruef and his associates generally as grafters, the challenges for cause laid by the defense against the Jury ban quottcrs were not allowed by tho de fense nnd they retained their seats. Today's proceedings were frequently enlivened by clashes between the op posing counsel, Ach had so far re' covered from his attack of ptomaine poisoning that he resumed hla , place at tho counsel table, though ho left the active conduct of the case to' Short ridge and Murphy. Langdon assisted Special Prosecutor Johnson and Heney made his appear ance for the first time In many day Ho entered the court room late In the day and hat In hand rose again and again to enter spirited objections to Murphy's questions and engaged later In 'verbal' combat. The number of Jurors was Increased to five Just be fore the adjournment by tentative ac ceptance of Juror Davis. Arrived Last Night From Cuba, Pana ma, and Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, April 22,-Secro- tary of War Taft and party arrived at tho Washington Navy Yard tonight on tho yacht Mayflower from Cuba, ranama and Porto Rico. Secretary Taft In a statement aaya that he found tho conditions In Cuba In what under the circumstances must bo considered a very satisfactory con dition." Taft aald In Panama the engineers reported to him, that the foundations for tho locks were entirely satisfac tory. Cut Ajtcries IWith Broken Pitcher. BRIBES THE DETECTIVES And is Also Charged With Making Improper Suggestion to Young Boy. Uintah Railway Company. Tho com plainant la that the corporation la en gaged In the mining and shipment of gllsonlto from Utah, and In the con vention of gllsonlto into asphaltum. The defendant operates the railway line between the towns of Dragon, Utah, and Mack, Colorado, a distance of 54 miles. The complainant says It Is charged 8 cents per hundred pounds by tho railroad company for tho trans portation of gllsonlto from Dragon to Mack, or at the rate of $150 per car although the railroad transports live stock betvteen tho same points at a rate of $23 per car. ,It is claimed that thla Is a discrimination. The commis sion is asked to givo the complainant reparatory damages In the sum of 110,000 and the Issue of orders to pro vent a continuance of tho discrimi nation. MERRY DEL VAL TO RETIRE. A ROYAL QUARREL. Cauaaa Absence of Italian Quean From Coromoniee of Not. ROM April 22. According to 'the Tribune tho absence of Queen Helena! OVERWORK DETHRONES MIND Will Bo Succeeded By An Amarioan Aa Secretary of State. NEW YORK, April 22. Private ad vices received In thla country says tho Tribune today tend to confirm tho cable reports that Cardinal Merry del Val trill retire from the office of sec retary of state for Pius X. It Is stated tnat ne is to be succeeded by an from the launching of tho battleship Released on Heavy Bail, Started For English-speaking prelate and that Roma yesterday at Spelxia waa due to a disagreement between King Victor Emmanuel and Prlneo Danlloa, the Queon'o brother. While the Prince and another were guests at tho quirinal. quarrel arose which caused their sudden, departure. Thla so saddened tho Queen that she did not attend the meeting of King Victor and King Ed ward lout Friday and declined to at tend yesterday's ceremonies. Homo But Want to Hotel and Gashed Mgr. Kennedy, rector of tho American Throat and Wrists, Dying Latsr college at Rome, may get thla high in Hospital. I off Icb. Mtrr. Kpnnwiv hz Iimk iwtni- of the American College for years and In a way, has been the intermediary between the Pope and tho bulk of tho NEW YORK. April 22. Benedict English-speaking countries. Mgr. Ken- Olmbel, tho wealthy Philadelphia mer-1 nedy la a Pennsylvanian by birth. Ho chant, who cut his throat and wrists is in his 50th year and at the time of with broken glass in a hotel in Hobo-1 his appointment to Rome was station ed at Ooverbrook Seminary. CAB DRIVERS STRIKE. CARIO, April 22. Serious disorders have occurred here aa a result of a strike of the cab drivers and tramway employes of this city, Mobs attacked tramcars which attempted to run and much damage followed. British troops will patrol the chief throughfareg to day to preserve order. CZAR COUSIN DETAINED. SAN FRANCISCO. April 22. A woman named Martha Covallnsky, claiming to be a princess and a cousin of the Cxar of Russia, Is detained on board the liner Ventura awaiting the decision of the immigration commis sion as to whether or not she ('Is a victim of trachoma. If she is, she will deported to Australia from whence she came. On Reefs Near Mayeda Light house Nagato Japan. ken arter he nad been arrested on serious charges In this city, died In St. Marys Hospital, Hoboken, shortly before 3 o'clock thla morning. His wife was at his bedside, also bia two brothers who came here at once on receiving word of his trouble one frnm MllaraulroA An1 tYin nttiAt fnun Philadelphia. His personal physician, BelieVeU dUDtl6 CallTOmian IS summoned from Philadelphia waa at I ' Planning ShrCWd MOVC nis Deoside also. The arrest of Benedict Gimbel, a I man of wealth, member of a prominent I TRIED TO AVOID COLLISION and roe'TOW flrm- married, and irDnuc li IN THE DARK With 8alling Vessel and Landed on Rocks Rescue Within Reach From All Directions and No Lives Will Bo Lost As a Result. great surprise. Thursday afternoon he waa taken from a cab In this city while In company with Ivor Clark, a 16-year-old boy, by two detectives who acted on the complaint of Clark's parents. Gimbel, according to. the de tectives, resorted ;to an attempt at bribery and offered the detectives $2000 If they would release him. The detectives apparently consented and Other Counsel Profess to KnOw Noth ing of Now Movo and Delmaa la Ostensibly Out of tho Casa For Good. TOKIO, April 22 (Afternoon). The demanding cash were driven wlthl bivghamton Anrtl 2 Attor- Paciflc Mall ateamer Mongolia ran Gimbel to his banker'a office here and ney xlma and McPike of tho coun sel for Thaw, are guests of Dr. Wager, superintendent of the State Insane aground this morning near tho Mayeda given $2000., They then Informed Gim lighthouse, in the Province of Nagato, bcl that the additional charge of at- . iuu 01 reeis. tempted bribery would do placed Asvlum. It Is believed that Delmas'a The ateamer, with a list of 45 degrees, Lgolnst him and took him to the Dis- coming is preliminary to bringing uea quue ciose to tne snore, witnm trlct Attorney's office, where, It is Tnaw here for ,he trlal. The reach of rescue from all directions, alleged, Gimbel, who keenly felt his ,awyer9 ft conference with Justice mr proximity to tne land prevents predicament offered Assistant District GeorKe F Lyon nn Is-y-,. ml. . 1 1 I . I ....j iubs ui me. ine Hcciuem was Attorney Krotel anv amount or money ruttnrA t w.r.rM tn ' 1 ai.wia v. k tuQUi vwutiuva to gal nhls release. Later Gimbel was ThaWf gaid today that so far he knew naion witn a nailing snip. released on heavy ball and started, .wa i. mov cflntemnlatflrt to. mi, r, 1 - a. '1 I ... I ."" is a twin-screw steam- ostenslbl for his home in PhUarteipnia. ward holding- the second Thaw trial . 1 . .... . . 1 er wua a regisierea tonnage or 13,63 He never reached there. Instead he at Blnghamton. Hartridge interpret- .....o. nua uum in iwk iur went to tne raiaee Hotel, in wopoKen. the visit to Binghamton on the the Pacific Mail Steamship Company an(1 there with Jagged glass obtained part of ji and McPike as a social In 1904. She has but recently been from ft water pitcher which he had call on Wager. jeromo said tonight pui in commission again after repairs broken, he cut his throat in many tnat ne haa no lntetion either ask emuiea oy grounding on a reel piaces and gasned his left wrist. He hne , or consentln to a chanae of on Midway iiand, on which she struck I was discovered several hours after- venie for Thaw's next trial Assist on September Is last. She was float- rds almost dead from the loss of ant Att0rney Garvin said there was no ed aln without outside assistance blood. At St. Mary's Hospital, to foundation for the suggestion that on beptember 21. On her present trip whlch place ho was removed Friday Thaw wU1 ba tried at Binghamton. sne was homeward-bound from Yoko- night, It waa thought for a time that . 1 or Gimbel'8 life might be saved but Sun- RANCHER KILLED . . . 1 day he began suddenly to fail and late BUTTE, "Mont., April 22. A Miner last night hope was abandoned. Glm- special from Lewiston, Mont, states SCARCITY OF SUGAR. . I bel's wife and two brothers who have that Burt Kinchter a well known cow. shown confidence and devotion to the boy and rancher was shot and lnstant- BUENOS ATP.ES, April 22. The I husband and brother went to his bed- ly killed by B. F. Moulton a stock man Government has reduced the duty on side late Friday night and have re- yesterday. Multon had objected to the sugar to six centaves gold instead of malned near him over since. In a attentions Kinchter was paying to his seven a klllogram , because of the statement tho family notified the pub- young daughter and shooting followed scarcity of this product. Under the lie that Benedict Gimbel had been 111 in Mtmlton's ordering Kinchter away law the government is authorized I for some weeks as tho result of over-1 f ,-om the ranch. to reduce or even suppress the duty I work and that this had undoubtedly! 1 . . on sugar when the price reaches a dethroned his reason. certain limit. hnma, and was under command Captain Hathaway, STRIKE ENDED. LONDON, April 22A cable dis patch haa been received by the dlrec tors of the Paraguay Central Railway saying that the strike on that road is ended, DISCRIMINATION CHARGED. WASHINGTON, April 22. An in teresting complaint, directed against the so-called asphalt trust, was filed today with the interstate commerce commission. The title of the case is American Asphalt Association against GOLD STRIKE AT CHELAN. SEATTLE, Wash., April 22. A special to tho Post-Intelllgencer from Chelan says there is great excitement over a rich And of gold within a few miles of town. Miners say the rock resembles Cripple Creek. Ledges are well defined. A number of claims are staked and there are Indications of big things.