The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, May 21, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUtUSHf rULL AtSOOIATID PRftt RIPORT POVR TMI MOANING FOLD ON Trll LOWI OOLUMVU VOLUME LXIII, NO. 113. TORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS JEROME IS AFTER GOULD Will Investigate Detectives Part. BUCKH1A1L ALLEGED New Yirk Central Office Men Said to be Mixed Up In the Affair. BINGHAM ASKED TO .EXPLAIN Vlowsrd Gould Sued Far Permsnenl Separation by Wife Against Whom It ( Atlod Ht Hired Detective T Ssturt Ivldenot Per Dlvtret, MEW TORK. May I0.-Dttrlet At tnrney Jerorot announced today that to would visit Police Commissioner Itlngham tomorrow In connection with tht Howard Qould esse. Thext ha )a considerable publlo discussion ss 1o what part the polios have taken In ttmetion with tha ault for porma nent separation, which counsel for 1,1 rt, Gould aald today had been filed agalnat Gould, It has been InttmataJ that Hit central oftlct detectives were employed. Jerome aald tonight that ho ahould aaa Bingham tomorrow and If anything. In tha matter warrnnta hla (Jerome's) Investigation, he shouia speedily attend to It. Aa yet, ho aald, hla Information on tha mat tor waa vary meagre, and that he knowa nothing about It except - that blackmail la alleged. DRUGS ANO ROBS ROOMMATE. logger Cama To Town Aa Frlende One Roba The Other, William Shield waa locked up ye i . torday on tha complaint of A. W. Bny- V l"f. Shield came down t.om Kelly' H lglng camp with 8nyder on Satur day. They had one drink together after which Snyder remembers no more, till ha cama to, In the city Jail. Then he dlacovered that hla watch and money were gone. He then made the com plaint C. H. Welch, who waa with the men, wa alo locked up a a wit ness. The cae will probably be tried today. BnyJer allege that ho waa drugged. A watch wa pawned In the restricted district eomotlmo Saturday evening which Snyder declare Ha can identify a hi own. A to tha money, the disappearance of that will prob ably be charged to Shield1 account 0.10, . INVESTIGATE ELLIS ISLAND. NEW YORK, May 20,-t-H. Vree land, state commissioner of agricul ture, end State Senator Newman, of Kentucky, are In town with a letter from Prank Sargent, Commtealoner of Immigration, , to Commissioner Ttobert Watchorn, asking the latter to afford the two very facility for Inves tigating the condition at Ellla Island, that they may report to their atate .Immigrants to aettle In. Kentucky. CANADIAN MAIL RATES. "Squabble Over Seeond-Claas Mall Matter Between Countriss, , WASHINGTON, ,May !0.-Trough Postmaster-General Lomlux, the Ca nadlan government haa notified the -United State that It" will not handle socond-clas mall matter sent to that country by the United Statoa except at the present rate of postage between the two oountrle; that Is, four cent Ier pound, Postmaster-General Mey er announced that as soon as tha ape olflo case of refusal on tha part of tha Canadian government to handle American s-eondclos ' mall matter waa called to hi attention be would decline to handle Canadian public, tlons at tht second-da rata. , PORTUGAL'S PRESS LAW. Publle Prosecutor's Cenaor Every Newspaper In Portugal. LISBON, May JO.-An Interesting ca to teal the validity of the new prose law ha Just resulted in the editor of Omundo being convicted anJ lined 1110. Tb paper to teat the law, published an article that the prime minister was Insane. Its proprietor engaged wait known allenlita and counsel and was prepared to push the case to the moat ridiculous extreme, but the court would allow no discus sion of the premier's mental condi tion. In this respect the test waa a failure, but It I believed that agita tion will ultimately result In the re peal of the obnoxloua statute. Under Its provisions, a committee of public prosecutor art entrusted with arbi trary powers of censorship over every newspaper in Portugal WILL VISIT BRAZIL. RIO JANEIRO, May JO.-KIng Carlos, of Portugal, through his Min ister here, has thanked tht Brazilian government for Ha Invitation that he visit Uraslt and declared that he will make tht trip at tht Oral opportuni ty. He has also expressed tht hope lhat tht president of Brestl win In turn visit Lisbon. TRAMP BANQUET Denizens of Underworld as After Dinner Speakers. CLOTHES NOT MENTIONED -How I've Lived Without Work" and "Why the Criminal Haa a Hard Faee" Some of tht Subjects of ths Speakers at the Dinner. CHICAGO, May SO. Leaning serosa a banquet board at which they will be accorded all the respect received by after dinner speakers In what are considered the , higher walks of life, lowest members of the under-world will tell what brought them to tholr present and what Is needed to lift them above It. The banquet la to be given tonight by the Brotherhood Welfare Association, 10 membera of which will bo seated at the table with the miscellany of tramps and crtml mils. It la to be hold at a down town restaurant. There are no stipulation as to attire, and It is not expected that any of the guests will wear evening clothes. Pittsburg Joe, as toastmas tor, will discourse upon the subject, "How I've lived without work." Don L. Rclttman, president of the Association has told all of the speak ers that they must exclude gentlemen from their statements; and "knocks' on the law or on the police depart ment. John Smith, who haa served 14 years In Jail at various times, and admits, he never until recently did a day's work except under compulsion, will tell "Why the Criminal haa a Hard Face." "Why I hang around barrel houses," Is the topic selected by a speaker who Is known only as "Fred the Bum." There wlll.be a number of other speeches. ' "The purpose of the banquet Is to learn Just what these men need," said Dr. Reltman. "Wo have no right to tell of the needa of men whose lives wo do not know. We will let them tell their sto ry. They will tol us the truth and they will tell many new things," tr Morning Astorlah, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. HAVWOOD TRIAL SLOW Eleven Peremptory Chal lenges Used. . f. NEW VENIRE ORDERED But Nine Left Out of Special Venire of One Hundred a Week Ago. CASE WILL BE HALTED TODAY Counsel In Good Humor and Amused Spectator Special Venire of Fifty Will Probably Bt Called Today De fenee Eliminatea Roosevelt Question BOISE, May JO. It seems inevitable that tht Steunenberg case will be halt ed tomorrow to permit the gathering of another special venire of talesmen. When the session ended today only It out of the 0 peremptory chal lenges bad been used, and but nine of tht 100 veniremen gathered week ago were uncalled. The remaining nine will hardly furnish the grtat for a day work: so sometime tomorrow Judge Wood will probably adjourn court for at least a full day and send Sheriff Shad Hodgln forth In quest of SO additional talesmen. The vac ancy occasioned by the ninth chal lenge waa open' when the trial re sumed this morning. The vacancy created by the eleventh challenge was open when tht court adjourned this afternoon and tht difference between the two sums up the little stride for. ward today. Joseph Chlnn of j chair eight, was challenged by tho defense and William McGuffln of chair six waa challenged by the state, were the men of the old crowd who went down today. George Powell and Lee Scrlev- tner were tht two men who passed muster today, tho first filling the va enncy made by the ninth challenge. the last named, by the tenth chal longe. Both were farmers and Scrlev oner was formerly a sheriff In Kan sas. There were 16 men examined and excused for cause. Most of them had deep-seated opinions as to the guilt or Innocence of Haywood; two had scruples about hanging a murderer on circumstantial evidence. The ex amlnatlon droned wearily along over the aame old ground, though the de fense has narrowed Its range of ques. Honing. It aBked nothing about the Roosevelt letter and the Taft speeches but devoted much attention to a pos slbl8 local prejudice and the general prejudice against the socialists, Good humor has come back to the counsel and thoy Joked and played back and forth all day, and the laugh ter of an easily pleased crowd fre quently sounded through the ' room. Only once was the easy awing of the day broken. The defense returned to Juror Fisher and questioned him as to a coversatlon with a local socialist named Allen last October. Fisher waa at first certain he had not talked with Allen, but when Allen came for ward, the Juror recognised him. Allen swore Fisher told him he know of acts of the accused In Colorado and that they should have been strung up before being brought to Idaho. Fish er denied making the statement at tributed to him, but said be might have told Allen if men did what they were accused of doing In Colorado, they should have been strung up. Chief Counsel Hawley for the prose cution elicited from Allen that he was and Is In the pay of the defense to poll his district, and that ho receives 13.50 per day for his , services. The Judge refused to sustain the challenge of Fisher. i After a quiet Sunday Inter mission here, the trial of Wil liam D. Haywood charged with the murder Of former Governor Frank Steunenberg opens this morning for tht tight day of the Jury-getting. Ac cording to the latest reports tht pros- wmIIaii wIM nnf vhaiiHt inv mnr, Af Its challenges i on the talesmen now In the box and while the defense with six peremptory challenges In reserve, may remove one or two wore from the box a It at present stands there is some prospect that tht per emptory challenges on their side are about over. If these reports art true there Is a posslbllty of securing a jury without having to empanel another venire. ; Arming the witnesses who arrived late liixt evening waa General Bulkier VtVll", who has been a picturesque figure connected with tht story of the difficulties between the Western Fed eration of Miners and the Mine Own ers. General Wells is now prominent ly connected with tht mint owner organisations and he is a wealthy mint owner himself and it was at bis mine tht Smuggler "Union mine, of Telluiide, Colo that Arthur Collins, the manager, was killed during the latest trouble In that state. General Wells since that time has been unre mitting in his determination to hunt down tht men concerned In the as sassination of Collins. He was in command of tbt train that, brought Haywood and Pet tlbone, from Colorado to Idaho .at tht time they were arrested In Denver under extradition warrants. He will be one of the witnesses for the state when tht case opens.' 1 MOTUETtS GRIEF For Daughter Who Lost Life in University Fire. DIED SAVING HER PUPILS Paya Visit To Daughtsr and On Ar rival Finds Her Desd and Buried Mother's Condition Critical Shock Very Nearly Proves Fatal. CHICAGO, May 20.A pitiful little procession wound its way Into Oak HU1 Cemetery, indlana Harbor, Ind, yesterday the occasion was the re-Interment of Miss Aurora Wuette bert, the young musician who per ished last week in the fire at the Kan sas City ynlverslty building while en gnged In heroic efforts to save the lives ot her pupils. The young girl had first been buried In Kansas City, but the mother, in grief, had gone to the grave and refused to leave the spot until the body waa disinterred and brought back to her home at Indi ana Harbor. A week ago Mrs. Wuottebert left Indiana Harbor to pay a visit to her daughter in Kansas City, when she arrived she found that her daughter was dead and burled. Tho shock proved almost fatal to the unfortunate woman. She hastened to the ceemtery, and throwing herself on her daughter's grave, demanded that she bo given the corpse of her child. The body, was disinterred ar.d Mrs. Wuettebert returned with the remains to her home in order that the burial might take place where she could go and sit by the grave every Jay. Tes terday her grief overwhelmed her and she threw herself on the grave, call ing again and again upon tho daugh ter who could never hear her. It was necessary to use violence before she could be led from the cemetery, and at a late hour last night It was feared that the tragedy would become a double one. Mrs. Wuetteberfs condi tion Is extremely critical and she has to be carefully watched In order to prevent her from attempting her own life In the frenzy it her grief. 17 Morning Astof-lan, 60 'cents per month, delivered b carrier, GRAND JURY AT VOI Investigates the Parkside Transit Deal. RUEF DID HOT APPEAR Attempt of Board of Supervisors to Fix Gas Rate Also Look ed Into. SCHMITZ APPEARED AT TRIAL In Cast of- Extortion From French Restrusnters By Request of Prose-; oution tht Cost Wss Delsytd 8chmiU Not Under Elisor's Charge. SAN FRAN(JlSCO, May 10. The grand Jury today continued tht In vestigation ot tht Parkside Transit Company deal in which it is charged the directorate of the corporation ar ranged through Ruef and Schmlts to bribe the - board of supervisors to grant a franchise to the streetcar line through the Parkside Tract, among the owners of which are some of the most prominent men in San Fran Cisco. Ruef was not brought before the grand Jury today. Tht alleged bribery of the supervisorial board to fix tht gas rate for 1906 at 85 cents instead of 75 cents was further in vestigated. Mayor Schmlts appeared for trial at 10 o'clock this morning In Judge Dunne's department of the supreme court on. Ave grand Jury charges of extorting money from local keepers of French restaurants. By request of the prosecution, the hearing was delayed one day in order that counter affida vits may be prepared against SchmlU' motion for a change of trial Judge. Assistant District Attorney Heney created a surprise by announcing that the state has no present Intention ot asking the court to take the Mayor Into custody pending bis trial Schmttx Is at liberty under Ave bat! bonds aggregating 50,000. POSTAL' EMBEZZLER. Recognized by Former Citizen Who Notified Ofnoers. PUEBLO, Col, May 20. Charged with embei-lement ot postal funds while acting as postmaster of Amis ton, Ala., J. M. Ryan, Is being held by tha police of this city awaiting in structions from the Federal author! ties. The police claim that ha has confessed. Ragan has been operating cheap theatres here for the past two weeks, and gave his name as J. Ran dolph. A termer citizen of Amlston recog nised htm and, notified the Jostal au thorities who requested the police to take him into custody. FOR THE ASIATIC 8TATI0N. Cruisers Denver and Cleveland Sail For the Far East NEW TORK, May 20. On the third anniversary of her first cruise, the Denver, Captain! W. B. Capertonj, steamed late Saturday for the Asiatic station. She was accompanied by the Cleveland. When they reach the East they will form, with tha Galveston and the Chattanooga, the second di vision. Both cruisers will touch Gib railter, Port Said, Aden; Colombo, Singapore and Manila. The crow of the Denver Is new and alt the men are eager to sea the world. ' As they are needed to relieve the other ships on the Asiatic station, the best speed possible will b maintained. MURDERER ON TRIAL. Aeused tf Murdering Doctor who At Unded Wife. NEWf TORK, May 20. John BelL accused of slaying Dr. Charles Wilmot Townsend, a physician of Staten Is land, on January 26, will bt placed 04 trial before Supreme Court Justice) George Abbott, at Richmond, today. Sixty or more witnesses will bt ex. amlned for the eta tax The murder of Dr. Townsend! was a brutal one. Awakened from his sleep by a masked man, h was deliberately shot Ut deatk aa he lay in bed, while his frightened wife was compelled to witness . tbt crime. The evidence against Bell is circumstantial His wife died while a patient in Dr. Townsend' bands, and h is known to have developed a feeling of deep hatred for the doctor for that reason, even threatening to take the doctor's life. NEW 8TEAMSHIP. Initial Trip of the Europe of the La Vsloct Line. NEW TORK, May 20 Speeding to ward New York, the new fast steam ship, tht Europe, Is In on Its maiden trip here, with a full cabin and steer age passenger list, having le't Naples on May (. This steamship which be longs to tht La Veloce line, has been built expressly for service between Italy and the United State. Her maximum length Is 450 feet, breath SS feet, gross tonnage 7000 and displace ment 10,4000 tons. She accommo dates 74 cabin and 1750 steerage pas sengers. RIOTS AT ODESSA Biackhands 'Running Wild and Beating People. JEWS WERE AGAIN ATTACKED Many Wert Seriously Injured Police Make No Effort To Check ths Dis order Because of Assassination of Three Police Officials. , ODESSA, May 20. Following the assassination of three police officials here today serious rioting occurred, and at 8 o'clock- in the evening the Biackhands were running wild througn the streets, mercilessly beat ing the people, especially the Jews, more than a hundred of wbom were seriously Injured Tht police ap perently remained passive, making no arrests and the Biackhands continued their work unchecked. 1 IRISH POLITICS. . Convention Held Today To Vote On Administrative Council. (DUBLIN, May 20. More than 2000 delegates from ail parts of Ireland have assembled here to attend the convention tomorrow which will de cide to accept or reject tht bill to pro vide for the establlshmment, and the functions of an administrative coun cil for Ireland and for other purposes connected therewith, which waa brought in the House of Commons by Chief Secretary for Ireland Birrell on May 7. It would appear to be a foregone conclusion that the bill will be re Jeoted. Toung Irishmen propose that the convention adopt a resolution re jecting the bill and calling on the Lib eral party to introduce other legisla tion carrying out its pledges. , TRAIN WRECKED. UTICA, N. Y May 21 The Buffalo and , Cleveland express west-bound, ran Into a derailed freight train, four miles east of Little Falls at 1:40 this morning and all but the last four Pullmans were thrown from the track. It Is understood j that ten persons were injured and the engineer and fireman quite badly hurt.