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NO 154. VOLUME LXIII,
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 7. 1907.
fRICE FIVE CENT?
MI
TRACT MUCH
National Guardsmen
Stevens
and
SEASIDE DETAIL WILL BE THERE , MONDAY
Preparations lor the Drills and Maneuvers are Now Complete
and Campaign During Simulated Hostile Period Will
be Same as in Actual Warfare.
MUCH BENEFIT WILL BE DE
JULY, ITB, qTH, toTH AND 11TH WILL BE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO
DRILLS AND INSTRUCTIONS JULY isTH TO 15TH WILL BE THE
PERIOD OF SIMULATED ACTUAL HOSTILITIES-DAY AND NIGHT AT
TACKS WILL BE MADE-WEATHER PROMISES TO BE PERFECT.
The annual joint ew-ampment of th
Artillery troop uf the Artillery !)!
trlet of tit Columbia and Companies f
tht National Guard of Oregon began
yvtterday ami will continue until July
la. Tin period of the Drill and instruc
tion will be from July 0th to July Utb
both days Inclusive, and the period of
Simulated Action Hostilities will be
from 8:00 A. M. July 12th to, and In
cluding July 15th,
Tht regular have If ft their regular
garrison and were yesterday making
emp and part of the National Uuanl
reached here yesterday and proceeded to
their rendezvous. Co., It, Third Infantry,
of Portland arrived here yesterday at
12:30 P. M. mi proceeded at ouee to
Kort Columbia on the government boat
(Suy Howard,
A special train reached here at 4:30
1". M. yesterday carrying the following
companies who with the exception of
Co. M Third Infantry proceeded direct
to Fort Stevens.
Companie A, firat separate battalion,
A, C, K and M, Third Infantry, Com
pany C separate battalion and detach
Hospital Corpa.
Co. M embarked on the Howard ana
i transported to Fort Columbia.
The National Guard assigned 10 fori.
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Stevens are Companies "A" and "C"l
First Separate Battalion, Companies "A"'
C, and K 3rd Infantry ana jiarnrom
Hospital Coin are aigned to Kou
s'ttiliiMsn
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and Separate Company "(!' will arrive
here on Monday and be assigned to Sea
alde. The objects of the encampment are: the
practice of the regular garrison of the
District In their duties, under the con
dltlona of actual hostilities aa far at
the same can l simulated and the in
struction of the designated troops of
the Notional Guard of Oregon in the
duties of the Coast Artillery and the
exercises of these troop in such duties
under the conditions of actual hostlll
Ites. Selected men will lie detailed
from the companies of the Oregon Na
tional Guard to receive Instruction In
the service of submarine mines with a
view of baving a volunteer detachment
competent to assist In performing these
duties In case of hostilities. All officers
and enlisted men of the Natlorfal Guard,
Support Included, will be encouraged In
observing and learning the duties per
taining to the entire ayatem of coa
defense wltb a view of enlisting their
Interest In' this service that eventually
Independent . organizations, may be
formed from them 'for this service.
The companies of the National Guard
of ttie State of Oregon encamped with
out the reservation will be treated as a
toco of the enemy and the commanding
officer of this force will simulate at
tacks upon different points of the de
fense of Fort Stevens by previous ar
rangements with the district commander.
Commencing on July 12th at 8:00 A.
M, the conditions of actunl hostilities
will be supposed to exist until the end
of the encampment, During this period
AT-
ATTENTION
HQ
Reach, Camp Grounds at Fort
Fort Columnar -
DERIVED BY THE TROOPS
an olMerver or watchman will be con
stantly on duty In the Battle, each Fire
Commander, ami each Primary Station
who will report Immediately to the bat
tle commander the apearanr of any
hostile vessel every res-el larger than
a fishing boat approaching the harbor
from th sea will be considered a a
leading vessel of an enemy's fleet eon
ioting of 4 battleships, 4 cruUer and
4 torpedo boats and will be promptly
attacked and treated as would be an
enmity's fleet.
The Infantry support will be constant
ly ready to oppose the landing of any
landing force In the immediate vicinity
of the defenses and to reit the ad
vance of any forces already landed.
The only government boat available
for use during the encampment Is the
Guy Howard. This boat will be sent to
the mouth of the river at such times as
may tie Indicated by the district com
mander and on returning will represent
the leading veel of an enemy's fleet.
The district Commander will thus be
able to vary the times so aa to Include
all hours of the day and night She
will also be used In attack on Fort Co
hmibla. The Howard will probably be
supplemented by the Argo and Mendell
of the engineering department. Blank
ammunition only will be used and al
lowed In the camp and rigid and fre
quent Inspection will be made and com
pany commanders will satisfy them
selves that this order is carried out.
The strength of the regulars will be
135 men and 7 officers and they will be
assigned to the mortars, signal towers
and other batteries. They will prob
ably be augmented from the ranks of
the National Guard.
The program a laid out will be at
follows:
July 6 All the regular troops were
formed under arms and marched! 't
their respective company places. The
first call was at $7:80 a. m. and the as
sembly at 8:00 a. m. The day was
devoted to pitching tent and establish
ing camps. The National Guard troops
after reaching camp spent the rct of
the day pitching tents and establishing
camps. 1
July 7 The Oregon National Guard
troops will 1 mustered at 000 a. m
the first call being at 8:45 a. m.
The militia at Fort Stevens will be
mustered In, by Colonel Leverett H.
Walker.' Coast Artillery corps, and at
Fort Columbia by Captnln Frederick W.
Phisteree, Coast Artillery corps.
After muster the remainder of the day
will be devoted to making out manning
tables.
July 8, 0, 10 and 11 will be devoted
to drills, and instruction of the Infantry
supports and the details from the com
missioned officers of the National Guard
for the duties of battery commanders,
range officers and emplacement officers.
During the times In which the troops df
the Tegular garrisons are performing the
active duties such officers will perform
the active duties during such time as
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BOY DESIGNER'S SUCCESS. .
8BATTLH, July O.-Wltb lead of a good half mile, the yacbt'Splrlt,
detlped, built and captained by Ted Geary, a 20-year-old hoy of this
city, defeated the Alexandra of Royal, Vancouver, Jl, C, Yacht Club In
the International races held on Fugct Sound today, she crossing the
Una a winner by 3 minutes and 4A aeconds. Tlx Alexandra was especial-
ly designed for light alllng In these water by Fife, designer of Sir
Thorn Lipton'a Shamrock and one of the greatest of world' marine
draughtsmen. 4
Geary outgeneraled his British opponent at every turn when working
windward, the greatest tet of seamanship. In working to windward the
American yacht was far the fastest. The Spirit covered the lS-mile course
In two hour and nineteen minute and fifteen seconds. Lie utenant-Gov-
ernor Duntmulr will present a 12000 cup to the yacht Spirit. Geary is
psloning a new boat for next year. ( 4
RIFLE EXPERIMENTS.
New Bullet Develops Muwle Velocity of
. 1500 Feet Per Second.
LONDON, July 0. Experiment have
been conducted by the military author!
tie recently which may lead to a revo
lutlon In the ,vtem of ride shooting in
the HrltUli army. Acting upon the idea
of the German pointed projectile, trials
were made by the English authorities
with a bullet longer than the ordinary
tht no of which had been sharpened
to a fine point. The experiment were
mad wlti the present Lee-Enfield rifle
in order to avoid the necessity of re
rmiiig the ntlre army with the new
weapon, an expense which the govern
ment I disinclined to Incur. The re
sult exceeded l expectation. In
stead of a uiuule velocity of 2,000 feet
per second , velocity of from 2.400 to
2JWKI feet waa obtained. This give a
point blank range of 800 yards. The
authorities are convinced that the point
ed bullet is the projectile of the future.
It will be given an exhaustive trial at
the Bislcy meeting next week, when the
annual rifle shooting contest will take
place. .
DEFENSE CONFERS
Haywood Will Take the Witness
Stand on Wednesday.
TO TESTIFY IN OWN BEHALF
Will Introduce Expert Testimony To
Show That if 10 Pound of Dynamite
Had Been Exploded by Orchard, Brad
ley Would Have Been Blown to Atoms
BOISE, July 0.-Oounsel for the de
fense In the Haywood cae held an ex
tended conference today, both at their
office and In the cells of Haywood, Mey
er and Pettibone and it was stated
afterwards that it would be Wednesday
next before Haywood take the witness
atand in hi own behalf. The present
program now is to begin reading the
Bradley depositions Monday morning,
these to be supplemented later with ex
pert testimony to show if Orchard ex
ploded 10 pound of dynamite at Brad
ley' home, it would have blown Bradley
to piece and destroyed the whole front
of the house.
Following this additional testimony
will lie Introduced to show that before
he fled from the Couer d'Alenea in 1800
Orchard attempted to sell his share in
the Hercules mine, and it will lie shown
that Simpklns went' to Denver in the
fall of 1005 after having parted with
Orchard in Caldwell This will practi
cally conclude the case with the excep
tion of the testimony of Moyer and
Haywood Steve Adams will not be
called by the defense. To call him
would open the way for the state to
get his repudiated confession before the
jury and It is deemed better strategy to
avoid that. Direct examination of Hay
wood will, according to counsel for de
fense, be very extended. He will be
taken over hi past life including his
connection with the Western Federation
of Miner. It is claimed that there will
be .no limits and that bars will be let
down to the prosecution for minutest
crow-examination. Haywood will ex
plain that the $100 sent to Simpkin a
few daya before the Steunenbwg mur
der waa the balance of the expense ac
count that Slmpklna left with Haywood
to be forwarded to Spokane. Presenta
tion of state' case in rebuttal will prob
ably be carried over into the succeeding
week
ONLY 31,000,000 MILES AWAY.
NKW YORK, July 0.-Mars I nearer
to Earth than it hat been in many years
only a trifle of 38,000,000 mile in
fact and astronomers the world over
tonight will have trained on the planet
all the improved telescopic, stereopticon
and photographic apparatu known to
science.
It may be that July 6, 1007 will give
to earth' people their first formal in
troduction to the Martians, those
creature of Romance and Imagination.
It may be that we shall get positive
photographic evidence of engineering
work that will make child's play of the
Pennsylvania & Belmont tubes and oth
er undertakings that to us are gigantic.
Special preparation have been made
at all the American observatories for
the work of tonight and whether or not
the great mysterie of Mar are illumi
nated ,lt Is believed much valuable
data will be gathered.
FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS.
CHICAGO, July .-Fourth of July
statistic have brought eaths up to 89
and injuries to 3807. This total eclipse
all record foe nine years.
STEAMER WRECKED
First Officer and Three of the
Crew Drowned.
ALL PASSENGERS LANDED
Steamer Strike a Sock and Sinks to
the Bottom of the Sketn River in
Five Minute Indian Rescue 1
Number.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 6. A special
from Kilselass Canyon on Skeena River
say the stern wheel river steamer
Mount Royal struck a rock 3 o'clock
this afternoon and went to the bottom
within five minutes. It is reported there
wag loss of life.
A telegram to the Hudson Bay Com
pany state that Captain Johnson of
the Mount Royal was among the sur
vivors on King Bolt Island where many
escaped. Chief and second engineers
floated through the canyon on debris
and were picked up by the Indians. A
number of Indians with canoes are en
deavoring to pick up the survivors and
recover the bodies. Mount Royal waa
on the way down the river, having left
Uazleton yesterday morning. The opera
tor at Kilselass at 6 p. m. said he did
not ht ink the loss of life was very
heavy. '
Later dispatches say that the first of
ficer an dthree of the crew were drown
ed. All passengers were saved.
A SAD RETURN.
Mrs. Johnson Returns With Ashes of
Husband Waa Killed In England.
NEW YORK. July 6.-Mrs. M. M.
Johnson of Berkeley, Cal., whose hus
band was killed' recently in an auto
mobile accident in England, has arrived
here on her way to her California home.
Mr. Johnson's body was cremated and
Mrs. Johnson has brought with her an
urn containing his ashes which will be
interred near their California home.
Mrs. Johnson will leave for the west
today.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ON THE
WITNESS STAND
A Crowded Court Room
Landis Court in
HE PROVES TO BE UNSATISFACTORY: WITNESS
Specific Figures as to Earnings of Corporation Were Given by
C. M. Pratt Secretary and Were Close to Estimate
Made by John D. Rockefeller.
ATTORNEY MILLER FOR DEFENSE OBJECTS TO PROCEEDINGS
STANDARD COMPANY'S ATTORNEY CAME TO JUDGE'S DESK "AND
MADE EARNEST PLEA THAT ROCKEFELLER BE EXCUSED BECAUSE
HE COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION THAT COULD NOT BETTER BE
0BAINED FROM OTHER SOURCE YEARS DIVIDENDS 40 PER CENT
CHICAGO, July 5.-John D. Rockefel
ler occupied the witness stand in the
United State District Court today while
Judge Landis plied him with questions
regarding the financial strength and
business and the methods of the corpor
ation of which he i the head. Rocke
feller was a very willing and equally
unsatisfactory witness. He was "ready
to tell all he knew, but be said that be
knew practically nothing, The net re
sult of his examination was that he be
lieved that during the years 1904 and
1905, the period covered by the indict
ment on which the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana was roeently convicted,
dividends of the Standard Oil Company
oif New Jersey were approximately 40
per cent of the outstanding capitaliza
tion of $100,000,000. Investigation held
today by Judge Landis was instituted
by bim for the purpose of determining
whether or not the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana which was convicted of
violation of the rebate law was really
owned by the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey) whether Union Tank Line
whose ear are used fop the shipments
made in violation of law waa similarly
owned and also to obtain idea of finan
cial resources of convicted corporation
in order to Inflict a fine proportionate
to the offense and asset of the con
victed company. It was stated by offi
cers of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey that it owned the greater
part of the stock of both the Union
Tank Line and Standard Oil Company
of Indiana. Specific figures as to the
earnings of the parent corporation were
given by, C. M. Pratt, its secretary, and
they were close to estimate given to
Rockefeller.
Prospect of appearance in court of the"
man reputed to be the richest man in
the world brought about a spectable
the like of which has never been wit
nessed in the vicinity of" a Chicago
court room.
The hour set for Rockefeller' appear
ance was 10 o'clock and an hour before
that time the hall outside the court
room was densely packed, by large
crowd, all of whom were anxious to
hear the testimony. A large squad of
deputy United States marshals and
numerous police officers were on hand
but even they were unable at times to
control the crowd, and assistance had to
be summoned from police headquarters.
Admission to the court room was by
card, but many people succeeded in
evading the guards and when the Judge
took his seat upon the bench, the court
room was packed to the last inch.
Lines of people stood around the walls,
and dozens of chairs held two occu
pants; every inch of standing room was
occupied and men sat upon the steps of
the jury box and squatted on the flodr.
Perfect order was maintained except at
the immediate opening when Judge Lan
dis threatened to clear the room if
absolute quiet was not preserved.
Rockefeller, attended by five local de
tectives and several secret service men
to protect him from some chance crank,
was conducted to the court room short
Greets His Adocvtia Judge
Chicago Yesterday. . i
ly after 10 o'clock. He was shown to a
seat to the left of the Judge's bench
and was well up into the room before
hi presence wa snoticed. There was con
siderable excitement and some confus
ion resulted from the efforts of the
spectator, to obtain a closer view. He
looked around with some curiosity and
then commenced a whispered con versa-,
tion with his attorneys. '
Before the hearing of the Standard '
Oil case, Judge Landis disposed of sev
eral minor matters. When the cae was
called, the Standard Oil attorneys cam
forward to the Judge's desk and made
an earnest plea, that Rockefeller be ex
cused because he could give no informa
tion that could not better be obtained
from some other source. The Judge
however refused to vacate the subpena.
Mr. Miller of counsel for the defense,
objected to the present proceedings on
the ground that they were entirely out
side the jurisdiction of the court. The
judge overruled the motion. Miller then
announced that defense objected to every
question put to every witness. Judge
Landis said that every objection was
overruled and execption allowed.
The first witness was Frederick A.
Wann, former general freight agent of
the Alton Railroad Company who was
questioned regarding the rate at which
oil should have been shipped from Whit
ing, Ind., to East St. Louis. Witness
said that he had issued instructions for
a 10-eent rate. ' " , "
Wann was followed by Harry E. Fel
ton, president of the Union Tank Line.
Felton testified that the Alton paid the
Tank Line 3-4 cent for hauling both
loaded and empty cars. He said that
the Tank Line owned these cars. Wit
ness testified iurther that by far the
major portion of the Union Tank Line
stock is owned by' the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey. He said that
the Tank Line never paid dividends be
cause there was no money in running
tank cars, as an investment, at 3-4 cent
per mile.; ' - " ' 1 1
The next witness was Rockefeller.
Witness was questioned by Judge Lan
dis. He spoke with much deliberation, .
pondering his answers before making
hem. Before giving reply he almost
invariably fixed his eyes upon his at
torneys as if waiting to see whether
they desired to interpose an objection.
Once satisfied on this point he answered
promptly. Rockefeller testified that ,he
was president of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey, but that for ten
years the position has been an honorary
one and that he' had not rendered any
service. He said that the outstanding
stock of the Standard Oil Company is ,
about $100,000,000, though he could not
give any definite amount Rockefeller
said that he had been so long out of
the business that he could not state
whether, generally speaking, business of
Standard Oil Company is production, .
distribution and sale of oiL
He had a general impression that!
they have a refinery and refine oil, but
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