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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1907)
Ml d UBUHt UU AMQOIATiO Mill AfOAT NO. 176. VOLUME LXIII, DUKE MADE Forger From Astoria Levants From State Peniten tiary Yesterday. HIS SECOND ESCAPE SINCE HIS ARRESf HERE V Arrested (or Uttering a Forged Check He Made His Escape! From the County Jail Here and After Two Days of Liberty He Was Recaptured at Svenson. ... , ,k . w PLAYED A VERY SHREWD TRICK ON PENITENTIARY GUARD WORING IN TBS PRISON BRIC OVERALLS AND FELT HAT AN VERY EYES OF A GREEN GUARD ROADS ARB THOROUGHLY GUAR SALEM, Or., July Sl.-Vlth fc-ancely one month of a two year and a half sen tence completed, Oharle P. Duk wurktd a clever game upon a green guard at tin penitentiary this afternoon by whk-h he made Kit e-apa from tli peniten tiary dud although the country ban Iwn tcoured for mite around, no trace of liim bus a yt Ixn 'found, Duke I an ex-printer mid newpapw reporter and vu tent tip from Atorla, June 20, for obtaining money under faUw preUnM. Ha wa working in the priwn brick yard tad taking advantage of the green guard on duty, pulled ft pair of brown overall over hi prison uniform and put on a lijilit felt hot (when or how he obtained these garment U a myntery), lie picked up a long stick and began measuring a large rk'k of eordwood within the very almdow of the guard' rifle. He mcaured to the end of Uie pile nnd then walked out upon the road and away without even a challenge from the guard, who thought he wa the farmer who had Ixi'ii hauling the wood and pld only paititiiig attention to hi movamenU. A reward of fSO U offered for hi detection. Charles P. Duke, the eacaped prlaoner, wa arrested in AM or la in May on a diarge of uttering a forged check which be calicd at the bar ol the Occident Hotel: On June 0th Duke, who M been acting aa a "trusty," mode bia eaeai from the county jail while Deputy ySlierifr McUne wa attending to the aupper of the primmer. He wa ordered by Uie deputy to remove some ashc from the atove. He left the Jail with the ashes and dinnppeared and wa not RUSSIA AND GERMANY. Ruler of Both Nations to Have Set Meeting Arranged by Wlreles. ST. rUTKHSHUHO, July 81. -Bin-pcror - Nicholas will tart on a crulne aboard the roynl yacht Standard Thurs day with the ultimate, object of meet ing Kmiieror William. Jut where the two monarch will meet 1 not known and it is Mippoed the arrangements will be iiiikIo by wiivlo telegraph when out at sea. Only tlio Knijieror' ulte and the Minister of Marine and Court will go on the cruise, Tlie Kmpreeg will re main at Peterhof, It It believed here that the meeting will take pbioe Satur day or Sunday. BIO PARADE IN BOSTON'S STREETS. BOSTON, July 31.-Ten thousand men marched through Boston' street this afternoon, the occasion being the old home celebration. MORE ECHOES SAN FBANOISOO, July 81. -The grand jury will continue Its investiga tion today Into the charges of "Jury fix ing' 'In connection with the recent trial a EASY ESCAPE KYARD BE DONNED A PAIS OF D WALKED AWAY UNDER THE HE IS STILL AT LARGE ALL THE DED. recaptured tfor a couple of day when be w caught at Svenwn, a telephone metaage having coma from Moore! log ging camp that be wa teen In that vicinity. Deputy Sheriff McLane Imme diately on receipt of the telephone me age atarted for Svenaon, the neareat town to the camp, and awaited the re turn of Duke who had previously been to the store and purchased cheese, and candy for a lunch, Uafor be came to the atore and wa arreated be cut the telephone wire but via too late aa the iuaage regarding him waa Mint before the cutting off of communication. He aubmltted to amwt at the point of a gun and wa returned to the jail on June 8th. On June 17th he waa arraigned In the circuit court on a charge of uttering a forged check tfor $37. He pleaded guilty to the charge and made an impassioned plea to the court and apoke well in bin own defense. He begged for the leniency of the. court. The judge referred to hi attempt nt ecipe and remarked that It wa the duty of the officer to hold tueir prisoner and that it wa the duty of the prisoner to get away if he could. He sentenced him to two and one-half tear in the penitentiary and he wa taken Uie re the aame night. Duke la an Englishman and to many might pa himaclf off aa an educated man. In reality, be U far from It, but no odubt ha traveled good deal and baa a certain amount of thallow infor mation which he ha made fre use of. It U thought that hta present time of freedom will also be tdiort aa the ave nue of eiwane are guarded closely. SWORD MIGHTIER THAN PEN. HAVANA, July 31. Napoleon Calm, a journalist on the ataff of Cuba I dying fitnn a, sword thrust In the lung received in a dud with Itenlto Celerlno on of a prominent barrister. Oalvcra It is said, offered an iusult to the elder I'elerino nnd the son challenged him to a duel. An attempt was made to keep the affair secret, Galvea explaining to the authorities that be received hi wound by falling on a nail. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES At (I'ortland-J-oa Angeles 4, Port InnJ 2. At San, Francisco Oakland 2, San Franoisco 1. At Seattle Seattle 3, Butte 4. At Tncoimii Tacoma 0, Spokane 3. AD BASEBALL... . At Bake City Baker 11, Weiaer 5. FROM THE GLASS TRIAL of Louis Glass of the Telephone Com pany at the instance of the prosecution. The Inquiry is to be made, it Is said, as thorough as possible. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST .1, 1907. st ! LORD TAKES CHARGE OF THE BIO STICK. STRIPPED OF STAR Policeman Walsh is Disgraced For Being Coward RAN FROM MURDER'S GUN Hat Every Opportunity to Clear His Conduct But Was Unable to Prove Hi Honor to Commissioner and Room Full of Fellow Officers. NEW YORK, July 31.-A remarkable scene wa enacted today in the trial room at police headquarters when Steph en S. Walh, policeman, was dismissed from the acrviee in diHgrace for coward Ice. Hi tr waa stripped from him in the presence of a large number of fel low officers. Walsh ran away from the men he was pursuing ' when the latter pulled a gun on him aiiter he bad killed a young woman. The murderer escaped and later killed another man. Walsh waa given every opportunity to clear hi character but could not defend his conduct. BELIEVES IN CLAIRVOYANT. COLORADO SPRINGS, July 31.-Be-lievlng that her daughter is still alive and in need, the mother of Miss Katrina Haydcn, reported to have been drowned in the wreck of the steamship Columbia, has prevailed upon Clyde L Howell of tills city, fiance otf the missing school teacher, to depart for San Francisco with a trunkful of clothes and a auit en.se, In search of the niiasing girl. Mrs. Haydcn last Thursday visited1 a clairvoyant, who told her that her daughter is still alive and wandering about unclothed, i This so affected Mr. Hayden that she begged Mr. Howell to go and find her. Mr. Howell is confident that if the girl were still alive they VouKl have beard something from her, but waa finally Induced by the frantic mother to go in search of hU sweet heart. MORB HAYWOOD CELEBRATIONS. BINGHAM JUNCTION, Utab, July 31. One thousand men marched the ejects tonight cheering the verdict In the Hay wood case. This is applauded aa a dis tinct victory In cause of labor. CANADA TO WELCOME TAFT. OTTAWA, July 31.-Secretary Taft is expected to pay a visit soon to the St. Lawrence river and gulf. R. W. Scott, the Canadian secretary of state, is In communication with him regard ing the visit. The government, it is expected, will place one of the Domin ion cruisers ut his disposal. IS HELD IN Suspect Implicated In Butte Hold' up at FL Stevens. ENLISTED AS HENRY J. GRUBER If he is Implicated Will be Tried on Charge of Murdering Engineer Clow Who Waa Killed in Wreck of North Coast Train. BUTTE, Mont., July 31. George Tower arrested yesterday upon the i barge of implication in the hold-up of the North Coat Limited near Butte, on May 7 last, and the murder of Engineer ('low today in the course of an inter view in the Inter-Mountain implicates two men be names as Joe Gordon and "Dutcb". These men, saya Tower, were the actual robbers but he allowed them to use his room in a local lodging house as headquarters. He says . Gordon threatened to kill if he "blowed." Towel" Is 22 year old. He says bis parents reside in Galesburg, III. He It ft home aa a boy and has wandered all over the wet. Beside Gordon and Dutch, Tower eay a man named d. C. Hastings was in the plot. A suspect is now under ' arrest at Columbia River, Or and a Butte deputy sheriff left last night to bring him here. This suspect whose name the police will not divulge, it believed to be Clow'a murderer. The other two men have not been captured. PORTLAND, July 31. Information coming 'from Astoria says that an in- listed man giving his name as Henry J. Gmber is under arrest at Fort Stevens charged with complicity in the robbery of the Northern Pacifio train in Mon tana last May in which Engineer Clow wan killed. Grubeii is about 20 years of age and came to Fort Stevens on July 22 from Butte, Mont., where he had en listed that month. Gruber is believed to lie his correct name. He is under guard and Is heavily ironed. This will probably clcaf the Butte mystery. ENTER COAST LUMBER TRADE. SAN FRANCISCO. July 31A new corporation, controlling large timber in Oregon and on the Puget Sound, is about to enter the coast lumber trade. This corporation is the Smith Lumber Company of Minneapolis. The Smith Lumber boa bad a large steel steamer built at the Newport News shipyard in Virginia for the Pacific lumber trade and the vessel is -now about ready to be launchedi LANGHORNB APPOINTED. OLYMPIA, Juty 81. Governor Mead has appointed Maurice A. Langhorne as the fifth member of the board of man agers of the Washington reformatory. UOVIRt THI MOftNINQ riBLD ON BRITT WINS Fight Goes Twenty Rounds in Frisco for BATTLING NELSON ALL Britt Gets Stronger as Fight Progresses and Fought All Around the Dane Who Was Strong in the Second and Seventh Rounds Only. . NELSON DOES LEADING BUT AS A RESULT OF THE FIGHT NELSON ING THE LAST FEW ROUNDS BRITT HIT HIM ALMOST AT WILL BRITT COMES OUT OF THE CONTEST WITH ONLY A BLEEDING NOSE-IF BRITT LOST FIGHT IT WOULD BE HIS LAST RING BATTLE SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-Jiinmy Britt oi San Francisco, gained the de cision over Battling Nelson of Hege- wiscb. 111., at the end of 20 rounds of the fastest and prettiest fighting ever seen in San Francisco for many years. At no time was either man in danger of a knockout until near the end of the last round when Britt's right and left swings and uppercuta which be landed one after another at will on Nelson's lace and all but put the Dane down and out Foi the third time Battling Kelson and Jimmy Britt met in the ring last night to decide who is the better man with the gloves Both fighters were never in better condition before a fistic battle and each one expressed himself as being confident According to Tom Corbett, about (12,000 bad been placed. Nelson did the greater part of the leading from start to finish but he waa outdone by Britt's cleverness, ring gen eralship, gameness, and ability to take punishment. Referee Welch in announc ing the decision gave Nelson only two round out of the 20, the second and seventh. . Britt's defense showed up better than FOOTBALL PLAYER DIES. EUGENE, Or., July 31. Samuel T. Ihurstonj former University of Ore gon ai.d 0. A. C. nootbatl star1, died at Alhambra, Arizona, yesterday after a long illness from tuberculosis. He was aged 20 years and leaves a wife and son. He aws married to Miss Blanche Taylor, of Eugene, in AprH, 1003, and soon after their marriage he was taken ill, spending most of the time since in Arizona. His folks live at Suver, Polk County, where the remains will be interred. NO FREEDOM OF THE PRESS CHALONS SUR MARNE, France, July 31 The Bishop of Chalons, acting upon the recent papal syllabus on the matter of modernism in the fath, has prohibited ecclesiastics of his diocese from publish ing any articles on religious subjects without bis authorization. BUTTE MINERS PARADE. BUTTE, July 81. Seven thousand stalwart miners and other union work ers of Butte paraded the streets in this city this evening as an expression of their gratification at the acquittal of William D. Haywood. , EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD MAN IS EXECUTED AUBURN, N. Y., July 31.-Charles Bonier, 80 years of age, of Buffalo, con victed of the murder of Frana and Johanna Grehr, was electrocuted here Trfl LOWaTft OOLUMIIA PRICE FIVE CENTS. FROM NELSON and best Contest Seen Many Years. BUT DOWN AND OUT BRITT IS TOO CLEVER FOR HIM IS BADLY BATTERED UP DUR ever before and bis accuracy waa never before so marked. He found his man almost at will and from the tap of the gong until the finish tbere was no lack oi steam to his blows. Ii; anything he allowed up stronger in the last five rounds than the first 15, while the last half of the fight Nelson's hitting powers diminished noticeably. Kelson ia badly battered up. Aside from at the bleeding nose Britt sbowa no signs of a terrific ring battle. Before the contest last night Britt made the following statement to the presa: "Nelson will face a desperate fighter' but I will pursue no wild tactios. If I lose this fight it will be my last battle in the ring. I would rather beat Nelson than any other fighter in the world. I am sure that I am the better man of two and in a 20-round bout have every thing in my favor. I want the referee to break ua if it develops into a wrest ling match and to keep his eyea on Kel son, who baa a bad habit of butting." Who the man is arrested at Fort Stevens is not definitely known at Butte or his connection with the plot. Tower waa captured. through the iden tity of a suitcase filled with dynamite which wa identified by his landlady. COSTLY PITTSBURG FIRE. Municipal Buildings and Institutions in Danger One Killed; Several Injured, :,M PITTSBURG, July Sl.-Fire which threatened to destroy all the municipal institutions of this city at Marshal sea, 12 miles from here, tonight did $25000 damage. One man was killed by (falling walls and several others in juicl MacLEAN'S LIFE IN DANGER. TANGIER, July 31. Garari A. Low ther,, the British minister here, has re ceived a letter from Caid Sir Harry MacLean, stating that Raisuli, who holds him prisoner, threatens to put him to death unless Mohammed el Torres, the Sultan's representative for foreign affairs at Tangier, withdraws the troops from the Elkmea territory. EDUCATOR KILLED , OSHKOSH, Wis., July 31. Richard H. Halsey president of the Oshkoah Nor mal School widely known in educational circles, was accidentally shot and killed at Geoblc Lake, Wis. yesterday. this morning. Bonier killed the couple at their borne for their money. Ha walked calmly to the chair attended by two priests. He showed no emotion.