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NO. 196. VOLUME LXIII,
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1907.
ARRIVES
AT
NOON
St. Nicholas Down From
Nusbagak.
HAS PROSPEROUS TRIP
30,000 Cases Result of Season
Pack for Columbia River ,
Packing As. ;.
COMPANY MAKES GOOD RECORD
Alaska Pck li Already Sold Portland
' Alaska Fishermen Dlsposs of Thai!
,Product at is, Subject to Opening
Pric of Alaska Packtr Association
Breasting the swell it the mouth of
th river graceful! and throwing tb
pray from off her bow in ur pleasure
t being bom again, th St, Nicholas,
Captain Antonsen, crord to at I2i30
jesterdav. 18 davt from Nu.hu rak.
Alaska. And In kreplitg with the happy
wy the hip came Into too hrlor were
tli anirlta of tb Hum aboard of hen all
Mere In fine condition and all were glad
to net bom ugaln. From th report of
tin officer and crew of tli men the
trip down muat have been one conllnu
oua holiday excursion,
in tb bold of lb St. Nicholas titer l
lion to 30,000 rat of salmon belonging
to the Columbia River Packing Aaao
elation. Thla represents tha summer's
work of tin company and i a remark
hit showing for the ixnixon which U re
ported to have been the wort that an;
of the veteran in the business have ex
perienced. But although the season baa
twn poor, the Columbia Packer man
aged to get the beat from It. Their
loatt, of which there were St. were rated
the highest and boated their competi
tor by 3000 flab per boat.
In all the long summer's work there
was nouung to mar the pleasure of
what wa almost an outing except the
death of one of the fishermen, Sam
Turota, one of the beat fishermen fa the
company i einpioy. in all other respect
ilie work went smoothly; there wan no
words between officers and men And the
returning crew have the hlglieat praise
for the official of the company and the
'ifflclnla have tlio same word of praise
lr regard tp the men. ; j ., ,
The Columbia River Packer' product
it already Hold in rurlots to the dls
trlbutlng centers all over the United
Suites. The juice Is $1,05 against tbs
opening price of the Alaka Packers'
Association of Ban Francisco. TIio fort
la lid- A lank a, packers'" Association has
alreajy gold, its pack subject to the tame
understanding but if the price should go
.iiuov jpi.03 the .Portland firm does not
get the advantage of the margin, but if
it drops below they will be above the
nmrwn in Having disponed 0f their stock
nc tlio price us quoted.
I airWI Mini IiiUkli ai.ltli 'II,. 3
Nicholas from the time she left bore,
April 10, until the time she dropped
anchor In the harbor yesterday after
noon. Iho trip up to Unimack Pas
vas nmdo in 11 days, that is the record
and the ofllcers of the ships lire readv
to back It up. Superintendent Holland
lias made the trip for 17 years, three
limes with the present company, and
ays that it lias been the best and the
quickest mac ne has ever experienced,
"The entire trip down whs fine" said
Mr. Holland yesterday. "When we first
left Nushagok the weather was' thick
and we proceeded cautiously. We were
with the John Currier the day she was
wrecked but the weather was so thick
we could not aee anything over her. We
dropped our lend t that point and find
ing 25 fathoms of water went about on
the other tack 'and suppose that the
purrjer continued on her course and went
"The weather was so thick In com
ing , through Unlnink Tan that we
caught but just one glimpse of the
bf aoh. Bub on getting further south
the weather cleared and the trip was
very enjoyable. We sailed down with
all sails set and only In reaching the
region or tne Columbia River did we
strike thick weather airaln. Osntaln
Aiiatonaen was obliged to layoff Wlllapa
I'sy last nignt on account of the fog,"
Captain Antonsen also said that be
had the best kind of a trip down. "We
had a fin trip down 'and all the men
arrived in irood shape. The sblu mad a
qiiltls passage and of course I am glad
we ilia not nave the same lurk the
ohn Currier."
(hi board tlie returned vessel were 00
white people, pasMingert and crew, and
102 Cliliic and Jananeae. With all
this colony of humanity there was no
icuness ana in. nikington quickly
pasw-a int vessel through quarantine.
One of the returnlnv members of the
company wuo is looking well la the In
side bo, Tbomas Wooten. The ship
was reported to be coming up the har
bor and Mr. 8. KImore. one of the oflluers
of the company, went down on tha Jock
to waiva her drop anchor,
By love," said Mr. Elmore, as the
"blp was well down the bay, "If there
..Hi, join nooMint wiimKers jrm a
farmer. I can tell that glint a long
war on, tie was correct in bis trdl.
Hon, for when Mr. Wooten tame ahore
he was adorned with the bet beard on
(he ship .and there were many good
ones, too. lie is looking line and Is
everal pounds heavier than when lie
ieii
Mr. If, Johnson, bookkeener for the
company lm bears out the other men's
i airmrnt lor a prosperous voyage and
from all reiwrts it la to be eontrued
that the St. Nicholas and the company
a men sue Drought down the pack for
had a most prosperous summer even If
i ne run of Dh was light.
The bt. Mchohs will dlchrM earra
, w a
next wees,
WILLING
WITNESSES
In Portland Bank Failure
Inquiry.
GRAVE FOR OFFICIALS
mure m now an interim Junior whit
the tet,has made no provision for
prosecutions of this character. Notwlth
landing the opinion of these attorneys,
however, Mr. Manning I proceeding
with "his Investigation and if he obtain,
the necessary evidence, will return his
indictments and leave the auestion of
law to the courts.
According to an official, two informa
tions have already been signed, but Mr.
Manning neither confirms nor denies the
reKtft
When the dUtrlet attorney decided to
Ut in the case and notified bis office,
Deputy District Attorneys prepared com
plaints yesterday and drafted warrants
for the bank officials. On Mr. Manning's
arrival In Portland, however, he conclud
ed that the better policy was to sit as
a grand jury and proceed along those
line, as It would expedite matters' and
start the wheels working faster than if
proceedings were brought In the munici
pal court. ' .
Depositors Swear That Money
was Accepted After Condi
tion Was Known.
MOOR GIVES OWN MONEY
But E. E. lytic Is Not to Free With
Collateral to Insure Depositors Their
Money Minnktg Will Issue Indict
ments When he Secure Evidence.
HOLD A CONFERENCE.
Lr3IXOTOV. Kr.. AumiM, 21-Sm
retary Garfield, who was telegraphed for
by Secretary Taft, arrived from St
Louis late last night. No statement is
obtainable on matters dicusseL
NOW
ON THE
RANGE
Military Part of Country at Rifle
Contests.
SEA GIRT THE NEXT PLACE
One of the Most Popular Rangea in
tne country Will be the Scene of Num
berless Contests Society Event For
l OS MSI,
WA.SJUX(iTON Anirilt 2.1-After ihe
N'ationol Rifle) MaU-hes and those of th
XafionaLRiflo Association, which will be
shot at Camp Perry, Ohio, tho attention
of the rifle world will lie turned towanl
Sea (iirt. New Jersey, where the matches
r the Jsew Jersey Slate Rifle Associa
tion will bo aliot from September 2nd
to 7th inclusive. Probably a maioritv
....... . ... .
o! me reams from Camp Perry, certain
ly a large mimlier, will proceed to Sen
(Iirt for thee matches. j1 " -. i
frica (Iirt lins long been famous for its
rille matches and possesses one of the
lient ranges In the country. The nrln-
elpal match will lie that for the Dryden
1 rophy, presented by former ' Senntor
Dryden of that State, ontr of the band
someH trophies In the country.' It is
open to the same teams aa are eligible
for tho National Mutch, exceot that the
teams shall be composed of eight in
stead of twelve men. The distances are
200. 000 and 1000 yards. The Drvdcn
trophy carries with it $150 In cash with
iw to the necond team and $50 to the
third team.
there are also the Interstate Revl
mental team match .open to battalions
and separate organizations of the United
States service and to the regiment of
the National vGuard. This is a
PORTLAND, August 23. Two score
or more people are being examined by
District Attorney John Manning, sitting
as a grand jury, looking for evidence to
uceriain wneiner the Oregon Trust &
Saving Rank accepted deposit when
ne omciais anew me uanK was insol
vent. . If sufficient evidence can be nth
erivl an Indictment will be returned
without unnecessary delay and the offic
ials prosecuted criminally.
From testimony received from wit.
neaes this morning the defunct bank
must nave taken in many thousand dol
la re Tuesday afternoon, a few hours be
fore the institution suspended. The
point to be determined is whether the
official, at the time this monev was
taken over the counter, knew that the
bank was on the verge of destruction.
N'one of the bank officials will he sent
for by the District Attorney, although
i resilient waiter H. Moore telephoned
Mr. Manning this morning that he
wanted to see him.
In an interview yesterday with Mr.
Moore he said he was wil'limr to din
into his private funds to assUt the de
positors in getting dollar for dollar.
K. K. Lrtle. one of the director, how
ever, has no Intention of joining Presi-
ucnt .Moore In such relief, according to a
statement made by the director this
morning.
Opinion Is divided nmonir biwver as
to whether there is at oresent anv law
by which the District Attorney can take
action' against the bank. Many lawyers
contend that when the leiiisbiture nassed
the sUte banking law last winter it re
voked the former statutes on the sub
ject, and, since the state bankimr law
doee not take effect; until next year,
PLAYS BASEBALL WITH JAPS.
American Jackies Visit and Patronixe
- Mikado's Men.
WASHINGTON, August 23.-After six
day at Yokohama the faet division of
the Pacific fleet of warshios. the Penn
yivama, tne Wet Virginia, the Mary
i .x 1 il ...
wno ana me unorado. Kear-AJmiral
Dayton commanding, left that Dort to
I day, under orders to proceed to the west
coast or the United State via Honolulu,
at which port, it anticipated, the res
seis win remain ten or fifteen Javs.
The stay of the fleet in Janan ss
wimout any untoward incident of any
character, as was the case upon the
previous vialt of the vesxel to Jaosnese
ports two months aim. The men
given the usual' shore leave, devoting
wir lime to sightseeing in Yokohama
and Tokio. There were baseball contests
with Japanese college teams and the
naiernuation was complete.
it was announced at the navy denart.
r f
nieni tnat the necessary repairs on the
armored cruisers Tennessee and Wash
ington, now at Hampton RoaJa and Vew
port, respectively, will he Mmnli.ij Kr
September 28. and immediately after
iron oate tney win proceed to the
Pacific.
These details are the most recent J
velopmenta of the chance of naval nol.
, - i
icy, the mot significant feature nf
which have been the President's desire
to send the Atlantic fleet of 16 battle
ships to the Pacific.
WORSE
FOR GLASS
PAYS FOR HIS IMPUDENCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 23.
E. J. Zimmer, vice-president of
the Pacific States Telephone Co,
was today sentenced to three
months' imprisonment for re
fusal to testify in the G!as case.
OFFICERS KILL EACH OTHER.
GREENSBORO. N. C. Auiriist 23.
Deputy Revenue Collector Hendrix. with
s noe from Raleigh, and Demitv Mar-
siwJl Henry nd posse from Durham
while hunting a moonshiner's still last
night each mistook the other for moon
shiners and both sides fired. Deputy
Gordon was mortally wounded. 1 Deputy
Hendrix and two possemen were serious
ly injured. v
new
match, the trophy for which wan nre
..." - r
scnted by Hon. Frank O. Brlmrs, II. S,
Senator from New Jersey, and carries
with it a number of cash prizes. There
will alsn 1,A fha Mimnonv ian.n nt.l.
Company tronhv match. PnlnmKin
trophy match, Carbine team match, Vet
eran Organization team match, Gould
rapid (Ire team match, Individual rapid
flr match, All-Comer Military match,
i wye match, General E. P. Meanv
match, New Jersey State Rifle Associa-
(Continued on Page 8.)
Hcncy is Gradually Wear
int the Mesiies. '
mmmmmmm
ELIMINAriON PROCESS
Showing That Other Officers o
Company Did Not Know How
to Bribe.
STICE IS A GOOD WITNESS
Said That he Came West a th Com
Pny Wsa Rotten Employe Went
oyer Superior Regardless of Sank
flckenwll Made Other Investigations.
SAN FRANCISCO. August 23. Alfred
i. stice, formerly an official of the Pa
cific State Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany strengthened the prosecution
elimination process by giving testimony
to the effect that President Scott at the
time Hulsey is said to have bribed the
supervisor, naa not yet gained a prac
tk-al knowledge of the teleobone bus!
ne. Speaking of Pickernell'i coming
o ban fYancisco. Stiee said the condi
tion of the company at that time was
rotten.
For one thing." he said. "It was the
rule of employe even to go over their
direct uperiors." .-
Mire said be knew this because he
drew up an organisation chart which in
dicated diagramaticallv the official rank
of the system.
Delmas drew from Stic that Picker-
nell was to have met Scott and Stice ai
Portland but not do so because detained
in Salt Lake. Heney considered thia as
an inference that Pickernell was detain
ed in the Utah City to attempt to bribe
officials there a there was great oppo
sition to the Home Company in that
place also. N
To offset this he asked Stice what
Pickernell was doing in Salt Lake.
once said ne was looking into the on
position situation. Asked if Glass told
him so. Stice said that he micht have
When asked if Glas told him Pickernell
was in- Salt Lake for bribing officials
Mice said, "Ao, Glass did not tell me
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MANNING TO THE RESCUED
United States Sends Swift Cotter t
pick Up Currier's Survivor.
Word ws received here lat night at
the custom house and also at ttu, m
of the Alaska Fishermen' Packing Conj-
pany mat tne United State government
revenue cutter Manning will be sent to
Nelson' Lagoon to rescue tha mMnn
and crew of the ahfnwrerkeii wuji .Tnhn
Currier, which was wrecked n Ai,m,.t o
The infonnation came from Washington
anu me Manning is supposed to be at
Valdc. Alaoka, and while the nfftam r
th company here sustaining the loss do
uoi koov wnere the Manning will bring
the crew, yet they are of tha onlnfon that
b will put In at Seattle.
The John Currier, which was wrecked
August 0, had 240 oerson aboard, ahmit
half of which were Chinamen and Jap
anese. They are in ili-provised huts on
a bleak part .of the Alaskan coast and
nave provision enough to last them un
til September 1. The new that tha
government I to act d promptly i
gratification to the officer of the com
pany here and also to the relative and
friend ot the castaways, many of whom
are residents of Astoria.
HILLS CHINAMAN FOR MONET.
REDDING, CaL. August 23. Dan Ar.
thur, a half-breed, wanted for the
der of a Chinaman named Ah Ghwong.
in Hawkins Bar. Trinity county, escap
ed Sunday when officers put in their
appearance. Arthur got a boat and went
down to Trinity River. He i believed to
be In Humboldt County. Arthur' vic
tim was a cook on the ill-fated Jeanette.
lost in the Arctie Ocean, and was one
of the few rescued. Since then he has
been mining in Trinity. Arthur killed
Ah Chong for money.
SAILS SPREAD; FOUR KILLED.
BEJUXGHAM. Auenat 21 Th.
Blocton accommodation train of the Bir
mingham Mineral Railroad was wrecked
by the 'spreading of the rails between
Adger and Johns today. Four were kill
ed and eight to ten injured.
10NEY FOR STRIKERS
inance Committee Will Have to
Furnish Funds.
that, and
true."
I do not know that it is
CHICAGO & ALTON BOUGHT.
The Railroads I guess there's nothing to do but to take it, The doctor says
it's for the good of my system but it's the bitterest pill I've had to swallow yet.
Subject to Conditions of Standard Oil
Fine For Rebates. '
NBW YORK. August 23. The Toledo.
ot. .Louis A. Western Rnilrna.l h fta Hi
iiuired control of the Chicacro 4 Alton.
accoramg to an announcement made to
any. 1 lie acquisition is subject to con
ditrons which will not be made public
tor a fortnight.
While negotiations are closed the
change of ownership will not take place
unm tne purchasers are definitely assur
ed the government did not intend to fine
me Alton U.000,000 in connection with
the Standard Oil rebates.
RUSH HOME AGAIN.
Globe Trotters Anxious to Return to the
United States.
LOXiDON, August 23.-The usual end-
of -the summer rush to secure berths on
steamers bound for the United States
is in full blast. It is estimated that SO,-
000 Americans arrived in May; June and
July. Now all want to return within
month or six weeks. The steamship
offices are daily besieged, but the only
Sresent hope of saloon passengers not
holding return tickets is that some hold
ers will prolong their stay and transfer
their berths. All flrst-class accommoda
tions have been booked until the end of
September, and the second-class accom
modation is nearly as. full.
REAL TEST NOW BEGINS
Western Union Will Not Take Back Old
Employes But Will Retain Those Who
Filled Their Positions Strikers Are
of the Opinion They Are Winning.
NEW YORK, August 23 The striking
telegraphers, who are without funds msv
now apply tythe union's finance com
mittee for relief, according to an an
nouncement of Deputy President Thomas.
Superintendent Brooks of the Western
Union Said the men employed to fill
vacancies caused by the strike will he
retained and none of the old operators
whose places have been filled will be
allowed to return.
PORTLAND, August 23. There was
nothing in the countenances of the littla
group of telegraph operators rathere.1 in
the strike headquarters at the Esmond
Hotel today that would indicate discour
agement over the situation. ' They dis-
cussed with earnestness various phases
or the progress of the strike. They say:
"We have the wires tied up all over the
country in spite of reports to the con
trary. . Why, if a man nuts a message
on the wire, say, at Chicago for a coast
point it is more than likely to sm im
iuto the air before fairly getting under
way. He has no way to find out whether
it got started, even, or not.
"We have daily reports from the chief
officers in the east and letters in every
mail and can say that Portland seema
to have a better service today than any
place in the country, and you know what
we have here. The latest we have from
Chicagois the ditspatch received this
evening stating that out of the 1700
operators in that city we have not loaf.
a man through desertion." ', A!
J. his matter of having messages inter
rupted was verified at the offices of t.h
companies, one manager saying that the
iiuernipuons were of such a character
as to disprove the claim of the strikers
that the strike is bein? conducted in a
clean manner. He said that some of tb
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