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1111 ' 1 1 I n i I: I I I CiM ins-asm ssmMmm k 0 ;i i - jiio-,.,.,, I-- . ,. jm k i ill' i i i i i f i i r i i i i i 'AV- , . V V ' U fi. COVERS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMSf A NO. 249. VOLUME LX1II. ASTORIA, OREGON, FBI DAY, OCTOBER 25, 1C37 Fn:cE five c::;i3 DAWES SPEECH CREATES REMARK Ex-Comptroller of Treasury Criti cizes Federal Department of Justice. ' .. 2,.. ..,, y ENTER3 DEFENSEF03 CAPITAL Delegate to National Chic Federation Eagerly DiscuM Position Taken by ex-Federal Official Urfi Amendment to the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. ::jjtMi CUnCAGO, Oct. 24.Detegate to the NatlonarCJvW Federation today eagerly discussed tb lemarke made atj Jat might's meeting by ex-Comptroller Dawe of the Treaeury. Dawea made an attack on the Federal department -of Justice saying: "Sme of H action look remarkably .&i if favoritism wa being Ulsplayed in the elect lea of combination to ba In vestigated and la the manner of at tack. V "t It remarkable that the eaiea hand led by the department of justice are al ways tried In the newspaper before they get Into the eourte." TJhe epeaker aUo criticized the.maga tine writer who be aald made, a prac tice of attacking men who accomplished great thing in the mercantile and finan cial world. He then entered to the de fense of the financier of New York as sorting thati man; of ttem, who have borne the lait during the last lour year, re' doing a "work, for the good of the country, the value of which It Is hard to sttinate. In conclusion Dawe urged the amendment of the. Sherman anti trust law io a to avoid the lmpllca tlon that all combine are of a criminal .character. At today' session Ilerninn Ridder of New York .spoke upon "Printing and Publishing," the only Industry that tends toward diffusion. CROSS-EXAMINATION RESUMED. BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. When the trial was resumed today the cro-ex - -araination of former Supervisor Gal lagher by Attorney Roger, wa con . tlnued. Roger kid great stres on the meeting of ht witness and Rudolph !preckela" when promise of Immunity were alleged to have been made. Gal lasher (aid he understood that Ruef v ould have immunity if he would te vilv. At the afternoon acssloii Honey, v'ng the re-direct examination of Gal lagher, had him , Identify his signature 1 to the original stenographic note of hi confession. The prosecution called for . mer Supervisor Furey to the stand and , the offeic of hi testimony . marked the , beginning of the introduction of "evl 'deuce of similar olTcnsPS," GUILTY OF PERJURY. VNEV YORK, Oct. 24,-tlio jury In the case of Walter R, Gillette, former vice- president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company who was charged with per jury tonight returned a verdict bf guilty. The verdict was accompanied with a recommendation for mercy. Gillette wa remanded until Monday for sentence. OPERATORS RETURN TO WORK. ; HELENA, Mont., Oct. 24. The' Ana conda Telegraphers' Union with which Uuttc is affiliated, decided to call the strike off and return to work tomorrow. There are 16 operators in Butte and Anaconda, including Associated Press operator who have asked for reinstate ment The Western Union opened tys cflice in Great Falls today and accord ing to Heport received hero tonight Billings will open tomorrow. hundred Chinese wlio had just been landed, made a murderous assault last night on the English slilp Woolwich and lier crew, Many men were seriously in jured in the affair and five may die from their wounds. ' The Chinese would have swept all be fore them, but for the timely aid that wa brought by a large force of Federal troops and gendarme. . - . " BANKERS GO TO SEE LANDS. Twenty-One From Pittsburg En Route to Idaho to Inipect Big Holding. CHICAGO, Oct. 2iTwenty-ono bank er and bank official of Pittsburg and other eastern citie are in Chicago on their way to Milner, Idaho. Tb party I on of the largest and most distin guished assemblages of financier ever tent thl far west ia , body. It ! at the Auditorium Annex . Thl afternoon tb banker were the guest of Chicago financial man, who conducted them on an automobile tour about the city. They arrived here to day at 9 a. m. and loft at 10 p. m over the North western Railroad. The financier are th guests of Jame S. and) L 6. Kuhn. tb former of whom U president of the Pittaburg Bank lor Saving. They have come Into control of , vast tract Of irrigable land In tb Twin Fall country of Idaho and are taking their Pittsburg associates to see the country with a view to gaining their aid in building it up. ROCKEFELLER DEPOSITS MILLIONS. NEW YORK, Oct. 21 It wa an nounced early thl afternoon that John D. Rockefeller bad deposited $10,000,000 with the Union Trust Co, one of the city' oldest and strongest trust con cern, and the money is to be used by that company In aiding the trust com pany situation generally. INVESTORS ANXIOUS v CHINESE FIGHT SAILORS. Oct. 24. A from Santa t SAN ANTONIO, Tex., dispatch to the Express Crui, Mexico, jay: Because two hundred of their country men . were detained on board by the Sanitary inspectors of this port, four Reynolds Bank Failure Creates Considerate Worry. LIABILITIES WILL BE COVERED Many People of Small Meant Had Money in Securities Ministers, Church Peo' pie and School Teachers Dabble in ' Stock of Get-Rich-Quick Scheme. ' NEW YORK, Oct 24 Dispatches from Ikmton say that Massachusetts stock holders of the Reynolds companies are bombarding Reynolds' Boston office with anxious inquiries for an accounting of their investments. The news of the fuilre of the bank at Valdet has created among them considerable fear regard ing their savings. The investors are largely ministers, church people - and school teachers. , Reynolds, according to Seattle die patches,- relinquished his equity in the Alaska Coast Line Company's steamers immediately aiter the closing of his VaUlea banlOlIa realized nothing from the sale of his equity in the transporta tion company, according to the state ment of a man who was closely con nected with the deal. Mr. Reynolds, as trustee for the Reynolds-Alaska, Devel opment Company, secured an option on 03 per cent of the capital stock of the steamship company and paid $47,000 down. The balance, (which was $47,000, ho contracted to pay in 00 days, : The syndicate of Tacoma men agreed to take up the option if he would re linquish his Interest In the company. Reynolds being unable to pay the, bal ance on his option, acceded to the terms offered and secured in "return for his Investment of $47,000 a contract by which he mar buy back the steamship line within three year by reimbursing the Tacoma men for the money they invested.. Two months nco the Revnolds-Alaska Development Company had $560,000 to its credit in various banks. How this was spent Mr. Reynolds andi the board of director have not stated. It is known however,1 that Reynolds purchased the , (Continued on Page 8.) ; ... I1EINZE WILL RENEW BATTLE Montana Copper Man to En deavorto Control AmaN gama'id. EITTER FIGHT IS PREDICTED Determined to Gt Revenge and to Fos ter His Great Ambition Heinie Will Vstnni a Montana Mine Will be Opened to Full Extent Helena, Mont., Oct. 21-undaunted by hi defeat Jn Wall Street F. : A. Heinz will return to Montana to renew the fight against the Amalgamated Cop per Cowwmr. This Is the Information received in Helena today. Hclnze' friend here are the authority for the statement that he will be able to realize several million for holdings In New York with which to begin the fight to recoup hi fortune. According to hi friend he is determined to get revenge and it is known bis great ambi tion Is to get control of the Amalgamat ed and dominate the copper world.? The reappearance of Hclnze In Montana, will undoubtedly mean that the bitter feud with the Amalgamated will be renewed. The Amalgamated, according to Helena mining reports ha recently curtained its output to 50 pei cent and his return will mean that all the mine will be opened to their full extent ENJOYED THEIR TRIP. French Balloonist ' Arrive in Eastern Metropolis. . NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Alfred Le Blanc, pilot of the French balloon Isle de France, and E. W. Mix, his assistant, who landed at Herbertsville, N. J. hiv ing all but won the Jame Gordon Ben nett trophy, and the International race arrived- in this city today. They reach ed the ground hungry and sleepy and cold, but aside from these minor discom forts, they had a fine trip. Incidentally. Mix revisited the scenes of his child hood, but it was from the air that he did so. He wa born in Franklin coun ty, Ohio, on a farm, but he had not seen the place in many year. Before he and Mr. LeBlanc entered the basket of the balloon for the race, he remarked that it would be a great pleasure if he could pass over his birthplace. On Tuesday morning he looked down and saw what seemed familiar country. The balloon was floating along near the earth and presently the scenery became even more familiar to his eye. Next he saw some relatives ani friend and they recog nized him, be thinks, but they could not understand what he shouted. Before reaeliing Franklin County the Isle de Fia nee u lledi along with two other competitor balloons. One of these was the Kt. Louis and the other the Lotus IL , The rival baloonists were able to keep up qute a long conversation in the small hours of the morning.) The Isle de France passed over Grafton, Mon day evening, and over Colum.tni vm morning, Tbt aJgl't UWm fld Mix went over Pittsburg &ni enjoyed watch injr the trolley caV and the light. They crossed the Susquehanna at Delta, Pa., and went over Delaware Bay in a fog. Tiie Delaware river they crossed at Wil mington and Philadelphia pretty soon came in sight. They crossed New Jer e? and New York to Long Island but were afraid of being blown out to sea, so they landed at Herbertsville. . STRENUOUS MEASURES ADOPTED, INDIANS AGAIN CAUSE CLE Troops From Ft. llzzis Ordered to the Scens cf the Out Creak. Seattle Medical Inspectors Clean Orien tal District SUATTIK; 0t( 84-Dr; A. S. Oliver, appointed special fuc4Wa! Inspector of the city on the bubonic plagUe" preventa tive work, started out with a force of eight 'Sub-inspectors to clean up' the Oriental district yesterday. More men will be added to the force if the de mand arise.- The leading Japanese and Chinese met the board of health and gave every assurance of their support to the work of the board. Notices Sn Cbinese and, Japanese will be circulated explaining the measures necessary to clean up the Oriental quarter and a Japanese doctor will probably be engag ed to look after the work among his countrymen. A laboratory and office building for the use of the plague staff is being constructed although no new cases of plague have developed. SITUATION IMPROVING. . PITTSBURG, Oct.. 24. The financial situation in tliis city is improving stead ily today. The government deposit of $5,000,000 placed in the local bank as ft precautionary measure aided in restor ing confidence in all quarters. None of the banks however requested assistance. The employee of the Westinghouse companies mere assured today by the receiver that there would be no sus pension of operations and that the semi monthly wages would be paid promptly. ONE SHIPPER PRESENT. , SALEM, Or., Oct. 24. The hearing of the car "shortage question on the -lines of the Southern Pacific in Oregon is -on before the Railroad Commission this afternoon, and it is expected the ex amination of witnesses will consume the greater part of the afternoon. The contention of the company,as is indicated by' the drift of the evidence given by Service Agent Meyer, who was the first on the stand, and testified that the company is better supplied with cars than last year, is that there is no car shortage, and that the company is pre pared to handle all Southern and East em shipments without delay. WAS DEPARTMENT GETS C'JGY Tribe W Utes Quartered on the Cbey enns River Reservation Reported to JSave Gone en the War Path Have Long Been Threatening Outbreak, , - WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The tribe of LTte fifcUas; which more than , year ago wandered away front the reserva tion in Utah and created, considerable trouble by threatening to take the war path, is reported again to have broken out on the Cheyenne river reservation in South Dakota where the tribe was gives temporary quarters. At the request of the Secretary of the Interior, the War Department today ordered the troop at Fort Meade to the scene of the trouble. The character of the outbreak is not known here. RYAN NAMED FOR BENCH. " AM 1 Richmond County Lawyer Goes to Spec ial Sessions to Secucced Fitzgerald. NEW YORK, Oct. 24. Mayor McClel- lan yesterday appointed Morgan M. L. Ryan a justice of the court of special sessions for the second division, to sue- ceed Thomas Wv Fitzgerald, removed. for a term ending December 31, 1913. Mr. Ryan was born in Batavia, Gene see county, N. Y,' on July . 10, 1867. After completing his education in Cor nell University he wa graduated from the Cornell law school with special hon or in. June, 1896, with the degree of LL. B..;'In February, 1897, he removed to New Brighton, S. L, where he has since resided,. In March, 1897, he was admitted to the bar of New York state, and immediately -entered upon the prae tice of his profession at New Brighton. For some years he was senior member of the law firm of Ryan & Innes, which has since dissolved. Mr. Ryan is probably the most active trial lawyer at the Richmond County bar. He has been indorsed by a number of promnent Station Island lawyers and citizens. He is a lifelong Democrat, but has hitherto never sought or held public office. WOODMEN OFFICIAL DEAD. fact arrived in Washington today ac companied by his wife and five children. He succeed Chekib Bey, who was th last Turkish minister, the mission hav ing been raised to an embassy recently following the advancement by the United States of its diplomatic repre sentative to Turkey to the rank of ambassador. The ambassador and his party, composed of 10 persons in all, did not go to the embassy, but took rooms in a hotel. The anbassador will present hi credentials to the President at th first convenient opportunity after tho latter returnA- FIANCE CANNOT COLLECT. KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct 24-Aa 11- year engagement to a man doe not permit a. woman to collect his life in surance aitet his death, Judge Stover d?i elded recently in the circuit conrt, World and Thomas Wllsonf admltra tor of W. E. Nail's estate, for iU $IC- life Insurance which Nail carried, T!. aid she bid bten engs;e4 te hb 11 years 5 tUt he promised" to ass'a the. Insurance at . 4W 1 February leaving il iniluranee money to his mother, Mr. Navina Kati, who died a few days later. After hearing the testimony, Judge Slover dismissed the jury. The administrator is to have the custody of the money. TO BUILD WHARF. r. BELLINGHAM. Oct. 24. As soon a $15,000 is subscribed by local capital to aid in the formation of a joint stock company for the purchase of the steam boat Yosemite, L. B. Quackenbush will erect a wharf along the water way of sufficient fize to aeeomiBodate the pas senger and freight traffic of the steam boat. . ' " 1 COUVEIlMi FliT Chicago and Kansas City AT.:r Republican Ccnver.ticn. EASTERN DELEGATES PLECCED Chicago Will Be Compelled to Enlarge the Coliseum as the Seating Capacity Is not Enough Kansas City Can Seat ao,ooo Persons. DENVER, Oct. 24.-John C. Latshaw. head clerk of the Woodmen of the World, died in this city Tuesday night after an illness of short duration. Mr, Latshaw was near 60 years of age and had been head clerk of the order with headquarters at Denver since , April, 1905. His office wlf be filled by ap pointment, to be made at once by I. L Boak, head consul The office will be filled in this way until the meeting of the head camp session in Portland, Jury, 1910. LOSES ARM SUES FOR $10,000. . . OVER UNCLE SAM'S SHOULDERS Uncle Sam's attitude toward Japan has encouraged China to defy Japanese aggression". News Item. Pottsville Employe Seeks Redress Under Employers' Liability Law. rOTTSVILLE, Pa., Oct. 24.-Joseph Gumbar, Jr., has brought suit against the Mount Hope Coal Co. for $J0,000 damages for the loss of his right arm. He claims under the employers liab ility law, that a boy engineer, under the age limit allowed by state factory laws in charge of a mine locomotive ran him down, with the result that he lost the member and1 anopportunity to earn a livelihood. , CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Chicago and Kan sas City will fight it out for both the Republican and Democratic National conventions of 1908. chicago will win only on condition that a larger conven tion hall be provided than the Coliseum and better arranged. Thomas D. Knight, president of the Hamilton Club, delivered this message last night at a banquet of the "Old Guard" of the dub. He had just returned after a consulta tion with Chairman New and other Re publican National leaders at Washing ton: ' ' "Chicago must provide a hall which will comfortably seat 14,000," said Mr. Knight. "That la the foundation stone of the demands of the national commit tee, and must be met by Chicago or the convention goes to Kansas City, where there is a hall seating 20,000. Already many eastern committeemen nave pledged their support to Kansas City which has made a strong campaign. The Coliseum, as present arranged does not answer . nearly the demand. We will strive to arrange a system of new gal leries. Mr. New will be here in a short time to see what we can do. We are considering urging the rapid construc tion of the new seventh regiment arm ory, which will be adequate, or failing in that,- to build a temporary wigwam. Chicago' must bustle to land both con ventions." MEHMED ALI BEY ARRIVES. He is Turkey's First Ambassador to the United States. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. Mehmed Ali Bey, the new Turkish ambassador to the United States the first ambassador in 1 PORTO RICAN COURTS OBJECT. SAN JUAN, P. R., Oct. 24. There is clash between the federal court au thorities and the insular government, the former refusing to comply with the insular law regarding the disbursement of public funds. The insular govern ments says the court must submit t the local disbursing laws.. t