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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1907)
:;o. en. volume lxiii. A3T0HIA, OnECCt TUESDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1C37 F.!CE fltc C..i3 Ml CRISIS 2U"ELY PASSED SesVt bprcvemfnt Lcsksd , Fcr AH Over tha United ase ko;v cheerful Amrt flurry Which Km Just tomi WUl Han a Lasting Benefit on EsJt ifig Con&iknct Bring Rapidly Re-jtor4-CoBdiUofli Will Improvt. ' "NEW YORK, Oct. . 23. Prominent banker awl merchant la Utement nd interview mad public todyegre that tlit financial wil bM passed fttfl all look (or const Improvement from ow on. William A. Nash, president of th Cora Exchange Ba k who U Acting chair man of th clearinghouse committee, .and closely In touch with th altuation Hast week, soldi "W should recover rapidly from th present trouble, and thing in banking: waiter will go on a stronger baal than vtr before. I (Hi optimistic and happy Ja vltvr of the present atpect of this ortala, which 1 have felt for a long Urn wa , bound to coma. W are pawing from an era of bad banking to one of jjood banking." . LbMrtw Mill of the Dry Dock.Svlnt nuifti wiTutfi vt wr w ' lank presidents of the city, taidi , , "Tim can be no UouH that the fin ABciaJ hysteria, through which w have jut passed will be of lotting benefit, snot alone to thi city, but to the country t large. Confidence it behig ' rapidly 'restored and X know It U generally con edAd that the banking Institution of New York are perfectly ound." "The use of clearing-house certificate , -cannot be avoided in any exigency until the present eeaslon of. Congress gives u some wholesome legislation on the currency center issuing clearing-hou certificate, it would win to provide a uffletoat object lesson to Induce reform Ja the currency law in the next session of Congress." Gustavo Schwab, an exporter, said: . "In my opinion we have seen the worst Tea usiment in wuicn a mm oe iounu V'H everything is all right." Nljti Arbuckle, coffee and sugar mor Ij! i so good that the situation la the financial field muwt Improve. From what I have seen and heard of existing con ations, X have formed the Impression that instead of saying 'the worst 1 yet to come a i so frequently laid, when new condition arise, 'the best 1 1 to 'come'. . Robert G. lloguct, silk merchant, saids "Such a 'disturbance a the financial "world ha jut paused through is like a -cyclone, It doc all, its damage in a .lurry. I think the financial cyclone has -pent Its force. From thi time I look for Improvement." - Cornell N. Bliss said: , "There 1 little doubt the danger is .over." """ '' ' James E. Nichols of Austin Nichols A Co., saldi - , "I believe the situation is well in hand ana toe actum oi xue oieanng-uouse ana bank will ' establish credit a soon, as the hystorla si diminished. ,, Merchantile 'business everywhere in the country is .excellent." - AERONAUTIC CONGRESS. NEW YORK, Oct.' 29. Aeronautio whose practicability and amazing ad vance thrilled most of the world last week, through the performance of the -xtsstanti la the International oup race, will make a new era in It history with the meeting today and tomorrow of the 1 -J.! .1 A A AniltlAD. 1. 4 Vi A of the automobile club of America, t i city. Twenty papers prepared by Kn foremost in the science of ,.i:""ling the air will be presented and .liili they will be for the most part tcoiuiloftl, the popular tide of aerial navigation will have fnll representation la addrcc by the majority of the men who ttMvi across half the United States lust week.' This congre t a reassembl ing of men who U years ago, during the Chicago World' Fair, met in the interest of the thcit little-known science." Scores of utnv member will also attend, Includ ing the oslebrated foreign and American aeronaut from the eup race; through to gether la this country. It wsi originally intended to hold this exfflgresa at the Jamestown Exposition, but for) several reasort New York baa been made the meeting place. Willi A. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, Is president of the congresV':.;'f; 's.f'T':'r '-"V :''" '''t EZPENS3 EXACGJ2ATED. . 'SAN ANTONIO, TEX., Oct'. ttrA dispatch from Mexico say on aooount of the magnificent manner la which Secretary Hoot wa ,ntrtAlned here, exaggerated report of the expense of thi entertainment have been tent out. Although the government ha made bo statement of (spent and probably will not, It 1 eaid that the expense will not exceed 1200,000 Mexkma, Of course the ntertajxunest for private persona will bring the entertainment higher. The expense to th government hat been greatly exaggerated. ' STEAMERS COU-EDB. ODOVEH, Eng., Oct. 28-Th Red Star steamer Finland from New York, Octo ber 19, for Dover and Antwerp, collided this evening with the Southern Break water off thi port and l supposed to be badly tlamoged as she 1 firing rocket for life boat to come to her assistance. mm OUTCAST Child Compelled o Steep in the Cellar. K OTHER ABUSES DAUGHTER Forced to Sleep With Dogs, Abused and Neglected Little Martha Mohr la Pitiable Example of Mother Un natural Conduct. NEW YORK, Oct. 23, The case of Mr. Annie Mohr, of Corona, L L charg ed with compelling her even year old daughter to sleep In the basement with anmongrel house dbg and with otherwise llltreating the child is attracting at tention to the unnatural treatment of a mother of her own child. Her faaiily is in comfortable circumstances and there are two other children, both of whom are kept and well clothed , Martha the abused child is the second of the three children in' the family. Both the elder and younger sister were in court when the mother wae arrainged happy and smiling. ITeter Mohr, the father, in testifying siUd his wife took a strange- unaccount able dislike to Martha, and all efforts to overcome it wee unavailing. They final ly gave the child out for adoption, but that Its foster-mother coon died and they were compelled ? to take Martha back home again, No amount of persuasion could Induce Mrs. Mohr to accept the little one ns hor own, and since then the child has ftimply lived like an outcast. WThen alio appeared in court her body was covered with bruits, the , marks r of . repeated beating, while she cowered in fear every time on unexpected move was made. In noticeable contrast to her .two slaters, Martha' clothing was coarse and ragged. ' , ' , ', 'The ease is still pending in court, but meantime a chlldrens' society is caring for Martha, NATE ROFF DEAD. HENO, NEV., Oct. 28.Nate Roff, state auditor of Nevada supreme repre sentative of the Knights of Pythias and a prominent man iu Nevada, died last night at his home os the reiult of in toraal injuries received in a runaway accident ten days ago. HOLD-UP AOTISTS . ARE EX-CONVICTS Ed Smft Positively Identified as Geirjj Pwclsd Fro Penitentiary. TAEN SECHETLY TO MOT, Story of the Crime and Capture oi th Bandit Who Obtained 40,000 in Green back From the Great Korthern Criea Ul Limited Rear Rondo, KonUsa, SPOKANE, Oct. 2S.-harles MacDon aid and Ed Smith, arrested for the Great Northern hold-up alt Rondo, Mont, were taken to Montana, last night secretly in Iron. Th $14,395 recovered was also sent to Montana. The men will be tried at KallspelL Smith' has been positively identified a George F. Hi user, sentenc ed to 14, year in be Montana penlten; tlary for burglary and released on p role last January. The letter "P. II" tattoed on Mac- Donald' arm are believed to be hi true initial. Both men decline to discus the hold-up. The suspects were captured in a diner attached to the Great Northern limited at Ilillyard, near Spokane, last Friday evening by detective front the Pinker ton agency at this place aud local offi cer. Telegraphlo information from Bon ner's Ferry gave "the officer the clew wbivh led to the arrest. Several night ago they were seen at Bonner' Ferry spending money with a lavinh band, and a they were roughly dressed they ex cited the suspicion of a dancehall keeper and liveryman at that place, who in formed the officer here. The crime for which the pair are being heUt was tjhe holding up of the Oriental Limited, on the Great Northern Railway, at Rondo siding, six mile west of Rex ford, Mont., and about 200 miles east of Spokane, at 2:35 a. m, September 12. Two masked men, who had been riding the blind baggage, climbed onto the ten der and dropping into the cab covered the enginemen with their revolver and commanded them to bring the train to a stop.' The train slowed down between the narrow defiles of a rock cut, the Kootenai river on one aide and the moun tains on the other. 1 The safe in an extra baggage and ex press car was blown open and $40,000 in bank notes secured, after the engineer and express messenger hod been ordered to the rear by one of the highwaymen, who kept his revolver trained on them. One of the men kept up a fusillade of shot along the side of the care to ter rify the passengers, who were 'not molested. Passengers who peered through the window saw the robbers making off witli. several packages of greenback. A tramp who was riding on the train, is in Id to have beard one of the robbers ay, 'Well, this look pretty good to me. I griefs thi mukes th jeb worth while," as he held up one of the packages. This tramp was taken back to Rexford, Mou"t., by the authorities, to be beki a a witness. The Marine Insurance Company was particularly Interested in the apprehen sion of the train robber. The $40,000 secured by the robbers, which was be- log shipped by registered letter from the Commercial National Bank of Chicago to Spokane, was protected by being Insured against lost with the Marine Company. Following the robbery the insurance company reimbursed the parties to whom the money had been consigned in full of the amount lost. D. W. Twohy, president of the Old National Bank, to -which the money wa consigned, said last evening that the exact amount stolen wa 140,000. In the event of a conviction, which at thi time teem undoubted, the officers effecting the capture will divide $15,000 rewurd money among themselves. SURVIVORS SUFFER. ROME, Oct. 28. A correspondent tas succeeded in reaching Ferrazano. He found the town a mas of ruin, scarcely a. (.ingle house standing. The ruined house have been converted into a tomb, occupied by the dead and the living. A majority of the survivors have fled. Those remaining are hoping against hope tbfy will be able to rescue buried rela tives. The Inhabitants are semi-nude, most of -them wearing the night clothe they had on when the earthquake came. They are drenched through and through, hav ing no shelter from the steadily falling rain. Mute desperation' and terror are depicted in their faces, many of them tveeping silently. The parish' priest is making a round of the ruined houses, reciting prayers for the dead and . administering extreme unction to. the dying! . Squads of soldiers" are engaged in salvaging bodies. The majority of in jured inhabitants are sheltered in mili tary tents. Doctors are kept busy at tending them. A long row of bodies is awaiting identification and the scenes witnessed are heartrending. Pirn mm ' m DUD Tho Chicago and tin Frsr.ci::a Cterinj lisssss Will C:?3 WILL ELECTRIFY SYSTEM. IPocatele, Oct. 28. A special to the Tribune from Spokane says: A' special dispatch from Washington to the Spokesman-Review convoys news of what is considered to be the beginning of a plan to electrify the entire liar riman eystem. The Washington dis patch says that the forest service has issued a permit to the Southern Pacific for a power site and conduits in the Cascade national forests. Information is given out that "work on developing lydro-electrio power at the site selected will begin at once. An electrification of the Harriman lines in the northwestern states will re sult in a prompt solution of the problem of annually recurring coal famines. 1 w lfTH ft v w urn it 1 - r . . f -m v. A" - Only the watchfulness and timely pre vention of policeman Elson prevented the town from being swept by a devas tating fire which was started to cover up the deed of the burglars. Elton wa making hie usual rounds on Center street at 2 o'clock yesterday mornlj when he noticed a glare in the front end of the barber shop, which 1 owned by Joe Ruben. He hurriedly turned in the ahum and the fire &:;'artmer.t succeeded in getting the flames un-i r control bs- fore a great deal of danipe was done. E2LI2VES Vf CrTJLl ivm: Uncle Sam Six million pounds of provisions you want, eh? Well, I won't keep you waiting a minute over your time. Restricted Until Currency Condition At tain a Normal Position If Depositor Can't Get Money no One Else Can- San Francisco Getc In Line. . .'!.' -., , f. v ' .... ,c . ..... CHICAGO, Oct. 28.-In order that the money depositor may be safeguarded, the banks of Chicago will go largely in a chectansr basis. They will do thi be cause the financial flurry ha forced such a course to present the (withdrawal of currency from Chicago. But if in a short At it .. i. ...... . 4 A 1 unie in aeoc-ws aoet cci ft t;i money In cash a freely as heretofore he will nave the comfort that no one else can get it; that it will be safe and be held for hi account until present abnor mal conditions change. Meanwhile he will receive in exchange for bis own check, the check of his bank something as good a cash. The money of the sav ing. depositor will be preserved far be yond all danger of runs that misrht be precipitated. Through the enforcement of the rule requiring a notice of from 30 to 60 days on the ith,kawal of savings, 'the money of small depositors will be held intact till the flurry 1 over. "You can't get your money, but H's safe, is the way one banker put it It is th unanimous ooinion of bankers that the precautionary measure mill prevent oanK from being drained of cash by the outside demand for money. The plan is to pay out no more cash than ia abso lutely necessary. Factories and other firms will receive cask a usual for their weekly pay rolls, but in case the strin gency should be prolonged even this dis bursement may be curtailed. Commer cial depositors will be met with the an nouncement that payment of currency is to be restricted aa far as possible. ' IA business man may be met with ob jection if he asks for cash but he can have his balance if V takes it in the form of a cheeky In this way the cash will be held in Chicago. . SAN FRANCISCO, Oct?. 28 At a meeting of the' San Franeisco Clearing House Association tonight it was decided to issue clearing-house certificates, fol lowing the methods adopted in many eastern business centers. Local banking conditions were reported sound and sat isfactory. The clearing-house certificate blanks, it was declared was adopted mainly. to prevent hoarding and to pro tect the credit structures of the west on account oi demands growing out of eastern conditions. BANES WILL RESUME. - TONOPAH, Nev.. Oct. 28. There is no excitement in JTonopah toJay. The Wingfield & Nixon bank had deficit ex ceeding four times its withdrawals up to 11 o. 111.: The Nevada First National Hank had $20,000 deposits in excess of its withdrawals. Frank Golden, the head of the Nye & Orm&by Bank is expected her tonight, when the matter of the re sumption of that institution will be taken up. Cashier " Cushmau, of the State Bank & Trust Company Bays ad vices from headquarters at Carson City are that the bank, will resume in a short time., . . : .' - , . OASLAND, Cal, Oct. !W"-.-3 JCJler, the "Poet of th SIcrrxV' li lecture last night at California C" ;i in East Oakland, takii? a tJ .;; "Render Unto Caesar Ce TLir.- 1 1 Are Cne-sar's,'' gave extensive prs. .1 views on the Asiatic question in CLlir.r nla anJ the country at large. Hi re peal for better treatment of 0.til races wa fervid ana' carr!Iy tizA to by the goodly pthering tht.t h:i sembled to hear tie 0.;nJ t&rX IT look & .a position Li bdaif of ti MoroUans, under tie argument Ci they are a peaceful c'jjs and d'-V citizen for any coui.try. ' - Ecarer, Colo, Oct. 1 C;--t:r Bum htten ir L.t t'.i l :.S precipitated a riot. Thet;:;;s U tl audience resented tie ;:J.;r' t.'. Fr ance and the exdt2:.t rcxjL:! lis height when Tillman ca"ci T.CT. IT. XT. Win km an, a. white EapltL.t irJJ-Ur, ft liar. A woman socialist prevented far ther, trouble by asking TIx.3i tj-;j- tions on the social eviL crnifx Mm? well k::cv.:j c:jTi::ac:::r STEAL AND FIRE. BERKELEY, Cal., Oct, 2S.-Burglary was committed and arson attempted) on the "College Barber Shop," on Center street, at an early hour this morning. The thieves gained entrance by means of a broken- window in the rear of the shop. A broken board in the high fence which separated the lot from that of, the Commercial school, ' on Allston Way, plainly showed the way they entered the place, and a cigarette butt found on the window- sill was thought to have been ft bv the midnight visitors. . Two Yonsg Girls Tell Story to the District Attorney Kitchcoek Claims Brother of One of the Girls Tried to Blackmail Him, Demanding $2500. NEW YORK, Oct. 28. Raymond IEtchcock, actor, who is starring in a musical production, on Broadway, was arrested today charged with criminal assault The arrest was made following a visit to the dSstriet attorney' office of two young girls, .who were closeted with him for more than two hours. Hitch cock refused to make any statement con cerning the matter. Concerning the charge against him, he recently caused the arrest on a charge of "blackmail of a brother of one of the girls who made the charge against him today. He said the man demanded $2500 to prevent publication ef the' etory is sLe newspapers. Hitchcock is held in $3000 bail for the hearing on Thursday. RUSSIAN GENERAL SILLED. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 23. A young woman who has not been identified, pre sented' herself at the weekly reception of General Maxirooffsky, and remained quietly in the crowded ante-room until it was her turn to enter the general's private office. When in his presence the woman drew a revolver, and fired seven shots point blank into the general's bodv, ' . RE0PEN OFFICES. CHICAGO, Oct. 28. The Western Union for the first time since the strike of the telegraphers re-opened a number of branch offices in thi city.' Within the last two day 29 operators have return ed to work in this city and 26 in St. Louis., DIES OF APOPLEXY. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2S.-Joha Bar rett, news editor of the Examiner, d'd of aploplexy this afternoon. He wa walking on Van Neas avenue when h$ was striken. .