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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED r S9 REPORT . COVCRSTHK MORNING riCLO ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA I 7 1 -4 NO. 249. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS AFTER MORE LAND FRAUDS Government Still Worry log Land Grabbers. HENEYWILl TRY CASES Hermann and Booth Will be Prosecuted by Celebrated Graft Lawyer. STAFF OF MEN INVESTIGATING Evidence Being Collected to Lay Before Grand Jury at Future Sltilttv-Heney Didn't Citch All the Tblevea at For met Investigation. PORTLAND, Oct. 11 .-Voder tho di rection of LouU GlavW. a aff of oper ative are now scan-klug Oregon for new material on which to bring more Indictments fur laud fraud cae. 1hl information, which h been kept under cover, prove that tha government, ha not bt lntert In the land ituatiou in Oregon and U continuing winning on the trail of the grafter. For some time pat the Intnreulun fct prevailed that the government had wearied of the fund in thU ttale, and that thi accounted for the delay In bringing men already Indicted to trial. That ucb I not the caie l shown from tha program of Fraud J. lleucy, who, in, the eveut of Ungdou'. elect ln a UUtrlvt attorney lu'Sau Francisco next week, will come to Portland about the latter part of November and try two. .and poibly three caw. Among I hew will ho the llortman cc, and polbly the Booth cane. According to Honey's j.lan. tulted State. DUtrkt Attorney W. C. BrUtol will not begin any cae Jefore bli arrival, but after tha latter' arrival will work with Mm In the prow cutlon. After tw or po!hly three cae. Henry will probably, turn over the re malniitg cae to Bristol fur pronecu ' tion, while he will go to Washington in January to take up the lljde lleu.on case'. Such U the tntu of the land fraud eae now pending. That the novernmetil believe the grafter have not all been rooted out iu Oregon i indicated by the atill hunt now being inatltuted. Tor four inoniha during tho summer Inspector T. It. Xcu liaunen had a ataft of men lnvctlgaling, - and with Mr. Xcuhaiwn'a traiwier'to another lino of duty for tho present, Loula Ulnvit h been aent to Portland to take up the work which Mr. Xeu haiiacn wa directing. Mr. GlnvU U U lug the 'tamo corpt of opmtivci and iuveatigfttora that wcr under Mr. Nou iiauMn, and the work of Inquiry and dig lng foi crookedncw hat not panted for a moment. Such evidence at It now being collect ed will be placed In thape to lay before aomo future grand Jury end It It under stood that the land f mulling which wat broken up by Ileney did not embrace all the individuals who have been eteallng government landt through varloui schemes and frauds."" How much longer Mr. Glavle will be kept in the field It not known, but there it enough work ahead to occupy hit exdutlve attention ' for contlderable time. V lug all dUliurncmcntt in the cane of l'ek vertu lorlen and llordcn v. llorden. Over Him.tJtHi wu Involved and vail una ileureea hve lieen enteral by alinost every lawyer here. The hlrsa number lug nearly iM, were fiom all part of the country. The llnal decree HprovlnK the settlement of the receiver, Hon. Win. If. LuihIU, lliviilvcl oulyi about ."),IKH). One heir repreented In thu original ult at an Infant, died tome year ago st the age of Oil year. Neatly every Inwyi-r at thu bar for the pat century baa repiv eutel om of the helrt. The pupcru In the ea were to voluminous that no Ixxlj' wa familiar with all of them. ADAMS UNDER ' PROTECTION KILLED IN EXCAVATION. pEAT I i.E, tvt. 31. two men were killed and one perhaps fatallyi Injured lit a cave-in of a hole which was being excavated for the reception of a large tank. The dead are Uuatave Johnaon and A. Wet; Injured, Ole Johnton, Fully five ton of earth fell on fiu tave Jobnion and A. Wett, The men were completely burled, Die Johnon wa further out than the other and hi head not but-led. HEAVY INFANT. Eight Months Old and Weighs as Much st Mother. OHimOO, (Vt, 31.-A Ulpateb to tl.. Tribune from l'arkrs)fiurg, Wett Vir ginia, tajsi A remarkable freak of nature- I an infant of W. 11. Itanet, an employe of a factory at Matoaka. Tha babe, which la named William Kdward Iknea, I only rliiiit month old and weight 110 pound The Imbr at birth wa of normal weight, but ha incrcaied ateadily in weight until It I now- a prodigy and weigh almo.t a much a it mother. SAFE GUARD RACING The Automobile Association Will Revolutionize Methods. Claimed That Socialists Create Sentiment, JURORS HARD TO GET Many Talesmen Examined But Excused for Cause or Challenged. MANY DETECTIVES PRESENT KICKS ON RECKLESS DRIVING YALE FOREST SCHOOL. vrmtf vnnK. Oct. 31. The commit- I ta. hv the National Lumber ADO "It" V Manufacturer' Aeoclation to look after ' .u.i.i.. sisnnoo to endow a protestor- hip of lumbering in the Yale Forett o..k-i y. orted that the eubtcrip- . PUUUVt itf i- - tlons to date amount to $07,600. Fifty thousand dollar! of thlt endowment, In iradv been turned over to Yale University, the Income of which will be uted for instruction- in applied forestry and lumbering. CENTURY IN COURT. fiTAUSTOlf. Va.,.Oct. Sl.A case KQiWh h Wen occupying the various hundred iWH . court nero i - in t.li Circuit Court by Maior XV. It UxA relver, entering a decree which i eonmereu n, Committee Will Make Reports Cutting Down Number of Events and Will Compel Tisck Owners to Show Photot of Turnt tnd Roadway of Tracks. NKW YOUK, (Vt. 31. Automobile track racing, if continued In America with the tam-tion and approval of the American Automobile Aoeintlon will bo completely revolutionised In respect to the methodi. of conducting such event and the restriction impoaed. The ouimittce appointed by the directors of the American Automobile Attoclattou a month aim to consider the future policy of the national orgntiiuttion on thU fmportiint matter have agreed upon a cnort which will lc ncted uion by the aHo-iation in the near future. The committee does not make the radical recommendation that the track contest be abolished but propose hanget to the sanction giving power that will mean a material reduction in he number of such events, while at the Hiiino time safeguarding them to the greatest possible extent. , Mkt important of these changes are that no sanction shall bo granted for any tmk meet except to a club or organization afllliated with the Ameri can Automobile Association; that such action shall lie accompanied by a photo graph of the track turns and' a certifi cate stating that every detail of the track and grounds has been carefully examined. The American Automobile Association will then appoint a referee who shall pas upon the funes not onliy of the track, but of the competing ears, and drivers. He will have power to refuse drivert to compete who arc known at reckless drivers. That a strong sentiment against track acinir exists throughout the country was indicated by the result of the club vote asked -for on' this Question. Presi dent Hotchkiss announced ' that of 33 clubs voting 27 were against the grant ing of any track sanctions. Three were in favor of holdlnir races under certain restrictions, while only three voted for track racing unreservedly. ANOTHER BOAT RACE. NEW YORK, Oct. Sl.-iAnothep boat race to Bermuda for the Bennett chal lenge cup, it is announced, will be start ed from tills city on June 0. It is open to all seaworthy motor craft, not more than 70 feet over all, that comply with certain conditions. for safety, . Case Will Probably Tske a Month Long erJudge Hswley Arrives But Takes no Pait in Proceeding Socialist Agi tator Made Speeches. SPOKANE. Wah, Oct. 31.-The work of Kecuriiig a jury to try Steve Adum fur the murder of Fred Tyler it pro- Kcenting slowly in the district court hi-re, iav a dispatch from iUthdrutu, Idaho, to the Chronicle. Juror lluker wat a-ki-J if he did not make a statement to A. W. Pout to the elTts-t that he wa opposed to capital punishment, lie replied that he ws not opposed, Mr. Post wa called, nnd said Ms. Maker had made eurh a state ment. Mr. Baker wa challenged for eaue, but the court declined to excuse him. The tate interposed a peremptory halleiifie. M. S. Warren, of Teat Fall hsd x-rtiple against capital punishment, and was excused. It. F. Stock well, of Rath drum, wa called. Mr. Knight asked Ktoekwcll if he had read an interview ipioting Ida Crouch ILir.litt, a Socialist orator, as saying the was going to Koo tenai County to educate the Adam jur or. The defense objected on the ground that no nieh interview had been given. Italph L. Harmon, a reporter, wa placed on the tand, and testified that the in terview wn a given. Mr, llazlitt de nied having made any such statement. At noon the court had not ruled on the decision. When court adjourned. E. Van llous tcen, of Itathdrum, called Attorney Knight to account for statements made in his argument regarding the Socialists. Mr. Knight aked the protection of the court, insisting flo one had a right to criticize his statements made in an argu ment. .1. If. llawlcy. supposed to be leading counsel for the state, has arrived, but has taken no part in the proceeding. A large number of detectives are present and 'appear to lie very busy. To date the state has excused two jurors per emptorily. LATER. SIMKAXK, Oct. 31. A Rathdrnin siecinl to the Spokesman-Review says: Socialism played a conspicuous part in the wort today in securing a jury to try Steve Adam. It is contenucu tmw Adam Is, under the protection of the Socialists' and the Western Federation of Miners. The defense having challeng ed as false an interview in the Spokesman-Review wherein Ida Crouch Has Ictt. a Socialist aiiitator, declared she was going to Rathdrum to make speeches for the purpose of creating sentiment for Adams. R. I Harmon, a reporter, who wrote the articlo, was placed on the stand and testified that Mrs. Has lett did make the statement just as it was printed. Mrs. Ifazlett was then put on the stand to deny the statement ac credited to her. The jurymen under examination were examined closely as to what papers they had read. B. F. Stockwcll said he had been reading the ADDeal to Reason and Wiltshire maga- sine, both of which had been sent to him by whom he did not know. From the present outlook the case will consume a month and perhaps lomrer. Judge Haw ley, of Boise, was here last nignt but went to Spokane today. It has not been determined that he will take part in the prosecution. From the present ap pearances, the jury will not be oomplot ed for ten days. MAYOR IN ARREARS. ! SEATTLE, Oct. 31.-Dr. Y. J. Acton, who resigned recently as Mayor' of Bremerton nnd subsequently left the city for part unknown, Is discovered 1v have left behind him a train of cheek not protected by fund in the bank that will total fully $1200. The check were drawn In favor of hi credi tor on the Bank of Bremerton. Other debt, left unpaid total $3000. Practi cally all of hi proerty he deeded to hi wife three year ago. When he left Bremerton ho had about $H000 In cash derived fim the tale of hi drug store, He made affidavit when he sold the store tha this debts were all paid. Jr. Acton made no secret of hi Intention of leav ing Bremerton, lie visited all hi lodges and told hi frundt of his Intended de parture. Hi wife and family are still there and they claim to know nothing of hi whereabouts. TO MAKE BAILEY TESTIFY. Attorney-General of Texas Will Summon Him in Standard Oil Case. DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 3L-Attorney- General Davidson today addressed a let ter to United State Senator Bailey as a sequel to the senator' speech of last Saturday night at the banquet to Gov ernor Campbell. Among the itatementt in the letter are two in substance a follow 1 'Suit will be started against the Standard Oil Co.," and "inasmuch at you know so much about the Standard Oil Co., "I shall call you a a witness." RICH WOMAN BURGLAR CHICAGO, Oct. 31.- -Mr. Evalin Komadka, wife of a Milwaukee million aire, wa indicted todav on six counts. alleging burglary, and receiving . stolen property. WANT IRE MONEY Panama Canal Committee Ask for Appropriation. " H0USEC0MMITTEETOINSPECT Representative Tawney and Other Mem bers Leave for Canal to Make Per sonal Inquiry $3Vkwo Asked for Construction for Fiscal Year. NKW YORK, Oct. 31. Representative lames A. Tawney of Minnesota, accom panied by the other member of the committee of appropriations of the house of representatives, of which he is t lie chairman, will leave New York to- lay on the steamship Colon for the Isthmus to make personal inquiry into the present and prospective monetary needs of the Panama canal. We arc making the trip," said Mr. Tawney, today, "mainly because the Isthmian canal commission has asked for an appropriation of $32,000,000, with which to continue its work for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1008. "Congress fixed arbitrarily the cost of the canal at $138,000,000. Thus far Con gress has authorized the issuance of canal bonds to the extent of $77,000,000. If we find that the estimate of $32,- 000,000 made by the commission for con tinuing the work of constrction through the next fiscal year is correct, we shall unhesitatingly grant it. If we grant that sum then the actual cost of the canal to the first of July, 1900, will be $100,000,- 000, or $30,000,000 short of the original cost of construction, exclusive of the $40,000,000 we paid to the Kew Panama Canal Company for its property and franchise rights and $10,000,000 to the Republic of Columbia for our franchises, At the present rate of construction the work ought to be completed by Janu ary 1, 1014, but in order to be on the safe side I will give a year's leeway and fix the date of completion at the first of January, 1915. I also estimate that the total cost of construction will be not less than $230,000,000, thus making the canal cost us in actual cash $300, 000,000." , TEXAS LETS GO MANY BALES. First Break in Farmers' Union Cotton Holding Plan Got nj Cents. HOUSTON, Oct, 31. The first brsak in the ranks of the farmers' union in holding cotton for IS cents occurred in the sale of 1000 bales to Inman, Kelms & Co. The sole was made at 111 cents; Tha deal was made through tho head ofllce of the union, located in Houston. The monetary situation is causing nn rest amomr the holders. The efforts made to keep the sale a secret failed. ADMITS HE KILLED WIFE Fired Bullet Into Her Dead Body. WANTED TO MURDER Wardell Says His Mind Was Upset by His Wife's Misdeeds. AFRAID TO KILL HIMSELF Murderer Suggested That They Die To4 gether and Placed Gas Tube in Wife's Mouth, Then Fired Bullet Into Her Brain. N'KW YORK, Oct. 31.nAfter being convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in aiding and abetting hit wift to commit suicide, James Wardell to day confessed he killed her and fired a bullet into, her dead body to give &e impression that she ended her own life. Whrdell said his mind had been com pletely upset by his wife's misdoing and he suggested thai they die together. She readily agreed. He thenjlaced- gas tube in hi wrVTTiiouth scd turned on the gas and when she was dead bis own courage failed and be dared not end Jjia -oaa life. He then, thought to shield himself by firing a shot into her brain to make it appear she committed suicide. After the confession Wardell saidt ' "Try me for murder, that's what I want; that's what I waited to be." REGULATE CORPORATIONS. Louisiana Proposes Legislation at Extra Session Just Convened. "NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 31.-The pas sage in .Louisiana or. a law simitar 10 those recently enacted or proposed in other Southern States for the regulation of corporations was today presented be fore the extra session of the State As sembly by proclamation of Lieutenant Governor Sanders. The ousting from the state of cor porations by state law is one of the measures suggested. Others include in vestigation and regulation of telephone, telegraphy railroad and, expness busi ness, the extra session meets tomor row. The fact that the lieutenant-gov ernor's proclamation is issued during the absence of Governor Blanehard, only four days after the latter' unexpected call for an extra session, crested unus ual interest, Lieutenant-Governor San ders is one of the candidates for the nomination for Governor in the ap proaching Democratic state primary election. Governor Blanchard's call was issued last' Saturday night, soon after he left for the Jamestown Exposition. Governor Blanchard's call laid before the assembly as being.an investigation, of New Orleans port conditions and reduc tions in the stats tax department. The telephone investigation has already been started independently. UNEARTH PLOT AGAINST CZAR. Two Discovered Undermining Tsarskoe Selo Railway and Held by Gendarmes. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 31.-A tup posed plot against the life of -the czar has been frustrated by the accidental discovery, of preparatjoM to undermine the railway near Tlarskoe-Selo. The entrance to a tunnel wa disclosed, into which huntsmen descended and found two men engaged in driving a shaft to ward the railway. They were arrested and handed over to the gendarmes at Tsarskoe-Selo. Tho prisoners had the plan of a mine and telegrams asking how the work was progressing. feat In 52 dayt of continuous traveling. Mr, Wagner started from hit borne in Battle Creek, MM., August 20, and of the Intervening time, 32 dayt were spent in the saddle, the unaccounted our days being spent in citie along the route. Mr. Wagner, who is only 21 year old, will remain in Mem phi for some day the guest of friend. If he return to Battle Creek he declare she will adopt the same mode of travel CASH SUPPLY INCREASES LOS ANGELES OPEN. Governor's Proclamation Will Not Af fect Them. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31. News of the governor's proclamation reached this city too 1st to admit of discussion in financial circles' but it is said tonight by leading financiers of Los Angeles that the banking Institutions of the city will open in the morning at usual and re sume business with the clearing-house restrictions relating to use of certifi cates. Reports received from all banks of the city yesterday indicate that the precautionary measure in force in .other parts of the country bad been gradually adopted without any affect upon the local financial situation which is gener ally regarded as untroubled. PARCELS"POST?' CHICAGO, Oct. 31. The question of establishing a parcel post in this coun try will be the subject of an address be fore the Industrial Club on November 7th by Postmaster-General George von L. Meyer. , The occasion will be a dm ner to be given the members of the club and their guests. COL. WALKER DEAD Well Known Military Officer Dies Suddenly. POPULAR WHEREVER KNOWN Colonel Walker Was Commanding Officer at Fort Stevens and Was Popular With Military Men and Civilians Was Recently Transferred to Boston. WASHINGTON. D. C. Oct, 31.-CoL Leverett H. Walker, coast artillery corps commandant Fort Stevens, at the mouth of the Columbia fiver, who was recently transferred to Boston, died in this city yesterday from heart failure. He was in command last July from the otn to the 20th, when the Oregon National Guard engaged in joint maneuvers with the regular coast defense corps at Fort Stevens. The news of Col Walker's death will be read, .with deep regret, by the many friends be made in this county. Colonel Walker, by his knowledge of military matters, and his pleasing personality, had won a host of friends among the officers and men under him, and the citizens of different parts of this state, who bal come in personal contact with him. As commanding officer of the post, during the late maneuvers, he was brought in direct communication with members of the militia who participated, and endeared himself to tbem, as an officer and a man. Much regret was expressed when he was transferred to Boston this summer, and- now the news of his death will be a shock to this community and his many friends in Oregon. ' OVERCOME BY SMOKE. TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK. Otto Wagner Goes 1300 Miles ia Days. 5 MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 31. Travel stained and brown from exposure, but hale and hearty, Otto Wagi f bulled In to Memphis yesterday afimJdbing 1300 miles on horseback, . f -juslung the CmOAGO, Oct. 31. Five firemen were overcome by smoke and a loss of $500,- 000 was caused in a fire in the five story building at State and Quincy streets, oc cupied by the Golden Shoe Company early today. " The fire broke out in the top noor in the repair department, and before the firemen arrived had spread to the next floor below. The burning leather filled the building with a dense- smoke, and the firemen, unable to enter the struc ture, were compelled to fight the flames from the roofs of adjoining buildings. The five firemen were on a fire escape at the time they were overcome. D. M. Mcintosh, manager of the con cern, said that the company carried a stock of more than $300,000, and that tha entire stock was ruined. It is esti mated that the building was damaged to the extent of $50,000. Traffic on State street was tied up for more than two hours. The cause of the fire is not . known. Cotton and Grain Crops Facilitate Movement. CREDITS GOOD ABROAD Currency Payments. Will be Re sumed on Broad Scale Thus Restoring Confidence. EASTERN CITIES IMPORT GOLD Action of the Bank of England ia Raising Discount Rate Wat Expect ed Financial Situation is Resuming Normal State. ' XEW YORK,' Oct.' 31. Indications that the available supply of cash would be materially increased within a short time with imports of gold, and an in crease of bank note circulation and that the movement of cotton and grain crops would be facilitated in every way pos sible: with the result of increasing our credits abroad, were salient features of today's financial situation. It seemed to be recognized, everywhere that the acute stage of the crisis was over and that, all that -remained was to obtain sufficient currency to resume currency payments upon a broad scale and thus restore conditions prevailing before the crisis. Encasements of cold made in New ' York, Chicago and elsewhere brought up the total import movement within the pat week to 23,750,000. As this amount of gold will form the basis credit for four times that amount, or about $95,000,000 it will in Paelf afford much relief to existing conditions. The actioi. of the Bank of England in rais ing its discount rate from 4 1-2 to 5 1-2 percent was in accordance with expect ations. The faut thatf the increase was not made to 6 percent and that the English rate remains one percent below the German rate is accepted as an in dication that in London the situation is not considered acute. STUDIES WEATHER. American System of 01erdiiwn Super ior to German. NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Dr. William Polls, of the German weather bureau, a member of the International Aeronauti cal Congress, has sailed for home after several months stay in this country dur ing which he made a careful study of American methods of weather observa tion, with the personal assistance of Di rector Moore. He said before leaving ' that he had found the American system of weather observation far superior to that of Germany, and be was returning with some valuable inormation for adop tion by the German bureau. , Dr. Polis said that when he told President Roose velt this, the President smilingly re "I am glad that we have something in this country that a German considers superior to that of bis country. It is usually the other way. The Germans are more scientific than we are, but we are more practical." PLAGUE SWINDLER. SEATTLE, Oct. 31.-Claiming that he is an agent of the Seattle Board of Health, a novel swindler baa duped many housewives by selling them pack ages of white powder for 23 cents each, . declaring the board of helth has decided it is the proper thing to kill rats and that an order has been passed requiring every resident in Seattle to have one package. The housewives believed the bogus healtlvagent and bought tho pack ages of powder, which were later found to contain nothing bftt pure clialk dust. The swindler made a canvass of the district at Yesler way and Fifteenth avenue, and it is claimed he sold a package of his "poison" at almost every houee in three blocks. He declared to the housewives that it made no differ ence to him if they did not buy it, but that the Health Board had determined to prevent a spread of bubonic plague, and if they did not buy a package they woulJ probably get into trouble. f