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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1907)
JURY HEADS .'.,;J,: CONFESSION Defendant Wove Almost Romantic Talc. 7 TOLD TALE TO OFFICER i -- i ' . i f ' -' : ; : "$ 4 - & ' , , Carrow Objects to Admitting Evidence Claiming it Wat Secured Under Duress. TYLER S MOTHER ON STAND Wards of ftnltentlary TaUa Bow , Adams Confessed to Hiring Led Trltr Out Willi ltopa Around HU Keck and Thn Shot fflm. SPOKANE, Nor, 18.-A special to the SnokesmanRevlew from Datbdrum aersj In Ui gathering gloom of the last hour of court here today, the eonfeuloo of Steve Alm. u read to tha jury, Jt tu the confession mid to Jamas McPerland. Ptnkerton detective, own ft Adema wh arrested in February ilOOO. In the trad of blood delineated la tin wnfialon of the defendant, h -weaves aa almost romantlo tai. It re quired little abort of aa hour In reading. It we admitted by Judge Wood during :3iM tfand'a direct testimony. Parow objected on the ground that it had Dot beta made voluntarily and that the in jduoements and promises of leniency had prompted It. Pamw recalled Mr. fThomns, Fred Tylers mother, during the openlna seeslon thle morning to learn ;ho long ahe had worn mourning and rwhy. She eald after the preliminary hearing la 1006 when the became con- , rinsed the body found wat that of- her son. 6he Indignantly denied that at t torncys for prosecution bad Inatructed her to wear It. ' Bulkeley Well of Colo- mdo, Uitlikd today aa to tha proseou tlon of Moyer,! Haywood and Petti- - bone and hla internet therein. Following 'him Warden Whitney of the state peal- tentiary at Boise related the atory told i him by ; Adams, of the. killing of Bouls ,, and Tyler. , About the only new features lie added waa that .when Newt Glover, Alva Mason and Adami led Tyler out to die the morning following the night they kept him prisoner, while trying to ascertain who had aent him into the Mniitifvv tlmu a hum around hit WHM w I neck. Whitney eald: , ; , "He told me that when the man lead ing Tyler had reached a certain spot he stopped and said: This ia good enough for him' and I shot him. lie said they cached his body there and went away and loft It." Whitney said afterwards that Adams retold him the story and assorted that ho Adnmsf believed the shooting of Boule and Tykr waa justl ; (labia as i they had been sent into the f country by some one and met a just 1 fate. Whitney was on the sUnd until I 4 o'clock, When lie left the stand Mc Pm-lnnA or 11 enllnd and ' the confession V read. , s; y't three were brought to a hospital here on the relief train at Ave o'clock. Others Injured were treated at the, scene, i Th pttngw train ie supposed to change from No, 3 to No. 1 track at Larimer but it Is alleged the towermsn neglected to throw the switch and the train ran ahead on No. 3, erasing into tiie f enight, standing1 o that track. The passenger cars were not erlouly dam aged. The engine and four or Ave cars were badly wrecked, ' DUCHESS VISITS TOMBS. New YORK, Nor. HWfbe Ducbess of Marlborough, accompanied by Mrs. CJarenea IT. Mackay whoso guest she is will visit tha Tombs this afternoon. Tha Duohaaa dires to compare conditions la American prisons with those in English prison, She also wishes to compare tha Msork wJdoh priaon associations is tha two countries have accomplished John V, Cogger, commissioner of cor rections, will personally conduct tha two ladlea through tha place, and warden Hynn, chaplains, physicians and prison reform associations workers will be ia tha party, v ' .,., -, WOULD BC CANDIDATE. COLUMBUS, Ohio,, Nor. It-Fonnar Gorornor Campbell said today be ia a receptlre aaadldata for the United States Senate, to aucceed forakar. He believes the Democratic party has a belter chance to elect a Senator than a Governor. He will not be averse, he said, to making a combination against Foraker or any other aaadidate whom the Kepublwan party saay nominate. v HOT PROTAHITT, C1IICAOO, Nor. 12.-A despatch to tha Tribune from Jackson, Miss., saysi By unanimous rote the Supreme Court yeaterday 1 held . that ' .the expression "Go to Hell" b not profanity,- The ease waa that of Rosa Staford. a negro girl, 12 years of age, who was convicted ia the lower court at Corinth of violating the atatue against profanity. FOR RIVER court to order that the certificate and admission in writing said to hare been elgned by Senator Piatt, that Mae C. Wood is his wife, be kept on (lie in the county clerk's oflke. An affidavit by iPIatt waa filed netting forth that the certificate is a forgery and thai he will prove that the letter purporting to have been written by him making her his wfe "was made by plaintiff." De cision was reserved. SEVERAL INJURED, ' FenniylvsJnia ' Passenger' Train Crashes - A -Into Freight .'' ' CItEEBUIUJ,."Pft.,, Nov. 12.ras- senger train No. 28, on the Pennsylvania special eastern on the Pennsylvania Rail road; was wrecked at 1:25 this morning at Larimer,4 !. miles east of here 'in ia rear end collision with affreight train. Three ptrsons were seriously and a tturai. . ler of: others r slightly, injured. ' Brake ; man Herbert Scott of Derry, .sustained a broken am and was eeverly cut. and bruised. One -woman was ' thrown through a & glass, door and ,4inother through a large mirror, in a Pullman oar and both severely out and bruised. These STUNG RICH MEN Clever Forger Has Many Prom inent Men on List WANTED IN SEVERAL CITIES Obtains Portraits and . Slcaatarea of Prominent Bankers and Then Prepares Clam Schema to Mulct Them of Their Coin -Finally Arrested. ; PITTSBURG. Nov. J2.-B. 0. Smith of Fort Smith, Ark Is in jail here on suspicion of having practiced forgery in various cities. Local detectives claim that Smith Is wanted in Kansas City, the Bankers' Association of that city offering a reward of $2000 for his arrest on charges of forgery aggregating $33, 000. Smith registered here as Paul Hnlloway. Ilis plan, according to the detectives, was to secure from public libraries books of local biography from which he obtained; portraits v and fao simiW signatures of his Intended victims. Selecting one mnn as a victim, hU al leged plan was to present forged en dorsements from other prominent people and effect a deal that would net him money. ' ' ' !' In his room was found a biography of Western Pennsylvania with notes oppo site the names of prominent capitalists, and the police believes he was about ready, to begin operations hereof J here web, also, portraits , an,d .signatures iof many Nw Yorkers. ' A visiting card and bogus letter from Charles M. Schwab, it, is alleged introduced Smith to Levi PMoirton and ppposite Morton'a name ia wdtteni i f'Stung him for $4500.' Thomas A. Edison's name was used to gala an audience' with oV P. Morgan and the, comment on thet great ffln.ancier is: "Too. cold) couldn't touoh him." ' 1 J- . . A check on the Union Bank of Chicago for $100, payable to Paul' Halloway and signed Temple H, Hamilton, was among Smith's effects as was also an auto graph photograph of Mr. Hamilton. General McKenzic Recom mends Appropriation. FOR WORK ON BAR Would Complete Work on Jetty at the Mouth of Columbia River. $1,700,000 WAS AUTHORIZED CWef of Army Ingjaaert Also Becon .meada That Icaooo ba IxpaiUUs to place Dradgtrt ia Seaworthy Condi tioa. ; WASHTNOTON, D. C, Nor. 12,-In his annual report made publio today General MacKenale, Chief of Army Engl neers, recommends that Congress, at its eomlnv session, appropriate the 91.700, 000 iwhlch waa authorised but session to complete tha jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, When this appropria tion was authorized it was beUerM that the amount would complete the project, but owing to the Increased price or lumber and material and tha damage caused by winter storms It ia now be lieved that a supplementary estimate covering the Increase in cost will have to ba submitted. nniral UfacKenzie also believes that 180.000 or 190,000 should' be expended nuttina- new boilers in the dredge Chinook, which is now unseaworthy. ; If this is done, tha dredge can be put back to work on the bar, and It ia hia belief that it could greatly aid the concen trated tidal current la, broadening ana deepening the channel now in process of formation. sn .-5 Speaklmr of the Improvement of the channel from, Portland to the sea, the report sayst C ' I f There has been no time during the year when a vessel could safely load at Portland to a draft of 84 feet." Sufficient money Is on hand to con tinue this Improvement and buUd a new dredge to replace' the Ladd, which is nearly ready for the junkpile. PLATT CASE AGAIN. " NEW YORK, Nov. 12,-Counsel for Senator Tlatt today asked the aupreme BANK WILL RE-OPEN. Securities Will be Secured to Liquidate , ...''.. . Debts, PORTLAND. Nov. 12 The Mrcbants' National Bank of this city is, for the time being, in the hands of the Control ler of the Currency. Its doors were not opened this morning, at the regular hour. Tha bank officials claim this action was necessary because of the malicious, idle, unfounded, but persistent rumors which have resulted ia a depleting run. The bank, they say, fought with all tha vig or, fortitude and tenacity its whole directorate and officials were capable of against the unrelenting hammering to which the institution was being subject ed, but in rain. And, while strictly sol rent, the bank has been obliged to close its doors, temporarily, awaiting tha ad vice of the Controller of the Currency, to whom tha bonk has wired .detail of tha : situation and conditions which brought about tta embarraasmeat. - LATER. . PORTLAND, Nor. 12,-That the bank will re-open with ample funds secured from tha liquidation of soma of its securities U the belief of J. Frank Wat son, president of the Merchants' Na tional Bank of this city, when tempo rarily suspended business today. So far as the further embarrassment of Portland financial , Institutions is con cerned. Watson says ha does not think there will be further trouble, , , . "We . were victims jaad, have .been slaughtered, that is the end of it." said Watson. The suspension of the Mer chants' National had little effect on the other banks of the city. It seemed as if the anticipated had happened and the crucial point having passed,, the tension which has been wrought to high pitch by Idle rumor and gossip, was what caused the Merchants' National's em barrassment now seems relaxed. t NOTED PLAYWRIGHT HERE. NEW! YORK, Nov. 12. Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, who came from England to attend the Premier of hia new play, "Sylvia of tha Letters," in which Miss Grace George is appearing, will return to London next Thursday on the Amer ika. Mr. Jerome says he will not again appear aa a lecturer or reader, as he is to give all of this time to playwriting. One of his new comedies Is to be given In the Haymarket " Theatre ' London, Christmas week. , , JEWELERS CUT TIME, PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Nov. 12.-Many of the jewelry factories here went on an eight-hour basis yesterday, thus curtail ing the schedule 12 hours a week. Sev' eral thousand hands are affected. ASTORIA IS 0IVEN1IR Commercial Club Dinner in Portland DISCUSS ADVERTISING Uany Representative Men. From All Over the State are " ' ; Present MANAGER WHYTE SPEAKS Mayor Wise and Other Prominent Gtl L sens Present Theodore B. Wilcox Makes Profound Impression by Saying That Business ia Again HomtaL n -.-BWWrBFHK mm k i.;' 'j , ?..? jsz: Mi . rr ELECT! ON. DAY yv,,;,,., The. Ballot Box This is my busy day. PORTLAND. Nor 12 -Tha Commer cial Club dinner given (Or tho purpose of discussing "How Oregon is Adver Used was attended by a large number of people engaged in publicity work all over the stat. ' Astoria was represent ed by a delegation ! headed by Mayor Wise and J. Gratke, Norris SUples, Charles Oammel ad Manaser J. H. Whyte of the Astoria Chamber of Com merce. "! (.-"-" ' ' The Astoria delegation were given a place of honor "and the advertising ex hibit made in poster form On tho wall by Mr. Whyte attracted a great deal of attention. Mayor wise spoke. Mr. Theodore BTWaleox made a pr found impression by saying he assumed that financial affairs were now more on a stable, foundation and that he was do ing business today for the first time dur ing the holidays. He swd too, he bad the cash money to pay for all' the wheat he bought, . .. . i, Manager, Whyte, of the Astoria com mercial body, spoke as follows: "How Oregon is Advertised," is a very, important subject from the standpoint of the large amount of advertising now being done all over the state, and I will tell you something about how As toria is doing her part in this important work, ,. , .. , ir-vsS;, "We are using the classified advertis ing system, and believe that for a muni cipality, unless it has a very large sum with which to buy advertising space, this is the best method. Although As toria's advertising has only been in operation, to be exact, four months on the third day "of November, yet it has been tested to such an extent that it may reasonably he 'claimed successful To the first day of this month there had been received 4103 replies to 55 advertise menta used in "'829 publications in the United States, Canada, England and Eu rope, at an average cost of about $1.70 per publication; 'Although very little could be expected ia the way of practical results towards building up a city from iaa advertising campaign in four months, yet there are new faces in "our offices every day. Three families ' came 1 last week and two of them on one day. Others have come and gone away; '; More than a hundred others ihave set dates for their arrival in the near future. ; Throughpur advertis ing one young man. has already come from Denmark, one from Ireland, and a family of three from England. . We are in correspondence with capitalists, immi gration agents ' and prospective immi grants throughout England and the con tinent of Europe,'' and ' have received nearly 100 Wtera' from England in one day and as many from Germany n one mail. ,. Those from Germany have been answered in the German language. "While in the past immigration seems to have gone in all directions through out Oregon excepting Astoriaward, yet I have in my pocket a letter from Sec retary Daniel D. Moor of the Bcston Chamber of Commerce Introducing a member of that body who came through to Astoria' on a straight ticket where he it now engaged in looking over tha situation. 7 , , ". : "We hold a meeting of our member ship twice, each month, and it has be come a fixed order of business to intro duce the strangers and give them tha glad hand all round, a very interesting feature. V ;-- t . r "We havecently, among others, in troduced to come to Astoria, the largest manufacturer in his line, and ire may be able to say something still mora definite about this astute business man before the, first of January despite clearing-house certificates. "We are in correspondence with sev eral hundred " prospectlre inrestora throughout tha United States and hare mora than 50 promoters at work on As toria propositions. A man in Newfound land is now engaged ia organizing a deep sea fishing colony for Astoria and a civil engineer in Germany may eoma to in reatigate for capitalists of hia country. "W are endeavoring to advertise As toria ia a practical manner, each of tha 58 ads ww aro now using, setting forth something specifically that can be suc cessfully dona in Astoria, perhaps bet ter done there than elsewhere. "Our advertising is written with a view of bringing replies from interested parties and then we send them by matt' the fullest possible information. Two land three stenographers r have so' far neen neeessary for tnis wort. "In sending out our circular letters and literature we make nsa of the many encouraging features that hare recently attracted most attention uf Astoria. Tho purchase Of extensive terminal grounds by the Harriman interests and tha com pletion of a permanent survey into As toria by those Interests, mean of courts that Astoria le soon to have both of the railroad systems now operating fa this portion of the northwest. "The Hill Interests whose Toad we al ready have, is rushing to completion a stretch of track that, may., and- moat probably ' will, revolutionize economia conditions all along the Columbia River, ,fl (Continual on Page 8-) '' RULERS BANQUET Edward VII and Queen Entertain . Royal Germans, HELD IN WINDSOR CASTLE American Ambassador ia Present Tablea Are Adorned With Famous Golden Plate King and Emperor Sit Side by ' Side, ' ' .v"? 'TjiU ,! .ayih. n.:. ( WINDSOR, England, Nov. 12. In the historic hall of St. George at Windsor Castle, King Edward and Queen Alex andria gave a state banquet this even ing in honor of their German viators. The hall which for centuries has been associated with the Order of the Garter. was decorated with banners of Princes and Knights of the order, while the tables were adorned wth ' the 1 famou gold plate, one of the heirlooms of the sovereigns of England. Departing from custom King Edward and Emperor Wil liam sat side by side with the Queen on the right and the Empress on the left. Around the tables were 130 guests among whom was Ambassador Reid. WAS NOT KILLED. , SANTA : ROSA, r'Nor.-,':is! Charlea Phinney, a prominent business man of Healdsburg, was not killed in an auto mobile accident on Sunday last, as re ported. ;The report arose from the fact that he waa thrown from a motor cyole and rendered unconscious. He iwas only stunned, however. He sustained no ser ious injury from the accident. . TIME CUT DOWN. . CLAREMONT, N, H., Nov., 12. The 1000 employee of the Sullivan Machin ery Company began eight hours work per day yesterday. The reason for tho shorter hours 'is because of the financial stress., . ,. , ,. i , ; ,