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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 287
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HAVE TAKEN
A JAY OFF
Attorneys In Thaw Gasc arc
Busy With Testimony
STATE'S CASE MAM
New Jury Already Under Guard
And To Remain To End '
Of Case.
LAWYERS ARE ALL SATISFIED.
Original Venire of 500 Wu Hot K
hansted in Selection ef Jury, by ill
Fivt Days Only, Used 1b Examination
of tbo Vsnlres,
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. The attorneys
In the Thaw trial ere taking a day off
and going over iblr testimony for the
last time before the trial begins, on
Monday morning the trial proper will be
begun with a brief address by Assist
ant District Attorney Garvan and then
the people' rate will be put in. The case
will be brief. The killing will be prov
ed and evidence will be Introduced to
hovr that the shot which killed Stan
ford Wlte wa fired by Harry K. Thaw
It ie not likely that more than two or
three hour will be required. Then the
prosecution's direct case, will be closed
and the defense will begin.
The jury which was completed yes
tcrday, will, however, spend the day
and tomorrow and all the other days
until the ease Is finally completed under
elose guard.
The Jurors may be taken for drives,
they may be allowed to walk around a
little, but all the time they wilt be in
the custody of a battalion of court ofu
oers and will not be allowed to even
receive visitors, although they be mem
bers of their own families, except In the
present of bailiffs. , Their mail will all
be read before they, are allowed 'to' see
It and they can only rcsd newspapers
after the head bailiff has carefully out
from them every reference to the trial,
They will be even moire closely guarded
than Thaw himself, the man whose fate
even now rests In their hands. . ,
Th twelve wen who will decide the
! young Pittsliurger's "fate areall beyond
i middle age, there being five gray heads
1 in the jury box. . Ten of them are mar
ried, the other two being widower and
proetlonlly nlW of them are fathers of
' families. The fact that the jury was
J finally ' accepted 'without the attorneys
J using up all the peremptory challenges
allowed them, shows that both the
prosecution and the defense are satisfied.
Of the 500 venire summoned 873 were
examined the defense using 23 peremp
tory challenges and the prosecution 20.
At the ilret trial 330 veniremen were
examined before the jury was finally
completed and each side used all its
peremptory challenge!. The foot that
eight day was required to complete the
jury while the work this time was ac
complished In five, is due in some meas
ures to the night sessions of the court,
which Judge Dowlng Insisted on holding.
leotedT the" wporled taker of the
wager Is Thomas II, Shelving father of
Tbomns fihevlln, the Yale football
player, and at on time member of the
fUpubllcatt national committee from
Mlnnenota. ' "
MURDER AND THEFT.
CHICAGO, Jun. 11,-Vesalie firlsu,
supposed Mark hand victim, who was
found dead , Thursday beneath the' lake
shore viaduct it Oary, Ind.,Ws' prob
ably murdetvd for money and over a
score of Hungarians now may be desti
tute In dlcago a a result, ' ' , '
Grim was ' identified yesterday as
manager of an employment agency. He
had gone to Gary in search of employ
ment for 27 Hungarians,' and be carried
with him IW0 of which sum $300 be
long! to the Hungarians, It represented
their entire savings. Grisu's pockets
were empty" when the body was found.
Two suspect have been arrested.
SECRET SOCIETIES ABOLISHED.
CHICAGO, Jan. ll.-The school man
agement committee of the board of edu
cation yesterday voted to abolish secret
societies in Chicago High Schools. This
means an end of fraternities so far as
the school authorities are concerned. The
action of the committee must be sanc
tioned by the board at its meeting next
Wednesday and the new rule must with
stand a storm of legal attacks which It
Is expected will be made upon it. But
the approral of the board is looked upon
as practically certain and the score or
more or court derision by which similar
rujes bave been upheld In various part
of the country are said to be more than
enough to ensure the rule's validity,
FIGHT' WAGED
IN CONGRESS
Bill to Revise the Penal
;a: -'laws.;-;;;.::
t i- ssmbmmssjm '-' "';-'
AMENDMENTS ARE LOST
CONVICTED OP COUNTERFEITING.
8WUN0WHUV I".. Jan. 11 -Ret.
James A. Have, pastor of the Oak Park
Presbyterian Church of Wheaion, 111,
waa convicted of having moulds in his
postion for the manufacture of coun
terfeit coins. It was shown that his son
had tried to pa spurious coins. De
fense claimed that the moulds were for
making ; medals for Sunday school
children.
STOLE HIS TOPCOAT
New York Kid Swipes Secretary
Tan s Garment
COAT RECOVERED, BOY FADES.
Big Cabinet Officer Hakes an All-Night
Line of Visits and Speeches and Goes
Home Chilled. -
Amendment Offered to' Exempt
Labor Unions When They
Declare Strikes.
BILL TO BE DISCUSSED OFTEN
BETTING HAS COMMENCED.
' NEW YORK, Jan. U.-Wlth the con
ventions which will nominate Presiden
tial candidates still months away bet'
ting on the result of the election has
already been started at the Metropoli
tan headquarters for campaign wagers,
the Hoffman House. The first wager of
the campaign is reported as having been
recorded .last night when the offer of
John S. MjeDonald, the turf man, to bet
$500 that Governor John A. Johnson,' if
nominated for the Presidency, would be
Sm YORK, Jan1 1. Following his
peech at Cooper Union, Secretary of
War William 11. Taft, visited several
clubs and restaurants on the East Side
and cojmcquently waa dbligcdt to go
home in the early hours of the morning
without en overcoat. W!hn he looked
for the coat at jthe end of the Cooper
Union meeting it was not to be found,
and a search hod been instituted fop .It
when some one discovered a boy trying
t get out of the building with it. The
coat was recovered but the boy escaped.
The first stop was made at Hungarian
CluV where Secretary "Taft has often
been entertained and where he 1 spoke
briefly,
in a cafe on venue O, and the last stop
of the trip was made at the Old Cafe
Boulevard where Mr. Taft was greeted
by a number of artists and other
habitues of this old Bohemian resort.
Particular Reference Was Made to Sec
tion Affecting Conspiracies Against
Civil Rights of Citisene Changes
1 Offered and Defeated Except One.
WASHINGTON, Jan. II. A vigorous
fight was waged in the House today
over a bill to codify and revise the penal
luws of the United States with, particu
lar reference to section 10 affecting
conspiracies against the civil rights of
citizens. Smith of Missouri and Hughes
of New Jersey, offered amendment with
the object of exemption of labor unions
from operating in the section whenever
such unions declare strikes or boycott
A motion to strike out the whole section
was made by Bartlett of Georgia. The
brunt of debate was borne by Shirley
of Kentucky, a member of the commit
tee on revision. Ho was supported by
number of Republicans. The amendments
were all lost, as was also one by De
Armond to strike out section 20. The
only amendment to successfully pass
was by Clark of Missouri striking out
that portion of section 19 which provides
for offenders receiving the - additional
punishment of Ineligibility to hold office
of honor, or trust of profit under the
government. Probably the bill will be
discussed from time to time for several
weeks yet.
' ' STRIKE FIRST BLOW.
Followers Appoint Select Committee to
Replace "Regular" Committee,
CLKVKLAN'D, Jan. 11. -The first
stroke of the Foraker followers here
was made today when a mass meeting
committee was elected to displace the
"regular" Republican county executive
committee. The question of legality
committee selected as against the "regu
lar", committee, said by.Forakerites to
be a Taft organization, will now be
placed in the hands of the county board
of elections. It is claimed that a so
called Roosevelt committee will be a
third element in the situation.
ANOTHER LYNCHING BEE.
BOUGERE SWAMP, La., Jan. 11.
Bands of angry workmen are searching
this neighborhood for a man who on
Thursday shot and killed Mrs. Harris,
wife of a railroad contractor. The shot
was flrea by a man in ambush near the
railroad camp and was intended for
Mr. Ifarrb, passing through his hat be
fore striking bis wife. The slayer
probably will be lynched if captuied.
THE NEW YORK SITUATION.
FINE CONTRIBUTION.
PORTLAND, Jan. ll.-The PorUand
Chamber of Commerce will on Monday
forward a draft or $1500 to the Society
of National Rivers and Harbors Con
gress at Washington, for the support of
the Congress in ita work of securing
an annual appropriation from the gov.
ernmont of fifteen million dollars
for tho improvement of river and, bar.
bors in the country. The contribuiton
which goes-forward 'today"- is in .ad
dition to the regular contribution from
the general fund the Chamber and
made availuble' by the public spirit of
business men who are members of the
organization. ;. A: :, ......
,, ENDORSE TAFT.;
COLUMBUS. Jan. ll.-4leports receiv
ed from various parts of the state show
that Republican central committees in
a dozen counties at meetings held to
Supper was served the party J day issued calls for Presidential primar
ie in conformity with the call of the
state committee. Committees of seven
counties endorsed Taft for the Presiden
tial nomination. '
, war Against booze.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. A sanitarium
for inebriates is to be Branch No, 1 of
of Bishop Fallows' Christian Psychol
ogy plan of the club are executed. The
establishment of the branch. Is looked
upon as a need because those eases can
not be received at the West Side Church
among the other applicants for treat
ment of lie bishop' Christian Payi-
ohology. A number of pathetio stories
of cases of drunkenness bave been
brought to the Bishop, eome by wives.
sisters or mothers, others by the victim
himself. '
A GRAVE BLUNDER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. Henry L
Paddock, United States eounsul to1
Amoy, China, was wholly exonerated
yesterday in the police court of the
felonious charge of embeullng
$2,000 preferred against him December
5, by Mrs v Jane Blake, widow of a pro
minent physician of this city iwho died
about four years ago. The dismissal
of the change against Paddock was made
at the requost of special Prosecuting At
torney Davis who said in open court
that a very grave and unfortunate mis
take had been made in filling the crim
inal charge. .
NEW! YORK, Jan. 11. Evidences of
the rapid clearing up of the banking
situation by reason of the reflux of
funds io the reserve centers quieted
anxiety over other developments, which
were reflected in the halting and irre
gular movement of stocks in the early
part of the week. The pronounced re
laxation in the money market stimul
ated a speculative movement for the ad
vance Which attained considerable ani
mation as it progressed. The early
hesitation" "Was "Used on news of embar-
rassments in the diamond trade, the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Chicago
Great Western, the drastic cut in iron
output reported by the trade journals
and the returns of large decreases in
railroad earnings. An active demand
for commercial paper which promised
to care for need of accommodation for
all solvent concerns wss of decisive ef
feet. "
IEFJISAN
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ENTERTA
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Enjoying Himself ia Coun
ty Jail
OE IS VERY POPULAR
Brings Talking Machine to Prison
and Entertains Prisoners
Royally.
TRAMPLED TO DEATI
Sad Result of a Panic Among
. Children.
SIXTEEN KILLED OUTRIGHT
At an Entertainment for Children in
Barnsley, Eng., a Crash of Children
on Stairway Causes Many Deaths and
Injuries to Little Ones.
BARNSLEY, England, Jan. 11. Six
teen children were trampled to death) 40
others Injured, some fatally in a panii
in a public hall today at an entertain
mout given for little ones. The hall
waa crowded, all the ushers trying
to seat the audience comfortably. One
of the ushers called to the children's
gallery "Some of you come down stairs.
Immediately a rush commenced and
those who did not understand the cause
joined in the crush of children on the
staircase, their number being added to
momentarily. The scene was a terrible
one, the cries of the injured and the
moans of the dying causing great excite
ment among those on the lower floor.
Those however who were, quieted were
taken to the streets safely. When the
police and ushers cleared the hall the
staircase was literally choked with dead
and injured.
A $460,000 BLOW.
NEW. YORK, Jan. ll.-The appellate
division of the Supreme Court yester
day set aside a verdict for $400000 ob
tained against Geo J. Gould and others
by John S. Jones, an Ohio coal operator.
Jones, according to the complaint, was
mployed by Gould, 'Wm. E. Guy and
Jos Ramsey, , Jrv who composed the
little Ranawha Syndicate", to acquire
coal lands in Ohio for the corporation.
TO CONFER WITH PROSECUTION
Declares That Newspapers do Not Know
Whit They Are-Talking About When
Tney Declare a Rupture With Prose
cutiou and That he Will Get Limit
SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 11. "My
conference "with District Attorney Lang-
dim will be on Monday afternoon for
the betterment of my future action,''
said Ruef to an Associated Press repre
sentative. "Until then I have nothing
to say."
He said that 'the newspapers do not
know what they are talking about when
they ssy there is a rupture between
himself and the prosecution and that he
is to be prosecuted to the limit. He was
in a cheerful frame of mind. He de
clared himself innocent, "N'ot innocent
on mere legal etchnicalities and inter
pretation, but innocent upon, facts," he
said. Ruef is exceedingly popular among
the four hundred prisoners in the jail
to whom he has supplied tobacco,
matches, cigarettes and other things.
Unlike Schmitz, Glass! Brown and Bart
net t, who rarely speak to prisoners or
guards, Ruef has a cheery word for all.
Today Ruef sent to his home for a large
talking machine, and several boxes of
records and tonight gave a concert at
which Caruso, Tftmango, Melba and
other famous singers Bang for the pris
oners. Ruef bad cakes and other things
distributed during the concert.
NEW AMBASSADOR.
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Baron Takahira Receives Official Notifi
cation From Tokio.
ROME, Nov. ll.-Baron Takahira,
Japanese minister to Italy, has received
an official notification from Tokio, of
his appointment as Ambassador to the
United States. Speaking of his appoint-'
ment as Ambassador'., to the United
States, to a representative of the As
sociated Presg he said he was glad to re
turn to Washington where be has many
friends. "With - regard to disquieting
and alarmist report that bare so often
appeared ia the newspapers concerning
the Japanese-American feeling, I am
convinced that there is no ground what
ever for them.; I have never attached
any importance to them as I fully be-'
lieve in the sincerity of the friendship
existing between the two nations, as It
existed before any talk of antagonism
arose.
"Note my words", concluded Takahira,
The "sky will be completely cleared be
fore long." ".
HE WON, THEN DIED.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. Believing Hunt
there is considerable mystery about his
aged father's death, Horace M. Johnson
of Chicago will arrive in- Salt Lake,
Utah, today to conduct an investiga
tion. The father, Richard M. Johnson.
16 years old, was a Chicago pioneer. He
was found dead in bed Wednesday, in
a alt Lake howl, Two days before
court decision had won' for him the
fight, in which he had staked all his
worldly possessions, - It was a fight' to
thwart the alleged conspiracy of his
enemies to take from hira $150,000
worth of cold mining property. As far
as tne Chicago relatives have heard.
there Is no evidence of foul play.
SALOON HOLD UP.
A Bridge Carpenter Soiled by Thogs
Posse o too Men in Pursuit
SEATTLE, Jan. 11. A. Johnson, a
bridge carpenter for the Torthern Coal
Timber Company near Barneston, waa
shot and killed in a saloon at Gangley
tonight by two yeggmen who were at
tempting to hold np the place. Six
men were in the saloon at the time and
were ordered to throw up their hands.
Johnson held a billiard ball in his hand
and made a motion toward his hip
pocket for which he was shot A posse
of 100 men axe in pursuit The robbers
did not obtain anything.
WEDDING IN HIGH LIFE.
Son of Jas. J. HOI Married at St Paul
Yesterday.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 11. Walter J. Hill
third son of James J. Hill, and Miss
Dorothy! Barrows, a well known St
Paul society girl, were married at the
home of the bride's parents today.
STANDARD APPEAL
Attorneys Present Petition For
Filing of Allegation.
IN
VALIDITY
OF ELKINS LAW
Claimed by Attorneys That Elkina1 Law
Was Repealed by Passage of Hepburn
Bill in 1906 Same Contention Now
Before Supreme Court. .
NO CESSATION OF PROSECUTION.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. It was
stated officially in the Department of
Justice today that there will be no ces
sation of the prosecution of the land
fraud cases in Colorado and other west
ern states, though the decision of Judge
Lewis mny make it necessary to change
the proceedure in some respects. ; '
COMMITTED FOR MURDER.
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NEWARK, Jan. ll.-Theodore S.
Whitrnore was today committed to jail
to await the action of the grand jury
for the murder of his wife, whose body
was found in a swamp at Harrison.
EXPOSITION DECLARED UNFAIR.
TACOMA, Jan. ll.-The State Fed
eration of Labor of Washington today
voted to place the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposiion on the unfair list
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. 1 The attorneya
for the Standard Oil Company today
filed a petition in the United . States
eircuit court of appeals asking that
body to certify to the supreme court of
the United States an allegation as to
the validity of the Elkins law under
which the oil company was indicted,
eonvicted and fined $29,240,000 for re
bating. This step was taken in pursu
ance of an appeal filed by the company
against the big fine. It ia contended by
tne company's attorneys that the Elkins
law was repealed by the passage of the
Hepburn bill In 1906. The same con
tention is now before the supreme
court on the appeal of the Great North
ern Railway Company. The petition was
taken under advisement Whether the
seven othep cases against the Standard
will be tried depends upon the outcome
of the appeal in the first case.
AN ELECTRICAL DEATH.
JELLICO, Tenn., Jan. 11. Waltee
Jones, 10 years old, met a strange death)
last night He had olimbed an electrta
light pole. Falling a short distance one
of the iron steps in the pole so caught
his clothing that he hung head down
ward. In this position he was allowed
to strangle to death, while a large crowd
of men and women stood about afraid
to touch him, thinking he was charged
with electricity. .