The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, January 19, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text9 PUBLISHES miL ASSOCIATED PRESS IRCPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 'VOLUME LXIII. NO, 292 mm IS GUILTY , His Attorneys Move for a New Trial. ONE JUROR OVERCOME Fifty-Four Counts on the In dictments Against the Aged Banker. PERMITTED TO HAVE LIBERTY Misappropriation of Fund of Chicago National Bank An th Charge Against Iti Prtident-Th Estimated Trial Wttl Cott Government 9ioopo. CHICAGO, Jani 18.-Jobn IL Walsh, the former president of the Chicago Na tional Bank, hkh eloaad it door la December, 10O3, waa found guilty today on 64 counla on the Indictment against him oh r King misapplication of the f limit. Walsh waa permitted to remain at liberty under the bond furnished by kirn and an Indictment had been re- turned against him a year ago today, wending the hearing of argument on January 28 a motion for a new trial. The penalty fixed for tho offense which the agd 'financier stand convicted l Imprisonment for not le tlmn fly year nor more-than ten for each count upon which hia guilt waa established. Tha reading of the verdict waa fol lowed by a scene that waa intensely draamtlc. When the jury waa polled, Elbert .Palmer, a Juror from Harvard. Ill, waa overcome by emotion and wept a he signified hie acquletence in the finding. When the poll waa completed and 1'elmer waa further questioned by the court at the request of Attorney Mlllor for the defense and in answor to the queation previously put to him "la thai your verdict," he replied, "I have to aay 'yea'." It developed later that rainier waa larselv responsible for the Ions Jelib erauon 01 we jury, do inawien wai tie that Walsh ahould be acquitted that de forced hia follow juror to take cp a rale ballot on ovory one of tho ISO count In tlie Indictment, Palmers rea son was that Walsh is euvhn old man, over 70. lie waa technically guilty,'' contended Palmer, "But none of hia depositor ver lost, and what la the use of send ing the old man to prisont" He Is said to have kept at time in the jury room and begged the othora to consider the age of the defendant Walsh appeared less moved by the re ult of hia long trial than anyone else concerned. When appealed to for an ex pression of opinion a to the finding, he Sftidi "The fight has just begun i I have nothing further to say." Soon after the verdict was announced District Attorney, Sims telegraphed the mult to the United States comptroller of the currency and received the follow ing reply from the acting comptroller! 'Verdict fine nej should serve salu tary warning tfjat the banking law cannot be violated 'with impunity, no matter what be the size of the bank or the standing of the banker in the com munity 1 ' . The district attorney estimated that the trial will cost the government .$100,000.. Operation have been largely specula live and there ha been large selling profit on the part of the earlier pur chaw which modified the effect in i growing degr of the new ouUida buy ing and the demand from tha diminish lug hrt interest. Itallroad earning show material shrinkage and plans for economy occupy a large part of the at Untlon of railroad official. INVESTIGATING PICTURE SHOWS. NEW! VOIUC, Jan. 18,-Tlw executiv committee of tha Actor National Pro tection Union ha called on the Central Federated Union to take up Ui matter of moving picture how in New York It is claimed that most of the shows are run in a maimer to make them a menace to the live of the people who attend thorn. It is claimed that young and in experienced men art employed V handle the machine, that proper precaution against fir ere not taken and that the room in which the shows r given. most of them store room, are not pro vided with proper exit. The central union is requested to take tha matter up with the Hoard of Electrical Control of the city and the fir deportment. PLOICEMEN TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED NEW!. YORK. Jan. 18.-Order to photograph the member of the entire police department of the cltywer to- lay issued by Police Commiasloner Bingham. A complete photographic rec ord of the force I desired for conven ience in identifying patrolmen against whom complaint may be lodged. MORE ACTIVE STOCK MARKET. ' NEW YORK, Jan. isC-The "growing .of banking facilities resulting from the return flow of fund to depositor in .the central reserve bank has furnished meant ion a more Active stoat marcec GILL OF MARYLAND Navy Department Has an Answer for Him. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1908 , n ' w v , . PRICE FIVE CENTS BBfTST DECISION Rendered by Ihe Interstate Commission. NO CAR SHORTAGE NOW, LOW RATE-LONG HAUL Views Respecting Long and Short Haul Clause of Interstate Commerce Act COMPETITION IN COMMODITIES Dissimilar Circumstances Which Justify Greater Charts Under Section Four For Shorter Haul Than Longer Haul Will Also Prevent Such Rate. ADMIRAL BROWNSON'S CASE Thar i a Great Maas of Documentary Correspondence in Addition to Letter From the President and the Admiral' Letter of Resignation. w ASHIMJTO.Y, Jan. 18. The navy department ha completed the prepsra tion of an answer to the resolution of ltepreentttve 0111, of Maryland, call ing for the correiKndonco relative to assignment of e, Man officer to the coin nuind of the hospital ship Relief. There is a mass of documentary cor- resporu,enc in addition to letters from the President and Admiral Urowneon's letter of resignation, already published. Hut the feature of the interest is memorandum prepared by Brownson and placed on file in the department formally recording the objection of the naval bureau to the asuipment of a staff offi cer to command a naval vessel. INVESTMENT OPEN. Because the Corvallis k K&alern rail- rood hint refused to' pay ita taxes on property in Linn County and itvJuw ixicome delinquent, the sheriff has or- lered the real property of this corpora tion advertised nlong with other delin quent proioTty In Linn county, for sale for taxc duo. Tiie property of the rood can be bought by any person who will pay Sheriff Smith the amount of the rond'a tax, which is $3,302.34. Any one who pay the te of the Corvalll & J3aMtern will be allowed ten per oent interest on his money invested until the railroad cour through with the tax. COL. JOHN I. HANDLEY DEAD. rJENVBR, Jn. 18. Col. John I. ITandley, aupreme' vice-president of the Fraternal. Union of "America, died yes terday at hi home of appendicitis. Col. llandley was 74 year old and was one of the best known fraternity men In Wie country, being one' of tb founders and incorporator of the Fraternal Union of America, lie was for &ix years vice- president and then supreme secretary and in 1802 was elected supreme vice- president. , . WASmXOTON, Jan- 18 -One of th most important decisions that has been rendered by the interstate commerce commissbn for many months, wai that handed Jown today by Commissioner Clark in th cose of the Boviard Supply Company against the Atchison, Topeka k Bant Fe Railroad and other carrier. ' The dcoUion Involves "the discussion of the commiiMion's view respecting the long and short haul clause of the inter' state commerce act, and In the oourse of ita opinion, the commission slate why it cannot always approve the lower rate for shorter haute than for the longer one in the same territory. In the oourse of tho decision they yt "If the influence of competition be twecn point of production in the com' moditie between the carrier and the rate prevailing at farther distant point but not at nearer one, causes the establishment of a lower rate to the formor, It will constitute justification for a lower rota for a longer haul "Competition, in commodities alone at tlie nearer point will not make cir cumstance there substantially similar to those t farther point where the other competitive conditions and influ ence prevail. "Dissimilar circumstances which jus tify the greater charge under section 4 for a shorter haul than a longer haul will also prevent such a rate from con stituting illegal preference or an ad vantage under section 3." . Fifteen Hundred Freight Car Idle on Harriman Line. fiALT LAKE CITY, Jan. W,-One year ago this city wo threatened 'with coal fatuin because the railroad lacked cam to haul the fuel. Today, ac cording to the Tribune, 500 freight ears are standing Idle in the yard. Freight car to the number of 1500, and 20 locomotives, have been retired from er vice on th Harriman, line within the past 40 days, making a decrease of 10 per cent. ' The Short Line ,ha laid off 3000 irainnu-n and workmen since October 1. The llio Grande Western ha let out 175 men in local shops, but ha not yet called in any of it rolling stock. XThe railroad men say hat the merchant are not buying goods and that this is the principle cause of the falling off of traflic. N REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE. SAN FUAXCISOO, Jan. J8.-A novel feature of the call is the direction to the county committees to call unofficial primaries in their respective counties, .May 2, in order to gave votera an op Krtuntty to express their choice for candidate for President. The delegates to the national conven tion are to be Instructed to support the candidate receiving the highest number of vote cast at this unofficial primary. The adoption of thla new proceedure headed off a resolution endorsing Score tary Taft, which already had been pre pared. EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Name Changed at Annual . Meeting. RATECOMMITTEENAMED Soon as it Can be Accomplished Newspaper Men Will Organ ize in Every County. PUBLIC EXCLUDED igoS FACT BOOK. The World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1008, the 25th Anniversary Number of that well-known reference book, has just been issued. This year it is much larger, more complete and comprehen sive than ever bforo, comprising 1,000 pages and giving about 13,000 facta and figures which may be depended upon a being absolutely accurate and right up to the last minute of 1007. It is a ver itable library of : universal knowledge between two covers. The World Al; manao is in use in the public schools of Greater New York, has been adopted by moet all of the Normal Schools and hundreds of Public', High and Grammar Schools throughout the country. It is certainly a book that should be in every . DEMURRER UPHELD. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 18. Demurrers to tlie indictments against 10 prominent lumbermen charging conspiracy to de fraud, were upheld In the federal court here today.' The Indictments are baaed on the issuance of a so-called ."Black book." It was designed to badger cata logue bouses and pile upon them use less and costly correspondence. The court heard counsel for but one of the lumbermen and upheld the domurrer. which ends the prosecution. - Jerome Asks Court to Court Room. . Clear EVELYN NESBIT THAW STORY At the First Trial Hundred of Curiosity Seekers Thronged the Court Room When Young Mrs. Thaw Told Her Horrible Story. t NEW YORK.' Jan. 18. The most as tonishing inoe that has yet been made by either the prosecution or the defense in the trial of Harry K. Thaw, came yes terday, when District Attorney Jerome asked the court to exclude from the court room tdie public, including the newspaper writers, during the recital by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw of the story she told, on the stand during the first trial. The district attorney had given no hint of his intended action' and even Little ton of the defense said he had not con sidered the matter before, although he quickly added his request to that of Mr. Jerome. - Justice Dowling did not rule on the point, further than to say that he thought if such a motion was to have been made it should have been made at the first trial, and announced that he would take i" question under' consid eration and give a decision on Monday. At the first trial hundred! of people besieged the court room and used every artifice to secure admission while young Mrs. Thaw was telling her .-horrible story on tlie stand. The lines were drawn very tightly even then, only a few outsiders, and those present who bad influence with the court officers, securing admission..' . v District! Attorney Jerome: has suc ceeded in keeping a large portion of young Mrs. Thaw" story of her early life out of the record and it was believ ed that he would attempt to prevent her from repeating the story she say j told her husband about her rela tions with Stanfordwpiite, Whether the motion to exclude the publio means that he has given up this idea is not known. 1 J.S. DELLINGER IS PRESIDENT A Great Deal of Important Work Was Done on th Last Day of Its Meeting Paper Read on Moss Backwardness by Mites Overholt PORTLAND, Jan. 18 (Special)-The Oregon Press Associativ : now the State Editorial AssociatkL if Oregon. The changing of the name of the old association waa done when the new set of bylaws were adopted at the annual meeting of the association, which con' eluded the sesaion in Woodman Hall to day.. In addition to adopting the new bylaws, the association elected officers and a number of important committees wore appointed. -The most important of these is a rate committee, which will formulate a schedule for a uniform scale ofvprice for all kind of advertising and job work. A great deal of important work was lone by the association, on the last day of its meeting and the members of the association believe from now on the as sociation will accomplish a great deal of good for the working press of the state. Just as soon as it can be accomplished tlie newpaper men in every county in the state will get together and organize. Tlie afternoon session was taken up wit h the reading of a paper by Miles Overholt, of Jacksonville. Mr. Overholt' paper was entitled "Moss Backward ness.'' Following the reading of the paper came, reports of officers and the annual election of officers. The members demanded the re-election of Dr. Uenry VlJo Coe as corresponding secretary but he refused to serve. The following were the officers elected: Resident, J, S. Dellinger, Morning Astorian, NEW! TYPE OF SCHOOL MA'AM. CHICAGO, Jan. 18 A new type of school ma'am ha come to rescue the Chicago school system from the toils of tlie teacher' famine, which be been crippling it work. The sgo of the new pedagogue aver age somewhere around 14 yean. Is score of schoolrooms throughout the city, where it ha been impossible to piovide substitutes for teacherh who were absent, privileged pupils have been put in charge of the rest of the elase rather than have the children dismissed to spend the day in the street, and the usual program of study and recitation, periods has been carried out. SHOOTS GIRL AXD THEN SUICIDES. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 18. After shooting and probably fatally wounding Miss Flake Duke, a 17 year-old girl, J. Walter Hoover, last night committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart Hoover and his "wife, who i at present visiting relatives at Cheney, Kan., formerly boarded at the home of the girl' relatives, where the ahooting occurred, but nothing can be learned a to1 the cause which fed to the crime. HOT GUILTY. SPOKANE, Jan. 18. A special from Ritzville says that after deliberating about two hours, the jury in the Gertie Griffith murder trial, returned a verdict of not guilty. The case hot been watch ed with great interest from the begin ning. When the verdict wa anne'unced, the defendant all- but collapsed but re covered herself sufficiently to shake bands with the jury. APPRENTICES FIGHT On Deck of Training Ship Cumberland. ONE OF THE BOYS DEAD ' MULAI HAFIG IS SULTAN. ; , TANGIER, Jan. 18.-andid Ralsuli, presiding at a gathering of several tribes yesterday, announced that they recog nize Mulai Hang as Sultan. Putnam, Tribune, Med ford; correspond ing secretary, A D. Moe, Glacier, Hood River; recording secretary, George A. Scibird, Republican, Union; treasurer, Miss Frances Gotshall; trustees George B. Small, Democrat, Baker City, three years; C. E. Fisher, Guard, Eugene, two years; C. L. Ireland, Observer, More, one year. ' v " In retiring from the office of Fresi dent, Mir, Woodward thanked the mem bers of the association for the honor they had conferred upon him and ex pressed liis appreciation for the loyal support the members had given him while he was president. In addition to the officers elected, J. S Dellinger, the new president, named the following committees; On resolution-J. F. Wbods, D. M. C. Gault, and E. L. Barry. On Finance J. C. Hayter, William J. Clarke, and R. M. Watson; On Legislation Elmer Kennedy, C E. Kennedy, C E. Fisher, and Dr. Henry Waldo Coe. In the Eighth Round Manning Caught Hartnett on the Jaw Sending the Old er Boy to the Deck Died With Re gaining Consciousness. NEWPORT, B, I. Jan. 18.-Following a fist fight Tuesday on the training ship Cumberland at this port, H. A. Hartnett, aged 23, a naval apprentice, died today. D. Ml Manning, 20 years old,also an apprentice, is under the sentry's charge. pending an investigation into Harriett's death. Hartnett, who had been appoint ed acting master-at-arms, had trouble with Manning. When the day's duties were over the boys put on the cloves Astoria; vice-president, Geo. land began the battle, which by agree- J DYNAMITE IN HIS MAIL. CLEVELAND, Jan. 18. Judge Adams of the juvenile court today received in his mail a stick of what appeared to be dynamite six inches long. No mechan ism to detonate the explosive was found. He opened the tube in the court room wholly unaware of its contents. ment was to go 10 rounds. They fought in the presence of 300 apprentices and it was hard from start to finish. In the eighth round Manning caught Hartnett on the jaw, sending the older boy to the deck. Hartnett tpok the count of 10 and when his seconds 'went to his side they found him 'uncon scious. The usual first aid was em ployed under such emergencies, but fail ed to bring him to his senses and he was removed to the sick ward. There every effort was made to revive him but with out success. Hartnett died without re gaining consciousness. , Death was due to a clot on the brain. E. C. STEDMAN DEAD. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.-d3dmund Clar ence Stedman, banker and poet, died to day, aged 75 years. V Stedman died of a sudden attack of heart trouble. He was passinjr into his study when the attack came and he fell to the floor unconscious, dying two hure later without regaining consciousness. CASHIER BOUND BANK ROBBED. . TEXOLA, Okta... Jan. "18. After a hand to hand battle with assistant Cashier Jones, two masked men robbed the First National Bank of $4000 at 7 o'clock this evening.' Jones was found later bound and insensible.