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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
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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.