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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 308
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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SHOOTS
HISFATHER
Rebuked Son For Using
Liquor
SON FIRED FIVE SHOTS
Father And Son Had Only Talked
A Few Moments When Shooting
Occurred.
YOUNG HARG IS WAS ARRESTED
Exact Cause of the Shooting it Not
Known But Supposed to be Result
of Difference! Which Have Existed
Between Them.
JACKSON, Ky., Feb. 6.-Formcr
County Judge llargis, who for many
year was a member of the tate
Democratic executive committee and
accused of complicity in many mur
dcrt and a prominent figure in (cud
which have disrupted trcalhit county
for many yearn, wan shot and killed
here this afternoon by bin son, Beach
llargis. The son fired five shots in
rapid succession at bin father who
fell dead. The exact cause of the
shooting in not known but it is sup
posed to have been the result of dif
ference which have exited between
the father and son for some time.
Two men are reported to have had
a quarrel several night ago, when
the father, it is alleged, was compell
ed to resort to violence to restrain
his son. Young llargis came into the
More this afternoon and had been
drinking. His father rebuked him
for the use of liquor and hot words
followed. The father and son had
only talked a few moment when the
shooting occurred. Margin was ar
rested. Me was raving like a maniac
rnd the officers were compelled to
ilrnir liim to lail.
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MAY BE MURDER.
MARTINEZ, Cal, Feb. 6.-Kx-citcmcnt
has been aroused in this
vicinity by the finding of a man's
dismembered body floating in the bay
near the sugar refinery at Crockett
yesterday. Only the legs and torso
of the body were found, the head and
trunk having been hacked or torn
away and there are many circumst
ances which suggest that a brutal
murder has been committed. Who
the victim was and how he met death
arc questions the authorities so far
' have been unable to throw any light.
Idontlicaliou is impossible because
the head, trunk and most of the
clothing' arc now missing ami unless
the boatmen who are now searching
the bay should unearth the rest of
the body the mystery will remain
unsolved. The clue to the identity
is the clothing of the legs and ab
domen of the body. Under instruc
tions of the sheriffs office, boatmen
have been making a careful search on
adjacent portions of the bay today
in the hope of finding the missing
trunk and head but their efforts have
been without result.
Portious of clothing which still
cling to the body indicates that the
man had been dressed.
An inquest will probably be held
today.
hot weather beverage as beer, larger
beer, ale and porter.
Deer Is beer they told the food men,
o they would lie to have the govern
ment case up a little on its require
ments. "Also kindly admit sugar and
glucose as raw material to be used
as the manufacturer please" pleaded
John Schram of New York, brewers.
The government experts said they
would think it over.
JUDGE WEBSTER'S ARGUMENT
In Behalf of His Old Friend and
Associate John HalL
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. Judge Web
ster consumed the entire day in his
plea in behalf of his old friend and
associate, John Hall, today, and had
not concluded when the court ad
journed until tomorrow morning. He
expects to finish by noon. The pres
ent plan is for Heney to make the
final argument tomorrow afternoon
and Judge Hunt will charge the jury
Saturday morning,
Judge Webster's argument was
strong and forceful and produced a
good effect. Me confined himself to
an analysis of the testimony except
at rare intervals.
ALBANY THEIR MECCA.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-New York
club women are planning a descent
upon Albany in force February 10,
when the question of an amendment
to the state constitution granting full
suffrage to women come up before
the judiciary committee of the senate
and assembly. Mrs, Harriet Staun
ton Blateh, president of the Equality
league for Self-Supporting Women,
will lead thetXrgsticmratsiawiwi)1 to
announcement made yesterday.
RECORDS
Oil Carrying Across The Atlantic
In Winter
HAWSERS 3000 FEET LONG
Bringing a Six-Masted Barge Built
in England That Will Have a Capa
city of Seventy Thousand Barrels
Iroquois Holds 60,000 Barrels.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. Records in
oil-carrying across the Atlantic are
being broken by the Standard Oil
Company even in this mid-winter sea
son of tempests in the paths of trans
Atlantic shipping Today the oil
carrying steamship Captain A. F.
Lucas will sail for Hamburg towing
the five-masted Standard Oil barge
No, 95 at the end of a long steel
hawser. On their way east they will
pass somewhere the new oil carrying
steamship , Iroquois bringing the
British built six-masted barge Nava-
hoc by means of a steel hawser 2 1-4
inchsc in diameter and 3000 feet
long, the stoutest and longest haw
ser ever made. The capacity of the
Navahoe is 70,000 barrels and that
of the Iroquois 60,000 barrels which
is the record for an oil tank and her
tow. !
MAKE IT BEER.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-Just call it
beer and let it go at that, was the ad
vice given yesterday by representa
tives of the National Brewers As
sociation to the Government Food
experts in conference here, -s.
The brewers could see a bit of rea
son in various classifications of the
TRIAL TRIP OF CRUISER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6,-The
new armored cruiser South Dakota
sister ship of the California and the
other armored cruisers now on the
! coast will have her first government
trial' trip on Feburary 25, according
to information given out yesterday,
The South Dakota, now at Mare Is
land, will be taken to South Barbara
Channel for the trials and no doubt
is entertained that she will be able
to repeat the performance of . her
builders trial, when the cruiser made
more than the required 22 knots an
hour and also proved herself entirely
seaworthy. By the time the battle
ship fleet arrives the South Dakota
will be in commission and will make
the eight of her formidable class on
this coast.
Gill PURSUES
A
BURGLAR
i.
Armed With Two Heavy
Revolvers
BULLET THROUGH HAT
The Young Woman Fired Again
and the Burglar Replied
With a Bullet '
HAD BEEN OUT AUTOMOBIUNG
Engaged in a Running Fight With a
Burglar Who Made Hia Escape
Afer a Bullet Had Plowed Through
His Hat
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6. -Armed
with two revolvers which she used
in the manner of an expert, Miss
Cfarjjbrl , Otto., a voting woman 20
years old, tonight engaged in a run
ning fight with a burglar, who made
his escape after a pullet had plowed
its way through his hat.
Miss Otto had been out automobil
ing and when she returned found a
burglar in her house. Without at
tracting his attention she .slipped
across the street and borrowed two
revolvers. "
Meanwhile the burglar emerged and
covered three others members of the
party with a gun. As he was descend
the steps, Miss Otto from the across
the street opened fire. The bullet lift
ed bis bat from his head. The young
woman fired again and the intruder
replied with a bullet. He started to
run, Miss Otto pursuing, she sending
bullet after bullet in his direction.
Once or twice the man turned and
fired at the girl but she pursued him
until one of her shots struck a
little girl in the, hand. Miss Otto
then thrust the guns into the hands
of another pursuer and went to the
aid of the little girl. The burglar
escaped but the police all over the
city have been furnished with his description.
DIED FROM FIRE.
Prisoner Seta Fire to Keroscene
Soaked Blanket Cell-Mate Burned.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.-
Tragedy attended the investigation
that was begun today into the con
dition of the city and county jail.
Judge Cook who was being escorted
about the jail by Supt. Kierman on
a tour of inspection had scarcely
passed in front of cell 104 when
Arthur Blessin, a prisoner awaiting
trial on a charge of assault, set fire
to a blanket, damp with kerosene, and
waved it about the cell. John Olson,
who occupied the same compartment,
endeavored to quench the fire and
hastily .wrapped ( another blanket
about the blaze. Assistance was
rendered with all possible speed and
after the fire was out the two men,
badly burned about the hands, head
and body were hurried to the Central
Emergency Hospital. Blessin died
at midnight.
Blessin had sprinkled the blanket
with coal oil which he was allowed
to use a small stove for the prepara
tion of food.
STATUE OF MATT QUAY.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6.-Be-cause
of opposite to the placing
the statue of the late M. S. Quay in
the rotunda of the new state capitol
at Harrisburg, David H. Lane of this
city, chairman of the republican city
committee, has suggested the the
question be put to a vote of the peo
ple of the state. The legislature ap
propriated $20,000 for the erection of
a statue of the late senator in Capitol
Park at Harrisburg and there has
been more or less criticism of the ac
tion of the legislature principally by
persons politically opposed to the
late 'republican leader.
INTENT TO CORRUPT.
Abe Ruef Says That he Has Never
Been Legally Indicted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. -Abe
Ruef today took what promises to be
a long drawn out and technical legal
battle. When brought before Judge
Lawlor for the purpose of having his
trial set, Ruef set up the claim that
he never had been legally arraigned.
He claims that a copy of the indict
ment handed him in the trolley cases
omitted to state that he had bribed
the supervisors "With intent to cor
rupt them" as contained in the orig
inal indictment.
INDUSTRIAL INCREASING.
NEW YORK, Feb. d-Increasing
industrial activity is indicated by re
ports from some of the manufacturing
supply companies covering the month
of January. An official of one of the
big manufacturing concerns said yes
terday that the January volume of
business was larger by considerable
than that for December, while a pro
minent manufacturer of steam and
gas engines reported orders three
times larger in January than in De
cember. From these facts industrial
experts argue a revival of confidence
already established, particularly as
orders tor power machinery Jndicate
needed enlargement or entension. in
productive departments.
PER DIEM CHARGES
Present Surplus Of Cars Causes
Trouble And Expense
CARS RETURNED TO OWNERS
The Railroads Would Prefer to Let
Other Roads Use Their Cara Free
of Charge Rather Than to Haul
and Store Them.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6. A special
meeting of the American Railway
Association to consider the decrease
in traffic which had resulted on Jan
uary 22 in a surplus of 339,053 cars,
began in Chicago and will continue
today and tomorrow. The decrease
is shown to be startling report of
the efficiency committee February 6,
1907, when a shortage of 104,226 cars
was reported, and appeals were made
by shippers to congress to pass laws
requiring the railroads to increase
their equipments to meet traffic de
mands. !
The chief work of the association
probably will be the consideration of
the per diem charges for cars in the
service of railroads other than the
owners. The per diem charge here
tofore has been 50 cents upon foreign
cars. With the present great surplus
of cars the charge has caused the im
mediate return of foreign cars to their
care at a great expense and conse
quent storage. The railroads would
prefer to let other roads use their
cars free of charge rather than be
forced to haul and store them over
their systems, and it is likely that
this factvwill lead the association to
suspend the per diem charge upon
foreign cars until they situation
clears up.
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
CINCINATTI, Feb. 6.-In his an
nual address before the national
hardwood lumber ' assocation today
President Ransome declared that the
wasteful extravagance in public and
business life caused the recent panic.
He advocated improvement and the
preservation of the forests.
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION
Florida First One In The
. Field
FISIFIGHTS A FEATURE
Two Conventions Held In The
Same Hall And At The
Same Time
FOR AND AGANST ROOSEVELT
Police Were on Duty in Hall and
Were Frequently Called to Eject
Unruly Delegate Nine-Tenths of
Both Conventions Were Negroes.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 6.
Florida Republicans stand con
spicuously in the lime light today as
being the first to hold their conven
tion" tosHcct"delegutes hr trierra-
tional convention and it is said here
that strenuous and exciting scenes
were enacted today are forecast of
similar scenes in the other southern
states, caused by the efforts of anti
Roosevelt Republicans for control in
the national convention. Two con
ventions really convened at the same
time in the same hall. The progress
of business was frequently interrupt
ed by knockdown and drag-out fights.
The officeholders' faction' was call
ed to order by the state chairman and
they proclaimed themselves the regu
lar party They adopted resolutions
endorsing Roosevelt's policies and
endorsing Taft for president On the
other side of the hall the anti-Taft
convention took a conservative action
and chose delegates untrammeled by
instructions..
They claim that altogether branded
as bolters by the other convention
their delegates will be seated in the
national convention They adopted
resolutions strongly condemning the
attempts to influence and control by
the use of federal patronage through
the government officeholders, selec
tion of delegates to the national con
vention. The city marshal and a
policemen were frequently called up
on to eject unruly delegates. Nine
tenths of both conventions were
negroes.
THEY ACTUALLY WORKED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The po
litical speech-making came to an end
today in the House and the actual
consideration of the Indian appro
priation bjll was resumed. A bitter
fight was waged on the proposition
to abolish non-reserve schools. Prev
ious to the debate on the Indian bill
Clayton spoke on the President's
message and held the Republicans as
being divided into two factions, reac
tionaries and White House cuckoos.
The message, he charged, was an
indictment against Republican party
for its dereliction and incompetency.
The consideration of the Indian bill
was not concluded when the House
adjourned.
"STORY" SHIP ASHORE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6-The ground
ing off the Cuban coast of the steam
er Baker is much regretted in New
York, particularly among those who
were in the habit of frequenting her
dock and the places where her offi
cers and crew congregated while in
port The newspaper reporters who
walk the docks in search of inter
esting "stories" the sight of the
Baker was always a glad one, foe the
steamer' never came into port without
a "story" aboard. Captain Ocrtel of
the Baker was noted even among sail
ormen as a spinner of yarns and his
officers and crew vied with him in
telling of the wonders of the deep.
Never did the Baker come into port
without a tale for the reporters even
it were only the fighting of a sea
serpent or the dodging of a water
spout. It was from the Baker that
Came the new classic story of the
sawfish that attempted to saw a bole
in the ship, which was only saved by
tbe ship's carpenter cutting off the
fish's saw,
WILL HAVE TO STAY AWHILE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6-No imme
diate move will be made to secure the
release of Harry K. Thaw from the
insane asylum at Matteawan, accord
ing to an interview credited to RusseU
Pcabody, Thaw's personal counsel.
It has been practically decided that
there is no way under the law by
which Thaw can be confined in a
private sanitarium instead of the
Matteawan institution, and his law
yers and family are said to have
agreed that it would be unwise to ask
for his release now. Martin W. Lit
tleton, who conducted Thaw's de
fense in court, left yesterday for a
six weeks vacation in Florida and it
is possible that no move will be made
in the case before his return. It is
said that the physicians at the asylum
will not recommend Thaw's release
until they have had from 60 to 90
days in which to observe him.
PHILIPPINE SCOUTS' BILL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The
Senate committee on military affairs
today ordered a favorable report on
-the bill creating -the office of Captain
in the Philippine Scouts.
BLACK DIAMONDS
Frisco Has An Over-plus Of
Coal
PRICES DON'T CHANGE
Blockade Was Caused by Wholesale
Chartering That Followed a Near
Famine Last Winter Price so Fax
Have Not Taken Any Tumble.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. For
the first time in the history of the
port, cargoes of coal from various
parts of the world have arrived in
such numbers that a blockage has
resulted and more than 50,000 tons
of the black diamonds fill vessels that
are unable at present to find oppor
tunity to discharge their huge loads.
Half that quantity of coal is not dis
charging into bunkers and hoppers,
20,000 tons more of coal are hourly
expected in port from the mines and
add to the glut and 30,000 tons are
being stored in vessels chartered for
warehouse purposes.
The blockade was caused by the
wholesale chartering that followed a
near famine last winter and the prev
ious season, when some big yards
could not serve their best customers.
Whether the immense supply now
here will result in cheaper coal re
mains to be seen. So far prices have
been taken no appreciable tumble.
Six ships and steamers that were
idle in port have been chartered for
use as warehouses and this fleet, with
its capacity for about 30,000 tons, will
in all probability be increased if suit
able vessels can be secured
RAILROADS APPEAL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. An
argument was made before the
United States court of appeals today
in' an appeal of the railroads doing
business in Oregon and Washington
from the interlocutory decree of in
junctions ' issued against them in
Oregon in favor of the lumbermen's
association, which prevents them
from putting into effect their new
tariff on lumber shipments.