PUBLISHES full ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
COVERSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LXIII. NO. 411
ASTORIA, OPF;0N, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1908.
PRICE' FIVE CENTS
INJUNCTION
DISSOLVED
CANNOT
Judge Beii Decides Against
Stuyvesant Fish.
BE APPEALED
Judoo Farrar, Slid the Case
Will Now Be Tried on
Its Merits.
CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY
Nona of the Principals in the Gate
War in Court, Both Fbh and Har
riman Being in New YorkAll th
Attorneyi Pretent
f , :
CHICAGO, Feb. 20,-Judge Bell o(
the Superior Court today dissolved
the injunction secured last October
by Stuyvesaut Fish, by virtue of
which the Hariman Interests were re
strained from voting 28,831 shares of.
the apital stock of the Illinois Cen
trnl Railroad at the annual meeting of
the company. , .
The theory on which counsel for
FUh baited its arguments in support
of the injunction, that it was contrary
to the laws and public policy of the
state of Illinois to allow a foreign
corporation to own and vote the stock
of domestic corporations, was denied
by the court
Under the ruling of the court the
previously enjoined stock which is
held by the Union Pacific Railroad
and by the Railroad Securities Com
pany can be voted at an annual meet
ing of the road on March 2, There
is no. appeal from the decision handed
down today, but it is considered pos
sible Fish will take further legal steps
to regain possession of the Illinois
Central. Judge Farrar, who acted as
the leading counsel for Fish, said to-
day after the rendering of the deci
sion, that the case will now be tried
its merits, but declined to say how
many new proceedings would be in
stituted.
None of the principals m the case
were in court, both Fish and Harri
man being in New York. All the at
torneys on both sides and many other
lawyers and business men were pres
ent and filled the courtroom to over
flowing. Frcsdcnt Harahan of the Il
linois Central came in while the de
cision was being read and heard the
luttcr portion of it. . When the con
clusion was reached he said: "My head
is too full of the decision to allow me
to say anything but to say that I am
highly pleased, and more than highly
pleased, is putting it mildly."
Judge Bell; who is somewhat (rail
of physique, turned .over to his son
the task of reading the decision, which
contianed almost 10,000 words. As
son as it was concluded there was a
veritable stampede in the courtroom,
brokers, lawyers and messengers niak
ing a rush for the doors in order to
announce the result. They ran into
various rooms seeking telephone, and
many tore headlong for the elevators,
while others fled wildly down the
stairway. Such excitement and con
fusion has not been seen in the county
courthouse for many years. The court
declared that Fish had not been able
to prove any of his contentions that
the domination of the Illinois Central
by Harriman would be to its detri
ment, and also failed to show that
the interests of the stockholders
would be injured thereby. The Union
Pacific and Illinois Central werenot
competing, but connecting, lines, and
ne could not be the commercial rival
of the other in such a sense as to fall
within the scope of legal decisions
against alliances between competing
railroads. ' ' ,
The two roads, the court declared,
were not so situated as to make it
possible they could combine to mon
npolixe the traffic in any section of
the country. The court further de
clared that if the name of Harriman
was not a name to conjure with .many
of the allegations in the case would
not bo considered seriously. He was
compelled to act, he said, on the facts
alleged and proved and not supposed
prophecies. The record of the case,
he declared, failed to substantiate
many of the declarations made against
Harriman.
NINE WAR SHIPS.
Will b in Frisco Harbor on Saturday.
Admiral DAY'a Big Four.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-The
U. S. battleship Nebraska, Captain
Nicholson, arrived yesterday from
Magdelana Bay at tht vanguard of a
fleet which will be in this harbor by
Saturday and which, though riot to
large a that on its way here under
Admiral Evans command, will be the
most imposing array of fighting ma
chines ever assembled inside the
Golden Gate. Admiral Dayton's "big
four," the West Virginia, Maryland,
Colorado and Pennsylvania and Ad
miral Scbree'i big armored cruisers
Tennessee and Washington wilj be
here Friday and will be joined in Man-
of-war Row Saturday by the South
Dakota and California now anchored
between here and Mare Island.
These with the Nebraska will make
nine first class warships with about
600 officers and men on each.
L da;
PROHIBITION FAILS.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 20.
The WU to submit a prohibition
amendment to the state constitution
which passed the house, was defeated
in the Senate this morning by a vote
of 19 to 11.
ON KlAYOR
Thousand Foreigners March to
Philadelphia City Hall.
CHARGED UPON BY POLICE
Twenty Persons Were Injured and
Fourteen , Arrested Carried Red
Flag 'With Black Border-Mostly
Italians and Poles,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-The
marching of nearly a thousand for
cible" upon tlje City Hall, where
they said they intended to make de
mands upon Mayor Reyburn, precipi
tated a riot in Broad street late this
afternoon in which twenty persons
were injured before the police could
disperse the marchers and they ar
rested fourteen of them. Most of the
marchers were Italians and Poles.
who carried a red flag having a black
border.
CO
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TO DEATH
Sentence Is Passed Upon
General Stoessal.
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FOCK IS REPRIMANDED
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There Was a Dramatic Momen
After Reading of Sentence.
Women Fainting.
SYMPATHETIC EXPRESSIONS
PROPHET JONES.
Haa the Presidential Nominees All
Picked Out All Prohibitionists.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-C.R. Jones,
chairman of the Prohibition national
committee is in New York on his way
to New England where he will visit
a number of places in the interest of
his patty. He said in an interview
that President Roosevelt had lost the
confidence of the Prohibitionists be
cause he had not arrayed the powers
of the government against liquor.
Bryan had no chance of election to
the presidency and Taft no chance for
the Republican nomination because
they are not in sympathy with the
prohibition movement. " Mr. Jones is
enthusiastic over the rapid growth of
the prohibition sentiment. He said:
"New York is the worst state we
have to handle, and this city, next to
Chicago, is the worst." ,
The Court Recommended That Swea
ters Sentenca Bo Commuted to Ten
Years Imprisonment and That He
Be Excluded From the Service,
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20.-Gen-eral
Stoessal was condemned to
death this evening by the military
court for surrendering Port Arthur
to the Japanese. General Fock. who
commanded the First Siberian DM
sicn at Port Arthur, was ordered rep
rimanded, and General Smyrnoff, act
ing commander of the fortress and
Major General Rciss were acquitted
for the lack of proof. The court rec
ommended that Stoesscl's sentence be
commuted to ten years' imprisonment
and that he be excluded from the ser
vice. General Voeder, president of
the court, read the sentence amid in
tense silence. By a great effort of
self-control, Stoessel maintained
rigid soldierly impassivity, Smyrnoff
was also unmoved, but there were
tears in Rciss's eyes. The comnrata
Hon is recommended on the grounds
that Port Arthur was overwhelming
ly surrounded and that he had con
ducted a stubborn defense that filled
the world with astonishment, besides
having previously taken an energetic
part in three campaigns.
There was a dramatic moment after
the reading of the sentence, when
detachment of soldiers entered the
hall. The spectators, thinking they
were about to seize Stoessel, dis
played great excitement, several wo
men fainting. It developed that the
soldiers were merely there to clear
the room of spectators.
Stoessel, who was accompanied by
his son ,was the object of a sympa
thetic demonstration, his friends kiss
ing'and shaking him by the hand as
he left the court.
The
SNOW, RAIN, SLUSH.
Streets of New York
Wretched Condition.
in a
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Lower
temperature this morning has brought
measurable relief to New Yorkers
from a spell of about as disagreeable
weather as has fallen to their lot in
years. The trouble started with yes
terday's early snowfall, and became
decidedly accentuated when a rise in
temperature of ten degrees about
noon brought on a rain that of itself
was sufficient to flood streets and on
top of the snow fall produced con
ditions that made the city's streets
for several hours resemble a net work
of canals Cellars were flooded by
hundreds, water kept out of the sew
ers by dams, of combined snow and
mud, over-flowed the .sidewalks in
innumerable places and made them
impassable. At most points it was
impossible even to board a trolley car
without a thorough wetting and car
riages were at a premium. By mid
night conditions were considerably
relieved the rain having ceased early
in the evening, after having washed
nway a godly proportion of the snow
fall. According to Commissioner
Crowcll of the street cleaning depart
ment the rain hat probably saved
(he city a bill of about$200,000 for
snow removal, as the contractor
were not called out.
SALOONKEEPER ROBBED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20,-Last
Saturday a lone robber held up the
proprietor of a saloon on Cliff avenue
named Vcrvaris and took $80. He
threatened to be avenged if the old
man informed the police. On Sunday
Varvaris summoned up sufficient
courage and reported the robbery.
Tonight the same robber reappeared
and beat the old man almost to death.
Hit condition it very terious. The
robber escaped.
SPEEDINO AUTO
Cost Seattle Man $20, but Ha Got
a Gold Coin Worth $80.
LOS ANGELES,' Iftb. 20. Richard
S. Eckridge, of Seattle, was arrested
here yesterday for speeding his auto-
mooue seventy mues an nour during
the slow periods," according to the
policeman who made the arrest, and
wat fined $20 in police court
Eskridge produced a $50 bill and
laid it on the desk. In exchange he
was released from custody and re
ceived a number of coins, including a
$10 gold piece.
Eskridge started down Spring
street to a curio store to secure a
curia He secured one and laid down
the $10 coin in payment.
The dealer examined the coin close
ly. Inquiring the cause of the exami
nation, Eskridge was told that the
coin was dated 1849 and was one of
the very rare gold coins minted in
California, and that its value to any
collector of coins was $80. Eskridge
secured the return of the coin, paid
for his purchase in silver, and figures
that the $20 paid for speeding his an
tomobile was well invested.
PERIODICAL
EXPLOSION
Several Tons of Dynamite
Went Up.
TWENTY-EIGHT KILLED
Every Man Who Worked in the
Packing House Was
i Killed.
THE SCENE WAS VERY PITIFUL
ON IN DEAD EARNEST
Fight Between Engineers and
Schooner Owners.
MEr? AFFECTED NUMBER 1000
Marine Engineers' Association and
Steam Schooner Ownera Engaged
in Contest Which Means Much to
Both Lumber Schooners Affected.
SAN FRANCISCO; Feb; 20.The
fight between the Marine Engineers'
Association and the steam- schooner
owners of San rancisco is' now on
in dead earnest, a committee which
controls 90 per cent of the steam ves
sels carrying lumber on this coast
having today decided to lay up every
one of these vessels, with the excep
tion of the steam schooner Westport,
which will carry foodstuffs exclusive
ly to Crescent City. Nearly 1,000 men
will be affected by the action of the
owners and 1,500,000 feet of lumber
per week will cease to be handled
through this port. . v
SIGHTED BURNING SCHOONER
SAN JUAN, P. R., Feb. 20.-The
steamer Coamo, which arrived here
yesterday from New York, reports
that at 4 a. m,, February 11, she sight
ed a burning four-masted schooner,
the name of which was not learned.
The Coamo did not stop to ascertain
whether any assistance could be giv
en or whether the schooner was
abandoned.
MILL RE-ELECTS DIRECTORS.
GREENVILLE. S. C, Feb. 20.
The stockholders of the Vardey Mill
have elected the same directors as
last year, The mill is now shut down
pending improvements in the yarn
market.
Charlea Birmingham, Jr., Who Led
the Army of Dynamiters at Great
San Francisco Fire, Hastily Organ
ized Fire Brigade.
BERKELEY. CaL. Feb. 20,-With
a force that shook the entire bay re
gion as an earthquake and the deto
nation, heard for miles, the Judson
packing house of the Hercules Pow
der Works at Pinole, 14 miles north
of here, blew up at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon and in the explosion four
white, men and twenty Chinamen
were killed. Tons of dynamite went
up in a terrific blast, shattering sheds
to dust and splinters. AV. W. Still
well, the foreman of the packing
house, was blown to atoms at his post
of duty.
Not a particle of his remains have
been recovered. The 28 dead include
every man at work in the packing
house, not one escaping. Flames burst
from the ruins and threatened the gel
atine house, where two score of girls
were at work. A panic ensued and
many were cut by flying glass and
crushed and trampled in the mad rush
for the doors. The scene was pitiful
The families of the men came running
from the little hamlet of Pinole, seek
ing news of their loved ones. The
danger of an additional explosion
prevented those who escaped from ap
proaching too near the wreck, and it
was not until late this evening that
the number of dead and injured was
known.
Charles Birmingham, Jr., who led
the army of dynamiters who fought
the great San Francisco fire, hastily
organized a fire brigade, and in the
face of hazards that might mean
death for him or his brave men, hero
ically fought the flames. Four white
men were injured by flying timbers.
As far as Oakland and Berkeley the
shock of the explosion caused intense
excitement. People rushed from their
houses and stores thinking another
earthquake had come. The plant be
longs to the Dupont-De Nemours
powder trust.
riages in one swoop by the arrest and
conviction of the officials of the com
bination. Secret service men, given the lead
by information secured in the Marian
Grey trial, have shown all matrimo
nial agencies in the country use the
tame testimonials as tent out by Mist
Grey, as well as the tame stock pic
tures,":', ..;Vii
NO DECISION YET.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Feb. 20.-No
decision has as yet been rendered on
the application of writ of habeas cor
pus on the Japanese arrested under
the Natal act Counsel for the Japan
ese told Chief Justice Hunter today
that the case will be taken before the
privy council in England if necessary.
HOSIER MILL BURNED.
TRAFFIC IN MARRIAGES.
Matirmonial Bureaus Operated in All
. Parts of Country.
CHICAGO, Feb; 20.-The Tribune
says today: A gigantic matrimonial
trust, embracing all "Cupid hunter'
agencies, similar to the Marian Grey
Searchlight Club of Elgin, was un
earthed in . the federal grand jury
room. Information leaked out that
evidence had been secured positively
proving that the hundreds of "soul
mate" bureaus operated in every sec
tion of the country were controlled
by a Chicago and a New York man,
and possibly by two other men.
Secret service men, hdaded by Col.
Stuart and Walter S. Mayer, chief
postoffice inspector of New York,
were called as witnesses before the
grand jury and gave valuable testi
mony in regard to the" matrimonial
trust. The government attorneys ex
pect to break up the traffic in mar-
Twenty Girls Overcome by Smoke
Several Hundred Employed.
-. . - .
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-Sev"-'
ral hundred girls employed id the
hosiery mill of Thomas Henri & Son
were driven from work by a fire
which destroyed the mill Twenty
girls were overcome by the smoke,
bn toon revived. The loss it esti
mated at $150,000.
ANARCHISTS LITERATURE.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20,-The police
after, three weeks' search have given
up the attempt to discover the print
ers and circulators of a circular,
thousands of copies of which have
been distributed on the East Side .
and thrown from elevated trains.
The circular is addressed to working-
men and calls' on them to procure
arms and not only help themselves
to what they need or want but to kill
"the Wall Street parasites." Several
foreign born members of the detec
tive force have been unsuccessful and
have finally given up the search.
GENERAL CHANGES
May Be Expected From the Rail-
road Companies.
RETURN TO OLD WAGE SCALE
Instances of Proposed Readjustment
Are Cited in Three or Four of the
Southern Systems No Concerted
Action Is Anticipated.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-The in
dustrial and financial circles have been
more or less concerned today over
what they regard as a prospect that
the railroads in the country have in
contemplation a general reduction of
the wages of employees. Such appre
hension is practically groundless. The
information which reached the Inter
state Commerce Commission and
other officials of the government in
dicates clearly that there is no con
certed action toward making general
changes in the wage scale schedules.
Instances of proposed readjustment
are cited in three or four of the south
ern systems. The proposition ,in a
general way, will be to return to the
scales in force about a year ago, at
which time a general advance was
made throughout the country. As
surances have been given by, railway
officials that they have no disposition
to impose any hardship on their em
ployees and that they will not do so.
EDUCATED FARMERS.
Special Course of "Three Years in
University of Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-The Univer
sity of Chicago proposes to establish
a three-year course in agriculture to
meet the demand for "educated farm
ers" in the Middle West. The new
department will be termed "The Ag
ricultural Guild of the University of
Chicago " and will be under the direc
tion of Prof. William Hill