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COVERSTHE MORNING HELD ON THE LOWER COLUM Bf A
33rd YEAR. NO. 54
CHIEF KILLS
ANARCHIST
iCi-'
Tbe Dead Man Has Been
Identified,
THREE TIMES AND OUT
Chief's Son Harry, and Foley,
the Coachman Came to
Shlppy'i Rescue.
HIS WIFE FINDS THE PISTOL
Details I Pollcs and Detectives Wcr
Despatched to the Latin Quarter,
and Several Arreata Were Made
Street Meetlnga to ba Prohibited.
CHICAGO, March 2. Chief of
Police George M. Shippy, bit too
Harry, bin driver, Jame Foley, were
wounded by an anarchist who at
tempted to astassinatc the police offi
cer in the hall of the latter' residence
shortly after 9 o'clock this morning.
A desperate Druggie in which Mri.
Shippy and her daughter, Ccorgctta,
joined wan icrminnicd when the chief
drew hia own revolver and killed hi
attailunt All attempt to identify
the man have thus far resulted in
failure. The attack it believed ? to
have been tbe result of a widespread
conspiracy to harm all official who
have been, active in suppressing mani
festation of anarchy in the commun
ity. Four city official are aid to
have been threatened and the police
spy who recognized the corpse of
the man who invaded Shippy't home
as that of a person who regularly at
tended anarchist' meetings asserted
that the man was chosen by a lot to
do away with not only the chief of
police, but Mayor Butte at well. The
ramification! of the plot are taid to
have extended to other cities and to
be closely connected with the killing
of Father Leo at Denver. Harry
Shippy wat most severely wounded in
today's affray although the bullet
passed completely through hit body
just ab'ovc the heart. It was said to
night that he had a good. chance for
recovery. Hit father wat stabbed in
the army and Foley received a bullet
in the wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked
by the desperado but her hurts are
slight Following the attack, squads
of police were sent into the Italian
Ghetto districts of the city.. Places
known as headquarters of secret s6
cicties suspected of anarchistic ten
dencics were raided and before mid
night a score or more of arrests were
made. The coroner's inquest over the
body of the anarchist was also start
ed and States Attorney llealy an
nounced that the March grand jury
which convened today would be giv
en an opportunity to investigate the
anarchistic organizations in an '..at
tempt to fasten the responsibility for
the attack upon the Instigators. It
was also reported that Mayor Busse
intends to issue an order forbidding
all street meetings, the allegation be
ing made that such gathering whether
of political or religious nature are
often made the occasion for attacks
upon social order. That the attempt
to kill Shippy resulted in failure was
due largely to the policeman's quick
ness in anticipating the purpos'es of
his visitor's presence. The man had
twice called at the house and asked
for the chief. Yesterday when he was
told that Shippy was at work and
again early this morning when a ser
.,, infnrmPff him that the , chief
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could not be seen before 9 o'clock.
(Continued on page 8.)
EXPRESS FRANK CASE BEGUN.
Government Hold Free Transporta
tion Differs From "Paste."
CHICAGO, March 2. Hearing of
arguments on the injunction proceed
ing started by the government
against the National, American, Well
Fargo, United State and Adam Ex
press companies, in which the prose
cuton tecki to enjoin the companies
from it suing frank and transport
ing property free in intemtate com
merce, was begun before Federal
Judge Kohlsaat today.
"The government' contention it
that the provision on which the de
fendants' rely it limited solely to
the transportation of persons, and
thatXongrets did not include express
frankt within the term 'pastes,'" said
District Attorney Sim opening the
prosecution,
Attorney Lawrence Maxwell, of
Cincinnati, I for the defendants,
argued that a frank is as much
pass at a tree ticket lor a railway
employe's or officer' transportation
at a passenger.
M BEFORE
COMMITTEE
SERVICES FOR KING.
OAKLAND. CaZ Mar. 2.-Ment
bert of the Portuguese colony and
societies of California, representative
of foreign nation and local officials
took part In the memorial nervices
yesterday for King Carlot and bit
son, Don Luiz, Bishop Henrique da
Mlva celebrated pontilicai high re
quiem mast at the Portuguese Cath
olic Church in this city.
Murder of Father Leo Ministers'
Themes Sunday.
TRACED ORIGIN OF CRIME
One Great Cause of Crime Dean Hart
Declared Wai the Public Tolerance
of Saloont, Gambling Houaea and
Houses of III Repute.
DENVER, MAR. 2.-Practically
every minister, speaking from the
pulpit yesterday made the murder of
Father Leo Heinrichs the principal
subject of their discourse,
Several of them traced the origin
of alt crime to the liquor traffic.
Dr. Christian 1 Reisner, of the
Grace M. E. Church, declared that in
this traffic the South had found the
cause of crime and has almost stop
ped it. He said.
"If we do not win large territories
in this anti-saloon league fight now
on, we will sec more crime. Trace
one crime after another" that has re
cently occured and they will lead you
to the taloon door."
Dr. Baynard Craigh, pastor of the
Central Christian Church, said that
the murder of Father Leo Heinrichs
was but the natural climax of the
criminal tendencies of the times, but
spoke in an optimistic way of the
future stating th; the greatest re
vival of religion this country has ever
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1908
; to me that any nun came out alive."
Sims declared that the shutters in
the direct hoists did not work proper
ly and when sackt of powder burst,
grains of powder frequently got down
to the handling room in the hold of
the ship. He referred to the explo
sion on the Georgia and said 20 odd
burning grains of powder had found
their way down to the handling
rooms.
Hale said he thought it hai beerf
established that only interrupted or
two itage hoist would be used in the
ships to be built hereafter. Sims laid
that no broken hoist would permit of
such rapid firing at is averaged by the
American ships with direct hoist,
but that the danger with direct hoist
it very great.
Referring to gunnery, Sims char
acterized the shooting of the Ameri
can navy in the battle of Santiago as
the most disgraceful exhibition of
gunnery that ever took place on the
face of tbe globe. He taid it only
averaged 11 per cent of the shot that
hit and the best record of any vessel
in the engagement with the big guns
was 4 per cent "Our gunners could
not shoot at all," he said. "The Span
iards were in a woeful condition or
(he would have escaped easily."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Is Naval Aid to the Pres
ident. .
RESPONSIBLE FOR ROW
He Said the Armor Belts of All
of Our Vessels are
too Low.
GUNNERY WAS CRITICISED
FIGHT tONlGHT,
Cappi Said he Would Make Specific
Allusion to Admiral Goodrich and
Hia Ton Indicated the Allusion
Would"Not be Complimentary.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-Com-mander
Sims, naval aid to the Presi
dent by hit own statement is respon
sible for the row over the criticisms
in the battleship construction. At the)
outset of his testimony before the
Senate committee on naval affairs
today he said he would have to go
into unpleasant details, such as
charging the officers or inventors with
having made misleading statements.
The secretion of official documents
and the refusal of hit superior officers
to accept suggestions of value. Sims
plan however was upset almost imme
diately by "Tillman, who suggested
that the witness be instructed to con
line his testimony to alleged faulty
construction, and to say nothing of
personal criticisms or other matters
which are to be taken up later. He
got away from the line of inquiry time
and again and was called back sharp-
lyby members of the committee.
Sims said the armor belt on all of
our vessels is too low, He said the
statements made by Converse and
Capps were misleading. He declared
that the logs of battleships should be
secured and these would' show the
watcrline of all the ships. Sims as
serted that the French allow for extra
weights and the Germans figure on
the normal lino with full bunkers. He
said when the American ships arriv
ed at Rio de Janeiro, the water lines
of the Connecticut class were fully a
foot and a half below the normal.
Cappa was given permission to cross
examine the witness. The admiral
did this by raising a direct issue with
the witness. He denied that Germans
figure on full bunkers; that logs are
not accurate evidence and defied the
witness to show that the vessels
LOS ANGELES. March 2.-JiiHmy
Britt and Battling Nelson, who will
fight ten rounds tomorrow night,
finished training today. Britt weigh
ed 1331 pounds wliile Nelson is under
the required weight, 133 pounds. The
betting is still even. According to
an ordinance of Los Angeles no de
cision can be awarded in boxing con
tests.
WILL NOT CONFESS
Alis Firmly Asserts He Is Not
an Anarchist. '
EXAMINED BY ALIENISTS
To Forestall Any Plea of Insanity the
District Attorney Has Determined
to Have Alia Thoroughly Exam
ined by Experts Before the Plea
i Entered.
DENVER. March 2. District At
torney Stidger' said today that he
used every means to secure from
Giuseppe Alia a confession of the
connection of others in the assassi
nation of Father Leo. The prisoner
however stands firm in the assertions
that Ne is not an anarchist and not- a
member of any society and that no
one was connected with him in the
killing of Father Leo. The district
attorney docs not believe Alia. To
forestall any plea of insanity the dis
trict attorney has determined to have
SUITTER TO
BE INDICTED
t
Manning Will Sit as the
Grand Jury.
2ND DEGREE MURDER
Coroner's Jury Which Held In
quest on Shafer Found Shoot-
ing Not Justifiable.
WORTHLESS CHECKS.
"He That
Steals my
Trash."
Purse Steals
' SAN FRANCISCO, March 2,-G.
B. Williams, a Shapespearean reader
and scholar, who is charged with
having passed several worthless
checks among tome well known
society persons in Tacoma, has been '
arrested in San Francisco. Detective
Daniel C. Smith and W. H. Raymond
of the Tacoma department have come
to San Francisco to take Wiliams
back to Tacoma,
USED OPPROBRIOUS.EPiTHETS
He Came Near a Personal Insult
From Shafer's Friends as he Was
Led From the Hearing Court
Room Filled With Germans.
PORTLAND, March 2,-The coro
ner's jury which held the inquest over
the body of Henry Shafer, the long
shoreman, who was shot to death last
night by Patrolman N. H. Suitter to
night found that Shafer came to death
by shooting at the hands of Patrol
man Suitter and found the shooting
not justifiable. Immediately after th
verdict, was returned District Attor
ney John Manning ordered Suitter
under arrest and stated that-tomor
row, sitting as a grand jury, he would
indict the policeman for murder in
the second degree. Suitter was a tar
get for opprobrious epithetics and
came near a personal insult trom
Shafer's friends as he was being led
from the . hearing. The courtroom
was filled by members of the German
colony which populates the neighbor
hood in which the shooting occurred.
This colony is well to do andit is
stated will financially support the
prosecution of the policeman.
BETTER STEEL DEMAND.
U.
S. Steel Directors Report Plants
Working Mora Than Ever.
were over draft a foot and half ipoAJii thoroughly examined by alien-
their arrival at Rio. lie questioned
the witness as to whether he knew
whether the double bottoms of the
vessel's were full when they arrived at
Rio. Sims said he had no data in
this regard, so Capps declined to con
tunic the examination commenting
seen can be expected within a very I that it was "obvious" that witness
short time. He declared that the
winning of very large fortunes by in
dividuals and the methods they pur
sue in accumulating riches, tend as
much as anything else to destroy
morality among people,
"When one great captain of finance
succeeds in ,' winning milions at the
sacrifice of truth and justice," he said,
"he had demoralized and damaged the
foundation of integrity in thousands
of subordinates, who have been prac
tically compelled to be partners with
him in his moral delinquencies."
Dean H. Martin Hart, of St. Johns
Episcopal Church, said:
"Every day men because of their
power and high station in fife defy
law and escape punishment. At the
riches, cdmprising only one pet cent
(Continued on page 8.)
had no data on which to base hi
criticisms, r .;;
"I should like to have the commit
tee c;ill Rear Admiral Goodrich and
officers of his class to testify," said
Sims. . - ' .
"I will make 'specific allusion to
that officer in a few' moments," said
Capps.,' His tone indicated that the
allusions would not be complimen
tary to that officer and Hale said it
would not be necessary for either offi
cer to express his own opinion.
The question of turret construction
and the relative value of direct and
interrupted ammunition hoists were
takttr up. ; The commander, gave a
graphic description of an open tur
ret with direct hbistsj which depicted
the danger in such a manner as caus
ed Hale to remark the "Wonder is
ists betore the plea is entered. With
this object in view, he had four ex
perts examine the prisoner yesterday
and will have several more visit him
in the county jail,
CALLS FpR INVESTIGATION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 2.-In a
letter mailed to Attorney General
Webb yesterday, H. L. Packard, coun
offieers attention to the conduct of
sel for VV. S. Levis directs that
the district attorney office "Bulletin"
libel trial. He suggests that a con
dition of administration Drevails
which calls for investigation and su
pervision by the legal machinery of
the state, Mr. Packard's quotes from
the political code in support of his
position and asserts that the facts
disclosed in his present and previous
communications bring the condition
within the statuteV Mr. Packard in
closes to the attorney general a copy
of a letter written by himself yester
day to District Attorney Langdon in
which the conditions of administra
tion alleged are set forth it length.
Material improvement in the mar
ket for finished steel products was
reported yesterday at the regular
monthly meeting of the finance com
mittee and directors of the -United
States Steel Corporation. Advices
from' the corporation's mills through
out the eastern territory showed that
within the last month the company's
business had increased so rapidly
that its production had been agumcnt-
ed 10 to 15 per cent.
During January, the directors re
ported that the corporation's plants
had increased their output so that
from operating only 35 or 40 per
cent of capacity, they now were oper
ating more than 50 per cent The out
look for continuing this increase, the
directors added, is bright.
In December and January daily
orders received by the United States
Steel Corporation averaged 9000 to
11,000 tons, but at present, it was
learned yesterday, the corporation's
bookings amount to almost 15,000
tons a day, or fuly half of its normal
capacity.
GIFTED EDITOR DEAD.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Mar.2.-
Louis Taliaferro, for many years city
editor of the Evening Telegraph, died
at his home in this city yesterday
after a long illness. He had cpme here
for his health from Louisville, Ky.,
nine years ago. ;
Taliaferro was once political writer
of the Louisville Courier-Journal and
afterwards city editor of the Louis
ville Post He was regarded as one
of the ablest newspaper men in Col
orado. Taliaferro was 36 years old. He is
survived by his mother and two
brothers, ,
.. " '.
MURDERED IN HOUSE BOAT.
CHICAMO, March 2.-A despatch
to the Tribune from Vincennes, fnd..
sayt:
Following a chase of seven mile
in a launch the police yesterday
arrested A. Draves on suspicion that
he was connected with the death of
Michael Rich whose body was found
near the Draves house boat.
Tbe police declare Rich was lured
to the house boat, murdered and his
body brought to shore and placed
where it was found, '. ...ri .
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STRIKE CLOSES MILL.
GLEN FALLS, U. Y.. March 2.
Bccause the International Paper Co.
decided to reduce its force of em
ployes in the Fort Edward jnill on
Monday by discharging- one man on
each of the three tour gangs of boiler
forces, the entire mill force struck
and 500 men are now out of employment
LOCAL OPTION BILLS
Declared to Be the Forerunners
of Prohibition.
FEDERATION'S RESOLUTION
It Was Also Decided to Appoint a
committee of Three to Attend the
neanngs of All Such Bills
Also Oppose Them.
and
NEW YORK," Mar. 2. -OnnrwJncr
New Yorks State's most recent im
posed participation in the movement
against the liquor traffic, the Central
federated Union yesterday adonis
resolutions against the local option
bills now before the legislature, de
claring the bills, in the event of-their
passage to be the fore
prohibition. The federation's resolu
tion asserts that local option or pro
hibition laws include brewrr, .,A
bartenders, carpenters. butrhor
blacksmiths and workers in about
twenty others callings. It was derid
ed to send copies of the resolution to
every labor organization through the
star and it to give Hughes and the
board of alderman. It was also do.
cided to appoint a committee of three
to attend the hearings of all such bills
and oppose them.
Another phase of the liquor ues-
tion was dealt with in an announce-"
ment of the New York State Lager
Beer Brewers Association that th
brewers of this state have inaugu
rated a campaign to force the closing
of undesirable saloons and dismmt-
able resorts by making it impossible
for their proprietors to obtain bonds'
from reputable bondine comnamV
The Association fta poses to coni,)-l
saioon or safe proprietors to oresent O
positive rvvWt that f.is Clare is re
putable to a committee of the brewers
committee of the bondinsr cemnnn-
ies and a committee of reputable cit
izens before be can secure the bond
required by the excise laws.
, STEEL PLANT RESUMES.
READING, Pa., March 2.-The lo
cal plant of the American Iron &
Steel Co, resumed today, after a two
months' idleness. It employs nearty
1Q00 hands. The company reports an
improvement in the iron trade.