publishes run associated press report 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 vmtb ... ------ - 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 . ":--""r ' T-'.L4 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.