The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, March 11, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFUIUSHH fULL AttOCIATCD MCSS RCPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 61 COVERS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWCB COLUMBIA ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS TIES TO BE E SUNG III Evelyn Thaw Applies for y a Divorce. HUSBAND WAS INSANE Papers Will Be Served Tomor row and an Early Trial Is Expected. SHE STOOD BY HIM AT TRIAL It Wit Pretty Generally Believed Thtt Whatever the Outcome, the Two Would Never Live Together Agiln-Dlvorce Telk Wee Common occured Sunday at l'iermont, N. Y. wait the rcnult of (right over a "black Imnd" letter which alio picked up at the .doorstep of her home Feb. 20. The letter was nddreMcd to Henri Schuster, landlord of the hmite in which he reufded with her parents. Ill lurid wording, spelled out by the child was enough to cause the highly strung young girl to go into hystcr ici ,I''rm that time until she died the was in a state of fear and excite ment that puzzled the attending phy qucntly screamed and cried with ter ror over the evil the believed to menace her. Her one thought wai that the "black hand" wai after her life. Endeavoring to divert her mind and surround the child with new associations, Mr. Seamaoi moved hit family to the neighboring village of Sparkville. Thie, however, resulted in no change in her condition. The father wai arranging to move to Brooklyn when the end eame. WILL CO TO JURY TODAY. DENER, March lO.-The prosecu tion in the case of Giuseppe Alia, charged with the murder of Father Leo, has nearly completed the pres entation of its evidence today and the fate of the defendant will probably rest in the hands of the jury by to morrow night The developments to day showed that of 80 or more per sons in the church when the shot was Tired, but two saw the shot fired. NEW YORK, March 10,-Evclyn Nesbit Thaw will institute proceed ings for the annulment of her mar riage to Harry K. Thaw. The action will be based on the allegation that the defendant was insane when the union was contracted Thaw purposes to defend the suit The papers in the case be served sometime tomorrow and ait early trial expected. In the meantime the two, by mutual agree ment will remain apart. In an official statement by the counsel for both parties tonight it was confirmed that the long suspected culmination in the wedded lives of Stanford White's elaycr and the woman whose story in his defense brought her the unhappy notoriety as wide as the reading world. For weeks it has been gos iiped that a divorce was imminent and event during Thaw's last trial throughout which . Jiis wife stood eamelv bv him, it was pretty gener ally believed that whatever the out come, the two. would never live to gether again. Thcse rcoorts frequently were Bas ed on the rumored objection to the young woman on .the part of the Thaw family. In their statements to night however, counsel denied that Mrs. William Thaw, Harry's mother, had taken any part in the proposed separation. Col. Franklin Bartlctt, Mrs. Wil liam Thaw's attorney, made a state ment in which he said there was no ttuth that Evely Thaw had been fol lowed by detectives. Col. Bartlctt also stated the Thaw family desired to be absolutely fair with Evelyn and to make a liberal provision for her support. Even more than that Harry had sought a reconciliation and has not desired his wife to leave him. She however desires a permanent separation. A. Russell Feabody, Harry Thaw's lawyer, said he visited Harry at Mat teawan, and told him of Evelyn's in tentions. He is willing to defend the sul.t Peabody said Thaw made no comment except he was sane at the time of his marriage and was willing to meet the issue. ' Daniel O'Reilly, who will be couiv sel for Evelyn said Evelyn would tiike the stand during the annulment proceedings and several experts who testified in the murder trial will also ' be called. He said he did not think Thaw would put any serious obstacles in the way of a separation if for no other reason that the gratitude he felt toward his wife for the aid she ren dered him when he was on trial for his life. . ' SHOT DEAD BY BURGLAR. VICTORIA, March 10-Charles A. Fried, well known in sporting circles in this city, was shot and killed by a burglar about midnight Friedman has just returned with his wife from the theatre and on going to the pan try found the burglar there. In the scuffle that followed, the burglar shot Friedman dead. ASSASSIN OF TIEIERG Harry .Orchard Pleads Guilty at Caldwell, FAMOUS MURDER CASE Plea Was Voluntary and Against Advice of Those Who Had Talked With Him. BREAKS THE RECORD. Forrest Smithson o! Portland Shows New Yorkers How to Hop Hardies. NEW YORK.M arch lO.-Forrest Smithson, formerly of Portland, Or., running in the colors of the New York Athletic Club, made a new world's record of 8 4-S seconds over t 70 yard hurdle at Madison Square Cardcn tonight CORONERS VERDICT CHILD DIES FROM FRIGHT. ..fiif rrnv irtPtivat 1 inns yesterday declared that the death of Grace Seamans eight year oia, daughter of Arthur Scamani which Steam Pipes Too Close to Wood Caused Fire. A HORRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY Poor Little Children Were Caught In Veritable Trap and Held and Crushed Until Burned to Death Someone is Responsible. CLEVELAND, March 10.-"The loss of the lives of the little children in the Collingswood school fire was absolutely inexcusable," said Coroner Burke today, after making a thorough investigation. "The poor little chil dren were caught in a veritable trap and held and crushed. until burned to death. Some one is responsible for this and should be held. I am not pre nared vet to say upon whom ' the blame should be placed. Before I can charge anyone with the horrible responsibility, I must review the evi dence carefully and deliberately. I find that the steam pipes caused the fire by being placed too close to the wood. There is no doubt in my mind that the over-heated pipes caused the fire." i Another body was recovered today making a total of 166. SHOPPING DISTRICT FIRE. NEW YORK, March 10. - Fire early today practically destroyed a buildinsf at 41 West Seventeenth street which ran through to 38 West Eighteenth street near Sixth avenue, in the heart of the shopping district Adjoining buildings were somewhat damaged and for a time it looked as if the fire might reach some of the big department stores in Sixth ave nue. None of them suffered, however, exceot for the breaking of widows, cracked by the heat of the fire. The loss is estimated at from $30,000 to $125,000. ' ADVANTAGE OF LEGAL RIGHTS Orchard Pleaded Guilty to Having Killed Former Governor Steunen berg by the Explosion of a Bomb at the Side Gate of His Residence. BOISE, Idaho, March 10-The last chapter in the famous Steunenberg murder case was begun this morning when in the district court of Canyon County at Caldwell. Harry Orchard pledaed guilty to a charge of murder in the first degree. After Pettibone was acquitted an opinion war ex pressed in many quarters that Or chard would take the advantage of every legal right he might have to obtain his own release or a light sentence. , The stand he took this j morning was a great surprise to most oersons and his attorney says it was entirely voluntary and against the advice of those who had seen and talked with him. There were few persons in court this morning when the case was call ed. Frank T. Wyman, Orchard's counsel, immediately notified the court that Orchard desired his plea of not guilty which had been entered in his case by the order of the court when Orchard at his first arraign ment refused to plea cither way. Judge Wood questioned Orchard as to whether he fully understood the status of case, what is meant for him to plead guilty and if he understood that to plead guilty to the charge in the indictment meant guilty to plead ing guilty to first degree murder. Perfectly calm, with no indication of emotion in his face or voice, Or chard answered that he had gone over the matter very thoroughly with his attorney and had made up his mind definitely. Judge Wood allowed the plea to be changeoVand set March 18 at 10 a. m. as the date for sentence. LANGDON-HENEY AFFIDAVITS SAN FRANCISCO, March 10. The affidavits of Heney and Langdon were filed today in refutation of those of Ruef and others in support of Ruef's motion for a vacation of his arraignment in the trolley cases on the ground that he had been promised immunity. Both Heney and Langdon deny that Ruef was ever promised full immunity, and declare that Ruef, has failed to live up to his pledge. Hency's affidavit is the longest docu ment ever filed in any court in this city. It contains 65,000 words and by the side of it the rapid-fire of affida vits that Ruef- has introduced, pale into insignificance. Heney's affidavit will be followed tomorrow by one from Detective Burns which will corroborate all of Heney's statements. It will contains 40,000 words. HAMILTON SPEECH. WASHINGTON, March 10. -The consideration of the postoffice appro priation bill was 'resumed by the House of Representatives today. Al thought amendments were in order, the bill, when it was laid aside for the day, with 11 pages disposed of had undergone no material change. A noteworthy speech by Hamilton of Michigan, upholding the right of the federal government to control corpo rations and sustaining the President in his attitude toward them. Small and Finley attacked the proposition to increase the pay for ocean mail service on the ground that k was but a subterfuge for the ship subsidy. , HITCHCOCK'S TRIAL BEGUN. NEW YORK, March 10.-The trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, who is under Indictment on charges preferred by several young girls, will be begun in the supreme court today before Judge Blanchard. A special jury has been summoned for the trial The case has been postponed a num ber of times, but it is said that no further excuses will be entertained by the court. I . E SCI TZ RELEASED Judge Dunne Dismisses Ex-Mayor Schmitz. pany in 1900. While the actual holders of record number 95,000 the steel corporation officials figure that a great many of the banking and brokerage houses and syndicates whose names appear on" the records, carry stock for individuals who, if their holdings were transferred to their names, would bring the rest of shareholders nearest to 125,000 than 95,000.' . DEMURRER IS ALLOWED Pending a Decision of the Su preme Court Schmitz Has Waited Patiently. LYNCHED 4 NEGROES Taken From Sheritf While En- route to the Jail. HAD BURNED WAREHOUSES Four Negroes Were Lynched at Van Cleave, Miss, Twenty Miles North of Biloxi, Miss., by a Mob of Thirty Men Last Night MOBILE, March 10. Dave Poe, Tom Ronston and the two Jenkins brothers, all negroes, were lynched at Van Cleave, Miss., 20 miles north of Biloxi, Miss., by a mob of thirty men last night The men were en route to the jail in the custody of the deputy- sheriff. The men confessed to having humed warehouses. The bodies of the negroes were found this morning hanging to the limbs of trees by the side of the road. HAD BEEN IN JAIL 9 MONTHS Judge Dunne Directed Case Against the Former Mayor to be Submitted to Another Grand JuryLast Indict ment Did Not Constitute a Crime. SAN FRANCISCO. March 10.- Eugene E. Schmitz, formerly mayor of San Francisco, will probably be set at liberty tomorrow after being confined for nine months in the county jail, during which time a de cision by the supreme court was pending. Judge Dunne this afternoon presid ed in nis department or me superior court long enough to make an order sustaining the demurrer to an indict ment and dismissing Schmitz from the custody in pursuance to the re mittitur of the court of appeals, sus tained by the supreme court yester day afternoon, directing that the trial court take this action on the ground that the charge in the indictment did not constitute a crime because it did not aver that "Unlawful injury" was threatened by the mayor. Judge Dunne, however, being of the opinion that the objection on which the de murrer was allowed may be avoided in a new indictment, directed the case against the former mayor to be sub mitted to another grand jury.N Eugene E. Schmitz was released from jail tonight after presenting bonds in the sum of $150,000. The charges of extortion against him on which he has not yet been tried were dismissed. N AST'S DRAWINGS ON SALE. NEW YORK,"Mar. 10,-Oil paint ings and drawings by Thomas Nast, in addition to specimens of the work of other artists that were collected hv Nast before his death, are the features of a sale which opens this evening. The sale will continue tomorrow night also. The final dis persal sale of Nast's pictures and in cludes water colors and pen and ink, and wash drawings and cartoons as well as the canvasses in oil The paintings include a canvass by Thomas Moran which has a peculiar history. It was bought by Mr. Nast in 1869, as the work of J. M. W. Tur ner, formerly a reputable dealer who had purchased it in London as a Turner. DISAGREES WITH STEVENS. WASHINGTON, March 10,-Sec-retary Taft said today that he did not care to comment upon the statement attributed to the former chief 4 engi neer Stevens of the Panama Canal that the canal wjll prove an utter failure, except to say he did not agree with him and added with a smile, "I think I am with the American peo ple it that view." WHALE IN L. I. SOUND. NEW YORK, March 10. Old time whalers at Amagansett, L. I., were excited yesterday when for the first time in a year, a whale was sighted, about three miles off shore. A whale boat manned by former experts at the business of whaling put off after the big fellow. The whale was wary, however,, and after spouting three or four times, struck put for the open sea. Pursuit was abandoned toward dark. . BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR. WASHINGTON, March 10. -The final reports of the committee on mil itary affairs in relation to the Browns ville affair will be made in the Sen ate tomorrow. Senator Warner will present the report of the majority, sustaining the President's action in discharging the negro troops and Senator Forafcer will present the re port of the minority. CURRENCY BILL NEEDLESS. WASHINGTON, March' 10.-Cot-ton as a basis for the issuance of treasury notes in times of a strin gency was the chief feature of a speech on the pending currency bill by Senator McLaurin of Mississippi. McLaurin thought there was no special need for currency legislation and claimed that the polices of the Republican party were responsible for the recent panic. Gallinger se cured "an agreement to vote on the ocean mail subsidy bill on the 20th inst. The Senate passed several bills on the calendar and adjourned. JAPANESE IN JAIL Wanted Drawings of San Fran ' . Cisco Fortifications. EVIDENCE IS INCRIMINATING MULTINOUS CONVICTS. CHICAGO, Mar. 10.-A despatch to the Tribune from Pontiac, 111. says: A rush of 700 mutinous con victs for the wall which stands be tween them and liberty, took place at the state reformatory yesterday. The guards put up a stubborn fight and the ring leaders, all Chicago criminate were herded into the top gallery. There, on a narrow platform forty feet from the main floor, they foueht until finally quelled. Half a dozen guards and as many prisoners were injured in the fight. Proof of a well outlined plot to overthrow the guards and free the 1,200 prisoners was discovered by the institution officials. An effort will be made to seek out the other ring leaders and preven' further plans from materializing. U. S. STEEL CORPORATION. NEW YORK, Mar. lO.-Stock-holders of the U. S. Steel Corpora tion, it was announced yesterday, have reached the vast aggregate of 95,000 the largest in its history. A considerable proportion of the total has been added to the stock books during the last nine months and the increase in the number of stock holders since last summer has been larger than in any similar period since the organization of the corn- Draughtsman Clinton Was Approach ed by the Japanese and After Mak ing His Request Clinton Seized and Held Him Till Officer Arrived. ELY, Nevada, March 10. A Jap anese, who refused to divulge his name when arrested at Riepetown, a. few miles from this city last night after a hard struggle in which he al most completely chewing off two fingers of Draughtsman Clinton, who was trying to hold him until the offi cers arrived. Clinton, who is an expert draughts man, was approached by the Japanese while in a saloon. The Japanese after talking over various subjects finally sked Clinton to go with him to San Francisco and get the drawings of the fortifications, assuring Clinton that he would pay him well. Clinton indignantly refused and held onto the Japanese until the officers arrived. The Japanese is now in jail and the police are looking for his posses sions, hoping to find . incriminating evidence. WITNESSES SENT TO PEKIN. HONG KONG, March 10,-In an interview today the Japanese Consul laughed at the naval activity in con nection with the seizure of the steam er Tatsu Maru. He believes the steamer will be released in a day or so. A mass meeting has been called at Canton to protest against the re lease of the vessel. The viceroy of Canton shared in the general indigna tion. The witnesses of the seizure of Tatsu have been sent to Pekin. The Tatsu is still held at Whompoa. The Japanese cruiser Idzumi has arrived here.