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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1908)
4 PUIUtHCt FULL ASSOCIATED MIM REPORT "v , V i , 'Jty .... BE COVERS THK MORNING FICLO ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA t. ,, -uii ...... lU'J : . .'' 'S.'':, -r -i,.f 33rd YEAR. NO. 65 AF AND Wealthy Lumberman Roundly Fleeced. Is BE NEEDS A GUARDIAN ' I Kavanaugh Says He Met By Ap pointment Several Well Groomed Men. BETS ON A WRESTLING MATCH ! Thought he Hid Met Company of Gentlemen Sports, But Cisco red Ceng of Crooks, Who Fleec d Him to the Tune of 137,500. "Ruitniart lion" fay he' does not want to bo niUundcrMood b the American public. "I would like to have It understood" he said, "that whatever may be the outcome 'of the match between Cotch and myself it will be an absolutely square content in which the bct man will win." While HackenKhmidt feci fine he li nut quite in the bcM wrestlingl conditions! have f been working for 'the' pant year and have had little time In which to train, but I know that with two wccki training I will be in perfect ilmpe." To keep himself In shupe, on the way over the giant competed in pott to races on deck, and aroused the itrangeri by the swiftnes with which he could carry hit giant ilie from one bucket to another. " When he was told that Cotch wai a great wreitlcr, he said;. "I'm glad to hear it. If he l a good u reports say, he it, our bout ihould prove a good one.". ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1808 AW Alia Assaulted the Guards With a Razor, RUSTY SERIOUSLY CUT The Adding of a Second Murder to Denver Record Avoided by Deputy Warden. QUAKER OATS MAN DEAD. LOS ANGELES, March 14. -Ed ward Day, the millionaire head of the Quaker Oati Manufacturing Co., of Cleveland, died thU afternoon from uraemic poisoning, lie was 73 yean old. " " A C i-' 7 ' NEW ORLEANS March, 14.-J E. Kavanaugh, a wealthy lumberman of Davenport, Iowa, reported to the police today that be had been fleeced out of $37,500 by 'gang in New Or leans which posed at representative! of a prominent sporting club. Kav anaugh say that while travelling in the middle west he was approached by a man who told him that, there wai a crowd of wealthy men in New Orleans, who werewilling to risk all they had on a wrestler here, but he knew a man named Marsh, from c-.ti who could throw the New vyni ww-- Orleans wrestler , and that opporlu titty presented to make a lot of money Kavanaufih say that he met, by ap pointmcnt, several well groomed men who said they had a wrestler named . Gorman who could beat the world. A match was arranged and Kavan augh bet $37,500 on Marsh. The match was held In secret. Marsh won the first fall but when the the men went to the mat the second time Marsh auddenly began bleeding at the nose. A man who said he wa a doctor de clared that March wa dying and ad vised Kavanaugh to get out of town if he did not want to be arrested. KNOCKED OUT IN EIGHTH. . SAN FRANCISCO. March 14.- "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson, - oi Illinois, knocked out Johnny Murphy of this city in the eighth round of i 20-round bout this afternoon. THE WAGES OF SIN Pastor who Eloped With Young . ..Woman Ask Help. f STRUGGLE OF LIFE TOO MUCH NEEDS OF PHILIPPINES. SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 14.-W. Morgan Shustcr, formerly collector of the port of Manila, now a mem bcr of the Philippine commission and secretary of the board of public In struction, arrive here yesterday on the Liner Manchuria. He says that the Philippine con cress so far has proved a success. The native legislators have accepted their new responsibilities in a proper spirit and such laws as they have en acted are good. "The Philippines", he is continued, "need a chance to sell their , sugar, 'tobacco, and other products in the U. S. They also need capital to dc velope their resources but, will get neither until the tariff is modified in favor of the islands. i '- "In spite of all obstacles, however, wonders have been done in the is land especially in and about Manila. ,We have now a good water supply, scientific sanitation, a good lighting and street car service and first class shipping facilities. The harbors have been improved, and when the tariff gives them a chance the islands will be ready to take it. ( ) WRESTLING MATCH. NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-George -Gackenschmidt, the champion wrest ler of the world, who will meet Frank Gotch, the American champion, in Chicago, on April 3, who arrived in this city yesterday on board the steam er Lusitanla, said he was in good health and confident of his ability to loeat the American champion. s ihe We Are Different From the Other,1 Said Cooke. "We Cannot Ask Friends to Help us, Because we Threw Aside Friends; I'm Just Tired SAN' FRANCISCO. March 14.- Jcre K. Cooke, the deposted pastor the Episcopal Church at Hempstead L I., who ; eloped with Floretta Whaley. about a year aso, and who it is said, telegraphed yesterday to Mrs, Kezich Whaley, the girl's grandmoth cr for help, and that he and family were ill and destitute, were located in this city last April. ..Thev couple were found living in a suite of rooms on Masonic avenue, well to all ap pcaranccs, and with comfortable surroundings. $ The baby alone looked pale and peaked but the parents attributed this to the hot weather. In Interview the former rector admitted that he had telegraphed for help, and admitted that the struggl of life had been too much for him. and that he had made a failure of everything. ':'j,..J "We arc different from the others said Cooke, "we cannot ask friends to help us, because we threw aside friends. We laughed at the world and the world will laugh at us. Late ly I have begun to realize that no man, however strong he may or how ever great may be his incentive, can not buck the world. It is older than us and stronger." In reply to the question: "You are comfortable and seemingly have all you want," he laid, "It is not a mat ter of material comfort, its the know! edge that one if an outcast. It is the understanding' that to the kind hearted you are an object of charit able curiosity and to the others just a simple cad. These are things which no man can fight and I am just tired." Cooke has some friends who say that as son as it is known that he, is in want there will be no trouble about his getting everything that he needs. They say that it is only by reason of the fact that he has not told any one of his straits that be is in trouble. . DASH FUR LIBERTY i , .. ANARCHISTS DISPERSED. j ... , '. "' '., '. 'i '. rf""- CHICAGO, Mar. 14,-Neariy em anarchists. Socialists and others as sembled last night in front of a va cant store building at 392 Dearborn Street to bear a lecture by . Emma Goldman, but were disappointed. Forty or Fifty policemen, with in spector Wheeler in charge, told the crowd to go away. . The police were there to enforce an order that came to Assistant Chief Schuetlcr from the building depart ment warning him to permit no, one in the structure which was declared to be unsafe. Harold Leclair Nickes, the counsel lor retained mysterious persons for the purpose of holding a demonstra tion during the removal of the body of Lazarus Averbuch from the Pot ter's field and, the performance of a private autopsy, refused yesterday to reveal the names of men and women who employed him. TRAIN WRECK TV0 KILLED Frisco Passenger Goes Off the Trestle. SEVEN BADLY INJURED The Train Was Wrecked on Trestle While Going Across Spring Creek. NOT KNOWN HOW HE GOT BLADE Alia Struggled With the Two Men Like Wild Man and Had to be Beaten Unconscious Before he Would Give up. DENVER, March W-Giuseppe Alia, the condemned assassin of Father Leo, made a wild attempt to escape from the county jail today. He assaulted a trusty with a razor blade that he secured in some un known manner, seriously cutting him in the neck. The adding of a second murder to his Denver record was avoided by Deputy Warden Carpen, who rushed to the trusty's aid. Even with the two men struggling agains him, Alia stmgglcd like a wild man to escape and had to be beaten un conscious before he would give up. Alia afterwards absolutely refused to talk to anyone. Baron Tosti, the Italian Consul, claims the outbreak is further proof of Alia's Insanity, but Attorncv Widdicombe, who, under the court's order, conducted Alia's de fense said: "I was not the least sur prised when I heard this morning that Alia attempted to murder the guard In an attempt to escape. I re garded the man as a dangerous man even while I defended him and I had no belief that he was insane." FAVORABLE REPORT. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. It was officially stated yesterday that unless some new infection appears Dr. Rupert Blue's report to the fed eral government regarding the plague situation will be a favorable one. The report indicates also that the imminent threat of plague has been successfully defied. All danger iShot oast, but the authorities have the situation so well in hand that by con: tinning th? sanitation work they will be able to stamp out every trace of infection. PREPARING BILL N. Y. May Buy Their Tunnels by Act of Legislature. NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-To enable the city of New York to buy the completed sternway tunnel under the East River, Corporation Counsel Pendleton announced yesterday that he has prepared bills to be introduced into the legislature whereby the mun icipality may be empowered to pur chase railroads already constructed or in the course of construction. Mr. Pendleton decided yesterday that the boad of estimates is as powerless as the public service commisson recent ly found tsclf to authorize the pur chaes of the tunnel, which Theodore P. Shonts and August Belmont re cently ofcred to sell to the City for $7,243,800. The pending legislation to be introduced Monday night in both senate and assembly is expected to obviate all difficulties. GRAIN INSPECTION Resolutions Adopted Opposing Grain Inspection Bill. UNIFORM WORKING IN RULES As Neat to Uniformity in Practice as Possible Under the Varying Char acteristica of Different Sections of the Country In Soil and Climate. ':t.-......M':r...;:..:.- WASHINGTON, March i4-Gram growing, shipping and exporting in terests today adopted resolutions op posing the principle expressed by the grain inspection bill now pending in Congress. The resolutions recommend that efforts be made on the part of the grain exchanges to secure the adoption of uniform wording in the rules relating to grain inspection and also as near to unformity in practice as possible under the varying charac teristics of the different sections of the country in sail and climate. PRICE FIVE CENTS Madame Freemsttadt I announced to sing" in "Rhincgold," and "Siegfried" Mme. Lefler-Burckard will take the leading feminine rolej in "Die Wal kure" and "Goettef-Dammerung." Mme. Norenas only appearance will be in "Die Walkure" Burrian and Curgstaller are the leading tenors for these pieces. - Gustave Mahler is scheduled to conduct "Pie Walkure" and "Siegfried,' while Alfred Herb'z will occupy the conductor's chair at the performance of "Rhinegold" and 'Cotter Dammerung." AN IRON BOLT ON THE TRA vn The Engine, Baggage Car and the Mail Car Were Plunged Forty Feet Into the River Wreck Occurred Eight Miles West of Bristow. BR1STOW, Okla., March 14. Two persons were killed, one fatally hurt and seven were more or less severely injured when the , Frisco passenger train was wrecked on a high trestle across Spring Creek, eight miles west of here this afternoon. The engine, baggage car and mail cars plunged 40 feet into the river. An iron bolt on the track is believed to have been the cause of the wreck. IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. CHICAGO, March 14. -Imprison ment for lift was the verdict of the jury yesterday that tried Howard Steele, tolored, convicted of attack ing Mabel Miller, 17 years old, near tier home last December. Steele was identified by the girL ' She said that he struck her and left her Unconscious in the snow. A neighbor found her and took ber home. The jury agreed after a few minutes' deliberation. Steele protested that he was inno cent. FAST TIME ON TRACK. NEW ORLEANS, March 14. Meelicje, who has just, arrived from Pacific Coast and almost despised in the betting won th Cassic $10,000 Crescent City derby today and at the same time broke the track record at k distance of 1 1-8 miles. A big and brilliant audience pinned its faith on Chepultepec at 1 to 3 n the betting. Time was 1:51 4-5, 2-5 of a second under the track record. In the bet ting Meelick opened at 4 to 1 and was backed down to 3 to 1. II NO ONE TO COLLECT RENT. NEW YORK, Mar. 14.-Whcn R. S. Copley of Stapleton, S. I. collected his rent at 44, 46 and 48 south Prince Street, Flushing, early in December, 1906, he informed one of the tenants that his only relative, a brother, had died a month or so before and that he was himself a bachelor. That same month Copely himself died. No one has since appeared to ask for the rent of the apartments and the six families have lived rent free. The lucky families are those of Catherine Cantwell, Mrs Christine Nix Freder ick York, Louis Diets, 'John Moore and the Misses Brickets. They have maintained the property in good re pair at their own expense. NATIONAL DEFENCE ST PETERSBURG, Mar, 14. The committee for national defence yes terday began a final discussion of the naval estimates. The drafting com mittec a report recommending aband onment of the plan for the construe tion of new battleships in 1908 and asked for increase of appropriations for torpedo boat destroyers, sub marines and hospital ships and the acceleration of their construction say ing:7 y -..v: "In view of the situation in the Near East and the constant possibil ity of sudden xomplications there may be decisive value in rapid opera tions." The report also insistently demands that the" Black Sea fleet be kept cruising ten months each year and continously on: a war footing. The proposal to suspend battleship construction was warmly opposed by several, of the committee men; BANKER FRIEDBURG. i BERLIN, March 14. The credi tors of Sigmund Friedburg, a private banker and owner of a financial news paper, who disappeared from Berlin in February, met in thU city yester day to hear the report of the receiver. They were informed that they would receive about one quarter of one per cent of their cla- the" assets Of Fneb;;rg being $2750, and his liabili ties $17,000,000; ' Started in Basement of Natchez Drug Company, ACTIVE WORK OUTLINED NEW YG&X Mar. 14.- Plans for active work Were outlined yesterday by committees of the newly organized New York Women's Branch of the National Civic Federation at meet ings attended by women prominent in the social world who have enroll ed themselves among ; the active workers. Factory conditions are to be investigated by special committees appointed yesterday. Ten days will be spent by the society women in visiting industrial establishments as well as places of government employ ment, such as Governors Island and the custom house to find out what has been done and what is needed for bettering the workers environment ' BARELY A LOOK-IN, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Caf, March-14 Stanford overwhelmed the Olympic Club on the track' today' at 104 to 18. The visitors took only-one first place. JAPENESE WARE SALE. NEW YORK,Mar. 14.-Thc five days of sale of the Colonno Collec tion ot Japanese paintings, pottery, bronz and lacquers closed yesterday with total returns of $27,649. Yes terday's sale brought in $4,440. Many prominent persons have atended the sale. John D. Rockfeller jr. and O. H. P. Belmont have made a number of purchases. W. Hinkle Smith, S. S. Laird of Philadelphia, I. N. Philip Stoke'S, Cooper Hewitt and others were present SEASON CLOSED. NEW YORK, Mar. 14. Closing the season of grand opera at the Metropolitan' Opera House, Mana ger Conried announced yesterday, a cycle of performances in which the Foyr Mystic dramas of Wagner's "Nieblungeh' Ring" will be presented. The cycle will begin Monday even inic.' April3 and" Tuesday Thursday Mnd' Saturday-evenings of that week. EIGHT KILLED; ONE INJURED Immediately After Explosion Wreck age Caught Fire, Setting 18 Houses Ablase City Under Martial Law Local Militia Companies on Duty. NATCHEZ, - Miss., March 14. Eight dead, another badly injured, and property valued at many thousands of dollars, and a mass of wreckage, as a result of an explosion of gas late to day in the basement of a five-story building occupied by the Natches Drug Company. The dead are all women. The explosion tore away the rear wall of the building, which, in falling, crushed into an adjoining tenement building. Immediately following the explosion the wreckage caught fire, and a stiff wind, which was blowing, carried huge sparks to the north and west, setting fire to 18 residences, seven of which were destroyed. All business was suspended and the city has been placed under martial law, with the local militia companies on duty. STOCK MARKET UNSTEADY. NEW, YORK, "Mar. 14.-The rise in prices which was gathering force in the hesitating fluctuations of last week, made its appearance this week with considerable increase of anima tion in the trading. Belief that the contraction in industrial and business activity had reached its limits, The situation, ripe for improvement was ' the basis factor in the movement. It was fostered by various rumors, some vague' and some circumstantial. Re ports of the intended permission by the interstate commerce commission for an advance in freight rates by the railroads, with a view to prevent the need of wage cuts, was' a central fac tor in the week's market. Constant digestion of profits kept the advanc ing tendency irregular and unsettled.
