33rd YEAR. NO. 67
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EVAN TO BE
BELIEVED
Makes a Personal Request
to Department.
SHERRY IS. MENTIONED
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Rear Admiral Thomai Will Take
the Fleet on Its Voyage to
Puget Sound.
HE CONSIDERS HIS WORK DONE
These Retirements Make Pouible
Two Promotion! to the Grid of
Rear-Admiral Captains Schroeder
and Walnwright to bfl Advanced.
WASHINGTON, March 17.Rear
Admiral Sperry will bo the comman
der of the Atlantic squadron when it
leave San Francisco in July to en
circle the globe. This Important de
tail wa decided on by President
Roosevelt and his cabinet today. Ad
miral Evan i on hit pertonal request
will be relieved of the command at
the conclusion of the big naval review
at San Francinco, May & The ad
miral consider the completion of the
work he wa assigned to do wa to
take the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific
Coast, Evan wil retire in August
To Rear Admiral Thomas hat come
the honor of commanding the fleet on
its voyage to Puget Sound and until
the homeward journey begin.' He
ha been second in command during
the voyage and will retire in October.
These retirement make possible two
promotions to grade of rear admiral
and arc to be Tilled by the advance
ment of Captain Seaton Schroeder
and Captain Richard Wainwrlght.
MISS LU GRIFFIN DEAD.
The Young Woman had Brilliant
Career Before Her Taken III it
Spokane,
CHICAGO, Mar. 17.-Word of the
end of a career that promised to be of
brilliancy hat been received in Chic
ago In a despatch announcing the
death of Mist Lu Criffin, aged 22,
daughter of Wm E. Griffin; principal
of the Francis Willard School.
Several week ago Mis Criffin
came into prominence In musical
circles through Alice' Neilton, the
soprano, who had heard her ting and
predicted brilliant thing for her.
Largely through Mis Ncilson, a posi
tion on the faculty of a San Franci
sco Musical College was offered her
and the started for the Pacific Coatt
At Spokane Mitt Griffin planned
to spend few day with her friend.
On the day of her arrival the became
ill an4 before the end of the week
wat dead. The young woman'
mother i somewhere between here
and San Francisco on her way to join
her daughter at the latter point
Word ha been tent her to go to
Spokane and take charge of the body.
SENATOR WHYTE DEAD.
BALTIMORE, March 17.-Unlted
State Senator William Pinkney
Whytc died at hit home thi city to
night
McCOURT IS CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON. March 17. -The
x
Senate this afternoon confirmed the
nomination of John Mc Court to be
United State District Attorney for
Oregon.
STEVENS' CHANGE OF TIME
Haa Only Praise for Panama Canal
Scheme Now That Hit Criticism
. . , v Didn't Count
HAVANA, Mar. 17. John F.
Stevens, the former chief engineer of
the Panama Canal, who is the guest
here of Gov. Magoon, said to the As
ociatcd Press representatives last
night that in his opinion there0 was
no question of the possibility of the
completion of the canal by the end of
1914, and if necessary it might be fin
ished two years earlier, Lieut. Col.
Goethals, he said is pushing on the
work with such astonishing celerity
that even the most ardent advocate
of the canal is amazed at the results
achieved,
Mr. Stevens believed also that the
cost of the work would be consider
ably -under $300,000,000 possibly as
low as $250,000,000 including the price
of the French concession. He ques
tioned, however, the military value of
the canal. He did not believe . it
would pay the United States commer
unless there occured great changes
dally, unless there occurred great
changes in the trade relations be
tween the United States and the
South American republics.
He desired to correct the impres
eiAn that he had adversely criticised
ythe present management of the canal
r construction for which he had only
;the highest praise. . ,
MARVIN HART WINS.
HOT SPRINCS, March 17-Before
a large crowd this afternoon Marvin
Hart wat awarded the decision in the
fourth round over John Willie of
Chicago on foul.
PUCES ON TICKET
Contest in Denver Expected to
Be Lively.
ESTABLISHING HEADQUARTERS
The Citizens of Denver Pledged $100,
000 to Help Pay the Expenses of
the National Convention and Al
ready $75,000 Hat Been Paid.
CHICAGO, Mar. 17. Active polit
ical work on behalf of the candidates
for nomination of president and vice
president for the democratic conven
tion which meets in Denver July 7,
has already begun in this city. Head
quarters have been rented at the
leading hotels and political workers
are on the ground looking after the
interests of the men they represent.
The campaign for the various can
didates seems to have opened about
two months earlier than is usual. The
men in charge of the convention for
the democratic party say it is custom
ary for candidates V) appear in the
convention city about thirty days be
fore the convention opens and pre
pare plans for their campaign. There
arc now half a dozen candidates re
presented in Denver by political
workers with headquarters here who
are busy Interviewing all who arrive
from the various states to secure
headquarters for their delegation that
arc to be here in July.
Prominent among those who have
been mentioned in connection with
the presidential nomination are W. J.
Bryan -of Nebraska, Geo. R. Gray, of
Delaware, Stuyvesant Chanlcr of
New York, and Gov. Johnson of Min
nesota. There are mentioned as the
most probable figures in the contest
before the convention. Their friends
who are already here in their interest
state positively that their names will
go before the convention as nominees.
A number of other candidate's for the
nomination are also mentioned, but
none of them appear to have devel-
PILED UP ON
THE HOCKS
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Steamer Pomona Ran On
Monterey Reef.
PASSENGERS ALL SAVED
There Was no Confusion or Ex
citement When the Steamer
Struck the Rocks.
CAUSE OF WRECK NOT KNOWN
The Passenger Are Not Suffering
Much Discomfort Boata Were
Immediately Manned and Patten
gert With Their Belonging.
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FORT ROSS, Cal., March 17.-
The steamer Pomona, which tailed
for San Franciscp today for Eureka
with 84 passenger and a general
cargo ran on the rock near here at
6:30 thi evening and was wrecked
Her passenger were tafely landed
and are now on the beach waiting to
be taken off the steamer City of To-
peka, which is expected to pas to
night on her way to San Francisco.
The cause of the wreck is not yet
known. There was no confusion when
the steamer struck. The boats were
immediately manner and all the pas
sengers with their hand baggage were
carried to the beach with no loss of
life. It was half an hour after she
struck that the vessel went down,
the passengers are all well and suf
fering no discomfort.
After the Pomona first struck she
managed to get off the reef and made
a run for the shore. When half a
mile from the beach she struck an
other rock and is hanging there at
the present time. The rising tide
will probably wash her off into deep
water and she will be a total loss.
The steamer encountered a heavy
wind today and in order to seek some
protection from the gale and make
better- headway it is supposed Cap
tain Swanson, the master of the Po
mona, put in close ashore. Of a sud
den with a slow crunching motion the
Pomona went upon the hidden Mon
terey rock; a long reef which runs
out from the shore. The striking of
the vessel was so easy that very little
commotion was caused on board.
oped strength enough so far to make
their intentions of interest to those
who are really n the race.
The attitude of the delegation from
Colorado is attracting a great deal of
interest. The argument is made that
because the convention is being Tield
in this state and more than $100,000
is to be spent in the entertainment of
the delegates from other states, the
Colorado delegation should go into
the convention uninstructed. For
this reason it is probable that Colo
rado's delegation will be left to vote
fqr whatever candidate it chooses.
The citizens of Denver pledged
$100,000 to help pay the expenses of
the National Convention and $75,000
of that sum has already been paid to
Thos. Taggnrt, and the remainder
will be paid March 21.1
Members of the democratic nation
al committee who are here say that
candidates are appearing in the polit
ical arena in large numbers this year
than has ever been known before. ;
The announcement that 1,000 dele
gates, alternates and prominent poli
ticians will come from New York
City alone lends credence to the be
lief that there will be an exciting
contest for places on the ticket.
NOVEL ROBBERY.
TACOMA, Mjw. 17. In one of the
boldest , and most cleverly executed
robberies ever pulled off in thi city,
a lone robber, using ammonia at hit
weapon, last night blinded Mis Em
ma Olsen, cashier at the Star Theater,
and Mr. Eta Sullivan, a friend of the
former, with the drug and entering
through an opening he had cut in the
wall to the box office seized a bag
containing the day' receipts, and
made hi escape a he had entered.
Mis Olsen was about to leave with
her friend and had placed the bag of
money on a chair in the box office.
Unconscious that a robber had pre
viously cut a hole three feet long and
eighteen inches wide in the wains
coating at the back of the office, and
wa timing her movement, the young
woman wa about to pick up the bag
of money when the robber squirted
the ammonia into her face and repeated
the dose when Mr., Sullivan answer
ed Mis Olson' cry. In this helpless
condition, the women were unable to
prevent the robbery. With a bound
the robber came through the opening
in the wall, and made hi escape the
same way. He had entered through
a door at the the rear of the theater,
walked under the theater floor to the
front of the building and waited for
the psychological moment to make
the strike. He secured about $400.
LA FDLLETTEE
1 FINANCE
ROCHE WAS EASY FOR BURNS,
DUBLIN. March 17.-Jim Roche,
the Irish chamoion. lasted onlv one
round with Tomnjy Burns today.
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.
DENVER, March 17.-The motion
for a new trial from Giuseooe Alia.
the condemned murdered of Father
Leo wa filed today.
Unusual Demonstration of 300
Students Last Week.
R0HIBITI0N EDICT THE CAUSE
He Explains Cause of tbe
Recent Panic.
The Students for a Greater Part
Were Upper Classmen and Then
Dismissal Has Caused One of the
Biggest Sensations.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
March 17. Twelve students were sus
pended today by the faculty commit
tee on student affairs of Stanford Uni
versity as the result of an unusual
demonstration last wcekjji which 300
under-graduates showed their disap
proval of the prohibition edict.' The
students for a greater part were upper
classmen ,and their dismissal has
caused one of the biggest sensations
in the history of under-graduates.
A meeting of the students held
tonight at which a petition was drawn
up and signed by 300 students who
took part in the parade. The petition
stated that the 12 students suspended
for participating in the parade were
no more guilty than the 300 signers.
The meeting was attended by about
3000 students.
STUDENTS RELEASED.
ANN ARBOR, March 17. All the
Unievrsity of Michigan students ar
rested last night in the riot at the
Star therate are tonight at liberty,
but .15 of them had to furnish $1000
bail each after being led into Justice
Doty's court and back to their cells
like criminals, handcuffed and under
U heavy police guard. Three students
pleaded guilty to the charge of loiter
ing and were filed $4.65 each. The 15
who gave bail will have an examina
tion Friday on the charge of rioting.
When the boys were arraigned and
the bail fixed a local business man
came o their aid with offers of bail,
the required amount being promptly
furnished in each case.
ARTIFICIAL PROSPERITY
Ministered to the Needs of Wall
Street But Deaf to Needs
of Commerce.
HE DEALS IN LARGE FIGURES
Today we Are Confronted With As
tounding Proposition That Congress
Shall Hold Out Legislation Induce
ments for Exactions of Charges,
WASHINGTON, March 17.-After
speaking for two and a half hour
today in the Senate on the pending
currency bills, La Follette asked per
mission to suspension his remark
and conclude tomorrow as he was
unable to continue longer. -
Aldrich .eported to the Senate
from the committee on finance, the
amendments to the currency bill ex
empting tbe railroad bonds from the
classes of bonds ia be used to secure
an emergency currency, limiting the
retirement of such currency and pro
viding that such issues should be per
mitted up to the par value of the
bonds used to secure them. The legis
lative, executive and judicial bill was
considered at length today.
'What I have to say is made more
pertinent by the action taken 'during
the day with respect to the Aldrich
bill," said Senator La Folette in be
ginning his speech in the Senate on
the currency bill today. His refer
ence was to the amendments made to
the bill by the committee on finance.
Speaking of "Morgan and Standard
Oil Banks," and looking across the
chamber at Aldrich, La Follette de
clared: "I will show the connection
of these gTeat groups with the bill
pending here notwithstanding the
dexterous withdrawal of the proposi
tion to incorporate railroad bonds in
the bill."
Aldrich said the most earnest ob
jection to' the bill was made by ihe
National City Bank and that Vande
lip, the vice-president, of the bank
opposed the measure. '
"It is," he declared, "Not only op
posed by that bank but by all the
banks of New York. I received this
morning from the New York clear
ing association a message stating
that we had better have no currency
legislation at all than to have this
bill and stating the reasons why we
should have asset currency. I know
of no bank or banking men in favor
of this bill. The fact is, the banks
throughout the country are against it
and the Senator from Wisconsin has
studied the situation with very little
effect if he has failed to learn this."
"I will inquire," retorted La Fol
lette, "What the position of Morgan
is." There was a chorus of laughter
in the galleries.
"I do not know," said Aldrich. "I
do not now Morgan is a man of wide
exeprience and wise judgment and
patriotism and I should feel gratified
if he approved of this bill."
"Perhaps, replied La Follette, in
a tone of sarcasm, "In some way the
chairman of the finance committee
will be able to find out where Morgan
stands. His countenance beaming
from the gallery of this chamber
whole the Senator from Rhode Isl
and spoke on this measure, rather in
dicated that Morgan, the head of
one of these groups, is not entirely
adverse to the propositions embraced
in this bill."
"I suppose," said Aldrich, "The
Senator from Wisconsin will agree
with me that this proposition thould
be discussed on it merit as to what
it will do and not do in view of what
men In the proposition of Morgan
think of it." ... V' .
"Let .me say replied a Follette,
"You cannot alway tell everything
from the line of a bill. I should say
the proposition to withdraw the prop
osition to incorporate railway bonds
in this bill throws i flood of light
upon the purpose of this legislation.
Let me say to tbe Senator from
Rhode Island, that it is not beyond
question that these great organiza
tions might not put here or there,
criticisms of this proposition to give
color to the idea that there is no
great and mighty power organized
behind this legislaton." .-; , ,
WASHINGTON, March 17. -Declaring
that the recent financial
stringency in the country was
bruoght about by the influence of
"Standard Oil" and J. P. Morgan,
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin to
day in a speech practically closing
the debate on the Aldrich currency
bill, entered upon a denunciation of
men high in the financial world.
"There were no commercial reasons
for a panic" said Mr. La Follette.
"There were speculative, legislative
and political reasons why a panic
might serve special interests. There
were business scores to settle. There
was legislation to be blocked and a
currency measure suited to the sys
tem to be secured. There was a third
term to be disposed of and policies to
be discredited. '
'A panic .came. I believe that it
needs only to be followed .step by
step to show that it was planned and
executed insofar as such a thing is
subject to control if once in motion.
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BRAVE BBMEIIAN
Plunges Into River From a Train
to Save GirL
OVERTAKEN ON THE TRESTLE
Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Was Walking
on Santa Fe Trestle She Was
Overtaen by a Passenger Train
and Jumped Into the River.
ANTIOCH, Cal., March 17.
While 13-year-old Agnes Gollens of
San Francisco, was walking on the
Santa Fe trestle over the San Joa
quin river here today she was over
taken by a passenger train. Seeing it
meant death to remain on the track,
the girl leaped into the river. Bag
gageman Roberts saw the daring act
and immediately plunged after her
and rescued the girl as he was going
down for the last time.
HABEAS CORPUS FOR RUEL.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.
Late this afternoon the , appellate
court granted Abe Ruef's application
for a writ of habeas corpus, .making
it returnable March 20th.
The writ asks that the district at
torney be compelled to show cause
why Ruef's bail should not be imme
diately reduced to a reasonable
amount and the duplicate to the
number of forty be dismissed.
WILLIAM M. WALTON DEAD.
NEWARK, N. J., Mar. 17.-Wm.
M. Walton, one of the engineers who
surveyed the route for a railroad
across the Isthmus of Panama and
who built the first dock in San Fran
cisco during the gold fever inl849,
died here last night, aged 79 years.
RECEIVES SENTENCE TODAY.
BOISE, March 17. Harry Orchard
spent a quiet time today at the state
penitentiary, taking his usual daily
exercise. He will appear in court to
day for sentence. "