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33rd YEAR. NO. 69
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1S03
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Portland People Acquire
Fine Acreage Here.
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Resort Hotel, Big Sanitarium and
High-Grade Military Acad
emy in Prospect
SEVEN MILES FROM ASTORIA
Ideal Site to be Parked and Terraced
and Planed Into Acre Holding
Meana Much For All
A few ilny ago there was filed in
the office of the County Cleric of Clot
top county a deed for a sizable body
of land, about 250 acres, more or le,
duly described, which upou it face
indicated nothing more than a rather
notable transfer of land at thin par
ticularly quiet period of the year, and
which wan not noticed nor comment
ed upon ut the time; but which held
the genu of very large and interest
ing development lor those, wuo are
willing to mimic its real significance.
The grantor in the cae were Dan
J. Malarkey and Edgar J. Ditlcy, of
Portland, and the grantee, V, 11.
Moore and IX B. Howard, of that
city. The consideration was nomi
nal. Interested inquiry unfold the
fact that the purchase wai made in
behalf of Eastern interest a well
a Western; that a new and beautiful
summer resort with a fine modern
hotel, i to be founded on the coast
just where there is one-half mile of
the finest beach known between the
mouth of th Columbia and the giant
Tillamook Head that a tplendid sani
tarium is to be set up there, and final
ly, that it is to furnish the site for a
nigh grade military acaacmy. incsc
fact are gleaned from source that
vouch for their certainty.
The land is part of the old Cray
donation land claim, and is in the
heart of the prettiest of all that de
lightful landscape; it is ideal in loca
tion and adaptability to the purposes
named, and i in nearest and closest
touch with Astoria and Warrcnton,
a well as Portland, pf any of the
resorts south of the Columbia. It
lie midway between the stranded
ships Peter lrcdale and Galena, and
i within 40 minutes' walk of the
Warrcnton depot; it lies south and
west of the famous old Clatsop ceme
tery, and at the core of section No,
29, 8-10 west. Governor George U.
Chamberlain, as trustee, controls a
100-acre stretch of land immediately
south of it, and P. L. Cherry, of this
city, is another neighboring owner.
The surveyors will be on the land
next week, and it will be at once be
laid out' in home tract of one-half
acre and one acre dimensions, which
ate to be connected by streets,
winding roads, and terraces; and the
scope of its treatment is to be of the
most modern and "beautiful character
from beginning to end. The rolling
nature of the land, its broad limits,
its fitness, all conduce to make it an
ideal soot for the agencies designed
for it; and its contiguity to Astoria
(seven miles), and to Portland (107
miles), will bring it within easy and
speedy reach of a large and exacting
clicntelle for " which it is to ' be
equipped. . ' ' ;
, The land 1 partially covered with
second growth fir and tamarack, and
has a number of fresh water lakes
just where they will contribute most
successfully to the parking of the ter
ritory, which it to be one of the chief
feature of the enterprise.
The acquisition of this beautiful
property wa achieved by the pro
moter through the well known houe
of I'inlnysou & Ward, of this city,
and thcie gentlemen are elated at the
prottpest tlat await the land and
neighborhood, and, lucidentaly, the
whole county. Messrs, Moore, and
Howard are to be congratulated on
securing the acreage, at well a upon
the enterprise that will furnish forth
the extraordinary advantage alluded
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BENICIA BARRACKS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 19. Old
Bcnkla Barrack I to be abandoned.
For SO years it had been a pott in the
U. S. Army service but during the
last few year It ha been allowed to
go into decay and now it is scarcely
habitable. The war department has
ordered Col. John D. Bellinger to go
to Tlenicia and arrange for disposing
of the great amount of supplies that
ha been collected and held there
since the post wa established.
Lieut. Ja. E. Abbott it now in
command of the post with a guard
of eight men. The" abandonment of
the post will not effect the arsenal at
the tame point.
CQNT
SPEECH
La Follette Discusses Valuation
of Railroads.
THE BLIND SENATOR'S QUERY
Ife Said the President Had Acted in
the Way Which he Believed at the
Time to be for the Beat Interests
of the Country.
WASHINGTON, March 19,-Con-tinning
his speech in the Senate to
day, La Follette devoted considerable
time to discussing the proposition for
a physical valuation of the railroad.
The blind senator from Oklahoma,
Gore, attempted to dtaw La Follette
into a criticism of the actions of the
President and Secretary Cortclyou in
connection with the recent ' financial
disturbance, but the Wisconsin Sena
tor expressed the opinion that the
President had acted in the way which
he believed at the time to be best for
the interest of the country. The Sen
ate devoted part of the day to the con
sideration of the omnibus claim bill
and then referred it back to the com
mittee for consideration.
"The President and hi secretary
were confronted with the conditions
that a panic was on," he declared in
tragic tones that rang through the
chamber. "I do not know how the
PriwMoiit ri-irnnli'd it. lie wa sit-
ting there in the White House. He
was a man who had faced all man
ners of dangers without flinching, but
he was confronted with a situation
and the panic was on, He saw that
the legitimate business was in peril
and the responsibility came to him
as the head of the government and
to his secretary, the head of the treas
ury department. Where else could
money have been sent to stop the
panic, no matter what the influence
might have, been behind this' bill."
Gore said he justified the Presi
dent's "Standing and delivering those
to pirates and depositing with them
the peoples money when there was a
dagger at his throat. But I cannot
excuse him for congratulating those
nirates and public benefactors. I ex
cuse the President for helping the
incendiaries who kindled the fire, but
I can hardly go so far as' to approve
his proclamation of them a the de
liverers of the country."
Gore said he heartily agree with
La Follette that Rockefeller and Mor
gan brought on this panic which had
THE FACULTY
STILL
All Who Participated May
Be Dismissed.
PROPOSE MANY PLANS
An Attempt Was Made to Induce
a Re-Consideration of
the Decision.
GENERAL WALKOUT PROBABLE
(Continued on page 8.)
The Student Affairs Committee of
the Faculty After a Two Hours'
Session This Noon Refused to Take
Action on Petition Presented Them
. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Mar.
19. At a largely attended meeting
held tonight the student body passed
a resolution apologizing to the fa
culty committee for any breech of dis
cipline which occurred during the
student parade last Thursday night
The matter is now in the hands of
the committee on student affair. v
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Mar.
19 The situation at Stanford re
mains practically unchanged, though
a student body meeting has been call
ed for, at which action will be taken
as to the next move to be made to
secure the re-instatcment of the 12
student who were dismissed Tues
day. The student affairs committee
o fthe faculty after a two hours' ses
sion this noon refused to take action
on the petition presented yesterday
in which 263 men identified them
selves as members of the parade. The
committee issued a statement that
each signer would be given a hearing
to determine whether he really par
ticipated in the parade. This action
is considered an evasion of the issue
as those who have gone before the
committee have merely reiterated the
statement that they were participants.
The committee refuses to give its de
cision until the investigation is com
pleted, but from a statement of Mr.
Clark, it i expected all who partici
pated will be dismissed. The students'
committee proposed several plans to
the faculty committee this morning
in an attempt to settle the dispute
but all were refused on the ground
that the faculty committee could not
retract in the matter of student dis
cipline. A last attempt was made to induce
a reconsideration of the decision to
dismiss the 12 students, by suggest
ing a guarantee of co-operation in
maintaining order to be made . by
prominent upper classmen. But this
also met with refusal. In case any
more students are dismissed, a gen
eral walkout .of the entire student
body is almost certain and it is not
improbable that such action will be
taken to secure the reinstatement of
the originaf 12. Several of the faculty
are said to be inclined to side with
the students.
NEW HOME FOR "DUCHESS"
CHICAGO, Mar. 19.-"Duchcss"
Lincoln Park's elephant, for 30 years
kept within bounds by a short iron
chain, except when Carrying children
about upon her back, is at last to have
some freedom. She is to be provided
with a building 150 by 322 .feet, made
of cement and iron, and will have the
Liberty of the space. -
This was determined yesterday at
a meting of the Lincoln Parle Com
missioners. ' '
The elephant's new home will cost
$2,500.' , "
SUPERSTITION FULFILLED.
JACKSON. Mich., Mar. 19.
Fricndit of the late Chas. Hitchcock, a
well known military and hotel man,
are sadly commenting on the old su
perstition over the number 1J. Mr.
Hitchcock has been residing at White
Pigeon recently and while he wa
visijing in Jackson last week a ban
quet wa given in his honor. After
the banqueters were seated someone
jocularly-remarked that the date was
Friday, the 13th. Next it developed
that there were just 13 seated at the
table, These discoveries occosioncd
much laughter.
Yesterday when Mr. Hitchcock's
dead body was returned here the in
cident of the banquets were strik
ingly recalled. The guests of honor
had gone to Sturgis, Mich., and there
had fallen on his head while getting
off a moving train, fracturing his
scull.
GOVENOR GUILD IS BETTER.
BOSTON, March 19-Dr. Winslow
tonight issued the following bulletin:
"Governor Guild is better tonight and
has done very welt today. His con
dition is better, though he is still a
very sick man. ' There is now some
hope for his recovery."
SUSPECT ARRESTED
Thought to Have Placed a Bomb
Near Palace.
THREE INNOCENT MEN KILLED
Russian Consul in Chicago Notified
and Hurried to the Police Station
and Within an Hour Was Closeted
With Officers and the Prisoner.
CHICAGO, Mar.- 19.-A morning
paper to-day says:
Suspected of having sought the life
of the czar by throwing a bomb at the
Tazarskoe-Sclo palace in St. Peters
burg more than a month ago, Anked
ino Ziteso, late of Kishinev, was taken
into custody yesterday by the Chic
ago police.
The crime the police believe Zitso
guilty of took place, within 20 yards
of the palace. The instrument of de
struction was thrown by a man
closely resembling Ziteso.
The bomb fell stort of its mark
and exploded, killing three civilians.
The bomb thrower apparently van
ished. The 1 Russian secret police,
however, claim to have traced him to
New York and then to Chicago where
they assert he lived at 646 Austin Ave.
Ziteso was arrested at that address.
Repeated efforts of the police of
ficials to examine Ziteso were futile.
Although the man Can not speak
English, an interpreter who question
ed him in Russian could learn nothing.
At the. Austin Ave. house it was
learned that Ziteso had lived there
apparently without friends, but was
well supplied with money. He did
no work and spent the greater por
tion of his time treading in his room.
The first to be notified of Ziteso
arrest yesterday was Baron Schlip-
penbach, Russian consul in Chicago.
Baron Schlippenbach hurried to the
police station and within an hour
after Ziteso's arrest the baron, sev
eral police officials and Ziteso were
closed in a private office at the sta
tion. The consul put several questions,
to all of which Ziteso maintained a
determined silence. The authorities
will cable to St. Petersburg for full
information relative to the man's
early life, ',
MM.
BOAT QUERY
Investigating: the Charges
Against Boat Co.
AN EXCESSIVE PROFIT
Hobson's Secretary Testified He
Had Been Approached by Boat
Company Official.
HAD INFLUENCEWITH SPEAKER
Would Have to Know How he Stood
on the Proposition in Which he
Was Interested; the Question of
Submarine Boats.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Sec-retary
Mctcalf and Admiral Capps to
day testified before the special com
mittee of the House that is investigat
ing the charges against the Electric
Boat Company. Both stated that they
did not believe the company had se
cured any excessive profits "on the
contracts already awarded them, nor
did they believe they would make an
excessive profit on any future con
tracts they may secure. Edward I
Clarkson, the private secretary to
Representative Hobson testified that
Lawrence Spear, the vice-president of
the Electric Boat Company told him
that his company had some influence
with Speaker Cannon and could use
it to help Hobson to get on the naval
affairs committee, but before doing so
he "Would have to know how "he
stood on the proposition in which he
was interested; the question of sub
marine boats."
Representative Butler appeared be
fore the committee and said he had
never at any time spoken to Secre
tary Metcalf relative to the construe
tion of any kind of a boat. The evi
dence was presented showing that
only the endorsement that Hobson
had for a place on the naval affairs
committee was from the Alabama
delegation in Congress. Representa
tive Williams, the . minority leader,
had recommended his appointment to
the Speaker and that the recommen
dation had been accepted by Cannon.
Lilley did not attend today's ses
sion of the committee except at the
opening.
Mr. Lilley presented to the com
mittee an affidavit signed by Clement
E. Adams and dated Bridgeport,
Conn,, March 13, 1908, in which
Adams swears that while he was en
gaged in business in the city of Wash
ington during the summer of 1906,
J. F. Archibald represented to him
that .he was a war correspondent for
Collier's Weekly and that he had been
appointed by the President of the
United States to visit certain cities
and towns on the Pacific Coast and
to report to the President upon the
condition of the coast defenses in
that section, According to the de
ponent Mr. Archibald said "to him
later that he had visited certain
cities and towns on the Pacific Coast
and had reported to the President;
that he had appeared before certain
chambers of commerce, - boards of
trade and other associations of busi
ness men and citizens in various
cities and towns and states on the
Pacific Coast; had addressed them
upon the advantage to be gained by
the purchase by the United States
government of submarine torpedo
boats and that certain petitions and
addresses made to Congress and the
members thereof by these different
organizations were caused by the
efforts of Archibald.' At a later
period, according to the affidavit, Mr.
Adam showed to Archibald a news
paper article on the subject of sub
marine torpedo boats wherein the
Lake Submarine Boat was criticized,
and Archibald informed him that he
was the author of the article; that he
wrote the same and that the criticism
of the Lake boat therein contained
was incited and caused by a request
to him made by Lawrence Y. Spear,
an officer of the Electric Boat Com
pany, and that the request was acced
ed to by Archibald because he (Archi
bald) was under obligations to Spear
and the Electric Boat Company.
Accompaning the affidavit was the
following letter from the President
denying that Archibald was ever ap
pointed or employed by him or so
far as he knew, appointed or employ
ed by any one connected with the ad
minstration: "Thte White House, Washington,
D. C, March 18, 1908.
"My Dear Mr. Lilley Referring to
our conversation of this morning, Mr.
Archibald never was appointed or
employed by me, nor so far as I
know was he ever 'appointed or em
ployed by anyone else connected with
the administration. Sometime about
a year ago he came in and saw me
for about two minutes and said that
' (Continued on page 8.) - "
Ransacking Bureau Drawers and
Chiffoniers.
GIRL KEPT QUIET BY FEAR
Afraid Some Movement of Mrs. Titus
Who Was Lying by Her Side
Would Alarm the Thief and That
he Would Shoot Them Both,
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar.. 19.
Awake and silent, Miss Cora Cullera
of Los Angles watched a burglar
ransack the effects of her hostess,
Mrs. Louis Titus, wife of the presi
dent of the Peoples Water Company
at the Titus residence ,2300 Durant
Avenue, Berkley. Her friend, Mrs.
Titus, slept quietly through the or
deal which the young girl had to
undergo as she watched the man go
ing through the drawers of the bur
eau and chiffoniers in the room, tak
ing valuable rings, jewels and pins
valued at about $1,000
Fear that he would use the ugly
looking revolver which she could see
bulging from his pocket kept the girl
from crying out, and she was iri con
tinual fear that some movement of
Mrs. Titus, who was lying by her
side, would alarm the thief and that
he would shoot them both.
When the burglar left the room she
listened to him moving through other
leave it. Then. she cautiously awak
ened Mrs. Titus and the two de
scended to the first story of the resi
dence, where the telephone is located,
and sent word to the police. The
burglary was committed at about
midnight on Monday.
PROBABLY FATALLY SHOT
. HUGO, Colo., Mar. 19,-John Hey
man, familarly known as "Dutch John
who became celebrated as the man
who prepared the "chuck wagon"
breakfast for President Roosevelt on
his last western trip, was perhaps
fataly shot here last night in a quarrel
with two men. He is now in a hos
pital in Denver for treatment. Dep
uty Sheriff Lou Brockway and Bert
Cook had words with Heyman, who
was employed as watchman at the
Union Pacific station. It is said that
Cook drew a revolver on Heyman,
and while the latter was disarming
Cook a, shot was fired at him. The
bullet penetrated his body.1. Brock-
way is under arrest charged with fir
ing the shot.