The morning Astorian., April 29, 1908, Image 1

REOPENING 01;
PARLIAMENT
GreatjjConcern Felt for the Life
i L ofjYoung King Manuel of
Portugal
CITY IS FULL OF,J TROOPS
In Accordance With Tradition the
King Must go in Stat to tba Cortci
to Pronounca tha Opening of tha
Parliament
LISBON, April 23. Crtat concern
!a felt lest the reopening of parlia
ment tomorrow may be the occaaion
for freh outrage! and possibly an at
tempt on the life of the young King
Manuel who it accordance 'with the
tradition must go in states to the
Cortei to pronounce the opening. The
city ia full of troopi and the entire
route from the palace to the parlia
ment houie will be guarded. The
Republican and other factions will
make a strong fight in connection
with the scandals of "Royal advances"
obtained by the late King Carlos. It
leaks out that instead of $500,000 be
ing the amount credited to the king
that the amount liquidated by France
was $1,500,000 of which the ' royal
family actually received, but $700,-
(XX) the remaining $800,000 being ab
aorbed in the process of transmission
ty "Rotatives" then in control.
GOING UPI
Big Balloon Being Filled With Gaa
at North Adams.
NEW YORK, April 28.-With
capacity of more than 85,000 feet of
gas, American biggest balloon, the
Conqueror, will be launched in the
air Friday afternoon of this week
at North Adams, Mass. The new bal
loon has been built here for Dr. A.
Holland Forbes of this city and in
it he expects to try for the Linn cup,
going west for the ascension. The
balloon is made of cotton and ' the
linen and its large size will enable it
to remain in the air for a long time
tinder favorable weather conditions.
It will be shipped tomorrow to North
Adams where Mr. Forbes, accom
panied by Leo Stevens, its maker, W,
Fitzhugh Witehouse and Henry
Whitehouse of this city will make the
initial ascension in it. Mr. Forbes
was yesterday, granted an offical
pilot's license' by the Aero Club of
America,, of whichjic is a member.
. AN OPEN LETTER.
Mayor Wise Appeals to the
I Citizens.
.
To the Civic Improvement
League:
A crisis .confronts our fair
city and I call upon you, as
Mayor of Astoria,' not to file
local option petitions in any
precinct at this time.
We are now engaged in a
fight to protect and preserve
bur fishing industry which
means bread and butter to
thousands of men, women and
children, it is a hard fight at
best, but we will surely lose
that fight if we continue in our
internal warfare. All of our
money, time and energy should
be directed toward the salva
tion of the industry 'which
means almost everything to us.
In the presence of an outside
Joe it is not only the part of
wisdom but also the part of
patriotism to overlook family
quarrels and unite for the
common defence. Sincerely,
HERMAN WISE,
, Mayor.
BASEBALL SCORES.
At Los Angeles Los Angeles 7,
Oakland 6 (10 innings).
At Seattle Seattle 12, Aberdeen 3.
At Tacoma Tacoma 6, Spokane 5
(11 .Innings).
At Oakland-Portland 7, San Fran
cisco 1. : '
At ancoHver Butte 2, Vancouver 1.
TAFT THEIR GUEST.
Redcrosi Society Meeting in New
York. . , ' .
NEW YORK, April 28,-In intro
ducing Secretary of War Taft to
meeting of the Red Cross Society at
the Waldorf-Astoria this afternoon,
Wm. Cary Sanger, president of the
New York Branch of the organization
will read a .commendatory message
from President Roosevelt Secretary
Taft, who is president of the Ameri
can branch of the society will speak
on the tuberculosis camps and home
emergency first aid.
A Special Meeting of the Com
mon Council
RESOLUTION WAS REJECTED
The Petition Presented by the Civic
Improvement League, Wat Follow
, ed by the Resolution Which the
Council Wat Called to Vote on.
A special meeting of, the common
council was held in the council cham
ber last night to pass upon a resolu
tion introduced by Councilman Hend
erson At the reqeust of the Mayor
the Civic Improvement League pre
sented a petition which was as fol
lows; Astoria, Ore., April 28, 1908.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council, Astoria, Oregon.
Honorable Sirs: In response to a
request from the Mayor of our city,
the Civic Itnpovcment League of As
toria, Oregon, adopted the following
resolutions and respectfully present
the same to the city council:
Resolved, That if the city council
of Astoria will pass a resolution limit
ing the district, in which licenses may
be granted, to precincts numbers two,
three, four, and five, of this city; and
if the saloonmen of this city will
present to the Mayor a written agree
ment in which they pledge themselves
to obey tli Sunday closing law, and
that minors, woniCli, or gambling shall
not be allowed in their places of busi
ness, no local option petitions will be
filed by us in the City of Astoria for
the period of two years.
Resolved, Second, that it be the
understanding that if, by any means,
saloons be allowed in precincts num
bers one, six, or seven, or if any items
of this agreement be violated, then
thej' whole agreement shall immediate
ly be null and void.
Civic mprovemcnt League of Astoria,
Per W. M. WHITNEY, Sec.
WM. ROSS, President;
C. C. RARICK. 4
ALBERT CARLSON. ',,
C. L. OWEN.
The Mayor and seven councilmen
were present, the absent ones being
Mr. Belland who has a five months'
leaved of absence and Mr. Leinen
webcr. The resolution was:
Resolution by Councilman Henderson
Whereas, there is an effort being
made in the 'precincts in the city of
Astoria now closed to the salt! of
liquor under the local option law, to
submit the issue thereof to the voters
at the next general election, and
Whereas, such action threatens to
open the issue throughout the entire
city of Astoria to the injury of busi
ness and business interests.
Therefore, be it reso!ve, by the
common council of the city of As
toria: '
That from and after the,, present
FRUITLESS
SESSION
(Continued on page 5)
K' - IS COMPLETED
Over Six Hundred Names Were
Drawn Before the Twelve Men
Were Selected
OCCUPIED NINETEEN DAYS
A Motion Will be Mad For Change
of Venue it Being Alleged That
Ruef Cannot be Given a Fair and
Impartial Trial.
SAN FRANCESCO, April 28,-Tbe
jury to try Ruef, the former political
boss of San Francisco, was completed
this afternoon after both tidet had
exhausted the peremptory challenges.
The taking of testimony will com
mence tomorrow afternoon. The jury
will be kept under close surveillance
during the entire periods of the trial.'
Tomorrow morning will be devoted
to hearing the motion for a change oi
venue it being alleged by the defense
that Ruef cannot be given a fair and
impartial trial. The work of impannel
ing the jury occupied 19 days, and
over 600 names being drawn before
the 12 men were selected. The par
ticular charge upon which Ruef will
be tried ia the offering of a bribe of
$1000 to Jennings Phillips for his vote
on the trolley franchise.
BILLIARD COMPETITION.
NEW YORK, April 28, Five ama
teur billiardists will begin their com
petition for the nnternational champ
ionship at 18.2 balk line tonight in the
concert hall of the Liederkranz Club.
All matches of the tournament will
be of 400 points duration. Lucien Re
Role, the French entrant, who will be
seen in the opening contest has count
ed an everage of a fraction over 20,
and a high run of 127 in practice since
his arrival in this country. His care
ful manipulation and correctness,
combined with the remembrance oi
his defeat of Wilson J. Foss in, Pans,
when the American led him by more
than 200 points, caused him to be the
favorite. Re Rolle has held the Euro
pean title five times and only Most it
just before sailing for this country
Jerdin Poggenberg of this city who
meets the Frenchman in the first game
has held the national title. His best
practice at 1&2 has produced an
average of 21 6-14 with a high run of
129.
Proggenberg will meet Chas. " F.
Conklin of The Chicago Athletic As
sociation and also a former, national
champion, in the first matinee game
tomorow. Corklin's best practice
shows an average of 12 32-39 and a
high run of 83, yet his dogged per
sistence in play is sure to help him
through many hard games. Calvin
Demarest of Chicagq, present nation
al champion, has averaged 17, and 106
is his best run. E. W. Gardner of
Passaic, N. J., also a former champ
ion, has averaged 18 and his best run
is an, even 10ft
BROKE HIS HANDCUFFS.
NEW YORK, April 28. Trying to
repeat the trick which gained him his
freedom in Switzerland, Jost Sattler
who is wanted in that country on a
charge of highway robbery and at
tempted murder, broke the handcuffs
which bound him to a detective near
the Jefferson Market police court yes
terday and started on a run down the
street. He was caught after a short
chase and in court was held in $5,000
bail for forty eight hours to await ad
vices from ; Switzerland. . Herman
Handrick, chancellor of the Switzer
land consulate, appeared as prosecut
or. ' ;v- , , '. ". : ' .V
When Sattler was arrested in Swit
zerland, he broke his chains and es
caped from gendarmes who had him
in charge, "seriously injured two of
them,
TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON', April 28.-In con
nection with the international con
gress on tuberculosis to be held in
Washington September 21 to October
12 next, the Smithsonian Institution
recently offered a prize of $1,500 un
der the Hodgkins Fund for the best
treatise on "The Relation of atmos
pheric iar to tuberculosis", ' It was
announced this prize would be award
edly a committee appointed by the
secretary of, the institution in con
junction with the officers of the in
ternational congress.
HEART ON RIGHT SIDE.
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CHICAGO. April 28.-Coroners
physician H. G. N. Reinhardt discov
ered yesterday that the heart of Paul
GrKzgswiKski. who was killed Sun
day night by Tony Fiak, was on the
right side of his body. Gragzgswigski
wat stabbed on the left side, the kmte
cutting the pulmonary artery, caus
ing him to bleed to death.
STORM OF APPLAUSE
Presidenfs Reference to Multi
millionaires Evokes Applause
"THE DREARS OF AGES'
Maidson Predicted That Roosevelt
Politict Would Prevail at the Next
National Republican Convention
Paid Glowing Tribute to President
WASHINGTON, April -Os
tensibly' considering the sundry civil
appropriation bill the house devoted
most of the time today to speeches
covering a wide range of subjects and
concluded the session by giving an
attentive hearing to the President's
message. When the portion of the
message referring to the multi-millionaires
"Whose son is a fool and
his daughter a foreign princess," was
reached, it evoked a storm of ap
plause. Lake, of New Jersey, made
some caustic remarks concerning the
Presidents applause on the Demo
cratic side. Maidson, predicting that
the Roosevelt politics would prevalf
at the next national Republican con
vention, paid a glowing tribute to the
President, declaring his forestry
achievements alone had realized
"The dream of ages."
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
VICTORIA, B. C, April 28.-News
was brought by the Empress of India
today of a scries of disastrous con
flagrations at Peking involving loss
of many lives due to incendiarsm.
Nine fires took place in as many days
at the end of March and beginning
of April and dynastic rebels are con
sidered responsible and wholesale ar
rests have been made,
The floods at Hankow, briefly re
ported by cable were more disasterous
than was "stated in the earlier reports,
the loss of life reaching more than
3,000. ;
Naval review of unprecedented
scope's planned by the Japanese to
welcome the American squadron on
its visit to Kobe.
SUICIDE AT SEA.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28-Tim-othy
Bresnan, a wealthy Eureka lum
berman, committed suicide Sunday
by jumping overboard from the
steamer City of Topeka when off
Shelter Cove on its way from Eu
reka to this port.
ACTIONS POSTPONED.
WASHINGTONTApril 28-No ac
tion will be taken at this session on
the . Kahn bill forbidding interstate
commerce in convict-made goods.
The committee on labor yesterday
agreed to call for briefs and printed
testimony and to postpone a report
on the bill until the next session.
VERY VALUABLE
II
J. Dalzell Brown Gives Informa
tion That Will Add $1,000,
000 to Depositor's Fund
ALSO CIPHER CODE BOOK
He Also Told the Receiver and As
sistant District Attorney Hoff Cook
Which Will Cause Receiver to Re
tain Certain Properties.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28-J.
Dalzell Brown ,the vice-president and
manager of the California Safe De
posit Trust Company now under a
sentence of 18 months for embezzling
securities today gave information to
E. J. Lebreton which will add one
million dollars to the fund for the
depositors. He also gave other infor
mation to the receiver and assistant
District Attorney Hoff Cook, which
will cause the receiver to retain cer
tain valuable properties. Brown also
gave up the cipher code book which it
is expected will reveal much to the
investigation of the bank's affairs.
NO TROUBLE THREATENED.
Rumors Result of a Misunderstanding
of Conditions.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 28.-
"No trouble is threatened between
Mexico and , Guatemala," declared
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariscal
last nigh J. The rumors which have
been in circulation for the past two
days had their origin in a misunder
standinga misunderstandstanding of
conditions which, however, have been
explained satisfactorily."
The misunderstanding referred to
by the foreign minister related to the
reported friction between the Guate
malan govenment and the Mexican
charge d'affaires in Guatemala. It
had been rumored that many persons
had sought refuge in the Mexican
legation and that their protection had
resulted in an overt act A despatch
received last night, however, states
there has been no trouble. "Mexico
has never entertained the idea of in
tervening in Guatemala," continued
Mr. Mariscal," and so far as we are
aware, no such action has been con
templated by the United States. At
all events the American government
had made no proposals to this gov
ernment of that nature."
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DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION,
NEW YORK, April 28,-Out of
town delegates, to the convention of
the General Society, Daughters of the
Revolution were welcomed yesterday
by the New York State Society -with
a reception at the Plaza Hotel. There
were more than five hundred guests,
prominen members of the society from
all over the country, A feature of the
occasion was the presentation of a
loving cup to Mrs. John Howard
Abeel, the retiring regent of the state
chapter. .
SEATTLE REIEWING STAND.
The fleet committee of the chamber
of commerce has decided to erect a
reviewing stand capable of seating
10,000 to be used in reviewing the
parade when the fleet visits Seattle
in May. The stand will be on a va
cant lot in the very heart of the city.
The committee believes a stand ac
commodating 10,000 will be none too
large to accommodate the crowds ex
pected to be in the city when the fleet
is here. ,
APPROPRIATION BILL.
WASHINGTON, April 2&The
District of Columbia appropriation
bill carrying $11,SQO,000 passed the
Senate today.
in
ATION
WANTS HER PROPERTY.
NEW YORK, April 28,-Emma
Eames, the opera singer, filed a
complaint in the supreme court of
New York yesterday against Julian
Story from whom she was divorced
a short time ago to recover a large
amount of personal property which'
she says belongs to her although still
retained by her former husband.
2000 PEOPLE MASSACRED.
TEHERAN, April 28. Dispatches
read in parliament stated' that the
Kurds around Urumiah, a town of
Persian Armenia, had pillaged 36 vil
lages and massacred 2000'people. ,
WANT 12 BATTLESHIPS.
SEATTLE, April 28-With but one
dissenting voice the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce today passed resolu
tions which favor the retention on
this coast of not less than 12 battle
ships. . ' . f
PONTIFICAL MASS
Gathering of the Catholic Hier
archy in New York
SIX THOUSAND PARTICIPATED
l'
The Occasion Was a Public Thanks
giving Upon the Completion of 100
Years of Catholicism in New York
Very Impressive Ceremony.
NEW YORK, April 2&-Not since
the last plenary council of Baltimore
has there been such a gathering of the
Catholic hierarchy as that which as
sembled today at St Patrick's Cathe
dral and offered a public thanksgiving
upon the completion of the 100 years
of Catholicism in New York. With
but two exceptions every archbishop
in the country was present with all the
leading bishops and the numerous
heads of all the religious orders. The
thanksgiving is in the form of a
pontificial mass in which 6000 par
ticipated. The ceremony was very
impressive and beaatiful. ,
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TROLLEYS COLLIDE.
DETROIT, April 28.-Two large
interurban trolley cars collided this
afternoon 25 miles from here. Nine
were killed and about 30 were injured.
A mistake in orders was the cause of
the sad accident.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
TACOMA, April 28.George S.
Klontze, aged 22, shot and perhaps
fatally injured his girl wife while they
were wheeling their eight-months-old
infant along tlve streets today, and
then shot himself. The tragedy fol
lowed a violent quarrel of which there
had. been many.
SHERIFF'S DEATH.
NEW YORK, April 28. There is
sorrow in the sheriffs o4ce because
of the sudden death of deputy Sheriff
Jos. Bell, captain of the squad that
takes prisoners to Sing Sing. In 11'
years he took 15,000 prisoners from
the Tombs prison and delivered them
to the various penal institutions to
which they had been sentenced. He
had the reputation of never having
lost a man.
It was Bell who took Harry K.
Thaw to the insane asylum at Mattea
wan. Daniel O'Reilly ,one of Thaw's
counsel, and , went along says Bell
caught a severe cold while conducting
Thaw from Fishkill Landing to Mat
taewan and that he really never re
covered from it "I guess that trip
killed poor Joe Bell," said Mr.
O'Reilly. '
WASHINGTON, April 28. Pen
sion appropriation passed the Senate
in four minutes. It carries $163,
053,000. '