33rd YEAR. NO. 103
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
REVIEWED
BY ftlETCALF
Gunboat York town Carries
the Secretary
SALUTED BY 17 GUNS
Admiral Evans Was Not Well
Enough Today to Go on Board
the Connecticut
RELINQUISHES HIS COMMAND
The Fleett at Anchor in the Bay Con
stitute the Heaviest Fighting Force
the Navy Hat Ever Known In a
Single Command.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8,-The
combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets
of battleships, armored cruisers, tor
pedo boats and destroyers and auxil
iaries aggregating a total dinplace
nicnt of 400,000 tons were reviewed
tody by Secretary Mctcalf. Forty
four vessels of the two fleets lay at
anchor in four long columns and pro
ceeding from the Oakland shore, the
secretary on the little gunboat York
town, proceeded southward through
two lines formed by armored cruisers
of the Pacific licet and the second
squadron of the Atlantic fleet. Turn
ing back at the end of these two lines,
the Vorktown traversed a lane form
ed on the starboard side by the bat
tleships of the first Atlantic squadron
and on the port by the grim little de
stroyers. Rear Admiral Evans, who
had hoped to end his active naval
career by participating in today's of
ficial ceremonies was not permitted by
his attending phyi.sician to go aboard
he Connecticut. Rear Admiral Thom
as was again the "Senior officer pres
ent." Admiral Evans was quite fatigued
by the ride in the long parade yester
day. Tomorrow forenoon is the time
set for Admiral Evans finally to re
linquish his . command. Although he
will not be aboard the ship his flag
will officially be lowered from ' the
truck of the Connecticut as the sharp
speaking rifles of the after bridge
boom out their parting salute of 13
guns.
A few minutes later another 13 guns
will mark the assumption of the com
mand by Admiral Thomas who will
be in charge only until May 15 and he
will be succeeded by Rear Admiral
Sperry, who will take the fleet to
Puget Sound and on its tour of the
world.
This afternoon was marked by the
presentation of the silver services to
the California and Nebraska and to
night interest will be divided between
the two shore functions in honor ofi
the officers and the athletic carnival
for the benefit of the men. , 1 -
Admiral's Farewell, i
Rear Admiral Evans bade a per
sonal farewell to the officers of his
command at a banquet given tonight
in honor of the Atlantic fleet by the I
city of San Francisco. He was wheel-1
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of the world is more battleships and
Jcwer statesmen.
"As to armor belts," the Admiral
declared, "it made no difference
whether they are at the waterline or
whether they are made of leather,
wood of egg-shells.
"It is the men who shoot the
fttraightest and stand punishment the
longest who win the battles. And it
is of Midi stuff that the American
navy is made."
Admiral Evans who cheered again
and again.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 8.-Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans, com
mander in chief of the Atlantic fleet,
closes hit long sea career to-day when
he goes abroad his flagship, the Con
necticut for the last time to be pres
ent at the review of the combined
Atlantic and Pacific fleets by Secre
tary of the Navy Metcalf. The re
view begins at 10 o'clock this morn
ing when the little gunboat Yorktown,
with the secretary's white anchored
flag at the main truck and with the
civilian head of the navy and a party
of guests on board, puts out from the
Oakland shore to make a tour up and
down the four lines of anchored bat
tlcdhipi, armored cruisers and tor
pedo boat destroyers. This will be
the first big review of the navy that
President Roosevelt has not made
in person since he went into the
White House six years and a half
ago, The fleets at anchor in the hill-
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RELIEF FUND BALANCE.
NEW YORK, May 8,-At the an
nual meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce a letter was received from D.
Ogen Mills saying that there is re
maining in the custody of the com
mittee of which Mr. Mills is chairman,
some $70,000 of the San Francisco re
lief fund collected by the Chamber
of Commerce. Mr. Mills suggested
that the chamber authorize the com
mittee to turn the money over to the
hospitals of that city, and such action
will probably be taken.
OFFICEIIS AND MLN
Win the Fight for an Increase
of Pay
MEN WILL GET $5,000,000
An Appropriation of $7,000,000 Was
Made for Purpose Nine Hundred
Officers on the Retired List Will
Also Benefit by the Increase.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-The offi
cers and enlisted men of the army
won the light today for the increased
pay when the house, after a debate of
two hours agreed to a conference re
port on the army appropriation bill.
An appropriation of $7,000,000 was
made for the purpose $5,000,000 of
which will go to the enlisted men.
Nine hundred officers on the retired
list will also benefit by the increase,
Under a suspension of the rules the
bills were passed placing the Porto
Rican regiment of infantry on a per
manent basis and authorizing addi
tional aids to navigation in lighthouse
establshment.
TRANSVAAL MAY GET BAY.
LISBON, May 8. The Economist
today announces that Delagoa Bay, in
Portuguese East Africa, probably will
be released to the Transvaal as' an i
outcome of a conference recently held
at Pretoria. Although this will ma
terially relieve the colonial budget of
Portugal, the paper regards the move
as unwise.
HIDDEN BY RELATIVES.
JANESVILLE, Wis., May &
Swanhilda Guinness, daughter of the
second husband of Mrs. Guinness, is
near Janesville, hidden by relatives.
She was kidnapped from Mrs. Guin
ness's home and brought here for
safety by an uncle, Gust Guinness, of
Minneapolis, Steps will be taken to
claim the Guinness estate for her.
HMI01L
COUBTSCENE
Precipitated by Heney in
the Ruef Trial
ACH IRRITATES HENEY
If Either of You Want Anything
and Will Come Outside I'll
Give It to You"
THEN I'LL CALL YOU A LIAR
Heney Said he Was Receiving Threat
ening Letters Threatening His Life
and Was Daily Called Vile Names
in the Corridor of the Building.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 8,-En-deavoring
to come to the defense of
James L, Gallagher, the prosecution's
star witness, who was being subjected
to a severe cross-examination and ac
cused of having put words into the
witness' mouth, Heney precipitated
a sensational scene in the court room
during the Ruef trial today. Ach had
cross-examined Gallagher for some
time without finding a vulnerable
point but as he continued and became
more severe with the repetition of
questions in various forms and a re
lentless probing for details, Gallagher
became nervous and confused.
Wrought up by Ach's methods and
insistence for catagorical replies,
Heney remonstrated and said it was
about time that Ach was stopped from
putting words in the witness' mouth
and trying to mislead him. Ach came
back with the accusation that it was
Heney who put the words in Galla
gher's mouth.
"You're a liar." retorted Heney,
jumping to his feet.
"Put him in jail," shouted Murphy.
"If either of you want anything and
will come outside I'll give it to you
this minute," challenging Heney,
reaching for his hat. '
"Take that big gun out of your
pocket," retorted Murphy, "Then I'll
call you a liar."
"Yes, and if you do, I'll use it,"
said Heney as he started for the table
of the counsel, for the defense, at the
same time dropping his hand to his
side menacingly. He was stopped by
Detective Burns sitting directly be
hind him.
The court all this time was exclaim
ing "Gentlemen'!' "Gentlemen!"
Ach pushed his associate back into
a chair and admonished him "To be a
gentleman."
Order being restored, the court said
if it was not for the fact that he wants
to get through with the case, there be
no trial of it for week.
"If Heney has a gun in his pocket,"
said Ach, but was interrupted by
Heney with "Yes, I have a gun, an i
attempt has been made to assassinate ;
me and one other man connected
with these proceedings by some of
their crowd of thugs. There are
about half a dozen in this court room
now."
"Yes, Burns' thugs," interjected
Murphy.
"No, your thugs."
Trouble had broken out again,
f "He goes around making a big
inoise, thinking he will scare some
body," shouted Murphy.
. Ach addressing the court said - he
wished to take eception to the state
ment made before the jury that he
was not armed in court. He declared
Ruef had no one in his employ ex
cept his attorneys and the office boy.
He added that if Heney considered
tus life in danger he should have a
body guard.
Ilcncy said he was receiving threat
ening letters threatening his life and
was daily called vile names by per
sons in the corridors and on the side
walks in front of the building.
Court against severely admonished
the attorneys and Ach proceeded with
his cross-examination.
Just before court adjourned Judge
Dooling again admonished the attor
neys against a repetition of the scene.
Heney apoligized saying he had been
under a heavy strain during the past
four years of trial.
As Ach and Heney met outside the
court room it looked as if hostilities
would be renewed. .
"You accused me of 'fixing' a wit
ness," said Heney. "I won't stand
that from any man," vehemently de
clared Heney. Ruef's counsel paid
no attention to the remark.
WILL NOT FIGHT O. R. & N.
SALEM, Or., May 8.-The Rail
road Commission is in receipt of a
letter from the joint committee of
the Business Men's Association and
the Citizen's League, of Baker City,
asking for the withdrawal and author
izing the dismissal without prejudice
of the complaint relative to the long
distance tariff,' recently ordered into
effect on the O. R. & N. The only
reason given is that they do not de
sire to proceed with the hearing at
this time.
KELTON CORPSE ASHORE.
NEWPORT. Or., May 8.-Another
i body from the lost crew of the steam
er Minnie E. Keltort came ashore 20
miles north of here yesterday after
noon It has not been identified.
Skilled Detectives Called to the
Aid of Sheriff
GUINNESS CASE A PUZZLE
With the World-wide Publicity Civen
to La Porte Enquiries as to the
' Whereabouts of Missing Men Are
Being Made of the Sheriff.
La Porte, Ind., May 8. Calling to
their aid skilled detectives, the au
thorities of La Porte County to-day
doubled their efforts in the task of un
ravelling the tangled skein of murder
and arson in the Guinness case.
With the world-wide publicity
given to the La Porte during the last
few days queries as to the where
about of men who are said to have
started for the town from different
points of the country have begun to
pour in but Sheriff Smutzer declines
to disclose their names.
Two rumors are current, one that a
man from Providence, R. I. was
among the dead and another that a
man living in Ohio is said to have
visited Mrs. Guinness and that a few
days later she explained the posses
sion of his horse and carriage after
he had disappeared by the explana
tion that she "had traded with him".
! At the same time suspicion had
been aroused as to the fate of several I
hired men formerly employed by Mrs. j
Guinness. These have been given ex
pression by several neighbors who
assert their belief that most of them
met death at their hands.
About seven years ago it is said
Olaf Lambo was in her service and
upon her looking for another to take
his place she was asked where he was,
she replied that he had gone to Nor
way to witness the cornation of the
king.
Amel Green, who is said to have
told his friends that he frequently
was aroused by Mrs Guinness at
night with an explanation that guests
had arrived and that he would have
to sleep in the barn is supposed to
be somewhere in the west but his
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UNRAVELNG TANGLE
NO OFFICIAL
KNOWLEDGE
Is Possessed By tfoe In
terstate Commission
NO IMMUNITY PLEDGE
The Commodity Provision of the
Hepburn Law Has Not Been
Violated
THE LAW STRICTLY ENFORCED
Commission Recommends to Con
gress That it Enact a Provision Ex
tending the Operation of the Com
modity Clause of the Hepburn Law.
WASHINGTON, May 8,-No offic
ial information is in the possession of
interstate commerce commission con
cerning the violations by the interstate
railroads of the so-called commodity
provision of the Hepburn law and the
commission has no knowledge of any
agreement or understanding between
the railroad companies and the au
thorities charged with the duty of
enforcing the law whereby the rail
road companies affected by the com
modity provision are to be given any
immunity from punishment for its
violation. The commission however
recommends to congress that it enact
a provision extending the operation
of the commodity clause of the Hep
burn act in the interest of fairness to
the railroads so that sufficient time
may be had to test in the courts 'the
validity of the enactment.
FIRE UNDER CONTROL. ,
ATLANTA, May 8. A million and
a quarter dollars is the loss conserva
tively estimated tonight of the fire
which early today destroyed two
blocks of Atlanta business property.
Tonight the fire is under control with
the ruined buildings in the district
bounded by Forsythe. Nelson, Madi
son and Hunter streets. Late today
the police and fire departments, dyna
mited what was left of the ragged
walls. How the fire started is a
mystery. There was no less of life
and no injuries. The insurance is
estimated at $750,000.
N. P. TO SELL 700,000 ACRES.
HELENA, May 8,-Howard El
liott, president of the Northern Pa
cific, who has been a Helena visitor
for two days, said today that his com
pany would throw open immediately
200,000 acres of land near Glendive
and in the near future . 500,000 acres
near Billings. The company will en
deavor to bring in only actual settlers,
the deeds being conditioned on resi-I
dence.
TROOPS FOR NIGHTRIDERS.
COLUMBUS, O., May 8,-Troop
A, the crack mounted company of the
Ohio National Guard, from Cleveland,
passed through Columbia today en
route for the tobacco fields in South
ern Ohio. The troop will assist the
other troops to prevent Night Riders
from Kentucky from making raids in
Ohio.
CYNTHIANA, Ky., May 8.-Twenty-two
members of the militia
company (mounted) left late last
night under sealed orders. ' It is sup
posed their destination is ' Augusta,
across the Ohio River from Brown
county, Ohio, where Night' Riders
have been active' recently;
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
. DENVER, May 8.-"Red" (Roy)
Hislc, was arrested here today on the
charge of murdering Charle H.
Wright, the express messenger, who
was shot and killed in the express car
of a Denver and Rio Grande train
when approaching Denver yesterday
morning. Hisle is said to have a po
lice record. The nature of the evi
dence against him was not made public.
RAINY RIVER PROJECT.
WASHINGTON', May 8.-In a let
ter to Representative J. Adam Bete
of Minnesota, just made public at the
White House, President Roosevelt
expresses his willingness to sign a bill
for the completion of the Rainy River
Irrigation project, a measure which
he vetoed a short time ago, providing
two additional provisions are inserted,
first, that the concession to the com
pany be limited to 99 years, and sec
ond that a charge be made by the
government on the company for con
cession.
BASEBALL SCORES
At Seattle Seattle 0; Tacoma I.
At Portland No game.
At San Francisco Oakland 6, Los
Angeles 0.
REFORM ADVOCATED
RICHMOND, May &-The estab
lishment by the United States of a
public health department and the ap
pointments of a board of control for
the management of the United States
prisoners were advocated at a section
meetings of the nation conference of
charities and corrections. t
FERRIS Wra
To
Dynamiting the Burlington
Train Last Friday
SAYS HAD NO ACCOMPLICES
Watched the Wreck and Then Assist
ed the Conductor of the Train in
Sumonlfig Aid-Broke the Lock of
the Powder House With a Stone.
Butte, Mont, May. 8. In a detailed
confession Lewis Ferris, the young
Italian who dynamited the Burling
ton train near this city Friday night,
in which two men lost their lives, tells
of breaking the lock on the powder
house of the West Olive Branch Mine
with a rock, stealing 45 sticks of dy
namite and placing the entire amount
on the track. ,
Ferris watched the explosion which
wrecked the train and then assisted
the conductor of the train in summon
ing aid. He yesterday piloted the of
ficers about the scene of the explosion
and to the powder house, explaining
how he stole the powder and his
method of wrecking the train. His
story concerning the theft of the pow
der has ben corroborated.
. Ferris declares that he alone is to
blame for the dynamiting and claims
that he was drunk at the time. His
actions and general demeanor im
press one as being those of a half wit
ted person.
From evidence in the possession of
the officers it is believed that Ferris
attempted the holdup of the North
Coast Limited of the Northern Pa
cific about ten days ago at Welch's
Spur east of Butte.
RICKMERS CREW SAVED.
NEW YORK, May 8.-The Oak
Island Life-Saving tSation reports at
6:20 that the crew and the wreckers
on board the ship Peter Rickrners
have been safely landed by the life
saving crews from the nearby life
saving stations. The stern of the ship
was knocked off by the heavy s -i.