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r p i ; p Stefotrtttti COVERSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 'fUBLISHtl EULL ASSOCIATED! PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 108 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS VICTORIOUS JOE GANS Defeats the Rugged Boer Easily AN iUNEQUAL COMBAT Unholz Was Systematically Beat en Down Until the Referee Interfered KNOCKED OUT IN ELEVENTH Cans Sent the Willing But Awkward Boer Down With a Wicked Upper cut on Chin, end Seeing Hit Condi tion Refuted to Continue. SAN FRANCISCO, May 14-Joe Cam, the lightweight champion, add ed another victory to his long string tonight by defeating Rudolph Un liol. the rugged Boer from South Africa, in the 11th round. The fight was Cans' all the way through. He systematically beat down Unholz and the referee interfered in the 11th round when Unholz was practically knocked out. Although Can had the fight at all stages he had no easy time solving the awkward defense of Unholz and in overcoming his natural stamina. The first knockdown occurred in the fourth. Unholz got up promptly and came back full of fight and although willing to mix it at all times, his wild efforts were never successful. In the seventh Cans, knocked Unholz down again and from this time on it was only a question of how long Unholz would be able to stand Cans' punish ment. The unequal combat was pro longed into the 11th round when a series of short arm Jolts Cans sent the willing but awkward Doer down with a wicked uppcrcut to the chin. Unholz got up completely blinded and Cans seeing the condition of his ad versary humanely stood by and Ref eree Welch stepped in and gave the decision to the champion. Joe Cans went in the ring a 10 to 3 favorite over Unholz. Last night the odds dropped from 2 to 1 to 10 to 31, and the Cans supporters were still taking the coin that was offered by short-enders. Cans did not work yesterday but was down to 133 pounds in the after noon, so that the ringside weighing-in should be mere formality for the two boxers. The men fought at 133 pounds, ring side, which was for the lightweight championship of the world. DR. ROLLER WINS. SEATTLE, May 14-Dr. Roller won two straight falls from Fred Beel tonight. The first fall was obtained at the end of an hour and 16 minutes and the second after 35 minutes of spectacular work. $50,000 SWINDLER. CHICAGO, May 14.-The Tribune today says: Residents of Evanston were startled yesterday when it became known that Mrs. Jas. A. Fatten, wife of the grain magnate, and herself a leader in club and society life, in the suburb, had been swindled out of $30,000 by a canvasser. Mr. and Mrs. Patten refused last night to discuss the matter, and May or Jos. E. Padden of Evanston who is Mr. Patten's attorney, was equally reticent. Chief of Police Shaffer of Evanston has a warrant for the ar rest of the swindler, but he too, de clined to talk of the case, COURTMARTIAL FINDINGS. WASHINGTON, May 14,-Owing to the fact that General Edgerly, commanding the Department of Da kota, the headquarters of which is at St. Paul, is temporarily absent from his post, it has been necessary for the president to act in the cases of 23 en listed men . of the army on duty in that department who were convicted by courtmartial of various infractions of the army regulations, principally desertion. In the large majority of these cases the president approved the finding and sentence of the court but in a few cases he mitigated the sen tence to lighter punishment than that imposed. , BAPTIST MEMBERSHIP. SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. In a discussion and report upon the con dition of the churches on the western slope by the Pacific Baptists confer ence at the First Baptist Church in Oakland yesterday morning it was developed that the denomination stands third on the coast on point of number in members and of churches and value of property. ' There are 600 houses of worship and 50,000 communicants. The church property is valued at $3,500,000. An important features of the conference was the, opening discussion on "The Present Baptist Situation on the Pa cific Coast," in which the general mis sionaries participated. REMEMBERED BY MOTHER. NEW YORK, May 14.-A!though cut off by his father, a millionaire, be cause he changed his religious faith years ago, Rev. Dr. David Gregg, who for 13 years was pastor of the Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, has just inherited $750,000 or about half of his father's estate un dcr the will of tils mother, Mrs. Mar garct Gregg of Pittsburg, recently de ceased. MARTIN ARRAIGNED Charged With the Murder of Nathan Wolff HE WILL PLEAD TOMORROW Jack La Rose, Who Beat the Chinese Tailor With a Piece of Gaspipe, Wa Formally Connected With the Killing of Neumann. PORTLAND, May 13.-E. II. Mar tin was arraigned today on a charge of murdering Nathan Wolff, the pawn broker, who was killed in his store on May 1, by means of a sharp instru ment "A more accurate description of which is unknown to the district at torney. He was given until tomor row to plead. Martin was not repre sented by counsel. He has not, it is understood employed a lawyer to de fend him, his efforts' to secure former United States Senator John M. Gear- in, having been unavailing. Gearin, it stated will be affiliated with the prosecution in the trial of the case. Jack La Rose who beat John Chong, the Chinaman over the head yester day with a piece of gaspipe was to- ay formally connected with the kill ing of Neumann, the second-hand dealer, by a coroner's jury, after a deliberation of about 13 minutes. La Rose received the jury's verdict with show of bravado and a volley of profanity, BASEBALL SCORES. At Portland No game; rain. At Tacoma 'Butte' 1, Tacoma 0. At Seattle Seattle 0, Spokane 2. At Aberdeen Vancouver 5, Aber deen 4. At San Francisco San Francisco 3, Oakland 2. HOLD-UP IN TEXAS Three Bandits Secure Pay of Dawson Miners A BOOTY WAS $35,000 Special Train With 30 Men and 50 Horses Are Hot On Their Trail WIRED FOR BLOODHOUNDS At French They Broke Down the Door of the Depot and Bound and Gagged the Agent and a Special Guard. EL PASO, Texas, May 14.-Pur- sued by men and bloodhounds, three bandits with $35,000 of loot in their possession are fleeing through the rugged mountain passes north of French ,a little station 80 miles north of Las Vegas, N. M., on the Santa Fe railroad in an effort to escape the clutches of tho law. At French late this evening they broke down the doors of the depot, bound and gagged the station agent and a special guard and blew open the safe and took all the money and rode away leaving their victims help less. A tramp wandered into the sta tion half hour later and released the almost unconscious men and gave the alarm. The news of the daring rob bery was wired to every town in the neighborhood of French and a special train bearing 30 deputies and 50 horses left cast Las Vegas in half an hour hot on the trail of the fleeing bandits. A special with four men left Daw son also and a message was sent to the territorial penitentiary at Santa Fc for bloodhounds which were brought through as fast as a special engine and car could carry them. The stolen money was sent from Albu querque this morning on the Santa Fe train to pay the miners at Dawson. Only a branch road leads to the mines. The special guard and a transfer of the money is necessary at French. The special guard heavily armed accom panied the treasure and upon leaving the train at French he went inside the station and placed the money in the safe and locked the door to the depot. Suddenly a noise of a breaking win dow attracted the attention of the guard and the station agent and they looked around to face the muzzles of two rifles. The third bandit broke open the door and entered. He then held the two men covered with a re volver while the othr bandits entered the building. After tying the guard and agent, the robbers shot the safe with dynamite, took the money and fled. GOING TO HIS POST. NEW YORK, May 14.-Consul-Gencral Benjamin H. Ridgeley of Barcelona, Spain, who was recently made consul-general at Mexico City, is tn New York on his way to his new post. He is accompanied by his wife and daughter. "There is no longer any antipathy toward Americans in Spain," he said, "Spain is awakening to her resources. Her manufacturers are entering the markets of the world. Already ten per cent of the cotton crop of this country is manufactured in Barcelona and shipped from there to the ends of the earth." Mr. Ridgeley will leave for Wash ington this afternoon, STANDS BY SON. Fullerton Senior Will Not Stand for the Blackmailing of Hit Son. ST. LOUIS, M7yJ4-S. H. Fuller ton, the father of Robert W. Fullerton, who is held in San Francisco on charges preferred against him by Miss Gladys Hobart of New York, stated last night that if his son is not re leased on the writ of habeas corpus, he will probably go to San Francisco and accompany his son to New York to meet the charges. Mr. Fullerton in sists that his son is not guilty of wrong doing but is the victim of a black mailing scheme. "It is palpable to me that my son is a victim of a scheme to extort money from me and from him," said Mr. Fullerton. "I will spend my for tune if necessary and fight this thing through every court in the United States but I will never have the mat ter quenched by paying any extor tion. I have never heard of any pro mise of marriage but I have heard of requests for money. If necessary I will go to New York and show just who is engineering this scheme. I advised my son to pay no money but to fight the matter to a standstill. He took my advice". ENTER ATLANTIC SERVICE. VICTORIA, B. C, May 14.-The Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to invade the Atlantic, according to advices re ceived by the Tosa Maru yesterday. The Asahi, a prominent Tokio news paper, says the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will transfer some of the steamer now on the European line from Yokohama to London and continental ports, to a trans-Atlantic service, to be establish ed when the nine new vessels of about 8800 tons, three of which have been launched, are added to the European line. The vessels thus taken off that route will be employed in an Atlantic service, first an irregular line, and eventually establishing a strong reg ular line. DRAMATIC SESSION Washington State Convention Adopts Local Option Plank EULOGIZES WILLIAM H. TAFT The Elkis' Quartette Entertained the Delegates With a Number of Songs One Delegate Called for "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight" . SPOKANE, May I4.-A dramatic and unexpected session of the Wash ington republican state convention today was the adoption of the local option plank by a vote of 506 to 258. A minority report signed by only 37 of the members of the platform com mitte, declared: "This convention records itself in favor of a reasonable local option bill to be enacted by the next legislature." And it was adopted with loud cheers. Then came an unique incident; the Elks', quartette of Spokane was in a big armory and had entertained the delegates with a number of songs. A delegates called for the singing of "Where is My Wan- aenng ioy i onigiu ana tne tamous j old temperance song was readily giV en and a large number of delegates joined in the song. The convention adopted unanimously the following resolution for Taft: "We recognize in the Honorable! William H. Taft, a statesman of lofty patriotism. He has proved his genius for public affairs; he is experienced in the public service and is in sympathy with the aims and desires of the peo ple as to governmental principles. We want the Roosevelt policies continued and we believe Taft is pre-eminently the man for the task. We pledge him the support of the Republicans of the State of Washington if he is nominat ed and instruct the delegation from this state to vote for his nomination as long as his name shall be before the convention." LI CONVENTION State Republican Conven tion in Session INSTRUCTED FOR TAFI "",'5 The Bourne People Were Defeat ed at Every Point, In Organi zation STRONG PLATFORM ADOPTED Two Efforts Were Made to Have the Name of Roosevelt Substituted For That of Taft in the Instructions to the Delegates. PORTLAND, May 14.-Oregon's eight delegates to the Republican na tional convention were instructed for Taft by both the State and Congres sional conventions. The three con ventions were absolutely in the con trol of the Taft people, under the management of Senator Fulton's friends. The fight was whether Ful ton could secure a delegation instuct ed'for Taft or whether Senator Jona than Bourne could secure an unin- structed delegation which would sup port the second elective term for President Roosevelt. The Bourne peo ple were defeated at every point, in organization, delegates and presiden tial electors. It was Bourne's desire to head the delegation. Late in the afternoon after the convention had passed the resolution instructing for Taft, Bourne wired from Washington urging that the delegation be in structed for Roosevelt and stated that if they were otherwise instructed he did not wish to be a delegate. The delegates elected by the state convention were Seneator Fulton, George H. Williams of Portland; A. N. Gilbert of Salem; C. G. Huntley of Oregon City. First Congressional District R. E. Williams, Polk county and C. E. Seglbrede, Coos county. Second Congresstioned District H. W. Coe of Portland; Asa Thompson of Umatilla county. Four presidential electors were nominated: J. D. Lee of Portland; R. R. Butler of Gilliam county; Frank J. Miller of Linn county, and A. C. Mar- sters of Douglass county. Two efforts were made to have the name of Roosevelt substituted for Taft in the instruction to the dele gates and one to substitute the name of Hughes. Each of these motions was voted down. The state platform aproves of the national administra tion; favors a tariff revision along conservative lines, demands restricted immigration to keep the Pacific Coast from being the dumping ground of undesirable Asiatics. A greater navy, the retention of the Atlantic fleet now on this coast in Pacific waters and the building of a new navy for the Atlantic; condemns the growing abuse of the initiative and referendum law; condemns all but Republicans registering as such and the Oregon delegation is com mended for the fight to restore to the public domain the land granted to the railroads. A special resolution was adopted condemning the Breckett bill now before Congress as tending to ward landlordism. An amendment to the interstate commerce law along the lines proposed by Senator Futlon ' is also recommended. Li A N JOHNSON ENDORSED. Minnesota Nobly Standi by Sturdy Governor. Her ST. PAUL, May 14-The democrats today formally" endorsed Governor Johnson as a presidential candidate and at the same time by a vote of 772 to 166 refused to declare for Bryan as the second choice. The followers orf Bryan did not carry out their theat to bolt and hold a rump conven tion if their contests were -defeated before the committee on credentials or if they were not able to secure a partial endorsement of their leader. They mad a sturdy fight for their man and when defeated remainder quietly in their seats and made no motion to leave. The Johnson men were gen erous in their victory and declared in the platform while they entertained "Affection for and confidence in the integrity and ability of William' )'! Bryan'1 they believed Johnson was the man better calculated to bring success to the democratic party and was first entitled to the support of Minnesota. SURVEYING BOUNDARY. VANCOUVER. B. C. Mar 14-A dominion government survey party wfcich this summer will work on a further delimitation of the boundary between Alaska and Canada to the northwest of Jack Dalton's oost on the divide between Rainy Hollow and the head waters of the Chilkat river, will leave Vancouver tomorrow niarht The party will be in charge of J. N. Wallace, and will consist of fourteen men. Twenty Jiorses will be taken north form Vancouver. Pyramid Harbor, an arm of Lvnn Canal, at the mouth of the Chilkat river, is where the party will be land ed from the Princess , May. From there the survey party will proceed in land, following the old Dalton cattle road to Dalton's Post SUNDRY CIVIL BILL Great Appropriation Bill Passed by the Senate TOTALS ABOUT $120,000,000 This is the Last of a Large Supply of Bills and Its Passage Places the Senate Squarely Alongside the House. WASHINGTON, May 14. -The great sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying a total of about $120,000,000 was passed by the Senate today. An amendment by Gallinger appropriat ing $6000 to suppress the liquor traf fic in Alaska was adopted. This is the last of a large supply of bills and its passage places the senate squarely alongside, the house in the considera tion of appropriation bill and leaves only the general deficiency and mili- tary academy bills to be considered by either house. A portion of the session was devoted to the considera tion of a bill susoendinflr the feature of the commodity clause of tne railroad rate bill but a vote was not taken. CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS. Instructed Delegates For Taft En- dorse Administration. SACRAMENTO M, uiu.. t. , n.-iuc re publican State Convention met here toaay, and elected four delegates at large and four alternates to the na tional convention at Chicago, and in structed the delegation to vote for the nomination of Taft for president, and adopted the platform endorsing the policy of President Roosevelt and selected a new state state central committee.