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'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.