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33rd YEAR. NO. 1 1 1
THE FLEET LEAVES
FOR PUOET SOUND
The Battleships On Their Way
North Will Sail Close to
Oregon Shore.
ITINERARY VERY COMPLETE
After the Three Days' Visit on Puget
Sound the Ships of One Squadron
Will Sail For Sen Francisco For
Docking.
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BATTLESHIPS COMING.
NORTH HEAD, WIRE
LESS STATION, Waih.. May
18 (Special to the AstorUn).
At midnight tonight the battle'
ahip fleet if 100 milet north of
San Francisco, but is having
rather heavy weather. Every
thing is alright and we are
making very good time.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 In
the gray niidnt of a rainy morning the
Atlantic fleet nailed from the Golden
Cale thi morning on its way to the
various ports on Puget Sound. On
its way tip the coast the fleet will nail
clone to the shore at certain point in
order to give the people of Northern
California and Oregon an opportunity
to view the long line of fighting ves
sell. The ships will arrive at Puget
Sound Thursday, the Miiwtt.-Mis
Kouri and Ohio dropping anchor at
Port Angeles, and the Illinois and
Kearsarge at Port Townscnd; the
Connecticut, Louisiana, Kansas, Ver
mont, Georgia, .Virginia and New
Jersey going to Bcllingham and the
Wisconsin. Nebraska and Kentucky
going to Bremerton. Re-assembling
May 23 the fleet will proceed to Se
attle on May 27, 12 of the battleships
will go to Tacoma, eight of which will
make a brief stay before sailing for
San Francisco. The other four will
stay at Tacoma until their turn to go
into the drydock at Bremerton. Thus
eight will drydock on Puget Sound
and eight in San Francisco.
INCREASING EXHIBITS.
Quartermaster-General Ayeleshire to
Increase Wax Works Exhibition
in the War Department.
NEW YORK, May 18. Drigadier
General Ayeleshire, quartermaster
genera! of the army has made ar
rangements to largely increase the
wax works exhibition which is one of
the sights of the war department
building in Washington. The depart
ment already possesses a large num
ber of wax figures on which are dis
played not only the uniforms now in
use in the army, but many of those
used at various periods since the
Revolutionary days. These figures are
made of exhibits, made by the war
department at various expositions and
when not in use elsewhere, decorate
the halls of the war department build
ing in Washington, General Aleshire
has recently placed an order with a
maker of wax figures in New York
for a larger addition to the exhibition.
The new groups of figures are more
elaborate than any heretofore owned
by the department. They are design
ed to show scenes in camp, in bar
racks and in the field. They will show
the work as well as the play of the
soldiers and of course will be perfect
in technical details. It is expected that
the groups will be ready for shipment
to Washington within a very short
time.
BIDDING OF PITCHER.
NEW YORK, May 18. It is said
in baseball circles that John T. Brush,
owner of the New York National
League team has made an offer of
$3,000 to the St. Louis Club for the
release of Raymond, a pitcher, it is
said, the St. Louis club intends to
dispose of the service of some of its
pitchers, and New York has put in an
early offer to obtain Raymond if the
St. Louis management will permit
him to go.
DEFICIENCY BILL
Passed by House Today Total of
117,370,000.
WASHINGTON, May 18. -The
passage by the house today of the
general deficiency bill carrying $17,
370,01X1 marked a completion by that.
The bill was put through under a
suspension of the rules with no time
allowance for a general debate. Sev
eral measures were passed by unani
mous consent including the joint reso
lution providing for an annuity of
$125 per month each for the widows
of Surgeons James Carroll and Jesse
Lcscare, U. S. A., In recognition of
their discoveries in connection with
the transmission of yellow fever by
mosquitoes.
JAY GOULD WINS.
Eustace H. Miles in an Article to the
Daily Graphic Tells How it Happened
LONDON, May 18.-Eustace H.
Miles, who Saturday was defeated for
the court tennis championship by Jay
Gould, in an article In the Daily
Graphic says:
"Never in my life have I experi
enced such a set of adverse strokes
and situations. They might be sum
med up thus: That I just missed and
lie just got. I make no excuse for my
self; I deserved to miss because I did
not hit quite accurately while he did."
Miles thinks that now he knows
Gould's new service, he will be less
unprepared and will do better if he
meets him next Saturday.
WALLER TESTIFIES
In Defence of International Paper
Co.'s Contracts
HOPE TO CONCLUDE TODAY
He Said the Increased Cost of Print
Paper Was Not Due to a Pool
But Was Decided by the Board of
Directors.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-The
officials of the International Paper
Corporation today occupied the wit
ness stand in the investigation of the
house into the wood pulp and print
paper question. T. L. Waller, second
vice-president of the company and the
general sales manager went into the
qustions of contracts with the differ
ent newspapers and said that the in
creased cost of paper was due not to
a pool but was decided by the board
of directors after careful considera
tion, lie complained that the Interna
tional Paper Company had been ac
cused of either directly or by impli
cation with a great many transactions
with which they had nothing to do.
The committee hopes to conclude the
testimony by tomorrow night.
X RAYS LOCATE NEEDLE.
NEW YORK, May 18. By the use
of x rays, Surgeons in the Harlem
hospital were enabled to locate a
needle within a fraction of an inch of
Nicholas Huyler's heart yesterday
when they performed an operation
which saved his life. Huyler, a tailor,
18 years old, fell Thursday while car
rying up stairs a pair of trousers on
which he had been working at his
home, and a needle entered his chest.
A few hours later he visited the Har-I.f
Icm hospital but the needle had dis
appeared and a superficial examina
tion to disclose it. Yesterday he suf
fered intense pain in the region of his
heart and fearing he was going to die,
he hurried to the hospital.
x rays were applied and the needle
was seen so close to his heart that
had it remained there two hours more,
the surgeons say, it probably would
have penetrated that organ and caused
death. Huyler is resting comfortably,
but' it probably will be two weeks be
fore he can leave the hospital.
ENDORSE BRYAN.
HONOLULU, May 18. The demo
cratic territorial convention today se
lected six delegates to the national
convention and instructed them to
support Bryan.
ASTORIA, OREGON,
ITOMPLATT SUED
FOR DIVORCE
Mae Catherine Wood Testifies in
Her Suit for Absolute Divorce
From Thomas C. Piatt
"LOVE-LETTERS OF A BOSS'
Introduces Marriage Certificate and
Copies of Letters Alleged to Have
Been Written by the Senator Ad
dressed in Terms of Endearment.
NEW YORK, May 18-Mae Cath
erine Wood was on the witness stand
all day today testifying to her' suit for
an absolute divorce from United
States Senator Thomas Collier Piatt
before Justice O'Gorman in the su
preme court. In support of her asser
tions that she had been secretly mar
ried to Piatt at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, November 9, 1901, her counsel
introduced in evidence a certificate
which he said had been handed to her
by the minister who performed the
ceremony and copies of numerous let
ters alleged have ben written to her
by the Senator, addressed in terms of
endearment.
On cross examination Miss Wood
told how she came to give up the let
ters and documents she once posses
sed relating to Piatt, alleging that she
did so under duress and was com
pelled to sign a receipt for $10,000 in
settlement for all claim against the
Senator. Miss Wood in her suit
named as co-respondent Lillian Jane
way, whom Tlatt married in 1903.
Piatt was not in court today.
Counsel for Piatt produced the let
ters alleged to haev been written to
Miss Wood by the Senator in one of
these dainty missives the old Senator
asked Miss Wood why she didn't
marry Mr. Middleton and said he
would like to see her married before he
"Cashed in his checks."
In another letter the aged Senator
took Miss Wood to task for writing
about "Old Janeway."
Miss Wood told of a conspiracy
which she alleged had been partici
pated in by Robert J. Wynne, William
Loeb and J. Martin Middleton, which
she asserted led to their securing a
number of letters from Piatt which
she proposed to incorporate in her
book entitled the "Lve letters of a
Boss." Miss Wood said in October,
1903, she brought the Senator's letters
with her. She was met at the hotel by
Middleton, a secret service man, who
put her practically under arrest.
Middleton, she asserted, took her
down to Abe Hummel's office the
next day and as a result of this visit
she was compelled to give up the let
ters and forced to sign a receipt for
$10,000. She said she only got a por
tion of the $10,000.
LAUNCHING. COLLIER.
NEW YORK, May 18. -With
cradles and sliding ways in position,
everything is in readiness for the
launching of the Vestal, a 12,500-ton
collier, at New York Navy Yard to
morrow morning. It is estimated that
25,000 persons will be in the navy yard
when Miss Gladys Goodrich, daughter
Rear-Admiral Goodrich, christens
tne vessel. Aiany notea guests nave
been invited and the collier's work-
men will celebrate with a banqeut.
NEW OPERATIC STAR.
LONDON, May 18. A new oper
atic star has appeared in London's
musical firmanent in the person of
Miss Edith Walker, the American
singer. The London morning papers
express the highes praise of her as
sumption of the part of Isolde at Con
vent Garden on Saturday, declaring
it to be a "revelation both histrion
ically and socially. Some of the
critices declare that it was the finest
performance ever witnessed in Lon
don. Miss Walker has not appeared in
London since she sang here eight
years ago as a contralto.
lUontesf Closes Tuesday, June 16, 1908jWmt
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1908
HARD LUCK.
State of California Held Up
Smallpox Aboard.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.
The steamship State of Cali
fornia from Astoria and Port
land has been ordered into
quarantine for two weeks on
account of a case of smallpox.
J. Boyle, of Portland, being the
afflicted passenger.
The State of California left
Astoria last Saturday with the
following passengers, booked
from that city: Charles Leedy,
first cabin; Paul Prudhomme,
N. Bulade and Geo. Mahoney,
second cabin.
PEARL HARBOR.
Captain Seaton Schroeder Will be
President of a Naval Board to
Locate Dry Dock.
WASHINGTON', May 18-Captain
Seaton Schroeder will be president of
a board of naval officers which will
convene at Honolulu on the arrival of
the fleet there whose duty it will be to
make recommendations regarding the
location of the proposed new dry dock
and repair shop at Pearl Harbor.
Congress at its present session made
an appropriation of $1,000,000 to be
gin work. An important question for
the consideration of the board will be
the' locations and dimensions of the
dock.
Early Half Consumed by Senator
Heyburn's Speech
AGAINST HOMESTEAD ENTRIES
Bulkeley Spoke in Favor of Passing
His Bill to Authorize the President
to Re-enlist the Negro Soldiers of
the 25th Infantry.
WASHINGTON, May 18. -The
Senate today held a short executive
session, nearly Halt ot which was
consumed by Senator Heyburn in a
filibustering speech against the con
ference report on the bill to increase
the homestead entries on non-irriga
ble lands from 160 to 320 acres, which
he declared would apply to the richest
farm land of Idaho, the objectionable
report was finally withdrawn. A con
ference report on the legislative, exe
cutive and judicial bill was reported
by the Senate. Bulkeley spoke in fa
vor of passing his bill to authorize
the president to re-enlist the negro sol
diers of the 25th infantry and declared
if possible he would secure action on
it during the present session.
GYPSY MOTH BUDGET.
Bay State Appropriates $300,000 for
Extermination of the Brown
tail Moths.
BOSTON, May 18. In asking Mas
sachusetts Legislature for an appro
priation of $300,000 to cover the ex
pense of the warfare this year against
the gypsy browntail moths, Archie H.
Kirkland, state supt. for the suppres
sion of insect pests, said that over
eighty thousand parasites of the
moths have been let loose from the
experiment station at Melrose High
lands during the past week and
twenty thousand will be ready for
liberation within a few days. This
action is regarded as a most impor
tant step in the campaign of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture and State authorities against the
destructive moths and the result will
be watched with interest in every
locality where these insects have ap
peared. The scientists there is every rea
sons to believe that in time these par
asites will accomplish the practical
suppression of the gypsy moth here
as they have in Europe.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
STREET
CAR DYNAMITED
The Twanty-five Passengers Mi
raculously Escaped With
Slight Injuries
POWDER SPREAD ON TRACKS
A Suburban Car Was Also Damaged
by an Explosion of Powder on the
Rails and the Floor of the Car Was
Smashed Through.
CLEVELAND, May 18.-A Broad
way street car was partially destroyed
by a dynamite torpedo tonight. While
25 passengers were in the car, no one
for a miracle, was seriously injured. A
panic followed and the passengers
made a rush for the exits. A subur
ban car was also damaged by an ex
plosion of powder on the. track. The
floor of the car was smashed through
and one woman was severely injured.
Invial noting and with a dead
lock in the arbitration pro
posals, the car service is largely
restored and the refusal of the trac
tion company authorities to do any
thing until the disorder and violence
ceases, marked the third day of the
strike of the conductors and motor
men. The company succeeded in' op
erating all lines with but a slightly
impaired service.
Considering the difficulties it is im
probable that arbitration will be ef
fected soon. I he cars were run on
an average schedule of nine minutes
today, only four minutes below the
normal.
There was a marked decrease in the
disorder and violence reported until
tonights explosions. In several in
stances car windows were broken by
stones and the cars were stopped and
the non union crews were brutallv
assaulted.
SOCIALISTS CONVENTION.
Very Nearly Caught Napping by
Adopting a Set of Resolutions
Without Having Them Read
CHICAGO, May 18.-The Social
ist national convention, just before
final adjournment last night, commit
ted itself to prohibition, and then in-
tantly reversed iis action when tK-
mistake was made clear. The day had
been devoted to committee reports
and when, in the evening, the report
Df the finnisn translator was brough
on and found to be acopious document
a resolution was passed that it be
adoptel v-ithouc reading and without
discussion. Comrade Victor Viberg,
however, remembered that the Fin
nish element in the party is enthus
iastic on the prohibition question and
hastened to scan the report for ob
jectionable recommendations.
Ihe convention just had decided
that its work wrs finished, had given
three rousing cheers for the "Social
Revolution" and was singing the
"Marseillaise" when the searchers
fears were confirmed.
He spran? on top of a table and
broke up the singing of the party
hymn with lusty shouts.
'Comrades," he cried, "What an
awful mistake we have made. This is
a recommendation we have adopted.
We therefore recommend that a
plank pro'.ibitir.g the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors be in
serted in the party platform'. Why
that is enough to wipe the party off
the map."
After a moment's breathless silence
the convention unanimously undid its
rash act and resumed the singing of
the "Marseillaise."
Besides its amusing ending, the
most interesting feature of the clos
ing sessidn was a bitter wrangle on
the question of woman's suffrage.
The report of the woman s commit
tee, read by Comrade Mila Tupper
Maynard of Colorado, recommending
the appointemnt of a committee of
five with power to appoint a national
legislature and to conduct an active
propaganda for woman's suffrage, was
finally adopted.
A resolution was adopted recom
mending the creation of an associated
socialistic press service to supply
party papers with news of interest to
Socialists.
CLEVELAND
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TESTIMONY ALL IN.
Arguments Begun in the Second Trial
of Abraham Ruef.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.-The
taking of testimony is closed and the
arguments were begun today in the
second trial of Abraham Ruef on a
charge of bribery. Heney opend for
the prosecution and was followed by
Ach in Ruef's behalf. Ach did not
finish until a late hour tonight. To
mor Attorney Chapman for the de
fense and Heney for the state will
close. It is expected that Judge Dool
ing will deliver his charge late in the
'afternoon.
PLEADS SELF DEFENCE.
Eleven Jurora Were Secured Whea
Court Adjourned.
PORTLAND, May 18.-The trial of
Nathan H. Suitter, the policeman who
shot and killed Henry Shaffer, a long
shoreman, in the victim's home on
March 1 last, began in the state circuit
court today. Eleven jurors were se
cured when the court adjourned until
tomorrow. The Shaffer's and several
friends were having a party and upoo
some one complaining that they were
disturbing their neighbors, Suitter
went to the house. He secured en
trance through a back door and Shaf
fer attempted to drive the officer out
Suitter's defense is that he shot in self
defence.
AUTOPSYCOMPLETED
Revealed the Fact That One
Victim Was a Woman
STORY OF EMIL GREENING
The Bodies of the Seven Unidentified
ueaa wm be Buried Tomorrow in
the Potter's Field and Christian
Services Will be Conducted.
LA PORTE, May 18.-The autoosv
on the unidentified remains of persons
exhumed on the Gunness farm was
completed this evening and revealed
the fact that one of the seven was a
female. This has aroused new inter
est in the story of Emil Greening, who
was employed by Mrs. Gunness in
1904 who related that one day a man
and woman came to the house. These
people Mrs Gunness said were the
professor and his wife from the Los
Angeles College which Jennie Olsen
was attending. The next morning ac
cording to Greening, the man and
woman and also Jennie had disap
peared. The theory now advanced is
that Mrs. Gunness that night may
have murdered not only Jennie but
the man and woman
I he authorities think that this is in
conceivable, but . considered in the
light of the recent developments, noth
ing appears impossible for this arch
murderess. The bodies of the seven
unidentified dead will be buried to
morrow in the Potter's Field. Chris
tian services will be conducted over
them and small headstones erected
telling the circumstances of their
deaths. The body of Jennie Olsen
has been turned ovr to her relatives.
STORMY SESSION.
Democratic Convention at Spokane
Instructed Delegates to Vote for
Bryan First, Last and all the Time.
SPOKANE, May 18.-After as
stormy a session as was ever seen in
a convention hall in this state, the
democratic state convention tonight
just before midnight adopted a plank
declaring for submission to vote on
the constitutional amendment forbid
ding the sale of spiritous liquors.
Whether by oversight or design, noth
ing was said about vinous and malt
drinks. The plank was adopted by a
two to one vote following a night of
fierce and fiery oratory for and
against. A double delegation of 20,
each with a self vote, wa3 elected to
the national convention at Denver and
instructed to vote for Bryan, "First,
last and all the time."
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