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FIRST SECTION
COVERS TMC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
PUBLISHES FULL AffOCIATCD PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 116
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Jury Acquitted Him On
Charge of Manslaughter
THREATEN POLICEMAN
TIER
ACQUITTED
y Killing Was Outcome of Suitter's
Interference at Party Goinp,
oh at Shaffers Home
COMPLAINT OF NEIGHBORS
Shooting Occurred March lit Dead
Man Waa a Longshoreman Party
Had Been Drinking and Disturbing
Peace of Neighbors, ao it Wii Said
PORTLAND, May 2J. Nathan II.
Suiiter, the policeman who shot
Henry Shatter, a longshoreman to
death, March 1 last, was acquitcd to
night by a jury of the charge of man
slaughter. The killing was the out'
come of Suitter's interference in a
party which was going on at Shaffer's
home. The party bad been drinking
and the neighbors, so it was alleged,
complained to Suitter. Version of
Suitter is that he was threatened
great bodily harm by Shaffer and
fearing for his life, shot Shaffer. ,
SENSATION ON CAMPUS,
A. M. Cathcart, And R. E. Swain Stu
dent Affairs Committee.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May
23 A sensation was caused on the
campus yesterday when it became
known that two members of the Stu
dent Affairs Committee professors A.
M. Cathcart and R. E. Swain had re
signed from that body. It is impos-
. Bible to obtain an official statement
from the authorities or the two re-
signing members but it is generally
understood here that the resignations
v wil go into effect on June 1, the date
V when the new committee for the next
N academic year wil be announced by
President Jordan. Professors Cath
cart and Swain are said to be the ones
who were in favor of less drastic ac
tion at the meeting of the academic
council which denied a djplma '
graduation to Editor Harold Fitch
for his attitude in the Daily Palo Alto.
Prof Cathcart is an associate pro
fessor in the Law Department and
Frofessor Swain is an associate pro
fessor of Chemistry.
STOCK EXCHANGE BUSY.
Transaction For Week Exceed Any
Volume For One Year.
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NEW YORK, May 23.-Transac-.lions
for the week at the stock ex
change reached a daily average well
over a million shares, exceeding any
volume for 'over a year. The price
movement was irregular owing to
Iheavy profit-taking but this was
prompted largely by some favorable
developments which previous buying
had anticipated. The principal of
these was the reported revival of de
mand for iron. Favorable auguries
were drawn from the political outlook
and from legislative programs and
judicial decisions on corporation af-
y fairs. Rumors of important new finan
cial alliances were' a factor. This
continued ease of the money market
in spte of some heavy cash witln
,lr-,,.ila nnrl thp nrncrr9 of vnr1i.
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cate borrowing was the mainstay of
the speculative movement,
INDIANS, SUFFERING.
Capt. Paul C. Hutton U. S. A. Sur
geon Reports Indiana Suffering.
SEATTLE, May 23.-Forty; eight
percent of the adult Indians of Alaska
are suffering from tuberculoids wh'le
practically all of the children are suf
fering from some disease or other is
the report of Capt., Paul C. Hutton,
assistant surgeon, U. S. Army, who
has arrived In Scatle from Fort Wil
liam II. Seward with a dctatchment of
the Tenth Infantry. Captain Hut
ton when he went North last summer
had instructions to make a special in
vestigation of(the health of the Alas
kan natives, He will go east at
once and make a special report on
conditions as he found them to the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. I
"Conditions among the Alaska In
dians" said Capt, Hutton, "are the
worst I have ever seen. They are in
describable. 'The natives . have no conception
of cleanliness, and from the habits of
consumptives in the schools and mis
sions, many children are tubucular
from birth. The only salvation lies
in sending instructors and medical
men north and compelling the Indians
to observe sanitation,
PLENTY FRUIT.
NEW YORK, "May 23.-Ncw York
City will have a larger suply of pea
ches this summer than it has had in
a dozen years and the consequence
will be lower prices for the consumer.
Advance shipments from the Florida
orchards are now here and although
they are of the best grade and as a
rule not particularly appealing there
are some good lots among them.
Reports from nearly all of the Sou
thern peach orchards favorable for
both a large and fine crop, news from
the Ceorgia raisers being particularly
favorable.
A
Jesse Schafer of Portland Lost
at Salem
GIVES LIFE TO RESCUE GIRL
Swims Far in River With Helpless
Maid Help Cornea Just in Time to
Get Her While he Goes Down the
River. '
SALEM, May 23.-Thoroughly ex
hausted in Iris efforts to save the life
of his young lady companion, Jesse
("Jess") Schafer, a young man of
Portland, gave up and sank beneath
the waters' of the Willamette River,
at this, point, just as two men in a
rowboat arrived upon the scene of
the struggle for life, and snatched the
inanimate form of the girl from his
weakened grasp and from the em
brace of death.
The accident happened about 11:30
this morning, aud all efforts to recov
er the body of the young woman,
which disappeared where the water
is 20 feet deep, had been unsuccess
ful up to a late hour this afternoon.
Yung Schafer, of whom very' little
is known here, drives the automobile
for F. S. Stewart, who is Portland
agent for the United Wireless Tele
graph Company, with headquarters in
room 410, Corbett building.
Schafer and a young lady, Miss
Ollie Qrummond, of this city, had
been out for a launch yide on the
river, and had just returned and put
the boat in the launch house.
An attempt was then made to walk
to shore on a log boom at the foot
of the ways at Spaulding's sawmill,
when the logs rolled and Miss Drum
mond fell 'n. Schafer clung to her
and plunged in after her. He, swam
for some distance with her and tried,
to climb upon alog, but she either
fainted or was overcome with fright,
and sank twice in spite of him.
Then he cried for help. Sam Miner
HEROIC
RESCUE
GIANT AIRSHIP
IN VIEW OF THOUSANDS
Crew of Sixteen Men Miraculously Escape Death, But
Are All Injured
WAS TO FLY FROM
Craft Fell a Distance of Three Hundred feet Some of the Crew
Lost Their Heads and Jumped Accident Causes Great
Panic in CrowdWomen Fainted
SEYEN ARE SERIOUSLY HURT
RELEASE OF GREAT QUANTITY OF GAS CAUSES ENVELOPE
TO BURST WITH LOUD RIPPING NOISE VESSEL DID NOT
APPEAR TO EQUALIZE EN GINEERS AND OTHER MEM
BERS COMPLETELY LOST THEIR HEADS.
OAKLAND, May 23.-A giant air
ship on its trial trip in Berkeley to
day, rose 300 feet from the earth;
before 10,000 people, tilted, burst and
dropped to the ground with its crew
of 16 men, everyone of whom was
injured. By one of those peculiar
freaks and fortunate chain of circum
stances which sometimes attend sen
sational accidents, these 16 men mi
raculously escaped death. None of
the injured, with possible exception
of one who is expected to die. Seven
of them are seriously hurt, and nine
are severely bruised and suffering
from the shock. The accident was
spectacular and a sensational one.
Probably 10,000 people from Berk
eley and Oakland "had gathered
around a big vacant lot wherein the
great catapillar-shapcd air craft had
been filled with illuminating gas.
Five gasoline engines suspended be
neath the big bag at intervals of
probably SO feet each, attended by
an engineer were not put into oper
ation until well up into the air, then
two of them slowly set in motion the
long propellers reaching out from
either side. The engines were sus
pended independent of each other and
the vessel did not appear to be equal
ized. Before the ship could be pro
pelled further than a few feet forward
its end titled downward and the air
ship stood at an angle of 45 degrees,
suspended in the air. The engineers
and other members of the crew seem
ed to lose their' heads and instead of
and H. Folks, both residents of this
city, were upon the opposite side of
the river in a rowboat, airtl saw the
accident. They hastened to the res
cue, and arrived just in time to catch
the girl as she was sinking for the
third and last time, and just in time
to see Schafer disappear from view.
Miss Drummond, who is a popular
young girl of 17 years, is prostrated
from the shock. She has until re
cently been employed in a local ice
cream parlor.
BASEBALL SCORES.
Pacific Coast League.
At San Francisco Los Angeles 4,
San Francisco 3.
At Portland Portland 5, Oakland
2.
Northwest League.
At Vancouver Vancouver 2, Ta
coma 2. Owing' to rain, game was
called in the seventh inning.
At Seattle Seattle 4, Aberdeen 0.
At SpokaneButte 3, Spokane 4.
CALIFORNIAN WINS. v
Samuel McVey Knocks Out "Jewey"
Smith in Third Round.
PARIS, May 23.-"Jewer Smith,
the South African heavyweight boxer,
was knocked out by Samuel McVey
(colored), of California, in the third
round of a twenty-round fight here
tonight. -
FALLS
- One May Die
OAKLAND TO BERKELEY
AND NINE SEVERELY BRUISED
running along the canvass pathway in
rush of gas to the stern end of the
order to equalize weight and right the
airship, they clung desperately to the
netting and frail superstructure. The
long airship and the tremendous
weight of the engines and the crew
caused the non too substantial en
velope to burst with loud noise.
The release of a great quantity of
gas allowed the airship to settle slow
ly tward the earth and for a few mo
ments it looked as if it would come
down slowly enough to avoid injury
to the 16 men. Some of them, how
ever, lost their heads before the big
ship coufu reach ground and jumped.
These escaped with broken limbs or
severe bruises. On nearing the earth
however, 'the gas escaped with a rush
and allowed the engines and big bag
to come down with great force. Cap
tain Morrell, the inventor, and sev
eral of the engineers were thus caught
and injured by the engines. There
was a panic in the big crowd that
watched the ascension, when the big
airship began to tilt. As it burst and
fell, women screamed and ran in
fright in every direction. Several of
them fainted. The injured men were
quickly rescued by hundreds of men
who rushed forward and with knives
slashed the varnished gas bag in a
thousand places releasing those im
prisoned beneath. They were all tak
en to the Roosevelt Hospital and the
Oakland hospitals where with one ex
ception all are doing well. '
- WILL NOT LET UP.
Democrats Propose to Continue Their
Filibuster.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-John
Sharp Williams, the minority leader
of the house, announced tonight that
the Democrats propose to continue
their filibuster till the legislation rec
ommended by President Roosevelt
had received ensideration . or final
adjournment had been ordered by the
majority. In his view Congress will
not adjourn before the latter part of
next week.
IMPORTERS OBJECT.
NEW YORK, May 23. It has been
decided by the Board of U. S. Gen
eral , Appraisers that cranberries
packed in casks are dutiable property
under the specific provision in the
tariff for "cranberries."
The importers of the berries ob
jected to the action of the custom au
thorities in classifying the berries as
"fruits preserved in their own juice,
"with a tax of one cent per pound and
35 per cent ad valorem. In reducing
the assessment Judge Waite says the
berries have not lost their indentity
and should be returned for duty at
25 per cent as claimed. . , ' ,
SAILOR WAS GOOD BOXER, j
Lulinsky Most Promising Man in the j
Ring. ;
SEATTLE, May 23. Speaking of
the death of lightweight champion of
the Navy Fred Lulinsky, who was
killed at Bellingham yesterday in a
street car accident, Battling Nelson
who is now in this city, said:.
"Fred Lulinsky was one of the most
promising young boxers in the ring
today. The San Francisco promoters
thought so highly of the champion
of the navy that they matched he and
I to box 20 rounds at Colma, May 30.
The contest was called off on account
of the departure of the fleet for
Seattle.
"Lulinsky hailed from Chicago, but
he never boxed much until he entered
the navy. He showed extraordinary
ability and defeated the best men of
his weight in the navy without having
to extend himself. He was extremely
popular with the sailors, and it is said
that all the spare change on the bat
tleship would be placed on Lulinsky
when we came together. In addition
to being'a god boxer Lulinsky was a
gentleman. He had a pleasing peron
ality and made many friends."
IMPORTANT ORDER.
NEW YORK, May 23.-Captain
Thomas S. Baldwin, who is building
the new dirigible balloon for the U.
S. army, .has teceived an order to
construct and deliver within sixty
days two observation balloons for
the signal corps of the army to cost
$3,500 and to be built from a vulca
nized rubber material he recently in
vented. The new material will last
five times as long as the varnished
silk now used, the inventor says, and
is much easier and safer to handle.
One of the balloons is to be of 1,000
cubic meters capacity and the other
of 540 cubic meters.
ROWING REGETTA
Held By the American Rowing
Association
ON THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER
Five Different Eights in Contest Over
Course of Mile and Five-Sixteenths
New York Crew Carries Off the
Greatest Honors; Philadelphia Next
PHILADELPHIA, May 23. -In
the best regatta ever held by the
American Rowing Association, five
different eights beat the record for a
course of a mile and five-sixteenths
on the Schuylkill river this afternoon.
The best mark of the day was made
by the University of Pennsylvania
'Varsity eight and the New York
thletic Club, when they rowed a dead
heat for first place in the race for
first eights. Again, ip the race for
junior college crews, Sail three con
testants, Yale, Pennsylvania and
Harvard beat the former figure, the
time of the victorious Yale crew be
ing six minutes and 27 seconds. The
other two dead heats were 1 3-4 sec
onds behind.
The New York crews carried off the
lion's share of the honors, winning
four firsts and tieing one. Philadel
phia was secctod with three firsts
and tie for first. One of the biggest
crowds that ever saw a local regatta
lined the banks of the river to witness
the finishes. ,
COMPLETED SOON.
DENVER, Colo., May 23.-June
sixth the contractors employed on the
new Denver Auditorium, where the
Democratic Convention is to be held
July 7, will walk out of the building
with their work completed. v
It wil take a week more to clean
up and arrange the seats and do all
the house setting and then the big
convention hall will be ready for the
public.
SECOND 1 1 111
REJECTED
Bill Rejected Twice in
24 Hours
WILL INCREASE PAY
Time for Construction of Dam
Across Rainy River Passed
Over President's Veto
DAY WAS A VERY BUSY ONE
Net Results of Day's Session Was
Adoption of Conference Agreement
on Postoffice Appropriation Bill
Other Various Questions Discussed.
WASHINGTON, May 23. For
the second time within 24 hours the
House tonight following a discussion
of two hours, rejected the mail sub
sidy provision for ocean steamships.
Previous similar action was taken :
with respect to the Senate amend
ment in the postoffice appropriation
bill reducing the number of days op-'
on which the weighing of mail are to
be conducted, with the result that the
postoffice appropriation bill for the
third time was sent back 'to confer
ence, all other features of the bill be
ing agreed on by unanimous consent.
Altogether the day was a busy one.
Conference report on the omnibus
pension claims bill and on the forti
fication appropriation bill, which were
agreed to, a resolution providing for
remission of part of the Chinese in
demnity growing out of the Boxer
troubles of 1900 was adopted as was
also a resolution increasing the pay
of over a hundred house employes
and officials; the conference report on
enlarging homestead entries in arid
regions from 160 to 320 acres was re
jected, thereby finally defeating the
bill and the report authorizing the
extension of time for the contsructjon
of the dam across Rainy River in
Minnesota was passed over the presi
dent's veto.
When the Senate met today there
was a general understanding that
nothing would be done to delay the
final adjournment of Congress and
that no legislation would be enacted
beyond completing the consideration
of general supply bills. ,The net re
sult of the day's session was the
adoption of conference agreement on
the postoffice appropriation bill, the
items of the latter measure relating
to weighing of mails atyl ocean mail
subsidies being sent back to confer
ence. Various questions were dis
cussed' during the day. Teller re
viewed the court decision of limita
tions of federal power under the con
stitution and referred to the report
that the President had stated in the
letter that he would veto certain legis
lation if passed by Congess as evi
dence of unwarranted encroachment
upon the powers of state. Teller was
followed by Bacon, who declared the
President's statement in his message,
on March 25, that he would veto any
bill not guaranteeing the right of the
government to charge for power on
navigable streams in connection with
legislation respecting the water power
privileges as "Gross breach of privi
leges of the Senate."
He said the introduced resolution
providing that this matter be consid
ered by the committee on privileges
and elections, but being a member of
the minority he feared his act. would
have been regarded as partisan. Owen
of Oklahoma made an effort to se-
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