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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1908)
. 1 w w 3QVCRS THC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA " PUBLISHES fUtt AfSOCIATID PRCS! RIPOnT tZZZ?y-2 ffilL 33rd YEAR. NO, 119 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS ----smmMwmihmmssmmm MlT I ft mm m a M 4 t ffH NAVAL EXPERIMENTS ... ' t Work Havoc on Monitor Florida . . . t i RESULT IS A VICTORY To Demonstrate If Bulkheads May Be Used to Protect The Hull ' CLOSE RANGE AND DEADLY AIM A Futile Attempt Wi Made to De troy Newly Designed Woven Wire Fighting Matt on Stern of Florida- After Five Shots Matt Stood Firm. OLD POINT COMFORT, May 27. The biggest naval gun, the heaviest projectite and the highest explosive known, combined with a clone range and deadly aim were to day allowed to work full havoc on the turret plate of the monitor Flor ida. The result it declared a victory for the turret construction and this, notwithstanding the 1! inch, hardened ntcelplate was blackened and broken, the seams of the turret' spring and ili rivets and screws loosened and twisted. It was not five minutes af ter the terrible impact that the finely balanced mechanism of the turret was being worked with perfect ease and a 12-inch gun on the left side was trained at will. The inside turret, where stand the gunners and the gun crew, made havoc much less appar ent than from the outside. An ex amination showed the many delicate ly adjusted instruments and few if any were out of working order. A futile atempt was next made to destroy the newly designed wovet wire fighting mast on the stern of the Florida. After live shots of the guns had gone through it, the mast stood firm. A strip of canvas was stretched between the staffs on the turret of the Florida. The Arkansas fired a 12 inch shot to get the range and then .the turret of the Florida was swung around so that her guns and all those of the Arkansas looked squarely at each other. The "big noise" came, two crashes so close together that they souiidell (tike one. The 12-inch .projectile had ,1iit its mark. Just to the right of the right gun there was what looked ilike a hole. The officers went to the Florida, but before they got there, her crew oi twenty or thir ty jackics officered by Commander John G. Quimby ' and Lieutenant Jos. K.TausiganU 'Gamier had come up from the hdld and were looking over the damage. The officers en tered the turret at once and had its mechanism operated, turret being completely swung around and the left hand gun trained. A board dum- PRESIDENT HARAHAN NEW YORK, May 27. President J. T. Harahan of the Illinois Central sails to-day for Europe on a trip which, according to reports, is intend ed at least in part to bring friendlier relations between the Illinois Central management, and some of its stock holders among whom an anti-Har-riman campaign was waged during the contest oyer the last annual elec tion. It was pointed out yesterday that President Harahan already has had my on (lie inside turret wan impact ami the opinion of the officer was cvfii with terrific impact the gunnery in the turret would not have been in jured. Testing the fighting mast wai then tried. The Florida will be fitted with a epciially built bulkhead into which a whitehead torpedo is to be fired within the next ten days to dem onstrate whether bulkhead of this type may not be used to protect the hull. BASEBALL SCORES. Pacific Coast League. At Portland-Portland 4, San Fran tisco 3 (12 innings). At San Francisco Oakland 4, Los Angeles 3. Northwest League. At Tacoma Tacoma 1, Aberdeen 0, At Seattle Seattle 2, Vancouver 5. At Butte Butte-Spokane game was postponed on account of rain. ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED NW YORK, May 27-Arrange- i '..(.! meiits nave tieen completed tor tnc format unveiling on Jane S of t meflt orlul tablet of the Steamer Presid ent Lincoln of the Hamburg-American Line. The tablet is of bronze and bears an extract from Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg. The unveil ing will be in charge of the Grand Army of the Republic and a program of several addresses has been arrang ed. The exercises will take place aboard the steamer at her pier at Ho- boken, . i LITTLE BUSINESS Methodest Episcopal Conference Yast Deal of Argument COMMITTEE ON BOUNDARIES Committee on Episcopacy Decided on Report Exonerating Bishop Neely of Beunos Ayres of Charges of Mai Administration Laid Against Him, BALTIMORE. May 27.-A vast deal of argument marked today's ses sion of the Methodist Episcopal Conference and not a great deal of business accomplished. The commit U on boundaries held its final regu lar meeting today during which it fixed the boundaries of the Pacific Coast. Tfit Chinese missions as em bracing all present missions except that now in Portland which will re main independent for the present. The committee on Episcopacy de cided on the report exonerating Bishop Neely of Buenos Ayres of the charges of mal-administrafion laid against him. MINISTER EXPECTED. QUATEMALA CITY May 27 Of those arrested on suspicion of having been implicated in the recent plot nuainst the life of " President Cabrera S3 have been released, Quiet prevails and there have been no extraordinary military movements for some time. It is announced that relations with Mexico are satisfac tory and that the Mexican minister is expected to arrive here soon. SAILS FOR EUROPE a conference with a number of New , lingiand stockholders who had up held Mr. Fish during this contest and that as a result these stock holders at a recent special meeting approved the management's plans for the absorption of several subsidiary companies and for the issuance of thirty million dollars additional stock. It was suggested that President Harahan will have similar confer ences with some' of the foreign share holders. TORNADO P.' : Besides Those Killed Twelve Acreage of Crops Destroyed HUNDREDS OF CATTLE Tornado Swept Through Alfalfa West of Alva Last Night County, and Spread WITH FORCE THAT PULLED GREAT FORCE OF STORM SUCH OF LIVESTOCK STORM STARTED IN WOODS COUNTY DAMAGE TO PROPERTY CROPS AND CATTLE BEYOND ESTIMATE. GUTHRIE, May 27. Ten persons were killed in a tornado which swept thorugh Alfalfa county near Ashby, 10 miles west of Alva last night. The storm started in Woods county and swept a path a half mile wide through Alfalfa county for several miles. Vast NEW OCEAN RECORDS Will be Tried For By Liners Maltre- tania and Lusitania. NEW YORK, May 27.-New ocean records will be tried for by the giant liners Mauretania and Lusitania, which set out today from opposite sides of the Atlantic. Owing to the delay in getting out of dry dock, the Mauretania was not able to leave Liverpool on Saturday according to her schedule so that on her passage beginning to-day she will attempt to make the round trip within two weeks If she succeeds in her attempt it will be the shortest round trip on record. lies' schedule calls for her arrival here OH Monday, when she would dis charge hdf targo, take on coal, pas sengers and uagfcage and sail for Liverpool on Tuesday June 4. Meantime the Lusitania will sail from here to-dav on the Second lap of her round trip for the subvention offered by the British Government for an average speed of 24.5 knots cm each voyage of a round trip. Her average on the first half of the trip which ended here last week, was 24. 83 knots. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Report of Committee Read by Dr. Mark A. Matthews. t KANSAS CITY, May 27,-At-tempt to secure' a record endorsement of the standard American revised edi tion of thV Bibfef aroused the general assembly of' the Presbyterian Church today to one of the most spirited dis cussions since the assembly met and the attempt failed by a narrow mar gin. A spirit of tintest manifested itself today wl;:n a resolution was introduced providing that the com mittee be appointed tc report the matter at the next general assembly on the entire subject of "The general assembly" in an effort to make the assembly more of a deliberative body. Although the resolution was referred to a committee on policy, it is known that many commissioners feel that the general assembly is becoming too ! great a burden on the churches. A report of the committee on pub lication and Sabbath school work was submitted and adopted. A report of the committee on church creation was read by Dr. Mark A. Matthews of Seattle. All .the . officers of the woman's board of foreign missions was re elected today. TEN AT il l HE 0KL0H0MA Suffered Injuries-Vast AND LIVESTOCK KILLED County Near Ashby Ten Miles Storm Started in Woods for Several Miles HJMPS OUT OF THE WELLS AS TO BREAK THE BONES acreage of crops were destroyed. The storm had sufficient force to pull the pumps out of wells and break the bones in the bodies of livestock. Besides those killed 12 suffered in juries, several fatally, and hundreds of cattle killed. AUTO BREAKS DOWN Machine of Fernando Nelson Was Trying to Make Record Run. CANYONVILLE, Ore., May 27. Thc Postal Telegraph Company has received a message from Glendale saying the automobile of Fernando Nelson who wt trying to make a record run between San Francisco and Portland is broken down at the foot of the hills about a mile south of Glendale and it is not likely that the car will be able to get away from that place tonight. f ALDRICH CURRENCY BILL. The Tennessee Bankers Association Vigorously Oppose Bill. MEMPHIS) Tenn., May 27The Tennessee BahkgrS Association In annual convention her adoiJe'd resol utions vigorously opposing the Aid rich Currency bill, favoring the issu ance of emergency currency based upon commercial paper and approved securities and favoring the appoint ment of a currency commission of which at least one third of the mem bers shall be business men and mem bers of congress, shall b selected. A telegram setting forth the act ion taken was sent to Speaker Can non. 37.572 IS MISSING. Representing Texas Paid Under Pro test in 1903. SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. It is reported that the sum of $37,572 representing taxes paid under protest in 1903 by the United States Rail roads is missing presumably in the city and county treasury. The sum represents the difference between a valuation placed upon the holdings of the United Railroads by the State Board of Equalization and the as sessment of city and county assessor Washington Dodge, and which has been in litigation. Judge Swewell decided the case in favor of the city and was upheld by the supreme court. The allege short age is said to have been made when the remitteur was handed down. The finance committee of the Board of Supervisors will commence an in- vestigation of the matter tomorrow. I II I II tr 1- Aldrich Announces That he Would Take up Currency Bill Tomorrow WASHINGTON, May 27.-A con ference report on the currency bill was laid before the Senate shortly before the adjournment today and Aldrich announced that tomorrow he would move to take it up and keep it under consideration until disposed of, While waiting for the report, session was occupied with ft running debate on the bill to compensate government employes for injuries sustained while in the service. As on previous days the discussion was merely for the purpose of consuming time. CHICAGO'S TROUBLES. CHICAGO, May 27,-The Tribune to-day says: It became known yesterday, that the Amader Mining and Develop ment Company, of Montana, with headtjUftHfu at Chicago had come to an end. hetttfs that will be mail ed to-day will infofni 1,400 stock holders, that the copper and gold mine in which they have sunk $650, 000 is worthless. The majority of stock was owned by residents, of Chicago. There are also a large number of stockholders in Pittsburar where the company has a branch office arid in Boston. The six years of life of the com pany, a total of only five cars of ore was taken from the mine. ASK FOR NEW TRIAL Lawyers Springs Two Points on Winning and Pipes ROSS FIGHTING FOR TIME The Apeaance of Former Govern or W. P. Lord in the Case Casts a Pathetic Shade Upon it He Ar gued For Nearly Two Hours, SALEM. Ore., May 27. Upon the ground that the State Terasurer acts in the capaeity of a trustee in the handling of state funds, and that the money deposited with the Title Guar antee & Trust Company was done in his official and not individual capa city, counsel for J. Thorburn Ross are fighting for time and points in the effort to stay proceedings and secure a new trial, before Judge Burnett, of the State Circuit Court. When the case was called at 1 o'clock it was expected that sentence would be passed upon Ross immedi ately, upon conviction of wrongful conversion of the state school funds in his capacity as president of the Title Guarantee & Trust Co. Bank, but somewhat of a surprise was soruncr upon District Attorney Man ning and his assistant, M. L. Pipes, when former Governor W. P. Lord was introduced in the case and ar- irued for nearly two hours. The motion for arrest of judgment, 'which was supplemented by another motion for a new trial, is based upon 'the" contention that the funds depos ited were not subject to conversion WILL CELEBRATE 154TH COMMENCEMENT TODAY NEW YORK, May 2. Columbia will be conferred on graduates in the University will celebrate its one hurt; dred and fifty" fourth' commencement this morning, the exercises beginning with a procession of professors and senior which will form at the library building and march to the Gymnas ium, where Dr. Nicholas Murry But ler, president of Columbia, will con fer the degrees. Ninety three stud ents will receive the degree of Bache: lor of Arts, while 1,144 degrees in all !Urtl 1LLUIIU U Ann Arrived in Bay Shortly Before Noon ONE HAD SLIGHT MISHAP Georgia Was belayed for Half Hour But Soon Caught Up With Fleet PREPARING FOR LONG VOYAGE Bremerton, Illinois, .Kearsarge and Minnesota Left Line and Put Into Navy Yards Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana Will Sail For Bay City. TACOMA, May 27,-The Atlantic battleship fleet today completed an other peg in its cruise and arrived in Commencement bay shortly before noon today, their anchor chains sounding at eight bells. In leaving Seattle this morning the Georgia had a slight mishap and was delayed nearly half an hour, but she caught up with the fleet long before Browrfs Point was reached. When off Brem erton, the Illinois, Kearsarge and Minnesota left the line and put into the navy yards. Admiral Sperry will remain in the harbor until tomorrow when the flagship, followed by the Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana will sail for San Francisco to prepare for the voyage around the world. The Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Virginia will remain in harbor until Saturday when they will go to Bremerton to be docket w their turn. (r and that no evidence' was introduced to show that defendant, Ross, con verted the money to his own use. The appearance of former Gover nor Lord in the case casts a pathetic shade upon it. A conviction having been secured, an appear was made to him as a last resort on the grounds of warm friendship and the efforts of the old lawyer to save his friend from a prison garb and term in the peniten tiary appealed to all, especialy since he is suffering ill health and the ef fects of wounds in his limbs received during the Civil War. Governor Lord will be followed by Counsel Wallace McCamant upon the motion for a new trial, and the court will pass upon the case when the state's counsel closes the argument. NEW YORK, May 27,-District Attorney Clark of Brooklyn will sail for Italy on June 6 to study the Ital ian criminal where he grows. Mr. Clark will be accompanied by Francis L. Corrao, one of his assistants who was born in Italy. various, branches. At St Paul's Chanel two bronze statues will be presented to the uni versity by Paul Sattedlle, on behalf of the Class 1883. The exercises will be follewed by the Alumni lunch, and the Columbia Pennsylvania baseball teams will play at the polo grounds. The day will be concluded by an amateur circus on Sdlith Field in the evening.