PUBLISH!! FULl AtlOCIATtO PRCSa HIPOHT
;OVEfts THI MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
33rd YEAR. NO. 131
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE tt 1908
EMOGRATIC
CLACKMANNANSHIRE WINS,
STATE CONVENTION
irects Delegates to Support
Bryan So Long as Name Ap
pears Before Convention
D. IN MAN FOR MULTNOMAH
inwntion Wii a Love Feast From
urt to Finlih-Alex Sweek, Chair
man Stat Committee O. P. Co-
tihow Elected Temporary Chairman
PORTLAND, June 9The Demo-
klic Kate convention met today and
cted four delegate at large, two
PKUte from each CoiiRrcwonal
trict and panned, a resolution cu
rsing the candidacy of William J.
yan for presidential nomination
e resolution direct delegates to
'port Bryan so long a lii name
ears before the convention. Con-
jition was a love feast from begin
g to end. It was called to order
Alex. Sweek, chairman Mate com-
tee and 0. P. Coshow, of Douglai
nty, was elected temporary
i
hrman uithout a dissenting vote.
n B. jRyan was elected temporary
eta-. When the convention re-
T. .
WenJd after lunch, temporary out
I Jvcrc permanent and the plat
" f iulitf d. The platform expresses
ti'tration at selection of Governor
f'crlnin by the people of the
s a nominee for the United
Senator, advocates the reform
postal laws and the increased
for the letter carriers; favors
ted powers for the inter state
prrrc commission: commends
jMitiuK law providing for enact-
(Irjof laws and amendments by in
t:f c and referendum; endorses the
1 Stoma banking law and direct the
Sjition of United States senators,
that the " Democracy of
n is a unit in the tavor ot that
nt statesman, William J. Rryan,
c President of the United States
at as a whole the people of the
look with favor upon his can-
Long Race From Astoria to "Queens-town.
NEW YORK, June 9.-News of
the ending of a remarkable marine
race of 16,f HXJ miles from Aatoria, 0
to (jurciiKtown, whhich was won by
the iiritiKU ship Clackmannanshire
was received in this city today. Th
vessel nailed from Portland on Janu
ary 11 in company with the French
bark Mnrthe Koux. Two day a before
that the British bark Gladys had sai
cd from Portland for Qucenstown
and as nil three of the vessels were
loaded with wheat, much interest was
felt in a prospective race around Cape
Horn and across the Atlantic.
The real race was begun off the
mouth of the Columbia River on Jan
17. According to information re
ccived here today the vessels were
in company almost throughout th
voyage, and reached Queenstown in
137 days on June 2. En route they
passed several other vesels which had
sailed from Pacific Coast ports ev
eral days earlier.
LOO RAFTS TEAR LOOSE.
Swift Current Down the Willamette
Slough.
PORTLAND, June 9.-Caught by
the swift current which is pouring
down the Willamette Slough like
millrace, seven log rafts belonging to
the Chatman Logging Company were
torn from their moorings last night
and are being borne toward the sea.
Urgent calls from the owners for tug
boats to go in pursuit of the timbers
were responded to by the Shaver
Transportation Company, which dis
patched the steamer Wauna to the
scene this morning. Other tugs are
needed, and an effort is being made to
get them.
fie convention delcgatcs-at-largc
V follows: M. A. Miller, Linn
fftyNR. D. Intnan, Multnomah; J.
tooth', Josephine; and W. F. Mat
;, Umatilla,
i the first congressional , district
F, Fry, Marion county, and L. M.
vers, Lane county, were chosen
gates.
i the second district delegates
ted are Charles K. Henry of
i land, and D. M. Watson of
l land.
ic following presidential electors
nominated: Samuel White, Bak
ounty; E. S. J. McAllister, Mult
ah county; Bcarnard Daly, Lake
ity; and O. P. Coshow, Douglas
"y-
FLOOD IS SUBSIDING
Kansas City Now Sees Relief at
Hand
RAILROADS HEAVIEST LOSERS
FIRE DESTROYS
Tnmcn inn
MILL
1 Ml
1iilUUUrLU
Property of The Pittock and
Leadbetter Lumber
Company
LOSS ESTIMATED $250,000
Fire Starts at 3:30 A. M.-Half-Hour
Before Fire Department is Notified
Boiler Room and Greater Portion
of Lumber in Yards Saved
Crops ,Have Been Destroyed, But
Will be Replaced With Assurance
of Large Yields Part of Stock
Yards Flooded Damage is Light
DALLAS CONFERENCE.
LLAS, Texas, June 9. The con
ice of leading Democrats of
is, many being members of state
nittee was held here today and
Mitchell, ex-president of the!
: Workers was endorsed for
dent on the ticket with Bryan.
National campaign in honor of
abor leader was launched.
KANSAS CITY, June 9.-The Kaw
Valley flood at Topeka, and farther
west is subsiding rapidly, as .it arose
and Kansas City now is the chief
sufferer, sees relief at hand in the
prediction of weather that both the
Kaw and the Missouri rivers will be
stationary in height, at midnight to
night, and 24 hours later both rivers
will begin "allng. Tlie flood here
furnished an abundance of work, and
excitement for the dwellers in the
lowlands and the entertainment for
the sightseers who crowded the
bluffs, bridges and viaducts..
Part of the stockyards was flooded
today and if the rise continues as pre
dicted nearly all the yards will be
under water. The basement of all the
buildings in the bottoms are full of
water, but no damage has been done.
The railroads which have miles of
tracks washed out are the heaviest
losers by the flood. The crops have
been destroyed but will be replaced
with the assurance of large yields.
TRIPLETS 64 YEARS
IICAGO, June 9. A despatch to
tribune from Fon Dul Lac, Wis.,
e famous Windecker triplets who
i to be, for some as the oldest in
vorld will celebrate to-day what
s Ore last birthday. '
o4 years these triplets, Sidney
lecker of this city, Sylvester
locker of Byron, and Mrs George
ier of Wausau, have been togeth
i their Joint birthday., Sylvester
ecker is ill of a malady which
prove fatal before another anni
ry. ' ."
: Windeckers were born in Low
N. Y. June 9, 1844.
CALISTHENIC EXERCISES.
4600 Children Participate Under Pro
fessor Robert Krohn.
PORTLAND, June 9. The calis
thenic drill under the direction of
Professor Robert Krohn, the physical
director of . the Portland public
schools, and participated in by, 4600
children, was held today on the Mult
nomah field for the benefit of the
grammar school athletic league of
this city.
The number of children assembled
was the greatest ever brought to
gether on the coast for such a 'pur
pose and the precision with which
they executed Professor Krohn's
commands, was a continual source of
amazement,
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 9.-
The Pittock & Leadbetter lumber
mill was almost entirely destroyed by
fire this morning.
The mill proper, with ail the ma
chinery, is a complete wreck, much
damage has brcn done to the dock
and a considerable quantity of lumber
has been burned. ' The boiler room
and the great portion of the lumber
in the yards have been saved, this
fortunate circumstance being due
largely to the fact that at the time
of the breaking out of the fire there
was an entire absence of wind.
The fire started about 3:30 A. M
in the cngincroom. about the central
portion of the mill. The last report
of the watchman on his rounds is in
dicated at 3:25; he says it was about
10 minutes later that he first noticed
smoke in the encineroom. Accord-
n g to his statement, he was at this
time making another round, and was
under the mam floor of the mill, from
where he saw the smoke in the en-
gmeroom. As far as he could tell,
be says, there was no blaze. He tried
to get the telephone office to turn in
an alarm, but for some reason could
not get central. By this time the en-
ire of the mill was in a blaze, and as
the best remaining resort the sicam
histle at the mill was blown.
It was thus about 4 o'clock when
the alarm reached the fire department,
and the flames had gained such pro
portions that it was evident any at
tempt to save the mill would be futile.
Owing to some defect in the hydrant
leading from the big fire tank at the'
mill, some more time was lost, and
before the department apparatus
could be got into action several of
the immense piles of lumber were
blazing fiercely and almost the entire
framework of the null had been con
sumed. The firemen directed their
efforts to an attempt to check the
spread of the fire in the lumber piles,
and in this were soon successful.
Within an hour of the time of the ar
rival of the fire department it was
evident that the flames were under
control and that the boiler-room and
the larger portion of the lumber
yards could be saved.
By this time the flames had com
municated to the lower portion of the
mill, located under the flooring of the
dock, and this required considerable
attention from the firemen. Every
foot of available hose belonging to
the city was in use, when the chemical
and hose wagon from the garrison ar
rived and lent what assistance was
possible. This wagon carries a con
siderable quantity of fire hose.
At 10 o'clock this morning the fire
was still busning in the piles of lum
ber, and while the danger of destruc
tion of the yard or of the dwellings in
the neighborhood had been averted,
it was impossible to even estimate
men will be tfljrown out of employ
nunt.
Mr. I', W. Leadbetter said today
that the rebuilding of the plant woul
be commenced a soon as the insur
ance was adjusted. The business of
the company is being attended to as
usual and 16 teams are making de
liveries today.
BASEBALL GAMES.
Pacific Coast League.
At Portland-Portland 10, Oakland
0.
At Oakland Los Angeles 6, San
Francisco 0.
Northwest League.
At Spokane No game.
At Vancouver Vancouver
crdecn 1.
7, Ab
American League.
At Chicago Chicago 10, Philadel
phia 0.
At Cleveland-Cleveland IS, Bos
ton 6.
At St. Louis St. Louis 4, Wash
ington 3.
At Detroit Detroit 3, New York 5.
National League.
At Boston Cincinnati 5, Boston 3.
At Philadelphia St. Louis 0, Phil
adelphia 7.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 3, Chicago
At New York-
York 3.
Pittsburg 2, New
FIRE IN TEXAS.
ENNIS Tex., June 9.-Fire early
to-day destroyed the buildings occu
pied by Bedford's ' Restaurant, the
Thomas-Walker Shoe Company, the
Independent Telephone Company,
the F. C. Vickers Grocery establish
ment. Loss $100000.
MURDER
BE
WOMAN
II
ORDERED
NEAR BELLINGhl
Mrs. W. Morrison Killed by an
Unknown Man at Hazel
mere
M0TIYE OF MURDER UNKNOWN
Was Walking Along Railroad Track
With 11-Year-Old Girl When Man
Jumps From Brush and Cuts Her
Throat Suspect Arrested.
BELLI NGH AM, Wash., June 9.-
Mrs. W. Morrison was murdered late
this afternoon by an unknown man
at Hazelmere. She was walking
along the railroad track with a 11-year-old
girl when the murderer
jumped out of the brush and cut the
woman's throat. The girl fled and
gave the alarm. When the men re
turned on the scene they found the
woman dead. An armed posses start
ed from Blaine in search of the
fugitive and returned at 10 o'clock
tonight with the suspect and locked
him" up in jail. He cannot give a
good account of himself. The motive
of the murder is not known.
AUTOMOBILE RACE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ENTERTAINED OFFICERS
"foKIO, June 9. M. Cuimarex, the
Brazilian charge d'affaires, entertain
ed tonight all the officers of a Brazil
ian warship now visiting Japan. The
entire Japanese naval staff and all the
naval attaches were present.
TRIAL OF BRITISH EDITOR
TOKI0, June 9. A dispatch from
Seoul dated to-day (June 9) says the
trial of a British editor named Bethel
charged under an order of the Brit
ish consul with spreading sedition in
a newspaper published in Korea, com
mences on June IS before an English
judge sent from Shanghai, whence al
so a King's counsel has been set to '
act for the prosecution.
A BIG LOAD.
NEW YORK, June 9.-The Kron-
prinzess in Cecilie, of the North Ger
man Lloyd Line will sail for Europe
to-day with a record breaking Est of
1,775 passengers. This is the largest
number of persons who have ever
made the eastward trip on an Atlan
tic Liner. There are 535 passengers
in the first cabin, 340 in the second
cabin and 900 in the third.
EMBEZZLER ARRESTED
NEW ORLEANS, June 9.-
Charged dwith the embezzlement of
$8,000 from the New Orleans Local
Xo. 17 Typographical Union, Samuel
Stevenson was arrested here last
night Stevenson disappeared over
two months ago, at which time he
was secretary of the union. After his
disappearance a shortage of S8.0M
was discovered in the Union's funds.
l'ORK PARTLY DONE
Body of Man Found at
Townsend'
Port
MAY BE J. DAVIS OF FRISCO
Body is Badly Decomposed Deep
Cashes in Neck Bloody Knife
Found Near Money in Pocket Dis
pels Theory of Robbery.
PORT TOWNSEND, June 9-The
body of a man believed to be J. Da
vis, of San Francisco, was found to
night near Chetzemoka Park. Body
was badly decomposed. Deep gashes
in the neck, and a bloody knife found
near the body, but it is not deter
mined whether it is murder or sui
cide. It is believed to be one of the
gang of men sent to the Treadwell
mines to take the place of the strik
ing miners. Over $16 was found in the
pockets, and this seews to dispel the
the theory of robbery.
VICE-PRESIDENT SITUATION.
Hammond First to Avow His Candl
dacy Cortelyou Busy.
the amount of loss on this account
The machinery in the mill is said to
be valued at about $130,000, and at a
low estimate the other losses will ag
gregate $10t),000. Upon this there, is
an insurance of $92,000,
CHICAGO, June 9,-Opening the
headquarters, John Hays Hammond
of Massachusetts today brought the
vice-presidential . situation to the
front. He was the first to avow his
candidacy in a definite form.
A coincident with Hammond's ac
tivity, came a movement in behalf of
Governor Guild, who will be strongly
urged by the Massachusetts delega
tion. New York candidates are ten
tative and otherwise numerous. Cor
telyou is busy, so is J. Sloat Fassett.
The east has also another possibility
While there is, considerable criti ! in Franklin Murphy, the former gov-
clsm over the delay in turning in the
alarm, on every side there is praise
for the work of the firemen after they
reached the scene of the fire. Much"
good feeling is also expressed over
the friendly assistance rendered by
the fire department from the garri
son. ....
This mill is one of the oldest indus
tries in the city.' The mill was
originaly built by persons , from
Michigan, in 1889, and for a long time
was known as ' the Michigan millv
Since that time the property has
changed hands a number of times.
For a considerable time, at least ISO
emor of New Jersey, and national
committeeman from that state. From
the west, J. P. Dolliver, of Iowa, the
United States senator from that state
is most prominently mentioned. Sen
ator Burrows, of Michigan, and Lieutenant-Governor
Sherman, of Illinois,
also have supporters.
NEW ORLEANS, June 9.-A fire
tonight destroyed a block of buildings
in the residence section and swept
across the street to another block and
consumed several stores. The loss
will exceed a hundred thousand dollars.
The Entry Blanks For Race To Be
Issued In A Few Days.
NEW YORK, June 9.-Thecontest
committee of the Automobile Club of
America has decided on the date df
!. . t . 1 t iy
us race ior me grana prize ottered r.!M- u- ,,.,
in competition under the Ostend Con: Committee Adj0UMS With TWO-
ference rules and settled all other de
tails of the contests. The entry blanks
for the race will be issued within
e j- m. . . ...
iew aays. ine aate selected was
changed from that agreed upon be
tween the club and the Savannah Au
tomobile Club which is to furnish the
course for the International race andl
untl it can be submitted to the Sa
vannah Club for its approval no an
nouncement will be made of it.
it is expected tne omctais an
nouncement can be made this after
noon as no objection from Savannah
is anticipated.
Fifths of Contests Decided
FIFTY ARE YET TO BE HEARD
Louisiana Contest Most Important in
JJay Resulted in Split Delegation
Committee Only Three More
Days Before Convention.
NEGROES SHOT.
CHICAGO, June 9.-After working
four days with three yet to come be-
One Killed And Other Wounded Try ore the covention, the national corn-
To Escaps. mittee adjourned late today with two-
fifths of its contests decided. Fiftv
LONGVIEW, Tex., June 9-Jack contests are vet to be hearH ht
flurry, a negro, was shot to death, possibility, that a nmW f
-j t;. l , ti t. I -
ana ms oroiner, iKe riurrv wasi k. ..
... A . . aJ "c mnsuiiuaiea, inus lessening
" j " - ...V, VllUtitllUI V.U I , . . w
to escaoe from th court hni.. We w w,",.lvcc. iuc commit-
vesterdav during their trial for at- " today decided 16 contests affect-
tempting to kill several stockmen.
4 . .
for a time it was teared serious
trouble would occur but this was
averted.
CHARGED WITH MURDER
ing 36 delegates. Of these 27 are for
Taft the remaining nine, all of whom
are "Black and Tan" from Louisiana
tentatively decided to cast votes for
Taft. However no binding agree
ment to that effect. Contests decided
today to comprised delegates-at-larire
in Louisiana and, Mississippi, seven
Thomas Young Who Shot And Killed delegates in Louisiana, six districts
Policeman Hedns. ' m Mississippi, one in Missouri. The
Louisiana contests was most import-
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SAN TRANCISCO, June 9.- u,c uay."suuea .'n. a sPt
Thomas Young the. young painter ZxloZs
who shot and killed Policeman Wm, "Lily White" or the Taft delegation,
Hems Wednesday, has been charged and "Black and Tans" with half . a
with murder before a coroner jury vote for each.
and James Young, a brother, who is
accused of being a participant in the
shooting affray, was charged with be
ing an accomplice.
BILLIK WILL HANG
LA FOLLETTE ANNOUNCES.
MADISON, Wis., June 9.-La Fol
lette! today announced that Henry F.
Chochems, of Milwaukee, would
place him in the nomination for
.ivv, . cyiLc u. i,can nat nna rnnvontmn
governor JJeneen s retusal to com-
Imute the sentence of Herman Billik I HITCHCOCK DENIES CHARGES.
conviciea oi me muraer oi wiary
Vrzal and declared by the police to be
guilty of at least four other murders.
Billik's friend, Father O'Callaghan,
has not yet given up hope. He issued
an appeal last night to the people of
Illinois to urge the governor to re
vise his action.: , , ,
Billik is to be hanged next Friday.
NEW YORK, June 9.-Raymond
Hitchcock, the actor, on the witness
stand in his own behalf today flatly
denied the charges made against him
that he had been improper in his
conduct to two young girls, Helen
Von Hagen and. Elsie Voreks. It is
expected that the case will go to jury
tomorrow. , .