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33rd YEAR. NO. 150
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEBRASKAN
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Great Freighter Gets Car
go Here
AN EPOCH FOR ASTORIA
Arrives In Yesterday Morning
and Leaves Out in Just
Twenty-Four Hours
SHE MAY FOREGO PILOTAGE
Her Agent Said Yesterday That Upon
the Return Here She May Enter
Port Without Calling For Pilot
Not to Portland.
taken by the railroad companies tend
in if to increase rates, then that ques
tion will have to be taken up and net
tied one way or another.
Mr. Rogers was advised by certain
Influential gentlemen here to try the
plan of coining in without a pilot, He
replied that he favored the idea and
would strongly recommend it to the
company.
With the extraordinary widening
and deepening of the Columbia river
at it mouth, as shown by the recent
investigations and report of the engi
necring corps, it would appear that
the imperative need which has here
tofore existed for the use of pilots
over the bar may no longer exist.
That genuine faith it given to the
finding of the engineers under Col.
Rocsider in evidenced by ' the fact
that the Hawaiian-American Com
pany appears to be fully prepared to
act upon it.
Mr. Rogers spent the day in look
ing over Astoria. He expressed him
self as well pleased with the outlook
for business here and seemed to be of
the opinion that the llawaiian-Ameri-
ican ships would get all the business
that they can well handle out of the
Columbia river basin. He looked
over the docking facilities yesterday,
also.
True to contract, the Tine steamship
Nebraskan of the American-Hawaiian
Steamship Company .entered port
yesterday morning at 8:15, under
pilotage of Cptain Staples, of the bar
service, and with her own master,
Captain G. B. Knight, on the bridge.
She is a very roomy freighter and is
kept in the very pink of condition.
E. D. Broadhcad is chief mate of the
Nebraskan, W. S Pearson ,is second
mate, and M. E. Williams is pilot, or
port-master. All the Bcntlemcn ex
pressed themselves as favorably im
pressed with the city and harbor of
Astoria, none of them having been
here before this call.
At, 10:30 a. m. she was snug along
side the Can dock, and a gang of 40
men were hustling 15,000 cases of
Columbia River salmon down her
hatches and through her cargo doors,
There was no loss of time anywhere
during the day and at 6 o'clock she
was ready to batten down and leave
for the lower harbor, preparatory to
departure over the bar this morning.
She goes direct to San Francisco
from here; thence to Salinas Cruz,
the western terminus of the Tehaun
tapec Isthmus, where her freight
will be trans-shipped to New York,
, and the vessel will go to her home-
port of Honolulu with, what she car
ries for Oriental delivery.
That she came into this port .took
on cargo and got away within 24
hours, is a matter of gratulatory
comment on the part of her officers,
and among the waterfront people and
business men of Astoria generally;
and there seems to be no doubt about
securing plenty of cargo for her or
her sistcrships on their monthly calls
at this port, which, it is understood,
is the program that has been lined up.
There is a significant scroll on the
walls of the Ncbraskan's chart-room,
for the guidance of her officers, and
which is applicable to all concerned in
this pleasing venture. It reads "Be
Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead".
And that is what Astoria is going to
lo in this important premise, the
quality of being "right" consisting in
having enough cargo for this fine
line wherever one of their splendid
ships comes in here; the rest is easy.
In -their effort to do away with
pilotage charges it is said the ships
of the Hawaiian-American Company
may in future come into the port of
Astoria without a pilot on board.
II. W. Rogers, representative of
Cook & Son, of Seattle, agents for
the steamship company, said yester
day in conversation with local busi
ness men that he considered the plan
of bringing in the ships without a
pilot an entirely feasible one. "If it
can be done, we will certainly go
ahead and do it," he is reported as
saying, "and there seems to be no
reason why we can't come in without
pilots."
It is also said that as long as the
pilotage charges remain as they now
are between here and Portland, that
the ships of the Hawaiian-American
line will never make the trip up the !
river. The plan is to use the railway I
from Astoria, and if any action is
MINES RESUME WORK
KITTANING,"r7, July 1. After
long idleness the mines of the Great
Lakes Coal Company at Kayler, near
here, have been put into operation,
employing 1,400 men.
35,000 PEOPLE IDLE.
MAHANOY, CITY. Pa., July I.
The collieries of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company and
the Lehigh Coal Company, employing
35,000 persons in the Schuylkill re
gion, have shut down. The collieries
will remain idle until July 6.
JUDGE GRAY IS OUT
He Will Not Accept Either Place
on the Ticket
PRESIDENT
OR NOTHING
Gov. Johnson's Friends
Take Stand
BRYANSEEMSCONFIDENT
His Followers Are Silil Claiming
Victory on the Very First
Ballot
BUT HIS FOLLOWERS WATCH
The Arrival of the Governor Johnson
and judge Gray Delegates Has
Failed to Develop Any Indication of
a Coalition Between Bryan's Men.
DECLINES TO ENTER RACE
Sends Telegram to New York Even
ing Journal, Saying That he Would
Under no Circumstances Consider
Either Position.
WILMINGTON, Del., July l.-In
reply to a question from a representa
tive of the Associated Press, Judge
Cray this morning stated that he had
just sent a telegram to the New York
Evening Journal, as follows:
"I have your telegram saying that
it is stated postively that I will ac
cept the Vice-Presidential nomina
tion, and asking whether it is true,
As I have repeatedly said I would
not consent to being placed in nomi
nation as a candidate for the Presi
dency, I now say with equal emphasis
that I will under no circumstances
consent to a nomination for the
Vice-President.
"GEORGE GRAY."
LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Orchard Escapes Gallows Which he
Preferred to Imprisonment
BOISE, July l.-Harry Orchard's
desire to hang was frustrated by the
Idaho Board of Pardons shortly be
fore noon. It decided that Steunen-
berg's assassin should spend the rest
of his days in the penitentiary, in
stead of going to the scaffold.
The board is said to have been in
nuenced by three motives: The full
ness of Orchard's confession and the
consequences of his alleged expose;
the recommendation of Judge Wood,
who in passing sentence of execution
said Orchard certainly should not pay
the extreme penalty in view of the
disclosures he had made; and the
posibility of his being useful at fu
ture trials in connection with former
Colorado outrages.
Orchard to the last was opposed to
having the sentence of the court in
terfered with. Only 'yesterday he ex
pressed to his attorney the hope that
efforts to save him from the gallows
would fail.
DENVER, July l.-Claiming vic
tory on the first ballot but overlook
ing no possible chance to make his
triumph sure, followers of Bryan
have been watching for any move on
the part of his rivals that will compel
him to go single-handed against the
field as Taft was obliged to do in or
der to show his strength in the early
stages of the Chicago convention.
The arrival of the Governor Johnson
and Judge Gray representatives has
failed to. develop any indication of a
coalition between Bryan's opponents.
Gray's managers say they have no
such intention and the Johnson peo
ple uttered the same disclaimer. The
attitude of the Gray and Johnson men
has created considerable conjecture
on the vice-presidency. Bryan's ad
herents profess that the refusal of
Gray and Johnson men to combine
issues against Bryan shows that they
are not adverse to occupying a posi
tion where they can avail themselves
of the Bran votes for second place in
the event of the latter's nomination.
The Johnson and Gray forces, how
ever, declare the Bryan people are
utterly wrong. Their men, they say,
are out for first place and are giving
no consideration to the vice-presi-denc.
D, W. Lawler, mayor of St.
Paul, Minn., and several other Minne
sotians arrived today. Lawler,' who
acetd as spokesman, expressed him
self strongly on the subject. He de
clared Johnson would not take sec
ond place and the democrats of Min
nesota would not let him take it even
if he was willing. Lawler says John
son is too big a man to be sidetrack
ed into the vice-presidency. He says
it is cither president of nothing for
Johnson. Lawler docs not believe
there will be any nomination on the
first ballot. He says Johnson will
make a good showing on the first
ballot and-will gain steadily until
nominated. Johnson headquarters
are to be opened tomorrow. Judge
Gray s headquarters were in full
swing today under direction of Josiah
Marvel of Wilmington, and R. J.
Bemish of Philadelphia. No definite
time is set for opening Bryan's head
quarters, which will be at the Brown
Palace Hotel. Direction of Bryan's
affairs have been thus far in the
hands of Mayor Dahlman of Omaha.
The discussion of the platform con
tinues to be largely confined to the
anti-injunction plank. Latest infor
mation on this subject from Lincoln
regarding Bryan's attitude was
brought by ex-Attorney General Mo
nett. of Ohio, Monctt is personally
in favor of a strong utterance on the
subject. He conferred with Bryan
yesterday.
Samuel Alschuler, who probably
will be the Illinois member on the
resolutions committee declared he
does not ' ; believe anti-injunction
plank will be of such a character as
to provoke controversy. He says he
does not think the plank adopted by
the convention will be any more ad
schuler says the assumption that
plank will be attack on the courts is
incorrect. It will unquestionably
favor jury trial for contempt and due
notice for all persons concerned. He
says plank will be a clean-cut, definite
statement and "Not a straddle, such
as the Republican party has made."
Aiscuier favors an Illinois man for
the vice-president, but if that state
will not present any, he is unable to
predict at this time who the Illinois
delegation support. He said the dele
gation would stand for Bryan until
the finish and there would be no
break in the party at any time, '
BASEBALL GAMES.
American League.
At Chicago Chicago 1, Detroit 3.
At Philadelphia-Philadelphia 2,
Washington 0.
At St. LouisSt. Louis 1, Cleve
land 2.
At New York-New York 3, Bos
ton 4.
National League.
At Cincinnati Cincinnati 1, Chi
cago 5.
At Boston Boston 6, 14, Philadel
phia 1, 5.
At Brooklyn Brooklyn 4, New
York 0.
Northwest League. .,
At Seattle Seattle 10, Vancouver
4. '
At Spokane Tacoma 1, Spokane 2.
At Butte Butte 2, Aberdeen 3.
Pacific Coast League.
At Los Angeles Oakland 6, Los
Angeles 4. -
At Los Angeles San Francisco 4,
Portland 2.
ST. PAUL, July 1. The Minnesota
republican convention nominated
Jacob F. Jacobson of Madison for
Governor ,and adopted platform en
dorsing the work of the Chicago con
vention and pledging the party in
Minnesota to continue, the work of
the railway regulation.
TOWNE CONFIDENT
Says He Has Been Assured of
New York's Support
CONFERENCE WITH BRYAN
Towne Says "Anti-Injunction Plat
form Should be a Strong One, and
the Laboring Man Will be Protect
ed Declines to go Into Details,
WRIGHT NOV
IN OFFICE
Taft's First Day as Private
Citizen in Years
j BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD.
, Keene's Colt Wins Purse and Break
j AH Previous Runs.
SHEEPSHEAD BAY, July 1.
James R. Keene's ballot added an
other to a long string of victories, by
taking the advance stakes worth
i $11,750 to the winning today. King
; James run second and Hessian third.
Keene's colt also made a new world's
record for the distance of one mile
and five sixtenths, by stepping the
distance in 2:09?, one second faster
than the world's record. Ballot car
'ried 126 pounds.
JOHN MITCHELL NAMED. -
INTERVIEW WITH VORYS DENVER, July L-Roger C Sul-
livan, the national committeeman of
' ' Illinois tonight, announced that his
j state might have a candidate for the
j vice-presidency in John Mitchell.
Taft Insists No Decision to the suiiivan said Mitcheit would not be
declared a candidate until he was
willing to make a race for the nomi
nation. If be will be the candidate,
he will have the solid backing of Illi
nois, which will make a strong fight
for him. The matter will be deter
mined after Mitchell's arrival on
Monday.
Chairmanship Made Until
Next Wednesday
GENERAL WRIGHT TAKES OATH
American Government is Without a
Secretary of War For Twelve
Hour-Taft Has Long Consulta
tion With Wright
WASHINGTON. July l.-After a
long conference this afternoon be
tween the Republican Presidential
nominee and Arthur I. Vorys of
Ohio, Taft said "You can say abso
lutely and definitely that the chair
manship of the republican national
committee has not as yet been set
tled. No announcement of the de
cision as to the chairmanship will be
made until I have conferred at Hot
Springs, Va., next Wednesday with
MEETS EXPECTATIONS.
Count Zeppelin's Airship Makes a
Record Run.
FRIEDERICHSHAFEN, July 1
Count Zeppelin today out-distanced
all world records, steerable balloons.
He remained in the air 12 hours and
traversed the greater part of North
ern Switzerland, visited Zurich, Win-
jterthur and Lpcerne. Attaining an
average speed throughout of 34 miles
an hour. His airship displayed splen-
aia qualities oi aingmiity ana an
swered the slightest movement of the
helm, while its stability was quite up
to the greatest expectations.
G0TCI1 VIS Wil
LINCOLN, July l.-Charles A.
Towne, the avowed candidate for
nomination on the Democratic ticket
for vice-president, spent half an hour
with Bryan today discussing his can
didacy and platform. The interview
said "New York is the logical state to
furnish the vice-presidential nominee,
The public does not seem to realize
the number of Democrats there are
in Northern New York. I am not
surprised of the declinations of Judge
Gray to be mentioned for vice
president." Towne said that Gray is a strong
man and popular but that he, Towne,
had been given unmistakable assur
ance of the support of the leading
New York Democrats before permit
ting the use of his name.
When asked as to the anti-injunction
platform in Denver Towne said:
"It should be a strong one, one that
does not hedge. The laboring men
will be protected." But he declined
to go further into details.
Previous to Towne's visit, Bryan I
practically had set at rest, temporar
ily, at least, the reports that he fa
vored Towne."
Mr, Towne is quoted as to stating
that you some time ago assured Mr.
Towne that he would be acceptable to
you; "is that true?" Mr. Bryan was
asked: ; -
"He meant that I was favorable to
them," said Bryan, with stress on the
last word and with a wave of his
hand, indicating the galaxy of the
the sub-committee of the national
n..i.l....j n n -n . . it,?..
committee. I hope that this is suf- UUlCiasSBH Uf. nuiisr BY llfJl-
s -
ficiently definite and that my state- fling TWO ConSeCllti've Falls
ment will be accepted. '
This was Taft's first day as a priv
ate citizen for many years. His
resignation as the secretary of war
became effective last midnight and
for twelve hours the American gov
ernment today was without a secre-1
tary of war. I Onlv Three Hundred Pennle Witns4
Prior to the formal induction into' the Match at Seattle Owing to the
EDDIE GAFFNEY REFEREE
office of General Luke E. Wright to
day Mr. Taft had a long consulta
tion with him and with the officials
of the department and about the de
partmental affairs. General Wright
took the oath as secretary of war in
the presence of many distinguished
officials of the war department and
his personal friends.
High Prices Roller Was an Easy
Victim. ,
TEN-YEAR SENTENCE.
was strongly opposed by Assistant
District Attorney William Hoff Cook
but Judge Conley said he would re
ceive an aonlication for Rnrtnctt'o .
tavonte sons whose name had been ! lease this morning and would fix the
mentioned in connection with the 1 bail at $200,000.
In passing sentence, Judge Conley
.
SEATTLE, July 1 -Frank Cotch
of Humboldt, Iowa, maintained his
hight to the world's catch-as-catch-can
wrestling championship tonight
when he outclassed Dr. B. F. Roller,
of Seattle, winning two consecutive
falls in IS minutes and 25 seconds,
and 25 minutes and 54 seconds, re
spectively. Gotch practically had
Roller at his mercy.
Both men entered the ring weigh
ing close to 200 pounds each, Roller
may have been a pound or two heav
ier. They went at it like bulls from
the vary start and Gotch soon forcing
matters. He worked his notorious
ber for about $9,000,000, was today ' toe hoI(i Slx times ,n succession in the
sentenced to San uentin Penitentiary n.rst Dout- Roller broke away each
for 10 years, by Superior Judge Con- time but il wore on him and finally
ley. Bartnett was convicted of hav- Gotch downed him with a crotch and
ing hypotehcated bonds and securi- half-kelson hold,
ties to the amount of $205,000 belong-' Roller did better work in the see
ing to the estate of Ellen M. Colton, ond bout but Gotch was like a terrier
of which he was special administra- i ater a rat a"d went from hold to
tor. hold with startling rapidity. Roller s
Bartnett, who has been at liberty Dest work m tnis" round was to break
for several weeks on $200,000 bail, a half-Nelson and crotch after seem
was remanded into the custody of the nSly 'ost- e was finally picked up
sheriff, and his counsel immediately an(- dumped to his shoulders from the
gave notice of appeal to the Appellate same hold. It is doubtful if he was
Court, and asked that Bartnett be realv. downed but it was only a
given his liberty on bail pending the question of a few minutes, anyway, as
determination of the appeal. This ne was at "Otch s mercy.
Judge Says Man Who Took Cotton
Funds Deserves No Mercy.
SAN FRANCISCO, July l.-Wal-ter
J. Bartnett, formerly vice-president
and general counsel for the
Western Pacific Railroad, and vice
president and general counsel for the
California Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,
which failed in this city last Novem-
Eddie Gaffney, of Seattle, was the
referee. Owing to the high prices,
the crowd was not more than 3000.
BISHOP POTTER SINKING.
nomination.
WILL NOT CONSIDER IT.
COOPERSTOWN. ; July I.-rThe
declaring that he could not agree following bulletin was tonight issued
with the jury that Bartnett was en- by the physicians: "Bishop Potter is
titled to the mercv nf tti rmtrt in crrxAwzWv K.,t n.nt;kl,. i,.:
NEW YORK. July 1. It can be having v niatoit tv,A ;n, t.. : l i:n
... ... - M ...s. .unit mm iiusi 9iit;iiKiii, lie a liuwcvci, sun con
vanced than the views expressed by stated with assurance that Frank B. imposed on him as administrator of scious and free from physical pain."
President Roosevelt and he believes Kellogg, the republican nato nal com-! th Cnhnn att a1 u tu.c.. rnr m-Dcwi- t..1. ...
it will be more conservative than the m.tteemen from Minnesota will not gave him the maximum penalty pro- a. m. Bishop Potter is at death's door
Republican plank would have been, consider a tender of chairman from vided by law for the crime of embez- He is conscious and cheerful bu : vir-
uuiu xvuuseveu nave written it, ai- the republican national comm ttee. Mpmont ,.,n ...i:i j .