The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, July 28, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text33rd YEAR. NO. 172 ASTORIA, OREGON, TUSEDAY, JULY 28, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS CAN COMBINE SHIPMENTS Decision of the Interstate . Commerce Commission GET CARLOAD RATE Commission Says That No Dis crimination In Rates Shall Be Made HELPS SMALL INDUSTRIES Railroad! Refuted to Accept Carload Rate Under Official Classification Which, the CommUalon Now De clare Illegal WASHINGTON, July 27.-Ac-cording to a decision of the Inter state Commerce Commission today shippers may combine amall quan tities of freight of various owner ship, whether by arrangement be tween themselves or through the medium of a forwarding agency and ship the combined lot, at a relatively lower rates applicable to the large shipments. The commission held that because one shipper tenders "Bulked shipment" made up of property, of various ownership, consolidated be fore delivery to the carrier, the fact of various ownership doct not justify the carrier in making the different charge than for the shipment of simi lar character tendered by the shipper who is alto the owner. The com plainant in the present case is en gaged in the forwarding business at Chicago and New York, and assem bles packages of merchandise of various ownership, consolidating them In carload lots and shipping them at carload rates. The railroads refused to accept carload rates under official classification which the commission now declares to be illegal. Basing their decision on the fact that no dis crimination in rates shall 'exist. The commission says that the enforce ment of such a rule, by the railroad companies would bring disaster upon many of the small industries and mis. c nuiv. v............ ..w w of greater industrial and commercial institutions. The decision of the interstate com merce commission is of widespread importance. Following closely upon the appeal of the Cincinnati shippers to the "President 'to Induce the com mission to take this course, it Is gen erally believed here the suggestion calling for a statement came from the President. There was much interest expressed in the action of Judge Spcer of Georgia granting ' The in junction to several railroads, from putting into effect the increased rates on August 1st on shipments of staple products from the western markets. LOOKS LIKE CAMPBELL. That tUe Governor of Texas Will be Re-Nominated Seems Certain. DALLAS, Texas, July 27. Addi tional returns received, account for about half the vote cast at last Sat urday's democratic : primary.. They make certain that'Govero'r Campbell will be re-nominated by about a 75, 000 majority, and Attorney-General Daivdson by about 25,000. The prop osition to submit prohibition act is running very close and require a full , count to determine the result. I REJECT AMENDMENTS. DENVER, July 27,-The Weitern Federation of M inert convention to day rejected the amendment to the constitution to elect officer! by ref erendum and took like action on the amendment preventing any officer holding more than two term. BASEBALL GAMES. American Lesgue. St, Louis 6, Washington 0." Chicago 1, Philadelphia 2. i Detroit 4, New York 2. Cleveland 3, Botton 4. , ; , National League. Philadelphia 2, 5, St. Louis 1, 1. Boston 10, 6, Cincinnati I, 0. New York 3, Pittsburg 4. Brooklyn 1, 6, Chicago 3, S, BOY HUSBAND DEAD. Commits Suicide After Two Months Of Married Life. I1ICAGO, July 27.-A dispatch to the Tribune from Seargeant says: Leonard Hall, the IS c'' old son of Eld r ros Hall, a finptiet preacher at IKliard committed suicide yesterday in the hrme of hit ather by shooting himself with a gun. For several w;eks the boy had been despondent. He was married two months ago to little Miss ilhodia Profit, barely 12 years old, his tchonl mate, with whom the boy rusband has not lived hap pily. LIEUT. OSWALD KILLED. MANILA, July 27,-Lleut. Oswald of the 29th infantry met death here today , accidentally by electrocution. The officer was preparing to take a bath and h.d entered the bath tub when he endeavored to arrange the lighting current to take an electric bath. In some way he came into contact with the wires receiving the full charge' which proved Instantly fa tal ... i " ALL GO FISHING Everyone in New York Out Catch ing Lafayettes HUDSON IS FULL OF THEM The LaFayette Is A Palatable Little Pan Fish That Appears Every Few Years, And' This Time Countless Thousands Are Being Taken. NE WYORK. July 27.-A1I New York went fishing yesterday and will again today. One of the most pal atable of eatable fish, the Lafayette, which every few years selects the mouth of the Hudson river for a stop ping place, is now in New York wa ters in countless thousands. Begin in tj Friday and lasting all day Sat urday and yesterday the Hudson riv er from the battery to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street has ben sim ply alive with Lafayettes. Every pier along the water front. has been lined with fishermen, fisher- boys and fisherwomen. Such a lot of fish has seldom before invaded the river. The Lafayettes bite anything. The Lafayette is what is known as a pan fish and few are longer .that five inches, The average is four. The strings caught seem almost in credible, but here are a few and by no means record ones: Alexander Muir, 622 in three hours; Wm. Hau- bner 845 in four hours; Matt Richard-, son 711 in five hours; Walter Dalton1 612 in three hours; William Telts.j 110 in thirty minutes. One man had i more than a thousand and although tightly strung' the exhibit was nearly 8 feet long, and one could not see , anything but fish six inches deep. A woman all alone, got 5UU and sold them to neighbors. HER Fllll V. R, HEARST At Independent Party Con vention at Chicago BRYAN GETS HISSES New York Delegation Cheered for Fifteen Minutes by Other - States ORCHESTRA HALL IS PACKED Hearat Speaks With Earnestness That Carried Great Weight, His Description of Bryan Causes Much Laughter, CHICAGO, July 27,-Amid a loud and enthusiastic cheering and with members showing every sign of loy alty to their new standard, the first National Convention of the Inde pendence party , opened tonight in Orchestra Hall. The main floor of the hall in which some of the largest gatherings are held io this city was filled with delegates. There were no alternates. The galleries were crowd cd with throng which entered heartily into the spirit of the proceedings and throughout the night applauded vig orously, whatever met their approval, At a few minutes after 8 o'clock the delegates came trooping into the hall, the New York column heading. Af ter the delegates of the empire state had taken the seats they were cheer ed by every other delegation, as it arrvicd and were again . cheered by every other delegation. The demon stration lasted about 15 minutes, con tinuing for some' time after the dele gates were in their seats. Placards had been placed around the hall with the names of the various states and also allusions to the existing political situation as viewed from the stand point of the Independence party. There was one under the Oregon placard which read "No Chicago steam roller; no Denver stone crusher." ' The entrance v of George W. McCaskerine who is being press ed Illinois Gubernatorial nomination was the signal for great' cheering. This outburst had hardly subsided when the arrival of W. R. Hearst started a delirious demonstration. The hall was in an uproar as he mounted the steps leading to the platform where he consulted the sec reary of the convention. Hearst took no notice of the demonstration. And as soon as the conversation ended he left the platform and took a seat with the New York delegation. .This action was the signal for renewed cheering, the delegates' shouting "Hearst," "Hearst," and a parade around the hall . was started, the delegates chanting the name of the New York e"ditor. It was 35 minutes past the sched uled time when the temporary ser-geatit-at-arms rapped for order. Milton W. Howard of Alabama took the gavel and introduced Charles Shaw, of Iowa, the secretary of pro visional conimittee who read the call for the convention. This document declared the purpose of the gathering tovbe the foundation of an independ ent party and naming of the candi date for president and vice-president. He was interrupted by cheers of "Hearst," "Hearst," and one man in the" baloney crowed "Bryan" a storm of hisses following.- Father Callaghan of Chicago de livered the invocation. Hearst was then escorted to the rostrum of a committee of three named by the chairman and was given an uproar ious ovation, When quiet had been resumed he began his address as temporary chairman of the convention. He spoke with intense earnestness driV' ing home his points in an emphatic manner that carried the convention with him, His description of Bryan at the "Knight in Motley" called forth great laughter, as did his ref erence to others. At the conclusion of his address he 'was given an ova tion that lasted for several minutes, Hearst was then presented with a "Union Label" gavel and nother ga vel was presented by J. D. Bush of New York. Hearst briefly accepted, and the secretary then read the mem bership lists of the various commit tees. After an address by C. A. indie of Chicago, the convention ad journed until tomorrow afternoon. HALF-BREED KILLS MAN. Charles Phillips Same Man Who Killed Seattle Officer 11 Years Ago. . ..... ' ' - SPOKANE, July 27.-A special to" the Spokesman Review from the Re public says that Charles Phillips, a half-breed, shot Rol Sibert of West Fork yesterday. Sibert died half an hour later. The men had trouble on the Fourth of July when Sibert is said to have knocked Phillips down. About 11 years ago Phillips killed a policeman in Seattle and secreted himself under a building and had his arm shot off when he was dislodged! For that crime he served several years in the penitentiary. Phillips is an expert horseman and gunman and was the terror to the neighborhood where he lieved with his father on Bonaparte Creek in Okanogan county. Sheriff Hall pressed into service ten men and this afternoon it was reported that had Phillips sur rounded in twamp, but the stories are conflicting and the last told is that he has escaped toward Nespelen county. Mysterious Affair in One of Cleveland's Suburbs ' TWO MEN CAUSE TRAGEDY Louis Weber While Sitting On The Grass Beside His Girl Companion Is Suddenly Shot by Men Who Ex citedly Make Dash Out Of Bushes. CLEVELAND, July 11. With a bullet wound just over his heart, a young man who is registered as Lou is Weber is said to be dying at Char ity hospital. Back of the shooting is a mystery which the police of Cleve land and Cleveland Heights, a fash ionable suburb where it occurred had not. been able to solve early this morning. The shooting occurred not far from the scene of the Carl Bernthal er and Lena Zeichno murders sever al months ago and as far as is known under somewhat the same peculiar circumstances. Both principals say Weber was shot by two men while the couple was sitting on the grass. The girl helped the young man to the resi dence of F. P. Root and asked for water. To Mr. Root she said they had been sitting at the side of the road not ifar from the Root residence when two men dashed through the bushes at the rear of them. She said the men seemed greatly excited. One held a revolver in his hand and as he ran past them he fired. The bullet struck the girl's companion, passing through his arm and into his breast just above the heart. The men disappeared ds quickly as they came. SHOOT AND RON TAFT BUSY WITH LEADERS Addresses Olio Central and Executive Committees 2 IMPORTANT EVENTS ,i:r Taft Approves Notification Day Program and Selects Rooms for Office D0YE WILL NOT RESIGN Committee Appointed to Consider the Foraker Matter Taft in Close Touch With the Work of Vorhys and Other Leaders. - ' CINCINNATI, July 27.-Two im portant events politically, resulted from the meetings and conferences in the, final notification day preparations today. Taft addressed the joint meet ing of the Ohio state central and exe cutive committees identifying himself closely with the state campaign and making it plain that whatever had been done by Arthur Vorhys and other state leaders had been recognized by him. Just what is to be the status pf Senator For aker at the opening of aarhpaign on September 5th is to be decided by jthe special committee of the state exe cutive committee appointed today. It was stated that the committee would consider the Foraker matter in fthree ways: vvnetner to invite tne senator to speak unconditionally; to invite him on condition that he will indi cate, in advance, his position, or not to invite him. No prediction could be obtained as to which of these three courses will be pursued. During the day Secre tary Taft approved the program for notification day and during the after noon selected rooms in the Vinton Hotel which will constitute his office during the campaign months of Sep tember and October. Elmore Dove, secretary of the national committee who arrived today, reiterated his dis claimer of any intention of resigning his position. , He had a long confer ence with Taft late in the afternoon. PREPARE FOR RACE. Elimination Tests Being Made For Motor Yachts. NEW YORK, July 27.-Nine high speed power boats are entered for the elimination races which begin in Hunting Bay today for the selection of three defenders for the British in ternational cup, formerly known as the Harmsworth cup. The first race will start today at 2:30 p. m., at the hea dof Huntington Bay, under the direction of Chas. P. Tower, M. M. Whitaker -and Walter M. Bieling, the regatta committee of the Motor Boat Club of America. The course is a triangular one which the boats will have tc cover three times, making a total distance of thirty nautical miles.' There will be three races, the second will be started at D:30 to morrow morning and the third at 2:30 in the afternoon. The three boats selected will meet the Duke of Westminister's famous Wolsely- Sid deley, and the Daimler III owned by Lord Howard De Walden. both mem bers p f the motor boat yacht club of England, which is the challenger for the cup, now held by E. J. Shroeder's Dixie, which won it in Southampton water slast year. ' BRYAN JOINES FOR VOTES OMAHA, July 27. Bryan tonight was admitted to the mysteries of the Knights of Ak Sar Ben, the other is composed of business men of Ornaha and the State of Nebraska. A large number of Lincoln business men came to Omaha to witness and par ticipate in the initiation. Bryan's wel come on his return to Nebraska from a trip to Chicago to meet the demo cratic leaders was strictly non-partisan but none the less cordial. At 2 o'clock, this afternoon, Bryan was .speaker at the flagpole raisirlg by John A. Creighton, of the Democratic Marching Club. At 4 o'clock he was the guest of A. Sar Ben directors at a dinner at the Omaha Club. Bryan will return to Lincoln tomorrow. FORGER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE, Escapes From Police, Drops In Base ment and Takes Deadly Poisoned SEATTLE, July 27. Dashing into a crowd in the street to elude the police from whose custody he had just escaped, Bert H. Shuaghnessay of Summerville, B. , C, wanted at North Yakima on the charge of passing worthless checks, dropped into a street elevator shaft 20 feet into the basement where he swal lowed half an ounce of nux comica and lay down on the stone pavement to die. He was token to the Provi dence Hospital, where his condition is critical. . jj FIREMEN INJURED. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-Five fire fighters were injured but not ser ously in a collision between a hose wagon responding to an alarm and an electric car last night. The car struck the wagon broadside on and turned it completely over, hurling the firemen to the ground. Two of the men on the truck escaped uninjured. NEW JOB FOR GIRLS 'J As Assistant Purser on Big At lantic Liners ONE WOMAN TRIES THE WORK Mallory Fire Agent Says The Idea Is An Excellent One, But Is Afraid Moonlight Nights At Sea Will Lead To Weddings. NEW YORK, July 27.-During the crowded hour before the Curona sailed on Sunday, Miss Catherine Leith signed as ship's typist and stenographer. She stood behind the pursers desk assisting him in his work, answering inquiries and hand ing out passenger list. A man long on the water front watched the smil ing volunteer assistant purser and said the question of having a woman in that capacity on trans-Atlantic li ners was not a new one. He pre dicted that women purs'uers would be regular employes. "The question Of women assistant pursers, said Arthur rye, general passenger agent of the Malory line "has been under consideration for some time. 1 have given the subject much attention and I believe the idea an excellent one, but I have been unable to solve the problem as to where we are going to get the re quired number of women for assis tant pursers. Moonlight nights at sea are conductive for romance and some one may be leading our assis tant pursers to the altars." HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., July 27. Walter Goodwin, who testified against the night riders, was shot from ambush and seriously wounded last night. Until recently he has been un der the constant protection of the militia.