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PU1U1HM FUU At BOCIArCD PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 179
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KILLED IN
COLD BLOOD
Eleven-Year-Old Boy
Shoots Geo. Demars
HE ADMITS THE MURDER
Youth Becomes Angered When
the Man Resists Attack of
the Boy's Dog
MOTHER PLEADS FOR RELEASE
Jackson Reid Laughs and la Appar
ently Unmoved by th Display of
Hia Mother'a Tears and Affection,
When he la Arreatcd.
PORTLAND, Aug. 4-Government
Island, in the grounda where the
Lewi and Clark fair was held was
the scene today of a killing in which
an 11 -year-old boy, Jackson Rcid,
shot to death George F. Demar, a
painter. Demars with his brother
and father were members of a party
who were fishing in Guild's Lake.
Demars Sr. was on one side of
Government Island ami his son on
the other. He broke his hook and
started across the island to a point
where his sons were, to net another,
when he was accosted by several
children, who live on the. island,
among whom was the Reid boy. He
was told that he was trespassing and
was ordered off the island. The old
man told the children he would leave
the island, but according to his ver
sion of the shooting that was not suf
ficient and the children set their dog
on him. Then Demars was not mak
ing a successful resistance to the ani
mal when George saw him and ran to
bis aid with an oar. The young man
drove off the dog, which appears to
have angered the Rcid boy. The
voutiBster it is stated sent his sister
to their house for a revolver. When
she returned the boy is' alleged to
have told George Demars to stop
where he was and simultaneously to
have shot him. Dcmare fell' without
a word with a bullet through his head.
The boy made no effort to escape and
some little time later he was arrested
and placed in jail.
Mrs. Charles II. Schemp, the boy's
mother, ran way from home when the
shooting occurred. When she return
ed, she threw her arms , about the
child and begged pitcously that the
officers would not take the boy away.
Through all this display of tears and
affection, the boy remained outwardly
unmoved and a few moments later
was laughing and talking with appar
ent indifference Renting little to real
ize the enormity of his act.
When the nolice arrived at the
boy's home they asked who had done I
the shooting to w
kiVu h Krtv r-nlied
"I did It."
To a crowd of by-standers which
gathered at the scene of the killing
the boy also admitted slaying Demars.
"Yes," he said, "I killed him and
there he lays. He started after my
dog and then said he would get me.
I told my sister to get my j?un. When
she brought it I told him not to move
nnntW sten. Then I shot him. He
didn't say a word-just let the oar
fall from his hand and lay there like
you see him,"
TOWN BURNED OUT.
SPOKANE. Auir. 4. A special to
the Spokesman Review from Deer i
Park says the business portion cf j
Clayton, six miles from here, is in
ruins as a result of a fire early this
morning. The loss is estimated at
$100,000. There is no store standing
in the town. .
MAY MEAN TROUBLE.
Cruiser Oelderland Leaves La Guayra
For Curacao.
CARACAS, (Sunday), Aug. 2.-The
Sutherland's cruiser, Gelderland, left
La Guayra yesterday for Curacao.
The object of the visit is not known.
El Constitutional, the organ of Presi
dent Castro, commenting upon the
note sent by Senor Paul of Venezu
ela, the foreign minlater to the Neth
erlands government saying that the
diplomatic relations will be severed
until the Netherlands apologized and
indemnified Venezuela for the Curo-
cao outrage, says that at the moment
M. C. Rues was leaving Caracas un
der a guarantee of ufety, "There
happened in Curocao an outrage of
the greatest barbarity and a primitive
savery, attack upon the Venezuelan
consul," -
BIDS SATISFACTORY.
HONOLULU, Aug. 4.-Bids for
the furnishing of supplies for the Pa
cific fleet when it arrives here on its
cruise to the South Seas were opened
last night and proved very satisfac
tory. The supplies for which "the
government contracted were meats,
$.37,000, eggs, $1100 and fish $4,000.
The total amount Involved is $47,000.
Among the successful bidders on the
contracts were two Chinese firms.
ABANDON ALL HOPE
Of Compromise Between DuBois
and Anti-DuBois- -
COMMITTEES FAIL TO AGREE
The Antii Propoaed That There be
no Campaign Against the Mormons
and That Their Delegation From
Ada be Seated.
WALLACE, Aug. 4.-AU hope of a
compromise between the two factions
of the democratic party, DuBoise and
anti DuBois factions, was abandoned
tonight when it was announced that
the two reconciliation committees had
failed to meet on common ground.
The result is probably that there will
be two democratic conventions to
morrow and that the whole matter as
which is in legal convention wilt be
left final for adjudication at the hands
of the state supreme court.' Word
was received this afternoon by the
anti-DuRois faction himself, asking
for a reconciliation conference. The
anti's appointed a committee headed
by Judge Stockslager which meet and
ubmitted a written proposition to
the DuRoise committee headed by Du
Bois, who submitted also a written
proposition.
Almost immediately afterwards the
DuBois people notified Stockslager
that they could not accept, and the-
caucus of the anti's decided, amid
great applause to rctuse the Dubois
terms. The principal demands of the
DuBois committee were the insertion
of the anti-polygamy plank; that, ex
cept ai to the Ada county delegates
which were yielded to the antis, that
the delegates would not on temporary
roll of the state central committee be
seated and that the convention itself
would apportion the committees as it
desired.
The antis proposed that there be
no campaign against , the Mormons
and their delegates from Ada be
seated. The delegations from Bing
ham, Fremont, Oneida and Bear .
Lake counties, conceded to the Du-
Bois crowd and that the nominations
be divided equally between the
factions.
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Kill AIRSHIP
LI A BIRD
Count Zeppelin's Machine
Acts Magnificently
MssMMsanm
MANY WITNESS FLIGHT
Great Airship Covers Over Thir
ty Miles an Hour in
Germany
BROKEN MOTOR DELAYS TRIP
Excellent Weather Greets the Ger
man Inventor Flight After a 12-
Hour Sail he Lands to Repair De
fected Motor.
OPPENHEIM, Aug. 4.-The Zup-
pelin airship owing to a defect of one
of the motors landed on one of the
islands in the middle of the Rhine
near here at 6 o'clock this evening.
It is reported that the . defective
motor will be repaired and that the
airship will continue its trip.
CONSTNACE, Germany, Aug:. 4.
The weather was excellent this morn
ing when at 6:30 Count Zeppelin's
great airship emerged from the float
ing dock at Friederichshafen. The
airship rose immediately from the
waters of the lake to a height of about
400 feet, and after describing one
magnificent circle over the lake, pro
ceeded in a bee line for this city, ar
riving here at 6:55 o'clock. The ship
continued on its way,and in another
hour had covered 45 kilometers and
was over Schaafhausen. From that
point it continued along the Rhine to
Basle.
Count Zeppelin's plan is to continue
to Mayence, along the Rhine, and
from there return to Metz, cross over
to Stuttgart and return, if the weath
er continues favorable, to Friederich
shafen at about 7 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The only official taking part in the
flight is Major Gradnitz.
Althought the day and. the hour of
the ascent of the airship had been
kept strictly secret, long before day
light today the streets of Friedich
shafen presented a lively scene, for
long experience with the doings of
the men who sail the air had taught
the natives that certain signs were
evidence of a forthcoming ascension.
Consequently the local inhabitants
and their summer boarders were out
in great numbers when the sun ap
peared. Count Zeppelin arrived at the float
ing dock at 4 o'clock, accompanied by
his nephew, Dr. Eckner, a well known
yachtsman of Hamburg, and Major
Gradnitz. Neither the imperial com
missioners nor the Count's usual offic
ial suite, nor the military motorists
who intended to follow the flight had
been notified or invited'. It was said
that the Count wished to make his
great flight quietly and without inter
ference. Not the faintest cloud marred the
beauty of the day. . At 15 minutes af
ter 6 the colossal body of the airship
emerged slowly ' from the floating
shed, towed by three launches: Un
der the direction of Dr. Eckner, the
pontoons were towed out from un
derneath it and the airship , hovered
low over the surface of the lake. Then
slowly, the nose of the ship was rais
ed to a higher level. Above the noise
of the propellers, which sounded like
the.beating of giant drums, arose the
voice of the Count, giving the com
mand to "cast off," and the airship
rose horizontally to a height of about
400 feet, and then swept off in the
direction of Constance. She turned
shortly, however, in a graceful circle
and came back over the lake. So light
and agile were her movements
that the Count seemed justified in
starting his long journey of 24 hours
without any previous trial trip, and
he started in the direction of Schaaf
hausen, His departure was the sig
nal for prolonged cheering by the
spectators on land and afloat in var
ious small craft, who wished him a
good voyage and a safe return.
' IDAHO FOREST FIRE.
MISSOULA, Forest fires of alarm
ing proportion are raging in the
Coeur d'Alene National forest reserve
in Idaho, just across the Montana
state line. It is reported to be
spreading into Montana and ap
proaching the summit of Monitor
Mountain ,at the head of Dominion
Creek, 70 miles south of this city.
THE DEADLY AUTO.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4.-VViIliam To
mek, 43 years old, was so severely in
jured that he cannot recover and his
three year old son was cut and bruised
when they were run down last night
by an automobile. The accident oc
curred in front of Tomeks home
while he and his son were crossing
the street. The chaffeur of the ma
chine has been arrested.
W. B. ALLISON DEAD
Former Senator Dies After Much
Suffering
AFTER ILLNESS OF 2 YEARS
Announcement Came as a Shock to
Hia Neighbors, Very Few of Them
Being Aware of the Seriousness of
His Illness.
DUBUQUE, Aug. 4.-Senator Wm
Boyd Allison died in his Locust-street
home at 1:15 this afternoon. With
him at his death were the members of
his household and his physician. In
the bulletin announcing his death the
physicians gave heart failure as the
cause. The announcement of the
senator's death came as a shock to his
neighbors, few of them were aware of
his illness. Though for the last two
years, Allison was in declining health
and though he suffered much vitality
during the present summer, no news
had been emanated from his home in
dicating the seriousness of his con
dition. Senator Allison suffered from
the worst form of prostatic enlarge
ment and kidney affection that made
relief even more difficult to afford. As
is usual in such cases, the senator
suffered frequently from fainting and
weakness. The spells have occurred
frequently of late. The last of them
began on,Friday and finally resulted
in the oatient's death. At an early
hour this morning the senator became
worse. His physician was immedite
ly called who pronounced his condi
tion critical. About noon the veteran
statesman lapsed into unconscious
ness, and at 1:15 passed away.
ASTOUNDING ATROCITIES
VICTORIA, Aug. 4.-The recapt
ure of the City of Hokow from the re
bels in Annam was marked with as
tounding atrocities, according to ad
vices received by the steamer Mont
eagle tonight. Prisoners , were hor
ribly mutilated, being tied to stakes
and their abdomens cut open and
many atrocities committed upon the
living' men until death saved them
from their barbaric executioners.
ALL READY
FOR I'AR
5000 Regulars and Nat
ional Guards in Camp
AT AMERICAN LAKE
Oregon Guardsmen are Very
Quick to Adopt the Lessons
of War Life
COL McDONELL COMMANDING
Barstow of Portland is the Only
Oregon Man 111 Beginning Next
Monday an Actual War Will be
Presumed to Exist
CAMP DAVID S. STANLEY,
American Lake, Wash., Aug. 4. Re
veille brought 5000 regular and Na
tional Guard troops out of their tents
at 5 o'clock this morning. All fore
noon the activity has continued, the
work of instruction preparatory to
the actual campaigning having been
taken up in earnest. All this week
this instruction period will continue,
with one or two maneuvers thrown in
to heighten the interest
Then, beginning next Monday, a
state of actual war will be presumed
to exist, the big force of men will be
divided into two armies and .there
will be a struggle for supremacy in
which all the craft of warfare will be
used by both sides.
Battalion in close order have oc
cupied the attention of the two Ore
gon Infantry regiments today. The
Oregon men were ready for the field
as soon as breakfast had been eaten,
which was at 5:38 a. m. Notwith
standing that the last of the Oregon
troops did not reach the American
Lake district until after 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the day dawned
on a compelted camp, no detail of
which had to be remodeled.
No soon had they detrained at
Murray Station than the guardsmen
from Portland and Southern Oregon,
Eastern Oregon and Willamette Val
ley points demonstrated their knowl
edge of the field game. There was no
standing around waiting for instruc
tion. Colonel Charles E. McDonell,
who arrived here with the first sec
tion shortly after 2 p. m., merely in
quired the location of the site allotted
to the Oregon troops, and on receiv- j
. ? . i t i i;.r
ing tnat niiormauon margucu ma :
troops there and in nait an nour ine
broad swale assigned for a camping
place was dotted with tents.
Kitchen details were put to work
at the same time and supper was serv
ed at the regular messing hour.
Colonel George O. Yoran and, the
Southern Oregon troops likewise es
tablished camp in the manner Of
veterans upon arrival here. Call to ;
quarters found every man permanent
ly settled for the 10 days under can
vas. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the
Third and Fourth Regiments are tak-1
ing the field to operate in advance, -
rear flank guards and patrols. Blank! THEIR GREAT SUBSIDIES.
ammunition will not be used in this j ;
work and there will be no opposing. TOKIO, July 16, via San Francis
force, althoug an enemy will be desig-, Co, Aug. 4. The amount of subsidies
nated and the movements will be ; to be granted in accordance with
conducted as if in an enemy's coun-' steam navigation encouragement laws
try. . Tomorrow's program will be j for next year is estimated to be 5,
more exciting and interesting and , 138,600 yen. The result of investiga-
will entail the use of blank cartridges j tion made by the department of com
in the afternoon, when there will be munications shows that there will be
movements in outposts and reconnais-
sance. The forenoon will be devouted ,
to extended order drills in battalion
and regimental formation.
In the bj'g mimic campaign which
will terminate the maneuvers and
test the lessons learned in the art of
jwar, it is now certain that Colonel
Charles E. McDonell, of Portland,
and commanding officer of the Third
Oregon Infantry, will command a
brigade, or one of the two forces
which will participate. Colonel Me
Donell is the senior National Guard
: Colonel of the camp, and this fact,
j coupled with his long experience as an
officer, caused his selection.
BASEBALL GAMES.
Northwest League.
Spokane 2, Seattle 5.
Vancouver 2, Butte 1.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco 2, Portland 0. "
Los Angeles 3, Oakland 2.
American League.
Cleveland 7, Washington 5.
Detroit 4, Philadelphia 3.
National League.
New York 4, 4, Cincinnati 3, I.
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 2.
Brooklyn 3, St. Louis 0.
Boston 4, Pittsburg, v '
OUTLAWS SURROUNDED.
SPOKANE, Aug. 4.-A special to
the Spokesman Review from Lewis
ton, Idaho, says that Reid, Sloan and
Rice, the Orofino outlaws who yester
day shot rancher Dan Carr, are to
night surrounded by posses within six
miles of Orofino and it is believed
their capture will be affected early in
the morning.
FIERCE HEAT KILLS
Story of a Death on Yuma, Ariz.,
" Desert
TERRIBLE TRIP IN AUTO
Frank D. Spaulding of San Francisco
Loses His Life Under Merciless
Heat and His Companion Escapes
After Frightful OrdeaL
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.-The
story of the desert tragedy in which
Frank D. Spaulding of this city lost
his life from heat prostration near
Yuma, riz., on Friday was brought
here yesterday by T. P. McCauley,
Spaulding's chauffer, who narrowly
escaped a similar fate.
The machine in which the men were
making their way to the Gunshaight
mine in which Spaulding was interes
ted had been behaving badly and they
had been forced to climb out to over
haul its mechanism many times. Go
ing up a grade with the sun beating
mercilessly on them, the car balked
again and McCauley climbed out to
j ii
repair n uui aroppea in me sana ov-
ercome by the heat He was aroused
hours later by a Mexican and discov
ered that Spaulding had evidently at
tempted to come to his assistance on
ly to fall before the fierce attack of
the sun. When McCauley went to
him, Spaulding was near the end. A
wagon was secured and the stricken
man taken to the railroad but could
not be brought back to life.
McCauleys says that Spaulding
death was due to the fact that he could
jnot withstand the heat owing to his
great exhaustion from the hard work
over the balky machine.
38 steamers next year entitled to the
subsidy.