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33rd YEAR. NO. 181
ASTORIA,' OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Thirty-Five Days Fight
ing in Turkish Town ,
CASUALTIES ARE 800
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Many of the Fine Residences
and Hundreds of Shops Have
Been Looted
MISSIONARIES STILL
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Bloody Warfare in Tabrli la Carried
on Mostly by Bombs and Schrapne!
and Meantime Mass of the People
' Are Not Opposed to the Shah.
' TABRIZ, Aug, 6. There has now
been 35 days' fighting in the streets
of Tabriz, and the casualties, due
chiefly to bombs thrown from mor
tars and shrapnel, are estimated at
800. Maify of the finer residences of
the city and hundreds of shops in the
basements have been looted. The loss
in this direction is placed at more
than $l,W,O0a- A,.
The American missionaries in the
city have been exposed to stray bul
lets, but although they have had some
narrow escapes none of them has
been injured. During one of the
heavier bombardments a piece of
shrapnel fell in a garden within a few
feet of one of the mission servants.
There is a very bitter feud going on
between the constitutional progres
sives who hold 11 wards of the city,
and the reactionaries, who hold one
large ward. The mass of the people,
however, have informed the central
government that they are not oppos
ed to the Shah. Those who are jeal
ous for the continuance of the old
regime regard the constitutional pro
gressives as revolutionaries. The lo
cal assembly, or Anjuman, did, on
one occasion, express seditionary
views, but later acknowledged the su
premacy of the Shah and adjourned
indefinitely in token of submission.
HIS ADVERTISING PAID.
Poor Italian Escapes Death and the
Clutches of Loan Sharks.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 6. The cup of
happiness overflowed yesterday for
the poor Italian with a family of:
eight children who advertised for the
loan of $500 Jo save him from a sw-
cide's fate. Instead of death he took
a, new lease on life. Following a J residents insured for $57,000,000. Chi
newspaper's announcement of two Cago has 185 millionaires insured for
subscribers' offers to loan the man:
$250. his employer, discovering the
identity of the unfortunate, agreed to
retail him in his employ and arrange
for the making good of the shortage (
on easy payments. The Italian con-
sul will be asked to institution pro-
ceedings to compel a restitution of ailj 271 who are insured for $200,
the usurious interest exacted by the ,000 to $300,000 each,
loan sharks. I Of the seven men who are insured
The Italian, who is a collector, went for $1,000,000 one lives in Georgia,
to his employer yesterday and made one jn Illinois, one in Louisiana, two
a clean breast of his troubles. He jn New York, one in Philadelphia
submitted an itemized list. ;ofi the and one- j Wisconsin., , ,
amount he' owed the firm totalling New y0rk city has 15 men who are
a bout $550. In his distress caused
ny nounning oi me loan snarKs ne OUU, Philadelphia 14 insured tor un
borrowed $10 and $20 amounts from 000 to $1,000,000, Chicago has five in
various of the concern's customers, sme& for from $400,000 to $1000000;
which amounts they deducted from Pittsburg has five insured for from
the bills later collected by the Italian. $400,000 to $750,000; Baltimore has 10
He has been with the firm several insured for from $300,000 to $600,000;
years and'was a honest
thought
man they
BASEBALL GAMES.
National League.
1'hiludelphia 7, 5, Chicago 3, 3,
Ikrnton I, Pittsburg 9.
Brooklyn 0, St. Louis 2.
New York 0, Cincinnati S.
V American League.
Cleveland 6, Washington 1,
St. Louis 3, New York 1.
Chicago 2, Ronton 1.
' " Pacific Coait League.
Oakland 6, Lot Angeles 7.
Portland 4, San Francisco 3.,
Northwest League.
Spokane 1, Seattle 3. t
Tacoma 0, Aberdeen 1.
Vancouver 7, Butte 6.
NAMES FINANCE, COMMITTEE.
BUFFALO, Aug. 6-Chairman
of the democratic committee an
"!Kht before 'vi"
vnicaKo wic npuniunciK 01 ine
I finance committee with Moses C.
iFilmore of St. Louis, chairman, and
John E. Osborne of Wyoming, vice
chairman and speakers committee
with John II. Atwood, Kansas,
chairman and Champ Clark, Missouri,
vice chairman. 1 he announcement
also was made that the abuse of the
extended absence abroad of Chairman
David R! Francis of Missouri on the
advisory committee, Charles A. Cul
berson, Texai, has been placed at the
head of that committee at Francis'
request. Chairman Commcrs of the
State; democratic committee today
called a meeting of the state commit
tee to meet in New York August 14
to name the time and place of the
democratic state convention.
SOI BIG POLICIES
Enormous Amounts of Insurance
. Carried Jjy Millionaires,
GREATEST IS FOR $4,000,000
There Are Seven Men in the United
States Who Carry $1,000,000 and
More Assurance on Their Lives,
With Rodman Wanamaker in Lead
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-There are
seven mcn in the United States who
carry $1,000,000 and more insuronce
on their lives, two who carry $1,500,-
000 and one who carries $4,000,000.
The latter is Rodman Wanamaker of
Philadelphia who is the most heavily
insured man in the world.
James B. Colgate, a stock broker,
carries more insurance than any oth
,cr resident of New York his policing
amount to $1,500,000.
The millionaires and multi-million
aires of Philadelphia in proportion to
their number, go in for life insurance
heavier than those of any other city
Statistics gathered by the insurance
press show that 184 residents of
Philadelphia are insured for $33,
000.000. while New York with four
times as many millionaires has 491
$24,000,000.
There are 5139 men in the United
states insured for $50,000 or more the
total of their policies, aggregating
$540,967,000. There are seven insured
for $800,000. There are 1136 men who
carry from $100,000 to $150,000 each
insured for. from $400,000. to, $1,000,-
Buffalo has six insured for from
$200,000 to $800,000; St,' Louis has 11
EIEPLACING
STUB
Many Strike Breakers Ar
riving at Winnipeg
ALL ELECTRICIANS OUT
Men Refuse to Work With Non
Union Laborers Shops
In Darkness
TRAINMEN MAY CALL STRIKE
Several Hundred Mechanics Are Ex
pected From Pacific Coast States,
and Many More From the East, to
Fill Vacancies.
WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 6.-To-
night all the Canadian Pacific shops
are in darkness owing to the elec
tricians declining to work with non
union laborers. Today three carloads
of strike-breakers reached here from
St. Paul and Chicago and these added
to the Japanese, Italians and Gali
cians add somewhat to the activity
around the buildings. Several hun
dred mechanics are expected from
the Pacific Coast states, while the
caitera-jihops-wiU jdraw. th.eir .supply
from the New England states. There
is a report that the trainmen will go
out Saturday but this is denied by the
union leaders. It is also said in some
quarters that the whole system will
be tied up Sunday.
insured for from $200,000 to $600,
000; Detroit has eight insured for
from $200,000 to $500,000; San Fran
cisco has five in that class, Cincin
nati has 17, Cleveland six and Boston
16, with two more whose policies run
up to $600,000 each. Milwaukee has
16 who arc insured for from $200,000
to $1,000,000. Minneapolis has five
with policies ranging from $200,000 to
$800,000, and Rochester six ranging
from $100,000 to $200,000.
SOME FAST COALING.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-A re
port of coaling by the battleship Vir
ginia at Puget Sound on June 26
shows a record performance. She
took on board 1,667 tons of coal in
four hours at an average rate of
416 tons an hour. The maximum
amount taken on board in a single
hour was 555.9 tons. It ; is believed
that this is a world's record.
A $,1500 SLIPPER.
CHICAGO, . Aug. 6 Somewhere
in Chicago there is a Cinderella slip
per which is worth at least $1500. Cin
derella is the six year old daughter
of Mrs. I. Silverman and her lost sup
per holds diamonds valued at $1,500,
the property of her mother. Friday
the child's slippers were thrown into
the garbage can and on Monday when
Mrs. Silverman wanted her two dia
mond rings and brooch it was re
membered the valuables had been hid
den in one of the slippers. The- police
Have started an investigation.
FIRST MOCK BATTLE.
TACOMA, Aug. 5. The first mock
battle of the American Lake maneu
vers took place today and a splendid
victory for the defenders of Tacoma
from the army of invasion advanc-
ng from Olympia. The battle today
was between the infantry.
Tomorrow there will be a contest
between the cavalry.
NEW ZEALAND REFUSES. ,
VICTORIA, Aug.. 6-The New
Zealand government has refused to
enter into" any arrangement to aid in
the grant of s subsidy to the Canadian-Australian
line, according to ad
vices "received here from New . Zea
land. New Zealand's reason for re
fusing to contribute to the arrange
ment is that owing to the Brisbane
call the service is of no value to e
cure the revival of the steamship line
to San Francisco.
ADVERTISED FOR RAIN.
Michigan Farmer Will Probable Get
Answers, Too.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6. An entirely
new field of advertising is opened
today by a farmer near St. 'Joseph,
Mich.,, whose want "ad" appears in
the personal column of a morning
newspaper. It was contained in the
following letter that reached the
newspaper yesterday. "St. Joe, Mich.,
Aug. 4, 1908. Gentlemen: Vou seem
to be able to get everything you ad
vertise for. We want rain. Signed,
Michigan Farmer."
AGAINST "YELLOW JACK."
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 6.-The state
of Texas, through the health depart
ment has established a rigid yellow
fever quarantine against Mexico, an
outcome of a recent tour of the Re
public by Dr. J. E. Eaves of the
state health department Dr. Eaves
reported yellow fever to exist at
Vera Cruz LaGuna and other points.
CASE IS A PUZZLE
Youthful Boy Slayer of Portland
, Worries Officials
CAN'T DECIDE PROPER ACTION
Jackson Reid, Who Shot to Death
George F. De Mars, Presents a
Case Beyond the Portland Repre
sentatives of the Law.
PORTLAND, Aug. 6.-Stamped
with the brand of Cain, an 11-year-old
boy presents a complicated prob
lem to the officials. Jackson Reid,
who shot to death G?orge F. De
Mars, on the peninsula at the exposi
tion grounds while the boy's shep
herd dog was being clubbed, is the
problem. Owing to the gravity of
the crime and the youth of the de
fendant, the representatives of the
law are in a quandary as to the prop
er course to pursue that justice may
be satisfied. , . :
Long and studious browsing among
the statutes for discovering the cor
rect methods of dealing ' with the
childish man-slayer has failed to un
cover any direct procedufe. For this
reason -the attorneys for the deefnse
the representatives of the district at
torney and circuit Judge Gantenbein
did not come to a conclusion this
forenoon and will study the matter
next Monday morning' at lOVclock.
Possibly a jury may be called in, in
which event the, defense will notify
the court Saturday afternon. Mean
while, Lafe Pence, the promoter, has
assured the mother and step-father of
the lad that he will procure the $5000
bail and 'when this is furnished and
approved, Jackson Reid will be free
to leave his cell in the county jail.
Judge Gantenbein will sit in his ca
pacity as the juvenile court Judge
Monday morning next, to determine
whether the boy comes -within the
province of that department. Should
he decide that it is case for the juven
ile court, Judge Gantenbein will dis
pose of the case, possjbly with the
co-operation of a jury, at the option
of the defense. 'Otherwise Judge Gan
tenbein will transfer' the case to the
circuit court. Thus Jackson Reid is
a problem to be solved, judicially.
P HALL
Convention at Wallace; Id
aho, Ends in a Split
OPEN OWN CONVENTION
Rupture Conies When Commit
tee Submits Report Seating
DuBois Delegations
AMID PANDEMONIUM OF JEERS
Dubois People Nominate Entire
Ticket Recommended by Nominat
ing Committee Anti-Dubois at
Work Perfecting Organization.
WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 6.-As
predicted ever since the delegates to
the democratic state convention be
gan to arrive, the convention has
split in twain, the rupture came
about noon today, when the creden
tials committee turned in the report
seating the Dubois delegations from
Bingham, Bear Lake, Oneida and
Owyhee counties and the anti
Dubois delegation from Ada. Then
the .. minority, . report, was -offered.
This was the signal for a v pande
monium of jeering, catcalls, attempts
to make motions, to postpone, to lay
on table, appeals to the chair, ap
peals to the convention; everyone
shouting at once and no one making
himself heard.
finally the chairman declared a
motion to adopt the committee's ma
jority report and had it carried.
I he anti-Dubois convention was
called to order at 3 o'clock when the
committee of credentials reported.
This report favored the seating of
the Dubois delegates from Bingham,
Bear Lake, Oneida, Owyhee and
Freemont. The committee's report
was adopted. Senator McCleary was
made permanent chairman and tern
porary Secretary Burroughs made
permanent secretary. The nominat
ing committee recommended the fol
lowing ticket.
Presidential electors: J. C. Rice,
Canyon; J. H. Mills, Nez Perce;
Tomas Galloway, Washington.
United States Senator, C. O. Stock
slager of Blaine.
Congressman. I. L. McCleary of
Kootenai.
Governor, M. Alexander of Ada.
Lieutenant-Governor, C. A. Boyd
of Bannock. .
' Secretary of State, W. W. Sr.elt of
Canyon.
Attorney-General, Frank Moore of
Latah.
Auditor, J. A. Bradbury.
Superintendent of Schools, Miss
Gertrude Nobles of Boise.
Treasurer, D. L. Evans of Oneida.
Mine Inspector, Harry A. Moore
of Shoshone.
1 The .entire ticket was nominated.
The report of the committee was
adopted except that J. L. Sewall re
ceived the nomnation for congress
man and George Lamb was nominat
ed for mine inspector. This brought
to a conclusion the deliberations of
the anti-Dubois convention.
When- this occurred the anti's
withdew amid hooting, jeering and
laughter ' of the Dubois followers.
Following this the Dubois followers
completed the organization and ad
journed until this afternoon. The
anti-Bubois faction secured another
hall and perfected their organization.
. During the afternon the anti
Dubois people proceeded with their
convention bringim? it to a conclu
sion before they adjourned. They
made one last effort of reconciliation
h trying to secure the co-operation
of the Dubois people so far as the
nomination of the same presidential
electors were concerned. The Dubois
faction however listen to none of
their overtures. While this was go
ing on the Dubois people were hold
ing a caucus," devoting most of the
afternoon to- discussing the liquor
question.'' The work accomplished
consisted in the formulating of a
platform which was submitted to
their convention tonight.
When the convention met at 10
o'clock the following ticket was nom
inated: Presidential electors, Henry
Heitfel of Nez Perce: Harty L. Day
of Shoshone; H. W. Lockhart of
Bannock; United States Senator,
William W. Woods of Shoshone:
congressman, Frank Harris of Wash
ington; governor, W. C. Whitwell of
Lehi; lieutenant governor, Wiliam
Hunter of Lath: secretary of state.
Jesse Walling of Canyon; state au
ditor, Frank J. McBride of Bonner;
treasurer, William W. Brown of
Idaho; attorney-general, Edwin Mc
Bee of Kootenai; state superintend
ent of schools, Miss Edna Gillespie
of Bingham; inspector of mines, John
Pressley of Shoshone; supreme judge,
John H. Flynn of Kootenai
After naming the state central
committee and adopting the same'
campaign emblem as used four yean
ago, the Dubois convention at 11:20
p. m. adjourned without delay.
DORR SURRENDERS
To Charges Against Him for
Heavy Embezzlement
EASILY SQUARED, HE SAYS
Police Are Taking Him Back to San
Francisco to Answer Charge For
Embezzling $14,000 Worth of
Securities.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6.-Fred-Dorr.jthe
stockbroker whose office in
this city and other cities of the west
were recently closed because of the
alleged failure on his part to meet
obligations, tonight is being speeded
back to San Francisco where a war
rant charging him with the embezzle
ment of $14,000 worth of securities
was sworn out against him yesterday.
Dorr succeeded in evading the police
at San Jose last night and arrived
here this afternoon. .The eluded offi- f
cers were watching for him and he
went to his attorney's office where he
was closetd at 7 o'clock this evening,
when he surrendered to the police.
Door insisted before he left there thai
he would have no trouble in squaring
the charge against him.
GETTING BUSINESSLIKE.
SEATTLE, Aug. 6. At a confer
ence of temperance forces of Western
Washington a complete understand
ing was reached on the salient points
of a local option bill to be presented
at the next state legislature. Yester
day's convention worked in harmony
with the convention held Tuesday at
Spokans. Both the Democratic and
Republican state platforms for this
year contain recommendations for a
prohibition measure.
WILL NOT AMALGAMATE.
DETROIT, Aug. 6 The Internati
onal Brotherhood of teamsters has re
jected the overtures of the United
Teamsters of America to amalga
mate the two organizations. It had
been reported that a resolution would
be submitted endorsing Bryan on the
anti-injunction issue but the time for
adopting resolutions expired at 8 o'
clock last night and such resolution
had not appeared.