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WRIGHT BROS.
MAKE GOOD
Successful Flight of Their Aero
plane Fulfils Their Many
Promises
ASCENDS AND LANDS EASY
Descent Wat Sure and Was Carried
Out Without Causing the Slightest
Jar to Either the Machine or the
Operator.
LEMANS, Aug. 8.-The successful
flight today by Wilbur Wright with
hit aeroplane puts an end to the long
anxious wait to see what Wright
brothers was capable of doing. With
the weather conditions perfect, short
ly after 3 o'clock this afternoon the
aeroplane was brought from the shed
and after the preliminary tests
Wright declared he was ready, T,he
aeroplane ascended like a bird to a
height of about 40 feet, then swerved
and turned on its course up field.
It dipped gracefully up and down,
attaining a height of 60 feet and then
descending to between 30 and 40 feet.
After twice circling the field Wright
stopped the motor and then brought
the acroi)lane directly in front of the
improvised grandstand. The descent
was sure and easy and was carried
cue with great nicety without causing
a shock to either the machine or its
operator. Estimates as to the dist
ance traveled vary greatly but the
average was about l.S miles and time
1:46. The populace of Lemans Is en
thusiastic over the experiment.
RAILROAD DISCRIMINATION.
Refuse Rate to Bryan Notification
But Grant One to the Grand
v Army Meeting.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8,-Although he
declared today that he would make
no further attempt to secure a con
cession of special rate to the Bryan
notification at Lincoln, Chairman
Mack of the Democratic National
Committee tonight addressed further
communication to Chairman McLeod
of- the Western Passenger Associa
tion calling attention to the report
printed in several western papers that
a special rate had been granted to the
Grand Army meeting in the territory
of the association, Up to a late hour
he had received no reply to his letter.
Governor Haskell, treasurer of the
national committee arrived tonight
from Omaha.
FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
Japan May be Getting Tired of Its
Government Railways.
TOK.IO, Aug. 8,-There is a fresh
confirmation of a movement which
appears to have for its object the re
transfer of the nationalized- railways
to private hands. , The leaders of the
movement are two men , of much
eminence, namely, Messrs. Sengohu
and Yamada. They have not yet
openly declared themselves in favor
of re-transfer, but they are bringing
presure to bear on the government
with regard to hastening the time for
handing over the bonds which rep
resent the purchase price and with
regard to the adoption of some meas
ure to maintain the price of these
securities at a reasonable point. ,
WHERE , LAWS ARE OBEYED.
AUCKLAND, Aug. 8.-Although a
rifle match between teams of Ameri
cans and the Dominion volunters had
been arranged as part of the week's
entertainment, the ministry cannot
allow an armed party to land from
the American warships. The premier
on being urged to modify the re
strictions so that the match might
be held, replied that the imperial law
prevents the landing of an armed
party, the regulation being very
stringent. '
BASEBALL OAMES.
Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco I, Portland 0.
Los Angeles 2, Oakland 4.
.Northwest League.
Tacoma 4, Aberdeen 3. ,
Spokane 6, Seattle 12.
National League.
Boston 10, 9, St. Louis 3, 3.
Brooklyn 6, 3, Cincinnati 8, 2.
Philadelphia 2, Pittsburg 4.
New York 4, Chicago I. .
American League.
St. Louis 1, Boston 3.
Detroit 18, Washington ,1.
Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 1.
New York 3, Chicago 1.
ANUBIS IS FLOATED.
Satisfactory Progresa Haa Been
Made In Removing Barley.
SANTA BARBARA, Cat., Aug, 8-
The wrecked steamer Anubis, if all
goes as expected, will tomorrow or
Monday, be on its way to San Fran
cisco., Satisfactory progress has
been made in removing the barley in
the hold with pumps, the last of the
merchandise. It is believed the holes
in the hull can be patched up so that
the vessel can be towed to port
The mutinuous sailors who ob
jected to the, hard work of saving the
cargo have been sent to San Fran
cisco in Irons by Captain Pillsbury
of the marine underwriters.
ASKS FOR PILOTS.
AUCKLAND, Aug. 8,-In a wire
lesi message received here this morn
ing Admiral Sperry commander in
chief of the American battleship fleet
requests that pilots join the four
flagships of the fleet on thir arrival at
the harbor entrance on Sunday morn
ing to facilitate the disposition of the
ships at their anchorages.
CRIMINALS TO MEET
Call Is Issued for a Convention
of Crooks
ARE HEADED FOR NEW YORK
But Police Authorities There Say
They Will Grab Every One That
Cornea Along Before Any Meeting
Can be Held At All
NEW YORK, Aug., 8. -Police
headquarters have heard that Dr. B.
F. Rylman of Chicago,'; who calls
himself "King of Tramps" and has
spent the last 20 years doing rescue
work among the inhabitants of the
underworld, has issued a call for a
"convention of criminals" to meet in
this city next month. Tothat part
of Dr. Rylman's program which is
directed toward the obtaining of safe
conduct and immunity from arrest of
the delegates while they are ' in the
city, Inspector McCafferty, in charge
of the detective bureau made strong
objection last night. ,
"I'll order the arrest of every crim
inal who arrives for the convention,"
said the inspector.
"And I am not yet sure that !
won't arrest those persons who are
getting up the affair. We want no
assembly of criminals in this city. '
"Dr. Rylman says it was suggested
that all of the crirninals will agree to
do no criminal act while they arc in
the city.
"Dr. Rylman may believe what
those fellows tell him," said the in
spector, hut I won't. We can and
will arrest all of them as suspicious
persons and te chances are that we
will find that many of them are fugi
tives from justice and escaped prison
ers, men under indictment or men
wanted In connection with various
crimes. We will throw Out the drag
net and gather them in,"
' According .to the prospectus of the
convention criminals in all parts of
the country1 are to meet hire to dis-
jcuss their relations to society, to the
I police, and to one another.
I "Brotherhood," is to be the watch
word of the convention. The titles
(of some of the addresses to be de
livered at the convention, if the po-
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1908
ELMER E. DOVER
HAS RESIGNED
As Secretary of National Com
mitteeWill Be Succeeded
by Wm. Hayward
NOW ON ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Selection of Dover on Advisory Com
mittee Pleases Hitchcock and His
Acceptance Disposes With Reports
That Their Relations Were Broken
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. Elmer E.
Dover of Ohio has resigned his posi
tion as secretary of the republican na
tional committee and will become sec
retary of an advisory committee
which Is to woric with George E.
Sheldon, treasurer of the national
committe.
William Hayward of Nebraska who
has been state chairman in Nebraska
for a number of years has been ap-l
pointed secretary of the national
committee and will be in charge of
the western headquarters at Chicago
in the absence of Hitchcock. It is
not likely that any vice-chairman ol
the national committee will be ap
pointed. Hayward will give up his
position as the Nebraska state chair
man and devote his entire time to the
management of the campaign in the
west. Hitchcock also will spend a
great deal of time in the west.
An anouncement was made today
by Hitchcock that he will hold con
ferences throughout the country with
the. managers in various sections
from time to time. He said he in
tends to keep in dose touch with the
work in all sections and to confer
with the party managers whenever
and wherever he thinks the republi
can cause can be aided by hi!
presence.
The selection of Dover to the ad
visory committee pleases him greatly
and his acceptance of the place dis
poses of the reports that his relations
with Hitchcock are not harmonious.
In discussing the change, Hitch
cock spoke very frankly of the neces
sity of a thorough organization for
financing thqacampaign. He admitted
a great deal of money will be needed
and he wants the party managers
charged with gathering the funds to
go about their plans in a strictly
businesslike manner.
lice forget to go around and arrest
everybody connected with the gather
ing, are:
"Twenty-one years a criminal,
twenty years a prisoner"; "Dope and
Booze"; "Do the Police Give the
Criminal a Fair Deal?"; "Easier. to
Commit Crime Than to Find a Job";
"What Society Owes the Criminal"'
and "The Average Income of the
Criminal."
Inspector McCafferty laughted
when he came upon the last topic.
"They would all fatten their averages
if we let them collect in New York,"
he said. ,
SIDES WITH ENGLISH.
Captain of Canadian Olympic Team
Says Americans' Kicks Were
Uncalled For.
' MONTREAL, Can., Aug. 8.-The
Olympic team was met by a crowd of
admirers on their return from Eng
land last night. J. H. Crocker, man
ager of the team, sides with the Brit
ish athletes in the dispute with the
American team. He said, "Starting
with the hole digging incident for the
pole vault and finishing up' with the
foul in the 400 meter race, the Ameri
cans made themselves thoroughly dis
liked by other competitors and de
spired by the officials of the English
people. Many oL their protests were
of a most trivial order.
FLOATED IN LONDON.
HONOLULU, Aug. 8,-Hamakua
ditch bonds to the amount of $750,
000 have just been floated in London,
accbrding to a despatch received from
there today.
ONE WESTERN MAN.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8. -Henry
Watterson,' editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, who is chairman of
the newspaper committee of the na
tional democratic committee, has an
nounced the membership of the com
mittee. The only Pacific Coast state
represented on the committee is
Washington, the member being A. J.
Blethen of the Seattle Times.
RUN INTO A SNAG.
BUFFALO, Aug. 8. -Election
Commissioner Emerson yesterday in
formed Sherman B, Jerome who filed
a certificate with him to the effect that
the Independence Party would hold
regular conventions in this city, that
he did not know anything about an
Independence party and that the In
dependence party wold not get a
place on the official ballot" in Erie
county unless he got a court order
compelling him to give it a place.
BIG LOCK-OUT IS ON. '
STETTIN, Aug. 8. The 8000 riv
eters of the Vulcan Shipyard here
who have been locked out for some
time have unanimously rejected the
terms offered them by the employers.
As a consequence all the iron masters
of this district joined in the move
ment and decided today to discharge
t.. per cent of their employes, total
ing 5000 shipbuilders. The shipbuild
ers' federation will on August 12, lock
out 45,000 more men.
! S. P. PASSENGER WRECK.
Several Reoorted to Have Been
Killed Near New Orleans,
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 8.-The
Southern Pacific passenger train,
west bound, was wrecked tonight
shortly after leaving New Orleans.
Several people are reported to have
been killed.
ILLS MISMANAGED
Cause Why Pillsbury Concern
Goes to Receivers
FIRM TO BE REORGANIZED
Petition of Banks For Receivership
Granted by the Courts English
Capitalists Now Own Stock But
Americans Operate Plants. '
MINNEAPOLIS; Aug. 8.-The
Pillsbury Flouring Mills Company,
one of the largest flouring mills in
America went into the hands of re
ceivers today on a portion ot sev
eral banks located in St Paul and
Minneapolis and John S. Pillsbury.
The company is an English corpo
ration although the active manage
ment has always been in the hands of
Americans. In the statement accom
panying the announcement of receiv
ership it is stated that the receiver
ship is incidental to the re-organiza
tion of the company. Pillsbury is the
minority stockholder, the great
Pillsbury estate having been dispos
ed of practically all their holdings on
the property.
The receivers who qualified this
afternoon are C. S, Pillsbury, son of
C. A. Pillsbury, the organizer of the
corporation, who died about 1U years
airo. . ,
Among the causts assigned in the
petition to the federal court for the
appointment of receiver in a state
ment that the concern has been mis
managed. The receivers appointed
are A. C. Louring, head of the North
western Warehouse & Milling Com
pany, a very prominent millman; G.
S. Pillsbury, who it is stated has no
interest in the corporation, and A. C.
Cobb, .a prominent Minnesota lawyer.
The mills will continue in operation
under the management of the re-,
ceivers.
NO SETTLEMENT REACHED.
, WINNIPEG, Aug. 8. No signs of
a settlement are reported by either
side in the Canadian-Pacific strike to-j Thirty lawyers were engaged and the
day. A carload of strike-breakers is i cost of the trial is estimated at $50,
reported to be on their way. 000.
JACKSO
N
OUT ON BAIL
Attorney Demands That the Boy
Who Killed De Mars Be Giv
en a Jury Trial
WILL HAVE STRONG DEFENSE
Government Building on the Island
Where Shooting Occurred Was
Storehouse For $16,000 Worth of
Property, Which the Boy Guarded,
PORTLAND, Aug. 8. Jackson
Reid, the 11 -year-old boy who killed
George De Mars Wednesday was re
leased today on $5000 bonds. His at
torney today demanded that the boy
be given a jury trial which under the
juvenile act means the jury will de
cide whether the boy is a delinquent
child and to order him sent to the
reform school or whether he be turn
ed over to the grand jury.
Today, for the first time, an inkling
of the defence that will be made in
behalf of the boy became known. It
appears that the government building
is a storehouse for about ?16,UUU
worth of property of different kinds.
The island is beset with rough char
acters and is the rife raff of all kinds
and Schemp was employed as a guard
by the owners of the property. Sev
eral times it was necessary for him to
drive off intruders at the point of a
revolver because of their insolence
and persistence. It is called to at
tention that it required Reid's little
sister at least five minutes to go to
the house and obtain a revolver with
which De Mars was shot and during
all that time the men remained on the
side of the island where the killing
occurred. It will probably be con
tended that the boy was alone with
the smaller children, and he believed
he was protecting the property as he
had seen his stepfather do. .
TAFT MAKES SPEECH.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Va., Aug. 8. Although Judge Taft
threatened to bring suit on the bond
that was given him ,to guarantee that
he was not to be asked to make a
speech, nevertheless he responded in
brief commendation of the Green
Brier Horse Show when called on by
General Watts, the democratic can
didate for governor of the state in
1896. The speech came at the conclu
sion of the show today and Taft took
occasion to give his hearty approval
of the enterprise.
FLEET ARRIVES AT AUCKLAND
After a 33-Day Trip From San Fran
ciscoWill Remain Until
Saturday.
AUCKLAND, Aug. 8.-Sixteen
white ships comprising the battleship
division of the Atlantic squadron ar
rived here at 8:40 ' this (Sunday)
morning and anchored in two col
umns in the roadstead after a voyage
of 33 days from San Francisco. They
will remain here until next Saturday.
Shortly after anchoring Admiral
Sperry went on shore and paid his
respects to Governor Lord 'Plunkitt
and afterwards visited the American
Consul Prickitt. The governor and
Consul later returned the call. '
These exchanges of coutresies end
ed the program of the first day's stay,
but tomorrow will begin the week of
ceremonies for which the most elab
orate preparations have been made.
LONDON AFTER GRAFTERS.
Thirty Lawyers Were Engaged Cost
of Trial About $50,000.
LONDON, Aug. 8. The municipal
officers of Mile , End1 parish charged
with grafting were convicted last
night after a" trial lasting a ; month.
Although the amounts involved were
small, the case excited the greatest
interest because trials - on such
charges are --unusual in English
BEID
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LEWIS CARRIES CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-Jame HamlL
ton Lewis appears to have carried
this city in the race of democratic
nomination for governor by 10,0000
and that, Dineen has defeated Yates
for Republican nomination by about
4ooo. .
WANTS SENATORSHIP.
JEFFERSON CtTYMis., Aug. 8.
Colonel R. C. Kerens, the St Louis
millionaire railroad man, banker and
mine owner, today filed formal decla
ration of his candidacy for the repub
lican nomination for the United
States Senator.
PUT TICKET IN FIELD.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8.-The
Bryan league of Pennsylvania, at a :
meeting here decided to put an in
dependent ticket in the field under
the name of "Bryan" for the coming
presidential election and to perfect a
state organization with a complete
ticket in every county.
BRYAN AND CHAFIN. 11
FAIRVIEW, Aug. 8.-Tabooing
politics almost entirely W. J. Bryan
and Eugene W. Chafin, the candi
dates of Democratic and Prohibition
parties, respectively, for president,
were in conversation today for nearly ,
an hour at Bryan's home. The con
versation turned from one subject to
another but dwelt mostly on Tolstoi,
the Russian sociologist. Both men
are greatly interested in Tolstoi
GIBBONS CALLS ON POPE.
ROME, Aug. 8. Cardinal Gibbons
had so much improved today that he
called upon the Pope. The Pontiff
congratulated his eminence upon his
recovery.
Of the First Primary Election
Held in Illinois
DENEEN - YATES RUN CLOSE
Lawrence Stringer Had Easy Victory
in the Democrat Race For Sena-
' torial Endorsement Yates Manag
ers Claim Large Majority.
CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-At 1 o'clock
this morning the returns from the
first primary election ever held in this
state are still coming in, and the re
result is in doubt except in a few par
ticulars. From the incomplete re
turns at hand it can only be stated
that the contests between Governor
Deneen and ex-Governor Yates for
the republican gubernatorial nomina
tion is extremely close.. Deenen car
ried Chicago and Cook county by
approximately 4800 votes but the. re- ,
turns indicate that Yates carried the
rest of the state. The Yates man
agers assert positively that he will
have a strong majority.
On the democratic ticket indica
tions are that ex-rresiaent btevenson
has been nominated. James Hamilton
Lewis made a wonderful run in Cook
county receiving at least 10,000 plur
ality. The contest for the endorse
ment for United States senators is
extremely close on the republican
ticket between A. J. ' Hopkins and
Representative Foss. Lawrence B.
Stringer of Lincoln had a walkaway
in the democratic race for senatorial
endorsement. .
FOREST FIRE RENEWED.
MISSOULA, Aug., 8. Reports re
ceived by the local bureau of forest
service today were to the effect that
the fire which broke out, at Taft, a
week ago," has brqken out with re-'
newed energy and that it has been
augmented by the conflagration roll
ing up from the Coeur d'Alene re
serve so that a solid wall of fire cov
ers a frontage of 16 miles above and ,
below Saltese., Mining property is
threatened but all towns are reported
clear of the danger zone.
RESULTS
DOUBTFUL