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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1908)
Jtforlilg . 1 :OVCRSTHC MORNING FIILD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA PUILISHCS full AfVOCIArCD PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 203 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1003 PRICE FIVE CENTS SENATOR ' FORAKER ADDRESSES SOLDIERS AT FORf BS At the 42nd Annual G. A. R. Encampment LARGE CROWDS ARRIVE Unveiling of Great War Monu ment Attracts Thousands to the Historic Spot STRAIGHT, SENSIBLE IDEAS Ohio Senator Sounds Keynote of - Public Power end National Regula tion by Force, and Praia t the Arm. ' ' TOLEDO, Sept. 1-A itrcet parade of civil character preparatory to the G. A. R. parade of veteran tomorrow and the dedication at Fort Meigi, the monument at Pcrrysburg, 12 milei from Toledo, divided intercut today in the 42ml annual encompment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Forty thousand journed by trolley and boat to the historic spot where General William Henry Harrison in "1817-13 checked the ambition of the British General Proctor. Many Kpeeches were made, chief among them being the utterances of Senator Foraker, Gover nor Harris and General Bennett ' Voting, representing Governor Will on of Kentucky, who was unable to be present. The ceremonies of the unveiling were very Impressive. Sen ator Foraker said In part: ''When General Harrison fought here there were but 18 states in our Union, now ther are 46. Then we had less than 10.000,000 of population; now we have 87,000,000; then we fronted only on the Atlantic; now we FUMES KILL SAILORS. ; BOSTON, Sept. l.-Succumbing to the deadly fumes of burning pitch and oakum deep down In the fore- peak of the British bark Puritan as she lay at anchor in President Roadi today four seamen were suffocated and a fifth partly was overcome be fore rescued from death by hit ship mates. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a spontaneous com bustian, It did but little damage. BIO TREES IN DANGER, STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. l.-News from Murphy's which is connected by wire with the Calaveras Big Trees Hotel, tells of a forest fire in the grove of mammoth trees near where the "Mother of Forests" stands, , a monster sequoia 327 feet high and 78 feet in circumference and that the great grove of big trees is almost certain to be greatly damaged unless a change, of wind comes. The valley in which the grove is situated con tains 93 monster trees, ten of which are 30 feet In diameter. Fill Hi ILLINOIS WORRIES LEADERS ENTIRE BRITISH ion ship CREW Great Storm Sweeps English Channel, Doing Much Damage NEATH WALES, Sept. l.-It is now believed that the entire crew of 32 on the British bark Amazon, from Prto Talbot for Iquique, were drown ed. The bark was driven ashore at the height of the storm and was soon a total wreck. PORTHMOUTH, Sept. l.-Th storm that last night swept the Eng lish channel was one of the most se verest exeprienced in a long time and from all parts of South England and Ireland reports are coming in all day of the damage to shipping, and the rescues by coast guards and life boats. In many wrecks there was also the loss of life, HITCHCOCK FINDS AS MUCH TROUBLE THERE AS IN NEW YORK STATE. FIGHTING AMONG FACTIONS Bitterness to Great Between the Hop kins and Fosa People That Repub licans Decide to Form Harmony Program to Protect National Ticket CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Chairman Hitchcock of the republican National BASEBALL GAMES. American League. Washington 6, Boston 0. Detroit 0, Cleveland 1. St. Louis 3, Chicago 13. Philadelphia 3, 4, New York 4, 0. National League. Philadelphia 4, 9, Brooklyn 2, 0. Boston 1, 0, New York 4, 8. Chicago 4. St. Louis 5. Cincinnati 2, 2, Pituburg 10, 9. Pacific Coast League. San Francisco 12, Oakland 2. . Los Angeles 5, Portland 0. Northwest League. Tacoma 7. Butte 3. ' Seattle 7, Spokane 1. . INTERFERES WITH FLEET PROGRAM Wet Weather Puts Damper on Festivities at Melbourne MELBOURNE, Sept. l.-In spite of the rain which fell all afternoon, the '' streets of Melbourne were thronged with pleasure seekers. Over 3000 men of the fleet ashore fraterniz ed the people. Several football matches were played. Fully 1500 people at tended the reception given by Admi ral Sperry aboard the Connecticut. Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, gov ernor of Victoria, Lady Carmichael and Premier Deakin were among the guests. In the afternoon Lord Mayor Melbourne gave a reception to the Admiral's senior officers of the fleet. The rain is providing a damper on the festivities. ' LEAGUE DRAFT PLAYERS. ' CINCINNATI, Sept. l.-The Na tional Baseball Commission allowed the following drafts: American LeagueBy Cleveland from Los Angeles, Easterly; by Washington from Portland, Groom. National League By Boston from San Francisco, Beck. CZOLGOSZ INSANE. SHARON, Pa., Sept. l.-John Czolgosz, a brother of President Mc Kinleys' assassin, was today sentenc ed to the workhouse. The police claim he is insane, the case will be investigated. t t . mi i. . iace oowi oceans, a ncn our muusmcs Committee, has found that the politi- were lew in mirnoer sua rcsmcicu in character; now they are multitudinous cal problem of Illinois is causing him and expanded. Then we had only ".much worry as the Hughes situation Is in New York. The recent primar ies engendered so much bitterness be tween the Dcenen and Yale's faction over the governorship and Hopkins and Foss factions over the senator ship that the party leaders of the state who will be held responsible for the success or failure of the national tick et have found it necessary to direct mcir attention to the tormation of a harmony program. If possible to do so Hitchcock will be drawn into the case as arbitrator. During the day Hitchock conferred with Speaker Cannon, Representative McKinley, chairman of the national committee; Senator Hopkins, Gover nor Deenen and others. The republi can congressional committee opened headquarters today in the Auditorium Annex. simple and primitive conditions; now the most highly developed and com plicated known to modern civiliza tion. , "But greater than the expanse of our domain, greater than the multi plication of our wealth, greater than any power that has come to us, great er than any glory we have achieved, greater than any of our physical ac complishments, has been the improve ment of our people intellectually, mor ally, and in all that makes for good' citizenship. "There never was a time when they stood less in need of a statutory Btraightjackct, or when they less de served to be discredited in their own estimation and before the world by official censure and public criticism. "A government under which the (Continued on page 8) HUNTERS UNEARTH MYSTERIOUS CRIME PETERS AND ROBERTS' PORTUtNO LIEUTENANT- GOVERNOR PR CARRIES BIG MAJORITY NOT REAR ADMIRAL GLASS DEAD. PASO ROBLES, Cal, Sept. 1. Rear-Admiral Henry Glass of the United States Navy, died late this afternoon of heart failure following an operation performed several days ago at his home in Berkeley. He was brought here for his health, but the result was he could not regain his strength. KILLED IN SON'S, PRESENCE. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Sept. 1 John G. Clifford, president of the United Oxygen Chemical Company was blown to pieces in the plant of the company today in the presence of his 18-year-old son Roger, when a tank of oxygen charged to 2200 pounds exploded. The boy was unin jured. Republicans Win Election in Vermont State BURKE BADLY BEATEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT. HEPPNER, Or., Sept 1. James Kernan, herding sheep for W. S. Bar rett, accidently shot and killed him self yesterday near Austin. SAVES FIVE LIVES ONLY TOUR DAYS Democratic Opponent Is Defeat ed by AboMt 28,000 Votes by Prouty Big Fire Completely Demolishes the Big Furniture Concern at Front and Davis Streets LOSS $120,000 INSURANCE CARRIED $65,000 Fire Is Supposed to Have Started on the Davis Street Side Department Do Effective Work and Soon Have the Flames Under Control PORTLAND, Sept. 1. At 3:45 carried, are as follows: Value of o'clock this morning fire completely ' building, $60,000, insurance $25,000. destroyed the three-story furniture ' ' and mattress factory of the Peters & Roberts Company, located at the cor ner of Front and Davis streets with insurance at $40,000, I me Duiiamg presented me appear .ance of a ruin this morninir. Windows The an(j doors are gone, the floors fallen north end of the building is complete-. in, with some of the interior walls ly gutted, walls cracked and partially piled upon them, while the whole tumbling, while the south end of the rests upon heaps of broken, burned structure is badly damaged. That and ruined furniture. Rolls of tapes- portion may also have to come down, tries, cloths and leathers line the The valuation of the building and sidewalks, all charred, burned and stock, together with the insurance water-soaked.- , LOS ANGELES MAN DOES SOME FINE WORK AT, THE SEASHORE. . IS A POWERFUL SWIMMER Arden Day First Saves a Woman, Then a New York Tourist, Next a Little Girl and Also Finally Rescues an Elderly Man From Undertow. SMALLEST VOTE SINCE 1832 Republican Plurality is Slightly Less Than in 1900 Party Retains Com plete Control of Various Branches of Vermont Government WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt, Sept 1. The republicans won the election in Vermont today carrying the state for Lieutenant-Governor George H. Prouty, of Newport for governor by about 28,000 votes over James E. Burke, of Burlington, his democratic opponent The plurality is the smallest in the presidential year since 1892, when it was only 18,950 and. was followed by a democratic na tional victory but it was larger than in 1888 and on!;' slightly less than in 1900. As Vermont is the first state to vote during the presidential cam paign there was much interest throughout the country as to the size of the republican plurality. The re publicans retained a complete control of the legislature and executive branches of the government of Vermont LOS ANGELES, Sept l.-Five lives, saved in four days in the remar kable record of Arden Day of this city at Ocean Park during the j at week. Day is one of the best known swim mers in Southern California and spends a great part of the year at the beach. His record of the past few days is by no means his first work in life saving. " During the past three years he has saved a number of persons. aj, UC8au w uukc.ois record Dy. DEED ISLAND, Me., Sept. 1. saving a middle aged woman who was Seven summer visitors out of a parity swept from shallow water into a hea- f ten drowned by the capsizing of a EXPECT CONFESSION. OAKLAND, Sept 1 The police say they have completed every link in their chain of circumstantial evidence against Gustav Arkell, who is being held for the alleged murder of Mrs. Alice L. Donahue. The police are confident that they will secure a con fession from the prisoner. Beyond protesting his innocetj.ee however Ar kell has nothing to say up to this time. BOAT CAPSIZES; SEVEN DEAD. Find Body of an Unknown Woman, Badly Decom posed, on Road Near Seattle SEATTLE, Sept. l.-A badly. de composed body of a woman was found buried beside a log ona skil road near Juanita this morning by Robert Mc Corkle and son, W, H. McCorkle, of Seattle, who while hunting came upon found no due the' head of a woman in the middle of missing. an old road where it had been carried by wild animals. After a five-minute search they found the body lying be hind a fallen tree, covered with under brush and logs. The woman was partly dressed. They investigated but No is is known to be POSTAL CLERKS ARRESTED. HAVANA, Sept. 1. Postmaster- General Hernandez completed the in vestigation on the shortage of bureau supplies and vouchers, which the de partment control " to issue stamps. The exact defalcation is over $53,000. Two clerks have been arrested. EXPLORER HEARD FROM. STOCKHOLM, Sept. l.Sven Ho din.the Swedish explorer, who in 1900 started from Chinese Turkestan on a journey of exploration to Thibet and who was last heard from in the Summer of 1907, has sent a letter to his parents here, which they just re ceived, stating that he and his party are safe" and that they will arrive at Simla early in September. DUEL ON STREETS. MANZANILLO, Sept. l.-In a street duel Saturday night which was the outcome of a political quarrel, Manuel Elias', editor of the Conser vative El Vigilante, was shot and killed by Manuel Estrada, editor of the Liberal paper, El Reporter and also Liberal candidate for congressman WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? SAN BERNARDINA, Sept. 1. Theordore Sanila, a Mexican, has been found to have his heart on the right side. The County Medical As sociation has become interested in the case and offers to pay his way to Paris that he may be studied by ex perts there. He has refused and is working as a day laborer here. He is perfectly healthy. vy swell of .the sea. He leaped in af ter her anct brought her to shore. The following day he saved a tour- 35-foot sloop in Penabscot Bay off this island today, six women and one man succumbing. The three who were saved were men who managed to hold ist from New York as he was sink- j onto the tender until a boat from the ing for the third time. A little girl was rescued from the tide close to shore and the rescue of an elderly man brought Day's record up to four on Friday. Yesterday he saved a man who had been caught by the strong undertow. shore picked them up exhausted. ADVANCED RICE CROP. TOKIO. Sept. 1. According to the official forecast the season's rice crop will be 18 percent above the average. HIGHWAYMEN BUSY ACROSS THE RIVER Automobile Party Relieved of Valuables by Masked Men Between Hoquiam and Aberdeen HOQUIAM, Wash., Sept. l.-P. in a lonely section of the road be McDonald, accompanied by two worn- tween here and Aberdeen. McDonald en, went on an automobile ride early resisted the robbers and was beaten this morning and were held up and into insensibility. The chauffeur was robbed of about $1600, and some dia- relieved of $20. No trace of the rob monds by three masked highwaymen bers has been found.
