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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1908)
33rd YEAR, NO. 209 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1808 PRICE FIVE CENTS THE RAILROADS 1 Commission Modifies Or der on Shipments GIVEN UNTIL OCT. 15 Fir and Spruce, Carloads, 40c, Shingles 50c and Cedar . Lumber 50c PORTLAND GETS PREFERENCE Commission Order! That Through Rate! From Washington Shall Not Exceed 2) Centa Higher Than Same Product! From Portland. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. The In tentate Commerce Commission today further modified a previous order in the cc of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacture's and other, similar or ganization against the Northern Pa cific and 19 other railroads. The or der points out that the defendants hate, failed and neglected to volun tarily establish a through rate .for transportation of forest products be tween certain point, and directs the defendants not later than October 15th to tabllsh and maintain for two years, through rates through to Port land, Oregon, over their roads for the transportation of various lumber product .specified from all points in Washington on the line of the North ern Pacific as far south as Seattle and not cast of Palmer, Wash., ex cluding however, points south and east of Seattle having rail connection with Seattle, officially by junction points north of that city at Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah, and to all other points in Utah taking the same rate as Salt Lake and Ogden on ship ments of forest products from Port land. The joint rates in no case to exceed the following scale per hun dred pounds. Fir and spruce lurnbcr in carloads, 40 cents; shingles in carloads, SO cents: cedar lumber in carloads, SO cents; log. timbers requiring two or more cars, SO cents, subject, however, to present minimum weight regula MANY DEMOCRATIC CLUBS ARE FORMED Over 5000 Already Organized and Much Cam paign Literature Being Distributed CHICAGO, Sept8.-Twelve lum died precinct committeemen recently elected in the primaries were ad dressed by Bryan tonight. The meet ting represented an innovation in politics, Chicago was for the purpose of putting into effect the call of the national committee for a campaign, club in every voting precinct in the United States. Previously , to . Bry an's remarks, John W. Tomlinson, of Alabama, chairman of the commitjee on organization, addressed the con ference. He stated that . over S000 clubs had already organized and that campaign literature and material has ( been sent to all clubs enrolled at the democratic national headquarters. Af ter October 1 he said, weekly letters from Bryan would-be sent to all the democratic clubs. Bryan opened by referring to the primary system and declared it had revolutionized poli MUST ESTABLISH 1 tions. The commission orders that in es tablishing joint rates on forest pro ducts applicable to the through routes ordered between, their respec tive points of origin and destination, mentioned the defendants shall in no case make such joint through rates more than 21 cents per hundred pounds, higher than rates on same products from Portland, Oregon. EXPLOSION INJURES SEVEN. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8.-Six fire men and an ll-year-old girl were badly burned and shocked as a re suit of gas and a small fire in a plumbing shop on South Main street today. Three firemen were blown from the room Into the street. An other explosion in the basement in Jured three 'more. Mildred Vejar, standing on the sidewalk, was blown into the street, sustaining a sprained back. IARCHI! AG Alfl IN A ROW BERKMAN, WHO SHOT H. C FRICK, LEADER OF UPROAR- HE GOES TO JAIL. EMMA GOLDMAN ON THE SPOT But Hustles Out When Ordered by the Police Row Started Because Berkman Could Not Use His Mouth. NEW YORK. Sept. 8 -Alexander Berkman, the anarchist, wilt spend the next few days in jail. He was convic ted in the night court at an early hour this morning of inciting a riot in a meeting at Cooper Union and was sentenced to the werkliousc. May Smith, a woman who was arrested with him, was fined $10. Berkman, who during the steel works strike at Homestead Pa., a number of years ago, shot H. C. Frick and served a long sentence in jail for the act, attempted to preach anarchistic doctrines at a meeting of the employed under the direction of the Brotherhood Welfare Association tics. "And the authority now comes from the voters instead1 of some cen tral authority." " Bryan emphasized the importance of the position which the committee men occupied and declared no candi date will win success if the, work of the organization is neglected. "It will be your business to see," he said, "First that every democratic vote is registered; second, that every demo cratic vote is cast; third, that every democratic vote is counted, 'and, fourth, .that false registration and re peating are prevented." Mr. Bryan said in 'inclusion: "The reports that come to us from all sec tions of the country are very encour aging and we have every reason to believe that if we all work together and work diligently we shall be able to rejoice over, a victory in the state and nation." ANARCHISTS INDEPENDENCE PARTY NAME ELECTORS Presidential Electors Elected at Mass Meeting at Portland PORTLAND, Sept. 8-At the mass meeting of the independence party held here tonight the presidential electors werenamd, as follows: John W. Bnnett of Clackamas county and Thomas E. Sweeney, W. R. Lake and M. J. -Malloy.of Multnomah county. Hugh J. Mclsaac of California and J. I. Knight of Washington delivered addresses in which they arraigned the old parties and advocated the union of voters with the movement Inaugu rated by the Independence party. The meeting was organized by' J. Eads Howe, known as the "Millionaire ho bo" and Dr. Ben Rcitman, "King of the Hoboes." Dr. Reitman- read a speech which he said had been writ ten by Emma Goldman, and was fol lowed by Charles Oberwagcr, former president of the Central Federated Union, who severely criticized the an archistic doctrines in the address. It was while he was speaking that Berk man created a disturbance and insis ted on being allowed to speak. "The Police swarmed into the hall and after a struggle restored a sem blance of order, the audience having started a small riot. The woman giv ing her name as May Smith, who at tempted to assist Berkman, was ar rested, Emma Goldman, who was pre sent, instantly left the hall when told that .unless she went she alsowould be arrested. THINK BIAS ROBBED BY HIS 01 S Family Feud Turn Express Company s Investigation Toward Boys for $70,000 Theft THEY HAVE HAD LONG; Sons Have for the Past Month Been Fighting Meyers Through the Courts to Gain Possession of Valuable NotesOne x Note Alone for $38,600 PORTLAND, Sept. 8-Wells, Fargo & Co., robbed of a package valued at $70,000 belonging to Joseph Meyers, a pioneer Salem merchant are investigating the daring and reck less crime along line which indicate that the company suspects Mr. Mey ers' own sons, with whom he has a family feud, of knowing more or less about the case. No direct charge against the sons is contemplated, but the theory as advanced by C. Cain, chief of the Express Company's se cret service, who. is directing the in vestigation, is that it would be utter ly impossible for an ordinary thief to know that the carelessly wrapped box marked "Value $10" contained prop erty of such great worth. In support of this theory it is further declared that the property would be of no value to others than the persons who issued the large notes which were stolen. On the other hand, lawyers for Mr. Meyers declare that the boys could not gain anything if they did secure possession of the papers and documents contained in the missing j receptacle. , ' . : ;J Manager' H. P. Beckwith, of the local office of the Wells Fargo Com-i pany, says that the probing into the! mysterious robbery has gone far, enough so that the identity of "he j thief is narrowed down to the point I where the detectives are almost ready i to lay their hands on the culprit. i "Andkwe'll have the man or men HIBBING IS DOOMED TO DESTRCTIO All Business SuspendeeMen Out Fighting Forest Fire DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 8,-Hib- bing, the largest and most prosperous town in the Mesaba Range, is threat ened to destruction by fire. Every place of business in the town is closed, the men are all out fighting the forest fire. A number of firemen fand engines have gone from Duluth. Trains are waiting at Hibbing to take the people away. Unless the wind changes Colcraine and Bovey will be safe. Grand Marais, Minn., on the north-shore, is in the clutches of the fire and are doomed. People are4n worst straits than the range peo ple as they have no place to flee. The forest fire Is within a mile of the town. Settlers are' walking into Grand Maraij with packs of their most valuable possessions on their back and are leg-weary. Their fami lies are dragging along behind them. EN ROUTE TO CARACAS. PORT OF SPAIN, Sept. 8. Sir Vincent Corbett, the British minister to Caracas, who arrived here from Venezuela, September 3, to com municate with his home government concerning Venezuelan affairs, was releaed from quarantine today. He will remain here for a few days pend ing an i-iportunity to return to Cara cas, Sir Vincent declines to discuss the object of his visit here. BITTER LEGAL FIGHT implicated behind the bars if it takes us 20 years," exclaimed Mr. Beckwith this morning. "We will run the thieves down as a matter of principle and not because of the value of the property involved. It is of no inter est to us, this family row, but it is a mighty serious thing to rob an exr press company. The motive in this case seems to be so clear that we are almost sure, sooner or later, to unearth the man who turned the trick and those who inspired it." The robbery was reckless in the ex treme. . It was committed in the re ceiving rooms of the Wells Fargo Co. at the Union Depot between 11:30, the night of August 21 and 7 o'clock the morning of August 22. The known facts leading up to and covering the actual commission of the crime are as follows: Mr. Meyer, after his strenuous domestic imbrog lio with his" sons and his final mar riage to Mrs. Zenaide Du Rette, de cided to shake the dust of Salem off his feet and to make Portland his fu ture home. With this in view he sent instructions to President J. H." Albert, of the Capital National Bank, at Sa lem, to send his' safety deposit box containing his valuables to.the Port land Hotel, this city, where Mr; and Mrs. Meyes were ; then living. The box which was a trifle larger, thi a shoe box contained notes, stocks (Continued on page 8) GIVES STARTLING . rowsiiB LABOR AND CAPITAL. Lined Up For Contest In United State Supreme Court NEW ORK, Sept. 8.-Judge Alton B. Parker, who is chief counsel for the American Federation of Labor in the suit known as the Buck Stove & Range Company vs the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gom- pers, John Mitchell, Frank Morrison, and others, which will come before the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday, left this city today to take charge of the case. The proceedings this week will con sist of argument by counsel on a pe tition by the Buck Company asking that the defendants be punished for contempt of court of alleged violati on of an injunction previously issued by the same court to prohibit the fed eration from advising organized labor that the company was unfair to its employes. SE SENDS POURS PRELIMINARY ?WORD FROM THE GANS-NELSON BAT TLEFIELD TONIGHT. CONTESTANTS IN FINE FORM Opinions Very Evenly Divided as Be tween the Champions, in San Fran cisco Gans in Far Better Shape Than in His Previous Battle. JSAN, FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.-The pugilistic carnival of this week,' where in possession of two world's cham pionships were yesterday at stake will have its climax tomorrow afternoon at Colma, where Battling Nelson will defend his right to the lightweight championship and Joe Gans will en deavor to regain the laurels lost to the Dane in their last encounter. The promoters oT the match confidently expect that the receipts will exceed the $13,000 taken in yesterday at the Attell-Moran gate. Both contestants were present at yesterday's fight and (Continued on page 8.) PUGILISTIC FOUR KILLED IN PANIC AT DENVER Guests Leap to Death From Windows of Burning' Belmont HotelMany Others Injured DENVER, Sept. 8.-A fire that h believed to have started by some mis creant caused a panic early today' among one hundred guests of the Belmont Hotel, a three-story building it 121-125 Stout street, this city, the result of which four lives were sac rificed and a score injured, two per-' haps, fatally. Three men died of in juries jumping from windows and an other suffocated to death in his room. Had the unfortunates who were kill ed or injured by jumping remained at their windows a moment longer all would have been saved by the fire men. The fire was started at "the foot of the stairway and progressed to the, upper floor before discovered. It Is reported that jewelry and money val ued at $1500 was stolen from the rooms' of the proprietor, Miss Nettie Rahn and guests before the fire Or while it was burning The dead are: TESTIMONY III Mrs. Rice -Says Doctor Had Planned Suicide AGREED TO KILL HIF.I Fredrick Rustin Wanted Woman to Shoot Him and Then Com mit Suicide BUT HER NERVE FAILED HER Woman Tells How Everything Was Arranged For The Deed on August 28th He Wanted to Protect Insur ance For His Family. OMAHA, Sept. 8 At the coroner's inquest in the death of Frederick H. Rustin, whose tragic death at .the door of his. home has given the po lice department a puzzling problem, developed several sensations today. The first testimony was of Mrs. Abbie Rice, the woman who was last known to be in Dr. Rustin' s company the night of his death. She declared that for some time Dr. Rustin had been talking of committing suicide but wished to disguise the act so as .to protect his life insurance for the benefit of his family. After much im portunity he induced her to promise to kill him and then to take her own life Arrangements to this end made Friday night, August 28th, but her nerve failed her. On Tuesday night following Dr. Rustin pointed out to her on the street car a man who he said promised tQ do the deed, saying it must be done before that night. Later she identified Charles E. Da vis, clerk of a local bank and a mem ber of a prominent family as the man referred to by Dr. Rustin. Davis was placed on the witness stand and testified that he attempted to commit suicide the night in ques tion taking drugs furnished him by Dr. Rustin, but denied he promised to kill the doctor or that he had any thing to do with the latter's death. He said that the drugs he had taken (Continued on page 8.) EDWARD MOORE, real estate man, Philadelphia. ' JOHN D. KEANE, Colorado Springs; suffocated. GEORGE BODLE, Middletown, N. Y.; died at the hospital from his injuries. . One unknown man. FOR OUR STOMACH'S SAKE. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-How best to appease the palate will be all absorbing topic at Terrace Garden to day, when the eighth annual conven tion of the International Stewards' Association will meet for a three days' session.' Several hundred dele gates, representing cities in the Uni-' ted States, Canada and Mexico ar rived in New York yesterday and last night. .
