33rd YEAR, NO. 209
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1808
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE RAILROADS
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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
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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
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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. .