The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, September 11, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text'ft . 33rd YEAR. NO. 211 ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I 3S08 PRICE FIYE CENTS SECOND CHOICE I E FOR GOVERN All But One County Is Heard From JONES U. S. SENATOR Result of Democratic Primary ' Lost Sight of In the Shuffle PATTISON MAY BE IN LEAD Meagre Returni Indicate Nomination of George P. Cotterill For United States) Senator and Pattiaon, Gover nor, on the Democratic Ticket SEATTLE, Sept. 10-Return from the republican Mate primary are still Incomplete but alt counties except one have been heard from. Later re turn are not likely to change the following results: United States Senator VV. J. Jones. Governor S. C. Cosgrove. Lieutenant Governor C. E Shoonc. Secretary of StateSam H. Nich ols. , - - ' Auditor C. W. Clausscn, State Treasurer J. C. Lewis.. Attorney-General W. P. Bell. State Land Commissioner W. E. Ross. State Superintendent 11. B. Dew ey. Insurance Commissioner J. II. Schivelcy. - Congressman, First District W. E. Humphrey, incumbent. Congressman, Second District F. VV. Cushninn, incumbent., Congressman, Third District M. C. Poindexter. The following Is the vote on United States Senator as far as com piled: W. L. Jones, 32,129. Levi Ankeny, Walla Walla, 17.058. W. 11. Snell, Tacoma, 5208. Governor Mead and ex-Governor McBride both concede Cosgrove's nomination. " V 1 The feature of the contest is the fact that the second choice vote nom inated Cosgrove. Poindexter is nom inated to succeed Jones. The repub lican fight has been so hot and there are so many names on the primary ticket that the result of the democra tic primary has been lost sight of altogether and ft may be another day before the returns are totalled. There was no contest except for guberna torial and senatorial nominations and AEROPLANE FLIES- IN STRONG WIND Wright machine Breaks Over 3 Minutes in WASHINGTON, Sept.' lO.-Or-villc Wright today broke the world's record for time and distance for a heavier-than-air flying machines which lie established yesterday.' In the flight requiring great skill on account of the ten-mile wind, he circled thj drill grounds at Fort Meyer, 58 times in 65 minutes and 52 seconds, exceed ing the time of yesterday's flight by oyer 31 minutes. The machine on rising from the ground climbed to a HIES the meagre returns indicate that George F. Cotterill of Seattle is nominated for United States senator and John Paulson of Spokane for governor. Non-partisan, ticket for supreme Judges was nominated. The candidates being John E. Humphries and Milo A. Root, republicans of Seattle and Stephen J. Chadwick of Colfax, a democrat. Root is now on the bench. , BASEBALL GAMES. American League. Boston 2, Philadelphia 8. Chicago 7, St. Louis 2. Pittsburg 1, Cincinnati 3. Brooklyn S, New York 6. American League. Washington 1, Boston 7. Cleveland 5, St. Louis 2. Detroit 6, Chicago 5. Pacific Coast League.. Portland 2, Los Angeles 1. San Francisco 6, Oakland 1. Northwest League. Seattle 6, Butte R , Tacoma 1, Vancouver 3. , PLAN HOLLADAY TRACK FOR BIG RESORT RAILROADS MAY MAKE CLAT ' SOP BEACH FINEST ON PACIFIC COAST. HARRIMAN BEHIND PROJECT Engineers and Experts .Representing Several Railroads, Investigating Feasibility of the Improvement and Harriman's Interest Are Apparent PORTLAND, Sept. 10.-Engineers and experts representing at least two railroads and a number of other in terests are' now at work quietly in vestigating the feasibility of im proving the entire Holladay tract at Seaside, covering more than 81)0 acres of the finest stretch of ocean frontage along the entire length of Clatsop Beach. The tentative plans, as outlined by a man who is in close touch with the operations . already under way, include the erection of the finest Summer resort on the Oregon coast, a mammoth tourist hotel with spacious grounds and strings of cot tages, with all the other attractive facilities for the comfort and conven ience of pleasure-seekers. The tract in question stretches along the coast for more than a mile, all the way from the Government reservation on Tillamook Head, (Continued on page 8.) Record of Wednesday by Teeth of Heavy Winds height of 75 feet. For the first 30 rounds it flew as smoothly as on its previous flights but from that time it was seen to pitch at turns, as the breeze from the west struck it. The gust of wind. were unusually strong and struck the machine on the 42nd round and .it plunged sharply causing the crowd to exclaim in alarm Wright then brought the aeroplane lower, but on the 53rd round he had reached an altitude of 200 feet. Mill PRESENT SEA lll lEIIDIHJ Many Prominent Citizens Night in COMMISSION OF NINE Harrison Allen, for the A. & C. Railway, Makes Brilliant and For cible Statement Against the Bulkhead Amendment as It Now Stands, But Committee Votes to Proceed C. C. FLAVEL - S. E. HARRIS ( CHARLES GODDARD DR. A. KINNEY N. STAPLES K. HAUKE FRANK KANKINEN DR. W. C. LOGAN. The final action of the charter amendment committee at its meeting in the city hall last night was to designate the nine men who will form the commission in the seawall project. The men whose names ap-i pear above were the ones elected, and, if the amendment becomes a law, they are the men who will have the entire matter in their, charge. The meeting of the charter amend ment committee last night was the first one of their sessions which was attended by any considerable body of citizens. Aside from the election of the commission of nine men the only important action taken was sn vote that the bulkhead amendment as pre pared by the council committee will be recommended to. the council at its meeting tonight, providing the attor neys can have it -in shape for pre sentment; and a vote refusing to ac cept a substitute offered by Harrison Allen, as attorney for the A. & C. Railway. From start to - finish the session was an interesting one, and the whole matter of the bulkhead proposition was gone over in one way or another. Among those pres ent were the following: James Finlayson, Frank Patton, J. T. Rose, Robert Carruthers, F. A. Fisher, George C. Flavel, I. Bergman, Prank C. Taylor, H. G. Van Dusen, J. H. Whyte, C. L. Houston, Dr. A. Kinney, Martin Foard, E. Z.' Fergu son and J. N. Griffin. It was said that the citizen there represented from 60 to 80 per cent of the down town values of Astoria, and it was noticed t,hat virtually all of them were decidedly opposed to the bill, as it now stands. According to the action of the committee last night, the bulkhead amendment will be recommended to the council at its session tonight, and as the charter amendment committee forms a majority of the council itself, it would seem apparent that the coun cil is likely to accept the bill as presented to it. That means in all probability, despite the great objec tions made, that the amendment will be submitted to the people. Dr. Logan, ss chairman of the charter amendment committee, called the session to order last night and the first matter that" arose was the -eading of the remonstrance made against the project by 105 property holders holders. The committee vot- ;d to place the remonstrance on file, and to recommend the charter amend ment to the council; and thus, at the very beginning of the session, the whole matter was formally disposed if before any one had a chance to voice an objection. Harrison Allen, attorney for the A. & C, in a half hour's talk, stated the attitude of the railway on the matter. First of all he made it clear lint the railway is not opposed to a bulkhead, but that the company Js opposed to the project as it now stands, and Mr. Allen stated in a for cible manner ihe reasons" the, com pany objected to the project in .its present condition. " "We think you are getting the cart Attend the Session Last City Hall MEN IS DESIGNATED before the horse " said Mr. Allen. "While we wish to act with the citi zens of Astoria on the matter, and while we must not be understood as opposing the project as such, never theless we are disposed to think that the present bill is not a satisfactory one. We think that a thorough inves tigation should be brought in to make a complete survey of the matter, that the total cost should be accu rately made, and that all of these highly necessary details should be first ascertained. Then,, if the matter be found feasible,' and if after inves tigation of the cost, it be found desir able to go ahead, we can do so safe ly" In a colloquoy- with Mr. A. M. Smith, who acted as the attorney for the committee and drew" the bill, Mr. Allen emphasized the apparent fact that the amendment gives the com mission extraordinary powers. It gives them powers so great that even the courts would not have the power to review certain of their important acts. It gives the commission, Mr. Allen said, more power than the com mon council has, and more power than the water commission has. Mr. Allen also pointed out how necessary it is to figure on the question of dcain age, sewerage and the raising of grades., "All these things should be first ascertained," he said, "and then we can go ahead if everything is found all right." Mr. Smith pointed out for the committee that the bill permits ex penditures for this very purpose, though" apparently the whole matter then would be in the hands of the commission, and the outcome would depend upon their honesty and busi ness acumen. Then Mr. Allen called attention to the fact that the committee had voted to submit the charter amendment to the council at its meeting tonight, and he urged that there be some de lay so that the people could have a chance to learn more of its jietails. Mr. Allen at the conclusion of his original talk, presented a substitute bill, which is as follows: "Section 158. The mayor is hereby authorized to create by appointment, subject to the approval of the coun cil, a commission composed of three members, each of whom shall be a resident taxpayer of the city of Astoria. The commission so created shall be styled 'The Sanitary Inves tigation Commission o Astoria.' The commission shall continue until dis solved by a three-fourths vote of all the members of the council of the city of Astoria, and any vacancies caused by death, resignation or oth erwise, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. "Sections 159. The commission pro vided for in the orecedintr section shall have power, and it shaft be its duty to make a full investigation of die sanitary condition of the city of Astoria in so far as the same is af fected by the ebb and flow of the tides, and if it shall appear to such commission practicable to improve such sanitary condition by the con struction of a seawall and by filling rhe lands now covered by the tide vithin the limits of the city of As toria, then such commission shall cause to be prepared comprehensive plans and specifications for the con (Continued on page 3) WEAVING WEB i ill's in KERN TO TOUR. , CHICAGO, Sept. 10 -John W. Kern, the democratic candidate for vice-president, will make a speaking tip in the South in October and the national committee is now arranging the itinerary . Colonel Wctmore of the finance bureau announced tonight that 1500 democratic newspapers had joined in the movement to raise a popular subscription fund with which to run the democratic campaign. FLEET AT ALBANY. ALBANY, West Australia, Sept. 1 1. After a 1300-mile voyage from Melbourne, the American battleships dropped anchor early this morning off King's Point at the entrance of Princess ' Royal Harbor in King George's Sound. Great crowds wit nessed the coming of the fleet, sight ing of which from Beaksea Island, was reported several hours before. The ships encountered smooth winds and fair seas on the way from Mel bourne whence the fleet sailed Satur day. DECIDED 111 FAVOR OF THE RAILROADS COMMODITIES . CLAUSE . OF HEPBURN ACT DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. GRAY AND DALLAS AGREE Their Opinion Covera 75 Typewriten Pages Judge Buffington Dissents But Does Not File His Opinion Great Victory For The Railroads. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10j The, commodities clause of the Repbnrn railroad act vas today declared to be unconstitutional by the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern Dis trict of Pennsylvania. Judges Gray and Dallas agreed in an opinion cov ering 75' typewritten pages that the clause is unconstitutional. Judge Buffington dissented, but did not file an opinion. The commodities clause constitutes the fifth paragraph of the first sec tion of the Interstate Commerce Act, it being one of the amendments made by the Hepburn Railroad Act of June 29, 1906. The clause provides that after May, 1908, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to transport from one state to another or to any for eign country any article or commod ity manufactured, mined or produced by ft under its authority, directly or indirectly, except such, articles or A. BOOTH COMPANY GO TO RECEIVERS Will Know Eastern Fish Owing to Recent CHICAGO, Sept. 10. The fish and oyster firm of A; Booth & Company was placed in the hands of a receiver today. The Linen Thread Company of New York and Alfred Booth of Baltimore were complainants and on their petitkm W, J. Chalmers, presi dent of the Commercial National Safe Deposit Company was appoint ed receiver with bonds at $50,000. The petition asserts its liabilities at $5,500,00 and assets at $8,000,000. The AROUND DAVIS Attending Physician Gives Important Evidence SEEN AFTER SHOOTING On His Way to Rustin's Homo Dr. Lord Meets Davis Com ing From Scene REVOLVER STILL UNFOUND Police Unable to Find Weapon With Which Dr. Rustin Was Killed Last Evidence Declared Most Sig nificant of Any Yet Receiver. OMAHA, Sept. 10. An important development was brought to the at tention of the county attorney late today in the Rustin case when Dr. J. P. Lord, the physician who was called by Mrs. Rustin to attend her husband after the shooting, told the police that while on his way to Dr. Rustin's home he met a man answer ing the description of Charles E. Da vis about two blocks from the Rustin residence and coming from the direc tion of the dying man's house. Chief Donahue this -afternoon declared this the most significant" bit of evidence thus far secured. The police are still searching for the missing revolver and have covered every foot of ter ritory within several blocks of the Rustin home without success. commodities as may be necessary for its use in the conduct of its business as a common carrier. The clause ex empts timber and its manufactured products and is aimed particularly at railroads owning coal mines. Judge Gray delivered the principal opinion which concludes; "From every point of view which we have been able to approach the question, the unreasonableness and consequent invalidity of this so-called 'Commodities clause, is apparent." Saying that it invades the rights of the states by striking down liberty hitherto innocently enjoyed by its citizens to engage in interstate com merce to the fullest extent in harm less articles and deprives the defend- ants of their property contrary to the letter and spirit of the fifth amend ment to the consitution. His opin ion finishes: "It will indeed be an' open door through which forces of centraliza tion hitherto unknown may enter at will to overthrow the just balance between federal and state power." and Oyster Firm Goto Wall Financial Depression troubles of the company are alleged due in a large measure to the inade quacy of cash couplied with the finan cial depression last Fall. THE DALLES, Or., Sept 10. Fire started under the roof of I. H. Taft's cannery in an unknown man ner shortly after 1 o'clock today. It cannot be saved. The ice and elec tric plants will go also. , The esti mated loss is $70,000.