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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1908)
33rd YEAR. NO. 212 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1908 PRICE FIVE CENTS III! ENGINEERS LEAVE TO DECIDE RAilROAD ROUTE Expect to Fix Course in About Ten Days THROW DIRT IN HONTHJ Party Includes O'Brien, Bosche, and Buckley To ' Select Mid-State Line WILL TAP RICH TERRITORY Will Use Automobile to Investigate the Wilds of Eastern and Central OregonTrip Will Cover Several Hundred Miles. f PORTLAND, Sept. Il.-Upon the results of an investigating tour to be made by leading Harriman officials into Central and Eastern Oregon within (he next 10 days will depend the route of the proposed invasion of that vast territory by. the "Wall Street Wizard." In the party of of ficial which are to make the trip are General Manager J. P. O'Brien, Chief F.nineer George W. Boschko and General Superintendent M. J. Buck t ley, of the Harriman linen, who are veiling the real purpose of their present trip by a run over the Elgin Joseph extension, which has just been completed. . General Manager O'Brien and Chief Engineer. Boschke left . for La Grande in Mr. O'Brien's private car hit nght and picked up General Superintendent Buckley, who has been in Eastern Oregon for several days, After the trip over the Elgin line to Wallowa, its present terminus, the party wilt return to Bigg and will start on one of the longest autOi mobile trips ever made into the wilds of Eastern and Central Oregon from Shaniko. It will be several hundred miles in length and.will cover a good ly portion of the great Oregon em pire now untapped by railroads. Mr. O'Brien expects to take a hur ried look at the country around Ma dras, which would be the object point In case the new Harriman line is pro jected eastward from the Corvallis & Eastern terminus at Detroit, ahd will continue his way down to Prinville, and from that point the movements of the party are largely a matter of convenience to themselves, though during the trip, which wijl require about two weeks. Klamath, Lakcj Harney and Malheur counties will be visited, and the most feasible routes considered from all standpoints as to productivity of adjacent territory, cost of construction and other details. INCREASE OF PAY BETTERS TOE ARMY General Funston, in Annual Report, Expresses Hope That Additional Officers Will Be Supplied WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. In the annual report to the war department General Frederick Funston, comman der of the Department of California, cxresses the hope that the depart ment will succeed in its efforts to obtain an additional-number of offi cers to take the place of those detach ed of duty from, their organizations He adds that this is a question affect- WILL NOMINATE WHITE. NEW YORK, Sept It. It was scmi-officially announced at the re publican national headquarter! today that State Senator Horace N. White of Syracuse will be nominated lieutenant-governor at Saratoga by the the prtwi'-. here i. that no other candidate than Hughes will be placed in nomination for the governorship. MUST TAKE TEST. Colonel Steward Will Make 90-Mile" Ride And 50-Mile Walk. LOS ANGELES, Set. ll.-A dis patch from Fort Huachuca Arizona says that Colonel William 1. Stewart the coast artillery officer, who has been in exile at Fort Grant is at Fort Huachua awaiting orders from Wash ington to take the 90-mile riding test. He expects to start Sunday. Possible he wfll assist also in taking the 50 mile walking test after he has finish ed the 90-milc ride. I' -BE SLAYER OF DREYFUS FREE MAN WHO ATTEMPTED MA JOR'S LIFE AT ZOLO EX ERCISES RECENTLY. EXCITEMENT IN COURT ROOM Presiding Judge Refuses to Reopen the Old Dreyfus Issue and Compels Witnesses to Leave the ' Stand When They Attempt It PARIS, Sept. II. Louis A. Gregori was today acquitted of the charge of attempting to kill Major Alfred Drey fus at the Pantheon in this city some time ago. During the ceremonies at the Pantheon in connection with the canonization of M. Zola, Gregori fired two revolver shots at Dreyfus, one ball taking effect in Dreyfus' wrist. The presiding judge continued to day, as yesterday, to rule out all at tempts to reopen the old Dreyfus is sue, and there was considerable turbu lence in the courtroom as witness af ter, witness was suppressed. These included M. Berteaux, former Minister of War, and Colonel du Paty de Clam. Henri Rochcford took the defense. Colonel du Paty de Clam's ramb ling statement, in which he claimed the men now in power were in league to prevent the disclosure of the truth of the Dreyfus affair, was interrupted by the judge, who compelled'him to leave the stand on the ground that ing the greatly efficiency to the army "The beneficial results anticipated from the recently legislation increas ing the pay of the army,"' says the general, "Are already becoming ap parent. Company commanders report that a much larger proportion of de sirable men are, enlisted than was formally the case, and that former soldiers are returning to the service." OLD TAFT'S FIRST TOUR TO BE IN THE WEST Candidate Will Make 3 Speak ing Trips Before November CINCINNATI, Sept. U.-Taffs first spcecn making trip will be through the west. ' A. I. Vorya left here' for New York today and will personally represent the candidate before the national committee in ar ranging the trip which will take in at least the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana Two other trips are being planned, one through the eastern state! 'an other through a number of soutberr states. These will not be worked out until the western journey lias been arranged. It was said Vorys took with him no specific recommendations from the candidate. Mr. Taft gave it as his opinion that the western trip will extend as far as the coast al though he is not certain about it his testimony was entirely irrelevant Georgia asked M. Rochcfort to dis close the deposition made before the Court of Cassation, but the judge re fused to put the question. M. Roche fort left the stand with an appeal to the jury to acquit Gregori. M. Bourbonne, another witness for Gregori, when he was announced by the judge, made this explanation: "I wished only to speak of the Munstcr memoirs, which the German government seized and never pub lished." ' " ;." Gregori thereupon shouted to the jury: ' "Now draw your own conclusions." UNITED STATES SENATOR RIVES AT Republican Leader in Oregon for the First Time in Two Years IS CONFIDENT OF JUDGE TAFT'S ELECTION Senator Gives Out Information That His Trip to Oregon Is to As sist Taft In Carrying the State Will Form Many Taft Clubs PORTLAND, Sept. 11 United States Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., arrived in Portland tonight. It is his first visit in Oregon for two years. He passed through La Grande this mornjng, and was met at the depot by a number of local Republicans, with whom he talked while the 0. R. & N. train was taking on passengers and freight. Senator Bourne announced that Taft would be elected, and of this he entertained no doubt. Regarding conditions in Oregon and the Sena tonal question, Bourne had nothing to say, the train pulling out before an extensive interview could be ob tained, i Before leaving for his home, Bourne gave oiit the information in the east that his trip to Oregon was for the purpose, of assisting Taft carry the state. How many weeks he will devote to this work is not stated, and when he expects to return to Wash-! ington is also a matter of uncertainty. While in Oregon, the Senator intends organizing a press bureau, which will send out personally tetters from him to voters in all the counties. He will also organize a crew of boosters for Taft, who will work in their hdmei neighborhood, stirring up sentiment j for the national ticket, . - i , One of the principal objects which will command his " attention will, be WRIGHT fslACHINEAGA IN BREAKS RECORDS Aeroplane Makes Flight Lasting Hour and Ten Minutes WASHINGTON, Sept 11.-In a flight lasting one hour, 10 minutes and 26 seconds, Orville Wright today surpassed all of his previous exploits for time and distance flight for hcav ier-than-air machine. Two flights made Fort Myer, Va., today, the first being of 10 minutes and 50 seconds' duration for the purpose of showing the rate of speed He had been travel ing iif the long nights for the past three days. Today's test according to aviators' calculations has a new speed recordbreaking the flights of Wednesday and Thursday 39.5 miles an hour. ' , BASEBALL GAMES. National League. Pittsburg 2, Cincinnati 1. St Louis 3, Chicago 0. Boston 2, Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn 1, New York 6. American League.' Cleveland 4, St. Louis 1. Detroit 2, Chicago 4. Washington 2, 0, Philadelphia 1. 2, New York 4, Boston 2. Boston 5, New York I. Pacific Coast League. Los Angeles 12, Portland 9. , San Francisco 0, Oakland 1 (ten in nings). . .. - . 4:. Northwest League. Tacoma 3, Vancouver 2. Seattle 3, Butte 5. Aberdeen 6, Spokane 4. (IE the organization of Taft clubs. The Fulton faction of the Reublicans will not meet Bourne with open arms, and they will block his plan of organizing Taft clubs, until the Senator concedes that the Fulton people are the whole thing. It appears to be merely a fight to gain the credit for carrying Oregon for Taft and Sherman. Senator Bourne will be informed that if he wants the Taft clubs which John C. Young is organizing to be recognized and have standing with the state central committee, which is controlled by the Fulton faction," he will have to co-operate with the state central committee, and that all in structions to the clubs must be issued by the state -committee, anl not by Young or . Bourne. Those in charge of the state committee will not rec ognize or admit the -existence of Taft clubs on any other ground. The fight against the Taft clubs of Young has already commenced, and came to a showdown last night at Salem. This fight was led in Marion county by State Senator Smith, one of Fulton's chief lieutenants. Two Republican clubs were merged, but rather than designate the new organ ization as a Taft "club, which might lead .the .voters to a supposition that Young was entitled to some credit for its organization, Dr. Smith succeeded in having the name changed to the Salem Republican Club. , THREATENS HO SHORE TOWNS NO UNION JACK. School Directors Will Have None But Canadian Emblem Over the School. ' NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Sept. 11. Tlie school trustees of this city ceased to raise the Union Jack over the school buildings as ordered by the provincial government. The question was thoroughly discussed and decided that the government's re quest will be complied with but that the Canadian ensign will be the only emblem permitted on the flagstaff head. WAS CALIFORNIA MAN. SAN BERNADINO, Cal., Sept. 11. O. D. Collins, who was killed at Spokane Wash., yesterday, was for merly superintendent of the San Ber nardino Valley Traction Company. In March he went to Spokane to assume the general managership of a large enterprise. His two sisters and chil dren were about to leave for Wash ington to make their home with him. WINDSTORM GREAT DAMAGE STORM SWEEPS TURK ISLAND AT 100 MILES AN HOUR - CLIP MANY LIYES REPORTED LOST Town of Grand Turk Devastated in Tornado Several Serious Marine - Disasters Also Reported Death List as Yet Unknown. ' GRAND TURK, Turks Island, B W. I., Sept. 11. A storm of great fury swept Turks Island last night and this morning. The town of Grand Turk is devastated. A num ber of lives have been lost but how many cannot be said. At 4 o'clock this morning the wind was nearly a hundred miles an .hour. Several ma rine disasters are reported with the loss of life. IGNORE FISH -LAWS. Fishermen Stand Off Authorities With Arms When Capture is Attempted. NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C, Sept. 11. Trouble between the fisher men on the Fraser river and the Do minion fisheries officers, resulted last night in an open defiance by the com pany of fishermen who stood off the officers with fire arms and prevent seizure of their boats on a charge of illegal fishing during the closed, sea son. Five arrests were made today. KAISER DOES NOT GO INTO FRANCE Emperor William Changes ter French Territory, ALTENBERG, Alsac Lorraine, Sept. 11. Emperor William . disap pointed the general expectation that he would set pot on the French ter ritory today in the course of his sight seeing trip along the Vosges ranges. The French authorities forwarded his Majesty a hearty invitation to do so and had made every preparation to welcome" the imperial visitor. He had LAKE SUPERIOR Grand Marais Burning and Is Doomed PEOPLE TAKE TO LAKE Entire Cock County in Danger Inhabitants Panic Stricken . With Fear GREATEST LOSSES IN YEARS Government Officials at Washington Claim This Year's Forest Fires in Northern Part of the Country Are the Worst fa 25 Years. DULUTH, Mian., Sept. 11. Unless a heavy rain falls within the next 48 hours the total destruction of every town on the northshore of Lake Su- perior in Cook county is almost cer tain. Tonight, wild-eyed and shaking with fear, the inhabitants are gather ed along the shore prepared to take to the lake in small craft should the worst come. The town of Grand Marais is now on fire. The latest reports say the fire has overwhelmed the outskirts and the- town is burning. The town ap pears doomed and it is feared before morning that the 1500 population will be homeless. - WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. -Government officials here say the whole northern half of the United States, from coast to coast, is likely this year to go down as one of the worst in the last quarter of a century in the mat ter of losses by forest fires which will be high up in the millions. Offic ials say the fires have started a wide spread movement in many states to check them by adopting national sys tems of fire protection. The total cost of forest fires on carefully patrolled national forest reserves for the sea son exclusive of salaries of forestry officials is not more than $30,000. ; ST. PAUL, Sept. 11. Governor Johnson tonight received a message from Mayor Haven of Duluth to the effect that Beaver Bay is in imminent danger of being destroyed by fire and asking help to be sent to the settle ment at once. The governor has re quested the captain of the America al Port Arthur to go to the threatened town. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. ll.-An official statement of the cholera situa tion at St. Petersburg shows today 58 new cases, eight deaths and 107 pa tients in the hospitals with the dis ease. Plans and Does Not En But Sends Thanks intended to ascend Hohenck highest point in this vicinity, which is situated on the French territory. From it a splendid view may be had of Remire mont and the valley of the Mosele river. Emperor William arrived late this afternoon and decided not to proceed across the frontier, but he sent his thanks to the French officials for the courtesy shown him.
