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33rd YEAR. NO. 219
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1203
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FORAKER
WITHDRAWS FROM ALL
CAKiPfllGH ACTIVITY
SCORES VICTORY
III
F.1AII
II
Takes Leader's Hint and
Eliminates Himself
LETTER INFORMS TAFT
Foraker Before His Resignation
Had Already Been Eliminated
from Campaign ,
RESULT OF HEARST ATTACK
Advertising Matter Prepared for the
Speaking at Camp Taft Show Name
of Hughea Only and Indicate For
aker' Elimination
CINCINNATI, Sept. 19.Senator
Foraker tonight el'minated himiclf
from participation with Judge Taft in
the political rally of the National
League of Republican Clubs, to be
held here Tuesday. Hi action wai
made known to faft in a letter ad
dresxtd to the Judge today In which
he say that, having read in the news
papers that Taft and some of his
friends are doubtful as to the propri
ety of Foraker speaking with Taft on
Tuesday, he decided not to attend
He fays he takes this action, not be
cause he deems his "answer made to
Heart's charges insufficient, but be
cause he did not want to do anything
that could possibly injure the Repub
lican cause or embarrass Taft per
onally. Taft said his action li en
tlrely voluntary and that he received
no direct word from Taft regarding
the situation.
direct question it was said at county
headquarters that.it was not known
hethcr Foraker would appear with
lughes. '--:
It was further learned tonight that
advertising matter in relation to the
Taft meeting is being prepared and
tat the announcements will not In
clude the mention of any other
sneaker than Hughes. At the same
time it was said that a second big
NF.W YORK, Sept. 19,-Regard
less of whether Senator Foraker' de
fense of his relations with the Stand
rd Oil Company, as evidenced by
letters made public by VV. R.'Hcarst
U deemed sufficient to clear him of
suspicion of impropriety, there is
distinct feeling here tonight that h
will be eliminated from consideration
as speaker for the Republican na
tional ticket. Indications that such
move is on foot appeared in the an
nnnnccment from hcaduuarters of
Hrhert Parsons, chairman of the
New York County Committee, that
Governor Hughes had been selected
to make the speech at a meeting to
be held at Camp Taft in this city
October 1st. It had bccnpreviously
announced that Foraker had accepted
the invitation to be the principal
In Annual Meet at Chicago ;
Hatch a Close Second -
CHICAGO, Sept. 19. The annual
Marathon race was today won by A.
L. Com (unattached), of Chicago,
in the official time of 2 hours, 57 min
utcs and 30 seconds; one minute be-
meetiing Is being arranged to be niinoi Athletic Club, while the third
ai vam,. ii vt.wci .- . ma wa , F , Ch, Q (
attached). Fetter's time wai 3 hours
rctary Shaw. arul it minutes. Corri. hi. friendi
. .1.-1. t ... I.. J... L( '
ll was ueciarcv uy icuCl ..... t,-, ..y n, tna,.rA
oraker' availability a an effective ,. ' . . . . . . ... .
campaign worker is at an end, even i h wWch hj oot ofe
nil appearance on tne stump wouia
not prove damaging to the cause he
undertook to champion. Although digging trenches so the cable will
akcd many questions as to the prob- be placed out of sight. Many Indus
tries are suspended because of no
water.
Cory, Pa., is surrounded by fire, and
the heavy smoke makes it almost im
possible td breathe
AUGUSTA, Me., Sept 19.-The
razing of vast sections of timbcrlands
by the forest fires continued without
decrease today. . The damage is esti
mated at more than $300,000 already
done. Hundreds of men who have
been fighting the -fire for the past
three days are nearly exhausted.
able course of Taft managers con
ceming Foraker, Chairman Hitch'
cock declined to express an opinion.
n fact, he declined to answer all
questions.
FOREST FIRE DIMS
RISH-Ar,
UORS.l'i
BUMS
lit
H
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ER TO THE FltOUT ON THE
KIIE'iB Pl'iliS
New York Second With 25-
Chicago Third With 18
TRAVLRS, ISLAND, Sept. 19.-
The national track and field cham
pionships of the Amateur Athletic
Union were decided today on the fa
mous oval of the New York Athletic
Club As usual there was a fight for
supremacy between the Irish-American
Athletic Club and the : New
York Athletic Club. Many of the re
cent Olympic winners participated.
The Irish-American won honor with
55 points to 29 for New York and
Chicago 16. The other points were
SCHOOLS FOR INDIANS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I9.-Har-
lan Updegraff, U. S. Inspector of
schools in Alaska, is authority for the
statement that the federal govern
ment will establish thirtee new
schools for Indians in the territory,
making a total of 74. About 2,500 In
dian children are enrolled in the
schools and special effort is made to
instruct them in industrial, sanitary
and hygienic courses.
JEALOUS MAN KILLS WIFE
PORT TOWNSEXD, Sept 19.-
A tragedy of the under world oc-
distributed as follows: Olympia, San furrcd here toni8ht when in a fit of
Francisco, 8; Montreal, 6; Boston, 4;
fliirW Attanriatmn. Washington. 1:
Pastime, New York, 1. Three points 0yld Hunker, an erratic German
jealousy at the prospect of a woman
leaving him and breaking off relations
REACH
D
LI0IIS
CONDITIONS IN PENNSYLVA-
NIA, OHIO AND WEST VIR
GINIA IS SERIOUS -
BALLSTON. N. Y., Sept. 19.-The
fore.t fire is sweeping over Mt. Mc
Gregor and it is feared the historic
cottage where General Grant died
will be destroyed, '
went to unattached athletes.
f.;r. ,.;
BOOK ON CONSUMPTION.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-An exten
sive report of the fight being carried
on against consumption is a volume
entitled "The Fight Against Tubercu
losis in the United States" to be is- j
sued in the United States by the Na
tional Institution for the Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis, and the
Russell Sage foundation. The book!
includes a directory of all questions
and organizations dealing with .tuber
culosis in the United States and Can
ada. It was compiled by Phillip P.
Jacobs, assistant secretary of the" Na
tional Association for the study and
prevention of tuberculosis.
musician, tonight shot and killed Eva
Patton, a colored woman whose home
is in Bellingham, and then killed him
self.; .. v
MURDERER LEAPS OVER
BOARD Ai ESCAPES
LEE JOHNSTON, WHO KILLED
THEN DISMEMBERED HIS
WIFE'S BODY
Makes Number of Strong
Averments
ANENT.THE COST BILLS
Incident to the Schemes and the
Correlated Improvements
That Must Follow
SMALL STREAMS DRIED UP
REPUBLICA
Boy Play Baseball in Middle of Ohio
River Bed Thousands at Work
Attempting to Check Flamei Are
Growing Discouraged
S MET TO EHUVE
THE me CAR
ON WAY TO NOME FOR TRIAL
Man Thought to Have Secured Life-
Preserver and Succeeded in Swim
ming Unimak Pass Only One Man
Sa wthe Escape
PITTSBURG, Sept. 19.-With for
est fire destroying much valuable
property, the enforced suspension of
mining industries, crops ruined, live
stock suffering, river navigation at a
standstill and numerous small
streams absolutely dry, the drouth
which has been practically unbroken
for two 'months past is assuming seri
ous; proportions in the western
Speakers of Wide Renown Expected
of Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and
northern West Virginia. During the
past few day an Associated Press
representative visited this territory,
and conditions of an alarming nature
were found. At night the raging for
est fires light up miles of territory,
while thousands of persons are doing
SEATTLE. Sent. 19. A soecial to
Mall Will Ro SofMIPArl nnrl tllfl SprWAC nf ftftVftral the Ppst-Intelligencer from Nome
IIHII Hill fc V SfWWUI VU WMU WW! WWV w w 1
says: . . . . .
Lee Johnston, who is being taken
to Nome charged with murdering his
wife and burying her dismembered
body, leaped from the steamer Vic
toria Thursday morning- in Unimak
Pass and escaped. The only man who
saw him was a sailor named Walk
over. The officers of the Victoria
pan Many of the Leading Republicans of the City Met at the Chamber YzJst
ASTORIA WILL HAVE A CAMPAIGN CLUB
of Commerce Last Night to Put Life in the
Approaching Contest
preserve
swimming ashore.
At a meeting of a number of the
leading Republicans of the city last
everything in their power to check "' "
I.U111IIIII l,Va VTVV V iywn
the flames.. The majority of the
smaller streams v are dry and being
used as wagon roads. Boys play ball
speaker at that meeting. In giving In the middle of tne unto Kiver pen
nut Hie fact that 'Hushe' would ad- at Marietta.
dress the meeting no mention was Telegraph and telephone companies
made of Foraker, and in reply to a having cables crossing, the river are
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Sept. 19.
Charles W. Swisher, nominee for
Governor on the regular Republican
week. It is proposed to call a mas.s ticket, today authorized the Associ-,
meeting, when the Taft and Sherman ated Press to announce next Monday years, to" be replaced in wood
FILLS, GRADES AND SEWERS
Gives Estimator and Figures in Re
gard to Proposition and Tells of
What Must Precede and Follow the
Enterprise, Etc
The first expression of any sort of-
fcred on the important subject of the
bulkhead to reach this office since
the matter became prominent a few
days ago, is here and now offered, '
without comment, in these columns, '
as will be all, others with which The
Astoran is favored, without regard
to their particular disposition or argument:
Editor Astorian Permit me to
make the following averments:
"That a sea wall, otherwise a
wooden bulkhead is not wanted at
this lime is clear!;- shown by a pe
rusal of hc 105 ren.onstrances now
on file. - -
"That this remonstrance, represent
ing the bulk of the property in As
toria, could have been increased to
1(XX) sigt-atures the is no doubt,
judging Itom the expressions of those
who had no opportune y to sign
"That the most valuable Astoria
real estate lies in the water, and not
where nature has excluded the water.
"That the owners of water lots are
not asking for a bulkhead, not for
pity, nor have they solicited aid from
the hill lot-owners,! who are just now
supposed to have their hands full of
expenses.
"That water lot-owners think and
say that lots on the hills should not
be taxed one per cent, for their ben
efit any more than water lots should
be taxed for grading hill lots.
"That the top of a wooden bulk
head would rot off in ten to fifteen
at
Governor.
I
BRYAN ARRESTED
FORSCORCHING
Democrat Anxious to Reach Next Town and Is
Nabbed by Police for Speeding His Auto
PROVIDENCE, Sept. 19,-Cam-paigning
through Connecticut and
Rhode Island, Colonel Bryan today in
this city concluded his first invasion
of the East in the present campaign.
The day was not without jts inci
dents, particularly in Rhode Island,
where Bryan and his party were ar
rested for overspeeding their automo
biles whjle making a trip of 35 miles
necessary to visit a river point and
Woonsocket. At Stamford, South
forthwith in securing a hall and to
make preparations for the organiza
tion of a Taft and Sherman Club. The
campaign is at last on.
The striking apathy in local politi
cal circles over the coming presiden
tial election will probably now be lost
sight of in an energetic and perhaps
wideawake and rousing activity to
help elect the nominees of the Re
publican arty pby a handsome major
ity in the State of Oregon. All over
the State the same influences are now
at wcrk to waken things up. There
is yctbut a short time before election,
only a little over five weeks. .
At the meeting held last night a
committee of five was appointed for
the purpose of enrolling a member
ship for the proposed Taft and Sher
man Club. The committee is com
posed of John C. McCue, Clark Loug
early' in the day, the candidate deliv- ety, Dan Ingalls (the only one pres-
SAY ITS HARD TO
"PENTCH" MAGNATES
Club can be formally launched. Con- that he would resign as candidate for;
sidcrsble enthusiasm was manifested
last night, though in a quiet way, and
on 'all sides the need of putting a
little zest and enthusiasm into the
campaign was .felt. C. J. Curtis sug
gested that the building on Duane
street heretofore used by the Astoria
Herald may be utilized for the pur
poses of the club if desired. Other
places were also suggested. Some
hall easily accessible to all will be
finally secured
The meeting last night was pre
sided over by F. I. Dunbar, acting as
temporary chairman. C. E. Lock-
wood, of Portland, who is acting un-
.1 i,. . C ,L. C.. f Pan.
ur . u nuu u. y - BALTIMORE, Sep. 19.-Attorney
fral Committee, was also present for v '. v
the purpose of urging the formation General Bonaparte today made an-
of a Taft and Sherman Club. Mr. swer to the recent statements of W.
Lockwood said that such organiza T Rv that the oresent administra
(Continued on page 8.)
ered short addresses to large audi
ences, using as a basis of his speeches
the Democratic platform. "At Provi
dence crowds were at the station and
lined the streets and their welcome
was vociferous, His address at In
fantry Hall was mucji in line with hjs
addresses during the past few days.
He denottnled Taft for his. attitude
on the labor question and challenged
htm to put himself on record on this
ent 'from outside of the city), H. G
Van Dusen and W. T. Eaken.
. These three were named a com
mittee to secure, a hall: C. J. Curtis,
Dr. J. A. Fulton and Sheriff Pony
eroy. .. '
It is expected that the committee
on securing a hall will be able to re
port by Monday, and the other com
mittee will probably be in shape to
call a muss meeting of Clatsop county
Bonaparte Replies to Bryan's Speech, Saying
Present Administration Is Not Keeping Promises
tions are being formed all over the
tion has not squared itself with its
A: win it the club is formed and
As soon as the club is formed and promises by putting some trust mag-
gotten well under way it is probable
that efforts will be madeto form sub
sidiary organizations . It was re
called that during a former campaign
the Swedish club was a strong and
potent factor. Especially was it
pointed out that something ought to
be done to interest the young men in
the campaign. It was stated that the
young men of the present day betray
nates in jail. ' Bonaparte says that
ever since he has been in office that
very thing has been his ambition, as
well as Roosevelt's. He says, how
ever, that he has been in every in
stance compelled to advise against
the prosecution because he did not
believe it would be successful and
that the defendants would have the
benefit of an unmerited whitewash
ir g. He says in the case of nearly
and consolidations that took place
ten to twenty years ago and long ago
are barred by the statute of limita
tions. Although true that officials of
a corporation can be held responsible
criminally for corporite acts, Bona
parte says it' is very difficult to secure
legal evidence to convict individual
officers. Certain newspapers, he says,
which "have been crying for some
trust magnate to be put behind bars,
are in the position of bystanders who
advise the smaller boy in a street
fight to "go in and win." Bonaparte
says that, as Dickens wisely remarks,
"This is an excellent thing to do
when one can do i but not an es
pecially good thing to try when ona