The morning Astorian., September 25, 1908, Page 8, Image 8

THE MORNING ASTOKIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
Till DAW 8 KPT. Ii5
HPORTAflT WITNESS !S
UG AT TRIAL
Democrats Urge Haskells
Resignation
Y
ASTORIA PHYSICIAN BADLY
WANTED BY BOTH SIDES IN
ROBERT CASEY MATTER.
The case of the State against Rub
trt Cnsev of Olnev. charged with
having assaulted a little girl about
vear atro. is exDected to tro to the
jury this morning., All of yesterday
afternoon the circuit court room was
fairly well crowded with - throng o
auditors who listened with keen in
terest to the case as it progressed.
When court adjourned last evening
both the prosecution and defense ha
their testimony all in, though one
witness was absent.
Dr. Toivo Forsstrom was the miss
ing witness. His testimony was con
tidered virtually indispensible by th
prosecution at first, though it is nn
derstood that later both Mr. Tongue
, the prosecuting, attorney, and Mr
Brownell, his assistant, deemed their
ease complete without the physician's
testimony. At the same time the de
fense was also loudly calling for Dr.
Forsstrom, averring that certain testi
mony from him would at once render
all of the prosecution's efforts of no
effect. Dr. Forsstrom made an exami
nation of the little girl at the time of
the alleged assault and naturally his
testimony should prove virtually de
'cisive either for or against the prose
cution.
Amone the attorneys the matter
caused keen interest. The case was
first brought while Mr. Hedges was
district attorney, and while Mr. Mc
Cue, who is now the attorney for the
defense, was""the assistant prosecuting
attorney, and to the present district
attorney it is said to be inconceivable
that the case could ever have been
brought without the testimony now
expected from the absent physician.
Yet the fact that Mr. McCue, for the
defense, who naturally should know
just what the doctor testified to then
for the prosecution, wants the same
testimony now for the defense seem
ed to puzzle the members of the laity
who were following the case. Some
seemed to find in it another illustra
tion of the facility with which lawyers
can perform mental acrobatics, when
.4 circumstances demand of them that
v they jump from one side of the case
' to the other. - ,
i- So certain was the prosecution that
", that Dr. Forsstrom would be here
when his services were needed, that
' it is said he was not even subpoened.
On the door of his office yesterday
was this sign: "Gone to Pdrtland."
The lawyers will argue the case the
first thing this morning, it is expected,
'tmless Dr. Forsstrom appears.
The little girl, now 12 years of age,
went on the stand and made a good
'witness. Her testimony was more or
' corroborative testimony. To some the
who saw Casey at the warehouse with
the girL He thought the girl was
crying. Henry Baumgartner and Jo
' seph Warnstaff, two youths, also gave
- corroborative testimony: To many the
prosecution's case seemed very strong.
For the' defense, Casey went on the
stand for himself, and it is understood
the prosecution did not think his
testimony very strong. His brother,
the two Gustafson boys and Andrew
Johnson testified as to the defend
; ant's previous good character.
In the absence of Dr. Forsstrom,
the prosecution yesterday had Dr. A.
A. Finch make a desired investiga
tion and his testimony tended to cor
roborate the prosecution's case. .
Admirers of
Fancy China
and
..ArtGoods..
will be given a treat
by examining our
line now on
display
A. V.ALLEN "
Sole
Agent -For H. C. Fry
Celebrated Cut Glass.
Single
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national senate and house of resolu
tions proposing to amend the consti
tution of the United States providing
for (a), election of United States
senators by the pople; (,b), national
income taxjc), employers' liability
act. He says in Oklahoma it is be
lieved that organized labor is indis
pensable and they have begun by re
quiring the union label 'on school text
books. Haskell concludes by assert
ing that there is no use for Henrst'i
new political party except "For the
sole purpose of boosting a single
solitary individual who calls himself
W. R. Hearst."
Governor Haskell left for Chicago
this afternoon for a conference with
Colonel Bryan and the national com
mittee regarding the charges.
Astoria Offers Proo
That Haskell Did it
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the Astoria High bchool, who was
axe, ana wno was ousted trom ni
A 1
professorship, and chair of Latin, at
the Central State Normal School, at
Edmund, and who, in the course of
an interview last evening, saia io
reporter for the Astorian:
'Governor Haskell may claim that
politics had nothing to do with the
changes made in Oklahoma's State
schools, but it seems to be a queer
coincidence. At least it smells a little
like politics, since at the first annual
election of teachers in Governor Has
kell's administration, the faculty of
the Central State Normal School, lo
cated at tdmond, Oklahoma, was
practically - annihilated. Thirty-three
persons were elected to the different
positions and of this number but eight
members of the old faculty remained
Changes were made from librarian to
president. Members of the old
faculty, who had been in the
school for a dozen years, and whose
splendid work had been the result of
making it one of the largest and best
state schools in Oklahoma, were
thrust aside for persons of political
pull or for those who had rendered
political service. Only two republi
cans were retained ana, out ot tne
twenty-odd new members elected, not
one is a republican, l ao not Know
just what changes were made in the
other institutions other than the heads
of each of the state institutions were
hanged and active local democrats
were put in.
"I might mention, incidentally, that,
of two of the old faculty retained one
was a brother-in-law of the attorney
general of the State, and the other
as a paid representative of the
American Book Concern; facts that
made their retention decidedly obvious
at the time."
This testimony comes from sources
that cannot be impugned here nor in
Oklahoma; both these gentlemen are
too well sponsored to admit of . any.
mistakes or any ulterior purposes;
and together they contribute nicely
and exactly, in sustaining the Ameri
can President in all he has said and
done in, this particular premise. He
may not have needed the word of
these gentlemen, but it is here in
black and white.
Burned District Covers
12 Miles
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falls. The town of Fieldbrook is
safe. Many people who were living
in the clearings around Luffenholtz
have not been heard from and from
the appearances of the lire they are
either in fearful danger or have al
ready lost their lives.
The plant of the Little River Red
wood Lumber Company is burning
and alK that protects the town of
Fieldbrook is 100 yards of green tim
ber. The residents arc preparing to
fly with their household goods. Fire
has now burned over an area of 30
miles long and four to live miles
wide. Little River Redwood Lumber
Company plant is valued at $1,000,000
exclusive of several thousand acres
of timber,
one.. .
A Vast Difference.
"Don't I give you all the money you
need?" her husband complained. ,
"Yes," she replied, "but you told me
before we were married that you would
give me ill I wanted.". "London Tattler.
$15.00 to $40OQ
When a man starts out to buy a Suit or an Overcoat he generally has a store in mind
where he knows he will get perfect satisfaction in the garments he purchases
THAT 13 THE REASON
that such a majority of Astoria's best dressers come to this
store---they know What?
We Sell Benjamin Clothes
That Benjamin Clothes are the best and our prices are the same
as asked for inferior clothesInvestigate It will pay you.
Have you noticed
in our window? They are the pick of the
Riser Cravats
MALLORY HATS GLOBE
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TRAVELED AS MEN.
Two Cleveland Women Don Male At
tire And Beat Their Way.
CHICACf, Sept. 24.-Believing they,
. . w. h.t;nr tfceir
would nave nu uvuwiv ------
way on trains, Mrs. Alice Boles' and
way on . .. ....
who live in
Airs. C,mrn.Z naruiuei
Cleveland, O., discjrded :heir dres
ses and put on clothing belonging to
the husband of the former and started
a iour'ney to Wisconsin.
on
They were accompanied by Boles
and Charles Ford, the latter said to be
the intended husband of Miss ardncr.
Everything went all right until they
reached Mayfair last night. Then
Special Policeman Thomas Wetta of
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the Chicago and .Northwestern k.
Company arrested them.
"Please let us resume our journey,
pleaded Mrs. Boles, who is a years
Id, but her entreaties were in vain
nd Lieutenant Samuel Collins, of the
rving Park Station ordered them
booked on charges of disorderly con-
uct.
" TERRIFIC TYPHOON.
Philippines Vtttted by a Gale
of
Fierce Proportions.
MANILA, Sept. 24. A typhoon of
terrific velocity swept through the
entral portion of the Philippine
iroup, sweeping pari oi me isiauu w
amar, northern Leyte, Southeastern
Luzon, northern Panay, Masbatc and
;trt of Bomblon. The typhoon dis
appeared in the China Sea, moving in
direction west by northwest. Wires
are prostrated aim avanumu ui-mn.-.
of the damage done arc meagre. It
is evident, however that serious dis
aster followed in the wake of the sud
den storm. A telegram from a town in
Masbat reports that every building
in the place was razed with the single
exception of the postal building. A
.''..-.patch received from Bomblon says
that the typhoon caused a great loss
of property and that undoubtedly ma
ny persons have been killed.
OFFERED LARGE BRIBE.
President Gomperli Makes Startling
Statement Yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. -That
he has not only been followed by
detectives but had been offered a
that nobby line of
$M2
Each
WOOLEN MILL STORE
"WHERE QUALITY LEADS"
large bribe to desert' the cause of j
labor, connecting with that charge
the name of President Van Cleave of
the National Association of Mahu-'
facturcrs, was the declaration made
by President Gotnpcrs today while
under cross examination in contempt
, , . . ,
proceedings against him and other
federation officials, before Examiner
Harper.
MURDERER ESCAPES.
While Handcuffed, He Jumps
Through Car Window of Train.
LKADVILLE, Colo. Sept. 24.
Sherman Morris, alias Frank Shcr-
'cliffe, recently convicted of the mur
der of John Walsh, a Leadville sa
loonkeeper, fifteen years ago, ecapod
from the sheriff of this county at 2:25
o'clock this morning while being ta
ken to the penitentiary at Canon City
to serve a 25 year sentence. Morris,
while handcuffed, jumped from a car
window as the train was approaching
Canon City and made good his es
cape. Morris was brought here for
trial from Michigan. Witnesses came
from Omaha Neb., and Butte, Mont.,
ft) testify as to certain admission of
guilt he had made. Morris has a re
markable criminal record, one of his
most daring acts being the robbery
of a diamond dealer for which crime
he served sentence in Iowa.
FACTORIES STARTING UP.
Diamond Business Was Lost To Re
ceiver From Depression.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Dianiond
factoies, after eight months idleness,
are resuming operations. Two of the
largest factories in New York started
work this week and it is expected that
others will do so within a few days,
The diamond manufacturers say their
trade was about the first to feel the
depression last year and has been one
0f flc aPt to. show recovery.
A. Moycr, president of the Diamond
Workers Protective Union of Ameri
ca, of which all the diamond workers
are members, says that at the begin
ning of the depression some of . the
workers went back to their homes in
Amsterdam, Holland. They are now
gradually returning to this country.
" Mr. Meyer said that few of these
men, who had remunerative jobs be
fore the depression had gone into oth
er occupations. ,
CLUETT SHIRTS
entire, Cluett line
50c to $1.5G
UNDERWEAR
AMUSEMENTS.
THE GRAND!
THEATRE
Commercial and Ninth
Street,
t
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Tonight
AN ERROR OF JUSTICE !
BATHERS' RACE 1
SUMMER BOARDERS TAKEN IN
TROUBLE OF A NEW DRUG -
CLERK
' SONG ' .
'Would You Like To Have Me For a 1
Sweetheart" j
VIEWS
Trip To Pennsylvania and New Jersey
This Theatre is equipped with
the latest and most Improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to see the;e
pictures.
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM
MONDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY.
ADMISSION 10c. Children Sc.
Astoria Theatre
FRIDAY,
September 25
A Brilliant Musical
Novelty
- THE
"Bostonian
Minstrel Maids"
With a bevy of Pretty
Girls Catchy Music
and Latest Song Hits.
Prices 25, 50, 75, $1
Sale opens at box office -on
Thursday, Sept. 24 at
11 a. m.
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f : . ; -
( m (tiMr or A4
MADE IN NEW VOIK
Astoria Theatre
Saturday, Sept. 26
The Big Fun Show
TTMpf P
1 V
JOSH
PERKINS
An Everlasting
Success
' Singers, Dancers and
Comedians.
See Uncle Josh at the County
Fair
Watch for the Big
Parade of I he Hayseed
Band.
PRICES: 25c, 35c, 50.75c.
Box Office Open Friday, Sept. 25th.
Ast oria theatre
One Night Only
Sunday, Sept. 27
the two great
Ger-niau Comedians
KOLB DILL
Direct from 100 nights' ' run on
Broadway, New York, assisted by
Maud Lambert and Billy Clif
ford and a company of 40 people
in Judson C. Brusie's musical
comedy,
"LONESOME
TOWN"
, . Pretty Girls,
New Scenery, New Costumes
-..''. PRICES
i fin nn ari ft s
Sale'Opens Saturday.
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