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70VERSTHE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
PU1LI8HI fULl AMOCIAfCD PRESS REPORT
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMdeV ,303
33rd YEAR. NO. 226
PRICE FIYE CENTS
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FISHING
0 FEN
UUNCH PARTY
DROWN III
One Man Saved by Swim
ming to Shore
BOAT STRIKES PIER
High Wind Makes Boat Unman
agable Capsizes After
Hitting Support
BODIES ARE NOT RECOVERED
Wcitcrgren, the Only Man Who
Escaped Refuses to Tell Where the
Party Were Going and is Held on
Suspicion by the Police. '
CHICAGO, Sept. 28,-Sevcn men
out ot a party of eight were drowned
in the Calumet River last night
when the pleasure launch Lemon
struck one of the supports , of the
Nickel Date Railroad Bridge in the
'river , , ; ' ,
The owner of the craft, Elmer
Wcslcrgren, was seated at the stern
of the boat and after he was thrown
into the water he swam to the
shore. I
Westcrgren's brother-in-law, John
Frick, was one of hc victims. West
ergren seemed distracted and refused
to give the names of the others.
According to information given the
police by Joseph Kcllcy, of kondalc,
early today, the men drowned were:
OTTO YUNKERI
GEORGE VAN HESSEN.
PETER DUNCAN.
JOHN FRICK.
JOSEPH ZEBLOOM.
JOHN ZINKE.
The Lemon was an 18-foot gasoline
launcn, wcsiergren, me owner, lives
at South Chicago.. The boat started
from South Chicago and was on its
way to Rivcrdale, about eight miles
away. Because of the high wind
which prevailed, causing a strong
current in the river, some difficulty
was experienced in running the boat.
As it reached the bridge it was
thrown against one of the supports
and turned over, sinking after it had
cleared the west end of the bridge.
None of the bodies was recovered.
Westcrgren, who is said to be very
wealthy, refused to tell the police
the destination of the boat other than
to say they were taking a little ride
tip the river. He acted suspiciously
and will be held by the police.
TAFT'S VOICE WORSE
FROM MANY TALKS
Sixteen Speeches Hade by the Judge Play Havoc
With His Throat, Which Is in Bad Shape
FARGO, Sept. 28 Big crowds
manifesting both interest and enthu
siasm have surrounded the Taft party
wherever it stopped today through
Minnesota and North Dakota., Six-
topti eiipprlips wpre mnde hv Tnft to-
day .and worked sad havoc with his
voice and tonight it is again in bad
OF SEVEN T.1EN
CALUMET
BASEBALL GAMES.
' American League.
St. Louis 12, 2, New York, 1,3.
Detroit 4, Washington 1.,
Chicago 2, Boston 2- (called on ac
count of darkness)." ''
National League.
Boston 3, Brooklyn 2.
New York 7. Philadelphia 6.
Northwett League.
Vancouver 14, Spokane 3.
ATHLETE INJURED.
DELPHIE, Ind., Sept. 28. -In a
class fight between the classes of
the High School today, Larry Cob
ble, president of Junior Class, was
seriously injured from gusshot.
BLOODY SHOOTING AT
SOUTHERN CHURCH
DRUNKEN MOUNTAINEERS
COMMENCE A FUSILADE
INTO CONGREGATION
THREE MEN ARE KILLED
Scene it Laid in East Tennessee
Near the Church is a "Blind Tiger,"
and the Bloody Murderers Had
Become Drunk There.
JELLICO, Tenn., Sept 28.-One of
the bloodiest affairs in the history of
Eat Tennessee occurred near the
Tennessee Kentucky line, north of
Anthras port office yesterday. The
scene was a little Baptist church near
where is a blind tiger. Services had
closed and nearly all the congregation
had emerged from the church when
a crowd of drunken men who had vis
ited the "blind tiger" began shooting
into the worshippers with pistols.
John D. Bennett, J. V, McKinney
and Edward Thomas were shot down
at the church door and died almost
instantly, streams of blood from their
wounds flowing down the steps of
the little church. The preacher, a I
Rev, Mr. Kind, was shot and mc. tal
ly wounded, falling in the churchyard.
Another worshipper named Gibson
was also shot down in front of the
church, but he Is not dangerously
wounded.
Anthras is five miles from a rail
road and has no telephone connec
tion. Jellico officers could not learn
the names of any of the men impli
cated in the shooting. All of the dead
and wounded have families except
Bennett. - .r.
condition. The feature of the day
was a barbecue at Grand Forks and
a torchlight procession and rally at
this city tonight. Tonight, while
Taft discussed labor, tariff and Roose
velt poliices, he made new combina
tions in his speeches and threw in
many touches of local color and hu
man interest.
' ' "Portland, Oregon,
"Sept 28th, 1908.
"To the Morning Astorian, Astoria, Ore.: ,
"A restraining order was issue today by Judge Wolverton, cov
ering the entire river, upon complaint of E, C. McDonald, assist
ant attorney-general of Washington, to remain in effect until a de
cision in the Christ Nelson case is rendered by the United States
Supreme Court This will permit fishing on both sides of the river,
the same as in the past
"Signed), McAllister."
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The foregoing is the full text of a
despatch received at this office at 7
o'clock last evening, from Master
Fish Warden II C. McAllister, of
the State of Oregon.
It , has been expected for some
time, and will be gladly received, on
all sides by those interested in the
fisheries, canneries and cold storage
plants. It means the resumption of
business and that means much to
thousands hereabout. The news was
received here last night with evident
interest and a number of boats went
out on the late ebb; though for the
matter of that, there have been a
number of fishermen, it is alleged,
who have been running all manner
of risks in this behalf, of nights, here
lately.
The major part of the fleet will be
out again today.
Until the federal court will finally
determine whether the state of Ore
gon has or has not right to enact
legislation governing the waters of
the Columbia River from bank to
bank and to enforce these laws, any-
on who was permitted to fish in these
water under the law as it stood prev
iously to June 1 last may pursue their
occupation unmolested. -This
is the effect of an injunction
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
Mormon Question Will
Campaign
THE ANTI-LEADERS MAY RUN INDEPENDENT
Decision Is the Culmination of
Ever Waged in the West,
About Six
BOISE, Sept. 28. The Supreme
Court today decided in favor of the
anti-Dubois faction the contest be
tween the two factions of the demo
cratic party known as the Dubois and
anti-Dubois factions involving a peti
tion for a writ of mandate filed by
attorneys for the Dubois faction, to
compel the Secretary of State to cer
tify to County Clerks the ticket
nominated by' that faction at the
convention at Wallace, Idaho. The
court denied this petition. The effect
of this action will be to place on the
ballot at the November election the
ticket nominated by the anti-Dubois
faction, headed by Moses Alexander,
j of Boise, for Governor, and Judge C.
D. Stockslager, of Hailey, for United
States Senator. Unless, therefore,
the Dubois faction puts an independ
ent ticket in the field, the Mormon
question will not be an issue in this
campaign.
The decision of the Supreme Court
is the culmination of one of the most
bitterest political contests ever waged
in the West, covering a period of
about six years. Ever since the old
Steunenberg wing of the party, which
was in control during the time of
democratic supremacy in Idaho, lost
the party organization to Senator F.
T. Dubois and his associates, the
Democracy of the state has been di
vided into two factions.
At the
of
the
State of Washington against the
fish warden of this state. Oregon
fishernfen intervening, asked that the
injunction which recently was grant
ed restraining the Oregon authorities
from interfering with the Washing
ton fishermen, fishing for salmon in
the Columbia River be extended so
as to permit the Oregon fishermen
the same privilege. It was contended
by the,Oregon fishermen that as the
matter stood, the Washington fisher
men could come over into Oregon
waters and take fish unmolested by
the Oregon authorities, whereas the
Oregon fishermen were prohibited
from fishing on either side of the
river. United States District Judge
Charles E. Wolverton, took the same
view that the Oregon fishermen did,
and enlarged the scope of the injunc
tion as requested.
From now until the supreme court
of the United States decides the
"Chris Nielson" case the same laws
will govern the action of the Ore
gon authorities that did before, the
people, under the initiative and ref
erendum law, last June enacted acts
which are at the bottom of the con
troversy between the States of Ore
gon and Washington over the juris
diction of the Columbia river.
II
1II-I
Now Be Kept Out of the
in Idaho
One of the Most Bitter Contests
Covering a Period of
Years
torn of the fight has been the Mor
nion question, of which Dubois is the
embodiment. When elected to th,e
United States Senate in 1900 by a
Legislature controlled by the Silver
Republicans, Dubois announced his
allegiance to the democratic party.
He had previously ben elected Sena
tor as a Republican in 1894, and in
1896 organized the Silver Republican
party in Idaho. It was as such that
he was elected Senator in 1900, but
in addressing the Legislature which
had elected him 'he announced that
he would inthe future affiliate with
the democrats.
HISGEN RAPS BRYAN.
Thinks Democrat Should Have In
vestigated Haskell's Oil Deals.
. SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 28
Thomas A. Hisgen, candidate for
president on the ndependence party,
said he believed Bryan should have
investigated Haskell's alleged con
nection with the Standard Oil Com
pany., "But Bryan is not the same
man we used to know," he continued.
"In 1896 he was a white metal man.
Also in 1904 he was a white metal
man; but in 1904 he sold out to Park
er, a gold man, and now he himself
is a gold man. In 1912 he will change
color again and now he looks like
bot-kerosene oil."
granted today in the matter
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1DICAL SCIENTISTS BEET FOR
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IERCULOSIS CONGRESS
WILD GOOSE CHASE.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 28. Sheriff
Langford who went to Sherman, Tex
as, to investigate A. Dunham, a sus
pect, tonight wired from that place:
"Wrong man."
BRYAN IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
ELK POINT, Sept. .-Conducting
a one-day campaign in South
Dakota today Colonel Bryan poured
volleys of criticism into the republi
can platform. Judge Taft and Presi
dent Roosevelt He spoke a dozen
times, the principal remarks being
at Mitchell, Yankton, Vermillion and
here.
REJECT PLAN OFFERED
- BY
CALIFORNIA BANKERS' AR
RIVE IN DENVER AND MADE
THAT .DECLARATION.
0KL0H0MA EXAMPLE BAD
Plain Reasons Given For Repudiat
ing the Scheme Which Does
Not Satisfy the California Bank
ers. SALT LAKE. Ut. SeDt. 28.-The
BRYAN
California delegation to the American ! demonstration in his hqnor, men and
Bankers Association which will hold;women wavin hats and hanHr
its annual convention in Denver this!chiefs for nearly five min- The
week, arrived here about one o'clock ' official we,comc in behalf of the
yesterday.
The delegation is representative of
the bankers of-California and with-
out exception is opposed to guaran
teeing of bank (lervnit; hv the state
E. W. Wilson, vice-president of the journed and not meet aa5n in en
American National Bank of San Fran-!eral session until October 3. The
cisco when asked for an opinion on afternoon ws devoted . to delibera
te proposed regulation of the bank-,tions of various sectional meetings
ing laws says ( where a number of addresses were
"We are absolutely against the made'
proposed regulation as now in prac-J
tice in Oklahoma. We believe in cur
ing the evils which exist in the man
agement of state, national and private
banks from the inside, not from the
outside. In California we believe that
the clearing house system gives ab
solute protection to the depositor
without affecting the individual banks
to their detriment and that such a law
as is in effect in Oklahoma would un
duly restrict the legitimate expansion
of the individual banks.
"In California we are extending the
clearing house system by the estab-
ORVILLE WRIGHT
WANTS MORE TIME
Inventor Asks Government
nal Contract to Make Official Test
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-In or
der to give Orville Wright time to
recover from his injuries recently re
ceived at Fort Myer, the Wright
brothers have made application to the
signal corps for an extension of nine
months in which to make the official
tests of their machine. Today was
the last which Orville Wright had to
Every Civilized Nation in
World Represented
DR. KOCH GETS CHEERS
German Discoverer of Tubercu
lar Bacilli Receives Hearty
Welcome
GENERAL SESSION OCT. 3
Cortelyou as Personal Representative
of President Officially Declared
Congress Open After a Number
of Addresses Session Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-Medi-cal
scientists representing every civi
lized nation united today with their
brothers in America in an effort to
solve the problem, how best to cope
with tuberculosis, the occasion of the
meeting being the sixth triennial con
gress on tuberculosis. Secretary of
! the Treasury Cortelyou as a personal
j representative of President Roosevelt
j officially declared the congress open.
When Dr. Robert Koch, the discov
erer of tubercular bacilli arose to re
spond in behalf of the German gov-
United States was extended by Cor
telyou. Following this there were re-
j sponses from official representatives
of 30 foreign countries. At the con
clusion of response, congress, ad-
lishment of district clearing houses."
J. A. Park of the Farmers' and
Merchants' Bank of Haywards, Cal.,
also expressed himself as strongly
'opposed to Mr. Bryan's plan
"I think I can safely say that not a
member of our delegation is in favor
of the proposed legislation," said Mr.
Parks. "We feel that the clearing
house system affords ample protec
tion to the depositor. I do not be
lieve the American Bankers' Associa
tion as a whole will take any action
either for or against the movement.
for Extension of Origi
deliver the machine to the govern
ment under the original contract.
ANOTHER FOOTBALL VICTIM.
WATERBURY, Conn., Sept. 28-
l Wilfred Balthazar, a high . school
' football player whose spine was in
jured during a practice game last
fweek died yesterday.