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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1908)
. t 3 yv x 1 CAVVfrCi A 'V I f Pi n Mil H 30VCPSTMC MOBNINO fffLO Oft THZ LOWC A CCIUMCI FUSLISHCS full ASGiAT3 lMS3 HIPORT ASTQnlA, OaEGOn, FRIDAY, CCTCaEB 18, i;03 SSrdYEU P. 211 PKXE FiE CENT fa I A vw - . V FOEIGER LEAPS FROG FAST II III HOD ESCAPES C, C. Whipple ' Hakes Gctawayl From Sheriff TRICK WAS CLEVER OfiE Th8 Easd With Which . Prlsaner Alights From Coach Shows Experience SHERIFF IN HOT ; PURSUIT Whipple' Handcuff Were Removed to Allow JUm to Eat, and When Guard Tumi His Back Prisoner Makes Dash For Liberty VANCOUVER, , Wash., Oct. 15. C. C. Whipple.' alias Calley, alias Dr. S, C. Jarrick, who was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Walters on a charge of forgery, jumped from the. North Bank train yesterday while it was go in if at a speed of 40 miles an hour and made good his escape. Sheriff Eu banks of Pasco, Wash., from whom lie escaped, is" in hot pursuit, but Whipple is still at large. Whipple was handcurTered before being taken aboard the train at the Vancouver depot yesterday morning as be was known to have shown tight on severat ' 'occasions. 'When; the train reached White Salmon a lunch for the prisoner was secured and a soon, as the train pulled but of the .station his handcuffs were removed to allow him to eat. When the slier.' iff was a few feet away Whipple quickly went to'the door of the coach and. jumped far out from the mov ing train. He was seen in the act by members of the train crew and the sheriff, and the train was stopped at once, but the prisoner bad made good his escape into the busies. A mem ber of the train 'crew declares that Whipple must have had previous ex perience with leaving fast moving trains, so well did he in-' the leap yesterday. TAFT TALKS IN old . KENTUCKY His Reception is Typical of Southern Hospitality Is First Republican Candidate in South ; LOUSAlLE, Oct. 15Acting on his declaration that the "South is part of the Union and as such is entitled to be considered in the national elec tion," Judge Taft spent the day talk ing in towns and cities in Kentucky. He is the first Republican presiden tial candidate to come to the blue grass state. He will the first to carry his campaign into North Carolina and Virginia! His reception has been typical of southern hcpitality, The attention he has received while ex pounding Republican doctrines was such as to indicate more than a pass ing . interest The candidate made , many references to his reception dur- injf the day, BIG PLANT GONE. ST, LOUIS, Oct. 15.-1' ire '.in Ven ice. 111., a manufacturing town about ten miles early' north of East St. Louis, morning destroyed the EQUESTRIAN GAMES. NEW YORK, Oct. lS.-Up to date in equestrian sports the committee in charge of the Gymkhana games to be held at Piping Rock field, Long bland, on Saturday, have arranged an "Aflinity race" as a feature of the programme. The conditions provide that the men are to gallop, leading partners horses to a point where la dies will be standing. Men to dis mount, assisting their partners to mount and then gallop to the start ing point, holding the ribbons. Among other events there is to be a "Winkin" and "Blinkin" race, each contestant to gallop to a lady, carry ing a button, put on a night gown and have button sewed on by partner and return to starting point. is warn OF THE WHOLE 170HLD INTELLECTUAL LEADERS ARE TO CHOSE AN EXECU TIVE HEAD. ' KISHT PC fl r,C3$EYELT st "League of Peace" Asks the Interna tional Reform .Bureau" to Co-oper-te With it in Bring About Selec tion of a World Executive." i , ; '-Trr - i- t NEW YORK, Oct. lS.-The re ported declaration of Rev. Dr. Wil bur F. Crafts, superintendent of the International Reform Ptureau in Bos ton recently, that within a few years Theodore Roosevelt would be "Em peror of the World." has called forth 'a letter to Dr, Crafts from William 0. McDowell, acting executive of the League of Peace, asking the re- .form bureau to co-operate with the league in its work of bringing about the selection of a world's executive. Mr. McDowell's letter says in part: "The time has come and plans are well under way for the election of an executive with she title of "The Peacemaker" by . the electoral college composed of the intellectual leaders of theworld, something like '100,000 voters. -, plant of the Barbc,r Asphalt Com pany and several nearby residences. The fire department of East St. Louis: was called on for air. The fire started at 2:30 o'clock and soon the entire asphalt was in ruins. The loss is about $150,01)0. MARQUIS HONORED. SEOUL, Corea, Oct. IS. Marquis Saionji, late premier of Japan, was elaborately entertained during' his stay here by the finance department of Corca. ' The Marquis, who is on his way to Tokio, confidently assert- ed that Yoshiro Sakatani former min : ter of finance, will be restored to j that place in the cabinet shortly after ! the arrival of the Marquis at Tokio. COMPEKS SPEAKS FOR BRYAN. DETROIT, Oct. 15. -President dumpers of the American I'rderalion of Labor .roke here tonight in favor of Bryan. Til 11 APPEAR IT FITTS118 TII I Alleged insane Mia tu Testify in Dsnkruptcy Cass NEW YORK, Oct. 15. It was an nounced tonijght that Harry K. Thaw might go to Pittsburg next Sunday or soon after to testify in connection with the bankruptcy proceedings now pending against him in that city. Asa 11. Garner, special representative of the attorney-general appointed to take charge of the Thaw case on be half of the state said that Thaw rep resentative have promised not to put any obstacles in the way of having Thaw returned to New York in case he appears in Pittsburg, As this was the main contention against the pris oner being taken there, Garner says be can not see bow he dm success fully oppose the writ. BLOWN BY DYNAMITE. SONOMA. Cal., Oct. IS.-On Ru dolph Spreckcls ranch near here to day, three men lo,t their lives by a dynamite explosion this afternoon. TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lS.-Tbe investigation of the collision of steamers Norwood and Asuncion was closed today and the. matter was tak en under advisement by the inspec tors. ' .' "I note your advocacy of Theodore Roosevelt as the next elected head of the executive department, or as you designate it, 'President of, the world'." "So far as I can judge the members of the electoral college, in determin ing their ballot, will doubtless look to America, but you must remember that the United States has no mono poly of the great peace workers of the world. In the writer's opinion the vote case for citizens of the United States will be divided between Andrew Carnegie, Theodore Roose velt and the defeated candidate for the presidency of ttai United States, whether it shall be Dryan or Taft." GE!i aim Hi UliLLU Two of the Balloons That Were Entered in Inter national Contest arc Still Hissing EN ARE RESCUED BY Callosn Falls to Sea Driven by a Heavy Wind and After Cen- 1 Trlf rtnnnp I ttrtH ?'(' n ' Haulinj Unfortunate Ken .beard ' " v BERLIN, Oct. 15. The German galloon Busley came down Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock in - the North , Sea, The two men on" board were! rescued by a passing steamer. j This news was received in a tele-, gram from Edinburg and caused the greatest relief for there was great anxiety regarding the fate of this ; airship. The Busley is one of the 23 ' balloons that started in the rare for the international trophy last Sunday from a suburb of Berlin, and now every one of the contestants has been accounted for. There are still, however, two bal loons missing. There are the Plauen and Ilergielt, which started on Moil day in the endurance race. The disriatch received from Edin burg says that the Bm.ley early Tues day morning got into communication j FLEET BMITERS BAD WEATHER AT JA Heavy Storms Greatly Interfere With Eibsrats Reception TOKIO, Oct. .-Unexpectedly in the arrival of the American Atlantic fleet which has encountered thick and stormy weather off the shore of the Southern islands of Japan has caused much disappointment owing to the enforced postponement of elaborate reception that had been planned for the Americans. Some parts of the program which provided for some form of entertainment for nearly ev ery hour of the time after the arrival of the fleet will have to be abandoned entirely, which means that none of Saturday's programme can be carried out as planned. The latest reports from the Southern islands indicate that the weather is now clearing up. AN ACTIVE JAPANESE. NEW YORK. Oct. 15,-Shintaro Ohashi, vice-chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce of Tokio and the publisher, among his other activities, of some IS magazines in Tokio, is in New York. Mr. Ohashi is visting this country for the purpose of inspecting the large publishing houses and their mechanical plants, both from the motive of legitimate business curios ity and the purpose of comparison. The Japanese publisher was born in Echigo in 1863. When he was 25 years old he went to Tokio with his father, where they founded a pub lising business for which they adopt ed the house name of Hakubun-Kan. It devoted itself to the publication of periodicals and literature whose aim was educational. Today it is one of the largest establishments in Japan. MASTER OF MUSIC. PITTSBURG. Oct.. 15.-Eduard f ack, a violinist of international lame has been selected concert man ager for the Tittsburg Orchestra. He is now in Europe, but will sail for America at once and.be here for the opening of the season, November 6. PASSING STEALER with a coal steamer bound for Edin burg at a point .-in the North Sea northwest of Heligoland. The steam er signalled that she would stand by. The aeronauts then opened their safe ty valve, with the idea of bringing the balloon down. In 'the meantime the steamer had launched a small boat to pick up the two men. The balloon fell to the sea and was driven by a strong wind away from the steamer. The men in the boat pull ed their hardest, and finally; managed to get a line fast to the car, which was being dragged amid clouds of spray over the tops of the waves. They luvfj on until the two aero nauts had been rescued. The transfer was attended with the greate-t dif ficulty. As soon as they were safe on board, the connecting line was cut and the balloon, free of the boat, went acreening away over the sea. oo coots SEA mniin ULL M CORK LEG SAVES. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15-Tbe cork leg of John Anderson, a vagrant, yesterday for the fourth time in as many months refused to allow him to sink his troubles beneath the waters of the bay. He was found floating off the Fol som street wharf by two sailors who took him to the harbor hospital. Af ter the water had been pumped from his lungs Anderson said: "That's what I . call hard luck. Every time I jump in I forget to take off my cork lei?, and all I get for my trouble is a cbi'.l." Anderson's sar.'ty will be inquired into today. TilTY JEltE! iE mm FOR ENTRY IN THE CLASSIC EVENT FOR THE VANDER BILT CUP. PC lath. r-rrrcr Starts Will be Made on Thirty Second Intervals and Eleven Laps The Distance Vill be 23 Miles. NEW YORK, Oct. lS.-The draw ings for positions in the Vanderbilt Cup race which is to be started at dawn, October 24, over 11 miles of the new cement road of the Long Island Motor Parkway and 1'i miles of the open highways of Nassau county, was made last night at the Garden City Hotel, Garden City, L. I., and resulted as follows: Car No. I, Locomobile Factory; No. 2, Knox Factory, driver, Basle No. 3, Mercedes, Robert Graves, driver, Strieker; No. 4, Chadwick Factory, driver, Haupt; No. 5, Mer cedes, W. K. Vanderbilt Jr., driver, Luttgen; No. 6, Isotia, C. V. Bro kaw, driver, Little; No. 7, Mathcson Factory, driver, Ryall; No. 8, Thomas (Continued oa page ) uu ACCUSED OFFICE! IS' EXONERATE The Beard of Pclica .Ccrr.misrlcr.crs Ro-lnctatcs Patrolman Unvilb "Be it Resolved:' - "That Officer Thomas Linville.be re-instated, and that he be reprimand ed for disobedience of the rules as printed in the charter and the rules adopted by this board April 26, 1907; and that each and every other ofiicer, including the acting chief, be served with notice of the foregoing rules and orders of the board, and that here after a violation thereof will be cause of investigation for an immediate dis charge." At the meeting of the beard of po lice commissioners last night Patrol-4 man Thomas II. Linville was virtual ly entirely exonerated from the charges brought against him, r.nd was reinstated by a unanimous vote of the board. lie was mildly repri manded, however, as shown in the resolution as given above, oa the grounds that he had entered a saloon for other purposes than strictly on oili'ci.d business, and fur engaging in a trivial altercation with a brother q Qiinnn I 1 I f I i I I II I ill II m m m urs o mm mm m W ' w Daughter pf John A. Lo gan is inChiragoinCaso HAS CASE III COURT firs. Tucker Sues Husband fcr Abandonment and He Will r.ent ii Respond well mmm m this state Colonel Tucker, Who Was in Philip pines and Well Known in Portland Found an Affinity 'nd Abandoned Wife Who Brings Suit. CHICAGO, Oct. I5.-Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, wife of Colonel Wil liam F. Tucker, chief paymaster of the Department of the Likes, arrived in Chicago yesterday, accompanied by her mother, Mrs, John A. Logan. Mrs. Tucker's attorney. Hayuie R. Pearson, spent the evening ith them. The women are here for business in connection with the abandonment preceding? she has entered against the Colonel. Captain Logan Tucker, quartermaster in the marine corps, is now at the station of the nuris,e barracks at Washington and is pre pared to come here at the call of his mother. . NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-In addi ition to the statement of contribu tions to the democratic national campaign fund given out by Her man Ridder today. Chairman Mack tonight gave out these amounts over $100, which had been received since October 9, and which were not in cluded in original statement issued by Ridder. These amount to $12,536 are from 70 contributors and includes A. J. Blethen, $100 and George Mhon ey, $100, Ridder's statement shows that of a total of $243,567.55 was received by the committee and that $42.50(3 was left over from the Den ver convention fund. With D!d C ofiicer, Patrolman Houghton. I he three commissioners Judge Page, Martin Foard and 5. S. Gordon, were present. The Investigation of the accused officer hardly occupied more than an hour, and it soon be came apparent htat at the worst the :harges against him were not of a f cnous ntttre- even Prven to be true. Patrolman Linville went on the .stand in his own behalf at the very beginning of the investigation, and in great detail recounted all of his .movements on the night in question Wednesday nihr, October 7. He ad mitted ju-t as freely that later in the night Patrolman Houghton spoke to him and that words followed. lie asserted that this n'l-rcation wr.s not a loud or boi.-terous one. Patrolman Houghton was the juxt to give bis testimony. He s-Uu'l the events of the night to have bi -n vir tually as Patrolman I.i'ivilli; h.id st it ed them. He said that they had parted good friends at drtjliht that (Continued on p?;e I)