The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, November 07, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA' ' ' ' O' :vcy WVftft1 eft & ( I I, i" ' 9 TTr-- - ' ' - - . jf .W ' ''fill.-. :o0, 'A 0 . 20VCR3THC MORNING'riCLD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA PUBLISHES rULl AfVOCIAfCO PRESS MPOFVT 83rd YEAR.::N0. 260 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, NGYEK2ER 7, 1SC3 HILL RAILROAD PARTY RI ?! PORILffl MBA! Over (forth Bank. Mill, of the Great Northern, hurried I. ... . r . .. ,",...1 ji ...... .1 !.... l, n j away ior a irvp uiroiigo me icrnnnui . FirSt tO CfltCr rOrtlSnd yrds, after waiting some time for ttie cituens'j committee. From that point the executive, led by Mr. Hill and guided by Mr. Charlton, struck join on foot for the nearest garage, 'where they hired an automobile and 4 for' the next two hours the motored viiia HAimn . - around town taking in the varioui ARE TWO HOURS LATE poi.rn. pf .t. The people of this city rtmcm- .,'-.; " - ' - . bered for three years the banquet : .. ." - given during the Lewb) and Clark' . ' ..'' .-';',. fair at which Hill announced his in Jr&ln Held at Columbia RiveP tentlon to build a railroad down the North U.mk ot tlie Columbia river and the atatement made by him then that when that feat wa accomplish ed he might have a further announce- r , mcnt to make. This wai generally ' ', - , construed to mean that Mr. Hill Ani..iifTr'r m nMi W0U,J """ounce bi Intention to RECEPTION COMMITTEE SLOiV,tui!d railroad across central Ore- gon and his speech tonight was mmmmmmmm jawaited with great eagerness. The ! great railroad builder, however, in his address tonight made no such al lusion to his future plans, His Bridge for Inspection of Concrete Structures Through Change, of Plana at Last Moment Reception Committee speech consis,ed principally of'felici and Agent Charlton Meet Them tation to the people of this city and several amusing personal experiences in building the North tank , road practically only a serious part of his speech were a few words of warning , PORTLAND Nov. 6. -James J. "gainst ptactng too much reliance on "f t . t. " j .i, in ithe lumbering and mining industries, Hill, that human dynamo of the i Jfr dustrial worm, ana tne vitav moving ,ion sho,d be turned t0 cultivation power behind more than 22,000 miles 0f cereals. of railroads, arrived in Portland at Governor Chamberlain, Covernor -10;3Q ottlock Uwa morning.. He' was: Meade, United States Senator Ful accompanied by the most , eminent ton, Mr. Elliott and Judge " Cotton galaxy ot rauroad magnates ana 01-, and Dr. Lane also spoke, ficials that ever visited this city at! one time. ' Hopping down briskly as a boy of 10, he was the first man to alight from his private car, Manitoba, 1 attached to the rear of the Hill ( special of seven, private cars.. In one. hand he held a prodigiously big black I cigar and with the other he shook" hands with the waitng newspaper j men and then refused to jie inter S BIHUETTED 1ST I WDM CLUB viewed with both. ; V!'f. 1 t- The Hill party made a hurried trip THE HILL PROSSIMENT down to Aitoria and to Warrenton last evening, and strange fas it; may ecm, it wa the Empire' -.Builder'a first visit to Astoria or the new ter minal property at I Warrenton, five . miles below. They . took ...., short automobile trip around, Astoria, and spent an hour at Warenton. On the way to Portland, the start was made at 1 o'clock this morning, and a rec- ord-breaking trip was made to Goble. The train was then ferried across to Kalama, and a leisurely journey was made to Vancouver, which point was reached about 7 o'clock, .,- In order to give the magnates an opportunity of inspecting the new bridges - and concrete construction and terminals, the train' was held at the Columbia River bridge until the fog lifted. The train pulled into the Union Depot here two hours alter It was scheduled to arrive. ;yi ' .' Through a change of plans at the last moment the reception committee of the Chamber of Commerce missed the distinguished party altogether, two newspaper men and Assistant General Passenger Agent j A. D. Charlton, of the Northern Pacific, being the only persons there to greet the special as it came to a stop, though about 300 people were lined up outside the depot to add an in formal welcome. , Immediately upon their arrival, the party, split up. James J. Hill, President Howard Elliott of the : Northern Pacific; President George ' B. Harris of the Chicago, Burlington Grubcr, general & Quincy, and President Louis W.j Great Northern. . iii. RAILROAD PARTY HEIRESS IS GONE. Meet With Theatrical Agent And Goes To Him In Chicago. CHICAGO, Nov. 5.H. H. Wil son, 31 years of age, a musician and theatrical agent is tinder arrest at a police station charged in connection with the disappearance of Miss Clara UetJ!, 15 years old, from Kankakee, III, - The gril is the daughter of John Lictz, a wealthy farmer of EHuon, Minn., and is heiress to a fortune consisting of a large estate in Ger many. WiUon' was arrested at his home yesterday afternoon by detec tives and the girl was found later at the Chicago Beach Hotel on infor maetion furnished them by Wilson. According to the police, Wilson met the girl at Kankakee and she be came imbued with the idea of being an actress. Wilson returned to Chi cago October 20 and the girls came on the same train, In company with another girl of her age, whose where abouts and name the police have- been unable to learn. , . Miss 'Lieu' had' been attending' a private school m Kankakee until a year ago and had lived with her fa ther's relatives in the city and im mediately after her disappearance they telegraphed to her father in Minnesota, lie came to Chicago and learned that Wilson had been seen with the girl. Wilson refused to tell the father the whereabouts of, the girl, but ad mitted knowing where she was, TO BAR AMERICANS. NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The French Jockey Club is about to take action to bar American trainers and jock eys from the turf in France, accord ing'to a private dispatch to a well known horseowner here, who is mak ing clans to establish a stable in France. ' :' J ":" "" -.The club, it is said, has decided to establish' a rule requiring three years residence in France before a license wilj be issued to either trainers or jockys to ride. The closing of the race tracks in New York is said to be responsible for this rule, the French club believing a large num ber" of, tfaincr and jockeys thrown out of employment here will go to France. ... , GOOD EFFECT OF ELEC partment in the University of Arkan sas. The duties of the new position will be to visit the various high schools and other educational insti tutions of he state, deliver lectures and ai-'l the management of the schools in their work. MR. TAFT WILL HUNT. Prosperity. Renewed., By; Confidence of Nation. MILLS WILL RE-OPEN Orders Placed Subject to Taft's . Election Are Released in Largs Numbers. ' $240,000,000 FOR RAILWAYS Millions of Dollars Will Soon be Placed in Circulation Throughout the Country Insuring the Full Din ner Pail For AIL TAFT, Tex., Nov. 6. It is repor ted at headquarters of the Taft ranch situated near here that W. II. Taft and his brother C. P. Taft, owner of the ranch, will arrive here the early part of December on a ten days hunt ing expedition. The ranch embraces 160,000 acres and deer and other wild animals abound in the pastures. The most magnificent country home and hunting lodge in Texas is situated up on the Taft ranch. SALT LAKE FlRE. ' SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6.-One of the most costly fires in the his tory of Salt Lake ocurred at 6 o' clock last night in the plant of the Inland Crystal Salt Company, loca ted at Saltair, resulting in its com plete destruction. The value of the buildings with machinery, equipment, supplies and stock was estimated at $150,009 and against which there is only $50,000 insurance. " CONSUMPTION KILLS. GUESTS OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND LAST NIGHT PRESENT Governor Chamberlain, Mayor Lane and' Several Harriman Officials Seated at the Festive Board Ban quet Was an Elaborate Affair. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-Mrs. Anna .Carter, aged 42 years, who was married three weeks ago to James Carter, a carpenter, committed sui cide yesterday in the Hotel Adrian by inhaling illuminating gas through rubber tube. Continued ill health is believed to have caused her action. PORTLAND, Nov. 6-The cele bration of the completion f the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Rail road, or as it is better known, the "North Bank Road," an elaborate banquet was given at the Commer cial Club rooms tonight at which the guest of honor was James J. Hill. uthcr guests of prominence were President, Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern; President H. Elliott of the Northern Pacific; President F. B. Clarke of the "North Bank"; J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the Harriman lines in the Pacific North west; Governor Meade of Washing ton; Governor Chamberlain of Ore gon; Dr. Harry Lane, .Mayor of Portland;' W. ' W. Cotton, general counsel of the Harriman lines in the Pacific Northwest; George B. Harris, president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Darius Miller, first vice 'president of the same road and A. M manager of the CARPENTER FOR CABINET JOB Will Succeed Loch Who Can ISava Secretary of the Navy if Ho Wishes. Quiet Day Fcr Taft. SUICIDE OF WOMAN. TOM ITT FJI BSYAII TUESDAY LEADER MURPHY MAKES STATEMENT DENYING TREACHERY. OMAHA, Nov. 6.-The Bee will say tomorrow that the railroads of the United States have released or ders for equipment and supplies ag grega ting . $240,000,000 since election day. These orders had been placed prior to election day' contingent on the outcome of the campaign. - NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 6. The New Bedford" cotton mills hope to start on full time before the first of the year. v. NEW HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 6. The cotton mills of Mt. Vernon and the Woodbury cotton duck syn dicate will start as soon as their new machinery can be installed. FALL RIVER. Mass., Nov. 6.- Beginning Monday the Stevens Cot ton Mills will begin operation day and night. This concern employs 250 operatives " -. , ' , ." . i-. . WASHINGTON, Nov. .-Frank lin K. Lane, ..interstate commerce commissioner states that the indus trial and financial aspect is improv ing rapidly. He says a fact hardly believable but it is true that the total ,of operating revenue per mile of railroads for the year ending June 30, 1908, exceeds any other year in the history of railroading mi the United States, except the year 1907. It was about $894 or less by about $61 than' 1907, but greater by $118 per mile per month more than the year of the last presidential election. SAN FRAXCISCO, Nov. ".-Tuberculosis, spread through a rite of their church, is said to be thinning the population of the Aleutian Is lands -at an alarming rate. Dr. Robert Oleson of the Revenue CuJW Mc- Culloch who arrived yesterday from Alaska states that forty per cent of the natives inthe islands are afflicted with consumption. He expressed belief that the ceremony of kissing the dead is in part responsible for the spread of the disease. . CRYAN LOST OTHER STATES Savs Erie County Where Mack is Leader Went For Chanier But wot For Brvan Yet no Charges of Treachery Against Mack. CINCINNATI, Nov. 6.-Fresidcnt elect Taft and Mrs. Taft left here to night for Hot Springs, (Virginia, where Taft will remain until 1 hanks giving.' This is the quietest day Taft has had; since,-election. JU had a conference with Myron T. Herrick .but said afterwards that no matters of significance were discussed. While no. official announcement has been made it is known on reliable author ity , that F. W. Carpenter will , be Taf'tY secretary to the president, suc ceeding William Loeb, who can have the secretaryship of the navy if he so desires. .NEW YORK, Nov. ' 6.-Leader Murphy of Tammany tonight issued a statement specifically denying that Tammany did not support Bryan He says it is silly to accuse Tammany of knifing Bryan and the charge is hoinir made bv nersons who know better .but who hppejo make politi cal capita! , at Tammany s expense "Before 'the convention we knew that Brvan could not carry New York and nothine influencecf that belief. Bryan went behind here just because the people were against him.. j S Murphy says Ohio,, Minnesota and Indiana elected Democratic govern ors but that Bryan lost them and he lias not hear! any. charges of treach ery to Bryan there. Erie county, where Mack is the leader went for Chanier but Bryan could not carry it, and Murphy has not heard any body charge Mack with treachery. , "There was no treachery. -The whole result was due to Bryan's weakness' and the strength of Taft which pulled Hughes through." WAYWARD GIRL DIES. Never Rallies From An,. Operation Performed In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-The death of a 16 year old girl and an autopsy disclosing that a criminal operation ! had been performed, has led to the arrest of Dr. G. W. O'Don nell and the detention of James H Gibson, wha may be charged as an accessory. UiDson has made a state ment to the police involving the phy sician. 1 ' .. .' ' '. ';'' Vesta Van Vlack, the dead girl, came to this city several weeks ago from Cove, Oregon, in Gibson s com pany and has since lived with him as his wife. Gibson stated to the police that he had endeavdred to obtain the consent of the girl's parents to their marriage but had been refused. Af ter reaching this city he says a fur ther effort to obtain the sanction of the girl's father was made, but- con sent: was again withheld. It was af ter this, Gibson declares,' that the girl went to the office of Dr. O'Dori nell. Later she was operated ; upon for appendicitis by another "physician and from this she. never rallied. Ap plication for a burial permit was re fused by the coroner and the autop sy revealed that death was due to blood poisoning following an opera tion forbidden by law, ; 1 irse is iion in fi tai iii; fi COiHIED FELOil SANK INTO WATER. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6.-Ac- cording ' to officers of the revenue cutter MCCulloch, which has return ed from a cruise in northern waters, Mount McCulloch, which last year thrust its head up from the center of Bogaslov Island, sixty miles west of Unalaska, has disappeared in the throes of another volcanic change. In its place it is said, is a land locked bay hree miles wide, into which the cutter Bush sailed and made sound ings. It was found that the water showed a depth of from eight fath oms at the edges to 25 fathoms in the center. Mount McCulloch, which was first seen a year ago, when the cutter after which it is named arrived off the coast, had a Tieigb of 300 feet cntenceu to id Uiitiiiwiua vsj CURTIS A FREE LIAII Msrss's Attorneys J f: Stay cf Ex::-:;:n, Which V2sCrar.t:i SCHMITZ'S MOTHER DEAD. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6,-Mrs. Charlotte W. Schmitz, widow of San Francisco's pioneer musical director and mother of Eugene . Schmitz, former mayor, died yesterday at her home in this city, aged 80 years. Mrs. Schmitz who was the daughter of a captain of English cavalry, was born in Ireland and was connected with the WidehanT family or Cork. She came to San Francisco in 1851. V7 ILL CO IITEST ELECT! 0 II IIFGOIOOII JUDGE REFUSES TO SET CAIL While Morse is Sente.'iceJ to Impri onment Curtis is,' Released on Sus pended Sentence Owing to Recom mendation to Clemency by Jury. - THE NEXT CONGRESS. CHICAGO, Nov. 6 According to today's returns frOm congressional istricts through the country the Republicans gained two over last night's figures. According to reports already received the next house will consist of 173 Democrats and 218 Republicans. DEADLY GAS RANGE. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Three persons were asphyxiated . from , the fumes from a gas range here late to- SEATTLEAfID F0HT110 CLUBS BREAK M DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN IS CONVINCED THAT STEV ENSON HAS PLURALITY WILL DELTiD A RECCIT Errors it is Claimed Have Been Found la Several Precincts Three Ballots to Stevenson in Each Pre cinct Will Elect Him. EACH WINS EQUAL' NUMBER OF CONTESTS IN FIRST NIGHT'S EXHIBITION. POUCE STOP COXING CO'JT Frank Wins Wrestling Match From Kincaid, Smith Easy For Venable Harris and Niecken Win Boxing Contests An Interesting Card. CHICAGO, Nov. 6-Tne re-elec tion of Governor Deenen will be contested, according to a signed statement, issued tonight by the Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. The chairman says he is convinced that with a correct count and an honest contest. Stevenson has a plurality of the vote cast Tuesday for governor and that he shall de mand a recount. ; DeneeVs plurality is estimated at , 23,000. Errors have already been discovered, ; according to the secretary of the committee in several precints and he explained that if only three ballots in , each precinct were ; taken : from : Deneen and priv-en to Stevenson the latter would Seem to have won. ' NEW YORK, Nov. 6,-From a cell in the Tombs prison, Charles W. Morse now directs the efforts of his counsel, to procure his freedom, .he having been sentenced today to serve IS years in the federal prison at At lanta; Georgia, for -mis -application of the funds of the National Dank of North America and for having made false entries in tbe books of the bank. Alfred II. Curtis, the former resident of the bank who was tried jointly and convicted with Morse was given his liberty today, under a suspended sentence, . - . .' While Morse's lawyers immediate ly applied for and obtaned a stay of execution for ten days after sentence had been imposed it is probable that Morse will remain a prisoner in the Tombs until Monday as Judge Morse has refused to admit him to bail. Morse's lawyers late today ap plied to the United States court of appeals for a writ to show cause why their client should not be, admitted to bail and a writ was granted but not returnable until Monday. Morse's lawyers say their client comes to fight, "To the last." , SUICIDE OF SPECULATOR. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. T LITTLE ROCK,, Ark., Nov, 6. The general educational board of the United States has announced a con tinuous appropriation of $3,000 for the support of a new chair and de- PORTLAND, Nov. 6.-The Se attle Athletic' Club and the Multno mah Athletic Club broke even here tonight in the first of a series of in ter-club boxing and wrestling tour naments. Each won one boxing and one wrestling match out of the four events scheduled. In the 125-pound wrestling match, Edgar Frank, Mult nomah, took the first fall from Bert Kincaid, Seattle, in nine minutes and ten seconds. Kincaid was uncon scious when the decision was given and forfeited the event to Frank. : F. Venable; of Seattle, had little difficulty with Ed Smith of Multno mah, in the 135 pound wrestling match. He wort two straight falls in six minutes and 27 seconds and seven minutes and 18 seconds respectively. In the 125-pound boxing match, Billy Speck of Seattle was taking the eount in the second round when the police stopped the bout and Harry Niecken of Multnomah was given the decision. ;: ;; Cal Harris, Seattle, won the 145 pound boxing bout from C. C. Ralph, hut it took an extra round of milling to enable the referee to make a decision. ALAMEDA, Cal., Nov. 6. James Hennessy, formerly a traveling sales man,, but more recently a speculator in mining stocks, committed suicide yesterday by shooting himself at his home in . this city. Failure to obtain employment and the fact that he bad been recently swindled out of a con siderable sum in a mining deal are said to have influenced Hennery's action. One cf his dati'''t?r-i, Miss Mary Hennery, i9 well Inown un der the name of Anne O'Hagan as a magazine writer. PL ANS ON FO 01 RE-ELECT FU N lay Try to Break Ranks of 'Statement Flum One Men,-It. Is Said.: PORTLAND,, Nov. 6. Supported by an organization now forming, Senator C. W. Fulton will attempt to prevent Governor George E. Cham berlain from being elected to the United States Senate to fill the va cancy caused by the retirement of Fulton March 4. There are enough Statement No, I members of the Legislature to elect Chamberlain if they keep their pledges, but ettorts are now being made to induce a suf ficient number to prevent the elec tion of Chamberlain. Ways and means of carrying out the plan to elect someone other than Chamber lain are now being sought. The argument of Fulton ; and his followers is that the Legislature should elect a ' Republican to the Senate instead of a Democrat. Al though Chamberlain defated Cake, wh.o defeated Fuiton in the primar ies, tor the popular vote, the I'ulton people assert that when Taft carried Oregon it proved that the people re pudiated their votes of last June for the Democrat, Various methods of bringing about. the defeat of Chaniberlain arc under discussion. One phis favorably con sidered is to have the Republicans in counties which did not go fcr Chant- bcrlain to prepare a motion ttreinz their Senators- gnd Feirp..?Rtative to vote for a Rr'Wh-an. TUa .Ki tion i3 that IV.; uny :.: :A in event of C',: ,'. 1 .-it tuw- down, 'alt!l-"t.-;ii tit..' cf Tii'-r- dore B. Wikr, ;r.s-s v.",. n ,.sve & mentioned in I.',.,;:,"; h-:s ficiaries.