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ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 10C3
UUEF'S TRIAL WILL BE RESUMED
DESPITE OBJEGTEONS
I -. DORANDO IS HERE.
Judge Lawler Rules Again
st Change of Venue
NO FURTHER DELAYS
Court Holds that Neither Ruef
i or His Attorneys are
. Threatened .
EJECTED FROM COURT ROOM
All TtchnkaUtlct W Brushed
AsUt and tbt Judgs Declares That
Tbara is Nothing That Shows De
fendant Cannot Gtt Fair Trial
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 17.
Tb trial of Abraham Ruef will b
resumed tomorrow morning where
It halted last Friday when Heney
wai loot Judga Lawlor today de
nied the application of Ruef for
change of venue, denied the motion
for a continuance of 30 days, denied
motion for the. dismissal of the
Jury and the entpanclment of a new
one and finally ruled againit de
feme'a request for leave to Interro
gate the juron to find out whether
any had been Influenced against the
defendant by Friday's tragedy.
Brushing all these motions and
technicalities aside, the court an
nounced that the trial will proceed
tomorrow morning and that it would
countenance no further delays.
The action of the court followed the
filing of 37 counter affidavits by the
prosecution which in general terms
denied many of the allegations made
br Ruef and his counsel in their
affidavits yesterday in support of
their aoolicstlon for a change of
venue and set forth that no excite
ment or turbulance prevailed; that
neither Ruef nor his attorneys were
threatened with violence or their
lives endangered and finally that no
conditions existed which would pre
vent defendant having a fair and In
partial trial. The only Incident of
the day was the ejection from the
courtroom of R. A, Adams, before
the court convened this morning.
Adams had taken a seat directlv
behind Ruef and was said to be
cursing and threatening him. Dep
uty Doud declared that he recognia
ed Adams as the man who had fol
lowed the patrol wagon bearing
Ruef for some distance yesterday.
Counsel for Ruef will resume the
examination of ex-Supervisor Gal
lagher tomorrow. ,
Subscribe to the Morning Astorlan,
EIGHT CONVICTS
BURNED TO DEATH
Birmingham Prisoners Set Fire to Mine Hoping
) to Escape During Confusion-One Missing
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 17, Fifty
state convicts employed in a mine
at Pratt City formed a conspiracy
last night to set Mine' No. 3 afire
and escape during the confusion. As
a result eight were burned to death,
one is missing and the other 41 are
s"cly"'locked in the stockade. The
pile of timbers lying in the mainway
was ignited and the convicts hoped
that when attention was being at
tracted to the flames they could
make their way out of the mine and
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Dorando,
the Italian runner, who was , dis
qualified after being assisted across
the tape during the Marathon race
at the Olympic games, and who ar
rives In New York today for a re
running of the event, with John
Hayes, the victor, will complete his
training at 1 Columbia University.
Princeton University, it is said offer
ed the little Italian the privilege to
use the track, but Columbia being
nearer at hand, he decided to remain
in New York. Hayes is training at
a nearby park.
i
BRYiniRU
FOUR YEARS HENCE
BUT WILL NOT DECIDE QUES
TION. UNTIL THE TIME
COMES TO ACT.
IS ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO
Democratic Leader la Not Discour
aged at to Future of Democratic
Party Evades Questions Regard
big Him at U. 5. Senator. ., .
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 17. -"My
friends do not require me to preju
dice my future and I shall not take
the advice of my opponents on this
subject. I shall continue to write
and speak In defense of the things I
believe to be good for the American
people. I hope it will never become
necessary for me to run for office
again, but I will not attempt to de
cide that question until the time
comes to act. I don't see any neces
sity to say more on the question." -In
reply to direct question, "Will
you run for the presidency if it
seems to warrant It?" W. J. Bryan
dictated the foregoing statement to
night "0, I am not at all discour
aged as to the future of the Demo
cratic party. There must be a Demo
cratic party In every country and T
want our party to be Democratic
and I have no doubt the country
will see the necessity for adopting
the reforms advocated by the Demo
cratic party. It is already a great
educational force and I have no
doubt the country will see the
necessity for adopting the reforms
advocated by the Democratic party,
and I have no doubt that con
ditions will make the voters turn to
it as the best instrument for the ac
complishment of "necessary re
forms." "Will you allow yourself to be
elected United States Senator from
Nebraska?" he was asked.
"They do not elect a senator this
escape. They appear to have mis
calculated for nine of them appear
to have been suffocated and the
others while endeavoring to leave,
ran Into the arms of the guards.
which had been placed to watch the
exits owing to suspicion that the fire
had been set,
All the free laborers In the mine
appear to have escaped. In check
ing over the prison lists tonight only
one man was found missing and it
is not known whether he perished or
made his escape,
year," he said, "but they do two
years from now," he was reminded.
Bryan's only response was that he
had said all he cared to. Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan are en route to Mexico.
WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Tbe great
est victory in the history of 40 years
agitation for equal suffrage in Illi
nois was won yesterday. .The char
ter committee by a vote of 6 to 4
adopted a resolution introduced by
Alderman Milton J. Foreman, de
claring for a bill giving women the
riuht to vote for all municipal offices
and on all questions of policy which
have to do with the municipality.
The bill will be drafted by the
committees, submitted to the Chi
cago Charter convention, and, if ap
proved, will go to the Legislature.
Like the charter, it will be subject to
adoption by popular vote before go
ing Into effect
SOLACE CHANGED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. -Act
ing Secretary Newberry yesterday
announced that the transport Solace
now at Magdalena Bay would be
converted Into a hosptial ship of the
first class and attached to the At
lantic fleet. The supply ship Rain
bow will be sent to Mare Island and
converted into a mother ship for
submarines, v
BALLOON SCARE.
PARIS, Nov. 17. A morning pa
per states that the French govern
ment Is alarmed at the. increasing
number of balloons manned by Ger
man officers which have been de
scending in France recently and
have been making diplomatic rep
resentations to Berlin on this sub
ject. Continuing, the paper says
that these representations so far
have proved In vain and that France
is considering the question of taking
rigorous steps to stop what is term
ed a "Veritable peril.'
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS
FORCED TO YIELD
PROMISES IN FUTURE NOT
TO ACT EXCEPT THROUGH
THE CHANCELLOR
VON BUELOVY WOULD RESIGN
The Whole Country Waited to Hear
From the Palace as to the Em
peror's Action Great Change
Manifested Toward Him.
BERLIN, Nov. 17 Forced by the
angry tide of the popular feeling that
swept the Empire from end to end,
Emperor William yielded today and
promised henceforth to conform to
the constitutional methods of con
ducting the policies of Germany. An
interview between the Emperor and
the imperial chancellor took place at
Potsdam this morning and at Its
conclusion the Emperor made a for
mal promise to his people that in the
future he will not act except through
the chancellor and his associate min
isters. ' Prince Von Buelow had de
termined upon handing in his resig
nation if the Emperor had not met
the country's demand, but as such a
situation has not developed the au
dience' ended with the Emperor say
ing to the Imperior Chancellor that
he reposed full confidence in his wi$
dom. The whole country had wait
d with breathless suspense from
the palace.
So great has been the change of
Germans toward their soveic'Ign i-i
the last few days that a crowd of
some 1500 that had gathered at the
church to attend the funeral of the
late General Huelin-Haesslcr at
which the Emperor and Empress
were present, being unaware of the
result of the audience, greeted their
majesties almost in silence.
At the audience today, Von Bulow
told the Emperor that , he bore a
mandate of the rules of Bavaria,
Wnrtemburg, Saxony and Baden,
the most powerful of the states out-
HIE ROOSEVELT
LABOR DIIIIIER
A Hlost Interesting Event
at White House
LABOR LEADERS TALK
President Asks Many Questions,
as to Labor's Demands
From Congress
WANTS A FULL EXPRESSION
i
An Impression Prevailed That the
President's Next Message to Con
gress Will Show Some Points of
the Conference.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Mem-bers
of the cabinet and justices of
the supreme court of the United
States sat down tonight with labor
leaders from various sections of the
United States at a dinner given by
President Roosevelt at the White
House to a number of personal
friends and men dosely identified
with the movement to better labor
conditions in this country. The oc
casion was one of the most inter
esting events that has occurred at
the White House in months.
During the dinner, Roosevelt sub
jected his guests to a rapid fire of
questions in an endeavor to learn
what labor wanted from congress
and in what way he could be of as
sistance to the toilers of the coun
try. While the president did not
commit himself to any propositions
submitted by the various labor lead
ers, it was learned he sought a full
expression of the sentiment from all
sides. A general impression pre
vailed .amongthe labor leaders af
ter the dinner that the president's
message to congress would show
some of the flavor of the conference.
The labor leaders talked without re
serve and were free to reiterate their
pronounced attitude on some ques
tions to which congress in the past
has turned a deaf ear. What seemed
the most significant of all, both to
the president and other government
officials was a suggestion that con
gress pass a bill of rights into which
all labor legislation should be in
corporated and should create a pub
licity board, whose purpose would
be to investigate - and make public
details of controversies between cap
ital and labor. Although many of
the speakers expressed their opposi
tion to boycotts and sympathetic
strikes, they urged that congress
should better define the injunction
power of the courts and asked for a
modification of both this act and the
Sherman anti-trust law. They also
wished congress to define the exact
status of labor organizations in gen
erat and whether they should be to
"solicit peacefully."- '
side of Prussia to communicate to
His Majesty in collective hope that
he be more reticent In the future.
The chancellor also said this was
the opinion of the whole Prussian
cabinet and that since the meeting
of the Reichstag members without
regard to party had received im
mense quantities of correspondence
approving the Parliament's position.
Von Bulow said the feeling' of the
country appeared to be well nigh
unanimous.
CANADIAN PACIFIC WRECK
VANCOUVER. B. C, Nov, 17.-
Three trainmen are dead as a resuh
of a freight wreck on the Canadian
Pacific near Lytton this morning,
The locomotive and three cars are
lvin at the bottom of 40-foot em
bankment a mass of tangled wreck
aged. The accident was caused by
a washout.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17. In
the effort to establish more clearly
the motive of Morris Haas, the re
jected Ruef trial juror who shot and
seriously wounded Prosecutor Fran
cis J. Heney last Friday, the police
have renewed their examination of
Mrs. Hiram Cobn, the friend and
neighbor to whom Haas confided
his intention of killing - the officer
who had exposed his criminal rec
ord. Questioned at length regarding
her various conversations , with the
suicide, Mrs. Cohn stated that Haas
had several times threatened suicide
and announced that he would take
another life when he killed himself.
On one occasion he declared, she
said, that he was going -to kill bis
wife and their four children: At all
times, Mrs. Cohn testified, she at
tempted to dissuade him from bis
homicidal purposes.
One of the questions asked was:
"Did Haas ever say that anybody
was encouraging or advising him to
kill Mr. Heneyr
To this Mrs. Cohn replied:
"No, not in the least. He said In
an offhand manner, however: 'I met
people and they say they are sorry
for me and they fel that he ought
to be fixed and all that. They don't
say it in plain words, but actions
speak plainer than words. , They
mean if they were me they would
take the law in their own hands'."
It is expected that the examina
tion begun by the police will be tak
en up by Special Agent W. H.
Burna of the district attorney's of
fice. The inquest over the body of
Haas will be held Thursday or Fri
day, the day following the funeral.
Today the coroner will arrange for
a demonstration, in the presence of
police officials and others, to deter
mine whether or not the Derringer
with which Haas killed himself
could be hidden in bis shoe as the
police affirm. '
In Judge Lawlor's court the prose
cution, strengthened since the shoot
ing of Heney by the services of three
volunteers from the legal ranks of
the city, will present their answer to
RuePs motion for a change of venue
for hi strial on a charge of bribery.
FREfl PEOPLE III
FREE SCHOOLS
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST
THE AUTHORITIES CON
TINUE DESPITE POLICE
AMERICAN FLAG IS CHEERED
School Masters Who Opened Free
Schools Are Arrested and Fined
$200 Each. This Action Rouses
Populace to Fury.
ST. PIERRE, Nov. 17 A demon
stration against the authorities which
began here yesterday was continued
tody. The police force was unable
to maintain order but thus far no
serious damage has been done. The
manifestation is largely due to the
school question, the' people demand
ing free schools. Two school mas
ters were arrested and fined ?ZUU
each fr violating the laws in con
ducting free schools and the author
ities ordered the schools closed
This action inflamed " the populace
whirh assembled in the streets and
denounced the French gorornment,
Some one obtained an American. flag
and with it the crowd marched to
the government headquarters where
a noisy demonstration occurixu..-
ST. JOHN, N. Y., Nov. .-Dispatches
from St. Pierre tonight say
that the situation there is serious. It
i understood that should violence
be attempted the British warship
Brilliant, now in St. John wil be sent
to the French town. France has no
warship nearer than Brest and the
West Indias. Dispatches say the
crowd which marched to the gov
ernment house also visited the Am
erican consulate and cheered the
United States. The belief is held
that should the French government
refuse to re-consider its action, the
annexation party will endeavor to
induce the United States to pur
chase the colony.
SECOIID PIlilH ECI
OTHER GfMflD SUCCESS
TAFT AT HOT SPRINGS.
President-Elect Planning a Trip to
Cuba in February.
CINCINNATI, Nov. .-Presi
dent-elect Taft left tonight for Hot
Springs, Va. He says he has not
seen a poltician nor has he discuss
ed any political questions since he
came to Cincinnati He came to
transact some private business.
Judge Taft is planning a trip to
Cuba early in February to witness
the relinquishment of American au
thority and inauguration of the new
island government
VICIOUS ASSAULT M
101 BEACH, CAL.
MRS. FOARD OP THAT CITY IS
FOUND BOUND AND GAG
GED IN HER HOME.
ROBBERY SUPPOSED MOTIVE
Bloodhounds Act Strangely When
Brought to Scent of Crime One
Man Arrested and Held Pending
Investigation of Affair.
LONG BEACH, Caf., Nov. 17. -Long
Beach was stirred to its
(tenths todav when the news was
snread broadcast that Mrs. J. D.
Foard, aged SO, was assaulted, bound
and gagged and left half dead at her
home in the suburbs of this city in
broad daylight today. Her husband
was absent and when he returned he
found his wife in the condition stat
ed. Before aid could be summoned
she lapsed into unconsciousness
from which she had not recovered
late this afternoon. She is in a
serious condition.
Robbery is the supposed object of
the attack as it was supposed that
money was kept in the house and
the attack was evidently planned by
some one who had knowledge of the
absence of the husband and the un
orotected condition of Mrs. Foard,
there being no one else in the house
Owing to the serious condition of
the victim of the attack and the ex
cited condition of her husband little
information can be gained from
them. It is thought that on the re-
eoverv to consciousness of Mrs. Foard
some light may be thrown on the
method of attack and its object.
Bloodhounds were immediately
sent from Los Angeles and when
brought " to the scene acted in a
strange manner seeming to be con
fused in picking up the scent. This is
attributed to the fact that more than
one man was engaged in the crime.
A man whose name has not been
U,mrA has been arrested and is
held under suspicion.
VAN VLISSENGER
HAS MANY VICTIMS
Work of Shrewd Chicago
Been Known But
CHICAGO, Nov. 17. Peter Van
Vlissengen, who was arrested, con
fessed, tried, convicted, and sentenc
ed yesterday afternoon decided to
day to forego temporarily his desire
to begin immediately on his serv
ice of prison sentence and will re
main in Chicago long enough to aid
in untangling his business affairs
which were found to be' in a very
snarled condition. So clever was his
forgeries that assignees are unable
to tell the genuine from spurious.
Van Vlissengen's assignees were
unable to tell the genuine from the
Over 600 Asicrtens
Brave Storm to 'Attend
immm king, hue
Dr. Enna's Beautiful Cpora h
the Leading Feature cf
Entertainment
CHORUSES HAKE DECIDED HIT
Affair Last Night Easily Outranks
Anything Ever Attempted by Local
Talent, and Will be Long Remem
bered by All Who Were Present
Despite the downpour of rain and 1
the high sweeping winds that raged
over the city last night, over 6)0
people found their way to the A. A.
A. A. hall and enjoyed the superb'
musical program rendered by the
Astoria Philharmonic Society in its
second grand concert here since its
organization.
The affair easily outranks anything
ever attempted by local talent in
this city, and was a complete and
genuine 'success to its uttermost de
tail. There were no divided opinions
anywhere in the matter as the grati- .
fied throng wended its way from the
building after: the performance;
nothing but the frankest and ' most
generous praise for the brilliant
group of contributors could be heard
and this unanimity must stand spon
sor for the color this paper gladly
adds to the universal verdict.
Of course, the prime feature of the
evening's work was the presentation
of the beautiful numbers from Dr.
Enna's opera "The Mountain King";
and one after another, they were
given, in perfect form, and with a
grace and precision, that but ac
centuated the lovliness of the theme
and the strains in which it was told.
The Peasant Dance, the Vesper Bell
chorus; prelude, arias, solos, the
wedding music, ballet music, the
Butterfly, Flower, Fairy dances, and
the recitatives; all were charmingly
disposed and encored to the echo. It
was a revelation to even the most
intimate friends of the brilliant
young composer and leaves him
with an added and grateful triumph
in the art to which he is completely
devoted. The host present was
quick to note the exquisite adapta
tion of the music to the literary
elaboration of the drama as it un
folded and marked their apprecia
tion, step by step, throughout its
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Forger May flever llavo
for His Confession
spurious when they were presented
by various holders and they had to
be referred to the prisoner. All day
long Van Vlissingen's former office
now tenanted by clerks of the assig
nee was besieged by holders of paper
purchased from the self-confessed
forger. Eighty thousand dollars of
spurious paper have been brought
to light so far, most of it is in the
hands of prominent local brewers. A
large number of persons in moder
ate circumstances were caught, how
ever for sums, the loss of which will
be seriously felt.