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. rUIUIHII fUU A, OCUfCO Pt HCPOftT 2&P$Zg' 30VCR.TMIMORN.NG r,ELOONTMLOWtRCOLUM8,v'0 .SinlYKIl. K0. 2T4 , , mmK CREGON, KOVEKER 24. 1S08 rcCE nyr FOIlERilSHHra ACCUSED Captain Theoriaii is Fugi ,i tive From Justice IS NOT APPREHENDED Charged Willi Murdering Ras huiscn Watch oi an c( Steamer ' Washington cf VMS MATE ON SUE H.ELMORE H 1 814 to Hivt Served Four Year in the Penitentiary Por Forgery Seen ia Albany But he Escape - ' PORTLAND, Nov. 23-That Cap tain I Theorieu, former matt on the steamer Sua 1L Elmore, and later master 1 of the iloop Condor, for who arrest a wsrant ha been Is aucd on the cbarga of murdering Watchman ,M C. Raimuisen, aboard the itcato schooner Wathington,Js not only fled th city since ha Icara cd ha wa accused of the crime, but waa af A'banyMhU morning; is now, positively krtoa"to Sheriff Steven. With what appear to be evidence of ah unmistakable character that the atupect ia seeking nfety ! in' "fllghf, tee efforta of the authorities to ap prebend him have been redoubled The Sheriff received a telephone message troirl Chief of Police Me Man at Albany tnat-ineoncn wa aeen and Identified there this morn ing by a man who knowa bim well. When it , waa learned that Theo rien had not been in hia accuatomed haunti ai nca Wednesday, it waa be lieved he had attempted to escape by way of the. tea, and one report wa received from- Aatoria that Tbeorien wai on the steamer Rose City, bound for San Francisco, These theories were exploded, however, when it waa learned that the accused man wa aeen and recognized in Port land yeaterday morning. Theorlen narrowly missed arrest yesterday" morning, the oflkere being only a few minute behind him at hit room at the Oilman Hotel. It ia re garded at a significant fact that Theoricn, though be had a room at the Gjlman for some time, hat been etaying at the Nortonia and Oregon Itotelt since Wednesday. Close watch was kept all day yesterday, but no further trace of the man could be found, and it was believed that he bad fled from the city when he learn ed that a warrant had been issued charging him with the murder of Raimusten. . ,. 'The fact if Theorlen' having been convicted of forgery in Lane, county and serving four years in the peni tentiary will render it still more dif ficult for him to pass through that county without being apprehended, as 111 the officers will know him. It will be difficult; for the fugitive to make his way back to Portland, but to guard against any effort on hit BOLICE CENSURED I BY CORONERS JURY SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23-The coroner' jury which has been inves tigating for, four day the suicide of Morri Haas, brought In a verdict this) evening. ' The verdict wa as follows, "That taid gunshot wound was self-inflicted by Morris Haas with suicidal intent following hi at-J tempted assassination ot Assistant District Attorney , Francis J, Heney. i'We' further find from the testi mony pf the numerous witnesses ex amined that gross ' negligence and Incompetency was shown by the po lice official having in charge the searching of the prisoner, Morris Haas, in not properly safeguarding the best interests of the public, thus making It possible for, the small der OF PHI) part to return and attempt to lost himself In the city and the officer have been given i copy of Tbeorien description, so at to be able to recognise him with little difficulty. . SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23-Tbe police boarded the steamer Roue City this afternoon on her arrival from" Portland "but" failed to find Captain P. Tbeorien, who is wanted in t!i Northern City on a charge of mumer.; 'j hi detective called th4 entire crew on deck and thorough! searched the vessel without finding any trace of the man. :v inn up nous PREJUDICES AGAltf- WUNIST&KS ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK , DISAGREES ' WITH ROOSEVELT NEW YORK! Nov. 2J-In a reio- lutlon- adopted today by the Presby' terian Ministers'-Association of thi city - they expressed - disagreement with President Roosevelt' atatemenr In hisrecent letter that the refusal to vote 'for V candidate! for a hinh office because he Is Roman Catho lic , ia -"Narrow, .unwarranted, bigo try The ministers endorsed the letter eent recently by the Ne York Lutheran ministers to the President, dissenting from his view, BUREAU OF SOILS. Systematic Survey of Arid Landa In ; The West To Be Made. CHICAGO, Nov. 23,-Conditions existing in the arid lands of the West are to be learned through a systema tic survey thi winter by scientists of the Bureau of Soils, according to-an interview by Wm, E. Curtis with Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, printed in the Record Herald today. One of the most Interesting piece of work we have done this year," said Secretary Wilson, "is to make inquiry intQ the possibilitiea of the dry re gion of the United States; that part of our country which lies west of the one hundredth meridian to the foot bills of the Rocky Mountains, A great many homeseekers are going out in to the possibilities of the dry region of the United States; that part of our country which Ilea west of the one hundredth meridao to the foothills of the Rocky Mountain. A great many homeseeker are going out into that country so that it secured to us that would be wise to ascertain conditions through a survey by the scientists of the Bureau of Soils. .The soil, a we knowvaries from drifting'! white sand to .valleys that will, produce crop of certain kinds without Irriga tion. Nearly the whole work of ihe Agricultural department is outside of Irrigation. The Federal government lias arranged to' use the "proceeds from the Sale of public land to irri gate the dry lands in the West, but after it has used all the water now ringer which caused the death of Morris Haas to remain secreted on his person. V 1 v. '' '.' "We also find there ha been a strong feeling of animosity engen dered between the police department and the district , attorney' office', which is greatly to ' be deplored in the present crisis through which our city ii passing. They should work in harmony jo the end that all crime in our midst shall be detected and punished. ' r "We, the jury, recommend that the mayor of this city thoroughly in vestigate the condition of affairs tnd that he take such active and imme diate steps as he may deem neces sary, to remedy, thi palpable condition. fluwiiif in all the streams, there wi still remain a very large percentage of that country that cannot be reach ed by irrigation and that come un der the care of this department. We have, therefore, surveyed this sum mer forty thousand square miles of the toil of North Dakota and have finished the work in that state. Win ter ha come and our people now go touth to the lower end of that dry belt in Texa and survey toward the north through the cold weather, Jn thW spring they will go back to the North again and continue their work southward." PANIC IN THEATRE. Picture Machine Explode And Five Are Wounded. , wuiv-rtw, aov, une man die and four women are suffering ser ious injuries a a result of the explo sion of a moving picture machine, which resulted in a fire and panic in a five-cent theatre last niuht. The injured are: Nick Maros, ope rator of machine; left arm torn off and badly burned; may die; Grace Noonan; Agnes O'ConnclJ; Mrs. Jer ry Dailey; Tauline Hampton. Ihe theatre wit crowded with large Sunday night audience when film suddenly-took fire and the pic ture machine exploded. In moment the entire front of the theatre wa in Barnes. Mangled and burned Maros jumped out of hi blaz ing cage and ran through a crowd of women and children, holding the stump of his bleeding arm and crying loudly. A general rush for the exit start eil. Women were thrown down in tfificruth. Several women fainted and were half dragajed, half carried out of the building hymen and boys. A fire company put out the flame The damage was slight. i m m oui HSCISIIE ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR POLICE COMMISSION, AND SMITH ALSO SAYS YES. A. M. Smith yesterday filed his acceptance of the nomination given him for the mayoralty at the Demo crat nomination. Mr. Smith is Democrat, and now has the Demo crat and Citizen" nominations. From, the first it was qui;e natur any presumed that he would accept this nomination, though last Satur day: he announced in rather heated term in a published article that he couldn't think .of doing such a thing. Apparently he changed his mind over Sunday.. It was a busy day yesterday in the political . held, and perhaps next in mportance to Mr, Smith's accept ance of the Democrat nomination wai the filing of a petition last evening for Dr. Logan on the police commission. Dr. Logan accepted. Thus there will be a three-cornered fight for the office of police commis sion, with Dr. Barr, Mr. Carruthers and Dr. Logan as the candidates. Eacb is well known, each i popular, nd each would probably make a first class man for this highly im portant position. That the new can date, Dr. Logan,, will make a strong run, for the place may be taken as a foregone conclusion. v ; The provision of the charter per taining to' the $25 tax' limit for all candidates for the water commission hasr caused ' considerable ' troublj. Yesterday C. S, Wright tendered his esignation, and the committee nam ed J, E Ferguson a the Republican nominee for the water commission at large., , ,; The Republican committee also named Maxwell Young for the water commission for the eight-year term from the Fourth ward in place of J. C. S Anderson, and ; also named Charles Goddard for the four-year term from the same ward. The Citizens' committee named Peter Gimre for the eight-year term and Sofus Jensen for the water com mission from thi ward. Over the Fourth ward nomina-, tions considerable feeling arose, and there wer'l charges "of treachery" made openly by the Republican com mitteemen, The plan of the Repub licans was to have Gimre for the four-year term and Young for the .. t ' : til : : pi mm Admirals Dewey, Schley and Evans Heard From WE HAVE GOOD NAVY Naval Academy Alumni Gives Banquet In Chicago and Six ; Admirals Attend OUR SHIPS GOODS AS ANY Recent Criticism of Navy Unjust, Misleading and Silly Dewey, Ev- am and Schley Resent the Unfair Statement Regarding Our Vesaela CHICAGO, Nov. 23. -Critics of the navy who condemn warships be cause of minor defects were answer ed publicly tonight at a banquet -of ihe United States naval academy alumni of the east. Six rear admirals sat at the banquet board at the Audi torium Hotel and letter scoring re cent critics and praising the navy were read from Admiral Dewey, Rear Admiral Scbley and Rear-Admiral Evans. Those rear admirals present were Capps, Ross, Brown- son, H igginson, Chad wick and Day ton. Admiral Dewey wrote -that "battleship building is one of the most progressive of modern'' art and t!:e old thip we not equal to the new, but the vessels which have been recently received with marked consideration in South America, and countries Bordering on the Pacifi? Ocean are equals of the "foreign vessels of their date of design and completion and often, their' superiors."- , ' :. i . Admiral Schley wrote "that there is no more possible to Create a per fect ship than to find a perfect man," and he took exception to the critic ism of the navy because the fact is withheld that many of the minor de fects adverted to were common to large percentage of vessels of every power constructed at the time. Schley also wrote that the infer ence sought to be established is. that our vessels are inferior to foreign vessels,1 He declare that one has but to read some of the foreign ar ticles to find that there are some critics who seem to think all is not well in these vessels on their own side of the ocean. Evans in his letter says that after his experience with out fleet which few men have had, he is convinced that our ships taken as a whole are equal or superior to those built by any other country. ' Of course, our first ships do not equal latest for eign ships and no sane man would expect them to, but he thinks that our newest craft are superior to all. He says he has studied the recent criticisms of our navy , and has no word to tell how unjust, misleading and silly they are. eight-year term. Then the Citizens' named Gimre for the eight-year term, after having agreed that he should go for the four-year term, ac cording to the representations made. This made .Young and Gimre oppon ents of each other, and left the Re publicans in bad humor over what they termed wa a palpable "trick,'' From the Third ward a nomina tion was filed yesterday for A. Sherncckau. for the water ' commis sion for the four-year . term, which would have "made him an opponent of J. W. Welch. After considera tion Mr. Scherneckau stated that he would not take the nomination, though feeling grateful to the men who had signed the petition. I. Bergman yesterday accepted the nomination on tlie Independent tick et for the water commission for the Third ward for the four-year term, which will make him an opponent of H. G. Van Dusen. The time for filing nominations on the Independent ticket closed last night. No other nominations may now be made. GIRL KILLS LOVER. Lamented Tragedy I Enacted Through An Accident LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov, 23. Girth Spencer, aged 24 years, a young farmer living at Owen, Ind., was ac cidentally killed by Miss Ida Rein hardt, to whom he was engaged to be married on Christmas day, at 'the girl's home in this city yesterday. The tragedy occurred shortly after Spencer had finished eating breakfast at the Reinhardt home. Miss Rein hardt, her mother and Spencer were sitting about the table talking when the conversation drifted to revolvers and their uses. Spencer said that he had no revolver, whereupon Miss Reinhardt Said she had one and she went to a trunk and procured the weapon. " Tehre were two bullets in the re volver and Spencer removed both of these before looking at the revolver. He snapped it several times and hand ed it back to Miss Reinhardt, who also snapped it several time's.." She then handed it to her mother who snapped it playfully. " . Mrs. Reinhardt handed the revolver back to Spencer and he put the 'two bullets back into it. Miss Reinhardt did not see him when he reloaded the gun. He handed it back to her. and she took it in her hands and again be gan to pull the trigger and the third time the cartridge explodede and the bullet sped straight Into the man' heart. ' . , DIVORCE LAW PASSES. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 24.1- The new divorce law, increasing the period of residence from six months to one year, was carried November 3 in South Dakota by a vote of 2 to 1, according to unofficial figures com piled today. ( , ; BULL D08S DO BATTLE IH40II NIL- WILD ' SCRAMBLE WHEN VII LAGE TRUSTEES RAID iThe place;' t , CHICAGQ,. JCoy1 23.-After two terriers had torn one another for 56 minutes and bad been prevented,from rushing into a death grapple by the lightweight pugilistic champion,. Bat tling Nelson, the trustees of the vil lage of Burnham," with a dozen armeJ deputies at their backs, broke into the city hall in which the fight was held. The" 500 spectators jumped to their feet and a wild rush, for doors ami windows followed. Several shots were fired in the air by the deputies, but they could not stop the stampede. Through' the roonr In which .he fight took place: was on the 'fefcond floor of the building, scores of men did not , hesitate to drop from win dows, one of the fugitives suffering a broken leg. He was hauled to a wait ing buggy by companions and was driven rapidly away. The other men in the audience, made up for the most part of "followers of the sport," formed flying wedges and charged the trustees and deputies'' in approved football style (old, rules )and broke through the ring of officers guarding the exits." Then began a helter skel ter flight from the village, some get ting away in carriages, a few in au tomobiles and a regular 'army . on foot. Trustees and deputies, however, managed to capture nine men. Champion Battling Nelson escaped the same fate by what his followers might call a new exhibition of ring generalship. When the scramble be gan the battler bethought himself of a deputy's star presented to him by an admirer in- O'Baro, Mex.j last year. Pinning this on his coat, he mingled with the raiders and finally slipped from the place unobserved, ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 23,-Total receipts of $392,339 and disburse ments amounting to $318,293 by the Republican state committee during the recent campaign are shwn by the report of George J. Smith, treas urer which was filed today with the Secretary of State. The Democratic state committee received $206,360 and disbursed $204,892 during the cam paign according to a statement filed today with the Secretary of State, by Arthur McLean, treasurer of the committee. . JOHN D. HFMEIi HUG HY II STAYS AT ANN ARBOR. ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 23.- Arthur Hill of Saginaw, one of the regents of the University of Michi gan, last night denied that Michigan had offered Benjamin E. Wheeler of the University of California the posi tion now held by President Angel!. "I called on Dr. Wheeler when I was in California and he informed me be was too well satisfied with conditions there to make chance" said Regent Hill. "Moveover the University of Michigan ha tendered him nothing." Regent Beal says that Dr. Angell has not resigned, "There is nothing to this' said .President , Angell last night,."and I cannot imagine where it started.'" . HEf.EY EAGER TO BE THE GREAT PROSECUTOR EX PRESSES DEVOUT THANKS v FOR . HIS ESCAPE. , SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23--The Call this morning prints the first in terview granted to , the press .by Francis J.,Heneyf since the assistant district .attorney wa shot in Judge Lawlor court room November 13 by Morns Haas while the hearing of one of the cases against Ruef was in pro gress.,, :.- . . After expressing devout thanks for his miraculous escape, .Mr. ..Heney "In this great human battle against vice and corruption let no one believe that the true source is to be found in the individual dynamiters, jury bri bers, kidnappers and assassins, and that their .extermination, means ulti mate victory. Such beings are but the bubbles emanating from, the pool cf tiitn that has been years in the mak ing. The, seed has; been sown and we must reap the liarvest, but in gather- ing inc lares ici u oe sausnet wim nothing but the. roots,"' 'J,."., ""It. has been a terrible sacrifice, but if my blood has not been shed in vain, if the assassin's bullet has sud denly disclosed to the public eye the hideousness . of the "gigantic conspir acy to defeat the law, then I shall feel that have not lived in vain, that my poor efforts, have met with im measurable benefit to my beloved city aim aiaic , (. ,;, . The foregoing is a part of the state ment which is published over Mr. Ho ney's signature., The wounded man U well on the road to recovery and was able to walk about his room at the hospital" today; tTo" his interviewer he stated that he was eager to get back to the prosecution of the graft cases aagin. PEKIN, Nov. 23.-The first trust worthy report of a mutiny at Nan king: was received here today.. "A battery, of artillery and a squadron of cavalry consisting of not over 500 men, entrenched themselves on No vember 19th in the old fort and gave but ' that' they had.' mutihed. For a time they put up a successful resist ance, but a gunboat was brought to the scene and bombarded their posi tion, 'whereupon they fled, are now in pursuit - Soldiers ROBBER TACKLES THE WRONG MAN TACOMA, Nov. 23 Frustrated in an attempt to hold up Charles Blom berg, a bartender in a "C" street sa loon at 8 o'clock tonight, two young highwaymen, heavily . armed, were arrested and when searched at the police station were identified as the men who held up and robbed the P street car Saturday night. The rob bers confessed that before coming to Tacoma they had held up and rob bed crews of two Portland street cars. Both men were considerably under the influence of liquor when i TIH"''Q , tilliiiio F JUL Bat it Ta Many Years For Him to Learn Fast MEMORY HOT CLEAR Gives Credit to Fte:!sr and In- Todd tor Standard Oil, ceptisn and Success STANDARD CASE still c:i There k More Imnortant tonrv Than Making; Money," Say Oil Magnate, But he Amassed $200, 000,000 Before Learning Thi. -V ".--''' NEW YORK. Nov: 23.-(W for the creation of the Standard Oil Trust which counsel for the Federal government claim still exists as the Standard Oil Comapny of New Jer sey, was giveir by John D. Rockefel ler today as a witness under crosa examination to two men, Henry M. fiagier and iamuel C. T. Tood, To these master architects of the' oil combine, Rockefeller gave full cred it, saying he was sure it was" not' himself; as he did not possesi abil ity for so progressive a move. Rock efeller spent an arduous day ori the stand under the incessant .' .question-!, ing of Frank B. Kellogg, govern-' menfs counsel and when adjourn-' ment was taken until tomorrow, he gave every evidence of delight that the day was done. " Counsel ' hope to conclude Rockefeller's ! cross-examination tomorrow, when it is planned to' place John D. Archbotd, vice-president of the Standard Oil on the stand. Kellogg, who with oth er government investigators ha been endeavoring for more than a year to locate ;the missing stock on ' the transfer books of the Standard 5 Oil Company sought to do so' today' through Rockefeller who promised to do what he" could to find them.' Rockefeller's examination today car ried him through - a period of the Standard Oil Trust and years of its subsequent liquidation which lasted from i 1894 to 1899. Rockefeller's memory at times was' not clear on definite details of this trust liquida tion period and he told counsel that he could not recall many of the inci dents and developments of that time. During - the day ' Kellogg developed from Rockefeller that early in the in-" dustriat existence " of the ! Standard the presidents of railroad companies1 together with their : directors were stockholders in the oil combination.? After adjournment tonight Rocke feller told an inquiring audience of ! reporters that they were better things, in the world that making', money and that since 1891 ' he had, been gradually retiring t from ", busi-s ness. He added; Theer . more ; important work than making money: and there is much for me to do. I: belong to the Brotherhood of Man The Morning Astorian contains full Associated Press reoorts. all the latest .local happenings. Delivered by. carrier, 60 cents per month. taken into custody. Blomberg, when the robber stuck a gun into his face, dodged into the saloon office, return ing with a revolver and this display, of nerve unnerved the highwaymen, and while he held them at bay, a pa tron of the resort ruahed to the street and summoned Patrolman Nelson. Both robbers put up a fight in the jail office and one of them at tempted to get possession of the re volver taken from him, but was knocked senseless by Captain Fitz gerald. , , -. . , , Y