The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, November 25, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texti . u-7'J-,H;;;i V'v 1 !-i M u. H 1 KMK- 90VCRSTHC MORNING rifi.0 OH TMLOWftv UMBI fUlUtHKt FULL AVOCIATKO lrH MW 83rd YEAR. NO. 273 tariff .man hie i TIIEIilE AT THIS TIDE Speaker 'Cannon Issues Statement on Subject THE PEOPLE'S VVILL By Concession and Ccnpromlse Thero Will Coma Results ! Least Objectionable HE FAVORS TARIFF REVISION WhAww 1. Elected Speaker of the Next House Muit So Perform Hi Duties tt u It hum Members in Matter. from long experience end teaching of whkt t believe to be reason and (ommne inirt," ........ MORE OP THE ABRUZZI. Royal Secret. Alleged To Be Given To The General ruuiic LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 24 - Interestiug and authentic detail ol the stand UVrn by Queen Margher- its "of Italy In connection with the long rumored and denied engagement of tlie Duke or tne Aur.x to Kalherine Elkins were received in thia city yeMerday. .They came in form of letter from enora josepnine Bust!, widow of the late governor the Royal Castle at Spupinagi to Iter son, Sljinor rietro humi 01 inn city, f!3 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1808 PRICE FIVE CENTS llU v 8 HON. A. M. SMITH, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF ASTO KtA. OFFICE OF MORNING ASTO RI AN, ASTORIA, OREGON, NOV. 24, 1908. D. ROCKEFELLER E GUI HIS TESI1 111 1 1 nw" - . .... .. .. . . ... j i. l.t.11 tk. T Sirr-In my own behalf, as the proprietor and publisher ol tne Morning A.tn, u, T I am enoeavoring to rem whu u ojmv., , r--- - peop.e oi w., - - ... v vnI1 take narticular oain to & . iAe-diea mnm H.winiiiir rsiiijucn ui v v 011,1 u r . ui w miv " k - I mKi JJJS. which K.U. and liberou. a. it i. unjurtinable," all ol t which U ly J I untrue and no one know, it better than you do. . Ana coming trom tne nwm. u ., .V " X Sor of the AatorU Herald, which, for ye.r when under your control, wa. one of the fouleat and lowe.t 4 ever uttered in thia city, in it. dealing, with 22. 1 ciiw vour wail of erief haa a ring of hypocrisy war. pamiuuy ppicn . . . SS'S I? that nlL and irwamoi. ahet. 'Thia paper, the Morning Aatorian, k not malmg, a ,1. , rii.trarinff vou. oeraonally. Thia you know without the furtner teuing; aince you oave uv, a X duclng. nor diaparagmg you, pereona uy y . , response . to your asaurance from tnn omce on inree "i wv.v,. ..., - - . - threats to arreet me' for criminal libel, under epedfic statutes, ; .t. uLj 1 lnrer::. . r " . -u., ..,.- I m u I n ou in vour ooeition as the acknowl- f 0f 1 : .deed ld.r Xe .nd c have wrought the practical fman- I ,tr ! If IE "of thh cUv-aScT Attorney here for several terms, and as political over-lord of the facfaon, t ' I CSWJS 'And 1 tho relation, J propose. lUttLKJlS I WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. 7 Re turning to Washington late thii 4 temooo lor th coming - session Contreia. Speaker Cannon iwed atttenent in which he set forth at length that he I In favor of s honcit revitioa of the tariff. He dd td that the people had voted for a revision end he believed they would get the kind of a tariff they voted for. As o the organisation of the (1st Congress, the Speaker said that from reports they are capaoie 01 uu trusted to him by his mother, be cause, be said, the AbnuM-JUkins fair is S cloned incident. , "Mv mother wrote the letter to me during the time that Queen Marghtr ila and the young duke were staying at the catle" said he. "She says that the affair was the gossip of the hour before the arrivat of. the queen, ten days before she wrote, but that ner announcements soon allayed all fear that there would be any alliance be- tween royal blood ana tne tiams. i , "The queen made no ttroptto conceal her feelings against any pro posed engagement between the Duke 1 , a a lj 1L.4 and Miss Ktkins ana a emeu mm iih ncffrment existed. She was of ten seen wild the young Abrutii and iwmed on the best ol terms. When the people were asnired that the romora were false they gave veni to exclamations ot satisfaction over what they termed the excellent judge ment of the duke, The father of Signor Buuti was governor of Spupinagl catle tinder Signor Busti last night revealed the I x "f" ,io them if I may. with thia paper and the votea of the revolting and long suffering taxpayer, t secrets of the royal housenom en- x""::"rVri,. " , . ...'X x aim v. . ... . . 1 t i.j nn,i nA vnar nunnc a You have had the most candid expression 01 my peruu iriiiw- A I . . . r... ... . rr when van were in oossession of that assurance no f araan of this ctty 1 fighting you on purely political grounoa ana uuk your ""av."': "7 ., I"" 0r8.a!l.: 7J; nA iLu k- Ltd freV and remote from every issue raised and debated in these. naa 01, w,Y . .. .,.wr;h,H -!a I. fake, a fiction to attract sympa-, T lively and jmportant local campaign, jf . n.t. Mllf .ad for . eoatinVt LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Nov. 24.- ! What the actual conditions are in Western Arkansas where it is known they are many dead, several score injured and many penniless victims of the two tornadoes . which swept tliroueh that portion of the state late yesterday is a matter largely of con jecture. Although large force of men have worked througn last nigm e- rleavorinz to establish communica tion with that section their work this morninsr is still incomplete. Eearly today reports, still indefinite, continued to reach this city but they were no more satisfactory than those received last night. Later dispatch ing, however, indicate no change as to the nufnber of fatalities which have been t conservatively estimated at thirty, although reports from several May Probably be His Ust Appearance in Court OWNS RAILWAY BOIIDS John D. Archibold Takes Stand and Proves Prolific of De tailed Information l.C -3 STi v .dminiatrition to which you and lZ tnainei to the practical an'nihilatioa of property value, here, nnde rhe weigh t ass f ThuTi. the oredicate of my political antagonism and I propose to adhere to it to ation. Thia i the predicate f ot the campaign. your following assessment and tax- J the last moment i 1 telephon Vln T bw that my interest in this .juggle X telephone, ana oy woiu . . . TW.mwer U iust deep enough, and honest i. hex vou and vour partisan i" i" v.. , , .. mUM. T "baby-act." alluded to. S. DELLINGER, Proprietor Morning Astorian. ing that themselves, cannon says Yicor Emmanuel ana: pi. wia that every Republican memocr was ow js ftiU , ,nmber ot tne court elected with the idea of tarin revis Inn In view and that every ' one of tbem iwthout exception he believes, .ill .trive to the best of his intelli- gence and ability to attain the tariff results desired by the people who elected him.. He saya that all will n hvc the same views one cannot hav. hia own way alto .w There must be concession and compromise, out of which will come results, which on the whole is mn,i fcfninble or least objection able to all. That is. says the Speaker, according to a civilieed and enlight nA snvernment. It la a ru town of Tinev, a German set- tt.niKni nn the Iron Mountain rail road, located between Knoxville and London, suffered the most, according n-uorts received.5 Reporti from Rus- and each sellville and Knoxville.' the only near points from which anyuung can i learned, are to the effect that a num bers of people are believed to have been killed, , . , . . - Th. niimher of dead is estimated at from nine to twenty while one re- oort stated that all rumors wera ex- Wbarian BirBcrated and that only one person, JUSTICE ROOTPRESENTS KPJSEESIlnlii limits CANNOT BEAR THE POSITION i x IN WHICH. HE, JS I TLACED 4; keconlinir to report. AH the physicians of Knoxville have jeft that place for Piney. trav iin in hueeiea and automobiles, but nothing has been heard from them. It wa first reported that the town r"c"V"l .;.i..u London had been destroyed, but "Vn l" ' TT' non Investigation it was found that out tne win 01 )-v."v "r - , Iw, . " f .J edhim." '.. Piney was referred "The representatives made no mis-1 uonaon neighbor. v The Speaker commueo: uri,nurr it elected boeaKcr on me next House must ao perform his duties as to assist the House In ar riving at a result which will best rep resent the views of the responsible to instead of . . " c.' .1.. A .h. TiWIev Prom the towns of Berryvuie ana : " j . u.ii. - ,iii n,aV. no Cravens, the most definite reports jaw, anu , V ' " Ill ..L.j at mistake in the bill which wry ill are received At the former three per- ... . . . ... ., ... .. - MitiMi mnn Tnf iirtiuci.T . .....,..,.r u,ith tne concur-1 sons wis i,,uivu rence of the Senate and Tlouse." . noss ... of at between $25,QUl) The Soeaker declared that repre- and ywuk At v-rayen.. .v,r nttles are certain to do the best are known , to he aeaa, mcmuer. . CVeywillhave ort Wl WW her. of their home; L-G. Holland S ecW t SP kJaid; will wHe. an aged couple especially , . d lld may ,dte. I ;"l,,ow"t n ,ll, wb took refuge in a store, Eight persons were nr. the neoote in 1910 and accoun were caugnt li, the ' caught in the crash of the build ng ' rSi I. why -we ,believe we shall and 11 were injurea ana e.giu in- Site tat... It is ana snouia uo ucyuu"j 1 eti thli mornlg partially man's power to aictate to me iwu. , ... ,1,. vllhce ' f ftprehtatlves. ImtrcjysrieaT; i PROPOSED "CHANGE i W RELIGIOUS 1i 24.-The LONDON, Nov. 24. The - House' f Commons this afternoon by a vote of 233 to 48 agreed to the, first read ing of the bill introduced by William Redomnd to , remove . the existing Catholic " disabilities ' including the prohibition of street processions, and to abolish the anti-Catholic clause in the oath-taken, by the sovereign on his accession to the throne; As the vlll Ui nrarticallv no ChanCCS Of further consideration during the present session figures given above L v.rilv he reearded as a real in dication of the feeling of the house PAVELS HIGH AND FAR. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 24. -Late today a dispatch' from fcnrenourg, kmnut wnrd that the bal- nHAUllrt. uiVlln. , - loon "United States" landed mere at 4:3Q . Monday afternoon. , The, start warmade from Los Angeles at 9:10 Monday morning. , The distance be tween the places is about 200 miles and the balloon traveled nearly if not quite 300 miles in less than six hours. The balloon at one time was more than three miles in the air and successfully avoided San Jacinto peak, more than 11,000 feet high, thus demonstrating the possibility of trans-continental balloon trip. SEATTLE, Nov. 24. -The Post tnilin.nrer tonieht received a re- , n th. rr.icrnation of Iu(1k Milo A. Root of th Supreme Court Washington, whose otticiai actions are under investigation by the State Bar Association. During the campaign just closed, charges were us fWtinir unott . theMionor 01 juu Root. Judge m J. Gordon, fromer .nn,.m rnnrt justice and who until "i" ------ - . three months , ago . was eoun. the Great Northern Railroad at Spo kane has been mentioned in connec tion with Judge Root. -; . r... Rnnt' resianation nu .w,,nt is as louows: u Governor: As I am on tne eve wi . serious operation for biooa poison ing which is likely td confine me; to my bed for some time to come, I beg, make the toiiowing siaicmtui tor more man u jrva, -v tient, plodding career, I have endeav ored to do my duty to my fellow men and to commit no act 01 in justice to anyone, least of all to taint : . hv words or deeds, the v- nf rtrnr bench which should bove all bVheld Inviolable by every lover of liberty; yet in spite ot tn.s and !in spites bf my faith to Christian r.ti,rinn It has seemed to me that I k.n nursiicil bv fates in a man- ner as brim s ever was set forth m Greek tragedy. I i will not recapitu which have led to my oresenf' determination to end id far as I can the seeming act m "In my private life no man eycr t Mt anv asnersions upon UUtvu w ' - , my character or my protessioi.a. reputation .but ; I: nosooner have ot-i-n office than mo hium started to besmear and besmirch me ..u ,t..i fr,l utterances. Will, nw -' " . - . . ,j "At various periods I have held office of probate judge, prosecuting ..torn and ludge of the supreme nf these oositions have been attacked and have resisted 1; ....cfnllv ' Mv record has been before the public "since terntor- :.i nrf t has been nnauy i " ""i"v. ' ll. ;,nnl of this state by .. .r inn to tne niKii v,i" v which I am now honored. "But human nature has its of endurance. Final linikng of my name with a scandal attaching to a former justice of : the supreme court who for years has been a warm t..A ,n A ia T hrlieved. a devoted hrienA nf mine, is the culmination of 1 series of calumnies. I "My relations with Judge Gordon Will Dear Closest - -invniiK.uvu will reflect no more upon me than the indiscretions of friendship. Yet I realized that for a justice of the supreme court, there snouia exist not even an indiscretion, espec ially as I realize, that any reflections on any member casts a cioua upon the entire court; and I do not wistt to be the means of casting of any such cloud even in the slightest ae gree. Nor am I willing to remain the innocent cause ot any "ac,"' that respect and confidence , which I know every one of my associates upon the bench to be richly entitled to. Therefore, for reasons herewith set forth, I respectfully beg to resign forthwith as judge of the supreme court of the State of Washington. "fSirniedH. MILO A. ROOT. v " ' REMAINS OF SUPPOSED WHILE EXCAVATING IN EAST ST. LOUIS, III, WORKMEN FIND 16 BODIES. W Bi Hawkins is at present suf fering from what is thought to be a case of typhoid fever. Hopes are en tertained for a,, speedy recovery. Charles Rogers of the ilwaco nu & X,umber Co., was a visitor to As toria the first of the week. xyiu.ii...' r.tMrnerl Mondav from1 Grav's Harbor- where he has engineer ot the istnmian yanai w nn.d In fishing for the past mission for a statement snowing tne 1LWACO EAST ST." LOUIS. 111., Nov. 24. Human bones believed to have been those of 16 mound builders, were found in East St. Louis today . by workmen digging an excavation. One skeleton was walled up in a stone tomb eight feet high. It was that of a man apparently seven feet tall. When the stones were removed the skeleton fell to pieces. Buried, under seven feet of earth near the base of this ancient tomb, where skeletons of IS men, all above the normal about the tomb where their chief had about the tomb wher their chief had been walled up. STORM IN INDIANA. MARION. Ind.. Nov. 24. A storm approaching the proportions of a tor nado passed over Urant county to day, Farm buildings were damaged but no loss of life is reported. REPORT ON CANAL WORK. WASHINGTON, "Nov? 24.-Secre- tary of War Wright-cabled today to Colonel Goethals, chairman and chief sources declare that the death list will aggregate fifty, with much of the storm .wept territory yet to be heard from.: Iv" ; "'.' ' -No estimates are made as to the property loss. Judging from all re norts received thus far, however, it will go into the hundreds of thous and. Miles uoon miles of land has been swept bare. Forests, homes, husiness houses, churches and every thing have been demolished auxe m many communities.. Several dispatch es say that whole; forests of trees were torn out by their roots ana mai many buildinga,that were, not de molished were lifted from their foun dations and twisted around. That the w nf life would not be enormous ...a.. . iu.h- rirmmstances would be UIIUV, -J ' ' rnnsidered remarkable. Thus far reports ditter as to toe oonotal direction of the tornadoes at the different points. The reports from Berryville, where many homes were destroyed and three peqple injured, were to the effect that tne lornauu struck that place coming from the north while another report ) said it came from the west. From all reports there appears to have been two dif ferent tornadoes, one starting trom the south and the other ' from the north, both dipping to the earth at intervals and apparently meeting in the central western part of the state, where the most damage has been re- THEORIEH UNCAUGHT. PORTLAND. Nov. 24. Up to laf hour tonieht there has been no development in the search tor cap t,in T Theorien. wanted to answer tn . rharce of killing Rasmussen, me watchman of the steam schooner Washington. Linn county officers at Alhanv. where Theorien was rcporv mA tn hav been seen yesterday, re ceiVfed information today that he had wn n at Brownsville and hur .,a t ttat nlare but the man had I tvVI -V f disappeared. - TWO DRY PRECINCTS. rrtf .tTMRtlS. O.. Nov. 24. Sut .nh, voted drv bv 946 and Miami county, by 1350 today. - of Barr, four miles from that place, was totally wrecked. Section men who went to the scene, state that the entire intermediate country has been laid waste by the wind and hail which followed, the hail in some pla .ces standing to a depth of six inches. season. " , Dr. Fulton, of Astoria, was m 11- w.aco the latter part of last week to assist Dr. Paul in diagnosing W. B. Hawkins case. - , - ' . O. M. Ford, who has been 111 tor the past week, is able to oe up ana around again. Mi A vena Feterson returnea from a few days' business Portland the latter part week.', -rf" Mr T. B. and R. A. Hawkins, jr returnea oai- urday from a business visit to soutn Bend. ' . . . : ' ;' Miss Edith Whitcomb, Is at pres ent confined to her room, being quite ill from what is thought to ue blood poisoning. . Captain Stuart of the Cape Disap Life Savinn crew arrived Monday from a short visit it' A Hawkins and J. B. Babler were visitors to Astoria the first of the week; ..-' Mrs. Tom Lyniff, of Long Beach, was in Uwaco Tuesday. amount of damaee done by the set; tling of certain portions of the work done at Gatun, where a big dam is to be constructed to hold in and check the waters of the Chargres river. This request was prompted by statements made that owing to the rei-ent rains a nortion of the dam at Hatttn had been destroyed. Officials t - . . ... - . (ha, ,Vl a ..n tn nt tn commission uoiui uuv iuov,"". t i.,,!h,9li nrlf of construction ' of the MirenER AND SUICIDE. evAwcTTW 'Wvo.. Nov. 24. vr.. MSrkaM Marielskl. wife ot ...Amm livinir near here killed v-,if and two children and at tempted to murder three otner cm dren with ooisoned. pie. The act 1 i,.i:...,i to. b in. to aomesuc uu- v.in.. The husband was exiled lllp..VTO " 1 u.,nnr vears aeo uu - 11UIU i.M..6"J a count of sedition. Oatun dam has not been begun. t."c- o a Worlc un to this time -has been con DBUlcr, - K vij;- nf 1a, nnea cnieny 10 im; "'" w retaining walls for either end of dam. Port- Old newspapers for sale t this office, 50 cents per hundred. PAPER TRUST GRILLED. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-A se vere arraignment of the i so-called paper trust was a feature of today's tariff hearing. After the hearing of arguments mainly for the protective tariff which occupied attention smu nMrlv S o'clock, the House commit- . .. f T.U- ire listened to the testimony ot jum. Norris, representing the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Norris argued for free trade in pulp and print paper, giving figures to show that the protection afforded paper manufacturers by the present tariff resulted in unreasonable prices. STANDARD'S EARLY HISTOHY' He Say. That he Kept Close' Watch on Competitor, and men inco to Beat Themr-May Adjourn Un til Monday. NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Closing his testimony today in the reuerai suit to dissolve the Standard . uu Company, John D. Rockefeller threw some unexpected light on the popu lar question as to what channels of investment attracted Bis tremenawu earnings. Rockefeller was loath to state the names ol railroaas in wnica Investments were made but did so after entering his objection.:: Ine head of the so-called oil trust de clared 'that his holdings in railroads consisted chiefly of bonds and that with the exception of a few .roads in which he had only smau amounts u. stocks he preferred bonds as a form of investment , Rockefeller's appear ance as a witness on the stand to day will probably be his last, in any court proceedings. , He appeared delighted , tnai u. long ordeal as a witness was enaea and . hurriedly left the court , when counsel excused hinv Rockefeller said that he did not think, ne snoum be made: to tell every form of .invest ment, declaring "That the gentleman over there in . the stocx excnai.B might not think it very wise." ,1 After , some legal craimwn y counsel,; Rockefeller said he held stock in. the Nelaware, wcKawan.. Western! New York centra., Pennsylvania. Western ..mary.auu. Missouri Facihc. iexas Colorado Southern. f! He said that he owned no, shares in eitner me v'" or .Southern .Pacihc, KocKeteuer. Mm he was opposed tone millions of dollars of surplus by the Standard Company. . ' John D Archbold, vice-president of the-Standard ompany, proved to be a mine of detaiiea lnioruiai.v... He will be on the stand several ay His eyes twinkled as he told of the Industrial fights, saying that he kept a close watch on his competitor and "Then tried to beat him." 4 " unlikely that , adjournment , win taken tomorrow until Monday. be Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. 60c per manth by matt or wrU THERE MURDERERS QUIGIOIY HANvtEJJ TITlON CITY, Tenn., Nov. 24.- The little town of Tiptonville, .bord ering on Reel Foot Lake, which has been the scene of many stirring events in the last ; month witnessed the lynching late today of three ne- orrctprl this morning tor n- ing murdered Special Deputy Sheriff Rirhard Burrus ana tatany iujuuuk Deputy. Sheriff John Hall,. The ne groes were Marshall, Edward and Jim Steinbeck. These brothers creat ed a disturbance at a religious meet ing at Tiptonville Saturday-night and when the officers attempted to arrest them a fight ensued in which the ne- . ... .cc mart groes shot me ou.ccrs .,. their "escape. .The posse followed t, (mm earlv Sundav until their capture this morning near Ridgeley in a cane brake. They were placed in jail at Tiptonville. Immediately after being placed in jail in Tipton ville the people began arriving over every road and soon tne jau w rounded by an infuriated mob of W), Sober heads urged tne moo sur rounding the jail to let tne law w its course, but the mob was relent less and it was impossible to stem its tide of feeling. As a last resort Justice Davis agreed to open his court and summon jury of " men and allow the negroes alter an evi dence that could-be. adduceq w. heard, to be duly sentenced to death. In an incredibly short time the case was given to the jury which ra a few minutes returned a verdict, fixing the death penalty. Sentence was barely passed on the men when the mob with a yell seized the pris oners and Strung them up to a Urge tree near the edge of town, fu-'S volley after volley into the air as the bodies - were drawn from the ground.