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ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1908
PRICE RYE CEHT3
33rd YEAR. NO. 277
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r.lme. Steinhiil Has Been
Arrested on Suspicion
"A ; FRENCH INTRIGUE
Charges ftlade That Mme.Stein
hill Is Mistress of Examining
Magistrate
HIGH PERSONAGES INVOLVED
It la Openly Asserted That Lack of
Energy Shown ia Solving the
Mystery ia Dictated by Powerful
Representation, ,
PARIS, Nor. 26. Parii wai In a
atate of interne excitement ell day
oyer development! in , the Steinhell
murder cie end the sensation hi
made Itself felt even in the chamber
of deputies, where many members
declared that they would raise the
question unleii the government un
dertook to probe the scandal to the
bottom. Following Mme. Stelnheil's
confession last night that a man
named Wolff committed the crime,
Wolff denied any connection with
the crime and later Mme. Stetnheil
weakened and said that If it was not
Wolf!, it was some one who resem
bled him strongly. -
Then suspicion turned upon Mme.
Steinheil and at 6 o'clock she was
locked up la St. Laisrre prison. The
end of the day brought several fresh
rumors. One was that Minister of
Justice Briand had ordered an in
vestigation of the open charges thst
Mme. Steinheil had been the mistreat
of M. Leidotte, the examining msgls
trste and that Lcldette had been in
strumental in stiefling the investiga
tion. Chief Detective Hamard was
credited with the statement that
open suspicion had been cast upon
Mme. Steinheil. Behind the Interest
in the crime itself, lie more or less
thinly intimations that France Is on
the verge of a scandal involving high
personages and the failure of the po
lice to clear up the mystery has led
to the Open assertions that their
GAME WAS A FAST
AND FURIOUS ONE
Uppertowns and High School Elevens Play to a
Tie in an Exciting Contest
The Thanksgiving day football
game, between the Astoria High
School eleven and the Owapunpun
team from Uppertown ended in the
tie score of 11 to 11.
It was a game of smashing the line
hard, of poor plays, of brilliant
plays, and of one extraordinarily
brilliant play that may have been
more or less of a fluke.
The heavy weight of the Upper
town eleven told all through the
game, and had it not been for the
masterly activity and skill of their
lighter opponents would have car
ried everything before it.
As it was, the game turned out to
be a struggle between the heavier
team, somewhat lacking in condition
and systematic training, and the
thoroughly well-coached and hardy
youngsters of the High School, plus
their well developed grit and pluck.
The High School boya were proud
of their part in the game. But it
N STEIflEIILL CASE
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lack of energy is dictated by power
ful representation. . When Mme.
Steinheil repeated her statement of
last night to Chief Hamard today,
the declared that Wolff was nothing
to her and that the in no way was
connected with the crime. She did
ay however that she hated her has
band and that she had lover in
whole eyes she wanted to justify
herself. "I hoped to Justify myself
before the man whose love I have
now lost forever," she cried.
This man is said to be a French
nobleman and In his identity is be
lieved to lie the key to this romantic
tragedy. The crime in question was
committed May 31. Mme. Japy was
murdered at the same time as Stein
heil.. The latter was a portrait paint
er. The assassination of the woman
however was believed at the time ti
be merely Incidental to the killing of
Steinheil. Steinheil, his wife, and
Mme. Japy lived together. Mme.
Japy was bound and gagged and at
first she declared she had been thus
treated by three men and a woman,
all unknown to her. Wolff, the man
accused by Mme. Steinheil today, is
a son of a woman formerly employ
ed employed as cook in the Steinheil
FULTON TAKES A HAND
fl! SENATORIAL CASE
VTfits PRS-RTnEMT-wr BTT TAPTn-Semite VP" lbn Parole
FOR THAT PURPOSE YES
TERDAY. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26,-The
purpose of United States Senator
Fulton, who visited President-elect
Taft today was to take a hand in
the Oregon senatorial situation.
Leading Republicans in Oregon
are very strongly against the elec
tion of a Democrat to the Senate,
regardless of the fact that in the re
cent primaries .Governor Chamber
lain defeated the Republican candi
date. It Is argued that under such a
primary law a declaration In favor of
Governor Chamberlain might , at
some time result in the changing of
he complexion of the United States
senate. Strong pressure therefore is
being brought upon the Legislature
to name a Republican. If Taft and
Hitchcock took the position that a
Republican should be chosen, it is
saidathat this would go a long wy
toward accomplishing that result.
should not be forgotten that the Up
pertown boys put up a fine game,
and one that they, too, can be proud
enough of, when the fact that they
have had little training is considered.
It isnt' the easiest thing in the
world for 10 young men to leave
their desks and stores and other
work and go out on to the football
field against a lot of other young men
wh have been trained to act with
machine-like precision.
The first 10 minutes of the first
half were poor. It looked as if it
was going to be a cheap game, and It
also looked as if the Uppertown boys
were simply going to walk through
the lines of their opponents at will.
They did walk along with the ball
for the first touchdown, but failed
to kick goal. Many of the crowd
didn't understand what was the mat
ter with the High School eleven.
Their defense was lamentably weak,
and their massed plays simply show
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family.
Political opponents of the govern
ment have been trying to make po
litical capital out of the affair by
seeking to force the exposure of a
scandal connected with the myster
ious death of Felix Faure, president
of the republic in' 1899. Although
hushed up at that time, it was com
mon knowledge that Mme. Steinheil
was with Faure at Elysee palace
when he died. Some of the Parisian
papers did not hetiute to print
what they term the story of Liason.
According to these stories Mine,
Steinheil was greatly enamoured of
Faure. Persons who attended Faure's
funeral told the Associated Press to
day how after the ceremony at the
cemetry, Mme. Steinheil fell on her
knees at the grave, took from tier
bosom a bunch of violets and threw
them on the coffin. Then he said she
prostrated herself on the grave pas
sionately kissing Faure's portrait.
Immediately after this according to
the same authority, Steinheil began
proceedings for divorce, but through
the intervention of his family this
suit was withdrawn, According to
gossip, compromising papers of some
political importance were surrender
ed and M. Henri .Rochefort has
charged repeatedly that others re
mained in the possession of Stein
heil at the time of his murder. To
journalists last night Mme. Steinheil
declared 1he purpose of her attempt
to fasten the crime on other persons
was to clear herself in the eyes of
her lover. The police do not place
much reliance in her wild charges
and believe the real story of the
crime remains yet to be told. Con
sequently they released Wolff to
night as they did also earlier Couil
lard, another suspect. It is stated,
tonight that Mme. Steinheil is defi
nitely charged with the murder of
her husband and Mme. Japy. The
charges Mme. Steinheil with having
poisoned President Faure. The 'pa
per ercalls that on the day of the
funeral a writer on Libre Parole, who
had seen the body declared "All the
skill of the embalmers was unable to
preserve the corpse from ' the dis
solvent action of a subtle poison.
The journal continues by charging
that Chief Hamard and Magistrate
Leydctt knew that Mme. Steinheil's
arrest would lead to the exposure of
the Fanre scandal which had been
stifled with dffiiculty for 10 years.
The newspaper continues by saying
that Faure was poisoned because he
opposed the revision in the Dreyfus
case.
EGAIHS HIS
lOSI'LAURELS
DEFEATS PAPKE IN THE HTH
ROUND OF AN INTEREST
ING FIGHT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. ad
Stanley Ketchell regained the middle
weight championship of the world to
day and reversed his defeat of last
September, when he sent Billy
Papke crashing to the floor before a
wel directed left swing that caught
his opponent flush upon the chin.
The end came in the 11th round.
Prior to this Ketchell had demon
strated that he was master of his
opponent at any kind of fighting.
Round by round Ketchel chose his
opportunities and when an oppor
tunity afforded, planted the right to
the head or body, generally escaping
without damage in return. Once
during an aggressive moment they
fell in the ringside and toppled
through the ropes wrapped in close
embrace. In falling, Papke had seiz
ed his opponent and force of his
rush carried them clear off the plat
form, and over the heads of the
spectators.
In the decisive round Ketchell
came up fresh, he tapped Papke
lightly on the jaw and then rushed
him half way across the ring, plant
ing two hard rights to the stomach.
A moment later as they broke from a
clinch, Ketchell swung left at three
quarters length, landing squarely on
the point of the chin. Papke' struck
full length on his head rapping the
floor with terrible force. He had
LAH PH ERE CASE
IS now OVER
Jury Finds Him Guilty of
Arson-Sentence Passed
WILL ASK NEW TRIAL
An Indeterminate Sentence of
From 2 to 21 Years Imprison
ment Imposed
THE VERDICT A COMPROMISE
If Motion For New Trial Which ia to
be Made is Denied an Appeal to
the Supreme Court Will be Imme
diately Filed.
LA PORTE, Nov. 26.-Ray Lam
phere, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three
children by setting fire to the home
was found guilty of arson tonight
by the jury. !;
Within five minutes after the ver
diet was rendered the defendant
was sentenced to the.tate prison for
an indefinite term of from two to
21 years, fined five years and dis
franchised for five years.
Attorney Worden for the defense
said tonight that a motion for a new
trial would be made and should it
be refused an appeal to the supreme
court would follow. The supreme
court is two years behind in its
work so this case could not be reach
ed until after Lamphere had served
the minimum time of his sentence.
Worden declared the verdict ridicu
lous. "If he is guilty at all," said the at
torney, "He was guilty of murder,
lie should have been acquitted.'
just sufficient strength to regain his
feet and while crouched in an atti
tude half protected Ketchell sent the
right to the head four times in quick
succession and almost pushed Papke
over with a left hook. Papke drop
ped and fell forward on his knees,
his hands supporting him and his
head bowed as if in agony. Referee
Kelsh counted 11 as did also the time
keeper and then advancing toward
Ketchell threw the Michigan fighter's
glove aloft. Papke stil dazed seemed
unable to realize his defeat.
After the fight he expressed dis
satisfaction with the outcome claim
ing that he did not hear the count.
He said he was able to continue the
fight as he was not hurt. He stated
he wants a return match. Ketchell
said he anticipated the result, declar
ing that Papke's victory in the South
was an . accident. He says . he is
willing to fight Papke again.
TROOPS WILL ARREST.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 26.-A
Tiptonville dispatch says that the
rumor that Governor aPtterson in
tends to send ISO troops to take
charge of the situation and arrest the
supposed, participants ' in Wednes
day's lynching has caused great ex
citement here.
ONE MILLION TURKEYS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-One mil
lion turkeys, according to Thanks
giving statisticians, were eaten in
Greater New York today. Thousands
of baskets of food have been dis
tributed among the poor.
SPOKANE HIGH WINS.
SPOKANE, Nov: 26. -Spokane
High defeated the Salt Lake High
Score, 44 to 0.
CORNELL LOSES.
Pennsylvania Closee Season Without
Having Lost a Game.
A PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.-The
University of Pennsylvania defeated
Cornell in the annual Thanksgiving
day football game on Franklin field
this afternoon, 17 to 4, Pennsylvania
thus closed the season without even
once drinking from the bitter
J cup of defeat and tonight her follow
ers are claiming at least equal rank
with Harvard in the wide discussion
as to which is the best football team
in the east. It was Cornell's only
defeat of the year and she fought
hard to win. Pennsylvania did not
overwhelm her opponent as she ex
pected. However, except for the
kicking department in the first half
Pennsylvania at all times was Cor
nell's superior. The game abounded
in open plays, long runs, and much
punting. The playing of Miller at
quarter for Pennsylvania was the
feature of the contest Once he got
away for a 75-yard run and at an
other time secured a .touchdown on
the 48-yard run. His shooting of for
ward passes ws also good.
OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.-A hard
fought football game between the
Carlisle Indians and the St. Louis
University team today was won by
the former, 17 to 0, The contest was
a slow but interesting one the In
dians being formed to uncover their
best line of tricks t.V win over the
subborn defense of the St. Louis
linemen.
SALT LAKE, Nov. 26.-One of
the hardest fought football contests
ever witnessed on Cummings Field
occurred today . between Idaho and
Utah University and resulted in tie,
0 to 0. Though outclased in punting,
Utah managed to keep her opponents
from scoring. In no time during
the whole game did the ball'go over
through the failure to make the re
quired ten yards. Fully six inches
of snow' was on the field when the
game started. .
SEATTLE, Nov. 26.-The Univer
sity of Washington football team to
day won the championship of the
Pacific Northwest by a brilliant 44
to 0 victory over Oregon Agricul
tural College.
OAHICHffiD
111 TARIFF IEAR1G
OUT OF 25,000 MANUFACTUR
ERS IN U. S 100 RECEIVE
NOTICE TO APPEAR.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26. President
Charles W. Van Cleave, of the. Na
tional Manufacturers' Association to
day gave out a statement in which he
asserts that out of 25,000 manufac
turers in the United States only
about 100 received notice to appear
before the ways and means commit
tee to . give information regarding
tariff revision. He asserts that not
only were those invited given so
short a notice' that they could not
prepare data, but questions put by
leading members of the committee
to these manufacturers who have,
appeared before the committee are
calculated to call out answers asking
for retension of present rates of
duties or advances in them. He says
that the questions are nearly always
put "Do you not believe your pres
ent duties should be maintained?
He says that as a result of this
the eastern papers state that this se
ductive coaching of the manufac
turers who now have 30 per cent
tariff on his product asks to have it
advanced to 40 per cent. He says
that one or two manufacturers who
asked to have the tariff on their pro
ducts lowered made Chairman Payne
gasp. Cleave in a rather sarcastic
manner mentions the enormous task
of fixing the proper tariffs and calls
attention to the fact that in arriving
at its tariff rate, Germany had a com-
ami
J LOSES T1IA
GAME TO U.
mission engaged five years in its in
vestigations which included visits to
nearly every country on the face of
the globe. He adds thafour tariff
covers more items than Germany's
in as much ' as our industries are
three times as great in volume. He
cautions the committee that there is
in politics as in verything else a
hereafter and that some of our law
makers seem to sometimes forget
this. - "In our case the hereafter may
strike us in 1912. If it gets sufficient
provocation, it may hit us in the con
gressional election of 1912."
CONSERVES SUNLIGHT.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-James T.
Hill, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the .Great Northern Rail
road, has bought the four-story
dwelling adjoining his residence
here in East Sixty-fourth street The
consideration, it is said, was about
$500,000. Mr. Hill made the pur
chase in order to forestall the erec
tion of any structure near bis resi
dence which might cut off the sun
light AUIflOOIE RACE ill
BY56 SEMIS
IN A RACE OF 402 MILES LOUIS
WAGNER WINS BY SMALL
MARGIN.'
SAVANNAH, Go., Nov. 26.-A
Fiat car sent plunging through the
fog and sunshine over 402 miles of
roadways by the experienced hand of
Louis Wagner won today most spec
tacular longest and fastest interna
tional automobile race ever brought
off in this country. Hemery, with n
German Benz, No. 8, was the favor
ite of the followers of automobile
racing and took seend honors. Na
zarro, the wonderful Italian driver,
wh led for more than one hundred
miles, suffered a serious delay owing
to a faulty tire, and was relegated
to third place. He also drove a Fiat
car. Wagner's victory was by the
narrow margin of 56 seconds. Hem
ery was first to finish crossing the
finish line almost five minutes ahead
of Wagner. Hemery had, however,
been sent away six minutes before
Wagner, his start being made at 9:52
this morning and Wagner's at 9:58.
FORGER ARRESTED.
REDDING, Cal., Nov. 26.-C. E.
Roach, wanted at Ashland, Or., on a
charge of forgery, was arrested in
Redding last night and left today for
Oregon.
STEEL FREIGHTER
RAMS
The Freighter Georgie Collides With the Panama
Liner Finance in Thick Fog Off Saney Hook
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-In a
thick fog off Sandy Hook today the
steel freighter Georgie rammed and
sank the lightly laden Panama liner
steamer Finance, outward bound,
with 85 passengers. The Finance
went down within ten minutes carry
ing with her three of the passengers
and one of the crew. One of the pas
sengers a woman named Miss Irene
Campbell of Panama, clung franti
cally to the rail of the sinking vessel
and could not be induced to release
her hold, nor were men whomanned
small boats able to forcibly remove
her. She was seen clinging deter
minedly to the vessel as it was en
gulfed. The disaster occurred in the
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OF 0
The Scoring Was Dcr.3
in the Second Half
SOEIE ROUGH VOHK
Pilkington Sent Cat of the Carr.s
and Multnomah Penalized
25 Yards
CAPT. MULLEN KICKS COAL
Youth and Superior Condition f the
Oregon Boya Began to Tell ia the
Second Half When All Scoring
Was Done.
PORTLAND, Nov. 26-The Mult
nomah Athletic Club eleven, went
down before the team of the Univer
sity of Oregon by a score of ten to
nothing in the annual Thanksgiving
game between the teams. The scor
ing was done in the second half. The
first half was Multnomahs by hon
ors, the ball resting most of the time
in Oregon territory. The half was
without anv nartinttar ieatnre .
jcept the indignation created over
what was ruled to be a pieec of rough
work by Pilkington, Multnomah
right half.
While theofEcials sent Pilkington
out of the game and penalized Mult
nomah 25 yards, opinion seems to be
divided as to whether Pilkington's
offense was not by accident resulting
from the awkward manner in which
he was tackled by . Pinkingham, the
University left tackle.
In the second half the youth and
superior condition of the Oregon
boys began to tell. The ball was
most of the time in Multnomah's ter
ritory. Well along in the half Ore
gon worked the ball to Multnomah's
twoard line and though the Uni
versity came within an ace of suf
fering a setback by reason of a
jumble of signals, when the players
untangled themselves, the ball was
behind Multnomahs goal line with
Mains, the University half, right on
top of it. Fullback Moullen kicked a
goal making the score 6 to 0.
The ball had been in play again
but a few minutes when the Oregon
boys worked the ball to Multnomah's
42-yard line. At this point Moullen .
signalled for a kick from placement
which was successful, adding four
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PASSENGER
ship channel at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. The prow of the freighter
penetrated the side of the Finance,
nearly 10 feet; Many passengers were
thrown from their berths hastily
covering themselves with bed cloth
ing they rushed panic stricken to the
deck which was fast sinking to the
surafce of the water. ' Many passen
gers jumped overboard before they
could be restrained by the crew,
some not stopping to get life pre
servers. The freighter anchored im
mediately after the accident and the
life boats were lowered. Thes with
the boats of the Finance which were
also cut away quickly gave first at
tention to a score or more who had
jumped overboard.