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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1909)
34rd YEAR. NO. 3. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1909 PRICE FIVE CErtTS Hi II RAPID Each Shake Causes Wide Spread Panic QUEEN ALSO INJURED Is Crushed by Crazed Crowd of Bewildered Patients In Hospital. POPE SENDS WIDE APPEAL Ftqueet Catholic BUbopt Through out the World to Obtain Subscrip tions to' Earthquake Fund Ameri- can Especially Appealed To. ROME, Jan. 2 The great danger which th King and Queen of Italy are facing is their noble efforts among the itrickcn people of Sicily and the South wit brought horn to the peo ple today when word wai received that the Queen bad been injured. Fortunately, her injuries are not Severe, but it it realised that at any moment another calamity might happen involving teriout injury, even In the death of their majesties. Not one smong the reicuert has shown more self sscrifice then King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena, too, bat taxed her heslth and strength to the utnuxt in giving relief and as sistance to the injured. Anxiety for the sovereigns is increasing in Rome, Apart from the greet strain which their majesties are unquestionably undergoing, there is danger of earth quake shocks, which do not seem to have ceased; from the walls that have not yet been leveled; from the great pitfalls In broken streets, and from disease. The injuries suffered by the Queen resulted from a panic among the pa tients In the improvised hospital in Messina when the trembling earth and rumbling noise indicated another movement of the earth. The Queen was csught in a rush of patients with several concussions. The panic was soon quieted. It' is stated that the Tope has de cided to send an appear of all Catli olic bishops throughout the world to obtain subscriptions to the earth quake fund. He will place particular dependency upon the generosity of Americans, English and Irish. MESSINA, Jan. 2.-Three fresh shocks of earthquake occurred yester day at 8:30 a. m.,'l:3S p. m. and 1:45 p. m. The last was the most severe, POISONED CANDY THROUGH MAIL Mother and two Children Seriously IN as a Re sultNo Trace of Sender. DENVER, Jan. 2. A box of home made candy through the mails nearly resulted In the death of three persons. The police are trying to trace the tender of the candy, with the belief that a deliberate attempt was made to poison the people to whom the confection was sent. Mrs. Marie A. Smith, the divorced wife of A. C. Smith, a merchant of Miles City, Mont., Violet and Oscie Smith, her two youngest children are seriously HI at their home in this city. The SISOCKS CONTINUE SUCCESSIO and caused widespread panic. To Rebuild. ROME, Jan. 2.-Premier Ricolettl tonight said that parliament would t convoked as soon at the King, who is expected to return here today, could sign the decree. First of all, the fi nancial situstion will be considered, ft was proposed to take $6,000,000 of the budget surplus to be devoted to purposes connected with the catas trophe. The government would ap point a committee of experts to draw up a scheme looking to the re construction of cities, based on let torn learned in the past. This will be codified into a law with other mat ters such as loans to sufferers. PU. 1J ..- .... t J in premier iaia me country nsQ i faced three calamities, earthquakes robbers of corpses and robbers of the bourse. He might add that the jour nalistt who tat at home and freely criticised everyone and everything and certain class of financiers who had attempted to raid banks, stock circu lating reports that the bank had lost ten millions of dollars in Messina and Regglo in the hope that the re port would cause a heavy decline In stock values, the action of which i would affect other banks. The gov - eminent stopped this maneuver or'nvly " sidewalk. dering prefects not to allow the bourses to open. CORBETT WANTS FIGHT. PUEBLO, Colo., Jan. 2.-Jim Cor- bett, who wanfa to fight Jack John- son, will re-enter the ring if Jeffries ill not consent to fight the negro heavyweight champion. El LONGBOAT 11$ A WALK CANADIAN FOR SECOND TIME DEFEATS PIETRI IN THE MARATHON RACE. ITALIAN WEARS OUT SOON Dorando Withdraws From Contest Befort Finish of Nlnteenth Mile, Longboat Covera Remaining Dist ance in Walk. BUFFALO, Jan. 2. Tom Long boat, the Canadian, tonight for the second time defeated Dorando Pietri, the Italian, who almost won the great Marathon at the London Olympiad. Dorando withdrew from the race be fore the finish of the 19th mile. After Dorando stopped Longboat slowed down and covered the remaining six miles In a walk. box was received yesterday but was not opened until today. The post mark on the package is too blurred to decipher. The handwriting of the address resembles that of a child. Later the police informed Mrs. Emilia Witwer, living in the same neighborhood of Smith's also receiv ed a box of home-made candy similar to that eaten by the Smiths. Having read the account of the experience of the Smiths, Mrs. Witwer reported the matter to the police. The candy is being subjected to a chemical test ! HARRMIAN IS BOSS. So Says Heney Before Philadelphia Club Last Night PHILADELPHIA Jan. 2-Speak-ing before the city club here today, Francis J. Heney, of San Francisco, declared E. It. Harriman, through his control of the Southern Pacific Rail road, was responsible for the graft corruption of that city. With Abe Ruef and Harriman was linked the head of the United Railways corpo- ration of San Francisco by Heney, but the real boss, be said, sits in New York and has one of his agents in California, W. F. Herrin, general counsel of the Southern Pacific Rail road. YOUNO WIDO WFRANTIC. NEW YORK Jan. 2.- Mrs. Ethel Henderson, a widow of 28 years.Ieap ed through a parlor window at her father's home in Brooklyn last night, and tustaincd injuries from which it is feared she cannot recover. She is a daughter ot Andrew uray, a well-to-do insurance man. Her mind temporarily unbalanced as the result of grief over the death of her husband some years ago. Young Mrs. Hender son, it is said, had been closely watch ed, but last night her mania became acute, and after dashing down the stairs and attempting to get out the front door she turned and plunged through the window. As she did so she struck the frame, which turned !"" ody h '''. so she fell The young woman was hurried to a hospital. COMMISSION AGREES. PALO ALTO, Cal., Jan. 2.-In an interview today with President David Starr Jordan, of the Stanford Univer ilty, American representative of the i International Fisheries Commission 'stated that upon many important points the two commissions had come I to an agreement The date or sub mitting a report has been postpond to June 3. Dr. Prince, the English representative will visit Stanford next spring when the final touches will be put on the document. IHT RIDERS AFTER ATTORNEY GEIERAL DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO PUT CALDWELL OUT OF WAR. IS SHADOWED BY ASSAILANT Attorney-General . la Followed by Member of Band From Depot Frlenda Have Long Been Expecting Just Such an Attempt UNION CITY, Tenn., Jan. 2.-At-tempt to asassinate Attorney-General General Caldwell tonight near his home here. The assailant escaped. Caldwell was followed from the depot by a man who shot at him twice. A newspaper correspondent was walk ing near the attorney-general and he fired twice at the assassin, missing him. The militia men and citizens are hunting for the man. Caldwell also fired at the assailant, but none of the bullets took effect. The attorney-general's friends have been expecting an attempt on his life ever since the night riders' trial be gan. Many partisans of the night riders are in town. WILL DO TIME, LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2. -Six Mexican horse thieves, manacled, will be started north from San Diego as soon as possible. Three are to be dropped at Santa Ana and three are to come to the Los Angeles county jail. They are the members of a gang that in three weeks has stolen the pick of the horseflesh between Santa Barbara and San Diego and were just preparing to cross the border with San eight stolen horses when the Diego officers caught them. HIM SENDS Dili All! Earthquake Funds Pour ing Into Italy PRESIDENT IS BUSY Roosevelt Preparing Message to Send to Congress to Aie Sufferers, SUPPLY SHIPS NOW ENR0UTE President Roosevelt Announces he Has Sent Vessels Laden With $300, 000 Worth of Supplies to Italy, and More Will Soon Follow. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. -The President was engaged tonight pre paring the message which will be presented to Congress Monday. A large amount of data on precedents and on the aid that is being rushed from various quarters to Southern Italy and the means of getting succor to victims was prepared for the President and was considered careful ly by him. The suffering in Italy continues to occupy the thoughts of most of the chizens and officials here. Aroused to full consciousness of the appalling disaster, the one aim is to get relief to the stricken people, as speedily as possible. - Money is pour ing into the offices of the National Red Cross and being telegraphed abroad as fast as received. New York Red Cross has telegraphed $80,000 to the National Red Cross; $10,000 has been telegraphed from SanFrancisco; Chicago telegraphed $12,000; $50,000 has been sent by the Italian Red Cross to the Italian society. Over $3000 was subscribed locally today. Rev. Williams Safe. CHICAGO, Jan. 2. A cablegram has been received announcing the safety at Naples of Rev. Sidney E Williams of Saratoga, Cal., and bride who was formerly Hiss Helen Fal lows, a daughter t Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago. To Charter Vessels. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-The money collected tomorrow in the Roman Catholic churches will be sent direct to the Pope.. Suggestions were made today by Ambassador Gnscom in Rome urg ing that money be sent from America to aid the earthquake sufferers to be used chartering the steamers at Genoa or Marseilles to proceed with nurses, doctors and medic al supplies to Messenl meets the approval of the local banks both of the Italian and 'American Red Cross societies. A great mass meeting to raise re lief funds will be held at Madison, square Garden the night of January 7. To give this demonstration national character invitations has been sent to Roosevelt, Taft, Hughes and Mayor McClellan. President Roosevelt has advised the committee of his inabil ity to attend. Ships En Route. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-President Roosevelt tonight announced that he had sent two supply ships with $300,- 000 worth of supplies to Italy. He will ask Congress for additional aid, that he has offered the use of the battleship fleet to Italy. ROUND MILLION SPENT. Uncle Sam and His Interest in the Tuberculosis Scourge. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-A million dollars in round numbers was spent in the United States last year in the campaign against tuberculosis, ac cording to the annual report of the National Association for the Preven tion and Study of Tuberculosis. The fight, the report says, was the most successful, the best organized and far reaching in the history of medi cine. All classes of people are taking 'up the crusade, including labor un ions, churches and laymen. An im portant factor was the work of the Red Cross with its millions of stamps and the International Exhibit, held first at Washington and now open in this city impressed upon thousands the necessity of properly combatting the disease. During the year more instiutions and organizations for the cure of tuberculosis were established than the total number of such insti tutions in existence prior to January 1, 1908. FATHER ARRESTS SON. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Isaac Lieb erman, a broker, summoned a police man last night and had bis 21-year-old son Harry arrested. Young Lieber rnan, it is alleged uttered some worth less drafts, and although his mother made them good during her husband's absence, when Mr. Lieberman return ed he declined to countenance such an adjustment of affairs, and placed the matter in the hands of the police. The youth was formerly a traveling salesman for a Milwaukee firm and it is charged that while in Philadelphia after leaving the firm's employ he cashed the worthless checks at a hotel there, one for $100 and the other for $50. , He waS locked up. PLENTY OF AMUSEMENT. . CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-A new $2,000, 000 vaudeville structure to be erected and opened by November 1 is the lat est addition to numerous theatre schemes for Chicago. The new house is to be operated by William Morris, Inc., the valudcville company which operates the American Music Hall, Lincoln Square Theatre and the Broadway Theatre in New York and is in the vaudeville business in Brook lyn, Boston, Newark, Washington, Buffalo, Cleveland, Philadelphia and Chicago. CHINA REGENT MAKES DIGERQUS f,1QE DISMISS YUAN SHAI KAI, THE GRAND COUKCELLOR AND COMMANDER. OTHER CHANGES EXPECTED Unseated Official waa Considered the Mainstay of China's Credit and Creator of the Country'a Best Policy to the Powers. PEKIN, Jan. 2. It is the consensus of opinion that the Manchus do not understand the full significance of their precipitate act which resulted to day in the dismissal of Yuan Shii Kai, grand counsellor and command er-in-chief of the forces. This act, however ,is attributed mainly to the regent and is characterized as ; dan gerous, in as much as it gives to revolutionaries and reformers and issue on the cry "China for the Chinese." That the situation is grave is be coming more apparent. That a gov ernment upheaval would follow the success has been generally accepted but even the Chinese did not expect this to occur before the expiration of the hundred days of mourning. Meetings of foreign diplomats are being held to discuss the situation. The elimination of China's great statesman is a matter of great concern to the foreign representatives here. They considered him one of the props of China's credit and the creator of the only policy toward the powers China has possessed. General collapse of the reform or ganization is predicted, and it is be lieved other changes in the personnel of the government is imminent. CHICAGO. Ll'lliEE 8 WE SOUflD EIEW PROMISCUOUS CHECKS. Portland Man Being Investigated by Lot Angelea Authorities. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2.-After passing checks ranging in amount from $5000 to $5 which are regarded with suspicion by their holders and the police, J. C. Sandstrom, who came here recently from Portland, Or., is under arrest but only on a charge of drunkenness. On this charge placed against him by detectives, he will be held until his check operations can be investigated to learn whether they are criminal. i Sandstrom had been in the process of buying a saloon for several days. Everything was seemingly all right when he paid over the $5000 check. The bank at Portland was wired for information. In the meantime a score or more of small checks came to light and it was thought best to lock Sand strom up until his banking business was explained. WOUNDED BUT CHEERFUL. Man With Three Shots in Him ; New Year Souvenirs. as CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Pietro Cevccio is suffering from a bullet in his right thigh, another in his right band, and a third just above his right knee, but he is cheerful. He received his wounds on a cheerful occasion. They came with the new year when he emerged frim his home at midnight to run into a celebration. , The three bullets struck "him before he had time to dodge back into the house. "I don't know who fired the shots," said Ceveeio, from his bed of pain, "but I don't think they meant to bit me." ACCIDENTAL KILL! AT SOUTH BEi SAM GEER HAS ENTIRE TOP OF HEAD BLOWN OFF WHILE HUNTING DUCKS. LEAVES VERY LARGE FAMILY With the Unfortunate Man Waa a Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Who Takes Ghastly Boat Burden to Town in a SOUTH BEND Wa.h., Jan. 2.- Sam Geer was accidentally shot in the head and killed while hunting ducks in his boat With him was Floyd Brown, a fourteen-year-old boy who rowed to town with the ghastly bur den. The entire top of his head was blown off. He leaves a widow and four children. CHINAMEN SOLDIERS IN WAR Port Townsend Celestial Brutal Assaults PORTLAND, Jan. 2 Alleging that their race is being made the victims occurred. One victim is seriously of unprovoked brutal assault at the hurt. It is alleged he suffered brok hands of soldiers of the artillery forts en ribs and scalp wounds, which are of Puget Sound district, the Chinese alleged to have been inflicted by the merchants and prominent members of soldiers, the local Celestial coloy today peti-j 11 tioned Chinese Consul-General of San , Francisco for relief. . It is requested I that the war department officials be. advised that the situation is most ( alarming and that murder may' re-1 suit. The Chinese assert that within j the past few days four attacks by thj i Railroad Company Fern ed in Seattle NEW BOARD DIRECTORS With Change of Name Comes Capitalization Increase to $10,000,000, SEATTLE THE HEADQUARTERS Roada Known as Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Went Out of Existance and Today a New Company Exists. - SEATTLE, Jan. 2. The Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound is the name of the railroad company form ed in this city today to take over the holdings of the four subsidiary state roalroad corporations which were formed to extend the Milwaukee to the Pacific. These road are known as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul of Washington, of Idaho, of Montana and of South Dakota, went out jf existence today and from Mon day on the Missouri river to this city an independent company exists. With the' change came an increase of capi talization of $100,000,000, the advance ment of H. R. Williams from presi dent of the Washington and Idaho companies to the presidency of the new company and positive establish ment of headquarters of the new com pany in this city. The board of di rectors has increased from three to thirteen, most of the new directors being Seattle men identified in some official capacity with the company. NEW YORK, Jan. -Preliminary -steps taken toward the caitalizpation of the Pacific Coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Sts Paul which will provide a total bonded debt of $200,000,000 covering the extension, showed that amount to be necessary. Preliminary steps of this arrangement will be taken in Seattle when the capital stock has increased from $3,- 000,000 to $100,000,000. , MADE HIM QUIET. CHICAGO, Jan. 2 John Larson is suffering from bruises inflicted by the controller handle of a street car. Ac cording to the poke he attempted to talk with the motorman, who request ed hm to keep quiet and then struck him on the head. AND Colony Ask Relief from of Soldiers. soldiers in offending the Chinese has SEARCH FOR LOST COLLIE. . CHICAGO, Jan. 2. The police of Omaha were notified of the loss of a valuable collie dog yesterday, and every possible section of the city is being searched.