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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1909)
34th YEAR. KO, 15. illn 'My Testimony of Unqualified i and i Direct Substance How This Section Upon Him at POLITICAL PROSTITUTION AND DRUNKNESS Morning Astoriari Leads the Republican Press of the State inCandidly Stating Its Position on the Senatorial Question in so Far as Chamberlain Figures Republican Oregon b facing dit triili of iti history! The moment, the cause, demand the beet and latt that can be offered In adjustment, In extenuation, in Justification; and a one of the organa of that party In thla State, the Morning Aatorlan propoaea to go to the root of the problem and aay few tblnga UiM (t haa held unaald for aometlme in deference to the credit and peace of our people and the good name of the State abroad. v We are not using the flea aa a "dernier retort"; we are not milking an extreme and final argument almply to meet the exigency of the hour; nor are we urging the consideration of our defence of party on any lower - ground than the absolute good of the people at Urge in Oregon, amplified by the just and normal right held and expressed by a Republican ma Jority ol 30,000 within the State of Oregon. The Legislature of the State of ambiguoua law and the sophistry of an electoral predicate known of all meg here aa Statement No, 1, whereby those who subscribed to the sophism and desire to observe the law, are thralled and hampered when they should be the freest The position is an anomaly, a anare, and a covert, delusive, and perilous trick devised and operated for the undoing of Republicanism in Oregon, and likely to succeed, unless the brains and honor of the domi rant party hall rise to the rescue, coil shall swiftly and fearlessly absolve themselves from the doubt and danger engulfing them. Nor need they waver on the ground' of stultification in the abandon ment of a high pledge exacted of them; there are other grounda upon which they may repudiate the anomalous tie and the foolish law behind It They have but to measure the danger of sending a weakling such aa Geo. 1. Chamberlain up into the highest walka of the nation, there to pose aa the type and representative of a newer Oregon, when it ia known of all men that be haa not the strength and courage to maintain the dignity of the Governorship of the State that did him its profoundest honor at home! A unanimous and manful silence has been maintained in Oregon for the six years that he haa been Governor, on thla wretched score; no voice, aava one, and that the voice of a "Mother in Israel," crying out against the shame of it aa it fell upon her startled and outraged sensibilities, revealing the amallness of the man, and the cowardice 'of hla fellows all over the ' State.- - ' We, of Astoria, know the story of old; but we Bought to play the in dulgent and discriminating host always, and have done ao despite the broad demand for ruthless candor made upon us. It is an old and open secret here; this ia one of hia pet resorts for the purpose of Indulging his de bauches and hiding out afterward. The latest occurring in August last when he came to this city in company with one of the leading gentlemen of the metropolis, a man immeasureably above such coarseness, and whose disgust at the developments here drove him back to Portland on the in stant he put hla helpless guest to bed. And in that bed he lay for 25 houra, while the city talked and scoffed and contemptuously belittled the first cltien of their State; and when he arose from it, he waa amuggled op board the Regatta flagship to keep him from the pitying gate of the multi tude in the grandstand, and even there, in mid-channel, he waa held in tacit captivity below, while the aporta of the day went on, out on the river, and when darknesa fell, he waa aent, surreptitiously, to the train and carried aboard, blind, besotted, dead to the world, with hundreds of his fellow citi s ens aa witnesses to the unspeakable reproach upon the commonwealth. This was the episode (and one among many) that evoked the right eous protest that follows, and which la alluded to in the foregoing, and is reproduced because of the sentiment underlying the grave issue not alone in the mind of Oregon womanhood, but in the inner consciousness of the -real manhood of the State, and on account of its genuineness as a motive for releasing the last Legislator from any mistaken obligation that besets him. The full text of the letter to the Oregonlan is: "Rainier, Or., Sept. 3, (To the Editor of the Oregonian). I want to say a few words that I would like very much to see in print although I hardly expect to. At any rate, I will try to see if a newspaper will really print a litile truth. , I waa down to the annual Regatta at Astoria last week, and had what I thought at that time the "honor" to meet Oregon's Gov ernor. Later, when I waa on the train ready to leave,, I waa at J first very much concerned to see our Governor being led to the train by two prominent men. At first I thought he was sick or injured, but when I expressed my views, people laughed at my in nocence and told me he waa in a very bad state of intoxication. I was horrified and looked closer, and found out that it was the truth. "He shambled! our Governor shambled 1 His hat was pulled down : over hia face and he waa in a perfect stupor I And the two promi nent men that led him one held each arm ao reverently as thought it were something holy. Ohl How can they, how can they, elect a man of such stand-, shows that, aa he majority elects not a man, surely being like " f .. ." ,,,.' .(Continued on page 8) " fin iu I ol of Oregon Looks This Crisis Oregon ia meshed in the toila of an and those of In members caught In the ASTORIA, inn n LJO WILL ACTIVELY HELP.' University .Of Oregon .WU1 Study .... States Needs With People. rt University of Oregon, Jan. 17. Hereafter, on February 14th the anni versary of the admission of Oregon into the Union, an annual conference will be held at the University of Ore gon will discuss ways of enhancing the service 'of tliis institution to the people of the State. The appropriate role of a State University in the life of a progressive Commonwealth is tapidly expanding. It will also greatly stimulate the activities of the University and give it larger purpose to get into helpful touch with the practical needs and constructive up-building of the State. Alms strongly and distinctly directed to the promotion of the common good will have most salutary ethical influ ence upon the student body. The subjects for discussion at the first of these annual conferences will be (1) Oregon's Heritage- Conser vation of it for the People as a Whole, and (2) the coordination of the activi ties of all the educational agencies in the State. Prominent men from all parts of Oregon will participate. The complete program witl be announced in a few days. SENSIBLE SUGGESTION. CHICAGO, Jan, 16.-"The habit of making a 50-year-old out of a 10-year-fid child is wrong said Herbert W. Gates last night to Evanston mothers, "This forcing process In religion," he continued, "is as disastrous as in any line. It is a great mistake to spend the time reading the Bible that should he spent talking to our children or playing with them, I will bank more on the children brought up by the parents who are not too pious, but who are able to keep the love and confidence of their children, than 1 will on those whose parents pay too much attention to piety." CRACKS!! MIT 10 LOOT BREWERY PLAN TO KIDNAP VALENTINE BLATZ HEAD OF MILWAU KEE "BOOZE FACTORY" MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16. - It waa the intention of two safe blowers to kidnap Valentine Blatx, one of the heads of the Milwaukee Brewery, ac cording to a watchman at the Brew ery in giving an account of the un successful attempt to loot the brew cry safe last night.' While attempting to crack the safe, after binding the watchman, they indicated, so the watchman, they indicated, so the watchman stated, that they , expect Blata to return to the office in the evening and intended to capture and hold him until the contents of the safe were turned over. STOCKS IRREGULAR. NEW YORK, Jan.l6,-fhc irregu lar stock market of the week has of fered a fair illustration of the un settled state of the speculative senti ment. Doubts have arisen over the rate at which industrial revival may be expected owing to the slowing up of the moving of freight traffic over the railroads, the moderate demand for finished steel products, especially from the raidroads and the accumu lating stocks of copper, The heavy reflux of bonds from circulation con firms the impression of a halt in these signs of further government activity against the corporations, ihe issue of the Russian loan in Paris is expect ed to reveal the question of the policy of the bank of France In further ac cumulation of gold. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY nil LawJI & BANK ROBBERS T Two Hen Who Held Klamath Bank up MONEY ALSO SECURED Police Find Hiding Place of All But $1000 of the Stolen Money . . BOLD BROAD DAYLIGHT DEED Men Enter Bank at Noon Yesterday and Compel Cashier to Hand Out All Coin on the Counter at the Point , of Their Revolvers. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 16. The Klamath County Bank was held up and robbed of over $3000 by two masked men at noon to day. The men entered the bank with drawn revolvers and commanded Alexander Martin the cashier to hold up his hands. The robbers then ordered Martin to put the counter cash into a sack "and hand it to them. Martin, with the desperate men holding their revolvers pointing at his head, did not resist the command. One of the men took the sack and ran out of the bank while his accomplice covered the cashier and two citizens, who hap pened to be in the bank, so that they could not interfere with their opera tions. The robbre who took charge of the sack escaped out of the city in an easterly direction. His companion gave him ample time to get away from the bank and still holding his revolver on the people in the bank backed out of. the door. He was traced to a barn in the rear of the bank and captured. He was identi fied as Rial Preever. The other rob ber was captured two hours later. Hia name is Jack Hall. Both men have been working around Klamath Falls for some time. Hall after the robbery went to his boarding house where he changed his clothes. He was driving a 1iay wagon when ar rested. Nothing resulted from the search of Hall's room, but a bundle of greenbacks containing $1180, was found in the garret of the house with the clothing Hall had taken off. Later $1050 in "gold and silver was discov ered in the hay in the barn where Peevr was captured. Cashier Martin says three is still about $1000 in cur rency missing, The treeing of Peever in the barn was the result of a neat piece of work jointly executed by Martin and Don J, Zumwalt, a surveyor who was in the bank when 'the -robbery occur red. As the second robber backed out of the bank, Martin slipped" a heavy calibered revolver to Zumwalt, and taking another revolver himself, Martin and Zumwalt ran to the door and opened fire. The fusillade be came too fierce for the robber, who turned out to be Peever and he lodged into a barn nearby only to be cap tured a moment or so later. TAFT TO USE AUTOS. WASHINGTON, Jan. .-Appropriation is included in the urgency de ficiency bill of $10,000 for the main tenance of automobiles for the White House. It is explained that Judge Taft has intimated that he will use automobiles during his incumbency. p URED 17, 1S03 HAINES WILL WRITE. Slayer .Of Annis To. Put His Exper iences In Novel Form. , NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-T. J Hains, acquitted yesterday of complicity in the murder of William E. Annis, will spend today in rest at a local hotel with his father and mother, General and Mr:. TVter C. Ilains. As short story writing is his profession Hains says he will get to work immediately, that is, just as soon as he has com pletely recovered from the cfect of the trial and hi imprisonment. His trial, it is said, he will make the basis of a novel on the Unwritten Law," concerning which he is quoted as fol!ows:"Do you know what stands out foremost in the mind from the background of my trial? This: that the jury, by acquitting me of crimi nal responsibility for the death of Annis has placed the "UNwritten Law" high above the written law of the State of New York. "I propose to devote much of my time in the immediate future to writ - ing a series of articles embodying that thought I intend also to write a no-! vel having for its theme the "Unwrit ten Law." " "Clearly, the jury vindicated the righteousness of the "Unwritten law" by finding me not guilty. That must be obvious to every mind that had followed the testimony and grasped the significance of the verdict in co relation with the judge's charge. 'Clearly, also, if I ami guiltless my brother is guiltless. Should he now be tried there is no doubt in my mind that he will be acquitted. MUTINY ABOARD BARK ENTI1 AUROYA CAPT. SAMUELSON REPORTS THAT THE CREW REFUSED TO OBEY ORDERS. FORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Jan. 16. A report of a mutiny of the crew of the American barkestine Aurora which arrived here today from Callao is made by Captain Samuelson. The alleged mutiny occured on August 14, last year, while the craft was en route from South Bend to Callao. The crew refusing to obey the orders of the first mate. The ringleader was placed in irons and. the alleged muti neers abandoned the fight CHAIR HATEFUL TO HIM. TRENTON, N. J Jan.l6.-Sabano Mallito, who is condemned to die in the electric chair next week, has made arrangements to have two gold teeth extracted from his jaws afterdeath and forwarded to friends in Italy. Th.e condemned man feared to under go the ordeal in the dentist's chair be fore death. A MATTER OF COURSE. LONDON, . Jan. lfi.-The Times Malta correspondent who san- the United States Atlantic fleet at its de parture from the Hampton roads and again several months later at Seattle, comments on its excellent condition, judging from the appearance of the battleships Wisconsin and Kearsarge and also of their crews which he says will return hoi'rre in much better shape than seemed likely when they were completing their triumphal tour of the Pacific- V LIFTING THE LID. nivi jail. ,.u number of well known turfmen pres ent, and with more than 400 horses on hand, the suburban race track, across the river from Ner Orleans will be opened today in spite of the so-called local anti-racetrack law. MIIIY-OIIE IIS SUB I 111 HEAD Oil COLLISIOi SALOON KEEPER ROBBED. CHICAGO, Jan. 16. C. P. Bertsche a saloon keeper, was robbed yestcr- day of $1,68) by a negro porter. The money was in a drawer behind the cigar case, and it is said that halt a dozen detectives were in the saloon when the negro took the cash. , Telling the manager that he was going out to get a "porkchop" sand wich, the negro disappeared. A few minutes later the theft was discover ed by Bertsche. -"Where is the porter?" he asked. "He stepped out to get a porkchop ? sandwich," was the reply. hope it chokes him," was the re- sponse. , ' , v ', "He's tapped the damper for all there was in it" PITTSeilHG BACKERS . illEM GOVERNMENTS NEXT ATTACK ON STANDARD CO. TO COME UP IN CHICAGO. PITTSBURG, Jan. 16. -In the United States court today three bank ers and business men were sentenced in connection with the irregular busi ness methods. Two others are to be sentenced later. William McKee, president of the Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank of Emlenton, Pa., and director of the First National Bank of Clin tonville, was convicted with misappli cation of funds and was sentenced to five years! John M. McKee, his brother, president of the First Na tional of Clintonville, for misappro priation of funds, was given five years in the penitentiary. Charles E. Mullen, cashier of the Farmers', and Merchants' National Bank of Mount Pleasant, misappro priation of funds, five years in the penitentiary. E. H. Steinman, Mount Pleasant, president Etna Lumber Co., convicted of aiding and abetting mis appropriation of funds of the Mount Pleasant Farmers' and Traders' Na tional Bank, was given five years in the penitentiary. . OIL !GASE TO BE RE SUMED TUESDAY WILLIAM AND JOHN McKEE AND CHARLES E. MULLEN EACH GET FIVE YEARS. . CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The' govern ment's nest attack on the Standard Oil Company is expected to converge in this city Tuesday when Special Ex aminer terns will resume Hearings in a dissolution . suit and District Judge Anderson will take up a re trial of the rebate case on which Judge Landis fine of $29,000,000 was moped out by the supreme court. Ten subpoenas were issued today to secure government commission in the suit. It is expected that some wit nesses will offer testimony in rebuttal of that given by John D. Rockefeller and John D. Archbold in New York. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month. PH1CE FIVE CENTS ' lUlU .A Thirty Injured in D. & 0. Train Wreck GREWS0OE ACCIDENT Bodies cf Victims Taken From Wreckage Are Placed Side - by Side in Snow PULLMAN PASSENGERS SAFE Sleeping Gars All Remain on Track Victims Were All Occupants' of the Dya Coaches and Smoker Engi neer Miscalculates His Schedule. GLEENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 16. 'Twenty-one persons were killed and 30 injured, and many ser iously in a head-on collision between west-bound passenger train No. 5 and east-bound freight on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad between Dotsero and Spruce Creek, 22 miles from Gleenwood Springs at 9:36 last night. While nothing has been given out as to the cause of the wreck, it is . said to have been due to a misunder standing of orders on t'ue part of the engineer of the passenger train Engi neer, however, claims he understood his instructions perfectly, but that he mis-read his watch thus encroaching on the time of a freight which was being drawn by two locomotives. When news of the disaster reached Glenwood Springs every available physician and nursevin the city was pressed into service and a relief train went to the grewsome scene. Every body has been taken from the wreck age and for a time it seemed as though the heartrending task would never be completed. ., The body of a woman was found lying few yards from the wreckage, close to the banks of the Grand Riv er, both arms missing and otherwise horribly mangled. A traiuload of 30 wounded and bloody men and women who narrowly escaped with their lives arrived in Gleenwood Springs at 7 o'clock this morning. It is expected that some of the wounded will die of their injuries. Train No. 5 was made up of an en gine, baggage car, smoker, chair car, tourist sleeper and full complement of Pullmans and the dining car. Pull mans did not leave the track and none of the occupants of these cars were either killed or injured. Most of, the dead and injured were removed from the ruins of the chair car which was split completely in twain. As the bodies wee taken from the ruins they were laid side by side on the bier of snow, amid .agonizing shrieks of husband, wife, child and parent, as they searched among the dead for their loved ones, many of whom were mangled beyond recogni tion. A pathetic feature of the acci dent was the killing of father and mother, leaving two small children, the elder being four years old, the younger two. Another sad case was. the destruction of an entire, family except a three months' old infant. Anothr heartbreaking scene was en acted when a pretty four-year-old girl was lifted from the death clasp of her mother's arms. Nearby lay the decapi tated body of her father. (Continued on page 8)