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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1909)
PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 84th YEAS. KO. 20. ill 110 li! 111 1 Thousands at Work Re- f. pairing Storms Daraago i i -i - i , ' .i in... iOT Tnrri IC ACT trial llimiiv iw vii Kill and Harrlman Suffer Great est Loss in Eastern Washington- " ' i tracks from three to ix feet In depth. """"" 'for a distance of several hundred feet. NORTH EASK IS COTUDJ this trouble oy wagon bridge at "" " ' 1 Butler. Southern Pacific Line Restore Some rn, . , Noetri er,vce Lift Mostly Eaat of Portland-De- thing Like Normal Serivco Trouble hying Train 24 Hour, "mmmmm ufi vir I.- r-.wus thr.. lORTLAND. Jan. 22.-W.th thru railroad uamc o tu enure nonn- .t more or s. aemora.ueo operaung omc , ... .. - - fighting th. mage, of th. Jmera. with thousand , of men,. There ia some promtM of having something like serviceable tchedult in opera-, .! . ..(. tlllt uun uy tomorrow. The Hul and !!rriinan ttnk chivfljr 'm Kero Washington, where' the devastation tlon baa been the worst, appear' to have fought the battle to t aUnd- tiii. .-.. , . Portland i practically ent off from , mail service in all directions save lo- eal nolnta on the Northern Pacific, i There haa been no through oiail in from the South or East for more than 24 hour. No. 1, the Overland Lim ited, which brings 40 per eent of the Eastern mail for Portland destina tion, and which was due last night at 8:50, wat annulled, and No. 5, the next through train due here at 7:20 o'clock, ha not yet, arrived through reported for late this afternoon. no. n or tan nigm inu iv. . u, this morning have been combine into one train, and will arrive as first and second sections of No. 14 tonight at 11:15. These trains have experienced the worst trouble of any of the north bound overland since the heavy rainl set in, having ben delayed for hours in the Sacramento. Valley and in Southern Oregon. This noon Southern Pacific head quarters reported that the line had been cleared as far south as Ashland, and that the south-bound Southern Pacific train are making fairly good time HELTZELS COMMITS SUICIDE rjonroe lluber Found Dead in Field Not Far Front Scene FOREST GROVE, Or,, Jan. 22. ,t..i... m..l.rr nf Wi inniicmo ov irom lasi .Depicmuer, fiiui Heltjei, at the latters barn, near Banks, this county, last night, was found In a field, not far from the scene of his crime, about 9 o'clock this morning. He slipped from the house of William Thornburg, where he had spent the night, when he per ceived that Sheriff Hancock and a deputy were approaching. He used 'the rifle with which he shot Hcltzel. This was before daylight this morn- i tie had disappeared into a dump of brush', and the officers did -"Tind the body for two hours. 'ittiam ' Heltael. Huber victim, sued 37, His place is :t distance from Banks, and until I'lAI com ELEMENTS jrtfeysrrwriw The Northern Pacific ha been un- '.l.l... I. ..... 1.4 1. !a 4ltAaiU KrVII- A ,rot "8ftl!! jl'ttsco, out nas op 2? j. iW the first Ih win vj'.i - -"w l-Portland ervice on wa announced todty thth 6fH through train this week from, the East would probably reach Fuget Sound tonight. The North Bank road, while not iuffi-rlntf serious property loia. has Sheen laid out pretty badly the pat three day, owing to the high water In Woodward Creek. This stream flow down a narrow gorge which wai choke full, and where it empties in ' to the Columbia It spread out over the lowlands, covering the North Bank Some eneoursgement appears In the latest reports which the O. R. & N. today from the . . . ... . . , fh. m Khtdllkl. c. be re stored on thta division for ) several 'day yet. Wild Horse Creek broke wt of its banks yesterday, and swept . t of . rMdd Utwtcn Vtttdk 0n,y e ,raJtt hl entered Walla Walla the pres on, v(l detourc( ent week and that one wai detoured from Pendleton to Walla Walla via Umatilla and Walula "mum TAFT SUMMONS KNOX AND HITCHCOCK TO CONFER ENCE. AUGUSTA. Jan. 22.-Philander C Kjiox and Frank H. Hitchcock, Taft's .choice for secretary of atate and I postmaster-general, respectively, have heim requested fry him to come to Charleston, S. C, for a conference on Sunday. Taft ha continued to gath er information regarding prospective material for his cabinet and treasure- ship may be discussed. Taft will leave Augusta tomorrow for Charleston whence he will sail Monday for Panama. WEALTHY BUNCH DITCHED , DENVER, Janv22.-It ha just been learned that Charles M. Mc Neill, a wealthy man of Colorado Springs, and a party of prominent SLAYER of Crime two weeks ago Huber had been in his to that. Huber worked for , William Thornburg, a neighbor, with whom he had been eight years. It is said he was paid in full by Heltael when he quit. , , ...;' The exact cause of Huberr. enmity towards Hcltzel is still in doubt, but Huber was infatuated with some woman, and it is said he claimed Helt- cl had talked about them. ; It is be- this and not a Question of caused the killing. v After he left Heltzel's, Huber went to the home of Fred Rallies, a neigh bor, half a mile" distant, where he has nent the last two weeks. Yesterday (Continued on page 6) ASTORIA, mi' ii, including Judge K. K. Habmit of New York, had an exceedingly narrow escape from death on the Union Pacific, near Rock Spring, VVyo., Wednesday when their pri vate car was caught in a wreck and rolled down a high embankment Two car left the track both turn- lug over and a third ear wai detail-1 ed. None of the occupant! of the j conche were injured, with the ex-' ccption of a few flight bruises. CALIFORNIA STORMS. Whole Stat .Has been .Inundated By Heavy Rains. SAN FRANCISCO. JAN 22" With the heavy downpour and cloudbursts of yesterday the rain and windstorms which have been raging in all sections of California for almost two weeks ee to have spent their force. As a result of the ownpour of yesterday Stockton is inundated, S&cramento isolated and practically all the train service in the North is at a standstill. A feature of the storm yesterday wa the phenominal rainfall in the South U Santa Barbara tight inches fcU in less than u tiours. The islands at the mouth of the Sacrameny) river are flooded and and steamboats are busy removing people and stock from the levees where they had taken refuge. Traff ic north to Portland has been brought to a top by the collapse of the bridge acrote Stoney Creek. A cloudburst at Angle Camp washed away twenty four houses and drowned one Chinaman, prac tically the entire Chinese quarter being wiped out. At Ocean, on the coast line ofthe Southern Pacific, 200 feet of the track was washed away and the traffic was delayed for several houra, .. -';.' The storm is moving toward the east and last night was raging in the Sierras and in the inland coun try from California to Washington. Professor McAdie, in charge of the local weather 1 bureau, says that it is one of the worst Januarys in 60 year. , He predicts ram for today but says showers will not bc as severe as yesterday. 11 IliS ALREADY SFEtll Oi CMl t. i.t,r in ' 1 1.. REPORT OF CHIEF QUARTER- MASTER GIVES vIDEA OF ! TREMENDOUS EXPENSE .WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. -Nearly $11,000,000 is thus far spent for float ing equipment, rollinw stock and ma chinery "in the work on.' the Panama Canal, according to a statement sub mitted to the commission today by the chief quartermaster, imiiio get MINE WORKERS VOTE $2500 AS A STARTER TO FIGHT THE CONTEMPT CASE. x INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. . 22. - The United Mine Workers of America to day voted $2500 as preliminary aid for Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison in aid in further legal proceedings in contempt cases. The resolution also instructed the miners of the international executive board'to approapriate in the future as much as necessary to give these men the proper deefnse. John Mitchell arriv ed today and addressed the conven tion saying he spent so much of his life building up the union that he will go to jail if necessary to advance its cause, "I will defend it as I would defend my child," he said. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY fill PASSAGE OF CEALS BILL Measure Carries by Vote of 43 to 8 McCUE OPPOSES IT Owners of Timber Land Must File List and Holdings of Property STATEMENT BILL DISCUSSED Exciting Time Expected When Meas ure Comet up For Consideration House Adjourns Until Monday at Two o'Clock. STATEHOUSE. Salem, Or., Jan. 22.r-The House adjourned at 2 o'clock to 2 o'clock Monday after noon. . . , - - STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or., Jan. 22.Verbal pyrotechnics, both on the floor of the House and in committee of the whole, this morning, resulted in the passage of Heal' bill requiring all owners of timber lands to furnish County Assessors with lists of their holdings and estimates of standing timber thereon,, and the demise of Muncs bill exempting mining corpo rations from the filing fees now re quired. . While the bedate was warmest, Mc- Cue, who is opposed to Beal's bill, H. B. 43, himself, took a slap at Camp bell for raising the question of -constitutionality, saying this was the ar gument used by the Multnomah and Clackamas delegations to delay ac tion on all measures, and is not the proper procedure, A call of the house was necessary before the vote on final passage and resulted in the measure triumphing by 43 to 8, with several absentees and a few excused, Muncy. Orton and Rusk vigorously defended the proposed measure as to mining fee exemptions, a, o. ino. q, declaring It to oe m,we'' " the small miner and prospector, but Brooke, Campbell,. Bean, McKinney, Buchanan and Jones of Lincoln and Polk denounced it in strong language, saying it was in the interest of "wild catters" and would deprive the state of needed revenue.' It was defeated by a substantial majority. ; Contrary to expectation the House did not adjourn thi&, morning until Monday but to 2 o'clock this after noon. " " ' - To one not familiar with the ways of legislators more often mysterious than otherwise, it would appear that the introduction of Bean and Brooke s bill making it a misdemeanor for a political candidate to take a, pre-elec tion pledge and : providing penalties and forfeitures to the office to which they may have been elected in case of violation, has excited little attention. Such a conclusion would be erronous. Under the surface of things indigna tion at this attempte to subvert' the will of the people is boiling. When the bill comes up for consideration Representatives Bean and Brooke will see breakers ahead. It has been suggested by one member- that they do well on third reading and final pas sage of the bill to provide themselves with ear protectors. - "The people of Oregon gave State ment No. 1 a majority of 40,000," said Representative Dimick of Clackamas. "The will of the people should be supreme. I do not care to criticise my colleagues who are responsible for H. B, 107 at this time, for they will probably be made aware of the view t.iki'ii by a majority of members when 23, 1203 the. proper time think the bill will Senate." comes. I 'do not ever get to the SAME OLD TALE. Another Innocent Babe Sent Out - Into The Hard World. . CHICAGO, ' Jan. 22.-While a baby two weeks old is laughing cooing" at an asylum, the police are searching the fashionable North Side district i in an effort to learn who deserted the child late last night. . ' : .-,- It was found in a gray telescope in the vestibule of a hotel by a guest who noticed the valise and heard sounds coming from it. The baby was dresd in a white silk wrapper, with stockings to match, but there were absolutely no signs of identification. A bare-headed woman with a telescope in her hand was seen near the hotel a few minu tes before the child was found. EDGAR FRO 115 FROr.l JO HALEY ALTHOUGH OUTWEIGHED 13 POUNDS MULTNOMAH BOY GETS VICTORY. PORTLAND, Jan. 22. -Edgar Frank of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club tonight defeated Johnny Haley of the Illinois Athletic Club of Chicago two straight falls in 11 min utes 30 second and 17 minutes 14 sec onds. Haley wis weighed in at 137 pounds, and Frank at 124. Frank's wonderfully fast work and ability to get out of tight 'places in which the very clever Chicago boy got him on several occasions won him the match. SEATTLE'S FET BILL 13 m OFFOSED MEASURE RE-ESTABLISHING HARBOR IMPROVEMENT FUND IS FOUGHT. OLYMPIA, Jan. 22. There is strong opposition of the fcastern Washington members of the legisla ture against the bill re-establishing harbor improvement fund abolished 1897. The bill is objected to because it proposes to levy a general state tax to replace the money taicen irom mi generaf fund amounting to about one million dollars. The fund is most benefit to Seattle, Tacoma and inland counties and say it is unjust to 7S per cent of the population and property of the state. The friends Of the bill in the senate saved it from defeat to day by consenting to a motion to commit it to a committee on revenue and taxation. The harbor and river lines committee had reported it favor ably. Very little was done in either tnrlav. Both adiourned 1 until Monday. THEY Vw.-'J WALKED. Plucky Bride and. Groom Finally Succeed In Their Purpose. CHICAGO,: Jam i22- Battling bravely against ; an adverse fate anent her marriage an adverse fate Spartz,' of Kenosha County, Wis., has finally triumphed' , and is . now Mrs, Philip Neu. The couple, was to have been married a week ago yesterday but while making arrange ments for the marriage' feast Neil w'as injured by a runaway horse; after five hours he foiind two of his ribs were broken. When he recov ered sufficiently to go to the church for the wcdding'he drove over to the house of Miss Spartz. As Miss Spartz got into the car ristge, she said: "Do you think the wedding will ,be a go this time, or arc you going KD ilUOI! DOLLAR DEFEIISE lil PHILIPPINES : ,., ',. f-' . 1 ........ ,;,;"( if t it t ; , - ;. .' . - v;. . to have another runaway accident? Neu, still suffering from his injur ies, assured her be was netermincd to be married if he had to' walk to the ' church ' or be carried' on a stretcher. Half an hour later the horse shied and upset the carriage throwing the couple out, though neither was ser iously wounded. Leaving the runaway animal to demolish the buggy,' they walked to the church. TIE ulLII BY TO BE BUILT FEBRUARY 12 DECLARED SPEC IAL HOLIDAY PASSED BY SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Feb ruary 12 was today "declared a special holiday and a survey and plans for a highway from Washington to Gettys burg to be known as "The Lincoln Way," as" a memorial to Abraham Lincoln was provided1 for by" Joint resolution passed by the Senate after an extended debate. A resolution did not commit congress to the construc tion of the highway when surveyed. Final action was also taken on legis lative, executive and judiciaf appro priation bill, the senate refusing ; to vote 41 to 27 to fix at $75,000 the sal ary of the ' president previously in creased by an amendment to $100,000. ST. LOUIS Wit CI serious m FIVE REPORTED KILLED AND - MANY INJURED NEAR ' MINERAL POINT. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22.-Offic- ials of the Pennsylvania railroad have received information that five persons were killed in a; wreck on the first and second sections of the St. Louis express near Mineral Point and many were injured. The first section was wrecked and the second section' ran into it. The dead and injured will be removed to Altoona from which point frelief trains were sent out. RECORD TIDES ALONG PACIFIC Dykes Give Away at Marshfield, and Much Damage is Done PORTLAND, Jan. 22.-rhenomen-, ally high tides assuming in places pro portions of tidal waves is reported at all points along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia south to California. At . Marshfield Thursday following a severe cale the highest tide known there, swept away dykes in the south ern portion of the city letting in water which flooded a score of dwelling houses and did damage that will reach into thousands of dollars. Carlos Wittick, aged five years, playing at the wharf at North Bend, was swept into the sea and drowned. The bdy was washed ashore at Marshfield. A gasoline launch with eight passen gers as swamped but reports say all lives were saved. fh:ce five cz:;ts Fortification Bill is Cut Down Ten f.liiiicn AIRSHIPS ABANDONED Committee Leave . Out Every Cent cf $5C3,CQ0 Desired for Military Aeronautics - COMPROMISE . ON WARSWF3 Sustaining Recommendations Calling For Two Battleships and Five Tor pedoboat Destroyers War Scare a Ruse. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Cutting down estimates nearly ten millions, the house committee a ; appropria tions today decided to report fortifica tions bill carrying only $7,920,000 for the next fiscal year. The largest item carried is: that of $1,000,000 for sea coast batteries in the Philippines. The biU as reported carries an ap propriation! of $337,200 for sea coast batteries in Hawaii. The $1,785,000 estimated by the war department for costruction ,of fire control stations and purchase of instructions reduced to $247,055i For seawalls v at Fort Travisj Galveston, $440,000 is appro priated; . The committee left out every cent of the $500,UOO desired for mili tary aeronautics. - i Discusing the naval bill in the house Tawney said that the Japanese war scare was started for the pur pose of bringing an impression on congress for the purpose of the naval increase. Cockran of New York said it. is imposible for any two races to live together on terms of' equality. He spoke of the growing numbers of an "alien" race on the Pacific Coast and predicted that tit will be impos sible to get the Japanese to sign a treaty 'of exclusion'.' In that event it will be necessary for congress to pass an exclusion act and that, he "predict ed, would be accepted by the' other country as a hostile demonstration. ; Finally an- amendment to the naval appropriation bill striking ' out the battleship provision was rejected and an amendment by Burton restricting an increase to one battleship to like (Continued on page 6) by Water AXE VERSUS GUN. DENVER, Jan. 22. Armed only with an axe, Otto Johnson land scape gardener in West Jtierkly, laughed at the drawn revolvers in the hands of two officers sent to ar-resct-him for his treatment of his family. ' One of the officers tried to close with Johnson and the: garden er made a terrific and wicked swish, narrowly missing the peace officer"s head. Then Johnson fled to a barn and the two officers had tci literally tear out the side of the barn to reach their man. Johnson still showed fight, but .'siirrewli'red when one of the olT.ccr! pressed s a revolver to his head.