ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
H. LEGISLATURE WILL AO-
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House Stops Clock so
Can be Presented
HOUSE USES THE AX
Urge Number of Bills Killed
Among Which It the Eastern
1 Oregon Asylum
RAILROAD BILL GETS SETBACK
Washington Paste Um Eight-Hoar
Law and Defeats the Employers'
LUbUlty Act-Senate Bills BUI
Providing or Calling Grand Juries.
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or,. Feb.
16. Joihua, in day of old. caused the
tun to ttand "till until ha carried out
hit work. The llouac clock has been
Handing at 2:55 p. ru. in order that
the House might circumvent the
joint rctolution passed by both
Mount that no bill should b lent
from one branch to the other after 5
o'clock Tuesday. To carry this out
the House clock was slopped this
afternoon and the House continued
to grind out bill and send them in a
flood to the Senate. Even during the
night session the clock stood ofl'ic
islly at five minutes to three.
This evening the House began kill
inn the appropriation bills. The
measure to amend the local option
law and place it on a footing more,
equitable for "wets" and "drys" was
indefinitely postponed. A similar
fate overtook the bill to create a
state auditor and one providing for
reforestation was indefinitely post
poned. Eastern Oregon's demand for a
branch insane asylum was defeated
by a slight margin. This was prac
tically the only measure that the
Esstern Oregon contingent has unit
ed on. The House defeated the bank
guarantee bill but It Is to be sub
bitted to the people through initia
tive. The Senate killed the measure
providing all sports on Memorial
day and passed the bill appropriat
ing $.W,000 for an experimental sta
tion at Umatilla which Is to b oper
ated by the general government.
Speaker McArthur's proposed
amendment to the constitution per
mitting the State to construct rail
roads received a setback in the
House tonight when the bill creating
a highway commission was Indefinite'
ly postponed. Senate and house by
TERRIBLE MINING
DISASTER OCCURS
One Hundred and, Eighty Lives are Supposed to be
Lost in English Mine
NEW CASTLE. Eng., Feb. 16.-A
terrible disaster has occurred at
West Stanley, a small mining town
12 miles distant, in which it is feared
180 lives have been lost. There were
explosions, at 4 o'clock this after
noon in West Stanley which em
ployes 400 men. Nearly 200 men
were In the pit at the time and up
to late hour tonight none of them
had come to the surface nfeliough
rapplngs have been heard and it is
supposed these are from miners who
escaped death. The. mine is afire and
It is. Impossible for rescue parties to
descend.
joint resolution agreed to adjourn
Saturday at 2 p. m. ,, '"2
WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE.
Ona Important Measure. Passe and
On to Killed.
OLYMPIA, Feb. 16 After defeat
lug the eight-hour bill (or women
employees the house tato this after
noon reconsidered and pissed it,
Lacking one vote and with 21 mem
bers absent or not voting, the em
ployers' liability act was defeated in
the house today. Attempt to reconsider
It will be made tomorrow. The Sen
ate today killed the bill providing for
calling grand jury each year In
every county on the ground that the
till was unconstitutional The Sen
ate approved the measure providing
for issuing of $209,000 bonds to take
up Invslid warrints Issued in 1895,
the proceeds of which were used to
build Whatcom and Cheney normal
schools. The Senate passed the bill
providing for a state health commit
sloner. The bill makes the commis
sinner Secretary of State Board of
Health and requires him to investi
gate causes of epidemic and preval
ent diseases.
TO AID GERMAN GIRLS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16,-With the
unveiling of a portrait of President
Rooteevlt. wl.lch he sent for the oc-
csslon, to the New York branch of th
Grand-American Friendship Club, an
organisation which was started in
Hanover last March, by Ihe Countess
von Waldersce, was opened in New
York last evening. The Countess von
Waldersee was formerly a Miss Lee
of New York and the Friendship Club
wa formed to promote the welfare of
German girls, in this country. The
club house, which Is in Park Avenue
Is to be used as headquarters for
young working women from Germtny.
and they will be taught English and
aided aenerally in procuring work
and familiarising themselves with the
country.
Pamnhlets will be published from
time to time, giving sdvice and sug
gestions to the young women,
DISASTER AT ACAPULCO.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 16 -Late
dispatches from Acapulco place the
loss of life from the burning of the
Flores Theatre at from 200 to 350.
The fire Is charged as due careless
ness and Inexperience of the opera
tor of th moving picture machine.
Search of the ruins thus far revealed
no recognizable human form. The
charred bodies of legs and arms had
been burned have been taken from
the ruins and there is no chance of
identifying them. All , have been
burled in a common trench. The
greatest loss of life is caused, accord
ing to survivors, by the fall of the
roof which crashed down on the en-
PITTSBURG ELECTION.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 16.-While
Pittsburg voters are determining to
day who shall be their mayor for the
next three years, fourteen boroughs
and sixteen townships in Allegheny
County will decide whether liquor
shall be sold in their boundaries in the
future. M'ost of these townships are
already "dry,'1, but the majority of the
boroughs have license. In nearly all
the alpces the liquor question is
the only issue.
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trapped people. Previous to this
men in the pit had fought like de
mons, striking down , women and
children in their efforts to escape.
The fall of the roof, however, stilled
the screams of the fighting rudienet.
FJremen and crowds on the outside
could do nothing to help the victims.
After the first five or ten minutes
no cries were heard and there was
no noise save that made by crackling
of ames. Latest reports are that no
Americans were killed.
LOCAL OPTION BILL
OLYMPIA, Feb. 16.-Result cau
caus on local option held tonight in
dicate the Senate will ttand 21 to 21
tomorrow on passage of Falconer or
anti-saloon league bill but that on tie
vote enough members will desert
ultra local optionitts to effect the,
passage of the Nichols senate bill
with amendments making first, sec
ond and third class cities separate
units.
Nichols bill as introduced excludes
such cities and provides for submis
sion of saloon question at general
elections in country precincts.
JAP QUESTION AGAIN
IIP I'l CALIFORNIA
SHARP PRACTICE IS RESORT
ED TO BY ANTI-JAPANESE
LEADERS.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 16.-An un
availing attempt was made late this
afternoon in the lower house of the
legislature to accomplish by an
amendment to an innocent looking
school bill introduced by Sackett of
Ventura the segregation of Japanese
pupils in public schools. The Sackett
hill Is an act to amend the code by
determining the number of hours of
instruction in day and evening
schools; determining the age of ad
mission to and providing for separate
schools fr Indian. Mongolian and
Chinese children. The amendment
which was offered by Polsley of
Red Bluff was to insert the word
"Malay" after "Mongolians." Sackett
objected to this amendment as it
might result in the exclusion of Jap
anese children as this race claims to
be Malay and not Mongolian. On
roll call the amendment was defeated
by a vote of 27 to 18.
miliar!
PILOTAGE BILL
NO MORE COMPULSORY PIL
OTAGE ON COLNMBIA
RIVER BAR. :
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or, Feb.
Having worked half last night and
adjourning only when the milkman
was coming, the Senate was unable
to work up enthusiasm this morning,
and 14 bills of the House were passed
without any argument. Heavy eyed
and tired, the Senate was in no mood
to ignite fireworks, and the bills slid
through readily. The , majority of
these, however, were for raising sal
aries of county officers in various
parts of the state.
Of chief importance to Portland
was the passage of the bill to abolish
compulsory pilotage at the Columbia
River bar.
The Senate also passed the bill
compelling six months of school in
every district, and McCue's bill per
mitting counties to levy a tax for
advertising purposes.
An appropriation of $10,000 was
passed for an interstate bridge at
Ontario, yet during the midnight ses
sion the Senate had refused to pass
an appropriation of $5000 for prepar
ing specifications for an interstate
bridge between Portland and Van
couver. '
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REVOLVER
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Demands $7,000 inCash
of Wealthy Merchant
AGREES TO GET MONEY
Then Turns Tables on Robber
and With Assistance of Son
Captures Him
IS DRY GOODS MERCHANT
Police Officer Wert Afraid to In
vestigate Bomb At Police Station
Robber Said After Getting Money
Would Have Chained Merchant up
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.-Armedi
with a revolver in one band and a
dynamite bomb in the other, a man
apparently about 40 years f age to
day entered the home of.awrence
M. Jones, president of Je Jones
Bros,' Dry Goods Company of this
city, and demanded $7000. By a ruse
Mr. Jones overpowered the man, who
was arrested.
At the police , station the bomb
thrower gave the name of C. H, Gar
nett He said he was 40 years of
age. The man appeared at the Jones
home, 2613 Troost avenue, shortly
before noon, and asked for Mr
Jones. He was shown to the library.
Mr. Jones, who was in another part
of the house, upon entering the li
brary, was confronted by the intru
der's revolver. The man told Jones
to be , seated. He then drew from
under his overcoat a dynamite bomb.
He explained to Jones that unless
the latter gave him $7000 he would
immediately blow him to pieces. In
an endeavor to calm the man, Mr.
Jones talked with him over half an
hour. Mrs- Jones, feeling apprehen
sive on account of her husband's
long interview, entered the library
at this point. The intruder ordered
her to be seated The conversation
was resumed. Chester I. Jones, sec
retary of the Jones Company, a son,
followed his mother, and he, too, was
ordered to be seated. Mr. Jones then
suggested that as he did not have
the necessary funds in the house, the
man accompany him to the bank.
This 1 was agreed to. As the pair
were passing through the lower hall
Mr. Jones stepped suddenly back and
placing his foot in front of his visi
tor, hurled him to the floor. Mr
Jones and his son then overpowered
the man, and stripping him of his
weapons, called the police. The
bomb did not explode when the in
truder fell. At the police station it
was said that the officers had not in
vestigated the bomb and would not.
Mr. Jones is one of the best known
dry goods merchants of the country.
He is reputed to be worth over $1.
000,000. At the police station the man said
he planned, after securing the money
from Mr. Jones, to take him to In
dependence, a suburb, where he
would have chained him up in a
house he had fitted up for the pur
pose. He said he had been planning
the scheme for several months.
AN UNIQUE GIFT.
CHI CAGO, Feb. 16. President
Roosevelt soon is to receive 2000
press clippings on the world cruise of
the United States fleet These, which
fill two volumes, 14 by 14 inches, are
the gift of a Chicago admirer, who
does not want his name used. More
than a year ago this admirer instruct
ed a clipping company of this city to
gather all editorial comments on the
tour. The books are handsomely
bound in black morocco.
WELL OF HOT AlR.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,
Feb. 16, While hunting in the vicin
ity of Ute Pass above Manitou on
the side of Pike's Peak yesterday,
Bert Webb formerly of the Colorado
City Police Department, claims to
have found a huge crevice in the side
of the moun'ain from which a strong
current of hot air issues. Webb says
he wilt acquire the property and pipe
the air to Manitou and Colorado City
forbearing purposes if the scheme is
feasible.
SLOW WORK GETTING JURY.
Will be at Least Another- Week Be
fore Calhoun Comes to Trial
. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.
Three of the 12 jurors temporarily
passed to try Patrick Calhoun had
been excused or dismissed when to
day's session of court ended and an
other citizen had unexpectedly quali
fied for a place in the jury box.
With two places remaining to be
filled, the completion of the jury ap
pears retarded at least one week and
the fact that the peremptory chal
lenges are yet to be exercised indi
cates that the trial will estbalish a
record a record for duration. It was
clearly shown today that the sonduct
of every juror heretofore accepted has
been subject of surveillance by agents
of both prosecution and defense. In
two instances members of the paneV
subsequently excused were obvious
ly to learn the extent of informa
tion relating to their private live
possessed by the prosecution and In
rimated that there would be further
attacks upon the integrity of jurors
cofVtprising the original complement
of 12 and nearly a dozen witnesses
summoned for some purpose not yet
revealed were excused with the un
derstanding that they be called at
some later date.
PLAY AT VANCOUVER.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16-The
Wallabies, the champion Australian
rugby football team left this city last
night for Vancouver, where they will
play a series of games with the teams
of British Columbia. The players wer
given a warm farewell by a large
crowd which had gathered at the ferry.
ALBANY ELKS WILL EN
TERTAIN FRIENDS
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED OF . THE
ANTLERED HERD WILL
TAKE PART.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 16 This is
Elks week in Albany. Practically all
arrangements . have , been perfected
for the entertainment to be held un
der the .auspices of the local lodge.
Fifteen hundred Elks are expected at
the big round-up to assist in the dedi
cation of the new temple just com
pleted at a cost of $50,000. This gives
the local lodge .the finest quarters in
the State outside of Portland.
Invitations have been sent to all
the lodges in Oregon and a response
is expected in every instance. , Dele
gations' from some of the Washing
ton lodges too have sent word that
they will be here. The ceremonies
and preliminary exercises begin to
night with a reception in the lodge
quarters for the wives and families
of Elks. After the preliminary pro
gram the guests will repair to the
dance hall.
Thursday night the dedication ex
ercises proper will take place for the
members of the Elks only. , The exer
cises will be in charge of District
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Wil
liam S. Levens, of Baker City. His
assistants are to be chosen from the
various delegations present that
night. Mr. Levens represents Oregon
in the grand lodge.
SENSATJOriAL
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LIEN AGAINST BABY,
DENVER, Feb. 16.-Charged with
holding a baby two weeks old, as lien
for a bill its father cannot pay, Dr.
Charles Graef has been, arrested at
the instigation of the father, J. S. Mil
ler, and will have a hearing today. The
infant it is alleged, is being held at a
baby farm." where it was born. The
mother was a patient there for more
than two weeks and .Graef claims that
she has not paid for the treatment
and attendance he gave her. ' "
The complaint is one of the most
peculiar ever filed with the district at
torney who could find nothing in the
law on the subject of babies when
used as Kens. It was finally decided to
arrest Graef on the technical charge
of disturbing the peace, and he will be
heard on this charge.
WILL CHALLENGE JOHNSON.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb- 16.
Willis Brirt, manager of Stanley
Ketchell, middleweight champion of
the world, announced upon Jack
Johnson's arrival from Australia he
will issue a challenge to him in be
half of Ketchell to battle for the
heavyweight championship. ";
HALF OF U. S. TO
FOR PACIFIC COAST
SUCH IS OPINION OF SENATE
IN AMENDMENT TO THE
NAVAL BILL.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 16.-One-half
of the United States jnavy
should be kept on the Pacific Coast
at all times is the opinion of the
Senate. Amendment to the naval
bill was agreed to tonight, provided
that in the discretion of the Presi
dent, one-half of the navy be kept in
Pacific Coast waters so far as prac
tical. The President already had such
authority to so divide the fleet but
this amendment amounts to an ex
pression of congress in favor of such
action. The Senate tonight' agreed to
the provision that no part of appro
priation for powder in naval ! bill
shall be paid to any trust or to any
corporation having monopoly of sale
or manufacture 6f gunpowder ex
cept "In case of war." By an amend
ment to the naval bill adopted to
night size of the two battleships au
thorized is limited to 21,000 tons and
cost, exclusive of armament and
armor, to be $4,500,000.
HOUSE PASSES
DRASTIC MEASURE
Mahone's Bill for Enforcing Local Option Provi
sions Goes Through With Big Majority
STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or., Feb.
16 Despite the objections of a
number of Representatives, headed
by Brooke, H. B. 272, Mahone, con
taining drastic provisions for enforc
ing the provisions of the local option
law in dry counties, was passed by
the House last night by 42 to 13, with
five members absent.
Fault was found by Brooke with
clause 11 of the bill, which allows
considerable authority . to private,
prosecutors. He said it was setting a
dangerous precedent to take author
ity out of the hands of Judge and
District Attorney and place it in the
hands of a private citizen.
Munkers and Buchanan defended
the measure, recounting the difricul;
ties of enforcing the law and express
ed the opinion that this bill would
IB Hill
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HASHViiit
First Day Marked With
Dramatic Incidents ,
TWO GAVELS BROKEN
Mrs. Carmack Widow of Mur
dered Man First Witness Put
on the Stand
COLLAPSES UNDER STRAIN
Mrs. Eastman, Who Took Revolver
Found Near the Editor's Dead
Body Re-enacted the Tragedy With
Dramatic Effect
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NASHVILLE. Feb. 16. -Filled
with dramatic incidents and marked
by scenes bordering on the sensa
tional was the first day of actual
trial of the Cooper-Sharpe case.
Whether Duncan B. Cooper, Robin
J. Cooper and John Sharpe killed
former : Senator Carmack jn self
defense or as a result of conspiracy
was the issue. Scarcely had the at
torneys been rapped to order, the
judge having broken two gavels in
the work thus far, than first sensa
tion was produced. "
Mrs. Carmack, widow of the slain
man, was half carried into the room
and assisted to a seat Great sur-.
prise was caused when the State call
ed Mrs. Carmack as the first wit
ness. She was almost carried to the
witness stand by a relative, Frank
Landers, a few question were asked
but she became hysterical and was
excused as she left the stand. '
Her little son Ned, aged 10, who
had accompanied her to court, turned
squarely toward the defendants and
fixed on them a look full of intense
hatred- Next came the testimony of
Mrs. Eastman who took the revolver
said to have been found near the
dead editor's body and re-enacted
the traegdy. Mrs. Eastman told how
she met Carmack and identified the
exact spot. ' ' '
"Senator Carmack1 came swinging
along," said she. "His eyes lighted op
with a pleasant look, and we Dotn
stopped. He raised his hat and was
looking into my eyes in a listening
attitude. ' Suddenly from behind me
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help out wonderfully. The vote was
as follows: : '
; Ayes Altman, Barrett, Bcals.
Bean, Bedillion, Belknap, Bonebrake,
Bowes, Brady, Brandon, Brattain,
Bryant, Buchanan, Calkins, Carter,
Dayis Eaton, Farrell, Hatteberg;
Hughes, Jackson Jaeger, Jones
(Douglas), Leinenweber, Libby, Ma
hone, Mann, Mariner, , McDonald,
McKinney, Miller, Murray, Munkers,
Orton, Patton, Philpott, Purdin
Reynolds, Richardson, Rusk. Smith,
McArthur. ,
Noes Applcgatc, Brooke, Camp
bell, Clemens, Conyers, Couch, Dim
ick, : Dodds, . Greer, . Hines, Jones
(Clackamas), McCue, Meek.
Absent Abbott, Corrigan, Haw
ley, Jones (Lincoln and Polk); Ma