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86th YEAR. NO. 52. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1809 PRICE FlYLCENTS FISH PACKER IS III W. Vernon Booth, President of Booth & Co., In Mesh es of the Law. . WILFULLY DEFRAUDED BANK PiIm Submenu Mad to Boltr up tha Filtering Credit of thf Firm and Keep th Crcdltort From Knowing the Truth. CHICAGO, Feb- 27.-W. Vernon Booth,, president of the A. Booth & Company, the to-celled fiih trust, which went Into the hendi of re ceiver lent September, and F. Robin, the former aiunt treasurer of the company, were Indicted today. They "With cithern to the grand jury un known," are dialed with entering into a conspiracy by which they e- ' cured "Wilfully, maliciously and fel oniously," the turn of $31X1,000 from the Continental Bank of Chicago, v The liabilities of the firm are esti mated at $6,000,01X1, and the ancle, unofficially, are estimated ai low at $3.U,WK Investigation of thi feature i Mill progressing. Robin told a itartling etory of the fade statement preaentcd to the bank to bolster up the tottering credit of the firm. Theie atejementa, by reducing the figures,, show the liability and increaning the eiiete, Robin aaid, were $2,000,000 away from the true condition of affair. ' The true condition of affair wa kept from the public for month after the Continental wa Informed of con dition. LABOR BILLS NOT POPULAR. OLYMPtA, Fb. 27 It eem like ly that only one or two minor bill out of 13 presented to the legislature, recognixed a labor bill, will be able to run the gamut of oppoition here. Employer' liability bill, eight-hour bill for the benefit of women in laundrie and restaurant, afety law for regulation of railroad and fac tories itrict regulation of mine, all this character of legislation i being aidetracked in the ruih which preced ed adjournment. At the ame time labor' friend will likely be able to kill a bill introduced by Senator, Grave giving employer the right to contract with workmen a to the amount of damage to be recovered In case of death or injury, The bill provide that a workman should be paid no let than $3000 in cane of death by accident, and. that $1500 should be the limit in case of injury. This was the first contract law ever presented to the Washington legisla ture, and it ha aroused considerable opposition. ' PACIFIC COAST CUT OUT. WASHINGTON', D. C. Feb. 27 In reaching a complete agreement on the naval bill the Senate conferees receded from the amendment au thorizing the President to keep half the navy on the Pacific Coast. The House opposed this proviiion on the ground that the President already had this authority and because it op posed the policy suggested 'by the amendment. HAZING MAKES STUDENT INSANE Ralph Bristol of University of Oregon the Victim of Brutal and Inhuman Fellow Students PORTLAND, Feb. 27-Ralph Bris to), a student of the University of Oregon is alleged to be violently and hopelessly insane a the result of hazing last winter which followed his tardy appearance at breakfast at the university where certain students, it is alleged, had agreed to haze all late Vomers. Bristol was forced into a tub of ice water and held there until MURDERER CONFESSES. A LB I A, La., Feb. 27.-John Jun ken, a negro charged with the mur der of Clara Rouen, contented to niiiht lie kitlrd the young woman at Ottumwa three weeks ko. He laid he had no accomplices, Robbery wa the motive. The stolen jewel and trinket were found at the lunne of Frank Weaver at Ottuinwa where Junken said they were. He was tak en to Det Mninc for safe keeping. MAY BUY DELMONICO'S. NEW YORK, Feb. 27 Dclmon ico'i famous rettaurant at 44th street and Fifth avenue, may past into new hand. Frank ArchambuuH, a Broadway rettaurant man, U the prospective purchaser of the business and a consummation of the (leal await the return of Joseph A. Del monico who own the largest inter est in the restaurant, from Europe. If the negotiation ate concluded Del monlco will pas from the control of the family for the first time lince it wa founded 82 year ago by John and Peter Delmonico. who came to thi country from Switzerland. It I understood that the offer for the property is approximately $500,000. OREGON WILL GET JUDGE. Conference Committee Reache An Agreement On Amendment WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 27 The conference commission on the Washington judicial bill reached an agreement this morning on the Sen ate amendment authorizing an addi tional Judge for Oregon. The report will be made to the House tome time today, and unless unexpected oppctitinn develop the bill will be agreed to, giving an additional judge to both Oregon and Washington. NAVAL RE-OGANIZATIOf, EEITIEE REPORT ADVISES RE-DISTRIBUTION OF PRESENT BUREAU IN FIVE DIVISIONS. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 27. Rootevelt' commission on naval re organization whose final report wa made to Congres today. It outlines new departmental ytem which the President declare a sound, conser vative and la. full accord with Ameri can policy. It contemplates for the secretary a general council, a mili tary council and a re-distribution of the duties 'of the present bureau in five division, chief of which are to compose a grand council who are to be the assistant secretary, three flag officers and another flag officer, na val constructor or civilian with tech nical training. To finish the work of this commission another commission must eventually be designed to take up the proposed plan to complete detajls. . .-v ;.' v'; , ..; MAY PROVE INNOCENCE. , WASHINGTOnTd. C, Feb. 27 Thc long fight of the negro soldiers of the 25th infantry for an opportun-. ity to prove their innocence of "shooting up" Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August 13, 1906, was won today when the House, by a vote of 210 to 101, passed the Senate bill to that end, There were violent opposi tion from the Texas delegation arid others. The general deficiency bill carrying $17,500,000 was passed. his senses left him. He never recov ered from the' shock and was brought to Portland for treatment. He es caped hi attendants during the storm of January and was found wandering about several days later, a violent maniac, j There is no hope for his recovery. The regents made an in vestigation. It is alleged there are five students or more involved. SlflUIG II Ulade Immense Sums of Money Out of Fake Wrestling Matches UNIVERSITY MAN IMPLICATED Master Hand of the Buatnesa One of Them After Swindling Man of Thousand Borrowed Money From Victim To Get Home On. DENVER, Feb. 27.-Ernest L. Power, aged 29, is iu Denver city jail charged with being one of the Maybtay band of alleged swindlers. It i alleged he buncoed J. C. Bow- man, formerly of Silverton, Colo., out of $12,700 on a fake footrace at Cuncil Bluffs, Iowa, last July. Tow ers was formerly a university of Den ver football played. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la-, Feb. 27. -tit developed tonight that the grand jury : returned indictments against two of the swindlers on December, 1907, on complaint of a Minnesota man, who admitted he lost $10,000 on the result of a fake wrestling match. County Attorney Hess swore out an information against the gang of alleged swindler arrested with J. C. Maybray at Little Rock, Ark.,Jwt the detail will be withheld from publica tion for the present. Additional de tail have come to light which indi cate immense sums of money passed between them freely. At a local bank it wa learned that a much as $80, 000 was deposited at one time, anoth er draft of $50,000 was presented to another bank where they refused to cash it and it will become necessary to clear the transaction through an Omaha bank. New and highly Interesting details of a transaction with J. J. Chvanaugh, show master capabilities with men whom he dealt. W. H. Martin, the friend and al leged steerer, who the records show, enticed Cavanaugh Into the alleged swindle, made his story so strong that after losing $27,000 himself he let Martin have $50 with which to get back to New Orleans. REGULATIONS NOT CHANGED. Nothing Out of the Ordinary Wa Done In Appointing Sims. WASHINGTOnTd. C, Feb, 27 By way of tribute to signal service rendered by Commander Sims, the new commander of the battleship Minnesota, the President has sent a special memorandum on the subject to Secretary Newberry in which the President emphatically states the naval regulations Ijave not been changed or amended in order to en able him to appoint Sims. The President simply desires before leav ing the office to make practical rec ognition of Sims as really invaluable services during the past seven years in building np a system of gunnery in the United States navy which has enormously increased our fighting efficiency as a sea power. : ' , . GOVERNOR INDIGNANT. T SANTA FE, N. M.', Feb. 27,-Gov-ernor Curry is indignant at the out come of the statehood controversy at Washington. He is very much dis appointed that the statehood is de feated. He says the people of New Mexico court the fullest investigation of the charges. . DO NT SPIT LEAGUE. PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 27 "Don't spit when not necessary, spit carefully when you do spit, and try to make each spit the last spit." This is the slogan of the "Don't Spit League," being organised among the army and navy forces at the navy yard and at the fort at this place, as a result of the "Ninety day campaign" being conducted by the national Asso ciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. INDEPENDENT LINE. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 27-B. N. Baker, formerly president of the Atlantic Transport Company is in this city working with local shippers for the establishment of an indepen dent line of steamship between this purt and La Boca, Baker was interest ed in the proposition by II. S. Bates, who was sent East to procure aid for an independent line. The fact of Ba ker's presence in thi city ha been cloudy guarded but it is known that he has been making a close investiga tion of the shipping conditions on this coast. , , NORMAL WILL FINISH. Weston' Citizen) Rally to Support School and Raise Money. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 27 Weston's normal school will com plete the present year, notwithstand ing the action of the Legislature. This was made certain at a mass meeting of citizens held in the chapel of the institution last evening. The sum of $1625 was secured on the spot, and a committee was appointed to secure funds and see that the school is able to keep in operation until June- This committee is comprised of George W. Proebxtel, President R. C French. Representative C. A. Barrett, R. Al exander, former president of the board of regents; G. M. Rice, a Pen dleton banker and I. M. Kemp. The chapel was jammed with citizens of Weston and other towns of the coun ty, and the meeting was characterized by the greatest enthusiasm. The lo cal Legislative delegation was invit ed, but none was present. An effort will be made to secure funds in Pen dleton to assist In continuing the school. COLONY BREAKS UP. SPOKANE, Feb. 27 The noted Alameda Co-operative Colony has ceased to exist. Organized here five years ago by Dr. David N. Mclntur iff, mainly among the members of the People' United Church, which he had founded, the colony purchased 3000 acres of land near Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. The colony was to be operated along co-operative lines, with division of labor and commun ity of ownership. It is now an nounced that Dr. Mclnturiff has" sold the big farm, given up the colony project and will devote his time to revival. in in bill PASSES SUE IT INCREASED ABOUT $300,000 OVER AMOUNT CARRIED BY THE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D. C, Fb. 27. Th Senate today passed the rivers and harbors bills, carrying appro priations aggregating about $9,700, 000, an increase of about $360,000 the amount carried by the House bill. All references to the develop ment, ownership or leasing of water power by the Federal Government in navigable streams was stricken out, except as to leasing power in the St. Mary's river, Michigan. ; Senators Bacon, Teller, Lodge and others ob jected to incorporating in the bill any authority to the Federal Govern ment to dispose of and lease power in navigable streams. CREATED DISAPPOINTMENT, PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 27 The outcome of the Statehood bill at Washington today created no little surprise and great disappointment here. While this result was feared, hoped has not been given up. Is Not Surprised. TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 27.-The de feat of the Statehood of Arizona at Washington today created little sur prise here as it was understood there was no hope of securing the act this session. KNEW NOTHING. NEW YORK, Feb. 27 W. E, Corey, president of the United States Steel Corporation, said today that he knew nothing of the reported efforts of the independents looking to a conference with the object of putting an end to the present rate war. Clliil- ! RESIGNS Filed His Resignation Yesterday to Take Effect at Mid night Today. WILL LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON Hi Last Official Act Wa to Appoint the State Highway Commission Secretary Benson Will be Sworn in aa Governor Tomorrow. SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. Governor Chamberlain's resignation has been filed with his private secretary to take effect at midnight tomorrow- , It is addressed to Secretary of State Benson, and reads as foliws: "Honorable F. W. Benson, Secre tary of State My Dear Sir: I here by tender you' my resignation as Governor of this State, to take effect at midnight, the 28th day of Feb ruary, 1909. "I take occasion here to thank you and your whole office force for the many courtesies I have received at your and their hands during our as sociation together. Yours very sincerely,- "GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN." The Governor will leave for Wash ington probably tomorrow night In a recent telegram Jonathan Bourne urged the Governor to go to Wash ington in time to be sworn March 5, instead of March 15, as he had orig inally intended. Had he waited until the latter date he would have been at the bottom of the list when it came to the making of committee assign ments. The Governor left for Portland shortly before noon. He said good by to all the Capitol employes before leaving; The incumbency of Mrs. B. Shel ton, as governess of Oregon, will last from midnight tomorrow until Sec retary .of State Benson is sworn in Monday, a matter of a few hours only. Mrs. Shelton will then cease to be a figure in the Governor's office, as she will not be in Gover nor Benson's service. To the State Highway Commission this morning Governor Chamberlain appointed the following seven men: A. H. Devers, Drake C. O'Reilly and C F. Swigert, Portland; George Put man, Medford; Julian Byrd, Burns; William Grimes, Marshfield; G W. Baldwin, Klamath Falls. MAKES FOREST RESERVE. WASHINGTON, D- C, Feb. 27 President Roosevelt, at the request of Representative Humphrey of Washington, and with the approval of the chief forester, set aside today 450,000 acres in the Olympic Moun tains, Washington, for scientific pur poses. It was stated the action was preliminary to the establishment of a national park. POPE INDISPOSED. ROME, Feb. 27. The Pope was indisnnsH tnrlnv anr! wa nhlitrpri tr suspend further audiences. The at tending physicians do not consider BALDWIN VERY LOW. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27.-A tele phone from the Baldwin ranch states that the aged millionaire's death is momentarily expected." APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 27 The rivers and harbors bill, carrying an appropriation of about $9,700,000, passed the Senate today. , DO NOT ENTHUSE, CHICAGO, Feb. 27-According to a cable to the Daily News the Ger man reception of President Roose velt's plan for an international con servation conference was received with marked indifference. ACADEMY BILL REPORTED. WASHINGTON, D. C,. Feb. 27 The Military Academy Appropria tion bill was reported to the Senate today. It carries $2,541,421, an addi tion of $18,000 over the bill as it was passed by the House. III! STILL FAST ON ROCKS. NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-The reve nue cutter Mohawk i still fast on the rocks. Fear that the hull would be torn on the rocks are dispelled- ADMITS HIS IDENTITY. BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 27 Charies Clarke, the pal of train rob bery Bill Miner was today identified by the Canadian officials and he ad mitted his identity. Clarke said be left Miner at Jamestown, N. D. Six months ago. Miner is en route for Wyoming, where Clarke states he in tended to gather his old friends to gether and go to train robbing. Clarke refused to discuss Miner' escape from prison. WEALTHY RANCHMAN SHOT. OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok!a., Feb. 27 While on the way from ' Ada, Okla., to his ranch tonight, A. A. Bobbitt, a wealthy ranchman and for mer United States marshal for In dian Territory, was 'shot from am bush and killed. Bobbitt was a promi nent politician. BLAST KILLS THREE. NEW YORK, Feb. 27-Three Ital ians were killed and three others are believed to be dying and several painfully injured by a belated explo sion of blasting powder on a vacant lot in the Bronx today. EEH STEALISHIP LI1IE FflU NUKl EIGHT FINE STEAM SCHOON ERS WILL CONSTITUTE THE FLEET OF VESSELS. PORTLAND, Feb. 27. -Through Oliver J- Olson, managing owner of the steam schooners belonging to Olson & Mahoney, who has been in Portland for the past few days, nego tiations were concluded this morning for the inauguration of a, new steam schooner line between the Columbia River and San Francisco whereby eight vessels will be kept in regular service. Interested in the venture with Olson & Mahoney will be Chas. R. McCormick, of San Francisco, and each will furnish four vessels for the line. , McCormicIc's craft are the Cascade, Yellowstone, Shasta and Yosemite, which will handle both freight and passengers, while those belonging to Olson & Mahoney will be the Jim Butler, J. Marhoffer, Thomas L. Wand' and Olson & Mahoney. On the up trip these will carry general merchandise, and the southbound car goes will be made up of wheat and lumber. . When the line is establish ed and in good running order there will be an average of two of the steamers going out of here every week.-' ' ; The consolidation of these com panies and their decision to add to the water transportation facilities be tween here and the Bay City is ex pected to prove of great benefit to local shippers, who are often handi capped for the want of adequate ton nage to take care of their traffic with anything lik good dispatch. It is de clared that it will mean more to them than the addition of several new freighters to the lines operated by the old-established companies. The ag gregate capacity of the eight new coasters is in the neighborhood of 7000 tons. MAY WHEAT GOES SOARING UPWARD The Leading Manufacturer is Said to Have Com plete Control of the Situation CHICAGO, Fb. 27 The wheat market continued its record-breaking ascent today, May selling at $119 and the July delivery at $1.0SJ shortly af ter the session of the Board of Trade opened. Tile pit was in a ferment of excietment. The demand for May and July seemed unlimited, and in the rapid-fire of bidding the pit clerks had great difficulty in properly recording quotations. The nervous ness of the market is indicated by 1 Appears Defense in the Cooper Sharps Murder Trial at Kashville STATE DOES NOT EXAMINE Described Colonel Cooper' Angry Mood and Claims to Have Got ' Him to Consent to Let Friends Arrange Peaceful Settlement NASHVILLE, Feb- 27 Two fea tures stood out today in the Cooper- Sharpe trial for the murder of Car- mack. One was the calling by the defen se of Governor Patterson, the other was the failure of the State to cross-examine him. The Governor testified twice, once before the court and again before the grand jury. Ia court he told how he was called over the telephone by Cooper's daughter, Mrs. Lucius Burch. What she told him he did not say. Whatever she said so impressed the Governor that he took his private secretary and be gan a three hours' search for the Colonel, ending at the Maxwell Ho tel at noon where he found Cooper. He told of the conference there at which, besides himself, were present Colonel . Cooper. Attorney James Bradford and Robin Cooper. He described the colonel as angry and told how he soothed the old soldier, and made him promise to let friends arrange a peaceful settlement, After the Governor had told his story to the court, Judge Hart listened to the arguments and decided that he need not repeat the conversation at the conference he attended, but might say what the result was and describ ed the colonel's manner and de meanor. The State declined to cross examine but reserved the right to recall the Governor. . STAY BY DYING PARTNER. Were Intimate Friends in the Early Days at Virginia City Mines. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 Wait ing at Arcadia, hoping to get a word of afrewell from the dying pioneer, is Abraham Sharp, 86 years of age, a sergeant of the San Francisco police force in 1893, and boon companion of "Lucky" Baldwin in the early days. Sergeant Sharp is waiting there be cause 5l a vow which he and Mr. Baldwin made many years ago. It was agreed that when the first of the two approached death, the : other would hasten to his bedside. 1 When news reached San Francisco where Sharp lives, that Mr. Baldwin was in a desperate condition, his old time friend concluded that the time for the fulfillment of the vow ' was drawing near and came immediately to Los Angeles. . Baldwin and Sharp were intimate friends in the early days at Virginia City, when the bonanza kings were gathering together their millions there. Baldwin was lucky and when he left Virginia City to go to San Francisco, he had made his fortune. Sharp did not meet with the same success, and when he went to San Francisco it was to become a mem ber of the city's police force in 1870. He and Baldwin continued close friends. ' opening quotations, which in an in stant covered a' range of seven-eights of a cent. Enormous realizing sales followed the advance, May dropping a full cent from the top. The leading holder is credited , with a line of wheat twice as large as the amount in local warehouses. He is admitted to be in complete control of the situa tion. At $1.19 today May wheat wa within a cent of the price which this speculator prophesied several mont'ii ago. GOV, nim