86th YEAR. NO. 60.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1809
HE CASE
WIRE
Duel Theory Not Adhered to by
Sheriff and PoliceThird
Party Now Suspected
NO AUTOPSIES HELD YET
Wounds Described in Detail Post
Mortem Expected to Develop Clues
That WU1 be Valuable In Solving
Crime-
PORTLAND, Mirch 9.-Despite
tbt theory of the young widow of
ol Oscar Hictt ind the Sheriff'! office
that Hictt (rid John Dale were killed
in a duel occurring Sunday at a duck
preserve on Columbia Slough, two
milci southeast of St. John, investi
gation bat brought out many circura
itancei tending not only to cast
doubt oo itt accuracy, but to appear
that both men might hare been mur
dered by poacheri or periona leek
ing gold which Dale it commonly
believed to havt buried near the cab
in in which he lived.
That both men had trouble with
poacheri ia known, and the anger of
periona illegally hunting on the prop
erty where Dale was atationed aa
watchman, had been arouied by the
acton of Hiett in taking away a gun
belonging to one of them. It waa
only a few dayt ago that Dale re
ported to 0. L Price, secretary of
thi Plttock & Leadbetter Company,
which own the property, an Incident
in which a poacher figured. After
being' driven from the property
watched by Dale, the poacher sta
tioned himself across the boundary
line, telling Dale that he had better
remain where he wai and not try to
interfere further with the duckhnnter.
Though no autopsy has yet been
performed on the body of either
man, Deputy Coroner Dunning ia of
the opinion that the nature of Hiett's
wound it such that the victim was
unable to move from the spot where
be stood when he received the charge
of blrdshot," and merely drew his
arms across his cheat after he sank
to the ground. Should It develop up
on performing a post-morten exami
nation that such Is the case, no other
proof would be required to make it
a certainty that both men were mur
dered by another person or persons.
This is apparent when the wounds
received by Dale are taken into con
sideration. Hit skull waa battered In
with torn; blunt instrument and the
fractures cover a large cranial area.
No man could have shot another af
ter having half hit bead beaten into
a jelly. This makes it certain that
if the men killed each other Dale shot
Hiett before the tatter wielded the
ax, and if Hiett't wound was of such
THIRTY DEATHS IN
ARKANSAS TOWN
Monday's Tornado Leaves
it at Brinkley
BRINKLEY, Ark,, March 9.
Thirty or more lives lost and 60
peopie injured and property worth a
million dollars destroyed, was the re
sult of the tordano which wrecked
this place last night. Of the dead 14
are whites. Many womeu are among
those seriously injured. The tornado
lasted but a few minutes, but its work
wat complete. The Catholic church
alone escaped ldamage. The principal
streets are impassable and are piled
high with wreckage. Every business
house is in ruins and hardly any resi
dence escaped damage. AH the hotels
were demolished, but the guests es
caped. Relief squads are working
a nature that he wat unable to move
after being shot the fact that the two
men were murdered by others can
not be questioned. "'" ,
PORTLAND, Or., March 9.-The
autopsy held this afternoon over the
bndlcs of Oscar Hictt and George
Dale, who were found dead on a duck
preserve on Columbia slough yester
day, develops the fact that the men
were murdered by one or more out
side persons. The investigations of
the physicians revealed, beyond all
potsibility of doubt, that neither man
moved after the inflicting of the
wonndt which caused their -deaths-
One shit wat found to have pene
trated Hiett't brain to at to paralyze
tbe motary functiona and have ren
dered further physical effort Impos
sible. The blow of the ax which killed
Dale was, In the opinion of the phy
sicians, ttruck by a man possessed
of great strength and could not have
been Inflicted by a wounded man.
They ttate that it caused instant
death. The third point In the chain
ia the charge of birdshot which killed
Hiett wat fired from a distance of
about 25 feet, which precludes any
theory that the actt were simultan
eous. The findings of the autopsy leaves
Sheriff Stevens confronted with the
deepest murder mystery in the his
tory of Multnomah county.. The
suggestion of robbery, tt a motive,
is shattered by the fact that Dale it
known to be almost penniless, and
Hiett to have been unable to support
hit wife. It is learned neither man
had an enemy; on the other hand, ft
being stated they were on good terms
will all their acquaintances.
The only circumstance about which
a theory has been weaved, is that
Dale was seen In a saloon late on
Saturday night, talking to a ttranger
and, according to Deputy Coroner
Dunning, wat boasting of having hid
den money on the island. There is a
possibility this ttranger followed
Dale home. Although call an island,
the-place where the crime was com
mitteed, Is not one; but the feat of
finding one's way out of the labyrinth
of sloughs would be impossible, ex
cept to one thoroughly familiar with
the locality.
ARMY CHAPLAIN DEAD.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9
Captain John D. Parker, one of the
oldest army chaplains in the service,
died at the Presidio General Hospital
yesterday. He retired from the active
list tome time ago since which time
he has resided in Berkeley.
SURGEONS SAVE HAND.
KALAMAZOO, Mich-, March 9.
The hand that wat severed from the
wrist of Charles Miller at a paper
factory here recently has been tuc-
cessfully rejoined to his arm and it
is laid that the young man will short
ly be discharged from Bronson Hos
pital with the prospect of regaining
full use of hit hand. Only a tmall
piece of flesh held the hand, and his
arm together when the accident oc
curred, but the doctors quickly bound
them together and the , wound has
rapidly healed.
Doctors here say that such opera
tions have resulted successfully.
Dreadful Record Behind
Scores Injured
all day. The Rock Island & South
western Railroads placed cars at the
disposal of the relief committee and
many people are leaving Brinkley
seeking temporary refuge at points
nearby.
MEMPHIS, March 9.-A dispatch
to the News-Scimitar from Brinkley
at 1 o'clock today says that IS white
persons and more than 20 negroes
were killed in last night's tornado,
and it is variously estimated that
there are between 50 and 100 persons
injured. As the day progressed re
lief parties found the dead bodies of
many ngroes among the debris.
TIE TIFF I
WMIIIGTOII
"Insurgents" From the House
Call on President and Come
Away Comforted
EXISTING RULES TO PREVAIL
Way and Meana Committee Not
to be Interf erred With Sale
of Reductiont ia Announced by
Payne.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 9.
President Taft, who was given an
opportunity to declares himself on
the "insurgent movement to revise
the bouse rules," diplomatically side
stepping the question. The visit of
the insurgent delegation consumed
most of the afternoon. The three in
surgents heard it charged that Taft
intended joining hands with the
house organization in the interests of
getting the tariff bill through quick
ly. Greatly disturbed, they hurried
to the White House to urge Taft to
take a neutral position and leave off
fighting to them. When they came
out of the executive office, Gardner,
of Massachusetts, declared with an
exhibition of confidence that the "in
surgents" were no longer in a com;
promising mood. We are firmly im
pressed that Taft it not opposed to a
change in rules," said Gardner, "but
a little fearful that the contest now
would interfere with the passage of
the tariff bill"
The "insurgents' promise they
will not interfere with the continu
ance of the present Ways and Means
Committee and no objection probab
ly will be made to the continuance
of any committee on any subject, on
which the President felt inclined as
to legislation; they also promised not
to use obstructive tactics if they
made their fight and lost.
Payne visited the President for a
few minutes today and when he left
he tald he told Taft that the tariff
bill would be ready to report on the
first day of the session, but he could
not promise the President what
would happen if the present chaotic
conditions in the house continue. '
The maximum and minimum rates
of duty are provided in the tariff bill
to be introduced in the house at the
special session. Twenty per cent is
understood to be the average reduc
tion for minimum duties. . Some ar
ticles will be excepted from minimum
duty and greater or less rates of re
duction will be placed on others.
BLAMES THE MOON.
OAKLAND, Mar. 9-In a netition
for the enlargement of the insane
ward of the Oakland Receiving Hos
pital Warden Imlay states that the
place is always overcrowded when
the moon is full. He saidv
"My records substantiate the fact
that the insane ward is always over
crowded when .the moon is full." The
records kept by Imlay show that
when the moon is not full two pa
tients a week is the average. But
when the queen of the night begins
to wax the insane begin to arrive un
til the cells are crowded beyond their
normal capacity. - ,
. MORE FOOL SURGEONS.
Grab Little Girl And Cut Her, Appen
dix Out.
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 9
Rose Cohen, an eight year old girl,
is convalescing in the ; Harrisburg
Hospital after having been operated
on Sunday for apendicltis by mistake.
The child and her 11 year old bro
ther were sent to the institution suf
fering with enlarged tonsols and in an
unexplained manner the girl was
given an anaesthetic and her appen
dix was taken out.
IS' AN EARLY RISER.
WASHIN'GTON, March .-Secretary
of State Philander C. Knox is
one cabinet officer who, it it under
stood does not appreciate the title of
"Mr. Secretary.". He much prefers
being called "Mr. Knox." : ,
Among other democratic tendencies
of the new premier it his habit of
early rising. Six o'clock is rather a
late time for him to get up so that be
fore the usual office hours he has per
formed a large amount of " work
Since assuming the state portfolio he
has arrived at his desk at 9 o'clock or
earlier. He will very likely continue
his practice of taking papers home
with him to be studied and acted up
on in the early morning before be
goes to his office.
LIVE GHOSTS
DENVER BANKERS
UNKNOWN PARTIES ASSUME
NAMES OP DEAD BANKERS
AND ATTEND MEETING
claring that he believed firmly ia the
liberty of the press. Meeks declared
against editors turning this liberty
DENVER. March 9-Officers' of int0 ''nse- 10 dcfile men and the,ir
the American Banker," Association .families. When this u done he ask
have just discovered some "real live "Waht are yu .going to do?" Tie
ghosts" at the annual, convention of , prosecution will tell you yon have
the association, which was field in Recourse to the coum; yes, and you
Denver last November. It has been 8" judgment for $25,000 against a
found that the names of at least a
dozen bankers in various parts of the
country, who had been dead for sev
eral years, were assumed by unknown
persons, who registered at the con
vention and answered the roll calls,
voted on resolutions, and accepted
the hospitality of the bankers of Den
ver, attending all receptions and ex
cursions in honor of the visiting
bankers.
JEFFRIES-JOHNSON BIG
FIGHT UNDERWAY
NEW YORK, OMAHA AND SAN '
FRANCISCO PEOPLE ENGI
NEERING THE MATCH.
NEW YORK, March 9.-When
Jamet J. Jeffries was shown the dis-
patch from Victoria in which Jack
Johnson declared himself ready and
willing to meet Jeffries or "any man
in the world," the big fellow grinned
and said nothing. The Victoria dis
patch was read to Jeffries, a para
graph at a time, with the loud pedal
on those portion which had particular
reference to him, but the big Califor
nian rubbed his chin and muttered
"Nothing to say." Jeff loosened up
a little regarding the statement of
the possibility of himself and John
son fighting. "Why, Ketchel is a
little bit of a fellow!" Asked if he
meant he would not consider such
a match probable, Jeffries replied: "I
don't know and I don't care- I have
refused to say anything about that
party and I am not going say any
thing, except when I get good and
ready."
"By 'that party', you mean John
son?" .
'I do."
News of the parade being held in
Galveston in honor of Johnson al-1
most drew an impulsive reply from !
Jeffries. He checked himself, how-ing killed the girl He avers it wa3
ever, and his gr.njecame a sneer. ;accidentaU but- the police believe it
...-, ' a case of deliberate murder. Mueller
I said there was no truth in the high
OMAHA, March 9. Arrangements I wayman story he told last night,
are now underway here for a fight ; Mueller says while the couple were
between Jim Jeffries and. Jack John-(walking together, Miss Reed preced
son, the fight to place in Omaha for ! ing him, he thought he saw a man
a purse of $100,000. James Coffroth I emerge from behind a tree, anrl he-
and Martin Brady of San Francisco,
and Enos Brady of Fresno are engi
neering the contract portion of the
deal and Jabez Cross of Omaha is
attending to the Omaha end, which
includes the passage of a bill through
the present legislature, permitting
boxing in this slate. .
IIITI LAW
IS INVOKED
General Mecks Opens for the
Defense In Great Southern
Criminal Suit at Nashville
LIBERTY TURNED TO LICENSE
Claima Judgment For Libel is
Barren of Satisfaction and That
J Blood Often Must, and Does,
I Run. '" "" '" ' " ' " .
!
i NASHVILLE, March 9.-GeneraI
Meeks of counsel for defense in the
Cooper-Sharpe case, today extended
i who attack private or public men; de
man not worth the price of a plug of
tobacco. Is that satisfaction?"
Meeks said the "streets have run
with the red blood of men who have
improperly used other men a names
in the public prints.'
TEN ROUND GO.
LOS ANGELES, March
Wolgast of Milwaukee and
9.-Ad
Harry
Baker are to fight ten rounds before
the National Junction Club tonight.
The contest is attracting considerable
attention here, notwithstanding the
fiasco Wolgast is alleged to have been
engaged in two weeks ago here. The
contest will be referred by Charley
Eyton.
I
CHAIM.OF DEATHS.
CHICAGO, March 9.-WbIle hunt-
jing ducks in a boat on the Calumet
river ai siacK vjaK, ten miles east ot
Hammond, Joseph Welsh of East
Chicago acidentally shot and killed
himself. In falling his ; body over-
i turned the boat, throwing L. Miller,
(the other ocupatit into the water. The
latter was unconscious when rescued
, and is expected .to die. A similar fate
' is predicted for Welch's wife, as a re
'suit of the shock caused by the news.
CONFESSES TO KILLING
HIS SWEETHEART
MUELLER TELLS THE STORY
OF CRIME BUT CHARGES IT
ALL TO ACCIDENT.
BALTIMORE. March 8. Part of
the mystery surrounding the shoot
ing to death of Jennie Reed, at
Mount Washington, last night was
cleared up today, when Joseph Muel
ler, her rnmnamnn. rnntacct in hat,.
lieving himself in danger, fired, but
owing to the unsteadiness of the aim
on account of freight, the bullet
sirucK miss Keea. ine notice con-
' tend on the other hand that Mueller,
who was engaged to the girl, wanted
( to break off the engagement and did
not have courage to do to.
HIS LEGS ON FIRE,
But They were Wooden Ones And
Burned Freely.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.-A
special from San Jote states that
when George Campbell of Sunny
Vale was rudely awakened by the
members of the fire department of
that place, be discovered that both of
his wroden legs were merrily blaz
ing. Campbell was sleeping in the
American hotel when a fire broke out
His life was probably saved by the
daughter of the proprietor who dis
covered the blaze and ran in her
night clothes to warn the fire depart
ment. The blaze wat practically con
fined to Campbell's room and he
ilept blissfully while hit wooden ex
trcmeties provided fuel for a lively
bonfire. The chief damage wat done
to the legt. ' :"
EXIT.THE WAIST LINE.
CHICAGO, March, 9. The annual
session of , the Dressmakers' con
vention, which begins here tomorriw,
will be signalized by important edicta
dooming the directoire gown and
kindred styles and endorsing cos
tumes of the tenth, eleventh, twelfth,,
and fifteenth centuries. "The waist
line," it is announced, "will benear
the knees, which means that there will
be no such thing as a waist line.
MUST QUIT THE STATE
ID PAY 450,000
OIL COMPANIES DRIVEN OUT
OF MISSOURI BY JUDG
MENT OF OUSTER.
IEFFERSON CITY, Mo, March
9 The motiont by the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Repub
lic Oil Company of Ohio for a re
hearing of the ouster suit recently
decided against them, and for a mod
ification of the judgment were over
ruled by the Missouri Supreme Court
today.
The position of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company was upheld, the motion
of the Attorney-General fof an ab
solute ouster, of the Missouri Com
pany being denied, the compliance
with the court order recently filed by
the eomuany being approved, and the
judgment of uoster against it being
suspended.
The effect of these decitions is. to
expel the Indiana and Ohio compan
ies from Missouri, and to restore the
Waters-Pierce Company, 60 per cent
FIGHTING
QUICK
Others Want the Federal Honor He Has Won and
are Striving For His Defeat
Last evening's Portland Telegram
contained the following:
"Telegraphic protests are being
wired to President Taft directed
against - the appointment of ex
United States Senator Charles W.
Fulton to the new Federal judgeship
created at the recent session of Con
gress. At the time the new judgeship
was created it was announced from
Washington that Taft, on the rec
ommendation of Frank Hitchcock,
would name Fulton for the place, al
though it is pointed out that a mem
ber of Congress is not supposed to
be appointed to a position created by
the Congress of which he is a mem
ber.. "The first of the telegraphic pro
tests were sent February 27 and since
then more wires have been forwarded
almost daily. At first they sent to
Senator Jonathan Bourne, but later
the messages were sent to President
Taft personally. Some of these tele
grams have cost $6 and $8 and have
been practically letters. The tele
grams started before others were
sent recommending Fulton for the
position.
OLE a
I
HIT CO 5
Judge at Chicago Makes j':.a;j
That Necessitates an trr.t: ':l
Indictment In Case
COURT INSISTS CN P,CC
Counsel for the Government Prac
tically Admit This May be a
Death Blow in the Indiana
Case.
CHICAGO, March 9-The govern
ment's case in the retrial of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
which has to far fared unfortunately
in Judge Anderson's court, narrowly
avoided its death blow today. Judge
Anderson held that the government
must prove that there was a standard
rate for oil shipments between Whit
ing, Ind., and East St Louis, at the
time of the offense with which de
fendants is charged, and that the de
fendant knowingly accepted a lower
rate.1 , ,.v":
The court declared that the govern
ment must convince him that i is
able to prove this. Judge Anderson't
ruling will, it is said, compel the gov
ernment to ask for leave to amend
the indictment. Although the gov
ernment counsel did not directly state
that a refusal to allow this amend
ment to be made, would be a death
blow to the prosecution, their admis
sions made this inference obvious.
The court adjourned until tomorrow
at the government's request.
of whose stock is held by the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, the
right to do business within the ttate,
No format opinion in the premises
was read, Chief Justice Valliant sim
ply announcing the gist of the court's
decision. Justices Lamm and Wood
son dissented. '
The Standard OH interests are ex-
pected to appeal from the decision
and carry their case to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
With the judgment of ouster made
absolute against the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana and the Repub
lic Oil Company, these concerns
must now pay their fines of $50,000
each and cease business in the state.
FULTON
AND HARD
"As a. rule, lawyers have refrained I
from wiring protests against Fulton's f
appointment, on the ground that if I
he should be given the place it would t
put them in an embarrassing position f
should they have cases to try before
him. There are lawyers, however, f
who, while not protesting against i
Fulton, have recommended others for '
the position. .
"From Eastern Oregon, where the
initial protests were filed, they have '
spread throughout the ' state until
some have been sent from nearly
every section. Several have gone ''
from Portland in the past two days,
and others were started this fore- j
noon. ' ' ' ,
"The only known rival of Fulton
for the place is Judge Step! len A.
Lowell of Pendleton, who is said to
have entered the field after it became ;
noised around hat Fulton was slated '
for the job-
"Advices from Washington arc
the effect, that President Taft will ti,
make the appointment until the stc
ial session of Congress, which "has
been called for next Monday."" " :
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