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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRES3 REPORT
COVERS THE MORNINO FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUM
S6th YEAR. NO, 76.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1809
ND1ANS FI Oil
A POSSE
Two Oklahoma Officers Slain
and Others Wounded by a
Murderous Attack
HAD GONE TO ARREST CHIEF
Trouble Occuri at Hickory Ground,
Scent of Recent Battle With tha
Negroea and Armed Man Art Haat-
tnlng to Scant of Bloody Conflict
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 27.
Thert was a pitched battle at Hick
ory Ground this evening between a
posse of five officers and 20 Creek
Indians of the Snake clan. Officers
Baunt of Checotah, Herman Odom of
Cbecotah, were killed, and Frank
Jonas and William Carr, other mem
bers of the poise, escaped without In
jury and fled to the settlements
where newt of the battle was tele
phoned to tha Sheriff.
Frank Swift a member of the
poste of officers tent to the home of
Chitti Htrjo, chief of tht Snaka clan
of Creek Indiana, to serve a warrant
on the chief, wat not killed but prob
ably fatally wounded-
Swift dragged himself from the
scene of the battle , and wat later
picked up by William Carr, one of
tha escaping officers, and taken to
pierce Station, a mile away. Herman
Odom Is a son of the Sheriff. The
officers having heard that the Indians
and negroes were again peaceable
after the battle of Thursday, ap
proached the cabin of Iiarjo without
fear of trouble. As they were In the
act of entering the yard 20 gunt were
levelled upon them by at many men in
the house and from around the cor
ners. Odom and Bautn fell dead.
Within 30 minutes after the report of
the battle reached Checotah a hun
dred men were armed and in an hour
50 men were inarching toward Hick
ory Ground. Fifty art ready to start
fom Muskogee and men are being
brought to Pierce from other towns.
GUTHRIE, Okla.. March 27.-At
the telephonic request of Sheriff
Odom of Mcintosh, Governor Has
kell directed Adjutant-General Canton
to assume charge of the situation and
to order the necessary militia to the
, scene of tonight's battle at Hickory
Ground beween the officers and the
Creek Indians. The Chandler Com
pany has been ordered to hold itself
In readiness to proceed at an in
stant's notice.
At 11 o'clock tonight Adjutant
General Frank Canton of the Okla
homa National Guards wired Colonel
Roy Hoffman of Chandler to Imme
diately call four companies of State
Guard for mobiliiatlon,
A dispatch from Checotah says the
Snake Indians have been purchasing
rifles and ammunition there for a long
time and that they are supplied with
powder and lead enough for two
days. Harjos' band has been outlaws
for years and last Fall an outbreak
was only prevented by a threat to
call out the militia.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 2&
At 1;30 a. m,. this morning, five
companies of militia were ordered to
the scene and will go by special
trains from Durant, Chandler, Mus
kogee, Shawnee and Oklahoma City,
THERE IS MAGIC
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.
Edward H. Harriman started for
New York tonight ' after a two
months' tour,of the south and west.
Through Louis Hill, president of the
Great Northern, who has been close
ly associated with the Harriman
party for the past three days, it be
came known that today's conference
related to affairs in and about Port
land, and it was announced that the
problem of terminals In that city
had been definitely settled after yean
COUNTRY NEEDS REST.
Woman Becoming Coaraar Aim)
Tougher In 8uffragettt Movement
CHICAGO, uZch 27,-The battle
of Chicago women (or municipal tut
frnce li receiving the earnest support
of Catherine Waugh McCulloch,
Evannton't woman juitice of the
peace, In an tddrest to her lex ihe
aid:
"Did you ever atop to think that
the women got tha worst of it even
at far back at 1773?
"Do you recalt the Boston tea
party, when our forefathert tipped
340 cheats of tea over into Boston
harbor in their fight for the principle
that 'Taxation without representation
is tyrranyr
"You'll notice that It was a wo
man's luxury that they sacrified. If
it had been tobacco Instead of tea the
tax would have been paid."
EMIGRANT8 POUR IN
Mora Than 10,000 Alient Arrive In
A Single Day.
NEW YORK,March 27,-More
than ten thousand alient arrived In
N'ew York yesterday. Most of them
by nightfall had passed the federal
authorities and were on their way to
the great Northwest, where many
will make their future homes. Others
became tost In Manhattan, Brooklyn
and tht Bronx- Two hundred were
retained by the immigration authori
ties for examination while 650 in all
spent the night at Ellis Island.
Yesterday's figures Indicate that all
records of immigration to New York
will be broken this year. The Italians
are predominating at usual, with the
Hungarian! close second, and Scan
dinavians in third place.
TRAGEDY IN GERMANY.
NEW YORK,March 27.-Speclal
cable advices received here from Ber
lin say that Fraulein Frieda Barthold,
the Prima Donna, of the Royal Opera
House of Berlin, was shot and killed
yesterday at her home by Fraulein
Auguste Zobel, a Berlin woman. Tha
tragedy, the dispatch tays. wat due
to jealousy over a man to whom the
linger was engaged.
PROMINENT NEW MEXICO
POLITICIAN MEETS A
TRAGIC FATE.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., March
27. S. C. Pooler, chairman of the
Democratic Central Committee of
Taos county and one of the most
prominent Democratic politiciana of
New Mexico, was assassinated last
night. George Potter, under guard,
it suspected of the crime. Pooler
was reading at home and was shot
through a window. Threats of lynch
ing are made.
BAKER COUNTY WOOL.' ,
BAKER CITY, Or., March 27.-
The official canvass of the wool grow-.
ert of Baker county shows 518,000
pounds of wool of this season's clip
yet unsold. The canvass was made
to prove the falsity of a atatement
published to the effect that nearly all
the local wool had been told-
TREATY RATIFIED.
THE HAGUE, March 27.-The
treaty of arbitration between The
Netherlands and the United States
was ratified today.
SHOT BY 1 ASSASSIN
THROUGH IID01,
IN THIS PROMISE
of effort, during which time the Hill
and Harriman interests have held in
abeyance improvements aggregating
millions of dollars. Mr, Hill says
"There has been no war between
the Harriman and Hill Interests, ex
cept when newspapers conducted
imaginary hostilities. This matter
was practically settled and it required
only this meeting to determine the
details, From present indications
there will be immediate resumption
of activity in Portland and vicinity
consequent upon this arrangement,
OUIHI
DEMANDS IT
Writes Pointed (Letter on Wil
lamette and Clackamas
Fish Imbroglio
NO ORDER TO OPEN MADE
Plea of Up-River Fiahermen Still
Pending Ii Set For April th
Charge! Blunder to Overxealoui
Reporter at Hearing.
The following letter, just at hand
from Master Fish Warden H. C Mc
Allister, is very straight and emphat
ic, and relieves a situation that was
becoming as ambiguous as it was
unpleasant. The newt contained
therein will be welcome at this end
of the river and, is given broadcast
in that behalf. It speaks for itself,
and reads as follows:
"March 271909.
"The Morning Astorian,
"Astoria, Oregon.
Gentlemen: I have just returned
to my office after an absence of sev
era! days and find awaiting me
number of communication! from
some of the larger salmon cannert in
Attoria, with clippings cut from the
Morning Astorian, protesting against
the action of the Board of Fish Cora
mUsfonert' in "rescinding their order,
closing the Willamette and Clacka
mas Rivers from April 15th to Mav
j si, to contorm with the closed sea
son period, established on the Co
lumbia River. For the information
of all parties concerned, beg to ad
vise you that the Board hat not at
yet taken any action in the matter
and the order it ttfll In effect.
On Tuesday, March 23d. I receiv
ed a phone, message from Governor
lienson, asking me to bo to Salem
Arriving there, I found a delegation
of Oregon City fishermen, who, with
their attorneys, Senator Hedges and
Representative Campbell, of Clacka
mas county, had gone to Salem for
the purpose of protesting against the
order of the Board in closing the
above-mentioned rivers- They claim-
n that the act of 1901. eiv ns? the
Botrd ' of Fish Commissioners the
powe. to close any hatchery stream
ior mv purpose of propagating sal
mon n(Jrotecting tame, was only
WB" w hatchery atreams. anrf
that whilst hev were not intm.t.A
in the Clackl,as river, thev were
.. BO,roa "o jurisdiction on
the Willamette.. that rive,. it ot ,
natcnery siream,yd that the fisher.
men coma not k prevented from
taking salmon in sa rlver excepting
uy .Gw.. he Legislature.
They further called Mion t0 the
notices that the Assist,. Attorney
General drew up, at the fuest of the"
Board, and which have b- publish
ed in the different newspajL aj he
law requires, and pointed oujje fact
that they are faulty and do tk ,on.
form with the intent of the V
1901 inasmuch as they state thLt,
ject of' the closing of the riversil
question was ior me purpose ui prvj
' i , J i:.!. i t i - . A
viding an additional closed season
and does not speak of the protecting
of salmon for hatchery purposes as
the law requires it should do.
After the delegation was dismiss
ed, the Board and myself discussed
the situation with Attorney-General
Crawford, who was of the opinion
that the contentions of the fishermen
were correct and that the notices
would not hold, but asked for a few
days to look it up before giving his
final decision. From this you will
notice that the published reports to
the effect that the Board had rescind
ed its order were, to say the least,
premature and, no doubt, was the
fault of some reporter on the Port
land papers. I want to say that I
have used every endeavor to have
these streams closed and the Board
has also given the question a great
deal of attention, and I can safely
say that they are just as anxious to
close them'as I, or any of the fisher
men on the Columbia as t.hey realize
the necessity of protecting the sal
mon and fully understand that unless
the Spring seasons on the Willamette
and Clackamas conform with the
Columbia, the protection desired is
not secured.
"Governor Benson 'phoned me to
day, saying that no action would be
taken until after the Board meeting
on April 6th; in the meantime, the
notices are in force, and if it is found
that they are valid, you can say for
me that there will be no fishing on
the Willamette and Clackamas.
"My object in writing you is for
the purpose or denying that the
Board voluntarily receded from the
stand originally taken, and I trust I
have succeeded In explaining that it
it their desire to afford the salmon
the protection, at far as lies in their
power, that was intended in the joint
legislative action.
"Yours truly,
'H. c McAllister,
"Master Fish Warden."
MEETING OF CHAMPIONS
Gotch
And Hackenschmidt
Wrestle In Australia.
May
CHICAGO, March 27.-Rumors of
purse of $25,000 for a meeting be
tween Frank Gotch and George Hac
kenschmidt in Australia for the heavy
weight wrestling championship of the
world have taken denite shape. Mr.
Sanderson of the Sanderson-Vincent
Syndicate which is promoting the
match, is here, and has received a
cable from his partner making an
offer of $25,000 for a contest to take
'place at Melbourne next November,
during the Melbourne cup race.
Hackenschmidt has already con
sented to the terms and Gotch's
signature Is all that is needed-
G. O. P. BANQUET
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.
The League of Reoublican State
Clubs of the District of Columbia is
to give its fifth annual banquet at the orace who possessed a key to Burn's
Arlington Hotel tonight and as it desk' and also knew the combination
will be the first large affair of the t0 the I " alleged that Ham
kind in Washington since the inaugu- ,in, for consideration of $200 a
ration, the -league has- planned 'to month, "has been transcribing the rec-
make it a banner event. John G.
Capers is to act as toastmaster and
among the speakers of note will be
Vice President Sherman S.peaker
Cannon, Senators Warner of Mis-
souri and Brown of Nebraska and
Representatives Frank Cushman of
Washington, John J. Esch of Wiscon
sin and J- Hampton Moore of Pen'
nsylvania.
Ml ID HISS EMORY
CEREMONY IS PERFORMED AT
SEATTLE WITHOUT
OPPOSITION.
ANY
SEATTLE, March 27.-With Rev.
H. H. Gowen as the officiating
clergyman, assisted by Rev. A. Pat-
terson, Gunjiro Aoki, a Japanese, and
Miss Helen Gladys Emery, the
daughter of Archdeacon John Emery,
of the Episcopal Diocese of Califor
nia, were married at Trinity Church
11:45 this morning. They had
traveled for more than 1000 miles to
become legally united as man and
wife, the laws of California, where
the girl was born and reared, and
here the courtship occurred in the
California home of the Emerys at
-isni fisvcmuii mc uiiiun
of white persons with those of alien
race.
Archdeacon fcmery, his wife, who,
gainst her husband's strongly pro- at
lea opposition to the marriage of
aaugnter with the Japanese, in-
1 MH 1U. . J f la
uii u.c marriage, ana j. auna-
uyi.i-ior oi tne ureal iNortnern
were the only witnesses to
ony. The big granite church
avenue ana james street
i 1 1 K f -1 fx- A .... .
There Y u veiemony.
aloofness'. cl0,st"e? sh
ti ic n tha Tt nan A ni! It.
the formed -!".. h
Emerys, hai
ouse servant of the
the
side the church?
ing of any kinler' .was &ather-
bride had finallvVokl.a?d .hl? wh,te
.v.ik-. v. ...MV.A 1- A.I
ri,.!o;n t. .,ndel before a
lence of the old grl tne ??cred
Trinity they plighted walls f old
forgot the jeers and fflr trtn n.d
cal violence of the Cat3 ?f PhyS!"
v,hrh th had latma "wns
a quit for
BAD TROLLEY ACcL
PTTTC-TUTPfV Man-h 77.NT
were killed and two probablynree
hurt and IS others injured lalfy
afternoon in a head-on collisidl"'
tween two electrit cars near BrV
station, in this county. , A
II
GRAFT
Five Men Arrested Charged With
Selling Prosecutor's Evidence
to the Defense
NO REST FOR POOR 'FRISCO
Principal Suspect it Rex Hamilton,
For Two Yeart the Private Secre
tary to Detective Burnt But Burnt
Became Suspiciona of Him.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.-
Five men were arrested this after
noon and locked in separate cells of
the city prison accused of conspiring
to secure the confidential records and
transcripts of evidence of value to
the defense in the graft cases, from
the private office of the district attor
ney. They are: Rex N. Hamlin, con
fidential employe of the district attor
ney, and for two years private secre
tary to Detective William J. Burns;
Al McKinley, William Corbin, E- A.
Piatt, Jerry Van Wormer. .
After the arrest, Hamlin confessed
his part in the affair. He was the
only mn in the district
attorney's
ords and documents which he thought
,0 De 01 importance to the graft de
tense, and turning them over to Mc-
Kin'ey. who is declared to have acted
go-oetween
About two months ago Burns be-
came suspicious of Hamlin and since
then he has been allowed to handle
nothing of importance. Piatt is al
leged to have sold reports of the in
vestigations of members of the grand
jury panels in the graft cases and the
others are said to have been implicat
ed as intermediaries in the matter.
Following the arrest of the five
men the office of Patrick Calhoun,
president of the United Railroads, as
well as adjoining rooms occupied by
his legal staff, and the general offices
of the railroad company, were for
cibly entered and searched tonieht by
detectives sent by the district attor-
ney s office.
Luther Brown, head of the railroad
detectives, and James Handleon, the
claim agent of the comparry, were ar
rested on warrants charging them
with larceny and warrant was issued
for the arrest of William M. Abbott
assistant - general counsel of the com-
Panv " charge of receiving stolen
goods,
JAP MURDERER CONFESSES.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 27.-
Torahiko Yoshimizu, the Japanese
arrested here recently on suspicion
of being concerned in the murder of
a white section foreir.m at Retail.
CaL broke flnwn and rnnfpccA1 lac
evening at police headquarters that
ne is tne man wanted
Thomas Mulhall, chief deputy sher-,
iff ftf Santa cu r,ni,. ni ...
i - j , -".- i
rived in Salt TjiIc v.tPrH,
once to the station where he con-
fronted the Japanese. Yoshimizu at
first stoutly denied his identity, but
when confronted by photographs of
. . -
himself, finally admitted that th
wa nr. mistt. fi,,
he struck
over the
the foreman John Kyne.
head with a hammer.
m. .......
jine story, told in the broken Eng-
of the Oriental, in part is as fol-
lows:
Yes. I struck him with a tummn
but' I was not the onlv one. for all of
my country "en n the camp wanted
t0 k' him, and after the first blow
was str they all hit him- There
- "
were sixty of us in the ramn. anrl few
wh,!e men. One night when he had
bothered us all day,, we got drunk
on sake a"d made up our minds that
we wou'd kill him. It was' fixed
among us that whoever he swore at
first was to hit him and the others
would finish the job. He called me
a name and I struck him over the
head with a hammer. He fell, but
Jumped up and ran at me. Then the
rst of the-Japanese closed in around
h'm and I ran away, while they were
beatlng him with clubs, pick handles,
shovles, and crowbars. I did not kill
mm myseit.
IRE GRAFT
ACADEMIC DISCUSSION.
Free Hides and Tariff on Leather
Goods.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 27.
Debate on the tariff till in the
House today was largely devoted to
an academic discussion of the ques
tion, and the political issues involved.
Mr. Gardner of Massachusetts thor
oughly revived the question of free
hides and tariff on leather goods.
Longworth of Ohio and Harrison of
New York, the Democratic member
of the ways and means committee,
were the only representatives of the
tariff framing committee who made
speeches. While Gardner was argu
ing for retention of the duty on boots
and shoes and in favor of keeping
bides on the free list, Champ Clark of
Missouri wanted to know if he would
support a bill which would compel
the manufacturers to stamp on the
shoes they make a statements show
ing ingredients that enter into their
manufacture.
"Oh, I will vote for it", Gardner
reolied. "but thev will take mv head
off down in arylistrict for doing it
But the gentleman it right
In argument for free lumber Ant-
berry of Ohio was very sarcastic in
referring to the opposition of Gifford
Pinchot, the United States, forester,
saying he had served on the side of
the lumber interests. Ansberry -said
the Payne bill was framed to protect
special interests-
ONE MORE PROTEST
SAN FRANCISCO, March' 27.-A
special from Santa Clara quotes
Father Thomas Ewing Sherman, son
of the late General W. T. Sherman,
as saying that he is in accord with the
California sentiment against the ad
mission of Asiatics 'to this country-
"I am with California for the right
family and the state in such matters
is far above that of the nation, and I
sincerely hope and trust that the
Asiatics will be kept from our shores."
Father Sherman was a schoolmate of
President Taft.
SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF.
SALT LAKE, March 27- J. A.
Morris tonight shot and instantly
killed bis wife and then fired a bul
let into his own mouth, dying a few
hours later. He had trouble at Reno,
Mrs. Morris coming here several
weeks ago. He followed her and
further trouble resulted in the shoot
ing tonight.
WIRELESS CMS 1
TO A STEALER
ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF
WONDERFUL USE OF
SYSTEM.
NEWPORT. R. I.. March 27.-
With the greater part of her thousand
passengers unaware that an accident
had happened, the steamer Provi
dence, of the Fall River line, was
towed into Newport early thia morn
ing from the Vicinity of Port Judith,
where during the night the steamer
had become disabled through the
breaking of her port paddlewheel. Of
the passengers on board, about 600
were school children, bound for
Washington from various sections of
New England, and great was their
astonishment when they awoke to
find themselves at Newport instead
of at New York- When the Prov
dence became disabled, wireless tele
graphy was employed to call the
steamer Commonwealth, of the same
line, which was in the vicinity, and
she stood by the Providence until the
tug Teaser put in an appearance and
took the Province in tow for New
port. All of the Providence passen
gers were transferred to a special
train.
AN ELEVATOR BOY
PLAYS HERO'S PART
NEW YORK, March 27.-ThrouBh
the alertness of an elevator boy. the
24 families in the fashionable Robert
apartments, in West One Hundred
and Seventh street, escaped, early
today when fire, which had started
on the fourth floor, filled the bin
apartment house with a dense smoke.
The tenants were all asleep when the
fire was discovered. Mrs. Leopold
Herzfelder, who lives on the fourth
floor with her husband and infant
WILL
ALL b
President Taft anc.
Plan to Curtail ai.
essary Expendituf
ECONOMY IN ADMINISTRATION
In the Future the Estimates of Dif
ferent Department Snail First be
Submitted to the Cabinet Secre
tary McVeagh Introduced the Plan.
WASHINGTON, D. C, if th 27.
Economy in the adminisfraaon of
every department of the government
is to be insisted upon by President
Taft and members of the cabinet At
the first cabinet meeting-alter the in
auguration the question was fully
discussed and an agreement' reached
by the members of the cabinet The
plan received hearty endorsement of
the cabinet, but the credit of putting
it through belongs to Secretary Mac
Veagh, who today addressed the fol
lowing letter to the principal officers
of the treasury department:
"The President wishes the treasury
department, as well as other depart
ments of the government, to take
immediate measures to consider the
question of such economies in - ex
penditures as may be found by most
competent study to be feasible. It is
intended to make the estimates of ex
penditures for the next and future
years with the greatest care.
It is intended that estimates of
different departments shall hereafter
be submitted to the cabinet; and that
they shall be conisdered together and
as a whole and, in connection with
the treasurer's estimates of probable
income.
"There is clearly a new disposition,
not only in executive government but
in the Congress, toward such consid
eration and study of government ex
penditures as will bring about a re
sponsible relationship between ex
penditure and revenue"
PERSIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Washington!), c, March 27.
Flags fluttered above the home of
the Persian legation today and Gen.
Morteza Khan and his aides joined
in festivities in celebration of the
great national holiday of Persia. The
day marks the beginning of the Per
sian new year and is celebrated also
as the first day in spring- It is ob
served in much the same way in
which Christmas is observed among
Christian nations, with feasting and
the giving of presents and exchange
of greetings.
CONGRATULATE DIEKEMA
WASHINGTON, D. C March 27.
Gerrit J. Diekema. Representative
in Congress from the Fifth district
of Michigan rece.ived the congratula
tions of numerous colleagues today
on the occasion of his fiftieth birth
day. He is a native of Holland,
Mich-, and a graduate of Hope Col
lege, in his native town. In 1885 he
was elected to the Michigan legisla
ture and served for four consecutive
terms, being speaker of the lower
house in 1889- He served four terms
as chairman of the Republican State
committee in Michigan and two years
ago was elected to Congress. Fol
lowing the close of the war with
Spain Mr. Diekeman served as a
member of the Spanish treaty claims
commission.
daughter was awakened by the smoke
and found the kitchen in flames. ,.f he
ran to the window and raised an
alarm, and the elevator boy, William
Vanderporf.w.ent to the switchboard
on the first floor, rang the telephones
in the apartments, telling the occu
pants to hurry to the halls and down
by the elevator. Then he ran the
elevator up and down until every one
on the sixth floor was taken down
safely.
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