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Hi Vo! If S ' ) !,l It I 1 I I PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MORNING FIELDON THE LOWER COLUMBIA 36th YEAR. NO. 85. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1909 PRICE FIYE CEIT3 1I0II HAS A GOOD GHAI1CE President Taft Tenders Senator Position of Minister Extra ordinary to China IN THEINTERESTSOFHARMONY Fulton Cm Have Either Position and There it no Doubt of Ilia Confirms Hon Appointment Depend i Upon Recognition of Republican Harmony. WASHINGTON. 1 7, While Senator Ful'tonli "' the race for the Federal JurfK Oregon, Pretident Taft hat IntlnV to Mr, Fulton, that owing to numer-. out protetta filed a'galntt him. the Pretident. while favorable to Mr. Ful- ton'i appointment, preferi that he accepted tome other appointment, be lieving it to be In the interettt of bar "mony in the Republican party in Oregon. The appointment of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to Chlm hat been tendered to Mr. Fulton) Mr. Fulton hat askej for 10 dayt to accept the poaltlon, but it It known that he preferi the judge thlp, If there It a possibility of land ing It. Hia friends in the tenste are anxlout that he be appointed to this potition. and there leemi to be no doubt in the event of hit appointment that he will be congrmed. It is for this reason that he his asked 10 days in which to consider the appointment of Minister to China. Should there be possibility of his appointment aa Federal Judge, he will accept the ap pointment, but In the event that the objections urged are too strong, It i believed by his friends here that he will sccept the position of Minister to Chln.il It Is well known that President Taft Is favorable to any ap pointment Mr. Fulton desires, ani the only reason assigned for the non appointment to the Judgeship Is In the interest of Republican harmony. President Taft, while claiming that the appointment of Federal Judges rests solely In the discretion of the President. It not being an office made upon the recommendation of senators ard congressmen, he Is nevertheless deslrious of appointing some suitable' person against whom no objections can be raised. ' The principle protest against the appointment of Fulton emlnated from Francis J. Heney, but upon Investiga tion, President Taft is convinced that It is personal and political malice, without any foundation In fact, but considering the fact, that other pro tests have been filed and In the Inter ests of harmony, It is possible that Senator Fulton will act upon the sug getsions of President Taft. It is also intimated, that If Fulton accepts the Ministership to China, it will put him In a position to contest -the seat of Senator Bourne two years from now, whereas, if he accepts the position of Federal Judge he would be compelled to resign to become a candidate before the Republican pri maries. Mr, Fulton has many friends In both houses of congress who are anxioui to see him returned, and the whole matter, is now up to Senator Fulton, NEW PALATIAL LINER NEW YORK, April 7. The new COAL OPERATORS AND MINE WORKERS MEET , PHILADELPHIA, April 7.-At a meeting of the representatives of coal operators and officials of the united mine workers of America, represent ing the anthracite mine workers of Pennsylvania to consider the demands made by the miners, the operators de nied all demands and submitted in stead a proposition to extend for an other term of three years the wage agreement brought about by the an thrpcite strike commission. In order Hamburg American liner Cleveland, the biggest vessel ever built at Ham burg, is due at this port thii afternoon when the will complete her maiden voyage. In May a titter tbip, , the Cincinnati will make her first trio. The Cleveland hai accommodation! for 300 cabin patiengeri 392 aecond cabin 494 third cabin, and 2 064 itcer- age pattengeri.? Her length it 608 (eet aomewhat imaller than the America, and the Kalserlne Auguste Victoria. RABIES RAMPANT CHICAGO, April 7.-Edward C Lltch, asslttant city attorney, and 7 year old Kim Valentine are at ths raiteur Institute suffering with bite Inflicted by a dog which attacked them on the street The police were told that a woman alto had been bit ten, but were unable to learn her name. A patrolman followed the an- Imal which had created a panic among -Ipeucttriana. and finally killed it, WRONG BOTTLE """ ! CHICAGO, April 7.-Dr. W. H. Peltcher, a dentist. It in a terious con- dition at a hospital as the result of drinking aconite last night by mis take. He had jut finished hia dinner and having been suffering for tome time from indigestion, went to the sideboard to take same medicine. He mistook the bottle and swallowed a tablcspoonful of the poison. A short time later he became ill, discovered hit error and just before losing con sciousness, managed to tlcphone to physicians and the police. GAMBLINO HOUSE HELD UP. OGDEN, Utah, April 7. Five rob bers walked Into the White Eelephant gambling house tonight and held up the dealers and a crowd of 25 men. The robbers escaped with between $15,000 and $20,000. SEPERATE EDIFICE FOR U. S. SUPREH1E COURT TOTAL COST OF PROPOSED STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 18,000,000. ; WASHINGTON, April 7.-Senator Gallinger has re-introduced the bill providing for a separate building f ir the Supreme Court of the United States. The structure will be situat ed just outside of the capitol grounds, and immediately north of the Congrei sional library to which it is proposed the exterior architecture of the Sup reme Court building, should corres pond. The total cost of the building is fixed at $8,000,000. ANOTHER MYSTERY. Chicago Man Fished Out of Chicago River After Three Montha. CHICAGO, April 7.-The body of Gus Lundahl. who disappeared last December has been found in the Chicago river. Whether Lundahl had met with foul play or was drowned accidentally the police were unable to determine. At the time of his disap pearance Mrs. Lundahl feared her husband had been put out of the way by friends some men whom he had prosecuted on the charge of robbing him. When the men were arraigned in court their cases were continued on the request of their attorneys. A few days before they were to be in court again Lundahl disappeared. that the proposition be laid before the officers of the mine workers organiza tion of three anthracite districts, the conference adjourned to meet again tomorrow at 3 o'clock. It is general ly believed that an amicable adjust ment of existing differences will b arranged. Both strikers and operators are determiner, however, to stand for their rights, but it is bekved that the old wage scale will be adopted. GOIS BACK TO FIBHTCHARGES John W. Kelly Voluntarily Re turns to Astoria and Declares His Innocence GOES TO THE COUNTY JAIL It Accused of Stealing From the As toria Electric Company, and With Hia Wife, Arrived on Last Night's Train Frienda Stayed by Him. John W. Kelly, the former chief en gineer of the Astoria Electric Com pany, against whom an indictment was returned at the February term of the circuit court, returned to As toria on last night's train, ahd to a friend whom he met Mr. Kelly an nounved that he understood there was -a warrant out for his arrest and that he had come here for the pur pose of giving himself up and clearing himself from the charge. Kelly was for a number of years the chief engineer of the electric company. He had scores of menus here and stood well among all who knew him. He got into some slight trouble and finally left the company, and after he severed his connectioa with the company facts began to come to light which indicated that brast and other valuable materialt bad been stolen from the shops of the electric concern. The matter was placed before the grand jury for in vestigation and it was then stated that a true bill had been returned against Kelly, who had left town. It was also said that it appeared as if others bad been implicated in the thefts. Mrs. Kelly arrived in the city with her husband last night. Immediately upon his arrival Kelly came up town and met Police Officer Linville, to whom he announced his wish to give himself up. 'The officer advised him to go to the county jail, and Kelley did this and gave himself up. He spent the night in the jail. To a representative of the Astorian Kelly sai dhe came back as toon as he heard of the charge against, him, though adding that he didn't wish to make any statement last night. It is known that he will try to show that he Is entirety Innocent and that if there is guilt, it should fall on the shoulders of others. It is understood that Mrs. Kelly has stood by her husband from tha very first and she has believed in his entire innocence In the matter, and there is no question that scores of Kelly's friends have felt the same way, about it- "Kelly is no thief," has been said many times in reference to the matter. His arrival' here to fight the charge will undoubtedly please his friends who have defended him in his ab sence, and if the intimationa given out are founded In fact, Kelly may be able to spring a surprise in the way of implication of others. It is said thousands of dollars worth of material were stolen from the com pany over a period of several years- FAIRBANKS, TOO I PASADENA, Cal., .April 7.-Form-cr Vice-President Charles W. Fair banks announced last night that he would sail from San Fransisco, Mav 16 for a trip of one year's duration, to include in his itinerary Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, Aus tralia, and Africa- V COHAN TO CHICAGO CHICAGO, April 7.-The Record Herald today prints the following special dispatch from Boston: George M. Cohan is to have a theatre of his own in Chicago, He says that a site has been secured, ground will be broken within six weeks and the new playhouse opened to the public by January 1, 1910. Mr. Cohan fur ther declared that he had about decid ed to take up his permanent residence in Chicago. ; PLUCKY PARALYTIC ' CHICAGO, April 7,-Herbcrt t. Shanncr is dead here of paralysis after a long fight for life. While swimming at a Summer resort eight years ago a vertebra in hi neck wis broken by contact with a pile during a dive from a platform. He recover ed later sufficiently to walk about but afterward was tha victim of a paraly tic stroke which left him crippled. After this attack he became well enough to walk about with the aid of crutches but an accidental fall about 'a year ago resulted in the parlysis of all his body, except his right arm an! I the thumb and forefinger of each hand- Although handicapped so se verely, he kept up courage and went into the drygoods business. He kept the books and did most of the steno graphic work in his store, getting around by means of an invalid's cha;r. BEATS ASTORIA BADLY I GARY, Tnd . April 7. As the result of a remonstrance made years ago. the last twelve Gary saloons will close their doors at 11 o'clock tonight. Under the Indiana code it requires a two thirds majority of the voters at any election to force the liquor inter ests from any township, .The elec tions of 1906 gave Calumet township, in which Gary is located, a voting population of 200. Most of these were farmers and willing to vote against the saloons. ' Gary has a pop ulation now of more than 15.000 and an attempt will be made to secure the co-operation of the county commis sion is restoring the licenses. Gary at one time had 96 saloons. I BALL SCORES YESTERDAY. At Oakland Portland 1. Oakland 6 At Sacramento San Francisco 6. Sacramento 7 Q7 innings). At Los Angeles Los Angeles 12, Vernon 4. NEW STAMPS ORDERED TO BE ISSUED POSTAGE STAMPS IN THE IN TEREST OF THE EXPOSI TION IN SEATTLE. . WASHINGTON, D. C. April 7 Postmaster-General Hitchcock has approved the rectangular design for a 'special issue of stamps to become ef fective June 1. The stamps are issued in commoration of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to be held in Se attle commencing July I. The new stamp bears a ribbor inscribed Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to be held in Seattle commencing July 1st. The new new stamp bears a rib bon inscribed "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific, 1909." A circle frames the picture of a fur seal standing by a cake of cake of ice. It is expected the stamp will be ready for issue about May 1. The design was made by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce approved by the Postmaster-General. The stamps will be used in lieu of the present design until the Exposition closes. AN UNHAPPY BARBER NEW YORK, April 7 Samuel Stiegler, a barber is due to appear in court today to explain why he cut off Morris Kruetzer's forty year growth of whiskers without orders. Kruer zer climbed in the barber chair and after instructing the barber to trim his beard, dozed into a gentle slumber. When he awoke he screamed with rage and mortification when he saw that he was clean shaven. As he is 66 years old and his beard was the pride of his life and part of his re ligion, he had the barber arrested- ' " WILL RUN ONCE MORE BUFFALO, N. Y. April 7. Henry St Yves, the French distance runner who sprang into sudden fame by win ning the recent professional marthon in New York, has accepted a local offer for a match race with Alfr:d Shrubb, the Englishman, at the Bur falo Ball park May 1. Shrubb is un derstood to have signed the articles already. A purse of $5000 has been hung up for a 15 mile match. Th1: same men who promoted the Long-boat-Dorando race are behind the proposed event. IE REPUBLICANS Coalation Between Republicans, Insurgents and Democrats Win Victory on Tariff CHAIRMAN IS OVERRULED Principle Fight Seema to be Against the Standard Oil Company, While a Large Number of Delegates Repre senting Different Interestt Present WASHINGTON, D. C, April 7.- This was a bad day for the Repub lican organization of the house. By a coalation between some Republi cans and the insurgents, aided by the Democrats, the ways and means' com mittee aws bowled over and the advo cates of free crude oil and its pro ducts won a signal victory, when an amendment by Norris of Nebraska, placing the insignificant duty of one per cent ad valorum on those articles was adopted by a substantial major ity. The decision of the chairman that amendments could not be offered to the oil schedule, other than the one covered by the general rules last Monday, which providel for the re moval of countervailing duty on crude petroleum and applied an ad valorum duty of 25 per cent was overturned and not even a fervid appeal by the speaker to rally the Republican forces was sufficient to stem the tide avow edly against the Standard Oil Co. By virtually a unanimous vote the coun tervailing duty went out as the com mittee had recommended. On all oth er propositions the committee was sustained- The barley Schedule ran the gaunt let without change, and tea and cof fee were placed on the free list. A coloquy, at first humorous, but later resulting in personalities, developed between Mr. Stanley of Kentucky and Mr. Clark of Florida and was termi nated only upon the objection of Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana, that it was against the dignity of the house, s Onslaughts on the senate commit tee on finance by prominent members of congress have become so vigorous, since it became known that the work of inssrting rates in the tariff bill hai actually been begun that there is dan ger of a revision being Upward, it is said, unless deaf ears are turned to importunate interests. Only poisons now seem to be included in the sched ule. Many delegations from different parts of the country are present watt ing to interview representatives and senators in the interests of their par ticular locality. Senator Aldrich stated today that he could predict that when the tariff bill was reported, it would be seen that the tendency was downward, es pecially on the necessaries of life. It is probable that the senate will be in session Saturday in order to receive the Payne bill from the house. A session of the finance committee will then be held in order to .make up the amendments that have been de cided upon, after which the bill will go to the printer. Opposition to the Payne tariff bill amendment providing revenues for the Philippines became general on the part of the Democratic senators and attacks are expected upon it from the Democratic senators. On that ac count this section has been laid aside to be considered by the full commit tee. . ' NOTABLE ORGANIZATION ST. PAUL, April 7--Plans looking to a broad foundation of policies for the next half century will be under discussion at the second biennial con vention of the Young Women's ChristianAssociation of the United States-of America, to be held in this city April 22 to 26. The last two years have been a period of study ami ex periment along the lines laid down by the convention of two years ago. when the associations of the country formed the union aivd elected a national board The board will present reports and recommendations based on two years experience. The national organiza tion represents a membership of more than 184,000 young women. THE PENAL AUTO NEW YORK, April 7.-Fifteen ar rests and 64 cases in the lower crim inal court was the automobile record in New York yesterday as the author ities continued their crusade against 'speeding. Fine of $25 were, imposed in most of the cases heard in the Court of Special Sessions. SAVE IT TO STATE OTTAWA. 111., April 7.-Starved Rock as a state park is the desire of the LaSalle County Historical So ciety and an appeal hat been sent to the governor and members of the State Legislature for formal action preserving to posterity this histor'e spot In its appeal to the state Legislat ure the Historical Society says in part: . "The rock was once crowned with beautiful trees, but neglect is work ing havoc and their destruction is na tural if neglect is allowed to continue long. "JAbout the middle of the seven teenth century there was enacted the, Wharie trawrfv whirl, v th, roMr its present name- The once powerful east of Chicago but one line is work Illini. at war with neighboring tribes, 'mS this afternoon and the conditions took refuge on its summit accessible ar growing worse. It is not expected then, as now, only in single file and that communication will be restored in a single place. Their foes sur- until tomorrow and possibly for two rounded the base and cut off supplies; day- Considerable damage was done starvation and thirst did the est. in Chicago, many buildings being From that time it was fittingly called" blown down, other unroofed and it is 'Starved Rock' and the nation whi-h thought considerable damage has so miserably perished there, gave its been done to shipping, although no name to our state." , reports from the lake front have been ' ' received. HE DESERVED SOMETHING Scores of plateglass in large mer- cantile establishments were blown in. EVANSVILLE. Ind.', ' April 7. -j There is no definite account of fatati Mrs David Coat, aged 28 has been ties, but it is reported that a number arrested here, charged with stabbing wef injured, - her husband with a case knife because J Samuel Holland, an elevated rail he came home drunk. The man is in road conductor was seated on a run a serious condition. . way of a boxcar, when the roof was . j lifted up by the gale. .He maintained STOCKHOLDERS ELECTED SOUTHERN PACIFIC ELECT DI RECTORS AND INCREASE ITS CAPITAL STOCK. LOUISVILLE, April 7.-The an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com pany was held today. Directors were elected and the stockholders authoriz ed an issue of $100,000,000 worth of stock. The shares issued are 100.000 at $100 dollars per share. The addi tion stock issued today may be had by any of the stockholders in ex change for their bonds at $130 per share. The directors elected are sub stantially a re-election of the old board. THEATRICAL UPROAR. CHICAGO, April 7. Rumors of d theatrical war between the Shuberts, and Klaw & Erlanger are agitating the Convention of Western Theater Managers, now in session here. The association virtually includes all the "One night stand" theatres from In diana to the Pacific Coast About 200 managers and owners, each operating from one to forty theaters, are present It is feared thatSa struggle between the big companies will result in the small theatres being compelled to use the plays of one or the other, but not of both. The convention has suspended any aggressive tactics pending further information. STRIKE THREATENS BIG LAKE TRAFFIC CHICAGO, April 7 Ten thousand marine engineers, foreman, oilers, water tenders and deck hands went on a strike tonight and the opening of the navigation of the .Great Lakes is threatened with a complete tie up. The strike is the result of the refusal of the' ship owners to recognize the Marine Engineers' Union- A' mass meeting of strikers was held tonight at which the questions involved were discussed. Until the question is set- BSI INI BT i HEAVY GALES Severest Storm for Years Visits Chicago and Extends as Far East as Pittsburg ALL THE LINES ARE 007.7. Many Buildings Blown Down, Win dow! Blown in. Buildings Unroofed and Serious Damage Done to Ship ping Several People Are Injured. CHICAGO, April 7. One of the heaviest gales that has ever visited this section occurred today. All wires east of Chicago as far as Pittsburg are prostrated. Many eastern points are entirely cut off from communica- n. Of the numerous leased wires a horizontal position, but was blown ADC, off the car and landed one hundred flL feet away, none the worse for his e jperience. j It is impossible to estimate the j damage done to other sections on ac i count of the wires beinsr down. Both telegraph and telephone communica tions are cut off from the city and the only news reecived was from passen gers on incoming trains. SHIFTING PROFESSORS ITHACA, N. Y. April 7.-A sym posium, printed by a Cornell publicv tion shows many college presidents favor the interchange of prominent professors among larger colleg;s similar to the one now in vogue be tween American and European universities- - President Hadley of Yale says: "It is probable we might advantag eously have a little more exchanvt, but I do not see how it can go far. The bulk of the real work of teaching must be done by men who are in per manent residence" President Ira M- Remsen of Johns Hopkins, does not believe the scheme practicable. Professor Charles Van Hise of Wisconsin regards the sug gestion as excellent. President Northrupp of Minnesota says: "An occasional absence by way o: interchange with other professors in other institutions would be benefici al.". President David Starr Jordan of Stanford speaks favorably of the plan. . Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the Univ ersity of California says: "I think such an interchange would have many advantages." 1 . tlecCall shipping on the lakes will be stopped, resulting in incalculable in jury to the local trade. An effort will be made tomorrow to have a confer ence between the owners and strikers and business men generally are inter ested in the outcome. The stopping of lake traffic is considered as serious and it is estimated if the strike con tinues 10,000 men will be thrown out of employment, and will stop all com munications between the city sn 1 lake shippers.