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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1909)
COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THJC LOWER COLUMBIA wwn nntroa BtroriBT la"'"" ."" ' - XtX . . ' - ; : . : : : V- ..... - ASTORIA. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 30. 1909. flek vein iun in " v. WKI W"B ' " " w . - . . ... . ... I . if"1 A A . ha announced the entriii I W ft 15 011 Tllr for miiei louthweit oi uei Momet. xnnii nn Trinii!w' ... . riih iifi iiili , . m n at n i tu nnitnn'i a a 11 tf rrr m-irir i 11 Ka , w i I I I Iff I II I 1 1 I - I b II M " Ult ""v v' " II I I II I . tl 111 luiuiHuu ilhiow2ots u" l,,L GRAND JURY PRICE FIVE CENTS CM OVER THE 1 ARIFF GILL tnr milei aouthwest of Dei Moinei, i lifhinina and hit 1 have caused much damage. A tornado has wrecked a portion of Douglai killing one person and injuring doien. Snow heavy enough to cause a blocade it report ed at Oshkosh, Wii., and li general throughout the Northwest. In Iowa, near Mason city, nre Inchei are reported. Entire Time of the Senate Wat Again Given Today In a Gen eral Discussion of Tariff DUTY ON LUMBER OPPOSED Cnua BUI Comet Hp For Considera tion and Reoort That Pwaldent Would Veto BUI Not Sustained, no Statement Having Com From Hint WASHINGTON. April 29.-The entire time ol the aenate was given today to general discussion of the BIO HAT SLAM. NEW YORK, AprU .-ln an ad Ant at a dinner aiven hut night by the Unitarian Club, the Rev. Jenkina Lloyd Jones, noted clergyman 01 Chicaao, aald: "The bis ball women wear uu igna of the evil of the world. Right in Chicago there ia a atore which without doubt catera to more ain than any other. In that particular atore the reckleaa tastes of the wife, which defie the economica of the home, are ...i.r.K. and the evil ambition! of the young girl to wear finery are inflara CHICAGO ROBBERY. CHICACO. April 29.-The jewlery Maryland led off with general de nunciation of the protective ayatem proposed by the republican party. He waa followed by Nelion of Minneaota who made an earnest plea for the ad mialon of lumber free of duty. Hie aaiertiona aroused a general diacti aion which waa participated in by Hale, Carter, McLaurln, McCumber. Elkini, Aldrich and Gallagher. la an II mlnutea' aeaelon today the house did not take up any important business which will have to be con aldered this session. Wagner of Penn sylvania endeavored to obtain the adoption of a resolution pledging the good will and t friendliness of the United States for the people of Tur key, and the new sovereign. At Ma con of Arkansas objected, the matter went over. Wagner obtained per mission to have) editorials on thi Panama Canal reprinted Into the records. Indications today pointed to early census office controversy. It U au W!tltW stated that the president has entertained any Idea of vetoing the bill CHICAGO IN STORM. Windy City Oeta Full Benefit Electrical Disturbance. Of OVER EAST Several Houses Demolished and a Number of Persons Killed and Injured In Hurricane MANY WIRES ARE PROSTRATED C. A. A., has announced the entries for the national A. A. U. indoor water polo and fancy diving championships to be held in the Cherry Circle tonic Thursday and Saturday night. Mis souri A. C llliniois, A. C. and" the C A. A. will be represented by their strongest teams. The New York A. C which always has been represent ed by one of the strongest water polo teams in the country, has not sent in its entry, but Mr. Meffert has receiv ed assurances from the Eastern dub that its water aggregation will be on hand. HELP BUSINESS ALONG. of the loop district has been robbed of articlca valued at .WJU oy acien ifir hilars, who tested their plun der with acid before taking it away. Plated lockets, charma and watcn chains valued at $1,000 were ruined by the test were found atrewn about the floor Several thousand dollars worth of diamonds were locked In two safes equipped with electric burglar alarms. The fact that no effort was made to tamper with these safes convinced Mr. Townsend that the burglars were familiar with the premises. Bin IS HELD IIP ATTEMPED HOLDUP OF TRAIN awmar MI A 0 BY HIunWAIM&n wna FRUSTRATED. Western Union Reporta All of Its Wires Cut Off by a Flash of Light ning and Both Telegraph and Tele phone Service ia Badly Crippled. CHICAGO. April 29.-In the ter rific wind storm today the center if the storm swept over the south aide of the city. Three laborers were kill ed when the roof of the Grand cross ing traction company's plant was blown off- A cottage at 79th and Ellis avenue was blown down and it ia re ported that two men were killed and a woman and child injured. Telephone and telegraph wires were blown down In all narts of the city. It is the mo.,t complete prostration of the wire ser vice for 12 years. The Western Union renorted that all of its wires were cut oft as though by a ash of lightning. The Postal Telegraph Company hal nni nut wire to New York at 7 3. v ... - m. last night. . Traffic was impeded on the surface and elevated lines and all the suburban trains were delayed Many persons were injured by Hying boards and knocked down by street cars and wagons. KNOXVILLE. April 29. -Four teen persons were injured, two ser iously by a tornado, late this after noon. Many houses were wrecked. CHICAGO. Aorii 29. A violent itnrm. ccomnanied bv thunder, light ning and rain struck this city shortly after midnight The first Intimation of It came when persons In the loop district and those riding on aurface cars and elevated were startled by a flash of lightning followed by can nonading that seemed to shake the .i,....r0f,.n. Mohtninir struck two buildings but no damage resulted. In the residence sections householders were awakened and lit the gaa In alarm. The barameter fell rapidly and as the night wore on the storm Increased in intensity, reports of dam age In the suburbs and from nearby owns are coming in. The storm Is prevalent throughout the Middle West and worse weather with prostration of wires and proper ty damage Is expected within twenty four hours. Kansai and Iowa have experienced wind and storms approaching torno- does In violence. Telegraph and tel ephone wires have been Mown down 'able. SPOKANE, April 29.-A Spokes man Review dispatch from Hause: Junction, Idaho, aaya: The Northern Pacific tram No. 3 was hew up at 10:25 tonight three miles east of this place by two highwaymen described by Constable A. F. Minley as being one of very large proportions, an 1 the 5ther ordinary built mey cut the ensine and ope mail care from the train, and took shota at the fir man, missing him by a narrow mat- gin. They ordered nun on me engmn and put a gun to Engineer wnittie scy's head demanding him to go ahead until they told him to stop. One handit took the fireman a place and as they passed Hauser he was throw ing coal in the fire box in an exper ienced rhanner. The operator notified Spokane of the hold up and officials were at once notined and wnue im mail car was being robbed a posse helnir formed on either side ot tti hindita to overhaul them. The engine and mail car was run by sg nnls at Trent, ten miles east of Spo kane. It Is supposed that the engine was abandoned by the robbers be that nnlnt and Yardlev. No particulars of the robber are obtain NEW ORLEANS. April 29-The tnrm which sweot across the Ar kansas and Northern Mississippi late tonight did considerable damage to property and crops, it is reported ,w ihe me town of normaiee, Miss., was swept away and consider able loss of life is reported. c.T t.OUtS. Aoril 29-Rports here much damaee from hail, ram .a wind In Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois. The hailstones .r. of enormous site. Several towns erport heav damage. rMTJnnifTfl?. - Iowa. April 29. Great damage was done today by a storm which swept over the countrv near here. More than 20 buildings were wrecked. lf.i iASO. Aoril 29.-A severe wind storm today unroofed a dozen houses in Highland Park. Considerable dam age was done in other sections oj me city. TO KEEP HANDS OFF. CAPTAIN ROBINSON COMMITS SUICIDE Was Master'of. Steamer Indiana Recently Wrecked at Entrance to the liagadalena Straits SAN FRANCISCO, April 2& pounding to pieces on the rocks News of the suicide' of Captain J. F. Robinson, master of the Pacific steam shin Indiana which was recently where she was stranged. captain Robinson, who TUr nearly a quaVter of a century has been commanding ves v .1 ti,. Mn.. UU n-iuiaatinir the Pacific worried wrecKeu at mc v...... a - , dalena Straits reached here today by over the censure to which he has been m.mim (rnm nna anhiected since the loss Of the , In- means oi a wutivoo .iv..wb,w - . rf of the vessels now- at Magdalena. diana shot himself , to death in his . . . a m... .i.i.fMm He was a native" of The tragic deeu was qoiiunncu .day night in cabin of the Indiana. no.v Alameda. ' days' stay In the city. The Cw V .. ... i rr r it . . i lion win eieci oincers lor mc ye, u choose delegates to the national con vention to be held at Ashville and consider and act upon several import ant proposed amendments to the constitution. State Insurance Commissioner Shively Moves to Quash the Indictments Against Him Doctors Very Carelesa In Mailing Disease Culture Genua. CHICAGO, April 29--Thc practice of sending packages that are improp erly packed that contain disease cul tures through the United States mails has resulted , in a warning to post masters by Jos. Stewart, Second As sistant Postmaster General, concern ing this class of mail matter- Hun dreds of packages of this character pass through the Chicago postoffice daily and tht employes have to watch carefully to see that they are prepared according to postal regulations. O ic narbace of dinhtheria eerms came into the postoffice recentlyin cottm with only a pasteboard box for the outside wrapper. FAIRBANKS INVESTS. PASADENA, Cal, April 29.-For- mer Vice-President Fairbanks iodiv concluded through real estate agents a deal to purchase a $30,000 residence at Pasadena. It is said be will make this city his future home. . - ' DOUBT COURT JURISDICTION Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Waa Fined $50 and Hia Deputy $25 For Contempt in Taking Shorthand Notea Before Grand Jury. DIED AT HIS POST. HASTINGS. Mich., April 29.- Hiram Webster 65 year old, for thirty years a section boss on the Michigan Central road lost hia life yesterday while trying to remove from the track a handcar that he fear ed would wreck an approaching spec ial train carrying a number of offic ials of the road. The other men rid ing on the handcar jumped for their lives and were not hurt. , TERRIBLE WlfiD STORM 1 ARKANSAS SEVERAL HOUSES WRECKED AND A NUMBER OF PER SONS INJURED. SPOKANE, April 28.-An attack on the legality of the grapd jury which indicted Judge Gordon and the trustees of the Pacific Livestock As sociation was made in papers filed to day by J. H. Shively. state insurance commissioner. Shivley moves to quash the indictment charging him with em bezzlement and all other indictments on the gtound that the grand jury was improperly drawn. It is alleged that four of its members had been dis charged by the court without anv authority of law; hat one juror was added illegally after , the grand jury was charged and that deputy prow cuting Attorney Pelletier was permit ted to be present during its session contrary to law. Prosecuting Attorney Hugh was fined $50 and Deputy J. H. Pelletier ?!5 hv Tudire Heuneke today for con- temnt of court in having admitted takinir shorthand notes of the testi mony given before the grand jury in spite of contrary instructions given by the court. Both attorneys filed a notice of appeal. FEUD CASE IN COURT. PROVIDENCE. R! I- Aprils- Robert Russell was arraigned for trial today on a charge of murder m connection with the death of Deacon Nelson Morgan of the Olney street colored Baptist church. Russell is alleged to have shot the deacon while the latter was standing on the church steps. . lAIIQCTnPlAPT ilLHUUL lULIIJiUI IS M1 Fatal Defect Discovered In the Gottenburg Initiative Petition Lack of Signatures PROBABLY NOT VOTED UPGM Proposed Measure to Create a Liquor Trust in Interest of Distilleries ia Defective in Not Having an Enact ing: Clause aa Required. FORT SMITH, Ark.. April 28.-AI least six persons were seriously in jured late this afternoon by a tornado which passed over Washington and Crawford counties. At Kibler eight houses were wrecked and great dam aae was done to crops. It was re ported that the village of Harrolton was blown away and considerable loss of life. The tornado was severe at Dyer and Springdale where it Is fear ed a number of lives were lost. Chicago Manufacturera Thin xau- way Legislation Should !top. rwtrACO. Aoril 29. A ' large party of Chicago manufacturers and left for Springfield for the purpose of influencing the Legis- i.r n take no action on any vi ui bills affecting railroads now before the two houses. Th argument they will use it mat the recent panic threw 200,000 men engaged in the manufacture of rail road supplies in this state out of work and that while the conditions mis imnroved sufficiently to admit ot iw, 000 of them being taken back, the cit,,tinn is still so delicate mat a re turn to normal conditions will be seriousty retarded by adverse legisla tion. ' ' '. The trip was arranged by the Ka.i- . . ..!',!, . natinnal organization of manufacturers of rail road equipment and supplies ana contractors in railway construction. ATHLETICS IN CHICAGO. , CHICAGO, April 29,-Alexander Meffert, swimming instructor of the HAS GOOD CLAIM. CHICAGO. April 29. A petition is anina about today among g"i emnloved in a shirt factory for rii:, medal to reward Miss Mar guerite Lacey, a 17-year-old girl who risked her life to save William Street, had been cought in some power ful machinery and was being twisted and torn while a group of stupefied fellow workmen stood about afraid io attemnt his rescue.. An arm and hand were crushed be tween a belt and a wheel and the vic tim w beina whirled around when the girl pushed the bystanders aside and seized Street by the heels, drag crd him away, crabbed a stick and hr,w the belt from the shaft. When the danger was over, woman like she fainted. HIS OWN BAND. t YESTERDAY'S BALL SCORES. i ' Coast League. Portland S, Oakland 1. San Francisco 3. Sacramento 5. Los Angeles 4. Vernon 3- Northwest League. Portland 6. Spokane 3. Seattle 3, Tacoma 2. Aberdeen & Vancouver I. American Leaga Boston 10, New York 4 Detroit 1, Chicago 3. National League. New York I, Philadelphia '4. Cincinnati 4, Chicago S. THE SKILLED JAP. BATTLE BETWEEH FAM- UES II! OKLAHOMA Threatens To Buck The American Cotton Market In Far East. BOSTON. April 29. Governor E- ; TVaner. in a speech at the eighty ifh annual meetW of the National Aasoeiation of Cotton Manufacturers, sounded a note of warning against the rivarly of Japan , yesterday. He said that Japan is now the great com nitor of America in cotton manu- - facturers and that the rapidly decreas ing snorts of cotton goods to Chin. indicated a very grave proposition for th American manufacturers- Be- cause the cost of labor in Japan ia one-fourth that in this country be said ,w tti island empire had been able to make great Inroads on that branch of commerce of the United States ana Was threatening to make away even more. He suggested no remldy. MILITIAMAN ON TRIAL. TWO MEN KILLED AND SON OF PROMINENT FAMILY SER IOUSLY WOUNDED. asher. Okku April 28.-A battle today between the families of Stanley Ware and Perry Brewer over rem claimed to be due Brewer from Ware resulted in the killing of Ware. Brew er was fatallv shot an da son of James Brewer was seriously injured. Clyde Ware, son of the dead man was shot in the" head. Sheriff Pierce and a posse arrived from Treumsch tonight is feared. A few 3 IU"V ' - nights ago Ware's home was fired upon. Ware accused Brewer oi mc outrage and this is whatf led up to today's fight SANCTION SUNDAY GAME. PORTLAND. April 29. Discovery was made last night that the Gothen burg initiative petition does not con tain an enacting clause, and is there fore vitallv defective. Without an enacting clause, even though the pro position be passed by the people, the measure would be ineffective; is one , contention, although others assert that the adoption of the measure bv the people makes it effective, despite the absence of the enacting clause. Providing the petition stands the checking test City Auditor Barbur wilt nlace the measure on the -ballot in June, unless otherwise advised by City Attorney Kavanaugh. The utf Attorney is now looking up the mai- ter. ' ' " The Gothenburst petition was ex amined last night by the City Attor ney, the City Auditor and Thomas U Greene, of the executive board. After the departure of Kavanaugh, Greene and Barbur discovered that the meas ure was not provided with the enact ing clause. This morning Barbur no tified Kavanaugh of the situation and is awaiting the opinion of the city at torney as to how to. proceed in tne premises. ! Unless otherwise advised, Barbur will put the measure on the ballot , It has: been held by the courts that .n thoncrh an initiative measure be favorably voted on by the people, it does not become a law unless it po.v sfsses an enacting clause. One of the initiative measures of W- b. u Ken met this fate a few years ago. The measure was scanned by J. N. Teal and several other lawyers and consid ered correct, yet the absence of the enacting clause was not learned uniu the measure hadj receivd the support of the people. The courts knocked out the URen measure for this reason. KP.W YORK, April 29. -Among the passengers of the Cunarder Lusi- tania, which sailed Wednesday ior Liverpool was William H. Reynolds, a Brooklyn millionaire and foor negro musicians. Mr. Reynolds ex plained that he was taking the quar tet with him so that they couio en ... Mm and his Quests on board ICI va. ! the ship and in a tour througi Europe. ' QUEEN TO THRONE. , THE HAGUE, April 29.-Queen Wilhelma gave birth to a daughter this morning. Mother and queen are reported as doing nicely. paTON. 111.. Aoril 29.-The case of Joseph B. Klein of Chicago, charg ed with the killing of Earl Nelson, was called for trial in the circuit ' w todav. The case has at tracted hiuch attention and the trial will he followed with interest. Ie killing of Nelson took place when iriin. a member of the First Infant- Uy of the Illinois National Guard, was on the way to Springfield last sum mer with his regiment, which has been summoned to put down the race riots in the capital city. Nelson, it is alleged, was beating his way on the train that was carrying the mintia Klein ordered him to leave the train and upon Nelson's refusal to do crt he militiaman, it is charged, stab bed him with a bayonet with fatal re sults. NEW YORK. April 29.-The Board of Education has officially sanctioned Sunday baseball in gran:- ing permission to the Public Schools Athletic League to use Ainienc uc... of a public school on Sunday after u...nf.r. th. Ipaffii. has had noon. no -- . , , . the use of the field only on week days. snoi we rc p., this action the board permits the school boys to play baseball Sun day afternoon. INSANE MAN KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA T. P. A; CHARLESTON, S.'C. April 29- Traveline men from all sections Smith Carolina rallied here in force .-j... f,r h. annual convention of the State division of . the Traveler' Association, The visitors upon their arrival found that nothing had been left undone by the local committee that would contribute to their entertainment during their two SHOTS THROUGH WINDOW. HAVANNA, HI.. April 29.-Myter- ious gunshots fired through a farm house window probably will result n the death of the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dobin, residing near Easton. The child was shot tn the hip; Mollie, his 6-year-old sister. was shot in the head but will recover. The mother, returning from an errand was met by the girl, who, cried "we're There were no tracks near the house and no motive for the shooting is known. The parents kept no firearms. r Series of 'Murders and Suicides Exterminates! Family at Chinook Montana Yesterday j i BUTTE. April 29. A special dis patch to the Butte Miner received to night says that news was receiveu here of a series of murders and su.- cides that exterminated the entire family of John Kerschweng at a ranch on Clear Creek in the Bear Paw mountains at the home of ex-County Commissioner Aexander. Ross Ker schweng, wo is a brother-in-law or Ross took a rifle and shot his wife and two young sons and then kiil- l himself. It is believed that Her-, schweng was insane.. He had been Gr,.H in the state insane asylum,: for a long time and was recently dis charged on parole. He had not necm out of the asylum, but a short time, time when he again showed symptom , of the returning malady. H13 family were in constant fear of him since h. was released- I: