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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
Used His Position In STAINLESS
and Dlshonorable Way for
Political Advancement.
the MoYER.AEYWOOD Jury
win % Guarded Day and Night VIII
Live In House Rented For The Pur-
poss--courtroom Being Enlarged
For The Expected Crowds.

BOISE. May s.--In statement to-
day Senator Borah, criticixing the for
mcr Judge James d. Beatty, who re-
Gently retired from the federal district
bench In this state. and who yesterday
In washington submitted an interview
regarding Idaho affairs, said as fol-
lows.
Il have read Judge Beatty's state
ment and have only this to say: Judge
Beatty for the past year seems to have
utterly forgotten the high position he
holds, During the last campaign for
sonatorship he used his position In a
shameless and utterly dishonorable
way for his political advantage. He
did not hesitate 10 demand and receive
favors from the litigants who had im-
portant litigation In his court and so
conducted himself as compromise 10 a
remarkable extent. his dignity and
honor.
Il am sure It is to credit and all
vantage of the judiciary that he is on
his way to Egypt"
The Jury which will try Haywood,
the first of the accused In the Steunen-
berg case. will keep house during the
trial. The Idaho law is very emphatic.
juries In such cases are kept in seclu-
sion from public contact. Sheriff
Hawkins has hired house for them
within 800 feet Of the courtroom. An
official cook win be retained al ar
rangements have been made with local
stores for good and varied supply of
foods, Two bailiffs will board with the
jury nignt and day and the house viii
be constantly watched. The courtroom
is being partly reconstructed to In
crease the seating capacity. Special
arrangements for newspaper corres-
ponicnts and artists have been made,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
NEW ROCK ISLAND BRANCH.
Seeking the Shortest Route From Chi
oa1o to Mobile.

NEW YORK. May alt IL an
ncunced that preparations are being
made BY the Rock Island to build a
line that win give the road the short
cst route from Chicago to Mobile and
eventually from Chicago TO New Or
leans, The line in question Is TO con-
meet the Chicago and Eastern Illinois,
one Of the subsidiaries Of the Rock H.
land, with the Mobile, Jackson, and
has a southern terminus at Evansville.
ani another at Joppa. Illinois. further
to the southwest. The new line will
through Joppa, to Jackson, Tennessee.
the Northern terminus Of the Mobile.
This viii not necessitate the construc-
tion OF more than 275 miles Of the
road
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
BOND ROBBERY CASE.
Investigation Finished Case Will Go
To Jury on Monday.

NEW YORK, May S,--Assistant
District Attorney Murphy has wound
up his investigation into the Trust
Company of America bond robbery
and the case win go to the jury on
Monday. The expectation Is that will
liam o, Douglass, the former clerk in
the loan department will plead guilty
and that Oliver NJ. bennett, his al
legged aceompllce viii fight the case,
There Is possibility that Jossph
Quincy of Boston, Mass, may come
to New York ami make statement
The District Attorney has not sum-
moned MIR, Quincy to tell what he
knows of the case, but Robertson Hon
ey counsel for Douglas was told that
the district attorney would like to have
a talk with Mr., Quincy and learn from
him just what was said to bennett
when he refused his $4,000 retainer,
Mr.. Honey who Is brother in law OF
Ex-Mayor Quincy, went to Boston last
night to see II quincy would
come here and make a statement.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
PRICE FIVE CENTS
good Offices Of friends.
Nakens confession caused great
sensation as he had been considered
an enemy Of anarchists
ABANDON NEEDLES BRIDGE.
Santa 70 Preparing for New Routs
Into caIifornis.

SAN FRANCISCO, May z.--The an
nouncment Is made that the Santa Fs
Is to abandon its bridge over the cclo-
rado river at the Needles and build one
further down stream as part Of q new
route into California for fast passen-
ger and freight service. The abans
donment also means that that portion
Of the present main line between An-
boy on the Mojave desert this state.
and Ashfork, Ariz., win also be aban-
doned for fast service into and out Of
California because Of Its heavy grades
along It.
the new bridge is to cross the coic-
rad3 at Saiome.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

SAN FRANCISCO, May s.--Presi-
dent Patrick Calhoun and Geneyal
Manager Thornwall Mutually OF the
United Railways were called before the
jury today for the alleged bribery Of
municipal authorities in the matter Of
granting the overhead trolley fran
chises. Each refused to testify and
were not sworn. District Attorney
Langdon said:
We were very careful not to put
any questions to them
Asked In this refrainment was not
for the purpose Of leaving the field
free for the indictment Of the presi-
dent and general manager, Langdon
replied:
You may say 1t Is very significant"
Proceeding on the basis OF the con-
fessions before the grand jury Of the
IA supervisors which became public as
official records recently, 1t is the an
nounced theory of the prosecution that
the United Railways spent $75O,O00 in
bribery, Of which sS5.0O0 went to the
supervisors, in bonds OF the United
Railways; to Abraham Ruef and
Mayor schmitz s5s5,oOO. to a-go-be-
tween, name withheld, 100000. 1t is
the theory Of the prosecution that the
bonds were not issued In the names Of
Ruef and Schmitz but in the names Of
other persons and were converted into
cash by Ruef and Sehmitz through the
house of Charles Sutro & Company,
Fred Hilbert, friend of Schmitz, act
ing as messenger between Scnmitz and
Sutro. The others examined today were
Sutro and Charles Holbrook, chairman
of the board of directors of the United
Railways.
Notwithstanding his position he is
satisfied that the jurors know nothing
of the alleged transactions. Calhoun
said tonight that the company has
bribed no one and that it is for the
prosecution to prove bribery, and for
that reason Mutually and he had re-
fused to testify before the grand jury.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
WAIVED ExTRADlTloN.
Murderer of Wealthy Auetionser Got
But $S for His Trouble.

But 50 for His Trouble.
BUTTE, Mont. May S.--Deputy
sheriff c. e. Burkhardt, of Denver.
arrived yesterday after zeke Shire, the
self confessed murderer Of Maurice
Chaplin, wealthy auctioneer Of Dem
yer, two years ago. Shire's relatives
are enieavoring to prove an alibi for
Shire on the night of the murder but
he last night declared that he had de-
ceived his mother as to his where
abouts on the night Of the murder, and
instead of being at the ranch, where
his relatives claim he was on the night
Of the killing, he was in Denver.
extraaition and to return to Denver
with the offacer this morning, but he
preferred to be hanged at Butte In
stead of Denver. as the execution there
would worry his mother and distress
his relatives.
Shire saw Chaplin display roll OF
bills at gambling game, and con-
fessei to have followed him home.
where he murdered him, getting but
So for the deed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04

s PORTLAND, May Al. J. Hill will
have ono OF the finest steamship lines
plying between Astoria and San Fran
cisco. now on the coast. Immediately
after tho North Bank road has been
completed. Tats morning a local Har-
riman official announced that he had
been offered the Portland agency OF
the line by one Of Hiirs head mon ilv-
ing In 81 Paul. The oifcr came to him
unsolicited. and he has the matter OF
accepting II under consideration.
''Iin has options on three OF the
best steamers running on the Atlantic
Coast" declared tho Hartman official.
ITO place on tho Columbia Riycr-San
Francisco route. He will have them
here 5ust before the North Bank road
Ia completed. The craft have splendid
passenger accommodations. and each
has capacity for handling more freight
than tho Columbia. They are modern
In every respect. and the Columbia II
not In their class, OF course, would
not be at liberty 10 diyulgo taeir
names"
While IL has general been believed
that HIN intended 70 operate line
Of steamers TO San Francisco no one
could be found until this morning who
appeared TO know anything definitely
about his plans In this respect The
informant says that one Of the main
objects that Hill had In view In build
ing road down the Columbia River
was FOR the purpose OF getting a direct
line 10 San Francisco, II Is explained
that the railroad magnato Ia expecting
to get a big part of his trafiic from the
Bay City by means of his steamship
line.
Il also know II 10 be fact con-
tinueL tho Hartman employe, shat
the builder Of the Great Northern In
tends to run an Oriental line out of
this port, II anyone imagines for q
minute that Hill intends 10 Quit reach
ing out for trade as soon az the North
Bank road Is completed he Is very
mucn mistaken. while he Is not let
ting his competitors know Of every
move no 10 making, the entire plan
concerning the operation of steamers
from the Columbia River to San Fran
cisco and the line to tho Far East has
been definitely settled, He Is not build
ing steamers, for the reason that he
does not care that his intentions should
become publicly known at this time.
But he has Just as good steamers se-
cured az he could possibly build,
which answers his purpose much bet
ter. In about year from now the
Hartman people win be greatly sur
prised by the arrival OF the Hill steam
ers from the Atlantic coast"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
LoNosHoRgmss STRIKE.

NEW YORK. May a.--1'ho strikes
OF longahoremen along the waterfron,
Of both New York and Brooklyn have
become epidemic, Today Il IL esti-
mated that nearly 5000 men have gone
out All demand an increase OF at
least Ave cents an hour for day work
and Is cents for overtime or night
work.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
BOXER TROUBLES AGAIN.

LoNDoN,May a.-The Tsin Tsin
correspondent Of the STANDARD says
taat the doors Or houses Id the native
quarter have been smeared with blood
as was done on the eve Of the boxer
uprising.
The people are greatly alarmed. The
native newspapers warn the authori-
ties that there is great danger Of {.
revival Of Boxerism II the smearing is
allowed to continue.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
MEXICO AND GUATEMALA.


WARRINGTON. May s.-strained
relations between Mexico ani Guate-
mala over the failure Of the latter to
surrender for trial. in Mexico and
General Lima charged with completely
in the assassination OF President Bar
rillas IL matter Of grove concern
10 cxtradItc him. ten thousand Mexi-
can troops now on the Guatemala
frontier viii be maintained and diplo-
matte relations severed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
\ OPTION ON STEAMERS
Intention To Place Three Of Fin.
est Atlantic Steamers on
the New Line.
LARGER THAN the COLUMBIA

viii % Started Az Soon A. The
North Bank Road 10 Completed --
orsa, Northern intends To Run
Oriental Line From Columbia River
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
LEGAL BATTLE ENDED.
Commenced In 19ot.. Finally Settled
In Plaintiffs Favor.

DENVER, May S,--After legal bat
tie which has been waged in the Fed
eral Courts since 1901, Marie Antoin-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
ON FRANCHISE BRIBERY
Prosecution Must Prove Bribery
and for That Reason They
Refused to Answer.
THEORY or THE PROSECUTION

United Railways Said To Have Spent
N5o,ooo--Ruef and schmitz Received
s565.ooo and the Supervisors Got
ss5.ooo in United Railway Bonds.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-04
LAND FRAUD CASES
Mays and Jones Both Given
Stiff Sentences.
FINE AND TERM IN JAIL

Former Senator Mays Was Fined
$4,000 and Four Months In Jail
w. N. Jones $4,000 and Eight Months
For Fencing Public Land.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
The 6e9orJd Of Labor
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

up, fellow When You use such a
poorly-constructed excuse for being
a non-union man, you emphasizes
your right to be wearing a s.bib
and tucker" Men don't offler such
am excuse to those that ask them
to join they say, positively that
they don't want to. They show n
better quality of manhood than
you, for the reason that they mean
what they say, while you-well. on
the square, do you know when YOU
say anything if it is right or other
wise.
The Bartenders' will inaugurate
card and button campaign at
their next meeting and will appeal
to all organized labor in this
vicinity to lend their assistance.
See that bartenders who serve
you wears the blue button. If he
,dosn't display it he is not union
man and is not in sympathy with
organized labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

Prognosticator. and one of his favorte
Stunts was To get up In the Morning
and do little Forecasting for the
benefit or his Wife and Daughter
After breakfast he put on his Over.
coat and wrapped himself up in Com.
forter so as not to catch Cold and lose
the Use OF his Voice. If Mordecai f
Quinsy had lost the use of his Voice
this Country would have been In a
Bad Way.
Mr.. Quinsy knew a Druggist who
took Daily Paper. and so, the first
thing every Morning, he went to tho
Drug Store to ind out what Fool Break
had been made by Congress- After
reading the Paper he sat by the Stove
and laid out some Work for the Ways
and Means Committee
After which he went down to the Sta.
ton to see Number Six go through
after WHICH ne went up TO the Post
Office TO wait until the Mail had been
distributed. One day Mordecai Quinsy
received Seed Catalogue, and after
that he was encouraged. While wait
Ing for his Mail ME- Quinsy said n few
plain Words about the Kaiser and
stood up for the Monroe Doctrine
About IL o'clock every day Mr.. Quin-
sy acted as Referee In a Pool Game.
and then went over to the Barber Shop
to look at the illustrated Papers con-
tanning the Pictures of Footlight Favor.
ties and Noted Criminals. Mr. Quinsy,
being possessed of an Analytical Mind.
was deeply interested in all Murder
Mysteries, and for every Case he had
few Theories OF his own that would
have been great help 70 the Police
Just at II o'clock Mr. Quinsy wenr
bone aud ate a hearty Dinner, after
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
Printing Freshmen.

All members of the international
Printing Pressmen's and Assis-
tant's Union are notified to keep
away from the city of Chicago, as
there is a strike on for the eight
hour day. No. 3, will not accept
cards OF members until the matter
is settled.
The Freshmen held a very in
teresting meeting at Assembly Hall
on Monday evening and transacted
considerable business of routine
and general nature. Among other
things they endorsed the general
mass meeting project for Saturday
night and urged all its member to
be present.
All Butterick patterns and publ.
cations, the Deiineator and Design
ers, are the product of union
labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

the Working Cnsses. About the time
that he had solved tho Trust probi.m
he had TO =" over and see the After
noon Train so through zuud walt for
his Mail once more.
Late In the Day he usually dropped
In at an undertnker's Shop where AZ
veterinary Surgeon aud n IS..-.a
Truck Farmer were collaborating on n
Foreign Policy for the State Depart-
mcnt. Mr.. Quinsy was always able
to slip In few Suggestions. uc was
dead set against the Anglo Saxon Al.
lance. and believed in the Annexation
OF cnnadn. even IL 1t involved War.
At 5:3o he would purchase "A Pound
OF Oyster Crackers and have them
Charged Then he would go home to
Tea, and tell Mrs. Quinsy and Dnugh
ter to fix up the Sofa for him mr. he
was SUFFERING from Headache ana
wanted to Rest for u little while.
MORAL: What we need In Amcricu
ls the Gospel or Relaxation.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
PRINTERS POINTERS.
Colorado Springs Woman Offers to
Donate 100000 to Fund to
Care for Printers FAMILIES.

A Colorado Springs woman has
offered 500, 900 for the establish
ment of an endowment fund for
the erection and maintenance of
cottages in which to house the
families of inmates of the Union
Printers home in this city. The
board pr trustees of the home,
passed the necessary amendment to
the charter of the home to permit
the establishment of the fund.
The offer of $1,000 from the
woman, whose name is withheld,
was made about one year ago, but
could not be accepted because of
the charter as it then stood. The
last legislature passed. law per-
mitting incorporatione to change
their charters.
Another important action taken
by the trustees was the erection of
tuberculosis sanitarium. The
present hospital annex will be used
for this purpose and the most adj
vanced methods known to science
for the treatment of consumption
will be apopted.
Saturday Evening Post and
Ladies Home Journal by the Curtis
Publishing Co., are still on the
eve Don't PatroniZe List y
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
Painter Paragraphs.

Inc membership OF the Painters,
Decorators, and Paperhangers of
America, now exceeds the 10000
mark and is increasing all over
the country.
General President Balhorn, in
his semi-annual report, recon-
mends the withdrawal of the b. of
Z. ID and p. of A. from the Struc-
tural Building Alliance, that body
being termed a dual organization
by the general president, who also
says it is an impossible task to re-
form the organization so as to make
1t an agency for good. This being
an interesting report it should be
read by all members.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
Big labor mass meeting at AS.
semoly Hall, Saturday, October II.
SUNDAY CLOSING LAW.
BOSS and Journeyman BARRIERS Petition
CITY Council for the Passage
of Such Measure.


At the last meeting of the CITY
Council petition was presented
that body from the Boss and
Journey BARRIERS of the city asking
them to pass an ordinance drawn
up by them providing for the Sun
day closing of all barber shops.
The matter was discussed long
enough for it to be ascertained that
there would be some opposition to
1t when it comes up at the next
meeting for final action.
There is no good reason why
the ordinance should not be passed.
ever boss barber in the city, with
the exception of three and practic
ally every journeyman are heartily
III favor of it. The BARRIERS need
some rest and recreation as well as
other mortals and when they de-
sire to respect the Sabbath and in-
slst upon Others doing likewise
they should certainly receive the
cooperation and assistance of the
officials and the law abiding citi.
ZenS,
The BARRIERS are asking for
nothing unreasonable, they only
ask for the enforcement of the laws
of God and man, and that for
which organized labor has been
contending for years.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
BRICKLAY Err S
From Organization Fostered by Notori-
Gus ''Open Shop" Advocate
of Los Angeles, Cal.

An Independent. open shop, no
wages agreement, nameless organ
ization of bricklayers, fostered by
the Employers Association and
Los Angeles Times, has been
launched at that place.
1t is composed of q disgruntled
seceders from the Bricklayers and
Masons' International union and
starts out with a hurrah and waving
of flags to disrupt the bonafide or
ganization.
Col. Otis, the labor fighting edi-
tor of the Los Angeles Times, is
jubilant and predicts the swift ami
hilation of the bricklayers' union.
The colonel's money is said to be
backing the new 'sunion' and he
is naturally anxious to see it thrive
California bricklayers are not
disturbed. 1t matters little to them
whether the non unionists scab
with or without an organization
Members of the new "union' get
so cents less day than the real
unions.
The local Bricklayers union is
in the best of condition. having had
very prosperous season and has
been greatly strengthened by the
admission of many new members.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10
Miners Strike.

Two hundred and fifty men at
Wellston, Ohio, refused to 60 to
work at Superior Mine No. 8, Mon
dad, because of a penalty clause
suspending n miner from one to
live days because of failure to keep
his coal clean. The miners declare
that docking them is severe enough
without the suspension clause, as
this is keeping from 10 to 10 of
their number idle all the time. AS
The agreement was made between
The state officers of the miners or
ganization and NJ. l.. Sternberger,
President of the Superior Coal
Company, the local officials have
no say in the matter.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

which he returned to Main Street
smoking Farm,Hnnd Regaiia AM,
gazing thoughtfuIly mt the Ground
irving To Strengthen out the Paparnu
Canal Business
q the Afternoon he hung arouna
the Court, House more or less because.
he played u good Game Of Checkers.
and. besides, he liked to be on hand
In case the State needed the Services
of an unprecedented Juror.
Mr.. QuinsS had Il Weak Back, which
prevented him from splitting Wood,
but he loved some kinds OF Work. and
the Honest Toll that suited him best
was to sit ON II Jury In u Case in.
voirinE Assault and Battery
II there was nothing doing ut the
Courthouse MIR Quinsy usually went,
to Real Estate Office and grnppet,l
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-10-10

ting out of Kclter. and so the Job fell
10 MordccatSF. Quinsy. Mr. Ouinsy
round that he could give his Time to
regulating the Washington Game be-
cause his Wife did Sewing and his
Daughter was an Expert Stcnosrapher
between them they kept him supplied
win good a-ccnt Cigars and relieved
his Mind of all Business Cares.
He had nothing to worry him EXCEPT
Affairs OF State
Nncn he tackled large Interim
tionnl Problem he could do SO with n
Keen, active Brain that had not been
Tagged out by any cheap Exertion.
such as trying to locate the Winters
Supply of Coal.
Mr.. Quinsy had the solemn pbiz OF n
professional Pail Bearer. and much
meditation had corrugated the Front
of the Dome. Those who merely
caught one Flash OF him and never
looked up his Record and checked or
his Pedigree thought he was about due
TO break into the Senate. To tell the
cold and Icy Truth, MordecaI could not
nave been elected Constable, but lust
the same he knew all about John Hays
next Move, and sometimes he fretted n
good deal for Fear that John would
make u Miscue.
Mr.. Quinsy could sit on Kit OF
Mnckerel. with n Bunch Of Keys, a
BARLOW knife. Plug of good eating
Tobacco. and about 80 cents In Cur.
rency sccreted in his Jenns, and he
could tell the Treasury Department
Just how to manage the next 500, 900.
600 Issue of Bonds.
One thing that worried Mr. Quinsy u
lot was the possibility that Teddy
would make some serious Mistake III.
felt more or less responsible for Teddy.
ipasmuch rs he had formally nonf
nnted him In front OF Pi!kIns's Hard
ware Store as far back MS 1880 IL he
could have been at Teddy's Elbow all
the time to whisper Advice there would
have been no Chance for the Admins.
trntion to get baIled up. But the Trou.
Bile was that Mr.. Quinsy was out ut
Pewee Junction and Teddy was up at
Washington. and they could not got
together to frame up Policy.
Mr. Qninsy was n man OF Regular
Habits and very Methodical He had
SO much to do every Day that he hau
to work on close Schedule