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Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-20

futures peace to make!
Id go to work with hand and brain, to
right this Christian wrong,
And lift the heavy burdens off, which
have been borne so long
Id help the poor, misguided race to
brotherhood on earth,
And change the cries of agony to shouts
of joyous mirth.
All fear of god. and selfshness and hateful
thoughts would flee,
If but ruled the universe, and could the
nations free.
If natures laws were subject to my
slightest wish and will,
I'd give an equal chance to all, and every
cup would fill.
No favors could be granted to the man of
high estate,
For he would not exist, but as the workers
helpful mate.
The lash upon the slaves bare back should
fall no more in hate,
The systems mental victims should re-
build the minds estate.
Defiled. subjected womanhood would be a
thing unknown,
If were gods begotten son, and occupied
the throne.
The wholesale murderer's hand I'd stay,
and war should thrive no more
And int
the homes I'd pour.
So l would fill the earth with joy and
silence every groan,-
If l were sitting up above on heavens
golden throne.
Grim famine in its CHASTITY garb, should
not stalk round about,
the merry shout.
The mothers of the race should bear their
babes in peace and love,
Then there would be no need of me, en-
throned in state above.
So would leave my high abode, with
human kind to dwell
No more the songs of angels bright around
gods throne would swell.
The heaven of tradition would then vanish
from the sight,
And justice reign supreme, instead of
ignorance and might
Blue-grass blade., 1908-09-20
AUNT ALLIES PROVERBS.

; is the demon that retards intellect.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
WOULD LEND THE BELL.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28. May
or Reyburn Is in favor oi granting the
request ol the Portland Rose Festival
and Ynkon-Aiaska Pacific Exposition
authorities that the Liberty Bell be
permitted to journey to the Western
Coast for the opening Of the festival
at Portland. Or, in june.
Certainly nothing can happen to
it, declared the Mayor, "and Il Is
only right that we should allow the
historic relic to be shown to people all
over the country. The distance Is
great, but | do not see how that will
make any difference. There are many
Western people who never saw the
bell, and Il would be q good thing 10
show II 10 them II Is a matter oi
education. and am heartily in favor
Of sending il out The expense
amounts to something, but ! believe
enough could be raised by subscrip.
ton 10 cover that end Of the ques.
ton"
The request reached Mayor Rey.
burn Thursday. December ", and wai
read IN the Council and referred to
the committee on city property.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
Exhaustive Cross Examination
Of Defendants Witnesses
Fall to Shake Them
THORNTON MORE CONFIDENT
When Hams Returned to jail he De.
ciared That the Evidence Of the
Day Proved Him Innocent Captain
Hains Alone Responsible.

FLUSHING, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-De-
Tense scored two material points in
evidence developed in Thornton
Hams trial today, IN which defend-
ants counsel assert to disprcve the
charge that the author was prinei-
cal with his brother in the killing cf
Annis. Exhaustive eross-examination
Of the two witnesses for the defense
left the main points Of their testimony
mistaken and Thornton Hains return
ed 10 jail tonight declaring that the
evidence proved him innocent.
Testimony that Thornton did not
60 to Bay City to kill Annis but to
look at property was testified to by
Charles Weaver, sales agent Of the
Haines Concrete Mixer Co., who
further declared that il was at his
urgent invitation that Hains brothers
on August IS postponed the trip to
Sandy Hook and went to Bay Side to
inspect real estate. Weaver almost
sobbed on the stand when he said
that he felt responsible for sending
the Hains brother on the journey that
ended in the death Of Annis Tne
mental condition OF Captain Haius
previous to the shooting was testified
to by Weaver, who asserted that from
the actions of the army captain he
believed him to be irrational.
The second material point brought
out BY the defendants today was drawn
from John Tirny, a garbage collector
who said he was an eye witness y
the tragedy. Tierney declared that
Captain Hains had ceased firing be-
fore his brother went up and dowl
the float and the defendant did moi
draw his revolver until Charles Rob
erts, a club member, advanced toward
Captain Hains with the captains re-
Ivolver in his hand. Tierney said that
Thornton did not point his revolveI
at anyone on the float, but called fo'
an officer to arrest his brother, H'
did not see Mrs. Annis on the float
A severe cross-examination did mo-
make Tierney waver any essential.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
SAYS SHE TOLD HUSBAND TO
PURCHASE REVOLVER ON
DAY or TRAGEDY.
GOES 70 rAE IvRY TODAY
Deputy Attorney Dunning Testihes
That he Searched Fishers Once
Shortly After the Shooting But
Failed to Find Notary Seal.

PORTLAND, Dec. 2S-Tht case Of
James A. Finch, charged with the
murder Of Ralph B. Fisher, proseeu'
tor for the state bar association, will
probably be in the hands Of the jury
some time tomorrow afternoon. To-
day the defense concluded taking tes-
timony with the eross-examination Of
Miss Vera Burkhart, Fishers steno.
grapher and the introduction Of
Finch's sick wife. Mrs, Finch swofe
that she requested her husband to
purchase a revolver on the day Of the
shooting, In her cross-testimony, she
stated that she possessed a revolver
at the time the shooting occurred IN
its rebuttal testimony, the state intro
dueed Detective Frank Beatty who
swore that Finch had told him short
ly after the shooting that Fisher had
threatened MIN with q revolver
Deputy Coroner Dunning who tes-
ti6ed that he searched Fishers Office
after the shooting but found no no
tarial seal; G. Everett Baker, Fisher !
law partner who testified that the seal
was later found in Fishers desk and
two witnesses who swore that they
observed no signs Of an abrasion on
! lFinch's head after the shooting.
/ II will be remembered that in thi:
evidence Finch swore he shot Fisher
after the latter had hit Finch over the
head with notorial seal,
! Two Of the closing arguments il
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
NEW MATCH PENDING.
Seattle Man Wants a Chance to Meet
kaufman or Barry.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2S.--If Dr.
Roller Of Seattle wants to fight the
winner Of the Kaufman Barry fight IN
this city all that is necessary for him
to do now Is to deposit his money
with some reputable newspaper in
Seattle and the match viii be consid-
cred as made. Manager Baron Long
Of the Jeffries Club says DR.. Roller
can have chance to fight the winner
Of the Barry-Kaufman fight that Is
to be pulled off Wednesday night. A.
a meeting yesterday between Delaney
and Murphy representing Kaufman
and Barry, respectively, and Manager
Long, 1t was agreed that Rollers
proposition looked good enough %
accept. He offers to bet $l000an spli.
the fighters end Of the money rs and
25 per cent Of the money.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29

PITTSBURG, Dec. 2S.-In connec-
ton with alleged bribing of council
men by bankers to secure deposits Of
city funds, it is said that the plan fol-
lowed was to have the banks New
York correspondent forward an
amount OF the alleged corruption fund
to another Pittsburg bank to the
credit Of the councilmen negotiating
the bribery deal, he to make distribu-
ton to the other councilmen. Some
Of the most wary councilmen operat-
cd through safety deposit boxes but
others wrote checks against the fund
It is said that number Of these
checks will be presented in evidence
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
BERT EDWARD DURY SHOT
DEAD BY BERT BELL.
IN DENVER.
WIFE ESCAPES SAME FATE.
Mrs. Bell otwits Enraged Husband
by Climbing up the Fire Escape
She is Later Arrested and Taken to
Jail in Hysterical Condition.

DENVER, Dec. 2S.-Bert Edward
Dury. whose stage name was Byron
Allerton, who has been playing at the
chrystal Theatre, was shot through
the head and instantly killed this
afternoon at a rooming house by Bert
Bell, who escaped but was later cap
tured. Witnesses claim that Mrs. Bell,
who was in the room with Dury es-
capped the same fate BY climbing lp
the fire escape to the third floor Of
the building. She was arrested and
taken to jail in hysterical condition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
Loss Of LIFE AND DAMAGE IN
ITALY, BEYOND ESTIMATE
DEWEY IS ii TODAY.

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. = Ad-
miral George Dewey, hero Of Manila
Bay and ranking officer in the Navy,
celebrated his 7lst birthday Saturday,
more than 10 years after the exploit
which made him worldwide famous.
Still vigorous in mind, the aged Ad-
miral is not enjoying the best Of
best Of health, having been suffering
for the past six weeks with q bad at
tack Of sciaticag He therefore spent
the day at his home, many Of his in
innate friends calling TO pay their re.
spects and to tender their congratuia-
tons.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
NEW TELEPHONE PLANT
BEING CONNECTED UP

Just as fast as Superintendent E. B..
Jackson, Of Portland, and nine skilled
mechanics can finish the enormous de-
tail, and as fast as the material can
reach this city from New York, Chi
cago and San Francisco, the general
equipment Of the new home-station If
the Pacific Telephone Company, on
the south side Of Exchange street be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets,
lis progressing an hourly taking on
definite and interesting shape,
The snug little two-story builSaing,
solid, well-built, cemented and heav-
| lily timbered and foored, has the ap-
pearance Of a beehive, with the mass
Of wiring and standard mechanism or
dained for the telephone business, and
the unpractised eye is soon lost in the
seeming confusion that prevails, OF
course there is no confusion, since
every bewildering atom and item is
of exact and we'll computed utility
and has its place in the scheme Of ap,
pointment and service, but only a
sharply trained expert can discern the
efficacy Of the thousand and one
that lie about at loose ends.
One enters the building via the main
reception room and the home of the
long distance boothes; and turning %
the right enters the operating room,
where the big multiple, common bat
ltery switchboard is fast taking on its
calculated connections. This is the
great feature of the institution, and
will always be- 1t is Of steel AMI
glass and wood and is destined tc
serve 1000 subscribers, though its ap'
pointments at present will cover bui
labout one-6fth that number. Every
number on the board is served with
tiny electric light, the rays Of which
respond instantly with the taking
down of the receiver on the sub
scriber's telephone at the home or il
the Office; there viii be no NOR,
ringing up central; it is to be mat
ter of merely taking down the re
eeiyer, and getting an instant re
sponse; and what is more, the yer,
fact that ones wire is grounded o
short-circuited, causes the light 8
beam SO that the accident IS mad
! known to the people at the centra
! station, though the subscriber ma
, not realize that anything has happen
E ed; a circumstance that viii serve a
d Continued on page y
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OVER HALF OF ITS AREA
is NOW ABSOLUTELY
"DRY."
MOVEMENT STILL GOES on
On January /, North Carolina, Ala
bama and Mississippi 80 Dry, and
Active Fight In Tennessee, Ken
tucly and Other States.

WASHINGTON, Dec, PA wave
of prohibition has swept with such
remarkable effect over the South that
the new year opens upon q vast
stretch Of territory absolutely berett
Of liquor, while the area where anti
prohibitionists have triumphed, mark:
the battle-ground for impending fights
on the question.
More than half the South's territory
is "dry" absolutely and in the re-
naming area the sale Of intoxicants !:
restricted.
Statewide prohibition laws become
effective on January | in North Caro-
lima, Alabama and Mississippi. Pro
hibition advocates in Louisiana have
suspended their fight to test the new
Gay Shattuck law for the regulation
Of the liquor traffic,
Tennessee is the chief center Of in
terest among the other states wher'
statewide prohibition fights are il
progress. The prohibitionists say tha
statewide bill will pass the legisla
ture which they expect to organic
and control. Kentucky, the secon'
largest distiiling state in the Union
with llo counties, has but four i
which the sale of liquor is not pro
hibited.
Virginia presents a string OF VIC
tories for anti-saloon elements, 4
prohibition now exists in 50 Of th
states lOl counties.
In Texas where more than half tn
counties have accepted prohibition
the voters soon will be called upon I
vote upon a constitutional amendmer
for prohibition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
Complaint States That william
Ayres nnd P. B. MCSwOrdsl
Met Death In Flood
sCRISNER ALSO INCLUDED
scRIBNER WHO IS UNDER AR
rest With Others Attempted 10 Car
~ Out Plot Altar the Leaders
Death nut Are Unsuccessful.

PORTLAND, Dec. IA salt In.
situted By the government IN the
United States circuit court today Tor
cancellation oi 46 patents 70 tracts Of
land IN Eastern Oregon 10 interesting
because Of the iaei that che Hsppner
aood played an important part. The
defendants named are ]. w. Sefiber,
S. w. Spencer, Asa D. Thompson,
Harrison Hale. Vawter Crawford, 6.
w. Rea, David Wilson, Alfred Cool
idge, trustee; Frank Melvin. A. 5,
crowder and A. M. Ross, The land
is valued at abou, 100000 The
complaint alleges tha, in March, 1908
William Ayres, P, B. MeSworda,
Spencer Hale, and others consplrsd
10 deiraud the government out .!
lands which are described In the com
plain, under the timber and stone
laws,
On June "a, 1908, the complaint
states. that William Ayres and ?. b.
Meswords were drowned in the
Heppner flood, These, the complaint
asserts, were the principal conspira'
tors, and those left, did not desire OF
were unable to carry out the conspir-
aey and thereupon Seriber, Spencer
Thompson. Wilson and Hale under
took to carry II out. After giving al
legged details the complaint declares
that in 1904, in order to further pre-
vent the government from recovering
(. the title 10 the lands certain Of III,
defendants organized at Spokane
the Washington & Northwest Timber
Company, which took over the title &
the property secured by the defend
ants, The Seriber alluded to, is tht
former cashier Of the deiunet Farmers
& Traders Bank at la Grande, who i
under arrest, Oh a charge Of conver:
ing the funds OF the bank to his owl
use. In the course Of the complain
the statement Is made that "Vawtei
Crawford, as county clerk, and Geo
w. Rea as United States commission
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
EIGHT KILLED IN
HEAD ON COLLISION
Work!and Freight Trains Crash Together Owing
to a MisunderstandingIOf Orders

'Egan, who were on the caboose jump
cd, but the bridge carpenters in the
caboose did not have that chance,
Seven Of them were killed and the
other two badly injured, The engine
Of the work train being in the rear
did not leave the track The engine
of the freight was thrown over the
embankment toward the Missouri
river The fireman and engineer were
carried over with il, the fireman mar
velously escaped, and crawled out
through the cab window after it stop.
ped rolling. Engineer Morrisey was
killed The dead and injured ali came
from Greas Falls.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
CUT THE JAPs' HAIR
How Y. M. c. A, Workers Got !
Foothold During the War.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S. = Haircuts
helped Christianity to maintain com
Portable foothold in Japan where prev
ious to the Japanese-Russian war il
had been hardly tolerated, It was
through the work of the Y. M. c. A..
that the Japanese changed their opin-
ion of the Christian religion to a
marked degree, according to C. V.
Hibbard, who has charge Of the Y M,
C. A. work with the Japanese army.
In an account Of how the supply Of
Bibles and tracts gave out after the
battle Of Mukden and attention was
diverted to the care Of the wounded
Mr. Hubbard says; ut was a little
awkward for us at first, but we soor
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
TARIFF REVISION.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2s Tie
work of preparing the revised tariff
bill was resumed by the sub-eommit-
l,ee Of the house Of ways and means
committee today. Two meetings were
held and there Is every likelihood that
the tariff framing committee, which
will continue 10 hold daily meetings
until time comes to report the bill TO
congress at . special session in
March.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29

GREAT FALLS, Dec, 2s,-As re-
suit Of a head-on collision between
freight train and work train on the
Great Northern this afternoon, eight
men are dead and four seriously in.
jured. The wreck occurred because
the freight which was coming north
di¬ stop at Mid Canyon siding to
allow the work train to pass, but who
Is to blame has not yet been determine
ed. The work train had orders TO
pass the freight at Mid Canyon The
freight which was heavily loaded
was met by the work train on the
curve
Conductor Drake and Brakeman
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the case were made after the state
finally rested Special Prosecute.
Spencer for the state argued for a
verdict Of murder in the FIRST degree.
W. w. HoIeomb Of counsel for the
defense argued that the prosecution
had failed 10 make out a complete
chain u evidence, that II had shown
no motive but that on the contrary ar
the evidence showed that Finch had
been subjected to persecution.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
SICKNESS STOPS TRIAL.

UNION CITY, Dec. 28.-The sud
den illness OF one of the defendants
in the nightrider cases caused suspen-
sion of the trial this afternoon, The
state had completed its testimony and
rested. The defense laid the founda-
ton for an alibi and proposes to put
all defendants on the stand and cor
roborate their testimony by members
Of their families.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER %. 1903

got 90 that we could cut about IS
heads Of hair an hour We devoted
our entire time to cleaning the wound
ed soldiers, shaving them and cutting
their hair. They used to wake US up
in the night, begging for trim and
finally our skill became 50 widely adj
yertised that we had to give out NUM-
bered tickets
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
MISS ETHEL's DEBUTE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.--Miss
Ethel Roosevelt tonight made for
NAL bow to society preceding the
dancing ;p the East Room Of the
White House which began at 10
o'clock. Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Roosevelt received guests in blue
room.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
PRESIDENT STARTED
PITTSBURG SCANDAL
1t is Believed Roosevelt Was instrumental IN
Pressing Investigations Of Pittsburg Grating

This feature it is said has been receive
ing attention Of the federal agents
President Roosevelt, il is believed,
has been instrumental in pressing fed-
eral investigations since the first sug-
gestion Of irregularities BY national
bankers that reached the department
Of justice.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
TOO MUCH POLITICS.
Surveyor Mccarthy Must Either Quit
Republican Committee or Resign.

BOSTON, Dec. 28- Surveyor J. }.
Mccarthy, Of the Port of Boston, to-
day received letter from Secretary
cortelyou notifying him to sever his
connection with the Republican city
committee of Boston or resign the
surveyorship. It is understood that
representations have been made to
the treasury department that McCar-
thy is displaying unwarranted activity
in political matters.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29

ROME, Dec. 28.-The latest dis.
patches from Messina state that two
thirds Of the city is destroyed By the
earthquake. Mank are killed and itl-
jured. Cravess news has been receiF-
ca from the province Of Reggie where
the earthquake wrought great havoc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
TEN MEN KILLED.

BIRMINGHAM. Dec. 2S Ten men
we're killed and several injured by 4
cave-in at the furnace plant ii Ensley
tonight. But two bodies have been re-
covered Gas pouring into exeeava-
tion from furnace makes reseae work
difficult.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29

In Arkansas two-thirds of its area
or rs counties are dry and the ques-
ton of statewide prohibition will be
presented to the voters for decision,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
LEADING GONSPIRATORS IN land
=. - FRAUD ARE DROWNED

er, took the inaI proofs herelnbefore
mentioned with full knowledge and
notice Of the fraudulent character Of
said entries"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29

ROME, Dec. 28-Three provinces
Of conosina, catansaro and Reggie d
Calabria, comprising the department
of Calabria which forms the south
western extremity 81 Italy, or the
"Toe Of the Boo" were devasted 70
day BY an earthquake, far reaching ef-
fects Of which were felt almost
throughout the entire country. The
town Of Messina in Sicily was partly
destroyed, and catania was inundated.
In Messina, hundreds Of houses have
fallen and many persons have been
killed.
Owing, however, to the fact that
telegraphic and telephone communi-
cation was almost entirely destroyed,
it is impossible to obtain even ap-
proximate estimate Of the damage BIZ.
reports received here Up to a late
hour tonight indicate that the havoc
has been great and the destruction
to life and property more terrible
than Italy has experienced in many
years. All reports show that the pres
ent catastrophe embraces a larger
area than the earthquake Of 1890. The
t;dai 1va..a which foliowed shA shnrxe
on the coast of Sicily sank vessels and
inundated the larger part of Catania.
LONDON, Dec. PA dispatch re-
ceived here states that 800 persons
are killed as a result Of the earth
quake at Messina.
4 1t is known that a number Of per-
sons were killed at that place, but the
tCSE;-.::--..:.;=a On page o
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-12-29
MANY VESSELS SINK
TidaI. Wave Which Follows EaFia-
quake Causes the Most
Damage
cOMMUNlCATION CUT OFF

Owing to the Fact That All Telegraph
and Telephone Wires Are Destroy
el Il is Even Impossible to Obtain
an Opproximate Estimate Of Havoc.