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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
is AN EARLY RISER.

WASHINGTON, March o.-sec-
rctary of State Philander G. Knox Is
one cabinet officer who. it Is Under
stood does not appreciate the title Of
"Mr Secretary lie much prefers
being called "Mr, Knox"
Among other democratic tendencies
Of the new premier is his habit Of
carly rising. Six o'clock Il rather a
late time for him to get up SO that be-
fore the usual Office hours he has per-
formed large amount Of work.
Since assuming the state portfolio he
has arrived al his desk at 9 o'clock or
earlier. He will very likely continue
bis practice Of taking papers home
with him 10 be studied and acted up
on in the early morning before he
goes to his Office
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
HIS LEGS ON FIRE.
But They were Wooden Ones And
Burned Freely

SAN FRANCISCO, March pa
special from San Jose states that
when George Campbell of sunny
Vale was rudeIy awakened BY the
members Of the FIRE department Of
that place. be discovered that both Of
his wooden legs were merrily blaz-
ing. Campbell was sleeping in the
American hotel when 4 6re broke out.
His life was probably saved BY the
daughter Of the proprietor who dis
covered The blaze and ran in her
night clothes to warn the FIRE depart
ment. The blaze was practically con
fined to CampbelI's room and Re
slept olissfulIy while his wooden ex-
tremeties provided fuel for lively
bonfire Tie chief damage was done
to The segs.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
LIVE GHOSTS DEFRAUD
DENVER BANKERS
UNKNOWN PARTIES ASSUME
NAMES OF DEAD BANKERS
AND ATTEND MEETING

DENVER. March o.-Oficers Of
the American Bankers Association
have just discovered some "real live
ghosts" at the annual convention Of
the association, which was held in
Denver last November. 1t has been
found that the names Of at least a
dozen bankers in various parts Of the
country, who had been dead for sew
eral years, were assumed by unknown
persons, who registered at the con-
vention and answered the roll calls
voted on resolutions, and accepted
the hospitality Of the bankers of Den
yer, attending all receptions and ex-
cursions in honor Of the visiting
bankers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
FIGHTING FULTON
QUICK AND HARD
Others Want the Federal Honor He Has Won and
are Striving For His Defeat

Last evenings Portland Telegram
contained the following:
"Telegraphic protests are being
wired to President Taft directed
against the appointment Of ex-
United States Senator Charles w.
Fulton to the new Federal iudgeship
created at the recent session of Con
gress. AT the time the new judgeship
was created it was announced from
Washington that Taft, on the rec
ommendation of Frank Hitchcock,
would name Fulton for the place, al-
though it is pointed out that mem
Der Of Congress is not supposed to
be appointed to a position created by
the Congress Of which he is mem
ber..
"The first Of the telegraphic pro-
tests were sent February n and since
then more wires have been forwarded
almost daily. AT first they sent to
Senator Jonathan Bourne, but later
the messages were sent to President
Taft personally. Some of these teIe-
grams have cost So and s. and have
been practically letters The tele-
grams started before others were
sent recommending Fulton for the
position
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
Duel Theory Not Adhered to by
Sheriff and POllce..Thlr
Party Now Suspected
NO AUTOPsIEs HELD YET
Wounds Described In Detail - Post
Mortem Expected to Develop Clues
That WIN bs Valuable In Solving
Crime.

PORTLAND. March oY-Dsspite
the theory Of the young widow Of
Of Oscar Hiett and the Sheriii's Office
tha, Hiett and John Dale we're killed
In a duel occurring Sunday =. duck
preserve on Columbia Slough, two
miles southeast Of 81, John, inyesd-
cation has brought out many eireum-
stances tending not only 10 cast
doubt on lis accuracy, but 10 appear
that both men nigh. have been muir
dered by poaehsrs or persons seek
ing gold which Dale 10 commonly
believed 10 have buried near the cab
in in which he lived.
That both men had trouble with
poaehers Is known, and the anger OF
persons illegally hunting on the prop
erty where Dale was stationed as
walehman, had been aroused by the
acton OF Hiett In taking away a gun
belonging TO one Of them. II was
only a few days ago that Dale re-
ported to o. L. Price, secretary Of
tbs Pittoek x Leadbetter Company,
which owns the property, an incident
in which a poaeher figured, After
being driven from the property
watched by Dale, the poaeher sta
toned himself across the boundary
line, telling Dale that he had better
remain where he was and not try to
interfere further with the duekhunter,
Though no autopsy has yet been
performed on the body Of either
man, Deputy Coroner Dunning Is Of
the opinion that the nature Of Hiett's
wound Is such that the victim was
unable 10 move from the spot where
he stood when he received the charge
OF birdshot, and merely drew his
arms across his chest after he sank
to the ground, Should Il develop up
on performing a post-mor.en exami-
nation that such Is the case, no other
proof would be required to make Il
a certainty that both men were muir
dered by another person or persona
This is apparent when the wounds
received by Dale are taken into con.
sideration. His skull was battered in
with some blunt instrument and the
fractures cover a large eranial area.
No man could have shot another af-
ter having half his head beaten into
a jelly. This makes II certain that
II the men killed each other Dale shot
Hiett before the batter welded the
AK, and II Hiett's wound was Of such
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
CONFESSES TO KILLING
HIS SWEETHEART
MUELLER TELLS THE STORY
OF CRIME BUT CHARGES 1T s
ALL TO ACCIDENT.

BALTIMORE. March S.--Part of
the mystery surrounding the shoot
ing to death Of Jennie Reed, at
Mount Washington, last night was
cleared up today, when Joseph Muel-
Ter, her companion, confessed to hav-
ing killed the girl. He AYERS it was
accidental, but the police believe it
a case Of deliberate murder, Mueller
said there was no truth in the high
wayman story he told last night.
Mueller says while the couple were
walking together, Miss Reed preced-
ing him, he thought he saw a man
emerge from behind tree, and be-
lieving himself in danger, fred, but
owing to the unsteadiness of the aim
on account of freight, the bullet
struck Miss Reed. The police con-
tend on the other hand that Mueller
who was engaged to the girl, wanted
to break off the engagement and did
not have courage to do so.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
JEFFRIES- JOHNSON BIG
FIGHT UNDERWAY
NEW YORK, OMAHA AND SAN
FRANCISCO PEOPLE ENGI-
NEERING THE MATCH.

NEW YORK, March 0.-When
James J, Jeffries was shown the dis
patch from Victoria in which Jack
Johnson declared himself ready and
willing to meet Jeffries or "any man
in the world" the big fellow grinned
and said nothing, The Victoria dis
patch was read to Jetfries, a para
graph at time, with the loud pedal
on those portion which had particular
reference to him, but the big Califor-
nian rubbed his chin and muttered
Nothing to say" Jeff loosened up
a little regarding the statement of
the possibility of himself and John
son fighting. "Why, Ketchel is a
little bit Of fellowl" Asked il he
meant he would not consider such
a match probable, Jeffries replied; II
don't know and / don't care I have
refused to say anything about, that
party and | am not going say any
thing, except when | get good and
ready"
"By that party, you mean John
soni"
4 do"
News of the parade being held in
Galveston in honor of Johnson al
most drew an impulsive reply from
Jeffries. He checked himself, how
ever, and his grin became sneer
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10

PORTLAND, Or, March 9.--The
autopsy held this afternoon over the
badies Of Oscar Hictt and George
Dale, who we're found dead on duck
preserve on Columbia slough ycster-
day, develops the fact that the men
we're murdered by one or more out
side persons The Investigations Of
the physicians revealed, beyond all
possibility 81 doubt that neither man
moved after the inaicting Of the
wounds which caused their deaths
One shot was found 70 have pcne.
trated Hiett's brain so as to paraiyze
the notary functions and have rem
dered further physical effort impcs-
sibie.
The blow OF the AK which killed
Dale was, in the opinion Of the ply
sicians, struck by 4 man possessed
Of great strength and could not have
been inflicted by a wounded man.
They state that II caused instant
death. The third point In the chain
Is the charge OF birdshot which killed
tiiett was fred from distance Of
about rs feet, which preeludes any
theory that the acts were simultan-
eous.
The findings Of the autopsy leaves
Sheriff Stevens confronted with the
deepest murder mystery in the his
tory Of Multnomah county. The
suggestion Of robbery as a motive,
is shattered by the fact that Dale is
known to be almost penniIess. and
Hiett to have been unable TO support
his wife. II Is learned neither man
had an enemy; on the other hand, Il
being stated they were on good terms
viii all their acquaintance.
The only circumstance about which
a theory has been weaved, Is that
Dale was seen in a saloon late on
Saturday night talking to a stranger
and, according TO Deputy Coroner
Dunning, was boasting Of having hid.
den money on the island, There is a
possibility this stranger followed
Dale home. Although call an island,
the place where the crime was COM
mitteed, Is not one; but the feat Of
finding ones way out Of the labyrinth
OF sloughs would be impossible, ex-
eept to one thoroughly familiar with
the locality
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
General Meeks Opens for the
Defense in Great Southern
Criminal Suit at Nashville
LIBERTY TURNED TO LICENSE
Claims Judgment For Libel Is
Barren Of Satisfaction and That
Blood Often Must and Does,
Run.

NASHVILLE, March o.-General
Meeks Of counsel for defense in the
Cooper-Sharpe case. today extended
the unwritten law to cover editors
who attack private or public men; de-
claring that he believed firmly in the
liberty Of the press. Meeks declared
against editors turning this liberty
into license, to dehle men and their
families. When this is done, he ask
ed, "Waht are you going to do% TIE
prosecution will tell you you have
recourse to the courts; yes, and you
get judgment for $4,000 against a
man not worth the price Of a plug Of
tobacco. Is that satisfaction"
Meeks said the streets have run
with the red blood Of men who have
improperly used other mems names
in the public prints
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10

AS a rule, lawyers have refrained
from wiring protests against Fulton's
appointment, On the ground that II
he should be given the place il would
put them in an embarrassing position
should they have cases to try before
him There are lawyers, however.
who, while not protesting against
Fulton, have recommended Others for
the position.
From Eastern Oregon, where the
initial protests were filed, they have
spread throughout the state until
some have been sent from nearly
every section. Several have gone
from Portland in the past two days,
and others were started this fore
noon.
@The only known rival Of Fulton
for the place Is Judge Stephen
Lowell Of Pendleton, who IS said Is
have entered the field after It became
noised around that Fulton was slated
for the job
@Advicss from Washington are
ne effect that President Taft Will ia
make the appointment Until tie spec
lal session Of Congress, which has
been called for next Monday
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
Judge at Chicago Makes Ruling
That Mecessitates an Amended
indictment In Case
COURT INSISTS ON PROOF
Counsel for the Government prac-
ticaIly Admit This May Be
Death Blow in the Indians
Case.

CHICAGO, March 9The govern
ment's case in the retriaI Of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
which has 50 far Jared unfortunately
in Judge Anderson's court, narrowly
avoided its death blow today. Judge
Anderson held that the governments
must prove that there was standard
rate for oil shipments between Whit
ing. Ind, and East ST. Louis, At the
time Of the ofFense with which De-
PENDANTS is charged. and that the der
fendant knowingly accepted lower
rate
The court declared that the govern
ment must convince him that il Isl
able to prove this. Judge Anderson's
ruling will, 1t Is said. compel the gov
eminent to ask for leave to amend
the indictment. Although the gov
ernment counsel did not directly state
that refusal to allow this amend
ment to be made, would Be death
blow to the prosecution, their adnnis-
sions made this inference obvious.
The court adjourned until tomorrow
at the governments request,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
BLAMEs THE MOON.

OAKLAND, Mar, o-In a petition
for the enlargement of the insane
ward Of the Oakland Receiving Hos,
pital Warden Inlay states that the
place is always overcrowded when
the moon is full, He said,
MY records substantiate the fact
that the insane ward is always over
crowded when the moon is full" The
records kept by Inlay show that
when the moon is not full two pa
tients a week is the average, But
when the queen Of the night begins
70 wax the insane begin to arrive un-
til the cells are crowded beyond their
normal capacity,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
insurgents" From the House
Call on President and Come
Away COmiOrted
EXISTING RULES TO PREVAIL
Ways and Means Committee Not
to be Interferred With = Scale
Of Reductions is Announced by
Payne,

WASHINGTON, D. c., March g.
President Taft, who was given an
opportunity to declares himself on
the "insurgent movement to revise
the house rules" automatically side
stepping the question. The visit Of
the insurgent delegation consumed
most Of the afternoon. The three in.
surgents heard il charged that Taft
intended joining hands with the
house organization in the interests Of
getting the tariff bill through quick
ly. Greatly disturbed, they hurried
to the White House to urge Taft to
take a neutral position and leave off
fighting to them. When they came
out Of the executive Office. Gardner,
OF Massachusetts,, declared with an
exhibition Of confidence that the "in-
surgents" were no longer in a com;
promising mood. We are firmly inn
pressed that Taft is not opposed to a
change in rules" said Gardner, "but
a little fearful that the contest now
would interfere with the passage Of
the tariff bill"
The insurgents" promise they
will not interfere with The rontinu-
ance Of the present Ways and Means
Committee and no objection probab-
ly will be made to the continuance
Of any committee on any subject, on
which the President felt inclined as
to legislation; they also promised not
to use obstructive tactics if they
made their fight and lost
Payne visited the President for a
few minutes today and when he left
he said he told Taft that the tariff
bill would be ready to report on the
first day of the session, but he could
not promise the President what
would happen il the present chaotic
conditions in the house continue.
The maximum and minimum rates
Of duty are provided in the tariff bill
to be introduced in the house at the
special session. Twenty per cent is
understood to be the average reduc-
tion for minimum duties. Some ar
ticles will be excepted from minimum
duty and greater or less rates of re-
duction will be placed on others.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
EXIT, THE WAIST LINE

CHICAGO, March, o.-The annual
session Of the Dressmakers' con-
vention, which begins here tomorriw,
will be signalized by important edicts
booming the directoire gown and
kindred styles and endorsing cos-
tunes Of the tenth, eleventh. twelfth.
and fifteenth centuries. 'The waist
line" it is announced, will be near
the knees, which means that there will
be no such thing as waist line.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
THIRTY DEATHS IN
ARKANSAS TOWN
Mondays Tornado Leaves Dreadful Record Behind
it at BrinkIey---SCOres Injured

BRINKLEY, Ark, March 9-
Thirty or more lives lost and 90
people injured and property worth
million dollars destroyed, was the re-
suit Of the tordano which wrecked
this place last night. OF the dead ID
are whites. Many women are among
those seriously injured, The tornado
lasted but few minutes but its work
was complete, The Catholic church
alone escaped damage, The principal
streets are impossible and are piled
high with wreckage, Every business
house Il In ruins and hardly any resi-
dence escaped damage All the hotels
we're demolished, but the guests es'
capped. Relief squads are working
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10

Of whose stock is held BY the Stand
ard Oil Company Of New Jersey, the
right to do business within the state,
No formal opinion in the premises
was read, Chief Justice Valiant sim
ply announcing the gist of the courts
decision. Justices Lamm and Wood
son dissented
The Standard Oil interests are ex-
pected to appeal from the decision
and carry their case to the Supreme
Court Of the United States.
With the Judgment Of custer made
absolute against the Standard OH
Company Of Indiana and the Repub-
lie Oil Company, these concerns
must now pay their fines Of $4,000
each and cease business iii the state.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
SuRoEoNs SAVE HANn.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, March o.
The hand that was severed from the
wrist Of Charles Miller at paper
factory here recently has been sue
cessfully reloined to his arm and it
is said that the young man will short.
ly be discharged from Bronson Hos
pital with the prospect Of regaining
full use Of his hand. Only small
piece Of flesh held the hand, and his
arm together when the accident oc-
Cured, but the doctors quickly bound
them together and the wound has
rapidly healed
Doctors here say that such opera
tons have resulted successfully.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10

OMAHA, March o.-Arrangements
are now underway here for fight
between Jim Jeffries and Jack John
son, the fight to place in Omaha for
a purse Of 100000, James Coffroth
and Martin Brady of San Francisco,
and Enos Brady of Fresno are engi-
neering the contract portion of the
deal and Jabez Cross of Omaha is
attending to the Omaha end, which
includes the passage Of bill through
the present legislature, permitting
boxing in this state,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
cHA1NoF DEATHS.

CHICAGO, March o.--Whiie hunt
ing ducks in boat on the Calumet
river at Black Oak, ten miles east of
Hammond, Joseph Welsh OF East
Chicago accidentally shot and killed
himself. In falling his body over
turned the boat, throwing L. Miller,
the other OCCUPANT into the water. The
latter was unconscious when rescued
and is expected to die. A similar fate
is predicted for Welch's wife, as 4 re-
suit Of the shock caused by the news,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
TEN ROUND GO.

LOS ANGELES, March o-Ad
Wolgast of Milwaukee and Harry
Baker are to fight ten rounds before
the National Junction Club tonight
The contest is attracting considerable
attention here, Notwithstanding the
faseo Wolgast is alleged to have been
engaged in two weeks ago here. The
contest will be referred by Charley
Eyton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
ARMY CHAPLAIN DEAD.

SAN FRANCISCO, March o.
Captain John D, Parker one Of the
Oldest army ehaplains in the service,
died at the Presidio General Hospital
yesterday He retired from the active
list some time ago since which time
he has resided in Berkeley,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10
MORE FOOL SURGEONS.
Grab Little Girl And Cut Her, ,Appen-
dix Out.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March o.
Rose Cohen, an eight year old girl,
is convalescing in the Harrisburg
Hospital after having been operated
on Sunday for APPENDICITIS by mistake,
The child and her II year old bro
ther were sent to the institution suf-
fering with enlarged tonsols and in an
unexplained manner the girl was
given an anaesthetic and her appen-
dix was taken out,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10

MEMPHIS, March 9--A dispatch
to the News-Seimitqr from Brinkley
at o'clock today says that Is white
persons and more than 20 negroes
we're killed in last nights tornado,
and it is yasiously estimated that
there are between 50 and 100 persons
injured As the day progressed re-
lief parties found the dead bodies of
many ngroes among the debris.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-10

all day The Rock Island & South
western Railroads placed cars at the
disposal Of the relief committee and
many people are leaving Brinkley
seeking temporary refuge at points
nearby
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a nature that he was unable to move
after being shot the fact that the two
men we're murdered BY others can
not be questioned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-01
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 5:39. rises 5:54; moon rises
I:17 y. m; considerations visible $50
p. m. in October overhead: Cyguus.
Pegasus, Delphinus; north, Ursa Mi
nor, Ursa Major. Cepheus: northeast.
AuriSa. Perseus, CaSSiOpeia: east. Tau
rus Aries. Pisces: southeast. CetuS.
Sculptor; south. Aquarius, CapricOr-
nus, Piscis AuStralis; west, Aquila,
Hercules, Ophiuchus; northwest. Lyra.
Corona BoreaiS. DracO. First magni-
tude stars visible same hour with rank
after oach-overhead. DcneD. 20; north
east. Capella. 4; east. Aldebaran, IA;
west. Affair. -; northwest. Vega, g.;
Arcturus. =. Planets during October
Mercury passes west af the sun the
18th. visible in east before sunrise
after the DIST; Venus. evening star,
sets about y. m; Mars. red and
bright. sets about ; a. m; Jupiter, Wis
iEDle in east before sunrise: Saturn. in
opposition with the sun OF the 18th,
rises early in evening; Uranus and
Neptune. invisible; sun in constella-
fion Virgo TIL 29th. then Libra; orionid
meteors from the 14th to the oath.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-01
FUND FOR FIGHT
Muscatine Law Enforcement
League Proposes to Raise
$4,000.
FOR PROSECUTION OF VICE
Ono of the Objects Said To be the
Prevention of the Return of
the Saloon.

A defense fund of S5J,O 900 with which
TO drive vice of every description out
of Muscatinc is the plan of the Law
Enforcement league OF that city and
il is said the movement to raise the
money will be launched within short
time though the method TO be pursued
in raising the fund is not given out.
1t is the intention. it is said. TO pro
pare in a financial way TO wage Bit
Ter and prolonged fight against the re-
turn of the saloon, with its attenda It
evils and the determination of that
now said to be rampant in the CITY.
in certain quarters and which IS Oper
atcd with secrecy. The fund is not
raised it is understood merely to fight
the return of the saloon. though natur-
ally. should petition of consent prove
successful, it would face all the oppo
sition that a large sum of money could
present or develop.
The plans OF the Law Enforcement
league concerning tAc fund are some
wha, indefinite. and until The fund )
raised the future program or campaiS1
against law violation will not be out
lined. Prosecutions require money. a
ihSAi'bCi VI ltiS US N ''N'r''' CIV ~
the intention of the organization 20
prepare amply in that respect.
May Follow Assessment Plan.
1t is asserted that the assessment
Plan will be adopted. the guaranto:s
being liable to a levy en- their guar
antee of a prescribed amount each
year For instance if one agrees to
sign for $500. he may be assessed 20
per cent of that amount to aid in the
crusade against vice. Possibly the
assessment might be less, but it is not
the intention to collect the entire
guarantee In other words the fund
will be a guarantee to be drawn upon
as necessity demands.