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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02


ATLANTA, May 1.-The storm
which for three days has been sweep
ing eastward across the southern
states was passing into the Atlantic
tonight At least 200 were killed and
perhaps 400 injured, News Of "a more
deaths In Georgia we're received to.
day, At Savanna the storm tore
through the old town, unroofed many
houses and destroyed much property.
Towns in North Carolina and Flori.
da suffered great devastation. The
casualty list will be incomplete for
several days. Property worth several
million dollars has been destroyed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
SPOKANE WOMAN SENT
TO PENITENTIARY
FIVE TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
WAS SENTENCE PRoNoUNc.
ED BY THE COURT.

SPOKANE. May l.--Irene Wilson,
alias Mrs, Bertha Welsh was with
Archie Thompson sentenced to from
five to rs years in the penitentiary
today for highway robbery. The
woman's husband had already receiv-
ed a similar sentence. They were con
victed Of Turing Joseph Feederwitz. a
saloonkeeper, to convenient spot
and robbing him of $S25.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
THE STRIKE SEASON.

BUTTE, Mont, May l,-Breweries
all over this state, carpenters and
painters in Great Falls and brick
layers in Butte are out. or about to
go out on strike. The brewers, who
number about 200 in the state, were
ordered to quit work at midnight.
Two points are at issue, one in regard
to hours and wages and the other as
TO jurisdiction, All demand slight
increase in wages.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
PIONEER MINISTER
DIES IN PORTLAND
Rev. Wm Travis a Prominent Sunday SChOO
Teacher and Educator Passes Away

Mark Hanna, Rev John Griggs, Cen
eral +, Z. McCook and several Others
who afterwards became prominent in
the affairs of this country Mr. Travis
is survived by three sons and one
daughter as follows; John L, Travis,
city editor Of the Portland Journal;
William Travis, Jr, an architect,
Joseph Travis, newspaper man. aud
Mrs, Robert F, Shaw Of Lansing,
Mich.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
A LOVE MYSTERY.

ELKHART, Ind, May /.
Lavergne Roeder was shot yester
in the parlor at the home Of the I
ents Of his sweetheart Leona Le
ton. The county coroner is max
an investigation to determine VIII
Ter she committed suicide or was n
dered, A revolver was found I
Roeder's body and brother Of
girl maintains that Roeder shot 4
self while he, Lewiston, was out'
the room. Roeder and Miss Levi1
had quarreled and he went to
home to bid her gooy-bye prior to
departure for California. Miss II
tons parents had forbidden Ro
coming to their house. The girl
in an upstairs room at the time
the shooting.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
BALBOA NoWi

PANAMA, April 1.-The Panama
Canal authorities, having received the
approval of President Obaldia have
decided to change the name Of La
Boca, the Pacific terminal Of the
canal to Balboa in honor Vasco
Nunez Balboa who in 1918 discov-
cred the. Pacific Ocean,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
A RAILROAD WIRELESS.

NEW YORK, May l.--James A.
Henderson Of Chicago, who is build
ing a railroad system throughout
Honduras, and who is in New York
contracting for supplies, announced
today that he would equip his line
with wireless telegraphy He said he
would have four principal stations
and that there would be central points
for the collecting and distributing
messages from and for stations all
through that country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
RAILROAD RATE CASE.

JEFFERSON CITY, May THE
supreme court Of Missouri today is
sued restraining order against Judge
Williams Of the St Louis circuit
court prohibiting him from proceed
ing with the railroad rate case filed IA
the court BY the district attorney.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
BLACK HAND OUTRAGE.

CHICAGO, May 1.--What IS be-
lieved to have been an attempt Of the
Black Hand to kill Detective Longo.
gard, one Of the police Of the "Black
Hand Squad" was made last night.
Two men stabbed him in the wrist
with stilletto and then ran away
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02

PORTLAND, May Rev VIM.
Travis, the pioneer Of the movement
for the graded school education, and
the American forerunner and advo-
cate Of the present education system
Of the United States since 1888, also
prominent as minister and Sunday
school missionary Of the Oregon
Presbytery died in this city today
aged IS years Among his early
pupils are many men Of note such az
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY

Coast League.
Portland 2, Oakland 0.
San Francisco &, Sacramento 3.
Los Angeles 4, Vernon 2.
Northwest League.
Spokane II, Portland 4.
Seattle 8. Tacoma s.
Seattle 8. Tacoma ,.
Vancouver O. Aberdeen 3.
American League.
Chicago .cleveland-No game; cold
and showing.
Boston Washington - No game;
rain.
4, Detroit S, 81. Louis q
National League.
Philadeiphia-New York-No game;
wet grounds.
Pittsburg. chieago-No game; wet
grounds.
Brooklyn Hoston--No game; rain.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02

sentence at McNeilPs Island. II
convicted BY F i Heney durin
land fraud trials. Medium
brought 10 Portland to testify
John Fl, Hall case regarding q
G. Brownell, a witness, but wa
permitted on the stand. Efforts
been made for some time past
cure tile pardon Of Meldrum d
wife and relatives.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
PARDON ASKED FOR
HENRY MELDRJIlI
Is Serving a Sentence at MCNieHs Island for @
pIicity in the Land Frauds in Oregon

WASHINGTON, May 1.-Applica-
tion has been made for pardon for
Henry Meldrum, whose term Of Inn
prisonment for land frauds is about to
expire. The pardon is sought to re-
store Meldrum's citizenship.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN.

MERCER, May l,--Jas, H, Boyle,
charged with kidnapping Willie Whit
la has suffered a nervous breakdown,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
STORM IS STILL
ON RAMPAGE
Several Vessels on the Great
Lakes Are Known 10 Have
Been Lost In Gale
THE DEATH LIST IS GROWING

News Of Additional Deaths Through
Southern States Are Being Received
But Total Loss VIII Not be Known
For Several DayA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02

PORTLAND, May Henry Mel
drum, ex-United States Surveyor
General for Oregon, is now serving a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
HAND IN
EVIDENCE
Police Capture SIcIIian Who IL
Member Of the Black Hand
In Chicago
KNOWS or SEVERAL MURDERS

Told Graphic Story Which May Put
Some Light on the Murder Of Jo1
seph PetrOsino Who Was Killed II
New York Some Time Ago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-02
PORTLAND HAS A
SMALL BLAZE
Alder Street ROOming House the
Scene Of Early Morning Fire
In Metropolis
AN ACTOR SAVES THE INMATES

Fifteen Persons and -Four Small Chill
dren Were Routed Out Of Their
Beds at an Early Hour With Only
Night Clothes and Escape.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

Continues From FIFet Paae)
olutions and the Spanish artillery and
the cavalry.
Many interior points reported riot
and incendiarism, but the movement
was scattered without apparent cen
trail organization or a leader. In the
north there were fears that Don
Jaime, the new Carlist leader. would
take advantage of the situation by
renewing the Carlist movement
against the dynasty
A late dispatch announced that the
captain general at Barcelona tele-
graphed the government that he was
master Of the situation, the revolu-
tionists having surrendered. He gave
the number of victims as very great,
Twenty three buildings were de-
stroyed by artillery. The leaders of
the rebels were tried by military
court martial and summarily execut-
ea.
Spanish war ships went to the re-
lief of the defeated army in Morocco
and reported Smelling the Moorish
forces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

OF the eight-hOUr struggled the re-
ceiptS exceeded one million dollars
yearly, and in the latter year the ex-
pendituTes were SI,642,44I.94.
From membership of 25,I65 in
1891 the union has grown TO a mem
beTship in 1909 of AHA Local
unions had on hand May 81 local
funds aggregating S261945-73
There are $50 local unions in as
many cities in the United States and
Canada.
Life Insurance Next.
AT the coming 55tL annual session
Of the organization at st. Joseph. Mo-
August to IA, the question of fur
nlsnlng life insurance to members
will be taken up and probably sub
mItted to a referendum vote of the
members for ratification. 1t is also
likely that the amount Of the burial
benefit Will be increased.
The printers of the country are
proud of the progress Of their organ
izatiOn, and are seeking in every way
to increase it's beneficial features as
we'll as to improve the efficiency of
the members to their employers.
With the latter end in view, the union
is now giving to Its members at low
cost, a supplemental course in tech
meal trade education, including de-
signing, color work, etc, superintend-
ed by board of the most capable
men in the industry.
Other trades unions may well
model their methods after the print
eTs' union, to the end of eliminating
disastrous strikes and lOckout6.
Local II Years Old.
The local branch of the Interna-
tional typographical Union was char
tered II years ago and is today in
prosperous condition, with practically
all members employed. 1t is likely
the anniversary, occurring August 10,
will be celebrated Wfah an outing for
the members and their friends.
International officers are James NJ.
Lynch, of Syracuse, n. Y, president,
and Jno. w. Hays, of Minneapolis,
secretary treasurer, with headquar-
tiers at indianapolis, Ind
Local officers are l. P. Head. preSi-
dent; F w Dennis, Jr-, Vice-pTeSi-
dent, and Edward P. Preston, secre-
taTy-tTeasuT9T.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

In this day of the so-caIled labor
problem, and when the relations be-
tween capital and labor are so fire.
outs and injunction suits. too often
accompanied by violence and invaria-
bly, by great financial loss to the con-
testants, it is refreshing and interest
ing to note the progress made by at
least one great labor organization to-
ward the establishment of amicable
relations with employers and yet
gaining for its members improved
working conditions and shorter hours,
along with equitable wage scale in
creaseS.
The international Typographical
Union has often peen referred to as
an almost ideal trade union. It's
methods have been worked out
gradually during d period of fifty-five
years, its relations with employing
printers having grown more and more
harmonious with each passing year.
Arbitration is provided for in prac-
tically all of its wage scale contracts
with employers in the larger cities,
and a national arbitration board, com
posed of representatives of the union
and employers association holds
headquarters of the union, at which
meetings all differences between local
organizations are adjusted. This
method of settling trade disputes is
being gradually extended to the
smaller cities in which there are
branches of the printers union, and
within the next five or ten years
stsikes or Iock-oUts in the printing
trades will be practically unknown.
Employers Satisfied.
Almost without exception, the pub
fishers and master printers of the
country are pleased with their reIa-
tions with their employees under union
jurisdiction. They have come to
recognize the eight-hour day as the
best work day for themselves and
their employees. They prefer collect
i've bargaining for labor, at a stated
price to them and their competitors,
to individual contracts and cut
throat competition. And almost every
employer of union printers will say
that the thing which has tended more
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
SPENCER TELLS
Of THE THEFTS
FACED ELIJAH STEVENS, AN
OTHER NEGRO IN JAIL, AND
DECLARED THE LATTER I'M
PLIcATED.

Last night when Willie Spencer,
the alleged leader of the robbing
gang, was carried before Elijah
Stevens, a member Of the gang con-
fined here in the county Jail, there
was quite a furry of argument be-
tween the two. Stevens tried to deny
being connected with a certain theft
wherein a ladies' purse was stolen
containing $25 in bills. Spencer,
however, held him to the robbery and
SAID:
You bought them there tan shoes
you got on right now with part of
that money. You got them from
PoTter's Bazaar"
Later it was discovered that the
sewerage drain from the Jail was
stopped and on investigation it was
found that Stevens or some one had
attempted to conceal the shoes by
putting them into the sewerage. One
of the shoes become fastened and he
was unable to remove it.
Another negro, Evan Stevens, who
II is said. belongs to this same gang,
was arrested yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

Of per cent; grain, bun and split
leather seven and one half per cent;
boots and shoes, the upper leather of
which is made from such hides, 10
per cent; harness and saddlery, 20
per cent.
This schedule of rates will result
in a reduction of Is per cent on
boots and shoes, 20 per cent on har-
ness and saddlery, Is per cent on
sole leather and twelve and one-half
per cent on leather for uppers, il
made of the hides that are put on
the free list
BituminOus coal is reduced from 81
cents per ton to IS cents and there
Is also a reduction on gun powder.
matches and cartridges.
Agricultural implements go OF
from 20 per cent ad valorem to Is
per cent, and the older works Of art
are placed upon the free list.
Petroleum, which received much
attention in both houses, slips through
without any duty, countervailing or
otherwise. and most of It's products
come under the same terms.
The customs court was retained
and it's headquarters fixed in Wash
ington. The principal difficulty in
the way of a clearly detailed com
parison between the present so-called
Dingley law and the new bill lies in
the 1act that in most of the more i'm
portant sharply contested provisions
and schedules, a radical re-aTrange-
ment of classification, and a shifting
from specific to ad valorem duties,
leave few common terms for COM
paTiSOn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
SOPCHOPPY.
Special to The journal.


SOpchOppy, Fla, July 30.-Chas,
Taylor. of Mcintyre. was up this week
buying lumber to build a summer
home at st. Teresa.
John c. Trice, ex-editor of the
Tallahassean, paid Tallahassee a bus
iress call this week.
DR.. S. Z. Clinard has returned from
a business trip to Cambridge, Ga.
The w. G.. Rouse Lumber COM
pany's mil is running on full time,
having large orders and plenty Of
them.
The recent rains are interfering
with the farmers gathering fodder.
The big crowds continue to go u
Panacea Springs. where their health
is restored.
School COMMENCED, with Editor Joe
H. Gray principal and Miss Eva
Hodge, assistant, with an enrolment
Of IS and more coming in daily.
The SOpchoppy Lumber and Manu-
featuring company is running on fun
time
The payday envelopes make the
smile that won't come of.
Municipal politics is quiet, and 1t
seems the present mayor will be re-
elected
Mr.. A. B. VIM, turpentine and
savmill operator six miles East OF
here, who had the misfortune to get
his mill burned two months ago, has
just got his new mill and will be
cutting lumber shortly
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

than any other cause to these salts
factory relations is the adherence of
the union to it's contracts and its
Willingness to meet employers in con-
ference without unwarranted and eX-
pensive strikes
True, the printers have had some
strikes, and more lOck-outs, the chief
struggle of its existence being the
great eight-hour strike and lockout,
instituted January l, 1876, and prac-
tically concluded early in 1908. This
strike cost the union nearly four mil
lion dollars in money and loss of time,
but it secured lasting peace and an
eight-hOur day, for the 10000 to 15,-
900 men involved.
Unions Many Benefits.
The typographical union pays a
funeral benefit of SIS, supplemented
usually by local benefits.
Any member over so years of age
who has been for twenty years a
member is entitled to a pension OF
SIG per month from the international
union. During the fiscal year 19OS-g
S67,5SO was expended for these pen
sions.
A splendid home and tuberculosis
sanitaTium is maintained at Colorado
Springs, Col, for aged and infirm and
afflicted members, this institution
being wholly free to members. To
maintain this home costs annually
about $4,000
In addition to pension and home
expenditures, special out work,
strike and other benefits for the ifs
cal year amounted to s116.468.67, and
burial benefits to S3S, 175.00-a total
of expenditures for the year of S222,-
223.67. Every cent of this money was
derived from small monthly assess
ments on a total membership of A.
ia.
Total receipts for the year were
$47S, 1885. The balance in the gen
eraI fund May 81 was $98,961; in the
pension fund $3.50, 1917.
Since 1891, the date of establishing
burial benefits, the union has collect
ed from all sources $6,1SS,045-75, and
paid out s5.950.858.90. leaving a cash
balance on hand May 81, 1909, of
S25S, 728.47
For the years 1906 and 1907 years
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

one of the unfortunate girls mention
co in his own will. Il have heard
that she is trying to lead 4 better
life" he explained, and you would
pull her down"
Jerome dropped this line of inter
IOgatiOn-
Thaw declared that mis- valet Red
fOTd's death was indirectly due to mis-
treatment by the district attorney S
office. Although Bedford was sick,
the witness said, he was compelled TO
wait about Jerome's office for two
days without food. At the end o:
that time he was sent to the hospital,
where he died of appendicitis.
Jerome introduced Thaw's notes on
the conduct of his lawyers at the two
trials, in which the attorneys were
Torndly censuTed-
Il hate to read these" remarked
the prisoner. Il am afraid these
gentlemen may come in here and tes-
tify that I'm insane
NO danger" said Jerome.
Thaw was excused at noon by Je-
rome after two hours questioning.
His counsel said he would put him
on the stand later.
Then Justice Mills went to the
heart of the case with a series of
questions:
DO you thoroughly believe what
you told DR.. Evans as to your belief
regarding White? Were your beliefs
hcnest?"
Distinctly, yes"
You say Evans was given to I'M
derstand by outside sources that your
beliefs were unfOunded and that this
led him to report you as insane?'
Yes"
at the present time do you hold
the same belief as to Whites pTac-
tiCes?"
81 found was mistaken in some
things"
But in substance. do you believe
that White committed these offenses
against young girls?"
Yes"
DO you hold that you had ample
evidence-have you more evidence
on that subject than the statements
of various women who said they had
lost their viTtue?"
Yes sir; Mr. Comstock"
Put Mr.. ComstOck told you that
he could not cOrrObOrate this and
make certain proOf?"
NO, Mr. ComstOck told me he had
uEmistakable proof and | thought his
Judgment was better than mine
Did you consider the statements
of abandoned women to be trust
worthy evidence?"
BY no means"
How long before Whites death
did you have these fixed ideas as 70
his aCtS?''
las early as June, 1903"
The hearing was then adjourned
until Monday
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31

tcontInusd From First Paae)
The sooner their minds concentrate
on their exhibits, the better and the
bigger they will be, the more COM
plete viii be the demonstration of the
advantages of this section for agri-
culture. and the better the results Of
the fair will be as a magnificent
force in the development of this
whole section.
Remember in Macbeth the musiny
words in contemplation Of the muir
der / think they go like this:
T'were well IL done quickly In
other words. the sooner the better
Now, we are planning 10 murder an
evil spirit that has long kept this
country, blessed by God with incom-
parable advantages, from coming into
Its own, and the sooner We do the JOB
the better it will be done That's
why l am impatient. perhaps. The
committee has done SplendidIx IA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
TEXANS FIGHT.

Paris, Texas, July 3O.-Paul WEIGH,
a wealthy farmer living at Summer,
a small town near here, shot and
killed Russell Ward early today as
the result OF a dispute over the pos
session OF two little orphan girls, sis
ters of the slain man. who have been
making their home with WEIGH. Ward
wanted to remove them to an asylum
and secured an order from the court,
after Welch refused to give them up
He attempted to secure them on the
order and was killed. Welcn was ar
rested and brought here for safe
keeping
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
MILTON.
speeIaI 20 The Journal.

Special TO The Journal
Milton, July 30-MisS Tervine
Mrs. J. D. Newton.
Mrs. A II. Smith and little son left
this week to spend a month in Allan
ia, Ga.
Miss Bessie Ellis spent Sunday in
Pensacola.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Harrison were
visitors to Pensacola Tuesday.
S J. Harvey was in Pensacola Fri
day.
MIS-. T. F. West and children left
Wednesday to spend few weeks in
Georgia.
Hon. ]. w. Kehoe. of Pensacola.
was here Thursday.
DR.. P. E. Dey, from Pine Barren,
Fla. is spending this week with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dey-
]. D. Newton made a business trip
to Andalusia this week.
]. F. POOre was in Pensacola We'd
nesday.
Miss Ruth Balentine. of DeFuniak,
is visiting Miss Addie Stewart.
Miss Cora King, from Pensacola, is
visiting Miss Bertha Dawson.
Miss Mack Hodgkins is visiting
friends in Pensacola.
Milton was well represented at the
picnic at Magnolia Bluff on Thursday
as sc tickets were sold here.
Miss Willie Ollinger, of Mobile, Is
visiting her sister. Mrs. J. b Ellis.
Mrs. NJ. L. McWhorter left Thurs
day to visit her daughter. Mrs Louise
Doty. at Andalusia, Ala,
Mrs. NJ. J. Cooper. Of Mariana. is
the guest of Mrs. William Barry.
Miss Belle Roberts, from FIorala,
spent a few days this week with the
home folks"
Miss Cordia Angling, Of Apalachi-
cola, is visiting her sister, Mrs. c. =
Mason.
Mrs. J. A. Chaffin, from Pensacola,
spent Monday here with her daughter,
Mrs. Tom West.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-07-31
MISS JANET HARRIS
OFF FOR BOSTON.

Miss Janet Harris will leave next
week for Boston, where she goes 10
take a special course in art. She will
be accompanied as far as Atlanta by
her mother, Mrs. J. 3. Harris, who
will visit in that city a few weeks be-
fore returning home. Miss Harris
was g member of the last class OF
graduates from the Pensacola High
school and she held a high place as
winner OF the Blount composition
medal In addition to her various &C
compIishments she has a special tai
ent for art, and is going to Boston to
perfect her work in that branch.