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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GENERAL STRIKE
BEGINS
St. Petersburg Again
in Darkness.
SIGNS POINT TO DICTATORSHIP
Grand Duke Nicholas to Lead
Fight on Reds.
MORE MUTINIES BREAK OUT
Moscow Regiment at St. Petersburg
and Artillery In Poland Revolt.
Governor of Samara Blown
to Pieces by Bomb.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 4 (2:45 A. M.)
St. Petersburg Is In darkness tonight
The employes of the electric lighting
plants, always the earliest barometric
. record of political conditions, ceased work
during the afternoon In obedience to the
call for a general strike. This call al
ready has been obeyed by 20,000 factory
hands In the capital. It will be Impossi
ble, however, to predict the success of
this universal political strike until Mon
day, as the workmen In St. Petersburg
and the provinces have two holiday
Saturday, which is the fete day of the
Dowager Empress and a great religious
feast, and their regular holiday of Sun
day. The only other available index to the
situation Is the railroads. Up to 2 o'clock
this morning the railroad men have not
heeded the call for a general strike, ex
cept in the cases of an insignificant
bobtail line running to Sestroretzk and
other shore resorts In the vicinity of
St. Petersburg. The men of this road
barricaded the line, with the result that
they had an Important collision with Cos
racks last night.
Will Make Grand Dnke Dictator. 1
In the meantime the fate of the Stoly
pln Cabinet sways In the balance and
Russia, Is upon the verge of disorders
whlch may lead to the reign of either
the military or the proletariat. It can
be stated definitely that the steps toward
a dictatorship may be taken Sunday or
Monday by the nomination of Grand
Duke Nicholas to the chief command of
all the troops In Russia. This would
virtually place hlra In control of all the
disturbed districts of the empire where
martial law has been proclaimed.
This matter was a subject of earnest
discussion during the Interview between
the Emperor and Premier Stolypln yes
terday, from which the Premier returned
In a greatly vexed state of mind. The
revolutionist outbreak at Sveaborg and
Cronstadt and the mutiny on board the
cruiser Pamyatazova gave the tone to
the conversation between his majesty and
the Premier. These events, although they
have ended fortunately, apparently have
left a strong Impression upon the mind
of the Emperor. The Associated Press
has been Informed from a high source that
the nomination of Grand Duke Nicholas
to the post of commander-in-chief, If
made, will be announced as "for the
purpose of harmonizing the activity of
all troops without reference to political
affalra," but Premier Stolypln is scarcely
disposed to regard the nomination in this
light.
One Disturbance Avoided.
One element of possible disorder for
tomorrow has been removed by the de
cision of the widow of M. Hertzensteln,
the ex-Deputy who wag murdered at
Terlokl, to Inter his body at Teriokl and
hold services there and at Moscow. The
Prefect of Police of St. Petersburg to
day appealed to Mme. Hertzensteln to
cancel the procession here, saying it
probably would result In great disorder,
which he was resolved to suppress at
whatever cost. After consultation with
the Constitutional Democratic committee,
Mme. Hertzensteln agreed to this.
The pickets of cavalry and Infantry
were the most conspicuous features on
the streets of St. Petersburg last night.
Business houses generally have boarded
up their windows as they did in the days
of the great October strike. Practically
all of the street cars in the city have
stopped running, and the cab drivers are
threatening to cease work today.
Arms Factory Strongly Guarded.
A dispatch received by the Associated
Press from Sestroretz says that heavy re
inforcements are being poured in there,
evidently In fear of an attack upon the
government large and small arms factory
located In that suburb.
The long-distance telephone station was
occupied last night by half a company of
Infantry in order to prevent the antici
pated attempt of the revolutionists to
sever telephonlo communication between
here and Moscow, and the last train In
from Moscow brought railroad officials
who had collected the funds at the vari
ous Intermediate stations to prevent their
seizure In case of a strike.
It was announced at the Admiralty last
night that the drumhead court-martial
proceedings at Cronstadt probably will be
suspended with the execution of seven
ringleaders of the mutiny -who were con
demned to death Thursday. The other
mutineers will be subjected to trial by
the regular court-martial, which will be
convened after the customary delays.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 4. (4:15 A. A.)
The electrio light service was restored
PROGRESS OF REVOLCTION.
Alexander II emancipates 23,000.000
serfs In 1861.
Nobles vainly petition for repre
sentative government; 1801 and 1865.
Reactionary policy of centralization,
religious Intolerance and tyranny fle-
veloped after Polish revolt; 1863-"64.
Nihilistic revolutionary plots ana
murderous attempts on the life of the
Crar and high official.; 1877-1862.
Emperor Alexander murdered by
revolutionists; 1SS1.
Revolutionary plots, outbreaks and
murders; 1885 and 18S7.
Nihilist outrages, student riots,
Jews persecuted: 1800.
Finland Russtanlied and despoiled
of liberties; 1890 to 190.
Studont demonstrations of revolu
tionary nature; 1889-1601.
Bloody agrarian outbreaks and In-,
dustrlal strikes and riots In towns;
1902.
MlnUter of Interior Slplagln. mur
dered; 1002.
Revolutionary demonstrations In
many leading cities; 1902.
Famine and industrial distress breed
discontent and desperation; 1901-1902.
Disastrous war with Japan under
mines Imperial prestige and augments
unrest; 1904.
Governor-General Bobrikoff, Finland,
and Minister of the Interior von
Flehve murdered; 1904.
Zemstvos meet in St. Petersburg,
favored by Prince Sviatopolk-JMlrsky;
November, 30O4.
Riotous strikes follow mutinous
demonstrations by reservists called
Into service; November, 1604, and
January, 1906.
Czar by ukase gTants many reforms
demanded by temstvos; December,
1P04.
Demands from all sides for elective
legislative assembly; beginning De
cember, 1904.
Troops tire on workmen who march
to "Winter Palace for the purpose of
presenting petitions to the Czar;
2000 killed; January 22, 1905.
Serious riots and strikes throughout
Russia and Poland; January. 1905. to
the present time.
Czar by ukase grants religious
freedom; April, 1905.
Czar announces calling of legislative
assembly, August 19, 1905.
Manifesto directing elections . for
legislative assembly Issued; October
31. 1905.
Douma assembles; May 10. 1905.
Douma dissolved; July 23, 1(K",.
early this morning by sailors of the tech
nical corps.
ARTILLERY IX OPEX REVOLT
Drive Out Officers and Receive Cos
sacks With Grape-Shot.
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 3. A portion
of the troops In the Summer Rembertoff,
near here, mutinied yesterday and are In
open revolt today. The artillerymen
have driven their officers Out of their
quarters. A squadron of Cossacks sent to
overpower the mutineers was received
with grapeshot. Details are lacking, as
extraordinary precautions are being taken
to prevent the facts becoming public.
REBELS FIRE BIG WOODYARDS
Hope to Rescue Imprisoned Leaders
During Confusion.
HARKOV, Aug. 3. Fire broke out in
several large woodyards In the vicinity
of the prison today. This evidently was
a device on the part of revolutionaries,
who hoped to free political leaders dur
ing the confusion. The authorities are
apprehensive of a renewed effort to the
same end.
GOVERNOR BLOWS TO PIECES
Killed by Bomb, Thrower of Which
Is Captured.
SAMARA, Russia, Aug. 3. The Gover
nor of this city -was Instantly killed to
day by a bomb thrown by an assassin,
who was subsequently arrested. The
Governor's head and feet were torn off
by the explosion.
WILD MOB RULES WARSAW
ANARCHISTS LOOT SHOPS AXD
MURDER POLICE.
Horrible Atrocities Committed by
Armed Bands of Revolutionists.
Authorities Are Powerless.
WARSAW, Aug. 3. (Special.) Anarch
ists engaged In one of the wildest all
night orgies, commencing last evening,
ever seen In this city. Outrages of all
kinds were committed everywhere. Pro
fessional anarchists flourished red flags
and they were Joined by bands of revolu
tionists. Anarchy raged uncontrolled In
the streets.
Shouting that all property should be dis
tributed, mobs smashed doors and win
dows of shops in the principal commercial
streets and plundered them. Goods were
dragged Into the streets, fought over, par
tially destroyed and carried away by riot
ers. The law-abiding populace was panic
stricken. Householders locked their doors
and stayed Inside while lawlessness and
outrage held high carnival. The police
were powerless to cope with the rioters.
Those who tried to Interfere were shot
down or clubbed to death, some of the
killings being accompanied by horrible
tortures.
The commander of the gendarmerie,
with his wife and son, attempted to drive
through the streets early In the evening
in a carriage. Although the orgy had not
reached its height, the carriage was
stopped and the occupants dragged to the
pavement. While the mother was forced
to witness the tragedy, the boy was shot
and beaten to death. Then she and her
husband were riddled with bullets.
At an early hour this morning the car
nival of murder and rapine was being
continued.
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
AT
Swarming House Flies
Carry Contagion.
BOARD OF HEALTH ALARMED
Closes Three Filthy, Pest
Breeding Soup Kitchens.
BLAMED FOR THE PLAGUE
Several Private Restaurants Con
demned, in Like Manner Water
, Is Pure, but Preparation
of Food a Menace.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. (Special.)
The Board of Health last night adopted
resolutions declaring three of the Relief
Corporation's soup kitchens unsanitary
and a menace to public health, and or
dered them closed. Of the condemed
kitchens one Is at Harbor View, one at
the corner of Nineteenth and Dolores
streets, and ohe on California street be
tween Sixth and Seventh. The latter is
known as "The Nieto" kitchen.
"The closing of these kitchens," Bald
Dr. Ward, of the Health Board, "was In
tended as a distinct warning to the Re
lief Corporation that the plain rules
of decent sanitation must be complied
with- If these kitchens are not put Into
sanitary condition they must shut their
doors. We are threatened with an epi
demic of typhoid; from house flies, not
from city water, for that has been an
alyzed and found pure. It Is not a water
epidemic, but has come In the wake of
the establishment of the soup kitchens.
There are swarms of house flies come
Into contact with the food and the disease
Is carried In this way.
Centers About the Kitchens.
"So far as the Board of Health has
power, these kitchens and all others as
filthy, are to be closed. Those who main
tain them, If they are to be kept open,
must answer for the results. The typhoid
cases that fave developed are centered
In the neighborhood of these. kitchens."; '
Dr. Ward backs his contention that the
soup kitchens are unsanitary with photo
graphs of the three places, showing the
filthy conditions existing. One picture
shows a milk can and a garbage can on
the same bench; another shows slop
buckets at the entrance of a kitchen;
another is of a kitchen with Its screen
door wide open, admitting swarms of
flies.-
Where the Danger Lies.
"The condition Is not serious merely
because there are a' few cases of typhoid
In the city," Dr. Ward continued. "These
conditions could be met if we had the
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means to meet them. But at present we
have not the means; we have only six
sanitary inspectors, for example, to cover
the whole city. The board has made ap
plication for 28 more. We are -without
laboratories and without the men or
funds with -which to fight an epidemic.
That la what makes the situation so
grave.
"The board. In considering the situa
tion, has called Into counsel the best
medical talent in the city. On Tuesday
night Dr. Alonzo Taylor, Dr. Terry, Dr.
Langley Porter, Dr. Gunn, Dr Frank
heimer and Dr. Galloway met with the
Health Commission for the purpose of
discussing conditions. It .was decided
that unless proper precautionary meas
ures are at once taken the? situation will
become alarming. It was at this meet
ing that the closing of the three soup
kitchens was decided to be necessary."
Private Cafes Condemned.
The Board of Health did not stop at
soup kitchens. It also condemned, on
account of their filthy and unsanitary
conditions, several restaurants, cafes and
lunch counters and ordered them sup
pressed, by arrest, if necessary.
The board adopted the budget estimated
for the sanitation of refuge camps,
amounting to ,33,433, and also the esti
mate of 314,000 for the eradication of ty
phoid fever.
MAYOR SCHMITZ TAKES HAND
Attempts to Prevent Street Railway
Tle-Up in Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. Despite
the difficulties that confront the
United Railroads and threaten any day
to tie up the entire system, the com
pany has assumed an indifferent atti
tude toward the various, unions that
have declared a strike againut them,
and express confidence in handling the
situation. Thornwall Mullaley, assist
ant to President Calhoun, has decide!
to have nonunion men take the places
of the strikers until Mr. Calhoun ar
rives from the East to take action on
the problem that now confronts the
corporation.
Mayor Schmltz was in conference
with Mr. Mullaley today, and It is un
derstood that the general strike which,
threatens the road was discussed, al
though no statement of what trans
pired at the conference was made pub
lic. As a result, however, it is be
lieved that the Mayor will take some
steps to avert the threatened strike.
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS
Relief Corporation Will Expend
$3,600,000 in Burned City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. Thomas Ma
Gee, chairman of the lands and buildings
committee of the San Francisco Relief
and Red Cross Funds Corporation, has,
with the formal sanction of the latter,
ann&uneed what his committee intends to
do toward building homes for San Fran
ciscans who were burned out, or advanc
ing them cash for that purpose. His an
nouncement Involves four distinct propo
sitions, aggregating 33.600,000. One sets
aside 3500,000 to be used In sums of a00,
the latter being the amount to be given
the owner of a lot as a bonus toward pay
ing for a new home.
The sum of J2,6O,0OO Is to be used to
build cottages, two-story dwellings and
flats. These are to be sold on the Install
ment plan, on easy terms.
The third proposition Is to' spend 3100,000
for a home for aged and Infirm people on
the almshouse tract.
The fourth proposition Involves the use
of 3500,000 in loans to owners or tenants
for building purposes.
Lesparre Given 80-Year Term.
FOIX, France, Aug. 3. (Special.) A
verdict of guilty was returned today In
the trial of the adventurer, swindler and
bigamist who calls himself Viscount de
Lesparre, against whom crimes enough
have been charged to merit imprisonment
for over a century. His sentence was
fixed at 80 years.
T
RADE CHECKED BY
F
Congestion on Rail and
Water Lines Serious.
TERMINALS HERE INADEQUATE
Yard Facilities Have Not Kept
Pace With City's Growth.
STEAMER : SERVICE POOR
General Manager Schwerin, of Har
riman Water Lines, Blamed Be
cause He Has Failed to Pro
vide Adequate Vessels.
Congestion of freight, by rail and sea,
greatly hampers the trade of Portland,
due to shortage of cars and slow railroad
transportation. Insufficient terminal fa
cilities. Inadequate steamship service with
San Francisco, small wharfage and the
seamen's strike. It Is not a freight tie
up, but a narrowing and obstructing of
the channels of traffic, such as exasper
ates merchants In many lines of business,
jobbers and lumbermen.
Shipments to San Francisco by rail have
practically ceased and those to other Cal
ifornia points have been very greatly cur
tailed. Rail shipments from California
are small and slow In transit. The steam
ship service of the Harriman line be
tween Portland and San Francisco is very
unsatisfactory, both In freight and pas
senger facilities, and cannot relieve the
freight congestion, although more boats
and better are promised within the next
two weeks.
On the Northern Pacific, cars likewise
are hard to get, and as a lumberman
said yesterday, are scarcer even than on
the Southern Pacific, complaints against
the O. R. & N. are fewer than against
either of the two other large railroads
entering Portland. ,
In the terminal yards of this city delays
of from three to five days are common
between the time of arrival of the cars
and their switching , to the team tracks
for unloading. Although traffic In freight
terminal yards Is checked by the car
shortage, more cars are arriving and go
ing out than the Terminal Company has
facilities for handling promptly. One of
the officers of the company said two days
ago that, while the yards have facilities
for handling 500 cars a day, they are
called upon to handle 750 cars. The re
sult is that cars are slow to reach their
team tracks after' arrival, and the fur
ther tardiness of consignees in unloading
the cars adds to the long delays.
City Has Outgrown Facilities.
All these facts show that Portland,
growing rapidly In freight shipments, has
REIGHT
BLOCKADE
distanced Its railroad, terminal and
steamship facilities. And because most
ot those shipments are over Harriman
transportation lines, and Harriman inter
ests control the terminals, Portland's
plaint Is directed mostly at the Harriman
managers, who are said not to have kept
traffic capacities up with the growth of
this city's business.
This plaint Is loud In the business cir
cles of this city, voiced loudest by job
bers and lumbermen, who ask how these
transportation lines, if choked with, traffic
now, are going to carry the crops that
are soon to be coming to market, mostly
wheat and hops. That the local officers
of the lines are doing their best to
relieve the situation Is fully realised, but
shippers have learned that they are not
clothed with the authority that Is neces
sary for taking Portland conditions in
hand.
It is realized by shippers that a large
part of the rail trouble comes from the
car blockade In San Francisco and Oak
land, where 7000 cars are tied up on side
tracks, unloaded. For this reason they
look with a degree of leniency on the
car shortage, even though It Is constrict
ing their business. But they do not ex
cuse the poor steamship service, which
they maintain should have been kept up
to such an efficiency that it could have
conveyed the surfeit of rail freight. In
stead, the water route surfeit has been
dependent on the clogged rail lines, be
cause only one steamship, the Barra
couta, was on the run during a period of
six weeks. Now the Costa Rica has been
added and there is promise that the Co
lumbia will be back on the route In ten
days or two weeks and that the steam
ship Artec may be put on also.
Poor Steamship Service Blamed.
The common complaint In Portland is
that, while the rail lines could probably
have rendered better service, haj the
Harriman managers at San Francisco
looked after this city's Interests, not
withstanding the after-earthquake con
gestion, the real blame should be put on
the steamship service, which Is managed
by R. P. Schwerin, at Sah Francisco, who
is in charge of the Harriman water lines.
This complaint Portland shippers lay im
mediately .. at Mr. Echwerln's door, be
cause he Is the man In control of the
water line and the local representatives
of the line have no authority to carry
out what they see Is best for the Inter
ests of the steamship company and of the
shippers.
It is cited in Jobbing circles that two
firms of Portland had about 310,000
worth of freight In the Bay City,
put In on the dock there for Bhlpment on
the Harriman line that of the San Fran
cisco Sc Portland Steamship Company
where It had lain six weeks. The ship
pers, after waiting until tired, demanded
It back, hoping to forward It by rail, but
the company refused to give it up. Fi
nally it arrived In Portland on the Bar
racouta on a Saturday night. On Sunday
nothing was done to unload it from the
vessel and it was not all on the wharf
until Tuesday. This delay was said to be
due to scarcity of longshoremen.
Freight Held Vp for Months.
Another Jobber cites that a quantity of
freight delivered to the Harriman line in
May did not all arrive in- Portland until
August 1, the first . Installment, having
reached this port June J. Still .another
complained that, being unable to secure
space on a Harriman steamer for a pro
duce shipment, he had to resort' to ah
Concluded on Page 4.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The. Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 83
deg. ; minimum, 53.
TODAY'S Fair and cooler. "Westerly winds
Russia.
General strike begins in St. Petersburg- and
will spread through empire. Page 1.
Czar about to appoint Grand Duke Nicholas
dictator. Page 1.
Mutiny In all Finnish forts called by Reds,
Page 5.
How cruiser Pamyat Azova was taken and
lost by mutineers. Page S.
Mutiny In Polish garrison town. Page 1.
Wild revolutionary orgie In Warsaw. Page 1.
Terrible destruction by bombardment of
Sveaborg. Page B.
Foreign.
Balfour accuses British Premier of breaking
filth and whole Unionist party leaves
House. Page 4.
German editors denounce Kaiser for calling
mem ignorant, fage z.
Great fire at Milan Exposition. Page 4.
National.
Postmsster Mlnto Just misses advance In
salary. Page 4.
Secretary Root leaves Rio for Montevideo.
Page 3. x
Disturbers In Government Prlntery Bis
charged. Page 2.
Domestic.
Three Finnish girls arrive at Boston tagged
for Portland. Or. Page 2.
New York female and child-labor law 'de
clared Invalid. Page 1.
Flood lays waste Hamburg. Pa. Page 8.
Death of Admiral Train. Page 3.
Sport.
The Broncho breaks three pacing records at
Cleveland. Page 7.
Beavers win from Seals at Oakland. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Dispute over reward for Outlaw Smith taken
Into court. Page 6.
Great Falls smelter strike settled. Page 6.
Dayton, Or., has S25.00O fire. Page 6.
Advance party of five Mazamas reaches
summit of Mount Baker. Page 6.
Oregon prune market depressed. Page 14.
Tunnel . fire blocks Southern Pacific coast
line. Page 6. ,
Commercial and Marine.
Portland sugar trade meets San Francisco
competition. Page 13.
Dealers skirmishing for bops. Page 15.
Sentiment in commercial circles more opti
mistic. Page 15.
Speculation In stocks less confident. Page 13.
Sentiment In Chicago wheat market bearish.
Page 15.
Big demand for vessels In coastwise lum
ber trade. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Portland's trade hampered by congestion of
freight on rail and water line and In
adequate terminal facilities. Page 1.
Arguments to Jury begin In Hendricks
land-fraud trial and case will go to Jury
-today. Page 10.
Carload of wormy peaches condemned by
Fruit Inspector here shipped to Seattle
on Northern Pacific Page 10.
Portland hotels enjoying busiest season In
history except during Lewis and Clark
Fair. Page 11.
Portland firemen must hereafter give five
days' notice of intention to resign or for
feit five days' pay. Page 18.
Portland commercial bodies plan to raise
fund to establish Portland-Alaskan steam
ship line. Page 10.
Park Board summarily dismisses Park
Superintendent Lowlts because he in
sulted one of Commissioners. Page 11.
Lawyer raises novel point la divorce suft,
contending residence of one year on part
of plaintiff is not necessary. Page
Chinese thief Inherits fortune. Page t.
MI'S RIGHT
TO
FemaleandChild Labor
Not Protected.
WORK AS LONG AS YOU PLEASE!
New York Law Restricting;
Hour9 Held Invalid.
WHY CONSIDER THE YOUNG
Court Ridicules Argument That CeIa
fare ot Future Generations Re j
quires Care for Health
of Mothers,
NEW TORK, Aug. 3. The state law ofi
New York restricting the labor by women
and children to 10 hours a day and SO
hours a week In a factory was declared
today by Justice Olmsted In a decision
handed down In the Court of Special Ses
sions, to be an unwarranted Invasion of
constitutional rights. The ruling "was
concurred In by Justices McKean and
Deul. Judge Olmsted declared that the)
law was class legislation.
Woman's Right to Labor.
Justice Olmstead said, In his decision: i
"To labor and employ labor are ln
herent and inalienable rights of our cltU
sens and cannot be taken away in whols
or in part unless upon the broad ground
of publio good, which must be apparent
and cannot be predicated upon legislative
dictum. It may be stated as a well-set-tied
legal proposition that the right to
labor and contract for that labor Is botbi
a liberty and a property right. 'When,
therefore, the Legislature enacts a stat
ute such as that under consideration. It
must be admitted that It has infringed
in the enactment the rights which are)
very clearly accorded by the constitution
to the individual citizen. The people,
therefore, are called upon to Justify this
Invasion, and there Is but one pica In Jus
tification that the statute was enacted;
to protect the comfort, welfare and safe
ty of the whole people, and the individual
must suffer this curtailment of his grant
ed rights In the Interest of the common
good.
' "Work as Long as She Pleases.
"The present constitution of the State)
of New York, was adopted in 1894 and be
came effective January 1, 1S95. All of the)
rights which an adult woman possessed!
at that time were unconfirmed by the)
document. One of those rights certainly
waa the right to contract for her labor
and to work when and where she pleased,
without reference to the position of thai
hands upon the dial of the clock. It waa
not until four years after that the law
making power sought to place the limit a
tion under consideration upon them.
What was the legislative Intent in doing
this? '
"The Attorney-General finds and urges
no other reason than that the general
welfare of the state demands that thsj
progeny of women of the factories shall
have mothers of healthy bodies to the endj
that the state may have sturdy citizens, ,
Interest of State in Children.
"Does the state look merely to the chil-e
dren of the factory for Its future good!
citizens? Why should the housewife, the)
woman who tolls at home. In mercantile)
houses. In offices, or she who tolls not all
all the society woman be exempt from
legislative interference. Injunctive on
mandatory, for the same reason? Some;
of them may be mothers of future citi
zens, and It should be of as great lnterestl
to the state that their progeny should
have proper birth and breeding to conserve)
Its welfare. If. this question ot future)
citizenship Is the only excuse for the as
sumption of police power, what becomesl
of the rights of the non-chlld-bearlng
women, a considerable class?" i
Appeal to Highest Court.
Attorney-General Mayer announced to
night that he would appeal from the d
clslon of the court.
'I will carry the case, if need be," he)
said, "to the Supreme Court of the United!
States, so long as the question of the con
stitutionality of the statute has been
raised."
EACH SIDE CLAIMS VICTonr
Lithographers and Employers Talk
Confidently of Success.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. Decidedly contra
dictory claims of success were made here)
today by the striking lithographers and by;
the employers. The former asserted that,
in consequence of a break In the ranks of
the Employing Lithographers' Association,
Ave leading members of that organization
had signed agreements for an eight-hour
day. On the other hand. It was Insisted
for the association that 85 per cent of th
employing lithographers throughout tha
country have refused the eight-hour day
and will fight the strike to the end.
Higglns Gives His Hollar.
NEW YORK. Aug. 3. Governor Hlg
gins sent his dollar yesterday to the Re
publican Congressional Campaign Com
mlttee. With It he sent this letter to
Representative Sherman, of the commit
tee: "Permit me to follow the splendid
example of President Roosevelt and toi
enolose my dollar as a contribution to
the campaign fund which the committee)
is raising."
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