r!1 - a . ... . . , VOLUME LVIV'0r; 0 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23. NUMBER 16. OREGON IS BEATEN BY HOME TEAM California Varsity Eleven Victo torious Over Visitors in Hard Fought Game by Score of 12 to 0. Webfootcrs Play Gritty Game and Do Well to Prevent Greater Score Being Made. WEST POINT DEFEATS YALE Army Team I'liiyx a Nplciidlri (Jnnie, Ncorlnif Ono Touch down mi Kim liy Torn') Full Lfiitfth of Field. Ilmkuley. cut. In u spirited foot Imll content California defeated Ore Ron today. 12-0. Oregon played n grit ly Kn unit did well to keep down the won. Lnloiiicltc, the Oregon tar, In the second half made it spectaculiir quarlwrhiick run of SO ynnlH. II brought tint bull near to a toihdown nil a fl'-lil goal was tried. Callfor nlu blocked the bull, spoiling Ore gon's chance of i liitf- Joe Tcmplrton'a punting wan pectae Ular, California mad the first touch down lifter 10 minuter play. The sec ond touchdown wan scored it few mln utes before the end or the game, Force kicked both goal. California was mom effective In smashing center backs. Hug, uregon'it center, wun In Jured In the early play of the game, the tnuiK'lg of hi Uft side being wrenched. ' " ' WEST POINT DEFEATS YALE. Long Runs Civ Army Victory iri Moot 8pctaeular : Contest. Went Point, Ck t. 22. West rolnt de feuted Yule today (n the third annual football struggle. ll-(. It vui the flmt time the iirmy ever won from Yule. . ' ', The soldiers two touchdowns were the result of long run and quick work In taking advantage of their oppon ems' mistakes. Cadet Torney run from Yule'a 10-yard , line the full length of the field for a touchdown was the feature of the game. bowed great Improvement and I earn played with snap and apeed. the Princeton 60, Lehigh 0, Princeton, net, 22. Princeton galneJ the easiest football victory of I the schkuii today, defeating Lehigh, 60-0. LOSSES WERE APPALLING IN GREAT BATTLE FOUGHT ALONG THE SHAKHE RIVER Japanese Declare That More Than. Elev en Thousand Russian Dead Were Found on the Battlefield. Scores of 0hr Tea mi. At Annapolis -Navy 0, IMcklimon 0. At Providence Ainherat S, lirown 0. At Ann Arbor Michigan 13, Weal Vlrglnlu 0. At t'tilcngofhU-iigo 32, Nortliweat em 0. At Albany-Albany coiieKe 28, ci.e- Tokio Estimate Places the' Slav Casualties at 60,000, While a Ger inawn 0. EASY FOR THE QUAKERS. by Columbia Beaten at Philadelphia Soore of 16 to 0. Philadelphia, Oct. 22. The Penn ylvanla football eleven today defeat ved Columbia, 16-1. Pennsylvania cored two touchdowna In the first half and one In the aecond, one goal reault Ing. NO MATCH FOR WASHINGTON. Utah Goes Down to Cruihlng Defeat on 8eattle Field, Seattle, Oct. 22. Washington today defeated the football team of the Utah Agricultural college by a acore of 4G-0. After the flrat 15 mlnutea the game waa a walkover for the 'Washing ton team. HARVARD BESTS CARLISLE. in Both Teama Fumbled Repeatedly Hard Fought Game. Cambridge, Oct. 22. Two brilliant end runa by Captain Hurley and an other by Nichols, backed by aturdy de fense at nearly all times, enabled Har vard to defeat the Carlisle Indiana In the stadium today by ft acore of 12-0. Both elevens fought a fierce oontest li the first half, neither getting within Striking distance of the opposing goal. ; The discouraging feature of the game from Harvard's standpoint waa the In ability of her runnera to hold the ball. the Indiana getting the bull several times on fumbles. Harvard was also weak In the klcklngdepartment, mak ing only 12 yards In seven kicks. The Indiana were only a trifle better. OFFICERS COURT-MARTIALED. Men Who Permitted Burning Of Ne groes Are Penalized. Atlanta, Oa,, Oct. 22. Uy the ver dict of the Btntesboro court-martial, which whs signed today by Governor Joseph M. Terrell, Captain Ilobi-rt M. Hitch, who waa In command of the trops when the nexroea Head and Cuto were burned ui the stuke. was dlsmlNned from the service of the (ieiifgla state troops, Lieutenant Lamell, who was In command at the capital, while Cap tain Hitch whs at the courthouse wn auNfiended for a year and will be publicly reprimanded. Lieutenant Orlner, who was In com mand of the reserve, will be publicly reprimanded Lieutenant Cone and Morrison were acquitted of the charges against them. man Paper's Correspondent Says Each Side Suffered Loss of 40.000 Indications Are That Battle Will Shortly Be Resumed by Armies. EARTHQUAKES IN BALTIMORE. Seismograph Record . Fifteen From April 'to Ootober. Baltimore, Oct 22. Fifteen earth quakes have been recorded on the oel- mogrnph, or earthquake machine, at the Johns Hopkins university alnce luat April. Thla la shown by the num ber of Alms used from April to Octo ber, which hate jtief been developed. Not only ha the Instrument ex ceeded It record Hi number, but the .longest shock ever known on the cy mograph waa recorded during that time. On August 21 last there was recorded an earthquake that began at 4 p. m. and Inst ed three and one-half houra. The shock moved the register beam two-thirds of an Inch. The! longest uptake previously felt was the one which caused great . damage In Ountamala on March 18. 1902. It con tlnued three houra. A review of the 10 days' fighting howa immense losses by both forces, but deoiaive 'victory for neither. The opposing armies are still facing each other, though a distance of several miles lies between them. Offensive op erations on the part of the Russian re reported 10 miles from Mukden. heavy engagement ia considered oer tain to occur before many days south ward from Mukden. The weather has beoome much colder. Great suffering among the soldiers ia reported. SLAVS' L08S WAS APPALLING. Japanese Estimate Place Total at More Than Sixty Thousand. Toklo, Oct. 22. Baaed on a report from Manchurlan headquarters, the Russian dead found on the battlefield were almost 11,000. It Is estimated the total Ruselan casualtiea exceed 60,000. RESIGNATION IN ESCROW. Will ANOTHER ESTIMATE OF L088ES, Berlin Paper's Correspondent Says 40,000 on Eaoh Side. Berlin, Oct, 22. The Lokal Ansel ger's correspondent estimates the loase In therece'nt flgbtlrifn Mm' churla at 48,000 on each aide. A Russian army correspondent says It has been decided to continue the war" to an honorable conclusion, and that It ia hoped a speedy and decisive victory will be followed by peace on term acceptable to both Idea. ELEVEN THOUSAND KILLED. Japanese Report Russian . Losa in Shakhe River Battle... London, Oct 22. A dispatch receiv ed at the Japanese legation from To klo today says that Oyama reports the Shakhe river engagement result- ed In the capture by the Japanese of 600 prisoners, and 45 guns. Almost 11,- BATTLE WILL BE RESUMED. Accounts Of Auditor Of Kansas Be Examined. Topeka, Kaa., Oct. 22 Thomas Kelly, state treasurer, placed his 1 000 Russian corpses were counted. resignation In escrow lust night and Invited an Inquiry by expert account. ng audltora and Judicial Inquiry Into hla administration of the office. If, after full and unprejudiced In qulry it shall be determined that Kelly li not guilty of the charge the state accoutant has mode against htm, the resignation shall be returned to him and be of no effect. If, on the contrary, he shall be adjudged guilty, by the Inquiry the resignation la , to be delivered to E. W. Hoch, who,' It a expected, will be governor at the time. f vanced westward. Two battalions of Russian Infantry are posted in the neighborhood of Kaokunchalr, and it I reported that 20,000 Russians are assembling in the vicinity of Kaotal paas, "In the direction of the center and left armies the enemy occasionally enda artillery and mortar fire." OKU'S LOSS NOT GREAT. Total 6100, of Whom Comparatively . Few Were Killed. With' the Japanese Lft Army (Oku'a) In the Field, Oct 1 (via Fu aan, Oct 22.) This morning the armies lie' facing each other a few mile apart. Ten miles south of Mukden the Russians maintain an offensive atti tude. Tbey are attacking the Japa nese line night and day, but are be ing repnlsed with heavy losses. After one attack Monday night the Japa nese tonni 00 Russian dead close to the Japan'eae lines. The attacks oc cur along the entire front of the three armies.' i s The Japanese left army reports cas ualties to data of S100. ' Comparatively few wet. t&ie6V1& many only slight ly -wounded-. rFlve thousand Russian dead have. been burled, by the, Japa nese, who estimate that the Russlana removed about 2000 corpses. It la be lieved that, the Russian casualties be fore the left army equal an army corps The right army (Kurokl's) reports fewer loasea than .the left but greater Russian casualtiea. 'SHAKHE IS EVACUATED. voua at Algiers. Thereafter the fleet will proceed In two parts, one going by way of the Huez canal (and the other by way of the Cape of Goodhope. ' NO CARS FOR WHEAT . Railroads Unable To Handle Enor , mous Eastern Business. Portland, Ore. Oct. 22, The busi ness of buying Oregon and Washing ton wheat ' for shipment to Chicago and other Eastern markets has ceased. The railroad companies cannot sup ply enough car to handle the traffic and consequently the business Is practically at a standstill. It la es timated that from 12,500.000 to 15, 000,000 bushela have already been sold on Eastern account and of this amount not over one-third haa bee a forwarded. Efforts have been made to secure water transportation to the Eastern seaboard, but these have failed owing to the lack of available tonnage. There la practically no export business at present quotations. Liverpool values have declined stead ily In the face of the strength main tained by the American markets and the stiff rate asked by the combine of ship owner precludes any possi bility of profit in this kind of trading. SHOT BY ROBBER. Re- VIOLINIST 8UICIDES. Had Been Accepted At Metropolitan Opera House. New Tork, Oct. 22. On the eve ; of his acceptance aa a violinist director or tne Metropolitan opera house orchestra, Max Guhlka thas committed suicide by shooting him self. - '' Guhlka was 25 years old and single. He was accepted formally on a trial by Nathan Frank, director of the lor- hestra, whose pupil Guhlka had been 12 years ago. He left no vfrlt Ing to Indicate why he hud chosen to die Just as he was about to find hip mbltions realized, after many of study. Present Suspension of Operation I Merely Temporary. Purls, 'Oct. 22. The Temp thla af ternoon publishes the following from Mukden, dated October 21: '! passed the last two day at head quarters and along the Russian center. Before the door of Kuropatktn's head quarters were IS Japanese cannon. which were captured by the Russians who took Ixme Tree hill. I 'The battle Is now 'suspended, with a chaam separating the . two armies. The situation .is practically the same aa at the opening of Kuropatkin's de fense. Neither the Russians nor the Japanese were able to secure decisive results. The losses are enormous. Thirty thousand, were wounded. The roads are terrible. "Reports say the Japanese are serl ously affected by the climate. The In. dlcatlons are that they are going to retire toward the positions at Tenfal. Everything shows that the battle Is only temporarily suspended." RUSSIANS ARE PREPARING. Indi Japanese Said to Have Abandoned the Railway 8tation. Mukden, Oct. 22. The Russians on Friday and Saturday remlttently bombarded the villages of Xamtu, Shalandtzy and Sanyantzy and Shakhe station, which the Japanese have now completely evacuated. A party of Rua slana approached on a hand car to a point within less than a mile of the atatlon and not a Japanese was vis ible. The Japanese reply to the Rus sian artillery fire was extremely weak, but the 'rifle fusllade increases. An Associated Press correspondent at the front says that quiet continues). Scouts are actively working and their operations lead to some skirmishing and occasiona'l artillery exchanges, but nothing of Importance. SHIPPING WAR MATERIAL Grocer Fatally Wounded While sisting Hold Up Men. Chicago, Oct 22. L Hersefleld has been shot and fatally wounded while endeavoring to rout three masked highwaymen who had invaded the grocery of his father-in-law, A. Tubln. ' ' Hersefleld and Tubln were alone fn the tort- when the bandits entered. The proprietor was behind the counter counting the day's receipts while aia son-in-law waa In the rear. The highwaymen ordered the grocer to hold up his hands. The robbers then started Tubln toward the rear Just aa Hersefleld came running to ward them with a heavy club m his hand. The deseradoes turned and fled toward the door, wher one of them stopped and fired at the young man. The bullet went wide of its mark, but a second struck Hersefleld and he fell unconscious. ' ' A crowd of pedestrians, , who saw the 'robbers as they fled, took up the pursuit, but the bandits made their escape. PROPOSAL IS STILL IN i ABEYANCE House cf Bishops Has Declined to Agree to Deputies' Compro- f ovise Marriage and Di- f ; , vorce Measure. f Amends Specification So Bishops of Diocese Will Not issue ! License for Remarriage. GOES BACK TO THE DEPUTIES STOPPED ON CROSSING. years Stanford 17, Nevada 0. Stanford University, Oct 22. Stan ford defeated Nevada today by a score of 17-0. The game k was Stanford s mruugnoui. oi&iuuru icumwurn FAIR TO BE OPEN ON 8UNDAY. Only One Building Will Be Accessible to Visitors, However, Portland, Oct 22. The directors, of the Lewis and Clark fair 'decided 'to day that the grounds wilV. .remain open Sunday afternoon, but all build ings except the fine arts building will remain 'closed; , Religious services Vlll be conducted In the auditorium, FLEET WILL SEPARATE. Changes in Positions cf Forces cats Impending Battle. Toklo, Oct 23. The armies of Oya ma and Kuropatkln continue to con front each other, but neither has again assumed the aggressive. According to a report from Japanese Manchurlan headquarters yesterday. It is rumored the Russians are amassing a heavy force against the right wing, but the purpose la not indicated. - The report says: "' "In the direction of our right army 200 of the enemy's cavalry crossed the northern ports, will pans Gibraltar Taltze river. They seem to have ad- enter the Mediterranean and rendez- 8teamers to Depart From Seattle Will Take Cargo for Japs. Seattle, Oct. 22. Hundreds of tons of steel are being loadel on the steam ship Kanawaga for Hongkong. Much of the material, in the form of plates, can only be. used for the construction or repair of. warships. Secret service agents of both Japan and Russia are watching the shipment. The opinion prevails that the mater lal will be reshlpped at Hongkong to Japan and there used for naval pur poses. The cargo Is entered on the manifest of the Kanagawa as build ing material. In addition to the steel going on the Kanagawa, three fiat cars loaded with plates lie beside the steam ship Texan, which leaves for the Oil ent Monday. Baltio Squadron Will Use Two Routet to the Far East Paris, Oct. 22. The watch Is kept up at northern French ports for the Russian Baltic fleet, which is expect ed to pass shortly. Officials are ad vised that the fleet, after leaving the Three Automobiliet Critically Injured By Locomotive at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Oct. 22, Horace Richards, his wife and their son, have been severly injured In an automobile accident near their home. Thirty-sec ond street and Abbotsford avenue, Falls of Schuylkill All were thrown some distance.. The chauffeur alone escaped. ; Mayor and Mrs. Weaver were have Joined the party and the auto mobile was en route to the mayor' residence when It Btopped on a rati road crossing. A freight train struck the machine, which was demolished. Mrs. Richards' skull was fractured, her husband . had many bones fractured and the orl's Injuries are so severe that his condition Is .considered ci iti cai. ' i " i ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE. Powers Which' Signed At The Hague Invited To Help. The Hague, Oct. - 22.-Tne powers signatory of the Hague peace con vention are to be asked to form fund of $100,000 for the maintenance of Andrew Carnegie's palace ctf peace. The cost of the building is estimated at about $500,000. It is understood that the interior will be modelled after the magnificent Paluis de Justice at Brussels, WITH REGARD FOR RUSSIA. ; '. ' Her Friendly - Relations Considered In Thibetan treaty. St. Petersburg, Oct. 22., 2:15 A. M. There is good authority for the statement that M. Benckendorff, Russian ambassador at London, has telegraphed conveying Foreign Mini ster Lansdowne's assurances that the Anglo-Thibetan treaty will be flnaly drawn up with regard to Russia'? friendly relations. i 1 Bishop Concur in Amendment Providing; Special Forma of Worship for Foreign Congregations. Boston, Oct 22. At the close of the 15th day of the general convention Usa house of bishop and house of depu ties are still at variance on the ques tion of marriage and divorce. The is sue will be taken before the latter body next week for the third time dur ing the convention, the bishop havinx declined to accept without 'amendment the compromise measure adopted by the deputies Thursday. , The house of bishop today araeadei the compromise so that the bishap eC the diocese will not be required to is sue license for the remarriage of sua innocent person, but merely win be called upon to declare In writing that his Judgment on the case of the appli cant conform to the requirement oX the canon. (. ( , The house of bishops today con curred with the deputies In the adop tion of an amendment by which spec ial forms of worship for foreign gre Rations are permitted. to GRAIN RATES ADVANCE. " Two Half-cant Raises Are Announce' by the Trunk Lines. New Tork. Oct 22. Trunk lines east of Buffalo have agreed upon an other advance In grain ' rates to the Atlantic seaboard. It will go into ef fect November 1, and amounts to' a half a cent a bushel on wheat, Iras, corn, rye and barley. These new rates will be operative for IS days only, and on November 15 a further advance a half cent a bushel will be made to wheat and flour, corn and rye, but only one-quarter of a cent advance In barley. IN THE DARK. . - v Oil Steamer Unable To Tleach" Desti nation With 'Supplies. New Tork, Oct ; 22. The steamer Catton, chartered to take oil, etc, to Nlcholaelvesk, at the mouth of the Amur river, has been unable to reach her destination owing to Ice. according to a dispatch from London. In consequence of the failure of the Canton, to deliver her cargo tlie un fortunate Inhabitants of Nieholaevesk will, the correspondent adds, be with out light during the Siberian whiter. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Dynamite Is- Exploded Near , Spahi3 V Official, .Who. Escapes.. , '. Barcelona, Oct. 22What Is believ ed to have been an attempt on the life of Minister of Agriculture. Commerce and Public,' Works Salazar occurred today. A dynamite bomb was explod ed in the street while Hie crowds were welcoming the minister, wis came here to preside at a meeting of the chamber of commerce. No one waa injured. The, crowd was thrown into a panic. . Several ar rests have been made. ' ERNEST BROSS GOES EAST. 'I . " .; Edgar B. Piper to Succeed Him it Oregonian's Managing Editor. Portland, Oct. 22. Ernest Bross, far seven years managing editor of rje Portland Oregontun, has resigned ta assume an important newspaper vcj nectlon in the east It is understood that Mr. Bross has tuken .charge of the Indianapolis Star ' and JoorimL Edgar B. Piper, for several years neuyi editor of the Oregonian, will succeed Mr. Bross. .. . ! I