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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1905)
UtLltHIt PULL AStOOIATIO PUIS fttPORT COVIR TMt MORNINQ FIELD ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LX NO. 145 ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17,1905 PRICE FIVE CENTS Ji0ottat PEACE TREATY FEATURES Important Document Made Public. Is CESSION OF RAILWAYS Southern and Portion of Sakhalin Valuable Leases Go to Japan. FISHING PRIVILEGES GRANTED Prisoners of War Ait to Be Exchanged as Soon i tbt Treaty Becomes Effect ive Addenda to Treaty Provides for Immediate Evacuation of Manchuria. Lj.ml.in, Oct. 10. Following are the feature of the ltuo Japanese treaty, made public today i ltuia acknow ledges Jan' para iiiiiiint interests In Cores, end engage not lo obstruct any measures Japan may see fit to atoit j Hum tun subject to be accorded treatment equal to that given subject of the mmt favored nation. Japan and Russia mutually engage to evacuate Manchuria, except that r lion effected by the Llaorung leases, and to rctora the territory to China. They agree not to obstruct China' measure for government of the territory, Itnla tntifcr to Japan her leae ( Port Arthur am) Hip Llaotung icniu la. Huia cede to Japan the imNrtant railway leading to Tort Arthur. ltuia ifttiil Japan agree to uw their other rail way solely for commercial purpose, and in no wise for strategic puijxH-es. Ituia cede to Jaiian Hip southern portion of the Inlani of Sakhalin and Hiljaccnt inland, reserving the right of her citizens to retain their residence and property rights therein, Ituia grant fishing privilege on the northeast coast to Japanese subject. Renewal of tin commercial treaty ex isting More- the war ia provided for. IVisoncrs of war to be exchanged a soon a the peaco treaty become cf Jective. Russia agrees to pay Japan the excess paid by Japan for the care of piioonci uIhivp tlie amount paid by Russia, , j a ' In ease of a disagreement a to the interpretation of the French ami Eng lish text of the treaty, it is agreed that tlie French text Khali prevail. An addenda to the treaty provide for Immediate evacuation of Miincluirla ami the delimitation of the international Isiundary line on the Inland of Sakhalin ly a commission. RULING IN DUNSMUIR- HOPPER WILL CONTEST Counsel Assert! Finding la in Favor of Edna Wallace Hopper. Kan Francisco, Oct. 16. A new de- LAUNDRYMEN FORM POOL . TO TEST TEN-HOUR LAW Portland, Oct 11 The associated lauardrymen of Portland have formed a fool to test the 'constitutionality of the women's labor law passed by the last esalon of the Oregon legislature and will carry the case, h trough the supreme cjnrt of. the state if . necessary. The first attack on the law in their behalf was made before Judge Beam in the etat circuit court this morning by At torney W. D.'Fenton in the argument of a demurrer in tha case of the State vclopment has arisen in the famouc fight of Kdna Wallace Hopper, tha actress, for the million left by Iter stepfather, Alexander Dtimumiir. The supreme court baa rendered a decision that for the time being gives a victory to the Duns muir aide. James Dunsmuir, beneficiary under the will, has secured from the supreme court a writ of prohibition re straining Judge C'oiTey from setting aside the proceediii(s admitting a ropy of the will in probate. Dunamuir died In New York In January, 1000, leaving his H,XK,0UO estate to his brother, Ja. Dunsmulr. Tlie original will was ad milted to probate in Victoria, It. C. An authenticated copy was brought here and admitted to probate and a decree of final distribution was given. Four years later Kdna Walace Hopper brought suit to have the prolwta pr eceding declared void. The suit waa suocesiiful and an administrator was ap pointed to take from James Dunsmuir the proici1y granted him under the will. Then DunMtiuir apHal4 to the supreme court to. set aside Judge Coffey's decis ion. The appeal was at first denied, but yelerday the supreme court grant ed the application for a writ of prohi bition. Spokane Man Kept Busy Explan lng ft Identity. TICKET CLERK'S BLUNDER A. Burch, Former Manager of Bunker Hill Mines Travels Fiom Sao Fran cisco to Boise aud la Kept Busy Ex. plaining That He Did Not Attempt to Kill Ellis, llni-P, Oct, 1(1. A. Iliirch. the well known SjNikanc mining man, formerly manager of the Hunker Hill mine, ar rived here last evening after a some what remarkable chain of exericncc w the way from San Francico to tbi place. Several attempts were made to m not hint on the siippoition that he a the man, who at lterkeley recently iimmitled a murderous aault upon an Aiihtriilian horseman and robltcd him of The trouble was oa-aioned by a clerk in tlie ticket odice at Sau Fram-iiH-o. He rcMrted he bad fold a ticket, from San Fram-inco to ioie, to a man anxwering the dcm-ription of the man wanted. On this information the officer imtiurted olllccr at various points along the road, to a i rent him. He was called out of hi tatcrom at l!oetmrg, but mxoi showed the officers that the description did not tit him, excepting that he wore a Van dyke heard. A the train neared Port land he wa again called out. This time it wa Sheriff Word if Multnomah who knew him. Wixld communicated with the Portland Niliie not to interfere with him, but two iiluin. clothes men got aboard as the tiain wa entering the city and shadow ed him. When he arrived in the hotel here a lloiim officer stepped up with the same instructions to arrest. PREPARES FOR SOUTHERN TRIP Washington, P. O, Oct, 10. The presi dent Is bimily engaged in preparing for his trip through the south' which begins on Wedne-day. v. Curt Miller. Tha law is claimed to be unconstitu tional, in that it ia distinctively class legislation, and that it deprives employ ers of a right to contract for sen-Ices and employee of tha right to sell their services. These are the main grounds of the attack on the aw. The points at issue will be decided by Judge Sears, who already lias .the con stitutionality of the child labor law un der consideration, RESEMBLES CURTIS ASTORIANS IN EARNEST Stand For tbc Building of Nortb Jelty. RESOLUTIONS PASSED Other Live Matters Are Taken up and Disposed of. IMPORTANT SESSION HELD New Document Heralding the Advant ages of Clatsop County and of Ai tlroa Framed for Publication Ma rine Insurance to Receive Attention. "Whereas, The Columbia Hiver Is one of the lariat in fie North Aniericttn ; Continent, and the commerce of it vaVrr I very Wje and rapidly growing. and "Whereas, It ia one of the Usiw-ontinenlal routes from the Atlantic shore to the markets of the Orient, a route of great Ka 4 tional importance, and "Whereas, The requirements of modern transportation has de- veloied ship of greater draft than formerly, and which demand a decer entrance to the river than Nature provided, and "Whereas, The entrance to the Columbia Rivet from the Sea, should ami need to be improved to aecommiMlate and facilitate the present and future trade and commerce, and "Whereas, In the opinion of the I'nited States Kngineers, co- incideed with by the Pilot and local engineers, a north jetty, running out from Cat Dimip- polntment W ucceMiary to com- plcte the work beguu for the oYeiiening of the entrance, and for the protection and precrva- tion of the improvement made ami to be made, therefoie, "Ilemdvcd, By the Chamber of Commerce of Astoria, that Con- gres be rt-iuested and urged to make a proper and sufficient an- propria! ion to eimblu the Kn- giiieer to begin at once the con- st ruction of a north jetty, at 4 the mouth of the Columbia river "Also to enable the Kngineers to carry on the work begun for the Improvement of that great river discovered by Captain Gray, and whicn was traced it length by the explorers, Iwi and Clark, under direction of Thos. Jefferson, whose dreams are now wonderfully materialii- tog- The Astoria Chamber of Commerce held an important meeting at lta Bond street headquarter last niirht. with President J. W, Welch, presiding and Secretary C R. Higgins in charge of the records, and a number of prominent business men in the body of the house. After the formalities of the minutes had been dipoaed of, the reports of the standing committees were taken up in sequence. The McTavish monument committee reported that tlie wire cage designed for protection of tha famous stone had been received and waa now at the city hall, both awaiting' installation, which would take place a soon as Mayor Snprenant recovered sufficiently to give the matter attention. Tlie committee waa allowed further time ia the matter., lire wniuinwK un iiMiing lniiusirien made a partix I report and wa granted further time in widen to clone it gen eral report. The committee on navigation and commerce reported the resolution that bead this column, to which was append ed the written recommendation of the committee, Mecrs. J. Q. A. Uowlby, B. Van Dusen, and (S. W. LotiDftberry, urg ing the immediate adoption thereof, and tbo resolutions went through without debate or diment. Secretary Higgins waa directed to mail certified copies to U. 8. Senator C. W. Fulton and to A. B. McKenzie, chief of U. S. engineer corps at Washington, and to the federal en gineer's office at Portland. The resolu tions ieak for themselves and for As toria' profound interest in their sub ject matter. A communication from Secretary Tom Richardson of the Oregon Development League, urging the Astoria Chamber of Commerce to take advantage of the "Oregon" numfier of the Trade Jour nal by furnishing a special 400-word write-up of Clut-op and Astoria, wa re Mrted by committee to which it had been referred, along with a splendid, but brief, exMition of the data re quired, and the amc, after slight amend ment was adopted and ordered publish ed in the Traih' Journal, as indicated. The iue will le out in Xovemlar. A communication from Manager Colin If. MdxAiico, of the Ijpwi and Clark bureau of information, asking the Chamber of Commerce to consider the matter of retaining J. !. Carrol at ls Angi'le, as head of tlie Oregon bureau of information in that city, permanent ly, was read ami duly referred. The matter of the unjust discrimina tion against the merchants of Astoria, in relation to marine insurance on the merchandise ships-d from San Fran cisco by them, was taken up, discussed and' referred to the committee on rail roads and transsirlation. The Port hind merchant, shipping by the same line, the "P. 4 S.H is fully and freely protected by the steamship company againt lo on merchandise at sea, benefit denied the shipiier here, who must protect himself at his own cost The committee will have an interesting report in this particular. The chamber then adjourned. State Department to Take Fisheries Troubles. up GARDNER PRESENTS CASE New Foundland Government Disclaims All Knowledge of Any Violation of the Treaty Secretary Root Awaits a Further Report Before Proceeding, Washington, (V, 10. Through t Rep rescntative tiardner, of Massachusetts, t,loii'Vter fishermen today officially laid before the state department their grievances against( New Foundland which they charge with forbidding all vesels of American register to fish in their territory. Through the British ambassador, Sir Mortimer Durnad, Secretary Root has lcn informed that the Uew Foundland government disclaims all knowledge of any violation f the treaty. ' It is ad mitted that the minister of t.iariue and fisheries is at Bay of Islands and the presence of the cruiser Fonio, but in sist they are there on duty. , Until Representative Gardner ascer tains further details as to the reputed action of the New Foundland govern ment, Secretary Root will not make any further report. HYDE IN NEW YORK. New York, Oct. lO.-Jame 1L Hyde returned to New York tonight prepared to testify before the insurance investi gation committee when called en. No formal subpoena will be served on Hyde. GOVERNMENT TO ACT BANDIT LEAPS TO DEATH Chief oi Mountain Bandits Dies Untaken. WILD LEAP INTO CHASM Mangled Body Found at Foot of Cliff by Forces of the Law. HE LONG BAFFLES PURSUIT When Closely Pressed by the Officers Felibardo, Leader of a Gang of Phil ippine Mountain Bandits, Leaps Over a Precipice Eight Hundred Feet Deep. Manila, P. I., Oct. 10. Felizardo, chief of the mountain ha ml its, who infested the Philippine Islands, is no more. The forces of the law found his mang led body at the foot of the cliff, identi fied it positively and turned it over to the bandit's weeping mother, from whose house it was given a decent burial. , Alsiut September 9 it was learned Felizardo wa with a band of Lad rone that had just been in touch with Con cepcion's force of 25 men near Cavite. and the pursuit began in earnest. Chase was given and the quarry was followed through the brush until they came to the great cliff Saling. There Felizardo hesitated a moment while the constabularios and volunteers dashed after him. Suddenly, without ?ry or gesture, the bandit flung himself over the brink of the chasm. Fight hundred feet of sheer space he fell; and there, at the foot of the cliff, Concepcion and his men, after traversing the tortuous paths to the bottom of the abyss, found his mangled remains. COST OF RUNNING NEW YORK SCHOOLS IS HEAVY New York, Oct. lfl.-More than !23. 000,000 was asked yesterday by the Ikhih! of education of this city for next year's expense. Comptroller Orout, commenting on this request before the board of estimate and apportionment, said: "It seems to me that the only way to achieve anything in the improvement of schools is tc give the boards of edu cation all it wants and demands and then trust to good fortune that the good thing are done along with the useless things." Clarence A. Davis of the North Side board of trade, said to the board that the managers of the big department store here bad written to him that the particular school graduate who appliejll such a good boy and he did jut right . . , i 'V.I I 1... A TiA ...I to them for employment were deficit in penmanship and arithmetic J & 5 fa PROCEEDING OPENED IN SAXE-C0BURG Clot ha, Duchy of Sa.w-Coourg, Oct, 16. The suit by Prince Thilline of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha for a divorce from his wife, Princess Louise and for an adjust ment of joint property interests, began here today. Lieutenant Kegevitrh Mattask-h, with whom the prince eloped, waa present. The president opened proceedings. A recess was taken during which the attorneys reached an agreement that the prince make an allowance of $18,000 per year and a lump sum of $30,000 mar and spelling and their nature stud ies had not increased their observa tion or initiative. DESERTS HIS FAMILY Oakland Sunday School Teacher Elopes With Sixteen Year Old CirL Oakland, Cel., Oct, 16. The unright eous love of Henry A. Logan, a married' nan and trustee of the First Free Bap tist t-hurcb, for Miss Ethel Cook, teacher of the primary class in the church Sun day school, is responsible for a scandal breaking forth in tLe congregation and community, starting with the elope elopement of the pair for parts unknown yesterday afternoon. The man ia 29 years of age and has a faithful and de- voted wife. Hi companion is a mere slip of a Kirl eixteen years of age, devoutely re ligious, impressionable to a high degree and as beautiful as she was unsophisti cated. The members of the congregation and the mother of the girl unite in saying that if the deceived child did wrong it wa because her religious impulses and high emotional nature were worked on by the man with whom she fled. SEES THE PICTURES Nelson's Mother Witnesses Repro duction of the Fight. HER ACTIONS ARE AMUSING Venerable Old Lady Greatly Moved by Reproduction on Canvas and Urges Her Son on to Battle Facial Expres sions Ron Gamut of Human Emotions. Chicago, Oct. 16. To see the picture wherein is shown how her son won the world's championship waa the privilege accorded to Mrs. Nelson of Hegewisch, mother oi the now famous Battling Nel son, here tonight. Mrs. Nelson is of the hardy Norwegian race, unpretentious and gullible as a child. It was the first time in her life that he had ever seen the working, of Thomas Edison's marvelous invention, and to say that she was worked up a the films rolled off is putting it mild ly. The mother of the Battler presented a picture that wa little less wonderful than those thrown on the canvas. When the Battler wa lieing slummed by James Kdward her facial contortions were amusing. Although a the fight had passed into history, even the show pictures were so lifelike that Mrs. Nelson showed about as much excitement as if the ac tual fight were just being fought. Her facial expressions ran tlie gamut of emo tions from extreme sadness, when the Battler was being thumped, to unre- strained joy, when Nelsou wa in the lead. When the films showed the knockout Mrs. Nelson was almost overcome with joy, and just the suspicion of tears could lie noticed in her eyes a,, in a husky voice she deslared "Battling was always Jien he beat that saucy Britt, who Vn hed him so many times," f : DIVORCE CASE providing the princess assumed the name of Princess Louise of Belgium. Another recess waa taken to communi cate with the princess. Later in the day the princess' attorneys attacked the comptence of the court after which court adjourned until October 30 to consider the matter. " - The prince's bill of complaint alleging misconduct, says her debta amount to $744,000 and her wardrobe waa found to contain 73 pairs of silk shoes, 120 pairs of other shoes, 60 parasols and about 100 hats.