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VOLUMK LXI NO. i!33
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY. SKPTEMHER 0. 1906
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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WELCOMED BY
HOI FOLKS
W. J. Bryan Arrives In
Lincoln, Nebraska.
POLITICS FORGOTTEN
Republicans and Democrats Alike
Turn Out to Greet the
"Commoner."
WEATHER 1$ ALMOST PERFECT
Immense Crowds of People Fill City to
See Bryan Every One Good Na
turrd and Politic Art Cit
Aside.
I.INTOI.N', Neb., Sept, . V. J. Bryan
returned this evening to hl Lincoln
home mill the "Home Folk" welcomed
bint with every evidence of approval and
atlsfat'tinii. It wa a neighborly wel
come, planned mi urh, mill carried out
in it entirety with tlmt understand;
ing, Lincoln tin more Republican tlmn
Democrats mid ltiynn h in the past
good liinit"i''illy expressed thi belief
tlmt It would be a tnk tu reform the
oltv In politics, hut tonight there was
tto ll'i'' of prty division. The wel
come extended (o Hi'ynn and hl wife
was sincere mill npi'ii handed.
Everybody "bowed good nature mill
nobody wanted to quarrel nlmiit poli
tic Mini nearly the wlmlo population
showed It win genuinely glad o well
known n man a Itrynn live here. It
U doubtful If Lincoln rveivheld it larger
crowd tlmn tlmt which cniiu' to the oil y
toilny. Tlii" weather, barring the heat,
was a nearly perfect a It rould he.
TABLET UNVEILED.
Memorial Tablet Unveiled Commemor
ating peao Conference.
PORTSMOUTH. Sept, 5. At the
Navy X"ril today at 3:47 p. in., exactly
one year after thf ' signing of the
Portsmouth trenty between TtuIft and
Japan, a tablet wa unveiled with ap
propriate ceremnnie, eommemornting
the event. The tablet In Inscribed! "fn
thl Building, at the Invitation of Tlieo
dure Roosevelt, President of the Frilled
Slates, Was Held the rears Conference
Tletwcen the Knvoya of Ruasla and Ja
pan, and on September 5, 1005, at 3; 37
p. m, Wa Signed the Treaty of Porta
mouth, Which Kude.l the Win Between
the Two Countries.
CONVENTION OPENS.
CHICAGO, Sept, 5.--Tho Nntlonal Fu
neral Mrei'tnrs Association opened Its
2flh annual convention yeslerilay nt
the Auditorium. Three hundred dele
gate from nil parts of the eountry are
lu attendance.
WILL SUPPORT HEARST.
BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept. B. The Ex
press today saya that William .T, Con
ners hn drawn up a memorlat to the
Independence League Convention and
Induced moHt of the delegates, to the
Democratic State convention Already
chosen to sign It, which asks t the
Leagc to refrain from making any -nomination
until a conference enn be nr
raged with Democratic state lenders at
the convention here on the 2filh. The
men signing the memorial pledge Mr.
Hearst their spport, but beg him not
to force the Democrat lo party to "stul
tify itself by accepting a candldnte al
ready nominated by a third party,"
NELSON STILL H0WLIN0.
"Battlei" Lies in Bed and Sayi H Wai
Robbed Of Fight.
(i(l.tl'li:i,l, 8'''t. fl.-NeUon U avt ill
In bed a a result of hi beating last
MmnU y. Ho and Solan are tat ill claim,
lug tlii'y were rubbed of the tiff lit. hiit
thfjr (Ft little yinpathy, Referee Sl
ier aaiil today that Kelson lieedll I
whine about getting the worm of It, He
(fit Oik lient nf It all the way through,
Twenty time, Slier lil, ho could
hit vp called a foul on him, but Slier
wanted the crowd to have a fight ami a
they were not tarioua, he let them go
with only a warning. In reply to Nel
son's charge that ha got a piece of
money, Slier akt If he wai In on tha
money if anyone" think he would have,
let the light go forty round, when he
had ao many chances to call him on a
foul, (inn y If NeUon want fur
ther piouf he ran have another finish
fight and he will make more gcnermi
term than the Pane or hla manager
would ever offer him,
CONFERENCE AT SAGAMORE HILL.
Roosevelt and Politician! Hold Confer
ence, OYSTER DAY, Sept. S.-Ther wn a
political conference at Sagamore Hilt
today. The president had hi guet
Representative Littauer, Postmaster
General Cortelyou and Lyman H. Ha
of Buffalo, It in understood tlmt ImiOi
the congressional campaign and the nit
lint ion lu New York were thoroughly
canvassed, When I. it tuner returned
from Sagamore Hill ta take hia train
: he emphasised again the fact that the
president ha tha niot keen interest In
the outcome of tha congressional elec
tion and alo that he la determined to
tak an active part In the State situa
tion. He I very deslmu that (lie right
thing ) done by the party In height
ening out it tangle.
OPPOSED TO HEARST
New York Democrats Aim to
Thrust Him Aside.
BRYAN THEIR "ALL IN ALL"
Jerome and Other Prominent Democrati
Meet in Albany Heartt Movement
Is Declared to be Inimical to
Bryan.
ALBANY, Sept. S.F.vcnt of im
portance In preparation for the Demo
cratic! state campaign took place here
today, The first and seemingly most
Important, was ft meeting, the central
figure of which was District Attorney
leromc of New York. It was conceded
thajj this meeting was aimed! chefly
at prevculiig Hie nnmlnntnnaor endorse
ment of W. It. Hearst. The other in
cident was a conference of several rad
ical Democratic organizations from
which tonight emanated a statement
criticising lleaiNt and declaring In fa
vor of "Congressman Sulrer, At this
conference wa present Albert S. Du
Hn, who is known as a close personal
and political friend of W. J. Bryan.
Their statement declares (hat the Hearst
movement Is inimical to that of Bryan
and that Hearst is "persona non grata"
to the Bryan Democrats. In answer to
an inquiry, Dulln said their purpose is
to assist In the nomination of some per
son who is the embedment of the prin
ciples enunciated by Bryan.
BAKERS IN SESSION.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, The annual
convention of tho National Association
of 'Musters Bakers and the New York
State Association of Master Bakers,
both, of which began yesterday, were
formally opened by a joint meeting of
the two associations, nt which Acting
Mayor McOowan delivered an,; address
of welcome, Both associations nro com
mitted to an "pen shop policy. Fifty
delegates attended the session of the
national convention.
HON OOES
FOR OIP
Ridicules Labor Leader
For His Stand. '
SUPPORTS LITTLEFIELD
Speaker Declares Gompers Will
Not Be Obeyed By Labor
ing Classes.
HIS ATTITUDE L'N-AMERICAN
Gompers Is Declared to Desire One Law
For the Working Man and Another
For AH Other Classes A Sharp
Criticism,
I.KW1STOX, Me., Sept. S. Speaker
Cuiuion nddivstd a large audience her
tonight in which he criticised Samuel
Gompers, of th American Federation
of Labor. Cannon introduced his re
marks by calling attention to the cam
paign of organized lalxir against Sen
ator l.ittletleld. He declared ComperV
attitude was unAiiierican and the labor
ing man, whether union or non-unio,
would ot support his dictatorial order
to vote against l.ittlcfleld. The people
in this country, he said, whether they
arc farmers or workmen, guard jeal
ouly the privilege of allying themselves
with whatever political faith they choose
and hence they will not follow Gom
per' self-nssmed function of directing
them how that right of citizenship
hall be exercised. Cannon held Gom
pers' reasons for opposing l.ittletleld up
to bitter ridicule, concluding with the
statement that Gomper desired one law
for the laboring men and another for
all other classes. In conclusion Cannon
declared that he would quit public life
liefore he would vote for ay law which
will make it fair for one and foul for
another.
TAFT AT BATH, MAINE.
Secretary of War Addresses Large Au
dience. BATH, Mo., Sept. S. Secretary of
War Taft addressed a large audience
at Alameda hull here tonight, and waa
given an enthusiastic greeting. It was
the secretary's only appearance in the
Maine campaign, He was introduced
by Harold F. Sewall, formerly United
States consul at Hawaii. Sewall spoke
of Taft as the "probable successor to
President Roosevelt."
Taft quoted statistic to show thar
since 1000 the rate of wages had in
creased mow rapidly than the rate of
profits. Ho cited the difficulties of en
forcing the anti-trust laws and cred
ited President Roosevelt and the Re
publican congress with the passage of
the rate bill. The president's policy, he
declared, was responsible for tho disso
lution of the Northen Securities com
pany and the paper tiiist, and said the
mere indictment of the Standard Oil
and Tobacco trusts had made a greav
chango in their methods. "Theodore
Roosevelt is the real issue of the cam
paign,'' said he, "and he cannot be sus
tained by returning Democrats to Con
gress." The secretary advocated con
cessions in the Philippine tnrilT. The
hitter part of the address was devoted
to the attack on LittlcfleM by Gom
pers and tho American Federation of
Labor, lie declared that neither Little
field nor the president were opposed to
labor. Tliey only oppose making law
breaking laborer Immune from those
laws which npply to other classes.
DENIES ALL CHARGES.
Dowle Asserts That He Never Advocated
Polygamy.
CHICAGO, Kept. S.T-In a lengthy
printed statement Issued from Shiloh
House in ion City yesterday, John
Alexander Dowie replied categorically to
charge of immorality, extravagance,
misrepresentation, misuse of invest
ment and polygamous teachings made
against him by Wilbur Glenn Voliva,
who deKsed him from authority and
usurped his place a leader.
Replying to the charge of immorality,
IWic declared that he had demanded
of Voliva time and time again that
the charges which Voliva made against
his moral conduct lie made public, and
that each time Voliva had refused to
comply.
"Before God and man, 1 ay I am with
out taint upon my personal purity," be
asserted. "If there is aught to the
contrary, let them stand forth and
prove it."
The charge of polygamous teaching in
the fni of hi public teaching for
j curs and his printed addicse. he de
claivil. to be absurd and foolish.
Answering the charge of extravagance,
Dow ie said :
"The general nver-eer and first apos
tle of the Christian Catholic Church in
Zion must necessarily in his represeia
tive character, u-e mine funds than a
private individual in Zion. To say that
I have made wilful and extravagant use
of money in connection with my pri
vate affairs can only proceed from an
enious and malicious source."
After denouncing Voliva and leading
officials of Zion who joined the revolt
as "Men who are guilty, confessedly, of
the rank and the dishonesty, the basest
deception and the most monumental in
gratitude," Dowie appealed to those In
Zion still faithful to him to aid finan
cially in his fight to regain leader
ship.
TALK IMMIGRATION
Irrigationists Discuss Restriction of
Foreign Immigration.
DIFFERENCES IN OPINIONS
Colonel John Irish Declares Present Day
Immigrants Not a Patriotic But
Parasitic Class Aid for South
Carolina.
BOISE, Sept. 5. The annual discus
sion regarding the restricting of for
eign immigration consumed the atten
tion of the morning session and a good
ly part of the afternoon at today's
meeting of the National Irrigation Con
gress. The gauntlet was cast by Will
iam McAllister of Denver, who advo
cated foreign immigration and as a
model urged the methods of the Mor
mon church in going into foreign agri
cultural districts to recruit settlers. He
was opposed by Col. John P. Irish of
California, who believed it better to
close our gates against the hordes ot
foreigners and give the youth of our
land a higher opportunity. "Immigra
tion today," the speaker declared, "is
not a partiotie, but a parasitic immi
gration." Col. Irish was heartily en
domed by C. W. Mott, general Immigra
tion Agent of the Northern Pacific. That
road had found 75.000 persons in the
East .nearly all Americans, within the
next year, and located them in the
Northwest. Several technical addresses
wero made in the afternoon. Col Robert
H. Hartington of South Carolina urged
the congress to espouse the cause of
his state and help to secure ft federal
appropriation for the reclamation of
the South Carolina swamps. The con
vention tonight was entertained by the
Boise Symphony orchestra.
SCHOONER IN COLLISION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. B.-The
schooner Aloha, bound for Port Gam
ble, while going to sea, today came into
collision with a scow schooner and lost
both masts.
CAR
IS
San Francisco Unions Call
Strike 0ft.
AGREE ON ARBITRATION
Thousands of People Cheer When
First Cars Leave Barns on
Regular Runs.
A CONFERENCE YESTERDAY
Committee From Unions Meets With
President Calhoun Last Night to
Take the Initial Steps Toward
Prompt Arbitration.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-The
street car strike came to an end to
night, when the strike committee of the
unions involved officially declared the
strike off. The carmen immediately re
ported for duty at the carhouBes and
soon the cars began leaving the bams.
As the first cars proceeded on the va
rious lines they were greeted by tu
multuous cheers of thousands. The
calling off of the strike followed the
action of the various unions last night
in voting to return to work and ar
bitrate afterwards, the only way in
which President Calhoun declared he
would treat with his former employes.
Late tonight Calhoun and a committee
from the unions held a meeting at
which the first steps were taken toward
prompt arbitration.
ERECT OFFICE BUILDING.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-The Roy
al Insurance company of Liverpool has
purchased a lot 24 feet six inches by
87 feet sis inches on the west side of
Sanaome street, adjoining its property
at the northwest corner of Pine and
Sansome streets. This purchase will
give the Royal Insurance company a
lot CO feet by 87 feet six inches upon
which it is about to erect a first class
modern office building, which will be
occupied by the Royal and its associate
company, the Queen Insurance company.
The price paid for the property is $2,
500 per front foot, which is considered
a fair indication of values at this time.
The losses of the Royal and Queen
Insiance companies by the recent con
flagration exceeded $6,500,000.
CHINESE ARRIVE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. Among
the passengers on the Toyen Kaisen
America which arrived here yesterday
from China, were Chen Shei Ting and
Ten Fong Ten, two Chinese boys. They
are en route to Annopolis, where they
will enter the - United States Naval
academr.
NOT IN DANGER.
Criser Boston Will Go to Bremerton Un
der Own Steam Leak Found, it
BELLINCHAM, Sept, 5. The cruiser
Boston will make a start for Bremer
ton tomorrow under her own steam. Di
vers today discovered the leak for which
they have been searching. It is well
under the bottom and about four feet
long. One of the plates is broken and
the ends overlap, making it difficult to
stop the flow of water. The water has
now been almost overcome, however,
and no further danger is feared, The
services of the tug Pawtucket, which
came from the Navy yard, are not need
ed.
n
TRYsNEW SYSTEM.
Arrangement! Made for Italian and
American Teachers to Exchange.
NEW YORK. Sept. 5. Dr. S. Ken
nard of Tarrytown returned yesterday
from Italy. He said that arrangement!
for the exchange of university profes
sors between that country and the Unit"
ed State on the same lines as the sys
tem now in force between America and
Germany, but on a larger scale, bad
been completed.
Through the efforts of Dr. Kennard,
who represented the interests of sever
al American universities, notably th
University of Chicago and the University
of Pennsylvania, the King of Italy be
came interested in the movement. Ha
issued a decree calling attention to the
importance of the movement from a
national standpoint. The decree called
upon the people of Italy to work with
LV. Kennard toward the desired end.
As a result the Italian American edu
cational Alliance is now established on
a firm basis.
The whole country exhibited the keen
est appreciation of the value of the
alliance," said Dr. Kennard yesterday.
"Under the system of exchanging pro
fessors, Italian professors will come to
the American colleges to lecture and
American professors will go to Italian
colleges. Circles for the study of the
English language in Italy and of the
Italian language in America also will be
established."
RATHER SERIOUS MISTAKE.
ALBANY, Ky., Sept. 5.-One dead
and another fatally injured and two
seriously injured, is the result of a
shooting affray in Pickett county, Tenn.,
three miles from Birdsville. The shoot
ing, it is said, was the result of a mis
take, the men attacked being mistaken
for other persons.
Longshoremen at San Pedro Not
Needed Now.
PLENTY OF NON-UNION HELP &
Andrew Furuseth, of Seamen's Union, is
Gloomy Over the Outlook Lumber
Yards Are Working Full P
Blast. K '
SAN PEDRO, Sept. 5. Andrew Furu
seth, business agent of the coast sea
man's union, arrivel here yesterday from
San Francisco, and today was trying;
to straighten out the difficulties be-
tween the sailors and longshoremen's
union and the wharf and shipowners
here. In an interview today Furuseth .,
stated that nothing had occurred or
been accomplished toward bringing the
local labor troubles to an end. He re
fused to say whether any definite action
had been taken bj; the local' unions and
seemed to take a gloomy-view of the . .
outlook" for an immediate settlement. ',. ..
All the lumber yards are now working f 4
full Wast and tho-mjlls have started up " , '
with a full complement of men,; all of ,
whorn'SrilS worKing as individuals. .three '
schooners arrived durinc tha nishriand -v A .
n. i..-. . t " - wtU
(HQ "ynnrj, mnuugeira sy iiiey unv piii jsm
ers are now "at the' wharves being un; , y;fV,
loaded by nonunion men. - ' t
RESTORE CANTEEN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. Restoration
of the canteen feature of the post ex J
change is recommended by! Brigadier
General William A. Mackay, command-
l ing the Southwestern division of the
army, with headquarters at Oklahoma
City, Okla., in his annual report to tha
War' .Department". --He says it is t" p
belief of the men tbat ibejsw l
interference with their personal rishtti
garanteed them by the constitution and i
that the law, if submitted by the sti- . '
perior court of the United States would i, :
be regarded as unconstitutional. . i i
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