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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1906)
UaKltHf rULLiAttOOIATIO ) RIPONT, OOVBR THK MORNING FIILD ON THB LOWE COLUMBIAN PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LXI NO. 281 ASTORIA, OREGON, ' WBDNEK PAY, OCTOBER 2. 1906 DONT WANT FREE SEEDS FarmcrsCongrcssOpposM to DIstrlcution. SEEDS ARE VALUELESS No Objection, to- Sd. if V.lu, a .11 1 - r f ! Brought In From Foreign Countrise. FIGHT AGAINST ADDICKS Doctor Wiley of the Agricultural Ex periment Department DeUnlatu on Booie and Plu g To bacco. WASHINGTON. P. C, October 24 A Mil blow waa dw.lt the Congressional Free Sed Distribution by the National Farmer Congress, a few days ago, at Rock Istnnd, Illinois, and thoee Con gressmen who have contended that the only reaeon they voted to continue the distribution of these prise packages of catnip and rhubarb eeed wat beeaune tb "farmers want them," will, from aelf respect, be compelled to abandon the plea. The Farmer Congress waa composed' of thousand delegates from 1 parte of the country, representing various organizations of agriculturist. Naturally free seed came before It and several antl.free eeed resolutions were prewmted, A special committee was appointed to consider the subject and the reiohttlone, nnd reported e roi. lowlntf: "Rcsolvedt That we are opposed to the system of seed distribution a now conducted br the FedernI Government, hut believe In the work of exploring foreign countrlea for such seeds and plants a may be profitably Introduced Into this country, and reocommend that the money expended for seed distribu ' tlon n now conducted, be added to the fund fc maintaining American seed and plant explorers In other countrlea, under direction of the United States Department of Agriculture, and the dl trltmtlon of the same among the Ag ricultural Experiment Stations of the country for practical test." A lively debate followed In which one speaker after another denounced the free seed distribution ai ft fake nnd a swindle. One of the most prom. Inent speaker said it was "the blgget humbutr that has been perpetrated on the American farmers for fifty years." None of the speakers had a word to say In defence of the practice, and at the conclusion of the discussion a rts. Ing vote was demanded. WHh a shout the thousand delegates rose and the resolution , was declared unanimously adopted, amid great applause. According to the Washington Tepre the resolution adopted by the National Farmer Congress is the platform on which the. farmer and seed dealers are united. It Is also claimed to voice the opinions of the Department of Ag. rlcttlture, pleasing the subject he said today i "Secretary Wilson has carefully re, Trained , from expressing any opinions , tn tlia frAA.aoA1 nAntivtvArnv nthef than in his official communications where he fnnnfiv ntnt.i fbiit. a chanw a oincini communionvious frennentlv stated that a change .hrvnlri be made from the nresenl svs- fen, n Indiscriminate distribution 'of .oar! onn flint tl.A wnrV slionld be limited to the distribution of really I rare and valuable seeds. The Impres- tw oerri.,. mmtiW nf romrress Intent on continuing their oharge,on the public purse that they may keep themselves before their constituents seeks to convev. that the seed mer. chants and the. Department of Agricul.ls (Conoludcd on pngo 0) BUNCOED AGED WOMAH, Portland Clairvoyant Bobs poor Woman i and Sklpi Out.. !01tTLANT. Oct. 23.Undor the powerful hynollo Influence of Dr. Fran- I el Truth, clairvoyant and palmist Mrs, Amelia Stone Informed the po lice this monilnif she was as a little I .1.11.1 ..J Mlniliv okuvaJ M. l.t.l.llrw. jaJS bid saved by two years' grinding toil Tit alleged victim of the cialrvoy, nt U about 70 years old and waa left among strangers without s cent In her I luulint ITnv arnr wl a nlilful thl tl'SC Ing for night and transportation to I North Bend, when her sister lives wnrranf la nut for tha intlt of Df. m 1 - . the city tot Tuesday. Tbu far not I a, eiew dm been ootainea as to m I . m . h i. . . . .' Lt. whereabouts. The number of his rlo ilim li i.l! in he lanre. George .Ta bour. who says he lort $400 through the ' Illegal financial work f the clarivoy I ant, accompanied the aged lire. Stone to tb police court and assisted bur In laying a complaint. SCHOOL BLOWN DOWN. OODEN. Oct. 23. The roof and north end of the industris.1 school were blown down by the storm Sunday, causing damage of auch extent to the build ing that It will be necessary to rebuild It from the second lUwy at a cost of $2,000. Policy Holders of York Life Insur Snce Cannot Agree DIRECTORS BALLOTTED UPON Policy Holders Have Received Copies of Official Ballot with Instructions to Vote the Administration Ticket. 1.03 ANGELES, Oct. 23. What Is said to be a revolt of considerable pro portions is on among the policyholders of the New. York Life Insurance com pany. The revolt U caused by an at tempt of the company to Induce pol icyholders to vote the "Administration Ticket", of directors, prepared by the company at Its head office In New York, and sent out to policy-holders in all the large cities. The ballot Is now be. Ing taken and when completed will be forwarded to the head office. It Is claimed that a large number of policy-holders here have received copies of the official ballot with all the names scratched off with the exception of the candidates of the adminixtration ticket. The result has oreated intense indignation here, and a notice has been sent out for a general mass meeting of the pollcv-holders to protest over the actions of the, home office. DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS. Bryan Predicts Next Congress Will Be Democratic, WASHINGTON, Oct, 23. In' a letter to Chairman Qiimts of the Democratic National Congressional Committee, W. T. 11.. i 11.. lJ!lo Bryan 'declares that the indications are that the next Congress will Democratic and a Democratic hous be ..-. r 0 Democratic and Democratic house can send to the senate remdlal issues and Jill if join Issues with the Republicans they refuse to adopt them. Bryan as rts that the Republican leaders are . it.- j. i lit J uruier tua conwu.oi weaiui nu attempting to block President Roose volt's attempts at reform.. He says the best way to support the President is to elect Democrats in place of Rermblicns for the record snows tnat tne jjemocims ood by him better in the senate and house than the Republicans have. INSURANCE REVOLT HAND FINAL AGREEMENT Grainbandlcrs' Strike IS Still Unsettled. ULTIMATUM IS ISSUED Annaiv In K Dt. cutties Appear to be Re mote as Ever, STUBBORN STAGE IN FIGHT Efforts Will Be Made Today to Con- dlitate Warring Factions and Come i to an Understand- , v Ing. PORTLAND, Oct. 23,-The strike dir. ferences In Portland between shippers snd grain handlers, is still on. In a final effort to reach an amicable agree ment of the strike differences, the gralnhandlers, through their attorney, Russell Sewsll have handed the! agree ment and ultimatum regarding the conditional unionizing of the machine men, weighers and samplers, tOi,T. B. Wilcox, president of the Portland nour Ing Mills company. It was presented at a meeting of the exporters at noon, but no final action was taken, W. J. Burns, publicity agent of Hal four, Gutherle Co., was ignored, and it is said it was done to secure i nrestine through Mr. Wilcox, who I declared to be In. sympathy with the union men, and he has promised to do his utmost to win over the other ex porters, and on that the union Is large, lv basinir Its expectancy for a settle niAnt. Mr Burns stated todav that thev do not propose to have the weigh ers' belong to the union, and he claims to have done his utmost to bring the strike to a termination. He stated that his company were making preparations to meet all future emergencies. Ma chinery has been bought and a strong company has been organised and will be Incorporated Immediately to do the stevedore work in port. "We nave se mm 1i the mn necessarv for the handling of grain shipments, as we can not afford to have vessels and cargoes lying idle. Attorney Sewall has been designated cublicitv agent for the gralnhandlers and longshoremen and in the future he is expected to give out information bearing on the strike. Mr. Sewall has also been retained to prosecute cases against the strikers who are caught as sailing non.unlbn men. The union members say they feel, the recent es capades on the water front have tended to hurt their fight materially and as an evidence of their determination to stamp out the , practice, resolutions were passed by the longshoremen ana crainhandlers today to prosecute all of fenders of, the two locals. INJUNCTION GRANTED. New York Life Company Restrained by v the Court. NEW YORK. Oct. 23. The Interna tional Policy Holders' committee held a meetinir today and obtained an order - , .. v from Justice. Bishoff requiring the JNew 1UIK JlUfl vuuija.i,r " cause why an injunction should not be gmnted, restraining t from carrying on its campaign for the election of the "Administration Ticket," at, the expense of the policy holder , BASE BALL. . nm im iv oAf tha mime of vxuvju' ij vv, -v ---- n i ball today,-the score was Oakland Si Portland, 2. CAMPAIGN THUNDER. Case Against Boss Murphy Dismissed by Grand Jury, NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Thc were no political developments of interest to day. The Democratic state chairman appointed a committee to push the state campaign, and Boss Murphy of Tam many called on all Tammany members to support the party nominees with loysjty and energy. The grand jury which has been Investigating Murphy's recent charges that the "Independence League' were trying to "hold up" Dem ocratic candidates, dismissed the sub. ject as "campaign gossip." WILL SUPPORT PARTY. Tammany of New York . Will Support - the Entire Ticket NEW YORK, Oct. 23. The executive committee of Tammany Hall decided to day to support the whole Democratic ticket. Charles t. Murphy, leader of Tammany, delivered speech la which he said it was expected that all mem. bers would do their utmost on election day and stated that the results would compare with the best vote of pre vious years. ' ROBBERS CAPTURED. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 23.-five of the men who robbed the Sawyer, North Dakota, bank last Monday of $0,400, and who fought a battle with the offi cers; are reported to have been cap tured by a posse. Canadian Officials Arrest Thirty . . Japs From Schooner. . , NOT ALLOWED IN DOMINION Schooner Mary Brings Ninety.six Jap anese Under a Scheme Planned in Canada and Other Pro vinces. I VICTORIA, B. C-, Oct. 23. A scheme has been discovered by officials of the dominion government of Canada, har- wino r.-ir ita nhiAct th lanainir or a large number of Japanese laborers in Canada. Over thirty contraband Jap LANDING JAPANESE snese landed in Canada by the schooner of New York. The question of , na Suln Mara, have been arrested by of- tionality did not enter into the selec- flcers of the government and will be tion, the idea being to select compe transported, under the laws of the gov. tent men, capable of carrying out the ... m - i t 1 i il. J eminent. , At least fifty more are be licved to be at large. The captain of the Suian Mam admitted that he had ninety-six Japanese on board. The scheme was to land all of them in Can ada, with more to come, but was frus trated by the Japanese agents. Other steamers or schooners with Japanese are expected to arrive daily, but the officers will be on the outlook for them, and if an attempt is made to land them, they will be immediately deport, ed. A large number of those landed were bound for the United States. SHOT THROUGH WINDOW. , HUGO, I. T.. Oct. 23. R. E. Short was shot throuirh a window in his house last night in the , presence of his wife and children. No cause for the shoot ing has been ascertained. Blood hounds today followed the trail from Short's house to the door of K. C. Adams house, and tried to get in. Adams was formerly Short's partner in the butcher business and they disagreed over finan cial settlement. Adams , was arrested tonight, but refused to make any state ment. . ' JUDGE WAS BUNCOED. TACOMA, Oct. 23. Police Judge John W. Linck declares he has been buncoed out of $14 by Joe Snyder, and has tiled a complaint before Justice Garretson. Linck claims Snyder se- - cured the money from him under false pretenses and wants Snyder arrested. PRESIDENTS CABINET Important Changes to Be Made Soon. HEBREW GETS OFFICE Appointment of Oscar S. Strauss Has Finally Been Ue cided Upon SHAW AND MOODY RETIRE George B. Cortelyou Will Be Appointed Secretary of the Treasury to Suc ceed Secretary Leslie M. . Shaw. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. An import ant meeting of President Roosevelt's cabinet was held today, at which time discussion of cabinet changes was men tioned. Following the statement .re garding prospective changes in the President's cabinet, which was made publie tonight at the White House, the changes suggested And which have been agreed upon, will be as follows: On the retirement of Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Moody, it was decided that George B. Cortelyou would be appointed secretary of the-treasury and General George Von L. Meyer will succeed him as Postmaster , General Charles J. Bonaparte will be appointed Attofner General Victor H. Metcalf secretary of the navy, and Oscar S Strauss secretary of Commerce and La bor.- The understanding Is, and agreed upon at the cabinet meeting, that Sec retary Moody will retire on January and Secretary Shaw on March 4..; The appointment of Mr. Strauss was a sur prise to everyone, as it is the first In. stance where a Hebrew has been made a member of the cabinet He is well known as a New York merchant, dip I lomat and author, and is eonsmerea as one of the brightest men in the state duties incumbent upon the office and who are in accord with the administra. tion of - President Roosevelt. WESTERN BLIZZARD. Hopes Entertained that Storm Abate Today. .Will DENVER, Oct. 23. Eastern Colorado which has been in .the throes of a Wis. zard today, is still enjoying the cold weather. The weather bureau holds out hopes that clearing weather will be forthcoming tonight. Snow ceased fftllins here and the storm center is moving eastward. The delay on freight and passenger traffic on the railroads is about over, the principal damage be ing done to fruit and livestock. CHANGE MANAGERS. Mike Fisher of Fresno team Loses Of ficial Head. FRESNO, Oct. 23. Mike Fisher, man ager of the Fresno baseball club, ts slated to lose his official head. A meet. ing o fthe directors will be held to morrow. Fisher was told three weeks afro that his services would be no longer required and was asked to re . . . 1 1 , I consequence of which he will be dis- missed tomorrow. It is probable that Charles Doyle, now captain of the Fres no team, will be chosen as manager. airrn This ho TfltllSM In QO. BQQ 1UIUIV UUMtt OI IXIM1B WWUSMW, - SUMMARLLT EXECUTED. Revolutionists Deported from Arizona Executed. PHOENIX, Ari., Oct. 23. A spedat to the Republican from Tuscon says that several well known citizens of that place, whose names are withheld, have returned from Noagles, where they were authoritively informed that Salcido and several other revolutionists, recently de ported from Arizona, were taken to Ilermosillo and summarily executed, notwithstanding official statements to the contrary. , ., , , TEACHERS TOUR. Five Hundred Teachers to Tonr the Unit, ed States. . NEW YORK, Oct 2. An elaborate tour of the United States hat been planned for the 600 hundred Englisb teachers who are to visit this country soon underj the directions) of Alfred Mosely, C M. O. President Butler of Columbia and City Superintendent Max well have made the plans. They have divided the tourists into groups accord ing to the different subjects to be stud ied. The teachers will visit thoee sec tions first where individual subjects are to be realised. The teachers will leave , England in groups of 25 and remain in this conn try from two weeks to three months. The first group is expected to arrive at the end of November and the lost of March. Mr Mosely who earn here a week ago, will remain here until the last group has left. " ANNA HELD HELD UP Actress Losses a Large Amount of luM and Mnnev." POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING Two Men Follow on Train from Balti more and Are Suspected of Steal ing the' Jewels, Money and Valuables. CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct. 23. The police - are searching to ' discover the $161,000 worth of jewels which Anna, Held,' the actress, reported to have been Stolen, from her on the Pennsyl vania trai nearly Monday morning, The gems are said to have been stolen from hep stateroom while she and her hus band were temporarily absent from it, having gone into the dining car for supper. The jewels were in a small hand satchel, which also contained $ft 000 in money and some valuable pa. pers, bank books and other articles, which Miss Held claimed were valued at $100,000. i When the ease was first reported to the police they were incredulous, be lieving it was sort of advertising dodge, but" Chief of Police Kohler says he is now convinced that the robbery was committed. Miss Held gave a descrip tion of two men whom she suspected, and who had followed her from Balti more, and the detective agency report ed that they had got the trace of one of the men at that place. No arrests have been made, but detectives believe they know who the robbers were, al though it seems to be doubtful if they will be apprehended. FAVORITISM SHOWN. Reduced Rates Granted to Certain Pre ferred Shippers. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 23. Evidence of favoritism was shown today to the -managers of the Kansas City Elevator Company of the Chicago, St. Paul and Milwaukee railroad company, ; In the matter of granting reduced rates to shippers. At a Meeting of the Kansas rtjt V . , . . 1 ., . l.nllt w,m1un who were alleged to be in with the new deal were threatened wnn expulsion. The matter has created quite a sensa tion in shipping circles.