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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1906)
iftlornitM OOVCnS THK MORNINO PIBLO ON TH LOWS COLUMBIAN USUtMtt PUU AttOOIATIO PRIM RBPORT VOLUME LXI NO. .U4 PRESIDENT I Japanese Desirous of Sec uring: New Treaty. IMPORTANT PROVISIONS Each Country to Have the Pow er to Exclude Foreign laboreri. FOR JAPANESE EXCLUSION Slated That feoratsry Root Under the OlrtNllon of President Roosevali, It Negotiating for Ntw Treaty With Japan. Chicago. pc .a jiptch to tha Tribune from Washington, ay: "Viscount Aokl, tb Japaneae am tssmador. want to the White Houae yesterday at tha Invitation of tha President. Thy a WW altlon to negotiate an entirely naw treaty, ajxs-lflcally rocosntxlng tha right of each country to exclude tha lahomm of tha othar. "Such , provlalon l rontnlned In tha present treaty, but tha President and tha Japanese nmtoamdor thouiiht It would satisfy tha prl.l of tha Jap anese If their right to treat tha Americana a tha Americana treat them were recognlsad. It waa also Iwllavad that a hw treaty would please the reople of California and show them that tha President la prapnrad to go to tha extent of excluding cooll Chlnene If It ahmild become necessary. S,l('n a treaty would rerelva hut lltllo opposl tlon In the Senate. ft would almost Inevitably b fol lowed by ft Japanese exclusion in harrlnir out nil laborers from tha Mi kado's Islands. Our laborers would, theraunon. ba barred hy Japan. "All tbla la specifically provided for In tha existing treaty, but diplomatic method ara devious nnd tha Presi dent probably baa ft dflntte purpoa which will ba disclosed Inter on. "It waa aald yesterday that Secre tary Root, under the direction of tha President, la actually engaffd In the negotiation of a new treaty with Ja pan, which will apoctnvally admit the people, of that nation to the anme right of education na are granted to European alien, no more nnd no less. If If he true that such n trenty Is he lm? negotiated, It will never get farther than the door of tho Senate, me nreaent antlment In that body la alien that not over 10 per cent of the Re publican nnd none of the Democrat" would vote for a trenty which In any way attempted to limit the rights of ft municipality or of n state to manaRc Its own school system." REPORT DENIED. Paoifio Mall Company Not to Land at 8an Pedro. ham pnANCTSCO. Deo. 6. Qenor .i Mnnon. ahwnrln of the Pnclflc Mull HtnamahlD company, made abeo lute denial yesterday of the report emanating from Loa Angelea, to me offot that Hnn Pedro would be made ft port of call for the Paclflo Man ateamori, and eventually a trana-Pa-clflo terminal for boats of the aervloe. According to the dispatch Bent to ho$ Angelea from ,'. San Pedro, the Southern Paclflo agents ftt San Pedro had announced the establishment there of ft new Paclflo water port. men the dispatch waa read to him, Schwerln sold: "I never hoard of this NTERVIEW : : thing before. There li no l .( It We have all wa can atten 1o here t Han Francisco, There la no proa poet of auch an arrangement being made." ORDERED ROLLINO STOCK. Southern Paoifio Plaeat Large Order For Car. BAN PTIANCISCO, Dec. .-Th Southern Pttcinot haa Juat ordered con atructad about l, 500,000 worth of roll ing atock and haa placed ordera ag gregating 11,000.000 with different lo comotive and car manufacturing con cern, eo that Ita equivalent may be augmented aa quickly a poaalble to meet the growing demanda for more can and more faellltlee for tranpor tatton. The flgurea aa given out at the gen eral manager'a oltlce yeaterday ahowa t very material enlargement of the equipment of the company. Compared with the rolling atock now In commlalon tht proepectlve addl tlona amount In aome caaea to 2S( per cent FIRST LECTURE. Commander Peary Will Lecture en "In the Far North." NEW TOMC. Dec. -Commander Peary will give the first lecture of his experience In the Far North," In the American Museum of Natural His tory on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Peary Arctic club. His address will be llluatrftted with pic tures. At the conclusion of the ad dress, the public will be given an op portunity to meet htm personally. SPLITTING POWDER Causes Explosion in Quincy, Mis sissippi Powder Mines. FOURTEEN BOXES EXPLODED One Man Killed and 8everal Injured and Mining 8haft la Badly Dam aged and Number of Mlnera Buried in Debris. HOUGHTON, Miss., Dec. 6. Because Finnish miner was carelesa with his lamp, ono man, William Ooggtn, un willed and three others, Dennis Shea, John Sullivan and John Hand Icy. wore Injured at the Quincy mine Inst night. Shea cannot live. The miner was splitting powder In his hand whon hot grease fell from tho lamp, firing it. He became frlght nrt. nnd dropped the powder, burn ing, Into a box of powder which wns fired and caught fourteen other boxes. Tho explosion killed Ooggln and threw Shea and Sullivan down the shaft to tho twenty-third level. The shaft is badly damaged, from .h .iirhteenth to the twenty-fourth levol and operations are necessarily held up. Rescuing parties had great iimeultv in bringing up the suffocat ing minors. Forty men of the night shift had gone down Just ' before the exDloslon. It Is not known how many are yet down. TORN DOWN FOR FUEL. Historio Cabin In the Couer D'Alenes la Demolished. npnKANE. Dec. 6. The fuel fam Ine at Wardner, Idaho, has reached ft mnt acute stage. As a result or tne famine, the historic cabin erected by wk Smith, John King and' John Flaherty in 1885, has been torn down and will be used for fuel. The cabin was the first one erected after the .(.it. made at Bunker and Sullivan m. Boliter, proprietor of the Spokane hotel at Wardner, was the proprietor. Many interesting stones connected with the old house, and the majority of prosperous mining men spent part of their time In the In the early days In the Couer D'Alenes. ,s ,rrD, 1Qnfi PRICE FIVE CENTS .TORIA, OREGON, mPAY. DECEMBER 7. 1906 e. ' l . . I fw mi i i mm mm inmin araia-i i AMERICAN SHIPPING American Vessels In the Coastwise Trade. VOTE WAS A SUSPRISE Resolutions Introduced Relative to Lumber Trade of the Country. INVESTIGATEHARRIMANSYSTEM Large Amount of Business Transactsd in Both Houses of Congress In Which Inveatigstions Have Been Ordered. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The House today by a vote of HO for to 164 against, defeated the bill Introduced by Representative Llttlefleld of Ohio, providing for the removal of discrim inations agRlnst American vessels en gaged In the coastwise trade. The de bate raged for four hours and a half and the vote was a surprise to the friends of the measure, who openly charged Its defeat to the American Federation of Labor, which has made a strong fight against the bill. The delegation from California, as well as representatives from other western states, saw In the bill an opportunity to file a protest against restricting the rights of states to deal with the pilotage question at first hand and they availed themselves of the oppor tunity to go on record. Senator Kltterldge Introduced a res olution In the Senate desiring an In vestigation by the Department of Commerce and Labor Into the lumber trade of the country and to ascer tain whether there Is In existence a trust or agreement among the deal ers. The Senate today called upon the President and Secretary of War to furnish all the Information compatible with the public Interest regarding the discharge of the negro troops at Brownsville, Texas. Two rcaolutlons wore adopted to accomplish this pur pose, one to the President and the other to the Secretary of War. Ac tion on the resolutions was followed by a debate of two hours, In which the merits of the discharged soldiers received attention. Senator Morgan devoted two hours In his discussion of) his resojution to1 sefcureJ control of the Panama railroad by the Isthmus canal. A compromise on the ship subsidy bill seems in sight. At a meeting of the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries today, Chairman Grosvenor suggested an amendment to the Galllnger bill which limits sub sidles to the South American and Ori ental trade. An appropriation by congress of at least $50,000,000 annually for the Im provement of rivers and harbors was the key-note of speeches delivered be fore the National Rivers and Harbors Congress today. Among the speakers were Speaker Cannon and Chairman Burton of the House committee on rivers and harbors. Cannon warned the delegates not to expect too much, because too much cannot be done at one time. Burton said the commit tee should not ask for an appropria tion from congress for any particu lar community but for the greater projects of the country. Among the speakers were John Barrett, minister to Columbia and J. N. Teal, of Port land, Oregon. Ten Thousand Frisco Relief Fund Not Accounted For. TjOB ANGELES, Dec. .-Sensation al charges were made by James Morley at the Pacific Coast League meeting this afternoon, where President Bert Is up for re-election. Morley charged Bert with being Incompetent, dui added: -what became of the $10,000 whlcn was sent by the Eastern ball clubs for the Paclflo Coftat League after the earthquake, and which was expected to be used for the benefit of the clubs which suffered from the disaster? I know that Bert never distributed the funds, and I am not afraid to get up and charge him with never account- in for the money. Just so long as the league keeps Bert at the head I will fla-ht It In every way that I can, ano I have several things up my sleeve." Russ Hall today said he waa op- noaed to Fresno's membership In the league, because of non-support of the game there. He favored Stockton or Sacramento to fill the vacancy should the Raisin City be dropped. BULLET IN BACK. Idaho 8tage Driver 8hot by a 8heriff and 8erlously Wounded. MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho, Dec. S. Ben Harris, who drives the Bru neau stage, was ahot In the back last night and seriously wounded by Sher iff Ross. Several men with sacks were making a raid on the railroad company's coal cars when Sheriff Ross appeared on the scene. All ran out or ranire except Harris. The sheriff fired and Harris was bit In the back. Har ris la reported better this afternoon. COMMISSION MEETS Preliminary Steps to Investigate Harriman System. MEETING HELD WITHIN MONTH Interstate Commerce Commission Has Ordered an Investigation Growing Out of Common Control of 8. P. and U. P. Roads. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Prellmin ary steps Incidental to the Investlga .i f ha rninHona between certain ilU V "V " roads forming part of what Is known na the Harriman system, were taken by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion today. Attorneys have been re tained and arrangements made for be , in tha henrinc-s later In the month, rhe exact date not having been selected. Chairman Knapp estimates that It will take at least sixty days to complete the Investigation. The following statement was given the commission: "The Inter state Commerce Commission today or dered an investigation of the rela tlons of the Union Paclflo and the Southern Pacific systems, growing out of their common management and con trol. Frank B. Kellogg and C. A Severance of St. Paul have been re tained to take charge of the invest! cations, which will extend from New vnrk to San Francisco. A conference was held today between the commts tha nnimflnl at which the Blifii nnv. sblect was fully discussed and con sidered, but the dates for hearing and other details have not yet been de termlned." GLUCOSE IN CANDY. Gluoose Company Pays Fines Aggre gating Half a Million. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. t. An nouncement was made today that the Corn Products Refining Company, a member of the alleged glucose trust, had made a settlement at a cost of half a million dollars for all cases brought In Pennsylvania by Dairy and Food Commissioner Warren against persons selling candles containing glucose. 111 ! LU I iun i l. RAILROADS Charges of Stealing Coal Lands Reported. TESTIMONY PUBLISHED To What Extent Public Officials Involved Is Not Made Apparent. KNAPP'S MAKES STATEMENT Report of Commission Will Cover All Railroads Engaged in the Trans portation of Coal and Engaged in Mining Business. WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. The Inter o t cnmmwi'. Commission, which was authorized by the Tlllman-Gillls pie resolution to Investigate the rela tions of the various railroads with the business of transportation, mining and handling coal, will soon prepare Its re port for submission to the present session of congress. E. E. Clark, who has been Investigating the mehtods of tho Rio Grande Western, or Gould ii-.. i rvtinrarin. win return lO Washington tomorrow or Saturday on thA rnmmisslon will then go through the thousand pages of testl mony that have been taken and pre pare Its report In an Interview tonight. Chairman Knapp of the commission, called at tentlon to the fact that all the tes timony which had been gathered by Commissioner Prouty on the coal land operations of the Union Pacific sys tem was taken at public sessions and ..n nohiiahori "To what extent, if at all," said Mr. Knapp, "the testl mony involves In any way members of the United States Senate or other public officials, I cannot say, as I have had no opportunity to read It all, but my belief Is that none of the senators or publlo officials are Implicated to ..mi. o-rtAnt Aa Indicated." In a 11 1 J out.. . . publication today, Mr. Knapp said friction between the commission and the interior depart ment BUILD TO MOSCOW. Extension to Lewiston and Clarkston Probable. SPOKANE, Wash.,. Dee. 6.--The Spokane & Inland Electric Railway Is to be extended from Palouse to Mos cow. The contract for the 15 miles has been awarded to Grant Smith & Co. of this city. It Is expected the line will be extended to Genesee, Lew iston and Clarkston during the com ing year. While the amount of the contract Is withheld, It Is hollered to have been in the neighborhood of $200,000. AGREEMENT REACHED. Railroads and Employe Come to Definite Understanding. NEW TORK, Dec. 6. A complete agreement will be reached today be tween the committees of the Trainmen and Conductors of the New York Cen tral Railroad and the railroad officials. The conferences have been going on for about ten days. Superintendent C. W. Smith of the New York Cen tral said last night that an agreement had been practically reached, but that VtaiA aiA inmA amall details to be W w w w arranged. "Everything will be completely set tled within 24 hours." he said. "There were maijy details to be gone over, but there was never a hitch. The con ductor will get an increase of wages. The engineers, firemen and telegra phers have already received increases.1 SECURED VERDICT. May Garlick Recover $4,000 Damage for Broken Leg. NEW YORK, Dec 6. May Garlick, an old time opera singer, who mar ried an Italian nobleman, the Marquis de Feo, got a verdict of $4,000 In the Supreme Court yesterday against the Metropolitan Street Railway' Compa ny. She testified that 11 years ago as she was getting off a car she was thrown backward, breaking her ankle and suffering Injuries which made it Impossible for her to pursue her stage and operatic career. CLIFTON FLOOD. Los by Flood to Town Close to On Million Dollars. . MORENCL Ariz.. Dec. 6. The Clif ton flood damaged over half the town. It destroyed sixteen houses and ten other buildings and drowned between fifteen and twenty persons, mostly Mexicans. The high water mark was two feet higher than ever before. The Cornado railroad between Clifton and Metcalf was almost entirely washed out Several Mexicans were shot for looting. The smelter and works of the Arizona Copper company were badly damaged. The Herald printing office Is a complete loss ftnd the Era printing office is burled half In mud. Nearly all the adobe buildings In the city collapsed. The damage is esti mated close to one million dollars. The town will now probably be moved to higher ground. BAILEY IS ACCUSED Attorney General Alleges Senator Bailey Received Money. MONEY RECEIVED AS A LOAN Texas Senator Admits Having Re ceived Large Sums of Money, But Not In His Official Capacity or aa Senator. AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. . In an ex tended statement Issued today. Sen ator Bailey answers the charges made by State Attorney General Davidson, that Bailey received money from both the Waters-Pierce and Standard Oil companies, through President H. Clay Pierce for securing the readmlsslon of the Waters-Pierce Oil company In this state, after It had been ousted six years ago. Bailey admits having received $15,000 from Pierce as charged by Davidson, but declares It was a loan and he returned It He also ad mits having received $8,000 as a loan from Pierce. He gave Pierce his note for this, but the note has been lost, but Bailey has an acknowledgement In writing of the satisfaction of the loan. Bailey says when he asked Da vidson to show him documentary evi dence to back his (Davidson's) asser tions, Davidson answered he would not do so unless Bailey would say that he never received money tom H. C. Pierce. Bailey says Davidson knew It was Impossible for Bailey to com ply with such an impossible condition. He says Davidson must have kiown then that Bailey had already stated In his speeches that he had been em ployed by Pierce In many transactions as his attorney, for which services Pierce paid him. Bailey pronounces the papers In Davidson's possession as being forgeries and declares he never . acted as an attorney for the Waters Pierce Oil Company. 8HAH OF PERSIA. NEW YORK, Dec. 6. A special ca ble to the Herald from Teheran, Per sia, reports that the Shah Is dying and says his doctors admit he cannot live 24 hours. The dispatch says the Shah is in a semi-conscious condition and has lost the power of speech.