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Hl0tttiitg twit 'UIUIHII CULL AM00IAT1D PRi RiPORT UOVsXR THK M0RNIN9 PIILD ON THH LOW! OOLUMBIA.' VOLUME LXI NO. 325 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS JAPANESE SATISFIED Message Pleases the Little Brown Man. JAPS NATURALIZATION Considered the Only Solution of the Japanese Problem in America. BOND WILL BE STRENUHTENED Ovtr Ten Thousand Japaneso In San Franolieo Jubilant) Three Hundred Thousand Whltaa Ara Opposed to Naturalliatlon. HAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 7. In an Interview published In the Call today, bearing on the recommendations made In hi message by President Room velt on Japanese naturalisation and on tha segregation of their children In schools. General K. Uyene, thj conaul for Japan here, aaya: "Sentiment la practically unlveranl among tha ten thousand Japnnese In San Francisco that the reeommenda tlona made by the President contain tha moat ratlonnl solution of the Japanese-American problem yet suggest d. The Japanese are not only pleased ovr the message, but they regard It aa one of the moat noteworthy docu ment on International question thnt have been Issued from the White Houae. "There la no question but that the bonda between Japan and the United Btatea would be considerably strength ened by conferring the privilege of franchise on tho Japanese In Califor nia. There are aome fifty odd thou Band Jananeae In the atatee, and while I am not In a poaltlon to Bay how many of theae would take advantage of naturalization privilege, I do think the number would be compara tively large. I think this "would be especially ao In tho case of the Jap anese in San Francisco. "Many Japanese have family and property In thla city and they would naturally regard San Francisco aa their permanent home once they be lloved that they had the same prlv- lieges as other aliens. "Concerning tho school segregation question, a lot la being written and talked about that Is duo to miscon ception of the facts in the case, "I think that tho entire matter will be solved satisfactorily and that there la no occastlon for believing other wise, The Jopanese are not striving for anything unreasonable and are quite willing to lot the facts In the dispute guide whatever decision Is to be ultimately decided." EXORBITANT INTERE8T. Ratet for Call Loana on 8took change Disouiied, Ex. NEW YORK, Deo. 7. President Pomeroy of the stock exchange, In commenting on Jacob Schlff's address at the meeting of the chamber of com merce yesterday, In which he asked for an Inquiry into exorbitant inter est rates on call loans, said that he had heard that a number of banks and trust companies were said to be guilty of manipulating call money loan rates In the manner described by Mr. Schlff, but that he did not know whether the charges were true. The stock exchange authorities, he said, would gladly co-operate with tho clearing house In any possible way "V 7 with the object ofxjpplng the. Pr tic "There is said to be enough money to go around," ht added, "for the brokers always manage to get accom modations at soma rats or other and apparently the money Is there, wheth er It Is loaned at' five per cent at one time of the day ,or 25 per cent at another, and we would only be too glad to waist In any movement to estab lish less violent fluctuation. Thus far we have been unable to devise any plan for so doing." BICYCLE RIDERS. Interesting. Raoe. Will. .Commence Sunday Night In New York. NEW YORK. Dee. 7. Sixteen teams of bicycle riders gathered from every quarter of tho globe will start on Sunday night on the long journey of annual International six day bicycle race In Madison Square Garden, The reloaso yesterday from Ellis Island of the championship French team Geor- get Brothers, who recently won the first six days race ever held In Eu rope, oompleto the list of entries which was held open until the last moment, awaiting a decision In their case. The champions of Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as tho very best riders In America will go to the post Eddie Root of Sheepshead Bay, who won tho last two races, Is again favorite with Joe Fogler of Brooklyn, his partner last year, but Bobby Wal ker and Hugh McLean are a close second choice. LOCAL OPTION CARRIE8. LEXINGTON, Dec. 7. William Howard, a negro, upon a wager here today, drank two dosen glasses of whiskey and one dosen glasses of gin and died. OVERCROWD TRAINS Relief In Sight for Elevated Roads in Chicago. NEW TRAIN SCHEME DEVISED Railroad Companies Centering In Chi oago Agree Upon Needed Improve ments for tho Proteotion of Passengers In Chioago. CHICAGO, Dec. 7. Relief from the dangerous overcrowding of elevated trains Is believed to be In sight as the result of plana made yesterday at a conference between Mayor Dunne and the presidents of the roads. The plans took the shape of a compromise be twoen the city and the traction men on several disputed matters of policy. In brief tho tentative agreement reached was: "The loop junctions In Fifth avenue and Lake Van Buren streets to be dou bio decked so that trains bound In one direction pass overhead those bound th opposite way, "Through routing ultimately to be established. "Platforms of loop stations to be lengthened. "Universal transfers are to be ex changed between the lines. "The Northwestern to build a stub end terminal in Dearborn street." The conference was the result of the activity to which the city adminis tration was stirred by the death re cently of a young woman In an acci dent to an overcrowded car. WILL REVIEW LAW. Immigration Bureau to Consider Ha waiian Immigration. HONOLULU, Dec. 6th. U. S. Com missioner of Immigration Sargent, who Is here form Washington to in vestigate the subject, says that the Hawaiian Immigration Law has been complied with in the Importance of Portuguese, but that the department of justice will review the law, CORNELL IN FLAMES Chi Psi Fraternity House Destroyed by Fire. INMATES ARE INJURED Students Made Heroic Efforts to Save Members of the . College. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $200,000 Oldest and Mott Exelustvo Fraternity at tho University Wiped Out, Fire Originating In tho Executive Mansion. ITHICA, N. 7., Dec. 7. In the burning of tbo Chi Pel fraternity house of the Cornell University today, seven lives were lost, three being vol unteer firemen and four students, be sides seven were Injured. One of these may die. The bodies of all but two students have been recovered and the building is being dynamited to faclll tate the search for the missing bodies. Volunteer firemen were burled under a falling wall Following is a list of the dead: S. W. Crello student, New Jersey. W. H. Nichols, student, Chicago, Il linois. O. L. Schmack, student, Pennsyl vania. A. S. Robinson, attorney, Ithaca. John Ramsey, Ithaca. Esty Landrum, clerk, Ithaca. James McCutcheon, Jr., student, PlttHburg, Pa. O. L. Schmuck, a student from Hanover Pa,, escaped from tho burn ing building, but re-entered It In an endeavor to save a room-mate, W. H. Nichols. His efforts were futile, and he died later of his Injuries. James McCutcheon of Pittsburg, a noted football player, also died trying to save his comrades, and J. C. Pope, a freshman, received Injuries while performing rescue work that later re sulted In his death. The bodies of Nichols and F. W. Grelle, students, have not been recovered. The property loss Is estimated at $200,000. Mccutchcon was fullback on the 'varsity team. With Coke he attempt ed to run the gauntlet of fire In the hall, and unconscious the two were rescued, but the firemen could not reach Nichols and Schmack, who per ished in the flames. Crelle's body was taken from the ruins burned almost beyond recognition. une uni si is one of the richest and most exclusive Greek letter fra ternitles established at Cornell uni versity. Fire broke out early this morning In the magnificent mansion occupied by the fraternity presum ably from crossed electric wires. The building is situated some distance from the city. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED. Thedoro Roosevelt, Jr., to Marry a Prominent Actress. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 7. The doro Roosevelt, Jr., Is engaged to be married to Elsie Janls, a 17-year-old actress, acoordlng to a report circu lated around the Harvard campus. Miss Janls made her first appearance on the stage two years ago when she attracted much favorable comment by her mimicry. She was then 15 years old and appeared In Vaudeville. Friends of Miss Janls and young Roosevelt emphatically deny they are to be married. They even say the story was started as a practical Joke on young Roosevelt There are Harvard students, however, who stoutly main tain the engagement exists and that they will be married whenTeddy Jr. leaves college, two years from next June. STEAMER LOST. Russian Volunteer Steamer Strikes a Floating Mine, VICTORIA, Dec. 7. The loss of the Russian volunteer steamer Varyagtn, which struck a floating mine with two hundred persons, ts reported from Vladivostok. The date of the disas ter Is not given, but the mine was struck four miles off Cape Manchuria the vessel sinking in one minute and a half. The vessel carried 250 pas sengers, of whom 47 were saved. She carried a crew of 23, of whom 14 es caped. Chinese junks performed nota ble service In rescuing the half frozen people. , PANAMA CANAL Opening of Bids for Construction Con tinued Until January 12. WASHINGTON. Dec. 7. The Isth maln Canal commission announced that the opening of bids for tho con struction of the Panama canal had been postponed from December 12 to January 12. Invitations for bids fix tho working hours of American labor on the construction work at eight hours, and foreign labor at ten hours, and require at least two shifts during 24 hours. The contractors' bonds have been reduced from $3,000,000 to $2 000,- 000. and they are required to have $5,000,000 capital New York Eastsiders Boycott of Butchers Virtually Won. 5000 SHOPS WILL BE CLOSED Price of Meats Reduced to Fourteen Cents a Pound in New York Causoo tho Women Aggressors to Rejoioo. NEW YORK, Dec. 7. The women of the East Side are whining their fight against the butchers who recent ly raised , the price of meat The packers, It is stated, have capitulated to the retailers upon the threat of the latter to close 5,000 shops that cater to the tenements of the congested dis tricts. The price of meat was formerly 14 cents a pound. A week or two ago it was raised to 16 cents because, as the shopkeepers said, the wholesalers had Increased the price to them. It Is the extra two cents that has caused tne so-called "strike" of tue women of the tenements. The news that the wholesale meat dealers had lowered the price one cent a pound to the retailers came late yesterday and caused rejoicing, among the women. When the butchers heard that they would get their meat a cent cheaper many who have felt the effects of the boycott, decided to accede to the de mands of the women. They hung out signs that 14 cents would be the price hereafter. Trade with them at once commenced to pick up. As the tid ings spread, crowds congregated around the shoos until the oolice had I io aisperse mem. LEVEE BROKEN. PHOENIX, Ariz., Deo. 7. A report Is current that the Colorado river has broken through the levee four thou sand feet below Rock Dam In the Im perial canal. The information was brought by Southern Pacific officials. WOMEN SUCCESSFUL CONGRESS IN SESSION Several Bills Passed In the House Yesterday. SIMPLIFIED SPELLING Book Trust Scheme Will Probably Be Knocked in the Head. STATES LEGISLATETHEMSELVES Employment of Convict Labor Made tho 8ubjoet of a Bill Providing Matter Bo Loft to Several States. WASHINGTON, Dec 7. The house today passed several bills and re ceived from the committee on appro priations the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which car rles an appropriation of over $31,000,' 000 and contains a provision barring "Simplified Spelling," in all documents authorised by law or ordered by con gress. It Is stated, by those who claim to know, that the new spelling reform Is the production of the fertile brains of book manufacturers, who expect to make millions of dollars out of the publication of school and text books, if they can work their scheme through congress. The sentiment in both houses Is strongly against any Interference with the old established methods of spelling. During today's session the house passed a bill which has the enthuslas tic indorsement of organized labor, as well as manufactures generally, re pealing that portion of the Wilson in ter-commerce bill relating to convict made goods and permitting the several states to legislate for themselves as to their competition with free labor made goods. A bill was also passed creating a game preserve In the Olympla mountains In the state of Washington. The Democrats in the house today opposed the consideration of the bill conferring United States citizenship on the Inhabitants of Porto Rico. BERT ELECTED PRESIDENT. Pacifio Coast Base Bait League Elect Officers. LOS ANGELES, Dec 7. At today's meeting of the Pacific Coast Base Ball League President Eugene F. Bert was unanimously re-elected president Nothing came of the chargres pre ferred against Bert by James F. Moor ley, former manager of the Los An geles team. The following were elected directors: E. B. Evans, Fres no; Russ Hall, Seattle; C. W. Pen dleton, Los Angeles; J. C. Ewlng, San Francisco; E. N. Walter, Oakland; W. W. McCredle, Portland. FUEL FAMINE. Idaho People Go to Bed Warm. to Keep PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 7. While there has been no real suffering from the fuel shortage In eastern Oregon reports come from Boise and different points In Idaho that In a number of Instances families were obliged to re main In bed to keep warm. In many homes the occpants sat about with heavy wraps on and 'a few families were compelled to break up their fur niture to keep fire. Women were seen begging for a few chunks of coal "for baby's sake.'' At Boise It was neces sary for some families to go to tho hotels. : In eastern Oregon there would be dire suffering If It were necessary to depend entirely on tha coal. Wood can bo secured in small quantities from mountain points, though the prices art very high. MAKING PEDAGOGUE8. Forest Grove University Will Now Course. Adopt FOREST GROVE, Dec 7. The fac ulty of Pacific university has "decided to offer a course Jn pedagogy, begin ning with the winter term, after tho holidays, and running through tho year.. It la designed for such stu dents as wish to prepare themselves for teaching, and will be open to an students of the colleges and those of the fourth year of Tualatin academy. Professor Coons of the academy will have charge of the work. ANTIQUATED WILL. Old Will of Former Citizen of United States Found. NEW YORK, Dec 7. A piece Of rich paper faded and yellow, from age, with lines faintly traced will be handed to Surrogate Thomas today. It is the last will and testament of Dr. Dlvae Devun McCarte, citizen of the United States, doctor and Interpreter with! the expedition that Commodore Per ry led to Japan over fifty years ago. The will was drawn In Tokio In 1894. The will disposes of all possessions in money and real estate to the widow and the library on Chinese and Jap anese literature together with medals, decorations swords and testimonials are willed to the University of Penn sylvania. Surgery Can Transform Incorrlgl. ble Youths Into Angels. IMPROVING MORAL CHARACTER New Disease Discovered by New York Specialists Which Usually Attacks School Boys of Tender Years, Is Curable. NEW YORK, Dec 7. According to Dr. William H. Maxwell, city superin tendent of schools, and Dr. John J. Cronin, assistant chief medical in spector of the board of health, It has been demonstrated that Burgery can transfom a bad boy Into a good one. This achievement among other equal ly beneficial, was the result of an op eration performed recently upon a pupil from a school in the lower East Side, whose name is withheld. Pri marily the operation was resorted to, not with the notion of Improving the lad's moral character, but for the re moval of a physical defect. For a long time the boy, who Is about 14 years old, and the son of poor parents, had been incorrigible In and out of school. After the operation which was for the removal of adenoids, there was a surprising change In the boy. He became more cheerful, lost his surly manner, and without threats or coercion, but merely in response to a kindly suggestion, he stopped smoking cigarettes, a habit to which he had been addicted. He also de veloped a quickness of apprehension and a readiness to study and is now considered a model pupil. MINERS ENTOMBED. BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 7. Six min ers were entombed today by the caving In of a shaft leading to a big steel pipe conduit in the Edson Power Company's plant eighteen miles from this city. It will be two weeks before ' the bodies of the dead men can be reached. SCIENCE SCHOOLS