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VOLUME LXI NO. 337
ASTOKIA, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1906
PUBLIC OF
rWUMD
To be Taken Into Strikers
' Confidence.
MASS MEETING PLANNED
National Organizers Arriving to
Aid Car-Men In Tbeir
BljFlsht.
MEN GREATLY ENCOURAGED
Disorder Praotloally Dying Down Un
der Stress of Pelle Prssur and
Effort! of th ttrlk Leader
At Well.
PORTLAND, Dec SO. Upon th
plan and suggestion that mar b
presented by tha officer of tha Inter
national body of th tret car man'a
onion, who ara expected to arrlva In
Portland tonight and tomorrow, will
depend tba further conduct of tha lo
cal street ear strlk. and tha outeom
of tha unlon'a fight against tha rati
way company. " ;": - .
Tbaaa man hava bad wlda experience
In tha conduct of strikes and tha mam-
bar of tha union hara hava great
hope that their praaanca In tha city
and their aid In h flKbt now on will
feav tha effect of rousing new Inter-
est, Instilling now Ufa Into tha fight,
bringing many mora man Into the
ranks of the alrtkera, and enabling
tba union to ultimately win It point
Qeneral Organiser W. O. Burton la
to arrive tonight at J:B5. and will meet
with tha street car men and the exec
utlve board of the Federated Trades
Council at Prow Hall tonight. Rich
ard Cornetlue, member of the executive
board of tha International organlia-
tlon. will arrlva tomorrow afternoon
and both ha and Burton will address
a public man meeting at Merrlll'a hnll
Friday night. Thla meeting la to lay
the atrlka altuntlon before the public,
and all unlonmen, and to moke a bid
for renewed empathy and aupport
from both. Vice PreldentM. 3. Bui
llvan. of the International Electrical
Workers, baa been requested to come
to the city, but no reply baa been re
calved from blm aa yet.
Notwithstanding the fact that . the
railway company la operating car
night and day almost on schedule
time; that few, If any, men are being
converted to the causa of the strlkors;
that th electrical worker have o
far deellnod to atrtke In sympathy, and
the Federated Tradca Council haa not
authorised any ; general sympathetic
atrlkea, the carmen "till express the
greatest confidence In their ability ul
timately to win. Their faith In the
power of the International offlcera to
give a, turn to affairs that will force
' tha company to come to tlmo la un
bounded. WHISKEY MANUFACTURERS HOT
WASHINGTON, Dec, 20. An em
phatla protest was made yesterday to
Secretary W!!"n f th,. Agricultural
Department by the manufacturer of
whiskey known as neutral spirits,
against a tentative ruling of the de
partment respecting blended" whis
ky. Under thla ruling the mixture of
neutral spirits and bourbon and rye
whiskey to which harmless coloring as
flavoring Ingredients have been added,
cannot ba branded "blended" whiskey,
or Indeed, whiskey at all, .
CLAIM8 MANY MILLIONS.
NEW YORK, Deo. 20,-Louls P.
Kooken, of Philadelphia, through
counsel here, served notice yesterday
upon Corporation Counsel Ellison and
Comptroller Meta, laying claim to the,
major portion of the property In up
per Manhattan borough and the Bronx,
the value of which runs up Into the
hundreds of mlllons, Kooken claims
to rep i many heirs of tha ortg
lwl ,N dees, and grants mad , by
Rio rF Nlcolla and Thomas Dongan,
JT , governors.
NRED ON CARS.
PEN8ACOLA, ria,, Dec. to. Of
ficers of tha Fort Barrancas army
post notified tha attorneys of tha eleo
trio car Una that thorough Investiga
tion will b mad and If any artll
lerymen fired on tba train they win
ba eourtmartlaled. The soldier deny
that they fired into a train, and af.
tar a thorough examination today by
offlcera of tha Penwaloca Kloctrlo com
pany It was announced that no bullet
holes were found In any of tba ears,
AFTER "BLACK HAND" SOCIETIES
NEW YORK. Pee, tO.-Wlth tba
Idea of discouraging tha "Black Hand"
and kindred organisations In thla city,
the polio tonight arreted fourteen
Italian on charges of carrying con
cm! ad wpon a, A special fore of
detective was detailed to tb Italian
colony for the purpose of apprehend
Ing ausplcloua persona.
Police Commlsatoner Bingham stat
ed tbat ba would enlarge tha fore of
Italian detectives and make A deter'
mined effort to rid tha city of the
"black hand" das of criminal.
RAILROAD DEFIES COMMISSION
OMAHA, Dee. 10. George McNutt.
of Kansas City, district paasenger
agont of tha Missouri, Kansas
Texaa, who Is tn thla city, announcea
that bla company ba decided to
make contracts for th coming year
with newspapers for advertising to be
paid for In transportation, notwlth
standing th ruling tha Interstate
Commerce Commission baa made.
f eamale Mldlonary irom JTokio
Takes Up Cud jets.
HITS SAN FRANCISCO BOARD
8 tertiary ef Board of Education
Writs Shsrp Critlotsm of Lady
and Incidentally of Metoalf
and th President
f SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 10. Mrs.
Flora B. Harris, residing at tha Toklo
mission, recently addressed a com
munlcatlon to th San Francisco board
of education, In which she deplored
San Francisco's attitude toward the
Japanese In the public schools, and
criticised what she termed th "pro
vincial spirit" of the local offlclal. She
deprecated the attempt to classify the
Japanese as "Orientals," and expressed
surprise that the children of any for
elgn residents could be "excluded from
the public schools and sogrognted
without their consent, solely on ac
count of their nationality."
The San Francisco Board of Educa
tion, through Secretary Klmere C. Lef
flngwell, has framed & reply to Mra
Harris. The reply acsorts that the
Japanose bav not been "excluded"
from the schools, "despite the fact that.
no less A personage than the President
of th United States has employed a
similar assertion In framing a mes
saga to Congres, and notwithstanding
the wholly unfair report made of tho
entire school Incident , by tb Sea
retaryi of Commerce and Labor, the
Hon. Victor H. Metcalf," : -
The "provincialism of California,"
the "piy states.. "Is oddly enough re
flected In the hearts and minds of the
people of : Oregon and Washington."
Continuing,, the reply says: "The fact
that the President of the. United
States Is basing arguments upon er
roneous asumptlons' and framing
against a loyal people scathing crit
icisms regarding a matter which Is
purely one of local concern, doea not
In the least deter the people of the
Pacific Coast, who, after all, doubtless
are the best Judges of their own im
mediate needs. Neither do the mis
leading deductions and recommenda
tions of a politician high In authori
ty, when voiced through a document
which plainly sought the light of fa
vor and not of truth, Impress the peo
ple of this locality! with any sense of
doubt as to their rights as free born
(Continued on Fag 3.)
CONGRESS
ADJOURNS
Over the Great Holiday
Season of 1906
YESTERDAY'S BIG RUSH
Isthmian Canal Report Is Received
and Makes Deep Impression
in Boih Houses.
MONDELL FIGHTS FOR HIS BILL
Big and Buay Day In th National
Legislature Everything Rushed to
Make Adjournment Easy Re
convene Jsnusry 3.
Th annual rport(of th Isthmian
Canal Commission for tb year ending
December 1 waa mad publlo today.
The report la In part a follows:
During tb year the first stag of
canal work, tbat of preparation, has
virtually been past, and the Commls
slon finds Itself In a position to enter
upon th second stag, that of actual
construction of a lock canal af "an "el
evation of IS feet, authorised by Con
grass In June last.
Of these two stages, the first waa
at once the more difficult and the more
Important, If Jnot done thoroughly
and Intelligently, In every part, the
actual work of construction would be
handicapped from the start" It waa
necessary to make the Isthmus, by
thorough sanitation, a healthful place
In which to work; to provide suitable
quarter and food for employes; to
construct proper terminal yards and
railway tracks and Intermediate yards
for the handling of the vast quantities
of materlala and supplies; to Install a
system of railway tracka through the
cuts; to put the various levels In the
cut In proper condition for the Install
atlon and operation of the maximum
number of steam shovels; to pur
chase and assemble the plant for con
structlng the canal; to work out all
engineering problems; to perfect i
government and create a system of ac
counts, and to formulate a prellmln
ary plan for carrying forward the
work In each department. '
Emphntlo testimony to the thor
oughness with which the preliminary
work has been done was borne by the
Senate committee on lnterooeanlo ca
nals In Its majority report, made to
the Senate on May 17, 1904,
WASHINGTON, Deo. 20. President
Roosovelt today Blgned the Urgent De
flelency bill, ;
Senator Foraker occupied the atten
tion ot me senate in ns ibri session
before the holiday recess In an ex
tended criticism of the basis of Pres
ident Roosevelt's action In discharg
ing the negro troops of tha Twenty
fifth Infantry, on account of the
Brownsville raid. He was replied to,
briefly, by Lodge, whiie 'acoti ; sus
tained the demand of the Ohio sena
tor for full Investigation of the matter
by the Senate Military Committee. A
resolution declaring such an Investi
gation Is before the Senate for action
at Its next meeting. The Senate ad
journed until January 3, 1907.
The recommendations for changes In
the naturalization, expatriation and
passport laws and regulations of the
United States, was submitted to Con
gress today by tha special committee
designated by the State Department to
Investigate the political laws, In ac
cordance with the request from ? the
House oommlttee on foreign affairs.
The committee consisted of Dr. David
Jayne Hill, United States minister to
The Netherlands, James B. Scott, so
licitor, and Galllard Hunt, chief of the
Passport Bureau of the State Depart
ment The status of American wo
men marrying foreigners is sharply
defined and the citizenship of minor
children Is made clear and provision
Is made for expatriation of American
cltlsens who live abroad Indefinitely.
Under" the present law, a man once
an American cltlsen I always an
American cltlsen. The result has beer!
many perplexing International difficul
ties, especially In Turkey, where many
men who have American naturalisation
papers demand the protection of th
United States. If th recommenda
tions of the committee b enacted Into
law this country will be practically
upon th basis as England Is now, nt
will be able to terminate the Amer
ican cltlxcnsblD ot persons who live
outside this country.
After being In session less than an
hour, the House adjourned until Jan,
S. 1907. " Empty desk greeted the
Speaker when the House convened and
the desire to get away for the Holidays
was superior to all Inclinations for
business. Representative Mondell of
Wyoming succeeded In passing a bill
extending the time In which entrymen
may make final settlement on the Sho
shone Indian Reservation. Tb House
adjourned to meet again on January
1, 1 907. One hundred members wait
ed to extend the season's greetings to
Speaker Cannon. T
While Mondell's bill was under eon'
slderatlon, Representative Mann of ff
llnols, objected to the practice of Con
grass, or rather of the Interior De
partment, In opening Indian reserva
tions under the lottery system. He se
riously doubted whether the entrymen
on these binds contemplated their re
tention, but believed that they hoped
rather to make money out ot their
holdings, while real settlers were
placed at a disadvantage.
T
Forly-Sevtn Railways Make (his
Wage Tribute.
TO YARDMEN AND TRAINMEN
Was a Universal Demand Throughout
th Country Some Brotherhood
Asked Five Cents Increase Per
Day Four Accepted.
PORTLAND, Dec 10, Switchmen
In the employ of the O. R- A N.,
Southern Pacific Northern Pacific and
Northern Tacino Terminal Company
have been granted an Increase of 4
cents an nour In wages. This Is for
ten-hour day, with not less than
half an hour extra work to be con
sidered overtime. ;
The new scale gives day foremen
In first-class yards 35 cents and night
foremen 87 cents, with day helpers
patd 33 cents and night helpers 34
cents. In second-class yards the scale
Is 1 cent lower. The Increase was
asked for In November, but was not
granted until a few days ago, when
It was agreed that the raise should
date from November 1. The concert
ed action of the four companies in
recognising the request of the men is
taken to Indicate other matters pre
sonted by engineers and trainmen will
be accorded the same recognition.
All lines of railroad employes with
the exception, of clerks, have ' either
taken up the theme of an increase in
wages, or will do so by January 1.
The latest Intention has been declared
by the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men and Order of Railway Conduc
tors, on all lines west of Chicago, who
Wtl Remand an vigul-bour day and an
Increase of 15 per cent for conductors
and brakemen.
About 47 roads wtll be affected and
the Increase will benefit a total of
45,000 men, while to the companies It
means an additional expenditure of
39,000,000 annually.
EXCITING PURSUIT.
BUFFALO, Dec. 20. The trunk con
taining $15,000 worth of plate and Jew
elry alleged to bav been stolen from
Charles V. Stein of Chicago, was In
Buffalo today and waa shipped by a
man and woman to Montreal tonight,
beating the pursuing detectives by ten
minutes. ' A telegram has been sent
along the Una to arrest the couple and
the conductor of the train haa been
instructed to bold the trunk,
ADVICE
NO EXTRA
SESSION
President Very Dubious of
It's Necessity.
CONGRESS AGAINST IT
He Musi Have Affirmative Expres
sion Before He Will Even
i Consider It.
NO VERY PRESSING REASONS
Tariff Revleionist Are Hot For It-
High Tariff Men ar Solidly 'For
ninsf th Plan Will Be In
vestigated. WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Advocate
of tariff revision have about aban
doned hope that an extra session-of
the 60th Congress wDl be called, fol
lowing the adjournment of the pres
ent session on March 4 next Presi
dent Roosevelt, while avoiding any
definite statement of bis Intentions has
distinctly discouraged advocates of an
extra session who bave called at the
White House during the past few
day ' - -v,
fanv Western Congressmen and
most of the member of tb Massa.
chusetts delegation bav strongly
urged the President to take up the
matter ot tariff revision and force
early action. They contend that the
results of the recent election Indicate
a strong demand for readjustment of
the Dlngley schedules, and they in
sist that Congress and the President
should recognise that demand.
Mr. Roosevelt's attitude In the mat
ter haa not been arbitrary, but to his
Insistent callers be haa declared that
tariff revision should be given care
tul consideration that none Is more de.
alrous than be of getting such read'
Juatment of the tariff schedules as will
quiet the agitation on this subject, and
come as near giving general satlsfac
tlon aa possible; tbat he would glad
ly call Congress tn extra session if he
were sure it would revise the tariff
to meet the demands from various
quarters, but that he does not want to
ca)l an extra session and then bave
Congress balk and fall to do any'
thing. ; .
Assurances have been given by the
President to callers that he proposes
to go over the subject carefully with
members of Congress, and thus en
deavor to get light on the proper
course for him to pursue. ., i
mile it cannot be said the extra
session plan is entirely abandoned, the
Indications are it will be. So strong
is the stand pat and high-tariff ele
ment In Congress, that ' when the
President goes over the' ground thor
oughly he Is almost certain to con
clude It would do little good to call
an extra session. Theonly other way
seriously considered tor getting at
tariff revision Is to have . an inves
tigation of schedules by the Ways and
Means Committee of the House and
Finance Committee Of the SenateV or
a Joint committee made up of sub
committees from these committees.
rTK TTTk nwA Iff ann rAMMtHAA olona
might make an investigation. This
plan Is strongly favored by tha Pres
ident and some of his Cabinet, but op
posed strongly by Secretary Shaw, and
the leading high tariff men in the
Cabinet, and It Is doubtful If such a
proposition even can get through Con
gress. - . .
PUBLIC AT FAULT.
Shippers and Consignees Blamed for
Car Shortage,
WASHINGTON, Dec, 20. President
A. B. Stlckney ot the Chicago Great
Western haa submitted some Interest
ing facta to the Interstate Commerce
Commission, In which he says that the
average distance traveled in 24 hours
by a freight car Is 250 miles and that
the average tlm consumed by ship
pers and consignee in loading and un
loading each car Is nine day, or Sit
hours. Mr. Stlckney says that If ship
pers could be compelled to load and
unload each average car In four and
one-half days. It would bav th equiv
alent of doubling instantaneovaty the
effectiveness of freight equipment of
tb railroads, In effect adding to such
equipment 1,780,000 car without cost
to tb railway and without Increasing
their capitalization, while to purchase
that number of new car would cost
the railway, and add to their capital
ization, the enormous sum of fl,160,
000,009, which at four per cent would
add to their annual charges 154,400,
000 to be collected from the people,
' THEMIS A TOTAL LOSS.
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VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. JO. Th
steamer Salvor returned tonight from
tb wreck of , the steamer Themis,
which struck on the Cardigan Rocks,
Balaclava, Island, last Friday, having
found salvage impossible. Th steam
er 1 almost covered by water. It la
not believed any of her cargo can
be saved. ': ,
VE8UVIUS-1N ERUPTION.
NAPLES, Dec JO-Another portion
ot the crater of Vesuvius fell In to
day and caused an eruption of sand.
The rain of ashes created some alarm
but calm waa soon restored.
t MELBA IN T RAVI ATA,
NEW YORK, Dec i0. Mme. lfelba
cabled Oscar Hammerstein yesterday
that she would make ber first appear
ance In the Manhattan Opera Hons
January 1, aa Vlolette In Travlata."
OLD M FEB
Sivil Service Employes Not Be
Retired on Part Pay. V
WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE
National Civil Service Reform League
Reports Adversely to Giving Old
Age Pensions to Member
of Service,
NEW YORK, Dec. 80. A blow at all
schemes for old age pensions for Civil
Service employes, whether in state or
nation, was delivered today . by tb
National Civil Service Reform League.
The report aroused special interest be
cause not only are there now several
bills in Congress providing for pen
sions for superannuated government
clerks, but several legislatures are be
sieged by Civil Service employes try
ing to establish an elaborate pension
system. The league finds that any
pension scheme founded on the gov
ernment Is bad. A civil pension list
on the English basis would cost the
nation $19,000,000 for the whole service
whereas at the present the govern
ment's loss from the inefficiency of
its employes who are 65 years of age,
expressed in salary, equals $1,200,000 ,
a year. . , .
'' DIGGING FOR HICKS.
BAKERSFIELD, Deo. 20. The res
cuers who have been working so stead
ily and manfully to release the Im
prisoned miner Hicks are almost with
in loucli of the entombed man. ,- The
rescuers are now within talking dis
tance and will take him from his
prison tomorrow unless some unfor-
seen accident prevents. Every pre-;
caution is being taken and the last tew
feet of earth are being carefully re
moved to prevent any mishap. Hicks'
wonderful courage is still manifest in
the witty conversations which be
keeps up with the rescuers, who ar
really gaining courage from blm.
8EALER BEGINS CRUISE.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec, 20. The
sealing schooner Victoria, first of the
Victoria Sealing Company's schoon
ers to leave this season, sailed today,
outfitted for a nine months' crulse.off
the California coaat, Copper Island and
Bering Sea. .