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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1906)
H.UIENY SUCCUMBS Died at Portland Yesterday Morning Early; . ; PROMINENT PIONEER Forceful and Trusted Leader in Mcicantile andFinan- cial Circles. WAS SIXTY TWO YEARS OP AGE Father of On of the Founder of Ore gon'! .Metropolis Brother of U. 1 S. Senator " Levi Ankeny of Washington. PORTLAND. Poo. I.-IInry E. Ankeny, Orcon pioneer and one of tho best known men of tho Northwest, died at tho North Paclno Sanatorium, of Bright'! disease, at I o'clock thts morning. - At tho bedside At tho time of hi danth, wcro hU wife and hto two daughters, Met. Alfred H. Stiller, of Medford, and Mini Gladys Ankeny. of Eugen Death had boon expected and tamt peacefully, tho deceased balng eonicloui to tho end. r HI final tllneu came last April. though ho had suffered a number of aevere attacks for tho piuit two or three years, In Juno ho woo forced to toko to hi bod and romatned thoro until August, when h was taken to Newport. HI health continuing to fall, ho, waa brought to Portland, and for four4 montho had been treated at tho Sanatorium whero ho died. All membera of hi! family have been notified, and according to tenta tive arrangement, subject to U)o abil ity of hl children to reach hero, in duo tlmo, tho funeral will bo held un der Uo auspice of tho local Christian Science '.' Church Monday morning, Maooni will have charge at tho grave. Interment will bo at Rlvervlow Cem etery, where hi father and one lter joto burled, ' , ' . Mr, Ankeny wan tho son of the late Captain A. P. Ankony, one of the founder of the City of Portland and moving gonluse In upbuilding the city and state, and after whom Ankeny street thin city, la named. United State Senator Levi Ankeny, of Walla Walla, Wah I a step-brother of the deceased, and was formerly engaged In mercantile business with him In this city., - - Ho was born In Virginia In 1844 and crossed the plain with hi father and step-brother In I860.' At the end of their; long, : adventurous pilgrimage, full of hardship and 'dangers, they touted In Tamblll county, " In the early. '80s the deceased came to this city and laid the foundation for his long and successful buslncs career a An -employe of the WelW-Fargo. Ex preoi Company. Aftor some years In this capacity, he engaged In the mer cantile business with his father and brother. - In I860 he , marrlod Miss Cordelia Striker, of Vancouver, Wash. CURED BLINDNE83. .Now York 8urgeon 8uoonfully Trans 1 plant Cornea of Human Eye. ', -www. .. ' 'NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A Vienna 'dlspatoh to the Sun says that at a meeting of tho Medical Society there yesterday, Dr. Zrlm showed tbat man whom he successfully performed transplantation of the cornea. The patient had lost tho sight of both eyes, By chance the surgeon had to take an eyo out of an eleven-year-old boy, rwhlch wa ruined by a steel splinter, but the cornea of which wa Intact Dr. Zlrm then cut llta In the opaque cornea of the blind man'! eyeo and InserUd pieces from tho boy'i eyo. The experiment failed with only one eye because the transplanted cornea thick ened, but the other eyo Was so suc couiftil that It affords the man almost normal vision. In this eye tho trans planted cornea retain It transpar ency, although there le a slight veil over tho eye. -'Wv.;! But tho once totally blind man can read small print and can work, Dr. Zlrm attribute numerous previous failure to the fact that the cornea of animal, Instead of human., beings, as In this Instance, was Invariably used. RECEIVER ASKED FOR. Psolfie Coast Lumbermen Attaok Rail ; roads lit Earnest. MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. It The Mis sissippi 'Valley , Lumberman today states tbat the lumbor and shingle manufacturer! of the Paclflo Coast bav already under way atop look' tng to an application1 for receiver for certain railroad. It la admitted that tho properties ore perfectly aolvont, but the attack la mad on tho ground that the roada bavo forfeited their charter! through tniufflctont service. Tho Internets back of tho movement have prepared elaborate data showing delays in transit and losses to ship pers through failure to receive cars. EIGHT-ROAD TIE IIP Yardmen On Big Eastern Systems Getting Busy. DIFFERENCE I CENT AN HOUR Christmas Traffio Liable to Bo Held Up Conference Held Yesterday Companies Offer Four Cento Osft of Five. NEW ' YORK. . Dec. II. Whether there will be a tie-up of Chrlxtmas freight In the yards of eight of the big railroads having terminals In Now York and Jersey City was dependent on the outcome of a conference which was hold today at the oltlco of the Central Railroad of Now Jer sey In this city. Tho eight road con cerned were tho Pennsylvania, Erie, Lohlgh Valley, Central of New Jersey, Long Island, Baltimore ft Ohio, Lack awanna and Stnten Island and the Ra pid Transit. Tho yardmen employed on those roada gave the managers un til today to decide whether to grant thorn an Increase of 5 cents an hour In wages. Most of tho road pad agreed to an Increase of 4 cents an hour, , Although the railroad officials, admitted today that the situation seemed acute, there was no talk of yielding on either side before the conforence, although P. H. Morrlssey, grand master of the rail road trainmen, had said that was no reason to suppose that tho men would strike.' . During -the afternoon all the Indica tions pointed to a prolonged session of the conference. A messenger was sent out about 1:80 o'clock to order lunch eon sent to the conference room. Tho men who have made 'the de mands number about 8,000, and are employed exclusively in tho railroad terminal. They ask that wages be made equal to those of the men em ployed In tho West , who do the same work. The New York Central, New York, New Haven ft Hartford have conceded the new schedule and will have no trouble. A strike of this kind would likely tie up traffic for somo days i and would probably be a serious matter for New York, aa the food supplies of all kinds would be held up. The ultimatum sent by the men gave the foods until noon today to grant the demand, but the strike, if one Is ordered, will not go into effect until midnight. COUNCILLOR IS KILLED Renegade Russian Refor mer Assassinated. ONCE MOST LIBERAL Alterwards Used Repressive Mea sures, Earning Univer sal Hatred. SLAYER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Aosatstn Was Evidently Workingman Delegated by Extremists ignatieff Was the Originator of Drum Head Court Martial. ' . ' i .' f - . . TVER. Deo. II. Count Alexis Igna tieff, Councillor of the Emptre and tho former governor-general of Kiev, Vol hyt and Fodolla, wao aasaaslnated to day In the refreshment room of the Noble's Assembly HalL The man who killed the Count endeavored to com mit auicide, but waa overpowered and arrested. Ills Identity baa not been established, Ignatieff was sluing with other members of tho Zemstvo in tho refreshment room. Suddenly a young man who had been sitting in tho room arose and approaching tho Count Bred six shots from a revolver. All took effect, one piercing the Count's heart and he died almost instantly. The murderer fled to an adjoining room, whero he turned his revolver, two chambers of which he reloaded, toward his own breast. One shot mlwod and tho other plorced his shoulder. When overpowered, he shouted: "I did what I camo for." card of admission to tho Zemstvo, bearing the name of Kulikoff, was found in the assassin's pocket. Be appears to bo a workingman. Ignatieff waa one of the first to advocate reforms In Russia and tt waa principally the result of his Invest! gatlons In Southern Russia which in' duced the Caar to proclaim the first parliament Later he experienced a change of heart and became a reprea slonlst of tho most ultra stripe. Be supported the harsh policies of the In terior Minister Durnovo and la said to have been the originator of the obnoxious drumhead court-martials, by which hundreds of terrorists were condemned to death. He also took part In the plot which encompassed the downfall of Wltte. and was said to have been slated for premier In a scheme which contemplated turning tho Guard Regiments against Parlla: ment and applying an iron rule which the represalonlsts considered "to be necessary in Russia. Ignatieff was (4 years old and during his lifetime held many coveted positions In tho military branch of the government. JAPANESE 8TATEMENT. Consul at San Francisco Makes a Talk en Pending Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22. "There Is no reason to fear that war will grow out of the San' Francisco school matter," said Japanese Consul Uyeno yesterday. ''My government under stands the situation here, very well. They, believe at Toklo that the anti- Japanese agitation Is limited to the labor element.' With this understand ing tho Japanese government will know how to conduct itself. .. 1 . "We contend, of course, that there should bo no discrimination against Japanese pupils in the "public schools. Children of Japanese parentage should be treated In exactly tho same man ner as children of parents of other na tionalities. Wo believe tbat they have a right to this treatment under the treaty. There can bo no objection to keeping pupils of mature age from at tending tho primary and grammar schools. We merely wont for the Jap anese children the same treatment that Is accorded to others. Wo could not accept anything less than that In the way of a compromise." 8ANE EDUCATION. Brooklyn High Sehools Warned to Cease Crowding Pupil. NEW YORK, Doc. 12. Tho Decern ber grand Jury of King! county, after the examination of several members of the board of education and the prin cipals of tho Brooklyn High schools. handed In a presentment to County Judge Asplnwoll yesterday condemn ing certain school methods. The pre sentment demand that home study by pupil! cease and that Instead tho dally hours at school bo Increased by one hour each and the curriculum be changed so that a large part of this additional hour be devoted to super vised study. The grand jury find that the curriculum for l-year-old pupils Is much harder than it waa a few years ago and that students are being forced far beyond their capa city to assimilate knowledge. Such a system, It declares, can result only In weakened memories and physical dlsabtllty. ( STRIKERS LAY LOW Portland Street Car Situation Much Improved."" WILL FIGHT THROUGH SPRING Polios Taking Every Precaution Dur ing Jhe Lull to Perfect Arrange mente for Meeting Any Fur ther Violence.. PORTLAND, Dec 22. Though little credence Is placed In rumors that a second demonstration will be mode to night by striking street car men and sympathisers, precautions have been token by both tho Portland Railways Light ft Power Company and tho po lice department It la promised that If a disturbance Is started It will .be quelled In short order. At the headquarters of tho strike committee quiet relgna today, ;. and apparently tho leaders have settled down to tho campaign they Intend to Inaugurate to force th 9 company to meet the demand of the strikers. This warfare, they declare, will be contin ued until spring. If necessary. Sev eral men are reported to have left the service of the company during the past few days and to have Joined the strik ers, but the railway officials say they have no Information to that effect In a crowd of 700 men, they point out, It Is not unusual for a few to leave each month. .; . y Chief of Police GrlUmacher today ordered that extra patrolmen report In uniform at headquarters at S o'clock this afternoon for duty until relieved. The chief says he does not anticipate any trouble tonight, but has decided to be prepared against any repetition of the scones of last Saturday night The extra policemen selected from tho day and night shifts will be armed with clubs and guns arid will be di vided into squads. The maJorlty of the men will patrol the streets of the business district to old the regular men In keeping everybody on the, move and to prevent the gathering of crowds. Another force, some of . whom will be mounted, will be held at the police sta tion In readiness for emergency. - ...I BROWNSVILLE INVESTIGATION. WASHINGTON, Deo. 28. Another Investigation is to be made of the Brownsville affair. This investigation Is to be ' made by M. D. Proudy, as sistant to the Attorney General. HICKS IS AT . , LAST FREE Miner Rescued After Fif teen Days Burial. DUG NIGHT AND DAY Man Never Further than Sixty Feet From Friends and Freedom.' ONCE NEARLY ABANDONED Sustained all the Hardships and Dis ' couragements with Unfaltering Courage, Inciting the Worker Abovo and Directing Them. BAKERS FIELD, Dec 22. L. R Hicks, the miner who waa entombed by a cave-in In the tunnel pf the iSli son Electric Company on December T, waa rescued at 11:25 tonight The news occasioned great excitement in this' "city and for more "than forty five minutes pandemonium reigned; fireballs were rung, whistles blown and fire-arms discharged. Hicks was entombed alive under sixty feet of de bris fifteen days ago In a tunnel of tho Edison Electric Power Company. 17 miles northeast of this city. Five of his fellow workmen were burled at tho same time by the cave-In, under thousands of tons 'of earth and rock. The men had Just begun work in the a tunnel which is being built to aid In generating power from the waters of the Kern river, when without warn ing tho penpendiculor shaft above them collapsed. No immediate help could be given. The work of rescuing the bodies was immediately begun, and prosecuted with vigor, but owing to the yielding nature of the soil, slow progress woo mode. Hope had been abandoned when three days after the disaster a sound of tapping on the water pipe was heard. Instantly a response was sent 'and the answering raps proved that at least one of the Imprisoned men was alive. Communi cation was established through this pipe with the man at the bottom. The man proved to be Hicks, whose, life had been saved by a steel car -under which he had been pinned. His five companions ; were dead, Hicks was fed and entertained through this pipe and the work' of rescue has been pursued perslstetnly night and day until tonight when the man was removed from his niche. ' HARRIMAN GETS ULTIMATUM. Southern Pacific Firemen and Engin' eer Will Strike Sunday. PEORIA. Dec. 23. Grand : laoster Hanrahan of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Fireman and Engineers, to night Issued an ultimatum to E. H. Harrlman, notifying him that the engi neers and firemen on the Southern Pa ciflo will strike at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The ultimatum states that membera of the Firemen and Engi neers' Union are determined that the Southern Pacific shall not force them to withdraw from this organisation and Join the Brotherhood of LocomO' tlve Engineers In order to have their grievances adjusted. ' HOUSTON. Tex.,- Dec. 22. Tomor row night at midnight the members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire men will withdraw from the Atlantic system of the, Southern , pacific. The trouble arose last May when the Southern Pacific signed an agreement with the locomotive engineers that the grievances of all engineers should be handled by that organisation. Many engineer! belong to the firemen's -brotherhood and this order contended that grievance! of their member eould not f be properly presented f, through the engineers' brotherhood. , The company refused to abrogate the agreement with the engineers, con tending that tbhyras a matter for the two brotherhoods to ; settle , between themselves. The company, however, agreed to decide the matter If the con- , tending order woul ttagre to abide by its decision. This the firemen re fused. ' , 8TRIKE PREVENTED. NEW YORK. Dec 22. There will be no holiday strike of the railroad men In thia city who recently made a de mand for an Increase in wage. The railway official! and the representa tive! of the employes, after a confer-, ence today announced that an amic able understanding had been reached. It waa agreed-to submit the difference of one cent between position of tho officers of tho railroad! and the de mands of the men to arbitration. JURY UNDECIDED. ; SPOKANE, Dec 22. The Jury In the Sloane murder case had not reached a verdict at midnight At that hour the men were singing hymn and showed no sign of reaching an agree ment BILLIONS FOR US J. J. Hill Suggests Enormous Ex- penditure for Rolling Stock. COAL SITUATION RELIEVED Interstate Commerce Commission Dis cusses Railroads Shippers and ' Bad Management Both Blamed for Car Shortage. . WASHINGTON, Dec 22. Franklin K. Lane, one of tho Interstate Com merce Commission, stated tonight that the coal situation In the West haa been greatly relieved. Speaking of hi! recent trip through the West, Lane sold there waa a serious terminal con gestion. He sold that shippers who complain of the railroads, should have foreseen the car shortage and been prepared. He says J. J. Hill has suggested that the railroads spend five billion dollar at the rate of a blUion a year In buy ing equipment, double' tracking and quadruple tracking, putting In new switches and enlarging terminals. Lone says that both In Chicago and Minneapolis positive proof has been given that , the tense situation is due to faulty management as well as to Inadequate equipment Lane said that Midgley'a suggestion of a car clear- ; Ing house, by which road would re ceive credit weekly for their cars and under which cars may be used to best advantage. Is a good one. .. Lane said he did not care to discuss the remedy. He said that he thought beyond ques tion that the commission has no pow er in the matter, and that it must be left to the railroads themselves. If , they cajnnot successfully cope with it, then the law should be made to cover such cases. , , , SAILOR'S BODY FOUND. VICTORIA, B, C, Deo. 22. A dis patch from the light-house keeper at Carmanah Point, reports tho finding of the body of a white man, presumably a sailor between Close and Carmanah Point, The body has not been re covered, but it Is expected that It will be secured at low tide. No news as to where the body came from, but the Impression is that the victim was lost from some vessel during the recent storm.