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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1907)
Jtlooiitiiii UHLIHI PULL AOOIAT0 PRGSS PO")T COVERS THE MORNINQ FltLD ON TH1 LOW Eh COLUMBIA;) VOLUME LXIII NO. R ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY . 1007 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 ION AT Investigates Holdings of Railroad King. STUPENDOUS PROFITS Union Pacific Line Alone Showed Fifty Million Annually Clear Gain. MANY LINES UNDER CONTROL Orgon Short Lin Pay Dividend, on Stock Held by Union Paolfie Cur lout Things Ar Brought to Light. NKW YORK, Jan. 4. Modern meth od of combining it ml consolidating mammoth ritllwity yitrm uml ex tending the irlr-Iil of community of Interest worn Investigated here todity at great length by the Interstate Com merce Commission, which begun In quiry Into (he so-cnlled "llurrlmnn tine" The Commission goes next week to fhlciiRO. Svernl ntticr cities may be visited before nil thi desired testimony In In tbo hands of the gov ernment representatives, whose ob Jwt n to determine whether imy f thn railway of thn country are con solidated or combined In rent mint of trade. At today's hearting It was brought out and iidmltled t hut the Union I'iicltlc, the Southern Pacific, tho Oregon Hhort Mm, nnd the Oregon Hiillwiiy & Nit vlg:il lull I'-mpniiy are practically under one administration. Jlarrlnmn appearing it president of fiuh company, with only Might varia tions of the lists of other officers. It wu further shown thiit the Southern Pacific owns the Pacific Mull Steam ship Company; that the Southern Pa cific mid Harrlmnn Inter. sts control the Portland nnd Asiatic Steamship Com pany. The Union Pacific, by meaiiH of an agreement signed hy Iliirrlmiin and Senator Clnrk, has traffic arrange ments with tho Sun Pedro, Lob An geled mid Salt Lake Hallway lasting 99 yearn, and by It ( ruin the Han Pedro cannot lower or raise II m rates without the consent of the Southern Pacific. The Union I'ac liW- cxcrcls S Joint control with the limit Island over tho Chicago Alton, the arrangement being that the Union I'aclllc has con trol of the Alton one year and the Hock Island the n xl, extending for a period of ten years from HUM. The I'nlon I'nclllc owns S'.'S, 12:1,100 worth of stock or "!l.rS per cent of the capitalization of the Illinois Central Hallway. Tlu Colon Had tic also owiih $5,082,300 worth of Nioik of the St. ,Tonepli uml (irnnil iHland, which Ih 37.37 of the whole. The Oregon Short T.lne owiih 3 i. 5 0, 000 worlli of stock In tho llalllmoi'P Ohio, or 1R.B2 of the whole. Of tlie Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul, tho Oregon Short Mno owns M.fifln.rino, or 3.42 per cent of thn whole. This eompnny also owns $2,572,000 or 2.58 per cent of the stock of the Chicago & NorthweHtern. ten millions of tho preferred stock of the Atchison, Topokn & Simla Vo, being 4.38 per cent, and $14,285,745. or 7.97 per cent of the capital stock of the Now York Central nnd Hudson. Of theHe holdings, by tho Harrlmnn com panies, tho stocks of tho Illinois Cen tral, the Haltlmore ft Ohio, the New York Contrnl, the Chicago & North western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Atchison, Topeka & San ta Fe and the St. Joseph & Grand Wand, aggregating In value $103,293, 745, were all bought since July 1, 1906. H MAN .iO" .rom?" link'l MIITIllllTK I' mission. Iii reply ii r vjf Inn lM'lily , (lint tin) I'n lllMt IllltlUlll SUT- plus of I r f a J. The Oregon Hhort Lino il'Tliinx, a (II vlilcrnl of HO per timt on It stock held by th Union Pacific noil also contributed out of It H W U'-i:i urln to the purchase money. PRESIDENTIAL P088IBILITIE8. LaUtt Lilt GivM Governor Hugh Prominent Plae. CHICAGO, Jan. 4,-A dlnnatch to the Tribune from Washington say Kir soum reason the Imiugurul tnes niig.i of I inventor Hughes of New Yolk hcciiik to have stirred the Itepub- llclin leaders here o tin extraordinary degr'-e. When ho was first tdected they did not enthuse over him at nil. they InilAted that he wits cold blood ed and that the candidate for the presidency would have to come from tho Witst, anyway. Hut there I no denying that the governor's Inaugu ral speech has benefitted him won- dnrruiiy, as far a opinion or mere politicians goes, In both branches of Congress his mime wna constantly re fi'ired to yciileiday. Dnu of the old timers In Congress made up it list of eleven men, one of which he predict ed would surely bo the Kepubllcn.l candidate for the presidency to suc ceed Theodore Hoosevelt. His list In cluded Governor Hughes of New York: Secretary Tafl nnd Senator Foraker of Ohio; Governor Cummin and Sec retary Hhaw. of Iowa; Senator Fair banks nnd Senator Heverldge of In diana; Speaker Cannon nnd Governor IVneen of Illinois; nnd Senators Ia Follette nnd Spooner of Wisconsin. FIREMEN TO STRIKE .... a Upon Order of Brotherhood Will Tie Up Oregon Lines. ROADS PREPARE FOR FIGHT Ai.ert That Thy Hav Practically Engaged Man Enough to Fill the Place of Engineer Should They Walk Out. POHTHAND, Jan. 4. That a strike of locomotive firemen on the Harrlmnn lines In the Northwest Is looked for Is evident from the unusual activity display il by oIIIcIuIm Iii charge of the operating department. An air of un rest prevails about the- company'i: terminal yards and while firemen de cline to discuss the proposed strike, It Is apparent that they are ready to walk out any time the order comes from the headquarters of the J trot h erhood In the Kast. In anticipation of the strike, rail way oillclals are engaged In practical ly employing men to be placed on tho engines to succeed that who may quit work. It Is asserted all the men need ed can be obtained and when the walkout takes place the new men will be Immediately assigned to the en gines deserted hy the firemen. If a strike Is declared by the Hroth erhood, and many nre of the opinion that one will be ordered during the next 48 hours, It will affect not only the Southern raclfle lines In Oregon, but the entire ITarrlman system reach ing to the O. Tt. & N., Oregon Short Line nnd Union Pacific, So say the firemen. The Brotherhood has dis cussed the situation secretly and de clares It will heed a call for a walk out If Grand Master Hnnrnhnn Issues one. On the side of the Harrlmnn in terests the nspect Is so serious that every precaution Is being taken. UNIONS DECLARE BOYCOTT. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. The lo cal carpenters' union declared, a boy cott against the Japanese. Any mem ber of the union who employs Japan ese labor, patronizes Japanese mer chants or purchases goods from em ployers of Japanese, Is to be fined ten dollars. "VhTO ll'l llll! 1110 WILLAMETTE OVERFLOWS Waters Rise Rapidly and Do Much Damage. WORST IS NOW OVER Raim of Recent Big Storm Raise the River Three Inches an Hour. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TIED UP No Train Lav Portland in Twnty four Hour Report from South ern Point Indicate Greatest Damage i Now Patt. PORTLAND, Jan. 4. Thw ittorm- fed water of the Willamette are well lug up at the rate of nearly three Inches an hour, a rise more rapid than any previously noted thla season. Dur ing l ne past t Hours cnuing at i o'clock this morning It had Increased In height at Portland 4.5 feet No train are operating over the Southern Pacific today out of Port land, and the first to leave for 24 hours will get away this evening, though the time of departure Is not known. On the Southern Pacific there Is a complete tie-up, wltii the principal trouble centered at Comstock, north of Drain. UejiortH from various points In the Willamette Valley tell of a sharp cold snap, which set In this afternoon and Indications are that the flood situation has been materially bettered. The storm of the past few days has been the worst of the season, filling moun tain streams nnd valley rivers to ov erflowing nnd doing great damage In some sections. Hrldges are washed out In many places, the Southern Pacific being the heavy sufferer from the turbulent waters, hut a greatly di minished rainfall today, followed by the cold snap of tonight, will doubtless save the entire Willamette nnd Rogue River valleys from what would have been great floods. Several vnlley towns are Inundated, but since morning the river situation has been greatly Improved. At Eu gene, the Willamette has fallen a foot and seven-tenths; at Barton, on the Clackamas river, the waters have dropped one foot and six Inches and at Tualatin, It Is on a stand at ten feet. Elsewhere the rise continues, being three nnd eight-tenths feet at Albany since S o'clock this morning: two nnd seven-tenths feet at Salem and only three-tenths of a foot at Portland. Unless there is resumption of heavy rnlns, the crest of the high waters will reach Portland Sunday night or Monday morning, and It Is not ex pected that any serious damage will be done, although it is possible that some of the lower docks may be covered. EJECT THREE THOUSAND. United State Marshall Has Big Job Meted to Him. CHICAGO, Jan. 4. Tho Chronicle today says: On six United States .deputy marshals was placed yesterday tho responsibility of serving on 3, 000 defendants notices of ejectment In a suit recently filed In the U. S. circuit court by Sydney Smith, of Cambridge, Mass., who seeks to pos sess himself of South Side property value! at approximately $40,0.00,000. The deputies who were especially ap pointed for the task, which Is one of the largest problems that has ever confronted United States Marshal Hoy, met with many experiences during the day. These they reported to the mar shal at his office In the Federal Build ing over the telephone. Mr. Smith claims absolute title to all the land bounded by Thirty-fifth street on the north to Thirty-ninth street on the south and from Grand boulevard on the west to a line running north from Cottage Grove and Thirty-ninth street on the east, He asserts that an an cestor settled on the land In 1834 and filed a claim to It, but died before obtaining a patent to the property. In order to obtain standing In court It became necessary to Include as de fendants to the ejectment proceedings all persons living within the boun daries described In the plaintiff s bill. WILL PRESS QUESTION. Department of Juttice Will Renew Japanese Agitation in 'Frico. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 It has been learned from trustworthy but unof ficial sources that the Department of Justlco will file In the United States courts of San Francisco a bill In equity asking the court to enforce the pro vision existing In the treaty between the United States and Japan, which In effect. It Is asserted, guarantees to the Japanese children the same rights In the public schools of the United States as are accorded the children of American parents. TOO MUCH FOR PARIS. PARIS, Jan. 4. The chief of police has stopped the performance of "A Dream of Egypt," with Marquise De Morny in the principal role. FORTHE PRIZE APPLE All Oregon Will Enter Contest to Secure Coveted Honor. FRUIT GROWERS WILL DECIDE Meeting of State Horticultural Society in Portland Next Tuesday Will Select th Best Apples of the State. PORTLAND, Jan. 4. Keen rivalry between the apple-growing sections of the state Is expected during the three days' session of the Oregon State Hor ticultural Society, which will hold its annual meeting In Portland January 9 and 10. The meetings will be held In the new Woodmen of the World Temple. Hood River, Southern Oregon and the Willamette Valley will hold the center or tne stage, mr at mis nieei- ing awards will determine, In the Judgment of experienced fruit-grow ers, which section produces the best apples. Awards and prizes hnve been ar ranged for the best exhibits of apples, prunes, pears nnd walnuts, but the principal features will be apples and prunes. During the three days' session there will be numerous speeches and papers by the best-known authorities of tne state ond fruit-culture and the grow ing of other stnple Oregon products. The first three day of the session will be at the hall, but on the third day there will be an open-air session, where the practical side of spraying can be demonstrated. DESERT BANDIT CHIEF. TANGIER, Jan. 4. Many of the former friends and supporters of Ral sull, who is at Zinat, have, It Is stated here, deserted the bandit chief. Ral- sull has discarded all tho signs of his former position, Including the robes of a Moorish official. He has again donned his mountaineer's costume. Nearly all the tribes in the neigh borhood of the mountains, It is an nounced, have made submission to the Sultan. PASSENGERS HELD LOST Wreckage From the City of j Panama Washed Up. PORTLANDERS ABOARD Four Prominent People of the Metropolis Were on the Vessel. CARRIED SIXTY BESIDES CREW Life Rafts Came Ashore a Wardell Beach, California, Bearing Steam er's Name May Have Been Washed Overboard. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. A report was received in this city late tonight that several life rafts and other wreck age with the name "City of Panama," on them, came ashore at Wardell Beach this evening. The City of Pan ama sailed from here on December 31 for the Isthmus. Among the passen gers were Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, of Portland, Oregon, booked through to New York. Mrs. Coe Is said to be with him and a number of other prom inent Oregonlans. In addition to the cabin passengers, the City of Panama carried 25 Chinese and 20 in the steerage. Her cabin passengers were James Bowbry, W. G. McPherson, R. G. McPherson, Dr. E. Rutherford, Mrs. Rutheford. Dr. H. W. Coe and wife, T. E. Prince, Frank J. Glauyas, Thos. Clarke, Charles L. Spaford, J. V. Coo ney, Harry Cooper, wife and child. Wardll beach Is on the coast of Santa Cruz county, twenty miles north of Santa Cruz City and very remote from any telegraph or telephone line. News of wreckage being washed ashore at that point was brought to Pescadero tonight. Pescadero Is about fifteen miles north of Wardell Beach. A heavy southeastern gale has been blowing for several days and It Is possible that the wreckage found on the beach was washed overboard. PORTLAND, Jan. 4. Dr. Coe and wife, R. G. McPherson and W. G. Mc Pherson, the latter two In the furnace and plumbing business. W. G. Mc Pherson Is a member of Mayor Lane's executive board. T. E. Prince accom panied the McPhersons, but nothing can be learned tonight as to his Iden tity. RAN BY STOP SIGNAL. Testimony Tends to Thow Blame on Engineer of "Dead" Train. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. The coro ner's inquest investigating the Terra Cotta wreck Sunday night on the Bal timore & Ohio, heard testimony all day from telegraph operators and others at the Silver Spring, Takoma and University Stations, all of which show that the two trains received a white light at Silver Springs; that the passenger train cleared Takoma for University and that the "dead" train ran by the red light at Takoma. The Takoma operator was corroborat ed by four eye witnesses In his state ment that he gave the "dead" train a stop signal. The inquest will be con tinued tomorrow. MONSTER GERMAN CRUISER. Kaiser Siezed with Popular Fancy for Unwieldy Men of War. LONDON, Jan. 4. The Berlin cor respondent of the Dally Mall says the Kaiser has decided to eclipse the world so far as armored cruisers are con cerned. After the elections the gov ernment will ask for authority from the relchstag to greatly Increase the tonnage of such a cruiser already men tioned, so that the new ship will have a displacement of 20,000 tons. The vessel Is to have turbine engines, which it Is planned, will make her the speediest cruiser In the world. It Is also designed to make the ship more powerful than any existing battleship. EDWARD IS PEACEMAKER. LONDON, Jan. 4. In speaking of the reported separation of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, the Throne says: "A reconciliation has taken place between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and on Box ing Day they came together again. King Edward has extended the area of his influence and his functions as peacemaker have been chiefly Instru mental in effecting the reunion." CANNED BEANS KILL. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. Three per sona are dead here as a result of ptomaine poisoning from eating canned beans. Henry Carter of Ontar io, his daughter Mabel, and Charles E. Abbott partook of beans on a camp ing trip and were almost Immediately taken ill. They returned home and died of the effects. FIGHT WAS FIERCE. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. Jim Flynn won the decision at the end of the twentieth round over "Jack" (Twin) Sullivan. It was a terrific fight. OWL TRAIN WRECKED Running at Fifty Miles n Hour Passengers Not Huat. FUEL OIL THROWS INTO DITCH Only Spark Needed to Set Coaches on Fire and Roast the Inmate Alive Wreck Caused by Burst Tire. TRACEY. Cal., Jan. 4. The Owl train from Los Angeles was wrecked at Manteca Station, five miles south of Lathrop, early this morning, while running at a speed of 50 miles an hour. The baggage car and three of the forward sleepers were ditched. The second sleeper was thrown on Its side crosswise of the track, yet not a single passenger or trainman was Injured, beyond a few minor scathches. A tramp riding on the rear of the tender escaped with a broken arm and some bruises. The chair car, the diner and tho Fresno sleeper, all of which were in the rear, did not leave the track. The forward truck only of the next sleep er left the rails. The balance of the train was badly shattered. The en gine and tender were almost burled In the earth. The fuel oil ran out Into the ditch and only needed to be ig nited to have set fire to the wreck. Many of the passengers had to be as sisted to gain their freedom from the coaches and a Are would have caused a terrible holocaust. The accident was caused by the bursting of the tire on one of the wheels of the engine tender. The broken wheel dropped into a cattle guard and the crash came. The pas sengers were brought North on an other train after a delay of two hours. CONDITIONS MORE NORMAL. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. The la bor situation In San Francisco Is rap idly assuming normal conditions, ac cordin gto Investigations made by the California promotion committee. There is still great demand for ordinary la borers, not only in San Francisco, but throughout the state.