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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1907)
ip-f UOVKRS THC MORNINQ FIILD ON TH LOWK OOLUMBIAil "UBLttHK PULL AttOOIATID PRISS MPOflT VOLUME LXI11 NO. 14 f yrOKIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16. 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST BILLS IN HOUSE Work Was Begun Yester day by Oregon Salons. TWO RAILROAD BILLS Reciprocal Demurrage and State Commission Are Ad vocated. MOVE FOR EXEMPTION LAW Resolution Offend for Investigation 0! 6tate Printer's Office Lone Dem ocrat Wanlt Bryan io Give Ad dress Clash with Printer, HALICM. in., Jan. If,. -The nt'oiiom lc pulley of the Mouso Is not apparent yet, ihu committeo mi clerks re porting ut the opening of the morn ing n-aiiii fur three more t hull wcr' ln-fcrr hired. Tin' conuittttee say llu lutiil appropriation will not be etc (reded liy thn i'lrn clerk. The Vr Include II expert tMiiKii.hrH, four chief clerk, five -xn-rl typewriter and 17 common I 1 k Hvi' paper for em h member mil llio umiiuI stump allowance wcri- timm liiiiuittty 11 )'! on. Tin- initial Invcu tlgntlng mi'l Jaunting committee M the Mute Intltiilliiiin mill iitllri-rn niut to hire needed help iilmtlv litiuu-il In the resolutions will In' p.icd early. Sixty volume of tlio state code f.ir tint House lire to be bought, hut .uv to remain tin' property of ilif state. Tim veto message "f tlii' K"V'-l'H '" will Ijp kIvimi .Monday, ut 2 i. 111. A resolution Is offered for Invcstl riinn of the Btutii printer's olllee for thi- last two years by a House-Senate committee of llvi. Tho committee ; to employ two expert accountants. Tl e resolution will pit early nnd the com mittee will also report recommenda tloiiN hh to it tint mtliiry ami nn In created outfit. Rothehlld of Union, tlio lone Demo crat, offered a resolution Inviting Mr. Hryan to ud'lress the House on hit vlHlt here, January 23, on "any sub Ject he may seo fit." The rnoHt Important resolution was one enabling tho legislature to pass a law exempting $.100 of family hous hold kooiIm. The old law wu.i hell tincoiiNtltutlonal l,y Hi,. Supreme Court. The reHolutlon, when adoptel. gives the legislature power to pass the cxeiiiptlon clause. Introduction of blllM wan held up for most of the day by the lark of print ing. Railway commission and reciprocal demurrage IiIIIh wore Introduced uy Chnpln of Multiioinah mid Jones of J'olk 11 ml Lincoln. The IIoiiho Ih already divided over the Portland Chamber of Commor.'i bill, allowing the governor to appoint a commission. Many Republicans favor It. Tho usual motion to read blllH by their title the first time was opposM by Harrett, of Washington, on th) ground that tho roll had to bo called for a HUHpeuHlon of the rules each Umj tho bill wiih read by tlllo and that V:.' roll call printing was a big rake-oiT for tho printer, mils will "bo read entire from the Senate for the flrnt time In tho Oregon house. When the TUHh begins the old title reading rule will probably bo adopted. House Hill No. 7. by Jones, of Polk, was Introduced today. The bill pro vides for a board of the governor secretary of state and state treasurer, to determine whether It la advisable to piirchaae thn Went Hid Oreuoii City or build new V O lockn. The entire power la eftn1,lie hoard'a liiindM, thn funda to ba iup plied by u special tax nnd the II ret levy of JH07-0N to be u half mill or thn Ntale valuation. The boar'l will have the Hmno personnel us llui OHIO board. FUND FOR FIOHTER. Mon.y Raia.d for Pannlltat Tarry Me Qov.rn and Hli Family. NKW YfirtK. Jan. ir.Mor than IS, 000 Iiiih so fur been subxcrlbed to tho fund being ralaod for Terry Mc (loveino, who la now confined In n aiinllnrlum. It la Intended that the money, which la being subHcrlbed largely from sporting nn dlhentrleftl circle, ahull bo placed In trust for the benefit "t Uin little fighter nnd hl pennlleioi family, (leorge M. Co han la acting tta treasurer of tho fund, nnd In also one of thn managcra t th" teatlmntilrtl benefit which will b.' held In Madison H'Hiare flardi-n Jan. 23. The benefit Is expected mnterla'ly to swell the fund. The work of .Vi Hi lling Niilmcrlptlons extendi to iiiaa) eltlna, where Meflovern I" kno.vn either an a tlKhler or through his .' peariifice on the ntnge, PLOT AGAINST KING. nWtUN, Jan, 15.-A new conspir acy l beiiiK hatched III I)t)d'n, ac cording to reixirt published here, against the rtpanlsh royal family. The reported presence of SpnnUh nna.- rhlala n tho JlrllHi enptn l appir. ently tho basis of the reported plot. Bills on Loaning of State Funds Introduced Yesterday. ROUBLE OVER CALENDER Effort Made to Restrict Number of Clerks Governor Sends Vetoei Which Are Laid on Table for Future Action. SAI.KM. Or., Jan. 15. The Semi-; got down to business this nmrnlni;, two bills being Introduced. Half a dosten vetoes of the governor were re ceived, being laid on the table for future consideration. Miller of Linn Introduced the tlrst bill, ameiHlIng the text book commission law, changlig the time of meeting to May. Miller iiImo Introduced a bill prohibiting the state treasurer from loaning state fun'ls, and that a board, consisting of the governor, the secretary of state, and the stale treasurer be authorized to make loans on security such as they sec lit at lutci'ifd not less than, 2 nr more than 5 per cent, the locality of the loan being a consideration. No loans are to be made to banks of loss than $50,000 capital. A controversy arose during the i:-'-slon regarding the kind of calendar to be used. Kay advocated a calendar form suggested by Shite I'rliitc-r un Iway, In the late political campaign saying it would save the state $10 000. Ifodson declared that since the Senate had such an economical streak he preferred to abolish the calendar and argued that the form mWociited would be useless, On motion of Ilooia the matter was referred to the com mittee until Monday. Clerical aid raised Its biennial tom post. An attempt will be made to cul down the customary force one-third, and give each Senator a clerk or sten ographer, who shall serve on commit tee without additional compensation SUN HAS ECLIPSE. LONDON, Jan. in. A total eclipse of tho sun occurred yesterday In Cen tral Asia and was observed generally. The period of totality was two min utes, but the sun was partly obscured for an hour. SENATEBEG1NSWQRK IS RECORD COLD SPELL Twenty-Two Below Zero at Prineville. SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE Both Oregon and Washington Suffer from the Low Temperature. FUEL FAMINE KEENLY FELT Thermometer Now Begins to Go Up Sudden Moderation Not Expected Fruit Trees and Oyster Beds Are Severely Injured. rORTLAND. Jan. 15. If the go"-eriiiui-fit wmtlier bureau 1 correct, to day saw the breaking of the severer, spell of cold weather experlencd h.' the Pacific Northwest In a decade. Dis trict Fom'HHter ISoiils, while expres lug his belief that tho mercury hid struck th up grade, does not expevt any sudden moderation. Today suv the record low tomieraturo for Seat tle, nt ten above ero. Other place j recording remarkably low temperature.! are I'rlnvllle, Oregon, 22 below zero, with the temperatures of the interven ing country ranging up to 4 be I nv .ero ut The Dalles; zero weather In lower I'uget Sound country, ut Castle Rock, In Washington, and ICugene, Oregon; four above zero at Spokane and Walla Walla; eight above at Ra ker City; ten above at Tacoma an 1 Seattle; 13 above at Portland and 24 above zero, the highest temperature noted, at Roseburg, Oregon. Serious damage has been done to the oyster beds on Puget Sound and Gray's Hi. bor, ond the fruit trees In the owr Sound district, Yakima country and i.1 Palouso havo suffered. Fall sown grain In the Inland Kmplre Is practic ally unharmed, nor have any reports of damage to live stock been receive I. Waterways of the Inland Kmplre ar fros!in over and the Columbia is not navlgatablo above tho mouth of the Willamette because of tho Ice flo-. these rendering navigation hazardous except to staunch craft as far down the river as Kuluma and even Oak Point. Eastern und Western Wash ington und Northern Washington are face to face with a fuel famine. At Tacoma, Seattle and Portland, co.d can be had, but Is almost expensive as paper money. At the last named place wood is obtainable, but even th'? Is being sold at an exorbitant rate. Ia Kastern Washington fuel Is hard ta obtain and at many points it cannot be bought for love nor money. C?n trnl Washington Is the only point re porting an abundance of coal, FEW FOREIGN CARS. Coming Automobile Meet Will Be Con tested by Americans. NEW' YORK, Jan. 15. Racing talk in anticipation of the automobile speed trials to take place at Ormond Reach, Flu., practically nil next weeu, was rife nt the show In Madlsoi; Square garden last night, and espe clall yafter W. F. Morgan, manager of the coming meet, announced t'.e entries. Twenty races have been ai ranged for and American cars will pre dominate. There will be lively compe titlon In the touring car classes be yond doubt. Only two large foreign automobiles will compete. These will be the 100-horse power French ma chine that won the Vnnderbllt cup last season and the 80 horse power French machine that won the cup in 1905. Wagner, the winner of the race laM year, will again drive the former, while li. Stevens, owner of the latter, will probably act us his own chauf feur. Neither of these two cars will compete for the two mile a minute speed crown honor. The only entries of that race are a small 500 pound g-cyllnder car and a new steamer, which was built for competition In the Varnlcrbllt cup race. The 200 mile race has three entrle.s a French car and two American ones. FOR WORKER8' WELLFARE. CHICAGO, Jan. 15. The establish ment of a branch of the National Civic Federation In Chicago, was decided upon Indefinitely yesterday at a con ference presided over by Franklin MacVelgh, who wan chairman of the labor meeting held last Saturday night at Mrs. Potter Palmer's residence. As there are no large strikes or la bor troubles In Chicago at present the local federation probably will devote Its energies at the beginning to the welfare department. An effort will be mad to Interest employers In mak ing conditions of their employes more comfortable. NEW SHAH INDUSTRIOUS. LONDON, Jan. 15. The new Shan according to a dispatch from Teheran, ha begun his duties with the Indust-y that was a characteristic of his grand father. He has declared that he will maintain order and is credited with remarking that a few severed heada are the best policemen. WORDS IN SENATE Spooner and Tillman Cross Swords Over Brownsville Case. SPOONER BECOMES PERSONAL Declared Anyone Who Encouraged Lynching and Lawlessness Would Have Much to Answer For Especially Lawmaker. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. The fea ture of the day's session of the Senate was the constitutional argument by Spooner of Wisconsin, upholding the President's right to discharge the ne gro troops at Brownsville. His re marks were questioned by Tillman and the two engaged in a heated contro versy, during which Spooner mad.' a bluer attack on the South Carolina senator. When Spooner had conduc ed, Tillman announced that in v'.n of Spooner's personal attack he would "take occasion In the near future to have something to say In answer I ) some of the Insulting allusions he ha.- made." The portion of Spooner's speech to which Tillman referred came just be fore the Wisconsin senator concluded. Spooner quoted Tillman's utterances in defending the burning of negroes at the stake, declaring it a crime ngalrst civilization.. He took Tillman to task for justifying lynching, declaring if anyone should discourage it, it ought to be tho makers of laws. Spooner declared nnyone who encourages lynching, murder and lawlessness will have much to answer for and the high er his position nnd the mightier his Influence, the more he will have t) answer for. "No man," said Spooner, "can come here with good grace i? impeach the President for his dlsmlsi.il of men because they were not Identi fied ns criminals, who comes to that nccusltion from a lynching bee or Jus tifies one." STOCK MEN MEET. HELENA, Jan. 15. Stock raising men in Montana, Including sheepmen and cattlemen, forgot their different in a largely attended meeting here today ami endorsed President Roose velt's attitude on the leasing of graz ing lands. KINGSTOWN DEVASTATED Earth Quake and Flames Destroy the City. MANY REPORTED LOST Sir James Ferguson Instantly Kil led Was one of Noted Party. MILITARY HOSPITAL DESTROYED Shock Was Without Any Warning Occurred at Half-past Three Last Monday Afternoon Informa tion Very Meagre. LONDON, Jan. 15. The colonial of fice tonight received confirmation of the terrible disaster which has over taken Kingston, Jamaica, In a dispatch from Haniar Greenwood, M. P., sent from Holland, at the east end of the Island. The telegram says Kingston has been ruined by an earthquake which occurred without warning Mon day afternoon at half past three. A very great number of buildings and dwellings were destroyed either by earthquake or consequent fire. The military hospital was burned and for ty soldiers are reported killed, togeth er with several prominent citizen and many other of the inhabitants of the city. Sir James Ferguson Is reported instantly killed, but no other English men, Canadians or Americans are missing. The city is quiet, but disci pllned workers are needed. The gov ernor of the colony, Sir Arthur Alex ander Sweetenham, assisted by Sir Al fred Jones Is directing affairs. Kingston, the picturesque capital of the Island of Jamalco, has been devar tated by a violent earthquake. Details of the disaster are lacking, as dire. communication with the stricken city has been cut off. Land lines had been constructed within five miles of tin city Tuesday evening and from the meagre reports received It has been learned that many of the most import ant building were destroyed and there has been serious loss of life. King ston and other points of interest on the Island, are at this time of the year thronged with tourists from bo:li America and England and the greatest apprehension Is felt for the safety of many persons who recently arrived. The most distinguished of these was a party of British statesmen, agricul tural experts and men of affairs, under the leadership of Sir Alfred Jons. Among these were Hall Caine, Lufc novelist, Viscount Montmorres, H. C. Arnold-Forster, and others of equal prominence. The first shock occurred at 3:30 Monday afternoon and fire im mediately sprang from the wreckage. Tuesday afternoon the fire was still burning, although it is believed to hi under control. The city is one of law lying buildings, clustered along the shores of one of the finest and most securely landlocked harbors in tee West Indies. The population, which numbers 50,000, la made up largely 0 blacks. ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., Jan. 15. -According to further although meagre details received here, It would appefr that the first reports that the city had been "destroyed" were exaggerated. Fires that followed the shock were still burning Tuesday morning, al though confined to certain limits. The work of fighting the flames Is still be ing pursued with energy and In this respect the situation seemed to be Im proving1. It was thought the fire would be under control tonight. The statement Is made that the total lot of life Is not yet aacertalnd. The first count gives the number of dead at less than a hundred and the number of Injured at several hundred. Hos pitals are filled with Injured and ev ery thing Is being done for their com fort. The principal hotel of Kingston and other Important buildings have been destroyed and other houses sus tained considerable damage. Flames apparently were confled to docks and warehouses. FOR LONGER HALVES. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. At the next meeting of the Intercollegiate Footba'l Association, Pennsylvania will advo cate longer halves. The Quakers feel that under the present playing rule, the game is not long enough to be satisfactory. Under the new ru'eJ there were more "no score" games be tween the big college teams this sea son than during the previous flv years. "The playing time of the Important football games was certainly much too short last ytar, and this fault should be corrected before we start anothar season," said Dr. Robert G. Torrey. Pennsylvania's head coach. In an in terview yesterday. STRIKE IN BERLIN.' BERLIN, Jan. 15. A great lockout of carpenters and joiners has been la stltuted here because of the non-compliance of the unionists with the de mands of the master carpenters' asso ciation. The number of men locked out is 15,000. FOR SHIP SUBSIDY Seven Subsized Mail Lines Are Provided for by Bill. FOUR FROM PACIFIC COAST Estimated Cost Will Be Over Three Million and Half Fight on the Subject Lasted the Entire Day in the House. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. After a fight which lasted all day and extend ed to the floor of the House, threat ening to bring about much filibustering at one time, the House committee on merchant marine and fisheries, finally decided at 6 p. m. by a vote of 8 to 7, to make a favorable report on the ship subsidy bill prepared by Repre sentative Littauer, as substitute tc the Grosvenor bill, which has been un der consideration many weeks. Those voting for the measure were Grosvenor, Minor, Littlefleld, Fordney, Wachter, Humphrey, Watson, LaiS tauer, all Republicans. Against tlw bill were Birdsall, Wilson and Hir shaw, Republicans, and Goulden, May nard, Sherly and Patterson, Demo crats. Seven subsidized mall lines are pro vided for, with an annual estimated subvention of $3,700,000. Two of the lines are to be operated from the At lantic coast to South America, and one from the Gulf of Mexico to Colon, From the Pacific coast there are to be three lines to the Orient and one ii South America. LAVA OUTFLOW. HONOLULU, Jan. 15. A new out break is reported at Mauna Loa. A fourth stream of lava is now flowing toward Kona. Kona, a village, is a well known health resort, a few mllei Inland from Kealakekua Bay, on the island of Hawaii. LENGTHY SESSION. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 15. The event of the day In the legislature was the reading of Governor Meal's mes sage, which took place this afternoon, and limiting by a Joint resolution of the length of the session of from the customary sixty days to forty days.