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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1907)
UBLIBHI8 rULL ASSOOIATID PNKS8 HBPORT UOVIRS THK MORNINQ PISLD ON THE LOW EN OOLUMBIA.l VOLUME LXI1I NO. 21 ASTOKIA, OREGON THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS THE DEADLY PARALELL Will be Used Againt red Primaiics. Dl WANT OLD CONVENTIONS Statement Number One Also Said to Bo Marked for Slaughter. TIES DOWN LEGISLATORS" 8ubMu.te for Statement Number On It to be Pledge to Support Choice of Party Opinion on Law is Divided. HA I. KM. ore., Jan. M. Tempor!!; g Nlutemiittt Kit. 1, rlurutlou (if the l I nominating convention und weakl ing Hi" direct irlmiiry law are the drift of measure drafted fur Intro duction In tl" Benato, Th.i election of Jiiiiiithitn llouino a United Hlntf senator wiu thu Inspiration of the In tended l.ttlitlul l"t. The fact 1 hit ltouniw suei ceded In riding Into l mvete.t txiMtttofi by uttllxtficr Milt mei.t No. 1 hn marled certain --n.i torn in wnklnit wmie metliod by whl'-l a repililnn of llourne' system will be practically Impossible, An a substitute f"r statement No 11 Itlcdire ha beell drafted whepll v the ltmer nroml. lo "r(iiMr t llic choice if hi" party," Another measure, which form portion of the mime general plan I: provided for county con vent Ioiih. TIi Idea In to have the convention mini Inate candidate f'r the vnrlou of- lice In opposition to the direct pri tnario. Till system of double n"ir InatloMH, by convention and dlrei primaries, I mi effort to nullify th latter to collHlderable degree. "Wo will jtlve the public fin oppor tunlty to discover which method bring forward the best men for the office- - the convention or the direct primary The deadly parallel will be produeil. ' declared a mmutnr from Multnomnt. "We want to see whether a conven t Inn cannot Hclect JuhI an good nrn for otilce a the primary system, Ily ukIiik both HyMtem at the name time. a fair ttHl will be applied. "A for Hlatement No. 1, no man will ever sign that attain, unless he Ih vciv wea kin the knee. It McS member of the legislature dow n In an unreasonable maiiner, Hy mean of It the minority "f the majority purl haH succeeded ill dictating the call II dale. Wo want to tlx statement No. 1 ho that other Hotline will not lu comlrik' to the let,'lHlatuie and tiikl.ig the HunalWjIal toKii." "J)o you connldor Hlatement No. 1 a huccchh?" wiih iiHked a Marlon coun ty Htale Hcnator. "Yen, very much ho," ho ropiM. "AllhmiKh thoro l connldernblo dl HiitlRfdctlnn exprnHHi'd, eniieclnlly in thlH county, that through "Its memi liourno was elected, still I belljvi MiiLtement No. 1 Id a ood thing;. In Marlon county tho voterH were op- poned to Ilourne, and while tho conn tv la. Btronirly Ropublloan, It gnve aoarln, tho Democratic nominee, blir plurullty. This was a protest, I consider, against (he man, not against statement No. 1. Perhaps for 50 years statement No. 1 will be In use with out ever developing a man like Bourne to successfully 'operate It to hlB owi advantage. "Ivoted for Bourne, not bocause I wanted to, but because I believed th.it the people of the state In selecting him had relieved me of responsibility. I , know for uri absolute fuel that If lloiinm luul lii'on it candidate ((111 COII'lHinnN, two-ihlr.lo , tuoiiihci of the Hcnat' 4f,y t Jmvc Voted iiKililiNt JilnA Ver, I fX mcI him to ir " United Htaf senator, itnil i, .mil rmjnty may f r get IiIh iicUvlty In lliu hold-up of tin legislature cvril uully. No, I do not believe I In- complaint I ri'iilly ngaliMl tnicinonl No, 1, nor the direct prl marie, bul I think Kourne wit III? Itlllll t IMHIHIK" tlll'lll Wit ll MII'CI'X"" WEATHER FORECASTING, Time it Approaehing When Predi? tiont Can be Made Annually. CIIR'AUU, Jan. 13. I'rofenMir l-'i unk H HIkoIow, who I takliiK I 'r fi-ur Cox'i pliu-0 In th) ClilcaKo mil lion of the United Unite wcathi-r bu renu, hu been workliiK for 3.1 year In an i-fTon iu make Ioiik rariK- pri iIli llmiH und he believe the time lis tiear at hand when yearly forcciut will be made an nured fact, III m-limtHlc Invent iKittloiiN In pa; wore JIclocd at the L'nlverlty .f f'bli-nKo yesterday In a lecture on thi clicubiiion of the nun' airnophre a the ll' "I time he hud Ntated h'n theory In public. I'rofi'MHor Hli-l'iw' theory I bae1 on the ncthm of tho un and It elTeeU upon the weather, It ha largely to do with the number and le of the nun pot. (.'oinpnrlng tho weather, "curve which he ha made from the condl tlou of the lat 30 year, with tli uo pot "curve" he hiu found a re imirkable lmllnrlty end It I upon till ulnillurlty that he I working make hi "prediction a year In nd vunce." DAY OF ORATORY. Representatives Seize Pretext of Pn aion Bill to Relieve Mind. WA81IINOTON, Jan, 23. -Thin m a day of oratory In the Houe, peiiHlnn appropriation bill affording 4 opportunity to a number of reprenen tatlve to make peeche, not only I bchal fof the bill ItiK-lf. but on th tariff and even on the San Krancl'K- Hchool Incident. Haye of Callforn liiNlMted that alt California denlred w'a to bi iicrmllted to contlnuo to American, ami mat tho Chinese ex elusion law should be made to app t Japanese coollos. CJrosvcnor occu pled an hour and a half discussing 'h tariff. C'rumpacker and Taylor spolr on pension legislation of a general character, both having bill before U pension committee tending to brondi the scope of the existing pension l:'.w Ithout reaching the peiiHlon nppronrU tlou bill, the House adjourned. UNCLE JIMMIE'S DOG. Wine Twenty-fourth Annual Darby of Paeifio Clubs. IIAKKItSHKI-n. Calif., Jan. 23. TU buron, a lemon and white setter bit' by I'ncle Jlmnile's Whltestone-ltcll fontalne, owned by W. H. Coutts, w3 amifiunced by the Judges this evening as tin) winner of the twenty fourth an mini derby of tho I'aelllc cnait fl"!l trlalu club. J. E. Terry's setter Shasta Daisy by Kllgarlf-Iones was given second plac.. and third money was divided between W, G. Kerchoff's Ventura (Harry H. Pearshmnrk 11) nnd Harry Tl. Smith's pointer Cotton (Dr. Dnnlel-T,ottle Itlp Rtone). PROFESSIONAL ESCORTS. nnovation by New York Theatre for Benefit of Patrons. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Tho Intent Innovation by a local theatre here lp a corps of uniformed escorts for the protection of women who come una tended to evening performances. The professional escorts are to stnn.l In the lobby In full regalia. Any wo man who desires an escort will slmptv be required to notify the box office be tween acts and the man detailed to her service will be In evidence at th close of the performance. These es corts are to be furnished by the man agement free of charge. BILLS FLOOD HOUSE n No Lack of Measures Be fore Legislature. NEW FISHERY MEASURE Introduced By McCue Causing Canners and Packers to Pay License. IMPORTANT LIQUOR BILL Measure by Clackamas Member P'o vides for Payment of County Li oente, Part Going to State Perkins Has Road Bill. HAL12M, Jan. 23. There is no 'ip iiri-clublu diminution In the flood of bill. Yesterday afternoon, when rd Joummeut wan taken because the'i wa nothing more to do, the total nuni - her of House bills Intro Jured ii) I read the flrt time was 212. Hill on water rights, oysters, nsu nnd game, mining, wire fences, and other upstate topic are coming to the front now and the rush of mca lire that are expected to revolution ize corporate existence I diminish Ing. MeCuo of Clatsop ha on Importa.T fisheries bill In House bill No. 151 provides that all packers, ennn1?'. buyer, seller or preservers of salmon and sturgeon shall pay annual license fee lo the state fleh warden. Tr canners are divided into 25 classes in J would pay under the measure feom J 100 to 11,500 annual license, accord Ing to their canning output, which ranges from 5,000 to 65,000 cases for the various classes. The packers are divl-led Into 30 classes, according to their pack, vhlch ranges under the law from three to 2,000 torn, the li cense ranging from J5 to $2,000 an nually for the several classes. Karrell of Multnomah would protect salmon and sturgeon from river rob boj-s and city sportsmen. His Hous: bill No. 148 provides that no salimn or sturgeon snail be taken by any method In the Columbia or its trllu-1 tarles or (doughs, west of Its con lit'. once with tho Descnuies or within three miles outside tho River Colum bia's mouth, between February 13 and May 20 each year, from 6 o'clock Sat urday evening to 6 p. m. Sunday eve- ilng, between May 15 nnd October ). Dye of Clackamas has a liquor H". Ills House bill, 15S, Introduced yestcr lay afternoon, provides that no on.; shall sell malt, spirituous, vinous oi liquors of uny sort or hard elder 1 1 habitual drunkards or minors, or shall sell, give ,or barter such beverages n Sunday. His bill also provides thn before a license Is granted the petitbv) must; be signed by 60 per cent of the legal voters of tho precinct, audi that every retail liquor man must pay $800 a year license to the county If he sell all sorts of beverages, or $10il If he merely retails malt. Twenty-flv per cent of these county licenses arc to go to tho state treasury under tWs law. While the effect of the law would be to greatly increase the cost of liquor licenses to saloonmen, It would open many precincts In the state to llqu re sellers, for It would leave the Ueenv question to the county court, and 60 per cent of the voters of the precli't where the saloon would do business. This would provent farmers shutting up summer resort towns that by a large majority wish saloons. The bill would also have the effect of Interest Ing all county voters In the saloon business, as licenses would be paid !oj the county and cut down the Individ ual tax levy and to a considerable or tent the mate would be a partner tn the saloon business, since 25 per C'hf if the county license fee would go to llm state treasury. Oray, of iJoughi, In House bill N HO, provide that county clerk aha on April 1 and October 1 each yex make a rcjiiirt showing all claim at, warrants paid since the lat rep'u nn'J their amount and to whom. 1 prwldi that In counties with a pop ulatlon of 10,000 and more the cl'-rk ithall have this report published two local paper of different parti and If th'To be more than two par tl: represented, the paper havlu the largest circulation will be glvei the advertising. No mention of Ui amount to be paid for Oil space or of bid from the paper I made. Slate and county aid for road Ini provi-no-nt work Is planiu-ii by Pet kin In House bill No. 202. This measur provide that the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer shall w constituted a state board to appoint highway commission, composed hreo members, to be chosen from th Kastcrn, Western and Southern fc tlons of the state, and to hold ofT.ce one, two and three years respective ly, from the dale of appointment. T.r commission shall choose a state o?i glneer at a salary of $1,800 a year, who shall Investigate modern methods of road building, address public niet Ing and superintend the laying .-iut and construction of roads, given st-ii. aid. The measure further provlj-n that the landowners In any county residing within two miles of a r!gl way may petition for the Improve ment of this road, and If a majority within the district petition the coin'...1 ourt, and the court approve, the state nulneor will Investigate and In ca-v of his favorable report, the state com mission may authorize the Improve nient. Whon the state does author! such an Improvement It will pay one third the cost of the work, the coun ty will pay another third and the In erected property-owners will pay the balance. CUTS GORDIAN KNOT. nteritate Commissioner Finds So'u- tion of Puzzling Problem. DENVER, Jan. 23. The hearing b fore Interstate Commerce Commi-J sloner Prouty on the complaints of the Merchants' Traffic Association and George J. KIndel, manufacturer, al leging Illegal discrimination against Denver by trunk line railroads in freight tariffs, was concluded this af ternoon. The most Important devel opment today wrs the suggestion ly Prouty that local rates between M's- sourl river points and Denver an 1 Ttah points be reduced Instead of es tablishing a new basis division mint at Denver, as asked by the petition- rs. If this were done without cor responding reduction in the through freight rates, he thought It would give a measure of relief to Denver, with out great harm to other points. DAKOTA BLIZZARD. Roads Blocked and Communities Iso lated by Heavy Snow Storm. ST. PAUL, Jan. 23. North DakoU Is covered with snow of an unprece dented depth. Whole communities are Isolated and every railroad line In the state Is at the mercy of the elements, No train from North Dakota has ar rived here for three days and the of ficials have no definite Idea when.traf flc will be resumed. The blizzard of Saturday was the worst the Northwest has known iu half a century. In the mountain, dis tricts monstrous snowslldes have cov ered the tracks from 50 to 70 feet de?p, The mlost strenuous efforts of the Great Northern Railroad are not suf flclent to clear the tracks. The Soo road is also completely d mollshed. SUPPRESS CRITIC. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23. By a "ote of 28 to 6 the State Senate today ex cluded former Congressman Liver nash, a correspondent of a San Fran cisco evening newspaper, from th Senate chamber on account of h! ' pub - llshed criticisms. i GREAT TRIAL COMMENCED Slayer of Stanford White Appears in Court. TALESMEN EXAMINED Are Questioned Regarding Sym pathy With the Un written Law. TWO JURORS ARE SELECTED Three Noted Alienists Appear in Court Thaw's Wife Present But Heav ily Veiled Few Women Out side Family Present NEW YORK, Jan. 23. The long ex pected trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White began today before Justice Fitzgerald. Two Jur ors were secured as a result of the day's work. Out of 200 talesmen 19 were examined. Three successfully passed the rapid fire of questions by the opposing counsel, but one was af terward excused because of his pri vate business. At 10:30 o'clock to morrow the court will resume Its work of choosing the Jury which sha'l paxs on the Justice of Thaw's claim that he had a right to shoot the mm who "had ruined his wife." Nearly all the talesmen examine! seemed anxious to serve, and the cha' lenges In nearly every Instance wci'j of a peremptory character, nearly evenly divided between the prosee j tion and the defense. The defendant's counsel appeared willing to accept any proposed Juror who satisfactorily an swered District Attorney JeromeV questions. They did, however, per emptorily challenge two archltec's. Jerome, in turn, asked each Juror if he would be Influenced by the sj- called "higher" or "unwritten law," to the exclusion of the actual laws as laid down by the court, and if h3 would be guided solely by the court's order on the question of insanity. Each turn declared the court's orders should govern him. The usual per centage of talesmen with conscienti u- scruples against capital punishment as missing today. Every talesman, on the other hand, admitted that be had formed an opinion In the case. but said the opinion was based on con tlicting newspaper reports and actual evidence would change them. The presence of three noted alien ists in court created some comment. Thaw sat all day at a table set apart for his counsel. He looks pale, but Uiis is doubtless due to his Siven months' confinement. Mrs. William Thaw, the prisoner's mother, sat with eyes constantly fixed on her "tn, and spoke seldom to her children about her. The Countess of Yarmouth and Mrs. George L. Carnegie, sisters of the d? fendant, sat with their mother. To gether with them sat Mrs. Harry Thaw, about whom the storm of the great trial will rage. She was ac companied by Miss McKenzie, her sole comipanion since the night of the for mer artists' model, wife of Stanford hlte's slayer, fled to Miss McKenzle's apartment. Not once during the trial did Mrs. Harry Thaw remove her veil, but her features were plainly dls cernlble and there was about her much of the beauty which had caused hT to be so wildly sought as a model by noted artists. All through the day she took a keen interest in the pro ceedings. Aside from members of th"! family there were only four women In the court room and these were news paper writers. PRESIDENT PLEASED. New York School Boys 8hoot Well t Roosevelt's Delight. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. President Roosevelt Is enthusiastic over the good, results obtained by school boys with the aub-targdt machines which the public schools athletic League has In stalled In the ten largest public schoV in New York. The President, who is honorary vice-J?resldent of the pub lic schools Athletic League, told Gen eral Wlngate, president of the league, Saturday, that he regarded the move Saturday, that he regarded the move ment to make the school boys goid shots as one of national Importance arid one that he would be glad to d J all In his power to help it along. General Wlngate suggested that it would be a good Idea If the President would consent to send a letter of com mendation to the boy who should dis play the greatest skill with the rlfla and the President replied: "I will do it. You go ahead, Gen ral, and arrange the match as you think best and you have my authority to announce that I will write such it letter to the boy who the league de cides has shown himself the beat shot and has sent me his name." SENATE FOR INCREASE. Accepts Proposition of House to Rai4 Salaries of Congressmen. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. The Sen ate today accepted the proposition of the House to increase the salaries of senators, members and territorial del egates to $7,500 annually and tho.n of the vice president, the speaker of the House and members of the Pre ident5s cabinet to $12,000. This action was taken by a vote of 53 to 21 and fololwed a discussion of nearly throe hours. An amendment confining th9 increases to cabinet officers and tho presiding officers of the Senate and House was voted down, as was also the proposition to postpone the in crease until 1913. President Roose velt gave his views in advocacy of a ship subsidy in a special message which was read to both houses. Sen ator Beverldge of Indiana began an extended address, setting forth the . child labor conditions of the country in support of his pending bill pro hibiting interstate commerce in ar ticles which are the product of chill labor. Beverldge gave notice that h would conclude his address tomorrow. The urgent, deficiency bill was re ported by Hale, who said he wouli ask for Its consideration tomorrow. PORTLAND-SEATTLE LINE. Connecting Road and Double Trick Promised by Northern Pacific. SEATTLE, Jan. 23. That tha Northern Pacific has reached the lim it of its capacity as a single track road was the principal defense put forward to explain the condition .f freight congestion that exists on the Sound, by C. M. Levy, third vlca president of the road, and B. E. Palm er, assistant general superlntendeit, at an investigation before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane today. Levy said 'the road had contracted for improvements which were undr way or soon would be, and for addi tional equipment which would mean the expenditure by the Northern Pa cific of $73,000,000 in the next eigh teen months. The improvements con sisted of a Portland and Seattle rail road and the Installation of double tracks east of Spokane. B. E. Palm er made the statement that only 25 per cent of the coast traffic of the Northern Pacific went east of Spo kane and the installation of double trackage on the west end of the road would do much to relieve the situa tion. The completion of the Portland and Seattle road will give the North ern Pacific two tracks from Spokana to the Coast. GERMAN CARD FAD. BERLIN, Jan. 23. Card parties r much in vogue now at the palace be cause of the Kaiser's fondness for ska. The points are a half pfenning equal to about one-eighth of a cent. A light lunch Is served during the sittings.