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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1907)
Jtwoittifi UBLISHIt CULL AtSOOIATIO PH " ORT UOVSR8 THK MORNINQ FIILD ON THB LOWER COLUMBIA;! VOLUME LXII1 NO. 27 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS MAY FACE STARVATION Towns Along North Shore Have Famine. CUT OFF BY HIE ICE Now LivinO on Canned Goods and Waiting the Coming of Aid. EFFORTS TO REACH THEM FAIL UnUts ProvUiont Come Soon Suffering Will Do Intent Territory Around Catoado Locke in Grip of Se ver Bliizard. OAHCAIjE LOCKS, Ore., Jan. 30. Ciisciidi. locks mid nil the llltlo town n either side f the, Columbia for jullo H dlstiincr have beii locked In the grip of the severest blly.iiid of thr season. At thin point IH liitlt'-H of snow f.. iIim first of the week In nl- , limit it n many hour, mi 'I this, im In till) rHv (f I'Ottltind, tllllH"! tl) sll'1't mill mint Inter, putting nil telegraph und telephone lines nut of commission iitfl completely paralysing nil train and boat schedule. Illvi-r tinllle suffered even worm? Tim i11-m fity, wiiiitt went up Saturday, wiii4 caught In n huge Jinn off Menmlonso Island an. I It require.! the combined effort r of the Hercules, the 'iiiltn City unit the Kellogg to release her, Shu passed ilown late Kllinlay evening. Ijitcr the Kellogg got weilgeA Into floating Ire and will low i'il fur hour Monday hcrore she plrkfil up a free channel. Thin condition Iihh tilled the people on thin Hl.ltj of the river with gravest douhiN uii to the situation In the itiuall er towns on the WiihIiIukIoh (tide. Not me of the regular steamers halt topped with luppllet at SioveiiMon, Cursnn or ColllriH since two weeks ago Saturday, and It wan reported here before the wires went down that the people there were In great need, nnd that unless their stock of provisions was replcnlHhed within the next few dayw the suffering would he IntetiNe. These Utile HettleinentH depend on CuMca.le Locks for provisions when tin1 river In In such shape that com nio.lltli'M from rorlland cannot he landed without hazard, hut the launched from here, although making repealed effort to light their way through tlii! lee linen ami hIuhIi Judih. have been compelled to put back. No bonis from thy other Hide have dared brave the Ice since the middle of hint week, and the Hlluntlon must be critical. Tle gienHest need of the people there Is Hour, potatoes and meat. It Ih nald that many of them have had nothing to eal except canned Htuff for many days. Pally effort will be inndo to force the launches through the Ice with sufficient sup plies on board to tldo tho residents on the other side over until the reg ular boats lire nble to call as be fore The Wind City Lumber Company was compelled to close down Its largo plant here Monday for an Indefinite porlod, throwing about 100 men out of employment. Tho various logging camps have also ceased operations ad ding approximately the same number of men to the list of unemployed. The snow Is about 20 Inches deep on the level, and no traffic of any sort Is attempted on tho highways. Tho continued cold has driven hordes of bobcats down out of the mountain and nightly raids on the hencoops are a common thing. Posses armed with every sort of weapon known to modern warfare have tukeri up (ho hunting of tin! pests iu a diversion during Ux'lr day of Idleness, ami lint crack of the rlilit in heard continuously In Ui hills. GOVERNOR A88A88INATED. Ruieiurt Official Who Caused Prisoners to be Flogged la Killed. kt. rKTKitHiirna jun. so.-m. Oiildema, governor of the political prison In Viislll tlstroff, a suburb of HiH i liy. was shot while walking In Ihii main street of the IhIiiiiiI today, nnd died Immediately, The iinalu, a youth of IH, dreft'1 us it workman, emerged from a tea house as M, tiul'lefnu wns passing on his way home and shot hlrn twice In tin- stomach. The youth uUo shot and mortally wounded a prison ward who accompanied M, tiuldema, and who pursued the assassin. The latter dis appeared and tho police have been un able to find any trace of him. (iiildi-uia was sentenced to death by th lorn Kroup of terrorists for the merciless use of the lash In suppress ing the "hunger strike" which the pilsntiers on Haslll Island declared a fortnight ago as n protest against the killing by a guard of a prisoner who was leaning (,ut of n window, (iuldema caused the prisoners to be (logged In order to forrq them to eat. ITALIAN OFFICER DEAD. ItOMR, Jun, ao.Cencral Pennaehlo commander of carbineers In the Ital Ian army, is dead. Ho succeeded Gen dn Gloria, who took charge of the. In teriiiitlonul police In Macedonia. ONE VACANT CHAIR Jury in Thaw Case Receives Ad ditions from Talesmen. NEW NUMBER SIX SUPPLIED Third Panel it Called and Will Be Started Upon Tomorrow Reoord Broken by Examination of Sixty-Fiv Talesmen, NEW YORK, Jan. 30. There was but a single vacant chair In tho Thaw Jury box when court adjourned today and It Is expected that tomorrow af ternoon, nt the latest, District Attor ney Jerome will begin hU opening address to tho Jury. Then the de fendant, his wife and nil the members of his family who lire able to be in court must llsen to the story of the roof garden tragedy, told In all the dramatic detail within tho power of the public prosecutor to portray, Two Jurors were assigned to the trial pun el today, making eleven In nil. In the effort to complete tho jury the at torneys exhausted the second panel, and another new panel of 100 tales men were summoned for a new trial, The twelfth Juror will bo chosen from the new list and should be In tho box before the noon recess. Sixty-five talesmen wero examined today, break ing all records of the trial thus far, Tho highest previous number was 61. One of the Jurors selected today wns Harry C. Brearly, an advertising agent. Ho took the place of Harold H, Kalro, Juror No. 6, who was dropped yesterday. Juror No. 11 was Henry I. Klelnberger, a silk merchant. LORDS VISIT AMERICA. LONDON, Jan. 30. Lord Charles and Lord Marcus Beresford sail today for the United States. Their visit Is connected with the bequest to them of an estate valued at 11,000,000 by their brother, Delavan Beresford, a resident of Mexico, who was killed In a railroad accident in the United States. MAY REACH SOLUTION Vexed Problem of Japs Being Discussed. PkESIDENT MAY DECIDE California Delegation Conference With Roosevelt Sat isfactory. SCHOOL BOARD STILL FIRM Refutes to Accept Compromise That Will Admit Japanese to Other Than Specially Provided Schools. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. After two hours of conference at the White House tonight, regarding the Jap anese question on the Pacific coast, the California delegation In congress authorized the statement that the del egation had a full and harmonious dis cussion with the President, Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy mi the serious questions relating to the Japanese on the 1'aclflc coast, and that they are confident that a solu tion will be reached satisfactory to all concerned. The statement say.-, as a result of the meeting of the delega tion, tonight, they telegraphed to the president of the San Francisco Hoard of Education and the superin tendent of schools there to come to Washington at once, for a conference with the President and Secretary od) Slate. The existing treaty between the United State.-) and Japan will expire on March 12 of this year. President Roosevelt has heretofore assured the members of Congress from California that ho would endeavor to form a new treaty with Japan which would meet their entire approval and at tho same time prove satisfactory to To- klo. Callfornlans have In the past in slsted on an exclusion net to bar the Japanese coolies out of the United States, but It Is hinted that as a re sult of the conference, Senators Per kins and Hint and members of the House of Representatives from that state have practically agreed to waive this demand and leave It to the Pres ident to negotiate a new convention that will keep Japanese coolie labor out of this country. Japan has made It clear thut she will only consider a treaty that Is mutual und what con cessions this government has been asked to make have not been made public. It Is admitted nt the Japan ese embassy tonight that Viscount Aokl has discussed a proposed treaty with the President and that they are in perfect accord. A dispatch from San Francisco snys that School Directors Walsh nnd Ron convlerl will leave for Washington to morrow In response to President Roosevelt's Invitation. They declare that they are determined not to accept any compromise In tho matter of the Japanese attending public schools other than those set aside for Orlent nls. The board will have a special meeting tomorrow to consider the mat ter. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30. Governor GUlettea tonight received a telegram from Washington, signed by the Cal ifornia delegation, urging him to ask the legislature to defer all action on Japanese matters. ' The message caused considerable stir among the members of both houses when knowl edge of its receipt and contents be- came noised about. Gillette was soon In conference with the leaders of the senate and assembly and has prepared a formal message, to the legislature, which will be read to bolh houses to morrow, leading senators and assem blymen declared tonight that the re quest will be granted. DRAG LAKE MICHIGAN. Effort Will Be Made to Find Bodies of Suicides. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. That W. R. Welboldt, once wealthy .North - Side men haul and Hoard of Trade operator, and hi daughter, Martha, who disap peared wlih him after a mysterious at tempt Inn! ben made to fire the Wel boldt department store Saturday night, have comniltled KUhl'e by drowning together In Like Michigan, Is the opinion of I'aptnln King of the Shef field Avenue police station, who re ceived a Jointly signed note from the fugitive to that effect yesterday. The note disposed of the last doubts In the minds of the police as to tin fate of Wleboldt and his daughter. It was announced today that attempts would be made to drag Lake Michigan In the vicinity of Lincoln Park for the bodies. The devotion of Martha, who Is 1 years old, and the youngest of Wle boldt's children, 10 her father after financial reverses hail left him with but a pittance, was known to all the friends of the family. She lived alone wlih him after other m'embers of the family had left him. It Is said by the police that she wis with him late Pat urday night and a few minutes before the fire broke out In the department store. RIOT OVER NEGRO Black Chokes Newsboy and Mob Nearly Lynches Him. OTHER NEGROES ARE BEATEN Intervention c Police and Force of Firemen Saves Miscreant From Hanging, But Not From Many Bruises and Cuts. PITTSBURG, Jan. 30. C. A. Jack son, a negro, bleeding from many wounds, Is locked up in this city, fol lowing an exciting and almost suc cessful attempt to lynch him tonight by a crowd of several hundred persons In the heart of the business district. A number of unknown negroes who tried to protect Jackson, were rough ly handled. The trouble started when Jackson, In response by a request by a newsboy to purchase a paper, shoved the boy into the street. The boy threw a stone that hit the negro on the head. Jackson then seized the boy nnd began to choke him. The street was crowded and In a moment several peoplo caught the negro nnd began to beat him. Some one cried "Lynch the nigger," nnd hundreds of men and boys wished upon Jackson. Hacked up against a building, Jack son, trembling with fear, shielded him self as best he could while the crowd beat him and tore oft his clothing, About this time several other negroes tried to protect Jackson, and imme d lately there were cries of "Lynch them," and "Kill the niggers." Sev eral fights were In progress and sev ernl negroes were caught and severely handled. Jackson, terribly beaten, managed to escape. Hundreds of per sons took up the chase, and the ne gro was almost caught when he ran into the arms of several policemen. The officers were attacked by the crowd and were hard pressed when a large force of firemen came to their help. The two forces held back the frenzied crowd until a patrol wagon full of officers responded to the riot call sent In. The crowd was soon dispersed and Jackson taken to jail, where his wounds were dressed. TESTIMONY SENSATIONAL Probing of Merger Brings Facts to Light. UNWRITTEN AGREEMENT California Lines Divide Citrus Fruit Traffic Between Themselves. HARRIMAN RENTS STEAMERS Magnate Owns Boats Supposed to be Property of Oregon Short Line Peculiar Raise of Freights is Coincidence. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. Testi mony of a sensational character was brought out today by the government at the hearing of the Harrlman mer ger case before Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane. Assistant Traffic Manager Bissell of the Santa Fe, who Is also a director in the Western Pa cific, conceded that the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific managements are ob serving an "unwritten agreement,' whereby they share about equally in the citrus fruit traffic of Southern California. R. A. Graham, formerly manager of the Oregon Oriental Steamship Company, agreed to pro 'luce as evidence a letter which he declared he received from Traffic Man ager Campbell of the O. R. & N. per emptorily canceling a traffic contract between the two companies, because the O. R. & N. road had acquired a fleet of steamships, and refusing any longer to give Graham's company any traffic or the use of the O. R. & N docks at artland or rail rates other than the full local tariff. General D. Mansfield, Shotwell's assistant, and K. E. Calvin, general manager of the Pacific Coast division of the Southern Pacific were among the witnesses. R. P. Schwerin of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company testified that be sides the fleet of steamers owned by the company, it operates the Mon golia and Manchuria, which are owned by Harrlman. Severance called at tention to the minutes, which showed that the Oregon Short Line owned these steamers, but Schwerin said that so far as he knew Harrlman owned them personally, and that Harrlman charged the Pacific Mall $30,000 month for the use of the steamers, the money being sent to New York. Schwerin testified that the San Fran cisco & Portland Steamship Company, of which be is president, had recently raised steamship rates, and that at the same time the Southern Pacific raised its rate to Portland, Com missioner Lane brought out the fact that the rise of the steamer rates fol lowed a conversation on the subject with Traffic Manager Luce, of the Southern Pacific, but Schwerin ex plained that Increased wages to steve dores, etc., made this advance neces sary. These Increases did not affect the railroad, he admitted. Severance characterized the raise of both rates at the same time as "a coincidence," smiling as he spoke. This nettled Schwerin and he vol unteered the statement that there was no real competition between the rail way and the steamers, because the steamers give better service and get more freight than they can handle without solicitation. ADMIRAL'S WIDOW ROBBED. NICE, Jan. 80. Mme. Sakharoff, widow of the admiral who perished at Port Arthur, who has been sojourning; here, has been robbed of her case of jewels, containing all her diamonds, rubied and pearls, valued at several thousand francs. A decoration given her by the Emperor of Russia was also, stolen. CONTRACT NOT AWARDED, Loeb Officially Denies Report That 01 (jyer'a Bid Was Accepted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Secretary Loeb tonight made public a statement from the White House, to the effect that the Panama canal contract haa not been conditionally awarded to Mr. Olllver. No decision has been mada that the contract will be awarded to any of the bidders. Olllver!! bid waa so hopelessly defective that It could not be considered and time was given him to complete it. If It Is put into such shape. It will be considered along with the Gillespie-McArthur Company bid, which may itself be altered, and whichever bid seems most advantag eous may be taken, or both be re jected. HELD FOR MURDER. Fired Mine to Avenge Fancied Wronga and Killed Miners. PUEBLO, Colo., Jan. 30. A special to the Chieftan from Trinidad says that John Rodriguez, an Italian, was taken to Raton, N. M., today on a charge of having fl'ed the Willow mine at Van Houten, N. M., Monday. The alleged crime. Is said to have been committed to avenge a fancied wrong, but no substantiated statement has been given out. The three miners en tombed are believed to be dead by this time. FOR STATE EXPENSES Appropriations Will Be Larger .Than Has Been Expected. SALEM GETS RATHER LESS Result May Be Strenuous Opposition by Members from Marion County Many Minor Changes May Be Made In Bill. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 30. The gen-ral appropriation bill for the expensed of the state government was Introduced in the House yesterday afternoon, and for the first time a definite idea of what the leaders propose in the way of apportionments can be estimated. The bill, No. 284, was introduced by Driscoll, of Mutnomah, and has all the items usually contained in the general appropriation bill, other expenses, like the State University, agricultural in stitutes, Normal Schools and state printing plant, being covered by spe cial bills. The bill carries a total ap propriation of $1,244,970, which is ful ly as much as was expected and some what over the total of the estimate of the secretary of state published some time ago. The committee, however, has whittled off several yards of pro posed expenses from Salem Institu tional reports, and the Marion county delegation may be expected to arise and say things. The differences between the bill as drawn up by the Multnomah delega tion and the estimates of the secrstary of state, constitute the battling ground of the measure, except that some mem bers of the House will probably de sire the material pruning of some of the items passed by both secretary and delegation, while others will want the estimates increased. IN GRIP OF COLD. NORFOLK, Neb., Jan. 30. The cold wave from the Northwest has settled down over Northern Nebraska and Southern South Dakota, the tempera ture falling to 23 below zero at Bone steel, S, D.; g below at Chadron, 15 below at Norfolk and 5 below at Fremont.