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forkn. . O0IATI0 RIPORT covin thc mohninq fiild on tm lowik OOLUMHIA I NO. 181. VOLUME LXIII, ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1807. PRICE FIVE CENTS USA. BLANCA French and Spanish Marines Enter the City and Take Possession. COMPLETELY AVENGE Moors Fired the First Shots and Were Replied to With a ot Shell and Bullets Moors Have Been Killed By the Hundreds. OTHER POINTS ALONG THE IN THE BOMBARDMENT TBI FRENCH FIRED TWO THOUSAND SHELLS ONE PARTY Or MARINES KILLED 150 MOORS - REFUGEES CON TINUE TO LEAVE THE CITY AND AN INVASION BY THE BERCER TRIBESMEN IS FEARED. TANGIER, August O.-Om Blanc, on the Moroccan coast, ha been bom barded by Frencli crultr. The Moon are reported to be shot down in Urge number and the town line Monday night 1 practically lu polon of tbe landing parties from the trench and HpanUh cruler. The drat ahota were fired by the Mxr, The occupation of Cat Hlanea I the outcome of a native uprlalng which resulted In killing hut week of eight Eurotwana there. Doth France and Hpain are hurrying additional warship and troop, to variou point, long the Morocoau coast. OASA 11LANCA, August fl.-The Caaa Dlanca battery fired a couple of blank ahot which drew the fire of tbe wartihipi in the haitar maiming the Mor to re tire. The European part of the city If not touched. The D11 Chayla shelled the beach where a number of Kalyle were assembled, killing many of them. , Re port from Rabat ay the aituatlon I critical. The Merger tribesmen continue to threaten to invade the city. All European are fleeing a fast a they can. PARIS, August 6. A apeclal dlpateh from Tangier, any street fighting and bombardment of Caa Illahca according 'to the refugee who arrived there, con HALF OF HIS BODY Both Texaa and Mexico Claim Portion t of Corpse, EL PASO. Tex., Aug. O.-Ono half of a man' body held by the authoritlc of one state and the other half held by an other ttnto and each state refusing to give up the half it holds is a situation now existing in Mexico, which serves to magnify some qf the Incongruities of the laws of that country. Miguel Martinet, a Mexican Central brnkemnn, wont to sleep under one of the cars of his truin while it was on a aiding at Epiiitus Santo, Zacateeas, The train started up and cut him cqiiarely iii two at the belt, llulf of his body rolcd to the side of the track and the other half, becoming timglcd in the brake beam, was carried to Salinas, San Luis Potcsi. The authorities In caoh state took possession of half the body and each refuses to return the half it lias over to the other. . No odlnial in vestigation can proceed without the whole corpse as the basis, hence the au thorities ant at swords points and the relative of the dead man are unable to do anything. ,. ENFORCE CARD SYSTEM. Will Be Rigidly Enforced Against West ern Federation of Miners. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Aug. 6. Hereafter tho card system will be rigidly enforced against the Western Federation of Miiners in the Cripple Creek distrlot, This was deoided ot a meeting of the mine owners association Iicld in the city yesterday. Little was given out for publication at adjournment, but it is understood that the principal object of the meeting was diAcuss the situation arising out of the release of the leaders of the Federa tion. . 1 . 1 A strong effort will be made, it is un derstood, to prevent Federation sympa thizer being employed in the district, IS gFALLEN ti33 DEATH OF 8 EUROPEANS Storm COAST ARE BEING OCCUPIED tinued throughout Sunday and Is itlll in progre in the evening when the tleamer Anatole tailed. French hlp have fired about 2000 sheila. Th num ber of Moorith dead will be In the hun dred. A aingle party of marine killed 150 Moor. Facnch, however wounded In number only about 12. MADRID, August O.-A dipatch to the Impartial from Tangier tay it i reported the I'aiba at Caa Dlanca hat urrendered the town and guard for tbe protection of foreigner will be landed a oon a pOMible at Mogador, Rabat, Saffi and, Maxagan. TANGIER, Augut 8. According to a eml oiririal account of the fighting at lata lilanca, the commander of the Fiench cruiser Galilee aked permission tt. laud a guard of aallor to protect the Fiench consulate and wa granted it, but while the guard wai proceeding to the consulate It was fired upon and aev- en were wounded. The French then cleared' the street at the point of the bayonet killing many Moor. Arriving it the consulate the guard signalled the new to the (Ialilee and the French ship notified the Spanish cruiser which land ed a guard tor the consulate of Spain. Warships then bombarded the Arab quarter. COLUMBIA LIFE RAFT. Drifts Ashore at Half Moon Bay With Garments Bearing Initials "O. I. S." SAN FRANCISCO, August O.-A life raft from the Columbia was picked up today at ITulf Moon Day, 30 miles south o' this city. On the raft was found an oar and an undergarment bearing the initials "G. T. S.." which presumably belonged to George T. Sparks, a banker of Fort Smith, Ark., who was among the. drowned. 'SHOOTS WOMAN AND HIMSELF. LOS ANGELES, August O.-Thomas It. -Chapman, ged 50. an expert ac countant, Into this afternoon shot and mortally wounded the woman with whom he had been living ten years. He then blew ofT the top of his own head. Neither can recover. Chapman came from Detroit. The woman, Barbara Hay- wards, is from Saoramento, but it is stated she Was married to Raymond Wise also of Sacramento. Chapman met her at Battle Creek where she was studying to become a nurse. FIVE KILLED IN WRECK. t'lTTSUUKU, August 0. lour were killed and 25 injured in a wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad near Kelly about 38 miles from this city today. While passing through Kelly, the Tituaville expres was "side-swiped" by a gondola car and engine, tender, baggage, express ana three nay coaches were derailed. The viotlms all live in Pennsylvania. JOSEPHINE CROP GOOD. GRANTS PASS Or., August 6. The hop orop of Josephine county will be little below the average in output for thi season, but the hops are in fine con dition, there being no pests of any sort on the vines. The picking will com mence about September 1. None of the growers has made any contracts, as all are looking for better prices before the season closes than at present offered. Yesterday and Today A Study Gives up His Life to Save Son From Drowning. DR. J. M. SMITH OF PORTLAND Father and Son in Bathing and Get Caught in Currents in Crab Pool and An Carried Out Harry Tinker Makes Rescue of Son Are From Portland. LONG BEACH, Wash., August 0.-A vacation was sadly ended at Long Beach yesterday morning for Mrs. James M. Smith, of 2tMii Washington atreet, Port land, when her husband was drowned in the breakers trying toave the life of their 12-year-old son, Lester Smith, who also nearly drowned. The stricken wom an left the scene of ber grief but even ing with her son and returned to Port land on the steamer T. J. Potter. The body of Mr. Smith had not been found last night. When . rescued by Harry Tinker, of the Long Beach Hotel, Lester Smith wa unconscious and it was only after an hour and a half of hard work that hi life was restored. The drowning occurred at II :30 yes terday mdrning at Long Beach when most of the resorters are taking their dip in the ocean. Mr. Smith was in the surf with his son and other bath ers. He noticed his son Lester out far ther than any of the rest and called to him to return. He was concerned for hi safety on. account of a deep crab pool which was between him and Lester-. These crab pools are frequent along the beach nnd are a menace to bathers. Out past them, they run parallel to the beach, is a shallower part of the sand and on this portion was Lester Smith. He looked as if he was out much far' ther than he really was. The father went out after the son and in some way they got into the' deep crab pool and the lateral currents which are all along these places when the tide is in carried them still deeper and fur ther away. . The bathers at once crew alarmed and excited and called for all kinds of aid but there was nothing handy to help the two drowning persons with. The bathers made a line out by holding hands and this being short of the strug gling bathers, Harry Tinker, with all ms clothes on and a life preserver under his arm, went out lone and brought in ine ooy atter a hard struggle in the breakers. He was unconscious and it was hard work restoring him. , The father had been swept away .be fore aid could reach him and at the present time friends of his are patrol ing the beach in the hope of finding his body. A rumor was received here last night that the body had been found at Ocean Park but this was found after wards to be incorrect. ' The sad incident has eastt gloom all over the beach and the merriment of yesterday and the day before has some what quieted. James M. Smith the drowned man. is well known in Portland. He is an osteo pathy doctor at 513 Buchanan building, ana was in a cottage at Long fieam . in Theatrical Evolution. Interests Gathering Strength for Judge Landis. RAILROADS EQUALLYCULPABLI This Decision of Judge Landis in Hold ing Railroads Equally to Blame ' Rebates as Well aa Oil Company is . Causing Them to Look for Protection CHICAGO, August 0.-Conferences indicating combination of interests between the Standard Oil and the rail roads in a fight for further government investigation are in progress in Chi cago and New York according to the tnicago uecord-Uerald. The Chicago and Alton, the Chicago, uuriington & Quincy and Chicago Eastern Illinois lines jointly named in 34U0 indictment returned by the Fed eral grand jury are represented in the negotiations. The attitude of Judge Landis in de daring th railroads equally culpable with the oil corporation in the rebating onenses and calling a special grand jury has caused a hasty banding together of tiie dmcrent interests. - STABS FELLOW-PRISONER. SALT LAKE, August 6. Abe Major, doing a We sentence for murder in the Utah penitentiary, almost killed an other man today. He stabbed Harry Waddell, a long termer, six times. Guards came to Waddell's rescue but probably too late. It is thought that waddeii will die. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. At San Francisco A fire which start ed near the baseball grounds this after noon spread to the bleachers destroying iuriii. iu Kaiue. At Portland-Oakland 5, Portland 4. At Vancouver No agmej rain. At Oakland Los Angeles 6 San Fran cisco 7 (U innings). ASSAULTED BY WIFE. CIHCAGO, August C.JCharging that her husband deserted her soon after arravlng from Portland where they were recently married, Mrs. Frank Heinan assaulted him with a hammer on the street this morning. PUSH WORK IN ST. PAUL CHICAGO, August 0.-President Earl ing, of the St. Paul riad, Is back from a tour of inspection of the Pacific cxten sion. He says that construction forces are to be doubled and work will be push ed for a completion of the line early next summer. , v PROHIBITION BILL SIGNED. ATLANTA, Ga., August 6. Governor Smit today signed the prohibition bill eflective January 1, 1908. - to DENIES CRIME WAVE. NEW YORK, August .-Mor "Near crimes" and "Lynching" occurred today. Score of com- plaints are being filed against al- leged insulter and assaulters of women and children but only half dozen -required aeriou atten- tion. More than one innocent 0 man has been pounded until un- conscious by angry mobs of men and women, but the police gener- ally are on tbe scene in time to 4) prevent serhra results. , The least familiarity shown by men to women and children is seized as an opportunity for gathering mobs end other demon- atratlons. Superintendent Jen- kins, of the (Society of Preven- . tion of Cruelty to Children denies "Crime wave" and says statistics show there is no greater increase in thi clas of crime than is ' previous years. WAVE UNION JACK. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. A special to the Tribune from Port Arthur, Ont., sayss The British flag is not flying over Isle Rovale, yet. Captain S. C. Young, the Canadian officer who sailed from this port to raise the British flag over the island in Lake Superior, returned yes terday. It is not believed Captain Young and his half dozen fellow filibusters ever reached Isle Royale, although they claim that they did. Young say ode of his men waved a Union jack over the land, The United States custom office treated the matters a joke and offered entertairment to the visitors. EX-QUEEN INSANE. - Baroness Annie , Harden-Hickey Once Queen of Trinided in Sanitarium. NEW YORK, Aug. 6. The Baroness Annio Harden-Hickey, daughter of John II. Flagler, has been committed to a sanitarium in Connecticut by order of the probate court in Stanford. There is said to be little hope of cure. Her mental breakdown is traced back to the death of her husband. John H. Flag ler, her father, has been appointed con servator of her fortune, which is said to be almost entirely in Standard Oil stock. The baroness Harden-Hickey waaMiss Annie Flagler. She married tho French nobleman in 1890. The Baron was shipwrecked on the Island of Trinidad and got an idea of becoming king of Trinidad. He took the title of James I, but England objected and a cruiser of that country took away the entire kingdom to tbe United States. The Baroness was queen of Trinidad tiien for a time ,the kingdom being sup ported on her money. When her hus band died she went abroad but was brought back from France to this coun try when her health began to be impair el v The Barou committed suicide in a hotel in El Paso, Tex., in 1S98. NEW MATRON FOR SCHOOL. WASHINGTON, August 6.-Mrs. C, A McElery, of Monroe, was yesterday appointed assistant matron of the Yaki ma Indian School. LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL. SALEM, Or.. August 0. Attorney- General Crawford has rendered an opin ion holding chapter 201 of the laws of 1907 unconstitutional and void, because it is an attempt to amend a section of the code which was repealed by the lfgislature of 1901. This act requires screens to be placed at inlets of irriga tion ditches, canals, mill races, etc. to prevent small fish from entering these yways from the main fishing streams. This opinion is of particular- interest to owners of Irrgation ditches along the Columba Rver n Eastern Oregon who object strongly to the expense of put tng in such screens. . AWARDED CONTRACT., PORTLAND, August 0-Robert Wake field of this city, was yesterday awarded a contract by the War Department to build an extension of 285 feet to the Government jetty at the mouth of the Coquille River for $50,000. He will start work at once, and according to the terms of the contract the task must be com pleted in 18 months.- The building of a trestle will be the first work after which the delivery of rock will be started. Wakefield has built a big portion of the existing jetty at that point. TO STOP GAMBLING Hedges Issues His Ulti - : r matum, " ENFORCE RIGOROUSLY One Week Will be Given for the Gamblers to up Their, Stakes. IS BACKED BY THE PEOPLE There Will be no More Spinning of the Roulette Wheel, or the Fascinating si Game Other Counties of the Dis trict Get the Same Treatment. OREGON CITY, Or, August 6. Dis trict Attorney Hedges at 3 o'clock this afternoon reached the decision to atop gambling in all tbe four counties of tbe district Clackamas, Clatsop,, Washing ton and Columbia. Tbia means the end of gambling in Astoria. Instructions to that effect are being prepared this after noon, and will be mailed to his deputies, a follows: Clatsop, J. C. McCue; Co lumbia, W. H. Powell; Washington J. M. Wall. Mr. Hedges will act personally in the case of Clackamas county. The deputies will in each instance-be instructed to enforce rigorously the state laws prohibitive of gambling by every device mentioned. One week's time will be given the gamblers in which to close up their affairs and remove all paraphernalia from their establishments. In the event of their failure it will be confiscated and destroyed. "I had intended taking no action un til I returned from my vacation, at which time I intended familiarizing my self with conditions, looking to prevent ing gamblng everywhere in the district," said Mr. Hedges. "On account of my unfamiliarity with conditions, I did not know whether or not the Astoria people would co-operate with me in enforcing the law. I desired their co-operation before proceeding. I received won! this afternoon that my prospective action closing gambling would be backed up by the people, whatever might be" the 01- ficiul attitude, and decided to take ac tion at once." Deputy District Attorney McCue had not received notice last night from Dis trict Attorney Hedges regarding the closing of the gambling bouses in As toria, 'but he' said that he expected an order in this morning's mail. He assert ed that he . would enforce the order strictly on August 14, the date on which it goes into effect in the four counties. The order has been expected by citi zens of the city and Mr. McCue ever since the' Miuwaukie gambling house was closed in Oregon City. The notice that District Attorney Hedges had de cided to act, therefore, did not come as surprise. He was fully acquainted with the situation here, according to local men. ; Gambling in the last 12 months in - Astoria has paid a revenue to the city of about $25,000, the total from all sources being about $70,000. The num ber of games running at present is 45, which pay' $25 a month, while 125 slot machines pay $7.50 a quarter. The amounts have been collected regularly by Chief Uammel. The estimates made by the city coun cil for the present year included the gambling revenue, and it is claimed that the council will be short $10,000 when the order prohibiting gambling goes into effect. Gambling in the city was closed up over a year ago after a hot campaign in the city, and was later put to the vote of the, people. The Democrats In the city won in the election and the gam bling was recommended. It Is a peculiar and interesting fact ,tht District At torney Hedges, who is a Democrat, has been responsible for the closing order.