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NO. 221. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1807 TEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS FOREIGNERS ARE EXCLUDED BY JAPS Laws Passed Prohibit All Others Than Japanese to Work as Laborers. ANALOGOUS PROBLEM ARISES Suction In Japan Regarding Chin ad Other Countries Much More Stringent Than in the United States and Canada, LONDON, Sept, 81.-A dispatch to the Time from Pekln says, tht labor troubles tt Vancouver ar followed with much Interest la the far east, where an analogous problem ha now rlnen betwen China and Japan. A Jap net Imperial ordinance No, 325 of July 7. 18tt, vlgorouty forbid all for Igners, whether European, Americans or Chinew, from working In Japan a laborer In agriculture, fishing, mining, manufacturing and all other cUmi of Industry. OuMde narrow rluential eltlement. except by special permit Ion of th local authorities. The dlipatch add: "Such permUiIon we are informed hero, U never given." THIEVES WORK TRAINS. Denver Chief Declare! They Art Pro tected by Crew. DKNVKIl Si'i't. 21. Thieves, the moat Tiotorlou lu the country and the moat daring, are permitted to work train fining into the leaving Denver liy the crew of the various railroad companies, according to Chief of Police Michael A. pelaney. ."The pickpocket that work theae lrnlni out of Denver are protected by train crew," said the chief. "Scarcely day paiite that we do not receive re port of pickpocket working, and to my certain knowledge certain train crews work In collulon with pick pocket. "I know of a circumstance where a certain depot policeman, employed and paid by the various rnllron.l compnnle 'salted a victim while hi pocket were picked, and then went to the thief that did the work and demanded part of the loot he had tolen on penalty that if lii demand were not met with the thief would be exposed. TO PROSECUTE BANK OFFICIALS. ALBANY, Sopt. 21. Governor Hiiglie ha announced that lie ha designated Attorney-Gcncral Jnckson to prosecute (he criminal action growing out of the failure of the German-American Dunk of Buffalo. These case re to come up bei fore the supreme court of Oilcans county flext Monday. Attorney-General Jack on became familiar with tho German Itank ecanduls while acting a assistant dUtiict attorney of Erie County. MOTOR BOAT GOES OVER DAM. Girl, One of Three in Craft, Drowned in the Monongahela. PITTSBURG, Kept. 21. -A motor launch went over the dam in the Monon ftalicla ltjver Jifi'e this evening and Mis fcndie Burns, a beautiful 17-year-old girl of Braddook was dorvrned. The bont wo owned by John Foxhall, who "had taken three persons, including Miss for a cruise, A short distance above the dam something went wrong with the motor boat and the boat went oven the folia broadside. , George Minger, a famous one-legged life guard at the Pittsburg swimming pool, below, almost lost his life diving for the body of Mis Burns, which had not been recovered at a late hour to night. FOURTH DREADNAUGHT. Orders Are Given For Battleship 8oo Ton Larger. iPOBTOMOUTH, England, Sept. 21. The plans for a now vassal of the Dreadna ught class have been received Jiore, accompanied by orders to com mence building the warship Immediately, ITar displacement will be 10,300 tons, 800 ton greiifcr 1 than the newly launched Jtellorophoii and Temeimire, SUEES EX-SECRETARY KINCAID. State Want Feet Collected by Hlra Turned Over To It, SALBf. Or., Sept. 2l.-Th Mat. of Oregon, represented by District Altor ny J. If, Mr-Nary, plalutlfT, yesterday filed a complaint In department No. 2 of the Marlon comity circuit court against It. If. Kluc-aid, former secretary of tat. to recover w),0)0, which' sum i set forth a Iwvlng been du Mr. Klncald' uceestor in olllce, but was not turned over at the expiration of the defend an't term. It ) alleged that Mr. Kin- eald received the ald $80,000 through the uul sources betwea January 14, 18113, and January 14, 1MB, and that he failed to deliver to his iuooeor the money, or any part of It. A timllar suit was filed in the circuit court of county several day ago, but owing to tb fact that the prosecut ing attorney for that dlsrie did not join in be action on he part of lie state 4 separate action has been brought in this county with PUtrlot Attorney McNary a relator. The service was made upon Mr. Kincald whit he wt In attendance at tb stats fair. Capital Journal FISH FROM WINDOWS. Passengers OrerlanJ Angle la the Sal- ton Sea. 8ALTQN, Sept. 21. Ienger on the .Southern Pacific overland train are hav ing rare sport trolling from the car window for flh in tin Salton sea. and good catches have been made. Abaut midway on the sea an arroyo extend hack into the mountains. The track cronte this on a trestle, The water It Itfteen to twenty-five feet deep, and It ha become the custom of the dining car porter to throw overboard the scrap from the table there. Thousands or llh of all size lie in wait for the train and can easily be seen. A few day ago an irrepressible fish erman prepared his hook and line, and a the train wwly thundered over the long trtle, swung It far out ovsr the water. The flh mistook It for their customary meal and a voracious carp, three feet long, sieted the bait and wa Irawn aboard the Pullman. With thi beginning the sport hat grown to such an extent that the passenger train are now supplied with 15 n for the dining cars. REACH COAST 1909 New President of Milwaukee Railroad Elected. PRESIDENT MILBANK RETIRES Directors All Re-elected in Road Which Is Building Transcontinental Line to Pacific Coast Through Centralis and Tacoma. MILWAUKEE. Sept. 21.-L. J. Tctit, of Milwaukee, was today elected direc tor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway nt the anual meeting in Itfee of Joseph Millmnk of New York, who has retired. Petit is president of the Wisconsin National Bank of this city. The other directors were re elected. "We expect to complete our lino to the Pucillc Coast and western terminals by the middle of 1009," lie Bivid today. The line will lw operated as far as Btitto by February of next year. There already are small sections of It In oper ation in a local way ana a rast as iney conect operation of the line as a whole will be commenced." BIG PULP INDUSTRY. ABERDEEN', Sept. 21.-The Pacific Coaat Wood, Pulp 4 Paper Company, which has been launched here with capital of $1,000,000, has elocted W. B. Mack, president) F. G. Jones, vice- president: A. P. Stockwell, second vice- president) F. C. Furth, secretary) W. J, Patterson, treasurer) Greely Kolts, gen eral manager, die hundred thousand dollars of the stock has been subscrib ed by Amordeen capitalists. It is pro posed to erect pulp and paper mills on the south side of the Chehalis river. The question of water for the proposed planfJ has been solvd by the source of supply from what is known as Charley Creek. T RELIEF FOR WRECK VICTIMS Astoria and Seattle Ask Presi dent to Hurry Cutter to Save Hundreds. MAY BE STARVING TO DEATH V. Two Hundred and Forty Men of John Currier Marooned For Six Weeks With Only Provisions For a Month Union occk vuick Keacue, .I. tij.Aj' " SEATTLE Sept. 21.-enator Piles today airgraphed to the Preiident ask ing him to send the revenue cutter to Bristol Bay to rcscus scvjal hundred persons, survivors of the wrecked fishing boot, John Currier, which went ashore at Kelson's lagoon on August 0th. The Indian have reported supplies lor thirty days. That time passed It Is believed there Is danger of starving or freezing. Ed Roscnburg, secretary of the Flb- ermen's nion of the Pacific Coast, sent a telegram to President Roosevelt from Astoria yesterday, asking that relief be sent to the 240 men of the wrecked John Currier who are imprisoned on a bleak shore at Kelson' Lagoon, Alaska. Copies of the telegram were sent Sena tor Pile of Seattle and to Senators in California, with the result that the former has already taken the matter in hand. The government was notified of the predicament of the men tome week ago. and it was expected that something was being done to relieve them. This proved not to be the case, however, and the ollk-inU of the union are going to stir thing up until relief i sent to the marooned men. The wreck occurred on the night of August 9 and shortly after, a couple of the more daring members of the crew started out with native guides and managed 10 reach civilization. The large body of men are unable to do this, however, and it was stated by those who escaped that the provisions would last until September I. It is probable that the men are even now enduring the pangs of hunger, as the provisions for so many would not lut more than a few days and it is now over a month since they were wrecked. Feeling that there is no time to lose if the men are to be rescued, the Fisher men's Union is doing all it can to hurry matters, and reply that active meas ure for their relief will be made, Is expected at any moment. Up to a late hour last night no an swer had been received from Washing ton regarding the message, although the tinwer may nave neen sent to acnaior rile of Seattle. I llll-IIS.. II H I! Sill llll I I sav ran ujr'w . STATISTIC. John BullIf I have a heart, I can't enjoy wearing me diamond. The Million-dollar diamond that the Boers have presented to King Edward will cost $50,000 to cutvand set. News Item. EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR ARMY. General Order Of Importance Issued by War Department. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-A general order issued by the War Department today i f calculated to put an end to the long-drawn-out controversy between organized labor and the Army Engi neer over the question of enforcing an elgbt-hour-day on all government work. The Utbor unions win decisively for the new order I in the shspe of an amend tnent to th army regulations making an eight-hour day general. The mew regulation provides that a stipulation covering its contents shall be incorpr rated in a new contract to be let here aftr. This will make it apply to all river and harbor work and public build ing erected under the supervision of Army engineer. No mention of the Panama canal is made in the amended regulation. La bor leader contend that the eight-hour law should apply there as well at in this country. But the War Department ha held that there has never been a determination that the canal Is a "pub lic work" within the moaning of the statute. . NO MEAT FOR ATHLETES. CHICAGO. Sept. 21. "Football a la vegetable" has arrived. Instead of the traditional roast beef the fiercest grid iron warriors of the future will prefer the bean-apple-nut cutlets. In the opin ion of University of Chicago athletes, "Squirrel food" snd the luscious pro ducts of the garden wilt hold sway et the Midway this season. Coach Stagg 1 an ardent believer in the coming of the meatless era, and Captain L. De Tray and his maroons have already foresworn their old ideas of diet in pursuance of the director's rdcofmmendations. The "reform" pro- motors, in addition to viewing the total downfall of the training table with its "glaiifcttorfal" surroundings, may have the pleasure of witnes-ing a champion ship vegetarian eleven as a climax to the anti-cruelty movement. The Maroon director is himself a vegetarian of stand ing. For two years he has eaten prac tically no meat, and he ascribes his present healthy condition to hi change of diet. According to the coach, a won derful athletio future may be attained bv fleh abstainers. FLYING AUTO KILLS MAN. Chauffeur Continues Pace and Manages to Elude Police. NEW YORK. Sept. 21. An automo bile, north-boimd at high epeed at Fourth avenue and 31st street, struck Daniel Bacon, 50 years old, a laborer, of 112 Front street, early yesterday morning. Bacon died hi tor in Bellevue of a fracl tured skull. 4 The chauffeur did not slacken his pace and the car was out of sight so quickly that the policeifmn had no chance to find out what the car of the chauffeur looked like. Coroner Harburger osked that detec tives be sent out to try and find the chauffeur This was done. IN IOWDOK. . SO, OOO DAILY JlMBER OF ' VHtHPlOYtD. 30,000 HQHwyr ADVLTJ. ' $OQQOJUtPW$ ym rn lY uikikib. tin m 4 GOEBEL'S SLAYER DEAD FOR YEARS New Witness Tells How Deed Was Committed in Famous Murder Case. GOVERNOR SLAIN FOR REVENGE Son of Man He Killed Plotted the As sassination and Hired Man to Shoot Hlm&-Woman Brings Late Story of the Kentucky Affair. RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 21. Turner igo, of tanners, Rowan county, Ky., is cnarged with the killing of Willi Goobcl, in an affidavit by Mrs. Lulu Clark, whk-h was published today by the Kichmond Evening Times. The affidavit wa sworn to last April in the law offices of former Kovernor William S. Taylor, of Kentucky. Mrs. Clark, whose maiden name was Lulu Williams, lived at the time of the Goebel murder at Mt. Sterling, Ky. She had a cousin named Gertrude King, who then lived at Marysville, Ky. Miss King was at the time, according to the affi davit, keeping company with John San ford, of Covington, a son of an attor ney who wa killed by Goebel in a, fight some years ago. The fight resulted from a political quarrel Mrs. Clark swears on the day of the Goebel murder, the and her eousin went to - Frankfort and as they started to enter the house by a rear entrance a hot was fired. At the same time she noticed a man standing just inside the door, whom they recognised as Sanford. In minute a second man came' running out of the building, dressed like a moun taineer and carrying a riue. He ran to Sanford and said: "I got the G D .". The man was recognised by the affiant a her friend, Turner Igo. Both men ran out of the building to fence where Sanford gave a pair of shoes which he wag 'carrying, to Igo, who ex changed his boot for them. The men then disappeared. The affiant states that Igo told, her at Mt. Sterling depot on January 25, 1900, that he was going to kill oGebel and she saw him atterward at Jeffersonville, Ind., and that he re minded her that he had fulfilled his promise. j She also says San Cord told Gertrude King, a few days prior to Goebel's mur der that he intended to kill Goebel, say ing: "Here is my chance to get revenge." FARMERS, Ky., Sept. 21. Turner Igo, who is charged by Mrs. Lulu Clark with the assassination of Governor Goe bel. is dead. Samuel Igo, a cousin or Turner Igo, said today: "Turner has been dead three or four years. I never heard of any acquaint ance he had with Sanford, nor any hint that my cousin was ever connected, even remotely, with Goebel's death." INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21. W. S. Taylor could not be found today to ver ify the statements in a dispatch from Richmand. The Clark woman formerly lived here and is . brakeman's wije. It is said they were divorced two years ago. Hire years ago Mrs. uarie toid the story of Goebel's murder to an In- dianopili newspaperman who took the woman to Governor Taylor, who took her deposition. The story was not pub lished, Governor Taylor, fearing the publication would make verification im possible and he hoped to locate the man wo was with Mrs. Clark. , Preliminary to the first trial of Caleb Powers, the friends of the Secretary of State had sought to establish the fact that John Sanford was at Frankfort on the day of the shooting, but efforts to establish this failed. KING OF SLAM CELEBRATES. HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 21. The Ging of Siara celebrated his birthday today. Three bottles of wine were giv en free to thousands of persons It is estimated the celebration cost the Kingcolored man wn0 j8 thought to know $250,000. There was a great celebra tion of fireworks and. festivities in his honor. It is estimated that he has spent a million and a half in Germany alone since he came here a short time ago. He also distributed large sums to the poor. ,; ' BUCKEYE STATE TOO SLOW, Former Ohio Man Glad to Get Back to the Live, Busy West DALLES, Sept. 21.-T. J. Cherrington arrived in Dalies, Friday, from a month't visit to bis old home in Ohio. He also attended the reunion of native Ohioans held in the city of Columbus, that state. Although he enjoyed his visit greatly be is glad to be back in Oregon one more, for having lived for to many years in the lively, business-like west, he felt out of place in the sleepy old dties of the eastern states. "The climate of, Ohio," ald Mr. Cherrington yesterday, "is just as good a that of Oregon, but the cities seem so old, so quiet and dilapidated in com parison to those I have become accus tomed to those I have become aocus where the people have some ambition and activity. The people of Chicago, St. Paul and Denver are the only one I saw that moved about and seemed to have some purpose in life, like they do out. here on the soast. In other places, everyone looked like he had dona hi work and retired from business, or had not yet begun." , . t . .TSCHIRSKY WILL BE NAMED. PARIS, Sept. 21. A dispatch from Berlin reaffirms the statement that Baron Tschirsky, tho German foreign minister, will succed Baron von Stern burg as German ambassador at Wash ington. " BIG INCREASE IN CAPITAL. ST. PAUL, Sept. 21. The Minneapo lis, St Paul A Sault Ste. Marie Railroad this afternoon filed amended articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Its capital stock is Increased from $21,000,000 to 142,000,000. l&yxM FOR WATER SYSTEM. SKAGWAY, Sept. 21.-ttartermaater Crane has just been advised from Wash- ington that $60,000 "has been allowed for the installation of a water svs- tern atFort W. EL Steward, 12 miles below here. Water will be brought across the tide lands from the west side of the Chilkat, a distance of ten miles. Sufficient power to generate electric power will likely be obtained also. HELD FOR MURDER Zion City Fanaticsl are Held on Serious Charge. INVESTIGATING GIRL'S DEATH Cures of "Demoniacal Possession" Cause Wholesale Investigation of Zion City's Criminal Methods Feeling Against Prisoners. CHICAGO, Sept 21. Walter and Jennie Greenbaugh, together with Harold Mitchell, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Louis E. Smith, who were arrested on the charge of causing the death of Green- haugh's invalid mother, were today tak en from Zion City to the county jail at Waukegan in order to avoid any pos sibility or outbreak, as feeling against them is intense. The inquest will be resumed tonight and it is quite possible further arrests will be made as it is believed that other cures for the "Demoniacal Possession" have terminated disastrously to patients. The case of Bertha Young, 19. years of age, who recently died in Zion City, is under investigation. ARRESTS ARE MADE. Negro and Young Woman May Know of Murder, ' CHICAGO, Sept. 21. The police today arrested Miss Helen Meinert in connec tion with the murder of Mrs. Lillian White-Grant, the teacher whose body was found yesterday after she had been strangled to death. The police are searching for Richard IS. Williams, a something about the murder and , the Meinert woman told the police today that Williams had worked with her in a hotel in the southern part of the city and admitted she had received a letter from him last night in which he asked her to meet him tonight at his home.