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VOLUME LXIll. NO. 275 TRAINS WILL RUN TODAY i "i- t ..." ' ' ' -v,' 'J -V Immhi Between Pasco and the Cliffs. . !;, ' ' ?;: I V ". " ON NORTH BANK RUAD Sixty Days More Wilt See the Freight Rolling into -Portland. I ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY,. DECEMBER 15. 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS BEST P resident mil Believe! Thit Section of tb Country h ta the Beat Ship Furnishes Views oa lb Financial D prsstion tad IU Csust. t PORTLAND. Dec. U.-Louls W. Hill, president of ths Great Northnrn Railroad arrived In this Hy tonight, lie declared that within 60 days th North Bunk rtd will b rolling freight Into Port land. Tb AM 4lin-cent of the North Itauk RcxKt -was issued tlay'sd-goee into effect tomorrow, the road being In operation between I'earo end The Cliff. By January 18 train will be running- to Vancouver, Wah,, nd a month Inter Into Portland The North Bank Road when completed Vill run from Portland to l'awo. where It will conneH with the Northern Pacific. Branches will be built to Hpnkan and also to Uwl'ton, Idaho. The road wee designed to avoid mountain climbing over the Cascade end follow the Co lumbia Kiver t low then one per cent grade. - . '' Speaking of the financial situation Mr. 1HI1 declared: "W will liave quiet tlmea all over the country till after the presidential election," Mr. Hill attributed the depression to the attitude of the nconle .mi I nit the ''Interests," and fle- clared tluvt the fai),(KW).0(0 fine which Judjfe Land! assessed against the Stand aid Oil Co.. we 'The straw that broke ilu rainel'a back." Mir. Hill expreeed hie opinion that the Pacific Northwest 1 In the liet ahupo today of any section it., , u. . ' GERMANS WIN. Six-Day Bicycle Race Captured by Teutons. NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Rutt and Stoll, the German team, won the six-day bicycle race tonight. It l the first time in the history of the sport that a tier nmn team Im captured first honors. (hortly. before " all teams Bad with drawn from the truck with the excep tion of Rutt and Fogler who rode for the American team, these team being tied for first place. Rutt and Fooler raeej for a mile, the Orman winning. The Slii "Wit f u',i v:'1' . l Kutt-StoH, 2312 miles, 6 laps( Fogler Moran, 2312 miles, 8 lap) George Appro, 8312, 4 lapsi Doming-l)owney, 2312, bipsj Calvin-Wiley, 2312, 4 lap) Krebs Vanderatnyft, 2312, 3 , lupi Itgan Uardgett; 2312, 8 laps; Bieton-Vanont, 2312, 1 lap. A, . ri'lus retmrd is 2733 miles, 4 lapo, made by the Waller-Miller team in 1891). Urban McDonald, who was injured in itne raee Frfday;Med tonight. ' ' ' '' ; WHITMAN COLLEGE PLANS. , Scope ol the College Will be Enlarged by Added Studies, WALLA "WALLA, Dec 14--At tlie TOcting of the trustees of Whitman College today a plan was adopted that will materially change the policy and 'scope of the college. release ho been secured from the contract heretofore lexistlna with the Congregational educa llonal board. Additional endowments of $1,000,000, and! $090,000 for new build' ings were arranged for, although the sncAiis of raising this amount was not made public, ; Schools of civil, electrical, and mining engineering, forestry, , irrfga tlon, music and the arts and trades will vbe established, . ' WHETHER SACKS OR BULK. TAtXMIA. Deo. 14. ITie atate rail joad commission met here today and there were livened arguments by snip per and exporters, for and sjznlntit the changing of wheat shipments from sacks to bulk. " After a long discussion a reso lution was adopted declaring the time had not arrived when the question should be agitated. SLEEPING CAR LAW ICE KING ELIMINATED, Morse to be Dropped From American Ic Company, , V ssaBssj . .. . NKW VORK, Dec. !4.-The Ikrald this mornina says that Charles W. Morse will no longer retain control of Uie Amerti-an Ice HH-urltles Company, ths holding enmpany of the American I Company. According to the HeralJ a meeting of prominent flnanolal interests was held In New York yesterday and a plun was divide) on4y which Mr. More will lie eliminated from ths ice inter- ests ss he was from the banks of New York and ths combination of coastwise sleanwhlp companies. ' It is said that a voting trued has been decided upon which is to consist of Charles M. Schwab, Isaac , (iujotenlieiin, I oii Is Cass Ladyard, James McCutcheon and Ceo. L Rives, and that this trust will hence forth eowhict .tlie affairs of,, the oompany. "S COMPARE RATES, Hearing of Lumbermen Before Commis sion Develops Little of Interest. WASHINGTON. ' , Dec. 14. - Beyond technical details, concerning ths manu facture and shipment of lumlier, togeth er with information as to the rata pre vailing between the Pacific Northwest and Eastern points, In comparison with rates from Yellow Pine districta to the same points of destination, little was developed at ths hearing before the In terstsU Commerce Commission of the Oregon and Washington lumbep associa tion complaint against the railroad lines of the Northwest. Declared Unconstitutional by the - Wisconsin Supreme Court, NYE BILL KNOCKED IN HEAD Provision Introduced by Fat Solon, Who Wanted Mors Air In Sleeping Cars, Goes the Way of All Anti-Corporation Legislation. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. A depatch to the Tribune from Madison, Wis., says: The Wisconsin supreme court yester day declared the Nye Sleeping Car berth law unconstitutional. Its author was' Assemblyman Ray J. Nye, an in surance bmker of Superior. . Nye, alio is large and heavy, took a sleeper at Superior one hot summer uight to return to Madison and "resume his ley ila live duties. Ho took a lower berth and tried Jo get the porter to leave the' tipper one closed. The porter, however, said lie could not, as it was against the rules. -Finally Nye; climbed into his heavy curtained berih, but could not sleep on account of lack of air, and when he reached' Hanson .next morning his tem perature was far above normal. A few day later he Introduced his sleeping ear berth bill,' Finally It passed and Gov ernor Davidson signed it. Its chief pro vision is as follows; i . "Whenever any person ' pays ' foe the use of a double lower berth In a sleeping car he shall havl the righf to' direct whether the upper berth shall be opened or closed, unless the upper Twrth; actual ly is occupied by some other person! and the proprietor of the car and the person in charge of ft shall comply with such direction." The penalty for violating the law was fixed at imprisonment in the county jail for six months or a fine of $100. The Pullman Car Oompany, which owns most of the sleeping ears used in Wisconsin, instructed its porters to dis obey tbe law, it Is alleged, and finally passengers began to complain. W O. Stone filed! a formal complaint with the state's attorney at Green Bay against the porter on a car running Into the Northern part, of the state, and the porter was arrested and convicted. The Pullman Company then appealed' to .the Supreme Court. EAST SVEPT BY STB Northeaster Lashes At " lantic Seaboard. SHIPPING HAS SUFFERED Bark Goes to Pieces Off Sandy Hook But the Crew -Is Saved. ELEVEN STEAMSHIPS ARE DUE Trans-Atlantic Liners Unreported at Lata Hour Though no Apprehension is Felt For Their Safety Life-Saving Crew Rescues Sailors. NKW YORK, Dec. M.Lasheo by the fierce blow, of a navy northeaster, New York tonight i in the wintry clutches of storm Mid wind, hail and rain which has completely' swept the Atlantic front'rom Hatters .tp. Maine, Shipping has suf fered greatly in the 60-mile gale. Down Sandy Hook the bark Kdinund Phinney went to pieces on the sandy shore after her skipper and crew had been rescued by a breeches buoy, Eleven "trans Atlantic steamship. tfue ..today are still unreported at Sandy Hook at 10 o"clock tonight, though no apprehension Is felt for their safety. Many vessels put back from sea during the day. , Great damage was donoln the city from wind and two men were kHled by fulling wreckage. Communication is cut off in many directions, telegraph poles being flattened oy the wind. Life-saving crews rescued the Phin ney'a sailors, after they bad dung to the hull for eight hours, half dead from exposure. The last man had hardly been taken off when the vessel broke up and disappeared in the boiling waters. Tonight the crew are beiqg cared for by the life"ver. The Phinney was lumlier laden from Savannah to Perth amboy, N. .1. " , "GUY FAWKES" PLOT. Gun Powvfer and Bombs Found in Finan cial District NEW, YORK, Dec. 14-Rumors of a modern "Guy Fawkes" plot spread rap idly through Wall Street yesterday when the fact whs made Mwvtf that a barrel of gunpowdeiv and morait a hundred bombs or hand grenades had been found in the very middle of Ijlie financial dis trict. Workmen engaged in tearing out the Interior of the old custom house dis covered the mine. An apparently un used iron door was"' forced open and in side, in a closet, was found the explo sives, The euitoms authorities were no tified iiut it vn8 not Until the oldest employe of the oflb was questioned that the real history of 'the, explosives was discovered, According to this story they Hi-re placed In the building in 13(13 at tlie time of the draft riots when the gov ernment decided to tie ready to protect the building in case it was attacked by the rioters. Years ago the miniature armory was forgotten, GENUINE HALF DOLLAR. Man Arrested for Passing Bad Coin Receives $joo. NEW YORK, Dec. 14. A silver half dollar has proved to be worth $500 to Herman Zwicker. One day last summer Z nk-ker and his wife started for Coney Island and Zwicker gave tlie ticket seller on the elevated road a half dollar. He received his tickets and his change, but soon after entering the car he was ar retted for- passing a counterfeit coin. Ho was discharged in court, next day, the coin proving to be a genuine balf dollar, although it was not of the kind usually current in New York, being s Mexican coin. Zwu-ker sued the railroad company for false arrest and recovered veniict for t'jOO. REFORM THE SALOON. Brewers' Association Begins Campaign to . , Better Conditions. CLKVFXAND, Dec. 14.-At'a meeting of the Oliio Brewers' Association, held her yesterday tlie campaign to reform the saloon was begun. ' No beer wiU be sold to dive keepers. Where Sunday clos ing is demanded, the law will be enforced aw far a the brewers have, power. An effort will be made to stop the sale of liquor to drunkards and minor and sa loon loafing will be stopped. The reform committee 'will bare head quarters at Dayton and .detectives' will be employed to ferret undesirable places. The brewws will work in harmony with the.. Anti Saloon .Lea uc vio pUce . , ths saloon on a higher plane in localities where saloon are permitted. STORY GROUNDLESS Alleged Violence at Goldfield Without Foundation. WOMEN CON FER WITH FUNST0N - v Delegations Meet General and Acquaint Him With Conditions Which Necessi . tated the Summoning of Troops Statements Are a Revelation. - - GOLDFIELD, Dec. 14. Delegations from the Woman's Club, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' , Association and the Mining Exchange called upon Fun ston this afternoon to acquaint him with the conditions that necessitated the summoning of 'federal troops. Fur.ston said after the conference th tbe state ments made to him m ere a revelation, especially those o the 'women who have lived in constant terror. Several stories of allegeI violence today are groundless. The nuneowners report additional deser tions from the Western Federation. This is denied b-the Federation. -' THE INTERESTS OF ASTORIA. Morning Astorian's Mid-Winter Edition to be a Full Exposition 1 ' ' v' t i, ot Tnm ' , -V'- i .';' - - On, or about, New Year's Day, the Morning Astorian will issue its sccittl M'id-Winter edition in conjunction with its Tegular paper, and it is tlie purpose of the management to make the special altogether inviting and creditable. - It is compiled for the express reading of the man, woman and child abroad, thougtu there is no embargo on its perusal at home; but its contents being more or less matter of knowledgable . import here, tlie fact that it is Intended for outside information (of inside facts), is made clear so there will be no disappointment among those whose in terest is known to be centered here. The edition will be handsomely gotten up and its chief attraction will lie between its covers; It will be presented in magaxiue form, And crowded with fine eutf covering all the pangs of spectacular interest in ana near the city, ana ns story win oe one long, reliable and engrossing presentation of what Astoria possesses, stands for, and wants. , '. a The columns of the "special" are not jet quite filled with advertising matter and those who desire to figure in them will do well to call at fence, and provide against the day of its publication; and it must be re- unembered that it is not altogether a medium for advertisements, but 'an interesting chronicle of the natural, acquired and1 potently essential qualities of the entire county and city; and that it will go into thou- mands of hands, all over the country that are eager for just such a showing of, and from, the City-by-the-Sea. . ' I !. NO REMEDIAL LEGISLATION For tbe Present Financial Condition. FAVOR GENERAL LAWS Sub-Committee on Banking and Currency Now Dealing With Subject FINANCIERS WILL BE HEARD Present Congress WiU Not Pass Laws to Remedy Situation if Sub-Committee Can Have Its Way Will Frame Gen eral Law. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. It can be stated on tbe highest authority that If the sub-committee of the House com mittee on banking and currency, now dealing with the Subject, can have its way. sio effort will be made at tbe pres ent -Coiigws iio adopt-legteitefcioii emne- dial of .the present financial condition. All the energies of the committee will be - directed toward the framing anj passage of law more general in char acter and which will be intended to pre clude the shrinkage of the circulation, which has been entailing widespread financial distress. Men high in the world of finance will be given the opportunity to appear before tbe committee to pre sent their views ' on the proposed measure. ., MARKET DEPRESSED. , Variety of Factors Contributed to the .., ! Weakness in Stocks. . ... NEW Y'ORK, Dec. 14.-A variety of factors contributed to the depression in this week's stock market. Of these the money situation was pre-eminent, but much weight was also attached to the probability of dividend ; reduction on prominent stocks and, unsettled trade conditions, particularly in the metal in dustry. Drastic liquidation resulted at times from the calling of loans by the banks int an effort to fortify their posi tion in anticipation of early large corpO' rate' requirements and expected call on the state banka for a statement of theiif condition. The resultant contraction in loanable funds sent the call money rates. up to 25 per cent, but during the latter half of the week this figure iwas about cut in two for renewals. The premium On currency was maintained at varying rates. ..There was little relief afforded the market by the gold imports, which were received. , Heavy .speculative iiqui i tion Aent on during the week. . in American sifgnr.New York Central and Amalgamated Copper,, '..the weakness in these stocks being variously attributed to unsatisfactory trade conditions, bear operations and uncertainty as to divi dead relation. I DOCTOR EATS CACTUS. Gives Dinner to Brother Medicos With Cactus on Menu. L ANGEI.ES, Cal., Dec. 14.-Dr. Leon Elbert Landone gave a dinner last night to six physicians of this city to celebrate the completion of his 14 days' food test. ' . . ' n During this period Dr. Landone ate, almost exclusively, spineless cactus and cactus was one of (he chief features of the dinner. The menu consisted of celery and cactus soup, omelette with chopped cactus and green peppers, fried cactus, salad 'made of the cactus fruit, lettuce, celery, sherbet flavored with the fruit of the .eactus and the juice of the cactus fruit as a drink. ; The guests expressed themselves as delighted with1 the menu and found it very pleasant to the taste. "My fixperiment with the diet was in a way productive of surprises," said Dr. Landone. "I had expected to lose fully It) pounds in weight, though I confident ly expected to keep up my strength. Not only did my strength continue unimpair ed, but, on weighing myself this morn ing, I found that I had gained half a pound. The test wa not intended to show that cactus alone will do ss an article of food bat rather a a test of all those. vegetables rich in organio salt, plough actus was the chief ar ticle of diet, DrHLandon alo ate celery, asparagus, lettuce and spinach and a small xmount of animal fat in tbe but ter in which the vegetables were cooked. MULTROMAH-SEATTLE. Portland Team. Wins From Kickers From Puget Sound. PORTLAND, Dec. It Multnomah de feated Seattle today in one of the most spectacular games of the season. The score wa 21 to 0 but in spite of this Wide margin Seattle played fine game, but w"a unfortunate In fumbling, and incidentally handicapped by tbe pheno menal punting of Dudley Clark, the ' University of Oregon star who played half back for Multnomah, and did the punting for the team. Clark punted 20 times on an average of 41 yards to the kick. The combined picking of Kern end Bobbins forlSeattle only netted an average of 21 yards, but the blocking of three punt was responsible for this low average. . Lonergan and .- Stott, after Clark, were Multnomah's ' stars, while Dowd and Kern took honors for Seattle. HOP GROWERS' UNION. Articles of incorporation and By-Law Adopted. SANTA ROSA, Cal., Dec. 14The ar ticles of incorporation and by-laws of the Pacific Coast Hop Growers' Union, the purpose of which is a combination . of the bop growers of California, Oregon and Washington to organise the growers Of those' states and when the organiza tion is effected, 10 of the 15 directors are to retfign-and give way for fiys from each of tbe states mentioned, . DRAF.IATIC SCENES Cross Examination Concludes in Pettibone Trial: PICTURES HIDEOUS CRIMES Darrow Refera to Testimony at'Haywood Trial and Tries to Make Witness Con tradict Himself Orchard Downcast and Miserable Replies to Counsel. , BOISE, Dec. 14. Dramatic scenes marked today's proceedings in the trial of Pettibone for complicity in the mur der of Steunenberg. Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, closed his cross examination of Orchard before the adjournment this afternoon by picturing each of the crimes of the witness in a most hideous light, and after . each he asked, "You did that, did you not!" Orchard, with face downcast and mis ery written in every feature, answered each question, "Yes, sir, I did." ( "You never met sfman in a fair fight, did J'oul" asked Darrow, but the court sustained' the objection" ofthe prosecu tion. Throughout the cross examination, Darrow referred to the testimony at the Huywood trial and endeavored to show contradictory statements, but Orchard held his' own. -; Darrow" ' touched, very lightly' upon the incidents? leading . to Orchard's confession. The story of Or chard's conversion and religious profes sion wa not brought out by either side, the only intimation, of it being when Darrow asked the witness if MoParland had nob told him that St. Paul and David, after he had committed the mur der, had proven men of power for good and Orchard replied: "He told me they had been forgiven." . SAILING TIME NEAR. Pacific-Bound Fleet Waiting For Presi dent's "Bon Voyage." FORT MONROE, Dec. 14. A day of changing storm, fog and sunshine found the Pacific-bound fleet within 36 hours of sailing time, at anchor in the roadstead awaiting the' coming of the President on Monday morning to pay his official adieu as commander-in-chief of the army and navy. A treacherous sleet interf erred to some extent with the official program and necessitated the abandonment of the reception and dance on the flagship Connecticut.