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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 276
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
COIMW
IS
ELECTED
Fred Karinch Fills Lcbcck
Vacancy.
STACKS OF BUSINESS
Council Has an Extended Ses
sion and Disposes of
Various Matters.
MANY REMONSTRANCES FILED
Sanborn, Cutting Company Fil ProtMt
Against Paying for Improvements on
Bond Stmt Claiming That Contract
Waa Don by Councilman Ltbotk.
AlUr vacation that baa boon fore
ad upon Astoria' Uw maker for a
period extending from October 82 but,
with ooly tpeokl eeaaion Interven
ing, tie Mayor 'and Common Council
cremated themselves at tbelr deelca In
the City Hail but evening with fear
and trembling, facing an amount of
work that bad accumulated alnea tbelr
latt meeting, that would oauea tie
stoutest heart to quaJL Tbat the gen
tlemen were enabled to dUpatok; th
feuelneae amt to go to tbelr home be
fore the midnight hour peake well for
ith buiineM eagaelty of Uh City'
- Fathert. "
Moit of tbe bu4uee waa of a routine
! nature, and hui one or two inUneea
tnllvened tha monotony, of tbe aeaalon,
' tbe election and reception of Fred Karl-
nn a Councilman, to fill tbe vacancy
; treated by the resignation of leader
lebevk, furnishing one of tbem.
promptly at eight o'clock Mayor Her-
man Wlto called tbe Council to order
,nd Coundlmen Hnneen, Kabouh, Leln-
enweber; Ixn, Henderson, Robin
and Stengland answered to their nerace,
Oounollmsn IklUtnJ being abent.
Tbe mluutee of tbe prevloua neeston
' were read aa wae alo tbe mlnutea of
tbe epeulAl ealon, and no objection
being found they were approved.
Tbe aeleotlon of a aucoeaeor for ox
Councilman Lebealc coining before the
' oouncil at tbia time th name of
OawBld OuaUfaon, Geo. Morton and
. ! FreJ Karinen were placed before the
council to dwo from end on the second
ballot Mr. Karinen we elected to fill
Uh vacancy in the Fimt Ward.? The
Chief of Police waa Inatruvted to In
form Mr. Karinen of bl election and
upon presenting himself before tbe
lionoroblo body! waa sworn in and pro
"eottKl to take Hi teat at one of the
i member.' ,
The bualnea of the evening waa then
proceeded" with a followai
, Communication ifrom F. L. Parker, in
! re Kiuth treet sower Red, and referred
to tbe committee on way and mean
j and the city attorney. - Committee rco-
' I ommenJ that the ooninmnlcatlon' be
' placed on "e. ';;;( t '
Remonstrance from " V... Boelljng
I against tbe acceptance and nsseesmont
t for the eonntruotioii of aower on
f Ninth street ifrom Commercial atireet
to the A. 4. C. It. R. Co. right-of-way-'
Road and referred; to the committee on
, waye and mean and the city attorney,
j Committee rooommend that the coin
I rmmlcntlon be placed or file. ' '
protest of 0. L. Parker regarding the
t eewer on Ninth street Road and refer-
red to the committee on way and meant
i anii tie cUv attorner. Committee re
commend that "the protest be (placed
on file.' x '
.Communication in regard to the
akrr of Pound Master Read and re
ferred to the committee on way, and
mean. Ordered' placed' on file, and
alary not allowed. .,"
. Oommunloatloni in regard to tbe city
s engineer from the Astoria water com
snlatlonera Read and referred to the
sity attorney. Placed on file.
Bill General Fund.
John Svenson, Sl.OOj E. A. Higgln
' .-$10) Daily Budget, $102.11) John Sven
01 $8.05) 0. Anderton, $25.21). '
: PeUtloma for retail liquor license t
Aug. Rautlo, "Wm. Rook, Chat. J. Bar
tebron, Augueb Byyny, P. A. Peterton,
' Wola Slmoneen, Harry Jones, C H. M.
dreenwall, John D. Manolet. PeUtloni
J are granted. ......- -.
' : Petition for transfer of retail liquor
' ..
Hcvnte'by Chat, Watch Head and rt
ferroill to wnuuilttee on beailli and police
and the clly attorney,
Comiuunluatlon,from the tecrotary of
the Htate Board of Hoaitli' in regard to
the plague eltuatlon Jtead and refer
red. Placed on flle. . '., ' V
petition from Dahbrtrom for
tronafer of Hquoi lieen Read and re
ferred. CommlWeo neommended tbat
Uie petition be not granted ,
Petition of Dora Badollet and otbert
aitklng Uiai no retail liquor licento be
granted for any aalooa wett of lentb
troeURead and referred to oomnilt
tee and committee rooommend it
adoption,
Bill AUowed-CentfaL.
D. IL Welch, $20j P. C. Stamp Co.,
$4.0Oj l'rtel Kitrnor Oo, 25 oentaj Ales
Jobnton, $10) H, Humhel, $2020) Bhor-
man Tranafor &v&0 cent) Uagla Drug
B tore, 10.25) Central Drug Store,
$18.40) Otto Bangaand, $15) W. E.
Smith, SO eenUj Alex Jobneon, $19) TL
Humbel, . $20JW) Phillip. Tranafer Co..
SO cent i T. F. Laurin, $1.25 j T. F.
Uurin, $0.40. ' : ,
petition from tbe Chamber of Com
mere in rt to iiurtruoting Uie city aur
veyor- to prepare data with a view to
building aaeawall In the city of Aatorla.
Head and referred to tit committee on
ttreet aad publlo way. Committee
reeoromenda titan tbe petition be placed
on file. Adopted.'
Petition - from John Jaokaon and
other taking tbat a tree located oppo
1U tbe premite of No 407 Thirty-Ant
atreet be moved a it interfere with
Uie light la tfcat vicinity Read and re
ferred to the committee on atreet and
publlo waye, ' Committee recommend
that the petition b placed on file and
uw matter referred to uie upermteno
ent of atreet. Adopted.
Petition of H. M. Lorentzea and 70
oUtere aaklng tbat tbe eity continue to
make inprovemente regard lew of hard
tlmea croaker Read and referred to
the oommitiee on etreet and public
way. ; Recommended that we augge
Hon contained in tbe petition be adopted
and aeted upon at near a practicable.
Adopted.
Petition from Cuat. Sauvolo in re-
irard to improving Franklin avenue from
Twenty-firat etTeet by private contract
(Continued on Page I)
Mine Owners Declare Federation
Restrains Trade.
TREASONABLE ORGANIZATION
Commiation Spends Day Going Over
. Information Obtained by Funtton and
Gov, Spark President of Miner
Union Gives Hi Version of Affairs.
OOLDFIELD, Dee. lO.Tbe Goldfleld
Mlneownert' AMoclatlon ha aubmitted
a atatement' to tle commiation which
Roosevelt ha tent to Goldfleld which
declare that the Western Federation of
Miner ia not a labor organisation, but
a combination engaged In restraint of
trail; tliat it ft in, fnct.a' troosonable
organisation and in the statement are
quotation and bylaw of the Fedora'
Uon in support of tbe contention. The
ooux'kloiitiob of 'the atatement .will be
begiml tomorrow morning. Today was
spent by tlie commitaion in going, over
tlie information, pbtoineij by4i Funston
anJ! Governor Spark. " The entire day
was oontumed in considering it in exe
cutive Mision. Funston Teturn to San
Francisco on Wednesday morning. To
night President MoKinnon of the Gold
field Miners' Union appeared before tbe
commission and gave bi version of the
trouble. No intimation is given of what
'passed during the eeaslon, but it is un
derstood that ihe declared tbe Federa
tion wa peaceably inclined at all
times. He mill make a detailed state
ment to the commission later. " Thirty
strikebreaker were 'brought into Gold
flehl today. There wa no demonstra
tion. The mine operator claim that
100 men bare foresworn allegiance to
th Federation, but the official deny
that the number is so great. Tbe mine
owners bare suggested to the commis
sion tl bringing of suit by the govern
ment for a dissolution of the Federa
tion and alto bringing criminal proceed
ing against the official of the Federa
tion because of an alleged conspiracy to
restraint trade. ,
QUARANTINE
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Dr. Holt Refutes Portfand's
Allegations.
ILLUSTRATES PLAINLY
Shows Conclusively That to Es
tablish Station an Ft Stevens
' Would Cripple Service.
ROUSING RESOLUIION PASSED
Chamber of Commerce Attend to Many
Thing for Good of Astoria Report
on Cost of Survey of Astoria Harbor
is Filed., .
With rreaident J. W. Welch," Secret
ary 'and Manager John H. Whyte and
Aeslatant Secretary Jaine Wallace to
the fore-front officially, and 50 member
in their place, latt night'a etlon of
the Astoria Chamber of Commence, wat
pelatantly an.l profitably spent In tlie
dispoeal of an even 00 minute' devoted
triotly to business. ,
After the application! of Meesrs. Carl
K. Franaoren and Cbarle Darland. and
Mr Dr. B. Owens Adair, for member
ship bd been duly read and accepted;
and they had been voted to prompt af
filiation with tbe chamber under sus
pension of the rules, the main event of
the evening wa brought to the front,
towlti the wmotution recently passed
in tbe severe I civic bodie of Portland
finding fault with the administration
of federal quarantine affair at this
port, with an address from Dr. Holt,
quarantine oflker in charge of this dis
trict ably refuting the buncombe allega
tion set up at the metropolis, and 11
lustrating plainly tbat upder present
conditions be has invariably been able
to despatch all vessel subject to
quarantine inspection in from 15 min
ut to one hour of time after he had
reached them) and that he, a invari
ably, met ttient in reasonable, and sea
sonable, time, tbe weather conditions,
especially as b' fog, and tbe sighting
and reporting their presence in the har
bor, permitted. He showed conclusive
ly that the idea of the Portland com
plainant to ewitablish the quarantine
office and station at Fort Stevens,
would cripple the service, since tbe east
ern line of the quarantine grounds wa
now within the western limit of the
city, and to headquarter at the Fort,
would take the service farther away
from' tbe wnial andiornge grounds than
it is now and make the work harder
and of longer duration. He showed that
it was through bis own efforts that all
Teasel which must be fumigated are
now permitted to proceed to . Portland
and discharge enrgo before being furoi
Uratcd 'rattier than 'forced to unload here
ana undergo tue work, thus saving own
era and captains an (infinite amount of
tini), andt jnoneyjr and told enough of
his experiences in the service here-to
indicate plainly the Portland people had
nibsed it badly in not asking him: Jo
mm: them and discus the situation
Ifefore springing ttielr evidently inspired
resolutions. Hoi, was listened to close
ly, and! questioned at length on many
of the main weue involved, 'and the re
suit of the hearing was that a rousing
resolution sustaining tbe doctor and
commenting the practice he followed and
the amendments he had asked at the
hand, of ltis Uepartnvcnt In this rela
tion, wa submitted and unanimously
adopted, and copies of it will be for
warded to Wio Oregon dcleiraWon, in
eontravenUon of the tautt-flndinif
coument sent there from PortlanV dn
this relation). PjresSdena Welchi who
drew, the resolution referred to, Includ
ed in it, a plea for the extension of the
eaatern limit, of the local quarantine
grounds, from thw. wesent ooint, the
Untorf-Cannery, to some point well up
ia front or the eity, so that vessel may
ascend to a place in the harbor where
they can be seen instantly and be wait
ed upon watboqt loss of time, now In
evitable on account of tfoa seasonable
fogs thai prevail on the lower line. 1
The Committee on Commerce filed
Its report on the matter of the cost
of a survey of the Astoria harbor, here
tofore proposedy. showing that it would
amt from $300., to $ 1000, and at tbe
present Juncture of affair, -wa inop
portune. Accompanying It wa a re
port from Engineer llegardt, on , tbe
same ubjwt, and; for tbe time being tbe
report wa filed without definite action
being taken, ; !
A vote of thank and commendatidn
of feflott, wat tendered to Committee
men Bowlby and Wingale, Of tbe Com
uiiltee on Commcroe, for the analytical
map and table complied by tbem, show
the ffv'ative Btanoe from ."common
point" for wheat aliipments fa the
OolupibTa, Kivei Basin; one of the c)ev
eret exposltiona ever made in tbe
wre of the commercial work of tbe
present Chamber. It show tbe indis
putable advantage of Astoria over
every port ft wpaicn on tne I'acmc
coast north of San Francisco, in point
of distance from all the shipping st
lona of the Inland Eiupir to tbe tea,
the substance of tbe presentment made
Iteing tbat Astoria U but 31 mites far
ther from the inland center than Seat
tle, and from 113 to ISO mile nearer
the tea than any of the porta on the
upper eoa thi on a down grade with
no mountains to climb and a water
level haul down and back. The table
will appear in these columns ' at an
early date and Is worth tbe close itudy
of every friend that Astoria lias, at
home and abroad.
The annoimonent that the Bo venue
Cutter Bear or McCullougfc was to ,4
dfepaiebed to this port for permanent
service, at the instance of U. 8. Senat
or Cbarle W. Fulton, wa received with
pleasure and a vote of thank extended
to the Senator for tbe interest ha had
manifested ia tbe ' urgent demand of
tide Chamber for this relief.
The request of tbe farmer on the
Lewi & Clark river, member of the
Chamber of Omnmeree, for ultable
provision to be made for them in the
matter of bitching their team when
visit th eity and the securing of a
lot or square for that purpose, was read,
and referred to to the Committee on
Roada and Highway.
Chairman Jamea Finlayson, of the
Special Committee in charge of the
Banquet tomorrow night at tbe Occi
dent, mads a verbal report Indicating
that his arrangements were all com
plots and a tbrougu as could be made,
and urged the presence at the banquet
of. every member of the Chamber.
Chairman Fisher of the Committee
on tbe Automobile Roal to the t coast
through Clatsop county, reported that
the oommitiee wa simply waiting tor
decent weather condition to pnsecute
the work of selecting a route, and
would 'report in full at the next ses
tkm. Adjournment was then taken.
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LUMBER RATE CASES
James J. Hill Principal Witness
at Commissioners' Hearing .
COST GREATER THAN REVENUE
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Questioned a to Relation Existing Be
tween Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Hill Admits They Are Getting
Farther Apart
WjASinXGTON, Dec l(k-James J.
11 ill wa the principal witness today in
the hearing before the interstate .'com
merce commission of the complaints of
Washington and Oregon lumber asso
ciations against, the railway lines of tha
Pacific Northwest State in respect to
the advance in rates' on lumber. . Hill
said that by personal investigation he
found the cost of handling lumber by
his road to be for greater .than the
revenue gained from it. The difficulty
in bis judgment was that cars had to
be hauled from East td West practi
cally empty. The haul ia substantially
40UO mile and cost the lines $280, While
the revenue per car from the Northwest
on lumber product is $300, producing a
loss of $80 per car, hence the increase
in rates. ''.Virv
WlASmNGTON, Dea l6.-In cross
examination this afternoon Hill ,said
that the increased cost of operation
during the past year waa largely due
to Increased wages, which had figured in
the consideration of rates on lumber
shipments. Questioned as to the rela
tions existing between the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific, Hill that
they were not so close a they former
ly were. The roada are going farther
and farther apart. Hill said he was a
stockholder in both companies and later
said that a considerable part of the
Turlington was owned by the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific.
DENOUNCES
'ZmmmSf'' f" yy--wsiwtajswyT!By
'PRESIDENT
Senator Tillman Makes a
Fiery Speech.
HE ROASTS FINANCIERS
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Secretary, of the Treasury and
Department of Justice Come
In for Grilling.
INVESTIGATE BOND ISSUE,
Besolutiaa to Inquire Into Season for
Stceat Bond Issue Canae Fiery
Statesman from South to Vent Hi
.Spleen on Roosevelt
(WASHINGTON, Dec 18.-A speech
by Tillman, filled with denunciation of
tbe President, Secretary of th Treas
ury, tha Department of Justice, of finan
cier and "captains of industry," was
the subject of interest in the Senate
today. His remarka were based on his
resolutions directing an investigation by
the committee on finance, of the recent
bond issue by the Treasury Department
and of the issuance of clearing house
certificates throughout the country.
Culberson introduced a resolution direct
ing tbat congressional investigation in
to the cause of the present financial
stringency and calling on tbe committee
on finance to recommend measure of
immediate relief to the country. The
resolution waa allowed to go oven
Tillman expressed his opinion that
Roosevelt was a patriot and tbat while
he might be guilty of many indiscre
tions, and had said many things which
in cooler moments he would have been
willing to take out of print, he did not
believe the president felt any satisfac
tion whatever in being instrumental in
the present financial paralysis, aa has
been charged. He referred to a pub
lished interview with the President by
Mayor" Dahman, of Omaha, in which
the President declared, it ia alleged,
that if he was responsible for the panic,
be was glad of it, as it had brought to
view the rotten conditions of the coun
try's finance. Tillman said tbat lie
could not believe the President wat cor
rectly uoted. He said he feared Dahl-
man wa in imminent danger of joining
the Annanias Club. - '
A number of other speaker, Including
men of eminent position la finance,
spoke on the financial question with
various plan for th correction of
financial condition in this country. ,,
REFUSE TO SURRENDER BANDITS,
' HELENA, Dee, 18. Tbe county at
torney Of Flathead county, ha refused
to urrender two alleged bandits,
McDonald and Ed Smith, arretted at
Spokane on a charge of holding up th
Oriental Limited, on the Great North
ern, near Rondo, September 12th, last.
Tbe robber isecurel $40,000 in cur
rency. Attorney-General Bona part in
structed th United States district at
torney to present the evidence to th
grand jury to proceed with th prose
cution in the federal court, but tha no
tion of tbe Flathead authorities means
that the alleged highwaymen will b
tried by the tate court. t ,
CARNEGIE SPEAKS!
SEW YORK, "'.Dee. lfl.-Addreasing
tbe civic federation today Andrew Car
negie declared1 that "No system of cur
rency will enable ua to escape th sea
on' depression, failures ' and losses.
Prosperity' ia bound to tretch th
line beyond tbe breaking point, and
dull times are needed to restore them:
and just in proportion a the percent
age of the total of legitimate business
grows' smaller to that of speculation
gambling on margin, financial disas
ter will increase in number ami severl-
ty". . ' . " 1
Pacific Bound Fleet Starts on
Long Voyage, v ;
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
Forty Miners Killed in Wreck of Mine
in Alabama.
YOLANDC Ala Dec, 16. A disas
trous explosion ia. mine No. 1 of tbe
Yolamle Coat A Coke.Cov this morning
resulted i tbe death of from 40 to (X
miner. The,wovk of rescue ia extreme.
ly slow owing to debris in tha mine.
The .'. bodies, of ; white, -and evcn
colored men have. .been ' identified. It
will toe tomorrow noon before all the
dead have been recovered. The explosion
was .d!ottbties'.ueio""Wind'thota.
The explosion in the '-aaatt mine about
two years, ago killing-112 men,
iBIRMINGHAM;' Ala4 Ueei 16 A mes
sage from. Yoknda- a midnight atatea
that 35 bodies hava been recovered
and that ttie rescuer- believe that 33
to 40 mora are in the lower entrances.
. MITCHELL TALKS. . .
Considers it Duty of Every Citizen to
Work for Peace, i,
NEW YORK Deo. 18,-The eighth
annual banquet of the National Civic
Federation, John Mitchell, president of
atih'e United Mine Worker, said that he
considered it the highest duty of every
man with the welfare of the country
at heart to work toward a degree of
peace and plenty. . Mitchell said:
"A far as I have been able to control
the affairs .of my organization it has
been toward tbe cause of peace. Happy
would be the day if strikes, lookouts
and attendant evils were no more, I
am not aur that such a time will come
in our Hves. But is it not better that
we sit down and reason it out and see if
reason cannot toko the place of force."
PRESIDENT EXTENDS ADIEUS
America Brilliant ' Battleship Fleet
Weighs Anchor and is Now on the
Seas Headed for" the Pacific Coast
Inspiring Marine Pageant
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, Dee. 18.
Sixteen hard-bitting, steel belted
American battleships, guna bristling and
burly of girth, but sparkling white in
their, immaculate dressings of peace,
started today .under a daxzlifff sun and
cloudless sky on the famous twin sea
expedition of 11,000 mile along foreign
shores and changing climes, to the west
'-oast of the United States.; President
Roosevelt on the bridge of his cruiser .
yacht, Mayflower, personally led the
magnificent four-mile Jine of fighting
vessels during the first stage of the
voyage. Then when the wide reaches of '
the sea were visible through the Capes
of irginia he turned aside and coming
to anchor again reviewed the passing
pageant. ,' ( ',:.. ,
The blue of Uie sky, the, stretch of
green cea, the glistening spotless hulls,
the curl of foam crested waves, cheering
of sailors, afloat, and friends on shore,
the breeze bloifij strain of "Auld Lang
Syne" floating across .th waters, th
blare of trumpets, ruffle of drums, flash
of signals and boom saluting , cannon
marked the departure of the-" fleet, pre
senting to tbe people who watched a
spectacle never to be forgotten and to
the world at large the reality of the)
trimmest, most homogenous,' most thor
oughly equipped, most mobile and eU- -reliant
assemble of first-class ' battle
ships ever gathered in one command. '
Tb sailing fleet wa preceded by a
reception on the deck of the Mayflower
whiah shortly after 8 o'clock steamed
into the center of the anchored fleet
The president sent words Of confidence
and well wishing for all but made no
formal address. The President admired
the enthusiastic appearance of the fleet
and constantly -.inquired of Secretary
ISetealf and other guests: "Did you ever
see such a fleet ud such a day f Isn't
it magnificent, and ought 1 we not feel
proud f Th President waa photograph
ed with the officers grouped about him.
In parting with the officers the Presi
dent) was wholly informal and for each
one had a oordial hand clasp, a grasp
of the uniformed shoulder and a hearty ,
Gooy-hye, old fellow, and good luck."
Not a hitch occurred in any of th de
tail of a fwell-panned program. To
night aixten ships of th massive fleet
are steaming at a uniform speed of 10
knots according to orders, well down
the coast toward the treacherous waters
of Hatteras. They will arrive at Trini
dad on Christmas eve and there amid
the heat of the tropic Christmas cele
brations will be held, v
The President and! party on the May
flower started for the Potomac shortly
afternoon.
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