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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1907)
i f OttltM Mm PUBLISHES FULL A880CIATEQ PRCSSSRCFORT warn. C0VCR8THC MORNING FIELD ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXIII. NO. 285 Mi OMRS JUBILANT colonies In India and the mother country fur a prulliiiluary Invwtlifatlon to aslt the next Imperial eonferenes to deal with the aubjeet. It suggest that the evi dence taken liefore ue)i ft oominllon might cnnvlnnc oin of the colonic of Mio lmpolblllty of banning ftgslnst Oriental Immigration, aud think that a-rtaln parti of tha Dritlab territorial moat iiiIUh) to Oriental and least suited to the m-lilta train's JiablU might be irrrl ThV Tin rorrVr,,w,l11y served or Oriental imral ASSCli lilCj IdU 141 1 J Lraion. n,9 editorial conclude! "At nnaent the Oriental raoet resllse our dlfltoultle but ft swarming inrush I of even unarmed paupers cannot be MH lt4 forever," , j. , Every Point. GOVERNOR UNDECIDED NEW MINING LAW. ASFkEGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1907 PRICE FIVE CENTS ARE BURNED WASHINGTON, Dee. 28.Aroong the Important bilk which the bouae will t consider shortly after tha holiday re- Governor Sparks Seeking In WM u iM of u,Pendln for tb . .i I0O7 the requirement that 1100 worth of Holocaust in Seattle Child ren's Home. BRAVE WOMEN BATTLE formation on Subject of Session. NEW LANDS HAS TELEGRAPHED requirement ' laltor ahall be done on mining clalma in mre of being perfected In Colorado, California, Oregon, South Dakota, an.1 Idaho, providing Uie claimant or eialm- ant or elalinsnts ahall caue to be re corded In ths lcatioo,whers a location not Ire or certiorate U filed on Decem ber 91, 1907, notloe that they intend In good faith and Intend bold and work the claim. The bill waa peeved by the n . v . i -,;.. Tk.t fjut. , . "! . . Senate lait Saturday lature Should be Called tod Make as I ' Application to the National Gown- meat (or Armed Protection. VILLAGE BURNS. OOLDFIELD, Dee. 28.-OaptaIn Cox, the repreeenUtive of Governor Spark, toniirht declared he had received from the Governor a telegram saying the Gov ernor waa endeavoring to Warn the sen tlment of the peopls of the State on the subject of a special elon of the legls lature. The mine owner are jubilant over the new turn of affair and while refusing to aay what their program will be openly aaaort they are now in a pol itnti iwrpv avnrtf tuitnl t)iAv hal-a Mill tnld for. V bo-President Mahoney of New York Woman Presents Ac- 8AULT 8TE MARIE, Mich., Dec 28. Message from Richards Landing aayt that village waa destroyed by Ore last night. The loa la 1200,000. Only three busliuws building! are left. Detail are not obtainable. The population la near ly 1000. AN ENORMOUS BILL Awakened in Early Morning Matron and Nurse Fight Flames. NO FEAR OF PERSONAL PERIL Two Little Tota Incinerated end Matron and If urea Badly Burned b Fire Which Destroyed Washington Children'i Home Blare Starta From Clothing. of the lire. Kind-hearted Seattle people are faring for the children until a suit able abode can be prepared for them. AGGRESIVE CAMPAIGN. NEW YOUK, Dec 28-The first at- temt at ii aggrcive suffrag'wt cam paign in Xw York will be made on next Thuraday evening. It I planned to bold at tbat time an ojien air meeting in Madison Square, at which the principal speaker will 1 Mrs. Doorman Wells, an Kngliah woman, who hat been eent to thl country by the "Suffragette' of England, to eecure the moral support of American women. It if her plan to mtablih a campaign (similar to tbat in England during the progress of which dozen of women have been arrested and Imprisoned on charges of disturbing the peace. Mrs. Well will have the Ear lorn Equal Right League behind her at this meeting and it fo announced that several other women mill apeak. Lead ins women suffraeUt will not have anything to do with the aggreaive move ment, not being in aympatby with the manner with which Englieh women have attempted fo force their claim to the ballot. Among those who have declined are Mra. Carrie Chapman Catt, Mrs. De Rivera. Mm. John S. Crosby and Mra. Harry Hasting., all well known in the American suffrage movement DECLINES TO PAINNK ax Bonds of North Caro lina Repudiated. FOREIGN POWEk TO SUE Governor Says They Were Con ceived in Sin and Brought Forth in Iniquity. the Wealern Fedeivtion atatea the going or alaylng of the troop will have no I effect on the plan of the union miix r. count for 93 Septiilions. BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEBTOR for WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.enator Xewland today wot Governor Spark a mcaaage expreaalng the opinion that in order to justify the National govern ninnt In intlnir It armed force to nroteot the tat Mlnat'doniMtlo vlobmee It ! " Bnkln Houw Lf'd ....... ..,u...u- r..-n.J King Edward IU nd the Principal application to be made by the legisla ture when it la poible to convene that I bodyj therefore it I neceary, New- lamia aya, for Soarki to convene the legialature and obtain it decialon wheth er an application be made to the Presi dent for protection, or to pa an ade quate law for the organitation of a atate Peace force which will maintain order and protect II fo and Vroperty. Individ ually, Newlaiula think the later oourai- and Interest Have Accumulated Seven Hundred Years. NEW YOUK. December 28. The l)iwret bill which the world baa ever known or is likely to know la one held by a Ner York twoman agalnt the EnglUli government. Compared to it . incredible total the national debt Ixx-omo but a ilroii in the bucket, and ihould be followed and the good name of I.. t. Mfc .... A. man In the the State of Nevada be praerved. , tlC interMt on It for a wii'k. It total a aet forth In the latvat accounting and demand for payment la 03,70fl.4OO,028,10O,0OO,(KW, 000.000 or more than 03 aeptilliona of American money. To pay it would ruin Cireat llrifuln and in fact if it should bo paid tlte whole BritUb empire would become th private property of Mi EutnphieveM the claimant, who could then .without mineintr it present the Ilrltinli Iles to Father Knickerbocker a tilavsround. At a matter of fact CARSON, Nev, Dee. 28. Having been given five day by the President in which to call a epeclal session of the logiala ture, In order to keep the troop at Gold- field, Governor Sparka ; is deliberating what coiuo to pursue. The injunction suit of the Goldflold mineownora, agalust the union miners, to dissolve the union, baa been taken under advisement until January 3 In the United States court. RENO, Deo. 2870overaor Spark said timlnlit he had not decided to call a apeclal session of the legislature. JAPANESE TACTICS. Mamner of Mlkado'i Soldiers in Man churia U Uncivil. tbere is not money enough In the whole work! to settle this obligation and it therefore baa a very slim chance to being paid; Moat of the amount is in tereat on the claim which is an inherit ed one and dates back nearly 700 years. During the huiidredstj ears war between England and France the Italian bank TNXTTVW TW, 09A ilUnaf,.1. a Mw lllff hOUdO Of W1B fOniXM, ITOm WllOm Times from Pekin calls attention td the the preaent holder of the claim is de nit fiumJn of JaDanese soldiers still soended, financed the campaign o' in Manchuria though the country la per- King Edward III. For the money thus trunnull Md record oomnlalnta advanced ft DM haa wen preaemea w Of ielr Incivility to railway passengers, the British government every 10 years The dispatch also gives Instances of the nd It la largely tne inierest wmcn na. .w.a. forblddinu raltwa-v conatrue- been piling up enormously uunng aeven lion Into Chinese territory weat of th I oenturles which now gives the account liau Vallev and claims that it la not dth any national interpretation of the pen door policy. . , In an editorial on the Oriental im migration problem the Times deplores ,c . . . . Alt 91 -l to justify the exclusion of Indiana as veil as other Orlenta.1 races from the colonies, and advocates the calling a iti unbllevable total. Curiously enough the bill has never been repudiated, it has simply been "ncBleeted." But whether or not It Is valid, it certainly ia not collectible (for the simple reason that there is not enough money In exist once to pay lit. A settlement on a basis of even tm dollar on every million would still mean a payment of more than nine qulntllllona of money, SEATTLE, Dec. 28.-Awakened at o'clock thla morning by the dread cry of firs, two i women in charge of the Washington Children's borne , battled alone with the flames, rescued 28 babie and received injuries which will prob ably prove fatal. Two of the little ones were incinerated and sevetal others Mtverely burned. Too dead are Iris Crab tree, aged 3 months, and Hazel Lee, aged 3 yeara. Mr. Myers, matron of the home, anJ Agnes 1U1L, a nurse, were the heroines of the tragedy. Alone thoae two women fought the fire, keeping it under con trol until 28 of the 30 litle ones in the building bad been aaved. Undaunted by personal peril the two women ignored the flames which lioked about their kiiH, breathed amoke, until they were nearly suffocated, but paid attention to nothing but their duty, the saving of tha precious little lives which were in their care. Some clothing waa left too near a stove at the homo lust night. About 2 o'clock this morning it caught fire and oon the frame buikling was ablaxe, Mra. Myers was awakened by the shrieks of one of the children. Accompanied by Midi Hill she dashed into the blazing room and catching up two aleeping in fanta carried them to a place of safety The fiamea were drawn to the stair way within an incredibly short time and tlio plucky women eaw that it would be impossible io save more of the young sters in that way. Miss nil! stationed herself on the ground below an open window while Mrs. Myers groped about through the smoke laden rooms, clutching one after another of the orphan babiea from their cribs and dropping them outaide into Hie waiting - arms of the nurse below. All but two of the little ones were saved in this way. These two were near the stove where the fire originated and were dead when aid reached them. ' The burned home was located seven miles south of ijeattlo. Therewas no Are protection arid the "bravery of the Own womnn alone was responsible for the rescue of the 28 children. Ten min utes after the fire broloa out 20 mes reached the ffone to aid in fighting the flame. They were too late. The chil dren had been saved by Mrs. Mtyers and Miss Hill. It la feared that the two nurses will be unable to survive their injuries. It was several -hours before they were given medical attention and their burns were severe. The home is isolated and 'there is no means of communication with Seattle, except by telephone. The telephone line was in trouble at the time of the fire and several hours elapsed be fore physicians appeared on the scene to dress the burns of the injured ones. The oldest of the 30 children at the horns ftt the time of the fin was but U years. The youngest but six weeks. Nearly all of the little ones are orphans who are rendered homeless as a result MEDICOS RESOLUTE. KANSAS CITY. Mo- Dec. 28.-Tbe council of administration of the Kansas Medical Society adopted a resolution last night commending Surgeon-General Rlxey for his demand on the President to give the medical corps of the navy actual control where it has actual re sponsibility. MYSTERY IN DEATH Young Woman Found in Pond is Identified. WAS BROOKLYN HOUSEKEEPER Several Persons Call at Morgue and Identify Body of Woman Found at Harrison, II. J., and Relate What They Know About Her. NBWI YORK, Dec. 28. The veil of mystery enveloping the death of the young woman found half submerged near Harrison, N. J, on Thursday, ia being rapidly lifted. Mrs. Margaret Wright, who conducts an employment bureau at Monclaire, N. J., identified the woman as Annie Vev'ns. Late today Mrs. Wright' identification was practically corroborat (Hi by Detective Draybell, of urange, who said the woman's name was Annie O'Kvcfe and that two years ago she was employed in the home of Thomas Nevins, a contractor, of Orange, Mrs. Wright recalled little about the woman further than that she said she had been acting as housekeeper , for two young men in Brooklyn. Thomas Flanagan, an eleva tor man of ft Newark department storo; visDted the morgue today, after which be declared he saw her in the store on Christmas Eve, ne later met iM woman In a Chinese restaurant. TESTIMONY FALSE. Burns Cortlea Brought From Sing Sing and Will Be Questioned. STOLE F0US DOLLARS. Posto ce Employs Couldn't Live on Salary Received. CHICAGO, Dec. 28. John J. Heaiy, for 20 year an employ in the Chicago pOfttoffice and the father of ten children. was arrested yesterday for the theft of a letter containing (4. "I didn't make enough to tike care of my family," said Healy a he being led away to jail. "I took it for them." "When the inspector reached Ilealy's house last niglit there -as no eoal 1b the stove and, the place was damp and chUlj. . There was so little food that if the ten children bad slj asked for some, there would not have been enough to t,o around. Their clothing wa old and ..orfl, Jt osimastfT vampbell ordered tne JHireau of Charities notified. ' Healy wa unable to f urniah bonds and waa lodged in the county jaiL HOLDERS URGE SETTLEMENT Bonds Were Mads During the Recon struction Period and the State Got Nothing for Them as the Agent Failed to Make Proper Return to the State. NEW YORK, Dee, "28.-Covernor llenn, of North Carolina, in a letter received today, replying to .the com munication of Edward L. Andrews, who represent hoktera of $11,000,000, special tax bonds, which matured three years ago, declares the atate will not pay for bonds "Conceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity." Andrewa urged set tlement, stating arrangements are be ing made to donate $3,000,000 of the bonda to a foreign government for the purpose of suit, since under the law an individual cannot sue the state, fhe bonda iweje made during the recomtruc tion period and the state got nothing for them. Payment was declined be: cause it was urged the agent who dis posed of them bad failed to make a proper return to the state. ' CONTROVERSY SETTLED. a ..' ,'.. ' T": NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-Peace has ftt last been made between the Amateur Athletic Union and the International Skating Union, terms of agreement under which each union recognize the other in its own branch of sport having been signed. Under this agreement the International Skating Union is to con trol all ice and roller skating in America, and the Amateur Athletic Union is to recognize its rulings, disqualifioationa and suspensions. On the other band the skating union recognizes the Amateur Athletic Union as in control of other branches of smatuer athletics and re- ' cognizes all its rulings, disqualifications and suspensions. By this . agreement, which has been ratified by ft mail vote, the controversy which has lasted for a year, has been settled. , STARVES FOR BABES Mother Gives Up Her Life and Dies' Happy. SAVED FOOD FOR LITTLE ONES MORE UNDERNEATH. BUTT, ' Monti Dec 28 A special to the miner from MSsaoula says that James Gibson, ft freighter, was shot and killed by Weimer "White, in the employ of Gibson, at Taft. Friday niirht. White ia a boarder at the Gibson home. Gibson hai) been drinking ar.d, according to White, came home and began beating Mrs. Gibson and threatening him with a pocket knife when be fired at close range. .The officers are not satisfied with White's tale and are holding him. Mrs. Gibson will not talk of the tragedy TRAINING SCHOOL DEDICATED. CHICAGO, .'Dee. 28 The newly com pleted Mary Crane Nursery the latest gift of R. T. Crane and family to Hull House and the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, will be dedicated today. The new nursery will also be used as a training school for mothers of the Ghetto district. The building, which is a replica of the old home of former Vice President Hobart, represents an expendi ture of about $70,000. 'N13W YORK, Doc. 28. Bruno Oordea ia in the'Toinbs having arrived from Sing Sing prison on order of Judge Fos ter, who will examine him before sent encing Pietro Giannone, (who was oently convicted of attempted murder. Oordea in the trial testified that Gian none had employed him to kill Luigi Favatta. Arfter- Giannone was convicted Oordea is said to have made affidavit that his testimony in the case was false and that he had been induced to tell an untruthful story by the promises of Favatta and ft detective of the district attorney's force. Judge Foster will ex amine Oordea on Monday and if he denies the story he told on the witness stand, Giannone will doubtless be given a new trial. , . POWERS' JURY INSTRUCTED. GEORGETOWN, Deo. 28.-Judge Morris delivered the instructions to the Powers' jury this afternoon. They are almost identical with those delivered by Judge Robbins At the third trial of Powers, to simply deal with the exist ence of the conspiracy to kill Goebel. If the jury believes ibeyond a reasonable doubt that Powers waa n accessory as charged, Judge Mlorria instructed the jury to bring" in ft verdict of guilty. After the reading of the instructions the court adjourned until Monday when the argument-begins. ' : WILL SEND SIGNAL. WASHINGTON, Dec 28. The naval observatory this year twill send out the usual signal during five minutes before the expiration of the year marking the instant beginning of the new year. Widow Taken HI ia Too Proud to Ask Charity and When Found by Officers is Too Weak to Survive Lack of Food. NEW YORK, Dec 28. Happy that her children, for whom she had sacri ficed everything, even the last scrap of food, had at last found friends, Mrs. Phyllis Prisco died at ft Brooklyn Hos pital of starvation. Mrs. Prisco's hus band has been dead some months and with four little ones, the eldest four years, the youngest four months old, to care for, she labored day and night until she was taken ilL Her pride prevented her from asking for aid, so she saved food. The last bits of crusts went for her little ones, while she gradually grew weaker and weaker from the lack of food. The last bits of cruests went for- tlie children's Christmas dinner and then in the morning . neighbors heard the crying of the little ones in the unfur nished room in which the mother and children lived. They entered and found Mrs. Prisco dying and the children weak from the lack of food and from the cold. The police removed the mother to a hospital and the Children's Aid Society took care of the little ones. CABINET LARGE ENOUGH. Roosevelt Doesn't Believe in Having Any Mors Cabinet Officers. NEW YORK, Dec. 28. The committee of 100 on the national health announced today that at the meeting of the mem bers a letter had been read from Presi dent Roosevelt in which; he opposed the national department of health to be un der the direction of cabinet officers. Th, President believes it ia advantageous to have the board of health under one of the existing departments but the addi tion of another cabinet officer would be a disadvantage.