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COVCRSTHC MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LXIH. NO. 288
ASTORIA, OREGON. THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHAMPIONS
IN BATTLE
International Champion
ship Stiil Undecided.
milil nut tin Attll unlet lirm, Tim
lluttl round w mot "xltin. Atom,)
seemed to take nil ft new Icimtt of vigor
mid with 111 head down waded into
Into Attell, swinging right and leftaj
When tho gong rang for the clo
Willi men wer fighting fiercely and
Champion Jeffrie had to epart them.
Jeffrie' deoiln wa a draw, and wa
approved by nil except violent partisan.
There rame war being no fight owing to
Moron tielng two ounce overweight.
Attell did tb "Hh.vlk art" tnd hud
to I mld $2.10 More lie would consent
to go on.
OBTAIN EVIDENCE.
MARAN PROVES CLEVER
At the End of 25 Rounds Referee
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Joiincs vouiaios wo vuii-
test a Draw.
LARGE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
Attell Waa to i Favorite In Betting
Owinc to Put Record But Morn
Proved to be Clever Aggretaive Fighter
tnd Attell Could Not Defeat Him.
COLMA AUKS' A, San KrancUco, Jan,
1. Promptly itt 2:13 o'clock thi f
terooon Owen Moran, of England, mid
Alte Altnl, of tltli city, lepped into tn
ring and commenced scheduled S3
mtind battle which carried with It the
featherweight championhlp of the
world. No match In year between nmll
men hud aroused no tremendou intereat
locally i the conlet between thee two
pcerlc leader of their cla and dciplte
the many counter attractions the at
tendance was a record-breaker for a
fight of till kind. S'ew Year' day open
clear and warm and at noon the nun wa
shining from a eloudle k.i, Manager
Coffruth had made out borate prepara
tion to cover the vat area with on
ocean of ennva In the event of adverse
weather, but shortly More midday thi
wa found to be unnecessary,
A early a II o'clock the crowd be
gen to flock to the rlngldc. Streetcar,
ateamcara, automobile, carriages, con
veyances of all make, lined the high
way leading to the acene of battle.
Moran arrived from Ran Rwfael thl
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txouglit quarter clone to the arena,
Vtyre he remained until weighing in
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Aiveu waa rnny n iiu-
jfrond. and ndviaed hi friend " to
wager their money on him. Kelt her man
did any work during the morning hour,
and each announced that lie had exper
ienced no difficulty In making the re
quired 120 poiipud two and one-lialf
linur Itefore Ihelnning hoKtilitie. At
tell ha been under weight for several
day, but 4he Knglinhman was not quiU
o fortunate, and hi tapering off cxer
ciac were of ft more strenuou nature.
Hefting on the outcome continued
brink, all morning. Attell remained a de
cided favorite at odd of 2 to 1, but lil
follower were loath to wnger larger
amount on hi chance a they consider
the 'betting all out of proHrtlon when
the merit of the two fighter are con
sidered. There ' was - plenty of Moran
money in sight, the short endera being
i'eager to take advantage of the liberal
VU offered.
The .second of tho fighter were an-
.'need a follow: r
for Attoll HaMIng Nelaon, Kid Far
Monte and Caesar Attell.
. r Moran AW Wyeks, Tlv Krellng
Professor JimTCelley.
Chicago Law and Order League After
. Violator.
(lUCAfiO, Jan. l.-Tha a.lcag.. Uw
and Order league obtained a mtu of
evident againut violator of the 1
o'clock clo!ng law In tho merry hour
of thl morning, when the New Year'
revelry wa at it height in the re
tauranta. Invetigtor ifurnbhed to President
Arthur Farwel by a detective agency
vUited all the principal hotel, cafe and
nliHin in the downtown district where
wine wa flowing freely after 1 o'clock.
l.uey Pago Canton, arch-foe of ciga
rette, made the round of tlie cafe
also, and wa unabh-to find women (look
ing cigarette. She expreed beravU
a much relieved.
GENERALS
SUMMONED
Pacific Coast Officers In
vited to Washington.
DOUMA MEMBERS WILL APPEAL,
ST. PETERSIOO, Nov. l.-The cae
of lm member of the Douma, who wer
convicted yeaterday of signing the
Vilxirg manifesto and entenced Ui three
monlh" linprlaonment, will be carried
before the Senate, the highest tribunal
ken the fight opened it , was aeen
Mran wa strong and aggressive,
i a a flash and he typt on top of
II at all times. Attell had plenty
pportnnity to use hla boasted clever
i In keeping away from Moran'
is. Attell seemed to lack force in
punches and found it extremely dif
nit to land a Wow on a vital pot.
mn' eye were blackened and hla
to bled Ibut the ripping blow to the
jufutmch and swing to the Jan were
pissing. Moran' game was to lend with
V hl(.ii VI rihli am I Alt ttnt thAH ft 1ran
'In ollnchn lie if ought viciously bui
St Louis is Outplayed by Port
land's Team.
ROSE CITY BOYS HAD CINCH
Ball Waa in Missouri aji' Territory
Nearly the Whole Time Score of n
to 0 Gladden Rooter for Amateur
Athletic Club Eleven.
IVUTLAXn. dan. 1. The Multnoma
Amateur Athletic flub eleven outplayed
.St. Loui University at football today,
winiiino by ft acore of 11 to 8. Multno
mall hud tho game almost entirely it
own way, the ball beina in Missouran'
territory nearly the whole time. In the
first half Multnomah by atraluht loot
ball nut the ball across the visitor' eoal
line for a touchdown but foiled to kick
a goal, In the second half St. Louh
by the use of a (forward pas and fnki
end run, succeeded in making a touch
down and kicking a goal Multnoma't
was finally stopped by the visitor with
the ball 18 Inches from the St. T.oul
goal. After vainly attempting to force
the ball acros the goal line Multnomah
tried to kick a Held goal and failed
Within live minute Jtultnomah wa
again within scoring distance and wa
ncaln held and (for the second time at
tempted a flold goal and were successful.
Exchange punt loft tho ball close to
St. Loui gonl and in trying to kick it
out of danger the ball bounced back
across the visitors' line and one of their
player fell on it just In time to head
off another touchdown. ;
ABOUT COAST DEFENSES
Request of War Department Re
garded as Very Significant.
PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES
FORMER ACTOR DIES.
Charln Francklyn Seglid Succumb U
Typhoid Fever.
N KW VOKK. Jan. 1. Charle Frnnck-
lyri Iteglld, foiiiier actor, more recently
wealthy whip and automibilut, who
came into proniinenoe alxiut ten yean
ago, when at the age of .12 he married
Mr. Adele lUmald. then 70, and 'widow
of Thonin A. Ronald, a New York so-
iety leader, died ytrday at hi
country maniion, Aven at New Kochelle
Hi death wa due to tyhoid fever.
In 18(18 Mr. Jlefflid died. The former
codeuiliin, by inheriting hi wfe ev
late, became possetsed of quiU a lot
tune.
'At the time of their marriage, Mr.
Keglld had'objected to Mr. Itcglid'a being
an actor. Having previoumy comrinui
cd many poem to a weekly publication,
lie accordingly became one of it
editor.
StAbWI) IS
1 TROUBLE
Virginia to Florida Rail
way Asks Receiver.
Adjutant-General of the Three Pacific
Coast State to Confer With the War
Department for Betterment of Coaat
Defense Service.
KlMXAXn, Jan. l.-The Oregonian
will say tomorrow, adjutant general of
the three Pacific. Coast tatc have been
invited by the war department to go to
Washington for a confeivnee at the earl
kt poMtibie date on the subject of coast
defence.
Adjutant Ccneral Finwr, of Oregon,
and (iciicral Lauck, of California, wi'I
leave for Washington tomorrow anl
(ieneral Hamilton, of Washington, wi'I
start Saturday.
The rriiiet from the war department
for this conference i regarded here a
peculiarly igniflcnt, indicating that
the government intend to prepare for
any emergencies that may arise. Th
principal topic for consideration at the
conference will lie that of training the
volunteer coast artillery revive to
man the Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia fortification. The enhject of
perfecting the Infantry regiment of
three state in const defense operation
will likewise be taken up. It I assured
the meeting will result In the aign
ment of the national guard troop to
the coast artillery work. The three ad
juant gencral will very likely return
with the task of recruiting the new-
coast companies for thl service. It 1
understood the coast officer alone are
included in the conference (which ia a
fact significant of tho government' at
titude concerning the possible need of
defending the west shore at some future
dote.
Acting Secretary of War Oliver trans
mitted tho request for the conference.
NEGROES CONGRATULATE TAFT.
MOBILE. Jan. 1. Ten thousand ne
groes gathered today and celebrated
emancipation day with a monster meet
ing. llcHolution were adopted congratu
lating Secretary Taft on securing A
istant Postmaster i Ieneral Hitchcock
to manage his southern interest.
"Wo will." the resolution stale.
'Feel more friendly in the (future to the
Taft movement than we have in the
past.",
CASE GOES TO JURY.
OKOllfiETOWN, -Tnn. 1. When com
mon wealth attorney, Franklin, finished
hi speech in the Powers' trial late this
afternoon, the jury went to dinner with
the understanding that they could de
cide whether to begin deliberations to
night or tomorrow looming. Upon re
turning to ,the court room It 'was an
nounced they had decided to wait and
the court adjourned until morning.
CONVERTER EXPLODES.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 1. Two were kill
ed and 13 aeriously injured by the ex
plosion of Converter 3 of the Edgar
Thompson plant of tha United State
Steel Corporation at North Braddoclc
today. The injured are not seriously
hurt. No statement at to the cause of
the accident wa issued but old con
verter men aay the cause could hardly
be other than that some molten metal
sifted through the goapstone lining of
the converter and came in contact with
the steel sheathing which wa perhaps
damp.
(. RIOT FOLLOWS STRIKE.
MTJNTCE, Ind., Jan. l.Five person
were injured and two street cars rid
died with stone kite today in a riot
following an attempt of the Indiana
Traction Co. to run car manned by
strike breakers. The strike followed a
refusal of the company to re-sign tho
wage agreement that haa been in effect
for five years. ,
ENDORSE FORASER.
TOPEKA, Jan. 1. At a meeting of
negroe .from all over Kansaa today,
primarily for the celebration of emanci
pation day, a resolution wa passed
commending Senator Foraker and pledg
ing support to hi "Asporations," what
ever they may be and calling on the
negroe of the South to join in support
lng him. v
DISCOVER BODY OF MAN.
HELENA. Jan. 1. WJiile clearing up
the wm-kaire of a Northern Pacific
train which ran wild down the rocky
Mountain on Monday night and wa
ditched near the city limit, workmen
todar discovered the body of an un
known man. - -'-
PETITION NOT YET FILED
CHICAGO, Jail. 1To feed the hun
gry and bring comfort to the bopele.
Malcolm McDowell, now a banker, but
formerly a Chicago newspaper man,
stood for three hours last night without
overcoat in the open air at West
Madison and Jefferson street. '
He fed every bomele person who
chanced to pas along the thoroughfare.
Hundreds of men and several women
partook of hi bounty and then went on
tbelr war rejoicing. He "served" ifrora
a wagon "which be hired earlier in the
day a euy of hot coffee and two roll to
each waif who approached hlra. ;
Human derelict of the type seen in
mid-winter in the lum when employ
ment i slack, were the people whom he
oent out to feed that he might relieve
their hunger on the first night of the
new year. . r'-'.T
Attorney for Seaboard Air Line
Meet With Judge Prit-chard.
WOULD READJUST AFFAIRS
The Seaboard Has Many
Preferred and Common
standing Counsel Denie Application
For Receiver Haa Been Asked.
Million of
Stock Out
MYSTERY STILLDEEP
Murder of "Woman in Red'
rounded by Cloud.
Sur-
FAIL TO FIND RELIABLE CLEW
Mayor of Harrison Haa Offered Reward
Belgian Police Hounda Will be Used
to Track Murderer Agnea O'Keefe is
Found.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1. The mystery
enveloping the muder of the "Woman
in red" ia seemingly a impenetrable
today as when the nude body wa first
discovered on Christmas day partially
conceale din water and slime of a pond
War Harrison, N. J. Thus far the de
tective have failed to find a single re
liable clew to the Identity of the woman
op her slayer. The identification by
Miss Hull have completely compassed
and left the case more pwnding than
ever. Word wa receiver from Phila
delphia today that Agnes OKeefe, whom
Detective Drabell believed the woman
to be had (been found in that city.- Ml'.
Hull's Mewtifiaetion was n otcorrobo
rated by tho police. Acting Mayor Daly
of Harrison ha offered $100 reward. The
famou Belgian police hounds which
Police Commissioner Bingham imported
recently for trailing malefactor will be
used to track the murderer.
DANVILLE, Jan, 2. Federal Judge
lritcha,rl arrived here from Ashevill
at I o'clock thi morning to meet coun
sel of tlie Seaboard air line with a v
to hearing the petition for the receiver
fihip. After a conference lasting about
an hour, Judge Pritchard and the Sea
Ixiard counsel left hr at 2 o'clock for
Richmond. So far as known no petition
fop the receivership haa been filed yet,
The priavte car containing the Seaboard
counsel, headed by Samuel Untermyer,
Judge L R. Watts and Eppa Hunter,
Jr., reached here at 11:30 p. m. Unter
myer denied an application had been
made for a receivership. When Judge
Pritchard arrived lie wa at once taken
to the eSaboard private car. Me wa
probably holding off the hearing whil.
en route to "Richmond.
WILL TRY BALLOONING.
AutomoDilist Will Try Air Flying Next
Summer. v
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 It i stated that
Charle J. (Hidden, the motorist, origin
ator of the Olidden automobile tour, !
to attempt a balloon flight next aum
mer (from Omaha, Nebraska, to Boston,
a distance of about 1800 miles.
Mr. Olidden will make the flight in
the hope of capturing the Lahm Cup,
one for the longest aerial -trips in thi
country. If he should ucceed, Mr. Glid
den will have broken all records for the
United States and the world. The
world's record waa made by Count de
la Veaux, the French aroonaut, who
sailed (from Paris to a point in Russia,
covering a distance of 1283 mile.
BALTIMORE, Jan. I S. Davie War
field, one of the seaboard attorney, re
turned tothis city tonight from Nd
York but said it would be inexpedient
Sot him at this time to make any state
ment regarding the Seaboard air lin,
situation pending the application for
the appointment of receivers. It
known a conference has been in pro
press, the outcome of which might pos
sibly be the staving off of the receiver-
ship, but the Associated Press dispatch
ifrora Richmond is taken to indicate that
the conference alluded to have not had
a favorable outcome.
The seaboard lawyers left beer on
special train this. evening for Danville
to meet Judge Pritchard. The applica
tion for the receivership was made to
Judge Wardell tonight hut he referred
them to Judge Pritchard. u
Tn an advertisement which appears In
a morning paper Blair 4 Co. and Lan
denberg, Thalman & Co of New York,
offer to purchase the coupons maturin
today on the long list of securities of
railroads identified with the Seaboard
and also the equipment bond of the
Seaboard maturing on the same date,
these purchases are to 'be at face value.
The advertisement states the offer
made "In order that the integrity of the
Seaboard system be maintained pending
an opportunity for informulation of
proper plans for the re-adjustment of
it affairs.
FED THE HUNGRY.
CLOSE DOWH PLANT.
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HELENA, Mont Jan. 1... The Ameri
can Smelting It Refining Co, it is au
thoritatively announced will shortly
close down several of it smelting and
refining plants because of the depression
in the lead market. The East Helena.
plant today reduced it (force 100 men
and tomorrow a 10 per cent reduction
wage will' be posted for 230 men
who are retained. t
COLORED CITIZENS.
'BOSTON. Jan. 1. A call for a meet
ing of colored citizen Into to be held
at Philadelphia, April 7, has been tent
to representative colored men all over
the country. The call say the confer
ence i to have special reference to the
demands to be made of political parties
and to determine what candidate for
the presidency will most deserve the.
support of the colored voters.
JAPANESE GET BUSY
Buy Large Quantities of Salt
Petre in Chile.
MAKING DEADLY EXPLOSIVE
Arrivals on Koamos Liner Report the
Mikado's Officers aa Buying Large
, Stocks of Salt Petre and Yucca Dwarf
Palm to Make Shimose.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1 Passenger
arriving on the Kosnioa liner Neko to
day, and oftrs of the, steamer, bring
new that the Japanese government is
buying up all the salt petre available in
Chile, and also great stocks of Yucca
dwarf palm, with resinous grass growing
in its head. The product contains a
large percentage of picric acid and its
sole use is for the manufacture, of
shimose, the deadly explosive used
with terrible effect in the recent war
with Russia. A line of fast 6000-ton
steamers has been put on between
Iquique and Japan and every steamer is
carrying a full cargo of salt petre and
Yucca. ; . . - ) ;' '..
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.
IANVTLLE, Va Jan. 1. Judge
Pritchard woh is on the way here from
Asheville, N C to meet the Seaboard
counsel' will not arrive until tomorrow
morning. It is doubtf u therefore if a
received will be appointed tonight.
NEW YORK. Jan. 1. The Seaboard
has outstanding $23,805,000 of preferred
stock and $37,000,000 of common stock.
On June 30 last the road had funded
about $63,000,000. $t owns 2382 mile
of road and the total owned and operat
ed lines is 2011 miles. The main line
extends from Richmond' and Portsmouth
to Tampa, Fla,
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and Mem
bers of Cabinet Receive Callers.
TOASIETNGTON, Jan. l.-President
Roosevelt received, at the White House
today, a Now Year's throng of 5643 well
'wishers which was three hours In pass
ing. Mrs. Roosevelt and the memben
and women of the Cabinet assisted.
Though curtailed by more than one
thousand persons less than last New
j Year's, the reception was respendent la
all the incident of tradition which have
accumulated for more than a hundred
years.
The gorgeonsness of the diplomats
and military feature, cordiality of
many personal friends of the President
and the intensely human and patriotic
characteristics of lAmerican people com
bined make today's reception historic.