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VOLUME LXIII. NO. 283
ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8. 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CONVENTION
Much Business and Pleas
ure During Session,
UNION SMOKER SlicCESS
ftftsnlutioni on Fifth ha BiislnrM
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' Introduced and Will be Acted
Upon Today.
PLEASANT TRIP ON THE BAY
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The State Federation of Labor ! Tran
acting Important Buaineta and Closer
Connection! Art Being Made Between
Devotees of the Caute of Labor.
The convention ol the fctat I'cdrra
tion of 1 4 bur met yesterday with a good
attendance of dnlegatt1. There n nut
in mil buiuc tmiiKui'lcJ, the elun
being devoted to dicuitiia on import
ant topic.
A resolution of condolciic, extending
tho sympathy of the gathering, wai ex
tended to Ilrother Scheel, of the Brewery
i.ir;r I'nlw. on the death of his
tww tpoor. who died on Monday. A
rinin ailnnitlnv the enactment of
. (VnrrK, for the better protee-
v.r rnie wee adopted. A ro
j "! ronijr eupportlng the direct
"vary law, md etetement No. I and
advocating the election, to public olllce,
of no candidate who faila to sulmcribe
to .Statcim-ul No. I, hum ititroiluml mid
referred to the committee on re-ohi
tiim. The convention then adjourned
to meet nt the dock of the Patrol where
the delegate were to embark for a trip
nrouml the harbor, u guest of the peo
ple of Astoria. 'The delegate returned
at 4 p. in. mid Immediately' went into
session. A communication fivni the
Brewery Worker' International Union
was received, regarding prohibition, and
was under discussion 'when the conven
tion adjourned until today.
Resolution were presented by the
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ere i no question but thut they will
tie piu-i'd unanimously.
One of tho resolutions presented was
the following!
Where, It is reported that the fish
wheofowners of tho upper Columbia,
jiot ing tho bona fide eirorls of the Co
lumbia Rlvor Salmon Portective As.
elation to eave our fisheries, ore circu
lation petitions to itop fishing for sal
Dion during nights and atop fishing for
eulmon at the mouth of the Columbia;
nd
d Whereas, No iitato or nation has over
prohibited fishing at the mouth of any
river where such river 1 even ono-hnlf
as wide as tho Columbia in at it mouth,
tales end nations only sl-opping fishing
in very narrow river or in the narrow
upper parts of large rivers; and
' Whereas, Several thousand gill-net
fishermen are fishing off and jut ubove
the mouth of the Columbia River; and
(WSicreas, flill-net fishing can only be
carried on during curtain stages of the
tide , and gill-nets can only lie fished
nights during certain seasons of the
year when the water In the river is
clear and salmon do not gill during the
day time, It 'is apparent that this move
of tho rich fish wheel owner is to
obscure the issue presented by the Co
lumbia River Salmon Protective Asso
ciation; it is also apparent that to stop
night fishing and stop (lulling at the
mouth of the Columbia is ifor the pur
pose of driving several thousand gill
net fishermen from the river, so that
the fish-wheel and fish-trap owners can
H all the salmon, the fish wheels and
full trap not fishing nights a good as
during the day 1 1 mo j therefore be It
Resolved, lly tho fifth annual conven
tion of the Oregon Ntulc Federation of
labor, that we hereby brand thin
trickery of the lUii wheel owner as un
usually despicable ami unworthy of the
support of any citizen who 1ms the wel
fare of our state and its people at heart.
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II. M. MHINTSKN,
I JK.VS XIIJIJ3EN.
Tho smoker given by the local union
to the vlaitlng Jelcgate, at the Odd Fel
low' hall, hut night, waa a neat com
pliment to the hordes of organised labor
who are, at present making Astoria their
headquarters, During the afternoon the
delcgaUw were treated to a ride around
the harbor in the Patrol, utid from 2
p. m, until 4 our vUltors (some of them)
enjoyed a ride on water around our har
bor. Several ladlea accompanied the
jolly party and were special guests of
the genial skipper of the marina repre
tentative of Uncle Sam. When the con
vention adjourned fur the day, the ladle,
were relented to the back ground, and
the local male contingent had all kinds
of excuse for being abei.t from the
evening nisal. "Business, my dear, will
kp me from dinner," was ued on the
telephone to such an extent that the
"hello girl" were heard, even over the
wire, to says "Uc. wouldn't that jar
you)" At 7:30 about .100 people gather
ed in Odd Follows halt' to attend the
moker given by the local unions, to
the visiting delegate. When the exer
cises opened. Mayor Wle, In hi usual
happy vein, greeted the enthusiastic
throng, and by his witty aallies, coupled
with his usual bright saying, won the
applause of many who have not had the
pleasure of meeting our urbane Mayor.
Mr. Wise was at his liest and today be
I a better known man than he thought
lie would ever lie. Ml Rosenlterg, who
need no Introduction waa called upon
for a speech and the applaue that
greeted hi remarks could lie heard on
Pond street. .ToVes, atom, etc., enliv
ened the evening until it was announcd
flint a three -round! boxing cxhlbiuirm
would be presented by Prof. HoUtein
Itatblou, and Ralph Steinenbergr, a
local man. Moth men Indulged in a very
scientific display of tho manly art. Prof."
liathlou gave a splendid exhibition of
boxing as indulged in where he made
hi home, in Denmark, but Stenenbergcr
lined our home method and a a result
a pretty contet wns shown. Both par
ticipant by a prearranged plan divided
the gate receipt which were nil. Every
one enjoyed himself and felt that a
miioker of the unions of Astoria is a
good thing to attend.
COPPER
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INDICTED
Ikinze is Under Ban of
Grand Jury.
OVER CERTIFIED CHECKS
Federal Grand Jury Takes Action
After Investigating De
funct Bank.
FURNISHES $50,000 BONDS
Landlords Notified Fire
Result After Eviction.
Will
WARNING FROM RENTSTRIKERS
Point Given to Threats by Fire in Madi
son Street Tenement Courts Working
Overtime on Applications to Dis
possessLower Rents Are Asked.
NKW YORK, Jan. 7. Threats that
their buildings would be burned if tho
tenants were evicted, flooded the east
side landlord today. 'Hie warning is
supposed to have oomo from rent strik
ers and In general were on postal cards
worded as follows:
"We will move, but after we have
vacated, the lire department will visit
you. (Signed),
"The Red Flag."
A point wns given to the threats by
a flro today at a Madison street tenant
where the first demands for lower rent
had been refused. Applications for dis
possess papers have been so heavy that
several courts today refused to accept
any more until Friday.
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.
TUCSON, Aris., Jan. 7.-Francis J.
Heney, when asked about the appoint
ment of Christian Schuebel, as United
Statoa district attorney for Oregon, and
about the resignation of James Cole,
assistant United States district attor
ney, said the appointment and resigna
tion would not change the plans of the
prosecution, i
Aftermath of Collapse of Heinie Pool in
United Copper and the Suspension of
Mercantile National Bank Results in
Indictment of Copper Magnate.
NEW YORK, Jan. "'.-Indicted by the
federal grand jury for tho over certifica
tion of checks, representing in the ag
gregate over $-100,0.10, drawn by the Ann
of Otto lleinie A Co., on the Mercantile
National Hunk. F. A. Hclnze. copper
magnate and former president of the
Mercantile National Hank, aurTendered
himself to United State Commissioner
Shields today and later was released on
$50,000 bail. Helnw will be foiinally
arraigned to plead to the indictment to
morrow. Kdward Lauterback, counsel
for Hcinre stated tonight that his client
did not wilfully overcertify the checks,
ss he had drawn a check to the credit
of Otto Heince A. Co., for the amount
of $500,000 which the bookkeeper of
the bunk probably foiled to enter on the
liookn until the day after the certifica
tion of the checks in question. The In
dictment by tho federal grand jury,
which has been investigating the Mer
cantile, and other bnnke Identified with
tho Hcinw and Chnrlei W. Morse in
terest, it the after cause of the collapse
of the Helnze pool in United Copper,
which brought about the suspension of
Cross Si Klceburg, stock brokers, and
resulted In the resignation of F. A.
Hcinw from the presidency and retire
ment of the directorate of Meivantile
National Rank, after the examination of
that institution had been made by the
Clcaring-House. He declared at the
time he had been betrayed by his friends
in the United Copper pool. Heinze had
been informed quietly that indictments,
charging him with ovor-certiflcntion of
15 checks, all drawn October 14, jnst
before the smash in United Copper, had
lieen found by the grand jury on Decem
ber 2, and thai his appearance 'would be
required today.
Without awaiting service of a .bench
warrant, Heinze in company with his
counsel appeared before Shields this
afternoon. Tho proceedings were short,
Heinze pleaded not guilty and bail was
Immediately furnished by a surety com
pany.
TEACHERS SCARCE.
Public School Work Crippled in Larger
Cities.
CniiCAfiO, Jan. 7. Scarcity of teach
ers, which is qripplling publlo school
work in tho larger cities throughout the
country made itself felt in Chicago yes
terday in unexpected fashion.
Tn no less than 33 rooms at element
ary schools In various parts of the city
the. pupils, wlidi they came together
for the opening of the second term, pund
the teachers' desk unoccupied. After
explaining the situation and directing
the children to return as usual this
morning, the principal of the school in
each cases dismissed the pupils In the
"disabled" room.
One hundred and fifty sub-teachers
had been, assigned to regular work in
charge of school-rooms, but this exhaust
ed the available list.
ARRESTS OF CHILDREN.
Officers Active in Preventing Childish
Pranks Which Cause Damage.
MOW! YOltK, Jan. 7.-The annual re
irt of the society for the Prevention
of Crutlly to Children liowa that then-
is a alight ilficaM In the number of
arrest of children during 1!W)7. 'Die re
Kjrt ailvocaU' the formation of a
tate Wnl of juvenile prolmtion under
the direction of the city magistrates,
and justice of the courts of general
senslons. ,
Tlie report says that 1344 boys and
girls, a total of 1407 children, were,
paroled last year.
The average of reformation in the
year pat stood ut ftO per cent, a gain of
one per cent over the average for the
five years In which the Children's Court
lias been in operation.
The number of children brought be-
firo tho court in 1907 was nearly 2000
larger lhan iu 11)00. Thi increase is
regarded rather as a result of increased
activity than of increased criminal pro
penalties fn the wrong.
Many children were arrested in the
lat year for building bonfires in the
tree! and offense to which the police
gave little attention until recently.
TREASURER CHARGED.
Malfeasance in Office is Offense of State
Treasurer.
LANSING, Mich,, Jan. 7. Governor
WVrren served on State Tiasurer Gla
zier formal charges of malfeasance in
office and gross neglect of duty in de
positing state funds, amounting to al
most $700,000, in the Chelsea Savings
Hank, which failed last month. The
liling of chargea follows Glazier's refusal
to resign. Glazier is critically ill.
UNIONS REVOLT.
ROOSEVELT
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Willct of Texas Roasts
Prbsidcnt.
BLAMES HIM FOR PANIC
He Believes Chief Executive of
This Country Not a Sen
sible Man.
TAFT IS LOGICAL NOMINEE
Refuse to Continue Heavy Assessments
to Support Strikers.
G01DF1EI.I), Jan. 7. The an-wer of
the Miners" Union to the complaint re
cently filed at Carson City, at the in
stance of the Miners Associaton asking
the dissolution of the local union has
been practically completed and will be
filed Thursday. It is a sweeping denial
of all . the sen-ational charges in the
complaint. Barkeepers and other unions,
allied with the miners, through the In
dustrial Workers of the Work! are in
open revolt against the heavy assess
ments levied to support the strike. They
have been paying $5000 a week and re
fuse to contribute further.
SHORT RANGE DUEL
Gambler and Chauffeur Engage
in Mortal Combat.
EACH RECEIVETHREE BULLETS
Trouble Existing Between the Two Men
Over a Woman Results in Deadly Duel
in San Francisco Saloon Both Men
Are Dead.
SAN' FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Fmnk
Cochrane and T. R. Bell, recently ar
rivals from Seattle, and between whom
had feeling is said to have existed, met
this afternoon in a saloon in Sansome
street, near Market. They went into a
a private booth and after engaging in a
short conversation, drew pistols and
began a duel at short range. Eight shots
were fired, six taking effect, each man
receiving three bullets in bis body. Bell
fell to the floor and was apparently dy
ing when Cochrane walked out into the
(saloon, where he was disarmed by a
barkeeper. A moment later he tell over
dead. Bell will not live more than a few
hours. It is said the trouble arose
over Cochrane's wife. Cochrane is a faro
dealer, and Bell is a chauffeur.
In an ante-mortem statement Bell
said Cochrane fired the first shot and
that the latter told him he had come
from Seattle to kill Mm.
Resolution Referring President's Message
to Committees Starts Diatribe on the
Part of Democratic Members of the
House Banking Law Discussed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-The resolu
tion referring the President's message
to the several committees, furnislied oc
casion in the House today for a number
of i-peeclie8 mostly by Democrats. They
covered a variety of subjects, but the
ones that attracted special attention
were by Sheppard, of Texas, and Willet,
of New York. The former not only made
a plea for the restoration of "In God We
Trust," on American coins, but discussed
the cruise of the American battleships
and referred to the possible conflict with
Japan.
Willet placed all the blame for the
recent financial panic on the President,
whom he denounced in severe terms. He
charged the President with not being a
sensible man and with having turned on
the gas not to light, and with going
up and down the country condemning
and striking with the big stick great in
dustrial interests.
"The President has gone forth day
after day to the people and declared
to them that the men who hold the
reins of our great industrial institu
tions are dishonest and not worthy of
our confidence.
"We want heer. W dont want our
chief executive going up and down the
country condemning and striking with
his big stick everything that sticks its
head up."
WJiat was wanted, ho said, was a
man to perform his duties with dignity
and power and with the influence of all
sane men behind him.
"It lias been said our President is
sincere," he continued, "He may be so,
but we want good sense in the President
along with sincerity.".
He declared the President was not a
sensible mnn and concluded, "It is be
cause of what I charge him with, with
all the powers of my mind and body,
as my profound conviction, that because
of his lack of sense and lack of due
appreciation of the true condition of
our nation, that we have this panic to
day."
Hardwick, Ga., attacked the republi
can policies and predicted that the only
safety for the party lay in the nomina
tion of Taft.
Norris, Nebr.., discussed the national
banking law and advocated the taxing
of state banks to create a fund for the
protection of depositors.
MANY DEFENDANTS.
Frank Fraud Suits Begun by Govern
s ment in Colorado.
(DENVER, Jan. 7. Half a dozen suits,
naming more than three score defend
ants, lor recovery of thousands of
acres of land estimated to be- worth sev
eral million dollars, were begun today
by the government in the federal court
here. The men accused of bind fraud
in the indictments, recently quashed
here, are the defendants in these suits.
Should the government win in the pres
ent proceedings; the lands will be re
stored to the public domain.
CHARITY STOPS.
Committee for Prevention of
mioses Suspends.
Tuber-
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. The work of
the Charity Organization Societies Com
mittee for the Prevention of Tubercu
losis will be supended owin to the fail
ure of John D. Jockefeller to renew his
subscription for earning on the w6rk
The society received a number of sub
scriptions from others beside Rocke
feller last year, but they were all made
for the reason that be beaded the list
lnd when he did not respond to the ap
peal for further aid thi year it was de
cided to give up the work. The work
5? the eonmiittee was largely among the
poor on the East Side.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TJNI0N.
Strong Program Being Prepared for Con
vention at Eugene.
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 7. It was deft
nitery announced that the biennial con
vention of the Oregon State Christian
Endeavor Union will be held in Eugene,
beginning Thursday, February. 20, and
closing Sunday evening, February 23.
The themef the convention will be
"Ever Abounding" and a strong program
is being prepared by the etate president,
Rev. C. T. Hurd, and the other members
of the executive committee. The Eugene
Endeavorer are organizing committee
to have charge of the preparations for
the convention.
PLUNGES THROUGH TRESTLE.
Fatal Catastrophe on Southern Railway
Near Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Jan. 7. Running at a
speed of 30 miles an hour, the second
section of an excursion train on the
Southern Railway from Cleveland,
known as hhe! Oollver Special and
bound for Florida Points, plunged
through the trestle over the copper
creek mine, about 30 miles west of At
lanta today and as a result one person,
the engineer, of the special, is dead,
three others are fatally injured and 80
passengers so seriously injured as to re
quire medical attention. Besides the
trainmen, fatally injured, are Mrs. Emil
Hoover, and Florence A. Studebaker,
both of Cleveland.
. GARDINER-WALCOLL MILL.
BOSTON, Jan. 7 Jimmy Gardiner, of
Lowell, tonight defeated Joe Wolcott,
in a twelve-round bout.
CURKENCY BILLHEAD
Senator Aldnch Introduces Rem
edial Financial Measure.
ASSURANCEGIVEN CULBERSON
Clark of Georgia Wants Federal Law to
Uphold Prohibition But Senator Nel
son Succeeds in Having Resolution the
Laid Over Until Next Meeting.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Senator Aid
rich today introduced his currency bill
which has been the subject for a dis
cussion among the members of the com
mittee on finance for several days. He
had the bill read to the Senate and an
nounced that the committee would be
glad to consider with it all bills that
Senator Smith desired to introduce. He
assured Culberson his resolution would
receive attention. Clark, of Georgia,
announced he proposed to have a vote
in the Senate to test the sentiment of
that body for his resolution, favoring
federal law to uphold in their efforts to
make prohibition effective within their
borders. He wanted the Senate to pass
a resolution instructing the committee
on judiciary to bring in a bill to ac
complish this purpose but on the objec
tion of Nelson it went over until the
next meeting of the Senate. The Senate
adjourned at 1:40 until Thursday.