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PUIUtHKS FULL AttOCtATCO PRESS REPORT
COVERS THE MORNING FIELO ONTHC LOWER COLUMBIA
VOLUME LXIII. NO, 409
FIERCE STORM
RAGES EAST
Chicago Tied Up in Heary
w Blizzard.
WORST IN MANY YEARS
Fourteen Inches of Snow In
Omaha and Still Snow- '
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WITH BAROMETER FALLING
Western Missouri ind Knui In Icy
Clasp-Storm General Throughout
Middle States Great Deal ol Suf
fering Reported.
KANSAS CITY, Feb, 18,-The
tmowMorm that prevailed all day in
Kansas and Western Missouri itill
prevail but without low tempera
ture!. In Kansas City the snowfall
up to 9 o'clock wai about one Inch
and a half hut m Southern ana urn
trul Kansas obout four inche have
OMAHA, Feb. 18, -Following the
continuous fall of now lasting i
hour accompanied by a wind which
heaped it into drifts and almost tied
up all ktirtU of Mrcrt traffic, the nur
cury hegah a downward course this
evening All trains lire laic. Nearly
14 inchci of snow fell, the heaviest
in 20 years. There was a heavy run
uf livestock ul the yards today and
much suffering from the Morm re
sulted. CHICAGO, Feb. l&Thc most
violent storm that has visited Chicago
in many year commenced thw morn
ing and tonight H'" r:,K'nK wi,h
increasing violence with no prospect
of lessening it violence before morn
ing. y 4 o'clock this afternoon
t.cven inches of snow had fallen. The
wind frequently blew 50 miles an
hour and hurled snow through , the
street in Mich blinding clouds that
it was impossible to sec a greater
distance than half a square. A great
number of accidents of minor char
acter were caused by collisions of
vehicles, At 5 o'clock this evening
when (lie home-going crowds were
thickest, the wind browing the snow
in such blinding sheets that it was
positively dangerous to attempt to
cross Michigan avenue at either
Jackson or Van Uurcit streets. It
was found necessary to station a
large number of police at these corn
er and often it was more than one
officer could do to pilot a woman
across the street without assistance,
It was otit of the question for n
woman to cross the street by herself.
Early in the day the car lines fared
well, but later the snow made des
perate work for them. Every avail
able man and all plows were constant
ly at work. In the suburbs the trolley
lines were operated with difficulty on
account of drifts.
POINT OP VIEW.
JAPS AT VICTORIA.
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 18,-The
arrival of the steamer Tosa Maru to
morrow with 88 Japanese will be the
occasion of the first enforcement here
of the natal act. Dr. Milne, the fecf
eral officer, says he will not order the
deportation of any except those who
do not meet the requirements of the
Dominion regulations.
Interesting developments are ex
pected as the steamship agents will
probably endeavor to land the Jap
anese passenger by the federal offi
cers. Despite the action of the pro
vincial officials who have not the
power to deal with a steamer with
out federal sanction,
Bryan it a Dollar Dinner Speaks to
Twenty-five Hundred People.
COLUM BUS, Feb. ia - William
Jennings Bryan's vii.it to Columbus
today wai signalized by the Demo
cratlc state central committee unani
mously indorsing his candidacy for
thcPrcsidcncy. The committee made
a provision in the call for the state
convention by which voters of any
county in which is i registration city
may cxpreis preference for the Prest
dential candidate by haying names of
candidate printed on delegate
tickets. This action wai taken at the
request of the Hamilton county
Democrats who favor nomination
of ex-Aitorney-Cencral Harmon. Af
ter luncheon Bryan addressed the
general assembly in joint ascuion in
the hall of representatives on the sub
ject of guaranteeing bank deposits.
Tonight Bryan was the sole speak
er at the dollar dinner given under
the auspices of the Democratic mem
bers of the general assembly. Twelve
hundred persons were seated at the
tables and twice that number had
seats in the galleries. Bryan's speech
was the "Point of view."
OPPOSITION TO ALDRICH BILL
WASHINGTON', Feb, ia-The
Aldrich currency bill was opposed in
the scnute today by Stone of Mis
souri, During Stone's argument In
advocacy of the plan for the govern
ment guarantees of deposits in na
tional banks, Bacon took occasion to
oppose the proposition. Bacon de
dared If "such a plan was put into
effect the state banks would be put
out of business as their deposits
would find their way into the national
bank. A bill to revise the criminal
code was considered- for a couple
of hours this afternoon.
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1908.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Motion to Vacate His Ar
raignment.
WOULDN'T BE PLEASANT
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Ach to Place on the Stand Those
Who Refused to Make
Affidavits.
INVOLVES THE CREDIBILITY
ROUND THE' CIRCLE
Tart's Busy Afternoon
Granite State.
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RECEPTIONS AND SPEECHES
He Arrived From Boston Just Before
Noon Having Been Conducted from
Boston by a Committee of the Taft
Club of Concord.
CONCORD. Feb. 18.-A reception
by Governor Lloyd; a reception at
the F.aglc Hotel; a luncheon by the
Taft association of New Hampshire;
n mass meeting and speech in Phoe
nix Hall; a reception by the Derry
field Club and a mass meeting at
Manchester; a reception at the Calu
met Club; a brief speech at the Ar
mory before the national guard and
Spanish war veterans; a public mass
meeting and 4 clift 'Mechanics'
l lull. This was flic manner in which
Secretary Taft speht the afternoon
and evening in New Hampshire. He
arrived here from Boston just before
noon, having been conducted from
Boston by a committee of the Taft
Club of Concord' which met him
there, ,
SUIT TO RECOVER $300,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 Suit
was brought yesterday against the
Woodruff Company, constructing en
gineers, demanding $300,000 damage
by the Edward Barron Estate Com
pany. The trouble originated over
the erection of the six-story hotel
building at Taylor and Geary streets.
TEAMS TO DEBATE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 18.-Ac-
cording to advices from the, north de
bating team of the University of
Washington will meet the California
University team at Seattle, April 17.
Teams are to be limited to two men
instead of three as usual.
Of Some of the Peraoni Connected
With This Matter Alluded to the
Statement of Heney and Langdon
Made on Rostrum.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. lS.-With
the immense amount of evidence al
ready in on what is merely a pre
liminary hearing on the motion to
vacate his arraignment and the prose
cution yet to be heard from, the actual
trial of Abraham Rucf seems far
distant. Ach, Rucf's leading counsel.
finished his argument this afternoon,
and Judge Lawler gave Murphy, Ach's
associate, an hour to present his
views in the morning. One day more
will be allowed to Ach to get in addi
tional affidavits from Rabbis Nieto
and Kaplan. This will be followed by
llie counter affidavits of the prosecu
tion, Ach today gave notice that he
would insist upon placing on the
stand those wjio refused to make affi
davits, mentioning Judge Dunne,
Judge Lawler, Langdon, Bums,
Heney and Biggy.
"It won't be a pleasant investigation
I can assure your honor, and it will
involve the credibility of some of the
persons connected with this matter,"
said Ach, after alluding to the state
ments of Heney and Langdon made
on the rostrum during the municipal
campaign, that Rucf was not to be
granted immunity, when all the time
tlicy were a parly to a solemn agree
ment that he was not to be prosecuted.
OWNERS' ULTIMATUM.
Must be Rescinded Within 48 Hours
on Engineer! Will be Called Out
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 18,-FoI
lowing the communication from the
owners' association received today
which in effect states that while it is
not intending to lower wages, they
hereafter will not abide by the rules
laid down by the engineers' associa
tion, the latter association has notified
the owners that after 48 hours from
midnight tonight they will refuse to
permit any member of the association
working on steamer schooners unless
the owners' ultimatum is rescinded.
5000 BUYERS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-The steady
inflow of buyers from the west and
south which began a week or more
ago, is constantly increasing and day
by day hundreds more are added to
the already large army of them in
New York. It is now estimated that
there are neifrly 5000 of them in New
York, each one with orders for large
quantities of goods of every descrip
tion for the spring and summer trades.
In almost every case the buyers are
enthusiastic over the prospects of
business for the future. They say
that the financial depression of last
fall has passed away and that there
are nothing but good times in sight.
It is estimated that these buyers will
spend more than $100,000,000 , with
New York jobbers within the next
few weeks,
ADDRESS NOT KNOWN.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18,-Sergeant
Pierre Compton, who is wanted by
the military authorities at Jefferson
barracks for selling government prop
erty is in reality. Paul B. Crapsey, son
of Algernon S. Crapsey, an Episco
pal minister, found guilty of heresy
and dismissed from his charge at
Rochester, N. Y., according to a
statement made today . by the ser
geant's' wife. The woman says she
does not know Compton's present
whereabouts. Dr. Crapsey's contro
versy has now become famous.
LOCATION OF AUTO RACERS.
TOLEDO, Feb. 18,-The American1
car' driven by Roberts in the New
York-Paris tour' arrived here at 9:30
tonight. The French car stopped at
I'rcmont, The French car which was
drievn by St. Shaffray was but a
few hours behind the American car
all day. The American car will enter
Indiana in the morning and the
French car in the afternoon. The
Italian car, Siroiri driver, arrived at
Cleveland tonight. The German car,
Mass driver, remained at Erie.
L
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PRACTICE TIME.
Oregon Railroads Violated
Terms of Grant.
DEPARTMENT IS READY
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
DENVER. Feb. 18.-Oscar Kirby,
son of a Colorado Springs grocer,
shot his bride of a few months early
this morning and killed himself with
the same weapon. The tragedy oc
curred at the house of his parents.
The bullet struck the woman in the
back and she was removed to the
county hospital in a dying condition.
She cannot live. The couple had liv
ed apart since-the week after the
marriage. "
Chicago's Annual Income From
Street Railways.
OVER A MILLION AND A HALF
The Statement of the President of the
City Company Showed That the
Company Could Pay 55 Per Cent
of Its Net Earnings.
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.-The City of
Chicago will get $633,831 as its share
of the net earnings of the city rail
way company for the last eleven
months of last year. This is comput
ed by the company to mean $675,000
for a full year.
Figures on the accepted basis that
the Chicago City Railway will fur
nish two fifths and the Chicago Rail
ways Company three fifths of what
the city will get altogether from the
traction companies this means a total
of $1,687,000 as the city's annual in
come from the two traction com
panies, under the new ordinances.
President Thomas E. -Mitten of the
City Company made the first state
ment to his stockholders at the an
nual meeting of the company yester
day since the new ordinance. It
showed the company could pay 55
ner cent of its net earnings to the
city and still make plenty of money.
The report showed that the company
had earned from all sources $1,916,-
558 net or 10.64 per cent on the par
value of the stock. '
That it had paid out $1,215,000 in
dividends, nutting the stock at 9 per
cent basis and setting aside $701,558
for the surplus fund.
That $7,168,980 had been added to
the value of the. property by im
provements, most of which had been
paid for by bonds, the interest on
which had been paid from the operat
ing expense account as provided, by
ordinance. .
That the total passenger earnings
for the full year were $8,087,000, or
an increase of 4.1 per cent.
Authority Wanted id Remove
Possibility of Legality of
Proceedings.
RESOLUTION NOT NECESSARY
"This Question," Said Hey burn, "In
volves Millions oi Acres Worth
Millions of Dollars" Same Condi-
tions Hai Existed For 40 Years.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-Senator
Fulotn today reported to the Senate
from the judiciary committee a joint
resolution directing the attorney
general to prosecute the land grant
railroads in Oregon for not having
complied with the terms of their
grants and disposing of the lands in
their grants in tracts of not more than
160 acres at not more than $2.50 per
acre. A resolution drawn by the de
partment of justice to remove any
doubt as to its authority to proceed
was agreed as a substitute for the one
recently offered by Tillman.
The resolution was generally dis
cussed, the only object being urged
against it was that the attorney-gen
eral is now empowered by law to do
all that the resolution seeks to have
done. Fulton stated that the depart
ment was now ready to proceed and
merely wanted the authority of Con
gress to remove any possible question
of legality of' the proceedings. The
resoutlion also applies to the grant
made for the construction of a tele
graph line from Portland to Ontario
and McMinnville. Fulton, said there
is no question that the roads had vio
lated the terms of these grants as
violation had been admitted before
the sub-committee. Tillamn explain
ed that he introduced the original
prosecution in view of what he had
learned while on a recent visit to the
coast. He said he was satisfied the
railroads were now holding lands
from settlement worth millions of
dollars. Forakcr questioned the pro
priety and necessity of passing such a
resolution.
Fulton did not believe the resolu
tion necessary but the attorney-general
wanted it and he thought it
should be passed. Heyburn said the
same conditions referred to in the
resolution exist in all land grant
states although Oregon only is re
ferred to in the resolution. For 40
years, he said,, the railroads had re
fused to comply with the terms of
these grants.
"This question," he added, "In-J
volves millions of acres worth hun-j
dreds of millions of dollars."
In reply to a question by Dixon,
Heyburn said he thought the same
limitation existed in the Northern Pa
cific land grant, but Dixon, Fulton
and Nelson disagreed with him.
Bate BaU Players Gathering to go
South to Practice. '
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-Seven
players of the New York National
League Base ball team are on their
way to join Manager McGraw at
Marlins Spring according to Seer?-
tary Fred Knowles Bresnahan, Mer
klc and Beecher have left Toledo for
the South. Herzog, third baseman,
O'Brien, outfielder, and Mc Kinney
and Malarky, pitchers, are on their
way from other points. The next
batch of players will leave this cit v
on the steamer Momus for New Or
leans and the final contingent will
start from St. Louis, Mar, 1, Those
who will make the trin Imm VV
York are Mathewson, Donlin, Devlin,
Lynch, Wiltse, Tenney and Hannifan.
CANNOT OWN SALOONS.
CHICAGO. Feb. 18.-A desnatrk
to the Record-Herald from Des
Moines, la., says:
Attorney-General Byers rendered
an opinion yesterday to the executive
council that saloons cannot lawfully
be owned or controlled by corpora
tions, including breweries. Half of
the saloons in Iowa are controlled
by breweries, and this opinion will '
force the saloon business to be car
ried on by individuals who will be
personally responsible for all liabili
ties incurred. Under the decision
prosecutions may be broughl against
saloons operated by breweries instead
of individuals, if within a reasonable
time the property is not transferred.
BOXER LEADER DEAD.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 18.- General
Tung Fuh Siang, leader of the Boxer
uprising of 1900, is dead.
TRAIN GOES iN DITCH
Engine
Alone Stays
Broken Track.
on the
CAUSED BY A BROKEN RAIL
Conductor Badly Cut and Bruised
and Number of Passengers Badly
Shaken up But no One Was Ser
iously Injured in the Wreck.
SPOKANE, Feb. ia-A special to
the Spokesman Review from Sand
Point, Idaho, says that the Burlington
passenger train on the Northern Pa
cific was wrecked at Cocolalla, 14
miles west of here at 3:50 this morn
ing.. The rails spread letting the en
tire train with the exception of the
engine and baggage car go into the
ditch. The track runs parallel with
the lake shore and the cars were left
hanging over the bank and all but in
the water.
The people were thrown 1 into the
aisles by the jar and all were more or
less shaken up. The passengers were
taken to Spokane. The conductor was
badly cut and bruised and some of the
passengers received severe bumps
but no bones were broken.
MONSTER PETITION.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 18. The
Picayune says today:
A monster petition to the Mississ
ippi legislature is being prepared by
employes of railroads that state in
opposition to the proposition before
the legislature to enact a two cent
passenger rate law. The employes
are afraid that any further reduction
in the earnings of the roads will cause
reduction in salaries.
C. W. AINSWORTH DEAD.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18,-Col Clin
ton W. Ainsworth, 68 years of age,
owner and editor of the ,Oak Park,
111., Report Argus, and well known
throughout the United States in state
reformator work, died last night. His
death was the result of blood poison
ing which developed in a fracture of
the right ankle. This injury was sus
tained November 30 when he slipped
on the ice. Col, Ainsworth was born
in St. Lawerence County, New York.
He was employed in difienrent state
instituations for 35 years, his last post
being at Plankinton, S. D. where he
remainedten years as superintendent.