The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, February 20, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME LXIII. NO. 410 ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS GUERRILLA AVAR FARE Bctwccn!Japancsc Soldiers and Chinese. Several Conflicts Have Already Occurred Between Soldiers and the People. TALE OF RAVAGE AND PILLAGE Nether Property Nor Person U Re garded The Japanese 8oldiert Are Brutal Lot Whose Indignities Have Been Born aa Long ae Can be PORTLAND, Feb. 19-Advice re r.il In Portland from lions Kong and other Chinese cities that a species of guerrilla warfare lias oroKcn uui in Manchuria between the Japanese soldiers who make up the army of occupation and the native Chinese, who have been driving out from the country representative of the power which they fear as an encroaching menace. It i Mated in these advices that several conflicts have already oc curred between the soldiers nd the people and the Japanese have been driven entirely from the towns of HP Ci Hin and En Tai Hop Gi. According to these advices, the sol diers have conducted themselves in a manner that calls for much censure, h recite a talc of ravage and pillage in which neither property nor person is regarded and characterizes tne fimuiiene soldier as a brutal rava- cions lot whose indignities have been born as long as they can be, It is said that another of the causes of grievance the Chinese have aniiinst the Japanese is the fact that ,i y are trying to get control ot inc L . i.- :.. raffcvnys, revenues aim icicgrapu Manchuria. The fact that trouble .;.i hriivn-n their country and Japan is well known to well inform ed Chinese of this city and all of them are eagerly awaiting developments. They look upon the situation as being serious and some of them go so far as to say that there is a long ond bitter struggle begun. PRESIDENT ALARMED. The Impending Controversy Between Railroads and Employe Brings . Letter From President WASHINGTON', Feb. 19.-Serinus industrial disputes in prospect were in the mind of the President when he wrote the letter to the interstate commerce commission yesterday which was made public today. He says that information has reached him that on account of the enactment of drastic laws hy Congress and by ittnte lcirislatures it is re garded as necessary by the railroads to reduce the pay of the employes, tie points out that under the law "either party may demand the services of the chairman of the interstate commerce commission and.of the commissioner of labor as a board of conciliation. He suggests therefore that the interstate commerce commission make such an investigation as will enable the, wage furnish -data concerning the wage conditions dn the various railroads that may relate directly or indirectly to a possibly impending controversy. TAFT GOES BACK. LOWELL, Mass., Feb. 19,-Secre- tary Taft finished his two days' visit in New Hampshire and Massachu setts this evening and left Lowell to night for Boston where he took a train for Washington. The Secre tary delivered two addresses. The first one in was in Nashua this after noon. His first speech was in Nashua this afternoon was. It was devoted to the work of the government in the Philippines and the progress of the Panama Canal. The second speech this evening was to the members of the Lowell board of trade. He spoke about 25 minutes here and in the course of his remarks he referred to the relations between Japan and the United States. He said in his opinion that there was no possibility of war. His recent visit to Japan, he said, convinced him that war talk is ridiculous. REV. CHAS. BOYNTON DEAD. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. At Free port, L I., yesterday, the funeral of Rev. Chas. Boynton, a former pastor of the Presbyterian Church, was held. While he was the church's pas tor, Mr. Boynton became convinced that minister should not receive compensation. When his congrega tion insisted, he resigned. Later he built a house, for which he made the bricks of oyster shells and lime in an oven he built himself. He was 75 years of age. DESTRUCTIVE BLASTING. BERKELEY. Cal.. Feb. 19.-An over charge of giant powder in blast ing out the Doe memorial foundation of the University of California this afternoon hurled a shower of rock through the windows into the class room of the north hall, a hundred feet away. Kelso R. Oliver, of Los Angeles, was struck on the head with an eiuht-nound rock and severely in jurcd. Miss Mabel Uaingcr was slightly injured by flying gravel. Planned to Be on Roof of Penn sylvania Terminal IWINATURE CONEY ISLAND Football and an Ice Rink Among the Possibilities The Roof ia Guaran teed to Hold a Solid Masa of Load ed Freight Cars. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. -Arrange mcnts were practically completed yesterday between representatives of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Fred crick Thompson, the theatrical man ager and owner of Puna Park, Coney Island, through wheih Thompson secures control of the roof of the Pennsylvania big terminal station at Seventh avenue and Thirty-second street. The lease is for 20 years with a reported total rental in the neigh borhood of $5,000,000. The, largest roof garden in the world is planned to be practically an open park in sum mer and inclosed during the cold sea son. Extending from Seventh avenue and from Thirty-first to Thirty-third street the roof garden will be twice as wide as Madison Square Garden, large enough for the playing of base ball and football games. It is expect ed the roof will be laid out with a view to the playing of football, if not baseball, and in the winter an -immense ice rink, with hockey games, is among the probabilities. The ar: chitccts, it is said, have assured the promoter that he may load the roof with any weight equal to a solid mass if loaded freight cars and not fear a collapse. Attractions of the Coney Island variety are also considered among the features which .the big roof likely to exploit under the Thompson plans, which have not, it is said, gone beyond the tentative stage as to details, the promoter hav ing only just succeeded in agreeing with the railroad company for the lease of the roof, the basis of the whole scheme. , THIRTEENTH CENSUS BILL , '-..41. Bill Providing for Its Taking. MANY AMENDMENTS Limits Census to the Main Land In Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico. FURTHER DEBATE TOMORROW ' ' ' . Provision That Assistant Director Shall be Appointed With the Con sent to Senate Was Stricken Out Thus Leaving it to the President WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. -The bill providing for the taking of the 13th census occupied most of the time of the House today. The progress with it was low because1 of the num erous amendments offered but which in the main were rejected. The bill was amended in one important par ticular however and that was limiting the census to the main land, in Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico. The provision that the assistant director shall be appointed with the consent of the Senate was stricken out, thus leaving the appointment absolutely with the President. The measure will be further debated tomorrow. Prev ious to the consideration of the cen sus bill, Henry taking his cue from lioutcllc's remarks yesterday lauding the speaker, urged the Republicans to bring in the employers' liability bill and the bill requiring notice before the issuance of federal injunctions. basemen on the Cincinnati team in 1869 and 1870. Baltimore, St, Louis, Cleveland and Boston were other cities in which he played national league ball. While playing in the minor leagues in the early eighties, he contracted rheumatism from which he never recovered.. PETITION FOR IHHKIENT ENDORSES TAFT. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb. 19. The New Mexican Republican Ter ritorial Committee in session here yes terday, adopted by a unanimous vote, a strong resolution endorsing the candidacy of William H. Taft for the Republican Presidential nomination and pledging the committee and the Republican organization to do all in their power to further the candidacy. This is equivalent to a delegation in structed for Taft from New Mexico to the National Convention. The Republican Territorial Convention will be held at Silver City, March 12. JAPS NOT TO BE HELD. OTTAWA, Feb. 19.-The report of the minister of justice on the British Columbia Natal Act has been submit ted to the cabinet., It is said the re port recommends disallowance on the ground that it is ultra vires and con trary to the terms of the British North America Act. The cabinet did not meet today, so that the report will not be taken into consideration until tomorrow. 'The department of justice has instructed its agent at Vancouver to take out writ of habeas corpus so as to release the Japanese imprisoned under the act ' BAN ON FIREARMS. Chicago Aldermen Pass Ordinance Against Carrying Firearms. CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-Crime will be decreased considerably in Chicago, it is believed, by the action taken yes terday by the council committee on judiciary. The aldermen voted favor ably on three ordinances designed to put an end to the carrying of deadly weapons. One of the ordinances obligates the city custodian every six months to take all weapons that come into his possession and dump them into the lake at least five miles from shore. Another ordinance requires dealers in weapons to pay a license fee of $50 a year, andMie third forbids anybody to cary a weapon unless he is a sheriff constable, policeman or coroner. Even persons with collections of weapons, fire arms and swords or daggers, antique or modern, must take out a license under these new ordinances. . 1 The ordinance places the ban on theN'weapons:Pistols, bowie knives, metal knuckles, revolvers, driks, der ringers and slingshots. . There is no provision against rifles, shotguns or cannon. The ordnances make it unlawful to purchase, or own, or borrow, any of these weapons without a license, but even with a license they may not be carried. CHAS. J. SWEEZY DYING. NEW YORK, Feb. 19,-Suffering from rheumatism of the heart. Chas. J. Sweezy, a noted baseball player and a member of the famous old-time Cincinnati Red Stockings, is dying in a Newark, N. J., hospital. Sweezy was born in "New York in 1847 and nfte ra few seasons with amateur teams in New Jersey was second TREATY SIGNED. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 19.-The Senate 1a executive session today ratified the arbitration convention between the United States and France which was signed February 10. JUMPED FOR LIFE Inmates in Burning Building Jump From Second Story.' ONE WOMAN BADLY INJURED It Was a Boarding House and the Flamej Broke Out All Over it at Once The Inmates Could Not Get Out Except by Jumping. HOUSTON, Tex. Feb. 19. Eight persons had to jump from the second story of a burning building early to day, three of them being injured, one dangerously. The injured Mrs. Hattie Smith, badly cut by glass. Edward Smith, age 20, badly cut and dangerously injured by fall Clark Smith, age 20, cut about face and bruised; It was a boarding house and -the flames broke out all over it at once. The inmates could not get out except by jumping and they went through the windows, glass and all. The building was a- total loss, and adjoin ing property was( badly damaged by the flames. BONI AND PRINCE Wilflcy Charged With Cor .rupt Practices. ONLY FAVORITES PASS To Get a Certificate a Citizen of United States Must Pass an Examination. ;:r 1 HU. wi.- DISBARRED WITHOUT CAUSE The Petition is Signed by Lorrirt An drews, Resident of Shanghai, For Himself and Others, Was Introduc ed Today in the House by Waldo. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-A peti tion for the impeachment of Judge L. R. .Wilfley, ct Shanghai, judge of the United States court for China and signed by Lorrin Andrews, a resident of Shanghai for himself and others was introduced today in the House by Waldo of New York. Wilfley is charged with corrupt practices among these being that he ha's 'disbarred without cause, Attorneys Francis M. Brooks, Cecil Holcomb, William I. Rogers, Edwin II. Lemme, Harry L. Hart, Lorrin Andrews antf W. L.j lieen; that, he has, in defiance of the rules of the United States supreme court, made a rule which prohibits any citizen of the United States holding a lawyers' certificate without first passing an examination before him (Wilfley). That the examination is sham and intended only to disbar and ruin at torneys whom he does not favor and to secure the law business before the United States court for China for his own favorites. t. . , . cannot be helped, Chief Croker said yesterday. "Some people say fire men are trained to be reckless. That is not so. Fire fighting is a business. The business of a fireman is to put out the. fir-quick-the quicker the bet ter. To put One out it is usually nec essary to get close to it And the closer you get, the more dangerous becomes your position. Accidents will happen there yon are". PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, Signs a Decree Authorizing The Cos tinuation of Rebate on Tariff. i) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The President of the Republic of Brazil, to commemorate the visit of the At lantic fleet to the city of Rio Janeiro, has signed a decree authorizing the continuation of rebates on tariff charges on articles of American mer chandise during the fiscal year 1908, The rebates which are continued ap ply to wheat, flour, condensed milk, manufactures of rubber, watches, writ ing ink, varnishes, typewriters, refrig erators, pianos, scales and windmills. DOESN'T LIKE ST. LOUIS. CHICAGO, 'Feb. 19.-The storm that raged in Evanston yesterday could not restrain Russell Patterson from running away from his home in t Louis for the third time and re turning to the north shore town.N He reached Evanston during the worst of the storm and in a few minutes wps seen and recognized by chief of police who placed him under arrest again as a vagrant. Two weeks ago Patterson who is 16, was arrested in Evanston for vagrancy and was found to be a runaway boy who refused to be sat isfied with his home. His mother, Mrs. Annie Patterson of St Louis, at once sent the price for his return. SUBPOENAS Served on Judges Dunne and Lawlor and Heney. ACH CARRIES OUT THREAT TOSA MARU ARRIVES. j ' m VICTORIA, Feb. 19.-The steamer Tosa Maru arrived here today with 135 Japanese. One of those unable to pass the educational test of the na tal act was arrested as a test case, the others being held until a decision is arrived at. The Dominion attor neys will begin habeas corpus pro ceedings, under instructions from Ottawa, to secure the Japanese release. it is Believed That WU t These Witnesses is Called Lawlor Will Rule That Their Testimony Cannot be Taken. ' A MATTER OF DUTY. PARIS, Feb. 19 A magistrate took the deposition of Prince Hclie de Sa gan yesterday in connection with his charges of forgery against an un known author of letters which Court Boni de Castellance, his cousin, pro duced in court during the course .of the recent assault case. , Prince de Sagan maintained ac cusations both against the forger and against Court Boni as the user of the forged documents and promised in teresting revelations in the near fu ture. ' ,. , ENGINEERS STRIKE. . SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.-The committees of both the Owners' As sociation and the Marine Engineers met today and decided to stand by the statements issued yesterday. Chief Croker says a Fireman Takes His Life in His Hand and Knows it NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-That ex traordinary bravery should not be as cribed to firemen who lose their lives in the performance of their duty is the opinion of Fire Chief Croker, ex pressed in an interview regarding the death of Deputy Fire Chief Kruger, who was killed by falling through a trap door into a sub-basement filled with water, while seeking an oppor tunity to reach a fire which was rag ing in an adjoining building. Four other firemen have been killed within a mon,th. The only bravery firemen show according to Chief Croker, is when "they enter the death trap. They know then that they are tak ing their lives into their hands and that they are liable to be killed at any moment. After the first plunge, all Is a matter of simple duty. It happen ed that those men got killed. That is an eventuality which is always reckoned on as a possibility by a fire man. "And that's all there is to it" says the chief. ' "Firemen have been killed in this city before Charley Kru ger and the other four lost their lives Firemen will be killed right along, it SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.-Sut-poenas were issued and served to night on Superior Judges Dunne and Lawlor and on District Attorney Langdon, Heney and Burns, com manding them to appear in Judge Lawlor's court tomorrow morning to testify in regard to the immunity con tract alleged to have been granted to Ruef in return for his testimony and now alleged to have been violated by the members of the prosecution. Attorney Ach some days ago threat ened to cause these men, who com- r ww.v uavu instrumental in sectoring the immun ity contract, 10 appear ana tesuiy in the case, in the matter of the circum stances under which the contract was secured. It is believed that when the first of these witnesses is called tomorrow Lawlor will rule that their testimony cannot be taken and that the matter will end there. ; . FALSE TO HIS TRUST, PORTLAND, Feb. 19.-Howard C. Green, for three years the private sec retary to J. C. Fargo, president of the American Express Company, and while serving in that capacity had charge of the books of the W. C. Fargo estate, was arrested tonight in this city at the request of the New York state authorities on charges of forgery and defaulcation amounting to $5500.