VOLUME 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.
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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.