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33rd YEAR. NO. 143 ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY JUNE Z4, isua . rrm"UUJ
TAFT SEES
CALL GAME
Between Yale and Har
vard Colleges
I
A RECORD ATTENDANCE
Taft Attends With the Class of
78 and Sees Yale White
V wash Harvard
14,000 CHEER SECRETARY
Old Class of '78 la Marched Twice
Around the Field With Taft at Its
Head Followed by the Band and
Many Students. .
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NEW HAVEN, June 23, This
hai been a glorious day for "Old Eli"
and a glorioui day for Secretary
Tuft "Bitr Bill." ai he it affection
ately termed, wai the center today of
11 the enthusiasm surrounding the
Yale commencement festival.
Thrnniri of students and citizen of
New Haven followed the Secretary'!
mnvrmmti. From the moment he ap
peared thin morning at Woodbridge
Hall where he attended a corporation
meeting until tonight when he left
Filwflrd'i hmmi. hcadmiarter of his
clast, for the country club to attend
the clam dinner, thousand ot people
were 'constantly about him.
A scene of wild jubilation and at pic
turetque, a mast of humanity at ever
had a setting on a bascDau .diamond
that which the alumni of Yale
presenting at a greeting to Secretary
'tV. .1,:. nftarimrtn 91 lid f.ll With
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the das of 78 in the, stand on Yale
field in the game with Harvard. Hit
-nn of hanoiness overflowing, for not
only was the crowd a record-breaker
in his honor, but Yale whipped their
rival by a score of 3 to 0 in the game.
There was better playing than either
iim ha thnwn this season. Taft
was in the front rank of class of 78
and was follbwed by the band and
flanked by the stars and stripes ana
th hiinnrr of the cUlSS of 78, it
march around the field in full view of
'more than 14,000 wildly cheering
men and women and was followed by
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the reunion classes, numbering sev
eral hundred of young men in fan
tastic and striking garD sucn as oniy
schemers can devise ana which have
made the Yale class reunions to no
table. Taft was loyal to his class, as
he said he would be, and stayed with
t thromrh the entire came. After
the conclusion of the game he went
on the field where he held a reception
to a knot of friends, and then left In
an automobile for President Hadlcy's
residence.
JURY ALMOST COMPLETE.
Six More Jurymen Are Chosen
Case of J. H. Booth.
In
PORTLAND, June 23.-Sixt addi
tional jurymen were secured today in
the case of J. H. Booth, the ex-re-ccived
of the land office at Roseburg,
who is charged with accepting pay
for advance information regarding
lands available for filing. They are:
"C. W. Hermens, Yamhill county;
David J. Grant, Polk; George Bolter,
Polk; W. J. McCord, Clackamas; W.
W. I'olland, Linn, and Andrew A.
Lee, Marion. There is now a total of
ten jurors selected and the other two
are expected to be chosen before noon
today.
CONTINUED HEAT.
' CHICAGO, Jnue 23. - Eleven
deaths due to heat prostration or al-
causes restored in Chicago to
The thermometer is airain
over ninety but late this afternoon a
shift in the wind brought relief and
it is believed torrid wave has
broken in this section.
lied
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Northwest League,
At SpokaneSpokane 11, Aber
deen 1.
At Seattle-Seattle 1, Tacoma 4.
Pacific Coatt League.
At Oakland-Oakland 2, San Fran-
dsco 4. A
At Los Angclee Lof Angelct 7,
Portland 4,
American League.
At Pittsburg-Pittsburg 9, New
York 6.
At Boston Boston i, Washington
2. . '
At Detroit Detroit 6, Chicago 5.
At Cleveland-Cleevland 3, St.
Louit 5.
National League, 4
At PitUburg-Pittaburg 3, 3, Cin
cinnati 0, 7. ,
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn Z, Phila
delphia 3.
At New York-New York 6, h
Boston, 3, 9.
WANTED AT URAMIAH.
Wm. F. Doty, the American Consul
Will Probably Go.
WASHINGTON. June 23.-WU-
liam F. Doty, the American consul
at Tabriz hat telegraphed the ttate
department that the missionaries at
Uramiah are anxious to have bim
come there. Doty hat been directed
to contult with the authorities at
Conitantinoole and if he can be of
any tervice, there is no objection to
hi going. The Turkish government
hat made repeated assurances to the
American government of the inten
tion to protect the missionaries as far
as it in their power. Kurds, Nomeos,
as they are known, have long been a
serious orooosition to the Turkish
government and their pillaging, hat
fre.iuentlv threatened to lead into
serious international complications.
VICTORY FOR SHAH
Bloody Fight Around Pariiment
Building All Day
BUILDING IS tiOW IN RUINS
Cotsacke Demand the Surrender of
Prisoners and When They Are
Refuted Open Fire on Troopers
Killing Many.
TEHERAN, June 23. -After a
bloody fight waged around the par
liament building all day, the city is
comparatively ciuiet tonight although
the Cossacks camped in the streets
and squares. The Cossacks early to
day surrounded the parliament build
and and demanded the surrender of
several persons whose arrest the
Shah had demanded. Parliament re
fused and shots were fired at the
troopers several being killed. Or
ders were issued to bombard the par
liament building, this morning about
10 o'clock. While this was in progress
bombs were thrown from the parlia
ment building and Mosque, disabling
one of the guns and wounding one
gunner. Eventually the parliament
building was cleared but not until
many were killed and wounded. The
troops also attacked the political
clubs and residences of the members
of parliament. The number of cas
ualties is not known but is very
large. The parliament building is
nracticallv in ruins.. A large number
of the leading nationalists, including
priests and members of the pariia'
tWnt have been olaced under arrest
LONDON, June 23. A dispatch to
the Mail from Teheran says the re-
snonsibilitv for the firina lies with
parliament which took advantage of
the momentary weakness of the
Shah. A dispatch says the day end
ed in a practical victory for the Shah,
MORE RUSSIAN UPRISING.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jnue 23-Ad-vices
received here are that the
Kurdish brigands are raiding the
villages in the neighborhood of
Uramiah and the inhabitants are
alarmed. The missionaries at that
place have held a meting and applied
to their various consuls for protection.
SURVEY SHOVS
BAR IS PRACTICALLY GONE
Is 3000 Feet Wide and Measurements Show Depth
of Twenty-Six Feet
JETTY HAS SCOURED
Colonel Roessler Returns to Portland and Is Greatty Elated Over
Results of the Annual Survey, Which Shows Extraordinary
Improvement In Width and Depth
BLUE PRINTS OF NEW SURVEY OUT PROBABLY TODAY
IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AXL THE NUMEROUS SHOALS
HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY LEAVING AN UNOBSTRUCT
ED CHANNEL WITH A CLEAN SWEEP TO THE PACIFIC
OCEAN. . '
The annual survey of the bar at
the mouth of the Columbia river hat
just been completed, and the report
of the matter made public by Col. S.
W. Roessler yesterday shows that
the Columbia bar is practically a
thing of the past.
The improvement during the past
year It extraordinary. The survey
thowt that the channel has washed
out to a width of 3000 feet in the
past 12 months, and at nearly at can
be now estimated before an accu
rate compilation of the data is made,
the depth at dead low water is 26
feet.
This means that the channel is 10
times at wide at the survey of last
year showed it to be, and one foot
greater in depth. These facts show
that the bar is virtually eliminated as
an impediment to navigation.
Colonel Roessler returned to Port
land from Fort Stevens last evening
and he is much elated over the result
of the survey; While he docs not care
to discuss the matter until the blue
prints have been prepared, he agreed
to give approximate figures concern
ing the width and depth of that
"hogback" at the mouth of the river,
which has always been more or less
of an obstruction to deep water navi-;
gation at certain seasons of the year.
Blue prints were prepared last
night and will probably be ready for
distribution today. The information
contained therein will be ample to
convince the most skeptical that the
completion of the jetty, will be the
means of scouring out the sediment
in the channel to a much greater
depth, and it will be completed be
fore the expiration of another year.
During the annual survey of last
year the best channel that could be
found was near the south side, which
is generally referred to as the south
channel. It was 25 feet deep and
only 300 feet wide, of barely suffic
ient width to accommodate the easy
passage of a ship. At that time there
were four distinct channels through
which an- ordinary craft could thread
her way, each being of no less than
241 feet at low tide. But they were
narrow and on each side of them
were great dep'osits of sand, which
CAPT. CONWAY ILL
Superintendent of O. R. & N. Water
Lines in Serious Condition.
PORTLAND, June 23.-Captain
George C. Conway, superintendent of
the O. R. & N. water lines, is ser
iouslv ill at nis apartments at the
Hotel Breslin. Eleventh and Wash
ington strets, and hope of his recov
ery has about been abandoned, rlis
death was hourly expected this morn
ing and early in the afternoon. Re
latives and friends are at his bedside.
Born 56. years ago, Captain Con
way took up his residence on the
Pacific Coast when a young man. In
his early manhood he was master of
sailing ships plying out of San Fran
cisco. Later he was with the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, which
operates a line of steamers between
Seattle and the Bay City.
He remained with that concern, ufl-
COLUMBIA
at Lowest Tide
PASSAGE THOROUGHLY
had been accumulating for years,
representing dangerous shoals from
which no vessel would effect her es
cape very easily should the be unfor
tunate enough to run on them.
But In the past few months all of
these numerous shoals have been
washed awav. leaving an unobstruct
ed channel with a clear sweep to the
sea of close to two-thirds of a mile
in width. Asside from scouring out
all this vast area, through which the
four narrow channels wended their
way to the sea, the depth of the en
tire tract was increased fully 12
inches greater than that of the
deepest of the quartet of channels,
as shown by the last previous sur
vey made by the United States engineers.-
The extension of the jetty has
created a strong current, which will
continue to scour out the sand and
sediment. As the big breakwater was
pushed farther seaward, the action of
the current became more noticeable.
It was stronger and the deposits
which formed the bar have been un
able to withstand the constant force
wearing against them.
is not improbable when the next
survey is made that the channel will
be washed out to a depth of perhaps
30 feet at the low water mark. The
work on the jetty is being pushed
with vigor. It will not be far from
completion by next Fall, if the
weather remains favorable. The job
will be so nearly finished that the
breakwater will have about as much
effect in deepening the channel as
though it were completed. It is cer
tain that the work will be drawn to
a close next year. ,
But with a channel 26 feet deep
and 3000 feet wide, there is no rea
son why the largest ships afloat
cannot come into the Columbia river
and up to Portland. By waiting for
high tide a ship drawing 30 feet of
water dan easily be accommodated,
and there are few ships of such draft
that ever visited a Pacific Coast port
In the leading ports of the world,
vessels of more than 30-foot draft
cannot be handled without lightering
their cargoes. So with the channel
6 feet deep at the low water mark,
Astoria is as well off, so far as a
channel is concerned, as any of the
big ports of Europe.
,til about nine years ago when he ac
cepted, a position as captain of the
steamer Columbia, owned by the O.
R. & N. and running between Port
land and San Francisco. After re
maining on her for two years he was
promoted by the company as super
intendent of the water lines of the
corporation, with headquarters in
this city. . .
AMERICAN VESSELS.
Will be Barred by Canada From the
Coasting Trade, After Aug. 1. :
OTTAWA, Out.; June 23.-Ameri
can vessels wil hereafter be exclud
ed from the coasting trade of Can
ada on the Pacific. For some yeafrs
the coasting laws in Canada haVe
been suspended as far as the Pacific
Coast is concerned on account of th e
fact that there were not enough Ca
nadian and British ships to fill tr e
V COMING HOME.
i -
Memberi of the American Legation
Await Boat For Home. ;
CARACAS, June 24.-Membert of
the Am -rkan legation are awaiting
the arrif t of the gunboat Marrietta
at Porto iJabello to take them to the
United : States. Charge d'Affairs
Sleeper and Lieutenant Ruggles
withHi-Aw from the legation at Cara
cas Saturday. The interests of the
United States which were placed in.
the hands of the Brazilian legation)
as the representatives of the Europ
ean governments are having- consid
erable trouble with Castro. The
American Consular Agent Brewer re
mains in charge of the archives.
Castro returned here a few days
ago after a long absence in the in
terior and in return attracted much
attention and caused all kinds of
rumors. The people of Venezuela
did not understand the withdrawal of
the American representatives. It is
nrohable too that there will be an
open rupture with Holland and there
are reports that a revoltuion against
Castro is being organized in Co
lombia. As matters now stand, the United
States. France and Colombia practi
cally have no relations with Vene
zuela, Great , Britain and Holland
have serious questions pending: of
leaving Germany alone which has no
dispute.,
MISSOURI RISING.
OMAHA, June 23.-The Missouri
at Omaha shows the highest stage in
27 years First serious damage was
done today when several farms north
of the city and the plant of the Na
tional White Lead Co., at East
Omaha were inundated. No relief is
anticipated in 36 hours and with the
continued raise for that length of
time the conditions will become very
serious.
DAT STUMP OHIO
Foraker Will Make Hard. Play
for the State
MUST HAVE NEGRO VOTE
Friends of Foraker Hope That he
WU1 Have Taft's Support For
Senatorship Will Direct Speeches
to Interests of Negroes.
'.WASHINGTON, June 23.-That
Senator Foraker will go on the stump
in Ohio and make the effort of his
life to carry that state for the repub
lican ticket is confidently believed by
the republicans high in the councils
of the party. On the other hand it
is hoped by Foraker's friends, that
Foraker is to have Taft's support for
the Senatorship.
Foraker's program regarding the
negroes of the 5th Infantry was one
of the first matters to interest the at
tention of the leaders as soon as Taft
had been nominated. He recognized,
unless the negroes turn out in Ohio
and give their full "vote to Taft, the
state might be endangered. Even if
50 or 75 per cent of them remain at
home and do not vote at all, the re
publican supremacy in the state will
be in jeopardize.
For tiiat reason it is insisted that
Foraker should go on the stump and
make at; least one or two speeches in
which 'Ae would direct his remarks
to the; interests of the negro voters.
Ml
requirements. American boats have
d jne a large and profitable business
between Seattle and Nome, carryi
between- such ports as Vancou
Victoria and Skagway. It has
decided by the government '
is enough British and Can
nage on the coast to lool
trade, and the same coar
tions have been put intO ;
Pacific Coast as apply'''
tic. After August i y
ness cannot be carr'
American port on th
Canadian port unless
.rier is a British regl
SHERMAN
VERY ILL
fc
Suffering From Gall
Stones
AN OPERATION LIKELY
The Representative Is Removed
to Lakeside Hospital From
Merrick's Home
TE?.! PARATOPE 102; PULSE 82
The Extreme Heat of the Day
Running Into the Nineties, Adds to
the Discomfort of Patient, Last
Bulletin More Favorable.
CLEVELAND, June 23. Repre
sentative Sherman was removed from
the home of former Governor Her
rick early today and taken to the
Lakeside hospital, suffering from gait
stones. It is reported in official bul
letin issued tonight that he was hold
ing his own after a somewhat rest
less day.. The bulletin says if his
condition continues to improve it is
not likely that an operation will be
necessary. " Sherman at a late hour
this evening dictated a telegram to
Secretary Taft, saying that his physi
cians assure him that his sickness is
not of a critical nature and that he
will be able to go home in three or
four days. He says that he expects
to see Taft in Washington, the mid
dle part of next week, An unfavor
able symptom in his case is the con
tinued high temperature. In the 11
o'clock bulletin tonight it was given
102 temperature with pulse at 92.
At that hour Sherman was resting
somewhat more comfortably than
earlier in the evening. The extre
heat of the day, running ir'
nineties did not add to tb
of the patient.
At midnight, Sherm?
ture was 102, pulse
28, sleeping at in
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m. unless there i?
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