9
33rd YEAR. NO. 182
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RAILROAD
IS
H i JAPS
Canadian Pacific Prepared
' - for Struggle
f - f . . '
NO VIOLENCE REPORTED
NO REDUCED RATES.
By Railroads For Bryan's Notlfica-
. tion Meeting at Lincoln.
Non-Union Men Provided With
Sleeping and Dining Car Accommodations
A
TELEGRAPHERS MAY WALK OUT
The Strike la Not Expected to Inter
rupt the Movement of the Wheat
Crop Which Will be Ready in
About Six Weeks.
WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 7.-It ii
beginning to be realized that the
Canadian Pacific it prepared for a
strike struggle with the mechanic
which will last tome time. The
company t locomotive! and rolling
stock are at present in excellent con
dition, the dry summer having caused
little wear. . Besides 300 Japanese me
chanics trained in (the railroad shops
of the Pacific Coast states and in
technical schools are arriving and are
being distributed where necessary.
Sleeping and dining carl have been
drawn up close to the shops to pro
vide accommodations for the non
union workmen, guarded by special
constables. Fifteen shop firemen or
gang bosses walked out here last ev
ening, declining to work with the im
ported men. Only one declined to
come out. No violence or disorder
has been reported from any of the
company's shops in Western Canada.
Mass meetings continue to be held
by the men and the pickets arc con
tinuing to keep close watch at the
shops and all incoming trains.
Newcomers are employed in almost
all departments and are divided into
ahifts which work night and day. All
ocomotives receive inspection and
Xjidcrgo repairs before leaving the
roundhouse and coaches are iced and
taken care of by the men who are
taking the places of the strikers.
It is not expected the strike will
interfere in any way with the hand
ling of the western crops, even
thUgh it should last until wheat mov
inu commences. Western wheat will
njht reach the railroad in any volume
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lltft IMC LIUII Will fcUUIIC owwu. 'W
already 150,000 In the west with a
fncrAeflAnlinrt frlfnrtlv rtf fl fT I H f Q The
rest wilbe sent on as freight condi
tions require and will be kept in the
west until they are required.
The Canadian Pacific telegraphers
are seriously preparing for a strike
within a fortnight. The arbitration
award will be fowarded to Ottawa
next week and the men do not expect
to be satisfied with it.
At Calgary the Canadian Pacific
Railway had 21 Japanese at work in
the roundhouse yesterday.
At Kamloops last night a conductor
of a westbound freight train declined
to a take out a train until he had a
written order authorizing him to do
so, without official inspection by car
repairer?. He was given the order.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Chairman
Mack of the Democratic National
Committer was notified tonight that
no reduced railroad rates would be
put into effect for Bryan notification
meeting at Lincoln, August 12th,
Chairman McLcod of the Western
Passenger Association explained that
no reduced rates had been placed into
effect in Nebraska since the passage
of the two-cent fare law in that state.
He also emphasized the fact that the
rates for the Taft notification were
put Into effect by the Central Pas
senger Association. Mack also de
clares that the action of the railroads
Is simply a discrimination against the
party. He added that he desired to
call the railroad's attention to the fact
that there wis tlso two-cent rate
in Ohio, but that this fact did not
prevent the reduced rate to the Taft
notification,
DOVER DENIES
THE REPORT
That He Has Resigned Po
sition as Secretary
DECLINES TO DISCUSS
BASEBALL GAMES.
National League. .
, Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 5.
American League.
Chicago 7, Boston 0.
Cleveland 1, Washington 2.
Detroit 0, Philadelphia 3. -
f. Pacific Coast League.
Portland 5, San Francisco 1.
Los Angeles 10, Oakland 6.
Northwest League.'
Tacoma 3, Aberdeen 1.
Vancouver 11, Butte 2.
STEAMER BURNED; S LOST.
ST, PAUL, Aug. 7.A special to
the Pioneer Press from Winnipeg
says that the steamer Premier was
burned to the water's edge at-Wan-ner's
landing, Northern terminus of
Lake Winnipeg, Thursday morning.
Six passengers and two of the crew
are lost. " '
to com
AGES
Railway Employes Afraid of Los
ing Their Positions in East
BAND THEMSELVES SOLIDL
To Campaign in Interest of Their
Companies' Pleas For an Increase
In the tariffs All Over the Entire
Country.
What His Future Plans Are-
Hitchcock Does Not Credit
the Report
ANNOUNCEMENT A SURPRISE
Chairman Hitchcock Has Little to
Say About Matters Taken up With
President Roosevelt at Their Re
cent Conference.
McFARLAND GETS - DECISION.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-White ship
pcrs organizations in many parts of
the United States are fighting the
railroads tooth and nail in an effort
to secure reductions in freight rates
or to prevent the putting into effect
f proposed increases, thousands of
railway employes, fearing that their
wages may be reduced to increase
their revenues are planning a vast
campaign in the interests of their cm
plovers. ,
Definite ways and means have not
yet been decided upon, but the genera
scope of the plan includes an exten
sive campaign of. education to show
that the interests of the public demand
that the roads be allowed to increase
their earnings. It is also proposed to
present the side of the case befcre the
interstate commerce commission and
before the stat,c railroad commissions
whenever an opportunity presents it
self. I he lead in the movement is
being taken by the recently organized
Nebraska state railway employes pro
tective association and by the Ameri
can protective association of America,
with headquarters at Kansas City,
which is now being organized and
which already includes members from
13 western states. Members of the
Chicago division of the order of rail
way conductors have already taken
active steps in the matter and repre
sentntives of the other railway bro
therhoods are taking an interest in
the movement, although it has not yet
been taken up by any of the latter or
ganizations. The men point out that
the ' expenses of the railroads have
been enormously increased during late
years, while freight rates have been
gradually reduced and that matters
have now come to the point where an
increase in revenue is imperative if
AUCKLAND, Aug. 7.-A wireless
from the Atlantic squadron this
morning, said that the gale had blown the railroads are to continue to main
itself out, and fine weather prevails, 'tain their property, 'n first class con
and that the fleet would arrive ' addition and make needed extensions
Uickland tomorrow (Sunday), morn-'and improvements while maintaining
WS- ' ( the present scale of wages.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-In an article
printed this afternoon the Daily News
says they learned from a reliable
source that Secretary Dover of the
Republican National Committee has
resigned the position. Fred W. Up-
ham, treasurer of the committee ex
pressed surprise at the announce
ment. He said he saw Dover and
Hitchcock, in New York a week or so
ago there was no hint of such an
action on Dover's part. "If there ever
was any real feeling between the
chairman of committee and its sec
retary, I am sure it no longer exists.
All was certainly serene between them
when I was east."
NEW YORK, Aug. 7. -When
Chairman Hitchcock returned from
his visit to President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay, he had little to say about
the 'matters taken up. He said the!
presidenfhad shown great interest in I
the plan of the general campaign and
that the state situation had been con
sidered. He would not commit him-
selm as to whether Roosevelt is for
or against Governor Hughes. Great
interest is show here in a printed
story, printed in Chicago today that
Secretary Dover had resigned his po
sition. Rover arrived in New York
accompanied by Mrs. Dover, who is
about to sail for Europe. A Chicago
dispatch was shown to him and he
denied that he had resigned and also
Brock is an Easy Victim But Is Game
to the End.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.-Packy
McFarland won from Phil Brock in
the seventh round tonight, no knock
put,) The referee stopped the fight
and gave it to McFarland when Brock
was in the last stages of distress after
having been beaten through the ropes
and chased around the ring; with a
rain of blows upon his bleeding face.
Brock carried the fight to McFarland
from the first and fought gamely to
the last.
COMPROMISING NOTE
From Mexican Revolutionist to
His Brother Is Found
AND FORWARDED ON TO DIAZ
Writer Languishes in a Los An
geles Jail and is in Line For
Extradition, and Then For Punish
ment
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7.-The
Mexican Hirald says: A cipher let
ter from the avowed Mexican revo
lutionist, Ricardo Flores Maeon,
who is still in prison in Los Angeles,
Cal., to his brother, Enrique, of El
Paso, fell into the hands of the au
tiionties at the time of the recent
arrests in El Paso. This interesting
document has been forwarded to
Mexico and there translated.
The plan was to incite the thou
sands of factory hands near the city
of Oriziba to destroy the big cotton
mills and capture the city. Speaking
of American intervention in case the
revolution succeeded the letter states:
"We have thought much over the
owing to
BOYS FURNISH
INFORMATION
In the Famous Chicago
Lake Murder Case
MAY .CLEAK MYSTERY
HENEY ON STAND.
The Police Again Take Up the
murder of Hearty Kurpa,
. a Year Ago
i nneciM 'irrinffrt' inusemn
in the future
Tf mi ef Ka mt
When actively engaged , . . t. at ... . .... . ,
in campaign work Dover s headquar- circulate the revolutionary manifesto
ters will be in Chicago. As has al- for U)e predse purpQse that Dkz
ready been anounced Hitchcock pro-jmay prepare himself and hat we
poses to appoint a chairman who will . . . Ilnnn,r . a
haVe the general supervision of ' the regards Rooseveit( even should he
n vir us viLiv,aijv vuuii man allien
cock stated tonight that he had not
heard that Dover intended to resign
and added that he did not credit the
report. It is expected that Dover will
call on Hitchcock tomorrow.
CROOK AND LAKE FIRES.
not invade he would send his troops
to the frontier and we would miss
the realization of part of the plan in
not being able to smuggle comrades
of this nation such as various groups
in Texas but that is not all; with the
American people and the organized
workmen of this uninflammable coun
try who are' not susceptible to agita
tion, only the unions of El Paso took
action. Beyond this, with the excep
tion of Pasadena, there has been
WAS FOUND IN RIVER SWAMP
John Pazer Says he Also Was En
ticed to Hassin Nemmer's Room
But Managed to Escape After Hard
Struggle.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Sensational
information was obtained today in
the murder case of Tuffa Shashem,
which the officers have learned is the
correct name of the victim in the lake
murder case. Two boys testified to
Inspector Dorman, that young Shas
hem on Sunday last, the day of his
disappearance, entered the home of
Hassin Nemmer, one of the men un
der arrest in connection with the
case. The boys waited half an hour
for their companion, but finally got
discouraged and left. That was the
last they saw of him until his body
was .rought piecemeal into the
morgue. Nemmer is 60 years old,
hardy in appearance, and makes his
living peddling notions. In connec
tion with the case the police have re
directed their attentions to the mur
der a year ago of Hearty Kurpa, the
10 old boy who lived in South Chi
cago, when Nemmer also lived there.
The boy had been mistreated and
suddenly disappeared and some weeks
later the boy was found in the Calu
met rtver swamp. John Pazer, 18
years old, told Inspector Dorman
that he had been enticed, to Nemmer's
room but had escaped after a
struggle. I
In. the Preliminary Examination of
Aba Reuf.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.-As-sistant
Attorney Heney was placed on
the stand today in the preliminary ex
amination of Abe Ruef as expert on
attorney's fees and was interrogated
by Reuf counsel regarding the alleged
receipt by Heney of a $30,000 fee from
the Contra Costa Water Company.
This was done ostensibly to offset the
theory advanced by the pro?cp,ti?.n
that the fee of $30,000 by Reuf in
the Parkside trolley franchise case
was too large for such legal services,
Hen declined to answer the ques
tion and declared the sole purpose of
putting him on the stand and ques
tioning him was to affect the coming
primary election. Judge Cabiness
sustained Heney and excused him un
til Wednesday, the day after the
primaries.
.EAGLES TO SEATTLE. "
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.-Near!y 10.000
members of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, many of them accomoanied
by members of heir families, deoart-
ed last night on the Burlintrton for
Seattle, to attend a four-days' conven
tion .beginning August 11. The itiner
ary includes stops at St. Paul, Butte,
Spokane, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake
and Denver, , and will consume IS
days. The train will be placed for
occupancy during the stay in Seattle
convenient' to the convention hall.
TIIAWSMANYClAtSIS
Files
Voluntary " Petition
Bankruptcy
in
TO OUTWIT UNJUST CLAIMS
He States That HU Assets Are About
$128,000 and Liabilities $450,000
Bonds of $600,000 Are Furnished by
- Prominent Pittsburg Citizens.
KERN IS CONFIDENT.
PRINEVILLE, Or., Aug. 7.-For-
est fires are raging in several parts of
Crook and Lake counties, some of
them being very destructive. As yet nothing 0f a systematic sort such as
no loss of life is reported, but there a formaf camftai'M nnr favo.
as been loss of property. Led by, Here and there from time to time
Forest Ranger B. F. Johnson, nine paraeraDher have anneared in the
men have been sent out from this city iabor or socialistic oaoers but there
ana oena to ngnt tne names. More
than section has been burned over in
th
Says Prospects Never Looked Bright
er For Democrats.
CHICAGO,. Aug. 7.-Declaring
prospects for the democrat s were
never brighter in a presidential cam
paign, John W. Kern, the democratic
vice-presidential candidate was an
unexpected visitor at the Democratic
national headquarters which was for
mally opened at the auditorium annex
by the National Committeeman Mack
After a two hours' conference with
Mack on the general situation and the
discussion of tentative plans for tthe
speaking campaign, Kern left tonight
for Charles City, Iowa, where he will
address the Chatauqua tomorrow. A
coincident of opening the headquar
ters of the committee, Congressman
Lloyd, chairman of the congressional
committee selected headquarters for
has been no reaf campaign in our i his committee in the same hotel,
favor in soite of the fact that the Llovcf savs the outfonk for thft pIpp-
e Deschutes forest reserve, several collusion of the two eovernments is 'tion of Democratic 'cone-ressmen ' is
sections of valuable timber have been flagrant ihrirhf 1
destroyed in nortnero Lane county "The Americans are incanable of
nd smaller blazes are spreading in feeling, enthusiasm or indignation.
the Blue Mountains and near the This jreally a republic of pigs;
summit of the Cascades, to the "Sometime the gringos will have
north of the Three Sisters peaces, to attack us. so if it he when the
Every available man is being , com- people are in rebellion against Diaz,
mandered by the forestry officials, it will precipitate the fall of the' dicta
and campers in the mountains, are tor because the people will see Roose-
field trying to suppress the fires. velt clearly as allied to Diaz to en-
, FISHKILL LANDING, Aug. 7.
Today for the second time the hear
ing suit brought against' Harry K.
Thaw by. Dr. John P. Wilson for
services as expert in Thaw's behalf
was postponed because the inability
of Thaw's attorney to be in attend
ance. The case went over until Mon
day.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 7.-VoIuntarv
petition in bankruptcy was filed after
8 o'clock tonight in the United States
court by Attorney Charles Morschau
er representing Harrk K. Thaw. In
the petition Thaw states his assets
are somewhere about $128,000 and the
liabilities $4SO,000. Roger Omera the
Pittsburg detective and personal
friend of the Thaw family was ap
pointed received with bonds at $600,.
000 which were furnished by two
prominent Pittsburg business men.
Thaw's reason for committing bank
ruptcy is for the purpose of prevent
ing the property from being dissipat
ed in the litigation of claims, many of
which are unjust.
Figures in the procedings show this
refers to- lawyers and doctors. The
loan from his mother of $191,000 is
not dispute, Among the disputed
claims are: John L. Bleason of New
York, $80,000; Hartridge & Peabody,
New York,' $6000, and the combined
claims of Drs. Jelliffe, Wagner, Jones, '
Hamilton and Dana amounting to a
total of $20,000.
AGED PIONEER DIES.
ELGIN, Or., Aug. 7.-Mrs. Eliza
Bennett died Tuesday and was buried
Wednesday in the Summerville ceme
tery. , She was a pioneer of this
county and her age was 65. She left
four boys and four girfs;
USE COLORING IN SAUSAGE.
OAKLAND, Aug. 7. Eight local
butchers, alleged to have sold ham
burger steak and sausage meat in
which coloring matter had been used,
have been charged with violation of
the pure food law by Food Inspector
Robbins and will be called before the
police courts for preliminary hear
ings. . -: .