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34th YEAR. NO. 19. ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1809 PRICE FIVE CENTS BEAN DEFENDS PORT Bill Portland Fears Measure Would Cripple Her CAL1 PBELLSTARTS ROW Multnomah Reprtsentatives Al lege That They. See flokerV 'IdPllotigt Bill - PASSED FIRST TWO READINGS 12, and the second time January 19, going to special committee on the same day. The committee was com posed, of Bean,' chairman; Buchanan McCue, Bedillioit, Muncy and Jonc o( Lincoln nnd Vok It was reported yesterday" with the recommendation that it ia. The report was adopted, but the bill was not placed on final passage because of Campbell opposl tion. He aald he wanted, mora time in which to atudy it a features before voting on the measure. Accordingly, it was made a special orders for 10 o'clock this morning but was not talc en tip until an hour later. The bill was then considered in committee of the whole with Campbell in the chair, In committee of the whole the bill waa considered clause, by clause. ' The first six sections were adopted with practically no opposition, but Camp bell precipitated a battle royal when clauses 3, 4 and 5 of section 7 of the bill numbered 28 on the calendar came up for consideration, ,,," u "These clauses give any part of any one county the right to organize ar municipal corporation," said the man from Clackamas, "and when so organ- id the port ha exclusive control over the waters within its boundaries and between ita boundaries and the tr-t TVi in all nrohabilitv would Measure la Reported Yesterday by;uke wly from ,be Port 0, PorlUnd Special CommJttea, With Recom- eMtfp o( h camVlg Rier j,e)ow mendatlona F I rssaagt wmwt , port hMfUr org,njd under Campbell Ealata Objections, r !,bi. Uw be,WM PwttaBd ,Dd , the , tea." Mr. Bean earnestly defended his ' - J. bill, and McCue came to his aid, deny STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or., Jan. ing that such could be the case, when 21 Discoveries of "Jokers" in the bill the United States controls the waters introduced by Representative Bean of of navigable sUtamt. ' ' " Lake County, providing for the in- "If the United States controls the corporation of ports, made at the last waters of any such stream entirely, minute, when the proposed measure what is the use of attempting by law was about to be read for the third to give any port the right to do so?" time and placed on final passage this demanded Campbell : morning, hive stirred up a hornets' a. la the meantime Senator Bailey had nest in the House. The alarm was drawn the attention ot several mem sounded by Representative Campbell, bers of the house to provinlons of the of Clackamas, who declared emphatl- bill, explaining that according to bis ally that If the bill were enacted Into construction, Astoria could afterward law without its teeth .being drawn it incorporate as a port and completely would "bottle up the- pilotage at the control its own waters and those, be mouth of the Coumbia River in favor tween Astoria and the sea. In such of Astoria as against the interesta of case it was contended Astoria would Portend." . .. 1 have the power to fix towage rates When Campbell first rsised his ob- governing pilotage at the mouth of Jcction to the proposed measure, be the stream and regulate the speed of met with the opposition of a member towboata, causing them to travel no of the Multnomah Representatives, faster than two miles an hour after who expressed the conviction that the they entered the waters of the port if bill had been framed in the intereta it saw fit. ; ; of Southwestern Oregon, and as it It was not long until Representative did not Interfere with the northern- Jaeger aw the light, and was on his part of the state should not be com- feet with objections to the bill. Couch followed, and soon the entire Multno mah delegation was ; "sitting up . and listening." i v - The debate was lively when the committee of the whole dissolved at noon. The house adjourned , to 2 bated by It. It was not long, how ever, until the members of the Mult nomah delegation in the House had begun to open their eyea, and aoon the news that "something was doing" reached the Senator Chamber, with the result that Senator Baitey lost no o'clock and in the interim the mem time in procuring a copy of Bean's bers of the Multnomah delegation got bill. Becoming convinced on hastily together to decide on the policy to be reading the first few clauses of the followed. , measure that it would deal Portland It is believed even by Campbell that a solar plexus blow if passed, he hur- Representative Bean introduced the rled into the house chamber and cir- bill in good faith, thinking it to be in culated among the Representatives, the Interests of the Siuslaw River and calling their attention to several fea- the Coos Bay district, but the mem tures which he believed derogatory to bers of the Clatsop delegation are sus the interests of the state metropolis, pected of being responsible for the ., The bill was read first time January provisions considered inimical to the ASKS FAIR TRIAL IFOR THE JAP Wants Immigration Bill Held in Abeyance; GILLETT CONFIDENT Governor of California Declares There Will be no Legislation Against Japanese - NOT LIKELY TO PASS SENATE Senator Flint Tells President That be Places Little Confidence In Govern ment Figure Regarding Immigra tion aa Facta Tell Another Story. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Fresi- dent Roosevelt discussed the anti Japanese legislation in California with visitors at 'the White House today. TbouKh very cautions in his state ments, be did go so far as to state that he thought nothing pending in congress with half the importance of the Japanese-California question. Senator Flint and other Calif or n tain Slave tvM liyjNw "f tiily hile they are willing to help him, they do not place much confidence in the government's figures as to the in creasing numbers of Japanese in this country. Facts dispute figures, they say, and add that the Japanese are taking possession' of whole towns. The president urged that he would like to see a fair trial given to the promise of the Japanese to decrease the number of their citizens in this ountry and if this trial shows there is no decrease, then he will no long er use his influence, even after he goes out of office, to prevent hostile legis lation. Senator Fulton after a talk at the White House said the feeling in his state is not so acute as in Cali fornia. "Japanese and Chinese chil dren attend the same schools a white children in our state," said Fulton. . LANDS NOW OPEN. DENVER, Jan. 21.-The Sangro Dcpristo land grant, one of the oldest granted by the Mexican government is thrown open to settlement after hav ing been in the possession of the Cos- ( till? family for a century and the grant compromises 600,000 acres and was ' ceded by Mexico to the head of the ! Costilla family before the territory' was acquired by the United States. The grant lies partly in New Mex-; ico but mostly in Colorado, being situ-! ated near the San Luis Valley inmw southern part of the state. ! SPUE III DEMORALIZED E Storm and Floods Cause Slides and Washouts TRACKS UNDER WATER i r. -' ,'M,,l i t , 5 i CHINESE STEAMERS. VICTORIA, BC, Jan. 21-The Chinese government has instructed the ministers at Washington, London, Paris' ftfirt Tftlrin irt tnalr pniniiripi into the system and management of 0. R. 4 N. West BOUnfJ Traill S steamship business of the four coun tries with a view to the establishment of national steamship lines financed by the government , and people of China and aided by subsidies similar I to the Japanese state aided steamship ! lines. It is proposed to establish ser vice first on Chinese rivers and on the Chinese coast followed by a trans- Pacific line. Stalled at Colfax N. P. Out at Pasco WILLAf.hTTE STILL RISING DEBI BLOCKS GUffl : OflfflLlIEITE HOUSE TAKES RAP AT DUPONT COMPANY May Prohibit "Purchase of Powder for Navy, Man ufactured in Violation of Sherman Anti-Trust Law WASHINGTON, Jan. 21,-Stric tures upon the efficiency of the officers of the navy in the care of machinery of war vessel were uttered in the house today during the consideration of the naval appropriation bill with the result that an amendment was adopted Requiring the secretary of the navy annually to report to congress instances where more than $200,000 is expended for repairs, After futile efforts to obtain legislation looking to the restoration of marines on ships, an amendment, was agreed on to pro hibit the purchase of powder, "Manu factured and sold in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law." , The debate disclosed that the amendment was directed at Dupont Powder Company. Amendments by Hitchcock appropriating $250,000 to double the government's powder out put and by Sherley fixing the price of powder other than for small arms at 64 cents per pound were adopted. The bill was still pending when the house adjourned. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 21.-Gover- nor Gillett repeated today there be no legislation against the Japanese so far as he could tee at this session of the legislature, ,,. ... ? He has not decided to address the members of the legislature in a spec ial message as he does not think it necessary with view of the wide pub lication of the wishes of the federal authorities. ,The governor has a let ter from Secretary Root but declined to make it public on the ground that! Root considered it , of confidential character. Assemblyman Johnson'a bill providing for segregation of Jap anese within municipalities was favor ably reported today, .but all such measures will be held in abeyance un til Wednesday when they will be made a special order. It was seated on reliable authority that even if all the antt-Japanese nieasurcs pass thej house, the senate will not endorse them and as the governor has declar ed himself against them there seems to be but little likelihood of their be coming laws. interests of Portland. Representative McCue denies that such is the case and maintains thee is nothing in the proposed measure which would crip ple Portland as a port. SWIMMING POOLS. CHICAGO. Jan. 21. That infecti ons skin diseases may be transmitted through the use of swimming pools in colleges and athletic clubs by per sons suffering from such diseases has been brought to the attention of the Chicago Woman's Club. A committe will investigate the matter. DRIFTS SO THICK THAT THE STEAMERS ARE STOPPED BRIDGES THREATENED. . PORTIwVND.i Ia..;J2L-Saw!ogs, driftwood, boomsticks, cordwood and uprooted trees- are. being carried through the harbor by one of the swiftest currents ever seen in the Wil lamette. Practically all of the pil ing used for boystering up the Madi son street bridge were wrenched out by the strong undercurrents and went tearing down stream with the rest of the debris which is strewn so thick as to about close navigation on the Wil lamette River. Because of the dangerous drift, coupled with the moving ice, the large coast steamers Majestic, St. Helens and Daisy Mitchell, which were bound for San Francisco had to tie up after reaching Rainier last evening. Re-i porta from there state that the debris was feared by the navigators more than the large cakes of ice with which tU fUann iflMafl tn K slmncf full I Will be Several Days Before Vancouver-Kalama Line Will be Able to Resume Operations Owing to Land alidea arid Soft Track. , , . POLICE HAVE S0LUTI0;i TO CRIB DISASTER SURVEYOR GIVES EVIDENCE THAT A MAN CARRIED A TORCH NEAR DYNAMITE . CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-That the list of 50 known dead will probably be in creased to 70 or more was developed today in official investigation of the burning of the crib in the lake yesterday. It was discovered that most of the workmen died at the mouth of the shaft. This was searched to the depth of 16S feet, but no bodies were found, j It is believed that the bodies will be J found further on and also in the lake. It was late tonight that the police conceded that one of the three work ing men who escaped from the crib will be able to explain how the fire started. One of the men is being kept under surveillance and another is in the hospital. The survivor is said to have given evidence that one of the men carried a lighted torch into a compartment of the crib in which the dynamite was stored and that he either dropped the torch or allowed some sparks from it to fly about and then escaped. PORTLAND, Jan. 21. Isolation of Spokane from both Portland and Pu get Sound ia complete today aa the result of the snow now general over the Northwest. All railroad communi cation with the metropolis of the In land Empire was cut of! when mas sive slides and extensive washouts on the Great Northern between Spokane and Xtaven worth incapacitated that road from aervice. ' . The O. JR. & N. cant move a train west of Colfax on its Washington di vision, while the floods have put the Northern Pacific east of Pasco out of commission, at least, until tomorro.w. The main line of the O. R. & N. has been reopened, but all trains are running one or more hours late be cause of the soft track and the precau tionary orders which have been issued to "make safety paramount to speed." There have been no serious washouts or slides on the main line in the past 36 hours, and none are looked for. The Southern Pacific succeeded in clearing away the rock'asd mud ob struction which derailed No. 221 north of Ashland at 6:45 o'clock last night, Nos. 13 and 15 being laid out five and two hours, respectively, by this acci dent. A bad washout between Salem and Turner still further delayed all trains several hours, but at, noon the line was reported clear. . Weather reports received by the Harriman offices show that heavy rains fell throughout Western Oregon most of the night; but that all streams on. the. West Side are falling this af ternoon , The streams on the East Side are at a stand, while the Wil lamette is still going up. . The North Bank wi3 unable to get No. 2 out further than to Vancouver last night, but this train took No. 4's time this morning and will go as far as Butler where the line is blocked. Here passengers and baggage will be transferred to another train east of this washout. Woodward Creek has caused serious trouble and much damage at this point. At Cooks, an engine rammed into a rock obstruc tion on the track and was ditched in to several feet of water, several cars following it, the train very near top pling into the river. North Bank of ficials will try to get westbound No. 1 through to Portland out of Pasco to night. Latest advices are that it will be several days yet before the Northern Pacific will be able to resume opera tion of trains over the Vancouver Kalama line, owing to continued land slides and soft track. RACING AND BETTING. HELENA, Mont., Jan. 21.The state ment that the abolishment of long race meetings with gambling would destroy or injure, horse breeding throughout the state, received a bad jolt last night at the hands of W. H. Knight, secretary of the American Trotting Association. A." D. Galbraith, vice-president of the Montana Breeders Association, wired Mr. Knight yesterday. Mr. Knight't reply follows: 1 'Long race meetings with gamb ling have either entirely destroyed or have injured horse racing in most ev ery locality where they have been per mitted. Meetings of -greater length than two weeks should not be permit ted in any county i THIS JUDGE WAS WISE. CHICAGO, Jan. 21 .-One munici pal judge has been found who ia not willing to qualify as an expert on dressmaking contrary to the example set by his fellow-jurists in the recent past '" '" - - Miss Matselle Probaska has deman ded $250 damages from a cleaner for the alleged ruination of a velvet gown. If you don't believe the gown has shrunk," said M'ss Probaska, "IH put it on and show you." ' "No, no, no," said the court "Please don't I would not know a thing about it I could not tell if it -was the best fit in the world." "But it doesn't fit protested Miss Probaska. "Well then," said the court "Well have an expert witness tell us about that." - ':- TERRiFIC STOOFJ II! CIS IrflnMlfl il -. Stockton in Danger Great Flood of HONOR PETTIBONE. BUTTE, Jan. 20. The Butte Min ers' Union last night raised a fund for a monument to the late George A. Pettibone, of the Orchard murder trial fame. The subscription lists are still open. The shaft, it is said, will be raised in Denver. BOIaPERS WILL CARRY .RiIJ0"Ei- REQUESTS FRIENDS NOT TO ASK FOR CLEMENCY FOR HIMSELF OR COMRADS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-We have not and will not ask for clemency and we hope our friends will not urge us to pursue such course. To ask par don would render useless all the trials which you men and our friends in all walks of life have made for their rights and their liberties of our peo ple might be restored. Such a pardon would only leave the whole case in confusion and it would . have to be fought over again; from the begin ning.'' ihis ts the language used in : statement signed by Gompers, Mit chell and Morrison, in a current num ber of the American Federationist, in formal protest against Judge Wright's sentence of imprisonment for con tempt of court -..' Ml FEAR LEVEES WILL GO San . Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys Suffer Greatest "Damage ' ' WORST IS YET TO COKE Weather Bureau Predicts Continued . Showers and the Crest of the Wat ers From Mountains Has Not Yet Reached Lowlands. ARE STUDYING LINCOLN. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-With the ap proach of the Lincoln Colonial mem orial February 7-14, there is a great demand at the public library for books on Lincoln and to assist the hundreds of daily callers for information, a SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21-With railroad traffic virtually suspended on some lines and train schedules badly demoralized on all roads with tele phone and telegraph wires prostrated nd communication only fitfully main tained, San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys are vast inlet, while Califor nia as a whole has during the past 24 hours exeprienced one of the worst storms in a quarter of a century. At some places the rain took the propor tions of a cloudburst and was accom panied by a gale. Although the down pout has ceased and the barometer is rising, the weather bureau predicts showers for tomorrow and the crest, of the storm waters from the moun tain streams will not reach a danger ous point in Sacramento and San Joa quhj until midnight Weakened by the heavy pressure which has been subjected to it is feared many of the levees will break to. right. Stockton is most seriously situated. The suburbs of the city are already inundated and the waters are beginning to invade the business dis trict. . The loss to merchants of that city many of whom did not have time to move their goods from the base ments will be heavy. At Angels Camp, to the eastward of Stockton, a wall of water five feet high swept through the town carrying away 35 houses and drowning several Chinamen. This is a mining district Trains on the Shasta division of the Southern Pacific began moving slowly tonght but later was brotighter to a - halt by the washinu out of the bridge at-Erland. furnishes more ' than one thousand titles and for further convenience, classifications have been made, such as "Lincoln as a Lawyer," "Lincoln as a Literary Man;" "Lincoln and special catalogue has been issued. This Temperance." . . . JUDGES RAISED $2,000 PER YEAR Circuit Judges Salaries Increased From $7,000 to $9,000 District from $ 6,000 . to $8,000 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Debate on the propriety of increasing salaries of the federal, circuit and district judges consumed nearly the entire time of the senate today with the re sult that the compensation of 29 cir cuit judges are increased from $7000 to $9000 and that of 84 district judges from $6000 to $8000. Senator Bgrah, who had offered amendments reduc ing the increase of salaries, recom mended by the committee on appro priations dclared that action of the senate in increasing salary of the president to $100,000 was in violation of the spirit of the constitution and would never have been taken before or during the recent political cam paign. Tillman insinuated that some federal judges are on the payrolls of corporations. His remarks called forth denunciations that such charges should not be made without specifical ly naming the judge referred to.