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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1909)
PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS KEPOKr UJ , " ' ' ' r u ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY !0, 18C9 , : ' -; V. 88th YEAR. NO. 38. . ':. ' ' ' 1 . . . 1 -itBj served him right. just nekyuus. j niiiiii ill ii niii r ii uiiihvw Hiinr lillllll ill IIHiL kick con PRICE FIVE CENTS BE TO ABOLISH ClllSOf Plinw HAS FAIR CI E Report Adopted Over Protests of Scholfield NORMAL SCHOOL FIGHT Chamberlain Opposed to Immi gration But Wants to Please President HE ADVISES CONSERVATISM .- Thlnka Each Stat Hat tiu Pjiw - - a ia Amnn fieparat School! For Foreign Children-Want the Legialatur to Trust to rrwwwii. rSALEM, Of" FrtTV-A ed on principal to the Chinese, Japan ... .n,i .11 kind i of Japanese Imml- grtlon, but I im inclined to think in the present emergency ami in view . .l. .rn,i. i the President, to lecure imlcable adjuitment of the relation! between thli country and the Empire i.n.i. the itate legislature! ougm to b conservative In all legislation on the itibject, trusting to latmac nf negotiation! now pending between tnt two govern m.t. Hait. Ill-advised or retail tory meaiurei at thli time might ier- louily Interfere with tnee negou. .Un. .nit oreelnltate conflict be- ..... m t.n eountrlet which might, w . i.nnrwilve course be entirely 7 - - .UMJ. W th reference to punuc ichooli I am of the opinion that each tate hai a right to arrange tor sepa rata ichooli for the children witnin Its Jurisdiction and for the luppori of which the cltUeni tan themielvei classifying and separating the puplli In inch and any way ai tb law making body may deem nest. Her on hundredth and fiftieth per formance ;of "Lovd Watches' cost Miss Ilillie Burke a wonderful pair of new glovei just sent from London. As Miss Burke tells the story, trie au dience that night "simply would have a speech; so I told them 'One bun- dred and fifty nights ago i inanicea vou for that one night; tonight I thank you again. I thank you one hundred and fifty times for tne one hundred and fifty nighti. It ii the thlngi I would like to say that I can not tay, for I never wai 10 happy 01 so nervous before in my life. I found this out on getting back to my drei Ing room and discovered that i nevet knew I posseised, torn the fingert entirely off one of my new glovei." Bumptious Chicago Policeman Lorn Hi Temper And Hia Star. Complain of Discrimina tion Against Their Race APPEAL TO PRESIDENT favorable report on the bill to abolish compulsory pilotage wai adopted over the protesti O of Senator Scholfield of Ai- torit who predicted that itich measure would mean the pll Ing up of ships on the Colum- W "-' A AAA v v w w L10R 0 WARSHIP C01LIS1 AT SEA London gets report that BATTLE GEORGE HAS M15 HAP-RUMOR DOUBTED. SOME WILD SHOOTINO. RATON, N. M.. Feb. 9-Deputy Sheriff lav Gale shot and killed a ne gro porter and fatally wounded James Baker, while trying to kill roio con tau. in ex-convict, who wai released from the territorial prison two dayi a so. Contau had threatened to kill Gale on light and when the deputy sheriff saw him sitting in the saloon he ooened fire. Both his shot! glanc td from an iron itove, striking the two men while Contau escaped. Gale is under arrest. FORTUNE IN MATTRESS. Another active fight over the nor mal school question it promised over the recommendation of tne nouse on nd meam committee that .i..,. -r,,iM he onlv one normal 1 1 1 V I V - - tic.oI ana hat this will be located Monmouth and that $110,000 will v. ..,,!. ,t for It. This it in DC nypivJii.- ... - - ArFt oonoiltlon to the recommends .u f the board of regent! which urged that Oregon adopt three ichool v.ti.mi. To oreserve ur. jonn Tnohlln'i home at Oregon City $1200 wai appropriated by the house today. The house passed a out piac ln the control of the Roseburg Sol JI...1 Unrna In rhoroe of the G. A- R mA aHonted the report of the Judic lary committee favoring an addition m .unwme bench. Declaring tnat len ate bill to prohibit the bleaching of flour would mean a lots of $6003300 . vir to the eroweri of Eastern Ore ron the senate today indefinitely noitnoned the measure. Phsmherlain. after the At, of the Bailey resolution re .aivlinff the laoanese excluilon by h ci-nate toda issued itatemcnt nn the mihlect. He savl! "I am not entirely familiar with the wMr nf the antl-Taoanese legis latlon nendiner before the California legislature. Personally, I am oppoi LONDON, Fell. 9 According to j; ...i... r.r.ived hv the newi agency here today from Gibraltar re port! are current that a collision occured between the battleship Geor gia and other! United Statei battie .h!n Nothina ii know here official ly of iuch occurrence and little cred ence ii given thereport. wirciess dispatchei received yesteday reported all well with the fleet. Declare Roosevelt's Sentiment is In Great Conflict With Actual Facts TELL OF INSPECTORS' ABUSE CHICAGO. Feb. 9-Harry P. Stack, a policeman, has had charges, follow ing an attack mad upon him m a street car br indignant passengers who resented the beating of Otto Touch for iteooinir on his toes. The natrolman was rescued only aftei a r riot call had been sent to a ponce station. Tosch was taken to a hospital. Hi scalp had been cut and hii eyei were closed from blows. . Tosch accidentally stepped on itt-'. fnnt snit the latter, it is charged, struck him with hn club. Women passengeri screamed and rushed to the front platform to alight when the fiaht began. Tosch was un able to defend himself and after he had been struck several times, went dowa. Mrs. Tosch, standing at a crossing waitinsr for her husband, saw mm fall. She boarded the car and at the head of a crowd of indignant passen gers attacked the policeman. Tbey did a thorough job, tearing off his star, dragging him rom the car and rolling him in the slush and mud SEEIATORS DISCUSS SEA LEI Ii! PLACE OF LDGK PUltl CAilAL communication State That Immigra tion Official Treat Chinese en kouw to East From San Franciaco at ii They Were Criminala. TALKED BACK AT HIM. Polish Student Disagreed With Lect ure By Professor. Foraker and Teller Agrca With Kittredgs's Plan CHICAGO. Feb. 9-An oral clash hti Professor Jerome H. Ray mond of the University of Chicago, ,nrl a delegation of young FolisU- Amri-fln orofessional men and stud ent! furnished an unexpected enmax at the close of the professor's lecture nr. "Poland" last night The Polish-Americans took public isue with the Professor on the general 1 a Jver88 ReDort Presented r?eJ Hnktaf Bill Starts Debate WOULD BE CHEAPER LOCK.PORT. N. Y.. Feb. 9 -More than $50,000 in cash has been found in a mattress on the bed of James Maher. a Civil War veteran who died here Sunday. His two sons. James and Lawrence, will inherit the money. The old soldier, who died in hii 71st year, had been a prisoner at Ander sonville during the Civil War and drew a government pension. He had been ill for 14 years and durinff all that time did not leave his room. His pension money, together with a large part of his life Savings, he had placed carefully in the matt ress. wAcmMftTON. D. C. Feb. 9 M -ord has reached the navy oe Mrimpnt to confirm the report of the collision of the Georgia with an other battleship. Secretary New berry statei that the meam of com munication are iuch that the depart ment would have mrely been advised of iuch mishap had it occurred. POSTPONE ANTI-JAP BILL. CARSON CITY, Nev Feb. 9 -The Giffen anti-Japanese bill was laid on the table b the unanimous vote of the lenate today. Several senators talk of taking the bill from the table ( order in nress a vote but there leemi to be a unanlmoui impression (w ..(, hill would not receive VII"' " V M " ' Ingle vote. CLAIM NONE OF IT. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9- The United Statei government dis avow! all responsibility for the recent remarks made by Representative Raine of Illinois criticising Prest dent Obaldia of Panama. This is in dicated in a letter sent today by Secretar Bacon to C C Arosmena mlniater fro mPanama. in reply to protest by the latter in behalf of hts government. PORTLAIiDPOWERPLAHT HAS LARGE FIRE LOSS ESTIMATED AT $25,000 BUT IS FULLY COVERED BY INSURANCE. WASHINGTON KILLS PLEDGE SYSTEM fass Bill That Any Candidate Who Signs Promise to Support Any Measure is Disqualified OLYMPIA, Feb. 9--Seeking to end the custom of exacting pledges from candidate! of the legislature to upport certain billi or measures, its aeaate today passed a bill pro JJag that any candidate who ligni Mc pledgei shall be disqualified from fufj the owe fc ecks. It wa c ftaowkdged A door of tfie Sen efj by rssr. of ti bill that It was twte rtirtlcuhrlv t labor organi- fetat, ti U SMge4 also to apply to mm rnnul with working organisa- fkt iuch M (be eatUalooa league or 9taT MiffrAg ewociatio. The bill mmJmA M:ifM diMUaliflCatio lsO 3I sW ' "twrriaora, FIERCE STQRL1 RAGING IN CENTRAL STATES school director! or for any legisla tive bodv who sign similar anti-elec tion Dledces. It also makes the ac ceptance of an annual retainer for looking after the interests of persons, companies or corporations, disquali fication for holding office ai a mem ber of the legislature. The bill was warmly contested by minority members who lought to have restriction oa signing secret nlcdces. This movement failed and the bill carried by 2 7to 11. The house; today concurred ia etriking out bv the senate, of emergency the clause to the anti-race track gambling bill-. The bill will aow becom effee PORTLAND, Feb. 9.-A fire of unknown original destroyed the car- centering department of the shops of the Portland Railway, Light Power Co. .at Twenty-third and Washington streets early tonight The loss wai $25,000 which was cov ered by insurance. A RARE CASE. ' CHICAGO, Feb. 9. K. R. Saitow, said to be the first Japanese to appeal for alms in the history of the police department here, arrived at a police station last night and asked for shel ter from the rain. "I arrived in the city only today, nd t nm tired looking for work, he said. "It is unusual for one of my race to ask for assistance of any kind in this land." , cam FRANCISCO, Feb. 9--In a telegraphic communication addressed to President Roosevelt ana seni iu- h the Chinese Consolidated e- novelent Association, better known 9. he "Chinese Six Companies , tne attention of the President is called to certain instances wherein it is affirm ed, the executive department has ..,ht for the T-jO'anese residents of California many rights ana privileges that the Chinese have long Deen denied. The letter calls attention to the tact that restrictions of the Chinese are in flagrant conflict with the sentiment expressed by the President in a re cent communications relative xo im Tananese. Discrimination is appar ent, the letter states, from the fact that the department of labor ana commerce now imposes on the Chi nese merchants, their families, and . nf rtiinece descent, all ot pcouua vi v..."' hom are or vileged unaer tne ircaiy every conceivable embarrassment Wh i in no way suffered by the Tananese. Segregation of school chil dren is mentioned; as it is a "Well known fact that the, inspectors ot imiirratinn throughout the United States where Chinese are concerned .re violating every letter of the th amendment to the constitution of the United States. Chinese are arrested, searched and their papers, the only means by which they may be identi fied are confiscated. Memorial states It is a well known fact that under your administration the immigration insnectors treat the Chinese en route to the East from San Francisco as if thev were escaping criminals." The memorial speaks of other ai leeed abuses by immigration officials. dr hv annealing to the President to right the wrongs suf fered bv subjects of the Chinese Empire as well as the native born Chinese citizens of thia country SNOW AND COLD STOPS TRAF FIC AND FORCES SCHOOLS TO SUSPEND. people and' their character, hiitory, ideals and government, iney naa heard of previous lecture! the Pro fessor had delivered and had maae preparations to refute his itatements. He discussed history from his view point and at the close predicted that Poland's freedom and independence most probably would come through the growth and spread of Socialism in Russia, Germany and Austria. The Polish delegation listened in- tentlv. showing disapproval of some remark in some mild manner until the nrofessor closed. Then some step ped to the front and in the hearing of the audience engaged in an open dis cussion with the apeaker. BAN ON TIPPING. GRAND JURY INDICTS TIMBER THIEVES NOT TOO LATE TO CHANGE ALBERT LEA, Minn., Feb. 9.-By f ho aevere atorm last night and today. froffic was Dractically abandoned. The drifts are eight feet high in the streets. SUPERIOR, WIS.. Feb. 9.-One of the fiercest snowstorms in years are raging here with a 60-mile gale. HURON, S. D-. Feb. 9-Yester- dnv' wind and snowstorm continues with increased fury . Snow is puea in immense drifts and there are no in dications of abatement. Trains, busi- ... 9nii schools have been sus pended. VERMILLION, S. D., Feb. 9.-A blizzard is raging in Southwestern Dakota far worse than the one two weeks ago. Traffic and schools are entirely suspended. CHICAGO, Feb. 9- Not only has 'tipping" come under the baa of the Athletic Association, out Viv6u strenuous efforts will be made to dis cipline any member who violates the rule that eliminates the fee habit in th clubhouse. According to a rule passed by the house committee, the position of any employe who accepts tin is ieooardized. New memoers are informed by. a circular letter that they will be prosecuted by the com mittee if they aid or abet any employ es in receiving, tips. OIE KIILIED Ai "TOO INJURED 111 EIRE CAUSED BY COLLISION OF SWITCH ENGINE WITH W. K. ft T. TRAIN. 26 REPRESENTATIVES OF BIG CORPORATIONS CHARGED BY FEDERAL BODY. WILL BE FINISHED SOON. TAFT. Mont., Feb. 9.-The Taft tunnel of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Cf Pmil connecting Montana and .j t . Idaho was broken open today. The tunnel is nearly 9000 feet long and penetrated the Bitter Root range. Officals who witnessed the last snot today, predicted that freight trains would b running through it within a MUSKOGEE, Okia., Feb, 9. -Indictments against 26 representatives of big corporations charging them with tiavinc stolen valuable timber from lands in Oklahoma were return ed hv the federal grand jury today. Judge Campbell issued strict orders that no names shall be given out un til the indicted persona have been arrested.;' CITY DADS 1ENEGUE. CHICAGO. Feb. 9. The city coun cil last night practically nullified its action of fl week eo. creating a fic titious ward secretaryship at ?1500 a year to equalite the salaries of the holdover aldermen with the a year voted to the incoming aldermen. The chairman of the finance com mittee who proposed the subterfuge, asked to have the "Secretaryship provision of the ordinance reconsider ed with the purpose of burying it in .nnmitiM ThU s done. The act ion 'was taken because of the unfav orable attitude of the mayor. TAFT ON BIRMINGHAM. PORT EADS, La., Feb. 9 (Wire less via New Oreleans). The scout cruiser Birmingham, with Judge Taft aboard arrived off Mississippi Passes tonight. Taft will make the trip from the Passes to New Orleans on the Birmingham Thursday. CONDEMN JAP ACTION. BOSTON, Feb. 9- Resolutions condemning the action against the Japanese in California were taken by the executive council of Massacnu setts board of trade here today. MUSKOGF.E, Okla., Feb. 9.-One man dead and two seriously injured and property damaged to the value of $30,000 as a result of a fire which toi- lowed the collision of a switcn en gine with a train of the M. K. & T. vards here this evening, me coins- ten ert fire to a number of cars of oil and flames spreading to the elevator .j :i rofinerv. The refinery is a total loss. ' House Spends Six Hour Discussing Bill Materially Changing raetnoo of Administration to the Panama Canal Zone. WASHINGTON. D- C, Feb. ?. Senate discussed today the type of canal that should be constructed at Panama, Senator Kittredge, cnair man of the committee on inter-ocean ic canals precipitated the debate by presenting an adverse report on the Hopkins bill authorizing secretary ui the treasury to issue bono 10 me extent of $SO0,0OO,0UU tor tne con .,ctinn of the canal. At the reading of the statement of the expenditure on the canal to date, he declared tw the completion of the lock canal would cost $400,000,000 and insisted that a great mistake had been maae in not adhering to the plan of build- ing a sea level canai wmcn uc ' would be cheaper than the lock canai. Senator Foraker and Teller both joined Kittredge in declaring that the sea level canal should be constructed and Kittredge said it was not too late to abandon the lock project. For nearly six hours the house dis cussed today a bill materially chang ing the methods of administering in the Panama canal aone and construct ing h canal. Amendments almost without number were aimed at the measure but with one or two excep tion thev failed of adoption. Con-; sideration of the bill was completed but because of the threatened roll call by opponents of the bill and the hour being late, Mann having it in charge did not ask for a vote. KILL ELECTION BILL. HELENA, Mont., Feb. 9. The senate today by a strictly party vote killed the house primary election bill which is patterned after the Oregon law and which relates solely to the election of United States senator. KING EDWARD GETS WARM WELCOME MURDERER LYNCHED. HOUSTON, Miss., Feb. 9.-Roby Baskin. the murderer of Rev. W. T, Hudson was lynched by a mob here todav. The crowd hanged hint to tree. Not a shot was fired and the whole proceeding was orderly. Berlin Receives English Monarch Much Cordial Feeling Between Two Powers RFRUN. Feb. 9. King Edward and Oueen Alexandra's arrival today in fulfilment of the promise made last summer and were warmly welcomea by Emperor William and the people of Berlin. Demonstration by the un employed, planned to coincide with the arrival of the visiting monarch was only partially successful. Sev eral meetings of unemployed were held after which those present form ed in two processions and started on a march to the palace. Their prog ress was intercepted by police. Sev eral men suffered sabre wounds and others were arrested. Interest was centered in we speemt- m mug and Emperor tonight at a banquet. The utterances of both were most cordial, each expressing peaceful centiments and close relations exist ing between the two nations, BILLS PASSED. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 9. Among the bills passed by the house today was one granting the privilege of immediate transportation pf duti able merchandise without appraise ment to the sub ports of Blaiae nnd Suraas, Wash.