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jjl I PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERS THE MOSNINO KIEL. LOWER COLUMBIA -n 36th YEAR. NO, 90. ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 141909 PRICE FIVElCENTS.i COST HE FOR BREAKFAST FOOD Payne Tariff Bill at Amended In Senate Increases Duty on Food Products TO BE USED IN CONFERENCE Chang Mad by Strut Committee For Purpow of Compromlat When Conference Comtnltt It Appointed to Complete BiU For Final Peteege. WASHINGTON, D. C-, April Il ia th houte lUtement thtt the Aid rich intendment to the Payne tariff bill tended to increaie dutiea on lux uries and reduce what on necessities it taken with grain of salt. Republi can member! of the way and mean committee pointed out today what they regarded a Inconsistence in the line of reason. For Instance, it was pointed out by one that the necessi ties reduced by the senate committee were spices and cocoa, which ways and means committee made dutiable for revenue purposes. On the other hand corn, wheat, barley, rye an J Other agricultural products, many of which are used on the breakfast table have been greately increased, while increased duties on cheap gloves and hosiery have been taken up by sen ate finance committee. The general opinion in the house Is, that the amendment to restore Ding ley rates is intended partly at least ' for use in conference. In other words it is regarded aa being for trading purposes. Several other change made by the senate committee are Inter preted in the house to be for the purpose of obtaining a compromise on the bill when it Is in conference. The message from the bouse asking that the Payne bill be sent back for correction to petroleum schedule will be received Thursday. The senate however, will not likely permit It to go back. f... tt. - ..t.il.l'a ntal.itilian Fllii f Island, but his remittances ceased after a while and the authorities de cided that deportation was necessary, In Russia it will probably be placed in a village with relatives. The baby has been told that it is going "bye bye," over the ocean. -THE GOLDEN BRIDE" Richea And Luxury Showered On A Baltimore Girl BALTIMORE. Md., April 13.- "The golden bride of the year." will be Miss Harriet Brown when she be come the wife of T. Suffern Tyler of New York tomorrow, It became known today that she and Tyler will spend their honeymoon abroad Ceorga Could' million dollar yacht Atlanta, which i really a floating palace. Thtt it one of Gould's pres ents to the bride and bridegroom. Already Miss Brown has received from her father, Ceneral Alexander Brown, a check for one million dol lar. From Oscar G. Murray, presi dent of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road, there came a wonderfully equip ped touring car valued at $13,000. From relatives in New York has been sent a complete set of gold dinner ware and cut glass. li SWEEPS I KNIGHTS OF HONOR SESSION OAKLAND, Cal., .April U-Thc 'twenty-second annual meeting of the j Grand Lodge of 'the! Knights fend Ladies of Honor convened in Oak land today with several score of dele gates in attendance from cities and ' towns throughout California. Annual " reports, the election of officers and 'other business will carry the session a 11, r- ,, i i , i uamo was ronowea dy an im-'over tomorrow mense Automobile Parade Participated In by Officials PORTLAND IIS BALL DAI I! ii CAUGHT IN GRAFT PROBE UTICA, N. Y.. April 13.-Supreme Court Justice W. S. Andrews today , 'took up for trial the cases of the four PORTLAND, SACRAMENTO 3 'men recently indicated as a result of the "graft" investigation into Oneida county affairs. Among the accused is the clerk of the board of supervis- Attorney-General George H. WU- or' tnc chairman ot the Republican llama Acted a Umpire and Council- committee, who is a membr r man Cellar Pitched Fir Ball'0' ,he board f supervisors, and ex Which Waa Caught by Mayor Lane heriff of ,he cuny- The fourth man under indictment is a furniture dealer, from whom large bills of furni ture were bought and of which no trace can be found. The four men are charged with grand larceny and fel ony. Jt is said that there yet remains the probability of a large number of indictments to be found when the grand jury reassemble April 26. KANSAS TOWNS MANY BUILDINGS INJURED BRAKEMAN BLOWN FROM TRAIN AND KILLED. YESTERDAY'S BALL GAMES. Washington 0, New York 5. Los Angeles 0, San Francisco 3. CONCORDIA, Kas., April 13- Four persons were injured, none it i believed fatally, In a severe tornado that struck Auror yesterday. Sev eral buildings were blown down and every store and house in the town was damaged. Beloit, a near-by town, also suffered considerable damage to buildings, but no fatalities are report ed. A brakeman on a train near Be loit was blown from the train and killed. The extent of the storm or damage I not obtainable as many wire are down. BABY BOY MUST GO To Deport Russian Lad Because Of A Disease. NEW YORK. April 13.-A two and a hnlf year old buy Is to be de ported by the Department of Com merce and Labor today on the steam ship Nordland. The child will be placed in the steerage In charge of the ship's surgeon and will be sent to Kischniff, Russia, whence it was brought last summer with its mother, two brothers and a sister. The mother and the other children were allowed to proceed to Philadelphia to the father who had previously come to this country, but the infant boy, Joseph Pasker by name was de tained because of a diease. It was understood that the father was to pay day. WILL WIDEN AVENUE NEW YORK, April 11-Warnings have been sent out by the corporation council' office notifying, property owners along Fifth avenue between 25th and 27th Streets that the widen ing of that thoroughfare will begin by May 1, and that those who are not ready to allow the work to pre ceed must expect an axe brigade. The Avenue is to be widened in order to relieve congestion of traffic if pos sible. Property which extend be5- yond the building line will be remov ed. This effects Sherry's, Delmon icos, and many private residences. MANITOBA TEACHERS' MEET WINNIPEG. Man., April 13 With i large and enthusiastic attendance. the Manitoba Educational Association assembled in Winnipeg today for its fourth annual convention. Included among the visitors are a number of educators of wide prominence. The sessions ot tne convention are being held in AVesley church and will con tinue through Wednesday and Thurs- DEPORTED BY ORDER OF COMMISSION Urs. Lost, Formerly an Organ Woman Ordered Deportedjto England With Husband as an Alien SAN FRANCISCO, April 13-Mrs. Nora Lost, born in Lake county, Ore gon, but the wife of a British subject, will be deported as an alien, accord ing to instructions received from the department of immigration by com missioner of immigration North to day. The Losts were married in Van couver B. C., and were refused ad mittance to the United States because Mr. Lost was under contract to work in California. They stole across the line later and reached California. The department holds Mrs. Lost expatriat ed herself in marrying Lost and or dered Mrs. Lost deported with her husband. PORTLAND, April 13-One of the largest and most enthusiastic crowds that has ever witnessed an opening baseball game were present today when Sacramento and Portland faced each other for the opening game in this city. There were fully 5000 peo ple present, the fans were, noticeably unprejudiced and cheered Justily ev ery good play, specially the opening of the first" inning. Former United Statct Attorney General Williamt and Fielder Jones umpired tne game, while Councilman George B. Cellars, disguised as Gov ernor Benson pitched the first ball over the plate which was caught by Mayor Harry Lane. Considerable , amusement was created' on decisions J of the umpires, who were unable to agree. The game was followed by an im- 1 Large Section of the City Swept by Fierce Fire Causing Heavy Losses FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND One Hundred Families Burned Out and Rendered Homeles While the Militia Guard Personal and House hold Effects to Keep Away Thieve. AMBASSADOR RETURNS WASHINGTON, April 13.-Am- bassador James Bryce of Great Brit- ian has returned to Washington from his trip to the Pacific Coast. He had a consultation yesterday with Secre tary Knoy touching pending matter between the United States and Great Britain. TO BE PORTED DE- RADIO ACTIVE PHILOSOPHER TO BE DEPORTED FROM TACOMA. . TACOMA, April 13.-Joshua Klein, mense automobile parade in which there participated many official of ,he radio activt philosopher, who was the state, county and citv. The con- arrested some time ago, and who test itself was a pretty exhibition 0f .created considerable excitement by his ball playing and lasted 11 innings. "Parent influence over woman whose The score was Portland 4, Sacramen- ,nai ,as"n !evtral aavs was nrest to 3. The second game of the series will be played tomorrow. STUDY ORANGE GROWING RIVERSIDE, Cal.. April 13. This Mraonic, city is to be visited the latter part of ithe month by a number of leading Florida orange grower. They will make a trip through this section for Information as to the methods suc cessfully used by local fruit men in the growing and shipping of oranges. ' The visitors are coming at the sug gestion of G. H. Powell, the govern-' ment expert who is conducting exper- J iments here in the packing and ship- HE ping or i rim. ine party will De in' charge of F. W. Inman of Florence, 1 Fla. ,and will include representatives ! of the largest grove interests of Flor ida. They leave Jacksonville on the 20th instant. ing. will be deported next week. He has expressed a desire to return to Europe and is anxious to leave the county jail where he baa been held prisoner about two months. The phy sicians who examined him say he is a HAFT 1 FIRSTHSTAi PAYS ONE PENNY TO HELP THE SUFFRAGETTES ALONG. ROCHESTER, N. Y., April 13.- Swept along by a 25-mile gale, a fire today destroyed several sections of this city and did damage estimated at $500,000. For a tim It was feared that a great portion of the city would be burned out and aid was summoned from Buffalo and Syracuse. Several engines were sent from those cities, and arrived in time to assist material ly in checking the flames. One hundred families are homeless tonight and the militia was called out by the mayor to guard what little the homeless saved of their personal an household effects, as it was feared ir responsible persons would attempt to steal the property. A heavy rain set in and while it helped to extinguish the blaze, it worked a hardship on the homeless. The fire started in the Palmer building, a four-story brick structure used for manufacturing in terests, and from this, a second fire was started by sparks from the origin al fire which carried them more than mile and lodged in the Dutch Re formed church. JAPANESE ENVOYS CHICAGO, April ll-Two special envoys of Japan sent to this country in the interest of the International Exposition which is to be held in Tokio In 1917, will be the guests of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce tomorrow evening at a banquet. They are Hikojiro Wada, director general of the exposition and Taku tao Sakai, commissioner general. The visitor have already been entertained, in the East, BALLOONIST DISAPPEARS LONDON, April 13 Apprehension is felt here for the safety of the French aeronaut named Bellamy, who ascended from Chrystal Palace , yes terday. His balloon was last seen 24 hours ago disaoDearing in the clouds over the North Sea. JURY READY El THE CASE Calhoun's Trial Will Commence About Saturday if Twelfth Juror is Accepted TESTIMONY ON THURSDAY At the Closing of the Busy Day the Attorneys on Both Side Were Dis cussing the Problem of the Thir teenth Available Juror. BIG WRESTLING MATCH LOST LIFE IN ALASKA NEW YORK, Apil 13. It develops that President Taft was the first one to purchase a suffrage stamp, an is- : 'sue of which has just been gotten out NEW YORK. April .13 James by the Co-operative Equal Suffrage Montgomery, Jr., has lost hf life in League, recently organized here. a snow slide near Valdez, Alaska, ac- While no canvassers are allowed in cording to a message received here the White House, Mrs Harold Dud- by his father. Young Montgomery ley Greeley, and Mrs. Rheta Childe was graduated from Harvard in 1906 Dorr, president and vice-president, and was a member of the football respectively, of the League, succeeded team for four years. Soon after g'rad- in obtaining an interview with Mr. uation he went to Alaska to prospect Taft, and received one cent for the for copper along the Kennscott first blue stamp placed in circulation. river, one of the Guggenheim proper- It is said that Mr. Taft insisted on ics. He was of a venturesome na- paying his penny, although the suf- ture and penetrated the country for fragettes wanted him to accent the several hundred miles. The telegram first stamo free. nnotmcing his death give no details The suffrage stamps are to be plac ed the deafh.Mr, Montgomery, Sr., 'ed on sale in every state to raise is a tea merchant. . , monev for the cause. Thev are sim- , Har to-the Red Cross stamps in cir- KAUFFMAN DEFEATS ROSS. :C,U,ation during the Winten Whi,e , they cannot be used to transmit mail. NEW YORK, April 13 Al KauffJ' is cus,omary attach them to a man of San Francisco who aspires to "'".A,! FT' . . , saic lu i'li. AUll was CHCCICU on Saturday and on the same day the stamps were presented to Senator LaFollette and Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court. tne heavyweight championship met nd defeated on points, Ton! Ross of Newcastle, in a 10-round fight tonight. ack Johnson, the world's champion, was at the ringside and laughed at the efforts of the men,) apparently feeling satisfied that no danger threat- ned his title of the most earnest ccKers . ior tne cnampionslup bout. I CHICAGO, April 13,-Mrs. Marv Kauffman, according to experts at the i Grav 93 years old, known in church ringside, did not show that he is in I circles as "Mother Grav" and widow the class with the big negro. 'of the late Rev. W. P. Gray,, one of "MOTHER GRAY" IS DEAD Gotch And Mahmout Will .Meet In Chicago. CHICAGO, April 13.-There will be no moving pictures taken of the championship wrestling bout tomor row night between Gotch and Man- mout. Gotch has not only refused to accept the $2000 for his end of the privilege, but says that he will not permit pictures to be taken at alL He claims that the intense heat under the mercury lights necessary causes a terrific strain on the men who have to grapple beneath them. Wrestlers and followers of the game are arriving from other cities. Dr. Roller of the. Pacific Coast, who has already met Gotch, will be at the ringside to challenge the winner. Ernest Siegfried, the "German oak" will be presented by Martin Julian, He also wants to take on the victor. "Americus" as Gus Schofley '.i known, is also here- "Doc" Hollum of Memphis is one of the promoter who will be on the scene. Horace Leech, former manager of Gotch, got in and said that a big delegation was coming from Buffalo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Claude Johnson is bringing a party of nearly 300 from Kansas City. .Yesterday's seat sale exceeded the $10,000 mark. Referee Smith has ex plained several points in the rules to the principals, dwelling particularly on the necessity of avoiding rough work. Rough work in wrestling will be barred by the police hereafter, just as if the games was prizefighting. This decision has followed the recent bout between Leo Pardello and Gal oni, who showed a , desire to "mix things" - ' the prominnt members of the Rock River conference, is dead here of old age. Mrs. Gray was born in New York in 1816, and was married in that state in 1833, the day Andrew Jackson as sumed the presidency for the second time. Shortly after the death of her first husband Louis Potter, she came to Illinois in 1864. Later she married the Rev. Mr. Gray. She is survived by three children. S0I1S ENGAGED FIGHT FOR BELLE I SAN FRANCISCO, April -Al ready assured of a place unique in the annals of California jurisprudence, theCalhound trial made a great strikj to completion today. The 12th juror was sworn to try the case and when .'the hour of adjournment was reached, the attorneys were engaged in an honest effort to discover the 13th talesman who will hold himself in readiness to serve if any member of the original panel is disqualified. I: is expected that this task will be con cluded tomorrow and the taking of testimony will be begun Thursday. . SIX OF THE MEN WERE FATAL LY INJURED, TWO VERY SERIOUSLY, WOMEN ARE ANGRY CHICAGO. Aprii 13. Several Sen ators and Congressmen are going to receive letters' of commendation for the consideration with which they PITTSBURG. April 13-Suitors for J treated the Chicago delegation of wo the hand of a. prominent belle, re. i.men who have just returned from suited in a serious riot at Manifold.'" 8. 5 . v. l" v,asain- a mining town near here, early today. ton, and several are going to receive c- r i j missives of an entirely different char Six foreigners were seriously injured.- ... two fatally. Daggers and knives were j used. The six injured men were suit-; FALLS HEIR TO RICHES acter. Four displeased women are dissem- ors for the hand of Miss Lizzie Mo-,"" f u,rou8noul lne cy l" zeka. a prominent belle of Settlement. Ai that Conps m general is not jtunvcrsaiu wun ine dook OI wasn- 'ington etiquette oppertfuning to the rules of "How to treat a woman when she comes to present a petition. EVANSVILLE, Ind., April 13- "Thev Huelo A when thfv - n Peter Liveright a roustabout on the coming that describes their official steamer Peter Lee. whose home is in movement. They ducked." Memphis. Tenn., will quit the river . So Mrs. E. M. Henderson describes now that he has inherited a fortune, the deportment of the members when When the Peter Lee landed here en the women wandered through the can- route to Memphis a messenger was itol in search of whom they might waiting on the levee with a message address. addressed to Liveright, saying that a "Chairman Payne of the ways and wealthy relative, in Ilbnois, had died means committee gave orders: 'When Sunday and left him an estate valued those women come here, from Chic at something like $100,000. . ' , "'ago tell them I am out.' . j ,j-hat js the way we were t0 rfr TO HELP HAWAAI , ived by him. But it happened when (we were going past the door of the committee room Congressman Payne WASHINGTON. April 13. After himself came runnine out on his wav six years of service as a delegate in 'to the elevator. He saw us coming Congress from Hawaai, J. Kuhio Kal- with Congressman Foss and he tried ' anianaole referred to around the cap- to take to the tall timber but he was itol as "Prince Cupid," believes it is too late. Mr. Foss called to him that time for the United States to do there were some women whom he things for his territory. ' would be delighted to meet, and he Recently he asked Congress, by the had to stand fire then. introduction of bills, to authorize a "Speaker Cannon, when he saw us soil survey and hydrographic survey 'said somethinv about the orice of hats of the islands, to establish a fish cul- we had on being about $60 and so tural and biological station, to con- why not stockings six cents a pair struct a public building at Hilo. and hicrher than the 2 to construct a lighthouse on the is- How can you argue against thinirs land of Hawaai. like that?" TROUBLE IN TURKEY LOOKS SERIOUS Troops of Garrison Made Violent Demonstration- Several Killed and Wounded CONSTANTINOPLE. April 13.- Troops of garrison made violent dem onstration today before parliament building against committee of Union and Progress and government. Thev demanded the dismissal of the Grand Vizier, Hilma Hasha and others. Outbreak was caused by an order that troops must shoot down their co religionists. Chief artilerymen and cavalrymen are massed at the war ministry. A number of persons were killed and wounded. The Minister of Justice was killed. The cabinet met at Porte and handed in their resigna tions. Tewfik Hasha will be now Grand Vizier and the. cabinet reorganized.