86th YEAR. NO. tOf.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SIM BAILEY
Oil THE TARIFF
In a Set Speech he Objects , to
the Entire Tariff Bill Under'
Consideration
FAVORS A TAX ON INCOMES
Doesn't Think American, Infant In
dustrie Require Protection and
Cite Increased Capitalisation of
tit Steel Tnt Example.'
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 26.
Denounclng the printlplee of the pro
tective tariff a unfair in taking mon
ey away from one man to give to
another In order to encourage him
In the pursuit of otherwise unprofit
able business, Senator Bailey of Tex
aa delivered today, a let tpeech on
the democratic aide in opposition to
the pending tariff bill. After he had
proceeded without interruption for
nor than an hour, tevcral aenatori
engaged In a eolloquoy with him.
Referring to Bailey's itatement that
the dutlei of the pending bill might
be lowered 33 1-3 per cent, Aid rich
asked whether he auppoied the pro
fiti of American industries equally
that much. Dailey replied that In the
cane of the United State itcel cor
poration, he believed that they had
cited increased capitalization of that
orgnnixation at evidence of the enor
mous profit made by the protected
infant industries. He insisted that
such lowering of the rate of duty
would not seriously sect Importations
became' He believed American manu
facturers would be stimulated bv
added foreign competition and would
continue to supply the markets.
Senator Bailey discussed his
amendment providing for an Income
tax which was criticized - by Aldricb
i tending to reduce protection for
American labor If it should result in
proportionate decrease in custom
duties. Bailey favored restriction of
Immigration as to protection to
Ameircan labor. Aldrlch retorted
that while Bailey was ready to keep
foreign labor from our shores, he was
not averse to awolling the product of
this cheap labor come into competi
tion with the products of the Ameri
can working men. Bailey will resume
his speech tomorrow and will devote
till attention to the purely legal
aspects of the income tax law.
YESTERDAY'S BALL SCORES.
Northweet League.
At Seattle Tacoma 2, Seattle 3.
At Spokane Spokane 3, Portland
2.
At Vancouver No game; rain.
American League.
At Boston New York 0, Boston 1.
At Chicago St Louis 0, Chicago 1.
At Washington Philadelphia 3
Washington 1.
At Cleveland Detroit 4, Cleve
land 2. if
National League,
At Cincinnati Chicago , Cincin
nati! 2.
At New York Boston 3, New
York 2.
At St. Louli- Pittsburg 4, St.
Loins 3.
At Philadelphia-Brooklyn 4, Phil
adelphia 6-
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HE WILL If BORD
10 SHUI
III ilC ill OH
HI
Council Decides to Secure an
Assistant Engineer to Aid
Mr. Tee
WILL EMPLOY T. H. CURTIS
INSPECTOR OP IMMIGRATION
HAS ORDERS TO SEND TA
. COMA CRANK HOME.
City Engineer Tee Presented a Re
port Covering the Ground Thor
oughly, and he Suggests That
Second Engineer be Employed.
TACOMA, April 26. Inspector
Fulton of the immigration bureau to
day received a warrant for the depor
tation of Joshua Klein, the radio
active healer, recently convicted of
an assault on women. Klein says
is rather welcome news and says he
i glad to return to bl chatel in
Switzerland. Klein created consider
able excitement In Tacoma on his
hypnotic power and influen.ee over
iwomen, many of whom flocked to
see him.
JAPANESE
EfWS
LATEST INTERESTING NEWS
BITS FROM LAND OP THE
RISING SUN.
FAVOR THE BLUE LAWS
SEATTLE. April 26. At a meet
ing of the Methodist Ministerial Aa
socitnion it was decided to appoint a
committee to wait on the fair of
ficials and protest against Sunday
opening of the fair. At a meeting of
the bonrd of directors held last week,
the question was discussed, and It
was finally decided to keep the fair
grounds open on Sunday, leaving it
optional with state buildings to close
on that day, and with the privilege
of holding religious services on the
grounds, by those so inclined. The
committee having decided the matter,
it is not thought the committee ap
pointed will accomplish anything.
TOKIO, April 26.-The Empress
of Japan was present at a cherry
party and fete given at the Imperial
palace last night-
Mra. Thomas J. O'Brien, wife of
the American Ambassador, presented
Messdamcs Sears and Jay and Miss
Skinner of New York to Her Maj
esty, and Ambassador O'Brien pre
sented Messrs Skinner and Wallace.
The weather was brilliant and the
palace grounds presented a beautiful
appearance with its wealth of blos
soms and colored lanterns. About
1500 quests enjoyed the royal hospitality.
VALUABLE EDITION.
PARIS, April 26. The six volume
edition of Molicres plays has been
sold here for the record price of
$35,000. The book contains 33 orig
inal illustrations by Moreaule Jeune
and i dated 1773. The purchase was
ler, on behalf of an unknown biblop
made by Rnhir, a
hile. '
TOKIO, April 26. Three addi
tional members of the Diet have been
arrested in connection with the
sugar scandal and a number of other
large companies are under investi
gation. Several arrests of heads of
corporations are said to be pending,
Premier Katsura when inter
viewed regarding this latest develop
ment in the expose by the Govern
ment said that he was determined
that the commercial atmosphere of
the Empire should be completely
clarified.
, Nfiie members of the Lower House
jof the Japanese Diet were arrested
April 16 after charges of faud had
been brought against directors of the
Japan sugar Company a $12,000,000
corporation. The officials "resigned,
the stock of the company dropped
sixty points and many foreigners
were ruined in the crash. The mem
bers of the Diet against whom
charges were filed were accused of
Parisian book-scl- participation in the manipulation of
the stock.
J. J,
HILL VISITS
PRESIDENT TAFT
WASHINGTON, Q, C, April 26.
James J. Hill, chairman of the board
of directors of the Great Northern
Railway Co, visited President Taft
today in behalf of the Seattle bonrd
of trade in connection with arrange
ments for entertaining the distin
guished delegation of Japanese who
will visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific cities.
Exposition, It is proposed to ex
tend the trip to include the princi
ple cities, and government officials
are trying to find a way of meeting
the railroad expenses of the delega
tion, leaving ' to the commercial
bodies to provide for the entertain
ment of the Japanese in the various
Pursuant to adjournment, the com
mon council held a meeting last
evening to consider system of
drains in Upper Astoria. The myor
ana an counciimcn, except He-Hand
and Prael were present.
City Engineer Tee presented a re
port covering the entire system of
drains, also a profile showing the
various lakes and creeks that were
the cause of the sliding ground. The
plat was made in 19X12 showing that
the common council have always
been willing to construct a system of
drains and carry off the surplus
water, but had been deterred by
numerous remonstrance and peti
(ions from the residents of that sec
tion, it being impossible to provide
any system that would be acceptable.
The question was discussed by
members of the council, several of
whom agreed upon 38th street as the
proper street to carry off the surplus
water, but Councilman Stanglund.
who lives in the vicinity of 38th
street, as well as most of the property
owners objected to a drain on that
street, but favored,, if necessary, a
sewer of reasonable proportions.
After an hour s discussion a motion
was made and carried that the com
mittee on streets and public ways be
empowered to employ T. H. Curtis,
civil engineer to go over the
grounds with Engineer Tee and make
his recommendations to the council
aa to the proper streets upon which
drain or system of drains should
be constructed on. It is probable that
his recommendations will be acted
upon, as a final solution of this vexed
question.
A resolution providing for the im-
proveemnt of Grand avenue from
37th to 38th streets was adopted.
A resolution authorizing the com
mittee on ways and means to lease
a room temporarily for the use of the
city surveyor, was adopted-
A remonstrance from Thos. Trul-
linger and others against the pro
posed improvement of Hume avenue
and Duane street in Uniontown, was
denied, and the streets will be
improved.
Communioation signed by a num
ber of residents on 37th street asking
for, the construction of a sewer on
that street and objecting to (he pres
ent surface drainage was referred to
the city physician and committee on
health and police. Council adjourned.
Following is Mr. Tees report in
full:
To the Hon. Mayor and Common
Council: .
On Saturday, April the 10th, in
company with the Honorable Mayor,
the Committee' on Streets and Pub
lic , Ways, the Superintendent of
Street and interested property own
ers, I visited the Adair drain dis
trict, and hereby make the follow
ing report:
The general opinion as to the mode
of overcoming the existing slides in
the Adair district, as expressed by
the interested parties are so conflict-
ng that no definite plan or action
. ! .. LI-l. I. -
can ne arrived ai, which iraiu uc
satisfactory to all parties.
I attach hereto a communication
addressed to the Street Committee
under date of Sept. 2, 1902. and which
was duly received, together with a
plat showing the position of several
swamps, etc., situated in Adair's
and Mary Ann Adair's South Addi
tion. My opinion as expressed in
this report has never changed and J
still think that the principal cause of
the lamentable conditions in this
nart of the city, can be traced to the
swamps, and more particularly to the
large ones in Adair's South Addition.
I would suggest that a survey De
made locating the position of all
swamps, water courses, existing
drains, etc.. with a view of the ac
cumulating the water from the same
into main drains, and conveying the
same by the most direct route to the
river.
A main wooden slip jointed box
should be constructed from the toe
of the slope of Irving avenue, thence
down 33rd itreet to the river, with
(lie necessary boxes and ditches to
collect the water tributary to the
street, Also on 34th street from
point outh of Irving avenue to the
river, etc- The same on 35th street
a far north as the alley running
through block 42; thence along the
alley to the main on 34th street.
There is also considerable water
along the foot of the hill between
35th and 36t streets, which could be
led into the 35th street box.
The water from the large swamps
at the head of 38th street should be
carried down 38th street to the river
direct, and the said swamps should
be connected to the main drain by
open ditches of sufficient depth to
thoroughly drain them. The drain on
38th street should be constructed of
wood as far north as Harrison ave
nue, from which point a concrete or
vitrified sewer should be laid with the
necessary Y. branches for house and
laterial connections.
The conditions existing on 38th
street between Harrison avenue and
Duane street make it necessary that
a sewer snouiu oe constructed ai an
early date, the sanitary conditions
not being of the best; there is at ,
present a box drain commencing on j
the east side of 38th street, running
thence north west across the street
and through private property to the
corner of 37th and Duane street and
thence to the river, which might at
any time cause considerable damage
to private property; this box should
be done awav with and the water
turned into the proposed sewer.
As to the condition of the existing
Adair drain, it would be necessary
to remove the same, as it is in a
dilapidated condition and would only
remain the means of further trouble.
I would not advise the burying of
any drains below the ground level,
only in such, places where it cannot
be avoided on account of the topo
graphy of ttii "ground.
As to the suggestion expressed: oy
interested property-owners to employ
soecial engineer, I think the sug
gestion well worthy of following, and
I will state that last fall I requested
the Honorable Council to employ a
specialist to consult with me in th
matter of the slides, etc.. which the
Honorable Council refused; but as this
matter is of vast importance I would
respectfully add my request to the
sutreestion of the interested property
owners, both in respect to the Adair
Drain conditions and conditions else
where in the city.
hile I regret not attending the
meeting last Saturday night, at Mc
Gregor's mess house; I will sincere
ly state, that I will do and earnestly
desire to do all in my power to cor
rect the conditions existing in Adair's
Astoria and in other portions of the
itv. I felt and still feel that any sug
gestions offered by myself would not
be 'satisfactory to the interested
property owners as a whole, as all
attempts and various interviews in
the oast have always ended in noth
ing but delay, I therefore think that
the only solution to the problem and
the only means of arriving at a satis
factory plan, would be to employ a
consulting engineer, to formulate
plans to correct the existing condi
tions. Respectfully suDmiuea,
A- S. TEE,
City Surveyor.
COIlTIiS ARE
nous
Refugees Escaping From Tur
kish Towns and are Wailed In
Waiting for Help
CONDITIONS ARE PITIFUL
Being Purely an Internal Affair, For
eign Countries With Battleship to
Protect Citizens Are Powerles to
Render Any Assistance.
ALEXANDRETTA, April 26--
Refugees escaping from Deurtyal
and other small towns near here are
becoming; alarmed at the accounts of
conditions there which are being re-
eived daily. They affirm that 100,-
000 Armenians are ,beleagured by
50,000 Moslems. The. besieged are
confin?ed behind the walls of the
places where they have taken refug
and are half starving and the condi
tions within the walls of the city
are pitiful-
It is difficult for foreign residents
here to credit these numbers. For
eign counsels estimate that there are
about 6000 townspeople and refugees
at ueurtyai witn perhaps as many
more Turks threatening them from
the outside. An investigation dis
closes the fact that there are no
Americans there. Commanders of
British and other warships have had
under consideration, since the revolt
commenced, the advisability of land
ing a force to relieve the besieged
town, which is within one day's
march from the city. It was finally
decided they could take no action as
it was purely an internal affair and
the government declined to pernvt
the landing of an armed force.
WILLAMETTE RIVER SOT
IN OREGON.
JUDGE GANTENBEIN OVER
RULES DEMUKKEK IN VKV.
GON CITY FISHING CASE
PORTLAND, April 26.'-Fisher-
men residing on the Willamette riv
er are privileged characters and can
fish for salmon any old time. Hold
ing that the Oregon State Fish Com
mission had no authority to issue the
order by which they sought to pre-
ent salmon fishing on the Willam
ette river, Presiding Judge Ganten
bein, in the Circuit Court this morn
ing, overruled the demurrer of Attorney-General
Cawford to the in
junction suit brought by the Portland
L. . n.t v t i! 1
Fish Company, ine juage commucu
the temporary injunction in effect.
His decision, incidentally determines
that the phrase in the statute ' waters
of the Columbia River" does not in
clude the Willamette River. -
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 26.
Tahir Pasha, one of the command
ers of the Yildiz garrison has been
degraded and dismissed. Numer
ous other officials of the palace have
been dismissed, while many women
of the Sultan's harem have been sent
away.
The deposition of Abdul Hamid
now appears to be certain and a
hundred and one guns are saluting
Mohammed Rachad Effendi as the
new ruler. Dignitaries of the church
as little for Abdul Hamid as does the
committee of Union and Progress
but the higher clergy are seeking to
curg the agitation of' the enthusiasts
of the Mohammedan league. A cau
cus of senators and deputies today
determined to make an effort to try
to compel the Sultan to abdicate, un
der an ecclesiastical law by the termi
of which decree may issue by Sheik
Ulislam pronouncing the Sultan in
capable of ruling. The Sultan is to
be offered a palace and liberal allow
ance.
BEIRUT, April 26. The town of
Hadjin, about 100 miles north of
Alexandretta where the residents
have withstood the assault of fanatics
for the last week, is in flames- All
Americans are safe. At this place
there are five American women missionaries.
NVESTIGATING ALL 1
RAILROAD AFrAIRS
PRESIDENT ORDERS, AND AT
TORNEY-GENERAL WILL
CARRY IT OUT. .
CHICAGO, April 26.-The Tri
bune today prints the following spec
ial dispatch from Washington:
"The Administration soon is to en
gage in one of the biggest railroad
investigations in the history of the
country.
"The work is to be done by an ot
ficial of the Department of Justice
and an agent of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The lines affect
ed are the Santa Fe road, Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, .Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Colorado Midland
Railroad Company, Colorado &
Southern Railway Company, Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad Company,
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company,
Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company, Oregon Short Line, San
Pedro,, Los Angeles & Salt Lake
Railroad Company, Southern Pacific
Company, Union Pacific Railroad
Company.
"The investigation will be of the
charges (of combinations between
railroads, alleged to be arbitrary and
unlawful, of the enforcement of un
just and despotic rates for both
freight and passenger.
President Taft himself has direct
ed that the investigation be made.
Attorney General Wickersham is in
full power. By the latter direction
Assistant Attorney General Wade H.
Ellis has been in conferenlb every day
during .the last week with Represen
tatives of states affected including
Utah, which particularly has made
complaint"
PACIFIC COAST
B FAIT
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Render Decision Affacting
Common Point Rates to Coast
WILL BE EFFECTIVE JUNE 1
PETIW'llE
WELL PADDED
GOTTENBURG AND EXCISE
BOARD LIQUOR PETITIONS
HELD DEFECTIVE. .
Decision Affects Westbound Traffic
From the Atlantic to All Pacific
Coast Points, Being an Average
Reduction of 10 Cents.
PORTLAND, April 26. -A thor
ough examination and checking up of
the names of both the proposed ex
cise board and Gottenburg petitions
show that they have been s padded
and tonight sufficient names were
taken off to render both ineffectual
and neither will appear on the ballot
at the June election. Crooked work
in the way of fraud and forgeries is
cropping up in the examination of
the McKenna Excise Board petition,
and in the Gotherburg petition and
the percentage of genuine signa
tures may be so small that neither of
these petitions will be placed upon
the ballot in the June election. Men
hired to circulate the petitions were
paid 5 cents a name by the McKenna
people and 10 cents a name by the
Gothenburg crowd, and under, this
incentive, certain of the petition ped
dlers are said to have padded their
sheets freely, liberally and frequenty-
ly. Fraud is found in the McKenna
petition, which is backed by the Mu
nicipal League, and fraud has been
uncovered in the Gotherburg peti
tion, which has for its object a mo
nopoly of the retail liquor trade, so
that the men behind each of these
widely opposed measures, it is as
serted, have each been imposed on
by their hirelings.
UIERSALPlill
HAS GODD BACKING
SUPREME JUSTICE HARLAN
MAY FIGURE PROMINENT
LY IN THE CAUSE.
DENVER, Col., April 26. The
News today says that John Marshall
Halrarw Assistant 'justice of the
United States Supreme Court will be
candidate for moderator of the
Presbyterian General Assembly
which meets in this city next month
and will be here in person to push
is candidacy. Dr. Robert F. Coyle,
pastor of the Central f resoytenan
Church of this city and himself a
former moderator of the General As-
embly. has received authonative
confirmation of Justice Harlan s
candidacy, according to the news.
Other candidates for moderator, the
News says, are Dr. Robert McKen
zie of New York, Dr. Bartley of De
troit, Dr. McEwen of. Pittsburg and
Dr. Mark A. Mathews of Seattle.
WASHINGTON, D C, April 26.
An important series of rates were
filed today with the interstate com
merce commission affecting west
bound traffic to the Pacific Coast
terminals. The rates which are to
become effective on June 1st, make
an average reduction of 10 cents per
hundred pounds on all commodity
tariffs from the Atlantic seaboard to
the Pacific Coast, t
On January 1st the transcontinen
railroads put into effect rates to the
Pacific Coast to which a large num
ber of western shippers strenuously
objected. It was evident that the
complaints wee to be made to the
commission, unless some equitable
adjustment of the question could be
reached- A conference was held in
February at Chicago, between repre
sentatives of the shippers and the
rialroads at which meeting a tenta- :
tive agreement was reached. The ;
result is, that the agreement is am
bodied in the tariffs just filed. No j
reduction has been made In the east
bound tariff from the Pacific Coast,
but it is expected that tariffs will f
soon be filed that will make a cop
responding reduction of such traffic- f
A further attempt will be made to
commit the church to the cause of;
universal prohibition. Dr. John H.f
Hill of Pittsburg, chairman of the!
Temperance Committee will lead the!
fight. Two years ago at Columbus,
the church voted to recognize the
anti-saloon leagues, but there will be
opposition, it is believed, to any at-;
tempt to compel it to go further. I
Another matter hat will be pres f
sed a the coming Assembly, is tho
adoption of a resolution demanding
of Congress a National and unifomf
divorce law- Though there is littl
opposition to the general outline el
the plan, it is said that the methoj
and detail will provoke much discus
sion. Still lanother important feat;
ure of the Assembly's meeting wii
be the discussion of the race pro!
lem in the South. The committer
appointed at Kansas City last year tJ
investigate and report on the matte;
will be heard- Many leaders of th
negro race in the South have ben ii
vited to participate in the .discussiof
Seattle is mentioned prominently sf
the next place of meeting. ' f
BACK TO THE PULPIT.
NEW YORK. April 26--Rev. T
Harvey B. Furbay, secretary of n
Industrial Christian Alliance and
Princeton graduate yesterday prearj
ed his first sermon in the Rut'.
Presbyterian Church after being if
instated in the ministry, fouowij
the death of his wife, six years a
Dr. Furbay lapsed, left the minis
and became a resident of the Bow,?
until rescued by a mission wor'j
and rehabilitated.
THE WEATHER '
Oreson Probably fair. ;
Washington and Idaho Shower,
PRESIDENT TAFT
PROVIDED FO
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 26.-
If a bill introduced in the house to
day by Representative Wright of
New York becomes a law, tnc
United States will own a complete
railway train consisting of baggage
cars, sleeping cars and a private car
tnr the ,vi-!iisive use of the presi
dent. Sixty thousand dollars is to diately.
be expended by the secretary of
is provided and he is authorivf
enter annually into a contract
railroad companies for hauling
train. For expenses in conne
with the travels of the presid. n
guests and attendants, $25,000 i
propriated to be available is