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'. ' " . ' gh ' ' PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT Z'fjZ&j? COVERS THE MORNINO FIELD ON THK LOWER COLUMBIA 36th YEAR NO 116 ' ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1309 PRICE FIVE CENTS pounds milts&mm h-s?-k 7 .. . . . . . Sacramento 1, Los Atigclcf 3- wr inn I TP f O I" - (Ifir nilTIf ncc icnv rvsm mm av r n h ash r' my III I I I I I zl.ri.llrl ...itil h mnrmnir. hn It in I II III I IIIIH I ' 1 . . I lllllllllll IIIIIIL III III III w...v. - , ! I 1 1 1 J I Standard Oil Barge No. 91 In Grave Predicament Off Mouth of River ON TOWLINE OF MAVERICK Worked Into Port and Safety by Captain Daniela and Low Lie Submersed Off Smith's Polnt Damagee Not Known. Hctween 7 and 7:30 o'clock last evening, and practically at high tide on the bar, as the Standard Oil steamihip Maverick, from the Califor nia coast, with the company'! barga No. 91, on her steel hawser, was en tering the Columbia river, the big barge, which was drawing 20 feet of witer, struck heavily on the south spit off outer end of the jetty, and. according to Captain Daniela of the Maverick, continued to strike, but kept moving steadily all the time. The seas washed over her pretty stiffly and quickly filled her fore-peak, and this settling her by the bead, caused her to pound the more, until It look ed to him, as though he would never grt her inside at all, but he kept the Maverick at full speed and finally got her over and out of the southerly set on the bar which. Captain Daniels said, was heavier than he ever saw i. The tow was brought up the bay to a point not far from the spot where the Minnie E. Kelton was grounded, and there the Maverick left her. as soon as one of the bay tugs, the Cal ender steamer Melville. Captain Jor dan, had reached her in obedience t3 his wireless message to the city for assistance, the Maverick coming on to her dock at the foot of Seventh street, where she tied up for the pur boh of numDinir oil into the com pany's tanks here. 'She will go on to the metropolis this morning, nndr pilotage of Captain Harry Emklns. The master of the Maverick is ol the ooinion that the barge ia badly injured and that when he cast off from her she was opened up for ward, and that some of her bulkheads had sprung emptying their contents into the fore peak, which with the water that poured into her from the sea-wash, outs the vessel in bad pre dicamcnt. the extent of which will be develoned under the survey that will in all probability, at once be made in th nremlseS, Captain Daniels did not undertake to account for the accident, but it is evident that the barge must have swung out of her course and into shal lower depths than those followed by the Maverick. The reports from the bar all of yesterday showed that it was smooth, the winds'light and con . ditions generally favorable for the entry of such craft as those involved in this accident, and the fact that the Maverick herself was immune from the trouble, indicate that the PHILIPPINE Swinus Onnosition Made w . r i y Representatives-Action WASHINGTON. May 13. -The house today was again in the throes of a tariff discussion the entire day being spent in consideration of the Philippine tariff bll. The bill encoun- tered no serous opposition, although Harrison of New York, and Under wood of Alabama criticised it gener . ally. After reading the bill had been . concluded, further action was defer- red until Monday. Clarke of Mis- tow must have touched upon one of the spits off the end of the jetty and was driven there by the set of tne tldei to the south and of which Cap tain Danicle complained to forcibly- The Melville will stand by the derelict until this morning, when it in thought itepi will be taken to promptly pump her out and ascertain the icope of her Injuriei. She wa submerged for moat of her length when ahc came to an anchor last night, there being a foot or more of water on her deck, and well down by the head with the accumulation of oil from her itrained bulkheads. THE BLIND TO SEE. Remarkable Cm In California Of Temporary Affection. REDDING, Cal., May U.-Misa Clara Cooper of Montaur, Iowa, was suddenly stricken blind on the eve of to" friends here. When called Sunday morning it was found impossible to awaken her. An. hour later she awoke naturally but could not see. At fir it it teemed to her thar it was sti'.l il sccincu m ncr wmr ii i nighCbut soon it dawned upon the vounn-woman that ihe was totally ci... rt Hiititimiith licrht UHUVI, JJ ,11 WW- efQw-- -- - 1 r. (..rLt..si nnA nWiriiifift hoid SI Will WWIKIIVfll " V"i ' I some hope that she may recover ner ..... ..hi TTn m ih. time that in awakened to find that she was blind Miss Cooper has never had any trou ble with her eyes. I I ERS SESS10 nEClDED TO ESTABLISH A CHAIN OF WAREHOUSES IN GRAIN TERRITORY. pnmvrcicin tit fu it At 31 1-MI ' J I . . j... t .1.. v.. tne second uy .- t r : r-. jt. r-ai hiii- i a.. u.r. inri.u niaii era niwuiuun u.v .. - r j to construct a chain of warehouses in the irrain oroducing territories for the miroose of holding wheat for hioher oncea was indorsed. An in vitation of the American society of equity farmers, promised co-opera tion with that organization- Ihia i in line with the organization recently organzed at Spokane. HEAD OFF RIVAL. Young Fellow Shoota To Stop Rival Reaching Sweetheart First .M.wnitTll r!t. Mn.. 1 1 SIAMUAUun, num.. . .u. Because ne was airniu m '-' u t. t..i.. ;,. ..d raryurate woum rc.n n-j ..... claim his sweetheart. Rosa Leonaridi AT10NAL GRA1 at terugiao. Joe Dascola is said to with a crew oi ou mc have shot and fatally wounded his claimed that he had put in for water . . i.A t h,. h.tt ea Wna molements were found on rival, ine woumicu man . t.:i. noc. Mercy nospuai wut u .vu i--- see is searching the country for his assailant. . . .t. h un a cablegram to his sweetheart and i' i, thought that she will make a race ,.. , .L ... !.. i order i-r enas oi tne uviiik wnn ucain vi to ee her lover before he dies. There that she will win Dascola is hiding in a swamp near i,.r ,hilff the Sheriff's forces with bloodhounds are seeking him. TARIFF BILL IN HOUSE to the Bill by Several Deferred Until Monday souri objected to an immediate dis cussion pi wis "i" - : . t tw,, Biro in. accordance cussion pf the bill amending tne or wit i tne prcsmcui a subsv"v" " v ... u-....'. ....v.T.atmn in nis recent message mm mv. " o -...I .... wi-ni over. Speaker Vannons poucy ui in appointing a commmcc -w.t . ...i....fini mt.!r,riK- after . .. .....a imhA touay oy a . hr UnA ennrrnf him directed to name the com ;,....-inr affairs. Attendance Only About One-Half of Last Year But Enthus iasm Great as Ever KING JAMES WINS THE RACE Owing to Agnew Law no Bookmak ing Permitted Bu Side Beta Were Made and no Record Kept Which Would be in Violation of the Law. NEW YORK. May 13.-The long j.(.rH ami anxiously waited ooen- . - - ing of the Metropolitan racing sei- ton wmcn wancuuu th rim m iiiz of the classic Metro poll ' - tan liamlicao uasbcd into turf history . . .a - . f iL Rlua today witn tne winning ui Rt ihon event DV O- V. four vear'old King James- From field of 11 starters, Fayette, her maiden entry finished six lengths be hind with Juggler entered by C. C. iihson a close third The attendance was considerably slimmer than on previous Metropoli tan hnndicao days, ine enure mini no - . : - her amrreaated less than 10.000 but in view of the ban placed on track betting by the Agnew law, the fall ing off not so much as to cause sur prise. The net results oi me " not materially altered, betting ot a .nrt hem tolerated. This new form however, is a travesty of former prac tice. Oral betting was permitted, lay ers of odds taking up their station on ih. onneihure in front of the grand- Utnml and in whisoers and by nods - j, . wureri and nave odds, rio v.w.v ..-0 t w v it mnniv rnanscu iimuus, m. Ur trimtinii to the better to searcn -- , him out and the better trusted to the bookmaker in tne same wsn..u w.... ever won P6ACHINQ JAPS. Warned Out of Seal Fishing Limita Up North. SEATTLE. May 13.-A cablegram from Cordova says that while en from Tuncau to Cordova on tne Portland J- R. Willis. Collec tor of Customs for Alaska warned a Japanese sealing schooner to leave irted fishinir limits- The 7 .... . v 1 .. - oiler ns siehted in Yakutat Bay. ,.. . . . ,u. v.tc.i To ertor Wi Us boarded the vessel ... vr,r and found it to be the Mm Ma u . hnord and he was eiven six hours to .:.,. Lt .to se, uncle, -1 y f coiiec.or .. . - - nr was wamns lur 111c u'K ....... . -- - . . .; . seals now going up the AtasKa This is the second JP" found w th n the restricted fishing -. - limits this spring. STUDENT LOST. KRW YORK. May 13-The polic have been asked to look for Thomas P. Williams 18 years old, a Harvard c...tn who is reoorted to . have stmntrclv disappeared from the home of his uncle in Bethle, Conn. His sister in this city, with whom he made his home, said that he had suf fered a hreakdown from overstudy and that she feared he had wandered away without knowing where he was r o WARE, THE BLUEl CHICAGO. May 13- Abraham Mcrinbaum.'the pardon clerk in May or Ttusse's office, is sounding a warn -- , , . li.. inor aeamst the use of blue Diotters - - .... r .l- .1 :..lc sd in orenarlnjr innorer ui uiut.u I Trnm run tTiiciiitv.fi. f vi.-v. ... f-t - T - j.-w-d. and in snnnort of uicm ii - .1 n a rnnrenEiuii ttuvwo n. finirer which prevents his writing " ..d.d him de Tfl I IT. V HWrVi W sivji ,.-.., - - clares cases of blood poisoning from colored blotters are frequent Coast League, Portland 6, Vernon I. Sacramento 1, Los Angeles 3 San Francisco 0. Oakland 3. Northwest League. Spokane 2, Seattle 4 Aberdeen 3. Vancouver 0. Portland 1, Tacoma 5. American League. St. Louis-Philadelphia Rain. Detroit 4, New York 6. Cleveland 1, Boston 8- National League-. Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg 6 New York 4, Chicago 1. Brooklyn 2, St. Louis 1. Boston 3, Cincinnati 2 (12 innings.) NAME IS RESTORED. WASHINGTON, May 13.-By the end of the present week the name of Jefferson Davis will have been chisel ed into the stone in famous Cab'n John's Bridge 6 miles west of this city ex-President Roosevelt having given instruction to this effect pre vious to his retirement. As tne bridge was built when Mr. Davis was Secretary of War his name was con tained in the stone tablet in the structure, which is the aqueduct over which the district's water supply pas ses. During president uncoin s aa- ministration and after Mr. Davis had become President of the Confederacy, the latter's name was chiseled out by some stanch adherent of the Union- m of AGIST SHE CLEMENCEAITS POSITION IN POSTAL STRIKE ENDORSED BY LARGE A MAJORITY PARIS. May 13.-The turbulent scenes in the session of the Chamber of Deputies today resulted in a vic tory for Premier Clemenceau wnen tbe government policy with regard w the postal strike was emphatically in dorsed by a vote of 4S4 to 59 includ ing also the government's insistence that postal employees and othe.- functionaries have no right to strike. Immeditaely after the chamber pass ed a vote of confidence in the gov .,nment hv 36S to 7S. The strikers the rebuke with a shrug Jt th. shoulders declaring it only served to bind closer their forces which would soon startle the country by big increases and rapid extensions. v the other hand it is intimated that the government has no other plans in view to offset any serious growth of the strike. Up to midnight there was no rhamre in the situation. If any thing it was in the direction of weak' ening the strike sentiment. The gen eral impression is that if the move ment does not make vast strides to morrow, it is almost certain ui v.ui.i- plete failure- I UN BE T0ISILES8 NATION YET AmmriTES CUTTING OUT TONSILS AND THROATS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS CHICAGO, May 13--The whole cj1 rnttimr out tonsils and throats of everyone subject to tuberculosis, is advocated by physicians attending the 54th annual convention of the 11- i:nn;. Womeooathic Medical Associa- lilivij -i t tinn Tonsils clearly had no fricna among the assembled physicians. One described them as things gooa to: hreedine microbes. Another deciar ed that no use for them has ever been found and that the argeement was general that their removal checked incipient tuberculosis. "Twelve per cent of the children examined recently" said Dr. Richard H. Street," were found infected with incipient tuberculosis. When the DEPUTIES Reduction in Rates by Hill and HarHman Lines Will Injure Pacific Coast Cities POSTPONED TEMPORARILY At Present Rates Are in Favor of Eastern Jobbera and Prejudicial to Pacific Jobbera and Action of Rate 1 Case Haa Been Suspended. SAN FRAN'dlSCO, May 13- Be lieving that a reduction in the freight rates to inland distributing point or dered recently by Hill and Harriman lines in accordance with the decisio i of the interstate commerce commis sion in so-called Spokane rate case will seriously injure the Pacific Coast cities to which no corresponding re duction has been made. William R, Wheeler, traffic manager of the Mer chants' fcxenange. w.reo tne Kioners toaav as&iuic iui otaj i ' . 1 . f . . . their approval ot proposed rates un- 1 r r tu tne coas! cuie nav, ... r portun.ty to snow me ,p, . i iT - as i new tariff- When the commission ae. . : a ciaeu we apoKanc raic sasc iu" S railroads in revising their tariff, to take into consideration rates from - . :.. racne ov,a iu ...v, . business of coast cities would not ettectea aavcrseiy, in mun vwH an even balance between merchants . i la, m baiftft competing for the same trade. Under . pc .. 8 , ' , . ... . tne runnsr wneeicr iiu . si,... Mm.a is now with east- . . ern lobbinir nouses in iniciiuvmuia... district, and cities of the Pacific especialy San Francisco, will be at a special disadvantage. WASHINGTON, May 13-Supple mental order was issued today by tn interstate commerce commission in the so-called Sookane rate case, by which the commission's order is post poned temporarily as to Chicago and Morthwestern. Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railroad Naviiration Company. It is not nnlikelv that the order may be abro oated entirely so far as tne lines , ronrerned as the ole UlCllt.ui.lu - - made in their behalf that the distance hetween them from Chicago to Spok ane is about 400 miles farther than via the Northern Pacific and Great Vorthem. Therefore it would be a great hardship upon them to compel .i a. 1 1 (.lrlif from C hirntrO to tncni ;v mm itvtB... o- Spokane at the same rates as given .. . by the northern roads. tonsils of these children were remov ed there was complete recovery. nr. Rurton Hazeltine, secretary of the association expressed his approval of this incident of tonsils. , Tir Haze tine aaaeo. mat mcu.ui men have been unable to find a rea- -i son for the existence of tonsils ana have decided that they are a vestigal lite the aooendix of a lower fnrm of life. "It is Drobable," he continued, that thev had some use in some pre vious stage of animal life, but we are unable to discover what that use was GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN. TACOMA. May 13. -The hrst Great Northern train ever seen in T rn evhihition todav. It I .ll.tJltlct n O J v.. .... j . rv.i.. V.1.1H is one ot tne ae uuk mum . r. i,o ririontnl limited service which IK'l tl-v j . ..... - begins on May 23. SMALLPOX NOW. CHICAGO. May io. --D..uw.., nr. ond. whose marriage with . .. ,, t ( Mrs. .Marshall Field. Jr; was one oi the sensations of the London fash- ionahle. wor d last summer, is umici ... . J... - . , going a severe attacK ot esmaupu. He was taken ill at his villa at Cannes . .. . ... c i. . : ., , hi e he ana nis wiie wcic suiuui.f.'s there and. for a time ne was i"bm. . r .,: fuli by his doctors to be in danger of life. The family and servants were in quarantine. BROOKLYN, 111-, May 13.-Neal Harris a negro, is held in Madison County Jail here in connection with the killing of Charles Cheatham, over a game of craps and it has not been decided- whether Madison county or St. Clair County will prosecute. The men were throwing the dice Wednes day with the county line between them so that the approach of officers from either direction would enable them to transfer their operations to the unrepresented county. The Madi son County coroner viewed Cheat ham's body which had fallen into St- Claire County and refused responsibil ity. Tlfc St. Claire County coroner said the colored man was in Madison County and the case should be hand led by Madison County. mm mm IS ABLY DISCUSSED SEVERAL NOTED MEN DISCUSS QUESTION OF IMPORTANCE TO CERTAIN CHURCHES -.cTnv , n,larWfrv men W ... ...... " M J ... arintr the rhurch was seen in tne - - . nl mentally and SDintual . , . . ... officef matin k vj - - an a(1HreSS hefore the " Eniscooal congress. Dr. Darlington s . , attack on the new TV?'"I. ftml. idea in. which it was strongly defend- ,j o " - f. iidiijuwu a a church had at times suffer d many h- - - theraoy becomes a function of church the opportunities ot aucn peop.c .rc -- . ..1,:i:.l tw Pnnroll eairt that th . , . IClllClll tltlU stuiaiit. save osvehotheraphy to scientific medicine by placing on the physicians for determination of the time and in stances in which it is to be employed. Blillll'SLOYE THEN IN JAIL Itt-AY I ESTATE BROKER SEN TENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY. . rajjsas rjlTY, May 13.-Charles . . t ...... 1 1... ....o.H h xnora, a real csiaic uiumh q winning the iove 0 a number of I . . -.- p ., - tt.:...i women in various cities oi mc uimcu States and inducing them to part with their money, was sentenced today to five years in the penitentiary- ti was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses from Miss Car . H.jiton . Kansas Citv milliner . . . .. . . , ,. women who did not care ne nau aisu uuicmiu au.t.a - j . ...... r the ' notoriety. SHIVELY WILL NOT Does Not Care For Special Session of Legislature! But Will Stand SEATTLE, May 13--On his way to Spokane to answer to indictments , - ury there, insurance ommissiuuc: J J today ' . . , - 1 , - ,, . .t. t Will UUt ica.Ktt t.tv w.i.vv. - have mven tun consiuerauua iv . n 9cgsion of thc - . lcnininiuit, tt w..v -" -- l. to the sienincanee to me i i . . . .. his fi Iron Ore Placed on the Free List in the House has Duty Put on in Senate BAILEY'S CHARACTERISTIC Votea For Tariff on Ore aa the Best Way to Deal With That Organiza tion aa They Will Eventually Land in the Penitentiary. WASHINGTON, May 13.-After a dav devoted to a discussion of the iduty on iron ore, the senate adopted.' j by a vote of 61 to 64 the recom mendations of the committee on finance for a duty of 25 cents per ton. The house had placed that ar- . . . . . .. . m. - .... tide on the tree user., i ne uingiey rate was 40 cents per ton. Partv ilnes were entirely eliminat ed in the vote today as 17 democrats voted aye and 12 republicans voted no. Durinsr the dav Senator Bailey announced that he proposed to vote for the duty on iron ore as a revenue measure declaring that free ore did not affect the prosperity of the United States steel corporation and added, that even if it did there is a better way to deal with that orga nization, which is by the enforce ment of the anti-trust Taw against it He declared he expected to see this law enforced and expressed confi dence that eventually the officers of the steel corporation would be either in the penitentiary or fugitives from justice. For the first time there was a suggestion looking or the fixing of the date for a vote on the tariff bill but it came to naught because of the objection of Senator Beveridge. N. P. EXTENSION. SEATTLE. May 13.-H. C Nutt, general manager of the Northern Pacific on the lines west Of Trout Creek, Mont., says the Northern Pa cific has for many years contem plated running a sHort line through the Lolo Pass to the Snake River- It has made 1 several surveys t which makes it easy for. it to file a survey on its line in either Idaho or Mon tana, and in this way they are far ahead of the other roads that are seeking to penetrate that region. FOR COMMISSION CONTROL. SEATTLE, May 13.-TFormer Gov ernor Joseph W. Folk in a lecture at the University of Washington last nitht advocated the commission form O TT of government for municipalities. He said that the great advantage ot gov ernment by commission is that it centralizes power. He also made an attack upon the liquor forces ad the saloons. RESIGN OFFICE Pat on His Record state, but I believe the taxpayer would rather spend every dollar in ; the state treasury than do an injus- tice to an innocent man. I am going to stand oat and there will be no resignation. I handled more than i million of dollars 'while deputy state , insurance commissioner and not a. dollar was misappropriated by me a my books will show- I have not beer guilty of wrong doing and will no resign." S S