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remarkable keynote In respect to busi-
he was reviewing the speech he made
here recently to representative steel and
iron mn, Mr.. Gary Is quoted ~ saying:
'"Too many men have learned too late
that the friendship Of the public and the
confidence Of ones competitors are the
most desirable elements In business.
II want to see how competitors sue
cecd. II Is the policy Of the steel cor.
poration not to crush competition by
fair or foul means, The steel trust
controls about 90 per cent Of the stee
and iron business Of the United States
and there Is no intention Of enlargins
that control. We believe conditions will
be better with healthy rivalry.
ut Is clear that the U. s. Steel Cor
poration with its extensive resouce
could use It's giant strength, like othel
corporations to crsuh competition. But
in the end would the game be worth th'
candlet The corporation would become
an object OF attack. In my judgment
such policy would be the undoing o
our corporation in which billions of dol
lars are invested
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MAXWELL STILL IN JAIL.

NEW YORK. Nov. 22.--Howard Max
well, the indicted former president Of
the Borough Bank OF Brooklyn. unable
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-11-24

to secure bondmen as security for MIN
in the sum Of $4,000 and he was com
PEELED to remain today in jail.
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BUSINESS RIVALRY.
Steel Magnate Strikes New Keynote in
This Respect.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.--E. Il. Gary,
chairman Of the directorate Of the U. s,
Steel Corporation, has struck q new and
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SURPRISING APPLE CROP REPORT.
Prof. PAUL Says Orchards Near Paonia
Will Bear Three-F0urths of
Full Crop.

Prof. PAUL returned from
trip to the North Fork yester-
day and brings back an astonish-
ing report as TO the condition OF
the apple crop IN the vicinity of
Paonia According to Prof PAUL..
and he is certainly reliable author
ity, in that particular locality
there will be three fourihs of a
full apple croo. This is indeed
surprising information as Paonia
seemingly received harder
freeze than any other part OF the
county. but it IS evident the
later freezes did not occur there.
Prof. PAUL ascribeS this condition
TO the fact that later buds. and
- hich at the time OF the cold
snap were undeveloped. and
would not have developed at all
under normal conditions. were
stimulated by the extraordinary
nourishment which they received
after the forward buds were
killed and came on in sufficient
numbers TO produce the result
mentioned above.
Prot PAUL visited the Mathews.
Yooum, Weldon Hammond. Cur
tbs. Rule and Roberts orchards.
in all OF which he says three
fourths of a full crop will obtain
and he was told that similar con-
ditions prevail in orchards IN the
same vicinity which he did not
have time to inspect.
Mr.. PAUL also VISITED the Craw-
ford country on this trip. where
he says the fruit industry is grow
ing in constant favor. Thous-
ands of young trees were set out
this spring. He considers that
a very good section but says the
people are not posted on the care
of trees and horticultural subjects
in general as they are in other
parts of the country.-Delta In
dependent.
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NO. 43

trifle skeptical as to its merits, he
invited party of them up one
morning 10 inspect it. The time
came. the party assembled and
the genial sergeant pressed the
button, the apparatus responded
beautifully; the sliding doors
opened and the tub glided grace
fully into the room and was
greeted with cheer after cheer by
the boys. who said it was the best
they had ever seen. The SER
geant's wife was taking a bath in
it at the time!-The Kazooster.
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A Top-Noteher.

From the Santa Cruz Surf.
handed us by A. G. Rose, we clip
the following notice of sale of an
apple crop in California:
To-day J. 5. Menasco sold the
1907 apple crop OF his orchard.
near Corralitos. in this valley. to
J. P Miovich & Co. for $4,000.
This is certainly going some.
The orchard consists of about 40
acres of well aged apple trees,
mostly Newtowns.-Paj Pajaronian.
Our readers will observe that
the price, while large in round
numbers, is not up to the high
standards attained in North Fork
orchards. According to these
figures their crop will bring little
over two hundred dollars per
acre. We can site many orchards
here that will do that we'll which
are considered nearly failure on
account of the freeze.
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A New York Bath Tub.

Ex-Sergeant Hogan of the New
York police force. the well. known
millionaire, has the reputation of
being one of the LATEST men in
the world. 1t has been a source
of annoyance to him to have to
walk across his room each morn
ing to his bath. SO he devised a
scheme whereby the tub. filled
with warm water, ran on rails,
and all he had to do was to press
a button on the side of his bed
and the tub would come sliding
into the room and stop by the
bedside, and he could fall out of
his downy couch into the bath.
After a few trials to convince
himself that the apparatus worked
perfectly. Sergeant Hogan told
some OF his friends about his new
invention, but, as they seemed a
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A Pretty Custom.

One OF the prettiest religious
customs in all the world prevails
in Mexico. No matter what may
be the station or wealth of indi-
vidual members OF a parish. all
are dressed alike when they at
tend church. Women may. and
do. possess Partisan gowns, but
hey are not for vulgar display in
the house OF God. All women
must dress tor church in plain
black gowns. with black mantillas
tor the head. Thus do the priests
of Mexico impress on their peo-
pie that, notwithstanding earthly
disparity, all are equal in the
sight OF God.-Newark Monitor.
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Uncle John Graham Very Low.

Since Saturday last when he
was seized with a iainting spell,
Mr.. John Graham has been un-
able to leave his bed. and his
friends and relatives are gathered
about his bedside with inexpres-
sibly saddeued hearts to think
that this noble old man may
soon pass away. His physicians
give but little hope. John Gra-
ham Jr. and family arrived here
from Jacksonville. Mo-. via Percy.
Monday evening tu be at the bed
side and sons. George and Arthur
of Paonia. Colorado, are also ex-
pected to arrive today.-Prairie
City, Iowa. News.
LATER:-On Sunday last word
was received by members of the
family here that Mr.. Graham had
passed away on Saturday evening.
The family have the sympathy of
all in their great loss.
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the Orient" The passage of the
wheat tariff bill followed in the
spring 1914. although it was not
until the next session that the
GROWING act OF folly was COM
mitted. namely, the passage of
the japanese exclusion act which
not only closed our ports 10 all
Japanese imports but to all Japa-
nesc. and ordered every Japanese
in this country. not a naturalized
citizen, to depart within two
months.
The effect OF this order may
readily be imagined. American
goods had long been tabooed IN
the Orien, under Japanese domi-
nation. Our treaty rights in the
treaty ports remained technically
perfect. since TO violate them
would have been to percipitate
the war before Japan was ready.
Ten years had elapsed since ia
pan had emerged from her CON
iiict with Russia triumphant but
bankrupt. During these years
her commercial policy had re-
turned enormous dividends. She
had borrowed heavily from
England and the United States
and. with this capital. had devel-
oped the rich mines of Ssghalien
obtained from Russia by the
peace terms. Tne mines OF Man
churia. though nominally Chinese.
had yielded enormous returns to
the japanese exploiters. The
wheat fields had lain all of the
Orient under tribute to Japan. and
little Korea had been wrung out
of all of her possessions by the
skillful manipulation of Marquis.
Ito.
The Japanese navy. increased
after the war with Russia. had
gone on in building until in num-
Der OF ships, in armament and
men, it nearly equaled our own.
Its force in the Pacific was in ex-
cess of ours. Moreover. it was
manned by Japanese. trained un-
der officers who had been trained
at Annapolis, and its ships had
been constructed by the best
brains OF America, imported for
the purpose. Our one element of
strength seemed to be in the fact
that we were beyond striking dis
tance from Japan, across seven
thousand miles of ocean, while
the steaming radius of the big
battle-ships was but FIVE thousand
miles. In potential strength in
men we we're about twice as
strong as Japan; but here again
japan was stronger in effective
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IL IS not my purpose to write
detailed history of those years.
nor TO deal with the internal pol
icy OF the United States at that
troubulous time; only in so far as
the acts then done and the things
lett undone apply TO this war with
Japan are they necessary Presi-
dent McMurphy was a man whose
prototype was Dennis Kearney.
10 whose instrumentaliiy do the
Chinese owe their exclusion from
this country. For many years
had California protested against
the admission OF the Japanese and
urged their exclusion. which
stung the japanese jus, as they
we're emerging from a victorious
war with the world power. and
wounded their newly inflated
pride. A little later renewed
offense was given TO Japan by
California through the attempted
exclusion of the japanese from
the public schools.
The diplomatic policy OF Presi
dent Roosevelt. together with the
self interest OF the Japanese IN
desiring more American capital
for the Manehurian wheat fields.
caused these troubles to be
smoothed over for the time being:
but the sentiment of California.
our frontier to Japan. remained
ngidly hostile and no chance was
overlooked to express that feel
ing. In season and out of season
the representatives of California.
led by Senator Shantry, urged
npon the country not the
yellow" but the "brown peril"
and gradually. as the success of
the commercial rivalry of the
Japanese began to be seen. and
their whole plan of trade con-
quest OF the Orient realized, the
sentiment OF the country approxi-
mated that of our Pacific coast.
A thousand incidents. each in
significant in itself, added eumu
latively to the sum total, and
when Japan, after crowding our
own goods out of the Orient be-
gan sending similar products back
TO us IN American-built ships, the
last straw had been added to the
eamel's back. First we saw the
spectacle of heavy tariff on the
Importation of wheat. cotton, etc.
from the Orient. practically pro-
hibitivc. This was the first i'm
portant act of the new Congress,
and in his message in December.
1918, President McMurphy threw
all reserve to the wind and Bit
ierly arraigned the Yankees of
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strength. since She had a mer-
chant marine with our own ships
as a basis from which to take
transports. while we had practi-
cally none.
This was the situation when the
Japanese exclusion act was
passed. Japan was instantly in a
blaze and. throwing of her usual
smiling face. demanded its re
traction. Count Tcrashima. now
Prime Minister. did not mince his
words when he said: "The sub
jects of the Mikado refuse Ia. be
insulted and placed in the light of
being an inferior people Sec
retary OF State Levinson replied
IN a dignihed manner, but with
the positive assertion that this
country demanded the exclusion
of all Japanese. Then followed
the Toxic and Kiota rios. when
the American Ambassador was
driven fleeing dowit<he streets in
his night garments and Americans
were assaulted on all sides. SO
serious became the attacks upon
all Americans that. in addition to
diplomatic protests. the battle
ship Kentucky with the armored
cruiser New York and the pro-
tected crusier Denver were dis.
patched from Manila. Every one
knows the result. Marines were
landed without opposition. only
to be attacked m the harbor by a
squadron OF three japanese battle
ships and four cruisers. and
quickly sunk.
No declaration OF war had been
made; none seemed TO be required.
1t appears now that Japan had
been preparing tor this step as
the one thing necessary TO de-
stroy forever our prestige in the
Far East and TO secure for him
self the Philippine Islands which.
after eighteen years of American
occupation, were beginning TO
demonstrate to the world their
wonderful richness and CONNER
cial vaiue.
Though backward in develop
ment. owing to our policy regard
ing them. it had been shown be-
yond peradventure that their min
eral deposits, gold, silver, copper
and coal. were rich; that their
yield of hemp, rubber. gut,a-
percha, cocoa and hard woods
were beyond the dreams of ava
rice. and, the development work
geing well advanced. no better
time could be found than the
present to seize them.
The sinking of the Kentucky
was sufficient cause OF war. Just
as the sinking of the Maine in
Havana Harbor was sufficient
cause for war with Spain in the
latter part of the last century.
But here there was no question
of doubt as to responsibility. The
country, having run heedlessly
into this situation. was aghast at
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OUR WAR WITH JAPAN.
Setting Forth Brief History of Events Ending March. 1871,
BY Atherton Brownen.

a
Browne setting
this nnextw week
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CONTINUED on page twol
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-10
Woman Who Doped Men for
Millions Lies on Her
Death Bed.
sICK::FRoM EATING RICH FOOD
Cassie Chadwick Has Been Living Too
High In Penitentiary at Columbus and
Glutinous Appetite Brings on Attack
of Heart Failure.

COLUMBUS, Oct. o. Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick is pronounced mortally Ill.
Her physicians refuse 10 state how long
they think she can last. For some days
she has been unable 10 retain nourish.
ment and she is seemingly Indifferent to
her fate and apparently resigned to the
fact that the end is fast approaching.
Mrs. Chadwick has been confined to
her bed since the first severe attack
three weeks ago. When talking to her
son she suddenly collapsed and was un.
conscious for some time.
Her trouble is an attack of heart fail
ure caused directly for indulging in rich
food. Mrs. Chadwick made profession
OF the Roman Catholic faith yesterday
and the rites of baptism were admins
tered to her by the Catholip chaplin OF
the prison, as she lay on her bed.
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oLD-TIMER's SON A MURDERER.
Charlie Churchill Quarrels With Ray
Ziegler, Gets Gun, Kills.

NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, Oct. o.
The shooting of Ray Ziegler by Charlie
Churchill last night arose from an ordi-
nary barroom quarrel in the afternoon.
Following this, Churchill went home and
got his gun. In the evening he met
Ziegler on Front street. iZegler appar-
emily had forgotten the trouble in the
afternoon and made an attempt to speak
to Churchill, who pulled his gun and at
q distance of four or FIVE feet fired twice
into Ziegler's body. Ziegler dropped, dy-
ing instantly.
Churchill fled into the saloon, pursued
by two policemen, but the fugitive es-
capped through the back door and van
ished. An hour later he surrendered to
Policeman Storey at the old Churchill
home. When arrested he shed tears and
declared he fred in self defense, but this
is denied by number of eyewitnesses.
Churchill is son of the late Al Church
i'll, an old-timer and one of the wealth.
lest men of the city in his lifetime.
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SpARS HARD FOR BAIL.
Defense Gets Nothing Better Than An
other Postponement, However.

BOISE, Oct. 0.--fIhe attorneys being
unable to reach an agreement among
themselves, the matter OF postponng the
trial of George A. Pettibone. accused Of
completely in the murder OF former Gov
ernor Steunenberg, was taken up in
court today by Judge Wood. who pre-
sided at the Haywood trial, The de.
\ fense continued its tactics OF trying to
force the state to grant bail to the pris.
.oner. his attorneys declaring he demand
ed immediate trial or release on bond.
Unless bail were granted, they declared
Pettibone would 60 on trial at this time,
even il the strain of the ordeal cost him
his life. Judge Wood said he was in.
formed that Pettibone was unable to
leave the hospital and return to Jail.
Under such circumstances he could not
see how he could be placed on trial Tues.
day next, the day set for his hearing to
begin. As to granting bail, the judge
declared this was matter to be con-
sidered separately fro mthe postpone
ment and after the original matter had
been disposed Of. Adjustment Of the
matter was finally postponed until to-
morrow, when Clarence Darrow, Petit.
bones chief counsel, will be in court.
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BUYS TWO OIL STEAMERS.
Oriental Steamship Co. Largely to In
crease California Japan Oil Traffic.

LONDON, Oct. 9.--The Togo Kisen
Kaisha Oriental Steamship Coz, has
purchased through Lawther Latta & Co.
a 1900 ton steamer for 100000 which
will be employed in the oil trade be-
tween southern California and Japan.
The company has also bought the Brit
ish steamer Herminos, which will be
renamed Soyo Maru, which will be en-
ployed in the same trade. The company
has a fve.year contract, under which it
will take 600 tons OF California oil daily.
tt II understood that 1t intends largely
to increase the number OF its tank
steamers.
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JUDGE COCHRAN ILL.
Withdraws From the Decatur Murder
Trial.

DECATUR, Oct. 0.-Judge Cochran,
who is presiding in the Magill murder
trial became i'll today and notified the
lawyers for both sides he will withdraw
from the case tonight. The lawyers have
agreed on another judge VIII shall be
called to continue the case. II necessary,
court will be adjourned till Friday. When
the court met in afternoon recess today
the Judge ordered the sheriff to bring in
a panel of so more men to be examined
for jury duty.
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Standard Oil Prodding Reveals
Discrimination by Steam
er Lines.
GAVE BIG TRUST HALF RATE
Manager of New York Company,
Crowded From African Field, Takes
Satisfaction in Telling Story Of Down
ing Competition.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.--The Journal of
Commerce today says the shipping trade
here is greatly interested and somewhat
concerned at the turn taken by the Fed.
eral inquiry into the operations Of the
Standard Oil Company. which may lead
to investigation by the bureau of
corporations of relations Of steamship
lines with corporations engaged in heavy
export business.
This is expected to follow evidence
given by Philip Harrison, manager Of
the New York Lubricating Oil Company.
Harrison charged that five steamship
lines had made discrimination in rates
in favor of the Standard until his firm
was forced to pay more than twice as
much as the trust for transportation OF
oil. By reason of this his company was
forced from the South African field.
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Former Wife Claims Husband
Wronged Girl.
He LEAVES HIS LATEST WIFE
Goes to Nevada Leaving Complicated
Affair Through the Trust Placed in
Scoundrel by Young Girl From the
Normal School.

REDDING. CAL, Oct. 9.-Mrs. B. A.
Sloeum, of Sacramento, arrived here
yesterday to investigate marriage in
this city on August 81 of Bert M. Slo-
cum and Miss Leonora Lewis. student
in Chico Normal School. Mrs. Slocum,
from Sacramento, convinced the officers
as well as the relatives of Miss Lewis
that the groom was her husband, whom
she married IL years ago and to whom
she had borne two daughters.
On her complaint warrant for
bigamy was sworn out for Slocum. His
whereabouts are unknown. The new wife
wrote from Portland week ago that
her husband had gone to Tonopah. When
in Redding, Slocum apparently was
man of means. Prior to July he was
travelling salesman for the Bass Hustler
Paint Company.
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BROUGHER TO SPEAK AT SEATTLE.

SEATTLE, Oct. 9.-More than 100
ministers and lay delegates attended the
first session of the Northwest Baptist
Convention yesterday. Much enthusiasm
was shown at yesterdays session, and
delegates are nearly all in favor of
widening the scope of the church. Rev.
j. Whitcomb Brougher Of Portland, will
deliver the principal address at tonight's
session on "Denominational Readjust-
ments and Opportunities"
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Married Man Charged With Cut.
ting Her Throat In a
Struggle.
THEN CLAIMS SHE SUICIDED
Samuel Whitlow Held on Charge Of
Numbering May Sapp, Whose Body
Was Found Recently With Two Cashes
in Throat.

MORAN, Miss. Oct. 9.--May Sapp.
whose dead body was found In her faith
ers yard here on the night Of September
27, with her throat cut. did not commit
suicide according TO the opinion Of two
physicians who testified before coro.
ner's jury in Moran today.
Samuel +. Whitlow, married man, Is
now being held in lola for investigation.
He had told the jury in that city that
that the girl killed herself because he
refused to elope with her. DR.. Dclong
testified that the cuts In the girls throat
were too deep to be self'inficted and
the fact that there were two cuts in
dicated murder.
DR.. Lambeth testiged he believed the
girl died ten seconds after the second
wound was inflicted and thought II a
physical impossibility for her to have
committed suicide. ohm n. Sapp, father
OF the dead girl. testified that he owned
a razor. but the one found near the
body was not the one.
Mrs. Whitlow and her sons corrobo'
rated the statements OF her husband be.
fore the jury.
Homer Mailer testified he saw Whit.
low 20 to Sapp's house on the night OF
the tragedy. but did not see Miss app
come out to meet him. as Whitlow said
she did.
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AL LIVE CHILDREN AT DEATKBED.

COTTAGE GROVE, Or, Oct. 81. Fl.
Teeter, an esteemed pioneer citizen of
this place, was stricken with paralysis
yesterday while conyersing with neigh
Dor few blocks from his home, and died
a few 2ours later. He was born in Mis-
souri, in 1884, and moved to California
in 1852, and came to Oregon in 1866. In
1864 he was married to Miss Williams
in Idaho, and five children were born to
them, three boys and two girls, all of
whom were at his death bed. Funeral
services were conducted this morning,
wit hinterment in Shields Cemetery.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS

train was between stations OF Elwar
and Boozenhof, the robbers suddenly
opened fire on the car ahead Of them In
which bank official with the money
In his custody was travelling. The Of
fetal returned the fire and for while
the exchange Of shots was lively and
CONSERVATION reigned on the train. When
the melee finally was over 1t was dis
covered that gendarme, two passeng-
ers and one of the robbers had been
killed and that the bank official and sew
eral passengers, including woman, had
made their escape and the bank official
saved his money.
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NOT ON MAJESTIC.
Mystery Of Eloping Heiress Helen Ma.
loney, Crows Deeper.

LONDON, Oct, 0.--1be purser Of the
steamer Majestic, which left New York
Ooctber 2 and was stated to have among
her passengers Samuel Clarkson, young
Englishman, and his bride. who was Miss
Helen Maloney, daughter OF Martin Ma.
loney, OF Philadelphia, was interrogated
today upon the subject by wireless tele.
graphy. lie replied that II Mr. and Mrs.
Clarkson are on board, they are travel
Ing ndcr assumed names. as there are no
passengers ON the Majestic registered AZ
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarkson. The Majestic is
due 10 arrive at Plymouth today.