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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11

cults. The strikers declare they all be.
long to the union. These men have been
told to notice il telegraph companies are
sending messages by long distance tele-
phone that would ordinarily be sent as
kilograms and II so to refuse to allow
such messages TO be handled.
The local executive committee OF the
union will meet tomorrow to consider
the adyisability of ordering $50 men
employed on leased wires in Chicago to
quit work. II such a plan is put into
execution and the men respond the Chi
cago Board Of Trade will be put out of
business as well as other corporations
and companies which have leased wires.
The points already affected and the
total strikers are:
Western Union-Chicago ll50. Hous.
ton so, Kansas City $780, Topeka s, Okla.
homa City 10, Pueblo s, New Orleans 100,
Nashville rs, Columbus 70, Memphis
60, Dallas los, Meridian, Miss, 10;
jackson, Miss, 10; Minneapolis 90. Mill
waukee 80, st. Louis 225, Helena 40,
Salt Lake 80, Colorado Springs 10, Dem
yer rs, Fort Worth 40, FL Paso IS, st.
Paul 100, Los Angeles 50, Fargo 10,
Omaha 90, Sioux City 25, Knoxville l5.
Postal-Chicago 500, Kansas City 20,
Topeka s. Oklahoma City 10, New Or.
leans 90, Dallas 40, Memphis so. Jack
son, Tenn, 5; Augusta a5, st. Louis 80,
Milwaukee s5, Birmingham e5, Omaha
2s.
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SAN FRANCISCO, August l0.-Tele-
graphers' Union No. 81, embracing the
union operators Of San Francisco and
Oakland will meet tomorrow afternoon
to decide whether they will strike or re-
main at their keys. There is said to be
at present no pronounced majority either
one way or the other and the result of
the vote is matter of conjecture.
One quiet canvass is said to have dis
closed the sentiment of opposition to
striking among the men who were idle
in the first trouble and who. it is
claimed, were cramped financially by
their enforced vacation.
The following telegram was received
by President Small from Stewart who is
at Los Angeles:
q have been informed you called
meeting for tomorrow for vote wheth-
er the strike shall be called at San Fran
cisco and Oakland. / trust this is not
true. Even to vote on such proposition
there inside of 80 days from July 10
would indicate a willingness to break
the agreement and strike there would
end all possibility of settlement here"
Small sent the following reply: "The
report is not correct, To hint at will
ingness on our part to brake an agree
ment sounds like huge joke. l re-
spectfully suggest that you return to
Oakland and investigate carefully. You
will find Manager 0'Brien and Chief
Operator Jeffs have broken the agree
ment every hour of the day since June
10. The matter cannot be adjusted To-
cally. See my message to Wootsn,"
Smalps reference to Wooten means
that the latter wired him today asking
if the reinstatement of Ryan, whose dis
charge caused the walkout would result
in the settlement of the strike. Small
replied that the Los Angeles strike had
ceased to be local one and having be-
come national he no longer was able to
control it.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11

SPOKANE, August l0--The east
bound passenger train No. . on the
Great Northern was wrecked at 1850
this morning about mile west OF Milan
The wreck occurred as the train was
rounding sharp curve and was caused
BY rails spreading. Every car left the
track except tho engines the mail and
baggage cars and smoker turned com
pletely over and rolled down twenty
foot cmhankment.
The interior OF this car 10 badly
wrecked. The day car and the tourist
sleeper lay on their sides The uinef
left the track but did not upset, The
Pullman also lef, the track and lays on
It's side just at the edge OF the river
The injured will number 20, with two
serious. Relief from here arrived at the
scene about 2;3O bringing the injured
back here. Traffic 10 resumed tonight
Many passengers say that the rotten tiei
are responsible for the wreck. The In
jured are;
"A. j. BOWIE, Plaza, Wis.
u. J. Sehope, Spokane,
u. r. JOHNSON, Spokane.
EDWIN MCINTOSH, Buckeye, Wash
GEORGE MERCER, st. Paul, Minn.
ALBERT BISHOP, West Fall, Or
WALTER JABL0NsRI, Fancher, Wis
j. Il. RIVERS, Oakland, Cal.
MATTHEW TUNCLE, Spokane.
LOUIS WELSH, Spokane,
MRS. II. NJ. LEAvEIL, Spokane.
NICK MERCHBS. Spokane.
ALEX MATLESKI, Spokane.
J. q, STAPLEY, indianapolis.
II. u. HACK, Montrose, Colo.
j. Il. HACK, Marshall, Minn.
VICTOR MAGUSoN. Hatton, N, d.
G. +. DENNISoN, Elk, Wash.
TIM HURLEY, Royal Ten, MINI.
s. ROBERTS, Spokane.
L. NJ. COFFEE, Langdon, N. d.
w. i. OLIVER, Oakland Cal.
JOE R0SSANI,
One Japanese
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
PACKING PLANT SCHEME.

CHICAGO, Aug. Ia million dollar
packing plant completely modern in its
details, will be erected at once in Colo
RADIO by the Schwarnzschild and Schuls-
berger, Co., according to a statement by
G. Schulzberger.
The definite location Of the plant has
not been determined. The choice lies
between Denver and Pubic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
GOOD ARTILLERY FIRE.

SEASIDE Or, August l0.--Remark.
able shooting was done here this morning
by the First Battery, Field Artillery. o.
N, q. A l0xl2.foot target was pierced
near the center by shrapncl charge at
distance Of 3700 yards. After the
shrapncl pierced the target II exploded,
covering space Of several hundred
square feet, behind the target. Artil-
lcry officers here say the shooting was
remarkable, and IL as close to perfection
as that done by the regular army sharp.
shooters. The crowd cheered the gun.
nora
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
STRIKE AT OTHER POINTS.


ST. PAUL, August l0.--Tne Western
Union operators walked out here shortly
after 0 o'clock.
AUGUSTA, Ca, August l0.--All the
Postal operators are out.
ST. LOUIS, August l0.--The Postal
telegraph operators walked oat at 0 p.
m. tonight. The Western Union men
went out two hours before.
SIOUX CITY, August l0.--All the
Western Union operators here have
walked out.
OMAHA, August l0.-The entire night
shift Of the Western Union have walked
out but two chiefs and two operators
remained.
HOUSTON. August i0-Both union
and non-union operators at the Western
Union struck here today.
KNOXVILLE. August l0.--Twenty-
five Western Union operators here are
out.
KANSAS CITY, August l0.-The Pos.
tai men are all out. The executive com.
mittee Of the Western Union strikers
met today and formulated demands
which will be submitted to the local
manager of the Western Union Monday.
Operators of both companies demand a
Is per cent raise and an eight hour day.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, August lo.--The
operators of both companies went out
this evening.
COLUMBIA, s. C., August lO.-The
Charleston Postal telegraph operators
have struck.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
BUY TRANSPORTS.
japanese Purchase Two Fine Liners to be
Used for War Needs.

BEILINGHAM, August l0.--A dis
patch TO Revellle from Vancouver, D. G.,
says; To be used as transports In time
Of war. the japanese government has
purchased the steamships Tartar and
Athenian from the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. The craft have been plying
regularly between Australia and Van.
eouver. They are among the finest yes.
sels In the Canadian pacihe's service.
II Is understood the price paid Is about
si0o, 900.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11

examining the local banks, makes the
statement that the Coast League will
have six teams next season, and that
continuous baseball win DO played In
three cities.
"rhe Idea next year" said Mr.. Ewing
sis to form a six-lcague team, with ex.
ira teams at Long Beach or some other
town near Los Angeles, and at Astoria,
few miles from Portland, Or. With
such an arrangement, continuous base
ball can be played at San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Portland, and the crowd
Of baseball fans eau DO held together
better. f,~
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August lO.--Lead and
copper unchanged.
CHICAGO, August 10. - September
wheat opened s7a@ssc; closed 81 l-s@
l-4c.
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lated that there be no settlement Of
local strike without first obtaining the
consent Of other unions on strike
throughout the country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11

YESTERDAYS BASEBALL SCORES.
AT San Francisco-San Francisco |,
Los Angeles 4.
AT Portland-Portland 4, Oakland s.
AT Spokane-Spokane 2. Butte 5.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
SLEEPING APARTMENTS ARE BEING FITTED IN OFFICES

COTS BEING PUT DOWN
NEITHER SIDE WILL COMPROMISE AND PUBLIC WILL BEGIN TO
SUFFER FEW DAYSpRESIDENT SMALL HAS BEEN SENT FOR
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
ASTORIA IN BIG LEAGUE.

BAKERSFIELD, August, l0.--J. Cal
Ewing, president Of the Pacific Coast
Baseball League, who 10 in town today
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
OFFICERS Will QUIT
Heney and Bristol VIII Have to
Receive Backing.
GOVERNMENT MUST HELP

Land Fraud Cases Have Been Dragging
for Months Past and II Federal Gov
ernment Does Not Back up Officers It
Is Said They win Cease Prosecutions
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
PASSENGERS INJURED
Rounding a Curve Train Goes
Into the Dich.-AIl Except
tho Engine.
DOWN 20-rOOT EMBANKMENT

Total Of Injured Ia 40 and Several Are
Likely to Die--ISmoker Rolled Down
tho Embankment and 10 Split to
neutrality-suspicious. Did Not Turn over
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-11
DELAY At FRISCO
Union is Inclined to Keep Agree
ment Of July 19.
SENTIMENT AGAINST STRIKE

Canvass Among Telegraphers Show That
They Are Opposed to Striking on Ac-
count of Being cramped Financially
Will Vote on Strike Proposition.
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ANSWER ON MONDAY
Company.WiIHHaye to Give Fresh
Answer Concerning Car
ter's Removal.
Now WITHDRAW ULTIMATUM

Then President Payne Of the Boiler
makers Refrains From Sending Tele-
gram to Dunn Calling Out General
Strike on All Of the Hartman Lines.
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fight down THE STRIKE
Telegraph Companies Preparing to Meet Strike by
Getting StrikebreakerS.
MEANWHILE LIST OF STRIKERS IS INCREASING

ThrNNne Giles are Experiencing Strike and 1000 Men are
0utChcaso Is the Worst Affected City and II Is Pract
caIy Shut off From the World.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-09
an Official siamese Twin

There must have been keen sense Of
humor possessed by the naval officer who
has evolved for the guidance of unemo-
tional accounting officers in Washington
the pleasing fiction that he was. when II
came 10 the settlement Of his accounts
and the reimbursement of himself for Of
fetal expenses, two separate and distinct
persons. OF course his division of him
self for any such benencent purpose. has
been ruthlessly repealed in language
which conveys TO the claimant the Comp
troller's firm refusal to lend the machin-
cry of government TO any such edifying
spectacle. In the days Of the old navy
there was no quarter. and now there can
be no such halving process even for the
purposes Of individual revenue.
The humorist in this case is Lieut.
Commander c. NJ Mccormick. L. s
Navy. recently an inspector Of powder. or
some such material of war. on the Pacific
Coast where his pilgrimages in behalf OF
the integrity Of governmental speci-
fications were facilitated by the employ
ment of a buggy or other useful type OF
vehicle. to which presumably was at
the outward semblance Of a horse
or horses 1t so happened that the officer
owned outfit which afforded all the
means of transportation, and he used it
freely in the official errands. as he must
do by virtue Of the location Of the pow
der plants he was required to visit When
II came to turning in his accounts. he
submitted a bill for more than one hun
dred dollars, being the item for carriage
hire at the authorized rate of $50 per
diem for period OF seventy days The
/ account was pot allowed. for the reason
that the officer did not hire the vehicle.
but made thrifty use OF his own property
Whereupon ne pointed out TO the Treas
ury Department that Lieut. Comman-
/ der c. NJ Mccormick. L. S. Navy.
! inspector Of powder and so forth. hired
this self-same wagon and its propeIlIng
/ power from Mr.. c. NJ. Mccormick. Ameri-
can citizen. casually residing in the vicin-
! ity of the former. 1t was maintained
that the naval officer should be REIN
bursed to the extent and in the amount
to which he was indebted TO the citizen
The accounting officers have found it
! impossible to accept the naval officers
view. They have figured out just what
il cost Mr.. @. NJ. Mccormick 10 keep
his horse and carriage. and reduced the
expense to 20 or so cents a day including
shoeing and deterioration. II is an arid
mathematical computation, and Lieut..
Commander c. NJ Mccormick is ad-
vised he may pay Mr.. c. NJ. Mccormick
| 81, ,lrov, oil
thorities have narrowly escaped an official
recognition and appreciation OF a dual
career.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-09
Cupid Takes Precedence.

An Oregon justice OF the peace has de-
cided that a marriage license may be
legally issued at any time. regardless
of Sunday laws, legal holidays. or what
not. Recently confronted with the prob
lem in the form of a petition involving
the validity of a marriage license issued
on a legal holiday he promptly gave his
decision in favor OF Cupid. and thus,
strange 10 say. established a precedent
In his State
Common sense prompts US 10 side with
him and believe he is right His line of
reasoning was sound and appealing. He
found. from reading his Bible. that mar
riage was an institution in existence long
before justices OF the peace and legisla-
lures were in existence; long before
license clerks and legal holidays came
into fashion. His entire decision was
predicated upon the ancient and honor
able standing OF the sacrament, and it
was his reverence for that that caused
him to place it far above all human
laws and hindrances.
Again we are constrained to say that
he is right. The idea that marriage is,
in the sight Of the law. merely civil
contract doesn't satisfy the average citi-
zen. He does not want the usual laws of
contracts applied 20 Il. A note for the
payment of money given on Sunday or
q legal holiday may be Illegal and OF
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-09
One Tariff Recommendation. ANYWAY.

Well, there is TO be something in thr
message about the tariff, after all. The
President has promised to recommend
the abolition of the tariff duties on
printing paper, wood pulp, and the wood
that is used In the manufacture Of paper.
in response to the request OF the Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Association.
The duty on these products is one of the
main props of the so-caIIed paper trust
II was levied ostensibly for the protec-
ton Of American industry, but, as IN so
many other branches of manufacture, the
duty helped to develop a monopoly.
1ntrenched behind u high tariff wall
the papermakers began. about a dozen
years ago, TO combine TO raise prices
The various paper mills were ultimately
merged into the General Paper Company.
a concern which was forced by the gov
eminent 10 dissolve as conspiracy In
restraint OF trade. The conspiracy. how
ever. has been recognized in a different
form. Selling agencies control the output
OF apparently independent manufacturers.
and agreements of some sort have been
reached TO Increase the price Of print
paper So a ton this year, and an ad-
ditional SO ton next year. The paper
makers assert that increased cost Of labor
and material justifies this increase. But
it has been shown that the increased cost
OF material is but 81 cents a ton and the
entire cost Of labor less than $40 a ton.
Not one-twelfth the advance in print
paper would go TO labor.
While the paper trust thus mulcts the
domestic consumer, II sells its product
abroad in competition with Canada,
Great Britain, Germany, and Norway
and Canadian mills can sell paper at a
profit in the United States after paying
Sc a ton duty. II is the same old story
Of the tariff and the protected trusts, and
the paper trust is not the only one that
would be brought to time by the applica-
ton Of a little tariff revision. The Presi-
dents decision to urge the removal OF
the paper duties. however, is a significant
entering wedge. 1t strikes the protective
system at a weak point, and may lead
10 greater things.
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The Presidential Future.

Have those who speculate as TO what
President Roosevelt will occupy himself
with on quitting the Executive chair-as-
Stunning that he will not accept a third
term-ever reflected that he might be con-
tent with power without the perquisites
Of officer In other words. that he might
prefer to rule the country through his
party as d political boss?
Mr.. Roosevelts domination of his party
has not been exceeded by that OF any
party leader in American history. He is
at once its platform, its candidate and
its dictator. He Is now essaying a role
that has been played successfully but
once in our national Hfe-by the imperious
statesman whom Mr.. Roosevelt has lately
eulogized as an upright patriot and honest
American whose career should be studied
and assimilated by every public man who
desires 10 be in good faith the servant Of
the whole people Of the United States. 3"
Should he succeed as Andrew jackson did.
what need OF mere Office 70 magnify the
role Of President-maker?
The exercise of political power outside
OF Office is one of the distinguishing char
acteristics of American politics. BY many
it is thought 90 be a most unfortunate
characteristic. No matter. The role OF
boss affords ample room for the energy,
resourcefulness, and genius for practical
politics that are now employed in Great
ing a party organization that will be
ROoseveltian clear through 1t would give
n life Job to a masterfuI parsonage in
want OF imperial occupation.
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Japan for a Lasting Peace. f"

Secretary Roots reassuring statement
that our relations with Japan were pre-
cisely the same as our relations with any
European power is now REINFORCED by the
more specific but not less reassuring ut
terance of Baron Hayashi the japanese
minister of foreign affairs. The baron's
Pacific expressions accord so we'll with
what the best observers concede 20 be
Japan's normal policy toward the United
States-a policy denoted by self-interest
as well as by ideals of peace-that they
may be accepted without reservation as
sincere and unequivocaL The Japanese
government is convinced. says Baron
Hayashi, that the cause OF civilization
as well Us community interests demands
lasting peace and friendship between
these two nations bordering the Pacific"
Mr.. Root has more than once said as
much, and we cordially agree with the
principle which actuates both our own
Secretary Of State and the Japanese for
eign minister.
Baron Hayashi confirms the press re-
ports. heretofore commented upon in
these columns, that the immigration ques-
ton. which at one time threatened 10 be
troublesome. has been settled by the
simple expedient of Japanese regulation
OF emigration from the home country 10
foreign lands. SO far as we are con-
cerned, the willingness of Japan TO con-
form TO the wishes of the United States
in the matter Of immigration practically
| removes the question from the field OF
| controversy. Direct emigration from
| Japan to the United States was inhibited
| some time ago, and the japanese gov
| eminent has lately restricted emigration
| TO the Hawaiian Islands 10 a specified
number OF persons monthly. Baron
Hayashrs statement that the immigra-
| ton problem can be solved in this way
without friction furnishes excellent ground
/ for belief that no further apprehension
| need be felt on that score
! Whether the friendly attitude Of Japan
as disclosed by Baron Hayashis frank
! outgiving. is due TO the flourish of a bic
naval stick. or survives in spite of it, OF
has been the same all along, is Of nc
/ great consequence at the moment nc
one knows why the battle-ship fleet was
! ordered TO the Pacific. or why IL Is GO
ing; but no one now believes il Is goine
because American interests are anywhere
threatened or jeopardized in a military
way 4 japanese attack on our Orienta
| possessions might be successful. but Il
! would be purpOseless and disadvan
tageous. And when that is admitted, Il
will be seen, taking into consideration tn,
calculating quality Of the japanese mind
! that the probability of such an attack I.
inhnitesimsl. 1t is much easier TO beIiev,
that Baron Hayashi's ideal Of lastins
peace between tine two great Pacia,
powers is a firmly rooted postulate o
! japanese foreign policy.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-09
UNREST OF THE GOVERNORS.
4 Neo-cOnfederate Movement that
Conflicts with the Constitution.

Conflicts with the Constitution.
From the New York Times.
Our esteemed contemporaries who have
been making merry over the neo-Feder-
alists and neO-Calhounists OF the individ-
ual states now have another subject for
their jests IN the conference Of Cows.
Glenn, Smith, and Conner. which is to be
followed. according TO yesterdays tele-
grams. by a conference OF AL the gov
errors Of the country" TO adopt some
common method OF regulating railway
rates.
We have no authority to deny it. but
our belief is that Gov. Hughes win not
be there We say this because we think
our governor has in his recollection that
clause OF the Constitution which reads:
no State shall. without the consent Of
Congress, enter into on agreement or
compact with another State"
The reason would be too simple 10 state
were Il not that governors. show them
selves ignorant or defiant OF II. The re-
lations OF the States 20 the United States
are regulated by the written contract
approved by the peoples Of the several
States. and cannot be altered by any
other agreement between any separate
States, few or many, or even all II was
settled after some controversy that this
nation could not exist half slave and
half free. II is equally self-evident that
this nation cannot exist with lotteries Of
States arranging for conflicting legislation
regarding Interstate Commerce. That
topic has been placed in Federal jurisdic-
ton. and can hardly be taken out Of II
by constructive Jurisprudence"
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Presidential pictation.

From the Springfield Union Rep.
Secretary Taft is suffeSing from the
same handicap as Burton. He started as
a Presidential candidate with the support
of thousands upon thousands Of Republi-
cans. He was by long odds the lead
ing candidate and seemed to be the
probable winner Of the nomination But
the moment he became the candidate
of President Roosevelt reaction set in.
Many Of the most ardent supporters Of
Roosevelt objected 10 the President Sc
lecting his successor. No man in the
country has denounced bOssism with
more vigOr than Mr.. Roosevelt We be-
leve he is guiltless OF the intention IN
the Cleveland case TO be a dictator. but
IL looked like dictation. He has become
so much interested in his reforms that he
seems not 10 know where TO stop.