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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
Jones Declares Initiative Will Be
Used II the, Bill is
Defeated.
RODGERS SINGING RET0RT
Points Out Nhat Bill, Which Jones
Fathered, Provides initiative and
Rcfcrdum Laws Shall Not Ap.
ply to itsef.

SALEM. Ore. Jan. 3i.There were
fireworks when House bin No. 7. pro-
viding for the purchase OF lock site
or requirement OF present locks at
Oregon City. came up as special order
Of the day yesterday at 2 o'clock The
House went into committee Of the
whole. Carter of Benton taking the
chair.
The first trouble came when the
House defeated an amendment that
would enable the proposed commission
to condemn property for the lock site,
and Davey then prophesled that the
bill would be killed. vawter an
nouneed that he would oppose the bill
because II did not carry enough ap-
preparation and because the govern
ment should do this work. anyway. Af-
ter some debate the bill was con-
sidered read by sections, and a mo-
tion was made to refer II to the rail-
road committee, II having been favor
ably reported by the commerce COM
mittee. II was then that Jones, au-
thor OF the bill, came to its rescue.
II am sorry that this Legislature is
willing to kill this bill without due
consideration, for take 1t that is what
the gentleman from Mutnomah means
by his motion to refer" he said.
Thanks to God. we've got an ini-
tiative and referendum law on the
books, and IL you think the people
of the richest valley on earth are go
ing to leave II tied up by a corpora
tion without letting pound of freight
pass through without exacting there
its pound of flesh, you are mistaken"
Newell said:
81 am not afraid to go on record In
this matter, but | won't represent my
constituents by voting for a bill that
purports to do something's and carries
about two-thirds enough appropria-
tion to accomplish what 1t is intended
to do"
Speaker Davey said he had under
stood that q compromise had been ef-
fected whereby the bill would pass
marrying an appropriation of $780,
900, with the understanding that the
government should appropriate an
equal amount He intimated that
things had gone wrong when such a
dssension arose over matter sup
posed to have been arranged, Jones
said he never had heard Of a compro-
mise and had never favored one Bar
rett, of Washington, said;
81 won't favor such a measure as
this, and II l did my constituents
would be the first to object"
Rogers, Of Marion, said:
"This bill provides for half-mill !!
assessment for the locks. The Dear
People don't want such a provision as
that SO long as some counties assess
on 100 per cent valuation, but most |
on about 80 per cent valuation. That
means that Multnomah and Marion
would pay about three times their
share toward these docks. am not
about what the Dear People
you are talking so effectingly of will !
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
PRICE FIVE CENTS

started sobs, there will be a rare
scene In court when the eloquent law
yer and devoted father reaches his per-
oration, which will likely be tomor-
row afternoon.
Prosecutor Macintosh is &c follow,
and the case will likely not get to the
jury before the close Of the week, IL
then.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
Tears Gather in the Eyes of Even
the Attorneys for
the State.
ASKS DECISIVE VERDICT
Father Of Chester Thompson Pleads
With Jury to Find His Son In
sane--Youth Alone Remains
Untouched.

TACOMA. Wash, Jan. 31.-Attorney
VIII II. Thompson began his address
to the jury this morning in behalf OF
mis- son, Chester. who has been on trial
for murder for seven weeks. The ad-
dress of the father lasted all Of to-
day and will occupy a good part OF
tomorrow.
Although Mr.. Thompson is in bad
health, his address is an oratorical ef-
fort Of great strength. His remarks
brought tears to the eyes of the
judge and jury Every person in the
courtroom fell to sobbing. Even the
attorneys for the state were overcome.
The aged attorney recited from his
own poem, High Tide at Gettysburg" I"
and commented on the fact that he
had Leen a rebel soldier. He claimed
that he loved his boy and he loved
the law alike, and that he would not
make an appeal for the son that was
not within the law.
Il shall appeal neither to your pre-
judice nor to your hearts," he de-
clared, but nevertheless his address
was one of the most powerful heart
appeals ever made in a Western court
room.
With tears streaming down his face,
the father begged the jury to find some
kind of verdict-not to make a mis-
trial.
Il am no coward" he cried, "but l
can't go through this ordeal again. If
the sun is going down, let 1t go down
today. If you're going to strike. strike
now, I'll not finch at your verdict.
If the law does not protect that boy,
let him die. Death is not such ter
BILE thing. Men on the jury have faced
it. l have faced it,
At this point Mr.. Thompson
launched into a wonderful word pic
ture of the battle of Cold Harbor, a
dramatic effort on which he had evil
IDENTIFY spent many days of preparation.
1T is not death that l am fighting
against now, but dishonor There has
never been a coward in our family
there has never been a drunkard
there has never been a criminal"
Then followed an appeal to the jury
to find the boy who slew Judge Meade
Emory, the fathers friend, insane.
During all of the sobbing and hys-
teria in the courtroom, Chester Thomp- |
son shed not a tear, nor did he even
change position.
In opening, Judge Thompson said: |
Il come before you as the stricken
father of this unfortunate boy, as a |
simple citizen and lover of the law. 1t |
is my purpose to ask you to go with |
me over his saddened life, due to |
mental ailment, and I am confident |
that your verdict will not do him
wrong. l know what the attorneys for
the prosecution wanted me to do--to
whip this mental wreck of a boy for
his eccentric acts. l did not do it; |
I am glad I did not. and I never WILL"
The real cry of the father for the
life of his son is yet to come. If
Judge Thompson's opening remarks
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
People OF Orient Led TO Believe
Line Could Not Handle
The Traffic.
TRADE WENT TO HARTMAN
Spreading Of injurious Tales and o. r..
q NJ. Freiph. System Ruined Hsr.
riman'a Rivai-~San Francisco
Hearing Ended.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan, 3i-~Evi'
dence that the operations Of Il, IL
Hartman on the Coast constitute a
violation OF the interstate commerce
law was brought out before Commits
Hlonar Franklin X. Lane today, G. A
Severance attorney for the Commits
sion. showed that Hartman paid q
price out Of proportion 10 the value
OF the Coos Bay properties. realizing
that he was putting the possibility
OF competition out of tho way. Har-
riman was not buying coal mines pri-
marily: he was buying monopoly.
Il. A. Graham, who supplied this
testimony. created another sensation
before he left the stand Az as ex-
ample of the Hartman methods Of
killing competition, hc told how, when
Hartman acquired the oregon Rail
road a. Navigation Company In 1901.
his agents circulated literature through
the Orient, warning merchants and
others not to ship freight over the
Graham line. the oregon a. Oriental.
as II had no transportation facilities
on this side OF the world. The cir
At a IA
result of these methods, Graham's line
went out OF business.
Graham was called to the stand for
n continuation of the story he related
yesterday, showing how Hartman
forced his company, the Oregon
Oriental, out OF business. He stated
that the Oregon Railroad & Naviga-
ton Company owned by Hartman,
routed his inward freghts and that
he was required by contract to give
the 0. r. & N. bills Of lading over
that road and It's connections, SO
stringent were the conditions of this
contract that when Graham desired to
give some Of his freight to the Chi
cago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul road, the
officials. particularly Campbell, of the
o. r. & N, would not permit him. but
compelled him to ship over the Chi
caro- e. Northwestern and the I'LL
nois Central.
When the Coos Bay, Roseburg Il
Eastern Railway was built, Graham
testified that he, In his capacity OF
railroad contractor was asked to take
the work Meeting John d. Spreck-
els at Coronado, he induced him tol
come into the enterprise The invest
ment looked promising to Spreckels'
so he agreed to buy 80 miles OF rails,
payment to be made to him after the
bonds were sold and the subsidy paid
II was shown that the entire prop |
erty in Coos Bay cost Spreckels con-
siderably less than $1,OOO,OOO. When
Hartman came along and bought the
property. he was willing to pay ST.
100000 for It. This made 1t plain that
1t was not the property Hartman
wanted. He wanted to buy up the
possibility of competition with his
railroad monopoly.
AT noon all the testimony had been
taken and Commissioner Lane de-
clared the hearing at an end. On
Thursday next the parties to the hear '
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
FIRST COURT BALL.

ROME, Jan. 31.-The first court ball
of the season took place at the pal
ace of the Qulrinal last night. Min
listers, Senators, Deputies, and mem
bers of the diplomatic corps attended.
The king and queen remained for an
hour.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
IMPERIAL UNION.

LONDON, Jan. 31.-A st. Peters,
burg dispatch to the Times says 1t Is
known in court circles that there are
prospects of matrimonial union
between the imperial families Of
Germany and Russia.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-01
ASsaSslNATE CHIEF.

WARSAW. Jan. 3i.--TerrorIsts to-
night shot and killed Victor Gruen.
chief Of the secret police here. The
escaped.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-11-16
lvI!0 De DENtNCIA

POI la pyesentr, comunico al PIT
b'icoy principalmrn'e a nuestrcs Ie-
aciouauos en- Il comeIci,', que nueS-
tro sucio el stflor d, m ngo Msltl-
acz sufre en- la actusli lad &c ena-
genaci6n me nt&l, segun dictamen
facu!talivo, encort,andose, pcr tam
to, incapacltado y siendo nulo cnal'
quiel contrato o negocio que eiecu'
tare.
La de>gracia &c nnestro socIe
4 stiior Domingo, en- nada stscta
/ Ia buena administration y al cur
20 de nuestra casa msrcantil, pues
iicho socio Sc encontraba virtual
nente 1etirado del comercio, estan'
10 al frente de la casa los otroS dos
socios Atilor.s Angel Martinez y
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-11-16
EStabIe(imieRtO telmdI De bl1QS
aGulS WinellIeS de Al(hena.

Uldmo analisis del professor qui.
mico doctor don Manuel Sacuz Diez
en- I,S9I
Temperature, $50 5Ic.-Densi-
dad, 1.oo2, 2,354.-Cantidad cada "a
horas, 354 600 litros = Residue en-
un iitro q 1902 lc 4 $50, 264 gramos.
Gases diSueltos en- IN litro de
aqua desprendidoS por la ebullicion
Acido sulfhidrico 6.o7 cent.
metros cuhicos. --Acido csrboniCo
as. II idem idem. Azoe 10. o4 idem
iden.
Estos bafios y aguas, de fams
universal, estan indIcsdos y rtco-
mendados por Ia ciencia medica,
especi2lmerte, para las enfermeda-
des reumsticss y gotosas, las si6lf
ticas. en- SuS muchaS varisdas ma
niFestaciones, berpeticas, escrofu
losas y de Il piyl
En- Il mismo balneario hay ho-
teles diversos, al slcance de toda$
las fortunas, siendo Su administra-
dor don Serafin Murcia, e que
puede facilitar los informes que Sc
interesen.
Este balneario esta siruado en-
Ia provincial de Murcia Fspafa
es favorecido pnr die1 mil concu-
Yrentes anuales Y funciona constan-
temente. estando steudido en la &C
tualidad por medicos specialists
como son su director sefor Taboa.
da, el sefor Spreafco del institute
Rubio de Madrid, el sefior More,
exinterno por oposici6n de los hos
pitales de Madrid y otros.
Las sguaS de Archeua devuel
ven Ia salud perdida. Las tempo
radas ohcisles son Abril, Mayo y
Iunio y Setiembre. Octubre y No.
Viembrs.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-11-16
DOCTOR QUEyEDO BAEz

Ha trasladadoss sussresidencia y
aConsultoy10 MSdlcoD a la caile de
Allen no 66 altos-Telefono 3I4 Con-
sultas de I y media a 3. Gratis para
los pobres los microbes y sabados.
Para nifos pobres establece una sec
ci6n de consultas los martes y jue-
yes az. 3o-12
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-11-16

Peregrino Lopez, que hasta ahora,
v desde nuestro 1ltimo contrato so,
cial, vienen desempehando la ge'
rencia de la Compafifa.
D. MARTINEs & COMP.
Mayagiiez, P. R. Noviemb1e
s de 1907. 90
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-11-16
|AguaS MineraIeS de Bur|ada

Proceden mananaes de Bu ada Navaa Sendo
las pme de te1roo Vasco Navarro n rico en- uentes mi
que aparece elemento mnera ado YoDO
aguas gran dsntos paises de America
ecaene en Cuba Meco medcos enentes las recomen'
p4ra ateoues del smago gastragas dspepaS Ca
gasricos tan dc Ia veia oa"a catarros vex1cae'
c6lco, netritco>. ETC. PHahaente las del AlgGdo.
muy agaa sahor aunque generamene Sc toman en- las
odae mezcadas poquo puden tanhn oarSe s
las cuaquera poducendo todos satsactoros
tadoS.
Importadores Puerto Rico,
uCesores do F. Juntos & Co.
Graz San Juan P R.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02
RESPONSE WAS GENEROUS TO CHARITIES APPEAL City Schools Did Much for the
 Thanksgiving Fund
 This Year.

The Organized Charities Association wishes to express its hearty aDpreeia- ton of the prompt response of our citi- zens to i.a Thanksgiving appeal and it's deep gratitude for the many liberal contributions to its relief fund.
 Special mention should be made of the interest in our work through the city schools. we received $77,to in cash from Warrington Hooker, Board man, westville and New Haven High cchools, and thirty-elght barrels of vegetables, clothing, etc, from the fol- lowing schools: Fesry street, Weed ward, Morris Cove. Barnes aveue, Wooster, Winchester avenue, shelton avenue, Dizwell avenue, Scranton street, Dwight and Westvillo schools. The srl2ndid generosity of tho chil- dren is worthy of our praise, for it not only indicates the quick sympathy Of childhood, but it makes us sure that philanthropic service is to have a large place in the thought of the generation which will soon be doing the worlds work.
 Many a fire will be kept burning this winter, many {. table will be kept eup- piled through the uargess of our peo- pic.
 In the name of these who will be comfortedl by these ministrations' the association returns thanks
 S. o. PRESTON, w r. pHTTTIPs. Agent,
 President.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02

Building Inspector Austin's report for the present month, compiled Satur- day by his assistant, Joseph p. o'Brien shows an expenditure of s35s,57l for building, against s13o760 for November of last year, almost three-fold jump. seventy-eight permits were issuer, six teen for stone buildings and sixty-two for frame structures, the value of the stone buildings being s279,465 and for frame s7T0,10s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
The following letter is self-expiana-
L..

The following letter is self-explana- tory:
 221 Wooster Street. New Haven. To the Editor of the Journal Courier,
 I have just read your frank editorial in commendation of Chief Cowles' pro- nouncement that he intends to enforce the Sunday closing ordinances, and heartily agree with you in the definite view you take that the law ought to be enforced or repealed. Though ab- horring the saloon as it is often con-
 lucted, and as l believe 1t has been conducted generally in New Haven hitherto, I will not quarrel with the saloon business when it Is cinducted strictly as the law requires. But there
 is something exasperating to me, and, believe, demorali2ing to many, to wit ness Sunday after Sunday rain or
 shine those certain ever the same in dividuals standing at saloon corners,
 looking now this way, now that, all the live-1ong day To the casual behold
 CT, it means nothing To the constant
 observer, it Is an ever present token
 of perpetual studied breach of the law
 which greatly depresses me. And when I learn (perhaps I am misinformed( that individual attempts by members of the police force to prevent Sunday dis tribution of liquor have met with little support from officials high up, my per sonal feelings have not been improved. But now Chief Cowles has put himself 0 nrecord that he intends to enforce the law, and is requiring those responsible to him to do the same. His stand is as you say perfectly correct In the matter, and deserves the commendation of all law-abiding citizens, And be-
 cause he is likely to encounter consid- erabiy opposition in the work of enforc- ing the law, I think it Is only fair. to him to learn In some definite way that he has the moral support of all the law abiding in the city. You have ade-
 ouately expressed the position of the Journal and Courier in this matter. l could wish that many citizens might either through you or by personal let ter to Chief Cowles express their com Imendation of his strong stand. The ad-
 verse criticism by the average citizen of the acts of public officials is pro verbal. Their commendation of such is
 notably sparing. Let 1t not be so in the case of this present important issue. Very truly yours, t TYR A ANL[TTN KNIGHT
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02
SLOGAN IS 10 SHOP EARLY THIS HELPS EVERYONE Movement in Reform of Christ mas Trading Started in
 Cleveland.

There are reforms which seem to re- form nobody, not even the reformers. Such is not the case with the Christi mas shopping reform. This helps ev- erybody. The merchants gladly recog- ni2e the fact that people are really buying early this season, Christmas goods are displayed earlier than ever before The clerks are touched by the unexpected interest and cons,d- eration for them The shoppers are enjoying the fun, these cool crisp days when everything and everybody looks fresh, And as for the recipients of gifts, they will have the advantage of wiser choice and of goods that have net had time to grow shop-worn and dingy.
 Remember then, everybody! Buy your presents early in the day, and early in December! Have your shop ping all over before the middle of the month; carry home the precious little bundles!
 This excellent movement was begun in Cleveland, and is spreading over the whole country. A letter urging early Christmas shopping is going out over the signatures of leading department store men and editors to the heads Of $500 womens clubs throughout the land, to 1897 department stores, and to 75O newspapers in the 257 cities where these department stores are To- cated, Protestants and Catholics are alike helping in the work. The Cath ollie Transcript" Is to aid by sugges~ tions in it's columns. Charitable men and women all over the country are signing the appeals.
 Early shopping will be the biggest gift of the holiday to the workers be- hind the counters and on the delivery wagons, Let there be such a happy Christmas time as has never been seen before! There will be if every one of us will do his and her share.
 Printed by request of the Christmas Shopping Committee of the Consum- CTS League.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02
GIVEN A BIRTHDAY HONOR FIRST AS MISSIONARY Dr. Grenfell, Who Speaks at First Baptist, Decorated
 by King Edward.

"The Outlook" says of Wilfred T. Grenfell M. D., who is to speak at the : First Baptist church this afternoon at o'clock He is the first man to whom the king of England has given one of the birthday honors' as re- ward for missionary work. It is true that the man could hardly be regard ed as a conventional missionary, for pr. Grenfell, who is now compan- lon of St. Michael and St. George, fills many offices on the Labrador coast.
 He is a surgeon, master mariner, a magistrate, an agent of the Lloyds in running down rascals who wreck their vessels for the insurance, e manager of a string of cooperative stores, a general opponent of all fraud and oppression He can amputate leg, contract the walls of pleuritic lung by shortening the ribs, or cure, by the use of modern methods but with home made appli- ances, a man suffering from a certain form of paralysis of the lower limbs; a hundred and fifty miles from ship yard he can raise the stern of his lit tie iron steamer out of the water by the rough application of the principles of hydraulics, and repair her pro pelled; he can handle dynamite and blast out an excavation under one of his simple hospital buildings in which to place a heating apparatus; he can start a lumber mill and teach the starving inhabitants of lonely Labra- dor not only how to handle.a saw, but how to sell the product for a living wage; he can establish cooperative stores, and, what is better, make them pay, So that those fishermen who have practically been slaves to unscrupu- lous traders, never seeing the smallest piece of silver from one years end to another, can accumulate their little savings in cash; and he has a muscu- ]. lar Christianity that enables him to knock down and drag out the human beast that comes into Labrador to add the illicit whisky bottle to the other sources of the suffering which the in habitants have to endure.
 Z" He takes his new honor with a characteristic spirit, for he values 1t, not as a tribute to himself personally, but as a sanction which will give him power in his struggle with interruptions traders, heartless dealers in rum, and all sorts of male factors who find on that coast easy prey and safe quarters. He is now planning to introduce reindeer into that country. These animals will furn- ish food, clothing, transportation in place of dog teams, material for man. ufacture, and consequently new opp portunities for industrial development for all the people.
 The lecture on Monday. December 2, at p. rl,, will be Illustrated by stereoptic6n slides. and will be open to the public. Dr. Grenfell comes in the interests of his work under the aus pices of the New England Grenfell association. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend The First Baptist church is on Livingston street, corner Edwards, one block from Whitney avenue.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02
DEcEMBER WEATHER.
What the Past Thirty-four Years
 Have Furnished,

The following information covering the month of December for the past thirty-four years Is issued by the weather bureau, showing what the con ditions during that month have been for that period of time They show that the mean average temperature for that month has been 32 degrees with the warmest average in 1891, when 1t was 99 degrees The coldest was in 1904 when the average for the week was as low az 25 degrees.
 The highest temperature recorded on a single day in that month was on Christmas day, 1889, when 6S was reached and the lowest was ten below zero on December 29. 1sSa
 The average precipitation for the month is 3.5S inches. with an average of il days in the month which were stormy. The greatest precipitation oc- cured in 1901, when there was 765 inches. and the least in 1875, when 1t was only 1.39. The greatest amount in a single day was S.75 on December IT, 1888 The greatest snow fall in sin gle storm of the month since the winter of 1SS4-5 was ten inches on December
 There is an average of ten clear days, ten partly cloudy days and eleven cloudy days in the month The prevail ing wind has been from the north.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02

The next parents meeting at the Winchester school will be held in the Kindergarten Thursday at p. m. The subject to be discussed is "The Child's Cooperation. A musical program will be provided by the pupils from Rooms 15 and Is. All parents and friends are urged to be present at this meeting by J. c. Knowlton, the super, vising principal.