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HOTEL PERKINS . . - - - . - :' -v-: PORTLAND, OREGON CASTRO S AT BAY WarshipsSunk-Custom Houses Seized. HIS PEOPLE ARE FRENZIED British and German .fleets Are Supreme. THEY HOLD LA GUAYRA PORT Venezuela at Mercy of Allies," bat the . Dictator Sunmons P.eople to Arms to Repel the Invader Plans of the Pott era. Great Britain and Germany are at, war with Venezuela, though they have' dispensed with a formal declaration. They have seized tho Venezuelan fleet and the custom-house at La Quayra, the port ot Caracas. They propose to seize other custom-houses and patrol the coast to prevent smuggling at other points. After seizins the ship they sank all except one. on which the French have a claim. They landed parties and es corted their Consuls on hoard their warships. They have seized a gunboat at Port ot Spain. ;Castro has retaliated by arresting about 125 British and German sub jects, and all property of subjects of those countries. United States. Minister Bowetf procured the release of the Con suls and a few others, but the rest -are prisoners. Castro has also ap pealed to the nation to defend the peo ple. Caracas on Tuesday night was in tu nult, the Infuriated people mobbing houses of foreigners, stonlnc the wln- dows and calling for their death. Fifth and Washington Streets EUROPEAN PLAN Flrst-CIasa Caeclc Restaurant Connected With Hotel. Rooms Slntle ,.Te to fl.SO per -Say Booms Double 81.00 to 52.00 . per dajr Rooms Family ll.0 to 3.60 b 4ajr The Satisfactory Application of DIN CLUTCHES TO AM. CLASSES OF POWER TRANSMISSION MACHINERY IS A CONSTANTLY INCREASING SOURCE OP COMFORT AND PROFIT TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND OURSELVES. (This Bald-Headed Statement May be Confirmed by Inquiry.) WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS, SffiSSS? FIRE PROTECT YOURSELF FROM TODAY. " Buy the best Fireproof Safe. T0DAY. Have stood the test for 5T years. PORTLAND SAFE & LOCK CO. 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Dec. 10. The NaUonal Lum ber Manufacturers Association -was formed today, and the body adjourned to hold the next meeting in Washington April 20 next, Seventy or more delegates representing the lumber-makers of the United States were in attendance and per fected the organization for their own in terest and protection. The following offi cers were elected: President, E. C. Fos burg, Norfolk. Va.; vice-president, Ed ward HInes; secretary. G. K! Smith, St. Louis; treasurer. H. W. Freeman, SL. Louis, and a Board of Governors, on which Everett Griggs represents the Pa cific Lumbermen's Association. HEMMED IN BY REBELS. i Saltan's Army In Morocco at Mercy of the Pretender.i MADRID, Dec. 10. A dispatch from Tangiers, Morocco, says the" commander of the Imperial forces has informed the Sultan that his troops are completely hemmed in bv tho rebels, that thpv n? j unable to advance or retreat and that his hitherto loyal tribes are Joining the forces j of the pretender to the throne. I ' I Postmaster Proved a Thief. j SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 10. Charles 1 Meichan. postmaster at Oirdeh. Utah, was I today found guilty by a Federal jury of J embezzling Government funds. The' inry i made a recommendation of mercy. LA GUAYRA. Venezuelat Sec. 10. Ten German and four BHpslTcutrerr captured the Venezuelan fleet yesterday. They went alongside the "Venezuelan vessels ordered them to surrender, and without a shot being fired the British and German forces seized the vessels in tho name of the German Emperor and the King of England. Two of the five Vessels which were undergoing repairs were broken up. The German cruiser Panther steamed into the harbor during these proceedings with her decks cleared for action. The Venezuelan steamers were taken outside the- harbor, and at 2 o'clock this morning the General Crespo, Tutmo and Margarita were sunk. The Ossun was the only vessel spared, in view of the protest made by the French Charge d' Affaires, who notified the Commodpre of the allied fleet that the Ossun is the property of a Frenchman. At 10:30 last night 130 German sailors were landed and proceeded to Cardonel, a suburb of ,La Guayra, In which is situ ated the residence of German Consul Lentz, who with his family was escorted to La Guayra and placed on board tho war ship Vlneta. On their way back to this port the German sailors met a party of Venezuelan soldiers, but no collision took place. At 5 o'clock this morning a landing party of British seamen went to "the British Consulate and conducted the British Con sul, R. Schunck, and his family, on board the Retribution. The German and British residents at La Guayra have all been arrested, with the exception of Messrs. Field wlch. Prince and Lepage, the English directors of the har bor corporation, who barricaded them selves In their houses, and later were res cued by the forces 6f the allied powers and taken on board the Retribution. The Englishmen's houses were surrounded by Venezuelan policemen, but when a party of 320 sailors was landed this afternoon and marched to the relief the policemen made no resistance and the Inmates were conducted to the Retribution without trouble. The British and German war ships, however, . in the meantime had cleared for action. No one here can explain the action of the allied powers In taking action with out giving Venezuela time to reply to their note. The British torpedo-boat destroyer Quail arrived here this afternoon. The German cruiser Panther left this morning in the direction of Carupano, and the German cruiser Falke has sailed for Puerto Cabel lo on a search for the remainder of the Venezuelan fleet. It Is believed that the cruiser Indefatigable is on her way to the seaport of Guanta, in the Province of Bar celona, where the Venezuelan gunboat Restauraaor is now lying. Troops are expected here from Caracas, as the Government is credited with the In tention of repulsing any landing by the al lied forces. All the stores and banks here are closed. Great excitement prevails, the population fearing the town may be shelled or other action taken by the Anglo-German vessels tonight. TUMULT IX CARACAS. aritmrt and Germans Arrested, Hoa.nc Stoned, Flaprs Burned. "WTLLEMSTAD. Curacao. Dec. 10. There was a great patriotic demonstration In Caracas at S o'clock last night, when the news arrived that the British' and German warships had seized the Vene zuelan wax -vessels at La Guayra. Crowds quickly gathered and paraded the streets of the capital, displaying banners and singing patriotic songs. Violent speeches were delivered at various points. The populace marched to the palace of Presi dent Castro, who addressed1 It. The, mob. then moved .on to the German Legation, shouting: ' A ' "Death to the Germans!" The windows were' shattered with stones., and attempts were made to; force, j the doors, but the latter resisted uiese ef forts, and Madame von PligrimBaltazzl. the wife of the German Charge," who has been. Ill ln bed fjor the past two months, and therefore could not leave Caracas with her husband, was thus saved from violence. The crowd then marcljed to the German Consulate and the residence of Dr. Koehler, again stoning the windows and attempting to force an entrance. The. police made ho effort to disperse thevdem-onstratlon. The excitement was still Intense when. at 10 o'clock at night, the government or dered the arrest of all German and Eng lish residents. '.One hour later-125-persons prominent in social and commercial life were crowded together in the police sta tion. All the" British residents were ar rested except Albert A. Cherry, of the Venezuelan Central Railway, and "W. "W. Wallace, manager of the telephone com pany, who escaped to a place of safety. Ninety-seven. German residents were ar rested, among them the German Consul, Valentine Blohm, and 'Herr Knop, man ager m of the German Central Railroad. Hcrr Slmmross, Chancellor of the Ger man Legation, was' met by the police near Bolivar Square and arrested. . Amid cries of "Death to the Germans!" and "Down with the foreigners!" the pop ulace directed its way to the German res idential quarter and gathered outside the Hotel Kllndt and the German Club, vo ciferating, and uttering insults. The Bel gian Charge, F. S. Goffart, was arrested by mistake for a German because of his fair complexion. In spite ot his vigor ous protests, he was taken to the police station, but- was released 10 minutes later. On learning these Incidents, United States Minister Bowen and Secretary "W. W. Russell went at once to President Castro, and after a- long conference suc ceeded In obtaining .the release of- Dr. Koehler, .Madame von Pllgrim-Baltazzl's physician, and Consul Valentine Blohm.' Minister 'Bowen obtained the' official au thorization of the Venezuelan government to represent German and British interests during theiimbrogllo. The government has placed an embargo on thfc British railroad to La Guayra and the German Central Railroad from Caracas to Valencia. The populace is still intensely excited, and the situation is regarded as critical. The British and German flags have been publicly burned. . 1! E AND TAKE Meaning of: Reciprocity Defined by Cummins " AT DETROIT CONVENTION Either Carry, on Principle or Give It Up. blockade: of the coast. Next Step to Follow Seizure of Ven exaclan Vessels. PORT OF t SPAIN,, Trinidad, Dec 10. The British Cruiser Chary bdis seized the Venezuelan gunboat ;Bollvar In this har bor Jast rilght. . She landed the. Bolivar's officers h'ere.'whfie the British sloop Alert took the crew of the captured -gunboat to the port pf La Guayra, on the; Venezuelan coast, opposite the Island of, Trinidad. The British tprpedo-boat destroyer Quail has received instructions to capture the Venezuelan war vessel now engaged in blockading the mouth of the Orinoco. The entire coast of Venezuela, from the Orinoco River to La Guayra, will be blockaded from today by British war ves sels, while "the Venezuelan coast from La Guayra to the Colombian frontier will be blockaded by German war vessels. The Commander of the Charybdis sent an officer and 30 men with letters to the Captain of the Bolivar, Informing him that he must not leave the harbor of Port of Spain without British permission. He further intimated that resistance would be useless,, whereupon Lieutenant Huarado, on behalf of the Captain of the Bolivar, who was absent, surrendered, and the Commander of the Charybdis placed a crew aboard the Bolivar. The officers of the Venezuelan gunboat ac cepted an offer to land here. CASTRO MAKES PROTEST. Arrests Snbjectsnnd Seizes Property of Two Hostile Nations. PARIS, Dec 10. A Venezuelan govern ment communication to Its representative here protests that Great Britain and Ger many have committed an act of hostil ity in a manner as arbitrary as It is un precedented -by the seizure of Venezuelan vessels lying at La Guayra. The communication says that lndig- (Concluded on Page 12.) REFORM THE TARIFF AT ONCE Apostle of Revision Says Some Duties Should Be Repealed "Without Re gard to Reciprocity Treaties and Urges Action. " The feature of the opening se?sion of the National' Reciprocity Convention at " Detroit yesterday was the apeech'' of ' Governor A. B. Cummins, of Iowa. The" Governor declared that, in order to secure foreign markets for American products, it was necessary' to make tar iff concessions to foreign countries. This was necessary, and was g-ood policy, even if some interests at home suffered loss, provided the Nation as a whole made' a proportionate gain in In creased foreign trade-. He declared that some duties should be abolished, regardless of reciprocity, and mentioned the iron and steel sched ule as one of this class. He maintained that the time for tariff revision was "not years hence, hut now." ' He held that. If we are not prepared to carry out the principle of reciprocity In .practice, we should strike It from our platforms and abandon the pretense of deslrlnc It. DETROIT, Dec: Id "We are .here for mutual profit, toget thoroughly aroused over this question of reciprocity, so that" we can go hrme and do some effective work to bring cOaout. .the .reciprocal rela tions that wef want," said N.-C. Slaver, of Chicago, as he" took charge' of -the Na tional Reciprocity Convention in the Ho tel Cadillac today after It had" been called to order. There were present nearly 100 delegates from the northern tier of states and several from 'Canada, when E. D. Smith, of Detroit, president of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce, called the convention, to order. He said: "I give you a warm word, of , welcome as president of the Detroit Chamber of Com merce. By an actual report from the various members of our association, we find that there Is .not a dissenting voice, .not a discordant note, but an absolutely unanimous and hearty Interest In the sub ject of reciprocity. ".Reciprocity means something: It ap peals to citizens of all classes, but es pecially to the business men and com mercial organizations of' our country. The merchants and manufacturers of this city feel that we should have the privi lege of placing In the hands of .our neigh bors the goods we have to sell to as great advantage as possible, not having In mind to cripple their Industry, but to promote by a fair treaty an Interchange of com modities which will be a benefit to all." Mayor W. C. MaybuFy then welcomed the delegates to the city. H. C. Staver, of Chicago, chairman of the board of directors of the National Reciprocity League, was then introduced as the presiding officer of different ses sions. After Judge Nathaniel French, of Davenport, la., and Eugene Hay, of Min neapolis, had spoken briefly, the follow ing committee on resolutions was ap pointed: Judge Nathaniel French, Daven- MAN WHO PROTECTS GERMAN AND BRITISH SUB JECTS IN VENEZUELA HERBERT B. BOWEN, UNITED STATES IIINISTER. port, la.: E. N. Foss, Boston; C. H. Deere, Moling, III.; Eugene Hay, Minne apolis; Maurice N. Price, Buffalo. Governor Cummins Sneaks. At the afternoon session m Governor A. B. Cummins spoke on "Reciprocity and the Tariff." He said in part: "There is a spirit abroad in some quar ters which condemns a reciprocal treaty without regard to the advantage it ten ders, if it be found that any home indus try, however insignificant, may be in juriously affected by It. If, this. spirit Is to continue and to prevail, reciprocity may as well be at once abandoned and the country left to choosa between the unalterable schedules of the highest pos slblfif, protective tariff and the disastrous consejquences of absolute free trade. "Llyie or nothing can be accomplished until we are willing to approach tariff scileduleeln precisely , the same spirit' that wo approach any other subject of legis lation. So iQng as the controlling minds ot Gongress insist that the welfare of itifi country demands that the .tariff be" let alone; there, is- no hope for practical or substantial reciprocity. There are many ardent advocates of reciprocity who be lieve that tariff schedules should be changed only through reciprocal treaties. I am not one of them.NIt seems to be manifest that a prerequisite to any ma terial or. .important reciprocal tariff is a willingness to adjuat. whenever fairly re quired, our exclusive tariff to the con ditions of the times. Reciprocity will never win its way until we are willing to treat the tariff rationally Instead of hys terically, and the first step In the process Is to be willing to make such changes aD from time ti time may be necessary to bring, tariff schedules Into harmony with the principle which vindicates their ex istence.. .Some Duties Indefensible. "I believe some changes, are demanded now without, respect to a modification of duties levied by any other country upon our exports. I am unalterably op posed to readjustment for light, or trivial reasons. - Changes should not be made unless it is clear that duties are too high or tco low. Tariff schedules, like all other laws, are to be made, unmade and re made, according t'o the public needs, and we are not to be warned' off by the cry that we are on holy ground, and that the sacred vestments of the priests are not to be touched by profane hands. "There are duties, notably In the Iron 'and steel schedule, although not confined to ' It, which are absolutely indefensible, which no man will ever attempt to "de fend, and which are as much at war with the real object of protection as free trade itself. They can be greatlj- reduced and still the American manufacturer will oc cupy the whole American market, pay the highest American wages and iie re warded with an ample American profit. and therefore they ought to be reduced not years nence, out now. There are ma terials which bur experience has shown -VI should; be admitted, free, simply because 'they wotted give our people more- work-to do. in preparing them for their. ultimate uses, and it should be done, not' a year hence, but now. "It is said that in order to change any schedule or any part of any schedule, the whole tariff must be taken up and re vised, the" work of years discarded, and a new law substituted. I deny the prop osition. It is the unworthy shelter of ,two divisions in the army of opposition, first, those who want to perpetuate some thing which they know would be con demned under impartial investigation, and second, the timid souls "who would rather not vote at all than vote right or wrong. It Is a slander upon the fundamental truths of the world to say that-the pros perity of the people ever has been or ever can be Impaired by doing what Is right and just and fair. Meaning of Reciprocity. "We who believe that the time has come in which to make certain changes are in favor of no modification that will ad mit, except through fair reciprocity which' will Increase rather than diminish the work to be done in this country a single dollar of imported commodities. Vre do not favor the reduction of any schedule below the point at which the American manufacturer can. if he. will, monopolize the whole American market at a fair price. We stand for tariff duties so ad justed that the potential competition from other countries will prevent producers at home from exacting more than a just and reasonable price for what they produce. "We must either approve or disapprove the doctrine of reciprocity upon the as sumption that any treaty or bargain which carries it into effect will be ad vantageous to both the high contract ing parties, and that both will receive from It those benefits which it prom ises. . We must assume that any such treaties or bargains will have the effect of admitting to the United States' com petitive commodities upon better terms than heretofore, that is to say, upon such terms as wrlll enable the foreign producer to at least fairly compete with the home producer, and therefore it is not only probable but reasonably certain that ahy such arrangement will result in dimin ishing the output of the home producers in those things upon which our duty is reduced or removed. It will help us to look this proposition in the eyes. "The time has gone by when we can satisfy ourselves or the people with mel lifluous phrases concerning reciprocity. If it Is Intended to employ the doctrine only In those Instances In which we can get, something and give nothing, it is but an idle dream and we might as well eliminate the word from our platform and expunge Jt from the literature of political economy. It Is possible that the superior sagacity of the American diplomat might occasionally commit larceny of that character, but. if it were consciously done,. It would be a stain upon the honor of the American name and. when. understood, would meet the emphatic condemnation of the Amer ican citizen. Bnlnrge Our Markets. "The concluslonjs Inevitable that in the great majority of cases a reciprocity treaty respecting competitive commodi ties would interfere and injure some home producer, and. if that fact be a bar to the operation of the principle, let us at once abandon 1L. I for one, however, am will ing to be counted among the ranks of thoso who believe that the consequence Is not a bar, and that great public poli cies should not be viewed from so nar row and Illiberal a" standpoint. The pur pose' of any such treaty on our part would be to open up a new market or enlarge one already discovered, for our products", and. If those who are charged with the responsibility of .making, in our behalf a commercial trade are of the opinion that, upon the whole, the market thus opened tp or enlarged to ub will take more of pur products, measured 'by the, labpr required to produce them,, .than the ,new competition admitted to our shores will obliterate, then we should, make the trade. "The protective policy" of the United States is impregnable against the assaults of its enemies, and if the citadel falls it will be because its friends sleep while (Concluded on Page 11.) California league Will Invade North. HAS ANNEXED PORTLAND NowHarrb Is Aiming to Get Seattle in Line, MANAGER DUGDALE SAYS "NO1 Seattle Manager Will Stay With Northwest Lengue and Put Team In Fort lu ml Lucns Una Invnded the Enemy's Territory. The Portland baseball club has left the Pacific Xorthwest League and Joined the California League. Henry Harris, of the California League, has arranged to put a team In Seattle. Manager Ducdale. of that city, says he will stand by the Pacific Northwest League, which will put a new team In Portland. President Lucas Is in California, try ing to draw the California into the Minor League Association. SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 10. (Special.) If Henry Harris, the baseball magnate ofr San Francisco, has the situation figured out correctly, Seattle and Portland will" next year be added to the California League. The California man spent just one day in Seattle, and in that time ho claimed to have found an organization strong enough to warrant him In saying that the Pacific Northwest League was a thing of the past, and that the Seattle fans would see teams from California playing in this city next year. Ever since the close of last season there have been rumors of Portland and Seattle Jumping to the California League. As far as Portlapd was concerned there was ground for this report, for the manage ment there has a quarrel with President Lucas. Manager Dugdale,' however, has always opposed any such move. "Jack" Marshall, of the Portland team, has been particularly active in agitating the matter, and was down in San Fran cisco a short time ago. Upon representa tions made by him, Harris was sent by the California League to visit Seattle and Portland and perfect the deal. That Is what brought the San Francisco man here yesterday in company with Mar shall. He left for home last night. According to Harris, the Portland team." yesterday jumped the Pacific Northwest League, thereby forfeiting its franchise and the $1000 deposited In the league treas ury. He found here a stock company, represented by George B. Lamping, Coun ty Auditor, and which is supposed to have been organized by- J. P. Agnew, Gus Klopf and Charley Schwartz, all of whom are employed in Mr. Lamping's office. A lease for grounds was signed up yester day, and nothing now remains but to perfect details, fix up the grounds and (Concluded on Fifth Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPEit National Affnirs. Statehood bill introduced in the Senate op posed by Quay. Page 3. Ex-Speaker Grow delivers his last speech In the House. Page 5. Hawaiian sugar planters protest against Im migration bill. Page 3. Large appropriation asked for suppression of cattle disease. Page 3. House committee opposes repeal of land laws. Page 5. Senators make a hard fight on Barrett's ap pointment. Page 11. Domestic. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, speaks on reciprocity. Page 1. Charge that coal operators tried to break the strike by bribery. Page 2. Seattle practically assured of transport con tract. Page 11. Civic Federation advocates contract with unions to settle labor questions. -Page 12. Anti-Saloon League protests against the can teun. Page 2. Forcljsn. Allied Ileet sinks Venezuelan ships, seizes custom-houses, and rescues Consuls. Castro has many of their subjects arrested, seizes their property dr.d calls the nation to arms. Infuriated rnob at Caracas stones foreign era" houses. United States Minister rescuea some prisoners. Page 1. Rebellion again breaks out in China. Page 4. Sultan of Morocco's army hemmed in by reb els. Page 1. Pacific CoiiMt. Tramp makes murderous assault upon family at Salinas. Pace 4. Fish Warden Van Dusen make3 his annual report. Page 4. Sporting. Tcrtland and Seattle, will Join California Base ball League. Page 1. McGovern and Young Corbett 'to fight at De troit. Pase '5. Commercial and Marine. Strength shown by grocery list. Page 13. "Wheat closes easier at Chicago. Page 13. Heavy selling on Stock Exchange causes de-' dines. Pace 13. x New York hop market dull, with small stock3. Pare 13. Moderation of weather raises ship blockade at Astoria. Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Trinity Church members subscribe ?20.000 for new 6hurch building. Page 14. Poultry show opens with a line exhibit of fowls. Pace 10. City officials have no fears for charter. Paga 14. .Joseph B Steinberg hangs himself.. Page 10. Clothing factory may start at Sellwood. Page S. Building movement will extend through new year. Page 10.