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VOL. XL VI. SO. 14,340. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVE3IBER 23. 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HARRIMAN TALKS BOUT OWNER H P Impossible and Agita tion Proves It. PUBLIC TURNING AGAINST IT Great Railroad King Defends Consolidation. NEEDED TO PREVENT RUIN Working Agreements Between Kail roads Would Have Avoided Xc cessity, Says He Legal Combi nations Check Tendency. ELKHART, In.i. . Nov. 22. -(Special. V (On board the Twentieth Century Lim- transportation facilities of the country "uuni vv incongruous, lnipracuoaDie ana utterly impossiDlc. This Blalnmnlit ii.-jIa 1... T..l - ...4 IS. IlarTiman today as the Twentieth irniury limited sped toward Now York, where Tr. Ttarriman is the guiding hand over the largest aggregation ot railroads In the entire country. "Do you think." was asked, "that the i'lcnrm vtKiiauon ana me present inquiry into the ownership and operation of rail- Into channels which may ultimately lead to ijovernmem ownership? ' Agitation Fatal to Ownership. "Not flt ATI " Kni.l Tt Tlirrtmon phatically. "On the contrary the present agitation is going to have exactly the iMiffi. i ne more agnation mere Is nnd tile prnntoi tin rllnUn these subjects, the more the people will mo incongruity of Government own ership. The questions involved in the transportation problems of this country rc being more and more discussed in their broader sense and significance. This must result In a better understanding by the people generally of the conditions which surround the transportation busi ness and the conditions under which the railroads are operated. When there is I thorough public understanding of these :onditions the conclusion on tho part of the public will be inevitable and will bo uch as I have indicated." Consolidation a Necessity. "Apparently the people at large." It -BS suggested to Mr. Harriman, "fear the effects of railway consolidation, the tfTects of the concentration into the Bands ot the few of all transportation :acllltles. What effect do you think such consolidation and concentration will have on the people and the shippers?" "I am a lirm believer.- replied Mr. Harriman, "in the people owning the railroads. Ey this I do not mean Gov ernment ownership, but I do mean that the widrst possible distribution in ownership of railway properties is a most desirable thing. Consolidation, however, of railway properties has be come a necesssity under present condi tions. The railroads found themselves In a position where they had reached the limit in the reduction of cost in transportation and were lacing the ne cessity of still further reduction. This could be accomplished only by new methods; by an amalgamation of those railway properties which could na turally be worked in connection with one another. "Way to Prevent Consolidation. "And a step further in this direction, perhaps, was the acquisition of rail way properties with a view to remov ing the possibility of ruinous wars. If It had been possible for the rail roads to make legal agreements wiih Dne another I do riot mean agree ments for pooling traffic, but working greements the necesssity for railway ronsolldation would not have arisen." "Do VOll thln'tf nn 1 J,..,. I'l'v tiny remeay, Mr. Harriman was asked, "for railway .u.iBgiiuuiKin, or any way to preve ent "It can easily be prevented by legi ration." he Knid. "Tf .v, n.,A . . ,,,, v- in. V l m; WOUlri lefrnlixrt kiiv. nnMi.i .1 f . ... iviiiunidiiuiiy 1 railroads ns could nitnti.. v. j of uvuinnv iitj II1UU inri made with a view, to cheapenln :ransrnrtatinn. the necosssity for trenernl consolidation would bo ot Fiatc" SCHMITZ ON THE WAY HOME Mayor May Be Spared Humiliation of Arrest lp New York. NEW YORK. Nov. 22.Mayor Schmitz. f San Francisco, who has been indicted 11 that city for extortion, and who sailed !rom Hamburg on November 10 on the iteamshlp Patricia, will probably arrive lere early tomorrow afternoon. A dispatch from Newport. R. I., tonight, laid that the Patricia was reported as laving passed the Nantucket South Shoals lightship shortly after 4 o'clock '.his afternoon. It Is said that out of consideration for vlrs. Schmitz. who is traveling with her tusband. Francis J. Heney and District attorney I-angdon. of San Francisco, will (pare the Mayor the humiliation of arrest in his arrival. Schmitz does not know ihat he has been Indicted, the findings of he grand jury having been made while he Patricia was in midocean. ICahlii I, amis Schmitz and ISuef. - NEW YORK. Nov. 22. The Rev. Dr. foersanger, rabbi of tho Temple Em- manuel, in San Francisco, will sail to day on the Amerika for a year's rest in Europe. In discussing last night the stories of graft in San Francisco, Dr. Voer- sanger said: "I cannot in fairness discuss the jus tice of these charges of graft, for my work is not in the political field, and I personally know nothing of the truth or falsity of these stories. But this I do know: Mayor Schmitz personally is the most estimable man. He is a devot ed husband and father. His home life is of the most beautiful character. "And Ruef he is a graduate of the University of California, a young man of great ability, who had some wealth before hi entered political life. He is of the cleanest life personally. 'Why is it that here we hear on all sides stories of graft and political corruption of every character out in San Francisco, stories more lurid than we' at home ever hear; but you East erners never hoar a word or tell a word of the struggles of our city again.it monumental difficulties to re build herself and take her place again among the fair ones of the earth. You hear nothing of our beavers working underground day and night to put up buildings and erect houses where wo may lay our heads. Why is it that every breath of dirty scandal gets hero but none of the good of which we have James Brycr, Brltibh Chief Secre tary for Ireland, Who SJay Be Appointed Ambasnador to Wash ington. so large a part? Is it just the looseness or thoughtlessness of modern views? Such things are doing San Franciscu an irreparable injury. They are dis couraging Eastern capital from going there to help us in our great task. They are making our lot doubly hard at this time." NEGRO NOT ELECTED JUDGE Canvassing Board's Count Shows Majority for l)cmocrat. CHICAGO. Nov. 22. Ferdinand I... Bar. nett, the negro assistant state's attorney who. according to police returns, was elected judge of tho new Municipal Court at the recent election, has been unseat ed by the canvassing board. The police returns gave Rarnett a plurality of 4W, but tile official count, completed today, shows that T. B. I.antry, Democrat, was elected by a plurality of 304. Helen Lambert Dies of Auto Smash. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Helen Lam bert, the actress who was injured in the automobile collision in Central Park in which Tom Cooper lost his life, died today in Roosevelt Hospital. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The M eat her. TFTKRDAT'S Muimum temperature, 45 dopreeiJ ; minimum. 34. TODAY'S Kair; nortlioast winds. Foreign. Russian robclis denied asylum in Finland. i age i. Thirteen killed by collision of ocean liners. .rape o. National. Met calf's report n Japanese dispute fore casts trouble for Roosevelt. Paige 1. Wonon road defies Interstate Commission on rate law. Pape 2. President Btarts home from Porto Rico. page 4. Politics. Official count shows defeat of negro Judge in viiicago, ra.se i. Labor Federation presents gold watch to Kin wno neipea elect labor congressman. Page 4. Domestic. New York Central Railroad again fined for reuaiing. rage 7. Bryan and Shaw apeak at Trana-Misslsslp- Another woman insulted by Caruso ap pears against him. Page 1. Harriman discussts Government ownershio of railroads and rate law. Page I Damaging evidence in Gillette murder trial. page i. Many vessels wrecked in crreat storm on lakes. Page 5. Notable speeches by British and German Amuassauors. Page 4. Pacillc Coast. Changes needed In pilot and tug service at me, momn or ine Columbia, Pace 1. "W". W. Slaughter Is ushot from ambuvh on his farm near Woodburn, Or. Pago . Sidney Sloane loses his comnoKiir when bloody ri'lli-H of murdr-r are brought into Spokane court. Pap 6. Witness In land-fraud trials at Moscow testify they were paid to nlo on lands. Page 6. "Wages in the builriinsr trades at Seattle are to lc raused December 1. Page 7. Cha,rles 8addler. of Kendrick. fatally wound ed while acting as arbiter in barroom dispute. Page t. Commercial and Marine. Hopbuyers give their attention to other states. Page 17. Sharp fluctuations in stock prices. Page 17. Liquidation causes weakness in wheat, mar- ACL. SC I . Steamer Lurline sunk in collision with tow- Doat iascaae. fagc iu. Captain Stream, of wrecked schooner, takes acK cnarges or cowaraice. pace 16. Two collisions on Puget Sound. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Teachers' Institutes to be held in Portland ana Pendleton next ween. Page 13. County grand Jury reports to Circuit Court ana aajourns. Page iv. City's interest revenue from deposit of pub lic lunoii is utminsnea by new Mills law; in force this year for tho first time. Page 10. Police Judge deals severely with alcoholic wrecks. Page 16. Mayor Lane and Auditor Devlin clash. Page Trainmen on Harriman's Oregon lines de mand wage increa.se. Page 12. Infant found deserted on porch of Seventh street lodging-house, page 10. T. B. Wilcox advises that efforts be united to nei-uro appropriations for completion of Columbia iiivr jottv before advancing claims ol other river projects, raja 12. ' l j PILOTS ARE LAW TO THEMSELVES Take Out Ships Whfen It Suits Fancy. SOME ABUSE THE PRIVILEGE Steam Pilot-Boat an Impera tive Need Off Columbia. TUGBOAT SERVICE BETTER Kccent Shake-Up and Substitution of New Manager by tho O. R. & X. Have Been Productive of Good Results. BY E. W. WRIGHT. ASTORIA, Nov. 22. (Staff Corre spondence.) In the face of all of the queer happenings in the tug and pilot service during the Past two years, it would be ridiculous to assume that some of the blame should not attach to tho men who were handling it. Some one is at fault when light draft steam ships are run aground Inside the bar In clear weather and some one is at fault when a tugboat captain advances the tariff rates when he flunks he has an unfortunate captain in a tight place. A long and seldom interrupted train of iniquities of the past are still doing the Banquo's ghost act for the Colum bia River, and because they "will not down," a large number of shipmasters take advantage of the situation .and shift some of the responsibility for their own shortcomings to the port, which of course must answer for the misdeeds of the pilots, tugboatmen and all others who, directly or Indi rectly, profit by the presence of ships In the river. "Squared"' at Expense of Port. By thus taking advantage of infirmi ties that are rapidly disappearing, many shipmasters are enabled to ac count for unduly long passages with the plea that they were "off the river" for a long period because the tug and pilot servico was bad. This perhaps "squares" the master with his owners, but it is unfair to the port. Among such a mass of unfavorable testimony as has been received from a number of shipmasters visiting this port, it 1s refreshing indeed to find a master like Captain Coljingswood, of the Iverna, who is not inclined to place the blame on the poor tug or pilot ser vice. The Iverna was prevented from entering the river or approaching suf i k . ficiently close to secure tug or pilot by a series of unprecedented gales, which, as her official log shows, also pre vented her getting Into the Straits of Fuca. Frankness of Captain Collingswood. The foul condition of her hull and an insufficient amount of ballast were of course contributing factors In forc ing the captain to keep well off shoro until the weather moderated. The easy, and, judging by precedent, the natural excuse for Captain Collings wood to make for his long trip, would, be that the tug and pilot service wa3 to blame, but this shipmaster has a frank, blunt way of telling the truth and evinces no desire to shift or shirk the responsibility. His long delay was caused solely by elements over which he had no con trol and for which neither tugs, pilots or tho Columbia . River were in any degree responsible. Tho service, since General Manager O'Brien ordered the tugs to remain at Fort Stevens overnight and cruise out side without waiting until something was reported, has been excellent. The improvement has been so marked that every incoming coasting captain has noticed It and remarked about it. Facts in the Iverna Case. Much adverse criticism has been made over the delay of the Iverna, and yesterday's afternoon papers In Port land unintentionally placed both pilots and tugboatmen in a position not war ranted by the facts in the case, which were as follows: Both tugs crossed out early yester day morning, and each picked up a four-masted schooner a short distance outside the lightship and started In. Just before crossing in. Captain Reed, of the Wallula, sighted a vessel which afterwanj proved to be tho Iverna, just coming In sight up to the north west. The vessel was sighted about tho same time by the pilot schooner, which it once' headed for her. Captain Reed, of course, could not drop his schooner on the bar, nor was it necessary that he should do so. Instead he towed her well Inside and turned her over to the tug Tatoosh, which brought the two vessels, the Alvena and A. F. Coats, up to Astoria, tandem fashion. Wallula Puts to Sea Again. As soon as he dropped the schooner Captain Reed at once started seaward again and about 12 o'clock had the Wallula's hawser aboard the Iverna, which had been boarded by Captain Cann about an hour before. The Iver na, on account of the foul condition of her hull, towed very hard, but in spite of this and with only the first of the flood to help him. Captain Reed had his second vessel for the day well in piflc the bar at 3 o'clock. t Work of this kind should be exempt from criticism, and there Is nothing in tho log of the Iverna or in the master's story, from the time she sighted Tillamook light, five weeks ago, until she towed in yester day, that reflects in tho slightest degree on the tug or pilot service or on the Co lumbia River as a port. System Is Radically Wrong. There i3 frequently something wrong with the bar service. It can never bo otherwise, so long as two branches of the business having so much In common as the pilotage and tho bar towage work re main under separate and distinct manage- (Concluded on Page 4.) HOW SHALL ITS HOLD BE BROKEN? a CARUSO MAY HAVE TO FACE Woman in Case to Tes tify Against Him. WOMAN IN WHITE SCARES HIM Suddenly Unveils and Causes Italian to Stare. RECALLS FORGOTTEN DEED Confronted With Chorus Girl He Is Accused of Having Insulted Two Years Ago, He Denies Ever Having Seen Her. NEW TORK, Nov. 22. Hannah. Gra ham, the' woman who caused the arrest of Enrico Caruso on a charge of annoying and mistreating her In the monkey-house in Central Park last Friday, may appear in Police Court tomorrow to press the charge against him. Just before court adjourned tonight, at tho end of the sec ond day's hearing, Deputy Police Com missioner Mathot, who is conducting the prosecution, said that he had little more evidence to offer. There was only one witness for the prosecution yet to be heard, and, when that witness appeared. he would require less than ten minutes to complete his case. Will Produce Woman Today. Despite the efforts of the police, it had been found Impossible to present the wit ness today, but he felt safe in assuring the court that the person to whom he re ferred would be in court tomorrow. A report that the witness referred to was the missing Hannah Graham spread. Hannah Graham dropped out of sight when she left the police station last Fri day afternoon, and witnesses for the prosecution testified that the utmost en deavors had been made to find her, but without avail. Shond she appear, she would furnish a sensation far greater than any which-. have marked the two days' hearing in tho Yorkvillo Police Court. Today , was not without sensations. When court adjourned last night Caruso was on the stand, and his examination was resmued when the case was taken up today. Mr. Mathot questioned the defend ant closely concerning the four years In which he has appeared in this country under the direction of Heinrich Conried. Caruso acknowledged that he was in New York in 1904 and that on February 4 of . HANNAH that year he sang in "Parsifal" at the Metropolitan Opera-House. Confronts Woman in White. It was at this point that the real sensa tion of the day came. The wide doors directly behind the Magistrate's bench swung open and a woman in white and with a white veil drawn closely over her face stepped into the room. "Caruso, look upon this woman," said the Deputy Police Commissioner, as the woman raised the veil and revealed her features. "Did you ever see her before?" The defendant moved uneasily, hesitated and then replied: "No, I have never sen her." "Did you not, on the afternoon of Feb ruary 4, 1304, during the second act of 'Parsifal,' stand behind this woman in the Metropolitan Opera-House and subject her to exactly the same indignities to which it is charged Hannah Graham was subjected at tha Central Tark monkey- house?" "I did not," replied the witness, hotly. "I never saw the woman before, so far as I can remember." "Is It cot true that on that afternoon not only this woman, but other women were the victims of much indecent action Enrico Caruso, the Opera Sluger, Accused of Pursuing Women. upon your part?" persisted Mr. Mathot Caruso's counsel broke in with a vigor ous objection, which was sustained. It was reported in the courtroom that the woman in white was a member of the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera Com pany, Denslger to the Rescue. One of the diverting features of the day was the appearance for the defense of Dr. Adoiph Densiger, ex-Anieriean Consul at Madrid. Dr. Densiger testified that he was in tho monkey-house at Central Park during Caruso's visit there Friday, and that he observed no improir action on the ainger's part. Ho declared that he had voluntarily come forward to testify in the singer's behalf bec-auso he knew him personally; knew him to bo a gen tleman, tho greatest tenor of this or any other time. Being a benefactor of human ity, he desired to protect Caruso, not for himself alone, but for his great career. "I volunteered to assist Mr. Caruso in ex actly the same way that I volunteered to assist Theodore Roosevelt to become Pres ident of the United States," said Dr. Den siger. He swore that from hl observation it would have been a physical impossibility for Caruso to act toward any woman in the manner described by Detective Cane yesterday. He stood within ten feet of C'arutso at the time ho was in the build ing. Conried Defends Tenor. Heinrich Conried, director of the Metro politan Opera-House. described Caruso's mannerisms much as did Dr. Densiger. "To be brief, he is pompous, is ho not?' asked Mr. Mathot. 'It would be more kind to speak of it as a habit," replied Mr. Conried. i Several other witnesses testified as to Caruso's inability to speak English, and the hearing was then adjourned until Monday. The Police Courtroom again housed a great crowd today and hundreds were unable to gain admittance. When Caruso arrived at the court build ing he was loudly cheered by Italians. The cheers were mixed with hisses, how ever. As the singer stood on the court steps he was photographed by a number of camera men. Italy Gives Caruso Sympathy. ROME. Nov. 22. The local press has received long dispatches from New York concerning the trial of Signor Caruso. It is recalled that several noted Italians have been unlucky in the united States. Mascagnl. the com poser, was arrested: Biondi, the sculp tor, lost Sin.JOO, and now Caruso risks going to jail. While the disappearance of "Mrs. Graham" is held to be signifi cant, the newspapers irust in the fair dealing of American justice. MORE 'MEXICANS IN PRISON Editors of Revolutionary Organ Ac cused of Crimes. ST. DOUIS. Nov. 22. Aaron Ipez Manzo and Ljbrado Rivera, the Mexicans whose arrest by 'the United States au thorities was revealed by the search in stituted by their friends several days ago. were given a hearing today before United States Commissioner Abbott. Both re quested a postponement and Manzo's casv was set for December 1. and that of Rivera for November 30. Rivera is charged with murder and Manzo is charged with signing for regis tered mail addressed to another person. Both men were connected with a revolu tionary organ which was published In St. Louis. Says Langley Solved Problem. BOSTON. Nov. 22. At today's session of the National Academy of Sciences con vention Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, of Washington. D. C, expressed the ouinion that the problem of flight had been solved by Ijaugley and his flying machine. . V a .;- ,.V- .V -I- ''-'.' 'A- ' METCALF FINDS PROBLEM Kim San Francisco Yields Not to Japanese, WANTS NO FEDERAL MEDDLING No Question That Law Would Sustain Japan. PRESIDENT HAS ALL POWER Can Compel Equal Treatment ot Japanese Pupils, but Task Is I'n pleusant Aokl Quotes Nc foundland Case on His Side. WASHINGTON. Nov. 22. (Speeial. When President Roosevelt returns to Washington ho will rind waiting for him the report of tho Secretary of Commerce and Dabor on the situation in San Fran cisco over the question of attendanre of Japanese pupils at tho public schools. The President will not be pleased with tho report, for it can be stated without fear of going wrong that Mr. Mctcalf's mission resulted in failure. Tho Cabinet officer will probably divide his report into two parts, but in neither part will there be anything that can be considered cheerful. Tho President wilt be informed that it is hopeless to expect a change in the attitude of the San Fran cisco people. They told Mr. Metcalf. so the future will show, that the school matter is an entirely local affair; that they have no fear jf Japanese trade re prisals, and that they are not afraid of war with the Orientals. The President also will be informed that the Inhabitants of the Coast city wish to be left alone in the matter of working out their school problems, and that they will consider Federal interference an impertinence. Courts Will Sustain Japs. Mr. RoosevMfTVTir'bG told that no diffi culty stands in the way of obtaining a decision tin the courts that a treaty with a foreign country is the supreme law of the land and as .such Is superior to all the laws and ordinances the State of Cali fornia and the City of San Francisco can paw. The question resolves itself lnu ono of a course of action. It is not quite likely that tho President will relish the work of forcing tho people of tho Coast to do that which they are resolved not to do. but, unless they make up their minds to yield, no other course than one of legal force seems to be left open to the Ad ministration. Japan's Position Strong. The Japanese position on the treaty and the contention that the treaty is para mount to all state law is unassailable, and nobody knows it better than Baron Aokl, the Japanese Ambassador. In fact, it is believed that ho has called the at tention of this Government to the fact that, when the Newfoundland lawmakers placed on the statute-books certain pro visions which denied rights to American fishermen that were guaranteed to them by a treaty between Great Britain and the United States, this Government denied the right of the colonial authorities to pass laws i it conflict with the treaty, and that, when London sustained the claim of Washington, the Newfoundlanders were compelled to yield. Hole to Crawl Through. It may be that the San Francisco au thorities will find a way to get around the legal obstacle by passing an ordinance that only persons of a certain age shall be allowed to attend the public schools. The Japanese pupils are nearly all grown men. Such a law would take the ground from beneath the feet of the Japanese complainants, but it is by no means cer tain that it will be enacted. FINES PULLMAN MINIMUM Judge Charges $50 for Having Poi son in Milk on Cars. GREKXSBrilG. Pa.. Nov. 22. Rul ing that the Pullman Car Company had not been guilty of adulterating the milk and cream used on its cars, but that it had been technically respons ible for the presence of formaldchydn in its food supplies. Judge Alexander I). McConnell today Imposed the min imum sentence provided by law, which is a fine of $".( and costs. MOVES TO OUST MAYORS Kansas Continues Campaign Against I-iccnsing of Joints. TOPEKA. Kan., Nov. 22. Suits were instituted in the Supreme Court today by Attorney-General Coleman to oust from Office Mayors Finley Ross, of Wichita, and Peter Everhardy, of Leavenworth, and to deprive those cit ies of their assumed authority to li cense joints and disorderly houses. PERISH IN TEXAS STORM Three Dead and Others Missing in Deep Snow. EL PASO. Ter.. Nov. 22. Three men are dead hs a result of the storm which raged yesterday in . Pecos Valley, and others are missing and friends fear for their safety. t p