4 THE 3IOKESa OKEGONIA,' THURSDAY; JUNE 20, W07. E' WILL GO-SLOW Plenty of Time for Delegates to Formulate Plan of Action. SESSION OF ONE HOUR Plenipotentiaries Present Creden tials and Kales of Procedure Are Adopted French the Only -Official Language. THE HAGUE June 19. The second ses sion of the peace conference, to com plete the organization and create the four general committees, where the ac tual work will ,be done, began behind closed doors at 3 o'clock this alternoon. The programme was carefully arranged In advance. In order to avoid the possi bility of surprises being sprung. M. Nelldoft communicated to the confer ence dispatches from Emperor Nicholas and Queen Wilhelmina, thanking the con ference for its messages sent on the open ing day, greeting the delegates and ex pressing hope for a successful result of their deliberations. All of the plenipotentiaries later pre sented their credentials. The Chinese Ambassador wrote that he would be un able to fbe present because of the state of his h'ealth, and he will be represented by John V. Foster. The rules of the conference, including publicity for the plenary sessions, were presented and unanimously adopted. In order to prevent friction at the out Bet the question of the limitation of armaments was ignored temporarily, though there is a well-defined plan to bring It up at tho first favorable oppor tunity In the form of a proposition to re iterate the resolution adopted by the last conference recommending that the gov ernments again Btudy the subject . and postpone Its consideration until the next conference. None of the Spanish-American countries except Mexico seems" pre pare? to submit anything in their Inter est. The conference to them appears to bo confined to the extension of the prin ciple of arbitration aim i"u trine. The delay in getting the conference un der way creates the suspicion that the leaders are deliberately delaying the pre liminaries in the belief that, by giving the great powers more time, now that they understand each other, the work will bo facilitated later. The session to day lasted only an hour. ' Kules of the Conference. The data of the next plenary session has not been fixed. The delegates are subject to the call of M. Nelidoff. The rule of the conference submitted by the Secretary-General today comprises 32 articles dealing with the procedure and division of labors by commissions and sub-commissions. They provide for the appointment of an editing committee for the co-ordination of acts voted by the conference. All members are allowed to participate in debates in committees of which they are members. One delegation can replace another, but members of the conference attending the meetings of com mittees of which they are not members cannot Join In any discussion without the special consent of the President of the committee in question. Article 9 establishes that powers may propose any question they please In spite of reservations. This article, which, ac cording to report, is the outcome of Ger man ' influence, has aroused much criti cism. Article 10 authorizes the admission of the public to plenary sittings by cards distributed through the Secretary-General with the authorization of the President of the Bureau. The conference can always decide upon the exclusion of the public from certain sittings. French is recognized as the language of the conference. Speeches In other languages will be summarized orally in KTench by a member of the Secretary General's board with the assistance of the speuker. Close 'Watch for Fanatics. Shortly before the conference assem bled the Russian Minister of Justice tele graphed the Dutch Minister of Justice that he had grave apprehensions for the safety of the Russian delegates. He begged the Dutch authorities to take every precaution. . Accordingly, in addition to the presence of Russian and Dutch detectives, every time the confer ence meets, the whole building, which is a perfect rabbit warren, with winding stairs and small half-hidden doors, will be searched from top to bottom, both at the opening and closing of the session. After each sitting, all the exits will be sealed up and the seals will bo broken only In the presence of representatives of Secretary-General on their arrival for the opening of the sitting. In order to further enhance the safety of the dele gates, police barracks have been fitted up in the cellar. Beneath the President's chair. In a corner, a small door gives ac cess to the meeting hnll, so that In case of danger, on a signal from above, the police will break the seal and pour into the hall. - 1'ORTEIt TO BRING VI TOPIC Gives Notice He Will Present Limit ation of Armament Question. THE HAGUE. June 19. The surprise of the second session of the ieace con ference this afternoon was the formal reservation by General Hocace Porter, on beharf of the United States, of the right to present the question of limita tion of armaments. Together with this, he also reserved the ritiht to introduce the subject of the collection of contrac tual debts by force. While this reserva tion was. made quite naturally, in accord ance .with a notice served on Russia during, the preliminary negotiations last Spring, and in onler that silence now might not be construed as acquiescence In the restriction of the work . of the conference to the limits of tho Russian programme. It is believed' to Indicate a firm resolve on the part of the Washing ton Government after seeing the trend of the situation here, to raise the ques tion later if it becomes apparent that the subject Is going by default. It can be stated positively that no proposition has yet been formulated by the American delegates, but this action has renewed the hope that the United States would bring up the question of limitation, and has given great satisfaction to the pacificists. Sir Edward Fry also served notice that Great Britain reserves the right to introduce subjects outside the pro gramme, but less , significance is at tached tOihls action. Another Interesting feature of the session was Baron Bierdesten's noti fication that Germany Intended to offer the proposition of an - international prize court, to which appeals could be made at the time of a maritime wax. CONGRESS and the decision of which should be final. General Porter seconded this propo sition on behalf of the United States, and Sir Edward Frye declared that Great Britain purposed to advance a project on similar lines. Excited Over Anarchist Delegate. NAPLES, June 19. A statement In the Paris Temps that General Ferrera, one of the Cuban delegates to The Hague, is an anarchist, has caused great Interest here. Ferrera is a Neapolitan and as a student had a somewhat turbulent record. He was affiliated with the radicals and was arrested several times. When the Cuban revolution broke out he Joined the revolutionists. Ferrera became a general and married a Miss Sanchez. It is con sidered by those who know him that he Is not an anarchist. Brazil May Kalse $20,000,000 Loan RIO JANEIRO, June 19. A ministerial message was read in CongTess yesterday asking for authority to .raise a loan of 120.000.000. of which J5. 000,000 is to oe de voted to paying off the debt of the Stat of Sao Paulo, and 115,000,000 as occasion arises to maintain the stock of coffee held abroad for the account of the state. American Robbed in Paris. PARIS, June 19. During a dinner to night, skillful burglars entered the Bleep ing apartments of Mrs. Otto Steffens, an American, In the. Bois de Boulogne, and carried off jewels valued at 30,000. Carnegie to Meet the Kaiser. BERLIN, June 19. Andrew Carnegie will be presented to the Kaiser at the re gatta opening tomorrow by Ambassador Tower, who will go to Kiel today. . ANNUAL LABOR CONTRACT WESTERN" FEDERATION TAKES POWER FROM LOCALS. Prohibits Individual Unions Signing Agreements With Operators. Butte Resists. DENVER. June 19. The convention of the "Western Federation of Miners con tinued today the discussion of the amend ment to the constitution prohibiting the local unions from making labor contracts with the operators. There was a bitter controversy between the conservatives, who oppese the amendment, and the rad ical element Many locals have contracts with the operators, the Butte Union hav ing one for five years. If the amendment should nuaHy prevail and become a part of the constitution after a referendum vote, nil these contracts would have to be icscJiided, and much confusion would prevail. The discussion developed over a reso lution introduced by Delegate Robert Randall, of Goldfield Union, No, 220. The resolution reads as follows: Contracts entered into with the 'employ ing: classes are of benefit only to the for mer. Such contracts divide the workers In their struggle with the exploiters; change one body of workers In subjection while war Is being waged upon another body; often compel one union to scab upon an other union; destroy the class Instinct of the workers by a false sense of temporary security to ceaso taking an active Interest in the affairs of their organization while such contracts are in force, and have abso lutely no place in a progressive labor organization.- Therefore be it Kesolved, by the Fifteenth Annual Con vention of the Western Federation of Min ers.' That any and all signed contracts or verbal agreements for any specified length of time that may have been entered Into between any local union or unions of the Western Federation of Miners are by this convention declared null and void. Delegate John McMullln, of Butte, Mont., was on the floor in defense of the contract system for some time. He ex plained that the Butte union had entered into contracts because it was decided to do so by a majority of the members, who voted In favor of contracts. Delegate McMullln was volleyed with questions and caustic comment, and was finally driven to his seat in despair. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 345 to 25. A resolution was Introduced favoring the appointment of an organizer for Alas ka. A delegate from Douglas Island Union, No. 105, described the conditions in the territory as veritable slavery for the miners. The matter went over until tomorrow. INCREASE FOR RAILWAY MEN Five Thousand Chicago Frelghthand lers Will Receive lygher Pay. CHICAGO, June 19. Five thousand freight handlers in the employ of the railroads In Chicago probably will re ceive wage advances amounting to $250,000 annually within the next few day-a. The St. Paul Road yesterday offered Its men a 7 per cent increase In pay and other railroads are expected to follow the example. The St. Paul employes at a meeting last night practically accepted the wage offer although it Is less than the advance demanded by the union, which was about 12 per cent. This makes the second increase by freight handlers within the last year, an advance of 1 cent an hour having been granted by all roads last September. Announce ment also was made that all clerks in the freight house of the St. Paul & Northwestern Roads will receive an increase In pay amounting to 10 per cent beginning July 1. LINEMEN RETURNING TO WORK Ranks of San Francisco Strikers Be ing Rapidly Decimated. SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. Four hundred telephones were put out of commission this morning by the cut ting of cables south of Market street. Ten of the striking linemen went back to work this morning. As 15 re turned yesterday and 20 the day be fore, there are 124 out of the 187 who went on etrlko now at "work for the company. TOLD HIS SECRET TOO SOON Sew York Man Shot Wife In Head After She Was Dead. ' NEW YORK. June 19. James Wardell yesterday confessed to Coroner Acritelli and Assistant District Attorney Stanley that in furtherance of a. suicide pact he shot his wife at her flat In West Ninety flfth street. Wardell did not know that an autopsy had disclosed that his wife was dead when he fired the bullet into her brain. Inhaling Illuminating gas had caused her death. Warden's admission has added some thins unusual If not unprecedented to the annals of crime in this city. Just what charge will be based upon his acknowl edgment of an intent to kill, the coroner has not made known. Mrs. Wardell, who was 19 years old and strikingly attractive, was found dead Monday night. Wardell told the police that his wife had shot herself after the two agreed to die together. His courage failed him when the time came for self-destruction BULLET IfJ BRAIN Tacoma Saloon.man Shot in Head by Book-Agent. SUICIDE ENDS TRAGEDY Sidney Dundas, Widely-Known Liquor-Dealer, Victim of W. J. Jones, Whom Ho Angered by Ordering Away From Place. TACOMA. Wash.. June 19. (Special.) Tonight about 10:30. W. J. Jones, a book agent, went into the saloon on Pacillc avenue owned by Sidney Dundas, and, after a short talk with the latter, whipped out a revolver and shot Dun das under the right ear. Jones then started on a run for the front door and firt'd another shot at random, the ball striking a chauffeur who was sitting in Dundas automobile. Jones then ran down Pacific avenue about a block, and when near the Berlin building fired two shots Into his own head, dying almost immediately. W hen Dundas was shot he fell to the floor un conscious and was taken to a hospital. The doctors fear the bullet has pene trated his brain and have no hope of his recovery. The chauffeur was shot in the leg but Is not seriously wounded. Jone3 had been having trouble with his wife and during her absence this, after noon went to his house and took away a portion of the furniture and presumably sold It. About a year or so ago Dundas, who Is one of the best-knawn saloonmen in Western Washington, was shot in his saloon under almost similar circum stances, and only recovered after a long confinement. Just before- the shooting tonight Dundas was heard to say to Jones, "Go away, I don't want anything to do with you." This repulse maddened Jones and the shooting followed. "AS YOU LIKE IT," AT CEDAR HILL By Arthur A. Greene. CAST Or CHARACTEH6. The Duke.. Mm. Edward T. Taggart Frederick Emma Grlebel Ft rate. Lord Audrey Brown Amiens Ethel I,ytle Jaques Helen Stever Le Beau Ada Bechtel Charles. .. Mrs. Albert E. Madgwlck Olluer Alma Delaney Jaques Ada Bechtel Orlando ...Frank Towslee Adam Lenore Williams Touchstone Edna Jacques Corln Edith G&ddis Slluls Maude Cleveland William Lenore Williams Rosalind ..Mrs. Ralph W. Wilbur Cella Margaret Nash Phebe Carlotta Parker Audrey Gertrude Bomgardner Attendants and forresters:. Katherlne Arnold, Agnes Beach, Olga Brown, Louise Claflln, Adeline Dewart, Ma bel Downs, Bess Elliot, Lola Fear, Frances Gill, Mrs. G. A. Johnson, Dorothy Moore. Lena Nealond. Elis abeth Sears, Ethel Wakeman, Ella Dewart. (Scene: A wood flourish of trumpets without.) YESTTERB'EJf after ye lanthorn's were lighted a goodlie companie of ye strolling player folk did disport them selves right merrilie in Master Will Shakespeare's comedle of ye times. It is a play of some pith and sprlghtlie wit known to them that doth consort in pub lick places in the designation of "As You Like It." It was performed In ye greenwood over beyond the lower con fines of ye city and did vastly delight an assemblage of ye respectable towns people. . We are much beholden to Master Will for a play of such excellent quality and pretty wit for In it there be many divert ing speeches and others mayhap of more wisdom than ye comikal ones hath enter tainment Te lines which runneth "All ye world's a stage," seemeth to ye chronicler to smack much ol wisdom and learning. Ye maids, who doth es say ye presentment are comely and fair spoken tho' many chaste minds bethink ye trousering of them full shocking. Ye night behaved seemly and ye watch was loath to warn ye people to betake them selves home and close their wickets. Ye link-boys found small employ ment for ye moone showne fairlie. Ye PORTLAND BOY GRADUATES J John Denny Scott. The many friends of John Denny ; Scott will be glad to hear that he has Just graduated from Lehigh Uni versity, Bethlehem. Pa. He has al ready: been tendered a responsible position with a large engineering company in Chicago, and will leave Bethlehem In a few days to assume his new duties. He Is the son of Commander and Mrs. B. O. Scott, of this city, and Is 21 years of age He was formerly a student at Port- land Academy, afterwards entering the university, from which he has just received his degree as mechan ical engineer. Young Scott Is the grand nephew of Thomas - Huxley, the itmiHU English scientist, and also a grandson of Mrs. O. N.- Den ny, widow of Judge Denny, xor many years Consul-General to China and Korea. prentice lads Dickie Montague, Harrle Teal, De Witte Connell, Jamie Becket and Frankie Riley, ye tapster's boy whom I saw there did conduct them selves as becometh ye station of them below ye salt, and did forbear to dis turb ye gathering with unseemly cat calls and such like discords. Rather did they strive mlghtllie as rooters and claque new terms which are made use of in ye Globe and other acting places in London to denote good things. Ye pipes and fiddles which enllveneth playing, of a truth, if not done too ill, most graciously did not dispense ye new ragtime which Raleigh' lately did bring from the Virginia plantations, else would It have appeared full roU ten. Ye wizard light, lately brought from Jersey, which maketh right like day and looketh good from afar, did not a thing but make the seeing a task for a strong-eyed man and did sputter withal. A murrain on such foul fiend's candles, say I, and so say we all. Some well-mannered workingmen did assist ye mountebanks to con serve ye shillings which were many, for there was much attending upon ye fete. . The al fresco production of "As You Like It" at Cedar Hill last night, under the auspices of the Association of Col legiate Alumnae of Oregon, ways what might unhesitatingly be called a suc cess In all particulars. It is eminently a. women's play, and all the more for that reason was the idea of presenting it by feminine performers a happy one. The location selected was ad mirable for the purpose, the contour of the - ground and beautiful spot being all that Old Will himself could have asked. The lighting arrange ments might have been better, but that was not consequential. The entire company without excep tion was competent and satisfying, and the performance was highly creditable to all concerned. Mrs. Ralp W. Wil bur was as refreshing in the part of Rosalind as a drink of water from some spring in the Forest of Arden. I am Inclined to think that the read ing of Miss Margaret Nash who played Celia wae a trifle superior to that of her associates. The "seven ages" speech was beautifully given by Helen Steves while. Miss Tounslee's Orlando was something of an achievement. Miss Ethel Lytle sang the old English songs In fine voice and contributed considerably to the enjoyment of the entertainment. ' The following were patronesses: Mrs. W. L. Brewster, Miss Luella Clay Carson, Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. T. L. Eliot, Mrs. William D. Fenton, Mrs. I. N. Fletschner, Mrs. W. M. Ladd, Mrs. James Laidlaw, Mrs. N. J. Levln Bon, Mrs. C. H. Lewis, Mrs. Harriet K. McArthur. Mrs. C. J. Reed. Mrs. A. E. Rockey, Mrs. Alan Welch Smith. MORMON LEADER IN CITY Joseph Smith, Venerable . Presi dent of the Church, Here. Joseph Smith, of Salt Lake City, president of the Mormon Church, ar rived In Portland last night from La Grande, where he participated In tlie dedication of the Mormon temple at that place. He Is registered at the Oregon and Is accompanied by a wife and a party of the official representa tives of the church. They are Anthon H. Lund, John Henry Smith, H. M. Smith and John Robinson. President Smith declined to be In terviewed last night and dismissed the reporter without much ceremony. "I have nothing to say," the hig'a priest of Mormonism declared when asked his mission In Portland. "I do not desire to diBcuss my plans. We will only be in your city tomorrow." The visit of President Smith to this state Is presumed, to be for the purpose of personally directing the proselyting campaign now being carried on by apostles of the church. Except In Union County, where there Is a Mor mon settlement, this church is without substantial representation In Oregon. PERSONALMENTION. F. A. Erixon, a Salem contractor, is at the Imperial. A. N. Moores, a Salem capitalist, is registered at the Imperial. W. H. Wilson, an attorney, is regis tered at the Oregon from The Dalles. A. N. Gilbert, ex-superintendent of the State Penitentiary, is registered at the Oregon. State Senator T. B. Kay, principal owner of the Salem Woolen Mills, is at the Imperial. O. S. Pomeroy Is registered at the Im perial from Salem. Mr. Pomeroy Is a Jeweler In the Capital City. M. T. Nolan, ex-Register of The Dalles Land Office, is at the Perkins, registering from The Dalles. , T. R. Hibbard, of Silverton, regis tered at the Perkins yesterday, having come to Portland to attend the reunion of the Pioneers'-Association. State Senator Jay Bowerman, of Con don, Is at the Imperial. Senator Bower man is interested as associate counsel in a suit on trial in the United States Circuit Court. Circuit Judge T. A. McBrlde, a pioneer of 1847, attended the reunion of the Oregon Pioneers' Association yesterday. Judge McBrlde was holding a term of court at Astoria but ad journed proceedings for the day to attend the annual event of such In terest to the state's early settlers. L C. Needham, of Salem, a member of the County Commissioners' Court of Marion oounty, is in the city, regis tered at the Imperial. The Marlon County Court has made a record for building successful county roads. Mr. Needham is one of the early settlers. In Oregon and yesterday attended the Pio neers' Association reunion. Pain in the Side nearly always comes from a disordered liver and is promptly relieved by Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this. The Vafer For Hot Weather "Enough raw fruits, vegetables and lemons should be eaten to supply the water necessary for hot weather demands. It is a great mistake to waterlog digestion by drinking at any and all times. The prevailing idea that the more fluids taken into the system the better, is a fad without sense or reason."' Eat a wholesome food like WHEAT FLAKE CELERY Drink only when thirsty and yon will have no diges tive troubles. Dr. Price's Food' can be eaten every day in the year. Palatable Nutritions Easy CMkcsemssat. Pit Is ( tot nn My CMS All Grocer 71 Correct Dress For Ladies and A Discount of 25 On All White Garments During Rose Fiesta SAPPERS GIVE UP Struggle Against Odds, Jjut Are Finally Dispersed. MUTINY CAUSES KILLING Russian Provinces Continue to Be Kept Reasonably Peaceful Only by Most Stringent Military Op eratlons and Many Arrests. ST. PETERSBURG, June 19. Details ,-of the mutiny of Sappers at Kiev show that It was suppressed only after a bloody engagement at midnight, June 17, between mutineers and loyal troops. In which about 75 men were killed or wounded. At midnight of June 17, 600 hot-headed sappers i.t a given signal left their beds, disarmed the sentries, hurriedly dressed, obtained possession of their rifles, broke Into the armory, secured some loaded cartridges and then marched into the camp square and flred a volley In the air. The officer on duty. Captain Akuloff, ran out and addressed them, first ad vising them to disperse. He then called out another battalion, drew the men up and ordered the mutineers to sur render. Upon their refusal to do so. Captain -Akuloff ordered the troops to fire and fell dead himself at the tist volley. The fighting continued for several minutes. Half a dozen others were killed and about 60 were wounded. Fi nally the mutineers, who had no offi cers, no leaders and no plans, wavered and fled. Two hundred and fifty were captured, but 193 eluded pursuit and hid In the city. The mutiny at Kiev was arranged by Shefchenko, a revolutionist of good family, who entered the army as a volunteer for the purpose of under mining discipline, and won over many of his comrades, but when he raised the standard of revolt they were frightened and the little band of ring leaders was overpowered. All the mu tineers will be tried by court-martial. Trouble has also broken out among the troops of the Third Infantry divis ion, stationed at Kaluga. General Or loff, who suppressed the Insurrection In the Baltic provinces, left St. Petersburg last night, to take charge of tne garri son at Kaluga. The commander-in-chief has dis missed the commander of the mutinous sappers at Kiev, together with several other officers. - - NO INDUCEMENTS OFFERED Steamship Lines Refuse to Make Kew Orleans Immigration Station. NEW YORK. June 19. A Berlin dls patch to the Herald says that the North Necessary of Digestion and Beady to Eat - fr ( fw Bloated r cms Is keBJsa afflc Signature 138 ffMfll smms-ojt H. B. LITT Misses Bet. German Lloyd and Hamburg American Steamship Lines have refused to act on a resolution adopted by the Southwestern Immigration Congess and will do nothing toward the development of New Orleans as an Immigrant station. , No official reason for the decision Is given, but the Herald's dispatch quotes an agent of one of the steamship com panies as saying that until employers of labor In the Southern States learn to treat whites as they should, emigration to that part of the country will not be encouraged. Austrlans and Germans who have gone there, according to the agent's statement, have made bitter complaint of the treatment they received and have either gone north or returned. Says He Took $500,000. NEW YORK," June 19. O. M. Dennet, the broker who was arrested on the charge of theft of more than a half million dollars In bonds from the Trust Company of America, pleaded guilty to day to a charge of criminally receiving ANOTHER BIG CUT IN MEAT PRICES For Today, Friday and Saturday, All Day Long, Each Day This tremendous meat cut is the direct result of your generous patronage, combined with the fact that the finest Oregon-grown, grass-fed cattle are now coming in plentifully. Naturally, the larger the volume of trade, the lower we, can afford to drop our prices; and we are giving you the full benefit of these advantages. Our enlarged market and superior force of meat-cutters make your marketing a pleasure. BEEF, PER POUND. Soup Bones ....... 1c Brisket Boil ,:...2c Neck Boil 2 c Plate Boil ;...3c Short Ribs , 4 c Pot Roast 5 c Shoulder Roast 5 c Shoulder Steak 6 c Round Steak .. 8 c Prime Rib Roast... 8c The Harry Wood Market Borne of Government-Inspected Meats CORNER FIRST and ALDER STS. AN OPPORTUNITY For a Good, Live We have an opening for a good butcher at the corner of Front and Gibbs streets. Building Is fitted up for a butcher shop and until two weeks ago a shop has been conducted on the same corner for more than 20 years. A shop would be In opera tion there today had not the business fallen Into Inexperienced hands. We will rent the shop at a low rental and give a long lease. Apply to Qevurtz 173-175 First Street Washington Street Park and Seventh stolen goods. The theft of the bonds was made at various times by William O. Douglas, a loan clerk, who Is awaiting trial. Third Day on Witness Stand. WASHINGTON, June 19. L. C. Van Ryper, the New York speculator, to day concluded his third day on the witness stand In the trial of Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., charged with divulging the crop reports of the Agricultural Department. He was examined all day and very little that was new was de veloped. Militia Protect Negro. AUSTIN, Tex., June 19. Governor Campbell ' today ordered a company ol state militia at Marshall to protect two negro sleeping-car porters, under arrest, charged with having attempted to as sault a white woman aboard a Texas & Pacific train, from mob vlolence! VEAL, PER POUND. Shanks for Broth... 3c Stew 5c Roast 8 c Breast of Veal 8 c Loin or Leg of Veal 12cV2 All other prices in pro portion. TWO ENTRANCES Sons