VOL. XIVI NO- 14,5C9.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
INTERESTS BOW
TO "BIG STICK"
Decide It s Time to
Be Good
PAYS TO ABIDE BY THE LAWS
Support of President More
Profitable Than Resistance.
FEAR POWER OF STATES
Will Be No Let Up in Prosecution
of Anti-Rebate Laws Bonaparte
Aiming His Shots Where They
Will Hurt the Most..
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Law-breaking
Corporations have come to realize the fu
tility of resistance to the "Bigr Stick,"
and have already decided to come under
cover. A movement has been started by
great financial Interests to side in with
the President and thereby restore order
to the chaotic condition of affairs in the
business world.
The vigorous prosecution of the rail
roads, the Standard Oil Company and
other corporations has convinced the "in
terests" that a continuation of their stiff
necked attitude is unwise. They would
like to combine the "conservative" ele
ment of the two political parties, but
they recognize that even such a combina
tion could not be finally effective. There
is no question there will be approval by
the people of the policy pursued by the
administration or of the existence of a
general willingness to have the Govern
ment go even further.
In St. Louis a meeting of the Attorney
Generals of half a dozen Mississippi
States has Just been held for the purpose
of taking concerted action designed fur
ther to restrict corporations within their
respective jurisdictions.
States Enforcing the Law.
.The Southern, Middle, and Far Western
States have begun the enforcement of
radical legislation against common car-.
rlers doing business within their territo
ries. The most the Federal Government has
done to protect these carriers has been
to advise them to obey State laws and
to assure them It will see that exact
justice is administered in the United
States Supreme Court. The States appar
ently have awakened to the warning giv
en by Secretary Root last December, that
they must. enforce the rights they pos
sess and not compel the Government to
perform the duties which belong to them.
Attorney-General Bonaparte Is follow-"
ing with closest attention the policies of
the States toward the corporations and
the railroads. The chaotic situation which
has arisen abundantly Bhows, in the
judgment of officials here, the Import
ance of the adoption of the President's
proposal for a national license for all
companies doing an Interstate business
which would insure their regulation by
one instead of by 46 different govern
ments. Wants Some in Prison.
The administration believes it has
ehown that It Is In dead earnest In Its
determination to punish all bad corpora
tions, and in order to make the punish
ment effective it would like to place some
of the Standard Oil officials who have
been guilty or wrongdoing behind the
bars. Unfortunately, some of these men
have protected themselves In such a way
that their conviction Is practically im
possible. It is a comparatily easy matter to
fasten upon a subordinate the blame for
a violation of the law. But these are not
the officers the administration wants to
prosecute. In the Investigation by the
department of justice efforts are being
made to obtain evidence which will show
a connection between the subordinate
giving an order and an. officer "higher
tip" who directed him to give It.
Attorney-General Bonaparte laughingly
6aid today that there was a pretty big
covey of game and that It would be a
poor marksman who could not land a
bird or two when once he got started.
The start Is under way, and the dogs are
In the field, nosing around to see what
they can discover. The Attorney-General
stands ready with the Government gun so
that when the covey is flushed he can
pick off the birds which are most desir
able. If it shall prove impossible to se
cure the game, Mr. Bonaparte expects the
President to recommend the enactment
of legislation at the coming session of
Congress which will make his shot ef
fective. Roosevelt Will Keep On.
It was reiterated today that the admin
istration is as anxious to maintain the
value of securities as any of the stock
holders of the corporations, but It has no
Intention of stopping the enforcement of
the laws against corporations and Indi
viduals who have violated it because of
the flurry In Wall Street. With the coun
try prosperous, it is declared that there
is no danger of anything more than a
"rich man's panic," such as occurred last
March. At that time, however, the Gov
ernment deemed It advisable to steady
conditions by giving aid to the street,
and undoubtedly this would be done again
In case of need. There is ample money
in the treasury for use for this purpose
in case Secretary Cortelyou gives the
word. It was reported here today the
financial situation has been considered at
Oyster Bay, and should It be necessary
to take such action, as may be advisable.
Secretary Cortelyou will go to the sub
treasury In New Tork.
Anxious Over Industrial Crisis.
But beside the unsatisfactory financial
conditions the telegraph strike and other
labor troubles show a .degree of unrest
in the industrial world which is causing
the administration some concern. The
natural effect of the economical disturb
ances is that there Is a lack of money
for investment and no disposition on the
part of the people with funds to exploit
new enterprises. The railroads insist
they have been greatly hampered in mak
ing additions to their equipment. The
administration is convinced that the ad
ditional legislation the President has rec
ommended is absolutely required. If the
Government were authorized to approve
new issues of securities by all corpora
tions and carriers doing interstate busi
ness it is believed there would be no
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Ieslle M. Shaw, Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, Who Discourages Fear of
Hard Times.
trouble about sufficient money appearing
for investment.
It Is proposed by the President to dis
cuss the economic situation at length in
his annual message and it is understood
one of the purposes of the conference
now going on at Oyster Bay relates to
the recommendations he will make.
Attorney-General Bonaparte denied to
day that there is any intention on the
part of himself or any other members
of the Cabinet so far as he knew to re
tire to private life. He proposes to re
main in the Cabinet until the end of the
administration.
HAS NO FEAR OF HARD TIMES
Ex-Secretary Shaw Contrasts Con
dittons With Those of 189S.
NEW YORK. Aug. 18. Leslie M.
Shaw, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, au
thorized the following Interview on the
present financial and Industrial con
ditions today:
"Our farms produce more than
$6,500,000,003 per annum, and the pros
pect la good for an average crop. Our
mines yield more than $1,500,300,000
and our forests more than $1,003,000,000,
and neither of these sources of wealth
has been exhausted. The output of our
factories, in other than food products.
Is $12,000,000,300, and no fires have
been extinguished. The railways earn
more than $2,000,000,300, and they are
all in successful operation. The pay
rolls of our factories and railways ag
gregate approximately $3,600,300,000,
and the scale of wages has not been
reduced. In other words, the real
sources of the people's wealth have not
yet been affected ana the ability of in
dustrial concerns to pay dividends is
not measured by the market price of
their stocks. Logical reasons for seri
ous conditions are therefore wanting.
Psychological reasons are never want
ing. ' '
"If I judge correctly, the people will
have exactly what they expect. If
these who ha've money in the banks
withdraw it and lock it up if tha
banks refuse to grant accommodations,
and if the consuming public declines to
place orders, then we will very soon
witness the effects. Let those who
think that times of disaster follow
each other at regular intervals bear in
mind that this country never yet ex
perienced a period f depression that
was not . traceable to financial or
economic agitation or legislation, and
usually to both.
"In 1S93 the redemption of green
backs In silver instead of gold was
openly advocated; the party in power
was under promise to remove the pro
tective tariff from our Industries, and
the free coinage of silv(er at the ratio
of 16 to 1 was championed by prom
inent members of both parties. The
country might have survived any one
of these sources of alarm, but It could
not survive all three. At this time no
one questions our financial system, and
the tariff will not be touched for at
least IS months.
"Some check in the speed at which
we are going Is most desirable, and the
checking proceeding has probably be
gun. It will not require a fair meas
ure of confidence and courage to pre
vent undue retardment In our indus
tries., Capital cannot be forced into
activity, but it can be forced out of
activity. I have never seen the time
when universal sanity was mbre essen
tial to our wellbelng."
WORK PUMPS FOR WEEKS
Ship Shenandoah Has Perilous Voy
age on Trip Around Cape Horn.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Aug. 18. The ship
Shenandoah, with a cargo of coal for the
Mare Island Navy-yard, is reported
wrecked at Melbourne, Australia, due to
a heavy storm encountered while rounding
Cape Horn. For 64 days the men worked
at the pumps before reaching harbor. The
ship, it is said, will probably have to be
destroyed, . , -" ,
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TURNING POINT
IS NOW REACHED
Both Sides Confident
They Can Win.
STAMPEDE OF THE STRIKERS
Companies Expect Them
Rush Back to Work.
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STRIKERS ARE CHEERED
Pleased by Reports From Various
Cities of Strength Gained Tele
phone Operators May Be
Called Out by Small.
CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (Special.) Import
ant developments in the strike of the
Commercial Telegraphers are looked for
tomorrow by both disputants. Confident
that the strike has spent Its force, and
that the turning point has been reached,
the telegraph companies look for a stam
pede of the strikers to regain their former
positions.
Cheered by the reports they have re
ceived from the various cities affected,
the strike leaders on the other hand are
prepared to prosecute the fight more
vigorously than ever.
According to advices received at union
headquarters, the messenger boys and
check clerks in New York are scheduled
to go out tomorrow. Broker firms through
out the country have been given until
noon tomorrow to sign contracts with
their operators or suffer the consequences
of a walk-out.
Telephone Strike Threatened.
Three hundred operators employed by
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Company throughout the Southwest
may be called out before night, unless
a 10 per cent increase In wages is
granted. This Is one of the trump
cards which President Small expect,!
to play. If the order is isoued it will
Isolate Chicago from the rest of 'the
country,- so far as telephonic commun
ication Is concerned.
A local representative of the com
pany was surprised tonight to hear of
the contemplated strike, and said he
understood the entire matter had been
settled by officials in New Tork. He
declared he understood the settlement
applied to the operators employed by
the company throughout the entire
country, as well as In the Chicago
office. ,
Tie Vp Cable Service.
More important is the contemplated
plan of the strike leader to call out
the cable operators, which would Iso
late America from the rest of the
world. But it is admitted that this
coup is not likely to materialize. The
strike leaders themselves doubt their
ability to tie up the cable service at
the most important points.
DRIVE OPERATOR FROM KEY
Goldfield 3Ian Told by Miners to
Leave Town.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18. The
Western Union tonight reported that
Its office at Goldfield, Nevada, was
closed at '3 o'clock and would remain
closed at night time hereafter until
proper protection could be afforded its
operators. The service to Goldfield was
suddenly broken last night, and it was
reported that a 'delegation of miners
had called upon Operator Shlveley and
ordered him to leave town immediate
ly. While the Western Union has not
been definitely Informed regarding
Shlveley's movements, they believe that
both the operator and his wife at once
obeved the order of the miners. It
Is said that the Chief of Police of Gold
field told Shlveley that he was power
less In the matter of giving him pro
tection. STRIKE SITUATION QUIETER
New York Local Decides to Make
Demands on Brokerage Ofrices.
NEW TORK, Aug. 18. As though by
mutual consent, the parties to the
strike of telegraphers took things
easier today, and the usual claims and
counter-claims of the day's develop
ments were not made public. The local
union met tonight, and later it was
announced that it had been decided to
make certain demands upon the Wall
street brokers so that the brokerage
offices which have not already done
so would be given until tomorrow noon
to sign the union scale. It was also
stated that the strikers have decided
to begin at once the publication of a
dally paper, which would set forth the
strikers' side of the controversy.
. The special leased wire news service
was materially Improved throughout
the country today.
MOORISH TRIBES FALL OUT
Wrangle Among Themselves and
, Run Short of Ammunition.
TANGIER, Aug. 18. Trustworthy re
ports state that the tribesmen invad
ing Casa Blanca are short of ammuni
tion and quarreling as to what oourse
to pursue. The threatened attack on
Casa Blanca had not occurred this
morning.
Austria Records Earthquake.
LAIBACH, Austria. Aug. 18. A violent
earthquake was recorded in the observa
tory here last night, beginning at 6:5S
and lasting 50 seconds. It Is calculated
that the earthquake was distant 54S0
miles from Laibach.
SPANISH TROOPS ARE LAZY
French at Casa Blanca Say Castil
ians Shirk Their Duties.
PARIS, Aug. 18. The Figaro Casa
Blanca correspondent says:
"To the surprise of all, the Spanish
contingent returned to the city after
simply making a reconnoissance of the
ground allotted them. They announced
that they would repeat the reconnois
sance the next day. and then would de
cide what they would do. There Is some
Indignation at the attitude of the Span
ish troops, who do nothing but stroll
about the city, while the French soldiers
are worn out from ceaseless guard duty.
GETS NO NOTICE' OF W EDDING
Westminister Rector Knows Nothing
of McKim-White Marriage.
LONDON, Aug. 18. (Special.) Canon
Hensley Henson, rector of St. Mar
garet's at Westminister, when seen this
evening with regard to the rumor that
Mrs. Stanford White would be married
to Charlos Follen McKim at St. Mar
garet's next month, said he had re
ceived no notice whatever on the sub
ject. OFF AGAIN TO SOUTH POLE
Dr. John Charcot Is Organizing
Second Expedition in Paris.
PARIS', Aug. 18. Dr. John Charcot,
who headed the French Antarctic expe
dition of 1903. says that he is organizing
another expedition and hopes to start
in July, 1908, in an attempt to discover
the South Pole. ,
AERIAL VISITOR FRIGHTENS
METEOR DROPS INTO OCEAN
OFF LONG ISLAND SOUND.
People Are Terrified When Blazing
Mass Drops to Water From
the Heavens.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Everybody out
of doors at '. Amaganzett, L. I., was
startled this evening on hearing a terrific
roar, and at the same time saw a blaz
ing mass shooting through the1 heavens
over the ocean apparently only a little
way out from shore. The blazing object
appeared to many to be about 20 feet In
diameter. Those- who witnessed the
flight, say the meteor must have weighed
several tons. When it struck the ocean
huge breakers came tumbling shoreward.
Several 'bnthing pavilions were washed
away and "fishermen's nets were Ibarttered
from their moorings, wh'le considerable
damage was caused to property along
the ocean front. Great numbers of dead
fish were swept in.
GROWING BRIGHTER EACH DAY
Comet Named in Honor of Princeton
Astronomer.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. A new and
beautiful comet which appears daily in
the eastern sky and is visible for about
an hour before sunrise has been under
observation for some time by astrono
mers at the United States Naval Observ
atory. This comet, which Is entirely new
to astronomy, has been named In honor
of Mr. Daniels, of the Princeton Univer
sity astronomical department, who dis
covered the celestial interloper some
weeks ago. The observers at the Naval
Observatory say the Daniels comet Is
growing brighter each morning and now
appears as about a fourth magnitude
star. It shows Itself above the eastern
horizon at about 3 o'clock A. M. and Is
visible, of course, only until the sun rises.
Wras Sister of Younger Boys.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 18. Mrs. Emma
Leach, sister of Cole, Jim and Bob
Younger, died here as the result of
injuries received in a streetcar acci
dent. She was 54 years old.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 74
degrees; minimum, SO degrees. -
TODAY'S' Fair ; northwest winds.
Telegraphers Strike.
Goldfield miners order Western Union oper
ator out . of town. 0 Page 1.
Both sides take situation more' calmly ' In
New York. Page 4.
Crisis In telegraphers strike expected today.
Page 1.
Domes! ie.
Hetty Green says girls should work more
and think less of fine clothes. Page 6.
Foreign.
International Socialist convention convenes
at Stuttgart. Page 4.
Moorish bands quarreling among themselves.
Page 4.
National.
"Interest' realize futility of continued re
sistance of big stick. Page 1.
Ex-Secretary of Treasury Shaw sees no rea
son to fear hard times. Page 1.
Democratic leaders scheme to "smoke"
Bryan out. Page 1.
Sports.
Beavers take double-header from the Seals.
Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
Harrlman, tired of body and weary of mind,
arrives in San Francisco. Page 2..
Governor Chamberlain believes Deschutes
Irrigation & Power Company is acting in
good faith. Page 3.
Two well-known Vancouver young people are
drowned.. Page 3.
Two masked robbers hold up eight men In
Spokane saloon and rob till. Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
Daniels' comet may be seen from Portland.
Page 1.
General Manager O'Brien returns from con
ference with Harrlman. Page 7.
Austrian Baron visiting Portland expresses
opinion that United States will absorb
Mexico. Page 5.
Oregon Lumbermen will launch campaign
against advanced freight rates today.
Pfige 14.
Father O'Hara preaches at the Cathedral on
the papal syllabus. Page 9.
Dr. Clarence True Wilson will preach to
Kelly Butte prisoners. Page '9.
Commissioner Aitchison of Railroad Commis
sion finds Seaside train overcrowded.
Page 6.
Situation In telegraphers' strike shows little
Pax 4.
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Aerial Visitor Seen in
Eastern Sky
STEADILY GROWING BRIGHTER
Seen From Points of Vantage.
About Portland.
VISIBLE ABOUT 3 O'CLOCK
Named Daniels Comet for Its Dis
coverer, Whose Camera First
Found It Wanderer Is Be
ing Carefully Studied.
SEEN FROM ARLINGTON.
ARLINGTON. Or.. Aug. 18. (To
the Editor.) The people of this vi
cinity noticed a comet, which appears
on the eastern horizon about 3 o'clock
In the morning. Why have we not
heard something about this comet
through the papers?
GEORGE W. MONTAGUE.
A comet is to be seen on the east
ern horizon about 3 o'clock every
morning. It Is small and dim and re
mains visible only a short time, as the
dawn soon overpowers its feeble rays.
Being so near the sky line it cannot
be seen unless the night Is clear. But
If one wishes to get up at 3 A. M.,
climb to some point so that he can
overlook the morning mists that hug
the lowlands and search the East with
keen eyes or a good glass, he may see
what until very lately no man has ever
seen the new comet. It looks like a
star of the fourth magnitude with a
faint tall. But it Is daily growing
larger and brighter.
Borne comets are regular visitors to
our section of the universe and some
come only Once, then disappear for
ever. The present space wanderer was
discovered by Astronomer Daniels, of
the Princeton University observatory
last Spring, when It was a mere faint,
uncertain point on a photographic
plate, far too dim for any organic eye
to see even with the aid of a 30-lnch
lens. Slowly the vast cloud of In
candescent gas drew nearer to our sun
at the rate of millions of miles a day.
Though In size the comet Is larger than
ten millions of our sun, hotter than
boiling gold, and brighter than the
strongest searchlight or electric arc,
it was so far away that It was only
a faint glow, the size of a needle point,
when Mr. Daniels first found It.
At first he thought the speck on his
photographic plate was only a defect.
He tried another, and still that strange
dim, almost microscopic point was there.
Plate after ilate in the camera be
neath his huge telescope proved be
yond doubt that he had found a new
heavenly body.
Pronounce It New Comet.
Then the question arose among the
astronomers In the secret whether this
new point of light was a suddenly
brightening fixed star or a moving
body. Every night the stranger iwas
photographed, and the point on the
photographic negative slowly changed
its position and grew larger and
plainer. There was but one possible
conclusion: the stranger was a comet
and was coming nearer.
For weeks It was studied before It
was visible to the human eye. One
particularly clear night the great tele
scope was trained exactly on the point
in the low eastern heavens where the
comet was now known to be and there
it was. Its discoverer's eyes were the
first human eyes ever to b'ihold it.
Nightly thereafter It was studied, its
path watched, measured and calculated.
Mathematics, that wizard mother of
all the sciences, soon showed beyond
a possibility of doubt that this comet
had never approached our sun before.
This is easily proved, because comets
that return regularly, even at periods
of thousands' of years apart, travel In
what may be expressed as closed or
bits, while wandering comets come to
our solar system over a parabolic path
that makes it impossible that they have
ever traveled It before or will again.
In this last class belongs the stranger
of the eastern skies, visible now from
Council Crest on a crystal morning for
the first time since Time began.
Stranger Constantly Watched.
As soon as the discovery of the new
comet was announced, it was watched
every available Instant by the United
States Naval Observatory. Results ob
tained here were compared by cable
and telegraph with the calculations of
other watchers of the heavens all over
the world. Last night, and for as
many nights to come as the stranger
is visible, a hundred of the keenest
eyes and finest brains in the world will
weigh, measure, time and analyze the
newcomer.
To millions of men this seems Im
possible, but to the trained scientists
It Is almost as easy and sure In re
sults as to weigh, measure and time an
automobile or a freight car. To time
the comet one need only calculate Its
constantly changing position as com
pared to that of certain fixed stars.
Trlangulation, such as is used in com
COMET
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mon field surveying but of a far more
delicate character. Is the mathemati
cal means, the stop "watch, that times
its hurtling flight through space. The
same methods are used to determine
its size and its distance from the earth.
A delicate Instrument called the
spectroscope, which splits a ray of
light, be It ever so faint, into a number
of bars of colors, is the means to tell
what the comet Is composed of. It we
train thl? Instrument on a candle
flame six feet away. It Bhows a cer
tain ribbon of light, colored In a cer
tain way. Now if we burn Iron in that
candle flame a new line appears in
the ribbon of light on the screen. A
thousand experiments under as many
different conditions as man can Invent
shows trat Iron in a flame always
shows this same particular line; also
that no other, substance known to man
produces the same line, or Hne3, In
exactly the same spot In the ribbon of
light. Hence man has assumed -that
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whenever this line appears in a ribbon
of light on the screen thrown by the
spectroscope, there is iron in the
flame that produces the ray of light
so divided, tio matter how far away
that flame may be. So when the spec
troscope is trained on a comet and this
line appears we know that there is
Iron in some form, ucually in the shape
of incandescent gas, in the comet.
This law of nature holds good, as
shown by endless experiments, con
cerning all known elements, such as
Iron, gold, silver, copper arsenic, lead,
oxygen or any other element.
Be Closely Studied.
The study of the new comet hap of
course, not been completed. It will go
on as long as the stranger is visible
to the human or to the photographic
eye. When the Daniels comet has be
come a thing of the past forever, which
It will within a few weeks, the results
will be announced and a bit of knowl
edge will have been added to the store
of human wisdom.
In times past the coming of comets
was considered an evil omen even ly
the most intelligent of men. Such a
visitation was supposed to predict the
coming of some dire calamity to the
human race, uch as plague or war or
famine. Such a view is still held
among the ignorant of all peoples, es
peclally by savages. But today the
educated mind looks on a comet as a
rare treat by which to gain a wee peep
Into the laboratory of nature, the ma
chine shop of the Universe.
Man fears that, and only that, which
he does not understand. Today we
know what a comet is, so we do not
fear it. For a few weeks to come the
watcher of the skies will see in the
morning heavens not a sign of the
wrath of the Gods, but one of the most
beautiful and wonderful sights In
Nature, a harmless visitor to our solar
system from unknown space into which
it will disappear forever.
COMET SIGHTED FROM SHIP
Celestial Phenomenon Seen From
Liner on Eventful Voyage.
The New York Sun of 7ugut 12 con
tains the following account of the sight
ing of the comet at sea:-
The Insular Line steamship Brooklyn, In
yesterday from Porto Rico, entertained pas
sengers with spectacular sea, sky and other
changes on the voyape. On the second day
out a school of 14 whales, apparently mis
taking the steamship for their grandfather,
nestled alongside, keeplnjr her company for
several hours, blowing and breaching and
frolicking after the manner of cetaceans
that have never been near Amagansott and
know no fear. One too familiar creatuie
that bumped against the starboard side got
pelted with coal by a stoker, and waving
his flukes and splashing the liner, he head
ed off her course.
At 4:30 o'clock Friday morning Captain
McLean, who was in charge of the bridge,
saw a luminous geyser shaped form rise
above the eastern horizon. Later, after ail
of the glowing figure was visible, the skip
per knew It was a comet, and one of the
biggest he had ever seen. He had seen no
account of a recently-discovered comet, and
he decided that he probably was among
the first observers of It at sea. It lost
ttself In the sunrise glare. At breakfast the
skipper told his passengers about his celes
tial find, and all of them got up before
dawn on Saturday and saw the comet rise
and vanish. Its head pointed to the horizon
line and it looked like a huge pyrotechnic
shuttlecock descending.
A school of whales and a comet on a five
day sea Journey were considered pretty
fair experiences until about 3 o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, while the ship was off
the Virginia coast. The afr was misty and
held a hint of storm. Five miles dead
ahead the passengers, most of whom were
on desk, saw a waterspout swiftly swirl
Into being. The vision was" dim and em
bryonic at first. Then it evolved Into a
massive pillar of spray and finally Into a
blackish column that looked as If it were
holding up the empyrean roof. It seemed
to be a mile high, and Us pedestal was a
ferment several hundred feet wide. It
collapsed quickly and some of Its aerial
structure fell In spray on the deck of the
Brooklyn.
About three hours before her adventure
with the waterspout the ship passed part
of the deck of a sailing vessel, attached t
which was a winch.
The Cunarder Etruria also ran across
deep-sea spectacles. On the fourth day
out she sighted a great flock of Mother
Carey's chickens flying south. Then two
whales came along, followed by an immense
school of dolphins.
FORCE BRYAN TO
COME INTO FIGHT
If He Wants on Ticket
He Must Say So.
FOLK READY TO CONTEST
Conservative Leaders WiU
"Put It Up" to Nebraskan.
TAGGART ACTS FOR EAST
National Chairman Empowered te
Promise Support Where He
Wishes in Xext Convention.
Schemes Laid in Chicago.
CHICAGO., Aug. 13. (Special.) Wil
liam J. Bryan will not be permitted to
be a "passive" candidate for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination. He will
have to speak up If he wants a chance
at the job. Before the Democratic
National Committee meets in December
to fix the place and date for holdlnff
the National Convention, Mr. Bryan will
be forced to declare himself an active
aspirant for the nomination.
A decision to this effect was reached
in Chicago Saturday at a conference
in which National Chairman Taggart
and Roper C. Sullivan had a prominent
part. Some of the details have leaked
out. In the conference, it In under
stood, were representatives of enough
elements to make the ultimatum good.
Governor Joseph W. Folk, of Missouri.
Is to be the wedge used to pry Mr.
Bryan off the lid which has kept all
possible candidates of Democracy
quiescent.
The penalty for a refusal to abide by
the will of the National leaders means
a transfer of the delegations of Illinois,
Indiana and "conservative" states from
the Bryan column to some other candi
date, probably Governor Folk.
Proposition, it is understood, is to
have an authoritative announcement
made from Missouri that Folk is ready
to get into the Presidential race. Then
a deputation of Folk's friends will ask
Mr. Brran to declare himself for the
Missouri Governor. A refusal will be
considered as a declaration of war, and
Bryan will be forced to fight for the
Missouri delegation.
Such a situation Is what conservative
leaders are hoping for. Chairman
Taggart carries a commission with
him, it is said, to do and act for the
solid Eastern strength in the next Na
tional Convention.
MAY YET PUNISH ALTON
Railroad Did Not Act in Good Failb
Toward Government.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Attorney-General
Bonaparte, after his conference to
morrow with District Attorney Sims, is
likely to Inform Judge Landis that the
Chicago & Alton did not fulfill the agree
ment under which it was promised im
munity by the Government, and that the
grand jury should proceed to draw indict
ments against the railroad for granting
the rebates which earned the Standard
Oil Company the fine of $29,24fl.OOO.
The scales are on a fine balance, the
probabilities are slightly more in the di
rection of the conclusion as above Indi
catd than that the company will receive
Immunity, according to information at
hand tonight. The situation is so criti
cal that It has brought a galaxy of Al
ton officials and legal talent to Washing
ton. District Attorney Sims and Assist
ant District Attorney Wilkeerson arrived
In Washington from Chicago tonight In
response to the summons of the Attorney
General for the conference tomorrow.
At a late hour tonight ex-Dlstrlct Attor
ney Morrison, who entered Into the agree
ment with the Alton and who also was
Invited to the conference,' had not arrived,
and it is not probable that he will parti
cipate. Mr. Morrison has been unable
to arrange his affairs so as to come East
at this time without great Inconvenience. .
and he has written the Attorney-General ;
several explanatory letters which he
hopes will be sufficient.
Should he bo unable to reach Wash
ington tomorrow he will come Bast at
the end of the week to be present in
New York In connection with the case
which the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion had brought In the Federal Court to
compel E. H. Harrlman and Banker
Kuhn, of Kuhn & Co., to answer
questions which they refused to answer
when the Commission was Investigating
Mr. Harrlman and the Union Pacific.
District Attorney Sims declined tonight
to make any statement or give any In
formation concerning the Alton matter.
ie will See the Attorney-General In the
morning, and present to him the records
in tha case. Mr. Sims also informs the
Attorney-General whether In his opinion
the Alton has earned immunity. From
the records, however, t'ne Attorney must
conclude whether the Alton Company
acted In good faith, and Judge Landis
will toe guided by the Attorney-General's
recommendations. It is thought, because,
should the Attorney-General decide
against prosecution of the Alton, the
Government could not be forced to pros
ecute, no matter how many indictments
grand juries at Chicago might return.
Taft Is Off to Manila.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Secretary
Taft left here today on the first stag
of his trip to, Manila. He is expected
to make a notable speech at Columbus,
O., tomorrow. At Seattle he will be
joined by members of his family. Mr.
Taft will return In December, via
Suez, completing a trip around the
world.
Wireless Stations on Coast.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. The Army
and Navy Departments have arranged
to co-operate in maintaining wireless
communication between Nome and St.
Michaels, Alaska, and Seattle and Sao.
Francisco.