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TTTK MORN'IXO- OTtEGON'TAN. F71IDAT. AritIL 17. 1908. STREETCAR affair were passed. The convention wja made up practically of negroes. 1 IT BY SH RIOTERS Bloodshed Follows Attempt to Operate Cars at Ches ter, Pa. TROOPS SENT TO SCENE Two Kmployfs of Traction Company Aro Slljrtifly Wounded by Bui lds and Others Are Badly Hon ion by the Mob, OH KSTKR. F. April i.-RJot and tiooilfhi murkod the third day of the ttrotnr ttrlko h,ore today, whon the hMor Trnr-tlon Compuny Mtomjrtrfl to npfrutn it car with Imported trlke brrtkr. Th striker. ami th.r vympit thlor fttoriiiffi a trolleyonr that was p tar tod out of tho barns and In the mle two mon woro Phot. William 5rirfionirr. a claim aftnt for the company, was struck on th arm by tt bullet and Will turn PorKmann, the rnotorman who had chrtrjro of tho car, was art ruck in tho foot by amtbrr bullet, frit waa irarffcd from the, car and beaten nnd was rescued from the angry strikers tnd their ynipathier with difficulty. Grt Isenicr. besides bclngr wounded, had bla shoulder dislocated. Several other fraction employes wen also cut and bruised. Mob Assembles Karly. A rmh of fully bWO men stood gruard rra.r the trolley barns At daybreak, wait in j? a more on the part of the trac tion officials ami, when the first car was run out on the tracks, followed by the ap pearance of about 40 strikebreakers, in t harpe of ;ricsemer. the crowd became furious. The car was attacked And the strikebreakers set upon. The local police were nnnhle to cope with the situation nd afier many conferences between the traction and city officials, it was decided to auk the overnor to send the state constabulary to take charge of the situa tion. The reouest for the state police was ent to the 4overnor by Mayor Johnson, nd troop A from Greensburjr, in com manrt of Captain ritoher and lieutenant Van Voorheea, and Troop 4 of Bonding, were ordered to the scene of the dis orders, "Aptain John roome. of Phtlatielphta, superintendent of the con stabulary, took personal command of he troops. More Troops Coming. Troop C arrived late tonfrbt and en tamped about two miles oxitside of the rlty limits and the Ureensburg men are expected to reach here early tomorrow. There are 84 men in command of nptain Pitcher and about the same number in the troop sent from Reading. The latter nre supplied with ammunition and equip ment sufficient to meet any emergency. The local police, even though aug mented by cO men specialty sworn in, bave been unable to give the trolley com pany any protection. No arrests were made In connection With the disorder today. LMiRF.K OX 90-CKNT SCAtJS Committee or Mine Operators and Miners in Harmony. ToT,Kt O., April 3fi. The scale committee of the Interstate Op erators and Miners has practically de rided on a two years' basis at 90 cents a ton rate for mining coal, with a sat isfactory apret'ment as to the advan tages of working conditions. The scale vitt be accepted by President Lewis on behalf of the miners with the under-vtandlnt- that he will at once communi cate with the various districts and bave them vote on the proposition. POLITICS DISRUPT VILLAGE Ontslile Conner! Called In to Straighten the Tangle. SEATTI.R. April 16. Leavenworth, a little town up in the rlouds, near the summit of the Cascade Mountains, is ex-t-eriem-inp such political strife that the corporation counsel of another muntci laiity has been called in to settle points cf law Involved in the dispute. The trouble started at election time, when the cutpolnfc Mayor, before leavins office, ap pointed nearly all the officials on the in coming Mayor's patronase list. Then the tty Council took advantage of the new Mayor's temporary absence to lect a temporary Mayor, who removed the one rfncial, a Marshal, that the real Execu tive had been able to appoint. The con troversy became so involved that the city authorities and the voters of the town agreed to abide by the decision of the Seattle lecal counsel, who held that the former Mayors appointments were Jejral but that the acts of the Mayor pro tem are Invalid, thus giving each Bide a bit of satisfaction. MAKE LITTLEFIELD QUIT tJomjwrs Says OrganUod tabor Bnlned Maine Man's Chances. N'EW YORK. April 16. That the res limatron of Congressman Lhttlefield, of Maine, which was recently an nounced, was forced by the campaign made against him several years afro by c-rjranlxed labor, was asserted today by President Samuel Oomrers. of the American Federation of Labor. "When labor made its protest against Mr. Ulttleneld he said he would be elected to Corgress again." srfid Mr. Gompera. "and he was elected again, but his pres tige besan to decline and now he is to lfve Congress and retire to private life. 'Labor cannot afford to overlook the record of any Congressman or any other riibllc official," continued Mr. Gompers. "Labor has its rights, knows them and will stand for them. It will not let Itself be outlawed by any judicial decision. Labor organizations have political power. It has never been utilized as it should MXiKOES IIOKSE FO RAKER Chen Faction in Louisiana Sends Vninstrncted .Delegates. NEW ORLEANS. April 16. Official re ports TSceived here today from Calcasieu Parish state that the Chen faction of the Republroans in the Seventh District held their convention last night and named delegates to the. National Republican Convention at Chicago. The delegates wfll go ncinstructed. Resolutions m dorstnjc the admin tsrrtttion of President Rooeevelt and commending Senator For akej for kis stand on the, Brownsville SHOSHOXK COUNTY FOR TAFT Idaho Ilnlng Vp for Secretary for President. SPOKANE. Wash., April 1 (Special.') Tnft for President, was one of the msoln tlona adopted at the Shoshone County Republican convention, held at Mullan. Idaho, today. It demands an Instructed delegation from Idaho. The resolu tion also contained a flattering Indorse ment of Senator Heyburn and a mild In dorsement of Senator Borah and Con gressman French. Hughes 'anies Democrat. ALBANY. N. Y.. April 1. Governor Hughes today appointed R. Lv Hanby, of Ellisabothtown. a Democrat, as Com mlsslon.r to take testimony In the charges preferred against District At torney Jerome, of New York. Hanby succeeds Judge Andrews, who recently resigned. The taking of testimony is to be resumed April 27. i Taft Jets Indorsement. PAI.F.M. Mass., April 1. Unpledged and unlnstrueted delegates to the Na tional Convention were elected at the Sixth Massachusetts Republican Con vention here today. A resolution" de claring that Taft Is th most fitted can didate to carry out the policies of President Roosevelt was adopted. Instructed for Cannon. FRF1BPORT, 111., April 1. Republicans of tho Thirteenth Congressional District today instructed delegates to the National convention for Joseph G. Cannon as Presidential nornlnee. THROWS CHILD INTO SEA M OTHER . S CM M A RI IiY I I S POSES OF SUPPOSED CORPSE. Surgeon f Steamship Statendam Says Little Ulrl May Have Been Alive. NEW YORK. April 1. An extraor dinary tale of the burial at sea of a child which may have been alive when thrown overboard was told by the officers of the steamer Statendam when that vessel ar rived today from Rotterdam. The child la said to have been thrown overboard by its own mother, Mrs. Hortha Ijr.yblk, of Po land. She was coming to thle. country with two children, one of which became 111 and In about an hour was apparently dead. The other passengers of the steer age objected to the presence of the body on board and Informed the mother that unless the child was thrown overboard a storm would overwhelm the vessel. About midnight the body of tho child, a little girl, was thrown Into the sea. Of ficers of the steamer soon discovered what had happened and the e-hlp'a sur geon, who made inquiries, is said to have expressed the fear that the child was merely in a comatose state and might have been revived under medical treat ment. Mrs. Lzybik was taken to Kills Island. CLAPP IS HEAP BIG CHIEF Given--"War-Bonnet hy Chief rienty CVm9, of th Crows. WASHINGTON1. April 16. Senator Clapp of Minneaota, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs, la now a "heap In dian chief of the Crow tribe. He was given a great surprise today by Chief Plenty Coos and his fellow-tribesmen, -who have been witnesses before the Indian committee for the past three week's. The chief marched into the committee room at the head of the band, and through an interpreter, phlepmatically in formed the Senator that the treatment that had been accorded the Indians waj highly appreciated and that an appropri ate gift was due the white chief of the committee. Chief Flenty Coos then took from one of his followers a huge war bonnet, which had been tb chief's In signia of rank, worn by him whenever he went into battle. He said he waa now a man of peace and the bonnet was of less value to him on the reservation than to the Senator in Congress, and therefore he wanted the Senator to take it. Senator Clapp was "completely flabber gasted," according to his own description of his emotions. He took the war bonnet and thanked the chief. Plenty Coos nnd his band will start for their homo in Montana tomorrow. - CITY COMPETITION HARD Seattle F.tectrieal Pealer Rays Tie Is Nearly Put Out of Business. SEATTLE). Wash., April 16. (Special.) Robert L. Munson, a dealer in electrical supplies, is seeking an injunction against the city of Seattle, restraining the City I-ighting Department from selling or leas ing motors and other electric fixtures. The cn?e will be heard tomorrow In the Su perior Court. Munson asserts that his business Is damaged because of the fact that the city, by reason of its large finan cial credit, can buy electric fixtures cheaper than he and that it installs and leases thera at a figure which yields no profit to the city. He charges that the city is violating the law, because neither by charter provision, city ordinance nor otherwise is it authorised to engage in this character of business. In this branch the city has thousands of dollars in vested. The further charge is made that the city is unlawfully using money de rived from the general tax levy to buy wire for Installing the motors and other fixtures. The case raises a question of the construction of the city charter and the State Constitution, which has not been brought up before. NEBRASKA IS ENJOINED ForWdden Ty Federal Court to Oust California Insurance Companies. LINCOLN. N'O.. April 16. Judge T. C Munger. of the Federal Conrt. late today Issued a restraining order forbid ding Ftate Auditor Searle to interfere with the activities of the Fireman's Fund or the Pacific Mutual, both Cali fornia insurance companies. The Ne braska Insurance Department attempted to oust all California insurance compa nies doing business in Nebraska, in re taliation for an action of the California authorities. EVANS IS MUCH STRONGER Takes Outing at Hotel, but Can't Go 1o Los Angeles. PASO KOBLES HOT SPRINGS. Oil., April IS. For the first time in a week Admiral Evans was given an outing to day. He felt so much stronger that his eon. Lieutenant Evans, wheeled him about the hotel grounds. The Admiral spent some time on the lawn, watching a Because is a woman's reason Because it's a Gor don is a man's reason. Now is the reasonable time to get your GORDON HAT $3 !lllll!l!!llinil!llllllllllllli;!lf!!l!lllllin II! The $4 Gordon DcLuxe J li!lilijl!l!llll!!lll!l!ilU!llll!lli!ll! game of croquet and tennis. In which he took a lively Interest. He seemed to be in the nest of spirits nd many of the hotel guests remarked upon the notice able Improvement In his appearance since last week. Admiral Rvans today sent a message to the I-os Angeles fleet committee, ex pressing his regret that he was unable to participate, with his officers and men. In the welcome prepared for them. Lieu tenant Frank Taylor Evans and Lieuten ant C. Ruseell Train, Admiral Evans flag officer, will leave here Sunday night for Los Angeles to attend the banquet given in honor of the officers of the fleet and other festivities In that city. PUNISH KURDISH RAIDERS Russian Troops Invade I'ersian Ter ritory ftr Purpose. TIFLIS. Trans-Caucasia, April 1. Russian troops have Invaded Persian territory in the vicinity of Ienkoran, a port on the Cnsplnn Sea, for the pur pose of punishing Kurdish raiders. The trouble began April 12, when a detach ment of Russian troops from fteleauvar met a band of Kurdish brigands and lost several men In the subsequent fighting. The brigands also suffered. The Russians in force crossed the frontier and destroyed several villages. They also scattered the Kurds, who numbered In all about 4000. According to the latest repqjts received at Tlflls, the Russians are still continuing; their advance. The people of Beleauvar have tele graphed to St. Petersburg, appealing for immediate protection. Cossacks have been- sent Into the districts to preserve order. The whole of the fron tier is in a state of alarm. MONOPOLY IN SUBMARINES (Continued From First Page.) amendment by Padgett of Tennessee, ap propriating $6,563,800 for repairs to 18 vessels, among which are the following: San Francisco. J600.2RO; Alabama, JS67.500: Illinois. (!7,S00; Iowa, I5S7.R0O; Kearsargo. fi7:f.S0O; Kentucky, S673.600; Bennington, S135.760. The money la to be paid out of the ap propriation of JS.000.000 for construc tion and repair of vessels. The amend ment was adopted without division. It was passed under suspension of the rules, the Idea being to forestall the Demo crats in the matter of unnecessary roll calls. The vote resulted: Teas. 264: nays, 13, the latter being Byrd of Mississippi, Garner of Texas, Gregg of Texas, May nard of Virginia, Helm of Kentucky, Jones of Virginia. Lamar of Missouri, Lee of Georgia, Russell of Texas, Sher wood of Ohio, Slayden and Stephens of Texas. 14 IX I CONGRESSMAN W. R. FXUS. Has experience in Congress. Vote to keep him there. Tomorrow and Monday win posi tively be the last days for discount on East Side gas bills. Portland Gas Company. It its shoes, its Rosenthal's. ' Satisfaction V t v a 1 Satisfaction fn the hat which is "ALWAYS SIGHT' Ask your Dealer lor COFFEE Wliy do we drink so much poor coffee? Because good coffee is so good. Tour irrocer returns your money if you don't like Schilling' Best; w py him. In m Pindb. nse ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. Ladles can wear ehoea one size smaller after usinc Allen's F(Kt-Base. It "makes tig-ht or new shoes feel easy ; gives Instant relief to corns and bunion?. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Cures wollea feet, bli ters callous and sore spots. It Is a certain re lief for sweating-, tired, aching; feet. At all rrnjgiWs and Shoe stores. 25c. lont accept any sutituta. 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