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VOL. XLIX NO. 15,293. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1909. PRJCE FIVE CENTS. KNOX SEVERS ALL RELATIONS ' WITH ZELAYA Dictator in FlatTerms Is Branded Tyrant, Trouble-Makcr. RODRIQUEZ GIVEN PASSPORT United States Recognizes De t Facto Government of Rev olutionists. WAR IS LEFT TO CONGRESS Death of Americans Laid to Zelaya Personally. REPARATION NOT DECIDED Views f President Tart Reflected In Knox Letter to Charge d Affaires. Zelaya Keeps Central Amer icans Always in Ferment. WASHINGTON. Deo. 1. Secretary of State Knox late today returned the pass ports of Felipe Rodrlgues. Charge d'Af f a ires of the Nicaraguan legation, with a letter scathingly denouncing the Zelayan administration of the government of Ni caragua. The letter Is definitely declared to rep resent the views of President Taft and Is about as plain spoken as anything emanating from the State Department in many years. Zelaya Held Responsible. The extraordinary feature of the letter Is that it seems to evince an intention on the part of United States to hold President Zelaya personally responsible for the alleged torture and execution of the Americans, Cannon and Groce, and exhibits the unique situation of one gov ernment holding the chief executive of another practically as a common male factor. Held as Tyrant. Zelaya Is branded as a violator of lolemn International conventions, a dis turber of national and international peace, a tyrant whose administration has been a blot upon the name of good gov ernment. Secretary Knox virtually announces the recognition of the Nicaraguan revolutlon- i lyts. declares it to be the conviction of the United States that the revolution rep resents the sentiments of a majority ot the Nicaraguan people, and that there Is evidently no responsible government with which the United States can deal. All Must Protect America. He therefore announces that all parties will he held accountable for their actions as affecting the interests of Americans apd the peace of Central America. He further Informs Senor Rodriguez that, while he has lost his diplomatic quality, he may still serve as an "unof ficial" channel of communication with the faction which he is regarded as rep resenting. War Left to Congress. This brings , the orisls as ntrar to the status of war as it could be brought by executive action without a definite dec laration by Congress, which will con vene next Monday. Mr. Knox's letter In all but so many words makes it plain that the action, represents the wish and attitude of all the Central American States with the single exception of Honduras, which is regarded here as en tirely dominated by Zelaya. Mexico has Its sympathy with the United States In tills matter. Text of Knox' letter. Tppartniont of State, Washington, Dec. 1, ISO!) Sir: Since the Wash ington convention of 1907, it Is notorious that President Zelaya lias almost con tinuously kept Central America in ten sion or turmoil,, that he has repeatedly and flagrantly violated the provisions of the convention, and. by a baneful In fluence on Honduras, whose neutrality the conventions were to assure. has sought to discredit the sacred interna tional obligations to the great detriment of Costa Rica, Salvador and Guatemala, whose governments meanwhile appear to have been able patiently to strive for the loyal support of the engagements so solemnly undertaken at Washington un der the auspices of the United States nd of Mexico. Zelaya Throttles Freedom. "It is equally a matter of common knowledge that, under . the regime of , President .Zelaya, republican Institutions ' 4nnalaaa on Pace &) PEARL NECKLACE SEIZED -EY LOEB RICH MAN'S VTFE DEPRIVED OF" $25,000 BAUBLE. Alleged Attempt to Smuggle Jewels Into Country Leads to Their Jjoss and Trouble for Owner. NEW YORK. Deo. 1 The Cnesbrongh pearl necklace was seized today by Collector Loeb, who appraises. Its 812 units, with the duty added, at $25,000. The owner Is Mrs. Fremont B. Ches brough, wife of a millionaire lumber man of Detroit and Boston. Two customs Inspectors swear they found i bill of sale for the pearls last May In the false bottom of one of Mrs. Cheobrough'a trunks, but the pearls were missing- ' According; to Ches brough. the Jewels were being: held to his order in Toronto. Canada. Col lector Loeb says that he Insisted upon possession, but was given what proved to be an Imitation. He' continued to press the Govern ment's claim, and on July 28 he ob tained the originals. He has held them since, pending: proof that they had never been In this country. Such proof has not been forthcoming-, according to Mr. Loeb, and today the necklace was seized as a preliminary to action against Mrs. Chesbrough. GENERAL JENNISON DEAD Man With Brilliant Civil War Rec ord Passes In California. U09 AJSTCETLjES. Cal., Dec 1. (Special.) General SI P. Jennlson died suddenly at his Covina home last night. His passing removes a man with a brilliant Civil War record, formerly active in Journalism and politics in Minnesota, and lately prom inent in citrus fruit organizations in Southern California General Jennlson bad been Indisposed several days but his condition was not considered alarming. Mrs. Jennlson was away from the house a short time and on her return found him sitting dead in his chair by the fireplace. In 1860 Jennlson became a private sec retary to Governor Alexander Ramsay, who also appointed him State librarian. These offices he resigned on the Issuance of President Lincoln's second call for troops. He was breveted several times during the war for gallantry. After- the war he was private secretary to three Governors of Minnesota, and from 1872 to 1S75 was Secretary of State. WHITMAN STOPS FOOTBALL Faculty Abolishes Game Because of Injuries In Mass Plays. WALLA WALLA, Dec. 1 Following the serious injuries to players in the Thanksgiving day football game here between Whitman College and Wash ington State College, the faculty of Whitman College today " officially an nounced that the game would be abol ished at this institution next year un less mass plays are ' eliminated from the game by the committee on rules. Whitman College is the first insti tution in the Pacific Northwest to take action toward securing reform in foot ball rules. In explanation of its action a member of the faculty tonight said that the game played here Thanksgiving dem onstrated clearly the need of abolish ing mass plays as the five players who were Injured in that game sustained them directly through this means. The decree of the faculty has created a sensation 'in athletic circles here. DR. COOK WITH MULDOON Explorer Found at Ex-Wrestler's Resort Taking Athletic Cure. NEW. YORK. Dec. 1. (Special. Dr. Cook's whereabouts are no lonarer a. ttwh- terj". The Arctic explorer was located today at Muldoon s farm, 'where he is undergoing the ex-wrestler's athleti cure. It has been known here that Cook had sought seclusion ,ln a health resort, but not until many of the prominent watering places were visited did the explorers after Cook think of inquiring for him at Mul doon's. Muldoon denies that Cook is there, at least saying that if he Is there he en tered under an assumed name. SLEEPER WALKS OFF TRAIN Somnambulist Steps Unhurt From 60-Mile-nn-Hour Vehicle. HAMMOND. -Ind.. Dec, 1. While in a somnambulistic sleep on a fast Lake Snore train today, J. M. Ashcroft. aged 70, of Red Key. Ind., walked off the train while it was running 60 miles an hour near Chesterton and- was practically uninjured. He fell on a parallel track and , while getting up was struck by another train. Ho suffered only a slight scalp wound and continued his journey. U. S. SEAMEN STILL ADRIFT Over 10O Hours Pass Without Word From Missing Crew. WASHINGTON. Deo. 1. Another day has gone by without the five men of the deck crew of the gunboat Marietta, off Port Union, Costa Rica, being found. It is now more than 100 hours since the little boat was swept out to sea. Nothing was heard from tha Marietta today In regard to the lost sailors in the wlialeboat. Each hour that passes made It more certain in the minds of naval of ficers that the men never will return DESPOTISM RULES IN ZELAYA'S L Nicaraguan Conditions Unbelievable. PLEDGE OF PEACE IS BROKEN All Agreements Made at Wash ington Violated. UNITED STATES SPONSOR Present Step Taken Only After All Efforts at Moral Suasion Fail. 'Paralyzed,"' Says Rodriguez, but Other Attaches Rejoice. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. In breaking off diplomatic relations between this country and Nicaragua, Secretary ICnox referred to President Zelaya as a vio lator of the Washington convention. This was an agreement arrived e.t two years ago among the nations of Central Amer ica assembled through their representa tives in Washington. Through the efforts of Mr. Root, then Secretary of State, representatives of the Central American republics, then on the point of a general warfare, largely due. it was alleged, to the ambition of President Zelaya to become ddctator of Central America, were brought to Wash ington and Induced to enter into a com pact to refrain from exploitation of the territories ofi one another and to observe rules of civilized intercourse. Especially were they pledged to sub mit to arbitration any differences that might arise between them. The integ rity of Honduras was guaranteed. Zelaya Dominates Honduras. Now Secretary Knox practically charges that all these stipulations were . violated by President Zelaya. . He has dominated Honduras, whose President Is declared to be only his mouthpiece, and Zelaya has not. hesitated to violate tlve laws of neutrality - o: sending troops without warrant or permission hito Salvador and Costa Rica. That he would have done the same In the case of Guatemala had the revolu tion extended to the northern "frontier of Nicaragua Is not doubted. Moral Suasion Falls. It was well understood, though never reduced to the form of a treaty, that not only ' the United States butVIexico would ' undertake to see the provisions of this treaty were effective, though purely moral suasion was supposed to be the main reliance to accomplish this. This has utterly failed, after a trial of nearly two years. Reports to the De partment of State from its diplomatic and consular agents have shown that in that period President Zelaya has been stirring up discontent in other Central American republics, giving substantial aid to would-be revolutionists and doing everything possible to bring about a state of affairs that would warrant him in invading, the territory of his neigh bors. Nicaraguan Conditions Horrible. " But internal conditions In Nicaragua (Concluded on Page 8.) OUR NO "- ggfigSga Jlv l , 'JUWW Vne THB-RED7CROV ' STAMP. ? v A BALLINGER AGAIN WINS VINDICATION ATTOKSEY-GEKERAi UPHOLDS SECRETAT IS ALIi DETAILS. Contemners Deeply Worried Over President's I setter, Fearing Dis- , missal Will Follow. ORJSGONIASr NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 1. After an -exhaustive study of the charges preferred against Secretary Balllnger, and of official rec ords of the Interior Department bear ing upon the various questions at Is sue, Attorney-General Wickersham has submitted to the President elaborate and detailed legal opinion In which he upholds Balllnger s course In every par ticular, and expresses the opinion that he should be sustained in his course by the Administration. This report Is understood to be an even stronger indorsement of Balllnger than was President Taft's letter from Beverly, for It goes Into great detail, takes up, seriatim, every accusation, cites the record with regard to each, and shows . wherein Balllnger' s course was right. President Taft has gone over this report and approved it, and tt la understood may later make It pub lic. In whole or In' part. Wickersham's report, if given out. will set Balllnger right before the country and explain not only the Jus tice but the wisdom of his various aots. President Taft's letter to Mr. Plnchot instructing him to silence all officials of his bureau who have been inspiring attacks upon Mr. Balllnger is being observed strictly. Incidentally, those who have been prolific in their condem nation of Balllnger are deeply worried over the President's letter, fearing he will follow It with the dismissal of those most culpable a fear not alto gether groundless. The President, it is understood. Is well posted on the whole situation, and his failure to act does not signify his unwillingness to do so. Rather he is determined to dispose of the contro versy in his own way and in his. own time. ' JAIL AWAITS HER RETURN Mrs. Pankhurst to . Start Hunger Strike In British Cells. NEW YORK. J)c 1. To a cheering crowd of suffragettes, Mrs. Emmelline Pankhurst, the British suffragette leader, waved farewell today as she de parted on the steamer Teutonic for England. "My stay in- America has been pleas ing to me throughout," stwid Mrs. Pank hurst. "It Is & matter of much regret, however, that the suffragette move ment has not yet reached greater heights. Much credit is due to the good sense of the American women, that they have come to appreciate the cause of woman suffrage as mwch as true love:" Mrs. Pankhurst will serve a 30-day sentence in an English Jail on her re turn. She declared she and other suf fragettes who will also pass SO days in Jail "Just would not eat the prison food, but would bring on a hunger strike." MORE I. W. W. ARRESTED Spokane Police Refuse to Raise Flag of Truce In Fight. SPOKANE. Wrash Dec. 1. "There will be no flag of truce hoisted by us In this I. W. W. struggle," announced Police Chief Sullivan today, following the ar rest of 16 more street speakers. "In the future the police will be aggres sive toward these anarchists and will ar rest any new leaders the moment they bob up." CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR BECAUSE . FREIGHT TIED UP ALL .ALONG LINE NumberOutofWorkEs timated at 12,000. STALLED TRAINS FILL YARDS Famine in Foodstuffs Threat ens Northwest Cities. FLOUR MILLS SHUT DOWN Distributing Points Are Isolated From Their CustomersIron Range Workmen to Number of 10,000 to Lose Work. ST. PAUL, Deo. 1. Every line of in dustry in the Northwest dependent upon the movement of supplies Is seriously affected - by the strike of the railroad switchmen, which began at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. It is estimated that upwards of 12,000 men are idle tonight on account of the strike order and that thousands of freight handlers and teamsters are losing time because of the freight blockade, while a continuance of the strike for several days will throw additional thousands out of work. The railroad yards in all ter minal cities are filled with stalled freight trains and an attempt to move a few by the aid of officers and men drafted as switchmen is making no impression. Strikebreakers Employed. According to a statement issued today by George R. Blade, general organizer of the Northern Pactflo Railway, who Is acting In behalf of the managers' com mittee, the railroads affected by the switchmen's strike will receive a limited amount of freight tomorrow, the first time since the strike order went into effect Tuesday night, Strike-breakers were imported from the East, It was announced tonight, and more men are coming to take the places of the "strikers. Former emptoyes- - -snd former switchmen employed in other ca pacities will, be pressed into service. With this working force the railroads hope to be able to relieve the congestion. Mr. Slade tonight gave out a state ment saying that the situation shows im provement and that the railroads tomor row morning will generally accept less than carload freight for those outlying points to which such freight can now be promptly handled. Men to Stand Together. President Frank T. Hawley, of the switchmen's union, said he had received a telegram from W. J. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, that the organization had been instructed to act "in line with the established policy of the brotherhood." This, -Mr. Hawley said, means that members of the brotherhood working in territory affected by the strike will act as members of the switchmen's union, as it Is agreed that where members of the two organizations work together the de cision of the majority governs. Latest reports indicate that freight traffic is still demoralized. Business men generally are beginning (Concluded on Page 6.) TALE OF KIDNAPING UNFOLDED BY GIRL FOUJfD SENSELESS IV CHICAGO, SATS SHE ESCAPED. Declares She Was Stolen From Home In Michigan and Held in Con vent In East. CHICAGO. Deo. 1 (Special.) Mystery enshrouds the Idenrttv of a. w'l-rtrniutrt young woman, found unconscious in Lin- coin -t'arx, at the root of Wisconsin street, shortly before 2 P. M. today. The girl, refined-looking and apparently of good family, was found by the Lincoln Park police and rushed to the Columbus Memorial Hospital. On the way to the institution In the police ambulance she recovered consciousness long enough to murmur feebly that her name was Hasel Robinson and that she was 20 years old. Then she again lapsed into unconscious ness. Later, at the hospital, she recovered herself and declared that her name was Hazel Elizabeth Robertson Dillon, and that her father was an official of the Oregon Short Line. N Her mother, she averred, lived in Holland. Mich., and her father in Genns Ferry, Idaho. She said she had escaped from a convent, injuring herself when she jumped from a train. Following this declaration, she again subsided Into coma. When she again awakened, she continued her remarkable story, maintaining that she had been kid naped from Holland, Mich., by men whom ehe believed to be .agents of a relative. Her father, she said, is separated from her mother. She asserts she was at St. Mary's Col lege, which was either In New York or New Jersey, she could not remember which. ATTORNEY SITS AS COURT Opposing Lawyers, In Hurry, Agree to Abide by His Decision. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) A unique legal situation develonnri hrr. tn. day when two attorneys, strenuously contesting a motion in court, agreed to submit it to a fellow attorney In the ab sence of the Judge and abide by his de cision. . Judge Galloway, who wae holding court here, went to Corvallls this morn ing. Intending to return at noon, but missed the train and came later by auto mobile. So no judge was present when the hour arrived to argue a motion to quash a summons in a pending divorce case. Attorney B. S. Martin, of Browns ville, who represented the plaintiff, wished to catch a train, so he and Attorney George W. Wright, representing the de fendant, agreed to aubmlt the motion to L. .M. Curl, a member ot the local bar, who was In the courtroom. Curl heard the argument and decided that the motion was well taken. Abiding by the decision, Martin at once began preparations to secure a new order and republish the summons. CLUB REBUFFS GOVERNOR Objector to "Locker System" Not . Welcome Guest at Banquet. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec. I. The Topeka Club. Topeka' s most exclusive social or ganization, by vote, of the board of di rectors, refused today to permit Gov ernor Stubbs to be entertained at the club. ' Governor Stubbs was scheduled to speak at a banquet to Chief Justice Johnston, to be given tomorrow night by Del Valentine, clerk of the Supreme Court. Mr. Valentine was notified today that the invitation to the Governor must be withdrawn. Governor Stubbs was formerly a mem ber of the club, but withdrew because the club would not abolish the locker system for keeping liquor at the club house. BOROUGH CHIEF ACCUSED Removal of Bird S. Coler Asked for Misconduct and Waste of Funds. NEW YORK, Dec 1. Removal of Bird S. Coler from the presidency of the Borough of Brooklyn is asked of Governor Hughes by the Commissioner of Accounts in a communication ac companying charges against Mr. Coler drawn up today for submission to the Governor. Incompetency, maladministration and misconduct in office and serious waste of the public funds, are the accusations in the report. TWO CAPTURED IN BATTLE Vancouver Constables Make Catch of Longshoremen. VANCOUVER, B. C.'Dec. 1. (Special.) A daring attempt to steal freight being unloaded from the Weir liner Oceano at an early hour this morning and to cache it outside the Canadian Pacific ware house resulted In a running battle on the waterfront between three constables and three longshoremen. Two were captured, but the .third es caped aftr a fusillade of shots were sent after him. M'CREDIE STARTS EAST New Washington Congressman and His Wife Are Off for Capital. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dee. 1. (Spe cial.) Congressman MeCredie, accompa nied by his wife, left this morning for Washington. D. C. A large number of their friends assembled at the Northern Pacific station to bid them good-by. For several weeks Judge and Mrs. Me Credie have been guests at frequent ban quets and receptions given by thJx friends in the city. SENATORS SCORE WILSON'S REPORT General Disappoint ment Expressed. PERSONAL INQUIRY IS FLAYED Secretary Saw Little of Idaho Forests, It Is Said. SHEEPMEN ARE FAVORED Declaration Is Made That Govern ment OfHcial Failed to Keep In Good Faith, Promise Made to Western Lawmakers. OREGON! A N NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec 1. There is very general dis appointment among Western Senators and Representatives in Congress over the an nual report of Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, particularly that feature of the report indicating that boundaries of forest reserves are not to be reduced. During the special session of Congress many of these Western men had conferences with Secretary Wilson, who was then showing signs of Independence, and Impressed upon him the advisability of eliminating from the forest reserves all material bodies of agricultural land and some of the open-range country. To each and every one of his callers who urged those eliminations. Secretary Wilson expressed himself as unqualifiedly eliminating all agricultural lands, and perhaps some of the grazing areas as well, particularly where the latter were almost or entirely void of trees. The Secretary said he would have a detailed examination made of the various reserves in the West, and would give as much ot his own time as possible to the investiga tion of these complaints. Westerners Were Happy Once. Reassured by the promises made by Secretary Wilson, the Westerners went home, told of the encouragement they haJ received, and spread the word that all large areas of agricultural lands an.l (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 441 degrees; minimum. 40.1 deKrees; cloudy. TODAY'S Cloudy; probably showers; light southwest winds. .National. Secretary Knox, in caustic letter, sends pass port to Nicaraguan Charge d'Affire, terminating diplomatic relations. Page 1. Secretary of War recommends better co operation between. Regular Army and militia. Page 12. Attorney-General Wickersham exonerates Secretary Hallinger completely In report to President. Page 1. Western Senators disappointed in report of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Page 1. Domestic Girl who says father Is Short Lin official, senseless in Chicago, telU of kidnaping. Page 1. After 18 years' fight wife wins annulment of husband's second marriage, page 1-. Switchmen's strike ties up all freight train! on affected roads; lo.OOO out of work Page 1. Mr. Lillian B. Peters in jail at Los Angelei for alleged music club graft. Page 4. Pacific Coast cities believe switchmen'! strike will not last, page 6. Trial bf sugar trust weighers brings out testimony that former em-ploye was seen to pay coin to man In Customs' Service uniform. Page o. Girl who robber Marsh field towboat Mnf blames husband's power over her for crime. Pafje 4. Government tries to show how fraud wa& easy in weighing sugar. Paaro it. y Krlsco road severed from Rock Island; Mid dle West men buy it. Page X Negro minister who shoots mMr!iant fa tally in burned at stake by Georgia mob. Pane 4. Sports. Syndicate bids f 125.O0 for big fight; awards delayed. Page 4. Commercial and 31 a Hue. Advance in sugar prices expected. Page IT. Chicago wheat market weakened by strike. Page 17. Rally in New York stock market. Page IT. French hark Nates starts gra in shipments, foreign, for the mouth of December. 1'age 1G. Pacific Nmthwei. Forgery testimony introduced in Hamilton embezzltiment trial. Page 7. Forest Grov lighting Company throws up con t rac t ; town dark. Pa ge fl. Prominent Multnomah County attorneys, headed by Mayor Simon, ask Supreme Court to reopen Ross case. Page 6. Eastern Washington shippers mako new fight for rate reduction. Page 6. Gunboat Princeton grounded in WUlapa Har bor, said to have been unfit f-jr iea. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Prominent Portland and Oregon grain deal ers and firms defendants in suits by farm ers. Page 1 1. City bacteriologist rebuked by. Mayor for charging fees for examination of tuber cular sputum. Page 10. Peninsula push clubs call mass meeting to demand better car service. Page 11. Alleged .wreckers of Oregon Trust Company would break indictments. Page 1 1 Oregon's general display at Dry Farming; oncjre&H wins Hills prize as best. Page 13. Umatilla "land fraud" defendants, on plead ing guilty, fined total of $45 500 Page 10. Mount Tabor residents fear elevation o reservoir No. 6 is dangerous; Mayor con siders before expending $38,000 to lower it. Page 11. Argo survivor gives .lightship crew puppy saved from ill-fated steamer for rescuing him. Page 16. Entertainers ready for French Xete on Fri day night. Page 10 . Attorneys' complaint against Jury system Is based on method of picking Hpeclal venires from the street, Pae 10. T. B. Wilcox and associates buy entire holdings of Hammond Mills Company, of Seattle, for $300,000. Page t. Portland Spanish War Veterans have an nual minstrel show at Baker Theatexw Page 12.