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THE 3IOUMSG OltEGOMAS. ' SATUBDAY, JULY io. 19H- 'J REDMOND DEFINES PARTY'S POSITION Leader Says Appointment of Committee on Home Rule Bill Is Unwise. REASONS ARE SET FORTH Lonff DHay I On and Pmrtlcal Abandonment of Stron Stauid on Chllders Report la Another. Great enatkn Caused. pnu. Jrrne it- SpeJal. John K4mon1. M. P la a lotter to the nws ppra. dvrlnss ths position of tha Irish rrtT on tha question of ths fflramltlM appointed by tha Cablntt to lul'l thora In procuring Information on tha finances of the Homa r.ula PIU. Tha latter ta written In reply to eorraspondsnce which has appeared on tha subject. Mr. Redmond says when tha prepara tion of tha Home Rule measure be came a. matter of urgency ha was brought face to face with tha al tenia -tire courses which might be adopted ta that rl tally-Import ant business. On tha ona hand, they might have de manded tha appointment of a Com mission framed on the same principles as the Chllders Commission, which would have Involved, as a matter of course, fair representation for Ireland on such a body, such aa was riven on the Chllders Commission. But It would also have Involved two or three serious consequences. First of all. lonar delay would hava been Inevitable, because If a commis sion of that character waa set up, rhars-ed with the duty of Inquiries; Into the whole question of the financial re lations between Oreat Britain and Ira land. It would hava been Impossible for either the Irish Party or tha Gov ernment themselves to limit the period of their labors, and wa know, saya Mr. Ke4mond. thai tha Chllders CommH ln took ovtr two years to complete their work. Abandonment Is Seen. Secondly." he s;oe on to say. "tha appointment of such a commission would. In my Judgment, hava un doubtedly Involved tha abandonment by Ireland of tha enormously strong position which we occupy on tha re port of the Chlldera Commission. "The other course was to leave tha Government, on their own responsibil ity, to seek for Information In what ever way seemed best to them, aa la the Invariable custom of tha Cabinet when preparing every large measure, the Irish Tarty accepting no respon sibility whatever for tha method adopted by the Government. That is the course that has been taken, and wa. therefore, now stand on tha report of tha Chlldera Commission, and will be In no way bound cr fettered by tha pro ceedings of tha committee appointed bv the Cabinet. Tha limited scope of the Inquiry by this committee seams to ba misunderstood and magnlBed. It Is not charged with tha duty of re opening or of reviewing In any way the declslona come to by tha Chlldera Commission: and. while we are not responsible for Ita personnel. I am sat isfied that the members of It are en tirely sympathetic to tha Just financial claims of Ireland. "In some of tha communications to which my attention has been drawn, suagestions have been made that an Advisory Committee should ba ap pointed In Ireland to deal with thla juestlnn of the finances of tha Homa Itule B11L I do not deslra to appear In soy way to Interfere with the ut most freedom of discussion on that all Important question, and the Irish Tarty wr.i. of course, gratefully re tail e and carefully consider any In formation or advice from any quarter bearing upon It. sanation Is Pel lea te. "But I feel bound to state my own belief that the situation la ona of ex treme delicacy, and that It would not e wise for the party to make thera etres responsible for or to advlsa tha formation of any committee, or to take any other step which would In any 1gree Interfere with or fetter their absolute liberty of action In tha criti cal and trying times that are before us. "Finance Is. undoubtedly, of vital Importance, but It Is Inextricably bound up with questions of polities and tae-ti.-. and.. In my Judgment, the Irish Tartr would do wisely to maintain Ita absolute freedom and Independence to a- t. from time to time. In this, as In all other matters, as they jutga best for the Interests of Ireland. . "I feel certain that the country fully recognises the extreme delicacy of tha present situation, and tha grave re sponsibility which rests upon those who hava to represent her Interests In the momentous questions now under discussion, whose mouths may nat urally be closed upon many vital ques tions arising from time to time, and I confidently appeal to the people not to allow the hands of those on whom this heavy responsibility Is cast to ba fettered either by Insidious enemies or by over-sealous friends." Sen nation Is Caused. This letter has created a sensation In Ireland. Everbody Is asking why the letter was written why Mr. Red mond now finds It necessary to break a persistent silence of weeks. Tha general Inference Is that something haa gone wrorg with the Nationalist plans nd that Mr. Redmond wanta to break the news gently to the country. He tiks of tha "critical and trying times" beore his party, and dissociates him self emphatically In advance from tha rn-l!tigs of the Government Committee. It is believed that Mr. Redmond la preparing the country for the rejection of Home Rule. T. M. Kettle, speaking at Boyle, said thnt If the promised Home Rule Bill should prove unworkable, "there waa plenty of room for It In tha ceme tery whvre they had burled tha Irish Council Bill." These hints suggest to Nationalists that the "tight fit,' of which Mr. Hirrell spoke at Bristol, haa heert found Impossible, and that serious difficulties have arisen over the finance of Home Rule. The country awaits further Information wtth some anxiety A curious featara of the situation la the continued silence of the Freiman'a Journal. It haa not a word to aay on Mr. Redmond's letter. Tha official organ Is. of course, controlled by Thomas ;exton. who. to the surprise of Unionists, as well aa Nationalists. waa overlooked la the constitution of the Government Committee. Fire Proteetton Poor. VA.VCOCVER, TV ash.. July 14. ( f Tie- rial- Seventy-five of the 10 fire hy drants contracted for by the city hava already been Installed and tha ra- malr-ier will be put In soon. At pres ent the city Is compelled to rely for fire protection on a series of cisterns under the main streets, with two fire engine to pump the water. ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND DELEGATE WHO ACCUSES HTM Or SHIELDING AGENTS OF ALASKA SYNDICATE. 1 ' ; ' - - ' t' ' . J .; j " ' "' i : :. . :. I LaeMeM m i ti'.i ihsi mMMMM, , nin ts'jiinnmn . I ATTORAEY-GEXF.RAL WICKEBSHAM. - - - - - e FRAUD IS CHARGED Attorney-General Accused by Alaskan Delegate. HOUSE MAY INVESTIGATE Evidence of Crime by Agents ol Syndicate Said to Have Been Suppressed Cntil Too Late for Proscenllon. Continued From First Page.) of the Northwestern Commercial Com pany, one of the Alaska syndicate con cerns, and tha Besnon Coal Company. Tndue Delay Is Charged. "In May It. 110." he aald. "I sent to Attorney-General Wlckeraham a cop'y of tha affidavits calling his at- , tantlon to tha fact that tha Government had been defrauded of 160.000 by per jury and a combination of these two corporations In the aala of coal to tna Government for military posts In Alaska. "I asked him to make an Investiga tion and prosecute those persons for tha crime committed In that transaction. I received a letter of acknowledgment May (1. 1)10, and wa had considerable further correspondence and on June 13, 1)11. more than a year later. I received a letter from the Attorney-General, saying that tha statute of limitations had expired. . The correspondence, including tna final letter of tba Attorney-General, was read Into tha records. "I read the last letter." said Dele gate Wlckersham. "to show that tha Attorney-General now saya that tha statute of limitations had run against the prosecution of these men who com mitted perjury and defrauded the Government. Delegate Tfrges Inquiry. "They submitted falsa affidavits to tha Government and committed fraud In April and May, 10. and the statute of limitations did not expire until May, llll. I sent all the evidence to tha Attorney-General a year before and ha failed and refused to prosecute these people for robbing the Treasury, and he permitted the statute of limitations to run In their favor. "I want tha committee to have all tha facta so that It may know whether the Attorney-General haa deliberately shielded these people from prosecution for crime, or not. it Is fair to him and fair to me. I say that he has " "Did you send the Attorney-General evidence enough and Indicate where witnesses could be found to. warrant an- Indictment asked Representative Webb of North Carolina. Undoubtedly." replied the Alaskan delegate, "and I furnished him with evidence of other crimes. The Alaska syndicate la an organised crime." Syndicate Called Crime. "What do yon mean by tha Alaskan syndicate T" Chairman Clayton Inquired. sfv deer Captain The encloeed account ef Mr.' M- B. Morrlssey has been submitted to me by him. I do not claim to have per sonal knowledc of all of the Items therein mentioned neceaaarily I could not have sacb but 1 do know that Mr. Morrle sey was taking care of several of the Oov ernment'e witnesses (esse of United Stales vs. Haaey). I saw him take them Into reatauranta very many times (It waa gen erally rumored around Juneau that the ma jority of the Oovemmenfs witnesses were broke), and 1 have not the least doubt that Mr. Morrueey cared for them In the man ner shown In his account. In addition to this. I wish te express my appreciation of the services rendered to Sir. Momaaey. not only In Juneau, bus also at VaJdes during the session of the grand Jury there. I found him very efficient and com petent and his acquaintance with many of the Government's witnesses and control ever tbem placed htm In a position to be of the sreeteet possible service in defending this action. Expense" Account Submitted. Tha expense account submitted by Morrlssey. dated May C. 150S, contained among others, the following entries: "Occidental cafe, for witnesses. $75. "Alaska grill, for witnesses. $15. "Expense entertaining wit nee see and lurymen. I.oo. "Expense Valdes during grand Jury session. 1 1"0. There were many other Items of cash given to Individuals such as "Jimmy Keller. J. E. O'Reilly, and others." all amounting to I113.0. These docu ments and other evidence. Delegate Wlckershara says, are in possession of the Attorney-General. Tho resolution asking the Attorney- General for documents In the Jarvls Bullock case, will ba reported to tha House early next week. "I refer to tba Alaskan Syndicate, 1 t-X'SZ' A Delegate Wlckeraham, of Alaska. composed of J. P. Morgan, the Gug genheim brothers, Kuhn. Loeb & Co., Jacob H. Rchlff and Graves." "Who do you mean by the Guggen heim brothers?" asked Representative Norrls, of .Nebraska. "Senator ' Guggenheim and his six brothers." "Who Is Graves?" asked Repre sentative Graham, of Illinois. "He represents Close Bros, the Eng lish syndicate, and other English capitalists. "Captain Jarvls," added the delegate, waa tha confidential agent of Morgan In charge of the syndicate Interests In Seattle. He committed suicide follow ing the Introduction of this resolution you are considering. He knew that this resolution would bring out tha facts." Collusion In Bids Alleged. The Douglas affidavit charges that when the War Department advertised for bids for coaf to supply the Alaska military posts, Jarvls, treasurer of tha Northwestern Commercial Company, and John A. Bulock, of the Sesnor Coal Company, a rival of the syndicate. agreed to submit bids which would Insure tha award of the contract to ona company or the other, there being no competitor, and agreed to certain light erage charges and fixed upon a divi sion of the profits. Tha Sesnor Company got tha contract to furnish 4000 tons of coal at 128 a ton. a price which Douglas contended waa nearly twice too high, and the profits were divided, Douglas himself entering 16700 from the Sesnor Com pany on tha books of the Northwestern Company as the latter company s share of the profits. Both Bullock and Jarvls, Douglas swears, made falsa affidavits to tha Government that no one but tha company which each rep resented had any Interest in the con tract. Witnesses "Taken Care Of." Tha evidence submitted. Indicating an attempt to control Government wit nesses. Is a facsimile copy of a letter written by John A. Carson, counsel for the Alaska syndicate, to Captain Jarvls. under Seattle date. May 6, 908. The letter reads: BOY SH00TS -MINISTER Charge Aimed ' at Blackbird Kills Rot. Orvlll Davis. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash, July Rev. Orvllle Davis, formerly a minister In Tacoma, was killed on his apple orchard near Grandvlew Wednesday by Eugene Dyer, a 16-year-old boy of Seattle, according to the finding of the Coroner's Jury last night. The boy waa shooting blackbirds) In Mr. Davis' orchard when an accidental shot struck Mr. Davis, who was working In an ir rigation ditch several rowa away. Many Westerners in New York. NEW YORK. July 14. (Special.) Pactnc Northwest people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland: At Hotel Astor. C F. Wlegand. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wal lace, W. H. Smith, O. F. Robertson. Mr. and Mrs. C C. Newcastle, R. Krohn. Jr, R. Krohn. W. Davis, W. J. Hoi man, J. U Bettla. O. B. Tllllnghast, B. E. I Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. R. Quacken bush, R. Prong, Mrs. E. Prong, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Monroe, K. Lackey. R. P. Knight. Mrs. W. J. Holman. S. G. Car-, penter, Mr. and Mra. J. U Bailey, W. L. Jonea, F. C. Colllna; at the Flanders. W. A. Carty: at the Cadillac, & Schil ler; at the Hermitage, W. F. Gwln; at the Astor House. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Baker. From Spokane At the Langacre, O. V. and H. M. Patten: at the New Am sterdam. R- F. Rary: at tha Hoffman House. M. Weiy. 8. Offner. From Tacoma At the Herald Square, E. L. York. Mlsa F. York. From Seattle At the Wellington, G. W. Kirske; at tha Navarre, E. U Ml- GOVERNMENT LOS HELD SI 0,000,000 Bristow Says Cuban Reci procity Fattened Coffers of Sugar Trust. TILTS ENLIVEN HEARING Representative Malby and President of Federal Refining Company In Arguments Price Agree ments Are Denied. WASHINGTON. July 14. Senator Bristow declared today, before the House committee Investigating the sugar trust, that Cuban reciprocity had taken $10,000,000 out of the Oovern- . - ....niia from the SIlBTSr tariff and put It Into the treasury of the sugar trust, "That 20 per cent reduction In the augar duty." said he. "has enabled the sugar refineries to buy their sugar in Cuba at 20 per cent less. The Cuban has received no more for his sugar and the American consumers have received no benefit." Tilts between Frank C. Lowry, of the Federal 6ugar Refining Company, and Representative Malby. of New York, over the effect of the tariff on the price of sugar, enlivened today the proceed ings. Lowry told tho committee yesterday that a reduction In the duty on sugar would mean cheaper sugar to the con sumer, and Malby. quoting prices and took today to demonstrate that prices are regulated only by tho law of sup ply and demana Asked by Malby If the fact that prices of sugar quoted by various companies on certain dates did not suggest that . i. .a An nmpnt between the companies, the witness said that ao far as the Federal Sugar nenninej com pany was concerned, there was no such agreement. He admitted the advance In the price of sugar in the TTnlted States during the past 30 years was due to an Increase In the world s price., on accouni news. Mr. Malby asked Mr. Lowry whether bis company would object to the elimi nation of the duty on refined sugar. "Not if we could get the raw material free of duty." replied the witness. MARSHFIELD PLANS FAIR Big Berry Festival Will Be Held Every July. MARSHFIELD, Or July 14. (Spe--i-i v a t. will he held in Marshfleld annually, and tho first fes tival will take place next juij. nin waa first suggested by F. B. Tlchenor. There was such a large crowd In the city at tne rounii m July celebration that he thought the county should have some regular pub lic event to attract outside folk and for which prepartaions could be made a long time In advance. A berry fair was the event decided on by several business men and the Chamber of Commerce as being the most appropriate, since Coos County la considered one. of the best berry re gions In the world. Strawberries. 15- - v. - -.-4 - - all Irinria of small frultS are produced here In great quantities snd a quality wnin i . The fact that canneries are under con struction Is increasing tho production of the berry crop. THIRSTY FOLK MOlJRN BEER Engine Bumps Cars Into Creek, and Grant County Faces Drought. BAKER. Or.. July 1 4. (Special.) A great thirst Is Imminent in Grant County, caused by the ditching of two carloads of beer In transit from Baker over the Surrrpter Valley Railroad to points beyond Dixie Summit. Having a heavy train to pull over the hill, the engineer left the two cars on the grade, and after taking up the rest of the train, returned for them. The locomotive bumped the cars so hard that the liquid refreshments were started down the hill when the brake was loosened, and after a short dash over the high bank they plunged into the creek below. The fish are living high now down where the Wurxburger Tows, and the thirsty souls of Grant County towns are facing a prolonged dry spell. Sunday School "Kcho" Planned. To bring before the people here the Important features brought out nt the recent Sunday school convention In San Francisco, an echo meeting has been arranged for tonight at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, at which a number of addresses will be heard. The strongest points of the San Fran cisco convention will be brought out for the benefit of local church people of all denominations. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Mult nomah County Sunday School Associa tion. The speakers will be Rev. George E. Paddock, Rev. A. Albert Emrich, Mrs J. W. Wllklns. Rev. J. D. Sprins ston. Mrs. H. N. Smith, Dr. W. S. Holt. Rev. Charles A. Phipps, J. V. Guthrie. Rev. J. V. Mllligan, Rev. Albert Ehr gott and Rev. James D. Corby. BLOOD SPOTS SOLVE CASE (Continued From First Page.) Meier & Frank's Fifth-Floor, Book Store "The Prodigal Judge All New Fiction Here ders a window permitted view into tho bedrooms. BOURNE'S DELAY IS COSTLY Senator Liable to Increased License Fees for Mining Companies. SALEM. Or., July 14. (Special.) Fail ure on the part of the Eureka District Gold Mining Company, of Jonathan Bourne, Jr., and the Bourne Gold Mining Company to -comply with the corporate laws of the state, will cost that United States Senator $305, where he might have escaped with payment of only J20 under the new mining corporation laws. Under the new law those mining com panies which produce less than $1200 for the preceding year need pay only $10 in corporate annual fees, providing these fees are paid before July 1. In this Instance Senator Bourne's two com panies mentioned failed to comply with this nrovislon of the law. and aa a consequence they will be compelled to pay the full corporate annual license fees, which amount to on the capital stock. HARBOR SEES TORPEDO FLEET Flotilla of Seven. Boats jon Way to Bremerton Navy-Yard. HOQTJIAM. Wash., July 14. (Spe cial.) Five torpedo-boat destroyers, the Lawrence. Whipple. Truxton, Hop kins and Hull and two torpedo boats, the Rowan and Goldsborough, under command of Captain L. C Richardson, arrived on Grays Harbor today. The Lawrence, Rowan and Goldsborough went to Aberdeen but returned later and tied up here for the night. Four destroyers, .the Stuart, Paul Jones, Treble and Perry put in at Willapa Harbor. The Farragufc which was damaged in a collision at Eureka with the Lawrence, is expected to arrive tonight. The whole flotilla will depart to morrow morning for the Bremerton Navy-yard. This afternoon the offi cers of the fleet were taken for a long automobile ride and this evening were given a banquet at tho Gray port Hotel. Elks May Celebrate Again. Tentative plans for a second celebra tion of the securing of the 1912 Elks' convention have been made by the local Elks Club, to mark the return of tha officers who are now at the convention in Atlantic City. 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