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tttft wnTmw OT?FGOXTAX. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1911. " CHINESE TO MAKE MEXICO OG E Special Envoy Arrives and He ' Will Have Warship for Emphasis. LARGE INDEMNITY ASKED Noted Diplomat, Woo Chun Yen, In Ean Francisco on Way to South ern Capital to Adjust Differ ences, Perhaps Treaty. : 6AN FRANCISCO. Sept. . (Special) ' Charged by th Chinese government with the important mission of adjust ing: differences between that country and Mexico resulting; from the? recent revolution, and possibly to negotiate a new treaty. Woo Chung Ten. one of the noted diplomats of China and until recently Consul-Oeneral at Toklo. ar rived on the Paclfio Mail liner Korea today and will proceed at once to the City of Mexico as charge d'affaires. Before leaving Toklo. Woo Chung Yen received special Instructions as to his course in dealing with the Mexican government. His Instructions are said to have been firm and well defined as to the collection of the large Indem nity asked by China in connection with the shooting of a large number of Chi nese subjects and the confiscation of their property at Torres during the late uprising in which the Diaa gov ernment was overthrown. At the dock today Woo Chung Ten was met by Consul-.Oe-neral LI Young . , iJla w.A rijkHvjirea 1 e w. or tan r rituewwv, " important message to Him from the Imperial government, the nature ot which neither would disclose. The spe 'cial ambassador to Mexico said, how ever, that his stay in San Francisco would be brief and he would proceed at once by rail to El Paso and thence, to the City of Mexico, where he will make his "demands known. ' After spending a few days at the capital city. Woo Chung Yen will con tinue his Journey to the eastern coast cf Mexico, where he will meet the Chi nese warship which has been sent to enforce ths demands of the Chinese government The Chinese man-of-war Is now approaching New York and will rroceed at once to the eastern coast of Mexico. It Is the first Chinese war hlp to visit American waters. Minister Woo has been iO years in the diplomatic service of his govern ment He is no stranger to America, having spent two years at Yale. 188S to 1888. He did not graduate, owing to the fact that he. was called home by his government, which at that time needed his service- Woo Is greatly Interested In all things American, and says that one of the greatest things his government la now doing is the education of Its young men in American Institutions. points west of the Mississippi River to Eastern markets had materially In creased slnoe 1896, were made today before Interstate Commerce Commis sioner C A. Prouty, who is Investi gating complaints of shippers that rates on this commodity are unrea sonable. Attorney Victor O. Johnson, repre senting the National Wool Growers' Association, compared the present rates with those In effect In 1896. and his figures showed an increase. W. E. Alllr. assistant-general freight agent of the Northern Pacific Rail road Company, denied his company had increased the rates on wool since 1896, but said the present tariff was too low. He said that condltlona In the wool growing country would warrant an In crease. F. H. Houghton, freight trafflo man ager of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad, testified that the wool trafflo was highly desirable from a car rier's point of view. He said his road handled 20,278 tons for the year ended June 80. 1911. an Increase of several thousand tons over 1910. Ex-Governor Gooding, of Idaho, pres ident of the National Woolgrowers Association, will take the stand to morrow. The hearing will then adjourn to Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Portland. Or. IN INSIST ON STRIKE HARRIMA2T MTTES ISSTJE MAY BE DECIDED TODAY. CEREALS IMPROVE IN SLIGHT DEGREE Crop Indications Better Than Month Ago; Still Be low Average. SEATTLE SEEKS OWN ROAD Municipal Street Hallway Move Started In City Council. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 8. Two bills relating to the construction of a municipal street railway were recom mended today for passage by a Council committee and will go before the Coun cil next Monday. One of these bills directs the cor poration counsel to proceed with a condemnation suit for the. acquirement of the Seattle, Ronton & Southern Street Railway Company's property south from Main street, while the other provides for the construction and operation of a line between the pres ent terminus of the 6eattle, Ronton & Southern at Stewart street and Third avenue to Sajmon Bay. The president of the Seattle, Renton A Southern was sentenced to 80 days In Jail for violating the ordinance oi a city board. The citizens voted 8800, 000 last March for a municipal railway. REAM, JR., WEDS SECRETLY rather. Who Is Steel Magnate-, Has Just Learned Xews. NEW YORK. Sept 8. Norman B. Ream, former partner of Marshall Field and one ' of the big men in the Steel Trust, learned today for the first time that his son. who only recently was graduated from Yale, had married Eleanor Pendleton, former chorus girl, on September 1. At his home In Thomp son. Conn., Ream said that had no com ment to make. Young Ream, whose name Is Louis M.. had been educated for a career In fi nance. His wife's real name was David son, and before going on the stage she lived in Richmond and Baltimore. VALUE PLACEDAT $32,441 Jury Returns Verdict In Hood River Condemnation Salt. HOOD RIVER. Or, 6ept. 8. (Special) After deliberating five hours, the Jury in the condemnation case of the City vs. The Pacific Power A Light Company, found the value of the water plant to be S32.441. The suit was argued before Judge Bradshaw in the Circuit Court with an agreement that . appeal would not be taken beyond the Supreme Court, where an early decision is awaited, when the city will make purchase of the plant, a bond issue for this purpose having been made. DIMICK OUT FOR CONGRESS f-enator From Clackamas May Op pose W. C. Hawley. SALEM. Or- Sept. 8. (Special.) Walter L. Dimick, State Senator from Clackamas County, .will probably be come a candidate for Representative In Congress, according to intimations dropped by him today. Senator Dimick resides in this district and. In the event of his candidacy, would be opposed to W. C. Hawley. the incumbent. In event Senator Dimick decides not to be a candidate for Congress he stat ed openly that he would be a candidate tor the presidency of the State Senate, i WOOL INCREASE DENIED Northern Pacific Freight Official Thinks Kate Too Ixrvr. CHICAGO, Sept 8. Attempts to show that freight rates on wool from Unions Not Inclined to Recede From Position and Kruttschnltt Is Admittedly Firm. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 8. Officials of the five shop craft unions comprised In the Federation of Shop Workers on Hirriitimi lines nrobablv will de termine definitely at a meeting tomor row what they- will 00 aoout me re fusal of Julius Kruttschnltt vlce-presi-.h .iinrintiindant of mainten ance of the system, to recognize the Federation as sucn. No one could bo found tonight who hall,.,. that Mr. Km ttSChnitt. WhO full anthnritv from Judge Lovett president of the Harrlman lines, will recede In the least from his posi tion. That is considered one of the certainties. It was regarded tonight as almost as fully determined at a meeting today between the general ad visory committees of the unions and their general officers that the union men neither will recede from their vote, already taken, authorizing a strike, nor agree to temporise either by deferring minor demands or by let ting the question of recognition of the Federation go over. Pressure for a strike, it was said, is insistent from points erU of the Sierra Nevada, Mountains, but it is more Insis tent up and down the Coast A report that the advisory commit tee had held a meeting today without the knowledge of their general officers waa denied flatly tonight by Interna tional President Kline, of the Black smiths' Union, who said he had traced It to unfavorable sources "I would like to see some way by which this strike could be avoided," he said, "but we are prepared to insist upon recognition of the Federation." STRIKE WARSTXO IS GIVEY minds Central Employes Told to Be Prepared, That Is All. CHICAGO, Sept 8. Aside from the announcement that ths Ulnols Central shopmen had been Instructed by their nnlon heads to hold themselves in readiness for a strike, there was no development in that railroad's labor situation today. Union officials maintained that the issuance of the warning to the em ployes did not necessarily portend a strike. The officials said that as a, walkout was a possibility, they thought it best to have the men in a state of preparedness. Now that the union has gone out, they said the shops oculd be cleared in a few hours. According to W. F. Kramer, chairman of the executive board, which has the local situation in hand, there Is little likelihood of further action by his com mittee until Sunday. GERMAN PUBLIC UNQUIET Bank Run Starts While French Cabi net Digests Proposals. BERLIN, Sept 8. Developments in the Moroccoan negotiations are ex pected while the French Cabinet is di gesting Germany's counter proposals. The situation is quiet enough, but un easiness persists among the uninformed public. The run on the savings banks at Stettin has ceased, but a similar run has been started on banks at Koenlgs berg. FRENCH MINISTER RETICENT Concentration of German Troops on Frontier Still Rumored. PARIS, Sept 8. The French Min ister, M. Deselves, declines to give any Indication as to the naturs ot Ger many's counter proposals, which were handed by the German Foreign Min ister, Herr Von Kidderlein-Wa-echter, to Ambassador Cambon In Berlin yes terday. La Llberte this afternoon affirms that notwithstanding denials and ex planations, Germany Is gradually con centrating her troops close to the French frontier. MILK WATERED, IS CHARGE Portland Dairy Association Must Explain to Court. The Portland Dairy Association and S. H. Graham, its president waa served a warrant last night to appear before Judge Taswell and explain the evi dences of more aqua pura in the milk sold by the company, than the law al lows. The warrant was served at the la stance of E. C. Callaway, Deputy Food Inspector of the city. Rain Catches Grain In Shock. ELGIN. Or., .Sept. 8. (Special.) Con siderable grain was caught In the shock here by the heavy rains which fell Monday and continued all day Tuesday. All threshing has been postponed until the latter part of the week in order that the grain will have time to dry: Mon day's rain was considered one of the hardest that ever struck Elgin, as with in a few moments after the rain started the streets were a mass of running water. Ranch Laborer Commits Suicide EUGENE, Or.. Sept 8. (Special.) Bert Kimball, aged 21, committed sui cide at the Bob Hawley ranch near Creswell today by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun, tearing away the side of the face. There is no known cause. His parents live in the East but he has a sister working at the Hawley ranch. POTATOES ARE FAR SHORT Apples Improve Somewhat as Com pared With. Last Report, but Are Very Little Above Aver age of Ten Years. WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept 8. The Government's crop report, Issued today. Indicates only a slight Improvement in the condition of the important cereals over the report of a month ago. Corn, according to the report was only seven-tenths of 1 per cent better off than it was a month ago. Wheat shows a falling off in condition as compared with the 10-year average, and oats shows a decrease both In acreage and in aver age yield per acre. Potatoes will be a short crop, only 20 per cent under that of last year. The apple crop of, the oountry at large is not what the early reports said it would be. The condition of the crop on September 1 is reported as 56.2 per cent of a normal crop. This Is . compared with 63.9 per cent on August 1, with 46.8 per cent on Sep tember 1. 1910. and S2.6 per cent on the 10-year average. While the weather conditions prac tically throughout the country were reasonably favorable to growing crops during August the crop report issued today by the Department of Agricul ture did not Indicate generally much Improvement in the condition of the crops over that of a month ago. Some Improvement was shown in corn as of September 1 over August 1, but it only amounted to seven-tenths of 1 per cent in the aggregate. Wheat shows a falling off of approx imately 10 per cent in condition, as compared with the average for the last 10 years, and the yield per acre is about two bushels to the acre less than the average during the last five years Oats also show a considerable fall ing off, both in condition and in aver age yield per acre. . Tobacco, flax and hay will show a heavy falling off in condition and ln- f Heated total yield. Potatoes, as was ndlcated last month, will make a short crop. The total yield will be far be low that of last year, practically 20 per cent Apples condition, ES.8, eompared with 83.8 per cent August 1 and 48.8 per cent a year ago. This is far below the Increase noted in the early part of the season. Acre Yield Estimated. The crop report shows the condition on September 1 and the yield per acre, as indicated by the condition on that date of the prinolpal farm crops of the country, and the preliminary estimate of the total yield of hay. as follows: Corn condition. 70.8; acre yield, 28.8. Spring wheat condition, B6.7; acre yield. 9.8. All wheat acre yield, 12.6. Oats condition, 64.6; acre yield, 28.9. Barley, 66.6; acre yield, 20.3. Buck wheat condition, 88.8; acre yield, 19.6. Potatoes condition, 69.8; acre yield, 74 2. Tobacco condition, 71.1; acre yield, 714.6. Flax condition, 68.4; acre yield. 7.7. Rice condition, 87.2; acre yield, 82.1. Hay, total yield. 46.969.000; acre yield, 1.9: quality, 90.3. The total production of the principal crops this year, as Indicated by their condition on September 1, with com parisons of tha final yield of 1910, fol lows: Crop 1911. Corn (bushels) ...S.789,160,400 Bprins wheat .... 208.418.600 All wheat 856,762,400 Oats 842.476.000 Barler - 14a.B7i.4uu Buckwheat 15.699.600 Potatoes 289.329.000 Tobacco (pounds) 638.280,720 Flax (bushels) .. 23,200,000 Rice 22.662,970 W. rtonat 46.888.680 Conditions in Western States follow CORJT. 1910. 8,125.718,000 231,399,000 695,433,000 1,126,768,000 162.227,000 17,239,000 838.811,000 984,349,000 14.116,000 24,610.000 60.708,000 10-Tr. Av. 82 State 1911. 1910. Tlllnola 78 8 Iowa o Si T Taxaa 89 7 71 Kanias - 53 69 68 Missouri 69 S3 78 Nebraska 68 - 68 JS Oklahoma ..... 27 60 71 OATS. Iowa 66 1O0 80 Illinois . 7 1 94 77 Minnesota ... 61 67 83 Nebraska, 81 78 74 North Dakota 66 25 79 South Dakota 24 66 83 Kansas 86 91 68 Cotton Glnnera Very Active. The ginning of cotton of the growth of 1911 was carried on more actively throughout the cotton belt to Septem ber 1 this year than in any similar period in history, at least so far as accurate ginning records have been kept A total of 771,415 bales had been ginned up to a week ago. This is greater by almost 300,000 bales than the previous record made In 1905. The continued hot and dry weather ina greater portion of the belt espe cially in Texas, was chiefly responsible for the increase, MASTER PRINTERS UNITE Merger Regarded as) Certain, Though Details Take Time. DENVER, Sept 8. The delegates to the convention of the United Typothe tae of America were engaged tonight in discussing the details of the merger with other master printers' organiza tions. It was said at the convention that the merger undoubtedlywould be adopted. A revision of the several constitutions is requiring much time. The merger will have to be referred to the members of the different organi sations. The Typothetae this afternoon elect ed officers as follows: President J. Stearns Cushlng, Norwood, Mass.; first vice-president A. M. Glossbrenner, Indianapolis; second vice-president George M. Courts, Galveston, Tex.; third vice-president, J. A. Borden, Spokane, Wash.; treasurer, A. 8. Southworth. Chicago. The executive committee consists en tirely of members from Eastern and Southern states. BRIBE-TAKING IS CHARGED (Oon tinned from First Page.) conversations - with all the men In volved, as they figured with Dean In arranging the passage of the fran chise. Dean says that Alderman Gibson waa to reoelve $500. Aldermon Baukus $1000, Alderman Slmlaakla 1500, Alderman Szymanskl $500, City Engineer Willis ton $2000, Alderman Bowser $1250 and Bolaf Szymanskl $250 for acting as messenger. Dictograph la Errtden.ee. Dean also says that the dictograph record shows that the Commissioner of Public Works, Nyhoff, demanded $10, 000 as his share of the transaction. Of this amount $6000, was to be in cash and $4000 in stock In the heating com pany. Mayor Knotts' regime has been a storm one and the city administration has been one constant turmoil. Mayor Knotts. with Chief of Police Martin, was indicted last December with seven other city officials on a charge of con spiracy to murder Thomas Grant Sher iff of Lake County, in the county elec tion in November. Knotts was arrested last May on a charge, of embezzlement perjury and malfeasance in office. THIRD CROESUS SOUGHT BIG FrVANCTER SUSPECTED OF BEIXp SMUGGLER. Banker Under Suspicion Said to Have Had Part in Frauds Extend' ing Over Several Tears. NEW YORK, Sept 8. The indict ment of Nathan Allen, of Kenosha. Wis., and John R. Collins, of Memphis, Tenn., for smuggling the Jenkins Jew els, Is only one step in the Govern ment's prosecution of customs frauds. A banker even more prominent and wealthy than these millionaires is un der investigation, and if the Federal authorities can accomplish his arrest they hope to reach the bottom of an international scandal involving many others, including, gem dealers and mi nor customs employes. The alleged frauds extend over sev eral years and it is reported that the banker under suspicion enabled his friends also to benefit by his carefully laid scheme. This financier, it la said, has offices in several foreign countries ana n arrested he is expected to plead non-residence, with the accompanying right to bring Jewels for his otSji use into the united states duty free. Allen and Collins are expected to comply with the United States District Attorney's orders and appear here and plead within 10 days.- PUBLIC LANDS GOING FAST Statehood for Ifew. Mexico Causes Big Increase in Demands. SANTA FE, N. M, Sept t. "There are still 88,783,647 acres of public land subject to filing In New Mexico, against 58.000.000 acres 10 years ago, but after the new state has selected its lands, the area left will not exceed 25,000,000 aores. and the choicest land will have been selected," said Secretary Hening, of the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration to day. Those who wish to file on a farm on Uncle Sam's domain in New Mexico will have to do so soon." In the past fiscal year there were 9867 filings, covering 1,718,895 acres; the year before there were 12,999 111 lngs, covering 2,320.000 acres, while this year, owing to statehood. It is believed that there will be 20,000 filings, cov ering at least 4,000,000 acres, as most of the filings of late are under the en larged 820-acre homestead law. Dean called In the Deputy Sheriffs, who served the warrant charging the offi cial with bribery. The money-tilled envelope was pointed out by Dean and is now In the custody of Thomas Grant Sheriff of Lake County. A dictograph arrangement in the Mayor's office and in Dean's room at the Gary Hotel Is said by attorneys repreaaattng Dean to have recorded PERJURY IS ADMITTED Rich Retired Engineer Pleads Guilty in Land Fraud Cases. LOS ANGELES, Sept 8. Hiram W, Blalsdell, a wealthy retired engineer, pleaded guilty to a charge of perjury in the Federal Court here today. Tha case against Blalsdell resulted from the alleged land frauds in the Im perlal Valley by Frank N. and David Chaplin. Blalsdell was a witness at their trial. He testified first in Jan uary, 1908. A year later he was again a witness in the same action. That time he gave testimony which differed from that he had previously given That caused the perjury charge to be filed against him. - FINNS FEAR PARTITION Official Bids Citizens Wait Until Real Reason Arises. HEL6INGFORS, Finland. Sept. 8. General Langhof, secretary of state for Finland, replied today to a letter ad dressed to him by citizens of Nlkolals- tad, the chief town of the government of Vasa, in which they asked what steps Finland's representative of the throne had taken to avert the danger of par tition which is agitating Finland. The secretary of state told the cltl sens to wait until the question of par titionlng the country had been decided and to turn to him only if they then found grounds for protest SOLDIERS BOYCOTT TOWN Merchants Held Responsible for In creased Carfare. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept 8 An unusual step was taken today when the soldiers stationed at Fort D. A. Russell voted at an Informal gathering to boycott Cheyenne business houses. The action is said to have been taken as a con sequence of an Increase in the street car fare between the fort and the city, a distance of two miles, from five to 10 cents. The boycott was adopted because It is understood that the stock of the rail way - is owned by Cheyenne business men. NEW YORK DANCER SLAIN Husband of Dead Actress) Is Placed Under Arrest as Suspect. - ' NEW YORK, Sept 8. An autopsy cn the body of Mrs. Edward Hart the for mer dancing girl, known on the stage as Irene Hart whose body was found riddled with bullets in her kitchen yesterday, shows the actress was mur dered, and did not commit suicide, as claimed by her husband. The coroner's physicians say five bullets were found in the body. Edward Hart her husband, is held as a suspect A 4 1 HPAM rPrT e AKLiun nu iiL 14th and Washington Sts. "The Ritz-Carlton of Portland' Designed Entirely for the Comfort and Convenience of Its Guests. SEVEN-STORY SOLID CON CRETE BUILDING Positively Fireproof Magnificently Furnished and Appointed Throughout. TWO HUNDRED ROOMS 120 BATHROOMS Every Room an Outside Room Unsurpassed V-iew of the City. Car Surplus Decreases. CHICAGO, Sept 8. There is a con tinued daereas Is tha surplus of all Cuisine and Service Unexcelled RATES: Rooms with detached bath . $1 up Two-room Suites with private Rooms with private Bath . $2 up bath $3.50 up Additional person in room. .$1.00 Now Ready for Guests SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS Visitors are cordially invited to inspect the Carlton. - G. C. LARM, Manager classes of cars, according to the state ment of the American Railway Asso ciation today. The total decrease is 19,134 cars, bringing the surplus down to 88,866. COLONEL TAYLOR RETIRED Former Commander of Department of Columbia Quits Army. vivrnTTvrB R ARRACKS. Wash., c- StibMbI i Colonel Sidney W. ocy v , - - Taylor, who was in command of the Department of tne toiumoia, ana of this post during the absence of Brigadier-General Marion P. Maus. was retired yesterday, by his own request after 45 years' tacuve semce. Though he passed three years in the ifntuit.nnraj'i department the re mainder of his long term of service was In the artillery arm. lie win maice ms home ia Washington, D. C Colonel w. oTinnlntAA from New York in 1867, and when he was retired, he was connected with tne second ieia Artillery. liiebner Secures Berth. MARSHFIELD, Or., Sept 8. fSpe- ciaL) M. P. Gulufson has sold his prop erty t the corner of Central avenue and Broadway to C. S. Wtnsor, cashier of the Bank of Oregon, at North Bend. pieces of property in the city and ad joins the Chandler hotel. The price paid was $23,000. It is said that others are associated with Mr. Winsor in the The corner is one of the most desirable purchase. The corner will be Improved. A Vice Is a Pleasure carried to an extreme. Let up on those black Havana cigars. ' Vary your diet with a light blend of domestic .and Havana tobaccos. Smoke the Gen! Arthur Mnd 10c Cigar M. A. Gunst ca, Co., Distributors AT FOUNTAINS, HOTELS. 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