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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIA PORTLAND, 3IARCII 19, 1911. ATI MAY T PACIFY-FAR EAST Treaty Between United States and Japan May Follow One With Britain. THREE POWERS TO UNITE ?few Triple Alliance tor Pear tan End Schemes to Dismember China ad Japan Mar End Enmity hy Treaty With China. of the Camorrlsta wu occupied with the cross-examination of Nicola Morra, at tha conclusion of which an adjourn ment was taken until Tuesday. Morra la ona of tha six af tha prisoners whe ara charged with tha aetual mur der of Qacnaro Cuoccolo and hla wife. was - Irn ..ant vi 1 f O T tO lhO Cuoccolo borne, to which he a;alned ready antranca after tha husband had been killed In a suouro or .-bpi It 1. asserted that Morra and Cr- rada ttoruno left their companions after the first murder, and between them accomplished the death of the av Am ah n I a tr ther Joined tha other asaasslas at tha home of Maria oiro dardo. subsequently reporting the suc cesa of their mission to Enrico AlUno. the real head of the Camorra. who waa dining at Mlml-A-Msre. According to tha proaecutlon. Morra and Sortlno beat Cuoccolo with sticks, whlla othera staboed him to death. Th. rile record of Morra. mciuoing his participation In the murder, was i.m b.r. todsv. the Crown Prosecutor introdnrlng much evidence during tha questioning. Morra denied all the accusation made a-mlnst him. and roundly abusedOen- ROOSEVELT OPENS HUGE ARIZONA DAM Greatest Irrigation Work Be gun in His Term Named After Colonel. HE EXPRESSES PRIDE IN IT T r. A. BOA RDM AX. TOKIO. Japan. March II (SpeeleU While Japan and Russia ara playing la Cfclna'a back yard. International move ara so shaping aa to Invito a so- I e lutloa of tha oriental problem In a I way that may clear tha sky of tha por- I t tentoas clouds which darken tha horl- I J tea. The e.ouas are a;i tn.rw . f Internal frlctlm In the Celestial Em- plre. fostereJ by Intrigues of tha pow- ers. anould result In revolution, tha dlsmemhermSnt of China would prob- peeeeessi.eeee.ses.es. e ED 9TI DEXT IXTCKPRCTER IX CO.Mt'LAJt SERVICE. ahly follow and the scramble would ba likely to precipitate b rnrr P: n war. -The Interested Traveler" recently i.iili In a local paper a vivid plc- turs of the situation In tha Far East wits the sky darkened by tha betor' mentioned clouds. Turnir.s from China and her sur rounlns. to tha opposite side of tha world, trie future looks quite brlght. Oreat Britain ard the f nttd States, tha tara Ensilaft-jo-aklns nations and th I wo greatest powrs on earth, rare for years been settling- their differences timier a treatv of arbitration which rovers every contingency except ques tions involving vital Interest or nation al honor, and these countries are now sekteg to Include even auch questions. It us to establish peace under ail cir cumstanres. Japan Should Make Treaty Japan would do well to enter Into a similar compact with the l"nl:ed at.i.s Jimd and Crest Britain ara allied powers and neither could afford to an to war with the t'nlted States. Britain is denendenfupon America for nrovtoirvn and Japan's credit l main tained by America a trade. Japan s .un. in t t'nlted sttstee amount to ever tl Je.eoo.oo annualty and. whlla Britain misht lend Japan money with his !. without It sha would hesl- t.ra t. Iftk a chance. In the event of a war between tha t'nlted States and - Hrltaln. Canada would be given 14 .hours to decide whether sha would remain neutral or he annexed to the I'nlte.l State. No (irlttsh frMpe would be allowed to land In the romlrln with hostile designs aaaln.t the United ritales. All tha Americas ara under tha protection of the I'nited Slates hy means of tha iou roa doctrine and hare arbitration trea lie. mrirlni ail Questions with an In ternatlonal congress at Washington, D. C. No foreign enemy could land, on American soil The I'nited States stands atona anions- tha nations aa Independent. self-supporting and self-sustaining. Tet tha I'nited Statea has exerted her In fluence for peace, especially In tha Far East. Commodore Perry knocked at tha MtCado'a door to pay hla respects to tha Emcaror and to Invite him to Join the International family. Twlca alnca then the I'nlied Statea haa extended tha hand of friendship to tha Japanese. . Tha discrimination against tha Japan ese of tha working class In California Is due chiefly to their own exclusive ness. An arbitration treaty would be a positive pledge of good faith between these two nations under which all points of difference could he adjusted bv tha simple metrtofls ot give ana tase. It Japan Arbitrate With China. With peace assursd amors England, tha t'nlted Statea and Japan In tha Far Fast by proposlna a similar ar bltratlon treaty with China, whlla her superior strenath would make it an act of arsce. Japan would dispel all the suspicious which have fostered hatred amone- the Chinese people for their mora advanced and powerful neighbor and avert the possible venaeance whtch mlaht ba forthcoming when Celestial procreea turns the scale of reeourcea and strenatb aaalnst Japan. Furthermore. Japan's offer to neao tlate an arbitration treaty with China would force Russia's hand. What Japan might now take by force or by reason of China s inability to resist would probably be extended to her out of courtesy In friendly relations witn tha Celestial power. On the other hand, ahould Japaa de pend upon force to maintain ber pres ent so.ltlon. old China with her vast resources and 400.0OO.vOa people fully , awakened would drive the Nipponese ant of Manchuria and take away Corea aa well. With Janan and China bound to gether under aa arbitration treaty. Runts would see that It waa to her Interest to join the movement and then France. Oermaay and the other Euro pean powers would fall In Una. e (eaflrae F. tt Irk ford. CflEHAUS. Wash.. March It. (Special. Oeors;e K. Blckford. of Chehalla, haa been appointed by the Department of l-tate at Washington aa student Inter preter in the consular service. Mr. Kick ford, who la In Philadel- pnia. naa Deen ordered to report In Washlncton. March it for In- I slructlon. He haa been assigned 4 to to to China, and will probably visit his parenta and frienda hara before leavjnc for tha Orient. . Mr. Kick ford la a son of Mr. and Mra. A. F. Uli kford. of Chehalla. He Is tl years old and waa born In Seattle. In 10 he graduated at the Chehalla High School. Shortly afterwards he accepted a position In tha poetoffice In thla city, which ha occupied until last September, when he resigned to attend the University of Penn sylvania. An opportunity to take the examination at Washington for atudent Interpreter having presented Itself. Mr. Blckford went to Washington, where, ha successfully passed tha examina tion. , rtaro Ahbatemagalo. tha Informer. Tha latter maintained a derisive attitude aa ha heard tha denunciation by hla partner In Infamy. DATES OF MEETING OUT rOSTMASTEKS OP OREGOX COX- VEXE JOE 7, 8, .9. ".' Annaal Convention to Be Held In Portland Daring- Roa Festival Week Thla Tear. A LP A NT. Or, March It 8peclaL) Postmasters of Oregon will meet In an nuo convention In Portland June 7. 8 and s. Definite selection of the place and data of the meeting waa made today and announced hy postmaster J. 8. Van Winkle, of. thla city, secretary of tha PraaideaUal Poatmaatera' Aaaocsatlon of the State of Oregon. This meeting will occur during the Rosa Festival and It la expected that thai additional attraction will not only bring together all of tha Presidential Poetmaaiera of Oregon but that many postmaster) will come from other exatea. An Invitation will be extended to tha po.tma.ters of California, Washington and Idaho to attend thla gathering. Offi cers of tha Oregon association have been rad that a general leave of ahaenoe ill- be granted to all postmasters) to etTtend thla convention so Portland will ba tha mecca for practically all of tha postmasters of the Pacific Northwest the second week In June. The tenrpoee of thai convention Is to discuss mattera for tha betterment of I tha poexal service and from auch die- cuesloos eyatema of handling mall and conducting postal affaire Are evolved which are generally adopted by tha de partmental service. The PostofTlce De- Reclamation of Deserts and Inane;. nratlnn of Panama Canal He Declares Greatest AchleTe xnents as President, ROOSTBVEI.T. Alia, March XI Standing on top of tha great storage dam. which bears hla name. ex-Prest-dent Theodora Rooaarelt at 1:48 P. M. today pressed an electric, button, which - aet In motion a mass of grinding ma chinery, which tn turn raised three of tha alx massive Iron gatea weighing (000 pounds apiece. By this act ha officially opened tha Roosevelt storage dam, a part of tha Salt River irriga tion project. The motors, which raise tne gatea. had hardly begun to turn before three raging torrents of water came rushi.1 Ins- through the three openings at different levels and ran madly down tha valley, where, after racing fully (a miles. It will be need In the Irriga tion of about 250.000 acrea of lanu. Autos Packed on Road. Tha scene from, tha dam waa a striking one. The motor cars. In which many persona besldos tha Rooaevalt party made tha 7. -mile Journey from Phoealx. ware packed along tne roaa above the artificial lake, each witn Ita roll of bedding strapped upon It, aa tha guests must spend tha night here. On tha hills countless saddle horses grased. Along the top of tha tower aev- eral Iron dred parsons were crowded ana, when Mr. Roosevelt's machine came in sight on tha twisting road; a tremendous salute of dynamite greeted tna ex- President In military fashion. After Mr. Roosevelt had mounted the atand and Mra. Roosevelt. Archie and Miss Ethel j Roosevelt had grouped themselvee be low among many offlclala of the terri tory, ceremonies were opened by Presi dent Orme, of the Salt River valley water-users Association. Ha. Introduced Governor Sloan aa chairman, and tha lat ter In turn presented all speakers, in cluding Mr. Roosevelt. Those wboapoxe were: Louis C. Hill, engineer ot tna project: C J.- Blanchard. of the Recla mation Service, who read a letter from Director Newell, and B. A. Fowler, pres ident of tha National Irrigation Congreaa. Blshoo At wood led the spectators In tha Lord's Prayer, and later pronounced tha benedlctlorr. Along the ton of the dam. graceful standards, bearing electrical globes, had been erected and Miss Roosevelt aet these alight by touching a button, tha concluding feature of tha day. Roosevelt Proud of Work. In tba course . of his address, Mr. Roosevelt aald: "This great project, aa a part of tha National Irrigation policy, waa tha first bit ot serious work which I un dertook aa President. About a week after I became President. Mr. Frederick II. Newell, director of the Reclamation Service, and Mr. Glfford Ptnchot called ' upon ma and told me the expectation In Congress waa that the National Government would take up tha Irriga tion projects of the West aa an Ad ministration policy. I knew tha utter Impossibility of expecting tha larger schemes to ba developed by private enterprises, unless we were content to have the larger schemes become pri vate monopolies, which I waa not con tent to have and waa therefore al ready anxious to have thla piece of work done by tha only lndvdual that could do It Uncle Sam- East Does 'ot Know West. "Thanks to tha admirable work of tha Reclamation Service, under the di rection of Mr. Newell. Western Sena tors and Representatives In Congress were already fully awake to the needa of tha adoption of a National policy for the development of the aria ana eeml-arid West through Irrigation. Tha difficulty, of course, lay In tha East. Perfectly natural, it waa tha same difficulty that waa encountered by those who pressed forward the home stead law. Tha East In those days did not know tha need of having a home stead for tha well-watered West, for the long-grass West, and In l0l wa found both the old East and what you might call the 'homestead law of tha West' Ignorant of the needa of a to tallie different kind of- work for the developmect of the arid and seml-artd West, which cpuld not be properly de veloped except on a different line. "The reclamation act. Ilka the home stead law. waa a law for the small man law for the 29-acre farmer a law for tha man who farms his own land. and I say that one of tha main reaaons why I desired to put It through aa a part of the National policy was because tha only alternative. If these water projecta were to be developed at all. waa to- have them developed In the shape of private monopolies. i wish to congratulate an wno nave taken part In thla extraordinary work Mir 'Gairmeiniftci Are nmadl spscaalty ta cwr ot dler hy Mew 'Yrkys "Mghssit escslIeEicSo "Bt m& fi&hmc'witihoul A sum imoysunic IF tin m'ainiy "&ry-W? f ttfa cuns.Mtailr dlssifly' Priced . . $2(0) ft' $40 IB. EM SELL LEA'DING CLOTHEER Mmsira 'at Ftuuriin -' BIG. STRIKE IS OFF Express Drivers Will Hdve to Fight Alone. at tha company's office that only a few men had returned. William H. Ashton. general organizer of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, authorized a statement to day in which he declared that the per sistent rumors of a general atrike of teamstera was preposterous. WOOL TRUST CUTS CAPITAL omo T'le?!!n- ' '.'LVi .... ... dam after me. I don t know if it la of service with the men who are In direct -.,... . . . kh.tw ha Charge of the various poetofflcea. . I know It la ot 1 no rrewrnun rvniniiieri Assoc.a- Plrectora Wilt Kcdacw Stork From $30,000.4)00 to t20.000.0t0. CHANGE OF FRONT SEEN tosTON". March 1$ At tha head of fice of the American Wool Company here today It was announced that the directors ot the corporation had voted tn reduce the common stock ot flo.OvO. e to I :..'. v. The action of the directors will ba submitted to stockholders tor approval at a special meeting In Jersey City, on April It Is eie-ted In wool circles that the common stockholders will ra Ify the new plan, unuer which tbey ex-r--' to receive dividends. The avrporatlon controls 34 mills In New Cng'.and and New York State. It fgured largely in last year s tariff de bates and hearing, at Washington, where the low tariff tnea -usually re ferred to It as "the woolen trust." The company has been secretly acquiring- common stocks In the last few moult and at present holds In Its treasury tha entire 100.OOO snares whlca It Is proposed to wipe out. Of this amount. snares had been In the treasury unused. It Is announced also that the exist ing rommoa stock holders will not ba ra"M upon to part with any ot their stock. tlon of Oregon Includes all of the pom masters ot Presidential grade In this state. The preeeat office ra of the asso ciation, who are making arrangementa for. the coming convention at Portland. are: B. W. Johnson, of OtrvaMls. presi dent: Edward lioste'.ler. of The Dalles. Tlce-prejadent: J. R tan Winkle, of Albany, secretary-treasurer. WOMAN TAKEN TO PRISON Crowd Hoots as Mrs. Edith Melher y (inr to Serve a?0 Years. AI3ANT. N. T- March !. Clad la black from head to foot, her face hid den by a heavy veil. Mrs. Edith Mel be r. convicted of murdering her child, was taken to Auburn prison this after noon to begin a minimum sentence of 10 years' Imprisonment. Hundreds of persons gathered around the station to get a glimpse of tha woman and a platoon of police waa necessary to force a passage-way to the train. As the party boarded the train there waa a yell of derision from the crowd, but no further demonstra tion. .. . MORRA'S RECORD SHOWN Proaeralor of Camorra Grills One of Cuocoolo's Murderers. V1TERBO. Italy. March IS. Tha wku-a aX ledAj a saaalua eX U trial Gnns at Honolulu Tested. HONOI.C1.U. March . The big 11 Inch guns which have been placed in tha fortifications at Pearl Harbor were fired today for the first time. The test. made under tha direction of Captain I mighty little consequence whether he haa a atatue after ha is dead, ir there cocld he any monument which would appeal to any man, surely It Is thla. You could not have dona anything which would hav pleased and touched me more than to name this great dam after me. and I thank you from my heart for having dona so. " Proud of Two 'ichlcremenls. "The two material achievements con nected with my Adm'nlstratlon of which I arq' proud ara thlt reclamation work in the West and 'he Panama Canal. Thla reclamation uct. we got through Congress; the P'tnama Canal wa got with Congresa li.gglng a little behind. Things happened to come so In connec tion with Panama that I had two al ternatives before me. "One was to write a report with recommendations and put- It before Congress so that they might, debate It. in which case they would be de bating it still and the Panama Canal would have been 40 or & years in tha future. The other was to take posses sion of Panama, start the canal, and then force Congress to debate that in stead of the canal. The former al ternative la Carried . on with great spirit In certain newspapers to tha present day, and aa long aa It pleases them. I certainly have no objection whatever.' But, meanwhile, the canal Is going on. " President Tobin, of International Brotherhood of . Teamsters, Ad vises Agmlnst Declaration of any General Walkout. , Singapore wiihln a few veer. "will havs one of the greatest harbors In the world. Nearly tl4.0o.oo more Is to b. spent on It. In Cores private tcnooii are rteins rapiair ...... ... . . . , I renl.red by uuMlc .chnols under the srsd "imam j. riaii oi toe 'n,n.. t- . , ot y,. new saucaUonal sj.tsm paxUBsat, proved Bust aaUaXactorjY 1 there, - NEW TORK. March 18. The striking drivers of tha Adamaa. Wells-Fargo and United Statea Express Companies will have to fight their battle alone, without the halting of "everytning on wneeis. ac cording to announcements made here this afternoon toy labor leaders. Tha change of front followed the re ceipt of a telegram from Daniel J. Tobln, ot Indianapolis, president of the Inter national Brotherhood of Teamsters. Mr. Tobln said there would be no general strike, and Instructed William H. Ashton. the general organiser, to declare against such a move. A break-came at an early hour, when tha employee of tha United Statea Ex press Company, at a stormy meeting In Jersey City, voted to return to work. Tha United Statea Expreea men went out yesterday In sympathy with the striking Adama Express drivers and helpers, as did the men of tha Wells Fargo Company. '.It looked this morn ing aa If the Wells. Fargo Company men too, might decide today to re sume their positions. .Notwithstanding ths vote of tha United States Express Company's em- DEWEY FRIEND OF JAPAN Admiral Denies German's Statement He Proposed War. WASHINGTON, March 18. Admiral Dewey expresses his frlendl'ness for Japan in a 'card hegave out last night denying statements in a published In terview with Count Ernest von Revent low. the German, strategist. In this Interview Count Reventlow la quoted as follows: -. - "I recall a remark by Admiral Dewey lust after the peace negotiations had been begun at Portsmouth, to the effect that" America ought to have at tacked Japan at an earlier date, be cause she was becoming more power ful than was compatible with the In terests of the United r-tates." Admiral Dewey says he never made auch a statement, and adds: "Furthermore, my views ara and al ways have been Just the opposite. It has been my aim since I assumed com mand of our Asiatic fleet to cultivate a friendly feeling between this country and Japan." GIRL GRAPPLES WITH THIEF . , ' r Man Who. Takes Cash to Pay Fath er's Employes Escapes. - BAN FRANCISCO. March IS. While Olito Wendler, the 20 years old daughter of Qeorge Wendler, a cooper, waa return ing to the Cooperage today from a bank where she had drawn H00 with which to pay her father'a employes, her handbag was seised by a man, who immediately the robber Jumped Into a passing lum ber wagon, knocked' the driver to the ground and rode rapidly away. Sunday School to Hold Institute. RAYMOND. Wash., March 18. (Spe cial.) A Sunday school Institute of more than usual Importance will be held at the Methodist Church Tuesday and W,ed nesday, under the auspices of the West ern Washington Sunday School Asso elation. Delegates from all over the county are expected, and a number of instructors will be here. Among them will be M. W. Miller, . of Tacoma. gen eral secretary of the Western Wash lngton Sunday School Association, who resigns his work at the end of the pres ent year. The Rev. Mr. Blaln, who Is to succeed Mr. Miller, is also to be present. Roseburg Gets Sewer System. ROSEBURG, Or., March 18. (Sdo- clal.) According to J. U. Kendall, one of the principal owners In the local water and .light system, who arrived here from , Pittsburg yesterday, over eight miles of water mains and laterals will be laid Inr Roseburg during the coming Summer. H. J Frear, local manager for the company, expects to leave for Pittsburg Sunday and while there will purchase the necessary ma terlal that work may ba commenced at an early date. Centralis Bank Deposits Grow.1 CENTRAX.IA. Wash.. March 18. (Special.) Centralla's present per cap ita banking deposit is 1312. The banks of this city have just Issued their state ments for the last fiscal period, and the amount was. In deposits, 11,551,792. The fact that a new bank has recently start ed In Centralla Is believed by some to have made' even this high figure lower than It otherwise would have been, as considerable money was held out on the point of transferring accounts just at the time the examiners were going over the books of the four banks of Cen tralis. Albany's Postofflce Jumps. darted into a nearby lumber- vard. ' .He waa followed br Miss Wendler. who I UjDa.i i , ur, is. voneciai. grappled with him in a vain effort I Albany's Postofflce Is now in the J20.000 Ljjloi'es to go back to work. It was said recover the bag. Throwing her from him, 1 class. The fiscal year expires the end of this month and the receipts of the office up to and including yesterday reached the .20,000 mark for the year. Receipts from now until the end of the month will make a margin above the total for the year necessary to place the Albany office in this higher class. McMinnville Doctor Named. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 18. On recommendation of Representative Hawley Dr. C. L. Will iams was appointed Pension Surgeon at McMinnville, vice Dr. J. D. Baker,, deceased. Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Breaks up Colds and Epidemic Is Spreading. Practically everybody has been af flicted during the past few weeks with Grip, in the form of violent influenza. "Seventy-seven" taken early short ens and moderates the attack. Don't wait until the Grip" sets in, your bones begin to ache, and you have Pains and Soreness in the Head and Chest, Cough, Sore Throat, Gen eral Prostration and Fever, or the cure may take longer. All Drug Stores 25c. or mailed. HumDhrevs Homeo. stedlcine Co.. Cor. William and Ann Streets, New Tori. t V