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NEW NOTE FROM CHILE.
It Is Not Believed That Argentine
Reprards It as Favorable.
NEW YORK, Dec 9. The Argentine
Government has received a new note from
Chile, says the Buenos Ayres correspon
dent of the Herald. Great secrecy is main
tained, but the note is evidently not fav
orable, because, after Its reception, the
government called the foreign relations
committee of Congress and ordered the
mobilization of the first and second naval
reserve.
Sentry Ran Amuck.
TIEN TSIN, Dec. 10. A sentry belong'ng
to an Indian regiment stationed here ran
amuck yesterday, and killed two of his
comrades. A company of Punjab Infantry
was at once ordered out to secure him.
In the meantime, the sentry had been shot
by German troops, who then opened fire
on the Punjabs. A free fight ensued as a
result of which three German privates
were killed, and a German officer mortal
ly wounded, while three of the Indian
troops were killed and several were
wounded. The German troops have been
confined to their barracks until further
orders.
DEAD SET ON TARIFF
Republicans Determined to
Tax Philippine Products.
PROTECTION PAPERS ACTIVE
Opposition Will Likely Be Whipped
Into Line by an Obstinate Ma
jorityNo Doubt About Rati
fication of Canal Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Dec 9. The Republi
cans are determined to place a tariff up
on Philippine Island products coming Into
the United States, and there Is no possi
bility of changing that sentiment. In
fact, it is well known that at the time
the Treaty of Paris was ratified there was
a thorough understanding among Repub
licans and certain Democrats who voted
with them to ratify the treaty that, in
case of ratification, Philippine sugar and
Philippine products generally could not
come In competition with those of the
United States by letting down the tariff
walL
It "is probable that many believed tho
Supreme Court would never tako the po
sition that products coming from a ter
ritory acquired could not, under the Con
stitution, be taxed upon reaching the
shores of the United States. There arc
some Republicans that do not agree with
the sceheme to have the Dlngley rates
maintained, but that seems to be the sim
plest -way of bringing about Philippine
legislation at the present session, and
avoiding difficult questions and contro
versies until another ruling of the Su
preme Court may be had. These Repub
licans form such a small minority that It
Is doubtful if they ran be successful.
It is probable that the same views that
were entertained as to Porto Rico will
be entertained by Republicans In this
Congress, and they will finally be whipped
Into line by the overwhelming majority
of the party that Is determined to tax
Philippine products. Protection papers In
the East and protection papers every
where arc insisting upon this, and the
question of cheap Filipino work on goods
to come In competition with goods made
by American workingmen is being raised
with effect.
Canal Bill Sure to Pass.
After more or less debate, the- Nicara
gua Canal treaty will be ratified bryond
any question. This Is the last thing In
tho way of NIcaraguan Canal legislation.
Beyond all question, a canal bill will pass
at this session of Congress.
Portland Case in Supreme Court.
No decision will bo handed down In the
assessment case of A. N. King against the
City of Portland, recently argued by J.
31. Long and Martin L. Pipes, of Port
land, before the Supreme Court, until
after tho holiday recess.
WnuhlnKtoHwRallroad rroipelit.
The Chelan Transportation & Bmeltlnjc
Company, of Washington, is endeavoring,
with the assistance of Representative
Jones, to secure permission to build a rail
road for the transportation of ores from
the head of Railroad Creek to a point on
Lake Chelan, a distance of IS miles
through the Washington forest reserve.
The company, before permission Is Issued,
will be required to give assurance that
the forests will not In any way be In
jured. TARIFF BILL FOR, PHILIPPINES. '
Chalrmnn Payne Submits His Meas
ure to AVaya and Means Committee.
WASHING-TON. Dec 9.-ChaIrman
Payne, of the ways and means committee,
presented to his Republican colleagues of
the committee, at the meeting today, a
tariff bill for the Philippines, which he
had drawn to meet the conditions of the
recent Supreme Court decision.
The Payne bill Is quite brief, with two
main features. Applying the Dlnglcy law
as against Philippine exports to this coun
try, and applying the Philippine commit
tee's tariff schedule to goods entering the
Philippines. A further section grants a
rebate of customs tax on goods which
have paid an internal revenue tax in this
country. There Is no.proviso In the meas
ure that It shall be" temporary, so the
rates. If imposed, would be applicable un
til Congress otherwise acted.
As soon as the committee assembled,
Payne offered his bill, and It opened an
extended discussion on the several fea
tures Involved. Russell (Rep. Conn.) and
some other Republican members strongly
favored a proviso to the bill offered by
Payne, by which the tariff rates would be
scaled down 15 to 20 per cent on goods
passing between the United States and the
Philippines. This was urged on the ground
that Great Britain now had 40 per cent of
the trade of the Philippines, and Germany
and other European countries held a cer
tain percentage, while the United States
had but 8 per cent of the trade. For this
reason It was urged by Russell that the
Unlteif States should have some conces
sions as against foreign countries.
Secretary Root Is preparing a bill, which
he expects to submit to Congress In a day
or two, fixing duties for the Philippines
to meet the Supreme Court's decision. The
official opinion at the War Department is
strongly adverse to the proposition which
has been broached by some Republican
members of Congress to frame a new
tariff schedule for the Philippines.
Secretary Root, accompanied by Colonel
Edwards, chief of the Insular Division of
tho War Department, was with the Re
publican members of the committee
throughout the afternoon, going over the
Philippines tariff situation. Mr. Root em
phasized the fact that the new tariff of
tho Philippine Commission had gone into
effect only a few weeks ago, on November
15, and he fAvored a continuance by Con
gress of the rates established by the com
mission. Representative Russell there
upon determined not to further urge the
proposition he had put forward earlier In
the day for a 15 per cent preference to
American goods. The committee came to
no final action, adjourning until tomorrow,
when a measure may be agreed upon.
After the meeting the members stated
that the discussions and the hearing of
Mr. to had practically determined that
the Taft tariff rates of November 15 would
be app'.Ied against goods entering the Phil
ippines, and the Dlngley rates against
goods entering the United States from the
Philippines. The proposal to grant a re
bate on taxes on goods paying an Internal
revenue tax Is still under discussion.
CONFJRMED BY THE SENATE.
Tvro Oregon Men in a Lonf? List of
Consuls of the United States.
WASHINGTON. Dec 9. The Senate to
day confirmed the following nominations:
To be Consuls of the United States O.
D. J. Hughes, Connecticut, Consul-Gcn-eral
at Coburg; Robert E. Mansfield, In
diana, at Valparaiso; F. B. Gessner, Ohio,
at Zlttau, Saxony; Edward A. Creeveln,
Jk Connecticut, at Glauchau, Germany; A.
B. Garrett. West Virginia, at Nuevo
Laredo, Mexico; Charles P. H. Nason,
Pennsylvania, at Grenoble, France; Will
iam H. Hunt, New York, at Tamatave,
Madagascar; L. A. Martin, West Virginia,
at Cludad Porfiro Diaz, Mexico; William
B. Sorsby, Mississippi, at Kingston, Ja
maica; C. V. Hcrdllska, District of Colum
bia, at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua;
William L. Scwell, Ohio, at Pernambuco,
Brazil; E. H. Gunsaulus. Ohio, at To
ronto, Canada; George Sawter. New York,
at Antigua, West Indies; Ethelhert Watts,
Pennsylvania, at Prague, Austria; Frank
R. Mowrer, Ohio, at Ghent, Belgium; A.
H. Williams, New Hampshire, at Saltlllo,
Mexico; Richard L. Sprague, Massachu
setts, at Gibraltar, Spain; Pletro Cuneo,
Ohio, at Turin, Italy; George W. Colvlg,
Oregon, at Barranqullla, Colombia; C. K.
Bolles, Pennsylvania, at Kiel, Germany;
Robert P. Skinner, Ohio (Consul-General),
Marseilles, France; Henry B. 'Miller, Ore
gon, ut Nlu Chwang. China; George E.
Baldwin, Ohio, at Nuremburg, Bavaria;
James I. "McCallum, District of Columbia,
at St. Gall, Switzerland.
Presidential Appointments.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. The President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
State Consuls of the United States:
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The diminutive French bark Henrietta finished loading her lumber cargo yesterday. She has on board the first cargo of red
wood lumber ever shipped foreign from Portland. The. vessel s such a ns,ll carrier that her total cargo Is caly about COO.00O
feet. and ofjbte Amount 3"0.CO0 -fpc'l iredwpotfi Shes?csf to Queonstnwn or-F-olxnout-ii for orders,' and -was d!s?atci?of"b'y Bal
four, Guthrie & Co. The Henriette caino into the river under charter for wheat loading, but on account of the poor condition
of her decks she could not meet the requirements of the surveyors, and was obliged to take lumber.
Richmond Pearson, North Carolina, at
Genoa; Henry D. Saylor, Pennsylvania, at
Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Treasury To be Collectors of Customs:
Levi M. Wlicuta, District of Duluth,
Minn.; William H. Devos, district of Mil
waukee, Wis.: Louis T. Weiss, commis
sioner of immigration at Baltimore;
Washington Haverstlck,' of Wisconsin,
general Inspector Treasury Department.
Navy Medical Director William K.
VanRoypen to be Surgeon-General and
Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery: Captain Royal B. Bradford, United
States Navy.
Chief of the Bureau of j
Equipment, with rank of Rear-Admiral;
Captain Charles O'Neil, United States
Navy. Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance,
with rank of Rear-Admiral.
Artillery First Lieutenant George M.
Apple, at large.
Navy Commander Augustus Si. Kellogg,
retired, to be transferred from the fur
lough to the retired pay list.
War To be chaplain, George C Stull,
Montana.
Had he not been reappointed today. Ad
miral Van Reypen would have retired
within a year In the grade of Captain. On
December 2S next, however, he will have
served 40 years In the Aimy and Navy.
and so may retire as an Admiral. He
will then be succeeded by Dr. Rlxey.
Admirals O'Neill and Bradford were re
appointed chiefs of the Bureau of Ord
nance and Equipment, respectively, fol
lowing the custom In such cases.
REJECTED BY COMMITTEE.
Amendment of Chile to Proposal'for
a. Pan-American Bank.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 9. At the session
of the International Conference today,
the first article of the proposed conven
tion with respect to the exercise of lib
eral professions was taken up for dis
cussion. Volney W. Foster, of the United
States delegation, offered a resolution to
the effect that. Inasmuch as the colleges
and universities of the United States are
now under the patronage of the National
Government, and in that respect differ
from the status of other Latin-Americans,
the delegates would earnestly recommend
to the several states of the Unlted States
that they should respect and recognize
the diplomas of learned professions of tho
national colleges of Latin-America, and
at the same time urge the Latin-American
republics to empower the proper au
thorities for the appointment of special
commissioners to consider and decide up-
on professional credentials presented by
American citizens with a view to obtain
ing license to practice. The resolution
was referred to a committee. '
The proposal for a Pan-American bank
was taken up, and the report from the
committee was read, rejecting the amend
ment of Chile, which was that the nations
interested glvo the bank an annual sub
sidy of $100,000 In gold for five years. j
Augusto Matte, of Chile, then present
ed another amendment as follows: "That
there be established In New York, or
some other Important center, a bank of
the character in question, and said bank
be aided by all the republics of America
In every form compatible with their In
ternal legislation, either by way of an
nual subsidies, for a limited period, or of
exemption from taxation, or In any other
manner considered expedient." j
In supporting this amendment, Mr. '
Matte said that If the proposed Pan- t
American Railway was to be subsidized, :
he could see no reason why the Pan- ;
American Bank should not be also sub- '
sldlzed.
The vote on the report of the committee
was defered, and the session then closed.
Supreme Court Takes a Recess.
WASHINGTON. Dec. The United
States Supreme Court today took a re
cess until January C
TILLMANWAXEDHOT
Challenges McLaurin to Re
sigh With Him From Senate,
DRAHATJC SPEECH BY LATTER
He Reviewed the South Carolina
Controversy nnd Wanted to Know
if He Was to Be Read Out of
the Democratic Party.
WASHINGTON. Dec 9. The Senate
chamber was the scene of a highly
dramatic episode today, when Tillman.
FRENCH BARK HENR1ETTE.
challenged his colleague, McLaurin, to re
sign with him on the spot, in order, to
use his own language, that they might
be able to "wash their dirty linen at
home." McLaurin did not take up the
gauntlet. The Incident today was the di
rect sequel of the very bitter controversy
which arose between the Senators in
South Carolina last Spring. Mr. McLaurin
arose to a question of personal privilege
today, and proceeded to explain what he
charged was a conspiracy to discredit
hfcn in his own state for facts and views
"which did not meet the approval of cer-
luwi weiiiocruuc icauera. ne uuuiuix-u u . oi aiiairs nau existed in nis state, anu
was being humiliated and, according to that he had recommended good men for
public prints, was to be excluded from , office because he did not desire to see a
the Democratic caucus because ho had i repetition of the horrible affair at Lake
acted upon certain public Issues In a way j ville, when a negro postmaster had been
which he considered was for the best In- i burned to death. He had voted for the
terests of the country and the people -war with Spain, and declared that In the
of his state, rie announced himself a
believer In the old Democracy, and, after
denouncing the new Democracy leaders,
who, he said, had brought destruction
upon the party, declared he could not be
driven from his old allegiance Into a
party with which he did not care to
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?"th Callna- McLaurin said he sought
this could not be accomplI.jhed he tried
to have such Republicans selected as
would give satisfaction to the people. He
did not want the crime of burning a
Postmaster repeated in his state.
Jones, chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, denied that he had any
"ulterior motives" In not Inviting Mc
Laurin to enter the caucus. Tllhnan. re
viewed the whole controversy. Hoar took
occasion to express the opinion that It was
very doubtful whether both the South
Carolina seats In the Senate were not in
reality vacant. He contended that when
the resignations were offered last Spring
to the Governor, they could not be with
drawn thereafter, having become im
mediately operative.
The Climax.
The climax came when Tillman chal
lenged McLaurin to join with him in pre
paring their Joint resignation and hand
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ate. J.n is cna:icnge .uciaurin- uiu nut ac
cept, and the episode was brought to an
abrupt close by Lodge moving an execu-
tlvo session.
McLaurin, In bringing the matter up,
said:
"I arise to a question of personal privi
lege In connection with the publication of
the statement that I have been, excluded
; fr(Ka participation In the Democratic
party caucus." With evidence of consider
able emotion, he proceded to explain that
If such was the case, and If he were to be
without assignment upon committees, the
rights of his state, which he In part rep
resented In the Senate, would suffer. The
only notice he had ever had, he said, that
he was to be excluded from the Demo
cratic caucus came last Spring, before the
adjournment of the Senate, when the
chairman of tho Democratic National
Committee, In the cloakroom, asked him
why he no longer attended the Democratic
caucuses. He had replied that In view of
his opinion on the questions growing out
of the Spanish War he thought his pres
ence might be embarrassing. The Demo
cratic chairman had replied:
"Then, perhaps. It would be less embar
rassing to you not to be Invited to the
caucuses?"
McLaurin said he had replied: "Cer
tainly." This Incident, McLaurin declared, was
the culmination of a long series of events
in a contest waged by an element of the
Democratic party against him.
The entire Senate by this time had be
come interested. Several Republicans
crossed the political aisle to the Demo
cratic side, to listen better to what Mc
Laurin had to say.
Continuing, McLaurin said he could be
silent, did he not fear that the movement
against him was one to keep alive sec
tionalism. For many years the people or
tho South had realized that they had
not obtained their fair share of the Na
tional benefits. McLaurin recalled the
fact although Samuel J. Randall had ad
vocated a protective tariff he had been
voted for In a Democratic National con
vention for President. Hancock, although
he declared the tariff was a local Issue,
had been nominated for President, and
David B. Hill, although he opposed the
Income tax, had not been read out of the
Democratic party. The holding of such
views by Northern men, no matter how
diverse, did not endanger the prestige of
certain leaders, and consequently they
were Immune from attack. But when a
Southern man. said McLaurin, tried to
get the benefit of the tariff for his peo
ple, those whose political career might be
ended by the success of his efforts were
ready to crush and humiliate him. He
had -contended that if the tariff were a
robbery, his section should share In the
booty. Upon the Issue of that speech he
had later gone into a "campaign in South
Carolina, and. although his Democracy
had been attacked upon the stump, the
people of his state had Indorsed him. Ho
declared that during that campaign calum
ny, falsehood and trickery never before
equaled in
employed.
American politics had been
Principal Chnrgc Against lllin.
Now the principal charge against him
was that during the McKinley Adminis
tration he had been "bought by patron
age," and that he had rOnewed his for
mer contract with President Roosevelt.
Entertaining the high personal regard
that he did for both the late President
and his successor, McLaurin said it
would be unnecessary for him to say that
neither would stooD to so icnoble an act.
it was true than an unfortunate condition
same spirit In which he had cast that vote
he felt that he was compelled to support
the Administration that conducted It. Ho
still thought that the conduct of the war
should have been nonpartisan, and during
1 Its progress he had never heard from
President McKlnley's lips a word con
cerning party advantage.
While without official knowledge of the
charges brought against him by his Dem
ocratic colleagues, from the newspapers
he understood that the principal charges
were that he had not opposed the ratifi
cation of the treaty of peace with Spain;
that he had upheld the Administration In
Its effort to restore order In the Philip
pines, and to that end had voted for an
increase In the standing Army, and that
he was in favor of the upbuilding of
i the American merchant marine.
"If these are the only charges," said
he, dramatically, "they are true, and I
j glory In them.
No Whipping: Into Line.
He said he had not wished to vote
against his party upon the question of
ratifying the peace treaty, and had it not
been for the reopening of hostilities In
the Philippines, he would have deferred
to the opinion of his colleagues. "But,"
he declared, "the dictates of reason and
conscience should not be stilled by the
i party lash."
wuh blUcr word8f McLaurin then pro
cceded to excoriate the new leaders of
the Democratic party, who had, he said,
guided the party to Its destruction during
the last six years, and were trying to
crucify those who would seek to draw
the Democratic party back to Its old al
legiance. He still proposed, he said, to
vote in his judgment for what he be
lieved to be along the lines of Democratic
principles, but he did not propose to place
himself against a proposition which he
believed to be for the best Interests of
the people simply because It was advo
cated by Republicans. In conclusion, Mc
Laurin said he did not propose to be
drawn from his own party nor to be
forced Into affiliation with the party with
which he did not care to ally himself, and
that on great public questions he would
act according to the dictates of his own
conscience and best judgment.
Jones Takci the Floor.
When McLaurin took his seat, Jones of
Arkansas took the floor. Some of the
statements made by McLaurin Jones con
sidered a reflection upon himself, and he
said he desired to offer a statement con
cerning the Incident to which McLaurin
had referred. At the extra session of
Congress last Spring, he had been usked
by the caucus officer for the list of Sen
ators who were to be summoned to a
caucus, and McLaurln's name being men
tioned, he (Jones) had said that he him
self would see the Senator from South
Carolina. "I met him in the cloakroom,"
said Jones, "and. recalling the fact that
he had not attended a Democratic cau
cus for more than two years. I asked
what his status was. He replied that his
relations with the party were such that
(Concluded on Second Page.)
AGREEMENT YET
Labor Delegates Still Dis
cuss Exclusion of "Japs."
RED-HOT COMMITTEE MEETING
Morgan of Portland Is the Leader in
the Figrht to Keep the Little
Brown Men Out Resolutions
Adopted by Convention.
SCRANTON, Pa.. Dec. 9. The special
committee of the Federation of Labor
convention on the Chinese question, with
nine members present, held another meet
ing thte afternoon. It was a tire and vol
cano upheaval from start to finish. On
the matter of re-enacting the law exclud
ing Chinese we were all agreed, but upon
my proposition to exclude the Japanese
and other native Asiatic, also, red-hot
war at once broke out. The battle- raged
throughout the remainder of the session.
The report of the committee may be fin
ished and go before the convention some
time tomorrow, but more probably a day
or two later. J. T. MORGAN.
IN MAIN CONVENTION HALL.
Resolution to Boycott MuehiucOIudc
Clpfnr.H AV'u.s Defeiited.
SCRANTON, Pa.. Dee. 9. The confer
ence of the American Federation of Labor
was in session ORiy two hours today, ad
journment being taken until tomorrow
morning. In oruer to enable the several
commmees to consider the large number
of reho.utlons still In their hands.
Thtre was a lively dihcuion on the
floor over the question of boycotting raa-chlne-matlo
cigars. It Is the same ques
tion that the Cigarmakerd' International
Union haj brougnt up at previous con
ventions of the federation, and the union
has always been defeated in its fight
against the Introduction of machinery in
the cigar trade. The matter came up in
the form or" a resolution. In which a cer
tain company was denounced for making
cigars by child labor nnd machine, and
which called upon the federation to assist
In unionizing the various plants of tho
company. The committee reported the
resolution back with the recommendation
that the word "machinery" be stricken
out and the resolution adopted. The ci
garmakers In&i&ted that the term "ma
chinery" should not be eliminated, and
argued that cigars made by machinery
are not as good ats those made by hand,
and that the machine would drive hand
clgarmakers out of the business. The
speakers In opposition to the clgarmakers
proposition argued that to opposes ma
chinery would be folly and the union
could not successfully fight the law of
progress. The resolution, with the word
"machinery" stricken out, was finally
adopted aa recommended. The following
resolutions were also adopted:
Pledging the Journeymen Tailors' Union
In Its contest for free shops.
Petitioning -Congress to amend the
marine laws so that every seaman shall
have the right to quit any merchant ve&
sel on which the service has become in
noxious to him; also to prohibit towing In
oceans of gigantic rafts.
Tho committee on labor reported the fol
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:
That the federation refuse to recognize
labels gotten up by rival unions of the
Tobaccoworkers' International Union; re
indorslng the blue label of the Tobacco
workers' Union; that the federation draw
up a form of obligation that will Instruct
all new members to demand the union
label wherever they purchase manufac
tured goods. Indorsing the union stamp of
the International Union of Journeymen
Horseshoerd, and Indorsing the label of
the Actors' National Protective Union.
Somo business of a purely routine nature
was disposed of.
Before tho adjournment President Gom
pers announced the appointment of W. D.
Malone, of the Amalgamated Street-Car
Railway Employes, and President John
D. Mitchell, of the United Mlneworkers,
as a committee to take charge of tho
street-car strike In this city.
Well-Known Kanins Politician.
PITTSBURG. Kan.. Dec. 9. John Ran
dolph, aged 44 years, one of the most
prominent attorneys and politicians in this
state, died here today. He was once a
well-known educator.
SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS.
ConRrcni.
Tillman challenged McLaurin to resign with.
him from the Senate. Page 1.
Republicans arc determined to have a tariff on
Phlllpplno products. Page 1.
Frye- Introduced ttw new ship subsidy bill.
Page -.
General.
Special committee of labor convention etlll un
able to agree on question of exclusion of
Japanese. Pace 1.
McKinley Memorial Association changes ltf
plan of work. Page 2.
Treaty signed giving United State3 perpetual
control of route for tho Nicaragua Canal.
Page 2.
Carnegie's letter offering to give the United
States $10,000,000 for a great university wlL
be sent to Congress. Page 3.
Foreign.
England will Improve sunitarj condition of
Boer concentration camps. Page 3.
De WItte's Interpretation of new German tarlfl
bill creates a stir In Germany. Page 3.
Sport.
Champion Pugilist Jeffries spends a day Is
Portland. Page 3.
McEachern and Walthour are In the lead In
the six-day bicycle race. Pace 3.
Paelllc Const.
Four-masted ship In breakers 12 miles north ot
Gray's Harbor. Page 4.
Freight trains collided at Salem. Page 4.
Mrs. Jane L. Stanford has executed deeds of
grant and gift In favor of Stanford Univer
sity. Paze 4.
Oregon Supreme Court has rendered Ave opin
ions. Paze 5.
Suit to recover amount of G. V. Davis defal
cation begun In the Circuit Court at Salem.
Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Bulls and bears alternate In keeping "Wall
street excited. Page 11.
Eastern wheat markets are still making new
records. Page 11.
Portland exporters have made heavy purchases
of wheat. Page 5.
French bark Aslo and two German vessels ar
rive at Astoria. Page 5.
Portlnnd and Vicinity.
Food and Dairy Commissioner has split up
with Deputy Carlson. Page S.
Federal ofllcers receive Government order to
keep out of politics. Page 12.
Trial of Murderer Dalton begins In State Cir
cuit Court. Page 10.
French ship Belen sails without her captaln.
Pagc 5.