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THE MORNING OREGOyiAN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1903. CAN'T MOVE BOWEN Allies Will Ask Roosevelt to Settle Last Point. IF HE DECLINES, THE HAGUE incrr at Itefnftul of Priority of TJiclr Claims on Venezuela. Tliey Up turn to Arbitration Cnnli Pay ment Offered Aurecinent. The alllw. hopeless or Inducing Min ister Bowra to yield oa the question of priority of their claims, -trill aalc Presl dent Itoowelt to decide the aueitlon. If he refus. they will go to The Hague, as Bo wen proposed. I tow en has agreed to pay each of the allies $27,000 In satisfaction for alleged In llenltlcs ufferd by its citizens. The terms of settlement acreed on provide for adjustment of the claims of each power by a. Joint commission of one on each side, with an arbiter, to be appointed by the King of Spain, in care of disagreement. The Venezuelan officials are then to pay the claims from SO per cent of the customs receipts of 1-3. Guayra and Puerto Cabello. In case of failure to jay for 30 days. Belgium is to take charge of the custom-houses. WASHINGTON. Feb. C Irritated by tho note of Minister Bowcn, Venezuela a rep resenatlve. addresseJ to the Britten Am bassador on Monday last, refusing to ac cept the allied" proposal for a nelieme of preferential payments by which Great Britain, Germany and Italy were to re ceive 20 per cent and the remaining eight creditor nations 10 per cent of the customs of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello, the allied powers have instructed their rep resentatives here to submit tho question of preferential treatment for settlement to President Itoneevelt and In the event that he declines to act an arbiter, to take this, and possibly the entire Venezuelan question, to The Hague for settlement, thereby breaking oft negotiations with Minister Bowen. . At 10 o'clock tomorrow at the British Embassy, there will be a conference of the representative here of the allies. In view of the fact that the London government ia now taking the lead in the negotiations, the British Ambassador will preside at this conference. In the meantime, he ex pects to have an Interview with the Sec retary of State, whom he, will sound as to tho probability of the President's ac ceptance of the allies' requcflt. If It Is found that President Rooeevelt Is not dis posed to allow himself to bo dragged Into the negotiations, the Instructions of the nlllcs are such as to permit them to fore go the embarrassment of a rejection at the hands of Mr. Roosevelt, and. Instead of making known their wishes to him. steps will be taken to draw up a protocol with Mr. Bowen for a reference of the case to The Hague, as suggested by him in his note of last Monday. The British Ambassador was the first of the representative to receive instruc tions to this effect and the matter was discussed at the noonday conference among the three representatives of the allies. Announcement of tho decision of .-the allies to -abandon-further negotiations with Mr. Bowen has not been received with surprise by tho few officials of the Washington Government who have been I advised of it. The Hasrne n. Port of Safety. "The Hague tribunal," said one official of tho Administration tonight, "has all along been kept in sight as a port of safety Jn case the negotlaUona here were not productive of a final settlement. And as for 'the suggestion that tho President act as arbiter, that has been a favorite Idea of the allies since the beginning of the trouble." Whether President HooseveK will accept this invitation lo not known. An official of the Administration expressed hia sur prise tonight that the allies were -willing to submit the question to the President, in view of the fact that their representa tives -within tho last few days have in formed them by cable that the President views with dlefavor tho contention of the allies for preferential treatment. There Is tho best authority for the statement that neither Great Britain nor Germany Is desirous of submitting its caso to The Hague. The Instructions received by tho British Ambassador are not quite clear as to the alternative to bo pursued in the event that the President declines to act as txblter of the question of priority pay ments. It Is not known whether the pro tocol, which, will then be drawn up with Mr. Bowen, will provide for a reference of the entire cato to The Hague, or .-whether the allies are willing to stick by what they havo secured here and have The Hague arbitrate the one question of preferential treatment. The drafting of tho protocol will, it Is expected, occupy some time, but it is the understanding that upon the submission of the matter either to tho President or The Hague, tho mocKaae uiom raised at once. Co all for Each of Them. It developed today that during a call of Count von VluaQt, the first secretary of tho German Embassy, upon Mr. Bowen this morning, the latter stated his willingness to make to Germany and Italy a cash payment of 5,000 (127,000) each. This was done because Of Mr. Bowen's action In the early part of the negotfcv tlone in conceding to Great Britain a sim ilar amount for satisfaction of the al leged indignities which the British gov- evernment claimed its citizens hare suf fered In Venezuela. This amount was named by the British Ambassador. It was Intimated today that France might sow come forward and ask for the same payment for hereelf as that given the allies. ' Terms A Breed Upon. Various intimations have leaked out here regarding certain details of the plan proposed by Mr. Bowen and already ac cepted by the allies for the settlement of their claims against Venezuela after the vexed question of preferential treatment shall have been decided. The Associated Prcso Is enabled to state In its entirety the plan agreed upon after the preferen tial question has been settled, the adjudi cation of the claims of each of the creditor nations' interests is to be taken up by a separate commission, one for each claim ant power. These commissions will first consist of a representative of the creditor nation and a representative of Venezuela. Iri case of disagreement, the King of Spain Is In each Instance to appoint an arbiter. It is expected that each claim ant power will appoint Its envoy at Car acas to represent It upon Its commission, and President Castro will delegate either the Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Af fairs or some other official of the Foreign Office as Venezuela's representative. Where the services of an arbiter are needed, the King of Spain will. In all probability, select for this mission the Spanish Minister to Caracas, who is rec ognized as an aDie diplomat. After the commission claims have been adjusted, there are to be collected by the Venezuelan officials from the customs re ceipts of the two ports of Puerto Cabello and. La Guayra. 30 per cent being, the amount which Mr. Bowen and the allies have agreed shall be set aside for this purpose. In the event that the Caracas government permits 30 days at any time Olds, Woytman & King FtShifl8'ton The Last Two Days OF OUR GREAT . Odds and Ends Remnant Sale Thee ae still quantities of tempting bargains at yotii disposal among these odds and ends and remnants. Come m and secure your snare of them before y they are all gone. This fine weather is bringing larger crowds than ever. Don't wait till the last minute when everything has been picked over and the pft best taken. Come early while there is still a great .variety to choose from. W There is something nice and desirable and a welcome for everybody. 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Linen Bedspreads j Richardson Make. Hand-embroidered and hem stitched. All at half price. Sheet Shams, at half. All Remaining Shoes riltmt. tt.:..:Z Only 29c Pais during the settlement of the claims to pare -without prompt and full payments to any nation, the plan provides that tho Belgian government shall then step in and take charge of the administration of the customs receipts to Insure fair treat ment of tho foreigners. This idea was fuggested to Zlr. Bowen by the fact that the Belgians are now in entire charge of the administration of the customs receipts of Persia, where Mr. Bowen was Minister before Ills appointment to Venezuela. Venezuela Mny Protest. An official of tho "Washington Govern ment, upon learning tonight of the in tention of the allies to appeal to President Roosevelt to act as arbiter for them in the matter of preferential treatment, made the point that. If the allies appeal to the President without first consulting Mr. Bowen and gaining his consent, Vene zuela will feel that her rights are being trampled on. and, unless her permission is gained, will certainly not consent to the powers naming tho arbiter of thto vital question. In the event that the matter goca to The Hague, the allies will only be accepting the proposition made by Mr. Bowen In his ultimatum addressed to the British Ambassador last Monday. Baron von Sternberg had a conference with Mr. Bowcn at a late hour tonight. He went to Mr. Bowen's hotel from the "White Houoe, where he had attended the Congressional reception, and the two re mained In consultation for a half hour. Neither would make a statement at the conclusion of the conference. HIS RESIGNATION STANDS HAD STORMY INTEIIVIE1V. I'lnln Spcuklnsr Hctvreen Herbert nnil lloTren Cleared the Air. LONDON, Feb. 5. Dispatches have been received In official quarters In London and Berlin saying that the diplomatic air In regard' to the Venezuela question was "considerably cleared" as a result of the interview between Ambassador Herbert and Minister Bowen Saturday. According to the dispatches Sir Michael Herbert "made scmo plain spoken observations re specting the conduct of negotiations and the interview altogether was somewhat heated." DYING OP HUNGER IX CARACAS; Dlftcnne Mnkrx Inrontlx Became of Stnrvntton of People. NEW YORK. Feb. 5. Caracas Is In great distress as the result of the existing conditions, says the correspondent there of the Herald. "While yellow fever and typhoid prevail they are not In epidemic form, and the alarming mortality, which in January, was per thousand. Is due to starvation, which Induces the disease. No city In the world, adds the correspondent, shows an approximation to such condi tions except when ravaged by the plague. Ilobnon ninnim Ilnnklimd for Ob structing UN Retirement. NEW YORK. FebIT Captain Richmond P. Hobson. of the United States Navy, who was In the city today, said he had information from a reliable source that legislation which would have enabled him to go on the retired list had been opposed in the House naval affairs committee at Washington by Congressman Bankhcad. Tho Congressman represents the Sixth Alabama District, in which Captain Hob son lives, and the Captain said he be lieved, on the information which had come to him. that Mr. Bankhead's opposition was due to his political interests. Captain Hobson said that construction work In the tropics, where the reflection of the sun's rays on the water is Intense, had Impaired his eyesight. He had been Invalided from a Manila hospital after being forced by weak eyes, to quit work. "The construction work required of me." said Mr. Hob3on. "Is Just the kind which my Impaired sight has made me unable to perform. There was nothfng for me to do but retire or resign, for I could not go on attempting work for which I was physic ally disqualified. My application for re tirement was approved by the consrtuc tion bureau and by the President, and all went well until It reached the House com mittee on naval affairs, on which Mr. Bankhead is a member. The opposition In that committee left me no other courm than to resign." Secretary Moody has decided, in view of Captain Hobson's declination to reconsider his proffered resignation, to accept the same. Ho will take occasion formally to record the Navy's high appreciation of the officer's worth. who still worship their nun god and carry out the rituals of the heathens of years ago. Control of the affairs of the Indians of the Six Nations Is at stake. SHUT IN ON ,HIS ISLAND Jlonilln Ilenileil Off by Illoekntle of Amnpnlu by Government. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-The following cablegram has lieen rcwMveA n .v.. c.. Department from United States Consul t fiu n. T"-. . . I .- 1 , i . . ..w . itbuuMii jiunuuras, uaica rco runry 5: "Government decrees A ma pa la block aded." Amapala Is the Island where Bonllla. who claims to have been elected President of Honduras, has taken his stand and Is raising a force to maintain his claim. Turmoil In Central America. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. This was diplo matic day at the State Department, and there was an unusually strong represen tation of ministers and charges from Cen tral America. They were all In a state of suppressed excitement and had a good dpal of information to communicate re specting political conditions which havo resulted In the alignment of Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador against Guatema la, which perhaps might count upon the support of Costa Rica In ca5 of trouble. Personal ambitions on the part of prtvl dentlal candidates appear to be at the root of all these disturbances as they arc heard at the State Department. Dnnkhenil Drnlen It. WASHINGTON. Feb. 5. Representative Bankhcad. of Alabama, tonight denied that he was In any way responsible for the action of the naval committee of the House In refusing to report a bill retiring Captain Richmond P. Hobson. as charged by that officer. "I am not a member of the naval com mittee, as Captain Hobson claims," said Mr. Bankhead. "Mr. Hobson has been en tirely misinformed." Fend Between Christian and Pnxnm SYRACUSE. N. Y.. Feb. 5.-Dissatls-factlon over a radical departure from the rites and customs followed a century ago in the election of e chief has led to a strife at the Onondaga Indian reservation, near here, which may end in the wlth- I drawn I of the clans from any part!clpa? uon in tnc council wmcn is to be held to elect a successor to Chief Joseph Shen andoah, who died last December. It Is a light between the Christians, those In dians who attend church, and the pagans. PERISH IN THE ICE. I.lien of Forty Fishermen Reported Lout In a Storm. CHICAGO. Feb. 3. It is feared that 40 fishermen went to their death in the storm which struck Saginaw Bay Tuesday night, says n dispatch to the Tribune from Bay City. Mich. The men were living in shanties built on the Ice. The storm burst without warning. It was accompanied by a blinding swirl of snow, and the waves crushed the Ice In the bay upon which the fishermen's huts were standing Into a grinding, crunching mass. Nothing has" been seen of men or shanties since. It is known that two were drowned and little hope Is expressed for the others. James L. Fisk. a fishbuyer. who spent I the night In his station, came to the city j last night and said that prior to the storm wc cuuiu iee jiiaimy a uozen snaniies nnu men moving about them, but in the morn ing there was no sign of human life on the bay. Two men who were In a shanty not far from his place were lost durlnz I the night, cakes of ice having smashed tneir shanties to pieces He says the other fishermen could hardly have escaped, as they were still farther out and nearer the scene of the first breaking up of the Ice. RATHER HARD TO DIGEST Yountr Man "With X-Kny Seek Den It' Drill In Stomach. ROCHESTER. n7Y.. Feb. 5. Frank Chapman, a young member of the Char lotte life-saving crew, is having X-ray pictures of himself made fr the purpose of locating a dentist's drill which ho swallowed last Saturday. A day after swallowing the drill, which slipped from the dentist's hand while he was working on Chapman's mouth. Chapman had an operation performed on his aesophagus. This relieved the pain which Jie felt, but It Is believed the drill dropped down. Illath Value Set on Perrin' Life. NEW YORK, Feb. C The largest suit on record for the loss of a human life will be tried In the Supreme Court at White Plains today, when the New York Central Railroad Company will be asked to pay jaV.COO damages for the detth of Alfred E." Perrin, of New Rochelle, In the Park avenue crash. The action is brought by a trust company as executor of the Perrin estate and guardian of the children. "WYOMING NOW SUFFERS. IHlrznrd Stopn Communication and Ih Killing Off Cattle. ANACONDA, Mont.. Feb. 5. A special to the Standard from Billings says the west-bound Burlington train which reached there 10 hours late, passed through one of the fiercest blizzards In the eastern part of Wyoming that ha3 ever been known In that state. Telegraphic and tele phonic communication Is paralyzed, cat tle are dying and traffic Is practically at a standstill. Drowned in Flooded Stream. RALEIGH. N. C Feb. a. In attempt ing to drive through a swollen streim known as Foundry Brinch. near Oxford. N. C, last night, Ethel Royster. 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NEW TOUK. Feb. 5. Judge Lacomb, In the United States Circuit Court, today granted an Injunction restraining the Mer cantile Trust Company from carrying into effect its advertised foreclosure sale of the securities held by the Mercantile Tnt Company under the Boston United Oas Bond Truer agreements. Steel Trnat Wins Suit. TRENTON. X. J., Feb. 5. The Court of Errors and Appeals today unanimously reversed the decision of Vice-Chancellor Emery, which enjoined the United States Steel Corporation, from converting 00, 000,000 worth of Its 7 per cent preferred : C. W. Stinger J City Ticket Agent Third and Washington Streets Portland. etock into 5 per cent second mortgage bonds.