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1 VOL.- XLIV. NT0. 13,716. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, N KMBER 24, 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. EAD5 MAY FALL Removal of City En gineer Urged. COUNCIL TAKES VOTE Assistant Scpggin Also Condemned SEWER SCANDAL THEUAUSE Grand Jury Asked to . Make Special Inquiry. CONTRACTORS ARE DISHONEST Committee Brings In Report Charging City Officials With incompetency and Neglect of Duty, Which i Council Adopts. PGR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. Following- is the resolution Intro duced by Mr. Zimmerman, chairman of tie Tanner-Creek sewer Investiga tion committee: "Whereas, There are rumors and insinuations current that the bridge 'across the river at Morrison street, the bridge at South First street and the bridge at South Front street are not being constructed according to plans and specifications; and "Whereas, There are complaints that the bridge at Willamette Heights will sot be completed wlUiIn.the time al lowMCe; therefore, be It "Keselved, That a special cemmlt ;tee CiOvK. JbmmeMm, SaaiftM JThlt -mST. Tetter lx? mi. here 1b. PI- polEiei to fdltti such fteps K5. nra Jf deea!- 'feeetwary VT -uiem to Mfw tals the facts coBcemtag the bridge 'above Baaed. SfJfi. committed Is II- ' reeled- ia report' In vrrltlns Its find ings, -together with such recotnmen- ' dations & they deem proper In the TOatter." "With the Bpeclal Investigation commit tee, recommending to the Council the re moval of City Engineer "W. C. Elliott and his assistant, George Scoggln, for negli gence and Incompetency, and ordering an other committee to run down the scandal rumors concerning other big city -work, the question about the City Hall Is: "What next?" "What happened In the Council Chamber yesterday afternoon Is -without precedent la the hlstosy o the city, so far as the memories of present officials go. Not only are the two officials named deeply implicated, according to the committee's report, but outsiders may bo caught In the steadily spreading net Inadvertently cast out "by the Council. This is Thanksgiving morning, but It is a sorry Thanksgiving to more than one. The fable of the tevil genii of the Tanner Creek gulch seems to bo substantiated by the outcome of the sewer scandal In vestigation. For in the grand jury-room secrets will undoubtedly bo told which the committee In its. informal way could not fathom. Had the Council Chamber been draped la crepe yesterday afternoon the feeling throughout the room could not havo been more funereal. The committee went the limit in its recommendations, and others besldo .Mayor Williams, were -surprised at the sweeping excoriation of the City En gineer's Department. Special Council Meeting. The special meeting of the Council was called to hear "tho report of the special Investigation-committee, Messrs; .Zimmer man. Albee and Slgler. The stenographic notes on the evidence submitted to he committee Tuesday were rushed into read able form, that they might be submitted with the committee's report. The report of the four examiners, a complete sum- xnary of which was published in Sundays Oregonian, was read, but the mass of tes timony was simply handed In. The committee worked until the last moment in drawing up its report, and the Council was called to order 20 minutes late. There wasn't a trace of the jollity apparent at the regular meetings. It was a. dismal contrast to the session three weeks -ago, when Councilman Humelin moved for the appointment of the inves tigation committee, acting, he said, on the request of City Engineer Elliott. The Council then went out of its 'beaten path to clear away, as It thought, all the ru mors of faulty construction In the big Tanner-Creek sewer, "which bad been ac cepted by the Executive Board on the recommendation of the City Engineer,. To Pay for Hump-Back Pavement. All the Councllmen, except Messrs. Bent-, ley and Flegel, were present. A prelim inary was the motion of Mr. Humelin that the assessment ordinance for the Trood block pavement on Salmon street should pass, as the contractors, had laid the pavement according to the. Instruc tion 'of the City Engineer, though the paveaaent now nas humps and hummocks. This "was hurriedly passed. s Mflijurc on bicycle rldlne on sidewalks was a further Irritation to the nerves of the Coundlmen. Then, when the time for reports of select committees came, Mr. Zimmerman moved that the clerk. City Auditor Devlin, read the report of the four examiners. This told how the experts bad found missing stone blocks in the bottom of the sewer, how one and two rings of brick were found in the walls In place of three, how the arch "was sagging, and other de fects as summarized. Mr. Zimmerman moved that the report of the committee be read. The gallery was crowded with the property-owners in the sewer district, attor neys and contractors. The Klners were not to be seen, but the former timekeeper CHARGES MUST BE PREFERRED BV MAYOR. As to City Engineer Elliott's removal, it's -uo to Mayor William. "I will an nounce my stand in a day or two," said he yesterday. "But I will say that I was .surprised at the report." Following is a. part of section 158 of the charter: Any elected officer ex cept Councilman may be removed , by the Council upon charges preferred by the Mayor. Such charges shall be pre sented in writing to the Council and a cqpy furnished to such officer, who ehall have the right to appear before the Council In person and by counsel and be heard In his defense. If by an affirma tive vote of not less than two-thirds of the Council such charge be sustained the officer ehall be deemed removed and his place filled as in case of other va cancies. Otherwise the charges shall be dismissed. .. In case of a vacancy the Mayor makes the appointment. It Is generally be lieved about the City Hall that the City Engineer and his assistant will resign, without waiting for further procedure. on the sewer was there. The room was deathly quiet as Mr. Devlin read the most sensational committee report ever heard in the Council Chamber. "When the strain partially relaxed, Mr. Zimmerman arose. "I desire at this time to say that the committee has gone very thoroughly Into this investigation. "We thought when the examiners reported to us that the condi tions might not be as bad as reported, and we gave the City Engineer a chance to make an answer. But the City En gineer has done nothing more than say he had no time to look after all these things, and that he trusted to his in spector. But he recommended the accept ance of the sewer to the Executive Board. He should have gone into the sewer him self before making the recommendation. Mr. Zimmerman Scores Contractors. "The committee Is of the opinion that no work has been done this year without a pool of the contractors being formed. I advise that city -work be advertised outside the city. This COOO-that was to have been divided .among-, the members of the pool was to come from-the city "or tbo property-, owners or eomyboiy, 'Whfen thjeves fajl hut, honest- meti may get their dues.' The foreman who testified' yesterday was afraid that he would get into the trouble before the grand jury. I bopo he will, anl all others connected." He then moved that the report be adopted. C E. Bumelln, the man who Introduced the resolution creating the investigation committee, moved that the report be so amended that K. M. and E. "W. Biner be debarred from receiving any city con tracts In the future. Mr. Albee stated that this had been considered by the com mittee, but it was considered within the province of the Executive Board and not of the Council. The amendment failed to pass. Mr. Merrill suggested that Mr. Elliott be heard. The City Engineer, his .face streaked "with new furrows, quietly asked that his report to the committee in an swer to the report of the examining ex perts be read. This statement, telling how the defects occurred and practically laying the blame upon Inspector Cay- wood, was summarized in Tuesday's Ore gonian. The Couhcilmen heard the answer of the City Engineer, but did not discuss It. "In Justice to Mr. Elliott. I will say that I think it very poor business policy for the Executive Board to ask the City Engineer to put a man of his department as overseer on such work when he gets $2.50 a day and the bricklayers get ?$ a day," said 1Mri Zimmerman. Mr. Merrill Votes No. For reasons unknown, Mr. Merrill's vote wag the lone "no" on the adoption of the committee's report, minus the amend ment debarring the RIncrs. Mr. Zimmerman's resolution appointing a committee to investigate the bridges was next Tcad. On motion, of Mr. Jtum elln, a committee was appointed to draw resolutions of condolence with Mr. Flegel, whose child was burled yesterday. The Bridge Investigation. - As to the bridge investigation, one of the principal features will be the cause of the delay in the construction of the "Willamette Heights bridge. This was sup posed to be ready before Winter, whereas It was commenced but a short time ago. J. B. C. Lockwood received the contract for this structure. The rumors are that the contract has been hawked around. The Executive Board has granted more than one extension of time upon this con tract. The Pacific Construction Company has the contracts for the building of the big Morrison-street bridge, -and those across the Marqnom Gulch, in South Port land. Finally, the Councllmen wish it to be understood that they realize they have gone beyond their jurisdiction, according to the charter, in making these investiga tions, but that they consider it their duty. under the circumstances to do so. "While they are chary of criticising the Executive Board, they plainly state that It is .more the place of the Executive Board to look into such matters than of the Council. Forest Fire in Pennsylvania. MONONGAHELA, Pa., Nov. 23. A for est fire, which was started last Sunday by sparks from a locomotive pn the billslde opposite here, broke out afresh last night, and the flames now menace not onlv the tipple of the Monongah mine and store house, which lie In the path -of the fire, but the whole village of Axle ton. At the Monongah mine an effort is being- made to save the company.' a property; by start ing smaller fires. ' AT GALE'S MEBGY Small Schooner Nearly Wrecked Off Coast TOWED INTO ASTORIA Waterlogged,. Dismasted and Unmanageable. MEN .IN STARVING CONDITION Mate and Two Sailors Who Left the Vessel in a Smajl Boat Off Tilla-' mook in Search -of Assist ance Are Missing. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) Five days at sea without food, excepting single box of apples, without water and without sleep, excepting the .few winks that could be caught at odd mo ments, is the tale of suffering brought by Captain Ben Lewis and four men of his crew who arrived here on the derelict schooner "Webfoot. that was towed into port this evening by the tugs Wallula and Tatoosh. Three others of the crew who left the schooner in a small boat yesterday to go for assistance have not been heard from( and It Is feared they are lost. The derelict, waterlogged and with all her masts gone excepting the stump of the mizzen mast, was spoken shortly after noon today off Tillamook light by the steamer Geo. "W. Elder, which had Just sailed from the Columbia River. Captain Randall placed water and pro visions on board the schooner and then turned back and notified the bar tugs. Both the tugs Tatoosh and "Wallula and the cutter Perry went to the rescue. Hawsers were placed on board and the derelict was towed into port by the two tugs after a hard pull against the strong bb tide and anchored on the sands op posite the city, where she lies prac tically a total wreck. The Webfoot sailed from Coos Bay on the afternoon of Sunday, iNovember 13, with a cargo of -MO, 000 feat of lumber for-. ,San Francisco. -She wac commanded -by J Captain .Lewis and carried, beside him- vfi vrew ui seven, including iwo mates. XR? tale of disaster that followed Is' "oest told In the language of Captali. Lewis, who. In telling of his experience this evening, said: Captain Lewis' Story. "Almost immediately after leaving port' we ran into heavy weather and the schooner must have sprung a leak short ly afterwards, for when we sounded on Monday morning there was two feet ol water In the hold. The men were put. to work on the pumps fore and aft, but the water kept gradually gaining and on Wednesday the craft was waterlogged and practically unmanageable. "The wind by this time had increased to, a gale and the seas were running mountains high. There was little to be done, but we carried a small amount of sail and endeavored to work our way south. The wind and seas, however, were gradually drifting us to the north. All were drenched to the skin and 'we suffered intensely -from the cold, but our worst experience was to follow. "On last Saturday a big sea Bwcpt over the schooner, filling the deck, stripping the cabin and carrying away all our pro visions and water, my navigation instru "DERELICT IN DUTY, INCOMPETENT AND GROSSLY NEGLIGENT" -f, iff-,; Gorimittee Recommends Eemoval of City Enginelf;0. Elliott, Chief Deputy Sccggin, and Inspector - Caywooa Grand Jury- Askedftd '"Investigate Sewer Scandal To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the City of, Portland Gentlemen: Tour committee appointed to in vestigate the condition of Tanner-Creek sewer, in order that this department of the city government might be fully informed before levying an assessment against the property affected, begs leave to report that they se cured the services of an Independent committee of four, composed of the following-named gentlemen: George Knight, Peter Flynn, James Cunningham and R. S. Greenleaf, whose-report thereon we attach hereto, marked . "Exhibit A"; also the sworn testimony taken at several meetings of your committee, held on November 18, 21 and 22, marked "Exhibit B"-; the statement of the City Engineer, in answer to the findings, of the- expert com mittee, and to all of which exhibits we ask your full and careful consideration, as the time at our disposal 13 too limited to enable us to report' thereon at length. i . First We find that, in our Judgment, the City Engineer; 'r. "William C Elliott, was extremely derelict. In duty, in appointing only one inspector to cover work -which was in progress for 24 consecutive hours each day; incompetent in not so organizing the affairs of his department as to make it possible to closely and.. carefully follow up the work of construction asit progressediand, finally, grossly negligent in accepting this ' work without making a final inspection, and -wirespecffully direct the attention of that "department of the city government which, under the charter, has withority jn thematter,,to the removal" of the City Engineer from office. . . ' Second "We And Mr. George Scoggln, the chief deputy in the office of the City Engineer, equally culpable , and liable with the .City Engineer, in not detecting, durikc his frequent inspection, thafthe work was not be--ing carried out in accordance with the EpecWcatSns, a4Jwe recommend to the proper authority that slmliar . steps be taken in his case as with the -City -Engineer. Third "We find that the Inspector, Mtr. J. Sbayw9d.-was Incompetent and unreliable in certifying to the quantities of material used and the -workmtwiIlWwiner of constructing the sewer, in-view of the facts contained in the report of the experts, and we rlwMHd Isisrre'moval from the' list of Inspectors and from, employment by the city. 4 ysX ,, 1 Fourth "We And the contractor. Hi M. Riner,d Tu'er, - E. TV. Rlner, to have been dishonest in not performing the contract In accordance with the apeclflcaypnsv-as shqwn by the report of the experts and the testimony of the witnesses. Fifth We recommend that under the dlrectiOHjof a competent engineer the Tanner-Creek-sewer be rebuilt in accordance with the specifications, the coikto'f -'the-same to be deducted fromthe amount which would-be ,due Mr. Rlner in case he bad performed his cbntract'according to such jspeclflcatio'ns. " v x ' , - "We are unable to obtain any evidence of coIluMq between any official of the city and, the coatractor. but,. by referring, to the testimony of Mr.'Maurica. Reinteln there wereinsinuations of some city official or ffi- clals being implicated, and as we are jiofc-emjwweitov compelthis -witness to make more specific his insinua tions, we recommend that the grand jury bow in ss!on subpena Mr. Relnstelri and Mr. ."Waiter Thomas, whose, testimony was taken on November 22, and investigate fully this phase of the subject S. M. -Rlner and' E. W. Rlner should also be Included in such subpena "by" the grand Jury. In conclusion, your committee desires to state for the benefit" off the public that .the, CoubcII has nothing to. do' with "the letting of "contracts for street improvements, sewer or-briage -construction,, or the, acceptance of sucn worK wnen compieieo. ments and all our personal effects. The only thing saved was one box of apples.. That is all we b&ve had to eat or to quench our thirst since that time until the Elder gave U3 water and provisions this morning, and we have lived on the top of the house. ' "Late last Sunday night we were off Tillamook and on Monday afternoon about 5 d'cloclr the schooner rose on a big wave, coming down with a lurch, and snapped off the three masts. Every thing was swept away clean with the exception of the stump of the mlzzen mast. Then we were helplessl Three Men Are Lost. "Testerday morning I determined to send ashore for assistance. Mate Crolmer. Seaman James O'Nell and another man whose name I cannot remember left In a small boat. Intending to make Tilla mook Bay. "Whether they ever reached shore or not I do not know, but I fear they are lost Yesterday I sighted threo steam schooners going north and four going south. We attempted to signal each of them, but got no reply. I also signaled Tillamook Bock light, thinking they had connection with the land and could send assistance, and once I think they an swered my signals.' I tell you the sight of the Elder, as she ran down toward us, was one of the most welcome things I ever saw, for I knew; relief was at hand at last." Captain Schrader, of the steamer Sue H. Elmore, arrived this evening from Tillamook and says the small boat from the Webfoot did not reach that port .and j ho saw nothing of the men, so there Is every reason to believe that they " are lost Both Captain Lewis and the members of his crew are worn out by the terrible experiences of the past few days, but none of them is seriously ill and all will soon recover. What will be done with the derelict Is not known, but It is doubtful If the schooner can be repaired. The JVebfoot Is an old vessel, belonging to the Simp son Lumber Company, and whether she was insured is not known here. TURNER NEARLY WRECKED. Schooner From No Ho Encounters a Gale Off Washington Coast. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.. Nov. 23. Another victim of the recent terrific gales , off the coast arrived this morning. Tho vessel Is the schooner Matthew Turner, from Ilo Ilo October 27. The' vessel had a good passage until reaching the coast off her destination at Gray's Harbor, when tho storm nearly wrecked her, tearing out the fore and mainsails and breaking the booms of each. Before the wreckage could be cleared away the vessel was nearly driven ashore. Heading southward a similar experience overtook the Turner off the Columbia River. The vessel was finally forced to try for the Straits, which she succeeded in entering only after closely skirting the dangerous rocks on the Vancouver Coast. The vessel is here awaiting orders. Prohilnent Americans arid French rrfen Meet Around Paris ioard. PARIS, Nov. 23. The Thanksgiving eve -banquet at the American Club, at 'which prominent Frenchmen and Americans were guests, brought a notable demon stration for a strong navy, and at the same time an .eloquent tribute from Baron d'Estournesses de Constant to the part the United States is taking in the world's affairs, and particularly in the mainte nance cf the "grid's peace. The banquet'was held in the superb new quarters of tho Travelers Club, in the Champs Elyiec. The guests Included Ambassador Porter. Baron D'Estour nesses de ConstanC-Admlral "Watson, Pro fessor Barrett "Wendell, of Harvard; Br. Trousy, dean of the University of Paris, and over 10Q members of the American colony. Ambassador Porter's speech on the up building of the American Navy was en thusiastically received. He emphasized the theory that a strong navy is the surest guarantee of the Nation's peace. To Prohibit" Religious Frocesslons. HAVANA, Nov. 23. The House com mittee ha$ reported favorably the bill pro hibiting religious processions or functions except within churches. . ; FIND IM GUILTY Jurors Convict August Erickson. GAMBLING IS THE CHARGE Verdict Gomes 'Ten Minutes After Judge's Charge. DEFENSE PLEADS PRIOR SALE Judge Sears, However, Rules Out This Evidence, and Attorneys for Erick son Submit Case to Jury Without Testimony. August Erickson was arraigned, tried and convicted as a gambler in the State Circuit Court yesterday and to make an aggravating matter posi tively distressing, the Jury returned a verdict in ten minutes after it left the courtroom. It all happened in that particular division of the Circuit Court of Mult nomah County, presided over by Judge Alfred F. Sears, Jr. The conviction of the benevolent August Erickson fol lowing hard upon that of his ,star-eyed young contemporary, Eugene Blazier, was a hard Jolt for the local "system." The roll-top neck, element, 'View with alarm" the harrowing events of the past two days. Altogether it Is quite too distressing for words. Has it come to this pretty pass, Indeed, when a gent Is not per mitted to shoot a crap or two. to take out a small stack of whites or place a little piece of money four ways from the Jack, or perchance to buy a nice little varnished roulette layout on in stallments with which to eke out a liv ing? What with blue laws and Henry McGinn, Judge Frazer, Judge Sears, life In Portland has become just too dls tressful for words. The roll-top necks had Just as well move to Connecticut and be done with it all. Caught by Municipal League. Mr. Erickson was one of the unfor tunates whom the Municipal League caught with the goods on a particular july -night, fo.ur monthes agone. The "Tsaods'" in thlt. instance, as -' in. -the others,, consisted of a,-r'dul4tte game and the appurtenances, thereunto ap pertaining. The -explorers who caught Mr. Er'lck son with tho "goods' were "Messrs. yf. P. Edwards and W. L. Johnson, and they were the witnesses for the pros- 'ecutlon when the case was called yes terday morning. They told about the game so graphically that It was ap parent to the Jury that It was roulette and not crokinole that was being played within the surcharged atmos phere of the Erickson palace - of de light on that hot July evening. John Manning did his duty as public pros ecutor and developed his line of evl dence in a manner which offered no quarter to the suffering and maimed. The testimony of the prosecution was almost identical with that used against the late Peter Grant, Nathan Solomon. Harvey Dale and Eugene Blazier, That it stuck in this case as it stuck in that of Eugene Blazier and failed in tho other casesslmply shows the difference in juries and the luck of gamblers. Prior Sale Alleged. 'For the defense those familiar cham plons of the oppressed, Ed Mendenhall and S. C. Spencer, appeared aJ attor neys -at-law. They attempted at the outset to introduce the familiar de fense about a prior sale of the prop erty. Their theory -was that it was all a mistake and that Mr. Erickson didn't As".Buy,vJu. ' mruaAa, tar x A t.tj ' T. S.;d. siguer. own the varnished roulette layout on that hot July night For th6 benefit of their clients they hoped to present Paul Wesslnger,' F. L. Allen, clerk of the Municipal Court; D. R. Shepherd, Louis Holsman, J. F. Logan and B. F. Lezinsky. but this array of talent did not have an opportunity to go on. Judge Sears nipped the button-button- who's-got-the-button game at the start and ruled out all evidence relating to the alleged sale of the property. In view of this frost the defense became sulky and decided not to Introduce any testimony. These preliminaries required tho court's full time until noon and when the gong sounded at 2 in the afternoon Judge Sears released the lawyers and let them at the jury. The arguments were not long, nor notable In any respect. Mr. Spencer at tempted an end run but was downed on tho prosecutor's five-yard line, but in the main their style of play was con servative, although they kicked fre quently. John Manning, the prose cutor, got the ball, and advanced stead ily down the field, save once .when he forgot a statute and tried to make Mr. Erickson an exhibit. He was penalized for off-side .play, but in spite of this he scored almost at will, and then Judge Sears talked long and earnestly to the men In the box. The Judge talked 0 minutes. Then-the bailiff drove them back to their quarters. Jury Returns Verdict. In. less than half the time the Judge had talked the Jurors made up their minds that ilr. Erickson had some thing coming to him so they came back into the courtroom and told Judere Sears. And thus was August Erickson found guilty of owning and operating varnished roulette layout on a hot July night four months agone. L' Envoy. On a bad eminence- in that unsavory morass known as the North End stood last night, a Palace of Delight. It reared its phony-Jeweled front aloft amidst those of lesser fame. Emblaz oned from Its battlements a flambeaux cast upon the sky spelled out in letters of living light the name of its master. who got his In Judge Sears' court that day. Inside the walls there was still mirth and light. There was twanging of strings, vamping of pianos and the caroling of fairies. There were rakish schooners In the offing, bar-bound and tne sinister sound of cash-registers Tn pain was heard anon. Only this last was real and true and unassumed. All else was hollow mockery. Men gathered in Knots and talked In portentious whispers. Underneath the fancv lid. the place was saturated with sadness. And the burden of it all was that the roll-top necks might Just as well move to Connecticut and have dona with it all. a a G HOT CHASE FOE MUEDEEEES. One Thousand Men Join It, and Two Hoid-Up Artists Finally.Landed. liiiiH.iiiAi-ujuta, rov. 23. Three mur derers and hold-up men who killed Fred King, and seriously shot Bartender Ed ward Mingo last night during the prog ress 01 a turxey rame in a saloon at uoiumcia Heights, a suburb of Min neapolis, -were captured at Cambridge. iiinn., so miles from this city tonight after a chase lasting 24 hours-, in whlcb at .least 1660 men have engaged since the jciuing. .. The Weather. - k TOD AT" S Generally fair; northerly winds. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 48 ceg.; minimum, 43. Precipitation, 0.31 inch. Russo-Japanese War. Another great battle near Mukden aonears probable. Pace 3. Russians continue to desert at 'Port Arthur, and report fortress In a- demoralized condtl tion. Page 3. Torpedo-boats built for Japan In America arrive at Yokohama. Page 3. Domestic Prince Fushima. Is robbed oX Jewels worth $50, 000 at St. Louis. Pasre 1. Immigrant steamer carrying 1400 Italians Is rammed by a float In New York harbor and panic ensues. Page 4. Experts declare course of bullet proves Caesar Young did sot kill himself. Pago 4. Boy gives more details of union plot to wreck Cincinnati Iron foundry; union president ar rested. Page 3. National. Need of navy for officers is very pressing. Page 2. Roosevelt has sot offered Alaska Judgeship to Parker, but another New York lawyer. Page 2. Shaw urges extension of the drawback instead of revision of tariff. Page 2. Porelgn. Zematvoa. complete their work and -return home feeling- sure the "RuDlcon bas been crossed." Page 3. Anarchy prevails in Macedonia and. Christians are slain daily. Page 3. Unprecedented enowfalls .continue in Great Britain. Page 3. Commercial aad 3Xartae. UWeekly review of local produce and Jobbing markets. Page 15. Hop trade suffers from temporary Inactivity. Page 15. Close of successful local turkey season. Page 15. San Francisco turkey market demoralized. Page 15. Good -weather In Argentina weakens Chicago ' wheat. Page 15. Money flurry causes less trading in stocks. Pare , IS. Schooner 7ebfoot, -waterlogged and dismasted, towed, into Columbia River. Page 14. Trass-Paclflo rates practically on $4 basis. Page 14. Ship Falrpcrt chartered for lumber. Page 14. Paclflo CoatL G. "W. Lacth found guilty of- the 'murder of Mrs. JJenore B. Jone. at Oregon Citr. Page 6. Master Fish TVarden recommends more strin gent laws concerning dams In Oregon streamsu Pasco 5. Dr. M. A. Matbewa, of -Seattle, callsv John.D. Rockefeller thef greatest criminal on earth. Page S. Sports. , s Umpire Brown Is attacked by two ballplayers and later nearly mobbed by crowd, at .Los Angeles. Page '6. ' EL Louis Browns sign Second Baseman Rock- enfeld, of Portland. Page 6. Browns prove easy victims for the , Tigers. Page 8. jluat Club meet comes today. Page 6. Multnomah and Oregon, teams ready for the fray. Page 6. List of Thanksgiving day sports. Page 6. Perttaad aa Tldatty. Representative Blnger Hermann leaves for -Washington to -work for rivers and harbors before House committee. Pge 13. National .Grange Convention will adjourn Fri day. Page 14. . Removal of City Engineer Elliott and other officials may come as result of TannerCreeic aewe'r scandal. Pajse 1. ' Legislature has power to amend local-option " law; Page 10. 1 Attorneys have verbal battle in famous land conspiracy case. -"Page 10. Abcm 'Erielcsoa found guilty of gambling. ...Pse 1. TkiiHkiglvlEC services In Portla&d'a churches. -?Pae--jll.. - Ocegba -mllltl o&cers. recruit! for Chinese reform mr -Pa If RINGE ROBBED Royal Japanese Visitor 'Loses Jewels. VALUE PLACED AT $50,000 Thieves Make Haul While He Is at St Louis Fair, f ARE CLUBR00MS ENTERED Detectives Have Been Working on the Case for Hours, but Are Unable' to Make Any Progress. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23. (Special.) Prince Fushima, a cousin of the Mikado of Ja pan, who is visiting the "World's Fair, was the victim of robbers this afternoon. "While the Prince and his suite were out on the Exposition grounds burglars en tered his apartments at the Buckingham Club and stole jewels valued at 550.000. Among the property taken were three handsome diamond rings belonging to the Prince and a beautifully embossed emblem belonging to A. Sato, grand master of the household of the Prince. The emblem was the decoration of an European mon arch and was highly valued. The rings of Prince Fushima were heirlooms and worn by him only upon state occasldns. Detectives are now working on the case, but up to a late hour tonight no clew to the thieves or the whereabouts of the missing Jewels had been found. The theft is one of the most mysterious which has occurred at any of the hotels or clubs this season. Absolutely no trace has been found of the jewels, and the Prince is at a loss to account for their theft. One of the rings is a great soli taire, the gift of one of the Emperor's staff at Tokio, and highly prized by the royal visitors. The other ring, a huge pearl, was also a gift commemorative of some event in the Prince's life. The third ring, a heavy gold band set with diamonds, was highly valued, as it car ried, "with i.t associations of the Prince's anas: lifo. . Theret were no marks about" the rings ,to identify- them as belonging' to a Prince, except their "vajue. This will add greatly to the difficulty of their recovery, though the police believe that the thieves will be cunning enough to pry the jewels oat of their settings before attempting to dis pose of them. CANADA GIVES HER ALAR3C. Britain Believes She Would Low if Treaty Is Made With Amerfca. SPECIAL CABLE. LONDON,. Nov. 24. Dispatches re ceived in London from the United States since the Presidential election .have aroused considerable anxiety in some quarters with reference to future relations between Canada and the mother country- It looks to many Eng lish statesmen as though there was se rious danger of closer commercial re lations between Canada and the United States which would result Immediately in great detriment to England's for eign trade, and eventually, perhaps, in a dissolution of the political ties that unite England and her American colony. It is realized that commercial reci procity between, the United States and Canada may be very far off, but about every press dispatch from New Tork that touches the question represents that a movement in that direction is .extremely vigorous, and speaks of the advocates of the scheme as decidedly hopeful of success. The understanding here is that the attitude of the United States toward such a movement is likely to be deter mined by a comparison of the strength of the ultra "Chinese wall" protec tionists. There, has -been little public discussion of the subject in this coun try, but looking at the matter from a purely selfish viewpoint. Englishmen hope that the out-and-out protection ists will be able to resist the demands of tho reclprocltlsts. PANAXA CHIEFS HOSTILE. Indians Notify Amador They Will No Longer Defend Frontier. SPECIAL CABLE. PANAMA, Nov. 23. General Huertas, the deposed commander-in-chief of ths Isthmian army, accompanied by a military band and 100 of his ex-soldlers, baa- gone to Santiago de Veraguas. ManyIsthmlans are agitating the removal of. the capital there, unless "Washington returns, the aono porta of San Bias and Darien. The In dian chiefs have determined to reMgn; thelr honorary colonelshlps and notify President Amador of. the withdrawal of their pledges to defend the Isthmian fron tier. . ' SEEDS SOQSEVELT TTJ1XXY. Rhode island Man Has Remember wl . President far Twenty-Five Years. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. For 38 years Horace Vcse, of "Westerly, R, I., bas presented- each, year to the President of the United States a nne turkey for his Thanksgiving dinner. Mr. VoBe's, bird arrived at the, "White House today. It-1a' a nne specimen, weighing between 35 and 40 pounds. n4evelt ConratuIat Czar. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 31 Kmperor Nicholas lias received a lettrfr. Presi dent Sooeevelt congratuhUlac hha upon the birth of aa belr aa tea4rins good wicfeea lor a Mfeeeaeftti aai. J&uatrioua rls ,