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itUirnuut jm VOL. XLIV. tfO. 13,778. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IKED BY PARTY House Will Act on Railroad-Rate Bill. MAY VOTE ON WEDNESDAY Esch -Townsend Measure In dorsed in Conference. REPUBLICANS NOT UNITED Opponents of Measure Not Bound by Decision, and May Join Democrats In Opposition to Rule Some Want Delay. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. The Republi cans ol the House of Representatives in conference this afternoon adopted as a party measure the bill extending rate making powers to the Interstate , Com merce Commission, as agreed on by the committee on interstate and. foreign com merce and known as the Esch-Townseno bill. The conference instructed the House committee on rules to bring in a rule providing for consideration of the meas ure beginning on Tuesday and continuing until 4 o'clock Wednesday, "when a vote shall be taken. No amendments will be allowed to the bill, although the first vote is to be taken on the Davey bill as the ""emocratlc substitute. Party Is Not a Unit. The conference, which lasted three hours, developed opposition to the meas ure. The only test vote taken was a motion to postpone the matter for a fur ther conference next Tuesday. This -was lost. Efforts were made to amend the 1)111 during the conference, but all of these failed. Fault was found "with the bill on the ground that it did not Include regu lation of the private car evil and terminal charge. The advocates of the bill con tested these criticisms, claiming that au thority -was contained In the bill to cor rect the complained-of evils. The change of the meeting from a cau cus, as the call stated, to a "conference" leaves members participating free to fol low their own inclinations. It is under stood that the opposition may organize with the purpose of Joining the minority in the House in the vote on the rule pre scribing the manner of considering the bill in the House. These plans, however, have not been actually and definitely de cided on. Messrs. Mahon and Sibley, of Pennsyl vania, wore conspicuous in their opposi tion to any legislation at this time, both contending that sufficient time had not been given to the consideration of the subject. Cannon Urges Action. Speaker Cannon advised his associates that if action was to be taken at all it must be taken now. He suggested that s. recess might be taken until evening, but the sentiment of the members present was so overwhelmingly in favor of immediate action that the Speaker did not press his suggestion. Representative Payne, of New York, the majority leader, said that the bill in its present shape did not provide for any thing more than what was in the orig inal Interstate commerce act, "which had stood for ten years, at the end of which time the railroads raised the question of the legality of the enforcement of the decisions of the commission as to rates, the courts sustaining the contention that there was no power vested in the commis sion to fix rates. LET COMMISSION MAKE RATES Stickney Supports Popular Demand and Dictates on Pass Evil. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. A. B. Stickney. of St. Paul, president of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, tonight delivered an address on "The Effects of the Inter state Commerce Law" before the regular monthly meeting of the Washington Eco nomic Society. Mr. Stickney's chief point was: "As all the purposes of the law relate t. the schedule of rates, and as none of the purposes can be accomplished without a schedule. It seems evident that the most serious defect in the law is its failure to authorize the commission to make a schedule of interstate rates." After enumerating the defects of the law Mr. Stickney took up the nonenforcement of that part of the interstate commerce law which forbids free transportation of passengers and declared that "the Gov ernors of the states, many of the Judges in fact, all officialdom, from the highest to the lowest, clergy, college professors, editors, merchants, bankers, lawyers." are guilty of misdemeanor in riding on free passes. Said Mr. Stickney: While Sheriffs. District Attorneys, courts find prisons may cope with the outcasts of society, they are powerless against the classes which have been mentioned. Think of tho Impossibility of committing these classes to prison! Think of a Sheriff ar resting himself, a District Attorney prope cutlng himself and of a Court Judge com mitting himself tj the penitentiary. In England, where the laws are enforced, these discriminations do not exist. The members of Parliament, who enacted the laws, have obeyed the laws, and even the Judge, when traveling on railways, pays the regular fare, and even if he has a special train, ho pays the scheduled rates for Its use. For 15 years tbe public conscience has ap parently been In a sort of self-hypnotic trance of an expectancy which can nex'er be realized, namely, that the virtues of the railway companies will render it Impossible for the individual to offend the law. What tho country needs to break the trance is an illustrious example, liko the example of the King of England. There is one man, and but one man, whoso example would be effective; and, unless the American people have misjudged his character. If he realized that he was transgressing the law in accepting the courtesy of free transpor tation, Theodore Roosevelt would have the virtue and the courage and the ability to set the example, which shall awaken officialdom and alleged citizens to a sense of the indi vidual duty to obey this law. "No one," nays Mr. Roosevelt, "can so strongly Insist upon the elementary fact that you cannot build the superstructure of public virtue save on private virtues." Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, In a speech ex pressed his concurrence in the funda mental views of Mr. Stickney. Ho thought that all corporations should be under the control of .a Federal commission appoint ed to examine their articles of incorpora tion to see that they were not flooded with stock and to supervise their conduct. FAVORS RATE REGULATION. President of Pennsylvania Road De clares Demand Is Reasonable. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3. A. J. Cas satt, president of the Pennsylvania Rail road, in an Interview on Interstate com merce legislation, says that the manage ment of the Pennsylvania Company has for several years recognized the reason ableness of legislation providing for Gov ernmental regulation of rates under prop er safeguards to the owners of railway properties. He believed there was now a general disposition to acquiesce in proper legislation on this subject. Mr. Cassatt said the question of pre venting discriminations or preferences be tween shippers by the payment of re bates, or by any other device, seemed to be confounded In the minds of the public with that of Governmental regulation of rates. Discriminations were already dealt with by the Federal statute known as the Elkins act, passed in 1S03, In as effective a way as Is possible In any legislative enactment, unless, perhaps. In the case of private car lines, where further legisla tion might possibly bo needed to bring them under the provisions of the Elkins act, and that this would be met by the Overstreet bill, which is now pending1 In Congress. HITS STRAIGHT AT GERMANY British Naval Official Talks on Naval War Preparations. LONDON, Feb. 3. A speech delivered in the Hampshire village of East Leigh Thursday evening by Arthur Hamilton Lee. Civil Lord of the Admiralty, has cre ated excitement. In dealing with the re cent redistribution of Great Britain's naval forces Mr. Lee frankly declared that Great Britain had not so much need to keep her eyes on France and the ifed iterranean, but had to look with anxiety toward the North Sea, and the fleets have been so distributed as to enable them to deal with any danger in that direction, should it unfortunately occur. If war should unhappily be declared, ho continued, under existing conditions, the British navy would get its blow in first, before the other side had tho time to read in the papers that war had been declared. He maintained that "by recent naval reforms Great Britain's strength as a naval fighting power had been doubled during the last few weeks." The speech, which was delivered at a railway dinner in no wise political in char acter. Is commented on in some of tho leading London papers as exceedingly in discreet and likely to bo greatly resented by Germany, at which it evidently pointed. The Daily Chronicle suggests that Pre mier Balfour should muzzle his Civil Lord of the Admiralty. TO HEAD OFF SOCIALISTS. Purpose of Proposed Purchase of Prussian Coal Mines. BERLIN. Feb. 3. Commerce Minister Moeller says that the Prussian .Govern ment does not intend to buy the coal mines in both Rhenish-Westphallan and the Slleslan regions, and that his posi tion now towards state ownership of the fields is precisely what it was during the negotiations to acquire the Hibernla mines the government ought to have a seat in the coal syndicate. As for "the report current among bankers that the Ministry of Commerce has asked if it would be easy to raise money to buy the mines, they were, the Minister added, without foundation, so far as he was concerned. The Associated Press is able to confirm yesterday's dispatch to the effect that the Prussian Government had Inquired of a group of financial interests if it would be difficult to raise loans sufficient to take over the coal mines, both of the Rhenlsh-Westphalian and the Slleslan regions, should the government desire to consider such a project. Certainly two meetings of bankers took place, at which tho subject was consid ered. Those in the government who favor the purchase of the mines contend that government ownership would be a firm dam against Socialism and that the So cialist party could be prevented from organizing the miners, as they now are prevented from organizing the railroad employes. STRIKERS KILLED AT LODZ. Deadly Battle With Troops in Polish City. LODZ, Poland, Feb. 3. In a conflict be tween troops and strikers at the Kounit zer factory here today the soldiers fired, killing six persons and wounding 48. Shooting also occurred at the Keller lace factor'- Andrassy May Form Cabinet. VIENNA, Feb. 3. Count Andrassy. a leader of the Liberals of Hungary, had an audience today with Emperor Francis Joseph. The Count was not formally commanded to organize a new Hungarian Cabinet, but he was instructed to sound leading statesmen of Hungary and to re port the result to the Emperor in a few days. Count Andrassy later in the day had an Interview with Count Goluchowski. Minister of Foreign Affairs, and subse quently -visited Count Tisza, retiring Pre mier of Hungary- French Money in Danish Islands. ST. THOMAS, Feb. 3. The new Dan ish West Indian National Bank was opened here today. Simultaneously the new monetary system of the Dan ish West Indies went Into effect, francs and their fractions, styled hy this, .re placing the present dollars and cents currency. New Head of Credit Lyonnais. PARIS. Fob. 4. Adrian Mazert, director-general of the Credit Lyonnais. has been appointed president of the board of directors, in succession to Henri Germain, who died yesterday. PUTER IS CAUGHT Attempts to Secure Big Tract of State Land. FRAUD IS VERY EVIDENT Salem Men Swear Falsely for Small Sum Per Head. GOVERNOR GETS CONFESSION Prospective Government Irrigation Scheme in Klamath Falls Would Have Been Made to Yield Revenue to Conspirator. MEN WHO MADE APPLICATION. H. C Handle. S. E. Foster. R. L. Penton. R. S. Haskell. D. A. Smith. H. A. Smith. H. J. Van Bogort. R. M. McFarlane. David Steel. SALEM, Feb. 3. (Special.) S. A. D. Puter, convicted of conspiracy to defraud tho Government in timber-land cases, and under indictment on further charges, was caught today in an attempt to secure title to 3200 acres of state school land In violation of law, and the State Land Board has $2000 of his good money and evidence sufficient to show tho fraud ulent nature of the transaction. Basil Wagner, of this city, procured the men to make the applications for the land. As each filed bis application ho told Clerk Brown that Wagner would call for the' certificate of sale. Applications to purchase school land near Klamath Falls were filed by nine residents of Salem, who swore that they wanted the land for their own use and benefit, and had made no contract, ex press or Implied, to convey tho land to any other person. No certificates of sale were Issued, but Clerk G. G. Brown called the attention of the State Land Board to the suspicious applications,, and an In vestigation resulted. Ono of the applicants was taken before the Governor, where he was closely cross question, until he admitted that he had made the application at tho Instance of an agent of Puter and made the initial payment with a bank draft furnished by Puter. Governor Chamberlain immediately call ed a special meeting of the State Land Board to consider the matter, and Puter appeared before the board. He asked, leave to withdraw the applications and receive his drafts, but the Land BoaAl refused to recognize his right to have the money returned. The drafts will be returned only to the persons who deposited them, and when these men appear they will be brought upon tbe carpet and questioned as to tho truth of their affidavits. Whether the $2000 will eventually be returned or will be held by the board as forfeited remains to be determined. Puter Paid in Cash. Twenty dollars apiece was the price Puter was to pay the men for their serv ices in making the applications, securing certificates and assigning the same to Puter or persons whom ho should name. If the men desired they could retain a one-tenth interest in the land Instead of receiving the 520, but so far as learned the men took the money rather than the one-tenth interest. This one of many illegal transactions was discovered by Clerk G. G. Brown Several days ago applications for G40 acres of land were offered signed by Maud Coffin and her mother, and sworn to be fore a Portland notary. Brown was sus picious and sent back word that the ap plicants would have to appear before him to make the affidavits. Today the nine applicants mentioned above appeared to apply for the land which Puter had tried to get through Coffin, and other lands in the same vicinity. They appeared one or two at a time, and each tendered a draft on Ladd & Bush's Bank for 5200 as a first payment on 320 acres of land. There was nothing in this part of the transaction to show the hand of Puter, though Brown suspected that the famous land dealer was back of the whole busi ness. When Randle appeared and made his affidavit, he was escorted to the Gov ornor's office and put through a sweat box. Wagner Acts as Agent The story Randle told and afterward put in the form of a sworn statement was that two or three days ago Basil Wagner, of this city, approached him and asked him if he did not want to buy some state land. Wagner offered to furnish the money and give him a one-tenth interest in the land or pay him 520 for the one-tenth interest. Wagner told- him the transaction was all right, and he went into it. After present ing the application and depositing the draft furnished by Wagner, he signed a blank assignment, conveying his interest in the certificate of sale, which had not yet been issued. Then he was paid the 520. White all this was going on Puter was in the rotunda of the Capitol and got wind of the trouble. When the board met in special session he asked for a hearing and was granted an opportunity to say anything he wished. He told the board that the land was being purchased for California capitalists, who furnished the money, and that he was their agent. He did not deny that the applicants had neon hired to act as mediums for the transfer of the title to the land, but tried to make it appear legal by representing that - the applicants were to retain one-tenth inter est, which he afterward purchased for 520. Wagner appeared at the same time, but had nothing to say. Tho board would make no reply to his request for a return of the bank drafts further than to say that the drafts will be returned to no one but the applicants in person, and perhaps not to them. The land sought to be purchased is in the Klamath irrigation district and was presumably wanted for that reason, as it would find ready sale in anticipation of the Government irrigation project. TO UTTPEAT, WHEAT DRAWBACK. Hansbrough Proposes Amendment to Dingley Tariff Law. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Senator Hansbrough today introduced in the form of an amendment to the sundry civil bill a measure which, if adopted, would have the effect of repealing the drawback provision of the Dingley act. Insofar as it applies to wheat. The amendment has been referred to the committee on appropriations and, when it comes up for consideration, Mr. Hansbrough will argue the" necessity of Its enactment on the ground that the general drawback provision of the Dingley act was not intended by the framers of that measure to apply to wheat, although under the recent opin ion of Attorney-General Moody draw backs will be allowed on imported wheat manufactured into flour In tho absence of some Congressional enact ment. THE DAYS DEATH ROLL. Pioneer Illinois Printer Dead. PEORIA, 111., Feb. 3. Frank Bar rett, one of the oldest printers in act ive service in Hllnols, is dead here, aged 75 years. He was one of the pio neer printers of the West, having been employed on tho Detroit Free Press, the Chicago Tribune and other West ern papers. James M. Milne, Genesee, N. Y. DENVER, Feb. 3. John M, Milne, for 42 years connected with the State Normal School at Genesee, N. Y., the last 25 years as principal, died tonight at the Oakea Home for Consumptives, in this city. Fire Loss of $200,000 at Shamokin. SHAMOKLNV Pa., Feb. 4. Fire this morning destroyed four houses, the stock ing factorj of Aubor & Co. and a large planing mill, causing a loss of 5200,000. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness; winds most ly northerly. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 43 deg.; minimum, S2. Precipitation, trace. War In tho Far East. General Grlppenbertr. reslcns and General My. loft will succeed him. Pace 0. Marshal Oyoma'a account of the recent battle. Paso 9. Constant eklrmishlns at tho front. Pace . Japanese" .reported to have forced breach In Russian center.' 1 use 0. The Outbreak in Rossla. Czar receive delegation of striking printers. Pago 1. Gorky and seven other literary men to bo tried for political crimes. Pace l. Polish coalmlners etrlke and commit violence. Pago 1. Bloody conflicts between troops and strikers at lodz. Pace 1. Reforms In administration mean end of bu reaucracy. Pace 1. Nobles of Moscow petition for a Parliament. Page 1. Sevastopol sailors condemned to death, and mutiny may be renewed. Pace 1. National. Interstate Commerce Commission finds Santa Fe road cullty of willfully violating law. Pace 0. Senate committee given explanation of Indian school question. Page 3. Foster and Cushman will flght to a finish for Tacoma Postofnce. Pace 3. Poster tries to conciliate Ankeny. needing his hi-lp in Tacoma Hunt. Pace 3. Judse S wayne answers charges before Senate. Page 0. House Republicans decide to support Esch Xownsend railroad-rate bill. Page JL Politic. Democrats breaklntr down evidence of fraud In Colorado contest. Page 0. Public investigation, of boodle charges to be made In Illinois. Pace 0. rorelca. British, naval official hlntn at war preparations against Germany. Page 1. Albanians preparing to flght for independence. Page U. Domestic. Cold wave snredds southward to Texas and east to the Allechanles. accompanied by heavv snow storm. Pace 3. Ico gorges block Ohio. Hudson and other great rivers. Pace 5 Delugo of rain in Arizona. Page 3. ) Pacific Coast Leslslaturea. legislative committees expect to limit Oregon state expenditures to S2.000.0u0. Pace 4. Capital removal and railroad commission are active Questions before the "Washington leg islature. Pace 1. Pangs are removed from Washington bill at tcting foreign banking houses. Page o. Pacific Coast. S. A. D. Puter caught In attempt to obtain state land near Klamath Falls by fraud. Pace 1. Washington County farmer jroes Insane and trie to kill family with an ax. Pace 3. liood Itlver school children co on strike, and teacher has her aalary cut oft. Page 3. Idaho timber tbievco duck aged witness in ley water to scare him out ot tbe country. Page 5 Commercial and Marin. January trade better than year aco. Pace 13. Active speculation continues in stock market. Pace 13. Jul? option most active In Chicago wheat pit. Pace IS. Ureak In grain future at San Francisco. Page 12. Steamer may be put on Portland-Gray's Harbor route. Page 12. 1 Small tug capsizes at Ai-torla. Page 1C. Portland and Vicinity. Count Arthur "Wilson, the well-known Swedish. Norwegian Vice-Consul, succumbs to attack of heart trouble. Pace 7 Governor McaG and official "Washington party oamn to dedicate site of "Washington build- toe at Lewis and Clark exposition. Pace 8. Chlnrse begin the celebration of their New Year's. Pago 12. Federal grand Jury Investigates Rosebrirg land ofdee. Pace S. .' Ch!t o Pollen Hunt Issues order 'forblddlnc women to frequent or sell liquor In saloons. Pace 1. Walter W. Rlgc3 and Albert Overman, or Welaer, Idaho, asphyxiated by jra-' Paco H. Fcntuded poker games found In operation by Sheriff "Word. Page 10. January receipt of County Clerk's office for this year beats all previous records. Page 12. 5. J. Hney formally calls city's attention to the fact that the channel at the Morriran wtrrct bridge docs not meet Foderal require ments. Page S. 1 TALK WITH m Delegation of Printers at the Palace. LEARNS OF THEIR WRONGS Meanwhile Riots and Strikes Darken Poland. TO TRY GORKY AND OTHERS Political Charges Against Literary MenProposed Reforms Well Re ceived, but Moscow Nobles Ask for Parliament. SAVAGE UGHT AT LODZ. BERLIN, Feb. 3. The Lokal Anzel gers "Warsaw correspondent reports that at Lodr there was a bloody encounter on Friday, tho military Urine on strik ers and causlnc great havoc In the flght several days ago, the correspond ent pays, 10 strikers were killed and 7S wounded, of whom 38 were severely In jured. SPECIAL CABLE. LOXDO.V, Feb. 4. The Odessa corre spondent of the London Dally Mail wires that 3S of the Sevastopol Bailors who participated la the recent outbreak which led to the burning: of several building of the Admiralty yards there have been condemned to death, aad that as a result a renewal of the mutiny Is threatened. The correspondent de scribes the situation as extremely criti cal. SPECIAL CABLE. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 4. For tho sec ond time within tho week Czar Nicholas has conversed with workmen and shaken them by tho hand. Friday afternoon a committee- of Ave, representing: the em ployes of the state printing department, arrived at the AlexanQer Palaco In one ot the imperial carriages and was escorted through the corridor and up the broad staircase to the Czar's audience-room. His Majesty received them cordially; With the Czar were at the time Minister of Finance MokovzofT and Prince Solitl zlno, tho manager of the department. The Czar questioned each of his visitors personally, and In a manner which plainly showed his desire to find out for himself whether tho grievances of the men justi fied their recent defiance of the authori ties bf the government. He spent much time questioning the men about the na ture of their work In technical details, their working hours and the number of years they have spent In the employ of the department. - At the conclusion of the audlenco the Czar expressed his satisfaction with the conduct of the delegates during .the inter view and their determination to bring be fore the throne their grievances. In do ing this, ho said, "they had only done their duty honestly and conscientiously." He charged them to thank their comrades In his name for the confidence with which they had turned to their Emperor in the hour of their need, and Intimated that it was his Intention to visit the works in the future. After tho audience the delegates were entertained at dinner by several high court ofilclals, and later they were shown around the palace and its various build ings. It Is stated upon good authority that all tho workers of the printing department are satisfied with the result of the audi ence, and feel certain that the Czar will grant all reasonable concessions. The same element, however, which character ized the recent visit of another working men's delegation at the palace as unrep resentative is dissatisfied with Friday's event, and says that the deputation was neither authorized to speak for the strik ers nor- had It secured a single promise which would warrant the hope of a gen eral amelioration of the condition of the workers. SOSNOVICE . MINERS OUT. They Bind Officials, Drag Them to Meetings and Stop Trains. SOSNOVICE, Feb. 3. About 40.000 men aro now put on a strike. At a meeting of the strikers today the men forcibly dragged officers belonging to the man agement of various concerns to the place of meeting. All the speakers insisted on the preservation of public order. The men's demands include a minimum wage of 75 cents a day, eight hours to constitute a day's work; various reforms in factory management, and old-age pensions. After the meeting 12.000 strikers marched six miles to the Dombrova quarter in perfect order, but everywhere persuaded workmen to strike. This afternoon strikers went to the railway station of Streshemeschiz, seized and bound the officers, wrecked the sta tion buildings and stopped trains in . both directions. ON RUINS OF BUREAUCRACY Committee of Ministers Build Bul warks for People's Rights. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 4 (12:30 A. M.) Official reports of the deliberations of the committee of Ministers on guarantees for tho observance of laws and for the prevention of arbitrary conduct by offi cials evoke general satisfaction. The proposal to restore the Senate's original character as the chief guardian of the laws is described in some quarters as the corner stone of the new edifice which Is building on the ruins of the bureaucracy. Special commissioners of the Ministries of the Interior. Finance and Justice are husily studying the questions of equality, peasants' legislation, strikes and state In surance for workmen, which were out lined by the imperial ukase of Decem ber 25. EIGHT WILL BE TRIED. Trepoff's Plans Regarding Gorky and Other Literary Men. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 4 (2 A. M.) It Is the intention of the government to. bring Maxim Gorky and seven other au thors and publishers to trial on political charges. Governor-General Trepott, who received the Associated Press correspond ent Friday afternoon, said: "The whole case is now in the hands of the Ministry of Justice, which is conduct ing the investigation, at the conclusion of which the Procurator-General will decide whether the prisoners shall be tried by a civil or a military court. The story spread broadcast that I have ordered Gorky to be tried by court-martial and shot Is a baseless fabrication. Invented by persons who are grossly Ignorant of Rus sia, or else they would know that it is impossible for a representative of the Russian administration to order any pris oner to be executed, or to even decide the form of trial. Yet I am In receipt of let ters daily from abroad Imploring me to spare Gorky's life. "I repeat that I am In no wise con cerned In this matter; I even do not know whether the Procurator-General may de cide provisionally to release Gorky, as he did in the case of Hessen, Miakotin and Karieff. I cannot, of course, reveal the exact terms of the accusation against the prisoner; but you may emphatically con tradict the version of the discovery of documents implicating eight men who were to have comprised a provisional gov ernment." Turning to the question of the present aspect of affairs, the Governor-General said: "We have every reason to feel satisfied. Masters and men are now on excellent terms, and work Is proceeding everywhere quietly. The reception of the workmen's deputation by the Emperor has created the best Impression. ' As to Insinuations that tho workmen who wero received at Tsarskoe-Selo were not representative, you may say their selection was not In fluenced in any way by tho government. The selection of the men had to be made within a day. I summoned the principal managers and asked them to choose their most trustworthy and influential men, and this was done." SOLDIERS ATTACK AMERICAN Rush on Him With Drawn Swords, but Others Rescue Him. LONDON, Feb. 4 (3:30 A. M.) A wan ton attack upon "a peaceful American by Russian Uhlans Is reported by tho War saw correspondent of the Standard. Tho correspondent says that the American, who had been In the city only a short time, was leaving a cafe Friday night, when he was attacked by a party of Uh lans, who made for him with drawn swords. Two officers rushed to the American's rescue. They hurried him out of harm's reach and then escorted him to the Hotel Bristol. BREAKS OUT IN NEW PLACES Polish Strike Cuts Off Sugar Supply for Army Riot at Lodz. "WARSAW, Feb. 3. Warsaw newspapers reappeared this morning after eight days suspension of publication. They are subjected to the most severe censor ship under the orders of Minister of the Interior Bouligan. Most of the shops reopened today, but only a few of tho strikers returned to work. Scattered instances of violence wero reported today. A student of the univer sity was killed this morning by a striker, and strikers killed a workman who had been in communication with the military authorities. The workmen of a cutlery factorj at tempted to resume their employment to day, but strikers entered the building and demolished the machinery. Most of the strikers, apparently, are not yet will ing to return to work. Workmen In all the sugar factories of Poland, which number 42, struck on Feb ruary 2. These factories hitherto have been working day and night to supply the troops in Manchuria. The employes of the iron works at Sos novice struck today. Later reports from Lodz say the dis turbances there ended quickly. The mili tia fired one volley, killing two and wounding two, and the rioters Immedi ately fled. The town is now quiet. The authorities have taken extraordinary precautions to maintain order. There is a report from Radogoszez that a mob there killed one officer and two soldiers. A general strike began this morning at Pabianica. STILL ASK FOR PARLIAMENT. Nobles of Moscow Province Voice De. mands of People. MOSCOW, Feb. 3. At a private meet ing of the provincial nobility today, after a discussion of the reform proposals, it was decided to vote for a modified form of an address to the government to the effect that the members of the nobility are eagerly awaiting a word from the mperor which would show that the bonds uniting the throne and the people are still unbroken and that the Emperor would, when he deemed advisable, sum mon elected representatives of the people to participate in the government. GORKY'S HOPE FOR LIBERTY. V It Must Be Based on intercession of 'Foreign Writers. SPECIAL CABLE. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 4. It was seml-officially admitted today that Maxim Gorky, the author and agitator, has not been released. No information was vouchsafed as to the purpose of the former announcement of his libera tion. Every conceivable pressure is being brought to bear upon the gov ernment authorities to release Gorky from prison. Those Interested In his fate feel, however, that appeals eman ating from Russian sources will avail little" and their hopes are based upon whatever action, may be taken by Ht crateurs In other countries. BOGIE HAS LIFE Olympia Likely to Lose the State Capital. DEMAND IS VERY STRONG Tacoma Considered a More Central Location. SEATTLE LENDS INFLUENCE Railroad Commission Bill May En counter Shipwreck Unless Light ened of the Heavy Load Car ried in Its Present Form. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 3. (Staff Correspondence.) The much-dreaded ennui which was feared when the Sen atorial fight came to such a sudden end Is not yot in evidence nor are there any Immediate signs of its appearance. The Washington Legislature Is confronted with two decidedly live questions, either of which would afford sufficient diversion to liven up the dullest ses sion. The Railroad Commission bill, which was, of course, the legitimate succes sor of the Senatorial flght, crowded into the center of the stage as soon as the Senatorial matter was out of the way, but before the first burst of applause that greeted its appcaranco had died away another real live Issue appeared on the scene. This second attraction was the capital removal bill, and the effect of its appearance was not unliko that which follows the ar rival of a swiftly propelled brickbat In a thickly populated hornet's nest. The matter was hinted at during tho Senatorial flght, but since territorial days it has been a favorite pastime for members of the Legislature to send cold shivers up and down the Olympia back by dragging this bogleman into view, and it was at first thought this was only a new appearance ot an old scare. Capital Removal Bill Will Pass. There is more behind this capital removal bill than was expected, and tho ease with which it was railroaded through tho Senate as well as tho per sonnel ot the men who voted for it, disclosed a sentiment in favor of re moval that Olympia never suspected was in existence. To make matters worse, Thurston County's delegation in the Legislature fell outside the breast works in the Senatorial flght and is now without influence with tho domi nant faction in state politics. Senator Ruth, who Is leading the fight for retention of the capital, has always until the present campaign lined up with Baker, Stevenson and the rest of the crowd who engineered tha Sweeny-Piles deal to such a success ful termination. Ruth refused to train with them on the Senatorial flght, and now they are reciprocating by refusing: to stand in with him to prevent tha passage of the capital-removal bill. A motion to reconsider the bill will bring It before the Senate again, but will have but little effect on tho final re sult in spite of the heroic lobbying that Is now being carried on by every man, woman and child in tho city. Strong Demand for Removal. It would, of course, be impossible to pass the bill simply because, as is charged, tho politicians desire that it should be passed; but back of all this Is a desire on the part of people from all over the state, irrespective ot po litical belief or affiliations, to have tha .seat of state government located at a more convenient point. The disadvantages of Olympia were intensified this session by the burning of the big- hotel and by the wretched train service of the Northern Pacific. Both of these handicaps could, of course, be removed without tho ne cessity ot taking the capital to Ta coma, but the Legislature is in ;no frame of mind for temporizing, and unless something unforeseen happens the bill will go through the House al most as easily as it paffsed the Sen ate. Seattle Helping Tacoma. The passage of a resolution by tho Seattle Chamber of Commerce favor ing the removal of the capital to Ta coma Is a most striking Illustration of the powerful sentiment that Is behind the movement. This is said to be the first time on record that Seattle show ed a disposition to give Tacoma any thing but a black eye. The reason for the Seattle Indorsement of Tacoma at this time is the fear that if a free-for-all race for a new capital site was pre cipitated no one city could secure the necessary vote, and the constitutional amendment would be lost. King and Pierce Counties, combined, have about one-third of the members of the Legislature, and with the capital located at Tacoma nearly every mem ber could live at home, excellent elec tric car service enabling the Seattle members to reach their homes within an hour or two after adjournment. Railroad Bill Next Week. While the Capitol removal bill has tem porarily crowded the railroad commission bill to one side, the latter will blossom out In the fullness of its strength as a peace-disturber early next week. There was nothing doing today in the commit tee or the subcommittees having the mat- XConcluded on Third Pago.)