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NATION AT BACK
President Has Won
Hearty Support.
FOR RATE CONTROL
Democratic Governors
Vie'With Republicans.
ACCORD IS PRONOUNCED
Enlarged Powers for Interstate
Commission a Necessity.
PROPER CHECK ON RAILROADS
Commercial Bodies of Many States
Urge Representatives in Congress
to Support Law Giving Gov
ment More Authority. .
CHICAGO. Feb. 5. (Special.) Judging
by the result o a canvass made by the
Kecord-Herald of state Governors, Iegls
lators and other outspoken leaders of po
litical thought. President Roosevelt has
the almost unanimous support of the Na
tion In his fight for enlargement of the
powers of the interstate Commerce Com
mission, and for further Governmental
control and regulation of railway freight
rates.
East and "West, North and South, every
Governor who was willing to be quoted
on the subject declared himself in hearty
accord with the suggestions of the Presi
dent Democratic executives of the states
were as cordial in their indorsements as
Republican Governors. In several of the
states, notably itansas, ' Minnesota, Mon
tana and "Washington, the Legislatures,
taking their cues from President Hoose
velt, are preparing to invest their state
railway commissions with additional pow
ers or to create new commissions.
Hostile Governors Will Not Speak Out
Legislative leaders and Governors inter
viewed agreed that the better control of
rates In order to avert unjust discrimin
ations is one of the greatest needs, if
not the greatest, in the country today.
Although several Governors are known
to bo hostile to President Roosevelt's pol
icy, none had the courage to speak his
mind, and pleaded lack of time and op
portunity to study the question.
The Governors of Michigan, Colorado,
Nebraska, Minnesota, Georgia, Indiana,
"Washington, Kansas, Montana, South
Dakota, Louisiana, Idaho, "Wyoming and
Rhode Island were frank to say the Presi
dent is on the right track, and in nearly
every case they gave assurance that the
public opinion of their respective states
sustained the Administration heartily In
Its policy.
Texans Are for State Rights.
Several members of the Texas Legisla
ture, speaking for their fellows, approved
the course of the President as It relates
to control of Interstate rates, but bitterly
opposed any Intention to encroach upon
the authority of the states in establishing
tariffs.
In the Legislatures of Nebraska, Michi
gan, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri,
California, "Wyoming, Minnesota, South
Dakota, "Washington, Illinois, Montana
and Idaho resolutions memorializing Con
gressional delegations to work for an
enlargement of the powers of the Inter
state Commerce Commission along the
lines suggested by the President have
been adopted by one or both Houses.
Many organizations of shippers, manu
facturing associations, commercial bodies
and other organizations have forwarded
strong resolutions to Senators and Rep
resentatives urging support of the pro
posed law. Briefly, here are opinions of
a few Governors, chosen at random, as
representative of the United States:
I On the Right Track.
Governor F. M. "Warner. Michigan I
bllleve the President is on the right track
and that the country generally approves
his course. Several Important Interests
in Michigan have suffered by reason of
discriminations which he is seeking to pre
vent It certainly does not seem that any
one should question the wisdom or the
justice of such Governmental regulations.
Governor Alva Adams, Colorador-If
President Roosevelt continues as he has
begun and actually brings the big corpo
rations to a knowledge of the truth that
the law is for them as well as for poor
people, he will be one of the greatest
Presidents this country has had. Presi
dent Roosevelt knows what to do and
how to do it. It remains to be seen if
ho can resist the threats, cajolery and
intimidation of the giant combines of
capital. This Is not a partisan matter,
and I believe the Democrats will be the
first to acclaim the greatness of the Pres
ident If he finishes the good work.
Bold and Courageous Stand.
Governor John H. Mickey, Nebraska
The President has taken a bold and cour
ageous stand, and I believe he will suc
ceed as he deserves to.
Governor J. A. Johnson, Minnesota I
am strongly ln favor of Governmental
control of railway freight rates.
Governor S. "W. Pennypacker, Pennsyl
vania, would not be quoted, but said It
was a National problem with which he
had no doubt the President was eminent
ly fitted to deaL
Governor Joseph M. Terrell, Georgia
President Roosevelt's policy on Govern
mental control of railroad rates meets
my full approval and is fully in lino with
the policy of the Georgia Democracy as
expressed In Its platform two years ago.
Lieutenant-Governor Miller, Indiana I
Indorse the President's policy fully and
unequivocally. The President Is on tho
right track and his suggestions ought to
bear fruit.
Mead in Hearty Accord.
Governor Albert E. Mead, "Washington
I am heartily in accord with President
Roosevelt's policy of Government control
and regulation of freight rates. I am
firmly convinced of tho necessity of giv
ing public officials authority to Inquire
into and remedy abuses in rate making.
Governor Edward J. Hoch, Kansas I
can put It no stronger than I did in my
message to the Legislature, when I urged
that body to adopt a resolution request
ing tho Kansas delegation in Congress
to support the President in this matter.
Governor S. "W. T. Lanham, of Texas,
would not be Interviewed. Four members
of the Legislature, Representatives Peel
er and Onion and Senator Hicks and
Skinner, were alike of the mind that it
was right for the Government to control
interstate rates.
Governor J. K. Toole, Montana I heart
ily Indorse tho President's efforts along
these lines. The National, and not the
state governments, Is the proper author
ity to deal with the rate question.
No Man Is Eetter Qualified.
Governor S. H. Elrod, South Dakota
Tho railroad regulation question Is the
most important one before the Congress
this session. No man is better qualified
to protect the rights of the people than
is President Roosevelt.
Governor Newton C. Blanchard, Louisi
anaPresident Roosevelt's policy on Fed
eral control and regulation of railway
rates Is sustained by public opinion In
Louisiana and my hope Is that the Demo
cratic vote In the House and Senate will
be cast to enact the same into law.
Governor F. B. Gooding, Idaho I am In
hearty accord with the recommendations
of President Roosevelt's relative to Fed
eral control of railway freight rates.
Governor B. B. Brooks, "Wyoming I am
In favor of President Roosevelt's policy.
Our Legislature now has a joint memo
rial "before It asking our delegation In
Congress to use its influence in passing
any legislation that will give the "Inter
state Commerce Commission power to
regulate rates.
Governors Henry Roberts, of Connecti
cut; A. J. Montague, of Virginia; John
Culter, of Utah; James B. Frazier, of
Tennessee: Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio;
B. B. Glenn, of North Carolina; F. "W.
HIgglns, of New York; Joseph W. Folk,
of Missouri, and "W. L. Douglass, of Mas
sachusetts, declined to be interviewed.
RATE-MAKING POWER LACKING
President of L. & N. in Opposition to
Speaker Cannon' Statement.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb." S.-In a com
munication to the Courier-Journal, 3111
ton H. Smith, president of the Louisville'
& Nashville Railroad, characterizes as
erroneous Speaker Cannon's reported
statement that when the Interstate Com
merce Commission was created every
body supposed it had the power to make
rates, and says the terror Is due to mis
representations of the commission itself.
Mr. Smith quotes extensively from the
Congressional Record and shows that the
Senators and Representatives, including
the champions of the measure in both
houses, repeatedly explained that it does
not attempt to confer any rate-making
power and he also quoted from early
decisions of the commission to show that
it did not at first assume to have that
power. Instead of the alleged universal
acquiescence in the existence of the rate
making power of the commission, Presi
dent Smith declares that in 1SS9 the courts
intimated that the commission had no
subh power; that in 1S90 one of the com
mission's most important rate-making
efforts was disregarded and no attempt
was made to enforce it; that in 1891 the
power was denied in court; that in 1S92,
the commission itself reported that the
railroads continued to deny the existence
of the power; that in 1SS3, the Louisville
& Nashville denied the power in the
first rate-making order Issued against it,
which, If gained, would radically reduce
rates Irom Ohio River points to the
southeast, and that this denial was up
held In all the courts, including the su
preme court, in 1S33."
President Smith declares that it Is con
clusively established that Congress never
Intended to confer on. the commission the
rate-making power; that the act did not
in fact confer the power, and that the
courts have uniformly so decided, and
hence that Speaker Cannon's alleged
statement is erroneous.
FOREIGN MINERS SHUT OTJT.
Japanese House of Representatives
Passes a Retroactive Law.
SPECIAL CABLE. .
TOKIO, Feb. C After the most heated
debate which has yet taken place In the
Japanese House of Representatives, the
amendment to the mining law prohibiting
foreigners to work Japanese mines, was
passed during Monday's session.
The bill was fought bitterly by the
foreign residents here having mining in
terests in Japan, -and the government has
been severely censured for advocating a
measure which must needs antagonize
certain influential interests whose good
will, it is believed by many, to be Import
ant and necessary at this time. The
friends of the measure insisted, however,
as mining in Japan was only in its in
fancy and as the soil and mountains were
rich in metal and mineral deposits, that
the benefits to be derived therefrom in
the future should be reserved by the gov
ernment for native Japanese.
As the 'law in retroactive, it will play
havoc with several British, American and
French syndicates having large interests
in the country.
RATH HELPS QUENCH FLAMES
Birmingham Gets Off With Compara
tively Small Fire Loss.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Fb. 5. Fire,
which at one time threatened to destroy
millions of dollars' worth oX property, was
extinguished early today after It had
caused losses to the amount of $20,000.
divided among a score of more firms in
the principal business section of the city.
Requests for assistance were made of tho
cities of Montgomery, Atlanta, Chatta
nooga and Gadsden, but later these re
quests were cancelled on account of the
shifting of the wind and a heavy down
pour of rain.
The heaviest individual losses were Rob
ert Garry & Co., wholesale notions, loss
30.000. and tha EarleBuIIdlnjr. 523.000
POLAND TO BUZ
Ominous Quiet Broods
Over City of Warsaw.
REVOLUTION FILLS THE AIR
Strikers Armed With Guns
and Smuggled Dynamite.
CRASH IS S00N EXPECTED
Tales of Horror and Crime Brought
In by Courier From Outlying Dis
tricts Peasants Make Com
mon Cause With Them.
SPECIAL. CABLE.
"WARSAW, Feb. 6. Revolution is ram
pant throughout Russian Poland. This
statement is made with positivencss, de
spite the ominous quiet which hangs like
a pall over this ancient city thla morn
ing; despite the official statements made
by Russian bureaucrats that the situa
tion is vastly Improved and can no
longer be called serious even in the face
of the reassurance cabled to the United
States from this and other Russian cities
by newspaper correspondents who allege
that the trouble is over. One hundred
thousand strikers, armed with firearms
and dynamite smuggled across the Aus
trian frontier are ready to assemble at
a momenta notice at any given point
and offer their lives as a sacrifice to bet
ter the condition of their fellows.
A general strike has been declared
throughout the governments of Kallesz,
Radom and Kielce. Churches arc being
burned by orthodox believers, who have
lost faith owing to the maimer in which
their priests have betrayed them by sid
ing with the government.
The governments of Radom, Kallesz
and Kielce were declared In a state of
siege Sunday. The proclamations set
ting forth that fact came after 12 hours
of turmoil, during which neither life nor
property were safe. It Is difficult to ob
tain accurate facts and figures from
these outlying districts, owing to the
strict maintenance of internal censorship
and the general state of chaos which has
made communication other than by post
next to impossible.
Most of the news is brought here by
couriers, who, having only observed their
happenings In their particular districts,
are not able to give connected accounts
of the general situation, but their com
bined stories tell a tale of horror and
crime and of conditions which Indicate
that the bloody days of 1S63 and ISM will
be repeated and that unless every demand
Is granted to the strikers, or unless those
controlling them decide that the day has
not come to deal Russian rule in Poland
a death blow, the world will witness an
other of Poland's sinister tragedies.
The statement can be made without
fear of contradiction that the strike of
the discontented workmen throughout Po
land is practically general today, and that
the figure of lOO.OOO Idle men represents a
very conservative estimate.
Whether the peasants have already
made common cause with the works in
the cities is still a much-mooted ques
tion, and the authorities express confi
dence that the agitation has not reached
the agricultural districts. The strikers
here, while reticent as. to their plans, in
timate that before long Poland will be
aflame and that all classes will make
common cause against Russian oppres
sion. CONGRESS OF FREE POLANDERS
Radical Members Will Call for a
Restoration of the Old Monarchy.
SPECIAL CABLE.
PRAGUE, Feb. 6. A congress of the
'leaders of the movement for "Free Po
land" will be held In, this city In the
near future, at which the advislbility of
proclaiming the reunion of the three Po
lands as an independent government will
be discussed in all of its various phases.
The main body of the delegates will
represent Russian, Austrian and German
Poland, but there will also be present
many men who have shaped the policy
of the revolutionary movement from
Paris, Berne and Vienna. In addition, a
large delegation from the "United States,
headed by Philadelphia, Chicago and
Pittsburg Poles, has promised to attend.
The choice of Prague as the place of
meeting of the Polish delegates. It Is
understood, was made after a conference
between Polish and Czech leaders. Ac
cordingly, there is a suspicion that the
small, but very determined party which
has been clamoring for the separation
of Bohemia from Austria may have
reason of Its own for making common
cause to a certain extent with the Po
lish revolutionary committee.
Old -Monarchy Is the Object.
So far as can be learned at this time
the congress will declare those who be
lieve in its object must refrain from par
ticipation in any anti-Russian movement
that has not for Its sole object the liber
ation of Poland. It Is also stated by well
informed parties here that the sugges
tion to proclaim a Polish republic will
not be considered, but that ways and
means are to be fourid to re-establish
the ancient Polish monarchy and secure
for it the recognition of both Germany
and Austria.
This failing," the old plan, so utterly
unsuccessful when last tried, nearly a
hundred years ago, is to bo readopted
and Poland declared a republic Feeling
certain of tho success of .their plan to
re-establish the kingdom of Poland, tho
leaders of the movement do not care to
forecast the possible consequences, po
litical or otherwise, which the procla
mation of a republic would have in Its
wake.
There Is a well-deflncd disposition
among intelligent Czechs 'to trust in the
acquiescence of both Germany and Aus
tria and with possibly even Russia, in
the restoration of Polish throne. It is
urged by them that Germany has grown
tired of tho great burden caused by the
indefatigable Polish agitation in her own
provinces and that while she would never
recognize free Prussian Poland as such
Individually tho Emperor William may
be willing to act In conjunction with Em
peror Francis Joseph and relinquish the
provinces which were added to their do
mains by the Polish partition.
Austria Expected to Let Alone.
Strange as it may seem, the Czechs
who favor the plan express no fear that
the 'Austrian government may take steps
to prevent, or if this cannot bo done,
break up tho Polish congress. They say
that the Austrian government Is will
ing to listen to proposals and will not
exercise police duty, over a body at least
four-fifths of which owe no allegiance to
Austria and can claim the protection of
other governments.
There are those.who claim to know that
the leaders of the congress will receive
notice in due time that the political free
dom of Poland was absolutely out of all
diplomatic reckoning and that a serious
attempt to bring It about would, If nec
essary, be met by armed force. These con
servatives say that the congress will
busy Itself with questions only which will
In no way lead up to the liberation of Po
land, but will have only the object to se
cure for the Polish provinces the restora
tion of Polish as the official language with
all the concessions "thereby Implied and
a larger measure representation In the
German and Austrian legislative bodies
than is at present the case.
The congress, these doubters say, will
also advocate the establishment of a
Polish legislative body, the functions of
which will be connected with the admin
istration of the three old Polands, sub
ject to liberal restrictions agreed upon
by Russia, Germany and Austria.
CRISIS REACHED AT LODZ.
Employers Will Attempt to Open the
Factories, Despite the Strikers.
LODZ, Feb. 5. The situation here has
reached a critical stage, and it will be
decided tomorrow whether the conflict
shall end or the strike be continued. The
employers met on Saturday and decided to
reopen all their factories on Monday.when
men reporting for work will be re-engaged
and the remainder discharged. A large
number of workmen are disposed to re
sume, but fear that the malcontents will
employ coercion.
The newly-appainted Governor-General,
Archlmovitch, Is giving the closest atten
tion to the situation. In tho course of an
Interview with the Associated Press thl3
afternoon the Governor-General said that
tomorrow would be the critical test. If
the strikers once resume, he said, the
strike will he broken. Beinjr asked wheth
er he conaidere?v'dhe Strike a poliUcaL-i
movement, the Governor-General an
swered: "Yes and no. It is .a labor movement,
but the strikers specific demands are
suggested by political agitators, many of
whom are foreigners."
He expressed himself as being confident
that order will be maintained, though the
authorities are handicapped by the in
sufficiency of police force. The Governor
General said he was averse to using sol
diers, who made bad policemen.
The manufacturers highly commend the
promptitude and tact which the Governor-General
displayed In the maintenance
of order, which is in marked contrast
with the fatal hesitancy of the "Warsaw
authorities.
The striking men are demanding an
eight-hour day, but are willing to accept
a compromise. Ths masters declare that
It Is Impossible In the face of existing
competition to either increase wages or
decrease the hours of work until it is
made general throughout. The state of
siege Is still maintained here, and the
streets are being" patrolled by military.
All travelers are carefully scrutinized.
Thirty strike leaders, mostly foreigners,
have been arrested.
DISOWNED BY WORKMEN.
Delegates Who Visited Czar Declared
to Have Been Chosen by Employers.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 6 (2:35 A. M.)
THe workmen, to the number of '-iOOO, In
the carshops have drawn up a manifesto
disclaiming the delegates who were put
forward as representing them in the depu
tation which visited Emperor Nicholas at
Tsarskoe-Seio February 1. They Insist
that these men were selected by the em
ployers and were not representatives of
the workmen.
The employes of one or two other factor
ies may follow suit; but the workmen In
general are Inclined to stand by the depu
tation. There were a few slight collis
ions between Lessner's workmen and the
police guarding the factory yesterday.
Poland, however, continues to be the
storm center of the disturbances. Though
the strike has ceased in some establish
ments, it has assumed a more important
phase by its extension to the great coal
mines and sugar factories; and three more
governments have been placed under mar
tial law. Police and Cossacks have had
to break up a number of demonstrations
and quell disorders; but as yet there has
been no repetition of fighting on the scale
of the first collisions.
The strikes In Tlflls and other parts of
the Caucus are frequent, and the pres
ent one does not attract much attention,
except as bearing on the general situation
In Russia.
Martial Law in Polish Town.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 5. The strike
movement In Poland has spread to the
governments of Warsaw, Kalisz, Lublin
and Suvalkl. Martial law has been de
clared in Kalisz, Radom and Seidlec
DAY ALLOWED USE OF MAILS
Shows Contents of Letters for a
Month to Postmaster Minto.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 5. The Postofflce Depart
ment has revoked Its order denying Harry
O. Day, of Portland, use of the United
States malls. October 22 last Day was
debarred from use of the malls on a show
ing made against him by Postal Inspec
tors that his name and address was be
ing used by the Preferred Mercantile Com
pany, of Boston, which had previously
been denied the use of the malls for
operatlng'a fraudulent scheme.
Day Immediately applied for revocation
of the order, saying" -he had severed. his
connection with the" company. He con
sented to have his mail opened dally
for a month in the presence of Postmaster
Mlntb and - no objectionable matter ap
peared. On this" showing, the restraint
was lifted.
GORGED WiTH ICE
Navigation on Delaware
at Standstill.
JAM RUNS FAR OUT TO SEA
Icebreaker Wrecked on a
Sunken Barge.
CREW SAVED AT GREAT PERIL
Exhausted and Stiff From Cold and
Exposure, the Men Make Their
Way Ashore Over Frozen
Hummocks of Ice Field.
LEWES, Del., Feb. 5 Thirty men nar
rowly escaped drowning in the Icy waters
of the harbor of refuge at the Delaware
breakwater, and after being rescued with
the greatest difficulty by the crews of two
tugs, they were forced to make their
way to shore afoot over tho heavy ice
floes with which the Delaware River and
bay Is blocked. The men whose lives
were Imperiled were Captain Jacobs
and his crew of 29 men, of the
Philadelphia Iceboat, No. 3, which made
Its way from Philadelphia In an effort
to make a channel for vessels icebound
at the breakwater.
The Iceboat collided with the sunken
barge Santiago, the masts and buoys of
which had been carried away by tho
Ice jam. The Iceboat had become wedged
in the mass of Ice between the harbor
of refuge and the "old break," and was
unable to proceed. "While drifting In this
manner the Iceboat struck the barge and
a large hole was stove In her hull.
Captain Jacobs' signals of distress were
answered by the tugs Teaser and Boxer.
The tugs experienced, much danger In
reaching the rapidly sinking boat. The
Jam prevented the tugs from docking
and tha crew of the iceboat, after being
taken off, stiff from exposure, and nearly
exhausted, managed to complete a peril
ous journey afoot across the icefield to
shore.
Navigation Is almost at a standstill on
the Delaware because of the ice which
is jamming from the stream from Tren
ton, N. J., to Breakwater and extends
nearly ten miles out to sea. There is a
large fleet of vessels of all kinds at the
Breakwater unable to make any head
way against the jam. Several ships are
fast in the ice at the Horseshoe, a bend
in the river at Gloucester, N. J., and It
will be several days before the city ice
boats can clear a passage for them.
BUCKING THE ICE PACKS.
Long Island Sound Steamers Combine
to Force a Passage.
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Ice floes com
pletely filled New York harbor today,
rendering the passage of vessels Into and
out of the port slow and difficult. In the
narrows the Ice-pack was so dense that
even the powerful trans-Atlantic liners
had trouble in forcing a passage.
One of the serious results of the pres
ence of vast floes In the lower bay during
the past four days, has been the break
ing and carrying away of great numbers
of spar and can buoys In the various
ship channels. Captains of coastwise
steamers and Sandy Hook pilots have re
ported a number of narrow escapes from
grounding vessels by the displacement of
buoys.
Captain Shepard, of the lighthouse
board', said that the displacement of
buoys by Ice during the week was un
precedented in the history of the depart
ment and that the conditions of naviga
tion Into and out of the port are the
most dangerous that have ever existed.
All steamers of the Sound fleet arrived
safely today, although several hours late.
Their captains reported that heavy Ice
was encountered throughout the Sound
am! that navigation was barely possible.
On several occasions the fleet of New
York-bound steamers were compelled to
unite and attack the ice In wedge forma
tion. Owing to a change in the wind the
north and east channels were compara
tively clear of Ice during the day and the
ferries were operated with little inter
ruption. FIFTY VESSELS FAST .IN ICE
Extreme Cold Prevents Shipping of
Coal to Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5. An almost
complete suspension of the coastwise
trade of this port has followed the general
freeze-up of the harbor. There are a
number of vessels here, but none will
charter until there is some probability of
their being able to get out of tho Dela
ware River. Very little coal Is being re
ceived at this port In consequence of the
extreme cold In the mining regions and
great delay Is being experienced by
steamships under charter for the West
Indres in getting their cargoes.
More than 50 vessels were held fast in
the Ice in the lower bay today, and a
number of ocean steamships which at
tempted to force their way through the
obstruction at "the Delaware capes were
compelled to return to sea and anchor for
the night.
Off Billings Point, N. F., 15 coal barges
are held fast In the Ice. They belong to
tho Reading Railway Company, and are
Inward bound from Boston.
HEAVY SLEET IN THE SOUTH
Telegraph and Telephone Poles and
Wires Break Under Weight.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 5. Telephone
and telegraphic service over a wide range
of the South was almost completely crip
pled by heavy sleet today. Railroad serv
ice also suffered and in some, towns the
lighting and street-car facilities were
suspended. It may bo two or three days
before normal conditions resume.
The storm, which covered with a thick
icy coat Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma,
Indian Territory. Arkansas, Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia, had prevailed In
termittently for three days and the wires
broke under the accumulated ice. Service
from Louisville to Memphis, Nashville.
Chattanooga and Birmingham was but
little Interrupted. South of these cities
to the Gulf only two or three wires were
working imperfectly tonight. The fall
of snow and sleet, varying from one to
threo Inches, extended as far north as
Louisville.
For several hours Atlapta and New
Orleans were cut off from the rest of the
country. Two hundred poles went down
in Mississippi.
In Chattanooga the streets were filled
with broken wires. The lighting and
street-car currents were turned oft to
avoid danger to pedestrians and linemen.
NEW ENGLAND PORTS CLOSED
Floating Ice South of Cape Cod Pre
. vents Moving of Vessels.
BOSTON, Feb. 5. The New England
coast south of Cape Cod was tonight in
the grasp of one of the most extensive
ice embargoes of recent "Winters. While
in Boston harbor the only Inconvenience
was caused by floating ice. south of tho
cape conditions were far different, Nan
tucket Sound being almost completely
closed over, while Vlneycrd Sound was
filled with ice. Naragansett Bay Is full
of ice, and shipping there Is practically
at a standstilL
Throughout the day tho weather was
cold, but the temperature rose gradually
toward night, then it remained too low
to warrant predictions of an immediate
thaw.
PRESIDENT BECK WITH. DEAD.
Mrs. Chadwick's Case Has Been Ma
terially Aided by Occurrence.
OBERLIN, Feb. 5. C. K. Beckwith, pres
ident of ,the defunct Citizens' National
Bank of this city, died at 10:45 o'clock to
night, after two days of unconsciousness,
during which death was expected at any
moment. Only the family surrounded the
deathbed of the banker.
Mr. Beckwith was about 65 years of age.
December 14 last the Federal Grand Jury
In Cleveland returned five Indictments
against Beckwith upon the charge of vio
lating the National banking laws In con
nection with the loans made to Mrs. Cas
sle L. Chadwick by the Citizens' National
Bank of Oberlin. of which deceased was
the president. From the day of his ar
rest Mr. Beckwlth's health rapidly failed
as a result of worry over his troubles. He
frequently declared during his Illness that
he wanted to die.
For several days prior to his death he
refused to take food in any form. Death
resulted directly from heart trouble.
The death of President Beckwith may
materially weaken the cases of forgery
and conspiracy to misapply bank funds
now charged against Mrs. Chadwick.
Filipinos Behind the Times.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 5. (Special.)
Paultney Blgelow, the famous correspond
ent, Just returned from the Philippines,
says the Filipinos are a thousand years
behind the ago, and it is a mistake to
treat them like white men.
CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S-Contlnued fair; winds mostly north
erly. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 43
dec; minimum. 3S. Precipitation, none.
Notional
President Roosevelt wins support for Govern
mental control of railway freight rates.
Pase 1.
Democratic Governors, as well as Repub
lican, commend his attitude. Page 1.
Pure-food bill will follow statehood measure
tn the Senate. Pago 12.
Right of way to be given railroad-rate legis
lation In the House. Page 12.
Cold Weather In the East.
Philadelphia Iceboat wrecked in attempt to
open channel in the Delaware. Page 1.
Ice floes Jam New York harbor, blocking
navigation almost entirely. Page 1.
Sleet-covercd wires and poles In the South
break under heavy weight. Page 1.
Russia.
Russian Poland is ripe for revolution; strik
ers are armed with guns and dynamite.
Page 1.
Congress of the leaders of the 'Tree Poland"
movement is to be held in Prague, Aus
tria. Pago 1.
Six thousand reservists at Peterhof under
arrest for mutiny. Page 1.
Domestic.
Betterment of home, farm and factory is
the object of a proclamation Issued by
the Patrons of Husbandry. Page 3.
Pittsburg, Pa., woman assaulted and mur
dered near her home. Page 4.
'Raffles' " New York Imitator confesses to
New York police. Page 4.
Bishop Hoban. of Scranton, Pa., declares that
working boys should be allowed Sunday
for play day. Page 9.
President Beckwith dies of worry over in
dictment In connection with Mrs. Chad
wick's case. Page 4.
Pan-American.
President Diaz receives oSlceYs of French
crulaer cordially. Page 0.
Order is restored in Buenos Ayses after
death and wounds to rioters. Page 0.
Government troops sent to provinces to put
down uprising. Page 4.
War In Far East.
Active skirmishes are reported along the
Hun and Shakbe Rivers. ,Page 4.
Confirmation of the report of General Kuro
patkln's resignation Is lacking. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Rev. C. E. Bentley. once Prohibition candi
date for President, dies in Los Angoles
lodging-house under suspicious circum
stances. Page 12.
Gralnhouse & Geary's store at Marshland.
Or., was' destroyed by Are. Page 12.
Local-option rallies held In Salem churches.
Pace 12.
Summary of work accomplished by the
Washington Legislature. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity. .
Federal grand Jury convenes today for final
work of present session, and many Indict
ments are looked tor. Page 1.
Declaration made before People's Forum
that local option is contrary to personal
liberty. Page 8.
Mountain lion ha staken up an abode at
head or Marquam Gulch, and small army
is on Its trail. Page 8.
Washington Exposition Commission Is grant
ed request for new building site at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition. Page 8.
Legislature has lafge amount of heavy work
on the slate for consideration this week.
Pace 0.
J. M. Church; well-known La Grande banker,
succumbs to Injuries received In accident at
Salem. Page 0.
Joint committee appointed to investigate
Boys' and Girls' Aid Society finds affairs
of institution In good condition. Page 10.
Antl-machtnVbraves of the Oregon Legisla
ture ready to take up hatchet against the
"organization." Page 14.
Rev. .E- Nelson Allen asserts public con
science is awakened In Portland, and that
evil will no longer, bejtolerated. Pta 8,
JURY DRAWS NET
Ready for Final Week of
Land-Frauds Session.
INDICTMENTS ARE PENDING
Two Said to Be in Order for
J. N. Williamson.
CONCERN SCATTERED DEALS
Strong indications That Many Per
sons and Officials Will Be Impli
cated Before Close of
Present Week.
The last week of the present Federal
grand jury is at hand. The iong series
of Investigations which have been taking
the time of the jury for the iast two
months Is drawing to a close and will end
on Saturday, If tho plans of the Govern
ment attorneys carry.
The coming week will be a busy one,
for It will bring to light some of the en
tanglements of those high in the confi
dence of the state and the Nation and
will show .still furtner the extent an4
scope of the land frauds which have been
carried on in many cases to completion
and In others practically to that stage
during the past few years.
During the week it was rumored that
Representative J. N. "Williamson will
come under the notice of the Federal
grand Jury, not once, but twice. It is said
that the next six days will see the junior
Representative of the state indicted for
his alleged connection with various land
deals In the vicinity of his home at Prine
ville and also 'or fraudulent transactions
in the Blue Mountain reserve.
Just what the complaints are is a mys
tery which the Government officials alone
would be able, at this time, to tell. They
have nothing to say. But in spite of thi3
reticence, It is made known from various
sources that the end of the week will
see more persons implicated in the land
frauds than- have as yet been hinted at or
thought ot-
Today may see other indictments re
turned. In addition to the names of Mr.
Williamson are mentioned those of vari
ous of the former special agents of the
-Government, and several of the ex-special
agents who have been sent to this terri
tory to look into the alleged Irregularities
of the land department. Beyond a rumor
that several of the special agents are
under the eye of the grand jury,
nothing definite can be learned. How
ever, It can be stated with a reason
able degree of certainty that former
employes of the Interior Department
In Oregon will he brought to book for
Irregular work done by thelm during- their
terms of office. It is further safe to pre
dict that Saturday will see the adjourn
ment of the Jury until the March term
calls the men once more to the task of
probing into the irregularities of the land
transactions of Oregon.
At the close of the present session of
the grand jury Mr. Heney wil. leave for
"Washington, D. C, for a week. It was
his Intention to go to San Francisco to at
tend to private business, but the lapse of
time has been such that he will be unable
to make the trip.
At the end of the week spent in Wash
ington, Mr. Heney will return to Portland
and. will remain in this city until after
the last of the land-fraud cases have been
considered and decided upon by the' Fed
eral Court.
The concluding investigations b the
grand jury will have to do with the now
well-known township 11 south, range 7
est, the home of the Puter-Watson
frauds, and the Blue Mountain reserve in
Eastern Oregon. These sections, the one
old and the other new, will yield the last
of the forthcoming indictments. After
these have been returned and the end of
the week has come, the land-fraud ques
tion will be given a rest until Mr. Heney's
return, .when the jury will reconvene, and
on April 10 the first of the trials will be
brought before the court and the public
RECEIVED BY PRESIDENT DIAZ
Officers of French Cruiser Given a
Cordial Greeting.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. Admiral Lape
yere and a number of the officers of tha
French armed cruiser Duplex -were re
ceived by President and Mme. Diaz today.
On the visit to the President the Adraina
was accompanied by Camillo Blondel, the
French Minister, and M. De la Faur, Sec
retary of the Legation. The welcome. of
the President was cordial.
After Mexican Street-Car Concessions
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. William'' Mc
Kensle, of Toronto Canada, and associ
ates have arranged for the purchase o
the concession for electric car lines for
Monterey. They are also negotiating with
W. S. Slayden, of New York, to buy hl3
mule .system of cars and convert the two
systems of cars Into one electric line.
Mexican Hospital Formally Opened.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5. President Diaz
formally opened the new hospital today
In the presence of a great and brilliant
company, including many physicians.
JAPANESE COLONY HT TEXAS
Silk Worms to Be Raised by Families
on Five-Acre Tracts.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 5.-In in
terview today B. F. Yoakum, chairman
of the board of the Frisco system and
president of the St. Louis, Brownsville-&
Mexico Rallrocd. gave out the following
details concerning the recent visit' to
Texa& of a number of commissioners from
the Japanese government: 1
"As a result of the visit of these gentle
men a great Japanese colony will' be
planted in Southwestern Texas for the
growing and manufacture of silk. A splen
did tract of land has been, secured, and
upon each five acres of this will be set
tled a Japanese family. It was the opin
ion or the commissioners that the Japan
ese, with their methods of cultivation
would reap a profit of at least" $200 per
acre in silk cultivation. The first install
ment of Japanese, numbering '500 or 600
persons, will leave Japan in the course of
.two or. three months.,"