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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XLV. !NO. 13,S5S. POBTLAffD, OBEGQN, TtJESIAYy MAY 9, 1905. PEIOB FIVB CENTS. LOSS OF TOGO WITH FLAGSHIP Russians Tell of Dis aster to Enemy. FLOATING MINE - IS STRUCK Two.Versions of Rumored Fate of the Mikasa, RUSSIAN FLEETS COMBINE Must Coal Before Going Northward. Japan and France Renew Quar- rel About Neutrality With Great Virulence. Special Cable. IRAKIS, May 8. (3:20 A. 31.) It vras stated at the Russian Embassy laat sight that advices bad been received there telling of the loss of Admiral Toseli flagship, the battleship Mikasa, five- days ago la the China Sea. Oae version of the Japanese disaster Is that the Mikasa struck a floatlHg salae, another Is that she raa ashore dartae a dcase fosr. Xo details are obtalaable, neither Is It possible to obtain ceaflrmatloa, bat the report has created a sensation. Should the sews be true, It means loss of Japanese supremacy, Togo having; ben lest Tilth his flagship. TOGO'S PROBABLE PLAN TOLD Will Let Russians Get Farther North Before Attacking. TOKIO, May 3. Whatever information the Navy Department may have as to the positions of the Japanese or Russian fleets It -keeps a profound secret, and ln Qulrics addressed to the officials are po litely turned .aside or left unanswered. Persons who nave followed the ipourse -of events, .however, express belief that the Japanese fleet la still somewhere in the neighborhood of the Korean Straits and thai- Admiral Togo intends to let the Russians get a good way from the vicinity of French Cochin-China before attacking. This -will prevent them from taking- refuge in neutral waters and dis mantling in case of a defeat. Inasmuch as the coal-carrying capacity of Admiral Nebagotoffs squadron is ex tremely small. It Js said that the Russian fleet will have to bring all of its colliers with it. Should this be the case. It seems certain that the Japanese destroyers will first attack them when the fleet is out in the open sea, as, with bis coal supply cut off, the Russian commander will be in a bad way. BRITISH FLEET PREPARING Conference of Officers at Hongkong Discusses Possible Trouble. SrECIAIi CABLE. HONGKONG, May 9. Much excitement has resulted here from the fact that all the shore leaves to British officers and men in the harbor havo been suspended, and no reason for this action can be learned. A secret conference was held at the of fice of tho commandant of the navy-yard Monday night, at -which there were pres ent two British Admirals and the senior officers of all the vessels in the squadron. It is believed that a plan, of action In case complications growing out of the strained relations between France and Japan might involve Great Britain, was dis cussed. None of those present at the conference would Tevcal its object. Guards have been mounted about tho naval properly, and no person, unless he can show good cause, Is permitted to enter. JUNCTION OF "FLEETS MADE Ncbogatoff Will Hug Chinese Coast and Coal Ships. ST. PETERSBURG, May 9.-I:lS A. 2d.) According to tho dispatches to the Admiralty, brought to Saigon by the hos pital ship Kostroma, tho junction of Ro Jestvensky and Ncbogatoff is by this time an accomplished fact, but in view of the long- voyago of Ncbogatoffs division it is believed his ships will spend some time in sheltered waters of tho Chinese Sea near the coast, but outside the three-milo limit, in order -to complete iflnal recoallng and other preparations before setting out on the laet stage of the voyage. JAPANESE IN KOREAN CHANNEL Fleet Will Aivait Russians, While Watching Vladivostok. LONDON. May S. The correspondent at Singapore of the Daily Mail tele graphs: "A private letter from influential friends states that Vice-Admiral Togo's fleet is concentrating- in the Korean channel and that a portion of the Jap anese navy is watching- Vladivostok."' FRENCH MAKE FLEET MOVE ON Leaves Loaghal for Unknown Desti nation When Ordered. PARIS, May S. An official fejtttcb was ncelvedjCfcere tmlgbt saywg nlwt. . the Russian Pacific squadron had left Long hai (Kanhoa or Nha Trang) Bay. This follows the efforts of the French authori ties to keep the squadron moving.. Its destination is not given. " Japanese Stop Coal Supply. ' SPECIAL 'CABLE. SHANGHAI. . May 9. The Japanese consul has protested to the authorities against permitting five steamers- loading coal to sail. He claims to have received Information that their cargoes are des tined for the Russian Baltic fleet. Be cause of these representations, the port authorities have decided' to refuse clear ance papers. NEAR PANIC ON PARIS BOURSE Dispute With Japan- Grows .Acute, but France Enters Denial. SPECIAL CABLE. , . PARIS, May 9. Although the various financial centers were In a state of serai panic all day Monday because of rumors of impending trouble between Fiance and Japan, and the cable dispatches from Tokio were of a decidedly bellicose char acter, officials of the Foreign Office pro fess to believe that the situation Is by ho means as serious as the newspapers in Great Britain and Japan are trying to make out. In fact, according to one high official who Is In apposition to know. France has already assured Japan that the state ments that French neutrality in the Far East Is being violated are absolute false hoods founded on mistaken reports from Irresponsible newspaper correspondents. The whole trouble, according to this offi cial. Is that the London Times, notorious for its anti-French and anti-Russian sentiments, has printed editorial com ment calculated to Inflame Great Britain against France and this sentiment has been reflected in tho Japanese news papers, which are disappointed that Ad miral Togo has permitted tho Russian Baltic and Third Pacific fleets to join without giving battle, thus endagerlng Japanese shipping. It is also officially declared that the charges against France have their origin in the offices of dis gruntled British merchants, who have been shipping thousands of pounds worh of contraband to Japan without fearing any action on the part of British au thorities, a lucrative business which has, of necessity, been stopped since the Rus sian fleet entered Far Eastern waters. Because of the attempt on the part of the British and Japanese press to drag France Into a ,war under false represen tations, the Foreign Office issued tho fol lowing denial yesterday: . "Contrary to the allegations contained in a dispatch from Hong Kong to a for eign agency, not only has the French gov ernment not disregarded the rules of neu trality, but, after sending Its civil and military agents very precise instructions for tho enforcement of these rules, the government has unremittingly, seen to their enforcement." The attltudcvf the French government Is that It has no right to compel the fleets of either belligerent nation to leave French waters at any time. So long as the warships anchor away from French ports, they 'do not violate the principles of French neutrality which are much more lax than those otny other power. The past history of Franco shows this, and Japan has been carefully Informed as to what extent. The officials here arc confident that the efforts of Japan and the English Jingo clement to disturb tho pleasant relations will be futile. BRITAIN URGES JAPAN'S CLAIM; Says Neutrality Is Violated, and Hay ashl Gives Particulars. LONDON, May S. Verbal communica tions recently passed between the British and French Foreign Offices concerning the alleged toleration by France of breaches of neutrality on the part of tHe Russian warships in the Far East. This was prac tically admitted to the Associated Press at the Foreign Office today, but the offi cials declined to enter into details on the subject. In the Rbsence of official In formation, it Is said that the verbal com munications wero not unnatural. In view of the publications. From another source the Associated Press learns that Foreign Secretary Lansdowne communicated with the French Ambassador In London to the French Foreign Office, through the Brit ish Ambassador at Paris, within a few days. Baron Hayashl, the Japanese Minister, Informed the Associated Press that, from what he had seen in the papers, he be-Iie-ed the Russian warships were not ob serving French neutrality. He added that It was not alone the question of the Rus sian ships being within tho thrcc-mlle limit: Japan just as strongly objected to the Russian squadron making a base of Indo-China, lying outside the three-mile limit and receiving supplies from French ports. Baron Hayashl laid stress on the statement that the French government had refused to allow press dispatches to be sent from Saigon, and said he under stood that to be a contravention of the international telegraph agreement. SERIOUS 3IENACE TO JAPAN French Favors to Russia Affect Her Command of Sea. LONDON, May . The editorial articles In this morning's newspapers1 reflect a lively anxiety as- to the outcome of the delicate situation Involved- In the dis pute between Japan and France on the neutrality question. Every allowance Is made for the difficulty France has to face and It is fully believed that the French government Is doing her utmost to observe neutrality according to her Interpretation of the principles thereof. Whether the French colonial authorities are equally anxious to obey Instructions from Paris- is greatly questioned. The be lief here is that they have a strong pre dilection In favor of Russia and act ae cordlngly. The London newspapers do not conceal their opinion that the facilities Rojcst- vensky has obtained in French waters constitute a serious menace to Japan's ability to retain command of the sea and. although it Is not apprehended that Japan will force tho situation in a manner cal culated to draw other powers' Into the struggle, since such developments would suit Russia's plans, strong appeals will be made to the French government to avoid the possibility of such complica tions. MAY CARRY WAR TO -MONGOLIA Japan Declines to Arrange Defini tion of War Zone. ST. PETERSBURG. Mav K. Jaoan refused to agree to a definition of the limits oi the war zone in Mongolia, west of the present positions of the armies. In view of the fact that tho Jananese used ShrailBtlii to effect 'their t-umfraj- movement against Mukaen General Lkite- vi ten -c&ltea upea the 'authorities .at wL JUSTICE ML, POLICY ON RATES President Roosevelt's Notable Speech at Denver on Rail road Issue. CARRY OUT MOODY'S-IDEAS His First Public Appearance After Return From Hunt His Policy Is Fair Treatment to Both Roads and Shippers. DENVER, May S. The entertain ment of President -Roosevelt by tho citizens of Denver tonight was a-fittlng conclusion of a' day of royal welcome as he journeyed through Colorado from Glenwood Springs. All the towns along the Denver & Rio Grande Rail road, over which tho party traveled, gathered at the stations to greet the President, and every evidence of hearty good will was seen and heard. The crowning event came tonight in the form of a banquet tendered President Roosevelt by the Denver Chamber of Commerce at the Brown Palace Hotel. This was perhaps the most sumptu ous affair ever held in the state and the President was visibly pleased by the picture that unfolded itself to his eyes as he entered the banquet hall. Everything known to the decorator's art was called into use to embellish the commodious banquet hall. Trlcol ored streamers and shields, inter spersed with pictures of tho President, framed in flags, almost hid the walls, and American Beauties on the tables added to the color schome. Potted plants were liberally distributed throughout the hall. The menu was perfect. Throughout the service of the courses stringed-, instruments blended in beautiful melody. The banquet be gan at S o'clock and continued until 11, when the President was escorted to his private car, Rocket, where he al most Immediately retired to await his departure for Chicago at 7 o'clock in the morning. Promptly at 9:30 o'clock the last course of the elafiorate menu was fin ished, and President James Temple, of the Chamber of ,Comniercc. culled the guests to order and ' introduced Chief Justice "William H. Gabbert, -who acted as toastmaster. In a brief speech Jus tice Gabbert Introduced the President, who rose mid cheers and responded to the toast. "The Nation." President Speaks on Rates. After discussing various questions of In terest particularly to Colorado, the Pres ident took up the question of railroad-rate legislation, as follows: t want to cay a word us to the covcni xnental poller in which 1 feel that this whole country ought to take & great Interest and which Is Itself but part of a gigantic policy into which I think our Government must. go. I 5-pralc of the policy of extending the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission and of siring them particularly the power to fix rates and to have the rates that they fix go into effect practically at once. As I say, that represents in my mind' part of what should be the central policy of this country, the policy of giving not to the state but to the National Government an Increased regulatory power over corporations. The first step, and to my mind the most Important step, is thus connected with giving such power1 over the great transportation corporation of this country. I was going to tay when the first pioneers came to Colorado, but that would hardly be so, but in the days of the fathers of tho oldest among you, the highways of commerce for civilized nations were what they had always been that Is, waterways and roads. Therefore, they were open to all who chose, to travel upon them. "Within the last two generations we have seen a system grow up under which the old methods JAPANESE ADittlRAL "''" -:--.' '-'. , - - VICE-ABXIXAI. COUNT. KEKATCKI JX.OGO. . " : were completely rereluUoshw aad bow th typical highway of commerce is of course the railroad. Compere to tXe-rairad. the ordi nary xoa4 for wheeled vehicles and the water- j way, whether natural or arMMaL havo lost alt their haportaace. Here 3 Colorado, for Instance, It la the- rallradawfeleh e-f court e are th only highways that? you need take late account In tiealing wits'; the question ot commerce in the state or outjMe ot the state. Therefore, under this change! system we see highways of commerce growing up, each, ot which is controlled by astsgte corporation or individual, sometimes several ot them betag controlled In combination, or corporations cr by & few Individual?. "When such Is tbe case. In my judgment It' Is absolutely essential that the Nation, for the state cannot possibly do It. should a: mime a- supervisory and regu latory function over the great corporations which practically control the highways of commerce. Will Net Care All J lis. . Now fix dearly Id -your mtsda two facts at the outset. As with everything else mundane, when you get that supervisory and regulatory power on behalf ot the Nation, you will not have cured all the evils that existed and you will not equal the expectations of the amiable but Hi-regulated enthusiast who thinks that you will have cared all those evils. A measure of good will come, some good wilt be done, some Injustice will have been prevented, but we shall be- a long way .from the mlllenium. Get that fact clear In your mind, and you will be Uylng up for yourselves a store ' of incalculable disappoint ment In the future. That Is the first tning. Do Justice to Railroads. Now for the itconi, and' even the- more Im portant: When you give a saUon more- power, retneiRbcr that harm and not good will come from the gl-lng, sf U unless you give It with the firm determination not only to get Justice for yourselves, but, to do Justice to others; that you will be air zealous to do Justice to the railroads as to exact justice from them. "We cannot afford in any shape or way In this country to encourage a feeling which would do an Injustice io a man of properly any more than we would submit to injustice from a man of property. Whether the man owns the biggest railroad or the greatest outside cor poration In the land cr whether he makes each day's bread by the sweat of that day's toil, he is entitled to Justice and fair dealing, to" no more and to no iefs. A spirit of envy on the part of those !es well off against the better off is as bad and no worse than a spirit of arrogant disregard for .the rights of the inan of small means cn the part of the' man ot Ijwse- mean. The arrogance and tho envy are not two different qualities, they -are the same quality shown by men under different circumstances. "We muct make up our minds that nothing but harm will come from any scheme to exer cise as much supervision as that I advocate over corporations, and especially over the common carriers, unlers we have It clearly fixed in our minds that the scheme is to be one of substantial justice alike to the cara mon .carrier and the public (Applause). If I have the appointment or direction of any commission and power to administer a law of such increased powers. I shall neither appoint nor retain the man who would fall to do justice to the railroad any more than I would appoint or retain the man who would fall to exact Justice from the railroad. I want that understood an r preliminary, that Is, if I have the appointment of any of these men or their retention, they will give a square deal alt around or else their shrift will be short. But with that statement as a preliminary, I wish to urge with all the earnestness I pos sess, not only upon the public, but upon those Interested In the railroad corporations, the absolute need of acquiescence In the enact ment of such a law. As ''has been well set forth by the Attorney General, Mr. Moody. In his recent argument presented to the committee of the Senate which Is investigating the matter, the Legis lature has the right, and as I believe, the duty of conferring those powers upon some executive body. It cannot confer them upon any court nor can It take away the court's power to Interfere If the law Is administered In a way that amounts to confiscation of property. Of course It would be possible to come much short of confiscation and yet do great damage, perhaps Irreparable demage. to the great corporations engaged In interstate conrraerue. W, rao"t Temrrubcr always that mo ol-ihe men who arc responsible for the management or tnesn grear corporations ana who have profited thereby have made their fortunes not as Intldental to damaging but to benefiting the community as a whole. We most be careful that nothing is done that would jeopardize their Industries, as that would therefore work barm of the most far-reaching kind, not only to the humblest cn sated in these Industries, but to the business com munity as a whole. "We must be careful to see- that the law is administered with sanity and conservatism. Tribaaals Must Tlx Kate. But the power must exist in my Judgment, it Justice is to be done as between the public and the coram ou carrier, in some Governmental executive tribunal, not oniy to fix rates and alter them, when they are convinced that exist ing rate do injustice, but to see that the rate thus fixed goes into effect practically at once. That Is Important to certain individuals as to certain Industries, and it Is Important to cer tain communities. I do not in the least as cribe It to any moral culpability of the men engaged irf handling these great corporations that they cannot see some of the bad effects of certain things they do. It is most natural for a man who is trying to carry on bis busi ness in competition with some other business to think that whatever he does that would beat In competitor is a pretty good thing for the community at large: and often I do not blame him for what he does, but I Intend to prevent him from doing It. Regulate Private Car lines. I cannot attempt to speak in detail of what should be put into the law as I hope It will be enacted at the next session of the National Congress. Not only should this power of rate regulation go In effect, but to my belief we should at the same time deal with the private (Concluded on Fourth Page.) REPORTED LOST CIS UM BY B OTH PARTI ES Chicago Teamsters and Em- ployers Each Make Re cruits to Ranks. 6REAT CARAVANS SENT OUT Retail Business. Returns to Xornial Conditions Riot in AVill Cause -Three More Deaths Cora mission's Difficulties. i CHICAGO, May S. Both employers and strikers claim gains today In the team sters strike. The employers declare that they have gained a decided advantage In the number of wagons and the amount of business transacted. The strikers' claim is based upon the fact that 230 drivers for the various furniture dealers in the city will Btrike tomorrow and also 150 palntworkers employed by the Heath & Milligan Company. The strike of the furniture dealers' drivers was foreshadowed on Saturday, when at a convention of the Furniture Deliveries Association it was decided that the men must make deliveries irrespec tive of strike conditions. They today ordered their men to carry goods to the boycotted houses, and the strike tomor row will be the result. The paint work ers of Heath & Milligan are the first members of any union not a member of the teamsters organization to go on strike in support of the teamsters. They have walked out because of dellvftry of goods by non-union teamfters. The State-street nepartment stores and large dry goods houses had nearly their entire complement of delivery wagons today and throughout the day transacted business on almost a normal basis. Fif teen hundred wagons manned by non union men were operated from State street today and the number will be ma terially increased tomorrow. No more colored men are being hired, cither by the State-street stores or" by the Em ployers' Teaming Company, and as rap idly as possible those now at work are being supplanted by white men. At the office of the Employers Teaming Com pany tonight it was announced that 125 vhlte men had been imported during the day from Cincinnati and Kansas City and 75 more had been secured in Chicago. Individual contracts were made with all of these men and they. will be given per manent employment. Three Men Fatally Injured. The rioting today was of a sharper character than that of Saturday. Three men were fatally injured, one of whom died later, and a number of others badly hurt, although the number of wounded is not as a whole "nearly so large as on some-of the days of the middle of last week. The dead: ALBERT ENDERS. shot In the ab domen. The fatally hurt: John Frucn. stabbed. Richard Fruen, brother of John Frucn, stabbed. Five others were Injured The majority of the affrays occurred during the early part of tho afternoon. Civic Commission Hits Snag. The civic commission appointed by Mayor Dunne to investigate the strike commenced operations today. It did lit tle but organize for future work, how ever, and the promise for the successful performance ot Its mission docs not seem to be bright. It has no power to summon witnesses and must -therefore rely on volunteer testimony. Tonight the mem bers of the Employers Association de clared that they had received no official notice of tho creation ot the commission and would have no dealings with It until they had been properly notified of Its existence. President Doid, of the Chi cago Federation of Labor, declared for the labor men that none of them would appear before tho commission and give any evidence whatever unless Its sessions were open to the public and it investi gated not only tho causes of the present teamsters' strike but thoso leading up to the strike ot the garment-workers of Montgomery "Ward & Co. last January- It was In support of this strike, four months after Its inception, that the team sters went out In sympathy. The members of the Mayor's commis sion issued a statement late today de claring that they had a private session today In the City Hall, but that no an nouncement ot tho proceedings would be mado until the hearing was completed and a decision reached. The action of the labor men in declar ing against the, secret feature of the hearing practically nullified the attitude of the commission as soon as announced. Labor Leaders Mnst Testifj-. The efforts of the attorneys of the labor leaders to protect their clients from an swering questions in connection with the federal injunction granted during the strike oy Judge .rvonisaat proven, unavail ing. Judge Koblsaat decided that, al though a person can avail himself of the privilege of not answering incriminating questions, the defendants must appear before Master in Chancery Sherman to morrow morning and be sworn as wit n esses. If the occasion arose where they did not desire, to answer questions for fear of incrimination, they could take advantage of their rights and refuse. The privilege of refusing to answer qaes tipas was all that anyone could ask. There could be ne possible obJectioB to havlBg the wita esses sworn. At 1 o'clock te-merrew morning the laber leaders against whom the iajanc fleas were issued will appear befere Master in Clwaeery Sherawa and the. ex Mt stfesort ec ue restraiateg orders, which are returnable on "Wednes day, will be commenced. . This arrangement of Judge Kohlsaat was not satisfactory to the labor leaders. however, and President Doid of the Chi cago Federation of Labor declared to night that none of the men would appear to give testimony, even if their refusal resulted in their being compelled to go to bail. Deputy Knocks Down Fonr Men. Battling with four strikers today at Franklin street and Jackson boulevard. In view of more than 1000 men, Deputy Sheriff Robert Mulhall rescued the driver of a United States Express, wagon and, after knocking down four men with the butt of a revolver, arrested them. Team sters had blockaded the way and were menacing the express driver, who ap pealed to Mulhall. "Wholesalers in Chicago are losing thou sands of dollars dally because of de crease In country business. "With the general movement of delivery wagons in all parts of the city, increas ing the labor of protection for the police. Chief ot Police O'Neill today Issued in structions that in the future it will not be necessary for policemen to follow the wagons on foot, but that they will be permitted to ride beside the drivers. This order was found necessary on the ground of the extension of territory where deliv-' eries are being made and tho Inability of the police force to protect all ot the wagons now In service with a walking guard! The necessity of clearing the streets for the employers' wagons has abated. May Indict Employers. The merchants have made plans for more strenuous efforts to bring the recalcitrant tcamowners into line, and the Federation of Labor, on the other hand, resolved to seek the indictment of the officials of the Employers' Associa tion in Chicago for this effort, calling it conspiracy. The strikers received their first benefit payment today, drivers getting 510 and helpers $6. Hereafter they are to get 57 and 53 respectively. PINCKNEY FEUD fiENEWED Dead Congressman's Sister Gives Lie to Brown's Son-ln-Lr.tv. HOUSTON, Tex.. May S. (Special.) In an open letter MIs3 Sue Pinckney. the surviving sister of Representative John C. M. Pinckney, and his brother I. D Pinckney, recently1 shot to death In the courthouse, declared false the statement of County Judge Harvle that peace over tures had been made and accepted. Miss Pinckney declares that Captain Brown, who was killed at the same time. went to the court house to kill the PInck neys. Harvie is a son-in-law of Brown and Is the spokesman of the Brown fam ily. Miss PInckney's letter has caused fear of further trouble. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. r.S deg.; minimum. Z. Precipitation. 0.13 of an Inch. TODAY'S Partly cloudy with light showers at Intervals. Westerly winds. The War In (he Far Kaat. Reported loss of Togo's flagship with Togo on board. Page I. Japanese fleet awaits Russians in Corcan Straits. Page 1. Ncbogatoff Joins Russian fleet. Page I. Japan's renewed protest about French neutrality causes stir in Paris and calls forth denials. Page 1. Russian fleet ordered to move on by France. Page 1. Russia. SouIIgan Commission completes plan of na tional assembly and Czar approves it. Page 3. Peasant mob fights troops and many are kilted. Page 5. . Reign ot terror in "Warsaw renewed by po lice. Page 3. Rumored massacre of Jews. Page 5. Foreign. Trial ot French military conspirators be gins. Page 3. Cretan rebels seize custom-house. Page 3. Plot against Brazil scheme of a mining pro moter. Page 3. National. President Roosevelt speaks at Denver on railroad rates. Page 1. Bowen returns from Venezuela. Page 4. Bunau-Varilla's plan far Panama Canal. Tage C. Battleships race on Atlantic Coast. Page 1 Domestic. Automobiles start on race from New York to Portland. Page 1. Supreme Court decides suits against bucket- shops. Page Both sides claim gains in Chicago strike: more fatal riots. Page Hoch's last wife testifies against him. Page 3. Supreme Court decision on Chinese exclusion. Pago 3. Nan Patterson must stay In jail another week. Page 4. Equitable directors confer on how to end troubles. Page 2. Sport. Jeffries gives up championship to' Fltzslm mons. Page 7. Pacific Coast. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce re ports on Panama route for shippers. Page 4. Oregon will experiment with paroling ot state misoscrs. Pace 6. Marshal of Prairie City held for manslaugh ter In shooting bartender. Page 6. Children deserted In Montana cabin are beset by mountain lion. Page 6. Commercial aad Marine. Low grades ot coffee Improve in tone. Page 13. y California demand for Oregon wheat con tinues. Page 13. Batter firm but not advancing. Page 15. Slump expected In potato market. Page 15. Boom in oranges at San Francisco. Page 13. Chicago wheat market closes strong. Page 13, Effect of war scare on stocks. Page 15. Transport Bufprd arrives at Manila. Page 7. Threatened, etrike on steamship Ferndene Is averted. Page 7. Portland aad Vicinity. Merit system referred by School Board to committee. Page 10. Municipal Association may pu( up independ ent candidate against Williams, page 10. Isaacs is the policeman accused of taking bribes from Chinese lotteries. Page 10. Grand Jury liears more witnesses. Page 14, Stock round up for the World's Fair. -Page 11. Two more liquor licenses near Fair grounds are granted. Page 9. Four states ask for more space at Expos! tloa. Page 11. Fair la menaced by the boothmakers. Page 11. Conductors are here tor their convention. Page 10. "What the state aad city census will shew. Page 14. afe .PjMKe explains his - plaas to Park Beard. Page ltj. . "i QeHom. ja legality oi aewly elected Repub- nean .asro.iueeersMLX g io xse coacts. PageTi.-'. t -- . RACE ACROSS TIE CONTINENT Automobiles Start From New York for Exposition al . Portland, Oregon. HOPE TO BEAT ALL RECORDS Hnss and Slegargle Expect to Mak? .Trip in Forty-Two Days, Traveling- by Night Carry Message" to Goodc. NEW YORK, May S.-(Special.) Two little seven-horsepower runabouts, one manned by Dwlght B. Hus3 and the other by Percy Megargle, started from Har rold's Motor Car Company headquarters here at 9:30 o'clock this morning on a 3300-mile race to Portland, Oregon, the winner to get 510CO and the loser the car he drives for consolation. ' Both the contesting cars were stock Oldsmoblle runabouts. Huss mount is named "Old Scout" and Mcgargle's "Old Steady." "With the former was Milford "Welgle, of the Detroit factory, and with Megargle, Barton Stanchfleld, of Lansing, Mich. Between the two shops there is said to be bitter rivalry and the race will be "for blood." First Transcontinental Race. This is the first transcontinental race ever attempted. It is also the first time automobiles have setarted from the At lantic for the Pacific. It Is, however, by no mean3 the first ocean-to-oceah run to be made by a runabout, for In 1303 L. L. Whitman drove one from. San Fran cisco to this city In "2 days. Thi3 time, nowever, the drivers are out for speed in earnest and expect to reach the Lewi3 and Clark Exposition in 42 days, in time for the transportation convention on June A message is being carried from Melville E. Stone to H. W. Goode, pres ident of the exposition. The route to be followed Isr Albany, Utica, Syracuse. Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Davenport, Des Moines, Cheyenne, Boise,. -Portland. Will Travel hy Night! To make possible travel by night over rough roads trach auto carries two exceptionally powerful acetylene lamps. Each has enough gas compressed into Its tank to burn for 72 hours. The gaso line tanks hold only seven gallons, so that they will have to re-charge every 310 miles. Tlfey will carry additional tanks while crossing the desert. The long dis tance racers carried only the clothes they wore and leather jackets. Their total baggage. Including tools, weighed less than 200 pounds. One extra tire Is carried by. each car. . The race is the result of a conference which J. W. Abbott, special agent ot the office of tho Public Road Inquiries of the United States Department ot Agriculture had with R. G. Brabin, the chairman of the Good Roads Committee of the Na tional Association of Automobile Manu facturers. It Is undertaken to call the at tention of the public to the necessity of good roads. Both Men of Experience. Huss is man who won the first prize in the elimination trials of the English Club In 1003, and he also drove a car through the St. Louis run last year, and has driven In all the great road events of this country. Megargle drove the Elsmore Pathfinder to St. Louls'and re turn prior to the St, Louis run and then drove the St. Louis tour and returned. ATTLEIPS IN BIG RAGE EIGHT HOURS' SPEED TEST TFP ATLANTIC COAST. Missouri Leads "Whole Flcct,"but Ala bama and Massachusetts Are Badly Distanced. NEW YORK, May S. News of another ocean race, in which seven big United States 'battleships participated, waa brought today by the battleship Alabama, which arrived In command of Admiral Charles H. Davis and will go to the navy yard to be overhauled because of a poor showing which she has made in the con test. The ships were coming up the coast last Saturday and were about 200 miles south of Cape Henry when the word was given for a speed test. For two hours. It was nip and tuck. By that time excitement was running high on board the battle ships and the speed contest had developed Into a race. Finally the Massachusetts and the Alabama began to fall behind and, when the signal ending the race was flashed, both these ships were far In the rear. The Alabama, which haa the record ot being one ot the fastest battleships in the navy, was fully a mile and a half behind the 'Massachusetts. At the finish the battleship Missouri, which had drawn away from the others, was only seventy-three miles south of Cape Henry, having covered 126 miles in eight hours. Clark, of Wyoming-, at Supreme Bar; WASHINGTON, May 8. Senator Clark, of Wyoming, the prospective chairman of. the Senato committee on the judiciary, was today admitted to practice in tha Supreme Court of the United States. Washiagton Dake, or Tobacco Trust. CHARLOTTB, N. C, May 8. Washing ton Duke, the millionaire tobacco msaa facurer, whs has been 111, at MsTmhhc at Durban,- Nr Cr far seme tita, this akrau.