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VOL. XLY- NO. 14,017.
PORTLAJST), OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1905.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
UILORS REVOLT
IN STRONGHOLD
Mutiny at Crofistadt
Under Czar's Eyes.
MACHINE GUNS SUPPRESS IT
Three Thousand Drunken Sail
ors Raise Red Flag.
SET FIRE TO BIG BUILDINGS
Forces Rushed From St. Petersburg
3Iov Down Rebels, but Some
Hold Out Spread of Mu
tiny IsFcarcd.
7.
CRONSTADT. SCENE OF MUTINY.
Cronstadt, the most Important sea
port and naval fortress of Russia,
stands In the most narrow part of
the Gulf of Finland and opposite the
mouth of the Neva River. Ever since
Peter the Great founded It in 1710 It
has stood with woll-paved and regu
lar streets, many beautiful residences
and factories, ' foundries and govern
ment supply houses. It contains hos
pitals, drydocks. magazines and ship
docks.
The harbor consists of three sep
arate basins; a merchant haven capa
ble of holding 1000 htps. a central
haven for repair of ships of war and
the war haven, which. In addition to
the other works of the place. Is pro
tected by Kronslot. built on two ad
Joining Islands. The principal draw
back to this otherwise magnificent
harbor Is the- long period during
which It Is blocked by Ice. Tho
construction of a canal, affording bet
ter access by sea to the capital, has
diminished the trade here and In
consequence by steps it will cease to
be a commercial port- Its popula
tion In 1807 was 20,530.
ST. PETERSBURG1, Nov. ib.Thls city i
nas In a furore of excitement all of yes- j
terday and late Into the night over tho
news of the mutiny at Cronstadt.' -Every
one of the exaggerated reports of the af
fair received credence in ' many quarters
and half the inhabitants of the capital
believed that the mutiny was successful;
that the troops' sent from here had
joined in the revolt: that the entire gar
rison of St. Petersburg would follow suit
today; that the town of Cronstadt had
been burned to the ground, together with
the surrounding forts.
The place was represented as bolng In
the hands of SOM sailors, who had mur
dered their officers, seized the- arsenal
and bombarded the Imporlal Palace at
Pcterhof, across the bay. Butchery was
said to have prevailed In the streets all
during the day and the rumors even went
to the extent of saying that Father John
of Cronstadt had left the bed on which
he was supposed to be dying to lead the
mutineers.
Three Thousand in Mutiny.
Many of these sensational reports were,
of course, entirely false, but sufficient de
tails have been received to prove that
about 3000 sailors and a battalion of artil
lery from one of the forts Indulged in a
mutiny, which was only put down by
about 7000 Cossacks and troops of the
Imperial Guard hastily dispatched from
St. Petersburg and from the garrisons
near Peterhof, and that machine guns had
to be employed.
Before the arrival- -of -the troops the
sailors, many of whom were drunk on
liquor plundered from tho spirit shops,
had set lire to tho markets and to sev
eral groups of houses.
About 200 sailors were still holding out
at midnight and. although these are ex
pected to surrender today, tho authori
ties became so alarmed that the Paul
regiment of the .guard was dispatched to
Cronstadt at 1 o'clock this morning.
Revolt Has Been Crushed.
The Governor of Cronstadt telegraphed
the General Staff at midnight that the
mutiny had been crushed; that there was
no likelihood of any renewal of the re
volt today; that reports to the effect that
members of the guard had joined the
mutineers were false and that there was
no truth In the reports that the mutineers
had seized the arsenal and theYorts. The
n Governor in his telegram said that many
of the mutinous sailors tried to escape in
boats to the mainland, but that they were
captured and we're being brought back to
Cronstadt.
He .gave no estimate of the casualties.
The correspondent of the Associated Press
who is on the ground, however, says that
the officers estimate the casualties' at 200,
which is certainly very conservative, in
. view of the reports brought by refugees
who fled from tho town to Ihe mainland.
Effect on Army Serious.
At this critical juncture .there ,is no at
tempt in government circles to minimize
the seriousness of the mutiny and it Is
admitted that. If a battalion of artillerists
joined the sailors In open revolt, the mu
tinous spirit must have been contagious.
It Is admitted that, whjle the Cpssacks.
and guards stood the severe test of shoot
ing upon their fellows in another branch
of the service, there Is fear that the mu
tiny will have a bad effect on the morale
of the troops, which already has been
badly shaken by the revolutionary propa
ganda. As soon as the inews of the mutiny was
received here, the seventeenth and eight
eenth equipages of sailors of the guard
were locked In their barracks and the bar
racks -were surrounded by Cossacks. The
sailors were furious with rase and shouted
from the windows that they were ready to
join their mutinous comrades.
MUTINY, GET DRUNX AND KILL
.
Course of Rebellious Sailors, Who
Set Fire to Cronstadt.
-CRONSTADT. Nov. 3. The bwens re
flected the glare of smouldering fires as
the Associated Press correspondent ap
proached Cronstadt .at S o'clock this eve
ning. Upon landing, however, hurried in
quiry revealed the fact that the troops
and the loyal sailors apparently had the
upper hand. Fighting had ceased In the
streets and the town was quiet, but fears
were oxpresscd that there might bo fur
ther trouble lator. Tonight patrols are
engaged In hunting down and capturing
the mutineers.
The outbreak started yesterday after
noon when the sailors of the seventh fort
equipage revolted and, it is rumored,
killed some of their, offlcor.il They
marched out of the barracks and Immedi
ately plundered four spirit shops. Crazed
with liquor, thej returned and seized their
arms and then went on the rampage, fir
ing promiscuously upon the troops and
the loyal sailors. Later they were Joined
by many of their comrades and firing con
tinued from midnight until this morning,
when the terror-stricken Inhabitants be
gan to flee.
The lowest estimates placed the num
ber of dead at 50.
Several regiments with eight machine
guns from St. Petersburg and Oranlen
baum were landed today.
CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN'S
Majority of Mutineers Surrender,
Few Still Hold Barricade.
CRONSTADT, Nov. 9. (Mldnlght)-Dur-ing
the rioting today machine guns were
employed against the mutineers, who had
been joined by a battalion of artillery
men from the fortress, which raised the
total number of mutineers to 3009. The
sailors say their chief grievances are poor
food and clothing and an Insufficient
amount of liberty from barracks.
Roughs joined In the pillage, but the
workmen did not participate In It. Many
of the workmen and the civilian popula
tion havo cither fled or are trying to flee
the city, and the docks are piled high with
baggage and freight.
Fires arc still glowing in the market and
other groups of buildings. Stores and
houses are boarded up and troops are pa
trolling tho streets. Searchlights from
warships and torpedo-boats in the harbor
are flashing across the waters in order
to aid launches In their search for indi
vidual mutineers who are trying to es
cape to the mainland by boat.
Though a .majority ot the mutineers.
have surrendered, several hundred are
still holding out in the eastern section of
the town. -They have -thrown up barri
cades, but arc EurroiindYdaha 'machine
guns are posted at all the streeta'le&dlng
to "their strongholds. It Is expected that
the remainder of the mutineers will sub
mlt tomorrow.
ASKS SYMPATHY FOR CZAR
Stead Says He Fears Nothing but
Misreading Divine Will.
LONDON. Nov. 9. William T. Stead,
who arrived In London tonight, said
he wished to supplement the statement
regarding the situation In Russia made
to the Associated Press in Berlin Tues
day. The whole drift of his conversa
tion showed how deeply he was Im
pressed with the absolute necessity of
extending the fullest support and sym
pathy to Emperor Nicholas, both at
home and baroad. Mr. Stead said:
The birth throes of nations are bloody, and
the old order will not pass without much
suffering. I appeal to the American people
for generous sympathy for tho Emperor, espe
cially, and for Count Wltte and the Runilaa
nation In this time of peril.
Since General Gordon. I have never met
anyone so Imbued with absolute religious
faith as the Emperor of Russia. Call It
fatalism, mysticism, what you will; It Is the
sole secret of his marvelous composure, which
Is the amazement, envy and inspiration of
all persons admitted to hla InUmacy. He is
absolutely devoid of personal fear, and Is
ready to make any sacrifices for the welfare
of his. people. His only dread In lest he
should misinterpret the will of God. This,
combined with some lack of Imperious energy
and resoluto will, han been chiefly responsible
for the ruinous delay in the, carrying out of
reforms He himself is ready for these re
forms, but it would need a Peter the Great
to overcome the inertia of the bureaucratic
machine. ,
Turning to the actual situation, Mr.
Stead said:
At prtwent, air the armed forces obey one
head, but there is disaffection in the army,
estimated by sanguine revolutionists at SO
per cent. Even put at half that figure, it
would mean a s&ngulnary civil war, once the
Czar Is gone. While he lo on top, although
some of the troops will sot fire on the people,
none of the soldiers will fire on each other,
and hence the criminal madness of the ex
tremlsts, who want the millennium supplied
by telephone and whose opposition to Count
Wltte imperils everything.
If once the Emperor went down, even the
most furious of the revoluUonories admit
the only result would be the return of despot
ism in the shape of a military dictatorship,
but as long as he lives, there Is reassn to
share his calm and unshakeable faith that
with God's help all will come right.
Odessa Appeals to tbe World.
ODESSA, Nov. 9. The Chamber of
Commerce has decided to appeal to the
Chambers of Commerce and exchanges
throughout , the- world to open sub
scriptlons to assist the sufferers from
the riots at Odessa and in other towns
in South Russia.
One hundred and eighty political
prisoners have been released here un
dcr the amnesty decree.
Polish Strikers Wreck Train.
WARSAW, Russian Poland. Nov. 9. A.
freight train on the Warsaw-Brest line,
managed by soldiers of the railroad bat
talion, was derailed by strikers today near
Novorolnak. The conductor was killed and
several soldiers were injured.
Eddy Asks Protection.
.ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 9. (6:30 P.
M.) The Amerlcajn Charge d'Affalresr1
Spencer. Eddy; lias jteiegrapnea, to jne
Governor ofCrdnstadt requesting -pro-
'tection for. 'American, interests there.
BALLOT BOXES '
THROWN IN RIVER
Startling Evidence of Fraud in
New" York Election
Revealed.
POLICE GUARD ALL OTHERS
Election Board Compelled to Take
Charge After Wagons Stood on
Street Half Day Prose
cution Is Active.
BAIXOT BOXES FOUND IX RIYER.
NEW TORK. Nov. . Attorney-General
Mayer stated tonight that he
had received information of the re
coven In North River of certain bal
lot boxes used in tbe eleotlen ef Tues
day last.
He left his office at midnight, saying
that expected developments had not
taken place and that nothing could
be gained by his remaining down town
longer. Mr. Mayer refused to dlseuss
his information further than to say
that such reports had come to him.
it being said tbe boxes were picked up
by a tug.
A ballot box alleged to have been
stolen and discovered by accident to
night wan taken to District Attorney
Jerome's office and oloscly examined.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9. The contest over
the Mayoralty election inaugurated by
William Randolph Hearst, the Municipal
Ownership candidate, developed interest
ing and spectacular features today. For
12 hours the boxes containing nearly GOX-
000 ballots, cast In last Tuesday's election.
choked the streets In the vicinity of the
headquarters of tho Board of Election In
Sixth avenue, between Forty-flrst and
Forty-second streets. Tho ballot boxos
had been gathered during the night by
the poll co and conveyed in patrol wagons
to the Election Board's headquarters.
There the officials refused to receive the
ballot. boxes and the police, acting under
a court order, signed by Justice Gaynor,
compelling tho police authorities to turn
the ballots over to the Election Board,
had nothing to do but remain outside and
await the pleasure of .the election officials.
Apprised of the situation. Attorneys for
Mr.- Hearst appeared before 5ustlc
Dickey, of the State Supreme Court, and
Secured from him an order compelling
John R. Voorhees, president of the Board
of Elections, to accept tho ballots. The
order was served promptly and the bal
lots then were receipted for by the Elec
tion Board. Under strong guards, the
patrol wagons containing the boxes were
driven to various warehouses in this city
and Brooklyn, where the ballots were
stored subject to the orders of the Elec
tion Board.
Prosecutors Work Together.
State Attorney Julius Mayer had an Im
portant conference this afternoon with
District Attorney Jerome, after which it
was decided that the District Attorney's
office would remain open until midnight
tonight. Superintendent of Elections
Morgan appeared before Messrs. Mayer
and Jerome with six of his deputies 'and
placed evidence before the prosecuting
officials.
Another feature of the contest today
was the announcement by the Citizens
Union that It would Join the forces In
vestigating the chargos of fraud and
wrongdoing at this election. Its prime ob
ject being to insure a new election law
in the State of New Pork.
Attorney-General Mayer said tonight:
"District Attorney Jerome has placed
at my disposal the machinery of his office
and will co-operate with me In any way.
as I will with him. In the prosecution, of
offenses against the elective franchise.
Assistant District Attorneys Perkins and
Sanford ate to devote themselves to this
work in conjunction with Deputy Attorney-General
Mason and assistants."
The Attorney-General received a large
bundle of subpenas from the District At
torney and immediately put several elec
tion deputies at work serving them.
Bal lot-Boxes Stolen.
Charges that several ballot-boxes had
been stolen before the returns were re
ported and that others were found un
sealed were made during the day. The In
vestigation of the election promises to be
the most thorough ever made In New
Tork City.
Mayor McClellan today engaged coun
sel, among them being Alton B. Parker,
ex-Judge of the Court of ApDeals and
Democratic candidate for President last
year, to represent him during the Mayor
alty contest.
Robbed of SO 00 Votes.
A. statement was Issued, from Mr.
Hearst' headquarters tonight saying that
an examination of the alleged defective
ballots which were thrown out on elec'
tlon day shows more than SOOO which, he
declares, should have been counted for
him. It is asserted that these ballots
were marked with a cross beneath tbe 4
municipal ownership emblem and In the
circle over Mr. Jerome's name Mr.
Hearst says these ballots should be count
ed for him pending a Judicial decision as
to their validity. He asserts that if these
were credited to him he would be elected
without a-recount-of tho entire vote.
Police Commissioner McAdoo issued a
statement tonight formally 'explaining
how the police cable to have possession of
the ballot-boxes. He says that, according
to custom for many years past, the Board
of Elections by resolution has asked the.
boxes. The boardfhadjnq facilities -at it&
.command for caring for the boxes, as
! theco'mmlssloner says was Illustrated to--Hay.
when the ballots were kept waiting
on the streets for more than 12 hours. Po
licemen have been detailed to guard the
various warehouses where the ballots are
stord.
When Mr. Voorhis. who is a Democrat,
declined to accept custody of tho ballot
boxes, the Hearst men turned to Charles
W. "Page, a Republican member of tho
board, but he also declined to act. and
then the police wore left In the strange
position of trying to carry out the court's
orders, but being unable to do so. ,
Mr. Voorhis said that the New York'
State Supreme Court had held In a re
cent decision that the Board of Elections
is not the proper custodian of tho boxes,
but tbat the police are. Shortly before
noon, extra, police were, called out to keep
order In the vicinity of the ballot-boxes
in Manhattan. Police Inspector Max
Smjtbergcr took charge of the ballot-box
wagons and they remained piled up on
the wagons in the street until Justice
Dickey's order compelled the Board of
Elections to receive them.
Plot to Stufr Boies.
It was said this morning that the sud
den move made by Mr. Hearst last night
followed a report received by him that a
printing company 'had been at work Tues
day night printing ballots. Tho report
was further to the effect that the ballot-
boxes wcro to be opened while in the-.
hands of the police and stuffed.
Mr. Hearst decided to act at once. Tho
order from Judge Gaynor directed the Po
lice Commissioner and all his subordinates
In tho live boroughs to turn over to the
Board of Elections forthwith all ballot
boxes containing ballots and stubs of bal
lots, and also to flic with the County
Clerk before noon 'today all envelopes
containing tally sheets. Inspectors' re-,
turns, defective- ballots and ballots
marked for identification.
The order was Issued on the affidavit of
Mr. Hearst himself. The affidavit states
Mr. Hearst's belief that he received a
plurality of the votes, but that, according
to the returns, 3"XX more votes than he
himself received were counted for Mr.
McClellan.
Captain Cruse read the order to Com
missioner McAdoo ovor tho telephone. The
Commissioners' reply was an order to the
captain directing him to read the Gaynor
ordor over tho telephone to the captains,
and they propmtly sent the boxes to the
Board of Elections.
Same Trouble in Brooklyn.
In Brooklyn also the ballot-boxes wero
not accepted by tho Board of Elections,
but tho police were iKjrmitted to carry
them Into Its room In the Temple Bar
building, whore they are under guard. It
was reported that many of the ballot
boxes in Brooklyn were not properly
sealed.
Among the attorneys aiding, Hearst is
William M- Ivlns, the Republican candi
date for Mayor In Tuesday's election. Mr.
Ivlns volunteered his services to Mr.
Hearst and the offer was accepted. An
other attorney acting for Hearst is Judge
John F. Dillon, who was at one time
Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa.
.DEMANDS NEW BALLOT LAW
Citizens' Union Uses Contest as Ar
gument on Subject.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9. The movement to
punish election frauds In New York City
was augmented today by the Citizens'
Union, which took steps to prosecute
those "who violated the law lust Tuesday.
The avowed object of the Chitons Union
is to secure a new law for this state.
R. Fulton Cutting, head of this organi
zation, went to District Attorney Jerome
today and told him that Jerome watchers
at the late election had already furnished
VOTK IN NEW YORK CITY ELEC
TIONS TXP. I .AST So YEARS.
ISSd.
Candidate. Vote.
Hewitt (Co. Dem. and Tm.) 1X1.332
RooeVOtt (RefO y.4S5
George (Labor) C8,UO
Grant (T&ra.) 114.111
Brhardt fRep.) 7X.607
.Hewitt (Ce. Dfm.) 71.S7D
Coegan (Labor) O.SOO
1SW.
Grant CTara.) 1 10.351
Scott (Fusion) US.3S2
1S92.
Gtlrar (Tarn.) .'. 1T3.S10
Einstein (Rep.) 97.123
l&M
Stnrn (Fua.) . 134.C94
Grant (Tan.) 10S.90T
IfcOT.
,Van Wyck (Tana.) 233.007
Low (Citizens' Union) 151.&44
Tracy (Rp.) 10I.SC3
George (Labor) 21.&3
1001.
Iow (Fus.) 2M.2C1
Shepard (Tarn.) 2C3v"3
' McClelUn (Tam.7 .".T.'.tT.T. .314.00S
b)r (Fus.) v 231.280
1P05.
McClellan (Dem.) 22S.631
Hearst (Mun. Own.)
Ivlns (Rep.) 137,049
Greater New York.
him with evidence enough to secure a.
large number of convictions. To conduct
its prosecutions tbe Citizens' Union em
ployed Julius H. Cohen, who has also been
engaged as ono of William Randolph
Hearst's counsel for the same purpose.
The Citizens Union announced that af
ter showing In court the corruption which
existed under the present law If would
attempt to have the New Tork Legisla
ture adopt a ballot law similar to the one
now existing in Massachusetts.
STANDS. BY THE RETURNS.
3Iayor McClellan InsfcHs They Are
Right and WIU Fight.
NEW TORK. Nov. 9. Mayor McClellan
tonight made public the following state
ment: The election return show my election by a.
plurality of 4160 vote. These returns art
tbe remit of procedure prescribed by law,
and they are expressly declared by the law
to be presumptively correct. I believe they
are"torrect. Therefore. I will take all lexiU
mate means to protect my rights, as well as
thoM or the voters.
If my adverrao" appeal to the law to over
throw what are the lesal returns of the re
sults . of-the election. I will meet him fully
sreoaredlo vindicate- these results. To the
courts, where thee differences must be passed
upon, every candidate and every clUzcn should
readily eubmlt.
Liberals Sweep . Alberta.
OTTAWA. Ont- Nov. 9. It looks at
present as If the Liberals had made a
clean sweep In - today's ejections In, Al
berta. Eight districts have "been" heard
from, and all have gone Liberal, The op
rpoeltlon leader, Bennett, .has been defeat
ed in Calgary. . "
FIERI ELOQUENCE
AND LORE WASTED
Railroad Commission Sits as
Judge and Jury at
Colfax Hearing.
JOINT RATE TO BE FORCED
Lawyers for the Bonds Make u Gal
lant Struggle and Then Subside
. With as Much Grace
as Possible.
THE HEARING IN BRIEF.
Mr. Gllman argued that as tho
Railroad Commission has only revisory
powers, the matter of a. nonexistent
Joint rate could not properly be
taken up.
Chairman Falrchltd decided that the
Commission has power to create &
Jelnu-rate and ordered the examina
tion of witnesses.
CharHs I. McKenzl. of Colfax,
told oC the cancellation of tho S3.50
Joint rate on coal In January. 1002.
Pullman. 12 miles away, can now get
Roslyn coal at S3 per ton. while the
cheapest coal Colfax can get comes
from Wyoming at $6.45 per ton.
Henry Blakeley. of the Northern
Pad Sc. alleged that the low rato
made en coal to points on his road
resulted from the fact that the road
and the mines were owned by the
same people.
W. E. Ceman. of the O. R. & N..
showed the. lew rate on coal from
Wyoming was du In part to the fact
that owners of the Harrlman lines
owned the mines. Empty cars com
ing west were utilized, aiding In re
ducing the rate.
BT E. W. WRIGHT.
COLFAN. Wash.. Nov. D. (Staff Corre
spondence.) "Now." said the cannibal
king to the fat missionary, "would you
prefer to bo boiled In oil or spitted over
a slow Are?"
"But." said the missionary. "I don't
care to be olther boiled or spitted."
"That." retorted the king. "Is Immate
rial, Irrelevant and a departure from the
question."
. Something pimllac. to thi lias lccn-go
ing on hero all day. with the rallcoadi do-
ing the missionary stunt and the RaliboadH
CommUmlon tflklncr th nrt nf th rfmlryTODAY'& Generally fair weather. anaDi
bal king. Quite a number of nice youngr
men who find It necessary to use about;
half the letters of the alphabet properly
to describe their official titles have rid
den into Colfax In private cars within
the past few days, and with them came a
galaxy of legal talent; but the men who
have mastered the science of railroad,
ing from cither an operating, traffic or
legal standpoint were very meek and
humble today.
Early In the session some of the learned
counsel, tiring of tho continual over
ruling of objections, showed signs of
warmth under the collar, but as the
hearing wore on thev cave un the strusr
gle andjn the language of Judge Gordon
decided to "accept the situation with as
good grace as possible."
CJIvcn n AVido Scope.
Had. the hearing been conducted on
strictly judicial lines, tho complaint
.would undoubtedly have been shot so full
of holes that Its makers would fall to
recognize it. The Commission did not
seem to care a rap about legal technical
I ties, so long as they got evidence, and
to get evidence the scope of the hearing
was widened to tako in about every ques
tion except the age of Ann and the Ohio
elections.
It was again apparent In today's pro
ceedings that the Railroad Commission
will not be satisfied until It succeeds in
forcing from the railroads a joint rate
which will let -Puget Sound jobbers Into
territory now reached by no othor line
than that built from Portland by Port
land capital. Quite naturally they have
made no such statement, but that such
will be the final result Is quite apparent
from the drift of tho questions which
have come up at today's Investigation.
This deduction Is made not only from
the line of investigation pursued, but also
from the peculiar status of the question.
The complaint which has precipitated
this demand for Joint rates was made by
the Railroad Commission. It is being
heard by the Commission sitting as judge
and Jury and no other logical verdict
would appear possible under the circum
stances. Gllman Leads the Attack.
Mr. Gllman was the first of the railroad
spellbinders to occupy the attention of
the commission this morning. He began
his argument with an attack on the con
stitutionality of the measure, quoting ex
tensively from the law to substantiate
his contention. He took particular ex
ception to tbat portion of the complaint
which says quite explicitly that before
the commission shall have power to fix
joint rates or to compel one road to haul
the cars of another or to deliver freight
or cars to another road the commission
must be satisfied that an Injustice will re
sult to the shippers seeking the enforce
ment of the rate if the same is not estab
lished. .
Mr. Falrchlld interrupted the flow of
oratory at times to remind Mr. Gllman
that the Railroad Commission was not
hewing very close to the judicial line, but
he resented any reflections (on tbe powers
of the body. He stated that as the Rail
road Commission was a subordinate body
of the Legislature he was compelled to
assume that tho Legislature had power
to delegate to tho. commission authority
for most any old thing.
Mr. Gllman put up a pretty strong argu
ment, the burden of wblch was the non
bxlstcncc of a joint? rate and the at-
tendant Inability of the commission to
tlx or change a rate which does not exist.
He maintained 'that a proper Interpreta
tion of the act'would show that the com
mission had no power that was creative,
but. instead. Its powers were slmDly re
visory. He asked the commission If, In
the case of a new railroad Just built they
would summon the owners of the road
before them and say, "We will .fix rates
for you."
Squelched by the Chairman. j
In answer to. this argument Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney McDonald said that
the reduction of joint rates did not con
stitute the making of a new rate. but. in
stead, was merely the substitution or re
vision of an existing joint rate.
The railroad attorneys were flnally
squelched by an emphatic statement front
Chairman Falrchlld that the commission
was satisfied that It had the power to
make Joint rates, and the examination of
witnesses began.
The Joint rate on coal being the starting-
point of all the trouble, was first
taken up, and Charles L. McKcnzIe. ap
parently the only man In Western
Washington .with sufficient amount of
nerve to mnke a complaint. was put
on tho stand. Mr. McKenzie told In
detail of the cancellation of the $3.30
per ton Joint rate In January.' 1902, and
presented flsures showing that while
Pullman. 12 miles from Colfax, was
now receiving; Roslyn coal at a aet
cost of $" a ton. the cheapest article
that could be laid down at Colfax was
Wyoming- coal at $6.45 per ton.
McKcnzIe was followed by Hanry
Blakeley, general Western freight
agent of the Northern Pacific. Mr.
Blakeley was quite closely cross-questioned,
and It was brought out by his
testimony that tho low rate made on
coal to potnts on the Northern Pacific
line was largely due to the fact that
the road and the mines are owned by
the same people. He stated that under
the old Joint rate, restoration of which
Is now asked, the Northern Pacific's
share of the $3.50 per ton rate was
$1,66 2-3. and further stated, after a
great many objections em the part of
the railroad counsel, that he did not
consider the rate reasonable or remu
nerative Coal Rate Figures.
It was brought out In the cross-examination
that, under thq existing dis
tance tariff rate, and not'hnder the
special coal rate, the coal rate between
Wallula and Roslyn was $4.40 per ton.
Mr. Blakeley gave figures showing that
the rate per ton per mile on the North
ern Pacific end of the coal haul between
Roslyn and Colfax, under'thc old rate,
was a fraction under 1 cent.
W. E. Coman, assistant general
(Concluded on Page Five.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tho Wealher.
n-ESTERDATS Maximum temperature.
dc.: minimum. 42. Precipitation, none.
winds, mostly south tcr west. .
Sailors and artillerymen mutiny at Cron
' stadt. and are subdued after day of terror
Paze t.
Witt removes TrepofC at popular demand,
but Liberals still withhold support.
Page 4.
Stead nay.s Crar Is only safeguard against
anarchy. Paze 1.
Court party violently strives for power.
Page 4.
Torelrn.
Balfour and Reld predict peace In speeehes
at Lord Mayor banquet. Page 3.
Austrian railroad strike begins and govern
ment pleads with men. Pace 5.
News of Amundsen, the Arctic explorer.
uninrae practice uorriuic uafuMiiura uu
American missionaries. Pace .
National.
'sijohts denounces hired knockers of' Panama
''Canal. Page t-
Prlnce Louis and his men welcomed In New
"Tork. Page 4.
Politics.
Some New Tork ballot boxes thrown In the
river and recovered- Page 1. v
.Hearst wins point en custeay ei d&iiois.
f - . Page 1.
rHerrIck explains his defeat. Page 3.
Ballot reform In New York demanded.
Pdke I-
Reciprocity and revision debate at Boston.
PajfST.
Towrisend "xposes misrepresentation of rate
bin. Page 3.
Domes tic.
More, tacts about Mutual Life's lobbyist club
and Metropolitan Life's affairs. Page S.
Negro ballplayers cause riot on Union Pa
cific train. Page 3.
American Countess gets divorce from brutal
JSusband. Page 3.
Sport.
Megargel here on auto trip from New York.
Pago 14.
Multnomah tryout on gridiron encourages
Coach OvJrfleld." Page T.
University of Oregon and Oregon Agricul
tural College teams to play Saturday.
Page T.
Pacific Coast scores: Seattle 2. San Franr
flsco 1; Portland S, Oakland 7; Los An
des 1, Tacomit 0. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Washington Railroad Commission takes tes
timony In coal rate case. Page 0.
Mayor, of Tumwater tells how he assumed
the name of Howard. Page fl."
Congressman Jones, of "Washington, with the
President on the railroad rate question.
Page;.0 "
Malheur irrigation project may be laid on
s the shelf. Page (J.
Workmen on rival railway lines fight with
shovels near Midway. B. C. Page G.
Prsmlnent Puget Sound people buncoed by
kber-Iand faker. Page 0.
Commercial.
Quiet spell strikes hop market. Page 13.
Immense Iron output In October. Page 13.
Stringency in money market. Page 13.
Chicago wheat market ofT a cent. Page 13.
Large .and medium-size oranges scaree in
California. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity-
Misuse of Madison-street bridge by Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company Is ruin.
Ing tho structure- Page 10.
Choice of Bruin as Captain of Police vio
lates spirit if not the letter of the law.
Page 10.
Democrats, elated by Ohio success, hope for
victory In Oregon. Page 14.
Oregonleads In machinery awards- Page 10.
East Side determined to have adequate car
service if it has to Invoke the Initiative
to secure It. Page 10. ,
Sausages and stove crank as weapons In a
grxma of domestic Infelicity. Page 11.
itoute or railway through central Oregon
an official secret. Page 14.
Youthful highwayman holds up a bartender,
exchanges shots with Detective Iltllyer
and escapes. Page 11.
Llvefyidlscusslon over street work before
" the Executive Board. Page 11-.
British Benevolent Society celebrates birth
day of Kinc Edward. Page 9.
V.- - -
SHONTS DEFIES
GJUUL KNOCKERS
He Denounces Anvil Chorus as
Hired by the Enemies
of Enterprise.
DIG DITCH IN SPITE OF THEM
Head of Commission Exposes Cam
paign of 3Icndacity and Predicts
Failure Against Tloosc
Yclt and America.
WASHINGTON. Nov. ,3. Theodore P.
Shonts. chief of the Isthmian Canal
Commission, was the principal speaker
at a Joint meeting of the American
Hardware Manufacturers Association
and the National Hardware Manufac
turers Association at the New "Wlllard
Hotel tonight. There was a large at
tendance of both-assoclations. by which
Mr. Shonts was given a hearty recep
tion as he entered the hall. Mr. Shonts
reviewed the progress of work on the
canal and the obstacles overcome, and
concluded by saying:
"The canal will be built rest assured
pf that and It will be built at Panama,
Those two phases of the problem have
passed Irrevocably from the field of de
bate. There Is an Industrious and
voluble bnnd of hired Ananlases mov
ing to and fro In the land, whose mis
sion It Is to deny this. The burden of
their song Is 'the jrannl will never be
built at Panama, and everybody con
nected with the enterprise, Including
the President and Commissioners and
engineers, is convinced of it.' You can
hear the members of this band chant
ing their song, singly and In chorus,
wherever men congregate and wherever
a few reporters are gathered together.
They are rehearsing for their grand
burst of noise when Congress shall have
assembled. When they are not re
hearsing, they arc putting the words
of their song Into bogus Interviews
and other written forms of newspaper
publication, which they are sending
forth by thousands from their bureaus
of publicity in this and other cities.
"Who Is capitalizing this industry?
What Is the bountiful source of this
spouting spring of mendacity? Is It to
be found among the friends of an Isth
mian Canal? An these supplying funds
for the sustenance of such-a campaign
of- misinformation? What Interests,
except those foolishly dreading the
competition of an Isthmian Canal ,
would put up money to delay and pos
sibly defeat Its construction?
"That there are Interests of that kind
Is not a matter of suspicion or specu
lation, but of history. They have been
fighting a. canal for more than half a
century, and they fought It successful
ly until Theodore Roosevelt, armed
with his 'big stick,' appeared as its
champion. From that moment their
efforts have been powerless, but thej
have not yet discovered the fact. They
are wasting their energies and their
cash, for behind Theodore Roosevelt
stand the American people In solid
mass and with a determined front,
shouting as one man:
" 'Give us a canal that will be ade
quate to meet the demands of the com
merce of the world, and give It to us
at the earliest possible moment."
MUTINY AT RIO JANEIRO
Garrison of Fort Surrenders After
Night of Control.
RIO DB JANEIRO. Nov. 9. The garri
son of the fortress of Santa Cruz, at the
entrance of the bay, .mutinied last night,
but surrendered to the authorities this
morning. The mutineers prior to their
surrender killed and mutilated a Lieu
tenant. The trouble Is ended and order
restored.
LONDON. N.OV. 9. The Rothschilds
banking-house this morning received a
dlcpatch from Rio Janeiro as follows:
"The garrison of the fortress of Santa
Cruz has revolted. So far the revolt Is
without political motive. The Brazilian
government Is acting energetically. Pub
lic feeling Is calnt"
Lord Rothschild says there have been
no disturbances at Rio Janeiro.
SUBMISSION SHOT INTO THEM.
Boinbarded and Fusilladed, Muti
neers Surrender in Morning.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Ambassador
Nabuco. of Brazil, tonight received
dispatches from the Brazilian Foreign
Office regarding the mutiny In the
Santa Cruz fortress at Rio. reported In
Associated Press dispatches today,
and announcing that the affair resulted
in the killing of Major Dlgno Frelre
and the wounding of a Second Lieu
tenant. The Ambassador's advices say that
the imutlny was one of noncommis
sioned officers against their superior
officers, and that, after a short bom
bardment from the opposite fort of
Sao Jao, in the harbor, and an attack
by a brigade of Infantry from tho Is
land the mutineers surrendered thit
morning.
Major A. V. de Pederneiras, the mili
tary attache of trie Embassy here, was
several years ago commander of the
port at Santa Cruz, and he tonight ex
pressed the opinion that the mutiny
probably grew out of punishment for
some breach of discipline.
Letter Containing $1500 Stolen.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 9.-It was
learned here today that a registered let
ter sent by the Home Savings Bank &
Trust Company of Phoenix to a merchant
in Roosevelt, Ariz., containing 5150O, has
been stolen.