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REDS BEGIN WAR
ON HATEO POLICE
Killed in Scores by
Bombs and Bullets.
WARSAW CENTER OF ATTACK
Similar Outbreaks in
Other Cities.
Many
TWO CHIEFS ASSASSINATED
Slaughter in Polish Capital Calls
Forth Effective Volleys rolice
Meet Simultaneous Assaults.
Bfail Trains ISobbcd.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aus. 15. Acting-
apparently with a definite plan
and at a signal the terrorists and rev
olutionists today inaugurated a car
nival of murderous attacks with
bombs and revolvers on the police and
troops in various cities in Poland,
echoes of which are heard from Sa
mara, Ufa, Talta, Kiev and even far
away Chita, where the acting chief of
police was slain almost on his own
doorstep.
The revolutionist campaign flamed
out with special virulence at Warsaw,
where over a score were killed in the
streets, and many more were wounded.
Among the killed, according to latest
official advices, were two sergeants
of police eight patrolmen, three gen
darmes, five soldiers, a Hebrew mer
chant and a woman. The returns are
not all In.
Police Shot Like Rabbits.
Policemen and soldiers were shot
down like rabbits in the streets. Their
assailants, who traveled in small
bands, almost all escaped among the
terrorized but sympathetic populace.
The only considerable capture was a
band of three men who had invaded
a grog shop and killed a soldier. These
were taken by a passing patrol.
Bombs were employed in an attack
, on the police station In Warsaw, where
,a sergeant, two patrolmen and a sol
dier were wounded.
Attacks General in Poland.
Other Polish cities singled out by
the terrorists were Lodz, where six
Boldiers, three patrolmen and the wife
of a police captain were wounded by
the explosion of bombs in the police
station and two soldiers and two ter
rorists killed In the streets; Radom,
where a bomb was thrown in the po
lice station, killing the wife and child
of the captain, Votslavsk, where a
captain was slain, and Plock, where at
a given signal the policemen on all
the posts were simultaneously attack
ed and severel of them wounded.
Two Mail Trains Robbed.
On account of the agrarian disor
ders, especially several attacks on post
trains, the railway between Samara
and Zlatoust, which was already car
rying guards on all its trains, was to
day placed under martial law. Two
of these attacks occurred today near
Ufa, revolutionists in each case flag
ging the train, bursting open the
doors of the cars with bombs and
rifling the registered pouches. The
booty in one case amounted to $15,000;
in the other case the amount is not
known.
SCENES OP BLOOD IX WARSAW
Concerted Attacks on Police and
Troops leadly Volleys Reply.
WARSAW, Aug. 15. There were many
sanguinary conflicts here today with rev
olutionists, who have organized whole
sale massacres of policemen, gendarmes
and Infantry patrols. These conspirators
shot and killed 17 policemen, four gen
darmes and seven infantry patrolmen,
and wounded a score more. Soldiers
tired a volley into a crowd, killing 15 and
wounding with bullets and bayonets 130.
The massacre is supposed to have been
planned by revolutionists in revenge for
the arrest recently of ten Socialist work
men in the iron working suburb of Prago.
It was a Catholic holiday and no one
suspected that a massacre was in prep
aration. The weather was beautiful, the
city was calm and thousands of people
were crowding outgoing excursion trains.
Simultaneously the attacks on policemen
began at 10 o'clock in the morning. At
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon news
began to arrive from all parts of the
city, revealing the concerted nature of
the attacks. In Ostrovskala street four
men attacked a sergeant of police, but
the latter was able to capture three of
them, who were armed with revolvers.
In a fight in Torgovia Btreet revolution
ists shot down two soldiers and a Jewish
merchant was killed by a stray bullet.
A band of three men Invaded a grog shop
in Cholodena Mreet, where It wounded
a soldier. The clerk and wife of the
proprietor opened fire on the invaders
and a passing patrol, attracted by the
disturbance, seized the entrance of the
shop and captured the band.
In the afternoon strong detachments
of infantry, dragoons and Cossacks ap
peared in the streets, dispersing the
crowds with their swords, Are arms and
bayonets. The streets were quickly emp.
tied and by 9 o'clock all the shops and
restaurants were closed. Ambulances and
van were kept busy carrying the wound
ed to hospitals. All passersby were
searched by patrols, and many arrests
were made. .
BOMBS SLAY TROo2 AT LODZ
One Thrown at Police Station, An
other in Street.
LODZ, Aug. 15. Three bombs were
thrown into the station house of the third
police precinct here at 6 o'clock this
evening and, exploding, wrecked the
building and an adjoining lodging-house
and wounded six soldiers of the guard
seriously, three policemen and the wife
of the captain of the precinct. A bomb
was thrown at two Cossacks in Nicholas
ptreet, killing one of them and wound
ing the other. Two soldiers were killed
and a soldier and policeman were wound
ed in Alexander street, and another pa
trolman was killed in Peter street.
Following the bomb outrages, infan
try patrols fired volleys in all directions
in several streets, the firing continuing
until 10 o'clock at night. Over 20 per
sons were severely wounded and many
others were slightly Injured. Traffic was
suspended and the shops were closed.
LASHED BY "BRAVE" SOLDIERS
Russian Girl Enrages Them by Jeer
ing at Their Defeat.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15. Intense
popular indignation has been created here
by the brutal treatment of Mile. Smirnoff,
a refined young woman, at the hands of
the crack Chevalier Guards. While a
squadron of these guardsmen was passing
along the Nevak Prospect yesterday. MIle
Smirnoff, who was accompanied by an
other young woman, remarked:
"They are as gay as if they had cap
tured Port Arthur."
Pedestrians, hearing the remark, re
peated It, and quite a crowd collected and
Joined in the Jeering. Thecommand of the
cavalrymen suddenly wheeled his squad
ron and gave the command to charge with
drawn whips. The troopers then charged
the crowd, laying about them right and
left. Mile. Smirnoff and her companion,
who In the meantime had passed down a
side street, were pursued.
They tried to escape into a doorway,
but were caught. Under the direction of
an officer they were forced to enter a cab
and were driven to the Guards' barracks,
where they were taken before Colonel
Stenbeckerformer. The latter was dis
posed to turn Mile. Smirnoff over to the
police, but other officers interfered and
the girl finally was taken to the court
yard, where troopers, In presence of two
officers, administered to her 27 lashes with
their whips. The girl's clothing was cut
as if by knives by the wire thongs of the
whips, and her flesh is terribly lacerated.'
The papers are demanding that both the
officers and men who took part in the af
fair be punished. ,
No action by the military authorities has
yet been announced. The Twentieth Cen
tury, which printed another story of the
case today, was confiscated.
REBELS ATTACK TWO OFFICERS
Kill Coachman, but Bomb Cause
Capture of Band.
SAMARA, Aug.. 15. While a captain of
police and a captain of the army were
driving in the suburbs today they were
attacked by an armed band and their,
coachman was killed. The officers de
fended themselves In their carriage until
the arrival of a patrol.
In the ensuing engagement one of the
revolutionists was killed and another fell
in his flight and a bomb which he was
carrying exploded and blew off his hand.
All the survivors were captured.
TOO SMART FOR OLD SLEUTHS
Red Guard Captain Tells Trick He
Played to Escape.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15. It turns
out that the police made a mistake
when they presumed that they had cap
tured Captain Kock, commander of the
Red Guards of Finland. The captain Is
now in Chrlstlania, Norway, whence he
writes that he escaped disguised as a
cab-driver, and actually drove two de
tectives who were searching for him.
MUTINY AMONG COSSACKS.
Refuse Police Duty at TIflis, and
Many Are Arrested.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 15. Cossacks
from Poltava today refused to perform
police duty at TIflis. A large number
of arrests were made. Details are unob
tainable. Another Police Chief Shot Dead.
VOTSLAVSK, Aug. 15. Revolutionists
armed with revolvers today killed Chief
of Police Mlronovltch and seriously
wounded Captain Hetroff, the chief of
the rural guard. The murderers escaped.
Armed Attack on Villa.
TALTA, Aug. 15. Armed men today at
tacked the villa of a rich woman situ
ated In the center of the city. A police
patrol opened a fusillade and the bandits
fled, after killing- a sergeant.
Chief of Police Assassinated.
CHITA, Aug. 15. Acting Chief of Po
lice Gorplnichinki was shot today as he
was leaving his home. The assassin es
caped. IS HELD GOOD
SEW YORKERS WILL HAVE TO
PAY BUT 80 CENTS.
Justice Giegerlch Holds Company Is
Entitled to Fair Profit on
Actual Valuation.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15. That the Consol
idated Gas Company must supply its con
sumers with gas at 80 cents a thousand
feet, as provided in the law passed by
the State Legislature at its last session.
was decided by Justice Giegerlch in the
Supreme Court, when he granted a per
emptory .writ of mandamus compelling the
company to furnish gas to a consumer at
the 8-eent rate.
The justice held that the company is
entitled to a reasonable profit on the ac
tual value of its property, but not on
such value plus the amount of some for
mer cajoitalizaUon,
LACK Of CARS MAY
CLOSE BIG MILLS
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Is Unable to Supply
Its Customers.
PAYROLL IS A MILLION
Over 1500 'People in Lane County
Will Be Affected by. the Action
Forced by the Southern
-Pacific Company.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.)
The splendid prosperity of Lane County
is threatened through the failure of
the Southern Pacific Railroad to fur
nish cars to the Booth-Kelly Lumber
Company to transfer the products of
their mills to outside points. R. A.
Booth, manager of the company, has
been in conference all afternoon with
the local members of the company and
by south and east wires with foreign
stockholders, with the result that there
seems, to be no escape from a general
shutdown of the big lumber company's
mills in this county. A definite decision
will be made tomorrow or Saturday.
Mr. Booth says:
ThU thing- has happened time and time
again until we feel it cannot be longer en
dured. If we are compelled to shut down
for any conalderable length of time, we will
probably not again resume operations until
a policy is adopted that would have for Us
purpose permanent relief from lha recur
rence of what has so frequently happened
for lack of shipping facilities on the Interior
lines of the Southern Pacific. -
The Oregon officials seem to be doing all
they can to relieve us, and we are not at
tempting to locate the blame.
The Booth-Kelly Company does a
large special order business and this
common failure on the part of the
Southern Pacific to provide some means
of transportation causes incalculable
trouble and loss to the big lumber con
cern. Hundreds of contracts have been
filled as far as getting the lumber in
shape is concerned, and the materials,
which cannot be used for general pur
poses lie in the yard almost useless.
Then the company is under contract to
deliver at specified dates or pay dam
ages, and not a car is available for
their use.
It is not alone a serious matter to the
Booth-Kelly people, but to over 1500
poople, with a payrolV of over $1,003,000
a year, who are working for the com
pany In Lane County. Five hundred
men employed in the mills alone will
be first affected and how many, more
depends upon how permanent the shut
down will be that is, how soon relief
will come through the Southern Pacific.
FIRST PURCHASE OF SILVER
Shaw Buys 50,000 Ounces at 66.62
Cents an Ounce.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Pursuant to
the announcement of the Secretary of
the Treasurer that he desired to receive
tenders of silver today, four bids were
made to Director Roberts, of the Mint.
The bids were opened this afternoon,
and- after neing submitted to Secretary
Shaw, it was announced that the Govern
ment had purchased 50,000 ounces of sil
veh, 999 fine, at 66.62 cents an ounce.
It is not the custom to announce the
g .
name of the individual or corporation
through whom the silver is obtained. It
is expected the Government will require
from 60,000 to 100.000 ounces of silver a
week for an Indefinite time. It 'is the
purpose, therefore, of Secretary Shaw
and Director Roberts to receive bids
Wednesday of each- week until further
notice.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer. Northwest
winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 72
dey.;; minimum. 59. Clear.
Ruti.
Revolutionists open campaign of assassina
tion of police and soldiers. Page 1.
General attack on Warsaw police causes
1 awful slaughter. Page 1.
Two chiefs of police killed. Page 1.
Soldiers flog girl who jeers at them. Page X.
" Foreign.
Kin Edward and Kaiser- meet -and embrace,
rage 4.
Edward angers Germans by accepting lnvl-
tation to Luxemburg, but withdraw ac
ceptance. Page 4.
Serious religious conflicts expected In France.
Page 1.
Dynamite explosion kills many . Mexicans.
Page 4- ' -
- National.
Secretary ' Root's speech .at, Buenos Ayrea.
Page 5. . .
Southern railroads suspected of intent to re
sist rate law. Page 1.
More about Rev. Pheldon Jackson's deeds In
Alaska. Page 3.
Politics.
Roger Sullivan denies Bryan'ff right to at
tack him. Page 3.
Democrats and Populists fuse In Nebraska.
Page 4.
Gearln returns from Europe and tells of
talks with Bryan. Page 5.
Democratic and Republican- conventions in
Texas. Page 4. .. ,
Domestic
Stensland seen in Pittsburg on way East.
Page 2.
Compromise may end Coney Island riots.
Page 2.
Plague of fleas attacks Philadelphia. Page 1.
Grand Army parade in Minneapolis. Page 2.
New Orleans Judge discharges murderer un
der unwritten law. Page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Excitement In local top market. Page 15.
Wheat touches new low record at Chicago.
Page 15.
Boom In Harriman stocks at New York.
Page 15.
Upper river steamboat operators prepare
craft for handling large grain shipmenta.
Page 14.
Oriental liner Numantia reaches port after
pleasant voyage. Page 14.
San Francisco shipowners refuse to deal with
Sailors' Union. Page 14.
Pacific Coast.
Big Booth-Kelly lumber mills in Lane Coun
ty may be compelled to shut down for
lack of cars. Page 1.
Blues and Browns will bold mimic battle at
American Lake today. Page 6.
William Sproule, traffic manager of South
ern Pacific, given higher position. Page 6.
More gold finds are reported in the Lake
view, Or., region. Page 7.
Chairman Brady will work for election of
Borah as Senator from Idaho. Page 7.
Sport.
Yacht Spokane wins another preliminary
race for Roosevelt cup. Page 7.
Pitcher Esslck and Catcher McLean, of Port
land team, disposed of to Cincinnati.
Page 7.
Pitcher Henderson holds down Oakland to
one hit, and Portland wins game, a to 0.
Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
C, E. Loss pays combination defeated finan
cing of United Railways in America, and
that company was obliged to secure for
eign capital. Page JO.
Tom Buckley runs amuck and shoots up
North End saloon, wounding Rudolph
Ruswall. Page 7.
Cornell passes ordinance limiting height of
reinforced concrete buildings to 102 feet.
Page 7.
Archie A. Cook, president for Oregon and
Washington of Travelers' Protective As
sociation, dead. Page 9.
Seven men Injured in collision on Oregon
City line. Page 10.
Witnesses in Zachary land-fraud t case tall
same old story. Page 10.
Liquor dealers will take no part in fight for
charter amedments. Page 4.
Board of Trade raises $10,000 for Alaska
steamship project. Page 14.
State laws as to feeding county prisoners
conflict. Page 11.
Problem of caring for Chinese leper referred
by Council to health department. Page 10.
Hattle L. Foster replies to attack on her
character by 'husband In divorce com
plaint and denies charges. Page 11.
Judge Fraser decides grand Jury which re
turned election fraud indictments was a
legal body. Page 11.
Council unable to consider East Third street
franchise because xroof of publication is
wanting. Page 3.
IS IT TO BE AN ETERNAL SLEEP?
PLAGUE OF FLEAS
HITS QUAKER CITY
They Suck Blue Blood or Red
With Equal Delight,
Day or Night.
SEND VICTIMS TO HOSPITAL
Compared .With Little Insect, Mos
quito Is Man's Best Friend Punk
Smoke Scares Him Not, Nor
Smack' of the Hand.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15. (Special.)
The Quaker City is tormented with a
plague of fleas. They have come, true
to the warning of the Department of
Agriculture, which has found that dif
ferent sections of the state are being:
almot simultaneously set upon by the
pests. While the over-populated slum
districts suffer particularly, they do not
suffer alone. The flea loves blue blood
and he has descended on the swell res
idential sections in full force.
Mosquitoes Nothing to Them.
Beside this new plague, that of mos
quitoes, still unchecked, Is as nothing.
A flea bite demands Instant attention,
no matter what the unfortunate may
be engaged upon when the nip comes.
They bite day or night, in beds, in cars
or upon the street. The Philadelphia
flea is a little brown Insect, no bigger
than a pin point, and when an effort
is made to crush him he simply flattens
out and seems to enjoy it. After a
while, when this becomes tiresome, he
jumps off, apparently vanishing in
space only to turn up near the same
spot a little later.
Naturalists lay the plague to the
long-continued warm, moist weather,
which they say has bred the insects by
millions. They have infested hotels
and private residences ' alike, and
nothing short of a chemical bath shows
any success in their extermination.
Drive Some to Hospital.
Flea bites affect different persons dif
ferently. Some victims of the plague
have been forced to hospitals for relief.
the Irritating poisons causing large
puffed swellings. Upon others only
tiny red marks and little or no Irrita
tion results.
Became of the flea's sturdy physique
the problem of his extermination is a
serious one. He scoffs at the incense of
Chinese punk, and places his trade
mark upon the plump arm which waves
it. Naturalists, however, admire the
flea and cannot be Induced to say much
against him. 0
No Sympathy From Naturalist.
"A plague of fleas," said one, "sup
pose there is. They won't hurt you."
He - then asked, if It was generally
known that a man equipped with the
kickers of the flea might leap without
effort to the brim of William Penn's
hat on the City Hall tower, 635 feet up.
Clothed in Fiery Garb.
BUFFALO, Aug. 15. Captain James
Robinson, a veteran lake master, was
burned to death; Charles Johnson and a
score of other persons had narrow es
capes in a Are in the building occupied
by the Buffalo Ship Chandlery and Supply
Company. The alarm was given by
Johnson, who rushed into the street en-
veloped in flames. Captain Robinson's
escape was cut off by the fire. The fire
slightly damaged the St. Charles Hotel
adjoining
MEANS RIOTS IN DECEMBER
Pope's Encyclical Hints at Compro
mise, AYhieh Is Impossible.
PARIS, Aug. 15. The Pope's ency
clical letter to the French archbishops
and bishops regarding the separation
law continues to be the topic here of
absorbing Interest, but the discussion
is largely . polemical, as the law not
taking effect until December gives
ample time for reflection. Moreover,
the absence of all high personages, offi
cial or parliamentary, defers an exact
determination of the government's
course.
The Pose's Intention is regarded in
government circles as leaving the bish
ops free to act in the way which to
them seems best, without exciting a
violent conflict between the civil and
religious powers. The Pope, threatened
by his repeated references to rejection
of the associations provided for by the
law, entertained the afterthought that
the government might possibly by
means of negotiations be induced to as
sent to the formation of an association
which, while carrying out the spirit of
the law, would recognize the divine
constitution of the church, the un
changeable rights of the pontiff and the
hierarchy's complete control of sacred
edifice.!. Even if this hypothesis be true,
it has not. according to the -semi-official
view, any great chance of reali
zation, such a project not being consid
ered acceptable by the government,
which regards the law as It exists as
incapable of modification. Unless there
is a nvirked change of views before the
law goes Into effect In December, both
sides will need to exercise the most
extreme moderation, for otherwise re
ligious strife If. Inevitable.
M. Brland, Minister of Public Wor
ship. In the course of an Interview today
on the subject of the encyclical, said he
had been unable, after reading the docu
ment, to arrive at any different conclu
sion as to its significance. He could not
see that it meant resistance to the law,
for, while the pope censured It and ex
pressed his disapproval of it, he finally
admitted that Catholics might form as
sociations, provided they were both ca
nonical and legal.
"Whether they are canonical or not,"
said Mr. Brland. "is immaterial and does
not affect me. The essential thing is that
they must be legal. I am waiting to see
how the bishops translate into action
their construction of the pope's mean
ing, for only then will I be able to see
the significance of the encyclical ana
shape my course of action."
The Minister stated in the most em
phatic manner that resistance to a law
passed by a vast majority of the repre
onttlvp of the people, ratified by uni
versal suffrage and accepted by a large
number of Roman Catholics, was impos
sible, adding:
i "The last word will remain with the
law."
SOME CARDINALS OPPOSED HIM
Pope's Firm Stnnd Heaps Up Trouble
for French Church.
ROME, Aug. 15. (Special.) Publication
of the encyclical condemning the sep
aration law seems likely to cause a Sud
den rupture of all relations between the
Vatican and France and to lead to great
er difficulties in the future for the Cath
olic Church In the republic. The ency
clical did not have the approval of a
number of cardinals, who, while sym
pathizing with the firm and energetic
attitude of the pope, fear reprisals from
the French government possibly leading
to disorganization of the French church.
Their counsels of moderation and for
bearance, however, failed to move the
holy father, who was determined to make
a stand for the alleged trampled rights
of the church. He trust3 in Providence
for future solution of the problem.
HINKLE WILL NOT GIVE UP
Oregon Man Insists on Running for
Grand Secretary of Eagles.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 15. (Special.)
B. T. Hlnkle, of Oregon, the present
grand worthy chaplain, is a candidate
for promotion to the office of grand
worthy secretary of the Eagles against
the wishes of some of his best friends,
who have counseled him to wait for pro
motion next year. Congressman Bell, of
California, is the most formidable candi
date. If it were not for the fact that
he will go through another Congressional
campaign this Fall he would be urged
for the presidency. Under these circum
stances Mr. Hinkle's friends fear that he
is hurting his cause by being a candidate.
Today's session of the Grand Aerie was
devoted to reports of committees. At the
afternoon session Senator Grady presented
the report of the Judiciary committee on
all proposed amendments to the constitu
tion and by-laws. A number of recom
mendations were favorably acted upon.
The convention adopted a recommenda
tion of the Judiciary committee abolish
ing the office of state deputy grand presi
dent and creating Instead the office of
deputy grand president, every deputy to
be appointed for such Jurisdiction as the
grand worthy president might believe not
too large for good work, and to be ap
pointed by the grand worthy president
for the city of his own selection.
EFFORT TO STOP LYNCHING
Governor of North Carolina Gives
' Special Powers to Sheriffs.
RALEIGH. N. C, Aug. 15. -(Special.)
Governor Glenn this afternoon issued a
formal address to the people of North
Carolina on the subject of lynching and
mob law, In which he states his deter
mination to suppress the lawless spirit
so frequently manifested of late years,
and especially last week.
The lengthy address incorporates or
ders which he tonight mailed to every
Sheriff In the state and to the command
ing officers of every company In the
State Guard, wherein the Sheriffs are
empowered and authorized by him from
this date to call upon the nearest mili
tary company, when necessary, without
the delay of first seeking permission
from the Governor, and the military com
panies are commanded by the Governor
to shoot to kill, if necessary to disperse
lynching and other mobs which have
been vainly ordered to disperse. He then
urged all law-abiding citizens to uphold
the Sheriff and military in carrying out
these orders.
The Governor declared the triple lynch
ing last week without excuse, and it is
his belief that if the troops had possessed
orders to shoot to kill, the mob would
have been dispersed.
BREAK
1
OP NEW RATE LAW
Southern Roads Pre
pare to Resist.
CONFERENCE UNDER SUSPICION
Louisville & Nashville Leads in
Opposition,
PRESIDENT'S DEFIANT TONE
Attorneys and Officials of Southern
Lines Expected to Attack Law
In Courts Northern Lines
Ready to Submit,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-(SpecIBl.) -
Not all the railroads are going to meet
the Interstate Commerce Commission half
way In an effort to make the new rate
regulation law effective. Within less than
two weeks the provisions of the act passed
at the last session of Congress, after
much travail, will be In full force. The
members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission have been at great pains to
put them into operation with the least
possible friction, and, mindful of the fact
that the inauguration of a comparatively
radical reform may meet many obstacles
at the outset, have Invited the co-operation
of railroad officials particularly the
traffic managers.
This co-operation has been promised In
some quarters, the railroad officials
evincing a desire to accept tlie new order
of things and make a hard Job as easy
as possible for the Commission. In other
quarters there has appeared evidence of
preconcerted design to put all the break
ers possible in the roadway of rate regu
lation, with the apparent Intention of
annoying those charged with the task of
administration, and discrediting the work
of those who have labored so hard to
remedy the evils existing for many years.
Suspicion About Conference.
There is a strong feeling here that the
object of the conference between attorneys
and traffic managers of Southern roads,
now in progress at Atlantic City, is t(J
embarrass In every way that shrewd law
yers can devise the enforcement of the
new regulations and lay plans for demor
alizing the law completely In the courts
rather than seek the solution of alleged
entanglements In the construction of the
act. Any such motive undoubtedly would
find Instant disclaimer on the part of the
men engaged in the conference on the big
board walk, but denials will not remove
the suspicions that exist.
It was expected that serious opposition
to the rate-regulation act. If it mani
fested Itself anywhere, would develop In
the South. The strongest Influence against
the act. It has been charged, lies in the
Louisville &Nashville Railroad, which 13
accused of having been the one road in all
the country that persistently has defied
the efforts, of both Federal and stata
control..
If Don't Like Rates, Walk.
It was the president of the Louisville &
Nashville Milton H. Smith who not long
ago, when his road was on the grill, gave
voice to an expression along the same
line as the "public-be-damnea" utterance
of the late William H. Vanderbllt.
"If the people don't like the rates,
they can walk," Is the remark credited)
to Mr. Smith in defending the divine
right of railroads to fix charges to suit,
themselves. The premier place now oc
cupied by legal talent employed by the
L. & N. In the secret sessions proclaimed
to be for the sole purpose of "solving
problems," therefore, strengthens the be-,
lief that opposition to the rate law is
intended.
Northern Roads Submit.
From the big Northern trunk lines,
from such systems as the Pennsylvania
and Its affiliations, and from the Granger
roads of the West no violent antagonism
to the new law is anticipated, whatever
may develop later to force warfare
against some of its provisions. While
rate regulation originally may not have
appealed to any of the big railroad
presidents, the understanding now Is
that they are resigned to the demand
for regulation so unmistakably voiced
by the people, and think it the wisest
course to make every effort to ob
serve the spirit of the law.
Spencer Leads Opposition.
From the South a different spirit has
spread all along. It is realized now
that Preslclent Samuel Spencer of the
Southern road took a leading part In
opposition to regulation after railroad
officials from other sections of the coun
try had bowed to the public will. This,
added to the alleged sinister Influence
of the Louisville & Nashville, leads
those not in the secrets of the traffla
managers and general counsel to watch,
the present trend of events with excep
tional interest, not unmixed with a cer
tain amount of Indignation.
Merchants Exchange to Rebuild.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15. Application
for a building permit was filed today by
the' Merchants' Exchange, which wants
to reconstruct its building at the comer
of California and Leidcsdorff streets, at
a cost of JTOO.OOO. Wells, Fargo & Co. ap
plied for a permit to add two stories to
Its building at the northeast corner of
Mission and Second streets, at a cost
of J100.00U.