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VOL. XLVIXO. 14,2G2. PORTLAND, OREGON, . FRIDAY. AUGUST 24, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. REVOLT GAINING I! Palma Orders Rapid Fire Guns in Haste. EMPLOYS AMERICAN GUNNERS Guerrera Captures Another Town in Pinar del Rio. QUENTIN BANDERA KILLED Death of Famous Negro Chieftain Offset by Rebel Victory Threat to Destroy Railroad In tervention Not Feared. HAVANA, Aug". 23. Pino Guerrera. the insurgent leader in Pinar del Rio, today followed up the capture of San I.uis by that of San Juan de Martinez, the terminus of the Western Railroad, and by threatening to wreck the rail road -and all its property unless the company ceases forwarding troops for the government. Alarmed by these Insurgent suc cesses, the government has ordered from an American arms manufactur ing company four rapid-fire guns and that these rieces be manned by ex-members of the artillery branch of the American Army now here. If these guns prove to be effective, four or more additional guns will be or dered, and it Is expected that experi enced gunners can be procured in the United Staes to man them. The United States has not been asked to do any thing In" the premises. No Fear of Intervention. - The subject of American interven tion is not much discussed here, and is regarded as a remote possibility, there being general confidence that the government will be able to restore order in a short time. The killing of the insurrectionary leader. General Quentin Bandera, today in an engagement between rural guards and a band of his fol lowers is regarded as dealing the In surrection a heavy blow. The government Is acting with en ergy In sending rural guards and vol unteers against the Santa Clara reb els and dispatching 150 more men to defend Pinar del Rio against the Pino Guerrera. The capture of San Juan de Martinez by Guerro's band was not a great surprise, thought it was not expected to occur so soon. The place was protected by a very small idetachment of rural guards. While government reinforcements are going forward Guerrera's following is not believed to have been greatly augmented by his occupancy of the two Vuelta Abajo towns. Public Opinion Wavering. Public opinion appears to vary accord ing to locality from enthusiastic adher ence to the government to open rebellion. In this cly the general attitude is one of loyalty, but there has been nothing which could be fairly described ae a gen eral rising of the people in defense of the government. A company of Havana recruits ex changed shots today with a detachment of insurgents near Gulnes. One volunteer and a policeman were injured. Colonel Rojas and all three of the com panies of artillery stationed in the Ha vana forts have been ordered to Pinar del Rio, the authorities considering that Ha vana is sufficiently guarded by rural troops and police and the new city guards. - Palma Will Fay for Funeral. President Palma will personally defray the expenses of General Bandores' fu neral. The members of the staff of Gen eral Maximo Gomez in the last war for Independence met today and resolved to offer their services at the funeral. Pino Guerrera has sent threatening messages to members of the Agrarian League, stating that he will pillage their plantations If they organize forces against the insurrection. In consequence of Guerrera' threats against the Western Railway, orders have been issued to permanently guard every bridge between Pinar del Rio and flan Juan ds Martinez, and to erect breastworks opposite .each bridge to be occupied by the troops. The editors and reporters of the news paper La Vida have been imprisoned for questionable utterances. A force of rural guards and volunteers has left Cienfuegos. Province of Santa Clara, to engnge 300 Insurgents who have left Las Lajas under the command of Colonel Guzman, Mayor of that town. THREAT TO WRECK RAILROAD Guerrera Warns Manager to Ship No More Troops. HAVANA. Aug. 23. General Manager Livesy. of the Western Railroad, this af ternoon received a message from Pino Guerrera. forwarded from San Juan de Martinz, saying: "I am in possession of your station. If any more troops are sent over the West ern Railroads, I will blow up the bridge and destroy your property." Mr. IJvtsy did not answer the dispatch, but immediately forwarded it to the pal ace. The officials there had no news oth er than the announcement contained In HEAD! Guerrera's message. The public here, as this dispatch is forwarded, is not aware that San Juan de Martinez has been taken. Later Guerrera again wired to Mr. Livesy, saying: "If you send any more troops over Western Railroad will blow up your bridges and burn your stations and prop erty Irrespective of any international complications or any other considera tion." Will Ignore Threats.' Mr. Livesy carried the message directly to the Secretary of the Interior with whom he held a consultation. The West ern Railroad Company is a British cor poration. The railroad has paid no attention to Guerrera's telegram but interference with traffic is anticipated tomorrow. The man ager, both before and after visiting Presi dent Palma. said the traffic would pro ceed as usual. The government has not made public :: f ' ; r ,.; ' - '' - t N I V-f-:--V.:.-:-M Pi e rueii l OT11iomas Estrada. Palma, of Cuba. the news of the capture of San Juan de Martinez by insurgents. The editor of the Post, which paper published an extra containing the news, was summoned be fore Governor Nunez and censured for exciting the public by publishing sensa tional news unfavorable . to the gov ernment. Governor Nunez declared that he would recommend to President Palma the establishment of a censorship. The newspapers of Havana do not believe that President Palma will approve of such a movement. Besides arming new recruits, the May ors of Havana and Cienfuegos are rais ing forces to guard the cities, and in some of the smaller towns a similar course is being pursued. A fight in the southern part of Santa Clara Province is expected to take' place soon between Insurgents and Cienfuegoan volunteers. . . " Tobacco Crop in Danger. The tobacco interests are extremely anx ious that order be restored in the Veulta Abajo district, in which San Luis and San Juan de Martinez are situated, before tne expiration of the period, now clos.e at hand, in which the young plants must be transplanted from the seed beds to (Concluded on Page 5.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Rebellion in Cuba. Government orders rapid-fire suns In United States. Page I. Guerrera captures another town and threat ens to wreck railroad. Pape 1. Quentin Bandera killed In skirmish. Page 1. Rebels break out In new places and Gov ernment hurries reinforcements. Page 1. Cubans In America prepare appeal to Roose velt to intervene. Page 5. Rusflia. Jewish massacre threatened at Lied, tee, Poland, when police chief is killed. Page 4. Czar decides to Immediately give land to peasants.- Page 4. Mutinous spirit growing in army. Page 5. Foreign. Strikers at BUHao, Spain, flght battle with. police. Page 4. German press , roasts Mrs. Mlzner for not paying damage claim. Page 1. Valparaiso under martial law recovering1 from shock. . Page 4. National. " Sheldon Jackson answers Churchill's charges. Page 3. Japan will Investigate killing of seal poachers. Page 5. Southern railroads proclaim filer will oie rate law. Page 1. Politics. Higgins controls New York machine and seeks renomlnation. . Page 1. Congressmen Jones and French on Gomper's blacklist. Page 5. Arizona Republicans vote against Joint state hood. Page 5. Domestic. St. Louis woman marries wrong man through mistake in sending letters. Page 2. , Chicago policeman shoots at Mrs. Armour's automobile. Page 3. Negro lynched for attempted burglary. Page S. Heat in Chicago causes nine deaths. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Seattle sharpers clean up f 1.10, 000 on fake prize lights and wrestling matches. Page 1. O. R. & N. files writ at Colfax. Wash., for review of Joint rebate hearing and or der. Page ti. Portland Chinese catches up with eloping spouse, after exciting midnight ride up the valley. Page 6. Centralla's business is threatened by paraly sis through lack of cars. Page 0. Upper Columbia River harvesters wear tin legglns to prevent rattlesnake bites. Page 6. Sports. Oakland defeats Portland 3 to 2. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. " Lull in hop market. Page 15. Sharp advance in Southern Iron. Page 15. Wheat market strong on Russian shortage. Page 15. Irregular tone of stock market. Page 15. Oriental liner Numantia will take largest cargo this season to the Orient. Page 14. Steam.-hip Aztec to be' placed on Portland and San Francisco route. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Salmon B. Ormsby is severely questioned by Special Prosecutor Heney. Page 10. Corvallls & Eastern will build extension from Yaklrna to Newport. Page 11. Many contractors delinquent on street im provements, but only one firm fined by committee of executive board. Page 11. City's cast iron piping contract said to have been too small to attract more than one bidder. Page lt. New $40,H() warehouse to be erected by Flei.sliciiner. Mayer & Co. at First anil Ash streets. Page 10. Trans-continental rnud.4 engage in rate war from Missouri River points lo the coast. Vae 11. SEATTLE SHARPERS FIND EASY VICTIMS Fake Prizefights and Wrestling Bouts. GANG GLEANS UP $150,000 Sheep King of Oregon Said to Have Lost $50,000. BLUFF SCARES HIM - OUT F. W.n Brown, Who Poses as an Alaska Millionaire, Is One of Trio Who Are Said to Have Big List of Easy Marks. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 23. (Special.) Through fake wrestling matches and prizefights a small gang of sharpers is faid to have cleaned up about $150,000 in Seattle within the past few months. It is shown that J131.500 has been lost to the trio which managed the syndicate and the number of unidentified losers is larger than the 16 which -figure in this total. In a little houseboat on Lake Washing ton, half a mile north of Madison Park, the most popular resort about Seattle, the syndicate is said to have worked. Here fake wrestling matches and fights have been held whenever an outsider victim has been inveigled into town. The game is said to have been worked by a syndicate headed by Russell B. Har rlman, alias Ttuss Barrett, who had offices in the Holyoke building. F. W. Brown, who is said to have figured as an Alaska millionaire, is accused of being in the deal and the name of a well-known horseman is also connected with the swindle. Partial List or Victims. The list ot victims so far as known In cludes: ' Charles Cunning-ham, Pendleton.. Or., ' wrestling ;.. $42,500 W. P. Gwlnn, Anaconda, Mont., et 13.00C- N. B. Wood, Grand Fork, N. D.. wrestling . . . . , 10.600 Thomas Norton, Sacramento. Cal., flBht 10.000 H. Fiord. Vancouver, wrestling H.ono M. J. Church, La Grand, Or., flght.. 8,000 Leonard Dobbin, Vancouver, B. C. "ght 7.000 Harry Lang. San Francisco, wrestling 5,000 Louis Stelger, BelUngham. Wash., wrestling 5,000 Dr. O. E. Blackburne, Butte, Mont., fle-ht 3.500 W. A. Watklns, Vancouver, B. C, flBht 3,000 A. S. Pcvelle, Ogden, ltah. wrestling. 4.000 O. R. Nlckcy. Butte. Mont., wrestling 3,000 Thomas Deane. Townsend, Mont., . lht '3,000 A. W. MIckle, Frosser, Wash., wrestling 2,300 Thomas Peters, Vancouver, B. C, wrestling -. . -. 2,000 Besides these, others are said to have been victimized. ' Went Back for More Money, Norton is a Sacramento saloonman, who made complaint to ex-Chief of Police De laney, but the men who brought oft the fake fight disappeared, and Norton went home. The story went at the time that Norton had gone back for more money before he decided he was a victim of sharpers. A few days ago a Vancouver sporting THE DEMOCRATIC ' j man came to Seattle to back a "sure thing" wrestling match, but returned home without getting into the game. An expose of the fake wrestling and fighting game is made by a number, but discounted by the police, who allege no complaints have been made to them. The Norton case, though, is of record, and the Vancouver instance was given to night. One other story Is alleged, but not proven, of a local fake fight bunco. How the Game Was Worked. The game, as it is said to have been operated, consisted in bringing a victim to Seattle by a steerer, who pretended a willingness to do all the betting, upon receipt of a letter at the town in which he was working upon a credulous capi talist. In Seattle various means were used to secure backing from the' victim, the fa vorite being the repeated demand of the alleged Alaska millionaire for more wagers, which exhausted the capital of , 1 ; , "v " t : ' ' j I 1 t Hoke Smith, who ha been noml- I nated by Georgia Democrats for f Governor. the steerer and called, into play the money of the victim. After. the fake, threats of arrest were used to get him out of town. Cunningham, a Pendleton capitalist, is said to have been 'caught in this way. PREPARE FOR GOLD BASIS Pan-American Conference Aims to Make It Universal. RIO JANEIRO. Aug. 23. The Interna tipnal American Congress' today conclud ed Its actual work, finally disposing of the projects of sanitation,, commercial re lations, patents and copyrights, the Pan American Tftflway and the codlflc action of international - laws. ; The Buchanan report waa adopted rec ommending that the several countries in the conference prepare tables showing the fluctuations of exchange during the last 20 years and the effect thereof on commerce, the idea being to facilitate the establishment of a universal gold basis. Two more sessions will be heltl, Sun day and Monday, August 26 and 27, to perfect certain details. . , The banquet given by the American delegates to the members of the confer ence tonight was a- brilliant success. In the course of a speech Senor Nabuco, the president 'of the conference, credited to Mr. Buchanan's tact the fact that no discord had developed In the confer ences. Speeches were made by ex-Governor Montague on the future o the Americans and by Mr. Rowe against in ternational rivalry. Sultan Defeats Pretender. MELILLA, Morocco, Aug. 23. Further fighting has taken place between the pre tender's and the Sultan's troops, resulting in a victory of lue latter. Only a few men were killed or wounded on either side. TUMBLE BUG ROLLS UP A BALL OF SLANDER ODELL'S VICTORY ONLY APPARENT Higgins Controls New York Committee. IN DOUBT ABOUT SECOND TERM Would ; Run Again if Hearst Splits Democracy. HUGHES PEOPLE'S CHOICE But Delegates Will Not lt Them Choose Higglns' Administration Is Branded With Many Scandals at Albany. HIG;1N8 A CANDIDATE. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. William Barnes, Jr., chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the Republl csn state committee, after a confer ence with Governor HtKg-ins, came to New York tonight and announced ' that the Governor was a candidate for renomlnaltoa. "Governor Hlpfclns." said Mr. Barnes, "is a candidate, for renoml--nation. He- never chased after a nomination and he Is not chasing after a renomlnation. He la a can didate for renomlnation, bat ha does not demand the honor from th state convention. t "Friends of Governor Hlffglns will ' control the state convention and nominate him." NEW YORK. Aug. . 23. (Special.) Al though State Chairman Benjamin . B. Odeli. Jr., aided by Thomas C. Piatt, de feated Governor Higgins and his allies on a test vote ofthe committee, the pdell "victory" showed that the Governor will control the state convention, despite the apparent setback he received. The Republican State Committee Is made up of 3S members, one from each of the 37 Congressional districts, and an "ad ditional member," chosen as the repre sentative of the colored Republicans of the state. On the proposition of the Hig gins' men to designate Lieutenant-Governor M.. Linn Bruce as temporary chair man of the coming convention, a major ity of one was received, 19 to 18, but Jacob Livingston, of Brooklyn, ' promptly changed his vote, and the Odell men won out by the same figures, 19 to 18. One member of the committee, George P. Wit ter, who represents Governor Higgins' dis trict, was absent. Had he been present, or had his proxy been received, the vote would have been a tic. Faber, who represents the first district, which includes ' Oyster Bay, the Presi dent's home, was also absent,, and' his proxy voted with the Odcll .men. Had the district been properly represented, and had Witter deigned to attend, the vote would have been 20 to 18, regardless of Livingston of Brooklyn. This looks like a narrow margin, but It is a majority, and enough to hold the committee, and oust Odell. Furthermore. In the state convention each assembly district is given representa- tion according to the Republican vote cast. Odell had a big majority of the New Tork City committeemen, but up-state, where the G. O. P. Is strong, was where Higgins received his main support. Al lowing that every committeeman will con trol the votes from his Congressional dis trict and cast them in the state conven tion either for or against Higgins. as he did in the state committee, tha majority for the Governor would be 185. This is conceding the Roosevelt and Higgins dis tricts to be anti-Odell. This majority, large as It is, will prob ably grow before the convention meets. The present state committee was chosen two years ago, at a time when Odell was all-powerful, and many of supporters who have remained loyal are threatened with political extermination. This is -particularly so in the County of New York, where Odell has a big majority of the sate committeemen, while the members of the county committee, chosen last Fall, are overwhelmingly against him. As the situation stands at present, noth- '::' , -it. : f . X : S. v. William Trnvrrs Jerome. lng can defeat Higgins for renomlnation, if he and his friends consider it advis able that he should stand. Even tnw Odell declaration for Charles E. Hughes will be useless. There is no denying the fact-that a vast majority of the rank and file are in favor of Hughes and would so declare if they had a chance, but dele gates are delegates, and New York las not, like Oregon, been given the privi lege of direct nomination. His Only Hope Democratic Split. All efforts to make the Governor state his position have utterly failed. He will not say whether or not he wants a second term,, but it seems to ba pretty clearly- understood that with two Democratic can- fllis'fttea In the field ha will make the race. Otherwise he will yield the Joy of leader ship to Hughes or anybody else who wants it. . Even his own supporters admit that Higgins will be a mighty weak candidate and can only hope for victory through the quarrels and divisions of the Demo cratic party. Frank S. Black, who admittedly was an honest chief executive, waa killed polit ically by the fact that there was a scan dal in one department, that of the canals. He was denied a nomination by Piatt, who was personally fond of him, and Roosevelt, disliked by all the leaders be cause of his reform ideas, was made the standard-bearer. And he Just did win at that, despite his great popularity. Many Scandals at Albany. f The two years of Frank W. Higgins have developed scandals in nearly every branch of the state government. The in surance -reveUUions disposed of .State Su perintendent Hendricks, but he was. al lowed to serve out his term and to an nounce,' without contradiction, that he positively declined to ftike another. Bank frauds. - together with proof that the state banking department had been lax, to say the least, created a furore in Buffalo and New York, but State Super intendent Kilburn held on to his job and is there yet. ' Still this is believed to -have had much to do with the political cyclone in Buffalo last Fall, . when a Democratic Mayor waa elected In that'ordlnarily Re publican city by an unheard-of majority. The Superintendent of Public' Buildings, riarry S. Bender, an Albany politician of renown, was sharply called to account by the State Civil Service Commission be cause he and his deputy had asked and secured political . contributions from their employes. The Civil Service Board recom mended that Bender be removed from office,' as the law required,, but the Gov ernor dismissed' the proceedings. Bender pleaded that he didn't know he waa "do ing anything illegal," and this excuse waa accepted. Commissioner of Public Works Franehot has made a fairly efficient official, but he is connected with the Standard Oil trust, and that has made enemies for the Governor too. All of which explains why Frank Wayland Higgins, of Olean, has his ear to the ground and is listening in tently and saying nothing. He does not approve of a single-handed contest with Hearst, but believes that with Hearst and some other Democrat In the field Jerome, Adam or anybody else, he would have the time of his- lite and would really enjoy the campaign. Senator Depew a Back Number. In the meantime, Chauncey M. Depew has broken Into print again. Just when everybody had forgotten all about him. His chauffeur was arrested for exceeding the speed limit, and Chauncey and the auto were taken to a rural police station, where they remained until ball could be secured. ' A year ago the story would have been worth a column, at least, in any New York paper, brightened un with the merry Jests and quips of the Junior United States Senator from New York. Four of the dallies gave it ten lines, while two had almost 20. And there wasn't a single Depewism in 'any of them. Chauncey M. Depew is a Very serious minded and very .feeble old gentlemen thaaa days. RAILROADS .WILL IT TO Resolutions Adopted by Southern Lines. LAWYERS SOLVE PROBLEMS Advise Executive Officials to Loyally Obey, RESULT OF CONFERENCE Meeting of Executive and Traffic Men Resolves to Comply to I-'ull- . est Extent With the Hep burn Hate Law. NEW YORK, Aug. 13. S. F. Parrott, vice-president of the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company, who acted as chairman at a meeting In thl3 city July 27 of executive officers, traffic officials and legal representatives of all the im portant rail and steamship lines operating to and from the territory south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and east of the Mississippi River, today made an official statement regarding tne object and ac tion taken by the convention, as follows: "The object of the meeting was pri marily to consider the recent changes made in the act to regulate commerce, approved June 29. 190fi. As those matters Involved questions of law, the meeting de termined to appoint a committee of attor neys, consisting of the general counsel of most of the companies represented at the meeting, and to refer to said law com mittee certain printed questions, which had suggested themselves to the executive and traffic officials as requiring immedi ate consideration. . . Lawyers Advise Obedience. "The law committee held its sessions at Atlantic City, on August 11 to 18, 1900, in clusive, and took up the questions seri atim.. Most of the questions related to tha effect of the amendment made by the Hepburn 'bill, but a number of them re lated to the construction of the act prior to the passage of the Hepburn bill. At the conclusion of its meeting the law committee unanimously adopted the fol lowing resolution: Resolved, That now having answered to the best ot our ability, with tha lights be fore us and with our opportunities for con sideration, the questions which have been submitted to us relating to the practical operations of the carriers, we commend this law to the fair and loyal observance of tha carriers In a spirit of full and frank rec ognition of its spirit and purpose. Officials Kesolve to Obey. "On . the 22d day of August, 1906, the convention of the executive and traffic officials reconvened at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, when they received the re port from the law committee above re ferred to, and adopted the following reso lution: Resolved, That this convention return Its thanks to the law committee for the labor bestowed by said committee upon the ques tions heretofore propounded to It by this convention, and that, aided by the advice contained in the report of said law commit tee, the executive and traffic officials hera present will, in the administration of prop erties confined to their management, una their best endeavors to comply to the fullest extent with all the provisions of the ait to regulate commerce as amended June 2D, 1006. REFUSES TO PI! CLAIM GERMAN PRESS DENOUNCES MRS. YKKKES-MIZXEU. Her Automobile Killed Workman, , and Court Awarded Family Dam ages, but She Keeps Money. BERLIN, Aug. 23. (Special.) Mary Adelalda Yerkes-Misner, widow of the late Charles T. Yerkes, is scolded by the German' press under the leadership of the Socialistic Vorwaerts for her refusal to pay damages to the widow and orphans of a mechanic who was run over by her automobile -in the Rhine country in Sep tember, 1904. The day after the accident, the traction magnate's widow sent the man, whose injuries were thought to be slight, 3iX) marks ($75), but he died a week later. The German courts last February award ed his famllly 15,000 marks (HJ750), but Mrs. Yerkes-Misner refused to recog nize the verdict on the ground that it cannot be enforced In the United States. Personal appeals through the American Consular officials in Germany and the German Consul-General at New York have proved futile. The mechanic's widow and children are said to be utter ly helpless. The Vorwaerts Inquires sarcastically why the much-beloved Baron Speck von Sternberg cannot Induce the American dollar queen to recognize the Just claims of a starving German family, whose sup port her murderous motor car took from it. New Way to Identify Soldiers. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. (Special.) The War Department today called for the identification record of all enlisted men In accordance with recent general orders. This system of personal Identifi cation will be placed in operation as soon after September 1 as possible. Thereaf ter a complete Identification record, con sisting of finger prints, personal descrip tion and negative, must be sent to the War Department. SUBM LI . ,. - . ;