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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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TIW1ET0 EXPAND
Trade Between North
and South America.
NEED BETTER COMMUNICATION
Harriman Returns to Attack
on New Rate Law.
SEES DANGER IN REDUCTION
D mais Consequence of Mating Com
mission Supreme Over Railroads.
Denies He Controls So-Called
Harriman Lines.
KANSAS CITT, Mo Nov. v Bfer
the. Trane-Miesiaslppl Commercial Con
gress here tonight, Ellhu Root, Secre
tary of State, delivered his second Epeeoh
In this city within two days. His speech
was the feature of the first day's session
of the Congress, which convened this
morning. As on Monday night, Mr. Root
tonight dwelt, upon our relations with the
South American Republics, telling of his
recent trip through those countries. Ha
tald the time had come for the expansion
of trade 'between the countries of the
North and South that would result In
the peaceful prosperity of a mighty com
merce. He declared that the means of
communication between these countries
must be improved and Increased and said
the "woeful deficiency in the means to
carry on and enlarge our South American
trade Is but a part of the general decline
and feebleness of the American merchant
marine."
The representatives of Bolivia, Peru,
Columbia, Brazil and Chile also spoke,
following Mr. Root's theme closely, tell
ing of the possibilities of investment of
American capital in their enterprises and
dealing also with the political aspect of
the situation.
America's Wonderful Progress.
: In his opening remarks Mr. Root de
vottd himself to a review of the con
ditions which had exerted the most
powerful influence in strengthening
the economic relations of the people
of the United States with the rest of
mankind. He assigned, as the chief
factors in our continued industrial
progress the application of surplus
wealth to reproduction in our land and
devotion of human energy to Internal
development. Strength gathered from
every rich and powerful Nation had
been expended on home undertakings
with the result, the Secretary said,
that our progress as a Nation has been
accelerated and every branch of in
dustrial activity has developed to a de
gree marvelous and unprecedented in
the history of the world. Having at
last accumulated a surplus of capital
beyond the requirements of internal
development, we have paid our debts
to Europe, said the Secretary, and have
taken our place with the investing
Nations of the world. Continuing Mr.
Root said:
Opportunity at Right Time.
Cur surplus onrpy is beginning to look b
yond our own borders throughout the world
to And opportunity for the profitable use of
our furplua capital Coincident with this
change In the United States, the progress of
political development has been carrying the
neighboring continent of South Aemrlca out
of the stage of militarism and into the
state of Industrialism. Nearly everywhere
the people are eager for foreign capital to
develop their narural resources and for
foreign Immigration to occupy their vacant
land And just as we are ready for It,
great opportunities for peaceful commercial
and Industrial expansion to the south are
presented Hundreds of millions of men
ran find healthful homes and abundant
sustenance In this great territory.
The material resources of South America
are in some important respects complemen
tary to our own In many respects the peo
ple complementary to each other.
Mr. Root declared the relations be
tween the United states and South
America have been chiefly political
rather than commercial or personal, as
the political services to South Ameri
can independence could not in the na
ture of things create other than a po
litical sympathy. Twenty-five years
ago Mr. Blaine, as Secretary of State,
inaugurated a policy by which the po
litical sympathy and personal acquaint
ance of the United States and South
America was supplemented by the in
tercourse of expanding trade and by
gradual helpfulness. A close relation
is assured for the future, said Mr.
Roi.t.
Xeed of Steamship Ivines.
Mr. Root enumerated the many prac
tical things which must be done both by
the Government and by individuals be
fore the peaceful prosperity of the new
commerce can be secured. Underlying
all other considerations, however, said
the Secretary, was the need for improve
ment of the means of communication be
tween the two countries. This, he said.
auects the mail, passenger and freight
service alike The one and only remedy
for the woeful deficiency existing in
present trade conditions is the estab
lishment of American lines of steamships
between the United States and the great
ports of South America, adequate to
render fully as good service as is now
afforded by the European lines between
there and the ports of Europe.
Mr. Root declared that the retirement
of Americans from the foreign transport
service has resulted in the decline of
our merchant marine. He declared that
kji bean reliably ascertained that
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PROCLAIMS
steamship lines work for their own. coun
tries and that it is absurd for the United
States to depend upon foreign ships to
distribute its products. A remedy for
this should be sought, he said, adding:
Subsidies by Other Nations.
The principal maritime nations of the
world, anxious to develop their trade, to
promote their shipbuilding industry, to have
at hand transports and auxiliary cruisers
in case of war, are fostering their steam
ship lines by the paymont of subsidies. Eng
land is paying to her steamship lines be
tween six and seven million dollars a year;
it Is estimated that since 1S40 she gave them
between $2.'0,0O0.0(W and t3nn.000.oon. The
enormous development of her commerce, her
preponderant share of the carrying trade
of the world, and her shipyards crowd
ed with construction orders from
every part of the earth indicate the
success of her policy. France Is paying
about t8.onn.nno & year; Italy and Japan,
between three and four million each: Ger
many, upon the Initiative of Bismarck. Is
building up her trade with rapidity and
heavy subventions to her steamship lines
and by giving special differential rates of
tarriage over her railroads for merchandise
shipped by those lines. Spain. Norway. Austria-Hungary.
Canada, all subsidize their
own lines. It is estimated that about $28.
ono.onn a year are paid by our commercial
competitors to their steamship lines.
Against these advantages of the steam
ship competitor the American ship-owner has
to contend, and it Is manifest that the
subsidized ship can afford to carry freight
at cost for a long enough period to drive
him out of business. '
World ot Subsidized Competition.
We are living In' a world not of national
competition, but of a subsidized competition
State aid to steamship lines is as much a
part of the commercial system of our day
as state employment of consuls to promote
business. It will be observed that both
of these disadvantages under which the
American shipowner labors are artificial:
they axe created by governmental action,
one by our own Government in raising the
standard of wages and living, by the protect
ive tariff, the other by foreign goveromens
in paying subsidies to their ships for the
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promotion of their own 'trade. . For the
American shipowner it is not a contest of
intelligence, skill. Industry ana thrift against
similar qualities in his compettors: It Is
a contest against his competitors and bis
competitors' government and his own Gov
ernment also.
Plainly these disadvantages created by
g-overnrnental action can be neutralized only
by governmental action, and should be neu
tralized such action.
Every State Represented.
When the Congress convened this morn
ing in Convention Hall, that vast auditor
ium was crowded with delegates, guests
and spectators. The arena floor had been
reserved for delegates, who were ar
ranged by stato delegations. Every state
in the Union was represented. The states
in the Mississippi and Slissouri Valleys
and those making up the western half ot
the country were represented by a greater
number of representatives than ever be
fore in the history of the organization.
Upon the platform and in the boxes re
served for the especially invited guests
and their ladies were many distinguished
persons.
All sessions of the congress are to be
open to the public The hall was moat
elaborately decorated, the flags of the
five Latin-American countries whose rep
resentatives addressed the congress to
night intermingled with the Stars and
Stripes.
Among the late Western arrivals are
Tom Richardson of Portland. Or.; T. S.
Olarkson of Seattle, "Wash , and Mr. and
Mrs. J. Kendig. Washington. Many West
ern delegates failed to get in today, be
ing storm-bound in Kansas and Kehraska.
The Congress was called to order 6y J.
B. Case of Abilene. Kas., a member of
the executive committee. Following him
welcoming addresses were made by Col
onel Fred Fleming of Kansas City, chair
man of the executive committee: by Sen-
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RECKLESS SAILING
WRECKS VESSELS
Masters to Blame for
Piling Up on Beach.
LEAD LINES ARE NOT USED
Peter Iredale Run Heedlessly
Into Breakers.
PILOTS CHASED GALENA
Captain Wat Asleep In Cabin WTjen
Big Vessel Was Headed in
Toward Shore at Dusk In
Very Dirty 'Weather.
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ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 19. (Staff Corre-
John H. Mickey, Governor of Ke
braaka spondence.) If there is any truth In that
alleged belief that the circulation of blood
in the ears is hastened in an individual
who is the subject of conversation, the I
respective captains of the British ships
Galena and Peter Iredale mu be ex
periencing tropical warmth in their hear
ing apparatus.
There are a good many people down
here in this seaport city who know enough
about ships to distinguish the binnacle
from the bowsprit, and whether their
knowledge is such as to enable them to
note the difference with ease or with dif
ficulty, they are practically unanimous in
declaring that the casting away of these
two fine ships was inexcusable careless
ness. It was not an "act of God" or of
"the king's enemies." It was not even our
generally unsatisfactory tug and pilot
service that was responsible for this latest
blow at the prestige of our port.
Reckless Navigation.
It was simply reckless navigation, the
results of which under similar circum
stances, would have been the same else
where, regardless of the safe or danger
ous features of a port where the disasters
might have happened. These being the
facts in. the case, the innocent bystander
might ask: "Why then, has the prestige
of the port been imperilled or injured "
The answer is easy. It Is the old case of
"giving a dog a bad name." etc.
Recent personal experience with a num
ber of foreign shipowners and underwrit
ers demonstrated quite clearly that the
port Is now suffering punishment for mis
deeds of the past. After the true story
of the loss of these fine ships has been
told to the owners and underwriters,
showing, as It will, the Inexcusable care
lessness of the masters of the vessels,
Ihey will hark back to some former dis
aster, wherein the master was not at
fault, and will cite that as a reason for
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placing the blame in the present cases
on the port instead of where it properly
belongs.
This, of course. Is unjust, but it is due
to a prejudice which it will take years of
good work and perhaps good luck to re
move. Cleared by Fellow Masters.
The master of the Peter Iredale was ex
onerated from blame by an official court
of inquiry controlled by fellow shipmas
ters. A similar verdict will probably be
rendered in the case of the Galena- The
reasons why such verdicts are returned
in the face of the evidence produced was
quite forcibly shown in the remark of a
shipmaster who declined to sit in Judg
ment in the case of the Peter Iredale. '
"I did not like to cinch a fellow
shipmaster," said he. "but neither did
I care to make out that I was a fool
by rendering a favorable verdict, so I
kept clear of the matter." One of the
worst, if cot the worst, feature of
these courts of inquiry farces lies in
the fact that there is no appeal in
case the master is upheld by the court,
but if the mater is held to be guilty
he has the right of appeal.
No Reflection on Our Service.
There has been some attempt to
place the blame for the loss of these
vessels on the poor tug and pilot serv
ice, but there is nothing' in the testi
mony of those who were In the best
position to pass judgment on the mat
ter that reflects on either the tug or
pilot service of which I will have more
to say later.
In the case of the Peter Iredale,
Tillamook Rock was sighted four hours
Defore the vessel struck. The promi
nence of Tillamook Rock by day or
night is such that it is never mistaken
when sighted and it serves as a warn
lng for all vessels approaching the
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Columbia from the south. After sight
ing Tillamook light the master of the
Iredale of . course knew that he was
but a few miles from the mouth of
the Columbia. The dangers of which
we hear so much from the shipowners
did not seem to appall this captain.
He cracked on sail and apparently
made a straight course for the mouth
of the Columbia
Lead 'Would Show Location.
The gentle slope of the beach from
the shore Una on both sides of the
Columbia gives the approaching vessel
the best soundings that can be ob
tained anywhere and the use of the
lead line alone enables experienced
mariners to ascertain with a fair de
gree of accuracy their position off the
Columbia, even In thick weather. But
If the Iredale had a lead line on board
It Is not clear that it was used.
With a seeming reckless indiffer
ence as to consequences the fine vessel
was kept booming along on her fatal
course until the sound of the breakers
was heard. It was then too late for
the lead line, too late to beat off, too
late for anything except to consider
means for getting ashore in safety.
In this respect the crew of a ship ap
proaching the Columbia River has in
comparably more chance for life . in
disaster than is the case with vessels
headed for Puget Sound.
There is little if any hope of the
Iredale ever being floated and she will
probably remain in her present condi
tion and position as a beach attrac
tion and a monument to the stupidity
of the navigator who sailed her ashore.
Pilots Given No Chance.
The neatness and dispatch with which
the master of the Peter Iredale piled up
his ship in less than four hours after he
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY SUED
John IX. Archbold.
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Conners and Murphy
Train Jackson.
HE WILL "BUST" THE TRUSTS
Hearst a Political Corpse and
They Dance on Grave.
NEVER FORGIVE WRONGS
Bryan Also Incurs Displeasure of
Xew York Bosses, Who Propose
to Railroad Their Attorney
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NEW YORK, Nov. 3). (Special.) The
"Hon." Fingey Conners, chairman of the
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Ignaclo Cavldaon. Minister of Bolivia.
state committee, and the "Hon." Charles
F. Murphy (one has as much right to
the handle as the other) have Jointly
decided to. save the Democratic party!
in the Nation. Keep your eye on Jack
son. William H. Jackson, Attorney-Gen-eral-elect.
Nobody ever heard of him a
few weeks ago. But Conners and Mur
phy, the political Belasco brothers, ex
pect to make a Leslie Carter star out
of him. The programme is for Jackson
to indulge in a two years' gaudy glitter
ing and spectacular bout with the trusts
and become the man around whom all
Democrats can rally.
"Fingey," In explaining the matter to
a friend the other day, used these words,
which may some day be of historical
value:
"I put this guy, Jackson, on the ticket
and I've told him to make. good. He'll
do it with both feet. He will chastise
the trusts, and maybe we will put him
In the White House. Buffalo men have
gone there before."
"Fingey" and "Charlie" have "doped
it all out." to use their own statesman
like utterance. Murphy is filled with
pride. It is his dream to be regarded as
the Tammany boss who cut a figure out
side of the Wigwam. Heretofore Tam
many bosses have been the lepers of
Democratic National conventions.
Building Xew Organizarion-
"Flngey" and "Charlie" have already
started to build an oganizatlon up state
and expect to keep it going with the
patronage they will control after January
1. Frank H. Mott, state committeeman
from the Chautauqua County district, has
been appointed advance agent for the
rural districts, and is already traveling
around, looking over the field. It is the
intention of the new leaders 'to form an
absolutely new organization. They be
lieve the men who have controlled the
party machinery are behind the times
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and that they must make way for younger
blood which will produce results.
. At the present time the new state of
ficials are well in hand. They are
grateful at the publicity and honors that
have been showered upon them, and
realize to whom they are indebted. Here
is the way. the officials stand.
Lieutenant Governor-elect Chanler Is
grateful to Hearst, and Inclined to do
anything that the defeated head of the
ticket demands. But the Lieutenant Gov
ernor is simply a figurehead, and the
patronage at his disposal consists of a
secretary and a messenger, so he really
does not count.
Secretary of ?tate-elect Whalen is the
other legacy from the ill-fated Independ
ence League. Whalen is active in labor
circles., but It is not believed he will
fight the new order of things. He has
already expressed himself as admiring
the work of Murphy and Conners which
resulted in ,.his election.
Comptroller-elect Glynn is the protege
of "Packy" McCabe, the boss of Albany
County. "Packy" is willing that "Fingey"
and "Charley" should go as far as rtey
like. He has already sent word to the
leaders that Glynn will "stay hitched."
State Treasurer-elect Julius Ha user, the
Sayvllle baker, is with Murphy heart and
soul. He is still dazed over the fact that
he will draw J500Q a year for two years.
Attorney General Jackson is "Finger's"
contribution, while State Engineer and
Surveyor Skene belongs to Murphy and
his faithful ally in Queens, Joseph Cas
sidy, former borough president.
Jackson the Trust-Buster. -
Murphy and Conners plan to build up
their new organization with patronage,
and then make Jackson their standard
bearer providing he gives a good account
of himself. It is already an open secret
among politicians that Jackson is ex-
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souri. pected to become the most terrible in
fliction the trusts have ever had.
The Attorney General of New Tork
State is invested with sweeping powers.
He is authorized to proceed against all
"illegal combinations in restraint of
trade" and can move to revoke their
charters or. if they are operating under
charters from other states, to annul their
licenses which permit them to do business
here. So It can easily be seen that he is
in a position to make It very warm for
the ice trust the beef trust, the traction
trust and all the others which have here
tofore been regarded as the stock In trade
of William Randolph Hearst and cartoon
ist Opper. Jackson plans to begin his
fight as soon as he is Installed in the
comfortable private office of the Attorney
General. He is already mapping out his
campaign and it has met with the ap
proval of Conners and Murphy.
Hearst a Back Number.
These two prominent statesmen be
lieve that before the time for the Na
tional convention rolls around the
Hearst sentiment will have evaporated.
The way these two eminent statesmen
who propose to steer the Democratic
ship of state Into smoother waters,
hate the "friend of the common peo
ple" is something terrible to contem
plate. Naturally Murphy has never forgiven
Hearst for the things that the editor
said about him a year ago. but this
year he grew even more angry when
all the papers pictured him in stripes.
Then Murphy took an unusual course
for a Tammany leader. He announced
he would sue any paper that pictured
him in a convict's garb. His wishes
were immediately obeyed. He ap
peared in the World every day in un
derclothes. The Herald put him in a
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GEORGIA
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Noble Woman Prey to
Another's Jealousy,
MIND WRECKED BY WRONGS
First Woman Publicly Exoner
ated by Court.
HER NERVES SHATTERED
False Testimony of Negro in Ollie
TealTs Divorce fcuit Preyed on
Mind Until S-tie Became
Hopeless Lunatic.
CHICAGO, Nov. 31. (Special. In the
death of Miss Georgia Cayvan. formerly
the leading woman of the Lyceum The
ater Stock Company, at a sanitarium at
Flushing, Long Island, where she has
been a hopeless patient for the past seven
years, "terminated a tragedy which shows
how far the tongue of one woman may
go in evil work to ruin the life and de
stroy the reason of another. For 30
years, the idol of the public, which hon
ored her as much for the purity of her
life and stainlessness of her name as for
the quality of her art. Miss Cayvan was
driven insane and is now dead because of
a cruel and unjustifiei attack upon both.
Slandered by False Witness.
Since the time when she was named in
the proceedings that separated Oliver
Sumner Teall known to all politicians in
New Tork as "Ollie" from his wife,
formerly Miss Florence Bisell. of Or
ange. N. J., the actress has been
a physical and mental wreck. The
case was one of New Tork's most
sensational divorce trials. The tes
timony offered by the counsel for
Mrs. Teall against Miss Cayvon was en
tirely unfounded. A discharged colored
servant of Mr. Teall's was the main wit
ness for the complainant, and the stories
which he told -ere proved to he a mass
of lies.
When Miss Cayvan heard of the charges
she placed herself on record as the first
woman to demand exoneration from such
charges in the court where she told her
story a thing never before permitted a
woman in her position. Before this the
newspapers had come to her aid. The
Professional Women's League, the Mary
Arden Shakespeare Club, Sorosis Club,
the West End Cluh. the Women's Re
publican Club, all of New York, defended
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tb Weather.
TODAY Occasional rain; south rlv winds.
TESTER DAT Maximum tmpra.tur. 48
drwa: minimum temperature. 41 de
gree. Foreign.
Britain readv to lea1 In movement for re
form tn ongo State. Pas 5.
Campaign of abuse against Witte In Rus
sia. Page 5.
Spain to jin Franr and Britain In naval
demonstration against Morocco. Page 5.
Crown Prince of Servla enraced at charge
of Insanity. Page 3.
Exciting scenes mark church inventories in
France. Page 4.
National.
President refuses to rescind order discharg
ing negro troops without new evidence.
Page 3.
Col. Roep.ler reports against Portland har
bor line grab. Page 2.
roLitica.
Wood run answers 0311 attack on his
campaign management. Page 5.
Official statement of membership of Con
gress. Page 3.
Murphv and Conners boom Jackson, Xew
Tork Attorney-General-Elect, for Presi
dent. Page 1. -
Labor Federation indorses Gomperi" politi
cal movement. Page 4.
Pome stlc.
Root and Harriman make great spehe at
Trans-Mississippi Congrcrg. Page 7.
Peary's ship stormbound and short of fuel.
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Sugar Trust convicted of receiving rebaa
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Interstate Corrrmissin gtB evidence of r
bar.es to grain trust. Page A.
Mournful tragedy of Georgia Cay-van ltf.
Page 1.
Dr. Devlne reports to Red Cross on San
Francisco relief. Page R.
Wholesale arrests for new swindling scheme
In Chicago. Page 3
Sport.
Unlversltv of Oregon 4efea.tji T.'nlveralty
of "Washington at Eurne, 16 to 6.
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Lick High F'-hool defeated by Seattle High
School. 11 io ft. Page 7.
Pacific. Coos.
Recklepn masters responsible for wrecking
vessels at.tne mouth of the Columbia
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Ex-Mayor Winlork arretted in gambling
raid at Pendleton. Page 6.
Poison !s found in the, stomach of Mrs.
CrefTleld. who dted In prison at Seattle,
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C. XV". Robnet.r. found guilty on one count
in land f t a ud trial at Moscow, Idaho.
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List of the dead frm Pix disaster wavers
between 4 and 5V Page- 5.
Commerrial and ?laxine.
Surar prices lower than for many years.
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Rise In call money rate checks stock apo-
ulation. Pago l.V
Wheat weak in spite of bullish news. Paye
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Steamship Elder is tied up until ship's pa
pers are applied for Page 14
Schooner Emma CTaudlna is believed to- he
a total wreck. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Local nimrods complain of poor duck
shooting. Page 7.
Mlllmen plan mass meeting at E-ugena to
discuss car shortage. Page 11.
Chinese gambling games running again.
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Farmers also suffer by car shortage Page
11.
State Bar Association holds succftssful con
vention. Page 10.
Mayor Lane's expert accountant" reply to
Council committee. Page 11.
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