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... - . . - ',.. VOL. XLVI. NO. 14,380. PORTLAND, OREGON, ... WEDNESDAY,- JANUARY 9, 190T. PRICE IIVE CENTS. STANDARD 1 TDRULtTHtWEST Forced Nominees on Santa Fe Board. BUYING CONTROL BY DEGREES Already Owns at Least One- . Eighth of Stock. 50LE RIVAL. TO HARRINIAN Hlplfy frankly Infolds Move- "Wlileh Put Rogers and F""lelc Amon ar IMrectors of Both Mar- ; rlnian and Santa Fe Roads. CHICAGO. Jan. S. (Gpcl.I.) That tha monr and power of trie Rock.- feners and or tu otner standard Oil Interests are being- used to aid Edward jr. Uarrl man in ax. attempt to throttle railroad competition In the territory wst ot the Missouri Hlvfer to tha pa- Ciflc Coast was demonstrated today be fore the Interstate Commerce Com mis sion. The latest step in the perfection ot this Dlan to become dictator of t relfrht and passenger rates In a vast territory. It was Intimated, was a se- crot buying of Ganta Fe BtOCK With a View to removing that road from the Held of competition. That the move had been a success was denied toy B. P. Ripley, president of thi Santa Fe road, who declared that competition la as strong now as It was before the Standard Oil crowd be gan securing an Interest in his line. The Santa Fe'a president freely ad mitted, however, that he feared the Harrlman Invasion, but that his ap prehensions thus far had not been real ized. Competition Is Eliminated. Through Mr Ripley, attorneys for the Government sought to show that by the purchase of the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific, together with tne Oregon Railroad & Navlg tlon Company and Oregon Short Line, Har- rlman had removed a srreat deal of the competition with which the Union Pacific Company formerly had to COn tfcld. The Government counsel Implied by their Questions that the Harrlman people now had control of the main trafno gateways wegt of Chicago, clear to the' Gulf on the south, and by their combination or lines were en-cabled to lessen competition on traffic I originating as far east as Pittsburg fend Cincinnati. Standard Reaches for Control. The developments of- the. day lent color to the suspicion that the Harrl- man and the Standard Oil "community of Interest" in the Santa T-e property la being enlarged rapidly. With the possibility that In time it will Over shadow the present control. Mr Kip ley, who was the first wit- yiess, was questioned by F. B. Kellogg, RCtlng for the Comrnlaalon. "Did you know, - Mr. Ftfpley. that the Union Pacific owns $10,000,000 of etock in the Santa Fe?" "I did not know it until I saw It In the press dispatches from New York Jast week." Wanted Rogers as Director. "When did you hear of a 'desire on ' the part of the Union Pacific people to be represented in the directory Of thO Santa Fe?M ' "Some time ajaro. Certain parties In New York: Intimated a desire to repre sent certain holdings of stock in OUT directory, and I said that it would u agreeable to allow them two directors, provided they were not officers of com peting lines." "Why did yOU object to the offioer, of competing- lines?" "X did not consider - it desirable to have them on the board" UoW much of the stock of the Santa .Fe did they hold?" "About one-seventh or one-elffhth. whom did they ask to have elected!' "H. H. Rogers and H. C. Frlck." "You understood those were directors Of the Union PaeificT" "Certainly, I aid " The Witness said that he had no per sonal knowledge whatever of the ac quisition of the Santa Fe stock: by the L'nlon Pacific, No Pooling Agreement. ' ""Was the Santa F"e any agreement with either the union or Southern Pa ciflc for malntalnin g; certain rates, or Is there any pooling agreement?" "There Is no pool and no agrement regarding rates." Mr. Ivellogg, by a series of questions, brought from the witness that the Southern. Pacific and Union Pacific were natural competitors for much traffic between the East and the Pa cific Coast. He asked Mr. Ripley If the two lines did not maintain equal rates, and the witness replied; - "I am not prepared to say." Commissioner Harlan asked : "Mr. KJpler. hare you any idea what stock: w Messrs, Frlck and Hosrers?" Practically all of it." Mr. Ripley was cross-examined by p, MiitHirn, attorney lor u 1'nlon Pacific He anked - first If Uwra. HoKar. And Frick h tl .SCSBnV while acting as directors of the Santa Fe, discovered any desire to Injure It In favor of the Union Pacific "None at all." replied Mr. Ripley. "They are aa good directors as we have." "Before the combination of trie Southern and Union pacific. were those roads competitors ot "the Santa Fe?" asked Commissioner Prouty. "No more than at present." You said you would admit a repre sentative of Mr. Harrlman as a direc tor but not an officer of the Union Pa cific. What is the difference T' "I did not say that." replied Mr. Ripley. "I said we objected to the election as a director of an officer of the Union Pacific as a personal representative of Mr. Harrl man. because we did not desire an offi cer of another road In our directory," Mr. MUlburn asked a number of ques tions Intended to show that the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific systems were Jinked in a railroad Chain and not essentially active competitors throughout their entire leng-th. On re-dlrect examination Mr. - Kellog-g asked: "Was the only reason why you prefer Messrs Rogers and Frlck as directors in stead of Mr. Harrlman that they were not actively interested In the management Of the Union Pacifier' "Iney were not officers of any other road, but simply represented certain hold ings or stock." The examination of Mr. Ripley con cluded with- a 'series of "questions put alternately by Messrs Kellogg and Mill bum regarding- through traffic to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Kellogg desiring to show that the, Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific and ITnlnn Pacific are comoetttors and Mr. Millburn to ShOW the reVerSCi At the conclusion of the testimony of Mr. Ripley the hearing was adjourned until tomorrow morning at lO o'clock- OPPOSED TO TWO-CENT FARES Railroad Men Predict Ba nkruptcy as Result of BUI. 1 WASHINflTON, Jan. S. The Sherman bill for universal interchangeable rail- way mileage books at the rata of 2 cents a mile was the subject of a hearing: today before the House committee on Interstate and foreign commerce. a score of railway men attended the hearing. George Nicholson, third vice-president of the Santa Fe. said the bill was so broad that it practically attempted the Axing of 2 cents a mile as the maxi mum rate for all railroads in the United States on all passenger business and urged that it would work great hardship on many railways to make such a reduc tion In their earnings. Mr. Nicholson discussed railway passes at length and urged that the new antl paser law should not be given as a reason tor the reduction of railway fares. He said that his railway found that 12Vi per cent of Its passenger traffic In June of lat year was on passes to railway employe but that of itxj passenger business only z per cent was on passes. Ex-RepresentatlV -Payson spoke for the Union Pacific Railway. He' con tended that - the Sherman measure is not constitutional, J. M. Johnson, vice-president of the Denver A T-tio Grande Railway, urgred that the short trains made necessary by the grades on mountal n roads and otner qirncuities In transportation through roufrh country render it impos sible for railroads through such coun try to reduce passenger rates. John Sebastian, passenger traffic manager for the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific, also spoke against the bill. He said many rates are now below the 3-cent basis and that . they have been made so in order to assist In the development of the country. ARGt lXG OX HILL STOCK ISSUE Great Northern Insists pn Right; Minnesota Den les It. ST. PAUL, Jan. 8. Arguments were begun today on the injunction proceed ings brought against the Great North ern Hail road to prevent the proposed issue of 160,000,000 additional stOCK, . Counsel for the railroad argued that the state could not prevent the issue becaufte the rail road- had the right under the original charter of the MIn- neapolls & St. Cloud Railway to Issue it. They further say that at the time one of the previous issues wa.s ma.de an opinion bad been given by the Attorney-General that the issue conformed with the state law. Attorney-General Young, speaking for the state, said the right of the com mission to give authority for the stock. issue went to the vitals of the situa tion In respect to the protection which the state wished to grant the people. The defendant had Issued S25.00O.O0O worth of stock a year ago and abso- lutely nothing had been heard of what had been done with the proceeds. He said it was not for the railroads to say that, because the law had been violated in one instance, It might he disregarded In another. The law, he said, had never been repealed and the records of the Attorney-General's of fice did not show any such opinion as was said to have been given. Even If it had, such an opinion would not be binding, an d the rai 1 road was "pi ay lng the baby act." RUSHING COAIj TO NORTHWEST Great Northern Doing Very Best It Can, Says President Hill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The Interstate Commerce Commission today received a dispatch from Jame9 J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, reciting the efforts being made by the company toward sup plying coal to Northwestern points. The dispatch says: ' "Yesterday 130 ears of coat went from La ri more. N D. Today we are moving 135 cars throughout the same territory. With three feet of loose, unpacked snow, it proves very difficult for. the men to keep at work moving the snow fences." CATTLE TRAITIO EXPENSIVE Railroad Man Called Down When He Fails to Prove It. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. The Inquiry Into the management and trade arrange ments of the Harrlman Itnej was not taken up at the flret session Of the In- testate commerce Commission today. Cattle rates and the terminal charges at ChicAgo on shipments of stock: occupied the opening ae.slnn . Chester M. Dawes, of the BurllngtOI. road, contended, m tu advance i. cattle rates was Justl fled by excessive PLOT TO MURDER All the White Officers Doomed to Death. R1AGKLIN QKLY THE FIRST Discharged Men of Twenty fifth Suspected, MORE ARRESTS PROBABLE Investigation at Several Army Posts Points to at Least Five Others as ConspiratorMtoe An , rest in- Colorado. ANOTIJEB red-hot MESSAGE, WASHINGTON. Jan. cla.1. Another r-d-hot 8. (Sp- ra!dntll mMme blng prepared at trie whne House, u win deal witn the Brownsville affair and Is scheduled to reach tt Senate tb flx-ac or reit weelc. A ccompuiying the meiesge 'win te the new evidence gathered In Texas by Mr. Purdy. assistant to th AttamflF-OanTml. whlcli will .how In all probability that there Is no need of a Congressional Investi gation. It 1. nd,ntoo4 lnt It will come pretty near clinching thins, a. far a, the tacu are concerned and, un- leM the Senate act. on 'the Poraker resolution this week, the main fight lof the Ohio - Senator probably will have beeo In vain. EL RENO. Okla., Jan. 8. Belief of the Army officers at Fort Reno that a conspiracy to murder every white offi cer at Fort Reno, begrinnlng; with Can tain EJdgrar Marklin. against whom every negro eoldler at the post enter tains a personal grudge as a result of the an" air at Brownsville, Texas, and the aiscliargre of the negro soldiers that roiiowed, ana tnen proceeding down the list of officers, became known to day as a result of preliminary hearing: In the case of Edward I. Knowles, corporal or Company A, Twen ty-flfth Infantry, who was found auilty of assault with intent to kill Captain Macklln, on the night of December 21. Knowles was .bound over to await the action of the Canadian County grand jury at the Spring: term of the court. All the officers now go " heavily armed and protected throughout the night. Every effort has been made by the officers at the post to keep the allegred conspiracy a secret, but it is . learned. that an investigation Is being: made at several Army posts, and within a short time several arrests of members of the troop recently discharged in disgrace are expected to follow. Information was received here to night that . the arrest of a negro soldier naa teen made at La Junta, Colorado, today. Suspicion rests upon members THIS GAME Of the troop at Fort Niobrara. Nebras- ka, and at three other points. The arrest, of these men has' been postponed until the hearing; in. the case of Cor- poral Knowles. which concluded- today at Fort Reno, when It' was hoped that nomn further information .would be se cured tending; to implicate other per sons. ' Following- the hearing of Knowlea, ITnl "ted States Marshal . Madsen secured a warrant for the arrest ot one Of the Wtt- Tiesses for the defense, charging perjury. The man was apprehended, but his name could not be learned. Twenty witnesses, testifying" for the most part for the de- rense, were examined at length. No two of their stories coincided. c POISON IN" THE CONSTITUTION " " . ' ? ; earmark Denounces NrRro gatrrage as Danger to Republic. . ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8.-I n an address at a Bcnator Knut Nelson, RpnomWu t by Mlnneeota ICepablieans. J dinner here tonight, United States Sen ator W. T. Carmack. of Tenneasee, dealt with the race problem. He declared that there Is "enough poison In the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States to destroy the whole world. "We are told that revolutions never go backward, but if the revolution which established an enlightened, free government upon this continent is not" to go backward,' wV must pro tect the Republic from the corrup tion of Its governing citizenship. It Is the duty of every patriotic citizen to look: this question squarely in the face and de mand that cool reason shall at least have Its opportunity to review the work of hot blood." . He referred to the Brownsville Incident. as a result of which .President Roosevelt pymmjirtiy discharged three negro .com' panies atationea at f ori rieno, ona oi- clared that to be the only course open in suoh vases. - .. , . . . Five. Negroes Under Suspicion. . LYNCH BUBG . Va.. Jan; 8. Aa a result or an attack: made on Mrs. Gladys Shel- ton, or Monroe, yesterday by i negro. five negroes are under arrest. The young; woman Is in a serious condition. DREADNAUGHTJS COMING British I.evlHllian Will Stand Test of Atlantic Storms. - IJNDON. Jan. 8. The British battle ship Dreadnaught la about to make a cruise across the Atlantic, which will take her to West Indian 'waters at about the time Rear-Admlral Evans squadron will be In the same vicinity, thus affording: the American officers a possible Opportunity to see the latest marvel In naval archl- teoture. The purpose of the cruise is to test the seaworthiness of the battleship during me wsi oi me Atianuc seas ana also teat her batteries under adverse sea con ditions. CAN BE PLAYED WINTER OR 1 FIERCE STRUGGLE FOR BALLOT BOXES Jackson Raids Election Board's HauntC' E OF THEM NOT FOUND Contempt Charge Against Mc- Man's Men. . FOR DISOBEYING COURT ew "Vorlc Mayoralty Contefit. Re- ived in All Its Fnrj "LRW With , Mask and Jimmi," Says MtKMcll.n's Uawyor. . new YORK, Jan. 8. A number or bOXe8 containing ballots cast In the late Mayoralty election could' not toe found up to lO o'clock tonlnht. Attorney- General JacKson, IntO 11088 Cflrg ballots were ordered by the Supreme Court, may torlna- contempt proceedinics asralnst tne Board -of Election unless they are round. The toarrj ordered the ballots stored after election and, ac cord in a to the Attorney-General, now refuses to tell where they may be round. Mr. Jackson, to prevent possible lam-1 pering- with the H"eart-McClelIan bal lots, which may be needed by the state In the action to out Mayor McClellan througrh a recount, caused raids to be made early today on storage places throughout Greater New Tork In search for the ballots. This was done In ac cordance with tha Supreme Court's order. A large number of boxes were found. Dowling Disobeys Order. It was toward nlgrht that a hitch de peloped In Manhattan, and the deputies assigned to tha work reported that Thany boxes stored In that borough could not he located. Later. Commis sioner Dowllnar was found at the of- Hce of Corporation Counsel Elllsoh and formally nerved with a copy of Justice Hendricks: order ommandlnf those in custody of the ballot boxes to deliver me same to tae Attorney-General, Mr, Jackson says the Commissioner refused to obey the court order, but declares the order will have to be respected. Law With Mask and Jimmy. Kugene L. Richards, Jr., of Mayor McCIellan'a counsel. Issued a state ment today In which, In reference to the seizure of the ballots, It is declared that the action "adds a chapter to a work, which could be properly entitled. How to Practice Law With a Mask and Jimmy." - - Removal of Boxes Enjoined. Justice "William Gay nor. of the Su- preme Court, on application Of the Eagle Storage Warehouse Company, of Brooklyn, issued an order tonight en joining; temporarily the removal of the ballot boxes stored with the company, on the ground that the Board of Elec tions Is the legal custodian and that SUMMER the warehouse would be responsible to the Commission, which stored the boxes there. DUYDEX HAS CLOSE CONTEST Colby conridcnt or Beating Insnr ance Man for Senator. ' TRENTON. N. J.. Jan. 8. United States Senator John r. Dryden, who came here last night to attend the opening; of the leKislatur, expressed himself today as confident of being- made' his own successor. State Senator Colby, who Is opposing Dryden's re-election, is equally sure that Dryden will be defeated. He says that Senator Ackerman, of Union; Assembly man Fake, of Bergen, and himself will Stay OUt Of the Republican caucus and he believes there will be others. It will require only one more member in addition to the three named to make Dryden's election impossible, except with Democratic .votes. avilii test BAILEY F0K OIL Texas Legislature to Investigate Ev idence Against Him. AL'STTN. Tex.. Jan. 8. The I3th sesnlon of the Texas Leginlature met today. It Is understood as soon as organized the Leg- isiature will try to secure an Invfstlga- tlon of the alleged connection of Vnlted States Senator Joseph W. Bailey with oil interests. as Baiiey Has questioned the authen ticity of documents which the Attorney General holds In connection with the suit to oust the Waters-Ptrce Oil Company from the state, which he alleges connect Bailey With the Company. Atlorney-Gm- eral Davidson has demanded an Inveatl gatlon as to the truthfulness of the as sertion that they are genuine. Ballev has opened headquarters Here. The election Of a United State Senator will occti January Z'Z. Kansas Caucus DffcrrCfli TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. ,8. The indications are tonight that the Republican caucus for the nomination of a candidate for i.-nitea states senator will De held Week, probably Prldnv. GREATEST TYRANT IX Russian ARMV ASSASSISATEIl. Terrorist Shoots Pavloff on Street and la Captured General , Held Back Reprieves. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. . General Paviorr, Judge Advocate General, was shot and mortally wounded at 10 O'clock: this morn I nar in front of the military court bulldlngr. The amaaaln -was captured after wounding a police man. General Pavloff was prominent' dur-lna- the last Parliament In answering: interpellations. He especially execrat- ed the revolutionists. The Allegation has been made that he delayed Xhe re prieve of a number of Baltic mutineers who had been convicted by drumhead court-martial until the men were exe cuted. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 38 degree; minimum, 33 degrees. Dltwharfe of Nffre Troops. Evidence of conspiracy to murder all white onicert or iwenty-nrin infantry, page i. Roosevelt has rone I usl v vldnc and will Mend hot maiiag to Senator Xanll defends Confcreaa. fu-M 1, Roosevelt s action. Fags a. Foreign. Ieath Of Phah of Persia. Page a. Franra uaca church' bulldlnga for schools and muaeutn. Page 3. Prussia prepare- for government ownership of mines. Page 2. Nsttooal. Army appropriation bill Increases coast ar tillery. Page 4. Overman speaks agalnat child labor biiL Pago a. fconarrBBlonal committee return, from Pan ama opposed to Ohlne.e labor on canal. Pas. 5. Bin to lease grating land Introduced. pSge j. Governor Pardee declares California's atti tude, toward Japanese. Pas. 3 PotlUca. Struggle Tor possession of ballot-boxes In New Tork Mayoralty contest. Pag l. Texas Legislature to investigate Bailey. Pat 1. Dryden has hard flght tor senatorshlp. P 1. Democratic Senators hold up Cortebw. - confirmation till suecenwor Republican chairman Is elected. 1'age Xomeatlc. interstate commission learns of Standard 0118 efforts to control all Western rail roads. PK 1. Railroad mea called down by commlaatoB la terminal rata inquiry. Pafe 1. Sport, "Cyclone" Thompson defeats Maurice son in savage tight. Pace 5. X-aclfle Coast. Pardee deliver parting 8hot at Ruef and tuft railroads. Page 1. Blockade of Columbia River by Ice threat- enea at The Dalles. Page 8. Bids to be let Tuesday for construction of Harrlman extension to Tacoma. Pace O. Cammercial and Marine. Heavy demand from Orient for Oregon flour, Page 15. Wheat market v-akene3 by wceklv statts tics. Page in. Pressure to sell t'nlon Pacific stock. Page 15. Over 6,000.000 feet of ties ordered for San Pedro. Page 14. Residents of Eureka desire at earner mall service. Pace 14. . Portland and Vicinity. Johnson murder case still a myrtcry; COTO- ner's Jury says physician was murdered. Page 10. Three unplcdited Multnomah State Senator will vote for Bourne for United States State Horticultural Society meets In conven tion. Pag 11. Will of V. C Baker is fl led 'or probate. Fan Underrounil wlr . tive. Page 0.. ordinance found (litre- AlWsMri Of lift! holding Convention In Portland to discuss changes in tax law. Pace 11. StsLxe 3 ra Hon o . Labor rT ! I commend Prnator Gearln'a apeech on Japanese. Fajo 10. fletflll Grocers' Asociation holda annual . meeting. Fage " i. Christian Aimoctatl3B to eomplet . .lUlldlnc fund. Pane T. Manufacturers' Association refUBrS to mcrjQ with Chamber of Comm8. pe i. PARTH AN I flUEDfPftRDEE Grills Opponents in a Sensational Message. RAILROAD MEN WORSTED Governor Sticks to End and Makes Appointments. GRAFTERS ARE DENOUNCED Declares Corruption in San Fran clsco to lie as Rampant as In "Vorlc Under Rosa Tw e-i . Makes Appeal io ratrlotlsm, j SAN FRAXCISCO. Jan. Governor Pardee will mak a tola exit from office. H i-not only wor dnir ite-d the Southern Pad political agent" by retaining offloe duping' the last two days and making all the pendlnir, ap pointments, but sent to the Xea-isiature today a sensational meaeage, scoring railroad politics and denouncing the San Francisco graf tors. Pardee o ves his defeat for office to tie raiiroaa and the Ruef machine. The Governor's message urgem that a direct primary law Do adopted along trie lines of the Oregon law. Of cor- ruptlon he says; "The recent developments in the City of an Francisco, which seem to Indi cate a state of affairs at least as bad as that which existed in New York City under the regime of Tweed, ought to shame every person who claims to be a Callfornlan. That offi cial corruption could go to the extreme which seems to have existed In the me tropolis, should concern every person who loves this country and desires to see Its free Institutions perpetuated. For. If unchecked, this official corrup tion will so poison the whole body pontic as to caofle the sure death of public rplrlt an private iktrIoL!flm- "There sire, to our shame ha It aald. Benedict Arnolds still smonv -ua. I commend to the careful patriotic at tention of the Legislature thta subject. and hope that some method will be devised whereby detection and swift conviction may be made more certain than, to our disgrace be It ald. ap pears now to be the . case." . The Ojvernor will step out of office tomorrow. The railroads' efforts to give him the ruBh failed. BILL F0H LEASING OF public KAXGE INTRODUCED. Western Men Ilkely to Unite on Burkett'a Meaanre Adjacent settlers Given Preference. OREO ON I JVM NDW8 BUREAU, Wash- intjton, Jan, 8,-Presldent Roosevelt's or' der compelling removal of all fences from public land has already home fruit. Senator Burkett, of Nebraska, to day Introduced a bill authoriztny the leasing of all public grazing land under the direction of the Secretary of Agri culture, holders of leases to have the privilege of fencing land so obtained- The bill places no reetriction on the amount of land that may be leased by any individual or company, but Klv-a the preference rlffht to homesteaders and permanent settlers on land adjacent to public range, leases to be for a period of not more than 10 years. The fee to be exacted for grazing: is not fixed by the till. but i left to the Secretary of Agri-; culture. Money derived Irom grazing fees Is to constitute a grazing: fund. which will pay the cost of admlnlitra tlon. Ten per cent of this fund ajoes to the counties In which the fees are paid. The public ran- Is to be subdivided into granlng- districts, each under Fed eral administration, spaaing officials to prevent overgrazing and to restore range heretofore damaged by overgrazing or other causes. Western men are likely to unite on some such grazing bill in order to pro- tect stockmen, who will otherwise suffer under the President's order. WELD HELD BACK BANDITS Wood KecomrnendH Commission and Medal for Intrepid Corporal. MANILA. Jan. 8. Corporal Beth T. Weld of Company T-.. FMs;hth Infantry. has been recommended by Major-Genera I Wood for the medal of honor and a com mission In the Philippines for conspicu ous galla-ntry in an enscaa-ement with Pulajanes on the Island of X-eyte on May 12, 1906. Cap tal n 8 am uel V. Ham has be-n recommended for promotion to the rank of brevet major for gallantry In the same action. corporal weld, while severely wounded, held an overwhelming force of Pulajanes ofT with hayonet and gun butt and at tn roacued two Dunded oom- 4- - Bosch Sllfctitly Improved. ST. T..OTTTS. Jan. 8. "The condition of Adoipnus Busch, tne millionaire treWCr Is Very slightly Improved.