4
STRIKE ORDER IS
STILL II FORCE
Telegraph Operators in Chi
cago to Confer With
Federal Agent.
WILL BALLOT ON SUNDAY
Vote to Be Taken on Issue of Chicago
Operator Being Reinstated in
Order to Avert a Walk-Out
In the Windy City. .
CHICAGO, July 6. (Special.) Charles
P. Nell!, Government envoy of mediation
In the threatened universal telegraphers'
strike, today prepared for a series of con
ferences with officials of the Western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies
and leaders of the operators' labor organ
ization, with a view of averting a disas
trous business and Industrial crisis,
which. It Is believed, would follow a
walkout of the employes. The situation,
It was explained by representatives of
both sides, is still In an acute stage.
Will Confer Today.
The union executive board will convene
tomorrow for a preliminary hearing on
the recent strike order Issued by Presi
dent Small, which may now, it ls be
lieved, affect Chicago. Two members of
the board arrived In the city today.
Others will arrive tomorrow. It was an
nounced. Secretary Russell denied a report that
the strike order sent out by Mr. Small
a few days ago from San Francisco was
rescinded temporarily. He said that the
order was still in force, and would be
discussed by the National committee
when it convened. The union leader re
fused to say If Chicago was the point
selected to call the next strike. The
arrival of the union executive board,
however, Is believed to point to Impor
tant developments If Mr. Neill Is unable
to effect a reconciliation In the mean
time. , Mass Meeting Sunday.
The mass meeting of the telegraph
company employes will take place Sunday
and the men will vote on the question
of striking in support of their demand
that' one of their number discharged last
week by the Western Union Company be
reinstated. Notwithstanding the present
strike in San Francisco, which both op
erators and company officials profess to
have won, it Is admitted that the present
crisis In Chicago Is to be the paramount
Issue.
COPPER MINERS AGITATED
Arizona Operatives May Bring on.
Serious Trouble.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 6. As a result
of the presence of organizers of the
Western Federation of Miners and local
agitation friendly to that organisation,
an attempt Is being made to enroll the
smeltermen employed by the Copper
' Queen and Calumet & Arizona smelters
as members of the Federation.
The refusal of the companies to recog
nize the union, which is certain, will
probably result in a strike, x -
Bvery business and professional man In
Douglas with seven exceptions, has
signed a set of resolutions declaring his
unalterable opposition to the federation.
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AUTO JUMPS OVER BANK
Occupants Burled Beneath It and
, One Badly Injured.
OGDEN, Utah, July 6 Hrnest Fisher,
of Salt Lake, was seriously Injured and
five others were slightly Injured by the
overturning of an automobile that was on
the way to Brigham City this afternoon.
The automobile was speeding along the
Harrisville turnpike ten miles north of
this city, when Ralph Grange, the chauf
feur, in trying to avoid a rut in -the road,
sent the car over an embankment.
The automobile turned completely over,
burying its occupants beneath it. All es
caped serious injury except Mr. Fisher,
who . was pinned to the ground by the
heavy car. The automobile, which be
longed to Albert Scrowcroft, of this city,
was-completely demolished. Those slight
ly injured were EX McNichols, of Ely.
Nev. ; Brigham Robinson, of Bingham,
and Walter Bratz, a newspaper man of
Ogden.
SEES SINISTER MOTIVES
But Transfer of Fleet Causes Iiittle
Commotion.
TOKIO, July 5. A report from New
York that President Roosevelt had of
ficially confirmed the dispatch of 16
battleships to the Pacific produced but
little commotion here. Some are ln
, clined to read between the lines either
a sinister motive on the part of a cer
tain section of Americans, affected with
anti-Japanese mania, or the machina
tion of a tool of a third power which is
trying to benefit by the Quarrels of
others.
CARRIERS ARE ENJOINED
Express Companies Must- Reduce
Rates In Nebraska. " '
LINCOLN, Neb.. July 5. Attorney-General
Thompson this evening In the Su
preme Court enjoined the five express
companies doing business in the state
from seeking to evade the provisions of
the law reducing express rates 25 per
cent. The new law went into effect today.
Thus far, all of the companies have ig
nored It.
SCHMITZ' LIBERTY LIMITED
" Judge Dunne Forbids Visit to Home
and Ignores Roars.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. Judge Dunne
this morning put a stop to the liberty al
lowed Mayor Schmitz, when his attorney,
Frank Drew, applied for the customary
'order permitting the convicted Mayor to
' leave the County Jail to visit his attor-
neys and go to his home for luncheon.
, Judge Dunne issued the order, but pre
scribed, that Schmitz might leave the jail
to go to the office of his attorneys, that
he should not be allowed to go to his
home, and that his absence, from the Jail
; shoulfi be limited to three hours. Drew
becsme very angry- when Judge Dunne
made the order in these terms and de
manded, to- kOAW iWb.y Abe .ftueX- As. a!-.
lowed to roam about at will In the com
panionship of Elinor Biggy and live on the
fat of the land. Judge Dunne declined to
change his order.
Idalio Wlfebeater Jailed.
PAYETTE, Idaho, July 5. Newt Ma'
comfc, a six-footer, who beat his wife
and knocked his 13-year-old daughter
down, was placed in the city jail, but
not before the two marshals had to use
a club on him quite freely. Some two
months ago at Ontario he created so
much trouble that his children, a boy
of 10 and a girl of 13 years, had to
leave home and It was only a few days
ago that his daughter returned. A mob
was talked of to take Macomb out, tie
him to a post and give him he Oregon
law for wife-beaters.
Boodlers Await Decision.
SAN FRANCISCO. -Tiiltr K. Rnnr1nr
Judge Lawlor's decision upon the Joint
motions to set aside rnost of the In
dictments against Louis Glass. Patrick
uainoun, Thornwell Mullally, Tlrey L.
Ford, William Abbott, Abraham Ruef.
Mayor Schmitz, Frank Brum. Eugene
de Babla and John Martin, will not be
rendered until next Thursday, July 11.
This announcement was made by the
court today. The motions to set aside
do not go to the first nine Indictments
returned against Glass, on one of which
he is to be placed on trial next Mon
day. .:
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IXSIST ON RIGHT OF LICENSE
IX SAN FRANCISCO.
Tederal Attorney Backs T7p Claim
and Police Commissioners May
Have 3Lav6ult.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. An at
torney called on Tax Collector Nich
ols today in behalf of. five Japanese
who were recently refused licenses to
conduct employment agencies by the
police commissioners. The lawyer
made a formal demand for the licenses
and tendered the required fees. The
tax collector referred the attorney to
the police commissioners, who have
Jurisdiction In the matter of Issuing
such licenses.
Chairman Magerty of the police com
missioners today received a letter
from United States District Attorney
Devlin, but declined to reveal Its, con
tents on the ground "that It might in
flame public sentiment."
CANADIANS GROWING ALARMED
Rigid Immigration Law Will Check
Flood of Japanese.
VANCOUVER, ' B. C, July 6. Labor
men are up in arms over the threatened
Invasion of thousands of Japanese from
Honolulu. The labor market Is now al
most overstocked and will not stand for
the coming of such numbers. Immigration
Department records show that 1500 have
arrived in British Columbia since the first
of the year, 700 from Japan and 800 from
Honolulu. These were admitted without
much question by the Immigration De
partment as help was much needed In
many industries, but now Dr. Alex S.
Monro, Dominion Immigration Inspector,
announces that the law will be rigidly
enforced and all who cannot qualify will
be refused admittance.
The chief requisite qualification Is pos
session of at least $25 cash and Mr. Mon
ro says this is to be rigidly enforced.
Past experience with the Japanese from
Honolulu shows that not one in ten has
this amount. This means they will have to
return, as they will not be allowed to
land, either here or In Victoria, The
French steamer Admiral Jauriberry is due
here Saturday morning with 225 Japanese
from Honolulu. These must qualify or go
back. One thousand more have already
left Honolulu. Acute complications are
almost certain, as the local Japanese
Consulate is quite aware they are coming.
Kurokl Feasts Luke Wright.
TOKIO, July 5. General Baron Kurokl,
the Japanese Imperial envoy to the
Jamestown Exposition, gave a
luncheon today in honor of Luke
E. Wright, the American ambassa
dor. Field Marshal Oyama, representing
the army, expressed himself in the most
appreciative terms of the magnificent and
enthusiastic reception accorded General
Kurokl and his party everywhere in the
United States. His phraseology was one
long chain of superlatives of gratifying
appreciation in which the Japanese lan
guage Is peculiarly rich. Ambassador
Wright made an appropriate reply and
the most cordial feelings prevailed. The
anti-Japanese, or what is here known as
the American question, was -completely
Ignored.
Predicts War With Japan.
SEATTLE. Wash.; July 5. Rear-Ad
miral W. J. Thompson, who served 44
years in the United States Navy, now
on the retired list, believes that war
with Japan is inevitable. The last por
tion of his service was m the Philip
pines. He says the clash will come
within the next five years, that Japan
will have the advantage at the outset,
that the Philippines will be easily tak
en, but that in the long run ah will
have no show against the resources
and armament of the United States.
Admiral Thompson Is satisfied that
In the event of war with Japan, Great
Britain will decline all support to the
Japanese, but that France will furnish
the sinews of war in the shape of
money.
' Big Purchase of Coal Land.
CENTRALIA, Wash., July 5. (Spe
cial.) The North Yakima Fuel & Supply
Co. has closed Its deal with Feron Bros
whereby the company secures 720 acres
of coal and timber lands In the vicinity
of ' Centralis. The total outlay Incident
to the deal will be In the neighborhood
of $200,000. There Is at present a crew
of men at work preparing to open up
the mines. The necessary machinery has
been purchased, and when It arrives
many men will be employed, probably
between 300 and 400 within few months.
The Feron Bros.' mill, which is included
In the purchase, will be used to furnish
material for the mines and to cut the
standing "timber. A short spur will be
built from the Gray s HarBor m-ancn or
the Northern Pacific. The new com
pany is capitalized at $2,500,000.
Electricity Replaces Steam.
HOOD RIVER. Or., July 5. Special.)
The Stanley Smith Lumber Company,
which has been operating two planers
owned by them near Hood River with
steam, has decided to substitute electric
power and has given the Hood River
Electric Light. Power 4: Water Company
a contract to furnish 100 horsepower. By
using electricity the company expects to
Increase Its output and secure a better
grade . of lumber. The light company is
also extending its wires out Into the val
ley a distance of five miles to furnish light
for ranchers. 1 .
New Bank President.
CHICAGO, July 5.-George E." Roberts,
director of the United States mint, was
elected today president of the Commercial
National Bank,
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FRAUD HELD
Declares J. P. Morgan Is Her
Associate.
GIVEN BIG SUM TO INVEST
Remanded In London Police Court
for Fleecing Female Friend Out
of Large Amount of Money.
Other .' Charges Made.
LONDON, July 5. A strange story of
alleged fraud Involving large sums was
related In the West London Police
Court today. Mrs. Josephine Leslie,
whose friends were said to be worth
millions, was arrested yesterday at
Newmarket, where she had been stay
ing at the best hotel. Mrs. Leslie was
taken Into custody while out driving
,in a motor car, charged with defraud
ing members of well-known families by
false pretenses, and was arraigned ihin
afternoon at the court mentioned, and
remanded.
Miss Annie Blount, the plaintiff. Is a
member of an Influential Dublin family.
Her counsel said that Miss Blount met
Mrs. Leslie at a friend's house. Mrs.
Leslie, Miss Blount added, represented
that she was a friend of J. Plerpont
Morgan, and produced a letter purport
ing to have been written by Mr.
Morgan, advising her to invest in one
of his syndicates, and promising fabu
lous profits. Miss P.lount later was a
guest of Mrs. Leslie at a leading Lon
don hotel, and ultimately entrusted
the latter with $42,500 to invest in the
alleged Morgan syndicate.
Mrs. Leslie In return fcave- Miss Blount
post-dated checks for $125,000 and $100,000,
which were supposed to represent the
profits that would accrue to Miss Blount.
When the first check was presented,
it was marked "account closed" and re
turned. Counsel added that other similar
charges were pending against the de
fendant. NEW YORK, July 5. Members of the
firm of J. P. Morgan & CoT were unable
to Identify Josephine Leslie today. A
representative of the firm, after Inves
tigation, said she was unknown to the
firm, and that her story bore Its own
refutation on its face, as Mr. Morgan
was not In the habit of taking the pub
lic into his confidential operations.
NEW SECURITIES OF 1907
Amount Unparalleled Despite Wall
Street's Waitings.
NEW YORK, July 6. The amount of
new securities In the United States for
the first half of 1907 has never been par
alleled. The grand total authorized Is
$1,278,728,500; already $799,442,100 has been
Issued since January 1, leaving $-179,286,-400
of this year's output to be sold, In
addition to a large carry-over from the
previous year. The railroads have ap
plied in six months for $979,446,600, ex
clusive of 252.000.000 announced by the Hill
roads and St. Paul last December. In
dustrial needs have been less pressing,
yet not so light as the total of $299,781,
900 would indicate.
The most prominent feature of 1907
financing to date has been the unpre
cedented heavy offerings of short notes,
paying very generous returns to Inves
tors from 5 to 8 per cent., and, in ex
ceptional cases, even more. Altogether
$503,651,000 of this form of securities has
been put out.
COAL WILL BE SCARCER
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Government Lawsuit Forces Mines
to Close. '
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., July 5. As a
result of the suits filed by the Govern
ment .. against the Union Pacific Coal
Company, forcing that company to aban
don coal property alleged to have been
illegally secured from the Government
three of the big coal mines situated on
the disputed property have been closed
down.
The mines belong to the Superior Coal
Company, which is owned by the Union
Pacific.
The effect will be a further shortage of
coal In the West.
Big Prune Crop Promised.
GARFIELD, Wash., July 5. (Spe
cial.) The big fruit dryer five miles
west of Garfield is being overhauled
and put In shape for the season's run.
The manager, George Gage, said:
"There Is an abundance of fruit In the
Faloiise country this year and we ex
pect to do the blgest business since
the dryer was established here, some
ten years ago. We expect to dry this
season 50 carloads of Italian prunes
alone. We will dry 2400 bushels of
prunes every 30 hours. We employ
from 40 to 50 people at the plant dur
ing the season and run the- big dryer
day and night until the season is over.
The dried fruit finds a ready market
in New York, Pittsburg and Boston at
goods prices, and Palouse dried fruit
Is always In demand at a little above
the market price. Last year we dried
32 carloads of Italian prunes. The
farmers get $8 to $10 a ton for the
fruit delivered at the dryer and from
$3000 to $4000 is paid out for picking
and hauling the fruit. We pay out dur
ing the season's run for hplp about
$4000. This money all goes to the people
In the towns and surrounding country
and evenially finds Its way to the dry
goods, grocery and hardware 6tores."
Street Paving for Chehalis.
CHEHALIS, Wash., July 6. (Spe
cial.) Chehalis citizens will spend be
tween $50,000 and $60,0C0 on their
streets, building n:w crushed rock
drive-ways, grading other streets and
otherwise Improving the thoroughfares
of the city within the next year or
so. If the plans approved at the Citizens'
Club meeting last week are carried out
as it Is Intended they shall be. The
special commute of the club, composed
of George' R. Sibley, N. B. Coffman and
Dan W. Bush submitted a compre
hensive scheme for the ' general im
provement of the streets in all parts
of the city, the cost of the work for
the most part to be assessed against
the ebuttlng property. The council
and' club will hold a joint meeting to
go into details of the matter July 8,
at which time It is hoped to reach an
agreement a? to just how much of the
work -it will be wise to take up and
push at this time. -
Pittsburg's Fourth of July Deaths.
PITTSBURG, July 5. All records
of fatalities following the celebration
of Independence day at Pittsburg were
broken this year. Up to 10 o'clock IS
violent deaths were reported to the
Coroner's office, while the number of
injured was three more. This list of
the dead, .which, was compiled from
cases reported at the Coroner's office
and morgues from Wednesday night
until this morning, including two al
leged murders and one suicide, besides
numerous accidental deaths. It is said
that many of the injured will die.
MEXICAN ROADS TO. MERGE
Capitalization $460,000,000 With
Government a Stockholder.
MEXICO CITY, July 5. Arrangements
effecting a merger of the Mexican. Cen
tral and the National' Railroad lines of
Mexico will be published tomorrow in the
Diaro Officlale. A Mexican limited liabili
ties stock company Is to be organized
with the Mexican government and the
shareholders of the Mexican Central and
the National lines as incorporators, to be
known as the Natinoal Railroads of Mex
ico. The object is to absorb and operate
the railroad lines. The original Issue of
capital is to be $160,000,000, Mexican. The
government holds a majority of the stock.
Jamestown Fair Borrows Again.
NORFOLK, Va., July 6. The board of
directors of the Jamestown Exposition to
day adopted the report of the conference
committee, formally electing James M.
Barr director-general. The stockholders
tonight authorized the board of directors
to place a second mortgage on the com
pany's property, to cover the second loan,
understood to be for $350,000. The origi
nal loan was $450,000. for which a first
mortgage will be given. The two loans
will cover all of the outstanding obliga
tions and put the company on its feet.
Grafter Must Go to Prison.
COLUMBUS, O., July 6. Judge Rog
ers, in the Criminal Court today, over
ruled the motion for a new trial and ar
rest of Judgment in the case of William
B. Moore, the local agent of the West
ern Lumber & Pole Company, of Den
ver, who was indicted In Connecticut
with William Cox, . ex-superlntendent
of the municipal lighting plant
and. convicted on the charge of selling
fictitious poles to the city and collect
ing money for poles never delivered.
Moore was sentenced to four years In
the penitentiary.
Girl Operators Given Advance. -
. POCATELLO, Idaho, July 6. (Special.)
The Bell Telephone Company today
granted its girl operators here a sub
stantial raise in wages, thus averting a
repetition of last week's strike.' The girls
were receiving from $20 to $30 per month;
they are. now on a sliding scale, receiving
from 18 to 20 cants per hour, equalling
a monthly wage Of from $25 to $45 per
month.
Columnar Contract Awarded.
' OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 5. The Secretary of the
Interior has approved a contract with
A G. Moolhe, Spokane, by which , the
latter agrees to construct the Columnar
tunnel and approaches from there to
the main canal of the Tiston Irrigation
project, Washington. The amount of
the contract is $18,217.
"American Boy" at Jamestown.
NORFOLK, Va., July 5 "American
Boy" day was a unique attraction at the
Jamestown Exposition today, with elab
orate exercises at the Auditorium, con
sisting of orations, declamations and mu
sic by boy 'talent from all parts of the
country.
Largey Loses His Money.
TRENTON, N. J., July 5. Application
was filed In the United States Circuit
Court to have the Will B. Block Amuse
ment Company declared bankrupt. The
petitioner Is Morris S. Largey, of Butte,
Mont., whose claim Is for $299,000 for
money loaned.
New York Central Fined.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 6. The New
York Central Company was fined $15,000
in the Federal Court this afternoon for
failure to file rates on a shipment of oil
for the Standard Oil Company. A motion
for a new trial was denied.
Win Phonograph Suit.
NEW YORK. July B. Supreme Justice
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Keogh, of Westchester County, rendered
a decision today barring all dealers in this
state from selling or handling the Edison
records or supplies, without the permis
sion of the New York Phonograph Com
pany. The dealers throughout the state,
of whom there are some 940, are ordered
to give an accounting of all records sold
for the last ten years.
Bomb Kills Police Official.
ST. PETERSBURG. July E The little
town of Klzlar, in the Terek territory,
Caucasia, waa the scene of a bomb-throwing
today. Several bombs were hurled at
two high local police officials, and one of
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City Built on Rabies.
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town of Mogok, Burmah "cradled in
wooded hills dotted with temples and
bungalows, who would dream that its
life has been a life of dread mys
teries and awful crimes? Yet the Ruby
City has seen things not to be re
counted, because of its treasures, from
King Solomon's day to that of King
Thebaw. Indeed, were it not for the
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they see everything in a ruby light,
men. women and children. Every visi
tor must want to buy, they think. How
ever hungry or thirsty the traveler
may be on arrival, the first thing he
hears spoken Is of rubles. All Mogok
seems to be fishing with bamboo hols
ters. And they are fishing for rubles,
in the precious "byon" that rivals in
richness the famous "blue ground,' of
Kimberly.
A hoard of nine goM bracelets, found tn
a pit-dwelling of the seventh or eighth cen
tury B. C, In a field near Bexley Heath, have
Jut been placed in the Gold Room at the
British Museum.
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