THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1907.
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LITTLE
MAY
E TO FIGHT
Wisconsin Republican Leaders
Working Hard in Interest
of Harmony.
TENDER THE OLIVE BRANCH
Efforts Made to Swing State Behind
i.a Follette's Presidential Boom
and Til us Preserve Peace
In, Party Hanks.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1". A special to the
Record-Herald from Milwaukee says:
"Repeated quiet conferences have
been held recently by La Follette Re
publican leaders of the state for the
purpose of devising some method of
avoiding an open conflict next year
over the state delegation to the Na
tional Convention. Most of the con
ferees declare that there will be no
trouble, but others are not so certain.
All agree, however, -that all of the dele
gates will be for the Senator.
"These leaders see little possibility
of getting together all of the factions
of the party, but an effort is being
made to unite all the old La Follette
strength back of the Presidential boom
of the Senator. If this can be done.
It is argued that what the stalwarts
may do will not be worth considering.
To do this, however. It is recognized
that Governor Davidson and Lieutenant-Governor
Connor must be detached
from their tentative alliance with the
stalwarts. This done, it is said, it is
improbable that the latter will make
any fight on the state delegation, be
cause their chances would be so small
as not to necessitate a moment's worry.
Dividson Deal Proposed.
"Governor Davidson wishes a re
nomination and there is no good reason
why he should not get it unless Sen
ator LuFollette should bring a candidate
into the field as he did in 1906. This
makes an opening for a pretty deal,
whereby the Governor may get what he
wants without opposition if he shall
assist actively the movement to secure
the state delegation for La Follette. On
the other hand, it 13 stated, the Senator
well may give up any plan he may
have In mind to place a gubernatorial
candidate in the field if it means a
solid state delegation back of him in
the National Convention next year.
Those talking this compromise say it
ought to be satisfactory to both parties.
At least tney are trying hard to bring
it about.
"As to the Lieutenant-Governor, the
first trouble met is that no one knows
authoritatively just what Connor
wants. He does not care whether or
not he is renominated for Lieutenant
Governor, and there are predictions
that he will he in the field for Sen
ator. Should this prove true it will
damage badiy certain plans put on tha
way for launching.
Connor-La Follette Fetid.
"Again the Lieutenant-Governor is
supposed to have burned the bridges
between himself and the senior Sen
ator. True he did render opportune
and valuable assistance to Senator
Stephenson last Spring, but tht
bridge dno chasm between himself and
La Follette. Still even this is thought
not to be hopeless.
"When the proposition was advanced
some time ago that the thing to do
would be to send to the National Con
vention of 1908 the delegates-at-large
turned down by the convention of
1904 Senators La Follette and Ste
phenson, State Senator Stout and Lieutenant-Governor
Connor it caused a
broad smile on account of the rela
tions between La Follette and Connor.
That the latter would be for the Sen
ator for President was hardly sup
posable. But the Senator and the
Lieutenant-Governor are alike in this,
that, while each is a bitter hater,
neither has ever' let his hostilities
Btand in the way of his political ad
vancement. Therefore the hope held
by those who are looking for harmony,
and the- movement is finding sub
stantial backing.
' Stevenson Backs Plan.
"It- is said that Stephenson favor the
plan, and his influence will be used
for such a settlement of present dif
ficulties. Should La Follette decide not
to head the delegation because of his
Presidential candidacy, it is intimated
Governor Davidson might be placed on
the delegation. It is held, however,
that this Is not necessary If the Gov
ernor be assured of no opposition to
his renomination. Whether Connor
would accept this olive branch is an
open question. That he will be sounded
before long, even if he has not been
approached already, is certain, ' His
answer will be awaited with interest
and anxiety.
"Many of the radical La Follette men
are much opposed to this harmony
plan. They say that La Follette can
carry the state in spite of anything,
and there i no reason to attempt to
placate those hostile to him in the last
two years. The answer of those who
favor a united party is that, while it
may be accepted as certain that the
Senator would get the delegation, no
matter what the fight, a battle would
be Injurious because his opponents
could charge that the conflict showed
that he was by no means the choice
of the people of Wisconsin. The odds
are declared to favor the harmony
scheme. Meantime the Governor and
Junior Senator are fishing together."
FOR shrldu cmfvvyp vbgkq cm
Peace Delegations Instructed to
Favor Court of Arbitration.
TUB HAGUE. Aug. 20.-NearIy all gov
ernments have instructed their peace
delegation to endeavor to bring about
some obligatory arbitration, also the es
tablishment of a permanent court of ar
bitration In order to save t.ie conference
from a failure.
Efforts of delegates are now directed
towards the arrangement ot a treaty
with Germany, which country thus far
has opposed a world treaty on the ground
that ... would minimize ratner luan pro
mote obligatory arbitration.
KEEP WOMEX FROM SENATE
New Zealand Vpper House Rejects
Bill Giving Them Privilege.
WELLINGTON. New Zealanj. Aug. 20.
The upper house of the -ew Zealand
legislature rejected the bill of the lower
house, providing for the election of mem
fcr of the upper by the lower house, ac
HAY
cording to one of the clauses whereof
women electors shall be eleglble to mem
bersnip in the tipper body.
Marquis Ito Is Honored. -
TOKIO. Aug 20. ilarquls Ito has been
honored by the receipt of the following
Imperial rescript: .
'We being solicitous of the maintenance
of peace in the Far East, entrusted you
with the management of Corean affairs
and are satisfied with the new convention
which was concluded by your earnest ef
forts." Hundred Chinamen Killed.
BERLIN. Aug. 20. Tne directors of
the Shangtung Mining Company have re
ceived a cable from Tsingtau, announc
ing an explosion of dynamite in the un
derground Fangtse mine, whicn resulted
In two Germans and 100 Chinamen being
kied. .
Arbitrate Fisheries Dispute.
LONDON, Aug. 20. Great Britain has
accepted the proposition of the United
States to submit the Newfoundland fish
eries dispute to arbitration by Tne Hague
tribunal. Meanwhile the modus Vivendi
will continue the same as ,ast year.
OFFER ALMOST ANY PRICE
XO FIXED VALUE PUT OX HAY
IX TACOMA MARKET.
Large Crop and Prices Good, but
Farmers Are Holding Back.
Ranchers Will Xot Sell.
.. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20.-iSpeciaJ.)
The hay market presents a situation
peculiarly different from the ordinary.
There seems to be no fixed price paid to
the producer, but jobbers and other
heavy buyers are buying hay at what
ever terms they are able to make. This
year's hay crop is reported large and the
quality good, as most of the yield was
harvested under favorable weather con
ditions, but the farmers are holding their
hay In expectation of higher prices next
Winter.
Buyers who have gone east of the moun
tains to purchase their year's supply have
found the ranchers unwilling to sell and
many of them have failed to make con-:
tracts at any price. The first two- cut
tings of alfalfa were late, consequently
the third crop will be light and will not
materially affect the market.
HOLD-UPS 1 OX MAIX STREET
Two Laborers Robbed on Pacific
Avenue In Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) "Throw up your hands." That
was the order that fully awakened
Andrew Peterson, an employe of the
Northern Pacific Railway, as he has
tened to his work this morning.
Peterson was walking down Pacific
avenue about 4.15 o'clock.
As , he passed a dark doorway, a
short man, wearing a derby hat, dam
clothes, and a white handkerchief for
a mask, stepped out and held a large
blue eteel revolver a few inches from
his head. Peterson stopped and lifted
his hands with alacrity. The "stick
up man" went through his pockets.
Finding nothing, the robber ordered
his victim to move on and not to look
back.
The same hold-up man, 20 minutes
later stepped from-a dark doorway and
held up another man who was going
to his work and. secured about $12.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE REFUSED
Tacoma . Streetcar Company Sends
Ultimatum to Board.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Board of Equal
ization learned today through Chair
man Mettler, that Manager Dimmock,
of the Tacoma Railway & Power Com
pany, and the Puget Sound Power
Company, had made the statement to
him that In case the board makes no
reduction in the company's assess
ments, the proposed improvements and
extensions of the lines, aggregating
several thousand dollars, would not be
made.
The Tacoma Railway & Power Com
pany's assessment is $1,922,049 and the
Puget Sound Power Company's assess
ment is $1.401, 428. The board took un
der advisement the formal protests
filed by the companies and voted to
let the Assessors' figures stand. The
action is final.
START OUT EARLY IN LIFE
TWO VANCOUVER YOUNGSTERS
RUN AWAY FROM HOME.
Parents Distracted Until Boys Turn
Up Equipped for Hunting Trip
After Visiting Portland.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Considerable excitement was caused
here this morning, by the announcement
of Mr. Merrifield that his 12-year-old son
Ralph, together with .Emil Langindorfer,
aged 10, had disappeared some time yes
terday morning. Mr. Merrifield had been
searching during the afternoon and eve
ning yesterday, without success, and this
morning was in a terrible state of
rervousness. He had about concluded
that tho boys must have gone swimming
and been drowned. Word was brought
him that the boys were aboard the Jessie
Harklns bound for Portland. He went to
the boat and brought them home.
According to the boys' story they had
read of adventure, and concluded they
would try their fortune. Ralph had quite
a sum of money in the bank and about
11 o'clock he drew It out and started to
equip himself and companion for a hunt
ing trip. ' They went to a hardware store,"
bought two rifles and ammunition and took
the ferry for Portland. After wandering
around that city for several hours they
returned to Vancouver and walked about
two miles to their homes, but slept In the
barn without notifying i their families.
This morning they embarked on the Jessie
Harkins fori Portland buf were caught
before the boat left.
Ralph explained to his father that he
had left a note on the desk before he went
away yesterday. Upon search Mr. Merri
field fouid the note with these words:
"We the undersigned have left to seek
our fortunes. Ralph- and Emil."
Baseball Players Sold.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Manager Berry, of the Los Angeles ball
club, today sold Left Fielder Carlisle and
Right Fielder Cravath to the Boston
American League club. Carlisle brought
$2500 and Cravath $2000.
The sum of $3000 is the cash payment
and the baiance is to be paid when the
players report to Boston in the Spring.
They will play out the present season with
the Los Angeles club.
SENT OUT TO FIGHT
Sultan's Uncle Receives Sar
castic Letter. .
RAISULI TO BE CAPTURED
French Guns Mow Down Fanatical
Moors by Hundreds, but Seem,
so Far, Unable to Stem
Tide of Uprising.
TANGIER. Aug. 20. Ralsuli. the captor
of Sir Harry McLean, is at his old camp
ing ground. El Hauta, the shrine of Sldl
Kuseph. He has written a letter to El
Meranl. the uncle of the Sultan, telling
him he was sent out by the Sultan to tight,
not to remain inactive.
This communication angered El Merani,
and he moved his army to within eight
miles of Raisuli's position. Fighting is im
minent. If El . Meranl is defeated, the
hill tribes will lose Alcazar, but if he Is
victorious, the situation will be saved
and Raisuli captured.
FIRE 500 SHOTS PER MINUTE
Terrible Slaughter Follows Fire
From French Guns.
PARIS. Aug. 20. The correspondent of
the Matin at Casa Blanca speaks In loud
praise of 75 military guns, 14 rounds of
which, he says, put 1500 Arabs to flight.
In attacking the camp on the right, the
Arab horsemen galloped to within 400
yards of the French position.' where two
rapid-fire guns had been mounted on the
roof of the farm building. These guns
opened fire with 600 shots per minute,
swept the ground with a rain of lead and
covered it with the dead and dying. "The
spahis," the correspondent continues,
"were a brave sight as they rode back to
camp. Men and horses were covered with
blood and their faces blackened with
powder,"
The attacking tribes Sunday were Sen
itta and Zianda, who are newcomers, and
are fighting for the first time. It is an
nounced that a number of Kablles are
marching from Mazagan to' Casa Blanca
with the intention of delivering a formid
able attack shortly.
The Tangier correspondent telegraphed
that with the object of getting enlisted
the fanatical members of the Ulema, who
favor a holy war. the Sultan has ap
pointed them members of a delegation
that Is to come to Tangier to discuss the
situation.
ESTIMATE LOSSES AT 2000
Moors Killed by Thousands but
Advance on Casa Blanca.
CASA BLANCA. Aug. 20. Undeterred
by yesterday's losses, estimated from
Jewish sources at 2000 dead, the . Moors
again advanced today in a great semi
circle, evidently with the intention of
surrounding the city. Warships began
bombarding the advancing tribesmen.
- French Colony at Fez in Danger.
PARIS, Aug. 20. The government has
received confirmation of the report that
the Sultan of Morocco's brother has been
proclaimed Sultan, and also that the Sul
tan has declared his intention to send a
deputation of notable Moors to Tangier,
but the object of the mission Is unknown.
The French colony at Fez, fearing an ex
plosion of fanaticism, leaves for Tangier
tomorrow. The Moroccan government
has agreed to furnish an escort, but the
five days' trip is considered dangerous.
PAWN TICKETS ARE CLEW
Negro Arrested on. Charge of Killing
Woman and Her Servant.
CAMDEN. N. J., Aug. 20. A negro
today murdered the wife of Edward
Horner, a farmer living near Mer
chantville, and also killed a servant,
Mrs. Victoria Napolei. The purpose of
the murder was robbery. The assas
sin first fired the barn to distract at
tention of the household.
Charles Gibson, a negro, who was ar
rested in Philadelphia on suspicion this
afternoon, had two pawn tickets, one
of which was held on a watch whereon
Horner's name was inscribed.
KEEPS AHEAD OF BUDGET
Canal Chief Engineer Pushing Work
Faster Than Expected.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Pan-American
canal construction .work is proceed
ing faster than was calculated In the es
timate presented sfo Congress.
This year's work will cost $8,000,000
more than the appropriation, owing to
the rapidity of construction. Colonel
Goethals, however, will continue to work
In advance of the appropriation, expect
ing that Congress will make good.
IMPROVE HONOLULU HARBOR
War Department Advertises for Bide
on Important Work.
HONOLULU. Aug. 20. The War Del
partment has advertised for bids lor ma
terial for the construction of batteries at
Pearl Harbor and Diamond Head. The
bids will be opened on October IB. Bids
for deepening Honolulu harbor will be
opened on September 9.
GETS TIME BY WIRELESS
Navy Tug Iroquois, 2700 Miles at
Sea, Reached From Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. By means
of wireless telegraphy, J. T. McMillan, a
nautical . expert of the branch hydro
graphic office in this city, today sent the
correct time to Captain Carter, of the
Nayv tug Iroquois, at Midway Island.
2700 miles away. When the cable operator
at the Ocean Beach notified Lieutenant
McMillan, he went out to the station
with a corrected chronometer and gave
the information to Captain Carter by
which he could xrheck up the chronometer
on the Iroquois.
Money for New Walk.
ASTORIA. "Aug. 20. (Special.) Up to
the present time Sheriff Pomeroy has col
lected about $5300 of the $00 assessment
levied by the Council of West Seaside to
defray the expense of constructing a
walk along the beach, north from the
Moore Hotel.
Ton of frr&sshopprs have been found em
bedded in an ancient glacier of Montana.
Millinery
The first "smart, attrac
tive Hats of the Fall
season are now shown
in great . variety. The
shapes are decidedly
novel.
300 Women's Long and Short Kimonos
Lawn and Swiss Vals. to $2.50 at $1.19
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GIVES OTHER IE
Standard Oil Issues Pamphlet
to Its Friends.
SAYS COURTS ARE BIASED
Cries Out That Under "Vindictive"
Warfare Waged by Federal Gov
ernment Rights Are Trampled
on Looks to Higher Courts.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The Standard Oil
directors have Issued a pamphlet to em
ployes and stockholders ' relative to the
fine of J29, 240,000 imposed upon the Indiana
company, a noteworthy, feature of which
is the company's declaration" of absolute
innocence of wrongdoing in any of the
prosecutions lately instituted against it
and particularly so in the Chicago-Alton
case.
The pamphlet says:
"If the judgment (n that case Is allowed
to stand, the company would be com
pelled to pay 50 times the value of every
carload of oil carried over the Alton road
during the two years at an open 6-cent
rate, a rate used over three competing
railroads for ten to 14 years.
"The trial Judge refused to allow proof
that a 6-cent rate was a legal rate. He
Insisted that 18 cents was the only legal
rate for oil when, nobody had ever paid
it end when this was shown in, did
not apply to oil. To the higher courts we
must look for that calm Judgment which
will rescue the rights of citizens from
the field of public clamor and domain of
vindictive politics. So persistent and
adroit has been the warfare waged with
the overpowering authority of the Federal
administration against the Standard com
pany that it has been difficult to get a
fair hearing before 'the public or in a
large portion of the press, the latter being
swayed alike by the socialistic outcry
from below and the political pressure
from above.
"The. company is conducting a business
of great moment to the prosperity of the
American people in absolute obedience to
the soundest principles of business and to
the spirit and letter of the law. The at
tacks upon it of the kind described are
aimed at the Nation's Industrial mercan
tile life."
STILL MORE RAISES MADE
Weyerhauser Timber Company In
creased 400 Per Cent.
TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Deputy Sheriff Doten has served nbtlces
on the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company,
the Northwestern Improvement Company,
Crescent- Fuel Company and Charles
Cromwell, notifying them of the increase
in assessments made by the Lewis
County Commissioners.
The raises averaged nearly 400 per cent
in the case of the Weyerhaeuser Com
pany and was more than doubled In all
of the other cases. A notice was served
on the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany that its assessment in Kittitas
County had been raised by the Board of
Equalization of that county. The raise
represented an increase of nearly 300 .per
Established 1850-F1FTY.SEVEN YEARS IN BUSlNESS-tabliahcd
Good Mordundu 0-lr QoaJitT Coasidewml Our Pries Ars Always tha Uwnt
Great Sale Lace Curtains
Here you will find thousands of pairs of Lace Curtains greatly reduced for this great Alteration Sale.
Carpenters have been at -work for weeks renovating our Drapery Dept. We must make room for our
new goods. White and Arabian Curtains in eluny, renaissance, Battenberg, Marie Antoinette, cable net.
w.vu iv.c on gicataj icuuitu
Reg. $1.00 Curtains, $ .79
Reg. $1.50 Curtains, 1 .09
Reg. $2.00 Curtains, 1.49
Reg. $2.50 Curtains, 1.89
Reg. $3.00 Curtains, 2.29
Reg. $3.50 Curtains, 2.59
Reg. $4.00 Curtains, 2.95
Daintiest washable Summer styles of Women's Short and Long Kimonos,
Nightingales and Dressing Sacques, made of plain white lawn, fancy
figured and dotted Swiss or lawns. All newest styles, made with or
without collar, belt, long or short sleeves, low or high and Dutch neck,
prettily trimmed, sizes 34 to 44. Sold regularly to $2.50. . J -fl fv
Biggest kimono value of . the year at only 4ft A
cent on the property of the company in
that county.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Child Wades Too Far and Is Caught
by the Undertow.
TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Helen Sossong, the 3-year-old daughter of
Patrolman and Mrs. Sossong, is recover
ing from a narrow escape from death in
the bay Sunday on Maury ' Island. The
women and children remained on the
beach, while the men went fishing. When
about 100 feet from the shore, Patrolm
Sossong heard a cry for help. The bWt
was turned and the distance speedily
covered. i
Nearlng the shore, a dress was seen
floating on the surface. The men found
Helen Sossong in the water. She was
taken ashore and finally resuscitated. The
child had been In wading and had been
carried out by the undertow. But for
her discovery by Lydia, her 6-year-old
sister, she would have been drowned.
THEY WANT BETTER VALUES
Farmers ' Threaten Members of
Board With Political Death.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Edward E. Lee, a farmer of Pontiac, to
day served notice upon the members of
the County Board" of Equalization that
if they did not give farmers better values
he would lead a .fight against them at
the next election. This and a claim by
the Carbon Hill Coal Company that the
operators had not averaged more than
t'i a ton for their coal this year, the
middlemen making practically all the
profit out of the high prices of fuel, were
the features of today's session of the
board of Equalization.
New Instructor Arrives.
ASHLAND, Or., Aug. . Speeial.)
Professor H. H. Wardrip, who will have
charge of the new manual training de
partment of the State Normal and of the
work in physical culture, has arrived at
Ashland, and is superintending the in
stallation of the equipment required for
the new department.
Laying In a Supply.
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Aug. 20. Be
cause of the state law that goes into ef
fect here September 1. forbidding the sale
of cigarettes, thousands of the little pills
are being sold dally. So great is the de
mand from those who are laying in a sup
ply of the smokes, that there will be a
cigarette famine in this city in a few
days.
William Blgnold.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 20. (Spec
ial.) William Blgnold, aged 29, son of
Judge Blgnold, of Montesairo, died in a
hospital in this city Sunday from typhoid
fever.
Peptiron Pills
Ironlze the blood, feed the tierrea and brain, ton
the stomach, aid digestion, and give sweet, restful,
natural sleep. 60c. or$l. Procgists or by mail of us.
Hood's Pills S
After-dinner pill, parelr veretabls- 7 to t&ka,
easy to operate. Sfx Druggist or mvl. C. I.
Hood Co.. Lowell. If Made Ur Hood It's Good,
COFFEE
Which 'd you rather have
for breakfast, good bread
and butter and first-rate
coffee, or first-rate , steak
and poor coffee?
Tour grocer returne yonr money tf you
don't like Schillings Best; we oajr hie
lur mis sale:
Reg. $5.00 Curtains, $3.85
Reg. $6.00 Curtains, 4.59
Reg. $7.50 Curtains, 5.85
Reg. $8.50 Curtains, Q5
Reg. $10.00 Curtains, 7.95
Reg. $12.50 Curtains, 9.75
Curtain Materials. Etc. j
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EX-CONTICTS FROM SAN "QUEN
TIN CAPTURED AFTER CHASE.
San Francisco Police Hare Exciting
Time Taking Desperadoes Re
cently Released.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. After a
chase fcf many blocks through the
principal streets of the city. Detectives
Farrell and Crowley today trailed four
desperate ex-convicts to their lair in
a lodging-house at Stockton and Clay
streets, battered down the door of
their sleeping room, lined the four
desperadoes up again the wall, and,
under the cover of revolvers, snapped
handcuffs on their wrists.
The prisoner's flames, as registered
at police headquarters, are William
McLaughlin, alias William Haines;
Thomas Conwell, alias Frank Wil
liams, alias Skinny; William Hogan,
alias William Kelly; James, alias Jo
seph Purcell. alias Frank Brown.
All have recently been released from
San Quentin, where they have been
doing various terms ranging from five
to 15 years. The crime for which they
were arrested today was the robbery
at an early hour this morning of
George Felphs, a cook on the steamer
City of Sydney.
Dies Doing His Duty.
SPOKANE. Wash.,- Aug. 20. (Special.)
0
All Day Today
Marking down all remaining
, Summer Shoes preparatory
to our Semi-Annual
House - Cleaning
Shoe Sale
Which Begins Tomor
row, Thursday
See this Evening's papers for full
particulars of the most extraordi
nary reductions ever quoted on
high-grade footwear.
ROSENTHAL'
' , Portland's Best Shoe Store
1850
Waist Sale
Great special values In
Lingerie Waists at all
prices. Sa-e one-fourth
to one-half by buying
now.
Buy Now
and Save
Money
Following a small blaze this afternoon In
the McKoldock Lumber Company's yard,
Edward G. Hunter, a timekeeper, who
had hastily hauled out a hose-cart at tha
first cry of fire, foil dead. After pullins
the cart to the blazing shed, he foil to
the ground and died immediately.
WEDDING
AND VISITING CARDS
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