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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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VIOLENTLY
ATTACKS
HARAHAN
Personal Encounterfta
tween Money Kings.
AT RAILROAD BOARD MEETING
Clinch Between Illinois Central
Directors.
FIST-FIGHT IS PREVENTED
Favage Dispute Over Road's Man-
s
agement Culminates in Aged Ath
lete Seizing Successor and
Abusing Him Verbally.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. (Special.) After
a meeting of the board of directors of the
Illinois Central Railroad had broken up
An confusion today,. . Stuyyesant Fish,
ex-prealdent of the company, and J.
Harahan. his successor, engaged in a
((heated altercation Which terminated In a
rvlolent personal encounter between them.
Wall-street reports circulated late in
the afternoon were to the effect that Mr.
Fish struck Mr. Harahan . with his fist
end that the two men clutched each other,
stumbled over a chair and fell to the floor
together before they, could be separated
by their colleagues of the board, who
were horrified at the sensational conclu
sion. One of the directors who attended
the meeting said tonight, however, that
mo actual blows had been struck, no blood
had been spilled and no furniture broken.
Big Men In Violent Clinch.
"The fact is," he said, "That Mr. Fish
, lost his temper and probably regretted
his hasty action. He did not strike Mr.
Harahan, but he seized him violently, at
the same time abusing him vigorously by
word of mouth. Mr. Harahan used rtily
enough force to free himself. The. board
., room was soon cleared and there the in
cident closed."
Stuyvesant Fish Is a giant. He stands
several Inches more than 6 feet In height,
tipping the beam probably aft 220 pounds
without carrying any superfluous flesh,
and prides himself upon his physical
prowess.
Mr. Harahan, who succeeded Mr. Fish
In.the presidency of the Illinois Central
when the latter had been ousted after an
Incumbency of many years' duration, is
a somewhat smaller man physically,
though he could probably "weigh in" at
190 pounds, and his broad Bhoulders sug
gest plenty of muscular power and vital
ity. Cause of the Outbreak.
It was the regular monthly meeting of
the directorate of the Illinois Central that
brought together at noon today nine mem
bers of the board. Those -who attended
were James T. Harahan, Stuyvesant
Fish, Cornelius Vanderbllt, Robert W.
Goelet. Charles A. Feabody, Alexander
6. Huckstaff, Charles M. Beach, Walter
Luttgan and James DeWolf Cutting.
Certain routine business was summarily
disposed, of and then Mr. Fish arose and
produced a formidable typewritten docu
ment. Mr. Fish proceeded to read the paper,
which severely criticized the present
management of the road. The document
-arraigned Mr. Harahan in rather harsh
terms.
Mr. Goulet moved to adjourn and Pres
ident Harahan hastily declared the mo
tion carried. Mr. Fish protested that the
attempt to force an adjournment was un
iair and outrageous. Mr. Fish stood
glowering at the president of the road
and Mr. Harahan half rose as though
to leave the room. Several of the direc
tors who are In sympathy with the Har-riman-Haraftan
contingent had already
gone out. Pointing to the retreating
figures of Mr. Peabody and others, Mr.
Fish turned full upon Mr. Harahan and
cried: "They have you in their power
and you know it; you know you are only
their miserable tool."
Mr. Harahan turned white with anger,
rose and faced the towering form of Mr.
Fish and retorted: "Any man 'who says
I am the tool of another is a liar."
Fish Shakes His Enemy.
Mr. Harahan's own account of what
followed was to the effect that Mr. Fish
leaped across to the head of the board
table. Belzed him aggressively by the neck
end shoulders and' shook him as a terrier
shakes a rat. Mr. Harahan made what
defense he could and the two men lurched
about the board room, clinched, until the
directors managed to separate them.
When quiet had been restored Mr. Fish
stalked out of the board room alone and
went to his office in the Park Bank build,
ing. Mr. Harahan went directly into his
private office. He then left No. 11 Broad
way in an automobile. After a brief visit
to Mr. Peabody's office in the Mutual
Life building, he went to his hotel. Mr.
Harahan left New ..ork at 4 o" clock for
Chicago. Mr. Fish, received a delegation
of newspaper men In his office at No. 214
Broadway, but refused ' to discuss the
battle, on the ground that what takes
place in the board room is sacred, so far
as the public is concerned. He . seemed
more amused than concerned, however,
when he learned that the main facts of
the affair were already known, and after
listening to a recital of the affair, he smil
ingly remarked: "Gentlemen, I have
nothing to tell you."
"Now, Mr. Fish, can-t you give us an
idea of how it happened? Tou landed on
Mr. Harahan's jaw and he landed on
the floor; wasn't that It?"
Mr. Fish tried hard not to smile.' "There
Is no use in asking me," said he. "I
will not tell anybody what was done In
the board room, in the meeting."
"Don't you wish, Mr. Fish, it had
been Harrlman, and not Harahan?"
Mr. Fish made an effort to look serlouB,
but his blue eyes insisted on twinkling
and the corners of his mouth on smiling.
PULLS DOWN THE WIRES
Salem's Mayor Thinks He Has Put
Telephone Company Out.
SALEM.. Or., Aug. 28. (Special.) Mayor
Rodgers performed another stunt tonight
which he thinks will put the North
western Long-Distance Telephone Com
pany completely out of business until it
complies with his ultimatum requiring a
franchise. The Mayor, reinforced by City
Marshal Gibson and a corps of linemen
of the Portland General Electric Com
pany, severed the wires connecting the
Northwestern Company's local offices
with the trunk line or the Home Tele
phone Company and pulled down all of its
.wires so that it will" be necessary for the
Northwest to resort to the courts or. the
city Council for relief. .
Mayor Rodgers severed the two wires
Stuyvesant Flan. Ex-President of
Illinois Central Railroad, Who Vi
olently Attacked His Successor.
connecting the Northwestern Company's
local booths with the main line last night,
but when he came down town this morn
ing it was to find that all conections had
been made again. This evening he mus
tered another force and, not being satis
fled with simply cutting the wires at each
end of the connection he had the entire
string of wires, for a distance of four
blocks cut from the insulators and pulled
down.
BOY MURDERS PLAYMATE
Quarrel Over Marksmanship Makes
Year-Old Homicide.
WHEELING. W. Va., Aug. 28. (Spe
cial.) McKinley Nettles. 11 years of age.
shot and instantly killed Cecil Stanley, of
the same a Re, near El mire yesterday af
ternoon, following a quarrel over marks
manship while snooting at targets In the
woods.
The dead 'boy was dragged into the
bushes and left by his companion, who
declared that he had lost him. Later,
when a searching party had discovered
the body, young Nettles said that Stan
ley had shot himself. After being lodged
in jail Nettles confessed the murder. -
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S "Maximum temperature. 78
degrees; minimum. 62 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; northwest
winds.
Foreign.
Japan to make radical reforms In Cores.
Page 5.
Terrible mortality and destitution caused by
Japanese floods. Page 5.
British Parliament prepares for conflict be
tween houses. Page 5.
Rumored assassination of Sultan of Mo
rocco. Page 3.
National.
Roosevelt's enemies will attack sending of
fleet to Pacific. Pace 2.
President entertains Prince Wllhelm of
Sweden. ""Page 2.
Politics.
Motion of censure on Roosevelt rejected by
Bar Association after disorderly scene.
Page 1.
Negro convention declares against Roose
velt. Page 2.
. Domestic.
Stuyvesant Fish and Harahan have personal
encounter at Illinois central meeting.
Page 1.
Mob drives nonunion operator from key and
wrecks office at yaukegan. 111. Page 1.
President Hill talks of money market. Page
3.
Man and three women killed In collision be
tween automobile and trolley car. Page
Heney gives witnesses in Glass trial severs
, examination. Pare 3.
Sport.
Portland loses another game, 2 to 1, through
wild throw. Page 7.
Foulkes of British Columbia wins Canadian
tennis championship. Page 3.
Pacific Coast.
General Greely finds Insufficient pay and no
canteen cause most of the desertions
from the Army. Page 1.
Rush at the Vancouver land office. Page 6.
Question of Garibaldi Pass settled by Judge
Burnett. Page 5. ' .
Northern Pacific accused of discrimination
In distribution of lumber cars. Page 6.
Senator Fulton announces movement to
amend Federal Constitution. Page 7.
Portland , and Vicinity.
Politicians foresee conflict between Fulton
and Bourne. Page 4.
Move In Council to forfeit franchise of
power company for steam heating plant.
Page 10.
Moore and Morris take steps to turn over
fortunes for depositors In Oregon Sav
ings Bank. Page 4.
Q. E.- Slater, wanted in California for forg
ery, arrested here for passing bogus
check. Page 11.
Shopkeeper arrested for selling indecent
postal cards. Page 14.
J.' J. Hill said to have lost control of North
ern Pacific. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Heavy trading in local trult markeft Page
Stock market has strong undertone. Paere
15.
Wheat closes higher at Chicago. Page 15.
Gralnhandlers are allowed 40 cents an hour
by exporters. Page 15.
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VOTE OF CENSURE
ON THE PRESIDENT
Resolution Excites Bar
Association.
SMOTHERED AMID DISORDER
Baltimore Lawyer Condemns
Criticism of Courts.
DAVID ATTACKS ROOSEVELT
Says He Violates Trust and Should
Be Criticised Parker Vainly
Asks .Whltlock to Withdraw
Amid Storm of Disapproval.
PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 28. (Special.)
An effort to pass a resolution censuring
the President of the United States pro
duced a sensation in the final session of
the annual meeting of the American Bar
Association today. The resolution was
Introduced by George Whltlock, of Balti
more, ahd criticized the President for
commenting upon the trial of the beef
cases in Chicago a year ago and adversely
criticizing the presiding Judge' and his.
ruling..
The resolution 'met with disapproval
from all parts of the hall,, and for a few
niinutes disorder ruled. President Parker
repeatedly asked Mr; Whltlock to with
draw his resolution, but the latter Insisted
that It be acted upon. During the at
tempt to dispose of it, Joseph B. David,
of Chicago, who failed to secure recogni
tion from Mr. Parker, shouted: .
"Some one has said that the American
Bar Association has no right to criticize
the President of the United States. I
hold that, when the President of the
United States violates his trust, it is the
duty of the American Bar Association to
criticise him."
A motion to lay the resolution on the
table was carried.
The following officers were elected:
President, J. M. Dickinson, Chicago'; sec
retary, John Hinkley, Baltimore; treas
urer, Frederick Wadhams, New York.
Ovation Given Bryce. .
British Ambassador Bryce was given an
ovation when he appeared to. address the
convention. After he was Introduced by
President Parker the audience of 2000
persons stood and cheered for fully a
minute. Mr. Bryce's subject was the
common law, which he characterized as a
common possession of England and the
United States and a bond of sympathy
whose value could hardly be overrated.
It was the result both of events and the
moral qualities of both peoples. He said,
the right of trial by Jury had been a
bulwark of English freedom, but "we In
England have no longer that confidence
in the jury's wisdom in certain classes of
civil actions which we oVce had and the
tendency is to narrow the sphere of its
employment." .
Changes In Copyright Law.
' A business session followed Mr. Bryce's
address. The secretary announced that
there were - no reports from . the com
mittees on Indian legislation, penal andj
THE HAS-BEEN-CLUB SEEMS ABOUT TO GET
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prison discipline. Federal courts or real
estate. The report on the proposed copy
right bill was presented. . It declares the
bill now before Congress' a distinct ad
vance. The bill broadens the subject of
copyright to include all classes of works
which can be included within the con
stitutional term 'writings of an author"
and recognizes a right of property in
all the works of an author before as
well as after publication, provided a
notice of claim of copyright is impressed
upon or attached to the' work at the
time of publication. It extends the subject
of . copyright to Include "all forms of
record in which the thought of an author
may be recorded and from which it may
be read or reproduced." The intention
of this language is to include all means
of reproducing copyright music, .such as
phonograph disks and pianola records.
Any person resident in any part of the
world may obtain American copyright
by first, or contemporaneously with its
first publication in a foreign country,
publishing his work within the limits of
the United States. The bill places the
United States law of copyrights upon a
par with that of Great Britain and some
other foreign countries.
Codify Laws of "World.
The selection of the place of the next
convention la left with the executive com-
J. I. Hantaan. President of Illinois
Central Railroad, Who Had Per
sonal Encounter With Stuyvesant
Fish.
mittee. Mr. Bryce was made an honor
ary member of the association. In ac
cordance with a resolution adopted today,
a bureau of comparative law was organ
ized this afternoon for the purpose of tak
ing charge of issuing a bulletin showing
the titles of foreign legislation during the
year and to begin the gradual translation
of foreign codes and publication of them
In uniform volumes;
CLEVELAND IS VERY ILL
Attack of Acute Indigestion Delays
His Trip.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. It is an
nounced that-' Grover Cleveland has
again been attacked by acute indiges
tion, and 1 has consequently relin
quished .his idea of visiting his Sum
mer home in New Hampshire. Mrs.
Cleveland has returned to Princeton
frqm New Hampshire with their chil
dren. Was Among Mutinous Convicts,
LEAVENWORTH. Aug. 28. A , man
under arrest at Osceola, Neb., has been
positively identified as Benjamin Greaves,
a notorious criminal, who escaped from
the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing, dur
ing a mutiny of prisoners November 10,
1900. '
Bucket Shop Men Are Indicted.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28. The grand
Jury has indicted five brokers on a charge
of conducting bucket shops.
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CANTEEN
Reasons for Desertion
. of Soldiers.
GENERAL GREELY'S REPORT
Substance of Data Gathered
From Many Officers.
WANT THE CANTEEN AGAIN
General Greely and Other Officers
Unqualifiedly In Favor of Its Re
establishment Other Causes
for First Year Men Leaving.
CArSBS OF DESERTION.
IN6UFFICENT PAT ' This
placed at the head of the Hat of rea
sons by all ' officers to whom the
questions were submitted.
LACK OF CANTEEN Officers
nearest to' the men give this second,
place on the Hat.
GENERAL, WORTH LESSNESS
First Sergeants give this third
place.- but company -commanders
place It second on the list.
TOO MUCH NONMILITART
WORK First Sergeants give this
cause as fourth in Importance.
HARDSHIPS ON PRACTICE
MARCHES This Is aslgned as fifth
In Importance by First 8ergeants.
VANCO'UVBR,, Wash., Aug. 28. (Spe
cial.) The annual report of Major-General
Adolphus W. Greely, commanding the
Northern Division of the United .States
Army, is now In the hands of the War
Department. General Greely' s report is
very extensive, comprising 50 pages of
closely printed matter.
He has made an extensive and syste
matic examination of the causes of de
sertion, an offense which Is prevalent in
the Army at the present time. In his
investigations of these causes General
Greely sent a circular, containing what he
considered practically all of the causes or
desertion, to 31 selected organization com
manders in different parts of the North
ern Division, to 136 battery, company and
troop commanders and to 136 First Ber
geants, serving in different parts of his
division. Ke instructed them to number
these causes, as to their relative impor
tance in causing desertions, according to
the opinion of the Individual officer to
whom they were addressed. The summary
of the questions in these instructions is
as follows:
Causes of Desertion.
Small pay. especially of noncommis
sioned officers, and high wages in civil
life. This cause was given first place, in
importance by First Sergeants, company
commanders and selected officers.
Lack of canteen and resultant trotibles
in dives surrounding the post.- This cause
was given place In importance as follows:
A NEW MEMBER
First Sergeants second, company com
manders -and selected officers third.
Low standard and general worthlessness
of recruits. This cause was given third
place by First Sergeants and second by
company commanders and selected offi
cers. Excessive amount of non-mllltary work
was given fourth place by First Sergeants,
seventh by company commanders and
sixth by selected officers. Hardships in
curred during practice marches was con
sidered fifth' In importance by the First
Sergeants, eighth by company command
ers and seventh by selected officers. These
were thought the five most important
causes of desertion by those to whom they
were submitted. The five other causes
submitted to them by General Greeiy were
given but slight Importance.
In. Regard to the Canteen.
In regard to the canteen as a cause of
desertion and general Immorality in the)
Army. General Greely says:
"Official reports from summary ourt
officers set forth that fully SO per cent of
all offenses committed sre due to unregu
lated saloons, some of which are main
tained In defiance of state laws, surround
ing military posts. More or less serious
troubles arising from drunken debauches
have occurred at or near Forts Crook,
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Major-General A. W. Greely, Who
Advocates the Canteen as a 'Rem
edy for Desertion.
D. A. Russel, Leavenworth, Mackenzie and
Sheridan. Conditions were so scandalous
at Fort Crook. Neb., and Fort Sheridan,
III., that the Legislatures of the respective,
states have passed laws with a view to
stamping out the traffic.
In habits and efforts the Division Com
mander has always stood for abstinence
and temperance. He is", however, con
vinced from his official inspections that
canteen privileges should be restored to
the extent of selling beer, and after care
ful consideration of the whole subject
recommends that steps be taken to secure
such legislation from Congress.
"The canteen would promote discipline,
sobriety, good conduct, chastity, discour
age gambling and squandering, conserve
health, and thus be In both the material
and moral interests of the enlisted men.
If the canteen Is not restored there should
be enacted legislation similarly restricting
the use of liquor by all Federal employes
and officials.
"Whether Justly or not, the enlisted men
regard it as class legislation not only re
stricting privileges, but also imputing un
reliability to them as a body. It is be
yond a -reasonable doubt that the estab
lishment of the canteen decreased drunk
enness in the Army, and that its elimi
nation has largely Increased liquor drink
ing and dissipation among enlisted men.
Without exception the company officers
who hae been habitually questioned on
this subject, say that the restoration of
the canteen would morally and physically
benefit the Army.
The number of desertions and the
amount of Immorality in the army
showed General Greely the necessity of a
thorough investigation of the causes. He
states that the First Sergeants are in a
better position to know the reason why
men desert than the company command
ers. About one hundred non-commls-sloned
officers of long service were ques
tioned as to these causes by the Division
Commander. Eighty per centum of them
gave small pay, practice marches and
lack of canteen as the predisposing causes
of desertion.
The Subject of Inadequate Pay.
In regard to Inadequate pay General
Greely says: .
"It has been ascertained from official
reports that the pay for unskilled civil
ian labor in the post ranges from thbO
to $3.50 for an eight-hour day. This is
far" in excess of the pay of a soldier, who
is forced to do the same work. Like
wise the pay of skilled non-commissioned
officers Is very much less than the pay
of skilled workmen in civil life.
"The standards of neatness, comfort
and appearance have largely Increased
during the past quarter of a century.
While the American soldier has shared
in these general advantages of the coun
try, he has. In a measure, been taxed
individually therefor. To illustrate: The
consensus of opinion among about 100
non-commissioned officers, who were
openly questioned on tnls subject, is to
the effect that it Costs a soldier J5 out
of his month's pay to keep himself tidy,
leaving a private, in his first year (in
which most desertions occur), 26.2 cents
a .day."
General Greely recommends, as a way
of ameliorating this condition, that the
Government issue gratuitously all clean
ing material and necessary small sup
plies, such as clothes brushes, ' tooth
brushes and that the Government pay for
the laundering of the soldier's bed linen. .
The Practice Marches.
The third, among the three most im
portant causes for desertion given by the
non-commissioned officers mentioned
above, was the practice marches. In re
gard to these General Greely in his re
port says:
"A special report upon this subject has
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DRIVEN FROM "KEY '
BY STRIKING MOB
Non-union Operator
Flees for Life.
OFFICE SACKED AND CLOSED
Wires Tampered With in Sus
picious Manner.
ALWAYS WEST OF CHICAGO
Strikers Blame Incompetent Non
union Operators Western Union
Office at Arkansas City, Kan
sas, Burned by Firebugs.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2S. (Special.) At
tacked by a mob of striking telegraph
operators, John Laux, a non-union oper
ator In charge of the Postal Company's
office in Waukegan, Wis., v.as forced to '
leave his key today and flee for his life.
The office was closed tonlgut.
When the strike order was issued Mr.
Laux refused" to walk out. He was vis
ited Tuesday by a committee of strikers
from Chicago and urged to Join In the
fight against the companies, but he re
fused. Today a large crowd of strikers
went to Waukegan and proceeded to
the office. As it entered Mr. Laux es
caped through a rear door and hid under
a barn, where he remained for several
hours while the strikers searched for him.
Telegraph blanks and other papers were
torn .up and thrown around the office
and the strikers completed the Job by
nailing a big sign across the door with
the word "scab" printed on it in large
letters.. The Western Union office in
Waukegan Is closed, tne' operator having
quit when the strike was ordered.
Still Tamper With Wires.
In spite of the efforts of the telegraph
companies to discover the men who are
tampering with the telegraph wires, more
trouble was experienced tonight than
at any time since the strike began.
There is practically no trouble in sending
messages East from Chicago, but the
service to the Pacific Coast and to the
Southwest is uncertain.
Colonel C. S. Dlehl, assistant general
manager of the Associated Press, said
today that the service was steauly. Im
proving and that the association was not
having much trouble with the wires. Aft
erward he said that, when five wires
went wrong at the same hour each night,
it looked suspicious.
"When the wires go wrong at the same
hour and apparently at the same place
every night," he said, "it looks as If
some human hand was causing the trou
ble." ' . '
"If the telegraph companies got com
petent operators they would' have less
trouble with their wires," said Secretar
Wesley Russell. "We know a dozen cases
where Incompetent operators have burned
out the wires."
Office Burned by Firebugs.
At the offices of both telegraph compa
nies the usual Information was given that
all business was being handled promptly.
Dispatches from Arkansas City, Kan.,
today stated that the Western Union of- .
flee there was completely destroyed by
fire. All the records, furniture and In
struments were destroyed and the local
authorities say the fire was of incen
diary origin.
Postal Gains at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS,' La.. Aug. 28. The
strike situation today was marked by tha
opening of branch offices of the Postal
Company and additions to the force al
ready at work for both companies. The
strikers still declare they are confident of
winning, and say they are determined to
remain out six months If necessary.
Will Appeal to Roosevelt.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Leaders of the
telegraphers' strike will, according to an
announcement made today, appeal to
President Roosevelt to take some action
toward terminating the strike. The strika
situation is unchanged.
Western Union Office Burned.
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan., Aug. 2S. The
Western Union telegraph office and all its
contents were destroyed by- fire today..
It is believed to have been incendiary.
CANADA WILL SURPASS US
Strathcona Boasts of Greatness of
Northwestern Farms.
NEW YORK. Aug. 28. Lord Strathcona,
High Commissioner of Canada. Bald on
sailing for London: "In a very few years
Canada will have as big. If not bigger,
population than the United States.
Northwestern Canada is now a mass of
farms, which produced last year 100.000.
000 bushels of wheat and about 2,000,000
bushels of other cereals."
MOB LYNCHES A NEGRO
Had Committed an Assault Upon a
White Woman.
COLUMBUS, Miss., Aug. 28. A mob to
night lynched John Llpsey, a negro, who
criminally assaulted Mrs. Windham at
her home In Pickensvllle, Ala., a short
distance from here. The victim is in a
critical condition.
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