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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORXIXG OREGON I AX, FRIDAY. ' SEPTEMBER 13, 190T. WILL RESTRICT COPPER OUTPUT Amalgamated Orders Great Reduction in Work at Butte Mines. THOUSANDS OF MEN IDLE Overproduction of Metal Causes Re duction of 4 0 Per Cent in Ont put Copprr Stocks Go Down With a Hush. BL'TTK. Mont., Sept. 12. (Special.) Over-production of copper and a tem porary lull In demand for the red metal have caused the Amalgamated Copper Company to curtail Its output. Orders were issued this afternoon by which the output of the Amalgamated properties will be reduced to about 40 per cent ot the normal production, or from 20.00O.AO0 pounds to about 7.000.000 pounds per month and In the future no work will be done on Sundays. Curtailing the production to 40 per cent of the normal production will mean a reduction in the working; forces that will throw over ftOOu men out of employment. AVhen the mines will resume with full forces is problematical. The Diamond mine will be closed and work at the Pel mont will be completely suspended. The tJreftson and Parrot mines are also shut down. John Gillis. general superintendent of the Amalgamated properties, acting un der Managing Director John D. Ryan, stated that there would be no general shut-down at the present time. , "For some time," said Mr. Gillis, "a gradual curtailment of the copper pro duction has been going on. Wo shall cease all construction work. The shut down of the mines will avert a fuel fam ine this Winter. 'Reducing the output of the Amalga mated properties will have a -far-reaching effect. With less tonnage to Great Falls and Anaconda, It will be necessary to shut down portions of the smelters In those cities, thus throwing out of em ployment a couple of thousand men. '"The action of the Amalgamated Cop per Company In adopting the Sunday closing rule will probably be followed by all other companies operating in Butte." COPPKIl STOCKS GO TUMBLING News of Shutdown Depresses Wall Street and Boston. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. The Amalga mated Copper Company is about to shut down Its mines about Butte, Mont., for n.. indefinite period. From an. Interest closely Identified with the company it was learned that the .suspension of operations is due to overproduction and the lack of demand for copper, and to some -difficulty in obtaining fluffieient -fuel at Butte. According to the. authority for the an nouncement, there is now a surplus sup- ply of 250.000.000 pounds of refined copper In the United States. The production of refined copper in September, he said, would bo S.OOO.OOO pounds less than In August. The present prodvict quoted in the market is about. 1 cents a pound for electrolytic, but according to the authority-referred to. it is doubtful if 15 cents a pound could be obtained for any con siderable quantity. The Amalgamated Copper Company's shares led a sharp decline on the stock market this afternoon, the stock selling down to a loss of almost 4 points before 2:30 o'clock. Today's quotations on the stock fx change, were the lowest in years. Henry H. Rogers, president of the Amalgamated Copper Company, Is now at his home at Fairhaven, Mass. Counsel for Mr. Rogers announced in court in Boston today that Mr. Rogers would not be able to appear there for at least three months. Sanction was given to the report on the exchange of the Intended shutting down of the copper mines in Montana; the futility was admitted of piling up further stocks of copper with the buy ing demand paralyzed. Amalgamated Copper naturally led the decline in .these circumstances, breaking to the neighborhood of 60, with rumors In cir culation of a cut in the dividend In prospect. American Smelting fell nearly to 90, and Anaconda to near 3". The Unit ed States Steel stocks broke badly in the latter part of the day. the common selling at the lowest price of the year. Lowest Figures in Years at Boston; BOSTON, Sept. 12. Several Boston copper stocks reached the lowest fig ures today touched for several years. North Butte receded', to 4oH. Copper Range to 574 and Calumet and Ari zona to 115. t TRACTION STOCK ' FALLING Water In Philadelphia Lines Almost Swamps Them. PHIIaADFTl.PHIA. Sept. 12. The belief is general that a crisis In at hand in the affairs of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, which controls the street rail r way facilities of this city. For some time there has been a steady decline in the price of the stock on the local stock ex change, culminating in a sudden break of II a share from 21Vj to lS'i on Tues day. Yesterday the stock hung around J20, hut today there was a further break of $4 a share to the lowest- price on record. This was accompanied by rumors that the company cannot meet Its fixed charges and therefore a receivership will be necessary. . The stock of the Union Traction Com pany, which preceded the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company in the control of the street railway system of the city, and the dividends of which aro guaranteed by the Philadelphia Rapid - Transit, broke T on heavy selling from 61 to 44. There was heavy selling of Philadelphia Rapid Transit from all the away around 20 to IT1:.- The company is the outgrowth of various consolidations and expansions of the past, few years, each consolidation involving increased guarantees of divi dend payments on the stork of the under lying companies. There are 600.000 shares of Philadelphia Rapid Transit stock out standing, on which $12.50 a share has been paid. Another assessment of $7.50 Is due within a few months and then the stock will be fully paid. At present the company is engaged " upon gigantic improvements, involving the construction of extensive elevated and subway lines, to cost many millions, and this work has been a drain upon its resources. The past year showed a falling off in' net earnings, and there has been a public outcry against attempts to Increase the income by re ducing rates of fare. The financial status and dealings of the company have been surrounded wit ft much mystery by those in control, and this has helped to weaken the confidence of the stockholders. Recently the com pany succeeded In entering into an agree ment whereby the city became a partner In the operation of the lines. Now an at tempt is being made to upset this ar rangement on the ground that it Is un constitutional. The claim Is made that the city was cheated and that the effect of the partnership is to saddle upon it street paving expenses of more than 500.000 annually. During the afternoon the market for traction stocks was dull and steady, the close being above the lowest. Philadel phia Rapid Transit showed a net loss of 3i points. Union Traction closed at a net loss of 634. Officials - and directors of the Rapid Transit Company denied positively that the company is In financial distress. Fig ures given out show ample funds on hand and in sight to cancel all obligations and pay for improvements under way. POLICE ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT STRIKEBREAKERS. One Man Clubbed Into Submission. Union Labor Officers Accused of Helping Pickets. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. An other scene of riot was enacted at the Twenty-fourth and Utah-street car barn last night, following the arrest of William A. Bruce, a nonunion carman, ol complaint of two young women that he had annoyed them by a remark as they passed. Bruce resisted arrest and waa severely clubbed. The police al leged that they were thereupon at tacked by numbers of nonunion men. A riot squad of 25 patrolmen under Lieutenant Tobln came up. and in a fight a score of heads were broken by clubs of the police and a number of arrests were made. Eventually the nonunion men' were driven back into the carbarns. The police say that the carman who started the row is an ex convict. Mayor Taylor has increased the Mis sion patrol, by 22 men, in accordance wltii his promise of yesterday. The pickets' tent at Twenty-fourth and Poti-er, streets, a block from the com pany's barn, is to be removed. It has been a headquarters for trouble for weeks past. The Chronicle today, commenting upon Tuesday night's rioting in the Mission district, when five nonunion ear operatives In the employ of the United Railroads were shot by union tickets and policemen, charges flatly that the police ambushed the nonunion men and fought against them side by side with their union tormentors. The Chronicle points out that the patrol men Wade. Blgelow and Miller who shot down the carmen, were appointed to the police force from the teamsters' and carmen's unions soon after the commencement of the streetcar strike, whi n a Union Labor Police Commis sion and a crooked.Chlef of Police were In control. "These policemen, says the Chronicle, "shot from ambush, fighting side by side with the pickets of the Carmen's Union. The men they shot were en gaged in the peaceful performance of their duty. After the fighting the po licemen proceeded to arrest the non union carmen, whom they had them selves wounded, but refused to take into custody any of the pickets of the Carmen's Union. To add to the out rage, the policemen in the first re ports they made to the department de nied that they had fired a shot. Later they admitted that they had emptied their revolvers at the nonunion men." Chutts . Called to Harvard. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 12. (Spe-claU-liver Chutts, who helped coach Harvard's football team last year, but who got back to Seattle in time to help the Seattle Athletic Club against Mult nomah, is to be on Harvard's squad of football coaches this season, and will leave next week for the East. TVKBIN1S 8TKAMHUIF IX'SITAKIA, r-5 i F Directory of Illinois Central Is Virtually Exonerated. FISH'S STATEMENTS FALSE Mr. Fish Expected to Have Some Cards Up Ills Sleeve, Which He May Play Before Long If Not, He Will Lose Out. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. (Special.) It is up to Stuyvesant Fish, ex-president of the Illinois Central road, to substantiate his charges against his successor in office, J. T. Harahan. or to admit by his silence that he spoke without being In possession of the proof. This fact became apparent here today, when it was learned from an official source that the directory of the Illinois Central virtually bad exonerated Mr. Harahan and his under officers of the charge of Juggling Illinois Central earn ings figures' with a view of making a false showing, which would far surpass that made by the Fish administration. At the directors' meeting yesterday six executive officials of the Illinois Cen tral road came to the assistance of Mr. Harahan. and by written statements made over their own signatures branded the charges made by Mr. Fish as false. These statements were . received by the Board, were read and then filed without protest from Mr. Fish. This action is re garded by the Board as final, unless the ex-presldent should spring something new. Through a member of the Board it was also learned that the management of the Illinois Central. Including B. H. Harri man. Is of the opinion that the good faith of the present officials was ques tioned with a view to influencing the giving" of proxies for the coming an nual meeting to be held October 16, in Chicago. That Mr. Fish would make the direct charge that the figures with respect to Illinois Central earnings were falsified, and do It without being in possession of proof, or of what he deemed strong cir cumstantial evidence, seems Incredible to railway men In the East -who have known Mr. Fish for years. Accordingly, there are some who expect that the ex president lias a few cards up his sleeve, which he may play ere long. If this does not prove to be the case, it is said, his chances for putting up an aggressive tight at the annual meeting will grow dim. SCHOOL-GIRL HORSETHIEF Attempts Easy Iioad to Fortune, but Soon Lands in Jail. COLVILLE, Wash.. Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Lizzie Paschilk, a German girl. 16 years of age, was arrested, yester day at Marcus, on a charge of horse stealing, and . is here in the custody of Deputy Sheriff C. A. Ledgerwood. When taken before Sheriff Graham and Prosecuting Attorney J. A. Rochford she made a velunftary confession., . She said she lived in Spokane, where she went to school. Why she stole horses she could not say, excepting that It appeared an easy way to fortune, she was complained against by Peter Paul, a neighbor, from whom she took a fine team. According to her story, she drove this team to Spokane, sold it for J135, $105 of which she gave to her mother, and kept the balance as capital with which to con tinue the business. When captured she had two other horses packed for a second trip to Spokane. SNOW COVERS THE HILLS Winter Weather In Northeastern "Washington. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Rain today fell generally from Moscow, Idaho, as far west as Wenatchee and from Kettle Falls in the north to Walla Walla. The fields were thoroughly drenched and harvesting will be again delayed for several days, but, unless the farmers start threshing before the grain is dry, the loss will not be heavy, as the wheat has been harvested rapidly, during the last few days. The rain was accompanied by a cold spell, which seemed at noon in Pullman to be the forerunner of snow. , Near Kettle Falls and Colville the mountains are covered with snow, the earliest fall for many years. The Big ' Bend and Palouso towns report prospects as Indicative of more rain. PARDON FOR WHITECAPS Extermination of Evil Causes Var daman to Grow Lenient. JACKSON. Miss., Sept. 12. (Special.) Governor "Vardaman has created much criticism by pardoning the Whtteeappers from Lincoln County, who were sentenced six months ago for 50 years each. Prior to the conviction of the men Lincoln and other counties in this part of the state FASTKST TRANS-ATI ANTIC VE8SKL. P S POO t 1 - 4 ' . c " ii'ii in'nnr"i s DRESSER'S! Saturday at Dresser's Such comments as "That roast was lovely," "That steak was delicious, ' ' and other nice things about our Sausage, Baked Goods, home-made Candies, etc., can be heard almost any mo ment at our counters. Our Veal Sausage, in which we offer an other special tomorrow, has proved one of the most popular little lines we have ever put on. Quality, and scrupulous cleanli ness are the first considerations at DRESSER'S; everything else is secondary, and our Saturday special lists are productive - of no little economy; once patron ized, they'll not be forgotten. DRESSER'S Pot Roasts Satur day, per lb.. . .6 to 8 DRESSER'S Shoulders of Lamb, Saturday, per lb .8 DRESSER'S select Veal Sau sage, Saturday, 2 lbs 25 DRESSER'S Nut Loaf, regular ly 25c, Saturday, ea 20 DRESSER'S Layer Cakes, reg ularly 25c, Saturday, ea.,20 DRESSER'S Chocolate Creams, regularly 50c lb., Sat'day 40 Full stock of Fish, Fruit, Game, Poultry, etc. Our Hams are cured and cooked by our own men, our Sausage from our own factory. We can guarantee quality in all things. - DRESSER'S Fifth and Stark. The Biggest and Brightest Food Store on the Coast. Branches: Gearhart, Seaside, E. Fifteenth and Broadway. were overrun with Whitecaps, the ne groes were run out, labor was demoralized and landowners arose in their might to put a stop to the devilment that was done under cover of darkness. The Governor is convinced that the backbone of Whltecapism has been brok en. There ha? been nothing of the kind since the 50-year sentence was imposed. Quiet has been restored, labor is as plenti ful as in other sections of the state, farm ers are contented and the price of land has increased materially. SWIFTEST IN THE WORLD (Continued from Page 1.) British admiralty so that she may be available for service as a transport or armed cruiser in casol of war. She is practically unslnkablc, with double bottom and innumerable watertight bulkheads. On her trial run around Ireland there was so little vibration that the pas sengers might have been In a hotel on dry land. What the expense of run ning will bo is not yet known. The coal bill each trip across the Atlantic represents a comfortable fortune. The wages and provision bills are In keep ing with the size of the steamer. She will burn at least 4030 tons on the trip over. The trip is particularly interesting as a test ot the turbine engine as to speed, coal consumption and freedom from vibration. The trial run has proved that the vibration is hardly no ticeable. STONES THROWN AT EARLE Monroe Resents Notoriety of One ol . . Its Citizens. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. Ferdinand Pin ney Earle. of "affinity" fame, has re turned to New York. ' He had a brief en counter with the villagers of Monroe, where his house is located, when about to board a train for this city last evening. Several missiles were thrown at him, but the artist escaped injury. Johnson Wins I'rom Sailor Burke. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Sept. 12. Jack Johnson, the colored heavyweight, fought -Sailor Burke before the Liberty Athletic Club tonight before 6000 spec tators. The fight was of six rounds and the colored man, who outweighed the sailor, landed some terrific blows, flooring hlsman several times. Burke weighed 165' and -Johnson 185. ' Abe Attel Over Jimmy Walsh. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept 12. Abe Attel, of Chicago, -was given the deci sion over Jimmy Walsh, of Chelsea. Mass.. at the end of a 10-round bout here tonight. After You Have Bought Your Clothes Here And have worn them a while we want you to be just as well satisfied with them as when you first put them on. If they are not right in any way fit, tailoring, quality we want to know it. Hart, Schaffner 6 Marx Make the kind of clothes that they are willing to guarantee satisfaction on arid stand by it. r tt m ! it i r a i i an Mins wow Xtragood clothes always make a hit. If you "aim" at quality, style and good looks you've got to buy XTRAGOOD to insure a "hit." Children's Sailors, Russian and Junior suits. Boys' Norfolk, double breasted jacket and pants. Combination Suits. Sam'l CORNER GO FROM PHILIPPINES Orders Send Infantry and Cavalry ' to Other Ports. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. According to orders Issued today by Acting Secretary of War Oliver, the following military dis position will be made within the next four months. The Fourth. Fourteenth and Twenty-third Infantry Regiments and the First Cavalry will return from the Philip pines and their places will be filled by the Second. Eighth and Twenty-fourth Infan try and the Third Cavalry. Another para graph of the order relieves the Twenty second from duty at Fort McDowell, and Presidio at Monterey. Cal., whence they are ordered to Alaska, taking station at Fort William. Fort Kgbert, Fort Gibbon. Fort St. Michael, and Fort Davis. They will relieve at those places the Tenth In fantry, which is ordered to take station at Fort Benjamin Harrison, probably con stituting the nucleus of the new brigade post at that point. The Nineteenth Infantry Battalion at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, is ordered to Fort Mackenzie. Wyo.. March 1. to relieve at that point the battalion of the Fourth In fantry which Is ordered to the Philippines. Compromise Again Denied. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Reports that a compromise would soon be reached be Extra Trousers Suits If the boy needs a new School Suit, here is some-' thing which will interest yon an extra pair of trousers to match the coat means don-' ble wear for the suit. , We have this kind of a suit - in a variety of patterns and we are positive it is the best school suit to be had any where for the price $4.85 We have everything boys to wear. for je? LION ClothingCo jGuSKuhnPfop? 1M ana 16 Third 8. Mfcwk Building. neaay j i d 10 jw A HIT TRAGOOJJ CLOTHES FOR Rosenblatt & Co. THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS tween the telegraph companies and their striking operators were denied today fiy officials of the companies, who declare that no negotiations looking to a strike settlement are pending and that there will be no such compromise. Arrest Alleged llorsethlef. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Sept. 12. (Special.) Sheriff Edwards today took into custody a young man named Wilson, supposed to be the n.an who stole a valu able sorrel team and a buggy from the Me Bride barn in Athena, Or. He wll: be held for Sheriff Taylor, of Pendleton. F$4T 1 The 'Patriot" Shoe for men i made ta J J ' I over foot conforming lasts. In the "Patriot " " ' -J d you get style and service and a shoe that Jfc i r fits and does not hurt. Why suffer with I - , J I your feet when you can get comfort? 7-jf" - . ,' "- t The " Patriot " Shoe is a Goodyear (H Si? JiJ'-''' i y Welt, which means no wax or tacks &',''' 1 J I I to irritate the foot. Mi-- -. . '-' I I They are made in fifty. JT"'' ' ' ' ik mj m one different styles. ' I Have invisible f' 1 corlc soles to keep -2zt8&f&l Mmufaeturof br . . - out dampneM. Ar jjaaj'" Robert. Johnsnn & Riind Shoo Co. 1 Baa46B St. Looi. Mo. I C For Sale by THE CHICAGO, 69-71 Third St The Oregonian, 1 Year .... A Good Talking Machine, value Six Standard Records, value . JfWMkyff Jrv $25.65 . PAYS liMilw THE COST By subscribing; to The Oreaonian for one year you can obtain a in?u.fr " "'h-ftrade Talkie" Machine, six records of your selection aV?..?' or c.holc a 2i Violin and complete outfit all for 25.65. ' " ' j ,V " lo BUDscTioer is 511.8a. This la the best combination w -?! I .i"108' PPulr ever made to Western newspaper readers. t,rml ..,i i!v "''bscrlblng- for The OreKonlan. The conditio., and D7Mcent.'fn?rni,tv,m,d".T,p'?i,Pa'rment of 165 for the machina 1 7o cents for a month's subscription. Thereafter 60 eent a .k r. and the hai been cSmnlet.rl "'DllS "th ua Been completed. Bend In yoir EILERS PIANO HOUSE 863 WaaWngtc Coroer Park, (Phons Ex. S3.) K2L:y BOYS COFFEE othiiig does more for a grocer, one "way or the other, than coffee. He must sell poor; (he needn't sell it . to you) it is good that makes him. Your grocer returns your money if yoo don't like Schilling's Best; we pay him. $ 9.00 25.00 3.60 TOTAL WORTH, $37.60 FOR ONLY SPECIAL TO OREGONIAN SUBSCRIBERS 'or the newspaper until the contract order at once. Call. phon. or writ.. THE OREGONIAN Boom 200, OwgonUn Bufldiat (Phon. Mala 7070?)