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VOL. XXVI.-NO. 14.r8.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVE3IBER 30, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FORAKER IS OUT
FOR PRESIDENCY
Proclaims Candidacy
to Ohio League.
VENTS WRATH ON RATE LAW
Says It Is Chief Cause of Fi
nancial Trouble.
STANDS BY HIS RECORD
Senator Declares Rate Bill Prevent
ed Railroads From Getting Cap
ital to Increase Facilities Will
Request Direct Primary.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Senator J.
B. Foraker made It learly known to
day that he will contest the Ohio dele
gation to the Republican National Con
vention with Secretary Taft. This de
cision Is contained In a letter to Con
rad J. Mattern, vice-president of the
Ohio Republican League, who forward
ed to Mr. Foraker a copy of the reso
lutions adopted by the advisory and
executive committee of the league In
dorsing Mr. Foraker for the Senator
ship and for the Presidential nomina
tion. He defends his course In rela
tion to the passage of the railroad rate
bill and insists that the necessity of
the railroads of the country to spend
millions of dollars annually in In
creasing their facilities makes this a
bad time to hamper the roads In any
unnecessary way by legislation.
Will Run for President Only.
Mr. Foraker says he Is gratified by
the Indorsement of the committee at
this time, because It Is a flat reYmke
to the suggestion that the office of
United Slates Senator is to be stripped
of all the real honor attached to It by
making Its incumbent a mere agent to
register the decrees of somebody else.
In the course of his letter Mr. Foraker
says :
I do not want to even appear to be a
candidate for two offices at the same
time and therefore forego the double
honor proposed, and with heartfelt ap
preciation accept the support for the
Presidential candidacy which the com
mittees have so generously tendered.
Stands on His Record.
Continuing, the letter says:
I not only stand for the broad princi
ples Involved, but also stand ready to
submit to my constituents for their
Judgment not only my action In three
Instances when I was unable to agree
with the President, but my entire
record. I may have made, mistakes,
but no speech, or vote, or act will be
found that was not in accordance with
a conscientious Judgment formed by
the aid of the best light at the time
attainable.
My action or. the question of Joint
statehood and in the Brownsville mat
ter yyur committees nave approved, as
1 believe the groat majority of Re
publicans do everywhere.
There are. doubtless yet many who
criticize my vote on the rate bill, but.
If the assurances with which my mail
Is filled, coming as they do from every
section of the country, are not mislead
ing, the number of these critics Is
rapidly diminishing.
Condemns Kate Law.
Tn the debates on' that measure I
took oalns to point out that If the
Government took upon itself the duty
and responsibility of making rates. It
would of necessity have to determine
not only how much a railroad should
be allowed to make, but also how
much It would be allowed to spend
how much for operation, for extensions,
for equipment and for every other Item
of necessary expenditure, all of which
it is Impossible for a government to do
successfully and satisfactorily, and
that the result would Inevitable be
that Just at the time when a rapldly
lncreaslng business for the roads was
making it necessary for them to raise
hundreds of millions annuallv for in
creasing their tracks, cars and general
facilities, we would impair the confi
dence of investors In their stocks and
bonds and thereby not only make It
Impossible for the roads to sell the ad
ditional securities necessary for such
purposes, but lead many of the holders
of thorn, both at home and nbroad. to
dispose of what were already outstand
ing, and that In consequence the mar
ket would he so largely over-supplied
that their values would shrink, drag
ging down all kinds of securities with
them until panic and disaster would
take the place of confidence and pros
perity. Snys It Caused Stringency.
To say "I told yon so" is alwavs un
gracious, but it is, I trust, permissible
to point out that from the day the rate
hill passed the trend has been in the
direction predicted, and. while other
things have contributed, that measure
has a full share of responsibllltv for
the unhappy financial and industrial
conditions with which we have been
overtaken.
While there should be efficient
supervision and reputation of Interstate
commerce and the carriers and cor
porations of every kind engaged there
in. It will become more and more mani
fest as time passes and results are de
veloped that this supervision must be
safe and conservative consistent with
the Constitution and with sound com
mon sense.
The moral standing of the business
men of this country has always been
high. It was never so high as It Is
now. There Is consequently less oc
casion than ever before to restrict
commercial freedom by statutorv de
mands of management and surveillance
that are apparently framed on the
theory that all men are criminals
Such legislation hampers enterprises
retards business activity and discredits
the whole Nation.
Calls for Direct Primary.
In conclusion the Senator adds:
When the National Committee shall
have issued the call for the next Na
tional Republican convention, i shall
as heretofore announced, formally re
quest the state oentral committee to
embody In its call for the next state
convention a requirement that all dele
gates to that convention shall be
chosen bv direct vote of the Republican
electors of the state at duly authorized
primary elections, held In accordance
witli the statutes applicable thereto.
NO MORE STRADDLE PLANKS
Bryan Says Next Platform Will Be
Definite and Positive.
NEW HAVEN. Conn., Nov. 9. A
marble fountain, bearing tne simple in
scription. "Phllo Sherman Bennett gave
this to the city," and erected on the
green, close by the old pump, a town
landmark, was dedicated today and
handed over to the custody of the city.
The gift was provided for in the will of
Mr. Bennett, who was a New York mer
chant but a lifelong resident here, and
whose will was administered by William
Jennings Bryan, a close friend. Mr. Bry
an presented the fountain to the city
Peter A. Btol.vpln, Premier of Russia,
Who Reasserted Czar's Autocratic
Power to the Douma.
during an exercise on the green, Mayor
John D. Studlev receiving the gift in be
half of the city. m
The fountain Is of pure white Vermont
marble, of Grecian design, with an or
nate canopy supported by she pillars,
based on the proportions of the Choraglc
monument of Lyslcrates, near the Acrop
olis. Professor Weir, of the Yale Art
School, directed the work and the cost
was about tlO.000.
Mr. Bryan came here from New York
City on a morning train and was the
guest of Alexander Troup. He had ar
ranged to make four addresses during
his stay, the first one being that on the
green.
After lunching with Mayor Studley, Mr.
Bryan attended, the annual meeting of
the New England Progressive Democratic
Leaguo and spoke briefly.
"In the next campaign," said Mr.
Bryan, "the Democratic platform will
be progressive, definite, positive and one
the people can read and understand. We
have had, In the past, platforms which
read one way before election and an
other after election. The people were
betrayed. Now there Is an awakening of
conscience. We have not got to Invent
principles. Every ' situation can be met
by the old principles. Our principles as
a party have been vindicated. In a nega
tive way at least, by the party in power.
The signs all point to a great suppt of
those principles."
This evening Mr. Bryan spoke at Wool
sey Hall to Yale students and at the ban
quet of- the league.
This evening In the Tontine Hotel a
complimentary dinner was given Mr.
Bryan by the Democrats of the city. Mr.
Bryan spoke on "The Point of View."
He also addressed the Yale Law School
Political Club on the "The Individual
and the State."
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 58
degrees;, minimum, 48 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional light rain; sc uthvrly
winds.
Foreign.
German Chancellor declares policy la peace
Page 1.
Socialist leader attacks round table In
Reichstag. . Page 1.
Stolypln affirms autocratlo power of Czar
ln Douma.' Page 6.
Canada makes reciprocity treaty with
France. Page? 7.
National.
Democrats in House revolt against William'!
leadership. Page 4.
Congressmen returned from Panama say
canal may be finished in six years
Page 1.
Secretary Wilson tells of Nation',, agricul
tural wealth. Page 4.
Cortelyou stops Issuing oertlflcatea, no more
being needed. Page 7.
Politics.
Foraker announcos candidacy for President
and denounces rate law. Page l
Bryan speaks at New Haven. Page 1.
Domestic.
Dr. Utter testifies against Mrs.
evidence closes. Page 3.
Evidence of Walsh's wildcat
railroads. Page 4.
Bradley and
bonding of
Mexican detective who testified against revo
lutionists is poisoned. Page 7.
Evidence begins In Powers trial. Page 16.
Archbold denies his money Is tainted
Page 4.
Reported plot to blow up Taft'a train in
Russia Page 3.
Sport.
Winner of race among Army horses. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Federal Court enjoins Joint wheat rate order
Pago 1.
Negro, who kills saloonkeeper, surrenders to
Idaho posse. Page 6.
Spokane man assails Hepburn rate bilL
Page 6.
Volcanic aoh covers Seward Peninsula.
Page 1. i
Commercial and Marine.
Gradual increase in wheat trading. Page 17.
Stocks are buiyant at the end. Page 17.
Weekly trade reviews are cheerful. Page 17.
Wheat weak and lower at Chicago. Piie 17.
November exports heavy. T,nrge quantities
of grain and flour set afloat. Page 18.
Sports.
Multnomah football team shows lack of
practice. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Governor Chamberlain may assemble State
Legislature in extra session. Page 13.
Statistics for 10O7 prove city's advancement.
Page 16.
title Guarantee A Truat depositors demand
Investigation as to W. M. I-add'a connec
tion with wrecked bank. Page 10.
Chinese gamblers contribute heavily in fines
to city treasury for November. Page 10.
Rahbt Jonah B. Wise preaches patriotic ser
mon. Page 11.
Slab wood trust Is compelled to out price
Page A.
KAISER PLEDGED
TO PEACE POLICY
Chancellor Says No
Thought of War.
WILL NOT MEDDLE IN MOROCCO
Admits Kaiser Desired to Meet
Loubet in 1904.
DOES NOT FEAR ISOLATION
Declares Enmity With Britain Due
to Misunderstandings Bebel
Stirs Up Reichstag by an
Attack on the Round Table.
BERLIN. Nov. 29. Prince von Buelow,
the imperial Chancellor, delivered a com
prehensive speeeh In the Reichstag today
relative to foreign politic. He referred
to the seriousness of the situation In Mo
rocco and hinted that some of the sacri
fices of European lives would not
have occurred had the International po
lice provided for by the Algeclras con
vention been organized In June. He rec
ognized, however, that under the circum
stances France and Spain could not have
acted otherwise than they have, and that
with them rested the whole responsibil
ity. Unfortunately, German private in
terests had suffered thereby, and the Ger
man government would be compelled to
help the sufferers until the international
commission made a settlement.
Scofrs at War With France.
Referring to assertions that Germany in
recent years has twice been on the verge
of war, the first time in 1904 during the
Emperor's voyage In the Mediterranean
and later owing to the crisis in Morocco,
the Chancellor declared that neither Em
peror William nor President Loubet
thought of war in 1904. The wish that the
heads of the two states should meet was
expressed, but no Invitation was extended
and therefore no refusal was given. While
the crisis in Morocco never would have
led to war, the Chancellor continued, Ger
many was always ready to defend her
honor. It was childish, he declared, to
think that two great civilized nations
would go to war except upon questions
affecting the life and Interest of their peo
ple. Touching upon Macedonia, Prince von
Buelow declared that Germany heartily
greeted the efforts of Russia and Austria
to establish peace In the Balkans and
ameliorate conditions there, and he said
that Germany would willingly assist in
the attainment of an agreement between
these powers and, the Sultan.
Friendly to Britain.
Germany regarded the Russo-British
agreement, the Chancellor continued, as
ndt directed against Germany. As to the
closing in of Germany, he added, he had
ROOSEVELT
MY
nothing to say except that the best pol
icy was to remain watchful and fearless.
In connection with Emperor William's
visit to England. Prince von Buelow amid
loud applause expressed great satisfaction.
He believed, he said, the future would
show that the strained relations between
Germany and Great Britain were founded
on misunderstandings. Speaking in the
name of the Reichstag, he declared that
the friendliness displayed by the English
people was reciprocated In Germany.
BEBEL BLASTS THE VICIOUS
Trusts nnd Round Table Cause Hot
Debate in Reichstag.
BERLIN. Nov. 29. The 19th budget was
discussed In the Reichstag today. Herr
Bebel. the Socialist leader, made an In
teresting address in which he called at
tention to the condition In "the country
and declared this Indicated that a crisis
was at hand. He said the unemployed In
- 'l.
Blanche Kerfoot, for Love of Wbom
1 Lurry KleilnM-hmidt Is Accused
of Murdering Frank Bellows.
Berlin already numbered between 30,000
and 40,000.
Owing to industrial combines, price
agreements and high dutids, Herr Bebel
declared Germany was paying the high
est prices in the world. Holding up a
loaf of bread, which caused prolonged
merriment among the members, the So
cialist leader said:
"They 'still say this is a big loaf, but
a loaf that weighed 4H pounds 18 months
ago now weighs scarcely three pounds
and the price has risen fully 50 per cent."
Continuing, Herr Bebel said that official
inquiry showed that the number of public
school children In Berlin who never had
dinner had risen to 4841. while a large
number of them haft only bread and
coffee for dinner. Jgf. ' '
Turning to wine politics, Herr Bebel
announced that he disagreed with the
declaration made before the Reichstag
yesterday by Chancellor von Buelow that
no camarilla existed In Germany. He
quoted from Prihce Bismarck and Prince
von Hohenlohe to prove the contrary.
Vice in High Places.
Referring to the recent trial of Maxi
milian Harden, who was sued by Count
Kuno von Moltke, ex-Mllitary Governor
of Berlin, for defamation 1 of character,
the Socialist leader asserted that the
vices revealed n the trial were so pre
valent that. If the police brought all the
guilty parties to Justice, a scandal eclips
ing the Panama and the Dreyfus revela
tions would break out. The guilty per
sons, the speaker averred, are to be
found in the highest social circles and
(Concluded on Page 4.)
OTHER BIG STICK IS ONLY
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COMPLETE CANAL
IN SEVEN YEARS
Army Engineers Doing
Splendid Work.
BETTER DIGGERS THAN FRENCH
Cost Will Reach $200,000,
000, Due to Changes.
SOUTHERN MEMBER WON
Congressmen Returned From Isth
mus Tell of Rapid Progress.
May Finish in Six Years.
Great Xavai Basin Planned.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Nov. 29. The Panama Canal will
probably cost t200.000.000. before it is com
pleted. The original estimate was $145,
000,000, but as the work has progressed It
has been found necessary to change the
plans in many particulars, so as to
strengthen the structure, and these
changes will probably raise the cost to the
figure named. Present Indications point
to the completion of the canal in 1914.
Representative James R. Mann of Illi
nois was one of the Congressional party
which went to the Isthmus recently to In
spect the work In progress. At the re
quest of the President and Speaker Can
non he gave particular attention to the
Gatun dam, which was severely criticised
at the last session of Congress. The
charge was then made that this dam was
to be built on a foundation of mud and
would therefore be unsafe. Mr. Mann is
satisfied after his Investigation that the
dam will be thoroughly sound. In dis
cussing the conditions as he found them
at Panama, Mr. Mann said:
Beats French at Digging.
"Conditions In Panama are in the most
excellent shape. Colonel Goethals has
proved himself a master mind. The or
ganisation Is almost perfect. The disci
pline is good. The enthusiasm of the
employes Is great. Every one there
seems to be Imbued with the spirit of In
tense energy. Up to the beginning of the
present year the work was preparatory,
but now the actual construction work is
going on.
"A comparison with the work of the
French ompany Is Instructive. After
the French had been at work three
years, in October, 1885, they took out
of the Culebra cut 227,000 cubic yards
of dirt. In October, 1S8S, they took
out 172.000 cubic yards. In October
Just passed we took out 828,000 cubic
I yards. The rainfall was about the
same as In 1886. During the calendar
year 1S8S the French took out of the
Culebra cut 3,637,300 cubic yards, while
FOR EMERGENCY"
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we removed during the year ended Oc
tober 31 last 7,893,000 cubic yards.
"The main excavation made by the
French was not In the Culebra cut, but
easy work near the Caribbean Sea.
Ours has been in the cut, and mostly
rock excavation. Mr. Randolph, one ol
the board of consulting engineers, esti
mated the average capacity of the
steam shovels at 9500 yards a month,
while in October last one of our shov
els took out 37,357 cubic yards of rock
and another 39,615 of rock and earth.
"We saw the work at the worst time
of the year and yet there was a con
stant movement of empty trains from
the dumps to the shovels and of load
ed ones from shovels to the dumps. The
work has now progressed to such an
extent that even the lift of the track
towards the embankment is done by
machinery and in short order.
"During the last year we have re
moved about one-seventh of the ma-
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terlal to be excavated from the cut,
and our full complement of machinery
is not yet Installed.
Dam Foundations Solid.
"I gave special study to the Gatun
dam locks and spillways and brought
home with me a large number of sam
ples of clay and rock which I gath
ered by the side of these works. Major
Slbert, who Is in charge of the Gatun
works under Colonel Goethals. Is. like
his chief, exhibiting great genius. Ap
parently no move is made without
thorough knowledge of the conditions.
From the borings which have been
made with diamond drills. It is cer
tain that the foundations of the great
locks is rock.
"There are numerous problems In con
nection with the locks and dams which
are not yet worked out, but the care
with which the engineers In charge are
proceeding leaves no doubt that, when
fully determined, the plans will be beyond
proper criticism. The problems yet un
solved relate only to expense, and not
to the ability to construct safe looks and
dams.
Finish It in Seven Years.
"At the rate of progress already estab
lished, the Culebra cut can easily be ex
cavated within six years. It Is probable
that by the Spring of 1911 they can turn
water Into the new Gatun Lake. That
will enable them to excavate a consider
able section of the canal by dredging.
There Is no reason to doubt, unless some
improbable pestilence should seize the
Isthmus, that the canal will be finished
and ready for test within seven years,
and probably even sooner.
"The original estimate for finishing the
canal was . 48,000,000. but It will be neces
sary to modify In many respects the sug
gested plans of the original commission
and board In order to InBure' greater
safety of construction. This will add con
siderably to the expense. Whllo we have
expended enormous sums of money, and
in some case extravagantly, upon sani
tation and buildings, and while we are
paying excessive salaries, yet the unit
of cost of the work Is probably a little
less than the estimate of the board of
consulting engineers. It Is probably safe
to estimate the total cost at about JB00,
000,000. in addition to the $60,000,000 paid
to the Panama Republic and the French
Canal Compnny. These estimates may be
Increased when It becomes the policy to
further widen and lengthen the locks.
May Make Locks Larger.
"The consulting board provided locks
95 feet In width and 90 feet In length.
It Is estimated that shljjs 25 per cent
larger than the Lusitanla could go
through them. We have already provided
for enlarging the locks to 100 by 1000 feet,
which would take a ship 50 per cent
larger than the Lusitanla. The naval
board has now recommended 110 feet In
width, but this would mean additional
lake or lakes to store water for use dur
ing the dry season."
When Uncle Sam purchased the Pan
ama Canal from the French he obtained
the biggest bargain In the century, ac
cording to Representative Taylor, of Ala
bama. Mr. Taylor, who is a member of
the appropriations committee, has also
Just returned from a trip to the Canal
one, and he called at the White House
today to tell the President that ha has
been converted from an opponent of the
Panama Canal to a most enthusiastic
Southern supporter. In an Interview he
said:
"I was simply amazed at the work I
saw going ahead with such rapid strides
under the Army Engineers. When the
President gave the work to the Army
Constructors he took a great step In the
right direction.
May Be Finished in 1914.
"From what I personafly saw and was
told on the authority of the men who are
on the Job and know what they are talk
ing about, the big ditch will be done In
1914. Some persons believe that It will
take longer than that, but I do not think
they are experts who have had an op
portunity of studying the matter closely.
"Taken at the valuation that our en
gineers put upon It, the actual appraise
ment of the work done by the French
engineers before they sold the Canal to
(Concluded on Pago ft)
COURTSETS ASIDE
JOINT RATE ORDER
Washington Commis
sion Is Restrained.
RULING BY JUDGE HANFORD
Finds Board Encroaching on
Power of Interstate Law.
VICTORY FOR PORTLAND
Oregon Road Will Xot Be Compelled
to Furnish Cars and Divert Traf
fic From Interior Points to
the Puget Sound Ports.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 29. (Special.)
Federal Judge C H. Hanford this
morning enjoined the Washington State
Railway Commission, represented by
Harry Falrchild. John C. Lawrence and
Jesse J. Jones, from compelling the rail
roads to obey the joint rate order on
wheat shipped- from Eastern Washing
ton points to Puget Sound ports.
The decision is based on Judge Han
ford's opinion that It is the obvious In
tention of the Commission to divert the
wheat traffic of that part of the state
cast and south of Spokane from Portland
to Puget Sound. The action, the court
holds. Is an attempt on the part of 'the
Commission to encroach upon the power
to regulate Interstate commerce vested
in Congress by the Constitution of the
United States.
State Board Not Tied.
The particular portion of the Commis
sion's order to which the railroads took
exception was that prescribing that the
freight charges paid by the shippers In
gross wifs to be divided between the
several carriers participating in the serv
ice. The hands of the Commission, how
ever, are not absolutely tied, for Judge
Hanford says no Injury will be Inflicted
by the making of the supplemental order
apportioning the Joint rates.
From Judge Han ford's opinion It would
appear that the Commission Is entitled
to prescribe a Joint rate in the future
provided that the objectionable features
of the present order are obviated.
Order Xot Set Aside,
"The injunction to be lssused," says
the court, "will not restrain the Rail
way ComnilHsion from making such an
order. This court will not set aside a
Joint rate by interlocutory decree or pro
visional Injunction, nor at all, unless
upon final hearing it shall be proved to
be insufficient and unreasonable."
The Jurisdiction of the United 8tates
District Court, which was questioned by
the railroads. Is maintained by Judge
Hanford.
ASHES COVER THE GROUND
NOME IS BURIED IX VOLCANIC
ERUPTIVE MATTER.
Snow-Covered to Depth of Several
Inches and Fine Dust Sifts
Through Cracks.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 29. (Special.)
A special to the Morning Times tonight
from Nome says Nome and probably the
entire Seward Peninsula Is shrouded in
an ashy haze and the ground for miles
Is covered several Inches deep with a
fine gritty powder, which is believed to
be volcanic ash.
The storm began several days ago. the
dust Mowing in from the ocean, but at
first little attention was paid to the freak
of nature, as It was expected that It
would soon cease. Instead, however, thd
fall continued and after a day became
so dense as seriously to Interfere with
out of door pursuits. Minors coming Into
town reported that for miles the snow
was so Impregnated with the ashes that
sledding was almost impossible. Further,
the air Is so full of ashes that breathing
Is difficult and the fine powder has sifted
in houses and business places to such an
extent that Is thick ' on floors and on
everything in the way of goods and
household furniture. It is believed that
some of the numerous volcanic Islands,
either between this coast and Siberia, or
more probably those Islands In the Alas
ka Peninsula, or the Aleutian Islands, la
again In eruption, and that the ashy
downpour la the result. No serious re
sults are anticipated but much Incon
venience Is being caused by the peculiar
storm.
ALIENS RUSH TO EUROPE
Over 12.000 Sail Today Berths Are
Sold Two Weeks Ahead.
NEW YORK. Nov. 29. The extraordi
nary rush of aliens to Europe continues
unabated and eight steamships sailing to
morrow will carry over 12.000 steerage pas
sengers. Nearly air trans-Atlantic liners
scheduled to sail within two weeks have
been booked up because of the tlapA nf
applications.
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