VOL. XI.VI.-XO. 14,660.
rORTLJLND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1907,
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SESSION
OPENS
WITH GOOD FIGHT
Democrats Denounce
Rules of House.
GIVE SPEAKER MUCH POWER
Cannon Is Re-elected and Put
on Defensive.
BUT CARRIES HIS POINT
Great Social Outpouring to See Six
tieth Congress Organize Cannon
Gives a Sharp Answer to
De Armond and Cooper.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A brilliant
scene characterized the meeting' of the
Sixtieth Congress today. In the Senate
and House of Representatives there were
notable gatherings In the galleries of
representatives ot the official society of
the capital.
The striking scenes of the day were
In the House of Representatives, where
the formal selection of Joseph G. Cannon
again to be Speaker and the designation
by the Democrats of John Sharp Williams
as their leader, were occasions for ova
tions for those gentlemen. The Speaker
was given as warm a reception from the
minority as from his own party. The ap
pearance of William J. Bryan on the
floor of the House also was the occasion
for enthusiastic cheering by the Demo
crats. democrats Oppose Rules.
When the adoption of the rules for the
government of the House during the
Sixtieth Congress came up, the rules of
the last Congress were opposed by. Wil
liams and he was joined In the opposition
by Democrats and by a single Repub
lican, Cooper of Wisconsin. The old rules
were declared to be too autocratic,
placing too much power In the hands of
the Speaker, but after a somewhat
acrimonious discussion they were adopted
by party vote.
Committees were appointed by both
houses to Inform the President that Con
gress had met and was ready to receive
any message he might wish to communi
cate. New Senators and all the Represen
tatives were sworn In and both houses
adjourned out of respect to the memory
of members who have died during the
recess of Congress.
Promptly at 12 o'clock Clerk Mc
Dowell entered the chamber of Represen
tatives accompanied by the veteran As
sistant Sergeant-at-Arms, Colonel E. S.
Pierce, bearing the mace, the emblem of
order In executive bodies.
The hum of conversation suddenly
ceased and Mr. McDowell declared the
body duly In' session.
Chaplain Couden Immediately offered
prayer, after which the roll was called.
The roll-call occupied 20 minutes, and
showed 865 members present.
Cannon Is Re-elected.
Amid great applause on the Repub
lican side, Representative Hepburn, of
Iowa, nominated Joseph G. Cannon, of
Illinois, for .Speaker. Equally demon
strative were the Democrats when Rep
resentative Clayton put In nomination
Representative John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi.
The vote on the Speakership resulted:
Joseph G. Cannon, 207; John Sharp Wil
liams, lot.
Amid thunderous applause from the Re
publicans and Democrats alike. Speaker
Cannon was escorted down the center
alslo to his chair by a committee, of
which Representative Williams was
chairman.
In a brief speech Mr. Williams said the
Speakership was the second highest of
fice In the United States. He had the
honor, he said, for the third time, "of
not Introducing, but presenting to the
Congress the Honorable Joseph G. Can
non, of Illinois, as its Speaker."
When the npplause had subsided,
Speaker Cannon said:
Not Bound by Precedent.
"We are today organizing the Sixtieth
Congress, marking the one hundred and
eighteenth mile-stone in the history of
government by the people under the Con
stitution. Our predecessors In the years
that have passed have left to us an ex
ample of wisdom, moderation and cour
age that has never failed to preserve the
ideals and the interests of republican
government In many crises, -whether of
peace or of war, adversity or prosperity.
"Each generation of statesmen has had
Its own peculiar problems and Its own
particular embarrassment. No problems
of government ever recur In exactly the
same way.
"The formulas of action In exigencies
cannot be safely applied. The Govern
ment, as It relates to courses of action
has no fixed precedents and no venera
tion for those which have gone before
Justifies living men in approaching live'
problems with purpose or with vision cir
cumscribed by the limitations of the past.
"But the fundamental principles of
free government are eternal and un
changing. resting1 on the will and re
sponsibility of the people and put In
action through the deliberation of the
conscientious representatives of that
will. Other departments of the Gov
ernment have lofty and Important func
tions, but to this House alone belongs
the peculiar, the delicate and the all
surpassing; function of Interpreting; and
putting In definite form the will of the
people.
"So far as the duty of organizing this
House shall devolve upon me, I shall
endeavor to perform the duty In a way
to Justify the confidence which your
selection Implies; and to promote the
great purposes for which we are as
sembled. But the duties of the hour
rest not alone on myself. They rest on
each one of you Individually and on
your Integrity, wlsdbm and conserva
tism. The people are relying upon you
as well as upon me.
Father of House Leads.
"I expect your co-operation, because
such co-operation will be your duty. I
bope also that as we go on I may have
It because of my efforts to merit your
confidence and good will. I am now
ready for the oath."
The oath was then administered by
Representative Bingham, of Pennsylva
nia ,- nf tVi House." and In
turn the Speaker administered the oath
to the members, who lined up in irom
of his desk In groups of 25. When Okla
homa was called, the Democrats loudly
applauded the Representatives from the
new state, who bowed their acknowledg
ment. Tho Ttpmihlican and Democratic
caucus appointments of House officials
were presented and the Republican nomi
nees were elected. The usual resolutions
appointing committees to notify the Sen
ate and the President that the House was
In session were passed and the Speaker
named Payne (N. Y.), Tawney (Minn.),
and Williams (Miss.),' as the committee
to notify the President.
First Fight of Session.
The first fight of the session was pre
cipitated by Williams, who protested
against th adoption of a resolution,
making the rules of the last House the
governing laws of the present House.
Williams asserted that too much power
was concentrated In the hands of the
Speaker.
To the delight of the Democrats. Coop
er (Rep., Wis.), expressed hearty ap
proval of what Williams had said, and
added that the power given the Speaker
was both un-Republican and un-Demo-cratic.
De Armond (Mo.) asked the members
whether they desired to enslave them
selves under such rules.
"Now is the time to change the rules,"'
he continued, "so that members as 'cow
ards and cravens need not go back to
their homes and defefld themselves upon
the mere miserable pretext that these
rules had controlled them and they could
do ndtTllng else."
Dalzell could not conceive of a more
unnecessary discussion than one on the
rules. They had . sufficed . In the. last
rnnirrii and the Fifty-first Congress,
botli Republican, and substantially In the
Fifty-second and FJf.ty-tbn-d congresses,
both Democratic.
Cannon Answers Critics.
Cannon at some length explained to tho
House the situation at the time of the
request of De Armond for recognition In
his own right and also In reply to Cooper,
who thought the Speaker should occupy
a seat on the floor. The practice had
grown up, he said, that gentlemen seek
the chair, and the chair exercised his
right as a member to say that It would
be useless to grant recognition because
If no one else objected, the chair would
object In his capacity as a member of-1
the House. He said that the right of a
member to be recognized can In most In
stances not be denied by the chair.
De Armond insinuated that the Speaker
had not answered him.
"If the gentleman has not been an
swered," said the Speaker, suavely, "It
Is the misfortune of the chair or the mis
fortune of the peculiar state of mind of
the gentleman."
By a vote of 197 to 160 the resolution was
adopted, and the rules of the last Con
gress were adopted.
Drawing of Seats.
V
The drawing of seats then began, the
House by unanimous consent allowing
Bingham (Pa.). Payne (N. Y.), Keifer (O.),
Williams (Miss.) and Sherwood (O.) to se
lect their own seats. The body of the
House was the favorite location of mem
bers, the first row of seats not being in
favor. Longworth, when his name was
called, selected a seat beside Huff, the
millionaire coal operator of Pennsylvania.
The name of Champ Clark, of Missouri,
was applauded. He sat down in the last
row near the middle of the Democratic
side, that being the best place In eight.
As the House filled up and the Repub
lican side offered no more places, members
of the majority were obliged to go over
on the "Cherokee strip," as the row of
seats under the gallery on the extreme
right of the Speaker is called.
The selection of, seats being completed,
Underwood announced the deaths of Sen
ators Morgan and Pettus, and resolutions
of respect to their memory were adopted.
Jones (Va.) announced the death of Rep
resentative Slemp, and Rodenburg (111.),
that of Representative George W. Smith
(111.). A committee to attend the funeral
of Smith was appointed by the chair.
Then the House, out of respect to the
memory of Senators and Representatives
who had died during the recess of Con
gress, adjourned until noon trmorrow.
ESTIMATES FOR YEAR 1909
Departments Ask Congress to Appro
priate More Money.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. The Secre
tary of the Treasury today sent to
Congress the estimates of appropria
tions required for the fiscal year end
ing June 38, 19J9. The figures show an
increase of $77,479,819 over the esti
mates for 1908, and an Increase of J56,
220.646 over the appropriations for
1908. This last item, however. In
cludes deficiencies and permanent an
nual appropriations.
The summary follows:
190. 1908.
f 12.B62.R47 t 13.090.007
. -JM.710 425,000
4.417.6S1 H.R47
Legislative
Kxecuttve
State Depart...
Treasury Dept.
174.778. 10H 177.784. 302
War Department.. 218.111.520 1K2.100.2H7
Navy Department. 1zs.s4n.21v 1O2.RSK.0M
Interior Dept 183.M 1.7rt! lSS..i8.7Sil
postofflce Dept 2.S07.SSO - 2.781,820
Dept. ot Agricul... 14.339,351 14.53...S1
Dept. Com. Labor 10.214.783 14.9:ib.os
Dept. of Justice... 8.8S4.5SO 9.317.109
Grand totals 7G8,308.273 $710,287,028
The estimates submitted by the Isth
mian Canal Commission for the fiscal
year 1909 aggregate $33,1S3,143. Appropria
tions for the current fiscal year amounted
o 127,161,367.
KILLED "IN BED:
BODIES
BURNED
Bloody Macleay Crime
Costs Four Lives.
WORK OF AN INSANE MAN
Montgomery May Have Slain
Woman and Children.
CONCLUSION OF OFFICERS
Isolated farm in Marlon County Is
Scene of . Cold-Blooded Murder.
Woman, Son, Daughter and
Hired Man Are the Victims.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) The
most mysterious and perhaps the most
cold-blooded murder In the history of
Marion County was committed at Macleay
last night, when Mrs. Mary Casteel, aged
60; daughter Martha, aged -1; son Paul,
aged 22, and hired man, Mort Montgom
ery, aged BO, were killed and their bodies
destroyed by the burning of their dwell
ing. Only crumbled' fragments of their
bones remain.
There is no clew to the Identity of the
murderer, and officers are led to suspect
that In a sudden fit of Insanity Montgom
ery killed the others and then set fire to
the house and cut his own throat. There
are several circumstances that make It
Improbable that the crime was commit
ted by one outside the family.
Montgomery and the Casteel family
came to Macleay six weeks ago from Myr
tle Creek, Douglas County, and it Is un
derstood that they came from Jet, Indian
Territory, about a year ago. Mrs. Casteel
was believed to be. a widow, but as the
family had not become acquainted much
at Macleay, little Is known of them.
Martha was engaged to be married to
William Rice, of Myrtle Creek. The fam
ily -had about $8000, but whether In the
house or in a bank Is not known.
Schoolboy Gives Alarm.
The terrible tragedy was discovered at
8 o'clock this morning by Arthur Wilson,
who passed the place on the way to
school. The house, a large two-story
structure, had been completely' destroyed.
In the back yard about 15 feet from the
place where the house had stood, lay a
bloody hatchet. Montgomery's blood-spattered
hat and one of his socks, showing
by a stain that he had stepped In a pool
of blood and had afterward walked
around outdoors. His double-barreled
shotgun lay on the ground nearby, with
the breech open and two loaded shells
partly inserted. Evidently the gun had
not been fired for some time, as the bar
rels were rusty and not smoke-stained. A
dozen loaded cartridges were strewn
around the spot. Montgomery's purse,
! EASY ! .
L ,',,,, w':- J
containing $C0.25, was found near the
other articles mentioned.
When Sheriff Culver, Deputy Minto and
Coroner Clough reached the scene they
examined the ruins and found the charred
bodies of four persons. The location
of the bones of Mrs. Casteel and daugh
ter and son Indicated that they had been
killed while In their beds, as the bones
were directly under where they slept.
The bones of Montgomery were almost
directly, under where he slept. The
bones of each were identified by the
proximity of articles they were known to
possess. .
Body of Dogs in Ruins.
The family kept two dogs, the bones
of which were also found in the ruins.
This circumstance makes It unlikely that
strangers committed the crime, for . the
dogs would have given an alarm at the
entrance of strangers and the people
would not have been killed In bed.
The house stood a half mile from the
county road and about a half mile
southwest of Macleay. It was surrounded
by high timber to a considerable distance
and Sheriff Oliver says that one not
familiar with the place could not have
found It on a night as dark and foggy
as was Sunday night. Neighbors a half
mile or more away in different direc
tions say they saw a slight glare, through
the tog In the direction of the Casteel resi
dence about 10:30 P. M., but it was not
sufficient to arouse suspicion that there
was a Ore.
The Casteels were a well-appearing
family and they and Montgomery
seemed to be on the best of terms.
Mrs. Casteel attended Sunday school
at Macleay yesterday and while there
told an acquaintance that Montgomery
had lived with them 18 years. She also
k dropped a remark, to which no partic
ular significance is attached, that she
had seen a great deal of trouble In her
life. The farm upon which they live
Is owned by William Hart, a hotel
keeper at Myrtle Creek, and was rented
by Mrs. Casteel.
Gray Hairs on Hatchet.
Sheriff Culver could find no evidence
of a struggle and no Indication of the
presence of others than the members of
the family. The prison bloodhounds
were taken to the scene, but there was
nothing: to give them a soent from
which they might pick up a trail. The
stains on Montgomery sock Indicate
that he stepped in a pool of blood and
afterward walked around In the yard,
his sock gradually slipping down over
his foot until It came off.
In the bloodclots on the hatchet are a
few gray hairs, short but rather fine.
While this has not been definitely de
termined, these are believed to be from
Mrs. Casteel s head. Both she and Mont
gomery had some gray hair. Montgom
ery's hat bore '.the ' prints of a bloody
hand, but as though held by the owner
and not grasped violently by a desperado
In a fight.
' Though "he has no 'prospect of .discover
ing a clue to a murderer. Sheriff Culver
will continue to work on the case. The
only theory that does not conflict with
the, circumstances Is that Montgomery
did the fiendish work while insane.
About 10 years ago a man named Cas
leel was murdered near Myrtle Creek by
Max Oleman, who Is now serving a life
term for the crime, but It is thought by
Sheriff Culver that the man murdered was
not the husband of Mrs. Casteel, who
was killed last night.
Freight Collision; One Dead.
MISSOULA. Mont., Dec. 2. One man
was killed and four seriously injured in a
freight collision caused by heavy fog in
the Northern Pacific yards west of here
this morning. The dead:
HAROLD W. CHASE, brakeman.
The injured:
Charles McCool, engineer: William K. j
Hackett, engineer; Oliver Shenck. fireman
and Frank Baker, engineer.
TOILS ALL NIGHT
IN BRADLEY CASE
Jury Given Till This
Morning to Agree.
LAWYERS ARGUE FOR LIFE
Battle Waged on Question of
Woman's Sanity.
INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY
Judge Suggests Possibility of Acci
dent Does Not Spare Brown's
Character Mrsi Bradley's
Nerves Are Unstrung.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. After deliber
ating for five hours and 43 minutes, the
jury In the case of Mrs. Annie M. Brad
lley, charged with the murder of ex-Senator
Arthur Brown, of Utah, failed to
reach an agreement and was ordered
locked upfor the night. It was 10 o'clock
when the court crier announced that the
jury would be unable to reach an agree
ment tonight, and that the court would
convene tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Justice Stafford, who went home shortly
after 6 o'clock, received word by tele
phone of the failure to reach a verdict,
and ' through his order the Jury was
locked up for the night.
There were 30 or 40 people In the court
room, mostly women, at the time. While
the Jury was deliberating Mrs. Bradley
was in an ante-room. Her son Arthur
was with her. Those who saw her said
she bore up under the ordeal with re
markable fortitude and appeared to be
cheerful. Mrs. Bradley was taken back
to jail for the night.
Argument for Defense.
When court convened In the morning
George A. Hoover mode the argument
for the defense. Referring to the prison
er's credibility, he asked what would have
been easier .than for her to say that
Brown had attacked her and that she
shot in seli-defense. He said that If
through physical disease of the mind the
defendant was unable to distinguish be
tween right and wrong,- and lacking the
will power in case she should so distin
guish them, she was not amenable to the
law. Referring to alleged threats to kill
Brown, If he did not acknowledge pater
nity of the second child. Mr. Hoover said
that no such threats were made, for Mr.
Brown had already made written ac
knowledgment of the child's paternity and
she had the acknowledgment in her pos
session: Mr. Hoover said the fact that the re
volver was found on the bureau, while
Mrs. Bradley, when asked for the weapon.
Immediately after the shooting, pointed
to her handbag, showed that she did not
know what she was doing at the time.
Mr Hoover argued that Mrs. Bradley, If
she had any purpose of killing Brown,
would have killed him In Salt Lake City,
where she had thousands of opportuni
ties, and It- was absurd to believe that
with these countless opportunities she
should have come across the continent to
kill at a place where she was a stranger
and had no friends. .
Denies She Broke Up Home.
Mr. Hoover, In refutation of the charge
that Mrs. Bradley had broken up the
Brown home, declared that Brown re
peatedly importuned her to assume illegal
relations with him and bear him a child;
that what she had said about the tragedy
had been corroborated, and that there
had been ample evidence of her Insanity
at the time of the shooting.
Mr. Hoover concluded with a brilliant
peroration, admonishing them so to decide
the case that they could later face their
Maker with the consciousness of having
well performed their duty.
Mr. Hoover finished at 11 o'clock, and
Judge Orlando Powers, senior counsel for
the defense, began his argument.
Was Brown's Bondwoman.'
"Let htm that Is without sin oast the
first stone," said Judge Powers In a
hurst of eloquence, quoting the Scrip
tures. "I object to that," said District . At
torney Baker, "as It Is not a proper
argument." The objection was not
sustained. .
Judge Powers said that Brown, the
dominating tempter, made Mrs. Brad
ley his bondwoman. He said:
"This woman was poisoned In body
and brain by the hand she loved." He
added that Brown kept her as his bond
woman, fulfilled none of his promises,
and "this must have affected her men
tality." "She was no wanton," he
added. "She spurned offers of wealth.
It was not the breaking up of a family.
It was. the deiense of her young and
the seeking of a name for their chil
dren." Derides Insanity Plea.
When District Attorney Baker began
the closing argument, he plunged into
the defense of Insanity set up by Mrs.
Bradley's attorneys and controverted
the theory of the defense regarding
the courso of the fatal bullet and said
that. Instead of the direction of the
bullet showing that she had not shot
to kill, it merely showed the bullet
had followed the line of least resist
ance. "Who says this defendant Is In
sane?" he asked. He epitomized state
ments of those who talked with her
after the trage'dy, as showing that her
actions were those of a sane woman.
He derided the theory of septic insan
ity, which condition, he said, must have
lasted only a few moments, which Is
in contravention of scientific evidence.
Mr. Baker, after declaring that the
case was the .old story of home-breaking
and destroyed hope, matffe the point
that the crime was conceived at Salt
Lake . City. Mrs. Bradley, he said,
called at the Ebbitt House in this city
for her mail, which showed she had
left directions to have her mall for
warded from Salt Lake and, therefore,
she purposed coming here when she
made the trip from Salt Lake to Ogden.
He said the revolver she "carried to
Brown's hotel room here just before
the tragedy was meant for Brown. He
referred to the pathetic features of the
case and hoped the jury would cast
aside all sympathies and its verdict
would be that immortality is not at a
premium in the District of Columbia.
By permission of the court, Mr.
Hoover, for the defense, read from the
testimony to show that Mrs. Bradley,
on the eventful trip from Salt Lake
City stopped oft at Ogden, and tele
phoned her sister at Salt Laku that
she had changed her mind and was go
ing to Washington. Mr. Hoover said
the evidence showed that, when she left
Concluded on Fxa .)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
. The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum tempertur, M
degrees; minimum, , 44 deffrew.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
National.
Congress meets and House has first flffht
over rules. Page 1.
Reforms In land laws proposed by Bailing
ger. Page 5.
No more patents for Oregon & California
land grant till terms are observed.
1'e.ge 7.
Proposed appropriations for Pacific Coast.
Paso 2.
Domestic
Dead In Fayetto City mine total 4T; only
13 recovered. Page 4.
Rescuers driven back by fumes In Dayton
mine. Page 4.
Jury out all night In Bradley murder case.
Page 1.
Mrs. Leaf green loses another case. Page '2,
Passenger steamer wreck off Mora Scotia;
all on board saved. Page 8.
Sport.
Burns knocks out Molr and wins world's
championship. Page T.
Bohaefer wins billiard match with Sutton.
Page 7.
Pactfle Coast.
Prize-fight trust lndloted at San Francisco.
Page 4.
Ford bribery cave goes to Jury today.
L Page 4.
Grand Jury refuses to Indict Kleinsohmidt,
who will go free today. Page 8.
Bloody trsgedy at Maclean believed to be
work of Insane man. Page 1.
Steamer Alliance safe oft mouth of Colum
bia; refuses offer of aid. Page 0.
Steamer reported sunk In Lake Coeur
d'Alene, and IS mtn lost. Page 1.
Governor Chamberlain Interprets fiat salary
law literally. Page 6.
Excise law defeated In Oregon City; other
municipal elections. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Better prices current for choice grades of
hops. Page 17.
Chicago wheat market weak and lower. Page
17.
Stocks turn very strong at close. Page' 17.
8tamerf Hanalel arrives from California on
maiden trip to Portland. Page 10.
Operations to cease on Mount Hood road at
end of this week. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Olmsted outlines new park system for Port
land. Page 13.
Three police sergeants get Increased pay al
lowance and four others wonder why
Page 12.
Gladys Van says she will kill Ollle Mack, an
actor, if he attempts to marry her rival.
Page 10.
Mystery tn death of 6-year-old Joseph
McGrath. Pace 10.
STEAMER IKS;
20 MAY BE LOST
Defender Hits Rock in
Lake Coeur d'Alene.
DENSE FOG COVERS WATER
Passengers Are Loggers Re
turning From Camps.
ANOTHER BOAT MISSING
Fears Also Expressed for Safety ol
Bonita Navigators Believe De
fender Went to Pieces on
Rocky "Reef in Mica Bay.
SPOKANE, Dec. 3. At 2 o'clock this
(Tuesday) morning:, no word had been
received from the missing' steamer, the
Defender, supposed to have been lost
on Lake Coeur d'Alene, with 20 per
sons on board. Another boat, the
Bonita, may also be lost In the fog-.
SPOKANE, Dec. 2. A Coeur d'Alene
city special to the Spokesman-Review
says :
It .Is believed here tonight that the
steamer Defender was wrecked on a reef
a mile and a half from Mica Bay, In
Lake Coeur d'Alene tonight and that IS
passengers and the crew were lost.
The lake Is covered with a thick fog
and boats will not venture out. It Is
thought that the passengers were mostly
lumber jacks on their return from the
camps. The Defender's whistle was heard
blowing a distress signal, and a steamer
lying in Mica Bay answered the call but
got no rejoinder. The steamer carried no
life boats, but had a few life preservers.
Experienced navigators believe that the
Defender struck a. dangerous reef which
exists near Mica Bay and was so badly
crushed that she sank after whistling
furiously for aid.
JAPAN RECALLS HER ENVOY
AORI'S POLICY TOO PEACEABLE
TO SUIT NIPPON.
Notifies President on Same Day as
Torpedo Flotilla Sails for Pa
cific Friend of America.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. It was re
ported here early this morning- that
"Viscount Aoki. the Japanese Am
bassador, called on the President and
Secretary of State Root yesterday and
presented his letters of recall.
CHICAGO, Dec 3. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington, D. C. says:
Viscount Sliizo Aoki, Ambassador Ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipoten
tiary from Japan to the United States,
has been recalled. He called at the
White House and State Department to
day and notified the President and
Secretary Root of this fact.
Technically he has been sent for by
his Government to make a personal re
port as to the feeling in this country
on the exclusion question. Practically,
he will not return to Washington.
Ambassador Aoki gave notice of his re
call practically at the same time that
word was received here of the sailing of
the torpedo section of the fleet destined
for the Pacific. Many people may con
nect the two things together. Whether
or not Japan connected them remains to
be seen. The only facts which are posi
tively known are that Ambassador Aoki
has been the unswerving friend of the
United States throughout the difficulties
between this country and Japan. He has
been cautious, conservative and friendly
to a marked degree.
There Is every reason to assert that
his recall, for the purpose of making a
verbal report. Is caused by the fact
that his government thinks he has
been too temperate, too moderate, too
conservative, too amicable and, finally,
too peaceable.
Favoring the Japanese.
OTTAWA, Ont.. Dec. 2. The question
of Japanese immigration came up in the
House today and Premier Laurler criti
cised M. Borden, leader of the opposi
tion, for making no distinction between
Chines? and Japanese immigrants. "Japan
has entered the circle of civilized na
tions," said Sir Wilfrid, "and is entitled
to the respect due an ally of His Ma
jesty. "If today," said the Premier, "there
should be war in the Orient, which God
forbid. In which It was the fate of Great
Britain to be engaged, the heroic Jap
anese fleet would be found lined up with
the British men-of-war.
Roosevelt Against Ills Bill.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. President
Roosevelt Is opposed to the bill restricting
Oriental Immigration prepared by Repre
sentative Hayes, of California. The pro
visions of the meamre were made. known-,
to the President today by Mr. Hayes and
Representative Kahn, of California. Be
yond stating that the President indicated
his opposition and also stating that he
should nevertheless introduce the bill and
press it to the best of hl ability. Mr.
Hayes declined to discuss the question.
He said, however, that the bill was In
accordance with the sentiment In Califor
nia, which had become universally op
posed to Japanese Immigration.
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