VOL. XLVI. NO. 14,663.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Cannon Offers Plan to
Rivers Congress.
TOO EARLY TO ISSUE BONDS
Burton Promises to Aid Move
ment in House.
RAILROADMEN ARE IN LINE
Hill and Flnley Admit They Need
Aid of Rivers to Handle Traf He.
Cum in Ins Falls Foul of
Rullroad-Bullder.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. A committee
Jf 60 of the delegates to the recent con
rentlon at Memphis of the Lakes-to-the-5ulf
Deep Waterways Association, led
iy President W. K. Kavanaugh. called
n Vice-President Fairbanks and Speaker
Gannon at the capital today &nd (re
lented to each a memorial adopted by
:he convention praying the support of
"ongress to the project for a ship canal
!rom the great lakes to the Gulf of Mejc
co and another through the Atlantic
oast states and recommending an an
lual appropriation of $30,000,000 .for har
ors and -waterways improvements, as
proposed by the Rivers and Harbors Con
' cress.
In receiving the memorial, the Vice
President said he would take great pleas
are in presenting it to the Senate and in
eferrlng it to the proper committee at
he earliest possible moment. He said:
Work for This Generation.
Speaking for myself personally, I want to
ay that tho movement for the Improve
ment of our great navigable waterways has
tny heartiPBt and most ardent support and
rood wilt. I am not a recent convert to
this general proposition, for a good many
rears in Indiana we have been advocating
nd urging liberal appropriation for the
Improvement of the Ohio River and all of
Its navigable affluent. I think among the
juestlons which engage the attention of the
people today there la not one of rreater
Importance than this. It affects every cltl
len of the republic. The Importance of the
lubject has been overlooked. I think we
have not taken It up early enough. " I do
dot see how there can be any opposition to
luch a movement as this. I do not under
Itand where It can come from. It Is so
srlde In its beneficent scope.
Now. I am a believer in the doctrine that
when a thing la worthy of being done, it
Ihould be done quickly. The way we- have
been proceeding in the development- of
raterways, the course we have pursued
heretofore, has "been reassuring In a degree,
aot to ourselves, but to the future. Our
rhlldren's children and their children will
probably enjoy the fruits of our present
fTort. What I think is needed (s a wide
20-operatton, earnest and Intelligent and
forceful co-operation, to the end that this
work be taken up . vigorously and In a
clentiflc way, so that the present genera
tion may enjoy some of the fruits of our
tftorts.
Cannon Opposes Bond Issue.
Mr. Cannon greeted the committee cor
Jially and at once went to the point by
asking whether the memorial recom
mended a bond issue for the proposed
expense. Mr. Malone of the committee
replied that, while some of the delegates
to the convention expected such a recom
mendation to be made, it had been
smltted. The Speaker said:
I wanted to see if you had specialised. I
was under the Impression that a resolution
was adopted that looked toward the im
provement In a business-like way of the
waterways of the United states, and. If
there was any specification, then It was that
the waterways should Join the unsalted seas
with the Gulf of Mexico, which, by Infer
ence if not by construction, was Indicated
as the Important and probably the most Im
portant thing to ho done.
1 would hesitate long and that la the
reason I asked the question to vote to
Issue a thousand million or Ave hundred
million or one hundred million or five
million of dollars of the securities of the
Government for the Improvement of the
rivers and harbors. I am not sure that the
sober second thought of the country would
approve It. and I am glnd you left It out
of your recommendations, because. In my
Judgment, choosing the most practical
projects, this great country must survey the
field before getting ready to commence work
this country which grows and grows and
IT rows, whose appropriations. Including the
permanent appropriations for public service,
are over $HOO.OOO.OOO for the current year;
and, gentlemen, the expenditures will be
within the revenues and something left.
Spend Treasury Surplus First.
We have already got f24O.000.0O0 of sur
plus in the Treasury, quite enough to pay
for a vigorous prosecution of all things that
are being prosecuted In the way of work and
quite enough to get ready just as fast as
possible with survi-ys, plans and eatlmatea.
Now, then, any representative who la ac
countable to his people would. In my Judg
ment, be an ass to rush In and vote $roo.
000,000 or si.OOO.Ooo.OuO of bonds when we
could not get ready in two years to spend
S per cent of it. We have got to leave
something for the next Congress to do,
gentlemen.
I believe a great development will go hot
foot along that line. I think you are in the
right line touching this mutter of water
ways: but hold fast to your resolution one
or two things that are practical finish
them up. and they, will speak for themselves
and make others easier. That la what we
have got to do In this matter.
ALL SECTIONS OF OXE MIND
Call for Waterway Improvement Is
Voiced by Men of Power.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. A notable fea
ture of the Rivers and Harbors Con
gress now in session in this city was
:he address delivered today by James J.
Hill, president of the Great Northern
Railway Company, who was introduced
to the congress as "a wizard oftranspor
tatlon and one of the greatest railroad
builders in the world." Mr. Hill created
great enthusiasm among the 2300 dele-
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WATERWAYS
gates by declaring that the railroads of
the country would support cordially any
proper plan for the development of the
legitimate waterways of the United
States. He produced figures to show
that the traffic of the country" had be
come so great and was increasing so
tremendously that it was beyond the
physical power of the railroads to handle
it. He made a most important and sig
nificant statement of the attitude of rail
road men toward legislation which has
been directed against rail carriers In
America and declared that all the rail
roads asked was permission to conduct
their business in a proper way, under fair
regulations and fair laws.
Adopt Resolutions Today.
Notable addresses also were delivered
by Governors of states and by other men
prominently Identified with the political
and commercial life of the Nation.
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I Governor John A. Johnson of Mho-
nesotsv. Speaker at Rivers and f
Harbors Congress. . J
Among those present today were scores
of members of Congress, upon whom It is
the desire of the convention that its
ideas be particularly Impressed. The con
vention will conclude Its work tomorrow
by the adoption of a series of resolutions
incorporating its idea that a comprehen
sive National scheme for the- improve
ment of the internal waterways of the
country should be crystallized into law.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina,
one of the speakers, declared that the
matter before fhis congress was the most
Important that had been approached In
the last 100 years. Continuing, he said:
"As Secretary of State Root said yester
day, we have reached the bridge. I
say to you, -we have not only reached the
bridge,' but we must cross the bridge this
year. -
"We demand the deepening of our rivers
and harbors. We will take no denial. We
must have $500,000,000 for tho Improvement
of rivers and harbors, paid In sums of
$60,000,000 every year."
" Southern Railroad in Line.
. President Flnley. of the Southern Rail
way, In an address, pointed out that it
wap the policy ' of the Southern Railway
to encourage establishment of coastwise
steamer lines, as he believed the pro
viding of additional facilities for water
transportation would Increase the popu
lation and prosperity of seaboard com
munities and thus benefit the railroads.
Ha continued:
I believe that the construction of the
Panama Canal will benefit rather than in
jure the transcontinental railways, ' as it
will tend to build up the Pacific Coast
states and, while taking some traffic from
the roads, will give them increased, traffic
of other classes
It Is to the Latin-American countries and
the Orient that we must look Jor an In
crease in our transportation facilities, and
It is to them we must look for the princi
pal opportunities to extend our markets for
those commodities which we are etrlving to
produce In competition with Europe.
In closing, Mr. Flnley said:
I believe the -solution of this problem la
found in the adoption by the general Gov
ernment of a broad and comprehenalve
plan for the Improvement of the rivers and
harbors of the country, to be carried to
completion as rapidly as the work can be
done advantageously, and by the adoption
by federal and state governments of such
railway regulation as will Involve the mini
mum of Interference with the operation of
economic laws consistent with the protec
tion of buyers of transportation and the
public generally from wrong.
Burton Greeted by Cheers.
Chairman Ransdell, in presenting Rep
resentative Theodore E. Burton, of Ohio,
chairman of the' Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee of the House of Representatives,
said . that the country had reached Its
present high plane in the improvement of
Internal waterways materially through
the efforts of Mr.. Burton. The delegates
rose and cheered Mr. Burton heartily.
Mr. Burton declared that the movement
for the improvement of the Inland water
ways had been stimulated by the unpar
alleled growth of the country and its
resources. He said there was an admitted
inadequacy in the transportation facilities
of the United States and it was with a
purpose of improving the facilities that
such congresses as this had taken tip the
work. He said that the National Con
gress largely had eliminated "log-rolling"
In behalf of special projects and that such
Individual projects wcire now allowed to
take care of themselves. He believed i
unquestionable that appropriations for
the improvement of rivers and harbors
would be increased in the near future,
because It was conceded by all who had
devoted study to the matter that the
railroads were unable to care for all the
freight offered f or transportation. He
proceeded :
Divide Tarirf With Roads. '
We are going ahead by leaps and bounds
and we have come upon a time when the
railroads of the country cannot begin to
take care of the traffic. In this situation
the Internal waterways are not only con
venient but necessary. The Held of opera
tion . between the railways and the water
ways will be divided naturally between them
and I nope to see a greater degree of co
operation between the railways and the
waterways than has been heretofore exhib
ited. This Is a great National policy which we
are advocating, which must not be divided
In proportion to the population or the wealth
of states. In my opinion we should avoid
the making of dribbling appropriations for
any particular project. But, once a project
is begun. It ought to be finished. '
At this point Mr. Burton was Interrupt
ed by a delegate who inquired what he
had to propose In the way of appropria
tions. Mr. Burton replied:
Well. I can stand by your platrorm of
$50,000,000 a year. Of course that question
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TROOPS START TO
GDLDF1ELD TODftY
Two Special Trains
From California.
MINERS ARMED FOR STRUGGLE
Funston May Send 1000 Men
to Control Them.
DESPERATE MEN IN CAMP
I'owder Stolen From Mine and Othei
Depredations Committed Mine
owners Are Preparing to Re-
Bume With Non-union Men.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 5. (Special.)
Special trains will leave San Francisco
and Monterey at 9 o'clock tomorrow
morning carrying United States troops
to Goldfield. .Colonel Alfred Reynolds
will be In command of the detachment.
No official figures have been given out
as to the number of men ordered to Ne
vada, but it Is stated that nearly 1000 men
will be dispatched. The troops will be
sent from Fort McDowell at the Presidio
at San Francisco and from the Presidio
at Monterey.
General Funston received his orders
from Acting Secretary of War Oliver at
8 o'clock tonight. The General at once
took an auto and hastened to the Presi
dio, where he called his officers into con
ference. There Tire 3500 men at the Presi
dio in San Francisco. The General de
cided to send those companies which were
equipped and prepared for a hasty de
parture. At the Presidio tonight full preparations
are being made to send forward a com
plete equipment and an ample supply of
provisions. The baggage was packed
and placed on the reservation wharf, in
the morning it will be conveyed to tha
Oakland mole ready to go forward with
the troops to Goldfield.
The advices of General Funston are
not of an alarming nature, but simply
instruct him - to have the necessary men
on the" scene as soon as possible. . Gen
eral Funston will remain in San Fran
cisco. MIXERS HAVE ARMS READ'S
Camp Is Last Refuge of Desperadoes
$ From Other States.
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Dec. 5. The
mlneowners' committee, which ad
vised Governor Sparks to make the
request for Federal troops, states that
it Is only a precautionary measure
suggested by the recollection of the
1 Couldn't Do Worse Myself, Old
Real Authority at Werk.
terrors of." tho Cripple Creek and
Coeur d'Alene strikes".
Tfie mlneowners are preparing to
start up with non-union miners. As
this camp is strongly unionized and
led by desperate agitators driven from
one state and one' camp to another, the
attempt to' resume - operations- aa an
open camp will naturally be resisted.
Non-union miners will have to be im
ported and a conflict will surely oc
cur. That the miners have been quiet
ly but industriously preparing for
trouble is evidenced by the fact that
they have 500 stand of arms In their
quarters. Last night a large quantity
of powder was stolen from the Booth
mine, and other depredations are
taking- place in the outlying districts.
The streets of Goldfield are quiet
and there is an entire absence of riot
ing,' brawling or even agitation and
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Railroad, Speaker at Rivera and
Harbors Congress.
heated controversy. On the surface,
Goldfield is enjoying a holiday.
ROOSEVELT ORDERS TROOPS
Funston to . Send Enough Men to
Control Situation..
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. President
Roosevelt tonight Instructed General
Funston to dispatch a sufficient force
of regulars to Goldfield, Nev., to con
trol the situation there. This action
was taken upon receipt of a telegraphic
request from the Governor of Nevada.
The troops will proceed from San
Francisco and the strength of the ex
pedition is left to the judgment of
General Funston. Goldfield is about
11 hours by rail from San Francisco.
TWO COMPANIES . GO FIRST
First Detachment for Goldfield
Comprises Only 260 Men.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5. Arrange
ments .have been made tonight with the
Southern Pacific for the movement of
Federal troops from California to Gold
field, Nev., on two . trains. One train,
carrying 130 men, will leave Monterey at
9 o'clock in the morning and another
will leave Oakland at the same hour,
carrying the same number.
Southern Pacific officials are authority
for the statement that only 280 men in
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FOUR LITTLE CARTOONS OF THE DAY.
Man.'
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BLOODGDDD
PLAYS LAST ACT
Famous Actress Ends
Notable Career.
FIRES BULLET INTO BRAIN
Distressing Suicide in Balti
more Hotel.
"HOW TO SHOOT STRAIGHT"
Reads Book of Instructions and
Commits Act While the Audience
Waits Her Appearance No
Cause Assigned for Action.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 5. Mrs. Clara
Bloodgood, the actress, committed suicide
by shooting In her room at the Hotel
Stafford here this evening.
Mrs. Bloodgood's body was found lying
on the bed with a bullet hole through the
roof of her mouth. Nearby lay a book
entitled "How to Shoot Straight," and
a 38-callbre revolver with three chambers
empty. She attended a matinee' perform
ance at Albaugh's Theater this after
noon, and returned to her hotel about 1
o'clock seemingly in the best of spirits.
Later when it was time for the curtain
to rise for her own show at the Academy
of Music, where she was appearing In
"The Truth," she had not put in an ap
pearance. Word was sent to the Staf
ford and a bellboy was sent Up to her
room. Just as he approached the door
he heard a pistol shot. Hurrying back
to the office he notified the clerk of what
he heard and an Investigation was made
and Mrs. Bloodgood was found stretched
on the bed as described.
Before retiring 4.0 ,her room she had a
talk with her stage manager, John Em
erson, who declares that he observed
nothing unusual in her demeanor. The
only motive he can ascribe is that Mrs.
Bloodgood feared an attack of nervous
prostration. She had been working very
hard, he said, and she feared a break
down. Mrs. Bloodgood left a note ad
dressed to her husband, who Is said to
be on his way to this city.
Waiting Audience Dismissed.
The audience at the Acamedy of Music
was dismissed with the announcement
that there would be no performance to
night, owing to the sudden indisposition
of Mrs. Bloodgood.
Bernard S. Wess, the bellboy who was
sent to Mrs. Bloodgood's room, on the
request of the manager of the Academy
of Music, when she failed to appear there
at her usual time, found no difficulty
in opening the outer door of the suite,
but the inner door, at which he knocked
Bacchus ! Is nils What They Call
Making the State Dry?"
Will This Drive Him Outf
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t
without receiving a reply, resisted his
efforts to open it. He persisted, how
ever, and finally managed to open it
slightly. Through the aperture he saw
Mrs. Bloodgood standing with her back
toward him. . She was quite naked, but
was holding a wrapper in front of her.
As Wess hastily closed the door he heard
the report of a pistol. Help was hastily
summoned and the door forced against
which trunks had been placed. The body
of Mrs. Bloodgood was found on the
bed near -which Wess had seen her stand
ing and upon which she had fallen imme
diately after firing.
Fires Three Shots.
Three shots were fired, according to
the Coroner, one of which went into the
ceiling and two apparently into the roof
of Mrs. Bloodgood's mouth. The re
volver used was a new one of S2 caliber
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Will Next Be Tried for Bribery.
and would seem to have been purchased
for the especial purpose for which it was
used. Coroner Hayden, after viewing the
body, pronounced it an unquestionable
case of suicide and gave a permit for its
removal to an undertaking establishment.
The shots having been fired, to all ap
pearances, with the muzzle of the pistol
in the mouth, the wounds did not dis
figure the body greatly. Word has been
received that Mrs. Bloodgood's husband,
William Lalmbier, is hurrying here on a
special train, which is expected to arrive
in an hour or two after midnight.
Mrs. Bloodgood's room was In great
disorder, articles of apparel, toilet arti
cles and other things being scattered
about. On a table was a book on an
atomy, opened at a page describing the
brain and the most vital parts thereof.
This evidence of premeditation, if needed,
Is supplemented by the fact that the
pistol used was purchased last Tuesday
by Mrs. Bloodgood, who at the time
asked how to use It.
Members of Mrs. Bloodgood's company
are a unit in declaring that they can as
sign no cause .for . her. act other than the
possible one of nervous breakdown, due
to overwork. On the other hand, her
maid, Blna Wlgland, William Courtenay
and the bellboy, Wess. who were among
the last to speak to her, say that Mrs.
Bloodgood .was In . exceptionally good
spirits apparently up to the last moment.
FRIENDS IN EAST SHOCKED
No Known Reason for Mrs. Blood
good's Rash Act.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Tne news of the
suicide of Clara Bloodgood at Baltimore
created a sensation in theatrical circles
here tonight. Expressions of sorrow were
universal, but none of her friends was
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CONTENTS TODAY'SPAPER
The Weather.
TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 62
degrees; minimum, 42 degrees.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Hungarians returning; from America cause
riots on frontier. Page 4.
Victory for Reichstag over Von Buelow.
Page 4.
National.
Cannon declares for spending surplus on
waterways. Page 1.
Many notable speeches at Rivers and Har
bors Congress. Page 1.
Straus organizing Council of Chambers -of
Commerce. Page 15.
Report of Secretary of Treasury. Page 18.
Roosevelt orders physical training of Army
officers. Page 9.
Battleships driven from course by gale.
Page 4.
Politic.
Republican National Committee considering
place for next convention. Page 1.
Domestic.
Bank dynamiters hold up town In Okla
homa. Page 6.
Insane man attacks Governor Guild and
shoots three men In his office. Page C.
Troops start for Goldfield today to prevent
miners' riots. Page 1.
Answer of railroads to lumbermen's cony
plaint. Page 6. t
Clara Bloodgood, the actress, commits sui
cide. Page 1. '
Large bank In Kansas City falls. Page 7.
Harriman orders construction work resumed
on whole system. Page 4.
Several counties In Southern Illinois go dry.
Page 1. .
Pacific Coast.
Friends of Steve Adams hope to outwit
Colorado officials. Page 8.
Mad scramble o'f Seattle candidates to file
nominating petitions. Page 8.
Boise lawyers find one man who has not
read of Pcttibone case". Page 8.
Logging engineer" snatched from Jaws of
death. Page 12.
Calhoun trial delayed by absence of prin
cipal witness. Page 5.
Commercial and Marine.
Better inquiry In local apple market. Page
19.
Chicago wheat higher on Improved export
demand. Page IS.
Rally in stock prices. Page 19.
British ship Casslus is chartered for a
cement cargo. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
City will sell $80,000 of improvement bonds
to raise money for contractors. Page 14.
Hundreds attend funeral of Judge A. L.
y
Dry Belt Extends to
Southern Illinois.
SALOONS CLOSE BY HUNDREDS
Bargain Sales Attract Many
From Kentucky.
GAINS OF ' PROHIBITION
Many Scattered Preclnct9 Go Dry In
Central and Northern Illinois.
Terrified Liquor Men Work.
With the Legislators.
CHICAGO. Dec. 5. (Special.) Hundreds
of saloons were put out of. business In
Illinois tonight, tho will of tho voters
as expressed at the last election becom
ing effective at midnight. The following
counties are now totally "dry'":
Edwards. Johnson, Massac. Pope, Vnlon,
Wabash and Williamson, all located In
the southern tier, and, to a large extent,
reflecting the wave of prohibition sweep
ing ua from the Southern states.
Bargain Sales of '"Boore."
Fifty saloons were operating In Wil
liamson County, and all went out of com
mission tonight. In Golconda and other
towns close to the Kentucky border the
liquor men realized there was no hope
of continuing in business and closed out
their stocks at whatever price they could
get. "Bargain sales" in booze brought
over many patrons from Kentucky and
for a very small outlay of money they
have been enabled to continue in a
beatific state of intoxication for several
dayfl.
Many Precincts Go Dry.
As showing the broad gains made by
the antl-llquor forces at the late election,
the following table designates the number
of preclm-ts carried in counties that ars
not yet completely "dry":
Dry
Wet
County
Case
Monard .....
Murin
Perry
Pulaski
PreclnctB. Precincla.
. . 11 1
..7 2
..IS 2
..6 3
... 8 I
Scott : 11 1
Calhoun County is also Included among
the totally dry terrltolles SHRDLUUXi
the totally dry territories. The prohibi
tion sentiment was also felt further north
In the stato, where many towns voted
against saloons, some of them for the
first time In years.
Alarm Among Liquor Men.
The liquor men are alarmed and admit
it. They say some radical steps must be
taken to offset the advance of the prohi
bition forces. For the present they will
concentrate their efforts In the large
cities, keeping watch on hostile legisla
tors and bringing pressure to bear, where
ever possible, on their most active foes.
Kfforts are now making to raise a large
fund to combat the anti-saloon sentiment.
TALKS ABOUT CONVENTION
Republican National Committee Fa
vors Western City.
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 8. Of the 64
members of the Republican National
Committee which will moet tomorrow,
about 36 already have arrived.
As to the place of holding the next con
vention. Senator Scott. member from
West Virginia, seemed to represent the
views of a good many committeemen,
when he said: ,
"I am in favor of either Kansas Citf
or Denver. There is going to be very
little money for the convention's ex
penses, and I know of no more legitimate
way of getting necessary funds for the
expenses for the convention that that of
accepting a liberal contribution from the
city securing the convention. Almost any
city can take care of the delegates, and
It Is of comparatively little consequence
whether there is a large attendance or
not."
The date and place of the convention
will be discussed Saturday. A chairman
of the committee will be chosen tomor
row. There is no doubt Chairman New
will be named to succeed himself. Mr.
New said today he favors June 2 as the
date for the convention, whether or not
It Interfered with the plans of the Demo
crats, who also have been talking of an
early convention.
"I believe we should have an early con
vention and avoid the hot weather," he
said.
It was asserted by friends of Chicago
as the place for the convention that the
city would make ample financial induce
ments to secure the convention. i
During the evening assurances were re
ceived from Chicago that If the conven
tion should come to that city, the Coli
seum, with a seating capacity of 14.000.
would be provided with proper facilities
for holding the convention, rent fre
also that the 'city would give as larir
an amount for convention expenses a
it has ever done in the past. With these
assurances those who advocate the selec
tion of Chicago will go before the Re
publican National Committee tomorrow
more than confident of success.
KING OSCAR LOSES GROUND
Sleeps Some' Dnringj Day, but Be
comes Weaker at Night.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 5. A bulletin issued
at 11 o'clock this evening: "The King
had some sleep during the 'day, but this
evening his strength was not so well
maintained, although the pain waa some
what diminished."
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