VOL. XLVL- NO. 14,666.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NTERESTS, BEGIN
TO SEE THE LIGHT
Take Taft to Escape
Roosevelt.
ALDRIGH GIVES THEM WARNING
Tells Them Boom for Hughes
Is Great Blunder.
STIRS PRESIDENT TO FIGHT
Boss of Senate Tells Magnates, It
They Defeat Taft, Roosevelt Will
Ran Again His Argument
for Secretary.
BY WALTER WELL-MAN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (Special.)
Rapid growth of the movement to make
Secretary Taft the nominee of the Re
publican party for President is expected
during the next few months. Help is
coming from unlooked-for quarters from
the opponents of the President, who
want a "careful and conservative man"
In the White House.
Among those who have seen the light
and who realize that, if they prevent
the choice of Secretary Taft, they will
only force Mr. Roosevelt to stand for
another term is none other than the
leader of the Senate, the all-powerful
Aldrlch, of Rhode Island, the ablest and
most astute representative of "the In
terests" in Congress.
Takes Tart as Lesser Evil.
Mr. Aldrich would not choose Secretary
Taft for President if he had the power to
name whomever he liked. He would pre
fer Senator Foraker, who "is an avowed
and courageous champion of "the in
terests," or Speaker Cannon, who is se
cretly friendly to them; of Vice-President
Fairbanks, who" would do no one any
harm.
But Mr. Aldrlch has realized what oth
ers in Washington are Just beginning to
understand, that, if it is not Taft, It
will be Roosevelt.- And Mr. Aldrich and
those great people in New York with
whom he wields tremendous Influence,
would prefer the devil hlmsolf to the
, present occupant of the White House.
Blunders of "the Interest.
Hence Mr. Aldrich has not declared
himself for Taft, but he has spoken
words of reason and sense , to some of
those who sit in the seats of the mighty
In Gotham. He has advised them that
they are making two egregious blunders:
First In opposing Taft, who, though a
Roosevelt man, is far more conservative
and amenable than his chief, "steadier
and safer," because, if they beat Taft
they will have Rooseevlt on .their hands
again for their pains.
Second In urging Hughes as an anti
admlntstratlon candidate (not that the
Governor himself s anti-administration,
but mo3t of his backers are), accompanied
by attacks upon the administration and
the President himself, because this is the
surest way' to fill Theodore Roosevelt's
heart full of longings to fight his enemies
and triumph over them by winning an
other election.
His Counsel Bears Fruit.
Already the counsel of Mr. Aldrlch is
bearing fruit in New York.. That part of
the press there which is notoriously under
the Influence of "the Interests" is showing
far less disposition to belittle the Taft
movement and at the same time there is
to be noticed a great cooling of the ardor
for Governor Hughes. In Mr. Aldrich'8
opinion Secretary Taft would make a
President much less radical than Mr.
Roosevelt, and while he would, of course,
carry on the "Roosevelt policies," he
would try to do so In a manner less cal
culated to bring harm to the legitimate
business interests or the country.
"You may take your choice between
Taft and Roosevelt," Mr. Aldrich is re
ported to have said to his powerful
friends In New York, and those gentle
men Bat down and did some very hard
thinking.
Know TaTt, Don't Know Hughes.
I have also heard, but am not able to
vouch for the truth of the story, as I
have not yet talked with Senator Aldrich,
that he has said:
"It, will be better for every one to take
for President a man like Taft, who knows
the Government and the country, and
whom we know, than a man like Gover
nor Hughes, who is not only unknown
but apparently unknowable."
TO BE ST. PAUL OR LOUISVILLE
Chicago Does Xot Want Democratic
Convention.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9. Norman B. Mack,
member of the Democratic National Com
mittee for New York, said today, while
here en ropte to Washington to attend the
meeting of the committee on Thursday,
that the National Convention would be
held either in St. Paul or Louisville. He
said that Denver was not central enough
and that Chicago had made no bid for it.
He declared that William J. Bryan should
be nominated for President and said that
he had heard many prominent Democrats
express a preference for ex-Governor
William E. Douglas, of Massachusetts,
for the second place on the ticket.
Hughes Reserves "o Rooms.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Manager Kennedy
says no request has been made to him
for the reservation of rooms in the Audi
torium during the Republican Convention
for Governor, Hughes, of New York.
The New York delegation has reserved
headquarters at the Auditorium, and the
story of a reservation by Governor
Hughes, according to Mr. Kennedy, prob
ably grew out of this fact.
Foraker for Direct Primary.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Senator Fora
ker today addressed a letter hp Chairman
Brown, of the Republican State Commit
tee of Ohio, asking that its call for the
Republican State Convention require dele
gates to be directly chosen at duly au
thorized primary elections.
ENJOIN MUTUAL RESERVE
Policyholders Block Adoption of
Amendments, to By-Laws.
NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Judge Hough, in
the United States Court, today granted
an order restraining the Mutual Reserev
Life Insurance Company from adopting
J. Dalzell Brown, Vice-President and
General Manager of California Safe
Deposit & Truftt Company, in Jail
for Wrecking That Bunk.
proposed' amendments to its by-laws at
a meeting of HDllcyholders and enjoining
officers of the company from voting prox
ies sent them by policyholders. .
The restraining order was obtained
upon the application of W. Hepburn Rus
sell, counsel for a committee of policy
holders recently organized at New Or
leans. Mr. Russell has charged that the
proposed by-laws, if adopted, will create
a lien against policyholders and abate
ment of the amounts payable under thoir
policies and work a fraud upon ' them.
Arguments on making the injunction per
manent will be heard Friday.
Ito Will Retire From Corea.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 9. Advices
were received by the steamer Empress,
of Japan that Prince Ito will resign his
post as Resident-General of Corea at the
new year, when all the Elder Statesmen
will, probably retire. A well informed
Japanese correspondent writes that the
principle of no increased' taxation and
no new loan bonds will' be "maintained
for the next fiscal year, but increased
taxation for the following year will be
Inevitable. Marquises Matsukata and
Inoye are urging an earlier increase to
cope with the fiscal situation, but the
present ministry, in view of the general
election, is reluctant to fall In with the
proposal.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 47
degrees: minimum, 42 degree.
TODAY'S Occasional light rain;' southerly
wind.
Foreign.
Stoessel court-martial nearlng- finish: strong
evidence against him. Page 8.
Swedish army does homage to King Gustav.
Page 3.
National
Nearly whole fleet assembled, at Hampton
Roads. Page 1.
Tillman raises question about Cortelyou's
financial relief. Page 5
Government asks designs tor airships for
Army. Page 4.
Eagleson says charges are due to conspiracy.
Page 4.
Politics.
Busch, the brewer, declares for restriction
of liquor traffic. Page 2.
Aldrlch tells corporation men they mast
support Taft or Roosevelt will run again.
Page 1.
Domestic.
Three Nevada miners burled alive and fed
through pipe. Page 3.
Goldfield mlneowners announce reduction of
wages, reduction in cost of living and
open shop. Page 1.
Mrs. Taft has narrow escape from shipwreck
while Joining the Secretary. Page 2.
How Helnze and his friends looted the Ham
ilton Bank. Page 4.
Only 73 bodies recovered from Monongah
mines. Page 3.
One killed, two injured in Black Hand out
rage at Pittsburg. Page 5.
Kellogg, prosecutor of Standard Oil. faints
from overwork while making .speech.
Page 3
J. H. Stoddart, the actor, dead. Page 1.
raciftfc Coast.
Walker, California, bank president, ar
rested: stockholders work for re-organisation.
Page 1.
Ashland business men testify to losses due
to poor train service. Page 7.
Marshfield stage swept into ocean by tidal
wage. Page 6.
Two robbers killed by posse at Winlock,
after marshal is wounded. Page 6-
Sports.
Many withdrawals and several injured in
bicycle race. Page 7.
Portland and Seattle High Schools want
football match with St. Louis. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Hopgrowers of Oregon to organize. Page 17.
Wheat weak and lower on favorable Argen
tine crop news. Page 17.
Good support given the stock market.
Page 17.
British ship Claverdon pays oft crew In
Portland. Page 10.
poslnnd and Vicinity.
Both Republicans and Democrats will hold
state conventions. Page 10.
Robbers driven from streetcar by passenger's
bullets. Page 18.
Treasurer Steel trying to raise new bond.
Page 12.
Rift in banking holidays appears- to have
occurred last Friday and Saturday.
Page 10
Block signal system for Mount Scott line.
Page 10.
Employment agents enter objections to pas
sage of proposed ordinance regulating
their business methods. Page la.
W. C. Bristol to act for state and American
Surety Company in bank investigation.
Tage 12. ,
Receiver Hill to file report on condition of
Title Guarantee &. Trust Company to
day. Page 12.
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ADMIRAL VANS
TAKES COMMAND
All but Two Vessels
Are Assembled.
FLEET TO SAIL NEXT MONDAY
Starts on Greatest Naval
Movement In History. -
WEEK OF SOCIAL EVENTS
Kami lies of Departing Naval Men,
Together With Thousands of
Sightseers, Are Gathered to
Watch Departure.
MAKI-rP OF THE FLEET. 4
First Squadron. f
First Division uuns. juen.
Connecticut 74 .881
Louisiana 74 8SI
Kansas 74 881
Vermont 74 81
Second Division
Geortrla 8 812
Virginia . . 66 812
New Jersey 66 812
Rhode Island 66 812
Second Squadron.
Third Division
Minnesota - 74 8S1
Ohio 44 800
Maine 44 807
S Missouri 40 780
Fourth Division -
Alabama .......45 713
4 Illinois 48 600
I Kearsarge 66 60
T Kentucky 60 6S6
Destrovers
Hopkins' 7 7T
Hall 7 , 77
Stewart 7 77
Whipple 7 77 i
Lawrence 7 77 I
Truxton .. 7 77
Supply ships , i
Celtic 75 J
uuigoa to
Repair Ship
Panther ;.. 108
Tenders
Arethusa 80
Yankton - 80
Colliers
Hannibal 78
Leonldas , . -' 78
Marvellus 78
a srutus to
I Ajax 78
I Abarenda 78
7 Caesar 78
T Nero' .78
T Totals s
? Ships '" 35
f Guns l.Oll
i Men 14,338
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OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., Dec. 9.
The double-starred flag; of blue, emblem
of the commander-in-chief of the Pacific
bound battleship fleet, flung; to the breeze
from the main truck of the battleship
Connecticut today, and Rear-Admiral
Robley D. Evans formally assumed his
position as leader of the greatest naval
movement in the history of the Ameri
can people.
This was assembly day for the fleet,
which Is to set sail next Monday, and of
the 16 great fighting; machines ordered to
skirt the. southern end of all America
and inaugurate a new naval era in the
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Pacific Ocean, there were but two lag
gards. These were tha 16,000-ton Minne
sota, flagship of Rear-Admiral C. M.
Thomas, commander of the second squad
ron of" th fleet, and the Kentucky,
whose paltry 11,150 tons relegated her to
a position at the end of the armored
column. The Kentucky .also is the oldest
vessel among- the 16, having been laid
down with her sister, the Kearsarge, In
1898, at the beginning of the war with
Spain. Nine years ago is , an. ancient
period in modern battleship construction",
so great have been the strides in Ameri
can naval architecture. .
Laggards Expected Today.
The Minnesota, and the Knentucky are
both expected to drop anchor in Hamp
ton Roads tomorrow and then the his
toric fleet will be complete. The new
Maine, which two short years ago was
the flagship of the commander-in-chief,
but is now thrown back to eleventh place
j TTSo-usiTvys Kr-s:k .turn.. i
mm,
A&SiSl!P Islift
Adolphns Bunch,' Brewer, Who De
clares for Restriction of Liquor
Traffic.
in the list, came in today, making 14 bat
tleships at anchor off here.
The ships are disposed in two long
lines leading in a .crescent which begins
Just off the Old Point pier and points
toward Norfolk. The Connecticut, which
lies scarcely more than' a stone's throw
from the'pllr, heads the column nearest
shore. Next to her is the sister ship, the
Louisiana, the champion hard-hitting,
fast-firing vessel of her class, and then
in turn come the Kansas and the Ver
mont, all registering 16,000 tons, and belt
ed with steel that is rated well nigh im
pregnable. These four vessels compose
the first, division of the first squadron of
the fleet and are the personal barges of
Rear-Admiral Qk ans..
- Vessels in the Divisions.
The second division in the first .squad
ron is made up of the Georgia, Virginia,
New' Jersey and Rhode Island. The flag
of Rear-Admiral 'William H. Emery, in
command of the division, floats from the
Georgia truck. It also bears two stars,
but in distinction from that of the commander-in-chief,
the flag has a red field,
the same being true of all of the three
Rear-Admirals who have command of the
divisions under Admiral Evans.
Both absentees from the fleet today
were in the second squadron column. A
vacant berth at the head of the' line was
left for the 1 Minnesota, which Is bound
down the coast from the New York
Navy-yard. The Minnesota was the last
of the big vessels to dock at New York
and was given 48 hours' grace under the
orders to report in Hampton Roads not
later, than today. Awaiting the Minne-
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REDUCE WAGES;
EXCLUDE UNION
Decision of Goldfield
Mineowners.
ALSO REDUCE COST OF LIVING
Operation of Mines Will Begin
on Thursday.
TROOPS WILL BE ON GUARD
Expectation That American Federa
tion Will Be Invited to Supplant
Miner's Federation Rumors
of Intimidation Abound.
GOLDFIELD, Nev.. Dec. 9. Late this
afternoon the Goldfield Mlneowners" As
sociation issued its ultimatum to the
miners in Goldfield, in the shape of a
set of resolutions adopted at the meeting
which had been in progress all day.
These resolutions embody the new scale
of wages to be in vogue from this time
on, showing a lowering of the scale about
20 per cent. The resolutions are as fol
lows: New Scale of
Resolved, That the mines of. this district
re-open upon a wage scale to be agreed upon
at this meeting.
Resolved, That the following rate of wages
be made a scale to be paid Goldneld mining
district by all operators, members of this as
sociation: Miners, 4; machine men, 4: chuck ten
ders, $3.75; muckers. $3.75; car men $3.75;
top car men $3.75; pump men, $4; timber
men $4.50; (all-formerly $5): all carpenters,
$5; machlnjsts. $5; (from $0); engineers (li
censed) $5. (from $il); electricians $5, (from
$7): blacksmiths $5.50, (from $8); tool sharp
eners $5. (from $0); blacksmith helpers $4,
(from $5); surface laborers $3.50, (from
$4.50); amalgamators $4.G0, (from $5); van
nermen $4, (from $5); laborers $3.60,. (from
5.)
No Federation Men AVanted.
Resolved, That no member of this ' asso
ciation employ In or around his mnle or
around his mill any member of Goldfield I
cal Union No. 220, of the Western Federation
of Miners, or of any union connected with or
affiliated with said .Western Federation of
Miners, and that all men hereafter employed
by any member of this association in or
around his mine or mill be required, as & con
dition of his employment, to sign a written
contract which contains an agreement that
the miner is not now, and will not be, during
the time he is working, a member of the
Goldfield Miners' Union, No. 220, of the
Western Federation of Miners, or of a union
in Goldfield or elsewhere that is directly or
Indirectly affiliated with or has any connec
tion of any kind, nature or derscrlptlon with
said Western Federation of Miners.
Resolved. That tha mines of the Goldfield
mining district resume operation at 7 A. M.
on Thursday, December 12. 1907, with men
who agree to the foregoing conditions, and
that all old employes of the members of this
association be given the preference at all
mines, providing such employea present their
applications either' at the office of this asso
ciation or at the mines formerly employing
them before 7 A. M. of Thursday, Decem
ber 12, 1007. and that the office of this asso
ciation and said mines be opened for the pur
pose of receiving said applications from 9 A.
M. to 6 P. M. of each day until said time.
Reduce Cost of Living.
Resolved. That it is the sense of this asso
ciation that the cost of living In the Gold
neld mining district be reduced at least 20
per cent from what it now Is and. unless
this be done within a reasonable time, this
association will construct and operate a gen
eral merchandise store or stores and boarding-house
that will guarantee to the men em
ployed In and around the mines and mills a
reduction to this or greater amount.
InKGKHIfhltmhG.oyH-r
The Goldfield MlneOperators' Asso
ciation also announced that, if there ia
not a sufficient number of men willing
to'go to work upon the terms of the
resolutions before December 12 it will
employ men from such sources as it
may be able to secure them
Miners Say Nothing
The executive committee of the Gold
field Miners' Union has been in session
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tMrs. W. H. Taft, Who Had Narrow J
Kscnpe From Shipwreck While t
Going to Join Her Husband on I
Steamer President Grant. t
nearly all day, but no statement has
been Issued in answir- to the one sent
out by the mineowners, the contents
of which had been anticipated by the
miners.
It is the belief of members of the
union, expressed today on the issu
ance, of. the owners" statetmerit, that
no attempt will be made by the own
ers to do more than clear the mines
of the water that has accumulated in
them during the present week. Wheth
er an attempt will be made to prevent
this much being done cannot be deter
mined tonight, but the men say posi
tively that no violence will be resorted
to and no disturbance made on Thurs-'
day morning when the mines are to be
reopened.
Whether the union will undertake to
renew negotiations with the Mineown
ers' Association in an attempt to bring
about a compromise before Thursday
has not yet been decided by the exec
utive committee of the .union.
May Call In Gompers' Federation.
The difference on the surface be
tween the two organizations until to
day has been over the acceptance of
scrip in lieu of coin or currency for
half of the wages due. The union still
positively refuses to permit members
to accept this scrip. Now the matter
of .a 20 per cent reduction in the wage
scale affecting every employe above
and below ground, has to ' be consid
ered, and on top of this comes the
statement of the mineowners that it
will not deal further with the local
union or any person connected with the
Western Federation of Mlnei. Con
servative men here not connected with
either the owners' or miners' organ
ization are, however, of the opinion
that a settlement may yet be effected
and, if not, that an attempt may be
made to organize a new union here, to
be affiliated with the American Feder
ation of Labor, with which the mine
owners have already Intimated they
will be willing to enter into an agree
ment. '
The new scale . of wages announced
today, is based on the wages paid at
Tonopah, where the cost of living is
conceded to be 20 per cent lower than
in Goldfield. To cover this point the
Mineowners' Association has agreed
either to Induce the merchants here to
lower their prices or else .to open gen
eral stores and boarding-houses where
prices will be lower. The officers of
the local Miners' Union say they place
little confidence in the statement of the
Mineowners' Associatidn, and that such
statements, which they characterize as
"bluffs," have been issued before and
the promises contained In them not
kept.
. Reports of Intimidation. .
Reports of attempts at Intimidation,
threats of Violence, and even attempts to
commit violence are being constantly
heard tonight, but at union headquar
ters these are characterized as fakes,
and in instances where personal en
counters have occurred the evidence
obtainable is that the disturbances
are caused by irresponsible parties, and
that the union officials are endeavoring
to prevent disorder and violence. Presi
dent Charles MacKinnon, of the Gold
field Miners' Union, said tonight that
the executive committee was not hold
ing a regular meeting today, and that
It would not do so, nor would the union
takev any official action regarding the
reduction of wages until tomorrow
night, at the regular monthly meeting.
Mr. MacKinnon declared that the union
put no reliance on statements Issued by
the Mlneowners' Association, because the
confidence of the Miners' Union had been
repeatedly betrayed by the association.
Miners Play Waiting Game.
"We are playing a waiting game," he
said. "The owners have precipitated a
fight: have induced Governor Sparks to
ask for troops; have determined to drive
the Western Federation out of the camp
and have decided to reduce wages. All
the trouble that may result from these
unwarranted actions the mineowners will
be responsible for.''
The troops are tonight patrolling the
(Concluded on Pags 5.)
RANKER
T GET BAIL
Brown Stays in Jail;
Bartnetf Is Free.
STATE APPLIES FOR RECEIVER
A10
Run on California Safe DeV'" '
posit Vaults Starts.
STOCKHOLDERS TAKE HAND
Will Seek Concessions From Depos
itors, Change Directors and Try
to Reopen Walker Arrest
ed at Santa Barbara.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 9. Attorney
General U. S. Webb, late this afternoon
commenced proceedings in the Superior
Court for the appointment of a receiver
for the suspended California Safe Deposit
& Trust Company, whose president, vice
president and general manager are under
arrest for embezzlement. The stockhold
ers, as well as the officials and directors,
were made defendants. Superior Judge
Coffey Issued a temporary restraining or
der preventing the officials and directors
from disposing of the bank's assets In
any manner, pending the hearing for the
appointment of a receiver.
This action by the Attorney-General,
the reduction by Judge Frank H. Dunn
of the bail fixed n the warrant for J.
Dalzell Brown, general manager of the
suspended institution, from J200.000 to
$75,000, and of W. J. Bartnett, vice-president,
from $00,000 to $75,000; a run on the
safe deposit vaults of the closed bank,
caused by a rumor that the boxes had
been looted; a meeting this afternoon of
some of the stockholders, at which com
mittees were appointed to demand the
resignation' of the directors, examine the
assets and confer with the depositors, and
a meeting of the depositors tonight, were
the developments of the day in connection
with the failure of the California Safe
Deposit & Trust Company.
Can't Get Ball; Protest Innocence.
After futile attempts all afternoon to
secure bondsmen, Brown was returned to
the city prison tonight. Bartnett was
more successful and was released this
evening. President David F. Walker is
under arrest at Santa Barbara and will
leeve there tomorrow morning for this
city in custody of Detective-Sergeant
Duncan Matheson; of the local police de
partment. Neither Brown nor Bartnett would dis
cuss their arrest and the bank situation,
beyond declaring their innocence of any
wrong-doing. Brown insisted that the in
stitution was not insolvent and complained
that the reports published of its condition
were unfair.
"I still contend," he said, "that the as
sets, although at this time hard to realize
upon, are far more than the liabilities. . If
the stockholders and depositors will come
together and each make concessions, the
depositors will be paid dollar for dollar.
As to the disappearance of the Colton se
curities, I am innocent. Beyond that I
can say nothing."
Bartnett would make no statement re
garding his connection with the bank, its
alleged mismanagement or what became
of the Colton bonds and stocks, which
were by him placed in the institution.
Neither would he affirm or deny that he
had consulted a spirit medium In regard
to investments.
Run on Safe Deposit Vault.
Apparently growing out of the disap- t
pearance of the Colton securities, a
rumor, gained circulation today .that the
alleged looting of the bank extended even
to the private boxes in the vaults which
are among the largest in the city.- In
consequence of this rumor, there was
quite a run on the boxes this afternoon.
Anxious lecsees of the boxes gathered
around the doors of the vault and, as
rapidly as they could be handled, went
in to remove their valuables or assure
themselves that they were still safe.
Still Hope to Reorganize.
A meeting of about 75 stockholders was
held at the Merchants Exchange In the
afternoon; 8790 out of 23,250 shares were
represented. John Lloyd, formerly presi
dent of the German Savings Bank, waa
chosen chairman. Some or those present
became dissatisfied with his conduct of
the meeting toward the close, and he was
removed and succeeded by O. M. Gold
aracena. After being In session for two hours
it appeared to be the sentiment of the '.
stockholders that the bank could rehabil
itate if the depositors would make con
cessions and wait one or two years, with .
Interest to be paid on their deposits.
It was also announced that the appoint
ment of a receiver would be fought in the
courts. A demand was made for the raj
moval of the directors and a committee
was appointed to call upon the directors,
demand their resignation and arrange for
a meeting of the stocRholders for the
election of a i.ew board. Another com
mittee was named to examine the assets
of the bank. A third committee was ap
pointed to confer with the Depositors'
Association.
Depositors Dug up Facts.
Through the activity of the deposi
tors' committee of the defunct Califor
nia Safe Deposit & Trust Company the
developments of yesterday were made
(Concluded en Pags 4.)