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THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1908.
SETTLE DISPUTES
BY
MB W ON
Root May Arrange New Gen
eral Treaty With Great
Britain.
CONCESSIONS TO SENATE
French Treaty Provides for Sub
mission of Kach Agreement and
British Treaty May Con
tain Same Provision.
LONDON', Feb. 13. The subject of a
general arbitration treaty such as has
just been completed between France and
the United States has been . mentioned
In the course of negotiations now going
on regarding the submission to Ihe
Hague of the questions under discussion
by Canada, the United States and New
foundland. Great Britain, it was learned
today, is hopeful that such an understanding-
will be brought about.
MAKES CONCESSION' TO SEXATE
President Overcomes Stumbling
Block to Arbitration Treaties.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. There is
no reaeon to doubt that the attitude
of the State Department Is entirely fa
vorable to the negotiation of arbitra
tion treaties such as that recently con
cluded between America and France
with any other of the great powers
that may desire to enter into such ar
rangements. The fact Is that techni
cally there are pending and awaiting
the final act of exchanging ratifications
which, however, they are expected
never to receive arbitration treaties
between the United States and Great
Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Por
tugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria
Hungary, Sweden, Norway and Mexico.
'The President has declined to ex
change ratifications and thus vitalize
these treaties because the United States
Senate by an amendment defeated the
purpose of a general automatic arbi
ttotlon sherr.
It develops that the President in ne
gotiating the new French treaty has
practically yielded to the Senate, for It
Is understood that In the French
treaty, which will serve as a pattern
for subsequent conventions with
other, countries, provision Is made that
the so-called "compromise," or article
which specifics In detail the subjects
to be submitted to arbitration and the
scope and manner of the proceedings
shall In each case be submitted for the
ftnnrovftl of the Snnntp.
It Is true that the effect of this pro
vision in one sense may be regarded
as weakening the principle of compul
sory arbitration, and that was the Idea
of the project of the system of special
arbitration treaties, but on the other
hand It is held that by accepting the
general terms of the article in the
French treaty providing for the arbi
tration of disputes, each nation a party
to the treaty has thepoby committed
Itself to an extent that quite effectively
binds it to a recognition of the obliga
tion to settle disputes by that peaceful
method a distinct gain for the general
principle.
BRYAN SURE OF WISCONSIN
Kavorable Delegation Will Bo
Named by Convention.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 13. The Demo
cratic State Convention for naming del
egates to the National Convention to be
held at Denver, was called to order this
afternoon by State Chairman H. H. Man
son, who Introduced John F. Doherty, of
La Crosse, as temporary chairman.
Mr. Doherty, in sounding the keynote,
lauded the principles of government "pro
claimed by Jefferson and made resplen
dent and illuminated In the light of that
muster intellect, William J. Bryan."
Among other things the speaker jiald
the Democratic party should demand a
revision of the tariff. He concluded his
speech as follows:
"Let us rely on the good sense and
conscience of the American people. Our
leader in this great contest la already
chosen. Follow him and we cannot fail.
He stands today as Democracy's expo
nent. Democracy's idol. Democracy's
hope. Let us make him the people's
President William Jennings Bryan." .
Mr. Doherty said in part:
"In the application of Jeffersonian
principles, I believe, lies the real hope
for the success of this republic. False
ideas may thrive for a time. The In
tervention of a political accident may
give an undeserving party a limited
lease of power, but just as sure as
this Government will continue to live,
just so sure will the people finally as
sert themselves, just so sure will they
demand Justice and equal opportunity
for all men. Let us not entertain the
false notion that the triumph of dem
ocracy means the triumph of the poor
as Against the rich. It is natural that
puch false Ideas should prevail. Forty
years of republican ascendency, forty
years of high tariff, forty years of
legislation for favored interests, forty
years of millionaire-making, with all
the accompanying evils of monopolies,
pools and trusts, have naturally
brought to the support of the republi
can party the organized forces of pred
atory wealth, while it has also, Just
ns naturally, brought forth from the
democracy, both In platforms and In
the hustings, a bitter arraignment of
the money power. But we must not
forget the Democratic principle of
equality does not mean equality in
wealth, equality in social standing,
equality In brain power, equality In
energy that cannot be. It means
equality of opportunity, and the limita
tion bears upon the poor as well as the
rich. 4
At the conclusion of Mr. Doherty's
ppeecn tne usual committees were ap
pointed, after which an adjournment was
taken unlil tomorrow afternoon.
Four delegates-at-large were chosen and
the selection of 22 district delegates to
the National Convention to be held at
Denver was ratified. The delegates
named at this convention will be elected
at the primary election to be held In a
few weeks.
That the delegation which will go to
the National Convention will be unani
mous for the nomination of W. J. Bryan
is a foregone conclusion, every county
sending delegates to the state convention
having passed resolutions indorsing the
Nebraskan.
The big contest In the convention which
will not be pulled off until tomorrow will
be over the choosing of delegates-at-large
to the National gathering.
Illinois District for Cannon.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 13. The
Republican congressional committee of
the Twenty-first District met here to
day and called a convention to select
delegates to the National Convention
for March 8 at Litchfield. The com
mittee passed resolutions Indorsing the
candidacy of Joseph ti. L-annon lor
President.
. Ready if War, Comes.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Reference to pos
sibility of war led to a scene of patriotic
ardor at the Lincoln celebration of the
Illinois Athletic Club last night Gen
eral W. H. Carter. U. S. A., and General
E. C. Toung, Illinois National Guard,
were among the speakers. Alexander
Sullivan, In an address following, said:
'If the time comes when our flag Is as
sailed, we may rest assured the Illinois
Athletic Club will be a recruiting ground
for volunteers. Nobody Is expecting dif
ficulties of an International character, and
I am sure nobody wants them, but if
they do come, we all know that we are
prepared for well, anything.
Lincoln League for Fairbanks.
WABASH, Ind., Feb. 13. The Twentieth
Convention of the Indiana Lincoln League
today unanimously adopted a resolution
Indorsing the candidacy for President of
Vice-President Fairbanks.
Beckham Still In Lead.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 13. The
Senatorial ballot today resulted: Beck
ham, 69; Bradley, 68; Campbell, 6; Al
len, 1; Blackburn, 1. Necessary, to
elect, 63.
RESCH VALPARAISO TODAY
FLEET BEING ESCORTED BY
CHILEAN WARSHIPS.
Admiral Simpson Says All's Well.
President Montt Prepares to
Give Welcome.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. The Navy De
partment has received the following mes
sage from Admiral Simpson, of the Chil
ean Navy, on board the cruiser Chaca
buco, which piloted Admiral Evans fleet
partially through the Straits of Magellan:
"Taleahuano, Chile, et. lz, im-aq-iral
Evans requests me to inform the
Department from the fleet at sea Tuesday
4 P. M., bound for Callao, via Valparaiso:
Everything going on well. Admiral Evans
much better In health.' "
Mr. Hicks, the American Minister to
Chile, today cabled the State Department
that the Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, pre
sumably now at Valparaiso, would sail
south today for the purpose of joining the
battleship fleet again -with two Chilean
warships, one of which is the Esmeralda.
The three vessels will convoy tne tieet
to Valparaiso, where President Montt will
review it from a war vessel and at the
same time salutes will be exchanged be
tween the vessels of the two navies.
The Chacabuco oonyoved the battleships
from Punta Arena to a point nearly oppo
site Porto Montt, -when she left them and
proceeded north.
CHILE READY FOR WELCOME
President Will Review Fleet on Ar
rival at Valparaiso.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 13. Everything
is In readiness at Valparaiso for a review
of the American fleet as it passes that
port on Its way to Callao. President
Montt, accompanied by a large number
of government officials, has gone to Val
paraiso arid will review the fleet from the
training ship General Baquedano. The
members of the diplomatic corps of the
various countries will also be on board
this vessel, where, after the review, a
formal dinner will be given.
It is expeoted that the American fleet
will pass Valparaiso about 2 o'clock to
morrow afternoon. It will be attended
by the Chilean cruiser Chacabuco, which
arrived today at Talcahuacano and later,
in company with two other Chilean ships
of war, put out to meet the Americans
on their way up the coast.
WANT SQUADRON FOR PACIFIC
Commercial Bodies Will Ask for Six
Battleships Permanently. '
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 13. In order
that the War Department may fully ap
preciate the strong sentiment of the peo
pie of the Pacific Coast in favor of per
manently maintaining a fleet of at least
six modern battleships In these waters,
various commercial bodies of Washington,
Oregon and this state will be asked to
pass resolutions to that effect and to
forward copies to the authorities at
Washington.
A letter from the commercial club at
Seattle was read before the directors of
the chamber of commerce yesterday in
which tt was stated that -resolutions pas
sed by the local chamber would have
great influence as representing the sen
timent of the people of one of the largest
cities of the coast. The matter was re
forred to the committee on fortifications.
ST. LOUIS JOINS SQUADRON
Albany Also Arrives at Ma-gdalena
Bay. '
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 13. A wireless
message from Magdalena Bay states that
the cruiser St. Louis arrived there at
noon today from San Francisco, and that
the Albany arrived there last night, both
to Join the squadron of Rear-Admiral
Swinburne. The gunboat Torktown is at
Pichillnque Bay taking on coal.
Tomorrow the battleship Nebraska will
leave for the north and Rear-Admirals
Dayton and Sebree will leave the follow
ing day for San Francisco. It Is under
stood that the cruiser California has been
expected to Join Sebree's squadron when
it reaches San Francisco.
Flowers to Greet Marines.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. With the
scattering of seeds over the burned hill
sides this week, San Francisco will begin
the first actual work for Its beautlflca
tlon against the coming of the battleship
fleet. At yesterday s meeting of the ex
ecutive committee for the fleet's recep
tion. It was decided to plant at once nas
turtium, eschsholtzia and Shirley poppy
seeds, so that when May comes the slopes
now dotted with vacant spaces filled with
brick and ashes will smile In gorgeous
colors of many flowers. No time is to be
lost, for the plants take almost three
months to flower.
Underwood to Command Colorado,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Captaln E. B.
Underwood has been chosen for command
of the cruiser Colorado, now at Magda
lena Bay, vice Captain Sidney Stanton,
who will be appointed a member of the
general board of the Navy.
Chicago Leaves Valparaiso.
VALPARAISO, Feb. 13. The American
cruiser Chicago left here today for the
Atlantic station.
Oregon People In Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb. 13. (Special.) Oregon
people registered at Chicago hotels today
as follows:
From Portland C. W. Gardner at the
Auditorium Annex; Henry L. Barkley, E.
jr. coveu at the Great Northern.
CABIN
IS
1
UP
Nonunion Nevada Miner Nar
rowly Escapes.
DYNAMITE PUT IN STOVE
Rumored That Federation Will Call
Off Goldfield Strike at Old Wage
Scale, Waiving the Open
Camp Provision.
GOLDFIELD, Nev., Feb. 13. C. E. Ma-
honey,, vice-president of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, arrived in Goldfield
from headquarters In Denver today, and
was closeted with local leaders of the
Miners' Union for several hours. The ru
mor has been persistent for several days
that the Western Federation headquar
ters was about to call off the strike -in
Goldfield and that an effort would be
made first to Induce the operators to
restore the old scale of wages waiving
the open camp provision.
Mahoney denied that there was any
consideration given to the proposition of
raising'the strike, but said he was willing
to meet the mine operators in an effort
to come to some terms of settlement.
Operators Stand Pat.
Walton E. Dowlen, vice-president of the
Operators' Association, said the opera
tors stood exactly where they did at the
beginning of the strikeexcept that the
card system had been withdrawn and
that they had made Goldfield an open
camp and stood ready to employ any
satisfactory miner irrespective of his
union affiliations, but that the operators
would not recognize the Western Federa
tion as an organization by dealing with
any accredited representatives. The op
erators would not recognize the union.
nor would they restore the ,-old wage
scale.
The Mohawk Jumbo started work today
with 26 men. Over 100 applied for work
and the force wilt be Increased next week.
The Little Florence is about to resume
with 100.
Outrages Reported Daily.
There are probably BOO miners at work
in the district, all at the new wage scale
adopted by the operators. The hills are
covered with union pickets, who surround
the mines when shifts are changing try
ing to induce the men to quit their jobs.
Several of the mines are erecting bunk
and boarding-houses at the mines to pre
vent their men from being harassed. Out
rages of a more or less serious nature
are reported daily against the men who
have gone to work In defiance of the
Federation.
Tonight a working miner -went to his
cabin for his supper, lit the fire and an
explosion occurred, wrecking his cabin
and nearly killing the occupant.
Dynamite had been put In the stove
with the evident purpose of destroying
the cabin and killing the offending miner.
A large squad of state police are ex
pected in the camp within a few days.
SENDS TROOPS TO FAIRBANKS
Will Preserve Order During Strike
of Miners.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 13. By direction
of the President, Acting Secretary Oliver
today ordered a company of infantry
from Fort Gibbon, in Alaska, to Fair
banks, in that territory, to preserve or
der during the mining strike In that sec
tion. This action was taken upon repre
sentation irom tne united States Court
in Alaska to the Attorney-General that
the presence of Federal troops was need
ed. Attorney-General Bonaparte prompt
ly brought the matter to the attention of
the President, and by his Instruction af
terward consulted with Acting Secretary
Oliver who, thrqugh General Bell, Chief
of Staff, forwarded the necessary orders
for the movement of the troops to the
commander at Fort Gibbon.
Telegrams from Fairbanks to the Attorney-General
stated that open-air mass
meetings are being held by the striking
miners and that threats of violence have
been made. v
The marshal has been directed by the
Attorney-General to use all the force at
his command to arrest law-breakers and
to prevent intimidation. The military Is
expected to givo the marshal . moral sup
port and also to take action should the
disorder prove too great for any force he
may be able to secure. The latter has
given strict orders as to the energetic use
of all of the force he can command. The
striking miners have picketed the trail
between Valdez and Fairbanks. Most of
the newly arrived laborers are Russians.
The distance from Fort Gibbon to Fair
banks Is 155 miles and the troops will be
carried by sleds over the route, which Is
said to be a very good one. If there is
urgent necessity for the presence of the
soldiers at Fairbanks, they can get there
in four or five days, but under ordinary
conditions the trip takes six or seven
days.
Fairbanks is in the center of a mining
country, with a population of 7000 or 8000.
Persons in Washington familiar with the
conditions existing at Fairbanks say the
trouble Is the outcome of a strike a year
or more ago for higher wages and shorter
hours for the miners. This, the opera
tors, however, resisted and their deter
mination to operate their mines inde
pendently of the Western Federation of
Miners may, it is feared, lead to trouble.
UPHOLD LAW AT FAIRBANKS
Bonaparte) Orders Marshal to Us
Force If Necessary.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 13. A special
cable to the Post-Intelligencer from Fair
Banks says:
Marshal Perry received the following
from the Department of Justice:
Military force ordered tlo Fairbanks.
Meantime your duty to protect law abiding
citizens, without tenderness to law-break
ers. JDepa-rtment ' expects you to use all
necessary energy to preserve order and ar
rest leaders in any attempt at Intimidation.
Those molesting- Russians must be arrested.
using; such force as necessary to acompllsh.
purpose.
(Signed) BONAPARTE.
Everything quiet today. Special depur
flea nWarl ln(n 1A . J
tains. Saloons still closed. May be al
lowed to reopen tomorrow during continu
ance of good order. Men arriving today
report no molestation on trail. Chamber
of Commerce and Arctic Brotherhood of
ficially express approval actin of Presl
dent in ordering troops to Tanana.
SHIPPING STRIKE IN PROSPECT
Owners Serve Notice- of Change in
Engineers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. Secretary
A. B. Hammond, of the San Francisco
Shipowners' Association, today sent a
communication to the secretary of the
Marine Engineers' Association, declaring
that after noon of February 14 the vessels
of the association will carry but two en
gineers instead of three on vessels which
go north of Crescent City and south of
Point Conception, as the rule now Is. No
action upon the communication has been
taken by the Engineers' Association, but
it is expected the result will be a lockout
of the members of the association. A"bout
300 engineers employed at present on 100
steam schooners running up and down the
coast from San Francisco are affected.
The engineers, it is said tonight, will J
endeavor to prevail upon the owners to
leave the matter open until next week, to
give them more time to consider it, but
the secretary of the Owners' Association
states that this request will be denied.
It Is expected that if the engineers go
out. In consequence of this move on the
part of the owners, the firemen, deck
hands and waiters also will be called out
in sympathy with the engineers.
Other oorts alone the Coast may also be
involved later. Most of the vessels tf?e
owned here, however. The engineers con
tend that the present move of the ship
owners is but the first one toward a num
ber of changes in arrangements between
the Union and the owners, ana mat a
lowering of the wages is contemplated
later. This the owners deny.
MOSLEM SECTS IN RIOTS
Many Killed and Injured and
Troops Summoned at Bombay.
BOMBAY, Feb. 13. Serious rioting oc
curred here this evening during 40
course of the celebrations of the Ho
harem, the first month of the Mohamme
dan year, arising from disputes between
the Sunnites, or orthodox section, and
the Shiahs, the second great division of
Mohammedans.
The police arrested several Sunnites
and the mob demanded their release.
which demand was refused. The mob
thereupon stoned the police, Injuring two
of them. The Police Commissioner and
other European officers fired upon ths
rioters, killing at least five of them and
Injuring 40, 20 of whom were perhaps
fatally Injured. It Is believed that otners
were killed and their bodies removed by
relatives.
During the course of the afternoon and
evening several similar clashes occurred.
Eventually the troops were called out,
and are camping tonight in the streets.
The native quarter, however, is abnor
mally quiet.
LOST MONEY BY MORSE
Schwab Keenly Interested in Fate of
Bankrupt Ice King.
QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 13. The Cunard
liner Lusltania arrived here tonight.- She
experienced four days of heavy weather
with high seas and made the voyage -at
an average speed of 23 knots.
Charles M. Schwab, who Is a passenger
aboard the Lusitanla, when seen by the
Associated Press representative, dis
played great Interest In the movements
of Charles W. Morse, who Is returning to
New York on the Etrurla. Mr. Schwab,
It is understood, was a heavy loser In
some of the deals In which Mr. Morse
was also Interested. He said that he did
not Intend to visit Russia, but that he
would return to New York In about a
week.
LIFE-TERMER MUST HANG
Supreme Court Upholds Death Pen
alty for Assault on Guard.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. The ap
peal of J. W. Finley, a convict In the
Folsom Penitentiary, under sentence of
death for a murderous assault on R. J.
Murphy, one of the prison officials, dur
ing an attempted outbreak at Folsom
Prison, December 29, 1904, was denied by
the Supreme Court today. By this de
cision Finley will hang, and the Supreme
Court has upheld the constitutionality of
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