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PAN
SINCERE
DESIRE FOR PEACE
Ambassador O'Brien Says Ab
surd to Think She Wants
War.
KEEPING COOLIES AT HOME
Has to Resist Pressure of Steamship
Companies Japanese Favored
on Manchurlan Railroad Be
cause Largest Shippers.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. Thomas J.
O'Brien, the American Ambassador to
Japan, who arrived here today from Toklo
on the Pacific Mail liner Korea, said
that any suspicion that might be har
bored !n this country In regard to Japan's
slnrcTity In maintaining- peace with the
Vnlted States and In its expressions of
amity and Rood will was without any
cause or ground to Justify It.
"I have been In Japan less than a
year and that Is a short time to become
familiar with the real sentiment and con
ditions In an alien country whose lnn
irtniKe you do not speak," said Mr.
O'Hrlcn. "Hut In that time I have never
seen the slightest sign of HI feeling to
ward America, or Americans. It Is ab
surd to think that Japan wants war with
tills country. Nothing Is farther from
the mind of Its people. I believe Japan
is sincerely trying to enforce the re
striction of emigration to America and
thus remove nuy cause for friction on
that question.
lias to Resist Pressure.
"Considering the pressure that Is brought
to bear upon the Government by steam
ship companies and others whose revenue
has been affected by the "restriction of
emigration, I think Japan is doing all
It can under the circumstances to prevent
coolie labor from coming to America.
"When I left there was much talk of
the visit of the American fleet. It is
looked forward to with much pleasure
and Interest. Great preparations are be
ing made to entertain the officers and
men. and the entire Japanese navy will
be mobolixed at the timo for the annual
review."
Discrimination in Manchuria.
Touching upon the complaints made
that American merchants wen being dis
criminated against In Manchuria in the
matter of rates on the Manchurlan Rail
way, which is controlled by the Japanese,
Mr. O'HHen said that he knew nothing
personally about it beyond reports that
came through the Embassy. He said:
"That the Japanese, controlling the
Manchurlan Railway, are favoring their
own countrymen by giving rebates is
probably true, just as it Is true that re
bating was practiced In this country. I
do not think, .nowever, that Americans
are being discriminated against because
they are Americans, but rather that the
biggest shippers, who are the Japanese,
get the lowest rates."
Mr. O'Brien was much interested in the
change of the Ministry and the retire
ment of the Cabinet, headed by Marquis
Salon J 1, which occurred after his depart
ure from Toklo, although rumored before
he sailed.
"Count K at sura, the new Premier, is
undoubtedly the strongest and most pop
ular man that the government could have
selected to organize a new Ministry
said the Ambassador.
Asked about the financial and commer
cial conditions in Japan, the Ambassador
said that he was not weit enough versed
in them to give an opinion.
The Ambassador denied that he was
on an official mission to make a verbal
report to President Roosevelt and de
clared that he would not call upon the
President at Oyster .ttay unless requested
by him to do so.
Return to Meet Fleet.
Mr. O'Brien, who was formerly Minis
ter to Copenhagen, Is on a leave of ab
sence to attend to some business matters
In Europe. He will leave for the East
Thursday morning, stopping a week at
his home in Grand Rapids, Mich., and
then proceeding to New York. He will
sail from New York for Brussels, where
he will meet Mrsv O'Brien, and after
attending to some business affairs, will
return to Toklo via St. Petersburg and
the Siberian Railroad, arriving at Tokio
the first week iiv October, just a few
days before the arrival of the American
fleet. i
PRESIDENT EXPOUNDS LAW
Defines for Navy-Yard Employes
Offensive Partisanship.
NEW YORK. July 14. District IE. of
New York and vicinity, of the Interna
tional Association of Machinists, has re
ceived the following reply from the Navy
Department to a letter sent on its be
half to President Roosevelt In , reference
to the notices at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard that the employes there who take
an active part In politics will be dis
charged, and the union objecting to the
notices:
The President has referred to this depart
ment your letter request inr to be advised
as to what constituted takinc an active
part In politics In violation of the Civil
Service ruls.
By executive order of June 15, 100T, Sec
tion 1 of Itule 1. of the t'lvll Service rules,
was amended to read as follows:
"No person in the Civil Service shall u
his official authority or Influence for the
purpose of interfering with an election or
affecting the result thereof. Persons who,
by the provisions of these rules, are In the
competitive classified Civil Service, while re
taining the riRht to vote as they please,
and to express privately their opinions on
all political subjects, shall take no active
part In politics or political campaigns."
At the request of the Civil Service Com
mission the department, under date of May
14, UXiS, issued Instructions to the effect
that laborers and mechanics at Navy-Yards
and Naval Stations will be subject to dis
charge for political actlv Itles in the same
manner as competitive classified employes.
FALLS ONTO AX; DIES
George Maslker, of Hood River,
Meets With Accident. v
HOOD RIVER. Or.. July 14. (Special.)
Georsre Masiker. a well-known resident
of Hood River, died Sunday as the result
of an accident two weeks ajjo. Masiker
was in a tree with a double-bitted ax.
chopping off some of the limbs, when the
limb he was standing on broke and threw
him over backward, causing htm to drop
the ax. The tool, which reached the
ground first, stuck in the soil and the
unfortunate mun fell on it backward.
The sharp blade entered his back, cut
ting through a rib and penetrating one
of his lungs.
Masiker gave evldenve of recovery, but
a few days ago blood poisoning set in.
Masiker. who has been married but a
year, leaves a wife and child.
DELAYS HER VOYAGE
the flight from here. They cheered
wildly and a battery of artillery fired
a salute.
Zeppelin Airship Has Mishap
High in Air.
FLIES AT GREAT SPEED
Breakage in Steering Gear Forces
Postponement of 2 4 -Hour Voyage.
Swifter Than Motor-Boats
on Lake Constance.
FRIEDERICHSHAFEN, July 14.
The Zeppelin airship made a successful
departure from its shed on Lake Con
stance at 2:22 o'clock this afternoon on
its much-heralded 24-hour trip through
the air. It started in the direction of
Constance, but was compelled to some
back after an hour and a half because
of a breakage of the side steering gear.
This was repaired temporarily in mid
air, but it .was deemed advisable not to
continue the voyage and the' airship
was brought bark to her moorings on
the lake. She re-entered her shed and
the passengers disembarked. Another
start will be made tomorrow.
The occupants of the car were Count
Zeppelin, his nephew, Count Ferdinand
Zeppelin; Professors Hergesell, repre
senting the Ministry of the Interior:
Captain Mischke, of the navy: Majors
Hesse, of the general staff; Lehman, of
the War Ministry, and Sperling, of the
balloon regiment of the Navy Engineers
and Mechanics.
Hangs Like Leviathan.
When the King and Queen of Wur
temburg reached the vicinity of the
floating shed on board the royal motor
boat at 2 o'clock, enthusiastic cheering
for their majesties and the airship
sounded over the lake.
The airship emerged from her float
ing house stern foremost. She slowly
reached the open lake and was clear of
her shed and with her keel even with
the stirface of the water she hung in
the air like a giant leviathan. The
supporting pontoons were rapidly
withdrawn by a numerous detachment
of thb balloon corps and then, amid
roars of applause from the boats on the
lake, the crew and passengers, 15 men
all told, stepped on board.
When all was ready the structure,
which gave such an idea of solidity
and immensity that it seemed impossi
ble for it ever to leave the spot where
its bows. The rear platform skimmed
over the water at a great speed for
200 yards and then the whole ship rose
into the air. This created a weird im
pression; it was as though a largb
steamer was quitting its natural ele
ment. Easily Distances Motor-Boat.
Count Zeppelin was at the helm and
he soon turned the bows of the ship in
the direction of Constance. It is esti
mated the airship started out at the
race of 32 miles an hour. It. easily
outdistanced the speedy motor-boats
which attempted to follow it from the
lake, and slower excursion steamers
were soon left behind.
CONSTANCE, July 14. The Zeppel
ing airship passed over here at 2:23 P.,
M-. sailing in the direction of Scaaf
hausen. Fully 40,000 people witnessed
FI2CDS SPACE FOR AIRSHIP
Steamer Samland Will Bring Far
man Machine to America.
NEW YORK, July 14. After a series
of conferences with steamship officials
and cable dispatches between Thomas
MacMachen and Frank Lahm in Paris ,
Mr. MacMachen said last night that word
had been sent to 'Farman requesting him
to ship his big airship with all possible
haste to Antwerp and stow it on board
the steamer Samland, which will sail
from Antwerp for Boston next Thurs
day. Mr. Lahm has been conducting the
negotiations on behalf of Farman for
the St. Louis syndicate which had prac
tically completed all arrangements to
bring the successful aeronaut to this
country when,- at the eleventh hour, it
was discovered that on account of its
great size the French passenger steam
ers refused to carry the machine. The
Samland Is due in Boston July 27, and
the first day's flight at Brighton Beach
will probably be made July 30.
PROMOTERS IN LAW'S GRIP
Phillips Swaley and Others Accused
of Misusing Mails.
IjOS ANGELE3, Cal., July 14. Dr. "W.
8. Phillips, now awaiting trial in the Su
perior Court on two charges of fraud in
connection W-ith land deals In this county
and at Goldlield, was placed under arrest
today by a Deputy United States Mar
shal on a Federal grand jury indictment
from Chicago, charging him with fraudu
lent use of the mails In connection with
the business of the American-Mexico
Mining & Development Company. With
Phillips was arrested John B. Swalley on
an indictment charging the same offense.
Phillips and Swalley were arraigned be
fore Commissioner Williams and were re
leased on bonds of $2000 each.
The indictments charge misconduct and
fraud in the management of the Mexico
American Company, capitalized at $3,000,
000 under the laws of South Dakota. Phil
Hps was once president of the concern
and Swalley was concerned In its man
agement. Besides these two the indictments
charge Dr. A. T. Grove, Walter S. Dillon,
Marc Sherwood, H. E. Graham, W. K.
Graham and W. A. Arms with similar
offenses.
Death Due to Gross Ignorance.
NEW TORK, July 14. Lashed to a
pier In front of Mrs. .Frank Gould's res
idence, at Greenwich, Conn., Dominlck
Bond, a superintendent of construction
on a sea-wall being built, was left to die
by his workmen, who believed him
drowned. Bond had been in swimming
and was taken with cramps. He sank
twice and when he came up unconscious,
some of the men, believing him dead,
passed a rope around him and tied him
to a nearby pile while they hastened for
assistance. Bond was dead when as
sistance came. It is believed he could
have been resuscitated if proper meas
ures had been promptly taken.
"o Trouble in Alabama.
WASHINGTON, July 14. The Turk
ish Legation here has received a cable
gram denying the accuracy of the re
ports to the effect that there has been
a revolutionary uprising in Albania and
that the Turkish troops who attempted
to quell the difficulty .were repulsed by
the rebels. The Turkish minister's ad
vices are that everything is quiet, and
that there has not been the slightest
sign of trouble.
CALLS FOR ACTION
Head of Publishers' Associa
tion Writes to President
PAPER TRUST UNPUNISHED
Herman Hitter Bitterly Condemns
Federal Court for Lavish Use of
Immunity Bath Solemn
Pledge Is Xot Kept.
NEW YORK, July 14. Appended is vir
tually the complete text of the letter
written President Roosevelt by Herman
RHter, president of the American Pub
lishers' Association, protesting against
the failure of the Federal Courts to pun
ish the Vrappiny paper combine, a synop
sis of which was sent out by the Asso
ciated Press yesterday. In his letter Mr.
Ritter charges that the operations of the
trust have limited the output of white
paper and forced the publishers of the
country to pay extortionate pricese:
To the President May we invoke the aid
of your powerful office In our effort to stop
the oppressions of paper combinations?
"When the American Newspaper Publishers
Association applied to Con cress for relief,
we were told that the courts would provide
adequate and prompt remedy. Etjrht months
agn, we submitted to the Department of
Justice all the mute rial which we had. re
lating to seven groups of panermaken. The
outcome of eight months' effort In that di
rection is Insignificant. Twenty-four paper
companies, acting together in the Fibre and
Manila Association, added $10 per ton to
the price of fiber and Manila paper on an
annual output of 2OO.0O0 tons, in successive
raises of $3. Z-. 9. S'-l and $4. so that an
average addition of $10 per ton. or $2,000,000
per annum, was imposed by that combina
tion upon consumers. When they were sub
jected to Inquisition by the Federal grand
Jury, the papermakers admitted that they
had placed their records beyond their reach,
but subsequently all but two of the partici
pants pleaded guilty. They were ftned $J0O0
each, or $414,000 In alL The maximum pen
alty is $5(HK for each offense. Immunity
was practically granted to every individual
who participated in that pool.
So far as we h&ve been able to learn, no
steps have . been taken against the Box
Board Pool, operated from the same off Ice
of John H. Parks, or against the Sulphite
Pulp Association, whose by-laws and mem
bership were submitted to the Department
of Justice eight months ago. or against the
other offenders. The operations of the Box
Board Pool in 26 months Included Invoices
of $:i2,ooo.coo, with net profits of $4,835,
S52 on 853.677 tons.
The counsel of the papermakers who
pleaded guilty In New York on the 10th Inst.,
stated that their output represented only 23
per cent of the total production of wrapping
paper. The letters set forth in the indict
ment and the books and records now In the
possession of the United States District At
torney at New York, indicate tsee folio
242 .of indictment) that the Western Fiber
and Manila Mills, which were under distinct
prohibition against restriction of output,
met in November, 1!07, and decided to re
strict production. We are confident those
records will also disclose the methods by
which the 23 per cent of Indicted paper
makers secured the co-operation of the other
77 per cent to maintain the extraordinary
advances in price
Worked Under an Alias.
One of the conspirators, tha Petoskey Fi
ber Paper Company, which had been a mem
ber of the General Taper Company, and
which had been enjoined by the United
States Court on June IS. IOOS, from partici
pation in such pools, failed to enter an ap
pearance. It figured upon the records of the
indicted association as "Charles Jones."
Another of the conspirators, the Continental
Paper Bag Company, is the exclusive selling
agent for four mills of the International
Paper Company, which have a capacity for
63,000 tons of manlla paper per annum.
The character of the criminality of that
connection may be Inferred from the fact
that the name of the Continental Paper Bag
Company was entered upon the books of the
association as "John Smith," and letters
pertaining to Its business with the associa
tion were addressed to "John Smith. New
York."
The hopelessness of our efforts for relief
may be appreciated when the following facts
are known:
G. H. P. Gould appeared as an individual
before the Mann committee on Saturday.
May 1. 1008, and testified (page 1011 of
hearings) that he did not know of any
agreement or understanding cf any kind
among the paper manufacturers Or the sell
ing agents to put a fixed or concerted price
upon paper or to restrict the output. Yet
on June 10. 1908, "the Gould Paper Com
pany," the corporation of which H. P. Gould
is president, pleaded guilty to the indict
ment charging the regulation of price and
of output In restraint of trade for a period
beginning September. 1906.
Tom T. Waller, vice-president of Inter
national Paper Company, testified (see page
1169 of hearings) on May 18, 19G8, before
the Mann committee, that the International
Paper Company had not directly or indi
rectly, or through selling agents, partici
pated In any pooling arrangement, and this
statement applied to "ary grade of paper.'
Yet on June 19, 1908, his company's exclu
sive selling agent, the Continental Paper
Bag Company, pleaded guilty to the
charges, and the indictment shows that the
association voted (see folio 55 of Indictment)
to send Its uniform price list to Mr.
Sparks, of the Union Bag ft Paper Com
pany, and "one to Mr. Waller, of the In
ternational Paper Company for their guid
ance." Defied the Federal Court.
Officers operating1 Western Fiber and Ma
nila Mills appeared before the Mann com
mittee and testified that they jenow of no
arrangements for restricting output or
fixing prices, yet they did meet They did
agree to close their mills for a period. They
did close their mills, and they did so In dis
regard of the prohibition of the United
States Court, dated June 1ft, 1!M6.
If such acts are to be tolerated, then the
whole proceeding becomes a travesty upon
government. Are prevarication and per
jury and acts of contempt to go unpun
ished ? Are the distinct prohibitions of
the courts to be Ignored?
The Fiber and Manila Association, the
Box Board Pool and the Sulphite Pulp As
sociation each and all affect the news
print paper situation. When mills which
can be changed to make news print paper
with slight cost are made excessively
profitable in other directions by these pool
ing arrangements then their equipment is
kept out of news print paper production,
and a news print paper famine is promoted.
Meanwhile, the news print paper companies
are aiming to maintain what are believed
to be "agreed prices," and are keeping
their mills partially closed because the con
sumers will not buy more than a hand-to-mouth
supply at the present high figures.
Many of the mills are running part time,
and their labor Is curtailed, while Canadian
mills are filling orders that should be
made In American mills.
In view of the seeming immunity of Indi
viduals, the Inadequacy of penalties and the
apparent hopelessness of relief, does not
this situation require drastic treatment?
CHINESE IN PISTOL FIGHT
One Mongolian Killed, Two Whites
Wounded in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July 14. One Chi
naman was killed and two white men
Injured this afternoon In a pistol fight
In Chinatown, the result of a quirel
among a group of Chinamen. The dead:
Leo Chit, proprietor of a restaurant.
The Injured:
Max Sible. aged 21 years.
Abraham Dunham, 68 years.
A number of Chinese who had been
playing cards entered a restaurant and
shortly afterward began to quarrel.
They ran into the street tiring. At first
It was believed that another tong war
had broken out, and everybody in the
street ran for shelter. Bullets flew
thick and fast, and Abraham Dunham, a
carpenter, working nearby, was struck
by a bullet.
After the firing ceased the fighting
Chinamen disappeared. The police made
three arrests. The white men are not
believed to-be seriously Injured.
Famous Painting Discovered.
WARSAW, July 14. What is de
clared to be an original painting by
Rubens of the "Descent From the
Cross" has been discovered In the
Catholic Cathedral of St. Nicholas In
this city.
Bishop Potter Still Gains.
COOPERSTOWN. N. Y., July 14.
Bishop Potter passed a comfortable
day and his physicians state tonight
that Ms progress is satisfactory.
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