THE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECE3FBER 1, 1909..
AMERICA HAS NO
CLAIM, SAYS GRANT
Commander Declares Zelaya
Is Safe if Executed Men
Insurrectionists.
HIS PERSONAL BELIEF ONLY
Other Officers of Government, How
ever, Declare United States Has
Juwt Claim on Nicaragua for
Death of Its Citizens.
CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-An Interview re
ported to have been given by General
Grant appeared In a Chicago newspaper
last Saturday. In this interview the
Commander of the Department of the
lake was quoted as saying that the
t'nlted States would have no claim for
reparation upon the government of Nic
aragua if it was found that Cannon and
Oroce, the Americans executed by Ze
laya, were insurrectionists.
After the interview had caused com
ment at Washington, General Grant said
he had expressed it as his personal opin
ion that no reparation could be demanded
In the Klcaraguan case if the Americana
executed were found to be insurrection
ists. The General said he knew noth
ing about the merits of the case and had
expressed no opinion upon it to be re
garded as official.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. General Fred
erick D. Grartt's reported utterances re
garding the execution In Nicaragua of the
two Americana. Cannon and Groce, prob
ably will not be a subject for action by
theSecretary of War. Legal officers of
the Government, however, well versed in
international law, take a view of the
matter entirely at variance with that of
General Grant, and hold there could be
no legal or other Justification for the
killing of Cannon or Groce.
General Grant today telegraphed the
Secretary of War that ho had not stated
in an interview that Nicaragua might
have been justified, in the Groce and
Cannon cases. General Grant's telegram
follows: '
"I regret very much that false reports
are given of alleged interview with me.
I have had no Interview on Nicaragua."
LEADER SHOT "WITHOUT TKIAIi
l'ranclsco Espinosa Seized on Re
turn From Visit to Washington.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 30. George S.
Lacoya. a planter near Ijcon. Nicaragua,
Raid today that Francisco Espinosa,
father of Rudolfo Espinosa. former Nl
caraguan " Minister at Washington, and
of Emllio Espinosa, one of the leaders
of the revolutionary movement in Nicar
agua, had been executed by order of
Zelaya.
According to Lacoya. who was a pas
senger on the steamer Atcnas. arriving
here from Colon. Espinosa was seized
on his arrival at Corinto from Washing
ton, where he had been visiting his son.
was taken to Grenada and there shot,
lacoya also said Colonel Hernando Bar
rios and Maximilian Sacafs, prominent
supporters of the revolutionary cause,
were recently executed by order of Pres
ident Zelaya.
LORDS DEFEAT BUDGET
(Continued Prom First page.)
were occupied in clearing the House,
tellers for division beinR Earl Walde
grave. Viscount Churchill, Baron Den
man and Lord Colebrook.
When the vote was announced. Just
before midnight, as 350 to 75 in Tavor
of the amendment, a few cheers were
heard. The Karl of Crewe 'mmod-ataly
moved an adjournment and the House
rose.
An eager crowd -was awaitirg the re
sult In the central hall, and when the
vote became known there was a slight
attempt at counter-demonsiration. Of
ficials, however, speedily cleared he
hall, and in a few minutes the lobbies
and precincts were empty.
Tory Leader Disapproves.
- It is worthy of note that Lord St.
Aldwyne, who as Kir Michael Hicks
Beach was one of the ablest Chancel
lors of the Exchequer of the Conserva
tive side, has ostentatiously absented
himself from all debates on Lord Lans
downe's resolution, and this morning
lie announced his intention not tci go
' to the House for the division. His ab
sentation was due to disapproval of
Lord Lansdowne's course and, together
with that of other weighty Conserva
tive peers, -will have great effect in
the country.
Among those peers who came down
especially to vote was the Earl of
Wemyss and March, who is in his 92nd
year.
When division was taken there -was
practically no excitement in the streets,
although early In the night crowds gath
ered near the House and attempted a pro
budget demonstration. A force of police
"was in readiness, and so soon as the
crowd showed a tendency to become un-
manageable they dispersed the demon
strators, being assisted by a heavy rain
fan. Fine Display of Oratory.
The final debate was distinguished by
oratorical excellence, particularly in the
speeches of Lord Curzon, of Kedleston,
ex-Viceroy of India, and of the Arch
bishop of York... The archbishop's speech
was his maiden effort in the House of
Lords and its eloquent periods, added to
Dr. Langs fine presence and beautiful
voice, made a deep impreseslon. The
archbishop strongly opposed Lord Lans
downe's resolution, declaring that it would
be unprecedented for the Lords to reject
a finance bill passed by the House of
Commons by such a majority.
Lord Curzon was plainly suffering from
his recent indisposition and had to ask
the indulgence of the House, but, despite
physical weakness, which several times
In his 90-minute speech threatened to
overcome him. he spoke with his accus
tomed vigor and art. He maintained
that the Lords had an absolute right to
reject the finance bill, and he agreed that
the country was on the 'eve of a momen
tous struggle, which might lead to the
reform of the House of Lords.
Assert Lords' Ancient Right.
Earl Cawdor, ex-First Lord of the Ad
. mlralty. who wound up -the' debate for
the opposition, maintained that an at
tempt had been made to evade the Lords'
ancient right to reject the tax by placing
all taxes on one bill. It was Idle to
pretend, he said, that such a change of
procedure by the House of Commons
could affect one lota, of the responsibili
ties, and duties of the second chamber.
He quoted Premier Asquith as stating
on assuming the Premiership that the
function of the House of Lords was to
check slovenly and precipitate legislation.
I This, Karl Cawdor thought, fairly repre
sented, the action the Lords proposed to
take.
Kef rlnjr to tackir.ir on license propo
sals -nd land valuations to the budget,
he aid that, as both these had previous
ly been rejected by the House of . Lords,
It would destroy all the power of the up
per house if the Lords were, unable to
veto the finance bill, in which these were
included. He asserted the budget al
ready had driven capital from the country
to an alarming extent, had stunned the
building trade and had increased unem
ployment. Stove Called Unprecedented.
The Archbishop of York said it
would be unprecedented for the
Ixirda to reject a finance bill
passed by the House of Commons
w-ith such a majority. The Peers would
be Judged, he thought, not by their in
tentions, but by their performance, and,
no matter what they said, it would be
understood that in refusing supplies for
the year, they had rejected the budget.
Quoting Lord Chatham, he contended
the consent of the Peers was necessary
only to clothe with the form of law a
tax determined by the crown. The gift
of grant was in the House of Commons
alone. The constitutional question was
one, the speaker declared, which would
profoundly stir the people of the country,
and many persons would prefer the pas
sage of a bad budget to tampering with
APPOINTED TO NEW YORK
STATE OFFICE.
Edward T. Perlne.
NEW YORK. Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) Edward T. Ferine, who
has been made first Deputy Con
troller of i-ew York State under
the new Controller. Clark Wil
liams, has been for some time an
officer of the New York Audit
Company. Before that he was
with the United States Mortgage
Company, and prior to that with
a Jersey City bank. He takes the
place of Otto Kelsey, who was at
one time Superintendent of In
surance and whom Governor
Hughes has been trying to get
out of office for a long time.
the fundanvtal principle of the consti
tution.
rjai enougn, ne said, to prove
that the "udget was bad. The question
was whe .her the Lords were competent,
apart from the prerogative of the crown,
to dissolve Parliament or compel the
House of Commons to pass a budget not
its own. but one acceptable to the Lords.
The effect of the bill would be to en
danger the existence of the second chara
tr, never more necessary than now.
Reform Not Monopolized.
Lord Curzon objected to the as
sertion that the budget bill was an in
strument of social reform. Neither side
of the House, he said, had a monopoly
of the desire to ameliorate social evils.
There were two pressing questions, he
declared. The first was whether the na
tion was safe, and the other, whether
the people were sound. But neither ques
tion, he thought, could be settled by
taxation.
After attacking the arguments of
Lord Rosebery, Lord Cromer and Lord
Balfour of Burleigh, and their position
in refusing to vote on Lansdowne's
amendment. Lord Curzon said he could
not give place either to the Socialism
of the bill or the revolution involved
in an assault on the House of Lords.
He declared the Lords had no right
to surrender their position. If they
did surrender, nothing would stand be
tween the people and the House of
Commons. He strongly deprecated the
suggestion that England would adopt a
single chamber system like that of Bul
garia and Greece.
Lord Curzon agreed that the country
was on the eve of a momentous strug
gle, which might lead to the reform of
th House of Lords, but they would not
shrink, he declared, from a contest
which would give the nation a second
chamber with strength denied them
selves. He said he hoped his own party
might be the one to achieve this ob
ject. r JEERS' DOOM, SAYS O'CONNOR
Irish Leader Declares Budget Fore
bodes Uprising of Masses.
NEW YORK, Nov.-30. Commenting on
the action taken by the British- House
of Lords, T. P. O'Connor, one of the
Irish Nationalist leaders in the Housa
of Commons and now in this country in
the interest of Irish hon rule, said
tonight that the British peers had, by
their rejection of the budget, announced
their own doom.
He believed their action would precipi
tate an uprising of the masses in one of
the bitterest fights known to English poli
tics for a century. In addition, the turn
of events, he said, would act as a vigor
ous incentive to the cause of Irish in
dependence and would mean the final
emancipation of the English masses.
"I am greatly pleased." he said, "and so
is everyone who is an enemy of the House
of Lords. Every Liberal and, still more,
everv Irish Nationalist, has known for
several generations that it was impossi
ble to have anything like steady liberal
progress so long as the House of Lords
retained Its power to defeat or postpone
all democratic agitation. Ireland has
been the particufar sufferer from the pres
ent power of that body, for the House
of Lords consisted exclusively of land
lords, who have been always. the curse
and the enemy of Ireland and, from
the days of O'Connell downward, every
single reform of the scores we have
gained has had to be won in the face
of the opposition of the House of Lords.
Its hostility to Ireland has been main
tained steadily to the end, for now it
alone stands In the way of a home rule
measure.
"As to the effect in England, I believe
the rejection of the budget will lead to
an uprising of the masses, the strength
of which the Lords have failed to real
ize. They will realize it before many
hours.
"I believe we are on the eve of the
fiercest fight we have seen in British poli
tics for a century; that the fight will
go against the Lords; that they have pro
nounced their own doom, and that in two
or three years their power of mischief
will be so broken as practically to be non
existent. "This means the final emancipation of
the English masses from the grip of
feudalism and of Ireland from govern
ment by an alien parliament,' -- .
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i r.nnara t . ferine. I
U. S. WEALTH TABBED
Taft Completes Financial Part
of His Message.
$26,533,680 IS BALANCE
Internal Revenue Tolls Booming.
Corporation Tax to Glean More
Than $25,000,000 Disburse
ment Excess Is Small.
WASHINGTON. Nov. .30. The finan
cial portion of the President's message
has been completed. It was taken up
at come length at today's session of
the Cabinet. The Panama Canal bond
situation and other features engaged
close attention.
Today's official figures show an
actual working balance in the treas
ury of $26,533, 680, though the total
balance in the general fund, which in
cludes this working balance, the bal
ance in bank and the balance of the
Philippine Islands Is placed at $82,
079.472. Today's excess of all disbursements
over all receipts is $252,747, and the
excess of all disbursements over all
receipts so far this fiscal year is $44,
295,956, as against $94,772,399 for the
same period in the previous fiscal year.
Internal revenue receipts are booming.
More than $25,000,000 for the current
fiscal year is expected from the cor
poration tax.
Estimates for the various depart
ments have been cut heavily. There
are $290,569,000 of Panama bonds
authorized, but not issued. The sum of
$97,069,649 represents the balance ex
pended out of the general fund of the
treasury, reimbursable from proceeds of
bonds not sold. While existing laws
authorize $375,200,980 in Panama bonds,
only $84,631,980 have been issued.
ITOEDIE STARTS EAST
NEW CONGRESSMAN IS IN FAVOR
OF PARCELS POST.
Postal Savings Banks, Too, in His
Good Books Promises to
Arrive on Time.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) Between November 3 and No
vember 15, Judge McCredie, Congress
man from the Second Congressional
District, drew two salaries one as
Judge of the Superior Court of this
district and the other as Congressman,
his salary for the latter dating from
the day of election. Judge McCredie
would have resigned the judgeship just
after election, but Governor Hay .asked
him to continue for a time.
Judge McCredie leaves tomorrow
morning via the Northern Pacific for
Washington. D. C, accompanied by
Mrs. McCredie. Among his visitors to
day was Councilman W. B. DuBois,
chairman of the deep-water committee
of the Vancouver Commercial Club,
who urged him to work for an appro
priation of $160,000 for a jetty from
the Oregon shore into the Columbia a
short distance below the steel bridge,
to make a permanent deep-water chan
nel from this city to the sea.
Judge McCredie said he favored a
parcels post and postal savings banks.
He will work for the reclamation of a
large area near Hwaco, where the peo
ple want permission to build a dike
to keep the tide back.
In his mail last night was a postal
card from C. L. Clemens, an attorney
at Snohomish. Wash., with whom Mc
Credie attended school in Iowa. The
card read: "Please accept belated
congratulations from the little red
schoolhouse. If you will move into the
state we will elect you Senator." The
last Is a joking way of referring to
what the Democrats said with refer
ence to his being an Oregon man.
Judge McCredie yesterday received
a telegram from Washington, D. C.
asking if he would be there in time for
the opening of Congress, and he re
plied that he would.
TROUBLE FEARED AT LEAD
MOVER TRAVELS ON SAME
TRAIN WITH DETECTIVES. -
Men Who Saw Service in Cripple
Creek Riots Hurry to Scene
of Dakota Strike.
DENVER, Nov. 30 Traveling on the
same train with 70 employes of a detec
tive agency who will act as guards at the
Homestake mine, where a strike is now
in progress. Charles H. Moyer. president
of the Western Federation of Miners, left
Denver last night for Lead, S. D.
According to telegrams received at the
headquarters of the Federation, the sit
uation Rt Lead is becoming alarming, and
Moyer was urged to Join other officers of
the Federation now at the scene of the
strike.
The guards, who had been-hastilygath-ered
from all parts of the West, were in
charge of Robert Boykin. Many of them
took part in the Cripple Creek riots of a
few jeers ago, . and the reason for their
hasty departure for Lead is said to be
fear on the part of the mineowners that
there would be a repetition of that affair.
'Union officials deny that the union
miners have started any trouble, but ad
mit that it may occur.
KAISER OPENS REICHSTAG
Ruler Promises Insurance for Work
men No Socialists Attend.
BERLIN, Nov. 30. Emperor William
opened the Reichstag today by reading
the speech from the throne. The speech
dealt largely with domestic legislation
and contained the Important announce
ment that the government had pre
pared a measure, extending . the sick
benefit insurance to the working class
es not heretofore protected, and creat
ing a system of Insurance for the in
dependent relatives of deceased work
ers. The imperial insurance organiza
tion will be modified in Important par
ticulars. The opening of the Reichstag1 today
was as brilliant as usual. The members
assembled In the white hall of the Pal
ace, those not having the right to wear
uniforms appearing In evening dress.
None of the Socialist members was
present.
At the conclusion of the speech the
eldest member of the- Chamber pro-
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This month our stock
is an exposition of the
best wearables for men
and boys.
Our stock is at the
highest point of perfec
tion. We're just opening a
special assortment o f
-appropriate pres
ents for men and boys.
LION CLOTHIERS
166-170 THIRD ST.
posed three cheers for his Majesty, and
they were given heartily. The Emperor
then withdrew. ..nd the members pro
ceeded to the Parliamentary buildings,
where tKeir sessions were opened.
FUND FROM TAXES GROWS
M ashington Property Pays Twice
What It Did in 1904.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Nov. 30. (Special.)
For 1908 $30,438,000 was raised by direct
taxation in Washington, as against about
$10,500,000 in 1904. according' to a compila
tion Just completed by Secretary E. E.
Corse, of the State Tax Commission. This
does not include the money raised by
fines, licenses or assessments for special
purposes.
In 1906, the aggregate was $14,050,000; in
1907, it went up to $18,500,000. Real estate
paid 74.45 per cent of the total tax for
1908. railways 10.79 per cent, street rail
ways about 2 per cent and personal prop
erty 12.3 per cenU.
WILSON MAY4 GET OFFICE
Brother of Seattle Man May Be Am
bassador to Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 30. American
Ambassador Thompson formally va
cated the diplomatic office today, to as
sume charge of the Pan-American Rail
road, which he recently purchased.
Until the successor of Mr. Thompson
arrives, the embassy will be in charge
of First Secretary James G. Bailey. It
has been understood here for some time
that the next Ambassador would be
Henry L. "Wilson. American Minister to
Belgium, and brother of ex-Senator
John L. Wilson, of Washington.
PIERCE TRIAL IS READY
Missouri's Records Asked by Texas
In Standard Oil Case.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 30. Both the
state and the defense announced they
were ready for trial today in the case
of the state vs. H. Clay Pierce, for al
leged false swearing. The selection of
a jury will probably, be completed to
morrow. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Nov. 30.
Attorney-general Davidson, of Texas.
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Since the word "Optometrist" is a new one, coined to apply to a
specialist of marked proficiency, an explanation of its meaning is in
order. Webster's new International Dictionary defines an Optician as:
"One skilled in Optica one wbo deals In Optical Glasses."
A Manufacturing Optician possesses the mechanical knowledge of
grinding, etc., is familiar with optical paraphernalia and is competent,
to fill an order from the Optometrist.
A Dispensing optician sells glasses, etc., and can tell whether or not
a lens is ground according to the instructions of the. Optometrist.
But an Optometrist is fortified with, the additional and broader
scientific knowledge of the laws of .ision and of the organ of sight,
which is essential to fhe proper fitting of glasses. "When the eyes
need attention always cons.lt an Optometrist. ' You cannot afford to
be so careless with so important a faculty as the sense of vision.
Eigb Class Work at the Lowest Possible Prices.
Lenses Exchanged and Frames Kept in Repair for One Year Without
t Extra Charge.
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BEN SELLING
MOY
today telegraphed Attorney-General
Major, of MIssourt. asking him to send
to Austin a certified copy of the report
of the special examiner and of the
printed record of Missouri's case
against the Standard Oil Company.
Yamhill to Send Walnuts.
M1IINNVILLE, Or.. Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) An elaborate display of Yamhill
County-grown English walnuts is be
ing prepared by the McMinnvilie Wal
nut Club, to be placed on exhibit at
Portland during the week of the State
Horticultural exhibit beginning Decem
ber 6. The walnut exhibit will be un
der the supervision of J. C. Cooper,
who is devoting much effort toward
making a creditable showing of the
Yamhill product.
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