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THE MORXIXCl OREGON IAN, THURSDAY, 'DECEMBER'S. 1909. RELATIONS WITH NICARAGUA ENDED FRISCO BOUGHT BY WINCHELL-YQAKUM AMERICAN SEA SOLDIERS OF TYPE NOW AT NICARAGUA, ONE OF AMERICAN WARSHIPS Holiday Shopping We Are Ready Are You? THERE, AND CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, WHO IS SENT HOME. Knox in Scathing Letter Gives Passports to Country's Charge d'Affaires. System of 6500 iVIiles Is Sev ered From Rock. Island Con trol by Big Deal. $35 Evening Gapes $16.95 t ZELAYA IS CALLED TYRANT Hold Personally Responsible fop Heath or Americans Asserted Trouble-Maker and Violator of Washington Convention. (Continued From First Page.) have ceased in Nicaragua to exist except in name, that public opinion and the press have been throttled, and prison has been the reward of any tendency toward real patriotism. My considera tion for you personally impels me to abstain from unnecessary discussion of the painful . details of a regime which unfortunately has been a blot on the history of Nicaragua and a discourage ment to a srroup of republics whose as pirations need only the opportunity of free and honest government. "In view of interests' of the United States and of Its relation to the Wash ington conventions, appeal against this situation has long since been made to this Government by a majority of the Central American republics. There is now added the appeal, through the revo lution, of a great body of the Nlcaraguan people. Two Americans Killed. "Two Americans, who, this Government Is now convinced, were officers . con nected with the revolutionary forces and therefore entitled to be dealt with ac cording to the enlightened practice of civilized nations, have been killed by direct order of President Zelaya. Their execution is said to have been preceded by barbarous cruelties. "The Consulate at -Managua is now officially reported to have been menaced. There Is thus a sinister culmination of an administration characterized by a cruelty to its own citizens, which has, until the recent outrage, found vent, in the case of this country, in a succession of petty annoyances and indignities which many months ago made it impossible to ask an American Minister longer to re side at Managua. "From every point of View It has evi dently become difficult for the United States further to delay more active re sponse to the appeals so long made to its duty to Its citizens, to its dignity, to Central America, and to civilization. 'I he Government of the United States is convinced that the revolution represents the Jileais and the will of a majority of tne Nlcaraguan people more faithfully t'ipn does the government of President Zeiaya. and that Its possible control is veil nigh as extensive as that hitherto so sternly attempted by the government at Managua. Anarchy Grows Apparent. "There Is now added the fact, as offl c'ally reported from more than one quar ter, thnt there aro already indications of a rising in the western provinces in f.ivor of a presidential candidate inti mately associated with the old regime. In this Is it easy to see new elements lending toward a condition of anarchy which leaves, at a given time, no re sponsible source to which the Govern ment of the United States could look for reparation for the killing of Messrs. l.minnn and Grocc. or. Indeed, for the protection which must be assured Amer ican citizens and American Interests in loaragua. In these circumstances, the President no longer feels for the government of lrsldnt Zelaya that respect, that con bdence, which would make it appropriate hereafter to mHlntaln with it regular diplomatic relations, implying the will n.jd the ability to respect ' and assure what is due from one state to another The government of Nicaragua, which you have hitherto represented, is hereby notified, as will be also the leaders of the revolution, that the Government of the United States will hold strictly ac countable for the protection of American life and property the factions de facto in control of the western portions of the Republic of Nicaragua. Reparation Must Wait. "As for the reparation found due, after careful consideration for the killing of Messrs. Groce and Cannon, the Govern ment of the United States would be loath to impose upon the innocent people of Nicaragua a too heavy burden of ex plating the acts of a regime forced upon them, or to exact from a succeeding gov ernment, if It have quite different pol- icios. the imposition of euch a burden. "Into the- question of ultimate repara tion there must enter the question of the existence at Managua of a government capable of responding to demands. The question how far it is possible to reach those actually responsible and those who perpetrated the tortures reported to have preceded the execution, if these be ver ified, must enter, as well as the question whether the government be one entirely disassociated from the present Intolerable conditions and worthy to bs trusted to make impossible recurrence of such acts. The President, as a friend of your coun try, as he is also of the other republics of Central America, might be disposed to have Indemnity confined to what was reasonably due -the relatives of the de ceased and punitive only in so far as the punishment might fall where really due. Futnre Must Be Safeguarded. i "To Insure the future protection of le gitimate American Interests in considera tion of the Interests of the majority of the Central American Republics, and in the hope of making more effective the friendly offices exerted under the Wash ington conventions, the Government of the United States reserves for further consideration at the proper time the question of stipulating also that the con stitutional government of Nicaragua ob ligate itself by convention, for the benefit ot all the governments concerned, as a guarantee for its future loyal support of I lie Washington convention and its peace ful and prosressive aims. "From the foregolr It will be apparent to you that your office of Charge d'Af faires is at an end. I have the honor to enclose your passports, for use in case you desire to leave this country. I would add at the same time that al though your diplomatic quality Is ter minated. I shall be happy to receive you, as I shall he happy to receive the repre sentative of the revolution, each as the unofficial channel of communication be tween the tiovernment of the United States and the de facto authorities to whom 1 look for the protection of Amer ican interests pending the establishment In Nicaragua of a government with which the United States can maintain diplomatic relations. "Accept, sir. the renewed assurance of my high consideration. (Signed) P. C. Knox. "To Felipe Rodriguez, Esquire.'! r - l ? j 1 m X 4 . m l f ss , - . jj trirrnrmi,iiMiiiliitirM?rVlaitiT,i. f.nT.Vrtltt P?Tmmn,JM-- - H-C frwrj- f ;. nn.-iml I CRU: ER DES MOIRES. I ZELAYA IS DESPOT Dictator Violates All Pledges Made at Washington. UNITED STATES SPONSOR Present Step Taken Only After All Efforts at Moral Suasion Fall. "Paralyzed," Says Rodriguez, but Other Attaches Rejoice. - (Continued From First Page.) revealed by these reports have never been made public because the moral turpitude Involved is almost beyond belief. While these reports are still withheld from pub lication, officials of the Department of State have disclosed enough to show that a condition of absolute despotism has existed in Nicaragua with accompani ments such as rapine, murder, extortion and barbarous treatment of political prisoners, unknown since mediaeval times. Aa Secretary Knox said in his letter, other Central American republics have protested In vain against conditions in Nicaragua, but the State Department has felt loath to violate its old traditions of noninterference in the Internal affairs of other nations, and probably would have refrained even now had not Zelaya gone to the length of torturing and killing two Americans engaged Jn honorable war fare. ' Zelaya Only Brigand. In answer to the department's demand for an explanation, Zelaya's agents sim plyetated that the exeoutions were in ac cordance with the law of Nicaraue, but the State Department finds that that law is Zelaya, and that the action was In vio lation of all rules of civilized warfare. Realizing that no actual government ex ists In Nicaragua, the department neces sarily, arrived at the conclusion that Ze laya is only an International brigand, and must be so treated. He must be held responsible for the killing of these two Americans as if he were a private indi vidual, and It Is probable that he will be captured in Nicaragua or reclaimed from any country to which he attempts to es cape, if an extradition treaty can be in voked, and tried as a common male factor. Diaz Deciding Force. It is believed that President Diaz of Mexico was the deciding force in this matter and that It was because of ener getic declarations by him of the guilt of Zelaya and the necessity for Interveion. received in Washington within the last 24 hours, that tha State Department reached its decision. In the ordinary course this Government would content itself with the exaction of a heavy monetary Indemnity to the fam ilies of the victims of Zelaya's edict. But as. Secretary Knox clearly indicates In his letter, it is not the purpose of the American Government thus to tax the great majority of the Nlcaraguan people who did not sympathize with Zelaya's action. Paralyzed, Says Rodriguez. - The status may be summed up as fol lows: Diplomatic relations between the United States and Nicaragua have been termi nated. Dr. Ilazera. Minister Designate from Nicaragua, will not be received at the State Department. Senor Rodriguez, the Charge d'Affaires of the Nlcaraguan legation, has' been given his passports and so has no official standing here. On the receipt of the letter of Mr. Knox through a State Department mes senger, Senor Rodriguez notified his gov CRU: ER DES MOIRES. . KlUpe Rodrlqnci. .......... .A ernment by cable. He Is awaiting a re ply and will remain here a few days. When seen tonight, Senor Rodriguez was excited, but his discussion of the situation was brief. "We are stricken to the heart; we are paralyzed," was his expression. There was, however, little evidence at the Nlcaraguan legation of so profound a feeling. On the contrary it was the scene of much gaiety. FRCIT STEAMER IiAXDS ARMS Arti-Zelayans Celebrate Arrival of Cargo for Rebels. i NEW YORK.' Dec. 1. Nlcaraguan resi dents of New York In sympathy with the Insurgents are celebrating news from Bluefields that the fruit steamer Stav angeren had landed there a cargo of arms and ammunition for the forces operat ing against President Zelaya. The vessel was chartered here Novem ber 1, by a New York merchant, for a month's trip to a West Indian port not named. When she sailed November 17, her cargo was . registered as petroleum, matches, hay and produce. i Captain Norboen, of the Stavangeren. evidently proceeded with due regard for the decorum of the high seas and, in stead of going direct to Blueflelds, which would have been an often se against mari time laws, put into Port Barrios and then cleared for Blueflelds. At the office of the Nicaraguan consul here nothing is known of the character of the cargo of the Stavangeren. CRUISER PRAIRIE Aljli READY Destination Relieved Strongly to Be Nicaragua, Not Panama.. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1. Detachments of marines, aggregating 400 men, from Brooklyn, Washington and Annapolis, arrived at the Philadelphia Navy-Yard today to augment the complement of 4 from the local yard who already were prepared to sail on the auxiliary cruiser Prairie. Two 3-inch field pieces, 800,000 rounds of ammunition, tents to accommodate 700 men and, 50 camp stoves were added to the cargo of the cruiser today. There has been a revival of the rumois that the real destination of the Prairie is Nicaragua, desrpite the reiterated state ment from Washington that she will go to Panama. . ZELAYA'S , EMISSARY IS HERE Has Explanation of Death of Two American Citizens. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. In order to place before Secretary of State Knox the explanation of President Zelaya. or Nicaragua, of the trial and execution of Groce and Cannon, the two Americans re cently put to death in Nicaragua, Pedro Gonzales has arrived here as a private emissary of Zelaya. SUGAR COlii SEEN Money Went to Man in Cus toms' Uniform, Is Testified. TRUST EMPLOYE GAVE IT Weighers Pay Envelopes Marked With Sum Less Than Contents, Says A. J. Mallen on Stand. Custom Since 1900. NEW YORK, Dec. 1. The fruitful opportunity for fraud in the bustle of the enormous business done daily on the Williamsburg docks of the Amer ican Sugar Refining Company was what the Government sought to bring out today In the trial of the six for mer employes of the company charged with defrauding the Government by under weights. David Fragner, a customs Inspector, and once an assistant Government weigher, said that at a busy time two trucks a minute passed over a single set of scales or eight to 10 on the four sets used. Each truck, weighed half a. ton and each half ton, the Govern ment will contend," was weighed 13 pounds short by the secret manipula tions of Government employes, who, it is charged, were paidcash by the sugar company for the evasion of customs duties. i If the game ran properly the Govern ment stood to lose its duties on 5880 pounds of sugar every hour. As this steady flood of trucking rolled across the scales, the checker who stood next to the weigher was too busy, said Fragner, to watch him. John J. Longhren, a checker, was asked if all of the entries to which he certified represented weights he had seen the weigher find. "Not all," he admitted. "Sometimes I had to be away." Three cross-examiners were unable to shake-the testimony of Andrewj J. Mallen, the clerk who swore that James P. Bendernagle. formerly cashier for the sugar company, paid cash at his of flee to customs employes in uniform. SUGAR WEIGHERS SUSPENDED Inspector and Ten Assistants Out of New York Custom-House. WASHINGTON, Dec, 1. Another shake-up in the New York Custom House was announced at the Treasury Department today. Inspector Timothy D. Lane has been suspended and the department has ap proved the discharge of ten assistant weighers. John G. bhand has been ap pointed assistant superintendent of sugar samplers. Several other changes In the customs service outside of New York also were announceu. FORTS FOR CANAL URGED Representative Shirley Estimates Cost at $500,000,000. WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Estimating the total cost or the isthmian Canal when finally opened for traffic at $500, 000.000, Representative Shirley, of Ken tucky, chairman of the subcommittee on fortifications of the House commit tee on appropriations, today declared he would urge upon Congress the ne cessity for building fortifications on both ends of the waterway while other work was progressing on the cenal. HAND OF HAWLEY IS SEEN New Factor in Railroad Affairs Is Believed to Have Played Strong Card by Forming Alliance With Yoakum Interests. NEW YORK. Dec. 1. Six thousand, five hundred miles of railroad, forming the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company, changed hands in New York today, by its severance from the. Rock Island Com pany, with which it was merged in 1903. The purchasers are B. F. Yoakum, former chairman of the Frisco-Rock Island executive committee, and B. L. Winchell. former president of the Rock Island, who now becomes president of the Frisco. It is understood that Messrs. Winchell and Yoakum have as their associates in the deal some of the leading capitalists of the Middle West, 'Including Adolphus Busvh and Festas J. Wade, of St. Louis. as well as1 the Union Trust Company of yiat city. Despite denials, the current belief is that the Frisco will form some alliance with the lines of Edwin Hawley, the new comer in the railroad world, who recently acquired, with B. F. Yoakum, control of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas. At the same time the relations of the Frisco and the Rock Island are to be friendly and for the benefit of both. Operation . to Be Independent. According to official statements, in terests now in control of the 9t. Louis & San Francisco will operate that road as an independent property. The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company was organized in 1896 as the successor of the railroad company of tnat name which had been sold in fore closure. When taken over by the Rock Island Company, control of the property rested with B. F. Yoakum and his friends. ana iur. xoaKum was made chairman of the Rock Island executive committee. Yoakum-Hatvley Alliance Apparent. Credence is given the rumors of a Yoakum-Hawley alliance in more ways than one. Besides the "Katy," recently purchased, they have other Interests In common. Mr. Hawley is credited -with control of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Chicago &. Alton, the Minneapolis & St. Louis, the Iowa Central and the Toledo, St. Louis & Western, and Is interested in Hocking Valley, Toledo & Ohio. Central, the Western Pacific, the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville & Nashville. INTERVENTION NOT PLANNED Interstate Commerce Commission Takes No Cognizance of Merger. WASHINGTON. Dec: 1 If Federal in tervention has . been planned to accom plish the disassociation of the Rock Island and San Francisco lines, such a movement did not have its Inception in the Interstate Commerce Commission. Comissloners tonight said that the com bination of the Rock Island and the San Francisco lines had not been discussed by that body for three years. Members of the commission are of the opinion that B. F. Yoakum and B. L. Winchell have acquired the San Fran cisco, not with the idea of a positive combination with the rapidly forming Hawley system, but to round out a south western system of their own. Mr. Yoakum is interested in the de velopment of the Southwest, and by get ting back his San Francisco, it is said he hopes, with the connection with the seaboard line at Birmingham, to carry a large portion of the traffic that now goes through St. Louis. ORAL BETTING UNDER FIRE Grand Jury Summonses Served on Emeryville Track Goers. OAKLAND. Cal.. Dec. 1. With the service of subpenas on P. J. Treat, secre tary of the New California Jockey Club, George H. Smith, who came to Emery ville to inaugurate the oral betting sys tem, and on William F. Forsee, a de tective, and Robert McKibben late today, at the Emeryville racetrack, District At torney W. H. Donahue, of Alameda County, announced that the grand Jury would take up the subject of betting there. The men who Were served with subpe nas will be asked to appear before the grand jury tomorrow. Amoy Quarantine Raised. AMOY, China, .Dec. 1. 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