Morning Oregonian., April 18, 1911, Image 1

PORTLAND,. OREGON, TUESDAY. APRIL 18, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI XO. 15,723.
TUFT MAY ORDER
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Only Danger of Greater
Bloodshed Deters.
ARIZONA ASKS PROTECTION
Governor TeUs President Lives
Are Endangered.
RADICAL ACTION SOUGHT
Taft. la Reply, Advise American
Cltlsens Motives Might Be Mts
construed If Troops Cross Line
Into Mexico Jot Now.
WASHINGTON. April IT. Preside nt
Taft tonight replied to a message from
Governor Sloan, of Arlsona, asking pro
tection for cltlsens of Docglai from the
fire of federals and lnsurrectos, that he
waa loath to endanger Americana In
Mexico br taking ao radical a step as
sending American troops across the bor
der to prerent further fighting.
The President In hla telegram to the
Governor said the situation might Justify
. him In ordering troops to cross the bor
der and attempt to stop the fighting or
to fire upon both contestants from the
American side.
He hesitated to take such a step be
cause of the possibility of resistance and
greater bloodshed and the danger of hav
ing hla motives misconstrued and arous
ing Mexican against Americans now In
Mexico.
Taft Advise Douglas Citizens.
In Tlew of the conditions there, the
President felt he could not order the
troops at Douglas to cross the border,
but he again emphasised the advisabil
ity of the people of Douglas avoiding
exposing themselves to flying bullets.
The message to the President waa dated
Iouglas. 10. 10 o'clock tonight. It read:
Taft Front Theater to Conference.
The President found the Mexican sit
uation demanding bla attention until a
bus hour. He had passed the evening at
the theater. Returning to the White
House he plunged anew Into considera
tion of the problems confronting him.
"The President. Washington. D. C:
As a result of today's fighting across
the International line, but within gun
shot range of the heart of Douglas,
fire Americans were wounded on thia
side of the line. Everything points to
a repetition of casualtlea on tomorrow,
and while the Federals seem disposed
to keep their agreement not to fire Into
Douglas, the position of the tnsurrec
tos Is such that when fighting occurs
on the east and southeast of the en
trenchment people In Douglas are put
la danger of their lives.
Radical Measures Advised.
"In my Judgment radical measures
are needed to protect our Innocent peo
.ple and If anything can be done to
stop the fighting at Agua Prieta the
situation calls for such action. It la
Impossible to safeguard the people of
Douglas until the town can be vacated.
Can anything be done to relieve the
situation, which Is now acute?
(Signed.) -RICHARD E. SLOAN.
"Governor."
The replay of the President, promptly
transmitted, read: s
"To Governor Sloan. Douglas, Ariz.:
Tour dispatch received. Made urgent
demands upon Mexican government to
Issue notice to prevent firing acrosa
m waiting r.niv it..!,, i , . !
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direct warning to the Mexican and In
surgent forces near Douglas. I Infer
from your dispatch that both parties
attempt to heed the warning but that
In the strained situation and exlgenctea
of the contest wild bullets still find
their way Into Douglas. The situation
might Justify ma. In ordering our troops
to cross the border and attempt to
stop the fighting or to fire Upon both
combatants from the American side.
Taft Would Take Responsibility.
-But If I take this step I must face
the possibility of resistance and greater
bloodshed and also the danger of hav
Ing our motives misconstrued and mis
represented, and of thus Inflaming Mex
ican popular Indignation against many
AHMTOV
R BORDER
thousands of Americans now In Mexico
and Jeopardizing their Uvea and prop
. ertr.
"The pressure for general Interven
tion under such conditions It might not
be practicable to resist. It Is impos
sible to foresee or reckon the conse
quences of such a course and we must
use the greatest self-restraint to avoid
It.
-Pending my urgent representations
to the Mexican government. I cannot.
' therefore, order the troops at Douglas
to cross the border, but I must ask you
and the local authorities In case the
same danger seems to threaten, to di
rect the people of Douglas to place
themselves where bullets cannot reach
-tbesn and thus avoid casualties. I am
loath to endanger Americana in Mex
. where they are necessarily ex
' posed, by taking a radical step to pre
vent Injury to Americans on our side
of the border who can avoid It by a
temporary Inconvenience.
-WILLIAM IL TAFT.
Through the State Department the
4Coaeludd on Face s.) i
THROUGH RATES
TO COAST MADE
BATES CHESEBROCGH MAKE
XEW ARRANGEMENT.
Company Competing- With Pacific
Mail Will Carry Good Front Mis
l)ppl Valley for One Charge.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., April 17. (Speclal.)
For the first time In the history of trans
porta tl on an arrangement has been com'
pleted by which through ratea can be
made upon commodities between si.
Louis and other Mississippi Valley
points and 'on the Pacific Coast.
This arrangement is the result of ne
gotlatlona between the California-Atlantic
Steamahln Com Dan T. In which the
firm of Bates & Chesebrough. San Fran
cisco. Is the leading Interest, and the
Mississippi Valley Transportation Com
nanv. John I Mathews, secretary of
the latter company, gave out the de
talis of the agreement today.
The Callforcia-Atiantla Steamship
Company haa been established to com
pete with the Pacific Mall company,
which formerly monopolized traffic
acrosa the Isthmus by Its control of the
railroad. The Pacific Mail Company waa
virtually a part of the Southern Pa
clflc Railway system and the Mississippi
Valley Company never could make an
arrangement which was satisfactory tin
til the expiration of the monopoly on the
Panama Railroad and the entrance of
the California-Atlantic Company Into the
Held.
The latter concern offers the Missis
sippi Valley Company the use of Its
wharves In New Orleans. The agents of
the California-Atlantic Company will so
licit northbound freight for all this serv
ice. The rates charged will be for the
whole trip from any point reached by
either company to any point reached by
the other and they will be substantially
lower tnan existing railroad rates. The
contract between the two companies is
to be exclusive.
AUTO PLUNGES OVER BANK
lire
Have Close Call When
Tarns Turtle.
Car
OREGON CITT. Or April 17. (Spe-
claL) What might have proved a fatal
ecldent occurred late Sunday after
noon, when an automobile driven by
Lee Bequeath, of Portland, and belong
ing to C Schuebel. of this city, turned
turtle on the road between here and
Park Place and this city opposite the
hopyard. and threw the five occupants
out. pinning Mr. Bequeath. Miss Eulalla
Schuebel and Clyde Schuebel beneath
the car. while the two little girls. Kuth
and Roberta, fell free of the car.
The party was coming along the
roadway at a speed o. about IS miles
an hour. One of the UUe girls. Clyde,
became 111 while riding In the car, and
Mr. Bequeath 's attention was drawn to
ward nor. and the car left the road
and plunged down an embankment and
upset. A machine was following -lose
behind, and the occupanta cam a to
their rescue. All escaped Injury aside
from a few bruises and scratches. The
car was slightly damaged.
CLACKAMAS VICTIM FOUND
Body of Wilbur Childers Recovered
In Cazadero Dam.
ESTACADA. Or.. April 17. (Special.)
The body of Wilbur Childers. who was
drowned In the Clackamas River early
this month, was found this morning by
Clyde Schock. a launchman. In the back
water of the Cazadero dam, leea than a
mile below the place where the young
man met death. Schock saw the body
through a water-glass and recovered It
by grappling. The parents of Childers.
who live in St. Johns, have been noti
fied. Childers and two companions, who
worked In one of the Clackamas camps,
had crossed the river and In returning
the . three entered a carrier which
croeaea the river on a cable. The weight
of the three waa too great for the car
rier and overturned, throwing the young
nien Into the river.
Two held on to the
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drowned.
WAIST MAGNATES BLAMED
Coroner' Jury Holds 3 Responsible
for Girls' Death In Fire.
NEW YORK. April 17. Isaao Harris
and Max Blanck. proprietors of the Tri
angle Waist Company, who are already
under Indictment charged with man
slaughter In connection with the death
of 145 employes by fire, were found by
a Coroner's Jury today to be responsible
for the death of one of the operators.
The verdict waa returned In the case
of Mary Herman, whose escape from the
ninth floor was cut off. It Is alleged, by
a locked door. Harris and Blanck are
blamed for the death, the verdict reads,
"because of culpable and criminal negli
gence In falling to observe the legal pre
caution of leaving the said door un-locked.-
SALEM PASTORS TO BOOST
Board of Trade May Give Prise for
Best Advertising Sermon.
SALEM. Or.. April 17. (Special.) As an
Innovation Jn publicity, arrangements are
being made for all of the pastors In
the city to devote one day to Salem
or Booetera day. .
According to the present campaign.
ministers will preach on the subject of
Salem and boost Its? resources. The
Board of Trade wUl probably offer prises
for the best sermons. It la planned
that the first Sunday In May will be set
aside for the pastorlai advertisement of
the town.
FIGHT;
SHOT
Battle Rages All Day
at Agua Prieta.
FEDERAL ATTACKS REPULSED
Rebels Hold Ground in Face of
Continuous Fire.
THEY TAKE MACHINE GUNS
After Two Abortive Assaults Fedcr
als Rush Infantry Behind Cav
alry to Front and Make Last
Furious Onslaught.
2 SOS KEJ3KX8 TO ATTACK JCAREZ.
EL PASO. Tex., April 17. A report
was received here late tonight from
sources believed to be reliable .that
2O00 Insurrectoa had arrived within
13 miles of Jaurea, and are ready to
attack by morning.
AGUA PRIETA, Mex, April 17. At
10:45 tonight the battle between Mexl
can federals and Insurrectos, which be
gran at dawn, came to and end.
After 17 hours of almost Incessant
fighting that hour found the rebels
holding almost every position they had
at dawn, although after nightfall the
federals carried the battle to the bor
ders of the town.
The forces of Diaz, by a thrilling
night movement, regained the ground
lost during the day and Indications
were that daylight would find the op
posing armies engaged In hand-to-hand
conflict.
v Just before nightfall the federal cav
alry, each horse with two or three ex
tra men clinging to It, made Its way
up a narrow ravine which extends to
within 400 yards of Agua Prieta. Here
the extra men dismounted and the
horses were taken back for more, un
til several hundred Infantrymen had
gathered close to the beleaguered town.
Terrific Fusillade Opens.
When darkness-, came this force crept
up to the crest of the embankments and
opened a terrific fire upon Agua Prieta,
shooting Into every building within
range of their guns, the rebels replying
from the bullpen and every available
cover. The Federals had also brought
to their aid a three-pound fleldplece
stationed to the southeast and were
pouring shells Into the city.
After the onslaught upon the town,
Balasarla Garcia, commander-in-chief
of the rebel forces, crossed the line and
surrendered himself to the American
officers, but the loss of their conmmad
er had no apparent effect upon the de
termination of his forces, which kept
up the fight with the same courage
that had characterised tclr actions
during the day.
The battle was fought between 1S00
Federals under command of Lieutenant
Colonel DtaS and 1000 rebels under Ba- t
lasaiio Garcia. The federals endeavored ,'
to drive the rebels out of the city, the
first Customs port the latter have taken.
At nightfall two Federal machine guns
(Concluded on Tag 3.1
THE FOURTH
MEX CANS
AMERICANS
INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDATS Maxtn am temperature,
degrees: minimum. S3 decrees.
80
TODAT'S-Sho-sers; winds becoming south
erly.
- Mexico..
Eld.r Madera Is aided by government to
reach son. but peace outlook Is auoious.
Pace 3.
Federals and rebels flsht all day at Agua
Prieta. but attack Is repulsed, rage l
Dourlaa suffers fusllade durlnr battle at
A sua Prieta and seven Americans
wounded. Pace 8.
are
On!v dancer of greater bloodshed deters
Taft from ordering troops across line Into
Odexlca. Page 1.
M.torltv of House ReDubltcans opdoss reel
proclty; majority of Democrats favor it.
Page 2.
Domestle.
Pacific Navigation Company to extend serv
ice to Portland Is rumor, face o.
Filipinos, broucht from Hawaii to work In
Alaska canneries, say ther are belnc
held prisoners on ship. Pace l.
First time throurh frelcht rates by beat
- made from Mississippi to Coast. Page l.
Both aides make new moves In Eddy will
litigation. Pace 2.
Chief Croker. of New York fire department.
reslsns. Pace 5.
A. H. Divers, of Portland, arrested as spy
at Tla Juana, Mex. Page 4.
Pacific Northwest.
Body of late Secretary of State Benson ljes
in rtate at Roseburg in i.lks xempie.
Pace 8.
Governor West in appointing Olcott Is said
to nsve acted to further own re-cieciion
In 114. Pace 1.
Daughter of ex-Chief of Police Wappen
steln. of Seattle. lives skin to save
aunt's foot. Pace t.
Nine rallies held In Tacoma on closing day
of Mayoralty campaign. Page T.
Banker Kettenbach defense says Govern
ment ottered Robnett Immunity and em
ployed him to convict Lswlston bankers.
Pace 0.
Vancouver woman prisoner must serve from
six months to 15 years pace e.
Four mounted policemen In frozen North cet
lost on trail and penan, arter sating au.
and harness in hunger. Page 4.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League season f r, 1011 opens
In Portland today with los Angeies.
Fage 8.
Northwestern Lesgue season opens today
with Roadsters at Spokane. Page 8.
Edgar Frank, of Multnomah Club, assured
of Easterners' participation In wrestling
tournsment. Page 9.
Tom Beaton picks Beavers to win pennant
tnis season, pace s.
Commercial and Marine.
No surplus of hops to export this yoar.
Pace 19.
Portland stockyards have l-lg run of cattle
and high prices. Pace 19.
Fear of reciprocity carries down wheat
prloes at Chicago. Page 19.
Health officials take precautions against in
troduction of plarue Into Portland from
ships from Infected porta Fage 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Investigation of Portland underworld by po
lice reveals nothing. Page 13.
Captain Macrenn. of Breakwater, faces
Federal Court Trial. Page IS.
Lake Oil. Gas A Pipeline Company manager
arrested for alleged swindle. Pace 12.
President of Reformers' .Association grills
District Attorney. Pace 12. a
Portland men In list of many railroad men
suggested as Etubbs' successor. Pag -
G. W. Giahara. of Great Western Railway.
says United States will have to open
Warm Springs reservation. Page 2.
Jury of farmers today begins hearing of
Poatoftlce site condemnation suit, page 14.
Nine arrested by police in raid on Drezel
Hotel. Page 4.
TABLES TURNED ON ROBBER
Ex-Secret Service) Agent Escorting
Woman, Arrests' Highwayman.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 17. (Spe
cial.) Raymond Edwards Is today oc
cupying a cell at police hearquarters as
the result of his attempt to hold up
Orvlllo Houston, an ex-Secret Service
agent, late last night. Houston turned
the tables on the man and took the
highwayman's gun from him and then
held him captive until the arrival of
a policeman, to whom the culprit was
turned over.
Houston was escorting a woman
friend to her home. Edwards, gun In
hand, suddenly sprang in front of them
and leveling his revolver at Houston,
told him to throw up his hands.
Houston, Instead of drawing a gun he
had In his pocket, grappled with the
robber, took the latter'a gun from him
and forced Edwards to himself stand
at "attention."
' 'NOTHING DOING THIS TEAS,
OLCOTTPdTEDTO
AS WEST'S LADDER
Governor-Secretary
Pact Reported,
TWO-PARTY UNION IN PLAN
Appointment Not Only Reward,
but Part of League.
TEAM WORK OUTLINED
Oregon Executive, It Is Asserted,
Has Re-election in View In Ap
pointing Friend Who May Be
Voted on In 1912.
BALEM, Or., April 17. (Special.)'
That Governor West entered into a po
litical alliance with Ben W. Olcott
with the hope of Olcott obtaining the
Republican nomination for re-election
in 1912 and in turn planned for Olcott
to swing his forces to aid In re-electing
West In -1914, It is asserted,' was
one of the subjects of conversation
when Governor West told Olcott that
he Intended to offer him the office. of
Secretary of State. J -This information
has come from a reliable source.
Governor West has been planning to
kill two birds with one stone In a
political way. One of these Is to re
ward Olcott for his Indefatigable work
and for campaign funds put up by him
to aid In electing West. The other is
to place Olcott as Secretary of State
as a Republican and see Olcott re
elected. With this in view the Gov
ernor offered the new Secretary carte
blanche In selecting his appointee. He
only qualified this by Insisting that
four be discharged. These four are
Frank T. Wrlghtman, C A. Ztegler,
James Allison, of the Secretary's of
fice, and C. E. Rockwell, head Janitor.
The discharge of these employes will
probably come before the closa of the
next quarter.
Election Plans Laid.
Olcott Is a Republican and Governor
West is a Democrat. With Olcott given
an opportunity to develop a political
machine through his influence as Sec
retary of State, Governor West saw
where Olcott would be a decided fac
tor In West's campaign for re-election
In 1912. It will be necessary for him
to appear before the people at that
time, as an appointment to fill a va
cancy continues only until the general
election Immediately following such
appointment. Should Olcott be success
ful he will have by that time developed
a machine which will prove Invaluable
to West when he wishes to seek re
election as Governor.
At the same time Governor West will
be able to throw his influence to Ol
cott. Together they will be able to
play one party against another. By
that means West hopes to land himself
once more In the office of chief execu
tive and at the same time assflre him
self control of the State Board by hav
ing Olcott continue in the ''office of
Secretary of State.
Team Work Outlined.
In this respect Olcott and West have
Concluded on page 6.)
FELLOWS!
MISSWAPPENSTEIN
HEROINE IN SECRET
GIRD GIVES SKIN TO SAVE FOOT
OF AUNT.
Daughter of Seattle's ex-Chief of
' Police Silent About Operation
Tntll Danger Is Passed.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 17. (Spe
cial.) Suffering in silence, refusing to
tell her father of the circumstance to
add to his worries, Joan Wappenstein.
18-year-old daughter of ex-Chief
of Police Wappenstein, weeks ago gave
up many Inches of skin from her body
to save the foot of her aunt. Miss Letta
Benn, of Aberdeen. Her own Ufa was
endangered for a time from blood poi
soning. ,
Submitting to the taking away of her
own skin to be grafted to the injured
foot of her aunt, to whom she has been
devoted since a child, the niece, under
the guise of nursing the aunt, took her
mother Into her confidence only after
the operation, but withheld the facts
from the father while she submitted to
the operation and occupied a cot ad
joining that of her aunt at the Aber
deen Hospital. Recovering,, she came
home and reported to. her father that
she had been 111 after her long atten
tion to the Injured aunt. Chief Wap
penstein was amazed when he heard
of the circumstances today.
Miss Benn, daughter of Aberdeen's
leading citizen, was In. a launch two
months ago and her left foot was
caught in the shaft of the engine and
the shoe was torn off. With it came
the skin from the top and side of the
foot. The young woman was taken )
home where her niece. Miss Wappen
stein, was visiting at the time.
PURPLE POTATO LATEST
Gorgeously Colored Tubers Grown
Near Milwaukee Are Good.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 17. (Spe
clal.) Henry Heltkemper, of Courtney,
has a vegetable curiosity in the form
of a purple-meated potato, which h
has raised successfully on his place
south of Mllwaukle. Heltkemper is the
father of Mrs. Frank Busch, of Oregon
City.
He obtained some seed from Germany
and planted the potato in the sandy
loam 6n his place and secured an ex
cellent crop as a result. In Germany
the vegetable is known as the "Sun
day" potato, being better in flavor and
more mealy than the ordinary white
potato. The skin is nearly black,
while -the "Inside Is a beautiful deep
purple. The potato does not grow In
hilhj nor In a cluster, but strings out
a root like a vine, under ground.
MISS HEWETT IS ATHLETE
Portland Girl Takes Part in Indoor
Meet at Wellesley College.
BOSTON, Mass., April 17. (Special.)
Miss Mary L. Hewett, of Portland, Ore
gon, was among the girl athletes who
today performed at Wellesley College,
In the Indoor athletic meet.
Miss Hewett Is a member of the Se
nlor gymnasts team and took part In
the vaulting. Jumping and gymnastic
events for her class. The Seniors were
outdone by the younger girls, however,
the Sophomores winning the challenge
cup with a score of 91 and the Seniors
making only 82 points.
Today's meet was watched by 1000
college girls, in the gymnasium, each
class cheering its athletes. It is the
final event of indoor athletics for the
Winter. Miss Hewett was one of the
cleverest performers today.
WOMAN IS SPEED MARVEL
Mrs.
John Newton Cuneo Drives
Auto 109 Miles an Hour.
NEW TORK, April 17. A speed never
attained by a woman before. It is be
lieved, was mode b.y Mra. John Newton
Cuneo, of Richmond, L- I., this afternoon
at the Long Island Motor Parkway
Driving Louis Disbrow's record-smashing
car, Mrs. Cuneo swept down a half mile
stralght-away course first in 17 acd then
in 1H seconds, according to stop
watches, or at 109 miles an hour.
The rule of the American Automobile
Association against woman drivers bars
Mrs. Cuneo from participation in races,
so the record does not count officially.
HOPKINS TO TESTIFY NEXT
Ex-Senator "Will Tell How Lorlmer
Defeated Him.
CHICAGO, April 17. John J. Healy,
counsel for the Seaate committee,
which Is investigating the election of
William Lorimer to the United States
Senate, announced today that ex-United
States Senator Hopkins, one of the can
didates defeated by Lorimer, will tes
tify next Thursday.
Hopkins was summoned at one of the
hearings of the committee, but failed
to appear. He now has expressed wil
lingness to testify.
SHADE BURNS; EYES HURT
Man Lilgbts Pipe and Celluloid Con
trivance Flares Up.
v
HUSUJI, Wash., April 17. (Special.)
The combustion of a celluloid eye
Shade worn by William Peterson, two
miles south, came near ending dis
astrously. Mr. Peterson was lighting his pipe
when the Inflammable material caught
fire, and before the shade could be
removed, his hair and eye-brows were
scorched, temporarily imparlng his eyesight.
"SHIP IS PRISON,"
CRY OF FILIPINOS
Laborers From Hawaii
Want to Go Ashore.
PERMISSION IS DENIED THEM
Scheme to Take Brown Men
to Alaska Canneries Awry.
BOAT BACK FROM ISLANDS
Senator Brings hut 145 or Expected
10OO Men to San Francisco and
They Demand, as United States
Citizens, to Be Landed.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. (Spe
cial.) Seeking a hiding place among
the disengaged ships of Mission Bay,
the steamer Senator, of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, came in
from Honolulu yesterday afternoon, re
turning from an unsuccessful quest to
import Filipino labor from Hawaii to
work at the great salmon canneries of
the Alaska Packers' Association on the
shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Although the Senator left here
equipped to bring baclc 1000 immigrant
toilers, there were only 145 of the
small-statured brown men on board
when she arrived.
This disorganization of the labor
contractors' plans was due principally
to the island planters, who raised a
battery of legal obstacles to prevent
their laborers from being taken away
from them.
Island Police Intervened.
When she arrived at Honolulu the
Senator was forced to get outside the
three-mile limit In order to avoid libel
proceedings and the Hawaiian police
stopped smallboats from taking labor
ers off to the vessel. In addition to
this. Injunctions were issued to restrain
F. B. Craig and J. C. Bell from solicit
ing immigrants without a license, the
law having been passed especially by
the Hawaiian Territorial Legislature,
which was in session at the time. Craig
was arrested and, in order to get clear
ance for the Senator, bonds had to be
given.
To add to the trials and tribulations
of the labor agents, the majority of the
Filipinos on the Senator refused to be
transferred to Alaska packers' vessels
lying in the stream. Insisting upon be
ing placed on terra flrma before they
proceeded any further, and last night
the steamship lay in the harbor with
the disgruntled men aboard.
Men Say They Are Prisoners.
The Hawallans and Filipinos, who
are pleased to call themselves Amer
ican citizens, declare they are held as
prisoners. They have not been per
mitted by the agents of the company
who brought them from their tropical
home to communicate with their
friends or to make appeal to the United
States Court for release.
At noon today the laborers were sul
lenly determined, but refrained from
making any demonstration on board
the Senator. Spokesmen for the crowd.
however, made unavailing appeals to
Peter Nelson and Contractor Bell, who
were aboard as the agents of the com
pany who brought them to San Fran
cisco for trans-shipment to the Alaska
canneries, to take them ashore and
there enter Into a contract with them
for their season's work in the Alaska
canneries.
Ten Speak Good English.
Several launches with newspaper men
went alongside and talked to the dis
gruntled laborers. None of the con
tracting agents aboard would give out
any statement.
We are American citizens, not
slaves," yelled a chorus of voices from
the side of the ship. "We have made
repeated demands to ts landed, but
have been refused. We are being held
prisoners. All we want is to go ashore
and be treated fairly and treat with
the people who brought us here.
'We do not intend to leave this ship
until we know what we are doing. We
have had no trouble and will have
none, unless an attempt is made to
force us to go aboard the sailing vessel
for Alaska. If force is attempted, we
will resist it, every man of us. We
stand upon our rights as American
citizens."
During the forenoon, several San
Francisco Filipinos went out to the
ship in a launch, but were refused per
mission to board the vessel. After con
versing with their countrymen over the
ship's side, they promised to aid them
to land through the process of the
United States Court.
DAY MAY SUCCEED MORTON
Ex-Judge Likely to Head Equitable
on "Wednesday.
NEW TORK, April 17. Ex-Judge W.
A. Day, it was reported this afternoon,
will be elected president of the Equit
able Life Assurance Society on Wed
nesday. Mr. Day, who was first vice-president
during Mr. Morton's presidency, has
been acting president since Mr. Mor
ton's death.
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