DEMAND ON SULZER
IS SET FOB TODAY
Glynn to Assert Author
ity Formally.
BOTH MEN NOW IN OFFICE
First Clash Comes Over Requi
sition for Prisoner.
VIRGINIANS ARE PUZZLED
Mrs. Sulicr's Condition Requires
Services of Two More Special
ists, but She Is Keported
Somewhat Improved.
ALBANT, N. V., Aug. 14. Lieutenant-
Governor Glynn will make a formal de
Ttiand on Governor Sulzer tomorrow for
possession of the executive chamber at
the Capitol and thus bring to an Issue
the question as to who is Governor of
ciaie ui iew iotk This was an
nounced tonight by friends of the
Lieu tenant-Governor.
Governor Sulzer. it is said, will re
fuse to relinquish possession of the
chamber anrl in nnMninHAn i. -
LiviiD.iiuji yj L BUUit VL
demand is understood to have already
...eparea a letter flatly declining to
accede to it.
What further action will then be
taken by Mr. Glynn was not indicated
tonight, but the general expectation
was that the rival claimants to the
Governor's chair would resort to the
courts for a test case under an' agreed
statement of facts.
The question who is chief executive
of the State of New York William Sul
r.er or Martin H. Glynn was still un
settled when the lights went out in
the Capitol tonight. Both the impeached
Governor and the Lieutenant-Governor
still contended they were directing the
machinery of government and both
spent a busy day in their respective of
fices with counsel and friends formu
Jatlng plans to maintain their au
thority. '
Mri. Sulzer Improving
Meanwhile the Governor's wife, who
is expected to be the star witness at the
trial, lay In a critical condition in the
executive mansion. Her nervous col
lapse of yesterday, which was accompa
nied by hysteria, grew so serious this
morning that the Governor sent to New
Tork for two more specialists.
Her condition was reported as some
what improved tonight.
With the situation thus complicated
various departments of the state gov
ernment marked time today and with
one exception made no open announce
ment of their attitude toward either
claimant. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward
B. Howard, of the staff of Adjutant
General Hamilton, called on the Lieutenant-Governor
today and formally
recognized the authority of Air. Glynn
by asking If there were any orders he
eared to transmit to the Adjutant-General,
who was about to leave town. Mr.
Glynn had none.
Great Seal Mar Be Glynn's.
Secretary- of State May was also re
ported by one of Mr. Glynn's friends to
have recognized the claims of the Lieutenant-Governor,
and it was said that
he would refuse Governor Sulzer access
to the great seal of the State of New
York, which Is kept in the Secretary's
office.
Governor Sulzer made no effort today to
resist service on him of the Assembly's
articles of impeachment and the sum
mons of the Senate calling upon him
to appear before the court of impeach
ment on September 18.
Mr. Glynn, in the capacity of Acting
Governor: Senator Wagner, as" Acting
Lieutenant - Governor. and Speaker
Smith, sitting as the board of trustees
or public buildings on Monday next
will open bids and award contracts Tor
work in the capitol involving about
J300.000. The exclusion or Mr. Sulzr
from participation In this meeting is
expected to result in an attack by his
supporters on the legality or these,
awards.
Sulzer Signs Requisition.
The first clash or authority between
Sulzer and 'Glynn came today over an
application for papers for the extra
dition of James Molley, who is held a
prisoner in Nw York charged with
the larceny of 1106 from a bank at
Martlnsburg W. Va. The outcome was
that the officers, after a turbulent day
left for New York with papers signed'
by Mr. Sulzer. as Governor, Mr. Glynn
having refused to attach his signature
on the ground that they came to him
signed by some one not in authority
and therefore were not in proper form.
r. o. Bartles and E. B. Gardner
deputy sheriffs of Berkeley County!
West Virginia, applied for the extradi.
tion papers at the Executive chamber.
W. L. Lamborn, of Governor Sulzer's
Executive staff, poounced on them and
after consulting? his chief informed, the
visitors that everything would be ready
for them at 5 o'clock. Congratulating
themselves on the celerty with which
the wheels or official procedure moved
In the Empire State, the officers sought
the hospitality of a. nearby tavern to
break the tedium of waiting.
Capitol Employe Breaks nz.
"Governor Sulzer sure is some swirt
on the move," remarked Bartles.
"There ain't no such thing as Gov
ernor Sulzer," interjected a Capitol em
ploye, who happened to overhear the
remark. "You mean Governor Glynn."
Then was explained to the aston-tc-uucluded
on Pag f.)
SCHOONER BLAZES
IN ELECTRICAL FOG
FIRE SHOOTS FROM MASTS AS
FLASHES BOMBARD SHIP.'
Angular. Zig-Zag and Forked Light
ning Courses Down Kigging for
More Than One Hour.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) All sorts of weird and unusual
experiences at sea have been the lot
of masters of vessels in the over-ocean
and coastwise trade, but ttg most in
teresting. from a scientific standpoint.
occurred to the steam schooner Wasp,
Captain A. Sunderberg. which plies be
tween Seattle and California.
In a report made to the Hydro
graphic Office Captain Sunderberg
says that at 10 1 M., August 7, when
six miles east by south of Point Con
ception, his vessel ran into a thick fog
bank which hung close to the Water.
Without the fog raising in the least;
a violent electric storm broke and for
one hour and 14 minutes the blanket
of heavy mist was pierced continually
by discharges of atmospheric electric
ity and vivid flashes of angular, zig
zag and fork-ed lightning. At 12:15
A. M., August 8, the steel foremast
of the Wasp became charged wit 1
electricity from the top down to the
spring stay. Captain' Sunderberg says
this was not the usual display of St.
Elmo fire, as the mast gave out loud
reports, as If from a powerful wireless
apparatus.
While the vessel was bombarded by
lightning, which coursed down her
main mast, her officers and crew dtd
not venture on deck.
MEN OUTNUMBER WOMEN
Majority of Births in State Boys, hut
Fewer Girls Die.
How long will it be before the popu
ation or Oregon is equally divided be
tween male and female?
State Health Officer White propounds
the question after reviewing the vital
statistics ot the commonwealth ror the
last three months.
The United States Government tig-
urea say there are 100,000 more men in
Oregon than there are women. In the
last three months J225 male babies
were born in the state and 1150 female
babies. In the same length of time there
were 1033 deaths of males and 706
deaths of females. In other words, 75
more boys were born than there were
girls and 326 more males died than did
females.
How long?
YOUNG BABE NO SALVATION
Contractor Snow Ordered to Jail
Five Days for Speeding.
Despite the fact that he has a wife
and a young baby, Robert J. Snow, a
building contractor, was sentenced, in
Municipal Court yesterday, to five, days'
imprisonment for speeding his auto
mobile. He was the sixth person upon
whom a prison sentence has been im
posed by Judge Stevenson In the six
weeks of his incumbency.
Complaint against Snow 'was pressed
by Norman A. Buist, a boy of 13 years
of age, acting in the absence of his
father. The testimony was that the
defendant had traveled at the rate of
40 miles an hour at Knott and East
Seventeenth streets.
This was Snow's second appearance
for speeding. He gave notice of appeal.
CALIFORNIA BAITS BONDS
Commission of 1 0 Per Cent Offered
for Sale of Harbor Paper.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 14. As bait to
attract investors to buy state securi
ties. State Treasurer Roberts is au
thorized tomorrow by special act to
offer 10 per cent commission on the
sale of $3,000,000 in per cent San
Francisco Harbor bonds.
Under the terms ot the harbor bond
issue the bonds cannot be sold less than
par. Because of this and because of
the low interest, the state has found
trouble in selling tho securities. To
pave a way for easy sales the last
Legislature appropriated $500,000 to
pay commissions on the sale of bonds.
COAST WALK WAGER LOST
Mlnnesotans to Hike to Pacific as
Result of Billiards Bet.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 14. Because
Bert Sullivan, of Stillwater, lost two
out of three games of pocket billiards
to Edward Costello, of Chicago, he
must walk from here to San Fran
cisco. .
The two men were discussing the re
cent walk cf Edward Payson Weston
from New York to Minneapolis, when
Costello proposed a walk ror the two
to San Francisco, to be completed by
1915. Sullivan demurred but finally
agreed that ir Costello could defeat
him in 'two out of three- games of
pocket billiards he would make the
trip with Costello. Sullivan lost.
STORM SWEEPS WINNIPEG
Wind and Rain Wreck Thorough
fares of Canadian City.
WINNIPEG. Man., Aug. 14. A wind
storm of almost cyclonic proportions,
accompanied by a cloudburst, struck
this city tonight. .
Great havoc was wrought along the
main thoroughfares, plate glass win
dows being smashed and many build
ings damaged. Electric lights were
put out of commission in many parts
or the city and tele-graph and telephone
service is badly demoralized.
The rainfall was the most severe in
years.
LOLA NQRRiS TELLS
HER PAINFULSTORY
Reno Trip Described
in Great Detail.
TESTIMONY IS NOT SHAKEN
Diggs Said to Have Been Mov
ing Spirit in Affair.
JUROR CAUSES DIVERSION
Intimation Given That Prosecution
Has Not Presented All Its Evi
dence" Photographer Fined,
Plates Confiscated.
IKAACISCO, Aug. lt.LoIa
Norrls followed Marsha Warrington on
the witness stand today and repeated
Virtual!.. .. 1 . , ...
. , u.niuiU5OT, DUt , even
stronger terms, the story of seduction,
intimidation and elopement from Sac
ramento to Reno, on which the Fed
eral Government bases its prosecution
of Maury I. Diggs and Drew Caminetti.
The day was punctuated by a series
or sharp minor surprises. Juror Bliss
showed a disposition to question the
gooo raitn or the Government in with
nuiaing irom evidence a transcript of
iy ioia Dy Marsha Warrington
to the Assistant District Attorney of
Sacramento County on the way home
from Reno after the arrests, which Is
now in the possession of the prosecu
tion. He was instructed by the court
that the jury would take cognlzanco .if
nothing except what came . rejrulailv
before it.
Jury Cautioned Emphatically.
Curiosity as to his state or mlnrt
increased when, after the noon ad
journment, he was 15 minutes late, but
uage van Fleet accepted suavelv his
statement that he had misunderstood
the Instructions as to when to return.
Juror Bliss is married and has one
daughter,
In dismissing the- jury tonight the
court repeated the usual caution, and
a J the same time explained the par
ticularly emphatic admonitions he gave
yesterday.
"I don't want to be understood," said
the Judge, "as having Implied yester
day that there was any well-founded
suspicion as to the integrity of this
Jury. The suggestion I had in mind
came from one of my own attendants,
but it did not mean that anyone knew
anything of a sinister nature of anyone
on this jury. It was suggested that
one looking like a member of this jury
had been seen talking with someone
connected with the defense of this
case."
Movies Invade Courtroom.
During a. 10-minute . recess in the
afternoon session photographers and
moving-picture men invaded the court
room, and there was a flurry among
the principals in the case and the
women spectators, all of whom covered
their faces. One photographer wag ar-
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WHEN ARE"
f j YOU G-OQ
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69
degrees; minimum,. 03 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; westerly
winas.
Foreign. J
Second daughter born to Countess Sxech-
eenyi, nee Vanderbilt. page 2.
Uantsh explorers in Greenland suffer great
iiamoiiips. rage.
XalionaL
Democratic members decide to stay
until
"uw nies,. ii necessary. Page 1.
Senate puts wheat on free list; refuses
put duty on egss and milk. Page 5.
to
Aoministr-ation reprimands Ambassador
wiison and apologizes to Britain. Page 1,
.iriiciiic coa-c bankers ursre passage of cur
rency blil at special session. Page 2.
Domestic.
Women appear before House committee to
demand Federal suffrage law. Page 2.
Lola N orris testifies In Diggs trial. Page 1
Glynn to make formal demand for office
today. Page 1-
Rainfall fails to relieve sweltering South.
rage 4.
Knights Templars conclude conclave. Page 2.
Pacific Northwest.
Clarkston's attractions described by Addison
Bennett. Page 7.
Suizer loses Alaskan mining suit, but falls
to pay. Page 5.
Man near Baker kills woman, self and
wounds another. Page 6.
Eastern syndicate buy LOO -acre factory site
ml too jtsay. -tag t.
Exiled Bandon editor to right to finish.
Page 7.
Superintendent Churchill gives synopsis of
new school rules. Page 6.
Skin-grafting case at Bandon is proved
m a rv e 1. page 7.
Rochdale movement in England beginning
oi co-operative triumph. Page 4.
Canadian strikers retreat as soldiers ap
proach. Page 1.
Soorta.
Umpire Phyle feels failure when bank
"goes bump." Page 8.
Coast League results: Portland 5, Oakland
1 ; Los Angeles 1, Sacramento 4 (ten
innings) ; San Francisco 5, Venice 2.
Page 8.
Northwestern League results: Portland 10,
Seattle 0; Spokane 4, Vancouver 3; Vic
toria u, Tacoma 2. Page 8.
Calif ornlan go out in one. two, three or
der before Eastern tennis sharks. Page 8.
Multnomah Club lays plan for Pendleton
Koundup boxing carnival entries. Page 9.
Commercial and Marine.
"Wheat breaks away from corn and gains In
dependent lead, page ltf.
Leading Issues suffer slight decline on Stock
Exchange. Page 19.
Hop sales are held back by lack of lm-
meaiaie aemana. .page lit.
Liverpool engineer not to be brought to Cp-
lumbia Bar. Page IS.
Portland exports show big gain. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Police Captain Keller tenders resignation.
effective October 1. Page 14.
Happy tots return from Silverton fresh-air
outing. Page 14.
Miss Margaret McKinnon engaged to wed.
Page 12.
Feeling develops in Police Department over
pension law. rage i a.
Concert by firemen and police bands nets
good sum. Page 14.
Board of governors of Rose Festival are
se 1 ec t ed. Paje 1 S.
Mazamas caught in blizzard, but suffer no
ill etrects. Page 18.,
BIG SALE OF PEARS MADE
Deal for 15 Cars at S2 Box. K. O. B.
" Medford, Is Closed.
MEDFOKD, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.)
J. A. Perry, manager of the Co-operative
Fruit Growers' Association, reports
the sale of 15 cars of Bartlett pears at
$2 a box f. o. b. Medford. This is the
biggest and best sale or Bartletts since
1907, when Mr. Perry sold the entire
crop or the valley at the same figure.
CYCLONE DESTROYS TOWN
Douglas, X. D., Demolished and
Railway Covered With Debris.
BISMARCK, N. D., Aug. 14. A cy
clone struck thet village ot Douglas,
on the line of the Minneapolis, St. Paul
& Sault Ste. Marie Railway, north or
here, late today. The town was prac
tically demolished and the railroad
tracks are covered many feet deep
with debris.
A VOICE FROM OVER THE RIVER.
AMBASSADOR GETS
PUBLIC REPBIfi!
Bryan Apologizes
Britain for Acts.
to
IMPROPRIETY IS REGRETTED
Envoy's Pay Will Stop if He Re
peats Indiscretion.
H. L. WILSON CENSURED
Administration Counting on Europe's
Support in Mexican Programme.
LI nil Now Known to Bear Writ
ten Message to llucrta.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. President
Wilson tonight publicly reprimanded
Ambassador Wilson lor his recent at
tack on the British roreign office. Am
bassador Page was Instructed to ex
press to Sir Edward Grey the regret
or the American Government that a
diplomatic official ot the United States
"should have been guilty ot such an
impropriety."
The action ot the Administration here
followed receipt of a cablegram Trom
Ambassador Page officially confirming
the Associated Press dispatch quoting
a statement Irom the British govern
ment that it had recognized the Huerta
regime in Mexico along with France
and Germany atter "a congratulatory
speech" to President Huerta by Am
bassador Wilson on behalf of the diplo
matic corpus 1n Mexico City.
Bryan Send Cable Message.
Secretary Bryan after a conference
with the President tonight sent the
following cablegram to Ambassador
Page:
"The interview given to the press
yesterday by Henry Lane Wilson, whose
resignation as Ambassador to Mexico
has been accepted to take effect at the
end r his vacation, Octobi14, havlnir
been brought to the Proslta.it's. atten
tion, he directs me to ask you to call
at tne British Foreign Office and ay
to Sir Edward Grey that he disclaims
all responsibility for Mr. Wilson' action
in the matter and for the language em
ployed by him in his interview and that
he regrets exceedingly that a diploma
tic official in the employ of this Gov
ernment should nave been guilty of
such impropriety."
Copy Sent to Ambassador.
eecreiary Bryan not only gave the
cablegram to the press, but Issued the
following statement:
A copy of the cablegram to the
American embassy was sent to Am
bassador Wilson. Mr. Bryan added that
he (foes not go tarther at this time
because he takes it for granted that
the -action which he is obliged to take
in this matter will be to him (Am
bassador Wilson) a sufficient reminder
or his official duties."
In this connection it was admitted
that the Administration seriously had
considered a summary acceptance or
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CONGRESS TO STAY
'UNTIL SNOW FLIES'
DEMOCRATIC CAUCCS . MAKERS
FORMAL DECISION'.
Tariff and Curreuey Bills to
Be
Passed Before Adjournment
.. of Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Congress
will remain in session "until snow
flies" and ir necessary prolong the
extra session until the regular term
begins in December to dispose or tar
ifr and currency legislation.
This was the decision or the Demo
cratic caucus of the Senate tonight
which adopted a resolution declaring
"that Congress should proceed to con
sider and determine legislation con
cerning currency and banking imme
diately tollowing the passage ot the
pending tarlfr bill."
The decision to keep at work until
the legislative programme outlined by
President Wilson has been disposed of
came after a motion offered by Sen
ator Lewis, of Illinois, that a recuRs
be taken following the passage of the
tarirr bill had been withdrawn for lack
or support.
Determination to take up currency
legislation did not carry with it ap
proval ot any policy or commit the
Democratic party to any p.-.tticular cur
rency bill. Senator Owen, chairman ot
the banking and currency committee,
offered the original resolution. The
resolution finally adopted was a com
posite effort which would not commit
tne Senate Democrats to any set cur
rency policy.
"The action of the caucus tonight,"
s.aiu senator Simmons, chairman ot iho
finance committee, "will serve notice
on the Republicans that we can scay
here Just as long as they can and
that we would prolong this Into the
regular session if necessary."
LANE ITINERARY IS MADE
Commercial Club Announces Official
Programme or Secretary.
After much speculation as to how
much time Franklin K. Lane, Secretary
of the Interior, would pass in Portland,
when he would arrive and when he
would leave, the Commercial Club last
night announced the rollowing official
programme ror the Cabinet officer's
visit:
Next Sunday. 9 A. M., Secretary Lane
will jrriv-e . from Seattle 'o,'v:- th.
Nort;. rn Pacilic He will be csfnri.H
ta ll;.. I Oregon, ' which will b his
headquarters. He will leave almost im
mediately to view the Deschutes River
project.
Monday afternoon Mr. Lane will re
turn to Portland and that night a ban
quet will be given in his honor at the
Commercial Club.
Tuesday morning he will leave to
view the west extension or the Umatilla
project, and in the afternoon will view
the main project.
Tuesday night there will be another
banquet in his honor at Hermiston, ten
dered by the Commercial Club and by
the water-users or that place. Immedi
ately arter the banquet the Secretary
will depart for Boise, Idaho.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for the visit consists of
Governor West. C. S. Jackson and Jo
seph N. . Teal.
TRUSTEE FOR "LAZY" MATE
Woman Appointed to Take Charge of
Convicted Man's Funds.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) Spokane County's first "lazy
husband" convicted under the new
state law, Frank Bursh. is to have a
trustee appointed for him under the
provisions of the act, and Mrs. M. E.
Estep has promised to become the trus
tee. Mrs. Estep will take charge of the
money earned by Bursh while working
for the county since his sentence, and
she will use It for the benefit of the
man's family.
Bursh is to be released under bond
when his sentence of 60 days is half
served and is to continue to place his
earnings into Mrs. Estep's Lands tor a
period to be determined by the court.
This agreement was arranged by
County Charity Ofticer Redding and is
expected to be approved by Justice ot
the Peace Hyde, who convicted Bursh.
LAWS0N GETS NO ANSWER
Offer or $2,500,000 to Eight Tam
many Not Acknowledged Yet.
When Thomas W. Lawson, the noted
author ot "Frenzied Finance." and "T"I7e
Remedy." who announced Wednesday
night, that he had offered to back Gov
ernor Sulzer substantially In the pro
posed tund or $2,500,000 to fight Tam
many Hall, lett Portland at 10 o'clock
yesterday ror Central Oregon, he had
not yet received an answer to his otrer.
Mr. Lawson goes, for two months, on
his son-in-law's ranch, near Prineville.
Betore leaving the Oregon Hotel,
where he stayed while here, Mr. Law
son repeated his statement that he
thought the Tammany effort to "get"
Governor Sulzer presented the greatest
opportunity for making a clean-up of
crookedness and corruption in New
York State since the insurance scan
dals. FREE CAR RIDES WILL END
St. Louis to Charge Fares on Sole
Municipal Line.
ST. LOUIS,- Aug. 14. St. Louis' sole
municipal carline, after carrying pas
sengers free for ten years, will com
mence charging 5 cents for" single
rides and 25 cents for a book of eight
tickets next Monday.
This decision was announced tonight
by Mayor Kiel after a conference with
other city officials.
STRIKERS RETREAT
AS TROOPS APPEAR
Soldiers Drag Maxim
to Mob-ridden Zone.
FIRST TOWN FOUND IN RUINS
Six Men, Driven to Bay in Old
Tunnel, May Be Dead.
RIOTERS HOLD LADYSMITH
Part of Militiamen Left at Vancou
ver to Guard Against Demonstra
tion by I. AY. IV.; Business Men
Advise Forces to Halt.
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) Four hundred Victoria militia
men, mostly volunteers, paraded into
Nanaimo, the center of Vancouver
Island coal miners' strike zone, early
this morning. Having breakfasted and
lunched In peace they moved on Exten
sion, a mining village which was
partly burned last night. Dragging
along a Maxim gun, they marched the
five miles in an hour and a half and
were not ambushed, though the road
was bordered with heavy bushes.
The soldiers occupied Extension with
out firing a shot. They marched past
16 piles of ashes where 16 homes had
been destroyed and they saw skeletons
of automobiles formerly owned by
mine managers.
The entire town, now almost deserted,
looked as if a tornado had struck It.
Shells of more than 100 cottages are
still standing, but every one had been
wrecked, smashed in by axes or razed
by dynamite.
Strikers Watch From Hills.
Outlined against the sky on the little
hills which surround the town .pcr
groups of men. more than 1V in all. out
they kept well- in the offing
Mine buildings were smoking ruiiio.
As the khaki-clad men approaciiad
strikebreakers, of whom 200 had been
employed at the mine, appeared from
behind rocks or crawled out or stumps
where they had tied Irom the rioters
last night. They were hungry and wet.
The tunnel in which 20 strike
breakers were marooned last night wa3
empty today. It may still conceal a
tragedy. Six men are still unaccounted
tor and are believed to have been suf
focated somewhere back in the old
workings. The mob last night built a
brush fire in the tunnel mouth and
clouds of smoke were blown Inside.
Up to date those six men have not come
out. The investigation was given up at
nighttalL.
Mob Still Holds Lads-smith.
While the soldiers and their Maxim
occupied Extension, with a rew strikers
looking on from the hilltops, the main
mob late this afternoon was in peace
ful possession of Ladysmith, 12 miles
away. There, at 5 o'clock, they made
their last argument against the coming
of the militia. They threatened that 500
of their number would post themselves
in spots especially designed for sharp
shooters and they would certainly shoot
if the soldiers came. A meeting ot
business men and the City Council was
hastily called and a resolution passed
requesting the military authorities to
back up.
Meanwhile, arrangements for the
Seaforth Highlanders, kilts and all, to
leave this city for the front were being
pushed ahead in Vancouver. The same
word had gone out to the Duke of
Connaught's own Sixth regiment here
and at 10 o'clock tonight 400 of them
marched down to board a steamer. As
they gathered in the early evening
their uniforms caught the eye ot the
crowds on the street and many were
openly abused and insulted by union
sympathizers.
Troops to Squeexe Town.'
Colonel R. G. Edwards Leckie. who '
fought in the Boer campaign, in South
Africa, is in charge of the regiment
from Vancouver. The soldiers are sail
ing under sealed orders. They are ex
pected to land in Ladysmith at daylight.
When the Vancouver troops land from
the steamer. Colonel Hall, with his
maxim gun, will arrive on the land side
of Ladysmith from Extension. Between
the two forces, aggregating 800 men,
the idea is to squeeze Ladysmith into
bubroission.
This programme provides that what
ever is to happen will be done quickly,
that is, it the mob "stays put" during
the night and does not move over to
Nanaimo, where less than 100 raw re
cruits are on guard. The three towns
He on the points of a triangle, which
is heavily wooded and affords lots or
shelter ror men temporarily in hiding.
Dawn or tomorrow is likely to see
the pinching out of most ot the trouble,
unless the trusty Highlanders are
called otf some time between now and
daylight.
Militia Watches I. v. W.
It is significant that a couple or mili
tary companies under arms were or
dered to be lett behind in Vancouver
in case or an L W. W. demonstration
on the downtown streets of this city.
It Is also learned that the gunboat
Searwater has been sent north from
Esquimau to protect the mines at
Cumberland, owned by Sir William 51c
Kenzie. A late dispatch from Nanaimo to
night says that among the strike
breakers found today at Extension
were vwo men who were arrested
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