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Pages 1 to 12 VOL,. XXV-XO. 48. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY - MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ACUTE DANGER OF J President Thinks She Has No Grievance, MAKING READY FOR CONFLICT War-Cloud Much Bigger Than Diplomats Admit. PERIL TO THE PHILIPPINES Islands First Prize for Which Na tions Would Contend Wood's Army to Be Strengthened and Pacific Fleet Enlarged. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. (Special.) The relations between the United States and Japan as a result of the attitude of the Japanese Government toward the California authorities in school matters have become acute. An erroneous im pression as to the President's position has been widely circulated. The President absolutely concurs with the opinion of Secretary Metcalf that the Japanese have no cause for griev ance and that no treaty right has been infringed. At the outset the President took the stand that treaties superseded all state and other laws. Now he is convinced that, in giving the Japanese students equal educational rights while separating them from other school, all has been done that Is necessary. Japan Asks Too Much. Outside of racial differences, there Is another reason for segregation, and that Is that many of the Japanese stu dents are adults. The President will stand strictly upon treaty agreements, but he thinks too much is being asked by the Japanese Government. It is known that the President feels that the Japanese, with an enormous per sonal conceit and tremendous personal egotism, are trying to Impose upon the people of San Francisco and the Pacific Coast. Senator Flint called upon the Presi dent yesterday. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of Califor nia, was another caller. Mr. Roosevelt al o was In consultation with Mr. Met calf and Ij seeking all the light he can get on the subject. In the meantime every step is being taken to safeguard American interests and make every thing ready for the remote contingency of a clash of arms with Japan. Philippines Prize or War. It is well understood here that Japan Is In the background as the power with which the United States has to reckon for the possession of the Philippine Isl ands. Diplomats and officials here can scarcely conceal that the situation may become Intensely interesting at any time, possibly In the near future. Intimately associated with possibilities of a clash with Japanese diplomacy must, of course, be taken into consideration the Important fact that Great Britain is the offensive and defensive ally of the recent conquerors of Russia. The United States-Japanese war cloud Is generally estimated here to be bigger than diplomacy is willing to admit. In fact, official reports of this Government indicate preparations against some enemy, and the indications all point to Japan. Wood's Advice to Be Ready. Rut recently the country was stirred by the annual report of Major-General Leon ard Wood, in command of the Philippines. He is close to the President, and it is not likely that his report would have gone out without being vised by the President him self. The general tenor of the Wood re port was the Insufficiency of the protec tion of the Philippines. General Wood urged the general strengthening of the artillery arm, and suggested that a part of the cavalry of each regiment in the service be sent to the Philippines. One of his statements was that the whole of the enormous command of the Philippines, Bryan Quits Talking-. 1 m PN about 15,000, would be unable to hold Ma nila against a first-class power. The sug gestions of General Wood are certain to Be heeded by the coming Congress. Strengthen Pacific Fleet. On the heels of the startling demands of General Wood comes the report of the Bureau of Navigation, of which Rear-Admiral Converse Is the head. He, in gen eral terms, advises that the Navy be di vided giving the battleship squadrons to the Atlantic coast, and that the cruiser squadron, reinforced largely, be assigned to the Asiatic side of the fleet. The strong inference from the report of the Navy Department is that the squadrons on or near the Pacific Coast should al ways be formidable, and that the whole United States naval force should be ready at any time to be combined for action on either side of the continent. The President saw the possibilities of the San Francisco matter at once and dispatched Mr. Metcalf, a Callfornian, to the coast to Investigate. Mr. Metcalf has ......................... ! Seth low. Huflpected of ambition to be United States Senator. reported and the tenor of his report Is that the people of San Francisco are not willing to recede from their position. This will be the subject of course of a re port to Japan, and Japan will not be able to understand why the United States can not coerce a state or invade its state and municipal functions. Acute Question Raised. The outcome of all causes combined has been ths precipitation, although much veiled, of the acute question of Japan against the United States with the Philip pines as the prize. The United States 'Government will see that the , recommendations of General Wood are carried out and there will be no objection to the disposition of the fleet by the Bureau of Navigation. It is in teresting to recall that some time ago the United States sent four of its first class cruisers to the Asiatic fleet. These are each the equivalent of a battleship. One of the most Important suggestions of the Bureau of Navigation is that ships on the Pacific Coast, now there and to be assigned .there, may be merged on due notice with the Asiatic squadron. FULTON PROPOSES NEW IiAW Would Settle Problem by Restricting Stimulated Immigration. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Dec. 1. Senator Fulton does not share the opinion popular in this section of the country that there is likelihood of war with Japan as a result of the San Francisco school In cident. He believes the present flurry will soon die out! While he has as yet had no opportunity to discuss the Japa nese question with the President, he has been requested to do so at an early day. He has, however, discussed the problem with State Department offi cials. While Mr. Fulton anticipates no seri ous termination of the pending trouble, he is in sympathy with the people of the Pacific Coast to the extent that he believes that the immigration should be restricted. He has in mind and will probably introduce a bill which will, in his opinion, meet the emergency and yet not give offense to the Japanese government. It Is a well-established fact that fully 90 per cent of the Japanese who nime to the United States do so through the influence of emigration so cieties, which are in league with steam ship companies. The Japanese govern ment, on the other hand, encourages Its people to stay at home. It is also true that a large percentage of the im migrants from Southern Europe and Germany are influenced to come to the United States by immigration compa nies, and in this way thousands leave their foreign homes who would never come to America of their own free will. Mr. Fulton believes that it -mould be expedient for Congress to pass a law prohibiting the admission to the Unit ed States of immigrants who were in duced to come to the United States by (Concluded on Pag-e 5.) Peary Discovers the Pole. COAL MONOPOLY F Whole West Suffers Through Frauds. RAILROADS CANNOT SUPPLY IT Business Paralyzed and Hu man Life in Danger. REMEDY COMES TOO LATE Coal Production and Car Supply Checked ' by Twin Monopolies Bnilt Up by Robbery of Public Domain. SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec. 1. (Spe cial.) Owing largely to the monopoly which has been built up by fraud, per jury and wholesale stealings in the vast coal fields of the West, the entire country this side of the Missouri River is in the grip of the greatest fuel famine ever experienced. So extensive and general has become the shortage in the coal supply that industries are being crippled, manufac turing paralyzed, mines and smelters closed, the business of the farms and of the cities seriously retarded, and even life in the homes of the people is being threatened.. The coal producer and the transportation companies are totally unable to cope with the situa tion, although they are bending every energy to relieve the urgent necessity of the people. Famine Product of Greed. , .The shortage in coal partially the fruits of gred and monopoly grows daily and has become alarming. So inadequate is the present supply of coal to meet teh demand that in this city there is not a single coal firm which will guarantee the delivery ol a single ton of coal to the home of a consumer under 14 days. ' The business of this city and of every large , center, almost from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande, and from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast, is running on one or two days' coal supply. Should there come a bad storm in the mountains sufficient to,hinder further transporta tion of coal, the situation in almost the entire West would become dangerous. Both the transportation and the coal companies are bending every effort to relieve the situation. Their managers' insist that it is the wonderful and un precedented growth of the country which is causing the shortage. People Blame Monopoly. The people who are suffering and who are clamoring for coal insist that their sufferings are due -to the monopo listic grip which the Gould and the Harrlman systems have succeded in placing on the coal industry of Wyom ing, Utah, Colorado and other Western states. In proof of this contention, they point to the disclosures recently made at the investigation by the Inter state Commerce Commission. That body produced evidence to show that by a system of fraud the railroad companies have succeeded in seizing all of the valuable coal land along their rights of way and have prevented development in other fields by ex orbitant freight rates and by prevent ing independent capital from investing in coal ventures. The railroad companies insist that they are giving preference to coal ship ments and are sidetracking all traffic in favor of coal. The people who need coal Insist that the railroad companies are using their coal cars to transport ores and other products. Not Enough Cars to Haul Coal. Whatever the truth may be, there Is no denying the fact that the rail roads do not begin to have sufficient power and equipment to transport the coal that is mined. There is no doubt that they are doing all they can to re Rockefeller Returns Bis Powseaalons ft AMINE lieve the shortage, but there is also no doubt that the shortage is largely due to the methods -of monopoly. It is pointed out that, had there been fre and unrestricted development of coa properties, the coal production would have more nearly kept pace with the demand, and the transportation facili ties would have Increased more nearly in proportion to the increased coal de mand. Companies Which Have Monopoly. Under present conditions the Col orado Fuel & Iron Company practically has a monopoly, assisted in this con nection by secret freight rates of the coal carriers In Colorado and the states east to the Missouri River. ' In Wyoming the coal consumers are practically, at the mercy of the Union (Concluded on Page 5.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER . The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40 degrees; minimum, 33. TODAY'S Fair, easterly winds. National. Danger of war with Japan greater than ad mitted. Page 1. Senator Fulton proposes remedy for Japanese problem. Page 1. Fulton will Introduce Oregon bills on Mon day. Page 4. United State leads all countries In produc tion of precious meatls. Page 3. Politics. Old-line Democrats will boom Wood row Wilson for President. Page 1. Thirty states will declare for direct elec tion of Senators. Page 1. Beth Low- suspected ot ambition for Eena torshlp. Page 1. Domestic. Mob of masked men plunder anfi burr to bacco trust's plant In Kentucky. Page J.. Guggenhelms pocket big loss In abandoning mining deal. Page 18. - - . Young testifies against Shea in teamsters' conspiracy trial and is guarded against assassins. Page 1. Coal famine- due to monopoly of supply by railroads and allies. Page 1. Texas bandits hurl express messenger from train and loot car at their leisure. Page 8. St. Paul Railroad Increases capital for Pa cific extension. Page 2. Drug combine declared illegal trust by court. Page 5. Alleged revolutionists continue reign of bloodshed across Mexican border. Page 3. l'orelg-n. King Menelik of Abyssinia near death and war for succession will follow. Page 3. Universal suffrage bill passed in Austria. Page 2. Revolutionary agitation In Turkey. Page 8. Count Boni beats servant who refuses ad mission to former wife's house, Page 8. Russian famine grafter defiant; Gurko is removed. Page 6. Divorce suit among Scotch aristocracy. Page 4. Sports. . Pullman's claim to football championship not sound, says Referee in weekly re view. Page 39- ; - Burns should bsve been given decision over O'Brien at Los Angeles, says Will O. Mac Rae. Page 36. Portland Association Club defeeta team from vessels lr. port in game of "soeker" foot ball. Page 9. t Naval cadets win a decisive victory Vr West Koint warriors by score ot 10 to O. Page Si'. Cans ready to Sght Nelson again. Page 10. Pacific Coast. Billy Finnigan, a Ruef henchman, thorough ly cowed after examination before the grand Jury. Page 14. J. A. Falconer, of Snohomish, will probably be Speaker of the next Washington house. Page 15. Washington shingle mills will shut down from December 13 to February 18. Page 15. Aged woman makes scene at trial of Sid ney Sloane at Spokane. Page 15. Commercial and Marine Cars available for moving potato crop. Page S8. Heavy deliveries of December wheat at Chi cago. Page 33. Stocks dull, but resist depression. Page 38. New York banks still hold surplus reserve. Page 33. Merchants desire steamer for Honolulu be fore the holidays. Page 11. Steamship Yale Is launched. Page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Two masked highx.-aymen hold up Sunny side grocery store. Page 10. Orlando 8. Murray pleads not guilty to mur dering Lincoln C. Whitney, and trial Is set for December 10. Page 24. Frances Slosson, former ingenue of Baker Theater Ompany, was secretly married to Frankiyn Underwood In California last August, the day before she started for Portland. Page 10. Imposing gathering promised of representa tives of Oregon's commercial and indus trial interests at Eugene to protest against car shortage. Page 8. W. D. Fenton is elected president Pacific Coast branch of American Historical So ciety. Page 30. Mayor vetoes ' Portland General Electric Company's heating franchise ordinance. Page 33. Real estate dealers report many small sales. Page 16. Special Agent Myendorff returns from Salt Lake; picks flaws in Senator Warren's denial of coal land frauds. Page 10. Alaska Steamship Line assured is announce ment of Joint committee from commercial bodies. . J"age 8. Features and Department. Editorial. Page 6. Church announcements. Page 30. Classified advertisements. Pages 17-23. Peary's own story of his dash to "Farthest North." Page 43. Scenes in Portland harbor. Pages 41-42. Colossal blunders of some big men. Page 44. Hospital exclusively for animals. Page 49. Maud Muller, retold by George Ade. Page 46. Letters from the people. Page 48. Book reviews. Page 49. The John Dough mystery. Page 50. Ham Burr's grandma's play. Page 52. Social. Pages 26-27-29. Dramatic. Pages 34-35. Musical. Page 28. Household and Fasalona. Page 4T. Youth's department. Page 51. A SUNDAY MORNING DREAM '" to the People. The GUARD INFORMER FROM SLUGGERS Police Fear Attempt to Kill Young. FOR EXPOSING LABOR GRAFTERS Shea, Despot of- Teamsters, Glowers in Rage. STATE HAS FULL EVIDENCE Leaders of Chicago Unions Paid to - Order Great Teamsters' Strike. Proof . That Pickets Were Sluggers Hired by Shea. CHICAGO, Dee. 1. (Special.)-3uarded by detectives from assault by bands of union sluggers iwho have threatened his life, Albert Young, who turned state's evidence against Cornelius P. Shea, went to Judge Ball's court today to relate the Inner - workings of the great teamsters' strike of 1905. A plot to kill Young and the three com panions who confessed guilt with him had been reported to detectives of the State's Attorney's office and extraordinary pre cautions to guard the men were taken. Union leaders and "sluggers" who were hit in the confession made by Young to Assistant State's Attorney Holt are said to have made threats that Young would never tell his entire story on the witness stand: Consternation in Labor Ranks. Feeling against Young is Intensified be cause he had turned against some of the men whom he led In revolt against Shea. To guard against violence during the trial. Assistant State'.-Attorney Holt and George W. Miller have left their homes and taken quarters si a down-town hotel, where they will live under adequate pro tection during the trial. The discovery that the "time book," supposed to contain the names of pickets and the amounts paid to them, was In the state's possession, caused consterna tion in the ranks of the strikers. Knowing that the state would attempt to show that the ' pickets were in reality aired sluggers, the men concerned were fear ful of the result. A scurry to get under the protection of the law by turning state's evidence Is expected from some of the lesser lights of the big labor war. Shea Glowers With Rage. Bribery and graft were cited as the compelling cause of the great teamsters' strike by Young from the witness stand, tracing the comrades whom he deserted Friday by pleading guilty to the indict ments in which they are his co-defendants, he told in detail the story of events preceding the strike as It never had been told before, and as one who had been of the inner circle. Ae he progressed, Cor nelius P. Sffei glowered on him in help less rage, his face florid and his hands clenched- The other defendants, one of whom had summoned Shea from the cor ridor when Young began, listened with mingled interest and anxiety. Young's appeparance as the first wit ness for the prosecution was unexpected to all the accused, save those who pleaded guilty with him. The immediate plunge taken by Assistant State's Attorney Miller into the charges of bribery was a shock. The story long had been locked away. It "was believed securely. Young rehearsed it in response to questions from the state's representative without lapses of memory and with little hesitation. As audience he had, besides the other de fendants, the attorneys and officers of the court, a gathering representative ot various labor unions, which filled the courtroom. Broke Contract by Striking. Young detailed how the teamster offi cials had accepted bribes from the Gar mentworkers' Union to declare the strike against Montgomery Ward St Co., who with other firms had defeated the gar ment workers six months before. In or der to call the strike, the teamsters vio lated their own contracts. The rank and Clear - Store Masker Mashed. file did not want to strike, and the whole matter was engineered by the officers at secret meeetlngs. YOUNG DESCRIBES THE PLOT Garment-workers Paid Labor Leaders $1500 to Declare Strike. CHICAGO, Dec. 1. Sensational evi dence was given today In the trial of Cornelius P. Shea, president of the In ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters, for alleged conspiracy in the teamsters' strike of 1965. The first witness called by the state was Albert Young, the president of the United Teamsters of America, who yes terday entered a plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy made against him in connection with the- strike of 1905, and offered to turn state's evidence. According to the statements of Young on the stand, Robert Noren, business agent of the Garmentworkers' Union, provided a fund of $1530, which was divided between Shea and other labor leaders to induce them to call a Professor Wood row Wilson, President of Princeton University, Choice of -anti-Bryan Democrats for President of United State. strike of the teamsters for the purpose of aiding the garmentworkers of Mont gomery Ward & Co., who had been on strike for several months. Sleeting to Consider Strike. At the time of the payment of the money to Shea and others, Noren was, uncording to Young, treasurer of the Chicago Federation of Labor. Young testilled that he was residing in Joliet, earl;- in 105. but in the latter part of March of th.s year ae was- summoned to Chicago to confer with a number of labor leaders, -whom he met in the bricklayers' hall. "Who were present at that meet ing?" asked Assistant State's Attorney Miller. "Cornelius P. Shea; William Kelley. business agent of the Coal Teamsters' Union; Hugh McGee, president of the TruckJrivers' Union, and James Barry, business agent of the Express Wagon Drivers' Union, and Jeremiah McCar thy, business agent of the Truckdriv ers' Union." When asked If any others were pres ent. Young said: "Yes, Stephen Sumner, business agent of the Milkdrlvers' Union; Charles Dold, president of the Chicago Federa tion of Labor; Edward Nockles, a mem ber of the Chandelier Workers' Union, and a man named Hoppe, of the Cigar maKers' Union." The witness declared that Shea ad dressed the gathering, saying that if the Chicago Federation of Labor would raise the coin, be would furnish the men to aid the strike of the garment workers. He also declared that Noren addressed the meeting, saying that if the teamsters would engage in a sym pathetic strike the garmentworkers would win their fight. Paid to Order Strike. . Young declared that in the following month he attended a meeting in the Stock Exchange building, at which were present Barry, Shea, McGee, Mc Carthy, Noren and himself. "What took place at this meeting?" asked Mr. Miller. '- "Noren had $1500, which was accept ed by us. Shea said we should each give Noren 2) for his trouble. I un derstood that the money had been sup plied by the garmentworkers to call a strike of the teamsters." "Did you ' see the money paid by Noren?" "Yes." "What did you do with the money?" "I kept $300 for my personal use, ex cept $20, which I gave to Noren." "Did you see the others each hand Noren $20?" "Yes." "Was there any discussion while Noren was there as to what the money was to be used for?" The witness did not answer this question directly, but said: Ordered Strike to Make Good. "After Noren left, we went to Shea's hotel and to bis room. There I heard Shea say to Jeremiah McCarthy: 'We Concluded on Page 4.) No More Grafting. suelswlMBiHiMlWdf til 1:1 r.,r 'I, C?U '.. W1 A1T0 S T AG RADICAL LEADERS Old-Line Democrats Have New Candidate. CENTER ON W000R0W WILSON Secret Conference Plans to Launch Boom. DEFEAT BRYAN AND HEARST Thirty States Will Join In Confer ence on Direct Election of Sen ators and Are Sure of Win ning Two-Thirds. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 1. (Spe cial.) The New Haven Union, of which! Alexander Troup is editor and proprietor, tonight publishes an article purporting to give the details of a secret meeting re cently held in New York City by a num ber of leading Democrats of the country, called together for the purpose of side tracking any plans Bryan or Hearst may have for gaining the Presidency in 19ng and putting in nomination for President Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University. Troup has Just returned from a West ern trip, during which he spent a week at the home of Bryan in Lincoln. He) declares in his paper that among those who have been secretly planning Wood row Wilson's boom are: John P. Hopkins, ex-Mayor of Chicago; Roger C. Sullivan, Democratic National committeeman from Illinois; J. H. Eckr els, the Chicago banker and ex-Comptroller of the Currency; Charles S. Hamlin, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Carlisle; ex-Senator James Smith, of New Jersey; H. C. Frlck, of Pittsburg, and ex-Congressman Joseph J. Wlllett. of Ala-i bama. They have been conferring with the Parker-Belmont-Sheehan people in New York at the Metropolitan Club, bet ter known as the "Millionaires' Club." THIRTY STATES ARE IX LINE Conference at Dea Moines for Direct Senatorial Elections. DES MOINES, Dec. 1. (Special.) . The Governors of more than 30 states have accepted the invitation of Iowa to appoint delegates to attend a con ference in Des Moines next Wednesday to discuss ways and means to secure an amendment to the Federal consti tution giving the people the right to elect United States Senators by direct vote. New York and the New England states are not among those whose Gov ernors have said that they would ap point delegates. Governor Hlggins said that he had no statutory authority so to do. Governor Guild, of Massa chusetts pleaded a like disability. Other Governors interviewed advanced substantially the same reason. Governor Cummins and the Iowa Commissioners expect that more than 100 delegates will gather for the con ference. Each state was invited to appoint five delegates. Their expenses will be borne by themselves, as ths Iowa Legislature made no provision for paying the expenses for the con vention. It will be held in one of th assembly chambers at the capitoi, however, and either the Bar Assocla- tion or the Grant Club, of Des Moines, will entertain the visitors at a ban quet. Presumably all the delegates will be of a single mind in favor of the pop ular election of United States Sena tors. The discussion in the conference will be then as to the best method tfl( be pursued to achieve the desired con stitutional amendment- It has been) suggested that to call a constitutional convention might be dangerous. One called, its powers would not be lim ited. It might assail the constitution in many points relative to divorce, (Concluded on Page 2.) And Then He Woke up! i