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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1907)
It? - - I THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 7, 1907. UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS WHICH WILL CRUISE AROUND THE HORN AND MAP OF ROUTE There's T Genuine War Department Likely Dismiss the Charge of Misconduct. ' to NOTHING WRONG TUCKER INQUIRY STILL CONTINUES Jlajor West Pursues It In Portland and Inspector-General in Manila. Tucker Denies the Charges and Resents the Interference. WASHINGTON, July 6. (Special.) A preliminary report on the investiga tion of the charges preferred by his wife, daughter of the lata General John A. Logan, against Ueutenant Colonel William F. Tucker, Paymaster In the Army, Is favorable to the ac cused officer, and Indicates that, unless further Inquiries develop something to his discredit, he will not be court martialed. ' The conduct of Colonel Tucker at Portland, Or., and at San Francisco seems not to warrant the exercise of departmental discipline. Whatever at tentions he may have paid in this country to Mrs. Myrtle B. Piatt, an ex-Philippine schoolteacher, no evi dence has been discovered by the Inspector-General charged with the in vestigation, to show anything more than a friendly interest in the charm ing widow. Reports in circulation at the War Department assert that Mrs. Tucker, who inspired the Investigation, em ployed private detectives to ascertain the truth regarding her husband's de fection, but they were unable to ob tain any accurate information which could be used in legal proceedings against Colonel Tucker. The examination conducted by the War Department is not completed, and Major West is still making inquiries at, Portland and Ban Francisco. The report of the Inspector-General of the Philippines, who is inquiring into the conduct of Colonel Tucker at Manila, has not yet been received. Prelimi nary statements have been received from Major J. G. Galbraith. who ex amined Colonel Tucker in Chicago and made inquiries among persons in that city to whom he was referred, and from Major West. Colonel Tucker denied most emphat ically that he had acted improperly, insisting that had done nothing to be ashamed of, and that there was no rea son for departmental Interference in what, after all, was a family affair. ARMY NOT READY FOR WAR (Continued From First Page.) money been available for the beginning of the new fiscal year. Their supply of reserve naval guns and ammunition and of torpedoes is found to be much nearer the needs of the service than it has ever before been at this season of the year. The construction of guns for the new ships Is progressing and armament for the armored cruisers about to be turned over to the Government will be ready by the time the contractors have finished the hulls and fittings of the ships. Head way has also been made with the great guns for the two big 20.000-ton battle ships, although the contracts for these have not been signed. Orders for the forgings for these guns were placed two months ago with the Bethlehem, Mid .,vale and Carnegie Works, and some of the forgings have been delivered at the Washington Navy Yard. It is recalled that some curiosity was expressed a few months ago when it was announced that the Navy had adopted a new policy of building guns in the Army gun factories. That curiosity was not gratified, but it may develop as a fortunate circumstance that as a result the naval gun shops are not now m danger of being taxed beyond their capacity. Drydock on Puget Sound. Only routine expenditures for con struction and repair and on account ara and docks are being made on either the Atlantic or Pacific Coasts, according to officials nere, but as Sec retary Metcalf pointed out, one of the Items a drydock at Puget Sound, and it would not be surprising If a special effort were made to dredge out the channel at the Mare Island Navy-Yard, so as to make it accessible to the deep draft battleships. There Is a fine dry dock In the Mare Island Yard, which might as well ba in China, as far as the American Navy Is concerned, un less the channel ts dredged. Materials and Labor" Scarce. ' Last year the Navy Department found It Impossible to spend all of the money that Congress had appropriated for a machinery plant In the Bremer ' ton Navy-Yard. That u because ma terials and skilled labor were scarce. As this is the only dock on the Pacific Coast now ready to handle a big bat tleship, some special Inducements must be held out by the department to get trained navy-yard workers to make their homes in Bremerton, and it Is be lieved that steps have already been taken In this direction. Altogether, notwithstanding the ab sence of any presence of flurry or anxiety among the few officials who remain in Washington, it Is patent that much useful work- is being done In a quiet way to put the Navy and the Army coast defenses In as good con dition as the appropriation will per mit. COAL SUPPLY FOR WARSHIPS Government Must Ship Large Amount to Pacific Coast. WASHINGTON. July 6. The question of keeping on hand an adequate supply of coal to meet the needs of battleships of the Atlantic fleet that are to be sent to ths Pacific Coast is one that the Bu reau ot equipment will have to settle. Under ordinary conditions, the bureau has no difficulty In meeting all demands made upon It by the ships of the Pacific fleet, but to supply 16 large battleships and several cruisers In addition presents a new problem. Supplies of coal at San Francisco were- lessened considerably dur ing the past Winter by the demand upon the Navy Department Incident to the coal famine upon the Coast, the bureau of . equipment parting with a large amount It had on hand at cost price to public Institutions and to vessels carrying United States mails across the Pacific. There also were public demands for coal at the Puget Sound station which the Government supplied. When the present season open.jd contracts were let for fur nishing and transporting to the Coast 60,000 tons of coal, half of watch was In tended for Puget Sound and half for the Mare island Navy-Yard at San Fran- 'S.!t&&&iJst" "J I .s ..V.ss.. x. .a a !fcm&.r:-;-- A Br ; ' I T"'' -1 r " 'mt'' 11,1 " 1 "' ' ''f m"UpitSKStK1sss!sr.T.ff- 1 fS'V.'L 'ijvH'fffijyjniTlfTTB-""llllsllMIIIWill'llllllillH Ml I IHIIsllM ill kV - f"''i"'"',i'iillt'ILU '''''''' "p";";' '" : r , " C( J i v. '! ' " I s " " ' v ' tx $ fT v b,, . h, - . f v - - - -yi-Ji J x-s r1""""" M -VH MAINE fT' 1 ' 1 S J. l f -V ' . rfK'.y I W X . X . . II j cap a Cisco. But very little of this is on its way to the Coast. The department was badly handi capped by the requirement of law which) compels the shipment of coal In Ameri can bottoms when available. There were not enough American vessels to be had, however, and, taking advantage'of a pro vision of the revised statutes. Secretary Metcalf was compelled to resort to the use of foreign bottoms for Its shipments. Accordingly contracts were let and a por tion of the coal is now on its way to the Coast. The shipments are made by way of the Straits of Magellan, and five or six months are required to get the fuel to its destination. The few ships pro pelled by steam make the trip, however. In much quicker time. There will be a considerable delay, therefore, before the department has any more coal on hand from the Pacific Coast, as shipment by water Is relied upon entirely. The railroads will be called on In an emergency and the fuel can be landed upon the Coast In less than two weeks' time. For the purpose of having the coal available for the vessels going around Cape Horn, the Bureau of Equipment has. contracts with various Arms en route. The prices are fre quently high, running up to $16 & ton, but there is the satisfaction of know ing that with a contract in existence there is some assurance that the fuel will be on hand when called for. There are about 15 colliers now in the pos session of the Navy, a number suffi- j clent with the coal at ports at whici the ships can stop en route to coal Ithem until they reach Mare Island, At 1 - - ... , . . hi 1 1 1 i i k iiiiin. i ' .ufv'KAl X j;Ti;::.:s3f;:.:S'!s II Vj,:-VM.:Si:S.SS::.- Manila the Navy Department has on hand about 40,000 tons of coal, and 30, 000 tons additional under contract tor delivery there. The latter is for ship ment by way of Cape Horn, so that the expense incidental to passing through the Suez Canal may be saved. NO WAR TALK AMOXfc JAPANESE Movement of the Fleet Regarded as Naval Maneuver. The local Japanese attach no serious significance to the transfer of a fleet of IS United States battleships from the At lantic to the Pacific Coast. The Idea that It might be an Indication of a warlike attitude toward Japan was ridiculed yes terday by T. Alba, the Japanese consul and 3. Ban, proprietor of the local Jap anese paper and bead of several enter prises. "It is of no political consequence." said Mr. Alba, "I consider it merely a naval maneuver-rpractice for the ships. There Is no feeling of uneasiness among the Japanese In Portland. The war talk Is all In the newspapers. There have been a dozen of my countrymen at the con sulate today, and not one of them has mentioned the fleet, so you see how little they think of U- War between America and Japan Is alt foolish talk. The Japanese in Oregon have no com plaints whatever. The treatment they have received has been more than satis factory." Mr. Ban stated that a translation of the article In the The Oregonlan, an i x;.: X nouncing the naval programme, had been printed In the Japanese paper, but that no comment concerning It bad been made. He did not believe the matter had the slightest bearing on the dis turbances growing out of the unsettled state of affairs in San Francisco. t Thinks Americans Are Afraid. TOKIO, July 7. The Nichi Niehl will say tomorrow: "The American feeling toward Japanese appears to have reached almost a hys terical stage in their apprehension that the resolution adopted by the Japanese Chambers of Commerce is an Intention to boycott American goods. An explanation of such an attitude may be sought in their own fear regarding the final outcome of the San Francisco affair. The solution of the question without leaving the least difference between the two countries Is a pressing necessity." Conversations with those whose opin ions are worth attention follow exactly in the same line. ' St. Louis Sails for Montevideo. RIO JANEIRO, July 6. The Ameri can cruiser St. Louis left here yester day evening for Montevideo. Fools to Make Japan Ally. LONDON, July 6. Dispatches from Co penhagen state that the Kaiser, who is visiting there, spoke sharply of Japan when that .nation was mentioned in his presence. He earnestly declared, it is I I 1 t,',. x -r - -T . -.!,x f , - , , t,,-- n .'Vx 1 '5Ai:(iVvi:'tv-',V-w. -BB a.W'wu ,;wMiw iLiwarmnj.i .nil pm mni mm i mi .ym.ii u ' lilpilllill ;:'x.-V ; :::!- said, that the greatest mistake ever made by the white man was the Anglo-Japanese alliance. He said that Europeans were acting most foolishly In allowing a yellow race to copy all their methods and learn all their secrets." EDDY CASE NEARS END Christian Science Founder's Mind to Be Investigated. CONCORD, N. H.. July . Dr. George F. Jelly, of Boston, a specialist in men tal diseases, and Dr. G. A. Blumer, of Providence, R. L, were today appointed co-Masters with Judge Edgar Aldrich. of Littleton, N. M., to determine the competency of Mrs. Baker G. Eddy, the founder and head of the Christian Science faith, to transact business and care for her own Interests. The apointment of the two co Masters was made at the request of Judge Aldrich, who stated that be hesi tated about accepting the sole responsi bility, owing to the delicacy and sensi tiveness of the situation and In view of the general publlo Interest In' the questions. ' Itaka Threatens Coffee Crop. RIO JMEIRO, July 6. The coffee crop In the pj-ovlnce of St. Paul is threatened by heavy rain. -r x . ' - S3 I UIORE STRIKE TALK Chicago Telegraphers Clamor for Decisive Measures. FINAL ACTION IS DELAYED Crisis Will Be Reacbed at Meeting Today When International Ei . ecutive Board Expects to .Postpone the Walkout. CHICAGO. July 6. (Special) A crisis in the affairs of the Commercial Tleg raphers' Union will be reached tomor row, when members of the International Executive Board of Organisation will at tempt to prevent a strike of the key operators in Chicago for the time being at least. A decided difference of opinion regard ing a conflict here developed today be tween the International officials and members of the executive board of thai Chicago union. The international exe cutive board members declared that In the view of the efforts now being made by United States Commissioner of Labor Keill to establish a peace basis. It would be unwise at this time to jeopardize chances for obtaining a satisfactory set tlement with the Western Union Tele graph Company by declaring war against It. On the other hand, members of the executive board of the local union as serted that matters had reached a stage where the union operators were clamor ing for action, and that a decisive step should be taken. Th local exeuctlve board and the xk . : ? , ' grievance committee of the Western Union operators held a joint meeting during the day, and strike talk was prev alent. A report of the trend of the opin ion at the meeting reacbed the inter national executive board members, and they hastened from a conference with Commissioner Neill to the building. Their arguments aided In delaying final action on tne strike proposition by the qOMETHlfoGniFFEKENT Can always be found at this store. "We try to avoid the old, beaten paths and are continually showing new designs and odd conceits something to interest lovers of the beau tiful and artistic. That is why buying is made so easy at this establishment. Whether it is Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass, Art Ware, Watches, Clocks, Lamps, Opera Glasses o any of the other lines we carry, you will always find something different to what you have seen elsewhere. Jewelers, Opticians and Diamond Importers. Corner of Third and Washington Sts. Portland, Or. 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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6. Despite ex pectations to the contrary it is not likely that sentence will be pronounced upon Mayor Schmltz by Judge Dunne next Monday. There is excellent authority for the statement that the prosecution Is ready to proceed at once with the prosecution ot the Mayor on the other four charges of extortion that He against him. and that it is desired to have sub sequent sentences assuming further con vlctions run consecutively Instead of con currently. It Is understood that if this announce ment is made by the District Attorney, the court will withhold sentence on the present conviction and will set the next of the extortion cases for immediate trial. Halsey's Case Again Delayed. SAN .' FRANCISCO, July 6. The case SKalnst T. V. Halsey. agent for the Pa cific States Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, who was indicted for the bribery of Supervisors, was continued until Monday when called before Judge Dunne. 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