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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 7, 1907.
UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS WHICH WILL CRUISE AROUND THE HORN AND MAP OF ROUTE
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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DELAY SCHMITZ' SENTENCE
Prosecution Wants to Try Other Ex
tortion Cases First.
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. It was
upon a motion to dismiss the Indictment,
but Judge Dunne said that on account of
having been on vacation he had not had
an opportunity to read the transcript of
testimony.
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