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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1908)
ijrcTnE THF tifFFKI .nBESI0Hg, IV .nil m . ill HOPELE88 SPLIT. ii lQ a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Our OPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS r iU. t oa Imnnritnt hut I a Reiumo 01 i " Loos Inioroimj5 ,f tho Past Wook. Not Anna GotiM hiifl sailed for Europe. Many Changes in Drltlih Cnblnot roiiow as Result. London, April 7.-Great Britain la inapooullnr position, bolm, ,i(i...i olthor premier or mining. Tho long expected resignation of SJr Henry Catnpboll-IJnnnorman, tho prime mln Inter, was ofllulullv df.y night. Accord!,, 7, .7T f culnr, ho ran fined on tho urgent recom. mendntion of hla tiimiui ..?.,., ' oco" mi tho constitution provides no auto! ouwioBur, u routing with tho king to choose a now head of tho Kcvorn ment, and In nocordanoo with tho cub- S "di?rt!,-t' .t,, "h' blnot Vi . T tn oo taken nut 1 PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF WMhlnutfii. , CttrryinK nn appropriation of almost nonL 3" I l1 ...T, dvo, of $100,000,000, waa passed by tho senate iiBliailr nL . "ourorouay. wxiay practically as lopofted from tho a Z ?f ln.!?.t n n,aWo rolku 8 and cornmlttoo on mlltlary afTuira. The narllu n7,n 7 " """" on l"osiionB ol only amendment adopted carried an ap- Se tZtl d Jlir! 'Cr0 . aV " P'PrIt,0n of 1X0,000 for a system of oVZ lT tdl"t entirely to water work for Fort William Henry llr n 111 Ti ni , "aVfl'. aPProiirln- Harrison, Montana. The bill material. noli i 4-nm 0M' 01 ly lnor0l,H3 to Pay of officers and cn mils, and PudgoU, of TenncHHco. of tho Hated men. yiiimiueo on naval nffn rH. m.!. year. Tho fortifications bill, reported to tho aenato today, carilea Senator Anknnv'n umuiiumoni, increasing tlio appropria- uon lor fortifications on Paget sound fl.UUUUUO. AB tho h nnl.o.l tUo. nouse, it appropriated $747,000 for this woric. ine appropriation Is nnfc Tho poaltion of tho country In quite . ,Wfl8,''"Kton, April 9. Tho bill re- h"1 The sonato today paBaod An iprecodontcd, thoro being no nrovloua 1 to .. 0 ,,nbHty of common car- ony'a bill, appropriating 1220.000 for Haustivo Hpooohea luntlfvlnf M... ,.ni,. of tho committee in reporting what Herbert If. AB, ' . " "7,"" " " . r ;u as a conservative . V" .VV.' ""' oi uio . avai program for tho next fiscal 6.000 acres of hops have been ,,,,, !!-.. L, rf up in KniclMd. king. own ,no Thurscfay, April 0. I e..,.1 Mexican towna havo boen ft OT .. e . i AAiiiiiin uii. uurrmHH ninii. imava 6 ,, r. AnlrahcarinK HantaFo 0MmP' change oecurrinK in tho ' by ,a,lroa,,,. Ieed In tho houao " PnWIo building at Walla Walla. &ZJlMmiZ Vir P 'overeifn waa SL'W"1. on APr" to- kBiCiam - auroad. un Uila uexsount tlm u"' oy mo lloi. proceduro to bo followed la In aomo A now copyright tronty haa been on- doubt. M Into by the United Htatea and Hlr Honry'a condition retnaina tin- eiico. "Kyw, noconiing to tho phyaiolana' u.iiunn. xno kingpin telegraphing lirlhiln, ia growing l'wncB oi uio promler'a roHlgna- nn (txpremion of hla ro- lst wlahoa for ,remlerof Gn-ftt er- luret and cHt'om. with The rortOKiicBo pronuor naa oncrca hii Jlonry'n rocovcry. It resignation, uui nm hub 'med it. JlliHchiiiottH UepubliainH havo Itcted nnliiBtrticted dolegatea to tho tional convention. Riv-sevelt may eond a apeclal mea- ce to conurcfa on tlio question of tho v i . ... i. ..11. aonate wlUmut amendment and without diviaion. ino eaniUo bill on tho Hmn militont ion nun uoniineu to rallrnai a. I.nf nn ereu un lorma of common carriora. mil Z "uuo. "" "'Hrea no Wolllver, of Iowa, who Im.l rnn,f,i it V?"" VWb onl? no. 'y transaction of i t . ,wi n in nnna. 'hi hn i irom me cornmltteo on oiliiMtlnn n,1 " . "HPeuB,0 ay, labor, aonght to aubatituto it for the E!!1,. mpor?.ufc.. bi,,B . wcre Pu u; UIIHIIIIIIUUH VOIO Waahlneton. Anrll Ing roll call on the annrnvnl nf u,.i journal and on adlournmont. tho Dnm. ocrrata of tho houHn tolnv iioiiBo mil, but liia mnntlon waa do niited. NnmeroiiB nmr nrlmcnlu wnm oiiorou, nut all were voted down. FLEET ASSURES PEACE. tauibtr of battleahipM to bo built. IGfrman building tradoa omployera vt dieagrml with thoir workmen and 1.000 ol the latter aro out oi work. ChiMp) has juet receivea 8G3,340 i ii ibfcro of the net carnlnga ot Uio Evans 8aya Voyage to Pacific Waa Woll Timed. Han Franoleco. Anrll 7 Ami.i Itobloy I). Evana, In an Interview printed In tho Chronlole today, raid: "Tho greater interest of Mia T7nli irr at. vvaanington, April Throo tlrnea louay in tlio houao tho democrats caugnt uio Jtepubllenna nappltgand lurceu mom to prouueo a qourum. On one other oceaaion a voto by toller dii clou'd tho absence of a quorum, but tspoakor Cannon peremptorily applied tho Heed rule and aecured a quorum to uu nreaent. in (in! no nn Honnnn hn.l HLatwi tmlnv I. i t in , T . i"""1- uoing bo uannon nad LmftL'flJ with William,. coming of tho licet to thia coaat Ima not only demonstrated to the world that wo havo 10 battlcahina whfoh rn Railway cornpanlea for tho paat ZMl' ft', 0rn.80.nV " w mwviu. lUfc lb IJUI1 CBIIM1 IMA atieniion oi tlio (Clerki and other ofliciala in tho var us government departments at Waah- no, D. 0., have boon warnou not to ux in poiiuca. iThe Amerloan government la not hi; to Intcrveno In Hayti. phe Republican National convention 111 hare two Taft delegates from New poonio oi our own country to tho fact that we have a Pa cific coaat aa woll as an Atlantio coast, and that it will bo defonded juat aa much aa every Inch of land around Now York, and that our Interests in tho Pa cific today are greater than in tho At lantlo. "This Is tho short road to the nntin. triea of the Far Kait, whore the greatest floiwitiialandlng repeated roll cilia. progress waa mado in tho transaction of punilo buaineaa. Uoth tho army and loruxicauona Dills were aont to con. loronco; tho aonate bill to increaae the offie'ency of the revenue cutter aervice waa, with Democratic help, paased, and mo dim to promote tlio aafe tranaporta tion of interstate commerce expoaiva waa conaldered. It will be finally dla posod of tomorrow. ' commercial development fa to bo. With bnother record broaklng year for development will oomo walr, but it will Ini-AtUntlc pneaenger buaineas is In bo B commercial war, fought with orains anu tioilars and not with 10-inch guna. It will be genoraled by audi men aa Hnrrlman, and tho part of tho navy is only to bo always ready. Wo do not plan nor fight commercial battles. TI .!.... .u- . buiiiiiiK ui mo ijeoi was moat opportunely timed by tho prosident, and Its arrival In tho Pacific haa reault ed In tho prcaont aaauranco of peace. Not that I over believed that there waa any actual danger of war. Tho people of both countrlea realized too woll what a droadful calamity audi a war would havo been." Iht D Elirriman haa aecurod control of the He rilloard, giving him an ocean-to-kn line. the Olive Street bank. fit. Louis. ing a capital of f 100,000 and do itt ol (350,000, haa been cloaod. i Chicago grand Jury Is inquiring 5 charges against doctors and law I of working up fako damiigo aulta ptt the city. he Navy department says at least WWMoseeU will vialt Portland ing the roao carnival and a battle- will bo included. be o! the larKeat gniln firms in don la in trouble from over-spronla- IU liabilities will exceed its aa by nearly 1600,000. fce American consulate at .Mukden been Invaded by Japuneeo and a pe servant assaulted. No udoIokv offered and an inquiry la tc POLICY 18 CHANGED. been Bade. I' 'dpeartinoijt is considering p'u"iiincni on tlio Atlantio and Pc coa-ta ol homo bases for tho inhere tho on listed men will bo law an onrvirl own homeH untl u)m I'll at regular lulorvals. BafinnM ... i mi . looKOd upon there F&uCn 10 1 not mn,ry rral BFn!fltrco I " had rncelvml lhn PSonth Dakota Iti.nnlillr.. on elected Talt dulegutea. IMinneaota Taft has carried all but oontiei and thoao aro for U Fol- I'ew York erand lafllcient evidence to Ind lot the Ice (Li. i bW.J. B'ranKlng with tho homo r--' io atop immigration of mi n..,l .... bi in i r . u,1BBlft 8 Kheino tQ P'ln Maccdon a tfi timi- llral WW. r.vnil In i,, I i I """",u l join tlie lieot at Cflinln I) , .. IlMin i i ' ,un,1H ''vo elected m u HUM' I II t ru l 11... Ition. doWatoH to the national En' no chango in tho Vonexuolan The ornlBor Tucoma is at BE "'Ami III1I17 Inn. M t Ned nn t ' ii M 00"ntie8 l Zn.ho 'lor (jucallon do- I --"...mo aaioona. 3ntli Datnt.. i oiectoi DnniAninlln A ''vnrl8ntf1,,Ht n,,(1 tho U1 voto for no one niMn." and Plletttl o ono oIbo. hnttlnahip i LTUJB0. -7"""' IH HOVurnlwnrlU--.! t. P'8 living 'hhJoS il many now rocorda 1 e.porta phw la.l. . 7 nabay, ho tMeahlpa floot at H Gould la ,,, ... ... Japan Much Influenced by Coming of American Fleet. Tokio, April 7. A few days ago Count Okmna recclvod a deputation from tho Japancso reaidenU of Haora mento, Cal., and from tho Japanoao newspnper men of San Francisco, who wished to eollolt his viows on tho emi gration problem. The count is report ed by the vernacular papers to havo said that it waa vory difficult to find out wherein lay tho object of tho dis patch of tho American battleship squadron to the Panlflo at this timo. A good deal haa been mado of tho move ment by the European proas and it was looked upon there aa an occurrence of Japan, howovcr, had receivod tho nasurunro of tho Unitod Btatoa government that it waa not intended as a monaco to Japan, but waa merely undertaken for tho pur poso'of training ofllcora and men. Novortheleea, whatever tho real ob ject cf tho movemont might ho, It waa indisputable that Japan's emigration policy had been considerably affected thorohy and It was not easy to sever on- tlroly tho dispatch of the fleet from tho policy Japan had lately pursued toward tho United States in thla connection. Wednesday, April 8. Washington, April 8.--The naval ar- . t t itai . prupriawon uui, autnorlElng tho con atrnctlon of two instead of four battle ahlpa, and eight Instead of four eubma. rine torpedo boata, and carrying a total appropriation of $103,807,518 for the naval aervice for the fiscal year ending Juno 30. 1901, waa reported to tho Iiouso today by Chairman Foss of the committee on naval affairs. Tho bill carries an item of $1,000,. 000 toward the construction of the sub marine torpedo boata and an item of $445,000 toward tho construction of aub-surfaco torpedo boata. Provision is mado for the enlistment of 0,000 men to man the following ehipa, which aro to bo put in commission within the next few months: Tho California. Mississippi, Idaho, Now Hampshire, South Dakota, North Carolina, Mon lana, Cheater, Birmingham and Salem; and for 1,500 men required to man tor pedo boats not now in commission. Itepresontativo Hobaon, of Alabama, submitted a minority report lecorn mundlug that provision be made in the bill for four first-clasa battleehips in stead of two. Collect Money by Autos. Ban Franolsco, April 7. With n "flying sqnndron" of ten big automo biles pressed Into service lor the occa sion and a corps of voluuteorcolllectora, extraordinary efforts will bo mado by tho fleet cornmltteo to bring tho total of tho fleot fund to $70,000, and to coaso work in thnt connection by Wodnesday. Iloforo tho collectors wind up their efforts Tuesday night they will visit 2,300 saloons and GOO restaurants with in tho boundary of tho city and expect child-labor provision nppllcablo to tho Tuesday, April 7. Washington, April 7. Tho senate today adjourned until Thursday, and on that day will tako anothor adjournment until Monday of next week. TIub pro gram was arranged today by tho Re publicau leadors bocauso no now meas ures now on the calendar aro likoly to bo enacted this seraion. Tho unfinished lniEino.su is a bill by Gamble to regulate tho sottlemont of the accounts betwuen tho United States and the several states relative to the disposition of publla land. It la understood that this bill will not bo passed at this session, and that tho other land bills, such aa tho ono to provide an enlarged homestead, will also go ovor until noxt session at least. Expectations aro that there will bo little legislation except tlio appropria tion bills, and it is not impossible that congress will bo ready to adjourn some time between May 15 and May 30. Washington, April 7. Tho wholo of the seueion of tho houso today was de voted to tho consideration of tho Dis trict of Columbia appropriation bill. Two amendments of more or less na tional interest were adopted, one pro viding for 75-cent gaa for all district establishments and tho other requiring that all outside doors to public build ing should open outward and that new buildings shall havo four exits. An effort to secure tho incorporation of a Among these was tho Sterling emDlov ors' liability bill, only ono voto being iccurucu against it. that of I. tt fin i of Maine, and tho bill eatabliBhinv a uuvui siiuion at reari Harbor. Iiawn! anu apnronriatintr z05O.onn far th purpose, against which Sherwnod. nf unto, stood alone. At 6:10 p. m. tho house took a recess until 11:J0 o'clock tomorrow morning Saturday, April 4. Washington, April 4. Tho armv an. ... ..l.il Itn r yiujjriniiuu diii waa completed bv the senate committee on military affaira today and will bo reported to tho Ben- ale on Monday. It will carry about $10,000,000 moro than waa nrovided in too bin as it passed the house, making a unai oi approximately $100,000,000 An item of about $7,000,000 wn in. eluded to lncreaso the pay of the army, iuvvuuu cuiier service ana marine corps, but oxoiuding enlisted men of tho navy, In accordance with tho nro- viaion of the bill which waa pasBed by iuu senate. Washington, April 4 By adopting a sweeping cloture rulo In the honae today, tho Republicana left to the Dem ocrata very limited powers. No longer can a filibuster bo conducted against sonainK to conierence bills with senate amendments; no longer can a motion to close 'debate be amended or discuss- od, and no longer can a motion to ad journ tako precedence over a motion to take a recess. Wllliaroa forced a rollcall on the ad option of the rule, and it waa adopted, 138 to 110. Consideration of the District of Co. lumbia appropriation bill was then re- snmed, but only after anotnor rollcall. Mexico la Angry. Washington.Aprll 7 While the ofli cial relations between the United StateB and .Moxico were never more cordial than now, and while there is nothing in the material interests or desires of either ropublio which conllicta in tho slightest degree with tho others, offl cials of tho American State department navo bosome suddenly aware of the ex latence and rapid growth of a public sentiment in Mexico ol distrust and suspicion of Americans and the Amerl can's intentions respecting Mexican ter ritory. This condition ia made more exasperating but none the leas harmless and embarrassing from the fact that it ia entirely groundless In fact, and the officials declare has for its basis nothing unt irresponsible newspaper gossip and cruioism. Intoratate Commission Cannot Agree on Spokano Rate Case. Wafhlngton. April 0.- After havlrur the Spokano rate case under consider- uon lor moro than one year, tho Inter state Commerce commission la appar ently hopelessly divided regarding tho decision which should bo rendered. The case is tho moit Important upon tho dockota of the commission, and up on it hinges tho entire ratoJabrlc of tho T. ti l ft i . unitcu mates. If tho'ccmmiBfllonfBhonld decide with wio snippers ol Spokane, tho theorv up on which tho railroads have made ratea from tho earliest days will be upset and paat decisions on tho short,, and Jong naui-ciauEe ol thu commorce act will be moro or leaH nullified. On the other hand, if the commission refuees tc dis turb tho preEent adjustment, a long step toward establishing the justice of tho ratemaking methoda of the railroads will have been taken. Recognizing the import of the case, the commission went into a most careful and elaborate invea tlgation and hearing of all the facta and listened to arguments from a large number of the businees, railroad and commercial lawyers In tho Weat. Hince tho arguments were heard the commission haa had numerous confer ences regard ng a deci8lon, and it de velops that thoro aro at least three dif ferent views which thus far have proved irreconcilable. Tho commiesion haa struggled in vain to get a major ty re port and apprarently ia in a deadlock. The case ia one which had been both ering tho railroads in tho Northwest for years prior to the commission's being given greater powers. Owing to water competition, according to the railroads, tho rates to Spokane from the .Eastern seaboard aro the ratea to the Pacific coaat, plus the local rates from tho Pa cific coast back to Spokane. The latter city insists that this Is unfair. PAINT AND POLISH Jackles Preparing Atlantic Fleet for Grand Parade. INSPECTION IS MADE BY DIVERS Find Bottoms of Many Ships Nearly Aa Clean Aa When They Left Hampton Roads. f FIGHT FOR 8ALT BEDS. Deposits of Enormous Value Discov ered in Utah. Washington, April 6. Title to lands in the state of Utah containing salt de- pOBlta of an extent and purity hitherto not only unknown, but undreamed of, s involved in a sensational contest now being fought out in this city. About 38,000 acres of lands lying alone the western border of Utah have been dis covered to be overtopped with salt, and an attempt is being mado to acquire Magdalena, Bay, April 7. (Via San Diego) The work of preparing for tho California reception, now but ten davB distant, ia already in progress among the battleships of the Atlantic fleet. Every ahlp not engaged 'In coaling or working on the torpedo range is udereo- ing a thorough scrubbing, scraping and painting from the water lino to tho maBtheada. Every Inch of the surface of the ships will be Kone over and cleaned and polished. Divers have been sent over the side of each shin and havo made thorough Inspections of the bottoms. Many of tho vessels aro nearly as clean as when they left Hampton RoadB, according to the reports of tho divers. The long timo spent at anchor age lnthe bay has done more to foul the bottoms than the trip around the Horn. The work of coaling for the final leg of the long voyage is being pushed with all speed. Last night the crew of the Maine worked all night taking coal from a collier alongside and stowing it away in the bunkers. Admiral Thomas has issued a tenta tive program for the fleet for the dates April 11 to April 19, which includes the departure of the fleet from Magda lena at same hour not yet fixed on April 11 and its arrival at San Diego at 1 p. m. April 14. The urogram quotes from the official program of the reception committee in San Diego, giv ing the details for the four days the ehipa will bo in port there. Admiral Thomas has also issued a lengthy detailed order, on the forma tion of a brigade of sailors and marines, for parade duty in San Diego, 8an Franclrco and other cities, it provides for the formation of a fleet naval brig- them by the filing of placer mining ade of more thaui 5,000 men. Ihe total clalmB on tho part of individuals. The is made of 64 companies of blue Jackets. ...... i .i. i j i ..... . . vauia ui uie iuiiuh was toaay estimated by one of the claimants at $00,000,000 Deposited by nature on the lands over which the contest is being made is four from each ship, and 16 companies oi marines or one from each ship. a bed of pure salt, which in some places lies to a depth, of six feet. Thia salt is of so fine a quality that it has been i 1 . .. w. juuiiu unnecessary to renne it. it can be marketed direct from the deposit and testH have shown It to be 98 per cent pure 8TREET3 RUN BLOOD. Seven Are Killed and IOO Wounded In Lisbon Election Riots. Lisbon, April 7. Seven persons were shot to death and 10(1 nthnra trnnndn1 Elaborate preparations 'have by soldiers last evening, after the vot- I 11. 1 I f . 1 . i inn .' n 4-V. 1 1 : 1 itf i . 1 1 Ridder Sure of Victory. Washington, April 9. Herman Rid- dor, of the New York Staata Zeitunc. who represents the Newspaper Publish ers' association in their demand for free wood pulp, so aa to reduce tho nrice of white papr, eatd today, after confer ring-with I'residont Roosevelt, that he waa sanguine congross would not ad journ without passing suoh a mersure. iur. niuder sflid he had the written pledges of (18 Republican mombers of tho houso, which, added to the Demo cratic vote, makes a large majority. Mr. Rlddor doclarea that tho ways and means committee of tho house is re sponsible for not reporting a bill. tho to Bocuro pledges of 000 and $20,000. Stolon Bust Is Found. Romo, April 7. After a diligent search tho polioo hnvn found the bronze bust of Popo Clement VIII, which waa stolon from tho Villa Ahlobraiulini. Tho th loves gained ncccsa to tho villa by breaking open n window. Tho bust, which wolghs fully C00 pounds, was found buried nbout half a milo from tho villa. It was tho'ovldcnt intention of tlio thieves to keop it conoealod until an opportunity should boaffordod to ship it abroad. Transport Sherman 8alls. Pan Frnnoiaco, April 7.Tho trans port Shorman will Bail at noon tomor row for Manila with a largo nutnuor of first) olasa nasaonKors besldos 100 enlisted mon of tho Twonty-llfth coast between $15,-1 district failod. The bill, which appro I pi lutes $0,561,450, was passed and thereupon the house, out of respect to tho memory of the lato Representative Abraham L Brick, of Indiana, took a rcccBs until 11:30 o'clock tomorrow, be ing still on tho logiulative day of Monday. Sioux Want Reservations Opened. Washington, April 8. A delegation of Sioux Indians from tho Oheyonno and Standing Rook reservations, who favor oponing at least half of those res ervations to settlement, called upon tho prosldont today with Commissioner I.oupp, of tho bureau of Indian affaire. The president chatted with them a short timo. If Uio plan for opening n I ii, iVnnln.nilli itnaak . MinuA rnanrvnr.lniiH Hlinnlil hpnnmn n aitlllory, and 180 reorultB for tho troops law, about 3,200,000 aorea would bo- n the Philippines, loome open to not worn. Monday, April 0 Washington, April 0. Tho army bill, Leoch Is Public Printer. Washington, April 7. John S. Loeoh, of Illinois, now public printer In the Philippines, was today appoint ed public printer. Mr. Leech is a legal resident of Bloomington, 111., although he eorved respectively as compositor, proof roaders and foroman in the gov ernment printing oflico horo from 1880 to 1001, at which time ho was Boleoted as public prlntor for tho Philippines. He has mado for himeolf a most envia bio record as an administrative ofllcor thoro, according to reports in tho nos- session of tho insular bureau. Denies Ill-treating Indians. Washington, April 0. Major Rey nolds, government agent on tho Crow Indian reservation In Montana, today testified boforo tho senate commlttoo on Indian affairs, donylng tlio charges mado by Mrs. Helon Pierco Gray, of 111 treatment ol the Indiana, no pro ducod a largo amount of documentary evldonoe takon from tho files of tho Indian oflico, In dofonae of hla conduct in various matters of which Mrs. Grey complalnod. been made for the control of the land ,nB in the electiona in this city bad by individuals, who have thus far kept elided. Ihe rioting was widespread and .1.- j: r i . , ... i L. . i t . i uiBcuvery oi tne deposit out ot the u'-u lu cuniuaion during tne vio lent conflict between the populace and the municipal government that the guardsmen, mistaking the infantry who had been called out for rioters, fired a volley into their ranks, seriously wounding three of the soldiers. The night was one of terror for Lis bon, which seemed suddenly aflame with revolt. Bands of men ran wildly through the streets, brandishing weap ons, while the sharp crack of rifles waa heard in various sections. Lisbon remains practically an armed camp. Large numbers have been ar rested. The people are now in a state of feverish unrest and it Is feared there may be a recurrence of the bloodshed. the newspapers. rur iwo or inree montns they were successful, but now the state of Utah has awakened to the vast possibilities of this salt deposit and the aid of the senate of the United States and the president has been invoked in aa effort to retain the product, which tho com monwealth claims under a section of the enabling act making it a slate. 80ON DECIDE LUMBER RATE8 Then Commission Will Act on Open ing Portland Gateway. Washington, April 6. The Portland gateway case, which was argued last fall and which Involves the shipment of lumber eastward from Paget sound via Portland, will not be decided until the Interstate Commerce commiesion has rendered an opinion on tho lumber rate caBes which were recently argued nero. tne commission will this week hold its first conference on tho lumber rate case and its decision in that case may not be forthcoming for manv weeks, though there Is a disposition to sottie this question with as much ex pedition as possible, as it involves the lumber industry of the entire North- west. WOMEN CARRY ON WORK. Increases Fire Hazard. San Francisco, April 6. The present unsatisfactory condition of San Fran cisco's water Bupply. especially from the point of view of protection against fire hazard, was forcibly outlined in a communication sent to the board of supervisors today by the board of fire underwriters of the Pacific The report sets forth that the water system of the city is a gravity system, with "pres sures not standard," and savs that the distributing reservoirs and tanks within the city "do not contain five days' supply." Ford Trial Sot. San Francisco, April 6. Judge Law- or indicated this morning thnt he would place Tlrey L. Ford, general counsel of the Unitod railroads, on trial for tho bribery of Supervisor Coleman next Wednesday, If he denied the de fendant's motion for a change of vonuo whon Ford's attorneys filed their reply affidavits tomorrow. Assistant District Attorney John O'Gara today filed his affidavit in reply to that of Tlrey L. Ford. Police Assist Burglar. Philadelphia, April 0 An amassing story of alleged diBhonesty in the police department of thla city was (old today by Harry Rothenberger, aged 19 years, who was arrested charged with larceny. The youth mado a confession, in which he Bays ho wpb aided and abetted In a number of burglaries In the wholerale district of tho city by four policemen. Chinese Boycott Against Japanese Goods Spreading Rapidly. O.nton, April 7. The boycott against the Japanese arising out of the trouble between Japan and China over the seizure and subsequent release of the Tateu Maru, is spreading rapidly. Mass meetings havo been held with the object of impressing upon the Chi nese the necessity of making the boy cott of Japanese products and manufac tures as far reaching ns possible. Despite a torrential rain today more than 1,000 women dressed In white as an emblem of mourning attended a meeting held for this purpose. Trophy for Best Record. Seattle, April 7. A special to tho Times from Spokane, eays that when the Atlantio fleet reaches Seattle next month, the battleship or first class cruiser which made the highest score at the recent target practice in Magdalena bay will be awarded a solid silver tro phy, valued at $1,600, proeented by tho people of Spokane. The cup is to be competed lor annually by battleships and cruisers of the first class of tho en tire American navy. Secretary Metcalf announced that the trophy would be acceptable. Nebraska Returns Blow. Lincold, Neb., April 7. Insurance Auditor Pierco today decided to notify agents of companies organized under the laws of California that they must coaso doing business in Nebraska. This action followed a refusal of Commis sioner Wolf, of California, to admit Nebraska companies. The action of Insurance Auditor Pierco affects tho Firomen's Fund, of San FranoiEco; the Home Fire & Marino, of San Francisco, and the Paoifio Mutual, of Los Angeles. Four Big Colliers Arrive. San.Franoisco, April 7. Since Satnr. day four British colliers, carrying 25, 000 tons of coal for tho big floet of 18 battleehips from tho Atlantio, havo ar rived at this port and are now moored in the stream. n v V ft XL' . V