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UUtMtWrULL AttOOIATID COV THI MOKNINa riILD ON Tell LOWIft COLUMBIA! VOLUME LXI NO. 14.1 "TOBM. OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1906 PRICE nVE CENTS ROOSEVELT hue fflffl President Roosevelt Charged By Texas Senator With Abandoning His Demands for Tariff Revision in Railroad Rate Bill. HE IS CLAY AND VERY SENATOR BAILEY OP TEXAS CHARGES CHIEF EXECUTIVE WITH SUR RENDERING HIS POSITION WHICH ADVOCATED "AN EFFEC TIVE MEASURE" CHARACTERIZES ROOSEVEIT AS WEAK AND NOT "IRON MAN" WASHINGTON. May 12. -In one of the bitterest attacks that hat been made during the debate on the railroad rate bill, Bailey today charged the chief exe cutive had surrendered his position which ndvocuted "an effective meoxure." and abandoned his demands for tariff revision. The Texn senator charged that the President' arraignment of the trust had Iteen made after hi election and before that time he had been as "ilent us the grave" on the subject of regulating thee railroads. Nothing But Clay. The senator closed with this state ment! "Hut let us have no more talk In thu senate olid talk in tlie country alHiut this iron man. lb' is clay and very common day nt that." The speech was in reply to Tarter who had defended the President against criti cism, saying no one could charge him with cowardice. In the course of his remark the Senator referred to the Democratic- parly s the party of nega tion and nothing more. He declared the party had been frightened Into a chill at the prospect of action. He charged that neither Senator Bailey nor Raynor In all their conjectures had done any thing to secure effective railroad rate legislation. When Bailey gained the floor he charged that the Montana sena tor' ebullition were due to the fact that lie had not been mentioned by Raynor in hi speech a one of the President' special advisor. He de fended his own record on the ground that during his congressional service hi party had been in power only the first four'yeaw. If during the time Hint the Democrat were in minority, he hnd introduced n bill to regulate railroad the senator said he would have been performing an net of buncombe He, repeated hi charges of inconsistency on SICK MAN OF EUROPE GRANTS ENGLISH DEMANDS LONDON, May 12,-In the manner characteristic of Turkish diplomacy tho portc ha made an eleventh hour sur render to British demands concerning tho Tabah boundary. It was believed by ninny that tho Sultan would not yield until actual force was displayed, but his decision was probably hastened by the knowledge that none of the powers supported his attitude and combined with the fact that British naval prepa FEBLE HI HECK COMMON CLAY AT THAF the port of the President in hit legisla tive program saying the "absolute rate" which wa first contended for, had been destined for the "Maximum rate" and that the President had changed hi position on the subject of the suspen sion of rate peidlng a review by the court. In the course of hi remark, Bailey suiil the President' secretary had written the editor of "Freight" in 1004 declaring in the letter of acceptance of the president he would peak out on the railroad tiiction. He said the Presi dent' promise had not lieen redeemed. "I do not say that President put it in bis letter, ami then when hi astute political ndvixers told him the railroads would not contribute, that he cut it out. I will not say that, although there are many men uncharitable enough to say it. 1 only put la-fore the semile and the country the fact that thl secretary said the President would speak of it and he did not speak of it." "Perhaps these insurance companies which were contributing the funds of widows and orphan to insure hi elec t ion owned so many of these rnilroad bonds that they were deterred not only bv the President but bv the President' advisors from incorporating in this let ter, a message of hospitality against the railroads, preceding his election. "Mr. President, I love a brave man; I love a fighter and the President of the I'nited State U both on occasions, but lie can give up with as much alacrity as any man who ever went to battle, cither civic or political. He fight furiously when it 1 a physical contest, I grant you, but he sconi not to have endur ance in the political contests here." Bailey declared the President should have gone to the Senate, not as Presi- rations kept pace with her diplomatic demand. Little attention is paid to reports of an conditional surrender, that .phrase probably being intended to sat isfy the TnrkMi people. At the foreign office tonight it was learned that it is quite unlikely that Great Britain will accept anything in the nnure of a mixed commission to examine the question and the foreign office has declined to believe Ambassador O'Connor has accepted any I, "conditional surrender." SEVERE dent, but plain Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican, mid told them utile good bill wa passed it would I vetoed. Then, Bailey concluded, that they would have panned ft bill fulfilling in tome de gree the audable expressions of the people. SULTAN LAYS DOWN; CONSTANTINOPLE, May I2.-The Turkish Government ha accepted the demand of Great Britain conditionally and it in anticipated thin in only pre liminary to the complete acceptance of the British demand in regard to the Tabah boundary quettion. The change in the Sultan's attitude mut have taken place very late hint night or early today, fop the Grand Vizier' visit to the Itriti-h Amhan dor. Sir Nicholas R. O'Connor, at II o'clock la4 night had no immediate result except to emphasize the fact that the attempt of Turkey to arrange a compromise were useless. The Grand Vizier's proposal were unaccepted, a were thoae of Tewflk Pasha, the Foreign Minister, on the previou day, and Sir Nicholas again pointed out the futility of suggesting modification of the Britiah demand, which constituted the absolute minimum. WILL STOP LOOTING Looters Must Labor on San Fran cisco Streets. STRENUOUS MEASURES TAKEN Chief of Police Dinan Determined to Stop All Looting All Refugees Are Concentrated in Two Camps Some Suffering, SAN FRANCISCO. May 12.-A novel method of stamping out looting which has lieen on the increase recently despite the efforts and stern measures taken by the police, civil and military authorities, ha been inaugurated by Chief of Police Dinan. That official has ordered that whenever a looter is caught he is to be put in a squad, the member of which are compelled to labor at clearing away the debris. Already seventy-five men are under him and the number is constantly growing. The taskmaster of this dining gang is given discretionary powers a to the time each shall serve. Already the streets in the neighborhood of Portsmouth Square nnd the hall of justice are beginning to take on their old-time appearance, as a result of the efforts of the captured looters. Chief Dinan believes that when the existence of this squad is generally known, loot ing will greatly decrease. A proclamation has leen issued by Mayor Schmitr. directing all refugees to be concentrated in two great camps; one to be located in the Potrcro district in the South side of the city and the other nt Golden Gate Park. This action has been made necessary for sanitary reasons, as military discipline must pre vail in these tented cites, if the health is to be preserved. Last night nnd to day have been the coldest since the calamity and some refugees living in the smaller camps suffered consider ably. TOWED INTO HARBOR. SHELLBURNENS. May 12. The Donaldson line steamer Hestin, from Glasgow for St. John, was towed into this harbor in a sinking condition by the steamer Lady Laurier today. The Hes- tia struck a sunken object off Cape Sable. LY VOTING DIRECTLY FOR U. S. SENATOR Democrats of Tennessee Try Primary System for First Time. NASHVILLE. May 12.-For the first time in the history of Tennessee the Democratic voters today are balloting directly for a I'nited State Senator. A primary throughout the state i in progress for a successor to E. W. Car mack. Mr, Carirmck i opposed by ex-Governor Robert I Taylor. Indt cation are that the vote will be large. No poll tax receipt or registration certificate is required in voting. The Taylor people claim the state by 230, 0OO majority, while the C'armack sup porten insist that the) Senator will win win, so.noo to 10,000! EDITOR CINCHED. INDIAX.U'OLIS. May 12. Alfred Purdy, editor and publisher of the In dianapoli Sun, was today sentenced to thirty days in jail and to pay $50 by Judge Alford of the Marion county county circuit court for an editorial criticism of Alford's course in connec tion with the recent indictment of Rob ert Metzger, chief of police, for assault and battery on prisoners. Purdy was taken from the court room to the jail and locked up. CHANDLER IS LIAR Roosevelt Declares Senator's State ments are Untrue. CONTROVERSY ON RATE BILL Tillman Quotes Chandler on President's Alleged Statement and Later Roosevelt Declares it an Un qualified Falsehood. WASHINGTON, May 12.-During 1 discussion on the railroad rate bill to day Senator Tillman quoted ex-Senator Chandler as having said to Tillman that the President desired to get in com munication with Tillman for the pur pose of getting sufficient Democrats lined up to defeat obnoxious amend ments to the railroad rate bill, and Chandler quoted the President as being entirely at outs with the senatorial lawyers, including Knox, Spooner and Foraker. Later Senator Lodge who was absent at the time entered the chamber. He said he could hardly believe that part of Tillman's speech and secured a copy of it nnd telephoned it to the Presi dent, who said in reply to the state ment attributed to him by Chandler, hat it was a deliberate and unqualified falsehood. The President and White House stenographers were nt work until a late hour tonight and it is believed the President has prepared an answer to .Tillman. The statement may be made public tomorrow. MURDERED MAN FOUND. . SPOKANE, May 12.-A body believed to be that of Nes Cole, a missing ranch er, has been found in tho river twenty miles below Spokane. Cole who was an elderly farmer living alone disap peared six weeks ago under conditions which indicated his murder by robbers. Forged notes signed with his brother's name had been tacked to the door of his home stating that he was going away. Cole's team of horses was trac ed to Idaho where an unknown man told them soon after Cole disappeared. The finding of the body leaves little doubt that he was murdered by horse thieve. ninTir nriiiiirn nr Tiir until utALw ur lilt STANDARD OIL EXPOSED Witness, at Investigation Commission, Slows How Rockefeller's Agents Dciraud ineir tusiomcrs. INDEPENDENTS ARE MOST FOULLY DEALT WITH .EMPLOYES OF INDEPENDENT COMPANIES ARE BRIBED TO GIVE IN FORMATION OF BUSINESS OF THEIR EMPLOYERS TO THE STANDARD OIL MANY OTHER LOW METHODS ARE EMPLOYED TO GAIN DESIRED ENDS. CHICAGO, May 12. The Investigation of tbe interstate commerce commission into the relations between the Standard Oil and the railroads was concluded this afternoon as far as this sections of the country is concerned and will be resum ed Cleveland on May 24. F. S. Hibbs of Peoria, for thirteen years an employe of the Standard, was the star witness of the day. He demonstrated how the agents of the oil company were accus tomed to trick their customers into thinking the product of their company was superior, when in fact it was in-1 AFTER TRAIN ROBBERS. VANCOUVER. B. C, May 12.-en-crul Superintendent Marpole of the Canadian Pacific left this afternoon for Kami oops where he will assist in the hunt for the train robbers. A man nam ed Mohr is arrested as a suspect An other man, a rancher, is under surveil lance on the charge of harboring the robbers. The railroad company has sent to Spokane for the bloodhounds used recently in the hunt for Smith of Ore gon. The robbers have been tracked toward the Nicola country. BURNED TO DEATH. PORTLAND, May 12.-Lizzie Wilker, 4 years old, was burned to death in a hay loft of a barin in East Portland .this afternoon, while playing with matches and throwing the burnt ends into the hay. Her little brother was saved by accidently falling down a hole over the manger. CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATS JOIN WITH PEASANTS ST. PETERSBURG, May 12.-The constitutional democrats have effected a combination with the peasants and feel that they have behind them a four fifthsi majority. Their tactics are to avoid a conflict at the outset in order to get through their agrarian bill as a practical measure to win and hold the support of the peasants. Then if the government is not ready to yield, they will draw the sword and there are many complications and deadfalls to appear. The prospects of a pacific solution are certain brighter. The emperor appears well disposed however and words no SCORED of Interstate Commerce ferior to the product of the independent companies. He gave the names of men whom he had bribed to give informa tion of the business of competitors and on closer examination declared "The Standard Oil Company is doing all these things today." Other witnesses told of bribing employes of the railroads and manufacturing companies, and in one instance related where a wire and nail mill in Indiana was compelled to shut down business, because grit had been placed in the oil purchased of an inde pendent concern at the instance of a salesman of the Standard Oil. H0PPE WINS. CHICAGO, May 12 Willie Hoppe, the boy billiard expert won the first prize in the professional tournament, which was finished here tonight. Hoppe went through the four games without a single defeat. George Sutton, the 'Canadian player, captured second place, with three victories and one defeat Sloseon, Cure and Schaeffer tied for third place with three lost and one won. They will divide third and fourth money. SHURZ IS BETTER. NEW YORK, May 12. Schurz somewhat better tonight. RELEASE POLITICAL OFFENDERS. WARSAW, May 12. The authorities have ordered to release from Warsaw prison all petty politcal offenders and the abrogation of martial law in Poland is expected. longer suffice. The leader of the consti tutional democrats are strong in their determination to secure full parliamen tary rights with a responsible ministry. Should the emperor eventually elect to wage war by declining to yield further, the proletariat organisations will again come to the front as they constitute the only militant force capable of fighting the government by means of the strike's weapon. A meeting of the secret con gress of the social democrats today de cided to temporarily suspend the boy- cott of parliament and give further en couragement to the tactics of terrorism.