VOLUME LXIII. N0.. 66.1
AJ ;IA, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1907
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
MINERS ARE
IN REYOLT
The Nevada Mining Camps
Sccqc of Riot.
TROOPS IN READINESS
President Makes Order at
quest of Governor of
Nevada.
Re-
MINERS STRIKE AT DEADLOCK
With Their Trtaiury Deplelsd and no
Hop of Mints Granting Concessions
Union Minna at Goldfleld Art Becom
ing Violent and Threaten Trouble.
fiOIJ)KlKIJ). Nev., Dec 4. The local
minor' strike U In a deadlock without
cither ld making an effort to secure
an agreement. Hoik side are charged
with broken agreement. The executive
committee of the mine owners' assochv
tiun of Gldfild tonight revived assur
ances from tlovernor Sparks that be bad
called llMiu Washington, reqmwllng that
government troops he held In readiness
fur umi iu the Nevada mining camp and
that a KitiriMiu of ri'jtulnin be etabllhcd
at Goldllrld. The town ia quid but the
mine owncra declare they will -ecp the
mines shut down until the violent cle
ment is vimMll(d to leave. The miner'
treasury I deplt'tcd and It ia believed
the mbier will force an Issue by violence
aa 1iaen threatened.
Later.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 4-J-Ths
President baa ordered that Federal
troops be held in readlne to aid in re
storinir order at floldfleld, Nevada. The
HCllOri ia UWU buv Sltvvuvvw
of Governor Spark of Nevada that the
miner of Goldfleld are In revolt and
riot. Nevada la the only atate in the
Union that baa not aUte militia. Gov
uriiur Sparks does not believe that the
situation demands immediate Federal In
terference. The nearest Federal military
baas i in San Franelico.
SAN FHANCISOO, Dec. 4. Tonight
Brigadier-General Funston said' cwry
tiling waa in readiness to forward troopa
to Goldfleld. If troopa are aent they
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mill MUIinuijr IlllllllfVI Itm'Ub nurunR"",.
CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
lug Day, Oxygeu waa resorted to the
few hour before death, Thi evening
the body waa brought on a special train
to tbl city. Ho waa considered one of
the wealthiest men In Now York. Thtt
estate I aaiil to amount to many mil
lion, A widow and four children sur
vlve him,
ARGENTINE'S PRESIDENT DEAD.
M'E.VUS AYltKS, Deo. 4.-Genral
Louis Jose I 'I us, l'rellnt of Argentine
Itcpuhliu died today.
BEAT PREVIOUS RECORDS.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 4,-Colonel fioe
Dials, chief " engineer' of the Panama
canal, cable that all previous record
of excavation on the isthmus were brok
en 1n November when 1.838.4H6 cubic
yarda were removed.
CONTROL EMIGRANTS
Will Exercise Authority
Over Laborers.
GOVERNMENT IS FRIENDLY
.Will Draft Bill to Correct Financial
Situation.
IWIASHINGTON, Dco.4.-ThV newly
appointed House committee on bunking
and currency hail ita first meeting to
day. The only definite action watt au
thorizing the chairman to appoint a aub
committee of five to draft and submit a
currency bill to correct the present finan
cial eituntion. No hearing will come
before the committee until the sub
committee haa finished Us tasR nnd the
completed draft ia in the hands of the
chairman. The committee apparently
greed It would eanctlon no move to
increaae the bulk of paper money but
would confine itself to a consideration
of the best means of Injecting elasticity.
Views were strongly urged that the lawa
should! be changed to prevent the absorp
tion of reserve money in national banks
by bank in reserve cities.
HAVEMEYER DEAD.
President of Sugar Refining Company
, Succumbs to Heart Failure.
NUWi YORK, Doc 4. Henry Osborne
Havemeyer, president of the American
Sugar Refining Company died today at
his country home at Oommaok, Long
Islam!, of heart failure, following an
attack of acute Indigestion Thanksgiv-
Japaneae Foreign Office Will Appoint
Sucocasor Who li Friendly to This
Country Wish to Avoid Sacrifice of
Treaty Rights.
. TOKIO, Dec. 4. The recall of Vis
count Aoki, Japanese ambassador at
Wahington, i the result of hla own
expression of a dnslre to resign, and no
oflUluJ announcement is expected until
after hi arrival in Tokio, It la now re
garded as a foregone condition that
Ambassador AM will not return to
Wlnshlrurton. The question of his prob
able suvcor. iu the event of his resig
nation Is accepted, haa been long under
diuii-iou. The name mentioned in this
connection, include Huron Kaneko, for
merly special envoy to the United
States: Huron Chimin, vice minister of
the foivign olHce, and M. Takahlra, at
prencnt Japanese ambassador to Italy
and formerly minister of Japanese at
Washington. It in now understood that
M. Takahira is flrt choli. Neither
Duron Chinda nor Baron Kancko can be
spared, so Takahira will undoubtedly be
appointed if be is acceptable at Wash
ington. The Associated Press ia assured
by the highest athority in the foreign
offlk-e that the recall of Viscount Ooki Is
not Intended as a reflection upon his
course, but a'possible change at Wash
ington haa long been imminent. Neither
should the present action be construed
to denote the slightest change in the
friendly attitude of the Japanese gov
ernment toward America on the immi
gration question.
In the course. of an interview today
this oflU-iul said: . s i .,
"It Is quite possible that Viscount
Aoki limy not return to Washington. In
the event of bis resignation the govern
ment of Japan will only appoint to the
position a person well knwii in .America,
whom the President knows and likes,
n ml who bai the convdence ofthe Ameri
can people. The Japanese government is
making every effort to meet the wishes
of the President and tho "people of
America on the immigration question
aiiiV in appointing a foreign minister
realizes the importance of having a rep
resentatlve iu Washington who i not
only aceeptablo and friendly to the
people, but la acquainted with tho pre
vailing conditions in America."
A apecinl disjwtch from Washington to
the Mnltilehedempo stiys that the Allied
enn public is inclined to think that the
recall of Aoki is due to the determina
tion on the pnrt of the foieign minister,
Ilayashl, to pursuo a different policy
which will be antagonists to America.
The official above quoted assured tthe
Associated Press representative that
such a construction was entirely erron
eous. On tlio contrary, the immigration
question, he saM, Is now nearer a friend
ly solution than ever before..
Minister Ilayashl is determined to ex
ercise all the authority vested in the
foreign minister to control the emigra
tion of j laborers. "We are anxious,"
said this official, "to avoid any sacrifice
of our treaty rights with America and
Canada, but we can and will control
the emigration to either country ,M
BILLS FOUR
(IN SENATE
Nearly a Thousand Meas
ures Introduced.
PRIVATE PENSION BILL$
Administration Measure Pro
. vides for Increased Pay for
v Army and Navy.
RAILROAD REGULATION BILLS
Nebraska Senator Introducei Measure to
Provide Free Pottage on Reading Mat
ter Sent to the Blind Fulton of Ore
gon Would Amend Rate Bill.
WASHINGTON. Dec 4.-Nearly a
thousand bills were introduced in the
Senate today all of them referred tj
committees where they wllfbe consid
ered after the new Senators have been
given assignment.
No other lmiits of Importance was
transacted. Almost all of these bills
were considered at the lust session of
Congress. Most of them were private
pension bill.
Several bills were introduced by Sena
tors today. Dick, of Ohio, introduced
an administration measure providing an
increase in psy for members of the
army, navy and marine corps. Durkett,
Of Nebraska, introduced bills providing
for the teaching of agriculture in nor
mal schools; for the 'free postage on
reading matter mailed to the blind; pro
hibiting telegraph and express com
panies from transmitting returns per
taining to gambling.
lleyburn, of Idaho introduced bills pro
viding for the purchase of public build
ing grounds in Washington; for the
establishment of land courts to aid tho
appellate land courts; for the establish
ment of a national board of corpora
tions; and) also a bill providing for the
establishment of a department of mines.
Hanebrough, of North Dakota, intro
duced a measure for the repeal of the
timber and stone aot ; also bills provid
ing for the sale of timber on public
lands; and providing that an entry man
have the right ,to be absent from their
luxnrstsads during four of the winter
month.
LaKolette, of Wisconsin, introduced, a
hill requiring that rates lie fixed by rail
roa! so as to yield only a fair return
on fit valuation of the road's projierty.
Nclon, of Minnesota, would extend
free delivery service to all towns having
a postal revenue of WW.
Gallinger, of New Hampshire, Intro
duced a bill which may take the place
of the regulur ship subsidy bill providing
for an Increase of the mail-carrying rate
for 10'knot ships plying the Pacific and
South Atlantic to an amount not ei
eeedlng the rate paid to first-class ves
sels. . The bill is designed to meet the
ideas se forth by' the President in the
clause regarding ship subsidy contained
in the message to Congress.
Culberson, of Texas, introduced a bill
to make illegal the dealing in future.
Another bill provides for penalties
ugainct railroad companies that fail to
furnish cars to shippers.
.Fulton, of Oregon, amending the rail
road rate law in such a manner that no
change iu the tariff filed with the Inter
state Commerce Commission can go into
effect, where objection ia made, until
the Commission has declared the late
fair.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 4. By a
vote of 124 to 4 the House Democratic
caucus tonight voted down the proposi
tion of Representative Jones' of Virginia,
to take the designation of minority
members of committees out of the hands
of the minority leader, Williams, and by
the same vote affirmed the placing of the
hiower in Williams' hands.
RECOVER FROM PANIC.
Harrison Says Worst ofthe Flurry ia
Over.
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-That the coun
try f already beginning to recover from
tho severe shock received in the recent
panic is the opinion of Harriman. In
an interview today he said: We are
on the rebound from the depression and
we are on -it to stay." He also said that
there would be n0 falling back; that
underneath the whole situation here is
industrial stability. Too much work is
to be done and there is too much capa
city in dVing it to allow of a long drawn
out depression. He spoke at length along
similar lines.
IMPROVE THE
WATEitVAYS
National Rivers and Har
' bors Congress Meets.
THOUSANDS DELEGATES
Every State in fhe Union Rep
resented at the Great
. Gathering.
SUPPORT OF ADMINISTRATION
Object of Gathering to Induce Congress
to Hake Larger and More Adequate
Appropriations for the Improvement of
National Waterways and Harbors.
SPOKANE HAS HONEY.
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec 4. More cash
was reported by Spokane banks today
than ever before in the history of the
city. A meeting was called to retire
the clearing-house certificates of woich
a little oven $1,000,000 were issuedk
CONTINUES TO PROSECUTE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-iHeney de
clared todiay that the prosecution was
going right ahead with the other indict
ments against Ford as well as to vigor
ously prosecute other briber)' graft cases.
The Business ManWonder what he's going to say in that m
The President, it is reported, will re vise that part, of hla message dealing
with the financial conditions of the United States. (News Item.
WASHINGTON, Dec 4. Prominent
officials of the National government, gov
ernor of states, representatives of for
eign powers and memlers ofthe Senate
audi House of Representatives, leaders in
all walks of civil life in America par
ticipated today in the opening of the
convention of the national rivers and
harbors congress. Nearly two thousand
delegates from every state in the Union
were present. It is expected the work
of the Congress will so impress the na
tional Congress now in session as to in
duce it to make adequate appropriations
for the improvement of the rivers and
harbors of ,the country. Elihu Root,
Secretary of State, gave assurance o;
the support of the administration in
the conclusions arrived at bv the dele
gates. The Congress, owing to its repre
sentative character anI the prominence
and influence of the participants, prom
ises to give a fresh impetus to the
popular demand for inland waterway
and harbor improvements. Joseph E.
Ransdell of Louisiana is president and
J. F. Ellison of Cincinnati is secretat? of
the congress.
Joseph N-Jeal, of Portland, Ore., rep
resenting the chamber of commerce, is
here in the interest of the several Ore
gon projects, principal among which is
the Celilo canal which will render the
Columbia river navigable tot hundreds
of miles along its course and bring the
rich inland empire into closer relations
with .the city of Portland and the sea
board at Astoria.
Mr. Teal is armed with statistics
showing the value of the canal and also
has much data concerning the Columbia
river, its bar and the immense business
with the Orient and domestic ports,
Although the present convention will
neither advocate nor consider any special
projects for river andi harbor improve
ment, iti will stand for a broad and lib
eral policy by the national government
for all such improvements ' as have been
favorably passed upon by the board of
Inited States engineers and by them
recommended to the Congress of the
United States. The convention will de
mand that a more liberal proportion of
the revenues dterived from commerce by
the government shall be expended on
improving tho natural waterways. Here
tofore that proportion has been 3 per
cent. By declining to consider any im
provements that have not gone through
the regular channels of the war depart
ment and Congress, the convention pro
poses to avoid difficulties that would
otherwise arise. The rivers and har
bors have many strong advocates in Con
gress, including the Speaker of the
Houses, anj President Roosevelt has de
clared his intention to do all he can to
advance improvements of waterways.
Lew Anderson, who came here to at
tend the lumber case hearing, is also a
delegate to the Congress from Oregon
and is assisting Mr. Teal in his efforts
before the delegations.
Dr. N. G. Blalook, of Walla Wall,
Wfch., concluded the afternoon proceed
ings by an adifrcss in the advocacy of
improvement for the Columbia River.
lie said the Pacific Northwest wjuIJ
be the center of the commerce of the
world. That traffic between the Occi
dent and the Orient would traverse the
Columbia River became it would seelc
the shortest route to the Orient from
this country.
EVIDENCE SOON BEGINS.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 4. -Before adjourn
ing the trial of Pettibone this afternoon
Jude Wood informed counsel fop the
state they should tie ready to proceed
with the evidence not later than next
Monday. Both the state and the defense
have executed half of ten peremptory,
challenges. At the morning session very;
little progress was made but this after
noon and evening most of the talesmen
examined were qualified.
California Fruit Growers Send
Memorial to Congress.
ASK REPEAL OF EXCLUSION ACT
Cannot Obtain Reliable White Help and
the Exclusion of Orientals Imperils
Great Industries and Exposes Them to
Loss and Ultimate Extinction.
MARYSILLE, Cal, Dec. 4.-California
fruit growers in convention today
memorialized Congress- for speedy ac
tion in repealing the Chinese exclusion
act. The growers contend that a long
trial and earnest effort will prove the
impossibility of inducing reliable white
labor to engage in the primar yprocesea.
of production in orchard, vineyard, as
paragus field, sugar beets, onions, celery
and other great farming interests in
which ten million dollars are invested.
The -memorial says that exclusion has
depleted the Chinese labor and the ex
tension of the exclusion to Japanese
leaves those imperiled industries exposed
to enormous losses and threatened with
ultimate extinction.
BLOWN ACROSS RIVER.
Port Patrick Carries Away Her Moorings
' and is Nearly Wrecked.
PORTLAND, Dec. 4. Caught in the
grasp of the southerly gale that swept
over the harbor this afternoon the Brit
ish ship Port Patrick was wrenched from
her moorings at theTbunkers of the In
dependent oal Company and blown
across the river. She bore up against
Montgomery dock No. 1 before her an
chors gained a hold, although they were
let go as quickly as possible after the
parting of the moorings. ,
Swinging around with her broadside
to the wind the big windjammer soon
gained swift momentum and would hare
piled up a complete wreck" had not the
anchors been let go promptly. Even as
it was she came dangerously near brush
ing up against the dock 'with disastrous
force. '
The yards struck the corner of the
dock roof, tearing part of it off. As
soon as possible lines were gotten ashore
and the ship made fast. No one was
injured and the vessel had a miraculous
escape in view of the terrific wind and
the large number of vessels at anchor in
the stream. "
Had the Port Patrick drifted a few
hundred yards further she would have
fouled! the large American four-masted
bark Acme and probably carried her
down upon the German bark Schurbek,
which is at anchor about two ship
lengths below. Several other vessels an
chored down stream would have been
been placed in jeopardy.
The - Port Patrick is in command of
Captain Sainty and has been 'discharging
coal at the Independent bunkers for sev
eral day She had 750 tons in her hold
when the moorings gave way. This sav
ed her from turning turtle. Had the
hold been empty or nearly so it,, is al
most certain that the vessel would havo
toppled over when given the full force
of the gale in the middle of the harbor.