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-. . v-i. V. yVQOD EVENING, . . . Ttr Wckenurib: - Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; " winds mostly westerly.. , : t. -The Circulation ; r-- Of The Journal - "Yesterday Was portlandtoregon, Thursday -evening, june 8, isos. fourteenpages. rtuci i vvu vi. siavps. ittx . cxst. 2. 9 . VOL. IV, NO. 81. . -.. : . - PLOT TO KEEP OFFICES. BY DEPRIVING THE; MAYOR OF AP Coup Failed of - Execution :at- Yester- LIKELY TO BE RUSHED THROUGH 2SBEE0RE PRESENTfRULERS RETIRE Plumbing and Building Inspectors and Garbage .Crematory Superintendent Are Places Coun-. cOeebeaetIyJpiKeepJoItselL r - - A oolitical couD-is beine olanned bv rnembers'of the Reoub lican machine to rob Mayor-elect poiritmentsTf -alt officers now made by thev mayor by special ordir nances of the city council and place the appointing powet, in the hands of the city council. This plan, if successfully carried out; Would permit . Building Inspector HowardWhitihg, Plumbing In spector Thomas E.-llulme and Superintendent Robert Robinson, Jr.7of the city garbage crematory to-remain1 1n"T)ffice, although they v are the creatures of the present mayor and the members of the city . council. ' . . -.'-' ' V' . ::'.. It was alarmed to present ordinances tcr the city council yes-' " erdaymfffding the ordinances creating theoffices so that the cbrunciTw6uT4 appoint the three' officers before the next administfaP tion was seated, byt.for some reason "they were withheld. ' Iti all - probability ali three ordinances will be prepared and presented to K-pogL-mptmgr nt trie roiincu passed they will go to the mayor, prqve them, antj they will De returnea to tne council again Derate the present administration retiresand the appointments-will be made. : . - ' '; : .... ;.' -v'.,: ' . ..' .' " " The present city council and the mayor are Republican and the inebmtntr council is Reoublican while the mayor i a Democrat. It wasstated by-the-Repubhcan-machtne that-wvmeiioeiamncf- patronage of thethree omces-sometning naa to oe aone to taice the appointing power from the hands of the Democratic-mayor, r who, they anticipated, would remove the three officers mentioned as soon as he took his office. By placing the appointing power in Jthe hands of the city council, which would be Republican and in sympathyw1t1r-the rpfesent-admmistraticmr:VVhitingr-Hulrne-nd - Robinson would remain unmolested An of ficc,.and although the mayor proceeded to remove them, the city council Would appoint ',them ortjther individuals to their liking, r " It developed today that an ordinance vesting the power of appointing the building inspector in the city council had been pre pared yesterday, but fearing that the time was not ripe to present it the ordinance was withheld. The greatest secrecy has been maintained by the members of the city, council and those interested - in the proposition.' Not one of the members of the city council could be found who would acknowledge having heard of the coup. GtyuditorDevlirracknowledged that there-4iailJieexLsonietalk of such ordinances, but they had not been prepared to his knowl- edge, but Blight be btforc Uim imxt rt t-pnSntr liim in office had IJKJ- v nvv(..0 - inrnve ot it. 1 sav nothing ot it until a snort time uciuic jcsiuua; s ..vv.v...(. "As soon as I heard of this ordinance I went and got pos session of it and would not allow them to, submit it," said he. "I -;fint annrnvf ot It. 1 Sav to inc Vllioj uciujik ' oimjua, aS lar as I am concenrcu, ih. . -Kr .. . -. to the pffice of building inspector. I will not give my permission to allow such an ordinance to.be presented."- Whiting would not tell who drafted the ordinance, neither would City Auditor Devlin tell from whom he had heard of the plan. ASSESSMENT TO BE " -TREBLED THIS YEAR f 'Th eiied vuluatlon c. ptoprty Of Portland thl ytar will be trebl what It waa laat year." declared County A aesaor B. D. Blgler today. Thle atatement meafa that Instead" or having the property of thfii city ae aenaed t 151.000.000. at which It waa valurd by the county aaaeeaor laat year, lt-wllt foot at leat-0,O00,e(.j The work of aaieaatng la going forward rap Idly, but it will ba aeveral month be fore It la finished. t'-W re making thaJtaaeastjifpia im year without any referenca whatever to what-aeaaore have valued property at ' In the paat,- continued Mr. Bigler. "The law atatea that we are to aeia prop erty for what It la valued at and we re adhering to the law ae cloaely aa .., pealble In all " caaea. We place the rich man'a property on the aame baali with that of tha-poor man. which we believe la the only Jtiat method of, ea- ; aeaalng." - : - - In raising the aaseaaed valuations the - rate .of taxation will be conalderably re-ducedor-lAstaad of having I51.000.0u0 on which, to levy taiea the city; county and state administrations will "naVflt ; three time that amount. By plaotng such a high valuation on the property 'the county asaesnor hae thrownv.the , brunt of the burden of fixing the tsx rate oil those who levy the ts4a. "1 do not believe the county assessor ' should be an. autocrat and fix the Vsl ' uatlon of the property as he see (It, 1'Ut that he ehould place the property ' at what It (a worth." continued he. ''In atead of people. looking to the assessor M e how. begyj lUelt.Ja-)tiUJ.VH r of""the"City Council ' . Lane of the, patronage of the ap next -eqnesqay. n iney are who it. tsitnderstood, -win ap- nu-Ptinfl nl tttt City cpmcii been prepared, but that he knew ' . - , formerly they will now have to go to those who fix the -rat of taxation. If the. jelty can run the government 'on a, 10-mlll tax on f 51,000.000, It surely. will not need to levy' such a heavy tax on 4160,000,000 valuation. The property owners can go to the council, to tTie county court or 4o the achoot board and the amount of taxea necesaary can be decided, on and the rate fixed accord ingly. ' . ANTI-CIGARETTE-LAW- GETS A BLACK EYE Joarnal epeetal Berviea.) ., Indianapolis, Ind June 8. Judge Leather today'ield the antl-clgarette law doea not apply to case where cig arettes are Imported Into the state,, as It would conflict with the Interstate commerce act.' The defendant Waa dis missed, aa the tlgarelte In hla posses slon was brought from JxtulsTtlle. WITNESS IN BOWEN t LOOMIS CASE ARRIVES -" - - (Inrul Inrhl Imtn.) 'Washington, June i. The cruiser Co lumbia ha arrived In Hampton -Road from Cartagena with United State Min ister RuseUwh ha bees ralied from Bogota to testify In the Bowen-Ioomls controversy, and Will arrive here to- merrow, wutn tne investigan, cootutj IN ' , . ... .. ,.' - ... . . i it i asT i i oaa. Sinking of the Petrppavlovsk, the Russian battleship, photographed by a moving picture machine from Admiral Togo's flagship, how. ing her in four stages, from the time the mine exploded until she went to the bottom with 700 officers and men. : Mines such as de stroyed the Petropavlovsk played an important part in the Japan sea engagement. -- . BURNS TQ DEATH IN A HOTEL FIRE . ; J; ' . .. Myrtle Creek Hostelry Destroyed by Flames at Midnight -" , Guests Escape by Leaping Proprietress Perishes Five Injured.. (Special Dlipatca to The Journal.) . Roeeburg, Or., June 8. Fire last night deatroyed the Myrtle Crerk hotel' at Myrtle Creek, Hattle Dement, one of the proprietor, wa burned to death- lii bed a n d. Jly e.9f Uiejn m ate were bu rn ed Lor Injured. The building, waa entirely consumed and the loas Is 'estimated at 112.000.- - . The. Are started from an unknown source aJout 12:30 o'clock this morning.. There were 10 sleepers in the second story and nearly: all had to Jump to save their lives. Hattle Dement was In the east wing of the building alone. It la evident that she ' waa suffocated by Jha snoke, which prevented heref cape to the yeranda." r Anna Dement, who,- with her slater Hattle, ran the hotel, and Vera Weaver, a 14-year-old girl, Blent near the center of the building. They were aroused by Frank Hughes, the night clerk, who grabbed, a jnattress andJumped , from, the second story window. Miss Dement paused and, being very fleshy,' refused DIAMONDS WORTH SIXTY , ; THOUSAND LIE IN, MUD (Joriiat. Bjeetai -service. . , -Philadelphia, June 8. A 10.000 dia mond necklace wa picked up by a 18-year-old boy, Bernard Cahllly, thia af ternoon in the mud of a crossing on Walnut afreet near JUnlper, " Cloae be side a tonTwherelt was" dropped- by Mr. Barclay H. Warburton. The, valua ble Jewels were returned to the owner. The boy. was returning to work from hi dinner. He thrust the Jewel Into his pocket without examining them care fully. Later he aecured newspaper to see If any one had lost the Jewel, and found the advertisement. - . , Mr. Cahllly. the boy mother, before her marriage ws a icrvapt i4 i&S..WaX GRIP OF OF APPOINTING POWER NOW HIS "iir-i?:-a t ........ v:. . .t , -' I.. : .. x, . : '-,&:: .x; .t ...' ' if,., vie,- ', ' "V From Second-Story Window to Jump, but was pushed out by her younger companion and. both leaped to gether. Both were badly bruised, but not seriously Injured. . ' Will Manchester .' and . hi brother Henry were aleeplng together and Jumped-from the wtndow of.thelr room to the ground. Both . were asrloualy burned.' and Will will probably lose one arm.. .They are employed, at Johnson's planing mill. r , , Joe Sllverstone, a dnrrnmrr.-had-hi hand burned and his ankle-badly sprained. He lost three grips, hi Jew elry and hi clothe. . .. - . Those who . escaped 'made repeated ef fort to rescue Hattle Dement, from the flames, but were driven back and 1 the body. waa burned beyond recognition, . Nothing wa saved from the fire. Jn addition Jtp,the hotel, the telephone or flee, aaloMb, 'barber ahop and a dentist' outfit .valued -at 1200 were destroyed. The hotel wa composed of two build ings one Old and., the j)iher. newThe. loss Is estimated by the owners at 112, 000, with $6,000: insurance. -' CARNEGIE-LIBRARY IS ' DEDICATED AT FLINT (Jcxirtial ' Rpeenil Sertlre.t Flint Mich., June 8. Thle ws the second and, last day of Flint's big jubi lee celebration. , Two distinct feature VomprlsedTth day's program. The first wa tne dedication thl .morning of the Carnegto pu Ml -library.- That ..dedication wa accompanied with Interesting" ex erctse. the principal address being de livered by President Angell of the Uni versity dt Michigan. . TW concluding event of the celebration waa the dedi cation thl -afternoon . of . the county courthouse. Thousands of., persons at tended the dedication exerr.taea and lis tened to the address of the day, which waa delivered by Justice Brown of the .r a, a-Vv1ialj 'fWiaySLi1 V.ulteA fiie ivwiyi smk jy nmPUBEieKM 3111 New Norwegian Govern ment Appoints Minister .Lof Foreign Affairs.- ARMY AND NAVY TAKE OATHS OF. ALLEGIANCE Effort to Be Made at Once to'Se. v cure Recognition of Inde- -" pehdence From Euro-T-r- pean Nations. . . (Joornal Bpaeial 1UY' "Stockholm, June S. (Bulletin). KJg Oscar of Sweden ha refused to receive the deputation appointed by the present Norwegian Storthing. He wired: "Ai mo not -recognise the revolu tionsry step hyowhlch the Btorthlng, in TlolaUoir of the constitution nd act of union, and In revolt against Its king has unfortunately taken, I decline to receive the deputation. The council of state- hae decided to call an extra ses- lslon f the Swedish parliament to deal with the situation. ' ' JonTBl Special Sanlus.)- Chrlstlanla, June. IM, Loevland was today appointed Norway's f i"atintnistr of foreign affairs for th tiew govern ments The Norwegian dlplomatlo offi cers" afMStockholm were recalled and all Hf fleer f -the- army and navy , today took the oath of allegiance to tha-new tnent. tntehaa xcltement prevails Higftrtnt fJoraray mntt the roplriilly approve the action of the storthing In severing the bond of union with Sweden, realising the responsibility placed upon them and willing to resort to arms If necessary . to establish their Independ ence.' It 1 not presumed that, Sweden Will offer any violent protest Stepa will be immediately taken, by At I H 1 B t f t I jQ6 V i ft nltton of Norway' Independence by for eign powers.; The first; power to rec ognise the new government will be Den mark, aa the people of that country largely Bympathlie with the Norwegian demands and should King Oscar refuse tor-permH any-of the princes of. the house of Bemadotte to accept the Nor- I -weglsn down, 1 the throne msy be of fered to Prince Wsldemar of Denmark. It is evident there 1 little popular feel ing In favor of a republic, only the socialistic element clamoring "against a kingdom. At a meeting last night the storthing kddressed a proclamation to- the Nor wegian peoplef, setting forth the detail of the- trouble and laying the blame upon Sweden for Ignoring Norwegian demands lu tile in tariff- and rQCJUlrep--t pointments. The proclamation concTuoTes t by hoping that the Norwegian people will aucceed In living In peaee-and on good terms with the Swedish people, and expresses the 'opinion that the people will Join with Hi and wlta the government in maintaining meir iuii i .decrees of. the new g ivernment. Frldtjof Nansen waa today appointed ambassador to England snd former Pre mier Hsgerup waa choaen ambassador to Berlin. LOYAL TO OSCAR. Fatriotlo Ssmoastratlom la Stockholm Made by Swedish People. Stockholm, June 8. A greet "patriotic demonetratlon of loyalty to King Oacar was made last night. A procession ac companied by- bands . marehed- to the palaoe where the king and-royat-famUy were enthustaatlcally cheered. The Swedish diet will not meet for two weeks, when it will, be called together In extraordInary..-ses-slon. The news of Norway's action baa been received with calmness, almost Indiffer ence, throughout Swedes.. NORWAY'S CHANCE IN WAR. Quae in Xer Xarai Keeerre Weighs jus Strengths AgaliurU wedenu - J. - Buggle, carpenter , of .' the British ship Pythomene, now In . the harbor, aerved severat-years In the Norwegian navy, and Is a first-rate gunner . In the Norwegian naval reserve. ... "We are a free country now," he aald, as he finished the report from Chris ttanta In yesterday' Journal! "and those Swedes, will have' to eat a greal deal more atockfish than they. do now before they wtlf- make Norway bow to them again.- The union waa a apod thing for Sweden, new I tell you. . Things were supposed to be evenly divided In the af fairs of stste, but somehow whenever a prime minister w-t b apptnt-d a Swede alwaya was selected. W think turn about I fair play, or aa you wouM ay In America, 'they should puh a good thing along.' "Well, consuls had to be appointed In foreign landa. These'' consul are mostly Swedes, and work In the Inter, est f thai country. Whenever one of them learns that some manufactured V, K 6 - k". 1 ,) j r - l.'-sW ! I:., S,,,.-.,y . f .V' ,fb; r3wr.Jlssr' Prince Gustav Adolph of Swvden, ho May B "Selected to" Rule Norway. . ' - : CHARGE Iff ORDERS.- CAUSES SURPRISE Sailing of "Rear-Admiral Sigs bee's Fleet to France 7 r- Indefinitely Postponed. RUMORS OF SERIOUS -: COMPLICATIONS AFLOAT Officials ExtrenwIyReticejiit - .etforrof Foreign N atien -May Be Responsible. . (Jonrnal Special .!-.) New York. June 8, Extraordinary order from Washington last, night can celed the scheduled sailing of . Rear Ad miral Blgsbee's fleet '..to Cherbourg, France, to bring back the body of John Paul Jones. It 1 reported that the reason given is that "grave complica tions" with a foreign nation are Im- Whether Uieaa "oomplloatlons" I have to do with Germany's requiring a port In the Caribbean, are not disclosed. Washington official are extremely ret icent, Rear Admiral Slgsbee has the Brook tyn. Chattanooga, Galveston and Tacoma off-Tompkinsvllla, These .comprise the second squadron of the North Atlantic fleet. Today Rear Admiral Evan ar rived In New York with the battleahlpa Missouri. Kentucky. Maine and Alabama, and .the combined aquadron wait for further order. The surprising chsnge In the orders were made known ' when the flagship Brooklyn floated the signal, "Departure lnflnltly postponed." Admiral Blga bee was not on board the flagship when 1gnar"Washo1sted. -At mice rumors !, ' i. , were rife rut IhH rliange In the elans. He Is still In Washington, One of the officer-of the fleet said: "The discovery made that the German government had secured a strategic baae in the Caribbean a coaling station at - . . A at Thrtmn h ns terialbly getting the Ilamburg-AmerTtfan line to secure control of the Danish' Asiatic company and property at Water island, may In reality be a serious viola tion of International understanding, and there I no telling what may happen In the next few day." ... FOURTEEN PERISH IN - 'SUNKEN SUBMARINE (Journal Special Rervlce.) ' Plymouth, England. June While submarine "A-8" was maneuvering off IrrnrTrt In'rt thaTo-at' tlinr1'' men aboard only four - were rescued. Divers are at work on the sunken vessel. The submarine lie In eight fathom of water. The-first Intimation of dis aster eame when - the-submarlne sig naled that ahe waa submerged and could not come to the surface.. A signal re ceived shortly before noon said, "All right." Those saved were standing In the vicinity of the conning tower at the time of the disaater and were picked op by a passing, trawler. They are lieu tenant Candy, Commander; Suh-Lleu- CHINESE COOLIES ATTACK 7 UNION MINERS IN AFRICA 7 (Special' DlspatrVte, Tht JaarasLk Johannesburg, June 8. A thousand Chinese employed In the Croesus mine last night attacked the quarters of tht whit men, wrecked the building and maltreated the union miners, killing one and wounding sevefaL DENVER CHOSEN. BY : MINERS' CONVENTION 'tlnsraal Special r1ee.t Salt Lake. Jun . The Western Federation of Miners today elected W. A. Mover president for the next year and :hose Denver for the next meeting place. The convention will ao" - . 1 APPEAL TO Czar Reported Personally to Have Asked Presi dent to,Mediatee AMBASSADORS BUSY IN - PROMOTING END TO WAR Council t of Russian Imperial Family Decides to End War ;- If Japan's : Terms ; Are 7 ; 1: : Not Too Onerous. " " (Journal Special lerrlecT ' Vienna, June 8. (Bulletin). The New Preepresa publish -a report ..received from a banking source In Trieste saying that-the cxar has appealed, directly to -Prealdent . Roosevelt asking him to me diate between Russia and Japan. r (Joaraal Special grrtee.) --- - - - SL Petersburg,' June 8. (Bulletin). . It is reported on good authority that Ambassador Meyer audience with the emperor at Taarskoe Selo yesterday wa preceded by family council at which J-'Iho i rieclaton was reaohtd ' that peaoa wa ,entertalnble if Japan a condltione are not toa oneroua. . - . , .. (Jowaal Special SarvteeJ waaTltngtun, Dr Taft today had a talk with the presi- Cent regarding the Russo-Japsnss slt--: at ion, but declined to make a-etate---ment Preliminary peace negotiations are known to be under way through bassador la expected to call on the pre- . ldent with a view to carrying out the order received from his government Is learn Japan' peso conditions. Mr. Takahlra, Japanese minister, waa again closeted with the president today, though he refused to make any state ment, andsay that he expects nothing aefinlte-f or some days; The president la supposed to be trying to learn Japan peace term. - - - Word received from . St Petersburg , states that Ambassador Meyer yeater- . " dy tendered President Roosevelt's mes- ' age offering hi services to th cxar. Ambassador J ussexand . of Prance , called on the president at o'clock thts morning. It Is believed be received a : dispatch from hi government aa to th attitude of Russia regarding peaoe. On leavfhg the White House.-Jeaaerand fueed to be Interviewed. Asked whether Russia had requested- peace terms from Japan, he replied:. "I can say nothing. Tou should ask the csar." A Berlin dlapatch atatea-ihn. th German foreign office ta very akeptlcal orer the outcome or present peso f. ion s i ir riiiunsxpress the belief that ' th optimistic views heldTIn some quar- -tar that peace will be- brought- about are premature. It 1 believed that one more crushing defeat of Russia's land forces Is neoe. -aary before -overture of peace are be- r : rri At 8t. Petersburg Russtana gener ally celebrated Ascension day. - Th ex pected Imperial manifesto, convoking " the projected national aasembly, wag not issued. JAPAN'S BjG CONTRACTS. ' Hundred of Oars and IrfXioaaotlv B las; Bashea to tke Tax Baa. - , rxonrnar-gpeelar SarvteeJ " ' ' New York. Jun 8. That the Japan Intend to carry on military operations In Manchuria on an extensive seal la lHutratedbjrthelrJlaclngJargacon- tracts for railroad -equipment In thla market. Hundred of cars and loco- motive are to be ruahed to the far east r with all possible dispatch. All the ship ment will . go Overland to th Paclne coast. Forty thousand ton of freight ha already been booked with the trans continental roada, which will mean a a expenditure of upward of $700,800 for tht Hem alone. - , : - An eastern car company has Just ob- ' tatned a contract from the Jspanea .' government for 1,800 steel car, varying tn-gapai'.lty fioiu even in -re-tons-. An other contract, which wa placed last week, call for 1.000 gondola type, steel underfnune cars. A further contract naa also been awarded, by the Japan, government to toe luiavin ioeomotivo work, which-concern was recently sl lotted one for 110 locomotive through th same eource. One hundred addi tional looomotlve have Juet been or dered. . ' It I estimated that within th last few month the contract a placed In thle country on Japan- aooount for atrur- tural material, ltncai equipment ani machinery for arsenals ad shit yari- and for railroad material for Japan Corear. and Manchvrkui railroad '. $18,000,000. . BoJeatToaay Kerort. (Josrsal lmi! avrr. I St. Petersburg. 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