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Newspaper Page TextA RE YOU GOING AWAY? Have The Journal fallow you to give you all the news from home The Weather Showeri tonight and tomorrow; BOuthweterl wlnd. JL'i. i 1 . 1 1 i 1 . '"i i , . i i 1 , , ,,; "' i i . .... . ,, ',.",'',' .,,' i' " w m 11 1 4 VOL. VL : NO. 133. PORTLAND. OREGON, ..THURSDAY EVENING,' AUGUST 8, 1907. SIXTEEN PAGES. ; PRICE TWO CENTS. '; en Tiinrs im irrwe. Collision Occurred at the Mouth of the Willamette River This Morning On Steamer's" First Trip In Place of the Ill-fated Columbia Ran Into Alliance Which Was Hard Aground. !1 ' - - -:-r4teflr CLUB iT Coming up th river thlt morning on ' her first voyage from Ban Francisco In place of the loat steamship Columbia. the Harrlman liner City, of Panama, ran Into the Cooa Bar liner Alliance And nearly split the entire after part of the vessel In twain. The Alliance, Strang . as It may seem, u hard aground on Coon, or Nigger Tom. laland at th time. having been drlyen there by a strong cross-current. ' . Another still stranger feature In con section with the accident waa the fact that the North Paclflo liner Geo. W. . Elder, which picked up the survivors Of the Columbia, waa In the Immediate Ylolnlty and -also grased the beach with her bow In pasalng close to the Alliance. The Elder, however, escaped without scratch, although In trying to keep clear of the Alliance aha atove la A small portion of -the sosssswths - Port of Portland dredre. Portland, lying at anchor la the middle of the channel. The collision occurred at the month of the Willamette, a couple of hundred feet this side of the lighthouse at uie con fluence or the two rivers. v Tsssela Travel Together. The Alliance. Oeo, W. Elder and City of Panama reached Astoria yesterday and left up about the same time, all Hnund for thla rllv. The CltV of Pana ma was In the lead until lata In th afternoon, when the Alliance passed her at Batcheldor isiana. At is ociocn last nte-ht the Allisncs' reached the mouth of the Willamette and . In making the turn got caught In a strong cross current setting in towards the east bank. Pilot Turner saya he did everything to keep her off. but she failed to answer the helm and befora headway could be checked the craft waa Hard aground, with her none almost touching the arraaav hank of the Island. The Oeo. W. Elder came up shortly after and In trying to pass between the dredge and shore bumped up against the dredge with the result that some rinma.ee was done to the craft at anchor. Pilot Al Betta waa on the Elder's bridge and he decided to drop anennr over night A while later the City of Panama, with Pilot W. 8. Snow on the bridge, came along. - Discovering the predica ment or the Alliance, mot snow aid not attempt to complete the run, but Inatca OCTOPUS FILES IIOTICE Oil Trust'Begins Fight for life Bcbating Koads to Be Indicted. asarael Special lervkaj Chicago, Aug. a. Standard OH al torneya, who have been working night and day since tha trust was fined S2t, I40.00S by Judje Landla last week for sccepUng rebates from the Chicago A Alton railroad, filed formal notice this morning of appeal from tha court'a de- , clsloa ana me ngni or ne monopoly win soon be centered la the United State circuit court of appeals: Should the Standard lose at this Juncture the su preme court of tha United States la the last resort It Is stated that tha circuit court of appeala will not wasta time la handing down a decision when the case finally reaches there, and it la believed that within comparatively few months the final decision will have been made on Judge Landis decision should ths case be crowded to the highest tribunal la id. Muiatrv. - i The appeal ,a based mainly upon tha grounds that tne nne asaeraea is exoioi i.nt without tha boundsof reason and wholly unjustified by tha evidence pro duced during the hearing. Besides this I la anued imi ine court was oiasea snd the ruling prejudiced, and there are ether minor points and errors brought ; forward as grounds for tha appeal for new Bearing. - While Standard attorneya are strug gling to ward off the penalty prescribed by Judge Landla, government experts are busy drawing up Indictments against the railroads alleged, to have granted rebates and concessions to the oil trust levelopments are expected within a very short time and, with the convening of yMedera! grand Jury on August 14. 1'Tantlc'pated that more than one , ' tiers road will do Its utmost to sfot .-iinrter cover. . . r--- There is no little uneasiness among railroad officiate and. while nothing. la being said, it la plainly apparent that ""dlsrlosures which will he made before the! federal Inquisitorial body this month will lead to some notable indict paata. - , y. , dropped anchor In the vicinity of tha Elder. Shortly after daylight this morning the Elder and City of Panama weighed anchors and made a new start, there being about 500 feet of water between the dredge and the shore to the east The Elder got through allrlghjt, but the City of Panama waa caught in the cur rent, dragged in the same course as the Alliance and brought up against her stern with full force. The engines had been reversed, but somehow they filled to stop her in the 10 to 100 feet before her when the collision appeared un avoidable. Steamer Cling- Together. Tha river steamer Diamond O had been pulling the Alliance all night .to get ner into oeep water and waa along' side when tha collision occurred. The ranama-a now stuck in tha gash and It took tha combined power of ' the tug Diamond O and George K. Want worth, which happened alona. to aenarata the craft According to the log of tha City of Panama, the coUlaloo.. occurred -at i:e a. m. anrt tne boats aenarated at 1:1. w II minutes later. Even after the collision tha turn tried to ret the Alliance off the beach, but la vain. She has about 100 passengers on board who will no Drought to Fortland this after noon on the steamer Undine front Van couver. - Tha City Of Panama arrived at Alna. worth dock at T:10 o'clock this moraine and bears marks of her encounter with the smaller craft. Only tha fact that tha Alliance la a wooden hull saved tha City of Panama from having. her bow doubled up, because tha Impact must have been pretty hard, since the one boat waa hard aground and tha other came on with sufficient force to cut sis feet through strongly reenforced wooden walla Captain Nelson of the Panama re ported to Inspector Fuller that he had cut Into the Alliance, placing the blame on tha Cross current The matter will not be taken up for official action until tha return of Inspector Edwards, who Is taking a rest at Yaqulna bay. Or tha. matter may not be Investigated. should it appear clearly that the col lision wss unavoidable. The Alliance la in command of Can- tain xi. uison. Tne vessel was in charge of Pilot Turner, however, who says that he never experienced such a peculiar cross current befora In the river during nia many rears or service as niiot. lie dosa not blame anyone or anything but the peculiar current which proved most deceiving. Wot Snow ValaakT, Pilot Snow who had chares of the City of Panama was on the George W. Elder when tha latter ran on the rock and sank near OobVe some rears a fro. and he waa also on the bridge of the Co lumbia when she collided with the steam schooner Despatch at the mouth of the Willamette a little over a year ago. He la considered s good and careful navi gator, however. Another peculiar coin cidence in connection with the collision wss tha fact that Second Officer A rerun of the loat Columbia waa on tha bridge this mornins? in the same official ca- actty on tha City of Panama. Captain. eison. too, waa on tne oriage at tne time, and the navigation of tha craft waa entirely In the hands of Pilot Snow. so no blame could be attached to either of tha officers, nor could any blame at all be attached to any one. Tha ueorge w. juaer reacned ner oock r llMlyW..,J ',- w" ' i.r -''''',-:-:',ryiir.;lr'' ' ' '- '" , linaiMwriiiifaaimtiiafim iaiHi ,nnia - imamnminni riiiiiiaiaaS m ti iiiiiiaaaaasssaMaaaaMM swaiiiaiiijaaaje')JW'p.iM)WB'sia'ai.ii mmim'mwmmmiww$mmmW'-iMmwmmi'mV"V'wm f I K 1 ' " 1 ; 1. A It '. ' 'it ApOVB 13 PICTURKf OF STEAMER CITY OF PANAMA. THE BOAT SHOWN BELOW JS TIt3 ALLIANCE". WHIOII WAS RAMMED THIS MORNING BY THE PANAMA. ' (Continued on Page Two.) POWERFUL FLEET TO BE MOBILIZED ON PACIFIC Asiatic Squadron Ordered to California Coast Under Com mand of Rear-Admiral Dajton, "Who Leaves Manila Soon With Four Heavily Armed Cruisers. (Journal Special Berries.) Washington, D. C., "Aug. 8. From authentic sources It Is learned that the administration has under way well de fined plana for the mobilization In the Pad no of a powerful cruiser fleet, ar rangements for which will begin at once. Orders have been issued for almost tha entire cruiser strength of the Asiatic squadron to ' be brought across the Pacific to the American coast where it will be stationed at various vantage points. This new fleet will be in com mand of Bear Admiral Dayton who has been ordered to leave Manila soon with four of his heavy armed cruisers. mvy omoers say tne moDinzation on the - Pacific coast of a heavily armed fleet la for no other purpose than de fending the western coast in the event Japan resents the movements of Ad miral Evans fleet. With the mobilis ation Of Dayton's fleet it is expected to prevent the possible, sailing of th enemv across the Pacific. At no time will Admiral Evans bo too far from the AUantlo to dash back J APAFJ FIGHTS Mikado Stubbornly Refuses to Heed Offers of United States to Submit Basis for TreatyInflux of Japs Incrcases,Twcnty-Five Per Cent. (Jearaal Special Harries.) . Waahington. Aug. I. Again a, dead lock has been Teached In the negotia tions between tha United States and Japan over exclusion.-, The state de partment seised on Japan's latest step in the benevolent asslmHaUon... of Korea as a favorite time to advance the exclu sion negotiations and made an offer to Japsn of three things In consideration of the exclusion of Japanese laboivra, namely:.- - First Relinquishment ot ex-terrlta rlallty In Korea. , Second Consenting to a " Japanese Korean customs union. j .. . Third Naturalisation for Japanese In the United Sta tea. -- Jaran - declined ' the proposal and stated somewhat curtly that publla sen timent In Japan was unfavorable to fur ther consideration of , treaty , croDosala at thla time. . --. . : . .:.:. . .. .. . President Roosevelt la much aanoved at this bar to negotiations, esbeclnlly as he promised California relief " from Japan IjnmlsraUoa and lostead ot Uie Influx being smaller, it is almost 25 per cent .greater than before March 14, wnen tne iamoua proclamation was is sued, not counting those, coming in il legally. .; .. - 1 , ; Moreover, while It Is not 'charged that Japan Is not keeping faith with . tha United States in denying -passports to laborers, both skilled and unskilled, it is declared to be a ract tnat many or the "students, merchants, travelers and servants" coming m on passports event ually turn out to be mere laborers. How to prevent this is what President Roosevelt hopes the trip of Secretary Strauss will" teach him. " Meanwhile agents of the 'government are keeping very, close watch on things and Presi dent ' Roosevelt has hopes that some thing may turn up to enaBle him to keep his promise without waving the big stick or increasing the tension be tween this country and Japan. H waa hoped that the consent, to a customs union In Korea which would give Japan free entrance for goods would be a cleve mover but from the indifference of Japan it might be inferred that the process of "assimilation.? .will take lees tuna, waa woug&w should hostile warships come from the east through the Sues canal. Present plans, which will be well un der way within the next few weeks, will bring together off the California coast by the end of December four divisions of the armed fleet, each of them repre senting an aggregate of 160,000 tons. Dayton's fleet of the first squadron consists of the West Virginia, Colora do, Maryland, Pennsylvania, all with 18 funs. The second division contains the ennessee, Washington, of 20 guns, the California. South Dakota, 18 guns. The third division, the St. Louis, Charleston and Milwaukee of 14 guns, and the Chi cago with 18. The ships in the first squadron are all 13,680 tons. . If Japan strikes a sudden blow at the Philippines other Pacific . insular possessions will be left at Japan's mercy so far as tha navy is concerned. The present force in the far east Is in sufficient to cope with an enemy and any attempt to strengthen that force will be resented by Japan as an friendly act. FORTY PERSONS MEET DEATH IN EXPLOSION ATTACHES FOR RENT DUE Constable After Valuable Hound Owned by Saloon man Under New Law. Constable Lou Wagner, of Justice Reld's court, went out today to attach a dog. This is the first record of any such action being taken in an Oregon court It was made possible by an act paased by the legislature at Salem last winter, making dogs personal property, The bill waa made a law so that own. ers or dogs might protect, their animals when they should have an especially valuable canine. The attachment feat ure is a newly discovered invm mm not n ere tor ore taken advantage of. Charles H. Walker, colored, who frin duct a saloon in partnership with Will lam Allen, also colored, at 182 Sixth street North, contracted a jent bIu amounting to a few centa more than ins. ine man witn tha hin v. u Calvin, has been unable to collect it! He enraged an attorney and tha mil. available means in sight by which the Dill could be collected lav in a valuahia dog belonging to Walker. The dor is a fine bis- hnund anMli about $200. A point not considered, but an - important one to the dog, Is the question of his board. The constable, If he takes the dog In custody, will have to feed It until tha coata of tha ..iin. are determined. un Santiago, Chili, Aug. 8. Forty persons, including "spectators, a policeman- and s fireman, were killed and wounded today when the carbonic acid pipes of the broomery exploded, completely destroy lng the building. WOMEN SENATORS IN NEW ZEALAND Wellington. Newfoundland. Aug. 8. The bill making women eligible to eleo tion to the upper house passed the com' tnlttee stage today. FIND REMAINS OF BARNEY AT" PLACE , STEVE ADAMS SAID . Journal Special Servioe.) ) Telluride. Colo.. Aug. 8. The a body of W. J. Barney, a timber man who waa employed In tha a w , Smuggler Union mine, who die- appeared In June 1908, waa ax-. humed near Alta mill yesterday, 4 and brought here today by Gen- -a) 4 ral Wells. , . Steve Aylams told where the body was burled. Barney it Is said. Incurred the enmity of the; : union by working at the mlna rafter the -strike. r 1801, Adams 4 iaaya Barney's body waa stripped 1 a ot lt clothing before Interment BELIEVE FRANCE HAS DESIGNS ON MOROCCO (Journal Special Barrlca.) Tangier, Morocco, Aug. 8. Khlot tribesmen surround the seaport of El Arish and are threatening to descend upon the residents. The consuls are de manding a warship and the gates of the iown nave aireaay oeen closed. Reports from flermnnv n r. in h effect that the belief prevails there that France intends to annex Morocco and that its occupation bv French t rn fni la but tl)6 first move of a crafty plan. TAFT IS PLANNING STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN (Journal Special Berrlca.) Washington, Aug. 8. On his way here next week Secretary of War Taft who will be the first of the cabinet officers to return to the capital, will ston at Oyster Bay for a conference with the president Plans for the secretary's campaign will be made at that time and it is understood that in his addresses from the outset he will pledge himself to support the Roosevelt policies throughout Passengers Who Came From San Francisco on Harri man Liner That Takes the Place of Sunken Columbia Thankful to Reach Port. Steamer Was Built 36 Years Ago A Filthier-Looking Passenger Craft Never Entered Portland Harbor No Electric Lights. Passengers who came up on the Har rlman liner City of Panama this morn ing thanked Providence that they were safe and sound ashore and those who were at the dock to greet them thought they had good reason for doing so be cause of all the old dilapidated tuns that ever plowed the billows none could be much worse than the new flagship of the Ban Francisco & Portland Steamship company, The City of Panama was built gome IS years ago and couia nave own turned into Junk more than a doxen veara aa-o without harmlnc the feel lne-a of anvone. excentina- perhaps those of manager Schwerln, who has charge of the Harrlman water lines on tha Pa cific coast A filthier looking passenger craft would be hard to niui and sne is mo antlaus in construction that naa a man been born and raised on her he would atlll wonder what electricity. push buttons, telephones and other mod ern conveniences meant, -iney woum be aa nuszline- to him today as when first invented. Oil lamps, of the crudest kind, are still popular on tne crart ana should a passenger feel Indisposed in his berth and be unable to call the steward or one of his assistants, it would be ud to him to remain there until well or dead because there is no means whereby to attract attention or signify ones wants. Takes Colombia's Piaoe. Tha Citv of Panama was taken off the Panama route to fill the vacancy caused by the loss of the Columbia. The teamer hut or nyaney, a s.vuvion boat, will probably be placed on the Panama route. Officers of the company here say the City of Panama is only a temporary acquisition to the fleet and that she will be replaced by the Lawton, which is now being remodelled at San Francisco. A second large boat is promised to take the place of the Costa Rica. Contention of Club's Attor ney That Charter of Town! of Milwaukie Legitimizes Gambling There Is Scoffed at by Portland AUorneySe Question That Was Raised lit Sunday Closing Cases Is Brought Up Again J in Present Instance, Say At torneys of Portland Bar. Portland attorneya assert that J. B, Hedges, attorney for tha MUwauU club, Is wrong when b says that tha charter of Milwaukie gave tha council of that town power to license gambling and that tha charter supersedes tha state law in that regard at Milwaukie. A number of attorneya who wars asked thla morning for opinions - wer unanimous in declaring that tha ques tion involved is practically the aama as that passed upon by Judge Cleland in the Sunday closing cases and that tha supreme court In a number of . cases passing upon local option law aa op posed to' city charters, has laid down the rule that tha state law. takea Brace dence. Attorney Richard W. Montae-ua aaldi "If the charter of Milwaukie war framed for the purpose of allowlns? ramblina-- I believe it would ba In . vlrv- ation.or the constitution. It is well anown tnat gamming in thla stata la a crime, euoaivision s. constitution of section- 28 of the Oregon says that the. legislature shall not naaa aner4tit or local laws for the punishment of crimes or misdemeanors, a law wnich ncrmlts in any town or city an act that would be criminal in any other part of tha state certainly Is a special law for tha punishment of crime, and in violation of tha constitution."'.- Xtfraa Bays "Sot" " , "Rot Of tha worst kind " declare Inhn F. Logan, when asked what he thoue-ht . of Senator Hedges contention. "It Is Well known that a citv charter run nnt override the state law by a mere general provision giving the city power to regu late something. The state law can not be superseded bv a aneclal law imnii- cation, '. or anything short of direct "' words, and tha charter of Mllwaukia ' does not say that gambling shall be per mitted In that town. ine aama Question has arisen in court held that this waa not the case. and that the state law obtained over the charters in those cities." , "Senator Hedges Is wrong." said At torney Thomas Q, Greens. "Judge Cle land in the local circuit court passed on practically the same question when tho Sunday closing cases were disposed of here in Portland. The state law espe cially a criminal statute, does not yield (Continued on Paga Two.) . The City of Panama is manned ny a i cases wnere it was sought to nrova good and efficient set of officers, but ! that various city charters had . ab ro th a v would be able to do little in case I gated the local option law ao far aa th. of getting Into trouble with the boat be- J cities were concerned, but the supreme cause, iiks tne uoiumoia. sne is a mere shell, and would go down like a rock if puncture at sea. Captain A. W. Nelson is master, M. H Plllsburx. formerly of tha Manchu rls, chief officer; F. Agerup. formerly of the Columbia, second officer. Age rup was the officer on the bridge of the Columbia when she was rammed by the steam schooner San Pedro. He saved himself by swimming about with out a life preserver for nearly an hour until picked ttp by one of the boats. Boatsmeln Norrls, Chief Steward Funk and 8eaman Simon were also on the Columbia when she went down. They all had narrow escapes and were picked ud bv the lifeboats, but nevertheless signed on the City of Panama on her first vovage. Seaman 8tmon says few of the sailors of the Columbia equipped themselves with lire preservers when the vessel was - sinking because they were too busy assisting the passenger. Story of jrewspaperman. Among tae passengers who came up rrom tne ay uuy on tne uity or ran ama. was Harrv B. Smith, soortlne- ed itor of the San Francisco Chronicle, formerly connected with the dally press of this city. "The City of Panama may (Continued on Page Two.) m Jewish Residents at Casa Blanca Suffer Unspeakable Cruelties at Hands of Savages Shells Set Fire to Town Inhabitants Massacred by the Score. (Joontd Special Service.) : Tangier, Aug. 8. Two thousand add! tlonal'. meir have 'been landed at Casa Blanca and conditions there are becom lng mora serious than waa anticipated several days ago. It Is believed that before 'the disturbances are "finally quelled there will be great loss of Ufa Street fighting and skirmishes along the outskirts ot tha city have continued without s interruption. Yesterday the Jewish section of the city was sacked and dosens of the Inhabitants massacred by the tribesmen. Today tha narrow thoroughfares are piled full of bodies. Many are fatally injured and the fight in a in thia district Is so fierce that aid cannot be. offered the wounded. f The massaciTO-f tha Jewish residents was marked by extreme cruelty and all tha barbaritiea Of thaavaga tribes were practiced upon the helpless people, who fled to the streets only to be cut down and shot. -v -.Added to the horrors of the butcheries and cruelties, th shells from the French, and Spanish warships set fire to the Moorisn quarter snd it is reported that many in this district were Incinerated. The section was completely destroyed, jno effort being made to stay the flames which swept the region clean. Owing to the closing- of the stores and the inability of residents to secure provisions, the greatest distress pre vails among the poor. Starvation faces them now at the time their Uvea are in Jeopardy from tha knives and bullets of the savage hordes which surround the City. . - , .; .. So far as known all the Europeans within the boundaries of Casa Blanca are safe. There is apparently no dis position nn tha part of the tribesmen to kill the foreigners, although thla is probably due to the fact that Europeans have cona-res-ated tocethar inn M a position to protect, themselves should an advance be made upon their stronghold.- v.rt-M,:- .A ". Word reaches here that thI tribes are in ambush back of thi . and it is feared now that Tn.i. ,n bo attacked unless the savages ' are driven oft, before aecurlca- no Let of PEOPLE TORTURE STINGY HATE Persians Cut Off Miser's Ears and Hang His Body to Post in Street: ,,. - . :... ...;.;,,, s v tttttfsf e e e a tana cruexuea, ute sneus xrora un jiBwia,.,.,- (Jooroal Special BerTtce.) Chicago, Aug. 8. Startling barbarities of the -treatment accorded Abdul Bor babdea. a wealthy merchant of Tabria. Persia, by the residents Of that town, are, contained In a letter- which has just been received here at tha hu. quarters of the Foreign Missionary so ciety from Mrs. Loretta Van Hook, one ot its representatives in ., the eastern country. . . Van Hook writes that a short timaago Borbabdea had stored In his warehouses all of the wheat In that sec tion Offtne. .COuntrv.. ,j A i.fimu. i.u.a , placed the people in destitute circum- starvation1 cor ,WOTe on too verge of Borbabdea had been ' asked to rive some of the 2.000.0im hn.h.i. -jLi- wh ch he had hoarded, to the suffering residents,- but refused. .,A second de mand waa made upon him and upon his second refusal a large number of people of the town congregated about hia reel Sa? aurln,the .-night and demanded that he immediately come to the rescua 0fthO8 who er dying of starvation. ; - tt uen mne met meir urgent requests with silence the mob led by one of ineir numoer, oroxe down the door 'of hi home and dragged Porbabdes by the hair into th streets. 5 The rich mer chant . waa set upon by the. Infuriated populace and beaten and stabbed aa ot ti ers Jerked htm by the legs through ths thoroughfares. - While the man was still sllve t "s his ear were cut off and hU severed and the body whs xiiwJiy 1' to a. post in the market pi " ' 1 center of town. Members of (- f pleaded with the moi to riv i bades'a "body, but It ws r , t '"" f had been promised I.iiniM" I-" ' wheat as ransom that t"r '"' ' to allow th bod cut dva ! t-, home, .