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ACCIDENT OCCURS
WHEN UNEXPLODED
SHELL IS REMOVED
JlaneuTers Near Kure End With 3rost Serious Disaster
That Has Ever Happened in Time of Peace
. . . to ..Warship of.thejlikado.
Officials Reluctant to Give Details of Cause and Effect of
Unfortunate Handling of ShellPassing
Room Crew Among Injured.
(Dotted Prase Leased Wirt,)
Tokio", Sept. 17.-A 12-inch gun on the battleship Kashima
exploded during the naval maneuvers near Kure, September 9,
killing and injuring 44 members of the crew and seriously damaging
the vessel.
The Kashima was commanded by Captain Koizumi. The
fatalities include a lieutenant, two cadets and one staff officer.
Details of the accident are lacking, but it is known that the
explosion was a terrific one. The explosion followed an attempt
to remove an unexploded shell from the gun.
A number of bystanders were mutilated.
The Kashima is the largest battleship ever launched on the
Tyne, England.
The Japanese officials were successful in keeping the news
from the outside world until today. The navy bureau has been
reluctant about giving information and has 'Stated that there will
be no official report until a thorough investigation has taken place.
The shell is believed to have exploded after removal from the gtm,
and all within the 12-inch gun turret must have met with instant
death. Men in the passing-room were probably badly injured by
the concussion. '
PIPE PHI
WILL BUILD
IflPORMID
Los Angeles Capitalists Are
Looking Over Ground for
Purpose of Establishing
Factory to Manufacture
Wooden Conduits.
New Concern Would Find
Large Field of Supply-
Numerous Local Sawmills
and Fir Lumber Make
Conditions Here Ideal.
SOUTHERN RAILROAD APPEALS.
MOORE MAKES APPEAL
TO DEPOSITORS OF BANK
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Presents Plan by Which Institution Can Be Reopened
Declares That Control by Receiver Will Result
ini Great Loss to the Depositors.
Two Los Angeles capitalists, R. Lloyd
and W. E. Hampton, have been In Port
land several days and have practically
determined to erect a large wooden pipe
factory In this city. They have been
Coins; over the ground carefully and
have decided that everything; la favor
able to the location of one of the largest
factories on the coast If railroad facili
ties can be satisfactorily arrana-ed.
The new factory would not onlv nun-
ply the water systems of Portland and
otner racmo coast cities with wooden
Pipes but would have the large Irrlga
tion area of eastern Oregon, Idaho and
Washington to draw trade from. Wooden
sines are used almost exclusively In
Irrigation projects as they do not rust
ana in many ways are regarded
Yesterday Messrs. Lloyd and Hamp
ton looked over factory sites In the
northern part of the city. It la their
Intention to locate- the new proposition
on the North Bank road and the North
ern Pacific tracks, the only hitch in the
location tney nave selected being the
question of the railroad comnanv'a
Uulldlng a spur into the factory
grounas.
Owing to the recent discoveries of
the damage done Iron pipes by elec
trolysis the city water department Is
greatly Interested in the subject of
wooden pipes for the city water main
and there Is a possibility that If the
factory is located here it may find a
large market In Portland Itself for Its
output.
The city Is experimenting to some
extent at present with wooden nine.
the new additions to the water system
In Montavllla being laid with wooden
instead of Iron conduits.
Owing to the large number of saw
mills In and near Portland It is
President W. . Moore, of the Oregon
Trust and Savings bank, today gave out
an important statement to depositors
Through the mail he enclosed a blank
form which, signed by the depositor,
will authorize Receiver Devlin to trans
fer to the depositor's account the
amount of the deposit In bonds of
the Taooma or Omaha Home
Telephone company, and stock In the
same company to the amount of one
half of the deposit The printed state,
ment to depositors Is as follows:
"We know that you will help us In an
effort to reopen the Oregon Trust &
ttavinga unuiv. .
"There Is only -one way In which this
can be done, and that is to realise on
the securities. About $800,000 of these
securities are represented by bonds of
h. Hnm Telephone companies. The
receiver could only sell these bonds in
the local market by making a sacrifice.
It would probably take many months for
tlie receiver to realize the --face value
of these securities oy nwrauug "
the ordinary course or receivership.
'If these bonds can be- exchanged at
car lor deposits the exchange amounts
lo a sale of the bonds at par, Jrther
more, the sale is mad now. -If all of
the bonds were exchanged for deposits
the bank wouia men uui
winan hecause manv of the se
curities consist of notes of customers of
the bank ana wnicn h wyum ui m
to them to sell at this tlme.
Znorease Bank's Capital.
"These notes would therefore have
to be carried by the bank after itre
n.nA hanna ft will be necessarjtf to
realize money from another source. To
do this it has been planned to Increase
the capital stock of the bank to $500,000
and possibly $760,000 or $1,000,000.
nonv of the subscribers are anxious
to subscribe to this increased stock and
to pay for the subscriptions with their
deposits. These sales of bank stock -for
deposits with the sal of telephone
bonds for deposits and the cash on hand
and the cash which will be received
from" the other bank stock sales weuld
be sufficient to put the bank on a
sound basis and open Its doors.
"The president of the bank. Mr.
Moore, has turned over to the receiver
lands worth enough to make up any
loss that ought to be sustained by rea
son of bad paper, but if the depositors
have to wait until the receiver can
realize out of the assets then your divi
dend will fall very much below the
amount due you.
Tains of Telephone Stock.
"If you are willing to take telephone
bonds, you get half as much stock
thrown, in as a bonus and It is increas
ing in value every day, so that even if
the bonds were not worth par, bonds
and stock together which you would
get, ought to be worth par. The bank
took these bonds Intending to sellthem
through its connections.
"If the bank should open and you
care to place your stock and bonds with
It for sale, it could in time probably
realize more than face for it It will
be absolutely impossible to do anything
with the reorganisation unless we can
make these exchanges. A long-drawn-
out receivership would be disastrous to
everyone, hence we enclose you a caru
for your signature if you desire to take
telephone bonds for your deposit
In Blocks of On Hundred.
"As the bonds can only be Issued in
$100 lots you should fill In the blank
left for the amount of bonds subscribed
with an amount even in the hundreds.
You may mall this when signed to T,
d Devlin, receiver.
"If enough of these come In to Justify
the action, an effort will then be made
to -procure an order from the court per
mitting the receiver to maJce the ex
change. If, on the other hand, you de
sire to subscribe for bank stock for all
or a part Of your deposit, you may use
the enclosed blank subscription, sign it
and send it to the undersigned, room 7,
Tjifnvette building.
"You must apreciate that while we
would like to see you personally about
this matter, with 16,000 people to
handle it will be impossible to djscuss
these plans personally, n mere is any.
garded as one of the best places In the
country for the location or such an in
dustry. The pipes are made of Oregon
fir almost exclusively and of the very
finest grade of wood, "pipe stock," as It
Is called by the mlllmen, being the ab
solutely "clear" fir. This favorable
location j would result in lowering
largely tne cost or tne raw material.
There are pipe factories in Seattle and
In one or two other Washington cities
but they are far behind their orders and
are unable to come anywhere near flu
ing tne orders with which they are
deluged.
HHS
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PUT LID ON
CA FOR A
Business Houses, Saloons,
Amusement Places and
Baseball Will Fall Under
Ban of Sunday Rest Law
Planned for Golden State.
FEDERAL JUDGE , WHO WILL HEAR CORPORATION'S APPLICA
TION FOR A RESTRAINING ORDER.
AshevHle, N. C, Sept IT. -The application for an order restraining the
state courts from taking action in suits brought for recovery of penalties 'for
violation of Vsxa xt Jaw .will be beard tomorrow by Judge Pritcburd of this
federal oourt
The suit In which the hearing is to be held is that of the appeal of the
Southern railway from the $30,000 fine imposed against that company.
Prospective Statute Similar
to One in Force yi Idaho
Will Bo, Formulated by
Superintendent of Inter
national Reform Bureau.
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XCLUSlONISTS
J
DEI STRAT ON
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Anti-Asiatics League Pre
pares for Big Parade
of Members.
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STANDARD'S BOND IS
FIXED BY GR0SSCUP
Chicago, Sept. 17. Federal Judgi
th(
in case of appeal
Grosscup today fixed the bond of
y in case of ao
f Judge Landis at
Standard Oil compan
rrom the decision o
$4,000,000, and $2,000,000 in the appeal
for a writ of supersedeas. The Standard
on company or New Jersey was ac
cepted as surety In both cases. .
APPEALS FOR MONEY
TO AID OPERATORS
(Continued on Page Five.)
PLUMBERS ARE TO
EXPLAIN BOYCOTT
(Psclfia OMrt Ptwm) c Leased . Wire.)
San Francisco. Cal., Sept. 17.--Ths
opening guns of the attorneys for the
John Douglas company of Cincinnati,
which claim that its. goods are subject
to . boycott by the Journeymen
plumbers. Gas and Steam Fitters union
( Of San Franclzco, wore ' filed in the
United States circuit court , yesterday,
The hearinr is to determine whether
or not a restraining order shall b Is
sued removing the boycott pending, the
trial of ult for $15,000 damages, also
filed against the union. Judge Van
Meet gave the defendants two davs
in which to file an explanatory affi
davit regarding the use of the word
."boycott1 in a letter from the secretary
of the union to the" Master Plumbers'
association, filed In the records.
, In issuing the order the court said: '
- "If it is a boycott it la illegal and the
court is bound to restrain It It It is
Illegal it makes no difference what they
call it - -- - -.
' "It is well settled' law that what an
individual may do lawfully Is unlawful
when don in combination, or ao u to be
Injurious to AaoUtOA- i , , 1
Washington. Sept 17. President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor, today issued an appeal to
organised labor throughout the United
States for funds for the striking
leieg rap uers.
FiBlFfliD
GUILTY BY JURY
Manslaughter Verdict Re
turned Against Slayer of
James Thompson.
(United Preu Ideated Wire.)
Wallace, Idaho, Sept 17. Joseph
Fannlff, who was- charged with the
murder of James H. Thompson in a
saloon near this city, was convicted of
manslaughter at 8 o'clock last nls-ht.
He was convicted on the seventh ballot
Fannin had engaged in a crap arame
with Thompson and others,, the stake
beins: a dinner for all.- When hi
friends indulged in some pleasantries at
bis expense, Fannjff became angry and
a fight followed in which he was
knocked out '
Leaving: the saloon the anery mm
secured a revolver and shot Thompson
through the doorway. When informed
of what he had done, the defendant
wept -and denied all knowledge Nsf the
afisir. iBMOitg ; was big defease. r . j
(Special Dispatch to The JonnAl.)
Vancouver, B. C, Sept 17. The As!
atic Exclusion league Is preparing for
further demonstrations. The members
have Issued an ultimatum in which
they slate that unless the Dominion
i government adopts some relief measure
to restrict Immigration steps will bo
taken by the league to effect it.
Sam Golhard, a promlnene member of
the organization stated today that there
Is $5,000 In the treasury and branches
will be established In all cities of Brit
ish Columbia, Victoria especially de
siring deportation to go over rrom nere.
In view of statements made retard
ing American members of the league,
the Vanoouver leaders will see to It
that no outside city takes part in the
next demonstration. They assert that
their parade win be held this week,
when 6.000 men will be In line.
An International convention, with del
egates from all over the northwest will
be held next month.
The civic authorities say another
parade will not be allowed but the
league Intends to hold one, and If
necessary it will take the matter into
the courts.
JAILS AND VAGRANCY
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
( Cnlted Press Leased Wire.)
Chicago. 111. i Sept. 17. Jails and vag
rancy was the topic of discussion at this
morning's session of the National Prison
association. A report from the com
mittee appointed to investigate the sub
ject was presented by Professor Charles
R. Henderson of the University of Chi
cago. The speakers included H. H.
Shirer, secretary of the Ohio board of
state charities, and Orlando F. Lewis of
New York City.
This afternoon special meetings were
held by the associations of prison war
dens, chaplains and physicians. Mrs.
Maud Balllngton Bootn is .to be the
irlnclpal speaKer tonigni, wnen tne suo
ect of discharged prisoners is to be
considered.
DESPONDENT WOMAN
CLASPS BABE AND
JUMPS INTO WATER
MB FIGHTS
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Board of Supervisors of Bay
City Taboo So-Called
Boxing Matches.
(Pacific Coast Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Sept 17. The police
committee of the board of supervisors
has put itself formally on record in
favor of discouraging . hereafter the
holding of pugilistic exhibitions, wheth
er they are professional or so-called
amateur events.
In a report died with the board by
Chairman Stafford the following state
ments were made:
"Your committee reports against the
petition of Alex Greggalns for permis
sion to conduct a professional exhibition
during- the month of October. 1907. Your
committee is of the opinion that the
recent plutltora of professional boxing
exhibitions running the last few months
is all sufficient, and that a month at
least might elapse without another oc
curring In San Francisco,
r "Your committee has caused an in
vestigation to be made of the standing
of professional and so-called amateur
clubs and has found that not one of
eld clubs compiled with the provisions
expressed in ordinance number 624 of
your honorable board relative to equip
ment, ate."
MURPHY IS FIGHTING
FOR TAMMANY CROWN
Under the auspices of th Inter
national Reform bureau. Rev. Mr. G. L.
Tufts, Ph. D., Is preparing to visit Cali
fornia to carry on an active campaign
to secure the passage there of a Sunday
rest law similar to the one the bureau
succeeded in passing In the state of
Idaho at the last session of the legisla
ture of that state. In discussing the
matter today Rev. Mr. Tufts said:
"It is not the purpose of the rest law
on Sunday to work any hardships. Fre
quently bodies of merchants get to
gether and discuss closing on this day
or that day, but usually there Is one or
more in the different organisations
who, more greedy than the rest decide
to remain open to secure a litue traae
py sucn metnoa.
"We Intend going before the people
or uauiornia as we aid oerore tne reel
dents of Idaho. We eliminate every-
tning ecclesiastical and the word re
ligion does not figure In the measure
In any way, shape or form. It Is a rest
-oposltion pure and simple. In a
to California we shall pursue the same
policy we did In Idaho, namely, place
tne matter on a purely pnysologicai
plane. We believe that business can be
done on the whole six days a week and
men who work we contend are entitled
to one day's rest in a week of seven
days.
Idaho Mas Best Law.
"In California as in Idaho the Sunday
rest law we will seek to have the legisla
ture pass will embody three salient
points. Firstly, business shops must
close; secondly, saloons must close;
thirdly; public amusements must close.
Our aim will be to have a few Improve
ments over the Idaho rest law. one
being that we hope to Include the stop
page of baseball, which is permitted
T
LIFE WITH
RAILROADS
Valley 3Iills Would Be Com-,
pletely Shut Out From
California and Eastern1
Markets Under New Tariff
Will Bring Suit.
Unfairness Against Manu
facturers of Lumber Do
ing Business on East Side
Escape Tax While West
Side Is Made to Suffer.
New York. Sept. 17. Primary elec
tions are being held today in Manhattan
tnd the Bronx, on the result of which
epends the Tammany leadership. The
Issue is a sharply drawn one between
Charles F. Murphy, the present leader,
and Mayor George B. McClellan.
(Pacific Coast Press Leased Wlr.)
Los Angeles, Sept 17. Ater
writing a note which she left at
her home In Garvansa statins;
that, she intended to drown her
self and baby, Mrs. Anna Barker
last night made her way to a
reservoir back of the ChurcR of
. the Angels and clasping the
COUNTESS DOES
HOT mi TITLE
Earl of Rosslyn Will See His j
JName on Theatrical
Billboards.
under the Idaho law,
"People generally as well as ministers
and those Interested In the general up
lifting of humanity make no denial of
the raet mat Idaho today has the best
Sunday rest law in the United States.
If we secure the passage of a similar
law in California It will carry with it a
fine of from $60 to $500 for any sheriff
or county attorney who fails to bring
to Justice any violator of the law, as
well as removal from office for the bal
ance of the term.
Officers Most Enforce Law.
"It will be obligatory on the part of
officers of the law to enforce it without
their attention being called to Its ex
istence. It will be unnecessary for a
saloonlst to sell liquor to be prose
cuted if we are successful. The mere
fact that the saloon is open will for
me ursi onense suoject tne orrenaer
to a fine ranging from $30 to $250 and
imprisonment not to exceed 90 days.
for a seconu oirense tne guilty saloon
keeper will receive a similar fine and
imprisonment and his license will be
revoked for a period of two years.
"With regard to stores and shops that
fierslst In evading the law fines will be
evied ranging from $25 to $100 or Im
prisonment not to exceed 30 days. It
will be our aim to close all amusements,
race tracks, dancehalls, merry-go-rounds,
shows, circuses, variety halls,
etc. As I said before we will try to
prevent Sunday baseball. We did not
succeed In doing so in Idaho, but I feel
certain we will two years hence.
"In California we will probably ask
that confectionery and cigar stores be
closed. We did not do so In Idaho be
cause the majority decided that lux
uries were a Sabbath necessity. I be-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
Lumber mill manufacturers of tne
Willamette valley will bring suit in
the United States court to enjoin the
transcontinental lines from putting
into effect the new freight rata
schedules Just filed at Washington.
In these schedules there has been -made
by the railroad traffic chiefs ;
a, singular blunder that will, It Is
said, prove to be the salvation of
Willamette valley lumber mills, as
it will afford ground for proving the '
new freight schedules to be illegal
discrimination. The schedules im- '
pose a different rate upon mills at
the same point of location.
Owing to conflicting statements pun
Hshed, the figures have been somewhat 4
confused. A lumberman who has made
a study of the rates explained that the
increase amounts to an additional bur
den of $1.65 per lrO00 feet to be borne
by the Willamette valley lumber manu-
facturer who ships lumber to Salt Lake
and Denver territory, and double that
amount on shipments he makes to Mis- , .
sourl river territory. One or the pe
culiar results of the new rate schedule
Invented by the Chicago traffic mechan-
lcs is that Portland mills on the west
bank of the Willamette river must pay
the advanced rate wnue tne mills on "
the east bank escape the tax. Thus
the Portland Lumber company, already -hard
pushed by the car shortage, are
hit bv the Increased freight rate, while ""
the Inman-Poulnen mill and the East
Side Lumber mill may ship under the
old rate. ,
Strange Discrimination.
This singular discrimination, whll -
chargeable to the local freight trafflo
officials of the Harrlman lines, la said
to have been actually oommltted in the
eastern offices higher up, and appar
ently through Ignorance of existing con-
dltions in the valley. Had the freight
traffic chiefs known of the location of
the mills in question they would hav
been wise enough to avoid so flagTant
a violation of the common rules of
fairness to shippers at one point While
the whole increase is manifestly un-i.
Just and ruinous to the valley miliar
south of Portland Jurisdiction, the rats , .
makers would have been careful to
avoid open violation of the law against '
discrimination in rreigm rates.
If the new freight rate schedules
Just filed at Washington by trascon
tlnental roads go into effect lumber
mills 'in the Willamette valley will go
out of business or pay 5 cents increase)
per 100 pounds on shipments into Salt
Lake territory, their nearest eastern
trade field. This increase, amounting
to the sweeping advance of $1.65 on
1,000 feet of lumber. Is claimed to have
been made unknown to the local offU
clals of the Harrlman lines. If local
stories are true the Job was done in
the offices of J. C. Stubbs, and other
freight trafflo chiefs, in Chicago. ,
Changs lormer Plans. -
It was the understanding betwium
local freight officials and the lumber
men that the Salt Lake rate would re
main the same as it was following the
(Continued on Page Two.)
MYSTERY SURROUNDS J
DEFENSE OP HICKS
child to her breast leaped Into .
the water. The note was found
and turned over to the police,
who discovered the bodies this
morning. No cause for the
tragedy Is known.
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(United Press Leased Wire.)
London, Sept. 17. The announcement
that the Countess of Rosslyn, formerly
Miss Annie Robinson the American
actress, who recently obtained a Scott
ish decree of divorce against the earl.
is to return to tne stage, arter her ab
sence of seven years. Is made. It has
caused a pwfound sensation in -the
social life ofSLondon. which is still dis
cussing the divorce and the action of
the earl in riling an appeal against tne
decree. -
The Scottish decree allows her to
retain her title, and members of the.
peerage are now asking if the Ameri
can countess, aa aha la known, will nu
I this . title on th nlavhtlla in tha r.lt
I where her Xormer husband lives as
j 's P v,V :':Vc; '4 ' '
(United Preu Leased Wire.)
Wallace, Ida., Sept. 17. The trial of
Carson Hicks, deputy sheriff of Sho
shone county and county Jailer, for the
murder of William Qulnn, ex-chief of
police of Wallace, began here today.;
The murder occurred in a saloon last
April. Qulnn and H. W. C. Jackson, a
local newspaper publisher, became in
volved In a dispute over the Steunen-
murder and almost came to blows.
ackson waa ordera1 nut at fnm aalnnn
in wnicn the dispute took place, but re
turned a few minutes later accompanied
by Hloks. Qulnn Invited both to have
drink, but .Hicks, without apparent
provocation. It is stated, drew a revolver
and shot Qulnn dead. The basis on
which the oase will be. defended hae
never been made public.
RENO GAMBLING IS
LOCK
(Unite Press Leased Wire.) ' I
Reno, Nev., Sept 17. The ganfbllng
games in the Hub resort are quiet the
five-number combination of the huare
steel safe falling to open the doors and
divulge the $30,000 placed there at 1)
o'clock Saturday night, when the games,
closed tor Sunday Six experts fcsvs.
been trying to open the doors. tut
yet . the bankers at the faro game aa
till idle. ...
Manager Renrdsley has offere-1 a ro
ward of $100 to tha man who ,
tlie floors. Beardslev statu t
is not opened by noon he wiu
taken, to the - street aul
wiU trUxo-giycarine,
t i.'