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ll THE DAILY JOURNAL IS SOLD fAIiVS AT TWO CENTS PER COPY ? madf morro of thi journal Tim m nv ah nir muro n Aft v d adfdc put TnnmiFn RE ARC lllUtVlj VVl iUJ SOLD DAILY- 1UI111 5CLD UI iXLtU ' 1 UU vasit-n ariIJUs I HI UVJ V vvsj s S To Buy or Sell Anything use The Journal want columns The Journal ia the beat advertising medium in Portland. The Weather Occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday. l7ihTftrrr7.7. . : . - . "SssgghWS frfflr . iF -- : i I g VOL. VI. NO. 220. , PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDA EVENING. NOVEMBER 18. 1907 TWELVE PAGES. JOURNAL CIRCULATION HINIHY WAS 27,310 PRICE TWO CENTS " ad wtwa "w v-citlO. STAIDS. FIVE CEliia jond PLAN CLEAR NEW YORK BANKS GRIN ON HERRING FROM CRPITRL flNANOAL K PEOPLE ARE THE BUYERS Stock Market Shows a Re versal of Tilings and the Bears Arc Surprised at General Confidence of Public in Securities. (Special Plpateh a Ttia Jmirnal.) New York, Nov. 18. The sky cleared here today when the re sult of the conference between Secretary Cortclyou and Presi dent Roosevelt was made known. Nearly every banker in the city regards the move authorized by the president as a step in the right direction, and conservative dealers declare that it is their opinion that the canal bonds and certificate issues will meet the requirements of business and re lievc the strain that is due entire ly to shortage of change and not to lack of markets for United States products. Bank applications for with drawals have almost come to a standstill among small dealers and the general public. It is evi dent that confidence is being re stored, and after all, what prom ised to be a gloomy holiday sea son will develop one of the most remunerative to the shopkeeper that the country has ever known. The stock market closed firm at noon and brokers during the session were armed with numer ous orders for small dealers. Stocks loomed up as a conse quence and two-point advances were not uncommon. The "little fellow" is showing a most re markable faith in the market and is spreading consternation among the bears. UNCLE SAM'S TWJX BROTHER "Undoubtedly the decision to lamia Panama canal bonds and certificates of indebtedness at this time was the re sult of very careful consideration by President Roosevelt, Secretary Cortel you and their advisers," said A. L. Mum, president of the First National bank, this morning. "Jf this plan re suits In bringing; money out of hiding it will go far toward clearing the fl nanctal situation. Conditions here on me ran uu coast are largely dependent on conditions in the east, and if this " mum) maKBs money more plentiful in Boston, New York, Chicago nn.l other eastern cities, we shall -feel the good effects here also. The wholo country will experience immediate re lief as soon as the money now In hid ing is once more placed In circulation." Issue WU1 Kelp. "It Is pretty hard' to say just what Immediate effect would como from the Issuance of tho Panama bonds," said Rdward Cooklngham of the Ladd & Tllton hank. "Anything that relieves the situation in New York, however, is of assistance to the west Indirectly. The Issuance of the. bonds would un doubtedly be a great help to the east. Ultimately it will assist here, but Just how Immediate the assistance will be Pictur drawn for Journal by Hearst service Staff Artist and photo by same of MelvinfPhilip Hambsch Uncle .Sam's double, who has re turned to his home In Iowa, after a trip to Germany in search of relatives. After being "absent from the fatherland for 5 4 years, he discovered only one ofjils kith and kin left, she being a six-year-old, who is in school and could not accompany him to this country. (Continued on ' Page Two.) WILLIAMSON 10 BE TRIEDDEC. 22 By Joint Request Case Will Soon Go Before Su preme Court. (Wahln-ton Bureau of The Journal.) Washington. Nov. 18. The case of ex-Congressman Williamson, by Joint request of the nroseeutlon and the de fense, has been set by the supreme court for December 2. As several other cases are set for the same day ahead of this case, the hearing will probably be held about December 4. r ADVERTISING RECORD FOR WEEK ENDING M1VFMRFR t7lrT The volume of advertising carried by the three daily X papers of Portland, for the week ending November 17, is as follows : ' Journal Oregonian Telegram IMUTllla P D i U lift 1H 111 I 1. L CATCHES EAGLE Rushes to Rescue of Pet Dog and Wins the Fight of Her Life. Local! inches 6,494 Foreign, inches 1,178 Classified and real estate, ins. . . 2,075 6,350 1,432 2,396 5,387 1,023 1,246 Total, 9,747 10,178 t 7,656 v The people of Portland and Oregon show a decided pref- t erence lor ine journal, wntcn gives it a larger paia circulation greater i by several thousand in the city and state than that nirirA Vr inv -tVir Irjilv fi3npr TViIc ctinrnrf' ri tlie nwinlp The Journal appreciates, and it will continue to do its level 5 best to merit it. :, ; - , ,, v c t f (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Helena, Mont., Nov. 18. A young woman of Butte, Miss Flossie McCor- mick, has captured an enormous sliver- tipped eagle, measuring six feet from f lnlon to pinion, l no story or tne cap urc is an interesting one. The eagle, it seems, attempted to seize a young eouto ana naa peen nanging around the McCormlck ranch ror several days with that idea in view. When Miss McCormick saw it It whs on the ground In a rough and tumble fight with the dog. Thinking the dog was worrying a tur key, Bhe ran to the rescue and stepped on one of the eagle's wings. It put up a fight and before she realized It, the eagle had her on the defensive. To protect herself slu; grasped it by the throai and threw herself upon the monster bird, meanwhile screaming with terror. Her mother was summoned by her cries and "they managed to hold the eagle by stepping on each wing. Help came later, and the bird was cap tured and has been sent to Butte. The eagle doej not seem to have attained its full growth. It Is of a ferocious nature, and his life In the coop proves the say ing that the eagle Is a bird of freedom, as the majority of hiB time Is spent In an effort to release himself. Texas Man Commits Suicide. (failed rrt Leased Wire.) Dallas, Tex.. Nov 18. R. S. Rather, mayor of Huntsvfiie, Texas, and a lead ing merchant of that place, committed suicide In his home yesterday afternoon by firing a pistol bullet Into nis head. A note ' addressed to his family was found, in which Mayor Rather stated that, worrv over finantlnl embarrass ment had driven nim te commit, suicide. JA Hl i 7 i MAC F ORCES AI CAPITAL Senators and Representa tives dather at Washing ton. I). V., and Prepare for Work War on National Banks to Be Live One. Anti-Japanese Question Is Likely to Make Much Food for Debate -Most Important Session of Con gress in Years. GOVERNMENT MRY CONTROL ; WATER POWER ON RIVERS WUTING F..(J IV NATIVE COSTUME (Waahlnston Bureau of The Journal ) Washington. Nov. IV Three weeks In advance of convening or the mxtkmii congress mnny senators nnd represen tatives are In the capital preparing speeches and hills that are Intended to make politics for the presidential cam paign, and Incidentally the good and welfare of the country ls'to be con sidered. Several special committees and commissioners who have the burden of revising the laws of the United tates nd the preservauon or loresis re pre paring reports and the multifarious bureaus are coinidetlng demands for an nual appropriations. f inancial affairs or me country win take first place in congressional dis cussions. The. 3Si! numbers or the house hold divergent views on the all Important question and each Individual has his own Ideas for the regulation of national banks. And. of course, tne dlscipls of different political schools will offer solutions fur tho money stringency that will best subserve the policies of this or ihst political party or promote the presidential chances of a particular political favorite. There will lie more of politics man statesmanship hi all the impending cataclysm of words that are about to Inundate the senate and house stenog raphers, but here and there a patriot may arise and make prophecy. It Is not presumed that any legislation affecting the finances of the country will pass unless It is ordered by Senator Aldrich and put through by Speaker Cannon. Fight for Leader. The Democratic members of the house are summoned to meet in caucus on November 30 for the purpose of se lecting a minority leader. John Sharp Williams, who has been chosen senator from Mississippi, de sires to hold on to hjs Job as boss of tho Democrats and the Independent mem bers of the minority are opposing his ambition. Judge David A. Dcarmoiul of Missouri is the choice of the untl- Williams representatives. Williams has been busy since his senatorial campaign seeking support ami his friends claim lie will be re elected. Dearmond. who fias not ap pealed for the votes of his party col leagues. Is said to have sufficient sup port to land the leadership. Desultory debates will consume the preliminary sessions. No real work politically or otherwise will no attempted tin arter speaker uan non announces the personnel of the new committees of the house. Tho California delegation Intends to agitate for a bill to expel the Japanese and this Is certain to open up discussion of war talk and te sending of the navy to the J'acltlc. Coincident with this subject will run the criticism and ap proval of the greater navy plans of tho administration. For campaign purposes politicians in Republican and Demo cratic rfimps must talk tariff revision and other economic reforms. Inasmuch as Speaker Cannon has declared through the Republican whip, Watson of Indi ana, that nothing but routine appropria tion bills are to pass the house these discussions are not likely to go beyond an appalling mass of copy for the printers who set type for the Cungres-. slonal Record. Prohibition on List. Prohibition for the District of Colum bia and the proposal to restore the army canteen are the nightmares of the mem bers of the two houses. All summer the Prohibitionists of the district have been organizing; a crusade and during the winter the corridors and committee rooms of the capitol will be crowded with men and women who demand that the liquor business be abolished In this city. Agents of these whiskey makers and brewers are now on the ground Interviewing representatives and sena tors on their arrival. Senator Beverldge gives notice that he will revive his anti-child labor bill and also that he intends to demand amendment to the pure food laws that will require the beef packers and others to put dates on their wares to inform the punno wiion tney were preserved. The usual batch of amendments to tho railroad rate laws are looked for, and the apparent clash between state and federal authorities in reference to cor porations regulation- has to be threshed out by constitutional debatars in both houses. Canal Cnanges. President Roosevelt's proposed na tional incorporation for all corporations doing Interstate business is to be the red rag to tne 'conservative' senators, like l oraker and Aldrich. One of the very Important subjects to be disposed of iB the possible changes in the con struction of the Panama canal, so that big "warships of the Dreadnaught type may pass through. The locks now pro vided for are 100 feet wide and the army and navy engineers have recom mended that the width be made 116 feet. Congfoss alone can, order this change of plan. . 7' ' A new element In congressional Ora- C0HISS1 HAS REPORT Wants to Protect Eights of People and Husband Na tion's Resources Esti mates of Engineers to Bo Shown Congress. (Special Dispatch to Thp Journal.) Washington, Nov. IS. The foxy Wu is to be with us again as ambassador to Washington. Tills session of congress Wu Ting Kang. special representative of tne empress, will have to use all of the diplomacy for which he is famous to prevent the Introduction of more drastic measures against Chinese Immi gration. Although China has apparent ly acquiesced to all proposals made her regarding the ending of the boycott and better treatment for her subjects she Is not at all Inclined to stop the under ground fight. The battle of the diplo mats mav. therefore, rage again about the Capitol. CALHOUN IN 'SI mma During Strike Receipts Fell Off in San Francisco to Alarming Extent. (United Presa Leaitd Wire.) San Krancisco, Cal., Nov. 18. Presi dent Patrick Calhoun of tne United Railroads has made a report to the stockholders about the gross earnings of the company for last August. It states that gross receipts were $317, 763. as compared with $129,311 for Au gust, 1906. or a decrease of $111,642. This Is the secood monthly report made public since the strike of May 5 last was declared. The first report was for June, when the gross receipts were $152,126. as compared with $4I,455 for Juno, 190S, or a decrease of $290.32'.). The latter decrease was due to the existence of the strike of the carmen. The same cause Is assigned for the August de crease. During Dotn montns wiousands of union people refused to ride on the cars. It is estimated that the strike of the carmen and. inadequate service combined have cost the company over $1,200,000 in passenger receipts. ; TRY 10 PROVE WOMAN N E Defense in Bradley .Murder Case ('all Re pollers to Stand. (United Pref a Leaaod V Ire.) Washington. D. C. Nov. 18. The at torneys defending Mrs. Bradley have widened the scope of their plan by tak ing advantage of suf-gestions made in the testimony of the government's wit nesses. The list of defense witnesses has been lengthened to 30. Evidence helping the insanity defense has been obtained. Mrs. Bradley Is loath to as sail Browns character on the stand. (Continued on Page Two.) Ry John G. Iathrop. ' , (Wa.bingtun Bureau of Th Journal.? ' ' Washington. D C. Nov. 18. Govern m nt. il control of all water power site In Oregon and their conservation fof the uses of all the people, Is said to bS one of the numbers of the general pro gr im for husbanding the nation's-fS-sourc s, as now under consideration by the Inland waterways commission. Ths commission Is preparing Its report to be submitted before the congress convenes; disposition of unappropriated water power in the hills and mountains, ac cording to one of the commission's ex perts, is to be one of the principal features. It has been estimated that the power potential In the state of Oregon approx imates 500.000 hdrsepower, which is equal to power to lift 16, 00,000,000 pounds one foot ah minute. Some estimates pluce the available power even higher and estimates run all the way to l.noo.000 horsepower. Every stream of water which courses through the mountains Is potential pow er for manufacturing, transportation, heating, lighting and all other uses to which the electric current may o put. If the streams referred to were to be utilised, for Instance, as the Black riv'er of northeastern New York 'Is used, tho potential power in the state would mount up to Inconceivable quantities. The Black river has a succession of pa per mills for miles nnd miles, the water flowing t-om one dam to another, each one placed only so far below th other as is absolutely necessary In order to the giving or a ran sufficient to turn a turbine water wheel, lr, then, the power potential of that river be given AL .11; I I U I U & flllV, IV 1.11. III. y & press more than a medtcum of the actual power which could be developed on th stream. . Applying this rule to the rivers and creekn of Oregon the power which It ia possible to develop, under proper con ditions, will be multlrjlled manv times over the usual amount estimated. Probably many millions- of horse power remain unused, although private I'ompanieB mere ana everywnere in m I nlted (States are rapidly getting dos- sesslon of the available sites to pro vide against ruture development wnea the power thereon will be marketable, it is trie control in some manner or theso public owned powers that the com.. mission purposes. The proposition as yet, Is vague and ill defined. Problems : involving. limitations on federal govern mental rights and reservation to th states of their power to dispose of such thlnira within fhntl nwn hMtolAra 1 mrm suggested. Difficulties present them- selves to overcome which there must be much study. Scarcely anyone will deny ths desir ability of doing this thing," one of the attaches of the commission said today. "Viiol .iinnan. u , , .. 1 1 m a will aw. . .... - I , ....... v. ..... v. t. i ,w . hausted in these United States, . Coal cannot last always, timber soo will be) too expensive to be used as fuel, and the day will como when electricity must be the principal means of heating, espe cially in cities nnd towns. "If In those days the water power of the country shall be in private hands, the common people will be compelled to pay tribute to a trust which for im mensity and essentiality of its product will overshadow any ever created.. - If this future heating, lighting nnd power trust Is to be .guarded against, steps must be taken before long to pro tect the nation. This ia on of ths phases of the work of the Inland water ways commission." , ,. ' s The importance of this work Indicates the vital necessity of preserving ; th. ;, forests In most of the states wherein, the government retains extensive areas) of unappropriated public, lands.' This) ' has been accomplished largely in the; Intermountain and Pacific coast states, and In Arkansas two forests aggregating 1.000.000 acres approximately have been set aside and will b formally placed under the administration of ths forest ' service within a month. . .4 EXAMIXATI0X OF POWERS JUR0KS (United Preai Leased Wire.) Georgetown, Ky.. Nov. 18. After opening court this morning in the Powers trial. Judge Morris permitted the filing of both avowals of the de fense and the prosecution's counter avowal concerning the pardon granted to Powers by Governor Taylor. The examination of veniremen was resumed. IUUed.by Falling Walls. SUNDRY JOURNAL PREDICTED . THE GREAT BOUD ISSUE (United Presa Leaned Wire.) I Fargo, N. D., Js'ov. 1 18. Firemen White and Hattman were, killed; last night by falling walls at a lire attacking th five-story plant -of the J. JL Cns' Threshing Machine ', company.;- ;,liOsa, (United Press Leased Wire.) , Washington, Nov. 18. As predicted exclusively in The Sunday Oregon Journal, the important conferences recently held at the White House between tne president and Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou resulted in the giving out of an official statement last night that the government wouM issue $50,000,000 in Panama canal bonds and $100,000,000 in cer tificates of indebtedness, or as much of that' sum, as may be required to place the country immediately on a sound finaiK cial basis. " ,i - . " ' - , . Reports from New York are that financier.- there have expressed' the greatest pleasure atthe news, knowing that it means an end to the "prosperity panic'! and instant return to normal business conditions.' " 'J ' '-.'.:V -