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Kaiser Said to Have Had Understanding
With President Roosevelt Relative to
Far Eastern Situation Sensational
Charges Against
(United rrm Leaned WUs.)
London, Nov. 20. Another
sensation has been created here
by . the publication ' of what pur
ports to be the exact interview
secured by Dr. William Bayard
Hale, the distinguished clergy
man, traveler and writer, from
Kaiser William, on board the
imperial -yacht Hohenzollern at
Bergen, Norway, July 19, and
which was announced to appear
in the December number of the
. (entury Magazine, but was later
suppressed through the efforts of
.the German government. .
The atory printed here says the em
peror talked with tit., Hale several
hours and' that he. was very bitter
agiftnst England add full' of the "yellow
peril."
Traitor to White Men.
The synopsis of the Interview printed
here says that the kaiser declared Eng
land was traitor to the white man's
cause and predicted that she would ul
timately lose some of her colonies
througn her treaty with Japan.:
uUDfiLViZlIEill
Goes to Iowa to Wed Bov
hood Sweetheart Who1 Has
Waited for Many Years.
John Van Zante, police judge, a sup
posedly confirmed bachelor, who, r-
cently announced he would perform no
more marriage ceremonies, left Portland
last night for Pella, Iowa, where--He
Is to be married I ,
Tne - marriage of John van Zante,
farmer, carpenter, mill hand, little of
everything, lawyer and judge, Is as
romantic a story as ever finds its way
Into a novel Away back on the farm in
Iowa, 60 years ago, John Van Zante,
then a boy Of 13, working on his
father's farm, walked to and from the
country school, by the side pt Rachael
Van Domtellar, the pride Of the vil
lage, as he carried her .books -and slate
under his srnf. It was th'en that the
first ties of friendship began to form.
Finally the boy. dissatisfied with the
opportunities of farm life at Pella and
determined to provide a home fit for his
, bride to be. came west and went to
work In a sawmill, laboring from early
morning uti in ne evening and study
ing law in his room at night,
. Sexsognltioa Comes a Xrt. ,
At last the dreams - of his boyhood
began to materialize. Be was admitted
to the Oregon !bar and began practciing
law with a partner and hanging out
the shingle, ''Johnson A Van Zante."
Not ion afterwards Mr. Van Zante was
chosen county chairman of the local
Democratic forces and it was while act
ing In that' capacity, that he first be
came known to the citlsens of Port
land.'' . " :
During; all this tlme-hls aim was to
means and prominence to entitle him
to become the huxband of his loved one
back In -,Iowa. r Now and then he re
turned to visit the old folks at-home
and It was Just after his last trip, when
the final arrangements were - made
more than two years ago, and he ran
for county judge against J. R. Webster
.and came dangerously near belifg elect
ed. , 1 - -
Mr. Van Zante was appointed judge
Ol live municipal viruii u aiayvr iiUns
last July when Judge George J. Camer
on assumed the office of district at
torney and has acted In that position
since then, until today, when it was
SEVEN KILLED
Suburban Train on C, B. &
Q. Strikes Handcar Full
- ; - of Workmen.
(Catted Press lse Wlra.1
Chicago, Nor, i. SO. Seven j section
hands on the Chicago, Burlington and
Qulncy railroad were'kllled today when
a suburban tralrt Collided with a hand
car 17 miles west of here. The officials
of the.' railroad eay, t he handcar .-was
on the wrong track. The, train rounded
a curve and came upon the handcar so
suddenly that the engineer did not have
time to slow up or the section hands
to Jump in time to save their lives.
When the women passengers saw the
POLICY
Great Britain,
The Invitation to the American fleet
of battleships to visit New Zealand arid
Australia was Intended to serve notice
on England that those colonies were
with the white man-and not with the
renegade mother country. The British
colonies would show by the ardor of
their reception that they understood the
situation. .. The emperor declared that
Japan was even then f omen tins; insur
rection " in India This Insurrection
rnlsrht break out within six months.
Ujrmany and the United States would.
however. And a solution of the eastern
csestion.
, There 'was a complete understanding
between Emperor WiUlam and Presi
dent Roosevelt on this point, the kaiser
said. They intended to divide the east
against itself by becoming toe recog
nlsed friends of China. Negotiations
had been progressing favorably for
months. .,...
:'t vT dnarantees Protection.
A-varjf high Chinese official, the em
peror said, would soon visit Germany
and America Later, terms would be
made known guaranteeing the protec
tion and Integrity of China and the open
aoor.
Every statesman now realised, the
emperor declared, that Russia In ' her
great struggle with Japan ' was really
righting the white man's cause right
ing It miserably. The emperor ex
pressed sympathy with Russia, remarki
ng how different the result would have
been If the burden of carrying the
(Continued on Page Four.')
I? - Y
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Jobs Van Zante, Municipal Judge,
annonnced by John T. Mllner. clerk
of the oourt, to the crowd of waiting
lawyers.' that 'lllnonner bad trone
east to get married.
Mayor xane was also nourieo ana
E. B. Seabrook Is acting as eVnunlclnal
judge at present Judge Van Zante
and his bride will be at home at the
residence of the judge's brother. 423
East Eighth street North, after his re
turn. V The Bride a Fhanaads. . .
Miss Van Domseller 'for her cart has
been an active member of the drug trade
in' lowa. uraauating rrom tne phar
macy department of Drake university,
res Moines, she opened a drug store at
Mount Vernon, Iowa, and, associated
with another woman pharmacist, suc
cessfully conducted the store for sev
eral years. About two years ago she
sold out her interest and visited Kurop.
Judge Van" Zante is radically opposed
to divorces and it was because of thi
that he absolutely refused to tie up any
one who might ask that the nuptial knot
be untied in the circuit court later on.
approaching accident, many of them
fainted. . . , '
The engine hit the handcar squarely, f
inrowing it nign into io Bir. inree
of the section hands were ' killed In
stantly. The others were thrown' high
into the air and were dead when they
hit the arround. '
j
Be Loyal to Community Interests i
"The Journal's efforts toward arousing, enthusiastic push by Ore-
gon. people for home products is a move in that direction which
makes for prosperity of the individual, community and territory,"
said G. M. Brown; president of the Haielwood Creanv company. .
J'An individual loyal. to his own community means a desirable citizen.
J ; It means more. It means an upbuilder and inducer of : prosperity.
"But many of the outside produced necessities are accepted by the
most loyal through ignorance of identifying names of local produc-
. 7 tion therefore, a generous , advertising, calling attention to home
-lines, is' as jnciimbent on the manufacturer, as that the 'home-made
J '"Shall have the preference of the purchaser, . . ; "
-"Loyalty to community interests is. but a jbroadef phase of that
J sentiment known as love ot family. .. 2 A- v ' 6 '.
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PlflCHOT FOR
imsofrs job
Forester Gilford Pinchot.
Taft Said to Have Offered
to Make Forester a
- Secretary.
(Raited Press ! Wlre.t
Washington, Nov. 20. It Is stated
here today on apparently good author
ity , that Forester Glfford Pinchot has
been off ered : the post of secretary of
agriculture In President Taft's cabinet
and that it is almost certain he will ac
cept It la stated also-that Overton W.
Price, at present assistant forester, has
been selected as Plnchot's successor In
the on ice or rorester. , . -
Eequisition Matter at Salem
Awaits Arrival of Former
Federal Prosecutor, Who
Will Urge Return of
Chauffeur to California.
(United Press Leed Wire.)
i Salem, Or., Nov. 20. Detective
Charles Goff of San Francisco arrived
on the morning overland train with a
requisition from the governor of Cali
fornia tor the extradition of Alexander
8. Lathan, Abe Ruef's chauffeur,
charged with bribery, and an Important
Witness in the graft prosecution. Lathan
Is under arrest at . Portland.
Though anxious to go on to Portland
for his prisoner, Goff has not yet pre
sented his papers to Governor Chamber
lain. Word was received from Dan R. Mur
phy that lie would like to be heard on
behalf of Lathan. - , ;
W. C. Bristol, former federal prose
cuting attorney at Portland, and L. H.
McMahon of Salem-wlll represent the
state of California and incidentally the
graft prosecution. As Bristol cannot
leave for Salem before noon, the hear
ing beforo the governor cannot be had
until late this afternoon. Meanwhile
Goff retains the naoers.
It Is doubtful If the requisition will
be honored unless It Is clearly shown
that Lathan is charged legally with a
crime. .for 4he extradition-of a witness
merely Is not Drovided for by law.
There is no appeal irom tne gover
nors decision, in any event.
Goff states that the charge against
Lathan is for a bonafldo felony under
the California law. Bribery is the
crime alleged. '
JILTED LOVER
USES AX AS
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Will Grand jean Attacks and
Wounds Carrie Swofford
With Cleaver and Then
Drinks Carbolic Acid, Be
lieving: Himself Murderer.
Inflamed by jealousy and whiskey,
Will Grandjean this morning attempted
to murder his sweetheart, Carrie Swof
ford, with a meatax, then believing
that he had accomplished his terrible
purpose, rushed upstairs to his room
and committed suicide by drinking
carbolic add.
The woman, though' suffering from
a fearful gash in the head, and with
her ring driven so deeply into her
finger that It was necessary to cut th
gold band off. Is not dangerously
wounded. Pr. George W. Tanlesle, who
was called to attend her. says there Is
nothing to fear.
me crime was evidently premedi
tated, Grandjean having threatened to
kill the woman. A man whose name
the police have not yet been able to
learn, who was with Grandjean all day
resterday and early this morning made
he statement that the suicide told him
this morning, "I'm going to kill that.
red-headed before
night." Grandjean; before committing
the crime, stole from the woman he
tried to kill the carbolic acid with
which he afterward killed himself.
It was the old story of love, jealousy
and whiskey. Grandjean had been go
ing with . the woman ' for about six
months, but she evidently tired of him
and of late has been going about with
another man. Grandjean brooded over
this and evidently believed - himself
wronged, and meditated revenge. For
the past three days he had been drink
ing heavily, nursing his supposed in
juries and working himself up to the
state or rage wnicn resulted in his at
tempt to kill his sweetheart.
Woman Is a Cook.
Carrie Swofford, the injured woman,
3 the cook at the Terminal hotel, 96
Knott street, where the tragedy oc
curred. Grandjean was a painter, but
had been out of work for some time.
She had evidently encouraged him In his
love for her, as a letter found among
his effects and signed "Carrie,,' written
from Seaside on July 26, calls him "My
loved one." and closes with "Love and
kisses from your own Carrie."
it is proosDio mat oniy tne heroism
of another woman, Mrs. Shepherd, dining-room
girl at the hotel, prevented
Grandjean from finishing hla Work and
murdering Carrie Swofford. Mrs. Shep
herd rushed up to tne struggling tair
and seized the hatchet and endeavored
to wrest It rrom uranrtjean s grasp,
saying as she did so, "If you hit her
again. I'll use the hatchet en you." Her
bravery carteed the crazed man to relin
quish his grasp on the weapon and flee
(Continued on Page Four.)
AUTO PLUNGES;
Man and Woman Victims of
Accident at Chicago;
Six Survive.
(United Pren Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Nov., 20. Racing along
at
terrific speed, an automobile containing
four men and four women plunged into
the Calumet river today. Joseph Meyer,
22 years of age, the chauffeur, and Mar
garet Atkins, 20 years of age, were
drowned.
The accident occurred in a remote
section of the city. The auto,, with four
chauffeurs and four women they had
Invited for a ride, plunged from a 26
foot embankment Into the river, after
the car had swerved as it neared a
bridge. The six survivors were rescued
With difficulty.
I
YIELDS FORTUNE
Kansas Man Volunteers De
positors' Guarantee Act
of His Own.
' (rnlted Press TXised WU.
Fort Scott. Kan.. N'ovs 20. The First
National bank ot this city closed Its
doors today on the order of President
Grant Hornaday and . the Washington
authorities have been requested to ap
point a receiver. The - liabilities are
stated to be 1642,000 and the books re
port the assets "to be worth 78, 000.
The capHtal stock is $109,000.
President Hornaday Is reputed to be
a millionaire. He has declaredthat his
whole private. fortune will be used to
protect the bank depositors f rom loss.
M DR0WI1ED
BANK
PLAN TO BUY
s ssy
C. E. Pariie, New York, upper
right, llelow, reading from left to
JameaC. Keedh&ni, California; John Wesley Gaines, , Tennessee, five
men prominent in the ways and means committee of the. house of rep-.
rcsentatJvcs, which has in hand the revision of the tariff achednle.
By John E. Lathrop.
Washington, Nov. 20. C. W. Nlbley
of Salt Lake has submitted a proposi
tion before the ways and means com
mittee which has attracted general at
tention from lumbermen and the pro
moters of President Reosevelt's conser
vation movement. He told the, commit
tee that his plan of reforestation was
to have the government buy all pri
vately owned lands from which Umber
had been or would be cut and apply
scientific methods such as have re
forested such lands in foreign countries.
He suggested passing a law permitting
the government to condemn such cut
over lands, which he assterted, now sell
to sheepmen for 12. SO an acre, to lease
the lands at 6 cents an acre to Day in
terest on the bonds issued to buy the
lands, plus enough to provide a sinking
fund to pay the bonds at maturity,
which would meet actual conditions
now existent, sheepmen paying 8 to 10
cents an acre for graaing privileges.
Nlbley also argued that the removal
Of the duty on lumber would compel the
coast mlllmen to ship only the finer por
tions of trees, leaving the parts which
would make cheaper grades of lumber to
rot on the ground or burn. Ha alleged
that If the duty were removed 40 per
cent would thus remain unutilised,
which would, he said, causa more rapid
destruction of timber than If the duty
were retained and the entire tree cut
and shipped.
He Indorsed Roosevelt's conservation
policy and said he wanted the forest
service to work out a successful scheme
to save the timber of the nation.
On information not to be questioned.
It may be asserted that a majority of
the ways and moans committee is
pledged already not to advocate any re
duccron in the tariff on lumber. The
same authority is given for the allega
tion that a majority of the members
come pledged at this time to retain the
present duty on sugar, with the prob
able admission of a. limited quantity
from the Philippines.
This information came from Repub
lican sources, but was afterward given
additional . credence by Champ Clark,
who said to me during the hearing of
the ways and means committee, of
which he is a member:
'These hearings don't mean anything.
There won't be any changes In these
tariffs unless In case of a mere pre
tense on a few schedules to make the
people believe the promises of the Chi
cago platform are being redeemed. The
only possibility that real reductions will
be effected lies 'in the attitude of Taft
and the promoters of the conservation
OREGOMAN'S SCATHING COMMEHT
ON MEN WHO BROKE THEIR WORD
. Legislators' pledges" to their-, constituents were regarded by the
Oregonian in 1895 as sacred and binding. Two members of the Mult
nomah delegation gave verbal promises in advance of their nomina
tion and election that they would vote for J. N. Dolph for, United
States senator. These promises they did not keep. Following is the
comment of the Oregonian, in an editorial published February 1,1895:.
T ' "Of all the cheap,' stinking creatures who ever entered the legisla
, tive. body through false pretenses and base lies, they are easily chief.
Tjiese creatures never had; any consideration before, never will have
T again; they eagerly embrace the only opportunity of their lives to be
4 infamous through misrepresentation of 'those who elected them.
The cheap varlets, base coistrels, they cannot even live in Mnltnomah
county hereafter, because nobody will trust them. ; .Those who now
applaud their course and approve their treason and infamy voted
against them to the last man. Multnomah will not be betrayed
strain Mv- r - . . A ' -.,..'-''.''-:" .
TIBER LANDS
left; - Champ Clark, Missouri, upper
right,, John Dalzell,' Pennsylvania;
movement, who may back a proposal to
remove the duty on lumber, to prevent
the early destruction of our forests. But
the present arrangement by the Repub
licans is to let the tariff on lumber re
main unchanged."
The proposal to Increase the lumber
duty from $2 to 14 had a short life. The
opposition by George M. Cornwall of
Portland, Or., and C. W. Nlbley of Salt
Lake, Utah, In the lumbermen's confer
ences to prepare for appearance before
the committee- was sufAclent to prevent
any asking for higher duties. Cornwall
had many telegrams from Oregon lum
bermen urging opposition but had al
ready effectually killed the proposal to
ask for an increase.
Nlbley and Cornwall had a confer
ence with Forester Pinchot today and
discussed matters relating to forestry
and the lumber Industry. The testi
mony before the ways and means com
mittee related to the conflict between
American manufacturers and American
citlsens who own and operate mills. In
Canada
' F. B. Lynch of St. Paul claimed the
cost of labor In Canadian mills was as
high as here, which was denied by
Nlbley and others who ask the reten
tion of the present duty.
LAND FRAUD DUMMY
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
(United Pma Lrntd Win.)
San Francisco, Nor. 20. Rex T. Dax
ter, one of the four, northern California
Fn
olltlclans indicted for alleged frauds
connection with entries on govern
ment lands, was arrested yesterday at
Montague. Cal., according to a telegram
received by United States Marshal Kl
llott. It is alleged that Dexter was a
"dummy" used by Pr. Dwlnnell, Repub
lican presidential elector from Califor
nia, in securing government lands.
FIRES AT BOY'S FEET
TO MAKE HDI DANCE
(Sneelal Dlnwtcb to Tim looraal.)
RoBeburr. Or.. Nov. 20. Bert Rook.
a boomer brakeman, while drunk Thurs
day evening tried to make Deloss Green,
a boy of IP, dance. When Ureen re
fused to danre Ro-k pulled a revolver
and fired at his feet. Green danced and
then ran, and Rook shot again, telling
Green not to squeal on him. Neither
siiot hit Orecn, Rock is in jail awaiting
trial.
THREE SHAPES
OF DEATH
Fifteen Workmen Perish at,
Brooklyn as Explosion;
Fire and Avalanche Com
bine at Bottom of 25-Foot
Pit in the Street.
(United Press tented Wire.)
Brooklyn. N. Y., Nov. 20.- Fifteen par
sons were killed and hundreds of others '
were imperiled today when a gas main
exploded 25 fee beneath the level of
the street where workmen were engaged
in the construction, of a sewer. A great
hole was torn In f)ia ntree. A man
Of heavy planking caught fire and tha
earth that fell away from the sides of
th. sewer ditch carried several vlrtlmn
down Into the flames before they could '
pe rescued.
A water main In the lower levels of
the excavation broke and tha aennaare
loosened the earth from under the tene
ments on both sides of the street until
tha houses tottered on the edge of the pit
of fire.
Twenty one workmen were in the
sewer dl.tch when the explosion occurred.
The hole was 25 feet wide and 25 feet
deep.
a vuiiniucruuiis puruuo oi me lower :
levels of the ditch had evidently been
filled with gas from a leaking gas main
and It is thought a spark from a work
man's pipe ignited the gas. v
There was a flash and the foremost
workman in the ditch was blown to
stoma The heavy planking, uoed to v
bolster up the earth on the sides jot
tha excavation,-caught fire Immediately,
the flames being fed by tha gas from
the broken gas main. ' -
Then tha water main broke and the
seepage carried down the sides of the
excavation and tha entire street for
nearly a block sank Into the trend, hurl
Ing tons of debris onto the workmen, .'
who were struggling to get out, crush-
Ing them. Earth and solid rock slid
forward from -the foundations of tha
houses lining the street, leaving them .
tottering on the edge. -
There waa a panic in every nousa on ;
the block, most of which were tene
ments, thickly crowded. The police In
tha helghborhood hurried the tenants
out and a hurry call brought more po
lice and firemen. i.
Ke sexier B turned to Death.
. Samuel Prout while passing the block
saw a woman and her child sliding into
the burning abyss Just after the explo
sion and rushed forward to save their
lives. He slipped and fell Into the
flames and was roasted to a crisp be
fore the eyas of hundreds of persons.
Prout's was the only body recovered.
Tha women and her child clung to tha
charred end of a plank and were rescued
by firemen. . '"'
Prout's wife was with him at the time
he gave his life trying to save the
woman and child, and It was with dif
ficulty that the police were able to re
strain her from leaping Into tha flra
after him. She la In a state of com.
pleta collapsed . .', -(
Saved by Way of Bewar. . '
Four workmen. In a tin compartment
of tha excavation had a miraculous es- -cap
from death. - They were saved,
when the explosion brought timbers
hurtling Into the hole, by a girder that
fell crosswise just above them. Just ber
fore the , fire reached them they man-,
aged to burrow Into the completed
sewer and waded and swam four blocks -to
the river, where they escaped, unhurt
but nearly dead from Inhaling Vila
gases. v - . '-'! - -
COSGME NOT
nAnin ha iiifi :.
MB su mil
Friends, and Attendants Un
der Apprehension as '
to the Outcome.
- ' (United Press tinned Wire.)
Paso Robles Hot Springs, Cal, Nov.
20. Thff condition of Oovernor-elect 8.
Q. Cosgrov of Washington la the cause
of .some apprehension today, aa he Is
showing practically no Improvement
He la sufertng from Brlght's disease,
and It Is believed his condition is seri
ous. He showed signs of Improvement
when he first arrived here, but his case
is not so satisfactory, as It was hoped
it might soon become. s
Conde Strikes Off i Coast of
Corsica During Maneuvers
Situation Is Critical.
(tatted Pnm Lnvl Wire.)
Paris, Nov., 0. -The French rru'
Oonde wss, grounded off i fir-
today during the naval mar--i; vt t
Her condition In report. c "
and It isdoubtful if s!; ri t
FEICH CRUISER
GOES AGROUND,