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PEOPLE
OREGON'S EXECUTIVE
OFFICIALLY RECEIVED
AND FJJLTON DOWNED
5 1 By John E. Lathrop.-
1 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ' ,
Washington, D. C, Dec. 5. -"I am glad to meet you,
Governor Chamberlain and senator to be. I would . have
preferred to see a Republican elected senator, but I am
for the people ruling and want you to be senator."
, In these words President Roosevelt settled all doubts
as to his attitude otwards the Oregon senatorial contest.
He addressed the governor in the foregoing words in his
executive offices this morning when Governor Chamber
lain, Miss Carrie . Lee Chamberlain and J. N. Teal called
to keep aii appointment previously made through Honor
able John Barrett.
Turning to Miss Chamberlain, the president said : "I
am delighted to meet you, Miss Chamberlain. Your
father has hit me a few licks from time to time, but he
is a mighty good fellow."
The room was. crowded at the time, Senators Lodge,
"Carter, Warren, Cummins and others being near. The
president spoke in loud tones, apparently desirous to have
his views known to all. "
The significance of his statements is enhanced by
the', fact, that the whole Oregon situation had been laid
before him and he was advised of the minutest details of
the affair, and his utterance comes as a culmination of
Fulton's efforts to get the president to side with him in
the matter.
EULTOX HAS MET
WITH UTTER FAILURE
President Roosevelt's greeting to Oov
ernor Chamberlain gives fullest confir
mation to the reports from Washing
ton J that Senator Fulton haa' met jrith
utter- failure In hie attempts to Induce
the administration to acquiesce in the
plans to overturn the people's will In
Oregon at the coming session of the leg
islature. .
Equally signal was Fulton's failure to
persuade President-elect Taft to "stand
in" with the program whereby State
ment 1 members of the legislature were
to be persuaded to abjure their pledge
and to vote for a Republican for Unit
ed States senator. When Fulton called
upon Taft at Hot Springs with the ob
ject of getting li' i to give Indorse
ment to this schema. Taft refused flatly
to give it the slightest encouragement.
na according to many eastern papers
HY III TO
ATTEND lilEEIC
Roosevelt, Taft,Hill and Car
negie to Attend National
Conservation Conference.
(United I&m Leased Wire.)
WashlngtonWtec 6. Andrew Carne
,gle, James J. Hill. President-Roosevelt,
President-elect Taft and about half the'
frovernors of the states will take part
a the conservation congress which
opens here next Tuesday. The presi
dent and Taft will speak Tuesday after
. noon. ' ,
Members of the national conservation
commission will be present and will re
pert on the work which has been carried
out under their supervision during the
summer and fall. This work has re
sulted in the first thorough Inventory
of the nation's natural resources which
the federal government has ever made.
' On thra inventory wll be based the re
port wTiloh President Roosevelt has re
quested the commission to make to him
not later than January 1
PENDLETON COUNCIL
KEF USES LICENSES
' fSiwclnl plipatrh to The Joarnal.)
Pendleton, Or., Dec. 5, There are four
near beer saloons less in Pendleton to
day than yesterday. The city, council
has refused licenses to four of the IS
' applicants for permits to conduct soft
drink Joints In the city, granting to 11
others the rights desired.
HOT ABSOLVED FROM
From the
C.) Star.
Senator Fulton "of Oregon is
quoted thus in an interview:
"I sbal) take no tart in thsna
torlal contest I believe, however,
that there is-little probability- of a
Democrat succeeding to mv seat In
the senate. If the members of the
legislature who were elected under
Statement No. 1, which Is conceded
to be unconstitutional,' stick to their
pledges, Governor Chamberlain will
be elected, but If they do not a Re
publican will b chosen."
Men are not absolved from their:
pledge, because ssomebody ? holds
they were made tinder terms not
constitutional, -- That r contention
must be . formally established.
What sort of legislation might be
expected from legislators wht had
violated their pledges for party ad
vantage. , : . ,
declared emphatically that the Oregon
legislators should keep tnelr pledges to
the people.
Fulton, as a last hope, then turned to
Frank Hitchcock, who Is to be post
master general In Taft's cabinet
Hitchcock Is said to have listened fa
vorably at tirst to the Oregon senator's
representations, and it was quickly pro
claimed that he would lend his aid to
the anti-Statement campaign. Twenty
four hours later came denial and it was
evident that If Hitchcock had ever
contemplated such a course he was com
pelled to abandon it presumably upon
Imperative Instructions from Taft or
Roosevelt -
Today's " dispatch leaves no possible
doubt that President Roosevelt regards
It as the duty of the Oregon legislature
to elect George E. Chamberlain United
States senator. It- Indicates also the
complete collapse of the efforts of Sen
ator Fulton to induce .either the present
or the Incoming national administration
to sanction his campaign for the over
throw of Statement No. 1.
OREGON IS Gill
1000JEW CARS
Harriman Adds to Boiling
Stock of 0. K. & N. at Ex
pense of $1,000,000.
One thousand new box cars, represent-n-n-
expenditure of something over
$1,000,000, have Just been assigned to
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation com
pany, according to advices received yes
terday by J. P. O'Rrlnn irnn.nil
ager of the Harriman lines in Oregon,
These cars In nrfrlfttnn aaa
freight cars which were a part of the
new equipment for 1908 assigned to
the O. R. & N. a month ago will make
a total of 1900 new freight cars for
... n" coming year and
represent an expenditure of about
$3,000,000 for Oregon line equipment
this season.
In a line with the Harriman policy of
making all new freight cars of great
carrying capacity, the new boxcars will
be of 60,000 pounds capacity each, whlcn
is double, the carrying capacity of the
old cars In general use on the line. The
new cars have a combined carrying ca
pacity of 47,600 tons and if strung out
in a line would be about 15 miles long.
The cars are being manufactured In
St. Louis and delivery will begin about
January 1.
When Mr. O'Brien made his requisi
tion for 1908. the new cars were on the
lint, but ' were not ail allowed in the
original Item. The notice received yes
terday, however, will give the O: R.
N. all the freight cars that it is be
lieved will be required during the com
ing year,
A system is in vogue on the Harriman
lines whereby when one line of the big
system Is short of cars the surplus that
may exist on another line Is hurried
over to the busy part of the system. In
that way most of the cars are In Ore
gon during the wheat movement, say,
and in California during the fruit move
ment. This enables the operating de
partment to keep what la technically
known aa "car efficiency" up to a high
standard.;'
TAFT SUPPORTS
NIIIG con
Pittsburg, Pa.,- Dee B.A message
from President-elect William ll. Taft,
promising the Mining t congress his
neartyeooperatton In its work, was read
before that body today. - It was re
ceived with great, enthusiasm.- Taft
said in Spart: -: ,
"The public conscience, Is awakening
to both loss of life and waste of ma
terial in all industries. We must see-to
It that the movement is guided wisely
and carried 'forward to success.
s
SET OTHERS
State That Now Leads in
Fight for Good Govern
ment Cannot Afford to
Nullify Direct Primary
Law, Says California Man
J. O. Davis.
"Oregon is looked upon in Califor
nia and throughout the country as
the most advanced commonwealth in
the matter of good government in
the United States. It is regarded as
the pioneer of good . laws. It is
pointed to as leading the fight being
made everywhere to get rid of the
machine, the boss and consequent
corruption. If the legislature at
Salem next January repudiates its
own law, breaks its own voluntary
pledges and dishonors, and disre
gards the expressed direction and
desire of the people of the state, it
will be nothing less than a national
calamity."
J. O. Davis, representative In the leg
islature of California from Holllster,
San Benito county, and national lee-,
turer of the Modern Woodmen of Am
erica,, thus states his views on the pol
itical situation in this state. Mr. Davis
wss a Portland visitor today and at
the Hotel Oregon discussed political
conditions in California and in Oregon
at some length. ,
Mr. Davis is a tall and' earnest look
ing man with a square Jaw and a record
of unflinching opposition to the cor
cupt control of the Southern Pacific
machine tn California. This record
shows him to be honest and working
for- the betterment of political condi
tions lit his state. He is one of the
vloe-presidents of the Direct Primary
league of California which has been In
strumental in paving the way for a
direct primary, law in California, to
the passage of which the legislature of
January next is pledged. Mr. Davis '.s
(Continued on Page Three.)
T
Northern Pacific and North
Bank to Make That
Point a Terminal.
' tSixelai Dtmwtdi to The Journal ! .
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 6. On De
cember 11 U is planned by the Northern
Pacific and North Bank- roads to begin
to operate through freight trains into
Vancouver from the north and east It
will be the first time in" the history of
the city that it has been In reality on
the railway, map- 'ef the country -my far
as freight traffic is concerned.
According, to the present plans, all
freight trains will make this city their
destination and .they wilt be made up
here. Switch engines will operate' be
tween' here and Portland. On the Ka
lam a branch all trains will be turned
over -to the North Bank operating de
partment at the Vancouver lard. .
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TRANS
VANCOUVER
1ST CREATE SCENE COGHLAN OF
.w- M.A, J.
Two of Finch's Attorneys
Invade Premises Presum
ably in Search of Evidence
aiid Are Summarily Or
dered Out.
Charles F. Lord and W. W. Holcomb.
attorneys for James Finch, the slayer
of Ralph Fisher, attempted to forco
an entrance Into the offices of the mur
dered attorney yesterday afternoon, for
what purpose Is not known. They wero
ordered out of the office
Bishop, a nephew of Mrs.
after some violent words
by Roy T.
Fisher, an:l
had been
passed, oBeyed.
What the two men wanted In the of
fice is a matter of conjecture as they
would make no explanation other than
that they represented the defense. They
went to the Mohawk building late in the
afternoon and going
to the third floor
went down tne nan
to Fisher's office.
Trying the door and finding it open
the two men walked into tne rooms,
pausing uncertainly at the apparently
unexpected sight of Mr. Bishop.
Bishop asked the men What they
wanted and was told' that thav repre
sented the defense In the Finch case.
They talked In a confused manner and
were evidently at a loss to explain the
purpose of their visit. They were In
formed that the office was In the charge
of the district attorney and that an
order would have to be secured from
that official before they could remain
The two men still tarried and were
invited to leave by Bishop, to which
invitation they entered vigorous and
more or less Incoherent objection, argu
ing that they considered themselves to
have been Insulted by the request to
withdraw. Bishop insisted on his iri
vitation, however, and gently but firm
ly escorted both of them ' to the door,
which he closed and locked.
Why the two men wanted to inspect
Fisher's office is a mystery. Othpr
than tne statement that they represent
ed the defense neither IvOrd nor Hol
comb would make any explanation.
Whether they desired simply to view
the location of the furniture, or wanted
to examine the desk or had other de
signs is not known. Their visit, how
ever. Is not viewed with complacency
ry tne rnenas or tne murdered law
yer. Neither Mr. Lord nor Mr. Helcomh
could be found this morning to explain
the incident.
FRENCH NAVY
m A SCAHDAi
Admiral Germinet Removed
From Command of Med-
iterranean Fleet.
(Cnltfd Preai Lea tod Wire.)
Paris. Dec. 5. Because he stated In
an Interview that the ammunition of
the French Mediterranean fleet was poor
in .quality and insufficient in quantity,
the council of ministers today removed
Admiral Germinet from command of
the fleet
The action of the ministers has caused
public indignation. Further, it is re
garded here by foreign attaches as a
willful closing of eyes to the defects In
the equipment of the French navy. For
the last half vear there have been ru
mors of official Investigation following
the series of explosions on war vessels,
in navy yards and on training ships.
Nothing, however, has occurred to move
the ministry to action.
There Is a list of" several hundred
deaths from warship and yard accidents
known to be directly attributable to de
fects In machlnerv or explosives. War
ships have been blown up, submarines
have sunk and shells have exploded ac
cidentally In government yards.
The statement of Admiral Germinet
came as no surprise to those who crit
ically watch French naval development.
They are more surprised at the sum
mary action of the ministry In endeav
oring to suppress reference to the actual
conditions.
.
l Don't Appreciate
"If the dealer will take the trouble to show the quality of the
J goods and mention that they are Oregon-made it is a very rare case
when the purchaser will decline to take the home-made article,"
said Charles ML Gun n, manager of the Columbia Steel company.
J "The whole Pacific coast is very loyal to its own industries, judg
0 ing from our experience. The opportunities for new factories here in-
Crease from year to year as our population and productivity increase,
but we who arc in the midst of this development don't sufficiently
. appreciate it. ; Why; if was only the other day a captain of industry,
J so styled; from"' New yprk, who was visiting-our state, said; This
is my first visit to the Pacific northwest, but I assure yon it will nojt
be my last. I am coming again and will interest myself in some-line
x . here for the openings for legitimate manufacturing enterprises are
rinbounded--rTher are a g-reat nintiber of ."artisans in the east who
read about your timber and agricultural resources, btit not being
hewers of wo.od or'.tillers of the soil they hesitate about coming -
, west without knowing that they can find employment in their own,
line. The people of .Oregon ought to tell them all the things they
J" do, not part only.'" ,.v - . . -v
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HEART DISEASE
CLAIMS OFFICER
(Unites Preu Leased Wire.)
New York. Dec. 6. Hear Admiral
Joseph B. Coghlan, retired, died sud
denly of hesrt dlspase at his home In
New Rnchelle, N, Y- todav.
Admiral Coghlan was born at Frank
fort. Kv. December 8. 1R44. Hn w4
graduated from the United. States naval
KEARAR6t
flu lu '4pjr: .
4.
"Admiral Coghlan and
academy in. 1863 and served in the civil
war as an ensign. In 1S68 he received
his promotion as lieutenant commander
and was attached to the training ship
Portsmouth. From 1871 to 1873 he was
In the hydrographlc office at Washing
ton and after a year's sick leave was
placed in command of the.Saugus for a
year. He next served in succession .on
the Colorado, the Mcmongahela and the
training ship Independence.
In 1882 he was made commander and,
after a year on the Adams was assigned
to the Mare Island navy yard, where he
remained from 188 to 1888. After
commanding the Mohican for two years
he was made Inspector-of ordnance at
the League Island navy 'yard and left
that' post in 1894 to become lighthouse
inspector of jthe Eighth district. With
the rank of captain he. commanded the
Richmond in 1 897 and then was trans
ferred to the Raleigh.
Mr-
TJfc :
MA6Q0FJ FOR WAR SECRETARY
At End of 1909, According to Program, He Will Succeed
Wright Will Meanwhile Make Tour in Philip-
pines to Study Affairs.
(United Prma Leaned Wire.)
Washington. Dec. 6. That Charles
E. Magoon. provisional governor of
Cuba, will be made secretary of war
at the end of next year, according to
the present program, the Vntted Press
Is in a position to state. It Is planned
for Secretary Wrlcht to remain at the
head of the department until that time.
Governor Magoon Is a close personal
friend of President-elect Taft His
work In Cuba was pleasing to Taft,
who, when there as pacificator, had op
portunities to observe Magoon's meth
ods. After his term as governor of the
Island -expires and Cuba is turned over
to the new government, on January 23,
Magoon will make an inspection trip to
the Philippines, remaining in the orient
six months. He will then return home
and be made secretary of war.
GOES DOWN I
Cruiser Yankee After Being Hauled Off Beef Springs a
Leak Her Ports Blow Out May Be Raided If
the Weather Is Fair.
(Cufted Preas Leaaed Wlr.)
Bedford. Mass,. Dec. 5. The cruiser
Yankee, which was pulled from the
Hen and Chicken reef yesterday, sank
In deep water this morning off Pen-
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" FAME IS DEAD
the Ilaftleship Kearsarge.
He was with the Asiatic fleet during
the Spanish war and participated in the
oame or manna Day on May i, issa.
For conspicuous and eminent conduct In
that engagement he was advanced six
numbers. At the close of the hostilities
he was made commandant of the.Puget
sound navy yard and later was, made
captain of the New York naw yard.
In 1903 he waa- elected- to the rank of
rear admiral and m.ide second In com
mand of the Nortn Atlantic fleet for
two years. From 1904' to 1907 he was
commandant of the New York navy yard.
Coghlan earned more than national
fame when he composed and recited at
a banquet the dating ball a, the title of
which, was "Hocii Der .Kaiser;' and. the
refrain of which , rang, "'Me tlnd Gott."
His last 'Important publlo "appearance
was when he served aa grand -marshal
of the great Taft parade In New York
Just before the last election.
President-elect Taft Relieves it la
Impossible for any man tn be success
ful as secretary of war who does not
know personally the conditions in the
Philippines.
Magoon was born in Minnesota. De
cember 6, J8S1. He studied and was ed
mitted to the bar in Nebraska in 1882
and for a time was judge advocate of
the Nebraska national guard. From
1899 to 1904 he occupied the past of
lnw officer of the bureau of insular
affairs of the war department. From
1904 to 1305 he was general counsel' for
the Isthmian canal commission. On
April 1 of that year he was made a
member of the commission and a month
later was appointed governor of the
canal xoTie. After that, for a yrar, he
was American minister to Panama, and
since uctooer ix, io. tie has been pro
visional governor of Cuba.
DEEP WATER
ikese Island. The. 110 workmen aboard
of .her are reported saved.
The Yankee was floated yesterday
and weathered a heavy gale last night.
She was being brought here under tow.
when the hold suddenly filled and she
sank rapidly.
It had been expected that slight re
pairs could be made to the Yankee here
ana" that she could then go to Nw
York navy yard under her own steam
for an overhauling..
The Yankee, which' grounded in 40
feet of water, ha been raised success
fully by John Arbuckle Sc. Co. by means
of compressed air after' the wrecking
company had spent a large sum en
deavoring to float her. After getting
under way one of the air ports blew
out and the compartment filled with
water and the vessel sank.
Seventy-five wreckers were taken off
the Yankee by tugs. Engineer Wither
spoon and six men remained aboard and
clambered into the forward rigging,
from which they were taken in safety.
The Yankee now lies on an even
keel, with her -masts, funnels' and
bridge -rigging abova- water. - She ean
probably - be saved, uniess heavy seas
cause .trouble for the wreckers.. -. ; . .
' - Taft to TIk to Tarheels.
"'' tr7nlt Piwas Lmk4 Wlr '.
" Xew -York. Dec. . -Preskient-eteet
William H. Taft will address ths mem
bers of the North Carolina society her
exi jaonaay nignu . . i
E
IN FOG AT
SEATTLE
Two Motormen and a Pas
senger Fatally Injured
Tassengcrs Thrown in
Heaps and 30 to 40 In
j ured Signals Faulty.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 8. -While run
ning at a high rate of speed through
the dense fog shortly before 8 o'clock
this morning, two University street cars,
both heavily loaded, collided head on
. I : . . 1. . . . , tt. .. ... - .
t cam jk9 avenue tuiu agar sirei,
fatally injuring aX least three, serious
ly Injuring a dozen and bruising or
maiming between 30 and 40 of the pas
sengers. u
Both the motormen of the two crs.
Gus Olson and Charles Belling, were
fatally injured, as was John Elandel of
Ballard. Elandel is 61 years old.
Both legs were broken, his left hand
was crushed and he was injured inter
nally. The collision is thought to be due to
a mistake on the block signals, as the
two cars met about the center of one
of the block sections. - It was on a
straight stretch of track on a slight
grade, and as both cars were running '
at a fast clip the impact when-, they
came together was terrific. The front
vestibules of both cars were telescoped
like egg shells, and every window was
broken., Several of the seats were torn
from .their fastenings and the helnless
load f humanity wag pitched forward
In ths aisle and over the seats. Both
of the injured motormen were pinned In
the wreckage of the .vestibules and had
to be chopped out.
It is net believed that a passenger on
th incoming car, which carried a ca
pacity load, escaped so.ne sort of in
jury. 8everal women fainted, and a 1
rrur mn v war tinniv .u r ttir f luina
glass.' ;
, It was two hours before the line was .
open again for traffic. The outbound
car had 76 passengers, mostly laborers
bound for the exposition grounds. The
Inbound car had 120 passengers.
Otis Olson, one oft the motormen.
crushed about the head and hips, died
this afternoon at the-Minor , hospital. -
ATlElfiff
1V0RST TP com
Buildings Continue to Drop
Into the Arkansas and
Crest Not Yet Due.
Pine Bluff. Ark.. Dec. 6. A store and
a handsome residence near the bend of
the Arkansas -river fell into the water
early today and other buildings are
threatened by the flood, which shows
no signs of receding. The river has
risen today to a point the highest It
has yet reached. The crest of tne flood
is' expected tonight - but - heavy rains
may bring greater havoc. Hope of sav
ing the courthouse haa been abandoned. :
TROUBLES PAST
Beceivership Lifted, Receiv
ers Reporting Excel
lent Conditions. .
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. I. The receiver
ship for the vast properties of the
Weetlnghouse Electric company was
lifted this afternoon. The receivers pe
titioned the court to be relieved, saying
the affairs of the corporation were In
excellent shape. , -
Sunday Morning
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