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Important Council Held at Se
attle; Field Apportioned and
Plan Mapped Out; Umatilla
Next on List.
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Seattle, Wash., Sept. 3. Th board of
army engineers named by President .Taf t
to Inspect reclamation projects has been
in consultation her and is now" pre
paring preliminary reports or those pro--Jeots
in the northwest already examined.
, After discussing the work, it was! de
cided that Colonel XV. C, XAngfltt, Ma
jor W. V. Harts and Major Harry Bur
gess should Inspect the , Umatilla pro
Ject In eastern Oregon, leaving for,
Portland tomorrow. .;v '
At the same conference Colonel John
Btddle, chairman, and Major C. W. Kuts,
United States engineers In charge of riv
r and harbor Work in Washington, were
assigned to visit the Okanogon county,
to inspect a federal reclamation scheme
covering approximately 10,000 acres In
the Okanogan valley.
This board, composed of distinguished
Officers in the United States army en
gineer corps, has several weeks of hard
work in prospect, and It has not dlsband-
'd, as reported. It has adopted the plan
of completing reports of a .preliminary
. character from data and memoranda
, taken along the route as soon as possible
thereby preserving first Impressions of
the districts visited. - ...
When the preliminary reports on the
separate projects' are completed, the
engineer! will tabulate and. summarise
the results of their, work, upon which
appropriations requested from -congress
win De taset While none of the en
gineers will divulge the nature of this
report. It is known it will form the most
Important document ever written regard
Ing the reclamation' of arid land.
FRENCH AVIATOR
ATTAINS 8151 FT.
HEIGHT IN FLIGHT
(Continued From Page One.)
taking- effect, and the rifgro pitched i Hobs, and .Agent Moss says the mipply
f'TWHrd out of tha bupej, dead. One will be big and steady.
of tho bullets clipped off a portion of
Fowler s musitacho. .irouHed by the ne
gro's death end his own desire to save
the company's monpy" Fowler leaped at
the man, nearest hlni A bullet took
hlra equarely in tbe chest. He could
remember nothing further. . ,
Fosse Boon Summoned.
Sheriff Fayne and a large pofse was
soon on the scene and surrounded 'the
woods, but the "bandits had made their
escape, fowler eaid that he could Iden
tify none of his assailants, as all were
rnanked. Fowler died at 6:30 o'clock
tonight: Ills body was sent to Haver
straw, his home. ' ;
It is the theory of the police that
the crime was committed by .foreigners
employed in the brick plant. They, de
clare the holdup was certainly planned
by some one who knew of Fowler's
weekly trip With the pay roll. The fact
that It took plac$ so close to the Wrick
plant leads the, police to suspect that
the. bandits remained at -wrk until a
few moments before Fowler was due,
rushed from the plant Jo the woods,
masked themselves and then held up and
killed the paymaster and ;, the jiegro.
Then, Ainder cover of the confusion 'that
followed, the police believe, the men re,
entered the plant ... and resumed - their
work.
The numbers of the stolen bills will
be' obtained 'Monday, , in an effort ' to
thus titfee the murderers. ; v
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STEVENS MERGES .
- DEPARTMENTS OF
. ELECTRIC LINES
(Continued From Page One.) ,-
The Chines Engineering & Mining
company owns Its own mines, which are
among the largest in the world, and in
China operates Itaown railroad and its
own line of steam, colliers. : The Com
pany also manufactures coke, firebrick
and cement on a large scale and will
place all these products on the ' coast
market anil will carry them as far into
the interior as it can profitably. The
hd offices of the company are at
Tien Tsln.
. .There Is believed to be fcl direct' 'con
nection between the falling through -of
flie sale of the Western Fuel company's
properties to a Brltsh syndicate, and the
appearance In this Held of the Chinese
Mining company." The British syndi
cate forfeited to the Western Fuel com
pany the JBO.OOO. that was put up as a
first payment and called, the deal off.
It is now thought that 'the syndicate.
which was willing to pay $3,250,000 for
a business mat wouia nave given it a,
monopoly of the market,- learned Of the
Chinese company's intentions and came
tn the conclusion that the monopoly,
would not live long enough for them to
get their money back.
ROOSEVELT MAKES
PLEA "FOR TARIFF" ;
COMMISSION PLAN
(Continued From Page One.)
United Railways prior to. the time of
its purchase by the Hill Interests, and
he was reelected to the position at the
recent meeting of the new board ,of di
rectors, although it was supposed that
it' was planned eventually to merge the
operating ' and engineering departments
of the two electric lines. ; v L :ft;
J With Mr. Stevens as president of the
Oregon Trunk, the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle, railway, the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad," the Oregon Electric,' the
United Railways and tbe Pacific &
Eastern, and the operating and engi
neering departments of the electric lines
merged, the Hill properties in operation
In the state are now controlled by one
guiding hand, that of Mr- Stevens,
COAL FROM CHINA TO
BREAK FUEL TRUST'S
GRIP; CARGO AT.FRISC0
(Continued From Page One.)
waa flying at a height of sixty, feet
when his machine fell and was smashed
Beyond repair. Spectators were terri
fled and rushed to the scene, expecting
to una J-e -.esseps terribly Injured. He
merged from the wreckage unhurt.
nowever. ... .
Morane tonight Is tha hero of avis,.
tton circles. The daring of his" flight
is. oetter appreciated when It is under
tood that the rare air at 8000 feet
above the level of the earth made even
breaking difficult for the aviator and
offered a greatly diminished sustaining
force to the wings of his little mono
plane, . . . t. ... ...
Monoplane Urnl Beached. '
Aviators declare they have expected
to hear of some air man reaching 10,000
feet, but rot in a monoplane. The ex
planation -is simple;- A biplane offer
' twice as much supporting surface as a
monoplane, with not a relative Increase
in weight For this reason It was be
lieved that it would be a biplane that
would finally go mora than a mile and
a half Into the air. ,
Morane did not recover from his ex
perience for some time. How he con
trolled his- aeroplane when so benumbed
y cold Is a mystery to himself and hla
fellow flyers. '
Hot Prepared for Height Beached. ,
"I did Dot expect to reach such a
height," he said, "and for that reason
had not dressed with .unusually, warm
clothing. I remembered my record
flight of last Monday, and it was only
when my barograph indicated that I had
reached 4000 feet and I found how
'sweetly' my engine was working that
I decided to go after further altitude
records. The air was quiet in upper
"stretches and I mounted higher and
higher, rising in circles. I knew my
, limit would be reached only when I was
stopped by the cold and air so rare
that it would not rurtner support my :
aeroplane. -
"Though the sun was shining bright-j
1v. I beran to get frightfully cold at I
B0Q0 feet In the air. I could not move
my fingers; they were numbed. My as
cent became slower on account tf th
rarity of the atmospnere. wut i cumnea
up, always up. The cold air grew more
Intense. The . moisture of my breath
froze In -little icicles on my mustache.
I looked at my barograph, and It showed
that I waa 7500 feet in the air. - Breath
ing ' became difficult and 1 began" to
wonder how long I could climb. I was
chilled to the marrow, and I feared that
the water in my motor would freeze. I
was mounting up near the line of per
petual snow, which In this country la
000 feet above the sea level I looked
again at my barograph, for I realized
that I had reached the" limit of my
physical endurance. I was 8151 feet in
the air. ;;, J ,u.:-
Descant a MarveL
: "I turned my aeroplane earthward.
That descent will forever be a ntght
mare In my mind. How X cams safely
to earth I shall never know. I was so
cold that T did - not havs the power
left In tne to move with precision. Small
wonder that I waa not dashed to4eath.
I came down fast, swooping through the
air like a hawk diving upon its prey.
The earth seemed to bound up toward
me. My ears hummed and buzzed, and
finally I lost the sense of hearing, and
the air became dense as I descended
and my ear drums could not stand the
strain. I thought they would burst.
As I came in sight of the aviation field
I could see the crowds tossing, up their
hats and waving their arms, but no
sound cams to me I could : not even
hear the throbbing of my engines. 1 1
managed, however, to land safely.,; It
was several" hours before my hearing
returned.
Challenge to Brookins.
' "But" laughed ; the daring aeronaut,
"if the American Brookins breaks that
record I shall dress warmes . next time
and mount hlchar." .
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MURDER 2 MEN. .
- ' jm STEAL $6000
(Continued From One.)
out of the woods. Two of them with
revolvers drawn, grabbed the bridle,
while -sU" leveled their weapons and
ordered Fowler and Ragsdale to throw
up their hands. Fowler's first Instinct
'wariowacTrfoirwnrrvttteTrtiat
at the very first move, ; one of the
bandits fired, the bullet golhg through
his derby hat. He threw -up his hands.
Ragsdale, however, refused to comply.
Instead, hs lashed up his horse and
tried to 1 ride down the men at the
bridle. The movo cost his life, or- all
five men fired, three of the bullet
to a yard that was engaged months ago.
The-Barks cargo Includes steam and
household coal, and has already been
placed with local dealers.'
Following the Sark is a fleet of col
Bioux. City. It came after Senator Dol-.
liver, one of tho roost radical or tne
insurgents, had Spent several hours In
conference .with ,' Roosevelt, "and the
declaration endorsing the Taf t efforts
toward tariff revision by -commission
received the approval of the Iowa sen
ator. ; ,-',-y-.-v.r '. " '. 'r ,
In the same speech, however, the colo
nel endorsed unqualifiedly the amende
ment which Senator Dolllver hadpfr
fered to the tariff hill, providing for a
genuine tariff commission-. with full
ipowers, , ' '
,- The colonel expressed himself as well
pleased with the. part of the president's
campaign letter In which Taf t declared
for revision by commission. The abso-
lute , silence which Colonel . Roosevelt
had maintained up to this time regard
ing the administration of his succes
sor had occasioned a great amount of
talk and the rumor had gone out that
nothing would be, said during the trip
on this point. It is believed, however,
that Senator Dollivet. who spent yes
terday with the colonel at Omaha, and
who rode with him as far as Lemars,
Iowa today advised the endorsement
After he had decided to deliver this
endorsement the colonel took particular
pains to make It certain that his speech
was accurately interpreted. He was
very particular that It be not construed
as an endorsement in general terms or
as putting him on record in any way
other than as to the points specified. ,
Fully 25,000 people were out to listen
to the colonel's speech.. They filled the
great stand and field of a baseball park
and cheered mightily when the colonel,
before proceeding to hla Taft refer
ence, demanded that the national govern
ment be given the power to regulate
the manipulation of capital. He said:
"Two Brat railroad are now at work
on a piece -of construction work where,
I have no question, the stocK Is beirtg
honestly, provided for, and I believe a
great mass of bonds will be Issued
which will represent In each a bonus
to certain big men who ought to have
something for what they have done but
who ought not to have anything "like
what .they will get
"Under the law at prese'wt we can
not stop it and instead of denouncing
the big men for what they have a legal
right to do, the wise thing is to give
us power to prevent the recurrence of
such an abuse. So in dealing with
everything effecting corporations."
.Talks to 73,000 People.
Today was the - greatest day for
crowds and enthusiasm1 that the colonel
Has had throughout his trip. ,
. Beginning at Sioux City telegram aft
er telegram met,, the train begging htm
to stop at some little town and make
a speech. There Were Beven regular
stops scheduled between Omaha and
Sioux5 Falls, but the colonel was forced
to make 15 speeches. Every little water
tank town-turned out from 600 to S00O
people to see and hear him. They
came In automobiles, busrsries and , on
norseback, from back In the country to
me nearest raiirwm Station, and waited
for hours to hear a two minute sDeeoh.
The local politicians say that the crowds
surpassed any that ever greeted, a cam
paign' speaker in this vicinity. ' ' , .,;
Throughout the day the colonel talked
It is estimated,- to 75,000 people and the
bearing of his audiences . touch him
deeply. At the little water tank town
Of Alton, with a population of 260.
fully 800 people were gathered for the
three minutes which the engine took up
in taking water.. -while .the colonel
talked to the crowd. , A' huge, broad
faced farmer in hla shirt sleeves handed
up to the colonel a tiny pair of hard
carved wooden shoes, 1 .
"A tribute to your Dutch ancestry ,
he shouted; "we are from Holland, too."
; As the train pulled out the colonel
could scarcely ; restrain himself when
the crowd shouted the Dutch salute of
farewell, VOranJe bogeiy
' Greatest Day of tha Trip,
At one little town 800 people had a
well trained group of shouters who
yelled, r "What's the matter with the
elephant tamer of thf . O. O. P.t" and
the answer came back, "He's all right.
, Throughout the day the colonel was
in a typical Roosevelt frame of mind.
He joked with Seth Bullock, the long,
lank westerner whom he knew on the
plains and whovls now United States
marshal for South Dakota.
He broke up his lunch to go out and
talk to three different crowds In towns
along the route.
Ha piled all the party out of the
train at the South Dakota-Iowa state
line to have group pictures made of the
men who made the trip and he insisted
on making: the renter of the group with
the fireman of the train on his left and
the engineer on his rlglj't.
And when 'the day was over" he-remarked
that It was the greatest day he
had had on the trip. .
. Talks to Crowd of 18,000.
Here In Sioux Falls the colonel and
his party ywere paraded through town
In a long line of automobiles. He was
takerc to an enormous tent-where some
18,000 people had gathered to hear him.
The crowd was wildly enthusiastic and
they shouted their approval of his tar
iff sentiments, - ' '. - -' .
Later (n the evening the- colonel was
the guest of the business men of the
City at a banquet a. the Cataract hotel.
Senator Gamble, Representative Craw
ford, Governor Vessey and a score , of
other public, men were at the dinner. '
, Boosevelt's Tariff Speech. , ,
At the mass meeting the colonel said:
"Whenever men Just like ourselves
probably not much better, and certainly
no worse continually fall 'to give Us the
results we have a. right to expect from
their efforts, we muy Just as well make
up our minds that the fault lies, not In
their personality, but in the conditions
under which they work; . and profit
comes, not from denouncing them, but
in, seeing that the conditions are
changed. This - Is' especially: true,, of
tarlff-niaklng. It has been conclusively
shown, , by. experiments repeated again
and again, that the methods of tariff
making by congress, which have now
obtained for so-many' years, cannot,
from the' very nature of the case, bring
really satisfactory results.
Only Hops Zs Changed Method.
"With the present tariff, made by the
same methods as Its predecessor and
that . predecessor's predecessor, there is
grave dissatisfaction. The people know
that -there aff "some things In It whiqh
are not right, and therefore . they tend
to suspect the (as I think) numerous
things which are right
, "I know the Bystem on which it was
made, and the same system on which Its
predecessors were made encourages a
scramble of selfish "iJSerestS, to which
the more Important general interest of
the public Is more or less subordinated.
Thore was a time when this scramble
was regarded as the natural course of
tariff making, and it was not resented.
Now. the people demand, and rightly,
that the profit of the special interests
bo subordinated to the general welfare
in every case. .
"It is this attitude of the people which
must be met in dealing with the present
tariff and with proposals to amend the
present tariff. Very little lmprevement
will follow any"' attempt to revise the
tariff by the methods hitherto used.
The thing to do Is to change the
methods.
Protection Settled .Policy.
T believe this country Is fully eem
mltted to the principle of protection;
but It Is to protection as a principle;
to protection primarily in tha interest
of the standard of living of the Ameri
can worklngmaif. I believe that when
protection becomes not a principle, nut
a privilege and a preference or.
rather, a Jumblo of privileges and
preferences then the American people!
disapprove of It,
"Now, to correct ' the trouble; it is
necessary, in the rirst place, xo get in
mind clearly what, we want and, in
tha next place, to get in mind clearly
the method by which we hope to ob
tain what we want What we want
is a square deal in the tariff as In
everything else; a square deal for tho
wage-earner; a square deal for the em
ployer; a square deal for the general
public. To obtain it we must havs a
thoroughly efficient and well-equipped
tariff commission.
. When. Tariff Zs a Morl Usue.
"The tariff ought to bo a material
Issue and not a moral issue; but if In
stead of a square deal we get a crooked
deal then it becomes very emphatically
a moral issue. What : we desire ui a
tariff Is such measure of protection as
will equalize i the cost of , production
here and abroad; and as the cost of pro
duction is mainly labor cost, this means
primarily a tariff sufficient to make up
for the difference in labor cost here and
abroad. The American public wants the
American laboring man put on an equal
ity with other citizens, so that he shall
have the ability to achieve the Ameri
can standard of living and the capacity
to enjoy It; and to do' this we must
see that bis wages are pot lowered by
improper competition with inferior
wage workers abroad with wage work
ers who are paid poorly and who live
as no Americans are willing to live. But
the American public does not wish to
see the tariff so arranged as to benefit
primarily a few wealthy men. ' :
"As a means toward the attainment
of its end In view we have as yet de
vised nothing In any way as effective
as a tariff commission. There should
be a commlslson of well-paid experts;
men who should not represent any In
dustry; who should he masters of thel
subjects; of the very highest character;
and who should approach the matter
with absolute disregard or every out
side consideration. These men should
take up In succession each subject with
which the tariff deals and investigate
conditions of production here and
abroad: they should find out the facts
and not merely accept the statements
of Interested parties; .and they should
report to congress on each subject as
soon as that subject has been covered,
Then action can be taken at once on
tho particular subject concerned, while
the commission Immediately proceeds to
Investigate another,
"By these means log rolling would be
avoided and each subject treated on Its
merits, while there would be no such
shock to general inaustry as is lm
plied In the present custom of making
sweeping changes In the whole tariff at
once. Finally, It should be the duty of
rmn governmental department or du
reau to investigate tne conuiuons in me
various cratected Industries, and see
t
l'-
that tha laborers reV.iy are nt'
benefit of the tariff w.'-I
enacted la their Interest. M it.U'
lntsure good treatment. alrowd !
keep the maximum and minimum
vision.
. Same for XClvers and z: u'ooii.
"The same principle of a first rl?
outside commission should lie at pU.-.l
to river and harbor legislation. At
present a river and harbor bill, li'ifc a
tariff bill, tends to be settled hy v
squabble among a lot of big selfish In
terests and little selfish 1nt'rests. wins
scant regard to the one really vital in
terest, that of the general." public. I t
this matter the ", national .; leglslatui't
would do well to profit by the exnmpl
of Massachusetts. ; Formerly Massa
chusetts dealt with Its land and harbor
legislation Just as at Washington tariff
and river and harbor laws have been
dealt with; and there waa Just the same
pulling and hauling, the same barguln
lng and log-rolling, the same subordina
tion of the general interest to various
special interests. Last year Governor
Draper took up the matter, and on his
recommendation the legislature turner
the , whole business over to a commis
sion Of experts; and . all trouble and
scandal forthwith disappeared. Inci
dentally, this seems to me to be a first
class instance of progressive legislation."
Ho Speeches on Sunday.
Late this afternoon Colonel Eoosevelt
received a . score of telegrams from
towns along, the rout begging him to
make speeches at each point
The fact ' that tomorrow is Sunday,
however, determined the .colonel to re
fuse all invitations and be will make no
speeches tomorrow.
The Roosevelt train will leave hero
early tomorrow for Fargo, arriving
there at tomorrow evening. ,
MAYOR OF SAN
FRANCISCO HAS
POLICE CHIEF MARKED
' ' (Continued From Page One.)
gerous at this time to defy Flannery.
who still has a larger ioiiowing ana is
desirous of propitiating hint.
The sacrifice of Martin and the eleva
tion of Captain Norman to the office
of chief is what the friends of Flan
nery . demand and It looks as If they
would get what they want
Mayor McCarthy said today:
"It is true that I am dissatisfied
with the way things have been going In
the police department I am not pre
pared at this time to say what changes
will be made. The story that Martin has
made himself persona non grata to me
though grafting Is ridiculous. I have
heard, what stories are afloat and I take
this opportunity to defy them,"
Martin shrugged his shoulders whqn
asked about his Impending dismissal.
"I've heard all that before," he said,
"and I think It's foolish talk, which I
don't care to answer.
I line 10 nave group pictures maae 01 me ' to protection primarily in in imeroni r- . mmm
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