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Newspaper Page TextI I i i- !) ,t I L j O U i. ,' A L IS 7 J-urr-.l S c -"?; cr IS c:i:ti - VrSTEHDAV WAS 4i-(D)o- Weather Occasional light tonight and Friday. Southerly VOL-IX. NO. $.23. 0. it i il Ciilff HAS NEW SYSTEM - TO' IViil GOUtiCIt . - 11 in' i" vt,f" ; , Manager J., P. O'Brien Calls Councilmen, to Office to In- . riuce Them to Vote for Va cation) of .Streets. LOMBARD DENOUNCES RAILROAD'S METHOD Push Clubs. 'May. Ask Grand ; Jury to Investigate Attempt i fto Influence Council. 1 On at a ttm! city 'councilman kr : belnj summoned to the O.'R. & N.' of- flees and there the "personal contact" ri ystem of pereviaslon la being used by ; J. ' P. O'Brien, generiU manager, and th ' legal counsel of the railroad to lndtice 'the councilmen, to recede from any at- m tltude of opposition they. ' may have 'jIt taken to the east aide street vacation. " A grand Jury, InveBtigjtlpn of the pro . posaU made to, "some, of the council men' will be demanded by-eatft aide as ' ? relations, It was announced today., The '.. v committee of !0 appointed at the, recent : Armory mass xneetitit will be asked te demand the probe' of the Jury, accord Ing to. the plan , outlined. i ,v;,. Counoljman .Qay": Lombard aald this ' . morning t.that he accepted yesterday an f-r. Invitation fr,onr X P. CBrJen to, come to thaV). B. & N. offices. v, There the rail ' road officials labored with him frtilit , lessly . for two hours. .,. Councilman KubU said he had, been before the raU- road ' people 'several times. -Councilman , . Lombard paid to his certain knowledge ; Councilman Cilia had been ' "labored" ' wtJi more than three honrs,. Others had ,l bcrn urgntitly .v aolluited t attend the ' ' 'personal contact" sessions, and nearly - - had accepted, he mMfi 4-.131, , A. Scheme. of XniiUtyfi -.'' '' .. n tol4 thenv" ald Mr. Lombard this morning, .nhat'J 'Ton an ' present no i" argument strong enough to Justify ths fs 'gut of those atreeta , from Vthe, city to you I uBk now Why are we eompnlled to trade or; traffid w.ltli the O. R. ft N. , !.:.'-It -i a clean to' -eer the IhKjulty of the scheme. By jpettyv conresslona, by ' .inisrcpreaentatlons of value, the railroad : la a ttempMnK to get property that la of , InestlmableVvalue to this city, . The rail- ,(oad Is trying to-Kulldose andibrow ' ' teat the 45ttyr The high banded policy . ' .taken by.theJraUroid.ln persisting In ' t 'the copstructlon of the pier at the Inter- section' of - Oregon and Adams streets , after the. people had Invoked the refer i endum; against the ordinance i vacating .'that Intersection 'demonatrates conclu- Cpn.tlnued on Page Sixteen.) Cut Manager of Line Says the ; Ship's Stores Available, and -" Cargo, Salvaged, is Largely $ of .Foodstuffs.- - v r - . T7nltert mm Uttti Wire.) i i , " Xatolla. Alaska, , Nov. 17. No word feet coma from the 83 people comprls ., Ing the passengers arid crew of the - - wrecked steamer Portland, -who are mi ; rooned on a barren Island in the outer , harbor. There Is very,; Httle food on . , the Island and it is feared that some of ' he castaways' have perished.' - Seattle,' Nov. 17. -Manager Marcus - Talbot, of the Alaska Pacific company, owner of the steamer Portland, ' which was wrecked at the mouth .of Katalla v" river, said todaynhat be did" not believe . the 83 passengers and -crew of the Port land were suffering any privation, dl - recti contradicting : xllspaWhes f rom Cordova..! The steamship Bertha, which will sail Monday for Cordova,' has been ordered to go, direct to Katalla to ren ',: der aid to the marooned passengers if they have : not been . ttrken ' from their , Island prison. before the 'BertMVarrlves ' there.' . i. ?y v V .. ; Talbot said there was an ample sup " ply of provisions fopl5assengers and crew and1 pointed oui that in addition . the cargo of the Portland, nearly all of ; which has been salvaged, consisted al ' , most entirely of foddstuffs. i v Word was received fr&m Juneau to- day that th collector of customs has ', teen asked to send, the revenue cutter , RusH to the aid of , the Portland's pas sengers, and that this would probably ; s be done. Large vessels, , sa, far' have been unable to get . rrear ' them. ". jghe Rush 1 .now At sea, but is expected to " arrive at any hour. EXPEDITION' TO SEEK - WOLVERINE'S PEOPLE r viv;.:;. -1 y '-n i .-.;. v (United Pr Lm.I -W!re.) SeJklrk, Man.; Noy, 17J The steamer .," Lady i of ; the Xake started a out today on a search of Lake Winnipeg for traoes',T 94 passengers and rew of ' FEAR FOR SAFETY V: . .. .... 'j-., n ' 1 ' III I II u" , 1 the foundered teamer,..Wfllverloa,Tbe t """""r'assangera" anj. crew, are suiliosed to ; be castaways - on one of jfhe many ' small islands, though lt Is iilso feared ! 'they have been drowned. The govern ment la - directing, the relief expedl ra!n winds 1IISISCH. J. Lewis of Mine: Workers'. Cred ited -With Decisive Action ;That Eliminates- Rivalry for - Time Being". .'V ' yUe& Pmn Leineil Wire.) ' k St. Louis, Nov, 17. 'President Thomas L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of . America, jwho .controls 2i! of, the 60. socialist.' votes, vln" the Amer ican1 Federation -ofLabor, in eessioq here, Is given the credit for j the an nouncement made by the socialists that they will not oppose the reelection of Samuej tOompers foy ' the federation presidency... ,i - " . r It had been etatejl that Lewis would support the socialists against Oompers. Ills declaration today to the .contrary Is said to have brought about the tacit indorsement -of the veteran leader by the socialists. '' ' ' t , "No one had any right to expect any such support., from me,", said , Lewis. M am free and not bound to any clique, clan or , individual. ' If the - socialists nominate a -man who fs capable and willing to succeed Oompers, I might support- him,' but " that would depend entirely . on : what 4 I tr ought of the man's personal ' qualifications." When asked, how, he liked Oompers, Lewis said; 1 ' ' ' 1 . '. s VHe:is all right. Further than that I do. not want to say anything at this tlme-y f would want to put it In writ ing. ' , . " v''ln two, other conventions there have been certain -clans depending on my support of their " candidates, basing their campaign on my sanction. They beajd, from :.met when the . propositions came 'tap for- final settlement" ' f Lewis - added that he was Interested in getting an American federation char ter for the" Western Federation of Mi ners 'and 1 cthafc" :j: Jie' was lii; favor of granting such charters.!-? k A-fight on the floor Of the eonven tlon ) expected when the proposed amalgamation of the United' Brother hood of Carpenters 'and . Joiners . of America with; the Amalgamated Soci ety" of - Carpenters . and,. . Joiners -; is brought up- for discussion. Members Of , the United Brotherhood charge the Amalgamated Society with attempting to break strikes brought by the United Brotherhood, by filling the vacancies caused by the strike. , , jvM J ,;,,; '? :-. , , . ii .ni... Ti i i; Mil .1 n.-pi TWO .YOUNGSTERS SENT : : ' UP FOR TRAIN ROBBEFIY ? (tJnlfed Prem Leiafd Wire. i, 'f " Phoenix, ArisH Nov. 17.-Judge; Kent, lily the. United States codrt today, sen tenced Oscar and Ernest " Woodson, ,U and ii years of age, respectively, to 10' yeaw in the ftrjeiat prison at. Fort Leavenworth," Kan.; tot train robbery , The youths were found gull trot hold ing up a Phoenix, Maricopa &,Salt River Valley train last May. . They -had come to Artsona from- Oklahoma. V f " The .younger lad sobbed- aloud When sentence was pronounced. : : CURTISS IN WINTER W2i ,; QUARTERS IN CALIFORNIA ' S. '. - .i.i in 1 ' 1. -a':!J- - w-V-vr "i -fj'' ' tllnltcd Pr LftmA VTif-M V . Los Angoles, Noy. 17. R, 'R. Long, manager for Olenn Curtlsff, is in Los Angeles,; making' arrangements for the appearance of the Curtlsa string of avi ators here thl -winter, ' Curtlss him self,. with1 six assistants, will ..arrive next week. He plana a series of ex hibition flights at the motordrome early In December, preliminary to the aviation meet to. be held -In January.- ,,v , Judge Cleland Holds Ordinance Vacating Street to 0.' R. & N. Not Subject to -Referendum; Can't Prosecute R. R, ' TTnldtnlr that : ihmi nrrilnnnrA vnratlnir Adams and Oregon -streets as passed by! the city council Is not municipalMegls latlon and not subject to the referendum, Presiding Judge Cleland In the circuit court today denied the application for a ' writ of mandamus to compel City Attorney Grant and the municipal Judge to issu9 warrants for the arrest of O, R. & N. officials for Obstructing. those streets. - ' ," v " ' i . The decision was . given.. In the suit brought by M..O, Collins and Dan Kel laher at the relation of the xlty against the city attorney and municipal Judge, after these off iclala had. declined to Interfere with the. work being, done by the ratlrcadv ' The streets had been de clared vacated by the council, but a referendum petltlon.wlth 4000 names at tached was fjled, attempting to hold up the operation of the ordinance va cating the. streets ttptll the next city election, v . 1 ' -. - Judge Cleland decided that this Is not a matter of legislation, and not a mat ter to which the referendum can apply. The ordinance vacating the streets Is therefore actually . in effect aad Is, not h.e 14 up by. Ui. referendum The court also indicated that the city attorney has discretionary power in is suing warrants, nd Is 'not required "to proceed with a prosecution in a given case unless such a course shall to- him appear, legal and Just. ;-t- . GOhlPERS SECURE DENIES TO CdMPEL GRANT TO : ARREST OFFICIAIS POT?TT.ATJn riDrr.nW TTTTTORIYXV- -p.VT7.MTMr;'" MnVPMTlP.P j 4i w v w i f w- raws PHIIIIB uys." Senator Chamberlain Be lieves, Minority , Men Can Sweep Country if .They FoN low "Right Course. - -v FORCE REPUBLICANS TOpr ,f REDEEM THEIR PLEDGES Would Place trust Made Goods - and Necessities on Free List; Equalize; - ' united t States ' j senator i George E. r Chamberlain sees bright hope ahead for the Democratic partyt He believes that the Democrats in congress hold the key to the presidential election of 1912 and that If they make good during the com ing session of corigress they wilt sweep the country two years from' now. If tbe Democrats of congress are conserva tive and redeem the campaign pledges of -tariff revision made by" the 'Repub lican party In. the last campaign, there will be a Democratic?, president and a Democratic administration In Washing ton in 1911, says Senator Chamberlain, "If - the Democrats of congress, work ing with the Insurgent Republicans, will waive their differences as to main es sentials, ; sacrificing somewhat of -Individual- opinion on : matters 'Of public policy, and will unite on- essentials jn the revision, of the tariff downward, my Individual opinion )s that; the Demo crats could sweep the country la II II," said T Senator Chamberlain t this . morn ing. V-, r.;-.- :r .---v,i-.. - .j. iV-l::lsto:r it -the- Tariff. "If the Democrats will.. Id, coorjeratlon with Insurgent Republicans, at this short session of congress insist on the re vision of the tariff downward along pro tective lines if need be, placing articles which- center fin ' trust or monopolistic control t on . the ' free , Hat, - reducing or placing on the free-list the necessities of life, and reducing or placing on the free, list those articles which enter into the manufacture, of those things which are sold abroad nhennar than at finm. tbey wUl by the adoption of this policy compel a performance of the pledges violated by the ' last; Republican con gress. This violation of their' pledges lost to the . RepuMicans during the re cent campaign many of the states which heretofore, have been considered ' safely within1 the Republican column. v.-C-' -:'f.-: i--.1-'."This policy, too,- If followed out by the Democrats,-would not and. could not disturb the business interests of the country and, . later on, if a further re vision of -the-tariff were nscessaryi to do Justice to, the consumers It might be safely done' through the, instrumen tality o an export' tariff commission, acting on the schedules from - time to time as- necessity might require. f?i ??eff , Kept, .'.'.' V, J;' "This seems to me to be the key to the i Situation. . The. Republicans mad3 tariff -pledges whlchtheyi. did not keep; This failure has . lost 'r them se"veral staWs already. Hf the Democrats Should force, the Republicans to carry out the pledges the party made. In my opinion it would "tut- the party in power in Senator Chamberlain 'A ftlso? hellevel that the Democrats, could bring about a full lOrgantzatlon of ' both house and senate at- the coming session. What will be, the -outcome in the senate, the senator, says he has no means of know ing., , ,.- - Senator Chamberlain will leave this evenings -to be present at the opening of congress. He will return to Oregon after the session, .has adjourned, -it being his Intention to 'make an exten sive tour, of the state during the coming summer, , , CLUE AT SPOKANE Pinkerton Chief Confers There ,( With McPartland and . ' . ' , ;; Thi6le.-. v ' ' Dnlte4 Press Leased Wbrji s " Spokane, .Nov. 17. Following clues which led him to believe, that the dyna miting of. thei-Times building In Los Angeles was partly planned in Spokane, William A.i Pinkerton, head of the Pink erton Dectectlve Agency, passed through Spokane recently on his way to ;the coast,. , ' . , In Just what: measure Spokane men were Implicated or the plot was connected.- with Spokaue.i could t not rbe learned. Pinkerton spent some- time In conference evlth Sylvester C Thiele, su perintendent of the local agency, who, with McParland of, Denver, has charge of .the dynamiting,! cases in 'th west. Thiele refused to comment on the case, saying he had nothing for publication, s Before coming to SpoRane .Pinkerton visited MeParland In Denver. . Ills ap pearance In the field leads to the be lief, that but - a short time will elapse before1 startling announcements will be made and followed with aj-rests. Cruisers to Greet Japanese. 'Ban Diego, Cal., Nov. 17. The cruller fleety-wMeh 1ias-bSofnil XSTg&l practice off Coronado islands, will leave Satur day for San Francisco to' greet the Jap-t anese squadron, which la -expeotej No vember 21. It "is announced that both fleets will sail south' again on Novem ber 2S. ' IN MIR .HANDS ; Allston Sargent Allston Sargent, president of the Sar- gent Cigar and Hantatlon Com t pany of Sew York Citjr and Bridge- port, Connn who,' alleging Infringe ment of their Unitea- states pat f entM covering : humidors for the i proper preservation of cigars and i tobacco, is suing" the. United Cigar Stores Company" for $1,100,000. The suit is In the United States cir cuit court of New York,.' It is also J announced by the plaintiff that bis company intends to sue the United Cigar. 1 Stores . company in . every state where it does business. - ' SHOPMEN ALLEGE CHIEFS ORDERED Missouri Pacific Employes Say j neyj put ; Kqugn sturr, int(j eceni triKe. Kansas , 'City, Mo, .Nov.' 17. Swofn- confesslons i that they maliciously de stroyed machinery at the Instigation of high officials of the Ideal Machinists' union . were issued - today by P.f B. Sweeney- and- W. O. O went, former em ployes In the, Missouri Pasiaa railroad shops at Bedalla, Mo-"'- The men were convicted of . malicious Unstructlon. o property, andeach was. sentenced to six months in Jail. . . , . - r: t According to their don f ess Ion a, they placed steel flllncr and cmufy . dust in the bearings of locomotives anl other machinery, at (he. instigation f ieudeis oi tne striKing macninists. j ne author ities are withholding! the nsmes ofhe alleged instigators. ' Railroad officials here uaert that nr. rests will be made, here and at St, Louis as a result of the alleged couspltacy. Railroad' detectives charge that a wbclc sale plot was.uhdor 'way'to dqf damage to thousands of dollars'., worth of rati vaoiI nMnacttf ' aft1 lfr Ihit i,..-a the biggest union leaders In - Missouri are involved. . . i - - ! 1 , Sweeney, t and : Oweps were ' appren tices In the shops at ' Sedalla. They declare that on" the night of Novembers 7 they; placed Capsules containing emery dust and steel filings in the oil boxes of a Missouri Pacific passenger en gine, -and-that' the driving rod 4 of the engine was - broken . hef ore it left -the yard.,'-. -.'"' y?''1 "'v i-f i y! 1 Railroad - officials declare ; to the courts that, had the tratn been, running at high-speed tlie 5 filings, and i emery would, have -caused 'an accident, and perhaps, loss of life i ' . -! - - ( The railway officials, declared that the prisoners confessed ;tov other 'at tempts; one 'at Argenta, -Ark., Novemi ber It. whereTiWhlI working on a cyl inder iOf a locomotive, .thoy were ar rested.' : Capsules ; filled with 1 -filings and emery . dust were found - in their clothing.' t .';;, . $25,000 Vorth of Opium to Burn. i Tnit'-d Vr Uw4 Wii,i. , los Angeles, Nov. 17. Opium worth 825.000 will ' he - fed ;"to a federal bon fire, within the next month, s The drug bomprises a i shipment confiscated br the United States eufytoms officials af tcr It had been traced- from Hong Kong to the west Coast of Mexico,' and thence threugh-ithe vlnterlorv Intos the United States.. The opium was brought, to Cal ifornia by. George Olln- Pole and Thom as Anderson,' who,' were Convicted , of smuggling and given prison, sentence YOUR THANKSGIVINGS " TURKEY WILL COS! i V ABOUT $4- THIS YEAR Turkeys, retell, 80 to 36 cents S a j?6und. , ; H 4 These 'will be the Initial prices' , for the Thanksgiving trade on ' vlbebaslsx-WAdit--eutarlrms-s at . 29027 cehts a "pound. . The average turkey will cost Mr. Con sumer $4. . . 1 v A Undatllt the cost of living is ' going down! - fro ,; ' r K . v.- .-r- tJ tr.:.f' T - i i ... A'jj A 17J?'ifl1ft llTWP.MTViPr.TTP PAftP'S ''. : v VHirV. TWn iPPMTlC! on TSAXjfs i jrrwe. m f . w- - w-.-w.w TENDERS MAY USE NT NBRI Order Issued to Them by Coun ty Judge Cleeton Does Not J -Affect M orning Period, How- ever:Traffic Considered. " 1 BOATS MUST WAIT IF BRIDGE TRAFFIC GREATER Supported by Federal Law the Court .Broadens Regulations to Cause Least Delay, - .By direction of .the county- court bridge tenders will hereafter use their own discretion in, opening drew bridges, ho matter what the- time' ef day; : ex cept during the morning closed period prescribed by the government,' namely, 6:80 to If 5;1B to 7 8:05 to 8:30, a. m. .Federsl grand Juryvlnvestlgation of the county's action In prescribing closed periods without government; au thorlty established what ; appears , to namely, that : the - opening" ; of . draw bridges shall be regulated In accordance both ' With the .demands of river v and transriver ; transportation" j.yne order then issued is this:'.;:;'; 'v'-wfci! "If the traffic on the bridge is of ap parently greater Importance than : the demand of the bnnt whistling for , the draw, let the draw remain closed until the traffic congestion has been relieved, whether the hour be of, the forenoon or the- afternoon. -s :.'-?- t &a It has. become known that the reason why' the federal grand jury did hot in flict. County . Judge Cleetonand County Commislsoner Goddard because of their action in issuing morning and evening regulations of the draws was because" It was found written Into the , federal law that the rights of those crossing the bridges are' to be' considered, together with the rights of "navigation.''. ; Conse fluently the abridge tenders have power to use discretion at to when to open the draw. It is understood that expert witnesses - testified beferw thgrand Jury that this Is considered true, f Thus supported by federal law am) by personal investigation of the 'needs of transriver traffic, Judge Cleeton nas felt safe in broadening the effect of the draw bridge ; regulations. J'He does not desire; that , beopIe4l ' crossing; the bridges shall be unduly delayed at any time ! of day. ' Formerly when a scow with :-a sand barge whistled for -.the draw, though the bridge might be sway Ing with the weight of the traffic, the draw was immediately Opened, the sand scow i went through , and : the - people waiteJ. ' - N t s 11 The ruling of County Commissioner. Goddard and .. County Judges. -Cleeton When first Issued prescribed closed pe riods for both mornlne and evening. The government then Issued regulations for the morning hours of congested traffic. Evening regulations: were continued , by the county. . Before issuing Instructions that bridge tenders may hereafter iise their discretion in opening the draws Upon signal, County Judge Cleeton con ducted an Investigation to leanr- If ft was not possible to compel -steamboats to have hinged stacks so that they might pass under the bridges., , When it was found'that other portions of Wll lamette and Columbia river boats were approximately as ; high as the stacks, this "was given up. -. I MBMM M II II I m Funeral of Athena Pioneer. i Athena, Qr. Nov. 17.- The funeral of the late William Estes, a pioneer of this community.was held, at the Christian church yesterday. Mr Estes had lived in this community 'for a number of years. He died in Pendleton November ' ? J T lup UU p, "ay- 4, Amusing Themselves En Route by Chucking Coins at Un- 7 employed and Gamins. .. - (United Press Iud WIm.v' ; London, 4 Nov., 17. Sailors from the American, battleship Mississippi -were feted ''on shore here today; Crowds of, Jackles chartered 'rubberneck" , cars, and passing through the streets, tossed coins to the throngs of. unemployed that lined certain sections of the route. Beaching the Strand, the crowds be came sc. dense that Fleet street was blockaded, while -pedestrians were In Imminent danger from gamins that scrambled for the - coins. Finally the men were asked by, the police to de sist : - . . . 1 , 4 CRIPPEN'S FRIENDS ASK SENTENCE COMMUTATION ,"-s:if;i,A ; 1 f y y ry. : '':' (United Pr L'd W1n ' .'s-, . London, i Nov. vl7. with, the reprieve granted to Dr Hawley H. Crippen by tho government nearlng Us end, friends of the American" 'loot or t:-uvlctd p hatrnrTirderpd'ht8'ire",,ft'iToEInroi-e Crippen, renewed their efforts tul-iy ,to secure' additional signatures to petitions for commutation J of " tile j condemned man's 1 sentence;- to life imprisonment. The petitions have been signed by thou sands ' already, and will soon be pre sented to Home Secretary Churchill. JUOGME AMERICAN JACK1ES SEE LONDON TOWN M v '''. ' it OF COL. ROOSEVELT Initiative and Referendum Also . Attacked at Annual Banquet of Oregon Bar Association; t 'LR. Webster Defends Them Ridicule for the initiative and refer endum' and hostility to the "new na tionalism" of Theodore Roosevelt were features of the talk at the annual 0ban quet of the Oregon state bar association at the Commercial, club last night. But those who sneered at the' Oregon system were followed oy a speaker who re minded the'n that the Initiative and ref erendum has come to stay, and means that' tho people are reaching out fojr better things. It was Lionel R. Webster, former county judge,-the last 'speaker on the-program, who enatlenged the at tention or xne crutcs. ' ' VNo difference what some of us may think of some of the laws enacted by the people." he said In a-ringing voice, ".'you must wake ud to the fact'that th Initiative and, referendum has come to stay, and has become a parrot the Ife Of the people . Of Oregon E -...&' "However, mistaken - some Xbfj these laws mar be. thev represent an earnest and honest effort 1V, the people for bet ter things. If measures do not meet bur approval, we I must nevertheless accept them as facts and make, the best of them. o i'- ' 'u . Frederick; V'IIo-'man, letlrtng presl dent of the asso-iiatloa.lwasithe toast- master, t He .first ' i presents JuBtloe Woodson T, CTater of the supreme court, the new'-president, who responded fit tlnelv. . . " i t F. Hi Whitfield was well primed with In raannnAlntr in - a' toSSt. in which hs told how Jawversi excuse th4 loss of 'cases to theirk clients.. E: W. Hardy was the",flrst to slap, the lnltla tlve and referendum, saying that meas ures adopted under it are "loose 111 con sidered, - 1U' framed.. Ill mannerea. ana often without Kns." -'','' ,l Hsrdv said He considered it tne auiy at the har to 'devise' a system , that will result In well framed, welt consiaerea measures. Which Will fit in with the ex tHtlnsr svstem" of lew. and Will read so that a man of cotfmn understanamg can tell what thev mean. . City Attorney JTrank S. Grant took a fling at the ""new nationalism, ami re ferred to ' "the ex-presidents and x statesmen who went the courts to de cide cases in ' accord with, popular plamor-"' -- H.K Bargent referred to the initiative as a "'monstrosity,' and said few men could aake ; the. time to read thelaws proposed to -them. He suggested ; that the old Moealo- law oi sacrifice of the mat r.ould he'adobfed by an overwhelm ing majority under the . initiative by -means of -an attractive -hui,-.'ubwm some senatorial Interest should appear against it.: J Bargent also made a ear mattA reference to Roosevelt, v? ? ' t. r tha - Ktat sunreme court were guests at tbe banquet, and were" made th helpless targets or many merry stories. . . ' Absconder is Returned. " - Aberdeen, Washv Nov. 17.r-WIlson t Buttner, the anaconenng Aoeraeen v torney, located ' at Weaversville, Cal.. was ! brought back to Montesano and lodged in the county Jail last night. He was under Indictment by the grand Jury for grand larceny for swindling a .woman client. " ! " , STATES COMBiHE Governors and Others Promi nent Meet at San Francisco Coast Defense and Gen eral Cooperation Objects. ; mr' "Tttd firrm T.d Wire-4 s."- San Francisco, Nov. 17. With the primary object of demanding efficient harbor, garrison and naval defenses for the Pacific- coast, , and f with the sec ondary purpose of formulating demands for Increased political recognition for the western coast, : the Pacific Coat congrees will meet , this afternoon at the Palace hotel, k . v - The governors' of coast states, includ ing representatives of Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Idaho,, and men promi nent on 1 the Pacific, are- among those attending the congress. . - The morning was devoted to ,aa: automobile sight seeing trip and the afternoon is allotted to speochmaking. , The Important busi ness of the session will come up tomot- rw.!'ti.v.'.-i,,:,.v In addition to -the discussion of pro jects for the ' better .protection of, har bors, the increase of ga'rrlsons at the forts on the coast, in order to provide against land as well as ses attacks, and the establishment of a Pacific coast sta tion for a battleship fleet, the congreaj wll. eonilder measures for the Improve ment (jk waterways, the question of fod eral relations with the states in the mat ter of forests, waterpower sites, and similar questions. I Based on the census shos-Jflx.otJn-"... ,...'r;f.. tf.',.,' "41, ..... . 1. pected to promulgate a demand that at least two, of - the president Cabinet shall be -Pacific coast men. In addition to this, the next Congi-ess, Jt Is rxpctled, will establish an .apportionment under vh.- the coast statqs will have larger lereentui " ' " INPROIIN-OF COAST INTERESTS w STANDS - flVM CJJiXai CHICAGO'S RETAIL- BUTCHERS ASSAIL ' CLAIMS With Spirit They Resent Alle gation .That They Alone to Blame for Meat Item in the High' Cost of Living. ; PACKERS JUGGLE WORDS TO SIFT RESPONSIBILITY Reduction . Real, Retailers Would Give It toConsum-, ers, but It Is Not. : 'rf--.-. . ICnited Prrw Lexted Vnri.t ' , Chicago, Nov. 17, Master butchers of Chfcago, explaining statements credited toj.. Ogden .Armour and other packers, asserted , today that all talk of reduced meat prices was "tommyrot." The meat might - be cheaper, but the decrease in price. "Ivould never reach the consumer, tney. say. -. . . ' . r '-'vj v.1, .. ; tOno butoher , explained the reduction talk as a move to divert attention , from indictments." and curry favor for t!ii packers on the impending prosecution;!. .The packers want to make the re tailer the goat," said this butcher, "tt'e are assured only by. packers' Interview that ! they iwlll reduce the prices of meats. , Let them sign a contract, and " agee to keep It tor three months and see how , quick "the cut will be felt by the consumer." The- butchers assembled In a regular meeting of their association- here todav and the cut , in prices was the chief topic of discussion. The retailers nro ancry at ' what thev term an attemot by the packers to shift responsibility. V Vice President Edwin Levy of th butchers: organization bitterly, attacked tne packers in his address to tne con-' vention. ' - "We ' are ' caught""between " two mill stone," said Levy. ! "On one Side it is the packers who ftame their own prices, fix their own rates and then lay the blame, for high prices, on the retailer. On thejther side is the consumer, whi deals with ua directly and who docs not know that we are helpless to altsr conditions that" to him are oppressive. "Th packer says; 'You pay 13 V4 cent-j per ' pound for mutton and sell it tor . 25 .cents This fools the consumer, wh- does not know that-, we get . only sit pounds of chops from-a 40 pound lamb. AJ1 other cuts are cheaper. If a butchr clears 80 cents on a lamb costing him 85 hevis fortunate. We pay 1JV4 cents a pound for the almost unsalable flank and a similar amount for breasts that are filled with, .wooden plugs. Included In this are' the heart, 'lungs and liver that Usually spoil before they can be sold-, Sometimts dealers I get stuck worse than, that" : " ' , ; Good Roads, Convention at Walla Vyatla to Be Scene of Contest; JSay Waste af Coin and Failure. (Soeetsl Plipatcb -to The Jnarruttt -.' -Walla Walla, Wash., -Nov. 17. Farm- , ers of the state of, Washington, partic-.-. . ularly the members of the farmers' tin- Ion, will go IntQ the good roads conven- ( tlon- here the last -of the month' with he determination of aereatlng the aid road law,' according to President H. Ii MeLeaa. of the Farmers' union today. , .-They term the-etate aid law s waste " of money, and declare they are tired of paying halt a mill taxes to be squan dowd for no good purpose. - They point ' out the fact that nothing has been' ac complished by th(r law In this loraltty. although a good road has been t&tked of here for two years. Consequently they will go into the convention to scaurs i,S Indorsement for the condemnation of th present law, and return to the eld super- visor system. . ' ' ,1. . , .. As good roads enthusiasts hold this" as their' pet plan, a bitter fight Is ex pected and one that may disrupt the convention. ' T..R. FEELS FINE ' : ' BUT NOT TALKATIVE 1 .' fUnltfd TrpfK T.1 Wlr .. New York, Nov. 17. O)lonl Theodore Roosevelt appears! at the offices of the dutlook today for the first , time sine election dar- He s.tUI he was fellns flne-but.xl,herwlae he was uncomfnu nicatie. 1 , ' When askod his opinion regarding tr.i result of- th election in New VorK, ha laughed and referreil the questioner tf tho edUortal columns of tlw Nrw yn'k Sun-end New York Evening Tofit, wl.t' h bitterly-, opposed hint lurng the citm paign. ,' - Portland's Castawsjs Ml f . : 1 Katalla, Nov. n. f of trre wrecked sfemer.-J't.-! i'--!. safi" in fwn U's iifK'i''" i being cared for at tim b'.t-'s ' 1 of nlt!7-riH. ani will t,r'-. l t he next steamer. PACKERS FARMERS' UNIOII ' TtateSw