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VOL. 19.
PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMHER 18, 1906.
NO. 5852
' QMLY EVEN INB EDITION
JAPANESE ISSUE
MESSAGE
IDiscusscs it From a Closer
View of Conditions Than in
the Annual Message.
t:mikdii:s tiik report
ol- secretary mftcai.f.
'Gives H Illni'r)' "I the Events I.cfidliu
to the Whole I ic iiImii Toll
f the Oi mtnl.ntlnii iiml Purpose of
the Japanese Exclusion Ia'iikiii'.
Which Is Mnile I i .Vnmst Entirely
of Moinbt rs of Labor (rpiiiil.iitiiiiif!
((in nil Tone of Mi age Is Il.i
fini'ily a Onct lon to (he Coast.
Washington, Dec. 18. The presl
'dent today sent to congress a special
message Including the report of Sec
retary Victor H. Metcalf of the de
partment of commerce and labor, on
the Japanese situation In stun Fran
cisco. The report of Secretary Met
calf Is as follows, in part:
In my previous report I said noth
ing as to the causes leading tip to the
action of the Run Francisco school
board in passing the resolution of
October 11. and the effect of such
action upon Japanese children, resi
dents of the city of San Francisco,
desiring to nttend the public schools
of thnt city. A report on this matter
will now be made, therefore; and af
ter describing the local public senti
ment concerning the recent disturb
ances with regard to, the Japanese, an
account will be given, first, of the
boycott maintained by the Cooks and
Walters' union of San Francisco
against Japanese restaurants doing
business In that city, and. second, of
the severnl cases of assault or Injury
Inflicted upon the persons or proper
ty of Japanese residents.
It seems thnt for several years the
board of education of San Francisco
had been considering the advisability
of establishing separate schools for
Chinese, Japanese and Korenn chil
dren, and on May 6, 1905, passed the
following resolution:
"Resolved. That the bonrd of edu
cation Is determined In Its efforts to
effect the establishment of separate
schools Tor Chinese and Jtipancse pu
pils, not only for the purpose of re
lieving the congestion at present pre
vailing In our schools, but also for the
higher end that our children should
not be placed In any position where
their youthful Impressions may be
afferter by association with pupils of
the Mongolian race."
And on October 11 the board-passed
the following resolution:
"Resolved. That In accordance with
Article X, section 1662. of the school
law of California, principals are here
by directed to send all Cninese, Jap
anese tr 'Korean children to 'the
Orlentul public school, situated on the
south Side of Clay street, between
Powell mid Mason streets, on and af
ter Monday, October IB, 1906."
iliiixmewc Exclusion League.
The actkin of the bonrd 111 the pas
sage of the resolutions of May 6, 190.1,
nnd October 11, 1906, was undoubted
ly largely Influenced by the activity
of the Japanese and Korean Exclus
ion league, an organization formed for
the purpose of securing the enactment'
by the congress of the United State
Of a bvw extending the provisions of
the existing Chinese exclusion net 'so
as to exclude Japanese and Koreans.
The hsague claims a membership In
dho state of California of IS, 500,
.three-fourths of which membership
ds said to U In the city of sn Fran
cisco. The membership Is composed
almost entirely of members of Ikbor
organizations. Section 2, article S. of
the constitution of the league Is as fol
lows: "The league as such shall tint alot
any measures of discrimination against
any Chinese, Japanese or Korsnns now
or hereafter lawfully resident In the)
lTnltcd Stntes."
Yet, on October 22. 1905, at a
meeting of the league held in San
Francisco, as reported In the Sun
Francisco Chronicle of October 23.
1905, a resolution was ndupted by the
league Instructing Its executive com
mittee to appear before the board of
education and petition for separate
schools for the Mongolian children of
Son Francisco.
Prior to the action nf the league,
the board of education, as I am In
formed, received many protests from
'citizens of San Francisco, whoso chll-
Itnllronil War Scheduled.
New York, Dec. 18. mocked
In his plan to control tho St.
Taul railroad by a $100,000,000
stock Issue, Hiirilman expects
to plungo the railroads of the
northwest Into a bitter war.
That Is the opinion of Wall
street today. Hostilities will
commence soon.
dren 'Were attending the public
schools, against Japanese being per
mitted to attend those Schools, These
protests were mainly against Japanese
boys and men ranging from 16 to 22,
23 and 24 years of age attending the
primary grades and sitting beside lit
tle girls and boya of 7 and 8 years sf
age. When these cnmplalnts became
known to Japanese residents, I am
informed that some of the older fu-l
pus left the primary grades. f
Japanese, 'Enrollment.
On the day when the order of Octo
ber 11 went Into effect, viz., October
15, there were attending the pabllc
schools of the city of San Francisco 93
Japanese pupils.' These pupils were
distributed among 23 schools of the
primary grades. There are eight
grades In the public schools of Son
Francisco, the first grade being the
lowest and the eighth the highest
graduates of the eighth grade going
into the high school.
Of this totul of 93 pupils, 63 were
born In Japan and 25 In the United
States. Those born in the United
States would, of course, under section
1 of Article XIV of the constitution
of the United States, be citizens of the
United States and of the state where
in they reside, nnd as such subject to
the laws of the nation as well as of
the stato. The ages of the pupils at
tending the public schools on the day
when the order went Into effect
ranged from 7 to 20 years.
Kan FranelHco's Schools.
The number of schools In San Fran
cisco, nrlor to April 18 was 76. Of
this number 28 primary or grammar
schools and two high schools were de
stroyed by fire, nnd one high school
wns destroyed by earthquake, leaving
45 Bchools. Since April 18 27 tem
porary structures have been erected,
making the total number of school
buildings at the present time 72.
The Oriental school, the school set
apart for the Chinese, Japanese and
Korean children. Is In the burned sec
tion. There Is only one Japanesc.stu
dent attending this school at the pres
ent time, and there are no Japanese
children attending any of the other
public schools. I visited the Oriental
school In company with the Japanese
consul and found It to compare favor
ably with mnny of the new temporary
structures erected In the city. The
course of Instruction Is exactly the
same as at the other public schools,
and competent teachers are assigned
for duty In this school. Nearly all of
the pupils attending this school have
to be taught the English language.
Aml-Jupunrw Sentiment.
I found he sentiment In the state
very STrong h gainst Japanese young
men attending the primary grades.
Mirny ef the people were outspoken
In their condemnation nt this course.
saying that they would take exactly
the same stand against American
young men of similar :ages attending
the primary grades. I am frank to
(Continued on ptge 7.)
SILL DEALER
AND BlU TRUSTS
cohi'ohatiox roxsriH.M'Y
rnovi'i ijf.yonh axy doubt.
HalJnwds owl Colli Trusts aril Willi
Street Grind the Face of the PiHir
:i nd of Everybody KIh Tim land
less Chain nf Industrial Oppression
Illustrated by Testimony Before In
terstate nuiiierce Conimlslii.
Minneapolis. Dec. IS. The atslst
nnce the railroads lend to the treat
corporations to litstroy small dealers
anil the existence of a coal trust t nd
lusscs through car shortage to snull
dealers was shown nt the Interstate
inquiry today.
The "poverty circle" appeared to
day. Farmers testified they could not
liny coal because they could not sell
wheat: merchants could not poy Job
hers because the farmers could not
pay; jobbers testified fjiey wore forc
ed to 'borrow from the banks: presi
dents and cashiers of hanks testified
they must borrow from Wall street
at rates raised to cxorhUunt heights
by tho same men who caused tho tar
shortage.
Suffering In Dakota.
Reports from Dakota continue to
bear tidings of suffering because of
luck of coal. Dazey wires there Is not
a pound of coal In town, and the
schools oro closed.
The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific officers say each road Is send
ing cut 75 to 150 cars dally from the
hea"d of the lakes, about one-third the
usual amount. All conl companies re
port the railroads are from 1000 to
1000 cars behind In their orders.
I
XFAV YORK 1,1 FK OX TIIK GRILL.
Jerome Take Pci-sonnl Charge of the
Inquisition,
New York, Doe. 18. Jerome today
took up the Investigation of the Now
York Llfo before the grand Jury.
Twenty-five witnesses were summoned
and 100 of tho company's books or
dered for examination. Joromo Is
questioning witnesses In person, nnd
the syndlcato operations of the offi
cers will be Investigated. '
t
t DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KIT.L8 ANI) MANGLES.
Marysvllle, Dec. 18. Fire Chief J. J. Bradley and R. Moran are
and 30 others are Injured, tome seriously, as a result of a dy
Kl'e explosion during a fire which started at midnight In the fac-
g ui vvuiir, uuuiKy oc t u lib, uh c nireet. jarauiey was ingni
Jjy mangled. Moran's eyes are gone, and his left leg broken badly.
The firemen were at work and many spectators were about when
; dynamite In an Iron chest exploded hurling debris Into the
trowd. The explosion, wrecked many buildings and windows were
broken all over town. The fire spread to adjoining buildings, but
was subdued. Loss, 130,000.
w. H. True, a traveling salesman, of Portland, wag among the
Injured,
E
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Hrs Scheme to Relieve
Northwest Situation.
RAILROADS CLAIM COAL
COMPANIES ARE TO BLAME.
"PlPiitj ol Empties at tin- Mines"
Conl Operators Pbhh It Along to the
Dealers Who Are ecuscd of 1 Icing
SIxH-t-Slnlitcd Rooseevlfs Enemies
Are Porrouins Trouble About a
Politic Kieclnl Message Advocating
Vliil-ni.il Methods- of Di-nllrig With
Various "Miortage" Problems.
St. Louis, Dec. 18. Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Proutv this
morning began Inquiry into the car
shortage. Prouty will investigate the
possibilities of relieving the northwest
from this territory.
Itallroads liUiiiie .Mines-.
Denver, Dec. 18. A number of
towns In thhi state are affected by
the coal shortage. The railroads
blame the mines and say there axe
plenty of erjplies at the mines whl j
tney cannot get loaded.
Ofirrniora Illume Dealers.
Chk ago, Dec. 18. Wm. P. Iland.
probably the largest coal mine opera
tor in Illinois, says there is no excuse
f r rhortage of fuel in the northwest.
He thinks the dealers of that section
I'd not use proper discretion and buy
far enough ahead for winter demand.
Wnrrvlng About a Possible Message.
Washington, Dec. IS. There Is talk
of a special message from the presi
dent advocating legislation empower
ing the interstate commerce commis
sion to seize the railroads when fuel
or food faniiue endangers any part of
the country on account of car short
age. Many .nembers ol congress are
crltMzlns the president 'for his "mes
snie habit," saying he will defeat his
own ends by too much urging.
The president nominated fleorgo S.
Curtis to n- register of the land office
at eLadvllle, Col., and Andrew Swa
ney at Kalispell. Mont. ;
Conception mocks Traffic
Chicago, Dec. IS.--The Investigation
o' the car and freight situation by In
terstate Commerce Commissioner
Franklin K. Lane, shows -that there
ere now over 4000 cars awaiting to be
unloaded In Galveston. He also re
peats thit owing to the congested con
dition nf the roads the movement of
freight trains has been exceptionally
slow, the average dally movement of
loaded care being but 23 miles per
day, for the past four months.
CHAllCED with AnnrcnoN.
Defendant Vrgesf In Defense a Pecu
liar Xnrrntlon.
. SanDlego. Dec. 18. Captain Hall,
charged with the abduction of Dora
Dennis, aged 14, In the launch Rover,
Is expected here from Ensenada to
morrow. He comes back voluntarily
to stand trial and claims he Is Inno
cent. He says the Dennis girl, Mrs.
Howlston and a sailor stole tho Ro
ver, and sailed away. He believes
the venae! was wrecked and all lost.
Itallroail Indicted.
Toledo, O., Dec, 18. Tho federnl
grand Jury this afternoon Indicted the
Ann Arbor railroad for rebating.
STREET CAR STRIKE
Portland, Dec. 18. Tho street cars
were stnrted on schedule time this
morning and all day 96 per cent of
the servlco has been In operation. A
few cars have been disabled by hood
lums, the windows having been broken
out and the machinery damaged.
Otherwise there has been no vlolenco
nnd no Interruption has, been attempt
ed today.
Wholesnlo discharge of employes af
NQUIR,
TO
SHORT
NEGRO
SOLDIERS
AT
Information and Conclusions
Embodying Much That is
New and Valuable.
JSEAL ISSUE CAXXOT HE
ORSCURED RY PREJUDICE.
Negro Troopers In a Spirit of Lawless
ness Shot Up the Town Under Cover
of Darkness and Confusion, Risking
tho Lives of Women and Children
Alike Resisted the Police With
Wmihiis and Shot a Private Citizen
to Death Other Xejrro Soldiers
Would Not Testify Against Partici
pants. Washington, Dec. 18. The presi
dent hns forwarded to the senate the
following:
In response to the senate rsolutlon
of December 6, I herewith send the
report of the secretary of war, and
General Nettleton, documents and
other reports and memoranda as to
precedents for the summary discharge
or mustering out of regiments or com
panies some or all of which are guil
ty of misconduct. - I ordered the. dis
charge of these companies after full
consideration, finding It my constitu
tional duty as commander In chief of
the army. I append the reports of
Major Blockson. Lieutenant Colonel
Loverlng and General Garltngton.
It appears there was feeling be
tween the citizens of Brownsville and
the negro troops at the garrison. In
these differences both sides were to
blame, but this Is wholly unimport
ant, as nothing thnt occurred offered
In any way or shape excuse or Justifi
cation for the atrocious conducts of
the troops who. In a lawless, murder
ous spirit, under cover of night, made
an attack upon citizens.
From nine to 20 colored soldiers
took part In the attack. They leaped
over walls and hurried through the
town firing at whomsoever they saw.
They shot Into houses where they saw
lights. The would-be murderers must
have known thnt In these houses were
mnny women and children. Ten shots
were fired Into one house In which
were two women and five children.
Their escape Is remarkable.
The lieutenant of police rode toward
the firing. He saw 15 colored Soldiers.
They killed his horse and shot the of
ficer In the right arm. which was later
amputated. They shot Into a saloon
and killed a bartender. ,
tNo Individual raiders were Recog
nized, but many witnesses of all classes
agree they were negro soldiers. Shat
tered bullets and shells nnd clips from
government rifles were found on the
ground, corroborating this. Houses
were riddled, but no bullet hole ap
pears In any structure of the fort, thus
disproving the contention that citizens
started the firing. The citizens were
taken wholly unawares. No private
soldier could have secured a rifle un
less a non-commissioned officer un
locked a gun-rack for him, and all the
evidence proves that others than the
participants knew of the raid. Per
haps all of the commnnd know of the
conspiracy, and the raiders.
Others Equally Guilty.
The comrades of the murderers by
their own actions rendered it neces
sary to either leave all the men In
cluding the murderers m the army, or
turn them all out. Under such cir
cumstances there was no alternative,
tor the usefulness of the army Is nt
in end If we permit such an outrage
to be committed with Impunity.
A DISMAL FAILURE
filiated with the union Is taking place
today nnd the company announces
thnt It will run oil cars tonight, hav
ing nil the men it needs for the opera
tion of the full service.
A largo number of strikebreakers
have been Imported from the sound
cities nnd the company feels that there
will be no further trouble.
It Is said the electrical workers at
tho power house are ready to strike
In sympathy If the strike Is broken.
BROWNSVILLE
In short, the evidence proves con
clusively that a number of soldiers
were engaged In a deliberate, concert
ed attack, cold-blooded and cowardly,
the purpose being to terrorize the
community and kill or injure men,
women and children In their homes
beds or on the streets at an hour
of night when concerted, effective re
sistance or defense was out of the
question, and when detection by Iden
tification of criminals in United States
uniforms was well nigh Impossible.
A blacker deed never stained the an
nals of the army. It was supple
mented by another, only less black,
In the shape of a successful conspira
cy of silence for the purpose of shield
ing those taking part In the original
conspiracy of murder.
These soldiers were not school
boys on a frolic, but full grown men
In the, uniform of the United States
army, sworn to uphold the laws of the
United States under every condition.
This oath was not merely to refrain
from criminality, but with the sturdl
est rigor hunt down criminality and
crime. People call this discharge
punishment. I deny this, because as
punishment, it Is utterly Inadequate
There have been efforts to arouse
sympathy for the men of long service.
These are the men who should be pun
ished most severely. They should do
all In their power to reveal the crim
inals, officers or enlisted men, white
or black, under similar circumstances
to be treated exactly the same.
Precedents are many. During the
civil war the Sixtieth Ohio was sum
marily discharged because it became
mutinous and worthless. Grant mus
tered out two officers and fined all
the men of the Twentieth Illinois for
a raid on a store, an offense much
lighter than I had to deal with.
In the fiscal year ending last June
the war department discharged 352
enlisted men without trials, 30 of
them for misconduct, and many others
by subordinate military officers. So
much for the military side of the cas,e.
As a Ilnce Qusctlon.
I wish to speak -from the standpoint
of a race question. It Is of the utmost
Importance to all our people that we
deal with each man on his merits as
a man, not as members of a certain
race; that we Judge him by conduct.
not by color. If colored men elect to
stand by criminals of their own race
because they are of their own race,
they lay up for themselves a dreadful
day of reckoning. Any conduct by
colored people tending to shield an
evldoer because he Is of their own
race means the degradation of the
race. It means the damage of the
white man, but means, the ruin of the
black race. In this I do not claim
as a favor, but challenge as a right,
the support of every citizens of this
country, of whatever color, who has
spirit and genuine farsighted patriot
Ism, (Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
FOREIGN LOBBY
IN
IMPROPER SOLICITATION
OX BEHALF OF COXGO.
Western Members Will Push tho Jap
anese Exclusion mil All Western
Stntes Except Oregon ami Idaho
Present at a Caucnsi Callfomlans
Will Prepare tho Exclusion Pro
gram of the Present Session of Con
gress. Washington. Dec. 18. Senator Pat
terson of Colorado, presented, a reso
lution to the senate which was re
ferred to the committee on foreign
relations, directing, the committee to
Investigate chnrges of a lobby main
tained In Washington, and thnt fully
accredited consular representatives
of foreign governments have been
sending communications to senators
with a view to Influencing their Judg
ment In actions relative to Congo.
The senate this afternoon passed a
bill directing the secretary of com
merce nnd labor to Investigate the in
dustrial, social, moral, educational and
physical condition of women and child
workers of the United Stntes.
To Restrict the Japanese.
At a caucus of the Pacific coast
congressmen, it was decided to Imme
diately take up the matter of Asiatic
Immigration. Knhn, McKlnley nnd
Hnyes of California, were appointed
n committee to prepare a program.
One purpose of the caucus Is to press
the Hayes bill, which demands the ex
clusion of Japanese coolies from Cal
ifornia. Montana, Utah and Washing
ton Members from Oregon and
Idaho were not present.
TILL AFTER CHRISTMAS.
Stores' Make Concessions to Holiday
Demands.
It hns been agreed by the drug
stores of the city to remain open eve
nings from this time on until after
Christmas. Also, they will remain
open next Sunday.
Last evening a number of the stores
of tho city commenced remaining open
for the accommodation of Christmas
shoppers and It Is understood they
win continue to do so until after the
holidays.
WASHINGTON
GOFFMAN IKES
AN AFFIDAVIT
"Backs Up" Statements For
merly Made to Different
Persons in Conversation.
SAYS HINKLE MADE HIM
COMPROMISING OFFER.
To tho Effect That He Should Recom
mend Illnkle to Defend tho Gam
blers and Get a Divvy In Recom
pense for Ilia Influence; Also That
Gambling In Hock Rooms Would Be
Allowed Ills Refusal to Do Either
Was Followed Soon by a Request
for Him to Resign, Which He Com
plied With.
In support of the charges of official
misconduct made against Councilman
J. T. Hinkle recently, the following
sworn statement was made today by
O. W. Coffman, ex-chief of police: .
State of Oregon, County of Umatil
la, ss.
Pendleton, Ore., Dec. 18, 1906.
I, Orvllle W. Coffman, being first
duly sworn, make the following state
ment: That on or about February 12, 1906,
I was serving as marshal of Pendleton.
That during the afternoon of that
dav I met with the police committee,
composed of Mayor Fee, Councilman
J. T. Hinkle and Councilman E. J.
Murphy, in the office of J. T. Hinkle,
in Pndleton. The purpose of the
meeting was to consider the closing
of gamhling at once and other mat
ters of police regulation. I was In
structed to close gambling that night,
being given power to employ neces
cary deputies for the purpose of mak
ing a raid upon the gambling places
of the city. It was the Intention to
keep the matter a secret until the raid
occurred so as to surprise and arrest
as many gamblers as possible. The
committee meeting occurred about S
o'clock in the afternoon.
That about a half hour after the
committee meeting adjourned I was
told that Mr. Hinkle wanted to see me
at hie office. That I at once went
to his office in the Savings Bank
building. That he called me Into his
private office. That while there he
said we should not be too hard upon
the gamblers and made me a proposi
tion which in substance was as fol
lows: That I allow gamblers to conduct
games in some back rooms and to
give those running the games to un
derstand they were to see Hinkle for
legal advice. He would charge them
fees fur his services and divide the
proceeds with me. That I told him It
was impossible foi me to do such a
thing and declined his offer.
That at the same meeting with Mr.
Hinkle he also made me a proposition
that when prisoners In the city Jail
wanted to make defense I recommend
him, Hinkle, as an attorney. That he
offered me a fee If I would throw
the business his way. That I did not
consider this offer seriously.
That at the council meeting held on
February 13, the Wednesday following
by Interview with Hinkle, I was re
quested to resign as marshal and did
so. That at tho time I regarded Mr.
Hinkte'se opposition to me as being
due largely to th fact that I had re
jected his offers. That I still regard
tne matter In the same light.
ORVILLE W. COFFMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of December, 1906.
C. H. MARSH. '
Notary Public for Oregon.
Coffmnn Told Committee.
This afternoon a copy of the above
affidavit wag shown to Mayor Fee and
Councilman E. J. Murphy, both of
which gentlemen were members of the
police committee with Mr. Hinkle at
the time Coffman was removed. After
reading the statement in full the may.
or declared the facts contained there.
In were substantially the same as
Riven to Mr. Murphy and himself
shortly after the latter's removal.
Rev. Ellis to California.
Rev. Georse T. Ellis, pastor of the
Baptist church at Athena, will pass
through bore tomorrow morning on
his way to California for ifce benefit
of hlr health. He will come down on
the morning train from Athena and
leave on the westbound train a few
hours later. Those desiring to visit
him may do so at the local Baptist
rnrsonnge.
Lniisdon Trial Docnnlier 27
Boise. Dec. IS. Robert Ijtns-
don. the recently elected score-
tnry of state, and under Indict-
ment for embezzlement In Wash-
Ington county, has obtained a
change of venue to Cunvon
county. Tho trial will be at
Caldwell December 27. 4