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ITAFT GIVES
HIS EWS
Declarf.s Permanent Nonpar
tisan Tariff , Commission
Must Be Coated. T
WKANLVfl OP PANAMA
CAN AIi TO AMERICANS
i Prroklety Gives Out JReiniMrkable I"-
terrlemi Newspaper Headers Wven
Intimate Personal View .of Chief Ex
ecutiveraft Says Permanent Tar
iff pwiimltwUm Will lXmj Basis
for intelligent Tariff liHlotlon
Scientific Revision Imposi41Ie With
out ' Facta Canal Will Reduce
Transcontinental Freight RatM.
(Copyright, 1910. by th United Prsa)
Waihlngton, Dec. 20. The purpose
of this article is to give Ispaj.fcr
readers an intimate, personal view of
ithelr president, William Howard Taft
Just as if it were possible for each one
to call upon him today at the white
. heme and talk over affairs uppermost
in hi mind. It is designed to bring
the reitler face to face with the pres
ident. he may hear why Mr. Taft
Is fightlkg an effort to destroy his
non-parUji, permanent tariff conv
mlMlon pla. It purposes to let the
reader hear, from him, the reasons
why every Anjerican should swell
with pride at tV successful construc
tion of the great Panama canal.
The wrltor found the president bus
ily engaged, confronted on all sides
by appeals of congressmen, bickerings
of politicians, demands of offlceseek
ers, and yet withal serene, eamest.and
cheerfully optimistic.
The trained judicial mind of the
chief magistrate was quickly -concen-tratwl
upon the subjects which hi
caller HUKReetrd for discussion. He
was all attention, all Interest, whether
talking personally or listening; he was
alert, enthusiastic, forceful.
Tho visitor, seated and Immediately
put nt his ease by the president's ge
nlnllty; then followed a conversation
bearing upon two subjects, chosen
from dozens of topics The perma
nent tariff commssion was taken up
first. Tho president freely gave his
personal opinions and beliefs which
form tho basis of his earnest hope
of nriklng the commission plan an
accomplished fact. A white house
rule prohibits direct quotation of the
president, but In tho following an at
tempt is made faithfully to give his
Ideas as ho expressedthem , to the
writer.
Tho Tnrlff Commission.
The permanent tariff commission
will provide tho necessary 'uasis io?j
Intelligent legislation, no manor oy
what party or to what end. If the
democrats nre Chnmp Clark and not
"Chump" Clarks they will support It.
No scientific revision of the tariff Is
.possible without true facts upon
which to base It, and the facts are ob-
talnable In no other way. It is be
yond the ability of any body of men,
working temporarily on the tariff, to
collect and digest the vast amount of
detailed Information which must-be
considered In making of the tariff.
The tariff commission will be a per
manent Institution, where from year
to -year data end information requir
ed in such work will be sorted, cata
logued and digested In such a way
as to be ready for Instant use. It will
be to the tariff what the congression
al library Is to literature. Tou can
send a note to the library, saying you
are working upon a certain subject
and you are Immediately provided
with all the best reference books and
records on that topic.
Call for Non-Partisanship.
What difference do6s It make
whether democrats or republicans are
engaged In tariff legislation. The work
cannot be properly accomplished with
out the facts upon which It Is based.
Without a tariff commission, the
making of a tariff must be based up
on such knowledge as the various
members ore able to obtain and Inev
itably In such event, the interests of
one section of the country as against
the Interests of another arise as argu
ments that often overshadow the
(Continued on Page Four.)
PHERIOENT DIAZ
FEAHS ASSASSINATION.
Mexico City, Mex Deo. 20.
President Diaz fears assassi
nation and has taken the pre
caution of having his food tast
ed and his sleeping quarters ef
fectually gunrded, It was learn
ed today. It is said he changed
his sleeping quarters nightly.
The streets leading to'he palace
are closed to traffic and all mes-
engers arriving; from the coun- 4
try are searched before admitted
to the executive building.
HOLIDAYS WILL BEN
By arrangement between the .lead
ing business houses of the city holidays
will be observed this year on the Mon
days following .Christmas and New
Years. The move was started by
clerks who do not 'want to lose, both
holidays through the fact that Christ
mas and New Years fall upon Sun
dayh Ibis time. A petition culling for
theloloslng of all establishments on
Mondays was started yesterday and
fwns circulated by; George Ferguson of
the Alexander store. However it was
not fully signed up until this morning
and for a time It looked like the move
would fall throug the refusal of one
or more business houses to go Into
the agreement.
As it now stands the agreement for
the observance of all day holidays
Monday, December 26 and Monday,
Januaryy 2, Is signed by the follow
ing firms:- "
Alexander Department Store. ' 4
The Peoplea, Warehouse.
The Wqblenberg Department Store,
A. L. Scbaefer.
It. M. Sawtelle.
H. H. Wessell. .
W. E. Hnnicom.
Despnln'ft Bonney.
W. E. Waters.,
Ladow & Peterson.
Owl Tea House. 1 '
' Taylor Hardware Company.
Bond Bros, i j
Walsh Grocery.
Standard Grocery company.
W. J. Clarke A Co.
Gray Bros. Grocery Co.
Cnder the law all public offices are
permitted to remain closed on Mon
days when holidays fall upon the Sab
bath It is evident that the Mondays
following Christinas and New Years I
will be generally observed as holidays
throughout the city,
NEGRO MURDERS TWO
HI
rOSSE OF FARMERS SEEK
TO LYNCH THE MCnDEKEH
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Sheriff Hushing Colored Man to Safe
ty Farm Homo Entered at Night
Two Year Old Dale One of A'lc
tlnin Girl Assaulted and Then
Murdered House Is Fired by Fiend.
Durham, N. C, Dec. 20. Following
the murder of three persons, Sheriff
Wheeler and two deputies are rushing
here today with Nathan Montague, a
negro. In order to protect him from
a posse of farmers who . want to
lynch him. Montague last night en
tered the home of Leyton Sanders, a
farmer, slew gamders, his grand child
aged, two, and assaulted Mlna San
ders, a daughter. He then cut her
throat with a Jackknife and fired the
IkusO.
A farmhand alarmed the sheriff
and Montague was arrested. All roads
are being guarded by Sanders' friends.
The sheriff is endeavoring to bring
the prisoner In a roundabout way.
TO SETTLE OREGON- i
1 "WASHINGTON FISH DISPUTE
Olympla, Wash., Dec. 20. It was
learned today that Attorney General
Dell will represent Washington, In
stead of Governor Hay at the confer
ence at Portland December 22, for the
purpose of settling the Oregon Wash
ington Columbia river dispute. Hay
wrote the governor of Oregon saying
he could not attend.
The principal point at Issue hinges
on the Jurisdiction of the two states
over certain points in the Columbia
river. They want Jurisdiction over,
the fishing industries thereon. This
has been the cause of much litiga
tion since statehood was., granted
Washington. ,
JAPANESE PROBLEM IS
DIFFICULT FOR KNOX
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. The
problem of preventing an affront to
Japan and at the same time pacifying
tho people of the Pacific coast who
would protest against any concession
to Japanese, confronts necretory Knox
who has begun preparations for the
preliminary convention upon which
tho now treaty Is to be based. The
proposed treaty will replace that of
1894.
Tho mlkndo will probably ask for
the elimination of the clause prohib
iting the immigration of Japaneso in
to tho United States. This Is sure to
meet with protests from the Pacific
slope.
Bandits Organise.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 20. Reports
from Northern Mexico state . that
Francisco Vega, a well known bandit
leader, has organized a band of 25
mot), well armed and mounted and is
preying upon both the government
and Insurrecto factions. ', Vega la said
to have 27 , notches on his gun, each
representing a man killed. Pasqual
Drocco, the mining man' who Is re
ported In command of the lniurrectos
near Pedornales, is said to have or-
ered his men to kill Vega on sight.
LAST BODY
List op Dead in New York's
Gas Explosion Disaster Now
Complete,- "
ITVK OF IXJCKED WTLIj
VJKOBABLY DIE OP WOUNDS
Two fttMqmHed to Have Been Killed,
Hare Been Found -Investigntloi!
Shon Gas, Not Dynamite, Was the
Cauwe of DlteUHter Which Shook the
Whole of New York Damage May
, Exixx'd Two Million Dollars Cor-
.Wior Starts bivflfltigatlon.
New York, Dec. 20. The body of
the tenth victim of yesterday's ex
plosion was taken from the ruins of
the Grand Central power house today.
It is believed the death list is now
complete Two other persons, sup
posedly killed, have been found. Of
the irljured five have fractured skulls
and will probably die. Several: eth
ers are in a precarious condition.
An Investigation was started today
by the coroner, district attorney and
the railroad company.
Gas, Not Dynamite.
For some hours It was believed that
only dynamite coud have wrought
such Instantaneous and demolishing
havoc, but late In the afternoon Fire
Chief Croker said he was convinced
the explosion was due to a mixture of
air and Illuminating gas, used in
lighting railroad cars, touched off by
an electric spark. The gas had ac
cumulated In the auxiliary power
hriiipe from a broken pipe snapped
foff by a runaway passenger car.
FViilnilntinna wprp Inrrpn. w.llls I
were shaken out of plumb, windows
were blown In by the thousands, cell
Ings came crashing down on the heads
of thvru beneath,, and the pavements
Were litered with pulverized glass.
The ull amount of the property
damage Is yet unavailable and may
exceed the roui?h and conservative es
timate of J2, 000, 000. The loss to the
New York Central railroad company
includes the physical damage done to
the power house, which was com
pletely wrecked; the delay to con
struction work and the damage done
to cars standing near the power
house.
The loss to shop keepers and prop
erty owners in the vicinity will
spread over a wide range of Items.
Employes Hofnse to Talk.
' District Attorney Whitman person
ally looked into the explosion. He
declared he is not convinced that dy
namite was not a contributing cause
of the explosion. He questioned Sev
eral railroad, employes bu they de
clined to talk.
PACKAGES OF FOOD
MUST BE
FULL
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20, In or
der to conform to the pure food law
all packages of foods will have to
bear a statement of he exact -measure
of the contents on the label if a
substitute bill to be submitted to con
gress today by Representative Mann
of Illinois becomes a law. The bill
Is calculated to replace Mann's orig
inal amendment to the pure food law.
He decided to change his bill after a
conference with New York and Chi
cago business men.
SENATOR IORIMER IS
EXONERATED FROM BRIBERY
Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. The
report exonerating Senator Lorimer
from the charges that he secured his
election to the senate through legis
lative bribery was formally adopted
by the senate committee on privileges
and elections today.
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MURDERED WITH CLUB
Los Angeles, Dec. 20. S. Cahcn, 26
years old, son of F. Cahen, a wealthy
retired merchant, was beaten to
death by three men with clubs on a
vacant lot In tho rear of on apart
ment house ot 321 South Olive street
last night. Tho attack was witnessed
from a window of the hotel by A.
Jones, who raised an alarm, but the
highwaymen completed their work
and nfter taking the money, watch
and chain from the body of their vic
tim, fled from the scene.
Tho young man lived but a few min
utes after aid reached him.
Cahen was on his way home from
a lodge meeting, and hth father said
he was carrying about $200 with him.
Zoo Houser, late " candidate for
county sheriff, came In from his Stan-
field home last evening and is spend-
I ing the day In the city.
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PUT"
SE FILIBUSTER
Former United States Gun
boat Ready to r Sail With
Cargo, t r-:
SHIP TO CLEAIl NEW
ORLEANS PORT TODAY
Cr-.:i!u and Mc.inlors of Crew Said
. . ave Been Connected With Cen
:..,l American Troubles Captain
Denies ReKrt Vessel Belnir
Closely Watched by Goverasne::?
Officiate.
New Orleans, Dec. '20.! Former
United States gunboat Hornet report
ed puchased by Honduran revolution
ists, will clear from this port this aft
trnoon at 3 o'clock for Cape Gracias,
with a crew of 20 men. 200 tons of
coal and provisions for 30 days.
Among the crew are several men said
to) have been connected with previous
filibustering expeditions directed
against Central American republics
Cleared As Merchant.
The Hornet was cleared yesterday
as a merchant vessel by G. W. Reuff,
Jr., agent for the owner, who Is given
as Joseph Beer, head of a line of
schooners now in the Central Ameri
can trade.
Mr. Reuff branded as false the re
port that the steamer was Involved
In a revolutionary expedition.
Captain Johnson, the master, has
been employed by the Estrada gov
ernment in Nicaragua for . several
months and until recently was com
mander of the NIcaraguan gunboat
Yula.r David P. Rowland, the chief
engineer, has seen jpervice in Central
merieaji waters. .i
Although the clearance papers were
aboard shortly after noon, Captain
Johnson had not shown up at the boat
at an early hour tonight. Announce
ment was made at"" o'clock last eve
ning thnt th" Hornet probably would
sail after mi'lnight. '
The revenue cutter Davy was, lashed
to the Hot-net's side nil morning and
a thorough inspection was made of
the craft and her supplies. Govern
ment agents even moved and exam
ined many of the b.igs of coal with
which she is lined ,
The members of the crew 'are un
der contract for a "30 day voyage."
Late yesterday afternoon two uni
dentified Central Americans boarded
the Hornet and remained ' several
hours waiting for Captain Johnson.
They finally departed without having
seen him.
Jesse Ulloa, Honduran consul to
ihip port, Iat nit;ht notified the Hon
duran minister at Washington; that the
Hornet expedition "looks j strongly
revoiutinary and the vessel; is un
doubtedly fitted out for a roS'olution
nry movement against Honduras by
former President I.onllla and General
Lee Christmas."
Senor Ulloa expects the state, de
partment to take some action to" pre
vent the sailing of the Hornet.
No Protest Made.
Washington, Dec. 20. If (the Hor
net is engaged In a filibustering ex
pedition directed either against Hon
duras or Mexico, It is regtrded as
strange that no formal protest against
her departure was made to, the state
department or with the United States
attorney at New Orleans, j
Borah's Bill Passed.
Washington, Dec. 20.-The senate
has passed Senator Borah's bill per
mitting entry upon lands under irri
gation projects which have been re
linquished by the' original locators,
without regard to the provision In the
act of last session prohibiting entries
until after irrigation charges are fix
ed. The new measure applies only
to old projects.
MAY INVESTIGATE
ROOSEVELT'S RECORD
Washington, Pee. 20. A congres
sional investigation of Theodore
Roosevelt's railroad transportation ex.
pensos while he was president of the
United State? Is called for in a reso-.
lutlon Introduced by Representative
Raincy of Iillinols, a democrat. It
was referred to the committee on
rules.
The resolution provides that a com
mittee of five bo selected to Investi
gate how much If any, of these ex
penses were paid by Mr. Roosevelt or
by any one acting for him It further
provides for inquiry as to the contracts
mado for him, while president, with
tho Pcunsylvania railroad or Its of
ficials "or the demands for transpor
tation made by Theodore Roosevelt
while president, on said road."
The committee Is to make the' same
investigation with regard to other rail
roads furnishing him transportation.
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10 HtLiX BURGLARS
v LODGED IN JAIL
Jack Wilson and Steve Seiner are
the two latest additions to the guest
list of the Umatilla county Jail. Op
posite their names on he register ap
pears the word "bfifglary" which tells
briefly the profession of the two new
arrivals. They were brought In this
morning from Helix on the Northern
Pacific train, having been captured
yesterday morning at Vansycle after
they had raided the cellar of William
Knuckles near Stanton. ,
For some time past the Helix coun
try has been made the scene of the
depredations of these or other burg
lars and yesterday when Knuckles
discovered, that his collar door had
been pried off during the night and
a goodly lot of his canned fruit along
with his overcoat carried off, he irn
mediately ,called In two neighbors,
"Vill Isaacs and J. Peterson and the
three .started in pursuit. The cul
prits were) trailed to Vansycle station
where they were located and arrested
In the bunk house of the grain ware
house at that place. They had cached
their booty but the self appointed of
ficers had ho doubt as to their Identity.
They were 'taken to HeJix for the night
and brought on to.lpendleton , oday
by their Raptors and turned over to
the.cuptodi- of Sheriff' Taylor and' his
deputies.
Report Unfounded.
Cincinnati. Dec. 20. The report of
the death of Carl Hagenbach, at his
home near Hamburg, Germany, was
untrue, according to a private cable
gram received here yesterday by Al
fred Bode, in. Cincinnati. The cable
gram said that William Hagenbach,
a brother' of Carl, had passed away.
The message was signed Lorenz Ha
genbach, a son of the man reported
as dead. ! .
MAY OUST SEATTLE
CHIEF OE POLICE
CITY COUNCIL ASKS , , ,
FOR HIS DISMISSAL-
Graft Investigating Committee Finds
Chief Guilty Matter Now in Hands
of Mayor Sergeant and Two Pa
trolmen to Be Disciplined.
RECALL OF MAYOR
r- ' Is DEMANDED.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 20. A
monster petition demanding that
an election be held to determine
the recall of Mayor Gill was
filed today with the city comp-
troller. over eleven thousand
names were signed to the peti-
tlon, which was circulated by the
welfare league, which started
the recall movement and was the
cause of the police graft Invest!-
gaiion by the city council.
Seattle, Dec. 20. The city coun
cil graft Investigating committee
which has been Investigating the po
lice and lighting departments of the
city government for several manths
completed its work and filed Its fi
nal report with the council last night.
The report, which Is an elaboration of
the partial report filed several weeks
ago, again recommends the dismissal
of Chief of Police Charles W. Wap
penstein. The report was adopted
with two dissenting votes. As the
council has no authority over the
chief of police the report must go to
Mayor Hiram C. Gill for approval and
unless he ngrees with the committee's
findings. Wappenstein will remain at
the head of the police department.
The report also recommends that Ser
geant Frank Bryant and two patrol
men who were on duty in the restrict
ed" dlptrict be severely disciplined, if
not dismissed from the service, hold
ing that they were either negligent or
incompetent.
The committee finds that Richard
M. Arms, superintendent of lighting
turned away profitabe business and
was overcautious in seeking new con-
tracts, out exonerates mm oi tne
charge of attempting to wreck the mu
nicipal light and power plant.
S I R I KEBREA K F.Il SHOT
AXD KILLED IN CHICAGO
Chicago. 111., Dec. 20. John Don
nelly, u teamster employed by tho
garment manufacturers was shot tnd
killed here today. He drove a team
half a mile before he became uncon
scious. He died In a hospital. The
police are seeking his assailant among
the striking garment workers but
have no clew.
KNAPP IS MADE U. S.
COMMERCE COMMISSIONER
Woshlngton, Dec, Dec. 20. The ap
pointment of Martin Knapp to the
United States commerce court was
confirmed this afternoon by the sen
ate. Knapp has been chairman of
the Interstate commerce commission.
XO. TObij
CllflFIGES MADE
AGAINST E
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W. JFurnish EfAl Alfege
. Promoter Failed 1 to Pay to
Trustee Over $100,000,
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CONTRACT 'ARE AL
In Statement Recorded ' Here
Some Light Is Thrown on
Coc Controversy Aiiwer to
lion Dollar Damagiy Suit Hi
Yet Been Filed.
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Further light upon the Furnish-
Coe controversy now on in the-cpurta
of Multnomah county was thrown to
day when Col. J. H. Raley, attirney
for the Furnish people filed; -With
CountynRecorder Hendl a lonf and
detailed statement of charges against
Dr,. kH. W. Coe. In substance the
statement charges that Dr. Coe
willfully and wrongfully violate
terms of the agreement made wis
Inland irrigation company; that I
withheld something over $100, OOf that
should have been paid to the Hibern
ian Savings bank, trustee, that'll du
plicated notes and committed fvriou
and sundry othor offences. 2
The statement filed was prepared
in Portland and bears the date $f Oc
tober 29. It is signed by tha Inland
Irrigation company by E. P. Marshall, .
vice president and R.- H. IrWIu, sec
retary; by the Furnish Ditch Co., by
the same men as officials and y W.
J. Furnish. The statement Is) ad
dressed to Dr. Coe and Is In trie na-
jture of a formal notice that' he has)
j violated the terms of his contract and
that the signers will n longer recog
nize him as a party ih rhe contract and
that they would proceed to take pos
session of the properties l
Coe Kept Money. i4
It Is set forth in the statement filed
that on July 2. 1910, Dr. Coe Jid col
lected all told the sum of $1031411.00
in various ways from lands ,hj Id by
the company. Of this amount $24.
298 In first payments upon contracts;
$32,860 in cash sales of land (he en
tire purchase price being paidiby the
purchaser; $33,291 upon options and
as first payments on contracfjs; and
the sum of $11,962.96 In deferred pay-
ments
All of this money should have
been turned over to the trustee for
distribution according to th state
ment. None of It was so applied but
was retained by Dr. Coe.
Concealed Facts. i
The statement also sets forth that
Dr. Coe had concealed the fcts re
lating to these payments and (relating
to sales from the officers of('tie com
pany. It is charged that h$" failed t j
report many sales. Among tie sales)
unreported were sales made to J. A.
Long, George McDonald. O.-B. Bray,
W. s. Senshaw, E. J. Thomas, G. A.
Tnderson, V. S. Wisner, Dr. A. J. Mo
Cannoll, C. C. Carr, H. J,' tfewland.
S. W. Jordan. Wrederick Heath. H. H.
Townsend and Thomas Contfelly. In
many of these sales sums ranging as
high as $1100 were paid in cash while
In other Instances notes were given in
payment. That DV. Coe duplicated
some of these notes Is charged. None
of the payments were turned over to
the trustee as required under the con
tract. '
Upon the strength of the false
showing made It is asserted that a
conditional extension of time waa
granted Dr. Coe in making payments.
It is also charged that Dr.. Coe made
Improper contracts with purchasers
of land under ther project that hla
actions have burdened the rcompany;
that he violated the terms of his con
tract by selling competitive, land under
the Umatilla project: and that he vi
olated a promise to endorse notes to
the sum of $17,999 to finance work
on the reservoir and dam at Horse
shoe curve. It is .- charged that this
sum Is now due from Dr. Coe' upon
that work and Is unpaid.
Answer Not Ready.
The statement recorded" here today
j Is np, tne answer of the Furnish peo-
pe t0 tne sensational suit filed re
centiv bv Dr. H. W. CoItt which he
sks fir damages from WiiJ. Furnish
amounting to $1,400,000. The answer
to that complaint has not yet been
filed. y
WINNIPEG HAS
STRIKE DISORDERS.
Winn'peg, Man., Deo. 20.
Strike disorders ; resembling
those of the street car riots,
broke out last night. Several
cars were demolished In the
darkness of a Bnowstorm by
union sympathizers. There ure
about 200 strikebreakers In this
city and the company promises
full service today. It Is prob
able there will be more trouble
as the labor council has endors
ed the strikers.
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