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Kl'lIKXE, OF.IXiOX, Tl F.SDAY EVENING, MA lit 11 11
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D
iTOiUA FOLLETTE
I ROASTS BIG INTERESTS
. March 17. Declar-, economic development of the coun-i
p""" ' , ,.n,ncial strlngen- 11 u,lu lnB Browtn or rinancia com
Lite recent Ilnanclaismngeu blnaUona an(J declared.
fej brought about by the lnnu-1 .with thIg enormous concentratlon
,,1,, Standard on anu j. rioi-i oi Dusiness it is possible to create
11 t oTTniipttp to- : artificially periods fif nrntiiiriti or
h nractically closing Terlods of panics. Prices can be low-;
, , ipeech liracticauy c os ered
the! astern, and if an effort Is made to i
, uiaae any one or tnese great inter-
I'?? "u :.nl. world
-6 n minnnprr at
M T.nFollette: I t0 enter int0 a conspiracy to destroy;
Ij: tne ii"'w whoever may be responsible for the
rere.,";,nn whv the undertaking.
ests obey the law it is easy for' them
,(d political reasui.o
L nn business scores to settle.
Urn to be blocked and cur-
measures suueu lo i
.,.rii. There was a third
io be disposed of and policies
discredited.
toilette was severe in m uouuu
. n( the high financiers and
itow the Wall street financiers
d in crushing the small inves
ts! October. He told of the
capitalization oi vunjumiiuuB
He severely criticised the nrovls-
ions of the Aldrich bill by which rail
road bonds are to be made security
for emergency circulation and charg
ed that it was a scheme to defeat
legislation which might lower rates.
Senator LaFolIette recounted In
vivid language his view of the events
of October 24, when Wall street was
In the throes of the currency strin
gency. "For the first time since the panic j
uegan, ii:ou ociock arrived and ev-
i
NELSON W. ALDRICH.
Rhode Island senator who framed tlx
senate currency bill now before con
gross.
had for several days rails (I from 20
to 50 per cent Kvati to climb high
er. Sentiment must be nude lu'tore
3 o'clock, Money must be forthcom
ing or else the elor-e of the liilnoss
day would see Wall street a muss of
; ruins and banks an.l trust companies
on the brink of collapse.
I "How perfect the stage Betting.
I How real it all seemed. Hut buck
' of tha scenes Morgan and Stiliman
j were In conference. They had made
' their presentations In Washington.
I They knew when the next installment
of aid would reach New York. They
I knew Just how much It would be.
; They awaited its arrival unit deposit.
Thereupon they pooled an equal
, amount and held It. Then they wuit
! ed. Interest rates soared. Wall
; street was driven to. a frenzy. Two
'o'clock came and Interest rates ran to
150 per cent. The smashing of the
I market became terrific. Still they
waited. Union Pacific stock declln
i ed ten and one- half points. North
ern Pacific and other stockB went
down in like proportion. Five min
utes passed ten minutes past -2
I o'clock, then at precisely 2:15 the
! curtnln went up with Morgan und
I Standard Oil in the centre of the
stage with money real money, $25,-
000,000 of it, giving it away at 10
per cent.
"And so ended the panic.
"How briefly it ali worked. They
had the whole country terrorized.
I0RE EXECUTIONS
9
ARE REPORT!
D FROSVl
HAYTIEN CAPITAL
Uer abuses and discussed the erybody on the floor of the stock ex
change was wildly seeking for money
at any price. Interest rates which
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Loudon, March 17. A
lirli'f dispatch to the fnrvlmi
office from the KiiKllli con
buI general at Port an Prince
nays that the outbreak at
Hiiytl Is untl-forelgu in char
act ei-;
"Key West, March 17.
The government wireless sta
tion here has received a dis
patch from Havana that a
reln of terror exists at l'nri
an Prince. Kear of n massa
cre of all the white people at
Hayll is expressed. .
mi-iit now declines to allow refuses
In the foreign lections to leave the
canntry. The cruiser lKJs Moines
has been ordered to Port an Prince
from tiiiantanamo and the Rtnilumt
Kaslo has also heen dispatched there.
iH)iti:i(;x w.XHsiiM's
A Kill VIC IX IH im
port an Prince. March 17. Tin
Hrltlsh cruiser Indefatigable and the
Herman cruiser Bremen arrived In
port last nlKht to the surprise of the
people, and lives of foreigners are
no! considered In danger. T'ae situ
ation Is quiet today.
Paris, March 17. Official advices j
from Haytl indicate that the situation,
there Is still critical for foreigners, j
French Minister Carteron reports
fresh executions last nlht, hut the.
number 1b not given. Ho reports that
2 7 were executed the previous night.:
Further reprisals are feared ami
there is still danger of an attack on
the foreign legations and consulates, i
The French government does not i
anticipate the slightest friction with i
the United Staten over thn Ritnnttnn'
In the Haytlen republic,' as the Mon
roe doctrine la In no aeuse luvolved.
Washington, March 17. The Hay
tlen situation Is described by the
state department as decidedly more
grave than at any time since the rev
olution began. Dispatches are now
to the effect that the Haytlen govern-
Many Kxcctitious.
Kingston, Jamaica, March Hi.
Kevolt, intrigue and assasslnntlon
are running riot today In the llny
tlon cities of Port an Prince nnd
tloualves, according to cable dis
patches received here. A hastily in
augurated censorship has caused the
greatest confusion and accurate de
tails are not obtainable.
The wildest rumors are In circula
tion, following the milicy of whole
sale assassination Inaugurated yes
terday, when General Vlllardouhln
Laconte, the newly nppoluted minis
ter of the Interior, had ten of the
leading cltiens of the country taken
from their homes and shot without
even the formality of a trlul or oourt
martlal. They woro suspected of hav
ing conspired against Laconte. The
public murder was followed by as
sault upon a number of other prom
inent men and women, and the
thrusting In Jail of a number of oth
ers. I
NO SPECIAL
MESSAGE FROM
THB PRESIDENT
Washington, March 1.7. The re
port that the president Is about to
send a special message to congress,
urging its ' attention to certain mat
ters of necessary legislation recom
mended by the civic federation, meets
with a positive denial ut the White
House.
It Is expected that Hepburn, of
Iowa, will In a few days Introduce a
number of bills on the lines desired
by the civic federation, but the presi
dent will not send a message unless
It appears that he can be of assist
ance In the matter.
Amend Aldrich Illll.
The senate committee on finance
today voted unanimously to amend
the Aldrich financial bill by elimin
ating railroad bonds as security for
national bank note circulation. Also
to amend the bill so as to retain the
provision of the present law prohib
iting the retirement by national
bunks of more than $9,000,000 of
circulation In any one month.
TOMMY BURNS
' BESTS JIM ROCHE
Dunlin, March 17 Tommy
i Hums won from Jim Hochu
, In the first round of the fight
here today.
'
Milwaukee, March 10 Illl-
ly Pupke, of Spring Valley,
' HI., was awarded the decision
1 over Hugo Kelley of Chicago
In a ten-round fight ut the
Hippodrome tonight. He-
pented clinches marred the
fight spectacle, but by his
victory Papke now considers
himsi-if entitled to fight Stan-
ley Ketchcll for the middle-.
i weight championship.
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STUDENTS
AT ANN ARBOR
WRECK THEATRE
Ann Arbor, March 17. Twenty
two Unlverslly'df Michigan students
spent last night In Jail and Ihu Star
Nickel theatre was thoroughly wreck
ed as the result of a riot of students
last evening which lusted until near
ly 1 o'clock this morning. The mov
ing picture machine nnd the theatre
piano were broken to pieces. -
The riot was the result of the dis
missal of n student from the theatre
last Saturday night for disturbing
the peace. Heprlsals were planned
for last night, two thousnnd students
Joining in the inarch onto the thentro,
which was stormed. The police were
powerless, and when the firemen
wore called tho boys rnn away with
the hose. A bugle call, Indicating
that the state in 111 It j a was preparing
for action, finally quieted the mob.
Heveral policemen and some stu
dent i were hurt.
MAN'S COOLNESS
PREVENTED PANIC
New York. March 17. One thous-
1 nnd girls eirrriloyod In a big ten-story
j factory building on Twenty-fourth
street were thrown Into a panic by
the bursting of a steam pipe on, the
Kixth floor. Two hundred girls In
Hie working room fled screaming,
und this caused the entire population
of the building to become terror
stricken. The coolness of the eleva
tor man, who kept his machine run
ning, serving to quiet the women und
In a few minutes all returned to
work. No ono was hurt.
LAST SURVIVOR OF
NOBLE SIX HUNDRED
l.ajura, Col., March 17. Win.
Nelms, who claimed to be the Inst
survivor of the "Noble Six Hundred''
at Ilalaklava, Is dcud at his home at
Manassas, agi-d DO. lie was wound
ed at Dtilakluvu, fought t Hebastopol
and was wounded at the buttle of In
kerman. He was a member of the
Queen s Guard for fifteen yeurs, and
drew a peuslon from the HritlnU
government.
Lome have enquired when the
booster excursion to Albany, talked
of some time ago, Is to be given.
A letter from Ihero yesterday sto'ed
that a new organization Is being
formed and as soon us It is complete
an Invitation will be extended to
the Kugetie Commercial Club to
make a visit. It Is probable that the
excursion will be given withlil two
HcckM.
GOVERNOR
CHAMBERLAIN
HERE TODAY
WILL I'UKNKNT COUlltS TO TIIK
l-XH'lt'l'll KI'XilMKNT, O. X. (i
AT AltMOliY THIS KVIOXIXti
ixti'.hkstixo i.:.i:kcisi:s to iti-:
!li:i,ll,.li(;lO M'MllKlt OF VIS
ITING MIMTI.AMK.V IX THH
CITY lt.VXQl'F.TS AltltAX(iKI
I'Oll Y1SITOHS AlTlOll HXKH-CISKK
(iovernor tleorgo K. Chamberlain,
members of his military staff and a
large 'number of the officers of tho
Fourth regiment, O. N. G., arrived
In Kugeno Ibis afternoon to be pres
ent at the presentation of tho colors
to tho regiment, which will bo held
at the armory this evening. In addi
tion to tho visiting mill) In officers
over twenty of the members of Com
pany E of Cottago Grove are In tho
city, having arrived on tho noon
train, und they will participate In tho
review before the governor at the
exercises tonight.
Oreat preparations have been made
for this event by the local officers
and enlisted mon. The Interior of
the armory has been beautifully dec
orated with evergreens nnd tho na
tional colors and whon the crowd as- '
Bembles tonight the armory will pre
sent a beautiful appearance. ', "
The Eugene band will jfve a con
cert after tho prosontatlon exercises.
It has beon reported thnt all who en
ter tho armory tonight will have to
pay an admission fee charged by the
band for tholr concert, hut Colonel
Yorun wishes The Guard to state
that there will bo no charge to Bee
the military exercises. Admission Uv
tho main floor will bo free.
A tluee-coinpany battalion will ho
formed from the two Eugene compa
nies nnd the Cottage Grove mllllia
meii who are here and Major Ham
mond will have charge and give n
review before tho governor. The
bund will play during tho exercises
and the governor will deliver an ad
dress at. the presentation of the col
ors. After tho exercises the gover
nor and the officers will be given a
banquet by tho locnl officers In the
reception rooms of the armory, and
each local company and the enlisted
men from a distance will bo given a
banquet down town.
Tho govornor, upon his nrrlvul
hero this afternoon, was taken to
the Smeedo Hotel, and between 3
and 4 o'clock an Informal reception
was given him at the Commercial
Club. Tho club rooms wore nicely
ducoruted with flowers for the occa
sion. His room at the lyptel was also
decorated beforo his arrival.
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OFFICIAL
FO I I'M 'A ST
'OK XOHTII WFHT
Portland, Or., March 17.
Western Oregon - Showers
tonight or Wednesday; light
frost tonight; westerly
winds.
Western Washington
Clearing tonight; light frost
Wednesday, probably fair;
fresh westerly winds, de
creasing tonight.
Kastern Oregon and
Hum hern Idaho Showers to
night or Wednesday; prob
ably cooler tonight.
Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho. Showers
'night, cooler south portion;
Wednesday, fair.
Chicago Wliiiit. Market.
Chicago, March 17. May, IU 1-2;
July, DO l-S; Suptembor, SH 1-8.
GREAT INDUSTRIAL
STRUGGLE IS ON
Denver, March 17. He-
furring to I bo Denver & Klo
Grand" strike and the proha-
blllly that It will spread to nil
the roads of tho Gould Bys-
tern tho Post says tho strike
Is liable to result In ono of
the biggest Industrial Strug-
gles among shopmen of the
country for years, and tho .
only hope for Intervention Is
from George Gould."
TllltF.K KILLED WIIF.X
MILI.H KXI'MIDKII
Linton, Ind., March 17. Three
were killed nd four Injured, two fa
tally, by the blowing up of one of the
ten houses of the Cnlted States Pow
der Company at Couliuont today.
Work was resumed on the new
pacing track at the depot today, the
freight depot now being out of the
w ay.
SKULL CRUSHED
WITH IRON BAR
Sacramento, March 2 7. The dead
body of a man was found on the side
walk at Second and N streets thlH
morning. Ills skull had been crush
ed In with nn Iron bar found nearby.
The only mentis of Identification
found on the body was a telegram
sent from Orovlllo yesterday to A.
Ilaln, Sacramento, signed Harry Hol
der, reading:
"Nothing doing at present."
The miird'-r was undoubtedly com
mitted by robbers.
The Fraternal llrolherhood meet
ing last night was another one of
those good meetings. A larger class
than usual was Initiated. After tho
regular worlr- there was a musical
program furnished by Professor
Hump's orchestra, besides a cornet
solo by Wulaeo Daniels, violin solo by
Melba Hudson and Mildred Glad
stone, llrnt her Mcpherson, of Ore
gon City lodge, of which ho Is presi
dent, was present and gave tin lodgo
a nice talk. There were several com
mittees appointed to make arrange
ments for the armory a(nd orchestra
on April 2, when the big Initiation
comes off.