GATHEREDAT HAGUE
Delegates ol All Nations Will Dis
cuss Peace Plans.
DIVIDE NORTHWEST
f ORTY SIX POWERS REPRESENTED
Action on Disarmament Question to
Be Watched by Whole Civ
lllzed World.
Each Line Take a Distinctive Field
From Which the Other la Ef
fectively Barred.
The Hague, June 15. With the rep
resentatives ol 40 countries gathered
here for the opening of the second peace
conference, which will take place to
day, there is a remarkable contrast be
tween the sentiments prevailing upon
the eve of the original conference of
1809 and today, which has become a
aubjeot of general comment. In 1809,
although less than half the present
number of governments were represent
ed, the hope of the world wbb hiah and
there was a vision of disarmament and
the banishment of the curse ol war
from among civilized peoples. Men
who were here eight years ago recall
how the delegates of the powers met in
response to the generous appeal of the
emperor of Russia and entered upon
their work with the zeal and enthusi
asm of men upon a holy mission. Yet
three months later this dream faded
.and nothing beyond the adoption of a
pious vow remained of the avowed od.
iect of the conference.
The powers favcring a discussion of a
proposal to reduce armaments lear mat,
unless it is brought up, the whole Idea
may fall into universal ridicule. At
the outeet It is seen that the important
thing is to avoid discord, and with the
- purpose of permitting a further exchange
of views and in order that the delegates
may get better acquainted, it has been
-decided already to postpone the second
session of the conference until Tues
day. Some optimists incline to the
-oDinion that the fact that the difficulties
are fully appreciated in advance ia only
Jikelv to make the ultimate result
richer.
United Railways Defer Dividend
New York, June 15. The directors
ot the United Railways Investment
company, it was announced today, have
determined that it will be inadvieable
at present to take action with respect
to the semi-annual dividend on pre
ferred stock which is ordinarily pay
jible In July. This etep was taken, it
is stated, in view of the existing strike
situation in San Francisco, and to the
-end that the Investment company
might be enabled to afford to the
United Railroads of San Francisco the
fullest measure of support. The divi
dfind has been 2M per. cent semi
.annually.
Japanese Almost Shut Out.
San Francisco, June 15. "The' pae
age of the law by congress restricting
1he admission of Japanese laborers in
-the mainland has" practically eliminat
d the immigration of that class of
Asiatics." said Commissioner of Immi
ration North yesterday. "During May
jabout 700 Japanese laborers arrived
from Honolulu without paEsports for
h mainland, but thev were all in
transit, and went to British Columbia
The border is being watched to see
-that thev do not come back into the
United States."
Orchard Is Corroborated.
Boise, Idaho, June 15. The prosec
tlon in the Steunenberg murder trial
yesterday, entering In earnest upon the
aiiVatentiation and corroboration of
Harrv Orchard's testimony, showed
continuous thread of evidence connec
tion George Pettibone's store in len
Ter with Orchard at San Francisco, en.
Bfffid on the Bradley murder plot
uartlv developed another direct line by
which it is honed to show that Hay.
-wood engaged and paid Steve Adams for
Tth pame desperate worK, ano aaaeo.
teeveral touches of confirmation to Orch
card's general Btory.
No Cause for Alarm, Says Komura
London, June 15. The Japanese am
bassador, Baron Komura, today issued
' statement to the press reciting the
lactB in respect to the attack upon the
Japanese restaurant in San Francisco
May 20 and the negotiations which fol
lowed between Washington and Tokio,
concluding as follows: "As you will
observe from the above statement, the
whole matter is pursuing its normal
course, and there is absolutely nothing
which would justify the alarmist ru
mors emanating from irresponsible
Washington, June 13. From evi
dence given today before the Interstate
Commerce commission it Is very plain
that J. J. Hill and E. H. Harriman
have mapped out the Northweet, each
taking a distinctive territory, from
which the other is effectively barred.
Particularly is this true of the lumber
business. It is practically impossible,
under the existing freight rates and ar
rangements, for Oregon lumbermen to
compete with Puget Sound in markets
tributary to the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern, and likewise impossl
ble for Puget Sound manufacturers to
Invade territory tributary to the Ham-
man lines
And so far as the respective railroad
lystems are concerned, neither has any
desire to invade the other's territory,
IN RUSSIAN PRISON.
American Citizen Wore Red Necktie
In . Russian City.
Riga, Russia, June 11. Two cases
111 and Harriman Roads Aaree of reat lnterest to AmerlcanB were
heard at a special session of the Rus-
Upon Territory.
URT OREGON AND WASHINGTON
heard at a special
slan Supreme Court, sitting here.
One was the case of Theodore Smith,
of Astoria, Oregon, who was arrest
ed because he had on a red necktie
and was charged with being In sym
pathy with the rebels irr the Baltic
provinces. The other was the case
of August Sibbul, an Esthonlan farm
er, who had been arrested for read
ing a translation of the American
Declaration of Independence to a
meeting of peasants.
Both men had been condemned to
death, but Influential friends had ob
tained for them a new trial. After
hearing the evidence produced, the
court sentenced Smith to prison for
10 months and Sibbul for 18 months.
Both men were defended by Vladi
mir Chvolsen, an eminent criminal
lawyer. He is trying now to have
Smith, a naturalized citizen or the
United States admitted to nan, as ne
will carry the case to the Russian
Senate. Sibbul said to your corres
pondent:
' I beg you to express my most
heartfelt sentiments to the American
people, whose glorious declaration of
independence will be read now in the
Russian orisons. It nas caused me
hard suffering, but I am glad I read
It. I have not been any way a rebel
or a terrorist ana Know oniy my
farm work. I am a farmer, just as
the Americans who wrote and read
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Both acknowledge their utter incom
petency to handle the business that is
rttrvt (nam aA a a nil iVonta tst Kfitina
compelled to take care of the surplus of this great manifesto of freedom were
the other.
Washington Officials to Attend Pub
lic Lands Convention.
Washington, June. 12. The pres-
dent was in conference with Secre
tary Garfield,' Senator Carter, Com
missioner Ballinger, of the Land Of
fice, and Director Newall, of the Re
clamation Service, concerning the
public lands convention In Denver
ten days bence.
It will be attended by those of
other government officials, Including
Secretary Wilson and Forester Pln-
chot. .
While no statement regarding the
day's conference was announced It is
understood that the administrative
officials will go to Denver prepared
to explain and, If necessary, to de
fend the course that has been pur
sued.
It will be contended that the plan
has been to preserve public lands for
the actual settler and to regulate the
forest reserves so as to conserve the
water supply and protect the timber,
The withdrawal of coal lands by
executive order a year ago will be
defended as necessary for proper
classification, and It will be shown
that much of the withdrawn land
has been restored. The principal at
tack Is expected to be made on the
forest reserve policy, but Mr. Plnchot
and others will be prepared to con
tend that all has been done in the
public interest. .
At the close of the morning session
Mr. Jeffreys, attorney for the Gould
system, announced to the commission
that the Missouri Pacific and Denver &
Rio Grande, which connect with the
Harriman lines at Ogden, had no objec-
t-l l (IrvnAntnn ilia Pnf anA naianrmv "
JAPAN AGAIN AROUSED.
Widely Circulated Paper Asks People
to Take Hand.
Tokio, June 13. The Mainichi, pub
lished at Osaka and claiming to nave a
circulation of 250,000, expresses anger
today at the reported recent attack on
a Japanese horticulturist at Berkeley, committed
farmers,
"On the anniversary of the declar
ation of American independence l
try to express with my fellow-suffer
ers here our respect ior mis great
historical day. We will tear up our
shirts and paint the pieces with the
stars and stripes and so make little
American flajrs. which we will wave
out of the prison windows."
It Is possible that both men win
be exiled to Siberia, although neither
reallv committed any political ot-
fense. for the wearing of a red neck
tie and the reading of the American
declaration of independence is no
where in the world listed among the
statutory crimes
In spite of the strongest protests
in the Douma against the cruelties
by the Russian prison
Cal. ItBavs: and police officials on tne political
Tho niifmoo lnmnTmtrat,Mit.Vifl imno. prisoners, they are aany torturing
tency of the California authorities to
protect our compatriots. Now is no
time to rest assured on the stereotyped
diplomatic assurances frcm the Wash'
ington government. Only two weeks
after a positive declaration to take pre
ventive measures to safeguard Japanese
rights comes the Berkeley outrage
"The persnoahty of President Roose.
velt towers high ' among living great
men and deserves full confidence, but
promises, however high sounding and
reassuring, and the promise maker,
however high in character, Is of no val
ue whatever if unaccompanied by deeds.
the prisoners In a most brutal way,
Mr. Smith said:
"I have been beaten four times De.
cause I reruseo to eat tne nauseous
Drison food. My brother provided me
with better food, which was brought
to me from outside the prison.
DtSTROYS THE TRUTH.
British War Office Suppresses Honest
History of Boer War.
London. June 11. England Is not
to know the real truth about tne
Daai. Tirol Tn sava tha r pnn t p t inn n
"The powerleseness of the California Lf Pertoin" well-known generals and
and federal governments is thus ae- officials, the war office has had Col
monstrated and it only remains to take 0nel Henderson's unfinished "history
the work of protection in our own
hands.
"That the outrages are of limited
local occurrence is not a sufficient ex
planation."
HAYWOOD'S CASE HURT.
WILL EXPLAIN PLAN.
TOKIO WAR PLOT.
of the Boer War" destroyed. It was
written as the official history by the
greatest English writer on military
subjects since Napier, but its author
died before completing it.
After Colonel Henderson's deatn
the war office examined his work and
found that it was much too out
spoken about the blunders and graft
that distinguished the campaign. It
has therefore entirely suppressed his
work, and order the compilation or
an entirely new history by a, staff of
officers under the direction of Gen
eral Sir Frederick Maurice, who Is
Attorney for the Defense Injures His
Own Theory.
Boise,. Idaho, June 13. --Again yester
day the aimlesslness of the defense in
the Havwood case was illustrated on
several, occasions. It has been apparent perhaps the only military writer who
all through the cross examination of oouio aaequateiy
derson s place
hldwmnM Mr Richardson nlstory will deal gently with the rep
SLtl0!! of the distinguished mud-
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contraaicuoQB.
fPtinM mill Ka n V fKrAA Vt Aiiva r9
v.a ,.i oin f r,.,nf I Washington, June
nlana. hut it mav reaulre much less Roosevelt, as a member of the. blue
time. Most everything has been brought lodge of mason, made an address at
out in the cross examinaion that the the laying of the cornerstone of the
state wants, but the relations of the Pfmple which U , k
., . ' ..,. , , . . ed at- Thirteenth street ana New
witness with the Cripple-Creek deteo- Y0rk avenue. The gavel and trowel
tives will be gone over to some extent, aaA raa trsa OQmo . thoo i,aen hv
and severla other matters will be fully pregident Washington in laying the
explained which have been only touched cornerstone of the United States Cap-
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Stone.
11. President
unon by I the cross examination ana
were not gone into on direct examlna
tion.
sources.
Wlaconaln Senate Beets 2-Cent Rate.
Madison, Wis., June 15. The senate
-today by vote of 21 to 6 killed the
2-cent fare railway bill.
Demand Indemnity for Riot.
Bah Francisco, June 13. The Japan
eee residents of San Francisco, it is
said, intend to demand an indemnity of
the United States government ior the
itol, September 18, 1793, and the
Bible was used by Fredericksburg
Lodge No. 4, of Virginia, when Pres
ident Washington became a member
of the fraternity.
Cruiser Coming.
Washington, June 11. The eruU
er Charleston, flagship of the Pacific
alleged attack upon the Horseshoe res- squadron was ordered to Portland
m,1 iuna ,mi, to participate in the rose festival, be-
,uuUWuu. r. vv .v lnnlnjS June 19 and to remain in
they say nave oeen inn1Ctea upoa mem. the h - bof and take part ln tne
Ihey nope aiso oy Dunging aipiomauc Fourta 0f juiy celebration,
pressure to bear upon the government when It was ascertained that the
at Washington to suppress anti-japan- Charleston, drawing 25 teet of water,
eee agitation in California. This, it is could safely cross the bar ad ascend
sa d. was the aim ot Lount rnoaa's re- tne river to roruana, tne president
cent visit to Viscount Aoki, ambassa
dor at Washington.
Two New National Parks. N
Washington, June 15. If the neces
sary legislation can be secured in con
gress next winter, a national park will
be created along the Columbia river to
embody the land on which Multnomah
Falls is located and another national
park will be located in the extreme
southwest corner of Oregon, to embody
land on which a grove of big trees is
situated. These two tracts were here
tofore embraced in forest reserve with
drawals, but have been now withdrawn
for the purpose of creating national
parks on condition that the necessary
legislation can be obtained. Such legis
lation will be recommended by the sec
retary of the interior next winter.
Montana Lands Restored.
Washington, June 15. By order of
the secretary of the interior about 250,
240 acres temporarily withdrawn for
the proposed Deer Lodge and Ruby
Mountains national forest and for an
addition to the Helena national forest,
Montana) about 220,000 acres with
drawn for an addition to the Madison
forest, Montana; about 39,640 acres
withdrawn for forestry purposes near
the Snowy mountain national forest,
Montana; about 50,880 acres adjoining
Crazy mountain forest-, Montana; about
20,320 acres near Bitter Root focrest,
Montana, have been restored fori entry.
Senator Morgan Dead.
Washington, June 14. United States
Senator John Tyler Morgan, of Ala
bama, died at 11:15 Tuesday night.
Senator Morgan had been ln bad health
for a numbe of years, but had more or
less regularly attended the sessions of
congress. He suffered from angina
pectoris, which was the cause of his
death. At the deathbed were his
daughters, Miss Mary Morgan and Miss
Cornelia Morgan, both of this city, and
his secretary, J. O. Jones. Mr. Mor
gan's home in Alabama was at Selma,
where the funeral will take place.
'
Changes In Army.
Washington, June 12. The fol
lowing board is appointed to meet at
Walla Walla, Wash., to inspect ani
mals purchased . under contract for
the army: Colonel Edward A. Good
win, Fourteenth Cavalry; Captain
Alanzo Gray, Fourteenth Cavalry;
Captain Edward F. McGlachlln, Jr.,
Fourth Field Artillery; veterinarian,
Henry W. Peter, Fourteenth Cavalry.
Major William H. Sage, Adjutant-
General, Is relieved from duty ln this
city and will proceed to Vancouver
Barracks and report to the com
manding general.
New Northwest Postmasters.
Washington, June 14. Postmasters
appointed: Oregon Fairgrounds, Ma
rion county, Harrison Doe, carrier;
Henry H. Craig, substitute; Kent.
Sherman county, Walter H. Bennett,
vice 8. G. Donley, ' resigned; Provclt,
Josephine county, Henry F. Bailey,
vice H. L. Green, resigned. Washing
ton Anatome, Asotin county, Earl E.
Kirkpatrick, vice J. A. Bradley, resign
ed; McMurray, Skagit county, John W.
Blake, vice M. Larock, removed.
Prcgresslve Party Would Demand In
demnlty and Apology.
Washington, June 11. That the
Japanese-Pacific Coast and the Pro
gressives, a political party of Jap
anese, have entered Into an alliance
which has the ear-marks of an Inter
national conspiracy, with the over
throw of the present ministry in Ja
pan and the annulment f the clause
ln the immigration bill excluding
Japanese coolie labor from continen
tal Unled States, as the ultimate ob
jects, was learned authoritatively
here. The preliminary steps ln this
scheme, it is said, will be to induce
the Tokio government to recall Vis
count Aoki, the Japanese Ambassa
dor to the United States, for the al
leged acts of violence against Jap
anese subjects residing in San Fran
cisco. With this end in view, representa
tives of the faction hostile to the
Saonji ministry have been in Wash
ington to consult with the Japanese
Ambassador and the State Depart
ment officials regarding the objec
tionable clause in the immigration
bill, the California school question
and the recent riots in San Fran
cisco. The report which they have
sent to Tokio, It Is alleged, will form
the basis of a systematic campaign to
bring about anti-American demon
strations ln Japan, and to force Min
ister Hayashi, if possible, to demand
indemnity and an apology on account
of the Japanese disturbances in San
Francisco.
WANTS BETTER SERVICE.
saw to it that tne nagsnip was
tailed as above stated.
de-
Bovcott on Kosher Meat. oot i nem carea.
Cleveland. June 13. A riot occurred uara '"""
in the Jewish district today as the re- L twQ ce inspector9( flve 8UD.
sultoia can piacea upon wie jvwmer lngpectorB and 37 policemen have
meat shops. The Jews, angered over .-i, ha allowed to real en. The
the reoent rise 01 4 cents & pouna ior authorities refused the request, as-
meat, refuse to buy and are urging I sorting that such action would con
others not to buy. itltute treason.
Withdraw All Ferms of Entry
Washington, June 15. The secretary
of the interior has withdrawn from all
forms of entry the land immediately
surrounding Multnomah Falls, and al
so that enclosing the Siskiyou big trees,
both in Oregon, with the end in view
of oreating national parks for the pro
tection of the falls and trees.
Washington Lumbermen Claim The
Roads Are Inadequate.,
Washington, June 13. A case of
more than ordinary Importance to
the Puget Sound territory was heard
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. It was that of the Pacific
Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, and other lumber organiza
tions in the State of Washington,
against the Northern Pacific, the
Great Northern, the Oregon Short
Line, the Union Pacific and 15 other
railroad companies. The complain
ants allege that the defendants re
fuse to establish for their products,
a route via Portland, Ore., between
points in Western Washington and
points in Wyoming, Colorado, Kan
sas, Nebraska and other points in
the Middle West, but require them
to pay local rates on shipments to
Portland, the shipments there to be
transferred to other cars for ship
ment to destination on the rate to
distlnatlon from Portland. It Is also
alleged that the defendant lines re
fuse to ; interchange cars, and that
they do not furnish enough cars.
President at Oyster Bay.
Washington, June 14. President
Roosevelt left Washington today for his
summer home at Oyster Bay. The
party included Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs.
Cowles, the wife of Rear Admiral
Cowles, Secretary and Mrs. Loeb and
Mr. M. C. Latta, one of the assistant
secretaries. ; They will reach Oyster
Bay about 5 o'clock. The president
hopes to pass a very quiet summer at
Oyster Bay, and according to present
plans, with probably not more than
one exception, he will remain there
continuously until he leaves for Can
ton, O., for the unveiling of the Mc-
Kinley memorial monument on Sep
tember 30. The Roosevelt children
are now at Oyster Bay waiting the ar
rival of their parents.
Complaint on Rates.
Washington, June 12. The Fos
ter Lumber Company of Tacoma to
day submitted a complaint to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
against the Missouri Pacific North
ern Pacific and other lines. It ia
charged that on shipments of timber
products from Washington to Tow
ner, Colo., and Tribune, Kan., higher
rates are exacted than for similar
shipments to points ln the same state
with longer hauls, the difference
amounting to 18 cents per hundred
pounds. '
Northwest Postal Affairs.
Washington, June 13. Postmas
ters appointed:
Oregon Pajmer, Charles W.
Brown, vice M. F. Dickson, resigned.
Washington Clearwater, Benson
L. Northrup, vice Robert A. Mason,
resigned. W. A. McCoy has been
appointed regular, Rollle Ranny sub
stitute, rural free delivery carrier,
route 1, at New Kamllche, Wash.
Carrie Nation Arrested.
Washington, June 14. Carrie Na
tion, after haranguing a crowd in front
of a down town saloon tonight, was ar
rested on the charge of disorderly coa
duct. She was released on $20 collateral.
Pulllman Car Company Rebels. -
Washington, June 15. In its answer
to the case filed with the Interstate
Commerce commission by the citizens
of St. Paul, the Pullman company de
nies the right of the commission to reg
ulate its rates and attacks the constitu
tionality of the railway rate law.
New National Bank.
Washington, June 12 The United
States National Bank of Centralia,
Wash., has been authorized to begin
business with $100,000 capital. Chai.
Gilchrist, president; J. W. Daubney,
cashier.