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BAI.TTM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 2L 1905.
SECOND SECTION SIX FAGE3.
INSURANCE BY
GOVERNMENT
CHAEITIES AND CORRECTIONS
SESSION DISCUSSES METHOD
DOES NOT FIND MUCH FAVOR
Poor Ventilation One of Great Causes
of Disease Among the Poorer
Classes. -
Dr. Frenkal Suggests Means of Caring
for Convalescents Urges That Provi
sion Be Made for Support of Families
While Sick Are In Hospital. '
PORTLAND, July 20. The general
session of the conference ox charities
and corrections was today devoted to
receiving reports of committees. Of
these, one considerably out of the ordi
nary was tie preliminary report on tbe
German system of workingmen 'a insur
ance. The report was made by Fred
erick Hoffman of .Newark, N. J.
Mr. Hoffman showed that almost one
half of tbe total expense of the govern
ment insurance system in Germany has
been contributed by the employers of
labor.
"From whatever -point of view the
subect is considered," said Mr. Hoff
man, "there seems no escape from the
conclusion that the annual payment by
employers of lalor for the insurance
protection of their employes is a direct
tax upon the industry which must be
either met by a resulting improvement
in the health of employes and a higher
degree of industrial efficiency, or by
factory economics generally, or by a
direct deduction from wages, since in
ternational competition, especially with
the fnited States, the industries of oth
er countries are not subect to this ex
pense." -Government
Insurance. '
According to Mr, Hoffman a large
majority of German workingmen in dif
ferent industries and trades are under
government insurance protection. The
accident branch. of the insurance sys
tem is much more general than the
branch for sickness which has not been
fully developed as yet. In conclusion
Mr. Hoffman said:
"In marked contrast to the elaborate
and detailed reports required from pri
vate insurance companies, the' German
government has given but the most
meagre and unsatisfactory data to the
public regarding the finances of tbe
compulsory workingrnan fs . insurance.
Only cjjregate results have been pub
lished and it is extremely doubtful
whether all the items and factors which
enter into the operation of the system
have been properly accounted for."
In the sectional meeting two papers
affecting the neighborhood improvement
in Han Francisco were read. One was
by Dr. Dorothea Moore, who recounted
the manner in, which Uto Telegraph Hill
district, tenanted by The poor and un
informed foreigners was reclaimed from
the grasp of corjtoration which persist
ed in blasting away a part of the hill
to secure a ieeuliar blue clay. The
other paper was by Henry A. Fiske, su
perintendent of the People's Place, who
described the difficulties encountered in
bettering the condition of the Chinese,
Greek and Italian fishermen in Han
Francisco bay.
Disease Among Poor.
"The Prevention of Diseases Among
Poor" was the subject of an able pa
per read by Dr. Norman -Bridge of l,os
Angeles and Chicago. He said in part:
"The influences that are potent in
causing disease and death among the
poor are not numerous ami are easily
catalogued. First, there is bad ventila
tion of houses in cold weather. Most
of even the rich people, and whose coal
bills need not terHfy them, live witu
insufficient ventilation. More tbn
1(m0 cubic feet of fresh air per hour for
each jwrson should enter the house for
even fair ventilation. The bad air
causes disease in various ways, chiefly
by first producing ilebility and lessened
physical resisting power.
"It is safe to say that the breathing
of bad air , produces more diseases
among the poor directly and Indirectly,
than nil other influence combined. Per
haps tne second most important .cause
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REPRESENT THE HIGHEST TYPE OF MODERN MAJJIJO; WE
SHOW THEM IN FINE VICT HID FOR MISSES AND IN VOX
CALF". UPPERS FOR BOYS. EVE EYJPAIR JtJjtgZFZlS1''
THEY ARE VERY LOW IN PRICE WHEN YOU CONSIDER QUALITY. ;
SAliiM CHEAPEST 0
. ...
is the danger of disease germs coming
in water, nullc, and other foods. Flies
aad , mosquitoa . often carry disease to
peojde. Flies carry typhoid germs on
their tangled feet from infected exere
tions of the body to onr food "supply;
they also carry tuberculosis in the same
way. , Doors and window should be
screened in the summer time. A fourth
cause of disease is poor , food, often
poorly and even foolishly prepared, and
too much stimulation."
. i Provide for Families of Sick.
I Dr." Lee K. Frenkel read an interest
ing paper on "Canvalescents." discuss
ing their care from the medical stand
point, saying in part:
"If onr hospitals, and dispensaries
are unable to provide properly for the
sick from the standpoint of time, if
they must be discharged when they are
technically eared, but still weak and
Impotent, additional institutions' must
he created to meet their needs. Of
equal importance, however, in egecting
a complete cure of our patients, is pro
vision for his family in his absence. It
is better public policy, viewed from
the standpoint of economy or any other,
to make adequate provisions for the
man's tamily who is incapacitated by
i Ho ess and whose savings are exhausted
than by permitting him to return to
work in an enfeebled condition, to sow
the seeds of more serious illness and
probably bring into the world off
springs puny and undersized.
("Another plan which will commend
itself to many because of its simplicity
is the subsidizing of the patient him
self by giving him the wherewithal to
regain strength and health after a per
iod of debilitating' illness. If this is
supplemented y relief for his family,
we have almost an ideal method of car
ing for the convalescent." 1
The Visiting Norse.
An interesting paper was read in an
other session on the visiting nurse as
an adjunct to tbe hospital. The paper
was read by Miss Charlotte Aiken.
The - report said in part: "Nurse
training schools are recognizing that
the women they send forth should go
with a sense of their duty as publie ser
vants as well as their consciousness of
technical skill. Hence they are intro
ducing into their curricula more of the
general knowledge of peoples and con
ditions. The women who are leaving
the seclusion of the hospitals are in
creasingly feeling their duty as citi
zens. Among the unsolved problems of
the nursing profession perhaps the
most puzzling one at present is how to
provide adequate nursing for the mod
crate wage earner."
' ANOTHER BANK CLOSES DOORS.
KANSAS CITY, July 20. Up to the
r-loso of banking hours no flurry affect
ing other local institutions had follow
ed the failure today of the City Nation
al bank. Nothing bordering on a run
was exjerienced by any of the local
banks, and according to the officers at
jacb. place, none was expected. ' The
City National has been in a weakened
condition for some time. Its failure
had been anticipated and therefore ho
surprise was shown when the announce
ment was made that it had been taken
in charge by the national bank exami
ner, Ames.
The failure of tbe City National bank
was due in a great measure to the fact
it held upwards of (100,000 of C. J.
Devlin's paper, which is tied up in the
recent failure of the First National
bank of 'Topeka, of which Devlin was
the principal stockholder.
LOAN WAS SECRETLY PAID,
Neither Jordan Nor Alexander .Will
Deny the Mercantile Trust
Company Loan.
NEW YORK, July 20. The World
tomorrow will say that the loan of
S3,000 to the Equitable Life Assur
ance Society by the Mercantile Trust
Company has lueen paaid. The World
says: "This payment was made last
Friday by Former President Alexander
and former Comptroller Jordan, or by
persons unknown, for their account.','
Jordan, when called over the tele
phone last night at his summer honre,
refused to say a w,ord in regard to the
matter. Alexander was very ill at a
retreat near Babylon. His attorneys
declined to mako any statement. State
Banking Superintendent Kilburn said
to The World correspondent at Allmny
last night that the loan was made by
the Mercantile Company to Alexander
and Jordan as trustees without any
security.
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DEFECTIVES
AND PROGENY
CHIEF TOPICS OF CHARTnES AND
: CORRECTIONS MEETING.
FUNCTIONS OF ORGANISMS.
Subject of i Report Upon. Defectives
Submitted by Dr. H. A. Tomlin
' son of Minnesota. .
Charles D. Hlllis.of New York Makes a
Report Upon 'Children "aod Touches
Upon Two Types Physical and Men
tal Defects Should fee Stndied.
PORTLAND, July 18 "Defectives"
was the subject of today's session of
the conference of Charities and Correc
tions. At the evening session ' Chil
dren " was the topic. The report -of
the committee on defectives was read
by Dr. II. A. Tomlinson of St. Peter,
Minn. The report is in part as fol
lows: , : " -i
Moilern methods of investigation
have taught us tbe intimate, relation
and eorelation of the functions of the
brain and tbe general organism 'and
tneir interdependence. We have also
learned that tbe functioning of tbe
brain is dependent upon the bodily or--
gans. 'lhererore tbe direction in which
we are to look for advance in tbe study,
care and training of those who are
defective mentally must be by the eo
relation of. the physical with tbe men
tal, based upon the fact that tbe two
are always associated. Provision should
be made for the thorough investiga
tion of physical conditions associated
with mental defects and the pedagogic
aspect of the work should be supple
mentary rather than dominant, as it is
now. '
"That these same methods should
apply to the work in our hospitals for
the insane Ought to be obvious.
VMuch has been said in tbe direc
tion of providing room and agreeable
surroundings for the chronic, quiet and
well behaved patient; but practically
nothing is said about or thought of tbe
proper provision for the disturbed pa
tient, either acute or chronic: The dif
ficulties that have arisen and still per
sist, are due to the retention of the
asylum regime and the effort to make
it applicable to the performance of
hospital work."
Jail Type vs. Segregate Type.s.
At the meeting tonight the following
report of the committee on children
was submitted by Dr. Hillis of New
York:
.; "In order to breed out the congeni
tal or acquired criminality "of the boys,
we must first breed out the hereditary
traits of tbe institutions. The last
vestige of the. jail disapiears when the
congregate type gives way to the cot
tage home type. The segregate type is
now no longer a splendid novelty.
Kroad acres have replaced high warts.
New element have entered, many
things are taught. When indifference
or incaacity or ignorance dominate
the results are disappointing. ' The chil
dren who are learned in the cruel
knowledge of the street come to us
with life's unfoldings. We must turn
the friendly side of our nature toward
tbem. Wholesome foods, habits of reg
ularity, trades instruction are all good,
but in order that a symetrical man may
be developed the souls must bo nour
isbed. To be kept from evil is a nega
tive influence. Jt is a palliative. There
will probably not be a permanent cure
nnless there are positive moral influ
ences. We must feci a real friendship
for those who are making tbe long,
unequal fight. Our larger usefulness
and hopefulness is expressed by ex
ample and .comes with tersonal influ
ence and companionship." '
he subject of George Vanx, Jr., of
the Philadelphia, (Pa.) Refuge, was
"A Plea for' Kstbetie Surroundings."
Mr. Vau.X said:
"We disclaim against the squalor
and barrenness of child life iu the
congested districts of our great cities,
nut do we use our influence to provide
public builuings and school bouses and
institutions of beautiful architectural
proportions.' As a rule no building
costs less solely because it is ugly,
beauty does not add to expense. 1 am
not referring to mere ornamentation,
but to tbe essentials. And to have
lines well proportioned, curves grace
ful and colors harmonious,, does not
make a building costly either in money
or in ultimate, usefulness."
.lit the sectional meeting on defec
tives Dr. Richard Dewey of Wauwatosa,
Wis., read a paper entitled " ihe After
Care of tbe Convalescent Insane.?'
Mr. Dewey spoke on tbe assistance
of destitute convalescent and recovered
patients discharged trom hospitals .for
the insane, saying in part:
: The objects which suitable assistance
and after care would secure would be,
first, tbe permanent restoration or many
eases that relapse and self-support in
stead of public support for years or a
lifetime.? ? i m . :. . ,
Second, the return to useful activity
of many who remain permanently in
the' asylum who could care for them
selves if they could get a start.
. In tne same section, vr. Walter Lind
ley, of .Los Angeles, read a paper on
"The Evil of Institutional Child
hood."; r, i ; ' -
Dr. LinJey said ia part: f
"The best the state can do to help
the children is to foster t hi? home and
tbe homo spirit. There should be or
ganized - assistance provided for .indi
gent widows left with enildren, by a
cash allowance if neeessaary,: so that
t hey could keep their children at home
while small and helpless." v .
Dr. Lindley showed how California
and New York were , far behind many
ctb?r 1 states in their efforts to glaee
children in homes.' 7. '
' W;- T. Gardner' of Portland, Oregon,
read a paper entitled "Tho Child Sav
ing Agencies ef tbe Paetfie Coast" be
fore the section on Children.' v' ,
TJkfr. Gardner said: "
"Our greatest seed bow is a state
board of .charities and corrections, with
full power to inspect and sake sugges
tions for the . betterment ef onr state
and charitable institutions; ami to con
trol thip issuing of charters to all new
charitable corporations. -With , this law
in force many evils would b. corrected.
I do not knew of any law that is more
necetsary to the. work ef caring for de
pendent and delinquent children than
the compulsory education act. . With a
good eompnlaory education Jaw, the
child labor, question will t take care of
itself. But when vacation time comes,
I must say I would rather a?e a law en
acted compelling children to work, for
in my : experience idleness is a prime
factor in the' generation of delinquen
cy, and honest employment, no matter
if it is attended with some dangers, as
factory work,' is much better than idle
aess for the well being of tbe child.
TRADE GUILDS
PUT UP BARSr
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CHINESE BOYCOTT OF 'AMERICAN
GOODS IS ON FOR SURBL,
WILL HAVE BUT LITTLE EFFECT,
Chinese Government Said, to Oppose
;Mfre and Will Do All Possible
s .to Discourage It.
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Five Porta in "Chink" Kingdom Re
fuse to Receive Merchandise From
America Believed Boycott Will Suc
ceed Only in Canton and Shanghai. ;
WASHINGTON, July 19. Tlw state
department has been -informed by its
consuls that the Chinese boycott
against Amvricarf goods instituted to-
day,vwas organized by trade guilds in
five different ports, Shanghai, Canton,
Tien Tsin, Hankow and New Cbwang.
It is believed that tbe boycott will not
be successful or do any particular In
jury to American goods, except, in the
cities of Canton and Shanghai, where
the guilds are stronger than elsewhere.
Th.?re is no official aetion which' the
United States government can do as
long as it remains a boycott or a re
fusal to purchase Amorican goods, but
it is thought tnat the boycott will be
discouraged "by the Chinesj government
as fas as possible.
COULDN'T AGREE
JURY IN WILLIAMSON CASE IS
DISCHARGED BY DISTRICT
JUDGE DE HAVEN.
Is Out Forty-Five Honrs and Takes as
Many Ballots but Fails to Reach De
cision Vote Stood Ten For and Two
Against Acquittal.
POKTLAND, July 20. After stand
ing ten to Two in favor of conviction
for forty-five , hours, the jury. in. the
Williamson-Gessner-Biggs cane, was wn
able to reach an agreement and wae
discharged today.. According to the
Evening Telegram, O. II. Flook, Olalla
and G. O. Walker, or Walker, Lane
coenty, favored acquittal. Juror Cook
of Eugene, who, it was rumored, .was
nangmg the jury, it develops, was an
ardent advocate for flie conviction of
all three , defendants from the begin
ning to the rnd of the deliberations.
NOT A SUCCESS
ANGELUS MAKES INEFFECTUAL
ATTEMPT TO SOAR ABOVE ,
CTTY OF PORTLAND.
Engines of Airship Too Weak to Re
sist Gentle Breezes and Vessel Is
Driven ' Toward South Aeronaut
Lands Ship Safely on' Ross Island.
PORTLAND, Jnly 18. The sight of
tbe airship " A agelus" floating over
the city this afternoon created a great
sensation, causing the people for hours
to watch the progress of the "An
gelus" in its flight. Manned by Lin
coln Beaebey, tbe airship ascended from'
the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds
and to all appearances was at first un
der the control of the aeronaut, but
it soon developed ! that the propeller
was not working, at full speed and,
borne by a light 'northerly wind, the
"Angelus" sailed over the city in the
direction of Oregon 'City. Finding he
was unable to get the full power from
the motor, the aeronaut sought a con
venient landing place. Gradually tbe
airship descended over Ross island ia
the. Willamette. and as the ' ship ap
proached land Captain Bene hey shouted
to some bathers to catch his tow line,
wbieh they did, bringing the airship
to a standstill uninjured.
ROOT TAKES OATH OF OFFICE.
New Secrttary of State Arrives in
: v .Washington and Today Will ,
Be Sworn In.
WASHINGTON,,- July 18 FJibu
Root arrived; here i tonight from New
York. and tomorrow will take the oath
of secretary of state. He will remain
in the city only one day. j vi:
A REGULAR THING WITH - SANDY
BOSTON July 18. -Jack Johnson of
California, won In the seventh on a
foul 'from Sandy Ferguson of Chelsea,
Mass tonight. t
CHINA WANTS
TO HAVE SAY
ULTIMATUM IS DELIVERED TO
POWERS' BY MONGOLIANS. :-
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MUST FIRST BE CONSULTED
Before the Fnal Disposition . of the
Province of Manchuria Is
Decided Upon.
Washington Hears From Pekin It Win
; Not Recognize Any Arrangements
- Regarding That Province Unless It
Is Consulted Beligerents Notified.
t WASHINGTON, July 20. China's
official notification to tbe powers that
she would not recognize any, arrange
ment regarding Manchuria " concerning
wbien sue - was not consulted before
hand, has reached V. ashingon. Tbe
arrival of the text of the note dis
poses of the unofficial report reaching
Washington recently i f rom Europe
which found credence in official circles
tnat China had requested that she be
allowed to participate in the confer
ence.
China has not taken this step for
several reasons. The Chinese govern
ment is anxious, so far as possible, that
both belligerents be allowed to nego
tiate directly with each other and is
adverse to being forced into the nego
tiations. China's motive in addressing
to; Russia and Japan such a notifica
tion was to remind them that she had
never acquiesced in tbe alienation of
t-he province of Manchuria from Chi
nese sovereignty and that she expected
as the first result of the war a full
restoration to Chinese control of that
province.
FREE PICTURE SHOW AT FAIR.
Resources of Nebraaxa Interestingly
Shown by Biographic Pictures,
Every Hour.
PORTLAND, July 19. The state of
Nebraska, which has an interesting
display in the palace of agriculture and
horticulture at the Lewis and Clark
exposition, has adopted a novel method
of exploiting its resources, by means
of free biograph lectures. The lectures
are interesting and the pictures are
distinct and wonderfully true to life.
The lecture room is filled at every per
formance. The scenes are of the everyday sort,
and their charm is due to this fact.
Different pictures are; thrown on the
screen at different hours of the day,
and most of them depict farm scenes.
For example, a series of pictures shows
the methods of harvesting alfalfa,
which now occupies 275,000 acres in
Nebraska. The opening picture shows'
a young man standing waist high in
alfalfa. Succeeding moving pictures
show a procession of mowers cutting
down the grass. Then follows a series
of moving pictures which show bow a
plialanx ;of rakes gathers the hay into
long windrows. The operation of
stacking the' aiialfa by means of a big
stacking machine is pictured also. A
team hauls a section of a windrow to
the stack, and a second team pushes
tbe hay onto the outstretched arms of
the stacker. This . oferation is known
as "bucking it on." When the hay
has been "bucked on'are arms, with
their burden, are eievted to tbe top
of the stack, and the load dumped onto
tbe heap, where men place it with pitch
forks.
Tbe moving pictures were, taken in
an actual hay field, and represent
everyday operations .n tbe harvesting
of alfalfa. Kvral dogs are seen in
the pictures, running in and out among
the machines, ami their presence adds
to tbe realism. Other farm scenes are
shown in the same life-like manner as
tbe alfalfa harvesting time pictures.
Besides tbe moving pictures these
are a number of beautiful lantern slide
views. An old sod bouse,-one of the
first to be built in Nebraska, in tbe
early days when tbe country was young,
is shown in contrast with a modern
farm house' such as fine crops have
made it possible for the Nebraska
farmers to build. There are, too, street
scenes in Omaha and other cities, and
one picture shows a shaft created to
tbe memory of Sergeant John Floyd,
the only member of the Lewis aad
Clark expedition wbo died en route' to
the Pacific ocean. ; .
Some interesting moving pictures of
a parade during tbe Omaha exposition
are part of the; progranf. . Ia these the
late President McKinley, .bareheaded
and bowing right and left, to tbe
cheering crowds, is the moat conspicu
ous figure. The pictures are explained
by a lecturer, who tells, of Nebraska
aad its possibilities in a straightfor
ward manner, without attempt at ora
torical effect.
AGED . INDIAN DOCTOR SHOT.
Old Man Is Fired Upon From Rear and
' His Body Dragged a Distance
..of Fifty Feet. ; ...
EVERETT, Wash., July 19 The
dead body of Doctor Jim, an Indian,
aged one hundred and six years, was
found under a bridge on the Darring
ten branch of tbe Northern . Pacific,
three miles from Arlington, today, with
a bullet, hole in tbe back of bis head,
lie disappeared Monday. The trail in
dicated that he was dragged fifty feet
from a point on the bank of the Stilta
guamiah, where, it is believed, he was
sitting wbea shot. ,y-
FUNSTON IS FOUND GUILTY. '
Father ef General Convicted ef Dis
turbing Peace and Carrying i
-v Weapons. ,
IOLA, Kan., Jnly 19. K II. Punsfon
former congressman from this district,
and father of General Frederick Funs-
' ton, was found guilty today in the po-
Jliee ecurt ox distorting tne peace ana
with having carried 'concealed wet pons.
He was fined $5 en each charge and tbe
costs "of the suit were eharg! a&Ainst
bim, making a total of $31. -
The charges against Mr. Fonston
grew out of the wrecking with dvna
mite by a-temperance fanatic on July
10 of three lola "joints," or-saloons.
The explosions follow! an agitatin
againt the saloons, in which Governor
lloch was appealed to in an effort, to
secure the enforcement of tbe state
prohibition law. Inten excitement
followed the act of the dynamiter, and
for three . days the city was crowded
with" peopl, who came "from many
points of the state to view the wreck
age or join in a hnnt 'for the dyna
miter. ' ; "'
During the height of the excitement
Mr. Funston, tt is charged, bad made
inflammatory utterances to Crowds that
gathered about him on the streets.
When Patrolman Cannon tried to per
suade Mr. Funston to desist, a quarrel
betwen the two ensued, and Funston, it
was alleged, attempted to draw a re
volver. Funston was arrested and a
formal charge made against bim, after
which he was neleased upon his own
recognizance.
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FIVE MINERS BLOWN TO PIECES.
Lightning Explodes , Dynamite in, the
i Powder House Where They .
Sought Shelter.
DES MOINES, Ia., July 19. Fiv
miners were literaly blown to pieces by
the explosion, of twenty-five ,ound tf
dynamite in a storage powder bouse n)
the West Riverside coal mine, two
miles from this city. The dead ere:
Charles Brown, engineer; Duke Miller,
sinker; Harry Belknap, sinker; Dell
Vance, sinker; George Arrowwood, a
pump man. Brown, Vance and Arrow
wood leave families. '
Heads, arms and limbs were scatter
ed for a distance of 00 feet. The ex
plosion was not known until the day
shrTt appeanc-d to go to work.
The victims were engaged in sinking
a new shaft, and during the oarly morn
ing hours a rain storm came up wnich
compelled the men to stop .work. They
sought shelter in the powder bouse.
Lightning struck a tree near' the build
ing and ignited the dynamite as well as
two kegs of powder. The building wa
blown into fragments. Some of the
bodies wre so badly disfigured that'
identification is impossible. Th near
est house was 800 feet away r nd the
inmates knew nothing ci tin? acci'ient.
attributing the noise to to.? bolt of
lightning.
FALLS TO FIND NOTE OF LOAN..
Books of Mercantile Trust Company
Do Not Show Any Loan to tbe '
Equitable Company.
NEW YORK, July 20. State Bank
Examiner Judson'late today made tls
following statement:
"I have examined' all the ats ol
the Mercantile Trust' Company and not
only could find no trace of the large
mortgajpr for the' loan of 683.000 to
the Equitable Life Assurance Society,
or to James W. Alexander or Thomas
D. Jordan as trustees, but I found no
record of any such loan to any persons
connected with the Equitable.?
Judson, in further conversation this
afternoon, explained that although be
was absolutely certain tnat the .loan
did not at the present moment appear
on the books of the Mercantile Trust
Company, tb?re was nothing in his ex
amination to show whether or not it
existed a few weeks ago and had since
been taken up. .
CHICAGO STRIKE IS OFF. .
Strikers Give in Absolutely and Are
Now Seeking Their Old Jobs
Back.
CHICAGO, July 20. The teamsters'
strike, which began 10.1 days ago, was
at 12:30 o'clock tonight officially de
clared off by the niemlters of the team
sters' joint council. Tbe men were or
dered to seek their old positions and
it is estimated that less than one half
of them will be re-employed. . .'The
strikers have' made a complete surren
der snd will apply for work as individ
uals without an agreement of any kind
with their employers.
The action of the teimsters joint
council was. taken at the end of a day
whose events clearly foreshadowed col
lapse of the strike. "Three .unions had
already voted to return to work as far
as ; possible' and certain unions which
bave not yet voted on the question will
take similar action. The council, be
lieviug further effort useless, decided to
call off the strike at once.
AFTER FRENCH COMPANY.
NEW YORK, July 19. The Venezue
lan authorities hare, according to a
Herald dispatch from Caracas, institut
ed proceedings against the French Ca
ble company for damages incurred by
the government, for the cable, com
pany's alleged participation in the Ma
ton revolution.'
This is a different aetion than that
decided against the company on March
31, which resulted in declaring the
company s concession null and voul,
and assessing it ia damages for failure
to falfill the terms of its contract. Ca
blegrams form a large part of the evi
dence claimed to be in possession of the
authorities. According to common re
port, they were taken trom the cable
office hy an operator. They .were first
offered to the French legation for sale,
but the proposition was declined, after
which they were sold to General Castro;
It was the common belief that the
French minister, Charles R. Weiner,
left Venezuela for Paris in May for the
purpose - of settling the matter, but
nothing has come of it, and the long
deferred suit has begun. 4 ,
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MILLIONAIRE PLOWMAN KILL:
T KTLLED
20.-M.
LOS" ANGELES July
Hancock, . tbe well known millionaire
plow manufacturer, was killed in an
automobile aeeidaut on Mai q street
tonight. His automobile, while being
driven at a high rate of speed,, erasbed
into a buggy and . was wrecked.
BARONKOMURA
ARRIVES HERE
JAPAN'S PEACE ENVOY LANDS IN
SEATTLE ZASX NIGHT.
HE IS FETED - IN THAT CITY.
Makes Only Brief Stop and Leaves in
Hurry for His Destination
in the East.
Jap Associations of Sound City Give
Plenipotentiary a Warm Greeting
Special "Train Provided by 'Jim
Hill Carries Him to New York.
SEATTLE, July 20. Baron Komura,
the foreign minister of Japan and tbe
peace plenipotentiary, wbo, with Min
uter Takafcira- will, me.-t tbe Kussiaa
represcntatiw at Washington, arrived
this morning on the Hill liner, Minne
sota. Komura was welcomed by Mayor
Ballinger and a delegation of more
than 1000 Japanese residents of Ht at
tic. Tbe baron and his-.suite left Seattle
tonight for New York city. Tbey will
travel in private care as the guestof
President J. J. Hill and will make all
hat, to their destination.
Hill's invitation to a tour of tbe
great lakes was declined by the envoy,
with the plea that bis instructions for
haste were imperative. As a conse
quent the party will go to Kt. Paul by
tn Great Northern, thence to ( hicago
and New York.
The only hospitality accepted by the
baron during his stay here was an in- '
formal dinner tonight given by John
U. Jarrell, president of j.the Great
Northern Steamship Company.
The peace parfy was escorted to tbe
train by the leading citizeus of tbe city
and by the entire Japanese association
Of Seattle. A heavy police guard es
corted ""t he baron's carriage.
ThelGreat Northern traftice officials
provided a eompkde train for the party
including a diner, a baggage and obser
vation cars. ,
WILL FIGHT EXTRADITION.
Accused Perjurer Oeorge D. Collins
Says He Will Carry His Case
to Highest Courts.
VICTORIA, July 18. Detective Gib
son of Han Francisco arrived hern to
day with a warrant and depositions
from 8an Francisco in readiness for
tbe resumption of the extradition trial
of George D. Collins, accused of per
jury. Gibson met Collins at the Driard
hotel this afternoon and told him in
a conversation that he had rone tolako
him back. Collins replied he would
not lie taken back until ho had ex
hausted every effort at law, even car
rying the case to the highest court of
British Columbia.
HENEY CAUGHT NAPPINO.
Judge Bennett Springs Surprise and
Jury Takes Case No Agreement
Up to Late Hour. -
PORTLAND, duly 1. The case of
tbe United Htates against Williamson,
Gewsner and Biggs went to the jury at
3:15 o'clock today. Thi jury had not
agreed on a verdict at 10:30 tonight
and was locked np for the night. The
sudden termination of tbe case cinso
like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.
Hen-y tnis morning made bis argu
ment for tbe government and when be
had closed and the defense was-to be
gin, Judge Bcnmdt announced that as
the jury bad had the exidence explain
ed to them step by Step as tbe trial
progressed, br did not Ihink it neces
sary to occupy their time further.
This afternoon, wh"n the court recon
vened. Judge ) Haven instructed to
jury, saying in substancv, if they found
Williamson, Gessner aud.Bigg had ad
vanced -money to claimants with thr
understanding that the claims, wLen
patented, should belong to Williamson
and Gessner, there wss a conspiracy.
Should there be reasonable, doubt about
this tl-n be directed tbem to find for
the defendants.
.ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Rail Placed Across Track at Scappoose
With Intent to Hold Up Twin
City Express.
'PORTLAND, July 19. An unsuc
cessful attempt was made shortly after
midnight this morning to wreck tbe
northbound Northern Pacific, passenger
train, known as the Twin City Express,
at a point two miles west of Heappoose,
Or., by placing s, steel rail, weighing
750 pounds, across the track. At the
point where the attempt was made the
track is slightly down grade and par
allels tbe fiver. Tbe engineer saw the
obstruction in time to slow down the
train, but the impact, when the cow
catcher, struck it, was sufficient, never
theless, to bend the rail into the sLape
Of a horseshoe.. The rail was carried
about a hundred yards before the train
waa brought to a dead stop.
CRIME OF RIVER PIRATX3
Body of Captain King Found in CaUa
of Yacht off Bath, Leach
Yesterday.
NEW YORK, July lS.-What the po
lice of Bata Beaeb, Brooklyn station,
believe to be a deppcrate attempt to
murder, and one tbat will probably le
successful, was revealed today wl.r-n
Captain William J. King, whose L so
is in the Bronx, was found near ! r.i
in teh cabin of th yacht Agiai. TL nj
was a bullet wound in the left t !
another In tbe right shoulder an J i!
lower jaw was fractured. The c' i
was In great disorder, snow-in ; a t r
rifle fight had taken plare. Th j 1
believe tbat river pirates committed t:
crime. 4