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issued w:-wm IDEM AHD FRiDAY .1 ISSUED SELIKIl. o : m i::o fcij ft nTTY-FIFTII ' YEAR -NO.. CO. BAT.EM, OREGON, miDAT HORNING, AUQUST.18, 1905. , SECOND SECTION SIX FAGE3. V .? .1 li - y NEED REVISION OF THE LAWS CHINESE EXCLUSION QUESTION IS UP FOB DISCUSSION, M-:;r- ' 1 A DISCRIMINATION. IS SHOWN Against Better Class of Celestials and Locs Stringent Law Is Needed. " Day's Session of Congress Brought to Sudden and Unpleasant End by Un- just Motion Made by a Thoughtless Delegate to Forego Two Address, PORTLAND," Aug. 17. That better classes of Chinese are discriminated against to an unwarranted extent, that a less stringent administration exclu sion law, or, if necessary, a limited re construction .as advisable, was urged by -tne speakers on Oriental trade at the second day's session "of the trans-Mississippi congress tolay. These ideas were brought out with especial force by Hon. John 3 Barrett, . . . . ., , . . - . r- t United states juinisier io uoiomoja, aot by Theodore . B. Wilcox, president of the" congress. .. An unfortunate incident was effeet e'l. prior to- adjournment for the day, which materially marred the success of the' session- After listening to the flood of orators that extended over four hours, barring interruptions from the resolutions committee, which was im patient to get started in its work, the" delegates openly rebelled against fur-, tner continuation of the program, and a slight east ufrfm two of the speakers, which, though unintended, nevertheless caused keen hurt. The, -injudicious motion was made af ter J. W. Dickie of San Francisco had concluded bis address, that the remain ing seeches, those of P. J. Von Loben Sels and Benj. (7. vYlght, of San Fran ciseo, be read .by title and placed an the records of the congress and copies furnished to the president. The chair man refused to entertain the motion, but the damage'" had been done, and both speakers were offended at the eon duct ef. congress, declined to speak. A motion was hurriedly made to adjourn and the session came to an abrupt end. The meeting was presided over by lion. John W. Noble, first viee-presi-dent of the congress. After a few re starts regarding the importance of the v program of the7- day -to', the western state. Chairman Noble introduced" Ma jor W. C. Langfitt, U. 8. A., whose sub ject was the "Columbia River." Ma jor Langfitt said in part: t Major langfltt 's au'lress was a com pilation of figures showing the vast srea drained by the Columbia river and the amount of government effort ! ex- . fended on the deepening of it and the removal of the different obstroetions. "The natural outlet for the product - of . the-, fertile weat lands of eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and Ida ho,'' the sneaker said, "is down the Columbia river to the ea and thence to the markets of the world. Unfor tunately in its natural state there exist ed several complete barriers to ordi nary river nav.gation between the east ern and. western 'portions of the drain age area. . These are the cascades of the Columbia, the dalles of the Colum bia, between The Dalles and Cejilo, I'riest rapids and other obstroetions not necessary to mention here, lie added that the Snako river which empties in to the Columbia seventy-tuee miles be low Priest rapids, also reaches a large portion ef the wheat and fruit lands of the eastern areas already mentioned. He continued: "The Columbia be tween Celilo and the mouth ' of the Hnake needs but a relatively small amount of work to render it easily nav igable for river boats. The stretch be tween The Dalles and Celilo is now un der , improvement, work on Three Mile rapids having been prosecuted last sea son and to be completed this year, T-e first contract ihas been let for begin ning construction of The, Daljes-C'eiilo canal which will pass river ' boats round the Five Mile and Ten Mile ra pids and Celilo fals. overcoming at ow water a total of eighty feet in eight miles." Major Langfitt .spoke 'at length on the difficulty of keeping the lower Co lumhia river open to navigation by dredging at a temporary makeshift and urged the necessity of permanent im provement. . In speaking of , tbe Columbia river . Crowns, $5. DP,. 0. L jTT It ""' XT Fillings; bar Major Langatt described the eon tinual shifting of the channel, and as sert e l tnat the conditions there Involve much delay to loaded vessels, whicu nas prevented general development, an creased tne cost of freights and cause much commerce, naturally tributary to min ouuei to sees otner ports. The extension of the jetty authorize! oy ) congress is now proceeding as rec ommended by the board of engineers and is now. being vigorously pressed. In order to complete it, he said, further appropriation of $850,000 in addition to the ,"s300,0w authorized but not appro priated by the last session of. eongressv is necessary. ' '"That work on the jetty should pro eeed without stoppage, the speaker : .1 i - . - . nam ia conclusion, - - is, most important, both from a standpoint of early results as well as from that bf economy, and it is to be noped. that! lands will soon be f forthcoming, for the reason that money now available or authorized will be expended by the end of the calendar year." ' ' --- ' John Barrett, United States Minister to Colombia followed T. B. Wilcox Mri Barrett said: i 1 Onr Trade With China, ; Mr. Barrett predicts that the next year will determine whether we lose or retain our share of the trade of China.' The Chinese boycott he pronounces the culmination ef years of protest at wnat the Chinese believe is discrimination on the part ef this country toward their countrymen! China is now in the pro cess or awakening to a sense of her la tent power.1 She is coming to a realiza tion of the true value of her markets. China as a government can have no cause for resentment toward their gov eminent but the people of the. higher class, and Mr. Barrett emphasized the point tnat there is no greater mistake than to believe that the Chinese as a nation is composed entirely of coolies, cannot understand why they should be treated differently from corresponding classes of other nations. The higher classes ot China, according to the speaker, are prouT of their own pecu liar civilization, of their philosophy and philosophers, of their unrivaled anti quity as a nation, of their customs and characteristics, social fabric, homogen- leiy, vast population ana great poten tial wealth, and tnat they have not tak en the same advantage as has Japan in world political 'development is no sigu that it does not exist. He predicts that it is only a question of time, how ever, before China, like Japan, will startle the -world with . her onward movement. ' Mr. Barrett deprecated the spirit of patronage, the " holier than thou" at titude with Which foreigners are wont to treat the Chinese, instead of sym pathetic co-operation. This spirit among traders travelers, soldiers and sailors has had a cumulative influence which had added strength to such movements as the boycott. .The speaker minimisea the so-called yellow peril," terming it a "bogie" and thinks that the day will come when it may become a "yel low blessing." In support of this as sertion, he called attention to the fact that synchronously with Japan's indus trial development she has become a greater purchasing nation. Since China has commenced to fwster her own in dustrial interests' at the treaty ports, her trade with the United States has grown to a value of $92,000,000 per an num, triple what it was a decade ago. ' It is illogical "he said, in view of the example of Japan, to predict that with the material,' social and political awak ening of China she will become threat ening to the welfare and happiness of the world' at large. The crying need Cn the development of 'hina is the in crease of her purchasing capacity, fro vide the Chinese masses With money and they will purchase correspondingly with other people. China's foreign trade amounts now to less than one dol lar per capita. Japan's to seven dol lars, although barely twenty, years ago it was no more than China's is. If China's trade is developed to five -dollars per capita, we would then have a trade of $2,000,000,000 per annum. To prepare the way lor winning our share of this increase is surely worth our best efforts.' The marvelous growth of the Oriental and Pacific trade of this Country, now amountm gto $350,000,000 was pointed out. Particularly was stress laid upon; the fact that our exports to China are double our imports; and the ipeaker advised his hearers that harsh measures tnat may tehd to injure such a mighty traffic must be well consid ered. -".:"- -s Mr. Barrett did not. discuss the mer its or denjerits of te Chinese exclusion law. So far as the Japanese are eon eerned, be believes that the demand for labor in Ciorea, Japan, Manchuria, Sak halin and Formosa ,together with losses of. able-bodied Japanese in battle, will follow the ending of the war, and that for years to eoiue there will be only flEO TEETH? LISTEfJ i ! This is an, ago of scicn: tific discoveries and ad varment Why not ad yauco yourself in tho mat ter of dentistry? ' You may not know it, bat I do all dental work absolutely without pain; and charge you less - than you pay other dentists for obso!ete methods. 50c. PJatcs, $5. Tun FAirVI-t2i DUrsTTIMT. RECIPROCITY VITH WORLD TO: BETTER TEADE .RELATIONS BETWEEN ALL NATIONS. PERMANENT TARIFF COMMISSION Created by Congress and Appointed by President Is One of t ' ' :J - t Foggestions. :" : .- Reciprocity Conference at Chicago Completes Work After Organising American Reciprocal Tariff League Maximum and Mlnlmnm Tariff. CHICAGO, lAug. ?17. The reciproc ity conference to devise means of bet tering the trade relations between the United States and foreiirn countries hnished its work today, arranged for a committee to prosecute the plans of the convention and formed a permanent organization styled, the American Reci procal Tariff League. A committee of fifteen is to be appointed bv the chair and given full power to organize and "promote the work. 5 JtCesolutions to advocate the maxi mum and minimum tariff as a means of relieving the situation with which the country is confronted and suggest that such reciprocal concessions be arranged by a permanent tariff commission cre ated by congress and appointed by the president. ' The principal speaker to day was Governor Cummins of . Iowa, wno hurled defiance at the enemies of reciprocity, j Other speakers . were Ed ward Kosewater of Omaha, W. C. May- sylvania 8. F.. Hower, Wisconsin; E. ickriuge, Indiana. , ... an inconsiderable . proportion that will seek entrance to the United States. As tor the Chinese, he asserts the number of coolies who might wish to eater our borders are controlled , to a large extent by powerful guilds which are interested in seeing that the supply of coolies in America shall not exceed the- legitimate demand. Furthermore, said he, ; with China 's increased devel opment there will be a demand at home for laborers and the Chinaman,'s known preference for his own land will help to linjit emigration to this country. Another aspect of the original sub ject was treated by Con. F, B. Thurber of New York, who spoke on the "Fu ture of tne Oriental Markets." He said:.' i ; . .a -' ; ? ' .,. "r How to Develop Ind nstries. . Mr. : F. B. " Thurber president of the United States export association, rend paper which contained the following: tTo develop our great reseources in fields, forests, mines an 1 factories, give remunerative employment ts labor and capital, and propsperity to all the peo ple of the United states, we need: . "lirst To foster our transportation system both on 'sea and. Ian 1. Help it, don 't cripple it. j :; ' i Bccond We need to appreciate that this is the age of steam, elcftricHy, machinery and organization nud tnat ontrammelled American individualism controlling these forcese will provi.le better results than officialism, socialism and communism. Yellow jonrnalism in daily, weekly and monthly teaching the contrary. Don't shy r.t tnnts' whctli er of labor or capital;-th?y represent organization; control, b-it don't cnpple them.' We are dependent upon . them for progress. -Third Our foreign policy should favo ran open door' and to get this we should make reasonable concessions i our taritf policy, thrmiga recipnwiij or otherwise.. .. f .: , Fourth Systematize our consular service on the. basis of p rrosHcr.cy, promotion and an equal complication. We have superior talent in our. consu lar service as a whftle, but it In dwarf ed and discouraged by the lack of thtte prime requisites. ' Fifth Revise our treatice with Oriental countries so that while pro tecting American labor against "the yellow peril,', it will give both Ameri can labor and Amorican capital the yellow opportunity' to supply c'bt hundred and: ninety million Asiatics with what they want to buy and with what we want t0 sell. In otner words, don't let the unreasoning fears of the American trades : unionism insult the Asiatics who come to trade with os or study with ns even is a few 'coolies' do get ia under false pretenses. I believe in the dignity of peaceful American la bor and that American capital should asaist'ia maintaining it, but I also be lieve that 'yellow journalism which eeks ' to play "Chinese prejudices and feass.of organ ixed labor is a greater peril than either, eastern or ; western t mm! oration." .?,; ,;-';..:'. f-:.i The last spraker of the day was Hon. George W. Dickie of San Francisco. . During the proeeedingf today sever al important resolatiousT were intro duced, among which were those endors ing statehood for New Mexieo, the re clamation of arid lands, favoring the merchant marine, and the establishing of a department of mines and mining. An amendment to.tbe bylaws was made by' the congress today in order to rem edy the conflict as to the selections of the vice-presidents. According to the new amendment the vice-presidents, hereafter, will be elected by the eoa- gress. ":) " . in the length of the nroernm today the speeches of P. J. Von Sels and Benj. a Wright, ' be4hr of San Francisco, were read by title -ot the; trans-Mississippi congress ana wm oe made a part of the reeorus of the eou erese. Mr. Wright's paper . was ia cress. part: AEE CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Two Boys, Escapes From the Indian Ecnool, Picked up by Officers : at Albany ALBANY, Avg. 13. (Spechi . t-J Statesman).' Two boys, at first thought to have been escapes from, the reform school, were taken in by the - officers here tonight, but later developments proved them be runaways f rom tt. themawa Indian school, from which place they took fight yesterday aft er. aoon. One of them gives the name of tred islodgett, says he . is i rom Baera mento, tab, aad is fourteen years of age, and claims to nave been .in the school for six years, while the ether gives the name of Leonard MeDaniel, says he is from Bedding, CaL, and is thirteen years pld. One ef them wears underclothing marked No. 128, while the other has on the regulation school uniform trousers with, red stripe down tne leg. Upon being put through the ing run -away from the school at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, by board ing the ngene local, and were- trying to proceed further noon' their intended journey back to California on the night overland when apprehended. .. LOSS OF LIFE IN EXPLOSION NITROGLYCERINE FACTORY BERKELEY BLOWN UP. AT ONE KILLED, OTHERS WILL DIE. Buildings for Considerable Distance ' Around Were Wrecked and' Sky ' Darkened by Smoke. Second Explosion Follows an 'Hour ' After the First and Officers, Employes ' and Newspaper Men Have Very Nar row Escape Cause " Not Known. - BERKELEY, Cal Ang. 16. One man was killed and a dor.en seriously injured in an explosion which destroyed the nitro-glycenne house of. the Jud- son Dynamite at Powder Company at Point Isabella this afternoon. Edward Edris, foreman of the nitro-glyeerine department, lost -his life. He was blown into atoms, with tho building where he worked. The injured, who all survive, are Chinese employed in the mixing room 200 feet from the nitro-glyeerine plant. , , A second explosion, followed an hour after the first, destroying the maxing works, about C00 feet from the wrecked, nitro-glyeerine plant. The shock was greater than the original explosion,. the sky being darkened by the enormou volume of smoke thaS arose. - - Explo sion No. 2 was dne to the igniting powder particles ' and acid en the ground in the vicinity. Twenty men had a narrow escajie in the-second ex plosion, being saved only by the warn ing of an employe of the powder works, who sew. the acid trickling from the building to the ground near where a number of men, including employes, of ficials, newspaper men and others, were investigating the cause of the original explosion. L . . IS IT ON AGAIN? RAILROAD MEN PREDICT ANOTH ER STRTJGGLB BETWEEN HAR RIMAN AND THE N. F. May Be Precipitated by Believed At tempt by Harrlman to Exclude Northern From Most Feasible" Rente Down North Bank of Columbia Biver . PORTLAND, Aug. 17.-The incor poration of the Wallula Pacific Rail way Company at Vancouver, Wash., 1 supposed to have been taken at thein stance Of the Ilarrimaa officials for the purpose of seenring a right of way down the. north bank of the Columbia river, shutting out the Northern Pa cific or depriving it of the most feas ible route. The step is said to be the result of the formation of ,the Colum bia River Railroad A Navigation Com pany, thought to be a ' Northern I a- eifie creation. ' Railroad men believe a struggle between Ilarrimaa and. the Northern Pacific is again imminent. IS SAD DISASTER OPEN DRAW OF BRIDGE IS RE SPONSIBLE FOR WRECK , IN VIRGINIA Engine and Six Coaches of Coast Line Excursion. Train irlunge Through the Opening and Believed Every Person in First Coach Perished. NORFOLK, Va, -Ang. 17. Between twenty and thirty, negroes, occupying a ear on. an Atlantic coast t line excur sion train were killed and injured , to day. The - train, consisting of an en igne aad six coaches plunged through the open-draw of a bridge at Bruce station, the 'engine sad one coach were completely submerged in the water and the second cm ,t H ,iifl5Cait of jt eoacB was partly submerged. to establish the number Is believed every person in the first car perished, as none as yet have been accounted for; I The engineer aad fireman discovered the open draw ion me to mny. , , 1 I.'.". ' I VIEWED YELLOWSTONE SIGHTS. . JiuTTK, iiont-, Aug. it. secretary i .Locb Snd wife this afternoon eomp'et-. ed a month s towr of , the Vc'l'iwatone , aioo, was the conservation of the hnl .'N.itionat Park, and tnirnt irted oa ance remaining of the -appropriation of their return Jo Vahii!-'ua. - PRESIDENT MAY YET TAKE HAND PEACE ENVOYS CANNOT AGREE UPON TWO MAIN POINTS. PESkuulSM AGAIN THE NOTE But Final Rupture of Proceedings May Bo Avoided at Today's .Session. . Both Sides to Dispute Are Cautious and Prefer to Postpone Final Action to the nd The Only Show Now xs a Compromise. . PORTSMOUTH. N. IU Aujr. 17 -The crisis in tne peace conference has been reached and pessimism is again the note. But the darkest hour is just before tne dawn and there is still hope. The pre dictions of a final rapture tomorrow will certainly not be justified unless Komura, figuratively, picks up bis hat and announces it is useless to proceed further. Witte at least wiU not be pre cipitate. At tomorrow's session, after article two (the limitation of Russia s naval power in the ar east) and article twelve (the fishing rights on the Russian-littoral) are disposed of he will favor adjournment until Monday to hear the last word .rom St. Petersburg. The pessimism tonight : is based "on the fact trfat no progress was made to day. XSi exchange of views at the morning session on article nine (rem'u neration for the cost of the war) show ed that the plenipotentiaries were as far apart as the poles and it was pass ed over. Article ten (the surrender of the Interned Russian warships) was aso passed, ' not, in the opinion of one of the plenipotentiaries, becaese it could not. have been arranged, but be cause it was within the shadow of the two main points. In the dispute hanging over the con ference, botn sides were cautious and preferred, to postpone it to the end. Ar tiste two (limitation of the sea pow er) la also adjust ible after modification and article twelve will present no diffi culties. So tonight- the situation is practically where, it was last Saturday. The only ehance now is a compromise, Russia tojrield "Sakhalin, and Japan tho indemnity. Neither will yield both and perhaps Japan will yield neither. . . A few words from Witte, said to the foreign correspondents, were as usual, not .encouraging. No very, great hope was vouchsafed in the Japanese camp and from aji authoritative source the Associated rress correspondent received a distinctly bad impression regarding the outlook, coupled, however, with an expression of hope that if it developed that the conference was going to pieces President Roosevelt might again step I in.- - - - - Japs May Force Issue. Portsmouth, N. 1L, Aug. 17. The As sociatel Press learns at midnight that during the conference the Japanese plenipotentiaries several- times mani fested a desire to compete consideration of the disputed points. Mr. Bato is quoted as saying that the 'Japanese will tomorrow propose the again taking up of the, articles which Were passed over. If that is the case the Japanese may decide to openly propose joint consid eration. Baron Hayashi Optimistic , London, Aug'. ,17 Baron Hayanbl, the Japanese minister to 0 rest Britain, said today that the pessimistic dis patches from Portsmouth were not worthy of consideration. "It the war continues" said he, "our forces will capture Vladivostok and Harbin, taking by force a territory of greater value than the payments de manded by Japan." v - ' The. baron said the plenipotentiaries on both' side possessed full power ' to conclude peace and the ratification of the terms will only be a matter of for maity. . ? . Pay Tribute, Political Death. Portsmouth, Aug. 17. Mr. De Mar tens, Russian delegate and anthoritv on international law of the world, said there was no precedent where a coun try whose territory was not occupied in whole or in part by the enemy has paid a war tribute upon the conclusion of peace. Russia, De ' Martens said, was not crushed. . Japan had not ap proached the true 'Russian frontier. "Should Russia consent to pay trib ute to Japan in any' f erra, Jt would be her political depth. The powers wouM understand she had accepted the prop osition of President Roosevelt, not be cause she was desirous ef honorable peace, but because her power had been annihilated and it was impossible for her to continue the war." SSSSSSMMSMHMSaSSBlB'BB'BBBBSSSBBSSaswSMaSSSe ' "- OMAHA WOMAN BOBBED. Mrs. Lucrecia Mahon Reports Loss of . Vauable Jewelry Between Port- ' land and Frisco SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17-Mrs. Lucrecia Mahon of Omaha, Nebraska, who came from Portland on the steam er CbVumbia yesterday reported that she had lost several hundred dollars worth of jewelry en the voyage. Among the mewing articles are several diamond "ngs. ' , , , WILL HAVE MONEY ENOUGH. Isthmian . Canal Commission Will Be Able to Continue Work With Y out Bond Issue. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. One of tbJ fir,t imprtant tasks awaiting Mr. shonts. wbea h sssaraed ne presi dency. of the Isthmian canal commit three million! to guard against tbe s'ep- page of the work of canal building. I By calling to his aid expert account ants, the exact state of the finances of the commission was ascertained aad it was found the work could be prosecut ed until congress will have an oppor tunity to provide more funds. The balance on hand is divided into monthly allotments, and will be closely adhered to save in one case." The commission believes it has avoided the necessity of availing itself of the privilege of issujng bonds to meet the expenditures'. BOTH VESSELS DAMAGED. Cruiser Chicago Runs Aground and Then Afoul of Bennington, Which She Was Towing. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. The cruiser Chicago 'went aground'close to the lighthouse an Angel island in t he harbor today. She was towing. the dis - abled cunboat Benniajrton. A strong ebb-tide was running snd the tow-line parted. The tng Fortune pulled the Chicago clear of the bottom, but when ahe came off sne took a sheer that went her straight for the Bennington, and there was a smashing of metal when they earae together. The two vessels, afoul of each other, .went drifting on the tide. Both vessels are considerably damaged. BEAN PROBABLY WINNER. PORTLAND, Aug., 16. "I 'wsuld not be surprised if Judge Mean were . . a . .... - . .1 appointed," saiu oenaior ruium, wnm discussing the appointment, of a suc- censor to the late rederai wuuge wi- lincrer. in Portland yesterday. The senator averred, however, that he had received no information from Wash ington, or elsewhere, lo th -ffect ihat Judge Bean would or would not be appointed. ' . - senator Kulton saii tnat tne m- prenie judge was on the list of those whom he sent to Washington, but that he had made no recommentlation of him more than; of the other candi dates. "I'tnade no selection at all, 'r said the senator. I recommended all of them as capable and qualified men for the poidtion." Senator Fulton saia be was looking, for an announcement of the appointment at any time. ' Should Bean be appointed to the fed eral bench Governor Chamberlain will probably appoint T. G. llailey of Pen dleton or W. M. Ramsey of La Grande to the state bench. HUSTON FOR CONGRESS. Hillsboro Man Makes Tour of Valley , and Then Makes Known His Aspirations. - HILLSBORO, Or., Ang. 16. S. B. Huston of Hillsboro, one of the promi nent attorneys of the state, definitely declared himself in an interview today as candidate for congress in this dis trict to succeed Binger Hermann. While Mr. Huston has been looked on as a possible candidate, he has hitherto been reluctant about expressing him self, and this is his first announcement. Mr. Huston returned yesterday after noon from a trip through the Willamette-valley to view the political situa tion, lie declares he will make a vig oYoud campaign, and that be has every assurance that he will win. The war ring factions of this county are united for him. pther aspirants are all warm friends of Mr. Huston, and should any of them be successful in landing the nomination, the' fortunate one will re ceive Mr. Huston s cheerful support. He is a strong Roosevelt man ami a loyal Republican, having taken an ac tive part in politics for yearn, and is very well acquainted ; throughout this district. . HOME FROM THE PHILIPPINES, G. W. Aschenbrenner and Wife. Who Have Been in the Islands, Bring Good Report. O. W. Aschenbrenner and wife, nee Cnrrin, who have leen for the past four years in the Philippine islands teaching in the government schools, have returned and are visiting friends in Salem preparatory to taking up their residence in California. I Mr. Aschenbrenner expressed himsdf as being well pleased with the Philip pine islands, liking the climate, an enjoying the life there. He reports a great improvement in that country dur ing the past four years, and especially is this noticeable in the character of the people. When be first went there they were sullen,-difficult in iret'ae- qnainted "with, while now he finds them very friendly. He thinks the future of the Philippine islands is full of promise and thinks there are' a greal many opportunities there for men with capital and energy," MORE ALLEGED GRAFT. Geological Survey Now Under Suspt- Clon cnarged That Officials Used . ' Office to Aid Publication. WASHINGTON, Aug. lr,.ln re sponse to published charges that offi cials of the United States geological survey used informal ion belonging to tbe government for the benefit of the Mining World, a fiaguzitve in which certain members are said to hold stock', Director Charles V. Wolcott today tele graphed to Acting Director II. C. Riser for an explanation from Drum mond, Mont., where be is in camp. , Director Riser replied that members of the geo logical, survey do 'not own or control Mining World," though some members of tbe survey, pnrely ji a privste mat ter, subscribed, a fraction of the stock. The director stated that a request made to Dr. Day to nominate competent writ ers to tbe journal was approved by the director, subject tf the usual snrvey regulations. He denies that the World was given any advantages not enjoyed by other, outriders; and says that he courts investigation. , t COLLINS WILL TAKE APPEAL. VICTORIA, Aug. 1 7y The extradi tion caae against George D. Colli n, lawyer, of San Francisco, wanted for perjury, was concluded this afternoon. A decision is expected Saturday. If fudge Lampman decirlcs aurainst him, Collins s'ys he will appeal, if neccsnarr, to the privy council of Hvhnl. ROOSEVELT IS INTERESTED CONFE23 WITH INSURANCE HEN ON FEDERAL CONTROL WANTS IT IP CONSTITUTIONAL Disclosures in Equitable Investigation Shows Need of Supervision for Benefit of Insured, ' President Also Holds Conference with r - Man Who Undvered Imnroner Prac- I . . .., nr I . I co Awwifui OYSTER BAY, Aug. 18 Federal supervision of insurance was the sub ject of a . discussion today between President Roosevelt and James M. Beck, formerly assiatant attorney gen eral of the United States and now tho counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Senator Dry den of New Jersey, president of the ' Prudential Insurance Company, also participated in the conference. Presi dent Roosevelt, especially since the dis closures were made in the Equitable Society has manifested deep interest in the problem of national control of in suraree. business. lie is known to fa vor it if it can be brought about con stitutionally. " . i The president slso saw Assistant Secretary ef the Treasury Cnarles II. Keep, chairman of the "Keep Com mission," who reported to him regard ing the dispute concerning the pur chase of typesetting machines in the. povcrnmckt printing office. All hough' the president and Keep both declined to discuss the matter it is known that the commission developed an unfortu nate condition of affair in tue printing office, a condition not necessarily dis honest, but detrimentl to the interests of the government. DECADENCE OF MEN. The Superior Brain of Woman Will Win Ascendance Over the Brawn " of Man. DETROIT, Aug. 15. At the annual convention of the International Asso ciation of Factory lnsjectors, which 9ened here today, Mr. Bodine, super intendent "of compulsory education at Chicago,' made a speech which created a mild' sensation. He declared that women are destined to be the ruling sex in industrialism and continued: . "Man, like the Indian, is dying out and leing driven out. The birth rate among females is increasing and the death rate decreasing. It is just the re verse among males. We are rapidly drifting to the age of the 'eternal fem inine,' when man will be a back num ber, and Ik? forced to return to the soil and thone fields of labor where only his physical . endurance will save him in the struggle for survival." Society has mothers who are slaves to the siren called fashion and frivol ity, who look more often into their mir rors than into the faces of their chil dren. With the fashionable mother, gadding about at social functions and tho fashionable father at his club, the result will be that within a decade the question tf the neglected children of the rich will become ai great a problem as the neglected children ef the poor." " , aw PROPER TREATMENT WANTED. To Secure This Is Only Purpose of Boy cott Started by Chinese, Says Acting Consul General. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. J.' W. Davidson, acting consul general at Shanghai, who arrived from the Orient today, says the cause f the Chinese boycott is the discourteous treatment which sons of - influential Chineao offic ials received at the hands of immigra tion officials on landing ot San Fran cisco. Davidson thought the fact that orders have already been placed for six months ahead for delivery'of American goods would prevent tne boycott being sucesiul. But he admitted that a pop ular anti-foreign feeling miht bo easi ly aroused which would carry the fight beyond .control and result in serious consiliences. "The purpose of tbe boy cott," he said,i"haa never been to so cure the admission of cooljes but to gain projM?r treatment for the eiempt Classes.' CHURCH FEDERATION. Conference to Be Held in Carnegie Hall - in Novemoer. NEW YORK, Aug. 15. The general committee of arrangements for the Inter-Church Conference Federation, to be held in Carnegie hall, this city, Novem ber, 15-21, is hsrd at work on the pro gram and other details of the coining meeting. It is now an assured fact that th re will be present at the conference official representatives of practically all the important Protestant religious bod ies of the United State. Episcopalian will be represented by members of their "Commission on Christian Unity." The Orthodox Friends, tbe United Brethren, and the Lutherans are other bodies that have recently voted to co operate in the movement. All told, over L'O.ooo,. WK) American Christian communicant will be directly represented at the con ference, which wih be the greatest in terdenominational ofTicfal gathering rv. er held in this country, if not in t, world. It is expected thtt the tu!l j r. gram will bo announced in a few days. four i.to hi: dhattis. 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