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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
ROOSEVELT MAY NOT : TALK IN HE WEST Jamestown Address Will Likely
 Set Forth Attitude on ROADS AND STATE RIGHTS Would Like to Go to Springfield, But Continues to Hold Knowledge
 Seeking Conferences On
 the Situation.
ROADS AND STATE RIGHTS

Washington, March S0.--Uness some. thing seppens which in his opinion makes is desn..ile and necessary to go it is prob ahle now that President Roosevelt will not go to Springfield to address the Illi- nois manufacturers on the railroad ques- ton in response to <.e invitation ex-
 pded to him early this week. It is certain should he finally decide to go there for the purpose he will not be able to make the trip for two or three weeks. Approximately near the latter date, on April 26, he is to deliver an address at the opening of the Jamestown exposition at which he will have an opportunity to say what he desires to say on the rail- road situation.
 In conversation with his callers the reference has been made by the Presi- dent to that occasion as an appropriate one on which he could speak of the mat ter which is uppermost in his mind at this time and an impression now is gem eral that he may avail himself of the op- prosperity.
 The President has told those with whom he has talked on the subject that he would like very much to go to Spring field. By some of his advisers he has ptcit dl ECU io aliNiid tuC coiiNC NCbtiOi, by others not to go. and as he said today to one of his callers, he has not yet fully made up his mind on the subject. There is considerable public business, however, just now demanding his atten- tion. He also Is seeking Knowledge from every point of view on the railroad situ- ation with view to a definite conclusion on this important matter before outlin- ing it in public speech.
 Conferences of almost daily occurrence are being held by the President with members of his cabinet, of the interstate commerce commission and with railroad men and financiers, primarily with regard to railroad matters, and incidentally bear ing on the financial situation. Today he talked with August Belmont and Jeffer- son M. Levy of New York, and with Frank B. Kellogg, special counsel of the interstate commerce commission, at which the railroad question was gone over. Again this afternoon there was a con ference with Secretaries Root and Cor telyou and Mir. Kellogg.
 | The question Of slate rights also Is l thought to be ar important lea ture oi 1 the discussion 9S,ich has beer held hy | the President and his advisers in the | treatment of the railroad subject. It in- 1 wolves many perplexing problems to | which careful consideration the Presi. | dent feels must be given before a decis- | ion Is arrived at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

awaiting also a favorable opportunity to attack the Omotepe. By the news papers of the 20th read here this morn ing, it appears that Minister Corea of Nicaragua denies the authenticity of the proclamation of General Zelaya, offering cities of Honduras and Salvador to his soldiers as booty. Your correspondent translated the proclamation from pub lications made in the newspapers of leg ucigalpa, confirmed by the minister of for eign relations as having been captured in Nicaraguan camps. that copies were in Tegucigalpa bearing the Managua inn print The proclamation was printed through Hondurao and Salvador, copies in Spanish forwarded with my transla- tion.
 Facts as to Operations.
 No rumors are put on the wire or writ ten from here by Associated Press agents. Every fact O. alleged fact sent from here comes endorsed by the president or minister as to operations of the armies in the interior.
 All official communications are copied and forwarded to confirm.
 Your correspondent has sent to Teguci- galpa for one of the original copies with Managua print. regarding the looting proclamation, but Minister Corea cannot explain away the fact that when Nica-
  house in the city was footed. except one. and 25O cart loads of the plunder sent to Nicaragua. This fact is known to the writer to be absolutely true.
 Enclosed you will find the official decla- ration signed by the minister of foreign relations, March 4, of the sacking and footing of one of the first towns captured in Honduras, which was Sab Marcos de Colon.
 Commander Fullam of the Marietta will exercise restraining influence along the coast, but in the interior the war is bar barrie.
 It is reported in private telesrams that the city of Yuscaran was occupied by Nicaraguans and forced loans exacted. The house of Daniel Tortin X Son were the sufferers who had to pay $50O0 ac- cording to a telegram received by one of the relatives near here.
 The report that fruit traffic will not be interrupted by an attack on Puerto Cortes is erroneous. The railroad belongs to the government. Every engine and car will be up the line to bring troops in this di- rection. If Puerto Cortes falls no trains will reach that point from the fruit plan tations unless the enemy captures the en- tire lines to La Riementa. Traffic will cease until the fighting ends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
BURY VICTIMS OF WRECK. Number of Dead Remains 22-Injured
 Improve.

Colton, Cal, March 3O.-The total number killed in Thursdays Southern Pacific wreck remains twenty-two, none of the injured being in danger. Most of the seventy-fiye injured were only slightly hurt The victims of the wreck were buried today. The Ital- ians were inferred first. Then the bodies of the others, members of little family groups on their way across the continent to San Francisco, were taken to the cemetery.
 The coroner's inquest has been ad- journed until Monday, pending the taking of testimony of Engineer War mington and Fireman Clapp in Los Angeles hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
PRESIDEDT GREETS
 SCHOOL TEACHERS
He Welcomes 500 From Toronto. Assures Them of Cordial
 Feelings.

Washington, March 30,-President Roose- welt today received about 800 school teach CTS from Toronto and surrounding places who are on visit to Washington. After greeting each one cordially the President addressed them briefly as follows:
 ."rhere could be no body of visitors whom I should more gladly greet than greet this. I have, as every good Amer ican must have, the warmest and strong est feeling for our brothers across the line in Canada So 1 welcome you as Canadians. Then as 8 father of six chill dren I hays a strong feeling for teachers l may say sometimes a strong sympathe- tic feeling-and I want to greet you as both Canadians and teachers, 1 greet you with a double fervor."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Troops Get Upper Hand.

London, March 30-Great Britain is be- ing kept fully advised by her minister at Bucharest and her consus through out Roumania of the progress of the revolution in that country. and the efforts of the government to put down the dis orders. These official reports show that the trouble has been serious and wide spread, and that the army has had an extremely difficult task to cope with the outbreaks and stay the loss by the de- struction of property. For a time it was an open question whether or not the outbreak had not gotten beyond the control of the Roumanan authorities but dispatches received here today indicate that the troops are finally getting the upp rehand of the peasants.
 The damage has been so great, how ever. that 1t will take the country years to recover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Qislodue Nicaraauans.

Puerto Cortes. via steamer to Mobile, March 30-Telegraph lines communicating with Tegucigalpa are interrupted. No news has been received here from the al lied army of Salvador and Honduras since the 18th At that time it was claimed the allied forces had dslodged the Nica- raguans from all positions at Yamasigne Hills, except one fortified entrenchment called Las Minitas, which it was claimed was invested under cannonade from six ty pieces of artillery.
 No news has come here from the forces of Generals Barahona and Cristmas, who were opposing the column of Nicaraguans and revolutionists near Marita, headed for Tegucigalpa.
 The local uprising that seized iGomaya- qua and Las Pas sent small force to the town of Siguatepeque, eight leagues from Comayugua, but arrival of force of Copa Indians, caused the revolutionists to flee in' disorder to the mountains.
 The three columns sent to recapture Comayagua and Las Pas should have ef- fected a junction last night as two of the columns had reached Sgnatepeque and an assault on Camayagua was expected today March 26. If Comayagua is retallen, that will re- open telegraph and mail communication with the capital over the main line, both for mail and telegraph. Up to March
 
 and Puerto Cortez had not materialized.
 The Marietta sailed from La Ceiba March % to observe movements at Trux- lilo and should arrive at Puerto Cortez today. Tuesday. for mail and coal, to arrive by United Fruit company steamer Inge.
 If an attack is made on La Ceiba no doubt the Marietta will remain there until order is restored.
 
 Special Reports The special representative of the As- sociated Press sent to La Ceiba on the Ia Tunnbla. reports that from the best information he could obtain the Nicara- guan force at Truxillo did not exceed 800 or 900 men; that information from Bluefields was that all the men avail able in that locality had been taken for the Truxilo expendition and up to the 24th no endorsements had come to Truxillo moreover the Omotepe and San Jacinto were reported to be in the har- bor of Truxillo.
 An expedition was organized and made ready here with 800 men to combine with the forces of General Quiroz and Gallardo near Truxillo. for recapture of that place. but no steamer for transport purposes could be had without securing foreign vessel The Olympia had been expected to return, but through some misunder- standing sailed for Mexico. An an at tack on La Ceiba was expected the forces of General Gallardo and Quiroz returned to La Ceiba to protect that place and the 500 men hera remained for protect ing Puerto CorteZ, having been occupied day and night making Qualifications, mounting guns. etc.
 The gunboat Ia Tumbl1 also remains here to cooperate with the land forces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31


 pointed minister to Peru, arrived here yesterday, with his wife and son.
 
 jury will hold one session every day next week, and the trial of Ruef on the French restaurant extortion cases will be actual ly begun next Tuesday, and steadily pro- ceeded with
 In this event, said Langdon, it is likely that he and Special Prosecutor Hiram l.. Johnson will appear against Ruef, while Heney engineers the investigation before the grand jury. Langdon said that today s proceedings before that body had been very satisfactory" He states that addi- tional indictments would be returned as q result of the telephone investigations, but he did not know how soon, nor would he say against whom.
 The inquisitors contrary to expectation did not get through with the Pacific States and Home Telephone companies this week. Those investigations will be carried over into April. Heney stated that the subpoenaing of Edward T. Earl and Dr. John R. Hayes of Los Angeles was done without his Knowledge; that neither of them has yet started for San Francisco; that MT. Haynes has been temporarily excused, and that in his (Heney's) opinion Earl and Haynes do not know much in connection with the Home telephone affairs that would be valuable to the grand jury.
 The grand jury programme as far as any programme is observed in that body proposes the commencement early next week of an exhaustive investigation into the alleged bribery of supervisors and other administration officials and politi- cians by the United railways, the San Francisco Gas and Electric company. and the prize fight trust in the order named.
 Schmitz's Statement.
 Mayor Schmitz today issued a statement denying the charge made by the prosecu- tion that he is endeavoring by vigorous measures to cause the resignation of d certain number of supervisors in order to fill their places with men who would frus- trate any attempt on the part of supef- visal boards to revoke those public ser vice franchises which they are accused of having awarded as a result of-bribery. The mayor said however. that some of the local labor organizations are using their influence to cause the resignations of supervisors who it is announced by the prosecution have confessed their guilt to the grand jury.
 The mayor said he had no official knowledge of confessions and that when such knowledge comes to him officially he will at once take steps to effect a change in the boards personnel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
uilllfx French Government.

Paris. March 30.-Violently worded manifestoes have been placarded througnout the city, villifying the action of the government in refusing permission to the state employees to form traders union. The central organization for the defense of the rights of the states employees declared it would never accept the govern ment's decision which is designated as an alienation of liberty and further evidence of the states odious tyranny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
LOOKS LIKE HUNDLEY.

Washington. March 30.--It is j learned at the White House that oscar Hundley of Huntsville prob ably will be appointed to the new district judgeship in Alabama cre- ated at the last session of Con- gress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Trial Tuesday

District Attorney Langdon said that if present plans are not altered the grand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
Comhes Arrives in Peru.

Lima, Peru, March S0.-Leslie Combes, former American minister to Guatemala and Honduras, recently ap- pointed minister to Peru, arrived here yesterday, with his wife and son.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19

THE TURN IN THE LANE.

1T is a long lane that has no turn"
reminds the Commoner. 1t looked for
years as If the Standard Oil company
was an exception to the rule; it vio-
lated every law, human and divine;
it bankrupted rivals and impoverish-
ed producers; it extorted from the
public; it coerced railroads into vio-
lations of state and federal statutes;
it overawed courts and subsidized the
churches, the colleges and the press.
But the turn has come at last, and
it is a short, sharp turn, too. Judge
lands gives the company the full
limit of the law and expresses regret
that imprisonment cannot be added.
The fine of s29,24O,OO0 is nearly 80
times the capital stock of the sub
ordinate corporation through which
the Standard acted, and is about equal
to eight months dividends of the big
company. But the moral influence of
the fine is sill more important;
other judges will take notice and the
judge who shows leniency will have to
explain why. 1t is the beginning of
the end. The great conspirator against
law and morals has been brought to
bay and the people breathe a sigh OF
relief. Judge Lands has earned a
nations gratiteude.
Just as the fine is imposed the
head of the bureau of corporations
files a report denying in detail the ar
guments presented in defense of the
Standard Oils monopoly. 1t has
shown that it has raised prices instead
of lowering them and that it has pre-
vented the people from getting the
full benefit of improved processes Of
manufacture. Stripped of the decep'
tive arguments which it has spread
broadcast it stands forth convicted OF
about every crime in the catalogue.
And the man whose cunning plan
ned it all what pitiful figure! The
lesson his life teaches will not be
lost on the country.
What shall it profit man IL he
gain the whole world and lose his
own soul?"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19
FACTS AND PRETENSIONS.

Another report on the methods and
practices Of the Standard OIL compa-
ny has been submitted to the presi-
dent by Commissioner Smith, chief of
the federal bureau of corporations. 1t
deals particularly with the foreign
business of the trust and with its
determinations between the localities,
or local underselling" for the sole
purpose Of crushing competitors.
The facts given to the public In
this report should be read and con-
sidered by those who may still be
disposed to believe thate the govern
ment has singled out" the Standard
Oil for persecution" without any
sound reason, just because 1t is pow
erful and conspicuous. Its own utter
ances have dwelt with pride on the
magnificent foreign business 1t has
built up, and Mr.. Rockefeller said
few days ago that under healthier
conditions and in a less prejudiced
country such achievements in foreign
markets would lead to public thanks
and signal recognition.
Commissioner Smiths facts make
short work OF the trusts pretensions
and professions Of patriotism and
virtue. Americans like to hear OF the
expansion OF their trade in other mar
kets, but they are hardly prepared to
erect monuments to those who make
them pay the cost with usurious
profit added OF winning commercial
victories abroad. Mr.. Smith says that
In the long run American consumers
finance the Standards campaigns
abroad. The American margins are
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19
DELEGATES TO MUSKOGEE.

The Walla Walla Bulletin voices a
suggestion made by a business man
of Pasco that Pendleton, Walla Walla,
The Dalles Pasco and Kennewick
unite and send a delegation to the
Trans Mississippi congress at Musko-
gee, Okla, to lobby in the interests
of an open Columbia. the object be-
ing, of course. to develop a public
sentiment that will have weight with
congress and warrant a larger appro-
priation for the elimination of shoals
and rocks and the building of a canal
around the falls and rapids at Cello.
The suggestion Is pertinent and also
eminently practical, though 1t does
not follow that its original terms lin
iting the delegation to two men and
taking for granted that the two shall
be just whoever the Pasco man may
nominate shall be carried out to the
letter. In fact, it is probable that a
convention called to carry out the
suggestion would conclude that four
or five, or six, or perhaps still more
delegates would be preferable to two,
provided a larger number could be
found who would pledge themselves
to attend. 1t is very certain, in the
opinion OF the writer, that Umatilla
county could send at least one dele
gate who would do the cause as much
good as any other one man, perhaps
However, this is in the way Of sug-
gestion merely. 1t is quite likely that
delegate from each of the cities
mentioned, with another from Lew
iston, would be found practicable. To
that number should be added all the
representatives in congress and men,
bers OF the senate from the three
states most deeply interested, and
they should be made 20 understand
that their presence at the convention
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19
WINNEMUCCAs GRAFTON.

The story of the Harney county
desperate being near Winnemucca,
Nevada. reminded Jack Hazlewood
of Fourth of July celebration which
took place once W. that town. He
said:
Several years ago the people Of
Winnemucca concluded that a draw
ing card for their celebration would
be to have old Chief Winnemucca,
after whom the town was named, de-
liver a speech. The veteran Indian
was consulted and readily consented
to the arrangement. When the holi-
day arrived, Winnemucca, clad in
barbaric finery, occupied a prominent
place on the stage among the distin-
guished guests. The stately old In
dian arose. He said:
'Winnemucca heap old, 104
shinoas (snows)-no dog. no horse.
no gun-O. hell!"'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19
DOG FENNEL FOR BALKY HORSE

"a balky horse is the meanest
thing this side of Memphis" said A.
L. Nichols of Brentwood, Tenn, to
the Nashville Tennesseean 81 had
horse one time that balked on all
occasions. He would balk If you
whistled, baked if you laughed and
baked if you looked from the corner
of your eye.
zone day he baked and l could not
make him move forward to save me.
An old negro man happened along
and supplied a remedy. Going to the
side of the road he pulled a handful
of dog fennel wood. Taking this he
rubbed the horses nose. The animal
shook his head once or twice, raised
up his tail and started down the road
in the merriest trot you ever saw.
That treatment of dog fennel cured
the horse of baking. He never made
another attempt to act ugly after
that"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19

from one and one-half to three
times as big as the foreign margins"
We also hear much from the
Standards spokesmen and apologists,
including the inevitable Chancellor
Day. regarding its wonderful effic-
iency and economy. Now, efficiency
and economy are the very raison
d'etre OF combinations and consolida-
tons, and no enlightened man in pub
lie or business life would seriously ad-
vocate the prohibition of all combi-
nation. But the trouble with the
Standard is that It has made enor-
nous profits not by superior service
and the good win of the public but
by extortion, illegal and immoral
methods of competition and the ''hold-
ing up" OF the railroads. 1t has re-
fused to share with the consumers the
benefits of combination. 1t has been
hoggish and oppressive, tricky and
greedy, and that is why, the people
cordially support the effort to dissolve
it under the Sherman law and why
they do not fear the loss of the ''ben-
efits' of the economy of combina-
tion-benefits which in this instance
they have not been permitted to en-
joy.
1t cannot be made too plain that
the campaign against the lawless and
aggressive trusts is not a campaign
against combination. 1t is a campaign
against certain methods and practices
which are condemned by the general
sense of decency and fair play as well
as by the letter and spirit of laws
now being invoked against the Stand
ard Oil, the anthracite trust and some
other vicious monopolies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-19

is not perfpnctory or for purposes of
ornamentation, but that they viii be
expected to get down to business and
give an accounting of their steward
ship.
Moreover, the representatives and
senators should be expected to go and
pay their own expenses. They were
elected to their positions and receive
.agse salaries as representatives OF
the people. and they can do nothing
more effective TO earn their salaries
than be sent to Muskogee under i'm
paratlye instructions to plug" for
the open river. ....
The commercial clubs of the first
towns mentioned and stin others
should get together, with other rep
resentative bodies and conclude what
should be done. The time and place
of one of the coming district fairs
would be an eminently appropriate
appointment to make for such a con-
ference. r,a
The great value in this measure
sending good competent boosters to
Muskogee-sending men who would
be heard long, loud and as often as
possible, lies in the creation of a
favorable public opinion in distant
states so the opposition to adequate
congressional appropriations would
be reduced to a minimum. There has
been little or no interest in this great
measure in distant states, and much
of the interest there has been hos
tile, or at best apathetic. Let such
a delegation as Is suggested go to
Muskogee and do its best, and the
personal contact with delegates and
Influence with the host of newspaper
correspondents who will be on the
ground cannot possibly fail to have
great influence with the next session
of congress through The pressure of
public opinion. ..f