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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
START WITH NoN-uNIoN MEN
Owners viii Open Up GoIdfieId Mines
Wednesday.

Goldfield, Dec, 0.-Wednesday
has been definitely decided upon as
the day for reopening the mines in
Goldfield.
An authoritative statement was
made tonight that already sufficient
men are on the ground to work the
mines. The total number of those
that have been quietly brought in
and those who have secretly made
application to return to their former
positions is placed at 1000. There
lare about 1900 Western Federation
men out. The men who are to take
the places of the strikers are not to
be housed at the mines, but will be
scattered through the camp and pro-
tected, for each individual will be
guaranteed protection by the Mine
owners Association.
Two propositions have been posi-
lively decided upon, the making Of
an open camp for all time and the
early lowering of the wage scale. At
1.-THE same time the Mineowners' AS
sociation is going to begin a vigor-
Gus crusade to lower the cost of liv-
ing in Goldfield.
| Denver, Dec. 1o.-The executive
board of the Western Federation of
Miners tonight issued the following
statement concerning the present
controversy between the Goldfield
Mineowners' Association and the
Goldfield Miners Union:
"On December 6, President Roose-
lvelt issued a proclamation ordering
federal troops to proceed to Gold
field, New, ostensibly for the pur-
Ipose of protecting life and property.
THAT there was ever any danger to
leither person or property is empha-
Itically denied by the officers of Es-
Imeralda county, and by the mer'
Ichants and citizens of Goldfield. The
only reason for the present trouble
was the decision of the mine opera
ltors to force upon the miners scriI
that would not be taken at par by
the railroad company, the Wells
Fargo Express Company, the post
office, the stores or the boarding
houses. Neither would the mineown
Iers guarantee that they would re
deem this scrip at any time in thu
future.
"In refusing to accept this worth
, less scrip in exchange for their hare
, labor, the miners OF Goldf1eld ar
taking a manly stand against tn,
usurpation of governmental func
tions by unreliable banking firms
which assume the right to set asid
the legal money of the nation.
1--WE desire to call the attention o
the American people to the awfu
, disaster at Monongah, w. Va, wher
: 500 coal miners were murdered b,
, the capitalist system in its greed 70
, profits. Had President Roosevelt
been as anxious to enforce the law
in West Virginia, had he considere
as well the protection of the lives o
those miners by demanding that tn
mineowners safeguard their EN-
ployes against unnecessary dangers
Q as he is to send the regular army t
: crush an organization whose onl
Q aim is to better the conditions an
8 make happier the lives Of the work
l. ing class, 500 blackened corpse
4 would not today be laid upon tn
. altar of greed at Monongah, w. Va
= around which weep widowed wivt
% and orphaned children.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Tsgeart viii Meet Committee.

Chicago, Dec. 1l.-Thomas Taggart,
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee, left here today for Wash
ingion, where the committee will meet
on Thursday to decide upon the date
and place Of the next Democratic con-
vention. Before leaving, Mr.. Taggart
gave out the official list Of cities which
are after the convention. 1t includes
st. Paul. Atlantic City, Louisville,
Chicago, Denver, st. Louis and Cincin-
natl.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Babes Saved From Big Fire.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 12.-Fire
early today almost completely wiped
out the big plant Of the Pfau Manufac.
turing company, makers of plumbers
supplies in Reading Road. Tenants Of
houses in the rear Of the burning plant
fed from their homes and policemen
carried sleeping babies from the row Of
frame tenements on West Twelfth
street, passing through, dense smoke to
do 80. All were rescued. The loss is
$l25 900 to $3.50, 900, partially insured.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Monday, December 8.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The senate
was in session a little more than one
hour today, and did little business be-
yond the introduction of bills. The
resolutions of Clay and Culberson, call
ing upon the secretary Of the treasury
for information concerning the recent
bond issues and deposit of public mon
ey in national b>.nks came up, but in
the absence of Aldrich their considera-
tion was postponed until another day.
Tillman introduced resolution di-
recting the committee on finance to in
vestigate the recent proceedings of the
secretary of the treasury in connection
with the financial crisis, and also to
make inquiry concerning the clearing
house certificates. The resolution was
presented in two series, the first deal
ing with the operations of the Treasury
department and the second with clear.
ing house certificates, each being di-
vided into three subdivisions.
Washington, Dec. 9.-In the house
today the bills introduced included the
following:
By Hall, OF South Dakota-Remov-
ing the duty from imports of lumber,
whether dressed or rough.
By Macoudrey, Missouri-Making it
a felony punishable by imprisonment
of from two to five years, or by fine,
to publish or circulate any false or mis-
leading advertisement; retiring on pay
roll veterans CT the Civil war who have
attained the age of 70.
By Fulton, Of Oklahoma-Prohibit.
ing the mailing of any statement Of
margin or other stock wagering trans.
action, and making it felony under
the interstate commerce law to utilize
the telegraph for that purpose; direct
ing the secretary Of the interior at once
to place on the pension roll the names
of all survivors Of the Civil war. wheth
er regulars or volunteers, who served a
least go days, and go increasing pension
that no such survivor shall receive les
than $40 monthly.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
AnaIyze More Bullets.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The report OF
the senate committee on military af
fairs as to its finding in the Browns
vile, Texas, investigation will be de-
layed until more Of the bullets found
at the scene Of the riot can be analyzed.
Analysis has shown a quantity Of anti
mony in the bullets submitted, while
War department officers testified that
the army bullets in use by the troops
were supposed to contain no antimony
whatever.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Roosevelt Says He viii Not Run
for President.
LEAVES CLEAR FIELD TO OTHERS
Quotes His Statement of 1904 and
Says He Has Not Changed
His Decision.

Washington, Dec. IL. - President
Roosevelt will not be candidate for a
third term. All doubt on this point
was last night dispelled by the author
ative statement, from the White House,
that Mr.. Roosevelt still adheres to the
declaration of Ienunciation made on
the night of the election three years
ago.
1t appears that the president had
been awaiting the call for the Repub-
lioan national convention to afford the
proper opportunity for making his po-
sition clear and unmistakable, thus
leaving the field clear for other de-
clared or receptive candidates for the
Republican nomination. The presi-
dents statement follows:
''In view of the calling of the Repub-
lican convention, the president makes
the following statement:
'On the night after electionr made
the following announcement:
{" Il am deeply sensible of the honor
done me by the American people in
thus expressing their confidence in
what have done and have tried to do.
I appreciate to the full the solemn re-
sponsibility this confidence imposes
upon me, and l snail do all that lies in
my power not to forfeit it, On the
4th of March next, shall have served
three and half years and this three
and a half years constitutes my first
term. The wise custom which limits
the president to two terms regards the
substance and not the form, and under
no circumstances will be candidate
for or accept another nomination"
Il have not changed and shall no
change the decision thus announced. ,
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Appointees Are Confirmed.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The senate
yesterday confirmed George A. West
gate as surveyor general for Oregon;
Louis A. Arneson, receiver, and Charles
w. Moore, register, of The Dalles land
Office; Hugh G. Philips, register of the
Vancouver land office; Fred V. Tinker,
receiver of the Boise land office.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Propose Mail Subsidy.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Ship subsidy
legislation is again to be attempted this
winter. Not the old subsidy plan ad-
vocated by the late Senator Hanna, but
a much modified bill, restricted in it's
operations, and more popularity known
as postal subvention act. At the last
congress each house Of congress went
on record as fagoring mail subsidy
bill, but the bill was eventually kill
eddy Democratic filibuster in the
senate.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Reduction of WaRas.

Gold6eld, New. Dec. 10.-Late yes
terday afternoon the Goldfeld Miners
association issned its ultimatum to the
miners in Gold6eld, in the shape Of a
set OF resolutions adopted at the meet
ing which had been in progress all day.
These resolutions embody the new scale
OF wages to be in vogue from this time
on, showing n lowering OF the scale
about 20 per cent.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Appointment Goes Over.

Washington, Dec. 13. - 1t seems
probable that a successor to District
Attorney Bristol may not be appointed
until after congress reassembles in jan
uary. The attorney general has re-
quested both senators to make recon-
mendation,
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Will Get Coveted Seat,

Washington, Dec. 13.-From the
best information obtainsble it seems
certain that Senator Fulton will secure
the place on the committee of judiciary
to which he has long aspired. This is
one of the most important committees
of the senate.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Mrs. Loneworth IN.

Washington, Dec. 12.-Mrs. Mich
olas Longworth, wife of Representative
Longworth, of Ohio, a daughter OF
President Roosevelt, is i'll at the White
House, suffering from appendicitis. II
was stated last night that DR.. Finney,
of Baltimoss, will perform an operation'
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
WILL DISSOLVE MERGER.
Hartman Negotiating for Immunity
From Prosecution.

Chicago, Dec. ia dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington, says:
Negotiations are under way between
the attorney general and E. H. Harri-
man looking to an agreement by which
the Union Pacific will abandon all it's
direct control of the Southern Pacific,
in return for which the government
will agree not to prosecute Mr.. Harri-
man for violation of the antitrust law
and of the competitive clauses in the
interstate commerce law. The negotia-
tions have not actually been concluded,
but they have reached stage where it
is believed an agreement will BEEN
tered into.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Valuable Painting Stolen

Courtrai. Belgium, Dec. 10.-One
Of Van Dykes great masterpieces
"The Erection OF the Cross" has
been stolen from the Church of the
Notre Dame. The thieves carefully
cut of the canvas from the frame
and carried 1t away.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Tuesday, December 10

Washington, Dec. 10.-Senator AID
rich today informed the senate that the
committee on finance would within a
very short time bring in resolution
providing for an inquiry into the recent
bond issues of the government and that
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
pis.strou. Elre in New Zealand.

Wellington. N. a., Dec. 1.-The de-
partment buildings, the library Of
which contained large and valuable
collection Of books, were destroyed by
FIRE today.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1907-12-19
Thursday, December I2.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The practice
of certain of the executive departments
of sending drafts of bills to the senate
for passage, which bills have been i'm
mediately referred directly to commit
tees, was discussed in the senate today.
Carter, of Montana, presented pre-
pared list of instances where the heads
of executive departments had addressed
the senate requesting the passage of
certain bills. He said that Teller, OF
Colorado, had himself sent bills to the
senate for passage when he was secre-
tary of the interior.
Aldrich said that, no matter how old
the practice, it should be stopped; that
the executive departments had no right
to seek legislation in such direct man
ner.
After speeches by number of other
senators communication from the Sec
retary of the interior was referred to
the committee On rules with a request
to report promptly what action should
be taken to stop the practice.
A report was requested from the Sec
retary regarding clearing house certifi-
Gates, Panama bonds, certificates of in
debtedness and other matters.
A bill giving the secretary Of the
navy authority to purchase three steam
colliers was introduced yesterday by
Senator Lodge. 1t provides that they
shall be of American Register.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Speaker Can.
non, during an eight-minute session OF
the house today, announced the ap-
pointment Of the following committees
On rules-The speaker, Dalzeli, Rep,
Pennsylvania; Sherman, Rep, New
York; John Sharp Williams, Dem.,
Mississippi; Dearmond, Dem., Mis-
souri,.
On mileage-Brumm, Rep, Penn
sylvania; Kennedy, Rep, Louisiana; A
D. James, Rep, Kentucky; Lewis
DEM, Georgia; Denver, DEM, Ohio.
Bills exempting all lumber and Goa
from import duty were introduced il
the house today by Mr.. Booker. o
Missouri.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-07
AN ABSURD PROPOSITION.

The proposition TO give Arizona a
measure Of statehood by annexing it to
Nevada seems too absurd for serious
contemplation. The plan has, however,
been seriously put forward and comes
as result of the presidents an
nouncement that the administration
viii cease its efforts to yoke Arizona
with New Mexico. In the first place,
it is by no means certain that Nevada
would care for such a union. Nevada
is a sovereign state. and congress
could not add to or take from her ter
rftory without consulting her.
To tack Arizona TO Nevada would
result in absolutely no advantage to
Nevada and, from the political stand
point, as well as many others, would be
to Nevada's disadvantage. A glance at
the map shows that the new state
could form a great crescent extending
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-07
pAssINe OF A HERO.

DR.. Powell of New York died at his
home there a few days ago as the re-
suit of his efforts to increase the sum
total of useful human knowledge. He
sacrificed his life to his work. DR..
Powell slowly poisoned himself in an
attempt to find a sure antidote for
carbolic acid poisoning. And he did
find it. His experiments demonstrated
to his own satisfaction and to the sat
isfaction Of the medical fraternity that
pure alcohol is the effective antidote.
DR.. Powell did not experiment upon
animals. He experimental upon him
self. He would drink the acid and
then take the antidote, and every time
he did so he risked his life. The final
result was that the continued use of
the poison and the antidote undermined
his health and caused his death. The
value of his discovery is beyond esti-
nation. Carbolic acid is one of the
oommonest of deadly poisons 1t is
found in some form in nearly every
household.
Hardly a week passes without its
record. somewhere in the country. of
deaths through the administration of
this poison. 1t is a favorite method of
committing suicide. but very often it
is taken through ignorance or careless
ness. But when pure alcohol is admin
istered in time the patient has at least
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-07
SENATOR BoRAH's CASE.

If politics isn't playing a part in the
governments prosecution of the case
against Senator BOrah of Idaho, who
has been indicted for cOnspiring with
others to defraud the government in
timber land entries, then appearances
count for very little. The senators
guilt or innocence is yet to be deter
mined, so it is not a proper subject for
consideration; on the contrary, he is
entitled to a presumption of innocence
until a jury finds otherwise Apart
from that, however. a sensitive public
will suspect favoritism in several of
the happenings connected with the
case.
In the first place, the indictment was
not presented publicly when it was re-
turned by the federal grand jury The
ordinary citizen under similar circum-
stances would have been presented and
held for trial as soon after the indict-
ment as service could have been Sc
cured. Borah was immune
In an ordinary trial. the United
cute the governments case; in Borah
case the district attorney, under whose
direction the indictment was found, is
displaced and outsiders are brought in
The reasons assigned by the govern
ment are that the district attorney pro-
tested against giving Borah a separate
trial in a conspiracy case, and that he
was not hurrying preparations for the
trial as much as the department of JUS
tice desired.
If the government desired absolute
and exact justice, such as the law con-
templates, it would make no distinction
between Senator Borah and any other
man under indictment, but in this case
appearances indicate very strongly a
desire TO make the trial as comfortable
as possible under the circumstances
and to suit. the convenience of the de-
fendant-a practice not much in vogue
in government prosecutions elsewhere.
1t has been intimated rather strongly
and on good authority that the presi-
dent interested himself in the case per-
sonaIly, and that while Senator BOrah
insisted on an immediate trial the ad-
ministratiOn was unwilling to have it
proceed until the Haywood trial, in
which he was counsel for the state, was
out of the way. Whatever the reasons,
the bare suggestion that one defendant
is entitled to any different treatment
than is accorded the others is offensive
to any proper conception of the func-
tions of the courts and the department
of Justice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-07

from Oregon and Idaho on the north
to the Mexican line on the south. The
total area would be 223,725 square
miles. with a population, according to
the census of 1900, of 1e5. 266. The cen
sus figures of 1900 must not De taken
as good today, however.
1t is entirely probable that Nevada
alone has not far from $4,000 people
today. This because of the great gold,
silver and copper discoveries in the
state. practically all of which have
been made since 1900. In Nevada sew
eral first-class cities have sprung up
on places that were uninhabited desert
in 1900. The state has had a new
birth since the census year, and it
seems destined to continue its rapid
growth for an indefinite period. Ne
vada will undoubtedly object seriously
to the lacking on of Arizona.
When Arizona started its fight for
statehood the claim was made, and
with some reason. that Arizona. be
cause of its population and its wealth
was entitled to individual admission to
the Union. If the claim was well
founded last year. il should be better
founded this year, or next year. If
Arizona was entitled to admission on
its merits in 1905, it is entitled to ad-
mission on its merits in 1907. We very
much mistake the feeling of the citi-
Zens Of Arizona if they now are will
ing to join with Nevada to become a
state.
Besides, the geographical difficulties
are almost insuperable Nevada is
Joined to Arizona by narrow strip of
land i'm the southeastern corner of the
state. 1t would be impossible to fix a
state capital within anything like
equally easy access to any considerable
number of the people. To perhaps a
majority of them the state capital,
wherever fixed, would be all but in
accessible. Nevada would be Obliged
to yield at least one of her senator's to
Arizona, and other political complica-
lions would be certain to arise.
No, the proposed combination decid-
edly will not do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-07
THE GRAND JURY.

Yesterday in the district court a
formal order directing the calling of a
grand jury to investigate the local food
trust and such other matters as may
properly come before a grand jury was
entered. This clears the decks for ac-
ton. And. while the primary purpose
of the grand jury is to inquire into the
alleged combination of butchers and
grocers, neither The Herald nor any
other good citizen will object to an in
vestigatiOn covering a wide range-in-
GLIDING the high rent question.
II there are combinations in Salt
Lake City to increase the cost of living
those combinations should be de-
stroyed. 1t is the duty of every citizen
to supply such evidence as he can on
all material points. Nothing should be
covered up or withheld. The fact that
the Salt Lake Real Estate association
has been most active in the movement
for grand jury, the fact that it has
made a contribution toward the ex-
pense of securing evidence, should by
no means exempt the organization
from proper investigation
The Herald contributed to the fund,
and so did one of its contemporaries.
A contemporary that did not contribute
has made the point that the state has
money enough for this purpose and it
intimates that those who contribute
have some Interior purpose in doing so.
The Herald, for itself disclaims any
motive other than an honest desire to
discover by legal methods whether or
not any wrongs exist and TO correct
those wrongs if they do exist. We
have nothing to conceal, and We expect
to aid the grand jury in every possible
way. II is, indeed, our habit and has
always been, to take the public into
our confidence.
The intimatiOn that the Real Estate
association, because of its contribution
to the inquiry fund, expects to secure
immunity. is unfair and unjust If ii
has done anything in contravention of
tiN law it Will be punished. and it
should be punished. There is nothing
UNUSUAL any way ABOUT private cOnIrl-
buttons TO public prosecutions. Time
and again people interested in secur-
ing the conviction of an individual ac-
cused OF crime have hired special pros
ecutors and relieved the state of a large
share of the cost burden.
A private individual, Rudolph
Spreckels, was responsible for the
thorough cleaning that the city of San
Francisco has just experienced. Mr..
Spreckeis furnished the money neces-
sary TO secure evidence and make out
cases against the bribe-givers and
bribe-takers. Some of them have al
ready been sent to the penitentiary.
and others are on the way thither.
We have heard nothing but praise for
Mr.. Spreckels.
Now let the salt Lake grand Jury
proceed with its work without fear or
favor, regardless of who has and who
has not contributed to the evidence
fund. and If there is evidence of IN
lawful combinations in Salt Lake let
it be furnished without delay.