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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
70 INVESTIGATE IMMIGRATION
National Commission Will Probably
Spend Some Time in Europe.

National Commission Will Probably
Spend Some Time in Europe.
Washington, Apcril 24-An exhaus
tive Investigation into all phases of i'm
migration as it affects the United
States is about to be begun by ma.
tional commission, which met here
Monday to perfect it's organization and
to discuss plans for its work.
It already has been decided tenta-
lively that the members of the com.
mission will visit Europe either as
body or, il all cannot go. as sub
committee for the study Of emigration
at close range.
The commission consists of nine
members, appointed under the imml
grafton act passed by congress last
winter. Three of them, Senators d.
bingham, of Vermont; Lodge, of Mas
sachusetrs, and Latimer, Of South Gar
DINA, we're named by Vice President
Fairbanks. Three, Representatives
Howell, of New Jersey, Bennett, Of
New York, and Burnett. of Alabama
are appointees Of Speaker Cannon
Charles Neill, commissioner OF labor;
Prof. J. w. jerks, of Cornell, ana
William Wheeler, of Oakland, CaI'
we're nominated by the president.
While some work will be done Id
this country, by way of beginning l9
inquiries, the general idea is to extend
it's labors to Europe. The most I'M
portant ports Of EN- barkation of imml-
grants will be visited. A tentative ~
inerary includes Great Britain, Ger
many, France, Austria, Hungary
Spain and Italy. It is expected tns
trip will occupy three or four months
The work of the commission will %
only fairly begun when it returns 70
America. Every possible source OF u.
formation will be sought. Reports
from all parts of the world will 90
placed at the disposal of the commis.
sion, and experts on immigration may
be employed to collect data IL IL
the purpose of the commission to III
quire into the restrictions placed up
on Chinese and japanese immigration,
but it is not probable that it will Vls :.S
Asia. The commission will report 10
findings and recommendations to con
gress to be useda basis for lcglsl''
tion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
NEW GOVERNOR OF PORTO RICO
Regis H. Post Succeeds Beekman VIM
throp as Island Executive.

~NS&Ao AAs Ooe So~SSS0o oSShAu0u :" 1ue
throp as Island Executive.
San Juan, Porto Rico, April 40
Regis h. Post has been inaugurated
governor of Porto Rico in succession
to Beekman Winthrop, who retired to
become assistant secretary of the
treasury at Washington. Chief JUS
tice Quinines, of the supreme court of
the island, administered the oath of
office. The foreign consuls were
also present. Mr.. Post has been &C.
tive in the administration of the is
land since his appointment to the posi-
tion of Auditor in 1908. He subse-
quently became secretary of Porto
Rico and president Of the legislative
council His appointment as COVER.
nor is generally approved.
Secretary Taft and his party sailed
for home on the dispatch boat May
flower, accompanied by Beekman
Winthrop, the retiring governor, Mrs.
Winthrop, Mrs. Taft and Miss Mar.
Jorie lde. An immense crowd babe
the secretary farewell.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
SEATTLE nARkcT REPORT


The followiong prices are offered to
the producer by the local dealers for
delivery in round lots I. o. b. Seattle,
and are subject to change without no.
tice.:
Grain-Oats, $4,000 per ton; bar
ley, $4,000. 80; wheat, chicken feed,
$1,000; bran, $17@l8; shorts, Sic
gal; corn, $25@s7.
Hay-Eastern Washington, $s2@24;
Puget Sound $4,000; alfalfa, $3.50
@17.
Eggs-Strictly fresh ranch, 22@24c.
Poultry-Live hens, 17c per lb; old
ROSTERS, lie; ducks 15c; spring
chickens, TIC; turkeys, live, 20@2lc.
Wool-Eastern Washington l5@
lsc per Id; Western Washington,
1S@21c; dirty or timber stained, Is
@2Oc.
Live Stock-Sheep, wethers. sh@
SIC per ID; ewes, 1900; lambs,
6H csc; Hogs, S@lOc; Cattle, steers,
5hc COWS, 30; calves, 4@ec.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Gold Excitement at Chel.n

Chelan, Wash, April 23.-There is
excitement here over a rich find of
gold on Chelan View, within q few
miles of the town. Miners who have
returned from the scene of the discov.
cry say e at the rock from which the
ore was taken closely resemble that
at Cripple Greek and that there are q
number of we'll defined lodges. Manv
claims have been stsked.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Blakeley Mill to Be Rebuilt

Seattle, April While the mill
crews we're still pouring water on the
ruins of the Port Blakeley mill, the
owners Of the plant announced that
rebuilding would begin as quickly as
the mokeing ruins could be cleared
away. John Eddy, manager of the
concern, stated that the new structure
would cost between 100000 and
100000. D. F. Skinner, president
of the Port Blakely Mill Company, is
expected to reach Seattle next Monday
from San Francisco. When Mr. SIX in
ner arrives definite plans for the re-
construction of the mill will be an
nounced.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Vienna, April 24.-On May 18 the
eighth architectural exposition opens
at Vienna. OF special interest will be
model of the cooperative servantless
apartment house built by q Danish
professor, Otto Flick, with the assist
ance Of the Danish government and
the City of Copenhagen. Houses of
this kind are now in actual operation
in Berlin, Stock holm, London and
Gothenberg, and have every where
proved successful. The professor is
in America, where it is his intention
to start a world syndicate Of million
sires to undertake the building o.. his
houses In all parts Of the civilized
world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
SPOKANE MAKES FIRST
use OF Direct PRIMARY

Spokane, April 24.-C. Herbert
Moore, candidate of what is known as
the anti-ring Republicans of Spokane,
was named at the direct primary cleo
ton yesterday, as the Republican can
didate for mayor. He received 3,s45
votes and his opponent, W. j. Doust,
2,1l6.
Mayor Floyd Daggett was the only
candidate for the Democratic primary
ticket. He received I'll votes, Dem
ocrats generally refraining from vot-
ing, except in the few wards where
there was rivalry for councilmanie
nominations
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
CELEBRATION PLANNED At
A-Y.P. GROUND BREAKING

Seattle, April % Ground breaking
day for the Alaska Y ukon-P Pacific ex-
position will be the occasion Of a GER
emony second only to the formal OPEN
ing of the big fair. At a meeting of
the opposition executive committee
yesterday, plans for breaking ground
for construction work were discussed
and the ceremonies which will mark
the occasion were outlined in q gen.
eral way. The'da.e for the ceremony
is left open. but it will take place in
the latter part of May. Contingent
circumstances will determine the date
aud shape the details of the celebra-
ton.
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Washington News

An anti-gamblina campaign Is on at
Colville. Some arrests have been
made. y
North Yakima plans the expenditure
of $3.50, 900 on street paving in the
next two years.
Construction work by the Intervalley
Traction Company was begun at North
Yakima Monday last.
The musical festival, an annual
event at the State College at Pullman.
will be held this year May 1, 2 and 8.
Over eighty business men Of Walla
Walla have signed a petition protest
ing to the city council against substi-
tuting private licensed garbage wag-
ons for city carts as scavengers in the
business district
Last week, Tacoma dealer pur-
chased from Alderton parties 30 bales
of good medium hops at 81 cents a
pound. This is the lowest price ever
paid for hops of like quality on Puget
sound, except probably during the
hard times when growers had great
difficulty in disposing of their hops at
any price.
The state superintendent Office is
sending out to the county superiutend.
ents of the state the examination ques-
tions for the quarterly examination Of
teachers which will be held May II,
II and Is, and for the eighth grade
examinations to be held May 16 and
II. The markers who will pass upon
the manuscripts from the teachers
examination will begin their work in
Olympia May Is.
Work on the Union Pacific tunnel
at Seattle has begun.
The Everett Trades Council has vot-
ed to have an extensive Labor day Gel
ebration this year.
Indian tribes in the vicinity of Ho-
quiam are planning to erect q Shaker
church building.
The Weber Russell Company has
begun the construction of new can
merry at North Yakima.
Friday was campus day at the state
university, being the annual occasion
on which students work to beautify
the grounds.
The University Of Washington won
the debate on ship subsidy over the
Pacific University of Oregon at Seat
tie Friday night.
Members of the state board of con-
troll last week visited the Ellensburg
normal school to ascertain the needs
of that institution previous to plan
ming improvements.
Gov. Mead has appointed N. D.
Showalter, county superintendent Of
Whitman county; W. E. Wilson, pres
ident of the Ellensburg normal school
aud E. G. Hughes, member of the Sc
attic borad of education, as a commits
sion to revise and recodify the code Of
public instruction. The legislature
provided for the commission.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
new INTERNATIONAL
PEACE MOVEMENT

New York. April 24.-With Mrs.
Mary Baker g. Eddy as. it's American
founder, and Andrew Carnegie, Seth
Low, Nicholas Murray Butler and
other American publicists identified
with the movement, an American
branch for the movement of interna-
tional Cancellation has been organized
here. Offices for the American branch
have been opened in this city. With
International peace as it's subject, the
association aims to sec7re workers in
every national hall of legislation in
the cause Of peace. The suggestion
that Mrs. Eddy become the founder
of the American branch was made
after meeting held in the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston,
last week.
Baron d 'Estournelles de Constant,
member of the French senate, the
founder and worlds president of the
association, was present at yesterday
meeting. He said the purpose of the
organization is to fight for a perfect
system of international arbitration.
Andrew Carnegie and Andrew D.
White are the honorary presidents of
the association. Nicholas Murray
Butler is president, Congressman
Richard Bartholdt vice president, and
Robert H. Franks treasurer.
It was voted to name a committee of
three, consisting of President Butler,
Congressman Bartholdt and Hayne
Davis to prepare for the establishment
Of new branches of the association in
each of the South Am srican republics.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
raee0a Quosane.s.

Wheat-Club. 72@7sc; bluestem.
74@75c; red, 70@7,c.
Oats = 80. 50$@s2, rolled oats
$3I 5O@3S
Hay, Alfalfa, Etc.-wheat hay. SIS
gal; timothy. e2b@$27; mixed, SIS
gao; clover, $21@ss; alfalfa, $l8
CTS.
Feed-Corn, sac; wheat, $27; bar
ley, whole grain, $s8@24; rolled.
f24@25; shortA $sI@ss; bran, sic
gao. -
Poultry-Turkeys. dressed, ssc:
chickens, dressed. Ice; ducks, dressed
loc; geese, dressed, Ice. Live-Hens
loo; ducks. 1Sc: geese, lie.
6uteer-Washington creamery, $50;
fresh Eastern, SEC
Egss-washinaton ranch. 3sc.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Vancouver. B. c., April 90 -In'
special COMMITTEES appointed to INV.
tigate the condition Of the lumooaa
trade In Western Canada has prepale'
its report to the Dominion govern
'menE. me committee has unanlmou:. !,
u agreed that q combine exists :.
connection with the Retailers Az 81
citation and also in connection WIZ mss
the Mauafneturers' Association ~ :.
committee will also report that "
result Of this Ii that the price OF luz
Bee IA the WeSt q excessive 9,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
NATIONAL PROTEST
PROPOSED BY LABOR

Milwaukee April 25.-A movement,
national in scope, to set aside Moy-
er-Hywood- Pettibone day early in
May, on which day every union in
the country is to protest against the
action of President Roosevelt in de-
nouncing the Western miners before
they have been tried. has been started
in Milwaukee. The plan is to have la
Dor leaders in every city in the coun.
try agree on day on which demon
STATIONS shall be arranged, and the
president taken to task, not only for
bis utterancss in his recent letter,
but more especially for his comsmuni-
cation to Honore Jaxon, Of Chicago,
in which he reiterates his criticism.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
NO STRIKE TACOMA woRkMEN



Competition With Masters.
Tacoma, April 24.-There will be
no general strike OF workmen in the
building trades here, according to a
statement made by one of the local
labor leaders. The men are now on
strike as far as members of the Build
ers' Exchange are concerned, the lat
ter having locked them utunless they
work under the open shop plan. But
the most of the workmen are engaged
with other contractors.
The men have gone into competition
with their former masters. Instead of
getting up a Dig strike and causing a
lot of industrialdis order In the COM
munity, they are quietly going along
and taking the business away from
the contractors wherever they can, and
when the contractors get hurt badly
enough in this way the union men ex-
pect them to como around ana agree
to be good according to the union
standard.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
BLAKELEY BURNED.
Big MILLS TOTALLY DESTROYED
BY MIDNIGHT BLAZE.
Loss Will Probably Reach Half
a Million Dollars and Many
Men Will Temporarily Be. Out
of Employment Help Sent
From Seattle.

OeaCCl0, April SO-E Ito SW0PV onAooon
the mills of the Port Blakeley Mill
Company last night shortly before II
O'Clock, and in less than an hour had
laid one of the largest Tuner manufac-
turing institutions in the world In
ruins. The loss is estimated at ap-
proximately $500, 600, 20 per cent OF
which is covered by insurance.
The flames broke out in the planer
room from a hot box, and seemed to
spread at once to all parts of the
plant. The 800 men at work on the
night shift had to flee from the build
ing to escape. The population of the
town turned out and by hard work
succeeded in keeping the warehouses
and surrounding buildings from burn
ing until the municipal fire boat from
the Seattle city department arrived
shortly after midnight to assist in saw
ing the town. The only building OF
the mill plant saved was the dry kiln.
Seattle Fire Boat Helps
As soon as the fire was seen to be
serious the Seattle fire department was
communicated with and permission
was obtained to have the fire boat
Snoqualmie sent to Blakeley. The
Snoqualmie made the run to Blakeley
in less than half an hour, reaching
there at midnight. As soon as she
arrived twelve nozzles hogan pouring
their huge streams into the roaring
furnace that marked the site of the
mill proper, but the floods seemed to
have little effect and iC was seen al
most Immediately that it would be i'm
possibble to save the plant.
Realizing this. the efforts of the
Snoqualmie were devoted to saving
what she could of the lumber piled
about the mill and the dry kiln.
There we're six large vessels at
Blakeley when the fire started, but
with the exception of the schooner
Blakeley, which was slightly dam
aged, all escaped.
The British ship Durncliffe had just
completed taking ABOARD 6, 900, 600 feet
of lumber yesterday afternoon and had
been towed into the ofAng by a tug
shortly before the fire started. Had
she remained where she was loaded
she undoubtedly would have been
badly damaged, perhaps destroyed
For time it looked as though the
fire would destroy part at least of
the town, but the work of the fire boat
and the streams played on the endan
eered buildings close to the mill from
the Blakeley water supply finally sue
ceeded in conGning the flames to the
plant itself.
1t required strenuous efforts to save
the dry kiln and also the greater por-
ton of the sawed lumber which had
been sent from the saving plant to the
kiln, but this was finally accomplish
ed. As it is the majority of the sawed
lumber was saved and the manage
ment believes that there will be no
trouble in loading the ships now wait
ing for cargo, as there is almost enough
sawed lumber on hand for this pur-
pose.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
Volcano Terrifies Southern Chile

Valparaiso, April 20.-Meager ad-
vices receivedhere indicate that South
ern Chile is in the throes of volcanic
horror almost as terrifying as the
earthquake of last year. Gigantic
forest fires have been started by the
hot lava and hundreds of persons, as
well as thousands of cattle are fleeing
for their lives from the flames. Slight
earthquake shocks have accompanied
the eruption and this has added to
the panic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Washington, April 2s.-Brigadier
General Frederick Funston has been
relieved of the command of the South.
western division, to take effect upon
the expiration of1his present leave of
absence and will proceed to San Fran
DISCO TO take command of the Depart
ment of California.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27

Girard. Kan, April 25.-Eugene v.
Debs, In signed statement says:
"After many days President Roose-
velt concluded to revise his publicly
announced determination to treat the
of organized labor
with silent contempt. He changed
his mind only when he saw represen-
tatives of the working class preparing
to move on the White House. In the
voluble and vague explanations Just
issued the president is guilty of a
most extraordinary lapse Of memory
or deliberate falsehood.
In defense Of his unenviable posi-.
tion he now claims he never said any
thing concerning the guilt(of Meyer
and Haywood. answer by quoting
the exact words he used in q speech
on the occasion Of the laying of the
of the Office building Of
the house of representatives on April
IA. 1905, as follows:
Quotes President's Speech
I" The wealthy man who exults be-
cause there is failure In Justice in
his efforts to bring some trust magnate
to account for his misdeedA, IL az bad
and no worse than the so-called labor
leader who clamorously strives TO ex.
cite foul class feeling on behalf 81
some other labor leader who IL i'm 2li.
Gated in murder.
Meyer and Haywood had been ar
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
SEATTLE STAR BURNED OUT

Fire Of Suspicious Character Loss I''
mated at $4,000.
Seattle, April 22.-The newspsPe'
plant OF the Seattle Daily Star was u0
stfoyed late Saturday night. the io's
is estiamted at $50, 600. The origin :,
the fire is unknown. The publlcat,ou
Of the paper was resumed Monua'
from the office Of the Post lntelllseD
Ger. m
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-04-27
LABOR men STIRRED
PRESIDENTS LETTER TO JAxON
BRINGS SHARP REPLY.
Debs Quotes Former Speech and
Challenges Chief Executive to
Explain or Stand Branded
From His Own Mouth With
Calumny and Mendacity.

Washington, April 24.-President
Roosevelt has made his reply to Honore
Jaxon, chairman of the Cook county
conference, in relation to his COMPARE
son of e. II Hartman Meyer, Hay
wood and Debs. and chasing thin all
together as undesirable citizens.
Labor organizations in various parts
of the United States have sent pro-
tests to the president for this state
ment, which came out in the Harri-
man. lobster Roosevelt controversy.
In President Roosevelt's letter there
is very little satisfaction given to or
ganized labor. Extracts from the
presidents letter follow:
Not Influencing Trial
''In my letter to which you object.
I referred to certain prominent finan-
cier, Mr. Hartman, on the one hand,
and to Messrs. Meyer, Haywood and
Debs on the other, as being equally
undesirable. It is as foolish to assert
that this was designed to influence
the trial of Meyer and Haywood as to
assert that it was designed to inf1u-
ence suits which have been brought
against Hartman.
II neither expressed nor indicated
any opinion as to whether Meyer and
Haywood we're guilty of the murder of
Gov. Steunenberg. If they, are guilty
they certainly ought to be punished.
But no possible outcome either of the
trial or of the suits can affect my judy
ment as to the undesirability of the
type Of citizenship of those whom I
mentioned.
''Messrs. Meyer, Haywood and Debs
stand as Representatives Of those men
who have done as much to discredit
the labor movement as the worst spec
ulative financiers or most unscrupu-
lous employers of labor and debauch-
ers of legislators have done to discredit
honest capitalists and fair dealing
business men.
"The men whom I denounced rep
resent the men who have abandoned
that legitimate movement for the up
lifting of labor with which I have the
most hearty sympathy; they have
adopted practices which cut them off
from those who lead this Legitimate
movement.
Belabors the Three
Gin every way shall support the
law-atiding and upright representa-
tives of labor; and in no way can
better support them than by drawing
the sharpest line between them on
the one hand, and on the other hand,
those preachers of violence who are
themselves the worst foes of the hon.
est laboring emn.
"They stand a. representatives Of the
men who by their public utterances
and msnifestly by the utterances of
the papers they control, or inspire, and
by the words and deeds of those asso-
ciated with or subordinated to them,
habltually appear as guilty Of incite-
ment to. or apology for, bloodshed
and violence. If this does not consti-
tute undesirable citizenship, then
there can never be any undesirable.
New-York tribune., 1907-07-03
STORY OF THE BELLROPE.
Adopted for Trains as Result of an Oldtime
Combat.

Although there does he ANYTHING IN common
the familiar beiIrope that stretches hough every car u
the modem train was thS result Of se ensoanteT SAYS G
issue the combat the supremacy OF the conductor
in railroad ordained 1t Philadelphia which
gave both the world.
one OF oldest railroads country the Phila-
Gdepha Baltimore & Washington. which was opened in
Which sr, % To- RaIiirno-n ore 5s and cane bs the nsxt
which considered remarkable feat in fast travel,
When train day each wey placed I'm service the
people the cities served concluded that the Of
convenience in transportation had been reached
Next the president the railroad important
functonaries were the engineer conductor. 1t
cred subsidiary oucial in popular estimation 70 the men
who the train. but Robert Fosg. who pulled hrot
Fogg an EngIishman had all the tenactv OF opinion OF
his race: Wolf. American had the ingenuity OF the
Yankee and seeing the need OF some method by which
he could communicate with the engineer. devised ths
scheme Of running cord through the tho Iocomo
sineers seat and pulled the floor when the
Fogs resented what considered interference his
rights the platform OF the locomotive and
10 take on nassenrer from farm, near Ciravs Fsrry
orsine 70 stop until Blue Bell station the south side
know OF Wolf why no had been Jerking that log all about
Wolf hoty declared thar had sgnalled to stop but
Fogg retorted that he would stop when and he
from the conductor whom he id not regard as his s
perior in the Of the train. Tho
heated and Wolf invited the
cab settle the matter. tho challenge quickly
accepted.
Passengers and group Of men who had gathered the
station 20 SEQ the train come in formed ring
comhatapts but the fight did last long as Wolf
by superior with his Asts and with
few blows made it almost impossible the engineer
see Sufficiently to complete his hut Fogg
that he had been fairly beaten the supremacy
conductor a railroad train settled
AS the log signal crude ineffective. wols
vsed the use or bell on the locomotive this method
adopted by all the American railroads Then
code OF signals adopted remain practically
TO this day The only change bellcord that
of the air from tho brake has super
aaaei hell u q cnh