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VOL. XLVI.-'0. 14,31G. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I DARING ACT TO PREVENT . AbeRuef HasLangdon Suspended Steps Into His Shoes. ONLY TO BET RID OF HENEY Becomes District Attorney and Promptly Dismisses Man Who Exposes Him. LANGDON WILL FIGHT HIM San Francisco Boss Turns at Bay When Driven to Corner. WILL DEMAND EVIDENCE Dramatic Change in Situation Ef fected Iy Accused Grafter Lang ilon and Honey Both Declare Removal Is Illegal. rilKOM)U)liY Ol KXCITINW IAY 6:30 P. M. Maynr Callugher sus pends I.angdon and Board of Su pervisors approves. 7 P. M ( Iiil lHKln-r appoints Ruef PlsUirt. Attorney. 8 r. M. liuff tjiiiilines, removes Heney as assistant ami appoints Woodworth. Kucf says ho will secure Indict ment of leaders of citizens' move ment. 11 1 M. Iiuef announces he will have Ileney and Purns subpenaed to surrender evidence gathered against iiiin. 1IKXEY Say.4 l.iuiRdnn's suspension i is unconstitutional. " I.ANGI'ON Says suspension Is un- M constitutional and will pursue In- , vesication to end. T SAN FRANCISCO, Hit. 2.1. AottnfC Ulayor GulKinlicr this afternoon suspeiul ed District Attorney 1 jniRdon from of fice Hiid the Hoard of Supervisors ap proved his action. ljiiitRiion was notitlod to appear before the Hoard one week from today to .show why lie should not be re moved from office. Then liallahor announced that he had asked lux friend. Abraham H'.ief, to ac cept the olliice of Pii-'trict Attorney and that Ruef had consented to tlo io. The suspension of laiiKlon follows his appointment of Francis J. Heney us as sistant District Attorney for the purpose of eecurinc indictments of officials alleged to be guilty of crafting and malfeasance. It has been openly announced that Heney and Secret Service As-Mit Burns have been investigating matters with which Mayor Schmitz. Acting Mayor Gallagher, Abraham Uuef anil Ihe Hoard of Super visors were connected. landon is at present a candidate for Governor on the Independence l.eairue ticket. The wis peilsion of Languon was dono for the purpose of eet-uring the dismissal of Heney as Assistant District Attorney. Gallagher gave 1- reasons for sHtspeml ins Lang. Ion. tlte chief of which was ne glecting his duties in absenting himnelf for mere than thirty days from the county to go on a campaign tour, while the city was suffering from an invasion of and depredations by criminals. Did Not Think lie Would Dare. The anion of Gallagher came as a tre mendous surprise. following the sensation of a few davs ate, when it was an nounced that Heney. of National fame as a prosecutor, had been appointed Assist ant District Attorney to investigate the charges of gigantic gralting by public of ticiaU and political bosses in this city. Two days aco It was reported that Galla gher would take such action, and the press has been speculating whether or not lie would have the boldness to take such a step, particularly as considerable newspaper criticism had been directed Against himself as a Supervisor. Mayor Svhmitz, who is serving his third term, having been elected by the Union Labor party, is now on a t days' leave of ab sence. Supervisor Gallagher acting in his stead. Solely to Got Hid of Honey. It ia conceded everywhere that the sus pension of Ijingdon is made solely for the purpose of getting rid of Honey. For th past few months Heney. acting for the citizens' committee, has been inves tigating the charges of official hood ling and has been assisted by a corps of private detectives in chaise of W. J. Burns, l he noted Federal Secret Service aieni. who had (secured permission from his Federal superiors to engage in the work of purifying San Francisco's official affairs. A new grand Jury is to be completed tomorrow, and Heney had announced that he would at once go before it with evidence that would secure the indictment of a number of men high in public life. It was stated that a great mass of evi dence had been secured pointing to crim inal acts among officials, and included three confessions. Source of Sudden Wealth. A score of men who came into public life through the recent political upheavals and who were poor in purse have recent ly been exhibiting signs of wealth in the way of handsome homes, costly business places and lavish expenditure of money. Heney has declared he has obtained knowledge of how these suddenly .ac quired riches were obtained. It has been openly charged that many saloons, the criminal classes, disorderly houses, etc.. were severely taxed to be allowed to flourish in peace. The Board of Public Works has also been accused by taxpay ers and newspapers of levying tribute in all directions. This board has almost ab- . solute control of the construction of Abe Kuef, Boms Who Turns at Bay to Scatter Assailants. buildings, and. It Is alleged, illegally taxed contractors and house-owners before al lowing the erection of new edifices. , One newspaper has been constantly in sisting that $700,000 was paid by a street railway company for certain important privileges and declared that it could fur nish proofs to an honest crand jury. (Con-hKied on l'ae 0. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER YESTEtiDAY Maximum temperature, 62; minimum. cloudy. TODAY Rain; fresh southwest breeze. Abe Uuef at Bay. Acting 1ayor GallaRhef suspends T-aripdon and appoints Ituef . District Attorney, rape J. Ituef removes Hfney as Assistant District Attorney. Page 1. Iiuef declares ho will rompel Heney and Burns to surrender evidence of grafting. Page 1. Lansdon and Henry declare removal un constitutional and will continue inquiry. 1'age 1. National. Cash provided to nnl,sh trestle of Columbia jetty. Page 2. Japanese repard discrimination against their children as purely local. Page 4. Cruiser Minnesota stands endurance test. Page 4. Politics. Hearst's labor demonstration a fizzle. Page 1. Comers and Murphy make claims for Hearst. Page 1. Hearst copyrights yellow journals in many big cities. Page 4. Domestic. Trusty's desperate attempt at jail break. Page 6. Reinforcements sent to catch runaway Utes. Page 14. Harriman may resign as president of South ern Pacific in favor of Stubbs. Page 1. Wrecked Florida workmen rescued after awful suffering. rage Switchmen present demands to all railroads. Page 14. At '.east 12 dead in Kansas City. fire. Tage 0. Jerome on trail of insurance kings for co ercing agents. Page ti. FactHc Coant. Oregon cat tie thieves aid one of gang to escape from Crant County Sheriff dep uty. Page S. Willamette l"nl versify students haze dls Inya! Spok:ine youth who "rooted" for Whitman. Page S. Idaho Socialist editor complains that fund raised to defend Caldwell- conspirators bus been diverted to assist Democratic candidates. Page 9. I-ongshoremen's strike may tie up Tacoma v heat ships. Page IS. Beavers win another game at Oakland. Page o. Westinghousf Electric Company may Invade Paciiie Northwest. Page 8. British bark Peter Iredale wrecked in gale off Columbia. Page 1. Indian Agent Kdwards, of Umatilla reserva tion, accused of malfeasance in office. Page 9. Snort. Tom Richardson goes .South to present, trophies to Portland baseball team. Page ;. Coach Norcross. of O. A. . team, not hope ful of winning from University of Wash ington tomorrow. Page o. Manager McCccdie signing new men for next season. Page o. Coiunwrclut und Marine. Shortage of walnut crop. Page 19. Stock market held in check. Page 19. Chicago wheat prices firm and higher. Pag4 19. Another " vessel wrecked on Vancouver Island. Page IS. Steamers Roanoke and Costa Rica report sighting w reck of Peter Iredale. Page 18. Captain Prft chard, commander of British ship Bly theswood, dies at sea. Page IS. Iortland and Vicinity. Reapportionment of State Senators and Representatives will cause hot tight be fore next Legislature. Page 13. Trio of pickpockets and confidence men ar rested and ordered out of town. Page 15, Exporters and striking grain handlers sign agreement and men will resume work Monday. Page 12. Increase of building shown by number of Prmits issued. Page 13. Retail butchers appeal to Government au thorities to suppress local meat trust. Page 15. D. H. Wright voluntarily tells Oregon City rolice that he passed worthless check? in Portland. Page 13. Street committee of Executive Board is troubled by rival street improvement bids. Page 12. Portland merchants ureed to charter vessel to visit Hawaiian Islands. Page 13. Will LABOR MEN DROWN HIS ICE Uproar Greets Hearst at Demonstration. HE SHRIEKS ABOVE THE DIN Parade Marches Out When He Begins Talking. PARALLEL IM POLITICS Business Shows Same Alarm at Hearstism as in 1896 at Bryan ism Roosevelt Keenly AVatch ful of Campaign. NEW YORK. Oct. 25. (Special.) La bor's ratification meeting at Madison Square Garden tonight to indorse the nomination of W. R. Hearst for Governor terminated in a fashion to give Hearst and his friends much uneasiness, if it did not give them notice that organized labor in New York City is opposed to Hearst.' It had been advertised in the Hearst newspapers that 10,000 members of or ganized labor would march to the Gar den to prove that the workingmen are solidly behind the Hearst movement, In Kead of that, fewer than 2500 workeri entered the building, and they began to march out as soon as Hearst began speaking, and the tumult and confusion caused by their unexplained leave-taking practically broke up the meeting. Friends of Hearst tried to start applause to -hold the attention of the crowd, but the rumble of the hundreds of working men's feet could not be drowned, and the ratification meeting ended in dis aster. Hearst Slirieks in Vain. Hearst was visibly disconcerted by the demonstration. For several minutes his shrill voice sounded above the thunder of shuffling feet, then it broke; he made desperate gestures at he surging crowd and closed his speechabruptly. There are many points of similarity between the New York State campaign, now commanding the attention of the whole country, and the first McKinley Bryan campaign in 1SP6. One of the most noteworthy is in connection with the fears of the business men. In the first Bryan campaign a terrible scare spread through out the financial and business world and, in the face of conditions in the-field of political" operations that did not warrant it, it continued until a relatively close approach to election day. Business Men's Terror in 1896. Even as late as the day before election in 1S96. cltaring house committees in some of the larger cities of the country are re liably reported to have held secret meet ings and seriously discussed' the advisa I 1 OT Wi mVL KlflOSB) J ...... ;. . bility of keeping bank doors locked at the regular opening hour the following Wednesday morning, if the returns showed the election of the Nebraskan free silver advocate. There was alarm over a belief that the depositors would rush to withdraw deposits and the conservative bankers wanted to take every precaution to prevent the horrors of a panic until feelings cooled and reason resumed sway. In that campaign many bank deposits were withdrawn and stowed away in wocf socks and coffee cans. But the betting odds were favorable to SIcKinley'all the time. ' Just Went to See Show. With the election ten days away, the reports from New York State outside of the city indicate that the Hearst enthu siasm has been misconstrued. In some cities -where labor combinations are pe culiar, the Hearst drift is, beyond doubt, strong and full of meaning. In other places, however, where Hearst had big meetings, a later analysis seems to show that curiosity was as much of an incen tive as anything else in getting out the crowds. An adept without a peer In the art of advertising. Hearst invariably has created a stir even in' advance of arriv ing at any given place. Barnum in his r.... ........t Co 7 ' v 1 ffA Hi Map Showing Where the Tcter Iredale Meat Ashore. palmiest days never was a beneficiary of more effective advance work, to say noth ing of the red fire and brass band parts of the spectacle. The secret is declared to have been unfolded, and that is that curiosity has been the main thing- in petting- thou sand's of old-time Republicans out to se,e and hear Hearst. The National Administration still views the New York situation as dangerous from its point of view, but this does not mean necessarily that it regards Hearst as having an even- chance of election at this time. Disquieting reports come from Ohio to the Republican managers. Republican leaders in Oho who rank, way wj- expect to lose four Congressional districts and perhaps five. It is regarded as probable that a Democrat will be sent from the district where "Old Statistics' Grosvenor has hailed for so many years. In Penn sylvania they expect a loss of six Con gressmen, and would not be surprised to lose two more. Losses like these, distrib uted over the Northern States Missouri also to be considered would reduce thfl Republican margin to a perilous point in the next House. NEW YORK FUI.Ii OF ORATORY Hearst Speaks to I.abor Men, Hughes Tours the State. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. With Hughes (Concluded on Page 4.) JUST ONE OF THE REASONS IS DRIVEN OFI BEACH Peter Iredale Wrecked off Point Adams. GOES ASHORE IN A GALE Master and Men Taken Off by Lifesaving Crew. VESSEL CANNOT BE SAVED Ijies in Breakers South of Columbia River Jetty Drifts Into Danger and Is- Dismasted on Striking Sands. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) . With three of her masts gone and lying broadside high on the beach, the big four masted British bark Peter Iredale is wrecked in the breakers about three quarters of a mile below the old Point Adams lighthouse, sputh of the Columbia River jetty, with every indication that her bones will bleach in the sands, al though there is a bare possibility that she may be saved. The bark went ashore during a strong gale about 7:30 o'clock this morning. Her masts went overboard soon after wards. All on board were rescued by the life-saving crew. Captain Lawrence, master of . the bark, and his officers re mained by the vessel all day. Tonight most of them are at the Point Adams life-saving station. Twenty members of the crew were brought to this city this evening, all safe and sound. The Iredale sailed from Salinas Cruz, Mexico, 30 days ago for Portland. She had an exceptionally pleasant trip up the coast until 2 o'clock this morning, when she sighted Tillamook rock light, and Captain Lawrence gave orders to make sail and head for the mouth of the Columbia Eiver. At 6 o'clock all hands were called out, as there were breakers ahead. An attempt was made to bring the ship about and work her off shore, but owing to the strong southerly wind, the force of the current and the rising tide, the vessel made too much leeway and less than two hours later she struck the sands with her port bow. Masts Go by the Board. Immediately afterwards the mizzen mast went over the starboard- side and this was followed in rapid succession by the fore and main masts, leaving only the jigger mast standing and giving the ves sel a heavy list to" sutrboard. At the first crash Captain Lawrence ordered all hands aft and all but five, who were under the forecastle head, ran to the poop, so that no one was injured by the falling rigging. An effort was made to lower the port lifeboat, but ow- BRITISH fll ing to the heavy list this was impossible and rockets were sent up In the meantime the lookout at the Point Adams life-saving station had given the alarm and shortly afterwards the life boat crew arrived and took the entire crew of 27 men ashore, where they were fed by the soldiers at the fort and fur nished with shelter. As yet the hull of the vessel is intact, but she is expected to work further in shore on the high tide, although two anchors have been put out to hold her. The seas are breaking over her, but as the gale is now fast subsiding it is not believed she will go to pieces immediately. The Iredale carried 900 tons of sand and gravel ballast and was under charier to Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Lifesavers Dangerous Task. The rescue of the men from the strand ed bark was attended with the greatest danger and Seaman Maggs, one of the shipwrecked sailors, said this evening: "It was due entirely to the difficult and skilful work performed by Captian Wicklund and his crew of lifesavers that we were- all brought ashore unharmed." As soon as the alarm was given by the 1 t fa ll - t y ' V. - v i ! 4 i W. II. Iuigdon, Suspended as Dis trict Attorney by Acting Mayor Uallugher. lookout the life crew loaded a boat onto a wagon, hauled It several miles across the Government reservation and ahsr the beach until opposite the wreck, where they launched it through the breakers and pulled out to the wreck. The seas were rolling too high for the life-boat to run alongside, so lines were thrown aboard and the members of the crew taken off one by one, several trips being" made through the breakers to and from the beach. By 10:30 o'clock the only ones who remained on board were Captain Lawrence, his first ofiicer, an apprentice and one sailor. They stayed on board until late this afternoon, when they, too, were brought ashore by the life crew, which had stood by the vessel during the entire .day. " Captain Stays by Ship. A telephone message, received late to night, states that Captain Lawrence was placed on board again this evening and will remain with the vessel until morning. Owing to the piles of wreckage on the vessel, making it dangerous to walk about the decks, or enter the forecastle, some of the rescued could not get their clothes, and were almost destitute of clothing, while a number had no hats, shoes or coats. These suffered severely from the wet and cold until they were t:iken to the barracks at Fort Stevens, where the soldiers fed them and provided some of them with clothing.. Others were not supplied until they reached this city. Here they were taken in charge by P. L. Cherry, the British Vice Consul, and provided with quarters at a hotel, where they will remain until arrangements are made to pay them off. The crew is com posed almost entirely of young men, nearly half of them being little more than boys, and among them are said to be two stowaways, who claim to be American citizens. DRIVEN m BY SUFFERING OSE WOKKMAX IXIXGS HIM. SELF IX TO SEA. Rescue of Five Survivors of Florida Hurricane, Who Drifted All Day on Frail Kaft. NORFOLK, Va., Oct 25. Counting the minutes, which seemed but few be tween them and death, five men were adrift on a bit of wreckage off the Florida coast, when one of their com panions, whose sufferings had driven him mad, threw himself into the sea to death. Not long afterward a ship saved their lives. The five survivors were landed here today by the British ship Heatherpool, which arrived todiiy from Liverpool. The survivors are Frank Rivera, fore man of Mariana & Co.; Gus Johnson, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ben Clark, of Sum erville. Mass.; Abner Bell, of Florida, and John Campbell, of Florida. They with about 150 others were con structing a concrete viaduct for the Florida East Coast Railway through the Florida Keys, and were aboard houseboat No. 4, which lay anchored off the coast when the great hurricane struck. About 1 o'clock in the morn ing of October IS boat No. 4 broke adrift and was dashed to pieces by the waves. Six men lashed together two timbers. They lived on this raft until rescued. The men are being cared for at the Norfolk City mission. Shaw Answers Bryan's Speeches. CHICAGO, Oct. 25. Secretary Shaw was the chief speaker at a Republican rally tonight in the suburb of Oak Park. He devoted the greater part of his speech to deniaie of the statements attributed to W. J. Bryan, particularly those in which the claim is made that much done by the Republican party is in line with policies outlined previously by the Democratic JLparty. MAY RETIRE FROM OF Harriman to Give Place to Stubbs. TOO BUSY BUYING RAILROADS RAILROAD ill Give Attention to Ocean- 1 to-Ocean Route. WILL NOT SUCCEED rlSH Does Not Want Presidency of Illi nois Central Stubbs Professes Ig norance of Impending Change. Declines Eastern Job. W. W. COTTON ON THE tOX 1'KKKXCE. In answer to a telegram from The Oregonian inquiring as to the re sult of the conference in Chicago be tween Hill and Harriman official., W. "V. Cotton, general counsel ot the O. R. & N. Co., replied yesterday as follows? Chicago. Oct. 25. To the Editor: Pelay(-d answering your message un til after conference wbj ended. No " result reached. Northern Pacltlc ln slsetd on confining discussion to ad justment ot tracks and property at south end of Portland terminal in which they were principally inter ested and was not willing to con sider track to Guild's Lake property or other matters In which Terminul Company and Harriman lines were principally interested. CHICAGO, Oct. 25. (Special.) In connection with the rumor that Stuy vesant Fish is to leave the presidency of the Illinois Central, to be succeeded by G. J. Grammer, a story has become current that Mr. Harriman is to retire from the presidency of the Southern Pacini. The present plan is Btated to be to make J. C. Stubbs, now trafflo director for tue Harriman lines, presi dent of the Southern Pacific. Mr. stubbs retaining his present position also. Mr. Harriman is now chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Pacific, and will, it is said, continue as such in order to keep his hand at the helm. His reason for retiring from the presidency is said to be a desire to devote more of his time to the task which he is supposed to have under taken of securing a line of railroads from New York to the Pacific Coast and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Stubbs Declines Another Job. In this same connection it is definite ly known that Mr. Stubbs was offered the presidency recently of a large East ern railway system, and declined. At that time he is reported to have said that he did not know of any railroad presidency which is better than his present position, which, general opinion has it, pays him J50.000 a year. In regard to Illinois Central affairs, it was learned today that under no cir cumstances would Mr. Harriman take the presidency of the Illinois Central, and that the reported selection of Cap tain Grammer was with a view to se curing a traffic rather than an operat ing man. The operation of the road will be left under the direction of J. T. Harahan, who is second vice-president. Stuhhs Denies Story. Asked regarding the reported purpose of Mr. Harriman, Mr. Stubbs said: "So far as I know, there is not the slightest foundation for the story. Wall street seems to be full of stories just now. but tuis one, so far as my Information goes, is entirely unfounded and unwarranted." Captain Grammer was reported to be in Pittsburg today, and all efforts by his office to reach him proved ineffec tual. It was stated that it had proven impossible to reach him either by tele phone or by wire, notwithstanding the fact that it was known where he was. standard rule's saxta FE Ripley Roard Re-Elecled and Harri man Makes Xo Move. TOPBKA, Kan., Oct. 25. All of the old directors wero re-elected at the regular meeting of the stockholders of the Atchi son. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, held at the general offices at noon today. There was no opposition, and the block of 5V0.00O shares supposed to be controlled by the Standard Oil interests was voted by President K. P. Ripley. The directors whose terms expired and who were re- . elected were: Edward P. Ripley, of Chi cago; Howell Jones, of Topeka: Byron T. L. Smith, of Chicago; Charles Steel, of New York. No attempt was apparent on the part of Harriman or any other Interests to se cure special representation in the new board. Immediately after the meeting of stockholders the board of directors met and approved the action of the executive committee in its extensions and purchase of additional lines. Ripley on Inspection Tour. TOPEKA. Kan., Oct. 25. In a special train of four private cars a party of a dozen executive officers of the 'Santa Fe Railroad system, headed by President Riplej. left Topeka at 3 o'clock this after noon for a. tour of inspection of the Southwestern and Coast lines of the sys tem. The trip will end at San Francisco in about two weeks, from which point the party will retura to Chicago.