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&2 if-.. " Wtr ENDLESS CHAIN CROSSES COUNTRY AnA GORMAN WFDS I T . rrnv rrTTTTPgnAY nrTdHFU 22. 11)08. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLVIII.-XO. 14.945. lunl"A-'"' vv, . . . HUNDHEDS DROWN COLONEL TUCKER ON HIS DEATHBED TUFT F nun vin"'"' NAVAL DESERTER SON-IX-LAW OF DEAD DEMO CRATIC SENATOR IX JAIL. TO CAST BALLOT IN LUZON FLOODS By LONG FOR THAT REASOX WIFE SUS PENDS ACTION. OCTOGEX'ARIAX WILL JOURNEY 6000 MILES TO VOTE. PRESIDENT FIRES BRYAN CHALLENGE Gompers Held Up to Public Scorn. HE IN MORSE S BANK 5 Big Ohioan Backed by Thousands. BETTING BASIS IS 5 TO 2 Odds on Republican in Some Cities Run 20 to 4. . TAKERS NOT PLENTIFUL Since Kirst of Campaign, Odds Have Constantly Increased In Favor of G. O. P. Candidate, Even in Democratic Stales. fiONG ODIS OX TAFT. Thousands of dollar are being wagered throughout the country on the outcome of the election, with Taft by long odds the favorite. In betting cirlces, where the odds are running from 2 to 1 to 20 to 4 on the bis- Ohioan. an average haa been taken from bets posted In ten of the largest cities In the t'nlted States with the result that Taft la shown to be held the favorite at odds of .1 to 2. In other words, out of 1 130. ooo bets known to have been placed 107.OOH has been wagered on Taft against 43,tHK) on Br) an. CHICAGO. Oct. II. (Special.) Betting men all over the country have made Taft an odds-on favorite In the coming Presi dential election. Even In states that ire fcupposed to he safely Democratic the Magers that have been placed on the general result have all been In favor of the Republican candidate. Many thousands of dollars have been let In Chicago, all favoring Taft. The tirst odds which were offered by James Heary. a sporting; man, were 1 to 4 on Taft. Since the first of the campaign these odds have shifted to 1 to 5 on Taft and 7 to 2 on Bryan. The following: re runs were received today from some of lh larger cities over the country: Ft. Iouis. Mo. So far as figures are availahle. approximately 175.000 has been wagered on the result of the Presidential election. On the general election wagers how Taft to be a 2-to-l favorite. Baltimore. Md. On the general election t to 1 Is offered on Taft and It Is dif ficult to get takers for any large amounts. On etate election bets have been made at 2 to 1 on Taft. Repub licans have come down to even money but I democratic takers are scarce. San Francisco There haa been consid erable betting in California on the local result, but few wagers on the general election. Corbett haa K.oK to bet at odd of 10 to 4 that Taft wins. New Orleans. La. So far only small bf to have been made on a basis of 20 to 4 that Taft will win. A Taft man haa tSOOO to bet to IMOO that the Republican can didate on the Republican Presidential ticket will be elected and J2"W to bet against Jl that he will carry New York. Minneapolis. Minn. Betting In Minne apolis favors Taft. The majority of the bet are posted at 2 to 1 though many are 24 to 1 for Taft. Cleveland. O. There have been no large beta posted here and practically all the wagers that have been made are on a basis of 2 to 1 on Taft. ivtrolt. Mich. There have been only small bets posted on the general result at the poolrooms. Six to one has been offered on Taft. Philadelphia, Pa. The betting haa been quiet, with even money and 6 to 4 placed on Taft. Buffalo. N. Y. At the present time the odds are 2'5 to 1 on Taft. although there is practically no betting on the Na tional candidates. New York. N. Y. There have ben few waters on the general result In New York, betting men being most Interested lp the race between Hughes and Chan ler. The wagers that have been made on the result of the National election have been on a basis of 4 to 1 on Taft. FACTS PROVE PROSPERITY National Bank Reports Show Great Increase In Deposits. WASHINGTON". Oct. 21. An abstract of reports of the condition of the 6S53 National banks under a call Issued by the Controller of the Currency for statements of September 23. 190S. Is sued today furnishes evidence, in the opinion of Treasury officials, of vastly improved business conditions. The Ave principal Items in the re turns show that since February 14. 190S. the loans and deposit in the Na tional banks of the country have In creased from $4.43.35.1.647 to $4,760. 612.731. a difference In a little over seven months of about J32S.OOO.OOO, and during the same period total re sources of Natior.al banks have In creased Io31.000.000. The combined tapltal stock paid in has advanced nearly $20,000,000 and the surplus about $11,000,000. The most remarkable of the totals given is as to individual deposits, which have Increased during the last seven months from $4,105,814,418 to $1.54135.165, a difference of $443.-000,000. Accused of Forsaking Service on Dolphin Has Bride s Money and Bonds in Possession. LOUISVILLE. Oct- 21. Charles Jo seph Magnus, charged with being a deserter from the United States Navy, and who says he recently married Miss Ada Gorman, .daughter of the late United States Senator Arthur P. Gor man, was arrested at a local hotel last night and placed in the County Jail. Mrs. Magnus, who was at the hotel last ntght. could not be found today. Magnus enlisted under the name of Hartlove. and was a first-classs musi cian on board the United States ship Dolphin. When arrested he had $18. 000 in bonds and $6000 In cash. The money and bonds will be turned over to his wife. BALTIMORE, Oct. 21. State Senator Arthur Pugh Gorman stated today that Miss Ada Gorman was his eldest sister and that she had married a man named Magnus in Washington some time ago. The money and bonds Magnus, or Hartlove, Is reported to have had on his person when arrested Mr. Gorman said he supposed belonged to his sister. The Senator would make no further statement. ABRUZZI KEEPS SECRETS Interests Aunt In Cause and Will . Soon Come to America. TURIN. Oct. 21. The Duke -of the Abruzzl, whose mysterious disappear ance a few days ago led to the report that he had left Turin with the inten tion of proceeding to the United States, has been visiting Princess Clo tllde. the aunt of King Victor Emman uel, at the royal chateau at Moncal lieri. for the purpose of interesting her in his cause. He returned, here today, but remained in the city only a few hours. The Duke left for the south, but his destination Is unknown. His plans with regard to his reported engage ment to Miss Katherlne Elklns are be ing kept a profound secret. He has even dispensed with his aide and valet to be completely free. ROME. Oct. 21. It was said here to night that the Duke of Abruzzl would be a passenger on board the French Line steamer La, Lorraine, which will sail from Havre October 24. He will travel incognito. ROMANCE IS OF WAR TIME .Northerner Marries Girl Met First in Vlcksliurc Hospital.' SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 21. (Special.) A romance beginning 'way down South 21 years ago had Its culmination today when L. A. Brockway, a prominent busi ness man of Rosalia, .w as married to Miss Mary Oswalt of Chicago. The couple first met at Vlcksburg. Miss., where Brockway was a patient in a hospital, and his sweet heart a nurse fresh from the North. They fell In love and he asked her to marry him. jjut Brockway got the West ern fever, came to Rosalia and married another. The first Mrs. Brockway died two years ago. Brockway recently, through Vicksburg friends, learned the address of his first sweetheart. They corresponded, he pro posed again and the ceremony today at Rosalie Is the result. DIPLOMAT WITH RECORD Denmark to Send Moltke, Count and Explorer, as Minister. COPENHAGEN. Oct. H. (Special.) The new Danish Minister to Washington will be Count Carl Moltke, exrCharge d'Affaires In Rome. He is only 40 years of age, but is considered to 'be one of the cleverest of Danish diplomats. He has had a somewhat unusual career, starting as a navy officer and Arctic ex plorer, being once the leader of a large Gerenland expedition. Hts family ranka among the oldest nobility In Denmark, yet he Is related on his mother's side to ex-Empress Eugenie of France. Countess Moltke is an American, who before her marriage to the diplomat was Mrs. Van Rennsaelaer Thayer, of Boston. G0MPERS' LABOR LOST I'nited Mine-workers Secretary Says Leader's Word Ineffective. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 2L Will iam D. Ryan, secretar3-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, in answer to a query of W. H. Hayes, chairman of the speakers' bureau of the Republican State Committee, as to the effect of Samuel Gompers' efforts in behalf of the Democratic ticket, replied that he Is of the opinion that it will have little or no effect, for the reason that the laboring men will be guided by their own conscience. ROYAL WEDDING TODAY Duchess Victoria to Wed Consin, Prince William of Prussia. BERLIN. Oct. 2L Duchess Alexandra Victoria, of Schleswig-Holstein, who is to be married tomorrow to her cousin. Prince August William of Prussia, fourth son of Emperor William, arrived In Berlin today. She was received at the railroad station by a brilliant es cort connosed of retainers of the house hold. From the station she 'drove to the palace through streets filled with Immense crowds of people. BOTH PLACED IN TIGHT HOLE Injunction Work of Labor Leader Far Too Raw. ASKS BRYAN TO EXPLAIN President Says Special Interests Seek Nebraskan's Election Be cause Laws He Advocates So . Radical Conrts Would Annul. WASHINGTON'. Oct. 21. Campaign literature was enriched today by a let ter from President Roosevelt, addressed to United States Senator Philander C. Knoa, of Pennsylvania, In which Mr. Roosevelt pays his respects to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. Speaking at Phil adelphia Tuesday, Senator- Knox took Issue with Mr. Gompers on the question of the attitude of organized labor In the present campaign and the President's letter of today is in support of Mr. Knox's liews. Mr. Roosevelt says: My Dear Senator Knox: In your admira ble speech of yesterday you speak of th action of Mr. Bryan and certain gentlemen claiming to be the special representatives of organized labor, foremost among them Mr. Gompers, to ecure the mipport of laboring men for Mr. Bryan on consideration of him agreement to perform certain act nominally In the Interest of organized labor, which would be really either wholly Ineffective or elaa of widespread Injury not only to organ ized labor, but to all decent citizens through out the country. You have a peculiar right to ppcak on the labor question, for it was you who. as Attorney-General, first actively Invoked the great power of the Federal Gov ernment In behalf of the right of labor when, for the first time In the history of the Government, 3-ou, speaking for the De partment nf Juetice, Intervened In a private laweult which bad gone against a locomotive fireman who had lost an arm In coupling cars, and by your Intervention pecured from the Supreme Court a ennst ruction of the safety a.rpl'.ance act, which made It a vital remedial sxatute, and therefore haa eeeured to hundreds of crippled employes and widow of crippled employe compensation ' which they would not have otherwise obtained. Krfers to liomper'a Letter. The dally papers of October 13 contain an open letter from Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, ap pealing to laboring men to vote for Mr. Bryan. In that letter are certain definite state ment which interest the American public art well as those to whom Mr. Go m per makes his appeal. Thoee statements warrant all you have raid in your speech,, and they would warrant you in asking Mr. Bryan to say publicly whether Mr. Gompers etates correctly the attitude of his party and him self on ft eubject .that Is of vital concern to every citizen. Including every business (Concluded en Page 3.) CHAMBERLAIN "I SHALL j uw. a . j j T T T S 1 ' - 1 I 1 I . t T . S S SS ........... t - T T - - On Leaving Chicago, Says, if He Re covers, She Will Renew De sertion Charge. CHICAGO, Oct. a. Mrs. W. F.. Tuder. who came here some time ago to fc,"' cute her husband. Colonel W. F. Tucit.tr. U. S. A., on a charge of wife abandon ment, departed tonight for Washington, leaving a note behind to the public stat ing in effect that Colonel Tucker Is no on his death-bed. Mrs. Tucker's note was made public by her attorneys and Is as follows: "I desire to state that, having been in formed by reliable medical authority, per sonally conversant with the condition of my husband. Colonel W. F. Tucker, that he is now in his 'last Illness,' which can have but One termination; also realising he is at last in an institution where he will receive proper care and treatment, and not desiring in any way to aggravate his condition or hasten the ultimate end, I return to Washington with my mother, with' whom I have been compelled to make my home during the past two years. "My financial condition will not justify my remaining here indefinitely, but, should Colonel Tucker recover his health and be in a proper physical condition to appear in court, I shall, on notification of my attorney, Haynie R. Pearson, re turn to Chicago to prosecute my case." Mr. Pearson, in giving out the letter, stated that Colonel Tucker had recently drawn up a will, but the attorney d.d not know the nature of It. ROBS FELLOW TRAVELER Stanford Graduate Accused of Plun dering Girl on Panama Steamer. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21. (Special.) William F. Bailey, of Sacramento, a grad uate of Stanford University, was arrested here this morning, charged with larceny of $130 and a gold watch from Miss Blanche Whitcom, of Chicago. Bailey, who is a civil engineer, was on his way home from Pinama for a visit when he met Miss Whitcom, who was also returning from the canal zone. She had been down there handling postal cards and came back with quite a little money. She and Bailey became very friendly. This morning Miss Whitcom appeared at police headquarters, reported the loss of her property and 'secured a warrant for the arrest of Bailey, whom she says robbed her. CORTELYOU'S BAD s COUSIN r . James S. Walker Accused of Passing Worthless Checks. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. (Special.) James S. Walker, formerly a paymaster's clerk in the Navy Department, was in the Tombs Police Court today charged with passing a worthless check-. The com plainant against Walker, who is said to be a cousin of George B. Cortelyou, was John Nordhouse. who was secretary to Paul Morton. ex-Secretary of the Navy. The amount of the check cashed by Nordhouse was $.10. but the police say Walker gave at least four other bad checks In the city and a dozen or more in Baltimore. Most of the money Is said to have gone on the races. His wife lives ir Washing-ton. D. C. BE GLAD TO ACCEPT YOUR MUST DECLINE YOUR COJVlJr AJN Astonishing Juggles With Ice Stock. KATE WILSON AS BORROWER Stenographer's Personal Note Cashed Readily. M0XEY PROVES WIZARD Steamship President Buncoed Out of $100,000 by Morse's Ice Deal. Barney Threatend to Resign, but Weakened. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Into the testi mony at the trial of Charles Morse and his co-defendant, Alfred H. Curtis, who are charged before Judge Hough in the criminal branch of t'he United States Court with conspiracy and violation of the National banking laws, was intro duced today the name of Miss Kate A. Wilson, secretary to Mr. Morse, and the prosecution produced witnesses who testi fied to large loans made by the National Bank of North America, a Morse institu tion, to Miss Wilson. Edwin Moxey, a Government bank examiner, who has proved at this hearing that he Is a wizard at figures, was the principal witness rela tive to the big loans made to the finan cier's secretary. Summed up his testi mony was as follows: Endless Chain of Loans. "On her bare . and unsupported note, Morse would loan Miss Wilson a sum of money. Miss Wilson's note would be cashed by the National Bank of North. America and with the proceeds stock of the American Ice Company would be pur chased. Then the Ice stock would be used to secure another loan of the bank. With the money thus secured, bank stock would be purchased and the bank stock aided In supporting the Ice stock pools in which Morse and other financiers were Inter ested. The failure to raise the price of Ice above par was what caused the break in the endless chain." The lawyers for the defense objected repeatedly to the line of questions asked the witness by the Government lawyers, but Judge Hough sustained the prosecution and the above descrip tion of the Wilson loans was put upon the records, piece by piece until the chain was complete. Fof the first time since her husband has been on trial, Mrs. Clementine Dodge Morse appeared In the court room. Mrs. Curtis has been at her hus band's side every day. Mrs. Morse was attired In a gown of blue. She took a seat beside her husband inside the raii- (Coricluded on Page S.) PRESENTS, BUT I REALLY X. Josiah West, Aged 7", Leaves Long Island for His Home in Clatsop County. RIVERHEAD. L. I.. Oct. 21. (Spe cjal.) Josiah West is going West to vote and" will travel 6000 miles to vote for William H. Taft for President. He left Riverhead today for his home in Clatsop County, Oregon, and to reach there will necessitate a journey of about 6000 miles and he is only 77 years old, at that. Mr. West owns a ranch of 1400 acres in Oregon, with a mile frontage on the Pacific Ocean. He Is as spry as a cricket, well, read and a most interest ing conversationalist. He has been here visiting his nephew. Judge Stack polo. With him was his . youngest daughter, Miss Violet West, who Is re turning with him. Having lived next to nature for the most part of his life, it is not strange that Mr. West should have selected botanical names for his girls. There are Pansy, Rose, Daisy, Heliotrope, Violet, and those people who met Miss Violet declare that she is as modest and sweet as her name suggests. CONTEST LAND PATENTS Nevada Miners to Attack Southern Pacific Land Grant.' HENO. Nev., Oct. 21. (Special.) Colonel Winfleld Scott Prosky, a min ing man owning property in a number of districts, today announced that on January 3 next the statute of limita tions will have applied to the patents granted six years ago to the Southern Paoifij to a-large area of mineral land extending from WInnemucca to the Nevada-California line and affecting rights of hundreds of prospectors and miners. The men have been patiently wait ing for a number of years, thinking a decision in the one case decided would similarly affect them all. Now it is discovered that each disputant must file a separate protest to establish his right. The railroad company hoped this would be overlooked. However, every effort will be made by the de partment at Washington to give all claimants an opportunity to present their cases and have a hearing. WAR CLOUDS THREATEN Situation in Balkans Far From Be ing Settled Peacably. PARIS, Oct. 21. The feeling In French government circles is distinctly nervous, both with regard to the situation in the Balkans and the proposed international congress. Advices are that the Turkish government is impatient because Bulgaria has failed to present an official commu nication since Turkey received the French assurance in the name of Emperor Fer dinand, while from Sofia comes informa tion that the Malinoff Cabinet still re fuses to accept the advice of Ferdinand, who advocates a peaceful settlement and Insists that it would be preferable to go to war than to pay an indemnity. Until the Bulgarian Ministry yields definitely it le considered by the officials of the French government that the dan ger of war has not been dispelled. Reports current in Paris that Baron von Bieberstein, the German Ambassador at Constantinople, has been counseling war, while not confirmed, caused dis quietude, especially as Germany's atti tude grows more and more enigmatical. BODY BURNS IN MIDAIR Young Lineman, Electrocuted, Falls to Ground a Burning Torch. STOCKTON, Cal., Oct. 21. (Special.) While working on the wires of the Stanislaus Electric Power Company near -here, Lee Gamlin, an IS -year-old lineman, was electrocuted about noon today. He was on the tower when in some manner he caught hold of a heav ily charged wire. In an instant his body was writhing and was almost twisted out of shape before the remains fell to the ground. His clothing caught fire and In the fall resembled a torch. B'red Carter, who resides near the scene, heard a rumbling noise, and was horrified on looking to see the body on fire. DENVER ELEVATOR BURNED Incendiaries Cause Half-Million Loss to Mill Company. DENVER, Oct. 21. Fire evidently of incendiary origin destroyed the eleva tor of the Hungarian Mills Company at an early hour this morning, causing a loss of $450,000. In the elevator were stored 400,000 bushels of wheat, which were consumed. About 1 o'clock the police officer on the beat noticed two men in th6 elevator and when he approached they started to run. The officer gave chase, but the men disap peared in the darkness and when he returned the eievator was in flames. VETERAN ENGINEER IS DEAD H. P. Eastman Passes Away at Good Samaritan Hospital. H. P. Eastman, a veteran railroad engineer, ,died early this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital, after an ill ness of two weeks, aged 75 years. Mr. Eastman was a pioneer resident of Oregon City, and his family still re side? there. He was one of the first engineers to enter the service of the O. R. & N. Co. and had been continu ously in its employ until a short time azo. Typhoon Swells Rivers to Torrents. SWEEP AWAY WHOLE TOWNS Dead Number 300 in Cagayan Valley Alone. AMERICANS TO RESCUE Drag Natives From Roofs of Houses Floating Down Stream River Rises 30 Feet in Fev Hours. MANILA, Oct. 22. Belated reports indi cate that the storm of October 12 in the Cagayan Valley was the worst and most destructive within the memory of living inhabitants of the' valley. The official figures are not yet avail able, as many places have not been heird from, but it seems certain that the num of dead will reach 300. t There was a heavy typhoon and tor rential rains throughout the valley and in the mountains. The rivers were Hood ed and in many places rcee to a height of SO feet, sweeping everything before them in their rush to the sea. Hundreds of animals ani houses were swept away by the waters. At Aparri, which was almost completely under water, the American residents, headed by Lieutenants Treadway. and Clark, Postmaster Fobs and Engineer Clark, formed a rescue brigade, which rescued scores of natives, taking many off their houses, while floating down the river. The Government has dispatched a coast guard cutter to investigate conditions and organize relief. It is reported that' cholera has broken out among the refugees. t. . GIVE LUZON ISLAND AG IE Fltty-five- Distinct Earthquake Shocks, but No Damage. MANILA, Oct. 22. The recent seismic disturbances whih have shaken the earth in the vicinity of Manila in the (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTEIiDAY Maximum temperature, 51. T degrees; minimum. 5.3 degrees. TODAY Fair, followed by increasing: cloud iness; southerly winds. Nat lonal. Root blocks deportation of Russian rebel. Pafje 2 Festivities in honor of fleet continue In Japan. Page 3. Politics. Bryan delivers 1 speeches in Ohio denounc ing corporations tor' coercion of em ployes. Paa-e 7. Taft rests in Cincinnati before tour of Indi ana. Page 7. Roosevelt writes letter showing leal mean ing of Democratic Injunction plank. Page 1. Heavy odds on Taft'a election in all leading cities. Page 1. Hearst promises most Interesting Standard Oil letters Saturday. Page t. Hitchcock predicts Taft will carry all Northern states and has chance in three Southern stales. Page 3. Domestic. Tavlor tells story of escape from Night "Riders. Page 2. Husband of Senator Gorman's daughter arrested for desertion. Page 1. Illinois Central to electrify roads in Chi cago. Page T. Oregonlan will travel from Atlantic Coast to vote for Taft. Page 1. Terrible flood in Luzon takes hundreds of lives. Page 1. Mrs Tucker says husband on deathbed and will not push charge unless h recovers. Page 1. Endless chain in Morse's bank revealed by Government's wizard with figures. Page 1. Workings of powder trust exposed by for mer agent. Page 4. How Peyton killed four Indians In Mon tana. Page 3. Sport. East Side High School wins from Portland Academy at football, J2-0. Page 11. Coast League scores Portland 4, Oakland 1; Los Angeles 4, San Trancisco i. Page 11. . ' rsvrlftc Coast. Washington railroads pile up big fines by disobeying commission's ruling. Page fl. Resignation of Henry Reed precipitates row in publicity committee of Yukon Expo sition. Page . Portland plasterer murders wife and at tempts suicide in Jialem. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Beer production Increased In September. Page 17. Wheat strong and higher at Chicago. Page 17. Upward movement continues In stocka. Page 17. Portland in second place as wheat shipping port. Page 10." ' Portland and Vicinity. Butterworth may have been killed by highwaymen seen by boy and woman night of crime. Page 12. Civil Service Commission favors promotion of city employes on competitive basis. Page 10. Mortjeskt bridge plan commended at con ference of citizens. Pace 1H. General Klllfeather discusses various as pects of the campaign. Page 10. Congressman Hobson believes Bryan has good chance of election. Page 10. Hon. J. M. Barrett gives banquet to friends. Page 11. . Board of equalization listens to pleas of property-owners for reduced assess ments Page 10. Government officials will probably arrest Charles Straus today, charging him with embezzlement of postal funds. Page li. Packing company seeks to restrain city from prosecuting suit. Page 11. j-jr w'etherbee indorses Emmanuel move ment at Congregational convention. Paga 10. ITTl i n7 n