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THE MORXIXG OREGOyiAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1910. 110 TO ROOSEVELT BYTAFT UNSOUGHT Nothing Asked of . President, Who Reiterates Views on New York Situation. MEETING WHOLLY CORDIAL Iattlr at Saratoga to lie Fought In Open, ami No Candidate for Ciinrrnnr Ha Mwn Cliot-cn to ItcccUe Support. XEW YORK. p.-pt. 3X Thtfxlorc Rnow-V-ll ilrnl.-rt toilny that lie hail g'ne to w IImvoti. Conn., to "k the help of jTrstdrnt Tart In in- New York Slut l'Kht nmt that the Pre!iiont had refused in ai'l. Mr. Roo-ve!t said that Lloyd C. Gri Mm. uresMrnt of the New York Repub lican eonntjr commlili had arrunRed the Inti-rvtrw between the Pre .'Went and mm lf. Mr. Uri.ieom confirmed Colonel JjojieTeli In thlF. t'olonel HoojM-velt icavo out this etate- ti-ni regarding- the interview: "Without nnT intceliin from ne. Mr. ;rlw..m ejk.-d n,e If I would le willing to meet the Pri-nld'-nt. nnd I aahl that of rourre I would. He had at Brjt men tloned New York ai the place of meetlnir, but wired me at Syracuse on Saturday that Ifwould h New Haven, and thither 1 went iicrordinRly. No Help Sought. "I vicht no help from the President ami maile no request of tlie Iresiilent tllrertly or Imtlrertly, nnd had no requepi to make. tiur interview was most cor dial and pleasunt and. without any ques tion or request from me. the President Hated to me that he hoped we would win at Saratoga and that he had an ln- Jormed Mr. Crlsmm. his remnrks betnt In mibManre those attributed to him In the dispatches from the correspondents from the lrelilential train. "our meeting- was enjoyable in every way and I was (clad I went." Just before Colonel Roovevelt started lek from his editorial office to Oyster Hav by automobile late thl afternoon Mr. Grtprflm appeared. He talke&l some time with the Colonel and then issued thin statement: "1 susses:ed to Mr. Roosevelt that he meet and talk with the President. Mr. Jtoorevelt said he would be dillKhted to tin so. There was no mention made by either of u of any purpose In the meeting-. Mr. Roosevelt asked nothing of the ITe.-fdcnf. Taft Hrltrrales Statement. ( "The President volunteered to me that re wos tlad to reiterate his views ex-j-rees'd to me in hl letter of Aucust 20 rccardinir the initiation of the Republican party In Xrw York and stated to me sub rcantlstty what h:9 app'ared In the Tiwsiapers as telegraphed from the Presidential train. The meetlnjc wwj luoet cordWil tn every respect." Colonel Roosevelt refuses to add any thing to his statement except to rep-iv4 that hi; meeting with the Pres-i!rnt had been very tjeasant and that President Taft hail been entirely cordial In man ner. Mr. Oriscom was emphatic In say ing" that Colonel Roosevelt had nothing to do with the arrangements for the in terview and had not suggested It. Co!nel Rootvc!t has established head ouarters at Saratoga. He said today that C V. Collins. State Superintendent of Prisons, who. he has announced, will be M.- rixht-ha.-id man. has encaged the first ft.Mr of a cottage. The Colonel will leave New Tork for Saratoga at K:Aa V M. on Monday. Fight to Bp 0Mn. There were sevenal visitors to Ms office today, wl h whom he talked politics, hut the Colonel had nothing to any on the atale situation. He took luncheon with Reginald Post. ex-Oovernor of Por:o JUrn. and with J. McKarlnnd of H.irtis burg. Pa-, president of the American Civic AssociaMon. It wa learned that the flcht of the Jloosevelt force t Saratoga Is to be an open one and that no randidnte has been greed upon for Governor or for any o:her office. It Is expected the Rooevelt men will g.-v to Saratoga without a slate and that ihers will be no indication which one' of the dozen or more men who have been mentioned prominently for the nomination for Governor will receive their "iTPort. There Is known to exist, how ever, e. feeling- that an up-state man hould be rhosen If It la .possible to agree upon one. GROUNDS, by wireless via Portsmouth. Va.. Sept. 10. After a night of success ful battle practice In repelling- the Imag inary attacks from a llotilla of torpedo boats of a supposed enemy, the lti bat tleships of the American Atlantic fleet today are resting . for the strenuous work of day battle practice, which will begin promptly Wednesday morn In p. The repulse of the enemy's torpedo flotilla during- the night was spectacu lar work 'With conditions almost Iden tical to those under which a hostile torpedo-boat flotilla would make an at tack upon and attempt to alnk the bat tleship tleet. the IS hue lighting; ma chines demonstrated last night how they could repel an enemy's torpedo craft without permuting any of the pestiferous little vessels to get close enough to indict serious damage. .Many of the targets were completely riddled with the shots from the guns. A litilti rain and some mist made the work of the gunnera somewhat dlffirult. bdt nevertheless, the results obtained were considered generally good. At the conclusion of the battle prac-J tlce. on Friday, the fleet will steam for New York, arriving there tn time to give the men shore leave on Sunday. UNIDENTIFIEDJ30DY. FOUND Dead Man Plrked t'p In Columbia n-rUcved to Be From Portland. TRANS- IS NEXT OREGON G LINE T Short Line to Increase Capi tal for Purpose of Build , ing Road. VALE TO CRESCENT- ROUTE VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 2. (Special.) The body of a man about 55 years old. was found floating on the Columbia River todoy. less than two miles below the Willamette Ulver, bv Owen Mulligan. The body was made fast to the bank, and W. J. Kridd. coroner, was summoned. He brought the body to Vancouver. There were no marks of Identifica tion. Apparently the man had no been dead two weeks. The man's un derclothing bore the mark R. K. P., and on the collar was the number 6193. The man had sandy hair, moustache, was well dressed, having collar and tie white pleated shirt, and good, dark- colored suit. The tie had been pur chased from Meier & Frank. Portland the shoes at Knight's: and the suit at the Famous Clothing House. Sixty cents In change was in the pockets. No murks of violence were found. The body will be held here pending investigation. ROAD'S EARNINGS PROBED Continued From First Page.) POLICEMEN TURN IN STARS Killing of Man Itrenlts in Forced KeMgnntion of Kelso Officers. KF.IjSO. - Wash.. Sept. Srt. (Special V The foody of Victor Olln. who was shot and fatally wounded by Night Marshal George Boyd Friday, nUht. was brought to Kelso today. At the Coroner's Inouest this afternoon the Jury found that Olln came to Ms death by the accidental discharge of a weapon In the hands of Night Marshal Boyd. The res ignations of both Chief of Police Rrlnson and Marshal Boyd were demanded by JIaor Swager and their stars were turned In this evening. Prosecuting Attorney Stone said after hearing the verdict that he was .unde cided whether he would take further ac tion tn the rase. The dead man had no relatives In this country. A brother lives In British Columbia and his parents in fcwedrn. workmen's pay 25 cents a day and as a result we are getting Jess return for our money. This Is particularly true with the n.-gro. The more money he gets the less efficient he Is. from our standpoint. Then. too. the more inde pendent a worker becomes. either through unions or otherwise, the less de pendent he feels toward his employes, the less conscientious effort ho gives In return. It Is a safe rule to say that Increased wages means less labor effi ciency." Graft Is Mentioned. At the morning session. Attorney Frank Lyon, for the Commission, ques tioned the correctness of eeveral items given by M. P. Blauvelt. controller of the Illinois Central Railroad, of cash ex penditures by the railroad by which the witness. In part, seeks to (how a- dis proportionate drain on revenues and the Justice of the proposed advance In freight rates. Attorney Lyon s Interrogations brought out mention of the car repair "graft." for which three former officials of the road are now on trial inthe Mu nicipal Court. The lawyer referred to a statement that In the fiscal year 1910. ;2.tii cars of a total of M.WO were "re paired." and that the discovery of the alleged ewlndle would probably take care of the normal increase In wages during the present fiscal yeat "Do you expect the cost of car repairs to be less this year?" inquired Mr. Lyon. We certainly do. by about ll.Ooti.nnn or $1,600,000." replied the witness. "That was about the excess we paid last year by reason of deferred maintenance and er er other reasons, he aimed, allud ing to an alleged "grail" and smlllnf grimly. Surprise was evident In the committee room when Mr. Fnrks declared that the Illinois Central, although rated a. one of the best constructed and best equipped railroads' In the We-t and South, should expend between ic anf ISJ.O'.O.O-O at once In the mechanical department in order to bring it up to elanilord. He also asserted that the record his railroad and others are making In the matter of killed and Injured Is due large ly to the fact that they lack money with which to provide block signals and other mf-'ty devices. The Illinois Central announced at the close of the day's session that It had put in its case. . The next railroad to put In Its testimony will be the Chicago. Mil waukee St. .Paul. This road will ap pear before the Commiseton tomorrow. Sioekliolders Will Vote on Increase From $27,300,000 to $100,000,-. 000 in October -Oregon to Se enre Much ot New Capital. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Stockholders of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Com pany, controlled by the I'nloh Pacific Railroad, will be asked to approve a proposition to increase the capital stock of the company from J27.5OO,000 to 1100.000.000. The proposition will come up for ap proval at a stockholders' meeting; Oc tober 12 at Salt I-ake city. All of the stock of the Oregon Short IJne is owned by the Union Pacific. Of ficials of the Harrtman lines Bald to day that should the Increase, which amounts to $72. 500.000, be granted, no new stock would be Issued In the near future, bin would be held for emer gency purposes, although the expectation Is that the money will be used for new construction on the Oregon Short Line next year. Included in the Oregon Short Line construction planned for next year, it la believed, is the east and west rail road across the State of Oregon. The surveys for this proposed line of the Harrlman system have been made by Oregon Short Line engineers. Thje road as located runs westerly up the Malheur River from Vale. In Malheur County, across Harney County north of Harney and Malheur Lakes, thence through the Christmas Lake and Fort Rock countries to a Junction at Crescent with the Klamath-Natroa cut off of the Southern Pacific. While O. It. & N. officers have made several trips Into Central Oregon for the purpose of making recommenda tions concerning railroad construction. It Is understood that so far as the east and west line Is Involved the O, It. & N. officers have acted only in an advisory capacity. It Is understood that. If the railroad Is built, the work will be undertaken under the super vision of Short Line officials. So far as known here the Short Line has under consideration no larger single project than the east and west tne across Oregon and there Is there fore the probability that a large share of the new stock Issue Is for con struction work in Oregon. Great Pre Ssile BRYAN BOLTS THE TICKET (Continued From First PsgO Clietialis Barn Set AH re. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Sept. ?V (Special.) Late last night a barn belonging to Lewis Raasch. tn the west part of town, was set a tire by some unknown rarty, entailing a loss of on the owner. About $?) worth of hay belonging to N. B. Coffman & Son was also destroyed, on which there wes $yo insurance. Cnehalis has been the scene of a number of fire within the tas two weeks, apparently of Incendiary origin. 163, he announces that he will sign bill repealing; It If such a bill Is passed. Dalilman's Stand Is Frank. He Is making his appeal on non partisan lines with the liquor question as the sole Issue. Ills courage Is to be commended. It is an honest way of making a campaign, although It com- pels him to separate himself from friends who do not agree with him and to rely for speechmaklng on those Democrat and Republicans who take hia view of the subject "Possibly it is Just as well to have the issue clearly presented so that it may be settled this year instead of two years hence. Troublesome as the ques tion Is now. it would be even more em barrassing If presented in 1912, when we have a presidential election on hand. Bryan Looks to Future. "If Mr. Dahlman i elected It will be a declaration of the voters of the state against county option and against the 8 o'clock closing law. If he Is defeated. It will be a declaration in favor of coun ty option and in favor of the 8 o'clock closing law. In other words, the voters now have an opportunity to decide whether the state shall go backward or forward on the liquor question. "To present arguments In favor of going backward would not only contra dict what I have always said on the subject, but would embarrass me in the fight that I expect to make hereafter to save our party from the odium of being the representative of liquor interests." Mrs. M. E. Pengally. aged 84. worked nil rinv at the polls for the election of Mrs. Florence C. Mills as a member of the School Board of Kalamazoo. Mich. Mm. Cor. Fourth and Morrison. peniii As a Preliminary to Our Fall Opening Next Monday We Are . Offering a Few Specials You Will Fiiyl Bargains in Every Department Waist Special For tomorrow we offer a large assortment of Tailored Wash Waists, in a charming variety of styles. Corded madras, pleated and plain linens and- pretty colored stripes. Every waist in this collection a bargain. $2.50 Values at $1.75 Stylish Embroidered Tailored Waists in a variety of styles and patterns. Any of these waists are bargains. $3.50 Values at $2.50 Ladies desiring the highest perfectfhn in furs should realize that they can best se cure this by purchasing direct from the manufacturer. We are the largest fur manufacturers in the West, established 22 yeafs. We purchase direct from the trap per. The raw furs are shipped direct to us and are converted into the finished product right here in our own store. We Can Sell Furs Cheaper Than Our Competitors Can Buy Them And we know every fur we sell. We know it from the raw product to the finished ar ticle. Every stitch that goes into our furs is a guSranteed stitch, backed by our repu tation as furriers for 22 3-ears. sbaaw sassari FUR Values to $20 at $11 .25 Vll made in the regular Silverfield manner and in the leading styles in genuine French black or brown Coney and Belgian Lynx. Headquarters for Genuine Alaska Seal Skins A Petticoat Bargain Ileathcrbloom Petticoats, in all of the latest stripes and in all colors and shades. No woman can afford to ignore this oppor tunity. Regular $1.50 Values at 98c MILLINERY DEPT. . To rivet your attention to this department, we offer the ' latest arrivals in ready-to-wear Persian Hats, trimmed with fancy feathers, colored velvet ribbons and flowers. Worth $15 at $6.98 LIEN IS FILED ON MILL PROPRIETOR CXABLE TO PAY AFTER FOREST FIRE. Wells Pry Vp and There Is Xo Water for Engine Assets Amounting to $2000 Assigned. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 20. (Special.) Thirty lumber- Jacks came to Vancouver this morning: and filed liens against the sawmill property of William AlcKenzIe. who operated a mill near Battle Ground until Satur day ntRht. The men alleged that they had not been paid and had wag-es com ing; to them in amounts ranging from $60 to $400 each.. McKenzie. accompanied by his wife, and carrying; with- them two trunks, left the sawmill Saturday night after midnight and were stopped when they reached Vancouver at 4 o'clock In the morning. Yesterday McKenzie 'went to Portland, but he returned to Vancouver today and. with his attorney, agreed to assign to the men for their benefit about $2000. which he says he has coming to him for the sale of lum ber In Portland, and for which he has not received payment. The men are in hopes of getting about 80 or 90 cents on the dollar. The sawmill will be operated by Perry McCullom and Albert Miller. It is said that McKenzie had to pay $1S a day for water, after the forest fires, to operate the engine. All of the creeks and wells In that vlclnlty drled up and rats and gophers made nests In the wells. Men actually did not get enough water to drink, so they say, for two or three flays. Northwestern People In Xew York. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (Special.) People from the Pacific Northwest reg istered at New York hotels today as follows: Vrora Portland At the Martha Wash ington. Mrs. L B. Conser: at the Cum berland. S. E. Kramer. U. Baker and wife; at the Belle Claire, E. A. Baldwin and wife; at the Seville, J. Burns; at the Belmont. W. T. Archibald. From Belllngham. Wash. At the St. Denis, L. Versandlg. From Tacoma At the Cadillac, ti. Ripley. From- Spokane At the St. Denis. K. M. Edwards; at the St. Andrew, V. H. Willis; at the Broadway Central, J. M. Edwards. From Seattle At the Marlborough A. M. Atwood; at the St. Denis, W. W Houghton; at the Grand Union. A. J Jarmuth; at the Victoria, R. I. Plom- ert. INDICTMENTS ARE FEARED Pendleton XcHr-Becr Sellers Hear "It n mors From Grand Jury Room PENDLETON. Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) Though the grand Jury made no report this afternoon, its labors have been com pleted and final report will be made to morrow morning. There is a persistent rumor that many Pendleton dealers, and some .from other parts of the county. have been indicted for violating the local option law. According to reports, said to have emanated from the grand Jury room, the tests made by Professor John Fulfon, of the Oregon Agricultural College, showed that some of the samples of the so-called near-beer contained as much as 5 per cent alcohol, more than real beer con tains. Among those said to have been in dicted are proprietors of two "tent sa loons," who have been operating In con nection with railroad construction work west of Pendleton. They are said to have sold real beer and whisky over the counter without making any pretense of obeying the law. Immigration seems to be on the decline, it least temporarily. SMITH DIES AT HIS FORGE I'ioneer Rlurknilth of Tumwater, Wa.-h.. Expire Suddenly. OUYMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 3). (Special.) I'harlea Frank Eastman, a plumper !arksmlth of Tumwater. dropped dead at his forge tonlicht. Mr. Eastman mas b"rn In Nashua. N. H.. December S. With the family he rame to Tumwater In 1$3. making the trip by way of the Jthmus of Panama. He wa married Oetuber IS. 17. to Emma J. Manning, a jnemoer of another well-known pioneer family. .Mr. Eastman 4s survived by his widow aud two children. Mrs. Albert H. Mc int.'sh. of Tumwater. and Bruce A. East man, of Olympta. Tht funeral will be from the pioneer homestead at Tum water. Thursday afternoon. FLEET REPULSES ATTACKS Aflan'lc Naadron Beat Off Imag inary Torpedo-Itoalst. ON" POARP THE U. S. S. KANSAS. T SEA OX SOUTHERN DRILL 'jC IS 11 3 i : A K2"V HOW Captivates Music Lovers Closing Days of Magnificent Display of Baby and Other Grands at Eilers Music House WHY NOT A NEW BABY IN THAT HAND SOME NEW HOME OF YOURS? We always carry the most extensive assortment of grand pianos; bnt during these days of otrr Baby Show, as we term it, we present the most extensive array of. hig-h-prade Chickerings and Kim balls and hand-made HazeJtons and Deckers, and Hallett & Davis and Sohmer art grands, as well as numerous other makes. . The seating has been removed from .our Recital Hall, where this display is being made, and as the concert season is approaching, we must close this undertaking within the next few days. Aside from widest possible range of styles and makes, we offer each instrument at very note worthy reduction in price, far below -what is asked for similar grade and quality elsewhere. In no branch of our business is the money-saving power of Eilers methods so plainly demonstrated as in the sale of these magnificent instruments, each one a masterpiece. Pay cash or, for the mere addi tional simple interest, pay as best suits your convenience. Prices Reduced Pnll 27 Per Cert. . 351-353-355 Washington Street East-Side Store, 84 Grand Ave. Wholesale Department, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets on Pettygrove 'Silit'SlS h It's Good Business. I to let common sense dictate when selecting footwear. The result will be Crossett Shoes. The new Crossetts are ready. Sturdy styles in black or tan, button or lace. Thoroughbred Styles for young men with fancy edges or silk panels. Dress styles in durable patent leathers. Your preference in shoes is among the Crossett models. Pick out your style and fit $4 to $6 everywhere. Lewis A. Crossett, Inc., Maker, North Abinctoa, Mass. Just Published Once Upon a Time BY Richard Harding Davis His First Book of Stories in Nine Years Illustrated, $1.50 Charles Scribner & Sons