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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 29, 1911. DIRECTOR Or DEFENSE IN M'NAMAEA CASE, AND JUDGE TO PEOPLE RESTLESS, MAN SHOOTS BOY WHOSE RULINGS na tiULria. WILSON DECLARES FOB CHILD'S LOVE Candidate Says Hostility Is Not Toward Business, but Unfair Conditions. John Flora, Aged 22, Is Lying in Hospital, While Sleuths Seek John Salman, 54. GIRL BOTH LOVED AGED 12 THOUGHT FORMS RAPIDLY Assailant follows Voulh and His Father Into Stable and After f'fw Word Oprns Fir. Two Bullets Effective. For love of a 11-year-oM girl. John 8allmn, (X years old. last night shot and perhaps fatally Injured John Flora, aired St. John Flora, with two bullet wounds In his body, is lying; at Good Bamarltan Hospital, and the assailant Is at large, sought by four detective. Tonne Flora, with his father, had root Into the barn of their home at 77 Xlcolal street to put up his horses for the night. Fallmen followed the two, and after a few word, which rap Idly developed Into a heated recrimin ation, turned the Bun on Flora, shoot ing twice before the young man could make hi escape. He then turned the srun at Flora's father, but Louis Flora ran from the barn and escaped the bul lets which Sallmen sent after him. Ball men ran after him from the barn and escaped north along the banks of the Willamette Kiver. The wooing of the little girl had been carried on by both men for some time. Her affections are said to have turned from the older man to young Flora, and the older man. In a jealous rage, te believed to have been attempting to take Flora's life. The girl's name was kept secret by the parties con cerned, who would not give It to the police. When Flora was taken to the hos pital, Peputy District Attorney Page was summoned to secure a statement. Flora recovered consciousness late last night, and hie condition was pro nounced better than at the time of the shooting. TAFT MAY LOSE HIS VOTE (Contlnned From First Pe. I I A ' . ' " M 5 1 Jjyc y 'tfyf - JvA Ttt t CLARENCR DARROW (ABOVE) A5D JtDCE WALTER BfRDWTXU DEADLOCK IS E Court Rules on Frampton's " Testimony as Whole. JUDGE'S VOICE HOARSE tton. Later he was the guest of the city at a hotel, and tomorrow and Mon day he will try to keep up with a fairly strenuous programme. Reply Made te flap. The President came near discussing politics once when he spoke to the Chicago Bar Association. Without using his name. Mr. Taft referred to the re marks of United States Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, in this city recently. In which the President's veto of the Arl-sona-New Mexico statehood bill was called 'the blackest act of tyranny ever committed on a free people." "I knew I was guilty of a good deal." aid the President, "but I never knew I was guilty of conduct that could be described by such lurid terms. I was determined that when a new state en tered the T'nlon it should start with a knowledge of some things. I was con vinced that it should start with a ' proper appreciation of the Independence of the Judiciary. The people of that ! state may not be convinced yet. but at least they know what I think. Con gress has approved my action for once. , and has gone farther; It has passed a law directing and this is reallv mnrm like an act of blackest tyranny the r-"pie m taae back their Ideas about tie Judiciary. "When the territory Is a state It may change Its constitution to con form with Its own Ideas about judges, but when It repents the results. Its people can't say we did not give them arnlng. Veta Writ tea Krosa Heart. "My friends are trying to gain credit for me for my act. They have said It must have taken rare courage to veto tlie statehood bill. 1 deprecate this kind of talk. I am a lawyer and a Judge and If I had acted differently from the way 1 did I would have been worthy of neither title. I couldn't have done anything else but what 1 did. T wrote my veto out of my heart and I am proud and glad I wrote It." The President told the lawyers he did not, think criticism of the country's judges and the judicial system was Justified. "While the judres here don't meas ure up to the high standard of else where." he said, "still the record of " the American bench, as a whole. Is high. What defects there are are due not to the weakness of the Judges, but to the weakness of the people. I some times think the Socialists and anar rhlsts and the discontented ought to hire a lawyer to pick out flaws for an attack." At the Naval Training Station the President watched for half an hour a drill by several hundred student sail ors. He dedicated the station after Secretary of the Navy Meyers. Repre sentative Fobs, of Illinois, and others had spoken. Border Needs Na Defeases, "We are on the banks of the Great Lakes with this training school for the purpose of fitting our sailors for war" said Mr. Taft. "but I am glad to know that though this be on the border, so to speak, and within water distance of our northern neighbor, Canada. It is sttll for war purposes entirely In the Interior. We have no fort, no forces, no nary, because we know there te no danger In that direction and we offer that undefended border on both sides ' to illustrate the possibility of neigh bors living In permanent amity and peace." The President declared the training station showed the growth of the American Navy, which no longer was recruited from the "old tars" of the city waterfront, "but from the youth of the country." The President today changed his plana for his travels after leaving Pittsburg. He will go from Pittsburg to Morgantown. W. Va, Instead of di : rect to Hot Springs. Va. From Mor gantown Mr. Taft will go direct to New York City to review the Atlantic fleet on November 2. The President then will go to Hot Springs to stay until November . when he will pro ceed to his home In Cincinnati. Defense Objects to Question Wheth er Ie Is Hard of Hearing- In Both Ears or One Men Strongly Opposed. (Continued From First P-.) fendant a fair trial," says Darrow, at the end of the statement. The record of the trial shows that both men. under the adroit questioning of opposing counsel, gave many con tradictory statements, some of which they themselves could not reconcile. This point was brought out by Judge Bordwell, In ruling upon Frampton. "The court is of the opinion that Mr. Frampton Is not disqualified to act' as a juror." said the Judge, with an added sentence to explain why. "Even when he says he believes the defendant Is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and he could not give him a fair trlulT" asked Darrow. Court Holds Masi QaallSed. "I understand what Mr. Frampton has testified to." said the Judge, "and the court la of the opinion that from the testimony of Mr. Frampton. taken as a whole, he will give both sides of this case a fair and Impartial trial, and is qualified to sit as a Juror In the case. That will be the ruling, or course. Another collision occurred when Judge Bordwell undertook to examine Venireman T. J. Lee. His first question was repeated twice before Lee caught It. and the judge immediately asked him if he were hard of bearing. "Just a little," said Lee, and the court asked him how long he had been afflicted that way. These questions were objected to by the defense. Attorney Scott insisted that It should be shown In the record that the judge's voice was hoarse. "Very well." said the court, "let It show." Attorney Darrow objected to a ques tion whether the venireman was af fected In both ears or only one. Lee wss challenged because of his opposi tion to the death penalty on circum stantial evidence and was excused without a legal decision about hla hearing being made. TAZWELL UPHOLDS EVIL (Contlnnod From First PasO Printer Indicted for Murder. CHICAOO, Oct. :S. William J. Boener. former organiser of the Chi cago Typographical Union. No. 16, was Indicted today for the murder of Rush V. Denon. a nonunion printer who waa killed January 1 by labor sluggers, aid to have been employed under the .SlxecUon. ox Bocae Silverman was all right. I told him that I never promised to pay any f ISO, and that I had to pay Mr. Mann. He replied that I had better pay the $160 as demanded by Silverman. I hung up the phone. I refused to psy Silverman the $150. A few days after Silverman accepted of me 125. but he told me that 1 would be sorry." 4 Freed or Get Leniency. Records of the Municipal Court for the last month show either leniency or gross aversion for conviction not only on the part of Municipal Judge Tas well but also of Cohen, who relieved Taxwell for two weeks during the va cation period this month. In the dis position of cases In which the accused were charged with prostitution, gam bling or selling liquor on Sunday. The records of Judge Tax well's court from September 27 until yesterday. October IS. discloses that In 46 Individual cases In which the arrested parties were charged with conducting disorderly houses, being inmates of such resorts or of soliciting on the streets, the charges were either dismissed outright or suspended sentences were Imposed. Of that number, Taxwell disposed of 36 rases. . Tn the same length of time the same disposition was made of 6J men. In cluding a number of Chinese, for gam bling or visiting gambling games. Of that number Taxwell consented to tha dismissal of II while Cohen, during his short 19 days' tenure of the office, allowed !1 to go their way unpunished. In the same four weeks 16 persons arrested for selling liquor Sunday were discharged. Parasites Termed !.. Police officers during the same month caused the arrest of 37 va grants, the majority of whom were para sites, who were allowed 4o leave the courtroom without being fined or Im prisoned. These statistics do not In- mher of prostitutes arrested In the streets who were released I prisoned. These s 1 elude a large nun who were also arri as vagrants but without serving a Jail sentence or pay ing a tine. Several weeks ago criticism was di rected against J. M. Haddock, at one time a law associate of Judge Taxwell. who was getting the bulk of the Police Court business and Incidentally scoring victory after victory In the acquittal of his clients. Publicity of Haddock's exceptional activity In the Municipal Court had the effect of breaking up his monopoly, but Police Court lawyers declare it has resulted In the transfer of the greater part of this patronage to Cohen, and when he cannot get the business, Silverman Is recommended by the powers as the proper man. Cohen and Silverman, aver the com plaining lawyers, are fellow lodge of ficers. Both are Intimate friends of Municipal Judge Taxwell. In this con nection It will be remembered that Mayor Rushlight consented to appoint Cohen to serve as Municipal Judge while Taxwell was absent on his vaca tion, only on the written request and urgent recommendation of Tazwell. Cohen Court Favorite. Since Haddock withdrew as a con spicuous Police Court practitioner, Cohen's operations have been in the ascendency until he Is now a familiar figure at Second and Oak streets. It was Cohen who only last week ap peared as counsel for William Gross, arrested as an undesirable. Detectives Snow and Royal, who caused the ar rest of Gross, were Interrupted In the midst of their testimony at the trial of the case and Gross was dis charged. The following day Gross and a companion were arrested for smok ing opium and again Cohen appeared for Gross. Although the evidence against Gross was strong he was let off with a sentence of only 20 days on the rockplle. whereas spectators at the trial declare he should have re ceived the limit of 90 daya. Some of the other more or less un savory cases In which Cohen has been appearing In Police Court as attorney for the defendant, during the last two or three weeks, follow: Jennie Fried man, charged with conducting a re sort, dismissed; Ike Miller, charged with selling liquor without a license and selling liquor on Sunday, fined S100 for selling liquor on Sunday and the other charge dismissed; Sam Wolf. 107H Fourth street, selling liquor on Sunday, fined; Abraham Brill, selling liquor without a license and selling liquor on Sunday, sentence suspended. Cohen was also attorney for Sam Cap Ian, alleged husband of Jennie Fried man. Caplan was one of the first un desirables arrested In the recent cru sade. He waa convicted and sentenced to the rockplle, but he Is at liberty on bonds pending an appeal of his case to the Circuit Court. POET WANTS RUEF FREE JOAQCIX MILLER COMMENTS OX EFTORT6 OF OLDER, California Will Yet Be Proud of Reformed Convict and His Work, Is Prediction Made. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. li. Fremont Older, who. after leading a fight of years to send Abraham Ruef to the penitentiary. Is now attempting to se cure hla release, received a letter from Joaquin Miller today, in which the poet commends Older for his efforts, and urges him to continue. "What's Christianity for if it doesn't lead you to forgive foe when you have beaten and humiliated him?" says the poet. "Ruef may have done wrong, but he is now ready to atone for that wrong. This Is shown by his plan laid before the prison directors for "prison reform,1 which I have carefully read and studied. It Is the most remarkable document along these lines I have ever seen. It Is practical; It Is needful. "In prison he is helpless to carry out his plans. Out of prison he Is pledged to devote h! life to it. Why not give him the chance? If he does not make good he can be returned. Try him. and my word for it. my hand on It. Cali fornia will yet have occasion to be proud of him and the work he will do." PASCO FORMS CHAMBER Portland Business Men to Be In vited to Deliver Addresses. PASCO. Wash.. Oct. 18. (Special.) Some of the most prominent business men of Pasco have started to organise a Chamber of Commerce to be able to do effective boosting for an open river to the sea and to secure Government aid in Irrigation schemes for Franklin County. , A meeting held at the City Hall last evening, which showed that the busi ness men of the city believe that the opening of the Upper Columbia River will be of Immeasurable benefit to the Inland Empire. A resolution waa adopted Inviting the Portland Chamber of Commerce and similar organizations of the Northwest to send speakers to the next meeting of toe Pasco bar of Commerce. Caught In Elaborate Machinery of Politics Masses Have Felt That Control Was Held by Too Few Men. DALLAS. Tex.. Oct . "There has been going on all over the United States a process of somewhat pro found political change." said Dr. Woodrow Wilson. Governor of New Jersey and candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for President, speak ing at the State Fair here today. The change has not been uniform. In one state It waa produced by one set of conditions; -in another, by another; but almost everywhere there was this com mon difficulty, that the Government did not seem easily responsive to opinion; that the people seemed caught in an elaborate machinery of politics which could be manipulated against them, which could be so used as again and again and again to cheat them of the objects they sought, which seemed to put the whole control of affairs in the hands of small cotesjes of men who were exercising not representa tive, but usurped authority, and who were exercising it too ofen for private and not for public objects. Power To Oftea Delegated. "As I said, this was not true of all the states. The utmost variety existed in this respect as In many others, but it was true in so many states that men had begun to ask themselves whether we were not living in a fool's paradise; whether we were not boast ing of representative Institutions, when we really did not have them; whether we were not caught In an elaborate system of elections and delegations of power which made our Government virtually Independent of the force of general opinion. "Our objects are clear. We want a truly free, that is a truly open and truly representative set of govern ments for our states, and by repre sentative we do not merely mean gov ernments of persons elected to repre sent us, but actually and constantly responsive to the larger and more per manent movements of public opinion. "Because we want a just, well con sidered, moderately executed readjust ment of our present economic con ditions a readjustment based upon the facts we have become impatient of all sophistication about the facts; we have determined to go to the root of matters in our analysis of them and to be perfectly fearless In our discov ery of them. We mean to be conserv ative In the remedies we apply, be cause we know that It Is absolutely necessary to hold the delicate fabric of business together. We know that too great speed In change would de feat our very object, which Is not de struction but the purification and rec tification of what Is wrong. Remedy Not Really Radical. "Many things that look radical by way of remedy are no doubt conservative enough because a state cannot be tender with things that are manifestly wrong, unjust. Intolerable to our people. But the change that comes step by step, that addresses itself to the correction of one manifest evil at a time, that bases Itself upon actual facts, and not upon exravagant theories, that Intends what is Just and accomplishes it by never going too far. is not only not radical, but is pro foundly and essentially .conservative. If there be diseases in our economlo body, it Is conservative to cure them, not to let them alone. They will work eventual destruction much more surely than any well lntentloned rem edy could bring it about. "It is the rapid formation of thought upon these matters In the United States that Is producing the present alignment in our politics. We are now divided, not so distinctly Into Democrats and Republicans, as we are into Progressives and those who resist change. "Prosperity itself rests upon the people and the facts. A contented and hopeful people means a rich and varied economic development. The people of the United States are not contented. They are Just now not as hopeful as they should be. They are suspicious of the foundations of their business. They are convinced that something In equitable lies at the basis of the great power which small bodies of men now exercise In the business world. These are the conditions not of prosperity, but of disquiet, and there Is only one remedy for them the remedy which Progressives seek. They seek it, not with hostility to business, but with hostility to the present conditions which make wholesome business im possible." Dr. Wilson drew the 'conclusion that only the Democratic party was pre pared to remedy the evils of which he complained. NUMBER ,22,592 CAPTURED Colfax Robber Says He Is ex-Convict From San Quentln. I COLFAX. Wash., Oct. 28. -L. N. Ja cobs, an escaped convict from San Quentln, Cal., was arrested today by Deputy Sheriff George Corner after Jacobs had robbed a room In the Squibb lodging-house at Colfax. Ja cobs t-old hl8 plunder, left town and i H iaiions f kere to j Chain- 1 " Bsllmort " r l3wes Hals WO, zHawe$ Hats Hawes Hats fSthhit ttllimort Sihlos i Billmore kCofllMj pilUmort I Btlllmort tcofne, VSchlos jBsffmorc I IBilUmortl i Clolhtt t r We Are Selling Out All Boys' Clothing Lack of room for its proper display compels ns to sell out otir entire stock of children's and boys' Clothing. Every garment is beyond reproach in fabric and workmanship is of the sort you've a right to expect us to carry. Splendid opportunity for fitting out the boy in a new suit or overcoat at a substantial saving. Bsflmoif ptlllmoit Cofne Sciojs Btllimott Clothes Clolhtt Bitltmort Clolhtt Boys' $5.00 Suits and Overcoats $3.75 Boys $6.00 Suits and Over- gQ CO cits. Boys' $7.50 Suits and Over- g grj Boys $9.00 Suits and Overcoats $6.75 Boys' $10.00 Suits and Overcoats $7.50 Schloss 1 BalllmoM auoineij fialllmort Clothes Schloss BiWmott k.Cofhej Schloss flsllimort Hats aX-x c-j-. ft.r-r -j- L,vr i& i i -M-' fit i Fourth and Alder Sfrctfs CloHllUQ CO. Grant Phegley, Manager ,Hawes Hats S3.00, rhln Rah'mnrp C.lnthe 1 1 A fshloss Btlllmort V Clothes Schloss Btlllmort Clothes Srhlnct Rafrmnro Clnthe ! Hats 7Hawes Hats was overtaken by Corner, who was in an automobile. Jacobs told the olTlcers he was out on parole, having served three years of a seven-year sentence for forgery. Jacobs said his number was 22,692, that he was a high school graduate at Santa Rosa, where his mother and stepfather now reside. Jacobs said he would rather serve time at San Quentln than In Walla Walla, Wash., and for that reason told the officers of his escape. OREGON PLAN BRIEF FILED (Continued From First Pane.) to show that Legislatures failed to re deem direct promises of party plat forms. He details the growth of the movement in the states for Initiative and referendum legislation and speaks of the support given it by the National Legislative League, a new organization TheJ.K.GILLCO. Third And Alier Private Greeting Cards your private Christmas and New Tear Cards and Booklets want to be distinc tive this year. send YOUR friends and relatives something different something new and pretty with YOUR name engraved or printed thereon. the styles for 1911 are more artistic than ever, and the verses have been written by the best writers. The prices are within vhe limit of any purse. we are now taking special orders from Sample Books In our Stationery Department for future delivery. Place YOUR order promptly, so as to get them In ample time. Stop in and see the Sample Books next time you pass the store. "that from the Mississippi to the Pa cific is rapidly obtaining control." Mr. Williams declares that the meth od does not interfere with "republican form of government," which the Federal Constitution guarantees to every state. He arrues that Oregon has a republi can form of government, whether the people legislate by direct or Indirect methods. He adds that a government does not cease to be a republic when the people refuse to delegate all their sovereign power of legislation to agents and that the people of Oregon have not been disappointed In the di rect exercise of their sovereign func tions. Nine other states have followed In their footsteps, he points out. Thurston County Pioneer Dies. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 28. (Spe cial.) Mrs. A. Ford, an old resident of Thurston County, died at her home in Grand Mound yesterday. Mrs. Ford. wno was J years vi age, was uuni in ( Iowa and came to this section or tne country in 1S54, crossing the plains in a prairie schooner. 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