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FORTY SIXTH YEAR No. 16.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1912.
ESTABLISHED 1S
I
520 LOST; 675 SAVED
ASBIGGESTSHIPSIS
TITANIC CRASHES INTO ICEBERG AND GOES DOWN BEFORE AID SUMMONED
BY WIRELESS ARRIVES MAJORITY OF RESCUED WOMEN
NEW YOltK. April 1C Mora than
ir00 persons, It la feared, sank to
duitth early today whim, within four
hour after she craslmd Into an Ico-
btrg, tho mammoth White Htur steam
rr Tltanlfl from UvrMM to New
York on her nmldi-n voyage, wont to
the bottom off tho New Founlnnd
Imnka. Of the 2200 puriton on hoard
noiiut of thorn of world wldn promi
nence, only (75 are known to hiiva
boe:i saved. The Wbltn Htur offices
In Nw York, whllo keeping hopo to
tho IahI. frcly admitted that there
hud bwn "horrible Ioh of lire."
ArroptlliK curly ptitliiiMtrs of tho f.v
tulllty lint aa ai-curulo, tlio disaster Is
tho greatest In marlno history.
NcttruBt approaching It n magnitude
wvro tho dlHuiitra of tbit steamer At
lulitlo In 1873, whtu 647 live wure
joHt, und to Xa. HoiirKoyno In IMS, with
a fatality lint of 71.
Should It prove that other liners,
notHbly the Allun liners Parisian a.id
VlrKlnlun, known to huve been lu the
vhlnlty of the Tltaiilc early toduy,
hud picked up other Of IhT pHHHVUK-
ra, tho extent of thu calamity would
bo greatly ri-dumd. Tbla hope rv
inultiM.
The Hti-amor Olympic reported at
Capo Rare that thu steamer Curpathln
reactie,) lh Tltanlc's poitlllon at day
break today, but found boat and
wreckage only. She reported that the
Tllanlc had foundered at about 2:110
o'clock A. M. Ii latitude 41 10 north
and longitude 60. It went. The mea
sago adds that all tho Titanic a boats
were accounted for and "about U7S
semis saved, crew and passengers, lat
ter nearly all women and chlldre.i."
The report from the Olympic aaya
that thu Leyland liner California was
remaining and searching tho vicinity
of the disaster. The Carpathla, It wan
"aid, was returning to Now York with
the aurvlvora.
Vice! resident Franklin at 8:40
o'clock conceded that there had been
"a horrible loan of life" In tho Titanic
disaster. Ho Raid that he had no In
formation to disprove tho advlrea from
Cane llaeo to tho effect that only C.
of the passengers and crew had bee 3
rescued. He Raid that the monetary
Ion could not bo estimated tonight, al
though he Intimated that It would
run Into the millions.
"Wo can replace the monoy," ho
added, "but not the HveB. It la hop
rW."
Mr. Franklin continued:
"Aa far aa we know It haa boon ru
mored from Ifallfux that three steam
era have passengers on board, namely
the VlrKlnlun, tho Carpathla, and the
Parisian. Now we have heard from
Canlaln Haddock that tho Titanic Bank
at 2:20 o'clock this morning. We have
also learned from him that too Car
ONLY SURVIVORS
ARE ON CARPATHIA
SEA KEEPS LAST 8ECRET8 OF
HUNDREDS WHO PERISHED
ON TITANIC
WIRELESS GIVES LIST Of RESCUED
Expoiurt To Cold And Fog Supposed
To Have Killed Scores Who
Tried To Eicape On
Wreckage .
COUNTY DIVISION
onthla hud C75 aurvlvora on board. It
l very difficult to learn If tho Vlr
alnlan and tho Parisian have any pns
mincers on board. We have naked
Captain Haddock and our agent at
Halifax to aacortnin ir more aro nny
nnHsetiKera aboard the two Kteamsiitpa
"We very much fear, however, that
thero has beon a great 1oh of llfo, but
It la Impossible for us to give further
particulars until we have neara rrom
tho Parisian and VlrKlnlun. We hove
no Information that there aro any pna
aboard these two steamships."
Mr Franklin said there waa a suf
ficient number of llfo boats to take nil
Mm nassenKora from tho Titanic.
Hound for New York, the Titanic,
hn lurKost vcssol afloat flllgliliy lrg
er than her slater ship of the White
Star line, tho Olympic tort bourn
ainnton. England. Wednesday, with a
lurKo list of distinguished passengers,
3;iO In the first cabin, 330 in mo sec
ond cabin, 700 In steerage, 1 with
n rrw nf 800. on her maiden voyage.
She carried $5,000,000 worth of bonds
and diamond, and her cargo was re
Insured by Lloyds on a DO per cent
appraisal.
The Titanic wns duo In Now York
Thursday.
Among the 350 pnHsengors In the
flrHt cabin were:
Alfred (1. Vanderbllt, Colonel and
Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Aubert,
Major Archibald Butt, military aide to
President Taft; Dr. Washington Dodge
assessor of San Francisco, Mrs. Dodge
and their son; Mark Fortune and wife,
Colonel Archibald uracic, in-iijuiiuu
Guggenheim, Henry Ilaraner and wife,
and wife. Henry n. Har
ris and wife. C. M. Huys, president of
tho Grand Trunk Hallway; Imlay J.
Ilruee, chairman of the White Star
- line- Colonel Washlntgon Roebllng,
who' with his father, designed tho
Prooklvn Bridge, Countess Bothea, Ad
olph Saulfold, Frederick Speddln and
wife, ond F. D. Miller, president of
the American Academy of Rome.
FOR APRIL TERM
The follow Ig cases have been act for
trial during tho April term of the Cir
cuit Court:
April 20, Sunergard against the Ore
gon Electric Company: April 20,
Schoolny against the Portland Railway
light & Power Company; April 2D,
McKlllican against MeKlllican; April
30 Dirk against Boland; May 1, Moy
er against Tebbetts; May X Cross
against Oregon Engineering Company
May 6, Tlmmons against the Portla.id
Railway, Light t Power Company;
May 8. Lott against Thomas; May 9,
Ambler against Molt and May 10,
Rosencrantz against Wendt.
NEW YORK, April 1C Notnlng
that cuine from tho sea today mltl-i
gated In any degree tho horror of the
Titanic tragedy. Thero aro no known
survivors that are not on tho Car
pathla. In Icy, fog smothered seas, whore
thu Tltunlc sung, exposure must soon
have destroyed those who were left
to life bulla or wreckage when all th
boats were gone and no help had come
and tho great ship hud foundered. The
receding Dimple, whose powerful
wireless began oil Tuesday morning
to reclto the names of the living, con
tinued the work today of reluylng the
Carputhla'a dispatches, and successive
bulletins posted at tho White Star of
lico kept many despairing man and
woman waiting all day and Bent oth
ers away thanking; God.
It la practically certain now that
nearly all the men of the Tltanlc's
company went down with tlx) Bhip
when she plunged two miles toward
tho ocean's floor, or that they per
ished miserably while clinging to
wreckage of life servers In the Icy
waste that betrayed them. They gave
up lire within sight or the lime rocK
lug boats that held their women and
children.
It cannot bo doubted now that
among these were Colonel John Jac
oh Astor, Isador Straus, Major Arcn
limit! W. Butt, aide to President Taft;
(ieorgo 1). Widener, of Philadelphia
Karl II. Uchr, tennis champion; Jac
ones Kiitrello. writer: William T,
Stead, london edltor;Francla D, Mil
let, American artist; and many more
who were known both aides of tho A-t
luntlc. Toll of the Tltanlc's disaster
will bo felt all over the world.
The names of tho survivors wire
lessed here by the Olympic Include
a small number of men who were able
to find a place with tho women and
children In a few boats. Such good
news as there Is places among the
llvlnir Henry Sleeper Harper, of tho
iiubllHhlng firm, and Mrs. Harper; Dr,
and Mrs. Henry Fruenthal and Mr.
and Mrs. T. O. Fruenthal, Mrs. John
Jucob Astor, with her maid, nro on
the Carpathla, which Is hurrying tho
survivors to this port and which
should arrive Thursday night.
MEN GO TO DOOM
TO
SAVE
WOMEN
RICH AND POOR ON ILL-FATED
SHIP GALLANTLY 3UR- .
RENDER LIVES
COMPANY IS BITTERLY DENOUNCED
White S'ar Official Accused Of Pur
posely Witholdlng Facta And
Issuing False Statements
NEW YORK. April 1C All New
York whs stunned to day by the appal
ling loss of life to passengers aboard
tho wrecked White Star Liner Titan
ic, which was supposed to have beon
virtually unslnkable.
From daylight a long line or nys-
terlcal men, women and children be
sieged the offices of the White Star
line begging for some definite Informa
tion. The company officials however,
were unable to hold out hope, oxplaln-
ntr that they were In the dark con
cerning tho fatalities, and that noth
ing will be dednltely known until the
arrival here of the Virginian, and the
Carpathla, the two ocean liners first
to reach the side of the 111 fated Tes-
sel.
Relatives of the missing passengers
as well aa th'-fr friends, bitterly de
nounce the company, charging the of
ficials with having deliberately with
held news of the disaster when they
were reasonably certain that the Ti
tanic nad gone down with hundra
of passengers.
The White Star officials are mner-
Iv censured for Issuing false reports
and comforting relatives and friends
by assurances that all passengers naa
ben transferred to other vessels, and
(Continued on page 8.)
IS NOT SETTLED
OREGON CITY COMMERCIAL
CLUB COMMITTEE IS ENTER
TAINED IN ESTACADA
PROPOSITION HAS ITS DRAWBACKS
Visitors, However, Have Fine Time
And Have Nothing But Praise
For Their Hosts Report
To Be Made
The proposition to divide Clackamas
Into two counties was discussed at a
meeting of a committee of the Oregon
City Commercial Club and the Ktfta-
( ada t'onierclal Club at a conference
In EHtacudn Wednesday. Aa was ex
pected nothing definite waa decided
upon. Many residents of the Eastern
Mid of the county favor seceding on
tho ground that It would be advant
ageous to Clackamas County and the
part which desires to have an Inde
pendent government. Tho advocates
ol county division say that the county
Heat Is too fur from their section of
tho county, and that the formation of
lew county with Estacda as the
comity scut, would not only be nioro
convenient, but would save that sec
tion a great deal of money. While
tho Oregon City Comerclul Club, as
yet, has not opposed the proposition,
It will not favor It until arguments
are produced showing that a division
would bo advantageous.
II. T. Mclluln, President of the Ore
gon City Commercial Club; O. D. Eby
William Shcahan. T. J. Gary, George
Randall, L. Adams, Major C. 8. Noble,
M. J. Ijuelle. J. E. Jack, Llvy Stlpp,
W. L Mulvey and C. O. Huntley were
the membra of the committee which
went to EHtacadu,
Two enthusiastic meetings were
held In EHtucadn. The first meeting
was called to order at 3 o'clock and
adjourned nt 4, after one hour of argil'
nient on the part of the Cascade nils
blonarles. The Power House at River
Mill station was visited and the Ore-
ton City committee made a thorough
examination of It from bed rock to
crest of the dam..
The second meeting was called to
order at 8 o'clock after an excellent
repast at the Bstacada Hotel. Plates
were laid for fifty and it is sale to say
Oregon City's committee of twelve
secured Its share, It not more, of the
good things both wet and dry.
After nnother hour of lnteretslng
nn,l Instructive talks by Messrs. Bel
tils and Bartlett for Estacodu and
Messrs. Sheahan, Huntley, Noble and
Eby for Oregon City the meelng ad
Journed.
All agreed that the plan wasa good
proposition for Estacada and that Es-
tucada Is certainly a royal Host.
The reort to the homo club will be
made next Tuesday.
JUDGE
CAMPBELL
PRAISES
TON
E
COURT, IN GRAND JURY CHARGE,
PAYS DI8TRICT ATTORNEY
COMPLIMENT
C. W. RISLEY APPOINTED FOREMAN
i
Prosecutor la Called One Of The Ab
lest And Most Conscientious
State Has Ever
Had
In Instructing the April grand jury,
composed of C. W. RJsley, foreman;
Charls Muralt; Otto Aschoff, Hanry
Glthens, Bert AlcArthur, J. V. Harless,
and Thomas Mooncy, Judge Campbell
Monday paid District Attorney Tongue
high compliment. Tho court said
In part:
'If at any time during your Invest
igations you have doubts whether the
fucts produced constitute a crime In
WEST PLANS
OF
E
SALEM, Or., April IS. Announcing
thut he Is heartily in favor of placing
the control of the state penitentiary
In tho hands of the state board, where
tho control of all of the other state
Institutions now reposes and that he
Is engaged In preparing a bill to be
Introduced In the next legislature
which will bring the change into ef
fect, Governor West today
answered those who have been
attacking his prison policy
on the ground that he is trying to
bolster up his administration Dy use
of the stute prison.
The governor said tho bill would pro-
fide for general revision of laws gov
erning state Institutions and would
cut tho institutions loose from much
of tho red tape that now hinders tho
sate board from bringing them up
to tho highest efficiency.
The bill Governor West Is preparing
It enacted Into law, will provide for
cooperation between the various Insti
tutions that is Impossibe under the
present laws. It will permit the ex
change of commodities among insti
tutions and thus give opportunity for
great savings to the state. Now, If
one Institution has a surplus of pro
ducts of any kind, uny revenue receiv
ed by disposing of It must be turned
into tho state 8 general fund.
"I bellve that he management of
the state prison should be In the same
hands a the management of the in
sane asylum and other state Institu
tions," said Governor West. "If the
management of other Institutions la In
board, that Is where the manage
ment of tho state prison should be.
But Inasmuch aa the people have plac
ed control of that institution in the
hands of the governor, I purpose to
conduct Its affairs In accordance writh
my own Ideas."
T AGIST
SINGLE TAX STARTS
With the organization of the Oregon
Equal Taxation League, a state-wide
campaign will be conducted against
the single tax measure. Charles H.
Shields, president of the Anti-Single
Tax League of Washington and a
business man of Seattle, has been ap
pointed secretary of the Oregon as
sociation, and will have charge of the
campaign. The offices of the league
are at 706-708 Board of Trade Building.
TONGUE AND MASS
LAUDED BY JURY
REPORT 8AYS OFFICIALS DID
THEIR BEST TO FIND SLAY
ER OF HILLS
COURT HOUSE ADDITION APPROVED
Improvement Of County Jail And Pad
ded Cell For Insane Recom
mended 21 True Bills
Found
District Attorney Tongue, Called By
Judge Campbell, In Charge To
Grand Jury, Ablest Prosecutor In
State.
i. j.
law, whether if a crime, it has ceased
to be punishable by reason of lapse
of time, or a former acquittal or con
viction, you may make a presentment
of facts to the court without mention
ing the names of Individuals and ask
for Instructions. I, however, do not
apprehend that you will have any trou
ble along this line as you will have
with you the district attorney, who
has had much experience and is one
of the ablest and most conscientious
prosecutors that this or any other dist
rict in this state has ever had, so far
as I have been able to observe. In
your Investigation of any charge you
should only hear competent evidence
that is, you shall receive no other
evidence such as might be given on
the trial of the person charged. If
you should indict a person on hearsay
or incompetent evidence when we
should come to trial it would be im
possible to convict on that class of
testimony, and the county would be
put to a great deal of expense without
accomplishing any result.
'You ere not bound to hear any evi
dence for the defendant, but it Is
your duty to weigh all tha evidence
submitted to you and when you have
reason to believe that other evidence
within your reach will explain away
the charge you should order such evi
dence to be produced for that purpose
may require the district attorney to
Issue subpoenas for witnesses.
"On account of the .many, various
and conflicting report In the news
papers concerning the Investigation
of the murder of the Hill family, we
take this opportunity to commend Dis
trict Attorney Tongue and Deputy
Stipp, In their honest, careful, cau
tious and unbiased method pursued In
conducting a thorough Investigation
of testimony of all witnesses not only
In the HIM case, but In all other mat
ters coming before us during our de
liberative session.- We also wish to
commend Sheriff Masa In his efforts
to apprehend the murderer of the Hill
fumlly."
The above Is part of the final report
made Friday afternoon by the Nov
ember Grand Jury, which waa com
posed of A. M. Klrchem, foreman; ii
Rastall,, William H. Stuwe, A. Bre
mer, Charles Sharnke, C. Krigbaum,
and W. F. Lehman.
Other part of the report follow:
"We have examined the construc
tion of the addition to the court house
the remodeling and repairing of the
old portion thereof. We have invest
igated the cost of material, cost of la
bor, of architecture, plumbing, etc.,
and it is our opinion that the county
court exercised Its best judgment In
tho selection of the material, which
in every Instance was purchased with
as much economy as waa consistent
with good business principles; ' and
further the work waa carefully ad
skillfully superintended. We wish
to recommend, by way of further Im
provements, that the Jail be Improved
in such a manner as to properly ac
commodate the prisoners, and that a
padded cell for the retention of the
violent Insane be Installed, and we
further recommend that it be so ar
ranged as to afford proper ventilation.
"We further recommend that all ln
struments of record filed In the clerk'
office be not taken or removed there
from, unless the record of the bor
rower be made thereof, except on such
occasions, as the same may be re
quired by court."
The Jury returned 21 true bills and
dismissed three cases. -
FARMER DIES IN
CANBY HOTEL FIRE
SEVERAL PER80NS HAVE NAR
ROW ESCAPES AS BUILDING
IS DESTROYED
LITTLE CIRL FLEEING, FALLS
Brave Woman Climb Down Post And
8avet Man Business Section
Of City la Threatened
LOCK IS
E OF LA FOLLETTE
COFFERDAMS MAYi
KEEP RIVER OPEN
MclNOOE PLANS BUILDING CANAL
WITHOUT INTERRUPTING
TRAFFIC
OLD LOCKS AVAILABLE FOR USE
Tests Being Made Of Material For
Dividing Wall Survey
Of Property
Finished
Cofferdams similar to those used in
raising the hulk of the Battleship
Maine may be used in connection with
the constrution of the concrete wall
at the locks at the Falls of the Will
amette, which will divide the prop
erty taken over by the government
from that of the Portland Rallwny,
Light & Power Company.
A survey of the property haa been
completed and Assistant Engineer
Thomsen, of the staff presided over
by Major Mclndoe, Corps of Engi
neers, U. S. A., will check over the
corners to satisfy himself thai they
are correct
Testa are being rrrade of material
that may form the foundation or the
wall. If the cofferdam scheme is
deemed practical It will be a boon to
steamloat men ,as the building of the
wall under other methods will neces
state the locks being closed to navi
gation and Major Mclndoe la making
every effort to avoid Interrupting river
traffic.
A decision "HI be made In a fe
days.
PENDLETON, Or., April 15. "I will
not be wearing a crepe on my hat If
Roosevelt wins out In Pennsylvania,'
declared Senator Robert M. La Fol-
lette this morning, talking to a pri
vate audience of friends and news
papermen. "Every delgate who goes
to the national convention Instructed
for Roosevelt Increases the probabi
lity of a deadlock between him and
Taft and such a deadlock can only
mean one thing, the election of your
humble servant.
"I have 38 delegates now and every
one of them has Iron in his system.
They are not the compromising kind
and every one will fight to the last
ditch for me. It neither Taft nor Roose
velt can win on the first few ballots
their delegates will commence to
switch and with pieces of each other's
skin an 1 hair beneath their finger nails
it Is not likely they will get together
either on the president or ex-presi-dent."
Speaking of the results In Illinois
Senator La Follette declared h was
not a bit discouraged. "I was advised
not to enter In the primaries," he said
"unless I ?ould make a personal cam
paign but I knew there were many
who wanted to vote for me and I naa
my name put on the ballot. I got
something like 40,000 votes and every
one was from a true progressive neart
"Illinois Is not a progressive state
and Roosevelt's victory was not a pro
gressive victory. He won because
certain Interests would rather have
him in the presidential chair than the
other man.
La Follette arrived here on the ear
ly tram this morning from the east
and retired immediately to his room,
where he slept until 11:30. He Is ac
companied by his wife who made a
ten minute talk for woman suffrage on
the streets.
SPLIT DELEGATION
PHILADELPHIA. April 11 At mid
night reports indicate that Theodore
Roosevelt has carried about half of
the Congressional districts in Penu
sylvania. In addition there Is a prob
ability that Roosevelt men will con
trol the state convention, which will
name 1? delegates-at-large.
Woodrow Wilson apparently had lit
tle opposition and he will have almost
a solid delegation from this state to
the Democratic National convention.
A dlsastroua fire occurred at Canby
Saturday morning about 4 o'colck, the
City Hotel, with Its contents being
destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Mos
ley, who lived In the hotel were awak
ened about 3:30 o'clock by fire, which
started In the kitchen on the east aide
of the building, and tbey gave the
alarm. The boarder were aroused
and hurried to the street Many of
them were half clad not being able
to save their clothing, aa the struc
ture waa soon a mass of flames.
Erastus Rosencrants, of Liberal, who
had been spending several days In
Canby and making his headquarters
at the hotel, was burned to death
He waa ninety-one years of age, and
owing to bis feeble condition waa un
able to escape, although he was awak-
ened and had thrown part of his
clothing out of a window of the sec
ond story, and had probably Intend
ed Jumping but was overcome by the
smoke.
Mr. Rosencrantz had been a resi
dent of Liberal for some time. He Is
survived by a widow, and eight child
ren, one daughter living at Liberal.
He was born In Syracuse, New York.
Opposite Mr. Rosencranta' room John
Strickland occupied an apartment and
escaped by Jumping from the second
story window. The little 12-year-old
daughter of Mrs. A. Bradburn, prop
rietress of the hotel, bad a narrow es
cape from death. She was making
her escape from the building when
she fell down stairs, and those follow
ing her not knowing she had fallen
In their excitement trampled her, and
she is suffering from severe bruises.
She also inhaled smoke. Her condi
tion is not serious.
A woman, who was among the cool-
heded persons in the building at the
time the fire started, saved a man's
life. She waa In the second, story, and
escaped by climbing down one of the
posu of the front porch, aud hastened
into the burning building and aroused
the man, who had a room on tho first
floor. He had a narrow escape, as
his room adjoined the room where the
fire originated.
Most of the rooms of the city hotel
were occupied Friday night, there be
ing a theatrical company in the city.
The Cottage Hotel, which Is in the
same block had a narrow escape from
destruction, and many of the residents
of Canby, as well as the boarders sav-
ed the building by carrying water
irom a well. Had there bten & wind
blowing the loss would have been
much greater, as the wer supply at
Canov is limited, the city water bar
in? being brought f-on -the Mack home
on the w-t side of the Southern Pa
ciflc railroad track, and pumped from
a well hy means of an engine
The Ci 7 Hotel his changed hanaj
several limes' dur n-; the past year.
It was loci ted on O Street about two
blocks f om the htni.ia. Mrs. A.
Bradburn took possession of the hotel
several months ago.
Coroner Wilson was called to Canby
soon after the body of Rosencrantz
was removed from the building, but
decided it was unnecessary to hold an
inquest.
DEM HAVE
BIG LOVE FEAST
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT ARE EX
CORIATED BY CANDIDATES
FOR SENATOR
TRUSTS VEHEMENTLY DENOUNCED
Pierce, Lane And Coehow Deliver In
teresting Addressee At Big
Banquet Hedget Pleases
Crowd
GENERAL
MT
DIES EARLY TODAY
COMMANDER OF DEPARTMENT
OF EAST VICTIM OF HEART
TROUBLE
UNEXPECTED NEWS SHOCKS CITY
Son Of Famous Civil War Leader Had
Not Complained of Being III
Trouble In Getting
Physician
NEW YORK, April 12. Major-Gen
eral Frederick D. Grant, son of the
famous General of the Civil War and
himself commander of the East, died
at the Hotel Buckingham, in this city
about 12:40 o'clock this (Friday)
morning.
Between 9 and 10 o'clock last night
General Grant was brought to the
Buckingham from St. Luke's Hospital.
He was accompanied by Lieutenant
Howse, from Governors Island, and
General Grant's wife. He was attend
ed by Dr. Robert Abbey and Dr. Ed
ward li. Bench. The cause of the
General's demise was not made knows
when word of his death waa Bent to
the hotel desk.
The news flashed from the apart
ments of General Grant sent a shock
through the city such as that which
startled the whole country upon the
death of his father 27 years ago.
Tne news was far more sudden. It
came less than an hour after the first
alarm bad been sounded that General
Grant was seriosly 11L The alarm it
self had come before It had been gen
erally known that General Grant was
In the city, aa his presence here had
been kept a secret
(Continued on page 4)
Hailing Thomas Jefferson aa the
greatest constructive American states
man, leading Democrats of Oregon
Saturday night at a banquet given by
tb County Democratic Central Com
mittee at Woodmen Hall, pleaded with
their audience of more than 200 that
the principles for which the founder
of the party stood be their Inspiration
and guide in the campaign now In pro
gress. It was not only a Democratlepar
ty dinner, but aDemocratlc dinner, for
at least one third of the banqueter
were Republicans and adherents of
other political parties. The banquet ,
was neia in nonor of the birthday of
the founder of the party, and the prin
cipal speakers were Walter A. Pierce
Dr. Harry Lane and O. P. Coshow,
candidates for the Democratic nomina
tion for United States Senator.
Gilbert L. Hedges, who Is the Dem
ocratic candidate for District attorn
ey In this district was toastmaster.
Each speaker was fittingly Introduced
and Mr. Hedges convulsed the crowd
with several "telegrams" whicn It Is
believed were originated by himself.
While the arguments were pretty
much the same as have from time
Immemorial been used by members of
the party, and have time and again
trailed its banner in the dust, the ora
tors were Just as sure they were right
as was William Jennings Bryan In
1896 when he tried to foist upon the
Amercan people the free silver theory.
acclaiming it the only sure cure for
all the Ills that politics la heir to, they
were presented In an Interesting way
and brought forth rounds of applause.
Mr. Pierce, who was In particularly
good voice, made a forceful address.
He declared that th Dmocratic party
had nothing to be ashamed of, and that
the really Important achievements of
the Roosevejt and Taft administrations
had been suggested by Mr. Bryan and
other Democrats.
The speaker Justified the fight that
was made for bimetallsm on the
ground that the increased supply of
gold had proved that the quantitlve
theory of money was correct. He de
clared that Mr. Roosevelt was now ad
vocating measures that would have
put the Democratic party to shame
in 1896 so radical would they then
have appeared.
"We would have been called anarch
ists if we had advocated them then,"
said Mr. Pierce. "The Democratic
party,, has, In fact, become the conser
vative party. It Is proved when the
troops have to be called out to sup
press a riot in a Republican conven
tion in the great state of Michigan.
The combinations of wealth have
grown under Republcan rule. From
time immemorial the law of supply
and demand ruled, and never until
our lifetime have men been able to
take business by the throat through
combination's of capital and throttle
It. , I tell you It Is a revolution and
not an evolution. The trusts dictate
the prices they pay and the prices
the people pay them. There are not
many markets where competition
rules. The steel trust for instance,
controls 60 per cent of all the raw Iron
and sells stell at 0 or 50 per cent high
er here than it does in foreign mark
ets. That trust has paid IS per cent
interest annually for nine years on
a billion and half of stock, half of
which is watered stock.'
Mr. Pierce in speaking of the absorb-
tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company by the United States Steel
Company became facetious. He de
clared that the trust asked President
Roosevelt If It could absorb the big
southern company, and that the Pres
ident replied, "De-lighted.
The speaker said the crlTie or. tne
age was the control of the markets by
the trusts which killed competition
and sounded the death knell of sup
ply and demand. He said Its contin
uance would result In the wrecking
of the nation. Mr. Pierce recommend
ed Jail sentences for the rich offend
ers declaring that would be more ef
ficacious than large fines. He also
nald his respect3 to the express comp
anies, and declared that they and the
telegraph lines should be under the
management of the postal department.
Mr. Pierce -made a fine Impression,
and was enthusiastically fpplauded
throughout his address. He was giv
en a round nf applaue when he pledg
ed his fealty to the nominee of the
party no matter which one uf the can
didates won the nomination.
Toastmaster Hedgea read telegrams
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PROPOSED LAW WOULD
BE RAILROAD BLOW
WASHINGTON, April 12. Washing
ton Is Just beginning to realize that the
railroad and oteamshlp legislation
pending in congress present an Is
sue almost as important aa thetaiiff.
the most radical proposals made
since the enactment of the Hey burn
bill are contained in the Adamaon bill,
forbidding railroads to own any Inter
ests in stcamdhlnp lines with which
they may compete for traffic, and In
the Humphrey bill, excluding from
American ports any foreign ahlpa
which ma be part of a foreign sim-
ship pool