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VOI,. XXV.- NO. 13,998.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1905.
PRICE TTlVE CENTS.
OOSEWELT WINS
VIRGINIA HEARTS
Ovation Greets Him at
State Capital.
PRAISES DEEDS OF SOUTH
Claims for Nation Credit of
Virginia's Great.
POLICY IN CARIBBEAN SEA
Southern Tour Begins With Great
Outpourings of People to Greet
President, Who Boasts Blood
of All Sections.
THE r RESIDENT'S ITINERARY.
Left Washington S:30 A. M...Oct. 18
Richmond Va Oct 13
Raleigh. X. C. Oct. 19
Durham. X. C '. Oct. 19
Greensboro, X. C Oct. 19
High Point. X. C Oct. 19
Salisbury, X. C Oct. 19
Charlotte. X. C Oct. 19
Roswell. Ca .....Oct. 20
Atlanta. Ga Oct. 20
Jacksonville. Fla -...'...Oct. 21
St. Augustine, Fla 21-22
Mobile, Ala Oct. 23
Tuskegee. Ala.... ...Oct. 24
Montgomery. Ala.... Oct. 24
Birmingham, Ala-. Oct. 24
Little Rock. Ark Oct. 25
Memphis. Tonn Oct. 25
Xew Orleans, La Oct. 20
Arrive Washington Oct. 31
RICHMOND, Va.,' Oct. IS. Richmond
oday threw open her gates to Presi
dent Roosevelt, and during the seven
hours of his stay' state and city officials
ard citizens accorded him a welcome
hiarty and sincere. The Presidential
train arrived a few minutes after noon,
ard from that moment until 7 o'clock
tonight, when he departed for Raleigh,
X, C, over the Seaboard Air- Line, ho
was given an ovation.
His entry into the city was th siir-
nal for a wild demonstration from a
multitude, and the -welcoming enthusl
asm only ceased when his train con
tinued on its Journey through the
South. Mrs. Roosevelt shared In the
honors. and Mrs. Montague, the wife
of the Governor, gave a reception at
the Executive mansion in her honor.
The President made several ad
dresses, one at the Capitol Sauare. be
fore one of the largest crowds ever
assembled in Virginia's capital, an
other at a banquet In Masonic Temple,
where 400 of tho representatives of the
Old Dominion were gathered about the
boards; again at the Lee monument,
where he spoke to a largo number of
Confederate veterans, and onco more
at a gathering of negroes.
His speeches paid tribute to the
Confederate veterans, voiced apprecia
tion of the economic and political
progress of the South since the Civil
War; pointed to his ancestry, in which
Southern and Northern blood are min
gled, and to his birth in the East and
his life in the West, declaring he bo
lieved himself a middling- good Ameri
can; spoke of the preponderance of
Southern blood in hls regiment in
Cuba, referred to the aid, through ad
vice, that this Government can rive
the peoples on the coasts and islands of
the Caribbean; reiterated the principle
of equal Justice to all, and in his talk
to negroes, congratulated them on
their progress as a race.
The President .will speak tomorrow
at itaiejgn, un. u-
PRESIDENT nEXTOLS SOUTH.
S
Speech at Richmond on Reconstruc
tion and National Policy.
RICHMOND, Va., Oct 18. lodav was
Roosevelt day at Richmond and the
city was in gala attire. Business was
practically suspended and nearly the
wholo population was on the streets
At 12 o'clock sharp the Presidential
train pulled into the Main-Street De
pot and a special committee formally
welcomed the President to Richmond.
Then the President was escorted to
Capitol Square. The line of march was
through the principal streets to the
Western part of the city and return
All along. the route the President was
enthusiastically cheered.
The President and party called at tl:
Executive Mansion and paid their re
spects and then repaired to the speak
ers stand, which was faced by oar. of
the greatest multitudes ever assembled
in Richmond. Mayor McCarthy rre
sented the Governor, who in a brief
speech introduced the President, who
spoke as follows:
Great Men of Virginia.
I trust 1 need hardly cay how great Is ray
plasure at speaking in this historic capital
of your historic state; the state than which
no other has contributed a larger proportion
to the leadership of . the Nation, for on the
honor roll of those American -worthies whoee
greatness Is not only for the age, tut for all
time, not only for one Nation, but for all the
world, j on this honor roll Virginia's name
i.anas aoavc un uwierz. Ana in greeting an
m you. I know that no one will grudge my
raying a special word of acknowledgement to
the veterans of the Civil War.
A man would -indeed be but a poor Ameri
ran who could without a thrill witness the
way in which. In city alter city in the North,
as In the South, on every public occasion.
the men who wore the blue and the men who
wore the gray now march and stand shoul
der to ehoulder. giving tangible proof that
we are all now in fact as In name a reunited
people, a people Infinitely richer because of
the priceless memories left to all Americana
by you men who fought In the great war.
Think of it. oh. mr countrymen: think of
the good fortune that is oursl That whereas
every other war of modern times has left
feelings of rancor and bltterncsa to keep
asunder the combatants, our great war has
left to the sons and daughters of the men who
fought, on whichever elde they fought, the
came right to feci the keenest pride in the
great deeds alike of the men -who fought on
one side and of the men who fought on the
other.
ncroism of the South.
Great though the. meed of praiae which Is
due the South for the soldierly valor her sons
displayed during the four years of war. I
think that even greater praise Is due to her
for what her people have accomplished In the
40 years of peace which followed. For 40
years the South has made not merely a cour
ageous, but at times a deeperate, struggle, aa
she has striven for moral and material well-
being. Her succesc has been extraordinary.
and all citizens of our common country should
feel Joy and pride In It. Only a heroic people
could have battled sufficiently against the con
ditions with which tho people of the South
found themselves face to face at the end of the
Civil War. There had been utter destruction
and disaster, and wholly new business and
social problems had to be faced with the
scantiest means. The economic and political
fabric had to be readjusted In the midst of
dire want, of grinding poverty. The future
of the broken, war-swept South seemed be
yond hope, and. if her cons and daughters
had been of weaker fiber, there would in very
truth have been no hope. But the men and
the sons of the men who had faced with un
faltering front every alternation of good and
evil fortune from Manassas to Appomattox,
and the women, their wives and mothers.
whose courage and endurance had reached
an even higher heroic level three men and
these women set thmselvca undauntdly to the
great task before them.
For 20 years the struggle wax hard, and
at times doubtful. Then the splendid quali
ties of your manhood, and womanhood told.
as they were bound to tell, and the wealth of
your extraordinary natural resources began to
be shown. Now the teeming riches of mine
and field and factory attest the prosperity of
those who are all the stronger because of the
trials and struggles through which this pros
perity has come. You stand loyally to your
traditions and memories; you also stand loyal
ly for our great common country of today and
for our common flag, which symbolizes all that
Is brightest and most hopeful for the future
of mankind; you faco the new age in the
spirit of the age. Altko in your-' material and
in your spiritual and Intellectual develop
ment, you stand abreast of the foremost In
the world's progress.
If we treat the mighty memories of the
past merely as excuses for sitting lazily down
in the present, or for standing aside from
the rough work of the world, then these mem
ories will prove a curse Instead of a blessing.
If wc, treat them as I believe we shall treat
them, not as excuses -for inaction but as In
centives to make us show that we are worthy
of our fathers and of our fathers' fathers,
then in truth the deeds of the past will not
have been wasted, for tbey shall bring forth
fruit a hundredfold In the present generation.
Best Foreign Policy.
In foreign affairs we must make up our
-minds that whether we wish It or not. we arc
a great people, and must play a great part In
the world. Our commission in the world
should be one of peace, but not the part of
ARRIVES AT RALEIGH TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C. ..Oct. 19.-The
President's train reached Mlllbrook,
tour miles from Raleigh, on the Sea
- board Air Line, at 12:55 this morn
wlng. It will remain there during tho
early hours and pull into Raleigh at
8:50 A. M.
cravens, the peace granted contemptuously to
those who purchase It by surrendering the
right. No! Our voice must be fffectlve for
peace, for it is raised for righteousness first
and for peace only as the liand-maldcn of
righteousness. We must be scrupulous in re
specting the rights of tho weak and no less
careful to make it ev.ldent that we do not
act through fear of the strong. We must be
scrupulous in doing Justice to other, and
rupulous in exacting Justice for ourselves.
We must beware equally of that sinister and
cynical Reaching which would persuade us to
dlnt-gard ethical standards in lnternatlenal
relation, and of the no less hurtful folly
which would stop the whole work or civiliza
tion by a well-meant, but silly persistency In
trying to tsupply to peoples unfitted for them
those theories of government and of national
action which are only suited for the most ad
vanced races.
In particular we must remember that In
undertaking to build the Panama Canal wc
have ncecearlly undertaken to police the seas
at either end of it; and this means that we
have a peculiar interest in the preservation of
order on the coasts and islands of the Carib
bean. I firmly believe that by a. little wise
and generous aid we can help even tho mo6t
backward of the peoples on these coasts and
islands forward along the path of "Orderly lib
erty, so that they can stand alnno it v Am..
cllne to give them such help, the result will
be bad. 'both for them and for us. and will
In the end In all probability cause us to face
humiliation or bloodshed.
The problems that face us abroad are im
portant, but the problems that face us at
home are even more Important! The extra
ordinary growth of industrialism during the
last half century brings every civilized peo
ple face to face with the gravest social and
economic Questions. This Is an age of com
bination among capitalists and combination
among wage-workers. It Is Idle to try to
prevent such combinations. Our. efforts should
be to seo that they work for the .good and not
for the harm of the body politic New de
vices of law are necessary from time to time
In order to meet the changed and changing
conditions. But after all we will do well to
remember that, although tho problems to be
solved change from generation .to generation!
the spirit in which their solution must be
attenyjted remains forever the same.
This Government was formed with Its basic
Idea the principle of treating each man
on h!s worth as a roan, of paying no heed
(Concluded on Fage fjL)
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V J ttWOTKf HA. Oct 22 . p . I
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S TONER ART IN THE SOUTH. j
1 v I
PEW! CHARGE
HANGS OVER HIM
Witness in Insurance Inquiry
Suspected of Repudiat
ing Signature.
BECK ENTERS A PROTEST
Says Hughes Is Unfair to McCurdy
and Draws. Declaration From
Armstrong Lobbyists'
- Roost in Albany.
XEW YORK. Oct. IS. The District At
torney's office was called upon today by
tho legislative Insurance investigating
committee because of the testimony of
one witness and the requirement of an
lndictmenc for perjury is now being con
sidered by Assistant District Attorney
Rand. Tho witness in question is George
B. Plunkett, an lS-year-old telephone op
erator In the employment of L. W. Law
rence, from whom the Mutual Life- In
surance Company purchased a great deal
of Its supplies of stationery. It was
brought out In yesterday's testimony that
among the vouchers for money charged
for expenses was one for 1201, signed by
George B. Plunkett and Indorsed by A. C.
Fields, superintendent of tho Mutual Ufe
supply department. His ldentltywas not
disclosed until today, when- Plunkett was
called to the stand. He testified as to
his employment, and. when shown the
voucher, denied that he had ever signed
It. He further denied that he had ever
received that amount of money from the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, or that
ho had rendered the company any service.
Mr. Hushes asked Plunkett to write his
name in Ink on a piece of paper, which
he did. This and the voucher were then
offered in 'evidence, and the attention of
the committee was called to the similar
ity of the signatures.
Shortly after this incident, the sergeant-at-arms
was sent to communicate with
the District Attorney's office, and soon
Mr. Rand appeared. He was escorted to
a seat beside Chairman Armstrong, and
for a time he critically examined the sig
natures. All that Mr. Rand would Bay
was that he had been summoned by Mr.
Armstrong, and the matter was now out
of the hands of the committee, and "was
up to the District Attorney's office."
Passage at Arms With Beck.
Another feature of the Jay's Scaring
was the passage at arms between Mr.
Armstrong. Mr. 'Hughes and James M.
Beck, counsel for President McCurdy. Mr.
Beck accused Mr. Hughes of misleading
the public by not following out Ills lines
of Interrogation to the end, and asserted
that he dropped a subject before the
witness was allowed to explain. Mr. Arm
strong then paid that the committee In
tended to carry out Its purpose to make
life Insurance safer, and that the work
of the committee must not bo obstructed.
The committee, he said, wanted all the
Information it could get that would be
helpful, and the witness had placed him
self in the position he found himself by
his continual evasive answers. Mr. Arm
strong said further that al! witnesses
would be treated with every possible
courtesy. Mr. Hughes said that, if he
had been guilty o lack of courtesy, it
was unintentional.
"Lobbyists House at Albany.
William A. Carpenter, a clerk in tho
supply department of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company, made an excellent
witness for the committee, by his frank
manner and apparent desire to give what
ever Information he could upon the mat
ter before the committee. Mr. Carpenter
was under the direction of A. C Fields,
the superintendent of this department,
and was very close to Mr. Fields in his
"legislatl supervision" at Albany.
Mr. Carpenter told of how a house
had been maintained in Albany for sev
eral years at the expense of the Mutual
sLlfe. Mr. Fields occupied it only during
legislative sessions, and on several oc
casions two members of the insurance
committee of the Legislature, one of them
Senator Charles P. McClelland, lived at
the house. Mr. Carpenter leased the
house and paid for the servants and sup
plies with money furnished him by the
Mutual Ufe. He did not know whether
these members of the insurance commit
tee ever shared in the expense; he never
received any money from them: but he
said they might have paid Mr. Fields. No
account was kept of these expenditures',
and- tho nVoney was all received on vouch
ers calling for disbursements for legal
expenses. A house has been maintained
for a period of about ten years in Albany
under these conditions, but not always
in the same street.
Later in the day Mr. McCurdy was re
called. He said he did not know that
the Mutual Life's funds had been main
taining this house, although he did know
that Mr. Fields had rented a house to
escape the risk of illness in hotels. Ho
was assured Mr. Fields paid JSOO rent,
Mr. Carpenter said the entire expense of
running the house had been about $6500.
Can't Find Controller Jordan.
An attempt was made by Mr. Hughes
today to cot trace of Thomas D. Jordan.
former controller of the Equitable Life
Assurance Soclctv. whom he desires to
question about the mysterious $555,000 loan.
Frank B. Jordan was called under a sub-
pena and he said he saw his father last
Labor day. He did not know then that
he was going away, and did not know
where lie was now. Under persistent
questioning by Mr. Hughes, young Jordan
saia no mall was forwarded to his father
and that he did not know whether his
father or mother was living or dead.
Edgar W. Rogers, a clerk for L. W.
Lawrence & Co., was called and was rep
resented by John D. Stancbfleld. Rogers
Is also the nresident of the Globe Print
ing Company. He was shown the Plunk
ett voucher and said be was of the opin
ion that the signature on the voucher
and that written by Plunkett on the stand
were identical. He did not recognize
either of them definitely as the signature
of Plunkett.
A voucher drawn In December, 1502, ror
tt&ST.LO and signed by Rogers, was charged
to legal services of the Mutual Life, but
Rogers could not remember the circum
stances of a transaction so far back. He
acknowledged that It bore his signature
and that he must have received the
money, but for what it was disbursed lie
could not remember. The checks for
which both Plunkett's and Rogers'
vouchers wero signed were ordered to be
produced, and they will bo presented at
a later session of the committee.
What McCurdy Does Not Know.
Toward the close of the day's session
Mr. McCurdy was being- interrogated on
the trust companies with which the
Mutual Life Insurance Company Is con
nected and the subsidiary companies of
tho Mutual Life, and was still on tho
stand when adournment was taken.
Mr. McCurdy testified that the firm
of Sewell & Pierce was counsel for the
Mutual jCompany before Mr. Pierce wns
Superintendent of Insurance. He said
that he knew nothing- about a voucher
for the payment of $1067. by Edcar w.
ogers. in December. 1302, for legal
uf auuui ovcrai u uter voucn
ers for a similar purpose drawn '
others. He declared he knew nothing
about special notices In the newspa
pers, c. E. Smith and Walter Sullivan
had charg-e of the advertising. He was
unable to say that tho advertising cov
ered the press notices. Ho said he
knew nothing: of any moneys being ex
pended for tho' Insertion in the news-.
papers of reports of this investigation"
oi- any reports favorable to the com
pany. Son-in-Law Thebaud's Commission.
Mr. McCurdy denied that he abolished
free-lance agents In the aietropolltan
district, and referred such agents wltll
their business to C IL Raymond & Co.,
after Louis A. Thebaud became a part
ner in that Arm
It was brought out that Mr. Thebaud
was in charge of tho department of
agents that handled the exceptionally
large risks beforo he became a partner.
This department was known as the
"executive special" departmc-nr. Spe
cial books wero kept I - tblj depart
ment, and witness thout-t that any in
terest. 1n the business Mr. Thebaf d
might have had was on the regular
commission basis. He did no; knc,
however, that Thebaud did have any
interest. Mr. McCurdy said he did tiot
know that this business was turned
over to C H. Raymond & Co. when Mr.
Thebaud entered that firm.
"Does any officer of the company, in
cluding yourself, have any commission
on business written as well as the
agent?" asked Mr. Hughes.
"No."
"Did you get any share of your son's
commission on foreign business?"
"No, sir; not a cent."
"Or of your son-in-law's commission?'
"None whatever."
Furniture Xot extravagant.
"You may havo seen statements in
the press accusing- the Mutual of gical
extravagance In furnishing your ofilce.
You have now an opportunity to make
as full an explanation as you wish,"
said Mr. Hughes.
Mr. McCurdy declared that there were
many erroneous statements in the press
nbout the Mutual. Ho said that the fur
niture and fittings of his office wero in
every respect proper and fitting. .The
company published a book with photo
graphs of nearly every room and otllco
In the building- except tho wine-cellar,
he said; they could not photograph
that, because it did not exist.
Mr. Hughes asked why applicants for
loans on policies to tho home, ofilce were
referred to C H. Raymond & Co. Mr.
McCurdy said they wero not, but were
referred to the policy department.
"If you wish to Imply: 'Docs anyone re
ceive any commission on loans on
policies,' I would answer distinctly no,"
he said.
"But policyholders write to mo and say
they are referred, on asking loans, to C.
IL Raymond & Co.." said Mr. Hughes.
"I doubt It. There may be isolated
cases."
Taking up the matter of the real estate
holdings of the company, the witness was
asked where he made his Winter resi
dence. He said It was the Grosevenor
apartment In Fifth avenue. This house is
owned by the Mutual Life. A statement
of the return on the Investment in the
apartment was asked for and'Mr. Hughes
was about to the leave the subject when
Mr. Beck, counsel for the Mutual, pro
tested and said it was not fair to Mr.
McCurdy to lead up to his occupancy of
an apartment In the building and then not
give him the opportunity to testify as to
whether he paid a fair rental for IL
Beck Draws Out Declaration.
"Without intending to do so, no doubt.
Mr. Hughes." said Mr. Beck, "you fre
quently lead up to a point where It gives
tConcluded on Page 5:
WHO QUITS
WITCH
Scandal Over Pipe Line Leads
to -Tender of Resigna
' tion of Bidder.
REFUSES TO GIVE REASONS
Bidders Who Lost to Member of the
Board Declare They Have Been
Buncoed " and Express
. .a Their Disgust.
LADD'S BIG TITE CONTRACTS.
Pipe contracts awarded to the Os
wego Iron Works, of which William.
M. Ladd la president, by, the City
Water Board, of which Mr. Ladd Is a
leading member, in the last two and
one-half years, as follows:
April 8. 100.t '. j S 32.353
September 1-4. 10O4 25.737
April 15, 1005 71.07tS
October 10. 1005 152.8S8
Total $303,134
In the same period two other pipe
contracts have been let, both to the
United States Castiron Pipe &
Foundry Company, of Chicago, as fol
lows: January IS. 1004 5C0.432
November 3. 1001 17.100
TotaT
.177,332
W. M. Ladd has tendered to Mayor Lane
his resignation from the City Water
Board, apparently in response to the com
plaint that as a member of that board
he could not legally receive pipe contracts
from It for his Oswego Iron Works, though
he said last night that he had offered
his resignation Monday, which was be
fore the complaint burst out.
Mayor Lane refused to discuss the mat
ter yesterday, so that It could not be
learned whether he would presa Mr. Ladd
to stay on the board. Mr. Ladd himself
refused to state the reasons for his with
drawal, saying he preferred that Mayor
Lane make them public.
Violated, the Charter.
Mr. Ladd is president of the Oregon
Iron & Steel Works, which received a
$152,553 contract from the Water Board
.for water pipe last Monday, and which
nas received several other contracts from
the same board in the last three years,
in clear violation of the city charter.
which makes it unlawful for a member
of the board or any officer of tho city
to receive a contract from the municipal
ity. Of the sl3y pipe contracts let by the
Water Board in the last 2& years, four
were awarded to the Oswego plant, and
In two of the four awards the Oswego
bids were higher than competitors, leav
ing only two contracts fairly won by
'the Oregon Iron & Steel Works, which
owns the Oswego plant and whose presi
dent Is William M. Ladd. x
Ladd Gets Heavy Contracts.
Of the total expenditures for pipe, au
thorized by the Water Board in the 2
year period, the Ladd plant has secured
J303.CC0. or SO per cent, and the United
States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Com
pany, winner of the two other contracts,
$74,000, or 20 per cent.
The contract let to the Ladd company
W. X. LADD. WHO HAS RESIGNED
In September, 1204. for $25,737, was won
fairly by the United States Cast Iron &
Foundry Company, for the lattcr's bid
was $37 less than that of the Oswego,
works, just as tho bids of the Martin
Pipe & -Foundry Company for the cast
iron pipe contract, awarded to the Ladd
works last Monday, was some $1S0) lower.
The Water Board In September, 1S04. car
ried Sv motion to notify the United States
Company .that its bid would be accepted,
providing" that company would pay the
siIIIhis&BriB'' HHiIIBHhbHbIIIIhHsiIIIIH
cost of Inspecting the pipe at the
foundry. The company surprised the
board by agreeing to pay that cost;
whereupon the Water Board, several
days later, rescinded the motion ana
let the contract to the Oregon Iron &
Steel Works, on' the ground that an
award to the United States Company
would bo unfair to the other outside
bidders, who had not been allowed the
same opportunity to Include the in
spection expense In their bids. These
facts are displayed In the city records.
City Has Jfo Inspector at Oswego.
As to the Inspection of pipe at the
foundry. It Is notorious that the city
has no inspector at tho Oswego plant,
yet the Water Board has been insisting
that pipe made at outside foundries
shall bo examined by the city's in
spectors, before it shall be accepted.
''Buncoed" Is what the outside bfd
d'ers.aay of themselves In discussing
the Monday award to the Oswego
works Their representatives, one and
all declare that never again will they
bid on water pipe for Portland, at least
not until tho re shall be a fair deal re
form. Among- those who expressed
their disgust were J. S. Mammerslough,
representing- Joseph T. Ryerson & Son,
Chicago; John Batcher, representing
the Shaw-Batcher Company, Sacramen
to; Field, representing the RIsdon Iron
Works, San Francisco; Vanderburs,
representing- the . New Jersey Pipe
Company. All these men have shaken
the dust of Portland from their feet,
saying they don't care if they never
come back.
Disgusted Bidders Say Bunco.
Two bunches of disgusted bidders are
in the "buncoed" class, one o'f them
containing those who bid on steel pipe;
the other, those who bid on castiron
pipe. The steel men put in bids' be
tween $35,000 and $50,000 lower than
the castiron bid of the Oswego works,
while the Martin Pipe &. Foundry Com
pany, of San Francisco, bidding- on cast
iron, was some $1800 under the Oswego
bid.
The Oswego plant makes, only-cast-iron
pipe, and because the steel-pipe
men had no show before the Water
Board, they suspect that they were
frozen out for some thrifty reason. One
of them said last Monday, before de
parture, that he was reliably informed
the Oswego company could not fill the
contract, because of Its small facilities,
and that it had agreed to whack up
the business with the United States
Castiron Pipe & Foundry Company. In
asmuch as tho local foundry has been
boasting that it was a home Industry,
he did not see that its claim for pat
ronage on that score was valid. Be
sides, the docal company Imported all
Its plglrOn for tho pipes from Scotland
and Alabama and did not use Oregon
ore.
Steel Men Dispute Claim:
The steel men vigorously dispute the
claim of the castiron men that cast
iron plpo is better Than steel-riveted.
J. R. Bowles, local representative of
the Shaw-Batcher Company, Sacra
' men to, said that the steel-pipe bid of
his firm was $50,000 less than, the- cast
iron bid of the Oswego works, and that
the money saved In steel pipe, com
pounded at 5 per cent Interest, would
renew the pipe every 20 years, though
tho actual life of steel pipe was much
more than that length of time. He
said that the biggest cities in the world
were using steel water-pipe both for
supply and service mains in preference
to castiron. and cited that in San
Francisco at this time a 48-lnch steel
pipe was being laid In Harrison street.
As for the repairs which have been
necessary in the Bull Run steel-plpo
line, he pointed out that many more re
pairs had been necessary in the cast
iron mains in the city, and referred to
the many breaks that bad occurred.
Promise Arizona Single Statehood.
ADAMMA. Ariz.. Oct. IS. The Congres-
AS MEMBER OF WATER BOARD.
slonal party, after Inspecting the great
petrified forests here today, visited. Flag
staC. Winslow and Holbrook In turn. In
an address to the pupils of the Flagstaff
Normal School. Representative Tawney
said the vote of the party upon Its re
turn would be satisfactory to both Arizona
and New Mexico. Representative Adams
spoke encouragingly for single statehood
at Winslow. At -Holbrook, Representative
Minor assured the citizens that Arizona
would have the vote of Congress for ad
mission in a short while.
SLANDERER SOON
PIT TO SILENCE
Sensational Incident at Ban
quet to Taft Party
v in Manila.
DEEP INSULT TO WOMAN
Rough Rider Governor of Snmni
Smashes Wineglass In Filipino
Blackguard's Face and
Chastises Him.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 13.-(Spec!al.)
The Army people who arrived today on
the transport Sherman bring from Manila
a hitherto unpublished story of the visit
of the Taft party to Manila, The hero is
Captain George Curry, formerly one of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders, now Governor
of Samar. The villain is Cruz Herrera,
president of Manila's Municipal Board.
Herrera gave a banquet at his house In
honor of the distinguished visitors. Sec
retary of War Taft, Miss Alice Roosevelt
and the majority of thoso who made up
tho Secretary's party wero there. Every
thing went along beautifully until the
toast stage was reached. The host Is said
to have paid liberal attention to his -rflno
glass, and by tho time it came for him
to propose a toast he was laboring under
the handicap of a large-sized jag-.
, Curry Stops His Slanders.
To the astonishment of his guests.
Herreras eloquence took the form of an
apparently studied Insult to tho women of
America. He did not get very far when
Captain George Curry, in the words of an
officer who returned on the Sherman,
"pasted him In the face with a glass of
champagne." Curry throw glass and all.
and would have followed his act of pro
test by .further physical demonstration,
but for the Interference of other guests.
Thrashed on the Street.
That ended tho banquet, but Captain
Curry was not satisfied. A little later. It
Is said, he saw Herrera riding In his
carriage. Curry ordered the coachman to
stop. He then pulled Herrera out of the
rig and the Governor of Samar gave the
president of the Municipal Board a
thrashing, which, for vigorous complete
ness. Is said to rank with what Togo did
tojthe Russian fleet.
Wright's Fierce Denunciation.
When Herrera recovered, he Is said to
(Concluded on Page 4.)
CONTENTS TOpAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 51
dep.; minimum. 32. Precipitation, none.
TODAY'S Fair and continued cool. North
to east winds.
Foreign.
Release of captured British officers denied
Page 4.
China, will hold army maneuvers of modern
style. Page 4.
Cuban merchants fear Phllipplno compe
tition. Page 2.
National.
President Roosevelt starts on Southern tout
and Is received with enthusiasm at Rich
mond. Page 1.
Captain Carter accuses General Otis and
Army officers of conspiracy against him.
Page 2.
Interstate Commission gets evidence against
private car lines. Page 3.
Shont.o say much progress Is being made or
canal. Page 3.
Beef trust indictment for monopoly falls
conspiracy charge stands. Page 3.
Politics.
Philadelphia machine orators speak at great
meeting. Page 2.
Domestic
Army officers returning from Manila tell of
sensational incident of Taft's visit.
Page 1.
Pittsburg bank falls through loans to poli
ticians and cashier commits suicide.
Page 2.
Former officer of asphalt trust admits
Venezuela, rebels received aid. Page 3.
Witness in Insurance inquiry may be In
dicted, for perjury- Page 1.
Tornadoes in Illinois and Oklahoma cause
loss of life. Page 4.
Duvall explains . cause of his wife's bigamy
chaige. Page5.
Sport.
Willamette University defeats Pullman
Giants by score of 11 to 0. Page 7.
Pacific Coast scores: San Francisco 4, Port
land 2; Seattle 3, Oakland 1; Los Angeles
6, Tacoma 4. Page 7.
McGorern knocks out Murphy in one round.
Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
Settlers protest on terms insisted upon by
Deschutes irrigation project. Page 6.
Tacoma theater leased by Portland women
Is under boycott. Page S.
Congregatlonallsts of Oregon favor closer
union with other churches. Page 0.
Washington Ilquordealers plan campaign
gainst local option. Page 10.
Capture of smuggling schooner from San
Diego. Cal., by Mexican authorities.
Page C.
General Constant Williams says his Army
canteen argument is misconstrued by
Vancouver Councilmen. Page 0.
Commercial and Marine.
"Unsettled condition of. city butter prices.
Page 13.
JTew hopgrowers association formed
Pago 15.
Almost banana famine at San Francisco.
P.age 13.
Light wheat movement causes higher prlcet
at Chicago. Page 15.
Stock market sagging. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Car shortage reported for the lumber traffic
Page 11.
Two Socialists convicted of selling theit
literature without a license. Page 14.
Greek shoots a countryman, takes refuse
under the docks and eludes posse In pur
suit. Page 10.
Professor Zueblln declares that Hill Is tha
bejieflclary of the Northwest, not the
benefactor. Page 11-
rcrestry building is ready to be delivered to
the city. Page 14.
Application for right of way through Port
lanU streets for electric line to Rosaburg
believed to be In Interest of Gould.
Page 10.
Railway to Nehalem and Tillamook Is now
assured. Page 16.
W. M. Ladd resigns from the Water Board
Pace 1.