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(ffiflra iiMrant. 3:15 A. M. 'Second Edition IL a i it' vik -v VOL. SLVIXO. 14,263. FORTLAM), OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1906. PRICE FIVE CEXTSl MOVED TOT BY HIS WELCOME Many Thousand Voices Acclaim Bryan. DECLARES DEMOCRATIC POLICY Government Ownership of the Railroads One Theme. TRUST-BUSTING THE OTHER Madison Square Garden Becomes Bedlam of Cheering Thousands, Waring; Flags Hearst Di vides Honors With Him. W. J. BRTAN'fe WORLD TRTF. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October, 1003 Bide friends good-bye. HONOIA'LU Few days" sightseeing. JAPAN Received by Mikado and civic and military bodies; present at reception to Admiral Togo. COREA Greeted by Corean and Jap anese officials. PHILIPPINES Addresses Filipino Assembly; visits Important Bea ports and la made a Datto. CHINA Visits Shanghai. Hongkong and Canton and makes addresses. INDIA Honors bestowed by English dignitaries, after which he visit principal cities of Straits Settle ments. EGYPT Succession of entertainments in Cairo and Alexandria. PALESTINE! Addresses vast assem blages and makes tour of his toric places. HUNGARY In Buda-Pest la received with hlgnest honors. TURKEY Center of Interest of capi tal. ITALY Period spent In quiet and sightseeing with occasional ban quet. , FRANCE Welcomed by foremost tribunals and called upon for sev eral addresses. SWITZERLAND Received highest honors of Swiss government. NORWAY Present at coronation of King Haakon; makes address. RUSSIA Present at session of Douma in St. Petersburg, addresses that body. ' GERMANY Honored by the Kaiser and highest officials. ENGLAND Delivers Fourth of July address; guest of Ambassador Whltelaw Reld; meets King Ed ward VII. HOLLAND Receives every attention and visits points of Interest. ENGLAND More receptions and hon ors. NEW TORK. August 20. 1006 Re turns to find a Presidential boom. NEW YORK, Aug. 30. William Jen nings Bryan, of Nebraska, who ar rived In New York harbor yesterday afternoon and spent the night with friends on a steam yacht down the bay. landed In New York City this af ternoon at 4 o"clock and was the re cipient of a continuous ovation from that hour until late in the night, when he finished an 80-mlnute address before 20,000 persons gathered in Madison-Square Garden. Mr. Bryan out lined clearly and vigorously the prin ciples he thought should guide the Democrats in their next campaign. Greeted by nearly every prominent Democrat In the country and accom panied by them, Mr. Bryan was driven from the yacht landing at the Battery to the Victoria Hotel. He was constant ly cheered by those on the crowded sidewalks. Once at the hotel, he was fairly mobbed by thousands of his ad mirers, who called upon him for an Impromptu speech, and- then shook "hands for more than an hour with an apparently neverTending line of citi zens. He dined with his family and friends and then was driven in an au tomobile to Madison-Square Garden wnere nis welcome home was made complete in a series of demonstrations i ne Karaen meeting was presided over by Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland. There were brief addresses by Govern or Folk, of MIsourl; Augustus Thomas. the playwright, and Harry W. Walker, of the Commercial Travelers' Anti Trust League, under whose auspices the reception was given, and Mr. John- eon. Mr. Bryan also addressed an over flow meeting outside the garden. He was then driven to his Jiotel, where he was personally greeted by William Randolph Hearst. Mr. Bryan will de liver an afternoon address at New Haven tomorrow, and will speak Bridgeport In the evening. DECLARES DEMOCRATIC IDEAS iirsi i-outicai speech' Delivered to "Welcome Home" Thousands. NEW YORK. Aug. 30. The home-corn lng of W. J. Bryan was made complete tonight when he was greeted In Madi son-Square Garden by a throng of wel comers numbering more than 20,000. It was such a welcome as seldom. If ever, has been accorded to a private citizen. Mr. Bryan's eyes filled with tears as he acknowledged the thundering Kselcome from 20.000 throats. For eight minutes, while the great building seemed to trem ble and shake from the shouts and ap EARS plause, he strode nervously from side to side of the platform. Another demonstration greeted Mr. Bryan when he told his hearers that he had been converted to the cause of gov ernment ownership of railroads. Cheers for Ownership and Hearst. "J. favor the control of only the trunk lines by the National Government," said Mr. Bryan, "and the ownership of all other railroads by the . state govern ments." In an instant thousands of voices were raised and thousands of faces were turned toward a box opposite the speak er's stand, where William Randolph Hearst sat. "Three cheers for Hearst!" was the cry which swelled until the speaker's voice was drowned for a moment. Tonight's reception, which was given under the auspices of the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust League, proved really to be the sounding of the Demo cratic campaign call. Mr. Bryan's speech was a clear-cut outline of his ideas as to what Democratic policies should be. The election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people; regulation of the trusts by the Government; a univer sal eight-hour day; settlement of all in ternational disputes by arbitration rather than by resort to force; and revision of the tariff, were his chief points. Mr. "Bryan declared, however, that he was merely expressing his own opinion, and not attempting to forecast the policy of his party. Trusts the Great Issue. Mr. Bryan declared that the trusts are the great issue of the day. He fa vored the closest supervision of the or ganization of corporations, and declared that no man should be a director of two or more corporations which deal with each other or engage in the same line of trade. He called for the enforcement of the criminal clause of the Sherman anti-trust law, and of the placing of trust-controlled articles on the free list. He discussed government ownership of railroads at length, and declared that what he had seen in other countries had served to strengthen his convictions on the subjpct. He saw danger in central ization, v however, and for this reoson advocated Federal ownership of trurk lines and state ownership of local lines. The speaker scored the Republican Con gress for not passing the legislation urged by President Roosevelt to give publicity to campaign contributions. He gave the President some praise for what he terms his adoption of Democratic ideas. Mr. Bryan hoped that the income tax may some day be Imposed through an amendment to the Constitution. He referred briefly to the recent Insurance Investigation, and said smilingly that he believed the disclosures would result In difficulty In securing large campaign con tributlons in the future. Both Sides Win Money Fight. Referring to the financial question, Mr. Bryan said that the expected and unpre cedented discovery of gold had brought victory to both the advocates of the gold standard and advocates of bimetal- Ism. The Republicans "have gained so much pleasure and some partisan advantage. he said, "from the dissension In our ranks on the money question that they ought not begrudge us the pleasure we find in the fact that conditions have re- moved the cause of discord and dissen sion.' Mr. Bryan spoke for an hour and 20 minutes and was constantly interrupted by cheers and applause. The only discordant note during the evening was sounded when , Mr. Bryan turned to a discussion of Socialism and declared that the man who says the trust is an economic growth and has come to stay is the one who Is helping the Booiallst. Someone yelled, "three cheers for "socialism, but the call was drowned In hisses. Mr. Bryan ' quickly said: ' Good Word for Socialists. "My friends, I have no objection to any man expressing himself In favor of Socialism, because the Socialist, as rule, is an honest man. He is seeking what he believes to be a benefit with argument and not with abuse. . I deny that the trust is an institution neces sary for economic purposes. I deny that it 1b an economic institution at all. It is not economic; it is political. It rests not on natural laws, but .on man-made laws." The streets and avenues outside the garden were choked for blocks by other thousands who stood patiently for hours for the privilege of even a fleeting glance at the distinguished visitor. The Inter ior of the garden was a waving sea of color. Every person in the audience had been provided with an American flag, and every cheer from 20,000 throats was ac centuated by the waving of 20,000 staffs bearing the Stars and Stripes. Volleys of Cheering. When Mr. Bryan entered the hall, the proceedings, which had already begun, were Drougnt to a temporary pause, while for eight minutes volley after volley of thunderous cheering rolled through the great building. When Mayor Tom L. Johnson, in his introduction of Mr. Bryan, referred to the guest of the evening as the "first citizen. If not the first official, of the land not yet the first official," and Mr. Bryan arose, the great gathering broke Into an unre strained cheer, while the band played "Hall to the Chief." Emotion Draws Bryan's Tears. So touched was Mr. Bryan by the wel come that he stood waiting for the cheers to subside, his eyes filled with tears, and he strode nervously from side to side of the narrow platform. "How can I thank you for this wel come home?" he said. "My heart would be ungrateful If it did not consecrate Itself to your service. It was -kind to prepare this reception. It was kind of Governor Folk to come here all the way from Missouri. It was kind of Tom Johnson, that example of moral cour age we so much need in. this country, to lend his presence here. It was kind In you to recompense me fully for being absent so long from my native land. I thank you. I return to the land of my birth, more proud of my cltieznshlp than ever before." There were several outside meetings, the principal one of which was addressed by Representative Sulzer. of New York, Continued oa Page 4.) 1 0 T ONS MARK S Roar of Cheers From Battery to Hotel. MOBBED BY HANDSHAKERS Nebraskan Forced to Give Im promptu Reception. NOT DECIDED ABOUT 1908 Promises to Put Him In White House Call Forth Remark He May Stay at Lincoln His Journey Westward. NEW YORK. Aug. 30. Mr. Bryan's en try Into New York this afternoon was a series of ovations, beginning with his landing at the Battery at 4 o'clock and reaching an early climax when he arrived at the Victoria Hotel. Twenty-seventh street and Broadway, an hour and 15 min utes later. Here the home-coming Ne braskan was fairly mobbed by the thou sands of persons who had gathered out side the hotel entrances and the hundreds who had forced their way into the cor ridors. Finally an entrance was effected by the police and Mr. Bryan reached the lobby stairs. He was halted and called upon for a speech, and the crowd surged about him, cheering lustily all the while. Mr. Bryan lifted his hand and secured silence; Promise Him the White House. "Ladies and gentlemen," he began, "I believe that later this evening Is the time for me to make a speech, and you must not expect one now. When a man Is In difficulty he has a right to call upon his friends for assistance. I am In difficulty now. I am trying to get home, but I have been traveling so much of late that for the life of me I can hardly tell where home is." ' "In Washington." railed an enthusiastl auditor, "the White House," shouted an other. "And we are going to put you there, yelled a third. Then every one cheered. Mr. Bryan smiled Indulgently. 'I thought home was In Nebraska," he continued. 'Only until 1908." shouted the crowd. SJW x -i-tSV" MADISON SQUARE BRYAN ARRIVAL t . - v o-- "",tr , v Sv" tfc f ' rmmmmtm, - ----- r Some said it was 'in Missouri," added Mr. Bryan, amid laughter. "I've about come to the conclusion that, if I find friends like this everywhere, I don't care where home Is. Soon I am going Jo take another course III college, for at a recent gathering In London, where several lan guages were spoken I felt constrained to make excuses because I could speak but one. But I would have to know- every language in the world to tell you how much I thank vou." Rush to Shake Hands. Mr. Bryan then shook hands with a few personal friends. This was the signal for a general rush, and the Nebraskan was almost swept out of the Twenty-seventh- street entrance of the hotel before the police could stem the tide. Finally order was established and the Impromptu recep tion proceeded. Several thousand persons passed In line and Mr. Bryan shook hands with all. Distinguished men of the Demo cratic party, visiting Governors, United States Senators and Representatives, Na tional committeemen' and legislators min gled with the New Yorkers. The reception lasted for more than an hour. ( Mr. Bryan then retired to his apart ments and had dinner 'with his .family and a few intimate friends. He then took a brief rest before proceeding to Madison Square Garden for the feature event of his stay In New Y'ork. Landing at the Battery. Mr. Bryan was landed at the Battery from Kdward F. Goltra's steam yacht, the Illlni, on board of which he spent last night. Thousands of persons were gathered in Battery Park, on piers and at every vantage post along the water front. ' Not the least Interesting phase of the picture were the towering sky scrapers near the Battery, with every window filled with eager faces. Flags were flying everywhere. As the tidy little naphtha launch of the Illini; put out from the yacht Just before o'clock with Mr. Bryan on board,' the craft in the vicinity set up a screeching of vari-toncd whltsles which continued long after Mr. Bryan had stepped upon the yacht landing and had been given the freedom of the city by Acting Mayor McGowan, William Hoge, president of the Com mercial Travelers' Anti-Trust League which' had planned the reception, and Mr. Goltra accompanied Mr. Bryan ashore. . , , 1 Gathered at the Battery were Demo ereats from all sections of the country. The party's National convention could not have brought together a more rep rescntatlve assembly. Governor Folk of Missouri; Senator Bailey of Texas; Chairman Taggart of the Democratic National committee; members of that committee from a score of states and the visiting Governors were among the first to extend their greetings and con eratulations upon the traveler's safe return. Mr. Bryan, Mr. Folk an J ' the others stopped for a moment to oblige the half hundred photographers who had gained entrance within the police lines. All sn:i'ed pleasantly - as the shutters snapped. Triumphal Drive Cp Broadway. There was no further delay In reach ing the waiting carriages and the drive up town was begun. With Mr. Bryan in the flr.st vehicle were Mr. Folk, (Concluded on Page 3.) '. ... 15; ! GARDEN. Kff TORK. WHERE BRYAN , I ' '-'-'-.XT L- .- , ,. ,b X1 i a;; 4 "ri rtwidfrl wfflt 'MM n-'ir""" liililtiW WinuiVlYiitt'i "il n M 'HllilW WMasMf SlOifl i ftr ' -M?- H "i frTitl fr -iW'sl "ii ' "TTKaal , FOOD RISES WITH PRICE OF L Big Pay Little, Benefits Bay City Workmen? RENTS CLIMB TO DIZZY HEIGHT Twelve Dollars a Night Is Com mon Charge in Hotels. BREAD AND BUTTER FREE Restaurateurs Recoup Themselves -by. Charging More for Other Viands Served Patrons, Par , ticularly for Meats. BY P. A. SINSHEIMER. SAN FRANCISCO, .Aug. 27.-(Speclal correspondence.) In this correspondence two months ago It was Btated that labor in San Francisco ha"d reached the highest known record for wages. Since then la bor has eclipsed its own record. Not only has labor advanced, but house rents and food have gone up with rapid strides during the last two months. This very day the modest little res taurant where the writer,' In company with a score of other newspaper men, takes his midnight meal, crossed out Its printed prices and Inked In advance on the margin. For the small slice of roast beef which formerly was procured for 25 cents, 30 cents must now be paid. It is a little cafe where the patrons sit up to a counter bare of cloth. It Is patron ized mostly by the worklngmee In the burned district and the newspaper em ployes, and its prices are as low as they can be placed. The proprietor for some reason or other felt called upon to explain. The increase by the way, is about 20 per cent. "It is this way," apologized my host. "I pay half again as much for things as I did before the fire. To begin with, I got five loaves of bread less than for merly for $1. The bakers struck, you know, and to meet the increase in wages the price of bread had to be raised. Butchers Raise Their Prices. "Then the price of meat went up again this week. The delivery men' got an Increase to something like $78 a month, so the butchers have boosted the price. EFOKE LAST NIGHT. ABOR ' " r -, lOi'ni iir ,!. ,1 iB Fruit and butter are way up, and Just the other day the waiters threatened to strike and we had to raise them. They used to get H a week. Now they get 116.50. So what could I do? I had to raise my prices or go out of business." He told the truth, but only part of the truth. Wages in nearly every line have advanced since the fire. Some brick layers are now receiving $10 a day. This Is not a misprint. In many cases hod carriers receive Jfi, marble cutters JT. electricians $5.50, plumbers $7, plasterers $10, structural Iron workers $6, tile set ters $7.50, cement workers $6, steamflt ters and sheet metal workers the same, painters $5 and foremen on general Jobs $10. The figures quoted represent the high est wages paid In the trades mentioned at the present time. The average wouRl be slightly less. The union scale counts for very little at present. All contrac tors are forced to exceed it in order to get men. They are bidding against each other and the end docs not seem to have been reached. Strike has followed strike. Voluntary Raises in Wages. In several big establishments proprie tors have voluntarily raised the waes of the men to guard against a possible strike. Only this week tn owner of one of the largest establishments, in the city advanced the pay of every man In his employ $1 a day, Irrespective of his former wages. But the laborer Is not so much better off as one would imagine. If he receives more, he must pay more. His house. If he is fortuimfe enough to be able to rent one, costs him twice as much as before the fire. If he has not an Iron clad lease he Is likely any morning to receive a notice Informing him that his rent has been doubled. Where formerly he could satisfy his noon-day hunger for 25 cents now he can barely do It on 40 cents, confining himself to the slm plest fare. The restaurants have marked up their prices for the most part on meats. At first, consideration was given to a plan of charging extra for bread and butter. but such a scheme would have met with bitter opposition.' Such " a charge is against the spirit of the city, The San Franciscan Is never reluctant about opening his purse, but he has a deep- rooted contempt for anything plcayunish. He prefers to get the butter and bread "free" and pay extra for his meat. For the same reason he never buys a penny paper when anyone is looking. . Sleeping at $1 an Hour. Rents of all sorts are still mounting to dizzy heights. Rooms are difficult to secure at any figure. One must take It when he cati get It and smile at any price asked, and be thankful that It was not more. Twelve dollars a night, two In a room, is not uncommon in the local hotels. . The other- day a friend of the writer dropped Into San Francisco from the country. He was directed to one of the best of the hotels now standing. "How did you sleep?" he was asked the next morning.- I couldn't sleep." he answered. "I was kept awake by the thought that I was paying $1 an hour for the room." It may be readily .seen that there is one large class which Is suffering under present conditions. The unorganized wage-earner, be he a banker or a stenog rapher, must pay the price without cor responding Increase In wages. The em ployers and union employes keep things (Concluded on Page 3.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The WVather. - YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 64 deic. ; minimum, 61 cleg. TODAY'S Partly cloudy, posnlbly followed by nowers; cooler; eoutnwesteriy winds. Bryan's Reception. Bryan makes speech declaring opinion oa democratic policy, iage i. Great ovation on ride from Battery. Patre 1. Immense crowd welcomes him at Madison Square Garden. Page 1. Hearst shares In applause of multitude. Fane 1. Bryan says mind fs not made up on 1908 nomination, rage l. Koreta-n. Fam'ne and bloodshed so hand In hand In Russia, Page 5. Defects in warships cause scandal In Brit- Palma sends rapid-fire s;uns after Gu err era. v. host band Is mutinous. Page 3. National. Bpoltane complains of terminal rates before Interstate Commission. Page 1. Coal it. en aue Pennsylvania Railroad for re bating. Page 1. TVltsop insists on honest labeling of packers' ctnnea gooas. rage o. . Dome si to. Parker speaks before Bar Association and may be elected its president. Page 4. Proof found that Hippie was embezzler. .rage z. Scotty enraged because Union Pacific re- iues special train. Pago 5. Latimer the get-rlch-qulck man, surrenders. I'ag s. Sport. Prominent Los Angeles business men take Coast League franchise. Page 7- Arena ready, for Goldfleld fight and betting uveiy. rage 7. Winners In Seagirt rifle shoot. Paga 7. Surprises mark sixth day of tennla tourna ment. Page 7. Portland wins third consecutive game from San FrancUco, 9 to 1. Page 7. Pacific Coast. Cost of food Is increased in San Francisco as the price of labor rises. Page 1. Queen of the Carnival opens Astoria re- ga'tta before large crowd In pleaaant weather. Page 0. KepubJlcan primaries are to be held today at Seattle. Page 0. Oregon Tax Commission would have per centage of liquor licenses paid to the state. Page G. Morphine flend at Lewiston sets Are to father's house when refused money. Page 6. Arrival of strikebreakers at San Francisco expected to cause riots. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. First sale of spot hops this season. Page 15. Chicago wheat market weakened by lower cables. Page 15. Money conditions govern stock market. Page 15. Open River Association decides to build port age road to The Dalles. Page 14. Aztec leaves San Francisco for Portland. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Captains of police ordered to prepare list of Incompetent patrolmen, who will be dis missed. Page 10. Special Prosecutor Heney dares opponents to put state officials on the stand In the Blue Mountain land-fraud case. Page 10. Gottfried Flck begins auit against nis brother. Christian, alleging latter sent him to Poor Farm after defrauding him of his home, page 11. W. E. Borah, Republican nominee for Sen ator from Idaho, discusses the campaign tseues. Page 11. S. Fay, general manager of Great Central . Hallway of Englaad, visit Portland. Page 11. F. A. Seufert, of The Dalles, answers charges made by salmon gillnetters, Pag 10 SPOKANE RENEWS RATE STRUGGLE Complains to Inter state Commission. FIRST UNDER HEPBURN LAW Same Old Story Abouf Unjust Terminal Rate: COAST CITIES FAVORITES Commercial Bodies of Inland Say Water Competition Is Subterfuge. Montana Cities. Also Have Ad vantage In Rates. WASHINGTON", Aug. 3n. That the In terstate Commerce .Commission is to b a busy body for the rrext few months was evidenced today by the number of complaints filed against various railroad companies. Shippers held back many of these until the new rate law went into effect so as to take advantage of the terms of that measure. Following are) abstracts of two typical cases filed today: The City of Spokane, the Spokane Chamber of Commerce and the Spokane Jobbers Association against the North ern Pacific Railway Company, Great Northern Railway Company, Union Pa clflo Railroad Company, O. R. & N. and Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Com pany. Old Complaints Renewed. Complaints aver that Spokane la from 339 to 636 miles closer to points of origin or destination In the Eastern States than Tacoma, Seattle and Portland, but that on almost all interstate traffic carried by the defendants from states east of Washington to Spokane the rates charged are equal to those charged to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, plus the local rata charged from those cities back to Spo kane. It is averred that the Spokane freight rates largely exceed those charged shippers of any other city simi larly situated and that goods can be shipped to clUe competing with Spo kane, euch as Butte, Helena and Great Falls, Mont., for less than they can be delivered at Spokane. The difference against Spokane is 25 cents to II per 100 pounds of freight and then the Job bers there have to purchase carload lots to get carload rates, which are given to other cities on smaller lots. The contention that the favorable rates to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland are made because of water competition is characterized as a "mere subterfuge." The petitioners ask that the rates to and from Spokane be equalized and that the shippers may recover excess payments exacted from them. Coal Mine Refused Spur Track. The Siour City & Rock Springs Coal Mining Company against the Union Pa cific Railroad Company charges refusal of the railroad to extend its tracks and switches to the complainant's mine at Rock Springs, vyyo., although the latter is willing to meet the Initial cost. The complainant says that the defendant has afforded other coal companies such facili ties and adds that it believes the de fendant Is financially interested In other companies competing with the complain ant. SUE RAILROAD FOR REBATING Philadelphia Cnaldealers Wnnt Halt Million From Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 30. The first suits for damages for alleged discrimina tion and giving of rebates to favored coal corporations by railroad companies, fol lowing the recent investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission, were filed here today by nine retail coal deal ers. The damages asked aggregate more) than lTiOO.000. and the Pennsylvania Rail road Company Is the sole defendant. FULTON IRON WORKS BURN Feared They May Be Total Loss, Plant Worth $2,000,000. SAX FRANCISCO, Aus;. SI, SilO A. 51. The Fulton Iron Works at Harbor View are on lire and It la feared they will prove a total loan. The plant la valued at over $2,000,000. JUNCTION AT SANTA ROSA California Northwestern to Be Built Up the Coast. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 30. The South ern Pacific is fast completing Its plans for the connection of Eureka and San Fran cisco and the extension of the road on to Portland, forming a Coast line. The basis of the plan Is the California North western, which Is under the control of, the Southern Pacific. It has Just been announced that the Junction of the Southern Pacific and the California Northwestern lines will be) effected at Santa Rosa. New Washington Postmasters. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 30. Postmasters appointed, today: Washington New Kamilche. Mason) County, Charles L. Wilson: Porter. Che halls County. Ertward L. Rowe. William B. Nlms has been appointed carrier with Fannie Nlms as substitute, on route 1, Sumas, Wash. A