VOL. XLVI.-'0. 14,31G.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
I
DARING ACT
TO PREVENT .
AbeRuef HasLangdon
Suspended Steps
Into His Shoes.
ONLY TO BET RID OF HENEY
Becomes District Attorney and
Promptly Dismisses Man
Who Exposes Him.
LANGDON WILL FIGHT HIM
San Francisco Boss Turns at
Bay When Driven to Corner.
WILL DEMAND EVIDENCE
Dramatic Change in Situation Ef
fected Iy Accused Grafter Lang
ilon and Honey Both Declare
Removal Is Illegal.
rilKOM)U)liY Ol
KXCITINW IAY
6:30 P. M. Maynr Callugher sus
pends I.angdon and Board of Su
pervisors approves.
7 P. M ( Iiil lHKln-r appoints Ruef
PlsUirt. Attorney.
8 r. M. liuff tjiiiilines, removes
Heney as assistant ami appoints
Woodworth.
Kucf says ho will secure Indict
ment of leaders of citizens' move
ment. 11 1 M. Iiuef announces he will
have Ileney and Purns subpenaed
to surrender evidence gathered
against iiiin.
1IKXEY Say.4 l.iuiRdnn's suspension i
is unconstitutional. "
I.ANGI'ON Says suspension Is un- M
constitutional and will pursue In-
, vesication to end. T
SAN FRANCISCO, Hit. 2.1. AottnfC
Ulayor GulKinlicr this afternoon suspeiul
ed District Attorney 1 jniRdon from of
fice Hiid the Hoard of Supervisors ap
proved his action. ljiiitRiion was notitlod
to appear before the Hoard one week from
today to .show why lie should not be re
moved from office.
Then liallahor announced that he had
asked lux friend. Abraham H'.ief, to ac
cept the olliice of Pii-'trict Attorney and
that Ruef had consented to tlo io.
The suspension of laiiKlon follows his
appointment of Francis J. Heney us as
sistant District Attorney for the purpose
of eecurinc indictments of officials alleged
to be guilty of crafting and malfeasance.
It has been openly announced that Heney
and Secret Service As-Mit Burns have
been investigating matters with which
Mayor Schmitz. Acting Mayor Gallagher,
Abraham Uuef anil Ihe Hoard of Super
visors were connected. landon is at
present a candidate for Governor on the
Independence l.eairue ticket. The wis
peilsion of Languon was dono for the
purpose of eet-uring the dismissal of
Heney as Assistant District Attorney.
Gallagher gave 1- reasons for sHtspeml
ins Lang. Ion. tlte chief of which was ne
glecting his duties in absenting himnelf
for mere than thirty days from the
county to go on a campaign tour, while
the city was suffering from an invasion
of and depredations by criminals.
Did Not Think lie Would Dare.
The anion of Gallagher came as a tre
mendous surprise. following the sensation
of a few davs ate, when it was an
nounced that Heney. of National fame as
a prosecutor, had been appointed Assist
ant District Attorney to investigate the
charges of gigantic gralting by public of
ticiaU and political bosses in this city.
Two days aco It was reported that Galla
gher would take such action, and the
press has been speculating whether or
not lie would have the boldness to take
such a step, particularly as considerable
newspaper criticism had been directed
Against himself as a Supervisor. Mayor
Svhmitz, who is serving his third term,
having been elected by the Union Labor
party, is now on a t days' leave of ab
sence. Supervisor Gallagher acting in his
stead.
Solely to Got Hid of Honey.
It ia conceded everywhere that the sus
pension of Ijingdon is made solely for
the purpose of getting rid of Honey. For
th past few months Heney. acting for
the citizens' committee, has been inves
tigating the charges of official hood
ling and has been assisted by a corps of
private detectives in chaise of W. J.
Burns, l he noted Federal Secret Service
aieni. who had (secured permission from
his Federal superiors to engage in the
work of purifying San Francisco's official
affairs.
A new grand Jury is to be completed
tomorrow, and Heney had announced
that he would at once go before it with
evidence that would secure the indictment
of a number of men high in public life.
It was stated that a great mass of evi
dence had been secured pointing to crim
inal acts among officials, and included
three confessions.
Source of Sudden Wealth.
A score of men who came into public
life through the recent political upheavals
and who were poor in purse have recent
ly been exhibiting signs of wealth in the
way of handsome homes, costly business
places and lavish expenditure of money.
Heney has declared he has obtained
knowledge of how these suddenly .ac
quired riches were obtained. It has been
openly charged that many saloons, the
criminal classes, disorderly houses, etc..
were severely taxed to be allowed to
flourish in peace. The Board of Public
Works has also been accused by taxpay
ers and newspapers of levying tribute in
all directions. This board has almost ab-
. solute control of the construction of
Abe Kuef, Boms Who Turns at Bay
to Scatter Assailants.
buildings, and. It Is alleged, illegally taxed
contractors and house-owners before al
lowing the erection of new edifices.
, One newspaper has been constantly in
sisting that $700,000 was paid by a street
railway company for certain important
privileges and declared that it could fur
nish proofs to an honest crand jury.
(Con-hKied on l'ae 0.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
YESTEtiDAY Maximum temperature, 62;
minimum. cloudy.
TODAY Rain; fresh southwest breeze.
Abe Uuef at Bay.
Acting 1ayor GallaRhef suspends T-aripdon
and appoints Ituef . District Attorney,
rape J.
Ituef removes Hfney as Assistant District
Attorney. Page 1.
Iiuef declares ho will rompel Heney and
Burns to surrender evidence of grafting.
Page 1.
Lansdon and Henry declare removal un
constitutional and will continue inquiry.
1'age 1.
National.
Cash provided to nnl,sh trestle of Columbia
jetty. Page 2.
Japanese repard discrimination against
their children as purely local. Page 4.
Cruiser Minnesota stands endurance test.
Page 4.
Politics.
Hearst's labor demonstration a fizzle.
Page 1.
Comers and Murphy make claims for
Hearst. Page 1.
Hearst copyrights yellow journals in many
big cities. Page 4.
Domestic.
Trusty's desperate attempt at jail break.
Page 6.
Reinforcements sent to catch runaway Utes.
Page 14.
Harriman may resign as president of South
ern Pacific in favor of Stubbs. Page 1.
Wrecked Florida workmen rescued after
awful suffering. rage
Switchmen present demands to all railroads.
Page 14.
At '.east 12 dead in Kansas City. fire.
Tage 0.
Jerome on trail of insurance kings for co
ercing agents. Page ti.
FactHc Coant.
Oregon cat tie thieves aid one of gang to
escape from Crant County Sheriff dep
uty. Page S.
Willamette l"nl versify students haze dls
Inya! Spok:ine youth who "rooted" for
Whitman. Page S.
Idaho Socialist editor complains that fund
raised to defend Caldwell- conspirators
bus been diverted to assist Democratic
candidates. Page 9.
I-ongshoremen's strike may tie up Tacoma
v heat ships. Page IS.
Beavers win another game at Oakland.
Page o.
Westinghousf Electric Company may Invade
Paciiie Northwest. Page 8.
British bark Peter Iredale wrecked in gale
off Columbia. Page 1.
Indian Agent Kdwards, of Umatilla reserva
tion, accused of malfeasance in office.
Page 9.
Snort.
Tom Richardson goes .South to present,
trophies to Portland baseball team.
Page ;.
Coach Norcross. of O. A. . team, not hope
ful of winning from University of Wash
ington tomorrow. Page o.
Manager McCccdie signing new men for
next season. Page o.
Coiunwrclut und Marine.
Shortage of walnut crop. Page 19.
Stock market held in check. Page 19.
Chicago wheat prices firm and higher.
Pag4 19.
Another " vessel wrecked on Vancouver
Island. Page IS.
Steamers Roanoke and Costa Rica report
sighting w reck of Peter Iredale. Page 18.
Captain Prft chard, commander of British
ship Bly theswood, dies at sea. Page IS.
Iortland and Vicinity.
Reapportionment of State Senators and
Representatives will cause hot tight be
fore next Legislature. Page 13.
Trio of pickpockets and confidence men ar
rested and ordered out of town. Page 15,
Exporters and striking grain handlers sign
agreement and men will resume work
Monday. Page 12.
Increase of building shown by number of
Prmits issued. Page 13.
Retail butchers appeal to Government au
thorities to suppress local meat trust.
Page 15.
D. H. Wright voluntarily tells Oregon City
rolice that he passed worthless check?
in Portland. Page 13.
Street committee of Executive Board is
troubled by rival street improvement
bids. Page 12.
Portland merchants ureed to charter vessel
to visit Hawaiian Islands. Page 13.
Will LABOR MEN
DROWN HIS ICE
Uproar Greets Hearst
at Demonstration.
HE SHRIEKS ABOVE THE DIN
Parade Marches Out When He
Begins Talking.
PARALLEL IM POLITICS
Business Shows Same Alarm at
Hearstism as in 1896 at Bryan
ism Roosevelt Keenly AVatch
ful of Campaign.
NEW YORK. Oct. 25. (Special.) La
bor's ratification meeting at Madison
Square Garden tonight to indorse the
nomination of W. R. Hearst for Governor
terminated in a fashion to give Hearst
and his friends much uneasiness, if it
did not give them notice that organized
labor in New York City is opposed to
Hearst.'
It had been advertised in the Hearst
newspapers that 10,000 members of or
ganized labor would march to the Gar
den to prove that the workingmen are
solidly behind the Hearst movement, In
Kead of that, fewer than 2500 workeri
entered the building, and they began to
march out as soon as Hearst began
speaking, and the tumult and confusion
caused by their unexplained leave-taking
practically broke up the meeting.
Friends of Hearst tried to start applause
to -hold the attention of the crowd, but
the rumble of the hundreds of working
men's feet could not be drowned, and
the ratification meeting ended in dis
aster. Hearst Slirieks in Vain.
Hearst was visibly disconcerted by the
demonstration. For several minutes his
shrill voice sounded above the thunder
of shuffling feet, then it broke; he made
desperate gestures at he surging crowd
and closed his speechabruptly.
There are many points of similarity
between the New York State campaign,
now commanding the attention of the
whole country, and the first McKinley
Bryan campaign in 1SP6. One of the most
noteworthy is in connection with the fears
of the business men. In the first Bryan
campaign a terrible scare spread through
out the financial and business world and,
in the face of conditions in the-field of
political" operations that did not warrant
it, it continued until a relatively close
approach to election day.
Business Men's Terror in 1896.
Even as late as the day before election
in 1S96. cltaring house committees in some
of the larger cities of the country are re
liably reported to have held secret meet
ings and seriously discussed' the advisa
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bility of keeping bank doors locked at
the regular opening hour the following
Wednesday morning, if the returns
showed the election of the Nebraskan free
silver advocate. There was alarm over a
belief that the depositors would rush to
withdraw deposits and the conservative
bankers wanted to take every precaution
to prevent the horrors of a panic until
feelings cooled and reason resumed sway.
In that campaign many bank deposits
were withdrawn and stowed away in wocf
socks and coffee cans. But the betting
odds were favorable to SIcKinley'all the
time. '
Just Went to See Show.
With the election ten days away, the
reports from New York State outside of
the city indicate that the Hearst enthu
siasm has been misconstrued. In some
cities -where labor combinations are pe
culiar, the Hearst drift is, beyond doubt,
strong and full of meaning. In other
places, however, where Hearst had big
meetings, a later analysis seems to show
that curiosity was as much of an incen
tive as anything else in getting out the
crowds. An adept without a peer In the
art of advertising. Hearst invariably has
created a stir even in' advance of arriv
ing at any given place. Barnum in his
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Map Showing Where the Tcter
Iredale Meat Ashore.
palmiest days never was a beneficiary of
more effective advance work, to say noth
ing of the red fire and brass band parts
of the spectacle.
The secret is declared to have been
unfolded, and that is that curiosity has
been the main thing- in petting- thou
sand's of old-time Republicans out to
se,e and hear Hearst.
The National Administration still views
the New York situation as dangerous
from its point of view, but this does not
mean necessarily that it regards Hearst
as having an even- chance of election at
this time.
Disquieting reports come from Ohio to
the Republican managers. Republican
leaders in Oho who rank, way wj- expect
to lose four Congressional districts and
perhaps five. It is regarded as probable
that a Democrat will be sent from the
district where "Old Statistics' Grosvenor
has hailed for so many years. In Penn
sylvania they expect a loss of six Con
gressmen, and would not be surprised to
lose two more. Losses like these, distrib
uted over the Northern States Missouri
also to be considered would reduce thfl
Republican margin to a perilous point in
the next House.
NEW YORK FUI.Ii OF ORATORY
Hearst Speaks to I.abor Men, Hughes
Tours the State.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25. With Hughes
(Concluded on Page 4.)
JUST ONE OF THE REASONS
IS
DRIVEN OFI BEACH
Peter Iredale Wrecked
off Point Adams.
GOES ASHORE IN A GALE
Master and Men Taken Off by
Lifesaving Crew.
VESSEL CANNOT BE SAVED
Ijies in Breakers South of Columbia
River Jetty Drifts Into Danger
and Is- Dismasted on
Striking Sands.
ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.) .
With three of her masts gone and lying
broadside high on the beach, the big four
masted British bark Peter Iredale is
wrecked in the breakers about three
quarters of a mile below the old Point
Adams lighthouse, sputh of the Columbia
River jetty, with every indication that
her bones will bleach in the sands, al
though there is a bare possibility that
she may be saved.
The bark went ashore during a strong
gale about 7:30 o'clock this morning.
Her masts went overboard soon after
wards. All on board were rescued by
the life-saving crew. Captain Lawrence,
master of . the bark, and his officers re
mained by the vessel all day. Tonight
most of them are at the Point Adams
life-saving station. Twenty members of
the crew were brought to this city this
evening, all safe and sound.
The Iredale sailed from Salinas Cruz,
Mexico, 30 days ago for Portland. She
had an exceptionally pleasant trip up
the coast until 2 o'clock this morning,
when she sighted Tillamook rock light,
and Captain Lawrence gave orders to
make sail and head for the mouth of the
Columbia Eiver. At 6 o'clock all hands
were called out, as there were breakers
ahead. An attempt was made to bring
the ship about and work her off shore,
but owing to the strong southerly wind,
the force of the current and the rising
tide, the vessel made too much leeway
and less than two hours later she struck
the sands with her port bow.
Masts Go by the Board.
Immediately afterwards the mizzen mast
went over the starboard- side and this
was followed in rapid succession by the
fore and main masts, leaving only the
jigger mast standing and giving the ves
sel a heavy list to" sutrboard.
At the first crash Captain Lawrence
ordered all hands aft and all but five,
who were under the forecastle head, ran
to the poop, so that no one was injured
by the falling rigging. An effort was
made to lower the port lifeboat, but ow-
BRITISH
fll
ing to the heavy list this was impossible
and rockets were sent up
In the meantime the lookout at the
Point Adams life-saving station had given
the alarm and shortly afterwards the life
boat crew arrived and took the entire
crew of 27 men ashore, where they were
fed by the soldiers at the fort and fur
nished with shelter.
As yet the hull of the vessel is intact,
but she is expected to work further in
shore on the high tide, although two
anchors have been put out to hold her.
The seas are breaking over her, but as
the gale is now fast subsiding it is not
believed she will go to pieces immediately.
The Iredale carried 900 tons of sand
and gravel ballast and was under charier
to Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Lifesavers Dangerous Task.
The rescue of the men from the strand
ed bark was attended with the greatest
danger and Seaman Maggs, one of the
shipwrecked sailors, said this evening:
"It was due entirely to the difficult
and skilful work performed by Captian
Wicklund and his crew of lifesavers that
we were- all brought ashore unharmed."
As soon as the alarm was given by the
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W. II. Iuigdon, Suspended as Dis
trict Attorney by Acting Mayor
Uallugher.
lookout the life crew loaded a boat onto
a wagon, hauled It several miles across
the Government reservation and ahsr
the beach until opposite the wreck, where
they launched it through the breakers
and pulled out to the wreck. The seas
were rolling too high for the life-boat
to run alongside, so lines were thrown
aboard and the members of the crew
taken off one by one, several trips being"
made through the breakers to and from
the beach. By 10:30 o'clock the only ones
who remained on board were Captain
Lawrence, his first ofiicer, an apprentice
and one sailor. They stayed on board
until late this afternoon, when they, too,
were brought ashore by the life crew,
which had stood by the vessel during the
entire .day. "
Captain Stays by Ship.
A telephone message, received late to
night, states that Captain Lawrence was
placed on board again this evening and
will remain with the vessel until morning.
Owing to the piles of wreckage on the
vessel, making it dangerous to walk about
the decks, or enter the forecastle, some
of the rescued could not get their
clothes, and were almost destitute of
clothing, while a number had no hats,
shoes or coats. These suffered severely
from the wet and cold until they were
t:iken to the barracks at Fort Stevens,
where the soldiers fed them and provided
some of them with clothing.. Others were
not supplied until they reached this city.
Here they were taken in charge by P.
L. Cherry, the British Vice Consul, and
provided with quarters at a hotel, where
they will remain until arrangements are
made to pay them off. The crew is com
posed almost entirely of young men,
nearly half of them being little more
than boys, and among them are said to
be two stowaways, who claim to be
American citizens.
DRIVEN m BY SUFFERING
OSE WOKKMAX IXIXGS HIM.
SELF IX TO SEA.
Rescue of Five Survivors of Florida
Hurricane, Who Drifted All
Day on Frail Kaft.
NORFOLK, Va., Oct 25. Counting
the minutes, which seemed but few be
tween them and death, five men were
adrift on a bit of wreckage off the
Florida coast, when one of their com
panions, whose sufferings had driven
him mad, threw himself into the sea
to death. Not long afterward a ship
saved their lives.
The five survivors were landed here
today by the British ship Heatherpool,
which arrived todiiy from Liverpool.
The survivors are Frank Rivera, fore
man of Mariana & Co.; Gus Johnson,
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ben Clark, of Sum
erville. Mass.; Abner Bell, of Florida,
and John Campbell, of Florida.
They with about 150 others were con
structing a concrete viaduct for the
Florida East Coast Railway through
the Florida Keys, and were aboard
houseboat No. 4, which lay anchored
off the coast when the great hurricane
struck. About 1 o'clock in the morn
ing of October IS boat No. 4 broke
adrift and was dashed to pieces by the
waves. Six men lashed together two
timbers. They lived on this raft until
rescued.
The men are being cared for at the
Norfolk City mission.
Shaw Answers Bryan's Speeches.
CHICAGO, Oct. 25. Secretary Shaw was
the chief speaker at a Republican rally
tonight in the suburb of Oak Park. He
devoted the greater part of his speech
to deniaie of the statements attributed to
W. J. Bryan, particularly those in which
the claim is made that much done by the
Republican party is in line with policies
outlined previously by the Democratic
JLparty.
MAY RETIRE FROM
OF
Harriman to Give Place
to Stubbs.
TOO BUSY BUYING RAILROADS
RAILROAD
ill Give Attention to Ocean- 1
to-Ocean Route.
WILL NOT SUCCEED rlSH
Does Not Want Presidency of Illi
nois Central Stubbs Professes Ig
norance of Impending Change.
Declines Eastern Job.
W. W. COTTON ON THE tOX
1'KKKXCE. In answer to a telegram from
The Oregonian inquiring as to the re
sult of the conference in Chicago be
tween Hill and Harriman official.,
W. "V. Cotton, general counsel ot the
O. R. & N. Co., replied yesterday as
follows?
Chicago. Oct. 25. To the Editor:
Pelay(-d answering your message un
til after conference wbj ended. No "
result reached. Northern Pacltlc ln
slsetd on confining discussion to ad
justment ot tracks and property at
south end of Portland terminal in
which they were principally inter
ested and was not willing to con
sider track to Guild's Lake property
or other matters In which Terminul
Company and Harriman lines were
principally interested.
CHICAGO, Oct. 25. (Special.) In
connection with the rumor that Stuy
vesant Fish is to leave the presidency
of the Illinois Central, to be succeeded
by G. J. Grammer, a story has become
current that Mr. Harriman is to retire
from the presidency of the Southern
Pacini. The present plan is Btated to
be to make J. C. Stubbs, now trafflo
director for tue Harriman lines, presi
dent of the Southern Pacific. Mr. stubbs
retaining his present position also.
Mr. Harriman is now chairman of the
executive committee of the Southern
Pacific, and will, it is said, continue as
such in order to keep his hand at the
helm. His reason for retiring from the
presidency is said to be a desire to
devote more of his time to the task
which he is supposed to have under
taken of securing a line of railroads
from New York to the Pacific Coast and
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of
Mexico.
Stubbs Declines Another Job.
In this same connection it is definite
ly known that Mr. Stubbs was offered
the presidency recently of a large East
ern railway system, and declined. At
that time he is reported to have said
that he did not know of any railroad
presidency which is better than his
present position, which, general opinion
has it, pays him J50.000 a year.
In regard to Illinois Central affairs,
it was learned today that under no cir
cumstances would Mr. Harriman take
the presidency of the Illinois Central,
and that the reported selection of Cap
tain Grammer was with a view to se
curing a traffic rather than an operat
ing man. The operation of the road
will be left under the direction of J. T.
Harahan, who is second vice-president.
Stuhhs Denies Story.
Asked regarding the reported purpose
of Mr. Harriman, Mr. Stubbs said:
"So far as I know, there is not the
slightest foundation for the story.
Wall street seems to be full of stories
just now. but tuis one, so far as my
Information goes, is entirely unfounded
and unwarranted."
Captain Grammer was reported to be
in Pittsburg today, and all efforts by
his office to reach him proved ineffec
tual. It was stated that it had proven
impossible to reach him either by tele
phone or by wire, notwithstanding the
fact that it was known where he was.
standard rule's saxta FE
Ripley Roard Re-Elecled and Harri
man Makes Xo Move.
TOPBKA, Kan., Oct. 25. All of the old
directors wero re-elected at the regular
meeting of the stockholders of the Atchi
son. Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, held
at the general offices at noon today.
There was no opposition, and the block
of 5V0.00O shares supposed to be controlled
by the Standard Oil interests was voted
by President K. P. Ripley. The directors
whose terms expired and who were re- .
elected were: Edward P. Ripley, of Chi
cago; Howell Jones, of Topeka: Byron
T. L. Smith, of Chicago; Charles Steel,
of New York.
No attempt was apparent on the part of
Harriman or any other Interests to se
cure special representation in the new
board. Immediately after the meeting of
stockholders the board of directors met
and approved the action of the executive
committee in its extensions and purchase
of additional lines.
Ripley on Inspection Tour.
TOPEKA. Kan., Oct. 25. In a special
train of four private cars a party of a
dozen executive officers of the 'Santa Fe
Railroad system, headed by President
Riplej. left Topeka at 3 o'clock this after
noon for a. tour of inspection of the
Southwestern and Coast lines of the sys
tem. The trip will end at San Francisco
in about two weeks, from which point
the party will retura to Chicago.