VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,325. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FATE OF HEARST DECIDED TODAY Man of Destiny or Dis credited Leader. RESTS WITH 1,500,000 VOTERS Victory Either Way Will Not Be Party Triumph. HUGHES SEEMS WINNER If Hearst Wins, Ho Becomes Strong Possibility for President Fach Lender Claims BIr Majority Odds Are on Hughes. FIN AT FORECAST OF RESILT. "Weather indications I'lear and warm. roUtt open 6 A. M-. close 5 P. M. Hettins Even money that Hushes , has ion. uipO in the st.-ite; four to one. Km! five to one on - Hughes, general result. Chairman Woodruff estimate Hughes' plurality in the state at more than l.V,ooo. t'hulrman lhmsen, of Hearst league, snys Hearet will win by "JKi.ooo In a landslide. . . 4 NEW YORK. Nov. 5. (Special.) One and one-half million voters will tomor row decide the fate of Hearstism In this country. Twenty-four hours hence, one of three things will be decided. Whether AVIUlam Randolph Hearst is a genuine man of destiny; whether by continued hard fighting along unprecedented lines he still may have a chance to attain his boundless political ambition; or whether he is to ho relegated to the political gar- ' bage-box, the discredited, self-appointed-loader of a repudiated movement. These and these alone form tho live issues be fore, the New York electorate and the rye pf the world ts upon New Y'ork. Hughes a Sure Winner. As far as discernible conditions can tell the story, Hughes Is a sure winner tomorrow. The fight has been Hearst and anti-Hearst. Charles E. Hughes, the Re. publican candidate for Governor, who has emerged honorably from a vitriolic cam paign in which the good names of public men without number have been dragged in the mire, merely embodies the anti Hearst sentiment. His victory will not be a Republican victory, which, however, the political managers may attempt to make of it. His defeat will not be a Democratic victory by the same token. The people are drawn up in battle array in a new alignment, and that is why there has been so much hesitancy in pre dicting results on the part of the many impartial observers, any of 7'hom would exhibit no great surprise over a land slide. Great Possible Consequence. If Hearst defeats Hughes for Governor, he will command on Wednesday morning the leading position for one of the Presi dential nominations In I'JOS, and the next national campaign will begin on Wednes day's sunrise. If Hearst be defeated to morrow by a close vote, he will cry fraud and his movement will be pressed with vigor for the purpose of keeping him still in the limelight. If he be defeated by a plurality that precludes the possibility of an effective cry of fraud, the cause dominated by his personality will be elim inated from consideration in the future. Whether or not Tammany cuts and slashes the Democratic ticket, there is ground lor the belief that New Y'ork City will fc-how some surprises in its vote. Tammany at' the last moment seems In clined to be "regular" as far as possible, but, as pointed out - many times within t lie last week, its members will vote for Hearst "only once," and they will not bring nonresidents into their strongholds for election-day purposes. , ' Already Making Excuses. There are strong Indications appearing every now and then that after the result is known persons will be wondering how It was they ever thought this man Hearst had even a show. If there is to be a Hughes landslide, previous anti-Hearst fears and doubts will be ascribed to the fact that, for the flrt time In the his tory of the state, the elements of unrest had been stirred Into a frenzy that had a front of enhesiveness. The wildest claims as to certain victory are being made by the wearst men, most ot whom are men without any practical political knowledge, but it is a significant fact that Hearst in hts speeches and Man ager Max Ihmsen in hourly statements are both screaming about intended fraud. Tho minds of the commonest of the common people are in a state of intellect ual chaos. They dream at night tha. -ae Tlunder t ind, with Ryan. Belmont and Woodruff in personal command, will descend upon the polling places some time during the late afternoon and eat.aU the ballots that ore marked for Hearst at least It is near ly that "bad. I'.iieinies Hearst Is Proud of. Every day Hearst in his speeches ha.i added to his list of persons whom he flays in public. Some of those who have re ceived uncomplimentary mention up to date aro August Belmont, Alton B. Park- ! er. Thomas F. Ryan. Grover Cleveland, Mayor McClellan, District Attorney Je rome, Senator Patrick H. McCarren, An drew Carnegie, John Carlisle, ex-Secretary of the State Committee; Cord Meyer, ex-chairman of the State Committee, the members of the bi-partisan Board of Elec tions, Charles E. Hughes, the learned Judges' comprising the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the first depart ment; Timothy L. Woodruff, Republican state chairman; George M. Sheldon, J. Plerpont Morgan, Townsend Scudder, Democrat, deputy grand master of Masons of the State of New York; Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York World; James Gordon Bennett, of the Herald; Henry Yillaril, of the Post; Editor Ochs, of the Times, Laffam of the San, -attorney-General Julius Mayer, Mayor Thomas M. Osborne, of Auburn; -peaker Joseph G. Cannon, Congressman James Sherman, chairman of the Republican Congressional committee: Speaker James W. Wadsworth, Cornelius N. Bliss, Oscar Straus and Secretary of State Elihu Root, of course this Is only a partial list. The epithets used ranged In Intensity from a description of Mr. Hughes as "an animated feather-duster who Is parading the state," to McCarren the "carrion Max F. Ihtiuex, Political Manager for W. R. Hearst. crow of the Democracy, McClellan, "the little sneak thief,". and Alton B. Parker a "political cocroach." Men Hearst Failed to Roast. Attention is called to the fact that Hearst this year has failed to say any thing unpleasant about the following men who figured in the last campaign: Charles F. Murphy "If s-a-short-step-f rom-Delmonico's-to-Sing-Sing Murphy" ; "crooked and corrupt Tom Grady;" "Hon orable Bought Cockran, the man whose eloquence is for sale to the highest bid der;" the "unspeakable Tim Sullivan"; Johnnie Ahearn. "tho political pirate"; Borotigh President of Manhattan, or any of the political heelers who .were roast ed, broiled and politically mangled when Hearst was running for Mayor. They are all good men this year, for they are out crying for Hearst for Governor. Delights in Vituperation. Hearst's vituperation has aroused the anxiety of his political managers, and they havo vainly endeavored to get him to drop it, but the candidate believes it Is hot stuff and keeps right along with it. The fact of the matter is that long ex tracts of 4what Lincoln said" and "what Jefferson said" fail to arouse the enthu siasm of audiences the League candidate addresses, but when he calls a former Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals a "political cockroach," they sit up and take notice, and applause tickles Hearst, for the noisier the crowd gets the better he likes it. But Hearst's fault-finding has seriously injured him with the thinking voters and is driving many of them back to the Re publican party. Job Hedges struck the keynote the other night when he asked: "Doesn't Hearst know anybody except Stearn who is good?" The Independence League leader has endeavored to make much capital out of his nffectlon for Lincoln. "Mr. Hughes asks." he says, "if Lin coln were here, would he be for Hearst? That is not the question. But if Lincoln could come back, Hearst would be for Lincoln." ' Lincoln or Jefferson, Which? This sounds nice and self-sacrificing, but it induced a skeptical Republican to propound the following query, which as yet remains unanswered: "Hearst says he would be for Lincoln if the martyred President was now on the earth, and undoubtedly he would say the same thing about Thomas Jefferson. But suppose they both returned simul taneously' Where would the Star cor poration line up?" "Hearst is trying to get votes by tell ing how he'd fall into line behind Lin coln," commented Jacob Brenner, Repub lican chairman of King County, today. But you don t find ,him promising to follow any man unless he is dead. "Here is Judge Gaynor in Brooklyn, who has been praised by Hearst on nu merous occasions, and has given Hearst Injunctions whenever he asked for them. The Democrats could have held the party together, and stood an excellent chance of winning, if Hearst would have con sented to support Gaynor. Not only was he asked that question by party leaders, but the Evening World sent reporters, who received a reply in writing, which was reproduced In the paper. The ques tion asked was; " 'Will you withdraw if Judge Gaynor is nominated by the Democratic state con vention?" and Hearst replied: " '1 will not withdraw under any cir cumstances.' "If Lincoln came back, the things that Hearst and-the Hearst papers would say about him would make him dizzy." Pot-Pourrl of Predictions. Political prognosticators are tonight very busy. Here are a few statements just Issued: Alfred J. Bolton, Register of King County. Hearst man L'pstate, even: Hearst in Brooklyn. 2.".C0; Manhattan, 110. 000: rest of Greater city and Ixmg Island, 2U.0OO; total, 15.".000 for Hearst. Major W. C. Wright, of the Gilsey House staff Hearst majority upstate, 25,- AMERICAN RATIO ML VOTE TODAY Forty-two States Elect . to Congress. EACH PARTY CLAIMS CONTROL Governors to Be Elected Twenty-three States. in CABINET ON THE STUMP Weather Mild In the Fast, Snowy In Rocky Mountains and North west Forecast of Result by States. ROOSEVELT GOING TO VOTE. WASHINGTON. Nov. 5. Presi dent Roosevelt left for Oyster Bay over tho Pennsylvania at 11 o'clock tonight to cast his vote tomorrow. He was accompanied by Secretary Loeb. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. The cam paign in 42 States for the election of the Sixtieth Congress passes into his tory tonight. Besides the Congres sional balloting, 23 States will elect Governors, Arizona and New Mexico will accept or reject joint statehood; Oklahoma and Indian Territory will adept a. State constitution and 20 States will choose Legislatures which In turn will elect United States Sen ators. The United States Weather Bureau sees fair weather for election day throughout the East, Middle West and South, with moderate temperatures; rain in Minnesota and the Dakotas, and cold and snow in Wyoming, Mon tana and the interior of Washington and Oregon. ' " President Roosevelt. I who yearly sets the example of good citizenship by go ing from Washington to Oyster Bay to cast his vote, left the White House on this pilgrimage at midnight. He will return tomorrow. The President's Cabinet is still In the field. Most of the Cabinet officers have done strenuous work and several of them will find it convenient to be at their homes to vote tomorrow. From all reports, however, fewer voters have gone home from Washington than In any Congressional year for a dgade. This is owing largely to the fact that free transportation has been cut off and that election rates on the railroads are higher than they have been heretofore. The single exception to this rule is the case of New York voters. The Congressional predictions by the Republican and Democratic Congres sional committees, with headquarters respectively in New York and Wash ington, remain the same as the "finals" announced a few days ago. The Republicans claim the. next House by 60; the Democrats claim it by 22. OLD BAY STATE IS DOUBTFTTi Both Parties Profess Confidence Clergy Preach Against Moran. BOSTON, Nov. 5. The campaign in 1906 in Massachusetts came to the eve of battle tonight with no lessening of Interest and the result as much in doubt as at any time since the conflict began. BothCurtli Guild, Jr.. Republican candi date for Governor, and John B. Moran, the Democratic nominee, spoke at en thusiastic meetings in Boston this after noon and evening. Moran," who began his canvass by say ing he would accept no contribution save from the people. Issued a closing state ment today appealing to the citizens to get out tbe vote tomorrow, as he had no campaign fund and must depend upon the "patriotism and earnestness of the people." About the Republican state committee headquarters today It was felt that Guild's chances had Improved during the past few days. It was stated freely that the speech of Secretary of State Root in New York against Hearst had a re flection in this state, where Moran has been classed as an associate of Hearst by Republican orators, andn spite of the fact that Moran had said upon the stump that he was allied with neither Hearst nor Bryan for President but would stand as the equal of either when it came to offering Presidential candidates. At Democratic headquarters tonight predictions as to the probable outcome were withheld. Mr. Moran was quoted as saying late in the afternoon; "I shall win without a doubt." One of the unusual features of the waning campaign was the action of clergymen of various denominations in their sermons of yesterday in dwelling upon the "new peril" afid pleading for the maintenance of an "orderly common wealth." " ALL IT IX AIH IX COLORADO Party Leaders Cannof Guess Well With Independents Strong. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 5. Party lead ers are at sea as to the result of the state election tomorrow, being unable to' estimate accurately the vote to be given Judge Ben B. Lindsey and Wil liam B. Haywood, respectively Inde pendent and Socialist candidates for governor. In betting, odds of 24 to 1 in favor of Rev. Henry A. Buchtel, Re publican candidate for governor, over AlvA Adams, Democrat, are given. Eugeno Debs addressed a large meeting of Socialists here tonight, urging them to support their candi dates loyally. The following estimates were given out tonight: John F. Vivian, chairman Republican State Central Committee The total will be about 190,000. Buchtel will poll about. 92,501. Milton Smith, chairman Democratic State Committee The total vote will le about 210,000. Alva Adams will poll about 100,000. Ben B. Lindsey I feel that I will get 70.000 votes. Socialist chairman Haywood will get at least 30,000 votes. Both Republicans and Democrats are hopeful of obtaining control of the Legislature, which will elect a Sen ator, and of electing the three Colo rado Congressmen. 1LLIXOIS SAFELY REPUBLICAN Two Hot Congressional Fights and Democrats Claim Gains. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. Although estimates of the party managers differ widely, there seems reason to doubt that the Re publican party will carry the state in tomorrow'se lection by a substantial ma jority. The Legislature will be Repub- (Concluded on Page 4.) THE CANDIDATES NOW AWAIT THE VOTERS' DECISION AMAZON WADE GOES TO AID FISH Social Leaders Against Wall Street. FOUR HUNDRED RIVEN IN TWAIN Vanderbiit and Astor's Votes Spoils of Battle. MRS. FISH HEADS AN ARMY Arbiter of New York Society Tries to Snatch Illinois Central From Harrlman Fish Plans Re venge for Defeat. NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Special.) The fight which Stuyvesant Fish is making against Edward H. Harrlman and Wall street for possession of the Illinois Cent ral road has become a social issue as well as a financial and railroad issue. The bat tle has been taken up in the most exclu sive social circles of the metropolis and bids fair to disrupt New York's 400 or change that list of Illustrious social lights. It became known in New York several days ago that Mrs. Stuvesant Fish had taken up the gage of battle in aid of her husband,- and, when Mrs. Fish begins doing things she leads a somewhat strenu ous existence. May Jar the Four Hundred. In this fight, it Is stated, Mrs. Fisu. who has been credited with being the arbiter of the Four Hundred, is as de termined to win as her husband, and, if she fails, society is likely to get a few unpleasant jars before she gets through. The stake for which Mrs. Fish and her friends are playing is the support of Cor nelius Vanderbiit and John Jacob Astor. both scions of society, both within the pale of influence of Wall street and both Illinois Central directors. The lines of battle Imvc been drawn and it l! -now the dominant portion of society against Wall street, the Standard Qll influence and Edward H. Harriman. None of those who are vitally interested in the outcome of the Illinois Central fight will admit that they are banking any hopes upon the efforts which Mrs. Fish is known to be making. May Revise the List. Just what Mrs. Fish will do, provided Astor and Vanderbiit side with the Har rlman interests, is not known, but it is thought that a new list of the Four Hun dred will be made and that the names of the Astors and of the Vanderbilts and of their supporters in this fight will not be among those present. If it comes to this. New York society will be shaken to its very center. Friend of Disinherited Son. With a less just man than Stuyvesant Fish at the helm, the roadbed would have been a little rough for J. T. Harahan at this and other times. In even a fuller degree "Jack" Astor and "Corny" Van derbiit owe their positions directly to Stuyvesant Fish. Cornelius Vanderbiit is the disinherited son who was cut off with tlOO.000 where he might have expected millions. Mr. Fish knew him and liked him. In his whole-hearted, characteristic way he took Cornelius Vanderbiit under his protective wing, when the young man did not have enough money to invest suffi ciently in Illinois Central stock to war rant his becoming a director. At his re quest the stockholders of the Illinois Cent ral road consented to the election of Mr. Vanderbiit to the directory. Flt.h Backed J. J. Astor. John Jacob Astor's entry into the Illi nois Central directory was also due di rectly to Stuyvesant Fish. His financial interest is not exceedingly large and It Is said that Mrs. Fish, prompted by Mrs. Astor, had something to do with Astor's position In Illinois Central. That Astor could be of any help to the big-brained man at the head of the company few would admit, but the Fish influence and the Fish votes have kept him on the board. Now Mrs. Fish is trying, it is said, to realize on this asset. On the other hand the money power against which Mr. Fish pitted himself is beckoning to Astor and .mm, J x f V "t I I ' w , ' t t i" v i Aywy - i f i I iA ... , ,i J Timothy L. Woodruff, Chairman Re publican (Xvnmlttce of Jtew York State. Vanderbiit and possibly has made a trade for their support. SHARPENS KNIFE FOR REVEXGE Wall-Street Raid and Federal Prose cution May Be Outcome. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. (Special.) Pre dictions were made here today by men on the inside of the Illinois Central fight that Harrlman would win, and that tlier w-uild be within six months a terrific Wall street raid witi. ilia Illinois Central stock as the issue. It was also intimated that Mr. Fish, in retaliation, would lay before Pres ident Roosevelt many damaging facts regarding transactions by Harrlman that would involve the Government in the battle. Fish is expected to retaliate for his deposition from the Illinois Central presi dency by charges to President Roosevelt of huge land frauds in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Such Is today's LaSalle-street gossip. Just what will be the nature of the land fraud charges is not known. It is only certain that such a campaign is planned by the Fish interests and will form the basis of an attack on Harriman. The raid on the stock market will be the logical sequence of Harahan's elec tion. The capture of the presidency means a temporary victory for Harrlman, but, although the latter controls the board of directors, the ownership of the road is. with the stockholders. Weu the stockholders next meet it may prove tha't they will be for Fish and that the present board will not be . re-elected. Harriman does not control the road's stock and must get control if his supremacy is to be lasting. SUSPECT UTE TREACHERY Army Officers Change Plans for Re turn to Utah. SHERIDAN. Wyo., Nov. 5. A messen ger arriving at Arvada from the head quarters of the Tenth and Sixth Cavalry reports a change in the plans. The Utes will be brought to Arvada and taken from there by rail, instead o'f marching over land to Fort Meade, as was at first pro posed. They should arrive at Arvada to morrow evening. Treachery on the part of the Utes is believed to be the reason for the change. Many dissatisfied 1'tes still advise re sistance to removal from Powder River Valley. Greely Says Treaty Settles Dispute. WASHINGTON, Nov.' 5. A telegram was received by the Military Secretary today from Ma jor-Ueneral Greely at St. Louis, transmitting a report from Colonel Rodgers and General Wint on the suc cessful conference held with the ('to In dians near Arvada, Wyo., last Saturdny. General Greely fully approves of the agreement made with the Indians by Colonel Rodgers. saying: "This effectively removes dangerous In dian bands, if it can be so handled as to prevent their again invading a settled country in large numbers." TEST OF SAILORS' RIGHTS Suit Against Amusement Company of Newport on Trial. NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 5. The suit of Chief Yeoman Frederick Bunzle against the Newport Amusement Asso ciation was called in the Superior Court today. President Roosevelt has con tributed $100 toward its prosecution, as it is to test the right of any place ot amusement to debar men wearing the United States uniform. The defendant's counsel claims in demurrer that there is no law by which nn amusement association can be pre vented from prohibiting sailors in uni form from -dancing in its hall. If the demurrer is sustained. Bunzle's counsel will carry the case to the Supreme Court. If it is not allowed, the case will go before the jury on its merits. GOOD SHIPS FLUNG E BY GALE East Coast of Canada Lined With Wrecks. SAILORS PERISH IN THE WAVES Boat Smashed in Landing From Stranded Bark. R)UR ARE SWEPT Ofr RAFT Maritime Provinces jfTer From a Terrific Gale, 'uthich Drives Many Ships on Koeks and Dashes Them to Pieces. HALIFAX, N. S.. Nov. 5. Dispatches today have been . pouring into this city bringing news of vessels wrecked or in distress, of wires prostrated and of dam age done by gale and sea along the coasts of Nova Scotia. Cape Breton, New Bruns wick and Prince Edward Island. Four vessels were driven, ashore; another, hav ing everything movable on deck washed away, was forced to put back to the port from which she had sailed, and the steamer Turret Bell, which went aground on the north side of Prince Edward Isl and last week, was driven farther ashore and will probably be a total wreck. The storm was most violent in North umberland Strait. Two schooners and one bark were swept aground in this strait, and a third schooner was wrecked near the Eastern entrance. The Norwegian bark Adeona tried to weather the gale off Rexton, N. B., but dragged her anchors and grounded on North Reef. She sprang a leak and, ac cording to the latest Information received here, five -of the 12 men constituting her crew had been drowned in an attempt to reach shore and the other seven wero still on board and in Imminent dan ger of being swept overboard or dying from exposure. The tremendous seas made it impossible for any vessels to go to her assistance. Near the same place tbe schooner Alex- ander, lumber-laden, went ashore. The Windsor. N. S., schooner Omega, after being partly dismantled by the storm, brought up cm the rocks at Fox Point, on the northern coast of Nova Sco tia. Her crew of four men was rescued when almost overcome by exhaustion and exposure. FIVE SAILORS GO TO DEATH. Try to Land From 'Wrecked Vessel, Rut Roat Is Swamped. RICH1BUCTO, N. B.. Nov. 5. Five members of tho crew of the Norwegian bark Adona, which struck on a reef oft Richibucto bar during a heavy north east gale fast Thursday night, were drowned today while attempting to make a landing on the beach. Three bodies were washed ashore. The- Adona had taken on a cargo of lumber in this harbor and had anchoreJ off the bar to await a ffivorable wind (Concluded on I'as: B. ) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weuiher. YESTERDA Y Maximum tempera turo, 54 decrees; minimum, 47. TODAY Occasional 'rain, southerly wind. Foreign. Serious mutiny of sailors in British navy. Page 5. Politic. Klections nf Cnnerefsim-n todny in 42 states, state officers In lo states, rage J. Fate of Hearntisra to be decided, with sins favorins Hughes. Pae 1, Hearst's final speech shows confidence of victory. Pape 2. Pennsylvania mid Massachusetts elections In doubt. Pages 1 and 1'. Domestic. Farmers' fnnRrHS may meet ffoon in Port laud. Page 4. Great Rrale off east const nf Canada causes many wrecks and drowns many eallora. Page I. Militia called nut to" prevent election riot In West Virginia. Pag1 X Mrs. Fish marshals New York 400 to defeat Ha rriman. Tag; 1 . Switchmen of Western roads may strike Wednesday. Page .'J. Faclfi t'oat. Logging train runs away in Columbia Coun ty; three men jump and aro seriously ln- Jured. Page fl. Tenino coal mins will be reopened to sup ply the Northwest with nml. Page rt. Santiam mineral fields are being gobbled up by the Northern Pacific, l'age H. Forecast of election in Pacific Coast states. Page 6. Douglas Count y fruitgrowers are to hold. meeting in Grant's Pass. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Anton Fritz, aged capitalist, who was robbed of $:i.V.U, declares he wa? victimized through conspiracy. Pago 10. Half a dozen aspirants appear for jrb of H. G. Van Dusen, Master FUh Warden. Page 11. Portland ministers apked to lielp along f-arjy "holiday shopping and aid clerks. Page 1. Police lsste orde to prevent loafing in re tail district. Page 1. Inventor of cyanide process, who made oth ers rich by his patents, visits Portland. Page IX Brooklyn property-owners Indignant at st tMTipt of I,addf to block Kast Side im provements. Page 1U. Commercial and .Marine. Lower prices rule in potato market. Page Chicago grain market dull and weak. Page ir.. Hardening of money checks stock specula tion. Page Sailors strike Is ended. Pag 12. Aztec reaches port after rough passage, l'age 12. 0