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VOL. XLA'I.- XO- 14,585. PORTLAND, OKEGOX, FRIDAY, SEPTE3IBER 6, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ) TITLE FOR TUFT BY Secretary Is Called Great Postpones BITTER SPEECH IN OKLAHOMA Commoner Defends Proposed State Constitution. ATTACKS REVISION POLICY Says Republicans Always Find Ex cuse fop Delay Argues for Phil ippine Independence and Con trasts Fate With Negro's. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. o.-Ten thousand persona, heard William J. Bryan here tonight reply to the recent address of Secretary of War Taft upon the Oklahoma-Indian Territory political situation in Convention Hall, and 3000 persons who were unable to secure admittance to the auditorium attended an overflow meeting nearby. Mr. Bryan was enthusiastically received. In addition to scoring Mr. Taft roundly for placing: his personal ambitions above the welfare of the people of Oklahoma, and attacking- the views of Mr. Taft on National policies. Mr. Bryan declared that the constitution of the proposed new state was even better than that of the United States. Mr. Bryan said: . Secretary Taft In his npeerh made In thi territory a few days ago advised the peo ple to reject the proposed constitution and postpone statehood until another enabling act can be secured. At first blush one. might suspect that the Secretary's adVlca was due to his personal interost In the next election. lie might he accused of advising the postponement of statehood with a view to keeping seven electoral votes out of the Democratic cilumn. but the more generous view to take of the matter Is that his ad vice resulted from his hah'ts of thought. Calls Taft Great Postponer. Ho Is Inclined to postpone everything. He promises to acquire the- iltle o -tn "Great Postponer.""" In a speech made not long ago at Co lumbus, o.. he announced himself as. In fa vor of tariff reform, but he would postpone It until after the next election. He also made an elaborate argument In favor of the Income tax. but he would postpone It ' in definitely. He agreed with the President In regard to the wisdom of an Inheritance tax. but that, too, he would postpone until a more convenient season. He did not se riously object to valuation of railroads, but he did not declare for It Immediately. He Is on the way to the Philippines to tell the Filipinos that, while h? thinks they ought to have elf -government - after awhile.- -he wants It postponed for the present. It Is not strange, therefore, that he should yield to his ruling spirit In the matter of state hood and tell you to put It off. Mr. Bryan took up, one by one, Mr. Taffs objections to the Oklahoma con stitution and argued against the sound ness of the Secretary's contentions. Mr. Bryan continued: Postpones Tariff Revision. Have ycu read his Columbus speech? If so. you will find in It an arraignment of protection as we have It today an app-al for a revision of the tariff, but he para lyzed the force of his own speech by post poning the tariff reform until after the election. Tariff reform Is never undertaken by the Republicans Just after a Republican victory, because the victory is taken as au indorsement of the policy, and is never un dertaken before an election for fear It will Interfere with another Republican victoiy. ' Th people of Oklahoma have no Interest in the maintenance of a purely protective tar iff. Secretary Taft did not discuss the trust question; he wisely avoided It. because he favors taking a backward step on that ques tion. Rights of the Filipinos. Secretary Taft also made a plea In favor of Imperialism. Well, the people of Okla homa have had enough experience with carpet-bag government to know something about a colonial policy. If officers ap pointed by the Federal Government are so unsatisfactory, what must be the feeling of the Filipinos against officers of another race sent across the ocean to administer a gov ernment? I am glad that Secretary Taft has referred to the Philippine question, for his discussion shows that he believes In a colonial policy and that he disputes the doc trines set forth In the Declaration of in dependence. While he, himself, seems dis posed to acquiesce in the suffrage amend ments adopted in the South, he overlooks the fact that the black man of the South has the protection of living under laws which the white man makes for himself, while the Filipino lives under the laws which the white man makes for the Fili pino, laws under which the white man would not himself be willing to live. Different From the Negro. Then. too. the Secretary confuses two questions that are entirely distinct. The question la the South is not whether the black man Is capable of self-government: it Is whether he Is capable of conducting a government under which the white man as . well as the black man must live; In other words, whether he Is capable of governing the white man: while the question of the Philippines is whether the brown man is capable of governiag himself. " For the ' white man of the South to insist as a mat ter of self-preservation on administering the government under which both he and the black man must live is one thing: for the white man to cross the Pacific Ocean and fa-slen a government on an alien peo ple Is entirely another proposition, and the Secretary is confused on fundamental prin ciples If he cannot see the distinction. Im perialism costs us more than one hundred millions a year: weakens us by exposing us to foreign attack and lays us open to sus picion of having abandoned the Idea of self government. Mr. Bryan spoke today at Vlnita, Sapulpa, Tulsa, Brlstow and Chandler, Oklahoma. Postal Clerks Fight In Congress. FKORIA. 111., Sept. 5. The National Association of Postal Clerks today de cided that during the coming session uf FOUND 1 Congress the arsociation will fight for an eight-hour day law. a 30-days' vacation yearly, and 1C days' sick leave annually; also for promotions above the 11100 a year limit now set. MORE INDICTMENTS COME 200 Additional to Be Brought In Tax-Receipt Frauds. PITTSBURG. Sept. 5. Attorney Palmer Chambers, who has had charge of the collection of the evidence for the Voters' Civic League in the tax receipt frauds, announced today that there would he 200 additional indictments drawn In these cases. He said that these will Include men as prominent as those already indicted. To France on Secret Mission. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 5. T. Hlda ka, secretary to the Grand Chamber- t Frlnro Wllhelm. of Sweden. Who Is Visiting the United States. Iain of the royal Japanese household, arrived here today on the steamer Tosa Maru. en route to Paris on an- errand personal and secret, between the Em peror and chief of the Japanese Em bassy in France. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 76 decrees; minimum. 60 degrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy. with possibly showers; cooler; westerly winds. Foreign. Avalanche in Chile kills 30 persons. Page 8. French fleet destroys Masagan in Morocco. Page 4. Choate makes last effort for permanent court at The Hapue. . Page 4. National. Roosevelt, to call new Peace Conference at Washington. Page 1. Battleships to return to Atlantic after Pa cific cruise. Page 5. Delay of Oregon land fraud trials not au thorized at Washington. Page 2. Politic. ' Bryan makes speech against Taft, calling him "Great Postponer." Page 1. Democrats boom Chanler for Bryan's rui ning mate. Page 4. Sale of Philippines may be made issue in 11)08 campaign. Page 1. . . . Domestic. San Francisco police show pluck in fighting labor rioters. Page 5. Earle mobbed again by neighbors ; declares belief In Mohammedanism. Page 4. Kermit Roosevelt, persecuted by women, abandons cavalry march. Page 3. Abe Hummel mentally Incapable of testify ing in Thaw trial. Page 11. T. F. Ryan organizing type writer trust. Page 4. Farmers trust will establish co-operative-stores. Page 4. Pacific Coast. Burbank tells Irrigation Congress of his latest wonder. Page 4. Heroic efforts at reecue work in Shelton hotel fire. Page 6. Northern roads will advance lumber rates November 1. Pago 6. . Sport. Oakland wins from Portland by score of 4 to 2. Page 7. . . Catcher Donahue sold to Boston. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Speculation as to opening hop prices. Page 17. Wide fluctuations in wheat at Chicago. Page 17. Stock market becomes buoyant. Page 17. Enough ships in port to transport grain. Page 10. Portland and Vicinity. . Charles Bailey shoots his wife and step- daughter and kills himself. Page 1. . Busy day planned for Secretary Taft on his Portland visit. Page 10. McCormick Lumber Company sells out for $700,000. Page 10. Land Fraud situation much complicated. Page 36. Council committee recommends airbrakes for all streetcars. Page 13. , Prominent horticulturist favors Chinese la- for Oregon. Page 10. He Will See a Few More of That Extensive Individual Yclept, the "Original Taft Man." iffllli T j -.'-".. - ".. -.''.-;'! "WWijj 9 T SHOOTS WIFE AND KILLS HER CHILD Drunken Husband then Commits Suicide. TEAMSTER'S TERRIBLE GRIME Little Rhoda Bradley Dead, Mrs. Charles Bailey. Dying. NONE WITNESSES TRAGEDY Last Quarrel , Between Estranged Couple Results In Bloodshed 12-Year-Old Stepdaughter Prob ably Slain by Accident. In a fit of drunken race. Charles Bailey, a teamfiter. last night at about 6:30 o'clock shot and fatally wounded Katie Bailey, his wife, killed his 12-year-old step-daughter. Rhoda Bradley, then turned h's revolver on himself, and with two bullets ended his own life. Bailey and his wife had been separated for several weeks and the bloody deed was committed fn the wife's lodgings In a pri vate houee at 253 Giant street, where she had been living with her daughter since the separation. There were no eye witnesses to tha tragedy. Neighbors who hurried to the scene on hearing the shots found Mrs. Bailey lying mortally wound ed and speechless on the porch and the man and child ln.sirie the house, dead. Wife Warns Neighbors. Bailey was seen by neighbors return ing home with his wife about 6 o'clock last night. The woman went Into the house, and began preparing the evening meal, while her husband and Tils step daughter, Rhoda.walked down the street to a grocery store, where they purchased groceries and meat for dinner. While Bailey was absent his wife went Into the room occupied by her landlady, Mrs. Lula McCully, and told her that she feared BalleynMsht cum -trouble, as lie had been drinking all day. Mrs. McCully promised to remain l ear and to interfere should Bailey commence to abuse his wife. Mrs. Bailey seemed satisfied and returned to her rooms. Bailey and the little girl were next seen on their way from the store. Xo loud words had been heard and there was no indication of lmprrdlr.g trouble, when suddenly a number, of pistol shots rag out. Persons who were near did not count the reports and It is not known definitely how many shots Bailey fired. Child Accidentally Shot. Tt Is thought by Coroner Finley and others that Mrs. Bailey, seeing the man draw the revolver, seized the child to protect here and thereby brought her to her death, as the first bullet evidently hit the woman in the arm. passed through it and lodged In the little girl's brain. Mrs. Bailey then dashed out the door. It is surmised, and was hit in the temple by a sece--! bullet Then, it Is inferred, Bailey, seeing that his murderous work had been well done, placed the revolver to his abdomen and fired. Finding that the shot was not fatal. It appears that Bailey, wounded as he was, reloaded the revolver with three shells and coolly blew out his own brains. Three empty cartridges were found on the floor of the room and three shells one of which waa exploded, were found in the revolver. The weapon Is a 38-callber gun, apparently brand new. Fireman First on Scene. The first to reach the scene of the shooting was J. H. Williams, a fireman. He was sitting In front of his home, at the corner of Second and Grant streets, and ran to the house on hear ing the shots. Mrs. Bailey's room was on the first floor of the McCully house, near the front door, and Williams found her, apparently dying, on the front porch. Stopping a moment to see how hadly the woman was Injured. FEW OF THE INTERESTING THINGS OREGON HAS The I'blqultotin Gent Who Deals In Advice Won't Overlook the Occasion. Williams next ran into the front room. There, on the floor, lay the corpseof the little girl, her brown curls a mass of blood, and beside It the body of the stepfather. Williams hastened back to the street, haled a passing automobile and ordered the driver to bring of ficers and a physician. By this time Dr. Axelrood, a physician residing in the vicinity, attracted by the shots, had arrived, and found Mrs. Bailey still alive. He did his best to revive her, but found that she was beyond hope. Auto Driver's Good Work. In the meantime, the automobile, driven by E. M. Norcross and owned by W. H. Moore, was tearing down Seventh street toward the police station. Before Nor cross arrived, however, neighbors had telephoned headquarters and a squad of officers In command of Sergeant Cole were on their way to the scene. Nor cross hailed the passing patrol wagon. i L - I . . ?) t - tf A t - " iii iiiiii,' MNiinrritriiiii,irji,f,,B ;? I Mrs. Kate Bailey. Who Was Mnr derrd by Her Huxbtuid, Charles Boiler. Last Night. and asked the police to get .Into the auto. They did so and were taken to the McCul ly house at breakneck speed. Taken to the Hospital. When the police arrived and found the man and child dead and the woman mor tally wounded a stretcher was devised, and the Injured woman placed on It. The stretcher was arranged In the automobile and the machine headed for St. Vln-N cent's Hospital. Again Norcross drove north with all speed and reached the hos pital In a few minutes' time. He received due praise for his good work. Coroner Finley was then notified and on his arri val removed the bodies of Bailey and Rhoda Bradley to the morgue. . - Bailey ahd hia wife were incrrlel about three years ago, but had never lived happily together on account of Bailey's intemperance. Iast Fall Bailey's habits drove the woman from him. They lived apart for a few months, then on his prom ise to reform, they began housekeeping together once more. Continual abuse again drove the woman away, but the breach was healed over In a short time and the couple were again reunited for a time. During her entire married life Mrs. Bailey had been forced to support herself and at the time of her death was working In the Union Iaundry as an ironer. Leaves Him tor Last Time. The last quarrel between the Baileys was about four weeks ago, when they were living In a flat down town. Bailey returning home one night drunk, choked and beat his wife and but for the timely Intervention of a neighbor, might have killed the woman. Mrs. Bailey then left, as she said, for good and all, and fearing for her safety and that of her daughter, took lodgings at 253 Grant street. She had often told Mrs. McCully - and others of her fear that Bailey would kill her. Three Children Remain. Besides the murdered 'child,' Rhoda, Mra. Bailey has three children, all by a first husband. Two sons, William Bradley, aged 17, and Gerald Bradley, aged 14, reside with their father at Goble, and a daughter, . Florence, 7 years old, is with Mrs. Bailey's mother at the latter's home,' 773' Multnomah avenue. Mrs. Bailey's mother is Mrs. H. J. Bevis. Three brothers. U H., Sam and John W. Bevis, live in this city, and there are four lsters:. Mrs. Mary Taylor, of Dufur; Mrs.' Maybelle Eng lish, of Deer Island, and Mrs. Annie Nichols and Mrs. Jennie Nichol, both of this city. Mrs. Bailey was. born. in. Portland 37. years ago, and Is the daughter of John Bevis. a pioneer of 1862. She was married to John Bradley in 1887. Four (Concluded .on Page 3.) He'll See Our Ud. E TO SELL PHILIPPINE ISLES Policy of Antis Comes Up in New Form. ONLY BURDEN ON TREASURY Before Yield Revenue, They Will Be Independent. MAY BE CAMPAIGN ISSUE Congress Will Probably Debate Sale to Japan or Some Other Nation. Might Help to. Prevent a War With Nippon. ORBGONIAN NEWS Bl'RKAV, Wash ington, Sept. 6. There are indications that the Philippine Islands may again ba made a political issue, and it is not un likely that the issue will be' raised in Congress next Winter. If the issue is met and disposed of, the Philippine ques tion will then be allowed to rest for a period, but, if there Is no action, It is quite probable that an effort will be made to inject a Philippine Issue into the next Presidential compaign. The agitators who have stirred up the Philippine question In the East are not demanding that the islands be turned loose and that the people be thrown on their own responsibility, as was de manded by the Democrats In recent years. The present question Is, shall the United States retain possession of the Island.s, or shall it sell them to Japan? True, this question was discussed at some length shortly after the Spanish War, at the time the Democratic party feared that the United Sates was going to its doom because it was entering upon a so-called "colonial policy." But the question of the sale of the Islands never took definite shape, and that problem was never seriously com.idiered by Congress. The Republican party decided to hold the Islands until their people were capable of self-government, and that settled all correlative questions. No Good as Investment. During the years the United States Government has administered the affairs of the Philippine Islands it has been demonstrated that the care of Insular possessions Is quite coBtly, excessively so when compared to the monetary benefits derived. There ,are not a few men In public life, Republicans among them, who think It would be good business pol icy for the United States to dispose of the archipelago by some honorable means and thus rid Itself of the heavy drain on the Federal treasury. Viewed purely from the standpoint of dollars and cents, there is a very strong argument in favor of the sale of the Philippines, but the United States did not acquire the Islands as an Investment; in deed, it had no expectation of .acquiring them when it went to war with Spain. When hostilities were concluded, how ever, conditions were such that the United States was morally bound to take the Islands from Spain and, onee having taken them, It was morally bound to see that their condition was improved. '.May Be Debated in Congress. When the old Philippine Issue was sub mitted to the voters, they unhesitatingly rejected the Democratic "scuttle" policy and refused to turn the islands adrift to become the prey of other nations, or, at beet, again to fall Into the control of the lawless bands of natives which were once supreme. That Issue will -not again be raised, for to raise It would be useless. The only way that the United States can get rid of the Islands at the present time, if it is decided to dispose of them, is by sale to some nation, and the natural purchaser would be Japan, i There is much to be said for and against the proposal to sell the Philip pines, and it Is probable that it will all be said after Congress assembles In De cember. From a business standpoint the retention of the Islands cannot be de TO SHOW SECRETARY TAFT An Interesting Exhibit In Our Po litical Menagerie. P 0 OS fended, except as to the possibilities of future development. The time may come when the islands will not only cease to be a drain upon the United States treas ury, but will actually become revenue producers, but that time is probably re mote and, when it arrives, the United States, under present policies, would probably be ready to turn the islands over to their own people. From this it will be argued that the United States will shoulder all the expense of civilizing and modernizing and educating the-Filipino people, while the natives derive all the benefits. No Glory In Selling Islands. Viewed in a patriotic light, howeVer, the new issue appears differently. There would be no particular honor attaching to the sale of the islands, though. It' Is equally true, there would be no disgrace. Yet the sale would be repulsive to a great number of the American people, who like to see a f .;:1:i'5f:;g iiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiaii T 1 Rhoda Bradley. Who Was Murdered Last Night by Charles Bailey, Her Stepfather. thing carried to a successful conclu sion once it is undertaken. The sale of the Philippines would be far more honorable and much more highly com mended among the Nations of the world than would their outright re lease. Nevertheless that spirit which manifested itself when it was pro posed to release the islands would un questionably reassert Itself If their sale should be seriously proposed, for the question of our duty to the Philippines is as great today as it was when they first entered our possession. They are not ready for self-government; the education of the people Is far from complete; the subjugation of tho. lawless tribes is not completed. Much remains to be done. If objec tion to the sale should be made on these grounds it could only be met by positive assurances from the purchas ing nation that the work of education and improvement would be continued as faithfully by the new owners as it has been conducted by this Govern ment. Might Arouse IH-Fcellng. Then there is the possibility of interna tional complications. Could the United States make an outright sale of the Philippines to Japan without arousing un friendly feeling on the part of Great Britain and Germany? Both those nations have large holdings In the Orient, and they would undoubtedly feel that they should have the refusal of the Philip pines before they are offered to Japan. The entire group might be put up at public auction, to be sold to the highest bidder, in which event one of the Euro pean powers might outbid Japan. That would cause hard feeling on the part of the Japs. Assuming the United States decided to sell to Japan, what guarantee should we have that the Filipinos would be given the same opportunities for advancement that are afforded them under American rule? If Japan gave a guarantee and failed to live up to it, this country would have to resort to war in order to see that the Filipinos got a square deal, and such a war would hardly be sustained by popular sentiment, once the Islands passed from the control of the United States. Avert War With Japan. Advocates of sale point out that the United States is soon to have a large battleship fleet in' the Pacific, and the very presence of the fleet would serve as notice to the world that we are ready to protect our insular possessions any time It may become necessary to resort" to force. These advocates believe that the United States could drive a "good bargain by selling the islands white the fleet is in the Pacific. Moreover they argue that, (Concluded on Page 3.) Mrs. Woodcock, of the -'National." Will Probably Bs There to Accept Him aa Her Second Choice. PEACE CONGRESS ALL OF HIS Roosevelt May CaTT Ambassadors. ADD NEW LAURELS OF PEACE Not Satisfied With Results Gained at The Hague. BRITAIN IS CHIEF SUPPORT French and German Ambassadors Will Join Several Important Questions to Be Settled Xc.tft Message Will Be Greatest. WASHINGTON, Sept. o.-( Special.) The latest rumor affecting Rooseveltian activity is to the effect that the Presi dent intends to call a "Peace Congress" of his own to embrace the Ambassadors of the powers accredited to Washington as soon as they return from their Sum- . mer haunts. An anonymous diplomat, who is held responsible for the novel move, explains that the President is not at all satisfied with the results of The Hague Peace Con ference, and Is determined to add an other WTeath of laurels to his crown of peace before he leaves the White House. It is stated that Ambassador Jusserand of France and Ambassador von Stern oerg of Germany have signified their willingness to participate In such a con ference. Britain Will Co-operate. James Bryce, the British Ambassador, Is to be Mr. Roosevelt's chief support during the meeting, according to the ru mor, and, if the reports are to he be lieved, he has already received authority from King Edward to co-operate with the President as far as possible, the pos sibility being left entirely to ths Am bassador's discretion. The information is added that not only will the future peace of the world be generally discussed, but that several other International matters, such as Chi nese affairs, the Pacific question, Corea's future, the Drago and Monroe doctrines. South African territories and any other questions which Interest two or more nations In divers ways will, be taken up. M-vsage Will Be His Longest. Announcement from Oyster Bay that the President will return to Washington several days before he leaves on his trip to the West Instead of going West di rectly from his Summer home, has filled the capital with surmises as to what may be In the wind. It Is taken for granted that something Important is on the tapis, which the President wants to get started before he starts out on his last speech making expedition prior to the next Con gress. There probably will be a Cabinet meeting before the President leaves town on September 29, and trust matters are regarded as likely to form the subject of a long discussion. Plans for the Fall and Winter campaign, with respect to railroads and corporations generally probably will be discussed, and some at tention will be devoted to the annual message to Congress, which, according to present rumor, will be the longest as well as the most important of the Pres ident's career fn tho White House. THE! MUST PLAY FAIR MAYOR BUSSE SO NOTIFIES CHI CAGO LIQUOR DEALERS. Charter Campaign Must Not Be In terfered With by False Cry of Puritanical Interests. CHICAGO. Sept. 5. (Special.) Mayor Busse. standing for the entire city as against one of its component factors, served notice on the liquor interests of- Chicago today that they must play fair in the charter cam paign. The Mayor personally served notice on Austin J. Doyle, manager of the Brewers' Exchange, representing the allied brewers of Chicago and Mil waukee, that the saloon Interests of the city shall no longer be permitted to raise the false issue of "Blue Laws," a "Puritanical Sabbath" and "Restrict ed Personal Liberty" in connection with the anti-charter campaign. In his conversation the Mayor hinted that there might be sucn a thing as the closing of the saloons on Sunday, which would continue during his ad ministration, unless the saloon inter ests changed their attitude toward the new charter. "You are playing the dog-in-the-manger act." said Mayor Busse to Mr. Doyle. "You are angered because you cannot do what you want and the way you want to do it. By a systematic campaign of falsity and misrepresen tation, you have injected the saloon issue, into the charter contest. I have been fair with the saloon Interests, to say the least. Now I propose to maka you play fair with the rest of the city of Chicago." Spain Holds Squadron Ready. MADRID. Sept. 5. The Ministry of Marine announced today that a squadron of Spanish warships would be sent to Cadiz In order to be near Morocco and to prepare for possible eventualities. 01