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VOL,. XL.VI. XO- 14,621. PORTLAND, OKEUOX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FORECASTS HIS NEXT MESSAGE President Will Urge River Improvement. FARMERS HELPED PRIMARILY Most Measures, He Says, Aid Dwellers in Centers. PARTY FEELING LAID ASIDE In Vlcksburg Speech Says It Has Been Necessary to Regard Broad Fundamentals of Citizenship Rather Than Mere Party. VICKSBURQ, Miss., Oct. 21. After a fortnight spent In the canebrakes, and looking bronzed and vigorou.,, President Roosevelt paid a flying visit to Vlcksburg this afternoon. The President arrived at Delta, Just across the river, at 1 o'clock. He was met' by the steamboat Belle of the Bends with a reception committee 100 representative citizens on board. The President Immediately embarked and, followed by a dozen boats, yachts and other craft, made his entry into the city. The bluffs overlooking the river were lined with people, who gave the chief ex ecutive a hearty and noisy welcome. The President entered the forward car riage and, with Mayor Griffith and Stephen D. Lee, headed the parade, which passed through the principal streets to the National Cemetery. The streets were densely packed with people, who cheered the visitor at every oppor tunity. Shakes Hands With Veterans. At the corner of Cherry and Clay streets the procession was halted and General Lee, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, told the President that several ... hundred Union and Confederate veterans stood before him, and he desired that the chief ex ecutive should meet the old warriors. The President arose in his carriage and cor dially shook hands with the old soldiers. Arriving at the National Cemetery, the party drove slowly through the burying grounds, the President evincing- a lively Interest in the historic place. From the cemetery the party ' drove to the CourthbUse Square,, where an Immense crowd had gathered to hear the speechmaklng. President of Whole Country. The President was Introduced by Congressman John Sharp Williams. When Mr. Williams said that Theodore Roosevelt was President of the whole country Dixie land and Yankee land alike the demonstration was notable. When the President arose to reply, the big crowd accorded him a noisy dem onstartlon that lasted several minutes. Immediately after closing his ad dress the President and party were rapidly driven to the Tazoo & Missis sippi Railway station, where the spe cial train stood in waiting. At 5:30 the train pulled out for Memphis, where the President is scheduled to arrive shortly after midnight. Deep Channel In Mississippi. In his speech here the President said: ' "It seems to me that no American President could spend his time better than by seeing for himself just what a rich and wonderful region the lower Mississippi Valley Is, so that he may go bark, as I shall go back to Washington, with the set purpose to do everything that ies in me to see that the United States does Its full share In making the Mississippi River practically a part of the sea coast. In making it a deep channel to the Great Lakes from the Gulf. I wish to see the levees so strongly built as to remove completely from the minds of dwellers of those lower regions all appre hension of a possible overflow. I advo cate no Impossible task. No dif ficult task. The people of Hol land, a little nation, took two-thirds of their country out from under the sea, and they live behind the dykes now and have lived behind them for centuries In safety. Forecasts Next Message." "With one-tenth the effort we, a much greater Nation, can take the In comparably rtcb bottom lands of the Lower Mississippi out of the fear of being flooded or even being overflowed by the Mississippi, and while I do not like to say in advance what I Intend to do. I shall break my rule In this case and say that In my next message to Congress I shall advocate as heartily as I know how, that the Congress now elected shall take the first steps to bring about that deep channel-way and the attendant high and broad levee sys tem, which will make of these alluvial bottoms the richest and most populous and most prosperous agricultural land, not only In this N?tlon, but on the face of the globe, and, gentlemen, here Is the reason I am particularly glad to be able to advocate such a policy. I think any policy which tends to the uplifting of any portion of our people In the end distributes its benefits over the whole people. But it is far easier, originally, to put Into effect a policy which shall at the moment help the people concentrated In the centers of the population and wealth than It Is to put Into effect a policy which shall help the dwellers In the country, and the tillers of the soil. Now here we have a policy whose first and direct benefit will come to the man on the farm, the man on the plantation, the tiller of the soli, the man who makes his fortune from what he grows on the soil. Sinks Party Differences. "Mr. Williams has said that In our day we can sink all mere party di-erences. Since I have been President I have found, aye, most of the time I have needed to sink them, because the differences of party are of small Importance compared to the great fundamentals of good citi zenship upon which all American cltlzena should be united." ' The President said he agreed heartily that the Constitution of the United States represents a fixed series ' of principles. Yet he said that, in the interest of the people. It must be Interpreted, not as a etraltjacket, not as laying the hand of death upon all developments, but as an 4 . I I : v f ' ' f W. C. Morse. Owner of Atlantlo Const Steamships. Who Was As sociated With Helnze In the Great Copper Slump. Instrument designed for the life and health and growth of the Nation. Talks From Car Platform. TALLULAH, La., Oct 21. The Presi dent spoke here for about 10 minutes this morning from the rear platform of his private car. He was greeted by a large crowd, composed about equally of whites and blacks, but with the two races separated by the railroad tracks. The President dwelt on the necessity of high standards of citizenship and adjured the people to be satisfied with nothing less in their public men. Roosevelt Passes Nashville. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 21. The special train having on board President Roose velt reached Memphis at 12:40 this morn ing. The train was Immediately switched to the tracks of the Louisville & Nash ville and left at 1:30 for Nashville. INDICT BY WHOLESALE Hundreds of Arrests Likely for Vio lating Sunday Law. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 21. A list contain ing the names of several hundred persona who yesterday violated the law against working on Sunday will be prepared for presentation to the grand jury. Indict ments by the wholesale are expected. The list Includes actors and actresses, theatrical managers, attaches and store keepers. Theatrical managers are pre paring to give bond for the members of their respective companies after they are arrested, and It Is believed thy will be by the middle of the week. Judge William H. Wallace, of the Crim inal Court, who started the crusade, said today: "I shall expect the Jury to do Its duty." Striking Operators Surrender. CHICAGO. Oct 21. Nineteen striking Western Union operators of the Western division applied for work today and were employed. Several other applications were rejected. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Foreign. Mulal Hang inflicts crushing defeat on Sul tan of Morocco. Page 5. Emperor of Austria much better. Pace S. Walllng-B are released and Russian police admit mistake. Page 3. ' National. Taft speaks at Manila on relations of Phil ippines with United States. Page 4. Decrease in pension roll. Increase In pension payments. Page 5. Cortelyou will soon declare policy towards Wall street. . Page 2. Roosevelt speaks at Vlcksburg on Improve ment of Mississippi River. Page 1. Politics. Bryan condemns Roosvelt's policy of cen tralization. Page 1. Heney has fight with Hearst because he will not play politics. Page 4. Domestic. Mrs. Kaufman. Sioux Falls murderess, de nied new trial. Page 1. Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York; in trouble. Page 1. New York clearing-house forcing reform In banking methods. Page 1. Fish, forces Harrlman to adjourn Illinois Central meeting and claims victory. Page 3. Sport. Nine balloons start on race for world's championship. Page 1. Pacific Coast. Heney offers to prove talesman in Ford case committed perjury. Page 4. Steamer Christine wrecked near Crescent City, crew saved. Pag 2. Oregon farmer arrested by Pinkerton chargd . with being author gigantic swindling game. Page 6. Pendleton flooded with counterfeit coin. Page 11. Senator Piles called to Washington at In opportune time. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Job printing shops tied up by strike of pressfeeders. .Page 13. Assessor's new system compels public utility corporations to pay higher taxes on fran chises. Page County Board of Equalization begins ses sion Page 10. Schwartzsrhild & Sulzberger will demand that union stockyards be established in Portland. Page 11. Annual exhibition of Oregon Camera Club opens. Page 10. Commerrlal and Marine. Flurry in onion and potato markets. Page 17. Bad break in wheat prices at Chicago Page 17. Confidence restored in Wall street. Page 17. German steamship Nlcomedla enters with largo quantities of tea, Paga is. DISAGREES WITH THE PRESIDENT Bryan Not for National Incorporation. SUGGESTS LICENSE REMEDY Interstate Corporations to Be Thus Under Control. DECRIES IMMENSE WEALTH Says the Possessors Are Not the Right Sort of Men and Agrees With Roosevelt That They Are a Menace to the Country. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. William J. Bryc.n spoke tonight before an audience that filled Cooper Union, while many thou sands were turned away. The meeting was under the auspices of the Pro gressive Democratic League, and Mr. Bryan's subject was "The Democracy of Today." He was introduced by Augus tus Thomas, president of the league. On the subject of National control of cor porations, Mr. Bryan said: "The President suggests the National Incorporation of all railroads engaged In Interstate commerce. Not since the days of Alexander Hamilton lias such a doc trine of centralization been advanced as this suggestion by the President. It would practically place the government of the states In Washington. States Attend to Own Affairs. "The Democratic doctrine is that the Federal authorities attend to Federal affairs, and leave the states to attend to their home government. The Fed eral authority should be added to state authority, not substituted for it." . He said the Federal Government Is acting within Its present powers to curb the trusts. "Let Congress," he said, "say that when any corporation In Interstate commerce wishes to control 25 per cent of the outpu- of the product it deals in. It , must take out . a Federal license, the license to be so safeguarded that the stock of the corporation cannot be watered. Then the corporation will be und.er the eyes of the Federal Govern ment." Decries Amassing Wealth. Continuing, he said: "The President has done one thing and I regard It as one of the most important things he has done. He has called attention to the matter of amassing wealth. Who has those swollen fortunes? Not the wage earner, not the strongest men of the Nation, but the men who have de THESE GENTLEMEN ARE WRITING LETTERS IN THE BOURNE $1000 ROOSEVELT THIRD TERM COMPETITION Sure He Must Kun. For Hasn't He Put All My Policies Into Effect? W. J. B- Because We Lots Him So. SENA TOR SORGHUM. bauched legislation gained control of the taking power, disgraced the homes of the land, corrupted business and brought odium upon the church of God. It Is this kind of men whom tiie President has seen fit to point out as a menace to the country." During the day Mr. Bryan addressed the students of the Dewitt Clinton High School and the striking telegraphers. i MEET TO CALL CONVENTION Republican National Committee Is Summoned for December. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. The formal call for the meeting of the Republican National Committee was Issued today over the signatures of Acting Chair man Harry S. New and Secretary Elmer Dover. It will be at the Shoreham Hotel, in the City of Washington, at 11 o'clock Friday, December 6. This meeting Is called for the pur pose of fixing the time and place of holding the next Republican National convention, and will probably continue through Saturday, December 7. lates for Roosevelt or Cannon. SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct. 21. Ex-Governor Richard Yates, of Illinois, who stopped over in Salt Lake' today on his way to Idaho, where he is engaged in a lawsuit, said that Illinois was for Speaker Cannon for President unless President Roosevelt became a candidate, in which case Mr. Cannon and the entire Repub lican strength of the state would be for Roosevelt. 'S T WILI APPEAL AGAINST , SEN TENCE TO PENITENTIARY. Mrs. Emma Kaufman, Convicted of Torturing Girl to Death, Denied New Trial. Y ANTON, ' S.- D.. Oct. 21. (Special.) After studying the various documents submitted to him to show why Mrs. Emma Kaufman, of Sioux Falls, should be given another trial before a jury. Judge E. G. Smith today overruled the motion for a new trial. The case will at once be appealed to the Supreme Court and every effort will be made to save Mrs. Kaufman from a long penitentiary term for the killing of her maid servant, Agnes Polrels. Mrs. Kaufman is the wife of a rich Sioux Falls brewer. Though she had plenty of money, she never associated with women of means, did not care for reading and was called "the strange woman." In the Fall of 1905 her. hus band, Moses Kaufman, told friends that his wife needed a girl for housework. Agnes Polreis, the 16-year-old daughter of an Austrian immigrant, was recom mended. Six months later she was taken to a hospital from the Kaufman residence and died a month later. Suspicion was aroused after the burial of the girl and the body was' exhumed. The post mortem showed six wounds on the head of the girl, one finger was miss ing and there were bruises all over the body. Mrs. Kaufmann had tortured the girl, sometimes pouring turpentine over her wounds. She was found guilty of manslaughter In the first degree, which carries with it a sentence of not less than four years Imprisonment. Northwest Postal Affairs. OREONIAN NEWS BUREGATJ, Wash ington, Oct. 21. Charles E. MacLean has been appointed regular, Margaret E. Mac Lean substitute, rural carrier, route 1, at Georgetown, Wash. Washington postmasters appointed Mc Cormick, Arthur N. Reggs, vice H. W. McCormick, resigned; Plaza, Harvey H. Mott, vice W. J. Nlckerson, resigned. Certainly Let Him Run. We In de sirable citizens Are All for Him. E. H. 11. . He's Got lTs and We're the Majority of the Whole Country. PRESI DENT OF THE ANANIAS CLUB. NINE BALLOONS RAGING FOR CUP Ideal Conditions for a Record Flight. ERiGHT MOON, FRESH BREEZE Germans Fly High, Americans Close to Earth. GREAT THRONG AT START Tens of Thousands See Huge Gas bags Soar Aloft and Vanish in Distance Balloon St. Louis' Narrowly Escapes Mishap. CHANDLER SENDS MESSAGE. MOUNT VERNON. Ind., Oct. 21. Two balloons passed here late tonight. The following message to the Associ ated Press was dropped by one of them: "We passed Mount Vernon. Ind., about 11:40 P. M. Please notify C. J. Glldden, of St. Louis, official starter. No. 10 Balloon. (Signed) -DE FOREST CHANDLER." The second balloon passed one mile north, of here at 12:07 A. M. Tuesday, going in an easterly direc tion. Mount Vernon Is BO miles south of St. Louis and 150 miles east. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21. Drifting along in a direction Just west of north when lost to view In the haze of the falling night, and with a freshening southeast breeze behind them, nine big balloons are com peting tonight for the honor attached to the winning of the second International aerpnautlo cup race. A brilliant moon Is shining throughout the Middle West, and conditions seem Ideal for a record-breaking flight. A stlffer wind would have been more welcome to the occupants of the wicker cars, which hung like tiny specks beneath the great globular balloons, but the five-mile breeze of the lower air strata gave promise of splendid racing currents in the higher altitudes. Germans Fly High, Americans Low. The Germans, acting upon this theory, reached for the higher courses right on the start. The French and English aero nauts were more conservative and select ed a middle depth, while the Americans raced away at an altitude which seemed to take them Just clear of trees and housetops. So low. In fact, did two of the American teams balance their cars that there was grave danger of the baskets raking a crowded grandstand, and in tense excitement, prevailed. The St. Louis, Of Course, Didn't He Fire the Brownsville Nigger Troops. iOV. VAKDAMANN. P. S I Had My Fingers Crossed. Give Him a Third Term and Keep Him in Washington, or Me to a Museum. THE TEDDY BEAR. one of the largest balloons, in the race. came so close to the stand that It was seized by a squad of soldiers, swept back to a safer point and sent away two min utes after the official word to go was given. In the big race there are three balloons representing America, three representing Germany, two for France and one for England. The record of the race, estab lished last year by Lieutenant Lahm, of the United States, in a flight from Paris to Fyllngdale. In the north of England, is 402 miles, but each aeronaut in the con test today confidently expects to exceed that distance. The start of the race was spectacular in the extreme, and was witnessed by a throng gathered in Forest Park variously estimated at from 60,000 to 150,000 persons. The scenes attending the start and prep arations for the race were unique in American history. The day was one of til ,v..,. . A':-:S brilliant sunshine, with Just a touch of Autumn chill in the air. In f.e lnclosure at Forest Park given over to the aero nauts the nine balloons were arranged In two lines, five being on one side of the central lane and four on tho other. For four hours before the starting hour gas was pumped simultaneously into each bag from a skeleton, of specially con structed pipes leading from a gas tank In which was stored 3.200,000 cubic feet of the lightest coal gas that, ac cording to the aeronauts, has ever been manufactured. When all were filled, each balloon resembled the rounded cover to some giant cauldron: The colors of the bags ranged from an opaque chrome yel low, peculiar to a constructon of cotton cloth treated with a rubber or gutta pcrcha composition, to a light drab transparency, which characterized the balloons made of varnished cotton. Over each half globe was thrown the webbinig which was to support the basket and Its occupants. Clinging to the meshes of the webbing and holding the balloons safely to the ground were a hundred or more green bags. The balloons remained half filled until an hour before the race, when the gas was turned on full force from tHe huge main and the bags expanded to their rounded fullness. Trust toWind Currents. None of the balloons Were fitted with dirigible devices and the contest was throughout a test of the skill of the nav igators in taking advantage of such air currents as-were encountered and In hand ling the ballast to the best advantage. As the balloons received their full charges of gas, the clinging sandbags were lowered mesh by mesh until at last they rested In groups of four and five on the long ropes leading from webbing to basket ring. Carefully watched by two score of helpers, each balloon was allowed to ascend enough to draw these bags close to the sides of the baskets, where they remained until the word to start was imminent. Then enough of the ballast was lifted to allow the balloons to float a foot or more above the ground. At the last word all restraining hands were removed and each balloon in turn rose gently to meet the breeze. . The start of the race was placed as late In the day as possible In order to meet the wishes of the aeronauts. It was desired that the first and most Important stage of their flight should take place after noon. The heat of the sun ex pands ballooning gas to a marked extent and, when the contraction comes at night, it means a drop to a lower level and a loss of several bags of ballast. By starting with the setting sun, the first loss of gas is reached after nearly 24 hours In the air, and in this period the pilots expect to cover the greatest part of the Journey. Pomern Soars to High Altitude. The big German bag Pommern was first to start. When the pressure of gas in the balloon caused the covering to bulge diamond-shaped through the webbing, the Supply pipe was cut away and the. neck securely tied. The bas ket, which 'had been prepared with great care, stored with delicate Instru ments for recording altitude, tempera ture, air pressure and the rise or fall of the balloon, and provisioned with sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs,' tinned meats and water bottles sufficient for a three days' Journey in cloudland, was hauled directly beneath the bag and it was the work of a few moments only to connect the rigging which led first from webbing to basket-ring and from ring to basket. The Pommern was lightened of all but 10 of its sandbags and floated for a few minutes Just above the ground, half a, score of men, however, keeping a tight grasp of the basket. The Pom mern's pilot gave the word to cast oft as the big yellow ball of gas gave a sliding leap Into the air, the band played, shouts came from the multitude arid the eventful race was on. The 10 sandbags taken on the Pommernclung to the outside of her basket like ao many leeches. Up and up and drifting but slightly to the north and west, the Pommern had been in the air but a few moments when more sand came sifting down. The United States,' the first of the 1 A f Z I Mrs. W. E. Walling, American So- I clalist. Arrested la Russia. f L Knickerbocker Trust Now Under Fire. PRESIDENT IS FORCED OUT Other Trust Companies Will Come to Rescue. DRASTIC REFORM BEGINS Clearlng-House Condemns Practice of Controlling String of Banks With Little Capital Bankrupt cy Suit Against Ileinzcs. , NEW VORK. Oct. 21. Late tonight the National Bank of Commerce gave 24 hours' notice to the Clearlng-House As sociation, of which It is a member, that after tomorrow it would no longer clear for the Knickerbocker Trust Company. The directors of the bank would not com ment upon their action. The National Bank of Commerce has for some time acted as clearing agent for the Knicker bocker iTrust Company. Following the action of the National Bank of Commerce there was a confer ence of the directors of the Knicker bocker Trust Company at an uptown ho tel. It was reported that Charles T. Barney, president of the Knickerbocker, placed his resignation In the hands of the directors, who at once decided upon A. Foster Hlgglns to succeed htm. A director of the Knickerbocker Trust Company at the close of the meeting stated that the trust companies of New York had agreed to stand by the Knickerbocker arid were ready to extend aid to the amount of J10,000,000, If aid was required. STOP BAD BANKING METHODS Clearlng-House Takes Charge. Charges Against the Helnzes. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The most fa vorable sentiment in business and banking circles resultant from yester day's changes in various bank manage ments and the promises of support made by the Clearlng-House Associa tion received something of a setback today when it became known that the debit balance of the Mercantile Na tional Bank at the clearing-house was $1,900,000. The debit balance of the National Bank of North America will be $850,000. These figures Indicated that heavy withdrawals from the two banks were being made, and the totals referred to by one member of the Clearlng-House Association as "unexpectedly large and disconcerting." It was announced In a short time, however, that the Clearlng-House As sociation would extend assistance to the Mercantile and the National Bank of North America. Seth M. Mllllken, the newly elected president of the Mercantile National Bank, said today that counting out the Helnze-Morse loans, the assets of th bank are $1.40 for every dollar of liabilities, and that the loans in ques tion are of value. Eliminate Weak Klements. Sunday's meeting of bank presidents succeeded in finally eliminating the Helnze, Morse and Thomas interests in certain of the clearing-house banKs. Besides choosing new officers for the banks in question, and announcing that each was in a solvent condition, a fund of $10,000,000 was pledged by a score of individual banks to extend aid to those banks and render such assistance to meet their deposits as the clearing bouse committee may think necessary. The deposits of the banks represented at the Sunday conference amounted to $l,250,000,0u0. The men, 15 in number, every one a practical banker, decided upon the measures for eliminating the interests which have been under criticism, whicn measures, later in the day, were carried out. No More Claims of Banks. The methods that have now been elimi nated from the local banking situation. It Is stated, are a development of the, last decade. These consist of buying of a bank, then putting up the Btock repre senting that control as collateral for funds to buy control of another bank, and continuing the process with banks and trust companies, so that the result Is a pyramid controlling "chains" of finan cial institutions and their deposits. The crisis, it is declared, was a serious one, but the cure extended Is expected to be complete. Manager Sherer, of the Clearlng-House, said today that that institution had the situation under control; that all the un desirable elements had been eliminated, and that from this time would begin a new era in banking in New York. It was officially denied that it would be necessary to Issue clearing-house certifi cates In order to secure support for the banks which have been under criticism. Seth M. Milliken, the new president of the Mercantile National Bank, questioned as to loans made to F. A. Holnze and Charles W. Morse, said it was expected that they would repay them as soon as they were able. The Clearing House, at a meeting held today at the Mercantile National, ad vised the acceptance of the resignations of eight directors of the bank. This was done, and five new directors selected. The other vacancies will be filled later. Bankruptcy Suit Against Helnze. An involuntary petition In bankruptcy was filed In the United States District Court today against the firm of Otto Heinze & Co., vrobers, whose suspension from the Stock Exchange was announced last week after they refused to accept a UPHFAVA AM NEW YORK BANKS (Concluded on Page 2.) (Concluded on Page 2.)