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.)