VOL. XXVIII. 0.
TUFT JOINS UNION
OF SHOWN
Canal Diggers Initiate
Candidate.
ALWAYS GAVE SQUARE DEAL
Men Who Work in Big Ditch
Acknowledge Fact.
OTHER UNION PRESIDENTS
Taft Leaves Cincinnati for Hot
Springs Till Campaign Begins.
Shots Fired at Steamer Dur
ing Notification Excursion.
CINCINNATI, July 29. William H.
Taft. accompanied by Mrs. Taft, left
Cincinnati at 9:10 o'clock tonight for
Hot Springs. Va.. where they will re
main until the opening of the cam
paign the first week In September. At
that time Mr. Taft will return to this
city, where it is his present Intention
to remain until election day.
The day after the notification cere
monies was one of comparative quiet
for the candidate. He had an extend
ed conference with Arthur I. Vorys. his
chief of staff, touching many minor
matters in connection with the Ohio
situation. He also saw State Chair
man Williams and Elmer Dover, secre
tary of the National committee. He
was made a member of the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Steam Shovel
and Dredgemen, and late In the after
noon went In an automobile to the
borne of his father-in-law, Mr. Her
rln, where Mrs. Taft spent the entire
Bay, Mr. Taft said he felt no ill ef
fects of his speechmaklng exertions
yesterday, bat will go back to the
mountains with some relish for a
month of comparative quiet and golf.
Wliy Ho Joins SUovelers Union.
In accepting membership In the
hovelers' organization Mr. Taft had
this to say regarding labor:
T am clad to have at your hand this ex
pression of confidence in my efforts to do
Justice whll. I was In office. The work
upon whlcti many of your members and 1
were engaged In one capacity or another, en
deavoring to facilitate the greatest construc
tive work of modern times, adds a great deal
of interest to me In the compliment you pay
me today. I am especially gratified because
you evince a liberal and impartial view in
thus tendering me thl compliment, because
in the arimlrftotratlon of work on the Isthmus
I did not always decide in favor of your
contentions. But when I decided contrary to
the claim which was made by you, I tried
to give reasons, which I think, by your action
today, were convincing of my desire to reach
a Just conclusion.
President McKlnley tiad the honor to be an
honorary member of the Bricklayers' Union.
President Rooseveut has the honor to be an
honorary member of the Firemen's Union.
With such examples ae that and with the
precedents in my own life in becoming an
honorary member of a number of useful or
ganisations. I cannot see the slightest objec
tion to my accepting this compliment at your
nanris. which I appreciate highly and which
I shall always cheriah as one of the evi
dences that there are some men whom I have
convinced through my official work of my
dreire to do the square thing for everybody.
Always Gave Square Deal.
T. J. Dolan. president of the organi
atlon, speaking of the manner in
which Mr. Taft had treated the organ
isation In connection with canal work,
said to Mr. Taft:
"We have always been treated by you
in an eminently fair and jUBt manner;
you always have shown your appre
ciation of our efforts in securing vol
unteers from our organization from
all parts of the country, it being neces
sary to ask for volunteers because of
the climatic conditions that exist on
the isthmus."
Shots at Tafl's Steamer.
It became known publicly today
that the steamer Island Queen,
which last night carried Mr.
Taft and a distinguished party, in
cluding the notification committee, up
the Ohio River, was fired upon by an
unknown man on a shanty-boat moored
on the Ohio side of the river opposite
rayton. Ky. Several shots struck
near by and one struck but did not
seriously injure Mrs. Charles B. Rus
sell, of this city, who was standing
with her husband near the rail on the
deck directly below where Mr. Taft
was at the time. An Investigation of
the affair Is being made by the steam
boat company.
The Island Queen had steamed slow
ly around the bend at Dayton, Ky.,
and was near the middle of the river
when persons leaning on the larboard
rail saw a man emerge from the cabin
of a hanty boat moored on the Ohio
bank and fire a shotgun. He wasin
his shirt sleeves and wore a straw hall
Mrs. Russell gave a scream and de
clared she had been shot. She was
hurried Into the cabin, where it was
found she was not seriously injured.
One of the shots had penetrated the
skin over her left eye and another had
.. struck her on the ohln. The distance
was so great that the charge of shot
had almost spent itself when It reached
the boat A number of pellets pierced
her decks. A man standing by Mrs.
Russell's chair was also hit by one of
the shots, but he was not hurt.
l B. Russell said today:
"I was standing at my wife's side,
but none of the shot struck me. It
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IRELAND CALLS
GERMANY BRUTAL
ARCHBISHOP DENOUNCES CRU
ELTY TO POIjAND.
Pcedicts Resurrection of Oppressed
Nation and Prays It May
Become Victorious.
CHICAGO. 111., July 29. (Special.)
Archbishop Ireland caused a sensation
today In a speech,- during which he
excoriated Germany for her brutal
treatment of Poland and the Polish
people. The occasion was the Induc
tion of Rev. Paul Peter Rhode into the
office of auxiliary bishop of Chicago,
and the event called together a group
of the most distinguished Roman
Catholic ecclesiastics In America. Rev.
Father Rhode is the first cleric of the
Arefabinbop Ireland, Who Excori
ates Germany for Brutal Treat
men of Poland.
Polish nationality to be elevated to the
episcopacy in this country.
"I sympathize at this time with the
Polish people in Poland under German
rule," the archbishop said, "and I deem
the efforts of the Prussian government
against them to be brutal, vicious and
unchristian. I believe in the resurrec
tion of Poland, or, rather, that Poland
will again come Into her own, for
Poland is not dead. I salute the flag
of Poland and pray that it be immorr
tal md the Polish nation victorious."' "
RED MEN HERE NEXT YEAR
Sun Council of Improved Order to
Convene in Portland in 100 9.
MEDFORD., Or., July 29. (Special.)
At a session, of the Great Council,
Improved Order of Redmen, here, Port
land was selected as the meeting place
for the great sun council for 1909. W. A.
S. Bird, great Incohonee, arrived tonight
and at the close of this session will go
to Washington to attend the sun council
session there.
FORCE PARIS TO REFORM
Police Stop Sale of Obscene Pictures
on Boulevards.
PARIS, July 29. Following up his
crusade against the appearance of nude
women in the Paris theaters, Prefect of
Police Leplne has given orders that
the sale of obscene - pictures on. the
boulevards, which has been for so long
a disgrace to the city, be rigorously
suppressed. The establishments . pro
ducing these pictures will be prose
cuted. . '
EXPEL RELIGIOUS ORDERS
Portuguese Chamber of Deputies Is
Asked to Pass Bill.
LISBON, July 29. A bill has been intro
duced into the Chamber of Deputies by
Alfonso Costa, the republican leader,
which calls for the restoration of the leg
islative act of 1757. under which the relig
ious orders were driven out of Portugal.
During the past 90 years, under the In
fluence of Queen Marie Amelia, the relig
ious orders, especially the Jesuits, re
appeared in Portugal and have a strong
foothold. They practically monopolize
the education of the King.
COLONEL SYMONS RETIRES
Veteran Engineer Ends 3T Years'
Service in Army.
WASHINGTON, July 29. Colonel
Thomas W. Symone, corps of engineers,
was placed on the retired list of the
Army today on his application, after
more than 37 years of service. Colonel
Symons Is now employed on the New
York State Canal Commission. He was
formerly Superintendent of Public
Grounds in this city.
LIGHTNING KILLS THREE
Sheltered Under Tree,. Man, Son and
Nephew Are Struck
HURLEY. Wis.. July 29. While shel
tered under a tree from a severe storm
which passed .over Captain Henry's
Lake, near Emerson, yesterday after
noon. J. W. Emerson, his son Harold
and nephew Paul were struck and
killed by lightning.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY
BRYAN REPEATS
Says Taft Takes Demo
cratic Plans.
TALKS ON CINCINNATI SPEECH
Candidate Not Satisfied With
. Own Platform.
FEARS POPULAR UPRISING
Nebraskan Twits Rival With Ingrat
itude In Not Giving Democrats
Credit for Borrowed Reforms.
Programme for Campaign.
LINCOLN, July 29. Charging that
William H. Taft wes not satisfied with
the work of the Chicago convention
which nominated him as the Republican
candidate for the Presidency, and that
in consequence he Is deeply Impressed
with the work of the Democratic conven
tion at Denver, W. J. Bryan today issued
a statement In which he expressed the
opinion that Mr. Taft "fears the uprising
which Republican abuses have caused,
and yet hesitates to adopt his real and
substantial reforms."
The statement was called forth because
of the allegation made by Mr. Taft In -his
speech of acceptance at Cincinnati yes
terday that Mr. Bryan was a destroyer
of business. In regard to the speech Mr.
Bryan said:
Takes Democratic Planks.
"The most notable feature of his
speech is his attempt to amend the Re
publican platform by grafting' upon It
some planks of the Democratic platform.
He is evidently not satisfied with the
work of his convention and is deeply im
pressed by. the work of the Democratic
convention. He is uncharitable,. however,
in not giving the Democratic party credit
for ha'ing pointed out the reforms which
his sn convention repudiated, but which
he in a half-hearted way inddrses. The
speech shows -that he. fears the uprising
which Republican abuses have caused
and yet he hesitates to adopt his real and
substantial reforms."
Bryan's Share In Campaign.
Confirmation was given by Mr. . Bryan
to the story printed in the afternoon that
it was not his Intention to make any ex
tended campaign, but only to deliver a
few speeches at central points before Oc
tober 1, and that during that month he
expects to remain at home and assist In
the educational work of the campaign
through the discussion of public questions
In the form of signed articles. Interviews
and letters.
The actual writing of his speech of
acceptance has not yet been begun by
Mr. Bryan, but he stated today that his
Ideas were about formulated, and he
would enter upon the work of prepara
tion in a day or two. The fact that an
additional stenographer has appeared
on the scene is an indication that all
is in readiness for thte important task.
Subscriptons Coming In.
Much satisfaction is felt by Mr. Bryan
by reason of the responses which are
being made to his appeal to Democratic
newspapers of the country to open sub
scription lists for campaign contribu
tions. He said today that the fund al-
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RACE TO HOLD
MAIL CONTRACT
RIVAIi XjINE STEAMERS . LEAVE
FOR HONOLULU.
Columbian, and Hilonlan in Speed
-Trial to Get Award in Gov
ernment Service.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., July 29. (Spe
cial.) With one steamer intent on main
taining her supremacy and the other en
deavoring to regain the prowess wrested
from her, the Columbian,- of the American-Hawaiian
Line, and the Hilonlan,
of the Matson Navigation Company,
started today on a race to Honolulu.
The prize is the contract for carrying
the United States mail between the two
ports. On the last trip the Columbian
beat the Hllonian over eight hours and
will hold the mall contract if it can keep
up the work. .
The Hllonian is equipped with wireless
apparatus and there will be news of how
the race is progressing before the steam
ers Teach their destination.
- Both'boats were pretty well out of the
water aa they started for the open sea.
SOCIAL LEADER, SUICIDE
Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Famous
Southern Beauty. Takes Life.
AT1ANTA, Ga., July 29. (Special.)
Mrs. Joseph Thompson, for many years
a social leader in Atlanta and one of the
most beautiful women In the South, was
found dead in her room today under cir
cumstances that Indicate suicide. . Mrs.
Thompson had been in ill-health for sev
eral years and recently had been suffering
from melancholia. Her death is said to
have been caused by gas.
Mrs. Thompson was a daughter of the
late Major Livingston Mills. In 1895 she
was president of the Women's Board of
Managers of the International Cotton Ex
position. She entertained President Cleve
land and Harrison on their visits to At
lanta. Mrs. Thompson was among the guests
of James Gordon Bennett on the editor's
yacht voyage around the world.
STEAMER IS BOYCOTTED
Dutch Colony Takes Revenge on
Venezuela for Her" Wrongs.
W1LLEMSTAD, July 29. The Venezue
lan schooner Maria Abigail, from Mari
caibo, 'loaded with Venezuelan products
and dispatched to this port by a Vene
zuelan firm, has been boycotte. On her
arrival here a guard of police and troops
was stationed at the wharf to protect the
vessel. Later the schooner sailed, and'on
leaving the harbor dipped the Venezuelan
flag, the salute being answered.
CUTS HER BOYS' THROATS
Insane " Farmer's Wife Then Ends
Own. Life With Knife.
BONESTEEI S. D., July 29. Mrs.
Frank Plnkham, wife of a homesteader
near Bonesteel, last night cut the
throats of her two boys, aged 1 years,
and six months, and then committed
suicide by cutting her own throat. 111.
health is supposed to have unbalanced
her mind. The older boy may possibly
recover.
TROOPS GO INTO MEXICO
Investigate Killing of American in
Battle Opposite Comstock, Tex,
EL. PASO, Tex., July 29.--A special to
the Herald from Del Rio says that Mex
ican troops and revolutionist had an
engagement In Mexico opposite Com
stock, Tex., and that two American resi
dents of Mexico were killed. American
troops. It Is said, have been dispatched
from Del Rio to the scene of the fight.
LEADERS PHOTOGRAPHED
30, 1908.
GOULD
CONFERS
WITH
Seeking Aid For Dis
tressed Railroads.
ALLIANCE PROBABLE RESULT
Harriman to Find Money for
$8,000,000 Notes.
AND BECOME DIRECTOR
Traffic Agreement Between Erie and
Wheeling & Lake Erie Roads
First Step Expected in Gi
gantic Railroad Deal.
NEW YORK, July 29. A conference
today between George J. Gould, head
of the Gould railroad system; E. H.
Harriman, president of the Vnion Pa
cific and Southern Pacific Railways, and
representatives of the banking firms of
Kuhn. Loeb & Co., and Blair & Co
was accepted as giving substance to
the report that Mr. Harriman and his
associates are about to enter upon a
friendly arrangement with Mr. Gould
which will harmonize the relations of
the Gould and the Harriman railroad
interests.
Help Gould to Fay Debts.
One of the Immediate results of this
and other similar conferences is ex
pected to be the financing of the
$8,000,000 of notes of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie Railroad Company, which
fall due next Saturday, and which are
guaranteed by the Wabash Railroad.
Both of these roads are Gould proper
ties. Blair & Co., who participated in
today's conference, have financed the
Gould properties extensively In recent
years, while Kuhn, Loeb & Co. have
been associated with Mr. Harriman in
some large financial undertakings. It
is understood that a formal plan will
be adopted to make some of the plant?
public tomorrow.
Harriman to Be Director..
It is believed that Mr. Harriman will
accept a place In the Wheeling & Lake
Brie directorate, and that this will be
followed by an alliance, or at least a
working agreement, between that road
and the Erie. Rumor further has it
that the. Harriman influence will be
used to improve the physical condition
of the Gould road, in return for which
the Erie will ge a large share of Pitts
burg tonnage, now carried by the
Wheeling & Lake Erie.
Mr. Harriman declined to discuss any
phase of the Gould situation.
All Wall-Street Rumor.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 29. Warren
J. Olney, Jr., general counsel for the
Western Pacific Railroad Company, to
day stated positively that there has
been no merging of the Harriman and
Gould interests, as has been published
in the East. Mr. Olney and other offi
cials of the Western Pacific here de
clare the whole thing originated in
Wall street.
Strikebreakers Filling Mines.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 29. Four
carloads of strikebreakers were placed
in the mines in the Birmingham dis
trict today under military escort.
There was no trouble.
AT RECENT CONFERENCE
E. I,. HAM., XEBItASKAs JJORMAX
A.ND JOHN W. KERN.
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STEEL WORKERS
STRICKEN DUMB
TERRIFIC DIN" CAUSES IX) SS OB
POWER OF SPEECH.
Two Chicago Husbands Accused by
Wives of Pernicious Silence Re
veal Real ' Cause.
CHICAGO, July 19. (Special.) Judge
Torrison, of the Municipal Court at
South Chicago, today began a search
ing investigation into the causes that
appear to be producing dumbness
among steel workers, the startling fact
having developed that dozens of steel
men are misanthropic husbands, when
Mrs. John Lauchran had her husband
arrested because he had not spoken to
her for three years.
Lauchran is the second steelworker
K. H. Harriman. Who Will AaaUt
Oeorite J. Gould to Finance
Notes -of Hia Railroad Proper
ties. to be baled into court for the same of
fence within 21 hours. Frank Llska,
a steelmlll man, was arrested Monday
on a warrant sworn to by Mrs. Llska
for "pernicious silence." Llska had not
spoken to her for years.
Dr. William J. Hoffman, who has
devoted special attention to the form
of paralysis of the vocal muscles among
steelworkers, said today.
"The terrific clangor that goes on in
side tho mills is what makes tb'--se men
dumb to a- certain extent. When
man first enters the mills he shouts
his lungs out, trying to make his
neighbors comprehend. Within a month
he adopts 'a sign code and after that
he has very little use for speech."
KILLS FAITHFUL BULLDOG
Nevadu Robber Shoots When -Animal
Won't Relax Grip.
RENO, Nev., .July 29. (Special.) A
lone robber held up the Northren saloon
in Sparks late last night, taking the
roulette bank roll, $260. When he was
turning to flee a bulldog blocked his
escape and he' shot the faithful animal
to death. The robber left no clew to
bis identity.
The robber entered the Northern sa
loon about 11:15 o'clock, and, lining
the patrons against the wall, went to
the cash register. The bulldog seized
him. The robber killed the animal af
ter dragging him to the roulette
wheel.
This' Is the third time the Northern
has been robbed In a year.
FIVE -YEAR -OLD FIREBUG
Small Spanish Boy With Matches
Causes $55,000 Loss.
SAN JOSE. Cal., July 29. It was dls
covered today that the six fires of the
past few days, which caused a loss of
$55,000, were started by a. 5-year-old
Spanish boy. The youngster had se
cured a box of matches and made his
way from place to place throughout the
city, lighting and dropping the matches
into inflammable matter. Detectives
had been on the lookont for an organ
fzed band of firebugs.
HIGH FINANCE IN 1896
Northern Pacific Reorganization
Syndicate Cleaned Tp $22,200,000
ST. PAUL, July 29. The greater part
f today's session of- the Northern Pa
cific rate-hearing case was taken up
in watting for the state's attorneys to
present their exhibits. The only fact
developed was that the syndicate that
carried through the ' reorganization of
the railroad in 1896 received from the
sale of stocks, bonds, etc., in the new
company $117,800,000, which cost them
$95,700,000, leaving them the tidy sum
of $22,200,000 clear profit.
The state will now endeavor to show
that this amount was not reported to
the State Railroad Commission.
FALLS, BUT IS LITTLE HURT
Baby Rolls From Window of Rap.
idly-Moving Train.
- RENO, Nev., July 29. While train No.
S was speeding between Sparks and here,
tile 18-months-old daughter of A. H. Pett,
assistant division freight and passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, fell out of
the window, and when the frantic mother
and conductor reached the little body.
they found It bleeding from several bad
cuts, but otherwise unhurt.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SHIPPERS MOVE
TO
Alarm at Withdrawal of
Oriental Lines.
INQUIRY BEGUN IN CHICAGO
May Appeal to Commission to
Change Ruling.
RAILROADS WELCOME STEP
Association of Commerce Rises to
Defense of Oriental Trade Aim
of Radical May Be to
Force Revision, .
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CHICAGO, July 29. (Special.) Ths
decision of the transcontinental rail-1
roads to abandon the export Oriental j
trade and a large proportion of the im-
port trade has aroused the Chicago As-
sociation of Commerce to make an in- j
vestlgatlon of the subject. The man- j
agement of that organization has se-j
cured all of the papers on file before
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and is making a careful examination of ;
the arguments advanced by the rail-!
roads in support of their action.
It is possible that the Investigation j
may result in an appeal to the Com-
mission for a rehearing or an appeal i
for aid in preventing the railroads fromi
going out of that business. If the as- ;
soclatlon's officers decide that the rail- '
roads were justified, it Is possible that
the Commission will be asked to change
its ruling.
Such action, it is stated, would not;
be altogether objectionable to the rail-;
roads, because it might result in tba!
Commission's ruling that the carriers i
were justified in charging between 40
and R0 per cent less on exports than
on the same articles for domestic con
sumption at the coast cities. If this
should be V result, tho carriers would
be only tod' -gIaT"To "continue "in the
business, as jtheir revenues on domestio
business would not then be' threatened.
The carriers insist that, in order to
compete with the Sues Canal route,
they are compelled to furnish a bet-'
ter service and to be at liberty to
change their rates at a moment's no
tice. HILiIi LINES TO KXLIj TARIFFS
Xo More Through Oriental Business
After November.
ST. PAUL, July 29. W. W. Brough
ton, general traffic manager of the Great
Northern Railway, which Is affiliated
with the Great Northern Steamship Com
pany, said tonight, when asked as to the
effect of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission ruling on Oriental traffic:
"The ruling of the Commission has so
affected matters that the through tariffs
to the Orient will be withdrawn about
October 1 or November 1. As to the ef
fect of the withdrawal of the tariffs on
the traffic of uie American lines I cannot
say."
J. J. Hill, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Great Northern, refused to
make any statement of the matter.
INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 87
degrees: minimum, 56 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and slightly wanner; Borth-
erly wmdi.
Foreign.
Stenon of Vanderbllt killed in automobile
wreck. Page 5.
National.
Government to revive case against Stand
ard Oil Company and continue all other
prosecutions. Page 1.
Politics.
Taft initiated aa member of Steam Shovel
men's Union. Page 1.
Bryan accuses Taft of stealing Democratlo
planks. Page 1.
Roosevelt confers with Woodruff and
Loomia on politics. Page 1.
Domestic.
Chicago shippers begin movement to appeal
from decision on Oriental through rates.
Page 1.
Miners' Federation re-elects Moyer and re
jects Industrial Workers' candidate.
Page 3.
Gould and Harriman confer on railroad al
liance. Page 1.
Strange disease of dumbness among steel
workers. Page 1.
Two steamers racing from San Francisco
to Honolulu. Page 1.
Sports.
Spanish Queen wins Chamber of Commerce
stakes at Detroit. Page 3...
Bports.
Portland horsemen show interest In Hills-
boro race meet. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Harris receives eitlmatea of European bop
crops. Page 15.
Wheat advances at Chicago on rust reports.
Page 15.
Oemand for stocks and bonds decreases.
Page 15.
British sleamsaio Dulwlch clears for New
Zealand with lumber cargo. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon team picked to take part In Na
tional rifle com&etitlon. Page 7.
Mrs. T. M. Stevens sues husband for breach. '
of contract. Page 10.
Defense in Booth case will introduce no
testimony. Page 10.
Socialist orators escape penalty In Polios
Court. Page 11.
Woman fells policemen with sledge. Page 0.
Trans-Paclfle steamship lines forced out of
business by Interetate Commerce Com
mission order. Page s.
Good roads rally to be held at Portland
Commercial Club August 11. - Paga 10
RAILROADS