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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOSSES PLAN DEAL
WITH GAMBLERS
RICHARDS IS FREE
AT FIFTH TRIAL
CITY IS IN HANDS
SPONGE SEWED UP
IN WOMAN'S BODY
BALLOON BAGE ON
ROOSEVELT MAY
EDITH WIG IS
MBS. FITZGERALD
ENTER CAMPAIGN
OF VENGEFUL
AGREED COURSE
END OP REMARKABLE MURDER
CASE IX VIRGINIA.
EXPERIENCE OF MRS. S. H. EL
LIOTT OF LEBANON.
EXPECTED TO SPEAK IN MOS1
CRITICAL STATES.
MOB
Sell Out Democracy in
New York.
SCANDAL A MENACE TO BRYAN
Conners and Murphy Barter
Governorship for Coin.
REMOVE BAN ON BETTING
Scheme of "Practical" Politicians
Would Insure Hughes' Re-election
and Inevitably Lose
State to Bryan.
By Walter wUman. to the Chicago Record
Herald. NEW YORK, Aug. 14. (Special.)
There Is grave danger that the Demo
cratic National ticket will become In
volved In an ugly scandal In this state a
scandal which will make Democratic suc
cess In New York an Impossibility. This
fs the scandal of the deal which "Flngy"
Conners. the Democratic state chairman,
and Charlie Murphy, the boss of Tam
many Hall, are about to make with the
racetrack magnates and poolroom and
faro gamblers.
These worthies, who are now supreme I
In the councils of the Democracy In this '
state, propose to make a bargain with the
gamblers, giving the sporting fraternity a
candidate for Governor who will secretly
agree to "protect" them, and In return
the gamblers are to put up an enormous
campaign fund with which to elect their
friend to sit in the executive chair at AI
bany.
Hughes' Success Assured.
With Governor Hughes as the candl
date of the Republicans his nomination
is already practically assured and with
an issue like this raised for the people
of rw Ycrk to decide, what - chance
will Mr. Bryan have to carry the state?
None at all. If he leaves his campaign
In the hands of Conners and Murphy,
the decent people of this state will bury
the Democratic tickets, state and Na
tional, under an avalanche of Repub
lican ballots.
At today'a meeting of the Democratic
State Committee, in which Conners and
Murphy were the whole show, and at
which It was decided to hold the state
convention at Rocester, September
the very day the Republicans will be
naming their candidate at Saratoga It
accidentally leaked out that negotiations
with the gamblers are already under
way.
Bryan Alone Can Interfere.
Th's is the political measure of Conners
and Murphy. It is Just their size and
tyle. Their dominant idea In politics Is
to make a deal with somebody, and so
much the better if It is with a "party'
that will put up a rich campaign fund for
Flngy' and Charlie to handle. Unless
Mr. Bryan interferes and he is the only
man in the country who has the power-
there is little doubt that the proposed bar
gain and sale will be consummated.
Hughes Is Bitter Pill.
It also develops that the Republicans
have virtually decided to renominate Gov
ernor Hughes. They will do it with a
wry face. Responsibility for the decision
rests upon President Roosevelt. He does
not like Hughes, and if there was a
chance of success with any other candi
date, would gladly reject him. But Roose
velt is the shrewdest politician In this
country. He is also one of the best in
formed. He knows that if at his order
the picture of Hughes is turned to the
wall. Taft will have to suffer for it. He
knows that Hughes Is a two-edged sword
that there is danger in nominating him
again, but greater danger In not re
nominating him.
ilora important still, he knows that all
the danger that lies in the nomination of
Hughe disappears in an instant if the
stupid Democratic leaders fall into the
trap set for them and sell the party and
the Governorship out to the gamblers.
E. R. TH0MASJ3ADLY HURT
Ex-Banker and Racehorse Owner In
Auto Wreck.
- LONG BRANCH. N. J., Aug. 14.-E. R.
Thomas, former banker and racehorse
owner, was seriously Injured here to
night when his automobile struck and
wrecked a carriage containing several
New Yorkers. The occupants of the car
riage were thrown violently to the
ground.
Mr. Thomas and his chauffeur were
hurled 20 feet to one side of the roadway
Mr. Thomas' left leg was broken at the
knee.
STORK IS HOVERING NEAR
Interesting; Event Expected at Dntcb
Royal Castle.
APELDORN, Aug. 14. It is an
nounced here that an interesting event
I expected in the Dutch royal family.
Queen WUhelnilna is now staying at
th royal caaUe near here.
Once Sentenced to Gallows for
Shooting Rival Both Parents
and Brother Killed by Trial.
ROANOKE, Va Aug. 14. The fifth trial
at Floyd Courthouse of John Richards,
the Floyd County teacher charged with
the murder of his rival in love, Marion K.
Francis, of Roanoke, ended today in ac
quittal. The first, second and fourth
trials resulted in disagreements. The
Charles F. Murphy, Leader
Tammany Hall.
third resulted in conviction of murder in
the first degree and Richards was sen
tenced to be hanged. The Supreme Court
granted a new trial.
Francis was killed while on his way to
see Miss Grace IJnk, his fiancee, to set
a date for the wedding. Richards had
been a suitor for her hand and was sus
pected of the killing.
Immediately after the third trial of
Richards, his father, mother and eldest
brother died of pneumonia within the pe
riod of a week, as the result of exposure
in attending the trial. The parents were
buried on the same day, but the prisoner
was not allowed to attend the funerals for
fear of lynching.
The case Is one of the most remarkable
in the history of Virginia courts.
PORTLAND MAN IS LOST
J. M. Parker Drops Out of Sight in
Depot at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 14. (Special.)-!.
M. Parker, of Portland, accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. N. T. Zlegler and her
daughter, reached Tacoma Wednesday
morning at 5:20 o'clock on his way to at
tend the Eagles convention at Seattle.
While waiting at the Northern Pacific
depot for the Seattle train he told his
sister that he was going to get a shave
and would be back in a few minutes. Mrs.
Zlegler waited at the station all day, but
Parker did not return.
She went to a hotel Wednesday night
and returned to the depot yesterday morn
ing to wait the whole day. At last she
went on to Seattle this morning, hoping
that her brother had missed her here and
gone on alone.
SPARKS SCENTS VOLCANO
Pull of Sulphurous Smoke Arouses
Fear of Nevada Town.
RBXO, Nev., Aug. 14. Reports were re
ceived at the ' dispatchers' office
at Sparks late last night from Mlna
that the residents of that little desert
town are greatly perturbed over what
they thought to be a volcanic eruption
close by. Shortly before 8:30 o'clock the
town became deeply wrapped in a heavy
pall of smoke with a atrong odor of sul
phur. The smoke continued until after
midnight when a rainstorm dissipated It.
An investigating party will be sent to
determine whether it was the result of
forest Ore or came from a Assure in the
earth.
RULED OFF TURF FOR LIFE
Penalty of Amateur Horseman Who
Rides to Lose.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14. Daniel
Hoffman, an amateur driver, was ruled
off the turf for life today at the Oakland
track by the Judges officiating at the
meeting of the Alameda County Fair As
sociation.
The offense of Hoffman was the pulling
up of Mary K almost directly unefcr the
udges' stand, when she was winning
from Toppy, and allowing the latter to
ake the heat and race. The action of
Hoffman was observed by all the specta
tors and many of them surrounded the
stand, causing a demonstration.
Hoffman hurried off the track when he
heard the outburst of disapproval and the
officials were prompt in ruling him off.
FISHERMAN FIGHTS DEATH
Swamped in Icy Water, Strips and
Swims Ashore.
EUREKAf CaL, Aug. 14. While at
tempting to cross Humboldt bar early this
morning, Alfons Beckstrom, a crab fish
erman, was swamped In his boat and for
over an hour Tie struggled In the icy
water until he gained the shore over 1000
yards away. The bar was very rough
and Beckstrom, while in the water, di
vested himself of his clothing and boots
and swam ashore. He was exhausted
and nearly dead when found on the beacbJ
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Military Powerless at
Springfield, III.
TWO DEAD, FOUR MORE WILL DIE
Assault by Negro on Woman
Enrages People. '
MANY TROOPS. CALLED OUT
Bullets Fly and Mobs Rage Through
Streets, Burning Houses and
Driving Away Firemen Ne
groes Rushed to Safety.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 14 (Spe
cial.) Springfield is helpless tonight in
the hands of her frenzied citizens. With
two men already dead and probably two
score more or less seriously injured, tern
pestuous mobs are sweeping through the
streets, wreaking vengeance upon every
one in their way.
The local military organizations, po
lice and Sheriff's forces and members of
the Fire Department are impotent be
fore the maddened crowds.
Governor Deneen has ordered addl
tional troops from Bloomlngton, Tay-
lorvllle, Qulncy, Danville, Delavan,
Peoria, Decatur and other nearby cities.
Two Dead, Four WUlDie.
The dead:
Scott, G. J., shot by a stray bullet.
Johnson, Louis, shot through abdomen.
The fatally Injured:.
Albert Byerline, shot through the left
hip during street rioting; Harry O. Par-
ring, member of Gatling gun section of
Fifth Infantry, shot in the head while
defending Loper's restaurant; Robert
Dahlkamp, colored, beaten by mob; Will
Stuart, Chicago & Alton station porter,
colored, beaten by mob.
Assault on AVoman Is Cause.
" Tie rl(,tlng was precipitated Dy an
atrocious assault committed early this
morning . by George Richardson, a
negro, upon Mrs. Mabel Hallam, wife
of a street railway employe. While
the woman slept alone In her home on
a populous residence street, awaiting
the return of her husband, the man
broke into the house, dragged her into
the rear yard and assaulted her.
To avoid lynching, Richardson was first
taken to Bloomlngton, McClean County,
and later in the night to Peoria, 100 miles
distant. Troops are being sent to Peoria
to guard Richardson and another negro,
who murdered Clergy Ballard, State Mine
Inspector, while the latter was defending
his daughter from assault.
"Xiggertown" Fired, Negroes Beaten
Tonight the mob has fired "niggertown,"
the section Inhabited exclusively by ne
groes, and is beating the occupants as
they are driven out by the flames.
The riots started when it was learned
that Richardson had been 'spirited out
of the city. Loper's restaurant was the
first point attacked. Loper had loaned
his automobile for the purpose of help
ing the negro away. His restaurant
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EMPTY, HOLLOW AND RESOUNDING, THIS-BIG STICK IS
Kewi Item Otoe County Farmers Present Bryan With a Big Gourd,- Looklnar Like a Bis; Stick, but They
Take Paiu to Inform Him That It Isnt the Real Thins;.
Absorbent Overlooked by Physician
Who Performed Operation
1 4 Months Ago.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.)
For the past 14 months Mrs. S. H.
Elllott, of Lebanon, .has carried in her
body a sponge which was left there by
surgeons performing an operation. She
has successfully survived another op
eration necessitated by the presence of
the sponge and physicians today an
nounced that she- will recover. Her
experience Is- unique in the medical
annals of this state and there are only
few other cases of the kind In surgl
cal history.
An operation was performed upon
Mrs. Elliott in Oklahoma, 14 month
ago. and after she recovered she moved
with her husband to Lebanon. Sh
has recently suffered severe pains and
physicians reasoned correctly that they
were caused by some obstruction. The
nature of the obstruction could not be
learned, however, as no natural growth
could have formed so quickly as in this
case. An operation was determined
upon and it was performed in St.
Mary's Hospital, fn this city, last Sat
urday evening by Drs. W. H. Booth
and J. C. Booth, of Lebanon; R. C.
Coffey, of Portland, and W. H. Davis,
of Albany. When the surgeons en
countered" the foreign substance, it was
found- to be a sponge, which had evi
dently been used In the former opera
tlon and had been overlooked by the
physician performing the operation.
CALLS ALASKA WHEAT FAKE
Agricultural Department Denounces
Discovery as Very Old.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 14. The Agricultural Depart
ment brands as a fake the -story recently
printed broadcast over the country about
wonderful "Alaska wheat" grown at Ju
liaetta, Idaho, which was declared to yield
100 bushels per acre.
Totwithstandlng the statements of the
grower and seller of this wheat, with
whom the department has had much cor
respondence, the department denies that
this Is a new or even valuable variety of
wheat, and asserts that it is nothing more
nor less than "mummy wheat" which
caught many suckers years ago. The fact
that the wheat is selling at 30 and $25 per
bushel leads the department to brand the
storifs as a cievwr advertising scheme.
The so-called Alaska wheat has been
known to the department for years and
schemes similar to the present have been
practiced at intervals for many years.
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DAMAGE DONE BY SUICIDE
Hotelman's Claim Against Estate
Allowed by Court.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14. A Judgment
rendered today by Judge Graham of the
Superior Court and Public Administrator
M. J. Hynes In the matter of the estate
of M. N. Nelson brought to light one of
the most peculiar claims ever allowed in
the probate department of thlsclty.
Nelson committed suicide last June in a
hotel conducted by J. J. Donovan. When
Nelson's estate was brought Into the
Probate Court, Donovan presented a claim
containing the -following Items:
Damage to carpet by blood and brains.
$15; damage to wall by bullet and bealns.
to; for removing contents from room and
some cleaning, $5; total, $25.
The claim, approved by the public ad
ministrator, was duly allowed by the
court. i
Pilots Steer for Defi
nite Point.
NOVEL CONDITIONS ARRANGED
North Adams No. 1 Comes
Closest to Target.
LANDS WITHIN FIVE MILES
Cup Is Prize for Contest in Skill at
Steering Balloons Over Berk
shire Hills Winner Is
Open to Challenge.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Aug. 14.
The balloon North Adams No. 1, with
A. D. Potter, of Greenfield, as pilot and
A. H. Holland Forbes and daughter,
Natalie, aged 12 years, as passengers,
and owned by the North Adams Aero
Club, undoubtedly won the cup offered
by Mr. Forbes In the first point-to-point
race ever held In this country.
The race was started from North Ad
ams this afternoon. The No. 1 landed
at 2:50 o'clock on a farm at West
Whattley, about five miles from its
previously-declared destination, Hay
densville. Second and Third Racers.
Starting at 11 o'clock, the Greylock,
owned and piloted by Dr. George M.
Randall, of North Adams, and with
Clarence Wildman as passenger, land
ed at 2:30 o'clock at a farm in Ash
field, fully 12 miles from its destina
tion, Leeds.
The third balloon to start, the Heart
of the Berkshires, owned by the Aero
Club, of Plttsfield, was the last to
land, coming down at 3:30 o'clock in
Amherst, within six and a quarter
miles of Whattley station, its destina
tion. A. R. Hawley, of New York,, was
lis pilot, .ami WUlla-aVau Sleet its
passenger.
Conditions of Race.
The conditions were that previously
to the race the occupants of the bal
loons should designate some place at
east 30 miles from North Adams
where they would attempt to land,
that they should land within ten miles
of the Postofflce of the place and that
the balloon landing nearest the an
nounced destination should win the
up. Further, the winner should hold
himself open for six months to a chal-
enge for the defense, of the cup.
As each balloon got away, it ascend
ed to about 3000 feet without veering
much from a vertical line, and then
floated lazily away eastward.
TRAIN MEN IN AERONAUTICS
Baldwin's Balloon to Be t'sed by
Signal Corps.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. With every
thing Indicating the acceptance of the
Baldwin military dirigible balloon by the
Government, interest centers in the uses
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JUST RIGHT FOR BRYAN'
Wind-up of Contest Will Draw Him
Out Wright Will Make Fight
in Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. (Special.)
Close friends of President Roosevelt and
W. H. Taft have let drop some hint with
in the past day or two that the President
is more than likely to get into the cam
paign in a most active manner close on to
election time. That he will appear per-
Luke R. Wrlaht, Secretary of
War, Who Wilr Try to Wla
Tennessee for Taft.
serially in some of the states where the
fight assumes Its most critical phases and
talk directly to the people Is regarded as
one of the logioal sequences of the de
cision or Mr. Taft not to make any
stumping tour.
Information from a reliable source is
that Secretary Luke Wright, a former
Democrat, will take the stump for Mr.
Taft in Tennessee and, that being the
case, Tennessee, more than otherwise
would be the case, will become Interesting
territory. If the plan is carried out, it
will be a more serious attempt than any
yet made to break up the solid South and
secure a political alignment on a new
basis.
mpptc HFRF NEXT YFAR
Amerlcan Association of Mutual Fire
Insurance Companies Decides.
DES MOINES, la,, Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) Portland was today selected by
the American Association of Mutual
Fire Insurance Companies as the meet
ing place of the 1909 convention. The
13th annual convention adjourned to
day. Two hundred and fifty delegates
attended the sessions.
The value of the O. R. & N. Com
pany's series of Columbia River pho
tographs in securing National conven
tions for Portland has been demon
strated again. William McMurray,
general passenger agent for the Har-
rlman lines in -the Pacific Northwest,
yesterday received a telegram from
General Agent J. W. Turtle, of the
Harrlman system at Des Moines, la.
advising him that the American Asso
ciation of Mutual Fire Insurance Com
panies had voted to hold their 1909
convention in this city. This decision
was expedited through the exhibition
at the Des Moines convention of the
views that have served several times
before to attract such gatherings to
this city.
None of the delegates to the Des Moines
convention is from Portland, though there
are three from Oregon. They are: W. C.
Hagerty, of McMInnville, secretary of the
Oregon Fire Relief Company; John Pern-
berton, of Salem, representing the Horti
cultural Fire Relief Company, and B. L.
Barry, of Dayton, representing the Oregon
Merchants' Mutual.
DIE IN BALLOON EXPLOSION
Two Killed by Accident in London j
Six Injured.
LONDON, Aug. 14. Two persons
were killed and six injured by the ex
plosion this morning at the grounds
of the Franco-British Exposition of
the envelope of the balloon owned by
Captain Lovelace, of the New York
Aero Club.
Preparations for an- ascension were
being made when the accident oc
curred. The cause is supposed to have
been the throwing down of a lighted
match. Miss Hill, aged 18, secretary
to Captain Lovelace, was one of the
persons killed. She was burned to a
crisp.
SHOT CAUSE APPENDICITIS
Prosper Man Pays Heavy Penalty
for Eating Duck.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) A peculiar case of appendicitis
developed when James Nowlin, a well
known citizen of Prosper, Or., submit
ted to a surgical operation at the I
Mercy Hospital, at North Bend. Sev
eral small gun shots were found in
the appendix and these proved to be
the cause of the disease.
The doctors declare that the shot
found their way to the man's stomach
as a result of his eating wild duck,
which had been killed with a shot gun.
Nowlin .will recover. .
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Eludes Vigilance of
Angry Mother.
SECURES HELP OF FATHER
Meets Professor at Sacramen
to and Marries Him,
SILENT ABOUT KIDNAPING
Flight Across Continent End9 in,
ilelhodist Church and Shower of
Rice Couple Will Now
Be Callfornlans.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Aug. 14. Ths
romance of Edith Ludwlg. formerly of
Morris, I1L, but lately of Palo Alto,
Cal., and Professor Fred Fitzgerald, of
Stanford University, had a happy cli
max in this city this evening, when
Miss Ludwig arrived from the East
on the overland train and was Joined
by ProfesHor Fitzgerald, to whom she
was a few minutes afterward married,
thus overcoming maternal objection.
The fellow passengers of Mis Lug-
wig had learned her story and, as "all
the world loves a lover," she left the
train in a shower of rice and good
wishes.
Lover Waiting at Station.
Professor Fitzgerald was waiting at
the station and immediately he went
to the County Clerk's office, where a
license was obtained. Accompanied hy
a few friends, the contracting parties
went to the Central Methodist Episco
pal Church, where they were united by
Rev. Dr. Hod da.
The love story of Miss Ludwig and
Professor Fitzgerald is an Interesting
one. ' Their troth was plighted soma
time ago and a few days ago Profes
sor Fitzgerald went east for the mar
riage ceremony. To his surprise, when
he reached Morris, his bride had been
taken away h her "other' and Profes-
i sor t nz($erLia wm uuauin lu uunmiu-
nicate with her. After remaining in
Chicago a short while, he, disappoint
ed, returned to Palo Alto.
Cheers Vp Disconsolate Lover,
The girl's mother, Mrs. Ola Ludwig. and
her aunt, Mrs. T. A. Bray, of El Paso,
Texas, arrived in Morris Tuesday evening
with the young woman marching between
them. Wednesday morning they started
again for Chicago, the girl seemingly
meek and subdued. Since then the Morris
house has been quiet and deserted.
Professor Fitzgerald reached Palo Alto
i f ftSsd uo papniouoo)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, Sw
degrees; minimum, aegreeo.
TODAY'S Fair; northeasterly winds.
Forelgrn.
Canadian government to mediate in railroad
strike. Page 2.
National.
Fleet sails from Auckland for cyaney.
Page 3
Politic.
Bryan will apeak In Ohio and other Middle
States. Page 2.
Roosevelt may take part In campaign;
Wrfght will fight for Tennessee. Page I.
Conners and Murpny mane aeai 10 eieci
gamblers' Governor. Page 1.
Domestic.
Ira D. Sankey, evangelist, dead. Fag 3.
Dlebler. Automobile thief, Jumps from train
and escapes. Page o-
Hdlth Ludwig escapes mother and marries)
Fitzgerald, page l.
Virginian, accused of murdering rival, ac
quitted at fifth trial, page l.
Printers convention turns down Portland
appeal and hears pinchot speak. Page 2.
Sport.
Coast League scores: Portland 5. Los An
geles 1; Oakland 3, San Francisco 2.
Page 7.
Results of National regatta at Springfield,
Mass. Page 3.
Balloons race to reach given point. Page 1.
Oregon guardsmen stand well In first day's
rifle shoot. Page 7.
Welch gets decision over Murphy after
bloody fight. Page 7.
raclflc Coast.
David Eccles backs project to irrigate 35,000
acres in Grand Ronde Valley. Page 6.
B. G. Cosgrove guest of King County Young
Men's Republican Club. Page 6.
Normal school course added to Oregon
high school curriculum. Page 6.
Lebanon woman carried sponge In body 14
months: left by physicians after oper
ation. Page 1.
Second choice provision of primary law
gives weaker candidates chance In Vath-
mgton. 1 uge 5.
Commercial and Murine.
Farmers slow to sell wheat at decline.
Page 13.
Market turns stronger at Chicago. Page 13.
Bad break In stork prices. Page 15.
Steady Improvement in general business
conditions. Page 15.
Portland Flouring Mills Company has taken
the steamship Nederland for outward
loading of wheat for the United King
dom. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mrs. T. M. Stevens will help husband In hil
legal suits. Page 10.
South Portland citizens hold stormy session
to consider bridge location. Page 11.
Executive Board criticises conditions la
Portland theaters. Page 11.
Arch of welcome will be torn down and
contractor refused pay. Page 9.
Musicians' Union and theater managers at
wax. Page 9.
Mazamas return from Mount St. Helena
Page 14.
Remarkable Japanese dlvorcs case in Cir
cuit Court. Page 14.
City and streetcar company In fight over
paving. Page 14.
Oregon athletes will be entertained on way
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