VOL. XXVIII 0. 14,898. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1908. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. OLD CARPET WORTH WEIGHT IN GOLD BRYAN EXTOLS ENGLISHATHLETES ARE BLACKLISTED GRAIN CROP WILL TAX GAR CAPACITY CUT RATE POLICY WINS HIM BRIDE DROWNS HERSELF AMERICAN AMATEUR UNION FLOOR COVERING FILLED WITH ..." PRECIOUS DUST.. OREGON DRUGGIST "BEATS RI VAL IX BUSINESS AND LOVE. VOTES TO SEVER RELATIONS. Unsportsmanlike Conduct of Britons Answers Objections of Most Serious Question Mint Officials Will Burn Rags and Recover $5000 In Bullion ' . From Ashes. Wheat Yields Exceed Early Estimates. Hand of Omaha Girl Prize In Trade Battle Between Milton " Men. Chicago Belle's Health Ruined by Study. ' In Olympic Games Will Be . Resented. : Mr Taft. Before Voters. CHICAGO BANKERS HAP BRYAN PLAN DESPONDENT GIRL GUARANTY PLAN r DELIVERS SPEECH AT TOPEKA Has Kansas City Banker's. Word Scheme Is Popular. APPRECIATED IN OKLAHOMA Twenty National Banks Apply for State Charter Republican Con vention in Kansas Indorses Democratic Idea. TOPEKA. Kan.. Aug. 27. Before an audience which filled the Auditorium to overflowing. William J. Bryan. Demo cratic candidate, for President, spoke to night on the subject of guaranty of bank rieooslts. Previously he had delivered three other addresses, two from the ve randa of the hotel and the third at Gar field Park, where lie attended a picnic bv the Knights of Pythias, his latter theme being. "Fraternity." The Democratic candidate and his party arrived here at 1 o'clock and were at once taken in hand by a reception committee composed of leading Democrats of the city and state and conducted to the hotel in automobiles. A great crowd greeted Mr. Bryan at the station and at the hotel. Makes Answer to Mr. Tart As announced by him before his de parture from Kansas City. Mr. Bryan, In view of the action of the Kansas Re publican State Convention, which In dnrsed the guaranty of deposits proposl tion, made some- remarks supplementary to his prepared speech on that subject. He took up the advantages of the guar anty system and then answered the ob jections made to it by Mr. Taft and oth ers. He began by asking why the de positors should be left ..unsecured when the National Government demanded se curity of any bank with which It deposit ed money. He pointed out that the . choice" was between the postal savings bank and the guaranty bank, and accused Mr. Taft of favoring an . unnecessary extension of the sphere of government in advocating the postal savings bank in stead of the guaranty .bank. Mr. Bryan declared that he preferred the guaranty bank proposition, which would allow tbe banks to attend to the banking business and yet compel them to give the- depos itors necessary security. In conclusion of the prepared speech Mr. Bryan said: Popularity of Guaranty Plan. "I asked Mr. Brledenthal. a banker of Kansas City, to make Inquiry among the bankers of Kansas and ascertain what proportion of them favored the guaranty law. I learned that of the bankers that expressed themselves on this subject about three-fourths favored the guaranty law and one-fourth opposed it. This Is an excellent showing. Among the depos itors there is no opposition at all, and it Is evident that the Kansas bankers rec ognise, first, that something must be done. and. second, that the guaranteed bank is better than the postal savings bank. "I also Inquired of Governor Haskell In regard to the number of National banks which have surrendered their charters and become state banks In order to have the benefits of the guaranty system. I have a telegram from him saying that four National banks have already made the change and are operating under the rtate bank laws, and that 16. other Na tional banks have applied for state char ters. This Is conclusive proof that the Oklahoma law is a success. A National charter Is supposed to have some advan tage over a state charter, and the benefits of the guaranty law' must be admitted when 20 National banks wl!l In a short time change from the National system to the state system in order to give their. de positors the advantage furnished by the guaranty system. Kansas Republicans Like It. ' "Since the preparation of my speech on this subject the Republicans of Kansas have held a convention and adopted a state platform. The plank on the guaranty of deposits Is a recog nition of the necessity for security, but the plank is so worded as to be prac tically useless so far as the protection of the people Is concerned. The Re publicans propose to enable the state banks to 'mutually and voluntarily" guarantee deposits. But that Is not enough. Suppose that the banks mu tually agree not to do It. Must the de positors be lfi unsecured? "The Kansas Republican platform also requests the Republican candidates for Congress and the United States Sen ate to favor a Jaw In aiding a Na tional bank to participate In the pro posed mutual and voluntary system. But what chance Is there of securing such a law when the Republican Na tional convention refused to pay any NEW TORK. Aug". 27. (Special.) The Amateur Athletic Union of the United States will break off athletic relations with the British Amateur Athletic Association, because of the spirit shown by the Britons toward the American athletes in the Olympic con tests. . This action will be taken fol lowing a mail vote! This vote is al most unanimously in favor of severing connection with the British organlza Hon. As soon as Bartow S. Weeks re turns from abroad a -meeting will be held and final action taken. It was the intention of the American committee to pass over what It calls the "snubs, Insults and Interference' with which the American athletes are said to have met In the contestB, but such a wave of criticism swept the country that the Amateur Athletic Union took up the matter and called for a vote. The report on this vote and the - treatment accorded. Americans Is ready to be placed before the board of governors. It will treat with the entire matter in detail, showing that the Amateur Athletic Union is more than Justined In cutting relations with the English organization. DANGEROUS TO ALL BUSINESS "Confiscation" Is in Turn Ap plied by One Financier. FAILURES WOULD INCREASE Burden of Loss Would .Be Felt by Whole Community,' Thus Increas- . ing Economic Waste Pre- -minm on ' Recklessness. EARLE SEEKING SOUL-MATE Let Out of Jail, He Starts to Make Peace With Wife He Beat. GOSHEN, N. Y.. Aug. 27. After spending two sleepless nights in the Jail here on a charge of beating his wife. Ferdinand Pinny Earle. of "af finity" and "soul mate" fame, was re leased this morning on furnishing 2000 ba!l. - Immediately .upon leaving the Jail he began a search for his wife. Mrs. Julia Kuttner Earle, whom he married after Inducing his first wife to go to France and get a divorce from him. He said: ' ' ' "1 am going to find my wife, no mat ter where she is. I know that if I can talk with her for ten minutes she will forgive me and everything will be all right again. This whole trouble has been twisted and I have been misrep resented" .v Then Earle hired an automobile andl went to his home at Monroe, where he put on fresh clothing, remarking to the chauffeur-that he wanted to look; pre sentable when he found his wife. Afterward ho drove to Tuxedo to catch a train for New York. Earle Id that he did not know where hi: wife was staying, but believed she was with iter mother. ' He said that two days in Jail had unsettled his nerves. HARRIMAN STOCK BOOMS Bullish Reports In Wall Street That Dividend Is to Be Increased. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. (Special.) There was a great bullish demonstration In the stock market today In which the Southern Pacific was the chief partici pant. Stories affecting the future -of the Southern Pacific flew around thick and fast. The newest was one to the effect that Mr. Harrlman had decided to in crease the dividend from 6 to 7 percent. The story did not appeal to thinking people. Inasmuch aa a dividend was only recently declared and the road showed a loss of $8,000,000 in Its balance applica ble to dividends for the year ending June 30. last, which reduced the earnings on stock to barely more than 8 per cent. With the recovery in business, however. such an Increase In the Southern Pacific- dividend might be possible. " Another story was that a deal had practically been consummated by which the Southern Pacific would take over the Rock Island, St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. CHICAGO, . Aug. 27. (Special.) Hard blows were struck by Chicago bankers today against the proposed system of Federal insurance of bank deposits as advocated. In the .Democratic. National platform. Local financiers .were em phatic in classifying the scheme " as wrong in principle and dangerous to the business Interests of the country. They agreed the issue presents one of the most serious questions the voters -,' will - be called on to. decide at the Fall election. Confiscation",, was "the term applied by E. D. Hulbert, vice-president of the Merchants Loan & Trust. Company, to the -plan of taxing well-managed finan cial institutions to make up the losses of failed banks; Drag Bankers to One LeveL President George K. Roberts, of the Commercial National t Bank, , asserted that the plan would put a premium on reckless banking and instead of ele vating the standards of the banking sys tem, would tend to "drag . all bankers down to one level." "The guaranty, of deposits practically eliminates character a a necessary factor in the banking business." Mr. Roberts continued. "Under present conditions of Investments the personal habits and the general character of the banker are sub jects of public interest and are con stantly under the scrutiny of the com munity. With a Federal guaranty the Incentive for depositors to use care and discrimination in placing their accounts would be removed. They would rely on the "insurance fund.' The conservative banker now has his reward-in the pref erence which a discriminating public shows for him. Greater Economic Waste. "Although the banks 'would be taxed under the Democratic plan -to make-up losses due to failures, the burden of such system eventually must be borne by the community. - The banking system would become less efficient and by In creased failures there would be greater (Concluded on Paga 6.) SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27. (Special.) The carpet floor of the adjusting room at the San Francisco Mint is about worn out and after the old covering has been taken up it will be handled with far more care than a new one. It will be many times more valuable, because It is literally lined with gold. The old carpet will be burned and from the ashes the Treasury Department officials expect to realize about IS000. In the adjusting room files are used to trim surplus gold from the coins after being stamped. It also frequently hap pens that a piece of overweight parts of the filings thus taken -off fall to the floor and become Imbedded In the grain of the carpet. The very best carpets are purchased ' for this room, so that the closely-woven material will hold securely the scattered bits of gold. . It is nothing unusual for the Govern ment to get $5000 worth of gold dust out of the ashes resulting from the burning of one of these carpets. The floor sweep ings are treasured with the- utmost care. as they furnish enough money to pay the salary of the Janitor several times over. CHADWICK IS BANKRUPT Husband of Notorious Swindler Files Petition in Federal Court. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick, husband of Cassie M. Chad- wick, who died in the Ohio penitentiary, to which she was sentenced for colos sal frauds, filed a petition in bank ruptcy ' today. His personal debts" he placed at $1750, while debts contracted through Indorsing notes and ' checks for his wife he placed at about $650, 000. Among the notes indorsed is one on J. W. Friend for $600,000. Anotner is one to Judge J. W. -Albaugh, canton. O., for $90,800. Dr. Chadwick says that ne nas out $150 to pay these debts with. SEE GERMAN MANEUVERS WAREHOUSES OVERFLOWING Feared There, Will Be Another Shortage of Cars. SHIPPERS PLACING ORDERS Railroad Officials Declare Volume -of- Crop Traffic During Next three Months Will . Exceed .. ' All Previous Records. Brazilian Army Officers Come as .. Guests of .Kaiser Wilhelm. BERLIN Aug. 27. General Da Fon Seek, the J tazillan Minister of War, and General M ides Morales, of the Brazil ian army,; fcompanied by their staffs, will arrive tomorrow at a Berlin hotel as the guests of Emperor William. The party has come out from Brazil to witness the Fall maneuvers. The in vitation extended to. them and its ac ceptance are regarded as political acts rather than a pure military proceeding, with the object .of drawing the two gov ernments into more agreeable relations. DEATH RECORD FOR DAY Got First Sewlng-Machlne Patent. BOSTON, Aug. 27. John James Greenough, inventor, and ex-Superintendent of the Patent Office at Wash ington, D. C, died yesterday, aged 96. He was the first to take out a patent on a- sewing machine, Invented the first shoe-pegging machine, and assisted in tbe constiuctlon of the first electric locomotive. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 27.- (Special.) The grain-moving season in the Walla Walla Valley is now in full blast. -Heavy shipments of wheat and barley are being made from points In Eureka Flat and the Dayton-Waitsburg ' vicinity and also from Walla Walla and stations between here and Pendleton. According to a statement, made today by a local representative of one of the railroads traversing this valley, there were shipped during the past week 50 cars of freight dally over the Pendleton branch of the Northern -Pacific road, and It is said an- average of 1200 cars were handled, over, the Pasco division of the same road each day during the same period. Cars In Great Demand. Shippers are busily engaged placing orders for- cars and loading vfor trans portation to tidewater. The season prom ises to be a busy one from the grain dealers' standpoint. Although estimates early In the season placed the gross out put of this valley . considerably lower than last year, later developments have shown these estimates to be entirely in error, and It Is the belief of transporta tion omctais tnat the volume of crop traffic during the next three months will exceed that of any-previous season In the history of the country. It was the general belief among both growers and .shippers before harvest that there would not be any of the dif ficulties , experienced during the past seasons through the annual car short age troubles, but it seems now that serious Inconvenience -may result from lack of adequate facilities. All Rolling Stock Utilized. The statement was made today that if the present volume of business greatly increases every available freight car and locomotive will be used to handle the traffic. - Similar conditions are said to exist on the. lines of the O. R. & N. Co., so the Northern Pacific officials report. Ware housemen are overworked with the vol ume of business this season. Unless quick service can be maintained by the OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special.) An unusual "soda water" romance found its culmination today at the courthouse, when Filson R. Van Wert, of Milton, Or., applied . for a license to wed Miss Jessie King, of Omaha. The story In volves an unconventional race for a bride between today's tenedlct and Oscar Holmes. Both are druggists and for years ran a neck-and-neck race for Miss King's band. In Vllllsca, Iowa, where the bride and groom went to school together. Van Wert Introduced young Holmes to Miss King. Holmes was chief of the prescrip tion counter 'force In one of the drug stores and Van Wert was at "the soda fountain. One day Holmes determined to go West and. make a fortune. ' From Mil ton out in Oregon came stories that he was "making good." Van Wert a few months later was running a cut-rate drug store In his rival's town and the fight was on in earnest. Meanwhile each was sending the young woman in Omaha glowing letters descrip tive of his deeds and prospects. Holmes was put out of the running. He closed his shop and disappeared. Van Weri. will take the girl to the Oregon town. BODY IS FOUND IN LAKE FRENCH COMPANY FINED Disappointed Over. Postpone ment of Her Wedding. LEAVES RING TO LOVER Miss Mary Field Werne, Formerly of Louisvilie, Ky., Victim of Melancholia Feared Los ing Her Reason. Cable Corporation Must Pay Vene- , zuela $5,000,000. CARACAS, Aug. 24. (Monday.) The Civil Court of First Instance today handed down a Judgment declaring the French Cable Company guilty of com plicity In the Matos revolution against President Castro, and condemning It to pay damages to the amount of nearly $5,000,000. In addition the company must pay a further amount to be as sessed later by experts. The company may appeal from the decision. It is practically a duplicate of the decision handed down against the New York & Bermudeas Asphalt Company. The British Minister to Venezuela has been" In ' conference lately with President Castro. FRANCE WILL IGNORE MATTER Not Convinced Over Fine Levied Against Cable Company. PARIS. Aug. ' 27. Neither the officials of the French Cable Company nor the foreign office haa heard of the Impos ing of a fine -of -5.000,000 upon the com pany by the courts of Venezuela until apprised 'of the' matter' thts "at refrroon by the Associated : Press. . There is practically no comment here on the action of the court. In view of the fact that neither the company 'nor tiie Fr-nch government has any rela tions, diplomatic or otherwise, with the government of Venezuela, it was received without concern and tbe action of the court will be. Ignored. " ROOSEVELTS HOME AGAIN Cold Rain Makes Last Stage Journey Unpleasant. of Concluded on Page 6.) LIFT PLAGUE QUARANTINE! Curacoa Will Allow A'essels From Trinidad to Land. WILLEMSTAD. Curocoa. Aug. 27. The government of Curacoa yesterday re moved the quarantine that was declared against Trinidad some time ago because of bubonic plague. This step was taken In spite of the receipt of private letters from Port of Spain declaring that a bac teriological examination of rats there showed the extetence of the plague among the animals. TOO ACTIVE IN POLITICS 'attention to the subject, and when the Republican candidate - opposes the whole principle of the guaranty? Mr. Taft's denunciation of the guaranty system Is so sweeping that no disin terested person can for a moment be lieve that he will either encourage or permit a law enabling National banks to participate In stale systems. What .Concluded on Page 11.) Kentucky Revenue Officer Summar ily Dismissed by Treasurer. WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. Enoch Ham monds, storekeeper and gauger, internal revenue service, eighth district of Ken tucky, was today dismissed by the Act ing Secretary oft he Treasury upon rec ommendation of the Civil Service Com mission for alleged pernicious political activity In a state Senatorial contest last Fall. TOLSTOI IS -NEAR DEATH St. Petersburg Papers Say Condition. Is Very Grave. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 27.-The morning papers say that Count Tolstoi's condition is very grave. He has been suffering for some time past with dilation of the veins of his feet, which more re cently became complicated with an at tack of Influenza. He Is suffering greatly from weakness OYSTER BAY. 'N. Y.. Aug. 27.-Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and their party reached Sagamore Hill shortly before noon today from Jordanvllie, N. Y., where yes terday the President spoke at the opening of the Jordanvllie public library. The President's party left South Columbia. near Jordanvllie, at 10 o'clock last night and came by special train to Hoboken over the Lackawanna Railroad. At Hoboken they boarded the President s vacht Sylph at 8 o'clock this morning. The trip from there to Oyster Bay was rather unpleasant, .owing to a light cold rain, and- the members of the party were compelled to remain in the cabin. Both the President and Mrs. Roosevelt were greatly pleased with their visit to Jordan vllie. - .... Immediately after he reached home the President, with Acting Secretary Forster, disposed of a large amount of work, which had accumulated during his absence. ACCEPT ONE RUEF JUROR No Evidence. Likely to Very Soon. Be Taken CHICAGO, Aug. 27. (Sp?cII.) The body of a beautiful girl, richly clad, found floating in ljtke Michigan at the foot of Fiftieth street at noon today, caused a police mystery until this evening, when the corpse was identified as that of Miss Mary Field Werne, a former luisvllle, Ky., society girl. Hours after the body was dragged from the water it was found to be that of the daughter of Henry L. Werne, salesman for C. D. Peacock, and cousin of William Alexander Field, gen eral superintendent of the Illinois Steal Company. Left Farewell Notes. Until then the police were undecided whether It was suicide or murder. All doubt was set aside when a search of her room disclosed brief farewell messages to her father and the man she had hoped to marry, George Mansfield, a traveling salesman of El Paso, Tex. The messages were on little slips of paper. One addressed "My Dearest George," bore on the reverse side: "Send my ring to George," and the slip of paper was drawn through the gold monogram ring indicated. - On a similar slip was "My Darling -Father, forgive me. 'Study Ruined Health. - Miss. Werne was graduated from a pri vate seminary In EJ Paso and broke down from overstudy some months ago. After the death of her mother, 10 years ago. the girl, who had Just passed her twenty-first birthday,- spent most of her time with her sister, Mrs. E. French, at El Paso. It was there, a a schoolgirl, several years ago, that she first met and fell In love with Mansfield. ' Her relatives approved of the match. but prevented a wedding ceremony from taking place last Spring, because of her mental condition. She brooded contlnu- lly over her condition, believing she was becoming insane. . SAVED BY SKIN-GRAFTING Lineman, Buried by Live Wire, Un- " dergoes Dlflfcult Operation. One of the most rerrarkable cases of skin grafting ever performed in Port- and now promises success. Ueonard La Rone, a lineman employed by the Port- and General Electric Company, who was severely b'irned by coming - in contact with a live wire at the tire at seventn and Bumslde streets a few weeks ago, underwent an operation of this character And is now rapidly recovering. After his Injury the man ,wss treated t his room In the Ohio Hotel, but the burns were of such a severe character that the wounds refused to heal. La Rone was then removed to Good Samaritan Hospital and submitted to operations of skin grafting. Larse pieces of skin were taken fro-n his hips and otner portions of his body and transplanted to the burned places. On account of the size of these the doctors were apprehensive f the result, but yesterday the announce ment was made that the operations are to urn out well and La Rone will recover without any serious disfigurement. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27. The ex amination of jurors to try Abraham Ruef on the charge of having bribed ex-Supervisor Furey began- today In Judge Law lor's department of the Superior Court, with every, indication that it will be so prolonged that the hearing of evidence will not begin for several weeks. When court took a recess at tne close i of the day Alexander Bond, a real es tate agent, had been accepted by both Darllfs. James Guilfoy was t.-niporarily accepted, but acceptance was postponed until tomorrow. - A DISPATCH SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION IS KEEPING HANDS OFF" THE NEW YORK GOVERN- - ORSHIP NOMINATION. - ' DEBS TO GO 10,000 MILES Socialist Candidate Plans Extensive Speech-Making Tour. CHICAGO. Aug. 27. it was announced at headquarters of the Socialist party to day that the Congressional campaign special, carrying E. V. Debs, the Presi dential candidate, and other speakers, .through the West, would leave Chicago August 31. returnfhg September 25. Soon after the return to Chicago a similar trip will be made through the Eastern States. According to the Itinerary of the West ern trip, Mr. Debs will speak in 18 states and travel 10,000 miles. Label Does Not Mar Ballots. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 27. Supreme Court Justice Wheeler today decided that the printing of the union label on ballots which were declared void by the inspec tors of the First District of the Ninth Ward i at' the Democratic primaries on Tuesday was 'not improper and directed that he board reconvene and count them. NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 63. S degree; minimum, 54 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, probably followed by fair and warmer weather; .westerly winds. Domestic. . , Hot Springs hotel fiuents present loving cup to Mr. Taft and family. Page -Ex-Senator William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin. dead. Page -a. Waters at Auiruata receding; loa may reach million dollar. Pace 6. -Chicago bankers denounce guaranty of bank deposits.. Page 1. , ' rollllral. Brian talks for bank guaranty plan; an- wera Taft's criticisms. Pace 1. Chairman Mack holds conference with Boss Murphy. Page 4. Hitchcock proposes - to 'elect ' Republican Congressmen . from several Southern states. Page 4. f ' Bports. Big stock barns of Portland Country Club are completed.. Page 12 Oakland wins third game from Portland, t to 2. Paga 12. Pacific Coast. Oregon Fiah "Warden will not permit Fall fishing on Columbia. Washington ' will grant licenses. Page 7. . American Bar. Association adopts cods of ethics prescribing rule- of professional conduct. Page 7 Commercial and Marine. Slow opening of hop market expected. Pago 17 . Wheat prices weaker at Chicago. Page 17. Stock prices advance aharply. Pags 17. Italian cruiser Puglla will visit Portland next week. Paga 1. Portland and Vicinity. "Salted" mine In Clackamas County basli for lawsuits. Page 10. Riverview Cemetery advertised on delinquent assessment roll. Page 10. Acting Municipal Judge Swett- lenient m-ltb petty criminal. Page 10. Oregon - lawyers will enttrtaln returning delegates of American Bar. Pag 8, S