4' ' ' ' '. "'J ; '' ' 1 VOL. XLVIII. XO. 14,918. PORTLAND,- OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RICH SHOULD NOT USE FREE SCHOOLS. TAFT NEVER ASKED RENO NOW MECCA CHOLERA SWEEPS F BEDE LAYS DEFEAT -AT CANNON'S DOOR FOR ALL GAMBLERS DIRECT PRIMARY APPEAL FOR TAFT OF PI SAYS HE ENTERED RACE, BCT THAT "UNCXE JOE" RAX. WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER'S WIFE LAYS DOWN NEW RULE. ' KNIGHTS OF GREEN CLOTH TO MAKE LAST STAND. RAUD ROOSEVELT MAKES DRAKER RUSSIAN CAP TAL Democrats Register as Republicans. THEN NAME WEAK ASPIRANTS Probably 2000 Changed Party in Multnomah. PLACED CAKE ON TICKET In Portland Atone 639 Shifted This Tear, 'While Newcomers and Young Men Greatly In creased This Number. Out of 3585 electors who reghrtered as Democrats In Portland In 1908. 539 changed In 1908 to Republican this num ber by actual count. In the whole county there were more than 600 such "Hoppers." The Multnomah records, between 1905 and 190A. show bis flopping, of Democrats then also. Added to these two classes of Demo crats that have invaded Republican pri maries are many Democratic newcom ers and youths who registered the first time In 1906 or 1908 as Republicans, but who cannot be detected In the records. Party Invaders Nnmber 2000. The total number of these Invaders In Multnomah County Is probably not less than JOOO. Records of other counties would proba bly show the total Democrats out of place In Oregon not less than 6000, and per haps mora. , This element held the balance of power In the Republican primaries of 1908. Most of its members voted for nomination of Cake, against Fulton, for United States Senator. Cake's lead over Fulton in the who) state was only 2487, and in Mult nomah 1099. In th general election tbey voted for the Democratic nominee. Cham berlain, giving him a lead of 1522 In the state and 1067 In Multnomah. . Democratic Increase Is Small. Republican registration, between 190S and 1908. Increased 8166 In Multnomah, but Democratic registration Increased only 1321 In that period. This In itself shows the registration fraud. These flopping Democrats constitute about seven out of every 100 voters In Multnomah County. They register Re publican, vote In primaries for nomina- tlon of weak Republican candidates, and cast their ballots In the election for Dem ocratic candidates. The Republican vote falls far short of the registered Republican total, while the Democratic vote naturally exceeds Its registered figure. In the registration of 1908- were 44 times as many Republican names as Democratic. But In the general election vote for Congressman the party vote ho wed only 2V4 or three times as many Republicans as Democrats. Another Evidence of Fraud. t In these two years the total number of ballots cast in Republican primaries in creased 6500. but in Democratic primar ies the number remained stationary. This Is another plain evidence of fraud. Each of these Democrats declares on oath that he Is Republican. The direct primary law became opera tlve in Portland In 1905 and In Oregon In 290C. Its plain effects are Invasion of Re publican primaries by Democrats, nom ination of weak Republican candidates. election of Democratic candidates for whom a light may be concentrated, per Jury In registration, break-up of the ma jority party, and Impairment If not de struction of the party system. Scrutiny of registration books In Mult nomah County reveals names of 539 elec tors In Portland who In 190 registered Democratic and this year changed to Re publican. These figures prove conclusive ly the wholesale participation of Demo crats In the Republican primaries last April. The examination, carried through country prectnots of Multnomah, would raise the total of these registrations to about 600. The 59 false registrations In Portland are only a fraction of the true number. In 1906. Just as In 190S. many Democrats changed their registration to Republican, probably equally as many. Then again, la each of those years a big number of Democratic newcomers and youths not previously registered added their names to the false registration. The records show that in the years 1906. 1907 and 1908 the number of electors doubled. These several classes of Democrats, taken--! all together, by conservative estimate, amount to HXo which represents the probable number of false Republican reg istrations In Multnomah, after making due allowance for genuine political changes. If these voted in Republican primaries and then supported Democratic nominees, mscy strange discrepancies be tween primaries and election can be ac counted for. Among those registered as Republicans, as Inspection of the records shows, are a great many well-known and some promi nent Democrats. In going through the city precinct books one is astonished by the many ap parent changes of political faith in Demo- era tic registration. Tha changes from Republican to Democratic registration are so few as to be almost unnotlcesble. One Minnesota Congressman, - Beaten -ln Primaries, Makes Joke of - Affair. ' DULUTH, Minn., . Sept. 30. (Special.) "When next I see Speaker Cannon," said Congressman J. Adam Bede . today,-. "I shall have to demand that he reimburse me for the filing fee I paid to run for renomlnation to Congress from. this dis trict. I paid the filing fee and he ran. That was not fair, and I shall have to tell him so. Besides., he had no right to try to run for Congress outside of his own state." Mr. Bede is not at all disappointed over his defeat last Tuesday. . "I can make in business In three months what It takes me a year to make as a Congressman and have nine months for study and travel," he declared. JACKIES KISS POPE'S RING Pontiff Receives 70 Sailors American Battleships. From ROME, Sept 30. The Pope today re ceived In audience 70 sailors from the American battleships Maine and Ala bama, which are at Naples. The pontiff, who to always Interested In seagoing men, expressed pleasure at their smart appear ance. Each of the men kissed the Pope's ling and received from him a medal. The Pope, standing among them, made most friendly speech, in which he thanked them for their visit and prayed that God would reward them with his grace. He then gave them his apootono benediction. GREET BRITISH DELEGATES Labor Unions Hold Great Demon stration in Berlin. BERLIN, Sept. 30. An Imposing Anglo- German worklngmen's peace demonstra tion was held here today. About 80,000 German workmen gathered to welcome a delegation representing the British work men and much enthusiasm was displayed on both sides. The delegation presented an address asking the co-operation of the Germans In an effort to secure the settle ment of international disputes by arbitra tion. . - Later a great open air mass meeting was held and a resolution was passed' pledging the support of the German work- Many of the delegates to the Inter parliamentary congress were present. TAFT COIN. GOES BEGGING No Takers Found for $20,000 at 4 to 1 In Buffalo. BUFFALO. Sept. 30. (Special.) Henry 6ellhelmer, secretary of the Republican County committee, announced today that he had $20,000 to bet at odds of 4 to 1 that Taft will defeat Bryan. He said that he would give any part, or all of it, to any one who will cover it. Mr. Sellhelmer Is responsible man, and his sincerity In the matter Is not questioned. When asked where the money came from he said that a Detroit man had sent It to him. He declined to give the latter's name. x Sellhelmer has not yet found any one who is willing to take the bet. PRINCE WEDS AMERICAN Miguel of Braganza and Rich Widow Secretly Married. PARIS, Sept. 20. The report is pub lished here that Prince 'Miguel of Bra ganza, the eldest son of Dom Miguel, pre tender to the throne of Portugal, was re cently secretly married to Mrs. Samuel Sloan Chauncey, a rich American widow. t k OFFICERS OF LisT . . m v Xk ill J AA : J Tx? . ti V ; . ' . .... -I .......... f, .-. fT.) O ,..., . I .. ........ . . j.jt .... : , , l . .. "' .-o - :.vv,v:si,.y(:vw.vw,i;.:'.-,:..v.' ' .v-;-'w w w ., .- .- .'- ' M .VV4fy- ' w.V- -'!-'-S ;'-;-f.. .c- - ' . v- ' -...-:- : " . " x.- 'T.'" . . .. v -v " (-- ' . yfttr V-v.-w,. ' . . -'V ' ; .,. -; i r " ' " . U rges AI I Good C itizens to Give. Him Aid. DEFEAT-WOULD BE-CALAMITY No Time for Partisan Politics Declares President. PLEA - FOR CONGRESS, -TOO Republican . President Must Have Friendly Lawmakers Letter Written Congressman McKftiley Sets .Forth Arguments OYSTER BAT, Sept. 20, President Roosevelt, in a letter to William B. Mc Kinley. chairman of the Republican Con gressional Committee, made public today, appeals to disinterested citizens to Join with the National Republlacn Committee and the Congressional Committee In movement to elect William H. Taft as President and choose a Republican Con gress to support him. After reviewing' some of the important legislation of the past seven years, the President declares that Mr. Taft and the Republican candidates for Congress seek election on a platform which specifically pledges the party to continue and develop the policies which have been followed for several years past. Not Partisan Matter. All the aid that can be given to perpet uate the policy of the Government as now carried on, the President says, should be given by every good citizen, as It is far more than a partisan matter. What Congress Has Done. sagamore hill, ' Oyster Bay. n y. Sept. 19. My Dear Sir:-1 have received your letter of A u glint 2S. I agree- with all that you say a to the amount of affirmative and constructive legislation for the social and economic benefit of our people, which has oeen accompusnea by the Congress during tne last seven year. The law establishing National system of Irrigation was of vital importance and stands In Its line as second only to the homestead law. The interstate commerce law haa been amended so as to make It a new law. The enactment of the pure food law was of almost or quite equal Importance. The creation of a Bureau of Corporation, which marks the beginning of Federal control over the huge corpora tions doing an Interstate business, the em ployers' liability law, the safety appliance law. the law limiting the working hours of railway employes, tne meat inspection law. the- denatured ai-cohol law, the anti-rebate law, the laws Increasing the powers of the Department of Justice in dealing with those regardies.of wealth ana power, who in fract the law, the law making the Govern ment liable for Injuries to its employes, the laws under which the Panama Canal was .cqulred and Is being built, the Philippines administered and the Navy Department, laws creating a permanent Census Bureau and reform of the consular service and the system of naturalisation, the law forbidding child labor in the District of Columbia, the law providing a commission under which our currency system can oe put on a morougniy satisfactory basis, the laws for the proper administration of the Forest Service, the laws for the admission of Oklahoma and the development of Alaska, the great appro priations for the development of agriculture. he legal pronimtion or campaign, contnou- tlons from corporations all these represent but a portion of what has beea done by Congress, and form a record of substantial legislative achievement in harmony with he best and most progressive tnougnt or our people Need Taft and Coagrea. It is urgently necessary, from the stand point of the public interest, to elect Mr. Taft and a Republican Congress which will support him; and they seek election on a piaiiorm wnicn speciiicaiiy . pieages me (Concluded on Page 2.) PARTICIPANTS IN PORTLAND'S CELEBRATION OF ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CRUISER PUGLIA, CONSUL CASDUKI, Public - Institutions, She Says, -Are ' Intended for Children -of thfc Poor. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept.; 20. Spe cial.) Mrs." William Rockefeller, who, with her husband. Is in this city, said today. that, she believed the children of fthe rich, should, be sent, to private rather than to public schools. "A11(I have ever tried to be is just an ordinary mother," said Mrs. William Rockefeller, at-the Pflster .Hotel. "I have two sons and two daughters, and they" are Just four ordinary boyevand girlsr I have brought them up the best I knewihbw, and used all the common sense I -had to think of . the best ways and means to make them good average men and women. - "Did my boys go to public schools? No; that would have been most selfish in a city like New York, where our schools are. crowded.' It is only fai that parents who -can afford it should send their children to private schools, and thus allow room In the public schools or children who must depend upon the public schools for their entire education. "My boys were sent, like thousands of other New York children, to private schools, where they were in dally con tact with other children. They studied like ordinary bys and had the same ambition In their school work. Whea they had finished school they were sent away to college." JAPS MOBBED IN SAN JOSE Crowd Conies to Aid of White Boys Who Engage Orientals in Fight. BAN JOSE, Cal.. Sept. 20. (Special.)- While on their way to the First Presby terian Church to attend services tonight. Ave Japanese became involved in a light with four white boys, one of whom had jostled the Orientals. A mob came to the assistance of the whites, and the Japanese were knocked down and kicked and rolled around the street. Three of the Japanese were in tercepted on the street by a policeman. A mob of 50 persons were at the heels of the fugitives at the time. The Orient als were taken to jail and later released upon bail furni iied by the pastor of the Presbyterian , Church. ... HUNTER SHOOTS HIMSELF Bullet Passes Through His - Skull and Wounds Companion. SEATTLE, Sept. 20. A telephone mes sage from Snohomish to the Post-Intelligencer sayB that L. D. Phelps, the Great Northern station agent at Scenic, while out hunting this afternoon, acci dentally shot himself through the fore head. The bullet-, passing -through his skull, wounded his companion In th'j hand. Phelps is unconscious and in a rltical condition. Both men are being rushed to Seattle where Phelps' mother resides. HOLD UP SALOON; GET $500 Masked Men Make Rich Haul in Goldfleld Gambling House. GOLDFIELD, . Nev.,. Sept. .20 Two masked men held up a saloon at Col- mbia shortly before midnight last ight and got away with about $500, Which they took from the crap table and bar register. There were a number of people in the saloon at the time, but they were ot molested. MAYOR LAKE AND COLONEL DAVID Angered When Friends Sought Peace. " I'LL K OTSTAND FOR IT," HE SAID "I. Do Not Want Presidency at That Price," Asserted Judge, REFUSED TO COMPROMISE Presidential Candidate Spurned Any Overtures for Reconciliation With Ohio Senator, Who . Wanted Truce. WASHINGTON,' Sept. 20.;-(Special.) The recent revelations regarding Senator Foraker's secret relations with the Standard Oil Company and the question whether in light of them lie would be permitted to take part in the campaign for the election of Judge Taft to the Presidency have led one of the inner cir cle to tell of repudiated negotiations be tween Taft and Foraker leaders for har mony In Ohio. While .the then Secretary of War was absent on his last official trip to the Philippines, Senator Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, succeeded in bringing about an agreement between Foraker and representatives of the Taft party for the support of- Taft in Ohio in return for Taft's friends supporting Foraker for the Senate. Taft Exhibits Much Wrath. When Taft got back to Washington, one of his closest friends was selected to break to him the news of the agreement and see how he would take It. Taft was furious and exhibited rage and in dignation that would have -surprised those who had looked on him as an easy-going, mild-mannered man, possibly lacking somewhat in backbone. 'I'll ..not stand for it," tie is reported to have exclaimed with vehemence. "I don't care who are the parties to this agreement, I do not want the Presidency at that price." Said. the. friend who -had carried the news to him, afterward: "I thought the big fellow was going to throw me out of the window." Never Sought Peace With Foraker. This story goes to explain why, at no time since efforts have been made to reconcile tne Taft and Foraker forces. has Judge Taft shown any open desire to have Foraker's support, although Foraker has apparently been In a mood to welcome peace, even' if he had to fight for it, as he did when he and his adherents with money, said to have been raised in New York, made futile efforts to secure, through the organization of rum conventions in various eiates. enough delegates to defeat Taft's nomi nation In Chicago. ; FORAKER QCITS CAMPAIGNING .Cancels Joint Tour With Taft After Conference With Candidate. CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 20. United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker has canceled all of his speaking engage ments in the campaign. In a written request to National Chairman Frank (Concluded on Page 4.) M. DUNNE. " i Election in . Nevada Next Month on Question of Placing Lid on Sagebrush State. RENO, Nev., Sept. 20. (Special.) The gamblers of the United States will make their final stand for freedom in Nevada next month. At that time special election is to be held in Reno to give the people an opportunity to vote on the question whether .or not the' gambling houses of this city should be closed. For six months the fight-has been i the making, each side making every preparation for the contest Nevada is now the only state in the Vnio where gambling: is licensed. Montan legislated it out of existence some time ago. Arizona followed suit, and the toleration which kept gambling goin in Denver and Salt Lake has bee withdrawn. Nevada only remains and nearly every prominent gambler In the coun try Is now located in this state. TWO TOWNS WIPED 0U Many People Believed to Have Per ished in Wisconsin Fires. CHICAGO, Sept. 20. (Special.) Long distance telephone messages to the Trib une from Rhinelander, Wis., state that the towns of Daggan and Woodborow have been destroyed by forest fires. The 4000 residents of the two towns are fleeing through the burning woods to Rhinelander, panic stricken. Many peo ple of Woodborow are missing. FLAMES CLOSE IX OX CITY Milwaukee Aids Rhinelander to Fight Forest Fires. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20. The City of Rhinelander, nearly 200 miles north of here, is threatened with destruction by forest fires, and Milwaukee has sent a steam fire engine, half a mile of hose and a truck on a special train. CLIPS RECORDRUN IN AUTO L09 Angeles-Xorth Baldy Century Course Made In Fast .Time. LOS -ANGELES. CaL, Sept 10. (Spe cial.) Harmon D. Ryus, driving White steamer, today for the third time won the Los Angeles-North Baldy road race over the century course. His time for the 100 miles was 8:35:30. The' course Is the most dangerous and picturesque in the country. Start ing from Los Angeles, the route leads through hilly land, oyer the dreaded Freemont Pass, then through a moun tain canyon with 67 fords, then out oij the side of Little Baldy Peak to an altitude of 6700 feet. RESCUES SAILORS AT SEA Liner Picks lp Crew of. Water Logged Schooner. GRAND TURK. Turk's Island, Sept. 20. The Clyde line steamer Seminole, which arrived here today from New York, on Saturday evening rescued the crew of the abandoned schooner John A. Matheson, from Baltimore, 174 miles north ot Turks Island. The Matheson had a severe experience in the hurri cane that has prevailed in those waters. She was dismasted and, becoming wa terlogged, was abandoned by the crew September 17. The boats kept well to gether, although the sea was running high and the Seminole was able to pick up all hands. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'8 Maximum temperature. T2 degrees; minimum. 64 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; Northerly wind Foreign. Cholera epidemic beyond control of St. Petersburg authorities; liquor shops closed and martial law threatened; dead lie unburled. .Situation also serious In Manila, page 3. Fire in Paris does 5,000; 000 damage. Page 4. Political. Taft never sought to make peace with For aker. Page 1-- Forsker cancels Joint tour with Taft, after conference with, candidate. Page 1. Bryan. Parker and Hill hold conference. Page 2. Adam Bede blames Speaker Cannon for his defeat In Minnesota primaries. Page 1. Governor Hafkell challenges Hearst to prove charges. Page 8. Roosevelt urges all patriotic citlsens to vote for Taft and elect Republican Cong res. Page 1. Domestic Public schools not for children of rich, says Mrs. William Rockefeller. Page l. Signal Corps expert defends construction of Wright's aeroplane. Page 2. Drought In New England States causes much suffering. Page 4. Murderer's wife shoots Sheriff and Is mor tally wounded in battle with posse. Page 3. Pacific Coast. Oregon Methodists will meet In conference at Salem Wednesday. Page 7. Rev. Kufus. pastor of Methodist Churoh at The Dalles, dlsa suddenly at Wen a tehee. Page 3. Sport. Pacific Coast League scores: Portland 3-0, San Francisco 0-2; Los Angeles 2-4, Oak land 2-5.i Page 8- Portland and Vicinity. Registration books reveal fraud In direct primary, .rage x. Body found In Macleay Park reveals murder mystery. Page 3. Catholics hold anniversary service at fit. Lawrence's Church. Page . Country Club's fair will open today. Page 8. James flattery. 75 years of age, drops dead In street. Page 7. New bills at the theaters. Page 7. Many political leaders are sent to Pacific Coast. Page 6. Child badly injured by streetcar on East Side. Pa 5 Italians observe their Independence Day. Page 12. Portland Turn Verein celebrates Us fiftieth anniversary. Page 5. Politics barred In Christian Association, secretary declares. Page 5. Warship's pet bear escapes for frolic in city. XX Epidemic Baffles City Authorities. MARTIAL LAW IS THREATENED Morgues Are Overcrowded and Many Dead Lie Unburied. SALE OF LIQUOR STOPPED Drastic Action Taken to Prevent Alcoholic Excesses Public . Schools Turned Into Hospitals. Disease of Virulent Type. ST. PETERSBURG, 'Sept. !0. St. Petersburg .is In the deadly grasp of Asiatic cholera, which already has ex ceeded in severity and number of deaths the visitation of 1SSS. The disease is in creasing daily at an alarming rate and unless the authorities show in the future a much greater degree of ability to cope with the situation than they have in the past, there Is every reason to fear that it will get out of hand. The government's threat to apply the provisions of martial law has driven the municipal officials to bend all their energies to clearing the city of the scourge. Council Votes $250,000. The Aldermanlc Council today voted $250,000 to enlarge the hospital space, to purchase and distribute disinfectants, the supply of which in St. Petersburg is well nigh exhausted, and to expedite the in terment of bodies, which has been notor iously slow. The deadhouses are over crowded and many corpses, lie unburled. Stops Sale of Liquor. Under his authority, the Prefect- of St. Petersburg General Drachetfcky, on Sat urday, prohibited " the sale of liquor throughout the city, including the gov ernment vodka shops, until September 22, and he haa further ordered that here after the sale of the liquor shall be sus pended at 2 P. M. on Saturday until 1 A. M. Monday. This action has been taken in order to diminish alcoholic ex cesses, which very materially increase the liability to cholera infection and the general spread of the disease. Schools Become Hospitals. A beginning was made today when public schools were transformed into hos pital wards. A number of the grammar schools were closed and 4000 students sent to their homes. The Department of War has opened stores to supply Im mediate needs and army field kitchens have been dispatched to the poorer quar ters to dispense free food. Assumes Virulent Type. The situation assumes a graver as pect from the appearance today of a very virulent type of the disease in two cases, of which death followed within IS minutes of the first symptoms. As announced by the official bulletins, the . cases numbered 849 and the deaths 128 during the 24 hours between Friday noon and Saturday noon. This was a consid erable decrease from the preceding day. but there is doubt of the accuracy of the official statement. Withhold Bad News. The record for the same 24 hours ac- certalned from official bulletin sources " shows the. actual number to have been far in excess of that. Whether or not there was an actual decrease, the dis ease resumed its march on Saturday, the' statistics posted showing that from Sat urday noon until Sunday noon there were cases and 191 deaths, this being the largest number so far. All Types Developed-. It is feared the cholera will last another fortnight, being igured on the basis of former epidemics. All varieties of Asiatic cholera have now developed here, there being numerous cases of the Algid type which is accompanied by the greatest suffering. Calls Plague Punishment. The metropolitan of St. Petersburg caused prayers for deliverance to ba read throughout the diocese today. In which the pestilence is described as a punishment for the people's lawless ness. Premier Stolypln has sharply repri manded the municipal officials for the appalling conditions. At Obuchofg Hospital, which he visited on Saturday, he found that three bathrooms were doing service for 300 patients. The physicians were powerless to carry out the proper course of treatment, and the mortality at this hospital has been three times that of other hospitals. Nine Nurses Stricken. Three of the nurses at this institu tion were stricken with the disease yesterday, making ' a total of nine nurses now under treatment for cholera. . - Practically nothing has been dona up to the present to put the city's mar ket places in a sanitary condition; they are places of Indescribable filth, with the atmosphere reeking with foul odors. One hundred carloads of fruit have been auctioned off and forwarded to Warsaw, Vllna and other towns, tConcluded on Pace 2.) (Concluded oa race 4.1