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V TTZZ ' rrvRTT atvtt nwufinv tttt T?ST1 V. SEPTEMBER 24 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL.. XLVIII. U. H,.'-1- . m., " . """" f, SAYS GAY DECEIVER STOLE HER WATCH SAN" FKAXCISCO GIRIi ACCUSES FORMER PORTLAND MAX. SAYS ROOSEVELT MISSTATES FACTS GREAT DEMAND TO OFFICER IS KILLED EX-PUGILIST DIES ROOSEVELT HG1IIN FLAYS HASKELL HEAR ROOSEVELT TRUE CHRISTIAN IS GREAT SHOW BY HITCHCOCK IS SWAMPED WITH REQUESTS THAT HE SPEAK. HARRY MAYSABD CALLED SUD DENLY BY DEATH. PACIFIC NATIONAL unknown IN 1 Shows Him as Friend of Standard Oil. ABUSED POWER IN OKLAHOMA Prevented Enforcement of Law Against Octopus. DISSECTS BRYAN'S POLICY Yt1A Contrast Between Democratic leader's "Words and Taft's Deeds. Iiaw - Defying Corporations Want Bryan as President. B008ETZXTS BEPXT TO BRIAS. Haskell's close relation, with the , Standard Oil Interests In Ohio waa a matter of common notoriety. In deflanca of the Attorr-ey-uen-eral of th state tOklahoma) ho In tended to protect tha Interesta of a great corporation (the. Prairie Oil A Gaa Company, controlled by tha Standard) against tha law. Contrcat your action In thla cas of Governor Haskell with Mr. Taft's action aa retards Senator Foraker. Mr. Taft refused to ba a party to .the renomlnatlon of Senator Foraker, showing by actual deeda that hla worda were true when he aald: "I do not care for the Presidency If It hae to coma by compromlae with any one on a matter of principle." With hundredfold clearer evidence you have aecured Governor Haskell to write the platform and put him la as treasurer of your campaign com mittee. I regard it as a scandal and dis grace that Governor Haakell ahould be counected with the management of any National campaign. Let ma call your attention to hla conduct In prostituting to base pur poses the state university. You have Indeed advocated meaa nrea agalnat private monopollea that aound more radical than either I or my party associates have been will ing to advocate, but they have tha prima defect that In practice they would not work. Z put Mr. Taft'a deeda against your worda I aak that Mr. Taft ba Judged by all hla deeda for ha wishes none of them forgotten. I mak that yon be judged both by tha words you wlah remembered and by tha worda that aeemlngly you and your party now dealra to bars for gotten. I hold It entirely natural for any great law-breaking corporation wlah to sea you placed In the Presi dency. Tour plana to put a atop to abase arc wholly ohlmerlcaL No law-defying corporation haa anything to fear from yon aava what It will suffer In tha general paralysis of business which any attempt to re dnoa to practice what you hare ad vocated would bring. X aak for support for Mr. Taft be cause his deads hare mad good his words. WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-President Roosevelt tonight, following upon a pro longed conference with members of the Cabinet at the White) House, prepared and gave out his reply to W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate, relative to W. R. Hearst's charges that Governor Has kell, treasurer of the Democratic Na tional Committee, had represented Stand ard Oil Interests, both In Ohio and Okla homa. Mr. Bryan had demanded proof of the charges, promising that in the event of their substantiation Mr. Haskell would be eliminated from the campaign. Dismissing the Ohio case, which in volved an allegation of attempted bribery-, with the explanation that he had made no direct charge against Mr. Has kell as regards that particular instance. Mr. Roosevelt takes up the matter of the Prairie Oil & Gas Company and argues that Mr. Haskell's action in stopping legal proceedings begun by the Attorney General of Oklahoma demonstrates con clusively that he was controlled by the great corporation to which the Okla homa company was subsidiary. Contrasts Bryan With Taft. After contrasting Mr. Bryan's defense of Mr. Haskell with Mr. Taft's repudia tion of Senator Foraker in connection with the Hearst charges against the Ohio Senator, the President proceeds1 to declare that Mr. Haskell's "utter unfit ness for association with any man anxious to appeal to the American peo ple on a moral Issue has been abundantly shown by other acts of his as Governor of Oklahoma." The President condemns Mr. Haskell's conduct in connection with various matters as disgraceful. The latter portion of Mr. Roosevelt's deliverance Is devoted to criticism of Mr. Bryan's plan for regulating the rusts, which he characterises as a meas ure that sounds more radical than any advocated by the Republicans, but which in practice would not work. Conclud ing. Mr. Roosevelt declares that no law defying corporation has anything to fear from Mr.' Bryan, "save what it would 'suffer from the general paralysis of busi ness," which would follow Democratic success. The President spent almost the entire Concluded on Pa 8.) Charles T. Lenehan, With Record as Lady-Killer, Held on Many Charges. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. Special.) With probably a score of pretty young women openly declaring that he should be ruthlessly punished, and others sitting at home nursing their Injured pride at having been so easily duped, Charles T. Lenehan. handsome, polished In manner and eloquent In speech. Is behind the bars of the city prison with one charge of em bezzlement about to -be placed against him, three charges of forgery In prepara tion and two additional charges of al leged embezzlement committed In Port land before coming to this city hanging over him. l Lenehan. "who during his stay in this city has made himself a favorite In the younger set, was arrested this morning on Information furnished by several of his victims. His downfall was brought about mainly by one of the fairest of his young women friends, who accuses him of borrowing her watch and pawning It. Lenehan arrived In San Francisco from Portland several months ago. He Is be ing held on suspicion, and will not be charged until It has been settled whether the local police or the Portland officers have prior claim upon him. MURASKY IS NOMINATED Chosen by California Democrats for Supreme Court Bench. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. Superior Judge Frank J. Murasky, of San Fran cisco, whose work in the Juvenile court has made him widely Known throughout the state, was nominated today for As sociate Justice of the Supreme Court by the Democratic state convention, which reconvened here to nominate a candidate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench caused by the death of the late Justice Thomas B. McFarland. Judge Murasky was given a similar nomination by the Union Labor convention several days ago and also waa Indorsed by the Independence League. Judge Murasky' s Indorsement by the In dependence League was the only note of discord in the convention and Incidentally precipitated a bitter attack upon W. R. Hearst, who was charged by some of the speakers with being the paid agent of the Republican National committee to work for the defeat of W. J. Bryan. OAKLAND, CaL, Sept. 23. Tha Re publican State Convention, which met here on August 27, reconvened here today for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court, to be elected in the coming election, to Oil the vacancy on the su preme bench caused by the death of the late Justice McFarland. After a short session Henry A. Melvln, of Oak land, was unanimously nominated for the office. PRINTERS WARN BRYAN Object to' Omission of Union Label on Commoner. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 23. (Spe claL The typographical unions of Indi ana and other states are this week for warding a set of resolutions to William J. Bryan. . the Democratic Presidential candidate, urging that the union label be placed on his publication, the Commoner. ' In many Instances, the reso lutions state that unless the demand Is complied with, copies of the publica tion which are received by .union sub scribers will be returned to the Com moner office at Lincoln, Neb., In their original wrappers. The resolutions from the South Bend Typographical Union were sent to Bryan thla afternoon. The printers feel that as long as Bryan professes to be a friend of organized labor he should see that his publishers follow the custom of all union offices. CUBAN ATTACKS DIPLOMAT American Charge d'Affairea at Ha vana Victim of Assault. HAVANA, Sept. 23. J. Cornell Tarler, Charge d' Affaires of the American Lega tion In the absence of Minister Morgan, was assaulted by a Cuban In a restaurant In this city last night. The assault waa unprovoked and several Cubans were con cerned In It, Onq of them, without giv ing Mr. Tarler a chanoe to rise from his seat, struck him in the face, cutting him severely over the right eye. The assail ant escaped, but his arrest Is expected. ALICE THAW DROPS TITLE Conntess Will Be Known aa Mrs. Copley Thaw. , LINCOLN, Sept. 23. The Countess of Yarmouth, sister of Harry K. Thaw and who recently was granted a decree nulli fying her marriage, announced formally through her lawyers today that she had decided to drop her title and henceforth be known as Mrs. Copley Thaw. Fatal Collision In Fog. SARATOGA. N. T., Sept. 23. Motorman Aubrey was killed and three other men badly injured in a rear-end collision dur ing a fog on the Hudson Valley Railroad, near Fort Miller today. Conductor Kane was so badly hurt that he will die. James H. Cosgrove and James Dowd, of Fort Miller, traveling salesmen, were less seriously hurt. Dr. Allda C. Avery. SAN JOSE. C'al., Sept. 23. Dr. Alida C. Avery, widely known as a physician and woman suffragist, is dead here, aged 76 years. Haskell Makes Sharp Reply to Charges.. LINKS NAME WITH HEARST'S President and Editor in Com bine, Asserts Governor. PLAY WARD POLITICS Oklahoma Executive Accuses His Traducers of Falsifying Facts When Truth Fails to Serve Their Purpose. GUTHRIB, Okla., Sept. 23. Governor C. N. Haskell tonight issu'jd a statement to the Associated Press in reply, to Pres ident Roosevelt's letter to William J. Bryan, dealing with four specific charges against Governor Haskell: that he Is subservient to Standard Oil, that he vetoed a child labor , bill, that he dealt in Creek Indian lands and that he had allowed politics to dominate him in the removal of members ot the faculty of the State University ard the appointment of others to succeed Hi'm. Governor Haskell's statement In part follows: "To the Associated Press: President Roosevelt's letter is before me, and, while this is the first time In my life I have been made the subject of a Cabinet meet ing, I am thankful for the distinction and I wish to express my high regard for the office of President and my profound re spect for the wisdom of our fathers In making It possible to change the occupant of that high office every four years with out the right granted to a Crown Prince to succeed the King. Links Him With Hearst. "I assert that it is fair for me to as th.f I f mv M wh h tn be dlmified by an all-day Cabinet meeting, that be yond question Mr. Hearst ana nis cam- i nunnuf. Po.l ilu n t nnnsovplt. left ywBU mouwum, . no stone unturned to blacken my charac ter. That being true tney certainly raaea Ohio, fore and aft concerning the Ohio Standard Oil cases of 1899 and finding absolutely nothing reflecting on me, the President tried to waive his charge of last Monday aside by saying "he will make no allusion to that. "He drops this subject because his origi nal statement was untruthful and he must know from what he and Hearst tried to find in Ohio and failed, that I spoke the truth when I said I never In all my life had any connection or service with that company. T say the President knows now that ( Concluded on Pass 4.) r - - National Committee Considers Sub ject Western Leaders Say Roose velt Can Cause Taft Landslide. CHICAGO, Sept. - 23. (Special.) There Is a strong possibility that President Roosevelt will make a trip through the country speaking for Mr. Taft before the, campaign is .concluded. This intelli gence leaked out at Republican National headquarters today in advance of the arrival of the candidate in the city. . National Chairman Hitchcock, Senator Dixon -and, other members of . the' Na tional committee have had the proposi tion under the most serious considera tion for the last three days and it Is known that It was submitted to Senator Crane while In Chicago. A definite de cision in the matter may not. be made for a week or more. While there has been more or less dis cussion ever since the campaign opened of the possibility of the President's tak ing the stump, the committee had taken no cognizance of the matter. It appears, however, that during the last two weeks the National managers have been del uged with requests, prayers and demands that the President get into the speaking campaign personally. The success the President has had in gingering up. the campaign by his letters has" led ' the committee to give serious consideration to the petitions to Induce him to take the stump. "Give us Roosevelt." write the Western correspondents. "Let Roosevelt talk he will stir things up. Roosevelt on the stump would mean a landslide for Taft, and that's what the Democrats are fear ing more than anything else.". Mr. Hitchcock admitted that the plan was being considered, but declined to discuss it further. It is likely that It will be discussed by the advisory committee In New York, where Mr. Hitchcock will go tomorrow. BRYAN'S SON WITHDRAWS Father Objects to Race for College Class Presidency. LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 23. Upon learn ing of his son's candidacy for president of th sophomore class of the University of Nebraska, W. J. Bryan expressed his dis pleasure, and W. J.' Bryan, Jr., an nounced his withdrawal from the race. Gompers Action Indorsed. ROCHESTER, N. T.. Sept. 23. With but one dissenting vote, the members of the Workingmen's Federation of the State of New York, in session here today in dorsed the action of Samuel Gompers concerning the injunction planks at the conventions of the Republican and Demo cratic National Conventions and approved his circular urging the support of the Democratic party. Gives $500,000 to College. KSW YORK. Sept. 23. The probat ing o2 the will of Henry J. Braker, a millionaire Importer, reveals the source of the 3500,000 bequest to Tufts Col lege for founding a school of finance and accounts. Nearly $10,000,000 Is disposed of by the will, which Includes $1,300,000 left In trust to Mrs. Braker and $1,000,000 for founding In this city the C. H. Braker House. AFTER THE LITTLE FELLOWS Sam Young Murdered at Sellwood. ASSAULTED WHILE IN SALOON W. S. Wood, Proprietor, Only Witness of Shooting. TELLS STORY OF CRIME Says' Masked Man Entered Rear Door and Fired Three Bullets at Policeman. Who Was Veteran " on Force. Sam S. Young, a veteran patrolman on the local force, was murdered at 10:30 o'clock last night In the saloon of W. S. Wood, Fast Nineteenth street ar.d Uma tilla avenue, Sellwood. The murder was witnessed by the proprietor of the saloon, who, with the officer, was the only occu pant of the place when the murderer Is supposed to have entered. The murderer, according to Woods' story, entered from a rear door. He wore across his face a white cloth with two eyeholes cut In It. He fired three shots, one of which "penetrated the officer's heart, causing Instant death. Bore Grudge Against Officer. The murderer, according to Woods, evidently bore a grudge against the officer. Young had been in the saloon only a few moments when the rear door of the place wes suddenly opened. Woods, according to his story, started immediately towards the door to see who was there. ' He was confronted by the masked figure who had Just entered. Woods was between him and the officer. The intruder brushed Woods aside and stepped quickly towards Young, who by this time was approachilng. "Come on," said the unknown, ac cording to Woods, addressing Young, "For I have got you this time." Opens Fire on Young. .' The masked unknown held a revolver in his hand which he leveled at the officer as soon as he entered the place. Approaching close to the officer he opened fire. He fired three times In rapid succession, and Young, staggering a mo ment, fell face downward upon the floor. He expired instantly. The murderer escaped through the rear door, by which he had entered, and disappeared in the darkness. Woods Immediately notified police headquarters. There are many strange features con nected with this mysterious murder. (Concluded on Page 6.) Once Champion Middleweight of Coast, Then Saloonman, Then Missionary. REDDING, Cal., Sept. 23. (Special.) Harry Maynard, a former middleweight champion of the Pacific Coast, though for-the last six years a devout and up right Christian worker, died suddenly at 1:30 this afternoon on the train while on his way from Red Bluff to Sacramento to Join his wife. There was no fear of immediate death from a cancerous growth from which May nard was suffering and he felt quite well enough this morning to undertake the journey to Sacramento. After winning championship honors in the prize ring, Maynard opened a saloon in Red Bluff and prospered. He was doing a splendid business six years ago, when he was converted at a relig ious meeting. He closed the saloon, became a zealous Christian worker and did much good, his wife Joining him, both working to uplift the fallen and succor the needy. A year or so ago Maynard was put in charge of the elevators In the State Capitol at Sacramento. The position yielded him a good living, but he still kept up his religious work. ONLY CHARGES DESERTION Goodwin Scorns Scandal in Divorce Suit Against Maxine Elliott. RENO, Nev., Sept.,, 23. Nat C. Good win, the actor, instructed his attorneys today to permit the representative of the Journal to see the sealed complaint for divorce against his wife, Maxine Elliott, which he has filed here. The complaint is simply one of desertion for over one year, and contains nothing of a sensational character. It contains but three pages of typewritten matter, being very brief, and sets forth, the simple fact of her desertion against his will; and that they have no children or property Interest together. The following statement was made by Mr. Goodwin regarding the suit: "Simple desertion, and this only, is alleged In the complaint." Mr. Goodwin has too much regard for Mrs. Goodwin, as a woman, to surmise or allege anything whatever scandal ous or in any wise reflecting on her honor. , The summons from this . court will reach Maxine Elliott tomorrow, having been mailed from here Monday. There will be no contest. STUDENT FATALLY HURT Comrades Break Sophomore's Spine In Class Battle. WORCESTER. Mass., Sept. 23. As a result of a conflict between members of the sophomore and freshman classes of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute last night, Emll Grau, of West Wareham. Mass., a member of the sophomore class. Is at the city hosiptal today with his back broken and sinking rapidly. In a "rush" Grau fell and was trampled upon before his plight was discovered. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, (11.2 .degrees; minimum, 37.1 degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers and wanner; westerly winds. Foreign. Germany objects to giving France advant age In Morocco. Page 5. Cholera In St. Petersburg strikes down rich aa well as poor and many dead are un burled. Page 2. Politics. Roosevelt answers Bryan, renewing denun ciation of Haskell and acorlng Bryan's platform. Page 1. Balllnger coming to Oregon to get Repub licans to work for Taft. Page 3. Monnett tells authority for charge against Haskell. Page 4. Printers call on Bryan to put nnlon label on Commoner. Page 1. ' Roosevelt may take stump In response to general demand. Page 1. Taft shows up Bryan's record In speech at Ade's farm. Page 8. Haskell replies to Roosevelt's assault. Pags 1. Bryan steaks to great crowds at Columbus and other Ohio towns. Page 2. Democratic NatlonI committeemen urge un loading of Haskell. Page 1. Domestic. Preacher who waa ex-prlseflghter dlea on train. Page I. Ladvklller in Jail for pawning hla aweet heart's Jewelry. Page 1. Forest Ares sweep through redwood for ests, destroying . whole settlements In Northern California. Page 4. Padfle Coast. Graphic story of wreck of Star ot Bengal; captain accuses tugboat captains of cowardice. Page 2. James Milne, superintendent electric line, arrested at Vancouver,. B. C Page a. Couple travels West by brakebeam on honeymoon. Page 6. Officer Sam 8. Young Is murdered by un known man at Sellwood. Page 1. Fugitive cashier discovered through auto accident. Page 5. Sports. Chsrley D. sets new Western record at Country Club races. Page 11. Pacific Coast Leagle scores Portland 0. Oakland 3: Los Angeles 8. San Fran cisco 0. Page T. Citation lowers world's pacing record at Columbus. Page 11. Tie game between Chicago and New York ends In disputed , decision and riot. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Large transactions in Yakima hop" market. Page 17. Wheat advances at Chicago In spite of free selling. Page 17. Recovery In stock prices. Page 17. British ship sails for South Africa with lumber. Page 18- Fortland and Vicinity. Pacific National la a great livestock show. Page 1. Small dealers dismayed by cloaed town order. Page 10. Grand Jury returns thirteen Indictments. Page IB Discharged city employes may lose privi lege of appeal. Page 12. Council declines to repeal pavement ordln aaoe. Pags 12. Finest Stock in World Is on View. DOES CREDIT TO PORTLAND Races Are Up to the Grand Circuit Standard. FAIR DESERVES PATRONAGE Effect Will Be to Place Great In dustry Vpon a Sound Footing. Portland Bay Attendance Shows Interest Is Increasing. PROGRAMME AT COUNTRY CLUB TOIMY. Today's events at the Pacini' National Show Include the big trot ting race for the country Club purse of $2500, which Is expected to be the best race of the week. It Is a 2:13 class trotting event and some ex ceedingly fast animals have been entered. Other races are the 3-year-old trotting event for the Columbia purse, the 2:20 pacing race and a three-quarter mile running race. Col lege Maid will also go against time today. The sale .of thoroughbred stock will begin promptly at 9 o'clock this morning, and Judging of the blooded animals will be con cluded today. BY B. W. WRIGHT. A million dollar show Is giving dally performances out in the suburbs of Port land this week. It requires a force of more than 300 men to put on this big show, and it presents as an. attraction more than 2000 head of the finest bred horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs that are to be found anywhere in the United. States or in the .world. Inci dental to this wonderful exhibit, there are a number of races daily, which in the number of entries, size of the purses and speed of the horses, average up with the best that are seen on the parlor tracks of the grand circuit where such shows usually draw. 1 crowCTs of from 30, 000 to 75.000 people. The price of ad mission to this big show, which is by far the greatest that Portland has ever had the opportunity to witness, with all of its attractions and excellent band concert between acts, is 60 cents and it costs an additional 5 cents for the pleasant car ride betwen Portland and the fair grounds. This of course Is much less than the price of admission to the aver age theatrical attraction which with .15 . or 20 mediocre people and about 33's : worth of scenery, plays to full houses In Portland. Portland Should Support Show. But the million-dollar show which is staged and handled by 300 paid employes on a property representing a cash outlay of more than 1150,000, until yesterday not ' only failed to secure as liberal support as is given the cheap' theatrical attractions, but the number-of Portlanders In attend- ' ance on Monday and Tuesday was ae-' tually smaller than the number who made the long, tiresome and more expensive trip to Salem a week earlier. Even yes terday, Portland was not entitled to all of the credit for the crowd, for thousands of out-of-town visitors were in attend ance. In this preliminary growl, I have treated this wonderful show simply as an attraction affording Interest and pleasure at a small cost to the patrons. Viewed from this standpoint alone, the show Is worth much more than the price of ad mission but there is another and over whelmingly more Important reason why Portlanders should give this great show somewhere near the support that Is ex tended to a one-night-stand theatrical attraction at double the price and which takes all of the money out of town with it when it departs. This "other reason" is the one that is responsible for bring ing the Pacific National Show Into exist ence. It was the desire on the part of a few public-spirited Portlanders to awaken a greater interest in one of .Ore gon's most important Industries the breeding of live stock. We have read for years of the commendable deed of the man who causes two blades cf grass to grow where only one has grown before, but it Is doubtful if the doubling the yield of green grass has an economic value equal to that which Is created by produc ing a high-grade animal which will sell In the market for double and treble the price than is obtainable for scrub stock which consumes Just as many blades of graas and as muoh other food aa the high-grade animal. , Oregon Great Stock State. Oregon, and in fact the entire Pacifio Northwest, Is famous all over the United States for its admirable adaptability to stockralsing. Our wonderful climate, with an abundance of pure water and natural food, enabled breeders In the early days, before the best strains of blood had been Introduced, to turn off remarkably fine range cattle and horses, which, considering their handicap of breeding, were little short of marvelous In their speed performances. The Ore gon range horse and the Oregon range steer found a good market in competition with other animals of a similar class, but the Introduction of Improved strains of blood soon resulted in animals which (Concluded on Fag 10.) IaTI ioo.o