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THE MORNING OliEGONIAN, TnURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909. ' - . - I I i miirnn niinnrrn h H iiii i mi in i iiiii i ii in - Y ILRO uUUULLU BY LDEB IS ONE OF FIT CANDIDATES He Is Suggested as Leader of the New York Fusion Forces. FIVE WOULD DO FOR MAYOR Committee of 100 Gives Out Advi sory Lift Republican Organiza tion Holds Aloof From This Form of Campaign. BT LLOTD F. LOKEROAN. XET YORK. Sept. L (Special.) The Committee of One Hundred after several weeks of mysterious "conferences" has finally coma to the front with toe names of five members, who. It believes, would be acceptable candidates for Mayor this Fall. And 'William Loeo. Jr.. Collector of the Port of New York, who was first mentioned In The Oregonlan. beads the list. The others who are marked "O. K." are Charles A- Moore, Gustav H. Schwab, Nicholas Murray Butler and Wallace MacFarlane. The last named is the only Democrat, while Loeb and Moore are the only ones who havs a chance of being accepted by the other fusion organizations. Schwab is a steamship agent and not very well known to the general public. Butler succeeded Seth Low as president of Columbia University and that Is enough to queer him with the men who believe Low was a most unsatisfactory executive. MaoFarlane is a "Cleveland Democrat." and an ex-United States Dis trict Attorney. He was appointed by Oovernor Hughe as referee to hear the charges against Louis Holler, borough president, aod recommended his removal. MacFarlane. professionally, is In the class known as corporation lawyers, which naturally makes him unpopular with the mass of the voters. Besides this, it can be positively stated that the Republican organization will never accept him. Moore a Strong Candidate. Loeb's qualifications for the office are well known, but Moore has many ele ments of atrength. Charles A. Moore is an Iron manufac turer and reputed to be worth several millions of dollars. He was for several terms president of the exclusive Montauk Club In Brooklyn, and has been presi dential elector and delegate to various National conventions but has heretofore declined to run for office. Mr. Monre is a personal friend of Timothy 1 Wood ruff and that may count against him with Herbert Parsons, the suave leader of the New - York County Republicans, who is secretly opposed to any thine that Woodruff may want. The iron manufacturer Is tall, stout and a good mixer. As he is absolutely without political experience It is a ques tion as to what kind of a Mayor ha would make. Meat for Other Places Suggested. The Committee of One Hundred, not content with suggesting five Mayoralty candidates, has made public the names of men who it thinks would properly All the other important offices. Tha City Controller holds a position only second in Importance to that of the Mayor. It is the patronage of this of fice, ss administered by Herman A. Meta, that has kept Senator Patrick H. Me Carren In power in Brooklyn. As "fit candidates" the Committee of One Hun dred recommended Lavaon X. Purdy, president of the Board of Taxes and As sessments, and William A. Pendergaat, Register of Kings County (Brooklyn.) Purdy Is a Tammany Democrat. Pen dergaat. classed as a Raupbllcan. is on the outs with his county organisation, and is slsted to be turned down this Fall. Under the circumstances neither of these men will prove acceptable when the conferees get together later In the month. Perhaps even the Committee of One Hundred does not expect It. For president of the Board of Alder men, the One Hundred" offers E. R. L. Oould, former Deputy City Chamberlain; Robert Fulton Cutting, until recently head of the Citizens' Union, and Assem blyman William M. Bennet, of the Fif teenth District. Manhattan. Gould Is a Democrat, who seldom votes the Democratic ticket. Cutting is classed as a Republican and only Infrequently cuts a ballot for his party nominees. Roth are regarded as political cranks, and the nomination of either would cause a howL Bennet Is a district leader, with a good reputation, at Albany. The committee of One Hundred thinks that George McAneny or John Henry Hammond would make an excellent President of the Borough of Manhattan. McAneny Is president of the City Club and has been a noisy reformer for years. Hammond was a Republican district leader, but was voted out of office. These names are suggested by the com mittee on nominations of the One Hun dred, which Is holding almost dally meet ings In the Fifth Avenue building. Its membership is made up aa follows: C. C. Burllngham. lawyer and former president of the Board of Education; William A. Coakley. labor leader: John Davis. Bronx, lawyer: Professor Franklin H. Gidtlings, of Columbia University; Raymond V. Ingersoll. lawyer and chair man of the One Hundred executive com mittee: Percival Kuehne. " banker, of Kuehne, Loeb Co.; Arnold B. McStay, labor leader; Eugene H. Outerbridge. merchant: Joseph M. Price, secretary of the One Hundred: William C. Red field, former Superintendent of PubHo Works, Brooklyn; E. Piatt Stratton. Engineer, of Queens. None of these men has had any ex perience1 In practical politics, and It Is generally agreed that their lnital selec tors do not demonstrate any wonderful abllty. In fact outside of Loeb and Moore they do not seem to have selected any candi dates who have a chance to land on tha ballot. "We have Invited committees from tha smaller organizations In the fusion move ment to attend our conference," sayj Chairman Outerbridge. "By the tenth of the present month, which will be' at least 20 days before city candidates are named, we expect to havs a strong anti-Tammany lineup." Play Waiting Game. At the present writing the Republican organization has shown no desire or in tention -to participate In fusion candi dates. Parsons and Woodruff have de cided to play a waiting gams and con tent themselves by saying that aa their organization havs not "authorized" them to dicker with other bodies, they have no right to move In the matter. All the same, they are watching the -One Hundred" very sharply, and are pleased to not the Inexperienced move of ' the men who mthey hope to make their allies. At the proper moment they ex pect to bowl over these "Impossible can didates" and bring about tas selection of men who will aid to strengthen the or ganization. Ex-Judge Whitman, of the Court of General Sessions, returned from Europe the other day. He Is the only candidate for Mayor who has gone to the trouble of putting out campaign buttons. Mr. Whitman wants to be Mayor and is will ing to say so In no uncertain tones. "I am mighty glad to be back," he said, "and I have my fighting togs on. Certainly I will be a candidate for Mayor if the people want me. It will be a com paratively easy matter to elect a fusion nominee over the Tammany-McClellan forces. The people are aroused, and any man who runs against that crooked ring will be elected." Mr. Whitman does not believe that Justice Gaynor will be the Tammany nominee for Mayor. He declined to com ment on the Judge's personality, simply saying. "I do not think he wants to re tire from the bench." The return of Whitman has put new life Into his Mayoralty boom, which is reallv In a promising condition. Despite his well recognized independence. Whit man is highly regarded by the Republican district leaders, who believe they would get a "fair deal" from him. "Of course, he wouldn't suit us. like I CHIXESE SEND RAILROAD I ronirnsiovra to I VMTED STATES. J" - It if r "avs v-sw' T. I. Wu Bslu. T. I. Wu Hslu passed through the United States recently on his way to Europe. His object In visiting the two continents was to obtain Information about rail roads. He Is special commis sioner of the Yun-nan Eze-chuan Railroad Company of China. This road Is being built by Chinese capital. While here, Mr. Wu Hslu arranged to take with him to China two American engineers W. S. Dawley, of St. Louis, and F. W. Haws, of Virginia. Chi nese railroads, he says, will be built and equipped on American models. Parsons, for example." declared one boss, "but he wouldn't give us all the blame and none of the offices 'as Seth Low did." FLOOD LOSS IS $100,000 NO LIVES CLAIMED BY NEVADA CLOT7DBCRST. Roads Are Washed Out and Mines Damaged Water Cuts a Wld Path. RAWHIDE, Nev.. Sept. 1. It Is now believed that the cloudburst that de stroyed over 100 houses in Squattertown, Just south of Camp, last night, did not result In any loss of life although the piles of wreckage strewn along the course of the flood may conceal the remains of some unknown victim. Mrs. Makrey and Mrs. Batteries, with the latter s two children, who were re ported missing last night, were found to day uninjured by the flood. The property damage Is estimated at tlOO.OOO and the Priskey Mining Company, with a loss of J30.000, is the heaviest loser. The entire equipment at the mine has been destroyed and the shaft was filled to the collar with water. The owners state that a shipment of high grade ore was carried away and cannot be recovered. The automobile road between Rawhide and Shurz, the railroad point, was washed out for seven miles and an ex penditure of JrtX will be required to re construct It. The wagon roads were con verted into miles of rocky gulches and will need extensive repairs. Tonight the clouds gathered above the town attain and there Is some fear of a repetition of the cloudburst. The deluge last night was unusually severe and ss the water swept through the camps It cut a path for Itself 200 feet wide and from 5 to 20 feet In depth. The chan nel Is plainly marked for a distance of two miles. CUBAN LOTTERY NOT FOR US Island Officials Will Confer With Hitchcock About It. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Senor Orenclo Nodarse. Cuba's director-general of post offices and telegraphs, accompanied by AsMstant Director Charlea M. Barnet has arrived here from Havana to confer with Postmaster-General Hitchcock on postal matters. The lottery, which the Cuban government soon will issue, and the adop. tion by Cuba of the system of collecting malls with automobiles are among the subjects to be discussed. Senor Nordarse states that It is the de sire to keep the lottery tickets out of this country, although until after his talk with Mr. Hitchcock he said he could not say what methods would be observed to guard against attempts to send them here. SHERIFF SH0J T0 DEATH Mystery Surrounds Killing of Okla homa Peace Officer. HOLLIS, Okla.. Sept. 1. Much mys tery surrounds the death of J. W..Sims, sheriff of Harmon county, who was found dead in bed yesterday from re volver wounds. Mrs. Sims, who was sleeping with her husband. could throw no light upon the shooting. The coroner's jury today returned a verdict that the Sheriff was killed by un known persona The authorities, how ever, declare a sensational arrest will soon be made. ( "Can be depended upon" Is an expres sion w all like to hear, and when it is used in connection with Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy it means that it never fails to cure diar rhoea, dvsentery or bowel complaints. It Is pleasant to take and equally valu-. able for children and adults. AT STRIKE'S BIRTH Pittsburg Coal Companies Re scind Order for Black Powder. THOROUGH INQUIRY COMING fnion Will Join Operators and State Inspectors In Deciding Point In Dispute and 18,000 Men Resume Work. PITTSBURG. Sept. 1. The dispute be tween the miners and operators of tha Pittsburg district affecting 18,000 men was settled tonight at a conference be tween the operators, the National Execu tive Board of the United Mineworkers of America and President Thomas L. Lewis. A notice will be posted in all the mines In this district telling the miners that the recent order of the coal companies that black powder must be used In min ing coal is resolnded for the present. To secure this concession on the part of the operators. President Lewis ap pointed a committee from the miners' organization to confer with Chief Mine Inspector James E. Roderick, of Penn sylvania, asking that a thorough inves tigation of the use of black or "safety" powder may be made by the state. STRIKEBREAKERS AP.F1 BARRED Trainmen Will Not Carry Them to Pressed Steel Plant. PITTSBURG, Sept. 1. Another victory was recorded by the Schoenvllle strikers today when It was reported that the members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, employed on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, had re fused -to bring any more Imported work men to the Pressed Steel Car Company's plant. - Government Agents Hoagland and PIgniollI, with Sheriff Gumbert, continued their Investigation into alleged peonage In the car company's stockade. It was learned that the boxcar Jail, concerning which charges were made against car company officials, has been renovated. MUST ACCOUNT TO BRITAIN Reparation for Killing of Meteorol ogist Demanded of China. PEKIN.- Sept 1. Sir John Jordan, the British Minister to China,, without wait ing for the co-operation of the American Legation, called on the Foreign Board to day and demanded reparation and pun ishment for the killing last June in Kan Su Province of Hazrah All. a British sub ject attached to the meteorological expe dition faken Into China by Lieutenant R. 8. Clark, a former officer of the Amer ican Army. Sir John Informed the government that an Investigation of the occurrence must be made. The government demurred, but the Minister was firm. In return, China asked for reparation for the Chinese killed In the encounter with the members of the expedition. Henry P. Fletcher, American Charge d' Affaires, will take Independent action. The apparent lack of co-operation be tween the British and American legations Is due to divergent views as to China's responsibility. Mr. Fletcher, however, has given assurances that ha will sup port the British action. KAISER REVIEWS TROOPS Sees Great Spectacle of S 0,0 00 Sol diers in Maneuvers. BERLIN, Sept. 1. Captain Samuel G. Shartle. the newly appointed mili tary attache, was presented to Emperor William at the Autumn .review today of the Berlin and Potsdam garrisons on the Tenvpiebof parade grounds. The review, was the usual brilliant spectacle. Thirty thousand troops of all branches took part In the maneu vers. The Emperor and Empress re turned to the palace through the prin cipal streets of Berlin and were cheered by the crowds. Among the Americans who witnessed the review were Orvllle Wright and Mrs. J. D. Hill, wife of the American Ambassador. OPEN ROOSEVELT'S SPOILS Smithsonian Scientists Find Beauti ful Collection of Birds. WASHINGTON. Sept L The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution are now satisfying their overflowing curiosity as to what the first consignment of boxes, containing trophies of Colonel Roosevelt's African hunt, have within them. Upon opening, the caskets were found to be In good condition. The work of Btufflng the skins will not be undertaken for some, time and It probably will be two years before It is completed. A beautiful collection of birds, said to be more valuable than the large animals, is in the consignment. PLANT BURNS, LOSS $36,000 Sedro-Wooley Iron Works Near Bel llngham Is Destroyed. BELLTNGHAM, Wash., Sept. 1. Fire wiped out the plant of the Sedro-Wool-ley Iron Works Company, at Sedro Woolley, 20 miles south of here, early this morning. The fire started In the foundry room. The pattern shop and office were saved. The loss is estimated at $56,000, with f 1S.000 Insurance. . MOWAT LIBRARY BURNED Fire Damage Parliament Building In Toronto. TORONTO. Sept. 1. The west wins; of the Parliament building here was completely destroyed today by fire. The loss to the building is about $100,000, fully Insured, but the fine Mowat law library, on ot tne first collections In the Dominion, is a total loss, with no In surance. Rural Carrier at Beaverton. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept, 1. William B. Emmers ha been appointed rural carrier of route No. , at Beaverton. Or. Standard Sewing Machines are the peer of any machine made in Talue and usefulness. We have the sole Portland agency and have one of the best sewing ma- J.I.. : A- i, Ti-m rvmVi nan o-nffpn nut. of these srilendid machines and how to cnine experts in me cumin, y tu buuw juu v1"" r , . , , ' -wwr w take care of them. Join our club and you can buy the best m the world by paying fij QQ Weefr $5.00 down and from then until your machine is paid for at. y ; Ladies Home Journal Fall Style Books on Sale at 20c 15c Pattern Free Fall Models Are Ready in Royal Worcester, Bonton and Adjusto Corsets IT J? " n ... s$ w OTiLman T7 77 $1 Veils $1.29 In all the leading shades; smart ones; 24 yards long and regularly $1.73 fM QQ each; special at, only Oils-J 25c Hose 15c Pr Children's Hose. Heavy ribbed school hose in fast black; regular 25c values ; special at this price. .15c Misses' Hose 19c Double knee, toe and heel, fast black, medium weight cotton; worth to 35c the pair; AQn special at this price lull Underwear 19c Odd lines in Women's Sum mer Underwear ; regularly worth up to 35c the garment ; special at . . Bedspreads at $1.12 These bedspreads come with hemmed ends, hand some Marseilles patterns, large size and regularly worth much more, 01 10 for this low price . 0 1 1 I L Table Linen Remnants, fine damask, varying in length from iy2 to 4 yards, special reductions for Thursday. Wash Goods at Half A final clean-up of an im mense lot of the season's best tub fabrics. Fine for evening wear. Kindergarten Cloth, an ex tra, e-ood fabric for boys' blouse suits and girls ' dresses, regularly 25c IQp the yard, on special sale at this low price, yd English Nainsook, in ten-yard bolts, regu- C larly $3.50 the piece, special Thursday, bolt. $2 Comforts at $1.35 Fine Quality Comforts, filled with pure white cot ton and covered with a pret tily figured silkoline, yarn tufted and in all ways one of the best $2 comforters on the market, special here for Thursday, House- 01 0C keepers' Day, at. ..0 liOJ Feather Pillows, good wpiVTit and oualitr. covered with satin striped ticking; regular $2.25 val- p ues, special at the low price of U I it J Heaw Tapestry Couch Covers, fringed all round, large size, come in handsome patterns, striped or figured, sell regularly at $3.50 each, special for Thursday at the remarkably low price of, each BARGAINS ON HAMMOCKS, CROQUET SETS AND ALL SUMMER THINGS ON FOURTH FLOOR $2,25 Ammonia at 8c Swift's Soap 5c Rubber Gloves49c Dutch Cleaner 8c Household Ammonia for the toilet or laundry; whitens clothes, restores luster to Op silks; special, a bottle. . .Oil There's no better laundry soap made than Swift's Pride Soap ; regular 10c bar; now on sale, special at only wu Sizes 7 to 8Vo: made of good live rubber ; protect the hands ; regular 65c values; nowQn on sale for only, the pairHUU Old Dutch Cleanser; cleans enamel ware, windows, furni ture. oilcloth, etc.; at, special, the can, only.. :.8c .. . ..... i i 1 j -j-in - -r iri coo thahnnHwris that rfiacn lis ov everv eiuress, aiiu suit c JVPII) F fill StlltS have not enough, you'd realize how many we sell, and if you'll come and see 1 A w. the erb values and styieSj 'twill be no surprise to learn that we sell more suits than any other house in the Pacific Northwest. The prices run from ? 100 to ?10O.00 and, style for style value for value, you'll admit that any priced suit we offer you is the best m Portland for the money. Twine 8c Large size ball of twine, in white and all colors ; special today for only.8J Pennants Y. M. C. A. Pen nants, 12x24 inches, regular 50c value ; special at only.39 Silk5cSp'l Machine Sewing Silk, in all colors, 100 - yard spools ; special at only.5 Gold Dust "Let the Gold Dust Twins do your work." Full sized package Gold Dust today for.25d House Needs for Thursday Refrigerators One -Third Off Twenty sizes and styles to select from, and every one we own at this decisive reduction. Regu lar prices run from $9 to $36. At one-third less. Enamel Ware Eeduced Imported German Enamel "Ware; best four-coated. Special reductions. ' Aluminum Cooking Uten sils Sharply reduced. Do not break or chip. Easily cleaned when burnt. Fruit Season Needables Mason Quart Jars; dozen, extra special for Thurs day at this low price 50 Schram Self -Sealing Fruit jars Pint 6ize, doz.85 Quart size, the doz..95 Half gal., the doz.$1.35 Extra caps, the doz. .20 ALWAYS SWEET Economy Fruit Jars Spe cial demonstrations on the 3d floor every day. Pints, the dozen for 95 Quarts, the dozen. 1.35 Caps, the dozen for. .20 Covered Jelly Glasses The dozen for 25 $ Candle Shades, Candle Sticks and. Trimmings. A new lot now on sale. Haviland China Dinner Sets Decorated patterns;' special reductions $45 Bet, special. .$22.00 $46 set, special.. $23.00 $87 set, special.. $43.00 These are odd lines, but neat shapes and decora tions and good values at regular price. Better take advantage. Iron Wax Honey Comb Flat iron Vaxer makes ironing easy ; fine for finish ; price.3 Saf'tyPins Heavily nickel plat ed Safety Pins with duplex guard; spe cial, on sale for.5 Skirt Markers Easily manipulated nickel plated Skirt Markers; sp'1.21 Abs't Cotton 16-ounce roll Ab sorbent Cotton; se curely sealed pack age; 40c value.25 I W't'g Paper And Envelopes to match, fabric fin ish ; 20c box ; spe cial price now. 10 I . ; . ; J 1 i ' ' w (ton, who was at one time on the stage aa one of the "Gibson Girls" In a local comedy. STEAMER BAN CRAFT, BADLY DAMAGED, IS MOORED AT DOCK. . Keel and Rudder Gone Rest of the Cargo Recovered Tug Tows Her Into Biter. MABSHFIEUD. Or.. Sept. 1. (Special.) Tha steamer Bandon has been saved from total destruction, but is badly dam aged and it is hard to tell Just what can be done with the craft. This morning the steamer was towed into the river, and is at tha Bandon dock. That the ship was saved is regarded as remarkable. The keel, skag and rudder are gone, and In the hull there are two big holes and 'many small ones. The craft Is afloat, but filled with water to tha main rail. Some of the cargo was wasned overboard, but part of the lumber will be saved. TJnUl the cargo is all out It will be dif ficult to estimate the exact loss. Through the efforts of Captain Chrlstlan son. of the gasoline schooner Wllhelmina, much of the 100 drums of distillate on board tha Bandon was saved when the boat was wrecked. When the wind re ceded and the tids raleed the WUhelmloa and a tug were able to get a line to the Bandon and tow her back into the river. GREAT ENGINE EXPLODES Pieces of Iron From Butte Only In jure One Man. 1 BUTTE, Mont, Sept 1. With a crash heard for blocks around, the big hoisting engine of the Colorado mine, in the center of the city, exploded today, precipitating the steel cable, weighing many tons, to the bottom of the shaft and hurling pieces of the reel for hundreds of yards In every direction. Tha only person known to have been injured was A- J. Cain, a miner, who was In his bed In the Clarence Hotel, a block east of the Colorado hoist He was struck by a piece of Iron that crashed through the roof of the building, but es caped with an Injured arm and shoulder. Many persons had narrow escapea English Ixrd Killed by Anto.- 1 IX)N1X)N. Sept. 1. Jack Southwirk MONEY IN APPLES SEE PAGE 5 Friday Oregonian r,,...ii n,rA rw Clifford) was killed In an automobile accident today at Bamber, near Brighton. His car collided with an other vehicle and turned turtle. Lor1 n rurfnrrt was born in 1SS4. In Febru ary. 1906. he was married to Eva Carrlng- In this country about IS per cent rt th di vorces an granted after three or tour years r married life. or 1W I inn T' B- WILCOX, W. M. I.AUIJ, ii u"JJ. jubf iT Vice-President K. COOKISTGHAM, Vice-President SOJf. Secretary. S. P. LOCKWOOD, Vice-Pres. and General Manager Home Office, Lumber Exchange Bids, Portland. Or.