GOMPERS DEFIANT;
SAYS COURT ERRED
Labor Leader Declares He Will
Say in Print What He
Pleases.
SCORNS NATIONAL GUARD
Refuses to Allow Troops to March in
Parade in His Honor Thinks
Judge Has No Right to
Enjoin Speech.
"WASHINGTON". Oct. 12. Defiance of
any power that would attempt to curtail
hie right of free speech or the freedom
of the press was expressed here tonight
by Samuel Gompers, prendent of the
American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Gompers' address was the climax
of a demonstration arranged by organ
ized labor In honor of his return from
Europe. The meeting was preceded by a
street parade in which union -men from
jnany parts of this country. Canada and
i una participates .
Mr. Gompers refused to allow a com'
pany of the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia to take part. The Cen
tsal Labor Union, at a meeting last night,
went on record in favor of the Guards
men marching In the line, although there
was pome opposition on the part of the
delegates, who said that the organized
militia of the counttry was used only to
"'shoot down strikers and union men."
Turns Down Guard. '
The opponents of the Idea communicated
with Mr. .Gompers today and he promptly
decided the guard should not parade.
The celebration derived added Interest
from the fact that this was the day upon
which the Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia was expected to hand
down its decision In the contempt pro
ceedings against Mr. Gompers and other
federation officials. The decision, how
ever, failed to materialise.
Mr. Gompers" declaration of Indepen-'
dence followed a narrative of his visit
abroad, during which he expressed his
confidence in the formation of a world
wide confederation of all labor organiza
tions. Referring to the Jail sentence resting
against him on a charge of contempt of
court for referring to the Bucks Stove A
Range Company after being enjoined
agajnst such action by the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia. Mr.
Gompers declared Justice. Wright had
decided the contempt case against him
because he was prejudiced against men
who work.
Will Bow to "o One.
"There Is no man to whom' I will
hend the knee, there is no man to whom
I will look up unless he possesses the
attributes of honesty and fair dealing,"
he said.
Expressing; his respect for courts In
general. Mr. Gompers said:
"I have confidence in their Integrity,
no matter what their decision may be.
But I know that they are human beings
who are Just as likely to err as any
other man on earth.
"I have no hesitancy in saying that
not only did Justice Wright ew, but
that he was prejudiced against the
men of labor. I do not want to be a
hero or nearly a hero. I have no de
sire to be bombastic or defiant, but
I say advisedly and with a knowledge
of the full responsibility that attaches
to my words, that I believe no im
position of a lighter sentence will al
ter the case one Jot.
Thinks Court Erred.
"Either we have free speech and free
press In this country or we have not.
An Imposition of a fine of one cent or
the Imposition of Imprisonment of one
hour for the utterance of conscientious
belief and the faith that is within us
is a denial of free speech and of free
press.
"I simply content myself with the plain
statement that the Constitution guaran
tees free speech and a free press and
that guarantee was placed In the Con
stitution for a purpose. It was not nec
essary to place that guarantee In a
constitution that we might sound the
praises of the powers that be. No man
wants a constitutional guarantee in
Russia to sing the praises of the Csar.
Don't Need Guarantee.
"We do not need a guarantee to say
things that please any authority whether
that authority be the President of the
United States or the King of another
country. The guarantee was put there
that men might say things that displease
and might do so with perfect safety. The
demand for reforms coming from people
are generally distasteful at the time to
the Governmental power."
Mr. Gompers denied the right of any
court to enjoin him in advance from ex
pressing his views, although after he had
spoken he realized that he might be tried
for what he had said. If the Court of
Appeals should decide against him. he
declared, the fight for free speech must
go on until that right was achieved.
""We cannot stop if we want," he said,
"and we do not want to stop. We have
gone too far in the-march of human
progress to be driven back Into slavery."
ELECTRIC LINE PLANNED
President Robertson Announces
Through Service to Woodburn.
Plans for tapping Central and' Eastern
announced yesterday by Frank Robert
son, president of the Valley Railway
Company, which has Just secured a 30
year franchise from the City of Wood-
burn for tracks through that city. Presi
dent Robertson says construction work
on the line has been started in the form
of a three-mile line connecting Woodburn
with the Oregon Electric tracks at West
Woodburn. and that this work will be
rushed to completion and service installed
by December 1 and that next Spring the
line will be extended to Scotts Mills and
Sllverton. Further. Mr. Robertson says:
"I have learned recently of a good pass
southeast of Silvefton. . I am going to
run surveyors over there next Spring and
determine the feasibility of securing an
outlet into Eastern Oregon. I understand
that the grades to be encountered are
not serious for an electric line and If this
i so. we will b8 able to continue our
line Into Eastern Oregon within a year
or so.
"The present line. - which we have al
J ready started to build, extending from
the Oregon Electric tracks at West
Woodburn to Scotts Mills and Sllverton,
will be about 2S miles long and will tup
a valuable part of the Willamette Valley.
We now have 50 teams and a large force
if men at work on the Woodburn-West
Woodburn line, the grade Is nearly com
pleted and there Is about three-fourths of
. a mile of steel laid. Work will be
rushed and that part of the line I am
counting on having in operation by De
cember 1. Next year I Intend to extend
to the other points acd then on into
Eastern and Central Oregon. The. sur
veyors are now at work fixing the grade
stakes east of Woodburn. . '
"The road will all be standard gauge
and will have 70-pound rails. I have
already entered Into a contract with the
Oregon Electric Company to operate the
line, that Is to furnish the power and
cars. I have a 30-year franchise In Wood
burn. W. TifTany. superintendent of the
line, has charge of the construction work
now going on. The road we are build
ing now will cost about J18.000 a mile,
while that east of Woodburn will cost
over that figure.
"That road will run through the best
part of the Willamette Valley. Recently
coal has been found at Scotts Mills and
a big stone quarry Is there, which will
furnish much traffic. I have already been
promised 50 carloads of logs a day from
the Sllverton country. Some of the finest
timber in Oregon Is located there and the
Portland mills are anxious that it be
taken out. I have figured there is tim
ber enough there to furnish traffic for
M years."
President Talbot, of the .Oregon Elec-trlc--
line, said yesterday that a traffic
agreement will be made with the Valley
Railroad as soon as the new "track is
completed. He said Woodburn would, in
all probability be given through service
to Portland as well as naving cars run
over the Valley Railway line to meet
every Oregon Electric train. The num
ber of through trains to be given Wood-
burn, he stated, would depend on tne
amount of passenger traffic furnlsnea.
SALE OF BONDS FAVORED
East Side Club Wants "o Delay on
Broadway Bridge.
That bonds ought to be Issued and
a friendly suit started to tesi xneir
legality, was the declaration of M.
n . ii n 1 v made last night before a
mass meeting held in North Albina
while speaking on tne croiQunj
bridge situation. Mr. Munly thanked
the people of North Albina for their
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support UI l- tin xiuutt i" -j --
said much remained to be done before
the bridge was ouni, ana teniniKu
that there was some secret Influence
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Jast clue improvement Asowtianwi
In closing his remarks, - Mr. Munly
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announces mat at t-vi
Senator Bourne over the Broadway
bridge the Senator gave assurance
i . u . fiAnlv tn th TMffA and
would use his Influence in getting the
approval or tne ocL-ieiij m
meeting muwracu ine -"
appointment of the committee was au
thorized.
NOTED HOLD-UP CAUGHT
Harold True, Who Jams Down His
Victim's Hat, Is Taken.
Harold True, admittedly one of the
boldest young holdup men on the Pa
cific Coast, and by his own claim the
originator of the "hat snatching" method
of holdlng-up pedestrians in dark places,
was placed under arrest yesterday after
noon by Detective Sergeant Carpenter
and Detective Price.
True confessed to participating in the
robbery of over 20 persona in Tacoma. He
came here one month ago and since
that time his method, that of pulling the
victims hat down over his eyes, has
been reported in connection with almost
every holdup perpetrated here. The de
tectives are searching for another well
known crook, who has been traveling
with True.
True Is only 19 years old. but, he says,
has had a world of experience here. He
was released a short time ago from the
Washington State Reform- School at
Ohehalis. His first partner, Fred Irons,
who was taken with him at the time. Is
now In the Penitentiary.
STRIKERS RIOT IN MANILA
Dissatisfied Workmen Attack Non
union Cigarmakers.
MANILA, Oct. 13. Following attacks
by a mob of strikers on workmen con
tinuing in the employment of the Orients
cigar factor', the management of the
company today applied for and obtained
a temporary injunction restraining the
members of the cigarmakers' union from
further activity against the nonunion
men. . '
The court proceedings reveal the fact
that a bloody pact exists - among the
strikers. It was shown that the mem
bers of the union were required to take
an oath not to violate the strike agree
ment. Since the activity in the market as a
result of the Payne tariff bill, the cigar
makers have demanded higher wages,
with the strike and riots as a result. .
WANTED MONEY TO MARRY
Kansas Bank Robber Prompted by
Love to Crime.
LAWRENCE. Kan., Oct. 12. It was his
anxiety to obtain money with which to
marry a Lawrence young girl that
prompted Earl Bullock, 18 years old, to
rob the State Bank at Eudora. near here,
late yesterday, according to the local po
lice, s
The young woman could not be found
today.
No trace has been found of the robber,
although a posse had hunted him since
last night.
Wilson Pringle, "the Lawrence offlicer
who was shot by Bullock, Is In a critical
condition today.
TO PROBE COOK'S CLIMB
Explorer's Story About Mount Mo
Klnley to Be Investigated.
NEW YORK. Oct. 12. Investigation
of the assertion of Dr. Frederick A.
Cook that he climbed Mount McKinley
in 1905 was started today by a special
committee appointed by the Explorers'
Club.
Professor Marshall H. Saville, of the
American Museum of Natural History;
Casper Whitney. F. S. Dolenbaugh, ex
plorer; Charles S. Townsend, director of
the New York Aquarium, and An t Irony
Fale. Arctic explorer, are the Investi
gators. LAST SPIKE IS DRIVEN
Road From Winnipeg to Lakes Xear
Completion.
WINNIPEG. Man.. Oct. 12. The la.'t
spike in section "F" of the National
Transcontinental Railway was driven to
day near Wabigoon River.
This Is the government line connecting
Winnipeg with the head of the lakes
which will be leased to the Grand Trunk
Pacific, giving this railway an out.c to
Fort William, Ont.. 449 miles.
Floehe. Nev. Howard pepper, a saloon
keeper. vu shot and killed at Atlanta. Nev.,
Monday nisht by his wife, with who he had
quarreled. Pepper was a member of the
Rooeevelt roush riders la the Spanish-American
war.
BIRD
SPEAKS
II GENTLE TONES
Leaves Rivals to Make All
Charges and Handle All '
Choice Epithets. ....
GAYNOR LUNGES AT IVINS
Intimates He Lacks Veracity and
Denies Plotting With Gamblers.
Bingham Says Chance Good
to Beat Tammany.
NEW. YORK. Oct. 12. New York's
Republican candidate for the Mayoralty,
Otto T. Bannard, began a speechmaJiing
tour tonight. His addresses were
notably temperate in tone; he accused
none of his rivals of any improprieties,
and he did not reply to Justice Gay
nor's charges that he was a typical
machine candidate and unqualified for
the post to which he aspired. He re
ferred good-naturedly to the "manifold
charges and counter-charges" which his
rivals, Mr. Gaynor and Mr. Hearst, were
flinging at each other, and expressed
confidence that the result would show
that the campaigns of both were adding
votes to his ticket.
Gaynor's Respects to Ivins.
It was a day of rest for the Demo
cratic and independent candidates
Justice Gaynor was engaged in clear
ing up his court work preparatory to
resigning from the . bench. This he
probably will do tomorrow. In the
midst of his work he found time, how
ever, to pay his respects to William
M. Ivins, who yesterday charged him
with conspiring with Senator Patrick
McCarren and others to defeat uover-
nor Hughes' anti-gambling law.
"Yes, I see that Ivins calls me an
upholder of gambling and so on," the
Justice said in a statement tonight.
"I would not deny it for the world,
even if it were said by one having a
shred of veracity. Those who know
me and my life answer it. I shall
not abuse anyone or answer anyone.
No one ever got a dividend out of
aouse.
"But this much I say: I never had
any consultation about any race track
bill with anyone anywhere. -
Bingham Lambasts Tammany.
Ex-Police Commissioner Bingham,
who has hitherto been a stalwart
Democrat, tonight declared himself a
supporter of Bannard. He told a large
audience at the Madison Avenue Bap
tist Church that the opportunity for a
Tammany defeat this year was better
than ever before.
"A Tammany defeat," he said, "will
be cause for rejoicing in every state
in the Union. Tammanq and its evil
ways are known as well in Maine and
California as here. .
Suffragists for Hearst.
Suffragists of New York began to
plan a woman's campaign in aid of
Hearst, who last night declared mm
self an advocate of woman suffrage.
It Is our greatest political oppor
tunity," declared Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Blatch, one of th suffrage leaders.
JAIL IS FULL OF LOOTERS
(Continued from First Page )
city was plunged into darkness. At once
the thieves began their ghoulish work.
All of the churches left standing
were today turned into houses of
refuge. Here the destitute were fed
and the homeless found, a place to rest
Rations were distributed by the sol
diers and i city authorities to all who
pleaded hunger.
The first death reported 18 that oi
Frank A. Gray, a photographer. His
bodv was found under the ruins of his
establishment.
The Florida East Coast Railway exten
sion steamer Phil Shreckel arrived here
this afternoon from Sugar Loaf, bringing
the first direct news from the thousands
of men employed on the extension, con
cemlng whom there was apprehension.
The camps at Bocachica and Sugar Loaf
were destroytd and the grade for 30
miles above Stock Island is damaged, but
there has been no loss of life.
Second Mate Andrew Cooper of the
schooner Medford lost his life at the
Government wharf. His body was
washed overboard. Three members of
the crew of another schooner are missing
and it Is thought they were drowned.
Matacumbie reports loss of life there.
The reported loss of 800 lives along the
East Coast is believed to be unfounded.
The Uiiited-States Weather Bureau
and ship reporting station at Sand Key
was swept to sea yesterday. Observers
Dague, Keiter and Wilkard, on duty
there, are safe.
The dredge Nimke of the East Coast
extension fleet lies disabled .between
Matacumbie and Long Key. The grade
of the extension at Jew Fish Bush is
"washed away, the dock at Pigeon Key
Is wrecked, the fill at Knights Key Is
-washed away, leaving the trestle firm.
The approach to the viaduct at Long
Key is gjne and wreckage is piled on
the shore everywhere.
Concrete Viaducts Safe.
All the massive concrete viaducts of
the extension are reported safe, as Is
the bridge from Knights Key to the
piers. The master of the Lunette said
he saw several dredges and- concrete
mixers submerged along the coast miles
from the work.
Many small boats and other wreckage
were seen on the shore, but he could
not say whether there was any loss of
life.
There were many narrow escapes
from collapsing houses. Damage to
the barracks alone will total $250,000.
Tnirteen churches were blown down.
Not a residence or business house in
the city escaped flooding and nearly
all were damaged by the wind.
A scene of devastation presents it
self from every direction. Telephone,
telegraph and electric light poles,
trees and tin roofs are lying in every
street, thoroughfares are Impassable
and debris of all kind litters the en
tire city. All wharves were badly dam
aged. Many small vessels were crushed
against the fishing wharf when the
steamer MeAdam" dragged her anchor
and was driven along helplessly by
the severe gale. The MeAdam went
down, but all on board were rescued.
Hundreds of men continued through
out the night the -work of clearing the
streets of debris:
CUBAN CAXE CROP IS SAFK
Loss From Hurricane Not as Severe
as First Reported.
HAVANA, Oct. 12. The effects of
yesterday's hurricane appeared tonight
to have been considerably less serious
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than at first supposed. Communica
tion has been reopened with all parts
of Havana province and a large part
of Plnar del Dio province.
In the former some damage has been
done by floods, but the sugar cane Is
In fine condition.
The Isle of Pines, which it was feared
was devastated, escaped the storm. No
fatalities are reported from the In
terlor.
Apparently the brunt of the storm
was borne by Havana and suburbs.
Careful estimates of the damage suf
fered in the city and by the shipping
in the harbor indicate the loss will
not exceed $500,000.
STORM SWEEPS OUT TO SEA
Florida Hurricane Leaves Mainland
and. Drifts to Atlantic
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Oct. 12. The
storm which devastated Key West- and
the Southern Peninsula of Florida last
night, has swept out into the Atlantic
Ocean today, according to the local Wea
ther Bureau and is headed In a north
easterly direction. North of .Miami, the
Florida Coast escaped.
On the Flagler .Railroad the storm had
been expected and the men had been
withdrawn from the more dangerous
points. From Miami come reports of
great property loss. Key West seems to
have been the greatest sufferer.
The property loss is estimated at from
$500,000 -to $2,000,000.
NO LIVES LOST ON RAILROAD
Weather v Bureau Warning Saved
Employes and Property.
ST.- AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Oct. 12. Vice
President Beckwith, of the Florida East
Coast Railway, tonight gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"Positively not a life was lost in the
recent storm. Very little damage was
done to the right of way or work on
the extension. Our line will be opened
for traffic within 48 hours to Knights
Key.
"'Warning by Weather Bureau en
abled us fully to protect all equipment
and employes."
MURDER DATES DON'T JIBE
Canadian Confesses Killing Woman
in 1008 -She Died in 1009.
LONDON, Oct. VL Edward William
Bedford, a Canadian, was today cnarged
In the Bow-street Court, on his own con
fession, with the murder of Ethel Kln
rade, at Hamilton, Ont., and remanded
for a week to allow inquiries to be made
into several peculiar features of the case.
Bedford gave himself up yesterday. His
signed confession, which was .read in
court, states that he murdered the Kin-
rade woman in 1908, whereas the murder
occurred in 1909.
The confession alleged that Bedford met
a man In Toronto whose name he did not
know and they went to Hamilton, where
his companion helped him to find the
PRESIDENT TAFT
APPRECIATES GOOD GLASSES
(From The Oregonlan, Oct. 7th, '09.)
TAFT HONORS PORTLANDER
Eye Glasses Supplied Hint by R. A.
Thompson, the Optician.
It has Just come to light that Presi
dent Taft did not leave Portland with
out taking with him a handsomely
mounted pair of eye glasses from R. A.
Thompson, the optician, in the Corbett
building, as well as many pleasant re
membrances of the people and the cli
mate.
President Taft, through his aide. Cap-
taln A. W. Butt, was gracious enough
to acknowledge the attention given
hirrf by Mr. Thompson, in a neatly
worded letter. It has been the good
fortune of Mr. Thompson to fit a num
ber of personages on their wav through
Portland. The glasses supplied the
President were of the Torlc kind, with
gold frame. Mr. Thompson states that
while the size of the glasses were
doubtless In proportion to the man, he
has rarely it ever furnished a pair so
large.
You can do no better than thousands
of others have done with their eye
troubles consult Thompson.
Your Elyea Deserve the Beat. "
High-Class Work at the Lowest Pos
sible Prices.
THOMPSONS
Suite 209 Corbett Bids;., Fifth and Mor
rison, Second Floor.
President Taft's letter, together with
hundreds of others from satisfied pa
tients, can be seen at Thompson's In
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house and gave him $500 to shoot Ethel
Kinrade. Another voluminous confession
in the hands of the police is understood
to coincide with the circumstances of the
murder with the exception of the date.
A description of the murderer possessed
by the Scotland Yard officials does not
tally with that of Bedford.
. Swede Beaten and Robbed.
William Johnson, a young Swedish
laborer, was beaten and robbed by
two of his countrymen under the east
end of the Burnside bridge last night
shortly before 12 o'clock. The robbers
secured $155. which represented the
if3 ifT
You see Cobs all over the papers. We
are advertising for your benefit as well as ours.
We'll keep dinging and donging and banging
away and pounding -at the attention of every
smoker until he can't, for the life of him,
resist a trial and the man who tries once, buys
always. Cobs only need advertising to get
folks interested. Once a judge of good to
bacco has lit one of these rough cigars with a
smooth taste, he'll never again over-pay or
under-get For everybody. The quality is
great, the quantity is great, the satisfaction is
great, but the price is small, so small that
fifteen cents buys nine roughly made, four
inch Londres finos. A yard of Havana.
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S A REASON"
If you will notice the assurance
with which well-dressed men carry their
clothes you will get an under
standing of what clothes satisfaction means.
This assurance is not born in the man,
it is built in the clothes
at any rate in our clothes
Besides
our clothes are mbderately priced.
Men's Suits and Raincoats
$20 to $45
THAT'S THE REASON THE WELL-DRESSED
MEN OF THIS TOWN BUY THEIR
CLOTHES OF
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savings of many years. Johnson was
on his way to the Wilbur House, East
Third and East Oak streets, and was
walking under the bridge when the
thugs set on him. Two women heard
Johnson's cry for help and notified
Patrolmen Murphy, who, with the as
sistance of a passerby, pulled the in
jured man to the street and took him
to police headquarters.
Oregon Bar to Sleet.
The annual meeting of the Oregon
Bar Association will be held in" the
Federal Courtroom November 16 and
17. Judge M. Iv. Pipes and Walter
R. iJiRoche have been assigned topics.
EVERYWHERE
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& CO., Distributors, Portland,
Judge White, of Baker City, will also
read a paper. Messrs. Bronaugh,
Minor. Schnahel and Humphrey are in
charge of the programme. Requests
have been mailed to all the courts of
the state, asking that no business be
transacted on these two days, that the
attorneys may have an opportunity to
attend the meeting.
Wortman Buys Kelso Store.
KELSO, Wash.. Oct. 12. (Special.)
John Wortman, formerly of Enterprise.
Or., has purchased the grocery business
of J. M. Carroll here. He took charge
of the store today.
Seattle, Spo kane.
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