. - I . sftsWs ' ' t , i i , i m ' . n.rnrwvr . -t i,rrnv TiTT,'nV rf"VTOT'F!T?. 2fi. 190. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLIX NO. 15,261. luuim, vvjv, -, WILDE IS WILLING ITO MURDERED BY GIGANTIC RAILROAD . GAYNDR MAY LOSE - FRUIT OF SCHEME OUTRAGE ON JAPS ENRAGES EUREKA FIGHT-LDDMS FOR TAFT AND CANNON MERGER RUMORED TO GIVE EVIDENCE AT E WILL COME AND TELL ABOUT HOME TELEPHONE BOSDS. CALIFORNIA TOWN TO OFFER REWARD FOR GUI LTV. ALTOS MAY ABSORB FRIEXDLY - FEEDERS. C0HE1 HARBIN IRRIGATION FUNDS AGH EDNBONDING Safe Plan for Deeper Waterways. DO WORK RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE Taft Outlines Plan, Cannon Says It's Safe and Sound. WILL OPEN NO PORK BARREL President Oppose Issuing Bonds for $500,000,000 to Be Apportioned. Starts Down Mississippi to Waterway Convention. ST. LOT18. Oct. 25. President Taft and Speaker Cannon apparently hold the same beliefs regarding waterway. Im provement a a part of a National policy of conserving the streams. The Speaker indorsed the Presidents attitude today on the bond Issue to pay for the im provement. While Mr. Taft's utterances were not so far-reaching regarding the creation of the H-foot channel as those of President Roosvelt on a similar occasion, and therefore not entirely cheering to the ad vocates of an immediate commencement, of the work yet the Speakers indorse ment gave those same advocates encour ag?ment. The general good wa the lest whir-h the President prescribed for the undertaking of ambitious works. Karli Project on Merits. Iet us tnke up each project on Its merits." he said, "and determine by all means at our command whether the country In which that project Is to be carried out Is so far developed as to Justify the expenditure or a large sum of money, and whether the project will be useful when done." "When you have determined that on the general principle of good to the en tire country, then I am In favor of doing that work as rapidly as It can be done, and I am In favor of issuing bonds to do it." Safe and Sound, Says Cannon. Referring, to this sentiment, which was uttered In a meeting at the St. Louis Coliseum at noon, the Speaker, address ing the gathering at the dedication of the new Federal building in East St. Louis today, said: It is a safe and sound outlining of a proper poller for us to pursue in this great Middle West.. We have Improved the Mississippi In the past, and we will be do ing so year from now, when we shall need oar water courses. In this generation we win do our part wisely. We will not throw money into rivers to be washed into the sea. We shall do that first which needs doing most." He indorsed the levee system, congratu lating St ' Louis ' and Its neighboring towns on the completion of the river barriers, the dedication of which formed part of the day's celebration. He pre dicted that the Mississippi yet would be permanently confined to its banks throughout its length, and urged that the states adjoining the stream share the joost with the National Government. Vice-President Sherman. Cabinet mem bers. Curled States Senators and Rep resentatives and Ministers from foreign governments listened to the speeches at both meetings. Added to these were state and municipal officials of all degrees and close to 100,000 citisens. Tonight the President, the Speaker, the diplomats, legislators and several hun dred representatives of commercial or ganisations of numerous states are speeding down the Mississippi River aboard a flotilla of paddle-wheel steam ers bound for New Orleans. There they will assemble with hundreds of others In the annual convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association, the pet project of which Is the creation of a permanent 14-foot channel from " the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico. Long Cheering for Roosevelt. The President arrived here at 7:27 A. M.. and was the guest of the Commercial Club at breakfast. He was Introduced at the Coliseum by Governor Hadley. His voice was very husky, but he managed to make himself heard throughout the hall. The President found a quick response from his audience when he began by saying: "We are on the eve of a great Journey down the Mississippi River, and cursed be he who calls it a. Junket. The jour ney, as Governor Hadley has said, has reference to the problem of transporta tion and railways and. waterways. It is. however, only a part of a still greater movement inaugurated by Theodore Roosevelt and properly called by him the conservation of our natural resources." The mention of Mr. Roosevelt's name evoked prolonged cheering. The Presi dent went Into a brief d2scription of the subject of conservation, and said the peo ple of the Mississippi Valley were par ticularly Interested In the Improvement of inland waterways and the preserva tion of the forests as a means of putting an end to the floods which were carrying so many of the farms in Missouri, Iowa and other states down to the delta of the Mississippi. The President said the Government of the United States had been exceedingly generous in parting with 'its lands in the past, and that the time had come for the adoption of a new policy. He spoke of (Concluded on Pas i.) Store Blown l'p With Bomb and Council Champions Owner. Goodwill for Japs. EUREKA. CaL, Oct. 25. The pro prietors of the Japanese art store which was wrecked by a bomb early Sunday morning announced tonight that they had received word from San Francisco that the Japanese Consul there would be jn Eureka Tuesday to look after the inter ests of his countrymen here. . Repairs on the wrecked building began today. Tuchiya Bros., the proprietors of the store, it is reported, will make a claim for Indemntly on the United States Gov ernment. This report could not be -confirmed tonight. There Is a general feeling of indigna tion here over the outrage of yesterday morning, and the City Council will meet In extra session tomorrow night for the purpose of offering a reward for the ar rest of the perpetrators of the outrage. A mass meeting of cltlxens for the same pyrpose has also been called. Business men today are soliciting subscriptions for a reward for information leading to the arrest of the guilty. Mayor Lambert telegraphed the Jap anese Consul at San Francisco expressing his regrets at the attempts to wreck the Japanese establishment and assuring the Japanese representative of the good will of this community. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct: 25.-Japanese Consul-General Nagai said tonight that he would not go to Eureka ho investigate the dynamiting of a Japanese art store there last Sunday. SOCIALISTS AROUSE DUMA Declare Imperial Ukase on Military Legislation Unconstitutional. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 25. Discussion of the bill for the consolidation of rural holdings was begun In the Duma today. The measure authorizes the consolidation of such peasant holdings as are at pres ent scattered in small areas over the lands belonging to private owners or the state. A scene of great disorder was caused today by the Socialist interpellation "in the Duma, declaring unconstitutional the Imperial ukase issued September 6. wlt'.i reference to military legislation. Secre tary Zamybovski refused to read the In terpellation on account of Its disloyalty. The Conservative members ultimately left the hall to avoid voting, and the in terpellation was referred to a commit tee, which will report In a fortnight. GAYPJOR SUES SUPPORTER Charges World' With Idbel and Pub lishing Brisbane's Attack. NEW .YORK. Oct. 26. The unique sit uation of a Mayoralty candidate suing for libel a newspaper which is his chief supporter In his campaign was one of the political developments In New York to day. William J. Gaynor. Democratic, candi date for Mayor, brought suit against the Press Publishing Company, publishers of the New York World, for 1100.000 dam ages. The action Is based on alleged li belous statemenrs in an article In the Evening World by Arthur Brisbane, edi torial writer for Hearst, who has been pressing the Hearst side of the campaign in a series of articles under his signal ture. The Evening World . opened its columns at the beginning of the cam paign to the principal supporters of the various candidates. TAKES NO RISK OF FEUD , . Insurance Company Cancels Policy ' of Man Expecting Murder. ST.' LOUIS, Oct. 25. Mayor Roy C Woods, of Wellston, St. Louis County, today received notice from an insur ance company that it had cancelled his $3000' policy. No explanation Is given. but Woods believe the action was caused by two recent political feud shootings in Wellston. His life is Insured for $40,000, and his will provides that if ne dies at the hand of an assassin, "Joseph" W. Folk, former Governor of Missouri, shall re ceive $1000 and five other lawyers $500 each to prosecute his slayers, and that the officers arresting his slayer shall receive $2500. , JAPS SHY AT BAPTISM Orient Likes Christianity, but Wants to Cut Out Emersion. t BOSTON. Oct. 25. One of the Japanese (jonimisslonerR, Tanienasuke Ishl." editor of the Osaka Morning Sun, addressed the weekly meeting of Congregational ministers of Boston and vicinity today on Christianity In Japan. He la a dvacon in a Congregational Church in Osaka. He said the people of Japan "like Christiahlty but do not like to be baptised." He believes more mis sionaries are needed in Japan. ASTORIA IS 98 YEARS OLD Centennial of Founding of City Will Be Celebrated in 1011. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 25. (Speical.) The Chamber of Commerce at 'its meeting this evening took up the matter of ar ranging for a celebration of the 100th an niversary of the founding of Astoria in 1911, and a committee, consisting of Dr. T. L. Ball, G. G. Fulton. H. F. Prael, A. S. Skyles and W. F. McGregor, was ap pointed to have charge of the affair. ScrambleAmongStates Would Be Certain. POLITICIANS ALL ALERT Apportionment to Anybody's Satisfaction Difficult. ISSUE NOT YET ASSURED Speaker Cannon and Influential Members of Both Branches of Congress Will Oppose. in Spite of Taft's Approval. I BT HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONION NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington. Oct. 25. If -Congress authorizes a $10,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the construction of Government Irrigation projects, and neglects to specify the manner in which the $10,000,000 shall be apportioned, there will be a lively scram ble among Western Senators and Repre sentatives to procure large slices of the money for their respective states. Failure of Coi.gress to apportion this fund would thrust the responsibility of apportionment upon the shoulders of Secretary Balllnger. and between the time the legislation passed and the time when the last dollar should be dis tributed Mr. Balllnger would be one 04 the most sought-after men in Wash ington. His life, during those days, would be a burden Indeed. Bond Issue Not Assured. It is by no means certain that Con gress will authorize the issuance of $10,000,000 worth of Irrigation bonds. As has previously been pointed out. Speaker Cannon and many Influential Eastern men in both branches of Con-, gresa will oppose the plan, notwith standing it has the indorsement of the President. Now it is becoming more (Concluded on Page 3l) f S' " H ' - f"'''v, & a- ' 1 I i V" .:- v vt - - 4 V: H;k- ' t .'. . . ----- - x:.- -v-' fc . -. IIMI1MIMIB1IIIWIMIMIMMIIBM IliM if"' IMi .11. . hl9;r i- J J"-V'""-rf- I I cvv JJX : III ISi"L - V - ' ' f s ( ' . m..i,.,3I I 111 , SC'E.VES IS NEW YORK. POLITICAL MUSEUMS. . NEW YORK. Oct. 23. (Special.) Rival political factions have open headquarters on Union square separated only by about 50 feet. Each is fitted up to resemble a show place. The anti-Tammany crowd have a- prop erty cow in the window representing the city treasury, from the udders of which numerous tubes run to placards representing various graft schemes. This is to show the citizen where his money goes in the shape of taxes. The walls are covered with large . cards, . and signs call attention to the various claims of the fuslon ists. The Tammany museum is fitted ud in a somewhat similar uf. 1". addition tiav imi-a a live elephant, a live goat and ' three live monkeys. Gossip Puts Hawley Behind Big Bond Issue and Clacks Him as'( Harriman of Future. CHICAGO, Oct. 25. (Special.) Reports reached Chicago today of a big bond Issuing plan involving the Chicago & Al ton Railroad system and four friendly lines, with Edwin Hawley as the master hand, whom gossips have picked as the Harriman of the future. The other roads connected with the re port along with the Alton are the To ledo, St. Louis & Western (Clover Leaf) system, Iowa Central, Minneapolis & St. Louis and the Chesapeake & Ohio. The Clover Leaf was purchased by the Alton some time ago. ' ' Officials of the Chicago & Alton In Chi cago today, when afked relative to the reports, declared they had no knowledge of financial workings that might be afoot and were inclined to characterize the story as- a "Wall street yarn." ' The roads In the syndicate owned and leased cover a total of- 400 miles. The total capitalization, common and pre ferred, is placed at $146,032,504. Reports of the proposed bonding deal are said to have stirred members of the Illinois Rail road and .Warehouse Commission. Ever since Governor Deneen went into the State House, efforts have been made to get a bill through the Legislature to curb the watering of stocks. GOES TO JAIILJN BARROW Police Have ' Trouble Conveying Woman . Weigliing COO Pounds, SEATTLE, ' Oct. . 25. (Special.) Jane Doe, a chicken , "ranchetette" residing in the north end of Ballard, was hauled to the Ballard police substation early yes terday morning, strapped to a wheelbar row. Failure of the city to furnish Cap tain Powers, with a patrol wagon or other means of locomotion necessitated the use of the strange vehicle. Patrolmen Stevens and Fresho were called in froml their beats at 2 o'clock in the momlng to Investigate the case of the woman discovered lying on the street at the northern end of the city. They found her intoxicated and covered with mud. The woman weighed almost 200 pounds and a two-mile trip was neces sary to get the woman to the police sta tion. ' The neighborhood was aroused and one man furnished a wheelbarrow, while an other brought a rope. Unable to keep their prisoner on the barrow otherwise, she had to be tied on securely. In this manner she was taken to the station. 'MUSEUM" EXHIBITS AHE FEATURE OF NEW " I C ' 1 - rt Move to' Put. Him Off League Ticket. BALLOTS MAY BE BELAYED Hearst Attacks Right to Pose as Independent. WHITE SLAVERY IS ISSUE Tammany Issues Chorus of Denials It Profit by Traffic in Girls. Hearst Denounces Bingham. . as Chief of Police. NEW TORK, -Oct. 26. William R. Hearst's former political organization, known as the Independence League, the emblem of which was taken by Tam many, bobbed up tonight as a legal tech nicality which may seriously interfere with preparing the official ballots for the municipal election November 2. Clar ence J. Shearn, counsel , for .William R. Hearst, appeared before Supreme Court "Justice Gerard at a night session protest ing against tho appearance of the names of Democratic candidates under the In dependence League emblem, with the re sult that the court ordered that the print ing of the ballots, which was already under way, be suspended until arguments for both sides can be heard tomorrow. Candidates May Testify. The order was made over the protest of Assistant Corporation Counsel Hahle, who insisted that, if such drastic action were taken, there might not. be time enough to deliver the ballots for election day. The manager of the printing Arm in charge of the work said that the plates were made ana tne company had ex pected to begin priming the ballots tor night, but the court was obdurate. . In clearing up the cafe In court tomor row It may be necessary for William J. (Concluded on Page 3 ) YORK CAMPAIGN. ft - V"" Says He Was Xot Summoned and Trip Would Trouble Him, but He Will Come. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Oct. 25. (Special.) Louis J. Wilde tonight stated that he would be glad to go to Portland to tes tify before the grand jury regarding his business relations with the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank in the matter of Home Telephone Company bonds. "If I can enlighten the grand jury I will do so, although I have not been sum moned and do not . expect to be," said Mr. Wilde.' "It would greatly incon venience me to make the trip at this time, because of .matters now pending concerning the Grant Hotel in this city." That Mr. Wilde intended to go to Port land again before long, despite his as sertion, was stated by a prominent man in this city tonight. He said that Mr. Wilde a few days ago had remarked that he expected to leave for Portland within a short time. Mr. Wilde, when re minded of this, said matters had come up unexpectedly within the last two days that necessitated the postponement of his trip indefinitely, but at the same time he reiterated that he would make the trip if he could enlighten the grand Jury in Portland. BURGLAR MAY BE WOMAN Frank Gelser's Home Invaded and Glove Found Apparel Piled. . A burglar, believed) to be a woman, .In vaded the home of Frank Geiser, at 70 Ella street, last night, and stole small articles of jewelry valued at $100. In the center of one of the rooms a collection of articles used In women's dress was found, as If the burglar had been scared away. Miss Cora Lockgart, who is in charge of the house, returned about 11 o'olock, and it is thought her arrival scared the burglar away. Entrance was gained to the dwelling by opening the transom and, with the aid of a stick, the lock was turned from the Inside. The transom was broken and evidently the intruder scratched her h"d, as blood was found on the door. Patrolman Martine, 'who was called soon after, found a woman's glove on the back porch. Mies Lockgart declared it belonged to no occupant of the house, and this strengthened the belief that the bur glar was a woman. The Geiser home Is located next door to the residence of Councilman Lombard. The Gel sera are absent from the city. GIRL BOUND AND GAGGED Two Slen Tie Miss L. Dolan and Ijeave Her on JLawn. Mystery surrounds the mistreatment of Miss L. Dolan, of 2039 East Main street, by two roughly dressed men early last night. They surprised her as she was walking about the lawn of the home ot her brother, James Dolan, bound and gagged her and left her on the lawn. She lay in this predicament for more than an hour and was discovered by her brother In his search for her. She was unable to give an accurate description of her assailants. There Is no clew, to the Identity of Miss Dolan's assailants. She was uninjured and Patrolman Porter, who was assigned to the case, is at a loss to, account for the strange act. The Dolans are well known in the neighborhood in which they live and bear excellent reputations. FEDERAL EMPLOYES MOVE Changes Ordered in Assignment of Rooms at FosUoffice. OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 25. The Secretary of the Treasury today ordered the following changes in the 'assignment of rooms In the Portland Postofflce and Courthouse: Rooms 210. 212 now occupied by Judges Gilbert and Wolverton, to be assigned to Judge Bean; rooms 314 and 315, now assigned to postofflce inspectors, to be assigned to petit Jury; 309 and 310, now assigned to the chief clerk of the Railway Mail Service, to be assigned to grand Jury; 316 auS 317, now assigned to grand jury, to be assigned to chief clerk of the Railway Mall Service; 301. .now assigned to Lifesaving Service, to be assigned to the postoftice inspectors; 206, now assigned to petit jury, to be assigned to the Life saving Service. BAD INDIAN DIES FIGHTING Barricaded in Schooihouse, He Shoots Constable and Is Slain. MUSKOGEE, Okla., Oct. 25. Barri caded In ' a country schoolhouse full of children near Slooper, Okla., Jack Wil lis, a young Cherokee Indian wanted for a trivial offense, fought a duel with officers, resulting in his own death and the fatal wounding of Constable Tuck Ketcher. When the officers approached the schoolhouse Willis opened fe, wound ing Ketcher the first shot. The chil dren, panic-stricken, escaped through the windows.- Meantime Constable Wilson crawled close to the building and shot Willis dead.' USE GRAPES AS HORSE FEED California Growers Find Crop . Is ' Not Profitable. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25. Raisin grapes have proved so profitless in the Cuca irionga section that they are being used for horse feed. One farmer there has 50 tons of raisins, which he 'produced from his. 80 acres, and has been unable to market. J Japan's Foremost Man Assassinated. MIKADO'S NATION MOURNING Consternation and Grief Reign Throughout Empire. PRINCE SLAIN ON JOURNEY Diplomat on Mission From Emperor to Confer With Russian Minister of Finance During Tour of Manchuria. TOKIO. Oct. 25. News has been re- Cfl.WVl LllCVfc I ' , ...... Japanese statesman, has been, assas sinated by a Corean at Harbin. The news was received at Tokio at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The dispatch con tained only the brief announcement that prince Ito had been assassinated. It has caused great grief and consterna tion. Japan's Greatest Statesman. Prince Hirobuml Ito was perhaps the greatest statesman of new Japan. The achievement with which his name has been chiefly associated in the minds of Occidentals was the framing of the im perial constitution, by virtue of which Japan took her place for the first, time in the rank of modern civilized states. As the Emperor's trusted adviser and the medium through which the state was placed on a constitutional Dasis, ne must, be regarded as one of the positive factors which have helped to win for Japan her present standing among the nations. Death Risked to Iearn. Prince Ito was 68 years old. It was in 1863 that he made his celebrated pllgrim- . . - (Concluded on Pg- 4 ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 88 dtgrefft; minimum. 4ft dRTee. TODAY'S Fair, with HftM frost In th early morning; northwesterly winds. Foreign. Prince Ito assassinated by Coran at Harbin. Page 1. 3;tlonaJ. President Taft declares for bonds for river and harbor work and Cannon approves scheme. Paffe 1. . , Scramble among slates predicted it Irrigation bonus lisueu. Taft starts on voyage down Mississippi River with many statesmen to Deep Waterway Convention. lage 3. ( Many possibilities mentioned for Peckham'a seat on Supreme bench. Page 3. Concessions by Armenia to French Importers under new tariff law. Page 2. PoUtics. aearst appeals to court to keep Democrats off Independent ticket. Page 1. Great meeting of sirffraglsts welcomes Mrs. Tankhurst to New York. Page . Domestic Labor union men suspected of flowing . ..-,...2 -r wrt-n TnHtAnnnolls contrSC- DUUUinK UL r tor. Page 3. Otto Gebhardt confesses murder of bigamous wife; has had eight wives. Pago o. Moscow man swoaVs Barrlll told him Cook reached summit of Mt. McKlnley. Page 4. W. C. T. U. Convention discusses whtta slavery. PaBe 4. Merger of Hawley roads Indicated by pro posed bond issue. Page 1. Many member, of Molokai colony prove not to ba lepers. Page 4. Chauffeur tells how Dr. Fritch threw May belle Mlllman's body In creek. Page i. Boston woman takes $1,000,000 life Insur ance. Page 1. Eureka. Cal. Indignant at bdmb outrage against Japanese. Page 1. Paris Apache shot dead in San Francisco when about to shoot cousin. Page 2. Three persons swear Prints said Cook climbed Mount McKlnley. hut refused to sign it unless paid $1000. Page 4. Sports. Bids pour in for Jeffries-Johnson fight; Johnson goes to New York. Page 8. Upton arrlres to challenge for yacht cup It he can get rules changed. Page 8. Safe bout promised for opening of boxing In Portland. Page 8. California Appeal court upholds anti-betting law. Page s. Pacific Northwest. Students of Professor Howe, in resolutions, express confidence in instructor and con demn attack by Rev. Mr. Mount on heresy charge. Page 7. Small Investment In express business earns big income for Northern Paclno officials. Pog 9. T.ic-e Burnet'- upholds right of Ballroadl JU Comm"ion to enforce orders. Pag. 6, Fair at Prlnevllle closes, Bend winning ball game. Page 15. Anti-saloon forces plan state-wide Campaign .. ra A in v asimiKi"". Poindextcr denied Perkins deal for news paper In Spokane; would like to go to Senate. Page 7. appearance of surveyors In fmagila County starts new road rumor. Page 6. ' Portland and Vicinity. Norman Brothers secure option on Portland Hotel, agreement to expire February 9. Page 14. Control of Vnlted Railways vested in new hands by cash deal. Page . Just one man objects to Brrangerrents mads hy Mayor to give Mount facott pur water. Pas' IS. -Board of Equalization ends work of hearing complaints on assessments. Page .0.. Northern Pacific plnnK cut-off in Eastern Washington. Tge 14. Ordinsnce to be submitted to abolish bark rooms of saloons and free lunches. Page 12. Motion u, dismiss Mendenhall divorce case Is fought by wife's attorneys. Page 13. Attorney King promises to appeal his case against County Judse Webster. Page 13. Portland minUters hold varied opinions on Eugene atonement controversy. Page 7. Directors I.ytle and Frlede tell grand Jury they were ignorant of Oregon Trusts deals. Page 12. Man arrested for buncoing Bellingham Swede by "fake" racing bets. Page 20. Campaign for Jinn.ooo Rose Festival fuaA is , started. Paga 20.