THE MORXIXG OREGOyiAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1910.
110 TO ROOSEVELT
BYTAFT UNSOUGHT
Nothing Asked of . President,
Who Reiterates Views on
New York Situation.
MEETING WHOLLY CORDIAL
Iattlr at Saratoga to lie Fought In
Open, ami No Candidate for
Ciinrrnnr Ha Mwn Cliot-cn
to ItcccUe Support.
XEW YORK. p.-pt. 3X Thtfxlorc Rnow-V-ll
ilrnl.-rt toilny that lie hail g'ne to
w IImvoti. Conn., to "k the help of
jTrstdrnt Tart In in- New York Slut
l'Kht nmt that the Pre!iiont had refused
in ai'l.
Mr. Roo-ve!t said that Lloyd C. Gri
Mm. uresMrnt of the New York Repub
lican eonntjr commlili had arrunRed the
Inti-rvtrw between the Pre .'Went and mm
lf. Mr. Uri.ieom confirmed Colonel
JjojieTeli In thlF.
t'olonel HoojM-velt icavo out this etate-
ti-ni regarding- the interview:
"Without nnT intceliin from ne. Mr.
;rlw..m ejk.-d n,e If I would le willing
to meet the Pri-nld'-nt. nnd I aahl that of
rourre I would. He had at Brjt men
tloned New York ai the place of meetlnir,
but wired me at Syracuse on Saturday
that Ifwould h New Haven, and thither
1 went iicrordinRly.
No Help Sought.
"I vicht no help from the President
ami maile no request of tlie Iresiilent
tllrertly or Imtlrertly, nnd had no requepi
to make. tiur interview was most cor
dial and pleasunt and. without any ques
tion or request from me. the President
Hated to me that he hoped we would
win at Saratoga and that he had an ln-
Jormed Mr. Crlsmm. his remnrks betnt
In mibManre those attributed to him In
the dispatches from the correspondents
from the lrelilential train.
"our meeting- was enjoyable in every
way and I was (clad I went."
Just before Colonel Roovevelt started
lek from his editorial office to Oyster
Hav by automobile late thl afternoon
Mr. Grtprflm appeared. He talke&l some
time with the Colonel and then issued
thin statement:
"1 susses:ed to Mr. Roosevelt that he
meet and talk with the President. Mr.
Jtoorevelt said he would be dillKhted to
tin so. There was no mention made by
either of u of any purpose In the meeting-.
Mr. Roosevelt asked nothing of the
ITe.-fdcnf.
Taft Hrltrrales Statement. (
"The President volunteered to me that
re wos tlad to reiterate his views ex-j-rees'd
to me in hl letter of Aucust 20
rccardinir the initiation of the Republican
party In Xrw York and stated to me sub
rcantlstty what h:9 app'ared In the
Tiwsiapers as telegraphed from the
Presidential train. The meetlnjc wwj
luoet cordWil tn every respect."
Colonel Roosevelt refuses to add any
thing to his statement except to rep-iv4
that hi; meeting with the Pres-i!rnt had
been very tjeasant and that President
Taft hail been entirely cordial In man
ner. Mr. Oriscom was emphatic In say
ing" that Colonel Roosevelt had nothing
to do with the arrangements for the in
terview and had not suggested It.
Co!nel Rootvc!t has established head
ouarters at Saratoga. He said today that
C V. Collins. State Superintendent of
Prisons, who. he has announced, will be
M.- rixht-ha.-id man. has encaged the
first ft.Mr of a cottage. The Colonel will
leave New Tork for Saratoga at K:Aa
V M. on Monday.
Fight to Bp 0Mn.
There were sevenal visitors to Ms office
today, wl h whom he talked politics, hut
the Colonel had nothing to any on the
atale situation. He took luncheon with
Reginald Post. ex-Oovernor of Por:o
JUrn. and with J. McKarlnnd of H.irtis
burg. Pa-, president of the American
Civic AssociaMon.
It wa learned that the flcht of the
Jloosevelt force t Saratoga Is to be an
open one and that no randidnte has been
greed upon for Governor or for any o:her
office. It Is expected the Rooevelt men
will g.-v to Saratoga without a slate and
that ihers will be no indication which
one' of the dozen or more men who have
been mentioned prominently for the
nomination for Governor will receive their
"iTPort. There Is known to exist, how
ever, e. feeling- that an up-state man
hould be rhosen If It la .possible to agree
upon one.
GROUNDS, by wireless via Portsmouth.
Va.. Sept. 10. After a night of success
ful battle practice In repelling- the Imag
inary attacks from a llotilla of torpedo
boats of a supposed enemy, the lti bat
tleships of the American Atlantic fleet
today are resting . for the strenuous
work of day battle practice, which will
begin promptly Wednesday morn In p.
The repulse of the enemy's torpedo
flotilla during- the night was spectacu
lar work 'With conditions almost Iden
tical to those under which a hostile
torpedo-boat flotilla would make an at
tack upon and attempt to alnk the bat
tleship tleet. the IS hue lighting; ma
chines demonstrated last night how
they could repel an enemy's torpedo
craft without permuting any of the
pestiferous little vessels to get close
enough to indict serious damage.
.Many of the targets were completely
riddled with the shots from the guns.
A litilti rain and some mist made the
work of the gunnera somewhat dlffirult.
bdt nevertheless, the results obtained
were considered generally good.
At the conclusion of the battle prac-J
tlce. on Friday, the fleet will steam for
New York, arriving there tn time to
give the men shore leave on Sunday.
UNIDENTIFIEDJ30DY. FOUND
Dead Man Plrked t'p In Columbia
n-rUcved to Be From Portland.
TRANS-
IS NEXT
OREGON
G
LINE
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Short Line to Increase Capi
tal for Purpose of Build
, ing Road.
VALE TO CRESCENT- ROUTE
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 2.
(Special.) The body of a man about
55 years old. was found floating on
the Columbia River todoy. less than
two miles below the Willamette Ulver,
bv Owen Mulligan. The body was
made fast to the bank, and W. J.
Kridd. coroner, was summoned. He
brought the body to Vancouver.
There were no marks of Identifica
tion. Apparently the man had no
been dead two weeks. The man's un
derclothing bore the mark R. K. P., and
on the collar was the number 6193. The
man had sandy hair, moustache, was
well dressed, having collar and tie
white pleated shirt, and good, dark-
colored suit. The tie had been pur
chased from Meier & Frank. Portland
the shoes at Knight's: and the suit at
the Famous Clothing House.
Sixty cents In change was in the
pockets. No murks of violence were
found. The body will be held here
pending investigation.
ROAD'S EARNINGS PROBED
Continued From First Page.)
POLICEMEN TURN IN STARS
Killing of Man Itrenlts in Forced
KeMgnntion of Kelso Officers.
KF.IjSO. - Wash.. Sept. Srt. (Special V
The foody of Victor Olln. who was shot
and fatally wounded by Night Marshal
George Boyd Friday, nUht. was brought
to Kelso today. At the Coroner's
Inouest this afternoon the Jury found
that Olln came to Ms death by the
accidental discharge of a weapon In the
hands of Night Marshal Boyd. The res
ignations of both Chief of Police Rrlnson
and Marshal Boyd were demanded by
JIaor Swager and their stars were
turned In this evening.
Prosecuting Attorney Stone said after
hearing the verdict that he was .unde
cided whether he would take further ac
tion tn the rase. The dead man had no
relatives In this country. A brother lives
In British Columbia and his parents in
fcwedrn.
workmen's pay 25 cents a day and as a
result we are getting Jess return for
our money. This Is particularly true
with the n.-gro. The more money he
gets the less efficient he Is. from our
standpoint. Then. too. the more inde
pendent a worker becomes. either
through unions or otherwise, the less de
pendent he feels toward his employes,
the less conscientious effort ho gives
In return. It Is a safe rule to say that
Increased wages means less labor effi
ciency."
Graft Is Mentioned.
At the morning session. Attorney
Frank Lyon, for the Commission, ques
tioned the correctness of eeveral items
given by M. P. Blauvelt. controller of
the Illinois Central Railroad, of cash ex
penditures by the railroad by which the
witness. In part, seeks to (how a- dis
proportionate drain on revenues and the
Justice of the proposed advance In freight
rates. Attorney Lyon s Interrogations
brought out mention of the car repair
"graft." for which three former officials
of the road are now on trial inthe Mu
nicipal Court. The lawyer referred to a
statement that In the fiscal year 1910.
;2.tii cars of a total of M.WO were "re
paired." and that the discovery of the
alleged ewlndle would probably take care
of the normal increase In wages during
the present fiscal yeat
"Do you expect the cost of car repairs
to be less this year?" inquired Mr. Lyon.
We certainly do. by about ll.Ooti.nnn
or $1,600,000." replied the witness. "That
was about the excess we paid last year
by reason of deferred maintenance and
er er other reasons, he aimed, allud
ing to an alleged "grail" and smlllnf
grimly.
Surprise was evident In the committee
room when Mr. Fnrks declared that the
Illinois Central, although rated a. one
of the best constructed and best equipped
railroads' In the We-t and South, should
expend between ic anf ISJ.O'.O.O-O
at once In the mechanical department in
order to bring it up to elanilord.
He also asserted that the record his
railroad and others are making In the
matter of killed and Injured Is due large
ly to the fact that they lack money with
which to provide block signals and other
mf-'ty devices.
The Illinois Central announced at the
close of the day's session that It had put
in its case. . The next railroad to put In
Its testimony will be the Chicago. Mil
waukee St. .Paul. This road will ap
pear before the Commiseton tomorrow.
Sioekliolders Will Vote on Increase
From $27,300,000 to $100,000,-.
000 in October -Oregon to Se
enre Much ot New Capital.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Stockholders
of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Com
pany, controlled by the I'nloh Pacific
Railroad, will be asked to approve a
proposition to increase the capital stock
of the company from J27.5OO,000 to
1100.000.000.
The proposition will come up for ap
proval at a stockholders' meeting; Oc
tober 12 at Salt I-ake city.
All of the stock of the Oregon Short
IJne is owned by the Union Pacific. Of
ficials of the Harrtman lines Bald to
day that should the Increase, which
amounts to $72. 500.000, be granted, no
new stock would be Issued In the near
future, bin would be held for emer
gency purposes, although the expectation
Is that the money will be used for new
construction on the Oregon Short Line
next year.
Included in the Oregon Short Line
construction planned for next year, it
la believed, is the east and west rail
road across the State of Oregon. The
surveys for this proposed line of the
Harrlman system have been made by
Oregon Short Line engineers.
Thje road as located runs westerly
up the Malheur River from Vale. In
Malheur County, across Harney County
north of Harney and Malheur Lakes,
thence through the Christmas Lake and
Fort Rock countries to a Junction at
Crescent with the Klamath-Natroa cut
off of the Southern Pacific.
While O. It. & N. officers have made
several trips Into Central Oregon for
the purpose of making recommenda
tions concerning railroad construction.
It Is understood that so far as the
east and west line Is Involved the O,
It. & N. officers have acted only in an
advisory capacity. It Is understood
that. If the railroad Is built, the work
will be undertaken under the super
vision of Short Line officials.
So far as known here the Short Line
has under consideration no larger
single project than the east and west
tne across Oregon and there Is there
fore the probability that a large share
of the new stock Issue Is for con
struction work in Oregon.
Great
Pre
Ssile
BRYAN BOLTS THE TICKET
(Continued From First PsgO
Clietialis Barn Set AH re.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Sept. ?V (Special.)
Late last night a barn belonging to
Lewis Raasch. tn the west part of town,
was set a tire by some unknown rarty,
entailing a loss of on the owner.
About $?) worth of hay belonging to N.
B. Coffman & Son was also destroyed, on
which there wes $yo insurance. Cnehalis
has been the scene of a number of fire
within the tas two weeks, apparently of
Incendiary origin.
163, he announces that he will sign
bill repealing; It If such a bill Is
passed.
Dalilman's Stand Is Frank.
He Is making his appeal on non
partisan lines with the liquor question
as the sole Issue. Ills courage Is to
be commended. It is an honest way of
making a campaign, although It com-
pels him to separate himself from
friends who do not agree with him and
to rely for speechmaklng on those
Democrat and Republicans who take
hia view of the subject
"Possibly it is Just as well to have
the issue clearly presented so that it
may be settled this year instead of two
years hence. Troublesome as the ques
tion Is now. it would be even more em
barrassing If presented in 1912, when
we have a presidential election on hand.
Bryan Looks to Future.
"If Mr. Dahlman i elected It will be
a declaration of the voters of the state
against county option and against the 8
o'clock closing law. If he Is defeated.
It will be a declaration in favor of coun
ty option and in favor of the 8 o'clock
closing law. In other words, the voters
now have an opportunity to decide
whether the state shall go backward or
forward on the liquor question.
"To present arguments In favor of
going backward would not only contra
dict what I have always said on the
subject, but would embarrass me in the
fight that I expect to make hereafter
to save our party from the odium of
being the representative of liquor interests."
Mrs. M. E. Pengally. aged 84. worked
nil rinv at the polls for the election of
Mrs. Florence C. Mills as a member of the
School Board of Kalamazoo. Mich.
Mm.
Cor. Fourth and Morrison.
peniii
As a Preliminary to Our Fall Opening Next Monday We Are
. Offering a Few Specials You Will Fiiyl
Bargains in Every Department
Waist Special
For tomorrow we offer a large assortment of Tailored Wash
Waists, in a charming variety of styles. Corded madras,
pleated and plain linens and- pretty colored stripes. Every
waist in this collection a bargain.
$2.50 Values at $1.75
Stylish Embroidered Tailored Waists in a variety of styles and
patterns. Any of these waists are bargains.
$3.50 Values at $2.50
Ladies desiring the highest perfectfhn in
furs should realize that they can best se
cure this by purchasing direct from the
manufacturer. We are the largest fur
manufacturers in the West, established 22
yeafs. We purchase direct from the trap
per. The raw furs are shipped direct to us
and are converted into the finished product
right here in our own store.
We Can Sell Furs Cheaper
Than Our Competitors
Can Buy Them
And we know every fur we sell. We know
it from the raw product to the finished ar
ticle. Every stitch that goes into our furs
is a guSranteed stitch, backed by our repu
tation as furriers for 22 3-ears.
sbaaw sassari
FUR
Values to $20 at $11 .25
Vll made in the regular Silverfield manner and in the leading
styles in genuine French black or brown Coney and Belgian Lynx.
Headquarters for Genuine Alaska Seal Skins
A Petticoat Bargain
Ileathcrbloom Petticoats, in all of the latest stripes and in all
colors and shades. No woman can afford to ignore this oppor
tunity. Regular $1.50 Values at 98c
MILLINERY
DEPT. .
To rivet your attention to
this department, we offer the
' latest arrivals in ready-to-wear
Persian Hats, trimmed
with fancy feathers, colored
velvet ribbons and flowers.
Worth $15 at $6.98
LIEN IS FILED ON MILL
PROPRIETOR CXABLE TO PAY
AFTER FOREST FIRE.
Wells Pry Vp and There Is Xo Water
for Engine Assets Amounting
to $2000 Assigned.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 20.
(Special.) Thirty lumber- Jacks came
to Vancouver this morning: and filed
liens against the sawmill property of
William AlcKenzIe. who operated a
mill near Battle Ground until Satur
day ntRht. The men alleged that they
had not been paid and had wag-es com
ing; to them in amounts ranging from
$60 to $400 each..
McKenzie. accompanied by his wife,
and carrying; with- them two trunks,
left the sawmill Saturday night after
midnight and were stopped when they
reached Vancouver at 4 o'clock In the
morning. Yesterday McKenzie 'went to
Portland, but he returned to Vancouver
today and. with his attorney, agreed
to assign to the men for their benefit
about $2000. which he says he has
coming to him for the sale of lum
ber In Portland, and for which he has
not received payment.
The men are in hopes of getting
about 80 or 90 cents on the dollar.
The sawmill will be operated by Perry
McCullom and Albert Miller.
It is said that McKenzie had to pay
$1S a day for water, after the forest
fires, to operate the engine. All of
the creeks and wells In that vlclnlty
drled up and rats and gophers made
nests In the wells. Men actually did
not get enough water to drink, so they
say, for two or three flays.
Northwestern People In Xew York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (Special.)
People from the Pacific Northwest reg
istered at New York hotels today as
follows:
Vrora Portland At the Martha Wash
ington. Mrs. L B. Conser: at the Cum
berland. S. E. Kramer. U. Baker and
wife; at the Belle Claire, E. A. Baldwin
and wife; at the Seville, J. Burns; at
the Belmont. W. T. Archibald.
From Belllngham. Wash. At the St.
Denis, L. Versandlg.
From Tacoma At the Cadillac, ti.
Ripley.
From- Spokane At the St. Denis. K.
M. Edwards; at the St. Andrew, V. H.
Willis; at the Broadway Central, J. M.
Edwards.
From Seattle At the Marlborough
A. M. Atwood; at the St. Denis, W. W
Houghton; at the Grand Union. A. J
Jarmuth; at the Victoria, R. I. Plom-
ert.
INDICTMENTS ARE FEARED
Pendleton XcHr-Becr Sellers Hear
"It n mors From Grand Jury Room
PENDLETON. Or., Sept. 20. (Special.)
Though the grand Jury made no report
this afternoon, its labors have been com
pleted and final report will be made to
morrow morning. There is a persistent
rumor that many Pendleton dealers, and
some .from other parts of the county.
have been indicted for violating the local
option law.
According to reports, said to have
emanated from the grand Jury room, the
tests made by Professor John Fulfon, of
the Oregon Agricultural College, showed
that some of the samples of the so-called
near-beer contained as much as 5 per
cent alcohol, more than real beer con
tains.
Among those said to have been in
dicted are proprietors of two "tent sa
loons," who have been operating In con
nection with railroad construction work
west of Pendleton. They are said to
have sold real beer and whisky over the
counter without making any pretense of
obeying the law.
Immigration seems to be on the decline,
it least temporarily.
SMITH DIES AT HIS FORGE
I'ioneer Rlurknilth of Tumwater,
Wa.-h.. Expire Suddenly.
OUYMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 3). (Special.)
I'harlea Frank Eastman, a plumper
!arksmlth of Tumwater. dropped dead
at his forge tonlicht. Mr. Eastman mas
b"rn In Nashua. N. H.. December S.
With the family he rame to Tumwater
In 1$3. making the trip by way of the
Jthmus of Panama. He wa married
Oetuber IS. 17. to Emma J. Manning, a
jnemoer of another well-known pioneer
family.
.Mr. Eastman 4s survived by his widow
aud two children. Mrs. Albert H. Mc
int.'sh. of Tumwater. and Bruce A. East
man, of Olympta. Tht funeral will be
from the pioneer homestead at Tum
water. Thursday afternoon.
FLEET REPULSES ATTACKS
Aflan'lc Naadron Beat Off Imag
inary Torpedo-Itoalst.
ON" POARP THE U. S. S. KANSAS.
T SEA OX SOUTHERN DRILL
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