TUFT ADMITS HE'S
NOT PERFECTION
President Indulges in Heart-to-Heart
Talk With Illinois
Republicans.
AIM IS TO DO HIS BEST
Exec-stive Declare ITe Has Sot Made
Basinets of Ifcrtoc PolltlclsJi.
Real Ambition Lead to 6b
preme Court Bench.
PEORIA, rU Sept. 11. President
Taft had a heart-to-heart talk hers
trxlmy with th leader of th different
Republican factions la Illinois: denned
h:, status as to "progresslveness. aa
mltted ha was a poor politic. an. ac
knowledged again that bis ambition
had lain In trie direction of the office
of Chief Justice, rather than tha Presi
dency, admitted ha had mada many
mliukM. but asserted that as I'renl-
dant be had tried to do what he thouant
to be rtht. What tha future held
for him he did not know; he would o
aJiead dlr.c the best ha could.
Sir. Taft declared he was not allied
with tha extremists of his partr. either
eonrerratlea or progressives, but bad
tried to take a middle ground between
tha two.
Caaaaa DUapstotata Taft.
The President still was downcast by
the defeat of reciprocity In Canada,
but hla only reference to that subject
bad come earlier In tha day when ha
addressed tha workmen In a fsctory
where farming Implements were mada.
1 was sorry to hear that In Canada
' th'y do not car to have closer com
mercial relatione with us." ha said. "If
reciprocity bad been adopted, wa could
have got our agricultural Implements
Into Canada at a substantial decrease.
But I guess we can get along
Tha President's political speech fol
lowed a luncheon given In hi honor
by tha Republican Mate Central Com
mute. Governor TDenean was unable
to be. present because of a broken
Ira-. Tha Lortmer Republican faction
was not represented.
arrt la PI edge.
Th leaders ' vied with each other
In pledging their support to President
Tsft and predicted ha would b renomi
nated and ra-elected. O. H. Williamson,
of Qulncy. said ba had taken a poll on
a train a few days sgo. and that of (1
voters Interviewed. bad declared for
Taft. thre for Roosevelt and on for
La Toilette.
-Senator Cullotn satd that with tn
Chicago convention not 1 weeks off
In lo. Mr. Taft had told him that If
Chief .luetic Fuller oould b Induced
to resign, b would prefer that honor
to all others.
"If I had not been advisee! other
wise" said tha President, with a smile,
-I should thin that this wa a po
litical meeting."
Taft ! Pwlttletaa.
Mr. Taft then plead guilty to tha
Indictment often laid against him that
ha knew nothing of politic.
But tha truth la." h continued,
-that my politics was limited to a vary
early stag of my career. Three or
four yeara after I cam to th bar. I
was pretty active ao that I knew some
thing of ward politics. Sine that tlm
my fat haa been such as to carry m
out of polities. But as my dear friend.
Senator Cullom says, ray ambition lay
In an entirely different direction and
was not gratified.
"I am not glvltg yon to understand
that I ran away from th nomination
for th Presidency, but th fact Is that
It was not In th Una which I had
marked out. but being nominated and
getting Into tha fight. I did th best
I oould and being elected. I took up th
discharge of the Presidency with cer
tain tendencies, perhaps. I ought to
call tham. that I had gathered from
Judicial experience.
-Mistake Ar Adaaltt-
"Of course. I mad a great many mis
takes. I shall continue during this
term to make them. That Is hardly to
be avoided. But there are certain
things, certain rules, that It Is rather
easy to follow. One la. that when you
have made a rromls tt Is your obliga
tion to keep It.
"Now. something about th vetoes.
I considered with reference to those
bills that I waa aa much under an obli
gation to veto every on of them as
If 1 bad ld. when I was on th plat
form running for th presidency, that
I would veto Just those bills, f tr the
reason that th" whole party had taken
the poeltinn that It was necessary to
maintain the Industries of this coun
try by protection' sufficient to give
the-n a living method of competing
with foreign manufacturee: and the
whole party had also aald If you could
trust the resolutions of the conventions,
even in Iowa and Kansas and Wiscon
sin, that they approved finding out the
facts by a tariff board. before we
passed legislation that might strike
down our Industrie I have vetoed
those bills. een If It would hav cost
m my llf.
So far aa the veto of th Arlsona
bill Is concerned. I Just vetoed that be
cause I could not do anything els. I
wrote my heart Into that veto."
Taft Has Dae Beat.
l!y friends. I have tried to follow
what I thought to b rltfht In the ad
ministration of my office." he con
tinued. "Tfcere haa been a division In
tie prty and I have been charged with
not belr.B progressive and therefor to
be cor..!, n.ned. What one does, this
man thinks Is progressiva, another
thlnka is retrograde. There are. how
ever, two great schools one which be
lieves that th present Is not perfect,
perhaps, but t:-.at char res from It
would be dangerous. They are th
strictly conservative and perhaps are
known as the reactionary. Then ther
la another c;a at tn other end which
Is extreme In Its view that the whole
political i-ondltlen is wrong and that
there must be radical changes If w
ar to live at all.
-Now I think perhaps I am wrong
about It but I think I am going along
In th mlddl of th road between thos
two: at least that la what I am trying
to do. and I believe the legislation of
this Administration ass been along that
line.
Law Mast Be Obeyed.
With respect to th trust wa ar In
a transition period In this sens, th
Puprero Cojrt has decided what th
law Is and now business haa got to
square Itself with that Uv, We might
as well make up our mlnda to that,
gentlemen.
"With respect to much of what haa
been discussed as to being progressive,
the Federal Oovernment has nothing to
do. That Is a matter for state gov
ernments to settle, and state govern
ments are making different experi
ments and I presume the conservative
states will wait to see how these ex
periment work cut: but occasionally,
tlier crops out something extreme la
the form of Judicial recall In a con
stitution tendered to the Federal Gov
ernment for approval.
"Ccder these conditions, when a
proposition Is made that seem to me
to destroy all possibility of good gov
ernment In th maintenance of an nn
trammeled Judiciary. It is the function
of the Executive, when hla Judgment Is
invoked nnder th Constitution, to say
that he disapproves that feature, and
to thla end so far as he Is coneerned
he will allow no state to come Into the
Union with any auch radical heresy ex
pressed In Its constitution and with the
sanction of the Federal Government
Dpon It.
President Has Ceafldeae.
"What th future Is J know not- I
only know this, that I am going ahead
to do th best I can and I am going
through this country on this trip and
try to explain some of the Issues which
hav arisen and make them clear to
thos peoplo whom I can reach with my
vole or through th kindly press. If
they report what I say, because I be
lieve that the time baa coma for sober
second thought.
"1 have confidence that th Ameri
can people can always be trusted, not
only to exercise their sober second
thcuighu but also a discriminating
sense aa to what Is fact and what is
fustian, after a time.
"It won't happen at once and some
times we have to wait until after wc
die and that Is not quite so aatlsfsc-
CEOSS-COTOTEY AV1AT0ES
tory: bat In any event, we mlddl-of-th-road
people, who are not extrem
ist, are. we believe, the real progres
sives, because you do not make prog
ress by great strike, you make prog
ress step by step.
"W can depend upon th people to
recognise substance In progress rather
than that which Is represented by pro
posed leglslstlon and platform declara
tions that are for the purpose, not of
being put Into forre, and Into law to
accomplish real reform, but are made
for the purpose of campaign uses only."
SLANG WiliS EDUCATOR
COXVERSATIOX CUSS KXA1
BT rSE, SAYS INSTRUCTOR.
University of Washington English
Authority Peclares It Refreshing;
and Meant Language Growth.
UNTVERSITT OF WABHiNQTON.
Reattln. Wash Sent. 12. (Special.)
"Slang la no longer to be abhorred by
the well bred. It Is not irulgar, neuner
Is It a sign of Ignorance." This Is the
onlnion of teachers In English at the
University of Washington. It Is In con
trast with th attitude or pur r-ng-ii.h-
faddists and Instructors gen
erally, who Insisted only a few years
ago that slang la th worst oi oaa
form. Us It well and yon may us n
n van wish. Is the opinion of th
Washington pedagogues.
"blang Is picturesque ana aaas mam.,
vigor and life to our conversation and
w.Lm. . . . ons "So useful 1 it in
enabling n to express our ideas quick
ly and lorcioiy tnai mere j
personage, no matter what position be
may occupy, who does not resort to It.
t Is much better tor us, mim " j
and In othe- way, to use Slang in
preference to swear words.
"Slang Is the natural outcome of the
tendenry nowadays to say things with
the most emphasis and the greatest
brevity. It should not be used In es
says and work In wnirn me oojoci
Is to got a better Knowledge oi mi-
llah. of course.
"This so-called vulgarity is a siep
In the growth of our language which Is
changing for the better aa me um
When it Is spontaneous It I refreshing.
When It is forced It Is like ny other
.imile or metaphor, from which It
take Its form."
MILLER MAY ENTER RACE
Friends of Linn 3Ian Mention Him
for United States Senator.
ALB ANT. Or Sept 12. (Special)
That Milton A. Miller, of Lebanon,
fctate Senator from Linn County, will
be a candldote for the Democratic,
nomination for United State Senator
-w- . i Anrtl la thai sen.
in ins prinipi - -
ral belief of people In hi home coun
ty, fcvnator Miner, vein in
i . . . ..4 tt rnnflrm tha re-
port that he mill be a candidate but
hla friends are auinorny iur m ..---ment
that he Is receiving many offers
of support from various parts or me
state and that he has tns matter unaer
consideration.
bVnator Miller 1 now serving nis
ikiH torm as a member ot ui biw
Senate from Linn County. He was first
...j the House of Kepresenta-
tlves from Linn County In the early
so
. lie was elected oisir .
S and was re-elected In 190 and
1
19
10. He has atteriJed several i-oro
era
tic National conventions as a ueie-
and Is now imocraiic .nuun
Committeeman for Oregon.
TAlieelwrlght to Make Address,
at en Informal smoker to be held by
the Oregon Society. Sons of th Ameri
can Revolution, tonlsht at :1 In ths
University Club. William D. W heel
.. ,hi m ill deliver an address on "Th
Crim of Treason and Benedict Arnold."
The commute In charge is composed of
W O uberteuffer. B. A. Thaxter, and
J R, Bogera All Sons of the American
Revolution ot otner onu cwieuea are
especially invjiea to '
nounced.
Deckhands Alleged Thleres.
Detectives Snow and Royle arrested
Harry Smith and Oscar Rood, deck
handa. on a charge of larceny last
night- It Is alleged that the men oper
ated along the docks and stole four
case of whlakv. several boxes of honey
and other gooda Part of th honey
was recovered.
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TWO BIRD MEN DIE
One Perishes as Human Torch,
Other Merely Falls. :
RODGERS MAKES PROGRESS
Fowler Xnil Renew Hi Attempt to
Cross Continent Today Toll of
Breexes In One Day t
Fairs I Heavy.
fConttnned Prom first Pass )
tion for the last day of the fair, in
accident occurred while Miller was
making the last of three flights
He had been In the air probably 10
WHO AEE AGAIN IN FLIGHT.
Robert Fewler, Wis Is Golag East
ward Frosa California (Above), and
C. P. Rosen, Who la Comlag West
ward From Sew York.
minutes and had flown twice around
the fairgrounds at a 60-mll clip. The
aeroplane seemed perfectly responsive
to his guidance and Miller was cheered
repeatedly by the big crowd. While
at a height of 200 feet Miller prepared
to make his final swoop and the ex
plosion occurred.
Ths crowd rushed to th aid of the
man when the blaming aeroplane
dropped, but no on could get near on
account of th biasing gasoline. Had
Miller then been alive he could not
have been rescued.
Coata and horse blankets were used
snd the flames were extinguished.
Miller was then pulled lifeless from the
debris. Besides being terribly burned,
his hesd waa crushed by the engine
of his machine, which fell on It.
AVIATOR RODGERS LOSES WAT
Transcontinental Flyer Goes 200
Miles to Reach ELnilra, X. V.
ELMIRA. N. Y, Sept. 31. Aviator C
P. Rodger who Is competing in the
Coast-to-Coast flight, landed In a farm
outside of this city at 6:55 P. M. today
after making his longest single day's
flight thus far.
Rodger left Hancock, N. T.. at 11:08.
and because he lost his way when near
Susquehanna, was forced to fly more
than 200 miles In order to reach this
city, a distance of but 118 miles from
Hsncock. Rodger Intended to follow
the tracks of the Erie Railroad, but he
mistook a branch line for the main
tracks and did not discover his mistake
until he reached Seranton. Pa.. 63 miles
out of hi woy. Since starting Rodger
covered 163 miles. He planned to leave
at 7 A. M. tomorrow and says he will
make an effort to fly 400 miles before
nightfall. He will continue to follow
the Erie tracks.
FOWLER WILL START TODAY
Repaired Machine Fonnd to Work
All Right on Trial Flight.
COLFAX. Cal, Sept. 21. After being
detained here 10 days by the wrecking
of his biplane. Robert O. Fowler got
Into the air apaln this morning and
made a splendid flight, encircling the,
town and trying out all working parts
of his machine. Everything waa found
to be In good order. The flight lasted
about five minutes, the highest point
reached being 600 feet.
On alighting Fowler said he would
fly again thla afternoon and that at t
o'clocic tomorrow morning he would
resume his transcontinental Journey.
WARD HAS FALL AXD QUITS
Aviator' Manager Announces He Is
Oat of Coast Contest.
HORN ELL. X. T, Sept. 12. James J.
Ward, the aviator, resumed his flight
to the Pacific Coast from Addison at
T:18 this morning. After flying five
miles. ome trouble developed In his
engine and the machine dropped to the
earth, a distance of about (4 feet, near
Rathbone. and waa badly damaged.
Ward escaped serious Injury.
James P. Murphy, manager for James
J. Ward, announced that Ward has
withdrawn from th coast-to-coast aero
plan race as' a result of his fall.
Plane Careens, Fall Fatal.
rr.uiRi. N. T Sent. 22. "Dare-
Devil" Castellan, a Curtlss aviator.
met Instant deatn at tne Jiasgiel. Pa,
fair today. He had started In so exhl-
.s.i l W a. anil tariMrt t K twaawi a
Diuon U1RUH s M--
of a mile from th grounds his ma
st . wi-MaVr1 aiwat mwtA fall
AS
Royal Bread will be on the training tables of the win
ning teams this Autumn
Beware of Inferior Imitations
Remember, "Royal" is on the bottom
there for your protection!
Ro val B
BRAYS FOUND GUILTY
BROTHERS, COXSPIRATORS IS
FRAUD, SENTENCED TODAY.
Two of Family May Be Fined Not to
Exceed $10,000 and Imprison
ment "ot to Exceed 5 Tears.
BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 11. (Special.)
Following a sensational hometead
land trial In the Federal Court here.
that lasted a week, ths Jury m the
Bray land conspiracy case today re-
.... - nrrllrt Of KUlltV II tO IsaaO
and Nathaniel Bray, the two chief con
spirators, and verdict of not guilty as
to Horace Bray, a brother, and Walter
Kyle. M ,
The passing of sentence was delayed
until tomorrow. The statute provides
. -i - t rMH 10 000 and Im
prisonment not to exceed five years.
The case came into unusual promi
nence In Southern Idaho owing to th
fact that H. C. Hulser, a prominent at
torney of this city, and srar witness
for the Government, was attacked by
the counsel for the Brara. who are
r.,l estate men of Boise.
and the open charge made that he had
violated a trust Detween aiiorney ami
client and conspired to railroad the
defendants Into the penitentiary by
telling a false story.
t. nnn Hulser's teStimODT th&t
the defendants were found guilty. He
declared that they locked hlra In a
room In one of tne leaning noieis in
.i-.- mnA threatened to kill him
If he did not acknowledge a forged re
linquishment to a nomeraio euiry oi
William Walter Selby. He was held In
flv hnnrs. hut refused
ins i wiu - - -
to make the acknowledgment. Later
bis name waa forged to th paper by
the Brays.
TRAIN INVADER LOCKED UP
Ianatic, ' Who Instructs Southern
Pacific Conductor, Thirsty.
OREGON CJTT, Or., Sept. II (Spe
cial.) Dartd Lorett, a manlaa who
easomable "Tip
fc-I You Feel gtSffi-i
If you covet the physical prowess of a
star athlete-eat ROYAL BREAD
akery &
Sole Makers of Table Queen the Perfect Bread
boarded a Southern Paclflo train at
New Bra Thursday hfternoon and was
oaptured by Deputy Sheriff Statta and
Chief of Police Shaw upon the arrival
of the train In this city, was taken by
the state Insane asylum this afternoon.
Soon after boarding tha train Lovett
announced that he was In charge of
It, and began to give Instructions to the
conductor and brakemen.
Later he gave the passengers ln
lnstructlons, and was making a speech
to them when the train reached this
city. He refused to get off the train
when asked to do so by the Deputy
Sheriff and Chief of Police.
Finally someone suggested that
Lovett accompany him to a saloon to
get a drink, and he lost no time In
alighting from the train.
FIRE CODE PLEA IS MADE
York Expert Appeals to Hert
ford Council to Adopt Laws.
MEDPORD, Or Sept. 12 T. H.
Cowles, rancher, New York clubman
and fire expert, made an Impassioned
FOR THE CHILDREN
ALSO FOR GROWN PERSONS
QUICK - SAFE - RELIABLE
NO OPIATES NO NARCOTICS
FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR
COMPOUND
A COMMON COLD neglected may go
quickly into CROUP, BRONCHITIS, of
PNEUMONIA which often mesns a sud
den fatality. . Keep FOLEY'S HONEY
AND TAR COMPOUND always in ths
house and give at first sign of a cold.
Refuse substitutes.
John Parsons. Stewart, Ohio, writes:
"Wo use Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound as our best and only cough
remedv. It never faJle to cure any of
my seven children of cough. My 1
months' old baby has had a most se
vere cough which our Doctor said h
could not cure and that Baby would
surely die. Several of our relation
and neighbors had gathered to witness
the ending of the child's life. Two
bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound cured the child and hs Is allvs
and well today."
Far Bale br All Drsararlara.
Confectionery,
plea before the members of the City
Council Wednesday for the Immediate
aocptance of the Are protective measure
that the city had directed him to pre
pare, t
The oode as drawn by Mr. Cowles
and George Butz. architect, for the
City Council Is based on the Under
writers code and many features In It
were taken from the Portland ordi
nance. In spite of the dramatic ap
peal of Mr. Cowles, Mayor Canon dis
missed the subject abruptly by refer
ring the code to the Are department.
Gold Ray Power Line Complete.
GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)
ON THE DESCHUTES BRANCH
INTO CENTRAL OREGON
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 191L
7:50
10:00
.12:40
. 1:30
. 5:45
. 6:00
. 6:30
A. M.
A. M.
P. M.
P. M.
P. M.
P. M.
P. M.
Lv. Portland
Lv. Tne Dalles
Lv. Deschutes Jc...
Ar. Madras
Ar. Metolius
Ar. Opal City
THE DIRECT,' QUICK AND NATURAL ROUTE BETWEEN
PORTLAND AND ALL POINTS LN CENTRAL OREGON
Call at our City Ticks. Office, Third and Washington Streets, for any In
formation desired, or address -fVM.
M'MTJEEAY, General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon, ;
59
crust it is
The 66,000-volt power line of the
Siskiyou Light & Power Company has
Just been completed from the com
pany's new power plant at Prospect,
on the upper Rogue, to the plant at
Gold Ray. The line Is 38 miles long.
Thirty thousand horsepower will be
developed at Prospect.
Indicted Pair Enter Plea,
Pleas of not guilty were entered In
Circuit Court yesterday by J. W. Fo
and Mrs. B. M. Tuttle, Indicted by the
grand Jury on a chargo of passing a
promissory note for $750 bearing a
forged signature on the Arlington Na
tional Bank, of Arlington. Or.
EXTENSION
OF TRAIN
SERVICE TO
OPAL CITY
Lv. Opal City 8:15 A. M.
Lv. Metolius 8:43 A. M.
Lv. Madras 9:00 A. M.
Ar. Deschutes Jo 1:15 F. M.
Ar. The Dalles 1:55 P. M.
Ar. Portland 5:45 P. M.
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