TIIE 3IORNTXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, OCTOBER 2, 1911. 1TEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC LEADER WHO IS BELIEVED -TO BE v NURSING PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS AGAIN. You can find no better warmtli WILL NOT BE QUIET Persistence of Peerless One Regarded as Enhancing Republican Chances. ' CLARK IS STALKING HORSE BRYAN'S AMBITION Canning Mote to Gala FYlewlshlp of Wilson Followers Part of Dp Came tVell Flayed. De-rnocracy ffldrtj Split. OREGONIAN BtHEAC. ffub- -- 1 William J. Bryan Is Uaety to b on of tho leading mtti of tae Rtpubllcu party In tho cam paign of 111. n" been In other campaigns of recent years, scarcely wiik passes but there develops om Dew and convincing Indication trial Bryan t going after the Democratlo Presidential nomination next year, with full expectation of landing; It. If ho la nominal.!, the Republican ticket will bo materially etrenitthened; If he la not nominated, and eome anti-Bryan man la named. Democracy will go Into tha Presidential campaign a badly epllt aa i. ihi toenuhltcan party today. The latest -Indication that Bryan haa designs on the Preeldentlal nom'natlon next year came from Hutcninson. rwan. nt u contained In a dispatch formal. ly announcing Champ Claraa candidacy for the Democratic nomination. M waa significant, to begin wltn. max iiara, whn in Washington, declared em phatically that he was not seeking; tho nomination lor iresiaent. inu conaected to make hla formal plonM after he had talked with tho folks at bom, and then talked -with Bryan and arranged to travel with nun. Clark la Ally of William J. Bat coupled with the announcement at riark'a active candidacy was this statement: "Clark will hold the Bryan yotes In the convention until they are cast for tho real Bryan choice." In other words. Clark has consented to be mnini m. stalking horse for Bryan, for ih. n.l Rrran choice la William Jen nlngs Bryan, and no other. Clark, then, fearlna- to run acalnst Bryan In the heat of the convention, la consent Ins; to throw his own following; to Bryan. In tho hope of bringing Bryan's nomination. Then, If Bryan la elected. A'lark will hitch up with the White House, and the pair will run things to suit themselves. Bryan's ambition to occupy the 'white House seems destined to work havoc In the Democratic party, and win em oar rasa manr a good Democrat at the con ventlon next Summer. Having; thrice van for the Presidency and been de feated. Bryan Is now contending; that the party owea It to him to renominate him in 11J. ao that he can have the advantage of present Democratic pres . tlse: so that he can head the tlcleet In the one year since Cleveland's time when It has appeared In advance that the Democrats stand a splendid chance of carrying; the country. roaadea la l aahakea. It never once occurs to Bryan that Ma own oeraonalltv and his own radl ralUm have been a source of weakness to his party. It haa never occurred to him that he was responsible In a large measure for the overwhelming defeats of his party in !. 100 and 10. It haa not dawned upon him of late that his nomination next year would dimin ish tha Democratic chances of success. Rather, he seems to think that ho would strenrthen the ticket. And there are hosts of his admirers who bold the same opinion. On the other hand, thereafter a great many staunch Democrata who support ed Bryan In his three campaigns who do not want to be forced Into support ing him again. They fear that Bryan's nomination would result In Inevitable defeat In November. 111: that Bryan's nomination would absolutely destroy the present advantage which the Dem ocratic party holds In American poli tics. And these men do not want Bryan nominated. Yet many of them aro so tied up with the "Peerless One" that they cannot or will not rise and object to his nomination next year, and note worthy among this element seems to be Champ Clark, of Missouri. Peerless Oat la SbrewA. Bryan has been shrewdly playing the gam. He has found much to admire In Wood row Wilson, and has drawn from Wilton commendation of many Bryan Ideas and theories. Insofar as Wilson has subscribed to Bryanlsm. so far baa be been approved by Bryan. Nice game. that, for It tickles the Wil son followers, and will put them In a friendly frame of mind. In the event the Democratic convention cannot be swung Into line for New Jersey's Gov ernor. Bryan has also found much to commend In Champ Clark bully fel low, sound Judgment, clear head, and all that. But It s mere taffy, for now we are told that Clark Is to become a candidate, not with any expectation of being nominated, hut to bold together hla following for transfer to the "real Bryan choice." Oh. fine! Bryan haa not seen his way clear to give hearty Indorsement to the Har mon boom, and with Cnderwood. of Al abama, he has picked a quarrel. But Bryan figures that If he can combine the Bryan. Wilson and Clark strength In the Democratic National Convention he will not need to wory about the Harmon element and the I'nderwood element, and he probably la correct. I'nderwood la thus far a local man. with no following outside his own state, and the Harmon boom has absolutely re fused to expand. It is a beautiful game, the way Bryan Is playing It. and perhapa his calcula tions are correct so far as the nomina tion Is concerned, but if Frrtn Is the Democratic nominee, he will immedi ately become a Republican asset. The Republicans are strong for Bryan for the nomination. Clark Superior Conrt to Open. - VAVYHVER. Wash, Oct. I. (Spe cial The October term of the Su perior Court of Clark County will open tomorrow morning at o'clock. JudVe Donald Mc.Msster. presiding. The data of trial of Roy L Burkhart. who ahot and killed Harry L. Lewellyn. trum peter of Company A. First Infantry. September 20. mhen he broke arrest and tried to run. will be set tomorrow. The Jury session will begin October . Of the If Jurors Impaneled, six are women. it women are miTltd. . . . .; .-. ' M as.-, iJa i Li "5. 11' - v v l:w.A t i l WILLIAM JEXXntGI BRTAJC IX PORTRAIT AND SNAPSHOT. GOAL POLICY STAYS Secretary Fishes Declares It Has Been Success. REAL DEVELOPMENT AIM Defence to Charge That Prior-s Are Prohibitive Is Assertion That They Are Fair, bat Fixed to Pat Stop to Speculation. coal lands in the priced to date. country hare bean NEGRO VICTIM OF BULLET Centralla ClUscns Indignant cause of Fatal Shooting;. Be- D Inner Gaeat Kills Host. SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. 1. Frank Brttsl. a grocer, was shot and killed In his home today by Frank l-otn-bardL Lombard! had eaten dinner with Breast's family. Dominic Bressl. nephew of Frank, was shot In the arm by Lombard! but 'gars him a beating and threw htm over a banister, frac turing bis ikulL Tha causa of tha shooting Is not known. CHICAGO. Oct. 1. Maintaining that tha policy of the United States Gov ernment, with regard to the valuation of coal lands Is not open to the crltl- lsms against It. and that it Is de Igned to prevent monopolisation and o encourage development. v. alter l- Fisher, Secretary of tha Interior, to night made his reply to protests against that policy, submitted to him last June by Representative Frank MondslU of Wyoming. Representative Mondell charged that prices fixed by the Government were nrohlbltlve: that they paralysed the coal Industry In the West; resulted In Increasing the cost of coal to the con sumer from SO cents to II a ton; and created a monopoly. Mr. Mondell also said that prices for coal lands In all the working fields run from 1160 to $500 an acre: that mil lions of acres are rated at values above ISO an acre; and that prices In tha better fields are In excess ST tnose charged In commercial practice In the same fields for better grade coals in Eastern fields. Oalrk Developsaent enst. All these allegations Secretary Fisher, after thorough study, submits "ajrarently based on misapprehen sion as to the basis on which valuation nude, as to the prices placed on coal lands, anJ as to the effect which he classifications nave naa on tne saie public lands. "Tha prlcea now fixed." Secretary Fisher continues, a re designed not to create monopoly In the hands of pres ent owners of etKil lands, but to pre vent monopoly by making It unproflt- ble to purchase large areas ror in definite holding without development. This. In fact. Is the constant aim or the department In prices which It puts n public coal lands to make them low enough so as to encourage pur chases for Immediate development, yet ufflciently high as --to discourage purchases for long time holdings for peculation or lor monopolization. Prlcea prohibiting aeveiopmem would be Inimical to the present Inter ests of the West; prices permitting purchases with a view to monopolizat ion would be Inimical to tneir iuture Interests. The sole object, therefore. Is so to value the lands as to permit evelopment and to prohibit specula tion. laatag Systesa Favetre. 'In view of all the facta, however. am convinced that the prices now be ing placed on the public coal lands are neither unreasonable nor exorbitant. nd that the Increase in the sale of coal lrnds for the four-year fiscal period subsequent to July 1. 1S07. In compsrtson with the preceding four year period, together with the present condition of the Western coal Industry, demonstrates conclusively that the present classification policy is not open to criticism which you make." Secretary Fisher euggeats that a lib eral, but wisely protected, leasing law, might be found to promote develop-' ment mora vigorously than any system of outright purchase, such as has bean the care In Australia and New Zealand, and adopted by Canada In Its Tukon terrttiry. Referring to Mr. Mondell's charge that mllllona of acrea are rated at values above 1110 an -acre aa "the highest price paid" by coal purchasers. licreary Fisher saya there cannot be mtlllona of acres of classified lands so rated, since only 1, COS. 000 acres o CENTRA LI A. Wash.. Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) J. C. Pearca, a negro hotel- keeper of Rochester, who was shot by George Daugherty at that place Thurs day night, died at the Houda Hospital In Centralla yesterday morning as a result of his wound. At a post-mortem held over tha body this afternoon, at which Sheriff Gaston and Prosecuting Attorney W'lson. of Thurston County, were present, it was decided that death wss due to the shock from the opera tion. Daugherty was bound over to the Superior Court of Thurston County under $100 bonds Friday morning on a charge of assault with deadly weapons. but the charge will be changed to first degree manslaughter. Indignation Is felt In Centralla over the affair, as Pearce was In this city on the morning of the shooting and begged the local police department, a Justice of the Peace and the Prosecut ing Attorney to place Daugherty under peace bonds. It means so much to their future health, happiness and success to surround . the children's vital growing period with hygienic conditions. They should have the most uniform healthful atmosphere in which to sleep, to eat, to play and to, grow brought about only. in rooms perfectly warmed and cellar-gases to work injury to the health. No mat ter how chill and long the night, you can beat back the pinching cold and keep every cubic foot of your house freshly ventilated and radiantly warmed. In many dries and states the law now compels that all newly-built schools shall be outfitted with our way of heating (all greenhouses and hospitals have long ago proven it to be the only perfect way). If your child is thus wisely, sanitarily protected in school, why not adopt this right way of heating your home, since the prices now rule so reasonable, and IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators can be so quickly and simply put into cottages, stores, churches and other structures already built. IDEAL Boilers and AMERICAN Radiators are a substantial paying investment, as they win outlast the building. Their purchase will increase the sales and rental value of the building, and they will soon repay their cost in savings of fuel, labor, repairs, and in the lessened house-cleaning and wear on carpets and furnishings. Write to-day for valuable book of heating facts, Ideal Heating Investments." ' Five months cold weather still ahead! American x. deal il Radiators IBoilers A No.3-r2 IDEAL Boiler and 600 ft. of 38. in. AMERICAN Radiators, costing the owner $295, were used to heat this cot- tage. At this price the Broods can be bought of any reputable, competent Fitter. This did not include costs of labor, pipe, valves, freight, etc., which are extra and vary ' according to climatic and other conditions. Sold by n dealer. No exclusive agents. AMERICAN RADIATOR COMPANY Write Department N-12 816-22 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago Public Show looms at Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans. Indianapolis, Milwaukee. Omaha, Minneapolis, St. LouU, Kansaa City, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Spokane, San Francisco, Brantford (OnO, London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Milan, Vlenaa REPLIES WILL BE LIMITED Wasldngton Attorney-General to Aa- ' arrer Only Rightful Queries. SENATE SEAT STAKE OLTMPIA. Wash, Oct 1. (Special.) Owlna; to the rreat amount of resmlar business. n edict haa erone forth from the office of W. V. Tanner. Attorney- Oeneral. that no lonirer will questions be answered for othera than those who have a leral rlKht to call upon tha de partment for Information. The law makes the Attorney-General counselor for all atate officials and departmenta and for the prosecuting attorneys of the various counties. In turn, the county officials are expected to sub mit their questions to the county at torney, while each municipality. In theory at least, haa a city attorney: in tne past it rraa been the custom for the Attorney-General's office to answer the queries sent in. but now the practice has ceased. The reason la that the Attorney-General and his assistants are kept busy caring- for the usual run or state business. Stephenson Must Explain. His $107,793 Election Fund. INVESTIGATION ON TODAY MORMONS TO BE FOUGHT Rival Party In Salt Lake Renomi- , nates Present Mayor. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Oct. 1. Mayor John 8. Bra n. ford yesterday waa chosen for the third time to bead the municipal ticket by the American (anti- Mormon) party convention. The affairs of the- city government January 1 next will bf administered under the commis sion plan. Chlef amona; the resolutions adopted by the convention waa one requesting: the President of the United Statea and the Secretary 6f tho Navy to accept silver service for the battleship Utah bearing a patriotic design, and to re ject tho tray showing: the design of Brlftnam Young and the Mormon Tem ple. Vancouver Prepares for Crowds. VANCOUVER. Vash Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) To handle the crowds who will attend the Clark County Fair, October 4. 5. and 7, several cars have been shipped from Portland to Vancouver for the traction company's use. With the addition of these cars the company will be able to handle 400 people every IS minutes or tbe day. It is expected that there will be an attendance of 50.000 people during the four days' fair. Exhibits are now being placed. . Four Hunters Kill 7 Ducks. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) Thirty-seven apoonbll) and teal ducks were killed today at Mulligans Lake by Sheriff Cresap, George M. Bordeaux, George Thompson and Press Galther. fo mallard or canvaabacka were seen. This waa the first day of the open eeaeon for ducks and upland btrda. It rained steadily all day, mak- Ideal weather for ehootlna;- Vt'lsconstn Senator to Be First Wit ness Celled in His Own De fense at Inquiry Into Charges of Corruption. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Oct. 1. United States Senator Isaac Stephenson prob ably will take the witness stand to morrow In his own defense against charges that the corrupt use of money contributed to his election on March 4 lo. Three members of the sub-committee of the committee on privileges and elections of the United States Sepate are ready to begin the inquiry into the chargea presented at Washington that much of the I107.793 which Senator Stephenson used in his primary cam paign was Illegally employed. The charges were tne result or two previous Investigations, one by the Assembly members of the Wisconsin Legislature, who virtually exonerated Senator Stephenson, and one by the Senate members, who demanded that Senator Stephenson be unseated and that the United Statea Senate under take an investigation of Its jwn. Senator w. a. Heyourn (Kep. ), of Idaho, who will be chairman of tha present .investigation, said Senator Stephenson will be the first witness called. W. E. Black, of Milwaukee, and Charles E. Littiefleld. of Maine. ex- Representative, will act as his attor neys. No attorneys will represent the state or commission. Senator Stephenson will fight the charges, which he alleges are the re sult of political factloaism. When Sen ator Stephenson was first elected to the Senate in 1907 to fill the unex pired term of John C. Spooner. it Is alleged, the La Follette faction exacted promise from him that he would not run for re-election. He declared he was not bound by any promise, and accordingly was re-elected. Other members of the committee who have arrived are Senators George Sutherland (Rep.), of Utah, and Atlee Pomerene (Dem.), of Ohio. e I the o I btr! t I lag Among the appliances In up-to-date whal- 1ns T-ssels is a hsrpoon gun at the bow. Eight million neso or sDeep is tne loss la Argentina entailed by a prolonged drought. This means about 20 per cent of the native flocks. N earaiE Tee mod The opportunity to get a nigh-grade piano for the extremely low prices now pre vailing during this great Manufacturers' Clearance Sale is slowly slipping away. If you intend buying a piano investigate at once. This is the much imitated sale that the "big profit dealers" are so alarmed about. The sale that makes it pos sible for every home in Portland to get a piano a high-grade piano easily. In vestigate today. Ask to, see the following excellent bargains in our Piano . Exchange Dept.: Practice Piano $35, Chick ering $89, Autopiano (player piano) $398, Hal-' Tet & Davis $137, Booth $150, Mason & Hamlin $133, and many others. ' STORE OPEN EVENINGS hp!. Selling Pianos Since 1850 Weber Steinway Pianola Pianos 375 Washington St. Two Doors West Star Theater