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4 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1915. WRECK IS LAID TO DRIVER OF RAGER Deaths Due to Reckless Han dling of Car, Is Verdict of Jury at Inquest. ACCUSED MAN IS IN JAIL Witnesses at Inquiry Say Machine AVus Coins About SO Miles an Hour Absence of Horn Ad .; mitted by Passenger. That H. S. Miller and Theodore C. Hyde, the two victims of the auto accident which occurred at Forty-ninth and Tillamook streets Saturday after noon, came to their deaths as the re eiilt of reckless driving by the driver of the racing" car which struck their machine, was the verdict of the jury in the inquest held by Coroner Dam masch. The Jury deliberated only about 15 .minutes after the taking of testi mony had been completed. Witnesses testified that the racing car was oin about 30 miles an hour at the time of the accident. Mips Anna E. Easterbee. who was riding in the car which was wrecked, asserted that the racing machine was going at the rate of between 40 and 60 miles an hour. She said that the car tn which she was riding was going between eight and ten miles an hour. She said she did not believe that Mil ler and Hyde, the two men who were killed, knew that the racing machine was following them. How Crash Happened Is Told. That the right rear wheel of the racer struck the left front wheel of the other machine, thus causing It to swerve into the curb and then turn completely over was testified to by It. I-a. Short, who was riding in a machine about a block behind the two Involved in the accident. He estimat ed that the racer was going about 25 to 27 miles an hour and the other machine nearly the same. Miss E. J. Gill, who was an eye witness of the tragedy, said that the racer was going "very fast" at the time, although she could not estimate ' the speed in miles. "I never saw a car go so fast," she said. Mrs. E. McMillen, who was on the scene at the time of the accident, said that when she saw the machine, which was wrecked, coming, she noticed that It appeared to weave back and forth on tile street, as though there was something wrong with it. Emerson Reld, the driver of the raiier. said that he had driven auto mobiles for the past nine years and had raced for the past five years. He said he had never before had any trouble. Elbert Westfall, who was elso an occupant of the racer, refused to tes tify on the advice of his attorney, ex Senator Fulton. Woman Still In Hospital. Mrs. Josephine Spencer, the most seriously injured of the two women who were in the wrecked car at the time of the accident, is still at the Good Samaritan Hospital suffering from a fractured collarbone and two broken ribs, in addition to numerous cuts and bruises. . s a consequence she was unable to bo at the hearing. John Boscovich, who was riding on the racer at the time of the accident, said their machine was going about 'J5 or i'.O miles an hour. He said that they followed the other car for three blocks before attempting to pass. Boscovich said that it was the tour ing car which hit the racer and that the accident was the fault of the driver of the former machine. "Just as our machine passed, the driver of the other car turned in as if to fall in behind us. The result was that his front wheel struck our hind wheel, causing him to swerve and the car to turn over." AUrnre of Horn Admitted. Boscovich said that there was a mark on the huh cover of the racing ma chine, where it had evidently been struck. 'Ho admitted that the racing machine had no. horn, but said that the noise of the machine could be heard for a block. Rcid is held in the city Jail on a charge of manslaughter, under $5000 bail. The District Attorney's office has been waiting to obtain the Cor oner's verdict before holding the pre liminary hearing. The body of Harry S. Miller has started on the trip to Fort Worth, Tex., where he will be buried. The body of Theodore C. Hyde will be sent to Penn sylvania for burial. The Coroner's jury was composed of O. M. Emig, R. Fenkhausen, R. E. Koon, Edwin L. Pyle, W. J. fek-hroeder "and Li H. Stephens. Deputy District Attorney Ryan rep resented the District Attorney's office. TWO IN JITNEY ROB DRIVER Passengers Await Opportunity to Klfle PocVets ot Chauffeur. Two passengers, who waited until others had left the car. held up and robbed L. M. Burke, a Jitney driver, at Korty-second and East Main streets, early this morning, rifling his pockets cf $4. Burke lives at 712 Albina street. He reported that two men hailed him as ' he passed East Water street, boarded the car which was carrying two other passengers, waited till they were dis charged, and then went through his pockets. REBELS DEFEAT ITALIANS 1'orce in ATrica Driven Off With 218 Killed, 400 AVoundcd. Tr.irOI.T. via Taris, May 4 The losses of the Italians, commanded by Colonel Miami, wiio were attacked by a rebel band south of Syrta, April 2!, and were forced to retreat owing to the desertion of irregulars to the rebels, were IS officers and 200 mea killed and missing. Four hundred men wounded during the engagement have been placed on board a steamer and sent to Syracuz, Sicily. GULFLIGHT NOT WARNED Submarine Sighted Miles Away; Xext Knoiv ledge Is as Torpedo Hits. PLYMOUTH, England, May 4. The ateamer I.yonnesse last night brought from the Scilly Islands to Penzance 83 members of the crew and the body of Captain Alfred Gunther, of the Ameri can steamer Gulflight. which was tor petfood off the Rcllly Islands last Sat vrday. The chief officer and chief en Sineer remain with t9 vessel, which la anchored In Crow Sound, to look after the interests of the steamer's owners. In an interview at Penzance, Second Officer Paul Bower, of the Gulflight. whose home is in Chicago, said: "When the Gulflight left Port Arthur we were followed by a warship of some description, which kept out of sight but In touch by wireless, and warned us not to disclose our position to anyone. "At noon Saturday we were 25 miles west of Scilly. The weather was hazy but not thick. About two and one half miles ahead I saw a submarine. I was on watch and notified the captain and chief officer, who also saw the submarine. It remained on the sur face for three minutes and then dis appeared. "Twenty-five minutes later we were struck by a torpedo on the starboard side and there was a tremendous shock. The submarine had not reappeared on the surface before discharging the tor pedo. "Previous to this we had been met by two patrol boats, which accompanied us on either side. The boat on our starboard side was so badly shaken by the explosion that her crew imagined that she also had been torpedoed. We immediately lowered the boats and left our ship and were quickly taken on board the patrol boats. But the fog increased and we drifted about all night and did not land at Scilly until 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning. SEBASTIAN MADE TARGET SHOTS SEXT THHOIGH WINDOW OV ACCUSED MAX'S HOME. Bullets Narrowly Miss Suspended Los Angeles Official aa He Talks to Friend. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 4. An at tempt to assassinate Charles E. Sebas tian, suspended chief of police, on trial with Mrs. Eillie Pratt for contributing to the delinquency of Edith Serkin, was made last night when two shots were fired through the window of his resi dence while he was talking with a friend. Neither shot took effect. Mr. Sebastian was sitting in the front room of ills home talking to J. ' O. Royer, who was a witness In -his be half at the trial. The two men were alone in the house, Mrs. Sebastian be ing engaged in winding up the affairs of her husband's campaign for Mayor. About 11 o'clock the telephone bell rang and the chief got up to answer it. He walked to a small alcove room in the rear and talked for about 10 minutes. The voice at the other end of the wire professed to be a friend of Sebastian and made inquiries about how to mark his ballot in the primary election tomorrow. Returning to the room where he left his friend, Sebastian was about to sit down when a shot rang out and a bullet crashed through the window, whizzing directly over the chair in which the suspended Chief of Police had been sitting. Immediately afterward another bul let crashed through the window and lodged in a book lying on a table In the center of the room. The bullets were evidently from a 32-callber re volver. JOVIAN BENEFIT MAY 14 NATIONAL THEATER LEXT TO AID ELECTRICAL PARADE FUtiD, "The Fountain of Roses" to Be One of Features of Unique Bill to Assist Festival Plans. The Jovians will become theatrical producers at the National Theater, Friday. May 14, to start a fund Tor an electrical parade as a feature of the 1915 Rose Festival. The announce ment that the Rose Festival Associa tion had made no provision for an elec trical parade aroused protests over the city, and the Jovians jumped into the breach and declared that organization would assume the responsibility of ar ranging for the parade. In a spirit of co-operation the Na tional Theater offered to, permit a benefit all day. Friday, May 14. the proceeds of which will be devoted to this Tund. The National will supply an umistial photo entertainment of comedy and drama. The Jovians will contribute an elec trical number, "The Fountain of Roses." The ticket-selling campaign has already started and several thou sand tickets have been taken. The Jovians promise to have the greatest crowd at the National that has ever appeared at the theater. The order will handle all arrangements for the bene fit. MAYOR TO SELL PAPERS 5J Other Prominent Men Also to Be "Xcwsles" for One Morning. Mayor Albee. Commissioner Bigelow, George L. Baker, J. E. Werlein, Dorr E. Keasey and 55 other men of almost every profession, including doctors, lawyers and merchants, are to sell the morning newspapers on the streets for the benefit of the juvenile government. At a meeting of ex-newsboys in the Commercial Club Monday night, a com mittee consisting of George L. Baker, Dorr E. Keasey, W. P. Strandborg, J. P. Mclntyre. William Adams. J. E. AVer-" lein and Seneca Fouta was appointed to select 60 men who had been newsboys in their youth to sell papers for a few hours on a morning to be selected later for the benefit of the newsboys who are serving now. Another meeting will be held soon at which men who. are chosen by the committee will be present to hear the plana. MONTENEGRO IS ATTACKED Austrians Renew Activity, but Are Reported Repulsed. CETTINJE, via London, May 4 A Montenegrin official statement saya: "The Austrians are showing renewed activity along the entire Montenegrin front, but we have repulsed all their assaults." BERLIN, via Copenhagen to London, May 4 The Tages Zeitung says it learns that the new Austrian army which is to act against Serbia is now ready for the field. The weather along the border, according to the newspaper, is Improving and an advance by the army is expected shortly. FLYING FOE VISITS DOVER German Also Sails Over Folkestone and Is Attacked. LONDON. May 4. A German aero plane, coming from the direction of Oatend. scouted over Dover and Folke stone at noon yesterdsy. It was driven off by gunfire. RUSSIANS GIVE BUT LITTLE RESISTANCE Surprised Army Flees in Haste Before Sudden German Onslaught. CZAR'S MEN APPLY TORCH Lumber Piles, Saturated With Ben zine and Fired; Flames Sweep Through Town; Railroad Cut by Kaiser's Forces. BERLIN, May 4. The Lokal Anzei ger's correspondent, describing the Ger man operations toward Mitau, Russian Courland, says: "The Germans had collected their re inforcements so unostentatiously that their advance surprised the Russians, who did not even attempt resistance, but retired so hastily that the Germans were 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of the German border on the second day. The rapid flight of the Russians ex plains why comparatively few prison ers were taken. Resistance Not Serious. "Remarkable marches were accom plished by the German Infantry. They covered SO miles in 36 hours, entered battle immediately and fought eight hours before resting. The advance through Rossiena toward Shavli threat ened the Russian flank from Shavli resting on Bakievo Lake and compelled its withdrawal. No earnest battles were fought during the advance, most of the work being done by the advanced troops, composed mainly of cavalry de tachments. "After the Russian attempt to hold the positions near Shavli protecting the important military railway from Libau to Duenaburg and from Libau to Kovno had failed, they retreated 12 14 miles. The Germans immediately be gan the destruction of the railways, cutting oft Libau from Vilna and mak ing it dependent on the railways from Libau to Mitua, which the Germans have not yet reached. Shavli About Destroyed. "The German advance was so rapid that a train bearing post parcels for the Russian troops entered Shavli without having been informed that the Germans held the town. The villages in the territory affected suffered little or no damage, but Shavli itself was vir tually destroyed." The correspondent says he learned from personal investigation that the Russians saturated great piles of lum ber in one part of the town with ben zine and set them on fire and also burned a big grain warehouse on the other side of the town. AUSTRIAN- FORCE IS STRONG German Report of Victory Exagger ated, Says AA'rlter. LONDON. May 4. A dispatch to the Times, dated Monday, says: "The Austrian advance at Ciezkowice, in the Carpathians, although checked, is deemed to be highly symptomatic. Ciezkowice is situated on the Donajec, near Gorlice and Tarnow, on the roads from Tyrabark to Cracow, and the enemy's movements here are of no' less importance than at Stry and other sec tions of our front. "The Austrians have concentrated here considerable and entirely fresh reinforcements from the Interior. Their advance was facilitated by the open character of the terrain, which is ad mirably adapted to fighting. The enemy set himself the task not only of dis lodging ia from the line of the Dona jec but of influencing our position on the Lower Nida." German assertions of a crushing de feat of the Russian center are exagger ated accounts of local successes, in the opinion of the Daily Mail's military correspondent, who says: "Such exaggerated claims are to be expected in view of the necessity of in fluencing wavering neutrals. Never theless, the German offensive against the Russian center long has been ex pected. For the past month the Ger mans have been moving men to Cracow. "That such a maneuver as piercing the Russian center was essayed at the same time as serious attacks toward Riga and Ypres shows the resources and amazing audacity of the German staff. If the Russian front has been pierced and a serious reverse suffered, the war will be greatly prolonged, but that any German success, however great, will affect the resistance of Ruo, sia cannot be believed." Cliarlcs Simmons Tries Suicide. Despondency, due to inability to ob tain employment, caused Charles Sim mons, aged 37. of 238 East Fifth street, to attempt suicide by taking poison Monday. Simmons' wife summoned a l.hysttcan, who removed Simmons to the St. Vincents Hospital, where his condi tion was thought to be serious. Simmons said that he was formerly a railroad en gineer In tbe employ cf the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company. and had been unable to obtain work for many months. He has a wife and a daughter 7 months old. Sknll Fractured, Man AA'alks. Andrew Larson, 35 years old, of 41 Tibbetts street, who is employed at the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany's barn in Sellwood.. was accident ally hit on the head by- a sledgeham mer Monday, and. though his skull was fractured, it is said that he made his way to the Good Samaritan Hospital unassisted, where he now lies in a pre carious condition. Emmanuel Avoids Demonstration. ROME, via Paris. May 4. The Gior nale d'ltalia, in a special edition last night, announces that neither King Victor Emmanuel nor the members of the Ministry will be present at the un veiling of the monument to the mem ory of Garibaldi's volunteers at Quatre Sunt 'niena tomorrow-. HAVE PURE BLOOD Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes Rich, Red Blood. Pare, Tour heart works night and day without a pause. It is the principal organ of the circulation of your blood. It is of the utmost importance that It should do Its work well. The quality and quantity of your blood have much to do with its action. If this fluid is pure and abundant, your heart and other vital organs act with more energy than when It is defective In quality or deficient in quantity. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes the blood .pure and abundant. It is the one old reliable medicine, that has been sold for 40 years, for purifying the blood. There is no better blood remedy, ap petiser, stomach tonic or nervj builder. Be sure your druggist gives you Hood's, for nothing else can pos sibly take its ciace. Get U today. Adv. Today and Tomorrow, Soap for Everyone at UNUSU AL PRICES WELL 25c Resinol Soap 18c? 25c Poslam Soap 18c? 25c Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Soap . 17 25c Herpicide Soap 17c? 25c Hind's Honey and Almond Soap 19d 25c Pear's Scented Glycerine Sp. 15? 25c Packer's Tar Soap 14c? 25c 4711 White Rose Glycerine Soap 14( 15c Liebig Skin Soap, 10c; 3 for 25d 15c Uardas Complexion Soap, 10c; 3 for 25d 15c Wild Flowers of Mt. Hood Soap, 10c; 3 for 25 10c Wood-Lark Bath Soap, 4 for 25d 10c Wood-Lark Milled Glycerine Soap, 4 for 25c 10c Wood-Lark Quad Soap, 4 cakes in box . -19c 25c bar Floating; Castile Soap. .19c $1.00 Antonia Lug-gado Castile Soap 69c 8 bars Ivory Soap 25 8 bars Lustine Soap 25c No Phone Orders No Deliveries 10c Colgate's Allround Sp., 3 for 25d 10c Physicians' and Surgeons' Sp. 6c Woodard, IDENTITY IS II DOUBT P1CTIBE OF J. C. CLARK, DETROIT PRISONER, ARRIVES. A. G. Ott -ot Certain Man Is Postoffice Robber, but Likely AVill Go East to Appear at Trial. A photograph of James C. Clark, alias Carl P. Mack, alias Roscoe Pound, alias John Fleming- Wilson, who is believed to be one of the two highwaymen who robbed Postoffice Station "A" in this city the night of February 12, has been received in Portland by Bertillon Expert James Hunter and was partly identified by A. G. Ott. superintendent of Station A, as one of the men who held him up. Mr. Ott probably will leave for the East within a few days to appear In Detroit as a witness in the forgery case against Clark. If he then can identify Clark positively the prisoner will be returned to Portland to stand trial for the postoffice robbery. The picture received was not clear enough to make his identification as the rob ber complete. Clark was arrested in Detroit after a 60-mile automobile pursuit and is held for forging United States money orders. The money order blanks were found to be some that were stolen from the postoffice station at Union avenue and East Alder February 12. If Clark is convicted on the forgerj charge he will face a sentence of not more than two years' imprisonment. If Mr. Ott can recognize him, however, as the Portland robber, and Clark is brought back and convicted on that charge, he will face a sentence of up to 25 years' imprisonment. MISS ROGERS WINS CUP Ruth Holmes and Dorris McCllutock Get Prizes for Diving. Results of the' diving contest for girls at the Orpheum Monday were as follows: In the open contest. Miss Pearl Itogers won -the cup offered by Ideal. Ruth Holmes, 10 years old. a daugh ter of Dr. E. T. Holmes, and Dorris McClintook, 6 years old, received spe cial prizes and their work won the unstinted praise of the large audience present. Perhaps no more "game" a pair of little folks ever entered a tank in the city. H0TELMAN SEES CHANCE A. C. Mitchell Says Co-operation AVill Bring Tourists Here. Portland and Seattle hotel men, by co-operation, will be able to accomplish much in the way of bringing tourists to the Pacific Northwest, according to A. Cheshire Mitchell, manager of the Men, Ask Your Barbers to explain to you It has stopped many a man from being: prematurely bald. It is the one "best bet" to keep your hair on your head and promote a new growth. The following list of Leading Barber Shops employ its use. Ask for it. One Dollar Per Large Botle. I Baker. 23S Main Street. J. J. Parr fit. 184 Madlaon Street. t'ku. Sharewood. 375 Washing ton Street. Gerard I. Jones, 041 Madison St. J. A. Long, X Thinl Street. II. lllllthr), 312 Stark. Slrrft. Andr'a Barber Shoo, ISO Klrst Street. .1. K. Coffey, St. Johns. Asper V Caldwell. St. Johns. P. G, Gllmore, St. Johns. ('. O. Young. S4 Alder Street. Nelson 4t i'rtrraon, Grand Avenue and Morrison Street. Rnder Kinder, 2M f-rand' Ave. Herman Krlbli, Astoria. Or. O. K. Barber Shop, Wilcox Bids;. Meyers A Went worth, Oregon City. Kes. irlfflh. Ornroi CftT. K. J. Aldrrdae. Orxoi City. V. Robinson, 3-47 '-j Morrison Street. Ptttork Block Barber Shop, Plt toek Block. Retail Druggists Supplied by Wholesale Drug gists. Barbers and Hairdressers by Barber Supply Companies. - KNOWN BRANDS NO 5c Congo for 25c 10c Lara Soap, Clarke & Co., Alder "S" Vw" ' "'"' i:'?iK WHAT HAPPENED TO JACOBY THE JEWELER At 294 Washington Street o Hotel Butler, of Seattle. Mr. Mitchell is at the Benson on his way to San Francisco, Los Angeles and iSan Diego. "The recent visit to Portland of Se attle hotel men did much to promote a systematic effort to work for the mu tual benefit of tho men in this pro fession in the two cities and inciden tally for the beneflt of the cities them selves." says Mr. Mitchell. "Each year the Northwest shouldand undoubtedly will become the objective of an increasing number of tourists. Within the last few weeks the num ber of Eastern visitors in Seattle has considerably increased and I under stand the same thing has been true in Portland. THEFT IS TO RESENT KISS Conrt Sees Xo Justification and Movie Actress Is Convicted. NEW YORK, April 22. If you are an olive-skinned, dark-eyed, pulchrltu dinotis motion picture queen and your landlord hugs and kisses you in a dark clothes closet, you will have no right to appropriate his silver-mounted toilet articles. Estelle De Raye. of Boston, has re cently been renting a room from Harris the truly reliable nature of Dandruff and Eczema Treatment and Hair Tonic Toting A Nlrdermeyer, 8W Sixth Street. J. If. Meyers, TO errand Ave. H e r m n hlttrabet-aer, 243Vfc AVaahlnatoa Street. Oregon Hotel Barber Shop, Orc- KOQ Hotel. Murphy Hrol.. Morsrnn BldK. Imperial Hotel Barber Shop, Im perial Hotel Building. Northwestern Bulldina Barber Shop, Northwestern Bnlldlnx. The Waldrf Barber Shop. Broad way and Waithington Street. The Stag Barber Shop, Sa Mor rison Street. Rotrrn' Barber Shop, Corbet t Building. Brum Hotel Barber Shop. Wal ter Jourden. Manaaer, 173 West Park. Brody Kinlaaon. 2tl Third St. Acorn Barber Shop. Unios V Aodreita, -tlO", Wash ington Street. Bounds A elmen, 346V& Morrl wit S t reef. jr. A. Roblnaon, R474 Main St. K. Devlne. 7:1 Sixth Street. KelRler A Rader. -'!M (.rind Ave. K. J. Babes. 447 Washtnaton St. W. M. Uanay. SSS K. Buraalde. K. f. Wade. 11Vi Slith Street. J. Pappns. 27 Klrat Sl'rrt T. Teahlny, 15 Fourth Street. IVeo. Pnlo. SUBSTITUTES Cocoa Soap, 6 for 25c 10c California Medicated Soap, 3 ; 1 dozen 85c Soap 6c 10c Wool Soap 7c Armour's Broadway Bath Soap. Special offer: Bar of Soap, 15c Rubber Wash Cloth 25c Total 40c The combina tion for . . 15c $1.00 bar Conti Castile. ...... .65c 10c Lister's Antiseptic Soap, 3 for 14c 10c Valiant's Juniper Tar SoaD, 3 for 18c 10c Tyre Mechanics' Soap 6c Colgate's Pound Cake Shaving Soap, 6 for 25c 10c Pure Stork Castile, 3 for. . -25c 10c Colgate's Almond Cream 3 for : 25 c St. at West Park Parr at 135 West Seventy-first street. Parr caused her arrest on a charge of having stolen $125 worth of toilet ar ticles from the room occupied by him and his wife. She told Magistrate No lan of the hugs and kisses, but he did not think they justified her in stealing; She was held in $1000. UNUSED LICENSE RETURNS Man Says Bride-Elect's I'a rents Op pose AVedding and He AVaits. HAGERSTOWN. Md April 25. Court Clerk Edward Oswald has received back a marriage license he issued on December 22 to Carmy E. Younklns, 21 years old, of near Middletown, and Miss Ruth G. Martin, aged 18, near Boons boro. Younkins took out the license per sonally. In returning the document he stated he had planned without the con sent of the parents of Miss Martin, that they were opposed to the marriage at this time and that he would have no use for the license. If only fear keeps you on the straight and narrow, don't brag about it; the world hates a coward. KkiHi AND JOCTMIN DANDSllfFAKD ECZEMA TRCATMfNT HAIR TONIC - ' TM WrllTZCL 'fi SALEM, OB. If. t:. Meyer. 11. . Hammond. W. B. t.lUon. W. If. I fykes. Blen A Smith. C. I.. Cnnfleld. AI.H4M'. OR. stratton A Woolry. Stover Roland. C. W. Com. C. S. Bower. lenek'a Baths. None Genuine Without the Signature of m - HI- '- STARTS CAMPAIGN EARLY Ex-Congressman Lafferty, Out for Renomination, Demands Relief for Public From Present Conditions. Says Campaign of Education Will Be but Continuation of Efforts of Past Four Years, and Asks Privilege of Visiting Homes of Voters to Ex plain Platform. y -...x , , - . c 4 I r-4 , t ' I t r ' J y "r" K Vii 1 if-?- I Vk 1 1 'imrrfliii lama T a nnnAritfir mm A, W. L.afferty. "Protective tariff. Public ownership of natural monopolies. Genuine rural credits. Oregon homes." L'pon tht platform my name will appear on the Republican primary ballot. May 13.1916. for renomination to Congress. I was born- and raised a Republican and have nvr fit n nv t!m tt? Kt frr1 nthnrwlir fir hAAn u mAmhAr r f anv rithAr nartl' It is true that in 1912 I scratched the uv-nci i(j (.lie v A ir n L ji vuiiii mi Roosevelt and Johnson, but it is also true that a tremendous majority of the Republican voters of the whole Na tion did the same thing-. I have Just returned from Washlne ton. where I went three weeks ago to arfrue the railroad land grant suit in the Supreme Court. It is now 8 years since I started this litigation, and I believe I am going to win. If the court shall enforce the law. as the re sult of the 64 test cases. Judge Wolv- nrtAn will Vi irlArArl In nnnnlnl thrf A trustees to Fell out the whole grant to actual settlers through a drawing sys tem and every qualified person will he vn nil Ainll I'him'A t n crft M rlalm nnnse-to-Houae Canvass. Below are omc of the quentions I shall be glad to answrr during the campaign. I shall count it a favor if bLtlv pit ixpn r.cri rt 1 M nf Vi I m Atfanrltne will allow me 10 ran at inn noue n explain the Nation-wide light which I am endeavoring to aid materially in this dlKtritt. If the facts aniiimcrl in these questions be true, then an under, standing of them ought to he of in terest to every man who may not al ready know them. I did not know these facts until I had been a lawyer for IS years and had worked for four years aa a member of Congress. Why Times Are Hard. Here are the facts, showing how the money power collect Interest eight or ten tunes on every ilnllsr in existence, and how, through the ownership and overca pitallza t ion of public monopolies and the collection of exorbitant rates in order to pay intercut and dividends on such overcapitalization. it has milked the public dry and brought on hard times. This same money power holds out to us only temporary relief, provided we will meekly agree to offer no further reslntance to it. It has 70 per cent of all the wealth of the Nation now. and It promises to "employ and give a full dinner pall to labor." while it is get ting the other .".0 per cent, If the peo- t , 1 .. ill cernln riv In It 1 ffA Ituiirl The facts will be made clear by the following questions, and 1 invite a careful study of the same: Klrst Why do 200.000 men. which r only two-tenths of I per cent of the population, now own 70 per cent ol the wealth of the United States, leavlns but 30 per cent for the remaining 99. 800.00U people? Knormoua Agricultural Interest. Second How l It possible that the farmers and small home owner.s alone have borrowed IS.00O..I0O.000. when th total etock -of money In the t'nited States gold, silver and paper, amounts onlv to I.tr, ner can It a. or t.t.TiOO.OOO.OOO Third Why should the farmers and small home owners each year pay ii unearned Interest upon the $8.000,0u0. 300 of "credit" which they hnve bor rowed, the enormous sum of $."00.000. 000, which is enough money ti. build two trunk lines of railroad e.uch year from the Atlantic to the Pacitic, 6000 miles, at 880,000 per mile and leave a surplus of $30,000,000, 'when the Gov ernment of the United States could hold the securities and loan this "credit" in gold treasury notes at a prolit. and ot half the rate of In terest? Ears Dollar Loaned Many Times. Fourth How does it happen that ths people ot the United States have bor. rowed all told between eight and ten times as much money as there is in existence in the United States? Fifth By what system of duplicating deposits and loaning "credit" do the banks alone have loaned out at in terest 820.000.000,000 when the total ... i. e n I. avIiIbiia In tfo United States is only $35 per capita, or $3,500,000,000? Sixth Why was the Postal fiavlngs Bank made a mere shell, a pretenaa and a shain? Seventh Why is It now proposed to pass the same kind of a fake rural credit law? Kighth By what influences have the Rockefellers, the Morgans, the Roths childs and the other big bankers, in timidated the American Congress and prevented It from passing a genuine rnrnl credit law arwl a genuine Postal Savings Bank law. which fsilure to act on the part of Congress is worth s pillion Ajoiiars a year id ine iinjiie power in unearned interest, or $11 per year lor eacn man, woman ana cnun. ui $50 per year for each family of five? Tar Public 1'tlltty Burden. Ninth Why does the Portland rail way, I-lght & Power Company, owned by the same money power, setxi Kast every year aa "interest and dividend." over half of Its gross collections of nearly $7,000,000? 'Tenth Why are our 1 00. 00 nno pen. pie each required U pay $30.& per year to our steam railroads, makiun a total of $3,057,000,000. which is $152 85 per year per family of Ave. or a little over one-sixth of the average fainllv income even during the "good times" of ten years ago, when the railroads are capitalised for ISO.OOO.OiO.OOO and their actual physical value Is but little more than half that amount? Would Rrdare Oregon Taxes. Kleverth Why should not the State of Oregon, for the purpose of reducing its taxes, have the profits from tho sale of ripe timber each year In her . a AAA AAA .. a Ae lereait kAIArTAA which constitute one-fourth of the state's area, and which lands are valued at $400.000.0.10. but are now kept oft the tax rolls? Twelfth Why ahould not the third congressional district of Oregon, which is prooaoiy as wen imurm-ju in) e - lit 4lat,l..lAr th United Htmtmm. head the movement for common honesty In public affairs, and demand action now, instead of waiting for the next generation to accomplish .something really worth while? A. W. I.AFFERTT. (Paid Adv.)