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56 Pages Pages 1 to 12 VOL. XXVI. XO. 14. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. POPE PIUS HEARS STRONG PROTEST Roosevelt's Sister Bars Church Politics. IRELAND'S ZEALOUS FRIENDS Try to Use Mrs. Robinson to Advance His Claims. HOT CONTEST FOR RED HAT Pope Promises New American Car dinal, but One Not Expected. Ireland's Chancea Injured by Indiscretion of Friends. f Copyright, 1907, by New York Times. 1 ROME. April 6. (Special Cable.) A deliberate effort has been made to take advantage of tne visit to Italy of Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of President Roosevelt, in order to advertise the in terests of an American candidate for a cardinal's hat. So bold was the at tempt that Mrs. Robinson, in the pres ence of the pope himself, was forced to enter a protest. Ambassador White, before his depar ture from Rome for Paris, had been Informed- of Mrs. Robinson's coming and her desirs to be received by the pope. As Monslgnor Kennedy, rector of the American College, had already left here for Philadelphia for the golden wed ding of hia parents, Monslgnor Far relll, spiritual director of the college, undertook the arrangements, which were continued at the request of the present Ambassador, Mr. Grlscom. But in the meanwhile Monslgnor O'Gorman, bishop of Sioux Falls, having arrived, he took charge of the whole affair, and the impression was created that he wished to monopolize it in favor of Archbishop Ireland's candidature for the red hat, which he is supposed to have come here to advance. "No Politics," Says Mrs. Robinson. This aroused much gossip, as the friction caused by the fact that a room in the American College was refused to Archbishop Ireland shortly after Arch bishop Ryan stopped there was still fresh in people's minds. The Robinson audience took place, and Bishop O'Gorman had an opportu nity to emphasize once more to Pope Pius how grateful the American peo ple would be to see Archbishop Ireland raised to the purple. Mrs. Robinson, however, did not conceul her disap proval of this bringing In of the vexed question, saying in French, so that the pore might understand it: "No politics, no politics." As this Incident of Mrs. Robinson's visit shows, there has not, since the famous struggle between the Corrigan and Ireland influences in America be gan, been such an acute period in the competition for an American cardinal as at the present time. The issue was recently put directly to Pope Pius X who, in answering a distinguished pre late who represented to him the dis appointment of American Catholics at not having a new cardinal created in the consistory to be held on April 15, aid: Pope's Promise to America. "Americans are very dear to my heart. I will satisfy them and give them another cardinal, but," he added, with a twinkle in his eye, "perhaps one whose elevation to such a position is not expected, and who will, I am sure, be received with general satisfaction." What has always been most inju rious to Archbishop Ireland's interest Is the over-zeal of friends. The case of Mrs. Bellamy Storer is only too well known in America, but it is not one by itself. Another typical Instance is that of a well-known New Yorker, now a Consul-General in Europe, who came several times to Rome, once say ing to the Vatican officials that he would not leave the apostolic palace until he had received a red hat for his friend. Another openly asked Secre tary of State Merry del Val how much it would cost to raise Archbishop Ire land to the cardinal, as he was ready to pay any sum. Verbal Message From Roosevelt. The most frequent case, however, is that of prominent personages, even bishops, coming to Rome intrusted with what they call a verbal message from President Roosevelt. A dintin guished American ecclesiastic, who lives in Washington, arrived In r " Arrhliishop Ireland, of Rt. Paul, Whose Friends Tried to V"ne Presi dent Roosevelt's Hister to Promote His Appointment As Cardinal. the Eternal City when Lo XIII was at the point of death with a "verbal message" from the President asking that Archbishop Ireland be made a cardinal, but, as in the mean while the Pope died, he was the first to deliver such a communication to the new pontiff. These tactics defeated their own ends, as similar "verbal messages" also came in favor of Archbishop Farley, of New York; Ryan, of Philadelphia, and even Chapelle, of New Orleans, beforo his death. Corrigan Also a Victim. In smaller proportion to Archbishop Ireland, other prelates are afflicted by the excessive zeal of their friends. For Instance, the archbishop of New York is a victim of the activities of a Cath olic lady of his archdiocese, to whom a title was given by the Holy See, and who floods not only the Vatican, but the cardinals with her petitions. CALLS IT MORAL ENORMITY Vatican Says Documents Published Regardless of Import. ROME, April 6. The Vatican has qualified the method in which the doc uments of Monslgnor Montagnini have been published in Paris as a "moral enormity" insomuch as there have been published documents In no way connected with the Bupposed plot against France or even with France at all. It instances papers regarding the relations of foreign powers, such as the views of British Ambassador Bertie concerning Emperor William's opposition to the appointment of a Catholic as Britishh Ambassador in Berlin. The Vatican draws attention to the fact that these papers show that even after the Franco-Vatican rupture diplomatists continued to consider Monstgnor Montagnini as a colleague, and trusted him entirely. Spaniard Will Be Seventh Cardinal. ROMEL April 6. It was announced today that the seventh cardinal to be created at the consistory, to be held April 15, will be Monslgnor Agulrre y Garcia, Bishop of Burgos, Spain. It Is reported that the Pope has de cided to hold another consistory In June for the creation of foreign cardinals. ADO ANOTHER STAR TO NATION'S FLAG Spokane Has Dream of New State. GUT FROM INLAND EMPIRE Chamber of Commerce Starts Boom for the Project. NAME OF LINCOLN OFFERED Eastern Washington, Northeastern Oregon and Panhandle of Idaho to Be Embraced in the New Commonwealth. SPOKANE, Wash., April 6. (Special.) By making public today the report of the "new state" committee and an nouncing its adoption by the Chamber of Commerce, Secretary I G. Monroe of the latter body formally launched the campaign for the creation of a new commonwealth comprising the "Inland Empire," for which the name "Lincoln" has been most frequently suggested. The report of the committee, which was adopted unanimously, consists of a review of conditions that brought about what it terms the unnatural ar rangement of boundaries now existing in the Northwest, advances reasons for the construction of a new state and suggests the following boundaries should be approximated: Boundaries of Proposed State. That the 45th degree of latitude, or the present north line of the State of Wyoming, extended, be designated as the northern boundary of the State of Idaho, and the 120th degree of longi tude, or the eastern boundary of the State of California, carried north until It intersects the 45th degree of lati tude, be designated as the western boundary of the State of Idaho; and that the eastern California line, car ried to British Columbia, be designated as the eastern boundary of the State of Washington, thereby leaving a new state to be hereafter named, and from which a central city should be selected as the capital, comprising the panhan dle of Idaho, Northereastern Oregon and Eastern Washington. The report goes on to say: "This proposition should not come from any one town or locality, but should bo brought from all the princi pal towns north of the said 45th degree of latitude, and, if possible to secure their consent and approbation, then the matter should be taken to the principal towns and cities south of the said 45th degree of latitude, to secure, if possible, their co-operation." Eliminate Friction of Interests. The committee recommended that the Chamber of Commerce send copies of this report to the various cities Intro duced, placing the matter before the board of trade, city council, or other body of like nature, to the end that steps be taken looking to the neces sary action by Congress. The report points out that the pan handle of Idaho is cut off from the south by an impenetrable mountain bar rier, and that the south has dominated legislation to the exclusion of the in terests of the panhandle; also that a similar condition exists In Washington, where the Cascade Mountains consti tute a natural barrier. "This has led to deep-seated fric tion," says the report. "There has not been a session of the Legislature In which this conflict of interests has not been in evidence. The conviction has deepened in the minds of close observ ers on both sides that this lrremedial conflict of political interests is a dis turbing Influence in the commercial and industrial relations of the two sec tions, and that a readjustment of state lines as Nature and the best interests of the people have dictated, would elim inate the old-time friction." It is argued that similar conditions exist between Eastern and Western Oregon to even a more marked degree. WATERED STOCK IS ISSUED Bryan Says Ownership Is Not Most Pressing Question. DES MOINES, la., April 6. At the Jefferson banquet here tonight, W. J. Bryan declared that Government ownership of railroads is not the most pressing question at issue. The ques tion of Immediate importance, he said, relates to watered stocks, the valua tion of railroads and high rates. The man who was worried about the evils of Government ownership, he said, in stead of fighting to solve immediate problems Is in sympathy with the wrong side of the controversy. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 decrees; minimum, 44 decrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. Graft in San Francisco. Exposure of bribery by Hearst men causes row In reform forces. Page 1. Schmitz" partner subpenaed to tell about tenderloin graft on eve of flight. Page 1. Grand Jury learns about assessment to pay for Schmitz' reception. Page 1. Foreign. Chinese famine leads to cannibalism and worst is to come. Page 2. Premiers of British colonies gather for con ference In London. Page 15- President Roosevelt's sister protests to Pope against being used in fight for cardinal's hat. Page 1. More about Montagnini papers. Page l. National. United States Joins with Mexico in move to stop Central American, war. Page 2. Politics. Test of strength between Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt forces coming in Ohio. Page 33. Exposure of rich men's conspiracy makes Bourne famous. Page 3. Ode II makes speech containing digs at Roosevelt. Page 15. Ambassador Bryce talks In Chicago on own ership of utilities. Page 3. Canvass of Republican editors shows enor mous growth of Roosevelt's popularity. Page 1. Domestic. Pennsylvania line's fast express derailed by trainwreckers. Page 3. Goldfield miners return to Western Feder ation. Page 15. Mrs. Eddy's next friends move against new ly appointed trustees. Pag 2. Methods of Juggling wheat market exposed. Page . Methodist preacher apologizes for bur lesquing brethren in novel. Page 3. Thaw case expected to go to Jury by Thurs day. Page 3 4. Pacific Coast. Spokane would make new state of the In land Empire. Page 1. Farmers capture band of Eastern Washing ton outlaws. Page 4. Heavy rain storm in all parts of the state. Page 4. Freight wreck at Ashland delays all pas senger trains. Page 4. Washington Supreme Court says aliens may own silica and clay lands. Page 4. Sports. Many track and field meets scheduled for months of Spring and early Summer. Page 37. Plans under way for automobile races to be held the coming Summer. Page 86- Portland shut out by San Francisco In firet ball game. Page 14. Commercial and Marine. Oregon onion market cornered. Page 3. Wheat prices break on predictions of rain. Page 38- Stock market weakened by profit-taking Bales. Page 39. Large gain in New York banks' surplus. Page 38. Steamer Telephone leased by Regulator line for The Dalles-Portland run. Page 38. Portland and Vicinity-. Firebug makes four attempts in three days to burn Carleton Hotel. Page 8. President Gerlinger announces that Falls City road will be extended to the sea coast. Page 10. Board of Education may provide for. Indus trial school. Page 11- Colonel McDonell definitely announces that he will not be candidate for Mayoralty. Page 8. Civil Service will block Democratlo office seekers. Page 10. Llquordealers demand check signatures to 51000 license referendum petition. Page 24. Programme for Society Circus announced. Page 24. IN FACTIONAL OVERJOYS RUEF Bribery by Hearst Men Is Exposed. VOTES BOUGHT AT PRIMARIES Reform Movement Endangered by Graney's Story. BUT HENEY WILL GO AHEAD One of Hearst's Editors Accused of Furnishing Money to Hire Vot ers Hllbert Must Tell of Major Schmitz' Graft. SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. (Special.) An unexpected sensation caused a sudden turn In the graft exposures to day, when Fremont Older, managing editor of the Bulletin, announced that Eddie Graney, fight promoter and poli tician, had confessed to- him and Spe cial Agent William J. Burns that he had been given money by an agent of William R. Hearst to purchase votes In the primary election in August, 1904. Mr. Older has reduced the facts to writ ing and has embodied them in a com munication to District Attorney Lang don, calling upon him to prosecute. Mr. Langdon has been considered a Hearst man, and his course of action In the matter Is being eagerly awaited. Mr. Langdon was a candidate for Governor of California last year. He received the nomination of Hearst's Independ ence League. Row Gives Ruef Glee. The announcement of Mr. Older has come as a climax to a merry row among those factjjfc, generally bitterly op posed, which "for the time being have been allied in the fight against the Schmitz administration. The continu ance of the reform movement Itself is threatened. Abe Ruef Is -gleeful to night for the first time BiticPhis incar ceration. He said tonight thiit he be lieved he would be overlfjBSJk now that the "reformers hav-nHjifrXn to squabbling." Francis J. Heney and William J. Burns have refused to ally themselves with either faction and propose to continue the investigation as though nothing of a political nature had occurred. This would be easy enough were it not for the fact that the entire reform movement rests upon the shoulders of Mr. Langdon. Mr. Langdon said tonight that the in vestigation would go on. Two Democratic Factions. The row which came to a head today Is between the two factions of the Demo cratic party, one headed by Gavin Mc Nab and known as the regulars, the other headed by William R. Hearst and known locally as the "Horses and Carts." The Bulletin, edited by Mr. Older, has championed the cause of Mr. McNab as against Mr. Hearst. Mr. Older has been associated with the prosecution in the graft cases, and all apparently ran smoothly until yesterday, when Dddie Graney made a complete confession and said that Mr. Hearst's agents had given him money for corrupt uses in the primary election. Mr. Older desired at once to direct an attack against Mr. Hearst and his agents. Mr. Langdon apparently gave no satisfactory reply to Mr. Older. Mr. Hearst through the Ex aminer has been aiding Mr. Langdon In the reform movement. The situation is a delicate one. Mr. Older presentation of the case follows: "Eddie Graney has made a confession to William J. Burns that he was given $600 by John P. Barrett, news editor of the Examiner, to be used In the primary election in August. 1904. At the primary held August 11. 1904. there was a very bitter contest for control of the Demo cratic Convention between the regular organization captained by Gavin McNab. and the 'Horse and Cart.' or Hearst fac tion, captained nominally by 'Jim' O'Brien, the 'Horse and Cart' contractor, but bossed in reality by William R. Hearst through the editors of the Ex aminer. Hearst paid all the campaign expenses of the 'Horse and Cart' move ment and the campaign was directed from the Examiner office. "The regular Democratic organization represented the reform element in tne community and was hostile to Mayor Schmitz. Hearst, on the contrary, at that time and until a few months ago, was an active supporter and partisan of Mayor Schmitz, and his principal object In endeavoring to seize control of the Democratic convention was to block any ROOSEVELT IDOL OF WHOLE PARTY Canvass of Republican Editors Shows. HAS WON MANY OPPONENTS ... . , IvSBBBBBBBBBKbU jSSBH Senator Jonathan Bourne, Whose Dinner to Brother Senators Caused Exposure of Rich Men's Conspir acy Against Roosevelt. General Demand That He Be Candidate in 1908. HE EMBODIES SQUARE DEAL action that would be likely to hurt Mayor Schmitz. Feeling ran high between the regular organization and the Hearst fac tion. Hearst received active aid from Abe Ruef, and most of the delegates on the Hearst primary ticket were out-and-out Schmitz men. Graney's Protected Joint. "Two of the strongest supporters of Mayor Schmitz were James W. Coff roth and Edward M. Graney, both of them leaders In the tenderloin 'push. Graney, moreover, since the death of Sam Ralney, had been, aa he is still, the leader of the band of 'workers' who for so many years, In good fortune and bad fortune, obeyed the orders of Ralney. Coffroth and Ralney were Joint proprietors of the Belvedere theater and dance hall, an Institution conducted in violation of the ordi nances, but 'protected' through the in fluence of its proprietors with the Schmitz administration. "Graney has confessed to William J. Burns that a day or two before the primary election John P. Barrett sent for him and demanded that they carry the Thirty-eighth and Forty-third dis tricts for the 'horse and cart' faction of the Democratic party. Although Coffroth and Graney were supporters of Schmitz, they had not been active in the campaign lest by activity they at tract too much publicity to their illicit enterprise, the Belvedere. The dance hall and theater was a profitable con cern and the proprietors were not courting publicity. In fact, their understanding with Ruef was that the Belvedere should be protected only so long as it kept out of the newspapers, for Ruef was afraid that If the place became too notorious the public would suspect the bargain by which it was kept open, and ihe suspicion might do damage to Schmitz. Threat Brings Them to Time. Coffroth and Graney, for that reason, shied at Barrett's proposal and made the excuse that it wa too late to do any ef fective work. Barrett, according to Gra ney's story, made It very clear that. If they did not do as he bade, the Examiner would turn loose on the Belvedere and close it up very quickly. Coffroth and Graney, on the night preceding the elec tion day, assembled In the Belvedere as (Concluded on Page 2.) Men Whose Fingers Are on Popular Pulse Declare No Other Will Be Trusted Stronger Than When He Was Elected. NEW YORK, April 6. (Special.) On Monday last the New York Times ad dressed to the editors of 500 Republi can papers a letter requesting the opinion of each as to whether Presi dent Roosevelt is as popular and as strong generally with the voters as he was at the time of his election. Up to the present, 68 editors have replied. The answer of the Republicans of the country, as it is confidently, eager ly and enthusiastically expressed by these editors. Is one unanimous shout of praise for Mr. Roosevelt. It Is de clared from every hand that he Is stronger in the affections of the people than ever before. From Maine to Minnesota these men, so close to public opinion, unite in af firming that the President has so grown in the public confidence and ad miration since his assumption of the Chief Magistracy that he is the abso lute idol of his party and of thousands of habitual opponents of his party. Never Before So Strong. He Is held to be the incarnation of the popular instinct against corpora tion privilege, the embodiment of the "square deal" principle. "Where he has made one enemy since the begin ning of his term of office, he has won two friends," declare with a curious agreement in this form of eulogy sev eral widely-separated editors Some note a tendency to follow Mr. Roosevelt implicitly. to believe that whatever Mr. Roosevelt believes and does Is right, because Mr. Roosevelt believes and does It. Some perceive that the first Impulsive admiration which was given to a some what spectacular martial hero has deep ened into a thoughtful and earnest trust in his conscientiousness, his abiding zeal for righteousness, and on the whole his wisdom. "Never before so strong; stronger than when he was overwhelmingly elected," are phrases which scarcely one of the Times correspondents has succeeded In avoiding or evading. The fact is that. If the Re publican editors of the country are Judges of the trend of public opinion In their party, Mr. Roosevelt is the object of an admiration which it would seem no other American has ever received. Democrats Turn to Him. So far as they undertake to speak for Democrats, these editors remark a curious turning toward the Republican President of the heart of the Democratic voters, who by the thousand, it Is said, would prefer him to any man the Democrats could nominate out of their own ranks. The report is so extraordinary In its unanimity as to the extreme popularity of Mr. Roosevelt that, as one editor puts it, "Neither desires, doubts nor fears can put this state of facts out of sight." We have here an actual condition such as has seldom, If ever, been paralleled in the history of American politics. It Is, of (Concluded on P&xe 2.) HARRY MURPHY FINDS THAT THE FIVE-MILLION-DOLLAR CONSPIRACY STORY INSPIRES CERTAIN ESTIMABLE CITIZENS TO DECLARE THEIR FEALTY TO ROOSEVELT Wapoleon Harrlman lVvr Theodore It's all a mistake. I'm rais in IB. 000, 000 FOR TOl. Tours faithfully. E. H. H. P. 8. Mr Latest invitation to the Whits Boom MUST hare been lost In the mails. Sen. Boise Penrose. Dear Mr. President I wasn't at the Bourne banquet, and I wasn't mellow. Pennsylva nia Is ours for the asking. As ever, your admirer. BOIES PENROSE. P. S. Also, yon can have any lemon in my collection. John D. Sockafeller Dear Old Man Can't understand libelous story that I'm raisins; $5,000,000 to, beat you. It must be Carnegie. Your for a third terSfl, JOHN D. 8- P. S. Ton 11 pardon my calling- you "old man," won't you T Willie Alsorandolph Hearst Friend Roosevelt Don't believe what you see in the newspapers. The Hearst papers are for you, though suffering just now from BISBRANH storm. Tour true friend. WILUAM ALSORANDOLPH H. P. S, I'll speak to BISBRAXES about It. 3, Pierp. Morgan, Honored Sir: I am among your most de voted and faithful admirers and as evidence of my good faith I desire to subscribe myself as a member of your rapidly -growing: Ananlaa Club. Tour obediennt servant, J. P. M. P. 8. Burn this letter. "Honest Abe Reuf. Great and good friend: I've fixed it with Herrin. California is for you to a man. Tours for pure government, HONEST ABE R . P. 8. Address any pardons to me direct at San Quentln. I don't trust Heney and Burns.