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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
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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
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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.