56 Pages Pages 1 to 12 VOL- 'XXVI NO. 3,5. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TUFT NOT STRONG IN EMPIRE STATE Wants Roosevelt and Hughes Again. GOVERNOR IS SECOND CHOICE He Says Nothing of Presidency in Speeches. PRACTICES NEW POLITICS Dethroned Lenders Vainly Try to Get in Game, but He Will Rule the Convention If He Wishes. BY 1,1-OYD F. LONERGAN. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. (Special.) There Is plenty , of Roosevelt sentiment In New York state, and plenty of Hughes senti ment, but nothing to Indicate tjiat there Is even a moderate demand for Mr. Taft. For some reason the big Secretary of War is not strong in the Empire State. True, there is no particular objection to any thing he has said or done. On the other hand his speeches have failed to arouse any enthusiasm. The feeling as to Mr. Taft can be correctly styled as Indiffer ence rather than active opposition. The Federal officeholders, practically without exception, have publicly lined up for a third term for Mr. Roosevelt. The;. are reinforced by two county leaderB, Timothy L. Woodruff, of Brooklyn, who Is also state chairman, and Congressman Herbert Parsons, of New York County. Persons holding state positions have very properly cheered for Hughes for Presi dent. But nobody has said a word for or against Taft. Probably 95 per cent of the Republicans of the state are for Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Hughes. Many of the Roosevelt men would gladly accept Mr.. Hughes as a sec ond choice. The bulk of the Hughes men are friendly to Mr. Roosevelt, but they do not believe the President will accept another term. If the vast majority of the rank and file could have their way, the President and the Governor would get together and decide which one should oc cupy the White House after March 4, 1909, Ex-Leaders Hop About. In the meantime all the funny little dis credited leaders, who are trying to run what was once a great political machine, are hopping about excitedly, trying to de cide what they shall do. Ex-Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., sees a chance to utilize the Governor's popularity, and has announced himself as for Mr. Hughes. "But It doesn't give him a latchkey to the Executive mansion," Is the sarcastic comment of one of his foes. State Chairman Woodruff, whose ad ministration has been a Joke, Is out for Mr. Roosevelt. "Yet when he goes to Sagamore Hill the dogs bite Tim Just the same," to quote an Odell man. Mr. Parsons, leader of New York County, who Is out for Mr. Roosevelt, has a terrible fight on his hands. All the Hughes men in Manhattan, and they number quite an army, are lining up with Mr. Odell because of Mr. Par son's declaration. "William Barnes, Jr., who bosses Al bany County, .is in a sad plight. He doesn't like Mr. Roosevelt and he doesn't like Mr. Hughes, but realizes that he must come out for one or the other, so ho Is industriously gauging sentiment and busily dodging men who want to know where he stands. Ex-Secretary of State O'Brien, who bosses several counties in the upper tier, confines his conversation nowa days to thrilling eulogies of the Ameri can flag. He Is another man who doesn't know. Ex-Governor Frank Black Is devoting himself to bis law business. John Raines, president pro tern, of the Senate, only sobs when he is questioned. Speaker Wadsworth, of the Assembly, and his father, ex-Con Governor Chamberlain "Glad to see that." gressman James W. Wadsworth, are in hiding on their farm in Livingston County. In fact all the so-called big Republic ans are trying to discover which way the cat will Jump, and the pathetic feature is that, no matter which direc tion the cat takes, they are bound to be scratched. "A choice between Roosevelt and Hughes," declared a well-known ma chine politician bitterly, "is a choice between hanging and death .in the electric chair." Hughes Playing New Politics. Governor Hughes has absolutely de clined to commit himself regarding his political plans. He has not authorized anybody to say that he wants promo tion or even a renominatlon. But the Governor Is playing politics just the same, the new-fangled Hughes politics. He is up the state now, making speeches at county fairs and before agricultural societies. A glance at his published route shows that before the end of September he will have visited nearly every rural county. The tenor ot several speeches al ready delivered is practically identical. Mr. Hughes does not ask fdr votes, neither docs he assail his political enemies. He simply makes a "business talk," explaining what hus been accom plished by the different departments, and what Is hoped to be accomplished in the future. . Then there are discus sions regarding the needs of the par ticular locality that is ent: talning him. Becomes Expert in Everything;. One of the Governor's gifts is his capacity for acquiring useful informa tion. When he was engaged by the Legislative committee that Investigat ed the gas question, Mr. Hughes knew practically nothing about the technical problems Involved. But by the time the hearings were under way he amaz?d the gas trust's experts by his knowledge. "He could qualify as an expert him self," said one man who always draws large fees. The same condition was repeat pd when the insurance companies were je ing grilled. What Mr. Hughes didn't know about "deferred payments." "gold bonds," and other things that are dark mysteries to outsiders, was hatdly worth mentioning. Within the year he has been In office, Charles K. Hughes has taken a full course of poll tics, and demonstrated his ability to rout men that had even Mr. Roosevelt worried. Now he is devoting his time to upstate conditions, and is learning things that none of his predecessors ever even attempted to understand. Incidentally he is gaining the en thusiastic regard of the farmers, and when all is said and done, it is the farmers who decide nominations and elections. j Bosses Can't Stop Him. The Republican leaders are watch ing Mr. Hughes' movements with great anxiety. They do not comprehend what he is doing exactly, but they madly realize that he Is gaining new friends every day. The Governor is so thorough in what he does that these leaders fear he will thoroughly dom inate the conventions next year, walk off with the Presidential delegates himself, and name a full state ticket of men that the bosses do not approve. "And if he decides to do it." was one man's comment. "I don't see how we can stop him: He knows all about law now, and gas and Insurance and politics. He is at present studying en silage and crops, and. If he decides to take up delegates and nominations, he will probably qualify in that branch, too. Oh, he's a dandy, is our Gov ernor." What the Voters Say. Talk to any of the Governor's friends, and they will tell you that Mr. Hughes is simply traveling about, learning -the needs of the state. Talk to any Republican politician, and if you can induce him to unbosom him self, h will tell you that the Governor is "pulling the wires" In a new and re markably successful way. Talk to the average Republican voter who is in terested In clean politics and not In office-holding, and he will tell you. "If Roosevelt will take a third term, I hope he gets it, and that Hughes stays where he Is. Then we will have good men both at Washington and Al bany. "If Roosevelt is out of it, promote Hughes, and let him pick out a man to succeed himself here. But this talk about Taft, or Fairbanks, or Cannon is foolish language. The two best men In the Union reside In the Empire State." Mr. Roosevelt knows that this condi tion exists. So does Mr. Hughes. What they will do about it only the future can tell. you; five rae Mr. Mulkey "Walk la." HARRIMAN SEES OREGON WEALTH Arrives at Prineville on Automobile. WILL SEE GREAT WHEAT STACK Today Will Be Spent on Tour of Agency Plains REACH PORTLAND MONDAY Railroad Kins Inspects Resources oi Undeveloped Oregon Sees No Railroad or Newspaper and Forgets Sight of Ticker. PRINEVILLE. Or., Aug. 31. (Special.) E. H. Harrlman and J. P. O'Brien arrived here at 6:30 o'clock this evening in their 60-horsepower automobile, coming from Bend by way of Redmond. The trip took up most of the day, an examination being made of the irrigation system of the Des Chutes Irrigation & Power Company.' Secretary Stanley of the company pointed out thfl features likely to be overlooked by the railroad men who are strangers to this section. Messrs. Harrlman and O'Brien were somewhat tired from their trip but con sented to meet a party of representative citizens and the Union Pacifle magnate talked with a number of Prineville citizens, wn have strong hopes that his trip through Central Oregon means some thing leading to transportation facilities through the isolated but . productive region. Sees Country's Great Wealth. Mr. Harriman was unusually approach able, affable and communicative. During this trip he has overlooked nothing In the comrtry. He-has inspected the best timber tracts, the irrigation district, the wheat lands and even the desert. Tomorrow will be spent In an inspection of a grain stack at Agency Plains wheat belt. There are 1,000,000 bushels awaiting the advent of the Iron horse to transfer It to the wheat markets of the world. AH Points to New Railroad. Everything is being conducted system atically. The precision which character izes Mr. Harriman, every move he is making, points to the fact that his tour of Inspection here is made for the pur pose of confirming the previous favorable report of Mr. Kruttschnitt.' That Is the Impression given out by Mr. Harrlman himself, although of course he has not said so in so many words. Mr. Harrlman's sons are not with the party, being out in the mountains near Clear Lake on a bear hunt. Comes to Portland Monday. After inspecting Agency Plains wheat belt tomorrow, unless further develop ments occur to keep Messrs. Harriman and O'Brien In the country longer, they expect to leave for Portland Monday in Mr. O'Brien's private car. Mr. Harrlman has thoroughly enjoyed his stay In Southern Oregon. He says this evening that he has not seen a railroad or a newspaper for two weeks, but has been hunting and fishing like a schoolboy, and had an appetite like a ranchhand. Contrary to report he says he has not been In correspondence with Wall street; that this trip was made to give his boys an outing and himself a respite from the ticker, as well as to study Central Oregon as a railroad proposition. WILL COME OUT BY SHANIKO Harriman Sends Train and Stays In Central Oregon. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 31. (Special.) Et H.' Harrlman's train has left Detroit and will arrive here at 9 o'clock -to leave for Portland. Mr. Harriman is not aboard, STATEMENT NUMBER 1 CALLS ON SEVERAL OREGON CITIZENS right Mr. Fulton "I believe Federal Dowers." and it is reported here that he has aban doned his trip across the mountains, and is going out by way of Shaniko. PLAtSUE ON PACIFIC LINER Member of Sierra's Crew Has Bu bonic at Honolulu. HONOLULU, Aug. 31. A case of the plague 'is reported on the mall steamer Sierra, just arrived here, a member of the crew being ill. The cabin passengers have all landed. The sailing of the steamer wilt probably be delayed. Will Fumigate Bay City Kospitals. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. Dr. Wat kins, health officer, reports that there Is no change in the plague situation. No new cases have developed. The Board of Health has decided to fumigate and sterilize the city and county hospital im mediately. Postoffice Swamped by Craze. LONDON, Aug. 31. (Special.) The lim erick competition craze has reached such a pitch as to put a real strain on the postoffice. A weekly paper with a small circulation started the craze a few weeks ago by printing four lines in lim erick form, and inviting competitors to supply the fifth line, accompanying It with a coupon and a sixpenny (12-cent) postal order. The success of the scheme was Immediate, and other papers and advertisers followed, the latest prize of fered being $15 a week for life. The de mand for sixpenny orders was so great that the postoffice ran short and head quarters had to produce them by the million. One day 170.000 were issued. The normal demand is somewhat less than 100.000 a month. In July 1,300.000 such or ders were supplied. Hard-Working Royal General. LONDON. Aug. 31. (Special.) The Duke of Connaught. as Inspector-General of the forces, passed 24 hours in the field with the second division of the Alder shot command, his work closing at 6 o'clock in. the morning, when the Red force, of which tlte division forms a part, had defeated the Blue troops, after a fight throughout the night. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 76 de grees; minimum. 62 dejereee. TODAY'S Probably fafr. northeast wind. Foreign. Anarchy reigns In Morocco and foreigners flee. Pag-e 2. Section 1. Schoolgirls in Montenegro put Police Chief to confusion. Page 2. Section 1. Gossip of European capitalists. Page 1, Section 4. Charcot's plans for Antartic expedition. Page 2. Section 1. National. President Roosevelt to force legislation on railroad accident. Page 1. Section 2. politics. New York cool towards Taft; Hughes course worries old leaders. Pnge l. Sec tion 1. ' San: Untermyer nt i sea prosweutiort of trusts and -wants tariff revised. Pare 2. Section 1. Oomestlr. Interstate Commerce to inquire Into North west coal famine. Page 1, Section 1- Division In Interstate Commission on in dustrial railroads. Page 1. Section 1. Senator Depew's opinion of effect of Roose velt's policy on stocks. Page 2, Sec tion 1. Strange romance of religious husband and . wayward wife. Page 3, Section 1. Inquiry into' Colonel Tucker's adventures In the Southwest. Page 1, Section 1. Sports. Referee's review of football outlook In Pa cific Northwest. Page 5, Section 4. Famous "No-hit' games in the big leagues. Page 10, Section 4. Coast men who will compete at Jamestown games. Page 5, Section 4. Pacific Coast. Harriman and party are at Prineville. Page 1, Section 1. Oregon editors propose to make office seekers pay dearly for publicity. Page 4 Section 1. Sheriff Pomeroy raids Astoria gambling dens. Page 4, Section 1. Jim Jeffries and hunting party gathering at Eugene. Page 4, Section 1. Political pot begins to boll In Idaho. Page 1, Section 2. Portland and Vicinity. High official of St. Paul road visits Port land. Page 10, Section 1. Hops must be clean this year to be sale able. Page 10, Section 1. State Dairy Commissioner Bailey denies milk Is bad. Page 8. Section 1. Governor Chamberlain discusses import ance to Oregon of National Irrigation Congress. Page 2, Section 2. Councilman Cottel says penalty for selling Impure milk is not severe enough. Page 8. Section 1. "Ike" G rat ton, owner of Mllwaukle club house, returns from Europe. Page 8, Section 4. First motorman arrested for violation of speed laws attacks company's schedule. Page 8. Section 4. Assessor Sigler commends Seattle Asses sor's plan. Page 8, Section 1. Special Agent Neuhausen asks citizens to aid In unearthing land frauds. Page 12, Section 2. Labor day programme Is completed. Page 12, Section 2. In increased Mr. Cake "What! thing coming RgainT E TO INQUIRE INTO GOAL SUPPLY Northwest Threatened With Famine. BRING PRESSURE ON ROADS Government Strives to Coal Where Needed. Get MAY BE MORE SUFFERING Commission Learns of Acute Short age Due to Lack, of Cars and Miners Inquire Into North west Rate Cases. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Aug. 31. Interstate Com merce Commissioner Franklin K. Laira left Washington today to investigate the car-shortage and coal-supply situ ation as it is affected by the trans portation facilities In the Northwest. He will begin his investigation at St. Paul next Wednesday, and extend it wes$ to Portland and Seattle. "Information reaching the Commis sion is to the effect that a repetition of the conditions of last Winter Is threatened in the Northwest, and thiit there is an acute shortage of coal in the Pacific Northwest," said Mr. Lane today.' "The Government-relieved the situation somewhat by getting a coal supply for the military posts, Indian agencies and schools this Summer and Fall, but information about the sup ply for domestic consumption is lack ing. "I am informed that there is a scarcity of labor for the mines in the Northwest. I don't know whether this is true, but will try to get exact infor mation on the subject. The Commis sion is ready to io as it did last year, when It urged cjs roarts to ,iCt flwl to threatened points as rapidly as pos sible, but would rather see the people themselves get their supplies before the crops begin to move." Beginning at Spokane, Mr. Lane will hear complaints filed with the Com mission against various roads. The Spokane complaint is against the Northern roads for an overcharge on sheet steel for the waterworks. Several firms in Seattle have also filed com plaints against roads for overcharges on shipments of shingles and lumber to the East and Southwest, and the Oregon Railroad Commission com plained against the rate on denatured alcohol from Chicago. This latter case will be heard in Portland. Mr. Lane said he would not hold any hearings on the increase from 40 to 50 cents on lumber from the Pacific Coast to Mississippi-River and Missourl Rlver points, which goes into effeVt October 1. No complaint . has been filed, and even if it is filed soon, the parties to It could not be ready for hearing by the time he reaches the Coast. COMMISSION BADLY DIVIDED Decision on Industrial Railroads Puts Others at Their Mercy. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (Special.) By a majority decision the Interstate Com merce Commission has declared the rail roads throughout the country again open to the attacks of so-called industrial lines. The ruling, however, has caused an apparently hopeless division among the members, and a strenuous effort Is being made in several quarters to have the case reopened and redlscussed. The decision was written for the major ity by Mr. Prouty and was accompanied by two dissenting opinions, one of the lat ter by Mr. Clark, brief and snappy, the other by Mr. Harlan, and both concurred in by Chairman Knapp. Mr. Harlan's opinion is learned In its exposition of the law of the case and also as to the proba ble effect of the majority decision. The decision of the majority is the more that round Mr. U'Ren "Glad you're back, son; what do you think of your new brothersT" UN surprising, because it recognizes a rail road one mile long constructed by a com mercial organization to be a common car rier and therefore entitled to a division of through rates. At least ,such is the ef fect, according to the three dissenters. The case is the McRae Terminal Rail way against the Southern Railway Com pany and the Seaboard Air Line. The first named line was built by the McRae OH & Fertilizer Company, located at Mc Rae, Ga. It consists of a road about a mile long extending between the South ern Railway and the Seaboard Air Line. It is incorporated under th laws of Geor gia. After It had laid its track the com pany sought and was refused a connection with the two systems defendants to the petition. The Terminal cost about $9000, Is laid with 60-pound rails and owns one flat car and one locomotive. The company operates a mill near the Seaboard Air Line and this is connected with the big road by a switching track. The Terminal Railway is constructed to within a few feet of this. The fertil izer company's plant is the only one on the Terminal road and it originates about 65 carloads of freight a year. The identity of Interest between the Fertilizer Company and the Terminal Company was sufficiently established to make it apparent that the traffic of the Fertilizer Company would be controlled by the Terminal. The majority of the Commission thought that it was significant that the Southern Railway, although within one mile of a growing city of 2500 people, should make no effort, but leave the Sea board Air Line to handle the traffic orig inating there. PREPARES FOR FAST TRAIN'S Harriman Testing Bridges on Illi nois Central. CHICAGO, Aug. 31. (Special.) Elaborate bridge tests now being made by the Illinois Central Railroad in Iowa have given rise to persistent and apparently well-founded rumors that E. H. Harrlman is planning to put into operation in the near future the fastest transcontinental service ever known. The immediate purpose of the tests is to determine at what rate of speed th'e heavy trains can be run across Iowa bridges. The fact that a number of electrical experts from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin are assisting the regular testing crews, and making exhaustive tabulations of the number of vibrations caused by the passage of trains driven at varying speed gives color to the rumor. The tests are be ing made with a large mogul engine, two box cars heavily loaded, and a caboose. This train is rushed over the bridges at frequent intervals for from one to two days and electrical devices are employed to determine the result of vibrations of the structures. The structures tested so far are said to be in a condition to accommodate high-speed trains without peril, but It is probable that a number of others will require re-enforcement. Considering the thoroughness of the tests some time is expected to elapse before defi nite announcements can be made by officials of the Harrlman lines. TWO-CENT FARE FOR KANSAS Hoch Orders Railroad Commission to Make General Reduction. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 31. (Special.) The State Railroad Commission, act ing on a suggestion from Governor Hoch, filed by its attorney, has ordered the various Kansas lines to put the flat 2-cent passenger fare into effect, and the companies will obey at least until the courts of Nebraska and Mis souri shall have passed on their own laws. The Governor sent a letter to the Commission pointing out that, under an act of the late Legislature, it had full power to order In flat 2-cent fares, if it found that such rates were not confiscatory. He held that, because Nebraska and Missouri were enjoying 2-cent maximums, Kansas should have the same figure. He made It plain, if these rates were not ordered by the Board and complied with by the com panies, he would call the Legislature in special session to pass a flat 2-cent law. Mr. Grattan, attorney of the Commission, is at Omaha, securing evi dence in the Nebraska case, and talk ing to railroad officials and state offi cials as to the passenger business in that state under the new law. A hear ing here will be held nxt week. Bone to Try Land-Fraud Cases. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 31. H. J. Bone, present United States District Attor ney, is to be made a special United States District Attorney, it is stated on the best authority, with work for months ahead in the land-fraud cases in the Northwest. Mr. Geer "I guMS I'll take this down." COLONEL TUCKER I Inquiry Into His Con duct in Southwest. TWO SIDES TO THE CHARGES Evidence of Mrs. Piatt's Bro ther Is Secured. x SHE DENIES THE CHARGE Colonel's Recent Visit to Raton Ig nored by Local Newspapers, but Mrs. Piatt Got Much Publicity and Gave a Banquet. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 31. (Special.) Under orders ' from General Thomas, of the Department of the Colorado, Lieu tenant George Spalding is at Raton, N. M., gathering all available information in connection with the Tucker-Piatt sen sation. General Thomas detailed Lieu tenant Spalding after Instruction had been received from the War Department, to make a report on the New Mexico end of the Tucker domestic trouble. The dispatch was not marked confidential, and so there Is no secrecy in the mission of Lieutenant Spalding. Two Sides to Story. From the fact that his time in Raton has been spent in the company of C. M. Frey. the brother of Myrtle Piatt, the woman against whom Mrs. W. F. Tucker and her brother, John Logan, complained to the War Department, it appears that the Department considers that there are two sides to the story of Colonel Tuck-' er's alleged infidelity. It is rumored of ficially that the Department inclines to the belief that there is nothing tri' the charges agalnRt Lieutenjit-Colonel Tucker, who belon?-; ttjtflJV dlvt!on.f the Great Lakes., ;,.-"" ' When Lieutenant Spalding arrived In Raton he located C. M. Frey, a Santa Fe railway engineer and brother of Mrs. Piatt. They spent the remainder of the day together and Lieutenant Spalding only left Mr. Frey when the engineer had to take his train on his usual run. They spent their time In the hotel, where. It is said, Frey signed a number of pa pers supposed to be depositions in con nection with the investigation. Together the two men called on Mrs. Piatt. She telephoned her attorney as soon as they had left, and when they returned a sec ond consultation was held. Mrs. Piatt Denies Charges. Mrs. Piatt is'sald to have denied in toto . the charges made against her by Mrs. Tucker and to have said some sensa tional things on the other side. The Tuckers were once stationed in Santa Fe and spent several years there. A popular Santa Fe doctor's name has been dragged Into the case. When Colonel Tucker visited Raton, no mention was made In the press of his presence, although the arrival of Mrs. Piatt was noted In these words: "Mrs. Ralph Piatt, recently of Manila, Philippines, Is spending a few weeks In Raton, the guest of her brother, C. M. Frey. and Is stopping at the Seaborg Hotel. Mrs. Piatt is the widow of the late Captain Piatt. She resided in the Philippines for eight years, and Is quite conversant with the general . situation, there." Banquet Was Postponed. This was printed on the same day that Mrs. Piatt engaged the services of a hotel chef to prepare a banquet for Colonel Tucker and his staff, which banquet was postponed, however, until August L when It was given as planned minus his staff, as Colonel Tucker came unat tended. Five lerrorists Executed. WARSAW. Aug. 31. Five terrorists were executed in Cadel during the past week. Mr. Bourne "We're waiting for you." 0 0 "I -