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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 21, 1908.
LEAGUED TO HAVE
JUSTICE TRIUMPH
San Francisco Patriots Unite
. to Secure Grafters' Punishment.
SPURRED ON BY ROOSEVELT
President Writes to Spreckels, Urg
ing Him Not to Lose Courage,
and Irue Adopts Itter
as Platform.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 20.
(Special.) With President Roosevelt's
encoure?ng letter to Rudolph Spreclc
els. as a basis, the Citizens' League of
Justice came into being today, headed
by some of the most substantial men
of San Francisco, and It at once issued
an appeal to the residents of the city,
calling- upon them to join in a. demand
that justice be done.
The league will watch with close
scrutiny the forthcoming graft trials,
prepared to assist in whatever way
possible to see that the ends of justice
are attained.
At the head of the league is Matt I.
Sullivan, one -of the best-known law
yers in the state and member of the
Board of Supervisors, which Mayor
Taylor organized at the time he took
office. Associated with Mr. Sullivan in
the leadership are J. W. Sweeney,
president of the Labor Council; Waltar
MacArthur, editor of the Coast Sea
men's Journal, and Rev. C. N. Lathrop.
"Roosevelt's letter," said Mr. Sulli
van today, "is a document that will
carry a message of courage into every
heart that beats with true patriotism
and will stir with new energy every
man in San Francisco who stands for
law and order. It is our platform. On
that we stand and for the ends therein
described will we labor."
GIVES SPRECKELS SUPPORT
Roosevelt Urges Millionaire to Keep
Up Fight
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. The first
concerted effort of Abraham Ruef, for
mer political boss of San Francisco,
now resting under more than 100 in
dictments for various alleged briber
ies, to eecure his release from the cus
tody of the Sheriff on bonds, was de
layed by Judge. Dunne today, when he
ordered that the sureties prepared by
Ruef be presented to the District At
torney, and that he be given until next
Tuesday to examine them and acquaint
himself with the value of the property
offered. Ruef must give bonds in the
sum of 745,000 and the bondsmen must
qualify in the sum of Jl, 566,000. This
he says he is fully prepared to do at
this time, and that there can be no
question as to the quality or quantity
of his sureties. It is understood that
his father and his sister, to whom he
has deeded the greater part of his
property, are to be among those who
will go on his bond.
FIGHT OX, SAYS ROOSEVELT
President Encourages Spreckels Not
to Relent With Grafters.
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 20. The Call
today prints a letter dated June 8, at
the White House, Washington, from
President Roosevelt to Rudolph
Hpreckels in which he comments upon
the local frraft prosecutions and urges
the prosecutors to "keep up the fight."
The following is a synopsis of the text:
"My Dear Mr. Spreckels: I know
that you and Mr. Heney and the others
associated with you must feel down
hearted when you see men guilty of
atrocious crimes who tor some cause or
other succeed In escaping punishment,
and especially when you see men of
wealth and of high social standing
banding together against you.
"My dear sir, I want you to feel that
your experience is simply the experi
ence of all of us who are engaged in
this fight. There is no form of slander
and of wicked falsehood which will
not as a matter of course be employed
against all engaged in such a struggle.
"Now, I do hope that you and your
colleagues will treat all this bitterness
with entire disregard. It is of small
consequence to you or to any of us
who are engaged in this work whether
men think well or ill of us personally,
but it is of very great consequence that
we should do the work without flinch
ing. Therefore I hope you and Heney
and your associates will keep reason
ably good-natured, but that above all
you will not lose heart.
Disregard Business Men.
"Ton must battle valiantly, valiantly,
no matter what the biggest business
men may say, no matter what the mob
may say, no matter what may be said
by tliat element which may be re
garded as the 'best society.'
"You"-must steadfastly oppose those
foolish or wicked men who would sub
stitute class consciousness and loyalty
to class interest for loyalty to Amer
ican citizenship aa a whole, for loyalty
to the Immutable laws of righteous
ness, of jrwt and fair dealing as be
tween man and man.
"It is justTis bad to be ruled by a plu
tocracy M hv a mob. It Is profoundly
un-American Utnd in a social, sense, pro
foundly immoral, to stand for or against
a given man, not because he la or is not
a' brave, upright and able man. but be
cause he does does not belong to a
labor union, -or does or does not repre
sent the bir business, interests. In their
essence, down at the foundation of
things, the ties that are all-important
are those that knit honest men, brave
men, square-dealing men,- together and
it - is mighty poor substitute if we re
place these ties by those that bind men
together, whether they are good or bad,
simply because they follow a particular
business, have a given social standing or
belong to a particular organization.
"Best Citizens" Condemned.
"Indeed, if there can be any degrees
in the contemptuous abhorrence with
which right-thinking citizens should re
gard corruption, it must be felt in its
most extreme form for the eo-called 'best
citizens,' the men high in business and
social life, who by backing up or by pre
venting the punishment of wealthy crim
inals, eet the seal of their approval on
crime and give honor to rich felons.
"You have heart-breaking difficulties
with which to contend. You have to
fight not only the banded powers of evil,
but, alas, that it should be said! the su
ptnenese and indifference of many good
men on whose zealous support you had
a right to feel that you could rely. Do
not be discouraged i -do pot flinch. You
are n a light for plain decency, for the
plain democracy ef the plait) people who
believe in honesty and in fair dealing as
between man and man. Do not become
disheartened. Keep up the fight. Very
sincerely yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
"Rudolph Spreckels, Esq.
"San Franciaeo, Cal."
KING'S BIG JGARDEN PARTY
Lawn of Windsor Castle Crowded
With British and Americans.
WINDSOR, England, June 30. The
great garden party on the grounds of
Windsor Castle, with which of recent
years King Edward and Queen Alexan
dra have brought to a close the social
functions of Aseot week, was held this
afternoon. Upwards of $000 persons poured
into, the royal borough of Windsor, bound
for the castle.
The guests included the foreign diplo
mats, their staffs and their families, the
members of the Cabinet, representatives
of the colonies, prominent divines and
the members of the Houses of Lords and
Commons, naval and military officers and
representatives of the musical, dramatic,
and literary professions.
A forest of marquee tents had been
erected on the east lawn, which had been
mowed until the greensward glowed like
rich velvet. The King and Queen re
ceived their guests in prettily decorated
tents on the east terrace.
Among the Americans present were:
Ambassador and Mrs. Reid and the wives
of the Embassy staff; D. O. Mills. Ogden
Mills and Miss Mills; Bennie Croller. Mu
riel White, Senator and Mrs. Smith, of
Maryland, and their daughter, and Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Gould and Miss
Gould.
WILL HONOR TALLAHASSEE
Government Plans to Rename the
Old Monitor Florida. v
WASHINGTON, June 30. Tall ah a
eee, after the Florida city, is the name
that will be given the monitor Florida,
which recently received a baptism of
fire as the result of a torpedo test with
a tremendous charge of gun cotton. A
change in the name is necessary, be
cause one of the new battleships au
thorized by the last Congress is to be
designated the Florida and the name
will be applied to a battleship to be
constructed by the Government at the
New York Navy-Yard. The estimated
cost of repairing, the old Florida is
$30,000.
There are three other monitors, the
Wyoming, Arkansas. and Nevada, named
after states whose designation will be
changed in accordance with the last
naval appropriation bill, the desire be
ing to utilize the states in naming bat
tleships. The Wyoming will soon be renamed
the Cheyenne, the Arkansas will be
changed to Little Rock and the Ne
vada's new name ia yet to be chosen.
AVERTS COFFEE FAMINE
San Francisco Firm Imports Supply
From France.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. The coffee
famine threatened by the big decrease
in Central American crops this season,
has been averted so far as the Pacific
states go, by the purchase by a local firm
of 25,000 sacks of Santos coffee. The
coffee was bought at Havre, where it
has been lying in warehouse, since ar
rival from Brazil.
The annual coffee consumption of the
Pacific states is about 300.000 sacks. Ship-'
ynents so far received amount to aboyt
10,000 sacks and it Is figured that only
23,000 sacks additional are In sight owing
to the short crops.
ABANDON ANNUAL REUNION
Mrs. Eddy Sends Out Communica
tion to Her Followers.
BOSTON, June 20. The annual com
munion seasons of the First Church
of Christ, Scientist, which for some
years have been the occasion for gath
ering in Boston a multitude of Chris
tian Scientists, from all parts of the
world, are to be discontinued.
The great membership of the Boston
church and ita limited seating capacity
are given as the principal reasons for
abolishing the communion season in the
mother church, in a communication
sent out today by Mrs. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, head of the church.
ADAMS TRIAL TOMORROW
Federation or Miners AVill Pay Ex.
penses of Defense.
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo., June 20.
Everything is in readiness for tha open
ing Monday morning of the trial of Steve
Adams, charged with the murder of
Arthur Collins, manager of the Smuggler
Union mine at Telluride in 1902. The state
alleges that Adams, while on trial in
Idaho on another charge of murder, con
fessed that he killed Collins.
Adams Is a member of the Western
Federation of Miners, which organization
is furnishing the funds for his defense.
It is expected the trial will last a month.
BRATT0N MAY BE FIREBUG
Victoria Insurance Agent Arrested as
He Leaves Burning Building.
' VICTORIA. B. C, June 20. C. R.
Bratton, local agent of the Metropoli
tan Insurance Company, was arrested
this afternoon, charged with incendiar
ism. He was caught coming from the
Board of Trade Building basement,
from which flames were bursting.
Bratton was formerly in the employ
of the United States Secret Service De
partment and has been here two years,
coming from Salt Lake. City.
JOHN D.'S DAUGHTER ILL.
Mrs. Harold McCormick Taken With
Appendicitis on Train.
SYRACUSE. N. Y., June 20.' Mrs.
Harold McCormick, daughter of John
D. Rockefeller," was taken ill with ap
pendicitis on a New York Central train
at Utica this morning. Dr. Arthur
Grant, of Utica, was called to attend
her and she was relieved sufficiently
to continue her trip to New York.
FRANCE IS STORMSWEPT
Floods Are Caused by Torrential
" Kains in Savoie.
PARIS, June 20. Dispatches received
here from Southeastern France say that
torrential rains and winds of cyclonic
force have caused great damage espec
ially in the department of Savoie, where
the Arc River is now a raging torrent.
The river carried off bridges and did
great damage to crops, bouses and factories.
GQLiN is wihner
Keene's Colt Captures Tidal
Stakes in a Walk.
LEADS FROM THE JUMP
Unbeaten Bangtail Adda Fifteenth
Successive Victory to His String.
Reputation Makes Odds on
Him Virtually Prohibitive.
NEW YORK, June SO. The fifteenth
successive victory was added to his
record today by Colin, James R.
Keene's unbeaten 2-year-old, when he
won the Tidal stakes at Sheepshead
Bay track In easy fashion. The Tidal
stakes are for 3-year-olds and worth
$14,550 to the winner. Today's victory,
with that of Bailor in the Suburban on
Friday, make Mr. Keene's returns from
the two races close to $35,000.
Colin was in his 2-year-old form and
apparently sound. His string of win
nings practicully put him out of the
betting, the odds quoted being 1 to
I. Twenty thousand persons cheered
him as he was sent on the track for a
warming up.
-The horses were sent away to a fine
start, leaving the barrier evenly. Colin
quickly went to the front and from
that moment led his field easily and
with great apparent reserve. At the
quarter he bettered Chapultepec and
Stamina by a length and a half and
carried them down the back stretvh
with position unchanged. At the far
turn Notter checked him a bit and the
field closed up slightly and Dorante
raced into second place, but when ' the
horses came into the stretch Notter
gave the speedy Keene colt his head
and the youngster responded in a fash
ion which brought the crowd to its
feet, cheering wildly for the colt.
The Jockey eased up on Colin as he
neared the finish, allowing Dorante to
come within a couple of lengths as they
swept across the line, Dorante four
lengths before Stamina, who in. turn
was eight lengths before Chapultepec.
The latter stopped to almost a walk in
the final furlong. Colin's time was 2.01.
DID NOT ASK INDEPENDENCE
Governor Smith Denies Philippine
Assembly Took Action.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Governor
General Smith, of the Philippines, has
cabled a report to the Bureau of Insular
Affairs, regarding the closing of the first
session of the Philippine Assembly, and
declaring that no resolution of any kind
was adopted "to send any petition what
ever to Congress or to make demand for
independence. His cablegram quotes
from the speech of Speaker Osmena of
the Assembly, which he says was "con1
servative in tone.
The cable message from Governor
Smith lays stress on the fact that no
motion was made to act on a resolution
asking that the desire of the Filipinos
for immediate independence be made
the subject of a declaration to Con
gress. Outlining the remarks of Osmena,
the cable continues that the speaker
was most conservative, declaring that
his countrymen did not wish a rupture
of the friendly relations with the Unit
ed States; but on the other hand, want
ed to co-operate with them for the
good of the country. He said they
hoped for future independence, and
considered that hope not disloyal in
any respect to the United States.
Singson, of the Progressive party,
said naturally the people wanted inde
pendence; but he did not believe they
were ready for it.
Eye glasses $1.00, at Metzger's.
PENSIONS FOR OREGON.
Twenty Claims Adjusted Through
Representative Ellis' Aid.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 20. Prompt action is the
rule these days in pension cases. The
department is rapidly clearing the table
of all accumulated claims. These, with
a few new applications under the old-age
act of 1907 and the widows' -Increase act
of this year, are all that are being acted
upon now. The following claims have
passed through the hands of Repre
sentative Ellis since Congress adjourned:
Menso J. Morse, Portland, $12; John
Fitch Kinney. Sellwood, $12; Isaac Wil
cox, Arlnta, $18; Cyrus D. Emery, Port
land, $12; Joseph B. Stevenson, Port
land, $40; Asa Clark, Madras, $12; Eliza
J. Saunders, Helix, $12; Edwin C. Tur
ver, Portland, $12; Lizzie Kapus, Port
land. $17; Joseph Korr, Portland, $12;
William D. Ingram, Hardman, $15;
James P. Testerman, Portland, $36;
Thomas D. Barton. Ontario, $20; Mrs.
Malinda Williams. Portland. $12: Will
iam Carter, Long Creek, $12; Orlando
Morton, Astoria, $12; James Williams,
Madras, $16; John Z. Quinton, Portland,
$8; Sarah E. Miller, Portland, $12.
STEALS FROM EMPLOYER
San. Francisco Man Confesses Em
bezzlement of Large Sum.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20. W. I.
Woodman, warehouse manager for the
Whittier - Coburn Company, wholesale
dealers In paints and oils, is in the city
prison. charged with embezzlement.
Woodman, it is said,, today confessed to
his employers that he had embezzled be
tween $15,000 and $20,000 during the past
two years. He was taken to police head
quarters by a member of the firm, where
he was locked up in the city prison and a
complaint sworn, to.
A slight discrepancy of $67.50 in his ac
counts led to his detection
SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS
Bad Milk Kills 1200 Babies a Year
in San Francisco.
- SAN FRANCISCO. June 20. That Im
pure milk kills over 1200 babies in this
city annually is the statement of the
members of the Milk Commission, which
is endeavoring to educate parents to
the use of "certified milk" only; that
being the name applied to the product
of dairies Inspected and passed by the
commission.
German Editor la Pleased.
BERLIN. June 20. Referring to the
nomination of William H. Taft, the of
ficial Nord Deutsch Znltung says:
"We have no doubt that should Mr.
Taft be elected chief magistrate of the
United States in November, as seems
evident, the great traps-Atlantic re
public will give Itself In him an excel
lent President"
SALE
This Great Sale continuous breaking records breaking our records
for volume of business done, breaking our own records in value-giving.
This means big money-saving to the people of Portland and its tribu
taries. It means the success of good merchandise and fair methods in
winning your patronage. It means earnest efforts on our part to bring
the best goods in the markets to our customers at lower prices than you
pay in other stores. Just to give some of the details we note these items:
MEN'S
HART SCHAETOER &
MARX SUITS
$40.00 values at ?39.75
$30.00 values at .$23.50
$25.00 values at $18.25
$20.00 values at.. . . . . .$14.25
OTHER MAKES
$15.00 values at $10.50
YOUTHS' SUITS
$15.00 values at .$10.00
$12.50 values at ,. ., $8.35
$10.00 values at .... $6.65
, GOAT SWEATERS
FOR LADIES AND MEN
In all colore, plain and fancy fronts, Jersey or
Ribbed, with or without pockets, all fast colors.
$3.00 and $3.50 values at $2.00
$4.00 values at $3,00
$5.00 values at ..$4.00
Al'L
MENS FANCY VESTS
$1.50 -values at . .', . .$1.10
$2,50 values at..... ..$1.85
$3.50 values at ....... $2.65 "
$4.00 values at.. ..S3.00
$5.00 values at $3.75
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CORNER THIRD AND MORRISON STREETS
BOYS'
KNEE-PANTS SUITS
$3.50 values at $2.35
$4.50 values at $2.65
$5.50 values at $3.70
One-Third Off On All
BOYS' WASH SUITS
MEN'S GOLF
AND NEGLIGEE SHIRTS
50c values at 35 $
$1.00 values at 75?
$1.50 values at -...$1.15
$2.00 values at $1.35
$2.50 values at $1.95
$3.00 values at.... $2.40
GO.
FORTUNE IN AMBERGRIS
Aberdeen Men Make Find Said to Be
Valued at $160,000.
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 20. (Spe
cial.) Advices from North Beach say
that two ranchers named Northrop
have found on the ocean front a chunk
of ambergris weighing perhaps 400
pounds. Ambergris Is worth wholesale
$400 a pound, so that if the piece Is as
heavy as reported, the men have a for.
tune of $160,000. An Aberdeen drug
gist says that there is probably not in
Aberdeen today even an atom piece of
ambergris. The Northrops are guard
ing the find night and day.
IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY
Mine Workers President Point Out
Organized labor's Faults.
CANTON. 111., June 20. National Presi
dent lwis, of the United Mine Workers
o America, in an address at a miners'
election today, said:
"One of the two worst enemies of or
ganized labor is organized labor itself,
because of a tendency of some union
supporters to criticise the faults of their
fellows rather than to commend their vir
tues, and the other Is abnormal appetite
of some union members for strong drink."
The speaker urged regard for law and
order.
Involved In a dispute with Conductor I had paid and when( Moncont insisted I resulted in which Moncont and Palmer
Monconi over fares. The men claim they I Pnlm"r struck him and a small rlnt I got slight hurts. Palmpr is unrtT arrest.
TWO DEATHS FROM HEAT
Sultry AVeather Causes Several
Deaths in Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG. June 20: Two deaths
and two prostrations are the result of
the weather conditions in this vicinity
during the past 24 hours. While the
offcial thermometer only registered
85 degrees today, the heat was oppres
sive. ' .
Erie Kas $200,000 Fire.
ERIE. Pa., June 20. The buildings of
the Keystone .nd the Booth fish com
panies' plants here were destroyed by a
tire tonight. Loss $200,000. Three tugs
in the harbor were also burned.
Battle on Streetcar.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 20. A lively
fracas occurred on a Valencia-street car
this afternoon when two teamsters,
Ernest Palmer anrl FVd Pmlth. heram
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