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Pages 1 to 12 PRICE F.IVE CENTS. VOL. XXVII xo. 38. PORTLAND, OREGON, , SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1908 ANGEL OF STAGE IS NOW BENEDICT MORRIS LARGEY MARRIES MRS. SIBE, OF CALIFORNIA. '-SiSS y T- TT Y Y - 5 J NT VlTNJNfMNf 1 BROTHER ACCUSES SISTER OF PLOT Drury Makes Charges Against Moultons. BRYAN ADHERES TO FREE COINAGE BLIND STUDENTS WOLVES KILL AND EAT LITTLE GIRL FORAKER STEPS RUN ON ROLLERS E SKATING CRAZE STRIKES STATE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IX WILDS SCHOOIi IX MISSOURI. OF MINNESOTA.- TURKISH MONSTER COMING TO OR ON rJTU BACKGROUND Favors It, if Conditions of 1 896 Revived. TELLS OPINION IN CONFIDENCE Attempt to Extort Public Dec laration Fails. SAYS QUESTION NOT ISSUE Optaln Ross, of Columbus, Who Re ceived Bryan's Confidential let ter, States Problem In Open Letter to Candidate. CHICAGO. Bept 19. (Special.) William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate lor President, would. If he were elected and If the conditions of the country ceemed to him to become the same as they were in 1896. favor tne free and un limited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, Just as he did in 1896. At least so he said in a personal letter written some months ago to Captain James B. Ross, of Columbus, O., and now for the first timo brought to the attention of the public Strangely enough, Mr. Bryan does not want his convictions on this subject made public. He not only refuses to dis cuss the question, but he also refuses to allow his former dlscusions of It to be printed. Last March Captain Ross wrote the following letter to Mr. Bryan: Is Free Coinage Still Right? 9 North Ohio avenue, Columbus. Ohio. March 23. 1908. Dear Sir 1 de.tr. to express to you my appreciation of your masterlv discussion of guaranteed banks on the lHth ult., before the Ohio Legislature at Columbus. O. No doubt many will differ from you. yet all must admit your presentation of that sub ject la the strongest possible from your view-point. It Is said by ome that, during the cam paign In which youwce a fcU-esirtentlal can didate, with equal eloquence you arguel In favor of free coinage of gold and sllvei at the ratio of IS to 1. but alnce you have changed your mind, and they intimate that you may In time change your mind in re gard to the question of guaranteed banks. Were you right then? And if the condi tions were the same now as then, would you favor free coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 18 to 1 ? JAMES B. ROSS. To W. J. Bryan. Adheres to Opinion of 1806. On May 12, Mr. Bryan answered this letter with a statement that he had been right in 1896, and that. If conditions should ever again become the same as they were at that time, the demand for the restoration of bimetallism would be the same. This letter was marked "Personal," but. as Captain Ross was a stranger to Mr. Bryan, writing to him solely as a voter on a public question, he considered this word an oversight and did not hesitate to show the letter to some of his personal friends. The only knowledge of the con tents of this letter has come in this way, for, owing to a subsequent letter from Mr. Bryan, Captain Ross has locked it in a safety deposit vault and refused to show It to any one. Captain Ross, however, on August 27, wrote Mr. Bryan again, expressing his belief that the Commoner .had marked his previous letter "personal" through mere inadvertence. He asked the Com moner's permission to make the letter public. Mr. Bryan replied to the letter on August 31, saying: Will Not Allow Publication. Tf the matter discussed in the letter Is covered by our platform. I shall be glad to end you a letter upon the subject for pub lication. If It la not covered by our plat form. 1 could not discuss It or authroxle the ftuhlteatlon of a former letter without vlo atlng a rule which I think necessary for a candidate to observe, namely: Not to bring Into the campaign Issues which are not In cluded In the platform. Wv J. BRYAX. Fnts Question to Bryan. Before writing Mr. Bryan the letter of August 77, Captain Ross had written un der date of June 17, opening with the fol lowing paragraph: Columbus. Ohle. June 24. 190s. My Dear Sir 1 am In receipt of your es- tCenclnded on Page a.) Foraker Take, a Flange Young People Convert Gymnasium Into Rink Acute Hearing P re Prevents Collisions. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 19. (Special.) The students at the Missouri School for the Blind have taken to roller skating and have insisted on Super intendent S. M. Green moving all the furniture out of the gymnasium, which they have turned into a rink. Half the older students, both men and wo men, spend several hours each day skating in the gymnasium. Persons present would- doubt that the young people were blind. The fact that they skate without accident or collision is due to their remarkably developed sense of bearing. Since the craze began last Thursday not one of the skaters has mec with an accident, excepting a few falls which resulted from colliding with skaters who rolled too fast, losing track of the speed to be maintained In the hall. The students glide by each other as If they could see. ' A number of the students are expert typewriters. A modified game of football will be a feature of the athletics for the pres ent term. RIOTERS BESIEGE RANCH Charge When Leader Is Killed, but Flee Before Troops. EL, PASO, Ter., Sept. 19. Mail advices to the Herald from Torreon, Mexico, to day bring news of a riot 30 kilometers west of there at Naxareno ranch, on Wednesday, Mexican Independence day. The ranch home of Don Jose Farjas.'a prominent Spaniard, was attacked by his workmen, who demanded higher wages. A Mexican, who led the mob, at tacked Don Jose with a stone, whereupon iomingo Baidana, - bookkeeper at the ranch, killed the leader with a rifle.' The mob then charged the house with stones and guns and the family 'Bar ricaded themselves and defended the place, telephoning to Lerdo for troops. Four hours later the troops arrived on a speclar train and the mob lied. Five wounded men were captured and Jailed and Don Jose and family were given escort to Torreon. The .ranch is still in charge of the soldiers. JOY WHEN SUTTLER QUITS Hearst Glad Georgian Opponent of Ills Ticket Resigns. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept 19. William R. Hearst In a dispatch to E. G. Clapp, Na tional committeeman from Georgia for the Independence party, declared that ha was glad to hear of the resignation of the chairman of the state executive commit tee of the party, Bernard Suttler, closing with these words: "I am as proud of the kind of men that leave the party as I am of the kind who stand nobly by the party. This Is a fight to the end." This is the latest development in the spilt which was brought about when Mr. Suttler announced that the state execu tive committee of the Independence party would not support Hlsgen and Graves. . HIDDEN JEWELS BURNED Tenant of Historic Yolo Mansion Forgets Them In Fire. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Sept. (Spe cial.) The old L. M. Scott residence. In Yolo, Yolo County, was destroyed by a mysterious fire last night, causing a loss of about $5000. Mrs. J. H. Jones, who had been occupying the house, had her ef fects packed ready to move, but had a thousand dollars' worth of Jewelry still hidden In the house. She succeeded In saving all the household goods, but forgot the Jewelry. It was burned before she was reminded of it by friends. The property saved was worth much less than the Jewelry. Torpedo Practice Ended. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The Navy Peparement has ordered the torpedo- boats Goldsborough, Rowan, Fox and Davis to hold target practice In Drakes Bay, near San Francisco. The vessels will then proceed to San Diego, arriving there not later than October 14, and then joining the Pacific fleet for a cruise to the southward. Samnel Gemprrs Has aa Bsgut- meat With a Red-Rot Store. Head of Secret Police Tells of Crimes. - ORDERED 170 PERSONS SLAIN Fled From Popular Vengeance by Sultan's Order. GRAFT ON IMMENSE SCALE Lies Bey Arrives in London Under Assumed Xante and Will Seek Peace in Oregon Empire Ruled by Thieves. ' LONDON, Sept. 19. (Special.) Zla Bey, the head of the Turkish secret police, who has had to fly for his life, is here In Lon. don under the assumed name of A. R. Gray. He admits that in his official capa city he sanctioned horrible atrocities, and that he dare not ever return to Turkey again. The people can never forgive me," he said. "Turkey has seen the last of me forever. You must remember that during my term of office I have been the means of ruining ministers, officers and civilians at the bidding of my superiors, and 170 Turks, members of some of the most hon ored families In the Empire, have disap peared. Under my direction, a body of well paid secret service agents, over 400 In number, have been constantly at work. some Turks, mostly Armenians and Greeks, a few women and two Maltese. "It mattered not who were the persons to be removed. Orders from Yildlz were implicitly obeyed. False reports were submitted to the Sultan and from them there was no appeal. To be denounced by us was sufficient to ruin any one. "On July a, the day of proclaiming the constitution, J knew that with Tashln and Izzet Pashas my official career was end ed. On July 24 the Sultan sent me a let ter, short and explicit. 4 ; " "Flee to Europe without an hour's de lay.' I waited till dark -nd fled. "Let me tell you some startling things about the Porte. As an administrative machine it ceased to exist 20 years ago. All power was centered at Ylldiz. Min isters, even the Grand Vizier, had less authority than the head clerk of a de partment. I do not blame the Sultan en tirely, or the Chamberlain entirely; their power rested in a sort of working agree ment which enabled them to manipulate the resources of the empire solely In the private appropriation of the revenues, no matter how gained, in the interest of themselves. "Izzet Pasha is reputed to have saved from his perquisites 1.500.000 Turkish poundi, the bulk of which was invested In tho United State of America and through Greek financiers in Paris. But the Sultan himself has at least 3,000,000 invested In Germany, Austria and France, because he received heavy percentages on the bribes received from contractors for war stores, supplies and clothing for the army and navy. These men used me be cause they found me pliable. I accepted the post at the palace because it suited me to be paid well and live under the pro tection of the Sultan. "What are my plans for the future? Well, I shall not remain in London per manently and am proposing to purchase a small country estate in Oregon. As I am only 40 years of age, I have a reason able hope of living there in peace." HEADS OFF HILL'S ROAD Canadian Pacific Acquires Link to Complete New Main Line. WINNIPEG, Sept 19. By the pur chase of the Alberta Irrigation Com pany's line In South Alberta for $20, 000,300, the Canadian Pacific Railroad Intends making the Crows Nest Pass the main line to the Pacific Coast to head off the Great Northern, which road, it is said, has been trying to get control of this railway for years. ACCORDING TO HARRY MURPHY, THESE Errs the Bet of Friend. Must Part. Brother of Victim Escapes From Ravenous Pack Mother Finds Mangled Remains. ELY, Minn., Sept 19. (Special.) The young daughter of Peter Kobe, a home steader living in the wild section along the Little Fork River, Northern Minne sota, was attacked by a pack of wolves while going on an errand to a neighbor with her young brother and was killed and partly devoured. The boy escaped and, running home, gave the alarm. The mother hastened to the scene of the tragedy and found the horribly mutilated remains of her child. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 72 . degrees; minimum. 47 decrees. TODAY'S Showers and cooler; westerly winds. Foreign. Chief of 6ultan's secret police, coming to Oregon, tells about crimes. Section 1, page 1. Politic. Survey of political outlook In Indiana. Sec tion 1, page 8. Foraker explains S.3.000 draft received from Standard Oil Company. Section 1, page 2. Bryan esys he still believes In free silver, but refuses to make public statement. Section 1, page 1. Foraker voluntarily withdraws as speaker at Taft rally at Cincinnati. Section 1, page 1. Republican National committee eliminates Foraker from New York rally. Section 1, page X. Bryan arrested for speeding automobile In - Rhode Island. Section 1. PageS. Bonaparte tells why trust magnates are not Imprisoned. Sectionr 1. page 3. Domestic. Drouth dries up rivers In East and' forest ftres cover whole Atlantic Coast with smoke. Section 1. page 4. Dunham Identified as suspected murderer by woman. Section 1, page 10. Breaking of Mauretania's propeller In storm, puts passengers In panic. Section -1, page 5. Morris Largey, angel of theatrical com panies, marries California beauty. Sec tion 1, page 1. Rage for roller-skating In blind school. Section 1, page 1. Clarence Moulton and wife accused by Mrs. Moul ton's brother of conspiracy to ob tain Ida Drury's estate. Section 1, page 1. Girl eaten by wolves in Minnesota. Sec tion 1, page 1. Pacific Coast. State Fair exhibitors and race-horse owners leave fair grounds for Portland show. Section 2, page 2. District" Attorney will make wholesale In dictments in Umatilla County for viola tions of local option l&w. . .Se,cjJou . 1, page S. California capitalists pay $50,000 for Santlam gold mines. Section 1, page 6. Rousing good roads meeting at Hood River addressed by Judge Webster and J. HV goott. Section 1, page 4.- Lee Johnson, accused of killing his wife and cutting body to bits, escapes from steamer while being taken to Nome for trial. Section 1. pace 5. Sports. Oregon athletes display modesty after Lon don triumphs. Section 4, page 5. A. C. Gilbert, champion polevautter, has made I'd feet. Section 4, page 5. Pacific Coast League scores: Portland 4. San Francisco 3; Los Angeles 4, Oakland a. Section. 1, page 7. . . Northwest colleges secure best of football coaches. Section 4, page 9. Reorganisation of Pacific Coast League re mains . unsolved problem. Section 4. page 8. Portland autolst returns from 1900-mlle trip. Section -4, page 7. Oregon field trials at Harrlsburg this week. Section 4, page 7. Many pugilists' leave California for East. Section 4, page . American tennis team defeats British for right to challenge, beet ion Z, page 2. . Corrl wins Chicago Marathon race. Section 2. page 2. National amateur athletic meet almost ends , In riot. Section l, page Commercial and Marine. Serious shortage In canned tomato pock. Sec tion 4, page 11. Top prices- paid for wheat crop' in Chicago market. Section 4. page 11. Reaction in stock market. Section 4, page 11. Wheat shipments from Portlaad, foreign, for September have passed the million-bushel mark. Section 4. page 10. Portland and Vicinity. Interstate fish fight may go to 8upreme Court. Section 2, page 12. United Railways reported to be under con trol of Hill Interests. Section 1, page 8. H. M. Cake will take stump for Taft. Sec tion 1. page 6. Traveling passenger agents pralne Portland and Oregon. Section 3, page 12. Bad check artist Is sentenced to peniten tiary for six years. Section 4, page 12. Raymond Nelson Is killed by Northern Pa cific train. Section 1, page 8. District Attorney orders billiard halls to close on Sunday. Section 3. page 7. Annual Methodist conference to be held this week. Section 1, page 9. Executive Board factions at outs over street contracts. Section 4. page 12. Heavy construction movement during Win ter is promised. Section 3, page 8- Peninsula Is scene of building activity.' elec tion 3, page lO. ARE SOME OF THE WEEK'S But He Can Still Wander oa Hla- Owi River Side. Withdraws as Orator at Taft Rally. ACTION IS PURELY VOLUNTARY Result of Many Conferences Is , Letter to Taft. LATTER REFUSES TO TALK Hearst's Exposure Given as Reason for Not Speaking at League Gath ering Taft Answers Bryan x on Philippines Question. CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 19. Senator J. B. Foraker tonight eliminated him self from participation with W. H. Taft in the political rally of the Na tional League of Republican Clubs .to be held here next Tuesday. His action was made known to Mr. Taft in the following letter; addressed to the can didate today and made public by the Senator tonight: My Dear Judge: Having read In the news papers that some of your friends and you are in doubt as to the propriety of my speak ing with you at Music Hall next Tuesday night I have concluded not to attend the meet ing. I take this action, not because I deem the answers I have made to Mr. Hearst's charges Insufficient, nor because of any lack of loyalty to our cause, but only because Z don't want to do anything that might Injure the cause or embarrass you personally. To" John Hays Hammond, president of the National League of Republican Clubs, Mr. Foraker sent this letter, which he also made public: "I herewith inclose- a self-explanatory letter that I have just sent to Judge Taft." Action Quite' Voluntary. Senator Foraker said, in regard to the correspondence, that his action was en tirely voluntary and that he had received no direct communication from Mr. Taft regarding the situation. The publication of the letters followed a series of .conferences held yesterday and today.' Senator Dick and Mr. "vorys were the intermediaries yesterday. Sen ator Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, reached the city today and went at once to the .Charles P.. Taft residence, where Mr. Taft remained the entire day. . After an extended' conference, Mr. Crane re turned to the Slnton Hotel, where he was met by Senators Foraker and Dick. The three lunched together in. the hotel and then repaired to Mr. Foraker's office in . the Traction building, where the con ference was protracted until late In the afternoon, after which Messrs. Crane and, Dick again saw Judge Taft. All Keep Silence. " Neither Mr. Taft, Mr. Foraker, Mr. Crane, Mr. Dick or A. I. "vorys would add anything to " the Information con tained In the letters which were made nubile, with the exception of Mr. Fora ker's remark that his action was volun tary. It could not be ascertained whether Mr. Foraker's intentions were to eliminate .himself entirely from the campaign or whether he will, as he in tended, take the stump later. As It did yesterday, today the Hearst Foraker controversy eclipsed all else In the political .horizon here. Throughout Mr. Taft has declined to discuss the mat ter for publication or otherwise, except with Messrs. Crane, Dick and Vorys. Communication between the candidate and the New York headquarters was fre quent tfcday and, even before Mr. Fora ker gave out his letter to Mr. Taft, It was known here that he would not be present on the platform with Mr. Taft at the Tuesday meeting. Taft Talks on Philippines. Mr. Taft tonight addressed an enthusi astic gathering of the citizens of Nor wood, O., in the assembly-room of the Sinton Hotel. His remarks were confined (Concluded on Page 11-) HAPPENINGS AT HOME AND Mr. Hear Pays a Few OraHons It'o Compliment, to Mr. Bryan. Butte Millionaire Who Lost by Back ing Nona Blake, Takes Wife in Omaha. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 19. (Special.) Mrs. A. C. Sibe. of Modesto, Cal.. one of San Francisco's social queens, was mar ried at St. Peter's Church at noon today to Morris Sellers Largey, the banker and miner of Butte, Mont. -They ar rived In Omaha Friday morning from New York. The wedding took place today from the home of Frank McGinn, a brother-in-law of Mr. Largey. Both Mr. Largey and his bride are 28 years of age. Morris Largey, who Inherited $6,000,000 on the death of his father, several years ago. Is said to have been one of the heaviest losers In stage ventures In recent years, when he starred Nena Blake, buying plays, leasing theaters and lavishing money on scenic effects and costumes. The family is well known In Omaha on ac count of business relations with the Drelghtons, who also made millions in Montana mines. Mr. and Mrs. Largey left tonight for New York. They will return next month to Butte, where they will reside. WHENCE THAT $300,000? Haskell Must AnserBefore Mon nett Will Speak for Bryan. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 19. Ex-Attorney-General Frank S. Monnett, who In stituted the prosecution of the Standard Oil Company In Ohio, today threw the Democratic organization Into consterna tion when he declared he would not stump the Western States for W. J. Bryan until he received a satisfactory explanation of the origin of the 300,000 contribution to -the Democratic campaign fund. He paid: "Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, will have to resign as custodian of the funds of the National committee or there "will be serious trouble in the committee. " I have been assigned to speak in the West by the Democratic National Committee, but I cannot make a speech until I am satisfied from Just what source the com mittee received that 1300,000 which it boasts it has." MEET-AGAIN IN SEATTLE Electric Men or Northwest Decide on Convention City for Next Year.' SEATTLE, Sept. 19. Seattle was chosen as the meeting place in 1909 of the North west Electric Light & Power Associa tion, formed here today of electric men from various Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska . cities, representing electric light and power plants worth upwards of $75,000,000. The following officers were elected: President. Arthur Gunn. of Wenatchee: first vice-president. A. Welch, of Port land; second vice-president, F. Rotch, of Fairbanks, Alaska; third vice-president, Henry Adams, of Lewiston, Idaho. Executive committee H. S. Bleeker, of Portland; I. ,W. Anderson, of Walla Walla: La. B. Faulkner, of Olympia; C. G. Arrowsmith, of North Yakima: O. B. Caldwell, of Portland; N. J. Shields, of Moscow, Idaho. . OVERTAKEN BY JUSTICE Lawyer Who Cheated Widow Ar rested After Many Tears. NEW YORK, Sept 19. F. C. Marrln, 42 years old, a lawyer of Brooklyn, was arrested In this city tonight after a chase of many years. Marrln is charged with defrauding a widow, Mrs. Caroline C. Barry, said to have been a friend of his family, out of $70,000 by means of worth less mortgages. Marrln, it is charged, was given the money to invest by Mrs. Barry, when ber husband died. Nurse Prostrated by Grief. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 19. James King and Thomas Penney, the two victims of poisoning, who are still 111 at the County Hospital, were reported as Improving with little doubt of their ultimate recovery. Miss Arthur, the nurse, is suffering from nervous prostra tion and Is In danger of serious illness be cause of the affair. The inquest has been postponed. ABROAD Bitter, bat It Will Do Him Good. AS TO DEAD SISTER'S ESTATE Inquiry Into pisposition by Portland Heirs. CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED Property Worth $85,000 Left by In sane Ida Drury, Who Died la Portland, Causes Lawsuit in Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUP.EAU, Wash- ( ington, Sept. 19. Clarence E. Moulton i and his wife, of 786 Irving street, ' Portland, who are now In Washington, were today served with notice that ; Mrs. Moulton's brother, George W. Drury, of this city, had asked the Su- I preme Court of the District of Columbia to inquire into the disposition of prop- ! erty left by Ida Drury, his sister, when she died, in Portland, in 1902. ; . I It is Mr. Drury's contention that Ida Drury at the time of her death was In- sane and, therefore, not competent to ; dispose of her property, which he be- j lleves was worth $85,000, and he. fur-j thermore alleges that, though he Is j legally entitled to share In her estate, j there has never been any accounting or j settlement. He asks the courts to de- j termlne the amount of the estate, the i manner of its disposal, the - clrcum- i stances of his sister's death, etc, and I asks for an accounting and adjustment! - Drury Charges Conspiracy. The case is given a rather sensa-l clonal turn because of the implication i contained In the bill of complaint, I hinting that the Moultons conspired to get possession of Ida Drury's property and to prevent . .George Drury from' sharing it. Mr. Moulton, who is a member of the firm of Moulton & Scobey, declared tonight that there is nothing sensa tional about the case, and that every thing will be cleared up satisfactorily. He furthermore declares that no large estate is involved, not mo.-e than $7500 at the outside. Brother Accuses ' Sister, George Drury avers that for some years prior to her death Ida Drury had been mentally unbalanced and declares that, when his sister, Mrs. Moulton, learned of Ida's mental condition she went from her home in Tacoma to Bridgeport, Conn., and there obtained possession of the sister in June, 1899. The infirm sister. It is alleged. Insisted on coming to this city, where her fath er and brother then resided, but was dissuaded by the defendants, who, it is alleged, told her that her father would not see her. She was then taken to Tacoma, where the Moultons were then living. Estate Worth $85,000. Ida Drury, who, it is said, was also known as Mrs. William Slebs and Dorothy Siebs in the States of Oregon and Wash ington, had, according to the complain ant, at the time of leaving Bridgeport $25,000 in cash, jewels and ornaments worth $20,000 and bonds of the New York Central Railroad and other corporations valued at $40,000, which, it Is alleged, she exhibited to her brother and others. Her mental condition grew worse In the West, her brother says, so that after, keeping her at home for some time her sister had her placed In Dr. Coe's Insane asylum in Portland, where she died In' 1902. -Her body was removed to ''Tacoma and there Interred. All knowledge of her death and burial, Mr. Drury swears, was kept from him. This, he alleges, is evidence of conspir acy on the part of the defendants to se (Concluded on Page 8.) ' 7 Isn't He the Horrid Thing t
