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- THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 1908. 5
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WTLL
NEW YORK FINDS
BOSS IS DD
FRENCH PEINCE TIRES OF HIS AMERICAN WIFE.
WEAR THIS SEASON, ASK BEN
Republicans Look to Root or
Parsons to Fill Place as
Party Leader.
WOODRUFF FLAT FAILURE
Stuck to Forlorn Hope Against
Hughes and Became Ridiculons.
Knot or Parsons to Succeed
Piatt as Senator.
BT I.I-OID F. LONERGAN.
NEW YORK. Sept. 26. Special.) Re
publican organization leaders, following
their ridiculous defeat at Saratoga, are
privately declaring that they need a
boss. Timothy L. Woodruff, state chair
man, and titular ruler is In deep dis
grace. The Roosevelt men are angry
because he delayed his submission. The
Hughes men are indignant because he
opposed their favorite. The various re
bellious county leaders are enraged be
cause Mr. Woodruff backed down at the
last moment. .
Senator Thomas C. Piatt and Benjamin
B. Odell, Jr., are the two happiest men
In the state. Both say and nobody denies,
that such a fiasco could never have hap
pened while they were in the saddle.
"'There Is such a thing as defying the
storm and hurling defiance at the llght
' ning," sail Mr. Piatt the other day.
"For my part, I never did, either. It
doesn't pay." Then he thought a mo
ment and continued:
"A good politician knows enough. If
he makes a bluff, to stick to It to the
end. There are a lot of mighty bad poli
ticians these days."
Odell Has Lots of Fun.
Mr. Odell has confided to his friends
that he never had more fun in his life
than he had In Saratoga. Two months
before the convention Mr. Woodruff
called on him and asked his advice.
'TIibm will v. n n.'.-i i
convention." he said. "We have 858 I
pledged against Hughes."
What is the problem?" Inquired Mr.
Odell. who was really puzzled.
"Well. w want to know how to beat
Hughes," was the naive reply.
Of course Mr. Odell laughed. Then he
inquired who was the opposition candi
date. He was distinctly shocked when he
heard that the happy man had not been
selected.
"You cannot beat somebody with no
body," he remarked. "For heaven's sake
.pick out man who 'sizes up with
Hughes, and let people know about it.
Victory fn a political convention is dif
ferent from the robbery of a henroost."
Naturally Mr. Odell was not sorry to
see the unhappy plight of the men who
had driven him Into political exile. So
be sauntered around Saratoga with a
smile on his face, and at the proper mo
ment delivered his delegates to Mr.
Hughes.
Two Qualify as Leaders.
Two men at the recent convention dem
onstrated the possibilities of leadership
and either one of them can have the
honor if he desires it. The first is
Elihu Root. Secretary of State. The sec
ond la Congressman Herbert Parsons,
chairman of the New York County Re
publican Committee.
Mr. Root made a profound impression
. on the delegates. He has never meddled
in local politics, and the only time he
was a candidate for elective office was In
1S03. when he was chosen a delegate to
I lie constitutional convention. But that
nomination did not really count, aa It
as thought before election day that the
. Iemocrats had a walk over.
Two years ago Mr. Root, in a speech
nt I'tlea. formally expressed Mr. Roose
velt's opinion of William Randolph
Hearst, but this did not effect his stand
ing one Way or the other, as he was
regarded simply as the President's
mouthpiece. But at Saratoga Mr. Root,
who was both temporary and permanent
chairman of the convention, displayed
qualities that stamped him as a leader.
For Mr. Root, although consistently
urging the renomlnatlon of - Governor
Hughes, frankly admitted that personal
' ly he was against the Governor.
"It Is not a question of what you want
or what I want," he told the various in
surgent leaders. "But the people demand
that Hughes -head the ticket. If we fail
to renominate him, it may cost Taft the
state. While admitting everything you
say, I am for Hughes under any and
all circumstances."
Root Proposed for Senator.
Mr. Root made a great Impression on
the leaders. They offered him the nomi
nation for himself and he refused it.
a Now they declare he would make a good
successor to Mr. Piatt, and are ready to
trust their fortunes to him. The proposi
tion that has been made to him Is that
he accept the t'nlted Statea Senatorship
as the successor of Thomss C. Ptetu
Already all the county leaders with the
exception of Timothy L. Woodruff, have
volunteered to throw their votes to him.
Mr. Woodruff's hesitancy Is due to the
fact that he is a candidate himself, or
rather thinks he is. For since the Sara
toga convention the various county rulers
have decided that their political com
plaint Is "too much Woodruff," and they
have determined to call In a new doctor.
"When the Republican caucus meets
t Albany in January." declared one of
the anti-Hughes men today. "Wood-
ruff may have the votes of the Kings
County legislators, but he will not have
anybody's else. He has led us into the
'slough of despond." and now we Intend
to leave him there."
What Mr. Root will say to this offer of
leadership hns not been made public. Of
course the President's Secretary of State
Is a much bigger personage than the
average Senator, but wlien the position
carries with It the leadership of the Em
pire State. It cannot be sneezed at.
Parftons Possible Choice.
The second leadership choice is Herbert
Parsons. Mr. Parsons was . the one
county boss who realized the necessity
of Jumplns; In time, and did so. He did
not like Mr. HuBhes. but after a heart-to-heart
talk, with Mr. Roosevelt, un
derstood that the people favored Mr.
Hughes. Whereupon, Mr. Parsons
Jumped on the bandwagon and did yeo
man work for the Governor.
Mr. Parsons has generally been on the
right side of every political question,
and he Is the only present-day boss in
the Republican camp, during present
years, who can truthfully make that
statement. This explains why the other
leaders are willing to follow his direc
tion in the future. If he will consent to
take the center of the stage.
Of course Mr. Parsons, who la at
present a Representative in Congress,
would not object to a promotion to the
Senate. In fact he has quietly been a
candidate for over two years, but with
little prospect of success. Now he is con
vinced that the tide is running strongly
in his favor, and that he has more than
an even chance of .succeeding to the seat
now feebly tilled by Mr. Piatt.
But It all depends upon the decision of
Mr. Root. For. if the Secretary of State
.decides to enter upon active politics, he
"can secure the leadership of the Empire
iia without a surusgle. .
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. (Special. trince rtobert oe Broglie, of Paris, who
n.rried the divorced wife of Sjdney B. Beit in Chicago in 1906, has aban
doned h'.s -wife and child, and his lawyer has ann- inced th intention of the
Prince to bring an action for divorce on the grounds of violation of marriage
vows. The Princess is an American. She lived in San Francisco and her
maiden name was Kstelle Alexander. The Prtnce's father had the- Chicago
marriage declared void by a French court, whereupon they were remarried
under tr.e French law. The Princess is Intensely indignant at what she char
acterises as "cruel and cowardly act of her husband." She says his charge is
baseless and that it had been trumped up by the Prince, who doubtless want
ed to rid himself of his American wife for the purpose of marrying another
woman or to effect a reconciliation with his family.
WEIRD DEATH DEAL
Mrs. Rice Tells of Rustin's Plan
to Be Murdered.
SAYS DAVIS WAS .CHOSEN
Woman Whose Nerve Failed De
scribes Preparations of Doctor to .
Be Killed Poison Furnished
Murderer for Suicide.
. OMAHA. Sept. 26. Mrs. Abbie B.
Rice, at the hearing here today of
Charles Edward Davis, told of the
plans arranged between Dr. Frederick
Rustln, the physician recently killed
at his residence here, and Davis, where
by Davis was to shoot Rustln and then
commit suicide. Objections were made
to nearly half the question put by the
County Attorney. Mrs. Rice, however,
plans to have Davis relieve her of the
proposed shooting and how he was to give
Davis a suicide dose in exchange for his
gruesome service. Her story of today
follows:
Rustin's Agreement With Davis.
"Dr. Rustln told me he had secured a
man to klU him, and that I was released
from the duty. He said it was a man
who had several times attempted to take
his life. (Lter she was permitted to
identify Davis, the defendant, as this
man.)
The doctor told me he had arranged
to have this man do the shooting on con
dition that the physician give him enough
poison to take his own life. He said Davis
was to come to the office at 8 o'clock
that evening. I then left with the un
derstanding that Dr. Rustln would meet
me shortly on the corner near his office.
I waited for him on the corner, and when
Dr. Rustln came, got on a streetcar
going past his home. He got off niar
the house, and I went to the end 3f
the line and then back to town.
Gave Davis Poison."
"By appointment I went to Rustin's
office at S o'clock, and found Davis
there. I stayed only a short time.
The doctor sent to the drugstore for a
bottle of aconite. He poured half of It
into another bottle, giving me one por
tion and putting the other in his
pocket. He then told me to go to the
street corner, where he would meet
me shortly. I did so and he came down
the street with Charles E. Davis. They
waited until the first car came, when
the doctor put Davis on the car going
west toward his home, and then Joined
me. We walked west to within a block
of his home, the doctor stopping once
to purchase some whisky. We talked
was permitted to say that Rustln told
her he had arranged with a man to
kill him and later she was permitted
to identify Davis as this man. The
state then rested. Counsel for the de
fense was given an opportunity to
cross-examine the witness, but this
was deferred until Monday.-
The nervousness that yesterday char
acterised her actions was not apparent
tfcis morning, and her replies were given
In a free and easy manner.
Y'esterday her atory stopped at a point
where she began to relate to the court
what Dr. Rustin had told her were his
of his plans.
"I shuddered at every mention or
them, but the doctor talked freely.
When within two blocks of Dr. Rus
tin's home, he bade me good-by, saying
to me to wait a while. He told me if
his plans did not work he would soon
Join me again. I waited quite a while,
and then went downtown to my room
at Clara Gleason's place.. I called up
Dr. Rustin's home repeatedly after I
got back, but was told the doctor was
not there."
Mrs. Rice, during her testimony,
identified Davis as the man she saw
get on the streetcar after he came out
of Rustin's office, and said she saw
hlra standing at Fortieth and Farnum
streets when she walked to that point
with the doctor. -
ABERDEEN UNIONS GIVE IN
Trades Council Says Any Transfer
Company May Handle Lumber.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe-
cihl.) Action taken by the Trades Coun
cil last night, giving authority to con
tractors of Aberdeen to employ any trans
fer company they please for the delivery
of lumber, settles for the present all dif
ferences between the mill-owners and
the carpenters. Officers of the Trades
Council refuse to talk of the matter, ex
cept to say that the action of the Coun
cil last night will probably end the con
troversy. There is a good feeling throughout the
city today over the course the Trades
Council has pusued, and the unions are
praised for their action. One of the mill
owners said:
"I am glad the affair Is settled. Mill
owners are no more opposed to unions
properly conducted than they are to any
other legitimate business. But It Is the
'butting In' that we are opposed to. When
it cornea to dictating who shall deliver
our lumber, then I say we should have a
say in the matter. If they have a right
to dictate who shall deliver the lumber,
why shouldn't they say who shall pile
the lumber, handle it in the yards, cut it
in the mills? If the trouble ended with
Johnston it might be well enough to con
sider their opinions, but it has a far.
reaching influence. It goes Into every
detail of our business. Unions, in my
opinion, should confine themselves to mat
ters drectly affecting their own men, and
not with men who do not belong to their
organizations."
BLACK HAND RITES CRUEL
Member of Convicted Gang Reveals
Secrets of Outlaw Order.
VANCOUVER, B: C, Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) Nine members of the Italian black
hand, convicted through the confessions
of members of their own society, were
sentenced today at Fernle to terms from
six to seven and a half years. They began
to levy blackmail five months ago among
the business men of the upcountry mining
city, three of whom they threatened with
death.
The story of their methods was start
ling. The ceremony connected with the
first initiation into the society, according
to the confession, was called "plccoto."
All present divested themselves of weap
ons, and a circle was formed by Joining
arms. It was then pointed out to the
candidate that the space In the center of
the circle represented an abyss where
everything spoken was completely buried.
The final "Camertsto" degree was grew
some Indeed. A circle was formed as be
fore and five knives were laid in the cen
ter, with the points radiating to the cir
cumference. Upon these a handkerchief
was placed, leaving the blades exposed,
and upon the center lay a stiletto.
Dots were drawn and the man on whom
the choice fell had to bare his arm whilst
his neighbor seized the stiletto and
stabbed him In the wrist. The candidate
for Initiation was then forced to suck
the blood spurting from the wrist of the
man who had been stabbed.
10 PER CENTJN FOUR DAYS
With but $30 In cash you can buy
one of the remaining lots In Floral
Park paying the balance 110 per
month. On October 1 (Just 4 days)
present prices of 300 to 1450 will ad
vance 10 per cent. Better take Sell
wood car today only 18 minutes ride
from First and Alder. Graded streets,
sidewalks, city water and abstract of
title free with each lot. Hellman &
Lathrop, 245 Washington street,
LADIES' TAILORED SUITS
At Le Palais Royal at lower prices
than any house in the city. 375 Wash
ington street.
BEN
STATE SUFFRAGISTS MEET
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NOMINATE OFFICERS AND PLAN
, FOB CAMPAIGN.
Speakers Believe That Effort to Se
cure Ballot for Tax-Paying
Women Will Be Successful.
At the regular meeting of the Oregon
State Equal Suffrage Association held
last night in the City Hall, the follow
ing officers were nominated: Honorary
president, Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe; presi
dent, Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway; vioe-president-at-large,
Mrs. Elizabeth Lord;
corresponding secretary. Miss Myrtle B.
Pease: secretaries. Miss Elma Buckman
and Miss Willda Buckman: financial sec
retary. Mrs. A. Bohman; treasurer. Mrs.
W. B. Potter; auditors, Mrs. F, Eggert,
Mrs. M. A. Dalton, Mrs. lmogene Bath.
These officers In accordance with the
constitution of the association will be
elected at the convention to be held in
November.
At the conclusion of the business ses
sion short addresses were made by Mrs.
M. R. Trumbull, Dr. Mary Thompson
and Dr. T. L. Eliot. In Mrs. Trum
bull's opinion the campaign for the ballot
for tax paying women is going to do
them a great deal of good. She believes
the association showed excellent Judg
ment In asking for the ballot for a por
tion of the women of the state first. She
said it was the duty of all Woman Suf
fragists to Inform themselves on all pub
lic Questions in order to be prepared to
vote intelligently when the privilege is
accorded them.
"Women should prepare themselves
definitely and intelligently upon the great
public questions that are coming oeiore
us," said Mrs. Trumbull. "Our Institu
tions are trrowing and improving, but
they are far from what the ideal institu
tion should be. Women should build up
Escrow
j Papers
Deeds, contracts of sale, agree
ments or any other form of in
strument intended to be deliv
ered upon payment of money,
can be left with us for such de
livery upon payment, the cost of
which service is very light.
We do a general trust busi
ness and give all matters our
most careful attention.
Merchants SayingsS
Trust Company
247 Washington Street,
Portland, Oregon.
SELL
a public sentiment In favor of more effi
cient administration of these Institutions.
Suffragists must lead, must get Into the
front of every movement. In order to
do this they should be familiar with the
questions of the day."
ASKS PARDON OF PRESTON
Sister of Murderer-Candidate Is Cir
culating Petition.
RENO, Nev., Sept. 26. A sister of -M.
R. Preston, who was nominated for the
The Store With a
Liberal Money- , AM
Back Policy.
We Have Arranged for Tomorrow Another Big Showing of
Tailored Suits at $25
' Particular attention is again called to the pretty styles, because they are the best
suits offered this season at this low price. You can readily see what a stylish,
shapely garment it is. It takes its style from a high-priced model. It has the
fashionable slash sides and back, trimmed with folds of satin and buttons. The
skirt is of the latest gored models.
There are many other styles to be found in this
collection in Women's Suits that are very attractive.
Among them are many fine broadcloth suits. Some
plain, others trimmed with satin, in single and
double-breasted styles. They come in black and
shades of navy, wine, gray, fancy mixtures, etc.
SPECIAL TRIMMED HATS
This week will open the Fall season for Millinery. We want to impress you
with our extraordinary values, and we have specially trimmed for this week 200
hats in our popular-priced, grades, which will easily save you from $2 to $5 on
each hat if you buy now.
ELEGANT TRIMMED HATS
All week we have
sale. Hundreds of
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nat 01 a Kina. XOU Will nave w pay aiiuuimniv,v-
our price elsewhere. All copies of expensive hats,
actual $12.50 values. Priced Monday at
SMALL FELT HATS
Beautiful Satin-Finished
Regular $3.75 values
MONDAY $2.50
BEST QUALITY
That's the real point
about OUR clothes. That
is the aim of the clever artists
who model all our garments,
design our styles and patterns.
To produce
THE BEST THAT CAN
BE MADE.
WE fully believe our clothes
are the BEST. If you will call
and look them over we think
YOU will believe it also.
Suits and Overcoats
$20 to $50
NG
Presidency on the Socialist ticket and
is serving 25 years in the state peniten
tiary at Carson, is in Reno for the pur
pose, it is said, of circulating a petition
to be presented to the board of pardons
for the pardon of Preston. It is said
that she is aided in this work by the
Socialist Labor party.
Preston is serving sentence for killing
John Silva. a restaurant keeper of Gold
field, about a year ago.
Lewis Wins by Over 500.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 26. (Special.)
AH doubt of the nomination of John G.
Lewis, of this city, as the Republican
wERTHEIMEft, Pres. and Genl
been preparing for tomorrow's
elegant styles in this sale, one
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POCAHOMAS feather bands
Regular values $-4.50
MONDAY $2.25
LEADING
CLOTHIER
candidate for State Treasurer was re
moved today by the return of the vote
from Spokane County, a dispatch from
Spokane this afternoon giving Erwln's
majority in Spokane at 58. Exclusive
of Spokane, Mr. Lewis has a majority
over Erwin of 6383. So this gives the nom
ination to Lewis by 637. '
Lewis Democrats Organize.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) The Lewis County Democratic
central committee met here today and
selected S. A. D. Eaton as chairman and
M. B. Jaques secretary. . Both are well-
known Centralta uemocrais.
CORNER
FIFTH AND
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Manager.
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