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ffc Smmfct! lilt it0ttiEtt : Pages 1 to 12 NEVADA ROBBED OF BULLION TAX GOMPERS TAINTED FAMILIES LANDSLIDE ONLY CHINESE REVIVE SCHOOL QUESTION DEJCAXD NATIVE GIRLS BE AD MITTED TO WHITE SCHOOL. JAPAN WELCOMES BY STANDARD OIL DIE IN. FLUMES DEFEAT TACT FLEET OCTOPFS ADVERTISES IX HIS PAPER, FEDERATIOXIST. WILli SOB EVERY MVIDEXD PAYTVG MIXE IX STATE. pnnn a -vrt, rT?T?r:rv srrvrnv ArnRVIXft. OCTOBER 18. 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXVII - U. c. u.mx.i, v..., , - TURKEYWANTSTO FIGHT BULGARIA WHOLE AMERICAN Anchors at' Yokohama Amid Salutes. MYRIADS SHOUT GREETING Received on Arrival by Japan ese Warships. CITY GAY WITH BUNTING Preceded by Yankton, White Battle ships Steam Into Harbor Island Newspapers Herald Event as . the Greatest In History. YOKOHAMA. Oct. IS. Sixteen American battleships, constituting the Atlantic fleet, on its peaceful cruise around the world, are riding at anchor today in the Bay of Tokio. occupying a post of honor in front of a like num ber of Japanese men-of-war. the white i hulls of the American vessels making strong contrast with the somber-hued v ones of the Japanese. In the bar. altve with bunting, gaily decorated tugs and steamers loaded with sightseers are steaming to and fro and launches from the shore and the war vessels are bearing uniformed officers on their official visits of wel come. Yankton Slightly In Advance. Preceded by its tender, the Yank ton, the American fleet entered the harbor in a fog that hung over the bay and dropped anchor at 9:30 o'clock this (Sunday) morning, one-half hour later than the time scheduled. This was due to the fog. The first realization that the fleet was near at hand came at 8:45 A. M., when the guns from one of the 16 Japanese battleships lying outside the break water -red a-swilll R File Yank ton appeared through the fog. In a few minutes the f.g lifted slightly, enabling the watcher on bay and shore to get a view of the fleet as it steamed slowly in. in single-ilne formation. Welcome Is Extended. The fleet proceeded to its anchorage ground and anchored in four columns in front of th Japanese fleet. When anchors were cast, a reception com mittee representing every department of the Japanese government and ac companied by attaches of the various foreign embassies and legations and the Mayor of Yokohama boarded the flagship Connecticut and officially welcomed Hear-Admiral Spcrry. his of ficers and men to Japan. HOYAIi WELCOME TO FLEET Mikado's Subjects Outdo Themselves to Honor I'ncle Sam's Fighters. YOKOHAMA. Oct. 18. It was in the gray hours before dawn this morning when the leviathans of America's great white battleship fleet were dimly dis cerned maneuvering off the entrance to Tokio Bay. while 1 war vessels, the pride of Japan, in somber color, swung at their anchor buoys outside of the breakwater encircled by' low purple Mils. Already Yokohama was awake and th streets were crowded with ex cited people streaming from the sur rounding country afoot, in rikishas or In carriages, making their way to the waterfront and to the hills overlooking the bay, to get their first glimpse of the great fleet. Thousands View Fleet. From thousands of flagstaffs and buildings and every point in the big city floated the Stars and Stripes, and the entire length of miles of streets were almost walled with intertwined Ameri can and Japanese emblems. The bay Uself was fairly aflame with bunting. (Concluded on Pace - I Gaeea I C" Lay Thl Aside . Amotker Six Months. May Indict Officials for Perjury. Governor Also Orders All Lot teries to Stop. CARSON, Nev.. Oot. IT. Governor D. S. Dlckerson this afternoon ordered Attorney-General Richard H. Stoddard to noti fy the district attorneys of the various counties to begin proceedings at once against every dividend-paying mine in the state which has not paid its bullion tax. It is probable that many of the officials of mines that have filed sworn state ments showing that they are operating at a lose and yet have been paying dividends will be indicted for perjury in falsifying their reports. These prosecutions will follow the lines suggested by State Bullion Tax Collector Haley, which shows that, while the out put of the state's mines is a million a month, only WS.OOO has been paid in for taxes in the last six months. A feature of the report is that many lotteries have been operated openly in the state in vio lation of Federal and state laws. "The lotteries must stop at once," said the Governor. "As for the mineowners, their case may take a little more time." The report also showed that the rev enue of the state from gambling was In excess of JwOO.OOO a year. The 611 games pay J75 a month each. ' SAYS HIS WIFE BEAT HIM Seattle Man Gets Divorce From Brawny Better Half. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 17. (Special.) Because, as he alleged, his wife, six Inches taller than ne, oeat him and threatened his life, Willis E. Klncald was granted a divorce in the Su perior Court today. "I don't think it is safe for a man of your size to live with a woman as large and as belligerent as your wife seems to be." said Judge Frater. "The decree is granted." Klncald testified that when he married her he believed his wife to be a widow without children. Last March a stalwart son of Mrs. Klncald, Just home from the Philippines, strode into the house and ordered his step father out. Once Mrs. Klncald walked into his office, Klncald said, assaulted him, and told him his life would not be safe unless be left her. Klncald said he did not go home that night- PLAN FETE FOR TEDDY Koosevclt's Visit to Khartoum Is Al ready Heralded About Egypt. CAIRO. Egypt, Oct, 17. Preliminary arrangements already are being made here for the visit of President Roose velt to Khartoum in 1909, and be is be ing talked of today as "the great celebrity" who Is coming to Egypt It appears from the arrangements that are being completed that Mr. Roosevelt will enter Africa by way of Mombassa and travel toward the great lakes by . the British railroad. He will then take a caravan across the wilder ness to Khartoum and make his way down the "Nile. He may choose, how ever, to enter by some other way and mane his exit via Mombassa. The Roosevelt expedition is spoken of here as scientific and not wholly for hunting purposes. TWO MORE LIBEL SUITS Woolwine and Ijos Angeles Express Accused of More Wrongs. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17. Two more suits were filed today against the Eve ning Express and Thomas Lee Woolwine, city prosecutor. In connection with the in vestigation Mr. Woolwine has been making Into alleged protection of vice by the Mayor and Police Commissioners of the city. H. B. Woodlll, of the Police Commis sion, filed suit for $150,009 damages against the Evening Express Company and Ed ward T. Earl, the owner of the paper, for alleged HbeL Edward B. Tufts. Police Commissioner, filed a suit against Mr. Woolwine, de manding $30,000 damages on account of alleged injuries to his feelings and his standing- in the community. HARRY MURPHY "l flrvTHE ,tV )' for l.t W ForKrt. Shame! rp to New Tork. .irther Mysterious Disappearance. Too Thin. ' ............ I1TTT Political Horison Has Changed Color. BRYAN'S CHANCES DECREASE Doubtful States Swing Into Republican Ranks. TAFT HELPS OWN FIGHT New York, Illinois and Indiana Are Looked Vpon Now as Safe for Big Ohioan Change in Condi tions in Two Weeks. STATES PROBABLY REPUBLICAN. California ....10 Connecticut .. 7 Delaware .... 3i Illinois 27 Iowa 1." Idaho 3 Indiana Kansas 10 Maine 0 Massachusetts 16 MlchlRan 14 Minnesota ....11 Nebraska .... 8' New York 30! N. Hampshire. 4 'New Jersey 12 North Dakota ...4 Ohio 23 Orejron 4 Pennsylvania ...34 South Dakota 4 'Rhode Island .. 4 Vtah S Vermont . Washington .... S West Virginia .. 7 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3. Total 30 STATES PROBABLY HEMOCRATJO. Alabama ..ll'Oklnhoma T Arkansas . 0 North Carolina. .12 Florida .VKouth Carolina.. 9 Georgia 13 'Tennessee ......12 Kentucky . ...1." Texas IS Louisiana ... i Virginia 12 Mississippi ...in; Missouri LSI Total 161 Nevada 3j DOUBTFrL. Colorado 5 Maryland 8 Montana -. 3 Total 18 Necessary to elect, 42. BT HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash-JUurton-Oot. - 17. Nothing short of a Democratic landslide can now prevent the election of William H. Taft. .Two weeks ago the situation was far different, but In this brief period marked gains have been made by the Republicans, and at least three important states have been removed from the doubtful Into the probable Re publican column New York, Illinois and Indiana. The political outlook as viewed by Re publican leaders is rapidly improving. In dependent voters are being swung into line for Taft; the movement of labor votes towards Bryan, once alarming, has been quite g-.jierally checked; disaffection among the negroes has been largely over come, and enthusiasm, or at least interest, is being awakened among all classes. There are several causes contributing to this change. Taft Helps Own Cause. The appearance of Mr. Taft on the stump has been decidedly bonofjclal to the Republican cause. He has inspired con fidence among those who have heard him; he has satisfied them of his fitness for the Presidency, and his answers to the campaign arguments' of the opposing can didate have been all that was necessary to insure the votes of many who previous ly had been in doubt. Particularly has Mr. Taft been effective among laboring men and among independent voters. The former have been convinced that he is their friend not their enemy, and the lat ter no longer question the ability of the Republican nominee to measure up to the requirements of the office to which he as pires. It would be difficult In fact. Impossi ble to estimate the amount of assistance which Governor Hughes, of New York, has rendered the Republican National ticket by bis tour of the Middle West. Hughes has clinched many, many inde pendent votes which were wavering; he won back others that had crept into the Bryan fold In the early days of the cam paign. Hughes Is an idol among the bet ter classes of citizens in the Middle West, (Conoluded on Page 2.) DRAWS A FEW MORE PICTURES SOME HUMOROUS, SOME Daughters of California-Born Mon golians Assert Equal Educa .' tlonal Rights. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. The at torney for the eight Chinese com panies today communicated with the Board of Education of this city, de manding that three Chinese girls, daughters of Soo Hoo Fong, a Chinese of American birth and a citizen of this State, be permitted to attend the Jean Parker primary school, an order for their removal to one of the Oriental schools of the city having been made by the board. The matter calls into question the State law, which says that in any sec tion where separate schools have been provided, no Indians, Chinese or Mon golians shall be allowed to attend schools maintained for the instruction of white children. ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperatur, 49.4 degrees; minimum, 37.8. TODAY'S Fair and warmer; north to east winds. . Foreiffn. Last mlrataff balloon picked up lit aea; both aeronauts drowned. Section 1, page 4. Turkey mobilizes army and war with Bul garia may be question of hours. Section 1. page 1. Politics Straus repeats charge of Republican assess ment on Wall street; Hitchcock says he will disprove it. Section 1, page 5. Roosevelt approves Lilley's exposure of lobbying for submarine contracts. Sec tion 1, page 4. Taft's campaign indicates landslide for him. Section 1, page 1. Republicans show taint of Standard Oil on Gompers. Section 1, page 1. Taft jtpeaks to great crowds In North Carolina and at Richmond. Section 1, page 2. New York World's estimates of result of election. .Section 1, page 3. Bryan speaks to great meeting at Omaha, Section 2, page 3. . Domestic. Big Boston bond Arm accused of fraudulent assignment. Section 1, page 4. Ton more deaths from forest fires, which are still unchecked. Section 1, page 1. Native-born Chinese girls In San Francisco claim right to enter white schools. Sec tion 1, page 1. Nevada will sue mine-owners for bullion tax and prosecute officers for perjury. Sec tion 1, page 1. Cashier of Morse's Bank objected to Ice stock an collateral. Section 1, page 1. Sport. x Coast Ttijiie scores: J Sn ji Francisco, 11-2; Porifii 1-0. ' S?ctyn'3, page 2. Yale defeats -'- West Point at football. Section 2,page 2. California freshmen win Rugby game with Stanford freshmen. Section 2, page 2. Oregon freshmen 6, Portland West Side High School 0. Section 2, page 2. PaciOc Coast. Judge nominated under Washington direct primary law as good as elected. Section 1, page 6. Abernethy Grange holds fair in Clackamas County, Or. Section 1, page 7. Washington lumbermen split over rate fight. Section 1, page 7. Bold forger arrested at Wallace. Idaho. Section 1. page 11. Hood River apple 'fair attracts 6000 visitors. Section 1, Page 7. Medfprd, Or., hunter believed to have perished in mountain storm. Section 1, page 4. Judge Hnry E. McGinn opens Republican campaign in Linn County. Section 1, page 6. Sports. Columbia J win from Cricketers, 5 to 2. Sec tion 4, page 6. Old stars will greatly strengthen Univer sity of Washington eleven. Section 4. page 6. Head work is secret of Chicago's victory In National League. Section 4. page 6. Season's1 record shows Coapt League to be star minor organization. Section 4, page 7. Individual records of pic yers In Eastern Leagues. - Section 4, H?age 7. Great automobile records are expected In Long Island racea, October 24. Section 4, page 7. Fort land and Vicinity. Jury holds Edward H. Martin guilty of manslaughter. Section 4, page 10. "Bunko" Kelly says Martin did not murdsr Wolff. Section 2, page 12. Big cut in insurance rates on dwellings. Section 2, page 12. Horse phow closes successful display In blaze of glory- Section 1, page 3. L. Zimmerman arretted for ojwratlng slaughter-house In South Portland. Section 3, page 10. Demonstration train will instruct Valley farmers in modern method Section 4, page 10.. Real estate sales for week are up to average. Section 3, page 8. Strong demand for rertdonce sites on East Side. Section 8, page . Elaborate educational plan la outlined for , members of State Grange. Section 3. page 10. Cashier Scrlbers forging of Thomson note Is mysterious problem. Section 1, page 8. Apparent discrepency of $3000 discovered In Portland Postofflce. Section 1, page 8- ! Mobilizes Army in Asia Minor in Haste. WAR MAY GOME IN FEW HOURS Angry Because Bulgaria Re fused to Negotiate. POWERS URGE MODERATION Turkey Dislikes Programme of Con ference Ferdinand Urges Cab inet to Moderate Attitude. Hurried Paris Conferences. PARTS, Oct. 17. The optimism pre vailing In official circles up to today concerning; the ability of the powers to maintain peace in Eastern Europe was rudely shattered this evening" on receipt of a telegram from the French Ambassador at Constantinople, Mr. Cons-tans, announcing that. Turkey had ordered the mobilization of her troops In Asia Minor, and tonight it Is be lieved that a few hours will determine the issue of peace or war. This is regarded as Turkey's answer to Bulgaria's refusal to accord com pensation for her independence and to the powers which arranged lie pro gramme in London for the interna tional conference. Powers Counsel Moderation. Instructions have been hurriedly forwarded to the French representa tives at Constantinople , and Sofia to renew their counsels of peace and the other powers i.ave sent similar In structions to their representatives in these cities, urging moderation on the part of Bulgaria and Turkey. The fear among diplomats, however. Is that intervention may come too late and that the Bulgarians, In their present state of excitement, may accept Turkey's act as one of provocation and advance across the frontier, when a collision between the armies would be inevitable . and Irrepar able. At a dinner at the Russian embassy tonight In honor of M. Iswolsky, the Rus sian foreign minister, at which Premier Clemenceau, M. PIchon, the French for eign minister, and Baron Rosen, the Rus sian ambassador to the United States, who Is now on his way to Biarritz, were present, the hope was expressed that diplomacy might yet save the day. If 24 hours can be gained, diplomats in Paris generally believe that Turkey and Bulgaria can be made to see the folly of hostilities. ' Suspect Reactionary Scheme. As soon as word of Turkey's action reached here, Xaoum Pasha, the Turkish ambassador, called upon Sir Francis Bertie, the . British ambassador, but the purpose of the interview has not been learned. M. Standoff, the Bulgarian diplomatic agent in Paris, did not attempt to con ceal the gravity of the news, but said that he could not understand such a move, as he had received a reassuring telegram In the afternoon from Sofia, which stated that Bulgaria, among other things, was ready to negotiate the matter of the Oriental Railroad with the com pany. ' In some quarters it is believed the unfavorable impression produced by the programme outlined for the Interna tional conference was a large factor In the Porte's decision to take matters in Its own hands. Others suspect a scheme of the Reactionaries to crush the new regime In Turkey. War Appears Imminent. A special dispatch to the Temps from Constantinople confirms the announce ment of the mobilization of the Turkish army and It adds that 60 locomotives are now ready to transport troops. The order, the dispatch says, applies only (Conefcded on F&g-e 8.) OTHERWISE-ON THE EVENTS Republican leaders Expose Friendly Relations of Bryanite Labor Man AVith Monopoly. CHICAGO, Oct. 17. (Special.) The taint of Standard Oil was put upon Samuel Gompers today In a statement given out at the Republican National headquarters. Two advertisements for companies subsidiary to the Standard Inserted in the September Issue of the Federatlonist, of which the Bryan labor leader Is manager and editor, were made a basis for this attack. Re publican leaders said they would like to know If this financing of Mr. Gom pers' paper was part of the deal where by he is now going about the country trying to throw the votes of union labor to the Democratic, ticket. It is apparent that through the me dium of advertisements in this labor magazine these oil companies could hope to reach no market for their products. Laboring men do not use Signal oil. The conclusion that these advertisements were Inserted for some other purpose is current, and that the purpose was to pay Mr. Gompers in a secret manner, rather than the idea of securing ordinary advertising re sults. , PLAYERS TO COME WEST Southern League Secretary Gives Ont List of Drafts. AUBURN, N. Y., Oct. 17. Secretary Farrell tonight gave out the following drafts in the Southern Baseball League: Mobile, from Tacoma Shea. Atlanta, from Vancouver Sugden. Drafts of Pacific Coast: San Francisco, from Vancouver Mun dorf. " Los Angeles, from Bloomington God win. Oakland, from Reading, Pa. Boyce; from Willlamsport, Foster; from Akron, Schwartz (disallowed). 4 Portland, from Spokane Dunn and Spoonemoore; from Tacoma, Carron; from, Bloomington, Higgins (disallowed): from Bridgeport, Beaumont; from Lynn, Ort CUT OFF BEARD IN ANGER Chanler's AVay of Resenting Rejec tion by Amelie Rives. CHARLOTTE, Va.', Oct. 17. The story of how he cut off his French beard because Amelie Rives had re fused him, and what he characterized as ill-bred conduct toward him by members of the Knickerbocker Club of New Tork, including Stanford White, Augustus St. Gaudens and others, were among the points brought out In the testimony of John Armstrong Chanler at today's session of his proceedings legally to establish his sanity and re cover a fortune he alleges was wrest ed from him in New Tork. TRUST'S NOSE TWISTED California State Board Forces Amer ican Book Company to Terms. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Oct 17. By holding up bills aggregating $13,348, the State Board or examiners nas nmnfiiefi the American Book Com pany, of New Tork, to file a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of RtntA Th romoratlon was owed roy alties by the state in the sum of $13,248.96, but the Examiners recently rHnnnvnred the company was not com plying with the laws of California, and today forced it to nie tne proper pa pers, and pay a fee of 500 for the privilege of doing so. DOUBLE MURDER IN OMAHA Sewell Sleuman, Wealthy .Broker, Kills Sweetheart, Then Himself. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 17. Sewell Sleu man, reputed to be morth half a million dollars and well known throughtout the West as a broker, tonight shot and killed Eva Hart, whose company he has been keeping for some time and then took his own life. The shooting occurred at the home of Miss Hart, 4304 Burdette street, whither the two had driven in an automobile a short, time before the double tragedy occurred. OF THE WEEK IOr . '36 d Children Victims of forest Fires. BABES BURNED LIKE WOOD Scenes of Unspeakable Horror Depicted by Survivors. BRAVE GIRL MEETS DEATH Death List Exceeds BO and May Reach 100 Devastated District in Northern Michigan Covers JO-0 Square Miles. ALPENA, M!ch Oot. IT. Out of h fire-swept district t the north, of thl city, where flames are spreading untold; death and desolation unchecked, com advloes which Indicate that the (vDnbeF of dead will exceed 60 and. may run up well towards 100. Early today it was known that 22 had bean sacrificed: to the flames. Later advloes confirmed this report and. added 10 more to th list of victims. Tonight it Is certain that the casualltlea will largely exceed! every previous report. In the vicinity of Mets, Bolton and Posen the fires have burned sufficiently to leave several hundred, women and children camping with . comparative) safety In the open fields, but near this city tonight the fires became eo threat ening that Mayor McKnlght called out a volunteer force of several hundred men with shovels to construct trenches In an effort to stem the progress. of the flames towards this city. The same southwest wind that swept fires through the village of Mets is still blowing, with consequent'great danger to villages and farms. An old couple named PachlnskI, hemmed In on all sides, were burned to death in their home near Posen. Their charred bodies were lifted today from the mass of ashes and ruins which cov ered them. According to dispatches' which have reached this city, four members of the family of John Sezerski, of Rogers City, were cremated in their home when a wall of flames drove them back from the road through which they were endeavoring to escape, and crowded them back Into the house, which was soon a mass of ashes and glowing coals. . The horror surrounding the death agonies of the Sezerski family has been duplicated more than once during' the terrible disaster which for two days past has torn families apart, leaving some members to reach places of safety, others to be consumed in the terrific heat of the fires which are burning fiercely on all sides and hour ly growing more formidable and dif ficult to check. Six Children Burned. Out of this maze of horror comes the story of the finding of the bodies of six Dust children in a road near Metz. Like the Sezerski family, they re mained in their home, fear-stricken. praying that the angry flames would pass by or that some avenue of escape would 'Open to them at the last mo ment when they would be compelled to face the fire. . The sickening end of their prayers is told In the finding of six bodies, charred almost beyond recognition, lying In the road. At the final moment, when the flames had razed the barn and was licking up the fences surrounding the house, the children, In pairs, locked arms and dashed Into the heat and smoke. Calling to each other, they kept ' together until they reached the road, down which they ran until the dense smoke filled their lungs. Half suffo cated, the children laid down in the road to gain a moment's freedom front the stupefying beat and while they (Concluded on Pas S.) RfiVn. terror cr rrr I , P 904 PARKER? DEFEATED 5Y r if Jv:. ft V -It Parker Wonld Only Support Taft, I Mla;ht Have a Chance."