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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1908)
TIIE SUNDAY OREGON! AX.- PORTLA7I. xuy Eavvn g, ivw. LAW IS DEFECTIVE TAFT RESTING IN VIRGINIA RETREAT SOME SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FOE GUBERNATORIAL HONOR IN BE CENT ELECTION. Huntley Corrupt Practices Act Needs Altering. But ;Tromise. to Speak in : .'-Brooklyn Will Interrupt Repose. CUTS TIME TOO SHORT Section 5 Does Not Take Into Con sideration Fully Vast Labor En tailed In Getting Pam phlets to Voters. HITCHCOCK TO VISIT HIM tVeaMetf tjr SfTenurous Campaign, lie Goes to .Hot Springs Cottage. )Iteoinian: Congratulate ; , on Carrying State. llOT PPRHTOS, Ta.V Nov. 7. W. II. Taft will not be able to enjoy his ex pecteti- vacation undisturbed. He was rlmlOil'-d tOilay that almost a year ago he promised u .Apeak before the Prison Alartyrs Monument Association Brooklyn. Tire , date of-the speech Is next Saturday. Mr. Tnft will leave here Friday night next and will return to his cottage here Immediately after h has fmnn.-d hi promise. - -Kttiok H.-Hku.hco k. chairman of tha ""Jlrpublu.au . National Committee, will arrive tomorrow. The President-elect does not know what the chairman's visit may mean, but supposes that It Is a winding up of the campaign in the wavof a verbal report. " Can't Forget 'First Love." t . ". Mr:" TiTl"'sald today' that one of his Chief pleasures in becoming President was the opportunity afforded him to aid the "Philippines. . "I .cant forget my - first love." lie staid.,, - sir. Taft is In great need of a rest, thousrH rn good shape physically. Me arrived here at 10:20 o'clock this morn ing. Several hundred guests from the hotels were at the station and gave him a rouslnpr welcome. Some of those who voiced their welcome had made the acquaintance of Mr. Taft when be Wis here last Summer and for all of them he had a hearty handshake. "I am -mighty glad to get back Into these Virginia mountains," said he. . "I've had' a pretty strenuous time since I left, bnt I am going to take some rest and. enjoy myself." Mas Cottage In Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Taft were at once '. driven -to the Ruth Harrison cottage, which they will occupy during their stay here. It is a good two-story cot tage, with'ft veranda running most of the way around It. It Is located In the woods back on the mountainside and tbereJJtlr. Taft will be completely free from -the -Social life In the hotels. Hi . executive offices will be on the second floor of the cottage. They will be in charge of Fred V. Carpenter, his pri- vate secretary. Letters of congratulation are still pouring In on' Mr. Taft. While he was t breakfast o the train on the way from Cinctnp'Stf; nur-MUsourlans sent him a nute'cehgrarttlatl-ng Wm on the way their state had gone. Mr. Taft Interrupted the meal Irng enough to scribble bis thanks on th card and send it back. ' Mr. Taft played a frame o( golf this afternoon. - - . o. - " .- COUNTRY LEAPS FORWARD .(Oratlnued from "Viral Pase which ;i the center of brass and copper goods making. The Increase In orders to electrlc4 'equipment -concerns will be fol lowed Immediately by resumption on full time of;many lants In Waterbury and Bridgeport, -which torn out fittings of cnppec.u41 tn electrical machinery. The Xauffaluclc Valley was -.hit hard by .the Industrttft depression, for more than 2S.000 skilledwerkers in copper and bras have been on partial time for months. STOCKS SOAIl TO XEW KECORDS X': S. -Steel Heacbett Highest Point In ! r , i9 History. NEW YORK. Nov.'?. A flood of buy ing orders which had poured In on brok ers diirtrg the night cent prices soaring on the tock Exchange today and brougfcv. scenes jot activity on the floor, the like of which had not been wit nessed in many months. So strong was the bullish sentiment that In some in tar.ctts prices . Jumped upward points at a timevtm single sales. The readiness with which purchases were made at the advanced figures. Indicated that many bqylng orders had been placed practically without llmlrations In price. New York Central rose 5 points on a few purchases and United States Steel by short spurts forced Itself up to Si'j. the highest price ever touched by. that stock. Many other prominent stocks rose 1 and X points over last night s' closing. There was no df . lnlte single piece of news to account for the extreme activity, but speculation ap parently was stimulated by reports from all sections of the country of receipts of large orders by manufacturers or rapid expansion In' wholesale and retail lines and that Targe numbers of workers are being re-employed. The big advance In New Tork Central was attributed in part to a rumor cur rent In the "street that E. H. Harriman soon is to. become a factor In the control of that system.. Neither confirmation nor denial of. this report was to be had to day. Sift Harriman declined to discuss the subject. The animated trading continued until the close. . Considerable selling to realize profits developed In the closing hour. As a result, the gains In some of the prominent storks were wiped out. but the substantial advance In some shares re malntd to the end. Prices were working upward again when the closing gong put an end to. the trading for the week. SEW "YORK. Nov. 7. Edward H. Ilarrimait was Informed by those at his home' at Arden. Orange Cojnty. this afternoon, of the rumor that he was to become an active factor In the management of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad and that the price of the stocks had advanced sup posedly on the strength of that rumor. He declines, to discuss the subject. HITS NEW ENGLAND HARD Bulnes Activity Spreads in All Di rections on Atlantic Coast. BOSTON." Nov. T. The business In activity which marked the pre-election period. h&3 given way with a rush In New England, .announcements of a re sumption of operations having been made In all directions within the last tlire days. Many industrial Interests are affect ed, 'although . the reports Indicate that textile - concerns have ' acted more promptly nd In greater, numbers in ordering longer hours and mors opera tives. . .. ."- Other lines which already have ar- "i. ' ' ' jr A J ferA evfr-iwyajyv. i ' . f.a'fi-'W-- ir J "V-j J -.X -V" A laBSSSSSSBSBSSaSSBSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSBalJ in iAMriins ItfcJ V -: G eJlA4Err' O, ZqiZZOJV, Q 9irizDaaiUtt&iiGrattsc, u&kz:. .vs-s W'vsrt f MI - w;'r', iU ranged for Increased operations are Jewelry and rubber factories, thread, yarn and knitting mills, machine and tool-making plants and railroad repair shops. GREATEST ACTIVITY IX YEARS Plenty of Money, Plenty of Busi ness, Say Chicago Financiers. CHICAGO. Nov. 7. (Special.) Pros perity Is now the keynote of Chicago's business Interests. Many men promi nently Identified with the commercial life of1 the city declared today that the prospects, for a big business sea son have not been so favorable for years. Merchants and bankers say crop reports are highly gratifying. Hank deposita are said to be extremely large: great sums of money are. in the hands of farmers and business men; confidence Is manifested on all sides, and an era of abundant prosperity 'Is predicted. .J. Ogden Armour, president of Ar mour St Co., said today: ,."I predict that the next four years will bring the greatest period of prosperity -the country, lias seen, for some time. - l find that merchants all over the coun try are extremely hopeful. There Is plenty of money In the banks and plenty of business." James B. I-organ. president or tne First National Bank, said: "I believe this Is going to be one of the biggest business seasons the country has seen for a long time." MILLION'S TURNED LOOOSE Southern California Begins Pushing Forward -Hundreds of Projects. LOS ANGELES. Nov. 7. (Special.) As the Immediate result of the elec tion of Taft the greatest loosening up of Idle capital ever experienced In Southern California has been In prog ress since Tuesday. Millions of dollars have been taken from private strong boxes and deposited In the banks and llllons more are on the way from the East for Investment. So marked Is the feeling of confidence that hun dreds of enterprises which have been hanging fire will now be vigorously pushed. Contracts have been signed within three days for buildings aggre gating a million and a half in cost. H. E. Huntington wired rrom New York last night that in 60 days there will be a horizontal advance of 10 to 25 per cent in all the realty holdings he has on the market here. This announcement has been made in the last few days. In anticipation of an augmented 'Winter tourist travel the leading hotels are devoting $350, 000 to improvements. ORDERS SWAMP STOCK MARKET N'ew York Exchange Flooded With Calls From Every Section. NEW YORK. Nov. 7. (Special.) With a flood of orders to buy. the' Stock Exchange today experienced the greatest activity It has had in months. All usually active stocks scored high records for the year, but the most spectacular trading was in Steel Com mon, which on enormous trading rose to 65. the highest price, at. which It was ever sold. Union Pacific, which last October sold at 100. today was bought In such quantities . that it rose to 179H Amalgamated Copper was another stock for which there -was ex traordinary demand. The buying of stocks for the general public was to day greater than at any time since the panic. Brokerage houses with out-of-town connections reported orders from the West to buy so great that in some cases extra wires- had to . be placed In service. London also sent heavy orders- Big; Ironworks to Resume. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1. It was announced here today that Charles M. Schwab, head of the steel corporation, left New York yesterday with this city as his destination and that he Is to spend two weeks in or about San Francisco preparing for a renewed activity on the part of the Union Iron Works, which are affiliated vwUh the Schwab Interests. Paper Mills on Full Schedule. GLEN FALLS. N. Y., Nov. 7. The In ternational papr mills In this city and Fort Edward, which have been running on part time since the strike was insti tuted August L will resume full opera tion Monday morning. Nearly all of the striking paper-makers have applied1 for reinstatement. Out of every million letter that pass through the postcfTlc it is calculated l&At only one goes astray. t , 1 1 a ' ''"' ' &&Mm. "v - T , I A fi , t-ii 2 J J SZU , X -2 I . ' i ''J I FAKE STRANGE LUKE Subterranean Body of Water in Canal Zone Imaginary. REPORT WORK OF ENEMIES Washington Officials Have No Defl site Information of Mystery Which Is Pronounced Chi mera by Authorities. NEW ORLEANS; Nov. 7. A report reached here today from Colon, Panama, that a subterranean lake found under the site of one of the proposed big locks of the Panama Canal at Gatun, will re sult In a delay of several years In com pleting the canal and a much larger out lay of money than at first anticipated. According to this report the discovery of the lake has been kept a secret. Engi neers who are said to know of the dis covery declined to discuss the matter during the absence of Colonel Goetbals, who is In the United States. - This discovery has brought about a change In the plans, according to the reports reaching here, by which two or three locks will be removed from Gatun to Bohll and for the construc tion of two dams and a double lift, in place of one dam and three lifts. Serious Obstacle. The dam at Gatun. according to the report, gives a depth of 85 feet of water In the lake 'from Gatun straight on through the canal. Such depth of water will be sufficient to allow a safe channel over the rolling ground be tween Bohll and Gatun. but to deduct 55 feet of water from this lake, which. It Is stated the new discovery will re sult In. will leave places which will not furnish the 45 feet of water, the mini mum depth the ohannel must show. Therefore, It Is said, it will be neces sary to excavate a stretch which meas ures about eight and one-half miles In length. There are other places In the stretch that will require no excava tion. Involves Greater Cost. All this work will, add some to the length of time for constructing the waterway and will add a cost which has not been figured out. Under the reported change In plans, the Gatun dam will lift 35 feet or water only, and the dam at Bohll will give an additional 55 feet of water. NO LAKE REPORT RECEIVED Washington Official Have N'o News Regarding Alleged Discovery. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. At the Isth mian Canal office in this city it was stated today that no word had been received as to the finding of a sub terranean lake under tbe site of one of the locks at Gatun. It was declared that the report of such a discovery was absurd on Its face. It was stated that borings on these lock sites had berti extended for 80 feet and the evidence of stability was conclusive. It is said at the Isthmian Canal office that If the rock under those sites is sufficiently strong to have held up the mountain all these years it probably will be strong enough to hold up the canal, even if there should be some where near a subterranean lake. GOETHALS DECLARES IT FAKE Story Started, He Declares, by Ene- mies or Canal Progress. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Colonel Goethals, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Com mission, declared today that the report of the discovery of a subterranean lake under the site of the canal locks at Gatun is absolute "rot." "This," Colonel Goethals added, "Is a good example of the persistent attempts at sensational fakes made In the canal xone by enemies of progress there. "The only possible basis for such a story la the discovery some time ago, during the survey for the locks which are to connect Gatun Lake with the canal, of some cavernous limestone for mations ' In the vicinity of San Pablo and 20 miles from the dam which holds the 164 square miles of lake. Water flows In and out of the so-termed cav erns, but they are no factor In the construction one way or the other." Colonel Goethals sailed for the Isth mus this afternoon. JUST. ARRIVED. Opera coats and capes, at La Palais Royal. Washington County Jury List. HILLS BORO, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) The following Jurors will serve at the November term of Circuit Court, which convenes in this city November 23: Charles Lazotte, Buxton; John E. Sul livan and H. W. Schlottman, Beaver dam; John Anderson and B. F. Catch ing. Forest Grove; A. H. Salzwedel, Charles Krahmer, Peter Jensen, Henry Kamna and Gerhart Goetze. Cornelius; William Crothers. J. D. MIckle and G. W. Poole, Gales Creek; W. L. Parsons, John C. Callahan, George W. Beal, Jr., Gaston; John Boland, West Butte; Aden Keen, Ora Gardner, Columbia: H. L. Kocher, West Cedar: J. K. Ihrlg. Forest Grove; William Markway, Banks; L W. House, Hillsboro; Sam Galbreath, East Cedar; Robert L. Koblnson. Charles E. Marrs. J. W. Reynard. South Tualatin; Joseph Cowan, West Cedar; Peter Grossen, Washington; Delmar Martin. Dilley; Henry Miller, Reedvllle. The chief criminal case will be-that of State vs. Walter Johnson, who has confessed to the Perdue murder, the motive being robbery Drown When .Boat .Capsizes. OAKLAND, Nov. 7.-rOne. boy is dead and another in a serious -condition at the Emergency Hospital as the result of the capsizing of a rowboat off the Oakland narrow gauge pier todayThe dead youth is Jans Chittenton. age 17, of Oakland, and the other, Harold Beatty, of San Francisco. Both were fresnmen at the University, of Callfor nia. San Pedro Harbor Notes. ' SAN PEDRO.' CaJ.," Nov." 7. The steamer Bedondo cleared today for Coos Bay. - The ateamer Raympnd arrived trom Willapa Harbor today with lumber. SALEM. Nov. 7. (Special.) Tn at least one particular there is need for an amendment to the corrupt practices act which is to play, an important part In all the future political campaigns in this stale. The section which very clearly needs amendment is section 5, which prescribes the time at which the County Clerks shall transmit the lists of reg istered voters to the Secretary of State and the time for the Secretary to mail pamphlets of Information to voters. . That section directs that on the 17th day preceding a primary nominating elec tion the County Clerk shall mail to the Secretary of State the name, postofflce address and party . registration of every voter registered at that time. Subse quent lists are to be sent at the close of registration for the primary election and for the general election. At least eight days before the primary election the Sec retary of State must mail to each voter a copy of the pamphlet containing the "write-ups" of candidates. Time Too Short, The difficulty with this section Is that it does not provide time enough for the Secretary of State to get out the pam phlets. There are about 130,000 voters in the state and if they all register the Secretary of State would be required to address that number of envelopes, put In the pamphlets, put on stamps and mail the documents within a space of about one week. If mailed on the 17th day before the election it. would require from one to three days for the lists of names and addresses to reach Salem and the work of sending out the pamphlets must be completed at least eight days before the election. Men who have had experience In send ing out material of this kind say that the law should be amended so as to require the County Clerks to make out lists of registered voters about twice a week during the registration period and transmit the lists to the Secretary of State so that the work of addressing the envelopes could proceed as rapidly as does the registration. As It took about a carload of paper to print the pamphlets sent out last Spring under the Initiative and referendum, handling a somewhat similar lot of pamphlets for each pri mary election and another lot for the general election is no small task and will require considerable room for a working force and a small army of em ployes if the work la to be done in a week. Oppose Amendment. Last Spring the Secretary of State had a force of clerks and assistants at work for several weeks getting out the lnltia-. tlve and referendum pamphlets. At that time-there was no law requiring County Clerks to transmit lists of registered vot ers, so the Secretary found it necessary to make arrangements with the Clerks to send them in. paying them for so do ing. . He procured the names as fast as the -, voters registered. Under the cor rupt practices act it is made the duty of County Clerks to send in the names and they will receive no compensation from the state for so doing. But under the law they are not authorized to send In any names until the 17th day before the primary election. 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A $20 Suit made of the Thibet or Worsted that we offer at this price cannot be duplicated in any shop in Portland at less than $35. We make Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits that, for appearance, stand in a class by themselves, and the materials we put into them cannot be sur passed in any shop in Portland. When you see a Columbia-Tailored full dress suit you recognize the high-class appearance, the perfect fit and the quality of workmanship is the best. Made by Portland tailors, $40 to $65. There is no Tailoring House on the Pacific Coast that makes as many clothes as we donone that gives as good quality for the price and has as many boosters among its customers as we have. GRANT PHEGLEY Manager for' many amendments by persons wh dislike some of the-provisions of the. law. EVADE IMMIGRATION LAWS Chinese Become Mexicans . Long Enough to Slip Across Border. CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 7. A new trick, by which Chinese -are said to have been evading the Immigration laws of the United States, has Just come to the notice of the Mexican gov- COOKING SCHOOL At the request of a number of our patrons we have decided to continue the Free Cooking School another week. This will positively be the last week. Do not fail to take ad vantage of it. Mrs. Wheelock will have ah especially interesting menu this week and will demonstrate the most wholesome manner of roasting meats and fowls. We will sell Mrs. Wheelock 's famous Cook Book at 25o during the entire week. f i I '"'V'.' '' " ''' ' wfimllmm Seventh and Stark Streets ernment. It has been learned that large numbers have become naturalised citizens of this republic and as such have succeeded In passing across th border as Mexicans. 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