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PUIUSHCS FULL AftOCIATID PRCS REPORT
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33rd YEAR. NO. 222
TAFT AHD 1A FOLLETTE SPEECHES
BRING GREAT CHEERING
Senator Declares Judge,
Radical in His Ideas
GIVES INDORSEMENT
Taft in Return Pays Compliments
to Senator and Then
Speaks Tariff " 1
AT FARMER'S CONVENTION
Man Attend the Meeting t Mil
waukee, Taft Alio Speaks in Sur-
't rounding Towna and li Greeted by
Large Crowdt Everywhere.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 24-Wiscon-ain
had a political climax today in a
complete and emphatic manner in
which Senator La Follctte - first de
clared Judge Taft to be redical in
hit political idea and then gave him
hit , own unqualified endorsement.
This is said in La Follctte indorse
ment quoted from the Bible: "Thou
shall provide out of all the people
able men, such as fear Cod; men of
truth, hating covetousncss," he then
added, "Such is the great leader that
we have with us today, Nature gave
him poise, judicial temperament,
great force of character, tenacity of
purpose." His long life in public
service is dixtinguished for'his mark
ed ability, its wisdom, its integrity,
id patriotism. He has taken advanc
ed ground upon the great issues of
this great country. He is progressive
in principle. He is equipped won
drously by experience. Two presi
dents in succession summoned to
their aid, man who is our honored
guest today. J ,
The endorsement was delivered at
Mason's, before an audience compos
ed of farmers from all portions of
the state attending national farmers'
convention, who cheered every men
tion and, all he said about Taft as
"they did the candidate himself, who
in turn before" delivering his speech,
paid his compliments to the senator.
-In his tariff speech here tonight Taft
reviewed the promise of his party for
revision of the tariff and promised
that party would adhere to its prom
ise. I lie said where tariffs were '". too
high they would be reduced and
where they are too low they will be
raised. It would 'be a revision, he
said, contrary to the democratic doc
trine of tariff for revenue only and
would be along the line of protection
OLSEN WAS KILLED
BY HIS COMPANION
Necanicum Farmer Mistaken for a Deer by Johan
nes Hjorteland
The particulars of the shooting of
Albert .Olsen, the Necanicum farmer,
were brought to this city last night
by J. A. Gilbaugh, the county coro
ner, who had hastened to the scene
of the slaying to make 'an investiga
tion. Olsen was shot by Johannes
Hjorteland, a , neighbor. The two
men have been intimate friends for
five years and went out hunting to
gether Wednesday. t '
Hjorteland shot Olsen by mistake,
thinking he was a deer. Itis simply
another illustration of the old story.
That the' shooting was accidental and
only, Taft also spoke at Bcloit,
Janesville, Evanvillc, : Madison,
Waukesha, and at Racine.
WILL ANSWER LATER.
Bryan Will Reply to President After
- More Consideration.
DAYTON, Sept. 24.-Coloncl Bry
an, will answer president Roosevelt's
letter replying to Bryan's deference
to charges against Governor Haskell,
but will not do so today, however.
The matter was discussed on the
t,ra!n by Bryan and those accompany
ing him.
TO OUST THE OREGON
FISH WARDEN
FEDERAL INJUNCTION WILL
BE EXTENDED TO COVER j
THE ENTIRE RIVER.
A VICTORY FOR FISHERMEN
If Action Deveiope Out of Present
Negotiations, Fishermen Will be
Able to Pursue Their Occupation
Without Interference From Officers
PORTLAND, Sept. 24.-The Fed
eral Court injunction which prohibits
Master Fish Wirdcn McAllister from
;..trrriitar u-ith residents of the State
.v. !
of Washington or other fishermen
engaged in the business on that part
nf the Columbia River lying north of
the main channel, will be extended to
cover the entire river.
Should this Jction be the outepme
of the orcscnt negotiations, it will
allow the fishermen to pursue their
occupations without interference
from the Oregon officers.
At ? conference held late yesterday
afternoon between Attorney-General
Crawford and the Master Fish War
den it was suggested by the latter
that the injunction now in effect give
the Washington, operators a right to
immunity . while' the Oregon ofiiters
were in duty bound to control those
firms which attempted to fish in vio
lation of the present statute on the
south side of the center of the chan
nel; which in bis opinion was unfair
ly discriminating against the interests
of this state. It was then determined
to request Assistant Attorney-General
I? C. McDonald, of Washington, to
petition the United. States Court for
an order, restraining Warden McAl
lister from enforcing the law on the
entire width of the stream, VU the
and Killed Instantly
just as told by Hjorteland seems en
tirely probable, and the jiyy at the
inquest soheld,. Coroner Gilbaugh
returned to the city last night with
the body of the. dead man. The man
who did the shooting also ( accom
panied him, .voluntarily, .though he
would have been brought in as a
prisoner had he not intended to pre
sent himself to the authorities here
at his own volition. ,
Hjorteland presented , himself to
the prosecuting attorney, Mr. Tongue
last night, and recited the details of
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ASTORIA, OREGON, I
BRITISH BARK DUNDEE
A TOTAL WRECK
Vessol Loaded With Oregon
Wheat Meets Disaster
PORTLAND, Sept. 24.-That the
Britih bark Dundee is a total wreck
on Walliston slands, in the Southern
Pacific Ocean, is the message receiv
ed today by the Merchants Exchange.
Whether any lives were lost has not
been ascertained, but it is known the
vessel and its cargo of wheat are lost.
The Dundee was of 1776 tons burden
and was headed for Quecnstown with
a cargo of wheat, leaving Portland
June 29. , , .
The vessel was' in command ; of
Captain Ridot. No details have, been
received concerning the disaster, but
it is surmised the vessel is a victim of
fierce gales which have prevailed in
the South Pacific for the last two
weeks. . '"';'
same time the Ocgon officials will
stipulate and agree to allow the law
to remain inoperative until the
United States Supreme Court shall
pass upon the case of Chris Neilson
on appeal.
Neilson, a resident of the state of
Washington, was arrested and
brought to this state for trial. He
was convicted in a lower court and
at a later date the decision was affirm
ed by the Supreme Court for Oregon.
Washington has appealed the case to
the highest tribunal of the country
upon the ground that the defendant
was a resident of that state; that he
followed a legal occupation on the
north side of the river and that the
Oregon officials can have no jurisdic
tion north of the main channel except
over such matters as both states may
agree shall be considered crimes.
Attorney-General Crawford for
warded a letter last night incorporat
ing the suggestions, and believes that
the Washington officials will join in
this plan of reaching a solution of
the trouble with as little loss to resi
dents of both states as possible.
WILL PROSECUTE CAPTAINS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.
The Alaska Packers Association will
prosecute the captains of the two
tugs that refused aid to the company's
bark, Star of Bengal..
Authentic Testimony Given
ASTORIA OFFERS PROOF THAT
HASKELL DID IT
- tors Who Were Ousted
ONE NOW SERVING
Interesting Statements Made
School, and Secretary
Chamber of
... "The President complains that we
removed certain professors from our
state university, our three state nor
mal schools and preparatory schools
in violation of civil servicerules. That
is, the President, with his usual im
petuosity and reckless disregard of
others, misstates" the facts."
The foregoing is the text of Gov
ernor Haskell's, tacit, and' bungling,
denial of President Roosevelt's open
effarge that the Oklahoman executive
discharged a group . Of Republican
educators from the state educational
institutions of Oklahoma front sheer
partisan bias. , And to indicate that
it is but tacit, and shamblingly so the
Morning Astorian is in position to
say, by way of exact proof, that Sec
retary John IT, Whyte, of the As
toria .Chamber of Commerce, is just
also a victim of the Haskell partisan
JV MEMBER to fl'siS
mm OF PRAISE
FOR TAFT
Bryan Expresses His High Opin
ion for His Opponent
CINCINNATI. Sept. 24.-After a
memorable day in the history of cam-
oaiifiiinir of this state Colonel Bryan
arrived here tonight from Dayton.
The train was welcomed here with
red fire and cheers from thousands of
throats. All the way from Columbus
here the nominee was well accorded
enthusiastic receptions. In the course
of his speech tonight Bryan said:
"As this is the home of my oppon
ent, I desire to take occasion to ex
press my high opinion of his char
acter and accomplishments. I .think
I pay a higher compliment in assum
ing he is able to conduct his own
campaign, than does the president
who is contesting with him the lead
ership of the party in this campaign.
Bryan referred to Taft's record to the
offices he ha held, but Bryan declar
ed that he tould not have secured the
republican nomination on this rec
ord alone. It was, said Bryan, the
powerful support of the president
that made Taft the nominee of his
party. Bryan contrasted -Jhis with
his own record. Only four years has
he,, held office, he said, Bryan related
his earlier history as a young lawyer
with no rich or influential friends.
Bryan said he has advocated tariff re
form for a quarter of a century and
has lived long enoughlo now see the
republican party frightened into
promising its. needed revision. . He
has advocated the income tax and
has lived to see Taft advocate tt. He
favored free coinage of silver, so did
Majoi1 McKinley. Taft accuses him
of favoring government ownership,
forgetting that Roosevelt and he him
self have threatened railroads with it
if they did not consent to effective
regulation, which is substantially the
same position as Bryan has taken.
Bryan says he opposed the trusts
ever since he Went into public life
and he is sorry while Taft has ac
cepted the democratic platform on
several questions he refuses to accept
the democratic plank of this one. He
declared Taft does not stand for a
single reform that has not been advo
cated by the democrats before he
took up the work.
by'Some of the Educa-
IN SCHOOLS HERE
by Professor Imel of the High
John H. Whyte of the
Commerce
in receipt of a letter from his old-time
friend and college chum, Thomas
Walter Butcher, now en route to Ber
lin, Germany, and ex-president of the
Oklahoma State Normal School at
Edmund, giving explicit details of the
wholesale-ousting of these Republi
cans, as alleged by President Roose
velt, and telling of his own experience
as one of the group who suffered de
capitation. There is no animus in the
letter; it is just such an epistle as one
would look for at the hands of a pro
found scholar and cultured gentleman,
who has borne an indignity as such
people generally bear them but it is
unequivocally convincing, all the
same: - ' - '
Another bit of incontestable local
proof at hand, is the sub-joined state
ment of Prof. J. G'. Imel, principal of
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DELI RMS I
WELLS
BASEBALL GAMES.
. National League.
Philadelphia 5, Cincinnati 0.
New York S, Chicago 4.
Brooklyn I, Pittsburg 6.
American League.
Chicago 0, New York I.
Cleveland 1, Washington 2.
St. Louis 3, Boston 0.
Detroit 4, Philadelphia 5.
J. Pacific Coast League.
San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 2.
Portland 15, Oakland 5.
. Northwest League.
Vancouver 10, Butte 2.
Seattle 6, Aberdeen 5.
Tacoma 1, Spokane 3.
HFARST 11
FJER
NEW YORK EDITOR RENEWS
ATTACKS ON MEMBERS OF
BOTH PARTIES. '
HE READS MORE LETTE.RS
Again After Governor Haskell De
claring Him to be a Tool of the
Standard Oil and I Promoter tf
Crooked Railways.
NEW .YORK, Sept. 24.-W. R.
Hearst addressing the state convenr
tion of the independence party, re
newed his attack on the members of
both of the great patties and produc
ed another batch of letters which he
said were written by or to John D.
Archbold. One of the letters was
addressed to former Senator McLau;
rin of North Carolina and there were
also letters from McLaurin to Arch
bold in which the" writer declared he
would "beat Tillman if properly and
generously suported." it
He also "read a letter from Repre
sentative Sibley to Archbold and a
letter from Archbold to "Representa
tive Senator," whose name did not
appear. Renewing his attack on
Governor Haskell, Hearst declared
he is not only a "Standard Oil tool
and promoter of crooked railways,
but was one of the organizers of the
steel trust."
, He quoted from a court record of
the suit brought by ' Haskell's law
partner in Ohio against the Illinois
Steel ' Company and the Federal
Steel Company, for services rendered
by Haskell as attorney and "Organiz
er." Hearst also quoted from what
he declared was a recent speech of
Haskell defending the Standard Oil
Company as "Having done wonders
for this country .!'
HAS Hi
BURNED DISTRICT
COVERS 30 MILES
Forest Fires in the Vicinity of Luff enholtz Continue
With No Relief in Sight-Two" Death Reported
EUREKA, Cal., Sept. 24-Word
was received -late tonight that the
sawmill ofthe Little River Redwood
Lumber Company was destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $275,
000. The mill was owned by Cana
dian capital.
Forest fires in vicinity of Luffen
holtz are still burning with no signs
of let up, refugees are still coming
out of the burned area on foot, horse
back and on litters. Only two fatality
are known up to date.
A woodsman named Frank Whit
more and one pther unidentified
PRICE FIVE CENTS
R
flllOII
Is Thought He May Vol
untary Remove Himself
i MACK REMAINS SILENT
Whole Matter Will be Left to
Bryan Who Will Make
Investigation
NO ACTION TAKEN AS YET,
Haskell in Letter to Hearst No
where Alludes to Controversy
Which the Latter Started Between
President and Bryan.
NEW YORK, Sept 24.-U is
definitely known that-several demo
cratic national committeemen are
urging that Governor Haskell resign
or be removed frjra position as
treasurer of the national committee.
Chairman Mack said today he ' had
nothing to say about the matter and
that he had no communication with
Bryan or Haskell regarding it He
added that he does not know what is
going to be done and could not say
whether Haskell will resign or not
The national committeemen express
ed the belief today that no action
will be taken by the national com
mittee, but that the whole matter
wjll be settled by Bryan and Mack
after Bryan has made a thorough in
vestigation of the case. Mack said he
knew nothing of the report from
Washington today that Haskell had
tendered his resignation and said fur
ther he had issued no order calling a .
meeting of the national and executive
committees.
HASKELL WRITES HEARST.
GUTHRIE, Sept. 24. A letter
which Governor Haskell today ad
dressed to William R. Hearst takes
up the Hearst's contention that the
usefulness of the old parties is over.
Haskell nowhere alludes to the con
troversy which Hearst started be
tween President Roosevelt and Col.
Bryan over Haskell's alleged connec
tion with the Standard Oil interests.
In brief, Haskell declares, that the
Democratic party of Oklahoma has
coveted everything with one excep
tion, in framing the constitution of
that state, which is advocated by
Hearst, and asserts that the Denver
platform contains, the same principles
with two exceptions. .- Haskell also
declares that Oklahoma's congres
sional delegation introduced in the
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body being found evidently
burned to death. The latest reports
show a burned district that extends
along the coast 12 miles and the fire
is now going up Little River at a
furious pace. , They are traveling so
fast that there is little doubt, they
will reach the thick timber at the
head of Little River when the dam
age will be hard to estimate. If the
fire once gets' into this timber there
will be no stopping " of it until it
reaches the Trinity county line unless
the. wind changes or a heavy rain
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