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PHICE FIVE CENTS
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TO PRESERVE PEACE
May Settle Turkey and
Bulgaria Trouble
FRANCE IS MEDIATOR
Bulgaria Is Anxious for War,
for Which Turkey Is III
Prepared
AUTHORITIES IN CONFERENCE
France, Grcit Britain, Russia and
Potiibly Italy Are Prepared to do
V All in Their Power to Avoid Any
:' More Complications.
PARIS, Oct. S.-Francc ha essay
ed the role mediator with the object
of preventing war between Turkey
and Bulgaria and as a result the
foreign Minister Pichons in a scries
of conferences today with represen
tatives of the powers, and of an ac
tive exchanges which has been going
on between the various cabinets, it is
announced tonight that France, Great
Britain, Russia and possibly Italy,
were prepared to act in unison to' pre
serve peace and to call a conference
of signatories of the Berlin treaty to
deal diplomatically with the situation
that has arisen between Turkey and
Bulgaria and harmonise the conflict
ing interests so that fresh complica
tions may be avoided.
Already certain tentative proposi
tions as a baaia for such a conference
has been forwarded to Constantinople
and if the Portcs assent can be secur
ed it is regarded as certain that peace
will be maintained. The danger of
war is believed to lie in the precipi
tated action at Constantinople where
the conflicting interests may force j
Turkey to engage in war for which
she is ill prepared. According to in
formation tonight Bulgaria will wel
come war as the Bulgarians are con
voinccd that their army could march
straight to Constantinople before the
Turkish forces could be mobilized.
, THREATEN WAR.
BELGRADE. Oct. S The news of
Austria-Hungary's action in regard to
the annexation of the provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina has aroused
Servia to the danger point. The
streets this evening are thronged with
a wild mob, many rioters are dis
charging revolvers and demanding
war with Austria, rather than submit
to the annexation.
TAFT AMONG THE
"SHOW ME" FARMERS
Republican Candidate Carries on Whirlwind Cam
paign Through Missouri and Kansas
MACON, Oct. 5. Taft made three
speeches in Kansas and 13 in Mis
souri today." Taft's reception in the
various points today was such to
cause him to express surprise and
gratification. Referring to the matter
he said: "It Is an augury that Mis
souri is going to "Show" somebody at
the next election that she does not
Intend to remain a mysterious strang
er, but will become a regular resident
among republicans." ' ;. , ,
I Throughout the day Taft hammered
away on the necessity of voters in the
country to understand that the demo
cratic tariff revision meant the de
struction of the market and prices of
HUGHES ATTACKS BRYAN.
ST, PAUL, Oct. S.-"Mr. Bryan
did the country a great service , by
being twice defeated. Had he been
elected 12 years ago he would not be
candidate now, but would have
gone down in the disaster of his own
fallacies," in his speech here tonight
Governor Hughes of New York thus
summed up why he was working for
the defeat of Bryan. He said he is
supporting Taft because he is a "Cool
headed, and warm hearted man of
achievements."
BASEBALL GAMES,
American Leagues.
Washington 3, Philadelphia 0.
Chicago 6, Detroit 1. '
Boston 4, New York 0.
National League.
Boston 1, New York 8.
Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 1.
SEATTLE ID TACOUA
HEAR BEVER1DGE
SENATOR ADDRESSES 7000 PEO
PLE IN ARMY HALL AT
PUGET SOUND TOWN.
ON PACIFIC COAST INTERESTS
Indiana Statesman ia Greeted With
Large Crowds Everywhere A
Great American Navy His Subject
For Address at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Oct. 5. Bcveridge to
night addressed 7000 people in the
armory. A prolonged ovation greet
ed the Hoosier statesman. His sub
ject was "A Great American Navy
and the Interests of the People of the
Pacific Slope," he handled it in non
partison manner and was listened to
the close attention of frequent inter
ruptions of applause, t
TACOMA, Oct. 5 Before an cn
thusistic audience this afternoon
United States Senator Albert J, Bcv
eridge of Indiana, issued an open
challenge of the democratic national
committee to take at the poje demo
cratic members of the United States
Senate on the specific question wheth
er they will support Bryan in his
franchise plan for the government to
control business and manufacturing
industries, his injunction plan and
other radical measures which the Ne
braska!! is advocating.
the products of the farm; that the
republican revision meant a continua
tion of the present prices and pros
perity. Rain was falling before the
Taft special made its second stop and
throughout the day crowds assembled
to welcome Taft and braved the
steady. drizzle. ' v
PLEADS "NOT GUILTY."
BELLINGHAM, Oct. 5. J. K.
.Thomas, who confessed to the mur
der of his wife today pleaded not
(tuilty to a charge of murder in the
first degree. Hie will plead self-defense.
The trial will probably be in
November. "
fi'ElV LUMBER RATE TO
TAKE EFFECT OCT. 15
Appeal of Railroads Will Not In
terfere With Law
BELLINGHAM, Oct. 5.-J. H.
Bloedel, manager of Larson Lumber
Company, and a leading spirit in the
fight of the Washington and Oregon
lumbermen against the railroads for a
40-cent lumber rate recently granted
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion states he has the assurances
from W. W. Broughton, general traf
fic manager of the Great Northern,
that the appeal of the railroads now
before the Commission will not inter
fere with placing in effect the new
rate scheduled for October IStlu An
increase in nor hwe st lumber ship
ments is expected.
SUBMARINE TEST.
CHERBOURG, Oct. 5-Submarine
Emcraude arrived here today from a
run of 81 hours in which she covered
693 miles under water. The vessel
maintained her regular speed of nine
knots an hour. The crew, was much
fatigued but bore the severe trial ad
mirably. NEW CONSULAR PORT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The im
portance of India's growing north
west port of Karachi has led to the
establishment of an American consu
late there and Consult General Mi
chael at Calcutta in a report today
says ibat material expansion - of
trade may be expected.
TRANS - MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS
SESSION TW
About a Thousand Delegates Assemble at Frisco to
Participate in Commercial Congress
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WILL BE DECIDED
Keynote of Meeting Expected to Be Sounded Today In Address of
J. B. Case Congress Will Include Representatives From
Eighteen States and Four Territories
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5.-
Thronging the corridors of the lead
ing hotels, viewing the massive crea
tions of steel and concrete that have
replaced the desolate areas of two
years ago and participating enthusi
asm in conferences preliminary to the
Nineteenth Trans-Mississippi Com
mercial Congress, nearly 1000 dele
gates to the five days' session that
organization tonight await the call to
order.
J. B. Case of Abilene, Kansas, will
wield the gavel at tomorrow's open
ing session and his introductory ad
dress is expected to sound to keynote
of a conference whereat the Western
half of the United States, through 'its
commercial and promotion organiza
tions, will voice not only its demands
upon congress, but the policy of its
numerous membership, upon the con
servation of natural resources, irriga
tion and scientific care and the cul
ture of soil; improvement of rivers
and harbors; the need of a merchant
marine and a fleet to make possible
its advent; trade relations with the
Orient and the balance of the West
ern Hemisphere and a score or more
of sectional issues considered of suf
ficient importance to affect the wel
fare of the West,
The congress is expected to in
clude . representatives of 18 states,
!our territories and dependencies and
dx foreign countries. While many
districts will be represented' by an
officer, of their -foremost commercial
bodies, Utah, Washington, Colorado
and California will send the govern
in STATE
MENT Oil TRUSTS
:l,i
Says Bonaparte Did Not Give
Information Wanted
f" . ;7
CHICAGO, Oct. S.-Addresaing an
open letter to Bonaparte tonight, Jo-
sephus' Daniels, chairman of the pub
licity bureau of the democratic na
tional committee, asserts that the at
torney general in a recent reply to an
inquiry for a statement showing how
many trusts did business in the Unit
ed States had been prosecuted by the
department of y-,r.ke did not furnish
the information ..desired, but instead
confused the prosecutions under the
Sherman anti-trust law with the
prosecutions of railroads and indiv-
uals under contracts. Daniels sub
mits to the attorney general the four
questions as follows:
1 How many of the 287 trusts,
giving names, arc doing business in
the United States, have been prose
cuted by the present administration?
2 How many of those trusts, nam
ing then separately, have been fined
and the separate amounts?
3 After a trust has been fined,
what other steps have been taken to
prevent its continuing illegal prac
tices for which it was forced to pay
the penalty? '
4 How many officials of these 287
trusts have been criminally prose
cuted and how many have been con
victed and terms of imprisonment,
giving names of each person who has
been , imprisoned for violating the
law? '
ors or official representatives and
President Roosevelt's representative
will be William R. Wheeler, assistant
secretary of commerce and Jabor.
Tomorrow's session will be confin
ed to the organization and a cruise
about San Francisco Bay.
Condemning selfishness of section
alism, urging the immediate necessity
of the nation action to revive the
waning maritime traffic in western
seas, enlisting for a campaign of edu
cation that is to include inland Amer
ica as well as Atlantic seaboard, the
executive representatives of. the most
powerful commercial bodies of Ore
gon, Washington and California unr
dertook today to organize .an asso
ciation which will in the future direct
as a unit the congressional represen
tation of the three states. In person
or by cordial message, the senators
and congressmen whose co-operation
was asked and approved the move
ment undertaken, an'd pointed out
the necessity concerned in the action
against the overwhelming represen
tation, of the Atlantic states and un
dertook further by every means in
their power, such measures as a ship
subsidy and enlarged merchant ma
rine; two great navy yards on the
Pacific1, a fleet commensurate with
the value of property to be protected
and the advancement of such local
'nterests, river and harbor improve
ments as will tend toward advance
nent.of America's western seaboard.
A committee was appointed to ar
range the formation of the tri-state
association.
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REGARDING HIS 3RD ATTEMPT
' NASHVILLE, N C, Oct. .-Arraigning
the president and his leaders
during the republican campaign, Kern
declared: ' :;.': : ' 1
"Patriotic men everywhere will
agree with me that the third term idea
is no more hateful to the minds of
the American people that that the
president of this great nation should
undertake to name and dictate his
own successor."
NO DECISION.
, CINCINNATI, Oct. 5. -The
board of directors of the national
league adjourned tonight without
reaching a decision in the disputed
game of September 23rd between the
New York and Chicago clubs. They
will render a decision tomorrow even
ing. JAPAN III GIVE TIE
170RL0 A LESSO;
IN GRACEFUL ART OF WEL
COMING THE FLEET AND
OFFICERS OF A FRIEND
MAGNIFICENT PROGRAM AHEAD
Yokohama the Scene of Initiating the
Splendor Admiral Sperry to be
Received by the Emperor Many
Athletic Events.
TOKIO, Oct. 5. Japan is planning
to give the American battleship fleet
a welcome that shall eclipse in splen
dor and enthusiasm any of the previ
ous receptions tendered the American
vessels on their voyage around the
world. The arrival of the fleet at Ma
nila has given a stimulus to the in
terest in their forthcoming visit to
Japan and the preparations for the
constant entertainment of the Ameri
can officers and men are now com
pleted. The vessels are due here
October 17, and will remain a week.
When the 16 warships under com
mand of Admiral Sperry steam into
Yokohama harbor, the salutes of
their guns will be answered in kind
from 16 battleships of the Japanese
army. These vessels already are at
anchor off this city. Sperry and the of
ficers of the fleet of high rank will be
received in audience October 20 by
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HEARST NOW TAKES
HIS RAP AT KERN
Reads Affidavits of Newspaper Lien Who Claim
Kern Said He Owed Nomination to Taggard
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5. -The
speech of Hearst tonight was devoted
almost entire to an attack on Kern.
He referred to finding a pass on the
Big Four made out to the name of
Kern, and said the Big Four is a part
of the Vanderbilt system which he
said had been successfully prooe-.uted
by the federal government for grant
ing rebates to the American Refining
Company. He also devoted attention
to Kern's employment by Thomas
Taggart as his attorney and discussed
in detail the alleged gambling at
French Lick Springs, Ind. Hearst
read affidavits to two newspaper men
in attendance at the democratic na
HE1PI LIFE OF fl
COURT HDD
Edward Martin, Who As
saulted Edith Ralston
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
After Hearing of an Hour and a
Half fjegro Gets Maximum
Punishment
SEVERAL HURT IN THE RIOT
Crowd Was Frantic to Get Martin
and Fight Officer Who Finally Re
store Order After Using Their
Clubs Freely No Arrests Made.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. S.-Follow-ing
a scene of riotous disorder today,
in which several persons were slight
ly injured in an attempt to take him
from the police and lynch him, Ed
ward Martin, the negro who last Fri
day night assaulted Miss Edith Ral
ston, a concert singer, at Colegrove,
was spirited to the courtroom of Su
perior Judge Curtis D. Wilbur, where
he pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to the maximum punishment life im
prisonment. He will be taken to
Folsom penitentiary tomorrow night.
Less than an hour an a half elapsed
between the time that the negro was
brought into court for his prelimi
nary hearing and the time that Judge
Wilbur pronounced the penalty of
life imprisonment. Martin is said to
be a deserter from the Navy.
The riotous demonstration occur
red this morning in Justice H. C.
Austin's courtroom, immediately after
Martin had been held to the Super
ior Court." .
Justice Austin had been warned
that serious trouble might occur when
the negro was brought into court,
and requested that' a sufficient police
force be assigned to maintain order.
Fourteen patrolmen were detailed.
Martin was brought in handcuffed
to Patrolman Stevens, a colored offi
cer. A large crowd completely pack
ed the small courtroom and filled the
corridors outside. The hearing was
brief and after Miss Ralston had re
lated the circumstances of the attack
and positively identified Martin, the
court ordered him bound over to the
Superior Court under $5000 bail.
As Officer Stevens was taking Mar
tin through a rear door to return him
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tional convention at Denevr, who
stated Kern said to them that h is
indebted for his nomination to Tag
gart. .
Hearst read a letter from Archbold
to United States Depew thanking the
latter for the railroad' pass alleged to
be on the New York Central lines of
which system he said, Depew was
"The : representative in the United
States Senate."
Thomas L. Hisgen, Independence
party candidate, also addressed the
audience, devoting himself to various
issues of the campaign and explained
reasons for the existence of the Inde
! pendence party.