SE'.TLT IS ACCUBED
svjAYiiiG urn mm
Charged With Promising
Office to D. J. Keefe
KEEFE MAKES DENIAL
Leader's 'Influence for 'Taft
Claimed to Be Purchased
by Promise ,
tit
f
HE WILL VOTE FOR TAFT
The Office of Commissioner General
of Immigration Said to be the
Price of the Labor Leaders Change
of Heart .
NEW YORK, Oct. 13-The demo
cratic national committee, through
John J. Jordan, assistant chief of the
press bureau at headquarters tonight
made public a statement which in
substance says that it was stated at
the democratic headquarters tonight
that President Roosevelt by fhe
.promise of office has succeeded in
causing the desertion of one of the
big "labor leaders' from President
Gompers in his advocacy of the elec
tion of Bryan; that, the labor leader
in question is Daniel J. Keefe, presi
dent of the Longshoremen's Interna
tional Association; that the offer of
being' . named' commissioner-general
of immigration made vacant by the
death of Commissioner Sargent was
made by the president when he and
Kecfe were closeted together Octo
ber 3; that Keefe last Saturday issued
a statement that he was going to vote
for Taft; that this was directly oppo
site to a circular issued by the fed
eration calling for the defeat of Taft
and signed by Kecfe among others.
The statement says that if Keefe or
the president denies the charge an
other big labor leader will come for
ward with facts to prove that the
offer was made and that Keefe ac
cepted it.
DETROIT, . Oct 13. -President
Keefe categorically denied thaA he
has been offered the position of commissioner-general
of immigration in
consideration of the support of Taft.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Secre-
tary Locb said that nothing in reply
LUDICROUS ERROR
DISCOVERED LATE
Two Van Loads of Republican Literature Is Dump
ed in Democratic Hailing Room and Hailed
CHICAGO, Oct. 13. National
Chairman Mark tins addressed a let
ter to the chairman of all state com
'mittees in which he charges that the
calling upon friendly business; inter
ests to create and spread the ini
, pression. that' the : election of - Bryan
means business depression in order
"to frighten the public into voting trie
.republican, ticket.; ' ;
Republican literature received un
expected . publicity through , demo
cratic channels today when two van
loads of campaign literature were
dumped into the mailing room of the
democratic national committee. The
i:i.i.ira wlii Mi was intended for
iitviti.uiv .. , "
the republican headquarters one
block ' away was in. Bohemian,
OF
to the Keefe statement wai to bn giv
en out at the While House tonight
but that the charge would probably
receive attention tomorrow,
Kecfe waa one of the president!
callers October 3rd, ao waa Patrick
H. Morrissey, head of the brother
hood of railway trainmen.
AGED BIGAMIST. ?v '
NEVADA, Mo,, Oct. 13.-Rev. W.
W. H. Force, aged 74, pleaded guilty
of bigamy today and waa sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
He admitted the charge when con
fronted with two of his former wives.
His excuse was that his memory was
bad and that he could not always re
member whether he was married.
U. 8. SUPREOE COURT
. IS 111 SESSIOn
MANY MATTERS OP IMPORT
ANCE WILL ARISE FOR
ADJUDICATION.
BROWNSVILLE CASE 13 CE
Texas Decision Ousting Waters
Pierce Oil Company and Imposing
Big Fine Also on Docket Various
Other Appeals, of Importance. ,
' WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-Begin-ning
at 12 o'clock today the call of
the docket in the Supreme Court of
the United , States for the 1908 09
term was begun. Among the other
matters of interest, many important
railroad questions will receive the
court's attention and of these the
appeal from the decision of the Uni
ted States Circuit Court for the East
ern District of Pennsylvania on the
"Commodities clause " of the inter
state commerce law as affecting the
anthracite coal roads, will probably
occupy first place with the jpublic. ,
An important case near the head
of the call is that of the Waters
Pierce Oil Company of St. Louis.
This is an appeal by the company
from decisions of the Texas State
courts ousting the company from do
ing business in that state and im
posing a fine of more than $1,600,000
'against it on the charge of violating
, (Continued on page 8)
Licuthcan and Slavish and before it
was discovered that the documents
were appeals for the election of
Taft, most 6f the literature had been
mailed to voters.
WAHOO, Oct. 13. Accompanied
by nearly all the democratic candi
. dates for state offices, Col. Bryan to
.day and tonight at this place com
; pleted the first of hiu three-day Ne
braska tour. !
, , Big crowds greeted him at every
point and when his day's work was
over he had delivered 21 ' speeches.
His arguments were confined mostly
to answering the statements of Judge
Taft and Governor Hughes who re
cently visited this state. The au-
Idienccs were mostly farmers.
ALIERiOAUBALLOOn IMS
SUMS TO'
Falls Into North Sea and Aero
n&uts ttm Clcss Shiva
BERLIN,' Oct. 13.-The second
of the three American balloons that
started in the .race for International
trophy! Sunday has met disaster in
the North Sea. " The St. Louis Inan
ne4 by N. II. Arnold and Harry J,
Hewitt was carried overland by the
treacherous 'air currents and later in
the haze, aeronuats lost their bear
ings until suddenly last night they
saw the guard lights of an unknown
coast. This meant they must descend
or risk the danger of being driven
far out of the track of vessels. They
chose the former course and for an
hour they were buffetted by waves
almost giving up , in despair. Event
ually' they were rescued by a life
boat. Three of the balloons in the
international race arc' still "unac
counted for.. They are the German
balloons Busley, Spanish Castilla and
Swiss Helvetia.' Two of the compe
titors in Monday's endurance trial
have not reported and it is believed
they have escaped the changable
lower currents and have succeeded in
reaching Russia. .'
A report from Wangerloog Island
in the North Sea, says a balloon pass
ed over there. A flotilla of torpedo
boat destroyers is searching the
Korth Sea where thick fog pre
vails. The English balloon ' Bansee
so far as present estimates go has
covered the longest distance of the
race 275 miles. ,
SUPREL1E COURT
SIII1II
Four Actions Were Consolidated in One Case on
Which the Decision Was Rendered
THE SECRETARY OF
Court Holds That Contention That Primary Law Tends to Destroy
Political Parties Is Question for.PeopIe cf Stats
to Settle Themselves
OLMPIA, Oct. 13. By a decision
today by the supreme court the di
rect primary law is upheld in every
particular. The decision, which con
solidated into one case four, actions
brought recently, was written by
Justice Fullerton, Justices Hadley,
Mount, Dunbar and Rudkin concur-
ring- ('.."' 'V' ; " ' V:
Justices Crow and Root, who were
themselves candidates in the recent
primary elction took no voice in the
decision. The decision holds that suf
ficient time was "given to act, and in
this connection the court ruled the
indefinite provision requiring candi
dates to file a statement of expenses,
"Not less than 10 days after the
primaries," should be construed ! as
meaning "within a reasonable time."
The court -declined to pass upon
the question whether the nominations
for congressman and preference for
United States Senator are properly
part of the state primary law stating
that the question is extraneous to the
issue before the court.
The fee provision is sustained and
declared to be a reasonable charge
upon candidates toward paying ex
penses of primaries. It was also
held that because a candidate ss com
pelled to declare his party affiliation
before voting at a primary election,
such requirement cannot be con
strued as imposing 'additional quali
fication upon voters. - .
Court holds the contention that
'he primary law tends to destroy the
MAW-SPEC
E8 By FSOE
Prince George cf Servia is Incit
Ins Pe&pla to War
VIENNA, Oct. 13.-The inflamma
tory speeches of Crown Prince
George of Servia, who is inciting the
pec-iile jo war, while hi father, King
Peter, has observed an attitude of
caution, causes considerable uneasi
ness in official circles in Belgrade
acording to dispatches received here.
There is less fear of a war than of a
dynastic crisis and an attempt to
place the crown prince on the throne.
The Servian premier has tried "vainly
ta suppress the Crown Prince, for it
is feared that he may lead bands of
volunteer against Bosnia or do
something equally rash.
BASEBALL GAMES.
Portland 7, San Francisco 3.
Los Angeles 5, Oakland 2.
ANOTHER "SURE CURE."
PARIS, Oct. 13. Professor Lan
uclonge, of the University of Paris,
has discovered an anti-tubercular
serum which is said to be, the most
efficacious remedy of the kind ever
used. Of .eleven phthisical patiefnts
inoculated with the new serum, ten
have either been cured or nave shown
improvement. Further experiments
are expected to show even better re
sults. . " ' ;
flHS THE
PRIM W
STATE ACTS RIGHTLY
political parties is a question for the
people of the state to settle for them
selves and one in which the courts
are not interested. Taking up indi
vidual cases, the court decies in the
matter of O. W. Holcomb, primary
nominee for the office of Superior
Judge of Adam, Benton and Frank
lin counties, that the secretary of
state acted rightly in certifying his
candidacy and. in refusing to certify
that of W. Wl Zent.
In the case's of W. H. White, peti
tion candidate for superior judg
ship in King county, and E. K. Pen
dergast, petition candidate for the
superior judgship in Okanogan, coun
ty the old statute providing for nom
ination by petition is repealed by the
primary law ; and the . secretary of
state tightly refused to certify , their
candidacy. , ' , - 1
In the case of Charles E.' Coon,
who was defeated in the primary
election by . M. E. Hay for
re-nomination or by second
choice votes, the court holds to
be untenable the contention that
second choice requires a voter to
vote for a person not his choice for
the office.
4 Finally the legislature is declared
to have the power to make , a law
providing that a candidate receiving
less than 40 per cent of the total
vote cast shall not be declared to be
the party choice and that the second
choice provision of the primary law
is reasonable.
io r
Cllf HIP SERIES
CHOLERA ABATING.
MANILA, Oct. 13. The. number
of new cases of cholera has declined
to about five cases daily and these
are chiefly confined to one or two of
the congested native districts.
' CASE DISMISSED.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Municipal
Judge Eberhardt yesterday dismissed
for want of prosecution the $100,000
breach of promise suit brought by
Marie Smith against Robert J. Gun
ning, president of the Gunning Sys
tem of bill posting. This action was
taken after counsel for Miss Smith,
who failed to appear, had asked that
the case be continued.,
STCLBi Dill IE
COSILY Mil
FOSTER GEORGE, THE ALLEG
ED THIEF, IS TAKEN IN
" ST. LOUIS.
Gf.:S V.'OHTH $25,C23
Big Haul Had Been Made From a
New York Wholesale Diamond
Merchant, And George is Supposed
to be the Perpetrator of Job.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 13.-The police
of New York, Chicago and Kansas
City were notified by the St. Louis
police yesterday of the arrest here of
Foster George, on a charge of steal
ing diamonds and watches worth
$35,000 from S. C. Powell, a whole
sale jeweler at 170 Broadway, N. Y.,
and arrests are expected today in
those cities.
Twenty-five thousand dollars
worth of the jewels were recovered
from George yesterday and the rest
are believed to have been pawned.
Diamonds known to have been car
ried by Powell when he left Chicago
for St. Louis, June 29, have appeared
in pawnshops in St. Louis, Kansas
City and Chicago. This led the de
tectives to believe that an organized
band was connected with the robbery
and this belief was not entirely dis-
(ContiDd on pasr 8.1
ENORMOUS MOB
. .. HEMS PARLIAMENT
Siiftr
ntitn I:
niprj:si in
Proportions About
LONDON, Oct. 13.-fThe climax
of suffragette campaign was reached
tonight when an enormous mob hem
med in parliament and stopped traf
fic in all the streets leading to Westminster,-
For more than three hours
the crowd scuffled good naturedly
with the police : and : interfered with
theatre-goers, broke windows and
disorganized things, generally in the
center of London. The heroine of the
day was Mrs. Traver3 Symons, for
merly secretary to James Keir liar
die, socialist and independent mem
ber of parliament, who reached the
doors by strategy. The house was
solemnly debating the bill to prevent
children from " smoking - cigarettes
when a woman dashed past the "door
keeer to a position in front of the
speaker's chair and shouted:
"Leave oft discussing children and
mm
I
Chicago flew Has Three
Out cf the Six Garros
THE SCORE WAS 3 TOO
Summers and f'srdccal Crc.vn
tit 8 Opposing Pitchers
CK1CA23 NEED 0,"E f.'CE
Good Weather Brings Out Large
Crowd to Witness Interesting
Game Great Interest ia Today's
Contest
DETROIT,' Oct 13. Chicago
crept one game closer to the world's
championship today by defeating De
troit by a score of 3 to 0. Chicago
now has three games of the series
as compared with one- annexed by
Detroit at Chicago yesterday,
Eddie Summers of Detroit, and
Mordecai Brown, premier pitcher of
the Chicago team, opposed each
other and the latter had all the bet
ter of the argument although Sum
mers pitched excellent ball in alt but
one inning. In the third inning Sum
mers passed two on balls some of
which to" the crowd looked very
much like strikes. He was cutting
corners in whirlwind fashion and
either way would have changed the
umpire's verdict.
Sheckard and Evers as a result of
the sprightly efforts of Coughlin and
Schaefer had been retired, Summers
wavered ever so little and Schulte
was presented with standing room
on the initial bag, Tatt, Chicago's
rightfielder, rightly concluded to try
out Schmit's throwing arm. The said
arm was tried and found wanting.
Schmidt's unsuccessful throw to sec
ond was the first of four similar
failures which netted Chicago's two
runs. Chicago's next and final run
occurred in the ninth when Winters
took Summer's place in the box. The
change made no difference to Chi
cago. With two out Evers sent a
tSsgle to left, stole second and came
(Continued on page 8.)
London A
Great
50,000 Peopta Gather
talk about women."
Three officials seized Mrs. Symons
and carried her out bodily. She was
then led to the outer door and dismissed,..::'"-'.
'
About 50,000 persons assembled"
this evening to "rush" parliament.
Not less than twice. that number re
sponded to call and nine-tenths were
young persons who came to see the
funL Parliament was in a state of
siege. The police, numbering about
200 guarded the rear of the build
ing. The total number of police and
soldiers mobilized in the center of
the city numbering more than 5000
were kept busy restraining the push
ing and struggling mass in Trafalgar
Square.
Suffragettes and unemployed have
kept practically the whole force on
duty continuously for 43 hours.
run