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111 FEW r.lGRE LETTERS
Certificates of Deposit
Sent to Newspapers.
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS
Archbold Wrote Letters to Sen
ators Quay and Penrose
Regarding Morrison.
Archbold Makes Contributions to
Aicertiin Public Lecturers--$3000
For One Year's Subscription to a
Farm Magaiine.
NEW YORK. Oct 31.-Hart
brought the campaign of the Inde
pendence party to a clone at Car
Regie Hall tonight, reading letteri
which revealed an attempt of the
Standard Oil to ihape public opin
ion. Hcarit read letteri to show that
Archbold had communicated with
Judge MorrUon and Judge . Header
ion regarding their appointment by
Governor Stone. MorrUon had writ
ten to Archbold aeeking hit aid In
tecaring an appointment and Arch
bold, according to letteri read by
Hearst, wrbte to Senator! Quay and
Penrose expressing his deiire that
Morrison be appointed. A number
of letteri were read showing "Cer
tificates of deposit" had been sent to
a number of newspapers and class
.publications including one of $.1000
covering one year's subscription to
the Manufacturers' Record, and an
other of $5000 to a farm magaiine.
There were contributions by Arch
bold to certain public lecturers ani
a letter from Joseph C. Sibley, chair
man of the committee of manufac
turers, house of representatives in
which Sibley proposes a plan of
education by establishing an "Ef
ficient literary bureau, not for a day
nor for a crisis, but a permanent and
healthy control of the Associated
Press and kindred avenues."
ORDERED TO LUZON.
Four Additional Companies Of Coast
Artillery Are Sent Out
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-The
ordering of four additional compan
ies of coast artillery to the Phillip
ptnes marks substantial progress in
the work of constructing fortifica
tions in those islands. The national
coast defense board estimated the
cost of its project for the defense of
Manila at $6,368,81? and for Subig
Bay $2,248,190. The first appropria
tion for that project was made June
18, 1906, since which time a ' little
more than one-half of the work has
been done. The entire project will be
completed in about two years if am
ple apropriatioris are made and as
LAMB CLAIMS NEW
YORK AND OHIO
But Harvard Is Certain These States will be
Found in Republican Column.
CHICAGO, Oct. 31. -John E.
Lamb, vice-chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, estimates
that there will be 295 electoral votes
for Bryan, including the states of
New York, and Ohio. Wiliam Hay
ward, secretary of the Republican
national committee is equally san
guine insisting that New York,
Ohio," Illinois and Indiana, are safely
Republican.
HIS CIIMI
the work advances additional com
panies of artillery will be sent there
for duly on the defenses.
The coast defense project contem
plated in expenditure of $3,254,244
oa the defenses of Honolulu and
Pearl Harbor,. Hawaiian island,
about one of which has also been
completed.
; BASEBALL GAMES, ' ,
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Los Angeles 4, Portland 0.
San Francisco 2, Oakland 1.
Second game (exhibition) Oak'
land 1, San Francisco 5.
TRIAL OR ? MORSE ill
CURTIS flEARS EHO
EVIDENCE ALL IN AND COURT
ADJOURNS UNTIL MON
DAY NEXT.
MORSE WAS ON THE STAND
District Attorney Doei Not Con
. tinue Ctom Examination 'All of
'the Directors Knek the Detaila of
the Wilson Loan. ,
NEW YORK. Oct. 31. -Both
prosecution and defense in the' trial
of C, W. Morse and A. II. Curtis,
charged with violating the Federal
banking laws, rested their case early
this afternoon, and court adjourned
until Monday, when concluding ar
guments will be made. This should
place the case in the jury's hands by
Monday night.
District Attorney Stimson aban
doned today his announced plan to
continue the cross examination of
Morse. Instead he annouced that he
had no other questions to ask and
the witness was turned over to coun
sel for the defense.
; When Morse's attention was call
ed by his counsel to the letter signed
by himself and other director! of the
National Bank of North America,
declaring that Morse had no inter
est in the K. A. Wilson loans, which
was mentioned in connection c with
the cross-examination yesterday,
Morse said that although he had
signed the letter, he did not know
that it contained that particular par
agraph. All the directors knew the
details of the K. A. Wilson loan, he
said, and had any of them known
the denial of his connection with the
Wilson loan was a part of the letter,
he believed none of them would have
signed it. Certainly he was not, he
declared. Mr. Morse said he believ
ed the letter was dictated by Cashier
Wire.
In answer to further questions he
said he knew the guarantees he had
given Curtis were not legal, he
The work of the Democratic com
mittee under the guidance of Chair
man Mack according to those in
charge was most harmonious and
received unanimous praise from the
Democratic leaders throughout . the
country. The publicity department
of the Republican national commit
tee has sent out from Chicago 16.
000,000 documents, exclusive of quan
tities of circulars and buttons.
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEiBER 1. 1803
a bob u re
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President's Son Denies that He
is Engaged to Marry.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct, 31.-
There is absolutely and positively
not the slightest foundation in fact
for such a report, was the way which
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., took of em
phatically and finally disposing of
the report from Washington that hi
was engaged to marry Miss Carrie
A. Munn, daughter of Mrs. Charles
A. Munn, of Washington, when he
was seen at his boarding house ir
Thompnonville last night. He had
just returned from the carpet factory
wher he is now working in the worst
ed room. Young Roosevelt did not
deny that he knew the young lady
mentioned, but intimated that that
was the extent of his acquaintance
with her. He said he liked his new
job of segregating worsteds at the
mill very much;
nevertheless considered himself mor
ally responsible for the loans. This
concluded the examinatio nof Morse.
Both sides announced this ' after
noon that they had no more evidence
to submit to the jury. The court
then adjourned until Monday.
ELECTIOH FORECASTS AS SEEH
M HIE Bl'iil SIEilS
Both Parties Ara Confident of Victory Next Tues
i ? lay by Large Majorities.
CHAIROAN LIACK GIVES OUT HIS ESTIMATE
Claims Seventeen States for Bryan Classified to Go to TafL-
Republicans Sure of New York State for Both Presi
dential and Gubernatorial Candidates.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The rival
managers of the Republican and
Democratic national campaigns issu
ed today final claims of victory.
Aeainst . : the 325 electoral votes
claimed by Hitchcock for Taft,
Chairman Mack set an estimate of
333 votes for . Bryan. Mr. Mack's
estimate of votes for Bryan does not
iiffer materialy from his previous
statements. He includes Maryland,
Delaware. Missouri, in the solid
South" and claims 17 states classified
by Hitchcock as "Sure for Taft."
These states include New York,
Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska,
etc.
New York state Is claimed tonight
by both old parties for national and
state tickets. The Republican man
agers are apparently confident that
Taft will have a substantial plurality
and in the last week has grown
more bold in their claims for the re
election of Hughes, although he ad
mits his vote will fall short of that
polled for Taft Republican State
Commitecman Ward went so far to
day as to say that Taft will carry
Greater New York.
The Democrats have claimed ever
since the renomination of .; Hughes,
in the face of the opposition of cer
tain leaders of his own party, that
the governor will be defeated. They
are willing to admit, he has gained
during the last two weeks of the
campaign but assert Chanler will be
victorious by a large plurality, and
that Bryan will receive the electoral
vote of the state by a considerable
margin.
Mack, in giving a forecast tonight,
declared it meant a landslide for
Bryan. He said:
"In my estimate of the electoral
votes for Bryan I include in addition
to 169 votes of . the, solid South the
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Imperial Chancellor Offers But
. Emperor Refuses.
BERLIN, Oct, 31, According to
the Nord Deutsche Algcmcine Zei
tung, Prince von Bulow, the Imper
ial Chancellor, today offered his res
ignation to Emperor William in con
sequence of the publication in Lon
don of the interview with his ma
jesty, for' which the Prince took the
responsibility, s
The Emperor would not- accept
the Chancellor's resignation and at
the same time permitted Prince von
Bulow to publish a full explanation
so as to meet the unjustifiable at
tacks that have been made upon his
majesty. It was announced conclu
sively at the foreign" office tonight
that the Chancellor would remain in
office.
FATAL FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
LEXINGTON, Val, Oct 31.-Ca-
dct G. Cooke Fercbe of Norfolk, Vir
ginia, died as a result of injuries re
ceived in a football game this after
noon.
following States: Colorado 5, Con
necticut 7, New York 39, Kansas 10,
New Jersey 12, North Dakota 4.
Oregon 4, Rhode Island 4, West Vir
ginia 7, Wisconsin 13, "Wyoming 3,
Indiana 15, Idaho 3, Montana 3,
Ohio 23, Nebraska 8, South Dakota
4; total, 164."
, He has hopes for Bryan in Illinois
and California but places them in the
doubtful column.
Chairman Hitchcock today denied
vehemently that negotiations have
been carried on for ten days be
tween the Standard Oil and the Re
publican organization, as charged by
Mack. Hitchcock claims Ohio, In
diana, Montana, Nebraska, Ken
tucky, New York and New Jersey.
Secretary Loudenslager of the Re
publican congressional committee
says the Republican majority in the
61st congress will be greater than
his estimate of several "days ago
which was Republicans 227, Demo
crats 164.
The New York State campaign
closed so far as the Democrats are
concerned but Hughes proposes tt
make ten speeches in Greater New
York on Monday night.
TRENTON, Oct. 3h The repub
licans claim the state by 40,000 while
the Democrats claim that Bryan will
carry the state by 17,000. The un
known quantity is the labor vote.
BOISE, Oct. 31. The electoral
vote of Idaho is conceded to Taft
tonight by the Democratic state
Chairman Nugent, and the Republi
cans estimate his plurality at 15,000,
Chairman O'Neil of the Republican
State committee claims the election
of the entire state ticket by the same
figure. The Democratic estimate
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OPEOED UEXT
PROMINENT EDITOR DEAD.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Charles A.
Bridge, formerly night city editor of
the New York World and also em
ployed at different times on several
Boston, New York and Chicago pa
pers as an editor, died of bright' di
sease in a hospital in Brooklyn yes
terday. For two years he had been a
member of a firm of publicity agents.
He was 61 years old.
AKER CITY SCHOOL DE
STROYED By RRE
INCENDIARY CAUSES A LOSS
OF $20,000 IN SCHOOL
PROPERTY.
THE CITIZENS ARE 'AROUSED
Mayor Johns Issues Proclamation
Urging the Shooting of Incendar
les on the Spot Fire Department
Efforts Unavailing.
BAKER CITY, Or, Oct 31.-As
a final climax to the many smaller
fires which have caused uneasiness in
this city recently, the elegant North
Baker school building was destroyed
by the incendiary's torch last night.
causing a property loss of $20,000
with but $8500 insurance. The flames
were first discovered under the cu
pola and despite the work of the
fire department the building was
completely ruined. There is no clue
to the criminal but the city is excit
ed over the matter and should he be
found it is probable that Mayor
Johns' proclamation of several days
ago, wherein he urged any citizen
to shoot an incendiary on the spot,
would be acted upon. Eight school
rooms comprised the North Baker
structure. It was one of four very
fine school buildings in this city.
FOOTBALL GAMES.
Indiana 0, Illinois 10.
Michigan 24, Vanderbilt 6.
Carlisle 16, Navy 16.
Yale 49, Massachusetts Agricul
ture 0.
Harvard 6, Brown 2. .
University of Pennsylvania 25,
Carnegie Technical 6.
Pacific Coast Clubs.
Broadway High 39, East Side 0.
Seattle High 10, Spokane S-
Dalles Athletic 0, Multnomah 6.
Stanford 28, Nevada 0." '
Vancouver, B. C, 3, University of
California 0.
OREGON CAMPAIGN
NOT VERY AC U IE
Confidence of Republicans Detracted Enthusiasm
and Democrats Hake Weak Fight.
PORTLAND, Oct. 31.-The cam
paign in Oregon closed tonight with
rallies in nearly all of the principal
cities and towns of the state. For
several reasons the campaign in Ore
gon has not been very spirited.
Oregon is normally Republican by a
large majority and will doubtless re
turn four Taft electors. This has
detracted from the Republicans en
thusiasm and has deterred Demo
crats from making as vigorous a
campaign as they would' had there
been any hope of success. Another
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
be mm
Hill Party Will Visit As
toria Thursday.
PORTLAND ENTERTAIU
Distinguished Guests Will 3
Banqueted by the Cham
ber cf Commerce.
PLAN
ELABORATE
Portland Prepares Royal Welcome
For Coming Rail Kings Commer
cial Club Arranges Entertainment
With Many Noted Speakers.
PORTLAND, Oct. 31-Next Fri
day morning the North Bank Rail
road will be officially opened to traf
fic The occasion will be made of
more than ordinary interest by the
presence of James J. Hill, chairman
of the board of directors and Louis
VV. Hill, president of the Great
Northern, who will arrive in Portland
Friday morning. They will be ac
companied by Howard Elliott, presi
dent of the Northern Pacific system,
and will remain until midnight of
November 6, when their special will
be taken north over the new road. As
soon as word of this visit was receiv
ed today by Secretary E. C Giltner,
gan preparations for the entertain
ment of the disinguished guests. It
will be given under the auspices of
the Chamber of Commerce and its
entertainment committee, of which
General C F. Beebe is chairman. It
will be by invitation and the price of
tickets will be announced at a later
date, as well as the list of speakers.
President Hill and President Elliott
will be given prominent places on
the program.
Upon the arrival of the railroad
kings they will be met by a reception
committee headed by President C F.
Swigert, of the Chamber of Com
merce. During the day they will be
entertained at a luncheon and by an
auto trip. It is possible that the
committee, in charge of the affair
will not attempt tp arrange any out
door ceremony at the terminal de
pot. President Francis B. Clarke, of
the North Bank Road, will meet the
Hill party at Spokane Thursday
morning. They will visit Astoria
and remain there over Thursday
night.
jthing tht is wanting to arouse maxi
mum pre-election enthusiasm is that
there is no state or congressional
elecion and no local issue involved.
A certified report of Secretary Ryan
of the Democratic state central
committee was made public today. It
shows the committee has received
campaign contributions aggregating
$1252.50 and has spent up to today
$1235.54. The Republican commit
tee has not made public its official
statement as yet but it is understood
that the contributions to its fund
amount to about $4500.