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. iv .' ' . . mm j . . n i ,i ' t -4 GOOD EVENING Journal CirculHc j " THE WE ATHEKT Yesterday Was Rain tonight and Sunday; freth toutberly brccfe. ' , , . " PORTLAND,. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1906. TWO SECTIONSTWENTY PAGES, PRICE .TWO V CENTS. on Taunts Awn nrwi axAV&a,. rivx cis VOL;' V.f NO. 1208, ! ). U) vTammanyDemoralized by .i-AttacksTtHearst Defeat Meansr Good bye to 'President - Running n "Many ;v" States, Though Nq t r on the Ballot- Members' of Cabinet Advise Voters on State Issues Which Was Never Tried Before " - '- " v..-.-" "- ; ,-. . (Joorual Special Btrlee.l ' Wsshlngtcn, D.'C, Nov. 'S. Chairman. -Griggs ot ths Democratic congressional ,': committee today officially claims that -f -the- Iemocrats will control - the "next 4 house of representatives by 29. majority . at tcat:...l . . ,j . ., . ; (jami special Berrlee.) ' Washing ton, ; Nov. v. - President ' Roosevelt is running today .In many , spates. His nam Is not on the .ballot, but his record and principles are being ' uaed to bring people .to the polls in be ' ""half of the Republican pajrty, Although this la an off year, the) president has shown his Interest by sending, his cab Inet members as .peraoaal represents tlves to all parts of the. country to In struct people on campalga issues and on . tha necessity of electing a: congress favorable to him. V T - -,-- Tha greatest interest Renters la New York, where the aaaiinlstratton haa made great efforts-ta 'save" the" state , from Hearst. Haa ret is (Kill a quantity with which Hughes to ust (reckon, but all , ' signs on the surface seem to favor the ; Republican candidate, though it ts by no means certain that Hearst will not-be , elected.. I --x-'- ,".V ': Attack on Sears. , -- Attacked .on both flails, tha Hearst flre haa been diverted from Hughes lo Secretary Eooi and to former boss : Richard Croker. The last three days of the campaign will. be, devoted. to an - effort. to repel their onslaughts. Tammany Hall is today in a chaotic state. The defeat of Hearst means ths unhorsing of Murphy and the reorgan isation of the party. Lines have been clearly drawn. All the. forces of'Me Clallsn and his supporters are now openly supporting Hughes. - .-, ; , ' Croker wlllreturn toj America after the election snd s expected to give his advice snd assistance in reorganising Tanmanr i 'j. - . oini on ntaatp. . ' '' '" Secretaries Root, Teft, - Bonaparte, JRhaw and Attorney-General Moody are thfTnemhers nf thn nrlejafscalliDet I now on the stump, each of whom pro- claims that he is the mouthpiece of the president and authorised, to' apeak for "J Roosevelt to the. voters.. In addition, r poetmaeter-General Coftelyou r Is . ac tively aiding In tha New, York campaign. In many states presidential Interference In state elections, never before at tempted by any executive. Is keenly re sented, notably In Pennsylvania, where the president sent Senator Knox and (Continued on Page Three.) General Plan of Isthmian Canal Decided Upon. Flight of Locks to Reach Highest; Point. . ; v Wide-Canal to Be Excavated ; (Jruroal Rpeel.l gertlec.) Washington, Nov.- 3 The Isthmian canal commission has issued a . state- rtent -describing ths general plan for , ' the construction 6rthj pmama ranal. , It la ecpectsd that th type of canal proposed. by the military officers of the , consulting board will be'a aummit level about 15 feet above the sea level, which is to be reached by a (light of locks bull. Oatoti, on tha Atlantlo sldeby-4 , trn iw.k rrnru 1 aiisuei ana (wa 'Others at-, m J) oca or) the Pacific slda , The locks are all to be in duplicate, A summit lake will he formed by tha construction of a leryw -dara at Gatun MORGAN BUYS UP RELICS OF SCOTTISH POET ROBERT BURNS . -M . .v ...,T . ; ii i i (Journal f pedal Bet i fce.t New Tork.-Nov. I. J. Plerpont Mor gan hag Just Imported 1200.000 worth - of manuscripts and relics of -the poet, .Robert Burns. 'With the entrance of two t00-page ecrapbooka, conalgned to Morgan and released from the customs house .when he gave a check for I1.00Q to pay tha duty, England and Scotland are bereft of the greater portion of Wis original tresaures left, by the "Plow man Poet." ' I -"' KirkpatrickAlleges He 1 Was Threatened With Loss of Property by Cashier Thompson - Affidavit Filed ty Pendleton Man Charge "That' Official" Guar dian of Indians Attempted to Force Him to Assist Scheme to Work Big Graft. ' 'h f speelal Dlapetcb te The JoursaL) ' Pendleton, Or., Nov. I. Charging that W. L. Thompson, ' cashier -of tha Com mercial National bank of Pendleton and official guardian of minor Indian heirs of the Uroartlla reservation, tried to Intimidate Jrtm into withdrawing a bid on certain . Indlan lands in order that the banker might personally profit by tha deal;. Edward u. Klrkpatrtck naa sworn to an affidavit relating his deal ings with Thompson. . . - Pre use of ths muok raka continues reltalve to. the affairs ot the Umatilla reservation, and every day new disclos ures are being msda which purport to anow collusion on the part of Major u. C Edwards, agent In charge of the re serve, and Cashier Thompson. V WorfUl Oet It for law.' ' . . Klrkpatrlck'a affidavit in substance says- that he went to the reservation June 2. .110. to place a bid on some land -which, was to be sold that day. Hs found hat Major Edwards waa away from the reservation at the time, and Clerk Blakeslea informed him' that he would not return for a week, at which time the bids would be opened. Klrk patrtck then left his bid with the clerk. A shor time later, Klrkpatrlok says, Thompson arrived .at" the agenoy and a conversation .ensued. In part as. fol lows: ; "Mr.. Thompson said to me, 'Are yon bidding on . thlg Jan that. is sold tn dayf I told him I was, and he said that I had batter pull my bid out, that he would guarantee me that I would get it for less than my bid was If I would pull my bid down, ss there were but two bids on ths land.. I told him that I had put my bid in and I guessed I would leave It there. - He, aald: ' - Wasted Meoe of Moraey. "Well, thenAwe will pull ours down if you will let us make a piece of money. I am bidding fr a man that Is over In Montana, and all he cares for Is a piece of money.' . I told him again I would leave my bid in. . - "Ha went back Into tha house again and was Jhere quite a bit, and ha came out and he y iWell, have you made up your mind what you are going to dot I told him . that my mind was the same as It was; that I had put the bid In and I proposed leaving It there. He said: 'Tou and .your brother are farming that land there, and if we or my man gets this he wants It "for a homestead, and will take all of that land away from you. - . "Major Edwards returned and I went to the reservation to see him. Dur- (Contlnued on Page. Three.) and a small one at Pedro Miguel. A second lske with a aurfsee elevation of 35. feet on the Pacific aide will be formed between Pedro Miguel and Pan ama bay -by- the-eonstructton of r dam st -La Boca across the moutK'oT the Rio Grande and another dam between Boca hill and the high ground near CorthiaL ' - ......... From the Caribbean sea "to the mouth Of the Mlndl river the channel la to .be excavated. . having a bottom width of (00 feet aad a depth of 42 feet. From the mouth of -the. Mlndl to Gatun lock the width and depth are- to be the same aa from the sea -to the mouth of the river. . -7 i Pn In ' By the same act the' American finan cier and connoisseur made himself the possessor of a collection of Burns' "originals" in oompaiison with which the collection' In the British museum is Insignificant. . . , When Morgan dies an American in stitution will become the owner of .the two prlwleaa books, for he intends to will them, with sll the other, treasures of Burns be csn buy, to the Metropoli tan Muse oar ef Ark . " - ' . : : ;. '. JAPANESE CONSUL r' 7- :'t T. Shunejl Alba. ALL TELEPHOHE FRANCHISES TO BE ASSESSED "'V. :-"?-,.:.7- County - Board of Equalization Decides Corporations Must Pay Taxes for the Privilege of Doing Business Under . Fran chises Granted Them. . , "That tha franchises of tie telephone companies of Portland will be assessed for taxation waa the decision of .: tha county board of equalisation thla morn ing In passing on Abjections by the Pa cific Statea and Home .Telephone com panies. r Tha t ranchlaea-of eaoh of tteee eom- panles had been-assessed at 1150,000. Vigorous objections were -made by the attorney a for the companies -who as serted - that tha.' assessment of - a fran chise waa illea-al' Tha decision of the! equalising Board thla morning was that the assessment of 1160,000 on the fran chise of tha Paolflo Statea company waa proper and would be affirmed. The' assessment on the franchise of thej Home Telephone company waa reduced to tl0O.OO.-r- :r--r-r Attorneys Charles' H. 'Carey, repre senting the Paclfto States company, and A. King Wilson, appearing for the Home Tel. phone eompany declared that' the franchise of a corporation cannot be asselsed for taxation; also that to pay taxes- to the county and to pay the I per cent tax Imposed by the law paseed at the general election In June would be double taxation. -When-the decision of the quallalng board was announoed thla morning.' the attorneys were asked If tha telephone companies 'Would pay the taxes levied or appeal the question to a higher court. - They said that they had not yet determined what atepa would be taken. . .. ; . .,,. - . . Th. assessment of -t 700,000 on lines and appurtenances of the Paclflo Btatea company -was reduced to 3637,000. The assessment of the Home , Telephone company for the - earne character of property waa reduced from $200,000 to $76,000. . ,. - ' - NEGRO TROOPS RIOTING r , IN SOUTHERN TEXAS (Jeemal gpeetal Service.) - : ' El Paso, Tex., Nov.. 3. Negro sol diers from Fort Bliss, five miles from here, last; night etarted a, fight In a saloon outside tha reservation. . One man was ' killed - and - two seriously wounded. - Other troops from the fort were dispatched to arrest the rioters and further trouble is fesred. The ne groes belong to the tewenty-flfth Infan try, the members of . which while sta tioned at Fort Brown made' a raid On Brownsville, shot Into homes and-business houses and killed one white man and wounded another. ' The affair aroused ao much IndlgnaUon that tha war department transferred . the negro troops to Fort BllasV k " . SUB-TREASURY STEAL SXTt-0NE THOUSAND (Journal Special gerviee.)' 1 Washington, -Nov JActlng Secre tary of tha Treasury Keep today an nounced that a shortage of Ml.500.haa been .found In the accounts of the sub treasury at St. :tuls.. He aald when or by whom It. wmi taken- Is a matter still under . Investigation. . The expert accountants returned today and expect to haver their report ready the laet f next week, -- .' YOUTHFUL OUTLAWS LOCATED IN HILLS (Jncraal gpeetal ferries.) ' Indianapolis, Nov. I. Guy " White, aged 10, nnd his sister, Belma White, aged Is. who are wanted here for the alle4d killing of Fred Miller, aged It. Bepiembcr 14, arrived today at the cabin of their1 grandmother in tha blUa near SmlthvUla. ., , : ; , ' ..; . ',, .'-!,.' JflPiW Local Sons of Satsuma Celebrate Holiday by Prayers for Mikado's Good Health Japanese Consul . Holds Recep- tlonand'Big Program Is . Planned . for This .. Evening to Be Given in Y. M. C. A. Audi torium. ' .- ' When an American celebrates the sign ing of tha Declaration of Independence he puts on hla f lannela and aergs (If ha has them) and proceeds to the race track, ball game or golf links or, with the aid, of 'large quantities of gunpow der, makes a big noise, thus expressing his appreciation of the work dona by George Washington, Ben Franklin and other kindred spirits who struggled for tha freedom of thts country. When tha Japanese celebrate the anniversary of - the Mikado's birth they dress In their best clothes, pray for his .ma jesty's continued health and spend the day In meditation of the deeds of their oountry as well aa listening to speeches telling of the victories they have won In peace and war. The Mikado is 14 years old today. Tha fact la worthy of comment to Portland' era because TOO Japanese cttlsens of the Rose City have put aside- their' daily duties that they might gather at their placea . of .worship . and. pay homage to tha man whom they believe to be the peer of any man who aver lived -and a living counterpart to our awn Teddy. If their love for the Mikado la out weighed by anything today It Is by their respect for and politeness to their guesta. For open house Is the rule, and whomsoever may call at their homee is treated with courtesy. Dignity is a great attribute of the Japanese and is only surpassed by their Indignation, This was shown by the California incident,-- but -their- Indignation was Inter allied by the dignity of thslr Indlgnar tlon... Consul Holds Beoeptlom. From "10i Vclock -until -l,-Coneu4-T.- Alba held a reception at hla home, 4J Fifth atreet. . All the prominent Japa nese residents of Portland entered the flag-bedecked doorway of the hospita ble little home of Mr. Alba, where . they found the -imperial consul standing be fore a table, upon which stood two Im mense Jardinieres filled with chrysan themums. Behind him, hanging on ths wall, were tha portraits of the mikado. tha empress" and their aon the crown prince. .)... Aa each guest passed within tha por tals they were received with a welcome that at once proclaimed the home lover and patriot. It was Japan for the Japa nese and-. America for all today, - Hos pitality was dispensed from Atkha to Omega as each guest, -whether aJap or of another nationality, shook handa with tha popular consul and aald:. "The Mikado;, may he liva forever." - erejUa41tTJaJtnifiai. Geniality waa manifest at tha re ception. Expressions of food will were exchanged in which the prosperity of the' mikado and hla country were en twined with those In which the nam of President Roosevelt was coupled with a wish for . the continued, pros perity and progress of America. Consul Alba told this morning of the esteem In which ah Japaneae held their emperor. ,. "He Is a great man. . We love him because, of the work ha haa done and because we know that, ao long ss hs lives he will continue to labor for the Japanese people.- He Is patriotic and whatever he does la for the good of (Continued on -Page Three.) Help Wanted -female WANTED feaebere for 'Ctalneae inTaaloli, -Applr Second at., st T e'cloeS p. tm. WASTED Old the general hnuaework; win pr 6 a wees. a Benton at. ANTf-D Tonng gh-rfocllstit homework": . two la fauUr. - rbeoe . taat 6(133. , 7 lllhl are. ' ; WANTED A ranal)) vomil for eonklng and funeral bonaewnrk. Apply 754 Hoj t. WANTKD hAj of neat addren foe re . apoiwIM pnsttl.. with larre BMnnfaelur Mik eonipanr; aalary pnaltloii; opnortnnllr fiH' nTm-mn. Addrea f ? care ' Journal. XaDV to euoiluet fnmlabed dlnlng-roon) la hotel; rent ta board ot one; eftap. McOny, Morrtaoa at. "2lKL8 te wrap ehewlns gnm. Apply 10 tn 12 a. sr.... Asierlcaa Cblels 1 Nortb rrowt at. . ' 'ZS'old ooihb to take pare of alrk woman. rill at 2M Ilawtborae sear Baat ' Water at. OLNJ girl waatee fur feeand work. SS0 FUnrtem. . VANTED--alldille-ased woman for senernl y Iwuixwork. Call at BU3 Depaow St., St. TTUlK wanted; rood I'hoa Main . (70 Uoyt at Tor a eanMsnantlea ef thaea waata mad Jearaal alaaalflaaa set todar kat every dajr. Tea dn't kitow wbaa that geed poaltloa will he ready far yea. , Nonctt to Advertisers . tvery' rfrl ana wemaa eat ef werk will taok la tbe elawlflada gnadav maralnt, to rat that want ad la Ths guadav Jmraal ioeigbt. lUaMmkar Journal want eoet , lasa Than A Cent a Word. elloy Dog Jourrtaljsm In a dastardly attempt to injure and discredit The JourTial,"thepregonian pub lished this, morning a libelous cartoon which was designed to create the impression that this paper suggested and approved the assassination of the late President Mc Kinley. The insinuation is as false as it is cowardly. ' '; ; V The Journal was not started until March 10, 1902, several months after President McKinley's death, 'and 'some" (pur years after the' publication of the article which the Oregonian now attributes, by" innuendo, to this paper. There has never been aline or a syllable in.The jdurnaljwhich could 'be;distorted into an evidence' of 'sympathy with the.abhorrent crime which plunged, the nation into sorrow.. . , " ; 1 ; T v The editorial utterances, which the Oregonian quotes (and which it imputes, by " innuendo, to this paper) appeared in the New York Journal and Advertiser before the. outbreak of the Spanish-American war in 1898. The article was' written by a drunken editorial writer and as soon as Hearst saw the paper the presses were stopped and the offensive editorial was cut out, so thatit was carried in only a portion of the edi- tion. Mr.- Hearst at once apologized to the president. ' , - James Creelman, who is now employed on the New York World and in that ca pacity is doing all that he can to defeat Hearst fj3rgoyemOT,was Hearst's message to President McKinley and he relates. the facts inTan article pub lished in Pearson's magazine for September 1906. He says: . - . ; - ''Months before the president was slain Mr. Hearst sent a representative to Mr.' McKinley to express his regret that h;s newspapers, in the heat of active political war fare,Thad been led into excesses of personal atUckTand offering to'exdude frbm its pages anything .that the president might find personally offensive, bu also pledging him hearty support in all things' as to which 'Mr. Hearst did not differ with him politically. -; ; J" '-;.: '';;'':'.',.'" -v; ' : - i ": '; '-'-'?' '. V,;-.-' '' :';',. vv "The president seemed deeply touched by this wholly voluntary offer and sent a message of sincere thanks. .The writer of this article was the bearer of the presi dent's message. These facts are given as an explanation of. the actual terms upon which Mr. Hearst and Mr. McKinley were living when Czolgosz fired the fatal shot." In view of these' facts no fair-minded man can charge Mr. Hearst with sympathy for Czolgosz's atrocious crime. None but a dastard a coward and a liar could at tempt to fasten such a charge on The Oregon Daily Journal. . . When the Oregonian sinks to such methods it becomes a striking exemplar of the most contemptible form of "; " ' YELLOW DOG JOURNALISM. U . VIRGINIARAr.lMED BYOLD Ddr.lINlOU STEAMER HOUROE Uncl Sam's Battleship Collides With Liner : While Steaming Up River to Fortress Monroe Cuns. and Fixtures Displaced Stern and Bow Crushed. JUoiimal Special Serrtca.) Norfolk. Va., Nov. I. -The battleship Virginia, while paaslng up to Norfolk navy yard, was rammed on (he star board quarter by the Old Dominion steamship Monroe, coming in from New Tork. The vessels came together witn considerable force, resulting in the scar ring of the battleship, the displacing ei aome guna and futures. Ths stern and several bow plates of the Monroe were stove in. Both vessels were steaming slowly up ths river, the Virginia leading. The warship suddenly came to a standstill, and the Monroe could not be stopped In time to avoid a collision, although shs reversed her engines. Neither ship has given out sn offlcisl account, though apparently the Virginia is to blame, alther from an accident to tne machin ery or from a misunderstanding of slg- "la. ; . , : HUNTS LOCKS AND CHAINS , FOR COUNTY TOOLS Foreman Fred May Says Every, 'thing Not Fastened' Down Is Sure to Be Stoien. To prevent people from' atealing road making tools owned by the county, chalna and locks to fasten the tools to telephone poles at night will be asked pf tha county court by Fred Moy. fore man of a gang that la working on Cor nell roan. - Moy stated this morning that during last wee If a pick shovel, mattock and wheelbarrow used by his men in repair ing the county road were stolen at night by thieves who' are not known to him. j He does not know whom to sus pect," and as there lrno place, provided to put the tools during the night he says he is - going to ask the county court to provide him chains and locks so he can put a afop to the depredations by chaining the tools, to wayalde tele- phone poles when . the day's work la over. - . . v ' i ' The county court was engaged all forenoon in. adjusting assessments of property that hsd been objected to. and Moy had no opportunity to present bis petition. .He aaya he. will make his re quest aa aoon aa he can get an audi ence with the court. AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES, I OVER BANK OF RIVER Journal Rperial Sarrira.) , Vnikesbarre, Pa., Nov. . An anlo mobtle owned by J. V. Harvey was found in ths Bitsquehsnna river this morwJn. The throttle waa open and it la supposed to have pinnged over a high bank In the dark. J Harvey was last seen driving the machine last night and Is missing this morning. Ths man who was-drowned with the auto was rrank Williams., who waa using llarvey'a machine. - ; BEN eiGiiti Police, Committee of Report Asking That HarbQrmaster Be r v r Released From Duty The toe of the executive boot has been applied to Ben Blglln, tha former harbormaster, suspended by Mayor-Lane nearly a month ago. . . . Dismissal of Blglln la tha decision of the police committee ,of the executive board aa stated In tha report filed thla morning. - Aa . the . police committee. Measrs. Greene. Sabln and Pattullo, heard a mass of evidence and haa been 'cogitating over the report for more than two weeks,- there Is no doubt that the executive board will approve ita action Buttinski" smith, formerly one ot tha guardians of Chinatown, haa been appointed aa tha temporary preserver of the peace or tire waterfront. He will act aa a policeman, however, and will not be allowed to ahow what he does not know about tha mooring of ahipa and other nautical matters. Smith is a large, robust policeman,, and Chief Orltsmacher-believes that ha will be able to control tbe beach now that a strike and Its attendant disturbances no longer exist. Beport riled at Jtooa. The . report of : the . committee ' waa filed at noon today, after Thomaa Or Greene' of. the- committee had talked I tne caae over tor eome time witn tne mayor. At preeent- tha harbormaster ts a member of the police department, but It la the Intention of the officials to make a change and raise the posi tion to tha level of a aemMndependent of f tciat. auchraa-tha- building- Inspector. In Its report the committee tells how,- on October t, at tha time of the DISCARDED EVEN FIG LEAVES Los Angeles Physician, Complained of by . - ' . at "V ii t ' r 1 a i a ' i i r.emaie iieignoors Back Yard in (Joaraal ,' secial lnUe.1 . Ios- 'Angeles, Nov. I. Miss Sarah Kittle and other indignant women have complained to the olty attorney that Dr. r. O. Psrseford goes naked about tha yard In the rear of hla-office. The neighbors have protested." They say that fig leaves are plentiful, but that tha doctor has not taken kindly to the suggestion that he adopt, even tha Blen der raiment of Adam. Dr.. Purssford wss summoned Into court last week, but Miss Kittle and the THE BEST TO BE HAD i . That haa been tha motto of The Sunday Journal the best In news, special features, colored supplements and comics, and no paper In the f northwest can , oompara ' with It In ' value given subscribers. , . Three features of mora than ordinary interest that will appear tomorrow are: The first ef a seriea af articles on 'The Ameriran Miaalonerr': Mr ernh A. Ivans' address to the Oregon Btare Federation, of Women's Clubs, nhd "The Evolution nf Portland's Polloa Uepartment," , wlih all the Hy Marshals and Chlsfs of police. , ' - ' , -i -ft is DISMISSED Executive Board Files grainhandlera' strike. Blglln while-In. a launch fired a ahot at a light under Montgomery dock No. I without call ing out to learn why the light waa there. It happened to be a glinymer from an are light several blocks fway shining through a crack In the parti tion at the back of the wharf. . The Thlel watchmen . on the dock opened fire and Blglln's companion wee wounded. . - The committee says the harbormaster erred In Judgment In Tir ing before he cried out. It also holds that . the "charges of negligence- and dereliction of duty In ..riot making proper reports to tha executive board are sustained by the evidence... Blglln . told the committee that he could, not get Information aa to cargoes and see men from the raptalna, but witnesses proved that ha could obtain all such Information at the custom house, - What tha Beport Bays. "Blglln. tn tha estimation of tha wit nensee called In hla behalf,-was the best harbormaster Portland ever had, but we also find, according to the teatlmony of -the same witnesses, that Portland never had a harbormaster prior to Blglln wha performed any other duty, than to draw hla salary." ' Thafs what tne commit" tufj leva At the end of Us report the committee saya It considers Blglln's offenses mors than technical and recommends his die- . mleeal from tha service. " The position paya $100 a month. If. the right man can be found It la tha In tention to Increase the salary and te Continued on Page Three.) tor uoing adoui ms : the Altogether 'j.p other women, stricken by bashf ulnesa, failed to appear against tbe physician. They have now plucked up courage aad will go Into court to tell all they knrtw. Dr. Pnrssford gives' eleetrla treatment and meeta hla callera by poking his face through -a email aperture In the door. When the caller explainable mission ha 1 opena tha door, . He was naked today and explained: ' ' !'I have to go thts way to give my treatments: those women are nutty. Al most alwaya I throw a sheet about me when I go Into the yard. - i vvvt ttt; l . 1 Y ....... V
