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IBHMF OF NFK iiiATinrnnii nnrninrRirU A I I II . ii tnrinri iiiii iiiii ri 1 in . a... IIIV I ILILII M If llf hIIIHI I JUJMIILU U! lULUIUUVI THE OREGON : DAILY. JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER .19. ISO?. Roosevelt bends ' Message to Congress, in Which; He States That Punishment Ad- ministered Was Altogether Too Light Al leges Conspiracy on Part of Colored Troop Jlaara.t RnxMll rTlM.I "Tashington. D. .. Dee. . 11. The president today sent to congrees a me, age on tha diacharg of negro troopa for tha BrownBvlUe. Texas, riots. In which ha Justifies tha dlamlaaal and clalma that tt waa entirely Inadequate . mmlahment for. tha rioters. Tha message la aa followa: To tha Senate: In response to WtiStS reWCrnoiToTTDeeeniMr . I here- ' with aead , tha report of tha aecretary 2 of war. that of General NetUeton. docu- ,. menta, other report and memoranda I- as to precedents for -tha summary dia I charge or tnuatermg out ox mirarau I or eompanlea, aoroa or all of which had J been guilty of mlaconduct. and I Ordered ' tha diacharg of theaa eompanlea after fc full consideration, finding It my aon- I BtltuUonal duty aa commander In chief I I append tha reporta of Major Block 1 bob. Lieutenant-Colonel Lovsrlna- and ( General Garllngton. - Questlos) of Slam Vabnportamt. It appeara there waa feeling between eltlsena of Brownsville and the garrl- ton. In theaa difference both aldea ware to blame, but thla la wholly un important, aa nothing that occurred offered In any way or ahapa any axcue or Justification for tha atrocloua eon duct of tbeae troopa when, la a law leaa, murderous aplrlt, under coyer of night, they made an attack upon citl Bens. Nina to SO colored aoldlera took part tn thla attack, leaped over tha walla, hurried through tha town, firing at whomsoever they saw and shot into housea where they aaw llghta. The would-be murderers must have known that In theaa bouaea wer many women and children. Ten ahota were fired Into one house where two women and five children escaped "remarkably. A lieutenant of police who rode to ward the firing Una aaw II colored aol dlera. They killed the horse and shot tba right arm of tha officer, which waa later amputated. They ahot Into loon and killed the bartender.. No Individual raiders were recognised, but many witnesses of all classes agree they wer negro aoldlera. The ehat tared bulleta, -ahella and clips from government rifles found on the ground war only corroborative. An Sa4 to Qe, r AO Uay. Houses wer riddled, but no bullet hoi appeared In any atructure at tha fort, thua disproving tha contention 4Haf clfltena started th flrtn grTh purpose of ahleldtng those taking part in tha original conspiracy. The mur derera were aoldlera. not achoolboye on a frolic . They wer full-grown men lii the ' uniform of the United State army, sworn to uphojd tha lawa of the United Btatea and under every obliga tion by their oath not merely to refrain from c rim i n.mv hut with tha stnrdl J rigor to hunt -down criminality; and the crime they committed or connived at waa murder. Loaf Servle Only Aggravate. " People call this discharge punish ment. I deny thla, because aa a pun lshment It waa utterly Inadequate. There have been effort to arouse sym pathy for the men In Mew of their long service. Theae are tha man who abould be punlahed moat severely. , Upon long service men should rest the honor of tha service. They ehould do ail In their power to reveal the crlminala Officers or enllated men. white or black, under elmllar circumstances, ahould .be. treated exactly tha aame. The precedent a are many. During the civil war th Sixteenth Ohio waa Bum marlly discharged because it waa mu tinous and worthleas. General Grant mustered out two officers and fined all the men of tha Twentieth Illlnola for a raid on a store. Thla offanae waa much lighter than tha on I had to deal with. In tha fiscal year ending last June th war department dis charged It) enlisted men without trials. 10 of them for misconduct, and many other war disciplined by aubordlaate military officers. Om tha Color Side of the Oaae. So much for th military aid of the case. - I wlah to apeak from the atand polnt of th race question. It la of the utmoat Importance to all our people that we deal with each man on his merlta aa a man, not aa a member of certain race: that we Judge blm - by hla conduct; not by hla color. If col ored men elect to atand by criminals of their own race because they are of their own race, they ly up for tbem aelve a dreadful day of reckoning. Any conduct by colored people tending to shield aa evil-doer because be la of their own race meana the degradation of that race. It mean th damage of th white man, but itmeanlh ruin .Roads." cltlsena wer taken Wholly unaware. No private soldier could have secured a rifle unleaa some non-commissioned officer had unlocked a gun rack for htm. All tha evidence prove that other than the participant la tha raid, and perhapa all of the command, knew of th conspiracy and who th raiders were. Comrade of th murderer by their own actions rendered It necessary either to leave all th men. Including th mur derers. In th army, or turn them all out. Under auch circumstances there was no- alternative, for th usefulness of th army would be at an end If It wer permitted that auch an outrage might be committed with Impunity. Sooad Conspiracy, of Sllesoe, In .short, th evidence prove con clusively that a number of aoldlera en gaged in a deliberate, concerted attack, cold-blooded and cowardly, their, pur pose being to terrorise th community, kill or Injur men, women and children In thefr homes and beda or on the atreeta at an hour of the night when concerted., effective realatanc or de. fense waa out of thj queatlon and when detection by the Identification of the crlminala In United States uniforms would be well nigh impossible. A black er deed never stained tha annals of the army. It was aupplemented by another, only lea black. In tha ahapa of a suc cessful . conspiracy of alienee for the The Itch Fiend -That It Salt Rheum or Eczema, on of the outward manifestations of scrofula. It comes In itching, burning, ooalng, dry- Inf. and scaling patches, on th face, bead, . bands, legs or body.' It cannot be cared by outward applica tions,-the blood must b rid of the Im purity to which tt U duo. -. Hood'sSarsaparilla Baa cared the moat perstitent and difficult cases. Accept no substitute lor Hood's; no substitute acta like it. of tha black race. In thla I do not. claim aa a favor, but challenge aa a right, the aupport of every cltlsea of thla country, whatever hla color, who haa the aplrlt or genuine, farslghted patriotism. (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ' 1 ARMY, BACHELOR CAUGHT - BY CUPID AT CAPITAL (Jeans! Special Service.) Washington, D. C Dec. It. A dis patch from Lakewood, New Jersey, an nounce th wedding today of Mrs. Flora Louis Clement and Captain Sydney Amos Cloman, U. 8. A., who waa re cently appointed military attach of th American embassy in London. Th wedding took place at tha winter noma of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Hammond, frlenda of the bride. The bride was the widow of Victor Clement, formerly one of th best- known mining engineer in America. She la wealthy, and for tba paat, two years haa been' conspicuous In aoclal affaire in Washington. The wedding of Captain Cloman dlaposes of the last of a famoua trio of bachelora well known In Washington aoctety. Several yeara ago Captain Cloman, .John Gibbon of th navy- and "Bunker Hahn of tha artillery corpa wer regarded aa th three moat popular aoclety men In the national capital. Gibbon, now naval at tache of the American embaasy In Lon don, waa married about a year ago to Miss Ely of thla city, and not long aft erward Hahn became a benedict. MONTANA TO PROTECT . HOLDERS OF BAD BONDS (Special DUpalrb to The Jntiraal.) Helena, Mont., Dec.. It. A telegram from Washington states that the su preme court "has advanced to January 7 for argument the noted Montana bond case. The atate courts held issues of 1500. 000 for various educational Institutlona unconstitutional. The legislature here meets the aame date, and If the decision la agalnat the bondholders, who are scattered throughout the country, that body will reimburse them, there being no disposition to compel Innocent pur chasers to suffer. . GOOD ROADS Ll! GRANDE Progressive Men . From Over State Meet for Making Bet ter Country. PROGRAM FRAMED UP . V FOR BUSINESSMEN Topics All Intensely Practical and Being Handled by Those Who Art Authorities Opening Session Be lated Governor Participant. (Special Dispatch te Tbt Joaraal.) La Grande. Or., Dec. 19. Because of th lateneaa of tralna thla morning tha convention In thla city of tha Good Roada convention waa not opened until 1 o'clock thla afternoon. Many farmers wer kept away by th rains and bad roads, althoush there sra rerjresenta-1 uvea iron) every rqaa aistnci ox in county. ' . Tba program, as arranged, will b car ried out. with th exception that Gov ernor Chamberlain, who la in tha east, will not return in tlm for hi sched uled address. Ha Is likely to arrlv for tsmorrow'a aesslon. Local merchants are suspending bual- nesa to attend th meeting this after Th Commercial olub'a gymnasium is been chaired to accommodate tha crowda that will arrive tomorrow room ing. Ik Program. Tha program, which will ba carried out in order, though with the lose, in time, of one aesaion, originally stood aa followa: Wednesday. :S0 a. ra. Called to or der by th president; addresses of wet come by J. D. Stoddard, mayor of La' Grande; Turner Oliver, secretary of La Grand Commercial club, and J. C Henry, county Judge of Union county; respona by John H. Scott, president of th Oregon Good Road association; addresses "Roads of Union COunty, Paat and Present," W. T. Wright pres ident First National bank. Union "Needs of Union County In tha Lin of Good Roada," Benjamin Brown, county commissioner, Union county; discussion. Wednesday. 1:10 p. m. "Th Duty of th County Towarda Ita Highways," J. M. Selder. county commissioner. Union county; "What Macadam Roada Have Don for th Prune Grower of Liberty nd Roaedale," J. H. Albert, prealdent Capital National bank, Balem; "Th Proper Ratio Between Tonnage ana ex. pendlture In Road Building." Henry B. Thlelaen. ' president or Greater Salem Commercial club; "Systematic Construc tion of Macadam Roada." Tbomaa W. Ryan, ex-county judge, Clackamas county; "Tha Attitude of th Labor Organisations of Oregon Towarda th Use of Convict Labor on th County Wednesday, I p. m. Addresses "Good Roada Mak Great StataaC George E. Chamberlain, governor of Oregon; "Th Tax Levied by Bad Koaaa on All Uaera Thereof." T. T. Geer, ex- governor of Oregon, of Pendleton; "Th Use of Convict Labor on th Publlo Roads." Lionel R. Webster, county judge, Multnomah county; discussion. Thursday. :I0 a. m. "The jaxtrava- ganc of Bad Roada," John B. Messlck, county judge. Baker county; "Th Economy of Good Roada," Jamea Withy- combe, director experiment station, Oregon Agricultural college; "Practical Suggestions an Road BUUinng, jonn H. Scott, prealdent Oregon Good Roada association; "Special Taxea and Their Benefits," C J. Trenchard, county Judge, Clataop county; discussion. Thursday, l:so p. m. election oi om- cere; reporta or committees; general dlscuislon; adjournment JUDGE WOULD LIKE TO SEND UP MORE THIEVES (Special DUpstrh te The Joaraal.) Helena. Mont.. Deo. II. Georg Hedl- can. a well-known character, waa today aentenced to th penitentiary by Judge Cheadle at Lewlatown for It yeara. tha extreme limit for horse-stealing. Th court expressed sorrow that Hedican s companions and associates, who, ha In timated. Included- a large number of well-known persona, were not also be fore the 'Bar. Th court aald IJJ.000 worth of horaea had been atolea In th eaatem part of Fergua county, and -he would Ilk to deal with th thieves. JENKS WADE'S CASE IS ONE FOR GRAND JURY Kneial INroatrfc te The Joerasl.t Fendleton. Or.. Dec. II. In Justice Parke' court Virgil Wade, known aa Jenka Wade, waived examination on the charge or assault and waa bound over to appear before the grand Jury. Un der the law, a elmple case of aaaault and battery la triable In justice court, whli an aggravated ess must be tried In circuit court. It I th intention of the district attorney to prosecute Wade on the latter, and He will lay th mStr before th grand Jury when it convenea in January. . The ImimMs WATCHES,' JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SIL ' VER WARE, BRONZE CLOCKS Shown by us this year arc attracting attention not only for the moderate prices but for the unique designs. If it comes from Wright's .you have the satisfaction of knowing that it is good value. Everything as Represented o if HI oil II 4mm A WEDNESDAY 11 -SPECIALS - t ... I FURS Tlmorrow"you"can purchase splendid serviceable' Furs at a big reduction it's an opportunity that will never .'.--'v" : :' ,' occur again..;. ' V' : .:.:..;;.V v ;';V ; Y V $15.00 Long Fox Boas. ...... ........................ 98.00 I $8.50 Coney Tie and Boas. ............. ...... .83.75 $10.00 Brook Mink Ties ....$5.25 $.500 Coney Ties and Boas....... .................. .$2.25 50-inch long black Kersey Coats with fur A t H C II We added a' few more Coats to the lot on (fi TA collar; $22.50 value.. I O J our Bargain Table;-values up to $15.(X);...I),pU ar i After Dinner Extra Special Frorn 6 P. M. to 9:30 P. M. Petticoats; regular $7.50 $3 65 Silk value 3MJ.M.Aahie som Wholesale and Retail e 131 Fifth Street HARRY THAV SUCCEEDS IN DICTATING DEFEHSE EmotionaJ Insanity Plea Discard ed and Wrongs of WifaJ Substituted. (Joornal Bpeetal Service.) . - Philadelphia. Deo. ll-After manths of fighting, ignoring th advice of tha most distinguished lawyer of th coun try, Harry Kendall Thaw, who murdered Stanford White, th noted architect, on th roof of Madison Squar Garden, ha dictated hi own defense, and that de fense eliminate all possibility of mo tional inaanlty. With a murder proline Of" aenaatlohal features on account of th hlgn social standing and unsavory reputation of both th murderer and his victim, this defense In th case adds a chapter to th aensationallam and on that will startle th civilised world with Its au dacity In baring to th publlo gas th live of th thr principals, Harry Ken dall Thaw, Stanford White and Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, th lattr th beautiful modal and wife of th accused man. Harry Kendal Thaw 1 prepared to go on th witness stand and juatlfy hlm aelf before th world for alaylng Stan ford Whit, by telling th Jury how Evelyn Nesblt Thaw's health waa ruined by Stanford White, and Thaw'a own health affected. Thl Is th dfen that Thaw has planned and held out for, agalnat th advic of his lawyers to plead "emotional Inaanlty." AGRICULTURE BOARD SETS DATE FOR STATE FAIR Board Officers Elected and' Much Fair Business Transacted . Financial Report. . (Speclsl Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) a.i.m. nr.. Dec. 19. At th annual meeting of th tt board of agricul r v.triiv afternoon W. H. Down ing Of Shaw waa reelected president of the board. Jasper wiisina oi wwn vice-president. A- Bush of Salm acre- tkrv: .mi irrmnk Welch, treasurer. One of the moat Important Item of huslneaa transacted at tbe meeting waa tha deciaion to open tha atat fair next vr on Rentember 16. but wnetner n will continue for a week or for 10 day will be decided at another moating to be held here during th session of tha legislature, as the members or tna ooara wer not ready to act on tha recommen dation of President Downing for a Th surerlntndent of th evral departmenta of th fair war choaen as follows: Frank IX of Portland, poul try exhlbltl Mrs. W. N. Gate of Salem. art exhibit; Mrs. A. I Brown. Isdiea department; George Gamml of Port land, poultry department. The vartoti committee wer reap- nolnted to aerv for the coming year, th new aecretary filling tha place occupied by Frank Durbln, th former aecretary. Among the Innovations for thl year la the securing of data concerning re sources and producta grown In all tha rountlea, to. be arranged In pamphlet form and used for advertlalng purposes The score card privilege was awarded to It. a.- Hendricks of Salem Tor i:oo, and the pool privilege to W. M. Ayre on his bid of 1100 per day. It wss tha sense of the board that a handsome appropriation ahould be made by th leglalatur for th atat fair, and that $20,000 ahould be allowed for buildings snd putting the grounds in tihirfw. ' ' rT' Th question of a permanent exhibit In which th resources of th atat would bt .4lspl.ayed andJh selection of I aultani nuarter xor me same waa aia cussed, but no definite conclusion was ached. ' The financial report, aa presented by Secretary F W. Durbln, ahow th to tad receipts t bar bn 118,711.41 and Something New! . EVERlUAirS USMRY FULL LEATHER BOUND nOTIOW BSaATSJ , SOIIIOI XXSTOBY . mlL . . - VKELOSOraTT : TUOaVOOT A : On Dollar a Volum. . Children's BooIisJ .One Dollar Each ; Nobby Hors Hair Daddy Dinks. Rhyme of th Sand Han. Llttl H. Van Vere ef China, snd many others, all charming and beautiful. - The J. K.GILL CO. Third aa Aldr. - -Oldest and largest booksellers stationers In Oregon. and Cures in a Minute! Dr. X F. Jameson of India pea sesses powers of healing he doe not himself understand; . . DXSOOTXaUOs AJTD UIIITOS OI ASTOaTinXaT SUIO tbxo sozaaroxs. Marvelous auccess In the treat ment of every speclea of nervou diseases, rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and kindred all men te, also all classes of troubles of th tomach, ate. NOT A CURE-ALL u Care What X Attempt to Our. ,-, Conultt!on Fr. Psrlors 10-11 Lewis Bldg., and Morrison. Psrk Special Sale 92.00 to S2.SO '. Winter Waists Now $1.25 ManfSing&Co.886thSt. th disbursements tl4.tt.7. This ap parently discouraging showing being due to th heavy rainfall that occurred during last year's fair, and which chief ly occasioned th recommendation for a longer aeaaon th coming year. INDEFINITE HOLD UP. OF " PUBLIC LAND PATENTS Inspectors Must Pass on Ail, Whether Under Suspicion or N ot, A (WeehlBstee Bom tt The Joernal.) rotary of tha interior today directed th not t Issue patent to land under any form of entry until uoh entry ahould b investigated and aamin4 by a sp 1 ry&w-AX? 1 1 I Phonographs for Christmas Give us refsrsnc selsct your Instro ' mcnt and mak your first payment in Janu V . . W want to build up our Phonograph business ws want to make tbe proposition ' so liberal you can't afford to go anywhere .else. . , , t. The Phonograph and Piano business are , closely allie4-one helps , the other the Phonograph business brings friends to our house, ana we are after friends. - - - - Our store will be open every night until Christmas, and wo especially invite you to select an instrument, secure auch records as you like, and make your first . payment in January. 1 Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co. Phonograph Dept. Sixth and Burnside Sta. A most useful present is one of our SHOE ORDERS calling for a pair of the celebrated . ' Hanan Shoes For which we are sole agents for Portland. Our assort ment of Holiday Slippers is most complete, ranging in price from 75 up. v Spe cial attention is called to our SATIN QUILTED SUPPERS FOR LADIES AT $1.00 a Pair The greatest value ever offered. Shoes purchased for gifts can be exchanged If they do not fit. ROSE N T HAL'S 149 THIRD ST. PORTLAND'S BEST SHOE STORE rial agent of th general land offles. ""tVaahlngtonTI.-:C7TJertf.'Tti' nf Th4 ewieel n4fftd1fldr,wtih tlevupr while it ia in force, practically ail trana fera of land from th government to th publlo. It I physically Impossible for th fore of special agents now em ployed to examine th doubtful peroen- 1 . j-u . . ita tag ef antrtea Heretofore lnvestlga-1 ttrmm have been wad only-of ntrte in I which contact have been entered or I where fraud waa suspected or charged. iy Wa.1 A a to vaaas-a rearaai nai wus saiereav yw. V