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VOL. VI. NO. 155.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 10O7.SIXTEEN PAGES.
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IJSTRICT ATTORNEY
IS TO BE
AT NEXT
DROPPED
CONGRESS
Open
Hostilities Between President
Roosevelt and Senator Fulton Will
Cease Hundred Defendants Who
Are Still Untried Will Never Be
Brought to BarHuge Political Deal
Prosecution of the Oregon land frauds
is at an end.
With over SO Indictment still pend-
lnr and over 100 defendants still un
tried, the government has tacitly called
off the dogs of war. Francis J. Honey,
the most redoubtable prosecutor who
ever came to Oregon, and William J.
Burns, the famous sleuth, will come no
mora, to this state to carry terror Into
the heart Of violators of the land laws.
.: ' TTntt.il fltnte District Attorney Wll
Ajif "ft -."VtriatoL boon whose shoulder
., the mantle or Heney was ta fall In the
further oonauot or tne prosecutions, is
slated for retrieval from office and his
, political roes are aireaay eageriy oudhi
lnr the choice of a successor.
No incumbent of the office has ever
worked harder or more zealously than
Bristol but when congress convenes
next December he will be without a
friend in the Oregon delegation to urge
hie continuance fn office and there is
the strongest reason to believe that
President Roosevelt will not even send
in his name to the senate tor reap
polntment.
Bristol Must Oo,
When Bristol was placed In office it
was with the distinct understanding
that he would continue to hold it until
the land fraud prosecutions had been
disposed of in the trial courts and
to this plan President Roosevelt was
supposed to be definitely committed.
But powerful political Influences have
been at work ever since Bristol's ap
pointment, with the twofold object of
ousting him from office and prevent
ing the resumption by Heney of the
prosecutions. With the presidential
campaign close at hand, it is believed
that Roosevelt has abandoned Bristol
to his fate.
The bitter feud which existed between
the president and Senator Fulton is vir
tually at an end and amicable relations
have been reestablished. Fulton has
: been after Bristol's scalp for more than
a year and he is now actively aided by
Bourne who expects to name the next
appointee to the office. And Roose
velt is expected to acquiesce in Bourne's
choice.
It was not easy to Jar loose the bull
dog grip of Frank Heney, but this, too.
has at last been accomplished. It is a
year since h tried the Blue Mountain
case, the last of the land fraud prose
cutions In Oregon to be brought to
trial, and ever since that time rumors
Jiave been current from time to time
at he was soon to return ana resume
tnWytork of sending -offenders against
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the land laws to the penitentiary. But
the months have slipped away and still
he did not come.
Xsnsy Stripped of FOwe.
The explanation has at last come to
light. Though willing and anxious to
resume the proseputlons. Heney found
himself suddenly stripped of the means
to carry on the fight. From Washington
came the significant information that
the department Of Justice had no funds
with which to carry on the trials. Then
Heney found that his own charges for
me services aireauy renuerea in past
land fraud cases hnd been hung-4ip in
definitely. It he 'resumed the prosecu
tions, Jt wouia ds wun me strong prop
ability that he would not receive a cent
for his services and might even find
himself Without the aid of the secret
service men ana land agents who have
played so large a part in procuring the
evidence In past cases.
In a word, the munitions of war had
been withdrawn. - Inspector T. B. Neu-
hausen, formerly assigned to the duty
or aiding Heney ana Bristol in tne
firosecution of the land frauds, has been
nstructed to confine himself to the
ordinary duties of his position. He no
longer occupies offices with District
Attorney Bristol, his headquarters hav
ing been removed to the custom house
building, and his corps of special agents
now devote their attention solely to the
routine examination or everyday land
office business.
Evidence Is Badly Scattered.
Much of the evidence upon which
ending indictments were based has
een scattered to the four winds of
heaven. Some of it is in the posses
slon of Neuhausen, some Is in the hands
of Heney and Burns or Irvin Ritten
house. some of it is held by Bristol.
But scorces of witnesses whose testi
mony would be essential have scattered
to other states and the task of bringing
them back would be an enormous one.
Amona- the more noted of the men
who were indicted by Heney are ex-
Congressman Blnger Hermann, accused
of complicity in the Blue Mountain
frauds; R. A. Booth, formerly president
or the Bootn-Keiiy isumoer company.
and John Hall, former United States
District Attorney. There are many
more of lesser note, but there is no
likelihood that any of them will ever
be called upon to face trial.
If the improbable should nappen. ana
they should be brought into court to
meet the charges of the Indictments, it
ill be by some new prosecutor wno
knows not the ways of Heney and
Bristol and who will have to find out
for himself on what evidence the In
dictments were based.
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VIKING SHIP ARRIVINQ WITH QUEEN HARRIET AND ROYAL SUITE,
POSTAL RECEIPTS
BREAK RECORDS
Last Month's Stamp Sales
JShow Great Increase Over
Same Month Year Ago.
Portland postal receipts continue to
increase from month to month and the
stamp sales for August were $48,692.67,
an Increase over August 1906, of $4,
709.96, or 10 7-10 per cent. August Is
considered the dullest month of the
year in point of stamp sales and the
receipts this year are exceedingly grati
fying to Postmaster Minto.
The sales would have been much
larger Jt month had an order for
about $7,000 worth of privilege en
velopes' been filled by the department at
Washington. This order was held up
for some reason and could not be count
ed In August sales, but will count in
the September figures. Had the en
velopes been Included in last month's
sales the per cent of Increase would
have been the largest e-er recorded in
any August in the history rt the Port
land postofflce.
To one who visits the local office
every day the Increase 1n business Is
very noticeable. - Lines of people are in
constant formation before the stnmD
and delivery windows. Clerks on duty
are busy from the time the office opens
until It closes, attending to the wants
of the patrons. This condition held
true in August, despite the fact that
thousands of Portland ers were away
from the Rose City on vacations.
TEACHERS MAY
LOSyiACES
Maxhirie Politicians Angry
at Pedagogues Who Lis
tened to La Toilette.
MAKE
A
PRICE FOR FLOUR
Situation Firm With Prospects of Advance to $3.90 a
Barrel Shortly, Which Would Be Record for
This Season in Fully Ten Years.
Export flour is today selling at the
highest price for this period of year
for Over 10 years. The 10 cents a bar
rel advance which was put on the price
yesterday advanced the value to $3.80
a barrel. Knowing ones In the flour
market predict that within a very short
time the price will be advanced another
10 cents a barrel, making the prica $8.90
w the highest on record for this time
. t. year, nd the highest for, any part
of the season for fully 10' years.
Never before, has the flour situation
been so firm at the start of the year as
it this time. The situation Is an eye
opener even to the veterans Of the busT
nes WhO havo seen some high values
In their days. In some seasons there
have been high values at the start of
the year, with slumps in prices lster on,
but this year will likely prove an ex
ception to the general rule, for there la
every prospect at this time that not
onlv will the n resent nrice be main
tained, but that the value will be added
to as the demand from abroad grows
heavier.
Ho Mow Shipped Tst.
. The milling fraternity believed last
season, when the high mark of flour
values was made, that it would be
many a season before it would be
reached again. Today, before a single
barrel of new flour has been shipped,
the price has already reached the high
est mark of last season, and the season
is Just starting. What the market will
POLICEMAN MURDERED
BY DRUNKEN CROWD
(Pacific Coast Press Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Sept. S. While at
tempting to arrest one of three young
roisterers at 4 o'clock this morning, Po
liceman Ed McCartney was shot in the
throat and instantly killed. The mur
derer and his companions escaped.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Pittsburg, Pa., Srpt. $. Effort are
to be made, it Is said, to discipline the
Allegheny county school teachers who
Thursday crowded around Senator -Robert
M. La Follette to hear the closing
part of his speech on "Representative
Government," after he Bad been driven
from Carnegie's Musid hall, where the
teachers had assembled,
La Folletee's attack on machine poli
tics angered Superintendent of Schools
Hamilton of Allegheny county, who is
a machine man. Several of the teachers
fear that efforts will be made to drop
them from the rolls.
Machine politicians will see that
Senator La Follette's advice to inform
school children fully of the methods of
the trusts and their Influence on repre
sentative government is not adopted in
the Allegheny county schools. '
Several members of the school board
are In favor of adopting La Follette's
ideas. There will be a clash between
these opponents of machine rule and
other members, who are strong organ
ization men, at the next meeting of the
board, when a resolution denouncing the
treatment to which La Follette was sub
jected will be Introduced.
UNION FARMERS AT
LITTLE ROCK TODAY
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Little. Rock, Ark., Sept. 3. Hundreds
of union farmers are in attendance to
day at the national convention of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-operative
union. Over a score of states are rep
re Hen tod. Many important problems vi
tally affecting the agricultural interests
of the country will be discussed during
the sessions of the union. The union
is most perfectly organized In the
southern states, where, with the South
ern Cotton association, it praotlcally
controls the price of the fleecy staple.
OFFUWSTOGA
Cake, Coe, Mulkey and UTlen
Smack Lips at Sena-torship.
Harry M. Cake is after the toga now
worn by United) States Senator Charles
W. Fulton, and will undoubtedly make
public announcement of his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for the
office within a few days. While Mr.
Cake himself will neither affirm nor
deny this statement, the affirmation Is
made by close friends who allege that
the race has been decided, upon and tne
course of campaign mapped out.
Mr. Cake stated this morning that he
had been closely considering the ques
tion or his canaiaacy ror some time, dui
as yet had not reached any aenmte
conclusion. He said that until he had
canvassed the situation more fully he
did not care to make a positive state
ment. It Is taken for granted !n political
circles, however, that Mr. Cake will
enter the battle within a few days and
will at once commence an active cam-
raign for the nomination. Already
here are two known and certain candi
dates for the office, and several who
are hovering In the edge of the shadow.
Senator Fulton is out for renomlnatlon
and reelection and has about completed
an extensive tour of the state In the
Interest of his candldacv. At Corval
11s not Ionr ago he outlined his posi-
doing practically laid down the plat-1 people.
lorm upon wnicn ne win go Deiore tne
ILaflU U Ut lL :
FROM OEMm
MtioirlctiisiPOPr
DECISION IS
Supreme Court Reverses Rul
ings in Referendum Cases
"ancTl'copTc Will Pass on
the University Appropria
tion.
Sheriff Stevens Defeated in
His Fight to Retain the
Feeding of County Pris
oners Anti-Pass Bill Also
to Be Submitted to Vote.
(Special Dlipttcb to To 7oanaL)
Salem. Or., Sept. S In all three ref
erendum oases of Robert L. Stevens va
F. W. Benson, John F. Logan vs. Sec
retary of State F. W. Benson and Eu
gene Palmer and Cyrus H. Walker va
Secretary of State F. W. Benson, the
decisions of the court of Marlon, county
wef ' rvmd today by the supreme
court, and the people will ballot on the
three bills. AU three opinions rendered
today were by Judge Kaktn.
xnese tnree oases were the result of
referendum petitions presented against
-Pass Dill, the bill for the rni.
latlon of sheriff's fees in boarding of
convicts and the state university appro-
None of the petitions had the warn.
lng clause at the head provided bv law.
and the petition against the university
ipropnuion nao pan or tne title ol
e act omitted besides. On the svlca
of the attorney-general the secretary of
state filed the first two petitions on
the ground that the warnintr clause was
not absolutely essential and he refused
to file the third on account of the omla.
slon of part of the title.
Suit was brouaht by Sheriff Stevens
enjoining the secretary of state from
Verbal Skirmish Engaged In
When Yuma Valley Kick
efs"Askhat Resolutions
Be Reported to Convention
at Large. I -
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California Delegate Sidea -With
President ChambejV"
lain Gifford Pinchotl r '
Scores Laiity of Publia
Land Laws.
filing the petition on the bill concerning
the feeding of convicts and the case was
decided in his favor by Judge Qalloway
ui us circuit court or Marion county.
John F. Loxan. the real author of tha
anti-pass bill, also brought suit against
tne petition against that bill and also
won the case. Both tnese decisions
were reversed on the ground that the
legislation concerning the warnintr
clause was only meant as an aid in
carrying- out the provisions of the act
and was in no respect mandatory.
The Palmer and Walker vs. Benson
case was a mandamus suit brought to
compel the secretary of state to file the
petition against the university aDnro-
prlatlon bill. This wfis)lost in the low
er courts, but today snon before the su-
reme court, bo tn petition will be
lied and the law be referred to the
neonle.
Frederick W. Mulkey is also out after
the tora with great earnestness and 1
iret tin ir his friends and supporters into
line for the campaign in the coming
spring, w. b. u Ken, ratner or tne in
ittatlve and the referendum, and pro
moter of the corrupt-practice act, is one
who is supposed to be planning to break
into tne ringr at the proper time, though
as vet he has held aloof from any state
ment to that effect. Dr. H. W. Coe Is
also supposed to be tossing political
straws into the wind in an effort to de-
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HARRIMAN RECEIVES
WHILE IN PAJAMAS
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' ? Medford, Or., Sept. . E. H. Harrl
man held a pajama reception In his
special carjihortly before S oWekjrats
" mOrnitig. greeting Mayor Roddy and
other leadlng cltlsens who were on hand
' to inform , the railroad , magnate con
, earning ths richest rogion on the coast
' ilarritnan -was. pauch interested, aad
asked for literature giving a descrip
tion oftho Rogue river valley. He
promised to Jnake an extended visit
here next summer and go bear hunting
wltfe hie-- 4n the Aeeiekata eeunt-v.
tsehere he was promised plenty of sport
, - nurrinwn was accompanied oy J. u.
Farrem, who left him here to Inspect
the oaI mines around Mdfor4 iater
returning; to ths aorUu. -, ,
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United Press. This announcement is of the greatest importance to the people of Oregon and the north
west, because it means that The Journal's readers A to have the greatest news service of any afternoon
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begun. It means that everything that happens on the Pacific coast from San Diego in southern Cal
ifornia to Seattle on the north, including all the territory tributary to each, is 'carried by a leased wire
directly into The Journal's offices on the day that it happens not the day after it happened.
The United Press is the only service on the coast that is able; to offer its subscribers any such
service. It is the only news gathering association on the coast that even pretends to get Pacific coast news
for Pacific coast readers.
By it headquarters have been established in every city of importance on the coast in San Diego,
Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
, Between each of these cities a trunk telegraph line a leased wire controlled absolutely . by the
United Press and the newspapers taking its service, is operated. This wire has its own operators -men
who afe paid the union scale of wages that is now demanded by the telegraphers of the Associated Press
and which that company.. refases to pay. This means that The Journal's operators are the best men that
cah be found anywhere and it further means that there willbe no interruption of the. service by strikes
or any other cause.
But unrivalled as The Journal's new Pacific coast service is to be, it is not thereby neglecting its
eastern news reports. At the same instant that the new coast-long leased wire went into service a new
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and every world center on the earth into The Journal's office, In the eastern pair of the United States
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gon is collected and sent exclusively over The Journal's new leased wire to this paper.
Nothing can happen in-New York or Washington or Chicago, in Paris or London or Berlin, but
l it is gathered and sent immediately to The Journal. And The Journal publishes it the day that it happens.
No other paper in Oregon caa begin to equal this service. The best they can do is to publish a '
part of the news on the second day when it is no longer news. The afternoon oaners with the Asso-
X dated Press service are so slow that competition is practically eliminated, , even in eastern serviced
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the west, but it is in line with the paper's policy that nothing too good for .The Journal's readers and
tnat ine journal must oe Kept tne biggest, ongntest, oest newspaper in uregon.
Creek Indian Crosses the Divide.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Vlnita, I. T., Sept 8. General Pleas
ant Porter, chief of the Creek Indians,
aged 66, died here this morning follow
ing a stroke of paralysis.
(Pacific Coast Press Leased Wire.)
Sacramento, Cal, Sept I. The first
clash on the floor of the national ir
rigation congress between the Turns
valley ."kickers" and, ib friends of tha
reclamation service occurred this morn-.
lng Immediately after the- 2,000 " as
sembled delegates had been, called to) ,.
order by President Chamberlain. ,
A disastrous skirmish for, the kick-
era They were squelched before they
were fairly started. Delegate Mathew
Dougherty of tha Utah delegation led
the "kickers" fight He took tha floor '
and demanded that the resolutions
which are to be nresented to tha reso
lutions committee be first reported t
the convention at laree. President
Chamberlain thought such action was
not necessary, but Dougherty was in
sistent Delegates Baker of California
came to Chamberlain's relief.
aVeported om Title.
"Let the resolutions be reported nv
title" he suggested, "and then If there
is to be any debate it can ba carried,
on after the resolutions committee re
port." .
This was ordered and Dougherty re- -tired.
Oifford Ptnchot of the forestry
depurtment was then introduced and ad-
dressed the convention. Mr.'- Pinchot
said in part: - i
"We nre in the habit of speaking of '
the solid earth and the eternal hills aa -though
they, at least, were free front
the vicissitudes of time and certain to
furnish perpetual support for prosper- ;
ous human life. This conclusion ia aa
false as the term Inexhaustible' applied
to other natural resources. Tha wasta ,
of aoli is among the most dangerous
of all wastes now In progress In thd
United States. . , ,
Enormous Soil Wash.
In 1S96 Professor Shaler, than whom
no one has spoken With greater author
tty on this subject estimated hat lit
the upland regions of the states south.
of Pennsylvania, 1,000 square miles of
soil had been destroyed as tha result
of forest denudation, and that tha de 1
structlon was then proceeding at tha
rate of 100 square miles of fertile soil
per year. r . .
"No seeing man can travel through
the United States without being; struck!
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ONE MINUTE FOR
Acting Police Conrt Judge Disposes of One Hundred and
Twenty-Two Cases in Becord Time No Court
Held for Three Days. . ;.'"
For rapid dispensation of justice. Act
ing Police Judge V. K. Strode holds
the world's record, having tried or oth
erwise disposed of 122 cases In 122 min
utes in the municipal court this morn
ing. The exceptionally large docket
was due to the fact that there were" no
sessions of the Oak street "Justice
foundry" on Saturday. Sunday or yesterday.
As the result of the two hours and
two minutes of strenuous, rapid-fire Ju
dicial interpretation of tha laws made
UI1U va, v v kva vva v , j vhub J aSW WVQlf
enriched to the extent of I47S from fine
and forfeitures. Every character of
cas from drunknness to assault with a
dangerous weapon appeared On tha Mo
ter. Tha manner in which th magis
trate, who is temporarily sitting in th
place of Judge Cameron, disposed of tha
various cases puts him in tha front
rank of eligiblea for the police Judge
Jhip In the event tha latter Is success
ful in his fight for gubernatorial hon
ors. ; ft U drivers who were arrested for
leaving their teams untied on tha pubilo
streets, in violation of the ordinance,
29 were assessed 13 costs apiece, eight
forfeited t$ ball apiece, and seven cases
went eyr until later In the week.
"As there was no moral turpitude in.
volved in any of these cases," said
Judge Strode, "and tha fact that tha
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WOMEN BARRED FROM
STANFORD 'VARSITY
,- (Paclflo Coast Press Luted Wire.) ; '
Stanford University. CaL. Sept,
A number of senior - woman who 1 at
tended tha university last semester and
whore,turni.iftQ. Jala, to register this
year, hav been- refused entrance, on
the ground that the limit of taa had
m I peen reacnen ana that no more women
could, be admitted until s"ne rr 1 J ) t
) ( out i As a coLte'iufcuca . cU atu ... . ,. h .
have been placed On the waiting ltt.
Considerable :" criticism has 1.
aroused by the1 fact that to or f
senior women have h.i ft
enoimrh freshmen t i "
register to t, l t- ' ' "
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