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PORTLAND,; OREGON, i SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, -J0O8.
PRICE FIVE. CENTS.
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ST REFUSES
W. M Ladd Denies Direct Knowledge of
I Contract but Admits That He Acted
as Go-Between in Exchange of Tele
grams Between Aspirant and Others
'- Harvey W. Scott, editor of the
Oregonlan, denies that he entered
Into any written agreement with Jon
athan Bourne during the last day of
the leglalatlTe session of 1903 by
which he agreed to pay Bourne $25,-
000 In return for the support of
Bourne In Scott's endeavor to be
elected United States senator. He
said that he never heard of the con
tract said to have been signed by
Mm and maintained that he never
saw It until It came to him In the
advance sheets of the American
magazine a few days ago. Lincoln
Steffens, associate editor of that
magaslne, In the March number tells
of the contract and prints what he
alleges is a copy- of same.
Out of this article by Mr. Stef
fens, part of which was printed in
The Journal Friday afternoon and
the editorial denial by Mr. Scott
printed In the Oregonlan yesterday
morning great public Interest has
sprung. From this Interest Is com
ing added substantiation of Mr. Stef
fen's story. V v '
i Men of Oregon whose records for
truthfulness have not been, called in-
to question have told since' the clos
ing night of the session, of the leg
Islature ltt 1903 of the existence or
the Bourne-ScOtt contract and sev
eral, have claimed to have seen the
document which Is now in the pos
session of Senator Bourne.
Briefly recapitulating the story of
the agreement and the circumstances
leading up to It are hi the following or
der: Mr. Scott has cherished an ambi
tion to be United States senator for a
long- term of years.- Thlir ambition
took active form prior to the legisla
tive session of 1903 at which time the
term of office of Senator Simon was to
expire and a successor was to be elect
ed. Before the opening of the session
It was known that Charles W. Pulton
and T. T. Greer were candidates for
taction and when the session opened
both came Into the race openly and
continued to fight out a deadlocked bat
tle up to the last day of the session,
when Fulton was eletced after midnight
had passed. ,
Training Forces.
All during this time, however, Mr.
Scott was training his forces In readi
ness to swing to his support when his
name should be sprung as a dark horse
during the closing hours of the session.
Puring all of . this . time Jonathan
Bourne was maintaining sumptuous
headquarters in Salem and was also in
the field for the senatorship.
rwrr C. Brownell. resident of the
senate, had been put th office by the
lnt efforts 01 Bourne ana runon ana
therefore under obligations to
both of these candidates. He had
agreed under a written pledge to vote
for Bourne for the office prior to the
election which made -him a member of
the legislature. After his election as a
senator from Clackamas county he had
sought first. the support of Scott In
his efforts for election to the presl
dency, and falling there had turned to
Bourne and then to Fulton.
Fulton was also a candidate for the
president's chair as well as for the
United States senate, but was switched
out of the race for presiding officer by
Brownell, who told him he would hold
the Clackamas 1 county delegation
against him In the senatorial battle If
he did not get out of the other fight.
When Brownell was elected, therefore,
he was between two fires. He was
pledged practically both to Bourne and
to Fulton.
To get out of this tangle Brownell
engineered a secret meeting at the
Portland hotel where it was agreed by
Senator John H. Mitchell, who directed
the proceedings of the meeting, W. N.
Williamson, Fulton. Bourne and Brow
nell that Brownell should support Ful
ton as long ss he had a chance, after
which he "should turn to Scott and then
to Bourne if Scott was not strong
enougn 10 ana in prise.
Sourne Considered.
Bourne In return for taking a back
eat in the-fight to all appearances was
to have the naming of the senate com-
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THE CITY COUNCIL
Congressman Longworth
Borrows Roosevelt's Vo
cabulary to Tell Peoria
Club That President Is
Greatest Man in World.
Democrats Throughout the
Country Lining Up for
Bryan Voters Change
Name of Organizations
and Prepare to Fight.
mittees, which
Brownell
was carried out by
Soon after ' the 'meeting. . however.
Bourne began to hammer Brownell to
make him turn from Fulton to him
Brownell resisted and at last a second
meeting 'Was arranged tor Brownell In
ne-headquarters of senator Booth of
,ane. This conference wu attended bv
Bourne, Fulton, Williamson. Brownell
and Booth and it was agreed that Ful
ton was to try hard to secure'' the elec
tion un to 10 o'clock on the last nla-ht
of the session. Xt) however, h had not
landed the plum when the clock struck.
Scott was to be put In the race and If
he fell down In his attempt to land the
toga Brownell was then to place Bourne
n nomination ana uiton was to swing
all of his forces to the "aid of ' the
veteran editor. . This compact, however.
was never carried out because Bournt
Insisted that Fulton toll his friends of
the deal before It was time to spring It
Out of this failure grew the agreement
between Scott and Bourne.
Effort to Beat rultoa.
A strong effort was all the time being
made' to ' beat Fulton and on the after
noon of the last dav of the session Mr.
Scott's agents got together with Bourne
na the agreement signed dy Mr. seott
was the result. In spite of the agree
ment, however. Bourne could not swing
sufficient strength into line and Fulton
(United PrtM Leased Wire.)
Peoria, 111., Feb. 22 Representative
Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, In a sen
sational speech tonight at the Washing
ton's birthday dinner of the "Cresto
Coeur club," defended his father-in-law,
President Roosevelt, and denounced the
vituperation and venomous "outpour
Ings" of those who were attempting to
fasten the responsibility for the recent
panic upon Roosevelt.
"These men are the real enemies of
honest business men," Longworth de
clared. "They are th real enemies of
American free institutions, but their
malign attacks upon the administration
of President Roosevelt will not serve to
glminlsh the lustre of his fame. They
ut add glory to It. They will not ac
complish their purpose any more than
did the mallgner. of Lincoln,-vduring
his life. They will not accomplish their
purpose any more man aia tne maiign
ers of him whose -memory we honor
here tonight
"foolish and Criminal."
Longworth contended that "to at
tribute our present financial condition
to acts or words of any one man is
Utterly foolish and criminal."
He said he was not Dresent na in
apologist for the administration and that
ne was not mere to sneak for invmu
but himself. He said the president had
no more to do with the recent New
York money -panic, "or whatever vou
lease to call it," than he had with the
ist eruption of Vesuvius, or Lhe Indian
plague, but he would not deny that
some utterances about the method of
some so-called "high financiers" hasten
ed by a little the time at which some
financial structures, erected upon foun
dations ' of rottenness and dlshoneatv.
were bound to topple.
in woras wnicn his hearers recognized
almost as a
Roosevelt previous
paraphrase of President
revlous utterances, tha
speaker exclaimed:
"Had he sat supinely Indifferent and
allowed dishonesty of which he knew
, ...
h.M.r w Steott to .Proceed without raising his hand or
Bo confident, however, had Mr. oott . TOc, against it, the crash would not
sn ox bu icwn un am bh wiiiws
sa editorial headed "The Election of
Bcott," which was to have been printed
o the Bator day morning following tha
ejos of the session. This editorial was
set np tn type and was on the presses
before It was learned that the plans
laid had fallen throngh and the editorial
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When They Qet Through Wrangling Maybe Something Will Be Done for the Taxpayers
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(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
SOLD SECRETS
TO
GERMANY
French Lieutenant Is Sen
tenced to Life Imprison
ment for Betrayal.
i (Hunt News by tongeit Leued Wire.)
Toulon, Feb. 22. Sub-Lieutenant
Charles Benjamin Ulmo of the navy was
found guilty by a courftnartlal today
o( attempting to sell naval secrets to
Germany and sentenced to" degradation
and Imprisonment for life.
After his arrest Ulmo made ajfull
confession. Among the documents he
bad for sale were a secret signal book
and the naval cipher. His downfall
caused great surprise among his fellow
officers, as he stood well in the service,
was a member of a wealthy family and
had a liberal allowance. But It Is un
derstood he squandered large sums of
money upon a woman. Thirty thousand
dollars was the price he wanted for the
h had for sale. Before he was
arrested he had already sold for 16,000
HUNDRED DEAD
IN STORES PATH
Heavy Loss of Life and Enor
mous Damage to Prop
erty in England.
(1'nltod press Leased Wire.)
London, Feb. 22. Heavy loss of life
and enormous damage to property were
wrought by the hurricane which swept
the northwest portion of England this
afternoon. The lives lost may total
100. Scores have been injured. Tho
storm wroucht havoc with coastwise
I shipping. The entire coast over which
nave been long delayed, and when It
came It would have been followed by a
hurricane, compared to what the present
condition is a mere zephyr."
(Continued on Pago 81x.
FULTON DID NOT
RELEASE MESSAGE
"THREE
Br H. H, ROGERS
Mark Twain Makes Jokes at
Expense of the Standard
Oil Financier.
the hurricane raged Is reported to be
aottea with wrecks.
a COnriaeniiai yampiirci utjiiiaiuiiiy uiv utnu
we new
rrlnMnles
tactic.
of
French
ii
Even In the Dro-
tected harbors considerable loss to
shiDDlnc is reDorted. owing to the
fierceness of the gale.
Blinding storms of hall and' rain ac
companied the terrific, wind. In the
Mersey river a schooner was capsized
and her crew of eight men dsowned.
Near Donegal a train was .partly blown
rronv tne raus wnue crossing a via
duct. Several grand-stands were blown
down while they were nacked with
naval I spectators watching the local football
i contests.
BURGLARS. WITH VAN,
STEAL HOT STOVES;
LEAVE GANARY BIRD
" (Bunt News by longest leased Wire.)
5 St Louis, Feb, 23. Four burglars
drove an unlettered moving van' up te
the home of Mrs. Jennie Griffs at 220
Cherokee street, when she was down
town - shopping today, and looted the
house of everything egcept the canary
bird. Even two stoves with fir in them
were taken.
Neighbors saw the four jnen indus
triously at work, but they supposed Mrs.
Griffs was moving out of the house and
paid no attention tooths matter. -
When Mrs. Griffs returned homo she
found only , the frightened canary bird
flying about " the vacant rooms. She
had left the door kejr under the door
step and the" burglars Nd fennd It ami
made the most of their ; omwtwnv
There Is no trace of the burglars or of
the-household goods. . s . i. .
S Noticing that an evening )
newspaper of this city published e)
the text of Senator Fulton's re-
ply to Francis J. Heney in its )
4 edition yesterday, same having 4
been sent to the Oregonlan, and
not to the evening newspaper 4
mentioned, the United Press
4 headquarters at New Tork was e
requested to make Inquiry as to
cause of the apparent breach
of faith. The entire Fulton
statement was In type in The
4 Journal office In ample time for
publication in Its Saturday
evening ffrst edition, but The
Journal had pledged Itself to 4
publish only a summary of same.
S The following was the reply
S to The Journal's query to 4
United Press, main office. Now
Tork:
Chicago, Feb. 22. The Ore-
gon Sunday Journal, Portland, 4
4 Or. Fulton's reply to Heney's 4
4 statements was given by Fulton 4
4 to the Oregonlan correspondent 4
4 with the express pledge that It 4
4 should not be published until 4
4 Sunday morning. That is why 4
4 the United Press was permitted 4
4 the uso of a brief forecast for 4
4 its afternoon service. 4
4 (Signed) . 4
4 E. L. K.. New Tork. Feb. 22. 4
. 4
4 - ' Senator Fulton in reply to a 4
4 query sent to Washington said: 4
4 "I gave The journal a copy 4
4 marked for release Sunday morn- 4
4 ing.. I gave Harry Brown, the 4
4. Oregonlan correspondent, a copy, 4
4 ' marked the same. - Those, copies 4
4 were delivered 'by me at my 4
4 apartment at th Portland apart- 4
4 ment. house last Sunday after- 4
4 noon to be mailed for publics- 4i
4 tion Sunday morning, February 4
4 23. No other copies were given 4
4 out There was absolutely ; no 4
4 justlflcatioa for the use of the 4
4 matter in advance of th time 4
4 stipulated, ' which ' wab perfectly 4
4 understood . by averyon con- 4
(Besnt News by Longest Leased Wire.)
New Tork, Feb. 22. Mary Twain and
H. H. Rogers were in great humor when
a party of Interviewers discovered them
on the deck of the steamer Bermudlan
Just before sailing today. Mark had on
a new suit of gray, a masterpiece of
tailoring, and looked very much of a
dandy. The captain of the Rockefeller
industries was somberly clad in black
and made a rather dismal figure be
side the radiant humorist. Both were
chuckling over soma Joke when the re
porters came up. Mr.. Clemens turned
to them and said: ,
"Well, I see that we are discovered.
That's what I get for getting in bad
company."
Rogers laughed and retorted:
"Well, youTve got no edge on me.
Some of my methods may be bad. The
public says so, at least. But they are
no worse than your Jokes, Sam."
The two chums were so tickled for a
few minutes that they could not speak,
whereupon a reporter asked:
"Mr. Clemens. I suppose you are going
to Bermuda with Mr. Rogers to keep
him In good humor?"
"Not at tUl," responded the author of
"Huckleberry Finn." -I keep my Jokes
to sell, just as l.e keens his knowlodra
on finance to sell. As a matter of fact,
I am really going along to keep Rog
ers, straight."
The financier chuckled again and
said:
"And I'm going because ilark's pay
ing my fare. I'm broke."
"That's true," snid Mark Twain. "I'm
paying his farev but I'm still $2 shy.
I'm going to shake him down for that
$2 when we get out to sea,"
"Ha. ha!" laughed Rogers. "That's
one of his Jokes, but It isn't worth $2
is ltT"
Then Mr. Clemens fell Into a serious
mood and said that he was going back
to Bermuda to remain until April. He
had gone down there earlier in the win
ter, but had returned because of a pres
sure of social engagements.
1 am going to be gone about tnree
weeks," said Mr. Rogers,
"Tes" chuckled the humorist; "Rog
ers is going to make three weeks of it
and write a book."
Not that klndi" smiled th chief en
gineer of the Standard Oil.
When asked if he would say anything
about the financial situation, Mr. Rog
ers wheeled about and surveyed the
Cloudless horizon.
"The horlson looks pretty bright he
said, "and you may say that In a way
It does not differ very much from the
tmtldok." '
HILL LIS SELECI OFFICES
Entire Third Floor of 30 Rooms in Commercial Club's
New Building Leased by Spokane, Portland & Se
attle Kailroad Vast Importance to the City.
FULT0III1MES
Final decision has been made In the
location of the headquarters of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle railroad. The
company has closed a long time lease
on the entire third floor of the Portland
Commercial club's new building at the
corner of Fifth and Oak streets. Th
Importance of this company's business
to Portland is indicated by tn fact
that 30 rooms are required for Its gen
eral offices.
It is a generally known fact that the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle railroad is
a focusing of the rails of the Northern
Pacific, the Great Northern and the
Burlington railroads. That Its general
offices are to be established on so
large a scale in Portland means that
this city is to become the point of concentration-
of the Pacific coast traffic
operations of these lines. The bulk of
their tonnage will move east and west
over the norm Dank line.
Hake" Alterations for Boad.
The company will take possession of
Its new quarters April 1, at which time
the Commercial club building will be
completed and ready for occupancy t
the club and its tenants. The railroad
company's lease of the third floor was
closed at a late hour in the completion
of the building, and a number of
changes bad to be made to suit its
purposes. These alterations are now
octpg rushed.
Partitions and doors are being
changed and two large fireproof vaults
are being built In for housing the com
pany's records and documents. The ne
gotiations leading ud to the lease were
carried on by Francis B. Clark, presi
dent of the K, P. & S. R. R. Co.. and T.
B. ' Wilcox,' chairman of the building
committee.
The company's action means that all
the Hill lines will be represented in this
city by a full and complete organisation
of thu traffic and operating depart
ments. There will be Quarters for the
general freight department, tne general
passenger department and the depart
ments of the general manager and oper
ating officials, as well as the president
01 me o., f. it a. co.
Finishing touches are now belns- nut
in turougnout tne entire Duuamr. There
are. distinctive features on every one
of the nine floors. .The building has
been -changed from an eight to a nine
story building by the adding of another
story 15 bv 80 feet to contain a com
plete fee-making and refrigerating pkint
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS
TO BE ESTABLISHED;
2 2. Represents ti va
night thati President Roosevelt hl
Washington. Feb.
C. R. Davis of M'-tienota announced to-
4 cerned."
W .i . ' .- ... V. i v - - 4 1 athllMhmn of the Inridatrlnl school
4 44 t tiitsfi building throughout th country.
t .unqualifiedly indorsed his Mil for the
tb ce Dins or tne fortiana commer
c!al club amount to a very large sum
monthly, and It was decided that the
economical course would be to manu
facture ico for the whole building and
supply refrigeration for' th. Commer
cial .club's purposes,' . 1
Vo Expens Spared,
The total cost of the Commercial club
building and furnishings ' will reach
the sum of $410,000.' The lot on which
It stands was bought at a cost of 195,
000. The building has cost 1265.000,
and the furnishings will cost $60,000.
A number of eastern clubs that have
heard of the structure and Us modern
features bays .written. to tbs president
of the Portland Commercial club and
asked for details and figures.
Every room in the building Is rented
with the exception of four rooms on the
ground floor. A safety vault concern Is
negotiating for the corner room, a
large, airy apartment suitable for bank.
Ing business. The Portland board of
trade takes the large adjoining room
ironung on r utn street.
Other tenants of the first floor will
be W. J. Clemens' insurance' office, Sig
Slchel's cigar stand and the office of
the Union Guarantee association. The
main entrance to the building is on Oak
Btreei, ana mere is a large ioDny ana
corridors floored with white tiling and
wainscoted with white marble.
Tha basement will contain a modern
Turkish bath establishment, the large
steam heating plant for the building
and storage cellars for the Commercial
club. A freight elevator operates from
the basement to the top floor, and there
Is a rear entrance on the ground floor
from Fifth street throueh which nil
Commercial club supplies will be conveyed.
rioors yearly All Bented.
The second, third and fourth floors
are rented for offices. The corridors
In these and throughout the building
are wide and the windows large and
fireproof. The elevator shaft, accom
modating three electric passenger ele
vators. Is fireproof, with solid ati
doors, all tit which can be shut In case
of fire. There is a large toilet room
on every floor.
The fifth floor Is given over to annrt.
ments for men. There are 2 nvm
and two en suite with bath between
them. There Is a larae toilet room rt
.bath on this floor for the use of the
A billiard room 40x100 feet in dimen
sions ana a large lounging room ad
Joinsag It are the features of the sixth
floor. The main billiard room will con
tain 18 or 2 tables, all of whioh ii
,be of uniform Style. The lia-htln
scheme for this room Is unique. On
the sixth floor also are th quarters
forlorn Rlehardson and'' th. publicity
and promotion department -
In tli rear of , this department-is a
large assembly room for th use of associations-
of fruitgrowers. " manufac
turers. Jobbers, dairymen, farmer and
other public bodies of a character hav
ing -to do. with th nnhniiriin. .in
state of Oregon.
Club roviCd Tot. -' '
The seventh floor contains y-
social features of th club, t On th
Fifth street side, the anflr. l.ln.
th building, la th club parlor or draw-
f rwm. wun ms cojy corners, two
is rg fireplaces androthr comforts.
Ther are 2 very Jargw.dows in this
t0tti. t? ut",d ' - EWcony from
which ther Is an 'unsurpassed view of
the city and mountain "; l W
The main elevator, lobby on thisv - lol
fronts south. It in a lgT apartment
w in tu riopr and tt larg art-gla.-L
windows. Thacluh nfn.. -hi vf
yia in inn lonay. , un th Sam floor
I a ladle retiribr room, lnrti.- naP.
REPLY TO HENEY
Releases nis Answer for
Publication in Sunday
Morning Newspapers.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 22. Sen
ator Fulton released his reply to
the charges of Francis' JV Heney to
night. The senator sent out a sum
mary of his answer to Heney la a
brief dispatch to the press associa
tion agencies, but withheld the re
lease of the full text of same until
Sunday morning. From, some sec
tions of the bountry Jt ,was. learned
that a few, very few, ajid compara
tively obscure newspapers had vio
lated the pledge that all newspapers
regard as sacred and had ' published
the document' ahead: of time.
Senator Fulton's reply to Heney
was given to the eastern newspapers
here tonight and was generally com
mented upon about this city. Ful
ton went direct to the mark in his
answer and : practically challenges
Heney to meet him In "the open.
The full text of. Senator Fulton's
reply to F. J:, Heney will be found
on pages .10 and fl of this section,
of the. Sunday Journal,' -
SALEM COUNCIL
Pag Six.)
LANDS ON LADD
s 1 ' v;vi siV - '
City Fathers Declare "Water1
Power Niiisahce-Ofder
j Franchise Cancelled, .
(Cnlted Press Vntri Wtr.
Salem, Or., -Feb.' J8.Th, city coun
cil i held. " a ?;, sensational session it .
night," ordering th Southern rolfIj
mak about S,000 1 worth of imriv.
menta, declared th water power " ' I
by the Ladd estat of Portln.l ii
anc and ordered ' the franfi--i
celed, ordered t.'ommr-l.'l ('' ' '
for. 15 blocks with bltulltti!"', ' ' '
the . annual liquor lt-itw
from oo to li,0ui i
Keens of $3u0 on -dm "
Iinuor Saloons seli iiiK nn-'iir' tn'
will have to- pay a Ji(.t' - H '
yearly. . " s