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. . . t r THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL . PORTLAND. . SATURDAY EVENING, ; MARCH 7, 1908; RING POLfTICJANS ATTEMPT DECEIT ' 3 ' Anonymous Letters With False Statements Spread Broadcast Over State. BOSS. Ill ilSKCWE -The Journal reprints 'tha following political circulars, with which all Ore gon la being anonymously flooded, al though both of them . bear the unmls Ukabla earmarks of tha Hodson-Beach- ey combine of rlngstara and ara doubtleaa being circulated from the fortune headauarters of this coterie rri a .-.l4n Pn lor OiacreOltaU politicians, who are mov efile Tliat DCfendantS Win- Ing heaven and earth to overthrow the , t 11 mil iPiinmr; law ami urii-jr lint iNPfMIrO rair XOOl IIll"'"" ' Jtvery voier no ra IIUl OIXUIV , "lthsa circular whlrh rnimlst mainly or aouse or tne reform element or m state and of this nrwnip r. will unarr stand their DurDOse. and will see to what stlralts the remnants of the old ring are driven. .Both circulars bear a close rassm hlanra In tha aiilnhurettad-h vSrcsen ar ft - V..nnrMM TIT111 Tflument that was used to break up the XiUCm CMOJJttyCAO mil i CHen meeting In South Portland Thur Littorneys for Wreckers of ' Title Guarantee Will Ar- Jlultnomah County. 'diced Public Opinion Re- -n-tUA .a Hairing Pmln M nlht- . ;uniicu oa iiawus cju- Tae Anonymous tetter. "Headquarters of the Pop-Dem-Soclal-lst Lenguc, Bunkum Crossroads, Clacka- ii ' irarded as Only Another fo'RpubirraFfiendsdoiiowers ' .." . t m i J Brethren: In issuing this circular I 11 ATA in HPinr I Tim I dealra briefly to rail attention to w nai ..w . v w has been done by our league In the past, and to what we intend to Jo In the fu I inn m wall aa tn warn aV,. f rartaln moves the enemy, the straight Repub licans of Oregon, are attempting. It la reported that J. Thorburn Ross , finally bamboosled tha ReDubll- anA'tna ether accused officials of the cans into Desslna- our initiative and ref- Tltla Guarantee Trust company will erendum amendment to the constitution. . . !7 .1. . Li h,.. They didn't know It was loaded, and oon.fils affidavits asserting that they Wa, on,y ,0 be UM(, ln M. cannot secure a fair trial In Multnomah trame canes such as might arise If the county, and asking Judge Clcland to legislature refused to pass aome law grant them a chanre of venue. Tha former bankers yesterday arter- If the legislature passed some vicious law against the will of the people. But noon nte rod their pleas of not guilt we fooled 'em. By making the per ii tha indictment charting them with e stage of signatures required very lo Accepting deposits after tbey knew the bank to be insolvert. This la the case Uaslly aa It used to be to introduce a In . which the demurrer was overrules; , by Judges Uantenhein, u oay ana nro naugh, sitting en banc, and the motion lor change or venue is rcciou aun wlllhave to be passed on by the court. in inn on in IIIWMUJ iiuninn OHIUUIIIU DOORS 10 it la possible to amend the constitution or call tha referendum on a law as fish bill ln the legislature. J&ag-ed Attempt to Be Tansr. 'TV's already have passed a so called a tha district attorney has tha case direct primary law. which permits us set down for trial. It cannot be made to register as Republicans, thus get before that time. ting on the Inside, where we can do The motion for change of venue will better execution sgalnat them than we charge the existence ln the public mind formerly could. True, this law says It of a slate of feeling that will make It is Intended to "maintain party integ Impossible for Ross and his associates rity," but that was only .Intended as a to secure an Impartial Jury to try them. Joke on the Republicans. Then, there It Is expected that the Portland news- Is Statement 1, an appendix to the law. papers will be verbally raked over the We had to lie to got that ln. but the coals on the chsrga that they have end (busting the O. O. P.) justified the stirred up public sentiment against the means. And look at the glorious results accused bankers. attained by it! Our peerless leader The district attorney's office regards who In the old days tried every turn thia as only another move for delay, and crook and was not able to get even Tha affidavits of the defendants or of "honorable mention" Jonylhan Bourne, their attorneys will have to bo mot by Sooner Is now our United States sen counter affldavlta and the question of tor, doing; his best to provide for the the probability of securing a fair trial milium out nungry mue Dana or uemo- rup-Boci in uregon. Ana 11 you win only stay with Statement 1 we have as surances that that prince of hot air purveyors. Oeorgle Chamberlain, will be his colaborer In this virgin field. Pon der this well, my brethren, for this Is the only way It can be done. And if such a fortunate thing should happen as election of a Democratlo president, we will have .a true friend at court, and all the Republicans ln Oregon will be kicked out a thing our Johnnylhan dares not do openly as yet. "We have several very Important measurss coming before us at the June election, and they must pass to make our victory complete. First is the re calf. By It, If a Republican ln oTfioa dares to even think contrary to our views, we can make him run again by getting up a small petition again! him. With this law passed, the officeholders will have their 'ears to the ground,' and as we always make the most noise, they will think we are really 'the people.' Second, the amendment which forbids the legislature to chanse or reoeal anv law .passed by us. This will virtually make me and my coworkers the law maklnsr body of Oregon! See? Third, jroportlonal representation. By this aw we can knock out their beastly mi orlty In the legislature and are assured hat our friends, the Socialists. Podu- lists and Democrats, will get some of ineir seats at least. It is a great scheme, and I take areat credit to my self for having brought It Into this Re- puonran ridden state, or course there are 75 or 80 other measures, but these are the ones we need. Don't forget 'em. Afraid to Sign Letter. "When we get these through, nartlr- ularly the one which forbids the legis lature to amend or repeal our laws, we Intend to pass one by which we can call the referendum on supreme court decisions and on the veto of the gov ernor, nue, our guvornor at present Is all right, but an accident might hap pen, and one of the enemy might be elected, and so veto some law we want. "Beware of the men who are araulnx and talking against these things. They are our hereditary foes. They believe in everything that we do not. and in nothing that we Dem-Pop-Soclallsts do. Encourage any Republican who talks Statement 1; pat him on the back, and ony mm an you can. He is one of our est friends, though he don't know what we have in store for him a little later. 'And now let me exhort vou to be firm. We must relegate such old moss- W. Scott. Oeorae II. Wil liams. K. L. Smith. SteDhen A. Lowell. Judges Bean and Watson and others, who believe In the antiquated repre sentative government, to the junk pile, ana press iorward tne new statesman ship under the direction of our Johnny than Bourne Sooner; Myself, Oeorgle u., Harry u.. mos. oreen. General Jack son of The Journal. Herr Most, Shorty Goldralner agd other Dem-Pop-Socs. Yours for the cause, "NEW STYLE REPUBLICAN ?)" Second Circular Issued. Following Is the second circular la beled "The Real Object of Statement No. 1": "During the last two years The Port land Journal has been proclaiming the doctrine of strict adherence to the 'Spirit ana jener 01 our laws, sanctimoniously urging an oinciais ana good r The Doctor Knows. The hops are a Walla Walla School, Board Get Very Busy With ; 'All-Death Traps. (Special Dlspttcb te Tha JonraaL) Walla Walla, Wash., March 7. . 2rofltlng by vtbe experience taught by the CoUinwood, Ohio, disaster, tho . board of education yesterday took step to put the public schools of the city , In a safe condition. At the Baker school It was discovered - that every exit 'had doors swinging In ward and the same condition In large degree was found in several other build ings. Contractors have been, engaged to rehang all the doors swinging in ' ward and at the Lincoln school, a three story brick structure, fire escapes have . been ordered put In. These -are expected Cltlxens will probably petition the - school board to provide fire escapes . for each of the other five buildings. Walla Walla probably has the finest : lot of publio school buildings of any cltw of its else in the United States. '. There are aix buildings, all two and three stories in height and constructed entirely of brlcK and stone. FIEE IN COLUMBIA ' THEATBE AT BOISE ,VT A . aaaaataaaaBaSSBBMaa, (Unite Press Lsesed Wire.) Boise. Ida., March 7. Fire badly damaged the Columbia theatre early this morning, a few hours after a large : audience had left the place. The fire originated In a ehedtln the rear of th3 theatre and spread to the stage. The friniirfinra will now be torn down. A ' new fireproof structure will be built backs as 11 . on tne opposite siae oi tne nura a magnificent hotel Is to be built on . eround nartly occupied by the old theatre?- ' WORK OF THE EEAL ' ESTATE MISSIONARY S - -'i-' a aaaaaaSBaajaaaaa (Special Dlspstca te Tb Journil.) - La Grande. Or.. March 7. At least 25 families from Idaho will arrive in. La r Grande thia week with a view to secur ing home In the. valley. A local real estate firm has had a missionary em ployed in, Idaho and the states of the TTl If Wl IH WT BL UUIlilH I V w And he knows Note what your Doctor drinks. (St -' ar You will find it generally a beer, and a bottled beer. And the label is usually Schlitz. He is a man who knows. He know$ that beer is healthful, and every day he prescribes it. tonic, the barley is food. The trifle of alcohol is an aid to digestion. That is why he drinks beer. But he knows that beer must be pure, else there are germs in it. that beer must be aged, else biliousness comes from it. That is why he drinks Schlitz. He knows that we double the necessary cost of our brewing to purity. We carry cleanliness to extremes We filter, not only the the air that cools it. And we sterilize every bottle. Do as your Doctor does. The demand of today is for purity among the millions who Schlitz and insist on it. insure absolute beer, but even' Had the Grippe? Take a few doses of the Bitters. It will aid greatly inr estor- ing your f o r me r health and Strength. We euar- 'Jantee it '7ri cases bf Chills and Colds it is also .very, beneficial and if takcij in ' .time .Grippe can be prevented. It also cures Dys pepsia. Indigestion, Costiveness (snd other "Stomach .Troubles. Trvit; v:-r":-, -. : Tine BeerT know. They order There are now so many of them that our sale exceeds barrels annually. -1,500,000 - Ask fer the Brewery Bottling. Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitt. To avoid being imposed ujon. see that ihe cork or crown is kissded Sehlitt. ?honeHalnli779 Sherwood & Sherwood , 8 Front St., S. . cor. Ankeny St. Portland who love their country to stand sciuare- ly on the principle of upholding them as we find them. Why has It boen rtolnsr l this? Read what it says editorially In its issue of February 19, 1908, con fessing Its hypocrisy and deceit In ad vocating Statement No. 1 as a matter of principle. Read how contemptuously It brushes aside our federal constitu tion the very basis of our national ex istence. Remember, this is its editorial utterance, not a political erruslon writ ten by an Irresponsible reporter for its sensational news columns. It Is the well-digested, thoroughly calculated ut terance of its proprietor and managing editor in referring to our organic law: "We have found (in Statement No. 11 an entirely Jegitlmate. crooer wav to dodge the letter of the constitution and elect' senators by direct vote of the peo ple. Let us do it (dodge the consti tution) without any conditions. Let us elect men to the legislature who will agree to this, and agree to keep their hands off!'" "Calls It Treason." "What amasing, unreasonable utter ances! What a display of deception and hypocrisy! What anarchlstc. pro posals to strike at the very founda tion of our governmental system! 'We have found a way (in Statement No. 1) to dodge the letter -of the constitution!' No Judas Iscariot or Benedict Arnold ever could utter more damnable doc trine. Dodge the constitution of ' the United States the very law that gives u me. Ana mis irom a uemocratio organ-grinding sycophant who through all these years has been preaching per sonal and political honesty and mas querading as the friend of the people. When will you thinking, true loyal American Oregon Republicans awake to a realisation of what a viper you are harboring lo your midst? . Whan will you. decant,, law-loving Democrat tt your eyes open? How long will you aid and abet this doctrine of sedition and anarchy? How long will you continue voting to uphold its contention that we must V Statement No. 1 dodge the con stitution, in order that George Cham berlain or some other of his political faith may be elected to the United States senate? Think of this monstrous doctrine to hell with the constitution of 'the United States; to hell with the laws. "We have found a way (in State ment No 1) to dodge the constitution; ut na dn It without conditions. Let us lar-t man to the legislature who will itlzens I "-re t0 t,hl8- and asree t0 keep thelr iat Made Mi Bwaileeraffiioffi I". 1 "' I' ' "' 11 'i iiiiiiil i --IHL ill 1 am. Ma. HUNTS MEN hands off.1 "When will the scales fall from the eyes of you dreaming Republicans? Will you never see what these devilish utterances of this traitorous sheet mean? Will you still Iteten to Its hypo critical, anarchistic cant in face of these utterances? Think! Think!! Think again!!! Then act. Stand by the party of Lincoln and Grant, which for a gen eration stamped out this hellish doctrine of dodging the constitution ln the '60s. Crush It. now that It has reared its head again, before It rises-to Its full nelglit ana again attempts io lane our national lire, "uoage tne constitution:' See this detestable, red-headed devil as It really Is. Be warned ln time by its anarchistlo teachings. 'Dodge the con stitution ' Without the constitution you would have no government 'Dodge me constitution!' ' "Will you still continue to let this traitorous sheet lull you to sleep with Its Statement No. 1 anaesthetic while It perfects its plan to cut from under you the very 'foundation on which your government, your personal lioerty rests? Todge the constitution. Elect men to the legislature who will agree to this, and agree to keep their hands off!' Think! Think!! Think again!!!" Death Rate. (United Press Lei fed Wire.) Washington. March 7 Etatfatlna nuh. lished today by the census bureau show that In 1806 deaths due' to tuberculosis GETS WRONG San Franciseo Waiter Kills Chemist and Fatally Wounds Patient. averaced 159 to everv inonnn tlon. The highest rate was In Colo rado and California and the lowest in Michigan and South Dakota. The total deaths due to violence were 49.552 and 6,863 suicides were com mitted. There was a decrease over pre vious year. The rate published today (Cotted Press Lasted Wire.) San Francisco, March 7 Fred Ickler, a waiter, aged 21 years, last night shot and killed Floyd Bedell, a chemist, em ployed by the Miles Medical company and shot and fatally wounded Richard Parker, a patient. The shootlnsr took place ln the offices of the medical com pany at Geary, and Fillmore streets Immediately after tha traaedv Ickler . t .1 ... -a. disappeared. While nearly the entire police force of the city was hunting everywhere for Ickler he walked Into the main hall of tne central ponce station and sur rendered. Ickler, ln his story 4o the police, de clared that, he went to the offices of me Miies jvieuicai company determined to muroer uoctors ts. u. iee and C H Miles, heads of the company. He said ne warned revenue, ror uiree months Ickler declared, he had been under trr ' ment by one or the other nt tfcaaa aociors ana dw cohib io tne conclusion that his malady was becoming ' more aggravated and that It was his money and not a cure mat tne doctors were seeking. Ickler went to the office of the Miles Medical company about 6 o'clock last evening. At that time he could not fird tha men he was seekina and nnt a He had carefully planned what ha .- about to do and in the Interval between nis nrsi vibii io (.ne aociors- ornces and 'his return he wrote several letters to friends, telling them that he was about to murder the two physicians for revenge. : In these letters hf fail tnat Curln' the time be had been visiting the physician he had spent more than $100 and received no benefit and had made up his mind that he was being robbed. He declared that he had fully made up his mind to kill the men who had been treating him. OAKLAND PREPARES TO FIGHT PLAGUE (United PrcM Leaied Wire.) San Francisco, March 7 At a special meeting of the Oakland city council that body appropriated 120,000 for the month of March to continue the war against the bubonic plague, signified Hs Willingness to appropriate a like sum for each month as long as necessary, doomed the disease-breeding public dumps in west Oakland, lnstructod tho board of works to make ndeauate ar rangements at once to carry all gar bage out, to set and to revoke the fran chise of the pacific Incinerating com pany, and finally turned oyer in all its D. Long the task of exterminating the rats in the city. Dr. Long was empowered to Increase the salaries or au tne men under him. most of whose wages had been cut when tne monthly apDroorlatlona was decreased from $10,000 to $5,000, and to employ as many additional men aa he deems necessary. IJIIPIDCD I1UI mum MAY LIFT HOODOO Old No. 199, Veteran of Many Wrecks, in Shops for Rebuilding. Umatilla-Morrow Fatr Date. (Special Dl'patch to The Jonrnal.) Pendleton, Or.. March 7 By action of the district fair board the date for the Umatilla-Morrow county .fair next rail nas peon set lor tne week com manclna September 28 and andlnar On. tober t. This la a week later than the date or tne last xair. ay adopting- this date for the district fair the board has secured a week that will not conflict with any other fair in the northwest. To Oaks Sink. Tonight a grand march at 8:10. Ooen tomorrow all day; music morning, after Eoon and evening. Monster masquerade t. Patrlck'a night. March 17 Com to tha Oaks rink's St. Patrick's masquerade and bear thoso old, familiar 'Irian airs, aa the musical Program will bssDaciaJ on that night-' . (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) Pendleton, Or., March 7. With a hoo doo hanging over her, and marks of half a dozen wrecks upon her boiler, engine 199 of the O. R. & N. passenger service, which was wrecked with train No. 6 his week at Pilot Rock Junction, four miles west of this (Ky. has been taken to the () R. & N. snops t Albina ror repairs. She was ln the Cayuse wreck on ADril 10. 12 miles east of this city, and at various times nas oeen a star actor in accidents on the Mountain division, and the englnemen are suspicious of her. Owing to the fact that her fittings were completely demolished ln the wreck this week, she will have to be practi cally rebuilt. It la possible that her number win be changed when she Is brought. out .of the shops. MILTON YOUNG FOLKS GO AFTER CARNEGIE Milton, Or., March 7. At a meeting of the. Milton Commercial .association -a committee or the young ladles from tbe Young People's union met wth the as sociation ror , tne nuroose or securin aid from the association ln building and eaulopina a ouble library. Tha aaaocla tlon has appotajed a committee to work in conjunction with the young people's committee. It Is the Intention to raise a' fund of $2,600, and with a subscrip tion which they expect to get from An drew Carnegie It is thought a building tof cost about $6,000 can be erected. Several hundred dollar , haa already been subscribed; CAPTAin DUDLEY ADMITS CHARGES But Dark Closet and Dunces cap Discipline Necessary, He Declares. (raited Press Letwd Wire.) Boise, Ida., March 7. The taking of testimony ln the court martial of Cap tain Clarke D. Dudley of the Four teenth United States cavalry, was con- eluded late yesterday afternoon. The decision will be submitted to the war department for approval, before being made public The prosecution submitted testimony to the charge that Dudley, while com manding officer at Boise baAracks. caused the imprisonment of a private soldier in a dark closet two by five feet for four days, allowing him bread and water once a day, and that an- , other ori vat e was forced to wear a'. The accused admitted that these pun ishments were administered, but claimed extreme! measures were necessary on account vpf the incorrigibility of the nav - - . v t-'-i . -P mm "... . a TO START DREDGINCK QAT "RAT? ATT. P.ASS ftsited Press Uei Wire.) flan Rafaal. Pal March 7 .H'ltLI. few days the work of dredging the Ssf Karaei canai o a oepin permlttlrl The govern me freight steamers to Come to the edt tne city win peginJ pas aiiowea aiu.vvw i0r ma W0r S business men of San Rafael fcava a- . scribed a similar sum.. . ;:-t I
