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"IN PdRTLAND AND IN OREGON NEARLY EVERYBODY READS THE JOURNAL" TATS THE VERDICT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE READ IT ALL THE TIHL DONT YOU? 'A BE SURE TO READ The Want Ads and the Display Ads In Today's Journal JOURNAL CIRCULATION VESTERDAY WAS 30,384 The Weather Fair tonight' and Friday; north westerly winds. PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 30. 1808.-EIGIITEEN PAGES. VOL. VII. NO. 124. PRICE TWO CENTS. ON TRAINS AVO XtWfc STANDS. riV CENTS. FULTON mr-rm MAY MM. r mm BIG L INVOLVES T HOUAiS S. E. Corner of Sixth and Washington Sts. Changes Hands for $250,000 Ten Story Building Will Be Constructed. Third Highest Assessed Cor ner in City Another Im provement Promised and Will Make Record for Building Permits. The largest anil most important sale of Portland realty made within a year wns closed this morning when the prop pity at t lie southeast conicr of Sixth mid Washington flrfts changed hands f..i a consideration of 1250,000. With the announc-mi nt of the sale is made ;he positive statement that a 10-slory building will I"' f I'M-1 ill as soon its the purchaser can got possession of the property. The roriier Is one of tho moat valua ble In the eltv and stands on the tax assessor's hooks as the third highest assessed corner in Portland. It has a frontage of l"f feet on Washington street and 60 feet on Sixth street, and la covered by several small frame buildings occnplol as retail store. Fourth Biff Sale. This Is tho fourth large deal made In the Portland retail district in the past ten days. And together with the announcements of new buildings on the other sites purchased means thei Imme diate expenditure of nearly $1, nun, 000 in new buildings on three of the sites. This Is also the second sale of down town Washington street property since the present heavy real estate movement set In four years ago. The other site rUnan King adjoining K BUYERS ME CALLED Independence League Choice Saturday Begins Xew Re gime When Portland Will Supply Entire Northwest vAll Buying to Be Hone Through This City. Buying and Selling Here after at Local Yards Both Producer and Buyer to Receive Big Benefits by I Change in Methods. I ' '." i ' -J 4j " j )?.;"' ' ' CORVALUS TAFT'S MANAGERS TRY TO APPEASE ELEMENT WHICH OPPOSES HIS VIEWS John rnph 'Ir.ai's f : . r i i i . has 1 1 . .1 for bo-president f" t he tliti d Slate- by the I )i!ete:nl-n.- party, lie was hacked by the W ash ington dehgfctlon from the I li s t r1 t of ('o)nmhia, who i rc Instructed to vote, for William Raipfolpn Hearst for president. I Mr. Graves is an orator of marked BcK'nniiig next Saturday morning ! ability, a lecturer an 1 writer, lie at- Portland will have the only real ; -Ll, ', ' of"no. 'Z..:'''' itniuii s,tnckv.'mfs on die racitic j and It is stated that a strong movome.-t Coast. On that date the Portland I lias I.-, n ,,n foot at various times t;, :ti I secure .'.jr. (iravos a sea: in i nii-u C 1111 Ml ,'l''l HI .1 Ol Vlllllli.tll3 will . II - I iitati sold was tho Olds, W corner. In the same block an the l,abha corner on the east, which was purchdsed nearly ten vears hko by OShea Brothers for $310,000. Com pared with the sale of the Olds, 'Wort man & King: quarter-block today's trans action shows n substantial Increase in Washington street property. Negotiated by Henry. It Is understood that the sale of the I-abbe corner was negotiated through the agency of Charles K. Henry Son. who decline to give out any Informa tion concerning the transaction. Mr. Henry has negotiated the sale of over J700.000 worth of Portland busi ness property In the past two weeks. ' GOMPERS SETTLES BRYAN CABLE BY POSITIVE DENIAL 4 (fritted Prraa Leed Wire Chicago, July 30 George W. 4 Perkins, chief of the clg.ar- 4 makers' union, today received a 4 letter from Samuel Uompers de- 4 nylng that he ever sent or 4 caused to be sent a cable to Wil- 4 llsm Rnndolpli Hearst urging Hearst to support Rryan. Tho 4 letter savs "The fio't is. the chief merit l-i the statement tlint I autlior- 4 ized b cable to 1 . sent to He arst 4 Is that there Is no truth In It. ' its J)osMin(li-nt and Itrokr. (t IlltPiI Iti-m. Irai, ,1 Rlr, i'1" " , nt, jui jo fit ting st sld of his n. others ft a i- In I, nun Ihlll i meterv, . mari'i It I'ntl Jr. a ret)' ri t.ite man "tl minlriK engineer esti-r-v eteo'ng sh.t himself through the lead A note left to his wife ex plained that he was despondent and financially depressed A WORD TO THE WISE! Jn-lfll of vmi a - 1 : ' se ones ' c i p isf : n to The Pundsv MArrlrg A ueui 2 w 'M i ;; ;i'!- vo i a re p mine mill lace vc. , r j be Fur: n ed No tewsi-apr tv rs-l"'- ro,f puts met l m. i S md.n n4f;,ip thn The Jmun-i! s-.d .et S.im. Joiirml is E org ! . h a ro ,,r. br. ike.-. There til re jr be more srwcla; e The S"'l'1a maffljln. i.t Su-.div than rave snrwsrM here'o fore Hut this rn;( n line ith ttie evniutJoi' of Th. Sun'av Jout rsl. wh'ch Has brn rtonlih tmrr 'v Ing er tnce It was lnioicHriib"t Kep your ere op THE SUNDAY JOURNAL Ak Tot St; It S mora rhan worth the prhe. tirely fcxer it- c nimissioti hnnir but Irotn the regular yard business and I hereafter all arrivals will be turned over to regular commission houses of livestock dealers. On that date will begin the trans formation of Portland Into a large pack ing center as well as a regular live stock market. Hereafter, or as soon as tho change can possibly be made, all buying of livestock for the entire Pa cific northwest will be made throegn Portland. It is tho Intention of Krye Bruhn Co. of Seattle, the Taconm Meat company and other Pugt sound buyers of note to withdraw their buyers from the field and purchase everything at Portland. The 1'nlon Meat oompanv and Swartzschlld & Sulzburger will like wise purohnse everything in the live stock line In the Portland union stock yards. Instead of paying out vast sums of j money for traveling expenses of their i btlycrs the molt companion will savo this amount by purchasing in the yards. ! 1 mi producer will receive tho big benf flts of the new order of tilings because it will make this a central selling mart ket whore the various buyers will be in competition with each oilier everv da - of the year. Establish Mora Off lcea. S. P. tlould. for two years assistant manager or the local stockyards. severed his connection with the Insti tutlon nnd with Thomas C. Benson, a, cattle buyer at present with the I'nion Meat company, will conduct n livestock brokerage business with offices at the stockyards. Ml. !il!l was formerly president of the Oregon Shoepgrowers' association and is well known through out the Inland empire. J. P. I. oio gan, a liv estock buvrr for the Krye Hruhn Co., will likewise go Into the livestock commission business in the new yards where his offices will be located. He will form a partnership with Mr. make, a well known Idaho cattle man Other firms will establish offices nt the yards and within a few days the new system will be in vogue here for the first time. Itv the new order of things Port land's supremacy in the livestock bus iness will le olinohi-d on both sids Shippers will receive much belter re turns and buyers will be able to se cure tloir sup piles at less prices be- junc f cause of li e elimination of the heavy itrl't charges for buyers with their trav eling expense. Daily si s!ons of the livestock mar ket will be held at the old yards on Seventeenth and Vaughn streets nnd by the time the new ynrds on the penin sula are ready for occupancy the new arrangement will be working smoothly "This new arrangement." shvs o m Plumnier, rTU'tari of the st'ockvards company, this morning. " is going to be a bin thing for Portland as well as th" livestock buyers and sellers n will center :'-e entire livestock Industry of the pacific northwest at I'ortlind t!- i maklCR a bit niork't Now- If shippers will onlv send their stock direct if will enable the new system to be prtt Into operation with practically r.o delay.'' mate bv liis 1 lemoera t i" friends. has refused to run DIRECT FREIGHTS HOT AFFECTED 31a nager Sclnverin Says San Francisco and Portland Will Have Orient-Bouts Til rnnr iai mzzz??z?r PI Mil I- III! :W70y rUUbt w mmmmim lie A. Y.i Tx.v V A 1 1 jfWmMjm & Promise Beftirt Not (o Again Legislature. Says, Would Not Preclude Him From Again Becom ing a Candidate. .'is t 1 t I1C (Snohd niMuiti-h tn The Jonrnil.) San b'l ancii co. July So. general Man ager R. P. Sclin.uin of the Pacific Mall Steamship compan.v, whlcii concern op- ( crates the Portland V Asiatic Steam- ! ship company between the orient, San I 1.' .., i w I o . . 1'ai t hci.l l)ii o,,iiin,T in i .,,..,' io he ones, ion whether 'the I .Senator t'hnrlcs W. Kulton. who is Portland and Asiatic steamers would be 1 pnrtl.'.nd visitor today. Is to lie a WliniHUVVn as '"III ei ,oe , o , e I n 1 ,1 , e , I I , , , , l,0f.,r,, ,,p Krssi,,n of Seilab'l lilll'dl' "The iiicsii.in In whether r ip candidate before icelectiou is not important and I am giving it no ronsilcrat u ut whatever. The question is shall a state with a large Republican majority thor oughly committed to and believing in Republican principles and policies, be represented in the United States sen ate by a Democrat So far as I am concerned I do not hesitate to say that I think it should be repre--sented by a Republican; by one who will represent the political convic tions of a large majority of the voters ot tins state. "As far as my CorvaHis speech is concerned lhdlmig; that I have said then or thai I have said at any time would preclude me fn-m being; a candidate if I saw fit to become one, but 1 am not now considering that matter at all, nor do I choose at tho present tunc to ic any expression concerning it." The Sort of Campaign Contributions Mr. Taft Looks for and Mr. Rryan Will Receive. SUII 10 BLOCK LUMBER 1EK SOI LEADERS R ME HELPING Hi SUlt of tl ui transpacific freights ' legislature t ommerce ruling said : " Ti e Portland and Asiatic steamers : States senator will continue to handle tin local and a tithe, Portland blistne: hti.s ! handling freight points ar.rl vv.'iic! Portland and tempt to go :i s this line Is for rltunating at tile two I ('ledge i is not m transit, thitliljty of tl. in I'raneison do an e.x-j nt that t to bceo'iie tensive ili'-e- t business with the orient .mil I do not c c:!, mphoe that it will be afl'e, t.,i bv the decis.oa of tho trans continental railroads. 'that hav i;c eed himself as I nited md bv so doing Is to at- hnak down the absolute, n to the people .v a ma ior nieinliers of the assiinblv. ,e fe,,,t I; is s od that h- IS a e:i ndid lie. h 1 1 the f ,.t is orts ,,f lis Ifadley of Missouri Ojiens injj.,,, J()ssps Se(l,n t() Federal Court 1 pon 1 el low JMne Comliine. I Pni St. I.ouis. strain a gig; panics thro Into n jnau the yellow pi no today in the ed I'n-M lnsoil Wlre.l .Mo.. July :pl. A suit to re title i: :' e it ger ,,t i mih. the Itlih'l niililfi cotll'dne to i Indus! : v w as b lit it tiy Att DECLARATIONS ARE FILED BY DEMS iSpirlnl Pispntoh tu Tlie Jcurnnl 1 Olyinphi. Wash., July .1" -The re sults of Monday s conference of IVmii crats in Taci ma are shown by tlie fil ing toda of the declarations of candi dal y of A. J. Splavvn of North Vaklma for govc'uor. and Harry H. Collier of Tacoma f-vr lieutenant-governor. The I'eni'" i a ' s now lit e two , h ;n 1 i da t es for (governor-, two r.ir lieu teimn t ov ernor. t cock ' s sunt II liom Oil lilliil tlis- n I one for t'nlted States senator. It s ,-pe te that a full tii K.t will to filed bof-ue the time expires. Au gust s L H0L00P 1 LANDS III JAIL n RIDERS I MAKE THREATS 1 Declare They Will Blow Up ! Train In less Troops Ya- cate Railroad Property. i'te4 rri-M lasml Wlr ) Ixiu : v ' 1 !. Julv TO Cifflers of the IHirols ntral raiiroid today took pre isu; iors to jreent the execution of threats marie ),y rilaht rlrlera to wreck trains ial" militiamen encamped Upon rsllrosd property be ordered to vacate I m m ed ; a t 1 v When tl railroad received threats from the nlaht riders an appeal was niae tn J,.n-ir nlson. Tba Teru Me officer rffoael t withdraw the troops, saving t h common m eOth raut b 'ini1rel flrat Tbe aitoatlon In ntni KentnkT Is y-oa-ra trer stra ined dallr arxl tt la feared a rjasti tiwii tha atA-l e tmepa ard tilhi r'dra will occur bafora the week t er.d4. , Customer and Barkeep Are; flgbt Came, and Tie Mr. Bad Man I'p Hand and Foot. plain troni the oftorts ,.r lis (rui aial from his own answers to ouesi:,,ns been put to him regatdlug the matter. ! I Eaglneerlug rijrht. ; I There is to In. a light engineered In the coming session of the leK , si,, t 1 j by wllirli those upposed to Statement j Xo I will attempt to break down tho pledges of tlie majoiity of that body I i and elect some one other Mian (b'orne i l-l. Cbamliei la in. who has received tho, I popular indorsement, and Ch;ir!. s v. Fulton Is to be the choi, e fo, the rnti ftiori of those who are the i- ad'ts of Mie. , movement. ' Sen o u Kulton. at his re.nn in the Imperial, discussed the uuesiion this 'morning warily, and n s w , j-.e s ich tpi stions as were ask-d I i tn o i r" f n 1 v ' lie so. l'c has not made i.p Ids mind ' wheti" r lie would allow bis name to, , be presented as a candidate, and at t he isame lime says he does ot con.std' r . .himself bound by the statement made in his campaign speech nt Corvnllis. , where he pledged himself that should lie be d, f sfi'd in done he would not be la candidate before the leci-lsiiure j Other than ti es. few caret. il state- j i incuts la- refused to discuss the sltua-; I lion, profess-ng to know nothing of the fight tn'ov i'P'ng made bv Ids friends to oust W M. Cake from 'he , hi!r ImansMp of the state central . , ,ni e. , and conlendlnir that he would tike nil p. rt in the organization rf the tun t ; rouses or it-,.- legislature Kepndlatea Statament Wo. 1. Tt is evibnt that there ; to bo n r the organization nf the legis ore. it was toni to tlie sen-iior, and hat the Hres for and against . Sta terrieri t Had! V .-f Mis-Kins-e lssio-l :. -lining the pr ; vvaa set for e in por; SO, I (, irlng i r coin States oni rol ought u ney- try or niblne. o,i Au- Think an Issue Has Been Created. i 'lie: a I Judge der n gust 17. 1' I ie attorn ey-gono i a 1 recei ye 1 I II forma '.ton l have been completed 1 tion of a groat yellow that the promoters in e Into operation. Hadlev took ills a: i 'heorv that the alieio-l monopoly could hi opposed better bv an efi,-rt at frc vention than by an att-nipt p. dissolve the merger if it had been formed. claims to ,i' i ''Cic-i ra t ions r t he orga u 'xa riiio tinst and ready to put it t. todav ori the fostly Flrp nt Aliorrlefn. (Speelnl Dispatch to I ' Ji -i-n! Aberdeen, Wash. Juiv 3-1 l-'ire which started about 2 o'chi- k vesor-!ay after noon on the lower half of o-e bb-ck be tween Heron and K so . .lest rov ed about $50,000 worth f p, . ro (Sp-olnl Plsioii-h to The Junrnal.t Chicago, July 30. -Noticeably sf roup efforts on the part of Repub lican campaign managers to over come the feeMng anions union labor j men afr.iir.st the candidacy or W ll . liam II. Taft have shown results in icampiiitrn literature widely dls- l,.M,,A,l i.-lirtn-inr' fhot T'lft t nct tho U I Ulieai iOWTllHf-, IOOL ic.t ...s. I enemy of labor lie is aeereanen wun have i iieiini The Republican managers are doing all in their power, with tbe aid of the Republican press, to turn the tide In Mr. Taft's favor, but tbus far they have not succeeded very well. The conclusion here among Pernovratlo leaders Is that thera will be a senti ment against Mr. Taft. owing to his al leged stand on labor questions at the time when he was on tlie bench. While there are some leaders who refute the charges against the Republican candi SEIIS WRIGHT FIGHTS IH DARK War Secretary's Son Takes on 31 an Who Bumps Him Gets Lc Broken. Pan rrn :k , Ktanrlf.nl, .lily William ; I p " n i n n with t h whit" Is in jail to-lay after bflnR overpewfrH anl b'inrl hand and foot while att fnpl r.g to hold up the paJoon -t t Hft-L&Krn, where he met his rr.ft : h In M a t hew J i Jould. a inlll hand 'otinv cr-TAd The aalnn about mid night ard a!kpd t' rte rar of th I'rtrroom ;-iiil aa talking tr the j'T-npr it - r N"ithr paid JOUBXAL WANT ADS BP IXC BESULTS 2t STRAY HI - -riXF CHKSTXl'T IiRIVINO horse Address J Walker. 13 3d. ihone rseific :;:!. LoST oxk"ba y "staij.io'n AnniT Oca pounds. Finder f!e-nse write tfl Z"rfl'icli Mros . l.ents Reward i.r?f-Mirvf YAlTf tii. i.kt. ters J. i; V. . F i f. . 33S. reward. ?Si Morrison St. f AKKX "t PBhAfK M"A"R" AR'Vt'T S ears old Cail at Pe tarquam Rhlg : ph w M sin 13.' . A J-: C U'fT-RitdvA'N JACKFT'ON OR K'lN ntv csr 42" Id at., flat C Reward. THEV SAY HEE Ml PES KAISER (rerman Prince and Dance Lady Make Funny .Jokes 31 it Him. j late ,t is understood tha the labor .-lenient as a whole will make a silent fitlit against the Rep ahli-an ticket Tin ai.pposltl n Is that Itrvan "ill pole a idg labor vote and that the nttacks aimed at him hv Hearst, vi ho was nt one time considered a ct aniplon of la-ti.'-. will not turn tils Pol-c element of voters from the I lemocra th' ticket. (TDltrd Press Leased Wire.) Memphis. July 30. Semmes Wright, youngest son of Secretary of War Luka Wright, Is suffering from a fracturo of the leg in a hospital here as th re sult of a mysterious fight In a darlC lev Willi aa unknown opponent. The son of the secretary was passing from l'tont street to Main street through an alley way In the center ot the business district late at night, when a ma: bumped into him. Wright thought an attempt was being made to roi nltn and he defended himself. Tha unknown man was too powerful for him, however, and Wright fell with hid leg doubled up under him. Tho police heard the voting man's cry for aid but his opponent had disappeared when they reached the scene. CAJJFOILXLI'S GAIN IX TAXABLE VALUE Irovned Wtiile HathinK. stent1 f s! Wtr i: s. it. i ns. bulled .' Juiv nrieoir of the S ipi "I- r Meir Green l.flKl1. WS iii;' l In t hat hike w ! IV supposed to lao been cramps The body has been San Francisco. July 30. The Califor nia promotion committees Bulletin of Ih ogress, dated July SI. ,!11 say: "Kvi donee of the development 6f th state is given In the reports for th fiscal vear of the county assessors ti the state controller. Impressive gains a'-e recorded In most counties over tha figures of a year ago. and the sum total v- ! show a gain of many millions la tlie taxablo property of the state. ' Hond elections have been held In number of cities and towns and In every ease the voters have declared for civic Improvements. a ' F iPXH- ONE ITUlll. phore Main and A-44a "VIS. TtLK- mitrh atten tion to the man until thiv heard th i-cmmand Hold ap yonr bf-nds if oj don ' w'il to be klllevl " Turmrg tKv s w tt-e rr-in wesrtn the while re, isg rclntlng two big r -vo'vers at t H . rr irioibi instead of nold ln up tils t aids rushed the roblx r Usshsren ducke,! betiTnd the bar, got bis revolver and tmri firina The robt-er returned the ahota ' At. I- HELP WAN'TKP. 8ITVAT10N at least s dc.en she's were fired ! WANTED. tVANTEI1 T" RENT, FOR When tbe sn-.ek- cleared away, Oould 1 RENT, ANI LOST AXI FW'XD who was urrrfL'TM Coonev down on CI.A PSIFI KI) AI8 ONE CENT PER tr. flevor Ti e two men tben bourvd OR11 TIIRF.K COXSK'TTIVR IN him hand an t fe-n and autnmnaed the PFRTIONB FOR THE PRICE OF TWft police O-e of the bullets rderoed , I I 't.K triHFH I . A !? 1 r It A I 1" P ; 'eiiinp nr-l ring ouv nnne PI others tk fVl A robrr with a whit mask has ben easerly wought for several weeki by tha police. (rtltfed Press ttxsl W1r. Berlin. July 3 Knlser ilhelm learned today that he had been outwitted and defeated by Cupid and w for--! to admit the victory of tbe !i:Ce god of love in the face if tlie im;erlal man date of the great emi-rer. for h'i Sulaer. the f -rmer dmeha',1 q-ieen. tint been the wife of 1'rin r Jmi-tlm ef Prussia since August 15 of last year Tha marriage wa male kuaei tM afternoon for th first time and t r.ewa am hi a irrii sho.-k t t iys.tj and aixietv in general tn Berlin When it became kn is'-, a vor eg., that the prince inter td to ir"(- tin dancer who then a tr IUfi' Blebenhera the kslfr i"l vr men to discourage the match Fa! bra; b convince the love-road priice I'll' r was making a mistake, he issued an oMer banishing Joachim to A'rica. H flrmlT- believed that a ti on b southem conttr.ert null rno, rda ard r and rr.ak him listen to ra.-.n Marie at that time rad only recenti.r ! LEPERS DESIRE DEATH TOGETHER Pathetic Case of Briradier (ienernl Ward well and His Wife, Xo Cruise for th Charleston. pro- .Navy ant. l uget Miunn, iviso., juijr jure "n - a'he cruiser harleston will not go I !ast to the south seas this fall with the Pa. He l ilfh- fleet, but will remain here until wi t h i ' 'erob.-r l. Recording to advices received v ei ed. I ! ' la v From this it appears that tha) MiiwauK-". ordere.i to Honduras, irin make a le,nrthv stay there. fT-rtt1 rresa tmA W ) I -e-s A-s.. Jua i - Ieterm1ned to ai-J r-rr. airing reara of their lvea in esch ether a company. Rrlgaller-'ien-al I 'avid K Wardwell. retired, hero ef two wara, and hta wife, who is cH'-e ef Utrosy, are today In hldlo to M'Tl o vs t n 0-era v sr1wil lirnM tha' eproay and that aha was CENT A WORK FEVEN INSERTIONS I FOR rlrr- TRICE OF PIX. ; Cots onlr 1 cnt word. S cltulfled page 1 and 17. divores-d Baron Bibenfrr a-d rail hi wife had htm IT Ki to ailowr her to retain hr!to b takn from Nun. he aided hr to title, wo that she might be ei.tdrie t I 'Kr from 'te roatiilftn ward of tha marry th prtnesv i county hospital and took her to a tw it be-arre krown tMv fr.at when I .dd spot in Mc. Tie s a f b ori t 4 kalaer bariie1 t.fe rrtnre ahe hurried i have male ns tltvt to tt-rli1 1ktm. to Paris, where thar met The thn tufwtirii tha vXerae a wi to tha proceeded to ZurVrh. w hrre tba arar- j i"e of a hfralt with) tbe vamava tn nag owreiaany was perforsaed. ioveav 1 0Mh 1 i'.4- ej.e"! f U- .1 I 13 AttfHher etljrVnf lerrea j It Male th rMte Ie-I Harm Ct 1 th ' iMt Pprartlnf r1 oew r. I Sews tsj tlM B:90 '(Ki Id . of The yowroai.