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Newspaper Page Text"IN PORTLAND' AND IN OREGON NEARLY EVERYBODY READS THE JOURNAL' THAT'S THE VERDICTAND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE READ IT ALL THE TIME. DON'T YOU? 4 MORE HELP WANTED? REAL ESTATE FOR SALE? fJ BUSINESS FOR SALE? Y Advertise in The Journal JOURNAL CIRCULATION VtsTiaujAr was 29,360 Tb -weather Occasional rata to night and Tuesday; aoutherly wlnda. 1 .VOL. VII. NO. 165. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1908. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS e frwt. ATE : E5 OHM'S- HPKIS1H ' i '. ? v.v ii " i ;- t 1111 ! i. ' .;. . i ; ', PER mm 3010,1 OREGON ATHLETES ARE WEWICORD III llinm 1M , AnnMrviiiiA mn rAVrr i airv rflfl IflllirAT IHJUKtU vlid SFECIIINU 1 U FK J LANU rUK VVHtMl TR A I N WR E C K Dan KciWmhr iid-1 rTfv i SHIPfiHIo t war,. f v 1 v. r v V 'At : ROOSEVELT'S WORDS Wl LI MEM NOTHING TO TUFT Chicago Excursion Special on Lake Shore Raifroad Is .Ram niel. from Rear AVIiile on Siding at Chesterton, Ind., by Theatre Train. Dan Kelly's Father Kid napped by Jolly Crowd of Friends Local Re ception Arranged. By Robert A. Cronin. (Spccliil Plspttcb to Th Journiil.) The Dalles, Or., Sept. 14.-The Dalles Is host for Smlthson, Gilbert and Kelly this morning. . Almost be- ITen and Women Are Pinned '? oy" from tht tra,n - j i luojf were wmoneu awa iu iiuwiuu- Beneath AVrCCkaffe - Ira- biles nd ehown the beauties of the TWnofrnhlo Pill 'RMlilt of Tamoul orchards, ine ooys are in peneiraDie lail, lttSUlt 01 Mei,-St fiDirlts and xlad that the tV ALU tliCUA ID OI t D 1A1UCI t UU M. Kelly, who was "shanghaied" from bis home In Baker City and forced to accompany the athletes t The Job was put tyi on Kelly pere by Given 'as Cause. (I nitMl Ftm Leued Wirt.) Chicago, Sept. H. Mm. Esther Hecox of Chicago and1 an unidentified man are dead, three, ore dying; and more than 40 persona are aerfously injured a the re ult of a collision ohortly after mid Bight between a swiftly moving theatre fraln on the Lake Shore railroad and an excursion train at Chesterton, Ind. The mjured were all on the excursion train, which left-here last night, taking; .Visitors back to La. Pprte and Inciian- apolis, Irid. The excursion train was ' standing on a siding, apparently wait ing tor another train to pass, when the theatre truia, wjxhaut.watnlug crashed ."lnti it from the rear. There was a heavy fog at the time and it is difficult to tell just what hap pened. The locomotive of the theatre train ploughed through the rear coach of the excursion train, which was heav- ilv ' loaded. Practlcallv every one In that coach was neriously hurt and the coach itelf was reduced almost to Kind ling wood. . Many men and women were pinned in the wreckage and the wildest confusion followed. The thunder of steam rush ing from the wrecked locomotive; cou pled with the wails and cries of the In jured and the screams or terror-stricken women and children, made men usunlly possessed of presence oil mind unable to act Intelligently It was perhaps 15 or 20 minutes after the collision before! any report was made to the railroad . officials and aid summoned. The heavy fog made it necessary for the rescuers to work mucn or tne time inruugn sound, tracing the position of victims by their cries. Mt of the injured were brought here and are at Mercy hos pital. The responsibility for the wreck haa not been placed. Railroad officials are conducting a rigid Investigation. The passengers in the theatre train were badly shaken up, but all escaped serious Injury. In the forward coaches of the excursion train, on which the fatalities occurred. many were hurt by being hurled from their scats by the terrific Impact. At Mercy hospital thla morning it was said that at least three of the in jured could not recover and that several others might not be able to survive. The Iake Shore railroad officials gave out a statement today, in which they say that the wreck at Chesterton last night was caused by smoke sweeping over the country from the forest fires in Wisconsin, making the darkness so Impenetrable that tne lignts on tne ex curslon train were obscured. j o? , 1 j ' i 3 Portland Breaks All Pre vious Receipts of Cereal Today "When. 223 Carloads Roll Into This Port Ar- rivals Wonder of Trader HUGHES ALSO III Takes Part in Xew York Pol itics State Convention in Session. Oyster Bay, L. I., Sent. 14. Pres Ident Roosevelt came powerfully to the support of Governor Hughes for a renomlnatlon today by thets3u ance of the following statement from Sagamore Hill: "The president has been In com munication with Secretary Root an BRYAN ANSWERS THE PRESIDENT'S EULOGY Cause of Heavy Cargoes Due to Extra Fine Quality of Congressman Cocks, with reference Northwest Grain and In creasing Demand From European Markets; ' Every day adds to Portland's glory as the premier wheat shipping and re- to the governorship, and authorized them to state that while he has n intention of dictating to the conven tlon, to all his friends, who have spoken about the matter, he said in the strongest possible terms that h favored the renomlnatlon of Govern or Hughes." Cocks represents the Oyster Bay district in congress and two years Dan J. Kelly, who holds world's rec ord for 100-yard dash. Interest to The Dalles people. When they met him at the train this morning the interested crowd beseeched the great athlete to tell how he did the trick over other fast Americans entered in the event. Smlthson; who is a modest chap, tried to put them off but they would iave none or it. witn tne assistance oi nis team mates, Kelly and Gilbert, he told the story. - stow omitnaon uia zx. 'I stood the trin across the water splendidly, some or tne Dig men naa a hard time rounding too, but I was all right. There was nothing among the Knglishmen that I feared, taut.. Johnny Oarrells and Shaw were' of different quality. I was as afraid as death of these two. Rand of Harvard didn t scare me much. When we toed the mark for the start I was Just a bunch of nerves. My start was perfect, the rest of the boys told me. I knew if I beat the others over the first hurdle I would have a big ad vantage. I Dut every thought to this and when the gun went off I was away. I possibly beat tnem a root at tne lump off. Over the first hurdle a good two feet In the lead. I increased my speed at each obstruction, x knew lw"i" WflSS'J"p!i?$?,' r- A. C. Gilbert, Oregon Pole Va Iter. Methodist Conference Opens. (United Prew LeMed Wire.) Tacoma. .Wash.. Sept. 14. The twenty-fifth Session of the Pucet sound conference of the Methodist Episcopal church commences here Tuesday and continues all week, closing next ' Mon day afternoon, when the appointment of ministers for the ensuing year will nnouncea. wsnop r,uwm n Hughes. D. D, the session. IX. D., will preside at John, Donnely, a Baker. City, banker, George Small, editor of the Baker City Democrat, Frank Mitchell, a lumberman, Henry McKinney, a for mer University of Oregon student, and Virgil Cooper,: a student of the University of Oregon. They inveigled Kelly on the- train to spend the last few minutes with the boys after having secretly bought a ticket and berth . in the Pullman. The train pulled out before he could alight Kelly fell in with the joke and will ride In the carriages In the Portland celebration tonight. Baker City presented Kelly with handsome loving cud and did sianal honor to her athletic son, along with the Portland boys. A thousand people neacied ny tne Dand marched to the train to give the men a royal send-off. . Smlthson, on account of his great feat in breaking the world's record ' in the 110-metre hurdle was of particular XT SMOTHERS TO DEATH I IT 1 Body of John O'Connor Found at Bottom of Embankment With Felt Hat Wedged Against His Face Either Fell or Was Hurled by Other Hands. John O'Connor, head cook In the grad ing camp of M. J. Connelly, met his death in a mysterious manner after leaving the camp yesterday afternoon. His body, was found this morning at East Thirty-second and the Fewea Val ley road, near the camp where he. was employed. Apparently O'Connor either fell down an embankment and smothered la his hat,, which was f ound Jammed over bl rhln, or be was hurled violently down the bank by seme person whs attacked mm. An examination of the body Is being Tirade this afternoon, ana it ts'probeAle tt:at sn Inquest wlU be called for to morrow. O'Connor feed a disagreement with o rr three of the men who were late r dlnaer yeterdy. He told them If they were hte they would ret so dinner, and soon afterwards left the camp. He ehouM have returned to prepare Boppr. Nit did Jit A Thfe morning bis h1r u found r-v I f-ott f Kirland. at onoe nolih1 Ihe r- w-tl w, njint an ii veetirstlon. .j in coronet s afflce The body was lying at the foot of the bank on the Powell Valley road. O'Conner had fallen onlv ten feet, land ing upon dirt and gravel. His soft felt bat was jammed tight over his face, extending e"rom the forehead over the chin. It had to be pulled off by roree, ana wnea tn.it was done the lungs released a quantity of Imprisoned air. Tn lated. bi animals. air. The body had been slightly mutl- lated. but apparently by night-prowling t&e rtmajca. look charge of It was fl-st thought the neck had been broken, but this was sfterward found to be Incorrect, thus deepening the mystery of the conk's death. u i onnor. vm was Known as a man capable of carrying liquor without no tice on the f w occasion wbeo be drank, was nearly ft years of age. His famllv tn San Francisce Is reported to be weedthy. There was SI and a sliver watch tn his pocket when the body was found. The fact that he was not rohSed seem to dtspreve the theory of murder. nd it la expected that the examination will show -that he tlumblM and fell over the errr-ankment, felling upon Ms face and 'l.:nc. and that t felt hat ber-am tightly wedred between tr-e earth mat a face, smothering aim te Oeelh. , - - - . i wJ . -i neivin nnrt of th cn.mtrv TnAav ago delivered tne message rrom Portland received- 223 cars of wheat Roosevelt to the state convention and not only broke atl former records which brought about the first nom for this port, but broke the records of lnation of Governor Hughes. all other wheat-receiving ports at the same time. , Saratoga, N. T.. Sept. 14. With the The 'enormous arrivals of wheat at candidacy of Governor Hughes opposed Portland during the Dast two weeks by a strong contingent, headed by have been the wonder of the wheat number of party leaders In the state, the trad of the world and the attention TT,hHni.n tar convention ODened here of the ntire world's trade is upon this Republican state convention opened nere market. . With few exceptions every one today witu me prospect w. . n-w-x- neiievori mar 1 11 . r v..ub hi arrivaiaifl.it nniiLica.1 imum. nnu uimu vw.., .... ..ki.i, ..?.. i I o..rot! rv nt state, actlne as teraDorary give out. but as the days pass the wheat chairman and being mentioned Proml- smpments increased. Tne neaviest I nenuy w shlnmants hAaff Aia rnAnt trul' Vi aA I M"T(T . totaled 213 cars in one day and this was The names of former uovernor trans but a few davs ago. S. Black and Josepn H. cnoate prooauiy ITnder normal nnndit nna 40 earn of will be presented 10 mo cuiivuiwni, wheat would be considered auite lib eral receipts even in such a big world's mantel as unicago, ana it is seldom that arrivals there run over 100 cars within the space of 24 hours. Receipts at Duluth and Minneapolis, cities that are always considered the greatest primary markets in the country, range close to the Chicago figures. Not a single place in the country and this means tne world when it comes to wheat 'even gets within sight of Port land's enormous arrivals. The cause 'of such extra shipments here Is the extra fine Quality of the Pa cific northwest wheat this season. Eu rope is determined to buy even heavier supplies than during tne Dumper yield though there seems to be an utter ab (Continued on Page Three.) TRAFFIC HINTS OPEII CONVENT 1011 ppiies man uuriiiK me Dumper yieia I- j. ti llfTl year ago and purchases to date have On A Delegate, X TnK Jl. J 01 oken all records. More ships are I ly, Comes All V ay from Forrest Smithont Oregon Champion Hardier. had to do this for fear of accident on misstep In the middle of the course. "Half way through I was perhaps inree varus aneaa. t never inea to in crease my rate at this, point but con tented mvslf with keeolnr the lead 1 had sained. I cleared the last hurdle about three yards In advance and broke the tape about the same distance In front of Oarrells, who finished second. Vcek aaa jreek. ,"8haw and Oarrells ran neck and neck all the way, with Rand also at three ards behind. Oarrells wae able to beat haw about a foot In the finish. That's sll I know about tne race. About my future nians. foriiana is to be mr bone. It Is the best burg In . the world. t wouldn't lire In New Tork or for that matter any. other town In the east. There are some fine oeonia there but none so good as the old Dome folks. don t know whether or not I shall continue wiin dit ainieiie wors. I nave done wbst 1 1 set out to do, win the championship of the world In my erent. That ought to be- honor enough, don't yon ihlnkp - ' 0Obr Ha Meaas, - Alfred C. Gilbert, world's champion pole vault er, who tied with Eddie Cook of Cornell for greatest helcht of dev. but who was given the diploma for first place la the event, was aim extremely irodet abont hls accomptiehment.. Tkat "titliy" was prevented front eetahli Inc a rerr4 ef ever it feet was due te Centtcsed on rate Thrte-l broken" ail records. More shins are being chartered at Portland for early loading than ever before because of the seemingly unlimited demand Kurope Is making on this port for Oregon wheat. Blnestem in Demand. The present season has developed one of the fiercest fights in the wheat buy ing trade, ever seen in this or any other Pacific coast market. Kurope has had a taste of bluestem wheat and so pleased are the buyers on tne otner side of the Atlantic that thev are outbidding each other on every side for this hard variety.' According to roreign buyers the blue- stem wheat grown In the Pacific north west is far superior to that grown in Australia and New Zealand, whence the grade was imported to this country. It has only been a few years ago that the first bluestem wheat was brought into this country by a Walla Walla milling firm, but since that time the grade has taken complete control or tne market. While heretofore buyers hsVe been willing to pay a premium of but 2 cents a bushel for this grade over the price established for the club variety, they are now bidding a premium of from 5 to 7 cents a bushel and still the market is going higher. Some of the buyers themselves are new predicting that blue stem wheat will go to $1 a bushel or better before the present season comes to an end. Havana. LVOUIO UPPOR T HEPBURN CLAUSE Kecent Decision in Court of Appeals to Be Tested in Supreme Court. (United Pi toe UuM Wire.) Washington, Sept, 14. United States restrict Attorney Bonaparte today or dered that an appeal be taken to the supreme court of the Lnlted States from The recent decision from the court of appeals at Philadelphia declared un constitutional the commodity clause of the Hepburn act. The decision held that the portion of the railroad bill that ordered all rail roads to diepoee of their coal mine and other property holdings and forehade hem to ewa coat mlnea. Is against tbe conatitatlon. IVnapart ordered eoorlal counsel L. A. Wlimer to prepare a brief on appeal. It will be treeenfd terly in October. Attacks Wife with roarer. As Francisco. Heft 1 4 Knmred orer a vlrit ef his wife tt his etrda-.jjrhter. which he bad forbidden, Jowej-h S alter, a structural Ironwotker, attacked her with a poker early tHy aad beat her into tneer.aiMlitT. 'B, altar la la cu.- tedy on a charge of battery His wife's condition In critical. According to state ments snada by Mr. Walter todav. eha vlalted her tn-tl.f dJusMer, a patient tra tnlv-eraltv let itai. last nleht When she returned a; eajt v,ater tUcsed her, - - (United Press Leased Wlre,U Seattle. Wash., Sept. 14. Ieary sow memhprs of the Traveling Passenger Agent's association were on hand this morning when the convention opened in Elks' hall. Delegates are here from every part of tne United States. Frank M Jolly, from Havana, is perhaps the delegate who traveled the farthest. One of the big guns in attendance Is W. M. Shaw, district passenger agent for the Burlington at Cincinnati, tho oldest member of the association. Every one Is on the oui vive awaiting the arrival of Colonel Fred Tristram, assistant gen eral passenger agent of the Wabash. He wired asking for a bridal chamber and as he has been known as a confirmed bachelor for 30 years, delegates are wnnderlnsr If he has really married. Today the convention merely organised and no business was iransaciea. m morrow general discussions will follow and tonight a banquet will be-gven at the Butler annex. wennesnay excur sions will be given on the sound and Lake Washington. 444 . MR. ROOSEVELT'S APPEAL 1 President Roosevelt's letter praising Taft, which was made public last night, has drawn fire from Mr, Bryan. The president wrote to Conrad Kohrs of Helena, Mont., an old friend, and said that . X reform should go on and that Taft was a man in whom were all the qualities necessary to public betterments in a greater degree than ; j any other man since the civil war. 5 The president said that Mr. Taft had the same scorn for the demagogue that he had for the corruptionist. Mr. Roosevelt ac- X knowledged that Mr. Taft was his personal candidate for the presi- , dency and that the Republican, standard bearer had the same views ; as the president regarding masters of national moment. " X The president upheld the Taft anti-union injunction rulings, but sidestepped the direct issue. He added: "His (Taft's) record as a J judge makes the whole country his debtor" and mentions that the i judge, is "not a truckler to the mob" or the "tool of corrupting cor- porations." The support of the waire worker is asked for Mr. Taft T I in the personal appeal of the president for his personal candidate. (By John E. Nevins. uff Correspondent of the United Press.) Baltimore, Md.. Sept. William T. Brvan todav" answerer! the letter written by President RoosevlL supporting Taft for the presidency, which was made public yesterday. Explaining that he had not had time Xo read the lettertcarefully, Bryan said: - - it was to be expected that President Roosevelt would come to the sup port Of Judge Taft. He could hardlv do les in triw of the fact rhar h selected him as the administration candidate and sunnortert" him with all the influence that the administration could bring to bear. , "The testimony of President Roosevelt micht he nhiectei tn n irrelevant and incompetent. If Taft Were Dead. If Taft were dead it would be interestinor to know from Pnncevelt ttrha he knew of Taft's opinions, but as Taft is alive and. able to speak for him self, it is hardly necessary for Roosevelt to tell us what Taft helieve nr rhr he will do." . r" - Bryan said that Taft is runnine on a olatform which Ke enmnettet -r to amend in several particulars and declared that Taft's speeches throw little . light on his pohtcal views. He then referred to what he calls the "incom patible attitude" of Taft and labor matters, saying: ;; "Taft does not agree with the laboring man in retrard to the ie of in junctions in labor disputes. No words of nraise from fh nrecirlen eon change Taft's attitude along this line and make his candidacy more satisfac tory to those who toil." , Bryan declared also that Taft's position on the tariff, the trusts and other questions are not changed by fflc praise given him by the president. lie served notice that Taft must make his own position known. Concluding, he said: t , Indefinite Statements. - - "The president's statement is of no value unless he agrees to remain in Vashington and see that Taft makes good. We ought to have a more def inite statement in regard to what the public may expect from Taft. No such" information appears in the Republican platform. Up to Jhe present time no definite conclusions can be drawn froni Taft's speeches." It does not answer this question for the president to say that he feels that Taft will do what is just, for there is a wide difference in opinion of what is right. "A few plain simple sentences from Taft would be worth very Tery much more than this eulogy that the president pronounces." Bryan was met by the local reception committee when he arrived here and was escorted to his hotel, where he rested until noon, when he left for ; Annapolis to speak this afternoon. He will speak here tonight. ; v DEBS C GRANTS PUSS "Glad Hands," Informal Re ception and Band Ait4 Features of Visit. EX-SENATOR SMITH m BRYAN CAN WIN Xew Jersey Sfatesmanays Republicans of Middle West Are Demoralized His States Also in the Doubt ful Column. v ' tSperUl Mapatck to Tbe Joorral.) Granta Pass. Or., gept. 14 The "Red Special." bringing Ibs, arrived at this city at 7:J0 last evening. A great crowd awaited the arrival of the train and followed the volunteer band that accompanied the special to the opera house. Pebs was wildly greeted when he appeared on the platform. Tne opera house could not hold the throng that tetnnted admittance. ct apoecn wu cominea princi pally te "Hood Cltlxenahlp and vJood iovemmcnt" from a socialist vlewni-tnt. and was free from radicalism. Arter the addreaa the speaker ahook hands with hundred of voters and was ten dered an Informal reception by the local gonial lata. The a-pecial left at !. this morning for Roseborg. At Orv-poa City This P. M. fgueelil rartrfc ta Tae Xnaraelt rer,n Cltv. Sert 14. -A la-ra num ber of eiallats from all points ef the county are gathering at this city te r IVbe tay at tne noetnern Fa- etrie dec. The "Red HpeelaJ" will trp rre for half sn lar. ent I-es will a4- res the peorle fretn tLe car L-latfora . ., v (Special Dlrtch te The JoarsaLl New Tork, Sept. 14. Former United States Senator James Smith, Jr., the central figure in New Jersey's Democ racy, back from an extended western trip that Included visits to practically every city of the middle states, is im presesd with Mr. Bryan s chances of election. In an interview, at, his office in the Federal Trust company at Nw ark yesterday he said: "I believe that Mrr Bryan has a great chance of election. Eight years added to his life and his extended travels since ne last appealed te tne people have com bined to r -.ke him a broader and a much more conservative man. Mr. Bryan's speecnes since nis nomination nave been conservative, and no man can find any fault with the position he has taken en the subject he has discussed. "The middle west, so far as the Re publican party la concerned. Is In a mot demo rallied condition. Prohibition and antl-prohlbitlon agitation dominates everyming eia mere, and ir the men who are talkiner In favor of prohibition support the straight ticket of tbe Pro hibition partr at the polls, there Isn't a question that they win verr material ly reouce tne normal Kepuhllcaa vo'e becasse a vtrv large nart of th aunnnrt ror tne ant-iioior ticket win be fhr nlshed by Republican. "I-lberaJ leaa-iMa have hM Mi,Mi.ki throucfaont the west, in all r miu. and towns ot any importance. The mem bership ef the la Urre)7 dran from tbe Grma-Aroertn rltiseaehlp. erC narlly voting the RepobU an ti'ket If tneae liberal lf n imbr in -- for lo-a) and a!ta l-er-!-tic cf-i.- date at a stra' ht h . .t ' y a ' 1 -'l v of the tr.ii a t-t v.i t-e tit Ui try an, . eJD T- the Republican candidate ror the1 presidency, in all the speeches he haa made, has declared that he will SK?r V. ,ih. Policies , of President Roosevelt If elected. If this be ha. would not Mr. Bryan be the more con servative official of the two? The an w,r to that given by conservative Re publicans is That Mr. Taft is simply saying wnat he does to win votes. In making such a statement they are que--tionlng the veracity of Mr. Taft. If J.e Isn t a truthfnl man he Isn't fit to be president of the United States. If he Is telling the truth, would he not be a more radical man. and, to use a word In the political vernacular of the time, a "more dangerous' man than Mr. hrymn "New Jersey Is beyond question In the darubtfut column with the KepuMi can party hopelessly dirlded en fie ri eise question srid its leaders hamitrar-p-! by the antagonism that has grona up among them. "There will no doubt be an at-fva Democratic campaign In thla etaie 7 . great slogan of the last pres.iert l campaign, tha full dlnnr r beea put to rt. end In its x f - rr- than half ef the m hanlcs a .. t men are on tee trta i - . r-., t r work. Tb Induairtnl rt - . m 1 an actlre camnatsn ai'1 r'.u- t - i pie, and it Is loily. I b ie t for ne moment lhat i - t.' 1 want to r- to the p... ae.t . . nort or "l "rpirt rN" r " on election dr. t r t in M t ' -1 i partr in pceer I" ' i cause er ire ! . f . are ont ef m; h t r "-j h i s t ' ! u f ' 1 ' 1 rear t' an a.mrr a- v r r i . rer i a 't ef r - ' rit 1 1 -r I ' . ' a--e r--t ; n 7. i