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Newspaper Page Text"IN PORTLAND AND IN OREGON NEARLY EVERYBODY READS THE JOURNAL"- TIIArS THE VERDICT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE READ IT ALL THE TIME. DO.VT Vi AS MOKE HEIP WANTED? , f?AL ESfUE FOR, SALE? " BUSINESS FOR SALE? , Advertise in .The Journal JOURNAL CIRCULATION ' , 'lESTEJlU it WAS 30,035 T.he Weather Fair tonight n- Friday; light variable winds, j' . VOL. VII.' NO. 168. PORTLAND; OREGON. .THURSDAY EVENING, '. SEPTEMBER 17,. .1908. EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 2" md t$ T 'J 1 " mz a , i.,;lu ; ' Mx . : i ; II I I I . . ... . - 4U-- V I i . t i ., i I t 1t 1 MTiMiiTf ' ' ' ' Kjy1 MILLIONS EWOLYED II N GREAT LAWSUIT V iiiiifit iri n a nni r n ITO nnriTl Aim n aw AD u llpHKil It ml OTUKI LHHU UAI leS BIG BILL A BLOW BKOUI V!i-Tw"!MJii Hatchet-Wieldct Calls "5n AH Attendance Records Will :; iftSl2 jHr- Tafl AVho Kefuses to' Be Shattered at the State r snips. mjju uuu iwwiw . 4 - n 1 mi n,iAccflB tvmmi .Discuss , Amy. Canteen - re Other Businesses WHJcn . x T,rui,,rfl,r n ..neaaenlnsted - In Mother TaKes Action. . . v Fair at Salem Todav Amphitheatre at Race Track Is Inadequate. .. vj : - Candidate Not Disquieted by Nine Thousand Crowd Into a in Actress ana u auace , . ., . nnuK wh nu,. IffWr's Suit Afainst the T5ut .lY"? , . . "" i i - . I Af ftfi-e Not-nti Uhn NflVQl IS mir n III III itvarrfn7a Plainly to Him That She's , ,, world's Champions Will Affainst Him. Mhibit. Q Estate Law, Fees Beached ; i $120,000 Extended Liti- ? gation promised. f (t'nlted Pits Leased Wire.) Vancouver-B. C. Sept. 17 A con-1 , Cincinnati. Sept. 17. "Big Bill" test for the $30,000,000 Dunsmuir es- Taft, deaplta hla uaual good nature tate was filed today at Victoria by 8nd aptitude for sidestepping trouble attorneys lor- ftirs. Joan . uunsmuir, rmn niur helnr tnmnhivkcil this mother ot tne lieutenant governor oi mnrn . - Th. hutM of Mm. flur. . " . : 1 I. 'T'l I Druisu v.uiuiuuia. Aire lumcni vm i Kti". .1 .1 n tu;;T .d 7So 5t who N head and Mr. Carrie in per- .rtemocn Thf . will inmrnoncd- will be Edna Wal- son delivered a verbal volley at the the chief Jace Hopper, the actress, whose recent candidate tnat tooK away nis oreatn. suit against the estate cost the heirs Mrs. Nation called on Mr. Taft at $120,000 in Attorneys' fees and d- brother Charlosr home and started prived the estate of a large part of its I out with a tirade that made the shin income. ; . eles rattle. " The candidate received (Special Dispatch io Tb Joaraal.) Salem, Or.. Sept 17. Smith- on, Gilbert and Kelly. Oregon's champion athletes, arrived in Salem shortly after noon and" will exhlb.c their prowess this athletes will be attractions of MRV ROOSEVELT HAS BOTH HANDS IN POLITICS today's prof ram. (SpeolU Dispatch ta The JoaraaLi SaUm. Or.. Sept. -17. The attendance The suit will Involve ororertiea In all th 4nn..maahM-Yi nt,t-t.v Bl "r loaay wm exceea me itio- in vi 11 Ail. 1110 x avixiv vww I M .1 -. , . . . 1 j V wvxmo inn. ih ? end Mrs. Joan Dunsmuir will alo aek Bnuiea pieasaniiy ana pomeiy wyuo i estimated early this afternoon that the for an accountlnR- of the Welllniften I th. laif-m. raoA em hr mlnmA .a. t n4 tVilon collieries on Vancouver Isl- v' r" " mllr.K wl" reacnea long oe and and the line of colllei-s operatlnff I OX abuse. - - I fore evening. On Portland day last from them to the various, ports as lar 1 r ;Aftir th Interview Carrie declared I year the attendance .reached 26,000 and that Taft was "made out of nuttv bywas the biggest dny In 48, years of Roosevelt" and designated him' as a staie rairs at saiem "coward." saying he was afraid to dls- .. The weather is perfect and the track ,.... -u. v.i I inia auernoon is raet. ueneving tnat l" iOTU wu.vu l the( grandstand was no longer safe un When Carrie was received by Judge I der! the terrible crush. Mr. Lee has Taft, she at onoe asRed htm whether ordered the gate-keepers to allow no he favored the restoration of the army n?r spectators to enter the gates to canteen. Taft explained that he must e granastana one nair nour arter tne refuse to tscuss me matter wun ner, "" !.. mu, muoo wnu vu uui as he was handling national iesuee, and were not againa.llowed to go back to smiled courteously. line tnaae tne south aa San Francisco, also the bus! ness carried on in the latter city under the name of R. t)unsmulr &. Sons. The claim asks for an accounting or all monies received by defendants since Au grunt, 1889. The old action of 190f for the share In the San Francleco busi ness which has never been dismlasod for some unaccountable reason, has also Deen revived. , -The Esquimau & Nanaimo railroad on Vancouver island wnicn was recently acquired by the Canadian Pacific rail way, will be included in the suit which bids ralr to be the greatest ever fought out In British Columbia courts. In the fecent action brought by Edna Wallace lopper to set aside the will of the late Htm. R. Dunsmuir, and In which the present petitioner was lntervenor, mo law cooio amounted io izu,vuu. RAILROADS BALK IAFI CAIMIGil lv. great wielder of the hatchet angry and she retorted: . . Well, so am I discussing national is sues. I have come to tell you that i am strongly and distinctly antl-Taft I believe you represent the liquor- inter ests and I am going to do all I can against you and the Republican party." The candidate was hot disquieted by her fierce attack and listened to all she had to say. Mrs. Nation herself termi- ioj .ha lnrervinw. com nr fill I or in. Taft residence with . her eyes showing derful. Absolutely without an impetus their places. Though the grandstand was enlarged to hold one third more people It Is inadequate to accommodate today s visitors Dy one nan. it is es timated that nearly 9.000 people are crowded Into the amphitheatre, which Will comfortably seat but 6,000. ureat Interest Is manifested In the Lewis & Clark $6,000 purse race. Without doubt the areatest attrac tion at the race track is College Maid, the guldeless pacer, with a guldeleas recora oi z:vs. ner exniDition is won Are and her fighting blood up nounced her intention or speaking tour against Taft. Sha an- "Front Porch" Plan 'lias to Be Abandoned by Ee publican Candidate. (United Press liSesed Wlre.l , Cincinnati. Ohio. Sept. 17. Taft'a froht porcb campaign" . was. officially abandoned" today by the failure of a del egation from, the Fifteenth Ohio district to secure railroad rates to. visit 'the candidate at this city. . tV The proposed speeches from "the front porcn win never oe delivered. ..Taft Is anxious to start on his -fours and will give all his time between now and the iweniy-inira ot tne month to making S1IAKK CAUGHT WITH MGHT BAMBOO i0LE (t iilied lrw UMd Wira.l ' . San VFrsnclsoo, Fept. - 17. A tinge shark, eight feet one Inch In length, weighing 17 pounds .cauaht- with an elgtit-ounce snll. bamboo pols and out fit. Is proudly exhibited at Sausaltto today hx Will Ism E. Lynn, who made Ibe dlffk-titt catch -late . vesterday. Lvnn. with two rompanlons, was fish ing for cod off -Lime point when-an unusual tug at n.s line announced that a leviathan of more than ordinary slxa had beea booked. For 46 minutes a hattle raged imi the angler mni the finny monsftr and it was not until the skill of the ntrored had proclaimed Mm a Tictor In the ronteat that the character of the fieh oa the other end of the line was known. Even after the fish was expoeed to view .a bard fight ensued before It was landed. FLEET'S FIRST DELAY FOR COAL Battleships' Becord Marred by Postponement of Sail ing Date for Manila, (CdIuhJ Press Leased Wire.) Albany. West Australia,, Sept. IT. The first break In the schedule itiner ary of the fleet occurred today, owing to the delay In coaling the battleships at this port. The fleet was to nave lert nere tor Manila this morning, but was unable to get away because several vessels had not yet received . their full quota of coal. It is announced that' the fleet will all tomorrow morning. Notwithstand ing the delay In sailing. Admiral B perry expects to reacn Minn on acneauioa time, October 1. ' . Delegatee to Congress. ' tnHe rrsw Imm4 Wbe.l - noUnced her today that the California promotion committee naa appointed tne following delegation this state at the sixteenth national Irriga Hon eonaress which convenes at Al btKjiierque, N." M- September I to Octo ber I: W. A. Beard. Psrramento; 1 A. Nares, Fresno; o. H. Miller, tiacramen- to; W. M. Coward. N. H. Wllsoa and J. W. Knot of Merced, and F. 8. Ched- fetirne and A, J. Hetchtoiaa of San Francisco. r! X'Jhat Vould Your Wife Say? T ' If yon oM net buy ner a So-day momlag Joornal of September IS! . Z Tbe le.ee will be a 71 -pars paper, beautifully Illustrated and containing splendid krtlcles o FsU Faahleaa. gathered eepectally for the Sunday J JenrnaL Not Ofilr will women' b Interested ta this apertal titrmber Trat me will fled therein several par' of the latest Fall "trie for gentlemen with nuratlona bv expert style-irtleta. :The fsshloti aartlow is an sljan- t tne r ruler nuneay snoming, Jowmal. srlth Its superior, Miaax!se lrt!' and exeerieDt news feature. Orter your 'uaSay anorelng Jssmal iow If yon are not a regslar , subacrfber. 1 f once yon carefully read the Sunday Journal yen will never fall te froy"ft every -avjeday., It fcas ne per en thm Pad Do eoaet. HvfMHHHHHHMMTtHHWmHHH i or any nature uoiiege juaid paces a mile, - alone and without hobbles. On Monaay at saiem sne made the mile in 2:10 and yesterday In 1:10 W and It la with difficulty that two men hold her oerore sne starts, wnen sne does she leaps like a deer until lust before go ing over me starting mar wnen sne gets down to a beautiful gait that is not broken for the entire lap; College Maid will be exhibited In Portland next weeK. - . - Judges of exhibits, Charles Scrlbner of Cleveland,-F. H. Scrlbner and A. L. Swaggart. have awarded to. Benton county, the prise for the best exhibit. Lane county is second and Yamhill third. Multnoma-h fourth, polk fifth, Columbia sixth and Clatsop seventh. Tillamook county takes off tha award In cheese la the exhibit by F. p. Schlr lngel. Alex Raven, Salem, received the award for the best creamery butter exhibit; Mrs. John Giradln, of Turner, for the best dairy butter Mrs. C. N. Elhaney, for the best cheese, other than American; the Coos Bay Condensing company for the beat condensed milk; the Leslie Salt Refining company, San Mateo, best butter salt and-salt licks I for stocic. t All previous state fairs have been eclipsed by the fair at Salem this year. Those who have visited all fairs for the last six or eight -years marvel at the wonderful-development shown. The attractions are better and blaaer than ever before.' Amusements are" more numerous ana the races are u Interest. -. ' ., '- ; i ' DUPED Butter Merchant's Smooth Plan to $rfrh Wholesale - Firms' Xets Nearly $700 Established His -'Credit Then Used IV : V' 7" L. G. 3ryers Buys Large Quantities of Butter at C5 Cents Per Boll, Retailini? It at 40Does Big Busi ness for Time. ' SPILLS BRAINS Oil CELL WALL Mad ' With Drink, Judge's Son Takes Life When Con fined in Jail. (United Preu Lsised Wtre.l Butte, Mont.. Sept. 17. Sherman Branter of Clinton, Mo., son of Wil liam Branter, a police Judge In that city, killed himself In Jail here , early today by battering his head against the side or his ceu during a arunaen frenzy. Branter is a drummer for an Omaha house. He arrived In town yesterday and was plotted up arunK - Dy tne po lice at the depot. . He protested vociferously against being .taken to jail and was violent when locked up. - When the keeper looked Into his ceu today tie found him dead. He had literally beaten hla brains out on the stone wall of the cell. PRESIDENT'S VISIT IS SOON TO END (Continued on Page Seven.): - (United ITrm Leased Wh-e.t Oyster Bay. N. Y.. Sept. 17. Trades people of all classes are today bewail ing the departure of President Roose velt, which will take place, unless the president changes his plans, next Tues day. This, the final visit of Roosevelt In his official capacity of chief execu tive, has been particularly pleasant to the townspeople who profit by the pres ence of the president's followers. A ma'rked change will take place at bis departure and what has been a bust ling city during the summer months will lapse into a" quiet village. Rooievelt will shorten his visit a week this year, in order to return to Washington and be In closer touch with the political sit uation than Is possible here, it Is said. I T. P. A. GOESTS OF CATV Jaken About in Streetcars and Given Reception at Commercial Club. A train pulled into the passenger eta tion this morning and there wasn t a paid fare In any of the cars. And it wasn't a freight train, either. Not by long shotv It was a special. Every car was a Pullman. And the occupants well, they were only the fellows who make the pnasenger business for the railroada. Kvery one of them had a pocket full of passea on lines all over the country. All these men. jolly reuows moat or them, and wise and smart every- last one of 'em, had been to Seattle ,Jat-tendlna-' the annual convention of - the American Association of Traveling Pas senger Agents. Many of these accom modating mer. nad tneir wives ana tneir mothers and sisters with them. Among the travelers were cnaries u. Fee. Sun Francisco, passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, and A. M. Cleland. St. Paul, general passen ree arent of the Northern Pacific- i.ns nenutjiiatiri. ui uia iittvamig; agents Is at the Cornelius. To the ho tel they were taken as soon as they got up. Then tney wanaerea aoout a bit. and it was 10 o'clock. Along about that time Tom Richardson of the Com mercial club appeared. A streetcar rids about the city In private cars had been erranged. The agents and the women folks were sll delighted. At least, they said they were, and most every o'he of them went. They were shown the old log cabin out at the fair grounds. Council Crest and all the other things of Interest. When they got back every last one of the sgents and the women, too. said they had had JusJa perfectly lovely time. ORDERS RESERVE FOR THE BIRDS President Roosevelt Sets Aside 70,000 Acres for Feathered Tribes. (Pnltrd Press Leased Wire.) Klamath Falls, . Sept. 17. According to an order received bere . today from President Roosevelt. 70,000 acres of land on tha California-Oregon line is set aside as a bird preserve. All of the Islands In lower Klamath lake and the swamplands In the lake district that are unsuitable for agricultural purposes are included In the reserve. While the or der issued by the president prohibits the takinar or destruction of any birds. eggs or nests, for any purpose whatever. It will not conflict with the reclamation of any part of the district ONE KILLED, TEN INJURED BY LIGHTNING (Continued on Page Six.) I L iiH.laii SJ ii i i I, mmmm 1111 I " i n i iim emies mi y s m m i T: ; 1 ! i v J' '" i ; 1 :;: r i - s--' it ".v i,- t : . .. - - - --', e a .. . . . i .. . ., ; ....... ' . . . - - . I (Chlted Press Leased Wire. Oklahoma City, Okla Sept. 17,.- One person Is reported to have been killed and 10 seriously hurt by lightning dur ing a storm which destroyed 12 resi dences at McAlester last nlghtr Re ports received here say that the storm was one of the most violent ever known In this section, and that the electrical display was far greater than any ever seen before. The storm was accompanied by ter rific claps of thunder snd the entire puiation spent a nignt or norrot-, ring every fntnute- that the .whole town would be wiped out. The-wires are ta bad condition and reports Incom plete. , T. S. Townsend Creamerv Co. " .tit ft (id Crystal Ice Co.; 130. Oil Hazelwood Co 190-09 Washington Creamery Co.. ....... 150.00 Total ... J... .'. .1886.90 The above figures show ,how , much . L, O. Myers, Portland's latest example of the frensled financier, Is Indebted to the four big creamery companies tif the city. -Myers will probably owa $686.90 for a long-time, too.' The latt seen of Ahe : enterprising butter mer chant he was boarding; a streetcar with no heavier impedimenta than a light satchel and an overcoat. 'This was last Saturday. , - Myers opened up a store at 1022 Bel mont street, August 8. He called It the Quality Butter-, Depot. He 'hailed u passing creamery delivery wagon and bought hla. first consignment of butter on time. Being a well groomed, pros perous appearing man, the driver was well -pleased at securing the new cus tomer. This driver was in the employ of the Crystal Ice company. ' Oot Credit Easily. Manager H. Si. Carlock. of the Crys tal company., saw a new name on the credit list that night. He investigated, found that Myers was a hustler, had a. neat, attractive shop and give the em bryo-merchant a weekly credit.;'-. Myers always paid his bills promptly at the end of the week that is, until last Saturday- when there was no payment for the goods delivered by the various wholesale houses. There will never 1 any payment unless the police find Myers.- - The man who has disappeared whs certainly a hustler. He employed two . solicitors and established a flourishing business with boarding houses, hoteln and other large consumers of butter. eggs and . staple groceries. He got the business bv - making a' small reduction in prices fr cash. ,- -,- -'. . laid Flans tor Cleaa-np. . . , Alt was ready; for the blar clean-up last week. Myers bought butter on credit for 65 cents a roll and sold it ; for cash--f or 40 cents a roll. Then, when , he had alchemised the rolls of golden butter Into a comfortable roll of golden, bills he delared not- to pay any bills, but quietly slipped away. He didn't wait to pay the rent on the store building nor to pay for the deliv ery wagon and driver he had hired from Alloway & - Hunter,-, nor to pav for the services of his two solicitors. "All thesa things were rorgotten. There are a dozen smaller bills yet for groceries se curedalways on credit from various wholesale houses, which, are quite likely to remain unpaid alo.- , Myers had a wife , and two children. They, too, have gone. Nobody knows where, but they've gone. ' And with them has gone a goodly .bundle of paper money. , .- ,- ., .-: .-. - Cliikl Will; Not Reform. V ; v ' " (United Prew Leased Wire. Rellingham. Wash.,' Sep'- 17.Hasel Lowther, aged 14 years, who trli ta commit suicide a week ago-bv the par boils route, was last night arrested l Incorrigibility, and Is now Imprison 1 In the county Jail.- - Because of her con sistent and stubborn refusal to glvo tb police even a hint as to wlixt man ! responsible for her ineorriaihllliy the guilt v roan-will .escape , a prison sen tence. - WOODEN LEGGED WIFE SUES WOODEN L EG GED HUSBAND FOR SUPPORT Traveling raeetrtjrer Afmts id Tteelr Wlvea, lborrraphrd This Morning, ta front ot A he Headaartrrs at . ' - r the (Vrnclias Hold. iralted rreas Leased WW. I Oakland. CsL. Sept. 17. -The Ro- maaee af the Wooden Leg" bobbed up in Jadge Harris court for trial this snorn Inf. but beVaue Mrs. Mary Bull, one of the defendant, was being held by the pollra of San Joewand not able ta ap pear in court, the case ws continued. Marr ftuU la suing ber husband, Arthur r. Ball, to eonsDet hlra ta luMvirt Her BotH Hulls are cripples snd bth have wil U a manufacturer ef nnn ! . Mrs. RJ srree1 Iti Ran yeeietr.sy witn rrsnfe fTnlr-. rim- g S!e PO s nnd.. ) m T He cmr!lrt w s-n to kla-vt rhsrx'eg rsrn-r. hit antier - it in Ke r ef tMa lf-r she bMrr. Mrs. "p j'l, lh t B waa Mir. kriMr. rv mr t I" Hni tt g him ti -rr.-e wm- leg fir ker. Tt w.r. mer- M (uv 1 fa to ewipe prosecntlon. w erted her. T ws November Si. " They rlgnel an ssreemetit tuit ' would act live together -anl they r a immedielely !errd. Bom. n... jter Mra Hull became a mnnr mr, brought euit arinst H ji! t hirtk lo svppor 10 hlM. Tt case fcat s to eeme up f ir , tn.-rninr. but oslng te tr-e . , enr, toe h" ric g as cm.!. .. i gpiember 1-. iiuij tits tiled an im..r r.. Ste (Mm an itretn-'-i if. for a elJ3l - eolve.t him t "! l j--I her. trr rx e I- la h-r. 1 p : . 1 p.AtFit In r,l er.tT r-.rrlec t - e - H re ! . f i r- n th.t r r d e-ve -.t ;'' ' f f , 9 y 1. i ! swiis a.-rt on a r.