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Newspaper Page Textuli lasae ef The Sunday Journal OOlaprlSeS 0 Sections 78 Panes JOURNAL CIRCULATION TKSTEnw.it WAJ 30,430 The-Weather Bhowert and cool r; westerly wlnda. , ,''. VOL. V. NO. 27. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1008. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS. GJL SENATOl EUMINATED AT .TAFT CONFERENCE II r I I If . . f ' 7 I ') 1X1 I Id "TT li ij?UA i L i. VTT V 1 I " III rVT II IK X II , FORAKER WITHDRAWS FROM POLITICAL LIFE ClF TIS i TO CLEAR FIELD 0 I "" a ... Ohio Senator Finally fends .: Letter to Taft Informing Him lie Will Not Attend the Music Hall Meeting . Anxiety Relieved; Cincinnati, Sept , II. Senator Joseph - B. . Foraker tonight ef- faced himself from the polltl- . cal map of Ohio and employed an open letter to "William H, Taft, withdrawing from participation. In the biennial convention of the National League of Republican clubs, aa a mean of committing political harl Jtart. In the letter he declare him- elf still loyal to .Taft. but un- . decided to - embarrass the Re- publican party , With hla prea- 4 nee. That -the latter la tanta- 4 mount ; to. Forakers withdrawal 4 t rem pnbllu Ufa U , g enasaJly ,ae 4 ceded. . ' . -. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4' 4 4 Senator -Foraker. of Ohio, Former t, ' Republican Leader. : 4 4 HEARST REPEATS HASKELL CHARGE Says Democratic Qiairmari Helped Standard Oil "Tear Up" Oklahoma Highway. ; TO BE FOR B WILL UNCLE JOE RUN BOTH HOUSES? Federation Organizer Finds Union. Men of Oregon and Washington Demand Re lief Through Promises o Democratic Platform. Taft Hostile, Congress Turns Deaf Ear, Convention R6 buffs Gompers and Now Republicans Will Reap Whirlwind. . (Beant Wewi by lonirest taut Wlre.J Cincinnati,- Ohio, Sept l.-After a erics of conf erencea today , In which Judge Taft, Senator Murray' Crane t of -Maaaachuaetta and Senatora roraker and Dick were figures, a letter was sent to Judge Taft this evening by Senator Foraker. In which he informed ttie prea ldentlal candidate that he would not at tend -the meeting at Mualo hall next Tuesday. . t. - ...inn. fnr nil the col Itlclans who were in and about the Taft rieadquarters in me einura ";" all knew, or at least thought they knew, that something was going to happen, and they also thought they knew what was going to happen, dui mey not sure how It wa going to a Judge Taft remained at the home of Die brother au aay, presumably it dietstlnsr of sneeches. and hl absence from the headquarters made the us . pense all the greater. ' Grans Appears. Senator Crane cam in early In the day, 'and It was said that hla appear ance was timely. It will be remembered that It was Senator Crane who early In the spring attempted to get Senator Foraker and Judge Taft together so a; to stop what looked to the outside world as a bad factional fight In Ohio. The situation today was not exactly re veriatd, but It was a situation which needed the attention of a man who was not entangled In what some po! called a feud In Ohio, and who was a friend of both of the men interested. The disclosure made by William Ran dolph Hearst in ms coiomous speeca. as well as nis ou utuis pn.n, er true or not, or whether the action of Senator Foraker as portrayed In the series of letters was justinea or noi, did not enter Into the case. Am sn.tnr TTnraltur was not eon nected in any way with the candidacy of judge Tart except as; a aecmrea wen wisher the friends of Judge Taft did not believe that he oould afford polit ically to enter Into the Foraker matter In any way, and did not belleva It was necessary to Inject the Foraker matter .into the Tart campaign. Situation gummed XTp. This was the situation this morning when Senator-Crane made, hla appear ance In the city. Shortly aftor he came In Senator Crane was driven to the home or Charles i. Tart, wnere ne met juage Taft. There followed a long confer ence. In which there la no doubt that (Continued on Page Two.) TWO GO UNDER THE (United Prea Leased wh-e.) Memphis. Tenn. Sept i J9.Wllllam Randolph Hearst made an address to night here before : a , large audience, gathered In anticipation'' of bearing more of the charges mad against Sen ator Foraker of Ohio and Governor C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma, In connection with standard Oil. Mr. Hearst said In Dart: "My friends: In the last few daya I have read from court records, from sworn affidavits and from signed let ters evidence revealing the outrageous extent to wnicn leading representatives of both of the other parties have been the- servile tools of criminal trusts. I nave shown that when Air. Kooaevelt prosecuted the greatest of all trusts, the standard Ull company, he drove it out of the Republican party and Into the Democratic party. 1 have shown how the Democratic party altered Its plat form to" suit the Standard Oil and made Mr. Haskell, who was an agent of the Standard Oil. the chairman of their committee on platform. "I have read the complaint of Attor ney General Monnett of Ohio, filed In court, In which Monnett saya that C. , N. Haskell was one of those concerned In an attempt to bribe him to discon tinue actions against the Standard OIL I have read signed letters from Stand ard Oil headquarters showing Mr.' For aker, while United States senator, waa In the pay of the Standard Oil. Seals With Evasions. "Tonight I am. going to deal with the evasions and the denials of all the par ties concerned. Mr. Haskell asserts that Mr. Mon- nett's disclosures must refer to some other Haskell with different initials. He apparently thinks that, some such Initials as ' D. F.' Haskell or . N. M. Haskell or C O. D. Haskell, would be more- appropriate. Mr. Monnett. how ever, In an 'affidavit made on. the iHQULii us vi una inunvivin iai year, adheres to the name of C. N. Haskell and Mr. Bennett, the present assistant to the present attorney general of Ohio, repeats the charge of Mr. Monnett and in nis arridavlt made In this month of this year accuses no other Haskell than V. xv. Haskell "Here are other-court records of an- otner case in wnicn tne same u. N. Haskell,, as governor of Oklahoma, has been more successfully of service to the Standard OIL rralrle Oil Company. "A sub-company of the Standard OH company, known as the Prairie OH A uas company, waa riding roughshod over ine laws or uaianoma. Tne attor ney general of Oklahoma went before the eourts and secured an Injunction to prevent tn is Drancti or tne standard OH Union laboring men of Oregon and Washington, In line with those from the entire country, are standing almost to a man behind the platform and the candidates of the Democratic party and will support them at the polla In No vember, according to the opinion of C. O. Toung. general organiser of the American Federation of Labor, now in Portland. The rank and file of the union labor element throughout the country la aolldly. backing the attitude ef the American Federation and la sup porting the tlans and instructions of Samuel Compere, president ot the or ganisation. - "I do not -want to expreae an opinion about anything with , which I am not famlllar.'f said- Mr. Toung yesterday evening, 'tbut i believe that Know what the laboring1 men will do:" "l. In my work, travel among the laboring men nil ibnAW their views. I hear their uni.Aii nrf iAM-f their opinions andi I am s confident that in Oregon and Wnahina-ton the vast majority of the union mea will vote for Bryan "Perhapa" I had beter put It differ ently." continued Mr. Young. "Jr-ernap; i nhnuld aav that the vast majority of the union men .will vote for the princi ples and policies set out in the Demo cratic platform adopted at the Denver national convention. The vast major ity f the union men will support the Injunction plank, tho national guarantee of deposits plank, the tanrr revision plank. They will vote the Democratic ticket because they believe In the prin ciples of the party as expressed In the platform, because they have been prom r rKiief bv that platform and be cause they do not consider that Mr, Taft ia friend to organized labor. "The leaders of the Republican con vention. the Joe Cannon men and the corporation representatives in the con entlon T.oia jar. uwmpers wuen lie sked for the planks now In the Demo cratic platform, to 'go to Denver' and he, as the representative of organized labor did go there and was promised relief. The union men of the country a- . ' i iiiufj, . . 'ii im sm iiuufNsnN . tun mwL w I w m r mm, i j , ' j; - ;.';';....;.. : .; . 1 - . -'...;.... . S ' .,-.(. I - ' x , i,.i - ' . r-From ihe Philadelphia Record. ' " i . -- ' : . i , ..-. -'" : BRYAfJ IS TOO SPEEDY FOR Police of Rhode Island Cap ital Arrest Party Which Was Hurrying to Meeting Their Machine 'IJits Trolley Car. ' : . ' .;:; v Providence, R, I., Bept 1. , The police of this city tonight declare that William J,' Bryan waa actually ' under arrest for . fast automobile driving thla aft . w ernoon when he made a record v breaking dash across Rhode Is- land. They declare that W. A. ' Mills, owner of the car In which Bryan rode, curiously enough la . a Republican, will be summoned to court on Monday to pay the usual $80 fine. The committee In charge of Bryan's affairs are Indignant over the action of the police, and are endeavoring to "choke ofr any formal charges. FLEES IN FEAR OF LIFE Chinese Chef at Jail Leaves, Fearing Death at Hands of Highbinders. nr. wllllns- to trust the Democratic leai ers to make good those promises if they .n beglven tne opuprtunity. Mr. Young In his discussion of na- can be up the public or eminent do- company, from tearing highways without right o main. The attorney general secured an injunction against the Prairie Oil A Oaa company. - Governor C M Haskell, who was out of the state, telegraphed the attorney reneral not to nncuH against the oil company. wnen uovernor Hansen came back te the slat he refused to allow the esse against the oil company to be tried on Its merits. He secured private attor- - (Continued on Page Two.) ttonal isouea went into the attitude of the American Federation or Labor and explained Us Instructions to President Gompers. "The. American Federation of Tabor for a long time has kept out of poli tics, and has maintained a non-partisan stand." he said. "It has worked for the accomplishment of certain things and the enactment of oertain laws remedial to labor conditions. It has found that it must take an active stand to secure the legislative relief sought. "Foe a long time," continued Mr. Toung, "the leaders of the American Federation sought to persuade congress to give it relief from legislative op pression. Congress and the leaders in power refused to give this relief and at last a conference of the federation, rep resenting the union, laboring men of the entire country, aeciaea tnat the way to seoure legislation was by defeating the men nontue to laDor wno sought elec tive orrice. "When the Republican national eon vention met in Chicago the federation sent President Gompers there with cer tain requests, among them the modlfl cation of the federal Injunction law. When he arrived there and met in con ference with the platform committee, the men on that committee, secure In their confidence of the final result of the election, treated Mm with scan courtesy. Tney denied his requests, refused to Incorporate his labor relief planus in tne national niatrorm and at last con tern Dtounlv told him tn fin tn Denver.' He went to Denver and th. leaders of that party listened to bis representations and unanimously incor porated In the Democratic platform those things which union labor aourht. The America.n Federation a lV)u,. aoes not use tne record or Mr. Taft as (Continued on Page Two.) CAR Woman Is Dead and Her Male Companion Is Not Eipected to Lite. WHEELS MONNETT HAS HS ujutsi about the REAL MR. HASKELL triM fress Lease Wtr. Baa Fraeclsco. Sept !. Mlaa Lis tt MeUea. daughter of C. H. MeUen. a wall know grocer of this city, waa I Ua.eo new la It fund. Frank S. Mea- r.led and Mas Runlaad. aer eomtienjoa. I nett, rortnw tiaraey-gener waa w (Hearst Km ty Lsageit leasts Wire.) Colnmbsa, Ohio, Sept. 1 . Declaring that be weald not take the stump us til xplanatioa was glvea as to where the DanocraUo committee obtained the Tie eoupl had lust left thel street ear at lweuta and Mis- was right. Vf.mlc Ther wIk4 behind the ear - and terpeo ea - the trark Immediately la -front ef a ear going la opposite c irr, w, w ruugnt aa Miae Met 4U4 aa h-ur later at the krnl Kublar4 Is an 1 la a fcerleos fos itoa ! hla tnjbriee are such tfcat te nay die. eUtuted the aroaecaUoa against the Standard OH eompaay, created a asnsa Uoa here today. f 'Governor HaakelL he aald. "will kave t rMtga aa custodian ef the funds ef the aiaUoaal roaBoaittee or there will be eerloua trouble la the commtile. . I have an sssie-ued to speaJc la the west by the Iwmocratle com mi tie, bat I hell nt make a speech intll I ana aut lfed frtm )ua I ht tnr- the mm- nltte got the 1 !, whtcfe It boeeis i a-. ficials of Oklahoma that Governor Has kell is or has recently been eon voted with the Prairie Oil company of the aouthweat. and that company la a aub eidlary of the Standard, "As to the affidavit referred to by Mr. Hearst. Mr. Squire ef Cleveland eaime dowa here aad Mid that I eould have ia,e If I would stop the prose cution of the Standard -company. I asked him f rrra whom this offer came, and be awOd Frank Rockefeller, Haekell ard ethera. He aald I would get 4, oe aad be would receive live. see. the mnney to be derte!ted, think, la the eieiroppiiiaa issnrance) company ef New Trrk. Of cooraa. t don t kiw which Haskell Mr. Squire meaat whea he tajkev t Trve. but he aald he frea (lhonra That le all I kmam aboat which HaakaU It waa. . Charley Lee, late cook at the county Jail, Is fleeing 10.000 miles by sea, to the distant island of Ceylon, pursued by fear, that the highbinders of his race have whetted their knives for him Charley Lee was as mild and Inoffen sive a Chinaman as ever appeared at the county Jan. But it was noted that he always avoided Chinese prisoners who were brought . there. The day be fore he left the service of Sheriff Stev ens he received a letter from San Fran cisco, and it is thought that this con tained a warning that caused him to fjee for his life. In the darkness of the night Charley left the Jail, without whispering to any one his intention to leave. The next heard from him was a message from the sheriff at St. Paul. Minn., who wrote Sheriff Stevens that a much- frightened. Chinaman named Charley Lee, who said he had been cook at the county Jail In Portland, had called on him. He told the Minnesota sheriff that the highbinders were after him and he asked for protection. Charley was a good cook, and Sheriff Stevens did not like to lose hla ser vices'. So he wrote to the St. Paul sheriff, asking him to tell Charley that ir he would return to fortland he could have his Job again and he would be given full protection from his enemies. Yesterday mere came word from St: PauL This time it announced that Charley had been traced to New Tork, and that he had sailed from that port by a steamer of the Cunard Una He left on September 8. taking passage for Colombo, on the island of Ceylon. It was on then lght of August 13 that Charley left the tail, where tie had lived for more than three years. His first entrr to the Jail was during the term of Sheriff Tom Word, when he was given a Jail sentence for some mlx-up In Chinatown. His talent aa a cook was soon discovered, and when his term expired he was retained on salary. He waa attentive to his duties his only peculiarity was his avear to talking to other Chinese who came vo the alL He wanted nothing to do with others of his race. Occasional ly he was asked to act as Interpreter whan the sheriff or Jailer wanted to converse with some Chinese prisoner. At ruch times he responded, herauaa nt his loyalty to his employers, but it 'm plain that he did not relish the position. AH went smoothly until that mvm. terious letter came from San Francis co. He breathed not a word ef him plans for departure and performed his duties as usual until after the evening meal waa finished. Then be went away aa though he war going out for a little walk, and never returned. Sheriff Ft evens has lost a rrwwf ew.v and the highbinder have loet their prey Charley la on the high sea, with aJ ral week of his 10.000-enlle Journey before him. The mystery of the letter aad It warning measure llkeiv never be solved. TRRESKlEfl IN PREPARE STOCK STATE COfiWIIIE FOR Coast Managers Organize to Exhibitors at State Fair Are Prevent Unfair Compe tition and Other Evils. Much Pleased at Show Just Ended. (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) t-aiem, or., Sept. 19. The most suc v cessful state fair Is closed. The rain fell lightly during the last few hours iand like a curtain dropped around the week's festivities. Nobody cared, for It had been a tremendously successful week. Only the population of the tont city were disappointed that they could J not have had fair weather until they I were safely back to their hearthsides. 4 Stock is already being prepared for 4 shipment to Portland tomorrow and 4 some was shipped today. Stockmen 1 are generally pleased with the results at Salem and look forward to another I big week at the metropolis. .The stock I Dlaved In the west, not excepting I ha I Lewis and Clarke exposition.1 Since that 4 I time more and better breeds have been A I Imported from the east, bringing Ore- I mn livestock iirt to a hifi-her MtAnrljirit ) than ever before. Knough. time has elapsed since the 1905 show to develop some excellent siock. Stockmen and racing men both speak hlhlu t , . a U.l.m fair n .1 1 1 a man- Pacific coast managers of the leading agement. It Is predicted that the Ore- Offloera State Threahermen's As- sooiatlon. President A. H. Averill, Aver- 111 Machine company. Vice-President George W. Evans, Buffalo-Pitts company. Secretary Philip S. Bates, publisher Pacific Northwest. Executive committee Stephen T. Dove, chairman, manager J. I. Case Threshing Machine company. A. J. Preston, manager Parson Band Cutter company. John S. Greeney, manager Gaar-Scott company. Arthur B. Salmon, manager Advance Thresher company. Charles H. Dobson. manager Aultman-Taylor company. (By John E. Nevlns, Staff Correspond- . ent ror the unuea jrress.K . . Providence, R. Sept. 19. Breaking all speed record In a wild dash across Connecticut, a number of the members of the "William Jennings Bryan party narrowly escaped death this afternoon,' when their automobile crashed Into a trolley ear on Broad street. The front of the machine waa smashed, but, fort nately. none of the occupants were hurt. Btrennona Drives. . This waa a most exciting day for the Democratio candidate, but he seemed to enjoy It. A clip of 46 mile an hour was . set through dust more than six inches . thick. For 85 miles the pace was main tained, and when the party finally land ed at Woonsocket only one or, two still ,. retained their nerve., ana one or tneso was Bryan. All attempts to get Bryan -to talk on the disclosures made by Will lam R. Hearst affecting Senator jFo ra ker and others -were futile, as he mated that he had not been able to Investigate the matter. When a man In one of the rlav'K meetinara demanded that he an swer Hearst charges against Haskell, he said: . " . - "I have more important wor at pres- , ent than to answer mud throwing.' Brvan entered Connecticut early today. made a short speech from the rear plat form of his car at Stamford, the first stop; shook hands with crowd at;niw merous small stations, presented, nia : condolences to the widow of Colonel Alex Troun. and placed a wreath of - lilies of the valley on the grave of his old friend at New Haven, and made a 10-mlnute speech In New London. He . came to Rhode Is'and in the- afternoon and made three speeches, one at River Point, another at Woonsocket, 8$ mllei away and wound up the day with an , attack on tne trusts here In Providence tonight. The crowd about the theater here tonight and In the vicinity of the railroad station was so dense that the police were helpless, and Bryan friend naa to rairiv rignt a way tnrougn tna crowd ror nim. threshing machine manufacturers of the United States met at the Commercial club last night aqjj after a banquet Which was largely attended formed the Oregon State Threahermen's association. The object of the meeting was to form an organisation which will be turned over to the threshermen of the state next May following a convention of farmers in Portland from all parts of the state. The new association is similar to those of nearly every other grain-grow. ing state In the union and haa for Its (Continued on. Page Two.) FIRST RECEPTION AT PACIFIC V. fperll Dta-atr w The JearaaL) Pacific Inlverslty. Forest Orovc. ne. gpL !. The flrt reception of the year was Held In Marsh hall laat n'rht. The students were received bv Pmiii ' twrrm a nm nmofn er tne T acuity. Tne time waa pent In genera Intre d unions smoug the new aad oli t- eenta. Iuc college and rt utitMH r-r members ef the teaching ; staff were featsre ef the evening. 4 WW? Foraker borrowed money from th Standard Oil company to boy a newspaper. Would It bare been a peoples' newspaper? Foraker said that he worked in the interest of the Standard Oil in a matter solely concerning state legislation. Why did he do this? Taft sidestepped the Cox ma chine when he learned that one of its cogwheels, Foraker. might im plicate him In compromising trust machinations. Why was this neeeaarr? Senator Dick sees Foraker and. then' leaves Taft to patch sp an ugly situation. Why did he hare to do it? William H. Taft. Republican candidate tor president, refsees to taJk. Why? - gon state fair at Salem and the Fa clflo national show at Portland, under the auspices of the Portland Country club, will in the future he the two big gest livestock shows and racing meets in the west. Breeders of high-class stock are eager for the maintenance of both ahowa at their present high stand ard. Ideal weather has contributed largely to the record-breaking attendance at the Oregon state fair this year and also the record smasning on me race iracx, Thoua-h some of the fastest horses a Salem this vear were not tn the con dltlon that they have been at California meets, others were In better condition nd shattered former records in heat after heat. Taken altogether, the fair could not have been better. President Matlock of the agricultural board said thla morning: A fair cannot ne mane in one year nor rive years, dui u isaes several years and much money and if we get the appropriations we should from the lerlalature we wUl make the Oregon state fair not only the greatest west of the Mississippi river, but the greatest In America. CHOLERA RAGES IX PHILIPPIXES (rnltd Frss taaei Wlra Manila. Sept. If. An unexpected turn for the worse In the cholera epidemic In Manila took place this afternoon Just at a time when the health authorities thought they bad the eieaaaa well In hand. Mere thaa 4a aew case were report ed today and a bait dosea death ware aded to the Hat H. H. Howard and W. A. Darle. two AmerV-ns, wr among the vie time to day. The city was dreocned by a heavy rtiK UMT whk-b a' muru aaaiai In clean ng Use street aJ win make the work of therkirg the spread eas ier. It is believed. ?f otarlrs Comirtteatoaed. -aw ef "rv J.' -.1 1 Vem. ijT. Srt- 1 , r-. (. as r'r' f it . aoa as.4 P. C IT: r, I :r: Answer Question. At River Point, a man In the crowd, demanded why it was not all right for the Republicans to make their list of . contributions public .after election, and Bryan promptly Interjected: - "It Is usually best to lock the stable door before the horse la stolen. "Ton are told that the trusts ere fos tered by the protective tariff." declared Mr. uryan, out you believe that labor shares In the profit the trusts make, and so keep voting the Republican ticket . ' - "But I am often awakened by a little song that newspaper men accompanying me sing. It goes along In. the fol ow ing strain: , ... ,. V j.,.,.;; -: ,- H , "Oh," the woman erled In accent wild. Fireman, fireman, save my child, He dashed up the ladder, up the ladder he ran. t - - But the child was bigger than the fire man. . "And thla exactly fit tha case so tut ss the tariff and the trusts are con cerned. Only when w cut the -sche.l-ule to a revenue-only basts and admit free of duty such necessaries of life ss (Continued on Page Two.) hot on ey ORPIIEHf,) PEOPLE Local Playhouse Property of Sullivan tt Considine, Xut Regular Syndicate. (Special rtanal te The mrd! ( San Frantiscok . Sept I i. M j r 1 1 Joha MorrUey of the local Ori ? Clare that the Portland Orphm u ewned by the Orpheum nf"l-a-. ) hare the profit with i ; . i v. n t ldlok MorrUey aays that Cousldln ewn the bu!M r.g - the local Orpheora i ; . i, i an aereemr,t wen (! i tre was etM ,r 1 tn I'-.. . . , . attr-t n. ,r i:.t i- Uie tu,.ln t--"T ' - The r !,,.' r- im e c -1 fm-n He I 4 t- I I- ; I .