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VOL. VII. NO. 171.
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SWSOfN CHELSEA S-:SPV!SSf E0: BY A DESTRUCTIVE
SIM
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f .
mm
UNBURNED SECTION,
S WEPT BYFLAMES,
LOSS 0 lE? MILLION
(V v SHOm SWMGSmPEN ITS GATES
CTils-a.' Mass..' Scot. 21. The whole of, that section of Chelsea
that escaped the conflagration of last winter jV burning. 'Aid was
summoned from Boston, Alaldeji and Everett, ana ir was. learea ine
rest of the town "would be destroyed before, the flames "could be
checked. The police believe the fire is of incendiary origin, so
quickly did it start. . 1 -
- The flames were first seen in the block bounded by Sixth and
mm aa m v a , ' . .--..?'?.--. 1 .. . .1
Vales streets, liverett avenue ana , tne Jiosron Maine rauroau
tracks. The whole block was soon on fire,, and by 9 o'clock 16
. - . t . 1 ' 'i . r. -il. ! 1 - ...1.- t.J 1
nouses ana a large oox lacrory snu snowtasc wuiaa . uu utcn ut
stroved. .. V'v; v f::"i,"rr ' ;,'T:f.ri.'i:v'!v'. rr ..-T" '
Bostonare striving to help the local
At the box factory over 250 employe
who bad Just (tone to work were com
pelled to flee for their Uvea and their
cape waa cut off on all aides but one
by walla of flame. , The factory was
. built of wood and waa aoon a roaring
-i furnace. The employes are thought to
have escaped with their lives.'-, f
,: A fire hose burst early and two fire
engines collided, on, tha curb, disabling
both. '
Tire engines from Maiden, Everett and
Boston are
danarfhinnt.
- A shift in the wind saved the menu-1
faeturlng district of the town arter 11
acres of the undevastated part of the
town had been destroyed. ' The loss la
estimated at over f 1.000,000.
' The fire- was brought partially under
eaeUroi by- fire engines that were sent
from Boston, - Everett and Maiden.
Manv Demons are homeless and Dreoa-
ratlons a re being i made to house them I
in Boston. ' -
A rigid Investigation has been started
into the rumor tnat tne lira was or in
cendiary origin.
NO FRAUD, DECLARE
VOTERS ACCUSED OF
FALSE REGISTERING
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Great effort is being made by the old
line ' ring politicians .hungering - for a
return to the old system of machine
politics and desirous of thwarting the
Will or the people In the next legislature
by tha defeat of Governor Chamberlain
J"'Tdr"TJrtUed States' senator, to sliow that
hi selection in June by popular vote
was tha result Of fraud In, the primaries.
Since tha result of the June election be-
i- fcA-M lrxAWH i tv V,thM huan . auaair(t . ra. i
peatedly that the nomination of Oakel
by the Republicans and the dofeat ofl"";
Senator Fulton in the primaries were
due entirely to the raot tnat large num
bers of Democrats, particularly in Mult-
1 nomah" county, had registered as Repub
licans witn tha preconcerted ana precon
ceived Idea of voting for Cake and after
wards Hunnortinsr Chamberlain. It has
been asserted that - by i the nomination
of Cake, a weak man. the Democrats
were able to elect Chamberlain ia June.
In support of this theory ntatistlcs
have been laboriously -compiled! from the
Multnomah county registration books
during , the. past three , weeks or more
by the Oregonlan, which effort cul
mlnated this morning In the alleged dis
covery that since the 1906 registration
639 voters of the county had changed
their party affiliation from the Dem
ocratic to the Republican column, as
shown by tho registration books of'
1908. From this statement It Is deduced
entire total of these, voters east their
ballots for Cake, because they consid
ered him to be,. a weaker man than Ful
ton, and then, having . nominated him,
voted for Chamberlain,, thus giving the
latter the popular vote.. '
Ust za Tan of Errors.
' 'ThU-atstiirrpttott is atsriroVenV tn naahy
whvb.- There la ahsolutely.no way of
knowing how all of these men voted,
granted that the Jlst compiled was cor
rect, which if is not.' It is full of flar
ing crure, intentional or otherwise. It
ins . aupncauons, ; as snown oy a
ry examination.. For example, ac
cording to the list, W. P. Hlbbard is
noted as having registered and voted
both in precincts 21' and 9; H. C. Man
ning In both 9 and 10; Bert Miller in
both 4 and 7: E. I Gregory In both 4
and 1; V. C. Currle In both 89 and 3;
K. D. Smith in both 9 and 29: 8. R.
At wood Jn both 89 and 60.
These duplications have been shown
by a hasty examination of the list, and
It Is probable that there are many
others. That the main asumptlon con.
ceming tne manner in wmcn tne votes
were cast in June la wrong la shown
by the expressions of a few men,
chosen at random from among the
names given. These men tell different
stories. Some registered as Republicans
lor Fimon, not por vatte. utners naa
previously registered as Democrats In
1908. Others had changed their Dollfr
leal affiliations several years ago and
that there were perhaos more than 600 have iiot made any change In recent
"flODDers" In the.countv. years. Many , or tnem have never
changed their party afruiatiomY, have
bIwhvk hen retrlstered as Rcnnhlifana.
and have bv their own statement voted
the Republican ticket during all past
campaigns. -
It is ! a well-known fact that "there
have been' changes in ;th - registration
lists of the county caused by men trans-1
rerrmg tneir party auegiance rrom the
Democratic to tha Republican, side and
vice versa. The causes for these changes
are well recognized by those who 'have
considered tne political conditions and
tendencies. Multnomah, county, to be
gin at nome, nas oeen torn, and still la, '
bv Internal oolltical strife. In laos
hard battle was fought over tha alec-
lion or snerirr. i, .. ,.
' " Cat Zo ob Democrats.
Before the. nrlmaries th&r wr nl
rival Democratic candidates. Tom Word
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mmmmmmmmmmmkmKmHmmmMmmmmtm awiwaawaasssaaaasaw sims ' iwatasawssswaaawaaafc
. ' ..Mfr'-vv.:-.. 1 t u 1'-. r. ' I i nn " . ' r v n.'r' 1 '- ' ; ' 1 r
' - s I , , ' . . . n . iiiiiiif fc .hhi.u .1 j . .i.i 1 1 i ' Hi iiii,ni,ri iiij 'I..!.'!... II II,. . li ii. ' "-'i- r II
F. HITCHCOCK
RW1
Offered to Step Out r ns Di
rector of Taft Campaign at
Meeting of Advisorj' Com
mittee designation Not
Accepted. ; .' .
(TJnltM Presi LeasM Wire.)
"Waghlngton, Sept. 21. It leaked
ofit today that National Republican
Chairman Prank II.; Hitchcock last
Thursday '. offered to resign his po
sition .as director of the Taft cam
paign at a meeting of the advisory
committee in- New Ydrk. Hitch-
cock's resignation was "not accepted ',
as it was realised that it would be
a tactical blunder to change the man
agement ef the campaign at this
stage. i
It is stated here that the members
of the advisory committee were tired
of the apathy of the public and called
the meeting, on their own responsi
bility to discuss the situation.
'floppers" In tha-county.
Strong on the Wop Stunt.
From this second assumption it is ar
gued that there were in all probability
not less than 2,000 "oarty -invaders" who
went into the Republican ranks In the
last primaries with the fell design set
out. From alt of this It la discovered
that these men, voting as a unit, nom
inated Cake in April, and then flopping
back to the Democratlo column, defeated
him in June by voting for Chamberlain.
Men today who know the conditions
of not only Multnomah county, but of
the entire country, and those who do
not know but who stop to think, are
laughing at the absurdity of the con
tentions set out and at the illoglc of the
assumption. - It is also seen that the
conclusion has been arrived at by gar
hied statistics, by using an incorrect
nit as a basis of calculation, and by
overlooking the natural and well-known
trend and past conditions of Multnomah
connty and national politics.
The charge made that the nomination
of Cake was secured by fraud and that
the popular vote given to Chamberlain
waa tne irujuun m tnia iiauu jb uhmq 1
on the discovery, according to the list
eomoiled by the Oregonlan. that 539 1
men. registered as Democrats In 1906, 1 will show that many of these men went
cnangTa i nrir - resii.rmi.itjii ..-..,.- . .
cans in 1908. It is assumed that the I (Continued on Page Nina)
CIGAR STORES MUST
ALSO CLOSE flOORS
Betty G.f P. E. Alley's 3 -Year-Old Prize Winner
P. K. Alley's Colt Roseburg Boy .
nFT my
FOR SEPTEMBER
: ". , i
Opening in Wisconsin Sep
tember 23, Will Enter
Nebraska Week Later.
(United Press Leued Wire.)
Chicago, Sept. 2J. The corrected Itin-
The elgar stores are now under tha
ban of tha district attorney.
Next Sunday another cinch will be
taken In tha reform belt of tha town,
and ail cigar t ores will have to close,
as have tha saloons. -
: Chief QrUimacher sent out his men
today to Inform alt of tha- dealers la
cigars and also to impress uppa them
the sertoueneea, of the order. -
Tha pool and bll)ird-roma received
their nollrea yesterday.
Some time ago the district attorney
wrote a letter to tha Mf ft police:
railing attention to tha fact that there i
ana in. J. aiauey. ncn or these men
had strong Republican following and
the contention was heated. In the reg
istration of 1908 many Republicans, par
tisan tO the On Or tha Othr numnnmln
candidate, openly registered aa Demo-
... .A aU Im . 1. , ...... . . .
candidate fivnr.H kv r;.l 1 erary for Taffs Keatern totlr was an
lamination of tha registration of 1 90S I nounced at the headquarters We today
aa follows:
Taft will arrive In Chicago from Cin
cinnati neat Wednesday at S o'clock.
He 111 leave Thursday morning, speak
ing at Beloit, Janesvllle, Madison, Ev
ans ton. Racine and Mil wis Wee. On i"rl
day he will speak at Davenport, Musca
tine. Clinton, iwaaioosa ana i)es Moines.
On Saturday bis speaking engagements
are at Cedar Jtapids, vinto, Waterloo
and Waver I y Junction, Iowa, and Albert
Ijkk, owatonna, Fairr-amt, . iortnt.eii,
Farmlncton and St.'. Paul. Minn. lie
will snend Sunday la Minneapolis.
Monday, ffpi'mwr it. ne win apeaa
at AC Cloud. Sauk Centex. Al'taodrta.
Kercus Falls and Cronkston. Minn., and
Grand Forks. HUlsboro and Fargo. H.
I. The next dar he will visit Aberdeen.
Redfleld, Woonsoclret. Mitchell and
Yankton. B. L).
were violations of the Sunday closing I W ednesdar. September 18. he wtll
law. He asked that an end b nut to I spend In Nebraska, where the arrange-
ii" iri-iicw. tnwi or n.u firfim-
mansfr rai tne letter aa1 aoocrdinelr I
this morning the patrelmrn on the dff-
rerent rwats throuchmit th rlt nn.
verfd the word to the rlgar store and
pourroom men that therv -nnlil iw.
closed town On Hundar nt. Tha mm
were told to elose tin thlr nluva of
basin, nf m-m ta it that th.tr wars I ' ' (Ctta rmalmrf Wlr.l
no -racks in the doors. ValUIn, Cal, Sf,i. St. It Is believed
j am nuinti monifr internum t efl-I nera tooay in nnnminm win tm
force the state Kun.iav plmln lm lalnnlarwd hr the secrvtarv of tha narv as
all or Its ' ramification, so that from I tha result of tha explosion and fir at
now on about the onlv thlna- tha Menial tha Vara I aland aarv Vard Friday. h
of Portland can buy on Sunday 1U be I two Uvea were lost and four persons In-
Sonoma Boy, Head of P. K. Alley's Stud
J. E. Gordon's Royal Macqueen
Exhibit Stables and Barns Full to Over
flowing, With Country's Finest Breeds
Racing Stock Attracts Wide Atten
tion Track in Excellent Condition.
raent of da tea haa not been completed.
COURT HARTLL'0X
HARE ISLAND AFFAIR
theatre ficketa and bmad.
JACKSON GRAND - ;
JURY ADJOURNS
r-aaetaf Ptspawn Tea aaraalt
JackaotiTllK Or, S'pt. !1. One ef
the mvnt avantfol awioiit of the grand
Jury of iarkaon rownfy haa jt ter
mlnated. The lntislof mard
wide raege, a tiorui Bntry into
tha lllr-e-ai sal of 4e'ot-aii,jr )qors
! an !mrrtt fatur. T mm
ala cowred two weeka aa4 tnaey. wit-
nesaj-a wara etsmJnd.
mania warw , iwu TOT
Fnur Indlet
rioiatlon ef
liquor laws; two for atarsory -r1m;
iwe tor iaryi two rof aaaaalt wfta
Intent ta kill. The arrand Jrr ernt
mucn time in
I lurwL
ne eowrx wr inoairy is sun in paaaion
today. II will eonapleta Ita work thla
a(trneen. Its rr-ort will not t anaoe
rowle Bnlna erary one connect ad with
ha la exonarated. - la tha erent
that anjr ana is bald raaon:Ma. 1 pa-
pars will la rorwaroel to waantngten
It I Mill
tborou rh atamlnalloa I i.j a raaHjurii.l Jt
mi in waoaa and records of the eoua-lat the aay vard that tha tnvaaticatloa
ty, rinding all la good rendition. naa shewn that tha ett4cion a the
witk a view to tea adoftioa ef nn- raaolma r-arr. wht lad to tha dtaaa-
te-date nathods la aaaaaaaaant and -(- tar. waa eavuaad owe f tha warhssan
atlnn of taxa and tnor trfrt math- thrwvtna? a 1'jrhiad rtgarata atb on
od la the vartoua drartnawta. ft was tha fione af tka harga, H'ti waa aat-
rommaoJd that eftpaat ami-art a ha urstad wlt fawiia, f this is Irvi
awipied to eirpart tha vartome r-rd and the raf"M s'xnaf thitaa . rtger-
lor U.e pmti4 ef ala aooataa paau . J a actlea wU we taken, "
. If you are a lover of nature aa e
pressed In living, animate creatures, in
tha long curves of gliding- muscles,
or the bulk of brawn and rod blood; if
tha indefinable something that distin
guishes the thoroughbred appeals to
you. It's worth while.
, Tou nill find them all fhere the
pampered pets or tho stock breeders,
with the stables already nearly filled.
the keep coming in. All sections of
uregon are represented, and some of
the race horses coma from stables far
to the asst.
Although the ahow formally opened
this morning, the crowds did not be
gin to arrive until after noon. There
were hundreds of people in the . spa
cious grounds, but t her ware for the
most part either employes of the man.
agement hurrying . to complete theWle-
talls and gather on the odds and ends
Incident on the rush work of getting
things In readlheea for the show, er else
exhibitors and car takers of the stock.
Most of the arrivlty this morning
centered about the racing stables, where
the trotters, tiacers and runners were
being groomed, shod and generally made
ready for the speed contests that began
at 1:30 this afternoon, and about the
huge stables where the exhibits or
horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry
are stabled..
The empty vault of the huge grand
stand echoed to the thud, thud, thud
of the npe-dy horses that were being
exercised on the track. It would be
hard to find a more beautiful exhibition
of racing horseflesh than Is to be seen
on the track. It needs only a look at
the busy track to assure one tnat tne
promise or good races tnat naa Deen
made by the management of tha show
will be carried out.
The track Is in excellent condition
and Is getting better with every hour
of use. while the weather, which . was
threatening in the early morning.' haa
cleared and the day la ideal for the
opening and for the apeed events.
The streetcar company naa - put on
GOUflTY BUYS
HOSPITAL TRACT
Three and Half Acres in
South Portland Pur
- chased for $50,000.
Chicago, Sept. SI. Following a brief
conference between Frank H. Hitchcock,
chairman of tha national . Republican
committee atjd Senator W. Murray Crane
of Massachusetts today, Senator Crana
gave out, a statement denying that hs -had
been practically placed , in charge
tf the Taft campaign, v He said that ho
had come to-Chicago at the request of
Hitchcock to consult with him about 1m- ,
portant . matters , . ' -
. .While he was'in Cincinnati, said Sena
tor Crane, Taft had stated that he was
perfectly satisfied with the Hitchcock;
management. Crane declined to discuss
the rumor that prominent members of
The United States senate were consider
ing taking action against certain sena
tors who have been accused by William
R. Hearst during the last few days of
havinit had dealings with the Standard
Oil In connection with the shaping of
national legislation. Senator Crane re
fused absolutely to discuss the Foraker
matter. Chairman Hitchcock then gave
out a statment denying that a reorgan
isation of the national committee - is '
contemplated, .
Hitchcock explained what hal been
done In the wav of organisation and
declared that onlv $100,000 had been col
lected for the campaign fund thus far. .
Most af this money, he said, had already.
been expended whll contracts lwd been '
let for the expenditures a great deal
mora.
Hitchcock's statement brought out
the fact that young and inexperienced ;,
men had been relied upon to collect
money and stated that no definite as
surances had been received that more
money would be forthcoming.
The committee after deciding not to
accept Hitchcock's resignation, voted
unanimously to start a vigorous cam- '-:
paign for funds.
Jk T " "" ' ' i
Taft Reassures Hitchcock.
' ffnlted Preaa regard Wlre.t
Cincinnati; Seot 21. Judsa Taft to
day 1 wired Frank Hitchcock as fol
lows: ,
"Don't be disturbed st the publics-V
tlons with reference to your management :
of the campaign or statements that It
is s mr Intention Ui ., sunDlant vou In
control." -
(Continued on Page Nina)
LMY ; BELIEVED DEAD
Former La Grande Publicity 3fan, Later Employed Here,
. s Jlissing Wrote . Employer Notoriety in Connection
"With Oklahoma Xand Cases Too Jlnch for Him. -
"All tats hall thay talk about Is right
here en earth, 1 don t believe I caa
stand It" ' . -. . ' . ; . .
This la tha way PaUielt Cparey.
a former reogn rider ..who fougtit at
Ran tHaf with hoiws aawKlatef In
dicted in Oklahoma In connection wltb
laed deals wtth thm Indiana. ahs a
things ta garal th st tima be wrote
e awitdaw. Orrtn . gnanMtnc, 1 14
Frm wtr Iortnd. Bnmr then
ethins baa taa aar front him.
Lava aaa Vw daredaf.t oewe' sinew
ha cant to t'rffot savaral saoats a4
to gt away from tha trouble In wiich
he nacama Imphratad white lining at
Mnakogea. . Ho haa worried almost con
stantly and on numerous occasions baa
baan on tha wet-go of gtrlag ua the
fhoat whan fen waa Induced by bis
Heads to start anew again.
taTf wrate Mr. Fraaldlxg from
ftaaltla tattanbr IS.- lia aain ha was
in grant trwnfcln. aaaavntntr tha Oktahoaa
Indtrtaaanta, that aa ha wrote bands of
awaat stood rmt on hla f nrahwd and
that all In al dVda't awinrve bacwuld
eta ad It any aoner.
The county court this morning closed
a deal whereby the county will acquire
three and one-half acres of land for
hospital purposes. Fifty thousand dol
lars will be paid, but the county will
not coma into possession of the prop
erty unui next spring.
The property is only one mile from
the court houea. In South Portland. It
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L,uii5 ""srtaSi ht.? I w:y,ni Thieves Scared Away From
vawwi &wan. auiu T. r,i .ci. iiviu i
north to south. It Is now owned by
C. K. Smith, a- well-known foundry'
man, and la known an the smith home-j
stead. Formerly It was owned by W.
Lair HUL
Tha purchase of this tract means the
abandonment in the near future of the
old county hospital at the Hillside
farm. On the property la a splendidly l
built house of three stories, contain
ing li rooms, which Is valued at tffu.-
FOURTH EFFORT
TO ROB STATION
Front Street Office Be
fore Breaking In. -
The persistent burglar who operates
with a "jimmy" on tho doors of drug
tnaaa. arhlch ara elan nostafftae SUD
S' l rooms, which is valued at : . .... . . ......
005 as It stands. Thla house will be stations, paid a viare last nigni to ma-
remodeled to arovide accommodationa I tlon K't.. 1 In tha stars of B. F. Jonea.
for or T patients, and will be ad- (v0 .treat, btit was aprmrantly
ded to as necessity requires after h I .1.. V.f.;V. h. aouid nrofit hi
v""- rr"?". hh attemct at roooerr.
spring.
Twice tia month tha atere of A. W.
Allan at Bixteantti and Marahall atreats
haa bean robbed by tha -jl m nn t-' air-art.
while the drug a lore of Fabian
Byeney, 401 Jeffern a'reet. ha ai
bean entered and rohbad. In not on
Instance haa tha thief left anything by
w-htca ha oould mm IJaniiflad. ar.4 a ! -thoush
tha police, as well as tha txr.t
sarvica of ftcars of tha goarnmnnt. hav4
baan kaantng a sharp looKmit for a;
WELL KXOWX COASTi
CAPTAIN IS DEAD
trotted fraaa taaa WVn.1 ".
Ban Francisco, Sept. 21. Captatn Wll-
It T t)f..M Ana at Ota BAat kttAaa
. . n . tor atampa maaa or uiwhhh r r
staaniSBip raptaiaa on ma cu.e tout, burglar ta evld-ntly n,ar a-, .. .
died at his homo In thla elty yesterday I to ship the stamp t: tir, t
of heart olsaaaw. Klctity-two yaara afltarnad Into eaah or has art ti -n h
age. tiptain Bryaat had bean well anown I dan and la waiting for a., c-' t-r
on tha coast since nta amrsi in l4. I peas oer.
nen-ne aajiaa armaxi.ina iiom. rial At in tea oinr raa. i-!a n-n
waa aaslstant chief angtnaaa nx thalth "llmmr P'H hit , ihi.. .
steamf-htp tmmota. tna nrsi ooat talon tha mnt d"r, rut In t ta I
ra ra-iiarnr between nan Franclsro I hta wnrtt mow r, t 1 to
and Portland. From thla position heltlve TV rtor na.la an I
rows tmtll be was in commaM or thai noon as tha lir.'l r
beat boats of tne Pay-lfle Mall StaamsMp I roverad tr tha duti
roan pa nr. pTyirs between taaaa porta.
From ltte to It, when ha reurad from
artira arroa. h waa altrnatly an-
gaa-ad In enar-antlia and martra wmV
H'antaln Brran waa a member of ta
California tvw latv of Ptonaara aa w u
aa wn-aral ff-atrnl onran a. K'a-
ftaral aat-rWa wiU b hH totporrew at
tha Odd Fuoa' eemetary.
bt as baf'ra. tv a ,
asaka on th A r
The "J)mrr" t
fata I'rl .t f a t
f't a V l.'.a
t - a a " . t !'. n '
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tCentlaaed a Tag Mm)
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