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Newspaper Page Text-'' -' " -"" ' i J mi. .. .. w- " . v . i , i . wi, , .... . "., . Tale Iain ef The Sunday Journal - - Comprise SjSecUons'S&Pcges JOURNAL CIRCULATION ?;,' i','- XXSTERJIAT WAS 30.375 The weather, Fair .with moder ate temperature; northerly winds. VOL. V. NO. 28. r ' PORTLAND, OREGON, i SUNDAY MORNINO, SEPTEMBER S7, -1008. '. PRICE FIVE CENTS. n3ro II r yC' I 'L J U J i I vilusT" sev -...;-.. , v., . ... r iiif iiiiB : : ciiiiiR! : ;. ' :v " ; i .. . ; ; ; , ,-, .-, SAYS mowsmmMmcmmE CHIEF 0R0 llll'J LIGHT 0l' TRUST SITUATION .intimation That; Haskell : Was.Not Forced by Ne-; . fcrashan 'to! Resign r. i. (Catted Frees leased Wire.1 I,', : , f: Milwaukee.." Wli..v Bept Il.'-Openly CharflQf that President Booeerelt was a party to the agreement by which the United Etatea Bteel corporation secured control of the Tennessee Coal A Iron company, thue "faateninr . lte prig" on the steel Industry of the south, William JT. Bryan tonight'. addressed a "vltrlbllo letter to the president, In which le an swers the recent . charges made by the president,' and : also attacks th anti trust belief a of Governor.. Hushes of New York,; who, he declares, waa made I Merman , Kidder, wno . naa , oeen p ,y ; -.J : . ... ..... : .,' .;...,...r,4 . ;. . . '. ' ', .' ... !'" . . f ". v .: . . . v . ... t - .: i ' t, , . i v. u h .... - j. . ...... .p ... ' f I u l I All OLD GRAVE WHOLESALE WWMSKELL RMEl FORE mo mmm 'woodruff ARRESTS Sunday Closing Law En forcement to Be Prolific of Widespread; Consterna-j tion' Among Store Oivners Open in Violation of LB.Wi HIIL SECURES COOS BAY rw.irj,L.j...,...Tiirri n Till if . IERINUS governor by the trusts. " Bryan abruptly charges that Hughes was the beneficiary of trust magnates, that lie owes his election to members of rorporatlona. citing the contributions of Individual New York flnaholors, includ ing J. p. Morgan's $20,000 as .proof of j the fact. In this 'list of . contributors, according to Bryon, were John D. Rock efeller, Andrew Carnegie and Charles M. Schwab,' and he declares "that several of these men are known to be officially connected with the trusts." ' The . fact that : . Roosevelt quoted Hughes, Bryan Insists, 1s proof , that Judge Taft's attitude on -j, the trust question does not meet with .the preai dent'a annroval. Bryan also again assails the president; and the Republican leaders for their at titude on the question 'of publishing aril challenges the 'Republicans to pub lish , these, before election. . In -Rnnr.nl aion. Bryan positively declares that the pointed . treasurer of the ; Demo cratic committee to succeed "Has kell HERT.1AN RIDDER HEW TREASURER What Is Supposed to Be Re mains of Fred McBride, the Notorious Bandit, Are Discovered in Harney County. Good morning! ' Have yon - beef; ar rested this morning?'' 5,000 Acres of Land, the Lib- by ; Mine ' Properties and the Steamship Plant, Its Wharf and Waterfront, Are Taken Over. : - If you are a tobacconist, a grocer, a confectioner, a storekeeper or any one of a doxen other things you had better nurry around ana get out. your Dan. For the police are after you.. Chief Grltrmachor Issued his final orders last night instructing the police as to whom they are to arrest today Burns. Or.. Sent 2. Fifty miles from for violating the Sunday closing, law. civilization, in the foothills of the Blue Chairman H. Wittenberg of the store- MTiuntaina at h north limit tit Tfur. I keeDers' committee, cent nntWa to nil I brokers have hmirht tha rirnn rml ney county, has been discovered vl- 0he buine,. m company's ' holdings for dence of a long past murder. Tufts of the new orders fcf the district attorney. I James fj. Hilt - The deal" Includes the human hair, a, portion of a shoulder I e saia that ne expected many of them I Libby coal5, mines, the waterfront and bUde. .six vertebra, and scraps of a theywoSld tasked 'to jStiea wharf ot th Meamshlp M.f F." Plant, mans clothing have been brought vto I court tomorrow morning fo answer to a which runt between Cooa bay and Ban 1 1 fern r. Hnm mst v fhn rnrniii vntisir n I cnirrH 01 vioia rinirr n a rmnina taw. hh i VM.ni.a a- a a a at - ta --e-- " - - I uT .u .rTTtLi A it -uwbwv ,-vuu ,vvv i,TBB ii tuna, 11 that of Fred McBride. accused Of being L """. ;'",-,"V"" "'f Ski o .. . ... , m S ' ' ' I f ti H ; A1 v m p s H i President Roosevelt, who takes rap at Haskell over Woodruffs Shoul der. '- , ."',-; -..- . ' (Special Dispatch to The Joarsal.t . Marsfleld, Or Sept. 28. Western SIGIi 25-YEAB i v. HOTEL LEASE Chairman Mack Announces Appointment of the Well Knovn German Editor..' r '. tHeinit Newt by Vongnt teaaed Wire. J New.'YoTk, Sept,'?6.r-HerTnan Bidder, attitude of the president in advocacy one of the foremost German-American fi1".. OI tu,KZ J?rliw -ens of the country, was tonight ap- . presldeniiai office, "and he "intimates' by Chairman Mack of the Demo- that such action Is unworthy the cratid . national . committee as treasurer ?rt1(! "t . i '. , . . , of th committee, to succed Governor C. lower11" tele,ram' ,n U M M- N. Haskell of Oklahoma, who resigned ."While I have not yet received your early , this morning, because of " the letter and shall not until I reach home charges brought regarding hfs affllla next week, I have read a copy In the h a.-.- n mmnanv , prems and beg leave to submit the fol- Uon w,lh the-Standard Oil company. , lowing, reply: , In selecting Bidder,, Chairman Mack Xreava Haskell to. the Conrts. acted on ' express eorders from W. ' J. "Mr.. Haskell having voluntarily, re- Bryan. Bidder will, at" onca take hold 5iffn.ed Jrom ,n2 committee that he of. collecting campaign ; funds for the miglit be more free to prosecute those . ,71 s ' who ha va hrmivht rh.rn. Democratio national campaign. I need pot discuss the question of his I In choosing Bidder, Bryan and Mack fi il it no;enca runner than to say passed over the claims of Moses Wet rendered SSa" LSZ wore, chairman of the Democratio na- which h has received from, the people Itional finance committee and other as of his state ought to protect him from pirants. August Belmont Is under- h . '"M 1.11m. iiiri vrii- the leader of a notorious band of horse- of thS city by compelling them to go to inieves uui oneraiea in mis country i poitca aiaiion ann -rurnish casn nan. lor years. Aictiriae nea irom tne coun ty over" a year ago, and . no trace has Deen nad or him su: .,. all Waittnr. , Gus Simon, another member of the It could , not have been McBride. for he fJ2b"th?om1m"8ei J""" " "h would not have Jeopardised his personal 1h : 1 h'-?,,,,1Lrlnt8nt,on" ,th? aieiy ay; lingering nere. uniy Dy tne trrtT ti.t,u. 1 a T """" odd bits of clothing can the investlga- J'nt,ththe expected to furnish bail tlon -be carried on, for In the 84 hours ffa all those who were srrested.- He that elapsed between the .first discov- 'd he expected that as many" Sunday ery or .the body and the arrival of anl u,",lBr" investigating party spirited away. - i condemnation until the charges can be sanshlp does not bias and where cam-1 before Bryan ordered .his appointment rvea can Dei .. . .. .... . .... v....;. examined in some court wKora Mrtl. stooa to nave sugg xvmuer. paign exigencies do not compel .preju- Belmont was said to have been offered I did not deem It necessary to ad- the P1" by 'Mack today during V long lrees you further, but for the fact that conference at the Hoffman house, you seise upon the charges and attempt Boon after Belmont parted ' from to make political capital out of them. . mm - Mmrin Uii-v'rmm You even charge that my connection M0 message cams to MacK rrom with Mr. .Haskell's selection as a tnem- Bryan ordering Bidder's ' selection. The ber of the resolutions committee and as formal accouncement - waa made liy lruVuAyCl?n a.rineV Mclt fct the Hoffman house ! Just -rlor ponent of trusts and monopolies. As to his departure for Buffalo a o'clock an individual and as the candidate of tonight . ' Se? PhafnamuaMSn ch'rM nd "I think we now have a treasurer who Pet the insinuation. . . . . -HI nnt h MilhioMert .. tha mnrfllemi Praise for Haskell's Record. attacks that have - been hurled upon . vl have been in public years and I have been sufficiently nnlcuous to raakt mv conduct a ter of publ to interest ' I have tiaasedl When seen, at hia home t'o'nla-ht. Rid through two presidential campaign in I fler, declined to make any statement on which party feeling ran high and epithet I his appointment further : than., that it was exnausiea. i nave no nesitation in i nad come irom msck ratner than rrom Hwn, . I attacKS mat nave - Deen nuriea upon life for lglHaskell." said Chairman Mack. "Any lciently con- way. Rldder-Is all right." he added, , as auct a mat-heorded;the traln for Buffalo. e ' , SS DOSSlblo wnnld ha talran the corpse -was to neaaquarters and compelled to give ., I cash ball as would most law breakers. Kamains a. arvaterv ' . "' " iu last nigntvtnat Th .1... t..i i...-i 1 1 iT v t.r. . : r .. v."."" " gatlon, the sheriff Is conducting a rig- today, notify the proprietor' that ha was '""I mo owuuuu o .uiicnniciiy unaer arrest ana must an I'l'lllM Mill far tA rsm.ln ..,,..1 .. .. I ... j. r .""...' . k- ia. r.'"" j .v.- ..'. ' iwing na, lnoumion . nf a traa-rllna- hnnnh n .h..n Into-the virgin feeding land, knowledge of . the murder would perhaps have re mained forever , burled la the shallow grave near "Crane Flat" Sunday -morning last William Haw- Kins. a sneep tender, left bis companion in charge -of the temporary camp; while ne climbed un th hill tn rnnnrf ...n anma vi me sneep tnat had wandered off during the night. Torn bits of cloth-N-and tuftsof red hair protruding .iviii a,. ire iv munn mmin nr. irnn.. and earth attracted his attention. Summoning his comrmnlnn tha tm Uncovered r man'M-nnmaa at a ,Hhntk about two feet. Hastily throwing back mm in iiiey noiuiea u. j. ijingnam, forest supervlspr at John Day. and he tPlenhoned the infnrmntlnn tn I TV Geary at - Burns, Harney county coro ner. This was Monday morning. Crude Grave. TuesdAv mnrnlnir thu mnnu .;. panled by several men,' arrived' at tha sheep i camp and was piloted to the erava bv Hawkins. T5rrnt fn ai..n- ui iiuuiuiB Biiu punions or me nodv, which had evidently been torn off in rrtiac , xiHsia 10 ' ran ova, ir. t nn . ... contained nothinar. Three vounr tln trees lying near indicated the- manner in wnicn tne ooay uaa Deen - exhumed. is the biggest transaction of the year! and has created a stir In local railroad circles. , r - Announcement of "Jim" Hill's huge acquisition at coos Day is rraugnt with significance or Oregon. It Is Inter preted to spell. competition and develop merit competition, because of 7 Harri man's , projected line , from Drain . to Coos bay and on down the' coast:, de. I Tha in...invtr inti hainv rrf. tra.fV" ed at Seventh and Stark streets by T. Wilcox Annex Consolidated With . Imperial-Change I - a - 1 ' i . ' n ' . il. jnirance 10 oeveniu. the obvious - route of the new ' railroad wuii do parallel to tne coast from As B. Wllcog for the JHetschans, 1 to be toria to Oakland a continuance of thai combined with the Imnerial. in the same For years it has been held that Coos block and- the hotel conducted ' as one, iiv.. Chief Qrltxmaeher arid District Attor- v; ' (Continued on Page Two.) POLITICAL PUT HEAR TO REALITY practically ' unlimited , and its aarlcul. tural and dairy products assure liberal freight-traffic revenue.. ' ,. What is believed to be further, con firmation t Of the Northern. Paclflo Rnli. road company's Intention to prosecute work,' on ,a coast Una was- the purchase some- rlavn- a.irn. of 1 Mvnral ; rhnn..n acres tit land adjacent to Oakland.' Cal. The transaction Involved over $700,000. Strict secrecy the HU1 characteristic was observed regarding .the identity of me Durcnasere. uuier mvsitr oun mir. chases of right of way along the Pacific coast assume added 'Significance since President Begins to Find jqui.ition.unce,nent ot Co.os,bay -ac- Out AH the World's a - Stage. saying that , you cannot find an act, a I Bryan or the. Democratio committee. He your partisan . charge. word , or a thought of mine to Justify I indicated that he would . accept the I Trust, dui uecunea to give any inrorma tlon as to what methods he would pur sue. f .; ...-.....,,.,... ... .(Continued on Page Two.) IL E. PEARY HI Arctic Club Keceives DispatchFrom Commander of the Strainer Koosevelt Goes "to Etah to Overhaiir and n . - " ; . , .-Trim.jfor.Ice Toyage.:'--..'S i ' : (Bearat Vtm y Learnt teaaet Wire.) ! New Tork. Sept 2.--Tha Peary Aro- tlc club tonight received a dispatch from Commander Robert K. Peary, who sailed from here In July on the steamer Roosevelt In another attempt to reach the north pole. - The dispatch is dated Ktah, North Qreenlana, August 17, and nays: "Arrived Cape Tork July SI. Roosevelt went to Etah to overhaul and - trim for tha Ice. With steamer .Ertk. visited F.klmo settlement to secure Kaktrao- dog-s and material for equip ment Xhirty-fie walrus killed by party "Rejoined Roosevelt , at Etah- with Frlk Auguot 11. Coaled Rooavelt from , Krik. Landed coal and supplies for r- Ief or Cook, who nail aot yet return!. Put two men In chaxr and sent Cook's mpanlon homo dlMbid. Whitney wlllj remain .tlirougn tlie wiater to bunt mur-a oxen and tear. i tgi'iiur stormy eeaaoa, but no les yet nowlne fur uy ntw rlantr of It From LtttJ n Island and fUblia north all dernda rn Imi ondlUons. Hava arood supply of Ksklma 4or and walra moat. Ail well n hoa-4. Ext-ecl to steam erth rme- t!m t(w. pi:art. A .rnM dirt-n, ' forwardad kf the rjie toi. was al rwlveJ by pir rary Brremaq f the am rtk from Captain mm-W. Bartiett, teiUag f It a i'Mm.( Krtk hat tag eniHdd .wilt af Icebars end enalnlr g arlrna dam are, fajntn Barttt ale rtfli that rary aieamer Rooewveit kft Ktah. At suat It. Commas )r Peary's daofh!er, Marie. I a pretty young woman known as the "snow baby," was born on her father's first polar - trip and . thus gained the aisunction or having tea born nearer the pole than any . other whit child. I.I eu tenant , Peary has . written to hie New York friends that ha hopes now to celebrate hla .birthday - by reaching the pole. Mrs. Peary looks upon this as a - pleasing conceit of tbe lieutenant's but nevertheless bell ere a that be. will be successful.- t FOREST FIRES NEAR " V MICHIGAX TOWXi v.- ; - i tCaitI Praai tieail Wire. Calumet. Htch, Sept. Jl Forest Ores are tonight threatening tha vicinity of Atlantic a small town ea tbe south range of Portage lake, Hongbtoa county. Thrao dwtillnss bars already brn destroyed. - .- . Miners and residents T the towa ere ffhttrs the fUntee and with helo that baa arrived front H"ahte and Copper l-;artar. iortr ef CaiurrU It la be lieved that the dangaf t pasewd. , Trm ara rasira is tracts -of tlmrr CorUg H ajaere mtlea sad doing rrat , damage- Tsero Is no wir to f.a-i-.tho fiamae, Rrnt nun In thr eatera portto er Bfrihem, M cht and sloeg t CaaVaa rriorw hava tapped trt f'.atr)a. T'tM rates a-e lw tempera er are priita4 far t ha. f-mlneuia district and later weather Is jTcm'aai. - , (Hearat News by Loogeat Leaied Wire.) Washington, Sept. 26. "Ten I the ir.ve ears ago I would not have believed ine accusation in your piay against men tn high political places, but now I am afraid' It is true. ter passing Into the open from the pro-1 1 ne8'3 were. me sentiments wnicn tectfon of the pines the footprints were f President Roosevelt voiced at the obliterated. - the result of a rain thUin.u. J -..j... . . .. riixht before. The care which tho'tnnr: I uso toaay wnen ne a 18- dereror murderers used, in hiding the J cussed with Messrs. Brady and Gria- The imnrlnt of feet msrkort a tu leaaing nortn irom tne grave.- : Rut af Identltv of the victim liaa arnnnad stronr suspicion that the crime-motive was either robbery or revenge sought from 'Mississippi, in one of the numerous feuda now i-1 Tn Maura w mer vthe new play, "A Gentleman cattlemen pand . sheep- tstlng. between, men. ;;; Tha coroner's lurv nostnoned Its'ver. diet.-nendina the action of the district attorney, wno is now out or tne county on ousiness. to jviesBrs. wise , ana r airDangg uniMm.r, aia. sent. Sa.Aar.h. wno portray the leading roles, the ing refused space at the state fair. Mrs. president remarked: (Anna Delaney today wrote the manage- If was so hard for me, when, on I men t that she would show sheath gowns Thursday night. I Witnessed voor P""1 ,.: eomeiv rins inside tnora, in DICE GAME IIIOS III FATAL FIGHT i " " i.ri 1X7.. 7 refusil. Mrs. Delanoy ae- perfOrmance, to distinguish the diMclares she win purchase admission tlck- ference between your acting and theets Bd JVf9' "f models 4 exhibit the real political situation. I always WU1" ""!iaK-iam ",r- felt that I was witnessing a scene lnlir ATT1M17 WTTT.-VAT . ' ' , 4ll.1 n.lltl.a1 Ufa an nt iUlliVlM U , H JUUJi T V i,. ! . ' stage representation of those acts, wanted to leave tbe box, go upon the, stage and help out in the dis cussions. bay." sl'tua'ted as It -V Ur &w2S. &lrZJrMM' bU,,a,.B jr-oruana ana Han ranctsco, is the nat-l . t.v-- .c. Tna-i.t t.i.t .nn. itral objective point for a coast road. " ,A 1SVL 4S5thvearTPthe '.'S It has unlimited coal resources and an ?". !.run A -.V,.."am6??r.I2r avnallant harhoa Tt. Mm.. Ti " e" "l Joicnans lur iiw ZZI'l."Z, ...V kv Wilcox bulldlnar. was alarneH ud vester- 11111.(11 iithiiv . iiniiin I i.fi . a nrt ir. a ..Mill, i . , . . r- . Ak . .7. . k aay; 'it is owned Dy A. li. otemDacn and Mrs. Ijizzla C. Wells. -Tbe lessees ; are Phil Metschan -and son; Phil,. Junior, who have -been pro prietors of the- Imperial for several years. Mr. Metschan senior Is now traveling abroad but will return to Port land during the fall. In his absence the hotel- business has been conducted by the sons. Phil and Otto. When completed, the new- Imperial will be one of the largest hotels on the Pacific coast. -In all It will have more than 300 rooms. The new building which adjoins the Imperial on tho north; will have more than. 160 rooms and fhose in the .building ..which; now- stands will make un the remainder. - .' - The Imperial hotel is to be entirely remodeled. The main entrance to the new Imperial win be in Seventh street. about tne mtaaie or tne block between Morrison and Stark streets. .The cafe tn all probability will be on tne. .ground iioor, lacing into oiarrc street, - The main entrance will be large and will enter Into an immense lobby where the office, teleprone booths and cigar staifus are to be located. ' - Hxoavatlons for the new addition to the Imperial have-been under way for some time. The plans-for the Wilcox building have also been completed and Mr.- Metschan expects . that he will be oocuDvlnr the remodeled ' and - new Im perial by October 1, 1909. or possibly in less iinie. i , - ' MTieele'r at T. M. Congress. . Washington, Sept. 28. -W, R. Wheeler of -California, assistant , secretary of commorco and labor, .was appointed by president -Roosevelt, today to represent the 'government at 'the Trans-Missis-slppi congress,-, which , will .be held at Bait Francisco, October to October 10. Wheeler will take the place of Assist ant Secretary Pierce of -the department of agriculture. , who - will ; be , unable to attend 'the -congress. " H 60 DESPITE PIPES Going to Exhibit Them- De spite Protest, Says; JlrsX Delaney., SHOW HER FACE - t "l -ir t - x I ' '"When you produce a political J allies tiacftSUU. ilicrciianul play, yon know, you Shoots Harry Hammer. and Fred Schmidt. are taking part In my own profession. Naturally, I was interested in every speech In this .'Gentleman from Mississippi. Many of the types, from the Mis- alaalnnl i.n.f n. f - tfiA tta-ainaaa.l in..-.i v. t.a r, t... . I rr' " "-"-'-' -t Hakland PaL. Rant IS 1. h. "iu,.weni vcr inumiar w ills, UU iult ef a quarrel over a dice and wtrdj " I could do to keep from - ,t.. ..Mm .. i.,, I enter I d r into the-real snlrlt of thelw ... wu. v. ...a mu mr i " r i house In Fitchburg, seven "fellies out of problems Involved. I am sure the Oakland Jaraaa Jack arm a , fur-nitHnlatrnnr'nliri haawl nn nnlltlcal nrnh. Haln.Un ScTmfdf 2K ! dftl f 0Od M nana, snortiy artrr s oeiock this after-lto mouia puoiic opinion in tne prop-1 Jacnaon ried; after the shooting l.r direction and I wlah wo had mnra a m:; ;:r - i . r and up to a late bfur tooicht had oem ar r Alametia. been arrested. IleJ was last sees In I them. -rIV.. . t,iA i, I Aaked 4 what he thought of ' "A he three men bad been pterins- cards I 7. " ... . . ... nd shakinr dice, when a disnuta amx.' uecueman rrom Mississippi a Jarkeon left the table without a word J pity, the president stood erect and. end went across tbe street to his home. I , ? . He returned to tho saloon with a re- WKn muca leeimg, aaia. . voiver and opened fire on bis com pan- "By George, that's a corker from tons, both ef whom were still seated at . , i-k . the card Uble. . rt t flDUh. , One of tbe shots struck Schmidt tn . Tha members of - the) nartr. who HamS-' ur4h.0.hbXme;0.bnd Tlsited the president by appointment, the other shattered his wrist Hammer Included William A. Brady, and Jo- la eipected to die. seph R. Grlsnier. producers of the RT? PHf 1 TCQTflV Trt Plr Thomas A. Wise, who plays the . 14. CUJlJliOOlU 1U rolo of tba "Mnatar. and TVitirlaa . MEET At IULVES hpfa-to toe aoutnera senator. : - ravrttl Maaatrk ton. twal, 1 -OgtmaSWr WBtTll il'TtT. WHO g) em. Or, Ortt. It. Tbe railroad! anrornnanlat tha nrncMaat Is tVa enm!sln has rderd m bearlns te be v-.,, ,v.tM. . Keid et Hainea. Saturday. wt..ber i. National theatre to see the play, to deternMno te adouarr of the faeiw was also present during the Inter Hls for hand i fig stock ah'.rmeets at 1 that point . View. .... t J (tralted Praas teaaed Wire. , e ' Philadelphia. Sept- J. Max- e : Ine EUiott, the actress, will not appear before Judge - Pike at X Reno, - Ner., December 10.' aa J - erdered by the court, to answer , 0 , to the complaint for divorce e e- Hied against her bv Nat Q, Good- ; e win, and as a consequence . the s actor-promoter will bo granted e e his decree by default. This fact e was made public today - by e Frank Appletoa, Miss Elliott's e manager. . "Mias Elliott's theatrical en- e) gagemeats will not permit her to be la Reno on December JO," e said Mr. Appleton. "I am speai- e tng now from a business sUnd e e point only. What her sent!- e e ments In tbe affair may bo I e don't know, but I can say post- e tlvely that she will not appear e before Judge Ptka" . e RECORDS SHOW DP OIL CASE . , -.t.-- X .v.---- f - - . . - ji , .. t .' '. -V ' -4 .,...-. . , - . ; ... - r ...... ' i Prairie Oil, Company, Pipe Line ot Favored 1y : ; Interior Department. (Bearit Kaws by lawgaat Leased Wlro Washington, Sept. .26. President Roosevelt had planned to issue an other .statement tonight . regarding; William Randolph Hearst's Standard Oil exposures,' until he learned that Judge George W. Woodruff, assist ant attorney-general, had already made a public statement along that line. - It was then announced at the executive office that the president would let -Woodruff's , statement stand for, his own. The statement of Judge Woodruff Is in response io Governor Has kell's public charge that the presi dentinsisted upon granting a fran chise , to the. Prairie Oil and Gaa company and that all Haskell did to favor the company was necessary in order to comply with the law. Judge Woodruff's statement was made after- the records of the inte rior department had been fully ex amined. , The statement Is as fol lows:-. ' f - With reference to the recent con tention about Governor Haskell's action In the case of the Prairie Oil and Gas company' oil pipe line in Oklahoma and the action of former Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and 'Secretary Garfield concerning tjie pipe lino privileges to that same company, twill state briefly and def initely,, without argument, of any klnd the, exact points at Issue 'and th ejact facts" concerning them, so far as they, are known; from the rec ords, ot tha ; department "of the In ter lor:- - - v . . Describes Department Procedure.' "Congress on March . 15, 1904, passed a law providing for the grant ing of pipe line, privileges In Indian Territory, now a part of the state, of Oklahoma: - The secretary of the in terior, as he is always obliged to do when anyVJaw la passed affecting his department, issued, 'April 12, the rules and . regulations to effectuate that law. "The Prairie Oil A Gas company ap plied, even before the regulations were promulgated, for a pipe line privilege. and after the most careful consideration Mr. Hitchcock. In a letter which is and always has been a public document. .- found it had complied fully wKh tha law and bis .rules, and therefore, April 1 14. approved' Its- maps of location frr a pipe line, which It proceeded' to bulhl " and which thereby has been. the meann tn furnish. the transportation-to millions of barrels of oil from Oklahoma. "It is absolutely impossible to find any paper, memorandum or letter of record. fn connection1 with 'tho granting of this pipe line privilege which shows that President Roosevelt bad anything to do with it. All According to law. . "ft is extremely erobable that In tha eourse or a new law involving a ques tion like this one Secretary Hitchcock (Continued on Page Two.) HARRY THA MILL GO FREE Koney Fight'AlL the Way, Jerome Says, and Anti-Thaw Honey Is i Xll Gone Judge Mills Forecasts His ; - Decision. HUBBY HAD ONE WIFE; : NO. 2 WANTS DIVORCE V (Batew gf af Te Jenreatt Salem. Or., Sept t.kJ-abth 3. Gibaon has filed popors tn the circuit court ef Marion coudIv asking for te annulment of Iter marriage with Wil liam Gibson at Salem, oa tho ground that tier husband was previously mar ried an had never seevred a divorce frotw hla forma r wife. Too couple were martied Augnat II.- 1M7. end thro Is a T-waak-a-Oid daughter. Me tJibaoaj ays ohe la w tiling te take tbe coatvdy of the thilC ' (raited rreaa Uaaed Who.) New Tork, Sept. 2$. With WH liam Travers - Jerome . practically Jockeyed out of the case. Harry K. Thaw tonight Is believed to be near er freedom than at any time since the night of June 25, 1106. when h killed SUn ford White on the roof of Madison Square gardenv .Following the decision of Justice Mills at White Plains today to give Thaw a hearing as to his sanity and his re fusal to make New Tork the place of the hearing. Jerome practically admitted that Thaw would sooa be free. - "It looks to tne," hs said, "as If the prediction made when White as shot down, that Thaw's millions woald aave hltn.ajs about to become a lacu vtKBout mosey we cannot prod ace the evidence to a&ew that the maa la daagerona tuaatk." Jet ease's refers te twoaey was caused V tbo feet tka Ittatrkt At torsey WlssJoW of Ut CVratar ts- tv be tittle mr m hv ?M at the trial. h 1- h oaa et for t!M-r 1 ; New Tork's comptroller ran not anrf!t bills for any ra In Wet-hester., an( this fact has frosen out of tle i" man who since tbe night of the trageilr has been Thaw's Naturals, Tho general belief on Broadway si -I amon the people of tho tanderlom wi.- have been deeply lotereoted in the i a tonight Is that Jerome haa been wnr.t ed and that his orraintent Hfmpn t . send Thaw berk to Mattrawan wii iw emd. I'ader the m ortlr tha, j r,ltr mllllonalro will stay In the AS ai, .. ter rountv tall snlll him haaHr-e- In I .... cember, and tho . of any formt s able arrav of InaanKy eprt 4 lined up aa-alnet him has br-n t w a r t by the df'-nao In kaar-.otr tlie r r, New York. Put two .nan. 1 I 1 - allowed to t!!f V for aari .,.( . . pimr M e- ha.ter ""111'r !( !!-. t Attry Wloalaw al l ha I m .. portwnliy to tnuol ar fclrH prW-4 '. 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