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Man iWho Holds It von JJo-Tcmber-3
Will Win Prcai
dency, Says Walter Well-
' manOhio and Indiana
Lostto Taft He Says.
Nw -Tork la thtf ona loifa card that
Ja to declJ the presidential game, and
ha who holda Jt on November t will
win the elna of government for the
next four years. '.. Ohio . and Indiana
are In the Bryan column with reason
able certainty, and It remains for New
Tork to decide.' Tola la the view of
Walter Weilman. ' recognlied aa one of
the shrewdest , and most conservative
forecasters of elections In the coun
try. In his opinion Taft has the leaJ,
but ho concedes that Bryan has a splen
did fighting chance, made hopeful by
tho weli known and recognised politi
cal turmoil in new Tone. . :
"The battle , for the presidency haa
rally narrowed down to thU:"' writes
Mr. Weilman In the Chicago Reoord-
Herald of October 19, "Whoever carries
Krv York will almost surely win the
freat prise. There la a possibility thut
aft might win without New York, but
It is a remote chance, for It is, gen
erally conceded that if New York should
go over to Bryali that will Indicate a
movement strong enoush to sweep other
; atateg In the purrent". , .
x ' Basis for yredlotloa."
' Cofitlnulng hiVaftalysis mf ttfe- altui
. tlon Mr. Welman has this to say;
"The important news of the day per
tains to the confidence of the Republi
can leaders that they have New Tork
assured. They have oeen well advised
aa to th seriousness of the - situation
In Ohio and Indiana. CThey have been
told that the odds seem to be against
Taft In Ohio,' and that Indiana seems
surely lost ITieir confidential advicea
have been to the effect that their best
chance to make sure of Taft'a election
la to conoentrate their strength In New
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PIRATES
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German Steamer Serato
Boarded by Bandits and
Crew Is Attacked With
Knives Vessel Sacked
jrom Stem to Stern.
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Ban Francisco, Oct 28 Tha British
steamship StrathfordT which arrived
here today from Chile, reports , sue
cessful raid by- Chilean coast pirates
on the German steamship Serato in the
harbor of Antofagaata on the night of
September 28. The cutting out expedi
tion was done almost under the guns of
a uniiean gunDoat. rursult was given
nut the bandits took to the hills back
or Antorngasta and escaped.
. The German merchantman was anch
ored In the harbor loaded to the hatches
with a cargo and breoared for sailine
on the following morning.
Out of the darkness two dozen Dlrates
leaned on the vessel's decks, and in a
twinkling the watch was bound and
f agged. The noise of the struggle awoke
he .captain, who' grasped his revolver
and rushed on deck. The pirates crept
into the shadow as the CaDtaln an-
neared. He was struck from behind with
la belaying pin-and fell unconscious.
mv ttila time tne crew was awakened
ana as tney appeared on clecit the pirates
attacked them. A Ditched battle with
knlvcfo followed. In which several of Uw
orew were badly injured and me remain
rtr hmmil ni1 erst.arvMi . ... .
The Chileans then sacked the vessel
from stem to 'fltern, loading their loot
on? '-jigntera. iney ..naa brougnt with
tuem. . .-.
. Rflrlv ' next -VflV -a. -vfThitoan mnhniit
i I entered -th .hnrhor and' th .. nlltrht nf
,?itne cerato.'was aiscoverea. - a large
tarty was sent in pursuit or tne blrates.
who had several hours' start and found
safety in the hills.
III
-FRAUD
Keal Estate Transaction In
volving $1,000 in Van
couver .Proprty Basis of
Investigation by Grand
Jury. '
THAT UNCONFESSED UE S
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When a newspaper stoops to absolute falsehood in order to deceive its readers as to
one of the chief issues of a national campaign, when it deliberately" misrepresents . the utter
ances of a presidential candidaUr and of the platform of his i party in order. to make votes
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t against him, it sinks to the levels of the common thief. It is no be'tter than the cheap swindler J
who robs his victims of their mortcy by false pretenses, no better than the "gold bnck' artist
' who fleeces some trusting and unsuspecting acquaintance by shallow fraud. r . f
X By its course in the present campaign the Oregonian has 'placed. itself on a par with
X the ordinary sneak thief and cheat. Elsewhere in this issue readers will find the proof of
this charge.; . ;.' ' , y.:.:r V,: . - . .;'
y The-San Francisco Examiner once described the Oregonian as .. a "painted harridan, of !
journalism, iln tne lace 01 sucn deception as the Uregonian is practicing in the present cam
paign,.who will challenge that characterization ? . : t j t'
That deception lies in the Oregonian's false statement of ;the attitude of William J.
Hryan and the Democratic party toward tariff revision. In an editorial published September;
1 01 mis year, a nine more man nve weens ago, tne uregonian ascnoeo to Air. uryan the
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weak and meaningless 'tariff plank adopted by the Republican national j, convention. This
plank, which Mr. Bryan has assailed unceasingly, was presented by the Oregonian as embody
ing his views. On another page we reprint that editorial. . ; " ,
On the day following the. publication of this editorial in the Oregonian, 'the chairman of
the local Democratic county central committee wrote to the paper calling attention to the X
fact that the utterance which it had quoted was not Mr. Bryan's but was the statement of' i
the Republican platform. This letter the Oregonian refused to publish. ' ' -
Thereupon The Journal published the letter and called upon the Oregonian to ac-
knowledge that its editorial was wrong. There was no response. The Journal .has reiterated-
its demand from time to time within the past five weeks but' always with the same result- J
silence on the part of the Oregonian. For a time The Journal inclined to the supposition '
that the falsehood might have been the result of crass stupidity or inexcusable ignorance, but
in view of the Oregonian's continued refusal to make correction,, this theory is no longer - J
tenable. '. :'--- f
The Journal now charges nofonly that the Oregonian lied in its editorial of September
14, but that it is deliberately and knowingly persisting in that lie for the purpose of deceiving J
voters as to one of the most important issues of the campaign. And -we may; add that we i
know of no decent newspaper in the United. States that would be guilty of such an act. 5
(Continued on Page Three.)
CYCLONE FiNISH
SNOWSTOEM STEIKES
CANADA VERY EABLY
III CAIIFUM
Democracy Expects Final
Effort to Take the State
A.way From Taft.
(TTnltcd Press Letted Wire.) ,
San Francisco, Oct 23. A whirlwind
campaign,, with a apeolal train to carry
nearly every Demooratlo orator of prom
tnence lit th 8tate, wa arranged, today
by the Democratlo state. central commit
tee for the last week of the presidential I tal cityf o King Menellk, , ruler of
Lady . 'Harrington . (Amy McMillan),
who is ;now. In . Abyssinia, -here ' her
husband,1- Sir John Harrington,-' holds
an off lniaI.. Tknlt(an . In. tn .fnmA ta thfM
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! Mrs. James McMillan, who epeSids tha worst storma ever known in this sec-
season in .Avasnmgton,. jj. u. ; ui uu mn . um ums ut me
The - marriage- of Amv McMillan. MB. Jr-,?f-t--TI?"P':
i,ht.f. th.. 1.1.1 ao. latum 10 uuiiipicieiy aouiurauzeq ana
?r L?nTr fr"i,V-ir2"Vr..r"" there is no sign of the storm's dimin
nolnnAi sir. inhn t jtna Hirriniftnn I ,sn!n?r . lne Vancouver express , is
place on. October iaTlMTT at the ho" to start westP unfil tomorrow Jd
of the bride's mother, "Eaglehead," fP i,UDtfui lTit will be aMe to maS
Manchester-bv-the -Sea: Rev. , Thomas "'?SIL' 2r il.iu De aDIe to malte
' j, t 1 -1 i. . .. I muuu uiuKicaa tucu, ' .
tnnTa'JhX trains arrived here from the east
officiating. North Shore society was .nrtav .nri thmich th rnrl..ri. .
KT7nEf tli?ZulA? bus with snownlows, they are ao S
No American -girl ,-eyer had; a -:m6ra tn k. ,ittie heaSwav. Tw5iv ih..
wftma nrm i -vnsi,irrv nnn it n if- in. nr 1 f frxrt 1 t r " - "
f mm Vh.t"nfvf V.;ln.t'An ' f anow has raUen in some places and
frF?o"4efcoeyntionK "n Pint the drift, areV10 feet
life of the ' North ' Shore to the east qecp'
shores , or - Arrlca.., through the . tropic
I Jungles and over almost Inaccessible
mountains is a lar cry, put- tnat is ex
actly what Sir John and. Lady Har
rington unaertooK
Whitney L. Boise, once accused of
having embezzled funda belonging to the
Hawthorne estate and not indicted by
the ' Multnomah 'county ' grand Jury, Is
once more, being Investigated by the
grana lury, tnis time pcing accused or
the embezzlement of $1,000 In a real es
tate transaction In Vancouver. Accord
ing to .' the charges which, have been
preferred before the grand Jury Mr.
Boise is accused of having kept for his
own use 11.000, half .of the purchase
price paid b a man In Washington fori
tnree tots oeionging inaiviauaiiy to
Mrs. Rachel Hawthorne and her two
daushters. the heirs of the Hawthorne
estate. The transaction is supposed 1 '
to have taken place in June, 1906. I T
Aocordlng to a well authenticated re-T
porc 11 is cnargea iimi jii jumb, 11 .
Mrs. Hawthorn and hef two daughtcra 1 T lan S COH
decided to i sell three lots belonging toll. ,
In vievr"of the facts, how can any man place reliance upon any statement in'thejDregon-
columns, relating to the campaign? ( . . " :
(Continued ,on Page Seven.)
CUfVJORS FOR
NEGRO S LIFE
Mob Surrounds Jail at Lith
onia and Threatens to
Lynch Prisoner.
(Uoited Press Leised Wlre
Atlanta, Ga., Oct 23. A mob su
rounds the Jail at Lithonla today and
Is threatening to burn at the stake
Charles Mitchell, a negro, who killed
Deputy Sheriff Argo Peck last Sunday.
The negro was captured after a fierce
light. In which he received 16 severe
wounds. He was taken - in a small
shanty In which he had sought refuge
from the officers.
It Is believed the negro will recover
from his wounds.
Messages from Lithonla say excite
ment runs high this afternoon. 1
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DEAL EXPLAINED
Representative Eainey of Il
linois Will Demand In
vestigation by Congress.
rhlcaeo. Oct. 23. An investigation by
congress of the alleged Panama canal
urchase scanaal wm De aemanaeq oy
teoresentative Henry T. Rainey on the
ODeninsr or congress in juecemoer, ac-
cordlner to his statement here today.
ine presiaent, saia Kainey, ougni
to be able to teU whether or not his
brother-in-law or the brother or Mr.
Taft was interested In, an American
syndicate which, it is said, succeeded in
petting control of the securities of the
Panama canal company
"The president oueht to be in 'post
tloh to know, who the members of the
American syndicate were. The countr;
Is entitled to know all about it and
Intend to see that it is made public."
IHAI'S HOT HIS' THBIIU
STYLE OF HELLi NEVER ONCE DID
; The beginning-of " this Redding tour
Included ; 7,O0o-mlle voyage' to Jibu
ti i. on tnef guir or Aaen.- from mat
point a 600-mile Journeys was taken to
he city of Addis Abbebs, the capl
cnmnaJcn. beklnnihB next
dore A. Bell,: temporary chairman of
the Denver convention; james u. jfne
lan, former mayor of San Francisco, and
State Senators Eanford and Cartwright
are among the speakera who will make
.tne trip.- - . .- -
The Democratfo leaders -say they ex
pect the tour will carry.- the state for
' Bryan, despite the' normally large Re
publican majority nere ana the confi
dent statements that Taft will carry the
state by lis. ouo,- me majority give
Hnnaevelt in 1904.'- ' - .
The special train will start from Red
Blurr Monday morning, .ah tne presi
dential electors will travel on the . spe-'
. rial and the nominees for congresa and
: the different legislative districts will
mm - . . a train . within th, limits
. of their districts.
6UGGEN
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OPED IN ALASKA
Son of 'Magnate 23 Years
. Old to Be jn Full Charge
on. Coast.;
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Washington. Oct. It. M. Robert Gug-
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- irnatim, m sob vt Aztiuci uuggenneim,
the smelter .magnate, ls. to leave for
Eaa Francisco early In November to
at ume'cha rge of tha Onggecbeisa in
tereta an the west coast and In Alaska.
Tb announcement was made today
at the offices of the company and
is taken -to mean that the company
Is ltoon to orxa up Its extensive prop
erties in AiAKt. rer woicn tncre MS
bfn const-lerabie di-usaion lately.
Tbe officials of the smelter trust
say tiat lt sen-it'tg ef young Oug
genhelm to San Ftt.c1c was plantv-J
. before the 6m Fraacieco rire of lt
and that It Is the Intention ef th
-.Tiparf to r' ria wentern Interests
ely In his hinds. He Is but II yanrs
rl He and M wife are II ring at the
't H'r In New Tork
M. Rfrt l on of the two sws of
Ttoi tiurrrih-Ti. JOs brother, liarry
lnr, ! tnr)rtT rTtlVrr In Hnco.
l.ifi hut tm it J'rs of !.
la
For 186 miles of "their:" Journey there
rauroao, out wnen ,. tnat was left
behind It ' was a matter of horse and
camel riding to Addis Abbrba. Part of
the way was through cultivated fields
and valleys, but most of It -was -tnrougn
the virgin forests, of Ethiopia.
Sir John Harrington Is a favorite of
King MeneiiK. one of tne rirst events
ceicDraiea aner toe arrival -or toe piucK
American girl and her. titled husban
at 'Addis Abbeba- was their reception
by King Menellk, and the arrangements
for this ceremony were completed long
Derore sir jonn - lert lor ma country
Th mhaafiv In whlr.h the v live con.
sists of a aeries of round, houses of
savage architecture, all connected one
witn tne otner ana arrangea. to zorm a
quadrangle. The luxuries of the North
bnore have -never been imported to
Ethiopia, but the American bride and
her titled husband arranged to con
vert the. barbarian home In Abyssinia
Into an abode of loveliness tn which
the conventional furnishings of civili
sation are mingled with the uncouth
appliances of barbarism to form a home
or Deatitv sucn as no American nn
or recent years naa ever nao.
RIVAL AVIATORS
60RESTV
Zeppelin and Cross, It Is Bu
. mored, Will Settle Tri
.orify With .Weapons
Calt4 IVms Vmm WHl
Berlin,' Oct. II. Reports that Count
Zeppelin and Major Croas. aeronauts,
were to fight a duet today could ot
a con fired. The rival baUooalsta have
ben QuarreUas aver to la tha original
Ina tntor ef the aystera ef riarld bailooa
coetroen. The filng b-srn them
has hn vry bitter, but trotual frels
re lr-.!ied to rr t th erort -f
be ttUt.ir. - Zrr''".'' hrr. l
tiown to tare left KT!-,m-fr h vn
and started f T Pr4io e4 tr-e rmmnr im
Mrsktrt that lUn ft tst him Vrt
!Tf Is 1 9 sBev-t Lis r-n rr f aa tLe limtd
ef honor. ,
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Los Angeles Pastor Eesigns
When Flock Insists; on
, Brimstone Tjtc
(Dnlted Press Leased Wire.)
lies Angeles, Oct 23. Resigning his
position as pastor of the Flgueroa Street
Baptist church rather than preach the
doctrine of a literal hell, Rev, Edward
H. Brooks today declared that some of
the members of his congregation are
still living in the' "sixteenth century.'
Declaring that gossiping Women were
partly responsible for tha unhappy statej
of affairs In the church, the minister
said:
"The trouble is simply this: Three
of the deacons belong to the sixteenth
century, so far as their religious views
are concerned, and 1 have been preacn
lng twentieth century gospel. I want to
preach the advantage of a good life, but
they wanted ma to suctc to ooctrinai
points.
"r ao not believe in a literal neii, witn
Are, brimstone, etc.. and I cannot preach
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tatl bax: 8ay. T. IU, lost Wo! J IX tr Ky Nothing, and Saw W!.
JOHNSON WILL
ROT SURRENDER
Says Failure of Three:Cent
Fare Lines Due to
. Security Grant -
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Cleveland. Ohio, Oct.,, 2 J. Following
the defeat In a referendum vote yester
day of the franchise under which, the
Municipal Traction company la operat
ing Its J cent fare system. Secretary
Darls'of the Cleveland Railway com
pany today formally demanded that
President Dupont of the Municipal com
pany turn over Immediately ail the linea
In the city to the Cleveland Railway
company for operation.
Dupont replied that ha could not com
ply with the demand until ordered to do
so by-the directors of his company.
The action of Secretary Davis fol
lowed a hurried meeting of the direc
tors of the Cleveland company.
Mayor Tom L Johnson, head of the
I -cent fare scheme, today declared that
ne ravored a new security gram si:pn
latlnsr that seven tK-kets must be sold
for li cents, aad making poeoible the
retention or tne i-cent tare. -
"The six for a quarter in twe security
errant wa what aefrated wa, aaid Mar
or Johnson. "At the time of eettle
ment the Municipal Traction cempany
mint a rate of aevm for I reels in
the grant, but w oould Bet get the eth
er side to consent.
I am sure the peopla will r glad to
grant a new ecurity franchise at a
rat of seven for a quarter
-The election retarna win e inwii-
rated. I am Infnrmed that vntee
cat la pre-cincts where ilm meclttn"
are need were ot evantej laet nifhl.
a reoouat u I i
His Old College Chum Says
He Was Good Student ,
but Not Human. ''
(United Press Leased Wire.) A
New York, Oct. 2 The Deaocrat!
supporters of Lewis S. Chanler. th
Democratic candidate for governor, are
laughing today over What, purports to
ba an Interview with a former collego
mat of Charles E. Hughes, tha Repub- '
lican candidate for governor of New '
Tork.
The unknown . friend: ' declares that
during four years of undergraduate Ufa
at Brown university, Hughes never; ,
Played a game of baseball.,' 1
Played a game of hockey, 1
Played a gama of tennis.
Played a game of cricket. - .
Played a game of basketball.
Took part in a track meet,.
Raw a. race, .. v . . - '
Put a shot."1 - -
Vaulted a pole.
Jumped. ' "
Hurdled. 1 " 5 '
Ho did occasionally play croquet on
e lawn with an eldnrlv laA-r vhi .
house was near Hughes' boarding place.
lady whose
irdlng place.
"And, moreover. added tha apeaker.
cheered his fellows to victor in anv
of their contests. I do not bellava he
ever gave tha college yell In his entire
life. Hughes was a good student. 11
should have been sent to a relirinna n
coeducational Institution, Tou will ob
serve that the Brown, alumni Is not
throwing up its bat for him. It knowa
him. - .-.--t-.
I AMn.4
the r.i!l t -doubtful - r' 1 ' r t J " ''
Th. m.,1 t. - . .hi IMVM1 1 - I 19 I r " -
franchiM a rat-n tv 7 vote "I F'. i1 t - '
v,.t was bnxickl stanil hr f Brlti ef I rrniT-1 .
t.at uni. ri ini fi.-l !,- : !
fff f l, a rpllf? tt--i t 8 j -
Uey n.s Ja itn u oil corr .jrf. 4 . .
SHARP PRACTICE
Scheme to Make Uncle Sam
Defend President Cabre
rafs Stealings. . ,
(Calted Press tas4 Wlrs.)
San Francisco, Oct IS. United Slate-
Immigration inspectors who bare been
Investigating naturalisation ' frauds la
this city are said to have forwarded a
report to Washington revealing the
fact , that Dlegi Estrada Cabrera, s-n
f the Ouatemabin prealdeat, ts a as.-
orallsed cltlsr at tha United gtstet..
The report farther reveals that yojng
Cabrera took this step st the lnstan.-
f his faUter. It la allege that U
prealdeat of Ouatemsta tons: this
ef aafeguardlng hit prpprr la
southern repobiie ender tie Am': ' 1
rltittshlp of his . Aftr
Cabrera fcecame a ei''i 1 '
bru the traaefer f lars i--- ,
ht,).i, "r eli tn t" '...-
Cmomill ta f.ira. 1 .' !-' f
rnntixue rd tie lc. - 1 -.
to prerem th . :' . S
itt of war la i -j ; . -