- -- ' . - r- . . -t "VliU laaue ef ' 'll Tlio Bunday Journal , Oo,prlie 0 Sections 64 Pages The Weather Kalr.and warmer; north to east winds.. . '.--. JOURNAL CIRCULATION i VLSTLJUUY WAS 31,732 i ! ; PORTLAND. OREGON, 1 SUNDAY, foORNINO, OCTOBER 5. .1808. 'ty VOL. V. NO. 32. I : PRICE FIVE CENTS. M2 ". t ,"" i ! '. , . iii i. . ' i, i in " - ' ' , , . ' m9 f""TBM 9ET'mm'm$f $Fmmm'$l$ (r"3H '""fv PS NT GRAFF CAN CORRUPTIONS 1EPDB1 . OFFICIALS EXPOSED BY HEARST; BUT A WOLF 'S A WOLF FOR A' THAT Governor (A Pennsyk of Standard OH Archbold TOO HIGH RETIRE (United rWilNMl WlM.) - .New York, Oct. 24. William Randolph Hearst made a speech at Carnegie half tonight - before ' a Marge audience in1 which :- he read ' more of the" "Standard Oil" letter. He made tome startling disclosure Involving the supreme. Justice and the governor of "Pennsylvania. He said: : : .'i '.. v.r ' ''My disclosures are'abStut at an end, but I have an Important batch of letters tonight bearing upon a matter close to the hearts of alt good citizens, .-'', "The ' Independence party plat- j form calls ' tor, " the election of all Judges by the people. There are many sincere and patriotic citizens who do not ad' yet realize the advant age of this plank, but I propose to show tonight the Influences that are , exerted whenever opportunity to se cure the appointment of judges fa vorable to the Standard Oil presents itself. v , ' .' "Letter to Btone. ; Broadway, Dee, 5 10L My Dear Governor: I'm sure you will pardon any-seeming; presumption on my . part tn writln you on aubject In , which, . both personally and ion behalf of my eompany. X am greatly Interest ed." It Is to urge the appointment If. at all consistent,- of Judge VMorriaon of McKeen. to the . supreme court - benoh, vice Mitchell. deceaeed. -Judge - Morrl eon's character for, abllltr and Integrity needa no wora at my nana, dui aino from ' these' considerations, hie '. famil iarity with all that ' -pertains '.tor the preat Industries of oil and gas In the important relation tney Dear to me in terests of the western part of the state make' him especially desirable as a member of the court from that section. " 'Hoping that it may prove possible for you to favorlbly 'consider Judgre Morrison's appointment, I am, - with very high regard. , -v '- . '"Sincerely yotirs, - j - 1 . " 'JOHN IX ARCHBOLD. ' "Hon. William A. Btone, Harrlsburg. ' - r feel at liberty to Inform the publlo that Judge Morrison Is today-a member of the superior bench of Pennsylvania and that he reached that hlffh ooaitlon. eith er through his 'ability and integrity,' or through his 'familiarity with . gas and olL' M'Our company,' as Mr. Archbold phrases It, had interested Itself in other judges before. Tea,. Indeed. The --'oil the western part Pa.' ; .Morrison Tainted. " ' .' T certainly do -not Intend to attack the judiciary. , 4 do not Intend to make the slight est comment upon this letter. But I and gas Interests In or the state,' were so Important to 'our company that It -needed several Judges, Mr. Archbold had written oth er letters to Oorernor Stone, and here Is one of them: r ' - . Henderson's "Pun." "2 S" Broad war. Sent. H. lOOfl Won. William A. Btone. Harrlsburg. Pa. r My Dear Governor Will you. nermlt me to sav that if It seams onnaiatant for you to appoint John Hendernon of Meadvllle, Pa., to the vacancy on the su- Srerae Denon caused . by the deatft ot udge Green It will be a matter of In tense personal gratification , to me. I am sure I need not occupy yonr time wim mny usumeni ai io juaea Hen derson's fitness, either -a to-character or as to legal qualification. With high regard, I am, . "Very truly yours, -JOHN D. ARCHBOLD." - "We observe from this letter that any discussion of a Judge's character or legal qualifications is a wast of the governor'a valuabl. tlmaf . ..v i-'. &S-;r : What "our Mmiuin1 la lnhu.Jl 4n Is his 'familiarity-: With gas and pll.' Here again It may be remarked casually that "either i, because Oi , his character. f -iga- qualification," oc becausa of his "familiarUy wHh- gas .and oil,' Judge Henderson also: occupies a position in the superior jronrt of Pennsylvania, w ."We now finally, coma to a batoh of correspondence of much -Interest and algnlflcanoe. 1 will read it - without comment:' , ,j r "26 Broadway. Sept IS, 189s. (Per sonal.) i .. -r ..' . ; ' K 4 --.. , "Hon. John P. Elklns, Attorney-General, 0. E. & N. Company Asks Big Reduction on Its As sessmentAlleges That .Most of Cash Sought to Be Tacd Is in Other States. Gives Out Plan for limiting Trip to South Africa- Will Travel Through the Dark Continent He Dis cusses Proposed Trip. According to the Oregon Railroad 4 1 Navigation company, the valuation I placed on Its money, notes and accounts j by County Assessor SIgler Is about $14,000,000 . too - high. The assessor placed -the-figures at $14,400,000,' and (Baited PreM Leased Wire.) Washington. D. C. Oct J4. Presl-I dent Roosevelt's plans for entering the! ranks of private cltlsenshlp have been! so far completed that he was able to night to announce In a general way the company, through J. W. Morrow, Its his movements for over a year follow ing the inauguration of his successor.' The greater portion of that time will I be spent In hunting big game in Brit ish East Africa, in and about Victoria lake end the plains of Uganda. He will leave Washington March S for I Oyster Bay.- Unless some unexpected obstacle Intervenes,; he i will 'sail . from New York In a fortnight direct for his oard huntlh r rounds by way of the Mediter ranean ana . tn km .; sea, entering mo i at jaomoaea.' tax right-of-way agent, asserts that 1434,087 Is the highest figure the com pany can stand. , - Last ' year the . ; Oregon Railroad & Navigation company was assessed $18, 200, 0UO on money, notes and accounts, and refused to pay. An injunction re straining the sheriff from collecting the tax la now pending- in the state circuit court. Last year a sweeping attack was made on the authority of the bi Of eauanifttlon. whloh' was- tarmarl illegal body, but this year the protest country still maintains that its assessment Is "grosely, unfair, unjust, excessive, 11 legW, desorimlnatlve and disproportion ate." .but It doe. ROt' bristle With as many.; adjectives as last ? year's com-, plaint, and, it does tnot attack the pow ers of the board.. - W: .. 'The railroad representatlva says that m oompanj neia no notes when the - At Alexandra, Etryot. he will Dick Up his guns and supplies. Accompanied by at least on! Ot tne Kooseveit coys ana two govern-1 ment naturalists,, he will, at Mombasa. be joined' by hta caravan, :whlch Is ex-1 pectea to sum oer apout. jwenty-iivs. a; ravelin- several hundred, miles from Mombasa, it Is the president's purpose to ie.ve tne tram ana- siriice into me i almost impenetrable ' mountain . forest. My Dear Mr. Elklns--Responding to valuation was made, and that the as-! At Uaoea. north of Victoria lake. ian or money ana acoounts is lar I will, enter , more open countryi; -mm re gion wnicn ne will una irayoriw is wii- sldered- - to be 'the greatest hunting From the- plateau of Uganda the pres your ravor of September a it gives me v'ooaui- iu Diiciuaa you nerewitn letter of Introduction -from Mr. William Rock ?Jell'irrna,r' 3-: w- Weaver to Mr. H. McKay 'Twombley. They hope the letter , will be of service. y i.( . ; "Very truly yours, ' ' 4 , "JOHN- D. ARCHBOLD. 1srervMim Votwh 1K 1HnA jahn P. Elklns, Indiana. Pa. Telegram ; received. . will do a. r. Quested. -.v - "JOHN D. ARCHBOIJD." ' sT . T3 w sr A ear w - If a V. e r 1 AAA - n.. John. P. EUkins, Indiana, Pa. (Personal.) My Dear Oeneral In uinlini with your telegraphic request today, I beg to (Continued on Page Two.) T. R. W HAVE TO.III0 TAFI Situation Alarms Eepub lican Managers -Bryan Is Gaining Strength. ! (raited Prajs Leasag WirtJ Washington. Oct 14- With the. pow erful oratorical guns. of the party con centrated particularly on New York, Maryland. West Virginia, Ohio vand In diana, and with the whole , party - ma chinery working in perfect unison now at the highest tension, the closing week of the Republican campaign gives prom ise of -being one of the most stirring since the fir .Cleveland campaign. The call fV arms has been sounded snd party notables who heretofore have been content In campaigns to make one tpeech In their own state, 'will be out aay ana n'nt, oeginntng Monday, ap pealing to the Republicans for a victory. uinougn it was auinoritauveiy an nounced at tha Whita Hnnm fhl. avon. Ing that President Roosevelt would not make a campaign speech in Chicago, a well defined impression " prevails that tne president will not hesitate person ally to Jump Into the fray If he feels msi tne situation-warrants sueb ac tion. Confident's he Is that the'statea mentioned will give a plurality fer Taft, the president feels that certain ruber satorlal and congressional contests are ef supreme Importance and It is under stood that he told his cabinet members yesterday, when he sent them forth to stump In debstable ground. ' that no stone anouid be lert unturned to roll up a msgniflcent party - victory. He reels that such reault will be accom plished es a sweeping Indorsement. of Bis administration. .. Following a weetc of stirring political activity- the president this aftemnno started out In the mod and rain for long wais imo tne coaatry. S C. FORD DISTRICT : ATTOUXEY OF H0NT. DEPOS 1I0IIS IN In excess. of the real values. The total of cash and accounts is giyen at $2,912, 168. Then, the O.-R. & N., agent enters into detail to .explain- that. little more tnan $40o,ooo of even this sum should be assessed In Oregon. - -'-- : Casa Xm la Zast. j - First he says that the cash amounted to $660,009, but the greater part of this is carried on the books in New York. far away from the inquisitive assessors of Oregon. -Next he says that there was ioo, so aue irom oonouctors ana agents, but this item Is largely made up of uncollected freight bills, distributed over a wide territory, and the most of It due connecting lines of railroad. Mr. Morrow next says that these was $1,966,634 due' the company from sol vent corporations and individuals when the . assessment was ' made, but that these moneys are due in the New York office and not payable In Oregon. Last ly there is due $99,699 from the United States government, but this Is also said to oe payaoie in otner states. I I AM A I (T IF i:M'I FRIEND OF Lit LOW , THE, PEOPLE. 'vs J (fy&4E&&W AFTER' ; I ' ' ; - - ' ; :;' l ' ; . CfTvhl wtai. , v. vt . riAPi i 10 NotwithsUnding the fact that, most power to aid the work. ground for big game in the worlcL ident will work north along the White Nile to Khartoum, In the historic Sou dan. .From there he Intends to travel, by easy stages down tne MUe in ooats spe cially adapted for passing the six cat aracts. ;" An Invitation which he is still consid ering has been extended the president to leave unusn sou zor a time ana trav erse a portion of German Bast Africa. The president today discussed his proposed trip with Bishop J. C. Hart sell of the Methodist Episcopal church In Africa. 'tittJ&ugf Says Chanler Will Win in sion tn eastern A i rica, ana ii waa reaa lly accepted by the president,' who told the bishop that the movement had his earnest indorsement, ana tnat no couia depend upon him to do what was In bis Relana. H"iiU g. f red. a vaoac lawyer ef this Htv. w today er-"tf'std disirLct aiirr-y of Montana er J. W. Frrnn. ar tha arreintmest was mrfm'4 hy ths OVperlstent ef Juitk-a. BOYCOTT CASE Buck People Secure Offic- ials Testimony at Indianapolis. (doited Frees Leased Wire.) Indianapolis. Ini, Oct. 24. Officials of the United Mine Workers here today mad depositions to bo used In the con tempt proceedings now pending In the united, states' supreme court against John Mitchell, former president; Samuel Oompere, president of the American Fed eration or Labor, and Frank Morrison. The deooaltinna wars toltan nn HahalP of the Buck Stove and Range company. W. IX Rvan. awMtanhfMd.iiM a th. V- M- W. A., waa one of those whose deposition waa taken. . The effect of the boycott on sales Waa teatlflaii fr hv I T t.kikIu. s. Louis sales agent, and E. A. Cupper of nuwu. itrnon, hi., associate saiecensn agar for southern Illinois. of. the complaints this year have been on assessments, of "money, notes and accounts" of corporations, the O. R. A JN. charges Assessor BIgier with "uni formly and systematically eliminating from the assessment roll for 1908 said classes of property thus assessed, where the same were owned by Individuals or corporations, generally, and said asses sor Intentionally omitted - making any assessment for said classes of property where they were owned or held by nat ural persons, banks or mortgage compa nies or corporations generally. - For this reason, it la asserted, the as sessment Is void and amounts to an un lawful discrimination. At any rate, says Mr. Morrow, tha figures should be cut down, and without waiving its objection to Being assessed at ail on tnese items, the company sur rests that the maximum should not exceed $434,087." "ow Pile Complaints. Only a few complaints came in yes- teraay atternoon. - outside or the O. K. St N., the largest reduction asked was by R. M. Wade A Co. This firm says that -its agricultural implements, mer chandise, money, notes and accounts should be placed at $26,000 Instead of iou,uvu. it is rimmed that the real estate should be $6.000 instead of $35.- 000, and that the improvements should be valued at $6,000 Instead of $11,000. The Buffalo Pitts com win v. thresher ana implement aeaiers. aaa a cut from $70,000 to $11,147. Bertha B. Martin says that lot 1, In block 26 of King's secona aaaiaon snouid be placed at The Dresidant's -trip Into Africa will mark an epoch in the history of that country,"- said Bishop Hartzell tonight. "Even the natives are aroused to the highest pitch of enthusiasm over the prospect of seeing a man whom they consider one . of the greatest ' men of history. Unless I am greatly mistaken, this expedition will be paid such atten tion in Africa as has marked the visits of royalty alone." UIHUR ULfllll MUli HAS 170 Walk- New' Jer sey Safer (Continued on Page Two.) 1 JG COMPANIES LEECHES Bleed Taxpayers Shamefully Under Iniquitous Hainten Y ance Clause of Street ImproTemcnt Ordinance De , . glares KellaherContractors 3fay Own City. "la five years' the city will be ewn4 by the. paving companlea The ardl nance requiring the city to pay aa an neal maintenance fee ef -a 14 "eenta a square vaH te companies wftk-h put ew-n streets alreedv has pradW-a-lr made a gift of $14 to the comt Btee by the terms of contracts let this year they wiJl receive, lie Trie tirtl!nr wa inii. hy Co'incilmae Keiisber te The Journal yee.n?uiv. when he recj a ruce bandiaaf sutl.Mc, whV'h he htm trerlnj Joe ctha He save h' will e theM eorvioents erlth fhe ceoecU at v - : - Its aea meeting. la an enleaver H In duce that body te repeal the mainte nance riaaee of the street. Impreveaent erdlnaneew "I do not eay, remttased Mr.'Kella her, "that the bftulltbte - eempeny. er aoy ether firm aJoee,- is mulcting the tatpavers throegh this lntetous law, Ktit that all ef them are g-etUng axma thirg that they-sH.Bld rt get. No ether lare-e rlty la the fminiry pays tne for the malntenaiM-e ef pevewtama. The e.rlractora ih.maH rea are otoiiged te de th! eiaee er. Ih. sRalnteaance elauea ahoold be an mr4 I lned te vee every effert le bring abeat Its repeaL' The Week in Politics Monday Taft In New Jersey, Mary land and Delaware.- Bryan tn Illinois. Charges that Republicans would attempt to buy election. Tuesday Bryan in Indiana. Taft In Maryland and West, Virginia. Hitchcock and Sheldon ridicule Bryan's charges of Purchasing elections. Harmon. Francis and Herbert, former members of Cleve land's cabinet, speak in New York city. Wednesday President sends letter to Senstor Knox asking question as. to whether Bryan supports Oomrvers' legis lative program. Bryan . in Ohio . de- n ounces railroads for alleged coercion of employes to vote for Taft. Taft rests at Cincinnati home. .-'. -Thursday Tsft, In Indiana, replies to Brvan s cnarce 01 coercion. . Hrvan in West Vlralnia. Friday Letter written by Cleveland In ISO denouncing Bryanlsm. made uduc Tart in maiana. Bryan In New ersey. Roosevelt's cabinet to take the stump. Saturday Taft flntRhlnr atuinnlna- 1 our in inaiana, joryart stumping south ern New York. - 0 G. 0. P. GETS HALL AWAY FB03I BRYAN (Tatted Preae lawaed Wire.) Lincoln. Neb, Oct. 14. When Will lam 1. Bryan pats the finishing touches on bis campaign for the presidency with aa address in Lincoln, the night before election, he win probably hare te speak cot la the cold. 1 The Republican State -committee ex ecuted a p this afternoon ey hiring the big City Auditorium for a speech on the same Bight h-r fwnator Elmer J. Bartrett The auditorium is the enlv hall In ttre rlty aeeriv .Ma- twiuctl te accomimxlate the crowd that anight be espeeted te listen to Hryaa Anal a4 drwa, and tSe DemoeraHe State mm mltlee bow faces tie proaret of being eontr-ailed to eak the RepibitAaa state of V Jaj fne r.nilu'in t let TSrvaa saeaa em tbe s;ete capital greaada. q 'f 4)4 ftTnlted Prats TLeaaed Wlra.t New York. 6ct 24. Ten days before election. Chairman Norman E. "Mack of the Democratic national committee claims New York, Indiana, New. Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia and Rhode Island, The Democrats also declare they can win without the Empire state. Figures many and voluminous are given to substantiate Mack's 'state ment. New Jersey will give forty thousand plurality to Bryan. Not a single electoral vote will go to the Republicans In Indiana. Bryan and Chanler in New York will win . in a walk. Mack aays his computation Is based on a direct poll of the voters, re liable reports from congressional dis tricts, the word of state chairmen and the unbiased opinion of shrewd political Ju?. . . in view or tne nepuoticans statement. to be Issued Monday, wise politician are refraining from comment upon the Democrats forecast or tonignt. CANADA RANCHER FROZEN TO DEATH (Catted Prew Leased Wlra.t Wlnnlnes. Man.. Oct. 14-That con siderable damage was done In the re cent blissard which swept the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan was eon- firmed late this afternoon when a re port reached here that Harry Martin, a .rancher, had f rot en to death and that thousands of sheep had perished In the snow. The full extent of the damage Is not yet known. ninniiiinRsjiF Wn.! .I.IIWHV lllli. , REAL SPORTS Ray and Kelleher Turn the 50-Mile Hike Into a Joyous Canter ' (United Press Leased Wire,) Chicago, Oct 24. Finishing 'their 50-mlle test walk this afternoon,' Ma jors Ray and Kelleher , of (the paymas ter's office of the department of the lakes set a new record for-the 1 effi ciency test - by beating the official al lotted time of 20 hours by one hour 'and 11 minutes. . . .. . Both veterans appeared a llttk frai- sled out, but declared they felt more fit than when they started to walk, three aays ago. - Tne officers were compelled to make the 60-milo walk In three days because they failed, to take the 10-mile teat 1 ride ordered by the war depart ment. . . Both men had ' to walk in complete field outfit and today the roads were muddy, making their task more arduous. A crowd greeted the two veterans as they walked up to Fort Sheridan. INJUNCTION AGAINST SIINERS' PRESIDENT SALFHIIIGS ' ARE TIEATfliED .:if, -i -.-.yr ; ,;..,'.j ' Danish Capitalists Secure J SiberiantCoast Monopoly Y ! -Sea Full ;of Fish.. (Tatted Press Laaaed Wtr.,1 Terre Haute, Ind., Oct 24. A petition for an Injunction restraining President Lewis and other national officers of the United Mine Workers from deposing the district officers of the miners' organi sation was iiieo nere tnis afternoon. All the local district officers signed the petition. Judge Cox issued a temporary restraining order and set the hearing, on tvermanent order ror rovemoer 9. The petition resulted from the action President Lewis tn deposing District President Van Horn and nullifrlag the charter of the district union because the officers refused to otey nis order - In the Hudson mine trouble recently. . 4 DiVDsif rnnn nniioirn , rliniLL JUUif UUUULL.U "Every patriotic Orfgonian would like to "see the number .of persons on our payroll increased, doubled, trebled, qnadrnpIecL-and "so on," said I. N. Fleischner "of Fleiscbner, Mayer & Company. . "This wiould be so ea$y matter if the entire population would buy -only articles of home production. We, as well as other employers . on a large scale, turn thousands of dollars into the local channels of trade. Speaking for ourselves, we do the best we can to build op lo cal enterprises. For example, w buy large quantities of cloth from Oregon mills in order to support home industries. This material is . made up into shirts, overalls, coats and other articles in our factory. where we now employ hundreds of people. It would not be long be- . , fore other hundreds Vould be on our payroll if the people f this J community could be induced to show a buyirg preference fir Oregon -made gnods. The suOreis of this theory meaDS a larger city, a better market, and a more fully developed state." X a. CHeirst tfews by Lengeat Leased Whs.) . San; Franclsvo,kQct 24; iTbe Alaska Packers' association and other firms which have .made .millionaires, of men who only a few, years -ago -were Quick to see', and develop,' are at last to ' face competition on- a. -large- scale. It' will not be on their own ground v. where they have- practically a monopoly of the In dustry,' but on 'tha coast of Siberia, and in therOkhot8ktsea,where Danish cap italists have secured a twelve years' concession from the -Russian govern ment for -tha salmon monopoly.; , HPlaun and C. K. Thlelmann. who have spent the summer investigating the new fisheries for their countrymen in Denmark, arrived today from the far east on the liner China. They will mtko a trip of inspection - to- some - of - the southeastern Alaska ' salmon canneries before proceeding to Copenhagen to make a detailed report on what thev have found.- That report, they do not hesitate to say, will be very favorable. "Our concession," ' said Plann today, "has alreadv ' been obtained from the Russian government and is tha only on of its kind on the Siberian coast, ex cept the- email local yearly coacesslon under which Japanese firms have been doing business for soma time. The best part of our territory covers the coast about the mouths of the Palama. Nsta cbera and Tretak rivers, emptying Into the-Okhotsk aea. The ealroon there are like thoee of Alaska for plenitude and are of the deep-sea Alaskan kind." (HE JOE FOR ESCH 110 COSE Author of a Oncc-Fainon -BiirJoins Revolt Alvji Tyranny. . $ . . i "fralteS Prate Leaaed t-v UOmm, Wia t. Jl A aet ! n.n Jnh. J t.'erh M). tit 1. . ef tfce ftmem Eeh-Tnen.' Dared ueee jvoa;! y that the ree;er-tt ef J t c. I I; line's as et-eaVer t( t' '. . .-nt.-' e T - i (' y . 1.1't- - .!''-.