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THE DAILY JOURNAL IS SOLD ON THE GTRE.E.TC OF PORTLAND AT TWO CENTS A CO. -4 X J . Sbll JOURNAL CIRCULATION Your Jtal Estate (hroofh The Journal. ; Journal Ada pJ beat. YESTKHD.IY WAS 30,295 TJia Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday; easterly winds. VOL. VII. NO. 201. PORTLAND, OREGON. ' MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1808.' FOURTEEN PAGES. rtrrrT - rMrr piito oi rtinii l D vrwt rniVfb inu ivaiua arai-Da i-rra cn i . SHERMAN . v . ' : - ' ' c Mil LAND HOT - - paw . . - . a a muni Tr t'V mmmi Edmund Burke Threatened Suit Against ; Stevens and Puter for Libel Involved in Sensation Ex-Senator Patterson of . Colorado Blocks Taff s Running Mate. " The New York World has brought Tames S. Sherman into the limelight as party to a scneme to secure vaiuaDie iipiDer ianas in New Mexico bv an act of conrrress. which, if it hadioassed, would have given the promoters property of great valuf for little orSaJei tJompcii, vllo :h rAn is j 13 GOMPERS SAYS ROOSEVELT ON LABOR MADE ATTACK Cedts, Ohio, Oct l-C-W. K TafTa McUI ala was eWled arsis totay. 7"" This jtb. mao4 ta JV.Taffa rmla n twa Oy. President Townsend and - r Secretary iluller Ask to Be Kelieved Culmination of Dissension-' Which May ' EesuIMn Disintegration. , awered President Roosevelt's Let ter Relative to Injunctions, DEAD AT THE notnincr. . . : One of the men mentioned in connection with having kt slip the information is Edmund isurke, an attorney ot Los Angeies. The World alleges Burke made certain statements relative to the deal in the presence of former United States Senator Patterson of Colorado, ex-uovernpr Usborne ot Wyoming, ana an attorney named Thomas. Burke, who is the man "who threatened Horace Stevens of this city with libel for certain' statements accrediated to btevens and S. A. u. ruter in the latter s dook on land trauas, nas given tne United Press a denial of his, particular connection-with the Sher man scandal. Burke's statement, however, makes certain , admis- Canse . Of Well JinOTVH Ell gene Boy's Sudden Death.' Not Known. s ions that would seem to 'show that;the ,World has hewn very rlnseJv tr the Ifne. . v . " (tJnlfod PrM Lmm4 New York. Opt - 26. The World this morning prints a story to the effect 4 & Y 1 DMhll..M kilo V iiauies Diicruittu, uwMvau i yelopmei nun tnee,.ori irtoe-presUeajUiJMa 100 traet--f lend wnbrcls more nected with a schemao secure valu able , timber lands" In "New Mexico for t almost nothing through en act of con . gresa In, 1903. x Th WorW saya the story was dictated- to f representative of the paper by Edmund Burke, an at- . torney of Los Angeies, wno was partner of Sherman at the time. ' The story is said to have been 'dictated In the presence Of Thomas 8. Patterson, former United : States senator from Colorado, ex-Governor Osborne of Wyomtni and W. J. Thomas, an at torney representing Burke. The World save: Th facts as set forth In the state ment are In brief as follows: That in 1901 James & Sherman, now tne KeDUoitcan candidate lor vioe-Dreei dent; & ti. Philip, a legislative agent for the brewery interests of Milwaukee; j-ienrr uasson. tne serseaat-t-arms o the present .house of representatives, and Mr. Rurke formed a com nan v known as the New Mexico Lumber and DevelODment com Dan v. That the articles of Incorporation were filed in the territory of Arisona in order, according to Mr. uurKe, "to secure secrecy. Drafts to Territorial Officials. . That Mr. Burke, as ' the authorised agent of the company, entered Into an arrangement with the members of the land board or the territory of - New Mexico to acquire oertain territorial timber lands at a cost of about one tenth of their value. -- That Mr. Burke went to Mew Mexico, snd "made tho neoesnary arrange ments," giving ' to Solicitor General Bartlett of that territory $500 In cash; to A. A. Kerr, superintendent of lands, a draft on a Philadelphia bank of $500. and to-Governor Otero -of New Mexico a draft for $6,000, which went through the . Bank of - Pueblo, Colo. 1 These off ielals ; constitute the , land board -cf .. the territory.; .. vv- !,:.;. That tbe land board In return gave to the New Mexico Lumber nnrl De velopment company an option on an ex-J T. S. . Townsend, president, and Fred Muller, secretary, of the board of trade. have tendered theirr resignations, to take I effect at once. The resignations are in I tbe hands of the first vice-president, A. B. Stelnbach. and there will prob- abably be a meeting of the directors! this evening to act upon them. mene resianations com as tne cui- mlna-ip.i of a storm which has been I brewing for some little time, and there! are rumors to the effect that they are I the first steD toward what may oe a disintegration of the organization. tiotn iresiaent lowireena ana oecre- tarv Muller said this morning that they I had tendered their resignations, but re-1 fused to make any further-statement or! to make publlo the reasons ' for their I action. - ; . understood that the ae-1 e to the Board of Trade building a cash grain market la the cause ; of the trouble, a I number of members--of the, board of! trade' being also subscribers of the Merchants' Exchange, and being back of I the new move on -the part xt the latter! action. ' " .- ft is generally understood that the ctslon of th Merchants' Exchange establish on the ground floor of Special Dispatch to -The Journal. Eugene, .' Or- Oct.; afA"',? telephone 1 oraanization. messaga was Received hero Jast, eyenjng rrom itowbu, rones esse -or jugene,.! . The president and secretary - ot tne f 1 than 150.000 aores at a orlce of S3 anl statin hat ; VMri . TWi 13 vmi-s nM. 1 board of trade, while they will not make 1A w. AmnlAvaiV Jill . A v !. ''". '' " . ' , . "-l-.-r'-lierstood to have cnarKed certain mem- Waldo lalte reservoir. ever 100 . miles I hm of the oreanisaUon with bad faith. ahmt nf mi th timmlt nt th. r'lu.l Tbe. resignations are evidently a test of I ..j. a..i.. a-. o, I strength between two factions. There! cade mountains, was found dead Sat- od deal.of bad feeling, and it Is urday morning, not far from camp. I aaid to be possible that the board of! The messenger wnorode an dav tat-i m -n n,i or hminaai. 1 and on the , back' of ' those applications I urday and Sunday to telephone to the! When President Townsend was asked I vai nrinteif a iuivr attnrnav tn 1 nnrfinpr flra.ve 'nn nartlGulAM avnf tha 1 kfn Mn.ninn wtiithi- or not Mm rAaltr. I New Mexico Lumber and Development I phone, except that the young man had nation . meant that the board of trade acre, v ','"'' v-. .-; ' ' Eastern Hirelings ' as Sammies.';, 'i ' "That the .lend- board of the territorv printed for the company several thou-1 sana applications addressed to the land boards each asking for a grant of 1601 acres, me. limit anowea an- individual. pointed the! territory its agent. These I he either shot himself accidentally or I necessarily.' applications, were to be signed,, aeoord tng to- Mr. Burke, by divers men work ing ta the breweries of Milwaukee, and men turned over to tne New Mnmn jumper and ieveiopment : company. LumbVTDeve4opm.ntcomTan'ylr te. F&S&'SPtx mv'ntrvmenana a"nos SoX nyThlnffuft my.entrymen was too dangerous, and th, ve, ThB -now la over three that he died suddenly from heart trouble. Coroner Gordon sent instruc tions to Lowell to nave the - body brought out at once. Younar uodd was employed with four other men at work on the. reservoir ut he would give out I on the advice of .Unltl States Bettor Si.."-; - W t mr i iiaiiuu, the I and was a student at the Eugene High . . ' a DHL UOCII epooner, wnom. tney .consultefl. decided time, rfcdrt was a member of one of nothing further, saying that he did not wlan to- taia untu aiier of the board of directors. ' Secretary . Fred Muller also admitted th.t he had tendered his resignation. to take "effect-at onoe. but refused to make any statement as to the reasons for hla action. He said he would ore- pare a statement for publication - after! the directors had acted on nis resig- J ' " ' 1b Coming Events Cast Their Shado ws, Etc. school last year. He was a grandson i one of the most prominent veterans of the civil war In Lane county. - - to abandon their original plan sfed I seek the best-known families of the count: wKiBMuvti auiuuruy to uram at expense of the government. Sherman ITursed the. BUI. That Mr. Sherman, then a member of congress and chairman of the com mittee on Indian affairs, prepared and drew house biU No. 11,062, to amend an act - entitled "An act to make certain grants of lands In the territorv of New Mexico and for other purposes.." This act, as introduced in the house, pro vided that the territorv mlsht sell tlm ber lands in blocks of 25.000 acres and put no limitation or minimum price on the lands. That this bill passed the house of representatives ana was sent to the senate. On reaching the senate" the bill was amended and the minimum orice of $4 placed on the land, but permit ting the territory to sell In blocks of zd.uuo acres to any one Individual or Mr. Btelabaoh Also Silent. Mr ; Stelnbach also refused to dis cuss the matter until efter he had con ferred with Second. Vlce-jresident JJ. KISSING BUG III (Continued on Page Three.) E OF FLEET (Continued on Page Three.) Burke Employed Osborne's Stenographer in Osborne's Office, and Handed His Statement to oborne, 1Tho Gives Out mat Was Told in Burke's Story. ' (Special ntspatrk to TWoornal.l , Denver, Colo., Oct. 2$. Ex-Governor Osborne of Wyoming today gave' out a strongly confirmatory statement re garding the New Tork World's story In which tbe participation of James Schoolcraft Sherman, Republican can didate for vice-president. In attempted public land frauds la New Mexico Is alleged snd set forth in detail. Mr. Osborne said: Mr. Burke Is a very large, fine look- in a; man. J had aerer seen him before. but wa acquainted with ex-Jude - i nomw mi nomey. woo introduced him here la iJemoeratic headquarters a week ago yesterday. He said he de sire to oraw bb some afridarlts and asked for tbe of my stenographer. "After they bad completed Xhe-lr dic tation tne aiateroeTiia air. Burke bad tna1e were xtve-n to me to rred. In arid III on I Was ahowa the olflnil of the Sherman letter rf erred to la the aiory put mto 1 te world today. "The preliminary plana of tbo rota pany for eecuiing the New Mexico lue were marie In a Buffalo. N. T- hotel the dy Mr. McKialer was aaaaaelnated. Mr. Ki.ermaa. aw-ncdlne; to Burke, was there with the ethers be names as offi cers of the eoTnruiy. Te peetr later went te New Meti er Is a rrfate rar lnetect the prop rtr tber tipertet te take erer. . "Mr. bet-man 4i4 sot ieare the ear, rewever. arwrdina te Mr. Rutke. yre ferna t flu rarda with ether frl'-r4. iva t4a; r.Jira t aer-t tfe (ie-PM-nla of the -ipri hl 1r- timber wee tSere hm 1 he rTr-ete4. 1 44 B't kw Kt UM tt te rnsa tf te af'i'jttn. hut t-9-i as Kr. Parke ta4 eaalrlai eri4ecc to i oacK up an his ststements I am con vinced that he wss told the truth. Now that the matter has been made public I imagine It will create a considerable sensation. "Mr. Burke told me that be was oom polled to go to Europe and nemaln there year to arold tee t If yln against Mr. Sherman and others, a short time after the United State eenate killed tun onein'an umoer iana act. "The rasasse of the bin would have meant a great prom to the company. It seem that the government land of fice was about to prosecute the com pany cfricers for the steps the haj taken toward seourlns dumat ntrr. n.n front Milwaukee. That the New Mexican Land anil fk. velopment company. In November, 10L ecuredl an- optlna oa li.OOO acres of timber land in New Mexico at It an acre, which embraced erery .acre of timber land In the terrltot-r. ta etim by the recorda In the office of the ter rltorlal 'land commissioners. The op tion wan secured by Kdmund Burke of Lne Anvetes, the romoanr'a attnraev who Appeared before the board Nartm ber 19. IL Candidate iherman"s name does not appear oa the records and the names of the men backing the corporation ir aot siren. Burke derxMr'ted a rherk tor tceae and the berraln was made, proridinc tSe trr1tory coo 14 secure W'.aUt lon r-nni!tiBg It to dlspoae of ail its tim ber land. Ies-alatJon was not secured end wv al attempts tn eertire urniHt an ti.a draft hae ftVi. ; Mr l-w-ke. was st wt time i.(!fM fre ft Jw. He has ali UrM in F-',mer a-d l w:l k.Bw-rt ttrow shout iht fiat s;i;tra.Ii. CM ROPE; BOX; KICK; DEATH Dotard,; Thief (Phaser -and Dynamiter; a ; Spectac-' ular-Suicide; T - eBeawaawaseseaaaaaBkaBSBaB ITJalted Press Leased Wire.).1 ' San .IMe-ro,, Cat, Oct.' J. After cost ing the government thousands of dollars spent in running down imaginary" crimi nals,' Allen JI.-Blnns, the aged man who waa arrested' September 20 .,.on ! the charge -of - attempting- to dynamlts nhe homo of Health Officer Mead, commit ted eulcjde by hanging- himself today. fter Itlnn'e :AOnfeeslon, th&t he -left the dynamite on Mead's poratr, lnssntty proceedings were instituted against him. Upon the promise of -friends to -care for him, Blnna, who wee It years of age, was released ifrom .prison. pendina- the decision of the Insanity commission. Early today BInns wrote-and -pouted a number of letters telling of his intended suicide, then returned. to Ills rooms and killed himself. He mounted. a. box, tied a clothes line about his neck and kicked away the box. . . . ... Three hours later his body was found by the police, who had been notified by the friends to -whom Blnna bad sent letters. ; - - .:- ' PLANT III TOW TO BAY CITY HERALD MAKES POOR GOESSER Claims Counties for Taft That Are Sure to Go for Bryan. Coos, Bay-San Francisco Boat Bendered .Helpless by Sat urday's rAccidmt ' rneHa1 DHeatra te TVe laersalt' " Marehfieid, Or, Oct. Jt The tug Co lumbia will today tow tbe steamer ML r. Plant to San rraacls-o. Tbe dis abled eieeroer has been laylnc at an chrr eT 7oe bar smca Saturday. Her rudder la disabled snd she euststred rn her dstragea thei wtnerk by a beery tea on rreeetng est over tbe bar tal ur.ijr affernnon. A tee: llted the temr reeierday bnt a.i the paas't era d-.lded to remala m board. No r waa fc'irt. fa .tee "rMnt Te F'uiet wui r- :n . lor reaUra ea reacts g baa Fraaclace - New Tork. Oct 15. The following statement was Issued last evening by the Democratic national committee "The Democratic national committee Is more confident that ever of Mr. Bryan's election. The forecast In the New Tork Herald Sunday giving New xorK- to -Tart by sv.vou majority and rlTlnc Hushes MOO majority. Is wide of the mark. In its estimate it gives Tart 8,000 majority in iSrle county, whereas that county will go for Bryan, Instead of the 71.000 majority riven to air. urran in mew xora county no win receive much over' 500.000. "Chemung; county is riven to Taft, according to the New Tork Herald, by six majority, whereas It will go for Bryaii. The Herald- estimates "from other counties in the state are also in correct. It shows that the Herald cor respondents hsve not felt the tremend ous trend In favor of Mr. Bryan that la - evident to Impartial observers all over the state. via the 104 election, l.ft2,4! votes were caat In New Tork. With a vote this year or nearly I.ooa.soo, an estimate of 80.000 majority shows thst the Democrats have made Immense sains, as Roosevelt bed 173. &2I mstorlty In 1004. If the Herald sees a change of 0,00 to Bryan today. It will find that It will be enourh to rive Bryan the electoral vote of New Tork." EVERYBODY DECLARES HATFIELD NOT DUXIIA3I (Tattee- Preas La.l Wirt I San Joe. Cel.. Oct. 14. Hundreds of people tbronaed the- TT)ty Jail today to see William M. Hatfield. tTtmjM here front Texas, on eus 1-Un of being James C Dunham, tbe Campbell mur derer. All were ananlmoca In dedar- g the t Hatfield Is net Dunbara and a prisoner wVi probably ho released a few daya, ' There Is general f orwtesa nation ber Of the whle affair of brtnainB Hatfie'.d ere to ana-wer to 1e chars. leputv FherlK Howard Ewffinrton, who knowa Dunham we;i, declared that he ievr u that Hatfleid was Dwrham. Hatneld rieclaree tat be was lil- tread wlle e was I" the reer.tr at Pher-msn. Tesaa. He aa be ws er,;ted t a I erta of t"rfi-e -d wsa t-eele" rrr lae S w tet than vwn bf He reclaree that be wLl trails la Ca:K'a. i Anxious Jap Journalist Wonders If It Is in Nip pon to Stay. (United Press Leased Wire.) Tokio, Japan, Oct. 28. Tbe visit of tbe American sailors of tbe battleship fleet to the shores of Nippon has called forth from the Japanese . various com plimentary comments regarding their behavior. A Japanese daily discusses gravely a new feature of occidental life brourbt vividly before the observing oriental eye unaer a caption, "wny we ao not kiss. "Kissing, as an expression of affec tion, has ocen nitnerto unknown, sars the writer. "Possibly because It hss never occurred to the Japanese, anv more man me custom or ruoomr noses as a manner of salutation has occurred to Americans. "In the Japanese lanruare thara Is no verb to kiss' and no word that sig nifies -the sction. After the advent of this -Kissina- our.' as It Is called In the United States, we must borrow a Chin ese chaxacter in writing; the word, which conveys the meaning to touch the lips.' Alreadv our children are adopting certain customs of the visit ors to these shores and ws wonder greatly If they will ' allow themselvee o do inoculated with tne 'Kissing bug. ' TRANSCONTINENTAL IN MEXICO COMPLETED - trsited Press Leased Wire I City of Mexico. Oct. 14. Plana are Heine made ror tne rormsj dedication of tf. Taxlpan-Mansanlllo extension of IKES REPLY LETTER the Mexican Central railroad, the laat spiae or wnirn waa driven lata Satur day. President Dlas will officiate at t he dedication.' This extension marka the completion of the first transconti nental railway In Mexico, not counting the line which spans tbe Isthmus of Te-hauntepee. ' (United Press Leased Wlre.1 Washington. Oct 28. Samuel Gompers, president of the-American Federation of Labor, today Issued a formal reply to President Roose velt's letter to Senator Knox of Pennsylvania In regard to the atti tude of labor in 'the presidential campaign. The reply will be published In the Federatibnlst and will be circulated as a campaign document, oompers says: "President Roosevelt made Taft the candidate of his party. Seeing that the-labor vote now la aroused and the tollers cannot be cajoled, he has become desperate, and in anger, by the worst exhibition of demagog ism, tries to instill into employers the fear that prosperity .will be en dangered if a square deal is accord ed the workers. It Is aa exhibition of Impotent rsge and an asrful descent from the dignity of high office. . ''None but himself will be deceived. "Roosevelt has tbrast himself Into BALBOA YIELDS TO Comes in Out of the Wet IV r cific and Ts' Off to Spain' ; in Chains. . i i (Continued oa Pas Three.) ttJ tMttJ KEEP THE L'OIIEY AT 110UI LVmand Oregon-made, poods and, accept no subtitute. and our state will take its place among the gTeat manufactuf- ing centers of the country," said Fred Tenning:, president of J the "Portland Furniture Manufacturing Cxunpinyv , . "If the people of Oregon would only, appreciate the im- X portance of this stand, the manufacturers of this state would j, be compelled to double thnr capacity, and in so doing double thejr pay-roll. Under those conditions the vast amennt of money which goes inta eatcrn coffers wrruld rema'a in cur J m?dt. and tne banker, Jhumes ran and' wage-ram-r would X all particirate in i's tencfit. . (United Press. Leased Wire.) . ' San Francisco, Oct '2. The name of the Spanish' discoverer : Balboa is in scribed on the police blotter of the park station :; today, and . a -pretender to the title is in the city prison awaiting re lease from his : sovereign," the king of Spain. '. - , : . ',-'. "Balboa's" modern . asms la Slss Horatay, . a mechanic, . who astonished several , hundred people1 in Golden.. Gats park yesterday afternoon by ' wading Into Spreckels lake and announcing that all shore washed by its waves hence- forth belonged to tbe king of Bpaln. "Balboa" carried In his hand a long stick to which was attached a bandana handkerchief. . The standard he planted In the oozy bottom of the lake.-. A mountea policeman iinauy ooaxea "Balboa" from the . pond by misrepre senting himself as Plxarro," and the half -submerged "Balbao" came ashore to greet his companion In arms. . "Balbao." like another celebrated die- uueeee - aar aa aS rS f tf Knaltl 1ft chain. ' . -- ' EliGLISH BUTLER 11 JEWEL THIEF 'his the Police Theory to skcount for 3frs. E G. Hopper's Loss of Gems. . tTsHed Pnse Laasea wwe l tin Franc I era, Oct, It. Informs!!" teajardlsg the- whereabouts of Geerse MetraOf. aa Cnsllsti buiW. sM te t poeaeseed of a faartlocabls a-vat a 1 t eVe II, M ortH ef Jewels t! r lng to lira K. O. Hnper ef t) !s . would be tsokfuKy rerelrel by tr ; IIcsl The lTrtpKtd serrar.t At; ! yee'erday e.-l aim-j! ian - r re-ieta tv lt l-I I I b iti i '- Tif'aiv aie '!-' A Sets' e4 ce- ' . ' ' ''- ' s- nee i a 4 t- r- - , r-- w ' m
