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PORTLAND, OREGON. ' MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1808.' FOURTEEN PAGES.
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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
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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 '
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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