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Newspaper Page Textthe Price of all editions of the daily journal is 2c a copy on the streets and at the offic "1 V ' g 11 in Tbo Journal Want pages today,. JOURNAL CIRCULATION BEAD Th display als la The Journal tod erg-Hp. 1 ' " ' ' - The Weather Occasional rain to .night and Friday; aouthrly wlnda. YCSTEIIDAY WAH 30,826 VOL. VIL NO. 01 PORTLAND, OREGON. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1008. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. am'ivcJIu LA -AM ; C.Vv.AxX. , -iSSfl. JAi A-AA AUAA - A 11 II . . i i I I I II 1 !A. J . lr Y Hi TT. ' r ---rSlw. II I 1 V "V" VT 1 Vf -II , . . . " " x - V , ''". I . ' - mm mm mmmwm asssssw mi sasiss.nsaai i " ' . ' ' ' " " ""' 11 hw-t wpwwwii ihhhii ! iwti. , 1 ' hi ..... , T OFFimt mm TO DEFEAT- mm Despite Effort of Taft Man v agers in New York Ae J)raska7i Makcs .Rapid - Gains in That State Ohio in the Balance. (Special Dispatch to Ths Journal.) New York, Oct. 29. While there is no one in position to say' definite ly whether this 6tate will be carried for Bryant it may be related with considerable degree of certainty that tbe Democratic candidate has made remarkable progress here in the past three days. The Republican man agers are frightened and; are putting forward every effort to corral the votes that are getting away from them and today's campaign is marked by an Inspired betting in fa vor of Taft and takers among Bryan supporters, who see through the game. There Is no doubt but that large sum of money bat been turned, loose" In the past 14 hours. Wall street is cog nizant of thU-nd has stimulated Taft bytglvlng out rumors of "break-arrays" In strong Bryan quarters. The Xputa " i (Continued on Page Eleven.) " Jiist a Halloween Bugaboo to Scare Little Children .4 - . . 1 "V "f Jffi Calls on Associated Charities to Make Detailed Finan cial Statement Before Jan uary 1 Baker Charges Money Is Wasted. SERVIA APPEALS ; IIVERHfA TO THE DOUfilA - BY TIDAL STRUCK WAKE OK t" Ifll S fi THE SCHOOLS Temptation Comes to Russia Twenty Persons Injured in Philadelphia .Boy Says He to Cut $e Conference at Last Moment. Encounter One Day Out From Queenstown. (Cnita PrcM Mated .Wire, I (Unlt.d Praia Leiied Wlra.l Belgrade. Oct. 29. Despairing at the I Boston. Mass., Oct. 29. Twenty cer- Trospect of being altogethe ignored In J sons aboard the Cunard line Ivernla, the coming Balkan conference, the Ser- I which arrived today, were Injured when vlan paryament toifay telegraphed to the elncli J-wave tht RU.!a. allv J" l.: ??1' Hotel, one day out i "viu w""uwwu. oix or mo passen- nerseil wim wervia ano jurawntgra bud wm iiruu oy ioose decile The telegram betreed Russia to consld- nuriea . against atanchlona - i wiu auperstructura were seriously la er the alliance, and saldf : "Do not aban- I lured but aU will recover. ' y Ann urn tn nnr affliction." v ,' , 1 Accordlns; to th nfflrnra r,t h. vi.! The message declared that Bervia and ? ' :aJrt-Z?f uie largest they have Montenegro would never submit to Aus tria's absorption of Bosnia and Herzegovina, The diplomatic corps here is awaiting Without Warnlnar and atrikinir nn tv.a rail, ship's boats and davits, -swept over nm uiauir ucck, carrying passengers ana what action, if any, w! be taken on sm onwm ,. A panic In the ste'erage was averted uy piumpi actio erew. who aided about t be swept overboard When the gis&uuu wave receaea the telegram by the Russian govern ment. - . The new attitude of Servia and Mon tenegro places Russia In the peculiar position of having an opportunity to strenginen ner noict in mt uaiaan pe ninsula, but she has already arranged the details of the proposed Balkan con ference through Foreign Minister Is- wqisKy. - : I f rage Association. In seaslon her tndav. it Russia oeciaes 10 neea tns piea or I sent to President ,Tom..vu n .a( Ifii.t " .1:: . . . . r - " " r i - feufragettes' Appeal. Boston, Oct 19. The Woman Suf- fra. oeryjB. inu wwucn.sro, new uuauoa 1 aknr that he incliida In hia fnrttx will arise for the conference of powers TnV Zl''. .t"""" to dispose of. 1 Imendatton of the aDDroDriation of a for "nromotinff irirnaiy iniemaironai reiatlc i'asco nora riORED suitable sum to be used for I courtesies to foreign guests." and Does Big Business in the Drug. (tTnlted Press Leased Wire.) Philadelphia, Oct. 29. Scores of "chil dren In the public 'schools here are addicted- to the use of cocaine, according to the confession of Edward Lee. a 15- year-old vender of the drug, and de tectives are Investigating the appalling coaaiuon ioun arrest their that he procured the drug at a house on North. Tentn street, where a man mad a practice of selllnc it to the school boy, who In turn made "lots of money" selling 11 10 uieir scnooimates. -PROJECT ? IS ASSlD Charging that 90 per cent of the money collected by the Associated Char ities of Portland, ostensibly for the re lief of the city's poor, '"is paid out In salaries to officers of that, society, Councilman Baker, suddenly jolted the council out of the milky depths of a debate on tbe Cottel dairy ordinance by j iiiu wiuuing a. resolution caning on ins Associated Charities to make a detailed report of Its expenditures to the coun cil before the first of the year. The resolution was Dassed by a narrow mar- ?'ln of one vote, eight solons being In avor of and seven against It. Mr. Baker had been taking an active part In the fight against the Cottel milk bill, when Mrs.- M. R. Trumbull, on behalf of the Visiting Nurses' as sociation, was given the privilege of the floor. The councilman had opened his remarks by making; a sarcastically In tended motion to have . the mayor ap point a. iixe saving crew, we referred ("-the Cottel'"Ordlnance.",'-.4-j''"i'W:'"'' :'" ' when Mrs. Trumbull made her ap eal that the ordinance be referred back 0 the health end police committee, and that. If It were found too stringent. some kind of a protective measure . be Josephine County Citizens Form Incorporation and Complete Plans for claiming Thousands Acres of Arid Land. Re of lion. - ling Lee and Michael Larkins were ted with quantities of the drug In possession. I told the officers BENJAMIN HAYDEN, PIONEER OF 52 nTs (Cnlted Press Leaeed Wlra.V Salem; : Or.. Oct. ti. Benjamin Ha den. one of the pathfinders to Callfom in 1849. and a Dloneer who crossed tha plains -10 Oregon in I86Z. died this morning, at the age of 8S years. W. C. T. U. Next at Omaha. . i Cnlted Pmia T.al Wlr.1 Denver. Oct. 29. The executive rnm. inittee or tne w. c T. it. todav selected Omaha-as -the city for the next annual convention. HI! HO 1 " I Oldj Fort Dalles Ilistorica! (Society Celebrates at The Dalles. . 8eeUI Dtspatr ts Tbe Jawsatt The DaUes. Or..- Oct 28 The) fif tieth anniversary of. the advent of Mrs. Camilla Don nail and her daughter. Mrs. C J. Crandall. Into Wasco county, was celebrated by the Old Fort Dalles at the rarrisoa balldlrg in this city, whan a large number of old pioneers and friends ef the guests of honor met for the purpose ef honoring . two of Wasco county's jBost' honored women. It was It years ago this snonth whea Zelek -M. DonnelU husband of Mra Camilla DonnelU and father of Mra. C 3. CrandaJl. drove his cattle serosa the mountains by way ef the Barlow rosd from the Wlllaraetts valley to Wasco county sod saet his family here, who feed come by steamboat from Portland. Mr. tonaeQ died many years ago and bis widow, seed! years, ts still strong In body and mind for out of her years. was ehowrd with carnations and eahllaa by her friends yesterday After SMKn. . - Gerre lf TT!m. sate secretarv of t) Ores' H,ort-a rt.T. of J ort Isjtd, atieeded tao cttrauoav 1 T. JENECIfJS IN SELF-DEFENSE 'Assails Character of "Claudia," Pities His Brother, and ,. Feels Duly Sorry f or His Poor, Abused Self Boasts of His Literary Works maltes Press Leased W1re. A Tork, Oct. ;. "LitUa can be said regarding a woman who is trying to hang her husband, the father of her children poor, broken-hearted husband, who went mad With Jealousy and killed her lover." In the first public statement ef Thorn ton Jenkins Halns, brother of Captain Peter C. Halns, - indicted with him oa charges of murdering William K. Annie. this excoriation of his brother's wife today appears. - -, , The statement, signed - br Jenklnav furthermore throws light on bta own attitude in tbe celebrated com. denies the charge of his detractors thst he Is seafaring buuy. and tolls of tbe lit erary work he has done. ' la his statement, Halns (Jefeeis -his brother and bllterlr ateaatls XI re. Hales' attorney. He aorsseo Ms brother's wife of attempting to "poison tle public aotnd againM her husband and hlroseif.- Ms sereeee or Ms oart In the raredv Halns refers ta tne alaierr.nt da by his ooemiea that he Is a becfe 1 comber. 'I T hsre never been a beach comber," he says. "I don't even know what a beach comber Is. It is useless to deny thst I am amased at being Jailed on a charge of murder. I am amased at the wonderful description of myself glran by Mra Halns and her attorney. The statement they made that I would 'walk through blood to gain my ends,' is un complimentary, to ssy tna least. I , 'My friends ara aatonlahed at the I turn of affairs and are lost In wonder! si o neptn or crime wnicn is porai Diea to do eominmea or a desperate attor ney tinder the 1 name of tbe Its. M ramtly Is Just a little proud of me. have never done a single thing la any life thst they hsvs not approved. "Deling the past i years I have con tributed more snaiino 'and nautical stories t literature than any living ma Is the t'nlteo Rules. My life hss be-a thst of a "ferlnso and ostedent. Mr wnrks have tjeen deetd tn the robltr a-hMls of nunr state and meet ef them ar res-srled by the t'nlted states rsry as standard. Si oca, of my wr Mas ten traosi.t9d into otner laa- gu.gea. It la rerrted here tSay tst Csal Hum la to be examined by a lunacy (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Grants Pass, Or., Oct 29. A mass meeting of Josephine county citizens. consisting of farmers, fruit-growers, ranchers, mill men, merchants, lawyers, and men of ail professions, was held at the opera-house in this city yester day afternoon - to complete , plans for irrigating this section of Rogue jrlver valley. The meeting resulted in all pre limlnarv work being done for the water. 1 ing of the arid territory In and about Grants Pass before another dry sea son sets In. The meeting was called to order by G. G. Co u taut, chairman of the com mittee having the irrigation project tn hand. Prayer was offered by Rev. Robert McLean of the PresbvtarUn church. M. J. Anderson, supervisor of me eisKiyou xoresi reserve, who nas headquarters In this city, was elected Chairman. J. G. Rlggs, waa elected secretary. In order to facilitate matters, and put the enterprise in shape to do def Inlte work, a corooratlon was formed. 1L 1m Gilkey. cashier of the First Na tional Dana ana cnairman or tne com mittee on organization, reported that tne Incorporation papers had been draft ed and filed with tha secretary of state and that the Josephine county Journal pondent Staff Cones- Reports Results f armers Matronal of Failure . . i SadL ? of (Continued on Page Eleven.) II j, Edward P. Irwin. "Bank closed. No admittance today. That was the notice I saw posted on the door of the darkened Farmers and Traders National bank of La Grands, Or., ss I passed that Institution on my way from the depot to the hotel. There waa no surging crowd clamoring about the closed doors for vanished savings. It was too early In the morning, and be- Ides, the news of the failure la now wo weeks old. The people or ja Grande have become accustomed' to the situation and are endeavoring to accept it philosophically. But It's hard to be philosophical when one's vouth lies behind him. when his streneth and abllltv to work have van ished and the little savings of yearn of toll and eoonomy are swept aWay with out warning. Vet the plucky people of the little town nestled in tne or an a Ronde valley and aurrounded by the bare, brown hills of eastern Oregon try to laugh ana say: "wen, ne aroi every thing we had, but. then, we didn't have uch. so It's not so bad nrter ail. as if a men who has lost 1600. all he had in the world. Is any better off than ne who has lost $10,000, all he had. Each ts reduced to nothing. Views of Working Stan It was the barber who shaved me who first mentioned the subject. As he lathered my face he talked over my head to another customer. "Well, I guess we'd be some better orr it tne oanjc guaranty system were in... effect' -- "Bet your life," replied the customer, as his barber removed a hot towel from his face and gave him a chance to talk. "This bank failure Is making votes for Brynn-every day In this-county." ' "Sure it Is." returned my barber. "I had all my money In Scriber's bank. Guess I'll be lucky if I get 26 cents 1 on the dollar. I'm going to vote for Bryan, . I know that. "So'm I." rejoined the customer, "This ronnty will go Democratic, , all right. We've learned something, even 'If we' have lost our money." It was a preacher who first gave ma an adequate Idea -of the extent of tha ruin' and destitution that the operations of J. W. Scrlber - and the consequent failure of the bank of which he was cashier hsve caused In the little town of La Grande. Clarence Eheneser Deal is his name and he is pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of the town. treaolis Tells Story. ' T didn't have much In the bank." ha said; "only (40. But it was all Ih money I had and 'I needed It badly. I waa counting on It to pay the premium on my lire Insurance that cornea due -this month, and now I don't know what I am going to do. Preachers In a lit- . tie town like this don't get much salary yon know and every dollar haa to bo . counted and spent carefully. , Forty dol- - . lars means a lot to , me," And tbo young minister sighed.' - "The Methodist church ts pretty hard. hit by the failure of the bank," he con tlnued. "You see, Scrlber was a mem ber of my church, and so most of the other members ' banked with him. I didn't know him very well: he wouldn't let me. I think he must have had this thing on his conscience, for he held mo -off, repulsed all my advances. That, was . the reason I deposited 'my 140 in his bank. I thought maybe it would give me an opportunity to get better ac- . qualnted with' him. It did to- my?.or v None 'or tir susnected anything, not even the president of the bank, Joseph Palmer, who is also a member of my church. Mr.- Palmer even -loaned Mr, Scrlber a lot of money , personally a short time before the bank failed.' . (Continued on Page Six.) ODDS ARE THREE TO ONE Oil TAFT New York's Financial Dis trict Is Betting on Out come of Election. Power & Irrigation company waa read r to receive stockholders. The Duroose of the company is merely to prepare for the bigger work that will follow in the actual construction of tha lr. rigatlng canals. . ' A government expert will be em ployed who will consider Irrigation tn 11 Its phases as relates to this dis trict, and report- upon the several schemes that have been pronosed. Tha DOODle will then select the nlsn that appears to ba the best. In all caavea, however. Rogue river will be tbe bass of aupply, and It Is purposed -to irri gate both the bench aa well as the valley lands sround Grants Pasa. and to cover thousands of acres of terri tory that are now arid. . When the call for stockholders waa made- at yesterday's meeting, it men aroso Immediately and pledged their support, taking log shares eah. Then were followed by IS others. Before the meetlnar cloned, all of the stock was taken. The brlaws were read and adopted, and the Incorporation, which Is strictly a "people's" company, will begin at once the preliminary work of irrigation. ROUMANIAN CROWN PRINCESS BIRTHDAY s (Halted Press Leased Wire.) New York, Oct. 29. Bets that Taft will be elected are being placed today tn the financial district at odds of 3 to 1 on the Renubllcnn candidate. Tha Cotton Exchange people, who are wag tiring money, are laying odds that Hughes will be elected ,but there Is more C'hanier money in sight than there Is Bryan money. No money fs being wagered on the gub ernatorial fight that either candidate will carry the state by any stated vote. The Chanler men are getting odds of 9 to 10 and 8 to 10. Two bets of J 100 each have been re corded so far that Bryan will get more electoral votes this year than he did in 1898. These bets were made at even money. One bet of $500 has been mads that Bryan will carry the United States Dy a plurality of 10,000. , , SANITARY RULE IS NO LONGER DEAD LETTER DUE CIIIIIK WIFE TO BACK CHUM Celestial Polyg Remains by Putting Himself on Mo nogamous Basis. Te men who expectorate upon 4 4 the floors of streetcars, beware! Nor shall ye wink at the printed 4 w rules hanging at the en 4 of the car, for the Portland Railway, 4 S Light St Power company has let 4 It be known that hereafter ar- 4 rests will follow violations of 4 the rule. . 4 4 The first arrest was made last 4 4 night at First and Madison S 4 streets. Louis Lequln, who was 4 4 a passenger on a Mount Scott 4 car. waa the victim. Special Of- 4 4 fleer Llllls turned Lequln over 4 4 to a policemen. In the munlcl- 4 4 pal court today Lequln was 4 4 fined 18. 4 4 4 44444444444444444 - (United Prase tieaes Wire.) San Francisco, Oct 29. Mrs. Marga ret Bosnian, one of the two wives.- of Robert Hu Tung Bosman, Hongkong millionaire and friend of Judge Taft, is preparing tojro back to China because the federal immigration authorittea have decided that Bosman cannot stay In this country with two wives. . Bosman-s Is at the German hospital with his two wives, undergoing treat ment for a nervous disease. When he arrived here last September he aur prised and pusiled the Immigration of ficials when he declared that he be lieved In polygamy and that he had two' wives with him. He was allowed to land under bonds that he would be ready to go back to China if tbe case went against mm, ana tne immigration officials here referred the case to Washington. The decision that one of the wives must go back to China came yesterday and Bosman had to choose between Mrs. Clara and Mrs. Margaret Mrs. Clara won out. Bosman was also required to file a bond with the united States authorities that h would comply with the demand. He has filed the bond and Mrs. Marga ret will sail for China on the next Pa cific Mall steamer. CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC FUND LETTED SELLER OB Case of .Broughton Branden burg Promises Sensation Before Election. . (Special Dispatch to Tbe ooroal.) Chicago, I1L, Oct. 29. Contributions Of $58,600 In large sums to the Demo cratic campaign fund yesterday at tracted much attention. Herman Rud der, the new treasurer, gave $10,009 and three others of his family 19.000 each. From Washington state came $800 of which $500 was from George Turner and $100 each from M. M. Cow ley, M. Oppenhelmer, F. H. Graves and (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) New Tork, Oct 29, Broughton Bran- denberg, the magaaine writer,, under ar rest In connection with the sale to the New York Times of a letter purporting ' to be an Indorsement of Taft by tha lata -Grover Cleveland, was arraigned before Judge Foster In the . court of general sessions today. The Indictment charges htm with grand larceny In the second degree. ? - ' . - upon application or his attorney, Jo seph Williamson, ball In tha sum of $1,- 00 waa granted .and furnished by a Baltimore tending company. 1 When released Brandenberg went dl reetlv to the Hotel Astor and refused to talk. It is exrected that some 'sort of sensation will come out of the case be fore election. LABOR BALLOTS . FOR I?. J. BRfAD ' , ' : ' " - . Federation Council Indorses ' National Democratic? h Ticket. " l C - fgpwtal Mapat'Sb Is Tb insate ' Bucharest, Oct- 29. Ia Bucharest and la all other parts ef the klagdotn tho birthday anniversary of tbo Crown Prin cess Marie was cterTd tndar as pnbli holldar. ' The general feeling that tha prnt fllrtees of Kng Char)a Is Hk.'T to prevo fa Ml owing to raaracter or thosnaiacy a as tae ara of tho sovereign, has ruse4 mora irt.rest to citr lately ta t r Prince FenS u nartd and Ms beaottfu! consort, Cirvn Pnncoaa Maria. Though of FrifUah birth and a-1)1 retaining a tna rfc4 ner tla.lty for tao people of ter Bat Ire eoantry, tha eroan rr1weae c-ed In e4r"wg rif ! af fections ef aar f jt.re e-fejeta. t4444444444444444444f44444444444444w4e i 4 4 i 4 4 : J "The re is no question in my mind what the result would be if Oregon people would call for Oregon made goods," said E. C. Comstock, president of the Portland Wire and Iron Works. "In a ereat manv instances it . would double the 4 payroll of manufacturing plants ind keep Oregon money J among Oregon people. Of course, there are certain lines that cannot te naa locally, Dut u per cent ot the goods consumed in Oregon can be had in our own state. "I feel justified in saying that so far as we are concerned, 2 if our goods wre given the preference over the eastern pro-. - duct we would double our capacity, s - ... ... . . 4 -The people of this state will sooner or later awaken ' to 1 the fact that hearty cooperation with local manufacturers win mean the building np of a home market. Our present 4 factories need development, , 4W4444444444444444444444444444444 444444444444 (Unites Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Oct $9. Following a speech by Charles P. Taylor of Tacotna. state secretary of the Federation of La bor, In which he declared that unless laboring men awoke to their own pro tection and exercised the ballot In their ewn Interests trades unionism might he broken up within the next four years, the central labor council, in an open meeting at the Labor Temple last ntgBt, paased resolutions indorsing the . na tional Democratic ticket. According to the wording of the ran. lutlon,- the declaration was not on a partisan basis but "la the interests ef human liberty." - , - POLITICAL KICKFEST ' ON TVININPEG STREET -. , . . . Tsite4 Frees fcaaa.4 Wire.) Winnipeg. Mas . 0-t $. El t Howell, m son Of Chief Justice If 1 ef Manitoba, Is eat ea 91.0CO bail -lag trial oa a chargs of battery aa t result of aa attack on C ii II t bell, attorney-general ef Hinl'-'t, terser afternoon. nw:i is i' kkklrg Csmpb-H nn t' , trtvuhia a;ari-u whn if-- i Can-ipbe! to r! 1. J, tlcia' a en r.L. -. r- : , r la a: -.! to t t ' ! ' - !! "' A 1 , ' !