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t. "IN PORTLAND AND IN OHECO NEARLY EVERYCODY DEADS THE 'JOURHAL' TI1ATS THE VERDICT AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE READ IT ALL THE TIME. DOirTYu. Avoid the Rush ' Hr calling rarl TODAY'wIth ( your ads. foe The)' Sunday i , - Journal.' . ' ; ' Tb weatheri-occaslonar rain to nfght and Saturday; cooler tonight. VOL. VII. NO.. 203. JOURNAL CIRCUIATION YIHTLHDAV WAS ' 30,806 PORTLAND OREGON, FRIDAY .EVENING, OCTOBER, 30, . 1808 TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. f?A,V?eISTa! INTO CAE 1 10 (JAW A F FTPV 'A MFti 'n(TWnT IB CAN CAM) DA TES ATTACK Oil TRUST 'V'. ''',.' k"' V' . . . ' ' - ' Declares an , Understanding ; nas Been ; Reacjied Be- ; tween1 Republicans 1 and ' Standard Oil Concerning -Prosecution ;of .Kcbatingr. ALBANY BUSINESS MEMimPORU ALL -.,: : (Bperlal Plapatcb to Tbe Joorntl.) - " New York, Oct. 8 0 Democratic National Chairman Mack, this morn- " ing charged John D. Rockefeller with having announced thatvhe will , support Taft and having turned over ' ' to the national Republican commit tee a large sum of money to further the Taft campaign. . Rockefeller ad mits this much of the charge. Mack said that the support and the con tribution was due to a promise of the Taft managers to modify the big fine levied against the Standard Oil com pany in Chicago. Mack's ' declara tion has created a sensation and has set Republican speakers and tine -Standard Oil interests to making de nials, which, However are more in ' the nature of explanations than con SradletlonB'Matlc 'allegations.' In a statement issued by . John D, , Rockefeller he declared for the Repub- Ucan presidential' nominee in what he - terms a "campaign of personalities.' Rookefeller -declared that the party lines on various issues were not clear ly defined by either candidate and the question, in his mind resolve itself into a. decision by the voters as to who is the better man. In discussing his heralded support of Taft. the oil king- says: , "It seems to me at this time, when the question is put directly to any citl- gen, which candidate he shall support for the presidency by his ' vote, he should be manly enough to answer It just as directly. I therefore expect to cast my vote for William H. Taft. . Wouldn't; Back Prosperity. V i "er J ft V i - IS! 4 - r us J. W. Scriber, La Grande Bank Wrecker, Loses His Jaunty 3Ianner When Be hind Prison Bars Noth ing to Story of Lynching. Group of Albany Boosters in Front of Imperial Hotel. Their Motto Is to "Boost Oregon Because It Is Certain! Worth Boosting. mini) I irino IULIIIU0 IflTI DOVllfl Tiltf HIID Ilill-OniIH lflLI MM nUH III THE VALLEY WORKS HARDSHIP Plan to, Coerce Workmen Bajlroad Fight Is Imminent Into Voting for Taftls; Unsuccessful. . for Business Out of. tn'e Lower Yakima., , (Sprclol Dlapeteta to The Jpnrnil.S .Chicago, Oct' 80. Ever since Presi dent P. Sharpies, of the Sharplss Separator .works of Westchester, Pa., announced some days ago that he would close down hla Dlant in Uia event of Bryan's eleotion, .the. orders of the plnt have fallen to . such a low degree that SharDless now. in order to avoid going into Danitrupioy, nas cut we pay oi ms workmen. He found that the business Interests of. the county are supporting Bryan. Orders were countermanded to such an extent that the cancellations threatened to .ruin nis Business. The Cincinnati Enquirer, which Is supporting, Taft. in ."commenting today upon the reduction or wags at tip Sharplees -plant, said 'in a special news telegram from its own . correspondent at Westchester:,. ,ta! he recent threajt of President ' P. M, : Sharpless ot the ponent, J And the balance of fitness en-JUOwn his plant in .the event of Bryan's I!r" ? J. hi ,.'!e- The election of Mr. J election to , ths ;: presidency, finds Its counterpart jn 'an oraer ne tssuea toaay lin which ha slashed large chunks out L?lJ?.2!l)Z Ll tHP5 rrVeTtchlester: sonaliy with Mr. Bryan, his chief op- Taft will. I believe, make for law and order and stability of business. He is not a man, . I Judge, to adventure) with rash experiments or to impede a re- (Sbecliil Plntetch to The Joaniil.) North Yakima. .Wash.. Oct. SO. The firstmutterlngs of a big fight between the Northern : Pacific and the North Coailt roads,' for the cream of ,the rich business in tho lower Yakima valley are now heard. At present, the North ern Pacific runs oq the - west side tho lower Yakima, while ths route . of the North Coast is on tho east side. It is now reported that the Northern Pa cific, proposes to build up the Columbia river from Kennewick or Relief to'Rich land, ' and then cut across .tho country to Kiona, wmcn.is on tna -xaitima river, then to continue on the west side' o the. river to Grand View, which is .the end of . the- present Sunny side stub of the 'Northern Pacific. ? r ' - . The., stub between ; Toppenlsh,, and Grand. View. ; will -thus become part of tho new", main linp. "The North Coast is 'laid out' close "to " the 'river," but-, ths (Continued on Page Four.) rropopea Northern Faclrlo line will cut hrough inside' of it. and the stations of VANCOUVER GETS iffliiH nun Outlook. -Sunny eide main Granger, Grand ',Vfew will be on , its and line $200,000 Car-Industry Vil s- Give Emploj-nient to . 200 Men. . .,'" i ' r - (Sneelal Dlfpttcl to Tb JnorBaLt,. . - Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 10. Aftr two months of negotiation between a num ber' of local business men and the pro moters of the project, the car manufac turing plant has been secured for Van ' eouver and work will begin ? on the buildlngnvat once. ' 1 - , The plant will cost between SlSO.OeO ana zvu,vu ana . snouia give employ ment to 200 men. It will be located on what is known as the Hidden property, est of the - garrison. Kxcellent "water frontage and rati way 'trackage is af forded and the site is believed to be idral for inch an enterprise. -The bill for--lumber with which to construct the main building will - be placed with the DuBoia Lumber com pany today or tomorrow and an agent of the company yesterday, wired from the east- that hi was about to contract for a portion 0T-th machinery..- J. M. Judson, who will bead the com pany., predicts an excellent future for tNe-plaht aiwV telle-rstt is only a ques tion of a few years before a number of uch wncenw will locate at Vancouver.'! VJas It a Dream? From .the J3rcgonianvMay 16, -lTriiij no fancy picture or (Ieam to be laughed down, by Saying it is preposterous to suppose that George Chamber Iain s election (as governor can cause a. national panic The Republican Mio votes trre Derrxxratic ticket does to in imminent peril to his own wel fare. ... of the remuneration ; of from 260 to 860 skilled workmen. 'who (this he re cently assured the 'public) were all Re- fubiicans witn-tne exception or tnree. t cuts thetr nav from-10 to 20 ner cent. "No eut was made in the wages of the unskilled, laborers, .of whom Jhere are about tOO now .at work, although thre4ire hints that it will reach them I beeinnlnar of the. t also later on. . ' They now receive from I Pacific tp double trck its entire Yakl- 1.14 to so per nay, 7 - - .; I in. vjimwjt uivisiuii, : iinu - inai puuain It lis -claimed that Mr. ' Sharnlefes. I the two .tracks some distance from eac through his action, lias driven his other, will cover more territory than if employes into the Bryan camp. The I they were built close and parallel. It Is announcement of this premature out understood . that the -North Coast will in wager astounded the leaders of both attempt to prevent the Northern Patlflo I instead of behig feeders for the North Coast.. It is said that this, Is only the political parties - here. . from 'carrying out, this plan. GEAR N il EIRE GUH Grand Bally at Armory Tomorrow Night-Will Bring Bryan-Campaign in Multnomah County to End Record Breaking Crowd Is Expected. ttl US ALL i(W OIIE fOTlll i GOfflPERS' FINAL CALL TO LABOR In the Fcderationist Urges Support of Bryan as Labor's Friend. . CAN Will IF HE LOSES IIEl'J YORK Albany business men ' have invaded Portland today, seeking a visiting dele gation from among . the ; Portland busi ness men. Albany is soon to dedicate a new depot. . which has been worked for in the up-valley town -for many years, and . wants Portland to. Join . In the general Jollification over the event. Albany -Is also to have an - apple fair, demonstrative of the fact that all the apples do not grow at Hood River and Uadford, and wants Portland .to attend. eat. apples and make merry. Accordingly a meeting of Albany boosters was. held several days ago and At the armory tomorrow" night- ex United States Senator John M. Gearin will bring the Bryan campaign in Mult nomah .county to a close. The meeting, under, the auspices of the Multnomah county and .state central -.committees, will -be the largest Bryan rally of the campaign,', with' the exception- 'of the Gore meeting. It is certain that there will be a. large crowd present to listen to ths last speeches or the campaign. Senator Gearin is known throughout the state as one of the most 'eloquent speakers and .forceful debaters of the Pacific coast. His reputation as a spaker1s not state wide, only, but ex tends wherever the senator baa ever appeared on a publlo platform. Popular with the reorle of Maltnomah eonntV. he Is expected to" draw a, great crowd to bear him sneak. For several din vie eenator nas been touring the upper Willamette valley, and at each nf the plara where he has aprrl he has addressed jaxge .and enthusiastic audi aarea. In addition to the addreos by Senator Gearin, there will be an address hr K. 8. . J. McAllister, a well-known attor ney and speaker of Portland. Mr. Mc Allister has aleo bevn tngrlng the state durtnc the last ' fvw "Week and h. pken to larre audienee. ... A new re-ntur in campalrn metlnre be Ultriie1 at the tarlr Democratic mmmil- larre phnorarh. t r.rija-hiut tie low the ale -r i Is to debt rallr. The e has e-ur4 u'h a la hna s-xl et In th -a''r.:-n. and wtil v-w ft to f irr-e i riinnwl rn siec ;.!. a.-id - attracts lium tbe -' X It ' . - I i J Ex-Snstor Johaf M. C-erTn,; big committee, representative of the business interests' of" Albany, was se lected to .come to Portland ; and . ex change greetings with the Portland business Imen, extending Invitations to them .to visit the Albany fair- and the dedication of the new depot. . The Albany .committee reached Port land, this morning and went 'to the. Im perial hotel, where a meeting. was held. at . which . plans were outlined ' for the work' of the -day. After the meeting rep resentatives of each line Of business started on tHeir pilgrimage.' The . Al bany druggists called . on ' the Portland druggists, the- Albany- grbcertt - on - the men who sell such things here, bearing invitations to come to Albany and. help toe run. -. Portland . day at the Albany fair . la to oo luesaav. nuTemoer in... in. Al bany committee wants ' the Portland men to visit them on that dav. Mmv of the Albany men will spend both to day and tomorrow in ma kin r the rounds or tne fortune, ousiness men. rnose wno rormea tne Aioany party were: B. I. Oasont, J. O. Lee, F. M. FTencn. j. v. hp j. j. con ins. c K. weicn. j. wweatnerrora, mart Bower box, George Taylor, H. W. lAngdon, D. O. Wood worth. William Eagles and wife. r.. xi. juctune, w. r . xiaroraer, j. s, Hammell. O. B. Sanders, F. O. Will A. M. Holt. Walter Parker. Dr, J. P. Wal. klace. Dr. W. H. Davis. Dr. A- J- Hodgea, W. F. Fortmlller. Bert Veal, II. N. Cock, erllne, D. P. Mason. M. Senders, Wil liam Qand. W. A. East burn. M. Sothy (liJG EDWARD REPORTED . INJURED (United Press leased Wire.) Washington, Oct. 80.. Samuel E. Gompers, president of the' American Federation of Labor, has Issued a final appeal to laboring men to vote for the Democratic ticket In a special edition of the "Pederationlst,"'l8Sued today. The paper has Jbeen sent to the central labor unions all over the United States for distribution. In a telearam addressed to the central ooaies toaay, uompers says: "Every laboring man and liberty lov ing citizen is uraed to redouble his activity and alertness and stand true the preat caulse of human freedom in volved in this campaign." The principal article . in the special Issue of the labor paper Is an 'article headed "Roosevelt's Inconsistency." The article is an' answer to Roosevelt's at tack on Gompers' criticism of , the courts. Roosevelt has attacked the courts himself -the article says. U&r x . n n i xi 1 1 seir-oonfiuencei that 'were the chief fa Bryan Leaders Confidently tweauisj him to wm the confiden r ' ... I of his many victims, are gone. H TVrwT f:nrtninnfA Viil I face vis sallow and lines have be Carry Empire i State. "Roosevelt's naive assumpfton of . fnsJ l" 'SK ife "'c" fallibility is almost ludicrous." says the aukm? estate to Bryan article. "He always attacks ' anybody who disagrees with him." Another article declares that Tart "by his record and by his campaign utter ances, has proved himself .unfriendly to labor." 6EI YOU READY FOR SURPRISES Walter Wellman Confesses the Guessing Has Got Beyond Him. (Special Dlvpateh to The Joarnal.) Chicago, Oct. SO.-While the Demo cratic leaders confidently expect that Bryan will carry New York, ; they ; be lieve that he can be elected even" with out the 19 votes of the. empire state. A number of the smaller states -which until recently were claimed as certain ly Republican are now regarded as likely to cast their electoral votes for Bryan. These gains, it is asserted, are. so considerable that' New York may notEerasentlai to the Nebraskan s guccess. Drovided he carries Ohio and Indiana.- ' - r?r,T-- It- Is clalmert unit Rrvan Is now.'ltko. ly to have 222 .tes, without counting either Ohio or New York. If Ohio's 28 votes are added to this - total the result is 245, or 3 more than the num ber required to elect.- Indiana and Ohio, which are n 9 s 6 IS IS ,1S 9 10 8 18 S 12 8 , S '12 7 2S Alabama Arkansas . Eolorado elaware . Florida ... Georgia' . Indiana . . Kentucky. . Louisiana , Mississippi- Maryland . . Missouri. . . ,.. , Montana New Jersey ,r zseDrasKa . . Nevada y.. .-.e, North Carolina Oklahoma Ohio .. ....... South Carolina Tennessee . . . . i . t. Texas , . : ;. . . Virginia .. ... jl... West Virginia . . . .245 ( Totted Prea Leaaeii Wir. Chicago, Oet 10. Warnlhg to be pre pared for an election day surprise was given by Walter Wellman in the Record-Herald today. "Surface indications now are that Tall wiU win New York and with New York the presidency. By the same In dications it appears that Chanler will defeat. Hughes for governor of New York." says Wellman. under the surface are factors which cannot be measured. In view of these feel that it le ray duty to warn the readers of the possibility of an election day surprise. ' it is possible, though Improbable, that Bryan will carry New York. It is more probable that both Taft and Hughes will win in that state, the latter by a alender majority. "The conditions are not nnlike those of llf g, when- the Republicans won New York for the presidency by lS.eee. bat lost in ' the contest for governor by 11.000." S - Total' . . It will he observed that this list in eludes New Jersey and West Virginia, both of which seemed a few weeks a, likelv to ro for Taft. Bryan has ma heavy gains In both these states and the claim that he will carry them may prove Justified. Moreover the list does not Include Idaho, J votes; Wyoming, St South Dakota. 4. and Kansas. 10. an of which may be found in the Demo cratic column in the event of a Bryan landslide. Of course if Bryan carries New York his victory la assured by an overwneim Ing majority. The argument of those who advance the foreaoinr estimate 1 that even without New York he can win. . Has Big Taft Roll. - Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 20. Charles F. Smith, an Idaho ranchman, arrived here today with $10,000 .to bet that Taft will be elected president next Tuesday Smith waved his money, an in ,jtre backs, before a big erowd of Deraocn and offer-d to bet any amount up to 10.000. The best he could do was to accept a bee ef $180 at odds of 2 to 1 He then offered the whole roll at i to 1, but found no takers. p-ris efVwniiasn Jennings Bryan will be siren. Fpritxl .rmnreLeM. will he Wtad4 for, fAiii:inf the crew4 and It t -r-d tat the rmliy will e tr ef m--t eEthaaiasue ever beid la Port land. -I 4Talt rKM Leew4 Wire.) London, Oct 10. 1 1 la reported that King Edward was thrown tmm his auto mobile this .aftmwm wM!e en reete freea Newmarket With Sir Ernest Cee sella. - The report a far has ix-t b verified. Tie ram or did ot fn-Ht ! wr,thr the king wea rappoeed te have f J been Injared. 1 'k r.ls w i rLUii r ur nnw uihiuuhl x ,..-....-,.' e : Ore rawter Is that the 1'ng tr- "Let the people of Ore grn call for home manufactured products in every line and it will br surprUL-iB; trt see how rapidly this com munity mill forge to the frrnt," said Will Albers, manager of the Albers Bros. Milling Co. "Orrgon has every advantage and all .the necessary fsw material 1o make it one of the (treat manufactorine. centers of the roontry. If the local consumers woukf. demand local ( tnanefacttired prodscts there it npt a factory of any nature inthe sute hot would be compelled to double its capacity, thereby doubling its payroll. , . . "There is One thing thst the local mint:fartorer rhouM pay mrre Sttentioti to, srd that i& in advertiirg their ro1 rnaVing; fron irent the fact that their pr-dort are rf Ym3 fodacti-n, i rtury orijrrert sre ct far-. ; ar w'h the r-ary : ei cf r-i"!-i'acjtirf i articles tr.ade here in Oregon." J. W. Scriber, the defaulting cashier. whose peculations wrecked the Farmers & Traders National hank of La Grande, and who is now confined in the Multno mah county jail on a federal charge, has not yet made up his mind whether ha will plead guilty to the charges placed against him or fight the case. 1 don't know yet what I will do," ' said Soriber thla morning. "I have not engaged an attorney and don't know whether I will engage one or not." Tha Scriber who waa talking was very different from the debonair man who .Wednesday was walking the streets of La Grande, apparently as free as alr.t One night, In Jail has com pletely changed his appearance. t Ills' jauntinesa- has departed., ' The buoyant appearance of ' health,? the abounding self-oonfltlencei that 'were the chief fac- co His been etched in- tne countenance . overnight. He was coatless and collarleas, his hair was disheveled, and he appeared the embodiment ' of discouragement. - He seemed to realize at last that the game had been played out and that he had lost. . ' Xeelisee Us Crimes. It may be that J. W. Scriber in the Isolation of his cell realises at last some of thn Irreparable-Injury he has done the hundreds of trusting deposi tors whosftvlngB he converted to his ewn use. ! Perhaps 'aome pity for the widows and orphans, the old -men and invalid women who are left destitute .: as the result of his operations affects him. More probably he sorrows for the children back in La Grande to whom, whatever else he may have been, he was always a kind and loving father, and - who were compelled ( .Wednesday , night to undergo the shame; terror and ' frrlef of seeing their father led awn v; . n custody of an officer of the law to answer for his crimes. Scriber denies that the wreck of the Sumpter bank had anything to do with the failure of the La Grande lnatitu- . tion.. . "I had no connection whatever with the Sumpter bank," he said. "I was Interested in another bonk at Sumpter, one which did not- fail,,-- There was a run on the bank, but we paid dollar for dollar." - v' -- " Scriber admitted, however, that his nephew was cashier of the - wrecked bank of - Sumpter. It is the theory of : those who have been investigating the , La Grande bank failure that- Scriber spent a great deal of the bank's funds to keep his nephew, from going to the penitentiary. ,, ' ..'-,-'. -What he did With the money that is missing Scriber i refuses ;to say. ' But -he says he did not get away with a . ; dollar himself. It all went somewhere.'1 ' i no mnic ma a gooa , nusinen, n . said, "but times were hard. I did the best I cotild." i V-, - . Xynching Vot Threatened. -" The story published in a morning pa- Eerthat Scriber was hurried away front a Grande to Portland because he was In danger of being lynched is absolutely without foundation. Although hundreds of the citizens of La Grande are en raged at the ruin and wreck wrought by the defaulting bank cashier, and many disapproved strongly of his being allowed to walk the streets to all ap- -pea ranees a free man, there was never . a word said about lynching and Scri ber would have beea as safe -in La Grande as he Is in the coll of the coun ty Jail In Portland. Scriber himself said this morning that he waa in no danger whatever in his home town. "I . was on the street much of ; the -time Wednesday," he said, "and I saw nothing that indicated anything , ilka .' lynch law. That story la all rot, fk-riber's bonds have been fixed at S2S.00Q. He has mede no attempt ' to . raise the money, realising, he says, that If he were to free himself by putting un bonds he would promptly be rear- " rested on another charge. : Yesterday Scriber fOed a rt1Uot It bankruptcy. He estimates his entire . estate at $7,000, with liabilities "f ' 194,000. This leaves octy about 21. HOT ' to be anDlied ' to the bank's shortare. , In addition to the 297.000 Scriber owne 1 shares of the bank's stock and hd rontracted for 144 ahares more. Whether they will have any value or not is problematical. lajPBi . DIVERTED- FUfJDS tralted trm U S Wtr. I Chicago, Oct 2 '? rr rf financial deallncs nrm rvs.'i n rroat'B Chlraso !' 'r railway ro the r r ' "' Cf.. eerff .4 , . - r.ra a t - - T nr.'. ' ' r bMid at4 was rdr anrtrtoa H!sj X cfcauffear is said te have been k ;. . I - i