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ALBANY BUSINESS MEMimPORU
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" 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.
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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
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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. . .,'"
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- (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
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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
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Alabama
Arkansas .
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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
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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 , . -
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bMid at4 was rdr anrtrtoa H!sj X
cfcauffear is said te have been k ;. . I - i