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THE PRICE OF ALL EDITIONS OF THE RAIL? JOURNAL IS 2c A, COPY ON THE STREETS AND A T THE OFFli USE . , The Journal Help Wanted columns - target the best results. . .s ,'The WeatherTOccastonal rain to night and Tuesday; southerly winds.. y VOL. Vll. ,NO'.:207, PORTLAND. jOREgpNiyiOND AY A EVENING;. NOVEMBER 2, i 1908.-SIXTEEN ' PAGES PRICE , TWO CENTS. - JaJw'iw" JmJ Wmm-r: . 30,925 ' i ... i - . ! , : , . . . . . , . 1 ' 1 , V. 1. 1 ' .,i , ,, , .,,,-.,', , 7 ' ., . , ,' , ,, . ' i i . . u'i ' ' , . . - SU-i - ' lii 1 iiitiB " - Wellman, Republican Writer, Ack nowledges Leaders Are Much Alarmed Oven Rockefeller's :, friendship for Taft . '"" -' v (Special DispatcK to Toe Journal. -, v ' ' , . ' Chen Nov. 2Walter Wellman wired to the Record-Herald today ;. from New York: "Election week wardly - confident but inwardly -nervous. The Democratic managers are hopeful, as usuaL All signs point to Taft's triumph, but there are many ' unanswered questions,arnong which is. 'Has John D. Rockefeller Burchard ized Taft?"' ' ; v-... w... v "There is no good reaso for believing that Rockefeller has stampeded ' the American people. The American voter is not hysterical. He has passed -. that st,age. Nineteen men out of 20 had made- up their minds h&w they ' would vote before Rockeeller declared himself for Taft. And yet great -anxiety does exist over the effect of Rockefeller' announcement. It..accen tuates the tendencyof the hour. - ; : ..' 'f 'r.' r"T; " '- " ; The War of the "Tendencies.' ,L -HJ'Th is tendency,; most clearlyftistoward a jpTbtest "against "undue poweFoj 'wealth in legislatiorf and politics; Roosevelt, Bryan," LaFollette, Aldrich and 0 Cannon have helped it along, each, in his way. The panic made it worse, ' Dear living arid 6hort employment contribute. The reversal of the Standard Oil fine egged it on. Hearst's expose of the Standard Oil's efforts to.cen trol statesmen . legislation, politics, the press, even .lecturers and writers, aggravates the difficulty. Labor ntekes war on Taft, aided by all these "conditions. And upon top of it all comes Rockefeller. It is no wonder tht many Republicans fear that may be the last straw, "Against all this tendency of the people down below to rise in protest, three forces stand out prominently: Party habit; fear, both of Bryan and of a labor triumph, rousing business men" andemployers -everywhere; the marked advantage Taft hold in steadiness and safety of character over '-Bryan. .' t ' " ',. ' ' S V - Why Did John D. Do It? , ; :;'Ne'w York is close; Ohio is; close; Indiana is close. In these three states the presidency is to be decided. If any or all of them are saved to Taft. it is the influence of the commercial andnploying classes aroused ' in the last two weeks after months of Apathy, that-will do it. ; , . "What the Republicans fear it that Rockefeller may turn just enough - votes jto .change the result. . Why did Rockefeller come out for Taft? Is .there a scheme behind it? Tilf "I I ficfcis Rrfesldenr Roosevelt has catledit? , will give the opinions of the best informed ancj best men here on this $ score: , ' ' ' , - ' ''l:- "It-vas no a trick. - Thre it o iargain ne -secTef i story hehind it. ' Kockefeller has always been a Republican. He likes Taft and does not like Bryan. He wants Tft elected, just as millions of other Republicans do. When the heads of large corporations set in motion a'movement to rouse the business interests and to -raise money for the Republican managers, Rockefeller 'was aware' of theiri efforts. He knew- there ..was alarm and knew that vigorous effort was required to keep Bryan out of the White House. . He was willing to give money; but that was declined. if ' : Say John Dt Simply Blundered. - "Rockefeller does not dream of the tremendous unpopularity he 'enjoys' in this country. Men 'never see themselves as others see them. He be , lieved the muckraking period had passed that he was cpndoned, respected. He believed, his influence was great amqng business men.iand as an effort was beings made ;to aroirse the business interests, why, should he not do what he could? So, in innocence of his Croesns-like isolation from the . heart -and temper f the American piTOplerne spoke out. Hitchcock would have been willing to give him a million dollars to keep his mouth shut.. Say O. OUP. Hat No Oil Coin. '"Hat the Standard Oil a secret bargain with the Republican managers? None in the' world. Most of the Standard Oil people, like Rockefeller, are Republicans. They all abhor Roosevelt and were not at first favorable to Taft But, like many other , men of affairs who hate Roosevelt, they prefer Roosevelt's candidate to the uncertain Bryan. "Six weeks ago, when the Republican war chest-was neatly empty and . Chairman Hitchcock had, time and again, to change his plan of campaign apd hold, things back for lack 6f funds, liberal subscriptions were offered by individuals connected -with the 'Standard Oil. Rockefeller inrlurierf There was a council of var. ' The money was tempting, Very tempting! but in the end it "was decided that the committee could not afford to accepi ' the' Standard's offerings. The checks were returned." ' Huge Eeflector on Top of The Journal Building Will Flash Signals Telling. How Taft ancftrjan Stand as the Count -Progresses. 1 .The Jurna,! haV made arrangements togive th ' people -ef Portland the most complete -an 4 reliable lifcrrmatlon to morrow night concerning: the results of the election, It will not be necessary for them to wait untQ the paper comej out to know how things are going. All one needs to do la to look out of the . window toward Tbe Journal building at ' any time during the evening In order to ' learn which candidate Is in the lead.! I A huge searchlight, is to be installed on top of The Journal building, to con vey Information ; for , miles by mvana of Ua flashes of light Whenever the long shaft 6jt white, lights sweeps ' the sky In line' just above the horisontal, either east, west or south; It means that . the Republican caftaidate is ltadlng in theccount of ballots. ""Wnenever tiie. light, shaft flashes , Up and- down be . tweeh the senHh" and the horlion,- at any point of the compass. Bryan Is , ahead. This service will begin at J o'clock; and will b kept op as long aa the returns continue to come In. In addition to the searchlight a stere . epticon is blnjr Installed, by means of which the returns ns fant as ther com direct from the east by leased wire will . be thrown oo a big screen over, the Gas company's offices across the street from .The Journal. A direct special wire will - bring a continuous stream sof messages regarding the election to he Journal, .- and these messages will be flashed on . L.-tha screen. This -service will - begin about 6 o'clock, aa soon as lt Is dark. A 1500 Anxetophone r has been pro- Cured for tomorrow nlg-ht'k-a huge talk ing, machine, electrically operated and mafijr tunes- more powerful than the wrainary pnonpgrapn. A doxen eacft or - Bryan and -Taft records have been e- cured and ,In addition tn thess there will be- a plentiful surplv of popular snngs, band records and other features. .There will ba 'lomtlhlnr tlnlnp everv minute. ' " . - . .i At such intervals as the stereoptlcon dawns with the Republican leaders. out TIOGIIK Is not busy throwing election returns on the screen 'It will 'flash pictures of va rious kinds. ,' It is expected that the crowd will congregate around .The Journal build ing as that will be the place to get the quickest and most accurate iiewa of the reauiia or me election. ' Tfftf f fffffffff WORKING THEIR STRANGLE HOLD ' Do the masses of the ereat Republican party, realize what the Rockefeller .appeal for the defeat of Bryan means? Do these masses J - not Tecognize in Rockefeller's .utterance the reflected sentiment of all the trust barons? Do they not realize that these trust overlords Trbaye their-party by the throat and are using it to exploit the labor Xaland. industry.of the cotintry What, does-a-glancc at-the list show? ; '. Rockefeller and his Standard, Oil. coterie, who have , earned X- nearly a billion dollars in. 10 years, are for Taft. , The .ftockefeller- , Morgan steel trust, controlling the iron industry and earning $175,000,000 anually,' is for Taft. The Rockefeller-Guggenheim i smelter trust, a comolete-and overshadowing monooolv. is for Taft. The Rockefeller-Havemeyer- sugar trust, controlling . sugar prices ; snd sugar legislation, is for Taft, f The tobacco trust is for Taft. The beef trust, robbing consumers of' millions annually, is for Taft. The harvester trust, which sells agricultural implements to foreign- vers 30 .to. 40erear cheaper than td Americans, is for. Taft., The ' glass trust, controlling jthe glass jndustryr t- f0r-Taft. , The coat - .irust, wmcn, oj us control ox- toe bove.a,fair profit, is fof Taft. rcuaics irura a nigra ouiy put gives no reDates . to UNnerS, IS-IOT Taft ; The wire nail trust, the coal railroad- trust andf the thread t "truit .are for Taft The pbwdetf trust ;i under alleged indictment, Z but the head of it, Senator Du Pont, Is leading campaign manager :w for Taft. - Everyone el the 280 trust4ith.Rockefellf r at their head, X -is for-Taftv' because.-withoui the knowledge or consent of the, masses t-of honest Republuins they have Mr. Taft's party by the throat and, X are using iffot "business purpose' ' ' ' V . - J O A Word trbrri Mr. WILLIAM VINMtNea UMA. sy ' f frJL UJt pJ Autograph a- DEATH BLOW TO IIIDEPEIMIS Leaders in Idaho Desert the Party to Follow Other v Standards. " a:-' 1 .,'.J.,.V' ' Boise, Idaho, .Nov, t. The Independ ence party was .given - death blow in iaano toaay y a siaiemeni lssuea oy C. C. Fuller, state chairman, and E. w. Johnson candidate for sovernor. Fuller announced . that he would support the Democratic ticket, state and national, and Johnson stated that he would sup port the Republican nominees, vuuer was the organiser of the party In this state, but he say a that the issue raided by the Independence league have, been taken up oy ine .Democrats. , ' Logger Fatally Crushed. Astoria. Or., Nov. 2. Lester Hotpa, employed as whistle boy at camp .no S of the Paclfio Logging company, on Grays river, wti fati'lv i,iurd thU morning by beinr'smaihetf'between uvo logging cars. tie aiea wnu oe.-i I broukl nt to ASioris. ne was Dorn uj proauct; exacts l.SU to a ton T The grain bag trust, which gets I - " Letter of , Address to Voters by Mr. More Warships to Be Sent to Join Those Now in CaribT bean Waters Castro Has an Army of 20,000 to Re pel Any Invasion. (United Press tnd Wire.v Th Hague, Nov. J. War was rlrtu ally declared on Veneiuela today when the Butch government "ordered a block ade of ' all Venezuelan ports. .Orders were) sent ' to- the commanders of - the Dutch battleships at Wlllemstadt dl rectlng that a blockade should be en forced, '.beginning today. The govern ment is i preparing ' te - send .more war xne D loc Kail e or tne venesueian ports was oraerea oy tioiiana arier several months-of delay in - treating with President Castro. It -Is believed here that Holland is prepared to fight and will send troops - to VsnsaueJa - to -enforce her demands It necessary, Yesterday was. the last day as the limit of time for Venesuela to revoke the decree of President Castro. Issued May 14, prohibiting the trans-shinment of goods, for 'Venesueian ports at Curacao,-virtually placing a ban on Dutch oods, . castro , refuses to reverse his ecree. - Advices received here state that Cas- tre has mobilised 10,000 troops, .which are ready to resist tl)e blockade. The troons are under the rommanrl of nn. era! Nicholas Kollando, a- former rev olutionary leader. .. - - ! It la stated here that the . eruiaer Utrecht "will be sent to. Veneiuela from nere ana mat ina uuicn cruisers, in tlie Carrlbean sea and the Kant TnrUaa will be rushed" to enforce the blockade. ' , '.Hattle M. nutlof. ; . s - (Bperill TXapalHt to Th Journal. HllUboro. Or... Nov. I.-J-Mi Hattr M. Butler died at. the family resOdence re yesterday of tunerculoatit. She was a daughter of the late Isaac Butler, one or the rioneer . settlers 01 mis county. A mother and several brothers, and aia- BLOCKADE CASTRO tera survive 5 - ; Brrah 'AVi Bryan. 1 COST TO ELOPE TWO MILLIONS Pittsburg Girl Believed to Have Incurred This Ex pensive Forfeiture. (United Preaa Leawd Wire.) -San Francisco, !ov. J.--Belleving that Edward P. Shore, son of th 4$'4consln and Michigan millionaire lumber mag nate, and Miss Berly Hedrlck, a X-year-old Pittsburg girl of prominent family, are living quietly In this city, following -an elopement, the police are seeKing them. The chief of police today received a request from the Pittsburg authorities to detain them, although no charge has been Vrought against them in Pittsburg. The request "frojn Pittsburg has re vealed that Miss 'Hedrlck. if she has married Shore, has forfeited 2,000.000. The property, which consisted of bonds of the borough of Bronx, New York city, was left to her by an aunt with the proviso that Miss Hedrlck should marry with the approval of her parents. It Is believed her parents do not ap- ?rove of Shore and that she will lose he legacy. Miss Hedrick's mother has written to the police here to spare no expense In endeavoring to find her daughter. 5 era in Ohio. ' Pra Lilted Wire.) Tnledo. Ohio. Nov. 2 John W. Kern, Democratic candidate for the vlce.pren ldency, is closing the campaign In Ohio today. He is scheduled for his last speech at a macs meeting here tonight. After tonight Kern -.will go direct to Indianapolis, where "he will vote tomor row and await the eleetlifn -returns st bis nome. . Oregon's ManiaciuriiilOppqtlum J "The only sound basis upon : is by ericouraging Investment of by refraining from fhe passage of cation or said investment, tne education oi me people in tne use or ' nome products, and the creation of a market for raw material." said T 4 "X B.:Sv! josselyit, president of the Poftfand Railway; Light'& Power J companyf 'jIf "enterprises are choked by the feaf of gtiure, the s J f whole cornmunity is bound, to suffer, ; With Oregori the. best place on earth in which to live, and. presenting toiianr: virgin-portuni" 4Vj ties far development, and. with personal acfeTvityiand initiative on the iVart'hef'citigenTtbT'hTng can prevent Portland from remaining '-J I tht metropolis ot the nortnwest , people-within the next five years,"- i ' ' FOR I F OF ; HAS Calls It the Party, of Good Times and Says Bry$i Is Dangerous . Man Final Appeal to Be Made in His - Home State. " (United Press Leawd Wlrs.t Dunkirk, N. T., Nov. 2. Stopping here en route to Cleveland from Buf falo, Judge Taft was greted by over 6,000 persona today. Most of the per. pie In the crowd were laborers and th-lr greeting of the Republican candidate was enthusiastic. ' . - When Taft appeared on the platform of the train Mrs. Taft accompanied him and there was a tremndous shout from the crowd. Someone rushed up to the train and thrust a large bunch of chrys anthemums into Mrs. Taft's hands. Sbe smiled and bowed to the' crowd while the chertng continued. Taft is scheduled to speak today at Ashtabula, Cleveland and Youngs town, Ohio, and to leave for Cincinnati tonight. He will reach Cincinnati to morrow morning and spend the 'day at his brother's, home. . " . In his add rises today. Taft called on the : teopie W continue In power ,tiie Kepubllcan' party, Vtbe party of prog ress and groort times." j- , - - - - He declared Bryan wT' .dangerous) man to have aa president,. . - - RIOTERS LOOT SHOPS I Indignation Aroused by Sen timent Against the Jap Boj-cott. (United Jfrew Leased Wire.) . Hongkong. Nov. 2-Two hundred rioters are under arrest -for the looting of more than two dozen shops. the owners of which advocated the aban donment of the an U-Japanese boycott The police have been armed and strenu ous measures are being taken to pre vent a repetition of the disorders of yesterday. The shops and go-downs which Were wrecked were those or merchants who had become weary of the continuance of the boycott on Japanese carriers and whose goods were awaiting exporta tion. Their attitude caused the rough ele ment to make attacks upon them dur ing the day, the minor disorders finally culminating in a serious riot last night. Hongkong, Nov. 2. Several Chinese rioters were killed today In a clash be tween armed police and soldiers and the japanesa-,a...fluater of the city is now -under military patrol.., Todav the armed police were unable to quell the mobs and th troops were called. The appearance of tie soldiers had- little effect and volleys Were fired Into the mob before the rioters broke and fled. Hundreds of arrests were made and further trouble Is feared. HALLOWEEN PRAHK IS FATAL Mischievous Trick of Neighbor Boys Causes ; Death of Aged Katrina alquist on Barnes Road Farm i Excitement Brings on Katrina Dahlqulst, aged 83, who re sided on a farm on the Barnes road with her ' son, John Dahlqulst, died Sunday morning from an acute atck of heart disease, thought to have been brought an, through worry over the Hal. loween pranks of neighbor boy's Who stole two or tne uaniquisi farm wagons. - Mrs. - Dahlquist had resided In .Wash- which any. community' can : be built toreign capital .and home savings, a laws that 'look toward the confis- T ana .oecommg a city oi.ow.ww J r , . - i ' v -(' 1ITSBRYA E Walter Wellman Predicts : Taft Will Have. JIajority of Electoral Votes but Warns Republicans That ' There May Be Surprises. (Special Dispatch to Tht JooraaL) , Chicago. Nov. 2. While admitting the possibility of Bryan's election, Wal ter Wellfnan's final estimate of the probable result gives Taft 260 electoral votes,' Bryan 172, with 61 votes doubt ful. " - - : ' In reachlngythts conclusion he places in the. Taft column a number of states which are admittedly 'close, such as New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, ' South Dakota and Oregon. The states classed bv Wellman as doubtful ere Nebraska, Colorado, 'Indi ana and Ohio. He believes that Ne braska will give a majority .for Taft.. but says that the other three are likely to be found in the Bryan column. The . states which Wellman gives to Taft are aa follows; . California ,' , 10 Conneclcut . ....... . . .. - 7 " Delaware , a S Idaho .,: - - 8 Illinois r 27 Iowa . . , . . . ....... i, IS Kansas .w.Vl0 t - nun . jnHanoouaeiii ......,..,.. 1 14 11 4 13 S ' 4 4 S4 4 ' 4 ' 5 il 8 Michigan Mlnnessta-.' . . New"fTamp shire New Jersey . . . . . New York North Dakota .. Oregon ........ Pennsylvania . .. Rhode Island , i .. South Dakota ... Utah Vermont . . . Washington . West Virginia Wisconsin . J..... Wyoming 4". Total . . . ..... ; 0 Following are the states placed tn the Bryan column: Alabama . .. . . U 9 6 13 13 9 8 Arkansas . .. . Florida . Georgia . ............... Kentucky i . . .... iLoulslana . ......... Maryland . ................ Mississippi .......... 10 Missouri . ......... .......... .18 Montana,. ......... . ... 8 - Kevsds . . - North' Carolina .................. 12 Oklahoma . 7 South Carolina. .... . ........... .B ' Tennessee 1 3 Texas 18 , Virginias. 12 Total ........ .7 1 ...... 172 The four states given as doubtful are as follows:- Colorado . . .. '. ......... , , 6 Indiana .- ......................... 15 ' Nebraska . , . 8 Ohio , 28 Total . ,;. 61 iWellman's forecast ts published In the Chlcago Record-Herald, a Republican,!' paper, which is supporting Taft. In all ms recent articles Wellman has warned 'v Republicans of the possibility of sur prises on election day and has Intimated that Rockefeller's avowal - In favor of Taft may turn th scale W Bryan'sya vor. ; Acute Heart pisease. - lngton county, four miles from Port-' -land, for over 30 years. She and hef son had a small farm where they raised , fruit and vegetables -which sre hauled ' into the city for marketing.' Baturdav ' night a gang of boys who live near, i made away with two of their, fnrm wagons and on arising Sunday morning ', the aged woman- found them mlbslng from the barn. She hurried ints th house and notified her son, who starUi on a search' for them, and. -finding thorn not far from the house, retuned t r find his mother - unctmiiclous on th front porch, suffering from an attuck of heart disease. ' . The mother had experienced manv such attacks during khe past few yiar- and Mr. .Dahlquist wss not slarmd at first, but be soon found that her hart had ceased to beat. Artificial rcnl ra tion was attempted, but Mrs. Dahlmilut could not be revived," - I did hold it against the bovs at first," said -Mr. Dahlutst. this inr.nj. Inc. "but 1 think now that thev ni' would have done It bad they iriaKlni'i . wnai rne resun vouiu n. I am not. ' -ositlve who tr.ey sro, but I ti.tnk I , noW. a net if I am rltht trio v nr f,i,.,j.. - of mink and I wouliiti"t piift-.-i utn it.e,,, lor tne worm. Ttiere is ni. t-iNi., ,. ever, that mothers deylli, w l.ii.i i by the mischief." Mrs. wahKiulst. whr I ., ,,, ; for 4 J years an4 Is surv iv i (,y t., John l. and t. N. 1 tw 1 i i -it. t . daughter. Mr- Anna I ,-.i..n. . , . at tranlr.' W,uh. . aU'.lped to Us!tami'r t r !,.,-' . r :M ' - - y '-. i