MISSOURI
REPUBLICAN
"COLIN
III TAFT CARRIES
Unofficial Retunis Almost
Complete Give .Taft the
State by 935Hadley, Re
publican, la Undoubtedly
Governor Stone, Sehajor.
With Missouri In the Republican
columns Tart will probably have
887 electoral votes. Maryland has
mno for Taft by 1 4 votes and it
may require an official count to de
termine the final result
(United Preaa teased WIra.)
St. Louis. Nov. 6. This afternoon the
returns show that Taft has carried this
state by 936, according to unofficial
returns which are almost complete.
Hadley, Republican, is elected governor
v.. it th. rout of the state ticket appears
to be safoly Democratic. The early es
tlmates showing a big plurality for
Bryan decreased constantly and the
state swings back Into the ranks of the
Rftnilhll.'PTl nanv. Wnra It twu jib
place as the -mysterious stranger
a ttnrnov-(it-neral Hadley. Republican,
undoubtedly has been elected governor
over Cowherd, Democrat. The nomina
tion of Senator - William J. 8tone .for
reelection over uovernor uotHJi .
Folk is assured and Stone's majority 1
now estimated at xe.uuu.
iriv. nrf nnaalhlv alz Retmbllean COB
...n .kvt iwHtii elected. Eighteen
counties and a few scattering precints
had not reported today but It Ja believed
these will Increase the vott for Tart,
? Baltimore. Md., Nov. e.-Returns at
11 o'clock today Indicate that Taft will
carry the state by a plurality of 14
votes. One county 1 yet to be heard
from. The official count was begun to
day. The result will not be known posi
tively until It is completed.
FRISCO'S VOTE OX
.SUPERIOR JUDGES
(tatted PrtM Leased Wire.)
San Francisco, Nov. 8. The complete
vote In San Francisco on auperioi
Judges was as follows:
For the long term, four to be elected:
John E. Hunt, Republican and Independ
ence party, 0,J4; John J. Van Nos
trand, Republican and Union Labor,
OREGON BY
25.000
Incomplete Returns Indicate
That His Plurality Will
Not Fall Far Below That
Figure lias Lead in
Every County of State.-
(Continued on Page Thirteen.)
STOCK MARKET
GROWSWEAKEEt
Loses What It Gained at
Yesterday's Session of
the Exchanges.,
(United Prut Leud Wtre.1
New York, Nov. B. A reduotlon In
the price of steel rati was made today
by the United States Steel corporation,
according to reports by Wall street. The
extent of the reduction is said to be
quite heavy, but the exact alse Is at
present unknown, ( .-
Vniinwlnar the announcement of a cut
in steel prices there was a pressure
among speculators to sell securities in
the stock market today. London was
selling American shares today and the
losses there were about as heavy as dur
ing any recent session.
In the New. York market the leaders1
in yesterday's advance were the ones
that weakened first today, Union Pacific
and Canadian Pacific being among them.
The loss sustained by UJnited States
Steel preferred was due entirely to the
report of a lower rail price, St. Paul
lost 1 points, owing to selling pressure
ind taken as a whole the market was
. Just' opposite the professional tone of
yesterday.'
Taft's plurality in Oregon, according
to present indications, will be slightly
less -than ' 25.000, though It may run a
trifle above that figure. 'Returns are
still incomplete: In a numher of counties,:
but with about 100,000 votes counted
and reported, Tift has 69,160 and Bryan
85.181. These partial figures give Taft
a load of 23,979, which will probably be
Increased by about 800 or S00 votes
when all precincts are heard from.
The combined vote of Debs. Chafln
and Hlsgen was about 6,750. three quar
ters or H Deing cast mr ueoa. in
Douglass county alone Debs received
380 votes and in 'Multnomah 1,456.
uutelde or Mulnomati county -rafts
largest Dluralltlea were In Marlon.
Washington, Umatilla, Lane, Coos, Doug
las, Clatsop ana (jiacnamas, e carried
every county in Oregon.
Marion's Taft Plurality.
(United Press LeaaeU Wirt.)
Salem, Or., Nov. 6. According to an
unofficial count, nearly 1,000 more
votes were cast In Marlon county for
United States senator last June than
for presidential electors this week. The
total vote for United States senator was
7,001 while the total vote for president
ial electors as far as Is known. Is not
more than 6.800. The vote in six small
precincts is yet unknown and cannot he
determined until the official count is
rnmnlATMl thin .VAnlnr
Judge Taft's. plurality in Marlon cou'h
ty now stanas at aoout j.ouu wun utile
change that it will exceed 1.600. The
best fiauves obtainable aive Taft 3.629
and Bryan 2,166, or a plurality for Taft
01 1,473.
827 Plurality in Clatsop.
(Special DtDtcb to The Joei-nal.
Astoria, Or., Nov. 6. Complete un
official returns from an preclnots in
Clatson county give Taft a plurality
of 827. The vote received by each one
of the candidates is as follows: Taft
1.484. Bryan 657. Chafln 48, Debs 284,
tuagen s.
Wasco Gives Taft 1,824.
(Spertal Dlpatrh to The Journal.)
The Dalles. Or.. Nov. 6. Complete re
turns from Wasco 'county give Taft 1,-
(Continued on Page Thirteen.)
HOODLUMS GET
-Mill OF JAIL
Festive Custom That Has
Been a Bane in Vancou
ver Gets a Jolt.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 5. Boys in
this elty who make it a practice to
secure handouts whenever there is a
"wedding will probably be a little more
careful in the future if they have any
dislike to spending a few hours in the
city bastlle.
Last night, following the wedding of
Miss Haack and Charles Cox. a crowd of
boys assembled In front of the home of
Mrs. m. ti. Haacx ana aemanaea a
handout.. They were given money and
went away, only to return again after
spending the money. Again they were
nandied witn gloves, and tne iiura ana
fourth times they reappeared.
It was at this Juncture that the police
took a hand and arrested Henrv White.
ftalph Nicholson, John Shafer, Ray
Bateman and W. Weldon. They were
Riven an- hour or so to think matters
over and then allowed to go after prom
ising that they would not-be guilty of
such conduct again.
HENRY IVA TTERSON'S TRIBUTE
I TO WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Louisville," - K jfc Nor. 5.- Reviewing the presidential election, Colonel Henry Watt'erson fin the
Courier-Journal today said: - -,.
"The result of Tuesday's election shows conclusively that a great majority of the people of the con
trolling section of the union are well 'content with things as they are; that it is better to endure the con
ceded shortcomings of the party in power than embark upon an unknown sea of continuous agitation; that
Bryan meant this, while Taft meant rest; in short, a dollar, thought tainted, in hand, is' worth a bush full
of patriotic abstractions V !
"The. idiosyncrasy; of the: time is commerce. As, in the last century, it was liberty reaching out after
institutional ' freedom anda measurably attaining it it is now materialism reaching oat after markets.
The average voter of better; education and intelligence takes no thought of the hereafter and is even more
indiffrent to the heretofore." " He is completely engrossed by the present. That which Bacon calls "the
wisdom of our ancestors' makes, as little appeal to his reverence or reason as that which' Burns calls
'light from heaven' make ,to. his. imagination.. He. would not exchange the current crop reports with a
rising price list for all the books that were written on political economy. He either carries the fool of
'vicanage with him or else rajses rough dust to blind' his eyes and disarm suffrage.
"The result shows that we oversized the spiritual and undersized the material in the hearts and
minds of the people. .They were deaf alike.ta. precedents, to reason and to eloquence; for nothing could;
surpass, as nothing has ever equalled, the personal canvass of Mr. Bryan; its wondrous. lucidity and 'power
of statement; its splendid intellectual and physical endurance; its unanswerable argument. Nor did Igna
tius or Loyola sweep through a world of incarnate evil bearing the cross of Jesus to triumph with greater
force of inspiration and truth than did the heroic son -of Nebraska traverse a .land gaping with curiosity,
but too.busy over its work- and play to consider any danged to the immortal, soul .of, its. constitutional
fabric. .... .
"There is something yet better than. being president of the United States and that is the real sense
of duty done. Tilden will live in-history when Hayes is forgotten or execrated. History, will say of
Bryan that, tn three great popular movements, clouded sometimes by errors of judgment and obstructed X
lways,. 'by.-i''CDrru'ptiDita.r.'.re 'knowbyVinjurrnountable corruptionhe led sublimely; that he set before
his countrymen the standards alike of God and truth; and that he went,, down beaten, with clean hands T
and high repute, carrying with him the homage of patriotic men." " i
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VAULT LOOTED TESTIMOfJY IS
OFSTIPED
William Jennings Bryan.
IS TAFT'S
Oscar Straus WU1 Probably Be Only Jixception in List
as Jlerewitn Prepared Loeb Will Be Hon- -
ored by President-Elect.
(Special Dlipateli to Tbe Journal.)
Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 6. It Is a good
guess that, with the possible exception
. of ' Oscar 8. -Straus, -.for secretary of
commerce-and labor, President Taft will
announce, the following cabinet Marcb
York. . I . '1 -
8eor'tarr of f the Treasury -George
Vttn- 1m Meyer, fHachuetts.
- Secretary of 1 War Luke ' E. Wright,
Tennessee.1-:. ',
, t Postmater-G.'neral Frank H. Hitch
cock, Jlasiachusetts. - - - - 1
Secretary-of-- the' Navy Wtinam
iiOD Jr. ' -
Attorney-General Frank B,
Minnesota. '
Kellogg,
Becretarv of the Interior Jrfmes
Uarneld, Ohio, , - . . '
Secretary of Agriculture James "WiU
son,, Iowa. v. 1
, Secretary of Commerce-and Labor
0s!ar:,8. Straus, New York. ' -Congressman
Hepburn of Iowa may
succeed Secretary Straus as hoa4 -of the
coMinerce and labor department.
ythe secretary to the president will be
Fred W. Carpenter of Minnesota and
California,' - . .. ., v - ,
BfLLY GATEfJS IS
WIRED LUCKY
(trotted Prem teased Wire.)
Salem, Or., Nov. 5. So far as Is
known, W. N. 3&tens, secretaryio' Gov
ernor Chamberlain. U the only- Dereo-
crat in Oregon who won a-strlctly par
tisan election wager. An overiealous
supporter of the president-elect bet Gat
ens that Bryan would get no more elec
toral votes than did Parker four .years
ago, even though Oklahoma' five elec
toral votes,- which were almost certain
to be cast for Bryan, had been added to
-the list since Parker's campaign. ' The
wager was a, small one. .-
SEClfliS
WAGES REDUCED
(Celtta Preas Leased Wre.)
i fjO Cirosse,. Wis1., Now S. A; reduction
to $1.15 per day irt the wages of section
hands' and the discontinuance 'of all Im
provement work here-.were opderedtt
day by the management of the Chicago,
Milwaukee ft St Paul railroad, - - .
:-r:: t " f " '
MR. BRYAN WIRES
CONGRATULATIONS
TO PRESIDENT-ELECT
(United Presa Leasrd Wire.)
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6. Con
vinced by more complete returns
from the doubtful . states and
close states that Taft has been
elected, . Bryan today sent the
following telegram:
yyilliam. -Taft, Cincinnati,
Ohio Please accept my Con
gratulations and best wishes for
the success of your, administra
tion. rsigned) - "W. J. BRYAN."' .
EUROPEAN TRADERS
BEHIND THE BOYCOTT
(United Press Leased Wire.) .
.Tokio, Nov. "8. It is Intlmatedhera
by. Japanese diplomats that the sudden
outbreak against Japanese and Japanese
good In Hongkong was carefully and
cunningly premeditated "by Chinese of
ficials. Veiled hints are made that the
Chinese, were inatlfrated to the plot by
European merchants. .':
The possibility of a furtner" compli
cation with Japan .was avoided accord
ing to the Japanese, by the quick action-of
the Chinese authorities in pre
ventlnar the mob f mm. intuetaar -JaTiawi
e meiVhftiita and their shops, although?
some or tne, more, fanatical members
eluded the armed police and did. nom-;
lnal damage, M j - -j .
SOCIALIST VOTE
JMT 525,000
(United Pre Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Nov. 5,-Seeretary Barnes of
tha. natk7naT committee of the Socialist
party today estimated that the total
Socialist vote would not exceed 555,000.
The vote of Illinois , according to
Barnes, will barely reach 50,000. Okla
homa showed the largest gain, with a
vote of 17,000, compared with 4,400 in
10. e
The Prohibition committeemen re
port a gain in the vote but give no es
timate of its s lie.
G. OJ.'ClfflS
OKLAHOMA YET
-Waited 'Preaa Leased Wlre.l ,
' Guthrje, Okla.. Nov- 8. The official;
count will be required to settle the con-(
eBslonjirse--i--thw "Third district
which heretofore has been a Democrsthj
stronghold. Morgan apparently- has de
feated his Democratic opponebt by 1,000.
The-ttepbUloang still cUlin the state
.to Taft. , ;v, . v-i-.-' .;. 4. -
Old Leather Carrier Satchels
Stuffed Into Boxes Which
. Had Been Robbed Short-
aces.- discovered After
Straus Has Left Postof fice
That several leather carriers' satchels
were found In the vaults In boxes sup
posed to have been filled with stamped
envelopes was brought out this morn
tng In the hearing before United States
Commissioner Cannon of Charles A.
Straus, the suspended cashier of the
Portland postof fice who has"-been
charged with embenlement. They were
discovered May 6 or 6. Straus left the
office In April. The stamped envelopes
supposed to have been in the boxes were
worth 8212.
That some one else got the money is
evidently to do tne oerense or Straus,
who has been charged with a shortage
In his accounts of )4,O0O. The defense
has also endeavored to show that there
has been considerable personal feeling
between the postmaster and Straus for
some time and that incidentally poli
tics nad Deon injected into tne (tamo.
Miss Clla E. Bollman. who has been
In the cashier's office three -years as
Straus' assistant and who is now In
oh a rite of the work, was on the stand
this morning and stated that she had
heard a conversation between Mr. Mtnto
and Mr. Straus which was to the effect
that she (Miss Bollman) was to be re
placed by Dr.i J. - i, etorey, from "Wash
Ington, who had worked in the. depart
ment there.
Mr. Straus. It seems, objected to plac
ing Storey in his office on the grounds
that he was incompetent and that he
was not a stenographer.
Kin to Enters Denial.
Postmaster Minto on the stand yes
terday afternoon denied that he had
brought Storey to Portland, saying fhat
tne department orncialn had asked him
If ho had a position here for Storey
as he had requested.. to be transferred.
He said that he had never dhicussed
the matter of replacing Miss Bollman
by Storey and that his Intentions were
to give the finance clerk additional
help.
Miss Bollman said this .morning that
she had overheard the conversation
about putting Storey In her place.
Charles J. Schnabel, Straus' attorney,
clashed with the postmaster while on
the stand, and it was necessary several
times for the commissioner to Inter
fere. It was Intimated by the attorney
that Mtnto had written to Washington,
endeavoring to have Storey placed. This
(Continued on Page Thirteen.)
SAWS HECK WITH
OLD KlilFEBLADE
James Doran, 60 Years Old,
Attempts Suicide at
The Dalles.
STRONG FOR "
DEFENSE ;
State Despairs of Convicting
Small Boy Charged, With
Killing G. De Mars
Witnesses Say Lad Was
Cursed and Threatened.
! -
Chase Jackson . Keid.
The case of little Jackson : Reid,
charged with the murder of . George
F. De Mars , at Government Island,
just outside of this city and -within
the lines of the Lewis and Clark
fair ginds, Is one of the most re
markable that has been tried 'in
Portland for years. 7 The . boy was
supposed to have shot the man down
in a fit of bad 'temper and without
provocation. Today the defense
presents an entirely new side of tha
shooting, the details of which are of
more than usual interest.
There is every probability that Chase
Jackson Rled will . not be convicted of
the murder of George F. De Mara. It
it the general opinion of those who
have listened to the testimony that tha
state has failed entirely in Its attempt
to prove Its case and the chances are
that the Jury will acquit the 13-year-
old homicide, ' perhaps without leaving
the box. . .. :
mlt this. During, the cross examina
tion of Iafe Pence, a witness for tha
defense. Deputy District Attorney Triad
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
The Dalles, Or., Nov. 6. Cutting a
deep gash In his throat, severing the
muscles over the windpipe, James Do-1 honorable career before him, if It were
Vreeland. In reDlv to Mr. Pence's state
ment that ne believed the boy had an
ran, 60 years of age, attempted suicide.
In this city Wednesday 'morning about
5 o'clock, while Intoxicated. He used
a dull pocketknlfe, which was found.
closed, and covered with blood, in his
pocket.
Doran was picked up by Chief of Po-
Lflce Harper about 9 o'clock Wednesday
morning, wanaering aiong tne alley
back of the Hotel Gerllnger, weak from
loss of blood. He was covered with
gore and cobwebs. Indicating that he
must have been In some out-of-the-way
place when he attempted suicide.
Doran was taken to the police station
by the chief, and .Hr. Love was called.
Doran was' taken to The Dalles; sana
torium, where Dr. Lowe dressed his
wounds, taking several stitches. He
states that Doran may recover If blood
poison does not set in.
Doran Is a bachelor, living alone 10
miles from this city, on a ranch. He
has fits of mental aberration and drinks
heavily. He has no recollection of hav
ing tried to kill himself, which he did
by- "sawing" with the dull . knife, and
which must have taken several strokes
to do. as the wound was, very Jagged.
not stopped by the trial, aaldi M don't
think .the boy is . in imuch danger. - .
A large numDer oi witnesses were
put on by the defense this morning,
in addition to those examined yesterday
afternoon. The defense la that the boy
killed De Mars in self-defense, f sarin ir
that the 'man was about to do him anil
the other children soma bodily, injury,
possibly to kill them.
The most Important witness along
this line was Vivian Ham, who wit
nessed the killing and -who testified
that De Mars was running at the, bar
with an up-raised . oar, cursing and
swearing and threatening to "fix htm.'
"Hon said, when, first called to. the
stand yesterday afternoon, that with hi
little uistT he was .fishing on the lu
land on the day of the tragedy. . He
beard a man swearing and using vile
language, and started to warn him to
.stop because there was a littH -girl
'within hearing, but he saw that the man.
who was in tfie'boat, was in earnest and
was rowing rapidly toward the land.
Thereupon he told his little sister to re
main where she was and he would so
what he could do.
"The man rn the boat was rowing as
fast-as he could," said the witness. ; "and
(Continued on Pag FivO
GROW OR GO
.. -AA :ff-m
The question of educating the $ep!ei point where they :
will call for, ant demand, Oregon-made goods iaone that should.be
.: given a great deal of publicity in order to bring it home to the f n-
sumer," said M. G. Thorsen, of the firm tl Fisher-Thorsen coiii my..
From our own experience, we find when people leartr thatijwr go ..!
T ; are just as reliable as the well-advertised eastern.Unes, they pttron- I
X.v be us in" preference, But the point of calling for ipreou-rt'a'!'i Z
.goods' is absolutely .necessary if we are to keep pace with ntir tup-
X -idly .-progressing sister" statrf-to-the north and 'south rf u, It k. ,"'
a. .1.1 . . : . n...A ' r f., lli. . t f 1 . a
.. tuurr i'uc'i.iiii wt Ai B"- . v tut v'v'it: i.'rK'i-' - , '
- assist ia the growing prpttss and patronize their hon- :mr; :
. turers."-'-.- - ; -., , . - ' .
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