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'V P SHEW LIS ID Railroad Magnate scapes Committee, Hires Own Automobile and Goes for Bide Evades Questions About Oregon Road. "Jim" Hill, the empire builder, 70 years " young, " arrived " In Portland , Oyer hi latest achievement In railroad builds Ina-. the North Bank bridges, at 10:10 this morning; gave one of his famous foot-race interviews, missed the recep tion committee, started out on a hunt for an automobile garage and , after walking nearly a mile rented his own niachlne and wcntout for a ride, leay. lng the half frantic committee to tear up and down the streets looking for him. - ' v; When he showed up again at Ms special train In the depot yards a little after noon he had seen moat of Port land, by himself, had walked over the freight yardc of the North Bank and had the situation so well In hand that he no longer had to he shown Portland but could talk intelligently about the lay of the land to the committee that came up to ask ' him ' to lunch with them. 4 v.-1' - - v.- Mr. Hilt said that today at' least lis had no plans for ' going - into central Oregon with a railroad, but said if he had he could not tea the public aoout ' it until he was ready. He also said he had no Idea of establishing a steamship line to care for the grain shipments of the North Bank to the orient. For an swers - to minor questions ha, referred everyone to his subordinates. waiting iot uiv Bymitm. The Hill special began to be expected about 8 o!clock this morning. - Then word came that the train bearing the railroad men had laid overnight . at River railroad, and' bad crossed the Co lumbia on the Kalama ferry at 8 o'clock. This would bring them In town about 1:10 or o'clock. It was said. They watted In Vancouver" tor the fog; to lift, however, so that Mr. Hill and his as sociates could see the bridges and the Vancouver terminal yards. The hour kept getting later and the crowd of curious ones at the depot blg- ( Continued on Page Five.) PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT'S BANQUET Charles F.'Swlgert. Toastmaster. I. "Welcome North "Bank," Charles F. Swigert, president Portland chamber of Commerce. . "The State of Oregon," his excellency, George B. Chamber lain, governor. , ' t. "The State of Washington," his excellency, A. E. Mead, gov ernor. . . , 4. Address by . our guest, James J. Hill. , . . t. ,1. 'The Columbia River Gate way," Hon. Charles W. Fulton, United States senator. - r-' . : . "Railroads as . Empire : Builders," Hon. Miles C. Moore. .. 7. Address by. our guest, Howard Elliott . . 8. "A Message From the In land Empire," Hon. F. E. Good all, mayor of Spokane. -, . -i V . I. 'Should There Be a Closed Season for Railroads?" . W," W. Cotton. - 10. . 'Address, Francis B. Clarke. . 11. -. '"Prospects of Trade -With, the Orient," Hon. H. B. Miller,: consul-general to Japan. ' II. ' "Highway and Society." C. E. S. Wood. - -( BRIDGES TU-otliers Are Accused by Government Agents of Counter feiting United States' Coin Plaster Molds Said to ' v: Have Been Found on Them AVhen . Captured. "Arrested on a charge of counterfeit ing In a town where they have lived most of their time and where their par ents and brothers and slaters stilt re side, and discovered, ao the government agents claim, with the goods on them, is the fate of ' two brothers, Ed and Harry Newton of Baker City, who are to be brought to Portland, and arraigned before a-United States commissioner.- " 1 The two boys, the oldest of which Is but 26' years, are now In the cejstody-of the sheriff at Baker City. They will be brought to Portland tonight or to morrow by a. deputy United v 8tfttes marshal. The day after, their arrival they will be arraigned for a preliminary hearing on a charge of having had molds HILL PARTY PROGRAM ' 10 a- m. Crossed .Columbia and Willamette river bridges jmi 4 Inspected terminal ' yards, from rear platforms of. private cara, . 10:80 a., m. Hill 'special en tered union depot-' 11 a. m. Inspection of S..P ' S freight terminals and ' Auto mobile trip over city, i v. ; - 1:80 p. m. Luncheon at Arl ington club. ,;..;..,.....'- v." . t'-tO to: - S p. m. Automobile ride and business appointments. . 6:8Q i p. m.-Chamber of . com merce banquet at Commercial club, ' ' I ; Midnight Leave for Puget sound. - . . Jarpe J. Hill, Chairman of Board STATE OF KANSAS SHUTS UP SAUK (Cnlted Pma Leased Wirt.) Arkansas City, Kan., Nov.; I. The Cltliens . a: Farmers State bank, re garded as one of the strongest. Institu tions In this section of the state,, closed Its doors today. The state closed the bank, pending an Investigation, : but gave no .other explanation. : and devices In ' their possession - with which they could make spurious money. A complaint against the brothers was Slled by United States District Attorney ohn McCourt In the federal district court this morning. j' The complaint alleges (that "plaster molds having designs similar, to thoae molds used by the government for making 120 gold pieces were discover! when the plot was made known to the authorities, v There Was also some metal found and the assumption of the gov ernment Secret service agents - is that the men Intended making spurious pti-s the dse of $20 gold coins and1 then platt ing them with gold or some other metal resembling it, Other tools were aids found. ' ,, ; . . . The cache' or place tt operation -has not been . located. v ' . , . Sentence Suspended in Case Trippers Meet Head On in Vfe V' of Curtis, the Judge .Con- Heavy -Fog on Waverly v S&r-ti sidering Him as Much Woodstock Line Scores ' a Victim as a' Criminal- of Passengers Bruised and -0WWV D-aUe Courts, Cut by M,ig 0,8, , 'fSjf --v!V!f-V StfflMW'tfa tf&VvV V "' -jfl&A formerly ice king and a prominent fac- ing. a Waverly-Rlchmond tripper, car "tyi'k'y WV.tA ' V. : fltk" tor ,n th "nanclal world, must spend No. , collided with an outbound Wav- ' HWflrtl JVSMh &i'&lSj- 'I 'lMSaW 15 years In state's prison. Judge Hough erly-Woodstock tripper, near Twenty- ' "SVi this morning passed this sentence. ' sixth and Clinton streets, shattering the iPht-i:M'Hi4 WfJ?.tX wi -""'-a ViAV. .Sentence was suspended In the case vestibules and breaking the windows of rKjl''lfS.'ifr K25aV' -1 VfiSk-C Alfred H. Curtis, former president of both csrs and painfully Injuring a do.en ' ' '4ltl" 'lli-KC5'i?i'' VfV the Bank of North America. - or more persona. Most of those hurt ' ' f-f. i' m C WWWS. WJi' flWS ' (Continued on Page Seventeen.) (Continued on Page Four.) 'II mwm .- ; mm : . . : wsaw.- lie irrnno inlnnnnrn iiiiiit i; r JAIL FOR WHEN CIS I -mMt MORSE ' " HI I of Directors, Great - Northern Railroad, Who Arrived In Portland This . Morning. ' ' mm city BMLVJIAKEII Earthquake Causes Panic and People Fear General Disaster May Occur. (United Pr LMd Wire.) ' r.. Plauen, Germany, Nov. e. A : violent earthquake shock occurred In this city today tnd threw the people Into a panto. Houses were rocked and people flea Into the -streets In terror; . .The shock lasted several minutes. Late thla afternoon the people had re fused .to reenter their houses, fearing a repetition.' of the shock. Sharp explo sions and a, heavy rumbling noise ac companied' the--earthquake,.: which, was tne cuimmavung snocrc or a series or smaller quakes that have shaken the city for the past week, j The temperature, - or tne medical springs here was increased IS degrees In av few seconds. - The people are afraid a gene raj disaster may overtake, them. CUBANS MOURN ' GREAT LIBERATOR fVnlted Pnm Leased fftre.1 Havana, Cuba, Nov. . The funeral bf-Tomasoo Estrada Palms, formerly president Mf " the republic of Cuba, was held here at f pur -o'clock' this afternoon. The body was given elaborate -militai and state honors and the cortege was followed by a throng of sorrowing peo ple. ' I'x . . ,. "; .. The failure of the' newspaper organ of Joeph Mi(?iel Gomes and Doctor Al fredo Zaas. '.candidates,- respectively, for jpresMent and vice-president of the re-organlaed republic, on the Liberal ticket, to Join in the common expression of Borrow and tribute to-Uie dead "pat riot has aroused the people and ' may have, a damaging effect on the Liberal's chances,. . . . . . eomPEfts riL MAKE AliSWER o (United Press Leased Wire. 4 . Washington, Nov.-. C Before he left here today' to . attend the annual con vention of the American Federation of Labor at Denver, Samuel E. Gompers, president of the federation, gave out an Interview. In which he declared he was not a candidate -for reelection as presi dent of the organisation. - . "I am .not a candidate for reelection as president of the American Federation of Labor in the sense that I seek the office," declared Gompers. J"But if 1 am not active as president, I shall take my position- In the rank and file of Ubor."- - ' ' ' Gompers defended his course In sup porting Bryan and ' declared that he would answer his critics from the floor Of the convention. He 'would explain ils attitude fully then, ha declared. . jonn w. ayea. gran a master wora mtn ' of the Knights of Labor, a body not affiliated with the American Feder ation of Labor, - today declared - that Gompers ' and his ' associates exceeded their authority In taking the federation Into politics. ' " It is probable there will be warm dis cussions When the federation meets at Denver. .-. INGALLS TURKEY : FOR THE TAETS . - ' - ' - ,-' ' ' ' l : (United Press Leased Wire.) . Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. . Prealdent-elect- Taft will leave here t ,t o'clock this evening. for Hot Springs, Va, where be will remain three weeks resting from his strenuous campaign. .Ot-::, On Thanksgiving day judge Taft and Mrs. .Taft will be the guests of Melville E. ' Inralls. ' chairman, of the - board ; of directors of the "Big Four", rajtroad. J TAFT'S LEAD IS IIICBEASIIIG DAILY Present Complete Returns Give Him 59.8U Votes Plurality 21,H9. Taft's plurality in Oregon, with a number of counties yet to hear from as to their complete returns, is now 24.14. Complete returns from 18 coun ties and Incomplete returns from the remaining 16 give Taft 59,814 votes and Bryan B,S. It is expected that when the official returns are all In, Taft will have a plurality of about 26,000. ' Complete official returns were re. celved this morning from Umtllla, Marlon and Jackson counties, and com plete unoffiolal returns from Benton eountyv Umatilla gives Taff 2,836, Bryan 1,B9, Debs ISO, Chafin 119 and Hlsgen S. Marlon's vote is: Taft a,785, Bryan 2,203, Debs 275, Chafin 301 and Hlsgen 6; total ' vote, 6,669. Benton's unofficial poll gives Taft 1. 184 and Bryan 773. Mariom Strong for Taft. ' ' 8alen Bareaa of The Joorn.1.) Salem, Orif-Nov. 6. The official count In Marlon county -was - completed last evening and shows that Taft hn ms. Jorlty in this" county of 1,882. The vote was distributed between the candidates aa follows: Taft 3.785, Bryan 2,203, Debs 276, Chafin 301, and Hlsgen 6." The total vote cast for presidential electors equals .869. The Vote for United States senator last June was 7,001. The regis tration is about 7,400. The matter of a county high school, submitted to the voters last Tuesday, was defeated by a vote of 2,188 for and 2,26 against. COO. Majority In Jackson. Medford. Or... Nov. 6. The official count in Jadfson county shows Taft 1.037, ' Bryan 1,(37, "Debs 379, Chafin 98, Hlsgen 10. The majority over Bryan Is 600. -. . ... Umatilla's Taft Vote. . r Pendleton. .Or.. Nov. The official count i of the vote In Umatilla countyJ was completed thla evening annv is as follows: Taft 3,836, Bryan 1,(69, Debs 180. Chafin 110, Hlsgen 3. . " ' , Benton Gives 411 Plurality.",1- ' V cWvallls. Ott., Nov. 6.- Complete un official . returns - gtV'e Taft 1,184 and Bryan 773, , . I .1 . - ' . George Hopkins Responds to Police Ruse and "Puts It Back." San Francisco. Nov. 6. A searching investigation of the books of Cashier George Hopkins of the State Savings & Commercial bank of this city .is being made following his arrest last night oil charges of embezxling funds of the in stitution. It Is believed that shortages exceeding 88,000 will be discovered. - Hopkins, who came to San Francisco from San Jose, was given his position with the bank two years ago. He was to have left today on a vacation, but by accident the assistant cashier, W. w. Deamer, and the . manager. C. T. Haag, of the bank, discovered a draft .for $1,(00. which on the books showed a payment of 4700, Police Investigation was asked by the bank and a trap .was laid for Hopkins, t Hopkins was confronted with an al leged list of the amounts of his specu lations and called upon to return the bank's funds. The rlck.was successful and Hopkins returned 36,000 in drafts. His . arrest followed Immediately, It Is possible there may be no prosecution. s FOSTER HOMmtiUSTRIES "It is an interesting study for the Oregon consumer to see howr r i far-reaching is trre" effect of loyalty to home products, sard V, A- 3 " Goss, president and general manager of the Acme Mills, "The good, T substantial user of an Oregon-made rolled oat product helps to sup- X, Pr dozens of families working in our own cereal mills. We in turn . buy pur paper boxes from Oregon institutions whose factories sup- X . port dozens of families. We buy our' wooden cases from the lumber t, mills and box factories and they in turn support dozens of fartn'irs. i."toyalty to home industry creates a cycle of prosperity whiih 7 X turns firsj from ouf plant,.then to another home industry . " arid -so on, each in turn benefiting theother and in 1 the nn t r, i T benefiting our city and .state. On the other hand the consumer : -asks for foreign products is entirely unmindful of the brnef.tt A t! community except te meager profit coining to the diHtrilmtor.' . X believe that the moist loyal supporters of home inli-;ry srr r manufacturers themsdves., ,Thfs is due to the (act that ti ' v , ' impressed upon them daily'as to the benefits i i ! rt ; X fostering our own industries.". : , WE H PRODUCTS NEEDED Harriman Official Explains Object of Demonstration t Train Farmers Not Alive to Oregon's Agricultural and Market Possibilities. . ByHalph A. Watson. ' ' (Special Dispatch to The JoerasL) Dallas, Or., Nov. 6. Fifteen hundred persons at Dallas and 5f)o at Sheridan greeted the Southern Pacific demonstra tion train during the morning's work. In spite of the heavy fog which hung over the two towns the crowds, were enthusiastic and listened with great in terest to the talks by the professors from the' Oregon agricultural college. From the., moment' the talks were finished until the train .pulled' out the exhibit pars were besieged with Inter ested farmers and cltisens eager to ask question about the dairy, horticuft--ural and other exhibits.- This has been the most successful day of the excur sion. The attendance of . the schools at Dallas was dismissed during the stay of the train.' - Independence and Wellsdale will he visited i and ' during the afternoon the train will be taken to Corvallis. The demonstration train is dolnga great work in arousing public interest in modern methods of farming. During Thursday the lecturers spoke to morr than 6,000 farmers gathered at the dif ferent stops made.' . . Object of Demonstrations. "What. we want to do is to change the agricultural map of Oregon and Wash ington. We want to make a dozen blades of grass, a herd of dalrv cows. a band of hogs, two bushels of grain grow, where one grew before. We want a family on every 10, 20 or 30 acres of the land In Oregon and Washington. We want oeoDle and products. Passengers aooT freight, business, in shore That Is the reason why the Southern Pacific! and the O. R. A N. companies are send ing out these demonstration, trains to tour the agricultural districts of Oregon and of ' Washington. Our. object Is selfish, to be sure, for we must have the people here ami the business to (Continued on Page Four.) , OF TARIFF AT WORH California Committee, Ap parently: Will Move to Revise ! Upward. (Catted Press teased Wtre.1. San Francisco, , Nov. (.The general committee on - tariff revision for the state of- California, called together by the California promotion committee, 'is already preparing-a report- to- be jp re sented to the ways and means com mltee of the bouse at the approaching session of congress. According to Judge N. P. Chlpman of Sacramento the committee will work night and day to prepare the data.' Judge Qhtpman yesterday declared that . the action of Chairman Sereno Payne in suddenly calling the congres sional committee together appeared t be for the purpdae of forestalling pos sible protests against Its suggestions for the revision of the, tariff. . The local committee received urgent requests from Congressman Needham of California, who Is a member of .the congressional committee, to ' hurry the report- and forward It, as the, first meeting Is set for next Monday. All of the sub-committee consider-, ihg the aspects of the tariff on-specified industries have Indorsed : a , hiKii protective tariff bufe.,(have failed to append arguments fqr its retention. This failure will be remedied . before the flnalreport of the local commit tee 1 is forwarded. r. ;
