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"IH PORTLAND AHQ IN OREGON NEARLY EVERYDODY READS THE JOURNAL" THAT'S THE VERDICTAND MORE AND. MORE PEOPLE READ IT ALL THE TIME. ..DOITTYOIR JOURNAL CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS ' 30,789 Put your ads In The JournaL Call today -lor Saturday, Sunday and Monday, HEAL ESTATE FOB SALE? ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNALS ' The weather Fair tonight . and ' Sunday: easterly winds, t !i VOL. VIL NO. 231. PORTLAND, OREGON,; SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1908.TWO SECTIONS4l8 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 0T wrwi JAS, FINCH v . i i ; ' , "r . i ' : RALPH FISHER REVENGE IS CARNEGIE 1 CAUSE OF James Finch, Recently Dis barred, Turns Pistol oh Chairman of Grievance Committee of Bar Associa tion of Oregon. James Finch, disbarred lawyer, shot and killed Ralph Fisher, chairman of the grievance committee of .the Oregon Bar association, at 2 o'clock hls after noon. The murder took place In the Mohawk building at Third and Morrison streets. Chester1 V. Dolph,- an attorney on the same floor of the Mohawk building, captured the murderer as he entered the elevator to make his escape. Dolph took away the still smoking revolver and turned the assassin over to the police, who had been notified bv Dr. Roberts, whose office la in the room adjoining Fisher's office. Dr. H. F. Leonard, whose office Is lni BpriidH tho hall, heard the shot and was the first person to enter the roomj whore the killing was done. He am " he rtjutd to revive Mr. Fisher, but found that' death must have been instantane ous. The bullet from the murderers pistol entered the back of the head at the base of the brain. As far as Is known the only witness to the shooting was Verna Burkhardt. KSher's stenographer. She ran to the levator and entered at the same time as the murderer. The bellboy, seeing the smoking gun, thought that Finch was trying to mur der the girl and his cries tor assistance brought Attorney Dolph from his office. Finch made a slight resistance when the attorney reached under his coat to ret the revolver, but semed dased and kept muttering, "send for the sheriff, end for the Sheriff." The murderer was led to a nearby room, where he was detained by his cap- Continued on Page Two.) KANSAS FEARS KATE BARHARD Oklahoma's Muckraker Has Been Experting Kan sas Penitentiary. (United Frew Leased Wire.) Fort Worth. Texas, Nov. 28. Fear ing disclosure which will causa an open rupture , between . the states of Oklahoma and Kansas, Governor Has kell la trying to find Miss Kate Bar nard, commissioner of charities and corrections of Oklahoma, Miss Bar nard has vanished and her friends hers say she will not be heard from until December 8. when she wtlr make a re port to the Oklahoma legislature re garding alleged terrible conditions in the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing, where Oklahoma convicts are incar cerated. Startling charges of cruelty are said to be made against the Lansing prison Officials In Miss Barnard's report. Haskell and Governor Hoch of Kansas Were recently reported to have clashed on this subject and the former now fears that a crisis will be precipitated f Miss Barnard's charges are allowed to go to "the legislature without first being subjected to censorship. To avoid the blue pencil Miss Barnard has dropped from sight, temporarily. According to persons who claim to have seen Miss Barnard's report, she accuses officials of the prison, first with brutality toward the men In their custody, and. second, with insulting her wnen sne went to Lansing to investi gate conditions. Among the torture to which prison ers are alleged to be subjected are racks, sprockets by which the men are ! wring by the wrists for hours, coffins n which offenders are placed, water hen being poureower them, and vari ous other devices similar to those em ployed In tne middle ages. 1 WOULD DOUBLE HIS FORCE In speaking of preference that should be shown Oregon-made goods, J. D. Duback, manufacturer of optical goods, 173 Fourth street, said: "If the people of this state wduld "purchase thejr optical goods and supplies here at home, there is not a manufacturer in our line in Oregon but would be compelled to double his force of em ployes in a short time and by so doing increase the general revenue of the state. This applies to all manufacturing lines. Another im portant point to be considered is the fact that money spent with - eastern manufacturers never finds its way back here, while money spent here" at home remains in circulation among ourselves. CThe . retailer sometimes does not stop to consider, when buying from east ern concerns, that he is tying up a whole lot of his working capital because he iscompelled to buy in quantities in the eastern market VVere he to buy from his home manufacturer he could draw at any time, in small quantities, ;from the stock of the local concern and . also save the interest on his mbhey. besides havinar the privilege, of '! , r selecting his goods on the ground not prove satistactory. taucate the retailer as well as the consumer , and in a short time, Oregon will take Tier place among the manufac- -; Wring centers of the country." " . . . ; i J BIG TRUST SCHEIE His Retirement From Pro tection Policy Opens the Way for an International Steel Merger, Says Alfred 0. Crozier. (United Press l,mic( Wire.) New York, Nov. 28. Andrew Car negie has opened the way for the or ganization of an international steel trust by retiring from the protection policy, which brought him his mil lions, according to the statement of Al fred O. Cror-ler of Wilmington, Del , in a letter to Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives at Washington. Crozier is the author of several books on in dustrial topics and is one of the lead ers in the fight against Wall street gambling before the New York legisla ture. In the letter he says: "Carnegie's declaration In favor of the abolition of protection for iron and steel is a thrust at the heart of ihn protective system. w nether so Intended by Carnegie or not. it Is Impossible to devise a clev erer plan to entrench the steel trust in en aosoiute monopoly of the steel and Iron business In the United States. "Every one of its 200,000 employes would be at the mercy of the Wall street managers. They would be obliged to submit to any terms as. to wages and hours imposed by the cor poration. "The one menace of trust supremacy Is the establishment df "competing In dustries. A corporation with one third of the capital of the steel trust eoiiUJ handle the same business, because the trust Is so Kreatlv overcaDltalized. This is an Inducement for capital -to. enter the business. If the tariff were reduced, the menace of cheap labor and foreign-made goods - would scare the small competitors from the field. This would leave the way clear for the cre ation of an international trust, .which cofild lower wages and Increase prices. "A strike would be useless. If the In ternational trust were entrenched, as the foreign mills could produce If the American mills were idle." Crosier wrote the letter to President Roosevelt in the recent campaign, which resulted In the retirement of General Dupont from the head of the speakers' bureau of. the Republican National com mittee. S1EALS HOSE; BJfSJREAD Girl at Los Angeles Tells Most Pitiful Tale of Destitution. (United PreM Leufd Wire.) Los Angeles. Cal., Nov. 28. Homei less, hungry and unable to secure work, Evelyn Kahl, 22 years of age, is In Jail here accused of larceny, admitting that she stole a small piece of garden house to save herself from starving to death. Officers are investigating the girl's story and if it is substantiated she will be released. C. . Baxter, from whom the hose was stolen. Informed the police that he did not wish to prosecute the "I have been sleeping on porches and in alleys for three weeks," the girl told the officers today, "and I have actually begged for food. Each day I walked therftreets seeking work of any kind. "Thanksgiving day was the worst. I hadn't a bite to eat and suffered .from the-cold. That night I stole the hose and sold it to a Junk dealer for enough money to pay ror a meal. Boston Jarred by Earthquake. (United Prpa tinned Wire. Boston, Nov. 28. The heaviest earth quake felt in New England in many years shook Boston at 2:38 o'clock this morning. The vibrations lasted 10 sec onds. . and exchancinc- them if thev did FINE STEAPJIER BUILT FOR SEATTLE FIRM LAUNCHED AT WILLAMETTE IRON WORKS ' r -V ' .v V f ' ""' v V-' " ' :j ' - - - " ' -V S - '-a '8t it : I r f - ( ; J - X - . . S H r',-, Y', : x : V r'"',-.: " ; X X- . V " ' J v wr-jrk iw- v ' i-mpmpi i im ' i f.. . ; irrSr ' . Xi kstmp Ipi ' " r:Mii' V: " ; 4 i i f , -, - - it - O " h " ;. feiv Itjv. - , vW..."'-, . i . r " - ' : J v"'- s - - -....:-'-."'"Nu.y 1i' "'A - it 7 ... u ly i !. "" - ' . t ! I ' h tfflnrpr ft n .tfniy Yin jttf-Bii iy flj'H. aisttiwi ifiistffiitTr""iJsfiinriiTr-HTwdWi tit ITif-tiarwr tr-mrf jirih-sssMslsft'nrini"-! iV-T-iffininwaiU'iisi wwwpritwrrriiiii -nff itr Yrgiiifif-rYfirTiif'llTr11 irwinlmfrrrYTiiwOTiMV mnitfi rtisiiii'in-rfil 1 SU'amship Kennedy on Wuys at BROKEN PLEDGES NOT FAVORED BY MR. TAFT (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Washington, Nov. 28. One of Taft's closest advisers today said: "I should be surprised were Taft to take any part in the Oregon senatorial contest. I am sure he will keep out of the affair, leaving it to the, people of that state to settle their own political questions. I can not perceive how any member of the Oregon legislature who Is pledged under Statement No. 1 can honorably avoid voting for Chamberlain. I think it would be morally damning and politically disastrous to repudi ate' a pledge given openly and with full knowledge of all the condi tions. That is a matter for Oregon to settle without interference from any outsiders." . Exhaustive inquiry discloses the fact that in administration circles -constantly in touch with the Whi)fOHouse the duty of the 51 State ment No. 1 members is regarded asrso clear that it would be political insanity to repudiate the pledge. It is also known that the incoming administration holds the same iew. - The entire subject is familiar to all here, having been thoroughly canvassed. The sentiment is also unanimous that Chamberlain must be elected under any conditions. Reports that Frank Hitchcock will aid Senator Fulton in the at tempt to overthrow Statement No. 1 receive no credence as it is absurd to suppose that any one slated for a position in the next cabinet would array'liimself in opposition to Taft's views. f.lETCALF PULLS FOR THE CPAS! Bequests Contracts for Six Torpedo Boats to Pa cific Builders. (United Pres Lwd Wlr. Washington, Nov. 28. The aonstruc tlon of six torpedo boats by . Pacific coast builders has been suggested to the president by Victor H. Metcalf, for mer secretary of the navy, who Is pre paring to leave Washington. Metcalf suggested that six of the eight mosquito craft should be built or delivered, on the Pacific coast. DellS "ry on the Pacific coast would handi cap eastern builders so much that they would be compelled to relinquish the contract. He also told the president that h be lieved it would be good policy for him to allow Truman II. Newberry, acting secretary of the ' navy, to permit the proceedings of the Newport confer ence to be published. NOTED BANK LOOTER GETS 15 YEARS ' (United Press Lmaed Wire.) Pittsburg, . Pa.. - Nov. 28. William Montgomery, 'former cashier of the Al legheny National bank, who looted the institution of 1.000,000. was sentenced today to serve 18 shears ir the western Pennsylvania .penitentiary. His defal cation was one of the most sensational In the history- of . American . banking frauds. -' ; - - "' v - . Willamette Iron Works Ready to Be Launched. Christen Vessel. UNITED PRESS BEAT Ofifcial Publication of New Treaty "With Japan Is Expected Soon. (United Prea Leued Wtre.t Washington, Nov. 28. An early, official publication of the text-of the new agreement between the' United States and Japan is expected by diplomats here today. The agreement does not take the form of a-treaty but'is like the notes the various European powers ex changed which bound them to the open door in the orient under the late secretary of state, John Hay. Not only will the agreement provide for tha maintenance of th open door for trade and the territorial integrity of China, but It will contain a mutual guarantee to respect each other's ter ritorial possessions In the orient and the promise that should complications arise to threaten thi existing conditions neither party shall act without consult ing the other. The state department meets the s (ur ges t Ion that the new agreement is not so binding as a treaty with the re minder that treaties, are violated when circumstance make it desirable to one of the contracting parties. - The announcement ;of- the' agreement ls a corroboration of j the United Press dispatches from Manila early In Octo- of ihe beginning of the negotiations. t. Picture In Corner Is of Miss Mina Benbennick, Who Will AGED SISTER BIG BOOST IS IS DEAD INDUSTRY (Special DUpsteh to The Journal.f' Vancouver, Wash., ' Nov. 28. Sister Vincent da Paul, one of the most ' cele brated of; the Sisters of Charltv of this district. Is dead at the House of Providence in this city. She was 82 years of age and the last of the, four original sisters at this House of Provi dence. She cams to Vahcouver in 1856. when this place was a trading post of the Hudson Bay company. She was the advance guard of the Catholic church and was cne of the four founders of the Sisters of Charity of Vancouver, the name being later chana-ed to the House of Providence of Vancouver. Sister Vin cent was the last surviving; of the four, the other three dying within the past 10 years. As Sister Vincent was the first of the four founders to arrive from Canada, she had always been con sidered as the real mother of the in stitution, which she . had seen grow to be one of the most important in the country. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 8 o'clock from 8t. James cathedral. Interment will be In the Catholic cemetery. ESPEE SAFE BLOWN; BLOWERS GET NAUGHT (United Pits Leased Wire.) May field, Nev., Nov. 28. Robbers blew open . the safe of the Southern Pacific railroad at the station here early today. Ths safe contained noth ing but books and papers, the money having been deposited in the bank last night by the ticket agent. It la be lieved that the robbers are the same who rifled the safe of. the Alvlso.- post office a week ago. There Is no clue to their identity. HIICBCWfflL BE POSTMASTER No Authorized Statement but Belief Is He Will Be Appointed. ' -V (TJnltef Press Letwd Wire.) Washington.' Nov. 18. While both President-elect Taft and Frank H. Hitch- rock today reiterated their statement that no announcement had been author ised, it is generally believed that Hitch cock . will be tha new postmaster aen- a In the presence of a large number of Invited guests and with hundreds of people watching the proceedings from nearby, points of vantage, , the steel steamer H. B. Kennedy is to be launched this afternoon-from the ways at the shipyard of the Willamette Iron & Steel works. MInr Minna Benbennick, the sponsor of the boat, will break the champagne bottle over the bow and christen her as the flocks are released and the craft gives the first sign of gliding dewn the incline. Among those on board is II. H.' Kennwiv the man for whom the boat was named,- and who Is president of me isavy lard route, the Seattle (Continued on Page Three.) ! VOICE OF THE EASTERU PRESS- I I UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICIANS I ' From the New York Press. The hardihood as well as unscrumileusness of nrofesslnnal politics Is exemplified in. the persistent attempt of the members of the Oregon t. legislature to repudiate a solemn pledge wnieh tney mane to ine vortr of that state at the polls. Wrhlle a majority of the citizens of Oregon are Republicans, nevertheless they desired the election of George E. Chamberlain, a Democrat, to be United States senator. When thy were about to elect their legislature, therefore, tha Republican voters gave the candidates of their own party the cholco of aKreelng to send Cham berlain to the United States senate or of -themselves being beaton for the legislature, A pledge, known as "Statement No. 1." was offered ro , the candidates, and those who accepted it bound themselves to give their votes In the legislature to the popular nominee for senator receiv ing the highest number of ballots at the election that Is to sa-v, for Chamberlain, who received that highest number of ballots of the general electorate. . . , Fifty-one of the legislators who are now to choose a United' State ntnr hnlinri themRBlvna hY that n1ai)nt. but. StMUre In their Seat. enough of them want to break their promise to land a Republican sen ator, instead of Chamberlain, the Democrat. - The excuse whlcn tbey give for their contemplated violation of pledge and default of trust-IS -that they cannot believe the Republican voters of Oregon relly mM"' w'ia t they said or were really any more sincere In offering. the Chsmberiaia i X members of the legislature who seek pledge than the candidates for tne i fure, are circulating petitions among thus to reverse their decision and pledge with which those voters bound them, v There la nothing so easy for .practical politicians petitions with signatures, If the? have to take the nsmf from the tomb- stones in graveyards, so it will be astonishing If the defaulting leglsla- tors do not triumphantly flourish their letters of pardon when they stand up in the Orton legislature ana sen it orin u .tin mnr. umniihinr if it ers do not kick the whole crew or weicners into- m- ravmu It msv be that the people of Oregon can be robfied. In this Instance, of the senator whom they have chosen to represent them In. Washington, but the great program of direct nominations will not svirf-r thereby, for the execution of tfe conspiracy against Chamberlain, the popular cholc for senator and the man whom the legislators are "solemnly fle-'ged t send to Washington, will put the political burglars, who do tut wot it permanently out of business , The Press Is In error In stating that It Is" tha pledged !gU1st',- who are seeking to be aboIved from fheir promises. It is the uto-r.-n i Ing that all of them hold their pledges sacred. Ths pr-nir f.,r t . , to perjur themsejves Is'brougftt to bear by politicians Inter'-'! ! dldates for senator who seek election by defeating the !. p I ' 1V0LVES I OF LAW Duty of Statement No. 1 Legislators to Vote for Chamberlain Purely Ques tion of Keeping Faith With .People. "It Is not a question of law, or of the contravention of the federal constitu tion, or of George E. Chamberlain or eJf Republican or of Democrat, It is a question of the honor of men, of the sacredness of their word solemnly given, not as man to man, but as pub lic servant to the whole people. That Is the kernel of this whole controversy over Statement No. I." John F. TUegan, one of the ablest lawyers of the city, and a man who has always stood high and unbalanced In the Republican ranks In Oregon, takes this view of the agitation being stirred up for personal motives auout tne pending senatorial situation. . -., ' ;!4 Mr. Ixgan goes further and dtserossea the controversy in vigorous fashion. He contends that while it Is true that no law binds members of the legislature to carry out their pledge given to the people, their word and hondr as men of truth and dependability - is at stake and can be ubheld In only one way, by casting their ballots for senator as they pledged themselves to do. "Suppose," said Mr. Logan, while dis cussing the question this morning, "that a man should make a wager or lay a bet, giving his word to make it good In case he lost. Suppose he lost and failed to keep his promise. welched on his bet. In that case there would be-no law to Inforce the. payment of the sum. - Many peoplf ml would consider that It was wrong for him to have made the wager , In. the first place, but there is not- a man In the state of Oregon who would trust the welcher again, would take his word or believe In his honesty. That would be a promise as man to man. Ho Chaaoe for Evasion, ' "This other question is not a prom ise made by one man to another. It is a solemn pledge given by one man to the whole people of .the state. It is a pledge by which he says that if ha is elected to the legislature he will agree to abide by the suggestion of the people of the state as regards the. elec tion of a United States senator. That Is all there is to It It is not a qus tton of politics, or of .Chamberlain, or of law. It ts just a simple ' promise made by a member of the legislature that he will do a certain thing. There was no qualification w'hen the pledge was voluntarily made, there is no chance, of evasion' now. "The - whole questlort, therefore, sim mers down to thin: Shall a pledge of honor, solemnly given by a-servant of the people of Oregon to the voters who elected him to office be kept or broken? The answer Is plain on the face of it. Any man who is pledged to Statement No. 1 and breaks that pledge, repudi ates his promise made to the people of the state, is not a fit man to hold of fice and would be a man marked by his fellow citizens and not one to be trusted In private life. In business as sociation, socially or religiously. 1 do not believe there are any of those kind of men in the Oregon legislature. 'Vln the words of Hamlet,"- continued Mr. Logan, "all this talk and tech nical quibbling, the raking up of an cient decisions and musty legal points (Continued on Page Three.) legislature were m n--cc.n; to repudiate their promise, there- the general voters, wno r ' absolve the legislators from - the to do as to fill ; .out mt ?owr j A - , i thi icil election thosa Oregon vot :
