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VOL. Vir. NO. 236.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1908. TWENTY-TWO PAGES
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ROB SAFE IN
POSTOFFICE
AT LENTS
Skillful Cracksmen Blow
Open Strongbox With $1-
troirlycerin, Take Over
$100 and Escape' Witliout
planning Any One.
Another postoffice robbery, more
daring than any committed in Port
land in years, was successfully ac
complished last night or early this
morning at Lenta. The work is
thought to have been done about 2
o'clock this morning, but there Is no
evidence a to the exact time and
the cracksmen may have operated
before midnight.
George W. Snrjngthe postmaster,
sald thia morning that' he closed iip
his office about 8 o'clock last night
and opened it this morning about 7
o'clock. The burglars, he declared,
are without a doubt experienced in
this line of robbery, for so quiet
were they in going about the office
that not even the people who were
sleeping over the rooms where the
robbery was done were awakened,
persona Overhead Sot Awakened.
Even when.' the nitroglycerin, which
blew the steel door of the safe from
kin... .vnlndcwl h rnhhpfH hflri HO
successfully muffle the im' hat
one with the exception of one man, who
lay awake fn the Bethel hotel across the
street, heard .t. This man barely heard
the sound and at the time thought It a
blast fired .at ft ; distance, perhaps a
mile away.
The burglars entered' the postoffice by
'the front door and left the same way.
breaking: nothing and disturbing nothing
'. Jvrhich they did not intend to carry away.
fTfie office safe was the only article
tampered with, ana tne papers in n were
, not touched, postmaster Spring said
that none of his private property had
been disturbed."
Mora Than $100 Missing.
The outer door of the safe was blown
violently from its hinges and the inner
door was drilled and then blown open.
The safe contained over $100. all of
which was taken. Not a stamp, was
taken, so far as could be ascertained
this morning, and this, and the extreme
coolness and deliberation of the robber,
leads to the conclusion that the cracks
men, were not novices, but on the other
liana were well schooled in burglary.
I A. few burglar's tools of the finest
make and In he beat of condition were
. found on the floor, evidently forgotten
or perhaps overlooked In the darkness
when the burglars made their 'noiseless
way out of the building.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
Governor .Guild. Making Plea
New England,-Arraigns "Infatuated Speaker"
Destroyer of Lives and Property of Men.
- (United Fress Tensed Wlrs.)
Boston. Dec, 4. Comparing the atti
tude of Speaker Joseph G. Cannon to
ward ' the- forest preservation legislation
ith that of congress in sending Mas
sachusetts volunteers "to be .slaugh
tered by Spnnish troops because of ob
solete equipment," Governor Curtis
Guild In an article to bo published to
morrow in the New England Magazine,
appeals for ' the preservation of New
Kngland forests. He says in part:
"The Massachusetts regiment of vol
unteers posed with black powder and
obsolete rifle before the Spanish enemy
armed with Maiiser rifles and amokeless
powder, ard died with gasping sobs
because that enemy was beyond the
reach of their rifles. . - - -. .
"Congress, for years had refused an.
appropriation for the proper equipment
of the national guard and an infatuated
speaker prevented action, on an emer
gency bll1. .
"Not on the hands of those who have
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J "While tnere has been .much enterprise shown by individual man- J
ufacturers there has never before been the unanimous and -con-
T certed action sbown like that manifested since -The Journal has J
X begun its home industry campaign,", said Theodore Bergmann, presi- X
dent of the Bergmann Shoe Manufacturing company. -
"The publicity which this question is receiving is -a boon to the
whole state, fof .it is educating the people to the importance of buy
J ing 'home-made goods.' I. sincerely hope that, when the campaign
of The Journal is finished that the manufacturer collectively, will
" devise ways and means to keep the matter at alt times before the;
Z rrcha9er9,,fof oply by. keepjng eternally at it tan we hope to keep
i their interest alive. - .' : ---'.:' - .. .'. ;.. , . v:-
: ' "Tbe, people -should be made to realize 'that the 'whole existence
of i manufacturing in this state is .'up to them',' and that their co
X operation is absolutely essential to the manufacturers of Oregon
X" goods." '- . v " . " : ( . - r -
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Paris, Dec. 4. Directolre gowns must
go. This is the edict of ' tne Duchess
D'Uges, who is a fashion'1 leader ' and
whose word counts much with every
woman in Europe who boasts of being
somebody.- The duchess is leading the
movement to put a stop to the wearing
or Diractoires on the ground tntney
are not conducive to good morals "and
are inexpressibly vulgar.
GIRL SAYS HOP IS
STRAWBERRY JAM
(United Pre Lrued Wire.) '
Ix)S Angeles, Cal., Dec- 4. Following
the novel defense--of Miss June . Ray
mond, accused bf smuggling opium Into
the city Jail, that the substance; she
carried to Ralph Buchanan, a prisoner,
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making an analysis of the disputed
article toaay.
Buchanan.-who Is addicted to the usq
of opium, warned the city jailers that
xney nau oeiier waicn mm 10 eo uiiu
he did not obtain " the drug. I...
Later it was discovered that Miss
Raymond had given the prisoner sac.Hs
of tobacco in which . were conceals, 1
small brown cakes or something,-- te
lieved to be opium. The young woman
was arrested, -and on. being .given a
hearina asserted that the supposed
opium was" nothing more than straw,
berry jam. ,
It was decided to refer the matter to
the city chemist.
for Forest Preservation for
as
done their best nor those of the secre
tary of war, who pledged his private
fortune to get guns and cartridges, but
on congress and the speaker, who-let
his Jealousy of the' president stifle his
love of -country, is the bipod of those
volunteers.
' "New England's roads are choked with
dust, the harbors are filled with the
smoke of forest fires, and the rivers
have' shrunk to threads; leaving beds of
-sewage, the spawn . of disease.
"Year after year, congress has been
forewarned of this and turned a deaf
ear. Millions have been provided for
runways for- irrigation streams in the
west- but not one cent for forest re
serves, at the head of New England
rivers. -
.. "Save, the .water supply! If the mills
stop, if the cattle die, if. the children
sicken, the guilt will not be at the door
of the president, who has done his beat
for tbe forests, but finish the parallel
aa you like." - ;
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FULTON LOSFS Rfl ARTHUR IS
10RE IH1 NOT WILLING
TOGA
Effort to "Get" Chamberlain
Through Itooscvelt' and
Taft Fails Utterly, and He
- Loses Prestige by Reason
of Attempt.
By John E. Lathrop.
Washington. Dec. 4. Senator Kulton
has been bringing strong pressure to
bear on President Roosevelt to assist
him in his fight on Chamberlain. A let
ter from a Portland man to a frlend of
the president received today says the
Fulton forcea regard the flaht as trans
ferred to Washington and that If they
fall to bring the president's Influence
to bear, no further real obstacle can be
kept In the way of Chamberlain.
I can state positively that in his im
portunity to the president Fulton has
utterly railed. Alter exerting an pos
s.oie pressure, Fulton has found the
president refuses to intervene, saying
In substance that he regards tho Oregon
law open to criticism, yet In view of
pledges given by Statement No. 1 mem
bers of the legislature, it would be po
litical Insanity, as well as civic immor
ality to refuse to carry out in the legis
lature the plain intent of the Oregon
primary law and the popular vote on
senator.
Taft of Same Opinion.
Sources close to the White House
assure me thrit Taft takes the same
view. Fulton's visit to Hot Spring1,
Va is known to have Jen as utter a
failure as have been his, efforts at the
White House. There were some indi
cations, for a time that Hitchoock JltauJA
come to Fulton's assistonoe, out in view
of Roosevelt's and Tsfts attitude any
action by Hitchcock in any way com
mitting the present or the Incoming ad
ministration to an anti-Chamberlain
movement would elicit a rebuke which
would tie vitriolic in ciiaracier.
Fulton Mad Costly Mistake.
Taking into account every substantial
event relating to the Oregon senatorial
contest, so far as It concerns Washing
ton or Hot Sprinas. I am sure all ef
forts to bring national Influence to
bear will be abortive. Furthermore, the
beginning of a campaign by Fulton' here
will merely renult in effects exactly
the reverse of tnose desired ' by Fnlton,
for in view of tin publicity given to his
efforts the natural resun n ueeu
tn iiMt ovnresniuiiH bv customary In
direction that th Roosevelt and Taft
Influences frown on any attempts to
induce the violation or oponiy given
pledges.
Still another effect wrought by pul
ton's efforts has been to Injure him
here and tn the east generally. The
whole country has understood the sit
uation and it is absolutely true that
sentiment runs In a manner to prove
Oregon's senior senator made a grave
mistake when he brought this local is
sue into national politics.
OREGON W IS
John R. Willis, Formerly of
Hillsboro, for Collector
of Alaska District.
(United Pre letwd Wire.
Washlnrton. Dec. 4 Clarence L.
Hobart presented his resignation to
President Roosevelt this morning -as
collector ofcu8tomsf or. the district of
Xlaskal The presldent"aceepted"lt""wlth
regret, to" take effect January' 1. 1
John K. Willis, formerly of Oregon
hut for several years a resident of
Juneau, will be appointed to the col
lectorshlp.. ir Unhurt who formerly lived at
Seattle, retires voluntarily in order to
enter private business In that city.
John R. Willis was a school teacher
in . Hillsboro several years ago. He
went to Juneau' to become a deputy in
the office of the collector of customs,
and his appointment to the collector
ship Is a logical promotion. He visited
tne ortiana custom nou?e mm ?rar.
His family, has been In Juneau with
him since leaving Hillsboro.
VANCOUVER CITY
CLERK ARRESTED
Sheriff Sappington Serves
v . Warrant on John Har
ris in Portland.
in
(Speclil Dtipttrh to The Joornsl.)
Vancouver. Wash., Dec 4. sheriff
Sappington of Clarke county this morn
ing served an arrest warrent on John
Harris.-city clerk of Vancouver, at the
BU Charlea hotel In Portland. The city
books are In a bad mlxup. .;It Js be
lieved that a shortage, of several hun
dred dollars will be found. A commit
tee of Investigation appointed by tha
rlty couacU la now examining the
bOOiU. ;
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TO REPLY
Candidate for Speaker Re
fuses to Say Vhether or
Not He Relieves Statement
No. 1 Pledges Should Be
Kept by Legislators.
C. N. McArthur, candidate for elec
tion to the speakership of the house
of representatives of the coming legis
lature, has gone on a tour through
eastern Oregon In search of votes. He
has been through Wasco county in
company with Senator Jay Bowerman,
who is a candidate for president of
the senate. Both of the candidates
have the support of the Fulton foJlow-
ing ana are being urged for election by
the oldline politicians of the state who
are the promulgators and active work
ers in the present plan having as Ms
object the repudiation of Statement
No 1 pledges, the defeat of Hnturnnr
Chamberlain, who was given the popu
lar vote last June, and the ejection of
some one other than the popular choice.'
nt-mi-H. returning to Portland Mr. Mc
Arthur will visit all the mmht- ,.r
the house from- the eastern Oregon J
fi 1 at Tf r 1
Through the vigorous action of those
who are booming the candidacy of Mr
McArthur and "Senator Bowerman, the
senatorial question lias beer forced
clearly and fully upon the organization
of the legislature. , The paramount is
sue at the present time considered by
those who have to do with the affairs
or the legislature is whether the State
ment Jmo. 1 majority of the legislature
shall remain intact and carry out its
pledger to the people of Oregon, or
whether the old time politicians of the
state can Induce a sufficient number
of these voluntarily pledged members
to commit practical perjury by the re
pudiation of their pledges and the pos
sible election of some candidate for
the senatorshfp- under the old time sys-
(Continued on Page Seven.)
IT SORE THAT
BIBGY IS DEAD
Police Commissioner Keil
Acted Strangely Taylor
Will Assert Authority.
(United Press tinted Wire )
ban Francisco. Iw.,. a Th. k
of police commissioners will not
appoint a new chief of nniin .
ceed William J. Biggy, who was lost
rrom the police launch jPatrol Monday
night, until it has been definitely es-
taniisnea that Blggy is dead.
This is the annniinrl.niAnt tna.l. wn-
day by Acting t:iiief A. U. mtler. fol
lowing a suggestion to that effect
made by' the board to ilayor Edward
R. Taylor.
In the meantime there Is nn traco of
the body of the mlsHln -hi.f nni th
commissioners are becoming involved
In dissensions over the statement of
Commissioner Hugo D. Keil that Blggy
handed him hia resignation two hours
oerore ne disappeared.
Keil asserts that he told Mavor Tav-
lor that Blggy had offered his resig
nation. Mayor Taylor denies that he
received such notification from Keil.
acting cnier uutier, who was quoted
yesterday as criticising Keil and doubt
ing the interview between the latter
and Blggy. today denies that he made
tne remarK attributed to him.
It was rumored today that Commis
sioner Keil refused point blank to re
veal au me aetajis or his last inter
view with Blggy 'to the commissioners
at their meeting last night, on the
ground tnat tne portions or the Inter
view withheld were "sacred."
It Is also rumored that the commis
sioners have clashed with Mayor Tay
lor, who has assumed the entire re
sponsibility of naming a new chief of
ponce wnen ne deems the time has
come to act
LOWEST RATES
TO JOJTJl'JEST
From Missouri Eiver, $50;
From Chicago, .$62, to
A.-Y.-P,-in 1900. .
CCnlted Pnea Lsed Wtr.
Seattle. Dee. 4. After giving a rate of
$50 for the round trip from Missouri
river points and St. Paul the A.-Y.-P.
exposition, the Transcontinental Passen
ger association has now made what is
considered to be an extremely low rate
from Chicago. -Peoria and St. IxmjIs.
Word was received today from A. MT
Oleland; general passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific, that round trip tickets
good from May IS to September 3
W fluid be as follows: i
---From-Chicago, JS2; Peoria. $80.15: St
TiOUls, $58.15. The rates re considered
law by railroad men, who declare that
tKel lowest excursion, rate given last
summer from Chleaio waa $72.50..
BELLS RING AND WHISTLES
SOUND DURING THE CEREMONY
BATTLE ROYAL PROMISED
OVER UNCLE JOE'S CHAIR
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Joseph Cannon, upper left; Charles
E. Burton, lower left; Charles
The greatest contest of 'recent politi
cal history will be enacted in the hall
of congress should President-elect Taft
carry his fight against "Uncle" Joe
Cannon for the speakership of the
house of representatives to a finish.
This Is a fight which even President
Roosevelt has never attempted. It is
a fight not against Mr. Cannon, bat
against his policy of coercion, which
has earned for him the title of "czar."
Fight His Policy.
Backed, as Mr. Cannon is. by " the
standpatters of the Republican, party,
he feels comparatively safe. Knowing
that a fight was imminent, however,
his supporters have secured pledges
from many of the congressmen and
claim enough pledges to carry Mr. Can
non to the seat. This, however, was
before Taft took a hand In the matter,
and consternation prevails In the Can
non camp. It Is well known that many
of the congressmen who had given
their pledge now think the act prema
ture and should the opposition to Can
non- acquire sufficient strength there
Is no question but that many of the
men would not hesitate to change their
vote In favor of an opposition party.
Knowing this to be so it is said that
the men actually back of Cannon's
boom approached ' every congressman
from New Jersey and claim to have
secured pledges from them for Cannon
as soon as Charles Fowler announces
his candidacy for the speakership.
Maan of Chicago.
Representative Mann of Chicago is
one of those actively out in behalf of
Mr. Cannon and he Is bending every
move In a heroic effort to stop the
agitation for a change In the adminis
trative head of the house.
Theodore K. Burton was the man who
set the political world afire, with his
statement to the effect that President
elect Taft was going to fight Cannon
in behalf of reformation In the policies
of the house leaders. Congressman Bur
ton, while denying he Is a candidate,
still has potential possibilities, especi
ally If he should be defeated In his
race for the senate. Congressman Bur
ton is himself engaged in a fight for
the Ohio BPnatorship and should he
succeed h.e will, of course,, be. elimin
ated from the speakership contest.
But should he return to the house. It
Is rumored he will be Taft's candidate
against Cannon.
Charles Fowler of New Jersey has
announced his intentions of making a
fight for the speakership and he has e
considerable following. His well known
abilities as a parliamentarian and his
experience in the house would jender
him very serviceable.
Charles Townsend of Michigan is also
THREE CITIES
TO FIGHT RATES
(United - Press Ltuvd .Wire.)
S'eattle, Wash., Dec 4. Preparations
for fighting the advance In railroad
rates have been made by the trans
portation committee of the chamber of
commerce. Seteral of tbe members of
the committee are In favor of cooperat
ing with the San Francisco and Port
land chambers of commerce in com
mencing. anrr aotlva i war .against , the
advance.
"The San Francisco ' and Portland
chambers arV desirous that . we enter
the fight with . them," said Chairman
Robert R. Fox. "Our plans are not yet
complete but it looks aa If., we would
have to enter the . fight anor that the
heat -plan Would be to cooperate With L
these two bodies.. .already we are
raising a fund for the- work." '
Pgllii CHOSEN 10
PRESIDE
N. Fowler, tipper right; Theodore
Townsend, lower right.
being- favorably mentioned. Mr. Town
send possesses a personality which has
made him many friends in congress
and his energetic methods, which have
been on the side of the reactionaries.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
FIRE PURSUES
State School for Deaf, Dumh and Blind at Boise, Idaho,
Is Partially Destroyed, Pupils Barely Escaping r
State Records Also BurnedLoss $15,000. . ;
(United Pr- Laei5 wire.)
Boise, IdalK. Deo. 4. Forty-four chil
dren, some deaf and dumb and some
blind, attending the state school here,
had a narrow escape at 7 o'clock this
morning, when the old Central school
building, a three-story brick structure,
temporarily occupied by the state school
for the deaf, dumb and blind, and Also
by a number of state offices, was par
tially destroyed by fire.
Trie children were being marched from
the third floor, where their sleeping
apartments were located, to the base
ment, for breakfast, when the alarm of
fire was given. With little disorder
they were taken from the building. Had
the fire occurred an hour earlier they
would have been caught In a death
trap, as the fire originated on the third
Moor and the tapper portion of the struc
Would BrlAgJ Dishonor on Oregon
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Rep.).
The people of Oregon have spoken on the United States senator
ship in that commonwealth. If they have made a mistake, it is their !
mistake, and a mistake to be corrected by them in their own time and
in their own way. : - i
It docs not in the least concern the representatives who have
ae-rced to do what the people of Oregon instructed them to do: the-
J obligation resting upon legislators
4 sanctioned by the legislature and
be shirked without hurt to public morality, and anything that olfends,
public morals is a political detriment. - . :., "...
Whatever sovereignty Oregon may possess fs in the people of
state, in the qualified voters who control the state, andvbcn they,
speak, the voice is and should be the law, .. ' - ,
The whole policy of the Oregon law, insofar as it relates to the
United States senatorship, may be wrong; if "so,, it 'Can be corrected
without involving the legislature and the people in a political-scandal.
Regardless of politics, the legislators of Oregon should do what
they have promised to do, what the people have instructed them to
do; failure to keep faith with their pledges to the people will plunge
them into dishonor, bring reproach upon the state and itarn the
record of a party of honorable ideals and 'brilliant achievements m
the nation. -. . . " . . - - - . - . .,.',
The people who gave Oretron's vote in the electoral collcae t
.
: William Howard Taft elected, Chamberlain governor, and have ai!
Chamberlain is their choice for the senate. Governor Chamberlain'
J politic haEs nothing whatever"to do with the issue in Oregon. '
The;Post-Intelligencer is not advocating the election of a Drmn.
2 cfat to' the senate in Oregon; so far as the partisan aspec t ni tii
X : issue is concerned, it is closed; it is now a question of v .t c-A f,-
Y cency. Legislators who have entered into a contract with tV r , :
Z cannot honorably break it. If they do theie-atcM ('-i-h..:-.-
JW.M.LADD IS
Forty years of "citizen building"
was commemorated at noon today
when the cornerstone of the Y. M.
C. A. building at Sixth and Taylor
streets was laid by William M. .add,
president oh the organization: ,. Five
hundred loyal friends and members
of the Y. M. C. A. witnessed the
ceremony which was simple, earnest
and impressive. ' The event marks
officially the success of the long ef
fort the Y. M..C. A. has been making
for the betterment of conditions
among; the vouna men nf th fltt
and is an evidence Qt the apprecia
tion which has been shown uy the
people of the city for that work. X
The exercises commenced promptly
at noon, beats had; been provided on
the first floor of the building near the
spot where the cornerstone rested ready
for the services. President Ladd served
aa chairman of the day. announcing the
program and Introducing the speakers
and those' who took part in the- exer-
ciaea..
. Audienoe-Sinffw America.
-Led By -E. W. Peck, state secretary
of the state Y. M. C. A. organisation
of Minnesota, the audience joined in
singing "America," after which Rev.
Benjamin Young of Portland read the
scriptural selection. ' The audience
Joined in the singing of the hymn
"Faith of Our Fathers, Living Still,"
After which E. Quackenbush. first
president of the Portland Y. M.- C. A.,
made a short address outlining the his
tory or tne organization in Portland.
Mr. Quackenbush called tor mind that
the first tentative organization of the
Y: m. u. A. was errected in Portland in
186. thouah the oresea.t oreaniza.ttnn
was completed 41) years ago, March 81,
(Continued on Page Eleven.) '
44
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y
ture was soon a mass of flames. The
tower was the first to go, and the fire
gradually worked its way downward.
A defective flue Is supposed to have
been the cause of the lire.
Many valuable slate records In the
offices of the state engineer,- the stato
bank essiminer and other state' officers
were badly damaged by ' water bofor
they could be removed. After more
than two hours the firemen extinguished
the flames.
The building adjoined the new state
capltol, under course of construction,
and the ruins will be removed to make
way for the west wing of - the new
structure. The legislature, soon to con
vene, will doubtless make appropria
tion for a new school for the deaf, :
dumb and blind. -
The fire loss, estimated at $15,000 Is
covered by insurance. ' ,
of Oregon is a moral obligation,
the people of the state; it cannot