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Greeting to Chamberlain
Shows How Executive
Feels Regarding: Duty of
Legislators to Carry Out
Will of the People.
President Roosevelt, by hi reception
ef Qovfirnor Chamberlain In ,Washtng
ton, has cast a bombshell Iu6 tho
ranks ot the camp of those who are
trying to Induce members of the legis
lature pledged to the election of Cham
berlain to break the promises made by
them to the, people. Gloom pervades
their quarters and their slogan now,
Instead of being "anything to beat
Chamberlain," Is more like "Aw, what's
the use!"
Nothing of recent date has caused
pq much disturbance In political circles
as the few words of' President Roose
velt when he eald, "I tm glad to meet
you. Governor Chamberlain and senator
to be." The added remarks of the
president when he said, "1 would have
rather seen a Republican senator from
Oregon, hut I am for the rule of the
people, and I want you to be senator,"
only made the- gloom, more thick.
Xiast Prop rails.
Politicians who have been watching
the course of the anti-Statement No. X
fight now being waged consider that
the attitude of the president has put
an end to any effective opposition to
the will Of the people being carried
out. They consider that the last prop
lias been knocked out from under the
feet of those who are trying to break
the Statement No. l majority.
"It is a pretty hard blow to the
anti-Statement No. 1 forces to have
Roosevelt take the stand he did and
In the way did It," said a promin
ent Republican this morning. "The op
position to Statement No. 1 hag been
howling about the Roosevelt majority
of 40,000 and cow comes the man who
had that majority with a statement of
indorsement for CUlimberlain. It is
cruel- of them, but in my belief It will
be effective."
Simllui expressions . are expressed
everywhere today. On every hand It Is
the general opinion that the end has
come to any definite attempt to break
down the legislature and elect any one
other than Governor Chamberlain. This
view Is given added force by the fact
of Senator Fulton having made re
peated atltmpts to Induce the president,
Taft and Hitchcock to come out for
the repudiation of legislative pledges.
It is argued that If Senator Fulton had
not made the attempt, the president's
outspoken declaration would not have
attracted so much attention. Under
the circumstances, however, the atti
tude of the president Is taken ax a di
rect rebuke by the administration to
any attempt to overthrow tho desire of
the voters of Oregon. -
Beach's Explanation.
State Senator S. C. Beach. Fulton's
agent who has been entrusted with the
task of lining up a caucus on the sen
atorial question. Is one of Vie few who
contends that the statement of Roose
velt will have no affect.
"The president la too far from the
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NAT GOODWIN1 SAYS
MINE IS NOT HIS
(t'ntted lYeaa Leased Wlre.i
Reno, Nev.. Dec. 7. Warren Miller,
formerly vice president of the Nat Good
win cumpany, mining operators, has
filed suit asking that the corporation
be dissolved. He also seeks to lecover
$100,000 which he claims he has lost
through the operations of the company.
The complaint charges that Graham
Rice has mismanaged the company and
manipulated him out. Although the
company bears the name of the actor,
.Nat Goodwin, who was one of the or
ganizer of the company, Goodwin has
repeatedly denied that he has any share
In Its management.
SDIOTWOULD BE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF
-(United Press Leaaed Wire
Port Au Prince. Dec. 7. The quick
establishment of a peace pact between
(Jeneral Simon, leader of the Haitian
revolutionary army, and General Fou
rhard. the latest presidential candidate,
1 taken to mean that Simon himself
wants the position at the head of
Haitian affairs and Intends to see-that
nothing interferes with his ambition.
Oeneral Kouchard arrived here yester
dny. It Is rumored that he Is out of
the race for t lie presidency.
I TOWN OF SMOKESTACKS
"In my opinion," said C. T. Gould, manager of the Western
J Mantle company, "if all things were equal, the local manufacturer, --X
as well as th,c merchant, should receive the unanimous support of ,
every purchaser in the, community. The people do not really stop T
to . think of the importance of 'patronizing home-made goofls, for
they, as a rule, have not been educated along .those lines. Make
Oregon a manufacturing center ana our xuture success u aoso- j
lutely assured, for a manufacturing center is a pay-roll center, and X
that is the very best reputation any country can have. The pay-roll
is the corner -stpne of stability, and, Oregon with all its resources , J
and advantages would, with proper support UkephelMlaee mong
the great manufacturing 'states of the country. J
. 'To be known as a railroad center is a great boon to any com- T
2 munityr and to be recognized as a
important factor, but to be known and recognized as the town ot T
smokestacks' is the pinnacle that alWomniunitics should strive to X
'."attain." ( '.- r.-.Vv vV''--i:'-'- :-. :''S .
TRIED NEXT
Grand Jury Convened Today
Will Indict Tomorrow
Murderer Now Admits
That He Was Shamming:
Insanity.
Trial of James A. Finch for the mur
der of Its 1 nil B. Fisher will Drobablv be
gin December IB, one week from tomor
row. This state has been reserved in
the circuit court for the case as was
announced incidentally from the bench
by Presiding Judge Gantenbeln this
morning.
The date is of couTtse subject to
cnange, owing to the preliminaries tnat
must be carried out of llndletment. ar
raignment and plea, but unless some
thing unforeseen intervenes the case
can be heard at the time saved up
for It. Finch has expressed a willing
ness to be tried at the December term
and the selection of an early date Is
therefore expected to meet with his ap
proval. District Attorney Cameron stated that
the testimony in the Finch case will
be presented to the grand jury tomor
row, ami ii is expected tnat an indict
ment will be returnerl without rtelav
Then the prisoner will be arraigned and
the. legal battle for his life will be on.
Whether his attorneys will seek to de
lay me trial has not been disclosed.
Pinch Admits Truth.
Finch no longer denies that he was
perfectly sane when he fired the shot
that ended Fisher's life. The murderer
gave out to a Journal reporter todav
the first coherent interview he has
granted any local newspaper man since
the tragedy and In that Interview can
didly admitted that he had lied as to
a lapse of memory, and as a matter of
fact remembered every detalal of tha
shooting.
Ana BDnarentlv. Finch s first exnlit-
natlon of the direct cause of the killing
is as inconsistent ana as run of false
hood as his long maintained nlen that
e couiu noi rememner anytning mat
occurred in Fisher's office on the dav
of the killing. Finch's story to The
Journal man was to the effect thnt
Fisher precipitated the tragedy by or
dering him out of the office and strik
ing him on the head with a notary's
seal. This attack. Finch asserted. Justi
fied him In using his revolver.
The truth, is. as several witnesses
will testify at the trial, that Fisher's
notary seal was locked up In a drawer
In Fisher's desk at the time of the mur
der, and was discovered In that drawer
Thursday afternoon when Deputy Dis
trict Fitzgerald visited Fisher's office
for the express purpose of investigating
the story that Finch had told a fellow ,
prisoner regarding the part played by
the seal in the tragedy.
, Seal Vaix Zioek and Xty.
A reporter for The Journal visited
Fisher's office with Fitzgerald and Roy
T. Bishop, a nephew of Mrs. Fisher,
when the search of Fisher's desk was
made. The seal was finally located bv
unlocking a small drawer at the top
and center of the desk. So far as could
be learned, this drawer had not been
previously unlocked since the shooting,
and unless it can be shown that H had
been locked since the shooting, tho seal
was out of Fisher's reach at the time
he was shot..
The seal is a small pocket Instrument, I
such that It may be held In one hand and
clamped while the document that is to
be stamped Is held In the other. It was
not seen lying on the floor by any of
those who came to the room after the
shooting, so far as known. The wound
on Finch's head is on the right sldeJ
and his left side must have been nearest
to Fishers' chair. .
Leaning his head against the bars of
his- cell, to show his interviewer a pe
culiar knot-like swelling on the right
side of his face, Finch said:
"That was made Saturday a week
ago by Ralph B. Fisher in his office
in the Mohawk building, when Fisher
hurled his notarial seal at me."
Throwing aside the pretense that his
memory had failed him as to what
took place in Fisher's office. Finch
gave a connected account of the shoot
ing. His story is at wide variance
with many of the known facts and
circumstances, and flatly contradicts
the statements of Miss Verna Burk
hart, tha stenographer In Fisher's of
fice, who stood, at the door of the inner
office and witnessed all that was done.
Murderer Telia Story.
Finch said that he went to Fisher's
office earlier than he had intended.
Fisher had invited him to come at 2
o'clock in a conversation over the tele
phone. He left his office soon after
noon, went down on Stark street and
did some marketing. About ' 1:30 he
went to Fisher's office. -He says he
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great shipping point is also an ' i
GREMSUMTO
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Vice President Fairbanks, President
tf the Senate.
COHSERVATIOH
THEIR THEME
Congress Will Be Presided
Over by Mr. Taft Ore
gon's Representation.
(United Preaa' Leaned Wire.)
Washington. Dec. 7. The nation's
capital this week entertains more dis
tinguished men of note throughout the
country than ever berore in its history.
Besides congress there are. several great
conventions with the general object In
view of Improvement and conservation
or the country s natural resources.
At the first formal Joint conservation
conference tomorrow afternoon, with
President Elect Taft. presiding. Presi
dent Roosevelt will make the opening
address.
Governor Chamberlain of Oregon will
a-.dress the conference on behalf of the
governors of the various states. Repre
sentatives of the house and senate will
also speak.
Definite plans for the Improvement of
waterways and harbors l the Faclnc
coast will be urged on congress by the
..atlonal Klvers and Harbors congress.
Vice President Fairbanks. Ambassa
dor James Bryce, Andrew Carnegie,
President Samuel Gompers of the Amer
ican Feueration of I.abor, Seth Low. for
mayor of New York, Speaker Cannon,
Secretary Garfield of the department of
the Interior, and Secretary Wilson of
the department of agriculture, will be
among the speakers.
This Is the first year that the Pacific
coast will be represented at the National
Rivers and Harbors congress. Former
Governor George C. Pardee of Califor
nia. Dr. N. G. Blalook of Washington,
and A. ri. Devers of Oregon will present
plans for the Improvement of the rivers
and haroors or that region.
BILLIK AGAIN
GIVEN REPRIEVE
Acting Governor Sherman
Allows Him Two 3Ionths
Longer of Life.
(United Ptcm Leasrd Wire. I
Springfield, 111.. Dec. 7 Herman Bll
lik, the Chicago man convicted of mur
dering the Vrzal family, was today
granted a reprieve until January 2.
Acting Governor Sherman signed the
paper which gives Billik nearly two
months longer to live before he pays
the penalty for his alleged crime.
His little daughter Edna, who last
week started an endless chain of chil
dren's letters to secure a pardon for
her condemned father, has taken heart
at this exhibition of executive clemency,
and the agitation to save Rillik's life
will go-on with greater hope of ulti
mate success.
BHUk had been sentenced to die next
Friday.
QUARTET OF CROOKS
- CAUGHT AT -WINNIPEG
, United Fre" Tsd Wlr.
-Winnipeg. Man., Dec. 7. In tiiC arrest
of three men and a woman in the act
of robbing a; Jewelry store in this city
today, the police believe they have cap
tured the leaders of a gang that has
been conducting successfully wholesale
operations in the disposal of stolen
goods between Canada and the United
States.
Sophie WIlson.A. M. Copeland. Phillip
Oreenbaunt and lElexander Mathews, a
negro constitute the guartet which has
fallen into the hands of the Winnipeg
police. The detectives believe that they
have been working with other crooks in
America In. getting, rid of diamonds,
silks and furs which have Been secured
by shoplifters In the big cities. -In
order to obtain additional infornuv
tion. the pojlce have wired to the- au
thorltles of Chicago. New York..- Cin
'innai, Omaha ami Denver, , x ,
BE
MY1H
ATTEND THE
SESSION
Eesolutions in- 3Iemorv of
the Late Senator Allison
Offered and Adopted
Routine Business Trans
acted and Adjournment
Taken.
Second Session of Sixtieth Con
fress. Open December 7, noon.
Closes March 4, noon.
Senate Republicans 61, Demo
crats, 31; total, 92.
House Republicans 221, Dem
ocrats 168, vacancies 2; total, 391.
tColtcd Press Leafed Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 7. With a series
of resounding whacks of a mahogany
mallet, wielded by Speaker Cannon, and
three gentle taps of an ivory gavel in
che hands of Vice-President Fairbanks,
the house and senate opened today for
the final session of the sixtieth con
gress. Whereupon he solons formally got
ready for the business of deciding how
Uncle Sam may best spend billion odd
uuaaig lirxL year.
Many Women Prsssat.
An hour before the beginning of the
session the galleries were packed. A
large majority of spectators were wom
en, and they were arrayed In the latest
fashions. Their presence and their
finery were due to the fact that custom
has made the capital on opening days
of congress a show place.
At least 10 senators are starting to
day. upon their last term of duty. On
the other hand there are nearly twice
as many who are receiving congratula
tions on me apparently sure indications
mat tney would ho reelected or upon
Amid all the handshaking, the ex
cusuge oi congratulation or of con-
aoience. it was evident that the senators
felt the death keenly of one of their
numDer. This was brought prominent
ly to their attention later when a res
olution was offered and adopted In
memory of the late Senator William
B. Allison of Iowa.
Those senators who are prohablv be
ginning their last term today are:' An-
(Continued on Page Three.)
31 rs. Emma R. Chesebrough,
Close Friend of Mrs. Rock
efeller, Despondent.
(Culled 1'ipm Leased Wire.)
Bristol. K. I Dec. 7. Mrs. Kmma R.
Chesebrough, one of the best known
society women in this state and a close
friend of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr..
committed suicide this morning by
shooting herself twice through the head
witn a small revolver. Loneliness and
111 health made her moody and prompted
her to end her life. Her husband. Al
bert S. Chesebrough, a wtll known yacht
designer. Is in Europe. Mrs. Chese
brough was Emma Bullock, daughter of
u.e late Judge J. Russell Bullock of the
Rhode Island supreme court, who, from
isnu to i sod, was nejuxenant governor of
the state.
ROCKEFELLER TO
LIVE III EHCLAIIO
May Spend Part of Time
There When New Man
sion Is Completed.
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(United Prrss Lfeaied Wire.)
London, Dec 7. John D. Rockefeller
will become a member of the mlnnv
of fashionables, at least a part of every
yart accoroing to uiflicauQnvJt isl:
learned that the Standard Oil magnate
has pui Aliased houses 38 and 40 Queen
Anne's Gate. Workmen have begun the
demolition of the stVuctures to make;
way for a marble palace.
The news on reaching1 Bond street
caused speculattoivjist to how the prose
cution of the Standard Oil company, by
wie i nitea tales oltwuus artected the
purchase, , -, . , . . ...... ';, I
SOCIETY HAH
COMMITS SUICIDE
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GOVERNMENT
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Speaker Joseph Cannon
House.
of the
OI1I HEEDED
BY U.liClt SAM
Estimate for. Running Gov
ernment Next Year is
$32A,-x08,9J.01."
(I'nlted Press Leaae" Wire.)
Washington, Dee. 7. Appropriations
aggregating tS24.40S.94S. 01, estimated
by departmental heads, are reported to
congress by Secretary of the Treausry
George B. Cortelyou as necessary for
the operation of the government for
the coming year.
The report specifies the following ap
portionments" to departments:
Legislative .$ 13,178,1 77.95
Executive 416,510.00
State 4.320,394.72
Treasury 130,K96,ti45.11
War 234.093.1 50.10
Navy 1.17,510,387.99
Interior 200.532,151.05
Postofflce 1.71 1,040. 00
Agriculture 10,817.626.00
Commerce and lnbor 13,043,845.00
Justice 9, 890,020. 00
Among the Important Individual esti
mates under un Increase in the navy
budget of $2.1.St0,790 are:
Navy ordnance $7,020,405.79
Transportation for navy.... 6.000,000.00
Navy yards and stations... 9,811.730.00
The pension budget totals 1161,018,
000; fortifications and other defenses,
J17.263.251: rivers and harbors appro
priations necessary, J41.943.198.
For Coast Wavy Tarda.
For the Improvement of the Mare
Island navy yard SI, 776, 600 is asked, of
this sum J60O.OO0 to be used for the im
provement of the channel leading to the
yard and J500.000 on the quay wall and
the extension of the pier. Last year the
appropriation for Mare Island was $211,-
For the naval station at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, $1,300,000 is asked as against
$1,000,000 last year. B
For the navy yard at Bremerton
$1,391,000 is Included. The appropria
tion for Bremerton last year was $560.
000. One million of the appropriation Is
recommended for drydock construction.
For the naval magazine at Mare
Island $11,600 is provided, the same as
last year. For the naval magazine at
Puget sound $4250 is set down, atthrmgn I
last year the appropriation was $14,350.
The following items also are included:
For the completion of the marine gar
rison at Bremerton, $210,000.
For repairs and construction of the
Llant at the Mare Island vard. $20,000.
ast year $1. r,000 was appropriated.
For repairs and construction of the
plant at Puget sound, $20,000, the same
as last year.
For seacoast batteries at Pearl Har
bor. $449,400; at Manila. $2,369,000. The
total asked for fortifications In the in
sular possessions is $3,265,438. as com
pared with $1,850,500 last year.
For the acquirements of water rights
In Dobos creek. San Francisco, for the
presidio, $100. 000.
Eor the enlargement of the presidio
of San Francisco. $1,000,000. This has
been refused three times Heretofore.
For continuing the construction of
the hreakwater at San Pedro harbor,
$100,000. .
For the improvement of Oakland har-
hor. J-'56.000.
For the improvement of Tacoma har
bor. $40,000.
For work at the mouth of the Colum
bia river. $250,000.
For San Luis Obispo harbor, $100,000
For maintaining Oakland harbor.
IZK&.OOU.
. For improving San Diego harbor,
$30,000.
For Mokelumne river. $2,000.
For Napa river. $25,000.
For Sacramento anil Sutter rivers
combined, $25,000.
For San Joaquin river. $30,000.
7" Xa-vOrs0it waters. "
For Tillamook bay, Oregon. $15,000.
Clatskante river, Oregon. 4500.
Coos river. Oresron. 11300.
Willamette and Yamhill rivers, $40,-
oon. . ,
' Columbia river - lower Willamette
river, below Portland, $200,000.
Columbia river -at Three Mile rapias,
$1,000,009.
1'pper Columbia and Snake rivers.
$85,000. -
Grarst harbor stsd Chehatts river.
Washington, $81,000.
ruffet sound. $130,000.
i Swedish Consul, a Suicide.
tUnited Prean Leiued Tms.V 1
Kt. Louis. -Ma.. Dec. 7. Charles KcVe-'
slromer. Swedish consul atl this city,
committed, sntctde at his home last1
night by- taking poison; .
PUTS POUTED
QUESTION TO
HAWLEY
Maple Lane Grange Asks
Congressman Whether or
Not Allied With Forces of
Evil Refers to Senatorial
Election.
An Interesting development In the
senatorial situation Is the aggressive at
titude that Is being assumed by some of
the Oregon eranees. In Saeurdav'h
Journal there was published resolutions
In which Ramsey park grange denounced
n most vigorous terms the movement
to upset the primary law and results
attained thereunder. Following close
ly on these resolutions Is an nnen letter
directed by Maple Lane grange of Ore
gon i ny to congressman Hawley re
specting has negative attitude on the
present senatorial situation, wnich let
ter appears below.
The letter Is a rebuke to Mr. Haw-
lev for his refusal to make known his
position as to whether or not pledged
legislators should perjure themselves
at me coming session oy violating -tnelr
ante-election promises.
Previous Questions Asked.
November 7 Maple Lane grange, in
an open letter, asked these questions of
congressman Hawley:
"If you had signed Statement No. 1
and been elected to the legislative as
sembly, would you break your promise
because the people did not choose your
candidate?
"Do you countenance, advise, or ap
prove the effort being made to Induce
any of these memoers to, violate their
Statement No. 1 agreement?"
Congressman Hawlev s reply was pub
lished In the Journal of November 26,
It evaded the issue, and, In consequence
or the evasion. Maple Lane grange has
addressed to Mr. Hawley the following
open leiier in repiy:
Questions Osos Mors.
"Be It . resolved, by the .Maple Lane
grange that our secretary be, and he
Is hereby.. Instructed to. mall the follow
ing open letter to Hon. W. C. Hawley,
at Washington. D. C In reply to his
letter of November 25 refusing to an
swer the questions propounded to him
by uiis grange Novetsjber 9, 1908:
"To the Hon. W. C. Hawlev. Wash
lnrton. D. C. Your letter of November
25 at hand and contents noted. In the
flrsfc place your alleged answer in no
way answers the -uestlons propounded,
and these questions were not at issue
in the June election, and we also fall
to see In what way the answer , a
moral question can In any way handicap
you In your work as a servant of the
people. i
"Further It should be patent to you
that the fight Is on In this great state
of Oregon between the powers of good
and evil between morality and Immor
ality would it curtail or handicap your
ability to properlv represent your con
stituency if you let it be Known with
which of these forces you propose to
array yourself? Hoping for a speedy
and favorable answer we remain, a
part and parcel of your constituency,
"MAPLE LANK GRANGE,
"Bv the secretary, William Beard.
"Dated this 5th dav of December,
1908, Oregon City, Or., R. K. D. No, 3."
PANAMA BONDS ARE
IN GREAT DEMAND
Washington, Dec. 1. Announcement
was made today by Secretary of the
Treasury George B. Cortelyou that 831
bids have been received on the $30,000.
00 issue of Pnnama bonds. The bids
agcregat? $1 02, 80S. 800.
The 150 successful bidders will pur
chase the bonds at prices ranging from
$102.28 to $105.
T0WNSENI) NOT
OUT FOR SPEAKER
Washington. Pec. 7. Representative
Townsend of Michigan today formally
iinnmincpn that hA wnn not hp i r-xn-
didate for the speakership of the house j
ot representatives.
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VOICE OF WE PRESS- '
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From the Buffalo Commercial. ' . ' - ' .
The Republican majority in the Oregon leRtslature is bound by
the spirit and the letter of a party agreement-providing or the
"election of United Stales senators by the, people" '-to bestow that
honor on Ge.rge E. Chamberlain, Democrat. -..This, obligation ii
imposed on it by the fact that in the primary voting for. a choice
for senator Mr. Chamberlain won by a respectable majority. ' Since t-i
the election on the third of November, "when Taft carried, the state
by 25.000 plurality, some Republican politicians ihave been trying
to discover some plausible excuse for evading, the plain requirement
of the rule They squirm .under the iroify of fate-nd the Oregon
plan, approved by both parties that compels' a Republican-legislature
to send a Democrat to the United States . senate, A "feeler"
is put out by a committee of these recalcitrants in thin tentative
proposition: "We are convinced that a state which gave Taft a
plurality of nearly 25,000 does not want a Democratic United itntc
senator." WHAT IF IT DOESN'T? EVEN 1 F THE PEOPLE'
HAVE CHANGED THEIR. MINDS. THEIR - PREFER ENCK
FOR SENATOR STANDS. THAT IS NOT THE OUF.STK
I
Z THE DUTY OF THE. LEGISLATURE IS LAI 1 DOWN -1
X THE RULE AND IS PERFECTLV PLAIN.- THEKK IS mi
LITTLE CHANCE FOR HONEST? DOUBT ABOUT Till
t MATTER THAT IT1S HARDLY POSS1 15LE" THAT 'liii
PROPOSAL TO "BEAT THE LAW" iANI) TO M i U - ! To
, PLAY THE GAME UNDER THE RULES AS AGREE! Ul o ,
I WILL MEET WITH GENERAL I'AVOR.
;r. -. . -;'- t i .-,-' . . s .
FOU
DA
a. May
J ac oh 31 a t h e ws of Spring
field Said to Have Been
Carrying Several Hun;
dred Dollars Drawn From
Portland Bank. - , :.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.
Eugene, Or.. Dec. 7. Jacob Mathews,
who has resided at Bprlndfleld and
other points in this county for the past
three years, was found dead this moriu
ing In a deserted cabin along the troV
ley line between Eugene and Spring
field. His pockets had been rifled ot.
their contents and the authorities be
lieve that he was murdered and robbed,
although no marks of violence were
found. '
Mathews arrived here from Portland
on the afternoon train BatMrday. It is
reported that he drew several hundred
dollars from a Portland bank, a few,
davs ago, and this report, which is now
being investigated, . gives rise to the
belief that he was murdered.
Physicians reported no- Indication of
poisoning, and thought ,' that If killed
he must have been choked to deatlr:
WTien . the'tbody was found- the pockets
were turned wrong side out, ,even the
collar and cuff buttons being takem
plainly indicating, robbery. The theory
is advanced that some one who knew
Methews had drawn money from tlve
Portland bank followed him to Eugene .
and took opportunity to waylay him as
he was walking from this city to
Springfield, i '
The inquest is being held by Coroner
Gordon this afternoon. .
Mathews 'was 62 years old. He has
a son in Portland and a daughter at
Springfield.
RAILROAD III !
REPEL CAEIif
Dr. Cowin's Ascription of
Wrecks to Dissolute 'Hab-'
its Is Denounced. , i
Denver, Col., Dec. 7. A special com.
mtttee of railroad employes today sent
to Dr. R. W. Corwln a contradiction of ,
his recent statement ; that railway
wrecks generally "are brought about by
employes who drink, gamble and In
dulge in other forms of dissipation, and
not because they are overworked." The
reply characterises this charge as "a
calumny" and continues thus:
"While this gratuitous and tinwar
fanted attack was not confined to snv
particular -branch of the service, and
while, perhaps, it is giving It too much
notice, it 4s so generally unfair that it
has caused some little discussion and
feeling, and. possibly, warrants a pub
lic denial." : -;- ': '
The committee which has taken for
mal exception to Dr. Corwln's remarks
consists of C. A. Hallowell. F, D. El
liott,. W. S. Amnion and W. 8. McFar
land of Denver division No. 44. Order
of Railway Conductors , of America,
Dr Crowin Is division surgeon of tho
Missouri Pacific railway at Pueblo, and
his remarks were made In a speech de
livered on November IT before the New
York and New Kngland association of
Railway Surgeons In New York city.
TAFT AND CANNON ;
TO HOLD CONFERENCE
Washington. Dec. 7. Vice President
Elect James 8. Sherman announced. te-
dav aftMT conferring with Presides
Roosevelt, .that a conference betweea
President Elect Taft and Speaker Can.
non had been agreed on, to take place
here some time this week. The . exact
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