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VOL. VII. NO. 2D.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER. 16, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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piiprai PiCaTH TUfEP
QVA PROGRESSIVE I " ' I
PASSES AWAY AT
FORT DODGE
Death From Heart Failure Af
I ter Brief Illness Comes Un
; expectedly to Claim .Insur
gent Leader in Upper House.
' ' (United Preit Leased Wlre.1
Fort Dodge. Ia., Oct 15. -Jonathan P,
Dolliver, United J State senator, from
'- Jowa, died at his home her at 7:30
o'clock tonight while a physician stood
over him making aft examination of his
heart with a stethoscope,
- - Death came - without a moment's
. warning, and Dr. B. M. Van Vatten.
who was making' the examination when
the instrument stopped,, thought that
the stethoscope bad broken. . He looked
up Into the face of the senator to find
,that silently and withtrgto. sudden
mess 'the death messenger had called
the soul of the great statesman. -v .
. Heart Trouble Sol Cause.
Heart trouble was alone the cause of
death, and the minor illness which has
been bothering the senator during the
past three weeks had little : effect on
his passing. Members of the sena
tor's immediate) family were In the
room when he died, but no other rela
tives were present '- Although he had
been sick for-three-weeks or, more, dur
ing the last few days he has been up
and around, and as late as 2 o'clock
;'today sat on the porch of his residence
and chatted with neighbors who passed
by the house. . .-
': For about 'a "week he had not been
in good health, but during the greater
part of the last two. weeks his condi
tion became alarming. However, while
worried, physicians and friends had no
' Idea that it was a fatal illness. , .
' , Tort Dodge Grlef-Strlcken,
V Fort Dodge is a city shrouded in grief
tonight. At first the neighbors and
' (Continued on Fage Five.)
E RANGE
PACIFIC COAST
Builder of Cuban' Practice
- Ground Detached to Estab
lish Greater One - Not- Far
;'- From Frisco. " r; '
: (Special Dtnttcb t The Jeernatt
Ban Francisco, Oct. 16. The largest
rifle range in the world is to be con
structed on the Pacifio coast by the
"Lieutenant Commander WilllamA.Mof-
a fett. -who' has Just beeii : detached as
xecutlve officer' of the armored cruis
er Maryland at the Mare Inland yard
Commander s Mof f ett built ; the rifle
range at Guantanamo, Cuba, which has
for some time been the largest in the
- world. He Is regarded as having influ
enced to a great degree the increasing
Interest in marksmanship among the
orncers ana men of the navy.
The detachment of Lieutenant Com
mander Moffett from the Maryland was
nominally for the purpose of making
mm inspector of . the Twelfth lighthouse
district,, with, headquarters in this city,
but the ' iprlmary object, it; ts declared
by naval officers, was to place him in
position to direct the establishment
or me great rine range, which, is to
be not far distant from Ban Francisco.
01
ID'S LONGEST
FL
"How One Young Man Mairfe Good in Public life"
- ' " (trom the, Oregonian.) -
, Oswald West, formerly state land agent and no.w. a member of the railroad commission by
virtue of appointment by the governor, is fecognized all oyer . the state as a young man who 'has
"made good" in "public service.' This recognition he has attained by the aggressive spirit he dis-,
plays in taking up any, work that may be assigned. him..! Where many others .in. official position
would have' been content to let affairs drift along in well-worn ruts and in accordance with out-of-date
customs,' he has been prompt and persistent ia efforts' to'establish' a better order of things.
' Because he found practices in force was not the slightest reason why he should continue
them. If they were good, very well;' but if not good, they must make way tor the better. Wheth
er the desirable thing can be done he seldom, if ever, stopi .to inquire. He proceeds upon the the
ory that a thing can't be done without trying,' nd ,he makes the effort. Everybody, told him he
couldn't secure convictions in the state' land fraud cases', and he didn't; but he made a try at; it,
and at least brought to light the facts as to the mariner in which the state, lands had been pur
chased. The only reason he didn't .secure convictions, was (that, the criminal .laws did not cover
the violations of the land laws,. His aggressiveness, disctosed.jttie.. laxity- of tne criminal laws.'
f West is an aggressive member of the railroad commission. ; He does, not worry himself over,
the question whether the commission has the power to'take proposed action for the benefit of pa
trons, of a railroad.' , Jf it is something that ought to be done, he believes in doing it, anl let the
other .fellow, do the worrying. Legal obstructions have-no-terrors fcnr himrTlf shippersiTiake a
complaint, ' he believes in trying it on the merits first, leaving' the railroads to raise the question
ajLkw.,iiit..byfonLth irToTfrr
cial positions in Oregon--city county and state 'offices-who could win recognition as West has
if they were willing to undertake 'reforms which they admit should be inaugurated, but which they,
hesitate to attempt because they doubt whether anything can be done. - . " ' " ; " "
Senator J, P. Dolliver.
UAVI
TO
CROSS OVER SEA
Walter Wellman and Compan-
1 ions Spring atOne Bound
..Into . Hero1' Class Tonight
Somewhere Over Atlantic.
, The first aerial. trans-Atlantic
attempt. :
Dirigible America,1 . 228 feet
long, bz reet beam, pasaenger
csr 166 feet long. ' .4
'.floor or car Is huge flat gaso-
line tank. ,.
Carries 9000 pounds gasoline in
.j noortank and in "equlllbrator,"
- the latter a series of steel tanks
:v Jointed, and. suspended from car
as drag ropes. 4
rv Engines Two big motors on
propeller shaft, and one small"
. donkey engine. '
Provisions- Canned meats and '
.vegetables, calculated to last
crew ;of six men a month. . A l
small oil stove Is used for cook-
lng. a
The crew -Walter Wellman;
engineer, Mel vin Vanimanr navl-i'
. - gating officer, F;. Murray -Sim-
' mons; wireless operator, J. K.
lrwin; assistant engineers,' Al-
bert Louis .Loud and John Au'
. : Duration ,of : voyageWellman - 4
before starting expected that the 4
" America would land in Europe in
from six to eight days. ' , f 4
' '
, ' .,; K-ty
(United Prera Ieiaed Win.)
Kew York, Oct 16.A wireless dis
patch received tonight by, the United
Wireless company - announced '.tit sight
ing of Walter , Wellman's big- dirigible
airship America by 'the, JjTew Tork and
rorto Aico sieamer : uoamo,, ou mues
southeast of .Scotland Light, The tmeS'
sage, flashed by the ,'Coama's wireless
operator direct to New yorkaifiianja .
"Six p. m.,: 56 miles , sautheast?Tof
Scotland Light 4 Ship passedWelTman's
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axil ip em
CEIISUS BUREAU
ARRAIGNS COAST
TOV.'tJS; PADDING
Director Durand Confers With
, Nagel and There with Taft
Statement Indorsed by
. ' President Then Issued t,
INDIVIDUAL ENUMERATORS
HELD LARGELY TO BLAME
Volunteer Counts Also Compli
cate .Matter Bureau. Dis- -cusses
Tacoma Figures.
By' John E. Lathrop.
. "jtJVashington, Oct 15. Sensational
charges were made tonight by Director
Durand ; of the census ? bureau that
frauds had been practiced at Portland,
Tacoma. Seattle, Boise,' Aberdeen, Wash.,
Minneapolis, Fort Smith, Ark., and other
cities. . :y. :',--l:y--r-y'-'-.,-.. V i i.
Durand's statement was given out
with the permission of President Taft,
to whom Durand sent" a statement In
full, which- the president indorsed.
..Durand's statement in part says:
"I am unable to state at the pres
ent time the names of all cities : In
which attempts have been made toiln
flate the census. Definite evidence has
been secured as to the following: Great
Falls; Mont., where three enumerators
have been fined ' And ' imprisoned . for
fraud; Boise, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland,
Fort Smith,. Ark.," and Minneapolis. In
some of these cases the padding was
not done by concerted action, but by in
dividual enumerators, apparently rather
in order to increase their own pay than
to exaggerate the' total 'population of
the cities."
Durand 1 discusses ' 1 the ' matter in '
printed statement of '4000 words.
He sets forth the allegation that in
some places not named slips were hand
ed around and left in business houses to
be filled put by citizens in an effort to
get the complete enumeration.
During the- past' few Weeks I' have
sought at the'census bureau for infor
mation as to when the figures on Port
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Business Interests Strongly
Favor Another Enumeration
to. Show. Growth Since One
Taken Few Weeks Ago.
Portland has grown so rapidly during
the last few months and especially
since the census was thken that business
men of v the city advise that a re-enumeration
be welcomed, rather than sub
mit to it under protest This is the
rather peculiar condition of affairs that
will confront officials of the United
States bureau of census If they decide
to recount Portland's residents.
fitrange as it may appear to the cas
ual observer, -there are several reasons
why men interested in the city look
favorably upon a Tecount. One, of
course, Is the fact of Portland's growth,
for in the belief of many, several thous
ands of recent arrivals -have, taken up
their residence in tne city since the
taking of the census. Another reason
la that . there are many who believe
thousands were .missed In the .last een
sus.i, even - though - the report : has come
from Washington that the figures were
padded. ' . " -.
Portland, say tnese business men, can
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CENSUS RECOUNT"
VIOULD RESULT IN
ECONOMY is my . a, Mm
I POLICY -THE'S"TATE 1 , ' Hr0!MmM
vcan skvE 450,0007:.'.' ; . :
VEM -IN. PURCHASING . ,fcM;r
DIES OF lift
Woman Suspected of Instigat
ing Deed Ketchel Goes to
His Death Conscious but
With His Lips Sealed.
(TTnltfd Prnw Leased Wire.)
Springfield, Mo., , Oct 15. Stanley
Ketchel, champion middleweight" pugi
list of the world, died at 7:06 o'clock
tonight in the Springfield . hospital as
the result of a wound bjf a bullet fired
from a rifle in the hands of Walter A.
Hurts, lite of the navy, and a laborer
on the ranch of R. P. Dickenson, mil
lionaire ranchman and sportsman, near
Conway, Mo., this morning. .
A posse of 20 men is searching in the
woods in the river bottoms for the mur
derer, and a woman giving the name "of
Fannie Hurts and claiming to be the
wife of Ketchel's assailant, ia being held
at Conway for complicity in the ease.
, Conscious until near the end, Ketchel
refused to make any statement regard
lnsr the shooting. Although his condl
tlon.was regarded as dangerous It was
not believed that death would result so
early. Shortly after 6:30 o'clock he had
an internal hemorrhage and sank into
unconsciousness. It then became ap
parent that the champion was dying.
Ballet Passed Through Body.
Ketchel's condition was such in the
early ' hours today that the three at
tending physicians- hurried to Conway
from Springfield on a special train,
thinking it would not be advisable to
remove him to Springfield. An opera
tion was performed ' at the Dlckerson
ranch house, but the physicians could
not ldjpate the bullet Later it was found
on the porch of the house where Ketchel
was sitting when he was shot.
The fighter rallied in the afternoon,
-regaining consciousness. It was de
cided to bring him to the Hospital here.
On the way Ketchel Joked, with the
physicians, but at times he became de
lirtous.
"See that train over there? ; Well,
that's my train," he would ; exclaim.
"Come here and I'll tell you the story
bf my life."
Attempts to draw from him the story
of the shooting were futile.
The special arrived in Springfield at
6:40 and Ketchel was transferred to
the hospital. . There the physicians said
the operation had developed nothing,
Ketchel's' lungs being so congested that
it was impossible to follow the path of
the bulfet,- which entered near .the left
shoulder blade and came out on the
risrht side of his back.
Dlckerson, the three physicians and
two nurses were the only ones present
when death came. : ,
Ih Woman Xa tha Oasa, -
The part played by the woman In tha
case; Fannie Hurts, who claims Ketch
el's murderer as her husband, and Cof
feyville, Kansas, as her home, is not
clear. From statements made by of
fleers at Conwaywhera she Is being
held, it is believed she is suspected of
luring Ketchel to ' a chair which she
4wkHpiaeed -tw; ochaosittijrr-rnar,ttie-
occunant could not nercelve anyone Who
left the front A9or.pt tha house.' It
was while slttlngMn this chair that tha
champion was . shot' The woman re
fused to Ynake any statement Officers
MYSTERIOUS CASE
THE, NLW " ECONOMIST"
VIRGINIA MED
FREED AT REND;
DESERTED WIF
E
Says Her Husband, E. H. Soth-
ern, Preferred Art to Wife,
and Wouldn't Stand for
Criticisms Quick Decree. ,
(United Prww Lemd Wlre.l
Reno, Oct. 16. That her husband, K.
H. Sothern, the aotor,- admitted that he
preferred his art to her and " that ' he
frankly told-her he did not want to be
subjected to any criticism which might
prevent him from devoting the best that
waa In him to tha stage, was the tes
timony given this afternoon &y Virginia
Harned,, the actress, Just before she was
granted a decree of absolute divorce, by
Judge Pike. Miss Harned held the signed
decree In her hands within 20 minutes of
the time that Judge Pike called her case.
She was the only witness examined
and her-testimony was brief. She tes
tlfled that she married Sothern in Phil
adelphla December S, 1896, and that he
deserted her on June 30, 1906, and since
then she has never seen him nor heard
from him. The only reason Sothern ever
gave for leaving her, she said, was that
he wanted to be free to do as he pleased.
that he wished to devote tha best years
of his life to his art, and that be did
not car to be subjected 'to the criti
cisms which married life -carried with
it " "r -'-,
The court, asked the witness if she
knew what Sdthem's income was now;
and Miss Harned replied that' It was
not less than $100,000 a year. He never
contributed one penny towards her sup-f
port, however, she declared.
The witness testified that for three
years after her marriage she lived at
their' home at 87 Sixty-ninth street, New
York. During that period, she asserted.
Sothen ne'er appeared at her home, but
lived at the Netherlands hotel and the
Players' club. After listening to this
evidence, the court, said he would grant
her tha absolute decree prayed for, and
he granted it on the spot. v l .-
BODIES OF MINERS ; '
' WHO LOST LIVES IN
EXPLOSION LOCATED
Ulnlted Fret Uid Wire.)
Trinidad, Colo., Oct 16. The
4 coroner of Las. Animas county
' announced late tonight that all
of. the bodies of the ,65 miners
who were entombed by an explo-
it slon in' the Starkvllle mine a:
4 week ago, had tonight been' lo-
4 cated. "'..
Twenty-one bodies were
brought to thaurface this af ter
noon and tonight, leaving eight
een of The corpses were found,ln
one heap,, in positions indicating 4
y that the men had been killed Jy ,
afterdamp while tryln(f to es-
Cape. ' .' . . . ' f- '
ARMOURS INVADE
T:T
FRUIT CANNERIES
Great Plant to Be Located at
San Francisco To Also In
elude Hawaiian Pineapple
Business.
(United Prew Lcwwd Wire.)
San Francisco, Oct. 15. Armour :&
Co., packers of pork,, soap and a great
manT other culinary necessities, are
preparing' to invade the 'canned fruit
Industry on the Pacific coast. Canned
cattle will still be played, as the ma
jor, but the. big bosses of the industry
believe that the orchards of the west
can be made to run a close second to
the stockyards of Chicago.
The big plant of the Armours is to
be located' in San Francisco, but sub
sidiary factories will be distributed
along. the coast The Armours have not
fully , determined whether to buy out
some of the existing canning companies
or to start on a new basis. ' -
C. H: Davidson, general manager of
the canning department of the Armour
company, with headquarters in Chicago,
has been in California ror two weeks,
making the preliminary arrangements.
He has visited every cannery in California.-'
The ' plans of the Armours embrace
also the pineapple business of the Ha
waiian Islands. They are not negotla
ting for the purchase of the Dole in
terests. The Doles are among the most
extensive pineapple groiyers and deal
ers in the Hawaiian islands. '
" To Buy Plants.
, During his stsy here Davidson has
Inspected the properties of the Califor
nia Fruit Canners' association,. , It is
reported 'that an offer has been 'given
out - it is Known,, nowever, that Da
vldson haa obtained options on some
of the independent plants in various
parts of the state, ; r ,
The Armour company was prompted
ta turn to the California fruit business
by reason of the discouraging results
I with fruit preserving in Michigan. The
juic.iiiKHn crop tins year waa practically
a failure. . f '. y
The fruit canning Industry Is one of
the largest ' in California. It is esti
mated that the annual output will reach
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0 OPERATE
QUESVOUS FOR UY BOVJERt,mil
1. Do you deny that-you held a'pass from the'Harriman ,
railroad while you were a member of the state legislature?
2. Do you deny that while a member of the state senate
you were, also employed as attorney for the Harriman railroad ?
3. Do you deny that you drew mileage from the state at
' the same time that you held a Ilajriman pass?
. 4. Is it not a fact that as a Harriman attorney, and whil?
I , a meiTrcf nt the lPiRlAturai-m ,.alU,itHMit-mwr .
f aid Harriman m bottunj? up Oregon and nv keeping out
the competition of the. Hill road? ,
f . Thelcolumns oi; The Journal are open for Mr. UmvcriiiAii'
answer to these qiiestions. , lias he any answer to .jive?
H
BETWEEN PEOPLE
AND PRIVILEGE
Oswald West , at Baker City
Takes Highest Ground and
Reduces All Questions to
"Who Shall Rule?" . ,
SELF RULE ON ONE HAND;
CORPORATIONS ON OTHER
History of Oreqon Epitomized
to Show Nefarious Rule of
Convention-Made Men.
i
' By Ralph A. Watson. ' -
. (Special Dispatch to The Joornati
Baker City, Or., Oct 15.A thousand
people blocked the main street ef Baker
City tonight to hear Oswald West dose
his campaign for . governor in Baker
oounty, and it was a crowd, that ahowed
enmueiasm and presagea him support
in nis address he attacked the assem.
bly- movement And the assembly lead- :
ers,; delving lrttoi the history of th
movement and its objects, and as he
talked his audience gave him -cheers '
and applause for his stand and for the
principles he represented. , ',
The meeting came as the flttlnsr close
to a day of strenuous campaigning. In
the morning West visited North Pow-'
der, on the northern line of the county,
where he was greeted by a,bVg crowd
tnat cheered him to the echo, as he,
discussed the issues of the campaign;
in the afternoon, he met the people of
Haines, a thriving mercantile town in
the northern portion of Baker county,
where he was introduced to the people
by Frank Mitchell the Republican
county central committeeman of the
precinct Here again his address
aroused the enthusiasm of the large
crowd., and - gained him ' many, assur
ances of support and pledges of votes.
Great Meeting at Baker City. '
1 At the closing meeting In Baker City.'
Judge Thomas Burke presided.
" Judga 'W. ' T. Blater was , th: first
speaker and he explained to the 'people
prifsent th ituestienS"' incident to tne
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Postmaster Merrick Has Not
Abandoned Hope That New
Building Will Go Up on the
So-Called Block "S." .
' "The new postofflce will be built on
Block S,". declared Postmaster C. B..
Merriqk, yesterday. . , . . r . , .
Postmaster Merrick felt warranted
in making the statement because, of
information in his possession, although
the government allowed the option on
tha property to expire yesterday. ,
"For his half of Block "S' Dr. An
drew C. Smith will. I am sure, accept
the price at which it was first offered,"
said Mr. Merrick. "The Smith half ac
quired, the government can condemn
the other half and get it I am sure,
at a reasonable figure."
Block "S" is bounded by Seventh.
Eighth, Hoyt and Glisan streets. The
portion owned by the Espey helra cor
ners on Eighth, Hoyt and Glisan- Dr.
Smith's half fronts pn Seventh, Glisan
and Hoyt. The Espey heirs ask I125,
000 for their half of the block; Dr. '
Smith originally asked $215,000 for' hl
share Of the property, but was Induced
to knock off 116,000.-It is said that "
ha is still willing to sell for $200,000.
"Except for. Investment purposes I
do not believe now that Block is
worth $325,000,' said Postmaster Mer
rick. "But in three years it will be
Worth $600,000, The side fronting on
Glisan street Is directly In. line with
the new railroad bridge iTha Broadway
bridge comes down on" Seventh street,
Coming from either dlreotlon, the people
of the east side will be brought almost
to the postofflce doors. The new union
depot will, be only a few . rods north.
If the stations should , not be changed
the postofflce would still be. about
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OREGO
SAYS POSTOFTIGE
WILL BE LOCATED
ON SITE SELECTED
I t.
t (Contlnued-jon Page Four.l.
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