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GOVERNOR WEST HERE 10
WAGE REL
Mayor and. County Officials
Summoned to Give Account
of Where They Stand on
Moral Conditions.
; Governor Oswald West made a hur
ried trip from Salem this morning and
s soon as be arrived made appoint
ments with Mayor Rushlight, Chief of
Police Hlover, Sheriff Stevens and DIs
Itrtct Attorney Cameron to meet him
at Mayor Rushlight's office at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon for a conference.
Governor West also appeared before the
grand jury 'this morning.
What significance these actions havo
In connection with Governor West's
vowed action In cleaning up Portland
morally the governor would not state.
"The clean-up of Portland has already
started," he declared, "and.the city will
be absolutely cleaned out If It takes
until January 9, 1915,. when my term of
office ends. I expect no Quarter and
will certainly give none In the fight. I
will give the city and county officials
and the people of Portland an oppor
tunity to decide whether they wish to
line Up with vice or with decency.
"1 have not read the report of the
vice commission and do not know what
lit discovered. I have my own informa
tion and Intend to go at the clean-up In
my own way. If the city and county
officials do not support me, I will do
the Job alone and may artd may'not
call on the militia, as seems best.
"I have, asked the coroner of this
county to report to rne his reasons for
not investigating the automobile acci
dent which resulted in the death of
Miss Grace Dow, telephone operator at
the Oregon hotel, who was riding with
two married men on the Base Line road
early one morning. I have had no an
swer yet I have heard rumors regard
ing the affair which caused me to in
vestigate it.
"Reports from Huntington and Red
mond show- that with the changes in
the administrations of the two towns
moral conditions have changed greatly
I have plans and am getting informa
tion to start proceedings against other
towns in Oregon, but will give no fur
ther Information. Temporary clean-ups
would be made if 1 did, and these
would interfere with my plans."
JOURNAL WILSON FUND
OF A NOTED PIONEER
'Urgent Appeal to People Gets
Response; Total of Fund Is
Now $743,25,
' Contributions to the Wilson Fund.
Previously acknowledged 1735.75
I Capt. W. J. Howard, Rose Lodge. 1.00
Hanson Hughes, Heppner 1.00
I p. G. Henry, Salem 3.03
I W. M. Hunter . . ; 2.50
Total
.(743.26
Among those enrolled in The Jour
nal's Woodrow Wilson fund today la
J Captain W. J. Howard of Rose Lodge,
i 86 years of age, a pioneer of the west,
. With an Interesting history.
He is the last of the California rang
, ers who captured Joaquin Murietta, a
notorious Mexican outlaw, in 1853.
Murletta's head was cut off and taken
( to the museum at San Francisco, the
head being necessary' to secure the pay-
ment of $3000 for his capture. Cap
' tain Howard has been a resident of Ore
gon since 1907, and he believes In
Woodrow Wilson.
Contributions of small sums from all
parts of the state show that' the people
on the farms end the smaller towns are
Interested and are wflllng to have ' a
hare in the fight for good government
represented by Wilson.
Today, and every day. The Journal
i prints a coupon to be filled out and re
i turned to The Journal with each con
, trlbutlon. The money is credited as
soon as received and forwarded to the
national committee to meet the early!
expenses or the campaign.
' Mrs. Belmont to Stump.
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 23. To work
for the enfranchisement of women, Mrs.
O. H. P. Belmont, suffragist and society
leader, Is coming: to Wisconsin for a
three weeks' campaign .by automobile.
VICE; AUTHORITIES CALLED
' 1 . 1 ' ' ' " '
NO QUARTER WILL ,
BE GIVEN. NONE
ASKED.SAYSWEST
OBTAINS
THE SUPPOR
Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund
TO THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL:
Herewith I inclose for the Woodrow Wilson cam
paign fund.
(NAME)
. (ADDRESS)..:
-.Ltt-c-pe2'.I,t,ooant,8 faoloJj4 Xb Journal. .W1U.
OB Csmpalfn rntd, Jortland, Or. Caeoks should, be insde payable to The
lourosL
On Moral Crusade
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Oswald West, Governor of Oregon.
BEACH. TOTAL WRECK
Filled With Water and Can
not Be Saved; Carried Rails
for Porter Brothers,
(Special to The Journal.)
Marshfleld, Or., Aug. 23. A message
received here today from Florence
states that the gasoline schooner Wll
helmlna, which was driven on the beach
at the entrance of the Sluslaw river last
night, will be a total wreck, The Ump
qua life saving crew took all tha crew
off the boat and no lives were lost.
Tha schooner was loaded with rails
for Porter Brothers. This morning she
is filled with water and there is little
hope of her being saved. She was built
in 1008 at North Bend for Charles
Thorn, who. sold her. to the Lincoln
County Transportation company of Ya
qulna, of which Captain Tyler, the mas.
ter, Is part owner.
Marshfleld, Or, Aug. 23. A message
from Florence at noon states that the
Wilhcmlna Is oh the north spit, 300 feet
away from the water, is filled with wa
ter and damaged. She can never be
floated.
Florence, Or., Aug. 23. The Wilhel
mlna was wrecked three-fourths of a
mile north of the Jetty, at the same
place where the Brunswick was wrecked
four years ago. The crew walked
ashore at low tide anil she lies 300 feet
from water. This morning the life
saving crew from Umpqua arrived and
Is proceeding to unload the freight.
The captain Is George Tyler arid The
crew consists of three men.
TWICE INVESTIGATED,
FOR HIGH ARMY POST
Nominates Officer to Be Dep
uty Paymaster With Rank
of Lieutenant Cornel.
UTnlted Prodi leaned Wire.)
Washington, Aug. 23. President Taft
sent tu the senate today the nomination
of Major B. Ray, IT. S. A., to bo deputy
paymaster general, with the rank of
lieutenant colonel.
Major Ray's career in the army was
recently the subject of two Investiga
tions by the war department.
SICK MEDFORD DOCTOR
A SUICIDE BY SHOOTING
(Initl I'rwia Ix-aMd Wire.)
Medford. Or., Aug. 23. Dr. C. H. Den
n la ton, wbo came to Medford three years
ago from Crookston, Mlns., comrrlitted
suicide here today about 11 o'clock. Den
nlston who has been suffering great
pain from stomach trouble, purchased a
revolver at a local gun Store and went
directly to a hoteUwhere he rented a
room. The bellboy who showed Dennis
ton to his room had scarcely returned
to the office before a shot was heard.
Hurrying to the room hotel employes
found Dennlston dead, the man having
placed the gun barrel In bis mouth be
fore firing. The bullet came out back
of the right ear. c
Dennlston lssurvived by a widow.
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STATUS SHOVtTBY
VI COMMISSI
Immoral Condition Exists in
Fashionable Residence Dis
tricts of City and Among
Haunts of North End Alike.
PROMINENT CITIZENS
PROFIT. FROM VICE
431 Apartment Houses and
Hotels Classed "Immoral"
18 Doubtful.
" A charge that some of Its Own mem
bers are owners of rand on which or
of buildings In which immorality Is car
ried on In Portland today, for commer
cial gain is one of many startling fea
tures of a report on vice conditions In
the city, which has Just been filed with
Mayor Rushlight and the city council.
Church corporations, city officials,
publishers, lawyers, doctors, bankers,
real estate firms and prominent busi
ness men are also accused of deep
measure of responsibility for present
widespread prevalence of vice through
their indifference to conditions from
which they, are making financial profit
In these charges the report of the
vice commission gives no namesv either
of its own members charged with being
interested in property used for Immoral
purposes, '.or of the others lncludtd in
the accusation. The statement is made,
however, that the commission has on
file sn accurate list of all properties
investigated, with a list of the own
ers of the properties, as they appear of
record.
TJie 14 members of the commission
Continued on Page Sixteen.)
STATE FAIR DOG SHOW
EOF
IN
Railroads Refuse to Carry
Brutes That Might Have
Much Feared Malady..
(Salem Bureau of Th Journal.)
. Salem, Or., Aug. 23. Because of the
prevalence of rabies among dogs In
Portland, the first annual dog show
scheduled to be held at the state fair
under the rules of the American Kennel
club was called off today by telegraphic
orders from Dr. Calvin S. White, state
health officer. The message was re
ceived by Frank Meredith, secretary of
the fair board, who immediately aban
doned ilans for the dog exhibit.
Dr. White stated that he had taken
the matter up with tne railroad compa
nies -nnd that they would refuse to car
ry the dogs. About 65 entries had al
readv been made and others were com
ing In dally, most or them from Port
land, a
As much Interest was being evinced
In the show. Secretary Meredith says he
greatly regrets losing the feature, but
thinks under the ciraumstanees It Is
wise to abandon it. .The money paid in
entrance fees will be returned.
BECAUS
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PORTLAND
TKBlDins:
-fRUIT-GROWER OF
wsn emit
Left Rogue River Valley Two
Months Ago, Leaving Wife
and 2 Children on Ranch, 6
Miles From Medford.
SON OF COL. LOUNSBERRY,
ONCE BIG NORTH DAKOTAN
Wife Thinks Last Night's Out
break of Outlawry Due to
Blow on Head.
(United Pnws teasea Wire. r"
Medford, Or., Aug. 23. Wells
Lounsberry, the bandit wbo last
night held up a Union Pacific mail
train near Topeka, Kan., is the own
er of a fruit ranch pix miles west of
Medford and is considered one of
the most prosperous fruit raiser of
this valley.
Lounsberry, who left here two
months ago, has a wife and two chil
dren residing on his ranch here.
Lounsberry was a railway mail clerk
running out' of St. Paul, Minn., on
the Northern Pacific for 18 years
and was a ton of Colonel Lounsber
ry, whose name was prominently
connected with the early history of
North Dakota.
Mrs. Lounsberry said today that she
hd not heard from her husband for
some time, and that she thought his
strange actions were caused by a blow
on the head he received in a railroad
wreck some time ago.
(Colted Praia I-cawd Wtral
Topeka, "Kan., Aug. 23. The police
this afternoon positively identified the
robber who was shot and seriously
wounded by his own revolver while re
slstlng capture after he had robbed the
mall car on the Union Paciflo Colorado
Limited train No. 101, near Lawrence,
as Wells Lounsberry of Medford, Or., a
former railway mall clerk. Lounsberry
formerly ran between St. Paul and
Jamestown, N. !., on the Northern Pa
cific railroad.
Topeka, Kan., Aug. 23. After board
ing the mall car of the Union Pacific
Colorado Limited as it pulled out of the
union depot here and looting the mall
pouches near Lawrence, a lone bandit
today lies in a Topeka hospital fatally
woundcd.frqm.buUeLjrizejd0taJQaa.
own revolver during a struggle with the
conductor. The bandit compelled the
clerks in the mall car to tie up each
other. With his loot he then walked
back and went to sleep in a Pullman.
The conductor became suspicious and a
struggle ensued.
A letter found In the pockets of the
man's clothes was addressed to Mrs.
Will Lonsberry, Medford, Or. The loot
was all recovered.
When the bandit was finally revived
he said he would not reveal his identity.
Many Oregon Items on Indian Rill.
(Washington Burraa of The Journal.)
Washington. Aug. 23. The Indian ap
propriation bill. Just reported, contains
the following Items for Oregon: KUim
alh reservation, 000; Warm Springs
reservation. $4000; Umatilla, 33600;
bridge at Warm 8prlngs, J16.000; Che
mawa, with additional building and re
pairs. $117,000; Grand Rondo, $4000;
Modoc Irrigation project, reapproprla
tion, $60,000; for settlement with the
Chinook and other Indian tribes, $G6,000.
MISMATED!
EBlGB
READY TO ADJOURN
Measure Provides for Appro
priation for Continuance of
Commerce Court Until the
Fourth of March. ,
SESSION PROBABLY
-TO CLOSE TOMORROW
President Expected to Leave
Washington for Beverly
Saturday.
pnitpj preaa iaavrt Wire.) --
Washington, Aug. 23. President Taft
signed today the "budget bill," which
provides an appropriation for the con
tinuance of the commerce court until
March 1 next.
"It Is believed this means that con
gress will now be able to adjourn at 4
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
President Taft, It la expected, will
leave Washington tomorrow evening for
his summer home at Beverly, Mass.
PLOT TO DYNAMITE
Nearly Completed Bombs Are
Found Among Effects of
Supposed I, W. ;W. Members
(Cnlttd Praia reined Wire.)
Ban Diego, Cal., Aug. 23. The police
were busy today trying to get confes
sions from six of the seven men ar
rested at El Cajon yesterday and who,
the police declare, were tin their way to
8au Diego to dynamite the city. Early
yesterday James Kooney was quietly ar
rested by a mounted officer near Old
Town, and he is said to have broken
down and told tne policeman that he
was one of seven armed men who had
started from Los Angeles for San Diego
for the purpose of blowing up certain
buildings in this city. .
As a. .result of . his., a tor Jfr. q uad Of
12 .policemen, In cnarge of Captain of
Detectives Myers and County Detective
McDuell, went to El Cajon, 15 miles
out, and arrested the other six men at
the point of rifles. The prisoners say
they are Leonard Vance, H, Gortey, Sam
Rosenberg, II. Bhea, A. Johnson and
Robert Kay. It is said that all of the
men were mixed up in the free speech
fight here, and that two of them lost
their positions here becausae they be
longed to the Industrial Workers of the
World.
A search was made of the hotel at El
Cajon, and an automobile trunk, con
taining carbines, rifles and 1000 rounds
of ammunition and several short pieces
of two Inch pipe were found. The plpo
was cut into short lentrths and capped
at both ends, with holes bored in one
end for the fuses. They are regarded
w complete bombs, ready to have dyna
mite packed into them.
The police say they believe that they
have succeeded In stopping a murderous
plot to destroy many buildings and
lives in this city.
SAN
IE BUILDINGS
CHARGED
AGAINST
Archbold Stmes atTrR.
H H H - It
GharaesHeTriedExtortion
n . k . it ' it i.-'n;9iz.
Oil Kings Worried to Grave
Attacks Roosevelt .
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John D. Archbold, president of the
Standard Oil company, a witness
today before the senate committee
investigating campaign contribu
tions. Colonel Goes Back at Penrose;
Not Only Denies Statements
but Cries "Lie."
(United Prna lar Wlra.t
New York, Aug. 23. Regarding tho
charge by Senator Holes Penrose of
Pennsylvania that an enormous fund
had been raised by George W. Perkins
to secure for Colonel Roosevelt the
regular Republican nomination at Chi
cago and letters and telegrams Instruct
ing Chairman Cortelyou In 1904, to re
fuse campaign contributions from tho
Standard Oil company, Roosevelt issued
today the following statement:
"Senator Penrose would do Well not
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
FALSEHOODS!
SHOUTS
ROOSEVELT
PERKINS IS
N T HIS UNDERWRITER
TRUST. REFUSING
FURTHER MONEY,
S IN COUR
Standard President Testifies
That Treasurer 'Bliss Had
Hinted Path Would Be More
Rosy if Cash Was Advanced
' (United Ptmm Leaa4 Wira.1
Washington, Aug. 23. That Theodors
Roosevelt attempted political extortion
on the Standard Oil company during hls
second administration because the trust
failed to follow up an alleged $125,000
contribution with a second and larger
contribution to tne presidential cam
paign of 1904, was the substance of tes-j
tlmony 'given the senate campaign con-'
tributlons committee, here today by
John D. Archbold, president of, ths "
Standard Oil company.
Archbold's denunciation of the for-,
mer president was extremely bitter, the'
witness opening asserting that the at .
tacks waged on the Standard Oil com
pany by Roosevelt, which he stated were .
unwarranted, directly resulted In the
deaths of Henry H. Rogers and Henry'
TUford, two of the company's directors.
Standard Oil Gave $133,000.
Archbold freely admitted that his
company had contributed $125,000 to
the Republican national campaign In
1904, but he stamped as a willful and
malicious forgery letters published In
certain magazines and newspapers pur
ported to have passed between himself
and Senator Boles Penrose, and in which
it was intimated that $25,000 was paid
Penrose to secure favorable Standard
Oil legislation.
Archbold testified that he had every,
reason to believe that Roosevelt knew
and approved of the contributions mads
by the Standard Oil company in 1904.
Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer of the Re
publican national committee in 1904,
Archbold declared, told him that Roose
velt had been told of the contribution
and would be pleased with a second and
larger contribution. .Archbold said ha
regarded Bliss as an entirely reliable
and truthful man.
.. SUsi Otvea Klnt, (t
Later, Archbold said, when Standardj
Oil directors refused to further loosen
their purse strings. Bliss again called
at his New York office and advised him
that it woyld be foe the good of the
Standard Oil company to make another
and larger contribution. Archbold Mid
that $160,000 was the amount suggested.
This, he said, was taken up with Stand
ard Oil directors, and the request voted
down. Then Archbold alleged that im-.
mediately af terRookevelt's election he ....
started his attacks" on the Standard Oil
company. Archbold's Jaw set hard whenj
be reached that stage of his testlmonyj-
"There Is nothing like it," he snspped.""
"in the annals of American history.
Nothing has ever occurred in even Dark-
est Africa to compare with it We have
all the available data concerning these .
(Continued on Page Six.)
ROOSEVELT SPENDING
TRUSTS' THOUSANDS,
CHARGES LA FOLLEITE
Senator Asserts Colonel., Is
Using Enormous Sums Con
tributed by "Big Business,"!
(I'nlted Preai I.naed Wire.) w
Madison, Wis.. Aug. 28. Demanding (
that the Progressive presidential nom-.;
Inee "make a clean breast of campaign
contributions," Senator Robert M. 1
FolleUjo, through his magnlne. La Fol
lrtt-n' Veeklv out todav. charsea that-
i Colonel Roosevelt is spending hundreds
or thousands or aoiiars conirmuieu uj
trusts, to bring about his election to
November.
"The public, knows," the edl'torta!
says, "that Roosevelt spent an enormous
sum in his pre-conventlon campaign.
In sonte of the states Ohio for in.
stance, It l conservatively estimated'
t hat $300,0 ) wt wencea to fleet
Roosevelt delegates,
"It Is generally believed that this
money was largely the unlawful spoils
of the trusts which thrived at the ex
pense of the people during Roosevelt's
administration."
Rushes to Itefenso of T. IW
(United rmia Leand Wlre.1 '
Washington, Auir, IS. learln that, s
Senator Boles Penrose of Pennsylvania!
may enforce damaging revelations and
endanger the suocess of the Republi
can ticket in November, regular Be- -publicans
here today brought pressure
to bear in an effort to stop his on-!
slaught On Colonel Roosevelt,
Senator Miles Poindexter ( Washing,
ton rushed to the defense of the former I
president today. He charged that I'en.l
rose has allied the "maohlno Democrats"!
in an effort to prevent Roosevelt's
election In November, 1 -
Poindexter predicted' Hist Roosevelt
would welcome an opportunity to toll j
the senate eommltfee all be Otnows f
alleged Standard Oil coatrlb tit ions in
IsOVTfce WoUUgto senotesoets4
that If suoh contributions ware inu'li,
they wero accepted .gwft dirtwt or. I
aeri' from Koostrtlt, ' i