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EDFORD CHARTER MOTOR LAW UPHELD
PREME COURT SUSTAINS ISSUpCEOFgHeBie wkfEB BONDS
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LOCAL OPTION; IS
a
PEEDIER S
TRAINS ON
ELECTRIC
RUNfflNG -I
HOT TIME
IN SALEM
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.
A
TONIGHT
CORTLAND
it the cars on tho Oregon, Klec-
! railroad will soon be covering
E50 mllc botwoon this city and
Iliad In less than nn hour Is pret-
tll demonstrated by a train run
1 short tlmo ago. when tho
wj roado In 0110 hour and 11
hits. This Is good tlmo consld
; that tho track has not, ns yot,
thoroughly ballasted and that
or lctt tho track and tliuo had
Icrt ROttlnR It back.
will be but a short tlmo now
tho Oregon Klectrlc railway
Portland to Salem, will opor-
iriri on an hourly schedule On
6rt of Docombor a now running
win be issued by the company,
the tlmo will bo cut consider
iinicn win mean nuuuionni uo-
'or cars.,.
rolling "itook which is i
la- betweon this city and ,Por4t
I'havtfjf speed capacity "of -7 ft" of
llln per hir This in nn cstnb-
1 lift as ninny of tho suburban
I la Callforn'u Lob Am;elos cap"
1, have put n Kront number of
1 can on their in t sorvlce llnon
hire nn dlilipil'tv whntrtvnp In
h; loaded to cnpn'cliy nt tho rate
1 miles per hour
t Oreeon K'Mo coinonnv
ItlarKO forco of trnek mqn bnl
! between hero mul Portlnnd.
!i!r Intentions are to construct
ruft roadbed before attempting1
i te 'nee rn over tho track at
' sreat rnt(. 0f gnood. Careful
' on it tukn by this company
re ac-iuen's or discomfort of
1 os nna tho drivers of tho
i r.ne but Mt Itmt In Iia
---Tir trr
-rl(.tnr f, ),t i-vlro Is n!no
'"R In p' . ni' tho trnn
", " ' n t (i ou noaa3ltntfi
1 irg. t n'n ,uiy.
REPUBLiaN RALLY
AND PARADE
I
TAFT GIVES
OUT WHILE
mmm
The flrBt big rally pullod off on
the new payed Btroots will itnrt
this evening nt 7 o'clock from; tho
llotol Wlllnmotto and will end fwlth
tho nddresscs of Congrcsimnn
Humphreys, and Stato Secretary C.
N. McArthur of tho Rorribllcnn
central commlttco,
Tho Republican orators who will
flguro Btrongly tonight will nrrlvo
lioro from Portland nt G o'clock on
tho Oregon Klectrlc and f torn thorj
they will bo 'escorted to tho place
of beginning of tho big pnrcde. All
tho necessary provisions hnvo been
mndo In tho way of red flro and
torches, combined with tho promise
of a few hundred young Republi
cans best ontuuslasm to stir up tho
occao'on as much as possible Pros
ldont McN'tfry of tho Tnft-Shermnn
club hero wishes l to be known that
ho. one 'la barred .from, taking part
In tho pnrndo ns the-moro lung power
tho nlorrlor.
Tho muslcnl program hns boon
I given good attention and will bo 0110
or tho principal features of tho rally.
The opon'ng odd-ess tonight will
touch off tho Reijbllcan cnmpnlgn
In Marlon county nnd It h predicted
that nil tho sturdy Tnft men In' tho
country will be Jn nttondauco to do
tholv pliure of the boosting.
Tho lino of mnrch of tho parnde
will bo down Commercial street to
Court theuco to tho Opera houso.
Col. L. K. Page will net ns mar-shall.
EYS IIOVKTFI)
It V W. C. T. II.
'MtM I'run !,enKl Wire.)
53. Oft 27 Lincoln Stof-
i'lfe'l to unernotoii-'lv liv
MfJiie of fhe Women's Chrls-
'raddle nf rofnpn, I- !. 1
-3r whiit h. . .1 -
li-i.V . . "aB "" 'O III-
shta of the liquor flglitors.
Sihr ,p,ltlon, containing
'Y-mm . age or "" " M
lvarhiM.it. :... " v.
hm.i 1 wu noopioa yoa
n'alaln th following rof-
Kl3rihTUwork hat amounts
bi. .T . " u"i as we tee
niaccernlUhcl nothing Ho
7 !m:&!r
t Inf.., . "" 'kbs rUCH
Ujtere,t In are even taken
king" '"vym iu wnpm ne
THROAT 18 CAUSE
Of-TROUBIE
'Doited Pre- Lnati Wire.)
New York, Oct. 27 William H
Taft Is resting at the homo of his
brothor Henry hero today aftor his
collapBO last night at tho Academy
of Music In Brooklyn during his re-,
ply to tho nttnek, of President
Qompors of tho American Federa
tion of Lnbor on Prcs'dent Roosu
volt. During tho day Taft lad made
spooches In Connecticut and Now
York nnd In tho ovenlng had at
tended a bnnquet and flvo" political
(Continued 'on pngo 4.)
i
UNICIPAL
WNERSTUP
I. ft - - r r
ASSURED
Of WATER WORKS
1 AT EUGENE
The supremo court this morn
ing, through Justice Moore decided
the right of tho city of Eugene to
amend Its charter and soil S nor cent
bonds to the total value of $300,000
iur uiu purpoTo 01 purcuasing tne
waterworks of the Wlllamotte val
ley company and Improving tbo
samo. Tho decision Is very Import-'
nnt In vlow of tho amount of agita
tion bolng put forth In various parts
of tho stato for tho operating of mu
nicipal water supplies.
At the oloctlon of April 18, 1908,
(he charter of t 0 city of. Ejgono
was amouded giving tho council tho
right to dispose of bond-, $140,000,
ELKINS' WEDDING
NEXT M0NJH
a-
lCTICALT.v
S CAMPniivi. .
IWuj is-..' "" ",!"lv'l
b o , """i w"-e,)
I '1 are alarme-t 10,. 1... ,t.
V sures MhTl "I 1L1!
sstj&Jrs
fa. AiAVi HB l,w )wor
oL ?rch"ds and
,v;k j
help v"
MiniurKiTR
M'KS FROM tut.
1-.- .
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Cb
Ort
k ma
" have hr " ' Twenty
b ee A ?, rchlng the
ho .v?1?.. murderer wko
tilli the M
rf ?. lkk4&
Turin, Oct 27 Doubts concern
ing the wedding of the Duko D'Abuz.
a' nnd MIm Knthorlno R'Ulns wer
not nt re t today following the an
nouncomout of the royal uultor that
the Amcrlrnn holroa was to become
his bride, nonio time In Novembor,
The duko sntd tho .exact date "had
not been set yet nnd that ho did not
know whether the wedding wob to
tako plnco at Washington or Glklns,
West Virgin.
"Rut tjint really does not matter
so long ai It takes placo," said tho
duke. "The main thing Is to get
married! and the rot enn tako care
pf Itself. I am planning to lenvo
fo" Anierlca at onco and Miss Klklns
will return with me as my brldo.
Speaking privately to friends afte(
itn' ;- his first announcemBnt tho
duki !nn?rmed the report that ho
wou1 bo eforted to America by a
wpiadron of thrne Italian battleship;
a'ni tVt they vn Id e-cort h'm and
nuB ni una ur n. ii nri. tins 1111
beer anaurcil, "ho said as a special r
mark 0 frvo- fror the king who
i well pleased wltl. the coming
wedding.
The 'duko nli'o annciinced that on
his return to Jtaly h's wife would
00 preset leu 91 conn ns a rojm
uijlncess, thur disposing of the story
that the court honors would be of
the ordinary kind.
rRESIDHXT ATvIULT
CKXTCltV rARK
Washington. D. C, Oct 27.
President Theodore Roosovelt, fifty
years of age today, receded hun
dreds of tokens from friends and
admirers In all part of tie United
States and throughput the world. On
tho evo of Ms retirement from the
greatest off.co In the nation's gift.
tho President did not vary his rou
tine of work to entoy m relaxation
the last blrthdtfy a'p wJJl enjoy In
fne White House.
BXPJjOIUN'G HQII.ER
KHUS TWO MEN'
Redd'n Oct, JT -Iouls W
Start, a bolf r maker;, former' em
tt'oved bv Tk JHoflt , mwmIH at
3kIyo dted te ttev 4 the reuk of
laiwrles r4vd ywtqilsy wh a
b(lr at the Mttt exfie4. krHlare
Lal tit&w, the lti wat4uM.
tswteatly.
BRYAN'S WAY ANDTAFT'S WAY '
Mr. llryan Btrongly ndvocates tho adoption of a law protofltlng, tlio
jefji)lo,s money by tlyi banks, ns aro the deposits of tho govornmon.
Mr. Tnft, In his spcoch of neebptnnco donouncod tho plank of. tho
Denver platform.
Lyninn J. Gngo, sccrotnry of tho treasury undor Prosldont McKluloy,
-pys: "Tho enactment of a 'Guarnntoo Dojioolt Lnw' would load 16
sound banking."
Clmo. N. Fowler, well known to bo tho ablest and best Informqd mnnj.
In either branch of congross on the subject of finance, had Incorporut-
ou '11 nis own bill, tho foattiro gunrnntooing deposits.
Tho Stato of Orogon not only demands socurlty for Its money, but
reculvos Intorolt ns woll. "
If wo had had wch a law In 1893 nnd 1907 Iho people who lost their
piouoy. through bank failures, would have boon saved every dollar.
Your monoy Is as good as tho government's money,
SUBSERVIENT
CHARTER .SECTIONS
- If t " a
SUPtME COURT DCGfp MAV OfFSET
PROHIBITION IN INCORPORATED CITIES
Tho Oregon local option law la and all places where .llqKor la mI4
Butservlont to the charters of cities Irrespective of any neim-al law of
and towns, wherein the right is ! 1tt1!,,,J thU MJhJet encte4 ky
glvon such cities or towna to rogu- ?IM!?l,',,lUP r by th pM,,k
lafo tho liquor traffic, aqcordlng to Tho decision states that It waa
tho decision of Juotlco Moro In tho evidently Intonded by the lehila-
miprome court hero this toornlng in ture to grant certain cities the
tho suit brought by J. O. Hall to right, In their charters, to rnlatw
restrain tho county court of Jackson tho liquor traffic. In mipport of thht .
county from protHamlng tho city of is shown that Medford, Condon and
Med ford, "dry.GG Tho decision .la Kstacada were granted especial -
bnBed upon tho" provisions contained emptlon from the local opflon uw jh
Jn Oin charter granted Medford by their charters, wille Rrownaville.
tho legislature wherein It Bpeclflcal- Halwy and Junction City are glrn
ly granta tho city the rlfcht to "W the right, according to the power
con-o, tax. rogulato or prohibit bnr conforord upon'thepi, to rettlaU th
rooms, drinking shops. billiard liquor traffic subject tq the loeal
rooms, bowling alloys, danco halls option law.
I.n Ornndo, Ore.. Oct. 12, 1908.
The FnrmorB & Traders Nat'l Dank.
"This IntUttttlon Is closod await
ing tho arrival of tho National Dank
exnmlnor "
Tli deposits of tho bnnk nro
JlflOjOOO. It Is believed .by some
that tho bank may pay- out. Tho
cashier Is nt physical wreck Iu his
bod at home. Tho cause of tho
fall 11 ro Is tho nlloged -forgory of
notes by tho cashlor, on which
forged paper tho bank ha beon
maintained. Tho cashier has nbt
been nrrcsted and no mau knows
wlion or how much dlvldond will be
paid tho depositors.
TAFT STANDS ITOU THIS WAV. WAY.
Colgnto. Oklahoma. Mny 21, 1908.
Tho International Ihuik.
"Tli's bnnk Is In tho hands of tho
Stnto Imnk commissioner. Deposi
tors will bq paid In full by tho
Stale bnnklug bonrd Plcnso call
and got your monoy "
Whon tho bnnk felled at Calgnto.
Oklahoma, tho bank commissioner
visited the bank In porson. Ho closed
tho bank fit 2:15 Thursday ovenlng,
telephoned tho stnto board, received
Intructlons to Jmmodlatoly pro
ood to pay all approved deposits. In
12 m'nutos from tho closing of tho
bnnk, tho bank commissioner wow
roady to pay nil approved depositors.
One old farmor telephoned that ho
was too busy to come In nnd that ho
would bo thoro In n day or, two.
BRYAN STANDS FOR THIS
worth of which werp to Jtnvq been
tendered tho Willamette Valley com
pany In payment for tho 'water
workB, but subtoquontly somo doubt'
nrpso ns to tho valid 'ty of the action
and a tost enso wan filed,
'O 1
mnncn dkxikk am
CONNF.CTIOX WITH FRAUD
Los,' Angeles, Cal., Oct. 27. Dory
lug President or Junius Schoolcrnft
Sherman to produce any. "hold up"
letters written by him, nnd culling
former Sonntor T. M. Pnttorson of
Colorado a "notorious Unr" Edmund
Durko, tho hot Angeles attorney nr
cii8vd of giving a atntomont to tho
"'?-M l"iplntl"g the vlce-pros'den-tlul
candldnto In a Now Mexican
lunik grnb plot, today admitted that
tho proposed land Hchttmo "would
not nt this tlmo soom right."
Ilnrko oxtilnluod that it wryi com
mon prnctlro of corporations ton
yonra ngo to soouro Inrgo trnrti of
land through "dummy entries."
"Compnuloi would hnvo Indlvlil
un'' pcur tho landi nnd then trnn's
for It to them" ho snld, "It was
such a common procoeduro that
many corporations did It. The New
Mexico Land, Lumber iinj Develop
ment company dlfferod from tho
others In the fact thnt It got no land.
Thnt Is nil thoro Is to It.
O . 1-1 . .
UNION irAS NO RIGHT TO
MARK MHMDHR 8TRIKH
rUnlteit'-FrrM Untrd Wire.)
Uosto, Mhn Oct. 27. Union
leadm-H are discussing today the de
cision of tho supreme Judicial rouft
ijf MnstiachusottB which rulel ye
tnrduy that labor unlotis can not lm
pone linos on their merrtberB In order
o forco them to go out on strike.
Tno decision was reudorcd ou a
petition of a local firm for an in
Junction ngnlnat tho Hrlcklayera'
nnd Stono Maeons' union.' pro vontlBK
them from imposing a fine of $200
ench on members who had refused ty
Btrlln.
WHICH DO YOU PREFER
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS
Taft wastgreated by largo and enthusiastic crowds In Brooklyn lt
nlgat.
The will of Ambrose Rurbank, of Now York, leaving h!s nophow,
Caleb Burbank. a million dollars, has been declared a forgery.
Jan Janoff Poureu, after being released Just one minute from Jail
on a charge of aturder preferred by Russia, was again ro-arrestt'd 'on
a similar complaint. It Is claimed that he la Hot wanted In Rtlaala for
murder but for political activity.
Sixty-one supposed "night raiders ' have beon arrested in connec
tion with the recent Reel Fort Lake, Tens., outrages,
Held up as they arrived at the top of the shaft, four Tonopab
miners were found to bo carrying away valuable, high-grade oro In
their coats.
John D. Archbold. of the Standard Oil company, Indignantly donlei
Hearst's chareee that the Judges, recommended for appointment as
be'ng friendly to the "oil" interests. Iin6w of ,tbe recommendations.
Charles W. Morso, Ice-king and director of the National Dank of
North America, on tho day the bank failed, overdrew his account
1211.000, according to testimony in his trial vestorday.
Orvllle Wright la rapidly recovering from tho fall with hln aero
plane and will leave the hospital 'n Washington in time td vote 'at
his ho"K In Dayton. Ohio,
The shortage of J. W. Scrlbner. arrested caahler of the suspended
Farmors aud Traders Dank of La Grande, grown as the books are
oxperted, the defalcations already amounty to 1120,000.
fQOT BALL! JOOT BALL!
ASTOMA WGH SCHOOL vs. SALCM tK5M SCHOOL
W. V. nCLP GAMC CALUPD 3?15 P. M
ADMtS&ON 25c GIANDSTAND 10c
AMERICANS OPPOSKD TO
I'llKHKNT OANADIAJf OFFICIALS
winnipog, Mnn., uct. 27. -North
west Cannda Is experiencing tho
worst election weather In yoart.
Cold drlrrllng rnlns for 2.4 bourn,
have mAdo the outlying ronds lm
pasaiblo, s
West of the grent lakes, 33 soa'ts
iri parliament nro bolng contested
Several hundred Amoricnlis who
havp recently located 1 Canada and
wura inoir sijukihhco io iving tid
ward cast their ftvai votes today.
Most of the Americana are agulnat
the government.
RRYAN HPHAK8 AT FOUR
IN TIIK MORNING
New York. Oct. 27. William J
Dtyan held one of tho moat remark
able political meetings on record at
4 o'clock this morning In City Hall
Park, when he addressed several
thousand Right workers whoievhours
ninko It Impossible for thoni to at
tend regular meetings.
Dryan stood upon tho stop of tho
City Hall and tho crowd gathered iu
the park about him, Tho men came
from power nonces, telegraph, ofllec.
street car headquarters, allnlght
restaurants, morning . newipnpers
and other jilaceg where work nover
stops Tlio moet'ng was held nt the
request 'of 4 committee of morning
newspaper wen it wa an. optlius
hutlc mooting.
-r
,tv PVrriii'siAGTir
I1RYAN SUM'OKTKR
Chicago, Oct. 27. Claiming that
Dry an will be elected by an ovon
whelming majority that will amount
to a lancWldo, J. W 'Toml'nsoR,
ch' orgaalaer of the Democratic
National committee today iied a
ero"ant, whlVh he mwt has h
eaplld frefrt accurate refsvid
throghot the eyftry. Th fow
et rlv Nryan 3 ft .eMral rote
'" s4 a "fittl" l Mr,
HIIKKI GRA'IXG
v . iiATiM iu:duoi:i)
Wuslirnuton, Oct. 27. Following
out a stntomont made 'n year ago at
tho meeting of tho National Wool
Grower"' As oolntloil III Halt mm
uuy uiffom Pinchot. forostor, and
A l Potior, jiBslstunt forocastor in
chnrgo of tho branch of grating in,
Mm United StnlOB forest service, have
Just announced a reduction of 10 to
15 por cent In tho ratos for sheep
grating on tho national foroata of tho
woit This gonernl rodtictlon In tho
schedule of grating rates will tako
effect for thu coming season of 190fc
Tho changes In market conditions
which havo mndo the sheep business
Jess proiftnblo this past yoar, espe
cially the greatly roducod pricea of.
fered for wool and tho depreciation
In tho vnluo pf mutton, make tbo an
nouncement of great Interest not on
ly to thoso who aro Inleroeted in tho
ehoep business btlt to the meu of e.
ory allied Industry Jn 1007, when
the promises for a reduced schedule
vero njndo. Jt was with tho under
standing between tho stockmon and
tbo forest service that the grating
ratoa would not bo changod for ml-
nor fluctuation Iu the market which
would naturally occur from yeAr to
yoar, but would awly only Is case
Of radical or tiausual changes.
The ihiw schedule doe Not affect
the raics whero the mlnlmuHi chargo
or a cents por nead lias already boon
allowed or a specially low rato ha
been llxcd on account of somo local
condition. Jn moat cases the revised
few will mean a reduction of' about
one cont por head
In Axing the ratoa for grating by d'N
forent kinds of stock, tho local con.
dlt'oiis, tho offoct of grazing by dif
ferent kludi pf stock on foroit
growth. Jfe'domand for the ire of
rniiKo byownors of dlfforont kindn
of siopk, (ho needs of the homestead
er, and the profits of tho business
tho cpsm whero minimum chaugo
have beon takou into consldorudoti.
5tOIISI5 FHKKD FROM
roVSPIRAPV CHARON
New Yntk Oct. 27 -'h- J(
-fii of Ib'n 'ndlotmiint Horut"'
"harlp v" Mot 4. th - k'nic atv
former P-esldcnt AUro-l H Curtis fit
h" vajlu. rja. ,,f North AiutIph
-' ror'-l,lnv lo denelvo Unite t
w'fi ffcll a- ta tHenndHlon of
'he Insf'tnMon was d(fIwcd today
by Jtdge Houieh.
f) trt rnitl tn d mix th
othr emiRUi whk lacaie ekar(
of mrMf(ttMi at the WiiV'n
fd, ovr'rtlUo. and Klaor
C3