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VOL. XX.
BALUM, ORKUOfS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1010.
No. 24B.
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1BERY OF
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HALF A MILM RAISED
BY BIG GUNS IN NEW YORK
TO BEAT ANTI-BETTING BILL
Harry Payne Whitney, Charles H. Hyde, Jim Keene, Big
Financiers, Are Named in Connection With That of Charles
R. Murphy, the Tammany Boss, as Parties to the Briberies
Prominent Politicians of Both Parties Are Involved
. Big Prices Paid for Votes. ,
UNITED PRESS IJUSED Win!.
New York, Oct. 19. Charges that
will tear open the political and finan
cial centers of New York and reveal
a corrupt ring that would have sur
passed the wildest dreams of Boss
Tweed were contained in testimony
given today before the Hughes com
mittee investigating the alleged
wholesale bribery of members of the
19 OS legislature to defeat the antl
race track gambling bills.
The names of leadipg financiers
James R. Keene, Harry Payne Whit
ney, Charles H. Hydi-of politicians
and leaders in the racing game and
In politics were mentioned as origina
tors of the bribery fund to 'purchase
votes' against race track legislation.
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HEW YORK LEGISLATURE
ILLK CASE
The charges were contained in the
testimony of Congressman Foclker,
then a state senator, and of District
Attorney Elder, of Kings county.
; Before the hearing had progressed
many hours the name of Charles R.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
and present controller of the destin
ies of the Democratlo party, in the
approaching election, was dragged in.
Democratlo and Republican poli
ticians were accused- of having re
ceived bribes ranging from ! 1000 to
f 10,000, and it was alleged that the
corruption fund reached half a mil
lion dollars.
That the bills were not defeated,
according to one witness) was be
cause Pat MqCarren, the "boss of
ere
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$1.50 Persian silks now 65c
and 98c.
$1.60 kid gloves now 98c.
Children's underwear now 15c
and 25c. ,
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hand
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Girls' capes $2.95, $3.95 and up
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Earthquakes Recorded.
Santa Clara, Cal., Oct. 19.
The seismograph at Santa Clara
college during the last 36 hours
registered an almost continuous
series of earth shocks which
are believed to have been cen
tral in the Carrlbean sea. The
scientists here are trying to con
nect the terrestrial phenomena
with the hurricanes now raging
in West Indian waters.
Brooklyn," became disgruntled and
refused to support a movement aimed
against the bills.
The grand Jury is reported to be
ready to consider evidence that will
Involve nearly every membor of the
1908 legislature in an investigation
that may reach many of the so-called
higher-ups of politics and finance in
the Empire' state.
"The president of the senate took
$5000 of the fund," was the state
ment attributed to a politician who is
accused of having been the distribu
tor of the putative ring's money.
When asked whetheY Lewis Chan
ler was meant, Elder, who had testi
fied to the reports of bribery, an
swered: ,
"That- is whar I understood."
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Murder Rampant In Sicily.
Palmero, Sicily, Oct. 9. Po
lice records have Just been pub
lished showing that 736 mur
ders have been committed in
Sicily during the present year,
either by the Mafia, the Black
Hand or brigands. Besides the
killed, 480 have been woundod.
Only 12 per cent of the crimin
als responsible for the killings
have been caught. '
FLOCK OF
BALLOONS
STILL FLY
SEVEN OF THE TEN ARE STILL IN
THE A1U THIS MORNING AND
HAD COVERED A DISTANCE OF
AUOUT 600 MILES IN 40 HOURS.
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St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19. Sailing
along on a 35-mlle breezo, the bal
loon America II, piloted by Allan D.
Hawley, took the lead in the inter
national balloon race today, and i
now believed to be headed directly
toward Hudson Bay, 600 miles from
the start, and a good 60 mtlea ahead
of the nearest competitor, which is
believed to be the German balloon
Dusseldorf.
At 3 o'clock this morning 40 hours
had elapsed since the race was start
ed, and only three of the ten en
trants had come down. According to
the best calculations, the leaders in
the balloon race have already cov
ered between 600 and 650 miles, and
it Is believed that all records will be
broken before the race Is ended..
The fight for first place has been
bard, and all last night it was a nip
and tuck affair between Pilot Gor-
Icke, of the Dusseldorf, an4 Pilot
Hawley, of the America II. For
many miles the two gigantic aerostats
sailed along, the America about five
miles in the rear. In passing over
Monroe county Hawley took his bal
loon up 1000 feet or more, struck a
swift air current and rapidly pulled
ahead." After that the Dusseldorf
veered northwest, met with adverse
currents and apparently could not
find the track.
The Germanla, Pilot Von Abor-
STAVE OFF
A
INDICATIONS AUK TODAY THAT
RAIN WILL IMTEKFEKH WITH
. GAME HKTWKKN Cl'BS AND
ATHLETICS TOMOIUIOW.
UNITED 1'U.MS LIUSBD WHI.)'
Chicago, Oct. 19. Forecast for
Chicago and vicinity: Rain tonight
and probably Thursday; decidedly
cooler; high northwesterly wind.
Jupiter Pluvlus may take a band
In the world's series, according to an
announcement by the weather fore
cast officials today:
Unless all Indications change, the
sky will be clouded tomorrow and a
postponement of the third game wJU
be necessary.
Should this be the ease, it will af
fect the entire playing schedule of
the series, as the rules say that In
case of a postponement the two teams
must remain in the city where the
postponement occurs until the gauit
is played off.
According to the official forecast
rain is not certain, but is a probability.
RA
JAY
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FLORIDA GUT
ACID COIITIOBS GROWil WORSE
Storms Will Scrap.
Washington, Oct. 19. Ship
ping was today warned of an im
pending clash between a storm
crossing Lake Superior and the
Florida hurricane at a point In
the Atlantlo ocean off the New
England coast. The gale from
the Great Lakes Is moving in a
northeasterly direction, while
the hurricane is heading north
erly at a great rate.
cron, began meeting with hard luck
at thlB stage, too, and the America
II gained an advantage that it is be
lieved will be hard to overcome. The
Germanla frequently struck a favor
able air current, and was last re
ported over Hart, Mich., traveling at
a 30-mlle gait.
The Hamburg III pulled up well
during the night, and is now sup
posed to be close behind the Dussel
dorf. The Azurla, Isle de France and
Helvetia, all still up, are' believed to
have been carried In a more north
erly direction than the four leaders,
and probably are flying over the
Great Lakes today, ,
The America II Is he sole remain
ing hope of the United ' States, being
the only American balloon entered In
the race which Is stll aloft, the St.
Louis o. 4 and "The Million Popula
tion" having given up. The St.
Louis landed last night at Illllman,
Mich.. The other balloon to descend
was the Condor, a French entry,
which came down last night at Two
Rivers, Wis.
Littlo Current, Ont., Oct. 19. An
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TOISSESS"
ALL NOTES
TO BANKS
OREGON TAX COMMISSION
ADOPTS A Itl'LE WHICH
MAKES HANKS I.IAItLE FOR
TAXES ON NOTES HELD 11 V
THEM. '
In a lengthy and elaborate dis
cussion of the subject in detail to
the assetwor of Union county, tho
Oregon tax commission has rendered
a decision in wnicn it Holds that
mortgage notes held by United
States national banks, as well as all
other securities held in trust by such
Institutions, are subject to taxation
and this rule, or rather law, will
govern in relation to the taxation of
bank securities in future If it Is not
contested and defeated in the courts
by the bankers of the state. It has
been contended by the banks, espec
ially those of Union county, that
notes held by them are not subject
to tsxatlon or tho reason that tho
money for which the notes were giv
en does not belong to the banks,
but the tax commission holds that
when a bank makes a loan and takes
a note therefor, the debt is due to
the bank, not to tha depositor, and
that, since tha note cannot bo as
sessed against the depositor, under
any condition or consideration, it
must necessarily be assessed against
the bank.
Found on the Desert.
ITNITKO fK IJMKD WIHS.)
San lieruardluo, Cal., Oct. 19.
With two bullets in his bead, W.
Rose, an aged prospector, lies near
death today in the county hospital.
Rose was found In the desert nar
Darstow, . H waa very weak and un
able to tell of tha attack. His pock
ets bad been emptied and his cloth
ing "lorn, ,
OFF FROil! T!
COAST RAILWAY DESTROYED
RIVERS ARE RAGING FLOODS
AND MANY TOWNS INUNDATED
Tampa Last Heard From When Wires Went Down Before a
90-Mile Gale Hurricane Reaches Over Into Georgia This
' Afternoon and Communication Is Cut Off Wherever "it
Strikes, as All Wires Go Down Damage Greater Than Was
at First Reported.
The Storm Has Passed.
Jacksonville, Fla Oct. 19.
The Florida hurricane has
passed, and, with the clearing
of the storm, the Immense dam
age Inflicted Is seen. The loss
will run Into the millions.
Tampa mall advices this af
ternoon say that the steamer
Mistletoe sank In her dock, but
that the crew was saved. Trains
are runnlug from Tampa today,
Indicating . a greatly Improved
condition In transportation fa
cilities. No wires, however, are
working.
The lower sections of Jack-
sonvllle are Inundated.
(UNITKD rtirflH IJQAHHD Willi.
Savanuuli, Oct. 19. -The greut
Florida peninsula and the territory
south of Savannah is devastated to
day. Death and destruction accom
panied terrific storms that swept the
south coast, the greater Antilles and
the Gulf of Mexico during the last
four days.
Florida la isolated and only mea
ger reports of the havoc wrought by
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the elements have been received
here.
Key Went is believed to have sus
tained the worst damage and It is
reported that the greatest loss of
life occurred there.
The extension of the Coast rail
way over the Florida keys, one of
the most costly engineering struc
tures la the south, was demolished
and that loss alone 'will reach
12.000,000. '
The railroad tracks, bridge and
embankments at Jacksonville wen
swept away Monday night. Tltus
vllle is reported flooded by the surg
ing St. Johns river and warehouse
holding 17,000 bales of cotton wero
endangered. Whether this cotton
was destroyed could no t be aacer
' talned.
i Tampa has not been Heard rrom
'since Monday, when the wires wen.
out under a 90-mile gale.
That a score of workmen perished
In tho country between Jacksnn-
'vllle and Suvannah, where th
storm centered yesterday, Is proba-
moving northward without a'uatin
its force.
The probabilities are that few
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