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THE MORNING OREGONIAX. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3. 1907. TAKES LESSONS UGH FINANCE Grand Jury Learns Ways of Franchise-Grabbers and Stock-Waterers. INNER TELEPHONE CIRCLE Select Five Controlled Home Tele phone at San r'raiiriwco and They Bought Ruef Trial or Ruef for Extortion Begins. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. (Special.) An amazing story of political Intrigue and high flnanca was told to the grand jury today by a score of witnesses familiar with Information of the Home Telephone company. The evidence today concerned more than all others a little group of millionaires. They are: Abra ham K. Detwiler, Indicted for bribing Supervisors A. J. Graves, of Toledo, O., and A. B. Cass, T. W. Phillips, J. S. Tor rance, all of Los Angeles. Just what the grand Jury will do In the cases of these men remains to be seen. Hatton Joins Wrong , Party. Another name which figured promin ently In the day's proceedings was that of George Hatton Hatton is the political lobbyist of the Southern Pacific and formerly was the right-hand man of Senator Perkins. Hatton, It develops, was placed at the head of the Home Tele phone Company's political bureau, when it came to San Francisco and began the fight to secure a franchise. Hatton was retained for four years and his fee was placed at $5000 a year. Hatton took up the game In the Fall of 1905. He allied himself with the nominees on the Fusion ticket against, Ruef. He spent the Home Telephone Company's money like a medi aeval baron. Hatton believed that the election of the Fusion ticket meant a franchise for the Home Telephone Com pany. The Fusion ticket lost, Ruef won and at the beginning of the year 1906 the Home Telephone Company found Itself a friendless beggar for a franchise In San Fran clsco. Big Men Buy Ruef. Then the big men In the telephone com pany came to the conclusion that money and only money could win the game. They opened negotiations with Ruef. Ruef. by the way, had accepted a 130.000 check from the Pacific States Telephone Company for campaign purposes. When the Home Company made overtures. Ruef was there. It cost the Home Company $300,000. Of this $35,000 went into the city treasury, $76,000 to the relief fund. $62,000 to the Supervisors and the remaining $138,000 was divided between Ruef and Mayor Schmitz. This la the story of the Home Telephone Company deal as it was told to the grand Jury. The financial methods of the little group In control, Detwiler. Graves, Cass, Tor rance and Phillips. Is not lacking in in terest. They are worthy of B. H. Harrl man or Thomas W. Lawson. In the first place, the Home Telephone Company was formed. The little group of capitalists held control, but let In a few millions of other capital. The company's 'securities consisted of bonds to the extent of $5,000. 000 and stocks to an equal amount. Inside Clique Stood to Win. At the outset the little group of five capitalists formed the Empire Construc tion Company. This company entered into an agreement with the Home Com pany to construct the plant in San Fran cisco and to build it to a 15,000-phone system and to operate it until It was on n paying basis and then turn it over to the Home Company. In exchange the Home Company was to turn over to the Empire Construction ConVauy Ub stocks and bonds. Then the little group of five formed three underwriting companies In which it held the controlling Interest. It sold the securities to these underwriting com panies (themselves), for 97i: par was 100. It Is said that they stood to clean up a magnificent profit when the graft ex posures knocked the price of bonds down several points. Long Distance Lines Also. Another feature of the plan was a long distance company, in which again the same five capitalists held a controlling interest. A contract had been made be tween the long-distance company and the Home oCmpany, which, it Is declared, was decidedly to the advantage of the long-distance company. The Home Telephone scandal will be cleared up before the end of the week. It has led Into paths and avenues which the prosecution hardly believed existed. Captain Payson, of the Santa Fe Rail road and president of the Spring Valley Water Company, was before the grand Jury today. He denied that the Spring Valley Water Company had ever paid a cent of corruption money. Rats Leaving the Ship. Chief of Police Dlnan and President George Duffey, of the Board of Public. Works, have cnt loose from Abe Ruef. IMnan has uncovered a mass of corruption In the department, which had been espe cially created by Ruef. Dinan himself has been Indicted by the grand Jury, but it Is thought that he plans to turn all his evidence over to Mr. Heney and Mr. Burns in the hope that he may be let off. DtWsVa men have found that Ruef on Joyed an Income of something like $10,000 a month from the gambling dens, resorts and dives in the lower end of the city. As In all other things, it is believed that Ruef divided with Schmits. Tuffey announced that ho would dismiss all Ruef men from the Board of Public Works. DRAWING JCRY TO TRY RUEF l.oug List or Questions to Discover Prejudice One Juror Secured. SAN FRANCISCO, April 2. A legal battle that promises to last for weeks and whl.-h la expected to be in a meas ure pivotal or all the criminal proceed ings growing out of tho grand Jury's miv-.UKUlivn .is Ut'KUH y when Abraham Ruef, indicted political boas. before Judge Dunne on a charge of of money from i a uuuer xnreat Mayor Schmltx Commls the con- one us?eu nd a tne the Jurors to determine their qualifica tions, here are some of the more Indica tive questions to which the defense de manded direct answers: Do you personally know or havs yon ever had business relations or dealings with any of the owners, managers, editors, sub-chlefa or reporters of the San Francisco press? naming many of them. Prior to the earthquake and fire, were you familiar with the French restaurants of this city, or did you know their pro prietors or ever have buslneBS dealings with them? naming each in turn. Have you an acquaintance, personal or business, with any member of the municipal government or their parents? calling a score or more of them by name. Do you know any member of the present grand Jury? Have you any prejudice against lawyers? Are you prejudiced, politically or other wise, agalnst.the Union Labor party? Are you acquainted with any one who Is said to be the very active political enemy of Ruef or Mayor Schmltx? Have you formed any opinion as to the connection of Rudolph Spreckels with this prosecution? (Spreckels guaranteed a fund of $100,000 for the expenses of the present investigation. ) Are you friendly with, or tie you know, or have you had any dealings with any mem ber of the Spreckels family? If you knew the Spreckels family was be- WKBmFJ- ss9 pa . sBB James J. HU1, Who Retires as Pre- J Idena nf :ru f Vnrtlipn, Ruiln.l t : hind this prosecution, would that tend to prejudice you one way or the other? Do you know which one of the Superior Judges named you as a talesman? Has the fact that Judge Dunne disquali fied Sheriff O'Neill and appointed an elisor, or that in your presence Judge Dunne de clared Ruef to be a fugitive from justice, prejudice you against the defendant? Did you believe Ruef to be a fugitive from Justice after he had been so declared? Have you changed your mind od- that point? Did you believe that Judge Dunne believed that Ruef was a fugitive from Justice? Did your belief that Judge Dunne be lieved Ruef to be a fugitive from Justice cause you to believe that Judge Dunne be lieved Ruef guilty of the crime charged against him? Have you such a prejudice against per sons called political bosses that you could not give them a fair trial? Are you prejudiced against political bosses ? Do you belong to any labor union? Are you prejudiced against the Union La bor party ? Suppose you should reach the conclusion that this case is being prosecuted with ul terior motives by the men who had failed to obtain by the influence of Ruef certain franchises and were determined therefore to punish the Board of Supervisors by means of special prosecution paid for out of a private fund would that conclusion preju dice you against or in favor of the prosecu tion? (To this question Judge Dunne sus tained an objection by the people.) If the rulings of this court upon objections interposed should Indicate to you that this court has reached a conclusion as to tho guilt or Innocence of Ruef. would that prejudice you against the defendant? During the examination of prospec tive Jurors Ruef sat close to Henry Ach and within six feet of the former, eyeing them with unwavering: glances, noting- their replies keenly, whispering often with his counsel and frequently jotting down notes on a pad, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Ach exchanged sharp thrusts during the examination of Mr. Duperu. "Did you," asked Mr. Ach, "visit Mar chand's frequently dally for lunch, as I did, or only upon occasions?" "Kindly refrain from injecting your habits into this record, Mr. Ach?" said Mr. Johnson. Ruef's counsel, angered but cool turned and began a cutting reply when Judge Dune interfered. "Proceed with the case, gentlemen," he commanded; "Mr. Ach, save your retort until after adjournment." "If your honor would see to it that no occasion for retort is allowed," Mr. Ach answered. "I should not be under the necessity of making one." After court was adjourned Mr. John son made the Interesting statement that inasmuch as the motion for the prose cution upon which Sheriff O'Nell was disqualified (for personal interest) , did not contemplate the appointment of an elisor for any purpose other than to have the custody of Rue(, the Sheriff must be a seeond time for mally disqualified if the duties of Eli sor Blggy are to be extended to include the drawing of a special venire and the guarding of the jury. The understand ing, though unofficial Is that this will be done. The trial of Ruef will be resumed to morrow morning. ASTORIA NOW IN LEAGUE TRI-CITV CIRCUIT WIIiIj IN OliCDE COAST CITY. Session to Open Next Sunday With Games In Portland. Woodburn and St. Johns. A meeting of tho officials of the Trl City League was held last night In room ao. Lumber Exchange building, and it was voted to take Astoria Into member ship. This Is one or the most Important moves made by the league, aa they have taken from the Oregon State League one of its strongest cities. Astoria people did not seem to favor amateur ball, and the business men of the city, when ap proached concerning the semi-professional team, all expressed themselves favorably. So far $600 has been raised In Astoria and the backers of the team propose to gather $1000 before the opening of the season. Fred Brown will hare charge of the team. Brown has managed a num ber of athletic carnivals, baseball games and prise fights. The Astoria team will have two grounds, one In the center of the city and the other at Seaside. During the middle of the Summer many of the games will be played on the Seaside grounds. There Is also talk among the officials of the League that Kelso may enter the organi zation. A committee composed of Messrs. Part low. Whitehead and Smith were instruct ed last night to flic articles of Incorpor- nt tha 1 nn 1TT i . Thn uibm Will Ana.. next Sunday. The L. S. Frakes team 11 play the North Pacmc Brewery team the League grounds. Twenty-fourth d Vaughn. The Portland Trunkruakers 1 play W oodburn at v oodburn. N T WND BOURN E President Tests Oregon Sen ator as Pedestrian. HAS LONG WALK WITH HIM Picks Bourne as Tender-root, Bui; Is Cn deceived When Athletic Sen ator Stays With Him Over Both Hills and cliff. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 2. By special invitation Senator Bourne yesterday afternoon took a long walk through Rock Creek Park with President Roosevelt. At 4 o'clock the President and his guest, wearing old clothes and hob-nailed shoes, drove from the White House out to the city limits and there dismissed the carriage. Rock Creek Park Is a favorite resort of the President and he immediately plunged down hill and straight out into the coun try, Mr. Bourne close to his side. A walk with the President Is not an everyday affair. The President delights in trying out tenderfeet on such occa sions, and ha put Mr. Bourne through the regular otunt. Instead of keeping to the road, the President struck out across country, climbing over high hills, scram bling up sid-;s of precipitous rocky cliffs and down the other side, and all at a pace guaranteed to wind the average man. But Mr. Bourne made good and never once fell behind. He and the President spent three hours In the park, returning at dark. The President admired the stay ing qualities of the Oregon Senator and was very surprised at his ability to keep pace with the Presidential gait, some thing few men do on the first trial. Usually the President on his walks is accompanied by some member of the "Kitchen Cabinet" or some close friend in the diplomatic corps. This is the first time the Oregon man has been so hon ored by tho President. JOINT DRILL AT FORT STEVENS Chamberlain Accepts Invitation for Guard to Practice With Guns. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. April 2. A telegram has been received at the War Department from Governor Chamberlain to the ef fect that part of the Oregon militia will be glad to Join the Coast Artillery at Fort Stevens in drill this Summer. Owing to the limited size of the gar rison. It Is not practicable that the whole Guard shall participate, but Mr. Cham berlain asks that the entire militia may hold its regular encampment near Fort Stevens, in order that all the men may witness some part of the artillery prac tice. "The plan is to give the members of the Oregon National Guard a 10 days' encampment again this Summer," said Adjutant-General W. E. Finzer, last night, when the foregoing dispatch had been read to him. "Governor Cham berlain has been asked by the Secre tary of War and has agreed to send from the State Guard seven companies to Join the Coast Artillery at Fort Stevens in drill during July. The Gov ernor has asked permission to have the other companies of the Guard hold their regular encampment near Fort Stevens. The seven companies that will participate in the artillery drill have not been designated. "The drill will be held at Fort Ste vens, beginning about July 7, and con tinuing for 10 days. The heavy artil leries of both Fort Stevens and Fort Columbia will be consolidated at the former fort during the maneuvers. The Washington Guardsmen will Join in a similar drill at Fort Canby, where the civilian soldiers will be schooler! In Regular Army practice, the heavy artil- j lery at that fort being employed." ACCEPTS A NEW POST. George F. Pollock Is Transferred to the Forestry Service. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, April 2. George F. Pol lock, the ex-Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office, has accepted a position In the Forest Service. It is no secret among the members of the Forest Service that Mr. Plnchot has wished for some time to secure for his own bureau the advantage of Mr. Pollock's intimate familiarity with public land questions and administra tion. A new position has now been created for him, which will put him In charge of all matters relating to public lands in forest reserves, claims, privi leges, eliminations, etc. In acceding to this transfer of Mr. Pollock from his new position of chief clerk in the General Land Office to the Forest Serv ice, Commissioner Balllnger yielded to Mr. Pollock's preference for the work which Mr. Plnchot wishes him to take up, though the Commissioner was him self anxious to keep Mr. Pollock In the Land Office. Mr. Pollock has entered upon his new duties. Mr. Pollock is well known In Oregon, having visited the Pacific Coast in 1905, when Chief of the Special Service Division of the Interior Department. On his retirement from the Interior Department, Mr. Pollock received a very complimentary letter from Com missioner Balllnger. TRANSFERS REINS TO SON (Continued From First Fags.) general manager. He became vice-president in 1882 and president in 18S3. With keen business sagacity and far sighted Judgment, he was the first to propose a railway from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast, despite the fact that that portion of the country was virtually unknown and that such a road would parallel two existing lines the Northern Pacific, which had been constructed at enormous cost with the assistance of the Federal Government, and the Canadian Pacific, which had behind It the resources of the British Empire and to build which half a continent had been put In pawn. From 18S0 to 1883 he built and equipped the present Great Northern system. In all some 6000 miles of track, extending from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, with northern and southern branches and a direct steamship connection with China and Japan. It was constructed entirely without state or Government aid. In the Spring of 1901 Mr. Hill, with J. Plerpont Morgan and others, negotiated the purchase by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific of nearly the entire capi tal stock of the Burlington road. This purchase added nearly 9000 miles of track to the Hill system. Then followed the sensational contest for the control ot the Northern Pacific, which was waged between Mr. Hill and E. H. Harrlman. In order to simplify the financial man agement and to keep together the various Interests, Mr. Hill organized and became president of the Northern Securities Com pany. November 13, 190L at a capital of $4O0.(W),000. This finally resulted in the dissolution of this corporation as illegal. Mr. Hill has been a great railroad- Mail Orders Are given special attention. 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S values. 8 values. 8 values. 8 2.65 2.95 4.75 4.95 6.75 7.SO $11.00 $12.00 113.00 $15.00 $17.50 $18.50 And pair exceedlnglv 818.75. rich Portiere, worth 2S. values. 8 8.25 values. 8 9.00 values. 8 10.00 values. 811. 25 values. 813.00 values. 813. 85 the builder and he preached the gospel of low grades, heavy power, large capacity cars and big tratnloads. He is a man of ex tensive reading and a lover and connois seur of the arts. In his St. Paul resi dence he has a gallery of paintings of the modern French school which is one of the choicest private collections In America. He is known for his wide and generous philanthropy. He was married to Mary Mahegan in 1867 and has two sons, James N. and Louis Hill, who have served an apprenticeship in every branch of rail roading with their distinguished father as a tutor. Mr. and Mrs. Hill also have five daughters. FIND FUN IN FIENDISH DEED Lads of 1C and 14 Set Fire to An other's Clothes He May Die. CHICAGO, April 2. Three boys, whose ages range from 12 to 14 years, were ar rested today charged with setting fire to the clothing of Michael Lacoco, a 17-year-okl bey, while the latter lay asleep in a hallway. The boys gave the names of Lester Hall, Walter Leonard and James White. According to the story of one of the boys, they wanted to see some fun. They first attempted to light Lacoco's cloth ing with a match, but were unsuccessful. They went to a drugstore and secured a bottle of alcohol, the contents of which they poured over the sleeping boy's cloth ing. As the flames enveloped his body, Lacoco was awakened and after a futile attempt 50 extinguish the flames he rushed Into the street where he fell uncon scious. He was taken to a hospital, where his condition is said to be serious. Prize Cup for Real Airships. NEW YORK, April 2. The Scientific American will offer a cup to be com peted for annually by American-built flying machines. It will be confided to the care of aero clubs under whose man agement the competitions for its custody will be held. The cup will cost not less than $1000 and will be competed for for the first time on September 14 at the Jamestown Exposition. Only machines heavier than air will be eligible and they must all be self-propelled without any gas-bag attachment whatever, even for lifting purposes. The cup will not be awarded unless one of the competing ma chines travels at least 1000 feet In the air. REFUND 4 PER CENT BONDS Loan of 100 7 to Be Redeemed to Amount Xot Over $50,000,000. WASHINGTON, April 2. Secretary Cor telyou today gave out a statement re garding the refunding and redemption of the 4 per cent bonds of the funded loan of 1907. which says: "Public notice is hereby given to the owners of United States registered and coupon bonds of the 4 per cent funded loan of 1907 that the Secretary of the Treasury will receive, on or before April 6, and before June 30, 1907, any of the bonds of the said loan to an amount not exceeding $50,000,000, for refunding. "The residue of said bonds after the refunding has been paid for. will be re served for redemption on and after July 2. 1907, and the bonds constituting the saiii residue are hereby called for redemption and will cease to bear Interest on the sec ond day of July, 1907." "The bonds of the loan above men tioned may be surrendered on and after April 6 and will be received at a valua tion equal to their present worth to yield an income of 214 per cent annually and like amounts of United, States registered or coupon bonds bearing m all the rate of 2 per cent per annum will be Issued in exchange therefor at a premium of 3 per cent. "To effect the exchange the outstanding bonds should be surrendered to the Sec retary In accordance witn the terms of its circulation; they will be accepted for that purpose in the order of surrender, and new bonds bearing interest at the rate of 2 per cent per annum will be is sued in the same order in lieu thereof." Mrs. Chadwick's Jewels Again. CINCINNATI, April 2. The possession of the valuable jewels of Mrs. Cassia Chadwick, which were alleged to have been smuggled from France, must be passed upon by the French courts in New York City instead of Cleveland, accord- log to a decision rendered hy the United, State Circuit Court of Appealb today.