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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1907. HAhRIMAN struck BY BIG STICK Continued From First Pase.) vised, and partly the all-fed fftct that, a ter promising him to appoint Depew as Ambassador to France, I ft)el to do it, and I onderMv.od you to nay that he allege that I .matin this promts! at a timp when ho had rone dow n to e me in Washing ton, when I requested him lo raise $50.XHi for the HeinjbilrHn Presidential campaign, which was then on. llarrlinan Said Could Buy Men. So much for what Mr. Harriman said about me personally," says the Presi dent, In concluding his first letter to Mr. Sherman. Far more Important, the President regards the additional re marks which Mr. Sherman said Mr. Hurriman made to him when he asked him If he thought it was well to see "Hii rsHlm and the like" triumphant over the Republican party. "You," says the Presiit-iit. "inform me that he told you he did not care In the least, be cause those people were crooks and he could buy them," and other similar re zn&rkn. Thle. the President says, "was doubtless partly in boastful cynicism ;ind partly In a burst of bad temper." But It showed, in the President's opin ion, a cynicism and deep-seated cor ruption whiv.h he denounces In strong -words. The second letter to Mr. Sherman simply contains addenda to the first as follows: Calls Charge a Falsehood. Any such statement is a deliberate and n lllful untruth by rights it should be characterized by an even shorter and more ugly word. I never requested Mr. Harriman to raise a dollar for the Presidential cam paign of 1904. On the contrary, our com jiitiaioatlons as regards the campaign re lated exclusively to the tight being made : k a Inst Mr. Ulgglns for Governor of New "York, Miv Harriman being immensely in terested In th? success of Mr. Ulgglns be cause h regarded the attack on lilggins tn Iteing really an attack on him. Mr. Har riman. and cn his friend. Governor Odell, nnd he was concerned only in getting mo to tall Mr. Corteiyou to aid Mr. Higgins so far as I could, which I gladly did. He also (I think more than once) urged me to promise to make Senator Depew Am bassador to France, giving me In detail the reasons why this would help Governor dell by pleasing certain big financial in terests. I Informed htm that I did not be lieve H would be possible for me to ap point Mr. Depew, and furthermore expressed my surprise at his saying that the men representing the big financial Interests of New York wished that appointment made. Inasmuch as a number of them had written to me asking that the same place be given to Mr. Hyde, and that, as a matter of fact, while I was not prepared to announce any dMfpton, I doubted whether I could appoint fither Mr- Depew or Mr. Hyde to tho place. Willing to Support Hyde. " As soon as Mr. Harriman heard that Mr. Hyde was a candidate and had asked th.s names of his backers, he hastily said that he did not wish to be understood as an tagonizing Mr. Hyde and would bo quite willing to support him and. though I un derstood that he still preferred Mr. Depew, he left me strongly under the Impression that h would be almost as well satisfied with Mr. Hyde, nnd was much discontented at my informing him so positively, not once, but repeatedly that I did not think I BhOttM he able to appoint either. His and my letters now before me of the Kail of 1904 ran as follows: "On his return from spending the Sum mer tn Kurope. on September 20, he wrote me stating that. If I thought it desirable, he would come to we me at an time, either thH or later. On September It 1 answered )iln letter saying: "At present there is nothing for me to see you about, though there were one or two points in my letter of acceptance which 1 should have liked to discuss with you be fore putting it out." Invited to Tulk of HigRins. In October T wrote him: "In Mew of the trouble over tho state ticket in Now York. 1 should like to have a few words with you. Do you think vou can get down here within a few days and take either lunch or dinner m ith me?" . The trouble I spoke of had reference to the bolt against Hlggtns that is. in n-ality ngalnst Mr. Harriman and Mr. Harriman s friend. Governor Odell. A reference to the files of tho New York papers at that time will show that it was a very extensive bolt against Mr. Ulgglns on the ground that Gov ernor Odell had nominated him and he had in tome matters favored Mr. Harriman overmuch- neither ground, in my judgment, being tenable. Mr. Harrlman's backing of Governor odell and extreme willingness that he showed t' -enuring lilfcgtiia' election was a matter of common notoriety and mentioned in all the papers, notably In the New York Sun. On October 12, Mr. Harriman wroto me: "I am giving a WIT large part of my time to correcting the trouble here and intend to do so. If any effort on my part can accom plish it. 1 will take occasion the first of next week to run down and see you and think by that time conditions will have improved." Come Down After Kleetion. I wrote Mr. Harriman the- following letter, which I give In full: "Oct. 14. 1904. My dear Mr. Harriman: A suggestion ha come to me in a roundaWut way that you do not think It wise to come on to see me In these closing weeks of the campaign, but that you are reluctant to refuse, inasmuch as 1 have asked you. Now. my dear sir, you and I are practical men and )ou are upon the ground and know the condi tions better than I do. If you thinks there Is any danger of your visit to me causing trou ble or If you think there is nothing special 1 should be Informed about or no matter tn w hich I could give aid, why. of course, give up the visit for the time being and then, a few weekes hence, before X write my message. 1 shall get you to come down to discuss cer tain Government matters not connected with the campaign." You will se that thi letter was absolutely lncompatlMe with any theory that I was askin g M r. Harriman to corns down to see me In my own interest or Intended to mako any request of any kind for help from him. On tin contrary, "41 1 wu concerned with In seeing hlni was to know If 1 could be of help In securing tha election of Mr. Higgins man for wbA'in I had the highest rtspect and who I believed woula be, as in fact ho has been, a i m admirable Goutnor. Did Not Talk About Money. Moreover, the following letter will show that Mr. Harrimansdii not have in his mind any idea of my asking niro to 'collect money nd that, ou the contrary, what ho was con . erned with in connection with my letter to htm ws the alliuMna. I mad to the fart that t would like to se him before I wrote my messMge to discuss certain Government mat tem not connected with the campaign. Mb letter, which is of November 4. runs. Dear Mr. President I have had a tele phone talk with Mr. l.oeb and requested him to give you a message rrom me. 1 drew his atteniion to the last paragraph of your letter to me of October 14 last and' ex plained that, of course. I did not want to make a trip to Washington unless It huld be necessaty; that the only matter I knew of which I had any apprehension and which ml;bi be referred to in your coming mess age to Congress is that regarding interstate ommprcf . and what the attitude of the railroads should be toward It. I ba e communications from many con servatives in the West, asking me to take ihe matter up, they having information as lo what you propose to eaj- in your message n that subject, and I am very apprehensive about It, Mr. 1-oeb stated-he believed that that part of the message could be sent to me. and T hope he will do so. I sincerely believe It woo Id be best for all Interests that no rtfetence be made to the subject, and in any evenr. If inferred to in such a way as not to briug about Increased agitation. It la. j you waU know, the conservative element, J and the one on which we ail rely, which is the most seldom heard from. Anxious About Rate Bill- This letter to me "was crossed by one from me, which reads as follows: "(Strictly Personal.) November 30, .2$i4. My dear Mr. Harriman: "Mr. Ixcb tells jme that you called me today on tho 1 telephone and recalled my letter to you of October 3 4, in which 1 sKke to you of a desire to see you before sending in my message, as I wanted to go over with you certain matters, and you added that you heard that I had referred to the Interstate Commerce Commission : that you regret ttd this and wished I had left It out. In writing to you I had In view certain matten connected with cur rency legislation, and had not thought of discussing railroad matters with you. How ever, if it had occurred to me, I should have been delighted to do so, but, if you remember, when you were down here, both you and I were so interested in certain of th New York political developments that I hardly, if at all, touched' on Governmental matters. "A regards what T had said In my mes sage about the Interstate Commerce Com mission, while I say I should have been delighted tf go over it with you. I also must frankly say that my mind was defi nitely made up. Certain revelations con nected with the Investigation of the beef trust caused me to write the paragraph In question. I went with extreme care over the information in possession of the Inter state Commerce Commission before writing It. I then went over the written paragraph agnln and again with Paul Morton, who is. of all my Cabinet, the man moat familiar with railroad matters cf course, and with Hoot, Knox, Taft and Moody. It is a mat ter I had been carefully conrtdering for two years and had gradually come to the con clusion that It la unwise and unsafe for me to leave the question of rebates where it is now and to fall to give the Interstate Com merce Commission additional power of an effective kind in regulating these rates. Roosevelt's Mind Made I'n. "Lt me repeat that I did not have this question in mind when I asked you to come down, but that I should most gladly have talked It over with you It It had occurred to me to do so. but as a matter of fact, when you did come down to see me, you and 1 were both so engaged in the New York pTRitl cal situation that we talked of little elrf, and finally, that the position I have taken has not been taken lightly, but after thinking over the matter and looking st It from -different standpoints for at least two years and after the most careful consultation with Morton. Taft, Moody. Knox and Root set to the exact phraseology I should use. "I do not send you a copy simply because they have given no one a copy, not even the men above mentioned. It Is Impossible. I give out no copies of my messages to prevent the message being known In advance and the three preflp associations who have now the message are under a heavy penalty not to dis close a word of it befose the appointed time." Harrlman's Plea for Railroads. On December 2. he wrote me the following letter on the same subject: "December 2. 1904. Dear Mr. President Thank you for your favor of the 30th. "It was natural for me to suppose that railroad matters would be included in any discussion you and I might have before writ ing your message. I am of the opinion that an effective Interstate Commerce Commission ' could regulate the mrgler of rebates and ab solutely prevent the same without any addi tional power of any kind and. as you say, Paul Morton is more familiar with such mat ters than any of the others of your Cabinet and I believe he will agree with me In this. I fear there has been a lack of co-operation. "During the enormous development of the laot four years the railroads have found It very hard to keep pace with the requirements Imposed upon them, and the so-called surplus earnings, a well as (add!tlonal capital, have been devoted to providing additional facilities and tho bettering and enlarging of their prop erties, so as to give the increased and better service required of them. This work of bet terment and enlarging must go on and is all important for the proper development of aJI sections of the country. There is little doubt that during the next decade every single track railroad In the country will have to be double-tracked and provide for enlarged ter ! mlnals and other facilities, and any move that will tt-nd to cripple them financially would be detrimental to all interests over the whole country. "I beg that you will pardon my not signing this personally, aa I have to leave to catch my train for Arden. and have asked my sec retary to lgn It for mc. "Yours sincerely." Ieft Message Vnehanged. I was unable to agree with Mr. Harrlman's views of the matter and left my message un changed as regards the interstate commerce law. The rough draft of this portion of the message waa-xompleted In October, before the election.) I had always discussed with free dom all my proposed moves in the trust and labor mattera with the representatives of the big combinations or big railroads, as well as with the leaders of the labor men, of the farm ers' organizations, the shippers' organizations and the like that Is, I had as freely seen and communicated with Mr. Harriman, Mr. Mor gan. Mr. UUl and other railroad men as I bad seen and communicated with Mr. Gompers, Mr. Kewle.- Mr. Morrissey and other labor leaders. Air. Harriman, like most of the big rail road men. always had written me very strong ly protesting againat my proposed course as regards the supervision and control of big combinations wd especially over the big rail roads. In a letter of his of August 10, 1002. for instance, he expressed the fear that a panic would follow my proposed action. Letters Disprove Story. It will be seen that the above correspondence is entirely incompatible with what Mr. Harri man now, as you inform me, alleges, as to my havlng asked him to secure money or to sub scribe money for the Presidential campaign. As for the Depew matter, he professed throughout to be acting. In the Interest of Governor Odell and. though Governor Odell had been anxious that Mr. Depew soould be nominated as Ambassador to France at a time when he was supporting Governor Black for Senator, he had changed his mind shortly aftor the last letter to me. above quoted, from Mr. Harriman, and on December 10 he wrote me the letter I enclose, which reads in part as follows:: "My Dear Mr. President: A great many of your friends here in New York would be very much delighted and pleased if you could fuad It possible to appoint Mr. James H. Hyde as Min.eter to France. . . . Iarge business interests have given to him splendid execu tive abilities and his association with so many prominent buslenss men would be fitting rec ognition of the effective work done by them in the last campaign. "in addition to this he has behind him. I am sure, the approval of Senator Piatt and Senator Depew. and. so far as I can speak for the organization . I believe his appoint ment would be, without question, more satis factory than any that could be mad -from New York at the present time. "Personally. I should appreciate your favor able consideration of this suggestion almost beyond anything else you could do for me. If you so desire, I eball bo glad to come to "Wash Inft ton and talk with you about It. but I believe there mre others who are close to you and who feel Just as I do. and I thought, therefore, that this letter would be sufficient as showing the attitude of the organizations and mysflf personally upon this Important appointment ." As you know. I was obliged to re?use the request of the New York financier and of the Repnblican organizers of the .tate and of th-' city, not deeming tt proper to appoint Mr. Hyde to the position he sought. Harrittian Boasts of Corruption. So much for what Mr. Harriman said about me personally. Far more Important are the additional remarks he made to you as you inform me. you who asked htm If he thought It was well to see Hearstlam and the like triumphant over the Republican parti-. You triform me that ha told you that he did not care In the least, because- those people were crooked and he could buy them; that when ever he wanted legislation from a state Leg islature he could buy It: that he could buy ongress. and that he could buy the Judiciary. This was doubtless said partly tn boastful cynicism and partly in a mere burst of bad t "ir per over his obect ion to the Interstate commerce law and to my actions as President. Rut It shows a cynicism and a deep-seated corruption which make the man uttering uch sentiments and- boasting, at least as unde sirable a citizen as Debs or Mover or Hay wood. It is be causa we have capitalist capable of uttering such sentiments and capable of acting on them that there Is strength behind sinister agitators of the Hearst type. The wealthy corruptionlst and the demagogue who excites. In the press or upon the stump. In office or out of office, class against class and appeals to the basest passion of the human pouVue fundamentally alike and are equally enemies of the republic. I was horrified, aa, was Root, when you told us today what Harriman had aald to you. As I. say. IT you meet him. you are entirely welcome to show him this letter, although It must not be made public, unlets required by some reason of public policy, and then only after my consent has first been ob tained. The second letter from the President to Mr. Sherman is dated October 19. 1906, and is as follows: I would like to raake an addenda to my letter to you of the other day. Both Mr. Corteiyou and Mr. Bliss, as soon a they heard that Hyde's name had been suggested for Ambassador, protested to me against the appointment. HAHRIMAX MAKES REJOINDER Says Letter Was Stolen Goest Into History of Correspondence. NEW YORK. April 2. E. H. Harri man !ate tonight Kvt out the follow ing1 statement in response to the state ment made public by President Roose velt at Washington today: For many years I have maintained an in timate confidential correspondence with my friend. Sidney Webster. What I wrote him and v hat he wrote me was, of course. In tended for our eyes alone. In the course of a letter w filch he wrote me In December. 190.", he warned me against being drawn into politics and questioned whether 1 had any political or party Instinct. This drew frem me the reply to Mr. Webster's inquiry which. In a substantially correct form, has been stolen and published. This letter was written on January 2, 1906. at a time when no one could doubt the cordiality of my re lations with the President. About, ten days ago I was told that a dis charged stenographer was trying to sell to some newspaper a reproduction from his notes of one of my private letters. I could hardly believe that any matter so obtained would be accepted or published. Yet I made every effort to prevent it. When I learned late yesterday afternoon that a New York paper had a transcript of these notes, f no tified the publisher at once of the facts and urged upon his attention the gross outrage that the publication of !t under such circum stances would Involve. While deploring, of course, that the sacredness of a private cor respondence abould thus be violated. I can not withdraw any thing in the letter. Says Roosevelt Sought Interview. I have read the President's statement. I am most anxious to treat him and his utterances with the consideration due to the high office which, he holds. Neverthe less I feel bound to call attention to cer tain things In regard to which he does me an injustice. In his letter to Mr. Sherman he clearly seeks to convey the Impression that the personal Interview with him in the Fall of 1004 was of my seeking and not his. He says: "His Harrlman'M and my letters now before me In the Fall of 1904 run as fol lows: On his return from spending the Summer In Europe on September 10 he wrote me stating that, If I thought it de sirable, he would come to see me at any time, then or later. When he had been, as you remember, a delegate to the Republican convention, having voted for my nomination, on September 23 I answered his letter, say ing: 'At present there Is nothing for me to see. you about, though there were one or two points in my letter of acceptance which I would like to have discussed with you be fore putting it out.' " First Letter to Harriman. Let me present the facts. On June 29, 1904, the President wrote me the following letter, which he does not Include In the correspondence he published today. It reached me In Europe: "White House, Washington. -Tune 29, 190-4. Personal. My Dear Mr. Harriman : I thank you for your letter. As soon as you come home, I will want to see you. The light will doubtless be hot then. It has been a real pleasure to see you this year." In reply to this I wrote him on my re turn from Europe the letter of September 20. the opening sentences of which he elim inated in his publication. "My Dear Mr. President I was glad to receive your note ot June 29 last while I was In Europe. I am now 'getting matters that accumulated during my absence some what cleared up and. If you think It deslr able, will co to see you at any time either now or later. It seems to me the situation could not be in better shape." Series of Invitations. Then followed a series of Invitations from the Vhite House, both from the President and hTs secretary, urging me to go to Wash ington. On October 10 the President wrote: "In view of the trouble over the state ticket in New York. I should much like to have a few words with you. Do you think you can get down here within a few days or take either lunch or dinner with me?" October 14 he wrote; 'A suggestion has come to be in a roundabout way that you don't think it wise to come to see me In these closing weeks of the campaign, but that you are reluctant to refuse. Inasmuch 'as 1 have asked you." A Tuneral in my family prevented a prompt response to the President's repeated invitations, but finally about October 20 I was able to go to Washington and see him. There is some difference of recollection as to what transpired at that interview. For tunately the President himself in his "per sonal" letter of November 30 throws some light upon what did take place. He says: "If you remember when you were down here, both you and I were so interested in certain of the New York political develop ments that I hardly, if at all, touched on Governmental matters." Again In the same letter he says: "As a matter of fact, as you will remem ber, when you did come down to see me, you and I were both so engaged in the New York political situation that we talked of little else." The invitation of October 10 bade me to the White House to have a few words with the President "in view of the trouble with the state ticket in New York." 1 had TepUed on October 12: "I am gi-ving a very large part of my time to correcting the trouble here and Intend to do so if any effort on my part can ac complish It. r will take occasion the first of next week to run down to see you. and I think by that time the conditions will be very much improved." Submits Facts to Public. Whether I was seeking his aid to secure the., adherence of the State of New York to the state ticket or he was seeking mine is proved or disproved by this correspondence, and I cheerfully submit to the public whether the Inference clearly suggested by the President Is the proper one. I did not so understand It from the invitation nor from the interview. The President dwells at length on the as sertion that he did not ask me to con tribute "for the Presidential com pat gn,' nor for his "personal benefit." I don't deny this statement, nor Is it at all consistent with the assertions I made In the Webster letter respecting the Interview. Therein I dis tinctly said : "The President sent me a request to no to Washington for a conference upon the po litical conditions In New York State. T complied and he told me he understood the campaign 'would not be successfully car ried on without sufficient money and asked If I would help them in raising the neces sary funds, as the National Committee un der Chairman Corteiyou hsd utterly failed of obtaining them, and there was "a large amount due them from the New York State Committee." v anted Aid for State Ticket. If that means anything whatever, it mut be that he was urging to help the New York State committee and not the National Com mittee, nor the Presidential campaign, ex cept so fsr as the success of the state ticket would contribute to the success of the National ticket. What the condition of the finances of the New York State com mittee and of the Republican committee was is well known to every one. That the National Committee did owe the state com mittee and the state committee was m financial straits was notorious. I was not a political manager. I was asked to go to Washington in the interests of the state ticket. I could help to raise money. That I did help in this regard; that I did raise funds immediately upon my return from interview with the President is undent abie anVto this fund I contributed taooo. My interview with the President covered a wide ange of subjects connected with the New York State campaign, and I did not pre?end to go over the whole matter In the Webster letter. The President's letter of October 14 and his comment thereon are interesting. In that letter he suggested that I might think there was some danger In my visiting him during the closing weeks of the campaign, and suggested that if I thought so my visit be postponed until after election, when he would ask me to "discuss some Gov ernmental matters connected with the cam paign." Here were two distinct invitations to discuss twoifferent subjects. I could see no changer in visiting him to discuss New York politics before the election, and therefore I went and discussed the subject alone: and after the election took up the other subject for consideration with hlm. I think If what concerned me as the object of the visit had been the Government s re union to the railroads, the Interview would certainly not have been entirely confined to politics. Sherman's Statement False. I am not reporislbIe fr what Mr. Sher man may have t-ald to the President with reference to the conversation fie had with me. All that I have to say Is that I did not meet his urgent requests that I con tribute to, his campaign fund, and that the statements alleged to have been attributed to me by him were false. The President was assured of this fact by a mutual friend who was present at the interview. PARKER ISSCES STATEMENT. Reiterates Former Charge Concern ing Campaign Contributions. AI-iBANT. X. T.. April 2. Alton B. Parker. Democratic candidate for the presidency" In 190'4, displayed the keen est Interest In the letter of E. H. Har riman. published today, especially in regard to Its relating to his own charge made in the 1904 campaign that the great corporations were largely financing the Republican campaign. To night he Issued ,the following state ment: "That J150.000 was turned over by the Equitable, Mutual and New York Life Insurance Companies to Mr. Cor telyou's committee has never been de nied, of course. It was testified to under oath before a body who could have summoned Mr. Bliss and Mr. Corteiyou to the witness-stand If it had been denied. It is safe to deny Mr. Harrlman's statement because there Is not a commission before whom Mr. Bliss, Mr. Corteiyou and others can be summoned and compelled to testify. Congress has refused to make an in vestigation of the corporate contribu tions of 1904 or to pass a law prohibit ing corporate contributions In the fu ture. The money raised by Mr. Har riman and contributed by the life in surance companies, aggregating $350. 000, was but a drop in the bucket as compared with the total contributions by railroads and other great corpora tions. The public importance of an in vestigation at this time, therefore, can not be overestimated. '"One of the questions new pressing for solution is whether Federal Governmental supervision over railroads and other great corporations shall be extended further. It will help to solve that problem rightly to learn that Governmental power in the past has been used for political purposes used to raise money to continue an exist ing administration. The proof that it has been used will make it clear to every mind that it can be used again. "Posseesion by the public of that know ledge and the deductions therefrom in evitably will lead to attempts to sur round such power as has been or may be conferred with the absolutely necessary safeguards against political abuse of it. So far, no effort has been made in this direction. It has not been made because the people have not appreciated the neces sity of it. That they may do so. an in vestigation should be had that will bring out the whole truth. It will help many to see quite clearly what is now hidden: viz, the ultimate purpose of some of those who seek to strip the states of power that it may be centered at Washington." What Depew and Bliss Said. XBW YORK, April 2. Senator Depew, when asked about the Harriman letter, said: "I know nothing about It. except the part that refers to me as a possible Am bassador to France. It Is tr.ue a friend told me that I might be appointed to that place, but I told him that I did not care for the ambassadorship. That is all I can say abou? the Harriman letter." Cornelius Bliss made this reply to qus. tlons. "I have not seen the Harriman letter and I don't want to see it and, if I did see it I would say nothing about it." WOMEN IN HOSPITALS Experiences 9f Mrs. Rockwood and Miss Tierney MISS MARGARET TIERNEY A lare proportion of the operations performed in our hospitals are upon women and girls for some organic trouble. ' Why should this be the case ? Because they have neglected them selves, as every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in those dragging sensations, pains at left or right of abdomen, backaches, nervons exhaustion, in flammation, ulceration, displace ments, and other organic weaknesses. All of these symptoms are indica tions of an unhealthy condition of the female system and if not heeded the penalty has to be paid by a dangerous operation. When these symptoms manifest themselves, do not drag along until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an opera tion but remember that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, has saved I hundreds of women from surgical operations. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, has cured more cases of feminine ills than any other one remedy. Such letters as thefollowing Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass. From the symptoms given, the trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised. Out of her "vast volume of experience in treating female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowledge that may help your case. Her advice is free and always helpful. Ask Mrs. Plittaa's Advice -A Woman Best IndcrsUads a Woman's Ills. ON GROSS RECEIPTS Basis for Estimating Corpora tion Tax in Oregon. OPINION BY CRAWFORD Attorney-General Holds Gross Earn ings to Be Synonymous AVlth Gross Receipts Three Per Cent Is the Annual Tax.' FAtEM. Or.. April 2. fSpecial.) Attorney-General Crawford totbxy rendered an opinion which settles a long-disputed question as to whether gross earnings and gross receipts are synonymous in their meaning, and application. As It applies to refrigerator car and oil companies, the Attorney-General holds that they are. and that by the application of either term. It is intended that a corporation embraced within the provisions of the act covering that point, shall pay to the state a tax upon all receipts arising from or growing out of the employment of its capital, whether that capital Is employed, in the transportation or transmission business, or otherwise. The point of legality in this case arose over the request made by State Treasurer Steel for an opinion aa to what con stitutes gross earnings within the mean ing of the initiative act of June, 1906, re quiring sleeping and refrigerator cars and oil companies to pay an annual license upon their gross earnings. Under the ruling of the Attorney-General they will be required to pay the regular 3 per cent upon their gross earnings or gross receipts, both terms being held by him as meaning the same thing in this ease. CITIZEN FRIGHTENS AW AY TWO BOLD CRACKSMEN. Burglars In Pink Domino Masks In vade P. C. Patterson's Home and Hold Him Up. One of the boldest robberies record ed In Portland recently was attempted at the residence of P- C. Patterson, 771 Everett street, at 10:20 o'clock last night. Two men wearing pink dom ino masks opened the porch window of Mr. Patterson's bedroom and called upon him to deliver over his valuables Patterson was in bed and was en gaged in reading a magazine when he was interrupted by a gruff voice de manding that he hand over his money and valuables. The occupant of tho bed replied that he had nothing on his person nor was there anything of value in the room, but the Intruder requested his confederate to enter and search tho apartment. While the second bur glar was endeavoring to comply with iii8 partner's request, the man on the outside was shot at and both put to flight by Mr. Patterson's brother-in-law. The scene of the attempted holdup Is a flat, and just above the quarters of Mr. Patterson are the apartments oc cupied by his brother-in-law. The latter became alarmed by the noise and raising his window, caught sight of the masked man, gun In hand, standing before his relative's window. He quick ly dodged back and securing his revol ver from a bureau drawer, returned to the window and uncerem!Kiiously opened fire on the marauder. At the first shot both of the unweicome visi tors lost no time in scrambling from the porch and running. The police were notified and -Detective Sergeant Baty was sent to investigate tile af fair. Another attempted robbery was re-M ported at Twenty-tirst and Everett streets at a later hour and the police are investisrating. 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