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Tft 3IORXING OREGOXIAX, ' FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4f 1908. in OfJ STANDARD WAGED BY HIS G EN Independent Refiner Success ful in Competition With Octopus. SOLD OIL MUCH CHEAPER w Kngland Witnesses Tell of Great Refinery Built Vp and Cuttins of Prices by llisgen Brothers. NEW YORK. Sopt. S. Sidelights on the war that has been wafted for years between the Standard Oil Company and Thomas Hissren. of Sprlnicfield. !. Independence candidate for President of the I'nited Slates, and Ills three brotn era the firm of HisKen Bros., came out today when the taking of testimony in the Government suit against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was resumed here. The Standard OH Company's side of the story was presented at the hearing:, with Morltz Rosenthal reprenentlna; the ompanv and Frank B. KelloftK the Government, before Franklin Ferris, referee. The Standard, by the testi mony It adduced, sought to show that most of the cuts In prices made in the New F.ncland field In the war between the Standard and HlsRen Bros, were first made by the Hlsarens and that af terwards the Standard Oil Company met them to maintain their trade. Grew In Spite of Standard. While John Ill. ks. of Catskill Station was t stif In, a letterhead of the Hisben concern was offered In evidence, which showed pictorially the evolution of the plant from a verv small one in 10 to nn immense affair In K. When Mr. Kelloirs. the Government attorney, iljectcd. Mr. Rosenthal for the defemkint taid he wished to show how the Inde pndnt company had grown despite the alleged persecution cf the Standard. Hl-sen I'mlersold Standard. Several New York state grocers who tin business near the Massachusetts line told of having been offered oil by the Hispen Bros., at a lower price than charged by the Standard Oil Company. One of the witnesses, in reply to a ques tion, said he received no threatening letters from the Standard Oil Com pany nnd that no effort was made to stop him from buying oil from Illagen. Charles E. Arnold of Ptisslng. N. Y.. testified that HI'gen brothers sold him oil at 11 rents a gallon when the Standard asked 13 cents, but the wit ness afterward bought StanlWrd oil because it had a convenient tank line service. -lid von know the Standard was seliing oil in Springfield for 8 cents at the same time it was charging you 13 cents'" Mr. Kellogg asked. "I did not." "And you did not know when the Hisgens were charging you 11 cents in Stisslng they were selling oil in Springfield at 74 cents. one-e'enth cent under the Standard price, did youT' Mr. Rosenthal asked. "I did not" HISGEX OPKXS CAMPAIGN Speaks at Indianapolis--IIearst Also Makes Address. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 3 The Indiana campaign of the Independence party was opened here tonight at English s Opera house, which was filled to its capacity. Thomas U llLe.-n. Presidential candi date, and W. R. Hearst spoke. Just before the speaking began the Independence party leadens met, adopted a platform and nominated the following state ticket: Governor, James M. Zion; Lieutenant-Governor. William Francis Keates: Secretary of tSate. J. W. Close; Treasurer. Harley 9. Snyder: Auditor, Fred U Hlsjren. EMBEZZLER GOES TO JAIL r.EMOIISE DKIVES FUGITIVE TO AKMS OK POLICE. Kobert A. Wurtz, Who Stole $50, 000 in Los Angeles, "Shooed"' From Police? Station. FRESNO. Cal.. SeTt. 3. Robert A. Wurtz, the confidential clerk for the Title Insurance & Trust Company, of Los Angeles, who disappeared from his of fice three weeks ago. short J6O.00O in his accounts, has been arrested here. Yes terday Wurtx walked into the office of the Chief of Police and announced that he was "the man they wanted Robert A. Wurtx, you know." Chief Shaw thoiiRht that the man was a common drunk and "ehooed" him from the office. Wurtx had been four days in Fresno, having come here from MerceiaSt Sun day night. He went at once td the Grand Central Hotel and registered under his own name. The following day he secured a refund order from the Southern Pa cific for the unused portion of a ticket from Merced to Bakerstield. This also was unuer Wurtz stated that he was "glad to i . t il " am Ha vL-nm tired of I dodging policemen all over the state." He had been drinking heavily during the time of his stay in Fresno and showed me effects of his spree. When taken be fore the Chief of Police he asked: -Why didn't you arrest me yesterday when you had the chance. It would have saved 3'ou a lot of bother and me a sleepless nlElit." TAFT WILL MEET, PEOPLE (Continued From First Page.) Representative Kelfer would comment for publication today on the Foraker Incident of yesterday in Toledo, with the exception of the general admission that the meeting between the candidate and Senator Foraker was brought about with out the previous knowledge of Mr. Taft. Comment Indicating that the Repub lican situation generally might have Im proved if the Vermont majority had been less was made by Mr. Taft today. "The returns." he said, "are very sat isfactory. In round numbers the major ity is 30.0CO. which is nearly what it was in 1W4 and equal to that of 1900. It Is an Indication that there is no undercur rent against the Republican party and there is no trend toward such a radical change In the opinion of the electorate as is essential to Democratic success In November. It would perhaps have been better, from the standpoint of the party managers, if the majority had been less, in order that the danger of over confidence might be lessened among the Republicans." James R, Garfield and Mrs. Garfield reached here today. It was announced that Secretary Garfield would put in four days on the stump in Maine. Bass fishing conditions today were the best since Mr. Taft has been here. The morning catch was 17 bass, five sheeps heads and one pickerel. It was decided today that Mr. Taft will not get to Sandusky In time Monday to participate In the Labor day celebra tion. He might leave here Monday even ing for that place, that more time may be had on Tuesday for a visit to the Sol diers' Home there, before the trip to Cincinnati begins at 1:30 o'clock. Secretary Straus, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, will be here this week. FRANCE HELPED REBELS CASTKO GETS EVIDENCE IN VOLVING DELCASSE. Fining of Cable Company Based on Proof It Aided Matos Revolu tion in Many Ways. CARACAS. Monday.' Aug. 24. After more than three years of legal pro cedure, the Civil Court of First In stance of Caracas has delivered Judg ment In the sensational case of the French Cable Company. The company has been found guilty of complicity In the Matoa revolution of 1903 and fined -13.000.000. Other damages are also to be assessed against It. The trial has been even more startling than that against the New York & Bermudex Asphalt Company, which also resulted In a $.i.noo,.i00 fine, because It has reached far beyond the high officials of the cable company in Paris. The evidence mentions in an alleged com promising way even such names as that of M. Delcasse. Minister of For eign Affairs of France at the time of the revolution. It Is Venezuela's claim that the French Government itself ex tended support to General Matos and M. Qulevreux. French Vice-consul at Caracas, was ao compromised by the documentary evidence which fell into President Castro's hands that he com mitted suicide In Paris. The railroad suit, as it was called was brought on July 19, 1905, based on a great mass of documentary evi dence, consisting in part of the archives of the cable office at Caracas, which President Castro had selxed from a treacherous employe of the company. These documents, which were moBtly copies of the messages sent over the lines, are alleged by the Attorney-General in his complaint to prove that General Matos, after visiting the di rectors of tite company in Paris, was offered every aid by them In further ing his revolution; that the Venexuelan manager, Ferdinand Jallabert, was in structed from Paris to furnish every aid to Matos; that as a consequence the operators in Venezuela placed themselves under the orders of M. Qulevreux, who was the agent of the revolution In Caracas; that the cable employes were all revolutionary spies; that they secretly transmitted news to the revolutionists regarding the movements of the government troops; that the contents of government mes sages were communicated to third per sons and to foreign powers, and that the company used all its power to disseminate abroad exaggerated news aimed at discrediting the Castro gov ernment. President Castro's action in closing up the cable offices without providing for- telegraphic communication to the exterior lias been disastrous to com mercial interests in Venezuela. Several attempts have been made to establish wireless communication and to get other cable companies to come in, but all have been unsuccessful. BOLTERS IN KENTUCKY Offer Nomination ' for Congress Kimball, but He Declines. to LEXINGTON. Ky.. Sept. 3. James C. Cantrill. of Georgetown, was this after noon nominated by the Democrats of the Seventh Congressional district to succeed W. P. Kimball, of Fayette County, the present Incumbent, who Is also a candi date for renomlnatlon. A bolting convention of 34 of the 1H delegates participating nominated Frank Johnson, of Franklin County, after of fering the nomination to Kimball, who declined it. FIELD, JFTS, WIDOW WEDS (Continued From First Page.) and at the public meeting which we both addressed: that our conversation on the reviewing stand was only social and mere ly that which would be suggested by the character of the occasion; that at the public meeting had. had no private conversation and what we had said at the public meeting spoke for Itself that la all there was of it. I bade hlra good even ing and went to the train. I wish there could be some way found to stop the pub lishing of these mischief-making reports." VERMONT PLURALITY TOO BIG Tends to Create Overconfidence, Says Mr. Taft. MIDDLE BA?3 ISLAND. O.. Sept. 3 Kcliher Mr. Tait, General Corbln nor Maldwin Drummond. second son of the late Edgar Athelln Drummond and the Hon. Louisa Theodosla Pennington, who was a daughter of the third Lord Man- caster. ' Marshall Field Jr. was the son of Mar shall Field, one of Chicago's most promi nent merchants, who died in 1906, closely following the death of his son, which oc curred on November 27, 1905. Mrs. Drum mond's maiden name was Marie Huck. She has two sons, who are now being educated in England. The only persons present to witness the ceremony were the Duke of Westminster, who is a great friend of Mr. Drummond; Craig W. Wadsworth, second secretary of the American, Embassy, and Mrs. Field's two sons. The boys have been living In England with their mother since the death of their father, and they are to ent?r Eton in the Autumn. Mrs. Field had known Mr. Drummond for about 10 years, having met him during her frequent visits to England. Mr. Drummond is a member of a well-known Hampshire family, and a nephew of the late Sir Victor Arthur Wellington Drum mond, who married a daughter of Charles Lam son, of New York. He is most pop ular In social circles, where his mother is one of the leaders. He Is also a keen sportsman, and belongs to the polo and hunting set of which the Duke of West minster Is member. Mr. Drummond Is 36 vears of age. The couple will spend their honeymoon on the Continent. SAX rRAXCISCO VETERINARY COLLEGE N.xt session begins Sept. 15. Catalog fres. Dr. k.u. I res.. i81i Market st- S. E. iTICETOI J Second Prohibition Candidate Given Ovation. INFORMED OF NOMINATION Fellow-Citizens, Regardless of Par ty, Join in Doing Him Honor. He Insists Prohibition Must Be National Issue. ADA, O.. Sept. 3. Before a large audi ence In Brown auditorium of the Ohio Northern University tonight. Professor Aaron S. Watklns was officially notified of his nomination as the candidate for Vice-President by the National Prohlbl tion party. The citizens crowded the streets and university campus end noli tfcal partisanship temporarily was laid aside In the honoring of an esteemed townsman. Felix T. McWhirter, of Indianapolis, treasurer of the National Prohibition or conization, was the chairman. Robert Patton, of Springfield, 111., who was tern porary chairman of the National Pro hibition convention, delivered the formal notification address. Liquor Question National. Mr. Patton laid most stress on the point that the liquor question cannot be, finally solved except as a -National political issue. He denounced the Government for sharing in the profits of the traffic and said Jhat Federal control of interstate commerce made prohibition a National Issue, for It made possible querrilla war on state prohibition laws. He declared that next Congress must give relief from Interstate commerce in beverages. He attributed race riots to the liquor traffic and heaped praise on Eugene W. Charm for his rescue of a negro irom the spring field mob. - Flowers for Watklns. When Professor Watklns arose to re spond, the vast audience was on its feet cheering and waving hats and handker rhiefs, while little girls presented the rnnrilriatt. with bououets of flowers. The ovation lasted several minutes. Professor Watklns declared the Prohlbl Hon party the greatest party because It had an Issue broad enough to cover tne entire Nation, while all other Issues .were more or less local. The liquor issue affect td all officials from President down to the smallest local official. He boasted of the fact that while the nominations of the two great parties were foregone con elusions. The Prohibition convention "with one accord turned its eyes in tne airec tion of the unknown and two men who were scarcely mentioned before tne con vention and who came to the convention with the purpose of working each for a candidate of his own, were suoaeni selected as the standard-bearers of the party." Says License Useless. TJ thm nrrned at length for a political Prohibition movement, saying the day of personal work had gone by. tie oeciarea license useless as a temperance measure and the dispensary system a failure. He raid if prohibition did not prohibit, it was because It had been in the hands of its enemies instead of its friends. He made a plea for proportional representation. Professor Watklns read a telegram of encouragement from tne rroniuiuon .i.nriorri.hparpr. Eugene Chafln, which again brought the audience to its feet. rtiiPORMA DEMOCRATS FOR VOTE ON SUFFRAGE. Platform to Recommend Submission of Amendment Compromise Between Two Factions. hxock-ton. Cal.. Sept. 3. The Demo cratic State Convention convened In this city today for the purpose of nominating candidates for iresioennai State, Senator George W. Cartwrlght was chosen chairman, and after the appoint ment of the usual committees a recess was taken until tomorrow. The convention will probably be har vmnl(ttl AS a compromise has been reached In the fight that was being made by the Loa Angeles delegation against National Committeeman Nathan cole, i t wp Dirreed that an advisory com mittee, composed of James D. Phelan, of San Francisco. E. E. Bush, or nanrora. and a member from Los Angeles to be later named, should be appointed for the purpose of handling all campaign funds and directing the National campaign in this state in conjunction with the execu tive committee of the state central committee. The women suffragists who failed to get recognition from the Republican State Convention at Oakland, where a demonstration was made by 300 women, but were utterly ' Ignored, scored a vic tory when the committee on platform and resolutions tonight adopted the plank pledging the Democratic candidates for the Legislature In favor of the submission to the voters of the state of a constitu tional amendment extending to women the right to vote. There was not a dis senting vote nor a single voice raised on the floor against the request of the women to Insert this plank in the plat form. The plank In no way commits the Democrats to women's suffrage, but merely favors letting the people of th state decide as to whether or not women shall be given the right to vote. RUSTIN SHOT IN OWN HOME (Continued From First Page.) Dr. Rustln's company, is believed to throw more light on the matter. She told frankly of her relations with the doctor, saying he had been caring for her material welfare for some time. REED FRENCH k PIANOS THE PIANO STORE ON burnside; STREET' See advertisement on Page 6. 7lff?f Columbia Woolei Reason Why' Contest in Sunday Papers. SS. Copyright 1 908 by jd vv Hart Schifiher Ic Marx Fall Styles You never saw a more attractive lot of good clothes than we've ready to show you right now for Fall wear. They're Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes and the new colors, new weaves and fabrics are as rich and varied and attractive as clothes can be. New models and new kinds in style; new ideas in patch pockets, button flaps and that sort of thing. We show you just for example one of the new two-button styles; a very snappy, stylish suit. $20.00 to $40.00 Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Cor. Third and Morrison Streets She was one of the last persons to see him alive, she says, leaving him at a street corner one block from hie home. Out of consideration for her grief over' her husband's death, It is said by the police no definite steps have been taken to interrogate Mrs. Rustln about the details of the shooting and proba bly nothing will be done along that line until she gives her testimony at the Coroner's inquest, which will be held next Tuesday, having been de ferred until after the funeral and La bor Day. SAYS WAS OFFERED BRIBE Talesman In Ruef Case Declares Defense Tried Fixing. choosing of jurors to try Abraham Ruef on the charge of bribery, a sensation was caused when J. M. Kelly, a talesman under examination, stated that he had been approached by O. 8. A. Blake and offered $000 to vote against the convic tion of Ruef. in case he should be ac cepted as a juror. Kellv disclosed this matter to District 1 in Tnlv last, telling Attorney hmhsuv,.. .- - him that Blake at first offered him JoOO and increased the orrer to w- When Kelly was called to the box. Frank Murphy arose before the man whs sworn and Insisted on making a state ment, in which he said: "This man approached counsel for the defendant and solicited a bribe." Kelly took the stand and related In de tail the conversation with Blake. After Kellv's testimony. Frank Murphy Insisted on being sworn and testified in sub- .tanre that Kelly was tying. eiu mivpisrn Rent. 3. At the - afternoon session of the court in tne 1 ana increi.-.i 1 LEADING FUR FOR WOMEN AND J M0F THECWESET S CHILDREN. f A Cor. 4tn and Morrison Sts. ' SCHOOL DAYS WILL SOON BE HERE As the time approaches when the children will soon take up their school work, fond mothers will look to the wearing apparel of their little girls suitable for school days. We have gathered together quite a number of extra specials in children's school suits, dresses, coats, underwear, hosiery, etc., which every economical mother would do well to take advantage of. We mention below a few of the specials in brief: GRAND-SALE OF CHILDREN'S SH00L DRESSES AT $4.98 A special assortment of Misses' and Children's School Dresses in the new Fall styles in serges and wool mixtures, in plain colors and plaids, sizes from 8 to 14 years, values from $10 to $15, at the extremely low price of $4.98. An unusual offering which every mother should take advantage of. See window idsplay. MISSES', CHILDREN'S CRAVENETTES $5.79 An excellent assortment of Misses' onri nhilrlren's Cravenettes: colors are tan and oxford. All are well made and regular $10 and $11 values; special inaay. . $5,79 CHILDREN'S SCHOOL HOSE 25c PAIR A line of Hosiery for school boys and girls, made with extra double Imee. heel and toe. Absolutely the most durable children's hose on the market. All sizes. Special for Friday, a pair 25c MISSES' KNIT VESTS FOR 63c EACH Broken lines in Misses' Cotton and Wool, Long Sleeved and High Neck Vests, in odd sizes only. Just the thing for early Fall wear ; reg- q q ular $1 values; special Friday. OJU FDR DEPT. SPECIAL $10 and $12 Coney Sets for $6.75 A special offering of finest quality of French Coney Throws and Muffs, best of workman ship, just from our factory, beautifully iir,ri i-n skinner 's satin: rearular values $10 and $12; see window display; for the low price of only $6.75 Send for our new fur style book for the season of 1908 and 1909. Mailed free on request. felt . , Ik NEW FALL MILLINERY SPECIALLY PRICED AT $5.98 We place on sale for today only the first of our great Fall bargains in new Fall Hats, all this season's styles and colors; only 35 Q0 in the lot; for only tfoiJU GRAND WAIST SPECIAL Lingerie Waists, Values to $7.50 for only $1.49 An exceptional bargain in Ladies' Fine Lin gerie Waists, representing odds and ends from our waist section, in values up to $7.50, which we close out at thi3 exceedingly Ol Q low price; ladies, take advantage 0 I it J