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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1911)
TTIK MORNING OR EGONI AN. WEDNESDAY. JT7XE 21, 1911.. AUDITORIUM SITE TRUST CAREER IS PRIXCE OJ GREECE ENHANCES FORTUNE BY MARRIAGE THAT DRIVES WOLT FR0M,D00R. 00" OUTFIT F TD BE' CITY L t AND MOOTS AIM Son of Late "Sugar King" At tributes Philanthropic Motive to Father. FAMILY. BELIEVES VERSION lex her Told Him, Sj YounjK-r .Mmn. Thai Klilor Sold Stock I-cst It Mionltl IS Thouclil He Had iriwh rurposo. WAHINliTO.V. Juno J. With all the fnnkni-M of youth. Horace Hive- meyer. the IJ-year-oId ion of the lte suarar kins;. 11. O. Havemeyer. 1001 told the House -HuiraT Trust" Investi statlnac rommlttn of his plana to flKht the so-ratled trut hi fairer built up lmtdenta.lv. yoaxs ll.ivrmeyer defend ed every action of hla fether and scored fhoaa today who would oondeoso hlm. In brief, the plan of Mr. Havemeyer la to procure from the courta the rlirht to Tote the $10,000,000 worth of com mon stock In the National Suer Kefin Inic Company now In the name of James 11. l""t. buy enough of the pre ferred stock of that company to make majority Interest, and then manage the company In opposition t the Amer ican Hur HaflnlnR Company. "I want to make a career for my lf. dlared the younf millionaire. "1 have no Ir.tereat tn the American Company and no nympathy with those who ere running It now." Mr. Havemeyer declared It "hla belief that ht father axtuj from philan thropic motives In orcanlalng the first surar combtniitton In 1SS7. "He told my aunt." he said, -that the companies would either (to busted or t9 taken into a combine Mother Knew FatlHT-- IX-slrcs.. The reason bis father ald his hold ings In tbe American Sugar Refining Company when he was presideot. tbe on said, waa because be did not want any one to aay he waa managing the American or his personal benefit. 1'ounK Havemeyer aald bis mother told him this was hla fathrra Idem. "About the only person my father talked over affairs with was my moth. r or my aunt. Once a man I think Ms name waa White raid father was nanasinr ,a company for bis per aonnl benefit. It made him so alck he decided to Ret rid of his stock. He Jiad been getting $100,000 salary as president, but was the only man who ever succeeded In runntnar the Ameri can, and they have not had one like lilm since." The witness salJ that he had heen ens-aged In the sugar business for a number of years, l.avlnaj for two years worked for his father's company with out salary. In declaring that H. O. Jlavemeyer held very little atock In the .American Sugar Companv at the time he controlled It. the w lines aald his father'a holdings were only I1 t-lt aharee of preferred atock and IK shares f the common. He estimated the par value of the tx k in the beet sugar Industry now held by the family at I10.04.00. Family Holi'luffs DecTraard. "Has the holdlnsr been reduced ma terially since your fnther's death"" asked Chairman Hardwlck. "No. not materially. It has been de creased about a million dollars." His retirement from the directorate of the American Sugar. Itcfinlng Com pany was explained by young Have meyer at the request of Chairman Hardwlck. "I went West on a trip, and when I returned." said Jlavemeyer. "I had made up my mind that I wanted to take an active Intercut In the National SuKar Beftntng Company. I wanted to make a career for myself alone that line. "I went to Mr. Thomas, who waa then the head of the American, and told him of my plans and notified him that on January 1. 111. I lutendel to retire from the directorate of the American. Then, more aa a courtesy than anything else. I went to Mr. Post, who was pres ident of the National, and told him I wished to terminate the contract whereby the It. II. Howell Son Co. handled tbe National's business." "Why did you vantJt canceled?" Mr. Hard wick asked. "Because I thouc-ht the stockholders could mannare Its business Better." BARREL MAN'S GARMENT IVIctuI StouJ HridfjrrooirTa Oollin amr DLppranuw Is Sen lion. IIAKRIOX. Idaho. June 10. (Spe cial.) Cltlxena who were on the street bout t o'clock this morning witnessed a slsht which for a short time sur passed any moving-picture show ever given here. It was all caused by a prank flayed upon Patrick Craig, of Coeur d'Alene. a newly-married man. who, with bis bride. Is visiting at the home of I- F. Connolly, receiver of the I-ane Lumber Company. Puiing the night some of his friends purloined all of bis outer g.vments and upon arising this morning, arid realis ing his predicament. Craig called for assistance. No other raiment bo ins available, ha waa supplied with a bar rel to which suspenders were attached and he was compelled to travel througb the main thoroughfare of Har rison to the company's office In th opposite end of town, chid In the wooden garment. CITY FRIGID TO TUPPER I'rlndpal Witness In Wappcnstcln Trial OuMed by Folic. Gideon Tupper. who was proprietor f a. gambling house In Seattle, and a central figure and principal witness In the proeecutton of ex-Chief of Police Wappensteln. on a charge of soliciting "protection money." waa ordered out f Portland yesterday by Captain of de tectives Moore. iVren brought to head quarters by Ietectlves lr and Hyde. It la supposed that Tupper came here to "look Portland over" with a possible -view to establishing himself In this city. ' Detectives Iay and Hyde met "Mm on the street, took him to head quarters, and there, he . was told It would be advisable to get out of the city on the first train. Tupper took the advice and left, heading toward Seattle. Tension Granted Albany Woman. WASHINGTON. June 20. A 'pension of $11 a month, with 4J back pay, has been granted to lira. Julia Cocusll, of Ajbanjr. Or. - - - 5- : 7 : V . ; e- V? i r . t Pbotosraph cepyrlcbted by Georre Grantham Bala. PI11NCK! M.tl'RirE MARIE nOXAPARTE. ATIIKNS, June 10. fSpeclal.) Prince George of Greece made a good mntch when ho married Princess Maurice Marie Bonaparte. She brought him a fortune of many millions. George is not likely to be tbe King of Greece. That honor belongs to another Prince George, his nephew. It Is always possible, however, that Greece may select another ruler. The present King of Greece Is not a Greek. He Is the second son of the present King of Denmark, who was himself a German Prince be fore he waa chon to rule over the L'snlMi people. The crown was first offered to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, who declined, and was then conferred on Prince Otto of Bavaria. Otto waa kicked out In 12 tind George waa selected. Part of George's salary Is paid by Great Britain, i'rnnce and Russia, so that they would have something to say as to tbe ohotre of his sucoeasfy. RULE IS DISLIKED Adolph Wolfe Decries Present ,- City System. CHARTER - FRAMERS MEET Wcrleln, Former Advocate of Meth od o l'td, Praiwa Co in mis sion rian Fries to Resign. cVven Branches Wanted. a..rin i,i funi cvulim of elect ing a Mayor every two years, of "turn ing out a thoroughly competent man at Imea and making matters worse 07 utHn, in one tint so competent." and declaring that It will be but a question f years until tne people v v1"' w able men In office for life. Adolphe Wolfe last night went on record a ne- r atrongly In favor of a commission form of city government and aavisea iat any member not In favor or tt lould resJtrn at once. His remarks ere listened to with great earnestness by his colleagues on the committee of named by Mayor Simon to revise the. present charter. W. F. Woodward. nother member, spoae in uae vein. . aa tbe sense of those present that ley want' the commission form and that they will work to that en, with view to having seven commissioners, le of whom shull be the Mayor. Wcrk-in A No Favor Plan. CH v Treasurer Werleln. who, while a candidate for the Republican nomina- Ion for alayor In the primaries lasi May. declared himself as satisfied with the present charter, last night saia mat he had found that the reople want a complete change. He aald that, since he discovered tsla to be the wisn ot he people, he Is strongly In favor or drawing up tbe best possible charter nd submitting It for their approval. Because only 10 of the la members Were present last night. President Bronauch waa unable to name tne member of the varloua committees. W. li. Paly. D. O. IJvely. H. W. Fries. Gay Lombard and Dr. Andrew C. Smith were -absent. Mr. Fries has signified his intention of resigning, as he Is not In favor of a commission plan. It waa announced. Whether Mr. Daiy will serve, has not been announced as noth ing hs been heard from him since his appontment. . Dr. Smith, Mr. Lombard and . Mr. IJvely were not present De cause of press of business or absence from the city, but It la understood all will serve. Sewn Tctnrlmcii( in Plan. The plan around which the commit" teo will probably build the proposed charter was Introduced by Mr. Wood ward, t'ndtr thle plan the city Is di vided into seven departments, with the Mayor and Commissioners each at the head of one. The Mayor has charge ot finance and accounta; one Commis sioner has charge of parks, public property and nccounts: others for water, fire, streets, sewers and re pairs, police and public safety, health and public oharaties and publio util ities, docks. and harbor business. This plan was substituted for one proposed last week by Mr. Werleln, having five Commissioners around whom to work. Mr.. Woodward. In ex plaining his views on the subject, said that Portland Is the largest corpora tion which has seriously considered the commission-government plan In this country; -that It .'Is too large to be conducted by less than seven experts and that he would favor that number of Commissioners. The plaa was adopted by unanimous vote. A discussion arose over the legal phraseology of the resolution calling far the. submission of a charter, but It was ;dedded that this will In no way Interfere with the work of the committee.' " ' The charter must be amended, it was explained. Instead of there-being submitted an entirely new one. as the constltutloal amendment on this subject gives no one or no set of persons authority to submit an entirely new charter. , Old Charter to Be Ba.se. ' Mr. Wolfe expressed the opinion that the best way to proceed Is to take tbe present charter and eliminate all of Its bad features, after that taking the good ones and incorporating them Into the commission plan. George B. Cellars, who has served four years as a member of the City Council under the present charter, said that. In bis opinion, the committee must decide upon whether it will make JUe slayer and Commissioners the only elective officers, or whether it will have others, such as tbe Auditor, At torney and Treaurer also elective. Mr. Werleln brought tin the subject of the civil service, aa to whether the com mittee will Incorporate that Into the charter, or whether It will eliminate It and have a pure commission form. This was laid over until such time as the members have before them copies of other charters, in the hands of Mr. Wolfe, at which time they will be bet ter Informed on these subjects. Mr Wolfe has gathered these and has been studying them. They give a great deal of light from both sides of the questions that will confront the com mittee la Its work. Comity Rule Pointed To. Chairman Bronaugh expressed himself as being unable to understand why there Is so much distrust of municipal officials and as to why people are so skeptical about them, when the County of Multnomah is run by a commission consisting of three the County Court and two Commissioners. It had been his belief for years, he said, that the people should trust their affairs to their munici pal officials and trust them to co the right thing. He was of that opinion when a member of he committee draft ing the present charter and he waa of the same opinion now. he declared. If the County Court Is empowered to levy taxes without limit, why should the city officials be limited, as they are. he asked. The committee will meet next Tues day night in the Mayor's committee room at the City Hal L Then they will probably take more definite steps. All expressed the desire that their labors should be such as will receive the ap proval of the people, and they hoped that their deliberations would get the proper attention from the people apd that their work would be followed In a manner that will enable the voters to act Intelligently on the charter to be submitted. BAYOCEAN MAKES GOOD NEW YACHT'S TRIP TO OCKAN GRAND SUCCESS. With Bcoro or More Invited Guests) and OfftciaU on Board, Craft Does) Fast Time, Meeting all the expectations of owner, builder, designer, captain and crew, the new yacht Bayocean- last night returned from ItsVlrst ocean trip, carrying 25 guests and officials on a thre'e-day cruise to Bayocean. Crery test known to navigation was tried and the stauncn, little yacht un derwent them all with ease. Sho rode the high seas of the Tillamook Bay and Columbia River bars with the ease and gracefulness of a gull. Good spend was made, 16 and 17 knots being done when under full power. Leaving Portland at daybreak Sunday morning the yacht made the run to Bayocean on Tillamook Bay slightly In excess of 12 hours. Returning, a north west wind and heavy swell was fought all the way and the trip from port to port required nearly IS hours. T. Irving Potter, of the Potter Realty Company, owners of Bayocean, had as his guests on the yachting cruise, Samuel ConneU. Will A. Knight. Fred A. Hallln. designer of the boat; James Strain. George Knight Clark, Oliver K. Jeffery, H. E. B. Hawes. I E. Kern, A. F. Stone, J. P. Jaeger. Walter H. Kvans, A, J. Jones. Arthur Cavlll, U K. Smith. E. C. Sammons, E. T. Carswell, Jr.. Ed. LaPine. Joseph Supple, Tom IT. West. A. W. Barendrlck. Tom Richard son. William Travis. Iewls W. Head, of Portland, and Howard Paul, of Chicago. The yachting party made a trip to Til lamook on Monday, where It was enter tained by the . Tillamook Commercial Club. Commissioners Unanimous Against Buying Block on - Which to Build. EAST SIDE OFFERS BONUS Theodore B. Wilcox Elected Clialr man and Members Draw Dots for Terms Secretary to List Available Blocks. Theodore B. Wilcox waa elected chairman of the Public Anditroum Commission, which halo Its first ses sion at the City Hall at I:S0 o'elock yesterday afternoon. W. I. Fenton drew the five-year term. Dr. J. R. Wetherbee the four-year term. Hugh Hume the three-year -term. Mr. Wilcox the two-year term and Phil Metschan, Jr.. the one-year term. While not committing themselves" as to the location of tbe auditorium, the members went on record as opposing the purchase of any site. If there is a piece of city property unincumbered and with clear title. They Instructed Deoutv City Auditor Wlegand, the sec- jetary. to compile a list of available city blocks. When these are submit ted they will endeavor to select one from the list. ' As to the title, this will be referred to City Attorney Grant for Investigation. Act's Scrutiny. Asked. After perfecting organization and drawing lots as to the lengths of the terms they shall serve, the members of the Commission voted to refer to the City Attorney the entire auditorium act. for the purpose of ascertaining as to whether it is absolutely valid, how to proceed with the issuance and sale of bonds and other features, of which the members desire further Informa tion. They want to b certain that they are proceeding regularly and in strict compliance with the law. It waa agreed by unanimous voice of the members that the Commission should consider no private sites before first ascertaining whether the city has one that will suffice. Chairman Wil cox and all of his associates expressed themselves as of the Arm belief that not one cent of the f (00,000 bond Issue shall be expended for a site, unless it shall develop that there Is no city block available. East Side Offers Bonus. Mr. "Hume said that a committee from the East Side called upon him and asked as to the probable site and saTd that the East Side would raise a bonus of 1100.000 if the Commission would place the auditorium there. He said he told them to "show the 1100,000." Chairman Wilcox said that he re garded it as the duty, of the Commis sion to select a block owned by the city, if such is available. He said that, in his opinion, nothing less than a block should be considered. As the Lincoln Hlg-h School block, at Fourteenth and Morrison streets, can not be had for at least two years, be cause the Jloard of Education will need it that long, that block is virtually eliminated from further consideration. The only entire block left is that bounded by Second. Third, Market and Clay streets, commonly known as the "OM Market block." It Is regarded as certain that this will be the location of the auditorium, provided the members of the Commission are satisfied that the title is absolutely clear. This is the place favored by Mayor Simon, who named the Commissioners and who called them together yesterday after noon. ' Tbe Commissioners will await the fil ing of an opinion as to the legal status of the project, after which they will meet at once and proceed. At the same time, they will scrutinise the list of city property to be submitted by Sec retary Wlegand and will endeavor to determine the location soon. 1190 BIDDERS GET BONDS Whole Canal Issue Sold at Figure in Excess of 102.21. WASHINGTON, June 20. A final tabulation of tbe bids for the $50,000, 000 Issue of the 8 per cent Panama bonds indicates that 1 1,330,600 were taken at 103 and upwards; S18.698.S00 from 102.75 to 103.$: $11,019,600 from 103 60 to 102.74: 1. 568.800 from 102.25 PORTLAND GIRLS GRADUATE 3Iary IlewU and Marjrarct Kasaell Finish at Wellesley and Smith. BOSTOX. Mass.. June 10. (Special.) Two Portland girls today received the bachelor of. arts degree in New Eng land colleges. At Wellesley. Miss Mary Lawrence Hewett was graduated tn a record class. Bhe entertained a group of relatives and friends during tbe commsticemlsnt festivities. At North Hampton today. Miss Mar garet Helen Russell, of Portland, re ceived her degree from Smith Col lege. Miss Russell has been promi nent In student affairs. She waa a member of the Blue Pencil Club, an or ganisation of writers, and of other so rorities. Wearing white dresses, with out tbe academic cap and gown, the seniors received their degrees in sim ple ceremonies. It is the duty of every expectant mother 1 to prepare her system for the coming of her little one; to avoid S3 far as possible the suffering of such occasions, and endeavor to Eass through the crisis with her ealth and strength unimpaired. This, she may do through the use of Mother's Friend, a remedy that bas been so long in use, and accom plished so much good, that it is in no sense an experiment, but a prep aration which always produces the best results. It is for external ap plication and so penetrating in ita nature as to thoroughly lubricate every muscle, nerve and tendon involved during the period before baby comes. It aids nature by expanding the skin and tissues, re lieves tenderness and soreness, and perfectly prepares the system for natural and safe motherhood. Mother's Friend has been used and endorsed by thousands of mothers, and its use will prove a comfort and a benefit to any woman in need of such a remedy. Mother's EPSU'-iS MOTHERS Write for free TT book for expect- FRltaNDit ant mothers ' which contains much valuable in formation. BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO, Atlanta, Ga. . . Consisting of Queen Wilhelmina (Shetland) Princess of Sunnybrook (Colt) Brand New Pony Cart New Set of Harness To Be Given FREE August Fifteenth Jll H 1 v J . . i if -V - s ! Conditions" Call at either store and ask for card showing particulars. Keep all your tickets. The more you have the better your opportunity to win. F BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILL STORE Third and Morrison Third and Stark to 102.49, and a little less than I1.42S, 000 from 102.21 to $102.24. Of the 10.000 bids received 1199 will be accepted. The successful bidders ..-(11 Ka ItifnrnmH in A. fltiT or tWO. and will have until July 15 to qualify for the bonds. It has Deen aeterminea the National City Bank of New York: will ret $1,000,000, and Joseph Pulitser will rt $1,000,000. The other large bids will stand as first announced. Seattle Freshman Honored. BRUNSWICK. Me., June 20. Robert D. Leigh, of Seattle, Wash., a freshman at' Bowdoln Collere, is this year's prize winner in the annual public speaking contests held each season at commence ment time. The prize Is the gift of Congressman D. S. Alexander of Buf falo. N. Y. Edlefsen's high-grade Coal. " Your Warranty Deed Is Only as Good as the ABSTRACT Says It Is Just remember this, Mr. Small Home Buyer. Bear it in mind, Mr. Private Money Lender. A warranty deed only conveys title to property. There is nothing in a warranty deed that indicates whether the party making the transfer of the property has a full legal right to do so. Or -whether the property is absolutely free from incumbrance. You may agree to bay or loan money on real estate, thinking it free from- any indebtedness. But there might be a mortgage a judgment a street assessment unpaid taxes against it for large sums. And the seller might not even know that these clouds existed. That's why the responsible abstracter is becoming more and more of an important factor in every real estate deal. There's only one way to be absolutely safe Every time you buy or loan on real estate stipulate that the abstract be issued by one of our members Don't run the risk of losing your investment whether it be through ignorance "on your part or dishonesty on the part, of some one else. REAIEMBER, that the irresponsible abstracter hasn't access to the information that will help him to give a complete and con cise history of the title. That if he does give you an incomplete abstract and you lose money through it, you must bear the loss he hasn't anything for you to recover from. That a complete abstract plant, with its complete equipment its properly classi fied information indexes, references and valuable records u the only place a reliable abstract can be compiled. And that the members of this association 'are concerns of financial responsibility. 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