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THE MOIiT-G OIl'EGO'NTA'NV FKTDAT, 7TU1TS 2& 1911 ANTI-TRUST MOVE TO BEGIN AT ONCE Government to Prosecute AH Combines Not Obeying Sherman Law. SECRET AGENTS AT WORK la 3Uny IsMincr InTtlcatloa of Alleged Monopoly I Coins Ahead In Down Stales at Sans Time. WASHTNGTOV. July S7. The te eartnient of Jostle la planning Imrnf Hate prosecution of all trusts or mo inpollet which do not dissolve or take tf.er t-p to obey the Shaman antl Iruit Uw, a It had been Interpret ,n th Standard Oil. tobacco and pow Jer trust cases. Attorney-General tvirkershsm U authority for tha state ment. To make tha Sherman law effective tha departments' anti-trust bureau la now belrr worked to It capacity. Probably 100 complalnta of existing monopolies restraints or Illegal agree ments to control tha prlca of commodi ties, ranging from feather dustera to telephones, ara being Investigated. Secret agents of th bureau nave been scattered all over tha country and in many Instances an Investigation of an alleged trust la going on In adoien states at th sara time. On of th promised reault of thle policy Is that th Government will hav In tha courts befor th end of th cal tnd.tr year probably a doaen anti-trust suits. In a broad sens, th Govern ment's anil-trust actions may be dl vtded Into two classes thoe to which I he Sherman law. as Interpreted by th Supreme Court, directly applies, and Ihose where th additional question of control of property by ownership of patents Is Involved. Th cases now pending against tha rlectrlcal trut and th proceedings isaloat th rnlted States Machinery Company present questions regarding patents. MURDER MOTIVE MYSTERY Why Sidney Colo Slew Sacramento Stenographer Is TTnexpIalned. sam rRANCisco. July ST. why Jtdnrr Col, who was hlme!f slain by a sheriff's posse, shot and killed Anna ruiier. a Pacramento stenographer. Is still unexplained. Col cam to this city July and registered at th Metropolitan Hotel. II made his headquarters at th Ar lington saloon but waa quiet and kept lo himself so much so that th ac quaintances ba mad knw very UtU of hltn. . . . . Teopl living In th neighborhood of th murder hav Identified Col as a man who was often seen In th pre ceding th traa-edv. gastng at th house where Miss Dudley lived. Th young woman evidently waa not awar of his presence In the city, for she mad no mention of him and ahowed no con sciousness that she waa In danger. Th bodies of th murdrd woman and her slayer, remain at tha eoroner'a. Th body of th woman will b aent to Eureka. BAILEY QUITS COMMITTEE rroredure In Investigation IoeS) Not riease Texan. WASHINGTON. July IT. because he goes not bellev In th senate a meinoa . . ..1,1.- i..Hmnni In Investigations. V k ui.iiia . ...... - -. ... - Senator Bailey today resigned from tha committee on privileges and elections. He made no explanation to th Senate. and the resignation waa accyii '" To his friends Bailey said afterward that he could not consent lo nter upon th work desired In th Investigation of th charges against Senator Stephen son. "I bsv been nppolnted on the sub committee to consider th Stephenson case." he said. "My conviction la that the strict rules of evidence should con- i .it .- innniri The Senate does not obnerv such rules, but admits all kinds of matter. I cannot see my way clear to neciae a case ok sum nltude on such a basis. LEWIS ACCUSES CORTELYOU erond-Cls Privilege Ieelared Sword Hanging; Over Publisher. WASHTNOTOS'. July 17. That ex-rostmaster-General Cortelyou "abso lutely brok his word" and that "tha second-class mall privilege Is a sword which th PostolTlc Department keeps bacgtng over th heads of publishers to keep them from opening their mouths against postoltlc officials." was declared today by E. O. Lewis, president of th Lewis Publishing Company, of St. Louis, before th post 'iff lee expenditures committee. . "Mr. Cortelyou broke his word with me." said Mr. Lewis, -both In regard to the fraud order which he Issued aralnst our bank and also as to th order aaatnst our Woman's Magazine. II promised us heartnga In both cases, but did not glv us any cbanc at all." MARKETERS HEAR ORATORY Pea Mol nee Mayor Talks on Food Trust While. Housewives Buy. PES MOrvrS. la, July J7. House wives received oratory fre of chars whll they bought potatoes and other firm produce at greatly reduced rates frrm hucksters bv the City Hall lawn today. Mayor Hanna and Commis sioner Schramm spoke to a crowd twice as large as that which scrambled to th farm wagons during th open ing of tha municipal market place Tuesday. Mayor Hanna criticised th Tocal food trust" and promised permanent relief in a market house to be built by tha city. CORPORATIONS MUST PAY Penalty for Xegleet of License Will Be "enforced. SALEM. Or, July 17. Spclal. "Many corporations now transacting business In this state appear not to To awar tit at thr la any penalty at tached to 1 ail ox t CI reports and pay annual license feea promptly." said Secretary of Stat Olcott today. Ha continued: "As a matter of fact tha penalty clause seems to have been overlooked by this office, as well as by th public I find, however, that th law. after designating th datea on which reporta shall be filed and li cense fa paid, provides: Any seen corporation faJllaa or refusing to reader ssch statement, or to amend th same srnea required to do so by the Sec retary of Slate, la case tne same shall be Incomplete. Irregular or unsatisfactory, r to pay such license fee. for more than : dare after the limes above specified, or isr corporation. Joint stork, company. or ass-tclatlon doing boelness In this slate contrary to this act shall be llaoie to m fin of ($100 one hundred dollars, to be recorered. together with any license fee due. by aa action at law In the name of the state, to be Instituted by any district attorney of the Stat at request of th secretary of State. "It has been th practice In th past for corporations who business baa been unprofitable to Ignor their an nual lleens tees and wait for two years to b dissolved by th Oovernor. How ever, th law Is plain, and I believe It to be th duty of th Secretary of State to Institute proceedl nga against all da llnquent corporations. "The law provldea a method by which corporations may b dissolved In regu lar form after paying accrued license charges, with-Interest. In the future I propose enforcing the law, which will make It cheaper to dissolve a corpora tion In th legal way than In any other way." PORTUGAL IS WORRIED REPtBUCAX GOVER"iIEXT PREPARES FOR INVASION. Powerful Political Society Ready to Aid Administration Against Monarchist Host. LISBON. JaTy 17. The monarchist Invasion of Portugal from tha north to be followed by a peasant uprising, which had been expected dally, haa nob yet materialised. Th provisional ad ministration and financial Interests are kept worried, not knowing th hour when th projected counter revolution will begin. Lua d'Almeida. chief of tha secret political society, known as the Kar bonalrs. on of th most powerful In fluences supporting th government, baa left Lisbon for the Gallclan fron tier to assist in the defensive meas ures. Numerous Kar bonalrs are with him and It baa been arranged that he ahall have 1000 members of th society at hla call, who dally maintenance la to be paid by th state. Tha government actually haa on th northern frontier 10.000 men. The monarchists aay they have upwards of js.seo ready to Invade Portugal, but thee flgurs ar reduced by more re liable Information to between SOO and 4000 adherents. It la said that big subscriptions to tha cause hav been received from Bra zil, as well as from th nobility and tha landed proprietors of Portugal, most of whom ar now living abroad. LOOTERS PAY PENALTY CONSPIRATORS WHO ROB BANK GET YEAR IX PRISON. Ctah Caahler mod Associate Who Planned Bogus Holdup Pall to Sustain Story. SALT LAKE CITT, July 17. Th finish of a sensational bank looting conspiracy occurred today In th District Court at Tooele, when pleaa of guilty were en tered by 8. I. Shafer. George H. Hlggs and A. B. Walton to a charge of em b exilement, and each received sentencs of one year in atate a prison. Shafer. cashier of th Tooele Commer cial Bank, was found lying within tha bank on June 7. bound and gagged. - H told a story of having been attacked by a "tall and a short man. and a check lng up of the bank'a funda abowed that close to 110.000 had been taken. Statements wrung from Shafer led to tho arrest of Hlggs. who succeeded Shafer as cashier, and Walton, a Bait Lake business man. Confessions wer mad by th men that they had planned the holdup scheme. Following the arraignment of the thre men today, their attorneys made a plea for mercy, laying stress upon tn point thst all of th money had been returned to the bank befor tha defendants wer arrested. WARSHIP IS REQUESTED AMERICAN; GCNBOAT DISPATCH. ED TO JEREMIE, HAYTI. Foreign CltUens In Town Threat ened by RevolutlonJaU, Fear . Heavy Bombardment. PORT AC PRINCE. July 17. Th American cruiser Des Moines, wnicn ar rived here Wednesdsy. received a wire. ie. dienatch from Jeremle. signed by the American. French. German and Do minican Consuls there, saying that a bombardment was expected at any mo ment and asking that a snip oe sent ira mediately to protect foreign cl tlx ens. Tha American run boat Petrel, re spondlng. left her for Jeremle yester day. Th wireless dispatch was transmit ted to th Des Moines by ths German steamship Prlns Slgtsmund. which left Jeremle for New Tork Wednesday morning. Th message said further that Tlburon. on th southwestern coast, and the district of Grand Ansl. wer In rvolt- KING RECEIVES AVIATOR Report of Illness of George V Prove Without Foundation. LONDON. July 17. There Is no foun dation for th reporta circulated In th t'nlted States that King George Is I1L He received Andr Beaumont, th French aviator, this morning, and for 20 minutes discussed th air man's flight around Great Britain. BODY OF GIRL IS FOUND (Continued From Wret Page) abouta or for the recovery of ber body. The feature of th caa that puxsled th poltc was th complete absence) of a clew, from th beginning. Th girl left her horn at I o'clock In th evening, and all trace of her ended there. No on ever haa been found who afterward, saw her ail re. T. B. MAY TESTIFY Ex-President Wanted by In vestigators of Steel. PERKINS ALSO WITNESS Former Partner of Morgan 'fvill Be Asked About Events Leading Up to Absorption of Ten nessee Company. NEW TORK. July 27. George W. Perkins, former partner of J. P. Mor gan Co.. chairman of the finance committee of tha International Har vester Company, and a member of the board of directors of th United States Steel Corporation, Is to be summoned befor th steel trust committee of Inquiry Of th House of Representa tives now In session here. This was determined on at an execu tive meeting of tha committee which has transferred Its field of activity from Washington. Just how soon Mr. Perkins will be called haa not been determined. The committee expects to renew to morrow Its probing Into the absorp tion of tha Tennessee Coal A. Iron Company by the United States Steel Corporation d'trlng th financial panic of 101. Mr. Perkins will be asked what he knows about events leading up to that transaction, and there are many other bankers, brokers and steel corpora tion men in New York, who were In terested In events of that time, who are to be summoned. Ex-President Roosevelt, to whom Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of the United States Steel Corporation, and Henry C Frlck-appealed when the deal to tak over tha Tennessee Com pany and Its vast resources was planned, may be a witness. Representative Stanley, of Kentucky, chairman of tha committee, would not commit himself as to the calling of Mr. Roosevelt. When asked If tha former chief ex ecutive would appear before the com mittee the chairman raised hla eyes toward th ceiling, and said: "I have not yet thoroughly digested that subject. The Tennessee Coal A Iron Company transaction, however. Is to b thoroughly investigated." Bonaparte Explains " Delay. BALTIMORE. July 17. In a dispatch to the Evening Sun. ex-Attorney-General Bonaparte declared that while he was Attorney-General the Department of Justice recommended action against th Harvester trust, but that the suit was postponed, pending the conclu sion of an Inquiry by the Bureau of Corporations, which waa requested by the Senate. Mr. Bonaparte's dispatch was dated St. Andrew. N. B. . HIKERS CHOOSE OFFICERS Plans Are Discussed for Erection of Clubhouso Xear Hood. Forty members of the T. M. C A. Hikers' Club met last night at dinner. discussed old times and plana for tha future, and elected officer for th en suing year. The officers are: President, T. F. Dye: vice-president, L. D. Boslul: secretary, H. G. Strayer. Plana ar being made to purchase a block of ground at Government Camp near tha base of Mount Hood and erect on it a permanent clubhouse. Already ISSO haa been subscribed by members of th club. The cost of the ground and proposed clubhouse will be approximate ly 11600. The subscription list was opened after the ascent of Mount Hood a week ago. when 11 T. M. C. A. lads made the climb. Most of those present at last night's meeting have climbed Mount Hood with parties from the Hikers Club. AUTOS RUINED BY BLAZE Garage on Adolph Dekntn Estate Va ulted by Oily Waste, Is Belief. Six automoblleg were wholly or par tially destroyed and aggregate dam- age of about IIS, 000 waa done by a fire which Drone out at noon yester day In the garage of Frank Bennett, at Fourteenth and Tamhlll streets. The fir Is supposed to have started from oily rags used In cleaning tha ma chines. Tha time of the blaze did not exceed half an hour. The building formerly belonged to the, Adolph Dekum estate, and is now owned by the Sweeney In vestment Company. It was an old frame structure formerly occupied by the Oregon Road Club. The Dekum homestead adjoins the garage and was. threatened by the fierce flames. It Is occupied by Mrs. B. Burdlck as a boarding-house. A canvas tent, used by the Seventh Day Adventlsts. waa pulled over by the fire department In stringing hose. James Kirk and Herbert Bach, em ployes of the garage, did good work in saving one machine from the burning building. They were returning for a second car, but wer warned out by the firemen. F, EARLY WINNINGS LEAD TO MORTGAGING HOMES. Promised "Small Fortune" Goes Glimmering: and Two Men Are Out 916,000 on Deal. KANSAS CITT, Mo., July 27. A man said his name waa Mori an and that he was one of two Iowa farmers who mortgaged their homes for $16,000 and sent the money to "J. B. Haggins In Chicago, who was to bet It on a horse race and "cleanup" a small fortune, came here today to get $8000, th amount he put up, and his share of the winnings. Ha has failed to find "Mr. Haggins." Acoordlng to the story told to J. A. Runyan. of th Kansas City Commer cial Club by Morlan, a "J. B. Haggins of Chicago." several months ago visited his section of Iowa and made friends with Morlan and his neighbor. Later the two often sent him small amounts of money, which "Haggins" would bet on horse races. The farmers won many times the amount of money bet. A short time ago, on the promise of winning a fortune, the farmers mort gaged their homes for $8000 each and forwarded the money to "Haggins." A few days later he wrote them he had won and asked them to meet him In Kansas City and get the money." FEW NEW PEERS NEEDED "DIE HARD" PARTY FAILS TO HOLD MEMBERS IX USE. Rally of Extremists Has Effect of Cementing; Moderates In Sup port of Lansdovrne. LONDON, July 27. It Is becoming Increasingly evident that the "die hards" will not be able "to deliver the goods," or. In other words, to poll their peers to anything like the ex tent asserted, and that the Govern ment will not be forced to create a large number of peers. If any, in order to carry the veto bill. The effect of last night's rally at the dinner given In honor of the Earl of Halsbury, leader of the insurgent lords, haa been to send the whole com pany of moderates scurrying Into th ranks of Lord Lansdowne's adherents, who this afternoon totalled In the neighborhood of S00. The Government Is going to give the unionists plenty of time in which to compose their differences. .Premier As 'qulth. desirous as his opponents to avoid swamping the upper house with new barons, will not force a crisis so long as events are tending In his direc tion. There are even rumors of an early adjournment of parliament befor final action on the veto bill and a ses sion In the Autumn, by which time It is thought that the tension may ba entirely abated. OUR Sale Annual , OF MEN'S FURNISHINGS Cluett and Manhattan Shirts $1.50 Shirts, now $2.00 Shirts, now .....$1.15 .,.......$1.35 $2.50 Shirts, now ... $3.00 Shirts, now ...... $1.75 ... $1-95 Our own label shirts, stiff cuffs, soft and pleated bosoms: $1.50 Shirts, now , ... .98 $2.00 Shirts, now ......- $1.25 SPECIAL SALE. $1.50 and $2.00 Soft French Cuff Shirts, now $1.15 As in All Our Sales, the Above Reductions Are Bona Fide BEN .JiLj II LEADING CLOTHIER Forest Grove Invites Barrett. FOREST GROVE. Or.. July J7. (Spe cial.) The Commercial Club and Presi dent Ferrln. of Pacific University, have Invited John Barrett. Director-General of the Pan-American Union, to visit Forest Grove on his coming visit to Portland and address a mass meeting of citizens. A public reception will be held on the college campus. STOLEN GIRL RESCUED MEMBER OF SLAVE GAN'G 4JDS CAMFORXIA OFFICER. Romantic Elopements Fart of Plot by Which Victims Are Obtained to Be Sold Later. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27. Helen Whltaon, a 17-year-old school glrlj stolen from her mother's home In this city by white slavers, has been rescued from a retreat In the Santa Cruz moun tains, by F. H. Depue, head of the state bureau of criminal Identification. Information leading to the rescue was furnished by a member of the gang, who has been working on the case with Depne during the last ten days. Three men, whose names are withheld have been arrested and charged with abduction. Depue said today that the trio be longed to a band who have ample funds at their command and obtain their victims by romantic elopments. The girls are then taken to distant cities and sold as slaves at rates vary in gfrom760 to1500JQienen ducting the Whitson girl were waiting for the search to blow over in order to remove her from the state. The Federal immigration authorities cannot prosecute such cases unless state lines have been crossed and the course of the kidnappers Is now being traced. keep cool cHneaip shi $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 irts $1.15 $1.35 $1.75 $1.05 2e0 $2,85 shirts shirts shirts shirts shirts shirts saaaksirtaa, e. A w. and claet neckwear $ .50 ties $ .35 $1.00 ties $ .65 $1.50. ties $ .05 nightshirts nightshirts, $10 values . ..85 underwear $1.50 underwear $1.10 $2.50 underwear $1.75 $3.00 underwear $2.10 $4.00 underwear $2.75 $5.00 underwear $3.75 $10 underwear $7.50 two-piece sal onto salts. straw Unats lh -price o Tl umio 331 Washington street, betweeen 6th and 7th sts. imperial hotel building Lennon's 13th Great GLOVES, 494 VALVES TO $1.25 PARASOL IN THE BOUSE LUSTROUS SILK LISLE Tho Onyx Hosiery Shop Gloves 49c Pair , The lot offered includes: 16-button length lisle. 16-button length chamoisette. 2-clasp chamoisette. 2-clasp Lisle. .2-clasp silk. There's nearly every color, and, though sizes are broken in some of the styles, some lines have all sizes. Any pair in this lot is a be'tter-than-elsewhere valuo at 49c the pair. The long gloves are actual former 1 and $1.25 values. Parasols at Half Have a distinctive sunshade which means GET IT AT I.EXVOX'S. Pay only half price now which means GET IT AT LEXSOX'S. Choice of uny parasol in our store for Friday at half regular price. Women's Hose 19c Very fine Silk Lisle Hose in all sizes and the most want ed colors. A decisive special for Friday only, pair, 19 309 Morrison Street Si '(fOR GLOVES AND UMBflELLASj Gloves for the Populace Opposite Fostoffice ' Everybody Admires a Beautiful Complexion. DR. T. FELIX GOURAUD'S Oriental Cream OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER Jin Indispensable and Delightful mYfmmm Toilet Requisite for Fashionable Women. A dally necessity for the ladles' toilet whether at home or while traveling. It protects the skin from Injurious effects of the elements, elves a wonderfully ef fective beauty to the complexion. It is a perfect non-greasy Toilet Cream and pos itively will not cause or encourage the growth of hair which all ladies should guard against when selecting a toilet pre paration. When dancing, bowling or oth er exertions heat the skin. It prevents a greasy appearance. ' Gouraud's Oriental Cream Has been highly recommended by physicians, act resses, singers and women of fashion for over half a centurv and cannot be sur- Bassed when preparing for daily or even lg attire. , . e,., (iouraua'S oriental uit. m umra u IMseasea and relieves Sunburn. Removes Tan. Pimples, Blackheads, Moth Patches. Rash. Freckles and Vulgar Redness. Yellow and Muddy Skin, giving a delicately clear and refined complexion which every woman desires. jVO. 11 f or Scue oy itus5It emu. rmw.? wuis Ferd. T. Hopkins, Prop., 37 Great Jones Street, New York. i.T.HOPKlTWfc .