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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1912)
THE MOIIXIXG. OREGOXIAX". TUESDAY. MAT 21. 1912. 5 BEET SUGAR KING'S INTERESTS MYRIAD More Than Hour Consumed in Telling Government Posi sitions Held by Morey. METHODS ARE DESCRIBED Offk-lal. In IVfWal Suit for DImo- halion of American Sncar Refln Ing Company. Say He Wanted tn Nell riant. .NKTV TOKK. Mar I1 Chester 8. Slrrr. f fnver. a dominant f!ur In tha beet suirar industry for the last decade. ti the (ionrnmrl'i first a liners tvUr In the dissolution ult acaliitt tha Ameruan Miaar Keflnln rimiMinr and others alleged to con stltute a monopoly tn restraint of trade. Before railing Storey. Assist ant District Attorney Knapp Introduced documentary erldenro to fhow Morey had been president of lx beet n companies In Colorado, all of whtrh were nrcanlu-d In 1901-03 and dis solved simultaneously on April J, lit'. Morey cava his oerupation a presi dent of the lireat Western guitar Com pany." an office, ha said, ha had held rlnre He waa also president, ha said, of the Sterling Fuirar Company and micht have been president of an other company, he waa not sure. Morey also raid he had been president or tna Morgan County Construction Company from t oraanliatlon to tha present time and he aas president of Bllllncs Sutir ComDany. Most of those com panics were capitalised at from 35u.- 0 to $1,500,000. Many I'aaltlaaa l.'cl. More than an hour was consumed In KlTtng a list of tha ofllr he held and the dates ha a sumed them. He waa ireneral man ager of the Great Western bunar Cora pany. a New Jersey corporation, opera tins; the Faton. Greely. Windsor. Kort Collins. Loveland. Lonsrmont. bierling, Unis-i and Fort Moriin plants In Col orado. They have a capacity of from (o to ISO tons of sua-sr. The Rllllns.3 l-usar Company has a plant at BHHnta. Mont., and tha Scotts Wlurr sugar com pany at Scotta Bluff. Neb. Seven teen other companies were operated la Colorado, ha aald. In response to a question Mr. Morey dracrtbed in detail tha organisation of tha Great Western Company, which la sued :J.K0.0 of stock, tha method of manufacture, tha raisins of bests and tbalr handlinc "Who waa tha nrst nan to approach yoo reKardlCa tna purchase of your plant by tha American Sugar Refining Company or Henry O. llavemeyerT was asked. "Mr. Granger. I believe. Thla was early In 103. when tlie Greeley plant waa still building. Aa I recall It ha aald tha American company had bought a factory altta at Greeley and I told him I was glad to hear of It." Chaaee U -Too, would. have been glad to hare a competitor put a plant beslda yon re?" Vh. do, I waa ready to get out of tha business. 1 waa a wholesale gro cer and had been drawn Into It and I thought 1 would have an opportunity to sell out." -IMn"t you know that the American Fugar Iteflnery Company had bought an Interest In t'tah companies and tha I.oveland Company and Intended to buy an Interest tn all the beet sugar com panies In the Vnlted State?" "I didn't know what they were going to do." MILWAUKIE WANTS WATER City riant la Katowd ljr Major of Snbarb Ball Ran Tap Vrpcd. MILWAUKIK. Or.. May 10. (Spe cial. iMavnr Strlrb favors a municipal water plant and the Introduction of Bull Run water by means or a main connecting with ona of the Mount Ta bor reservoirs. He thinks that an eight or ten-Inch main laid to Milwaukle will giro ample pressure for both fire snd domestic purposes. As the first steps toward a municipal water plant. SUyor 8trleb has appointed a special committee from the Milwaukle Coun cil to make a thorough Investigation of the proposition. "I am a firm believer In a city water plant." aald Mayor fcUrleh. "and I think we shall Initiate a measure at the next election providing for a bond Issue to establish such water works. Portland has more water than It ran use for years to come, and we may be sble to get Bull Run water. Portland In a few years will annex Milwaukle anyway, and will have to extend Its water system up here." ONLY TWO ARE DROWNED Lives of Three Children A rp Saved b Pnlmofor Machine) at Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Msv :. The po lUa are assured that only two persons acre ilrownrd In yesuerday'a accloont at the Coleman Pock, when the gang plank "-f th steamer Flyer collapsed, throwing v persons Into the water. All the persons missing last night have bcn accounted for thus far. Only five persons remained in the Cltv Hos pital over night, and Done of these Is severely hurt. Of the multitude of Mystic Shrlners visiting Seattle, only five from Denver, suffered the misfortune to be Involved In the mishap, and these escaped with a wetting. The Uvea of three children were saved by the pulraotor machine. tXalr Admitted to Probate. OREGON CITT. Or.. May JO Spe cial The estate of Herbert M. Car' penter. who owned valuable timber lands, waa admitted to probata by County Judge Beatle today. Isaac K. htaplea was appointed administrator. Klegel A Reynolds were the attorneys. The estate la valued at 1:0.000. Jda K. J uod waa named administratrix in the estate of E. E. Judd. which was admit ted to probate today. Tha estate is valued at ! Two Laborers Drown. SPOKANE. Wash.. May 10. Two la borers empioved in the ronatruction of a bMilse across the Sp kane River near here. Kair K. Regis, ot Boise. Idaho, snd a man nan.) Plttir.an. were drowned totla.' wnen C-e bat tn which t..ey were craseing the stream over turned. Two others In the boat at tha time saved themselves. If you, only "knew what pleasure the Victor-Victrola brings into your home, youldn't be without one for a single J The invention of the VICTROLA ranks with the really great achieve ments of the age. With the invention of printing a means was provided for conveying thought and Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will gladly play any music you wish to hear. Victor-Viclrolas -$15 to $200 Victors, $10 to $100 Victor Talking Machine Company Camden,, N. J. preserving it. The telegraph provides for the instantaneous transmission of words, but does not preserve them. The camera catches the most minute and complex expressions and scenes which the eye can assimilate, and preserves them, but appeals to sight alone. The telephone transmits our voices, but does not record them. The Victrola is unique, and has no substitute, for it reproduces the voice or the beautiful music of the Masters, and in addition, preserves it for all time. You want one of these marvelous Victrolas in your home. You need it. Use it as you do the books, pictures, telegraph and telephone but come here to secure it. We have a large and well-kept stock, maintain a quick and efficient service, and are in a position to grant you the most liberal terms. Steinway and Other Pianos Morrison at Sixth yon : if: BP fell nllltoii ill iilil fl 1, J ? I j 8 ill !lp Victor-Viclrola XVI, $200 Mahogany or quartered oak OS Morrison at Sixth Apollo and Other Player Pianos BORDER FIGHT NEAR Federal Forces Press Close to American Line. CAPTURED REBELS SHOT San Ignacio In Hands of Government Soldier and Insurgents Taken xcculd Vnlted States Troops Gnard Line. FABENS. Tex- May ID. Mrxtro'a revolution, after a lapse of several weeks, moved close today to the Amer ican border attain and a battle within a short distance of the line Is though to be Imminent. A company of the Eighteenth Infan try and a troop of tha Fourth Cavalry arrived here today to prevent Mexi cans from crossing tha border. The general confusion that exists as to the exact location of the boundary line here may produce complications. Rebel Berageea Arrceted. A forerunner of what might occur tomorrow waa the arrest today by t'olnnel Steever of three rebel refugees. They were turned over to a I'nlted Sistrs Marshal and charged with vio lating the Immigration laws of this country ty entering at a plaoe not designated as a port of entry. Colonel Steever will pursue the aama course with regard to all Federals or rebels. Many AmerUan residents, fearing that the rehels might resist arrest and causa trouble, moved tonight to EI '"Volonal tUeever personally will di rect tha movements of the American troops. Rebels Pat la Fllgbt. Major Louis Punches, commanding I.'.o federals, took an Ignaclo. opposite Fort Hancock. Tex., without resistance. Captain Alago Harala and four other rebels were captured. Barala was Im mediately executed as a deserter from the federal army. The federals rushed into Uuadalupe at daybreak. Tha SO rebels there fled. One waa killed and four were caught. The others escaped to Juarex. The federals who took Guadalupe are anxtous to avoid a battle near tha American line, and their forces. In stead of waiting at Ouadalupe. prob ably will go out to meet the rebels In the night- It la estimated that abont 00 men mar be engaged on both aides I many of the farmers who had sold their brewing barley to buyers here for prices ranging in the vicinity of $1. I later Ignored them, aliening that the price immediately Jumped to $.&0 and f .1.(0. .due to speculation at their ex pense. Litigation to the extent of f 100. 000 followed, representing the differ ence tn the contract price and the price that the grain was to sell at time of delivery. Numerous cases are yet pend ing In tha courts of this stat. This year the contracts will be a two party stipulation, made effective at the time of purchase, at which time there may be no payment or no dellvery. Formerly a contract might be cancelled If no delivery or payment waa received. There la -considerable speculation this year Just what attitude the farmers of this locality will take regarding the barley market. Today brewing barley la selling at f 1.(0, with tha promise of a crop that will be less than (0 per cent of ll I. Ill NO BISHOP IS ELECTED METHODIST COXTEREXCT. XOT YET FAST DEADLOCK. CONTRACTS WILL BIND NOW Fanner ar Iamlston to Have) Dif ficulty Jumping Agreements. LEWTsfTON". Idaho, May !0. (Spe cial.) That the farmera of this local ity will bare a hard time to Jump their contracts this year Is clearly evident from the fact that grain buyers are now having printed blank contracts which, cn every case, are far more binding than last year, and much hard er to btak in limes wnen speculation apnea rJ-v Went. Jast s ear La uu LMWiston country Dr. V. O. Slwppard. of Chicago, High on rk-renth Ballot With 431 Vole 53S Necessary. MINNEAPOLIS. May 20. Delegates to the general conference of tha Meth odist Episcopal Church again failed to elect a second bishop of the eight or dered chosen at this session when tha seventh ballot was announced today. Dr. W. O. Sheppard. of .Chicago, is high, with 132 votes, but It requires 533 votes for a choice. At tha close of tha seventh ballot another waa taken, tha result of which will be announced later. According to a statement made to the general conference seven of tha church papers In tha last quadrlennlum have shown a net loss of S97.010.52. One paper, according to tha report, made a profit ot $4517.33. The scheduled night session -eras given over to the Freedmen'a Aid So ciety, Bishop David H. Moore presid ing. According to the report the society haa Si schools and during the quad rennlum JU8.4TT has been expended in the building and equipment. It was announced that Andrew Carnegie had given $19,000 to tha society and that tha Indebtedness had been reduced from $104.303. S9 to $3S.48 0. The conference adopted the report of the episcopacy committee advocat ing the continuation In the active service of the seven missionary bishops and the division of tha United States into sones for the episcopate super vision. Hence Makes Good Ran. ASTORIA. Or.. May 30. SpeciaD Secretary Lorntsen, of tha Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Union, received a letter this morning from Erlck Wilson, tha union's delegate with the Columbia River Packers' As sociation cannery crew at Chlgnlk Bay, Alaska, The letter is dated May and says the ship Reuca made a good run from here to her destination, that the weather is One and everyone waa welL Fishing had not commenced, but all handa were busy getting ready for tha season. The letter also stated that none of the stowawaya who went to Cbig nix on the various vessels of the sal mon fleet were able to secure employ ment anj a collection was being taken up to raise money to sand them home. JURORS Darrow Case Adjourned Until Next Wednesday. P ER EMPTOR I ES ARE USED DefcnBc and State Both Challenge Talesmen George X. Ijockwood Probably First Witness) to Bo Called in Trial. LOS ANGELES. May 20 Seat num ber 13 In tha Jury box t was the only unoccupied one when a brief session of tha Darrow bribery trial was ad journed this afternoon after the spe cial venire drawn Saturday had been exhausted and a new one ordered. Ad journment was taken to Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The 11th Juror, Elijah B. Lefler. of Los Angeles, was chosen soon after the trial was rsumed at 3 o'clock this after noon. Several ttmes It seemed that the remaining Juror had been . secured, but each time hope was ended -by a peremptory challenge. Feremptorles Are Vaed. In the afternoon the defense exer cised two such challenges and the state one. leaving three remaining to tha de fense and two to the prosecution. For the first time since the beginning of tha trial, only sworn Jurors were locked up for the night. Of the special venire of ten ordered Saturday, only four qualified as tales men snd all of them went out on chal lenges. Outside the fact that the first Impor- tant witness for the state probably will he George X. Lockwood. the Mc Namara Juror said to have been bribed, there is little" knowledge as to the other witnesses. Frsaklla W IU Testify. It is certain that Bert H. Franklin, the former McXaroara detective, will testify against Darrow, but at the Dis trict Attorney's office It was said to day that no decision had been made aR to using John II. Harrington, the Chicago lawyer, formerly associated with Darrow In the McNamara de fense. Officers connected with the prose cution also denied that Mrs. Ortie Mc Manigal. wife of the confessed dyna miter, would appear as a witness for the state. Between 40 and 50 state witnesses have been subpenaed. WILSON ASKED TO EXPLAIN Secretary's Son Is Appointed to $10,000 Job in Colorado. WASHINGTON. May 20. Represent ative Akin, of New Tork, has intro duced a resolution which would direct Secretary Wilson to report to the House the circumstances under which his son, Jasper Wilson, was appointed, at a re puted salary of $10,000, an employe of a Colorado irrigation company. The resolution also would call for the name of the person sent to the Philip pines from the United States to take charge of agriculture In those Islands, the salary he received and whether his appointment was arranged so that Jas per Wilson, then private secretary to Secretary Wilson, should be given the Irrigation, company place. It was re ferred to the committee on agriculture. Wife Charges Cruelty. OREGON CITY. Or., May 20. (Spe cial.) Florence Stevens Monday died suit for a divorce against Orville A. Stevens, alleging cruelty. They were married In Oregon City. September 23. 1903. The plaintiff asks the custody of two children, Moreta and Lucy A., and says she is willing for the de fendant to have the custody of Harriet M. and Marion H. Cake is sure to be light, tender, 'evenly raised and of just the right texture if you use Rumford. The most delicate fla vors are not injured Cakes are better in every Tray when you use Jl VV THE WHOLESOME THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BAY CITY WHY NOT? "A wink is as good as a nod to blind hosa." "A hint is as good a wink to a Mlssourian." Take a String place one end on Umatilla, where the O. R. X. atrikca the Colombia River. Xow place tbe other end on BAY CITY, on Tillamook Bar. and yon have the NATUBAC CHAXNEL for the traffic of the great Ialamd Empire. The great waterway of the West la skirted by the Harrtmaa and Hill lines (see on either side). These two empire bulldera are now correcting: the mistake of nature. The Columbia River iocs 50 miles out of the way to get to the Taclflc. IS IT AlfT WONDER why the RAILROAD EYES ARE FOCISED OX BAY CITYf Come in and let us explain to YOU why the Harriman line built to Bay City, and why the Ilill line has bought terminal grounds at Bay City. It's worth your while. Lots $65 to $1500 EASY TERMS BAY CITY LAND CO. 701-2--5 Spalding Building. . Best of Use Hlgn-Crssde Baking Powd Have Your Ticket Read "Burlington" When You Go East In Tourist Sleepers In planning your Eastern journey at the special excursion fares in effect each month during the Summer, inquire about these comfortable through tourist sleepers. They are operated on an through trains. The price for berths is just half that for standard sleepers. Your nearest agent or the undersigned will explain these excursion fares over the Burlington, reserve your berth and help you plan an attractive tour at the least cost. Every Day to Chicago Through tourist sleepers via Minneapolis-St. Paul and the fa mous Mississippi River Scenic Line where Nature Smiles. Three Hundred Miles operated over either Great Northern or Northern Pacific Railways. Every Day to St Louis, St Joseph, Omaia, Kansas Gty, Denver, Etc. Through tourist sleepers daily on all Great Northern and North ern Pacific trains via Billings for Southeastern cities iil jggl A. C, SHEI.OOX, General Agent C B. A l. H- R. 10O Third St., Portland, Or. 107.0