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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1912)
TTTT! MOTTVTXO OKFGOMATT. WEDNESDAY, !TAY 23. ivis. JOHN D. TELLS HOW HE SIGNED PROXIES Giving of Authority to Vote His Stock Frequent Matter of Routine. AIDES ARE RELIED UPON I nirrmfjrr, l.rprFDUa3 Vtrr Pierre Oil InirrrM, Sexere in Kami nation of Mandard Company Head. NEW YORK. Mar 2- John T. Rock feller, organ I r nd former prvaidmt of lb Standard Ol! Company, took tha wlm stand hr tbU afternoon In a uit throuiH which loa Standard In .rt ek to obtain control of th U'atfn-rtcrrt Company. The frt that tha 8tandard Oil kin" a to le.tify attract! a lara a rod to th butldina: at 37 Wail atr. tn hvarma lit bJzi h-li m the flie of hmuf t ntermyer. attorney fr the Watrrirrt Interest. o Urna mm the crowd that Mr. ftorke feller and his attendants wre obliged in ront tne.r way into tr foutldlna. etera-a-lvrV lriy Rraeakfrfi "Where do you llv. Mr. Kockef MUrT was tne Itrst qurstion of Mr. L'nter my er. "Io-ttntiro Hills Is my present rest i)ciit'." 4.o yoo rmfmrr executing a proxy for Wtrrs-i'icrce oil Company stuck T' "I do. "Who presented you the proxy?" "Sty secretary." "ImJ be tell you what be wanted the proxies rorr "lie did not." "tid you ask?" , "I did not." "Had you heard that there was controversy on at that time over the stock?" "Not at that time." Mr. HovkeCellT explained that he lined proxies almost every day. as sent from his of nee. o you know that there la frequent ly a contest over proxies? "Yea. 'How do you determine for which party you should sign?" rrway Maed la ttsatla. I have never found proxies sent from my oft)- that were not right for in to sian. There has never been any difficulty with them. I stern the proxies as a matter of routine," he answered. "They have a certain discretion In tne office and aa to what they shall send you to sign, haven t thy?" "They have been In my or flee for 30 r 3t ears. and they know my Invest ments and my affairs." "Have they Invested In them any dis cretion T I don't know that that question has ever rum up. said tho witness. "How much discretion I don I know. We have never been caught on signing proxies. Whatdoyu mean by being caught? "We bave never mai a mistake. "Yu mctn yu never have signed ny attalnM our Interest?" - Ve. ' el i lash Over Qefl. After his personal counsel. Ueorge W. Murray, had spoken a word to him In a low voice. Air. Rockefeller said he anew M. M. Van Huren and Walter r. Ta lr. to whom the proxies were at signed. Is there anythlna; on the far of that prosy to indicate how you are vot ing he was asked. Hers Is one of many proxies. began the witness. "You are not answering the ques tion," interrupted Mr. t'ntermeyer. "1 signed this proxy because It eame f'om some f the reorganlsera of the Mandard Oil Company. replied Mr. 1:.h kefrller. 1 assumed that these persons were the ones that were carry-ti-s: out the mandates of the court." Her the aters-lterce attorney wanted to know what persons he had a mind. As Mr. Rockefeller started to answer Mr. t'ntermeyer said sharply. "Name them." Attorney Murrav Interposed an ob jection that Mr. t'ntermeyer was not t.ncMioning the witness In a gentle- n anl v manner. "Mr. Rockefeller is quite capable of rrotecting htmeelf. retorted Mr. L'nter- myer. Jadaaseaf et Others) AeeepeaV The witness than named over Mr, jr-TsiL Mr. Bedford. Mr. Pratt. Mr. An hbold and Mr. Jennings as those en- tfced In the reorgantaatlon of tha M-tndard Oil Company. "I looked on thm as a gronp of men.' he explained, "tho were conduct i i the reoricantaation. I assumed that tii- gentlemen weie familiar with the k business and knew what was best, rnd I did not know what was best; I had to accept their judgment. t'revlous testimony at the hearing had iowo Mr. Rockefeller's holdings of Watrs-I1erc stock. amounting to about one-quartT of the total, were turned over to b voted In favor of the M.ndard Oil men aa officers of the Y ter-llerc Company. His proxies and thst of other standard Oil directors vrr turned down by the Inspectors at tne election at PC .Louts last February rn the ground thst to vote them would tvtve been In violation of a decree of the t'nlted fJtates Supreme Court. "Old you understand that hollin ef these gentlemen .added to your own. insisted a control of the Waters l ierc Company? continued Mr. L'nter never. l know that the Iterce Interests did i t have a cttntrol and that my bold I 'Ci liberated would give the gen tle n whose Interests were outside of Mr. Pierce s a conlroL" I terweer Iitvri Tbrenteatng. "You haven't answered my question." "I am unable to tell all the holdings f these gentlemen." said the witness. P TTllv, Mr. Rockefeller." almost shouted Mr. t'ntermeyer. "if we have got to stay h-re ail nijcht we will, because 1 ana S - ng to have my questions answered." "I didn t make any calculation. I rrt'le no study at all. I knew merely thrtt the axftregate of these outside Idtnas was in the neighborhood of r cent. "That doesn't s newer my question. . you know that the holdings of if iren In charge of the Standard OH -organisation, added to yours, make a Jor'.ly CI in urr-i irrct siock epated Mr. Cnterroeyer. "1 never made a computation, said . Rockefeller. crt through." threatened Mr. I'nter- p roner answers to these questions. single one. Rut I am going to gt t. b reiterated. Is not intrntionaL I am trying to answer the best I can." Rockefeller. said Mr. OREGON BIDS NURSERYMEN rortland Would Entertain National Contention in It IS. Nurserymen of the Nation, who as semble In Boston early In June, will be Invited to hold their 11J convention In Portland. J. B. Pltklna-ton will rep resent Portland nursery Intereeis at the meetinc. and will extend the Invi tation for the convention her. Mr. Ptlklna-ton leaves this week for Salt Lake, where he will attend tha meeting of the Pnriffe Coast Nursery men s Association. With several oth er from the Coast he will -o to Bos ton for the annuaj session of the Amer ican Nurserymen's Association. He la supplied with an abundance of litera ture on Portland and Oregon and with plenty of advertising matter for the Kose Festival and other special attrac tions in the Northmest. BANKERS HOLD BANQUET .lddr-r-i Are Made by Proraluent Portland BsxInrM Men. FRANKLIN INSISTS DHOW CULPABLE Detective Says Lawyer Gave Him $1000 Check to Bribe Jurors. L0CKW00D REPEATS STORY IVfen-e I'nable to Shake Testimony bnt Hold Attorney la Victim of Coneplracy scar Witness Telia of Yh-lt to Bain. XXtft ANGKI-KS. May J. Bert H. At the annual meetlrs of the Port- Franklin, fnrmer chief detective for TWO RECENT PICTURES OF HEAD OF OIL TRUST AND OPPOSING LAWYER WHO IS CONDUCTING EXAMINATION. 1 i. ih ljii mi i nam t ! t ' - - ' - ' i i ,-. " . J f - A' rim aV r . 7 f -,-. - .' . . "Tf ..'I : f - f'-iJ.",;i'4..'.' 1' 4 .K 111. v I i ';,:liv:,l la. r: ; ' .- a lit. iitx a, i9i:---w." PI s -it u,V t. iv. i r 1 Ail ' J - L LADIES permit us to urge the merits of this great reduction sale of fancy suits for women and misses. We are offering only fine suits from our regular high grade stock we have no other kind at a saving to you of $6.00 to $15.00 ons each suit. The saving is actual, because the reductions are absolute, genuine reductions from our already mod erate prices. Splendid fabrics, woven especially for fashioning into tailored suits for women; j-ou'U admire the styl ish models and the thorough con scientious tailoring that has been put into them. ... y, lind Chapter, American Intltute of funklnir. held last nlsht at the Imper ial Hotel, at which v. ere present repre sentatives from all the banks In the cltv. addren.es were made by A. I. Mills. K. CCooklncham. C. 1 Love land. I.ydell laker. John A. Keatinr. lr. Andrew f. Smith and others on questions relating to banks and bank- Inir lr. Mills referred to th. opportun- Itlca which the Pactno Northwest of fer to the Industrious, ambitious younE man. particularly with reference to banking. Mr. I'ooklncham dwelt upon the many financial, economical, social and other problems which confrttnt the community today and urged hi. hear ers to devote some study to their solu tion. t-r. Andrew C. Smith spoke briefly on the value of t o-operatlon. declaring that the societies or association which do not Interchanc Tlews and Interests vltn others do not advance, and are of It! I. value to the world. A. II. trmger. Jr.. was loa.tmaMer. The rortl.md Chanter will be repre sented at the National convention of Ih. American Institute of Banklns, son to be held in fJH una t ity. o . . R Sewall. K. . fUtes. J. Klnf Kryon. Fred Webber. J. I. Leonard. Curtis Kommer. Walter Brown. -was-.. ' t it " X'j '1 . it Left Sass.el l aterasrer. Rlaht. Above a ad Below Joka 11. Re-kefeller. SULLY MEETS OLD FRIENDS Actor KoralW Playing at Marquam- tirand. Standard and Iloyal. John F. Hully. father of tha family of Sullys at the trpheum. Is an old time Portland actor, having appeared bere more than to years ago in the old standard Theater, at First and Madison streets, when It was con ducted by John Cort. At that time fully was comedian and dancer with the Ooodyear. Khlltch aV Schilling min strels. Later he played at the old Koyal Theater, at Third and Alder streets, under the management of Pick Clinton. In It?: and I'iJ the senior Sully appeared at the Marquam Urand In productions en tour. Sully has met many old-time friends In Portland the first to renew old acquaintance being Henry Griffin and "Hilly" Lindauer. While only flva Sullys are billed in the vaudeville act In reality the whola fxmtly of sis takes part. Vincent Sully. years old. attending props behind the scenes while his father, mother, sister and two brottirs ar. engaged in portraying the troubles "r "The Infor mation Hureau." LIQUOR DEALER IN COURT lellvery of -Wet Ciood-C In Dry Ter ritory Done of Contention. Th. right of liquor dealers to make deliveries In local option precincts will he te.ted in two ra.es now In the Jus tice Court. In which Henry Melster. of th. Mount Hood brewery, and the Spring Valley Wine Company, are accused of violating the local option law. Com plaints are made by cituena of th. dry precincts. Attorneys who have discussed th. question aay the law des not forbid such deliveries, providing that the ac tual sale Is made in "wot territory. The law forbld the sale, exrhang. or gift of liquor in the prohibted district. but th. contention Is that the contract and purchase ire completed when the order Is accepted at tha orxic. ot the company. CRESWELL JS OBJECTIVE Ore iron Elertric Plana Eitenkn Sooth rront Eusene. E1T.CNE. Or. May :. (Special.) Kxt.nsion of th. Portland. Kugen AV Kastern Railway southward 1J miles to Ire swell la considered by officers of the company, according to the state ment of President Welch. Mr. Welch passed yesterday looking over th. ground and examining surveys. Ktght ot way tor xnm propoeea line has been secured, except franchise for use of a street in Kugene and of a county road out of t'resw4i. out no difficulty Is expected on either of theoe. The deeds for this right of way were ad out In the name or p. K. snod- arass. rahlr of n r irsi rtauonai Eank ef Euccne. the McNamara defense, and now star witness for the prosecution In the trla of Clarence K. Harrow, for alleged Jury bribery, took the stand late today and rrlated mil at he declnred to be the manner in which Darrow, thfi chief counsel for the McNamaras and himself, attenipted to bribe Jurors In the trial of James rl. McNamara. "It's about time to get busy with the Jury." Franklin quoted Darrow as saying to him on October 6. 1911. The next dii). he said, Darrow gave him a check for $1000 to be used in buying the Tote as a Juror of Robert M. Bain who later became the first sworn Juror In the trial. He said that he had known Bain for 10 years and thst he bad arranged for the corruption of the Juror. LM-liNMd'i Rt.ry t'askakem. George N. Lock wood was tha first witness. A gruelling cross-examination by Chief Counsel Rogers of tha defense fulled to shake the witness original story. It brought out, how ever, and accentuated certain facta, which the defense said would go far toward establishing an alleged con spiracy to Involve Darrow in the bribery negotiations between Lockwood and Franklin, asserted by tha defense to have been directed by tha District Attorney. Lockwood admitted on '.ross-examl nation that he had never b .en served aa a Juror in the McNamara case, although be had been told by Franklin that his nam. had been drawn. The defense undertook to show that Lockwood's name had been drawn after he had con suited with the District Attorney and as a part of the proposed culmination of an alleged conspiracy against Dar row. Prospective Jarsrs laveatlgated. Franklin took the stand after brief re-itrect and re-cross-examlnattons of Lockwood. After the usual prelimin ary questions he said that h. had en tered the employ of the McNamara de fense on June 29. 1911. Darrow, be said, wanted btm to Invertlgate all of the prospective Jurors who mtsht be called In the McNamara case aa to their views regarding tha Tlmea ex plosion, the McNanmraa and aa to union labor. Job Harriman, he said, waa present at the meeting at which means were discussed of acquiring the information desired. Asked who paid hire. Franklin said that Darrow usually did. but several tlmea he received check from Job Harriman. "Did you ever receive money front Darrow except for the purpose of pay ing your men?" asked Asststant Dis trict Attorney W. J. Word, who con ducted the examination. "Yes, on October S I received a check for $100 from Mr. Darrow." was the reply. object f Bribery Dlacaaaea. "Did yu ever discuss the question of bribing Jurora with Mr. Darrow?" was the next queitlon. "Yes, sir." said Franklin. The witness said that he discussed with Darrow first on October 5. which was six day before the McNamara trial wa called. "We were walking along Spring treer" he aid. "and Mr. Harrow mad. the remark: It s about tlm. for us to get busy with the Jury.' He said be wanted to talk with me about it. Franklin, asked regarding hi ac quaintance with Robert F. Bain, said he had known him ror 19 years ana fito had numerous talks with Darrow about aim. The first conversation with ref erence to the bribery of Bain, he said, took place on the morning he received the check for $1000 from Darrow. Ha had told Darrow, he said, that Bain would be a poor juror for tha McNa mara because pf his prejudice against union labor. He thought he could "get him." however. V bad talked the matter over," ' 'ft . v There is no reservation in this offer you may choose at the re duced price from all of our suits in f ancy mixtures, each one of which is this season's model, made by men tailors. Each day sees a number of these handsome suits selected by customers, old and new; may we number you among them ? . , $25.00 and $27.50 Suits now $18.85 $30.00 and $32.50 Suits now $23.85 $35.00 and $37.50 Suits now... $25.85 $40.00 and $45.00 Suits now. $29.85 $47.50 and $50.00 Suits now ...$34.85 No Charge for Alterations A Perfect Fit Assured Ladies' Shop Third Floor Elevator BEN ELLING Morrison Street at Fourth LEADING CLOTHIER continued Franklin, "and had decided to soend 15000 on the Jury. tuuo o which was to be given to Jurors and $1000 to myself. Juror's Tlir. Tempted. Franklin then told of tcklng the check for $1000 to the bank and de positing It in his own name. After drawing a check for sou against tne deposit, be said, he went out to Bain house. No one was at home and later he made another call and found Mrs. Bain. He ascertained from her, ha said, that she would look .with favor on his proposition, ana toia ner no would give Bain $o00 down if Bain agreed to comply with hi conditions. and a further sum ot 2Uu alter ne had cast his vote for the acquittal ot B. McNamara. At this stage court adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9:30 o clock. The contempt citation of Kobert J. Foster, the National Krector Associa tion detective, which threatened yes terday to divert the activities or tha court from the Darrow trial, wa trans ferred today to Presiding Judge Willis' department of the Superior Court, where It was set for hearing on next Friday. BAKER MAY CHANGE RULE City to Vote Whether to Abolish Com mission Government. BAKER. Or.. Mar 2$. (Special.) That Baker shall vote at the general election next November whether to re tain the commission form of govern. ment or return to the councilmanla form was decided today by the City Commissioners. Those dissatisfied with the platform bad prepared a petition asking that a vote be taken, and city officials decided to place the petition on the regular ballot next Fall. The officiaJ also will present a re vised form of the present charter and commission Is now drawing up th. changes. The principal objection to he present charter la that It ooea not allow trial by Jury or an appeal In city rasea and that street improvement peti tions require a three-lourtua vote to be killed. Granite Gives Drama. iTtrr ifirT Wa.h Vntf .R rSne si t The Klochoman Grange played tie drama "Tompkins' Hired Man," to The drama was followed by a dance. The proceeas oi tne iu.it ic w used for the erection oi a new grange nan. Would Yon Part With Your Um brella for $3? It's absolutely worthless as it is, but we'll make it good as new with a new "Stand-By" silk eover, guaranteed one year, for 53. All kinds of umbrella repairing. 309 Morrison 1 1 S- II ennons The House That Quality Built Y.M.C.A. GRADUATES 285 E. B. PIPER AXD B. F. JOXES WILL MAKE ADDRESSES. Activities In Educational Depart ment Cover 2 7 Courses Classes Will Be Continued. Annual commencement exencises of the educational department of the Portland Toung Men's Christian Asso ciation will be held in tho Y. M. C. A. auditorium Friday night at 8 o'clock. The annual address will be delivered by Edgar B. Piper, and the address to the graduates of the school of pharm acy by Dr. B. F. Jones. W. M. La rid will preside. K. B. MacNaugnton win present certificate and Dr. A. G. Bett- man will confer degree In pharmacy. The association will award 28a in ternational certificates, covering the completion of 27 courses, and will also award 17 diplomas. The year has been the most successful in the history of the educational department. Although the commencement marks the close of the regular year's work, the educational activities will not be entirely suspended. The commercial department and the English classes will be in session until August 1 and the automobile school will be open throughout the Summer. A special pharmacy school will be conducted, and a school for boys will be in session from July 2 to September 1. The programme for the commence ment exercises Friday night follows: Orchestra. "Barcarolle" (Offenbach); in vocation. Rev. T. H. Walker: vocal solo, se lected, Senor Leonardl; annual address. Ed gar B. Piper; vocal solo, "Sands of the Des sert." Albert Gollender; pharmacy valedic tory. Fred E. McGrew; "Pharmacy as a Profession." B. F. Jones, Ph. G. : conferring degrees in pharmacy. A. G. Bettman. M. D. ; vocal solo, selected. Senor Leonard!; pre sentation of certificates. K. B. MacNaugh ton; chorus, boys' school; benediction, R. R. Perkins. Eugene to Honor Yonng. iTTrnrvp fir- tlav f rSneciaD Plans are maturing for a banquet to be given in Eugene Monday night, June 3, In honor of J. H. Young-, the new president of the Oregon Electric When President J. S. Magladry, of the Eu gene Commercial Club, was in Port land a week ago attending the Gray Young banquet, he extended an invi tation to the Oregon Electric officials to pay Eugene a formal visit, and this they agreed to do. The Commercial Club, at its meeting last evening, di rected the appointment of a commit tee of three to make preparations for the banquet. County Clerk's Rights Doubted. SALEM, Or., May 28. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford gave an opin ion yesterday at the request of State Game Warden Finley, in which It is held that It is doubtful whether county clerks have a right to charge a fee for administering an oath to applicants for game licenses. It appears that in some counties, clerks have been charging 10 and 25 cents as fees in addition to the charge provided by the statute for game licenses. The Attorney-General cannot And in the statute any authority for such extra charges. You'll Like It R v Its deHffhtful X There are few people that don't feel the better for a glass of beer with their meals and at bedtime. Bnt ordinary beer causes bilious ness in some people. They should try our spe cial brew ose City Beer instantly mildness please and it is so thoroughly ag that it never causes biliousness. a case from your dealer today. ed Order Star Brewery (Northern Brewing Company) PORTLAND - VANCOUVER