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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1909)
ii ill i i in ii FormerWhite Rouse Secretary, Now Collector of Port of New York, Who Made the Sugar Trust Pay $2, 000,000 In Duties of Which the Government Had Been Defrauded. Brainy Hustler Who Worked His Way Ik by Ability, Discretion and Tact A Good Judge of Men, Quiet. Kindly and Always on the Job. :: :: " ::. :: :: Ooo V Ey JAMES A. EDGERTON. J THEN a man has ibeen stenog rapher to an Episcopal bish op, secretary of n liepublic- au county committee, report er of a state assembly, private secre tary to a speaker of the .house of a state legislature, private secretary to a president pro tera. of a state senate and afterward holding the .same capac ity when this man was a candidate for governor, private secretary to a lieutenant governor, stenographer for . a district attorney and grand jury, do ing confidential work for oiie governor and later being private secretary to another, then becoming private secre tary to the vice president and. after ward assistant secretary and nest sec retary to the president of- the United States and finally collector of the port of New York, and all before he i3 forty-three years old, the inevitable conclusion is that that man has brains, tact and energy the three chief req uisites of success. There is -no use trying to conceal longer who the man Is. His name is Loeb William Toeb, Jr. fondly called in the old days Loeberino, Loeb-ster, L,oeb the Goat and Loeb the Poor Indian. Loeb has held all these positions and more, pos sesses all these qualities and more and has been handed all these names and more oh, many more! If the full list ooo sumers. Those newspaper roasts came at just the psychological moment to affect congress. Of course Loeb had no designs in the matter, yet the thing could not have been better timed. Loeb is most innocent, yet rather ef fective, 'when it comes to matters of publicity. The upshot of the whole matter was that the trust paid over 52,000,000 without further parley. It could stand eff the courts, bat it could not stand off the press. Controls Nineteen Hundred Men. The new collector of the port did not stop at making the-sugar trust disgorge. He found a system of frauds in short weight entries, and as a consequence several subordinate officials have been shifted, others discharged, and a wholesale shaking up Is now going forward in the New York custom house. It should be mentioned in pass ing that politically the collectorship of the port of New York is one of the most important places in the govern ment. From it Chester A. Arthur worked bis way to the presidency, and other men have pretty effectually con trolled New York state politics with it as a leverage.' It controls an army of 1,900 federal employees and has charge of the three chief government build ings in the metropolis. The collector takes in something like $220,000,000 annually, passes on the bulk of Im ports into the United States and con- rite' : . jfc, v r' , ; ? i ' , N r I - WILLTAM LOEB, JR., COLLECTOR OK TIIE POUT OF NEW YOKIi of endearing epithets that have been applied to hi in were set down in order, this article would occupy a whole page, and then there would be no room for rhetoric or trimmings'. trols patronage that makes him a pow er in the chief city and state of the Union, It i- refreshing that a man of Loeb's character can come into such a posi (HE UNKNOWN GUEST By ANDREW ICopyrlght, 1909, WHEEE SHEZmrAK STANDS. vve all remember how can w-e lor- tion. for he is not n mntm-p of the no. get? the departed and sizzling years I utical machine, , but worked his way when Loeb was scapegoat extraordi- j up uy ability, discretion and tact. Ho nary and buffer plenipotentiary for j is under no obligations to anybody but about everything that went amiss in ; ex-l'resident Roosevelt . and President this nation. If anything unpleasant : Tnfr with hnth of whnm ho haa hari happened at the White House, as many unpleasant things did happen every fifteen minutes-of every day, it was "Loeb did it." For one individual to have accomplished all the mistakes, inadvertencies and downright cruelties' then ascribed to Loeb would have proved him the most industrious man that ever lived. , Made the Sugar Trust Pay Up. Well, Loeb is still doing things,' and as we all took a shy at him in those 'troublous times for what it was said he did in the name of another it is but fair that we now give him a boost for what he is doing in his own name. The story of the way Loeb made the ' sugar trust pay $2,000,000 in duties of which it had defrauded the govern ment Is still being chuckled over both in New York and Washington. Loeb found that suits had been entered to force the trust to disgorge; but the trust lawyers had interposed technical ities .and dilatory motions, so that there was no hope of reaching the cases for years. Then the new col lector of the port got busy, and what he did to the sugar trust was plenty. Calling in the newspaper men, he asked ,thm if they would print a sto- ry on the. matter. Would they? Are BewuJ-ipcr men overlooking iirst page scare lien d stories, especially in tha .dull Fcas-n? The way the papers play ed tip that case was in ths most ap proved yellow style. - t V Now, at that particular time it was not just convenient for the trust 'to be dragged into the limelight in .this fash- i Ion. A tariff bill was being framed, and the benevolent gentlemen running the corporation wanted a little 'higher duties so they could take a few more millions out of the pockets of the con- and still has the closest relations. His propinquity to Roosevelt is sufficiently indicated by the fact that Loeb was called "assistant president," and, as' for Taf t, it is generally understood in Washington that behind the scenes Loeb was the real manager of the big man's campaign for the nomination. But outside of these two William Loeb, Jr., is a very independent citizen, of which fact he has given gratifying evidence during the brief time he has been in an office in his own right. Breadwinner at Eleven. Loeb was born in Albany, and his father still keeps a small shoi) in that city. The boy was a breadwinner from the time he was eleven. He was deprived of a college education, but managed to work his way through high school. Then he took a course in stenography and persevered until he was known as the best reporter in Al bany. He is a good judge of men, is quiet, hard working and always on the job. Despite the chaffing he received when Roosevelt's secretary, he was most popular, especially with the news paper men, who are keen judges of character. One of -his; most notable characteristics is kindliness, his motto being "to have a friend, be a friend." There- were innumerable instances m which he did favors for people-In a quiet way. He was ever a cutter of red. .tape and often Straightened out tangles by a line or a phone, message to some department, thus . adjusting flifEcuIties ; that C wcn'O. have taken months to unravel hi the ordinary rou tine. Mr. Loeb married Miss Kathcr- lne Dor of Buffalo, whom he had met in Albany, the ceremony, taking place at the time he was assistant secretary to the president. . - - . C. - EWINGi ; by American Press Asso- It was in the -early days in California. when Fremont, "the Pathfinder." be came a hero from crossing those moun tains which now may be traversed in a parlor car. But the route from Mexico was open, and numbers of Mexicans, including those newly emigrated from Spain, were moving northward and building homes in what was destined to become the Golden State. One of the Spaniards, Don " Etniliq Estillo, built himself a fine house in Santa Barbara. It was designed after a Roman villa, with a ourt and a foun tain in the center. ... - .' ' California at that period partook of the olden time. Though a new coun try, it was inhabited by refined: people of Spanish blood. At the same time It was infested by bandits, such; as have existed in Spain" for centuries. The leader of one of these gangs was Manuel Corello. ' a veritable Robin Hood. Like Robin, who' is supposed to have been a nobleman. Corello was a gentleman, and, though he' cobbed the rich, he gave largely to the poor: , When Don Estillo's house was fin ished he opened it with a - grand -entertainment, at which all the distin guished fatnilies for miles around were present. It was a brilliant scene. In the patio, or court, within a circie of tropical plants, was 'a band of per formers, who sang and played while the guests, heated by the dance, were seeking the cool air. Spanish social customs for the amusement of the guests have been' adopted by the blue- bloods of California. Don Estillo's guests were provided with eggshells filled with silver or gold tinsel or perf fumery, which were brokan over the beads of ladies whom the men wished to favor. Among the men was one who at tracted universal attention. He was young, very handsome and dressed in the picturesque Spanish costume. The guests asked one another who" he was, but no one seemed to know. One of them asked the host, but Don Estillo said that he did not know the stran ger and supposed he must have come with one of the guests. No one sug gested that he had not come in ac cordance with the customs regulating invitations, for he was evidently a polished gentleman. Since the stranger knew no one he was obliged to find partners in the dances by some pretext. He was very adroit, and the girls, instead of re quiring introductions, were glad to re ceive his attentions without them. Donna Inez, daughter of the host, was the most favored and after one of .the dances went out with the handsome stranger into the patio., where they took seats. on a bench behind a gigan tic palm. There they remained so long that the hostess, requiring "her daugh ter's presence for some especial enter tainment of her guests, sought her and led her away. The dancing had ceased, and to strains of music the guests marched in to supper. They did not stand about eating the viands as in these days. Each one was seated. Just as they had all taken their seats a party ;"of belated .guests from Los Angeles ar rived, among them Judge Antonio Bes tamente. They came into the supper room, and the judge was assigned a seat opposite to the young stranger who had attracted so much attention and who had secured for his supper companion Donna Inez Estillo. No sooner did the judge look, straight be fore him than his eyes became riveted on Donna Inez's cavalier. It was evi dent that Bestamente was moved .by some .powerful emotion. Rising, ; he called to the, host seated at the head of the table and said. . ' "Will you honor me with an intro duction to my vis-a-vis?" " - ' Don Estillo, not knowing the man's name, looked confused. The stranger rose and said:. "Ladles and gentlemen, far be it from me to compromise so charming a host as Don Estillo. He is not responsible for my presence here, for I came on my own. Invitation. He cannot Introduce me. for he does not know my name. I am Manuel Corello."., -., As he uttered the last word he be gan-to back toward the door. The mo ment he spoke his name many -a face whitened and every man present rose to his feet. But all were excited, none of them armed, and there was no lead er. Corello. as imperturbable as if he were dancing a minuet, drew a pistol and motioned all to be seated. Not one remained standing. "I ask pardon of the ladies;" he said, "for displaying a weapon in their company, but it is unavoidable. There is $10,000 on' my head, and I'm sure you will excuse the only means I have of keeping it." By this time he had backed to the door. As he slipped put Donna, Inez, with hot cheeks and flashing eyes, threw something at him that struck the wall and, rebounding, rattled 'on the floor. One of the guests picked it up and held it aloft It was , an- im mense diamond set in a circle of gold ' Some of the men rushed out after the bandit, but those upstairs beard the clatter of horse's hoerfs and knew that he. bad gone free.. "Then each guest began to fumble for his or her valuables, but no one missed ; any thing. The diamond thrown at Corello by Donna Inez had been slipped on her finger-in the patio behind the palm and did not belong to any "one of those present. The outlaw had doubtless In tended it as a return for his entertain ment. As soon as the excitement had quieted down the assemblage began to laugh at the indignant girl, who, find ing she had been wooed by a bandit, could not refrain from displaying her Irritation. - - - Approves Legislation to Improve th Conditions of Labor. (From Sherman's Speech of Accept ance.) The Republican party believes in the equality of all men befpre the law; believes in granting labor's every, re quest that does not seek to accord rights to one man denied to another. Fair-minded Tabor asks no more, no less, and approves the record of the Republican party because of that par ty's acts. - I have helped to make my party's record in the enactment of the Eight Hour law, the Employers' . Liability act, the statutes to minimize the haz ard of railroad employes, the . Child Labor law for the District of Columbia and other enactments designed especial ly to improve the conditions of labor. I cannot hope to better state my posi tion on injunctions than by. a specific endorsement of Mr. Taft's Cincinnati declaration on that subject. That en dorsement I make. The Best Paint V & There is no better paint made for appearance and durability than Acme Quality Paim Specially prepared for exterior and interior use. "FLOOR VARNISH THAT WEARS" WAIL PAPER AND PAINT STORE Second Street, Near Palace Theater Giant Cranes' Minuet. Australia, the land of oddities, animal, vegetable and mineral, has few more curious creatures than the giant cranes often five and six feet in height, with beautiful blue gray plumage, which are called native companions. These huge birds mate for life- and as mates are singular ly, and touehingly devoted to one another. Among ' their practices that of dancing together is the most remarkable. . To and fro and up and down, beneath a scraggy tree near a creek or water hole, a pair of these curious birds may be seen in the hour of dawn footing it gravely in a 6ort of grotesque minuet. There is a strange sort of angularity about all their movements, but withal a certain grace, bizarre and notable. Curious stories r.re told of the won derful human-like devotion one to another which is sometimes sho-wn bv these great eran.s. St. T--- WOODS BROTHERS GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Prompt attention given to repairing all kinds of gasoline en gines, autos. bicycles. Plows and axes sharpened. Saws filed. All work guaranteed satisfactory and done on short notice Give us a call. We can please you. Located back of Beal Bros.' blacksmith shop on Second . street. Phone No. 3145 Ind. ers C0RVALLIS, OREGON Occidental Lumber Co. Successors to Corvallis Lumber Co. - We are here to supply your needs in the Lumber line. Please call on J. B IRVING for information and prices. And take notice that if we have not got exactly what you want we will get it for you. G. 0. BASSETf, Local Mer. HYDRAULIC WELL PQWsrfiil and rapid ws!! ma ehlns run by gascUnc cnglns Wind mill pump repairing, and drove wel!s a specialty Place your orders - now before the season's rush'work is on. A. N. HARLAN Box 526 Corvallis, Oregon Benton County-Lumber Co. Manufacturers of all kinds of fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts, Sawd and Split. 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