VOL. XXVI. NO. 14,455.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ill
ROOSEVELT MEN
ARE FOREWARNED
Exposure Kills Oppo
sition Plot.
PENROSE DECLARES HIMSELF
Denies Betrayed Conspiracy
and Gives Pledge.
WHERE TRUTH CAME OUT
Pinner by Bourne Said to Be Occa
sion Roosevelt Promises De
tails of Conspiracy Report
Penrose "Strung" Iioeb.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 6. No tears are being
abed in Administration circles over the
exposure of the Penrose-Harrlman-Rockefeller-Hearst
plot to uproot
Roosevelt and Rooseveltism and force
the nomination of a reactionary candi
date in 1908. Publicity has had the
desired effect. The supposed conspir
acy has received such widespread pub
licity that the Administration is con
vinced, it was stated today, that from
now on the genuine Roosevelt people
will be on their guard and will watch
every movement as to delegates. They
will not permit the selection of mag
nates who have the least leaning to
ward any other than a stand-pat poli
cy as to railroads and other public mat
ters. Penrose Goes on Record.
Senator Penrose, who is universally
acknowledged to be the man who, while
In ilia cups, disclosed the J5, 000. 000
conspiracy to "skin Roosevelt," tonight
telephoned a friend in Washington au
thorizing him to say that:
"Pennsylvania and Penrose have been
for Roosevelt and hla policies In the
past, and are for the President and
his policies now, and will bo for
Roosevelt and his policies in the fu
ture." ' Whatever may have been his attitude
before, he is now on record and It is
presumed he would not make this declar
ation without knowledge of the sentiment
prevailing among Pennsylvania Repub
licans. Bourne Will Not Tell.
It is generally rumored tonight and is
being positively stated in dispatches to all
Mastern papers that Mr. Penrose made
his celebrated boast at a dinner given by
Renator Bourne at the Shoreham Hotel
some time before Congress adjourned. Mr.
Bourne, when asked about the report,
snid he had given several dinners and
luncheons during the Winter and had at
tended others. As host ho could not dis
cuss what transpired and as guest he was
equally bound to silence.
Current rumor has It that Secretary
3.oeb and Senator Hansbrough were
among Mr. Bourne's guests on the now
famous occasion.
Penrose's Denial Discredited.
In his denial made In Philadelphia to
day. Mr. Penrose endeavors to make it
appear that he could not have made the
statement attributed to him, as he has
been on a trip to the West Indies. The
dinner In question was given prior to the
adjournment of Congress and no credence
la therefore placed In Mr. Penrose's de
ntal. It Is known that he has for the past
six months been profuse in his publlo
profesaions of friendship for Mr. Roose
velt, but nevertheless he has been sus
pected of secret hostility and that Is an
other reason why his denial does not "go
down."
Whatever the fact may be, Mr. Penrose
hut. been smoked out. He has been forced
to go on record, not only as approving
Mr. Roosevelt's policies, but aa favoring
Mr. Roosevelt for a second elective term,
and virtually pledges Pennsylvania's sup
port. Clieckmate by Publicity.
The Penrose sensation for the time be
ing created such fury as to completely
obllterate the Harrlman Incident, but
when Mr. Penrose authorized his pledge
of friendship tonight it probably closed
the incident, at least so far as he Is con
cerned. The general publicity that was
glvcu the conspiracy with White House
sanction and approval has had the effect
of checkmating tbe antl-Roosevelt lead
ers, and it Is believed their plan will be
abandoned.
AVI Mi GIVE DETAILS OF PIX)T
Roosevelt Promises -More About the
Rich Men's Conspiracy.
. Washington. April 5. (Special.)
President 1 Roosevelt. It was officially
stated at the White House today with
the full consent of the President him
self, believes that the disclosures he
feas made regarding the Harrlman-Rockefeller-Hearst
oonsplracy to de
feat his policies will put the people on
guard to see that only delegates who
can be trusted are elected to the Na
tional Republican convention.
Although Senator Penrose's denial
that he was in any way implicated In
the conspiracy was shown the Presi
dent, no effort was made at the White
House to olear the Pennsylvania of
toe charga, Neither .would the Presl- j
dent or Secretary Loeb officially make
him No. 10 In the Ananias Club.
"Will you say that Senator Penrose,
of Pensylvania, was not the Senator
referred to as having given the con
spiracy away?" Mr. Loeb was asked.
"I will not say that he was or was
not," Mr Loeb answered.
Friends of Mr. Penrose here insist
that the White House should have
denied that he was Implicated in the
conspiracy, which the President insists
exists to defeat his candidate and his
policies.
The President's confidence in the
truth of the story at the dinner and
subsequent events is unshaken and he
went to. the extent today of announc
ing that Just as fast as the further
details came to him they would he
made public.
Will Give Further Details.
This announcement was made at the
White House in such a manner as to
lead all who heard it to believe that,
if the President is not already In pos
session of these details, he knows exactly
where he can get them If they are needed
to further his plans.
The whole tenor of the President's talk
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I Joseph F. Smith, First President of
I Mormon Church, Who Delivered i
Annual Address Yesterday. t
and the ' 'by authority1 ' announcement
made at the White House yesterday was
to the effect that the conspiracy story
had been confirmed to the satisfaction of
the President, not from one source but
from several. The President's friends are
now urging him to make public the entire
matter and have done with it. They
feel that the controversy is again unduly
prolonged and that It is doing neither
the President nor the party any good.
Bourne Was Host at Dinner.
There waa a report today, which did
not come from the White House however,
that Senator finurne of Oregon was the
host at the dinner at which the dis
closures were made. Mr. Bourne lives
at the Shoreham Hotel, but refused to
see anyone today. The Shoreham Hotel
people refuse to discuss the matter of
the dinner in any way.
Organized labor is disposed to resent
the statement of the President regarding
Moyer, Haywood and Debs, especially as
to their being undesirable citizens, and
the characterization of them by the
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 52
degrees; minimum, 39.
TODAY'S Showers; southwest winds grad
ually diminishing;.
Foreign.
Report that Czar will abdicate and appoint
regent who will be military dictator.
Page 4.
Dutch Minister accused of denouncing
FTench church policy. Page 4-
BoniMa gathers forces to continue Central
American war. Page 3
National. Argument on Harrlman merger case com
pleted. Page 1.
Cubans eager for Taft's decision on end of
intervention- Page 8.
Bourne moves for reform in methods of
public land survey. Page 5.
Politics.
Publicity believed to have killed antl
Roosevelt conspiracy. Page 1.
Penrose denies he told story and tows fidel
ity to Roosevelt. Page 1.
Conspiracy story told at dinner given by
Bourne. Page 1.
Domestic.
Haskln tells personal stories. Page 1.
Tornado kills over score of people and
wrecks towns In Gulf States. Fage 3.
Hermann continues testimony In defense.
Page 7.
Jerome decides not to appeal Thaw insanity
case and trial goes on. Page 3.
Carnegie gives $6,000,000 to Carnegie Insti
tute. Page 8.
Eastern railroad men will demand more
wages. Page 4.
Episcopal clergyman deposed for heresy.
Page 2.
Eight more Indictments coming against San
Francisco telephone men. Page 1.
Detwller warned to surrender without de
lay. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Thane's friends ail but capture
Thomas lov feast at Democratic Club
meeting; primary ticket named. Page 10.
Pioneers to celebrate Provisional Govern
ment day at Champoeg May 2. Page 12.
Defense in Taft east refuses to submit tes
timony ; conspiracy charged. Page 10.
Councilman Vaughn resumes fight against
steam railroad tracks on Fourth street.
Page 10.
Police open campaign against pink domino
burglar. Page 18.
State conventions of Knights and Ladles of
tbe Maccabees adjourn. Page IS.
Archbishop Christie breaks ground for Cath
olic Young Men's Club. Page 10.
Commercial and Marine,
No move made to open wool market. Page
17.
Green-bug reports send wheat soaring. Page
17.
Stocks active and higher. Page IT.
Prosperity reflected In weekly trade re
views. Page 17.
Another storm predicted for Coast ports.
Page 10.
Pmdfic Coast.
A. T. Gilbert, former Salem banker,
into bankruptcy. Page 0.
goes
California Oil Company finally pays corpo
ration tax In Oregon. Page 6.
Boy burglars annoy Seattle police. Page 2
Captain Forest gives his version on witness
land. OX killing Gorg Fisher, pajta fi.
TELEPHONE MEN
TO BE HIT
Eight More Indictments
Impending.
GIFTS TO CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Warning Sent Detwiler He Had
Better "Come In."
RUEPS TEETH WEAR OUT
Visits Dentist to Repair Damage
Done by Biggy's Kations Re
forms Style of Literature.
Scoffs at Rebellion Talk.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. (Spe
cial.) Eight more indictments are
to be returned by the grand
jury in connection with the tel
ephone companies. Five of these
will concern the men involved In the
Home Company transactions and the
other three will be based upon the op
erations of the Pacific States Com
pany. It is not understood that the
eight indictments will involve eight
different men. for some of the new
true bills will be against Louis Glass
and Abraham K. Detwiler, who are al
ready under indictment.
It will require at least two more
sessions of the grand Jury to clear up
the telephone cases. At the session
tomorrow Fairfax Wheelan and James
V. Kelly are scheduled to appear as
witnesses. Mr. Wheelan was a mem
ber of the Fusion Congressional Com
mittee In 1905 and will testify that he
askod the Home Telephone Company
for a contribution and received the
corporation's check for $500. Mr.
Wheelan maintains that no promises
were made to the Home Telephone
Company and that nothing was said as
to franchises at the time the money
was received.
Mr. Kelley is a well-known politician,
known throughout the state as "Sad-eyed"
Kelley. He was on confidential terms
with officials of the Home Telephone
Company at the time the corporation first
made its plans to get a foothold in San
Francisco.
Warning Sent Detwiler.
Abraham Detwiler has not yet surrend
ered himself and word has been received
from his brother, George, in Toledo that
the indicted millionaire does not intend
to give himself up at the present time.
A hot reply was flashed to the brother,
which was more of a warning than a
threat. Unless A. K. Detwiler "comes
In" within the next few days some In
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teresting developments will follow. It is
practically settled that Detwiler will set
up as his defense the statement that he
paid the money to Ruef without knowl
edge that it was to be used to purchase
votes.
Health Board Going to Pieces.
Among the latest sections of the Ruef
Schmitz machine to go to pieces is the
Health Board. On the Health Board have
been some physicians of prominence, but
they have been seized with a sudden de
termination to free themselves from the
administration and a flood of resignations
has been the result. The story is told
that Dr. "Ward resigned because Schmitz
refused to stats "upon his honor" that
the reports of Doodling were false.
Within the last few days W. J. Burns
has secured some of the administration
secrets from Abe Ruef. The captive boss
has reached the stage where he is willing
to talk to the detective. Mr. Burns does
not look for a confession for several
months, If at alL
-Abraham Ruef went to the dentist to
day. "This," sorrowfully remarked the se
questered boss, as he climbed into his
green automobile, accompanied by Elisor
Biggy and ex-United States Marshal
Shine, preparatory to going to the dentist
chair, "is worse than going to face
Dunne. Now if I had been given a Spring
pullet raised on a bottle instead of Biggy's
hay-fed sirloin steak, this little experience
could have b ien dispensed with. I have
simply worn my teeth out attempting to
chew my rations."
Ruef has dispensed with the stack of
novels with the lurid titles. Now. the
mantel In his room bears a row of
decorously arranged works such, as
"Qod's Own Man," "The Christian" and
"Hope Beyond."
"See," he exclaimed, as he comment
ed upon his new acquisition, " 'The
Great K. & A. Train Robbery' is the
only degenerate title in the lot. My
attorneys are' getting to be such a
rude lot (with a side glance at Short
rldge, who was in the room) that I've
got to indulge in a line of edifying
literature in order to counteract their
influence."
Could Xot Credit Rebellion.
Ruef expressed great surprise at the
story that at the time the firetrap the
ater ordinance was pending a plot was on
foot among the Supervisors .to oust him
from his position as leader and substi
tute Supervisor Boxton. So absolutely
certain was the little boss of his mastery
over his solons on the Board that the
thought of a surrender never occurred to
him. They were always at his special
call and no haughty Sultan of the Ori
ent had more obedient subjects.
"Depose me?" said Ruef. He smiled;
it was a slender smile of contempt with
a thin flash of white like the gleam of
a dagger in It. "Why. such an event was
never even considered by me. This story
is certainly news. I never heard of the
Board wanting Boxton as a leader."
Longs for Old Freedom.
Ruef and his attorneys are chafing at
the delay In the Supreme Court in reach
ing a decision on his application for a
writ of habeas corpus. The humor of
the situation at 34S9 Fillmore street has
quite departed by now and Ruef longs
for his old-time freedom of action and
for an opportunity to again travel down
the line of favored restaurants whet-
milk-fed chicken is his to command and I
the shadow of Blggy is never present to
envelop the feast and dampen the relish
of it.
Detwiler's Brother Silent.
TOLEDO, O., April 5. George Det-
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URIAH'S RIGHT
TO
Lawyers Finish Argu
ment on Merger. .
LIMITS OF ANTI-TRUST LAW
Milburn Denies It Forbids Pur
chases of Stock.
ANSWER BY GOVERNMENT
Severance Says Effect of Merger,
Xot Motive, Is Decisive Factor.
Kellogg Exposes Gutting
of the Alton Road.
WASHINGTON.. April 5. After two
days of argument the Interstate Com
merce Commission today concluded its
hearing in the Investigation of the trans
actions of E. H. Harrlman in Southern
Pacific and Chicago & Alton securities
and took the case under advisement.
There were three addresses today, one
by John G. Milburn in defense of Mr.
Harrlman's course, one each by C. A.
Severance and Frank C. Kellogg in criti
cism of it.
Milburn's Theory Stated.
Mr. Milburn laid down the following
general propositions:
First A restraint of trade, to be with
in the anti-trust act, must be the direct,
immediate and necessary effect of the
transaction, and not" merely an indirect
or incidental result.
Second A restraint of trade consequent
upon any purchase of property, in any
of its various forms, is incidental merely,
and therefore not within the act.
Third The purchase must, of course,
be real; if a mere device for the sup
pression of competition, as it was held
to be In the Northern Securities case,
while It may be effective to operate upon
the legal title as between the parties, it
is in fact unsubstantial and may be dis
regarded. Fourh Provided the purchase be real
and substantial, the motive which in
duces It cannot affect the result; for any
resultant restraint of trade is still only
consequential and incidental to the exer
cise of an absolute and undoubted right,
that is, the right to acquire property.
Fifth Therefore, the purchase by a
railroad company, within its corporate
powers, of an interest in another line of
railways, is not within the act, because
the restraint upon trade. If any. Is not
direct, but merely Incidental to the pur
chase. Sixth If, however, the purchase by a
railroad company, within its corporate
BUY
SOUTHERN
powers, of a line of railway, made to sup
press competition, be obnoxious to the
act. that result does not follow if the
purchase be made for a legitimate and
proper purpose of the purchasing com
pany. Seventh In any event, a purchase by
a railroad company of an interest In a
line of railway which is not parallel and
competing is not within the act.
Eighth The purchase, by the Union Pa
cific, of its Interest in the Southern Pa
cific was not made to suppress compe
tition, but to protect its property by an
extension of its line in that way to the
Pacific Coast.
Ninth The Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific are not paraUel or competing lines
or systems,
Iaw Cannot Prevent Purchase.
This summary proved to be the outline
of his entire speech, and he followed the
presentation of these points with an elab
oration of them, giving special attention
to the contention that the purchase of the
Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific was
a legitimate business transaction and not
in any way In contravention of the anti
trust law. He said that, if the laws of
Anthony Comttock. Who Raid Foe- t
Anthony Comatock, Who Raids Fac
tories of Obscene Postal Cards.
NEW YORK, April 5. Anthony
Comstock today made three raids, in
which he seized 16,500 picture postal
cards which he says are obscene.
Four men were arrested charged
with having the cards In their pos
session. a state by which the Union Pacific was
chartered had prohibited such a purchase,
it could not have been legitimately made,
but that in no event could the Federal
anti-trust law be held applicable.
He contended that the main purpose of
the purchase had been to Kaln a through
line from Omaha to San Francisco
and declared that there had been no sub
terfuge about or hidden motive in the
deal. It had been a bona fide purchase
and could not be criticised as a business
transaction from any point of view.
Having no purpose of preventing com
petition, it did not fall within the mean
ing of the Sherman law.
Purpose to Control Competition.
Calling attention to the fact that Mr.
Harrlman's purchase of Southern Pacifio,
stock had occurred at the same time as
his purchase of Northern Pacific stock.
Commissioner L.ane suggested that the
two transactions might indicate a purpose
to control competition in transcontinental
business, but Mr. Milburn denied this.
"But is it not a reasonable infer
ence that the primary purpose was to
get control of these three great trans
continental lines for the control of
rates?" Mr. Lane asked, but Mr. Milburn
would not consent that any motive
had been shown in the purchase of
Southern Pacific stock except to get
the line from Ogden to San Francisco.
Taking that portion. It must also take
the lines from New Orleans to San
FrancLsco and Portland. Moreover, the
negotiations for the Southern Pacific
stock had begun long before any ef
fort was made to obtain Northern Pa
cific stock.
"Any other theory is a mere dream,"
he declared.
"If it is a dream. It is not the dream
of this Commission, but of Mr. Har
rlman," responded Mr. Lanje, and Mr.
Milburn turned his attention to the
question whether the Union Pacific or
Southern Pacific are parallel and com
petitive. He declared they were not.
In reply to Commissioner Clements, Mr.
Milburn said it was his contention that
a purchase such as that made in this
case, even though it does effect a restraint
of trade, is not controlled by the anti-trust
act. It was sufficient that there was a
purchase. He would not, however, go to
the extent of expressing an opinion as to
what should be said in case a monopoly
was established.
Why Not Investigate All Mergers?
Mr. Milburn complained of the course of
the Commission In singling out the Harrl
man interests for investigation, and said
he would be pleased to have an Inquiry
Into the entire subject of community in
terests. He would have the Pennsylvania,
the Vanderbilt, the Northern Pacific, the
Rock Island and the Great Northern sys
tems Inquired Into, -for all of these had
grown up under the eyes of the Commis
sion by the acquisition of stock and con
solidation, and all control parallel and
competing lines. He believed a general
Inquiry would result in showing the bene
ficial effects of large concerns. The mere
matter of the size of a concern had no
terrors for him.
"If," he said, "the politician would only
let the subject alone for two or three
years, and let this Commission exercise
its present powers in calmness, I believe
that many of the problems could be
worked out and solved properly."
Harrlman Acknowledged Control.
Mr. Milburn was about to conclude
when Mr. Lane asked him to give his
attention to a question.
"Mr. Harrlman, ' said the Commissioner,
"stated that but for the restraint of the
laws, he would take over the Santa Fe
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GREAT PICTURE
TO IKE
Fortune in Photograph
of Roosevelt.
HARD FOR CAMERA TO CATCH
Bishop Potter's Joke on "Wil
liam of Albany."
HOW TIGER WAS STOLEN
Woman's Skill Wins Election for the
Democrats With Negro Votes.
Founder of Vassar College.
Greatest of Book-Binders.
BY FREDERIC J. HASK1X.
WASHINGTON. March ' 31. (Special
Correspondence.) The most widely
published and best-known photograph
in existence Is that of President Roose
velt taking the fence on his favorite
hunter. This has been used in almost
every paper and magazine In the
world which uses halftones, and the
sales from it have already amounted to
more than $40,000, making it the most
profitable photograph that was ever
taken. Nearly 3000 copies have been
signed by the President, to he used as
special gifts, and the demand for It
wherever It has been placed on sale
has never decreased during the three
and a half years since it was made.
The fortunate owner of this remarkable
negative is Barnett Clinedlnst. known as
"the court photographer" at Washington.
It was made with a shutter that opened
and closed in one fifteen-hundredth part
of a second. The President, accompanied
by an orderly, left the Cabinet meeting
one morning and Joined Mr. Clinedlnst at
Chevy Chase. In the suburbs of Washing
ton. It was necessary for the President
to force his horse over the fence a dozen
times before a successful picture was
taken.
Mr. Roosevelt - is--the most photographed
man in the world, with the possible ex
ception of Sniper or William, and photog
raphers assert unreservedly that he in
most difficult to pose. He Is nervous and
is often snapped in what might seem a
hit-or-miss) style; but every picture ever
taken of him Is thoroughly characteristic,
embodying the spirit of the Roosevelt who
preaches and practices the doctrine of the
strenuous life.
An Episcopal Joke.
Bishop William C. Doane, of the Protes
tant Episcopal diocese of Albany. N. T.,
follows the English fashion of his church
and signs his name, "William of Albany."
Bishop Henry C. Potter, of New York,
once said to him: ,
"Doane, I wish you lived In Buffalo, In
stead of Albany."
"Why do you wish that?" queried the
puzzled William of Albany.
"Because," replied the metropolitan,
"then we could call you 'Buffalo Bill.' "
Despite the fact that women are be
lieved to be of little influence In practi
cal politics, Mrs. Lizzie Anderson Fant,
of Holly Spring, Mississippi, once turned
the tide of an election In Marshall
County in a novel way. It was in the
time of Republican control In Mississip
pi, when an educational test was not
necessary for a voter and when the ig
norant negroes were under the complete
domination of unscrupulous party lead
ers. When election time drew near, the
various district bosses rode far and wide
Instructing the negroes to "vote the tick
et with the tiger on It."
How They Stole the Tiger.
The Democrats got wind of this move
ment somehow and the evening before
the election one of these ballots was se
cured by Cllffe Meyers, now of Jackson,
Mississippi, and Arthur T. Fant. With It
they went in haste to Mr. Fant's home
and asked his wife to make a wood-cut
for them as quickly as she could. She
shut herself in her room and in a short
time reproduced the tiger line for line.
The waiting men pounced on It witli
glee and hurried off to the printing office,
where they proceeded to stamp all the
Democratic ballots In the exact way that
the Republican ones were marked. These
were then divided into packet and giv
en to men who. like Paul Revere, were
"booted and spurred and ready to ride."
All night they rode, giving these bal
lots to their men In different parts of
Marshall County. When the polls were
opened next day and the ballots distrib
uted, the negroes faithfully followed th
instructions of their Republican leaders
and voted "the ticket with the tiger on
it," causing the greatest consternation In
he history of the county by elecln the
Democratic candidates by the largest
majorities ever known. The Republicans
flew here and there to Investigate and
their wrath was unbounded when they
found the rival ballots adorned with
their own sign. True, the tiger happened
to be going the other way on the opposi
tion ticket, but that may have been in
vindication of party principles.
Will Restore Joseph's Reservoir.
"Now there arose up a new king over
Egypt, which knew not Joseph." In that
brief sentence Moses told the nations of
the world the story of the end of the
works of Joseph, & Hebrew slave who
became prime minister of Egypt more
than 2600 years ago. Among the greatest
of the laborers of Joseph, aside from the
first corner of the wheat market, was the
construction of an Immense reservoir In
which the waters of the Nile were stored
MONEY
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