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T1TE MORNTN'G OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907.
FILES CHARGES
AGAINST
HUSBAND
Lieutenant - Colonel Tucker's
Wife Cites Instances of
Misconduct.
iOOK INTO HIS BEHAVIOR
Army Paymaster, Well Known In
Portland, Is Brought Into Unfor
tunate Prominence Through
Actions of Hia AVife.
V.
WASHINGTON, June 28. (.Special.)
Mrs. William F. Tucker, daughter of the
late Senator John A. Logan, has filed
charges with the War Department
against her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel
William F. Tucker, and requested that
alleged specif lo Instances of misconduct
be investigated. '
Mrs. Tucker declares her husband
guilty of misconduct in the Philippines,
at San Francisco and at Portland, Or.
This misconduct consisted of -sustaining
improper relations with other women.
The War Department officials have
granted the request of Mrs. Tucker and
Inspectors will either be sent to the vari
ous places indicated or officers already
there will be Instructed to make an in
vestigation. They will be ordered to
conduct the most careful and thorough
examination of the specific charges made
by Mrs. Tucker and report to the War
Department.
Whatever future action Is taken will be
based on the result of these inquiries.
WELL KNOWN IX PORTLAND
Colonel Tucker Stood High in Social
and Business Circles.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Tucker was
for a number of years paymaster of the
department of the Columbia, with head
quarters at Vancouver barracks. While
acting in that capacity he lived at the
Portland Hotel and was well kno.wn
about town. He was popular in So
ciety and was widely acquainted among
the business men of the city. He was
affable and companionable, but was not
known as a man of dissolute habits.
Mrs. Tucker spent but a short time
here and apparently became dissatisfied
because she was not lionized by local
society on account of her relationship to
General Logan; Bhe declined to reside
here and returned to the East.
Colonel Tucker's friends here discredit
absolutely the story that he was In any
, way Involved with women, and declare
him to be a man of irreproachable morals.
He visited Portland about ten weeks
ago on his return from the Philippines,
where he went three years ago. At that
time he was accompanied by a Filipino
valet and a Mrs. Pratt, whom he intro
duced to his friends as the widow of a
friend whom -lie was accompanying to
her home in the East.
There was nothing observed in their
conduct during their stay here to indicate
that their relations were not perfectly
proper and the Colonel's friends are un
willing to believe anything else.
Colonel Tucker has been in the service
since 1882, when he was appointed to the
paymaster's department of the Army
from civil life. He at that time was a
resident of Illinois and was married to
the daughter of John A. Logan, at that
time United States Senator from Illinois
and afterward candidate for Vice-President.
It was through the influence of
that famous statesman that he received
his appointment. He Is 63 years of age
and has spent 25 years In the service.
When he was last here on hia return
from the Islands he was In poor health
as a result of his sojourn In a tropical
climate. He left here for Chicago, where
he expected to be stationed permanently.
NEW STRIKE ASSESSMENT
Operators Provide Funds for Several
Months' Struggle.
BAN FRANCISCO. June 23. That the
telegraphers now on strike intend to stay
out until a satisfactory adjustment of
their grievances has 'been reached Is
evidenced by the recommendation of the
general secretary-treasurer of the Inter
national Union that another assessment
be levied August 1, In order that the
strike fund may be further Increased.
In reply to the telegram sent by Pres
ident 8. J. Small. President Perham, of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers, at
St. Louis, wired that the officials of the
Southern Pacific have assured him that
no breach of agreement will occur. Mr.
Small expressed the belief that the trou
ble would not extend to the railroads.
The striking telegraphers say that, with
the fund already on hand, added to the
amount that will be secured from assess
ment No. 1 and assessment No. 2, which
will probably be levied, in accordance
with the recommendation of the general
secretary-treasurer, they will have
enough money to take care of the San
Francisco trouble for several months.
INQUIRY INTO TELEGRAPHS
Commissioner Smith Will Exclude
All From Immunity.
CHICAGO, June ZS. A dispatch to the
Tribune from -Washington says: In ac
cordance with the instructions of Presi
dent Roosevelt, Commissioner of Corpor
ations Herbert Knox Smith is arranging
for an immediate investigation of the
relations between the telegraph compan
ies of the United States. The Investiga
tion will be conducted in such a manner
as to avoid giving any company or of
ficial the privilege of Immunity from
prosecution In case a- violation of the
law should be discovered. The Investi
gation will determine the nature and
extent of the agreements existing be
tween the telegraph companies, the rate
of wages paid to employes, the operating
expenses and such other data as will be
useful to the Department of Justice In
determining whether to Institute legal
proceedings, and to Congress, should that
body desire to have the Government ex
ercise control over the telegraphic ser
vice. WELCOME FEDERAL INQUIRY
Operators Confident Roosevelt Will
Bring Them Victory.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. The belief
that the strike of tha telegraphers would
be of short duration has been strength
ened and a spirit of optimism prevallu
among the operators. The prospect that
President Roosevelt may take a hand in
adjusting the difference tended to
brighten the situation. ,
The appearance of the President of the
L'nited States in tha controversy was
suggested by a telegram sent by S. J. I
Konenkamp, Deputy President of the '
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
America in New York, to President Small.
The telegram stated that Konenkamp had
been invited by Labor Commissioner
Neill to .visit him in Washington to dis
cuss the situation.
President Small says that he will
welcome any official investigation of
the strike. No new men, it is
said, were put to work yesterday either
by the Western Union or the Postal Com
pany. Genoral Superintendent L. W.
Storror of the Postal declared that he
did not need any more men, although he
admitted that the force was not as large
as before the strike.
"We are working a little harder and
putting In overtime besides," he explained.
"The volume of our business has not
reached a normal level yet."
Superintendent Miller, of the Western
Union, said that the company had about
70 men on the floor of the Oakland office
against 90 or 100 before the strike.
Both officials declared that their com
panies were handling all their business
without delay. The strikers scoff at this
statement and declare it is a physical im
possibility for the companies to cope with
their work.
CUT IN WESTERN, RATES
'(Continued From First PaVga.)
upon It as a field worth entering, but
did not feel so now. Tha O. R. A N.'s
present surplus. Mr. Cotton said, was
largely due to the fact that the company
had not paid dividends on its common
stock.
Spokane's Exclusive Zone.
Mr. Teal contended that the surplus was
the result of excessive rates. He said
that when inland waterways are further
Improved and there is water competition
In the interior, the railroads. Including the
O. R. & N., will be compelled to lower
their rates to what he believes will he
reasonable figures.
Both Mr. Teal and Mr. Cotton discussed
the Spokane zone, including 60.000 square
miles lying within a radius of 200 miles
of Spokane. In this territory, Spokane
absolutely controls the jobbing trade and
the local rates, which have been upheld
by the Washington Railroad Commission,
effectively keep Portland and Puget Sound
jobbers out. Mr. Cotton, in his remarks,
Intimated that, if Spokane should be
granted a terminal rate. Eastern jobbers
would enter this zone and drive out local
Jobbers.
Mr. Cotton, in concluding, said the case
should be dismissed, because Spokane in
Its complaint alleged it was being dis
criminated against, whereas the reverse
had been proven.
"If there is to be any reduction." said
he, "let It he a general paring of rates
to all Interior points, and not a discrim
inating reduction In favor of one point
only."
Has to Make Admission.
The case was closed by H. M. Stephens
for Spokane, who astonished the Com
mission by announcing that he did not
represent the jobbers of Spokane, but the
consumers. Yet the complaint was laid
by the Jobbers, and Mr. Stephens hereto
fore has been in their employ. Mr. Ste
phens was arguing for a special reduction
for Spokane when Chairman Knapp in
terrupted to ask why he did not favor a
reduction for all other Interior points.
Mr. Stephens finally admitted that he
could see no objection to such a cut.
Pressed further, he would not object
if the Commission gave to points west of
Spokane the same reduction he was seek
ing for his own city, but he thought the
same rate ought not to prevail to the
eastward. He declared that the move
ment of empty cars was to the west, and
urged this as a reason why -the roads
could afford to reduce the rate to Spo
kane. Under existing freight tariffs Mr.
Stephens said It was utterly impossible
for Spokane to become a' manufacturing
city, notwithstanding Its abundant water
power. It had been attempted, but failed.
In conclusion he said he would be will
ing to abolish the Spokane zone and
throw that territory open to competition
from Portland and Puget Sound, if they
could get satisfactory rates. What he
wanted was a lower rate from the East,
so that Spokane can buy to better advan
tage in both Chicago and New York.
Decision Next Winter.
At the conclusion of the argument, the
Commission announced that it would like
briefs from the various counsel, giving
their views as to how far unearned In
crement, such as Increased value of Tight
of way and terminals, should be consid
ered in fixing reasonable rates. These
briefs will be submitted October 1, so a
decision is not likely before early Winter.
REIGN OF TERROR REVIVED
Assassinations and Bomb-Throwing,
ln Three Russian Cities.
SEBASTOPOL, June 28. The explo
sion of an infernal machine here today
shattered the prison wall. Twenty
political prisoners escaped.
TIFLIS, June 28. Robbers entered
the residence of Prince Charvodeze last
night, killed the Prince, and plundered
Kthe house.
ODESSA, June 28. Dr. Popoff, med
ical inspector of the harbor, was assas
sinated today.
Russian Terrorists in Berlin.
BERLIN, June 28. The renewed fer
ment among the Social Revolutionists in
Russia since the dissolution of the Dou
ma has caused the Prussian police to re
double their efforts to break up the pro
paganda among the Russian students In
the higher educational Institutions in Ber
lin. Evidence was discovered during the
search of lodgings of Russian students
here in May that, implicated many stu
dents as leaders in organizing the propa
ganda among the Russians in other Ger
man cities and in collecting money for the
Social Revolutionists in Russia. Seven of
these leaders are now marked Jur ex
pulsion. HOLDUPS ARE SCARED OFF
Statipn Operator Begins Shooting at
Two Masked Men.
SANTA BARBARA, Oal.. June -38. Two
masked men who attempted to hold up
the operator In the Southern Pacific Rail
road station today at Guadaloupe, a
small station in the northern part of
this county, were frightened away empty
handed after a number of pistol shots
had been exchanged between the operator
and the robbers. Another operator hear
ing the shots, hurried from his sleeping
apartment over the station, but before he
had a chance to get a shot at the bandits
they fled and made good their escape.
Negro Boy Guilty of Murder.
HOUSTON, Tex., June 18. The Jury in
the case of Monk Gibson, the negro boy
charged with complicity with Felix
Powell In the murder of Mrs. A. J. Con
dltt and four children in October. 1905,
near Edna, Tex., today returned a verdict
of guilty, with punishment of death.
ROAD
BACK
TO DLD COMPANY
Hill Practically Admits Failure
of New Burlington
Deal.
KEEPS REASON A SECRET
Lease Made In 1901 Is Canceled, but
Hill Roads Retain Stock of Old
Company No Change Is
Made in' Capital..
CHICAGO, June 28. (Special.) One
of the big financial deals which James
J. Hill had in mind when he purchased
the Burlington Road has been aban
doned. Official announcement was
made today of the cancellation of the
lease of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company to the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Company. The announcement is unac
companied by any explanation, and the
officials of the company are silent as
to the reasons for the abandonment of
the new 1100,000,000 Hill corporation.
The cancellation of the lease, which
was for 99 years, was made by agree
ment between the two companies, and
the old company has received back the
road, has assumed all of the obliga
tions of the new corporation, and will
again operate and control the property.
Organized to Aid Merger.
The official statement says the rail
way company was organized in 1901
"in the interest of the railroad com
pany." An Eastern railway manual
states that the company was organized
in October, 1901, "to facilitate the ex
ercise of control by the Great Northern
and the Northern Pacific, which had ac
quired nearly all of the stock of the old
company, and which held one-half each
of the new company's stock."
The lease which - the new company
secured of the old company's property
was conditioned upon a guarantee by the
new company to pay the interest on the
funded debt, the sinking fund charges,
the taxes and dividends at the rate of 7
per cent per annum on the stock of the
old company.
To "Facilitate Accounting."
The authorized capital stock of the new
company was 1100,000.000, but it is stated
in the official announcement that "no
bonds or other obligations have -been
Issued by the new company and there is
nothing in the way of vacating the lease
and restoring the property to the old
company." It Is also stated that there
will be no change in the capitalization
of either company and that the property
will hereafter be operated in the name
of the old company.
In the president's office It was stated
that the. new company was organized to
"facilitate accounting." In the first vice
president's office it was. said the com
pany was abandoned to "facilitate ac
counting," and in the legal department
it was declared both of these statements
were true.
.
WILL NOT RETIRE TILL DEATH
Harriman Bays Longer Enemies
Make Trouble, Longer He'll Stay.
NEW YORK, June 28. B. H. Harriman
was asked today if there was any truth in
the rumors of his retirement from the
presidency of the Union and Southern Pa
cine Railroads. He smiled as he replied:
"Yes, I have been thinking of doing so."
"When?" was asked.
Mr. Harriman smiled again. "Boys," he
said, "I hope you will be able to attend
my funeral."
. "Do you mean you will not retire until
then?"
' "That's about what it looks like," said
Mr. Harriman, with an air of resigna
tion, "if they keep on making trouble
for me. The longer they make trouble
the longer I shall have to tay."
"What about the report that yo are to
retire as president and become chairman
of the board?" he was asked.
"There is no chairman of the board In
this company," replied Mr. Harriman.
Besides. I don't wnn . .
lace. I saw all the gold lace I wanted on
mo inveuus cutters yesterday."
BREAK UP ATLANTIC POOL
Interstate Board Asked to Act on
Steamer Lines' Monopoly.
WASHINGTON, June 28. Following the
statement submitted recently to the In
terstate Commerce Commission by Peter
Wright & Sons, of Philadelphia, agents
for the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
concerning an alleged pooling arrange
ment between the Hamburg-American
Packet Company and other trans-Atlantic
steamship lines and the Inland commerce
carriers of America, a formal complaint
today was filed with the Commlsssion by
the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company. The
Hamburg-American Packet Company, the
North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany, the Wilson (Hull) Lines and the
Scandinavian-American line are made de
fendants. The Commission is asked to declare il
legal the alleged agreement for the di
vision of freights described as the "Bal
tic pool," to declare unlawful the alleged
monopoly maintained by the Hamburg
American Packet Company and make
such orders as will prevent a continuance
of the "unjust dlscrimlantlons" practiced
by the defendant.
IXVADE BANKERS' PRESERVES
Suit Under Rata Law Against All
Express Companies.
WASHINGTON. June 28. One of the
most Important cases yet filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission under
the new railroad rate law was today pre
sented by the American Bankers' Associ
ation, which alleges that the express com
panies through their power and facilities
as common carriers, are usurping the pre
rogative of the banking associations and
at the same time employing the capital
of the hanks in the conduct of their busi
ness. It Is alleged that the exchange business
of the express companies and the relations
which they have with the railroad com
panies enable them to seriously discrimi
nate against regular commercial opera
tions of banking institutions.
The complaint Is directed against the
Adams. United States, American. Pacific,
Wells-Far go. Southern and Great North
ern express companies.
Will Raise Freight Rates.
CHICAGO, June 28. Freight rates in the
territory between the Mississippi River
and the Rocky Mountains will be ad
vanced S per cent by the action of the
Western railroads in raising the mini
mums on carload shipments and other
Emb'dy Lessons
The Free Embroidery Lessons
will be resumed on the 5th floor
every afternoon from 2:30 to 5.
Old and new customers invited to
attend. They are FREE.
GREA
OF THE YEA
5SS $1.49 Z8 $2.45 . $3.98 $5.95 3SK $7.95
TO $3.00.... 0bM...y TO $8.50. ..,v TO $12.50. .. w T0 $20.00..
Voile Dress Skirts
Hot Weather Helps Vsi
WINDOW SCREENS, HARDWOOD FRAMES, WELL MADE
loxSy-inch, special.. 20 24x37-inch, special 35tf
18x33-inch, special 25 30x41-inch, special 40
24x33-inch, special 30 30x45-inch, special 50
METAL FRAME SCREENS, 24x30 inches, special 45tf
THREE-QT. ICE CREAM FREEZERS ONLY $1 65
2- quart Blizzard Freezers, special $1.35
3- qnart Blizzard Freezers, special .81.65
4-quart Blizzard Freezers, special..., S2.00
AUTOMATIC REFRIGERATORS The kind that render a perfect
circulation of dry, cool air, which makes them the most economical re
frigerators made. Gall and see them. All selling at specially lew prices.
BUY LAWN MOWERS HERE
Good quality Brass Busheling, $3.00 values; special...... f2-25
Regular, $3.25 values, special .82.45
Regular $3.50 values, special i S?'?3
Ball-bearing; regular $5.50, special
Ball-bearing; regular $6.00, special S4.50
Ball-bearing; regular $6.50, special "52
High Wheel, $3.50 values, special $2.65
Regular $3.75 values, special S2.SO
Regular $4.00 "values, special... SpS.OO
Ball-bearing; regular $9.00, special 86.50
Ball-bearing; regular $9.50, special ; $7.15
PORTLAND AGENTS LIBBEY'S CUT GLASS
- The name Libbey, etched on every piece, is a reliable guarantee in
itself of the best and' most perfect cut glass made. During our June
Sale every piece is selling at a special low price.
ROGERS BROS.' "1847" SILVERWARE Now is the time to get
your Silverware, -while our June Silver Sale is on.
HAVILAND DECORATED CHINA In odd pieces. By purchasing
during the sale of these odd pieces and stock patterns, a great saving
is made. .
changes in the classification. It has not
yet been determined to cancel many of the
carload commodity tariffs, though a few
of those whose usefulness has passed will
be canceled and the commodity rated ac
cording to classification.
It Is the intention to cancel all less than
carload commodity rates, but as they
have to meet special conditions, the ship
pers generally have not made any specific
complaint.
The new "Western freight classification
will become effective September 1, 1907.
CONTROL GEORGIA CENTRAL
Rock Island Men Will Transfer It
to Frisco Line.'
NEW YORK, June 28. The Times today
says that control of the Central of Geor
gia Railroad, which was purchased on
Wednesday by Oakley Thome and Mars
den J. Perry, will eventually pass to the
Rock Island-Frisco Interests, If predic
tions made in railroad circles prove well
founded. It was said that Messrs. Thorne
and Perry purchased the Central of Geor
gia with an understanding between them
selves and the Rock Island Interests that
formal control of the road should pass to
the St. Louis & San Francisco after the
expiration of the two years during which
the present . holders of the road have
agreed to keep it as an independent line.
The St. Louis & San Francisco system
lias a line Into Birmingham, Ala., and at
that point it connects indirectly with the
Central of Georgia, whose lines run from
Birmingham, from Montgomery, and from
Chattanooga to the coast at Savannah. In
addition to obtaining this outlet to the
Atlantic seaboard, the Frisco, in acquir
ing the Central of Georgia, would come
into control of & large amount of traffic
originating In the territory served by the
Central of Georgia.
PUT UP UMLAWFUL FENCES
Cattlemen in Montana Indicted for
Inclosing Government Land.
HELENA, Mont., June A. Johl. T.
Murphy, cattleman in Montana and
plantation owner in Florida, was Indicted
for the unlawful fencing of 59.240 acres of
public land situated in Yellowstone and
Fergus Counties. He was arrested today
and Is out on bond.
Robert Brownlee, member of the Legls
lature from Sweet Grass County, ajidf
State Senator Edward Cardwell, of Jef
ferson County, were also indicted for
unlawful fencing, as well as Cabot
Thomas and Bert Shorey, prominent cat
tlemen of Eastern Montana.
New South Wales has bought 4000 miles
of rabbit-proof wire-netting. ,
Store Closes Saturday at 6 o' Clock
FIFTH STREET
TOtSHlNQTOr? STREET
TEST WAIST
Divided Into Five Lots
Assortment of 3000 Waists
Some of the very prettiest Lingerie Waists we have ever had in the store. Made
of dainty white, cool materials, such as lawn, Swiss, lemon and allover embroidery.
They are the acme of Summertime comfort and beauty, in pretty bodices. Fresh
from the foremost waistmakers in the -world, and bought at a price that enables us
to launch the most sensational -waist sale ever held in Portland. The waist sales of
the past were good ones,' believe us. The most in values, the best in assortment pos
sible to secure, but now a lucky stroke of merchandizing has put us in a position to ex
cel all onr other attempts at value-giving in waists. - They are made' in long or short
sleeves, trimmed with lace orembroidery. Some have the yokes of allover lace; some
ltave the yokes of allover embroidery, and some are made entirely of sheer allover em
broidery in the richest patterns.
DIVIDED INTO FIVE LOTS, AND PEICES AS FOLLOWS:
These skirts come in two Styles. One style comes in black, trimmed -with taffeta bands; the other
style comes in navy, brown or black, and has pleats and tucks running crosswise, tf J
Both 6tyles are regular $10 and $12.50. values, but for today only they sell at...P070
SWftLLQW ALL MARGINS
ST. PAUL ACCUSED OB GREAT
BROKERAGE FRAUDS.
Fake Grain and Stock Exchange Ab
sorbs Large Sums Ingenious
Device for Swindling.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 28. Lewis N.
Good, George W. Wood, Bruce D. ' Tuttle
and Martin P. Qulgley were arrested fcy
United States Deputy Marshals this af
ternoon on warrants charging them with
using the United States mails for fraud
ulent purposes. Warrants also are out
for the arrest cf Charles T. Kelly and
Clinton D. Phelps, of St. Paul, arid HI P.
Earnsberger, of Superior, Wis., on a sim
ilar charge, but up to a late hour the
men had not been arrested. It Is expected
that they will be taken Into custody to
morrow. The prisoners appeared before
United States Commissioner Spencer and
pleaded not guilty and were released on
bail. The hearing was set for July 6.
It is alleged that the defendants, who
were promoters and officers of the Wis
consin Grain & Stock Company, of St.'
Paul, and - managers of the Superior
Board of Trade, conspired to cheat in the
use of the mails in violation of the Fed
"From Maker to Player"
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Pianos Sent on Approval
SIXTH STREET
Boys' 35c Hose IS c Pr
Broken assortment of Fast Black Ribbed Hose. All sizes except 6V2
and 7. Regular 35c values. Special 19
Women's Hose Supporters Suitable for bathing wear. Regular 2oc
values, special price 17
Women's Black Lace Lisle Hose Embroidered in colors. Splendid
regular 50c values. Special 39J
Women's White Lace Lisle Hose Allover lace, or lace boot patterns,
that sell regularly for 50e each. Special 39
Men's Shirts 69c Each
Cool, comfortable-looking Golf Shirts, in neat patterns and drop fab
rics. They are shirts from one of the best makers in the market.
They come in plain white, white with black pin stripes, black dots
.or in medium colors. We also have these shirts with soft collars
attached, in tan, cream and medium dark shades. They fit per-
.. fectly in neck and shoulders, good wide bodies and good
sleeve lengths. Incomparable $1 values, special today OiC
Women's Vests 23c
Silk-finished Swiss-ribbed Vests; low neck, sleeveless style, O Q
with linen straps over shoulders; 35c value; sp'l. Saturday. JC
Women's Union Suits Silk and lisle; low neck, sleeveless style, in
knee length or with high neck and long sleeves, and ankle length.
A hand-finished garment that sells regularly for $2.50. C J QO
special today, at only O
Women's Swiss-Ribbed Vests With low neck and no sleeves. An
ideal Summer garment, very pretty. Light weight, and priced so
low that any one can afford half a dozen of them. They Q
sell regularly at 12c each; the Saturday price is only yC
eral laws. The Government alleges that
the losses sustained through the opera
tions of the concern, by Its method of
holding back on quotations until a price
could he reached which absorbed the mar
gins so far reported reached $342,090.
The Government charges that on May 1,
1906, L.. A. Wood visited Superior, Wis.,
and visited the headquarters of the de
funct Superior Board of Trade. He en
gaged divers persons to represent them
selves as independent brokers, and sim
ultaneously with that a company was or
ganized with an alleged capital of $25,000
under the name of the Wisconsin Grain
& Stock Company, and with Clinton D.
Phillips, who had been employed by Wood
as an aj?ent at Aberdeen, S. r., as pres
ident; Martin P. Quigley, treasurer, and
Charles S. Lang, secretary.
Representations, both verbal and In
print, were made that the company was
a legitimate dealer In grain, stocks and
commodities, and market letters were
mailed to Induce persons to place in
vestments. The concern established 300 offices In
Minnesota. Wisconsin, North rakota and
South Dakota, and all of them, at the
Instigation of the promoters, it is
charged, solicited the purchase and sale
of stocks and grain. The Government
charges that for every commission the
concern accepted it enacted a fraud, as it
did not purchase or sell the option, grain
or commodity, but kept the margin funds
deposited for the protection of trade in
the market fluctuation. Instead of mak
ing the trade, and that the actual
buying and selling of grain and stocks
as done on the Superior Board of Trade
Mail Orders
In this ad have prompt atten
tion. Filled the same day they
are received, and filled right. Out-of-town'
customers, take advantage.
SALE
TOD A Y
was a mere pretext on the part of the
salaried employes of the concern, no ac
tual trades or deliveries having been
made. It is charged that the prices of
alleged 1 purchases and sales were arbi
trarily marked from the quotations of
the Chicago Board of Trade and the
Chamber of Commerce at Minneapolis,
and that such quotations were surrepti
tiously secured.
MIXUP AT THE MARQUAM
Theater Party Leave Their Seats.
Damage Suit Is Threatened.
As a result of a dispute over the pos
session of five seats at the Marquam
Grand Theater last night, W. Hull, a
Portland wholesaler and a party of four
accompanying him were ejected from the
house by Policemen Wade-and Galbralth,
by order of the manager.
Mr. Hull asserts that he purchased five
seat9 In advance for his party and states
that by a mistake of the usher he held
but three coupons when the two seats
he claims were demanded by other per
sons. He refused to vacate and the
police were called In. Mr. Hull was very
indignant and stated to Captain Slover
at headquarters that he will file a suit
for damages against the theater manage
ment. -
The theater officials state that Mr. Hull
refused to show hia coupons and that he
was not entitled to the seats he and his
party occupied.
Sixth and Burnside