SECOND EDITION
4:00 A.M.
VOL.. XXVI XO 14,532.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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Why Battleships Are
Coming to Pacific.
PUSH OPEN THE DOOR IN CHINA
Japan Has Blocked It and
Broken Promises.
ROUTE FLEET WILL TAKE
Evans Will Assemble 19 Battleships
at San Francisco Officials Try
to Minimize the Importance
of the Demonstration.
COMING PACIFIC IXEET.
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Battleships: Tons. Guns. Speed.
Connecticut l,non 24 18
Maine 12.500 20 IS
Louisiana 19,000 24 18
Missouri 12.500 SO 18
Virginia 14.948 i4 19
New Jersey 14.94S 24 19
Rhode Island ... 14.944 24 19
Alabama 11,525 18 17
Illinois 11.525 18 IT
Kearsarge 11.525 22 16
Kentucky 11.525 22 18
Ohio 12.5O0 20 18
Minnesota 17.650 24 18
Vermcnt 17,650 24 18
Protected Cruisers: .
Charleston 9. TOO 14 22
Chicago 4,500 18 18
Milwaukee 9.700 IS 22
St. Loui 9,700 14 22
Gunboat:
Torktown ' 1.T10 S 16
Totals 731.054 876
'Knots per hour.
WASHINGTON, July .5 (Special.)
1 Interest in world politics end the pos
sibility of conflict with Japan was re
newed here today when the definite
news that a great fleet of United States
warships would be sent to the Pacific
Coast became generally known. Also
a new phase was put on the matter
when It became:" known that the move,
calculated as It Is to impress Japan
that she Is not dealing with a power
like Russia, hinges on something;
deeper than the resentment of Japan
at the treatment her citizens have re
ceived at San Francisco. The real Is
sue, it is pointed out here, is the open
door in the Far East.
Japan Blocks Open Door.
Ostensibly It was for the open door a
that Japan went to war with Russia.
But after her victory the door of trade
in Manchuria and Corea was pretty
well blocked up with obstacles placed
by Japan, much to the discomfiture of
. American and British merchants.
America was given assurances that the
door would remain open and, though the
President Is at Oyster Bay and other
officials of the Government are out of
the city, it is reported here that the
United States Intends, if it should be
come necessary, to be prepared to Insist
that the Japanese government put no
restrictions In the way of trade with the
continent of Asia
Fleet Will Stay in Pacific.
While it has been constantly declared
fcy the Navy Department that no menace
to Japan is intended by the dispatch of
the fleet, and Ambassador Aokl, of that
country, has asserted that Japan will
not construe the presence of the fleet in
the Pacific as- such, it Is understood
here that the arrival of the battleship
squadron In the Pacific marks the Initial
step toward the maintenance of a per
manent fighting fleet in the Paclfio here
after. Whether the entire fleet of 18 vessels
which la now destined for the Paclfio
remains there or not, it is asserted on
the authority of well-informed officials
that the American Navy in the Pacific
will never again be inadequate to cope
with any emergency on that side of the
continent unless there is a vast change
In the aspect of international politics.
SHIPS - AND ROUTE TO PACIFIC
Battleships and How They Will
Make Long Voyage.
WASHINGTON, July 6. Details of the
vast movement of the Atlantic fleet to
Pacific waters have been theoretically
worked out weeks In advance by the
. Naval General Board. But these details
are necessarily subject to constant change
resulting from the withdrawal of battle
ships from active commission on account
of having been declared antiquated or In
need of repairs and the substitution of
other- ships just going into commission
and fresh from the builders' hands. There
Is in the Navy Department today scarcely
anyone authorized to afford any Informa
tion as to the contemplated eet move
ment. Secretary Metcalf is in California; As
sistant Secretary Newberry is at Watch
Hill. R. I.: Admiral Brownson. Chief of
the Navigation Bureau, who is next in
line, has gone to New Tork, and the Act
ing Secretary of the Navy is Rear-Admiral
Mason. Chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance. Magellan Route In 60 Dai's.
The opinion of the officers on duty to
day is that the route most feasible for
the big ships is by way of the Straits of
Magellan. The route across the Atlantic
nd through the Mediterranean and Sues
Canal Is open to . the objection that It
would bring the big ships almost into
Japanese waters, and the movement
might consequently be regarded as a
menace, which Mr. Metcalf has stated
was never contemplated. The Suez route,
too, is longer by a thousand miles than
the Magellan route. This, according to
the best calculations and allowing for
short visits to ports not upon the nearest
sailing route, is about 13.000 miles in
length.
The battleship Oregon covered the dis
tance from San Francisco to Jupiter In
let, Fla., in 1898 in 63 days. But she Was
handicapped by the company of the little
gunboat Marietta, which was scarcely
able to make mora than eight knots an
hour, and also by the fact that as a
precautionary measure the Oregon was
sent around the West Indies, sensibly
lengthening her route. The opinion now
Is that under ordinary cruising speed,
which for the big battleships means
about 10 or 12 knots an hour, and allow-
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ing a reasonable time for coaling on the
way, the Atlantic fleet can make the
passage from New Tork to San Fran
cisco In less than SO days.
Tt is conceded that Rear-Admiral Evans
will have the honor of commanding the
fleet. It is believed now that the route
will be about as follows:
Where Stops Will Be Made.
Leaving New Tork or Hampton Roads
In the early Fall, the battleships would
probably steam . straight to Culebra,
where coal would be taken on. The next
stop would be Rio de Janeiro and from
that point the vessels would not halt un
til they reached Sand Point in the Straits
of Magellan. Here again the coal sup
ply would be replenished for the run to
Callao, Peru. The next stage would be
from Callao to' Panama and from that
point the ships would proceed without
a stop to San Francisco.
It is believed that after reaching Peru
vian waters the movements of the ves
sels will be much more deliberate than
up to that point. Although the reason
for this statement is not officially ob
tainable. It is apparent that the explana
tion Is to be found in the fact that the
battleships will be within easy reach of
San Francisco, in other words, they
could In an emergency arrive at that
point before any other fleet could.
Naturally, the coaling of the fleet is a
very serious question. Two methods of
doing this have been provided for in the
plans of the general board. The first
is to send with the battleships a suffi
cient number of colliers to enable them
to replenish their coal supplies without
any dependence upon foreign coaling sta
tions. . In .this, case a fleet of no less
than 20 colliers will be necessary, because
something like- 77,000 tons of coal will be
burned on this cruise. In the - second
case, the plans provide for the free use
of merchantable coal along the route,
which of course would diminish the need
of colliers. Under the latter- plan, it
Is probable that the five colliers already
attached to the Atlantic fleet would be
sent forward to Sand Point. Coal at
that point is scarce, and extremely bad.
Will Have 1 9 BatUeships.
Admiral Evans, it is expected, will
start with 16 battleships besides as many
colliers. The armored cruisers - Wash
ington and Tennessee, which are now in
French waters, are under orders immedi
ately to refit and proceed to the Pacific
Coast to form part of an armored cruiser
squadron to be assembled there. It is
possible that they will be detained and
accompany the battleships on the cruise.
When Admiral Evans arrives ' off the
Coast, his fleet will be increased by the
addition of the battleship Nebraska, new
ly completed and simply awaiting the
rounding out of her skeleton crew. The
battleships Wisconsin and Oregon, now
at Bremerton Navy-Tard, Puget Sound,
will probably have completed their ex
tensive repairs by next March, so that
they too may be added to the fleet,
which will then comprise 19 battleships,
besides the armored and protected cruis
ers of the Pacific fleet.
The composition of the fleet today is
as follows:
Battleships.
Connecticut Captain Hugo . Osterhaus
commanding: tonnage, 16,000; guns, 24;
speed. 18 knots.
Maine Captain Nathan Nlles; tonnage,
12.500; guns, 20; speed, 18 knots.
Louisiana Captain Richard Wainwrlghf
tonnage, 16,000 tons; guns, 24; speed 18
knots.
Missouri Captain Greenllef A. Merrlam
tonnage, 12.500; guns. 20; speed, 18 knots.
Virginia Captain Beaton Schroeder; ton
nage. 14.948; guns, 24; speed. 19 knots.
New Jersey Captain William W. Kimball;
tonnage. 14.918; guns. 24; speed. 19 knots.
Rhode Island Captain yet to be assigned'
tonnage. 14,94s; guns, 24; speed, 19 knots.
Alabama Captain Samuel p. Comly; ton
nage, 11,525; guns, IS; speed. 17 knots.
Illinois Captain Gottfried Blocklinger
tonnage, 11,625; guns. 18; speed, 17 knots'
Kearsarge Captain Herbert Wlnslow
tonnage, 11,525; guns, 22; speed. 16 knots!
Kentucky Captain Edward B. Barry:
tonnage, 11.525; guns. 22; speed, 16 knots
Ohio Captain Lewis C. Heilner; tonnage.
12.500: guns, 20; speed. 18 knots.
Minnesota Captain John Hubbard; ton
nage. 17,650; guns, 24; speed, 18 knots.
Vermont Captain William P. Potter; ton
nage, 17,650; guns, 24; speed, 18 knots.
(Concluded on Page 2.)
OLDFIELD TRIES
TO TAKE HIS LIFE
Smashes Windows- in
Effort to Leap.
ViFE'S SCREAMS BRING HELP
Crazed by Charges of Fraud,
He Takes to Whisky;
ENRAGED BY REPROACHES
Pounds Glass With Fists and Cuts
Himself Severely, but Portland
Hotel Detective Drags Him
Away to . Doctor.
Brooding over his troubles, growing
out of the recent automobile races held
at the Irvington track last Wednesday,
Barney Oldfleld, the speed marvel, who
was arrested Thursday on a charge of
fraud, attempted to commit suicide by
leaping from the window of his room
at the Hotel Portland at 2 o'clock this
morning, but was restrained by the in
tervention of his wife and Detective
Joseph Resing.
Since the publication of the alleged
faking of the race meet and his arrest
for obtaining money under false pre
tenses, Oldfield has been worrying over
the affair and has been drinking heav
ily. This morning he returned to his
rooms at the Portland Hotel after hav
ing been absent most of the night, and
was taken to task by his wife, who is
sahj to have upbraided him severely
for his conduct, whereupon he became
frenzied.
Tries to Leap From Window.
As near as could be learned at this
hour, Oldfleld rushed to the window of
his room and smashed out the windows
with his bare hands, which were se
verely cut during the operation. His
wife rushed to his side and, by catching
his clothing, restrained him from leap
ing until the arrival of House Detective
Joseph Resing, who was attracted to
the rom by the noise and the screams
of Mre. Oldfleld.
Mr. Resing burst into the apartment,
seized the .crazed automobilist by the
arms and dragged him by main force
from the window. Mrs. Oldfield was
almost hysterical at the sight of the
bleeding and lacerated hands of her
husband, who was hustled as fast as
possible to Nau's drugstore on the
ground floor of the hostelry, where the
wounds were dressed and the flow of
blood stopped. Mr. Resing afterwards
took the speed marvel to a physician.
Takes Fraud Charges to Heart.
Oldfleld has taken his arrest and the
notoriety gained through the charges of
fraud very much to heart, and In spite
of the admonition of his friends he has
taken to drink, which is unusual for
the great automobile driver usually a
most temperate man. He says his ar
rest Is an injustice and, owing to his
prominence In the automobile world,
he thinks the notoriety given him- will
damage his . reputation considerably.
Lest night he Is said to havo Indulged
heavily in strong drinks and acted like
anything but his usual self, and to this
his friends attribute his rash action.
After being cared for by Mr. Resing
and the . physician he became normal
again, but refused to discuss the af
fair. The employes of the postoffice heard
the cries aird soreams Issuing from the
hotel window and rushed to the street,
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thinking a murder was being commits
ted. Several automobiles and carriages
were also attracted to . the scene and
most of the autolsts knew the great
driver and expressed their sympathy
for him.
Aside from the cuts on his hands,
Oldfleld Is not hurt and will suffer no
permanent ill-effects from the episode.
OLD VETERAN PENNED IN
Government Inquires Into William
Rockefeller's Game of Squeeze.
WASHINGTON. July 5. An Investi
gation has been ordered by Postmaster-General
Meyer, with a. view to de
termining whether the Postoffice dis
continued at the town of Brandon, New
Tork, shall be re-established there.
The Inquiry Involves a unique state
of affairs. According to the papers on
file in the Postoffice Department, It
Barney Oldfleld, Automobile Racer,
Who Attempted to Commit Sui
cide Last Night.
appears that several years ago Will
iam Rockefeller, who owns a large
estate comprising more than 50,000
acres in. the vicinity of Tarry town,
conceived the idea of " acquiring the
site of the town of Brandon to till out
his estate.- Brandon was a flourishing
place with a Postoffice and two or
three smal Btores and a small number
of inhabitants. Mr. Rockefeller pur
chased all of the property from Its
owners except one small tract' that
was owned by a Civil War veteran
named Lamora. Lamora refused to
sell, and persisted, in fishing In a
stream, which ran through Mr. Rocke
feller's estate, and in using the roads,
which had been open to the publio, it
is said," for a- generation.
The Postoffice at Brandon waa abol
ished, ai.J another was opened at Bay
Pondthree miles within the confines
of Mr. Rockefeller's estate. There the
people who formerly received their
mail at Brandon were expected to get
it. Lamora was arrested for trespass
ing on Mr. Rockefeller's estate, and
he and his friends fought the case In
the courts, but eventually were de
feated. A court order was made preventing
Lamora, in person or by agent, from
goiny onto the estate of Mr. Rocke
feller, It is stated, and that therefore
he was unable to obtain mail for him
directed to the Bay Pond office. .
The matter was brought to the at
tention of the Postmaster-General by
letters from various parts of the coun
try, and he is determined not only to
ascertain the facts regarding It but
if possible to re-establish the Post
office at Brandon, or at some nearby
point outaide of the estate of Mr
Rockefeller which will be convenient
ror the people of that vicinity.
WILL COUNT . CATHOLICS
Population in United States Is Estl-
mated at 15,000,000.
ST. LOUIS, July B. Archbishop John
J. Glennon, of St, Louis,- has just been
appointed by the United States Census
Bureau as a special agent to compile
statistics of the Catholic population of
the country, estimated at 15,0J0,000.
Archbishop Glennon has appointed
Rev. J. J. Tanneth, of St. Louis, his
chief assistant, and has written to all
the blshbps tn- the' United States, ask
ing tfceir cq-pperation. .
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SKYSCRAPERS
TO OREGON HOTEL
Annex Buildings Will
Cost $500,000.
TWO TEN-STORY STRUCTURES
Hostelry Will Become Largest
, . in Pacific Northwest.
MODERN IN EVERY DETAIL
Wright and Dickinson Secure Leases
on Adjoining Ground and Work
Is Begun on Park-Street
Side Credit to City.
Two 10-st'ory additions to the Oregon
Hotel are to be erected at a cost of $600,
000, making that hostelry the largest In
the Pacific Northwest. Definite an
nouncement of this improvement was
made yesterday by Wright & Dickinson,
proprietors of the Oregon. The plans as
outlined assure Portland not only addi
tional hotel accommodations much need
ed for the entertainment of visitors, but
a fireproof and strictly first-class hotel
that will In all ways be a credit to the
city.
Preliminary work on the first annex
Is already under way. This building Is
to stand on the lot Immediately adjoin
ing the present hotel in the rear. It will
face on Park street, between Stark and
Oak. The contracts for both excavation
and construction already have been let.
the old frame structures on the property
are being razed and the city's first sky
scraper hotel is an absolute certainty. It
Is to be built by Margaret S. Ainsworth
on the lot owned by her and under lease
to Wright & Dickinson.
The second annex will occupy the lot
Immediately north of the present six
story building of the Oregon. This
ground is now covered with a three-story
annex which will be removed. The ex
cavation for this annex will be made sim
ultaneously with that for the one facing
on Park street, but the building will not
be erected until the first annex Is com
pleted. Leased for Twenty .Years. '
Negotiations for the lease of the site
of the Park street annex have been un
der way for several months but Wright
& Dickinson have kept their plans quiet
until all details have been completed and
all Is ready to proceed with actual con
struction. The lease to the proprietors
of the Oregon has been signed for 20
years. The cost of the Park-street an
nex will be $250,000. Specifications have
been prepared by Sutton & Weeks, . a
San Francisco firm of architects and the
contract for the construction has been
let to the Contracting Engineering Com
pany of Portland and Tacoma.
As soon as the old buildings now occu
pying the property have been removed, C.
J. Cook & Co. will begin excavation
work. One of the old buildings already
has been torn down and the work of
demolishing the other will commence to
day. The building will be of reinforced con
crete, the third large structure of this
character to be erected in Portland. The
others are the eight-story ' Couch build
ing on Fourth street, now nearlng com
pletlon, and the 11-story Board of Trade
building, at Fourth and Oak streets, now
well under way. The big Oregon annex
will be faced with buff-colored Twin
City pressed brick, with terra cotta trim
mings to match. This front will be es
pecially attractive In appearance and
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will be an Important Improvement for
Park street.
The annex will increase the capacity of
the present hotel by about 150 rooms and
75 private bathrooms. It will be as near
ly fireproof throughout as modern con
struction can make it and be equipped
with every convenience. The floors will
be of concrete and the halls of tile. The
building will be equipped with its own
water-pumping station, electric light and
power plants, using oil for fuel, as well
as a complete system of refrigeration for
the barrooms and kitchen; also with a
compressed air cleaning plant, probably
the only one In the city.
The ventilating system will be one of
the most attractive features of the build
ing. It will furnish filtered air taken in
at the top of the building even to the
grill room In the basement, so that in
not more than 15 minutes, and as much
oftener as desired, the air of the entire
structure will be changed. The usual
conveniences of telephones, hot and cold
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water, and two high-speed elevators will
be Installed.
Grill to Scat 700 Guests.
As soon as the lower floor of the an
nex is completed, the present grill room
will be enlarged to 100x100. This will
then become the largest grill in the Paci
fic Northwest and will seat 700 people. It
Is planned, as a novel feature, to employ
two orchestras, one stationed at each end
of the room. The grill will occupy the
entire space beneath the main floor of
the present hotel, and the culinary de
partment will be removed to the base
ment of the annex.
When the two annex buildings are com
pleted the hotel will have 400 guest rooms
and about 200 rooms with private baths,
as well as numerous sample rooms, with
baths, for commercial travelers and
many sample rooms without baths.
As every detail has been completed for
the Park street building. Its construction
will progress rapidly. It Is expected
that the building will be practically com
pleted within six months, and that
Wright & Dickinson will occupy the
property with their hotel business not
later than 10 months from the present
time. A member of the firm of Sutton
& Weeks has been In the 'city for some
time putting the finishing touches on the
plans and has Just returned to San Fran
cisco. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 78
degree; minimum, 62.
TODAY Fair. Westerly winds.
National.
Fleet ordered -to Pacific as atep to force
open door In China. Page 1.
Route and composition of battleship fleet.
Page 1.
Postal Department Inquires into William
Rockefeller's oppression of veteran.
Pag 5.
Both Rockefellers arrive In Chicago to
testify before Land Is. Page. 1. -Fore
Inn.
Hague conference has lively debate on
American propositions. Page 3.
American woman In London accused of
using Morgan's name In swindle. Page 4.
Japanese formally demand licenses In San
Francisco. Page 4.
Politics.
McClellan stilt fights recount and Hearst
gains votes thereby. Page 5.
Domestic
Victory for Kansas over C. O. D. liquor
sales. Page 10.
Runyan Is captured in rooms of woman who
betrayed him. Page 5.
Chicago operators to vote on strike; Neill
trying to keep peace. Page 4.
Antonio Apache, darling of Portland and
New York 400, proves to be negro.
Page 3.
Row between Tillman and Dolllver causes
talk of duel. Page S.
Wisconsin tornado kills 21 persons and doe
Immense damage. Page 5.
Paclfio Coaat.
Evidence In Haywood case relating to Or
chard's prepared alibi. Page 2.
Salmon fishing Industry rapidly dwindling.
Page 6.
Work of United States Fish Commission in
- Oregon and Washington. Page 0.
Rev. W. Brougher has twice refused Seattle
offer. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Flour sent to China on consignment. Page 15.
8Iump in Eastern wheat markets. Page IS.
Stock speculation Is narrow;' continued im
provement in business outlook. Page 15.
Colonel S. W. Roessler, United States En
gineer, completes annual report; deep
channej on Columbia River bar is assured.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon Hotel to be enlarged by addition of
two skyscrapers, each ten stories high.
Page 1.
Portland labor unions will fight wood trust
by engaging in fuel business. Page 11.
Federated Trades Council condemns action
of Industrial Workers of World. Page 11.
First Congregational Church calls Dr. L.
R. Dyatt, of Brooklyn, to the pulpit.
Page 11.
Police Inspector Bruin said to be slated for
dismissal. Page 10.
Interior Warehouse Company sues O, R.
2. for $31,890 damages by car short
age. Page 10.
Knotty problems, puzzling Oregon politicians.
Page 10.
STANDARD CHIEFS
' REACH CHICAGO
Both Rockefellers Will
Be in Court.
SLIP INTO CITY UNOBSERVED
Only Two Witnesses Cannot
13e Found by Marshal,
ROGERS IN FROM EUROPE
Long: Wst or Oil Men to Be Kiam
Ined About Stock Holdings,
Many Questions Will Bo
Asked by Iiandia Today.
i STANDARD OIL DIVIDENDS.
CHICAGO, July 6. (Special.) The
, Btandard Oil Company, whose dlvi-
dends hava furnished the foundation
' of Mr. Rockefeller's great wealth, is
, productire of dividends of dazzling
, proportions. Fifteen individuals and
' estates, based on estimated holdings
' previous to the formation of the Stand-
i ard Oil Company of New Jersey, con-
I trol more than 90 per cent of the stock
of the corporation. They have received
( in the last ten years dividends aggre-
, gating $364,004,000, or an average of
i 36.400.000 a year.
; Th average yearly dividend on
( Standard Oil stock over the last ten
, yean was f 40.04 a share, so that the
i entire dividends on the authorized capi-
tallzatlon of $100,000,000 for the ten
, years ending December 31, 1007. will
, have reached $404,000,000. of which all
' but $30,990,000 has been credited to
the 15 Individuals or estates.
, John D. Rockefeller owned 27.4 per
. cent of tho capital stock of the Stand-
; rd Oil Company and apparently he t
I haa received an average of more than I
, $11,000,000 a year on the shares over t
. the last ten years. It has been said - t
; that Mr. Rockefeller has largely in- J
creased his holdings since then. I
The Standard Oil Company pays more
. to Its shareholders than any corpora- I
I lon ln existence. Its disbursement of !
, $40,000,000 a year exceed the present
, dividend payments of the United f
' 6tates Steel Corporation by more than I
$4,600,000 a year. I
CHICAGO, July S.-John D. Rockefeller,
president of the Standard Oil Company,
and his brother, William, one of the di
rectors of that corporation, are in Chi
cago tonight, ready to appear tomorrow
at 10 o'clock in the United States District
Court before Judge Landis and be ques
tioned regarding the management of the
corporation.
The two Rockefellers reached Chicago
at 4 o'clock this afternoon over the
Michigan Central Railroad and their ar
rival ln the city was known to but few
outside of their attorneys and relatives,
for several hours afterward. It had been
thought that Mr. Rockefeller was travel
ing over the Lake Shore, road and would
reach here at 9 o'clock tonight No ona
except those who knew what road he was
traveling on paid any attention to the
arrival of the Michigan Central trains,
and the brothers left the train without
being recognized by any one outside of
their attorneys and relatives.
Consult Their Attorneys.
An automobile was in waiting for the
two oil magnates ajid they lost no time
ln getting away from the depot. They
were driven direct to the office of Alfred
D. Eddy, one of the Standard Oil attor
neys. Waiting with Mr. Eddy were the
other two attorneys who will represent
the company ln court tomorrow John F.
Miller and Morlts Rosenthal. The two
men remained in conference with the at
torneys for over two hours, when they
Jumped into an automobile and went to
the home of Harold McCormick, 88 Belle
vue avenue. Mr. McCormick Is a son-in-law
of John . Rockefeller, and he.
together with his brother, will make the
McCormick residence their home while
here.
A telegram announcing that William
Rockefeller was on his way to Chicago
and that H. H. Rogers had returned from'
Europe and had been notified that he
was wanted in Judge Landis' court was
received by the District Attorney from
United States Marshal Henkel, of New
York. Following the receipt of the tele
gram by the District Attorney, it was
reported that Mr. Rogers had started for
Chicago when he learned that his pres
ence in court was desired. The tele
gram received by Mr. Sims follows:
Only Two Missing Witnesses.
Have Just been informed by Mr. Elliott,
one of the Standard Oil attorneys, that Wil
liam Rockefeller will be ln Chicago July 6
without a subpoena. He Is now en route.
Have also learned that H. H. Rogers has
Just arrived on the steamer Baltic and will
start west at once. Rorers did not go to
his Broadway office, and there Is soma
doubt about his being in Chicago tomorrow
morning.
If Mr. Rogers reaches Chicasro in timi.
to appear in court, all but two of the
witnesses ror woom subpenas were Issued
will be present before Judge Landis.
The two exceptions among the 18 wit
nesses sought- are H. R. Payne, vice
president of the Union Tank Line Com
pany, and H. W. Tllford, treasurer of
the Standard Oil Company of New Jer
sey. Mr. Payne, according to a report
maae Dy sa.r. nenjcei to oar. mms. is at
the bedside of a sick son, but the New
York Marshal said he was unable to
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