PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CE.NTS.
VOL. XL VI.-NO- 14,594.
ROGERS
BECOMES
HELPLESS WRECK
Master of Standard Oil
Is Paralyzed.
ILLNESS CAUSED STOCK PANIC
Inside Information Used
Against Holdings.
THEN CAME HIS COLLAPSE
Left Side 17861688, Speech Affected
and Face Distorted, Say Rela
tives Admits to Son-ln-Law
Is "About Done."
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 16. (Special.)
Information from a thoroughly rell
able source reached Chicago friends
today that II. H. Rogers has suffered
a. stroke of paralysis. The president
of the Almagamated Copper Company
has been reported 111 for about two
weeks following: his recent return from
Burope, where he went some months
ago for his health. But, despite the
trip abroad and the temporary retire
ment from all business affairs, the
Rockefeller chieftain grew worse, the
Illness culminating In the stroke of
helplessness.
It is said that the magnate has been
generally "Incommunicado" for a fort
night, only his near relatives and
friends being permitted to see him.
The recent order to close the Montana
mines of the Amalgamated Copper
Company is supposed to have been
given by William G. Rockefeller, who
will take the position formerly oc
cupied by Mr. Rogers as the field-gen
eral of the Rockefeller party. Even
should Mr. Rogers recover, it Is be
lieved he will not return to his place
In the directorates of the various cor
porations with which he has been
Identified.
It develops that the sensational
' slumps In all the securities controlled
by tho Standard Oil clique were due
largely to inside knowledge of what
had happened to Mr. Rogers. A few
friends, knowing what had occurred,
took advantage of their Information
to sell stocks. Amalgamated Copper
In those two weeks dropped about 15
points. Anaconda ten, St. Paul eight
and the rest of the Rockefeller prop
erties in proportion.
The decisions against the Standard
Oil Company and the failure of the
Rockefellers to stem the tremendous
slumps in their companies are sup
posed to have been contributory causes
to Mr. Rogers' condition.
ROGERS TOO ILL TO TESTIFY
Standard Chiefs Son and Son-in-Law
Tell or Condition.
BOSTON, Sept. 16. That Henry H. Rog
ers is In a very weak physical condition;
that his face Is distorted and his speech
is affected: that his left side is not in Its
normal state, and that he Is unable to
transact any business or even discuss
ardlnary afTalrs. was the substance of tes
timony given by Mr. Rogers' son-in-law.
Urban K. Broughton, In the Supreme
Court this afternoon.
H. II. Rogers. Jr., testified that his
father had signed but three checks and
a power of attorney to open a vault since
July 22. His condition. Mr. Rogers, Jr.,
said, had shown some slight improvement
in the past few weeks.
Mr. Broughton testified that recently
Mr. Rogers had told him to take up the
business where he had left it, as he, Rog
ers, was "about done." j
After hearing the testimony. Judge
Hammond denied the motion to bring H.
H. Rogers into court for the purpose of
showing that he was capable of testi
fying. CHAMPION AMONG FLYERS
AVorld's Aeronautic Contest at St.
Louis Will Decide.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16. Monday. Octo
ber 21. marks the opening In, this city
of a week of the greatest aerial com
petitions ever held in this or any other
country. The carnival will be interna
tional in character; the various con
tests being open to the world; and the
results will be keenly watched by
every civilized government, as well as
by the leading scentists of all nations.
People from every quarter of the globe
will assemble in St. Louis to witness
the events.
The opening day will be marked by
the start rf the contest for the James
Gordon Bennett International aero
nautic cup. This cup is emblematic of
what might be termed the balloon rac
ing championship of the world. It la
valued at $2500. and was donated by
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of
the New York Herald. In order to
become the property of any one aero
club it must be. successfully defended
by it for five consecutive years against
all challenges received from the aero
clubs of other nations.
The lirst contest for the cup took
place in Paris, France. September. 1906,
and was won by Lieutenant Frank P.
Iahm, of tho United States Army, ono
of the representatives of the Aero Club
of America. This gave temporary pos
sesMlon of the cup to the Aero Club of
America and brought It to this coun
try jher the other nations who chal-
lenge for It are required to come, the
rules stipulating that the competlton
must be held In the country which
holds the trophy.
Challenges for the cup have been re
ceived from the aero clubs represent
ing France, Germany, the United
Kingdom. Spain and Italy. No country
is allowed to have more than three
contestants in the race, and each of
these five nations has made three en
tries. The Italian entries, however,
were received too late and have been
protested. Efforts are being made 'to
have the protest waived. , Should this
be done, there will be 18 competitors
in the race, Including the three entries
of the United States.
Ldeutenant Frank P. Lahm, who won
the cup. will again be one of the rep
resentatives of the United States, .the
other two being J. C. McCoy,
a retired capitalist of New Tork, and
A. R. Hawley, a Wall-street broker. A
Iarre percentage of the men Interested
In this Bport are wealthy, and some of
the European entries are noblemen.
In addition to the James Gordon Ben
nett cup, which goes to the club which
the winner represents, the winner him-
If. H. Bosers. Vice-President of
Standard Oil Company, and Presi
dent of Am&lKamat4l Copper
Company. Who In Btricken With
Paralysis.
self will receive a cash prize of $2500,
the second man $1000 In cash, the third
$750, the fourth $500 and the fifth $253.
In order to create more interest in
the aeronautic events to be held in
St. Louis, the Aero Club of St. Louis
is giving $5103 in prizes, to be divided
between two contests, one for dirigible
balloons and the other for aeroplanes
and other heavier-than-alr flying ma
chines. The Scientific American has offered
a trophy for heavler-than-alr flying
machines, and competitions for It will
also be held at St. Louis during aero
nautic week.
TOO CLOSE TO DEFENSE
JUROR SUMMARILY DISMISSED
IX FORD CASE.
Accused Briber's Lawyers Surprise
Everybody by Not Challenge
ing Man Who Convicted Glass.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. Four
jurors were added today to the five al
ready sworn to try ex -Attorney-General
Tlrey L. Ford, chief counsel of the
United Railroads, for . the bribery of
Supervisor Thomas F. Lonergan, ' but
only three of them were finally added
to the trial panel. One was per
emptorlly dismissed by the prosecu
tion by special permission of the- court
on account of his alleged intimacy
with John Daly, a politician said to be
in the employment, of the defendant
corporation.
Among the eight Jurors thus far ac
cepted to pass upon the guilt or inno
cence of Ford are two who voted for
the conviction of Vice-President Glass
of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company,, accused of bribing Lonergan,
the Supervisor named in the indict
ment upon which Ford Is now being
triad. The failure of the defense to ex
ercise against Mr. Mortenseri and Mr.
Strange the right of peremptory chal
lenge caused considerable surprise.'
Worry Deprives Ford of Sleep.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. Insomnia
seems to be the prevailing complaint
among the men made uneasy by the
prosecution of graft in San Francisco.
Tlrey L. Ford, now on trial for the trolley
briber-, is under treatment by a physi
clan, who has advised a warm bath mas
sage each night before retiring. At first
only the warm bath was required, but
on the approach of Ford's trial this did
not avail, and now the services of a
professional masseur have been added.
DOCTORS TO FIGHT PLAGUE
Blue Given Four Assistants and Re
duces Work to System.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 16. Four
surgeons of the Marine Hospital Serv
ice have been ordered to the assistance
of Dr. Rupert Blue, who has. been
placed by the Federal authorities, at
the request of the Mayor, In charge of
the bubonic plague situation In San
Francisco. They are Drs. Creel and
Vogel, who landed at Seattle last Sat
urday from .the Philippines; Dr.
Rucker. detached from duty at the
Jamestown Exposition, and Dr. Rob
erts, ordered here from Washington.
Dr. Blue said tonight:
"I consider the situation In San
Francisco well worthy of drastic meas
ures. I have now assumed full con
trol and established 12 district head
quarters In the city. The physician In
charge of each district will report to
me dally, and hereafter eradication
measures will take the form of recom
mendations by me to the Board of
Health, which that organization will
order carried out. More surgeons of
the Marine Hospital Service will be
ordered to my assistance as 1 need
them,"
WORST OFFENDER
LINE
0. R. & N. Co. Is Not
Equipped for Traffic.
VERDICT OF FRANKLIN K. LANE
Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Talks Frankly.
LOOKS INTO CAR SHORTAGE
Thinks Shippers Have Legitimate
Cause for Complaint Against
' Western Roads Traffic Man-
agers ..Confess Plight.
1
FRANKLIN" K. lANE'S VIEWS ON
THE CAR SHORTAGE.
The situation In this state Is most
serious and shippers have a just
cauae for complaint.
The O. R. &, N. Company Is the
worst equipped railroad In the Pa
cific Northwest as to frelghtcars.
Its facilities are wholly Inadequate
to the demands upon an Initial line.
It cannot more than keep within
"seeing distance' of the traffic It Is
called D3on to handle.
The road has failed to secur &
number of frelghtcara at all adequate
to the demands made upon it.
The only apparent remedy is for the
Western roads to provide themselves
with more equipment.
' That the Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company is not adequately equipped
to handle the traffic intrusted to it, and
that It is the worst offender In this re
spect in the entire territory of the North
western lines, is the verdict of Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Franklin K.
Lane, whose investigations in Portland
yesterday included a look Into the car
shortage. He found the outlook very
gloomy In this tate. He talked with lum
bermen and other . shippers during the
day, and expressed himself freely on this
subject last night.-
The car situation is very serious,"
said he. "Shipper have a legitimate cause
for complaint at their Inability to get
equipment. The railroad men themselves
admit they are unable to handle the traf
fic offered. The O. R. & N. seems to be
the worst road In this territory as far as
car supply goes.
Must Buy More Cars. .
"There Is some complaint of discrimina
tion in the matter of cars. It is charged
that the eastern end of the system Is
favored as against this end. There is
no way to remedy this, except for the
roads to get a larger number of cars. Of
course the question is . still unsolved
whether the O. R. &.N. Is using all its
equlpmen to the best advantage, but
there Is no doubt that for an originating
road, it has too little equipment.
"The Northern Pacific last year put
Into service four times as many new cars
as the O. R. .& N. owns today. . The O.
R. & N. had On its line in June of this
year about 5421 cars, of which 4900 were
borrowed and 500 its own. The Oregon
Short Line owns TOCO cars and had in
June approximately that number on Its
tracks. The O. R. & N. has 500 cars or
dered, and the Oregon Short Line 600. I
"The managers have on the Southern '
1
(r9un, i."tv ' -
Pacific system a car pool, by which cars
owned by all the HafTiman lines are
treated as at home, no matter -.on which
of the allied lines they are, but there is
a strong rivalry between all -parts of the
system to make' a showing, so that the
O. R, & N., which is the worst off for
cars of any road in this territory, has
a difficult time of its own, owing to its
short equipment, in keeping within seeing
distance of its business."
In reply to the question whether he
thought a general pooling of freight
equipment of all railroads would help the
situation and avoid car shortages In fu
ture, Commissioner Lane said:
General oPol Would Help.
"A general pool of freight cars would
help if there were force and power suf
ficient behind it to compel the roads to
supply themselves with sufficient equip
ment. But if one road does not meet Its
necessities, and other do, a car pool sim
ply tends to take equipment from some
roads to make up to others, so some ab
solute authority is needed to force the
fope Pius X., Who Has Issued En
cyclical Against Modernism.
line itself to provide a sufficient supply
of cars."
Commissioner Lane said, however, that
he did not believe this phrase of the sit
uation would call for Government owner
ship of railways.
"I cannot understand," said he, "why
cars are .not built. h?re.-.-iit the Pacific
Northwest, where lumber Is p'entifut and
cheap. They would cost a- Kttle more,' It
Is true, than In the East, where steel and
Iron are produced, "but the demand for
cars is so keen here that I should think
railroads which consider their obligations
to the publff: would waive the considera
tion of petty economics."
Spends, a Busy Day.
. While in the city yesterday, Mr. Lane
spent a busy day. He had a number of
conferences with lumbermen and others.
Clyde B. Athclson. of the Oregon Com
mission, called on Mr. L,ane, and General
Freight Agent R. B. Miller, of the Har
riman lines In this territory, was also a
visitor.
Mr. Lane left last night for Medford,
Or., where he will spend today and will
then proceed to San Francisco. He
wants to see for himself what conditions
are In Southern Oregon, : particularly as
to car supply. From San Francisco, Mr.
Lane will return to 'Washington, D. C.
KILLED BY PITCHED BALL
Pilon Catches After Being Hit on
i
Head. vThen Dies.
MONTREAL. Quebec. Sept. 16. Henry
Pilon was struck on the head by a pitched
ball in the baseball game Sunday and
died almost instantly. The ball passed
through the hands of another player and
struck . Pilon. Pilon caught the ball,
threw It to the shortstop and dropped
dead. ,
HIS BUSY DAY IN OREGON
SUMS UP HERESY
AS
Pope: Issues Encycli
cal Against It.
EXPEL MODERNIST TEACHERS
Their Ideas Denounced as
Leading to Atheism.
ONLY CHURCH IS TO TEACH
Pius Sums Vp Catholic Teachings
on Religion, Science, Philosophy.
Modernism Does Xot Mean
Modern Physical Inventions.
ROME. Sept. , 16. The Osservatore Ro
mano, the organ of the Vatican, today Is
sued an important encyclical of Pope Plus
X. on "Modernism," which really is a
completion of his recent syllabus. The
document sets forth that motlernlsm is a
serious danger to the church, refers in
detail to the various features of modern
ism, condemns It as dangerous In philos
ophy,, faith, theology, history, criticism
and reform, and arrives at the conclusion
that modernism is a synthesis of all here
sy, and must logically lead to atheism.
The encyclical makes the following pro
visions: ' .. ..
First The teaching of philosophy, posi
tive theology, etc., is to be carried op In
the church schools and universities, but
in a Catholic spirit.
Two Modernists are to be removed from
professorships and the direction of educa
tional institutions.
Third The clergy and faithful are not
to be allowed to read modernist publica
tions. Fourth A committee of censorship is to
be established In every diocese., to pass
upon the publications' fc-hich" the" clergy
and faithful shall be permitted to read.
Fifth The encyclical of the late Pope
Leo XIII prohibiting the clergy from as
suming the direction of publications with
out their bishop's permission and provid
ing for supervision of the work of eccles
iastical writers, is confirmed.
Sixth Ecclesiastical congresses, except
on rare occasions, are prohibited.
Seventh A council Is to be constituted
in every diocese to combat modern errors.
POPE'S DECREE IS BIADE PLAIN
Simply Makes Effective Old Laws
of Catholic Church.
"When shown the above dispatch last
night, a member of the Cathedral
clergy of this city, closely associated
with ArchblBhop Christie, said:
"In understanding this subject, the
words 'modern' and 'modernism" must
not be confounded. Electricity, for in
stance. Is strictly modern, but it Is in
no way Included In 'modernism' All
such things or Ideas as the physical
sciences, law, medicine, natural discov
eries, do not come under the word
'modernism.' except so far as they af
fect faith and morals, the two words
that practically sum up the Catholic
Church. "Modernism' has to do solely
with faith and morals, what men
should believe and what men should do
In a moral sense, to be good, clean,
moral men. It Is unfortunate that In
MODERN SM
the English language the two words
that mean so widely different things
should be so closely connected in spell
ing, sound and appearance. Like the
words 'elections' and "electrodes," for
Instance, they look, sound ' and are
spelled a good deal alike, but mean far
different' things. So it is with 'modern'
and 'modernism."
"The word 'modernism, speaking In
a wide sense, is limited to the realm
of faith and morals. It has little or
nothing to do with modern physical
things. Of course, there is a middle
ground sometimes, where fine distinc
tions have to be drawn, where modern
things or Ideas encroach on the truths
as revealed by the Catholic. Church.
For instance, say some modern Inven
tion tended to prove that Christ was
not divine, then that 'modern' Inven
tion might come under the meaning of
"modernism,' as viewed by the church,
for' It would be attacking one of the
fundamental beliefs of the church. But
a 'modern' invention or discovery that
mr : Pi
General Stoeasel. Who Is "Pro-vrd at
C'ourtmartial to Have Been Able
to Hold Fort Arthur Much Longer.
showed us a new planet would in no'
way be attacking the divinity of Christ,
so would in no way be 'modernism."
Sums Up Church's Teachings.
"Viewed in this light, there is practi
cally nothing new In the encyclical re
cently issued by the Pope. It is merely
a summing up and a re-assertion of
what the church has taught for a long
time. In another sense, it Is merely
putting into effect through the machin
ery, of the church government what was
covered in the Papal syllabus Issued
some time ago. Father O'Hara ex
plained all that in the Cathedral in his
sermon about a month ago. The syl
labus Is a good deal like the passing
of a new law by a Legislature that
sums up many laws long In effect, and
the encyclical la like the announce
ment that that law goes Into effect on
and from a certain date.
"Tho first provision has alwaysi been
one of the practices of the church and
contains nothing new. The second Is
just as old. It merely means that
teachers with atheistic leanings are
to be weeded out, as they always have
been. The third provision has existed
for centuries, and contains nothing
new. And the same with the fourth,
fifth, sixth and seventh. . Tou see, the
whole thing is merely a concise sum
ming up, a sort of taking stock, to use
a trade term, of the modern position
of the church. Concerning the whole
thing. Including the dispatch received
from Rome just mentioned, the follow
ing . that was written recently by
Father O'Hara fully covers the subject:
Church Is Guide to Truth.
It is a primary duty of the church, as the
authoritative exponent of Christian truth, to
raise her voice in protect against religious
error. Without a guide, humanity would
grope its -nay blindly In the maae of contra-
(Oonctuded on Page 2.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tho Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65
degrees; minimum temperature, 63 degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; south westerly winds.
Foreign.
Evidence against Stoessel proves "he could
' have held out. Page 1.
Moors give up fight with French. Pag-e 4.
Pope issues encyclical denouncing modern
ism. Page 1.
National.
Postmaster-General will urge Congress to
establish postal savings banks. Page 2.
Admiral Clark talks on voyage of battle
ships. 'Page 4.
Congressman Jones may "head river and
harbor committee. Page 5.
Iomestic.
How railroads propose to remedy car short
age. Page 5.
H. H. Rogers, stricken with paralysis. Page
I.
Fear of evidence against Standard Oil and
rebating railroads scares Wall street.
Page 2.
Elpht Jurors secured for Ford trial. Page 2.
Gary predicts early revival in stock mar
ket. Page 4-
Negro Baptists rpfuse to denounce Roose
velt's Brownsville order. Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Canada throws doors wide open to Japan.
Oregon state Fair opens at Salem. Page 6.
Waterspout encountered off Tillamook Head.
Blfhop Moore makes appointments for Puget
Sound conference.
Commercial and -Marine.
Lower prices of grain bags are ' expected.
Page 15.
Wheat strong and higher at CbJcago. Page 15.
Metal stocks weakest feature of New York
market. Page 15. t
Demands of longshoremen granted and strike
Portland and Vicinity.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane says
O. R. & X. Company Is worst offender In
matter of poor equipment to handle fteigbt.
Page
Southern Pacific land grant attacked by suit
in court. Page 1.
City schools open with- Increased -attendance.
Parfe 16. '
C. H. Reynolds, slayer of G. H. Hfbbfns,
placed on trial. Page 10.
Rupture hinted between Hill and , Harriman
interests. Page 14.
Fred P. Baumgartner and party have disas
trous motor trip from Seattle. Page 10.
Jewish Day of Atonement beglna tonight at
HERO'S LAURELS
ALL PULLED OFF
Stoessel Surrendered
Week Too Soon.
CRUSHING EVIDENCE IS GIVEN
Misrepresented Condition' in
'Telegram to Czar.
FEARED PERSONAL HARM
Though He Had Plenty of Men,
rood and Ammunition, He Gave
Up Port Arthur and Enabled
Japan to Take Mukden.
ST. PETERSBURG. Bppt. 16. (Special.)
On the great charge against General
Stoessel. fallen liero of Port Arthur the
premature surrender of the vast fortress
he has virtually no defense, for his bes
supporters cannot deny that the fortress
could have held out at least a week
longer. This puts Stoessel technically in
the wrong the law saying that a fortress
must not - be surrendered till the means
of defense are quite exhausted and,
moreover, really, and practically in the
wrong, for even a week would have meant
that the Japanese could not have
brought all their re-enforcements to Muk
den before the thaw had set in, and the
issue of the war might accordingly have
been different.
At 6 o'clock in the evening of December
29 began the last meeting of the council
of defense. Stoessel asked each of the
members to express his opinion whether
they could hold out longer or not. Six
teen members thought they could, only
Fock, Eels and Dmetrevsky hinting more
or less obscurely at surrender. In an able
technical speech Smirnoff pointed out that
It was possible to contlne the defense.
Stoessel Feared 111 Treatment.
Replying, Stoessel begin by pointing out
that it would be "very difficult" to hold
the second line In the "present frosty
weather." owing to the absence of bar
racks and houses there. He threw out all
sorts of damping suggestions about the
lack of provisions and the desperate con
dition of the fortress. Anally winding up
with hinting that If only the Japanese
broke into the town they would mutilate
the wounded and commit all sorts of
a'trocities.
The fear that the Japanese or his own
men would treat himself and Mrs. Stoes
sel in an undignified manner if he allowed
things to go too far seems to have
haunted the general day and night, and to
have really been the principal reason for
his premature surrender. Even after he
had surrendered he was in a ridiculous
state of excitement about his goods, his
45 trunks, his furniture, curios, etc., so
much so that he wished to bury them all
tinder ground, and expressly stipulated
that the Japanese were to protect him
and his property. To Mr. LevttofT, who
worked on the Novi-Krai, he remarked
immediately after the capitulation: "If I
hadn't capitulated our own soldiers would
have cut all our throats."
Damning Telegram to Czar.
Finally the meeting of the "'Council
of Defense" came to an end, and
Stoessel dispatched his celebrated tele
gram to the Czar. That telegram alone
would damn him. It ran as follows:
"The fortress can only hold out a
few days. We have hardly any shells
left. I will take measures to prevent
any massacre in the streets. Scurvy
has made great ravages among the
garrison. I have under arms at pres
ent from 10,000 to 11.000 men, but they
are not in good health."
As a matter of fact Stoessel had at
that time -204,644 shells and 76,532
healthy soldiers,, as is shown by the .
official documents relating to the sur
render. In the way of provisions he
was also well off so well off, hi fact,
that I cannot find space to give even
a quarter of the list of good things he
had. I may mention, however, 133 tons
of flour (700.000 portions), 20 tons of
sugar (1,400,00 portions), biscuits, 6)
tons (700,000 portions), and salt. 3SJ
tons. In addition to this the fleet had
700 tons of flour, 40 tons of sugar and
two tons of meat (not counting poten
tial meat belonging to the army In the
shape of about 2000 horses, afterward
handed over to the Japanese). To cook
these provisions he had 35,776 men,
and to defend them nearly 5,333.000
rounds of cartridges, not to speak of
546 guns In perfect condition.
The above telegram was written be
fore the council met, but Stoessel dated
It a day later so as to make it appear
to be the result of the council's delib
erations. Determined to Force Surrender.
Meanwhile all the other Generals
save the very few who were in the
Governor's confidence, thought that the
defense would be continued; but Stoes
sel had evidently determined to force
a surrender by the simple process of
placing some vitally important position
in the hands of the Japanese. January
1, therefore. General Fock astonished
General Gorbatovsky, who occupied
Kuropatkln's dunette and two other
points, by ordering him to evacuate
them. Gorbatovsky remonstrated, and
fiCeacluded on Face