.TTT! -MORNING OTCEGONTAN; FRIDAY MA 8, lyus.
JEROME DENIES
PROTECTING RYAN
Calls Lawyer Pierce's Ques
tion a Deliberately Men
dacious Statement.
DISPLAYS A KEEN WIT
Gives Attorney for Ills Accusers a
Ready Answer at Every Turn He
Explains Campaign Contrlbu- .
tions of Insurance Men.
NEW YORK. May 7. District Attor
ney Jerome, testifying in his own de
fense in connection with the charges
of dereliction which have been pre
ferred against him, today said that the
nearest he ever cape to sending: a
wealthy man to jail was in having one
of them committed to an asylum.
"You mean Harry Thaw?" asked At
torney Pierce for the complainants.
"Yes, Thaw's the man," responded
Jerome.
"You forget Al Adams," interjected As
sistant District Attorney Keisel.
"Oh, yes," replied Jerome, "so I do, but
he had only two and a half or three
millions. He was not one of the big fel
lows." Taking up tfie question of political cam
paign contributions, Mr. Pierce asked
what justification there could be for mak
ing contributions to either political party
In 1904.
Answers Like a Solomon.
"Differences in economic doctrlries,"
Jerome replied.
"How could the economic doctrines af
fect the insurance cases?" he was asked.
"Well, the New York Life, the Mu
tual and Equitable held between them
some $1,000,000,000 worth of securities.
There was an opinion on the part of
President McCall that a panic would
follow Parker's election, and you can
figure what a 5 per cent depreciation
of the $1,000,00 5,000 would amount to."
Talking of the matter of the $40,000
which was paid by George W. Perkins
to the Nylic organization of agents in
the New York Life Insurance, Mr.
Pierce asked the District Attorney if
lie regarded it as a loan.
"Not exactly," Jerome replied.
"Didn't you know that the charter
of the company absolutely prohibited
Perkins from turning that money over
to the Nylic funds?"
Not Exciting Literature.
"I did not know; the charter is not
very exciting literature." .
Mr. Jerome said that in five years he
had personally conducted three trials,
one of them resulting in a conviction.
Mr. Jerome was questioned regarding
his relations with Thomas F. Ryan, of
the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany. "Since last November," asked Mr.
Pierce, "have you not used all your in
fluence to prevent the indictment of
Thomas F. Ryan?"
"That statement is mendacious, and
you know that it is," replied the Dis
trict Attorney.
Mr. Jerome Insisted that he had done
all that he could to secure Indictments
in the Wall-Cortlandt-streets Ferry road
deal. Adjournment was taken until to
morrow. SEND TROOPS TO PORTLAND
Senator Fulton Requests War De
partment to Flay Fair.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 7. Senator Fulton today
requested the War Department to have
the transport bringing troops from the
Philippines for Vancouver Barracks
land troops at Portland, Instead of San
Francisco.
Assistant Secretary Oliver at flret re
fused point-blank to consider the prop
osition. Senator Fulton called his at
tention to the discrimination against
Portland In Secretary Metcalfs refusal
to send battleships and in the change
of method of purchasing Army supplies
and other matters. Mr. Oliver then
eaid: "Your channel is not deep enough
for the transport to go up the river to
Portland."
Senator Fulton asserted that the
channel was fully as deep as that of
San Francisco Harbor, and that he be
lieved, while the official survey showed
a depth of over 25 feet, that the actual
depth was 30 feet. Mr. Oliver ex
pressed surprise at this, and promised
to give the request consideration, with
a view to changing the order requiring
the transport to land, at San Francisco.
He will notify Senator Fulton of his
decision .s soon as it is made.
BOURNE'S BILL IS REPORTED
Measure Changes Name of Willam
ette Customs District.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 7. The Senate commit
tee on commerce today reported
favorably on Senator Bourne's bill re
naming the customs districts in Oregonr
and increasing the salaries of customs of
ficers. The committee amended the bill
eo that the salary of $6000 for the Port
land Collector shall be in lieu of all fees,
commissions, storage and perquisites of
every kind and nature.
BISHOPS TO METHODISTS
Continued From First Pair.)
the canteen and the fouling again of the
Nation's hand by direct participation in
the sale of liquor."
New !i'sme for Divorce.
As to divorce, the bishops say:
The consecutlv polygamy permitted by
the divorce laws of some of our states is a
disgrace to our country. It continues to un
dermine family life and to break up into
BelpleM and warring factions that which
God means ehall be a unit. We greatly re
joice that the conscience of the Nation Is
being quickened on this subject and the de
mand tor uniform divorce laws Increased.
The bishops have quite a little to say
as to workingmen and the church and
also as to trades unions, a part being as
follows:
For those who labor with their hands and
whose reward is a wage, the church baa great
sympathy. We uphold the right of those
worklngmen who desire to do so to form la
bor unions for the advancement of their In
terests, as we hold the right of Individual
laborers who prefer to do so to seek the con
trol of their own labor. The church and the
trades unions should seek each other's help
lor the uplift of mankind.
. at liauoi Question, again came before
the body, this time in the form of a reso--lution
offered by Governor Hanley, of In
diana, chairman of the temperance com
mittee, demanding that Congress enact
the Littlefleld interstate liquor shipment
bill, now pending in the judiciary commit
tee, for the protection of those states in
which the traffic in intoxicants is wholly
or in part Inhibited. A committee was
appointed to present the resolution to
Speaker Cannon.
Tonight there was held at the Lyric
a meeting in celebration of the cen
tenaries of the organization of the gen
eral conference as a delegate body and of
the adoption of the constitution of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. There was
a distinguished gathering also at a ban
quet of the Brotherhood of St. Paul,
held at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Episcopalians Denounce Divorce.
ST. LOUIS. May 7. At the final session
of the sixteenth annual conference of
Episcopal Church Clubs of the United
States here today, addresses and dis
cussions favored social settlements.' Di
vorce and re-marriage were condemned
as "the curse of the country." Leniency
antong Episcopalians on the subject was
denounced with especial severity.
GOMPERS URGES CONGRESS TO
PASS MANY BILLS.
Writes Letter to Pennsylvania Rep
resentative, -Enumerating Mea
sures Desired by Unions.
WASHINGTON, May 7, Responding
to a letter from Representative Brumra
of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Congres
sional District, President Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor, has
written a letter In which he strongly
urges that Congress shall remain In
session long enough to enact certain
legislation which he enumerates. He
enumerates the following as the meas
ures which labor will insist shall be
acted on before adjournment:
The Wilson bill amending the Sher
man anti-trust law.
The Pearre bill regulating the issu
ing of the injunctive writ to Its origi
nal anu beneficent purpose.
Extension of the eight-hour law to
all Government employes and to em
ployes of contractors or sub-contractors
performing work for the Govern
ment. A general employers' liability law
applicable to all workers so far as the
Federal jurisdiction extends.
It is understood that these bills were
referred to the judiciary committee- in
accordance with the House rules re
quiring the reference to that commit
tee of all bills involving new legis
lation.
2 SS
STOLE FOR FRIENDS
Cashier of Pittsburg Bank Em
bezzles $429,000.
HELPED HIS ASSOCIATES
William Montgomery, Trusted Em
ploye for 20 Years, Arrested.
Prominent In Business and
Politics Friend of Quay.
PITTSBURG, May 7. William Mont
gomery, cashier of the Allegheny Na
tional Bank for over 20 years, was ar
rested late today on a charge of em
bezzling $429,000 of the bank's funds. He
was arraigned tonight and held for the
Federal grand Jury under a bond of $50,
000, which was furnished. The financial
standing of the bank is in no wise af
fected by the-defalcation, as It is in. a
position to bear the loss without embar
rassment. Mr. Montgomery has always been
prominent in politics and was a close
friend of the late Senator Quay. He
was also prominent socially.
Eaxminer Folks expressed the belief,
after making the charges, that Mont
gomery had used the funds of the bank
to assist friends who were in tight places
financially.
POSTPONED TWO DAYS
Thaw Case Will Not Come Up Until
. Wednesday.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. T., May 7. The
habeas corpus proceedings of Harry K.
Thaw, to procure his release from the
Matteawan Asylum, will be begun- here
next Wednesday before Justice Morse
hauser, Instead of next Monday, the
date heretofore set. This statement
was made today by District Attorney
Mack of Duchess County, and James G.
Graham, counsel for Thaw.
The postponement was made to suit
the convenience of District Attorney
Jerome, whose engagements will not
permit him to come to Poughkeepsie.
until Wednesday.
Dies Like a Hero.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 7. Rodney Ol
ney, a prominent young business man of
Sand Point, Idaho, died like a hero in
Lake Pend d' Oreille last night.. Olney
and Dr. Phlnney were fishing and the
canoe capsized. Phlnney could not swim,
and Olney, fearing the canvas boat would
not hold two, told his companion to cling
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A most attractive variety of beautiful models in navy, new brown, Copenhagen, also
imported materials in stripes, mixtures and checks.
MILLINERY
ij OFF
. Your choice of any Hat in our Millin
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80c UNION
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Special inducements offered for all repairing and remodeling for the Summer. All
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to the canoe and struck out for the shore.
When close to land he threw up his hands
and sank. He was the son of H. C. Olney,
formerly a newspaper publisher at Den
ver, Colo.
MAKE A GAME STRUGGLE
Portland .Players Defeated at Golf
After Hard Fight.
VICTORIA, B. C, May 7. (Special.)
Two Portland players made a fine fight
in the preliminary rounds for the men's
golf championship at the Pacilio Coast
Golf Association tournament here today.
C. G. Murphy, after defeating Rithet, of
Victor!, In the qualifying round, met and
defeated C. K. Hincks. of Cowichan, In
the first round proper, of the champion
ship class. In the second round he put up
a game struggle against Combe, the local
champion, who holds the record for the
links, and was only finally defeated 2 up,
with 1 to play.
Linthicum, of Portland, qualified in the
championship class, though beaten in the
qualifying round, where he encountered
J. K. Magill, a former runner, up for the
championship. In the first round proper,
championship class, he was defeated "by
Andrews of Seattle, three up and two to
play. Combe, who defeated Murphy, is
the favorite for the championship. He
will meet Spooner, of Seattle, tomorrow,
and the winner will play the winner of
the Gillespie -Magill round, in the finals.
In the ladies' game the locals carried
everything before them. Of the eight
qualifying in the championship class but
one Tacoma and one Seattle woman qutl
itied. The semi-finals for the ladies'
championship class will be played when
Mrs. Langley will meet Miss Combe and
Miss Tilton will face Mrs. Holland, all
Victoria ladies.
The putting greens are . in very poor
condition from the lack of rain.
CLARENCE CHURCHILL DEAD
Drowned in Nccanicum at Seaside
While Fishing.
SEASIDE, Or., May 7. (Special.) The
Necanicum claimed another victim this
morning. Clarence Churchill, from Port
land, who was fishing half a mile above
the Seaside House in company with A. G.
Wilson, walked out on the end of a saw
log, hooked a- trout, and cried to his com
panion: "I have one."
Just at that instant Wilson heard a
splash and rushed to the bank to look
for his friend, who had disappeared.
Twenty .feet below the end of the log on
which Churchill had stood, Wilson no
ticed bubbles in the water, but Churchill
did not appear. Wilson rushed to the
Seaside House and sent a message to
Seaside for help.
B. A. Miller secured a crew- and went
up, and, within Ave minutes, the body was
found.
The body of Clarence Churchill, drowned
at Seaside yesterday morning, will be
brought to this city for burial. The de
ceased was a member of the Portland
Aerie, No. 4, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
and this organization will probably have
chars' of the funeral. He is survived
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by his widow, who. Is proprietress of the
Idanha rooming-house at 201V4 Third
street. She left yesterday for Seaside and
will accompany the remains to Portland-
DAYLIGHT THIEVES IN TACOMA
House Ransacked While Family Is
Eating Lunch.
TACOMA, Wash., May 7. (Special.)
Another daring gang of daylight bur
glars has arrived in Tacoma and began
operations today, robbing the home of
S. M. Northstrom, South Nineteenth and
Mildred streets, of about $150 tn gold
and silver and jewelry valued at about
$100.
While Mrs. Northstrom and her chil
dren were eating lunch the thieves cut
a hole through the glass in the kitchen
door and sprung the lock. Making their
way up the back stairs, they complete
lv ransacked the upper floor of the
house.
Richard Wilson, colored, arrested last
night, was found this morning to be the
man who robbed the key store of J. T.
Wells of three dosen keys. Later he
admitted that he had served time in
the Oregon Penitentiary.
Seaside Home Burned.
SEASIDE, Or., May 7. (Special.) At 2
o'clock this morning fire destroyed the
house of John A. Myneer, south of town
The fire department could do nothing and
the structure was a total loss. This morn
lng a subscription paper was circulated
and was freely signed for th eowner. No
body had been in the house for a week,
and the origin of the tire is a mystery.
Metzger. Jeweler, optician. S42 Wash.
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WHAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW
The STANDARD TRUST CO.
is now ready for business in its offices in the Chamber of Commerce
building, Stark-street entrance, No. 265-267.
Transacts a General Trust Company Business
Acts as trustee under mortgages, trust deeds and in all fiduciary
capacities and prepares papers therefor.
Certification of bond issues by this corporation assures projection
to the public and investors and increases the market value of bonds.
It offers an absolutely safe investment in
Gold Coupon Real Estate Certificates
based on Portland Business Property, in units of $25.00, drawing 4
per cent interest annually, payable every six months and cashable
under contract; in addition, they participate in the profits. Principal
and interest absolutely safe.
It deals in gilt-edge bonds.
THE BANKING DEPARTMENT
will be ready for business in the near future just as soon as its safes
and literature are ready.
OFFICERS
Wm. H. Garland, President. H. P. Davidson, Loans.
L W. Lane, First Vice-President. E. L. DeKeater, Cashier.
A. J. Dillon, Second Vice-Pres't. C. M. Scherer, Trust Officer.
John B. Moon, Secretary. A. E. Clark, Counselor.
SHOE MANUFACTURING
We manufacture right here in Portland
the best line of Men's, Boys' and
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We would also interest more capital
in the promotion of our business, which
presents the best field for investment
of anything in this city today.
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13 and 15 Union Avenue,
Portland, Oregon.
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