Tft 3IORXING OREGOXIAX, ' FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 4f 1908.
in OfJ STANDARD
WAGED BY HIS G EN
Independent Refiner Success
ful in Competition With
Octopus.
SOLD OIL MUCH CHEAPER
w Kngland Witnesses Tell of
Great Refinery Built Vp and
Cuttins of Prices by
llisgen Brothers.
NEW YORK. Sopt. S. Sidelights on
the war that has been wafted for years
between the Standard Oil Company and
Thomas Hissren. of Sprlnicfield. !.
Independence candidate for President of
the I'nited Slates, and Ills three brotn
era the firm of HisKen Bros., came
out today when the taking of testimony
in the Government suit against the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
was resumed here.
The Standard OH Company's side of
the story was presented at the hearing:,
with Morltz Rosenthal reprenentlna; the
ompanv and Frank B. KelloftK the
Government, before Franklin Ferris,
referee. The Standard, by the testi
mony It adduced, sought to show that
most of the cuts In prices made in the
New F.ncland field In the war between
the Standard and HlsRen Bros, were
first made by the Hlsarens and that af
terwards the Standard Oil Company
met them to maintain their trade.
Grew In Spite of Standard.
While John Ill. ks. of Catskill Station
was t stif In, a letterhead of the Hisben
concern was offered In evidence, which
showed pictorially the evolution of the
plant from a verv small one in 10 to
nn immense affair In K. When Mr.
Kelloirs. the Government attorney,
iljectcd. Mr. Rosenthal for the defemkint
taid he wished to show how the Inde
pndnt company had grown despite the
alleged persecution cf the Standard.
Hl-sen I'mlersold Standard.
Several New York state grocers who
tin business near the Massachusetts
line told of having been offered oil by
the Hispen Bros., at a lower price than
charged by the Standard Oil Company.
One of the witnesses, in reply to a ques
tion, said he received no threatening
letters from the Standard Oil Com
pany nnd that no effort was made to
stop him from buying oil from Illagen.
Charles E. Arnold of Ptisslng. N. Y..
testified that HI'gen brothers sold
him oil at 11 rents a gallon when the
Standard asked 13 cents, but the wit
ness afterward bought StanlWrd oil
because it had a convenient tank line
service.
-lid von know the Standard was
seliing oil in Springfield for 8 cents
at the same time it was charging you
13 cents'" Mr. Kellogg asked.
"I did not."
"And you did not know when the
Hisgens were charging you 11 cents
in Stisslng they were selling oil in
Springfield at 74 cents. one-e'enth
cent under the Standard price, did
youT' Mr. Rosenthal asked.
"I did not"
HISGEX
OPKXS
CAMPAIGN
Speaks at Indianapolis--IIearst Also
Makes Address.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 3 The Indiana
campaign of the Independence party was
opened here tonight at English s Opera
house, which was filled to its capacity.
Thomas U llLe.-n. Presidential candi
date, and W. R. Hearst spoke.
Just before the speaking began the
Independence party leadens met, adopted
a platform and nominated the following
state ticket: Governor, James M. Zion;
Lieutenant-Governor. William Francis
Keates: Secretary of tSate. J. W. Close;
Treasurer. Harley 9. Snyder: Auditor,
Fred U Hlsjren.
EMBEZZLER GOES TO JAIL
r.EMOIISE DKIVES FUGITIVE TO
AKMS OK POLICE.
Kobert A. Wurtz, Who Stole $50,
000 in Los Angeles, "Shooed"'
From Police? Station.
FRESNO. Cal.. SeTt. 3. Robert A.
Wurtz, the confidential clerk for the
Title Insurance & Trust Company, of Los
Angeles, who disappeared from his of
fice three weeks ago. short J6O.00O in his
accounts, has been arrested here. Yes
terday Wurtx walked into the office of
the Chief of Police and announced that
he was "the man they wanted Robert
A. Wurtx, you know." Chief Shaw
thoiiRht that the man was a common
drunk and "ehooed" him from the office.
Wurtx had been four days in Fresno,
having come here from MerceiaSt Sun
day night. He went at once td the Grand
Central Hotel and registered under his
own name. The following day he secured
a refund order from the Southern Pa
cific for the unused portion of a ticket
from Merced to Bakerstield. This also
was unuer
Wurtz stated that he was "glad to
i . t il " am Ha vL-nm tired of I
dodging policemen all over the state."
He had been drinking heavily during the
time of his stay in Fresno and showed
me effects of his spree. When taken be
fore the Chief of Police he asked:
-Why didn't you arrest me yesterday
when you had the chance. It would
have saved 3'ou a lot of bother and me
a sleepless nlElit."
TAFT WILL MEET, PEOPLE
(Continued From First Page.)
Representative Kelfer would comment
for publication today on the Foraker
Incident of yesterday in Toledo, with the
exception of the general admission that
the meeting between the candidate and
Senator Foraker was brought about with
out the previous knowledge of Mr. Taft.
Comment Indicating that the Repub
lican situation generally might have Im
proved if the Vermont majority had been
less was made by Mr. Taft today.
"The returns." he said, "are very sat
isfactory. In round numbers the major
ity is 30.0CO. which is nearly what it was
in 1W4 and equal to that of 1900. It Is
an Indication that there is no undercur
rent against the Republican party and
there is no trend toward such a radical
change In the opinion of the electorate
as is essential to Democratic success
In November. It would perhaps have
been better, from the standpoint of the
party managers, if the majority had been
less, in order that the danger of over
confidence might be lessened among the
Republicans."
James R, Garfield and Mrs. Garfield
reached here today. It was announced
that Secretary Garfield would put in four
days on the stump in Maine.
Bass fishing conditions today were the
best since Mr. Taft has been here. The
morning catch was 17 bass, five sheeps
heads and one pickerel.
It was decided today that Mr. Taft
will not get to Sandusky In time Monday
to participate In the Labor day celebra
tion. He might leave here Monday even
ing for that place, that more time may be
had on Tuesday for a visit to the Sol
diers' Home there, before the trip to
Cincinnati begins at 1:30 o'clock.
Secretary Straus, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, will be here this
week.
FRANCE HELPED REBELS
CASTKO GETS EVIDENCE IN
VOLVING DELCASSE.
Fining of Cable Company Based on
Proof It Aided Matos Revolu
tion in Many Ways.
CARACAS. Monday.' Aug. 24. After
more than three years of legal pro
cedure, the Civil Court of First In
stance of Caracas has delivered Judg
ment In the sensational case of the
French Cable Company. The company
has been found guilty of complicity In
the Matoa revolution of 1903 and fined
-13.000.000. Other damages are also to
be assessed against It. The trial has
been even more startling than that
against the New York & Bermudex
Asphalt Company, which also resulted
In a $.i.noo,.i00 fine, because It has
reached far beyond the high officials
of the cable company in Paris. The
evidence mentions in an alleged com
promising way even such names as
that of M. Delcasse. Minister of For
eign Affairs of France at the time of
the revolution. It Is Venezuela's claim
that the French Government itself ex
tended support to General Matos and
M. Qulevreux. French Vice-consul at
Caracas, was ao compromised by the
documentary evidence which fell into
President Castro's hands that he com
mitted suicide In Paris.
The railroad suit, as it was called
was brought on July 19, 1905, based
on a great mass of documentary evi
dence, consisting in part of the archives
of the cable office at Caracas, which
President Castro had selxed from a
treacherous employe of the company.
These documents, which were moBtly
copies of the messages sent over the
lines, are alleged by the Attorney-General
in his complaint to prove that
General Matos, after visiting the di
rectors of tite company in Paris, was
offered every aid by them In further
ing his revolution; that the Venexuelan
manager, Ferdinand Jallabert, was in
structed from Paris to furnish every
aid to Matos; that as a consequence
the operators in Venezuela placed
themselves under the orders of M.
Qulevreux, who was the agent of the
revolution In Caracas; that the cable
employes were all revolutionary spies;
that they secretly transmitted news
to the revolutionists regarding the
movements of the government troops;
that the contents of government mes
sages were communicated to third per
sons and to foreign powers, and that
the company used all its power to
disseminate abroad exaggerated news
aimed at discrediting the Castro gov
ernment. President Castro's action in closing
up the cable offices without providing
for- telegraphic communication to the
exterior lias been disastrous to com
mercial interests in Venezuela.
Several attempts have been made to
establish wireless communication and
to get other cable companies to come
in, but all have been unsuccessful.
BOLTERS IN KENTUCKY
Offer Nomination ' for Congress
Kimball, but He Declines.
to
LEXINGTON. Ky.. Sept. 3. James C.
Cantrill. of Georgetown, was this after
noon nominated by the Democrats of the
Seventh Congressional district to succeed
W. P. Kimball, of Fayette County, the
present Incumbent, who Is also a candi
date for renomlnatlon.
A bolting convention of 34 of the 1H
delegates participating nominated Frank
Johnson, of Franklin County, after of
fering the nomination to Kimball, who
declined it.
FIELD, JFTS, WIDOW WEDS
(Continued From First Page.)
and at the public meeting which we both
addressed: that our conversation on the
reviewing stand was only social and mere
ly that which would be suggested by the
character of the occasion; that at the
public meeting had. had no private
conversation and what we had said at
the public meeting spoke for Itself that la
all there was of it. I bade hlra good even
ing and went to the train. I wish there
could be some way found to stop the pub
lishing of these mischief-making reports."
VERMONT PLURALITY TOO BIG
Tends to Create Overconfidence,
Says Mr. Taft.
MIDDLE BA?3 ISLAND. O.. Sept. 3
Kcliher Mr. Tait, General Corbln nor
Maldwin Drummond. second son of the
late Edgar Athelln Drummond and the
Hon. Louisa Theodosla Pennington, who
was a daughter of the third Lord Man-
caster. '
Marshall Field Jr. was the son of Mar
shall Field, one of Chicago's most promi
nent merchants, who died in 1906, closely
following the death of his son, which oc
curred on November 27, 1905. Mrs. Drum
mond's maiden name was Marie Huck.
She has two sons, who are now being
educated in England.
The only persons present to witness the
ceremony were the Duke of Westminster,
who is a great friend of Mr. Drummond;
Craig W. Wadsworth, second secretary of
the American, Embassy, and Mrs. Field's
two sons. The boys have been living In
England with their mother since the
death of their father, and they are to
ent?r Eton in the Autumn.
Mrs. Field had known Mr. Drummond
for about 10 years, having met him during
her frequent visits to England. Mr.
Drummond is a member of a well-known
Hampshire family, and a nephew of the
late Sir Victor Arthur Wellington Drum
mond, who married a daughter of Charles
Lam son, of New York. He is most pop
ular In social circles, where his mother
is one of the leaders. He Is also a keen
sportsman, and belongs to the polo and
hunting set of which the Duke of West
minster Is member. Mr. Drummond Is
36 vears of age. The couple will spend
their honeymoon on the Continent.
SAX rRAXCISCO VETERINARY COLLEGE
N.xt session begins Sept. 15. Catalog fres.
Dr. k.u. I res.. i81i Market st- S. E.
iTICETOI
J
Second Prohibition Candidate
Given Ovation.
INFORMED OF NOMINATION
Fellow-Citizens, Regardless of Par
ty, Join in Doing Him Honor.
He Insists Prohibition Must
Be National Issue.
ADA, O.. Sept. 3. Before a large audi
ence In Brown auditorium of the Ohio
Northern University tonight. Professor
Aaron S. Watklns was officially notified
of his nomination as the candidate for
Vice-President by the National Prohlbl
tion party. The citizens crowded the
streets and university campus end noli
tfcal partisanship temporarily was laid
aside In the honoring of an esteemed
townsman.
Felix T. McWhirter, of Indianapolis,
treasurer of the National Prohibition or
conization, was the chairman. Robert
Patton, of Springfield, 111., who was tern
porary chairman of the National Pro
hibition convention, delivered the formal
notification address.
Liquor Question National.
Mr. Patton laid most stress on the point
that the liquor question cannot be, finally
solved except as a -National political
issue. He denounced the Government for
sharing in the profits of the traffic and
said Jhat Federal control of interstate
commerce made prohibition a National
Issue, for It made possible querrilla war
on state prohibition laws. He declared
that next Congress must give relief from
Interstate commerce in beverages. He
attributed race riots to the liquor traffic
and heaped praise on Eugene W. Charm
for his rescue of a negro irom the spring
field mob. -
Flowers for Watklns.
When Professor Watklns arose to re
spond, the vast audience was on its feet
cheering and waving hats and handker
rhiefs, while little girls presented the
rnnrilriatt. with bououets of flowers. The
ovation lasted several minutes.
Professor Watklns declared the Prohlbl
Hon party the greatest party because It
had an Issue broad enough to cover tne
entire Nation, while all other Issues .were
more or less local. The liquor issue affect
td all officials from President down to the
smallest local official. He boasted of the
fact that while the nominations of the
two great parties were foregone con
elusions. The Prohibition convention "with
one accord turned its eyes in tne airec
tion of the unknown and two men who
were scarcely mentioned before tne con
vention and who came to the convention
with the purpose of working each for a
candidate of his own, were suoaeni
selected as the standard-bearers of the
party."
Says License Useless.
TJ thm nrrned at length for a political
Prohibition movement, saying the day of
personal work had gone by. tie oeciarea
license useless as a temperance measure
and the dispensary system a failure. He
raid if prohibition did not prohibit, it was
because It had been in the hands of its
enemies instead of its friends. He made
a plea for proportional representation.
Professor Watklns read a telegram of
encouragement from tne rroniuiuon
.i.nriorri.hparpr. Eugene Chafln, which
again brought the audience to its feet.
rtiiPORMA DEMOCRATS FOR
VOTE ON SUFFRAGE.
Platform to Recommend Submission
of Amendment Compromise
Between Two Factions.
hxock-ton. Cal.. Sept. 3. The Demo
cratic State Convention convened In this
city today for the purpose of nominating
candidates for iresioennai
State, Senator George W. Cartwrlght was
chosen chairman, and after the appoint
ment of the usual committees a recess
was taken until tomorrow.
The convention will probably be har
vmnl(ttl AS a compromise has been
reached In the fight that was being made
by the Loa Angeles delegation against
National Committeeman Nathan cole,
i t wp Dirreed that an advisory com
mittee, composed of James D. Phelan, of
San Francisco. E. E. Bush, or nanrora.
and a member from Los Angeles to be
later named, should be appointed for the
purpose of handling all campaign funds
and directing the National campaign in
this state in conjunction with the execu
tive committee of the state central
committee.
The women suffragists who failed to
get recognition from the Republican
State Convention at Oakland, where a
demonstration was made by 300 women,
but were utterly ' Ignored, scored a vic
tory when the committee on platform
and resolutions tonight adopted the plank
pledging the Democratic candidates for
the Legislature In favor of the submission
to the voters of the state of a constitu
tional amendment extending to women
the right to vote. There was not a dis
senting vote nor a single voice raised on
the floor against the request of the
women to Insert this plank in the plat
form. The plank In no way commits the
Democrats to women's suffrage, but
merely favors letting the people of th
state decide as to whether or not women
shall be given the right to vote.
RUSTIN SHOT IN OWN HOME
(Continued From First Page.)
Dr. Rustln's company, is believed to
throw more light on the matter. She
told frankly of her relations with the
doctor, saying he had been caring for
her material welfare for some time.
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vv Hart Schifiher Ic Marx
Fall Styles
You never saw a more attractive
lot of good clothes than we've
ready to show you right now for
Fall wear. They're
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Clothes and the new colors, new
weaves and fabrics are as rich and
varied and attractive as clothes
can be.
New models and new kinds in
style; new ideas in patch pockets,
button flaps and that sort of thing.
We show you just for example
one of the new two-button styles;
a very snappy, stylish suit.
$20.00 to $40.00
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
Cor. Third and Morrison Streets
She was one of the last persons to see
him alive, she says, leaving him at a
street corner one block from hie home.
Out of consideration for her grief
over' her husband's death, It is said by
the police no definite steps have been
taken to interrogate Mrs. Rustln about
the details of the shooting and proba
bly nothing will be done along that
line until she gives her testimony at
the Coroner's inquest, which will be
held next Tuesday, having been de
ferred until after the funeral and La
bor Day.
SAYS WAS OFFERED BRIBE
Talesman In Ruef Case Declares
Defense Tried Fixing.
choosing of jurors to try Abraham Ruef
on the charge of bribery, a sensation was
caused when J. M. Kelly, a talesman
under examination, stated that he had
been approached by O. 8. A. Blake and
offered $000 to vote against the convic
tion of Ruef. in case he should be ac
cepted as a juror.
Kellv disclosed this matter to District
1 in Tnlv last, telling
Attorney hmhsuv,.. .- -
him that Blake at first offered him JoOO
and increased the orrer to w-
When Kelly was called to the box.
Frank Murphy arose before the man whs
sworn and Insisted on making a state
ment, in which he said:
"This man approached counsel for the
defendant and solicited a bribe."
Kelly took the stand and related In de
tail the conversation with Blake. After
Kellv's testimony. Frank Murphy Insisted
on being sworn and testified in sub-
.tanre that Kelly was tying.
eiu mivpisrn Rent. 3. At the
- afternoon session of the court in tne 1 ana increi.-.i
1 LEADING FUR FOR WOMEN AND J
M0F THECWESET S CHILDREN. f
A Cor. 4tn and Morrison Sts. '
SCHOOL DAYS WILL SOON BE HERE
As the time approaches when the children will soon take up their school
work, fond mothers will look to the wearing apparel of their little girls
suitable for school days. We have gathered together quite a number of
extra specials in children's school suits, dresses, coats, underwear, hosiery,
etc., which every economical mother would do well to take advantage of.
We mention below a few of the specials in brief:
GRAND-SALE OF CHILDREN'S SH00L
DRESSES AT $4.98
A special assortment of Misses' and Children's School Dresses in the new
Fall styles in serges and wool mixtures, in plain colors and plaids, sizes
from 8 to 14 years, values from $10 to $15, at the extremely low price of
$4.98. An unusual offering which every mother should take advantage of.
See window idsplay.
MISSES', CHILDREN'S
CRAVENETTES $5.79
An excellent assortment of Misses'
onri nhilrlren's Cravenettes: colors
are tan and oxford. All are well
made and regular $10 and
$11 values; special inaay. .
$5,79
CHILDREN'S SCHOOL
HOSE 25c PAIR
A line of Hosiery for school boys
and girls, made with extra double
Imee. heel and toe. Absolutely the
most durable children's hose on the
market. All sizes. Special
for Friday, a pair
25c
MISSES' KNIT VESTS
FOR 63c EACH
Broken lines in Misses' Cotton and
Wool, Long Sleeved and High Neck
Vests, in odd sizes only. Just the
thing for early Fall wear ; reg- q q
ular $1 values; special Friday. OJU
FDR DEPT. SPECIAL
$10 and $12 Coney
Sets for $6.75
A special offering of finest quality of French
Coney Throws and Muffs, best of workman
ship, just from our factory, beautifully
iir,ri i-n skinner 's satin: rearular values
$10 and $12; see window display;
for the low price of only
$6.75
Send for our new fur style book for
the season of 1908 and 1909. Mailed
free on request.
felt . ,
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NEW FALL MILLINERY
SPECIALLY PRICED AT $5.98
We place on sale for today only the first of our
great Fall bargains in new Fall Hats, all this
season's styles and colors; only 35 Q0
in the lot; for only tfoiJU
GRAND WAIST SPECIAL
Lingerie Waists, Values to
$7.50 for only $1.49
An exceptional bargain in Ladies' Fine Lin
gerie Waists, representing odds and ends from
our waist section, in values up to $7.50, which
we close out at thi3 exceedingly Ol Q
low price; ladies, take advantage 0 I it J