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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1908. 4 TARIFF BODY IS PUTIN QUANDARY Boutell Sounds Note of Despair at Hearing Regarding Revision. PROBLEM DIFFICULT ONE Testimony Show- Increased Iutle? Io ol Help Laborer and Dc vrce Will ot BcncHt Consumers. WASHINGTON. Nov. N. At today tariff hfartnir before the ways and means committee of the House, Repre sentative Boutell. of Illinois, questioned I Kann, of the Pennsylvania Amer ican Plate Glasp Company. n to whether tl:e American laborer would benefit from an increase In the tariff, and when told that he would not. Mr. Boutell said : Only One Benefited. Kor three m-eeks this committee has conduct el thes hearing' and all those who appear do so voluntarily. No one was ake!. The testimony has uni formly shown that inrreased duties will not arrrue to the benefit of the laborer and that a rierta.e in the duties will not accrue to the benefit of the con sumer. It seems that, no matter what we do. if we rale or lower the tariff, it will only benefit one class, the one w hich you belona- to." "The ioor manufacturer? suggested lr. Kami. 'Preois.!y. replied Mr. Boutell. "T want to know what will N accomplished by a revision of the tariff? Representative Paul, of North Dakota, secured the admission from Mr. Kann that 11 plate glass companies which he represented endeavored to put up the prices of srlass at the same time. After a discussion regarding the busi ness that would follow an Increase In the duty on plate (slaw. Mr. Clark, of lissiuri. said to the witness: "You ;t a little here and there, too Final! for any one to come here and tes tify, but altogether you reap a fortune." A. U. Faulkner, who, as president of the National Glayji Workers' Association, represent d the labor interests of the glass industry, pjtoke in favor of an in t Teased dul on smaller sizes of plate glass. Want Duties Ketalneil, A. E. Cluanl. of Kairbury. 111., for the bottle manufacturing Interest; Fred Garner, of Corning. N. II.. for the cut a nd engrax'ed glass Industry; G. V. Klair. of 1 'Ittsbnrg. also for cut glass, and (ieorge Wells and Bdward Bauch. of Rochester. X. Y representing opti- al Rood industries, favored retention of tiie present duties. The last named three desired a reclassification of the various articles affected by the tariff on their Industry, while Henry H. Graves, of Geneva. N. Y., desired protection for the lens manufacturing business. Mr. Payne had not heard from Andrew Carnegie In response to his Invitation to appear before the committee at a late hour tonlKht. Sheriff Hughes, of AmarilTo. Tex., Sun day, by leaping out of a dining-car win dow, was aided by four Pueblo men who were fellow-lodge members. According to the story, two of the men were on the train and two others were outside at. a stop where Fitzgerald was to make his jump. It la said a. handcar was secured and Fitzgerald was brought to- Pueblo, given a change of clothing and left for Denver. His destination is supposed to nave been Chicago. AURORA SPOILS MESSAGES Electrlt-al Disturbance Paralyses Telegraph Wires. CHICAGO. Nov. 24. (Special.) The superiority of the telephone for the operation of railway trains in the event of storms or electrical disturbances was demonstrated over a large area last Friday. An aurora borealls creat ed such an electrical disturbance In the. States of Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin and several others, that the use 4t the telegraph on railroads in these states was out of the question for several hours. Not even by an almost constant read justment of instruments were operators able to transact any business. During all of this general disturbance phone systems In use by mny of the rail roads remained unaffected. It was SAVE MORSE WRECK Boston Capitalists Form New $40,000,000 Company. MALL0RY ELECTED AT HEAD Corporation Will Be Hqlding Con cern for Four of Six Lines Con trolled bjr Banker Xow in Prison. PORTLAXD, Me., Nov. 24. A meeting; of the Incorporation of the Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies line was held here today. The certificate of incorporation of that company provides that the company stock shall be J40.opn.000 par value. The Kline, who afterward became a Stand ard Oil attorney, was then counsel for Schofleld, Schurmer & Teagle. "Well, they had a very capable attor ney," said Mr. Rockefeller. Concealed Ownership of Rivals. The witness said In reply to other questions that a similar contract was made with the Pioneer Oil Company, but he could not remember whether he stated In the contract that the Standard operated refineries only In Cleveland and Bayonne, N. J. . He understood, he said, that he made an affidavit in connection with this con tract to the effect that the Standard Oil Company of Ohio had not owned any stock of any railroads or pipe line. You were trying to give the fmpresston at that time that the large number of compa nies you had acquired an Interest In were not controlled by the Standard Oil Company of Ohio? I tried to give the status at that time. Mr. Kellogg; asked the witness If he had made It known to anyone at that time that he had an Interest in the com panies included in the trust agreement of 1879. and if it was not a fact that this agreement was kept secret while he was combining the companies. Mr. Rockefeller replied: I cannot say, but I think It must have been known to a number of people, outside of those who algned It, replied Mr. Rocke feller. Evades Difficult . Question. Is It not a fact that Mr. Archbold. Mr. Flagler and others. In 1875 and later, made affidavits and public statements that the SNAPSHOT OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, ON HIS WAY TO TESTIFY AT THE STAND- . ARD OIL INVESTIGATION . , . .! . t ISU&XSK. 17 ' . , i J ; J, ' is 3 V t. Am Nf m 1 fl -A .3 ) T I ! - I v J i D. ROCKEFELLER AND JOHN G. HKADIMi FROM LEFT TO RIGHTl MORITZ ROSENTHAL, JOHN MII.BLHN. NEW YORK Nov. IS. (Special.) The above snapshot of John D. Rockefeller was taken today. Mr. Rockefeller was on Iris way to testify at the investigation of the Standard Oil Company In the suit brought bv Frar.k B. Kellogg the Government's trust-buster. Mr. Rockefeller was accompanied by Moritr Rosen thal who press reports say gets a salary of J1000 a day as attorney for the Standard Oil Company and John G Mllburn, who was president of the Buffalo exposition, another high-priced Standard Oil attorney. found that the service was as perfect over the phones as though there had been no electrictrihVation of the atmos phere. It is also stated that at every railroad station where phones are used for the dispatching of trains, there has been Installed a lightning arrester. CANNON IS FOR REVISION (Continued from first Page.) CAHNKGIK NOT TO ATTEND Sleel Magnale ISeplie by Mall to Tariff Hearing Investigation. NKW YOKK. Nov.' 24. Andrew Car negie apparently will not appear to morrow at the hearing in Washing ton before the ways and means com mittee on the iron and steel schedules on the tariff. He said this afternoon that he had replied by mail to the committee's invitation to go to Wash ington and give it the benefit of his new tariff views: but. while he was willing to give out this information. lie refused to disclose the nature of his reply. saylrT he thought such ac tion on his part would be discourte ous to the committee. If the letter carried a refusal to attend the hear ings the decision could not have been due to the state of Mr. Carnegie's health, for his secretary said for him that he had completely recovered from the indisposition which prevented his keeping an engagement in Baltimore last night. REVOLUTION IS SPREADING Government Gunhoat Falls Into Hands of Haitian Rebels. TORT AT PRIXCH Hayti. Nov. 24. The revolutionary movement against President Nord Alexis is spreading. The towns of Anuin and Jeremie have both d-clared against the government. The gunboat CYovant. which has fallen into tile hands of the rebels, encountered the gunboat Ceniennlro oft Jeremie and shots were exchanged. General Lcromte. the Minister of the In terior, who went out at the head of the government force against the rebels, has been taken prisoner. The rumor is cur rent here that tie has been executed. The t'royant was laid up on account of an accident to her machinery and the rev olutionise took possession of her with out any trouble. The government l recruiting men here and elsewhere for Its campaign against the rebels and large quantities of am munition are being shipped out of Port ail Prince. lp to the present time there has been no trouble here, but If the rev olution triumphs a serious situation may arise at any moment. Iate advices received here confirm the report of the execution of General I.e Conte. He was captured near Jeremie, together with his escort, after a short struggle. Tiie town of Auuin. it Is reported., 'has been pillaged by the revolutionary troops. No news has been received of the move ments of General CWeatln Cyriaque. Min ister of War. who was sent out in ad dition to General Is? Conte by President Nord Alexis to put down the uprising at Aux Otyes. headed by General Antoine Mmon. XBW YOKK. Nov. 24. A special dis patch to the Herald from Port au Prince, l.avti. says that the I'nlted States, Ger man. French and BriMsh legations have usked that nurships be sent immediately to I .os Caves and Jeremie to insure the protection of foreigners. Olflcers of President Nord Alexis, who were threatened by General Antoine Si mon, after his uprising, took refuge In the German Consulate at Los Cayes. taking advantage of the right of asylum. Among the refugees is said to be General "Kaverolles. the military commander of the district. expects to have everything nis own way wltUout regard to his neignoor. "Whoever Is elected Speaker of the next House must so perform his func tions as to assist the House in arriv ing at the result which will best rep resent the views of the responsible party In the House, striving to carry out the will of the people who eleeieu him. "The Representatives made no mis take when they enacted the Dingley law. and I believe they will make no mistake In the bin which they will enact next Summer, with the concur rence of the Senate and the President- Give People What "fliey Want. "There is one thing of which you may be sure, those Representatives will do their very best to perform what the people want done, for they must go before the people In 1910 and account for their acts. The Senator accounts for hinself once in six years: the President once In four years, but the Representatives account once two years. The Speaker of the House has a double accounting, to Ills consti tuents In his own district and to his associates in the House who elect him. No Representative, and especially the Speaker, will fall to do everything within his power to carry out the well-considered. constitutionally ex pressed wish of the majority of the people. "This is why I believe we shall get the sort of tariff revision the people voted for. I do not pretend to prophesy or dictate. . It Is and should be beyond any man's power to dic tate to the House of Representatives. I merely speak from long experience and the teaching of what I believe to be reason and common sense." MOB LYNCHES NEGROES i Continued from First Pane. 1 j corporation was organized by the elec tion of Henry R. Mallory, of New York, as -president. This corporation was formed pursuant to the Reorganized Steamship Lines of Maine, Charles W. Morse's coastwise sys tem of steamships. it was evident it would be Impossible to stem the tide of feeling. As a last re sort S. J. Caldwell, a townsman, and Sher iff Haynes went before Justice Davis and explained the situation, telling of the menacing attitude of the crowd which thronged the principal streets-leading to the Jail. Justice Davis at once agreed to open Ms court at 5 o'clock.- summon a Jury of 12 men and allow the negroes, after all the evidence could be adduced was heard, to be duly sentenced to death. Meanwhile Governor Patterson was ad vised by telephone of the situation and ordered a company of militia ln'this city to proceed witii all haste and, if possible, secure the negroes and conduct them to a place of safety. The troops were started at once, but failed to arrive in t4me to prevent the lynching. At the trial the evidence of those who had seen the killing was heard. In an in credibly short time the case was given to the jury, which, in a few minutes, re turned a verdict of guilty, fixing the pen alty at death. The sentence had barely been passed upon the three negroes when the mob. with a whoop nd a yell, swarmed the courtroom and. seizing the prisoners, rushed ti-em to a large tree near the edge of town and hanged them, firing volley after volley Into the air as the bodies were drawn up from the earth. IMlge Members Plan KM-ape. PlERIA). Colo.. Nov. 24. A report is in circulation today that W. H. Fitzgerald, who was arresled in Salt Lake City on a forgery charge and who escaped from Steal Cash Register. SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 24. (Spe cial.) While Guy Clement, night clerk of the' Alger Hotel. was upstairs showing a guest his room and leaving the office unoccupied, thieves entered the office and stole the cash register, which contained IS. Switchmen In the Northern Pacific yards later found it smsashed In a boxcar and notified the police. The money had been taken out. The clerk did not see anyone enter. The cash register was a large one. Reserve vour table at the Perkins Grill for Thanksgiving dinner. Extra fine menu, tjptjcial musical programme. SAVK WRECK OF OLD LINES Routes Taken Over Those Operating Southward Prom New York. BOSTON. Nov. 24. The incorpora tion at Portland. Me., today of a new $40,000,000 corporation to be known as the Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines, with Henry R. Mal lory. of New York; as president, and with substantial backing by Boston bankers, was in line with the plan formulated by interested parties to save from complete wreck the Consol idated Steamship Company, promoted by C. W. Morse, of New York. The lines to be taken over are those oper ating from New York southward. The Morse corporation virtually con trolled the steam water transporta tion facilities of the Atlantic Coast, when Morse was caught 'In the panic of 1907. After a few months of strug gling the company on February 4 last passed Into the hands of a receiver. The new company has -a capital of $20,000,000 and the same amount in common stock, as well as $15,000,000 In 5 per cent Honda. It will be a holding company for four of the six lines which Morse brought under the Consolidated Com pany, namely, the Ward, Clyde, Mal lory and New York-Porto Rico. The other two Morse lines the Eastern, running east from this city, and the Metropolitan, between this city and New York will remain under separ ate management for a time at least. The reorganization company found that there were outstanding $62,000, OciO of 4 per cent bonds of the Consoli dated Steamship Company and a float ing debt of $2,400,000, which had to- be financed. The promoters of the new plan suc ceeded In obtaining the approval of 97 per cent of the old bondholders, rep resenting $59,585,000 worth of bonds, and the project was secure. .The re organization plan provides that the old bondholders shall receive for their holdings 25 per cent In the 5 per cent bonds of the new company, 25 per cent of the preferred stock and 12V4 per cent in common stock, the balance of 37 per cent being a total loss. The bondholders, however, put their original holdings of stock in the sub sidiary companies on a basis of 25 cents on the dollar, so that their loss wilt not be large. The non-assenting bondholders will be paid in cash at a price to bfe fixed by the court- WHERE OIL KING INVESTS (Continued from First Papre.) not own any euch amount of stock, but he could not say whether he accepted It for purposes of distribution. , Contract to Limit Production. Mr. Rockefeller wa asked if he en tered a contract with Schofield. Schur mer & Teazle in 1S76 whereby the firm agreed to limit the business of its re finery In consideration of certain pay ments by the Standard. Mr. Rocke feller replied that such a contract had been entered into, but lie did not re call its provisions. Did the Standard bring- a suit In Ohio in lSfo against Schotteld, Schurmer 4 Teagle to prevent It refining- over t3.0tx barrels of cruae oil a year and to prevent Us ac quiring an Interest In the Buffalo refinery? There was some litigation altout tne renn Ing of oil. 1 recall nothing about the Buf falo refinery. Did you not personally make an application ftir an order restraining them from exceed ing their production limit and to prevent their building a refinery at Buffalo? As president of the Standard Oil Company It was proper for me to sign such an affida vit about the production of oil being ex ceeded by the company. Don't you reoa.11 that in the answer of Schofield. Schurmer St Teagle they set up the claim that the Standard was trying to obtain monopoly of the refining business in Ohio and that this agreement w part of the conspiracy to such an end? I could not state from my recollection, but I assume that they probably did not fail to y anytntng trtey could tnina. Mr. Rockefeller was told that Virgil P. Standard OH Company of Ohio had no Inter est In the subsidiary companies? I could not say anything about the state ments they may have made. Mr. Rockefeller was asked If he had not made an affidavit that the Standard had made contracts with railroads whereby the Standard had obtained re bates for guaranteeing a certain volume of oil. He did not recall. Didn't the officer and agents of the Stand ard Oil Company of Ohio at that time con trol a. majority of the stocks of the sub sidiary companies with the idea of conceal ing their real ownership? It may have been that the properties were owned by Individuals who were stockholders In the Standard Oil Company of Ohio. More Things He Ioes Xot Know. Mr. R(kefeller said that he never heard of the General Industrial Develop ment Syndicate, Limited, of London, nor did he know whether the Standard owns the Manhattan Oil Company of Ohio. Mr. Kellogg asked Mr. Rockefeller to find out who owns these companies and also the London Commercial Printing & Investment Company and the Security Oil Company of Texas. Counsel for the Standard Oil Com pany offered to furnish this and also a list of corporations obtained by the standard from 1882 to the present time. His Interest in Railroads. Mr. Rockefeller, in reply to a ques tion, said." I may be a director In some railroads In the United States, but at this moment I do not recall a railroad Jn which I am a director. Are you largely Interested In railroads over which the Standard Oil Company is doing business? I am an investor. I may have stock in a railroad company over which oil shipments may b made. Mr. Kellogg asKea Air. nocKeieuer If he was not interested in Wisconsin and other roads in which certain di rectors of the Standard Oil were also directors. I own bonds In the Wisconsin railroads. Were you interested in the atocks and bonds of the Pennsylvania? No. excepting at different times a small Interest In the bonds. 1 may have con siderable bonds. My stock holdings are in considerable. I presume I may have stock In six or eight railroad corporation: My holdings are principally In the bonds. Can you name the railroads? I would prefer not to mention the rall mrl Thw rnorllv rent tern en at the stock exchange over there would not think it very wise. I personally should not care to pa rade my interests unless It is necessary to further the cause of justice. Mr. Kellogrg told Mr. Rockefeller that he could prepare a list for sub mission. Mr. Rockefeller said that many of the stockholders of the Standard had taken interests in railroads and that his . brother William had preferred this form of investment. Loans on Wall Street. . Mr. Rockefeller was asked about the larare amounts of money which the Standard had loaned in Wall Street, and he replied that the Standard could not always obtain the amount of money it required from banking Inter ests and that of necessity it kept a large amount of. money, which it loaned out, but which could always be obtained. He understood that the company loaned out about $12,000,000, but no larger sum than that. Mr. Kellogg reverted to the question of Mr. Rockefeller's investments in railroads at the present time. Objec tion was made by counsel and Mr. Rockefeller said he" could not give a statement about his holdings of bonds. He added: Railroad Stock He Owns. I do not buy stocks and permanently hold them, as I do the .bonds. I have no large holdings in railroad shares today except in two or three railroads. They are held for lnveatment. Some of the shares are the Delaware, Lackawana ft Western, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, Western Maryland, Missouri Pacific and a railroad in Mexico. I have no shares in the New York, New Haven ft Hartford: none In the Union Pacific and none in the Southern Pacific. I bave a few shares in the Texas Pacific and Colorado Southern, about 500 shares of Erie first referred. Are you not generally Interested In all the railroads of the country? I am grateful to say a good many of them I did not invest in. There have fteen a good many- enterprises which I was not privileged to invest in. At the afternoon session Mr. Kel logg asked Mr. Rockefeller if he pur chased bonds of the principal railroad CS X , Km Mail Orders Promptly Filled EXCLUSIVE OUTFITTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN LA RGEST n r 1 C rner fourth and iuorrison a is. AND LEADING FURRIERS GRAND THANKSGIVING FUR O A T O OF UNUSUAL INTEREST FROM FACTORY TO WEARER DIRECT NO MIDDLEMAN'S PROFIT TO PAY Radical reductions on all Furs, from the inexpensive to the highest-priced Furs, in our establishment. An op portunity to purchase a Fur for the football g-ame to- -morrow. Note these special bargains on SILVEE " FIELD DEPENDABLE FURS. $20.00 New Directoire fancy Fur Stocks in various furs. . . .$10.25 $10.00 Fancy Fur Stocks. . . .$5.25 $95.00 Genuine White For Fancy Stole and Rug Muff Sale $72.50 $45.00 Russian Fox Stole and Rug Muff Sale price $31.50 $85.00 Jap Mink fancy animal Stole and Rug Muff Sale price $57.50 $30.00 Brookmink Throw and large Pillow Muff Sale price ..$19.50 $75.00 Astrachan Coats Sale price, only $42.50 SAMPLE COAT SALE $30 Ladies' Long Coats $19.75 A special purchase of 25 fine Broadcloth Coats, on sale today. There are 10 different styles in the lot. Among them you will find all the new style features of the season. The entire lot priced exceedingly low,, at $1.75 $60 LADIES' NOVELTY TAILORED SUITS $37.50 Beautiful Directoire Tailored Suits, hipless effect, in plain colored chiffon broadcloth, beautifully trimmed; values to $60.00, for $37.50 GRAND SPECIAL FOR THE FOOTBALL GAME $6 LADIES' SWEATERS $3.95 This extra special in ladies' fine Coat Sweaters, regular $6.00 values, only $3.95, will be most opportune for the game tomorrow. Colors red, white, and also navy and gray. Buy your sweater now THANKSGIVING SALE OF MILLINERY AT 1-2 AND LESS Our entire stock of Millinery at reductions of one-half and less. Beautiful .Pattern Hats, ladies' tailored Street and Dress Hats, at most radical reductions. See window and note prices. LADIES' BATHROBES UNDERPRICED $ifs$5.49 Special lot of fine Bathrobes'; made of fine quality Japanese blanketing, regular values to $8.50, at special reduction of $5.49 Mothers, Take Advantage Grand Sale of Children's Peter Paii Reefers $6.75 These little Coats for the children are all this season's styles. They come in tan, blue and red, and marked down for. sale today only at ?6.75 An Unusual Sale of Misses' and. Children's - r"m 4-W VALS. TO VOcLCS $12.50 FOR $6.85 For Wednesday,-Friday And Sat urday we place on sale a special purchase of 50 Winter Coats for children and misses, ages 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. These coats come in plain colors and mixtures, in reefers and long coats, regular values to $12.50, for only $6.85 companies or their subsidiaries during the last ten years. Mr. Rockefeller re plied that he had. John D. Archbold, vice-president of the Standard Oil Company of Nw Jer- sev. was then 'called. Mr. Archbold sakl that the Standard did not arbi trarily fix the price pai4 for crude) oil. The law of supply and demand, the qualities of oil produced, both in this country and throughout the world, to gether witli the various .amounts pro duced dailx. all were considered In fixing- the price of crude oil, said Mr. Archbold. !IraImIInffiIraII''T'PllnlIlillfluIu!rIlmm! SjiSPj-Mffl .a O CJ. n TTD WILL CURE i . Yovlt Cold. Try It I ' The uniform success that has attended the use of this remedy in the cure of bad I colds has made it one of the most popular medicines ia use. It can always be I depended upon to effect a quick cure and is pleasant to take. I It contains no opium or other narcotic, and may be given as confidently to a child as to an adult Price 25 cents. Large size 50 cents.