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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1909)
4 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1909. STEEL " MAGNATES MUST GO TO JUL Bailey Says Prison Only Pen alty Feared by Rich Malefactors. WOULD WORK LIKE MAGIC Accuses Steel Trust of Volatlng Law and Says Fines Useless Unless Tliey Are Passed On Predicts Day or Vengeance. WASHINGTON. May 13. "Just put one of thesp lmilefactors of great wealth in the penitentiary and you will see the nntl-trust law enforced without any fur ther violations.'- said Bailey of Texas during his tariff speech in the Senate to day. lie referred "o the United States Steel Corporation, charging it with violating the antl-trus'. laws. He insisted that, if the authorities use the right methods, the corporation will be disolved. adding that if the present Administration fails in its duty the people will choose other officials to represent them. Only Fear T,oss of Liberty. "Send one of those men who may be found violating either the interstate law or the anti-trust law to the penitentiary," lie added, "and you will stop these viola tions by others. You cannot do It with fines, because when the -court tines a trust the trust fines the people, and as long as the punishment is measured in dollars and cents they will continue to violate the law. Men take the chance of pecuniary loss In the hope of realizing a greater pecuniary gain. Send one of them to the penitentiary and it will work like magic. "The millionaire." continued Mr. Bailey, who was receiving the rapt at tention of Senators on both sides of the chamber, "values one thinjr more than his fortune, and that is his lib erty. He does not love Justice. He does not love that peace of mind for which others struggle. But he loves his liberty. Expects Steel Magnates In Jail. "I expect to see the United States Rteel Corporation officers imprisoned or become fugitives from Justice, and. if men now charged with the administra tion of the law fall to perform their duties, I have an abiding faith that the American people will, call into their service another set of men. If not from another party, at least another set of men from your party. The stalwarts of today would become the Insurgents of that day, and the Insurgents of this generation would be the stalwarts of the next generation. That Is as certain as any event in the future can be." NORTH YAKIMA IS HOST . CContlnued From l"1rt Pas.) away, has another large coal mine, and the two produce about 6000 tons of coal a day, all used by the Northern Faciflo Railway. Fifteen hundred men are em ployed In the mines at Clo Blum alone and a similar number at Roslyn . Hall Game at Kllensbnrg. KUensburg was reached on time at 3 o'clock and nearly two hours were spent at the Klks Club just fitted up In beau tiful style, and at the ball game be tween the high school teams of Spokane and Ellcnsburg. The baseball game was n attraction that somewhat over shadowed the visit or 'the Portland men; but Just the same the clttsena of Ellens burg were very polite, brought their automobiles to the station, showed the pilgrims what there was to see, and then gently led them to the baseball grounds. KUensburg is In the midst of a rapidly developing irrigation district. Sixty thou sand acres In the Kittitas Valley are now under irrigation, and about a .similar number more will be put under water whtn the Ciovernment reclamation project at Keecholue for which surveys are being made, is in operation. - KACH IS GREAT IN ITS WAX 3lr. Piper Talks at (Seattle About Tliaf City and Portland. SEATTLE, Wash.. May 13. (Special.) The speech of Edgar B. Piper, man aging -editor of The Oregnnian. at the .banquet tendered the Portland excursion ists last evening, follows: K. B. Piper's Address. ' 1 am not unknown to the peopla of Seat tle, or to aome of tham. Part of a some what active Journalistic life has been spent her. So 1 am put forward as on who kno-wa Portland, and la of Portland and .Oregon, to pay a few words for Portland to Seaitlo. since I also know Seattle, and am Indeed in a sense to the manor born. I was a Seattle man. and I have never reformed; ,o I hava lmot as high an appreciation nf Seattle aa Seattle Itself haa. I would net liava you to understand that I am a ScattlH man temporarily aojournlns; in Portland or detained there by clrcum stancea not to t controlled or averted It may sound stranite rank heresy, Indeed to say it here In this presence, but I left Seattle for Portland entirely of my own volition, and for my own, not Seattle's good. I do not mean to shock your sensi tive ears by declaring that Portland la a Letter place than Seattle, for It is not; or to confess th Seattle is totter than Portland, for It is not. As one star dittereth from another only in Blory. ao each city is t'Stter In Its own magnificent way; each la fcreat In Hs own greatness; supreme in its own imperial domutns. Aa to Comparisons. It becomes no man who knows the truth to make Invidious comparisons between two rushing, growing, ambitious and altogether marvelous cities. It Is besides, unnecessary. Now, In Portland, we know something about Seattle more", we sometimes think, than Seattle knows about Portland. But l hat la natural, and even Inevitable, since tmtut of us In Portland were there a long lime before most of you were here in Seattle. Hut you found, out something Hhout Portland and Oregon when we offered to the pleased view oc a surprised world lha beautiful Lewis and Clark Exposition lit l!Ho. Now Seattle Is going to go Portland one belter. If It can and 1 am hound to say rrom what we have seen today- that It looks aa it It ean. for it win throw open on June 1 the great Alaska-Yukon-PaclBo Kxposltlon. TV. know a thing or two about expositions In Portland, and we' say to Seattle that the splendid fair which you ore -perparmg to glve are, indeed.- now prepared to trive is worthy of Seattle, and tho historic "Seattle spirit." No higher tribute could he paid to Seattle or to your exposition than that. Worthy of Seattle Indeed, for the people of Seattle In the last analysis are the very salt of earth. Your prowess haa made Seattle f known wherever the torch of educating haa spread the lllumlnaring beams of Its In telligence. By some magic you have trans formed the sawmill hamlet "of pioneer days Into the busy, thriving, atvd wonderful ' me tropolis of today, you have harnessed the spirit of progress- and made . It your effi cient aervant. You have conquered the for ests and made them minister to your hap piness, your comfort, your welfare and your progress. Tou have subdued the untravcled seas and made them the highway of a mighty commerce. you have struck hands with your old-time rivals, and have worked together with a common aim to make of the Pacific Northwest the seat of a mag nificent empire. Now as we look around us at your fine city, we see. In visual evidence. Just what can be accomplished by pluck and perse verance and Intelligence workiag with proper Implements. You have a right to be proud of yourselves. And we have a right to be, and are, proud of you. We have come from Portland to tell you ao. We are, with you, soldiers In a common cause, the upbuilding of one united and prosperous commonwealth for the great Northwest We are not divided except by Invisible geographical- lines. We are together In our possession of the mighty river which is a? once the boundary and the tie of the two great adjoining states. It is a circum stance not worth mentioning that you are also citizens 6f the glorious State of Wash ington. This Is the Oregon country; you are the sons of Oregon, and together we march under one flag to the common goal of a greater Nation, of a greater people and a higher and noble destiny. LAW CLASS IS LARGE ONE Fifty-two Men and One Woman Take Examinations. OL.YMPIA. Wash., May 13. (Special.) Fifty-two young men and one young woman are here today taking examina tions for admission to the bar. This is the largest class In the history of the state. It Is the last examination under present laws, as new legislation in. ef fect next month requires higher qualifications. Business Shows Marvelous Growth. Reaching out until Its army of sales men' cover all of Oregon. Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Montana and Wyoming, the Portland Post Card Company of this city now stands at the head of all con cerns of that character in the West. The long stride forward which this wide awake establishment has been making Is indicated in the fact that it has been forced to seek enlarged quarters, three times within as many years. The whole sale department is now being moved Into sumptuous quarters on the second floor of the new Lumbermen's National Bank building. Fifth and Stark, occupying fully half the space of that floor. Here will be found every novelty of postcard known to the art and a business in such lines of such magnitude that it is worth .1 trip through the new headquarters to see how this business has grown in so short a time. The Portland Post Card Com pany also occupies nearly the entire sec ond floor of the handsome P.-I. building in Seattle. It has in addition to this se cured the exclusive rights for the sale of postcards, souvenir cards and view books at the A-T-P Kxposition at Seat tle this Summer. For the purpose of handling this enormous business 40 booths will be operated by the company within the fair grounds. The company is con tinually reaching out into new lines and has forged ahead of all former rivals in this portion pf the country. The retail store in this city will remain at its pres ent location on the first floor of the Swetland building. Fifth and Washington. MULLALLY IN DARK Knew Nothing of Calhoun's Bribery of Officials. NOR OF $2,000,000 LOAN Railroad President's Assistant Igno rant of liolngs of His Chief, but Gave Dinners to the Boss Grafters. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 Thornwall Mullally, assistant to the -president of the United Railroads, himself under indict ment, was the most important witness examined during today's session of the trial of Patrick Calhoun. Mullally has never been summoned to give testimony since his reusal to answer questions put to him before the grand Jury in 1907, when the first steps in the Investigation were taken. He occupied the stand al most the entire day. From first to last Mullally denied knowledge of the offer of any bribe to Supervisors or the employment of Abra ham Ruef as an agent to offer bribes, as charged by the prosecution. His evidence for the most part related to the time of the fire aud the struggle to rehabilitate the transportation lines of the city. Knew Jfothing of $200,000 Payment The most important part of his exam ination from the standpoint of the prose cution was his admission that he had no knowledge, either as a director or officer of the company, of the with drawal of $200,000 from the mint by Tlrey L. Ford, counsel of the road, in 1906, nor of the negotiation of a loan for that amount by Calhoun. Richard Cornelius, president and busi ness agent of the Carmen's Union before and after the fire, followed Mullally. and the main feature of his testimony was the recounting of a visit to Calhoun's office Just before the fire and the exhibi tion by Calhoun of the blue prints of a proposed overhead trolley system on Market and Sutter streets. The witness said that he had been summoned to the office by Calhoun and was asked by him to use his Influence In behalf of the passage of a permit for such, a system. Beginning of Trolley Fight. John Connor told the history of the controversy In regard to the trolley franchise, which began with an applica tion to the street committee of the Board of Supervisors in 1905, of -which he was chairman. He said J. T. Phelan made the speech of his life against the Portland Saat Francisco JLennons THE SPECIALTY CLOVE AND UM BRELLA HOUSE OF THE WEST IMPORTERS AND MANUFAC T U R ERS OF GLOVES, HOSIERY, PAR ASOLS AND UMBRELLAS Announce an Extraordinary GLOVE SALE For FRIDAY ONLY A sale of unusual merit and a greWt money-saver because these goods are all Lennon's Standard, Dependable Gloves every pair fitted and guaranteed warranted to be of the best stock obtainable and perfection of fit and finish. Women's Gloves Gloves to the value of $1.35, Friday only 9o Fine Wash Chamois, $1.35 value, pair ....95 Genuine English Cape Gloves, $1.35 value, pair 95 Military Style Loose "Wrist Cape, $1.35 value, pair. . . . . .95 $1.50 VALUES FRDDAY ONLY $1.14. ' Fine Pique Kid, black, -white and all colors, $1.50 val.. .$1.14 Genuine Arabian Mocha, gray and all. colors, $1.50 val.$1.14 Tailored Genuine French Wash Chamois, $1.50 val., pr.$1.14 Real Kassan Cape Gloves, $1.50 value, pair $1.14 Fabric Glove Bargains Women's 16-button length Fabric Chamois, look like fjr chamois, cool as silk, $1.50 value. . . . tl DC Children's Gloves Boys' and Girls' Genuine Cape Gloves, new tans, $1.25 or quality, Friday only, pair . ..OJC Misses' Fine Kid Overseam, all colors, $1.25 quality, Fri- QC day only . .- DC v Parasol Specials Pongee and Fancy Silks, values to $2.75, Friday only. .$1.79 Hosiery Department Bargains today in Women's and Children's Hose. Boys' and Girls' Fine Rib Black Hose, splendid wearing, r 25c values, pair, Friday only ,1JC ' Parasols made to order of your own material. 309 MORRISON ST. C. F. BERO, MANAGER. The more you know of art Schafiher & Marx Clothes, the more certain you are to buy them, and that means here. For all wool quality, for perfection of style, accuracy of fit, thor oughness of tailoring and . excellence of design, color, pattern, general make-up, there are no other clothes to equal them. Modestly priced at $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $27.50, $30, $35 Most Complete Line of John 6. Stetson Hats Manhattan Shirts Sam'l Rosenblatt &Co. Cor. Third and Morrison Sts. franchise, the newspapers took up the opposition and Its rejection followed. J. H. Meyer, a director of the United Railroads, testified that he held only one share of stock, which he Indorsed and returned because he believed It be longed to the company. He knew nothing- of the employment of Ruef or of the withdrawal of $200,000 from the mint. Mullally admitted that Rif twice dined at his house in May, 1906, or early In June, but said there was no discussion of trolley franchises. On one occasion Ruef and Schmltz were pres ent, on the other Ruef and Supervisors Gallagher and Coleman. T. & E. Resumes Service. CENTRAL, POINT, Or., May 13. Imperial.) The T. & E. Railway, which changed hands recently, resumed its train service to Eagle Point, the ter minus, today. ' The present owner will increase the equipment and endeavor to place the road on a paying basis. Klamath Trains Next Week. KLAMATH PALLS, Or., May 13. (Spe cial.) Tracklaylng of the railroad to this city will he finished to the Klamath Falls depot site Friday. Tuesday next office cars of the engineers will be moved to the Elding here and the first regular train will be run Wednesday of next week. L.o Angeles. Cal. Mrs. Robert J. Bur dette. wlto of Rev. Robert J- Burdette. of the Temple Baptist Church, was stricken critically 111 Wednesday. Dr. Burden, re cently sustained a concussion of the spine aa the result of a fall, and the strain of carlns for her husband Is believed to have brought on Mrs. Burdettn'a present Illness. SALE OF CORSETS V4 OFF ALL MODELS Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. NEW SUMMER HOSE ALL SHADES SPECIAL 49 LARGEST AND LEADING FURRIERS OUTFITTERS TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN fields Friday dis- Unusual bargain, offerings of special interest to criminating buyers who recognize quality, style and economy. Note these values $40.00 New Tailored Garments For $23.75 We call particular attention to this special lot of new arrivals in Tailored Garments, a limited number, expressly made for the Silverfield Co., by a prominent New York man ufacturer, and cjut after the new models for this coming FALL. These garments were purchased at a special discount by our New York buyer, and under ordinary circum stances would sell for $35.00 and $40.00, which we place on sale for Friday only at $23.75. Take advantage, as there is only a limited number in the lot. $30.00 Tailored Suits FOR ONLY 33. 5.75 A special offering in ladies' strictly tai lored Suits, all the latet styles and mod els, in navy, brown, tan, striped, mixtures and checks, actual values to $30.00, for only . . $15.75 Strictly Tailored and LingerieWaist Sale $1.19 These Waists offered at this Bale are made of excellent quality linen and(lawi all this sea eon's styles, and ac tually worth from $2 to $2.50, specially priced for today only at $1.19 SilverfielcTs Exclusive Millinery Radically Reduced LOT 1 We offer 'your choice from about 75 Hats taken from regular stock, representing all styles and shapes, actual Oil OQ values to $12.00, for , da-TiJU LOT 2 Tailored Dress and Street Hats, values to $10.00. . CQ QQ for only . . . g Ji J Q The Usual Silverfield Quality Prevails. AH Qean, Up-to-Date Merchants? Grand May Sale of Muslin Underwear .Radical reductions prevail throughout our Underwear Section, on Ladies' High-Grade Muslin Underwear, consisting of Corset v Covers, Drawers, Chemise, Gowns, Combination Garments. Re ductions range from 10 to 25 per cent off. Buy your needs now. Babies' Bonnets V4 Off Mothers, take advantage of this sale on a large variety of Babies' Lawn Bonnets, ranging in price from 50c up, to $5.00, all at Vi off regular prices. A TIMELY REMINDER DON'T NEGLECT YOUR FURS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, FOR THE LITTLE MOTHS WILL N0T Phone and our messenger will call for your Fur Garments and we will store them until wanted. ... . A WORD ABOUT FUR REMODELING Our reputation for the repairing and remodeling of Fur Garments of all kinds has been so well and widely established that it does not necessitate our enlarging upon the subject. Have your Furs repaired or remodeled now. Don't wait until the Fur season opens, when it will cost you a great deal more. All Furs remodeled and repaired during the Summer months we will store free of charge. DO IT NOW