TITE MQRXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, SEFTE3IBER 14, 1909. BANK PRESIDENT CUTS HIS THROAT PRESIDENT PUCKS FOR HIS JOURNEY MEMBERS OF BOARD WHICH WILL DIRECT VAST HARRIMAN AFFAIRS Victor Talking Machines October Butterick Patterns 4 i. "5- MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY Nerves Broken Down, John W. . Castles Commits Sui cide in Hotel. Taft Gives Up Golf Game to Prepare for Westeri Trip. .. : s. i LAWLOR VISITS BEVERLY Interior Department Official Call at Summer Capital Executive Looks Over Manuscript Before Leaving. BEVERLY. Mass.. Sept. 13. President Taft grave up his solf game and all offi cial business today and devoted himself to preparing- for the long Western trip, which will really have Its beginning when he motors Into Boston tomorrow after noon to attend a Chamber of Commerce banquet. The President will pass the night In Boston, leaving there for Chi cago at 10 A. M. Wednesday. Mrs. Taft expects to remain In Beverly until No vember 12. when the President plans to arrive here to take her back to Washing ton. The executive offices will close af ter the President leaves Beverly. With the assistance of two servants the President packed his numerous grips and trunks. The President also was busy today as sembling the numerous papers. docu ment? and reference books which he will need In the preparation of his manu script. Secretary Carpenter had collect ed most of t!ree and It was the Presi dent's task to revise the list. The Presi dent hart no official engagements today. Oscar Lawlor. Assistant Attorney-General of the Interior Department, was at Beverly today and his presence led to a rtifwal of the report that the President may have something to say on the Ballln-irer-Plnchot controversy before he leaves for Boston tomorrow. CHICAGO CHASIXG CRIMINALS Windy City Getting Rid of Thugs for Taffs Visit. CHICAGO. Sept. 13. In anticipation of a great Influx of visitors on the oc casion of President Taft's visit to Chi cago next Thursday. Chief of Detectives Wood began today to free the city of "police characters" generally. Every minute of the President's stay here has been mapped out and Chief of Police Steward has arranged for the closest police guard. The ' Chief has scouted over every foot of ground which the President will cover from the mo ment he steps from the Lake Shore train at Fifty-fifth street at 11:15 A. M. until be departs at 12:45 A. M.. Friday, for Milwaukee. The President is expected to speak In formally at a luncheon given him by ;he Commercial Club and at Orchestra Hall In the evening. In the latter speech tne President is expected to deal with the last session of Congress, which revised the tariff. The spectacular feature of his visit will be the review of 150.000 school children. Mr. Taft. occupying an automobile, will be' driven through miles of boulevards lined with white clad school children, waving small American flags. The box which the President and party will occupy at the National League Base ball Park, when the Chicago and New York clubs meet, is being refitted with chairs of ample comfort. TAFT TO RIDE IN FOREIGX SHIP Stars and Stripes Not to Be Found j In Gulf Waters. WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. Deprecating the suggestion that President Taft'a party which will inspect New Orleans Harbor. October 30, "must make the trip under a foreign flag." Acting Secre tary of Commerce and Labor McHarg has advised the collector of customs at that port that efforts will be made to secure American vessels for the Presi dent's Inspection of Now Orleans Harbor and the Lower Mississippi. McHarg's letter, date today, says in part : "The department Is reluctant to believe that at our principal gulf port American shipping has so dwindled that to enable the President of the United States and a relatively small tody of representative Americans to pass a few hours with a view to the Improvement of the river, they must make the trip under a foreign flag." TAFT TARES SEAT WITH FAXS President to Sit In Advantageous Corner at Chicago Game. CHICAGO. Sept. 13. Special arrange ments are to be made at the West Side baseball park, so that when President Taft witnesses the game between New York and Chicago National League teams, Thursday, he can watch It as a real fan. He is not to occupy a special box. but will sit in an armchair. The Presidential seat is in the first row In the grandstand, directly back of the players" bench of the home team and opposite first base. That, they say. Is where the "fans" seek their seats. He Is to be surrounded by 210 members of the Hamilton Club. OPIUM HIDDEN AMONG FISH San Francisco Chinese Smuggling Dope' With Shipment. y MARTSVILLE. Sept. 13. Having re ceived information that a large quan tity of opium was being smuggled here from San Francisco, the police placed a watch on a Chinese store which was suspected of being the place where the drug was received. Officer Burroughs remained in hiding for five hours last night and finally was rewarded by catching several Chinese in the act of receiving a package marked "fish" from Wells. Fargo & Co. express. The men were arrested and the package was seized. It proved to contain, a In rue amount of opium hidden among fl.-h. Goers' Wonder Still Winning. SYRACVSE. N. Y.. Sept. 13. The Har vester. EJ Geers" unbeaten 4-year-old stallion, at the opening of the grand cir cuit meeting today, easily won the Chamber of Commerce atakes. worth for 2:08 trotters, in straight heats. Genteel H. and Zomalta furnished con tention, but Geers had to hold tight to keep the stallion from losing his field. "Can be depended upon" Is an expres sion we all like to hear, and when It is used in connection with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It means that it never fails to cure diar rhoea, dvsentery or bowel complaints. It is pleasant to take and equally valu able for children and adults. J i . ' ri -i k, : V , - - - i . v ,-. . . : ' - V . vf.'.' ; . .. V -l " , - " -- fe i Itoliert S. Lovett, L. F. Loree. LOVETT'MABE HEAD Succeeds Harriman in Control of Railroads. LOREE WILL BE PRESIDENT Reorganization of Union Pacific Board Shows Standard Oil to Be. in Control Morgan Has No Man on Board. (Continued From First Paga.) new committee Insures the supremacy of the National City Bank in the financial affairs of the system. The reorganiza tion of the committee also strengthens the hold which the Standard OH interests have on the Harriman lines. Henry H. Rogers at the time of his death was not a member of the executive committee and the placing of Messrs. Rockefeller and Schiff on the committee gives the Standard Oil crowd the balance of power. This fact shows to the street conclu sively that It was Standard Oil money which gave Mr. Harriman his main strength and enabled him to annex rail roads whenever he thought it best to do so. Unless there is a decided change in the situation, the Standard OH Inter ests will dominate the future of the Har riman system, and there Is little likeli hood that the system will be segregated. Lovett Wields Most Power. It is expected that Mr. Lovett will, m a short time, succeed Mr. Harriman as chairman of the various boards of directors of the Harriman lines. The executive committee of the Union Pacific road Is the pivotal body around which the Harriman organization re volves, and the chairman of the board is the most powerful man in connection with the system. The committee !s pivotal in character because the Union Pacific owns the Oregon Short Line, the Oregon Railroad Navigation Company and the Southern Pacific road. REALIZE HARRIMAX'S DREAMS Iovett Occupies Pivotal Position in Management of Roads. NEW YORK. Sept. 13. Judge R. S. Lov ett's office as chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific Railroad, to which he was elected today.- is the most Important In the management and financial supervision of the Union Pacific. His close associations with Harriman make him, in the opinion of the Harriman lieutenants, peculiarly fitted to assume the responsibilities of the position. He and Mr. Loree are closely familiar with Mr. Harrlman's plans and dreams for the undeveloped territory over which he hoped to push the ascendency of his railroad systems. The Southern Pacific directors will meet tomorrow. It Is taken for granted that their action Is fully forecasted by today's meeting, that Judge Lovett will be seated as chairman of the executive committee also In Mr. Harrlman's place, with Jacob H. Schiff or some other partner in the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. at hie right band and director and member of the ex. ecutlve committee. Morgan Does Not Get Man. Wall street manifested more than usual Interest In the election. In view of the rumors that a member of J. P. Morgan & Co. would be elected to the Union Pacific board. No such change developed, and, as It stands today, the executive com mittee remains, in the parlance of the "street." a "Kuhn. Loeb-Standacd Oil beard." For, besides Judge Lovett, Jacob H. Schiff and William Rockefeller, the members are H. C. Frick. of Pittsburg; Marvtn Hughitt. president of the Chicago St Northwestern Railroad, and Frank A. Vanderllp, of tha National City Bank. 111 II I Director in Chief. ' V. William Rockefeller. The failure of the Morgan Interests to gain a place on the reconstructed board was a surprise to Wall street, where the last week's rumors had been given cre dence. It was pointed out tonight, how ever, that possibly the Morgan interests, fearing disastrous results from any radi cal changes at this time, may have pur posely deferred the selection of a repre sentative until the regular annual election in October. Schiff Again Is Active. Of the two new members, the election of Jacob H. Schiff attracted the widest comment, for the reason that the firm of Kuhn. Loeb & Co. formally withdrew a few years ago from active participation in the management of all the railroads for which It acted as bankers. No state ment could be obtained from Mr. Schiff as to the apparent change, but it was au thoritatively stated that interests of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and of their powerful foreign connections had become so Im portant in Union Pacific that it would be unwise for the firm longer to remain aloof from participation In the govern ment of the road. Lovett's Rise From Obscurity. Judge Lovett, who now becomes for the moment one of the most prominent rail road men In the public eye, came to New York City in 1906. Born in Texas 49 years ago, he entered the railroad business while a boy as a J40-a-month freight clerk for the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad, at Houston, Tex. While serving as a freight clerk, he studied law atf night, and eventually became a country counsel for the road, journeyipg from vil lage to village and devoting his talents principally to settling cattle claims cases. Later the road made him district counsel, then general counsel. His next 6tep was membership In a firm which represented the Southern Pacific. He became so valu able to this system under Mr. Harrlman'a control that he was made general coun sel, with offices at Houston. Three years ago Mr. Harriman brought him to this city. HARRIMAN GOOD CITIZEN MODEL MAX IX ARDEX, XOBLE AXD UPRIGHT IX LIFE. Preacher Eulogizes Wizard in Street Sermon to Menof Wall Street. NEW YORK. Sept. 13. Before a crowd of several hundred In Wall street today. Rev. Dr. William Wilkinson, one of the clergv of Trinity Church Parish, deliv ered an eulogy of the late Edward H. Harriman. Dr. Wilkinson mounted a chair opposite the Stock Exchange at 12 o'clock and soon had a crowd about him. The preacher said: . "Ten years ago Mr. Harriman char tered a vessel and went to Siberia. He took with him Archdeacon Nelson, of New York, and together they visited the whaling fleets and gave real encourage ment to those men who rarely had a chance to go to church. Mr. Harriman was a good citizen. He left nothing to be desired In his social and religious life. Often during his life Mr. Harriman would say to those with whom he came In contact, 'I want you to go to church.' "Mr. Harriman, I have been told I never knew Mr. Harrimah myself was a model man in Arden, where he lived. He was upright and noble all through his life. Many of you young men around me are in better circumstances than Mr. Harriman when he was your age. and If you live as he did. perhaps in time you will reach the same position. I want to Impress upon you that all rich men are not scoundrels and all poor men are not knaves and fools. To be is higher than to have." KNIFE FOR GOV. JOHNSON Minnesota Executive Will Submit to Another Operation. ST. PAUL. Minn., Sept. 13. Governor John A. Johnson will go to Rochester, Minn., this afternoon to undergo an other operation as the result of an operation for appendicitis several years ago. which left several' painful abscesses. . .5" F. A. VanUerlip. Jaet- H. Scliiff. Admiral Dewey Says Navy Is Not Big Enough. TARGET RECORD PLEASES Old Fighter - Points With Pride at Showing Made. With Big Guns at Practice Fleet for Reserve Advised. WASHINGTON. . Sept. 13. Admiral George Dewey's face glowed with pleas ure as he read today the reports of the splendid work being done by the men In the Navy In their record target and- battle practioe off the Virginia capes. "See that record," he said, as he pointed to an unofficial report which said the battleship Louisiana had make 16 hits out of 16 shots at two targets. "That is a world-beater, I feel great pride in the manner In which our men have acquitted themselves. Our ships are fine, too.. Admiral Uri, of the Japanese navy, who visited this country last Spring, told me the Connecticut was the best all-around battleship he had ever een." The General Board of the Navy, of which Dewey Is president, will assemble soon for the season s work. "More ships? Of course, we need more ships." declared Admiral Dewey. "We need to keep our naval establishment in the highest state of efficiency." The Admiral referred to the opinion held by some authorities that the United States should keep a strong battleship fleet on both the Atlantic and Paelflc coasts. That, he pointed out, did not mean that these vessels all should be in commission at the same time, but that some should be held in reserve. There are admirable harbors where the vessels could be kept In reserve and where, they would not suffer deterioration, he ex plained. FLEET EXDS ITS MANEUVERS Schroeder's 1 5 Battleships Go to Xew York Celebration Next. NORFOLK. Va., Sept. 13. With their target and battle practices on the South ern drill grounds completed, 15 battle ships of Rear-Admiral Schroeder's com bined Atlantio fleet are at anchor at Hampton Roads, coaling preparatory to their departure a week later for Tomp klnsvllle, K. Y.. where they will remain until their- entrance into New York har bor for the Hulson-Fulton celebration. 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Castles, who at once summoned a physician, but Mr. Castles was beyond aid. He left no note or Instruction and Bis brother ascribed his act to a nervous breakdown. According to the hotel management, Mr. Castles, accompanied by his brother and a friend, Eli Spring, went to the hotel three days ago and procured adjoining rooms. The brother intended, according to the hotel authorities, to look after Mr. Castles while he was in a nervous state and Mr. Spring volunteered his assistance. For some reason the banker was left alone and on returning Barton S. Cas tles found his door locked. The door was forced open and the tragedy revealed. Mr. Castles is survived by his widow, Elizabeth, and a daughter and a son, Frances and John W. Castles. The Union Trust Company, of which Mr. Castles was president. Is one of the largest institutions of its, kind in the city and Is situated at. 80 Broadway, in the heart of the financial district. Until 1905 It was paying dividends of 50 per cent and Is now considered one of the strongest banks in the country. Its sur plus and profits amount to $8,139,770 and its loans and discounts to $39,184,690, while the deposits total nearly $60,000,000. Mr. Castles was also a director of the Central Park & North East Railroad Company, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Com pany, the Hanover National Bank of New York and other corporations. He was United States trustee for the North ern Assurance Company, Limited, of Lon don. John V. B. Thayer, secretary and second vice-president of the Union Trust Com pany, said tonight that Mr. Castles had been in poor health for some months, suf fering from a general nervous breakdown. He said that financial matters had no bearing whatever on the case. Acid Found In Room. On a dresser near the bed there was an eight-ounce bottle, unlabeled, but con taining a pungent acid. Whether Mr. Castles had taken any of this before cut- 7RFR? 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