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
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. Castles Commits Sui
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Head of Highly Prosperous rn'.on
Trust Company and Director of
Several Railroads, but Had
Broken Health.
NEW YORK. Sept. 13. John W. Castles,
president of the Union Trust Company,
and a director of other well-known cor
porations, committed suicide tonight by
cutting his'' throat at the Grand Union
Hotel. His body was found shortly be
fore 9 o'clock this evening by his brother.
Barton S. 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-
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ting his throat has not been ascertained.
He had little connection with the Union
Trust Company since assuming the presi
dency of the institution In January 10
last, when he succeeded Edward King.
Not long ago Mr. Castles' condition
became so serious that he was sent to a
sanitarium at Kerhonkson, N. Y., where
he remained for three months. At times
he returned to New York accompanied
by an attendant. On Wednesday last he
came down on the late train.
Alexander S. Cochrane, . a director of
the Union Trust Company, speaking of
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where he was well known In Texas and
Louisiana, Mr. Castles moved to New
York to assume the presidency of the
Guarantee Trust Company several years
ago. But in the latter part of last year
he resigned this position and t)n the open
ing of the New Year became president
of the Union Trust Company. The Union
Trust Company numbers among Its di
rectors some of the most prominent in
the city. Including W. Emlen Roosevelt,
James Speyer, Walton Goelet, Adrian
Iselln, Jr., and others. Augustus W.
Kelley, the first vice-president, has con
ducted the affairs of the institution during
Mr. Castles' illness.
Mr. Castles had large Interests in
Texas and was at one time president of
the Hibernian Trust Company, of New
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