V
STORM BED
BY CLARK'S JOKES
Talk of Annexing Cana
da Stirs British.
ALL OTHERS ENJOY HUMOR
Democratic Leader Has Laugh
at Opponents' Expense.
TAUNT FOR TAUNT IS GIVEN
Clark Asked If lie Woo Id Be Presl-
tent of Expanded Republic Taft
Write lo Mc-Calf Repudiat
ing Idea of Annexation.
WASHINGTON. Feb, 15. The semi
Jocular remarks which Champ Clark,
the) Democratic Speaker-to-be. made In
tha House yesterday In the debate on
the Canadian reciprocity agreement,
that he bettered the Stars end Stripe
would one dar float over the entire
Western Hemisphere, stirred up most
nnexpected trouble today. President
Taft took occasion to write to Repre
sentative McCaU. Introducer of the reci
procity bill, disclaiming and deprecat
ing the annexation talk, and to follow
It up with personal remarks even more
emphatic to hts visitors.
The news that Clark's allusions had
created excitement In Canada and In
England occasioned great surprise and
considerable amusement at the CapltoL
The man most surprised of all was
Clark himself. e
Clark' Speech Humorous.
Clark's entire speech on reciprocity
yesterday was delivered In half humor
ous, half taunting vein. The House
was In a gale of laughter most of the
time. In return for the laughs ho was
creating at their expense, some of the
Republicans tried to turn the tables on
Clark by chiding htm with the fact
that he might have Taft as an oppo
nent for the Democratic nomination.
This humorous exchange reflected the
spirit of the debate during tha time
Clark was on his feet, and no one gave
serious consideration to his remarks
regarding the possible annexation of
Canada.
They regarded his statements as In
the nature of a compliment to the
Canadian people. In that he would be
glad to see the friendship that exists
at present between the Canadians and
tha people of the United States so ripen
In the future that all might some day
be one. '
There was a further touch of faoe
tlousness In the debate when one of the
Republicans asked Clark It ha would
like to be the first President of the
magnificent union he was creating, and
he replied amid a burst of laughter
that he certainly would.
EnglUh Take It Seriously.
The excitement abroad was attribut
ed at the Capitol today In part to the
fact that several English and Canadian
newspaper correspondents were In the
press gallery when Clark spoke. Ilia
remarks may have appealed to them as
the most Important feature of the story
and have been cabled accordingly. In
"skeletonising" his remarks for cable
purposes, the semi-humorous character
of the debate probably was entirely
lost sight of.
Friends of the reciprocity measure
were Inclined to take the view that op
ponents of the agreement had simply
aelsed upon what was regarded here as
aa entirely personal and harmless state
ment to makj capital against the rati
fication of the agreement.
declaration similar to that by Clark
was contained In the opening speech In
the House last Monday In favor of the
reciprocity bill, delivered by Hill of
Connecticut, a member of the ways and
means committee and a member of the
Administration party. This speech,
widely reported In the American pa
pers, caused not a ripple so far as Its
annexation sentiments were concerned.
Mr. Hill also quoted from a speech
made a few years ago by Speaker Can
non. In which he not only took Canada
In under the American flag, but pro
posed to make the entire Western Hemi
sphere Into one country.
Ic moor a In Foresee Vk-tory.
femocratlo leaders particularly were
pleased today over the passage of the
McCaU bllL Underwood of Alabama.
Clark's chief lieutenant, said the action
of the House foreshadowed a Demo
cratlo Ylctory In the National elections
In 111. He said the Republicans by
their vote showed that they were as
badly spilt up as the Democrats were
In the last session of Congress during
the Cleveland Administration.
Speaker Cannon. Chairman Da lie 11.
of tha rules, committee. Representative
I wight, and other leaders of the Re
publican party In the House, were
among those who stood out against the
Administration programme, and the
Democratic leaders figured that this
split In the ranks augured well for
Democratic success.
Taft Poos f-cek Annexation.
Tha rrealdenfs letter to McCaU fol
lows: I write to congratulate you sincerely
en the passage through the House of the
McCall bill, enacting Into legislation
the reciprocity agreement with Canada.
iC"oaiul4 on i n 2.) ;
GERMAN GIRLS TO
MARRY CANADIANS
rnrssiAY maids wili com.
" PETE WITH ENGLISH.
Suffragist Sajs Government Will
Realize Women Should Have.
x Votes When Lassie Leave.
BERUX. Feb. IS. (Special.) Ac
cording to a letter lo the Tageblatt
from a Prussian suffragist. German
girls ara preparng to compete with
English girls for Canadian husbands.
Referring to the recent announce
ment that 6009 English girla were
wanted to become wives of young Ca
nadian farmers; the writer says, among
other things, that "since tha German
Government does not pay the least at
tention to the colossal surplus of Ger
man girls and as the high price of
meat makes It Increasingly difficult
for respectable girls to get married,
the girls of our circle will emigrate to
Canada and become British subjects
to gratify the aspirations of Canadian
bachelors.
"The Prussian government will then
realise that women, to whom the right
to vote la refused, have been driven
Into the arms of England."
BOGUS VANDERB'LT JAILED
Man Who Swindled Two Women Ont
of $25,000 Sentenced.
LONDON. Feb. It The man who call
hlmae'.f Frederick Dennehey Vanderbllt
and who has been tried for swindling,
under the name of William Lackerateln
Joachim, was convicted today and sen
tenced to three years' penal eervItuJe.
The prisoner posed as a son of the late
William II. Vanderbllt and induced the
Misses Taylor, the proprietresses of the
Ladles Club, to execute bills of ex
change for JCS.00O In his favor.
Detective Fowler testified that there
waa not a shadow of truth In the pris
oner's claim of relationship. He said
that the man's name waa Joachim and
that he was the son of a Calcutta mer
chant. Since 1S97 he had lived, the wit
ness said, by hie wits, and In 19C9 he had
fraudulently obtained tl.GC.0jQ worth of
paper from Prince Frana Joseph of Bra
gansa. most of which bad been recov
ered. TREASURER BLOCKS RAISE
Harney County Official Asks Gover
nor to Help Him Keep Promise.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 15.
SDeclaL) Simon Lewis. County
Treasurer of Harney County, surprised
Governor West today when the execu
tive received a letter In which Lewis
expressed his disapproval of having his
salary raised.
In explanation of his position Lewis
says:
I am Informed by the papers that a bill
has been Introduced In the Legislature to
reculste the salaries of the publlo officials
of Harney County whether the bill alms
to Increase them I do not know. However.
I wish to say that before I waa elected
County Treasurer I told tha people here
that I believed the present salary of the
office sufficient that I would not seek a
raise and that I was against same. I am
still of the same opinion and will ask you
to do what you can to help rae carry out
my promise to tne people of Harney County.
SEALING MAY BE STOPPED
Senate Committee Reports Favorably
on Treaty with Great Britain.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Action taken
today by the committee on foreign rela
tions. If sustained by the Senate, will
not only put an end til pelagic sealing
In Behring Sea. but also will atop the
killing of seals on shore for a period
of years.
The committee made a favorable re
port on the draft of a treaty between
America and Great Britain providing
for the protection of the seals In this
manner.
Russia and Japan must make similar
treaties to make this effective.
BURGLARS ROB PRISONER
Two Masked Men Break Into Jail
and Take Lone Occupant's Cash.
WILKES BAURK. Pa.. Feb. 15. Two
masked burglars broke Into the town
jail at Warrior Run, Pa., near here, to
day and, bursting open the door of the
cell In which Stanley Jandus, the only
prisoner, waa confined, robbed him at
the point of a revolver of $29.
The burglars then escaped, and Jan
dus, who was being held on a trivial
charge, finding himself free, went out
and notified the police. The jail was
not guarded.
PRINCE NAMES BALLOON
Brnckrr Will Try to Cross Atlantic
In Dirigible ThU Spring.
KIEL. Germs ny. Feb. 15. The new di
rigible balloon Suchard, In which, Joseph
Brcrker will attempt a trans-Atlantic
voyage, was christened today by Princess
Henry of Prussia.
- Brurkcr plans to cross the ocean from
the Cape Verde Islands to Barbadocs or
Trinidad In March or April.
$15 OIL DIVIDEND GIVEN
Standard Company of New Jersey
Fixes Quarterly Profit.
t
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. The directors
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey today declared a dividend of f IS
for the quarter. This Is the ime divi
dend declared a year ago.
The previous quarterly dividend was
$10 a share-
MULTNOMAH NOW
HAS FAIRER SLICE
16 Representatives, 7
, Senators Asked.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO ACT
Ambrose Unable to Get Full
Quota for County.
30 SOLONS DUE DISTRICT
Reapportionment Based on Popula
tion Would Give Zone Ten In
Upper nouse, 20 In Lower, but
Smaller Figure Wins.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb.
15. (Special.) In the reapportionment
bill to be reported to. the House to
morrow morning by the special com
mittee of the House, Multnomah Coun
ty Is allotted seven Senators and one
Joint Senator and If Representatives.
This is an Increase of one Senator and
three and one-half Representatives
over tha county's present representa
tion. Tha apportionment was made on a
basis of one Senator to 22.000 popula
tion, and one Representative to every
11.000 population. This would give
Multnomah 10 Senators and 20 Repre
sentatives, If strictly adhered to, but
Chairman Ambrose, of the committee
considering these bills, waa unable to
secure a larger representation In the
committee for Multnomah.
Plan Drops Umatilla.
The Ambrose bill, as amended, dis
tributes the 30 Senators as follows:
Multnomah, seven; Marlon and Lane,
two each: Yamhill. Linn. Douglas,
Jackson. Washington, Clackamas and
Cmatllla. one each; also one each to
the following Joint districts: Coos and
Curry, Jackson and Josephine, Tilla
mook and Polk, Benton and Lincoln,
Multnomah and Clackamas, Clatsop
and Columbia. Baker and Grant, Crook.
Klamath and Lake, Union and Wal
lowa, Harney and Malheur, Wasco and
Hood River, Sherman, Wheeler, Gil
liam, Morrow and Umatilla.
After ISIS, when Senator Barrett's
term expires, Umatilla Is to be dropped
from the last named Joint district.
Marlon I zoi.es One.
In the House the following appor
tionment Is made of the 60 Representa
tives: Multnomah, 18; Marlon, 4; Lane
and Clackamas, S each; Yamhill, Linn,
Douglas, Jackson, Washington, Clat
sop and Umatilla, 2 each; Benton, Coos,
Josephine. Polk, Tillamook, Columbia,
Baker, Crook. Union, Hood River and
Wasco, 1 each; also one each to the
following Joint districts: Coos and
Curry, Polk and Lincoln. Baker and
Grant. Klamath and Lake, Umatilla
and Morrow, Union and Wallowa. Har
ney and Malheur, Gilliam and Wheeler,
Wasco and Hood River.
This arrangement of tne Representa
tives reduces Marion'a representation by
one. It also takes one Representative
each away from Linn and Washington
Counties. Tillamook, which has ben
t Concluded on page
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TKPTERDA Y Maximum temperature, 4
degrees; minimum. 86.
TODAY Fair; easterly winds.
Legislature.
Honse votes to repeal simile tax amend
ment and to restore taxation power to
Legislature. Pace .
Reapportionment bill to be reported slves
Multnomah seven Senators and 10 Repre
sentatives with joint legislators. Page 1.
Olympla Representatives defer final action
on woman's eight-hour tabor law. Page s.
Rusk and forces routed when House pusses
' bill to make Multnomah Third Congres
sional District. Page 6.
Oetemofi request to kill bill ends land
feud In House. Page 7.
Btate Institutions down ' for l.M.02T in
. appropriation bill approved by commit
tee. 1'age 7.
Foreign.
Madera's brother says rebellion In Mexico
Is gaining; headway, page 3.
German girls going to Canada to compete
with English maids for farmers' hearts.
Page 1.
National.
Taft will choose man to conduct fight for
reciprocity In Senate. Page 6.
Champ Clark raises' storm by Joking on
annexation of Canada to United States.
Page 1.
.Secretary Knox, at Chicago, says annex
ation nut to be expected as result of
reciprocity. Page 2.
John-Hays .Hammond likely to be special
ambassador to King George's coronation.
Tags 1.
Domestlc
Goulds rive up control of Missouri Pacific
system to standard OH and Kuhn Loeb
.men. Page 1.
Francis J. Heney has fight with District
Attorney Flikert In Olympio Club, San
Francisco. Page 3.
Joaquin Miller Is dying In Oakland. Page 1.
Slavs of Chicago raise cry against Count
Apponyl aa speaker on Universal Peace."
Page 2.
Sport.
National League adopts baseball made lu
Chicago, for fjou.uoo bonus. Page .
Portland finally lands clever California ball-
. player in Walter Kuhn. Page 9.
Pacific Northwest.
Central Oregonlans to number of 7000 greet
first railroad and its president. Page T.
Southwestern Washington Development As
sociation begins sessions In Vancouver.
Page 8.
Centralis women denounce Governor Hay's
action aa result of Training School probe,
rage 8.
Army officer weds Vancouver girl; wedding
brilliant affair. Page 4.
Commercial and Marine.
Patent flour cut 20 cents a barrel In local
market. Page 10.
Wheat sells at lowest price of season at
Chicago. Page lu.
Feverish speculation In Missouri Pacific
stock. Page 18. ,
Wlllapa Bay whistling buoy to have light.
range of which will be IT miles. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Actual work on Broadway bridge Is begun.
Page IS.
Portland government much less eoatly than
Seattle's. Page IX
South East Side and South Portland want
Mount Hood Railway. Page 20.
Inman-roulsen Company asserts legal right
to use streets. Page 12.
Architect Bennett explains plan to connect
Hwan Island and West Side to provide
eight miles of docks, page 13.
Chemaa-a Indian School official notes great
progress by reds ia farming pursuits.
Pare 13. -
Brldgetender shuts gate on ambulance ear
- rylng dying man. Page 8.
David I- Kelly's brother asserts widow
agreed to receive only eighth of estate.
Page 14,
Match dropped carelessly causes destructive
Burnslde-street fire. Page 12.
Passage of foreat-flre Mil strongly urged in
Legislature. Page 11.
Elks- soliciting committees meet liberal re
sponse. Page 14.
Methodist Men's ITnlon pledges aid to Wil
lamette University. Page 4.
HEAVY SNOW KILLS MOTHER
Shed Collapses, Children Silos Her,
Neighbors Find Body.
WALLACE. Idaho. Feb. 15. Crushed
to death In the collapse of a woodshed,
the roof 'of which was heavily laden
with snow, Mrs. William Settlemeler,
of Nine-Mile r-eek. Is the first victim
of Winter in this district.
The accident was not discovered un
til her two little children returned
from school. Unable to find their
mother the children ran to neighbors
in fear and a serening party found the
body In the ruins of the shed. Mr.
Settlemeler was absent from home, be
ing employed at Osburn cutting wood.
The Settlemelers came here from
Butte shortly after Christmas.
"HEY! STOP THAT!"
JOAQUIN
MILLER
AT DEATH'S DOOR
Poet of Sierras Is III in
. Oakland Hospital.
DOCTORS HOLD OUT NO HOPE
Noted Writer Cannot Survive
More Than Few Days.
HIS BROTHER IS SENT FOR
Composer of Famous Western Lyrics
Xow Breathing Last, Formerly
Lived In Portland and Other
Cities in Oregon. s
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. (Special.)
Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras."
is dying. In Fablola Hospital, Oak
land, he lies, babbling of strange
things, and the doctors say that he
cannot survive his Illness, which be
gan with a severe cold and a compli
cation of kidney troubles, which have
developed Into a serious nervous break
down. This attack. Mr. Miller's 70
years cannot successfully combat.
He waa taken to the hospital today
from hla home on the heights above
Oakland, where he. has lived for 20
years. Tonight he Is delirious and
Is suffering from a high fever.
End Near, Says Doctor.
Dr. H. M. Sutherland, the house phy
sician of the hospital, announced this
evening that the aged poet would not
survive his illness; that his death was
but a matter of a few days. He Is
suffering from a complication of dis
eases of the kidneys, which, through
lack of care during the past month,
haa developed into a fever similar to
that Induced by typhoid.
So serious is the old man's illness
that George Melvln Miller, his brother,
haa been palled to this city from Eu
gene, Or., to watch over him. Aloysiua
McCormick. a grandson. Is also watch
ing anxiously at the bedside of the
poet.
Foet 111 for Month.
"Mr. Miller has been sick for the
past month." Dr. Sutherland said. "He
haa been practically alone at his home
on the Heights. This kidney trouble
has kept him confined to his bed for
80 days. Neighbors and his Japanese
cook have been caring for him as best
they could, but the care was Improper,
and I am afraid that he cannot sur
vive his Illness."
Miller has made his home on the
heights back of Oakland, from which
he had a clear view of all of San Fran
cisco Bay and the Golden Gate. His
home includes about 50 acres, and he
haa built a dozen small houses In which
he entertains ' friends. One house
ia his own castle, another Is the kitchen
and the third his dining-room. Many
distinguished foreigner and American
tourists paid visits to Joaquin Miller's
home, where the poet always enter
tained them in hospitable style.
Mr. Miller has always been fond of
outdoor life and for years he has been
(Concluded on Page 3.)
HAMMOND MAY BE
ENVOYTO LONDON
MIXIXG SfAX CHOSE?? TO AT
TEND CORONATION.
Taft Only Awaits Notice He Will Be
Acceptable Before Appointing
Him Ambassador.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) John Hays Hammond, diplomatic
ally specking, has not been offered the
post of special ambassador to the coro
nation of King George V of England,
because the United States Government
has not yet discovered whether or not he
would be pensorja grata to that country-
Hammond returned to 'Washington to
day from New Tork. He was at the
White House early in the afternoon and
came back later to take a walk with the
President. Hammond said he did not
know anything about the ambassador
ship and referred inquirers to the President-
It is believed the post haa been
offered to him and that his name has
been submitted to Great Britain. Just
now the President and the State Depart
ment are awaiting an answer from Eng
land. At the State Department today it was
said that the participation of Mr. Ham
mond In ie Jameson raid In the Trans
vaal years ago would not be likely to
militate against him. The Jameson raid
ers were English, for the most part.
WOMAN GETS MAN FREED
W. C. T. V. President Puts Up Bail
for Former Puget Sound Resident.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15. (Special.)
Thanks to the kindness of a wealthy
woman here, Charles Jordan, formerly
an agent for a Puget Sound excursion
company, was released on ball last night
after languishing In jail for four months,
awaiting trial on a charge of fraud
ulently using Uncle Sam's mails.
Mrs. Hester T. Griffith, president of
the W. C. T. TJ., Is Jordan's benefactor.
Jordan, after leaving the Sound coun
try,' went to Salt Lake City with his
wife. Later he came here and opened
a ticket brokerage office. His arrest
soon followed on complaint of the Santa
Fe railroad.
His wife who has been working for
her husband's release was overjoyed
when he was liberated, she has spent
all tha couple's scanty savings In her
efforts to secure Jordan's freedom.
POPE PIUS HAS INFLUENZA
Slight Attack Causes Fever, but
Early Recovery Is Predicted.
ROME. Feb. 15. Pope Plus X Is suf
fering from a slight attack of Influenza
and Is confined to his bed. This disease
haa affected his throat, causing consid
able hoarseness, and the bronchial
tubes are congested.
Dr. Gulseppe Petaccl, the Pope's pri
vate physclan, visited him twice today.
As a precautionary measure, audiences
were suspended. At the evening visit,
the physician found his patient's tem
perature about 100, which is adegree
and a half above normal, and his gen
eral condition was satisfactory. Dr.
Petaccl ordered a fluid diet and abso
lute rest.
He hopes that within a few days the
Pope will be recovered.
ICE MAROONS ISLANDERS
Mainland Citizens Unable to Re
spond to Signals of Distress.
SYDNEY. C. B.. Feb. 15. Marooned by
the great Ice floes that have been driven
down from the north through Cabot
Straits, the Inhabitants of Flint Island
one of the easternmost points of Canada
have displayed signals of distress but
e-ery effort to reach the island and re
lieve the residents has proved futile.
Ice conditions about the Straits of
North Umberland, Cabot Straits and the
Gulf of St. Lawrence are particularly se
vere.
WOMAN FASTS FOR 46 DAYS
Although Unconscious Most of Time,
Heart Action Is Nearly Perfect.
ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 15. For 48 days
nfl nirht Mrs. J. A. Moss, of TIgnall.
i n -nton a mouthful of food HOT
taken a particle of liquid nourishment,
yet physicians say her 'heart action is
almost perfect.
Mrs. Moss has been confined to bed
during the period of her long fast.
Most of the time she has been uncon
scious. HOME RULE IS NEARER
Premier Asquith Announces His
Programme.
LONDON. Feb. IS. During the prelim
inary home rule debate in the House of
Commons today, Premier Asquith reiter
ated his declaration that the govern
ment's first task after the "Veto bill"
had been disposed of, would be to carry
out a policy of full self-government for
Ireland.'
OKLAHOMA CITY SWELTERS
Heat Record for February Broken at
Guthrie, Mercury Going to 9 6.
GUTHRIE. OkJa.. Feb. 15. All pre
vious heat records for February were
broken here today when at 1 o'clock a
temperature of 96 was recorded at the
Government building.
GOULD YIELDS TO
ROCKEFELLER MEN
Missouri Pacific Falls
Into New Hands.
PRESIDENT YET TO BE CHOSEN
Standard Oil and Kuhn-Loeb &
Co. Will Control.
SYSTEM HAS 10,696 MILES
George Gould to Remain Chairman
of Board, but Power Is Gone and
Bankers Will Put Men In
His Directors Places.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Pressed by
the Rockefeller and Kuhn-Loeb inter
ests, George J. Gould Is shortly to re
linquish the presidency of the Mis
souri pacific Railway Company, a posi
tion In which his father. Jay Gould,
placed him 18 years ago. He will be
succeeded by a railroad man. not yet
publicly named, who, to quote one of
the new Interests, will "not drink and
sleep on the Job."
Mr. Gould himself announced his
forthcoming retirement, which will
take place as soon as his successor is
chosen.
The fact that Mr. Gould will become
chairman of the board does not alter
the opinion generally held in financial
circles that today's developments mark
the passing of the Gould influence, not
only in Missouri Pacific, but in other
railroads with which the name of
Gould has been identified for so many
years.
Rumors foreshadowing the change
have been current for weeks and more
recent developments Indicated that a
spirited contest was to be waged for
control of the stock. Several confer
ences were held today and with their
cr inclusion, at a time too late t have
any effect on today's market, the
Gould statement was issued.
Gould- Announces Retirement.
It tells not only of George Gould's
forthcoming resignation as president,
but of the intended simultaneous re
tirement of the other members of the
Gould faction and family in the direc
torate. This puts an end to all proba
bility of a contest.
Mr. Gould's statement follows:
"In reply to rumors of a conflict for
the control of the Missouri Pacific Rail
road Company, Mr. Gould states that
there is and will be no controversy be
tween controlling Interests; that It haa
long been his intention,' known to Mr.
Rockefeller and Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb &
Cot, to retire from the presidency of
the company as soon as the corporation
could obtain the services of the best
equipped railroad man to take his place;
that the offer of the position was mado
many months ago with the approval of
his associates, to a railroad man of
the highest standing, who was unable
to avail himself of it; that ever since
various men have been under considera
tion and discussion, and it is hoped that
the selection will be made in the very
near future.
"The stock represented and owned
by the interests referred to will be
voted at the annual election for the
following directors:
"George J. Gould, Frederick T. Gales,
Cornelius Vanderbllt. E. T. Jeffrey, Paul
M. Warburg, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Ed
win Gould, Edgar L. Marston of Blair &
Co., Klngdon Gould, E. T. Adams rep
resentative In this country of the
Deutsche Bank, J. J. Slocum, W. K.
Bixby, O. L Garrison of St. Louis, and
a vacancy left for the president, to
be selected, who is to reside in St.
Louis.
"Mr. .Gould will become chairman of
the board of directors."
Successor to Have Wide Power.
Messrs. Warburg, Marston and Adams
wlH take the places on the directorate
now held by Howard Gould, S. C. Clarke
and S. F. Fryor, the latter two of 8U
Louis.
Much interest centers about the se
lection of Mr. Gould's successor, and
rumors current In Wall street this aft
ernoon mentioned several railroad men
connected with the leading southwestern
systems. He will have practically un
limited power and will be given every
chance to build the Missouri Pacific up
to the highest standard of efficiency.
What is no less important. Mr. Gould's
successor will be at St. Louis, the log
ical and strategic base of the 6ystem.
The offer of. the presidency of the
Missouri Pacific was made to William
H. Truesdale, president of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail
road, several weeks ago, but declined.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Blair & Co. pre
viously have had Vnanclal relations with
the Gould roads, as also has the
Deutsche Bank, of Berlin, Germany, but
never before have these interests been
represented on the boards of any Gould
property.
The selection of Mr. Warburg was
doubtless deemed advisable because of
the prominence of other Kuhn-Loeb
partners Otto H. ICahn and Mortimer L.
Schiff In the affairs of the Harrlman
lines. The selection of a representative
of the Deutsche Bank gives the an
nouncement a tinge of international im
portance. Missouri Pacific was the feature of tc
day'e stock market and its feverish
t (Concluded ou Fage 3-1