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Mi - v'-ti PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LI "0. 1 5.7 03. IS B! TRUST'S ACTS GaryTellsWhy Tennes see Iron Bought. CRASH WDULD HAVEBEEN GREAT Roosevelt Consulted Before Steel Trust Buys. FEDERAL CONTROL SOUGHT Ilrad of Trnt Relate Dramatic fclory of Deal W hleh Saved Moore at fk-hh-j Slork Jhiaeht for Jlore Than It's Worth. WAJOrtNGTOX. June 1. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Heel Corporation. told the Stanley ateel trust Inveettaatlnr committee) to day Ct his corporation ihhm! behind J. P. Morgan tn avertln a disastrous f!nanrtal opheaval la 107. He Insisted, challenalng tha state ments of John W. ckm bafora tha oramlttea. that lha parchaa by tha tral corporation of tha Tmiitw Coal at Iron Company at that tlma araa made at a price mora than It waa worth for tha tipr.u purpoea of preventing tha crash of tha New Tork banking firm of Moora Schley. Mr. Gary related a drnmatlo story of tha momentous events which preceded tha absorption of tha Tenneaaca con earn. lie described In detail bow ha and Henry C Frlrk. at tha Inttanca of Mr Morgan, had revealed tha plan of buying the company at a prlca greater than Ita value to President Roosevelt and Kl:ho Root, then Secretary of State, lie told how ha had concluded, after thalr Interview with Mr. Roosevelt, that any Government prosecution of their act would have been an "out .age." IVtlrral Control Mut Com. Mr. Gary made surprising statements du-tng bla eight hours examination, bit none mora startling than his dec laration that Government control and publicity of corporations In this country must coma, lie said that through tha A inert ran Iron at Steel Institute, tha heads of tha steel Industry ara trying to steer a course between tha Sherman anti-trust law. which ha characterised as "archaic.- on the one hand, and tha old-time method of destructive com petition on tha other. In order to oper ate for public welfare. Mr. Gary announced to tha commit tee that ha wanted everything known concerning the steel corporation, and mora than all ha pleaded for soma re sponsible government eource to which auch a necessary great corporation could appeal for guidance tn tha con duct of Ita business, lie agreed to fur Titan tha committee so much that It wished to know that ha will bo recalled when It meets again Wednesday. Other who have been summoned to appear ara W. tt. TMc-kson, of tha Steel Corporation, and John Lambert, of tha rtepubllo Iron Steel Company. TenarMt Offered Tra.U Tha acquisition of tha Tennessee Coal at Iron Company by tha Vnlted states Hteel Corporation waa taken up by tha committee this afternoon. Represen tative) ljttleton conducted the Inquiry f r tha committee Mr. Gary was per mitted to make a full statement re garding that transaction. "Early In Ie7 Mr. Morgan sert for ma and said George Reenter, who bad pur chase stK ks of the Tennc.ee Coal A Iron outsld tha grant to Fir on. had approarhsj him with the state-rent that tha Tennessee company could ba pur ehaeed at 1J. I told Mr. Morgan It waa not worth havtng at that price. "I believe at that time Mr. Morsan aid that Keejler represented only him self and not any of the members of tha tVbley synduate. Hut about Octo ber Si. 15". Mr. Morgan asked me to coma to bla bank and tIJ ma that Grant eVMey. managing director of te Tcnneawe company, was much In need of ra'-ney t- use at tha bank tha firm ef Moore VMey. "I tblrfc I saw Mr. J-Mey then, but tha business finally resulted In my ao comno.la:irc Mr. rVhley with a loan af ll.JOo.eoa par value of Vnlted Statea teel aeconJ ho '.. and ta-lng from him an areement to return theea bonds, an I I received as security for te fulfilment of that agreement I -.-".... rar value, stock cf tha Tennes see Coul a Iron Company. linr) Waa Nccrary. -Mr. ScLley eal.l It waa absolutely ec.sry to protect fcltn from final trouble. That lon. yon see. was tak ing tha Tennessee Coal Iron on the) basis of Mr. Gary referred to the possibility then of sup-n?1on of many banks and fallura of many persona He told of fie conferen.-e between Mr. Morgan and Louts Caea Ledrard. counsel for Colonel Oliver Payne, of the syndicate that pur chased the controlling Interest In tha Tennessee Comrnny. "Mr. Morgan sail to me. 1 don't know whether the Vnlted State! Steel Corporation can afford to purchase this stock or not. Tou know bst aa to that. If It does not buy It; If the Vnlted Statea Steel Corporation or someone elaa doea not furnish relief. I. man can aay what the effect will ' tCao!uled eat rw . PIG AVERTED BERNHARDT RIDES IN CAB OF ENGINE ACTRESS WHISKED ALONG AT RATE OF 7 MILES AX HOCR. Following Exciting Trip to Chicago, Divine One Una to Tnclfy Her Chef, So Day I Trying One. CHICAGO. Juna t. (Special) Dis dainful of gTlma and elndera and ter rlflo sr.eed. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt clung to tha fireman's scat In tha cab of tha locomotive of a special train wblcb brought bar to Chicago from Milwaukee today. At tiroes the engineer. In response to a nod from tba "divine Sarah." put on mora speed, and tha great actresa waa wblsked through Southern Wiscon sin at the rata of miles an hour. At Waukegaa aba retired to tha privacy of her car after shaking bands with tba engineer and fireman and thanking them In ber sweetest manner. Fatigued as a result of ber playing In Milwaukee and thrilling ride after ward, aha apent most of the day guletly. She was compelled. In tha presence of her guests, to pacify M. Henri, her chef, who waa In a rage as tha result of an encounter with M- Plearot, chef at tba Congress Hotel, wbera Mma. Bernhardt la ataytng. At tha Studebaker Theater all waa In a turmoil In tha afternoon because of tba failure to find a eultable wooden horse to use In "Sister Beatrice." BOY HURT RESCUING BABE 1 "-Year-Old Snatches Toddler From Car' Path to Bo Hit by Cicle- BPOKANE. 'Wash- Juna 5- (Special.) Dashing across tha East Sprague ave nue carllna ai Made'.Ia and uuve atreeis. u-.jn..i. evening. Sylvester Otis, aged 1-. sustained aevere Injuries and risked bla life In a sueceserui attempt t -. Walter Wellar. aged 4. from death under tha wheeia of an approach ing car. Tba toddler bad managed to get out on tha tracks to cross tha street, heed lesa of a etreetcar which waa bearing down upon him. Sylvester, also playing In the atreet- took In the situation at a glance and unhesitatingly ran for tha child. Ho got tha baby In bla arms and cleared the rails, grated by the street car fender as be passed, but tha effort made him losa hla balance on the other side and ha fell In a baap with bla bur den right In front of a apeeding motor cycle. Tha rlier waa unable to prevent a collision and all three ware knocked down. Tba 4-year-old waa unhurt, but when Juvenile Officer Parker got to tha scene young Sylvester waa taking stock of aev. eral injuries. Ha waa removed to bla home, where It was found that bla right kneecap bad been twisted and both bat arms torn severely. SMALL BOY ELECTROCUTED Astoria Child Playing In Grove ar Home Touches I.lvo Wire. ASTORIA. Or. Juna I. (Special.) John MeMullen. tha 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter MeMullen. waa accidentally electrocuted while at play today tn a amall grove near tba fam ily borne, but bis body waa not discov ered until several hours later. A small copper wire, which boys tn tha neighborhood had been using aa a telegraph Una. had broken and noma one. a few days ago. attached a atona to It and threw one end over an alec trio light wire carrying tJOO volts. Tha MeMullen boy. while' running about, came In contact wjtb tha small wire and waa Instantly killed. Whlia the boy had been missing since he came home from achool at noon, hla body waa not found until about a o'clock tonight. CINCINNATI HOTEL AFIRE Man Kc ported Trapped bjr Blase Thai Sprni la Doom Jlotclry. C1NVIXXATT. O. Juno S Th Hot. Walton, at fMxth anl Walnut strta. In tha downtown dltrtvt. la burnlnir and apfars d vomrd. Tha Mas 19 to a dlntrtrt In which trt located a half down other hotels and thrmtr. and other building ara threatened. A second alarm has been turned In, ordering out all of the flichtlnv appar- sattaai I Ken an f . I iHmtrtft If la rrporiru iaai a iris, onr mun nas oen trapped la the hotel and o far hns not been rcud. SCHOOL AGE IS 8 TO 15 Atlornry-Cieneral 1 Wince Limits for Compulsion of Attendance. SALEM. Or. June J. (Special.) Children In this state are compelled to attend school when they aye be tween the axes of 8 and IS years. The time of compulsory attendance starts on their 8th birthday and ends on their ISth. This Is the substanoe of an opinion handed down by the Attorney-General today. OFFICIAL DECLINES FEAST City ComniU'lonrr Jlcfu to Attend llecue of "Open Shop." SrVKANFi Tash, June I. tSpeclaL) R c. Costes, City Commissioner." has declined to attend the com In banquet of the Rotary Club, composed of 5po kane'a most prominent bue'.ness men. because "open shop prevails at the restaurant wbera the dinner la to take place. ROAD POLICY ASSAILED BY HILL Calling-in of Convicts Is Criticised. PEACE RULES AT CHEHALIS Resolutions First Modified and Then Withheld. LEGISLATORS ARE BLAMED Accusing; linger, Pointed Toward Olympla, Evokes Applause When Southwestern Washington Discusses Good Roads. CHEHAXJS. Wash.. Juna 2. (Special.) Tha eeml-polltlcal clouds that gathered on tha horison yesterday with an appar ent possibility of darkening tha blase of co-operative good fellowship for which tha Southwestern Washington Develop ment Association's three days' meeting was to have been noteworthy, aeem to have dispelled. For today began tha first of the programme dealing wltb real development queatlons, divorced from tha possibility of political carping and free from any unpleasant memories of bygone wrongs sustained by Southwestern TVaah- Ington. Tha dove of peace, which seemed about to alight at tha close of Thursday aft ernoon's session, waa atlll fluttering warily at the opening of tha evening meeting, however, despite the skillful efforts of the representatives of the Puget Sound cities to place upon Ha tail feathers tha proverbial aalt. In thta In stance a preparation of oratorical ex pressions of good fellowship and desires for co-operation. Hay's Poller Attacked. Samuel Hill, of MaryhlU. furnished both tna sensations of tha evening and what apparently was tha last broadside that will disturb the amicable course of events, when ba bitterly attacked tba course pursued by Governor Hay In abol ishing tha employment of convict labor on the roada of the stato. Mr. Hl!l bad made no secret of tha fact that be Intended to place before tha gathering a aeries of resolutions calcu lated to "start something" with a ven geance. So positive waa he. In fact. In his declaration that ha would ask for action upon these resolutions that In tha afternoon thel text was given to tha representatives of the newspapers. After a conference with some of those at the bead of affaire In tba Development Association tha roost' drastlo of the number, wblcb would have placed tha association on record aa "unqualifiedly disapproving" Governor Hay's action In putting himself at tbe head of tha high way commission and which character ized It aa "an Insult to tbe state." waa eliminated. The general character of tha remain ing nine resolutlona was that of indorse- Cmiclu1ed en Page t. a J PROMISES ARE EAST. I I j t '". INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. ncKTEItrjAT'S Maximum temperature, 09 degrees; minimum. aS degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Ford ra Ds a Barra calls election for President of Mexico. Page i. National. Tart and Knox come in conflict with House committee en disclosing secret rwcurua. Pass 1. Gary tells House committee about steel Trust deal with Tennessee Company and Invites Federal control. Pass 1. Idaho irrigation projects add $ ISO. 000. 000 to wealth or state. Page T. Keyatone for North Yakima atasonlo Temple nela in r sot iam xor ouiy. - - . Domes tie. Detectives seek three oil company promoters whom widow eharcee witn twinaung nr out of lto.000 fortune. Pace 3. Bernhardt, rtdlnr tn cab of locomotive, speeds along 70 miles aa hour. Pass 1. Chief of Police Seymour, of Ban Francisco, dismissed, acting Chief appointed, court enjolne change, both men bold offlee. Page 1. rollUes. Socialist candidate may receive more votes fur atayor than Thomas. rase A. Rushlight partlsane fall to break up 81mon meetings. Page a. Paciae Northwest. Fire Indicted for plot to swindle Puget Sound Navy-yard on supply contracla Page 2. Court gives Bschelors Club permanent re st raining order against City of Woodbum. Page a. Samuel Hill at Chehalle crltlclsee withdrawal of convicts frum road work. Page 1. Tupper teetlfl.ee to paying graft money to Chief Wappenstcla. Page a. aim Ella Clark, of Coburg. drowns In Wil lamette Klver; Mlas Edna Rlddell saved, when boat upsets. Pegs 1. Additional census enumerators arrested at Tacoma. Page 2. Addison Bennett finds boundless energy tn new City of Metollus. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Higher prices paid for wool la Oregon. Page 21. New York stork market broad and active. Page 21. Wheat higher at Chicago on crop damage reports. Page 21. Better sentiment prevails in business circles. Page II. Rortmea flght closing of bridge draws. Page 20. Sports. Pacific Coast lague reseulte yesterdayt Oakland a. Portland 3: eacramanto 8, Vemun 2: San Francleoo 8. los Ange les a. Page a. Northwestern League results yesterday: Ta coma a. Portland 9: Spokane K, Van couver 1; Seattle 6. Victoria a. Page 6. Waahlnrton High defeate Jefferson, g to 0. snd Lincoln wins Interacholaatlo cham pionship. Page 9. Portland aad Vicinity. United Railways gets warehouse slta and terminals In Bay City. Page SO. Divorce refused to Velguth; husband sad wife both held at fault- Page 12. Portland on alert for arrival of Rex Ore gon us. Page IX e Advocate of harbor bill say city ahould con trol terminals. Page 16. PORTLAND FIRST ON COAST Bank Clearings Show Advance of 16.7 Per Cent Sonnd tioses. Less thsn a doxen cities in tha United Statea showed an Increase In bank clearings in the week just closed over tha corresponding week of last year, but among these Portland takes second rank, with a percentage of ad vance of 16.7. Galveston. Tex., with an Increase of ti. per cent, alone out ranked Portland. Necrly all tha Coast cities reduced the slsa of their clearings this week. Ban Francisco showing; a decline of Seattle 7.9, Tacoma 28.3 and Spo kane 28.2. On account of tha holiday this week tbe volume of clearings waa compara tively lighter, but Portland maintained a good position In comparison with other places of equal size and impor tance. For comparison, while this city cleared 18,952.000, St. Paul and Denver, cities of approximately the same population, cleared 88,357,000 and 86.593.000, respectively. KNOX WITHHOLDS SECRET RECORDS Conflict With House Is Result of Action. TAFT TELLS HIM NOT TO YIELD Mystery Surrounds Expendl ture of $1600 Fund. ROOSEVELT IS INVOLVED Ex-Prcsldcnt First Ordered Facts Abont Balance of Portrait Ap propriation. Kept Secret. Bouse Makes Demand. WASHINGTON". June Z. A contro versy over the executive right to with hold confidential papers from a Con' gresslonal probing committee waa pre clpttated in the capital today by tha refusal of Secretary of State Knox, on instructions by President Taft, to place before tha House committee on expen dltures books showing tha record of the payment for the portrait of ex-Sec retary of State. Kay. Tba committee is seeking to find what became of the $1600 balance of tha 82500 appropria tion for tha artist. Mr. Knox said bs was directed to complete his investigation Into what became of tha money and to report to the President. Roosevelt Enjoined Secrecy. Chairman Hamlin. of Missouri, threatened to take tha matter to the floor of the House. A colloquy be tween Hamlin and the Secretary finally resulted in the suggestion that the chairman might be allowed personally to Inspect the particular record. This course probab'y will be followed. Mr. Knox, In bis letter to the Presl dent, dated today, said: "This expenditure was covered by a regular certificate issued under and pursuant to tha authorization of sec tion 231 of the revised statutes. Inas much as a compliance with this sum- mona in the matter of producing the recorda containing statements regard ing the voucher would be to place be fore the committee accounts which have been certified by one of your pre decessors. President Roosevelt, as not proper under section 291 to be made public I have to request your direction as to what my action in obedience to the summons shall be." Taft Says Don't Show It The President, in his reply, said that In view of the facts and circumstances and that the emergency fund expen ditures for this period have, under the express authority of Congress, been certified by Secretary Hay Tor my pre decessor. President Roosevelt, as be ing of such a character as ought not to be made public, I feel that nothing but some extraordinary circumstances would Justify tpe in directing you to ConcIuded on Pago 2.) GIRL DROWNS AS RESCUER ARRIVES JIISS ET.T.A CLARK, OF COBTTRG, VICTIM OF CPSET BOAT. ' Snag Breaks Just as Touth Extends Pole to Save Edna Rlddell Reaches Shore. EUGENE. Or., Juno 2. (Special.) Thrown into the swirling; waters of the Willamette River when her boat struck a snag, and swept to ner death from a fragile branch as she reachd for a life-saving: pole, after a rescue boat had been swamped, was the fate this afternoon of Miss Ella Clark. 20-year-old daughter of William Clark, of Co burg:. The accident happened at 8 o'clock after Miss Clark and a companion. Miss Edna Rlddell, had spent several hours with sisters along; the banks of the river; two miles north of Eugene. The two girls entered a boat in a spirit of fun and It at onoe began to float rapidly with tbe helpless girls. When the boat was overturned. Miss Rlddell caught hold of the rope and held on until she had, drifted near enough to some willows to be helped out. Miss Clark secured a precarious hold on a dead snag, while a youth. Intent on her rescue, launched a skiff. This capsized and the youth had hard work to get ashore, but shouting encourage ment to the Imperiled girl, he strove to reach her with a long pole. In her attempts to gain safety the dead branch broke, and the girl sank. The body did not rise. RICHEST WIDOW COMING West Attracts Mrs. Harrtman, Who Will Spend Sumner in. Idaho. BOISE. Idaho. Juna 2. CSpecial.) Idaho will have the honor of enter taining Mrs. E. H. Harriman, widow of the late railroad magnate, during the beat of the Summer months, according to an announcement made today in Boise by local Oregon Short Line offi cials, who declare it is definitely set tled that Mrs. Harriman will arrive at Island Park, Fremont County. June 10. She will be entertained on a ranch there owned by Short Line officials. Plans made for her reception and entertainment have been completed by W. H. Bancroft, general manager of the Oregon Short Line; D. E. Burley. general passenger agent, and other Harriman railroad officials. Mrs. Har riman is now closing her business sf falrs in New York preparatory to com ing West. The Eastern Idaho ranch on which Mrs. Harriman will spend the Summer is nine miles from Eccles. It borders on the Yellowstone-National Park and consists of some 700 acres. Ideally 10 cated. DEATH COMESJN WRECK Soo Train Ditched, Catches Afire and Several Persons Perish. iTvvivnRTA. Minn.. June 2. Min neapolis. St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie passenger train wo. iu, norinouunu, at 11:30 tonltrht at Vargas, ... notrnlt. Minn., and several per sons killed. Many are repori.eii m io been Injured. The train went Into the ditch as tne Af a wAftlimit and one of the coaches Is reported as Burning, mo train was returning from jjenwooa. DETROIT, Minn., Juno i Five cars r. a&M to be burning, and it Is re ported two passengers were killed and four badly injured. MOFFAT LEFT $9,767,114 Denvar Man's Wealth Was Chiefly in Bank and Railroad. DENVER, June 2. David H. Moffat's estate, according to an Inventory filed today, amounts to 89.707,114.13, not in cluding mining stocks and mining property in this and other states, esti mated to bo worth from 85,000.000 to 86.000,000. A aupplementary inventory will be filed. Tha value of the Moffat stock in tho First National Bank of Denver is ap praised at 81,461,000 and that of his In terest in the Moffat road and the utan- Colorado Construction Company at 86,954.862. POSTAL BANK IS COMING Portland to Have One After July 1, With Other Big Cities. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. June 2- The Postofflco. Depart ment announced today that beginning July 1 postal savings banks will bo opened in the large cities of the country and that in all probability one of the first of these big banks will be opened at Portland. Plans have not yet been perfected, but It is also probable that postal banks will be opened this Summer or Fall in Se attle, Tacoma and Spokane also. STEAMER AMUR IS ASHORE Vessel Reported in Peril in Wrangel Narrows. WASHINGTON. June 2. The British steamer Amur, heavily laden, is ashore in the Wrangel Narrows on the Alaskan Coast, and, according to reports re ceived by the revenue cutter service, is in a perilous position. The Surveyor of Customs at Seattle has been Instructed by the Treasury Department to allow the landing of such of tho Amur's cargo as may be saved, BAY CITY POLICE HI -.TWO CHIEFS McCarthy Names New Man; Is Blocked. COURT KEEPS SEYMOUR IN JOB White, Chum of Redlight King, Named Acting Chief. LID TO BE THROWN AWAY Seymour is Dismissed on New Charges, hut Court Forbids Ac tion Seymour and White Both Hold Office at Same Time. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. (Special.) Judge James M. Seawell at 2 o'clock this afternoon Issued a writ of review ordering the Police Commission to bring all its proceedings in the Sey mour case before him and continuing Seymour in the office of Chief of Po lice until the case comes up for bear ing on June 9. The court orders the Police Commissioners not to interfere with Seymour's discharge of his duties as Chief of Police. Ous White, intimate friend and con stant companion of Jerome Basslty, chief of the macquereauz, was sworn in as acting Chief of Police of San Francisco at noon by Mayor McCarthy's reorganized police board. Gus White, aside from being closely, identified with Jerome Bassity, is an outside man for the San Francisco Gaa' Company. The appointment of White is the fulfillment of Basslty's boast that be would run the San Francisco police department and that the lid would be removed and thrown away. Change Is Quickly Made. San Francisco is aghast at this latest move by the . Mayor. This sudden change came after Chief Seymour was suspended this morning on charges sworn to by Captain Harry O'Dea. Joseph Sullivan, until 11 o'clock presi dent of the police board, resigned. Ho would make no statement other than to say: "I've quit. I'm through with the whole mess." J. Frank Jewel, secretary of the . former grand Jury, was appointed to' Sullivan's position. McCarthy's plan to put Basslty's man at the head of the Police Department was quickly executed. Jewel's ap pointment arrived at the board with Sullivan's resignation. The new ap pointee went into session with Flaherty and Goldberg, and they proceeded to carry out the Mayor's wishes. Com missioner Splro opposed tbe other three. After the board had -been organized, the old charge by Secretary Skelly, on which an effort was made to remove Chief Seymour was dismissed. This movement was made to evade, if possi ble, being brought in contempt of Judge Seawall's orders enjoining the board from proceeding with the trial and dis missal of Seymour. New charges were read and a resolution passed suspend ing Seymour and appointing White, Commissioners Flaherty, Goldberg and Jewel voting for it. Seymour Resists Change. Seymour's attorneys immediately sought Judge Seawell and applied for a new injunction to restrain the sus pension of the Chief and to prevent White taking charge of the depart ment. "My attorneys will proceed in this case," said Seymour, "exactly as they did In the original case. I can say nothing further about the matter at this time." Seymour refused to recognize the ap pointment of White and declined to surrender the office of Chief of Police. After the commissioners had adminis tered the oath to White, the would-be Bassity chief proceeded to the Chiefs office and told Seymour he had come to take charge as Acting Chief. ' ' "There is no such office," said Chief Seymour firmly. "I am the Chief of Police. I am here and I am going to stay here." Two Chiefs Hold Orfice. White grinned rather foolishly and said: ' "Well, all I can do now is to go to the County Clerk and file my appoint-' ment" "Go ahead. Go where you please," re torted the Chief "And when you re turn you'll find mo right here." Two Chiefs of Police were for a time keeping headquarters in the Hall of Justice on Eddy street. Seymour holds his accustomed office and refuses to surrender it to the man whom the commission has attempted to put in his place, while Acting Chief White, under the appointment of the board. has established headquarters in an ad joining room. For a time both chiefs were occupy ing the same office in the Hall of Jus tice, with their chief clerks in an ad-; Joining room. The two chiefs engaged in friendly conversation, apparently satisfied with their status, but neither one willing to leave the office. The two chiefs are exercising their Joint authority over the department. Neither has been com pelled to issue any important- order . and there has been no conflict of Judg ment between them. ..