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TTTK MORNIXO OREGOXTAN. FRIDAY. MAY 17, lPlfc. i : iUt , . n , SCENES AT STEEL TRUST HEARING, AND ATTORNEYS WHO ARE YAQU1NA NUN GETS LIFE-SAVING PLUM E MEN F FOR THE NEWEST VISIT THE EASTERN IH TELLING PRICES TRAORDINARY I AI EI Information Exchanged With Utmost Candor, Govern ment Witness Says. UNDERSTANDING IS DENIED American Company Said lo F.nJoy AdTantac Utiih' f roniw tton With Sirr-I Corporation In Oblalnlne Hn-lnr. NEW YORK. May 1 While no tirrfmRt or undf rManiln;c to main tain frle mere rra-h-fl at the Clary tanner of the t..l niautifa turrrs, the i.n.nl elT-t wiia to maintain prlcr. aTorlinir to the t-tlmony of Jlm A. T.ipplriK. rhalrmiiD of t!i R'-puMI-Iron Stf -l Company, tola at the nearinic of Ilie Kr'leral anil to dloeolve tie t nltetl State s-'tvrl Corporation. Alinoot the whole day'a aesalon l lvotel to the ftlhjert of "prl'-e tloJrr nan.llnas" and the ate.l trust ioutik'I orouicht out from one wlltne that tfere ha.l recent lv he-n formed an or x anli-tln of Inilenendent brM and arructur.il teel manufai-turern with oh Tt Mi-h appeared to be In some re rpcila rln.ll.r to thoae which the trust" attributes to the ".ary dinner conft'rrn-e!t. Brldse Hall4er I'lrarra. !t wa maile known tl'.at the orranl itlon known as the Hrt.lit- IIiilNlers' h'-Mirty n tnveitt ixated hy the Govern ment recently at the aoytety'a Invlta t on ant. It maa intimated, a clean bill f health l Riven lo It. Jtihn Sterling leana. heal of the I'hoenlMvllie llrldae inmpn, an In !een!ent concern, testified that the P'M-iety wu formed about a year aao l.v Independent manufacturer and t iat one of lt uitlilc of constitution wan perfevt frankne a to furnlshmK ii:rh Information aa to blria. term-. prt-e and tonnase as mlKht be reaaon all reUlreL Ami while on are enhancing thla informal ln. tellinir ea.li otl.er your prleea. M.I and tunnaxe, your compe tition Mill a-oea on?" he wan asked. "It doe." replied Mr. leana. I BderataBillaa l Iealel. "Rut when you left your mrctlnirs ou had an tinderi.mdtnn that you were to aell at common prloea and that you were to itlve notification if you Intend ed to chance tuent. did you?" put In Juris lUckinaon. for the government. There waa no auch underatandlnr." al.l the witness. lie-ins' also testified that the Amert i4n Rrldtce Company, owtna- to Its connection with other subsidiaries or ft ftet-1 Corporation, had an advan t iK over Independents and that In the lAt 12 months, while the American Rrldge Companv was running at full tapacttv. the Independents were able to run only from 4') to 63 per cent of ra-I-aclty. The defense. In rebuttal of the Gov ernment's contention that the brt.lco company Is a monopoly, drew from the witness a statement that there were i. early 4'"' Independent structural steel and brloire concerns now doing: busl- ' h ff" - 1 TRUST FORCES WAR llt-71 ' .7. ' B I BANKS CONTROL COFFEE Iru.-I from KlrM Psse ) revolution In Sao I'aulo or for the the consumer) of this country to pay more for their coffee T asked Samuel Vnter mever. counsel for the committee. ' You mould have to pay that any it," said the witness, lie charged mat coftee would have been higher r till If the valorlxatlon scheme had not been put Into operation. Price ef Caffee lolilea. Mr. I ntermyer read from tables to show that the production of coffee for several years amounted to about S.0O0.- bas and that It sold at from '4 to 7 cents a pound. Now the produc tion was H.Ow.i.itflO baas and the price was between 11 and 14 cents a pound. This was accomplished by wlthholdlns; from the market the surplus supply of toffee, he said. Mr. Slelcken testified that there were 4. ooo. oiio baps of coffee now being held out of the market by the valorisation committee. Of that amount Soo.i'00 bass were In warehouses of the New lork Dock Company, he said. "Would not the price of coffee (to tlown If this were put on the market?" aked R.-presentatlve Byrnes. "No. It would have no effect on the market." said Mr. Slelcken. ttl laa laierwatloaal. "The blsj loan by which the valorisa tion scheme was floated was 130. 000. doe steriln;. Kncltsh. Uerman. French and I'.e.slan bankers took tll.0o0.000 of It thriuir!i J. S. Schrocder. of London, who sold to the National City Pank U.Ooo. O.'O sterllnc This amount was pro rated between the Morsjan bank, the National City and the Klrst National." Mr. Slelcken s testimony was huurd at this time out of the order orig inally planned by Kdwln II. Karrar and Mr. I'ntermver. counsel for the com mittre. to permit Mr Sielcken to no to Kurvpe. I'rairrr.an Ru.'l announced that tlie future ioure of the committee would be determined by counsel and tl at no otner witnesses were to be tai'rd Imnieillatelv T. R. CONTROLS IN IDAHO i '"er.ltnu"! frcm Ktrst Pag- as eery effort to block the wheels of the Koosevelt machine proved futile. Th- y were deefated on the nrst clash over committees. 14 to 11. but could muster but 1 votes to ri'O lor their cnoonents on the vote for delecates. f.Twlsitrl4ll4:r4eCll lh;.i an in 't I...I.U.T louiuv. a Taft n;.r. was ma.le permanent chair man. He f.recasie,: tr-e final result In a speech In wMeh the keynote ad ,.rril to tie Taft supporters was: Take your medicine." Kleetwrw A re I asaed. The report of the resolutions commit tee, which recommended the labors cf Senator Borah and lleybnrn anJ cf Representative Krench. of Idaho"s dele s.tion in C.iYnress. was adopted with out .;!.. sllloi.. T":-e seleetloM ef lresMentll electors, provision for t:e rn ir.jr of wrtch waa ..mi't. 1 i-to t primary l.iw. was left tit l- t;-ti V.V-i- w-Wi-iivti , Keeper of Newport Station Wins Competitive lest Against Many. Ex-Secretary Tells of Sugar Combine's Operations. REFINERIES ARE CLOSED shutdown lo Reduce Over Produc tion rollowrd First by Flelilinc, and Tlirii hy 'Itd Iiui nes." Uncs Declare. NKW YORK. May How and why the so-called "sugar trust" waa formed, was told today before the special ex aminer In the Government's dissolu tion suit by Julius A. Stursbern. for merly secretary of the Brooklyn Re-ftmna- Company. Stronir competition was the reason assigned by .Mr. tsiura berc .Mr. Stursheric said after the first agreement had been entered Into In IssS till retinerles were closed for lo days to reduce the over-production of suKar. "liid negotiations to form the supar refineries company, follow that shut down?" asked the district attorney. "No sir." anwered the witness. "Red hot war followed." Had Baslaeoa Fallow a War. "And .after the "red hot rr" prompted the district attorney. "Bad business." Mr. Starshers: said under the "trust" asreement It was contemplated that the retinerles should be directed by II trustees. The original trustees, he said, were Henry O. llavemeyer. K. O. Mathlesseli. John K. Searles. Theodore llavemeyer. Joseph U. lionnar. Hector llavemeyer. Charles S. Senff. John K 1'arsons. John K. Searles. Jr.. William F. llavemeyer and Julius Stursbcrir. Slock of the par value of 150.000.000. he said, were Issued by the trustees and Jr.j.ooo.OOO worth was distributed to the stockholders and owners of the refin eries that entered Into the combination. The remalnlnc I15.0D0.0OO of stock, he said, was put Into the treasury for "fur ther need." Msreekela Hot mpeltor. air. Stursbeis; named concerns In Boston. Philadelphia and Southern states, which were In competition with the Suuar Refineries Company, the name of the corporation created by the "trust" agreement of 1!S7. "Hid you have much competition with Spreckels prior to lbiil?" asked the dia trict uttorncy. "Hot competition with Claus Spreck els and with the Philadelphia rertnery." answered the wlinesa. assvt rvsri la Jieaaloa. Crater, lft, R. p. I.ladlmry, aad fUakt, tieerae t Holloa, Steel Trs.t loaaseL Be low Jacob M. Uieklasoa, tiovera asrat Prosecator. . which has been called by Chairman New for Saturday. Colonel New disclaimed the Idea that he would name the teriporary chair man, but said he might auKgeet a fow r.amc for consideration. In political circles the naming; of the temporary chairman was the subject of much gosMlp. it was suggested, as the speech of the temporary chairman would In a degree be expected to sound the keynote of the campaign, the tem porary chairman should be a friend of the man who will be the nominee of the party for President. COAST DISTRICT IS AWARD KOOSKVIXT MAJORITY GROWS riark's Lead In California Also Is ; larger us Returns Arrive. SAN" FRANCISCO. May Returns ' from 20 precincts received today added . slightly to the majority for Roosevelt and Clark In Tuesdays Kepubllcan Liemocratlc preferential primary. These brought totals up to the following- fig ures, on returns from 3452 precincts out of approximately 3700 In the state: Republicans Roosevelt 137,944, Taft 67. 3;.. l.a Follette 45.355. Democatlc Clark 39,44, WlUon 17,-6SI. MOTHER AIDS IN THEFTS COLORED HOYS ROB AND PAR KXTS HIDE LOOT. TAFT W.HS EVERY POINT MONTANA DELEGATION OCT. AND-OCT FOR PRESIDENT. Bolt I Averted. However, by Action of Roosevelt Leader In Advising Conservative Course. LIVINGSTON. Mont.. May 1. Roose velt forces were defeated at every turn In the Republican state convention held here today. From the Issues raised In the seating of contesting delegations to the election of a National commltec man from Montana, they were unsuc cessful. Threats of a bolt were dissipated by the urging of calm and deliberate ac tion on the part of conservative Roose velt leaders. The Montana delegation. eight In number, will go to Chicago with a rec ommendation to use every effort to brlr.- a'oout llie renomlnation of Presi dent Taft. but the Taft force assured themselves that these delegates are Taft men. first. last and all the time. T:e delegates are Pr. O. M Lapsirum, iiln: k.dward r-onlan. Missoula: D. J. Charles. Ifulte; George P. H.iggs. Stevensvllle : S-im Stephenson. Great Falls: Georiro V. Clay. Valley County: J. C. Kinney. Wlbau. A. J- Wllcolm, Madison Coun'y. The delegates received 411 vote to their opponents' r:5. The platform auopted by the conven tlou after a bitterly contested fight Is an out-and-out Indorsement of the Taft policies and Administration. H reviews briefly the accomplishments of the Ad ministration. T. A. Marlow, of Hel ena, waa elected National committeeman. Lads II Years Old Invade Offices and Homes In Spokane to Divide With Families. SPOKANE. Wash., May 16. (Special.) Robberies which have been pultllng people In the eastern part of the city for the last two months resulted this morning In the capture of two 14-year-old boys, Eddie Ryan and Edward Carl ruthersl colored.) The arrests were made by Detective Thompson, wbo haa been working on the case since the Spokane Feed A Fuel Company re ported a cash drawer at Its office had been robbed of 3?& on March 28. ! George Miles, Captain of Police, saya ' the bovs have admitted tbey robbed tbe feed company, spent about 110 of the money and secreted tbe remainder in .the Carruthers home. A couple of days ' later it Is said tbey entered the home j of Mrs. Mary Tlgulllo at East 939 Sec : ond avenue and took $109.60 In cash, some Jewelry. Including; rings, neck laces and watches worth 150. a valuable Jewel case and a revolver. The loot In this case was taken to the Ryan home, from which place It waa re covered this morning; by Detective Thompson. The money which had been taken to the Carruthers home Is alleged to have been divided equally by the boys and given to their mothers, each parent re ceiving S27.60. The goods taken from the Tlgulllo home are said to have been turned over to Mrs. Ryan, who bouicht her son a S30 bicycle. When Detective Thompson appeared at the Ryan bouse Mrs. Ryan at first denied having received the stolen goods, but finally removed them from various places around the house. Otto Mellander Promoted to Superintendent-) orParlfic Division. Pay Increased From $1000 to 92200 Annually. WASHINGTON. May If. (Special.) Otto Wellander, keeper of the Yaqulna Bay lifesavlng station at Newport. Or., has been promoted to be superintendent of the Jlfesavlng division of the Pacific Coast, embracing all stations in Califor nia, Washington, Oregon and Alasku. The promotion Is the result of a com petitive examination held at San Fran cisco recently, participated In by most of the keepers of the Pacific CoaBt sta tions. Wellander made the highest av erage and captured the plum. As keeper at Yaqulna Bay his salary is tlOOO annually. The new position pays 1 11200 annually. Superintendent Wellander will take charge of the Son Francisco headquar ters' within a few days, succeeding the late Superintendent Varney. Wellander has been In the lifesavlng service nearly 20 years and has mude an excellent record, according to hlsh of ficials of the service In Washington. He Is a native of England, but has been naturalized In this country and Is 40 years old. I. Kimball, superintendent of the life saving service, said today at the Treas ury Department that Wellander. be sides his excellent and long record In the service, has many times distin guished himself by heroic rescues from wrecked ships on the Pacific Coast.. "There Is no better or more able man than Wellander In the whole service," declared Kimball. WELLIXDEH S RECORD IS GOOD Ten Lives Saved at One Time and Many Others on Other Occasions. NEWPORT. Or.. May 16. (Special.) Captain Otto Wellander has been the keeper of the Taqulna Bay lifesavlng station for 13 years, having followed Captain Wlcklund, now keeper at the Fort Stevens lifesavlng station. Be fore he came to Newport he was on the crew at Ilwaco Beach. Although his rescue of 10 members of the steamship Minnie Kelton crew was the most lives saved my him at one time, he has had many more dan gerous trips to sea in the lifeboatl. In 1906 he guided a crew through a break ing surf at nightfall to save the lives of three Newport people, George Mesh le. Le Doty and Deep-Sea Boh. who were In a small skiff which had sprung a leak Just as a storm came up. Meshle Is now In the lifesavlng serv ice at Garibaldi. Lee Doty had a brother. John, on the crew at that time. The crew remained out In a storm over night and were brought back safely with their three survivors the next morning through one of the roughest seas ever seen on the coast. When the launch Rose was lost In a fog over night Captain Wellander made three trips before discovering her, and met the Rose carrying 33 people as she was hunting for the bar. The crew on the last trip was very tired and was towed by the Condor. In command of Captain George Tyler. When the launch Florence was re ported to be in distress owing to a rough sea and had anchored .near the whistling buoy. Captain Wellander went out to offer assistance. This gave the two men on the Florence courage and they passed In safely and alone, leav ing the crew to get In the best they could. Captain Wellander has made probably a doxen trips resulting In saving some lives. His Judgment was so trusted that he was never criticised, nor were any members of the crew ever known to be afraid to enter the roughest surf when he was In command. Socially his home was one of the most sought In Newport. His hospi tality was only equaled by his good nature. Mrs. Wellander's brother mar ried the daughter of Henry I. Pittock. of Portland, but has been dead several years. Newport, while congratulating Cap tain Wellander upon his promotion, re alizes that he will leave a place In its history and at the same time he said memory bar for any man coming; In to fill. CHAIRMANSHIP IS ISSCE Sub-Committee May DIm-us Snhjeet In Cli lea po Saturday. CHICAGO. May 1. One of the prob lems which the subcommittee on ar rangements for tl-.e National Republi can convention face la the selection cf a tenipora'v c; airman for the conven tion In June TU .,c,tlon n-ay come t uy al U.v mcc'.lD.- ul t-v ctttoauiUtec, CONCERT WINS APPLAUSE Musicians Offer Attractive Pro gramme at Multnomah Hotel. A well-agganged and attractive pro gramme marked th concert given last r.laht in the ballroom of the Multnomah Hotel by Robert Burton, tenor, assisted by Miss Iah Slusser, soprano; Mrs. Delphlne Marx, contralto; Miss Marie Paige, violinist, and Lucien E. Becker, pianist and accompanist. There was a . large attendance, and the applause was I prolonged and hearty. Mr. Burton and Mis Slusser are both soloists In West minster Presbyterian Church choir and ure not heard as much In public as they ought to be. Mr. Burton follows ths softdellcate. , bell-like English style of singing, and I shines In songs calling for sentiment. ! The four love lyrics written by Amy ' Woodforde-Flnden and the old English ballads. "The Woodpecker." "Tom Howling" and "Drink to Me Only." are good sumples of this sort of singing, and Mr. Burton rendered them with re. marks bly rood style and finish. BOAT WITHOUT MEN FOUND Fishermen Thought Drowned. Launch and Net Tangled. ASTORIA, Or., May 16. (Special.) Nick Kuljels. a fisherman employed by the Columbia River Packers' Associa tion, and his boatpuller, whose name could not be learned, are missing and Unsightly glasses detract from your personal appearance. Shur on Eyeglass or Spectacle Mount ings when adjusted by us are refined in appearance and stay on your nose without assist ance. If you have never worn glasses, see us. If you suffer the dis advantages of ordinary glasses, see ns. If you would see bet ter, see us. THOMPSON Second Floor Corbett Building, Fifth and Morrison. their friends fear they have been drowned. The two men left here Sunday night to fish In the lower harbor and noth ing was heard of them until this morn ing. Captain Connick. of the Ilwaco Beach lifesavinc crew, found their gasoline fishing ooat, with the net tangled in the propeller, drifting ashore at Long Beach, on the Washington coast. What became of the men is a mystery. Mr. Kuljels Is a native of Austria about 26 years old. and has fished on the Columbia for a number of years. He was married about five months ago and ha a father and brother residing in this country, the latter being An drew Kuljels, of Clifton. SOUTH BEND DEPOT, Wash., May IS. (Special.) The steamer Doris at 7:30 o'clock this morning picked up at sea Hans Jensen and Reynold Thomull son on the bottom of their boat six miles north of North Head. The men and boat are here at South Bend, all right. TAFT TOLD HE HAS 543 UILLES AND M'KIXLEY COCXT ON" MORE THAN" MAJORITY. Claim by Roosevelt of Delegates Answered by Statement That He Has Only 309. CLEVELAND. May 18. Fresident Taft today received telegrams from his secretary, C. D. Hilles, and Director McKlnley. of the Taft bureau, claiming 543 delegates to the Chicago conven tion for Taft. Five hundred and forty Is a major ity In the convention. The telegram said that the President had 543 delegates, counting four from Idaho. The President bad nothing to adu to his earlier statement regarding the delegates to Chicago. Replying to the claims of Theodore Roosevelt that he had 522 delegates to the Republican National convention. President Taft In a public statement declared that Roosevelt had only 309 delegates, and for the first time ad mitted that the result of the primaries in Ohio will settle tbe question of the Republican nomination. "The vote In Ohio, my home state, much to my gratification, will be the decisive one, and will settle the ques tion of the nomination," said the Pres ident. The statement follows: "Only 188 delegates to th.e Chicago convention remain to be chosen. If Theodore Roosevelt were to get all of them, yet he could not be nomi nated. Carefully prepared figures show that only 30a delegates thus far are Instructed for or pledged to him, and the talk of real and genuine contests against delegates who are Instructed for me Is as unsustalned by the facts as many of the misleading issues that have been Injected into this campaign. The number of Taft delegates thus far chosen, not counting the eight from Montana and a number from Tex as and Arkansas, who will be elected today. Is 620, and the vote In Ohio, my home state, much to my graitlficatlon. will be the decisive one and will settle the question of the nomination. The Chicago convention will be or ganized by the friends of constitution al government and the success of that great cause now seems assured." Vancouver Has "Clean Cp." VANCOUVER, Wash., May 15. (Spe cial.) The business buildings on Main and Washington streets are at this Best for Biscuit Experienced housekeepers who have tried many dif ferent kinds of baking pow ders, find that Rumford biscuits are lighter, whiter and better flavored. They are also, more wholesome and much more easily made with nntrrmffaDtPdJ rep I 11 ur WUOLCSOME RAKING POWDER The Best ol the HIgb-Cr.de. Baking Powders-No Alum PECI.A "Tomorrow, between 7 and 9 P. M. we will place on sale a. number of smartly Tailored Skirts at These Skirts are in the most ap proved models. In popular fabrics, such os Serges, Mannish Mixtures, pure Worsteds, etc., in all the leading shades of the season. Tailored in best possible man ner some in the new high waist line effect, with paneled front and back; others severely plain. Worth much more than what we ask you for theni. A limited num ber will be sold at above price, and but one to a customer. Be on hand to get one. ( Tomorrow, from 7 to 9 P. M OTHER ACCESSORIES Linen Suits and Coats Wash Dresses Tailored Waists Modestly Priced CHARGE ACCOUNTS SOLICITED EASTEH OUTFITTING CO. The Big Credit Institution 405 Washington St. at Tenth The Store With 22 Show Windows to be ready for the Rose Festival of Portland, when thousands of visitors will visit Vancouver and Vancouver Barracks, the military post within the city limits of Vancouver. Mayor Charles S. Irwin has issued a procla mation for a geenral cleanup time and has set aside Friday and Saturday to do the work. The city will furn-h wagons to haul away the garbage. Tho school children will assist in cleanin up yards and the whole city will be put in her Summer dress uniform. The buildings are being washed with brushes and acid. A new German type of oil engine la built to run with tar as tuel. and Is ald to work very rTirrfFsfnliy. Regarding Your Savings The best form of investment is a savings account with this bank. Your money on deposit is available when needed. Open an account this month and your money begins to draw inter est June 1st. If you wish a home savings bank, we are glad to furnish one. Security Savings and Trust Company Morrison at Fifth St. Capital and Surplus... .$1,400,000 EASTERN EXCURSION TICKEIj tl.T 0. jet'--- Kay a. . 4. . 10. 11. IT. IS. 24. SS. June U . S. 13, 14. . It- 18. 19, SO. 31. 24. . ST. July 3. 8, , T. It. 13. IS. 111. 20. 23. 23. 2. . 0. 31. AlID.t t. 2. 3. . T, 13. is. m. a2. 23. so. ao. 31. fcelilrir.ber 4. a. X. T. H. II. IS. 30. Chicago aad Ketnra 372.30. gf. fanl. Mtoneapollft. Tn. 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