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THE MORNING OREGON IAN. THURSDAY. JUNE 5, 1913, ATTEAUX PLACES BLAME OH BREEN Co-defendant With Wood Says Undertaker Laid Plot and Tried to Blackmail. OWN SERVICES PAID FOR Woolen Trust President Declared to Have Insisted Company Mast Not Owe Obligation to One From Whom It Bought. BOSTON. June 4. Frederick F. At teaux. co-defendant with William M. Wood. president of the American Woolen Company; and Dennis H. Col lins, In the dynamite conspiracy trial, told his story to the jury today. He denied emphatically that he had con spired with the other defendants and with John J. Breen and the late Ernest W. "Pitman to "plant' dynamite at Law rence to prejudice publlo opinion fleainst the striking textile operatives last year. The greater part of his recital dealt with his relations with Breen, the Law rence undertaker convicted of placing; the explosive, who testified that Aa teaux hired him to do the work, and that Pitman furnished the dynamite. In 'many respects Atteaux' testimony dovetailed that of Breen. though the witness denied all criminality and In sisted that portions of Breen's testi mony were false. Blackmail Charm? - Made. Atteaux Intimated that Breen had in veigled Pitman into the dynamite plot And that when the exposure came and Breen was made the defendant in sev eral civil suits growing- out of the ar rests of persons on whose premises the dynamite was found Breen tried to blackmail the witness and Wood to raise money to settle the suits. At teaux said the American Woolen Com pany had accepted his offer to assist in settling the strike. He w.s Intro duced to Breen over the telephone by Asa Corby, a Syrian in the pay of the woolen company. Breen later called on blm In Boston and at Breen's re quest he telephoned Pitman to meet Breen in Atteaux' office. He left Breen and Pitman together and then, he said, the dynamite plot probably was hatched. Breen several months later demanded $13,000 and threatened an "exposition" If the money were not forthcoming". The witness accounted for his move ments on January 19, 1912, the day the conspiracy is said to have had its in ception, and denied he was the person driven In a taxlcab from Wood's Bos ton house to Franklin and Washington streets, where Breen testified that Atteaux paid him $600. Atteaux Paid for Services. The cross-examination by District Attorney Pelletier was brief. Atteaux said be could explain Breen's purpose in coming to him only because he thought he could reach Mr. Wood "easier through me than through Pit man." The witness declared the Ameri can Woolen Company paid him $2000 for his services during the strike be cause Wood thought that the company ought not to be under obligation to any person from whom it was buying mer chandise. Testimony that Breen had not told the truth to the police authorities re garding the dynamite was given by State Officer Flynn as part of the de fense's plan to discredit Breen as a witness and two employes of a taxicab company were called in an attack on the veracity, of Arthur Pica, a taxlcab chauffeur, who had told of a trip from Woods' house with a passenger re sembling Atteaux on the night of Janu ary 9. 1913. BANKS GET FEDERAL CASH Ten Millions Deposited, Northwest Getting Share. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. June 4. The Secretary of the Treasury today announced the distri bution of $10,000,000 of Federal de posits in various National banks des ignated as depositories which are to pay 2 per cent Interest Washing ton banks and $25,000 in Idaho. Ore gon banks, which receive deposits, are the United States National of Portland National Bank of Hillsboro. Benton County National of Corvallis and First National of Baker. Deposits will also bo made In the Paclftc National of Tacoma, Wash. First National of BeUingham. National '"ity of Seattle. First National of Walla Walla. and the Exchange Traders, Fidelity and Old National Bank of Spokane. Idaho depositories are the First National of Lewiston tne Wallace National and the First Na tional of Weiser. SUGAR MEN ARE NAMED f-Qntlnud Kivm Fir.t Paa:.. knew of no money or Improper meth ods used to influence legislation, ex cept "some letters threatening dire de struction unless I voted as they want ed me to." That referred particularly to the wool schedule, he added. Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, tes tified that he know of no Improper in fluences used to prevent sugar from going on the free list or to prevent a larger reduction In tariff. Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, told the committee of a letter he had re ceived from E. F. Milliken, of Bayou Meto, who had threatened to vote against him If the Senator voted for removing the duty on rice. He told of a talk with ,R. D. Bowen, of Texas, representing the Farmers' Union, which was fighting the reduction of rice and cotton duties. The Senator said he knew of no corrupt lobby. More Sabpenaa Issued. The committee tonight issued subpe nas for ex-Representative S. Bennett, of New York; Otto Carmichael, of New York, formerly a Wasnlngton corre spondent; Rev. Father G. H. Malone, of Denver, who Is now in Washington; G. Harold Powell, Francis E. Hamilton. HarriBon Osborne. W. L. Bass, A. A. Irving, William o. Marvin and Wil liam F. Fitzgerald. This Is a list of names furnished to the committee apart from names brought out in tes timony given by Senators. Chairman Overman did not reveal the source of the list or purpose for which the per sons attendant are sought. At the night session of the commit tee Senator Thornton, of Louisiana, testified that he regarded as unfair the methods used by Frank C. Lowry, of the Federal Sugar Refining Com pany, to create sentiment for free sugar. He said Lowry had issued cir culars under the letterhead of a gro cers' organization, when in reality ha was representing the Cane Sugar Re finers. Senator Thompson, of Kansas, also identified a circular Issued to beet susrar .growers which had been Intro duced earlier in the day. as having come originally from Lowry.- Senator Thornton answered under protest the questions of the committee relating to his property holdings, stating that , he thought it "a disgrace for a Senator to ber haled up to answer questions about his personal property by his fellow Senators." IS SLAIN BY WIFE HUSBAND LED TO DEATH BY HIS KIVAIS VISIT. Estranged Chicago Woman Shoots Former Mate a a He StnVts to Enter Her Boom. CHICAGO, June 4. Mrs. Luis Van Keuren was held to the grand Jury on a charge of murder In connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, John B. Van Kuren. from whom she had been separated since last March, at the door way of her apartment early today. George Penrose, who admitted he had visited Mrs. Van Keuren's home short ly before the shooting, was held as an accessory. Mrs. Van Keuren told the Coroner's Jury she had fired her revolver when someone broke the glass window over the door at the entrance of her home. She .said she believed it was a burglar. The bullet penetrated her husband's brain. - Private detectives who had been In the employment of Van Keuren testi fied at the inquest that Penrose, a Jeweler, had gone to Mrs. Van Keuren's home with her last night after closing his .store. The detectives then tele phoned Van Keuren. Harry Van Keuren, brother of the dead man. at whose home he had been living, said his brother had left home after receiving a message from detect Ives. money Iri real estate. He knew noth ing of any lobby in Washington. Senator Norrls said he owned two wheat farms In Nebraska. "In a general way. I assume there is and has been a lobby here." said he. From the fact that I receive dallv cir culars on the subject. I assume "there is a lobby here tor and against free sucar." "I am interested in the lumber busi ness, farming, paper-making and sev eral other things that might be men tioned." said Senator Stephenson, when be took the stand. "I have always been in favor of free lumber. Stephenson Telle Life Story. "In regard to money being used here, I know nothing of that," concluded Senator Stephenson, "and I have never met anyone whom I considered a lob byist." Senator; Stephenson, always a pic turesque figure, enlivened the com mittee with a half-hour human-interest story of his life. He had been In the lumber business 73 years, begin ning as a cook when he was 11. He confessed that he owned several mil lion dollars' worth of timber lands, several farms and some Iron mines. He diverted to say that Pauline Wayne. President Taft's cow, was doing well Senator Owen testified he was In terested In farm land In Oklahoma, baring some lumber, -ut he had not sought to influence Senators on agri cultural or lumber duties. He thought "the patent medicine trust" was behind the opposition to his bill ior a depart ment of public health. Senator Martina, of New Jersey, Vnew of no offensive lobby. T1 1 1 ma Accuses tVoolaars. "I know of my own knowledge." said Senator Pittman. of Nevada, "there haa mi a premeditated, sustained and ex pensive effort made by the woolcrow rs to intimidate their representatives io support certain measures, in the be ilef that the people favor them." !i . ji j-merene sain ne nad no trsonal Interest In tariff rate. He 1 ROYAL GAMBLING DIES OUT As Result of Queen's Antipathy Der by Sweepstakes JJot Held. LONDON, June 4. (Special.) Queen Mary's well-known strong antipathy to gambling in any form was demon strated at this year's derby, when the usual derby sweepstakes among mem bers of the royal household waa not held. The reason for this was that the King and Queen declined to take tickets on the result of the great race. All but a few members of the house hold followed the example of the King ana yueen and as a result the pool '11 through. This sweepstakes was Instituted In the year of the late King Edward VII's succession and has been held every year since until today. Last year it was won by the Duchess of Devon shire, who Is now one of the Queen's strongest supporters In her antl-gam-bllng crusade. The Queen-mother. Alexandra, won It once, but King Ed ward VII never had the right ticket. The tickets cost a guinea each and the nrst prixe was generally about $500. COMMISSION MEN TARGET Railroad Commission Asks Grand Jury Action Against Local Firms. SALEM. Or., June 4. (Special.) The Railroad Commission in a letter to District Attorney Evans, of Multnomah county, today asked him to urge the grand jury to act In the case of 'the Portland commission merchants, who have not complied with the law, which became operative yesterday, providing that these merchants cbtaln licenses or give bonds. It Is believed that the commission men. who opposed the law, have been waiting for the Railroad Commission to act, and that they will bring suit to have the law tested. The letter, in part, to the District At torney follows: "The act makes it a criminal offense to engage in the selling of farm, dairy, orchard or garden produce on account of a shipper or consignor without ob taining a license to be Issued by the Railroad Commission, and without the filing of a bond." ROSE MADE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES Man Who Defeated Reform Candidate Promises to Im " prove City's Morals. "VICE. POLICY" OUTLINED "Insane Treatment" of Question De clared to Result In Worse Forms of Evil Liquor Licenses Are Restricted. LOS ANGELES, June 4. Police Judge Rose was elected Mayor of Los Angeles yesterday, complete returns now verl fylng the early estimates of the defeat of the candidate of the" "reform ele ment," City Attorney Shenk. The complete count of the vote cast yesterday showB that Rose waa elected by a majority or 02S. His total vote was 46,045, while that of the conference candidate. City Attorney John W. Shenk, receiver 38,019. In the primary a month ago Shenk failed of election by only a little more man suuo votes. . The new administration will take of fice July. 7. rrtnnpt Removals Scheduled. Mayor-elect Rose presided In his Police Court as usual today, but an nounced that -two Police Commissioners and two Water Commissioners, all Iden tified with the former good government organization, would be removed forth with Los Angeles now has fewer than the charter limit of 200 saloons. The new Mayor in a public statement declared that no more liquor licenses would be issued. Referring to the social evil, he said it would "be treated in a sane manner." The city has no segregated district, but the recent "white slavery investiga tion" revealed the existence of pseudo noteis. .Better Morality Promised. "Insane treatment of this evil results in a much worse form of immorality. said Rose. "I was a Police Judge nine years. I believe I know how to treat this question. The worst forms will be attacked first. I will establish better morality In this city than I know exists at the present time." One Socialist, Fred C. Wheeler, won a place in the City Council, leading four of the other eight successful can didates. Mrs. Frances Noel, the wom an Socialist candidate for Council, polled a smaller vote than any of the men, despite the fact that she had the Indorsement and active support of a number of influential club women and suffragist leaders. ALBANY HOST TO AUTOISTS Excursion of 150 Corvallis Folk En tertained at L-unch. ALBANY, Or.. June 4. (Special.) Riding In 30 automobiles. 150 residents of Corvallis visited Albany Tuesday while on an automobile excursion over Southwestern Linn and Eastern Ben ton counties. They were entertained at luncheon by the Albany Commercial Club. The visitors were met at Tangent by a large committee of local business men. headed by Mayor Gilbert and Man ager Stewart of the Albany Commercial Club, and were escorted to the St. Francis and Hammel hotels for lunch. F. P. Nutting, vice-president of the Albany Commercial Club, presided at the St. Francis, and G.-T. Hockensmith, chairman of the club's entertainment committee, at the Hammel, and at bothJ places Albany and Corvallis business men exchanged felicitations In short talks. The excursionists passed two hours here. R M . Gray's New Store at Morrison and Broadway Opens for Business Today, June Fifth The Portland Public Is Cordially Invited to Come and See Us in Our New Home If you will pardon us for saying so we think we have the finest clothes shop for men and women iri America. We want you to come in and see the new store which you have by your splendid patronage in the past enabled us to open. This store we think will be one which every good citizen will be proud of. We shall carry as good merchandise as is produced in this country or abroad. We shall continue to do business on the same plane of. integrity characterizing our business from its inception. We shall use every endeavor to please our patrons in the new home. If any have a grievance come in and allow us a chance to adjust the matter. We want you all to make us a little social call without feeling any obligation to buy. Chesterfield Clothes finest in the world for men and equally good clothes for women at prices that are right, and courteous, competent salespeople to serve you. CORNER MORRISON AND BROADWAY R.M GRAY LIBRARIANS TO MEET SOON Pacific Northwest. Book Folk to Be Hosts at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash., June 4. (Special.) The Pacific Northwest Library Asso ciation will ' meet In Tacoma June 12, 13 and 14. Organized during the A-Y-P Exposition, the association In cludes librarians and their assistants in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. E. O. S. Scholefield. librarian of tiie Provincial Library of British Columbia, is president. ' About 100 members are expeoted to attend and the programme will in clude an address of welcome by Bishop F. W. Ke&tor, of Tacoma. and addresses outside the membership by Mrs. Jose phine Preston, State Superintendent of Schools, and by Professor Beach, of the University of Washington. The opening session of the association will be held at the Commercial Club and the others at St. Luke's Episcopal par ish house and at the Tacoma Public Library. A psasenrer en a German ateamar. af. ter trying Tmrioiie remedies for aaa-alek. na. ata a pancake wtth .German) eran- brriea. an& found rtlmsftlt promptly enred. AH ttm steamers of that line now nave "prannkuohen mlt Pref aaelbeeren' on their menu.. . JEFFERSON CLASS DAY GAY Students Make Merry at Oaks Fol lowing Picnic. Sixty-four students of Jefferson High School.- the graduating class of June, 13, gathered at the Oaks Amusement Park yesterday and celebrated "Class day." The evening was a steady suc cession of class yells. As Angelo vltale. the U-year-old band leader of Ruzzi'B Royal Italian Band, withdrew, the students honored him with a yell. Director Tigano and the band and the owners of different amusement concessions, who showed the students particular favors, were similarly honored, The gay party first made a trip to magoon s park. near Oregon City, where a picnic lunch was served. The chaperons in charge of the party were miss t-steue m. ingalle. Miss Sarah Ruby and Mrs. Eliot. $35,000 DEAL AT ASTORIA Modern Business Block Is Promised .oy Realty Company. ASTORIA, Or.. June 4 (Special.) A deal was closed this afternoon whereby the Flavel estate sells lots 6 and 6 and the south 40 feet of lots 2 and 3. block 25 McClure's Addition, to the Astoria Realty Company. The property com prises a tract 100x100 feet at the north west corner of Commercial and Tenth streets and a tract 40x100 feet In the center of that block. The consideration is said to be in the neighborhood of $35,000. The pur chasing company plans the early im provement or the property by the erec tlon of a modern business block on It. ROSE FESTIVAL WEEK SEVES ISSUES. lCI,tDIiO . POSTAGE, 20 CENTS. Mall to your friends in the East The Oregonian during Rose Festival week, beginning Mon day, June 9. and ending with the great fssaar edltloa. June 15. Complete and exhaustive re ports with numerous high-class half-toned illustrations will be featured daily. The Portland Annual Rose Fes tival has been widely advertised throughout the United States, and no more attractive testi monial to your friends could be given than a subscription to Oregon's great daily during the 'event. Orders 'given now at the busi ness office or sent by mail to The Oregonian will receive prompt and careful attention. Subscription price for the en tire week. Including postage. la 20 cents. I a- CORNER MORRISON AND BROADWAY GIRL URGES LABEL Secretary's Daughter Pleads for Union-Made Goods. BOYCOTT IS NOT FAVORED Agnes Hart Wilson Urges League to Start Movement Own Investi gations In Washington Tenements Recited. ST. LOUIS, June 4. Miss Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter of the Secretary of Labor In President Wilson's Cabinet, addressed the National Women's Trade Union League convention here today and urged that the women purchasers of clothing be educated to demand the union label. "I don't favor the boycott," said Miss Wilson, "but I do urge that we start a movement to bring- out the garment makers' label on women's clothing-. The names of all union makers of women's clothing should be mentioned promi nently In the official bulletin of- this league. That will advertise the goods and It will advertise us. Misa Wilson told of her personal In vestigations of social conditions in Washington, T. C, where she found women and children working long hours, under unsanitary conditions and for poor par. Miss Wilson said that the work under unsatisfactory conditions to which she referred, was in tenement districts and usually was sewing, artificial flower making or other form of piece work. BEEF BRINGS 11 CENTS New Zealand Competition Fails to Reduce Fres-h Meat Prices. ' SEATTLE. June 4. Three carloads of New Zealand frozen beef, mutton. veal and rabbits and butter arrived here today from Vancouver, and were placed on sale, the beef being retailed at 11 cents as against 144 for Ameri oan fresh beef. The meat was shipped from Auckland ' on the big liner Niagara, which has refrigerating rooms. Arrangements have been made to send regular weekly consignments to Seattle, whose market Is. expected to take all the surplus from Vancouver. Butter will be shipped to other North western cities. So far as known there has-been no reduction of prices of fresh meat as the result of the New Zealand competition. SPRINGFIELD REALTY SOLD Southern Pacific Acquires Property for Terminal Yards. SPRINX3F1ELT). Or.. June . Spe ciai. -Two tracts of land adjoining this city, upon which the Southern Pa-' cific Company had options, were taken over by the company today and the owners received cash for the property. The tracts were owned by E. J. Frasler, 6f Kuerene, and Elmer McBee. of Springfield. Mr. Frasier had 137 acres, of which the railway ' company., will need only about 60. but a syndicate which has been handling- the deal takes the remainder, paying Mr. FrasieV be tween $40,000 and S60.000 for the en tire tract. Mr. McBee's tract consisted of 107 acres, and he is said to hsve re ceived J37.450. J. B. Eddy, right-of-way" and. tax agent of the Southern Pacific company, was here today making all arrange ments for the transfer of the land. This land, together with other tracts upon which the railway company has options, will be used for division ter minal yards and upon which to erect shops sometime in the future. Another large deal in realty which has lust been completed is the trans fer of a large acreage of suburban property known as Willamette Heights and Sunnyslde Addition, from John ttestley to D. A. Rabb. of San Fran cisco, for $76,000. Mr. Rabb has been bidding heavily of late, but this is the largest purchase he has made yet. CHURCH CORNERSTONE LAID 1000 Attend Impressive Ceremony JjcA by La Grande Masons. LA GRANDE, Or June 4. (Special.) The cornerstone of the new $30,000 aiemocust c:nurch was laid In place yesterday under the direction of the Masonic order. Dr. E. B. Fyke pre sided In the place of District Superin tendent Winters, who was ill. The Methodist Church was packed and the big programme culminated at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Grand Master Kiddle, acting as dep uty after Dr. Nathan Evans, of Pendle ton, delivered an address on the "Un 'falling Progress of the Church." Local Masons then took charge of the out door exercises, at which 1000 attended. In the . records were placed a coin be longing to the R. A. M. Lodge, copies or tne tjnnstian Advocate telling of the plans for the cornerstone laying, the Evening Observer, of La Grande, dated May 31, telling of the exercises, the picture of E. E. Kiddle, the presid ing Mason, a discipline of the Metho dist Church and various other articles. As a climax to the ceremony bene diction was . poured upon the stone. first In the shape of corn, representing Plenty; wine, representing gladness, and finally oil, representing Joy. VICE "CRUSADE IS ON NOW Coos Connty Attorney Is Determined to Close Notorious Houses. COQTJTLLE, Or., June 4. (Special.) Prosecuting Attorney Llljeqvist has planned a campaign against vice for Coos County, as the new law becomes effective today.. Keepers of notorious nouses nave evaded arrest heretofore through a system of "spotters,- who have watched the movements of the Sheriff and his deputies. Mr. Llljeqvist purposes enforcing the new law and will confiscate prop erty where the reputation of certain places in the county warrant such ac tion. It is his purpose also to inaug urate a crusade against the lllegai salo of liquors. As District Attorney George Brown's deputy the new County Attor ney kept up a continuous warfare against vice of every kind In Coos County, but few convictions were pos sible on account of the method of pro cedure against violations of this char acter. PURIFY YOUR HOMES! During Clean-T7p week, after the rubbish has been removed thor oughly disinfect your cellars, yards, closets and all .suspicious places where disease germs collect -by sprinkling liberally with a so lution of (TMorides I-.a Grande Folk Get Stung. LA GTtATCrP? flp 1 .... A to i , . . - " " iDjeuiii,f business waa good on the corner of DeDOt BtrAAt nH Ata-na - - t... a&y when a swarm of bees was making T . .. . i iualr queen, oeverai peo- f: "i.uiiis uy xne insects, wnicn held the nrinclnnl rnnA ... i They finally swarmed on top of the Sommer building and were hived by Freeman Ladd. Timber Companies Pay Taxes. ASTORIA, Or.. June 4. (Special.) The Crosset Timber Company and the Larkin-Green Logging Company, two of the timber-owning syndicates that had refused to pay their taxes on the 1912 roll on the ground that the spe cial road district levies made for high way Improvement purposes were illegal, have withdrawn their protest and to day paid the full amount of taxes against their holdings. Cottage Grove Cows Have Twins. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. June 4. (Special.) Two cows owned by J. Kile, of Row River, gave birth to twin calves on the same day a short time ago. Portlands Largest Fountain Pen Stock Is oil Display WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. 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