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THE MORXiyP OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1914.
UNCERTAINTY MUST
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President's Trust Message As-
. sures Business Its Status
( Will Be Defined.
POLICY TO BE FRIENDLY
"Nothing Daunts Like Necessity of
Taking Clianccs," Is Declara-
tlon Advance Advice as to
Legality Is CJiven.
CHTEP JT.ATrRK OF ntKSTDITJmS
TRIST IKGlStATIOX M.ANS.
1. Effectual prohibition of tho)
terlockins of directorates.
2. A law to confer on the Inter
state Commerce Commission the
power to regulate the financial oper
ations by which railroads are sup
plied with the money they need for
their proper development and im
proved transportation facilities.
3. D-cfinitlon of the many hurtful
restraints of trade" by explicit leg
islation supplementary to the Sher
man law.
4. Creation of a commission to aid
courts and to act as clearing-house
of information in helping; business to
conform with the law.
5. Penaltius to fall on individuals
responsible for unlawful business
practices.
6. Prohibition of holding compan
ies. 7. Giving to private Individuals
the right to found suits for redress on
facts and Judgments proved In Gov
ernment suits, and providing that
statute of limitations should run only
from tho date of conclusion of the
Government's action.
; "WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. President
Wilson'3 much-heralded "trust" mes
sage, which he read to Congress " to
il clay, discussed the right of the business
of the country to have definite assur-
unco of its status, and the need of
j friendly spirit In approaching- legiala-
Hon designed to regulate and control
j its operations. The President said:
! In my report on "the state of the Union"
which I had the privilege of reading to
j you on tho second of December I ventured
to rrsurve for discussion at a later date the
r subject of additional legislation regarding
; tlio very difficult and intricate matter of
. trusts and monopolies. Tho time now seems
; oprjortune to turn to that great question.
not only because the currency legislation
; which absorbed your attention and tho at
. tntion of the country in December Is now
- disposed of, but also because opinion seems
; to bo clearing about us with singular rap
J ldlty In this other great field of action. In
tiie matter of the currency it cleared sud
; deiily and very happily after the much de
. bated act was passed; In respect of the
'. monopolies which have multiplied about us
i and In retard to the various means by which
J Jh' liave been organized and maintained,
It seems to be coming to a clear and all
, but universal agreement in anticipation of
. our aotlon, as if by way of preparation.
; making the way easier to see and easier to
; t out on with conndence and without cod-
- fusion of counsel.
I Mutual Understanding- Reached.
' T'PElslatlon has its atmosphere like every-
thing else and the atmosphere of accommo.
elation and mutual understanding which we
now breathe with so niuch refreshment Is a
, matter of sincere congratulation. It ought
t to make our task very much less difficult
; nnd embarrassing than it would have been
t had we been obliged to continue to act
- amidst the atmosphere of suspicion and an
, tagonlem which has so long made It lmpos
, sible to approach such questions with dls
: passionate fairness. Constructive legislation.
; when successful, Is always the embodiment
ir convincing experience and of mature pub
. Ho opinion which finally springs out of that
; experience. Legislation is a business of ln
: torpretutlon. not of origination, and it Is
now plain what the opinion is to which we
. must give effect in this matter. It Is not
. rceu t or hasty opinion. , It springs out of
, the experience of a whole generation. It
; has clarified ItBelf by long contest, and
; those who for a long time battled with it
"nd oue1" to change It are now frankly
, and honorably leldins to It and seeking to
; conform thetr actions to It.
: .Jt. Bre" business men who organized
and financed monopoly and those who ad
. ministered it in actual every-day transac
: tions have year after year, until now. either
denied its existence or Justified it as neces-
- sary tor the effective maintenance and de
. yeiopment of the vast business processes of
. the country with modern circumstances of
' !, e,?.?d manufaeture and finance; but all
, the while opinion has made headway against
; them. The average business man is con
; vlnced that the ways of liberty are also the
, ways of peace and the ways of success as
. well, and at last the masters of business on
; tne great scale have begun to yield their
. preference and purpose, perhaps Judgment
also, in honorable surrender.
' ' Antagonism Is Over.
; What we are purposing to do, therefore.
is happily not to hamper or Interfere with
; business as enlightened business men prefer
! i ii- or ln any senso to put it under 'the
, Dan. The antagonism between business and
, government is over. We are now about to
; clve expression to the best business Judg
! I? 6 K0t, America. to what we know to be
. the business conscience and honor of the
. law. Tho Government and business men
. are ready to meet each other half way in
; a common effort to square business meth
I ZJ h both Publio opinion and the law.
The best-Informed men of the business!
! world condemn the methods and processes '
; and consequences of monopoly as we con
; liemn them, and the instinctive Judgment
. of the vast majority of business men every -
where goes with them. We shall now be
, their spokesman. That is the strength of
our position and the sure prophecy of what
i will ensue when our reasonable work Is
cone,
! When a serious contest ends, when men
, unite in opinion and purpose, those who are
, to change their ways ( business Joining
; with those who ask for the change. It is
; possible to effect it in the way then which
j prudent and thoughtful and patriotic men
, would wish to see it brought about; with
. as few. as slight, as easy and simple busi
; ness readjustments as possible ln the cir
' eumstances. nothing essential disturbed
nothing torn tip by the roots, no parts rent
asunder which can be left In wholesome
combination. Fortunately no measures of
; sweeping or novel change are necessary. It
; will bo understood that we desire the laws
. we are now about to pass to be the bul
, warks and safeguards of Industry against
' the forces that have disturbed it. What we
have to do can be done In a new spirit, in
thoughtful moderation, without revolution
of any untoward kind.
"Private Monopoly Indefensible."
. ""f a" ,-sreed that "private monopoly
is Indefensible and intolerable," and our
programme is founded on that conviction.
It will be a comparative but not a radical
or unacceptable programme, and these are
its items, the changes which opinion de
liberately sanctions and for which business
waits:
It awaits with acquiescence, in the first
place, for lawa which will effectually nro-
hlbit and prevent such interlocking of
cimuci me directorate ot great
corporations banks and railroads, indus
trial, commercial and public service bodies
as in effect result In making those who bor
row ami those who lend practically one and
the same, those who sell and those who buy
the same persons trading with one another
under different names and in different com
binations, and those who affect to compete
in fact partners and masters of some whole
field of business. Sufficient time should be
allowed, of course, in which to effect these
changes of organizations without Inconven
ience or confusion.
Such a prohibition will work much mors
than a mere negative good by correcting the
serious evils which have arisen because, for
example, the men who have been the direct
ing spirits of the great Investment banks
have usurped tho place which belongs to in
dependent industrial management working
in its own behoof. It will bring new men,
new. enorfiiea. a new epjrll. ot Initiative, new
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SAYS
WILSON
blood, into the management of our great
business enterprises. It will nnpn thn fiid
of industrial development to scores of men
who have been obliged to serve when their
abilities entitled them to direct. It will
immensely hearten the young men coming
on ana win greatly enrich the business ac
tivlUea of the whole country.
Railway 1 lnaaclnx Regulated.
In the second place, business men as well
cuoae wno direct public affairs now rec
ognize, and recognize with painful clear
ness, the great harm and Injustice which
has been done to many, if not all, of the
great railroad systems of the country by
the way in which they have been financed
and their own distinctive Interests subor
dinated to the interests of the men who
financed them and of other business enter
prises which those men wished to promote.
xne country is ready, therefore, to accept,
and accept with relief, as well as approval.
a law which will confer on the Interstate
Commerce Commission the power to super
intend and regulate the financial operations
by which the raidroada are henceforth to
be supplied with the money they need for
incir proper development to meet the rap
Idly growing requirements of the country
for increased and Improved facilities of
transportation. Wo cannot postpone action
in this matter without leaving the rail
roads exposed to manv serious linndlcflns
and hazards; and the prosperity of the rail
roads and the prosperity of the country are
uioHparuoiy connected. Upon this question
those who are chiefly responsible for the
actual management and operation of the
railroads have spoken very plainly and very
earnestly, with a purpose we ought to be
quick to accept. It will be one step, and a
very important one, toward the necessary
separation or the business of production
from the businers of transportation.
The business of the country awaits also,
has loug awaited and has suffered because It
could not obtain further and more explicit
legislative definition of the policy and mean
ing of the existing anti-trust law. Nothing
hampers business like uncertainty. Nothing
daunts nor discourages it like the necessity
to take chances, to run the risk of falling
undsr the condemnation of the law, before
It ccn make sure Just what the law is.
Surely we are sufficiently familiar with the
actual processes and methods of monopoly
and of the many hurtful restraints of trade
to make definition possible, at any rate up
to the limits of what experience has dis
closed. These practices, being now abun
dantly disclosed, can be explicitly and item
by item forbidden by statute in such terms
as will practically eliminate uncertainty,
the law itself and the penalty being made
equally plain.
Definite Evidence Desirable.
And the business men of the country de
sire something more than that the menace
of iefral process In the matters be made
explicit and Intelligible. They desire the
advice, the definite guidance and informa
tion which can bo supplied by an admin
istrative body, an Interstate trade com
mission. The opinion of the country would Instant,
ly approve of such a commission. It would
not wish to tee it empowered to make terms
with monopoly or in anv sort to hksiiitia
control of business as if the Government
made itself responsible. Jt demands such
a commission only as an 'indispensable in
strument of Information and public-fly, as
a ciearing-liouse lor the tacts bv which
both the public mind and tho manaffera of
grat business undertakings should be
guidon, and as an instrumentality for doinnr
Justice to business where the processes of
luo courts or tne natural forces of correc
tion outside the courts are lnadentiate to
adjust the remedy to the wrong ln a way
that will meet all the equities and circum
stances of the case.
Producing industries, for example, which
have passed the point up to which combina
tion may bo consistent with the mthll,- in
terest and the freedom of trade cannot al
ways be dissected into their component
units as readily as railroad companies or
similar organizations can be. Their dissolu
tion by ordinary leiral nrocess mav often
times involve financial consequences likely
to overwhelm tho security market and brine
on Its breakdown and confusion. There
ought to bo an administrative commission
capable of directing and shaping such cor
rective processes, not only in- aid of the
courts, but also by Independent suggestion,
if necessary.
Individuals Should Be Punished.
Inasmuch as our object and the spirit of
our action in these matters is to meet busi
ness half way in its processes of self-correction
and disturb its legitimate course as
little as possible, we oueht to km tr, it
and the judgment of practical and saga
cious men of affairs everywhere would ap
plaud us If we did see -to it. that penalties
and punishments should fall, not on busi
ness itself, to its confusion and Interrup
tion, but on the Individuals who use the
Instrumentalities of business to do . things
which public policy and sound business prac
tice condemn. Every act of business is done
at the command or on the Initiative of
some ascertainable person or group of per
sons. These should be held Individually
responsible, and the punishment should fall
on them, not on the business organization
of which they made illegal use. It should
be one of the mailt objects of our legisla
tion to divest such persons of tbelr cor
porate cloak and deal with them as those
who do not represent their corporations, but
merely by deliberate Intention break the
law. The business men the country through
would. I am sure, applaud us if we were
to take effectual steps to see that the of
ficers and directors of great business bodies
were prevented from bringing them and the
business of the country into disrepute and
danger.
Other questions remain which will need
very thoughtful and practical treatment.
Enterprises ln these modern days of great
Industrial fortunes are- oftentimes inter
locked, not by being under the control of
the same directors, but by the fact that the
greater part of their corporate stock is
owned by a single person or group of per
sons who are In some way intimately re
lated in Interest. We are agreed, 1 take It.
that holding companies should be prohib
ited, but what of the controlling private
ownership of Individuals or actually co
operative groups of individuals? Shall the
private owners of capital stock be suffered
to be themselves in effect holding com
panies? We don't wish, I suppose, to forbid
the purchase of stocks by any person who
pleases to buy them ln such quantities as
he can afford, or ln any way arbitrarily to
limit the sale of stocks to bona fide pur
chase. Khali we require the owners of
stock, when their voting power In several
companies which ought to be independent
of one another would constitute actual con
trol, to make election ln which of them
they will exercise their right to vote? This
question I venture for your consideration.
Provision for Redress Needed.
There Is another matter in which impera.
tlve conditions of justice and fair play sug.
gest thoughtful remedial action. Not only
do many of the combinations effected or
sought to be effected in the Industrial world
work an Injustice on the public in general;
they also directly and seriously injure the
individuals who are put out of business In
one unfair way or another by the many dis
lodging and exterminating forces of combi
nation. I hope that we shall agree In giv
ing private individuals who claim to have
been injured by these processes the right
to found their suits for redress on the facts
and Judgments proved and entered ln suits
by the Government, where the Government
has on Its own initiative sued the combina
tions complained of and won Its suit, and
that the statute of limitations shall be suf
fered to run against such litigants only from
the date of the conclusion of the Govern
ment's action. It is not fair that the pri
vate litigant should bo obliged to set up
and establish again the facts which the
Government has proved. He cannot afford,
he has not the power, to make use of such
processes of Inquiry as the Government has
command of. Thus shall Individual Justice
be done while the processes of business are
rectified and squared with the general con
science. 1 have laid the case before you no' donbt
as it lies In your own mind, as It lies ln
the thought of the country. What most
every candid man say of the suggestions I
have laid before you, of the plain obliga
tions of which I have reminded you? That
these are now things for- which the coun
try is not prepared? No; but that they are
old things now familiar, and must of course
be undertaken, if we are to square our laws
with the thought and desire of the country.
Until these things are done conscientious
business men the country over will be un
satisfied. They are ln these things our men
tors and colleagues. We are now about to
write the additional articles of our consti
tution of peace, the peace that is honor and
freedom and prosperity.
WIFE PEGS MAN KILL HER
(Continued From First Page.)
one urged him on. Then he began again
and told of his arrest. "If I get out
of this, I want to go to the Sailors'
Home," he said.
Grants Pass Would Sell Bonds.
GRANTS PASS. Or- Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The public utility commission
are ln session, looking to the advance
ment of the sale ot municipal railroad
bonds. Keeler Brothers, of Denver,
have informed the city officials that a
representative of their house will be
here to make suggestions along lines
which the Council might proceed in
working in conjunction with, the City
Attorney. It may be that another elec
tion will have to be held as well as a
iesjfc sasa to ihe, Supreme Court,
LORD STRATHGONA
DIES IN 94TH YEAR
Recipe for Long Life: Go On
Working and Think Nothing
About Growing Old.
CAREER NOTED FOR ENERGY
Last Resident Governor of Hudson
Bay Company Remarkable Char
acter Death Dae to Pros
tration from Catarrh.
LONDON, Jan. 21. Lord Stratheona
and Mount Royal, High Commissioner
for Canada, died at 1:55 o'clock this
morning-.
Lord Stratheona died peaceably In
sleep. He had been practically uncon
sclous since 4:30 P. M. yesterday.
Lord Strathcona's death was due to
prostration, the result of a severe at
f
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Liord Stratheona and Bosnat Roy
al. Hisra Commissioner for
Canada, Wi Died Tnla Mora
Ins tn London.
tack of catarrh. He had been ailing,
however, ever since the death of his
wife on November 12 last, which
proved a great shock to him.
Lord Strathcona's life spanned
nearly a century and his active career
a full three-quarters.
the best way to live to an old
age," he explained, when found at work
at his desk In London on his 93d birth
day on August 6 last, "is by not think
ing about age at all. but just going
ou doing your work."
Long Life Given to Work.
From his 18th year, when, as Don
ald Smith, a sturdy Scot, he sailed
for Canada, to his 94th year, which
would have been completed next Aug
ust, he lived up to his maximum of
work. For the past six years he had
been periodically reported aa "about
to resign' the post o high Commis
sioner for Canada, but it was death,
and not his resignation, which termin
ated his work.
His first years in Canada were those
of an adventurous youth in what was
then a real wilderness.
The Hudson's Bay Company, which
controlled practically all of British
North America, engaged him as clerk,
and by successive stages he grew to
be head of the corporation, and he was
its last resident governor. During this
service, which was mainly in Labrador,
he was threatened with snow blindness
and had to make a forced march of 500
miles through the snow to Montreal
for an operation on his eyes, which Is
one of many instances of his persever
ance. Confidence of Indians Won.
After 30 years in the Eastern wilds
he took what he called a slight "rest"
as resident governor in Montreal and
then accepted the offer of leading Lord
Wolseley's expedition to the Northwest.
Lord Wolseley said of him that his tact
and confidence so won the Indians of
that whole region that his word was
law among them.
Later he bent his energies toward
opening up the West, and he is cred
ited with having pressed the Canadian
Pacific Railway to completion across
the continent- He also had political
experience as member of the Manitoba
Legislature and the Dominion Parlia
ment for many years.
In 1896, 58 years after he had first
landed in Canada, Lord Strathcona's
fellow-countrymen thought that their
"grand old man" deserved a rest and
he was sent to London as High Com
missioner. A -life of work had made
labor a second nature to the new Com
missioner, who even then, at 76 years
of age, set himself the task of making
Canada better known in Europe. It
was rather uphill work, but Lord
Strathcona's untiring energy won and
he remained High Commissioner long1
enough to find his dominion the best
known in the empire, drawing from I
British investors a goodly share of that
capital which formerly went to the de
velopment of foreign countries.
Lord Strathcona's title now eroes to
his daughter, Margaret Charlotte, who
is the wife of R, J. Bliss Howard.
Lord Stratheona had only one senior
in the House of Lords the Earl of
Weemys, who is in his 9Cth year.
EUGENICS LAW IS UPSET!
JUDGE HOLDS WISCOXSIS STATUTE
VIOLATES COXSTITUTIOX.
Requirement of Physician's Certificate
Declared to Tend to Limit
Marriage.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 20. The Wiscon
sin eugenic law regulating the Issuance
of marriage licenses was held uncon
stitutional today by Circuit Judge
Eschweiler.
Among other things, the court says
the law which provides for a physi
cian's certificate of health, including
the Wasserman test,-Is violative of the
rights secured by the Constitution and
that it conflicts with religious liberty
because it tends to halt marriages.
The court held that If the 6tate
wished to exercise its right for pre
venting undesirables I- im marrying It
should assume the burden of weeding
out the unfit and not cast upon the
fit an unfair demand, and thus mate
rially impair an inalienable right.
Alfred Petersen and Miss Hattie
Schmidt made appllc tion for a mar
riage license at the office of the Mil
waukee County. ClerJ& fin. January. 2,
the day on which the Wisconsin eugenic
law went into force. lerk Widel re
fused the petition because the man
did not have a certificate of health
from a physician as demanded by the
law.
Petersen Immediately sought re
course ln the courts, and today's de
cision by Judge Eschweiler will enable
him to secure the marriage license
witnout tne medical examination.
BRIDGE BONDS SCANNED
Boston Firm Prepares to Pass on Le
gality of Interstate Issue.
Legal papers connected with Multno
mah County's 11,250,000 bond issue for
the construction of the Columbia River
Interstate bridge have been received
by Storey, Thorndyke, Palmer & Dodge,
of Boston, according to a letter re
ceived yesterday by District Attorney
Evans, and the Boston Arm announces
that they will consider them at once
and give an opinion on their legality
at the earliest possible date.
The Boston firm has passed on many
Northwestern bond Issues and. their
opinion Is acceptable to all the bond
buying arms of the country. Their
approval of the Multnomah bridge
Donas will mean that the bonds will be
prepared and put on the market im
mediately and the work on the bridg
rushed as much am possible.
DAIRYMEN ASK LOWER RATE
Washington, Oregon and Interstate
Commissions Petitioned. ,
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Jan. SO. (Special.)
What is declared to be one of the
longest documents ever filed with the
Washington Publio Service Commission
was received yesterday. It is a com
plaint asking a readjustment of ex
press rateB on cream and butter, and
nearly six feet of legal cap paper are
required for the signatures of the East
ern Oregon and Eastern Washington
dairymen and business men who are
the complainants.
Duplicate copies have been sent for
filing with the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Oregon Railroad
Commission. The complainants would
like express rates on butter cut in half
and cream rates increased, so as to en
courage local creameries and prevent
shipment of cream to distant points.
CADETS TO USE WIRELESS
Washington and Oregon Institutions
May Communicate.
UNIVERSITT OF WASHINGTON.
Seattle, Jan. 20. (Special.) Efforts to
establish radio-telegraph communica
tions with the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege Cadet Corps at Corvallis and the
Cadets at Washington State College at
Pullman, will be made this week by the
military department of the University
of Washington, according to plana of
Lieutenant McCammon, commandant of
the Washington soldiers.
Equipped with modern outfit supplied
by the Department of War of the Unit
ed States, the Washington Cadets can
communicate with these places provid
ed that similar equipment is ln use at
Corvallis and Pullman.
'Locally the system used by the Signal
Corps here, a branch of the Washing
ton National Guard, has operated suc
cessfully and the University of Wash
ington military men want to broaden
their territory.
GAME TREATY IS DESIRED
Canadian Conservation ' Committee
Asked to Aid Americans.
OTTAWA. Ont.. Jan. 20. The Cana
dian conservation committee, at its. an
nual meeting today, was asked to aid
the American Game Protective Associa
tion in obtaining an international
treaty to- give migratory birds in Can
ada the same protection afforded In the
United States by the law passed at the
last session of Congress.
The request was presented by Will
iam S. Haskell, of New York City, coun
sel for the association.
"A treaty," said Mr. Haskell, "is much
more effective than a statute. It is a
guarantee of the law. The United
States Government is ready to sign
such a treaty as proposed."
ABERDEEN TO GET TEMPLE
1 '
Oddfellows to Build $30,000 Home
for 3 00 Members.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Preparations are being made by
the local Oddfellows to build a $30,000
temple here. The building will be two
stories high and will measure 130x50
feet. The lower story will be devoted
to three store-rooms, while the entire
second floor will be devoted to lodge
room facilities. A large banquet-room
is in the plans.
The local lodge has over 300 mem
bers and is said to have property
valued at nearly $40,000.
ACTION FOLLOWS ADDRESS
(Continued Prom First Page.)
the message, particularly the sugges
tion for the Government regulation of
the issues of railroad stocks and bonds.
He recalled that he had put the same
proposition through the House once ln
the face of Democratic opposition.
Senator Jones, of Washington, was
not sure the President's plan would
satisfy the country. "I am not so cer
tain," he said, "the President's plan
will be reassuring to business. It de
pends entirely on how it is worked out.
You cannot make a thing not destruc
tive merely by saying that it is not de
structive. I look for a long, long ses
sion." Senator Bristow, of Kansas, asserted
he would wait to see the bills that
spring from the President's sugges
tions before he made comment. a
"If the bills are as reactionary as the
currency bill," he said, "I certainly will
not support them."
Democratic leaders were enthus
iastic over the message. Senator Kern
declared it would command the admira
tion and confidence of the country;
Representative Underwood said it left
no cause for alarm by the business in
terests and Speaker Clark said it would
be reassuring to the Nation.
Car of Smelt Shipped.
CENTRA LI A, Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Forecasting a wider field and a
more substantial business, the first iced
car of smelt left Kelso Saturday for
Kansas City, Mo. The fishermen at
tach much importance to the shipment.
If the fish arrive ln good condition and
a ready sale is found for them, thl3
shipment means the opening of markets
heretofore undreamed of and additional
prosperity for Kelso. The first car
contained 400 boxes, or 20,000 pounds of
fish.
Bubonic Plague to Be Studied.
For the purpose or studying the bubon
io plague situation on the Pacific Coast
a meeting has been called by the
State Board of Health of Washington.
The meeting will be at Olympia. Wash.,
on January 26, and members of the
State Boards of Health of Washing
ton, Oregon and California and Mayors
and health officers of all port cities
have been invited, la attend . -
MONTE CARLO MADE
TO YIELD "PROFIT"
American Doctor Astonishes
King's Bench With Story
of His Successes.
$50,000 IS MADE IN YEAR
Baroness Whom Physician Is Suing
lor $20,000 Says Ho Gave Her
Jfecklac on Which She
Borrowed S15.0OO.
LONDON, Jan. 20. Dr. Ernest Villi ars
Appleby, formerly lecturer at the'Unl-
versity of Minnesota, astonished the
Court of King's Bench today with
stories of his successes at Monte
Carlo. He was giving evidence in a
suit brought by him to recover $20,000
from Baroness May do Pallandt, an
American woman, whose family lives
in nicago.
"I did not gamble at Monte Carlo,"
explained Dr. Appleby, "but I ex
changed money at the tables and made
money every year by my Investments
there. Ohe year I made mora than
$50,000 profit. I was a sure winner in
the way I played.
Judge and counsel tried to e-ot nn
inkling of Dr. Appleby's system, but
the plaintiff told them thev wanted tn
know too much.
Baroness de Pallandt also entered the
witness box and told the Pfillrt that
Dr. Appleby had not worked for years.
"He only gambles," she added. She
said the doctor gave her a necklace on
which she had borrowed $15.00 0 f mm
Miss Schafer. an American.
dress she refused to give.
.in ner cross-examination the Baro-
ness said her maiden name was Maria
Dugas. She emphatically denied she
had been committed for trial on
charge of larceny at San Francisco or
mat. ece was a fugitive from justice. j
APPLEBY'S ITUEXDS PUZZLED
Long Litigation Over Wife's Will ReJ
called in St. Paul.
ST. PATTT. -Tun ft rrv, -,
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late Cornelia Day Wilder-Appleby, of
oi. x a. son or ex-Arcnneacon Ap
pleby, of the Episcopal diocese of
St. Paul. ex-University of Minnesota
professor and a relative of the Duke of
Clarendon, who has brought suit in
London to recover $20,000 from Baron
ess Mav de Pallandt. wna wMain lmnn
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here.
The nlaintiff- frionrla i t.i.l
day expressed surprise at the court's
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" .... me Kutjisou relations D e-
tween Dr. Appleby and the Baroness.
Mrs. Cornelia Day Wilder-Appleby
died in January, 1903, and according to
xcuus wi iiie ismuy jur. Appieoy ap
parently was overwhelmed with grief
and they canuont account for a report
that he became infatuated with the
Baroness in that year. From other
sources further Information was ob
tained which intimated that he was
paying suit to the Baroness at the time
he was endeavoring to break the will
of Mrs. Wilder-Appleby.
By an ante-nuntinl o-i-nnn-.
in Philadelphia Mrs. Wilder-Appleby
promised Dr. Appleby an annuity of
$10,000 providing he remain' singled The
residue of her estate was left to
charity. Dr. Appleby sought to have
the will set aside on the grounds of
public policy and litigation lasted from
1903 to 1910. The executors eventual
ly obtained a decree permitting them to
commute the annuity and Dr. Appleby
receive the lump sum of $140,000. He
left St. Paul in 1904 and never has re
turned. He has since been living in
London. The estate left by Mrs. Cor
nelia Day Wilder-Appleby amounted to
about $750,000.
Dr. Appleby was graduated from the
University of Minnesota in 1894 and in
1900 became a member of the faculty as
assistant Instructor of opthalmology
and otology. In 1902 he became chem
ical instructor In the same department
resigning in 1909.
BIG PLANT IS TOTAL LOSS
WASHISGTO.V - OREGON CORPOR.
ATIOJT SUFFERS AT lvALAMA.
Damage Done by Fire Early In Morn
ing; Placed at 45,000 but Com.
paay Will Rebuild.
KALAMA. Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
The DOWRrhniina rf V. T ir .. i. : .
Oregon corporation. Including three
dynamos and all the electrical ma-
cmnery, wa3 destroyed by flro this
morning at 4 o'clock.
me blaze started in the oil tank of
the switch and spread rapidly. Elec
trical Engineer Van
alone at that hour, was powerless to
check the fire. The powerhousn wa
built Of WOOd UUon a. clnno ti H m
base. The dynamos urn etui cto . i
upon the concrete floor, but are worth-
mo ioss is estimated at $45,000
This plant, situated at the falls of
the Kalama Rivpr ait- miu. . . .
Kalama, furnished light and power for
the towns between Centralia and Van
couver. The comnanv will rphniw nr. i-
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scale.
Franklin Kancher Dies.
PASCO, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
P. J. Powell, for many years one of
Franklin Cmintv's lonrinn . v.
died today at his ranch home neat
Mesa. He was well known throughout
the Inland Empire. The cause of his
death was pneumonia.
This EVian's
Was purified and perfect health
restored by that wonderful blood
purifying and health-giving medi
cine, HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA.
Mr. W. A. Caldwell, of Litchfield.
Conn., writes that he had "boils a
plenty and then some"; one large
carbuncle that would show 13 places
of discharge; salt rheum on both
forearms, which were literally a scab
from scratching and with a fiery,
itching sensation. He says he took
a "!?"ottle course of Hood's Sarsa
parilla. ' since which he has not had
a single boil, imr eruption on his
arms. Ho says: "You may use this If
you wish it is true,"
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Elgin and Walt ham Watches, 1-4 Off!
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All Jewelry 1-4 to 1-3 Off!
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Largest Diamond Dealers in Oregon.
283 Morrison, Between Fourth and Fifth
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A Druggist's Favorite Kidney
Remedy Fixed Him
Fifteen years ago I had an attack of
acute kidney trouble. I consulted a
physician who gave me medicine which
only relieved me for a time. After dis
continuing his medicine my trouble re
turned as severe aa before.
Having heard of Swamp-Root I gave
it a trial and can honestly state that
three dollar bottles cured me, never
having any sickness in 15 years. I
have sold Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as
a druggist for many years, and can
give it the very best of recommenda
tions at all times.
You are at liberty to use this state
ment any time you wish.
Respectfully,
W. C. SUMMERS,
1219 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kan.
With Grand View Drug Co.
State of Kansas, sa
County of Wyandotte j
On this 11th day of August, 1909.
personally appeared before me. W. C.
Summers, who subscribed to the with
in statement and made oath that the
same is true ln substance and ln fact.
CHARLES WILSON.
Notary Public
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer A Co.
If J n r ha in ton. 3V. V.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yon
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y for a sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
Information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention- The Portland Daily Ore-gontan-
Regular fifty-cent and one
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stores. Adv.
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