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SCENE AT GROUND-BREAKING YESTERDAY FOR NEW FRATERNAL BUILDING.
Rev. Father Hugh E. Gallagher
Turns First Spade of Dirt
. . Before Membership.
HISTORY OF ORDER TOLD
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1914,
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Construction of Xciv Building, to
Be Erected on East Side, Is to
Begin Immediately Equip
ment Will Be, Modern.
Ground was broken yesterday after
noon by Rev. Father Hugh E. Galla
jrher, vice-president of Columbia Uni
versity, .for the new home of the An
cient Order of Hibernians and Ladies'
Auxiliary on the south side of Russell
street, near Rodney avenue, in the pres
ence of a large assemblage of mem
bers and their friends. K. H. Deery,
president of the building, was in charge
of the exercises. A spade bearing the
creen flag of the order and surmounted
by an American flag was handed to
Rev. Father Gallagher, who turned
over the first sod on the grounds
where will stand the new home of the
Hibernian order.
In a brief address Father Gallagher
pointed-to the history of the Hibernian
oroe.r and toio. wnai 11 Bianos lor. ne
said it was started in Ireland for the
protection of Catholic priests, and had
. become a great factor. He said that
there were three reasons for the or
ganization need, purpose and motive.
Principle Are Told.
"Unity, fraternity and Christian char
ity," said Father Galagher. "are its
fundamental principles and guiding
Jdeals and hence it stands for stability."
E. H. Deery, secretary of the build
ing . committee, made a brief address,
in which he said that erection of the
new home was a great event for the
j 1 1 1" i 1 1 ;li i vratr ill rurimnu.
"The new building," said Mr. Deery,
"truly will be a home where the young
persons can come and hold their so
cial affairs. Every man or woman who
has stock in this building is a home
owner, as much as he or she is when
they own a house and lot. It will be
a home for them and for the members.
We need the co-operation of every
member.
Building Contract Awarded.
The contract has been let for the
erection' of the building. Work will
begin on the foundation at once. The
dwelling standing on the ground will
be removed. The structure will cover
the lot, 50 by 116 feet, and will be
two stories. It will be well equipped
with banquet hall, billiard-room and
poolrooms and gymnasium on the first
floor. The main auditorium will be
on the second floor.
It was through the co-operation of
the Ladies' Auxiliary that the erection
of the new home was made possible.
The building was financed by the
members taking stock.
Officers and directors who assisted at
the exercises yesterday are John
O'Harre, president; Rev. J. M. O'Far
rell. vice-president; John Farrell,
treasurer; E. H. Deery, secretary; P.
Ryan. D. W. Lane, John Keating, P E.
Sullivan and Mrs. W. A. Elvers.
GRAPE GROWERS FIGHT
ORGA.MZATIO.V FORMED TO COM
BAT PROHIBITION GROWTH.
Annihilation" of Industry Declared to
Be Threatened, frith Injury to
150,000 Versona.
STOCKTON", Cal.. March S. (Spe
cial.) Declaring that if the proposed
constitutional amendment making Cali
fornia a prohibition state carries, the
viticultural industry of San Joaquin
Valley and elsewhere will be ruined
the grapegrowers of this county, have
organized to combat the movement.
Organization was effected at Lodi. the
center of the famous Tokay belt. One
of the chief features of the campaign
against the proposed amendment will
be the distribution of pamphlets and
other literature emphasizing the mag
nitude of the grape industry and the
effect its annihilation will have on the
growers.
Tha organizitiion also will send out
speakers who will ell the voters that
in this. st;WiihMne, is devoted to the
viticultural industry more- than 320,000
acres, representing approximately an
investment of $150,000,000 and paying
wages to more than 150,000 persons.
The voters will be told, too. that the
proposed amendment will not only
destroy the wine industry but will In
jure the table grape and raisin in
dustries, which find an outlet for their
surplus production through the wineries.
STROKE COMES AT PARTY
Mrs. C. C. Follett Dies of Paralysis
at Ilillsboro.
HILLSBORO, Or., March 8. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Charles C. Follett, wife-of
a pioneer locomotive engineer for the
Pacific Railroad & Navigation Com
pany, while at a party here last night,
was stricken by paralysis and died at
10 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Follett's maiden name was
Geneva C. Johnston. She was born in
New Orleans. March 15. 1869. and was
married to Mr. Follett at BurlingMm,
la., November 8, 1889, moving to Ore
gon .when the railway was into Sher
man County with a terminus at
Shaniko.
Her husband and two children, Jo
seph C. and Charles C. Jr., survive.
CYCLE RIDER BADLY HURT
.Machine Going 30 Miles an Hour
Fails to Make Turn.
SPRINGFIELD. Or.. Maroh 8. (Spe
cial.) Jesse Godlove, aged 22, suffered
a. broken leg and painful injuries inside
his mouth when his motorcycle, going
30 miles an hour, failed to make a turn
on the macadam road two miles east of
here this afternoon.
He was thrown against a telephone
pole and the right leg was broken near
the hip. Fellow cyclists carried him to
a doctor's officer here and after his in
juries had been attended to he was
taken to his home in Eugene.
AOldiers Lose to Midwick.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 8. Midwick
defeated the Ninth Cavalry four at polo
today, the score being 10 to 2M. This
entitles Midwick to piay San Mateo for
the Pacific Coast junior championship
trophy.
GATHWIUMi OF ASCIE.VT ORDER OF HIHEHMAINS AXD LADIES' AUXILIARY ON RUSSELL STREET, EAR RODNEY AVENUE,
AI
TELLS PROFIT
House of Morgan Not Always
Ahead on New Haven.
SOME DEALS MEAN LOSS
Statement Furnished to Howard El
liott Shows Average of $17,000
a Year "et In Handling of
Total of $333,082,803. (
NEW YORK, March S. In the form
of a letter to Howard Elliott, chairman
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company, J. P. Morgan
& Co. today made public a statement
of the fiscal relations between the
house of Morgan and the railroad and
its allied companies during the 20 years
from 1894 to 1914 in which these rela
tions were maintained.
The statement shows that during this
period the Morgan house took part in
the handling of the New Haven- and
subsidiary companies' securities of the
par value of $333,082,803, from, which
the firm realized a total net profit of
$350,263, being "at an average of $17,
000 a year."
Net Loss Sometimes Shown.
The statsment shows that on some
of the purchases of New Haven securi
ties the Morgan firm sustained a net
loss.
The letter was in reply to one from
Chairman Elliott requesting a detailed
statement of the financial relations.
The letter also says that none of the
Morgan firms nor any member of them
ever had any interest in any proper
ties, such as "Westchester, the steam
railways, the trolley lines or any of
its subsidiary companies." with the ex
ception of the fact that the late J. P.
Morgan inherited 1222 shares of the
stock of the South Bay Wharf & Ter
minal Company and later exchanged
this stock for 814 shares of New Haven
stock.
Advance Made Without Profits.
The letter says that J. P. Morgan &
Co. advanced to Oakleigh Thorne and
afterward the Mill Brook Company
sums aggregating $11,155,000 and that
these advances were made by order and
for account of the New Haven Railroad
Company.
"In .none of these transactions was
there any profit or commission to our
firms or to any member of them," says
the letter, which adds that none of the
Morgan firms or their members had
any interest in the securities or prop
erties purchased by the Mill Brook
Company or in any enterprises or prop
erties that afterward became a part
of the New York, Westchester & Boston.
RANGERS CROSS BOUNDARY
(Continued From First Page.)
States at a point 45 miles north of
Laredo, opposite Hidalgo, and- near the
Vergara ranch. American Consul Gar
rett, of Nuevo Laredo, deputy Sheriffs
and" other authorities were waiting to
receive it and pending the arrival oi
an undertaker from Laredo an armed
force stood guard over the body.
Secret Investigation Made.
Recovery of the body was made by
a force of Texans, including friends
of "Vergara, acting with a troop of
Texas Rangers and Captain Saunders,
who have been investigating for Gov
ernor Colquitt the circumstances of
Vergara's seizure by Federals. A se
cret investigation, in which many Mex
icans had been questioned, is under
stood to have produced the .trip into
Mexico. Leading the force was a man
who said he saw both the execution
and burial .of Vergara. The force gath
ered near the Vergara ranch, not far
from the spot where Vergara crossed
the river to meet the Mexican Fed
erals, who promised remuneration for
stolen horses. Moving silently, they
began the overland march of fivemiles
to Hidalgo.
Location of the grave proved an easy
task, for it lias. been a center of. specu
lation and wonder since it appeared
after a swinging body had "been cut
down. from the place of execution, when
the hue and cry started an investiga
tion. ' The body had been rudely Interred
with little effort to protect it from the
earth. With their burden fixed on a
stretcher, carried by six of Vergara's
friends, the procession started unchal
lenged on the return journey, which
orought Clemente Vergara home again
to the United States.
It is understood a thorough examina
tion of the body has been ordered by
state authorities.
Vergara left his ranch near Balafox,
Texas, Friday, February 13, and crossed
the river into Mexico on a message
from three federal soldiers that Captain
Apolonio Rodriguez, of the Hidalgo gar
rison, wished to settle for J.1 horses
taken from Vergara's island pasture in
the Rio Grande.
Vergara Last Seen In Jail.
on the following day Mrs. Vergara
went in search of her husband and
found him in the Hidalgo jail. As far
as known there was no charge against
him. He had been cruelly beaten, ac
cording to his wife. She dressed the
wounds, she said, and remained with
him until forced to leave. That was
the last time she ever saw him alive,
for early next morning he was taken
from the jail, supposedly to be trans
ferred to Piedras Negras, and disap
peared. When a search was begun for the
missing American it was learned that a
man had been shot and his body hanged
to a tree outside of Hidalgo early Sun
day morning. February 15, and the body
left hanging several days. Soon after
United States Consul GarTett, at Neuvo
Laredo, Mex., started inquiries the body
was removed and a fresh grave was
noticed in the old Hidalgo cemetery.
It finally was determined by American
investigators that he had been exe
cuted. Vergara's seizure and disappearance
cast the Texas border country in this
section into a turmoil. Many bitter
expressions have been heard and while
there has been no sign of disorder,
feeling has run high."
Dissatisfaction was especially keen
because of whsrt Vergara's friends
thought a delay in demanding return
of hla body for burial and there had
been rumors that an attempt might be
made to obtain it.
Named in Mrs. Vergara's complaint
were Captain Apolonio Rodriguez and
three privates of the Hidalgo federal
garrison. It has been said that they
were transferred to another post after
the Vergara iricittent became public.
Their arrest was promised by General
Joaquin Maas, federal commander of
the northern zone of Mexico, when
Governor Colquitt, asked if requisition
would be honored, but it was not said
whether they tould be delivered to
Texas authorities. No further word has
come from General Maas.
SENATOR JUMPS TRACES
rOlNDEXTER NOT TO PULL WITH
WILSON ON TOLLS ISSUE.
Washington Member Says Nation Is
Making "International Boob" of
Itself In Eyes of World.
t
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 8. Senator Poindexter,
in an interview tonight; parted com
pany with President Wilson on the
Panama tolls issue. Generally he has
supported the President on major is
sues. H said Senators and Represent
atives seemed to be "falling over them
selves" to keep up with the "acrobatic
procession" that is following the Pres
ident in tnis matter, "being entirely
satisfied if they can yield their own
judgment to the wishes of the execu
tive." r Commenting further on this line, he
said: "Impartial foreign critics are
laughing at us and we are making of
ourselves an international 'boob.' " He
added: "The canal might have been built
by the United States 25 years earlier
than it was Dv.t for the insidious oppo
sition of transcontinental railroads and
the same influences can now be depend
ed on in the same insidious way to min
imize its results in every way possible,
now that it is constructed."
IDLE ADVISED TO STEAL
Boston Mass Meeting Adopts Reso
lutions Justifying Lawlessness.
BOSTON, March 8. Resolutions ad
vising men and women who are out of
work to steal food and clothing to
maintain themselves were adopted at
a mass meeting of the unemployed to
day.
"Society having failed to give him
work the man who is unemployed is
excluded from operation of its laws,"
the resolution said, adding that such
a man "is thenceforth- authorized and
obliged to preserve life by his own ef
forts: that he must therefore take
food, clothing and shelter where he
can, regardless of social edicts against
him doing so.
Ireland's 1113
3.5U2.03D tons.'
hay crop im estimated at
T
KE INQUIRY ENDS
Colorado Committee on Way
Back to Washington.
LEGISLATION IS DISCUSSED
One Member Favors Compulsory Ar
bitration, Another Would Per
mit Only Federal Troops
to. I)o Strike Duty.
DENVER, March 8. The sub-committee
of the House committee on mines
and mining, which has spent four weeks
investigating the Colorado coal miners'
strike, left today for Washington. It
was expected the investigation would
hold a brief joint session in Chicago
with the similar sub-committee which
took testimony relative to the copper
miners' strike in Michigan.
The report of the committee will not
be made for several weeks. After the
record is printed, it probably will be
two months before the briefs and reply
briefs from the attorneys on both sides
have been received.
Legislative Ideas, Formed.
Representative Sutherland, of West
Virginia, openly announced that he fa
vored a compulsory arbitration law,
and indicated that he would urge the
introduction of such a bill by the com
mittee. Other members appear inter
ested in legislation which would pre
vent' interference with the free deliv
ery of mail. The hearing brought out
the fact thaV in several Colorado min
ing camps the postofiice was situated
on company land, and that to remove
it from the property of the corporation
would place it several, miles from the
homes of the miners. ' .,
It was suggested that Congress might
enact a statute providing that a road
leading to a postofflce should always
be a public highway. Some recommen
dations on the subject, it is generally
believed, will be included in the re
port. Militia Question Left Open.
Much testimony was received regard
ing alleged outrages by the state troops
quartered in the strike zone. There
was difference of opinion among attor
neys as to the relevance of such evi
dence, and the . investigation finally
closed without the militia's making any
general defense on the conduct of the
troops. Representative Evans, of Mon
tana, suggested he would favor legis
lation providing that none but United
States troops should do duty in strike
regions.
There was no indication, however, as
to whether such a recommendation
would be included in the report.
Thousands of pages of testimony
were taken from the various parties to
the dispute, many witnesses being ex
amined through an interpreter.
TRUST POLICY FORMING
ATTITUDE 1ST TOBACCO CASE SUB
JECT OF CONFERENCES.
Charges by Independents That Old
Monopoly Is Still Maintained Are
Under Investigation.' '
WASHINGTON. March 8. The atti
tude of the Department of Justice
toward the Metropolitan Tobacco Com
pany, of 'New York, the distributing
agent of producing concerns which
made up the "old tobacco trust," prob
ably will be determined in the course
of the present week in conferences here
between H. Snowden Marshall, United
States District Attorney at New York,
Attorney-General McReynoIds and G.
C. Todd, assistant to Mr. McReynolds
in charge of trust prosecutions.
Mr. Marshall has been conducting an
investigation of the Metropolitan's ac
tivities, but has made no report of his
conclusions to the department. Charges
by independent tobacco dealers that the
Metropolitan's methods of distribution
maintained the monopoly of the old
American Tobacco Company, dissolved
by the Supreme Court, led to the in
vestigation. It has been conceded gen
erally by lawyers that the broad lan
guage of the Supreme Court's decree
might prove embarrassing to future
prosecutions.
Mr. McReynolds, who was the Gov
ernment's attorney in the case against
the American Tobacco Company, was
never satisfied with that decree, but
his chief at the time, Attorney-General
Wickersham, accepted it. Mr. McRey-
i . i . . i . i. nn . i
disintegrated "trust," and any restraint
of trade by the companies into which
it was dissolved probably would be vis
ited with prompt prosecution.
ALLEGED ROBBER SUICIDE
(Continued From First Page.)
Courthouse, he displayed considerable
nervousness, particularly when he was
told that they wanted his keys in order
that they might make a - thorough
search of the offices of the Beaver
Manufacturing Company, apron manu
facturers, located at.2i Second street,
of which Howard was the owner.
Jail officers said Howard was cheer
ful at all times, even at the time he
retired the night before his death. The
afternoon before he had conversed
with his wife and A. T. Huggins, one
of the department heads of Flelschner,
Mayer & Co. .
At a late hour last night no arrange
ments had been made for the funeral.
His body was transferred yesterday
from the morgue to Holman's under
taking parlors.
The dead man is survived by a
widow, living at 288 North Twenty
third street, and a daughter, who was
married less than a month ago to
Sim A. Bennett, a teller in the First
National Bank.
When Howard was placed in his cell
at the jail he was not searched nor
relieved of the articles on his person.
William Thornton, night man at the
County Jail, was in charge at the time
he is thought to have killed himself.
Prisoner ot Searched.
Although Sheriff Word has instructed
his men to search men always before
locking them up, he said last night that
he did not blame anyone for not con
ducting a search of Howard,
years and felt that I could trust him
implicitly," said Sheriff Word last
night. "When men of his standing and
prominence are placed in jail they are
often placed somewhat on their honor
and treated more considerately than the
men of the meaner criminal class. In
the cases of desperate characters, and
crazy men the officers are naturally
more careful to guard against violence.
"If I had been taking Howard into hi"
cell myself I would not have searched
him, for I did not think he was guilty
and would have treated him as if he
were my brother until I knew that he
was guilty.
Good Treatment Given.
"He was put in the large private cell
next to the jailer's office. It would
have been impossible to hear from the
office anything that took place In the
cell.
"The night man noticed him during
the night as being covered in bed, but
did not disturb him because he had
complained about not resting well the
night previous. The boys took as good
care of him as possible and did every
thing they could to make him com
fortable. No one suspected him.
"I do not blame any of my men for
carelessness, for they had no cause'.to
think he would do himself" harm. He
appeared to be cheerful at all times.
"At one time I escorted his wife
and Hr. Huggins up to see him and I
have been told that his wife came a
second time between 6 and 7 o"clock
In company with one of the foremen
from the Beaver Manufacturing Com
pany. It is said they came to get
money enough to pay off the girls at
the ' Beaver Manufacturing Company,
and that Howard, gave them $57 for
that purepose.
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