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TIIE 3IOIIXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY. THAT 30, 191 C.
FUNERAL SERVICES
TO BE
Body of Jarrjes J. Hill Will
Be Placed in Private Mau
4, soleum Near St. Paul.
PUBLIC NOT TO BE INVITED
Telegrams of Condolence to Family
Pour In From All Parts of
Country Veteran Employes
to View Body Today.
ST. PAUL. Minn., May 29. The fu
neral of James J. Hill, who . died at
his home here shortly after 9 o'clock
this morning, -will be held at his resi
dence at 2 P. M. Wednesday. An
nouncement of funeral arrangements
"was contained In a statement issued
yy the family at 4 P. M. today.
Contrary to expectations, interment
will not be In Calvary Cemetery, but
In a private mausoleum to be erected
et North Oaks Farm, five miles north
east of St. Paul, long the Summer home
f the "Empire Builder."
The general public will have no op
portunity formally to pay tribute to
the leading citizen of the Northwest
but Mr. Hill's associates and his old
employes will be admitted to the
house to view the body before the
services. The general offices of the
Jreat Northern Railway and the First
National Bank and Northwest Trust
Company will be closed all Wednesday.
Rev. T. J. Gibbons to Officiate.
The family statement includes a re
quest that no flowers be sent. Rev.
Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar-general of
the Catholic diocese of St. Paul, who
attended Mr. Hill during his last few
hours, will officiate at the funeral.
All afternoon telegrams continued to
pojjr in from all parts of the country
with expressions of condolence for the
family? A constant stream of family
friends called at the home and at the
residence of Louis W. Hill, next door.
Few entered, most of them merely
leaving words of sympathy for the
cider Mrs. Hill and her children.
The family statement was as follows:
"St. Paul, Minn.. May 29.. 1916. Mr.
TTill passed away very peacefully after
several hours of unconsciousness. All
the members of the immediate family
were present except one daughter, Mrs.
Anson Beard, who will arrive today,
and one grandson," James N. B. Hill,
ton of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hill, who
will arrive from Cambridge tomorrow.
Services to Be Tomorrow at 2.
"Vicar-General Gibbons attended Mr.
Hill during his last hours and will offi
ciate at the final services at the house
and also at the grave. The public
services will be held at the residence,
-240 Summit avenue. 2 P. M., Wednes
day. Interment will be in private at
North Oaks, where a family mausoleum
or memorial chapel will probably be
built. '
"Following the simplicity which the
family know would be the desire of
Mr. Hill, the request is made that no
flowers or floral offerings be sent to
the house. Tuesday at 2 P. M. at the
. residence, an opportunity will be given
the veteran employes of the Great
Northern Railway Company to pay
their respects and take a last farewell
of their old employer.
"The active pallbearers will be: M.
71. Brown. Ralph Budd, Charles W.
Gordon, J. W. Gruber. P. L. Howe. W.
P. Kenney. Charles Maitland, George A.
MacPherson, Theodore Schultz and J.
J. Toomey.
"The honorary pallbearers will be
announced later."
All traffic on Hill roads, and all
boats of the Hill lines will be stopped
for five minutes from 2 P. M. until 2:05
P. M. Wednesday in tribute to the dead.
PLAN FOR HUGHES FIRST
(Continued From First rage.)
question where he stands on any of
these questions. While I have had no
communication with Justice Hughes for
several months, I believe there is no
question that if he is nominated he
will accept."
Alice Hill Chittenden, of the New
Tork Sta'e Anti-Woman Suffrage As
fociation, notified Chairman Hilles by
telegraph that she would appear before
the convention committee on resolu
tions to oppose the insertion in the
Republican platform of a National
woman suffrage plank. The National
Anti-Woman Suffrage Association will
send a iTelegation to Chicago to work
against the plank, while members of
the National Congressional Union will
appear before the resolution committee
to plead in favor of an indorsement on
Nation-wide suffrage for women.
Delegate to Fight for Vote.
Chairman Hilles has been advised
that the six delegates representing
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines, to whom, under the reapportion
ment of delegates adopted by the Re
publican National committee in 1913,
iiro given seats in the convention with
out votes, will make a determined
fight before the credentials committee
for the right to vote.
They will argue that they are as
much entitled to vote as the delegates
from the District of Columbia and
Alaska.
Secretary Reynolds received notice of
a contest over the eight delegates at
large from Texas. The contest was
tiled by C J. Hostrasser, of Houston
Tex., and will be heard by the com
mittee when it meets to take up con
tests June 1.
Tne total number of contests filed
thus far is 40. which involve the right
oi oz delegates to seats in the con
ventic-n.
Chairman Hilles announces the an
pointmtrt of 10 loud-voiced reading
clerks to serve during the convention.
Among them ate Charles M, Day, of
ssioux Fans. :. !.; w. E. Scott, of
Pueblc, Colo., and David H. Howman,
cf Nebraska. . "
Oregron Moosera May Be Alternates.
National Committeeman Ralph E.
Williams, of Oregon, announced that
when the delegation of ten from his
state arrives here June 4 he will res
mmend that the five men chosen as
delegates to the Progressive National
Convention be seated as alternates in
the Republican convention.
The list of alternates .will be filled
by the election of four unsuccessful
candidates for deelgate and the addi
tion of another. Hughes won in the
Oregon Presidential preferential pri
mary, but thelaw makes no provision
for the election of alternates in that
state. National Committeeman Will
iams will make this recommendation
in an effort to unite the Republican
and Progressive factions.
Campaign headquarters for Senator
L. Y. Sherman, of Illinois; Senator
Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa: Senator
Robert M. LaFolIette, of Wisconsin;
Philander C. Knox, of Pennsylvania,
and Governor M. G. Brumbaugh, of
Pennsylvania, will be opened in Chi
cago June 1.
Coleman DuPont, of Delaware, and
a party of friends arrived early, ia the
TOMORROW
day. He is the first Presidential can
didate to arrive.
Mr. DuPont said:
"I am here primarily as a member
of the Republican National Committee,
although my friends have placed my
name in the field as a Presidential
candidate."
No definite claims were put forward
by friends of Mr. DuPont except that
he would have the six votes from Del
aware and a number of other delegates
on the first ballot.
T. R. Gets Ovation.
Theodore Roosevelt stopped in Chi
cago for four hours today on his way
from Oyster Bay to Kansas City, where
he is to deliver a Memorial day ad
dress. He was met at the La Salle
station by a cheering throng, who
crowded about his train so closely that
tire committee which met him had
trouble in escorting him to the auto
mobile which was to carry him to his
hotel.
At the hotel Colonel Roosevelt made
an address to several hundred persons
who crowded about him in the lobby.
In which he referred to the cordiality
of his reception and reiterated views
he has previously expressed on Na
tional preparedness.
"I'm thankful I still have the phy
sique to stand a jam such as that at
the station," he said.
Among those with whom Colonel
Roosevelt conferred were Chief Justice
Olson, of the Chicago Municipal Court,
recently a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Mayor, and Raymond
Robins, who probably will be tem
porary chairman of the Progressive
National Convention. The ex-President
dined with O. K. Davis, secretary
of the Progressive National committee,
and left at 8 o'clock.
MOOSE APPRECIATES CURTESY
Five Republicans May Be Made Al
ternates at Progressive Session.
"A nice little courtesy and very
thoughtful of him. The Progressives
delegation from Oregon hasn't met yet.
but I see no reason in the world why
we shouldn't accept the compliment,"
commented Dr. Henry Waldo Coe last
night on the announcement by Ralph
E. Williams, Republican National Com
mitteeman from Oregon, that he will
recommend to the Oregon Republican
delegation that the five Progressive
delegates be seated as alternates in the
Republican convention.
Mr. Williams had made the same an
nouncement before leaving Portland
last week for Chicago, but its repetition
yesterday made it official.
Dr. Coe is Oregon s chief Bull Moose.
He is Progressive National committee
man from this state, as well as a mem
ber of the Oregon Progressive delega
tion.
"We Progressives are going to Chi
cago, where the Progressive National
convention is called for the same date
at that of the Republicans, hoping for
peace with honor,' " continued Dr. Coe.
The doctor hinted that the Progres
sive delegation might even return the
compliment proposed by Mr. Williams
oy appointing five of the Oregon Re
publican delegates as alternates in the
Progressive convention.
'If we are made alternates to the
Republican convention, it will give us
an opportunity to get in the convention,
which I am sure every member of our
delegation would be most pleased to
rjave. Of course, we would have no
vote.
'On the other hand, some of the Ore
gon Republican delegates doubtless
would like the privilege of being able
to attend our convention. The hall
where the Progressives meet will seat
only 4000, and there have been calls
for 9000 seats. However, I have ob
tained for our delegation 12 seats.
which will leave seven seats over. We
can't seat all 10 of the Republican
delegates, but we can make five of
them alternates.
As National committeeman from
Oregon. I shall also have a seat on the
platform and I have another couple of
box seats. One of these seats I shall
transfer to Mr. Williams. The other
one will be used by Charles W. Acker
son."
Dr. Coe and the other four members
of the Progressive delegation plan to
leave Portland with most of the Ore
gon delegation and several of the Dem
ocratic delegation on the special
Northern Pacific delegates' train next
Thursday morning.
MURDER IS CONFESSED
VGED WOMAN HOMESTEADER
IS
SL.A1X FOR. TEX CENTS.
John Stewart, Arrested for Theft, Says
Me First Beat His Victim to
Death at Cabin.
WENATCHEE. Wash., May 20.
(Special.) A confession that he had
murdered Mrs. Erma Smith, a 70-year
old homesteader, who lived alone on
Badger Mountain, was made today
whon bullets similar to those that
killed Mrs. Smith were found in the
pockets of John Stewart. 24, arrested
on a petty larceny charge.
The murder was committed Sunday,
May 2t. Stewart confessed that he
first beat Mrs. Smith to death and that
he obtained but 10 cents after he had
ransacked the cabin. The woman was
shot and her skull was crushed.
Third degree methods by Deputy
Sheriff Decamp elicited the confession
after the discovery of the bullets. The
deputy theriff arrested Stewart for the
theft of a coat and vest when cart
ridges of 22-caliber were found in his
pockets. Stewart is now in Jail at
Waterville.
MAN KILLS TOT WITH PAIL
Farmer Hurls Bucket at Passing
Auto; Murder Charged.
HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. May 29.
A report of murder was returned to
day after a Coroner's inquest in the
death of Geraldine Stout. 8, who, while
riding in an automobile yesterday with
her parents, was struck and killed by
a bucket of corn, hurled by Albert
Thomas, a farmer, as he stepped aside
to let the machine pass.
Thomas was arrested. Keeling
against him is great.
YALE EX-PRESIDENT BURIED
Stndents, Faculty, Alumni and Cor'
poration Members Pay Honor.
V
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. May 29. At
tended by members of the Yale Cor
poration, the faculties of the varlou
departments, members of the studen
body and distinguished alumni, th
funeral of Rev. Timothy Dwlght,
ex-president of Yale University, was
held today from Battle chapel on th
college campus.
All exercises in the university were
omitted during the afternoon.
GRANT BILL IS IN SENATE
(Continued From First Pase.)
made the unfinished business. Senator
Bankhead offered to lay aside the post
office bill for the land-grant bill, but
Senator Chamberlain said he preferred
to wait until Wednesday, in order that
Senators might have before them the
print of the amended bill and the print
ed report of the committee. -Tha report
and the amended bill will not be print
ed until tomorrow, and the Senate will
not meet again until Wednesday,
J. J. HILL'S DEATH IS
BLOW TO OREGON
All-Powerful Personality and
Dominating Influence Greater
Than Physical Properties.
MANY PAY HIGH TRIBUTE
John Clark, Ii. C. Gilman, J. IX Far
rell, T. B. Wilcox, Colonel C. E. S.
Wood, William Hanley and
Others Speak of Great Work.
Ask almost anyone In Oregon. "Who
is Jim Hill?" and the answer, 99 times
out of 100, will be: "Why. Just Jim
Hill. You know who Jim Hill is."
It's about the same as asking "Who
RAILROADS BUILT OR ACQUIRED BY JAMES J. HILL.
Great Northern, proper ......... M . H . .
Spokane, Portland & Seattle, proper :............
Spokane, Portland & Seattle, west of Portland ....-.,
Oregon Electric
United Railways
Oregon Trunk. .'.
Pacific & Eastern -
Spokane & Inland Empire
Roads controlled by Mr. Hill
Northern Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy 9,365
Colorado & Southern 1.090
Fort Worth & Denver City , ... 450
Qulncy, Omaha & Kansas City 270
Total mileage 26,463
Mr. Hill also controlled the Northern Steamship Company, oper
ating on the Great Lakes between Chicago, Milwaukee. Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo and other points: the Great Northern Pacific Steam
ship Company, operating between Flavel, Or., and San Francisco, and
the Great Northern Steamship Company, operating between Puget
Sound and the Orient, but not at present active.
Is George Washington? or "'Who is
Abraham Lincoln?" Everyone knows,
but hardly anyone can command the
precise language of an Impromptu def
inition.
Mr. Hill's personality was so all-
powerful, his influence was so dom
inating that he grew. In the popular
estimation, far beyond any connection
th the mighty physical properties
that his genius had created. He was
Dart of. vet a part from, the com
munities that he had helped to develop.
Name "Jim" One of Affection.
The Father of the Northwest" and
Empire Builder" were terms that, in
way. measured the high conception
that the people had of his worth to this"
part of the country. The name "Jim
was aDDlied by the people as a term
of affectionate familiarity, and not. as
might be implied, as an expression of
disrespect. "
Mr. Hill had many intimate personal
friends . in Portland, who expressed
genuine grief when they learned yes
terday of his death.
Among the Portland people wno Knew
Mr. Hill best wae John Clark, chlei
of police. Chief Clark had known Mr.
Hill for more tnan ou years, ne naa
watched his progress from a strug
gling contractor in St. Paul to his
otnmanding Dosltion in tne rauroaa
and financial world. When Mr. Clark
was head of the police department in
St. Paul he and Mr. Hill further cul
tivated their friendship which had been
ripening all these years. Six years
ago when Mr. Clark came to Portland
Mr. Hill appointed him as chief of
detectives on the North Bank road.
Every time the 'Empire Builder" came
here he passed several pleasant hours
In Chief Clark s company.
"Oragon has lost her best friend,
said Chief Clark yesterday.
I C. Gilman Deeply Impreud.
I C. Gilman, president of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle railroad,
which provided Mr. Hill with his first
entrance into Portland, was deeply im
pressed. Mr. Gilman had been associated
with Mr. Hill, first as an attorney and
subsequently as an executive, for near
y two decades. 'Mr. Hills wonderful
personality will make itself felt in this
country for years to come," commented
Mr. Gilman. The world does not yet
appreciate the enormous volume of
good that he did for this part of the
country.
Mr. Gilman was In St. Paul only
few weeks ago. He saw Mr. Hill there
then.. He was in his usual good health
J. D. .Farrell, president of the O.-W.
R. & N. Company, waa another of Mr.
Hill's close friends in Portland. Mr.
Farrell formerly was associated with
Mr. Hill in some of his enterprises.
T. B. Wilcox Paya Tribute.
Theodore B. Wilcox, president of the
Portland Flouring Mills Comipany, had
been an intimate friend of Mr. Hill for
more than 30 years.
He was the greatest man this part
of the country ever knew." was Mr,
Wilcox's significant expression.
Colonel C. E. S.- Wood was one of
Mr. Hill's best friends. The two had
traveled together in Central Oregon
and had visited together In Portland,
in St. Paul and in New York.
The one man in Oregon who prob
ably was more closely intimate with
Mr. Hill than any other waa Colonel
Bill" Hanley. the Harney County cat
tle king. The two frequently hunted
together, fished together and visited
one another at their homes. Colonel
Hanley is on his ranch now and prob-
SOME STORIES ABOUT LATE
JAMES J. HILL'S striking personal
ity figures in a large number of
stories that have been told and
retold all the way from New Tork to
Seattle. '
One of those Illustrating his method
of educating farmers up to their possi
bilities deals with some high-priced
hogs that he had Imported and given
away for a nominal sum. At that time
"Jim" Hill was attending, the farmers'
institutes, talking about increasing the
yield of wheat and the output of cattle,
and seeking to transplant from Europe
to America the idea of intensified cul
tivation of the soil.
One day an old farmer friend entered
the office of the railroad president.
"What's on your mind, Jake?" asked
Hill.
"That was a fine boar you sold me,
Mr. Hill," said the farmer. "I took a
fancy to him and allowed Td run over
and see If I could dicker with you for
the whole litter, at $5 a head.
"Well, I've got to have time to figure
that out," said Hill. "Come over this
afternoon and we'll drive over and
look at the pigs."
When the time came they went to
Hill's famous stock farm near St. Paul.
"It's a pretty good bunch of pigs.
Jake." said Hill. "That one cost me
ably has not yet heard of Mr. Hill's
death.
James B. Kerr, of Carey & Kerr, at
torneys for the Hill railroads In Port
land, voiced his deep personal regret.
Mr. Carey is absent In Washington,
D. C, and may attend the funeral at
St. Paul tomorrow.
Professor Thomas Shaw, Mr. Hill's
agricultural expert, was in Portland
yesterday when he learned of his
chiefs death.
"One of God's noblest men lias died."
was his tribute. It was Professor Shaw
whom Mr. Hill sent to Europe a few
years ago to secure & herd of dual pur
pose cows which were placed on
ranches in Minnesota and North Da
kota. It is the belief of Professor Shaw
as it was of Mr. Hill that the dual
purpose animal will solve the problem
of a diminishing beef supply.
Mr. Hill Trnc Frlead of Farmer.
Emery Olmstead. vice-president of
the Northwestern National Bank, who
is & close personal friend of L. W.
Hill, also was Intimately acquainted
with the late railroad builder. Mr.
Olmstead saw the elder Mr. Hill In New
York last month.
"It is a great loss to us." said Mr.
Olmstead. "Mr. Hill was a true friend
of the Northwest, especially of the
Northwestern farmer. When I saw him
last he Inquired most solicitously about
Oregon. He was a firm believer in the
future of the Willamette Valley and
often declared that if the valley were
intelligently cultivated it would sup
port more than 1,000.000 people."
The Portland Chamber of Commerce,
in recognition of Mr. Hill's Invaluable
services to this part of the country at
the meeting of its members' council
Miles.
8.100
880
120
150
20
160
83
125
6,500
yesterday, adopted resolutions of trib
ute. The resolutions, which were drawn
by a committee composed of C. C. Chap
man. Theodore B. Wilcox. Emery Olm
stead, Franklin T. Griffiths, George
B. JIcLeod, - Edgar B. Piper. John F.
Carroll, O. C. Leiter and Hugh Hume,
are aa follows:
"Whereas. In the ripeness of achievement.
after the fruition of a lifetime of useful
labor, there has been gathered to the In
numerable host an American citizen, James
J. Hill; and
v hereas. In recognition of his contribu
tion to the transportation development of
tho Northwest, the. Columbia Valley and
the State of Oregon, and his assistance to
the educational institutions of our state,
the people of Oregon have spontaneously
acclaimed him "Oregon's great benefactor";
therefore, be it
Resolved. By the members of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, that we do
hereby record our appreciation of his life
work and yhat it has meant to the State
of Oregon, our grief at the passing of the
Empire Builder, and our condolence to his
stricken family, personal associates and be
reaved friends: and be it further
Resolved, That we recommend to the board
of directors of the Chamber of Commerce
that memorial services in honor of the de
parted be held by the Chamber simultane
ously with the services at his home, or
t such suitable time ss In their Judg
ment may be more fitting; and be It fur
ther
Resolved. That engrossed conies of these
resolutions be forwarded to his family; and
be It further
Resolved. That in honor of the departed.
the members' council of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce do now adjourn.
Mil. DOLLAR PAYS TRIBUTE
Mr. Hill Declared Greatest Business
Builder of Age.
MLATtSHFIELD. Or.. May 29. (Spe
cial.) Captain Kobert Dollar, who is
in Bandon, and who was closely asso
ciated with James J. Hill In shipping,
received a telegram today from Louis
Hill bearing news of the railroad build
er's demise.
In speaking of Mr. Hill Mr. Dollar
said that, aside from Mr. Hill's being
the greatest railroad builder of our
history, he should be credited by this
Nation with developing the great
Northwest which has come into im
mense influence in the world's marts.
Captain Dollar also saUl that to Mr.
Hill is due the credit for immensely
Increased trade between the United
States and the nations of the Orient
He was greatly grieved to hear of Mr.
Hill's death and believes there isn't
an American that will ever accomplish
so much for the Nation.
MR. HILXS SON'S L.OOICEO TO
Eugene- Bible University Expects
Fulfillment of Offer.
EUGENE. Or., May 29. (Special.)
"I am confident that the passing away
of Mr. Hill will make no difference with
the off- r he had made to aid the Eu
gene Bible University." said President
E. C. Sanderson, of the University,
when Informed of the death of thti
railroad builder. "I feel certain that
Mr. Hill's sons will be glad to carry
out his wishes in this matter.
"Two other Institutions of learning
in Oresron are interested In Mr. Hill's
death l. tli same way as the Eugene
Bible University, Pacific University, at
Forest Grove, and McMinnville."
Mr. Hill offered .S0.000 to the Eu
gene Bitle University provided an ad
ditional $200,000 is subscribed. The
fund is rearing completion. The time
limit on the gift expires Wednesday.
$160 and the one Just behind him $260.
I'm not raising pigs for a living, but
I want you farmers to drive your pigs
to market in big, profitable lots. I'm
going to sell you one of these sows for
$5 and lend you that boar free of
charge for a year on the condition that
you lend him back to your neighbors."
Once upon a time the officials of the
Great Northern Railroad printed elabo
rate new time tables and sent out ad
vertising matter announcing changes
in the schedules for important trains.
Hill had not been consulted and when
he beard of it he wrote the following
note to the operating department.
"New time table revoked. Trains will
run on usual schedule till otherwise
ordered."
There was no word of "comment on
the order, for Hill's dictum was ac
cepted as a matter of course. .
Hill was riding on the observation
platform of his private car one night
when his train passed over a long
wooden trestle. Hill recalled that he
had given orders that after every train
a watchman was to go over the trestle
to look for possible fires started by
sparks. Although the Hill special was
running at 40 miles an hour Hill ob
served, a bole, in the bottom of the
ROADS TO REMAIN
INTACT, IS BELIEF
J. J. Hill Thought to Have Ar
ranged for Family to Con
tinue in Control.
OTHERS MAY TRY CHANGE
Attack on Holdings in Northern Pa
cific Predicted, bnt Organlza
xation Is StrongDeath Has
Xo Effect on Stocks.
Whether the death of James J. Hill
will have any immediate or any ulti
mate effect on the great network of
railroads that he owned and controlled. I
time alone can determine, but it is gen
erally believed that Mr. Hill, with char
acteristic foresight, arranged his af
fairs so, before his death, that the pres
ent organisation will remain Intact for
generations to come unless his heirs
will otherwise.
Mr. Hill was the last of the old school
of railroad officials who exercised con
trol through personal ownership of
stock. It Is understood that he and the
members of his Immediate family con
trolled a majority of the stock of the
Great Northern. It Is believed that his
estate will remain secure In that post
tion for a long time to come.
But the Hill control of the Northern
Pacific is not so secure. Indeed, it is
predicted that the Hill holdings in this
road will be subject to attack soon after
the dominating influence of Mr. Hill
has passed away. Tet Mr. Hill's son.
J. N
Hill, together with some of his)
most Intimate friends, including George
F. Baker, chairman of the First Na
tional Bank of New York, and members
of the Morgan banking-house are mem
bers of the Northern Pacific board, and
so long as this situation remains undis
turbed it Is probable that the relation
ship between the so-called Hill Inter
ests and the Northern Pacific will con
tinue.
Two Roads Compete,
On the other hand, it is known that
nowerful interests within the Northern
Pacific are eager to secure their com-
plete Independence, and that they may
move in that direction as soon as a
favorable opportunity presents Itself.
as a mattetr of fact, ever since the
Northern Securities dissolution the
Great Northern and the Northern Pa
ri (ic have been commercially independ
ent of one another, and are keen com
petitors for business.
Mr. Hill's control of the Burlington
system is effected through Joint owner
ship of the stock by the Great North'
ern and the Northern Pacific: In a simi
lar way the North Bank road and all
its allied lines In this territory, as well
as the steamship line between Flavel
and San Francisco, are controlled. The
Colorado 4s Southern and Its subsid
iaries are controlled through ownership
of their stock by the Burlington.
When Mr. Hill retired from the presi
dency of the Great Northern In. 1907
It was understood that he had arranged
his affairs so that his death at any
time would not affect the vast volume
of property that he owned. Five years
later, when he retired from the chair
manship of the board, he was prepared
to let his railroads "run themselves.
as he expressed it. He had given over
to his son. L. W. Hill, complete control
of his affairs. However, the younger
Mr. Hill frequently has expressed a
desire to retire.
Hill Storka Hold Firm.
The fact that hia affairs were or
ganized to prevent any disturbance at
the time of hia death was Indicated
yesterday when the Hill stocks re
mained firm on the New York Ex
change.
Next to Mr. Hills remarkable fore
sight and his genius for organization.
hiM triAflt notable characteristic as re
marked by his friends, was hia unusual
quantity of "plain horse sense.'
Mr. Hill understood human nature as
few men are given to understand it-
He always held the farmer in high es
teem, he said, because the farmer Is
so human. He understood the farmer.
and. Indeed, he liked to be called a
farmer himself. Portland people never
will forget his wise but piquant com
ment, on the occasion of his last visit
to Portland, when, in an address at
banquet given In his honor at the Com
mercial Club, he said:
"The farmer is not as dumb as you
think he is and) not so honest as he
claims he is.
It was a characteristic "Jim Hill
utterance. He waa always frank and
outspoken, yet, when occasion de
manded, he could be. as suave aa a
diplomat especially when It was nec
essary to conceal anything about his
plans for the future that might have
been of value to his opponents.
On the same visit that the above
quoted remark was made Mr. Hill had
a serious grievance against some
farmers along the line of the Great
Northern In North Dakota. It seems
that the year before Mr. Hill had gone
down to the International Livestock
Show in Chicago and bought up all
tne prise-winning nogs, wnich he dls-
triouiea, tree, among tne North Da -
kota farmers as breeding stock. On
his way out to Portland he sought to
learn now tne prize nogs had Improved
the farmers' stock, and learned thatltlon. In a few weeks the entire amount
most of the prize wlners had been cut
up for Christmas pork. ,
This incident Is related not so much
to display the lack of appreciation of
tne ionn ianota tarmers or the des-
peratlon tney may have been in for
want of a Christmas feast, but rather
to illustrate Mr. Hill's methods toward
the practical and substantial develop-
JAMES J. HILL
bucket the watchman, in the moonlight.
in row over one snouiaer. He ordered
the train to ston and hark nrv tk..
he called for the watchman.
Mv man." h said "von t v
Great Northern Company Just what that
noie is to the bucket a rood rlMi
worse than useless. Tou mv hrnl
away the bucket and look for another
Job. Human life Is too dear to trust to
one or your Kina.
"Jim" Hill figured in on mm.,.,
lnX.S.l? HJ.!"Jn 1
- - j ..... 0 ,., n ..v. ".ivcu on tne
table in the Merchants' Hotel in St.
Paul, when Hill was a simple railroad
station agent. He told her he wished
to marry ner.
'I wish you to go away to school for
several years and when you come backlered together tn a coterie of strong
if you still love me. we will bo mm--I savings banks, organized and adminls-
rled," said Hill.
The men who dined at the same table
with Hill wondered what hd biM-nmo
of Mary. They inquired of th nrnnri,.
tor, but "he could give no information
other than that Mary had quit. Hill
said nothing. The girl went to Milwau-
kee and two years later became Mrs.
Hill. Hill attributed no small part of
his success to her steadfast devotion.
He said once:
I've been very happy because there
have been bq lire la the rear."
In accordance with
out usual custom our
store will remain
closed all day
Tuesday,
May 30 tli
Memorial Day.
ment of the farmlands of the North
west. It waa typical of James J. Hill.
LOSS FELT BY SEATTLE
soT7D CITY INDEBTED TO nIL.
ItO AO BUILDER. FOR GROWTH.
Town Apparently Without Friends In
High Finance Intll J. J. Hill
Located Terrmlmals There.
SEATTLE, Wash.. May 29. James
J. Hill waa regarded by the people of
Seattle with deep affection on account
of bis aid to the city at a critical per
lod. When he announced his Intention
of building the Great Northern Rail
road to Puget Sound, with Seattle as
the principal terminal. Seattle had been
sidetracked by the railroads then exist
ing. Apparently Seattle had no friends
in high financial circles. Mr. Hill's
choice of Seattle as terminal was based
on his personal study of the Pacific
Northwest.
In earlv rinvs. Mr. Will triad f r-e mi.nf
visits to Seattle, sometime bringing
with him parties of investors In the
Hill institutions, and Ire was a familiar
figure.
During the world's fair of 1909,
colossal bronze bust or Mr. Hill was
unveiled on the fair grounds, now oc
rupied by the university, and the bust
stands now at one of the principal en
trances to the campus.
vorkmen even now are repairing the
world's fair forestry building, now the
University Museum, with funds pro-
vided by Mr. Hill
It is expected that memorial services
for Mr. Hill will be held by the Cham
ber of Commerce and the -university,
Judtre Thomas Burke, president or
the Chamber of Commerce, who is gen
erally credited with having expedited
the completion or the Great Northern
to Pacific tidewater by urging upon
Mr. Hill the feasibility of the project.
said today:
It would be Impossible to overes
timate the value of Mr. Hills Influ
ence in making Seattle the city th
she is today. Indeed, the debt of the
whole state to Mr. Hill is beyond com
putatlon; and It b a good thing to re
mind our citizens now and then of the
situation we occupied when the Great
Northern was planned to come to Se
attle and the position of Seattle to
day. The city would be -unworthy of
its past and Its present if it failed,
in season or out of season, to give due
and ample recognition to the man
whom it owes so much for the great
opportunities he opened to us and for
the city a present commercial Im
portance.
I lags on all public and many Drivate
buildings were flown at half-mast to
day when news of Mr. Hill's death was
received. The granite pedestal suoDort
lng tne bronze bust of Mr. Hill at the
University of Washington was covered
with flowers cut from the elaborate
campus gardens. Members of the
faculty at the university sent telegrams
or condolence to the Hill family.
FORTUNE IS IMMENSE
f. HILL'S WEALTH ESTIMATED IX
HUNDRED MILLIONS.
Chief Assets Are Railroad Storks
Bonds Loots W. HU1 Likely to
Be Executor of Estate.
ST. PAUL. May 29. The wealth of
the late James J. HilU who died today.
Is estimated all the way from $100,000,
000 to $500,000,000. He was probably
worth between $200,000,000 and $250,
000.000. An estimate of Mr. Hill s wealth was
furnished when, at the opening of the
European war, he called his bankers
together and displayed a mass of his
securities. More than $100,000,000 was
said to have been in the boxes he laid
before his bankers.
"There should be no trouble," said Mr.
Hill, "but if there Is. this amount is at
your disposal."
The First National Bank then bor
rowed from Mr. Hill $10,000,000 worth
of Great Northern Railroad bonds.
These were placed with the Treasury
I Department in Washington, and $6,000.
I 000 worth or emergency currency, al
1 lowed under the Aldrlch act, was
I shipped at once to the First National
Bank. It was found necessary to place
I only $125,000 worth of this In clrcula
was returned to Washington.
Mr. Hill had the absolute control of
the First National Bank and the North
I western Trust Company, which have a
combined capital and surplus of $6,500.
000.
He was a large owner of stock in the
Chase National Bank of New Tork,
First National Bank of Chicago, and
the Northwestern National Bank tn
Minneapolis. He was a large owner of
the Great Northern Steamship Com
pany.
The greatest portion of Mr. Hill s
w'lth however, was in the stocks and
I wuri u, .-.wi mci
Pacific and Chicago, Burlington &
Qulncy Railroads,
i ne executors or air. j-iiirs estate
I wln Probably be Louis W. Hill, his son,
1 ana tne Kormwesiern a rust company.
The great power held by Mr. Hill will
I Pass to his son. Louis, who has been
I closely associated with him in business
I ror iu years.
HOME BOUGHT FOR BANK
f Continued From First rsne.)
I prosper as a forceful place of invest
iment lor tne nomemaaer ana mo city
I builder until the home money is gath
I tered solely for tne purpose or loaning
I local money on local homes and build
I Inns."
I The building purchased stands on the
I assessment rolls at $219. 333. The Port-
I land Trust company is taking as part
I payment two modern, fully equipped
I apartment-houses, the Altamont. locat-
I ed on the southwest corner of Fifth
I and College streets, and the Marshall.
I located on Marshall street near Twen-
I tleth. the larger amount, however, flir-
luring In cash and mortgages, as tbe
New Treatment
For Chronic
Constipation
Paraffine Used Internally
for Constipation of Long;
Standing; Gives Grati
fying; Results.
That constipation, even In long
standing cases, may be overcome by
the use of liquid paraffine taken in
wardly as a lubricant, has already
been demonstrated.
The principle of such remedies is
a new one. The petroleum or paraf
fine. taken in the ordinary way. lu
bricates the bowels and softens all
matter which has become hardened
and caused a stoppage in the pas
sage. The action which necesssrlly
follows as the result of the soften
ing and lubricating process is en
tirely mechanical, gentle and natu
ral. This liquid petroleum or raraffino
is sold under the name of Araeroll.
Ameroll Is a pure, water-white min
eral (paraffine) oil colorless, odor
less and tasteless. Purely mechan
ical in its action, it is not a drug or
a drug product, but acts solely as a
lubricant. It Is not absorbed Into the
system, nor does it act as a stimu
lant. There are no disagreeable after
effects. It has been used in many
cases with great benefit. Ameroll is
sold at all the Owl stores In pint
bottles at 50 cents. Adv.
Portland Trust Company received back
a mortgage on its property of 150.ono.
tne negotiations were handled by
the F. E. Taylor Company, represent
ing both parties to the transaction.
F. E. Taylor personally handled th
negotiations of the Portland Trust &
Savings Bank, and George E. Engle-
hart represented the Fidelity Trust
Company.
This is the third large transaction
handled by the F. E. Taylor Company
during the present year, properties ag
gregating more than $750,000. with
several other important transactions
soon to be announced.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
HELP SAVE THE
MAN WHO DRINKS
He la Helpless and Hopeless. Art For
Htm and Give Him the Benefit of
the Neal Treatment.
There are thousands in the relent-
less grip of the drink habit. Don't
you know some one who needs help
a father, con or brother? Send him
to the Portland Neal Institute, corner
Broadway and College street, for thres
days, or give him the Neal Home Treat
ment. It is a purely vegetable, internal
treatment hypodermic injections are
never used. Don't delay until some
thing terrible happens. Call, write or
pjione Geo. W. Derr, Manager, for full
information. Phone Marshall 1100. All
drug habits treated. The Portland Neal
Institute Is one of sixty splendid Neal
Institutes in the principal cities of the
world.
Rose Festival
affords many out-of-town
v i s I t o r
their opportunity
to get satisfactory
glasses fitted.
Strangers should
take no chances.
Wherever you live
in Oregon you will
find someone who
wears IAV TO V
U LASSES. If you
don't happen to
know such a person, then write us for
references in your own community.
Tho.se who io home with Dayton
Glasses are always satisfied. Every
year we hear or many otners wno are
not.
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A SYMPATHETIC WOMAN
Who has herself found relief from
suffering is usually willing to offer
helpful suggestions to her friends and
neighbors who suffer likewise. That is
the reason why Lydia E. I'inkham's
Vegetable Compound lias today such
an immense sale. It is bought because
all over this country well women are
telling othr women how this wonder
ful medicine made them well. Adv.
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS
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Headache. Bad Stomach Teething Uisor
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Children like them. Over in 000 testimoni
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never fail. Sold by a.l urusglsm. :jc. sample
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Us Roy. N. T.
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finest oil no acid or mmonit oMd.
Does the work quickly and gtrea ft lan
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Grocery. Hardware and Dmg Storea.
ELL-A MS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
proves it 25c at all druggists.
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