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Section Two Pages 13 to 24 vol. XXVI. PORTLAND, OKEGOX, SUNDAY. MORNING, JUNE 16, 1907. NO. 24. LIPM AN, W OLFE 5 CO. Extra! Extra! EXTRAS Lipman, Wolfe & Co.'s adver tisement, usual ly found on this page appears today on Pages 6 and 7 A two-page adver tisement advertising- a gigantic ose Carnival The second in our great series of mighty sales celebrating "57 years in busi ness." See Pages 6 and 7 Rose Carnival A Mighty Sale HIS most extraordi JL I nary Rose Carnival I Sale the second of the mighty sales with which we celebrate "Fifty - Seven Years in Business" is pri marily a great merchandise movement, for which each department manager has for weeks been making unusual effort to secure extraordi nary values ; and special lots of goods have been pouring in from manufacturers and importers to sell at less than regular prices. To these are added thousands of dollars' worth from our regular stocks reduced simply to make this sale a gigantic event. See Pages 6 and 7 Fifty-Seven Tears in Business "Tj MONTH ago we cele- brated our 57th anni- I versary with' the most sensational sale and the most gigantic bargains ever presented by a Portland store. Today we offer the second in the big series of sales which we are giving, to celebrate this event. In order to sustain the interest which our first great sale aroused, we are today offer ing even more sensational bargains. Three generations have thronged through our doors and the present one is giving undiminished testimony to their confidence in our m e t h o d s of conducting a great business. LIPMAN, W0LFE&C0. Sale IR HAS BEGUN TO Ml HARRIMAN Yoakum Heads Faction. Which Secures Control of the Alton Stocks. ' APPROVES ROOSEVELT IDEA Has Been Quietly Buying Stock In Preparation . for . Contest With llarrimdn Union Pacific Man Tells " Harriraan View NEW YORK, June 15. Startled by the news of the abrogation of the contract between the Harrlman forces and the forces of the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, under the leadership of Benjamin F. Yoakum, for the alter nate control of the Chicago & Alton financiers and railroad men now look for a bitter warfare to be waged between the two groups of capitalists for the control of the road that figured so prominently in the recent Federal Investigation. Ac cording to the announcement, the man agement of the road will now pass into the hands of Its own stockholders and after the election of a board of directors the railroad will take care of its own affairs. Yoakum Interest Has Control. It is believed that the Yoakum inter ests hold a majority of the stock, but Just what part of the holdings owned by the Independent stockholders will be used in furthering the Harrlman Interests is as yet unknown. The crucial meeting between the opposing financial forces Is expected when a board of directors for the railroad is elected soon. It is a well-known fact that, while the Harrlman railroads have been under the fiercest scrutiny, the views held by Presi dent Roosevelt have been in accord with those held by Mr. Yoakum and his asso ciates of the Rock Island road. The contrast that has been abrogated was originally made by William B. Leeds and E. H. Harriman four years ago. At that time the Harriman interests were be lieved to have control of the stocks in the road, but the associates of Mr. Yoakum have since then been quietly buying up all available shares. Cause of Discontent. The fact that the Harriman Interests had an equal share In the running of the road, while they did not hold so much stock as the Rock Island financiers. caused the dissatisfaction that led to the official announcement that in future there would be no alternate control and that the road would manage Its own affairs. Mr. Leeds retired not long ago from the Rock Island road. The news that the contract would no Vmger hold came as a complete surprise to the Harriman interests. ROCK ISLAND HAS CONTROL Union Pacific Official Says Reports of Contest Are Absurd. NEW YORK. June 15. A director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, speaking of the abrogation of the Chi cago & Alton agreement today, said: "The suggestion in today's papers that there is to be a contest for the control of the Alton Is absurd. A clear majori ty of the Alton stock is now owned by the Rock Island Interests and has been owned by that interest for nearly three years. The right of the Union Paciflo to own stock in the Chicago & Alton is not open to question, since their lines are in no wise parallel or competing. The Union Pacific could lawfully hold all of the stock, but the Rock Island owns a line between Chicago and Kansas City parallel with the Hne of the Chicago & Alton, and. If there Is any doubt about the agreement being legal, it is due en tirely to the competitive Interest of the Rock Island company. "Instead of being restrictive, the effect of the agreement was obviously Intended to be and absolutely has been the con trary. When It was entered into. In Oc tober. 1904, the Rock Island owned a clear majority of the road, thus the Alton would soon have become subject to the control of a parallel, competing line. The effect was inevitably to relieve the Alton from, and preserve its absolute independ ence of control by, a .competing company every alternate year. It is very difficult, therefore, to- see how the agreement could be regarded as in restraint of trade. "Mr. Harriman testified before the Commission that the main Inducement for the Union Paciflo to enter into the agreement was the understanding that the Rock Island would use the Kansas City-Chicago line for Its through traffic, and the Union Pact tic would use the Kan sas City-St. Louis line for its eastern connection out of Kansas City, and that with both systems using the Alton, the latter would serve. the needs of the two and prove profitable to the stockholders and conserve the public interest. "But the Rock Island never carried out the plan thus contemplated, and hence one of the main purposes of the man agement, as far as the Union Pacific is concerned, has failed, and, as the Rock Island desired to abrogate it, the Union Pacific acquiesced, being still of the opin ion that the public disfavor Into which the agreement has been brought Is due to a misconception of Its terms and effect. The Alton has now, by the abrogation of the agreement, become under the absolute control of the Rock Island, with its great competitive interests." NO CONTEST OX BOND ISSCE Vnion Pacific Votes $100,000,000 for Improving Line. SALT LAKB CITY, June 15. At a special stockholders meeting of the Union Pacific Railroad Company here today it was decided to Issue $100,000, 000 in new stock. The issue is for the purpose of meeting the expenses of im provements, present and prospective, along the line of the Union Pacific The exact vote on the bond issue was J, 193. SIS shares out of a total of 2,960. 000 shares. While the poll was kept open for the two hours required by statute, the proceedings were merely perfunctory. It was explained by the officers of the company that the new stock issue is not to be sold Immedi ately, but is to be held for the redemp- tlon of 175,000,000 of convertible bonds. Alexander Millar, secretary of the board, denied a' statement sent out from New York that the bonds were to be debentures and said he bad heard nothing of the reported Injunction pro ceedings. Today's special meeting was arranged at a recent meeting of the board of di rectors of the Union Pacific Railroad held in New York. It was understood before today's meeting began that all necessary steps for the proposed stock issue had been taken and that E. H. Harriraan, who controls the majority of the stock to be voted, had approved the issue. - The meeting was held in the offices of Vice-President Bancroft, of the Ore gon Short Line, (a Harriman corpora tion). Most of the stock represented was voted by proxy. RAILROADS MUST COMPLY Injunction Suit Filed in Nebraska on 2 -Cent Fare Law. LINCOLN, Neb June 15. Attorney General Thompson late tonight filed an injunction against four of the prin cipal railroad lines in Nebraska to compel them to maintain the two-cent fare and anti-pass enactments, now operative, and to put into effect the commodity freight rate on July 8. The defendants are the Union Pacific. Burlington, Rock Island and Missouri Pacific. Withhold No Facts of Accidents. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15. The South- MEETING PLACE OF HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE cms. j em Paciflo Company today announced that It will continue the policy of the company to give fullest publicity as to cause of accidents and that copies of offi cial reports of boards of inquiry will be made public, regardless of contests. In line with the new policy, the reports of I boards of inquiry appointed to investigate 1 -n-n,'lr . o t HradloV MflV 29 and the wreck of the Mystio Shrlners' special at Honda, May 11, were given out. Bonds for Short Line Branches. SALT LAKE CITY, June 15. Direc tors of the Malad Valley, Minidoka & Southwestern; the St. Anthony; the Wyoming Western; the Yellowstone Park, and the Salmon City Railroads, all feeders of the Oregon Short Line, met here today and . voted to issue $3,000,000 of bonds to reimburse the Oregon Short Line for its expenditures in constructing these brandies. The lines are in Idaho and Wyoming. . SUGAR COMPANIES UNITE Merger of Three in Idaho and Utah Is Effected. SALT LAKE CITY, June 15. Thomas R. Cutler, general manager of the Utah Sugar Company, the Idaho Sugar Com pany and the Western Idaho Sugar Com pany, announces that the Eastern stock holders in the three corporations have approved the plans for their consolida tion. It Is proposed to merge the com panies under the title Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, issue $10,000,000 of preferred and $3,000,000 of common stock and ex change for old stock on the following basis: Utah Sugar preferred $10 a share, Ida ho Sugar preferred $11 a share, and Western Idaho $12.50 a share. After this distribution there will remain $1,900,000 of the amalgamated stock, which will be put into the treasury for improve ments. A part of it will be used -to pay for a new factory at Payette, Idaho. REJECTS POISON, IS SHOT Jealous Lover Disposes of Girl and Himself. SAN FRANCISCO, June 15. Miss Alice Bell was shot and probably fatally wound ed today by Roy Huff, a Jeweler, who then blew out his brains. Before the shooting Huff tried to Induce the young woman to drink from a bottle of muri atic acid which he handed her as whisky. Jealousy is given as the cause of the trag edy, which occurred in the Chesterfield apartments on Post street. Sec. Taft Says Is "Feeling Fine." ST. PAUL, June 15.' Apparently much refreshed by a day's rest and de claring that he was "feeling fine." Sec retary Taft left at 9:10 o'clock tonight for Sioux Falls, where ne will arrive tomorrow onorning. , Thousands at Morgan's FuneraL SELMA. Ala., June 15. The funeral of the late Senator John T. Morgan took place here today. Thousands were present. If U ' 3- ' I It .M I t 2- L k kK ft "t Iv Jl !ASK CONGRESS TO BUY TELEGRAPH Operators Propose Appeal to the Government Against Companies. ALTERNATIVE IS STRIKE Rather Than Paralyze Business of Country, Union Believes Govern- . ' rnent Will Assume Control, Wrongs Wanted Removed. NEW YORK, June 15. (Special.) The telegraphers will not strike this week or next week, nor for some time to come. Immediate action is not part exrzjrr STACKS ro rue hagiez. CWMP MALE I r j j 4 14 I pi r f J X Vl I !U sf&v?7 cm&S ' I I Jf VA- -r A s 4f 1 Jf -3 I . of their present plan of campaign. This was the decision reached at their head quarters in this city today after a lengthy session of the general execu tive board, of which S. J. Small is Chairman. Their plan is based on more subtle generalship, and their aim is to coerce the companies into recognition of their claims by the interference of no less a force than the United States Government- Should the companies stand out against the operators' demands for a general distribution of the 10 per cent increase granted by both the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph Com panies on March 1 last, and the aboli tion of the blacklist, the matter will be thrown by the union into the hands of the next Congress, and it is expected that the Government will take over the affairs of both companies. That such a step is radical In the ex treme is fully realized by the leaders of the operators, but the pulse of the "brass-pounders" the country over has been sounded thoroughly and they are unanimously in favor of the unprece dented action planned. The men argue that In the present condition of the country a complete tieup of telegraph lines would so com pletely paralyze commercial activities and prove such a menace to business all over the United States that, apart from the evidence they would be able to lay before Congress, the situation would compel the Government to step In. Mr. Small admlted today that it was the plan of the general executive board to take the action that has been outlined. ASK ROOSEVELT TO INTERVENE Commercial Bodies Act Companies Refuse to Hear Operators. CHICAGO, June IB. The Board of Trade of this city, the New York Stock Ex change and other like commercial bodies in Chicago and New York belb special meetings yesterday regarding the threat ened strike of the telegraphers of the Western Union, and Postal Telegraph Companies, and today wired President Roosevelt, asking his intervention in the matter. Recently a grievance committee waited upon President Colonel Robert C. dowry, of the Western Union, and endeavored to bring about an adjustment of the ex isting discriminations, but Colonel dowry refused to consider the grievance, and appealed to the board of directors, but was referred back to the president. , On the other hand, the Postal Tele graph Company, k is claimed, has vio lated all obligations of its pledge given at the time of the recent reported in crease in salaries, which, was to take effect on March 1. A synopsis of the bill of grievances is as follows: Regression . of craft, ex penses Increased, purchasing power de- creased; overcrowded, poorly ventilated workrooms; nine to twelve hours a day labor; skilled labor suffering against Sin skilled; tyranny of under-offlcials, com plaint of which often leads to dismissal. Concessions asked: . Reinstatement of discharged union operators, recognition of the union, fixed standard of wages, uniform working hours, regulating extra and outside service, furnishing of type writers, abolition of sliding scale prac ticed for many years past. Suspects Plot to Kill Organizer. DENVER, June 15. The convention of the Western Federation of Miners spent the entire morning listening to communications. Among the commun ications was one from the Globe, Ariz., Miners' Union, suggesting that a new ritual be adopted, doing away with all signs and passwords. Another communication was received from a member of the Federation In Las Animas County, Colorado, asking that the Federation Investigate the killinst of Alexander Obrenskl, an or ganizer of the Federation, by Juan Kskunas, at Rugby, Laa Animas Coun ty, about a month ago. It was alleged at the time that the murder occurred In a barroom row, but the communica tion Indicated that It was a, result of a conspiracy. . t Union Condemns) Linemen's Strike, CAN FRANCISCO, June 15. The strike of tc linemen against the Telephone company is practically ended.' They will refirn to work before midnight next Ticsday or their places will be filled by members of the International Brother- AND AMERICAN DELEGATES AT OPENING SESSION hood of Electrical Workers. That is the order,-and the alternative Just issued by the Pacific council of the brotherhood, af ter a thorough Investigation of the causes leading up to the strike called by local union No. 151 in sympathy with the telephone operators who are on strike. The telephone company reports that U more of its former operators re turned to work during the past two days. Strike Kills Havana Cigar Trade. HAVANA, June 15. The cigarmak ers' strike is paralyzing the Industry. The most recent compilation of statis tics by experts shows a rapid decline since February 23. the date of the be ginning of the strike. The total num ber of cigars exported in five months this year was 63.897.000, against 105, 111,000 for the ' corresponding month last year The value of the exports during this period was $4,277,000, com pared with $6,632,000 during the cor responding period of 1906. Denies Bad Faith With . Operators. NEW YORK. June 15 Colonel R. C. Clowry, president and general manager of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany, today ald: "The report being circulated by certain parties not in the employ of this com pany to the effect that the 10 per cent increase made March 1 is not being car ried out in good faith is absolutely un true." LIMITED TRAIN WRECKED Great Northern's Oriental Limited Goes Over 20 -Foot Embankment. MINOT, N. June 15. Seventeen per sons were injured In the wreck of the eastbound Oriental Limited on the Great Northern Railway west of Palermo, this morning. Nine cars plunged down a 20 foot embankment and all but the mallear burned. , Engineer James Longevan went down with the engine, but escaped injuiy Fireman Nolan Jumped and hurt his foot The wreck was caused by a broken rail. The Injured include: T. J. Skull. Seattle, injured on head and body; William John son, Sasatchewan, injured on head and body? Kawanish, a Japanese, en route to New York, injured Internally. Signs Bond for $3, BOO, 000. AUSTIN, Tex., June 15. John Henry Glrby. a well-known lumber man, today signed a bond for $3,500,000 in behalf of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, which was yesterday placed in the hands of a receiver by Judge Brooks,- of the State District Court, and which has previously been assessed something over $1,500,000 in fines and court costs. TRYING TO COOL LOVE OF BRYAN Plutocratic Democrats; Hope to Wean Away Southern States From Him. BUT HE STAYS IN FIGHT Ready to Answer Party's-Call, but Will Withdraw In Favor of An other If Choice Falls on . a Progressive - Man. . WASHINGTON, June 15. (Special.) On the political horizon are indications that the Democratic party may give the coun try something to talk about before it W JfT&SNATONAL. LAW sr. eos& nominates a candidate for President next year. The organized effort to wean the South from William J. Bryan Is the most pronounced of these Indications at this time. Those Democrats who have enlisted in the anti-Bryan movement seem to have an idea that, if they -can get the South to hold off from Mr. Bryan and can in duce states like New York, Pennsylvania, i Indiana, Illinois and Ohio to remain non committal until the convention meets, there will be some show of preventing the nomination of Mr. Bryan. It Is their judgment that the resolutions of indorse ment adopted by various conventions last year are not binding. They assert that the party now presents a clean slate that Is, It is not committed to any candi date. The fact that a state declared for Mr. Bryan last year or two years ago is no reason why it shall feel bound to se lect a Bryan delegation next year. It Is argued. . It is. fairly well understood here that it Is a part of the plan of the anti-Bryan forces to make It "appear that Mr. Bryan will not fight for the nomination. Some utterances of his on his return from the trip around the world are pointed to in support of this contention. - He report ed on his return from abroad that he would not be "the candidate- of his party again unless his party unanimously wished him to run. Within the last week or ten days the anti-Bryan people have caused stories' to be printed that the Neraskan had about made up his mind to keep out of the race,- This is a case of "the wish being father to the thought." From sources here that are authorized to speak for Mr. Bryan ltsts learned that he has not authorized any one to say that he may decide to refuse to stand for the nomination. His position, it is asserted.' is Just what it was when he returned from abroad if ' his party de sires him to lead It again, he will re spond to the call; if It shall decide that some other man would make a better race, well and good, provided the "right" wing of the party names the man. Will Fight Reactionaries. "Bryan may not be nominated: his name may not go before the convention," said one of his friends here today, "but he will fight to the last to prevent the coterie of Eastern Democrats that got control of the convention three years ago from gaining control of the convention next year. I shall not be surprised to see blm draw out of the race within the next six months and, as a Democrat who will not accept office, go "out and make a fight against the efforts of his enemies to get control of the convention. "Whom would he support under such circumstances? That I do not know. Possibly he would suggest some live Democrat from the Middle West, if such a man can be found. You may rest as sured that he does not intend to remain idle when he becomes convinced that there is real danger of the South joining with the East in a movement to nominate a candidate picked up by the crowd of Eastern Democrats that picked Parker in the last Campaign. Bankhead Alabama's Senator. MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 15. Gov ernor Commer today announced that he will appoint John H. Bankhead as United States Senator. Noted Burglar Laughs at Law. CHICAGO, June IS. The Inter Ocean today says: Eddie Guerln, the inter national burglar and safe-cracker and' the only man to accomplish the feat of escaping alive from the French penal prison. Devil's Island, where Dreyfus was at one time a prisoner, is in London a free man, according to news received in Chicago last night. uuerln s last release came following the decision that he is a British sub ject, and on that account cannot be given up to the French authorities. Edward Guerin is catalogued in In spector Byrnes' book as a notorious estern criminal. In 1901 he was con victed in Paris of robbing the Amer ican Express Company of $30,000, and of a previous robbery of $50,000 from the Bank of Lyons. The court gave the extreme penalty of imprisonment for ' life on Devil's Island. NO THR0UGHR0UTE LIKELY Interstate Commission Cannot Ad just in Time for Convention. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 16. The Interstate Com merce Commission will . take no fur ther steps looking to the establish ment of a through route for passen gers going to Seattle to attend the Christian Endeavor convention by way of Portland. Efforts made this week by Commissioner Lane to adjust the differences between the Harriman and Hill interests over this through business was based on an informal re quest, the matter being Incident to freight discussion, and the commis sion cannot take action unless formal, complaint is filed. If such complaint is filed now,, however, the commis sion could not act in time to benefit Christian Endeavor visitors, as it would require a hearing and argument, both of which consume time. Eastern Oregon Forests Withdrawn. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 15. About 61,760 acres of land now under temporary with drawal for forestry purposes adjoin ing Wenaha and Imnaha National for ests, Oregon, in Wallowa and Union Counties, will become subject to set tlement' on September 30, but not to entry -filing or selection until October 20, at the land office at La Grande. New National Bank at Rltzville. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 15. The Pioneer Na tional Bank of Rltzville, Wash., has been authorized to begin business with a capital of $75,000. O. H. Greene Is the president, C. E. Shipman vice- president, and W. H. Martin cashier. Oregon Postal Changes. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 15. On July 1 the post office at Seaside, Or., is to be raised to the Presidential grade, and the sal ary of the postmaster fixed at $1400. Cul de Sac, Idaho, i raised to $1100. . MAKES 1500 MEN IDLE MlUiken Bros'.' Steel Mill Closed by Receivers, NljW YORK, June 15. The receiv ers of the Milllken Brothers Corpora tion, which failed on Monday, have de cided to close the steel mill of the ' $7,500,000 plant on Staten Island, and have, in accordance with this deter mination, discharged 1500 steel work ers. About 7000 persons are dependent upon the earnings of the discharged men and, as the reopening of the mill is problematical, most of the workers and their families will go to other steel centers to secure employment. The receiver discovered that they could buy steel In the open market cheaper than they could manufacture it. , The receivers have decided to con tinue In operation the fabricating mill. Here the rough steel beams are shaped and made ready for use on the build ing. In this mill 1000 men are em ployed. It was the erection of the $7,500,000 plant which crippled Milllken Brothers and forced the 50-year-old firm to the wall. The building of a steel-making mill on tidewater was regarded as an experiment, but It proved too far from the source of supply of material. It was emphatically denied by rep resentatives of the MUllkens that the discharge of the; 1500 men meant a failure. It was also asserted that the mill would be reopened as soon as the -concern's finances were on a sound basis and the owners of the company again in command. ITALIANS TRY KIDNAPING After Child of Chief of Police, but Get the Wrong One. NEW ORLEANS, June 15. The po lice report that eight persons tried to night to kidnap the son of Police Cap tain Capo, who was last night placed In command of the district where Italian raids and disorders are occur ring. The men drove to Capo's resi dence in a covered wagon and seized a child who was standing near the gate. This child happened., to belong to a neighboring family. His screams brought help and the Italians barely escaped violence. BLACK HILLS ARE CUT OFF Rain Storm Washes Ont Tracks and Wires Three Lives Lost. DEADWOOD, ( S. D., June 15. The Black Hills have been entlreiy cut off from communication with the outside world since June 12. A rain and hail storm lasting six hours washed out rail road bridges and tracks and destroyed telegraph wires. Three people are known to have lost their lives ' ; Mother of Ernest Neiss Dead. SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 15. Anna M. Castor, aged 37 years, wife of William F. Castor, died June 10 at Bt. Joseph's Hos pital. Besides her husband she is sur vived by two daughters. Elsie and Hat tie Castor; by one son, William Castor; by her mother, Mrs. Amelia Neiss; by three brothers, Gustave and Herman, oi this city, and Ernest Neiss, of Portland, Or. Chinese Fighting Insurgents. HONGKONG, June 15. Reports from Wei Cbou say that two regiments of Chinese troops ' recently engaged the in surgents at Patszetan, with the result that the latter were compelled to re treat across the East River and later were dispersed. The regular troops lost one officer and 20 soldiers killed and a number of wounded.