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Newspaper Page Text64 Pages Pages 1 to 12 VOL- XXVI. XO. 38. PORTLAND, OKEGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1907. PRICE FIVE CENTS. -i v DISEASE SEIZES UPON CLEVELAND Doctors Quarrel and New One Comes. MRS. FOLSOM AT PRINCETON Household Tries to Hide Seri ousness of Case. PHYSICIANS KEEP SILENCE Nurse Says He Cannot Possibly Re cover Within a Month She Quarrels With Doctor and Departs in Haste. PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 21. (Special.) As a result of a dispute between the physicians, ex-President Grover Cleveland, who is believed to be in a serious con dition at his home, "Westlands, near here, has been put in the hands of a now BpeclalLst, Dr. Banks, of New York and Jjarohmont. Dr. Banks, who had boon hurriedly summoned, reached here this forenoon. On the same train with him came Mrs. Cleveland's mother, Mrs. Per rlne Folsom, accompanied by a maid. All three were rapidly driven from the station In a closed carriage to the Cleveland place. Doctors and Nurse Quarrel. Dr. Carnahan and Dr. Bryant, who have keen attending Mr. Cleveland, are said to have disagreed as to who was proper ly in authority in the case. It is said their Uash reached so acute a stage that both decided to retire, uniting In a re duest to the family of their distinguished patient that another physician be re tained. Both of them refused today to make any statements. The head nurse also left and her de parture created some surprise, as she had stated no longer than the day before that ehe would be here at least for a month, adding that Mr. Cleveland could not pos sibly recover under that time and that he would have to have extraordinarily care ful attention to be sure of getting up and about In a month. She packed up and went yesterday afternoon. It is reported that she quarreled with Dr. Carnaham, Mr. Cleveland's Princeton physician, regarding- the Invalid's diet. Try to Conceal the Worst. Callers at Westlands today were met at the door by a nurse. She merely said Mr. Cleveland was doing well and re fused all other information regarding the ex-President's condition. Later it was announced on behalf of the family that Mr. Cleveland had been out riding this morning for an hour. A man .who was on duty just outside the gates during the entire day said he had not seen Mr. Cleveland either going or returning. He was out riding for a little while last Sunday and again Tues day, but most of the reports regarding such outings are believed to be fictitious. BOY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACT Lunacy Commission Finds Albert Olcmnn a Sane Lad. ST. HELENS. Or., Sept. 21. (Special.) That Albert Oleman, in jail here for kill ing his foster-mother, is sane and re sponsible for his awful crime is the re port of the lunacy commission which re ported today to Judge McBride. Dr. Williamson, who, with Dr. Andrew C. Smith and Dr. William Kruse, was ap pointed to examine Albert Oleman, the tit. Helens boy who murdered his foster mother, said last night that the conclu sions of the examining board were that the boy has a full realization of the crime and its penalty, and Is competent to go to trial. "He is bright and intelligent and quite the equal of boys of his age." said Dr. "Williamson. "The only defect that we could discover was that he didn't seem to have the sense of the moral obliquity of the crime. He was more concerned In the outcome as to the effect it would have on him in the way of punishment. He 1 ' was prompted by a spirit of revenge for some scoldings he had received and to conceal a theft he had committed on this woman. . "He has many of the earmarks of the criminal. He has a blunted moral sense. He is an accomplished liar. We had con siderable trouble in breaking him down. At tlrst. he told a plausibl story of a tramp having committed the crime and got away. We had a hard time getting him to confess." . SENSATION IN RUICK CASE Witness Says Other Names Were Added to Jury's Own List. BOISE, id.-iho. Sept. cl (Special.) Wit nesses were called and the entire day and evening were consumed in taking testi mony In the Rulck cace today. The feat ure was the testimony of 'Frank M. East man, a member of the grand jury that found the indlrt.n-.nls, who-declared that 1 if5. 4 -fc'-'- V V Ex-Presldent Grover Cleveland, Who Is Seriously III at Princeton, X. J. he copied a li.l of these against whom tho Indictments were votrd, and later. In Dis trict Attorney Ruick's office compared his list with the names in the indictment to see if there weie any error. Mr. Kast aian said all the names on his list were on the indictment list, but that the latter also contained tho names of John Doe and Richard E. Koe. These names were not on the list when he copied it, and they were not In thi list when the grand Jury voted the indictment. Eastman's testimony showed plainly that thj names of -the John Doe and Richard Roe had been Inserted by some tne after the Indictment had been voted and left the grand judy's hands. LUSITANIA STARTS EAST Giant Steamer Will Steam Against . Lucanla's Other Record. NEW YORK. Sept. 21. Groomed for a fast run on her first voyage, eastward, the Lusitania sailed for Queenstown and Liv erpool this afternoon. To beat Ihe New York-Queenstown record made by the Lu cania. In 1894, the Lusitania must do bet ter than 5 days, 8 hours and 38 minutes. The following wireless dispatch was received from the Associated Press correspondent aboard the Lusitania: "Ten o'clock The Lusitania is speed ing, along over a smooth sea, through a clear night at 23 knots. We passed Fire Island at 7:45 o'clock. The wind Is south-southeast." SEND-AID TO BRISTOL BAY Senator Piles Appeals to Govern ment to Dispatch Cutter. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. ,21. United States Senator S. ' H. Piles has tele graphed to President Roosevelt, asking the executive to send a revenue cutter to Bristol Bay to rescue the crew of 160 white fishermen and 200 Chinese, said to have been wrecked there. The fishing boat John Currier went ashore on the rocks on August 9. A party was gotten away to send word of the distress of nearly 400 ' men and to appeal for aid. The men had supplies sufficient to last their, for 30 days, but that time has ex pired. The fishermen are in distress. Rushing Cars to Haul Grain. CHICAGO. Sept. 21. Western rail roads are making especial efforts to prevent a congestion in grain traffic, which is extraordinarily excessive for this season. It was said today that on three roads .the Northwestern, Bur lington and Milwaukee there are now more than 5000 carloads of grain on the way to Chicago. It is the Inten tion of the Northwestern to start 1000 empty cars for the West at once. It was said that the other roads would soon have an equal number of empty cars on the way. High prices have caused the unusual movement of oats' and old corn. T V I i i r J r IS r- is v X p V mil I HARRY MURPHY OFFERS HIS PICTORIAL 'o Japanese or Hindus Need Apply. WILL PRY OPEN d: Kellogg Is After More Standard Secrets. GALL OTHERS OF INNER CIRCLE William Rockefeller Suddenly Flees the City. ROGERS UNFIT TO TESTIFY Flagler, Payne .and Arehbold Be lieved to Be Objects of Next Batch of Stibpenas Accountants Are Hard at Work on Books. NEW YORK. Sept. 21. (Special.) John D. Rockefeller, genius extraordinary of the gigantic Standard Oil trust, will be forced to take the witness stand and under oath divulge certain secrets of the combination's history, which he. better than any other, is able to render ac curately. Other leading figures In the trust, who, it was exported, would escape the ordeal, also will he called to face Deputy Attorney-General Frank B. Keb logg's formidable inquisitorial battery. Those in charge of the Government' I cast in the Federal suit to dissolve Stan dard Oil as a corporation violator of the Sherman anti-trust law decided today thai the issuing of more subpenas is neces sary. Although Mr. Kellogg ' would not tell who will be compelled to testify, the fact remains that the only men in pos session of many much sought secrets who have not been subpenaed are John D. Rockefeller. William Rockefeller, .W. H. Flagler, Oliver H. Payne, John D. Arch bold and H. H. Rogers. It is believed that, with the possible exception of William Rockefeller and H. H. Rogers, all these men can be forced to appear in court. William Rockefeller suddenly disappeared from the city the other day on a train which left the Grand Central station, and Mr. Rogers is de clared to be In no condition to undergo examination. GET AFTEK THE PAPER TRUST. Newspaper Publishers Urge Roose velt to Break Up Monopoly. NEW YORK. Sept. 21. Members of the American Newspaper Publishers' Associ ation, which met recently at the "Waldorf Astoria, appointed a committee and .In structed it to call the attention of Pres ident Roosevelt to what the association asserts is an unlawful combination of pa per manufacturers to keep up the price of white paper and to demand relief from what they consider an oppressive burden. The action is the subject of numerous opinions here from both sides, - in the form of interviews. Herman Rldder. president of the Amer ican Newspaper Publishers' Association, and publisher of the Staats Zeitung. salt?: "This is a fight In the common Interest. The printing and newspaper industry Is the third largest business in the United States. Its future cannot be left to the mercy of a few manufacturers, who hide behind the tariff and hold it up. Paper is our raw material. "In striking at the tariff, we are doing the newspaper industry a kindness. We are making it safe for them to extend their business Into Canada without fear of a tariff war, which would otherwise make suclfan Investment unsafe." G. F. Underwood, of the International Paper Company, said: "The conditions of the paper trade are such that It necessitlates higher prices for paper. Production is twice as ex pensive at present as it was a short while ago. The cost of labor has Increased 50 per cent: wood has advanced 12 per cord and other articles used in the manufac ture of paper have increased from 60 to 100 per cent In cost. Very few paper manufacturers are making money under the present condi tions. In some -cases, they have been supplying orders on old contracts at a loss, and any new contracts must be made on higher schedule." Admits Deal W ith Standard. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Sept. 21. A. D. Mil ler, Jr., of A. D. Miller & Sons, independ ent oil refiners, with headquarters in this A Hard Job. hut It Can Doubtleas Be Done. JOHN S MOUTH city, admitted last night "there was some kind of an agreement between the Inde pendent dealers and the Standard Oil Company." He declined, however, to dis cuss the agreement in detail. When his attention was called to the fact that President Tilford. of the Standard Oil Company, testifying at New York in the suit of the Government for dissolu tion of the alleged oil combine in New Jersey, had admitted yesterday that in 1902 an agreement was entered into by which the independent dealers were to sell their entire output of reflned oil for export to the Standard, which, in' return was to sell to the Independents a certain amount of crude oil each day, Mr. Miller replied: "Tilford ought to know." COMPRESS TRUST MUST DIE Mississippi Court Orders It to Wind Up and Retire. VICKSBURG. Miss., Sept. 21. Chancel lor Hicks late this afternoon declared the Gulf Compress Company an illegal trust, and gave the corporation one year in which to wind up its business in the state and withdraw. He denied the ap plication for a receiver. The Gulf Com press Company owns or controls 31 com presses in the South. 16 of which are lo cated In Mississippi. STORM WRECKS THE FAIR Fifty Injured, Five Fatally, When "Grandstand Goes Down. POTTSVILLE. Pa.. Sept. 21. A wind storm of cyclonic force late this after noon struck the fairgrounds st Hegins. in the western part of Schuylkill County, where the Hegins Grange was holding its annual county fair, and blew down the grandstand, upon which were seated several hundred persons. A half hundred were injured, five probably fatally. Other buildings on the grounds also were blown down. ONLY ENTER HIGH SCHOOLS . '4 Chicago Will Not Admit Adult Jap anese to Primary Schools. CHICAGO. Sept. 21. The school man agement committee of the Chicago School Board has decided to admit to high schools the three-adult Japanese who ap plied for admission to the public schools, hut in no case to permit them to enter schools occupied by young pupils. An adult Swede, a Hawaiian and an East Indian who had also applied will be ad mitted under a similar condition. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Foreign. Klnff of Slam shorn a tavlh hospitality at Homburg. Section 1, page 2. Hague Conference vptea for International prize court and Vegular teaee confer ences. Section 1. jfege . Horrible cruelty of Maflia to boy In Italy. Second section, lage ,1. Trail of death caused by' frail Russian Countess Intrigues. Section 5. page 1 XatttonaL. Dewey opposes - sale vt Philippines and ex pects no war with ,Japan. Section 1, page 4. ' V.- - ; Kellogg will force Rockefeller to tell Stand ard secrets. Page 1. Domestic. Woman reveals murderer-,, of Governor Goebel. Section 1. page 4. Government ' Railroad Commissioner de nounces shippers and takes up cause of consumers. Section J, para 2. Grover Cleveland's Illness becomes serious. Section 1. page I. Six torturers at Zlon accused by Coroner's Jury of killing woman. Section 1, page 4. Chicago girl marries man who shot her. Section 1. page 4. . Helena labor unions order strike on all in dustries of town to enforce telephone boycott. Section 1. page 4. Mining plant Ijlown up by Joplln dynamiter. Page 4, section 1. Sport. SjJthson wins hurdle race at Canada sports; four records broken. Page 4, section 2. Portland wins from Los Angeles 6 to O. Seotlon 5. page 5. Plans made for hnrse show In November. Section 5. page 5. -Squires, Australian pugilist, has one more chance. . Section 5, page 5. Plans for next season's baseball. Section 4, page 5. Pacific Coaat. Mrs. Harnbleton, who killed her "husband, tells life story to jury. Section 2, page 2. Oregon's greatest State Fair closes with mu sical fest. Section 2. page 3. Fatal shooting fray near Eugene. Section 2. page 3. New Northwest record is made on State Fair track. Section 2. page 3. Portland and Vicinity. Depositors of Oregon Trust and Savings Bank vote in favor of reorganization plan. Section 1, page 1. Bar Association honors memory of Judge Sears. Section . page 12. Hearing of discharged city detectives Is be gun. Section 1. page 8. Den of youthful depravity found on Ross Is land. . Section 1. page 32. Lincoln Steffens tells story of land frauds In magazine article. Section 1. page 8. Methodists of Northwest plan many meet ings. Sectlonl. page 12. Suit filed by Snyder against railroad com pany Involves many factors. Section 3. page 8. EXPRESSIONS OF SEVERAL INTERESTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK The Wrong Man fiwni to Have Been Caught in Mr. Rogers' Trap. DEPOSITORS FOR II Vote Is Unanimous at Armory Meeting. SCHEME IS FAVORED BY 1500 Hundreds Agree to Take Tele phone Bonds. SPEAKERS IN AGREEMENT AH Declare That In but One Way Can the Oregon Trust & Sav ings Bank Fay Its . Creditors in Full. Fifteen hundred depositors of the wrecked Oregon Trust' & Savings Bank placed themselves on record last night at the Armory mass meeting in favor of the plan of reorganization already made public. Hearty support was pledged the scheme, and several hundred signed re quests to suhs.-rlbe for the telephone bonds now remaining with the bank as an asset to be converted into cash, and for stock In the reorganized institution. "If Mr. Moore and his associates are willing to put In good dollars to help us get back our bad dollars, we should be willing to do our share," said one speaker, and this seemed to be the spirit of the meeting. The drill hall at the Armory was crowded with depositors, and. despite the fact that the body of the hall had been tilled with chairs, many had . to stand. All the speakers warmly indorsed the reorganization plan and referred to it as the only way the depositors could get their money. Secretary Richmond made the announcement that none of the old officers will be connected with the reor ganized bank. He further said that an other bank In the city, which is under stood to be- the German-American, has made arrangements to pay ail claims against the Oregon Trust i & Savings Bank as soon as the reorganization is made certain. Depositors who had ac counts "of less than $25 will be 'paid in full before the doors of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank are opened. Not only was the report of the depos itors' committee, which favors the reor ganization, adopted, but a resolution was unanimously carried, by a rising vote, pledging the depositors to do nil they can in the work of-reorganization. The reso lution follows: Text of the Resolution. We. as members of the Depositors' As sociation, do hereby Indorse the plan of rehabilitation jt the Oregon Trust & Sav ings Bank, as outlined by Senator E. Haines, president of the Oregon State Bank-Ins- Association, and Hon. Jefferson Myers; and that as members of this association, we will use our best endeavors to secure the taking of bonds and also the bank stock, and when the bank Is rehabilitated, we will work for Its upbuilding and progress. F. J. McHenry, of the executive com mittee of the Depositors' Association, was called on to submit the report of the committee on reorganization. He made the following report: We. your committee, appointed to investi gate and report as soon as' practicable, have met at various times and have Investigated to the best of our ability and In so doing, havo deemed it advisable to call In special assistance and counsel. In the persons of Senator G. W. Haines and Hon. Jefferson Myr. These gentlemen have gone thoroughly over the matter and have made a signed report, in which this, your committee, coincide, and have adopted the same as their report to this body, and which reads as follows: Bills receivable $ 62B.000 Telephone bonds 885.000 Pacific & Eastern Railway bonds. . 100,000 United Hallways bonds 75.000 I.ewlston Light Power Bonds.. 52,000 Bank stock in other banks 24.000 'ah and due from banks 577,000 Shippers accounts and others 11,000 Overdrafts 157.000 Estimated Interest due 50.000 Bank fixtures and lease 73.000 W. H. Moore land transfers of ' land and warehouse property.... ISO.OOO Total $2,380,000 Partner I RE ORGAN! AT ION The above estimates do not include $364,000 In Home Telephone stocks and a discount of J1CO.0W) has been made from the Receiver's report. Plan of Reorganization. We are informed by the receiver that after careful examination. In hie opinion, the total liabilities to depositors do not exceeii $2,300,000. We bellrve thaj a reorganiza tion can be effected by tho following ar rangements: That the depositors subscribe for the fall amount of the bonds. amounting to $1,100,000, Including SO per cent bonus of telephone stock with the telephone bonds and that they also subscribe to the capi tal stock of tho reorganization from their deposits to the extent of $l.rO.o00: that Mr. Moore and his associates subscribe $300,000 In cash In addition to bis real estate; and we would suggest that Mr. Moore be entitled to $100,000 of stock In the new organiza tion for the real estate heretofore conveyed to the bank, for the depositors: and we would further suggest and recommend that the subscriptions to the bonds and capttal stock contain the provisions that the en tire delivery of bonds and the payment of i aw'r -'--jrHj ! - It - t:t f i RES t'hnlnlonarkorn I. Kino; of Slnm. AVho Ulljs Wln. for Whole Population of llomburs. Ger many, to Celebrate Ilia Birth- - day. 4 .4 the money for reorganization shall be paid to T. C. Devlin, receiver, and that. the full settlement of this transaction shall be made by him as receiver to the reorganized bank: subject at all times to the approval of the honorable Judge of the Circuit Court. Signed: F. It. M'HENRY, JOHN I.. DAY. i A. RICHMOND. FRANK MELVIN, Jefferson Myers a Speaker. JrtfwKion- Myers was introduced by Chairman John L. Day and said: "I am going to talk to you as a depositor- Business men may say I had poor judgment in intrusting my money to the hank, but judging from the crowd here tonight,. I have lots of company. I had $8800 in the bank when it failed, and I have subscribed every dollar for tele phone bonds. AVe have got to get at those assets and realize on them, and the only way to do it and get anywhere near what they are worth is to adopt the plan of reorganization Just given to you. Tf you put the whole assets through the hands of a receiver, it will be a long time before you realize on your accounts and then you will get 60 per cent or 60 per cent at best. "There is $1,000,000 in bonds in the bank. We are bound to lose if these bonds are ' sold when purchasers have hammered down the market to the very lowest point. I believe if this course is followed and the bank's affairs are wound up by the receiver the losses of depositors in the City of Portland will amount to more than the city put into the Lewis and' Clarke Exposition, which was nearly $1,000,000. Under a Heavy Expense. "Every day we let things go on as they are now, we pay a heavy expense. The sooner this is stopped the better. Sen ator Simon and Receiver Devlin have both assured me that they are anxious to do all they can to aid the depositors and want to close up the matter just as soon as possible. I believe In three years' time I will get all my money, with interest and perhaps some profit, if the reorganization plan is followed. The bonds are good. Coupons for 5 per cent interest are paid semi-annuallyy In Dos Angeles and New York and may be col lected through your banker. "If things go on through a receivership, we may expect a. 15 per cent dividend between now and January 1. This, I con sider, the best possible hope. How long will it be before the next division? Pos sibly by next July we could get a further 20 per cent dividend. In a year from that time there would perhaps be a fur- (Concluded on Page 4 Dry Outlook for the Capital. Jfa ion's WHOLE TOWN IS ROYALTY'S GUEST King of Siam Buys Wine for Homburg. CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY Most Popular Man at German Health Resort. FIREWORKS LIGHT UP SKY Everybody in Homburg Drinks Champagne, Besides Other Wine ' and Beer Lavish Celebration Costs King $250,000. HOMBURG. Germany, Sept. 21. King Phulalongkorn. of Siam. today invited all Homburg to join in celebrating his birth day. Champagne and red and white wines of other descriptions were served at the Kurhaus without any limit, it being ar ranged by-the chief minister advising the King that each person who paid a trifling fee should become temporarily a member of the Kurhaus and be entitled to three ; bottles of wine, one each of champagne : and white and red wine, while in the ; grounds of the Kurhaus three pavilions ; were erected where free beer was dis tributed to all. The King decided that the celebration : should continue at his expense for three days. He Is also distributing large sums of money to the poor, the benevolent so cieties and tonight he gave a banquet to 600 persons. ' The people of Homburg are joining in ; the spirit of the King's hospitality. His Majesty's portrait is in every shop win dow, the houses are decorated with the Siamese flag and an immense quantity of fireworks was burned tonight at city ex pense. The daily outlay of King Chulalongkorn In normal times, while traveling, is about $3000 for the hotel bill of himself and his suite. It Is presumed that the celebra-- tion of his birthday will cost $250,000, as the managers of the Kurhaus have been hastily gathering In wines by the carload from the neighboring cities. It Is esti mated tbat the King of Slam has already spent $1,500,000 in Germany alone. ITO'S PROGRAMME APPROVED Mikado Makes Him Prince and Sends Him to Reform Corea. TOKIO. Sept. 21. Prince Ito, the Japan ese Resident General of Corea, leaves here tomorrow for Seoul. Just before his Investiture at the palace this morning he spoke freely of the future of Corea. Dur ing the month that Ito has been in Tokio, Corea has been his only theme, and the result is that the Emperor and his Min isters have given unanimous approval to his programme for reform. In fact never, except In war, have the politicians of Japan been so united. Discussing this subject today. Prince Ito showed a depth of feeling unusual In Japanese. "It Is right," he declared, "and there fore must be done. It must succeed. If It is possible of human accomplishment." Ito has opposed steadfastly the annex ation of Corea, and this against his friends and advisers. Instead, he drew up a programme providing for equitable land laws, a fair system of taxation, the protection of life and property, education, fair courts of Justice, and the stern aboli tion of corruption. The estimated cost of these reforms to Japan is placed at $10,000,000 in Ave: years and this has been approved. It will not become a tax upon Corea. At the conclusion of this significant In terview, Prince Ito spoke of the friend ly relations between Japan and the United States, and expressed his ad miration for President Roosevelt. "America Is out friend," he said. "We are friends of America. The recent talk of war finds no support among the statesmen of Japan or the United States. War between these two countries Is un speakable and impossible." s FRENCH WILIi RENEW ATTACK Peace Negotiations at C'asa Blanca Have Failed. PARIS. Sept. 21. It is officially an nounced that the peace negotiations at Casa Blanca, with the hostile Moors, have failed and that General Drude will assume the offensive. A Shadow on William's Path.