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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 1, 1907.
SCOTS ACCL
i THE PRESIDENT
Drown Vilas' ' Criticism
; Roosevelt With Cheers
; and Shouts.
of
CALL HIM FIRST CITIZEN
Former Democratic Cabinet Officer
t Learns How Chicago Scots Stand
When Ho Fours ' Forth a
Stream of Detraction.
CHICAGO, ' Nov. 30. (Special.) Scots, of
Chicago, openly ' resented tonight veiled
but bitter criticism of President Roosevelt
and his policies.. .William F. Vilas, of
Wisconsin. ex-Postmaster-General of the
United States during the Cleveland ad
ministration, was the author of scathlns
Insinuations directed asrainst the Presl
flont In responding to the toast: "The
Presidency of the United States," at the
12.1 annual banquet of the Illinois St.
Andrews Society at the Auditorium Hotel.
In the midst of stinging allusions to
the course of Mr. Roosevelt and leading
to an eulogy of Grover Cleveland, whom
he termed '.'the grand old man of Prince
ton," the ex-Postmaster-General was
til but driven to his chair by the angry
criticism of the assembled Scots.
Cheers for Roosevelt.
Cries of "what's the matter with
feddv?" broke in upon a brilliant oratori
cal period ot the one-time Wisconsin
t'nlted Statei Senator. .
; "H's all right," came back the reply
from the other end of the vaulted banquet
chamber, where Mr. Roosevelt himself
hiix often been the giiest of honor.
,. "Three cheers for President Roosevelt, '
proposed an enthusiastic friend of the
President, who had been sitting mute
during the verbal onslaught by Mr. Vilas
upon his favorite. Almost to a man the
men gathered about the long tables arose
and the enthusiasm displayed W usually
staid business men of Chicago was a
close rival to a convention scene.
Vilas Holds His Ground.
Throughout a ftve-mlnute outburst of
enthusiasm, which had been restrained
Tilth difficulty for the previous 15 minutes
y the gavel of Dr. W. A. Evans, the
toastmaater, and the officials of the so
ciety, Mr. Vilas stood In his place at
the right hand of Thomas C. MacMillan.
Terspiratlon sprang from his brow but he
maintained his position.
"You bet Teddy's all right," called a
brawny Scot, Just In front of the speak
er's table, and again the enthusiasm
broke loose. Quiet was restored with
difficulty and Mr. Vilas resumed his ad
dress. He did not qualify his previous
remarks.
t
; Strictures on President.
'Mr. Vilas had made several caustic
criticisms of the President's attitude to
ward the Constitution and Federal en
croachment of one branch of Government
upon the rights of another branch and
general "trampling on the rights of the
people." . The audience was becoming
restless and broke loose when this shot
was tired at the half thousand banquet
ers, who Included many of Chicago's lore
Biost business men.
' "It is not the business of the President
of the United States to enforce the laws
of nature nor in any case to sit as the
arbiter between his fellow-citizens and
he laws of nature or the laws of com
mon Intercourse and comity. He need not
rush to the scene of any squabble' be
tween his fellow-citizens as a policeman
of tlie gods or when depositors In their
stupidity make a run on their banks,"
declared Mr. Vilas, and there came back
from his auditors well-denned mutter
Ings of disapprobation.
' Roosevelt First Citizen.
' "That President will be most the father
of his people," the speaker continued,
'when he casts aside his paternalistic
Jdeas. The people demand statesman
ship. Then," queried Mr. Vilas, and this
Is what started the angry rebuff to the
Wisconsin man and the Immediate dem
onstration for President Roosevelt, "will
lie realize his own responsibility to his
Nation or will he overconceive his re
lationship between God and man?
"The motto, 'Not too much," should be
placed over the doorway of the White
House." cried Mr. Vilas above the din,
"as a warning to the President that
gravity and circumspection of conduct in
the carriage of a man ought to be the
first attribute of the first citizen of the
Kation."
"He Is the first citizen." cried one of
fie assembly, and then started the tu
mult, which continued for five minutes.
The remarks of Mr. Vilas were drowned
in a toast to Mr. Roosevelt, with the hope
that he would live long and prosper.
Candidate for Klttredge's Seat.
MINNEAPOLIS. Nov. 30. Governor
Cc I. Crawford, of South Dakota, has
Issued a statement declaring himself a
candidate for the United States Senate
as opposed to Senator A. B. Klttredge.
BLAMES REBATE ON CLERKS
President Ripley Says Fine Is Too
Large for Crime.
' CHICAGO, Nov. 30. In a signed
statement in the current issue of the
Railway Age, E. P. Ripley, president
ot the Santa Fe Railroad, has taken
to task Judge Wellborn,: of the United
States Court at Los Angeles, for hav
ing fined the road $330,000 for pay
ment of rebates.
After giving a long explanation of
the case to show that it was a mistake
of a clerk and one which the offi
cers of the company were unable to
be aware of, and saying he believes
4 the court to have erred from a misun
derstanding of the conditions and not
from a desire to be sensational, Mr.
Ripley says:
"I refrain from comment, except to
put before fair-minded business men
these questions:
"What Incentive had the clerk to
violate the strict orders from his su
periors to conform to the law? If there
was no incentive, it Is more than a fair
presumption that he did not Intend to
violate the law? If without incentive
and without, intent, he did under a
strict .. technical construction violate
the law to the extent of paying $400,
should- his employing company, the of
ficers 'of which knew nothing of the
transaction be mulcted for $330,000?
"Does the punishment' fit the crime?"
JUDGE WELLBORX IS SILENT
Will Not Reply to President Ripley,
but Refers to Trial.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30. "It is not
fitting that I should reply to the state
ment of Mr. Ripley," said Judge Olin
Wellborn, whose attention was called to
a dispatch from Chicago quoung a criti
cism of the Federal judge published in
the Railway Age. "I do not consider it
proper to pay attention to such criticism,
but . the record of the trial speaks for
Itself."
Judge "Wellborn designated a written
ruling on motion of the Government at
torney to exclude evidence which tended
to show that the rebates were given In
compromise on account of claims for
goods lost in transit, and not in dis
crimination in favor of the preferred
shipper against its competitors.
In the ruling referred to. Judge Well
born said:
"I hold that the acceptance by the de
fendant of a less sum of money than that
named in its tariff for the transportation
of the property described in the Indictment,
if there has been such acceptance, was
a departure from the legal rate, and that
it is no Justification for a departure, nor
is it any defense to a prosecution therefor,
that the acts of the carrier were done in
compromise for loss of property in transit."
STATE OF AFFAIRS
ATTORNEY-GENERAL INVESTI
GATES CLOSED BANKS.
Williamsburg Trust Co. and Inter
national Trust Co., of New Tork,
Victims of Crookedness.
NEW TORK, Nov. 30. Attorney-General
Jackson made public today the re
port of the .temporary receivers of the
Williamsburg Trust Company of Brook
lyn and the International Trust Com
pany of New York, both of which re
ft cently suspended. The matter will be
taken before the grand jury of Kings
County. The president of the Williams
burg Trust Company was Frank Jen
kins, who, with his brothers, John G.
Jenkins,' Jr., and Fred J. Jenkins, held
a controlling interest in the Jenkins
Trust Company, now suspended.
The International Trust Company was
closely allied with the Borough Bank,
of Brooklyn, the late Howard Maxwell,
who committed suicide, having been
president of both institutions. William
Gow, a director In the Borough Bank,
and the International Trust Company,
Is charged by the temporary receivers
with dominating the International Com
pany and so controlling its financial op
erations as to make large sums of
money.
Frank L. Bapst, temporary 'receiver of
the Williamsburg Trust Company, in his
report says that the company made de
mand loans to the amount of approxi
mately $222,000 to five clerks In the em
ploy of Frank and J. G. Jenkins, Jr., the
stock brokerage firm. These clerks also
figured in loans from the Borough Bank
of Brooklyn. The receiver also states
that the Williamsburg Company made a
demand loan to C. H. Reyter for
$171,500, which is not guaranteed and for
which there la held collateral of the
estimated value of $73,148.
A loan of $25,000 was also made by
the Williamsburg Company to James
Hart, a son-in-law of J. G. Jenkins,
Sr., for which collateral is held of the
estimated value of $12,400. Concerning
other loans aggregating $476,000. the
receiver states that collateral only to
the estimated value of $275,000 is held,
and upon theso loans there is an esti
mated loss of $203,000 placed by the
bank examiner.
Mr. Bapst, in his report, ghows that
within the four days Immediately pre
ceding the closing of the doors of the
Williamsburg Trust Company several
of the company's directors withdrew
practically all their deposits.
Goodwin Brown, temporary receiver
of the International Trust Company,
states In his report that the book
value of the demand loans of the com
pany Is $43,750, and of this sum $32,250
In doubtful. The receiver charges that
William Gow, a director, paid $307,000
for a lease which he sold to the trust
company for $457,545, The receiver
states that Gow withdrew from the
company $325,852 in cash on October
21, 1907. a few days before the institu
tion suspended.
Pullman Car. Takes Fire.
NEW YORK. Nov. 30. While the Lake
Shore Limited train was being shunted
Into the Grand Central station tonight
preparatory to its departure over the
New York Central tracks, an electric
shoe on a Pullman car became unloos
ened, causing a short circuit and setting
fire to the car. The station was filled
with passengers and there was some ex
citement. While workmen were fighting
the flames, a gas tank exploded under
the car. injuring four men slightly. Traf
fic in the meantime was temporarily de
layed. The fire was extinguished with
small loss.
Society Linnea Celebration.
A celebration in commemoration of the
nineteenth anniversary of the founding
of the Swedish Society Linnea was held
last night In the Woodmen's Hall, Elev
enth and Alder streets. The Linnea Is a
purely Scandinavian Society. The com
mittee in charge of last night's celebra
tion was composed of Frank Anderson,
E. M. Nelson, Gust Wester. Werner Pet
terson and August BJorkiund.
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HENEY ON TRAIL
OF BIG RAILROAD
California Shippers Employ
Him to Prosecute the
Southern Pacific.
FRANK LANE GIVES HELP
Exposure of Rebating Before Com
mission Causes Worm to Turn.
Movement to Force the Rail
road Commission to Act.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) Francis J. Heney is about to be
gin an Investigation on behalf of the
Independent, shippers of the state,
which may lead to prosecutions to be
conducted by him against the South
ern Pacific Company and its officials.
Charges of rebating and of discrimina
tion have been made against the rail-
George von L. Meyer, Postmaster
Genaral, Champion of rostal
Savins Banks. -
roads, and .when the evidence is
ready, Mr. Heney will step in and con
duct the cases for the people, acting
where Attorney-General Webb might
have acted.
The Investigation is being furthered
by the California Traffic Association,
and is the outgrowth of the exposures
of rebating and discrimination which
were made before' Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Frank Lane at the hear
ing held in this city a few months ago.
Many of the. incriminating facts pro
duced before Mr. Lane bore on viola
tions of the law made in state com
merce and could not be prosecuted by
the Federal Government.
-Get Aid From Washington.
The California Traffic Association,
believing that Attorney-General U. S.
Webb would not take any steps against
the Southern Pacific Company, held
conferences with Mr. Heney. The
committee consisted of General Samuel
W. Backus, Frank W. Marvin, Isidor
Jacobs, Walter Field and George Uhl,
and the famous public prosecutor prom
ised to devote his skill to prosecuting
the railroads.
The committee and Mr. Heney have
been in correspondence with Mr. Lane
and other Washington officials, and
have the full assurance of aid from the
Federal Government in carrying on the
work.
Unite to Secure Redress.
Membership in the California Traffic
Association has, rapidly increased and it
Is expected that with the inauguration
of open meetings the movement will re
ceive a new Impetus. The association
was formed not only for the purpose of
investigating the discrimination of the
railroads and obtaining redress for their
members, but also to take united action
on the compromising conditions imposed
by the transportation companies and ob
tain relief from the . many overcharges
and inequalities of freight rates, as well
as to rectify the serious injury being
done to the mercantile Interests of Cali
fornia by the inability to get cars and
the tremendous delays in transit.
Uarriman's Dummy Association.
When the Southern Pacific learned that
an Independent movement had been
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BROOCHES
In diamonds or pearls, artistically
designed. Enameled ones with semi
precious stones are greatly repre
sented. Gold ones in rose and green
gold finishes,- in unique patterns.
Those" mounted with large amethyst
or topaz, with engraved borders, are
extremely handsome.
MANUFACTURING JEWELERS
launched among the shippers. It at once
attempted to counteract it by inducing
merchants who enjoyed its confidence to
form a rival traffic association. This
bureau, which la considered merely the
tool of the railroad, is headed by C. S.
Laumeister, formerly a Harrlman Rail
road Commissioner. Its membership con
sists largely of - representatives of the
local representatives of the trusts. In
view of the animosity thus engendered,
a commercial war is threatened in San
Francisco. v
Force Commission to Act. -
Concerning the plans of the Califor
nia Traffic Association, Mr. Jacobs
said:
"It is expected that legislation will
be enacted at the next session of the
Legislature whereby the State Rail
road Commission will either have to do
something to earn its salary or go out
of business. Since it Is not expected
that .the Attorney-General will act in
connection with the . discriminations
within the state by the transportation
companies, it is definitely settled that
when Francis J. Heney digests the tes
timony already introduced in the cases
and the testimony to be introduced in
the hearing to take place shortly he
will act through the state courts on be
half of shippers. He Is now investigat
ing thoroughly the law in connection
with the case and is also in correspond
ence with Washington to get all the
information that he can."
MOTORMAN AND TWO" PASSEN
GERS HURT.
Man Responsible for Accident Badly
Crushed and May Die Smashup .
on the' Mount Scott Line..
Three men were seriously . injured,
two perhaps fatally, in a rear-end col
lision between two ears on the Mount
Scott division of the Portland Railway,
Light & -Power Company's system at
Hawthorne avenue and East Fortieth
streets at 10:15 o'clock last night. The
cars were eastbound at the time, and
the. dense fog hanging over the city
at that hour made objects barely dis
cernible in that poorly-lighted district.
Mount Scott car No. 1055, on which
all the persons injured were riding,
ran Into Hawthorne-avenue car No.
1041, which had stopped at Fortieth
street to permit a passenger to alight.
Motorman Mott, of No. 1055, is most
seriously Injured. Joe Reed, who re
sides at Forty-third and Bast Main
streets, and Joseph Jarvls, of Arleta,
who were passengers on the front ves
tibuled platform of the car, were badly
hurt. Motorman Mott, who endeavored
to stop his car when, he saw the dim
outline of the one ahead, was terribly
crushed in the collision, which tele
scoped the front end of the car. He
will probably die.
Reed suffered a compound fracture of
both legs and Js probably injured inter
nally. Joseph Jarvls was severely cut
about the face, neck and hands by broken
glass. '
Patrolman S. B. Vessey, who lives near
the scene of the collision, was one of
the first persons on the scene, and assist
ed by the crew of car No. 1041, carried
the injured into the home of I. R. Gilll
han, at the corner of Fortieth and Haw
thorne, where they were attended by
Dri C. N. Hollopeter.
The Hawthorne Avenue car left the
West Side terminal with a large crowd
of passengers and therefore was forced
to make frequent stops on the way oat',
while the Mount Scott car left on the out
bound trip with but few passengers. This
accounts for its encroachment on the
schedule of the car ahead. Motorman
Mott probably believed he had a clear
track, and was attempting to make up
time as well as he could under the con
ditions. At any rate he caught sight of
1041 too late to, stop. No one on 1041 was
Injured and the car was little damaged.
The Injured were . later taken to the
Good Samaritan Hospital in ambulances
sent out by the railway company.
Several other passengers on the second
car are said to have been slightly hurt,
but went on to their homes before their
names could be learned.
Lands 500 Mules at Manila.
SEATTLE, Washv Nov 30. The trans
port -Dlx arrived . this afternoon from
Manila and the Far East. The Dlx made
a record in landing 500 mules, taken at
Seattle, at Manila, without one death, on
ber outward voyage. At Manila the ves
sel went onto the Dewey drydock and un
derwent a thorough overhauling. The
transport - was in the same great storm
whjch- almost destroyed the Norwegian
freighter .Admiral Borreson, November 2
and 3. Owing to the fact that the trans
port was further south than the freighter,
she 'escaped the worst of the blow and
emerged unscathed.
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OPTICIANS
TAFT AT
MOSCOW
Enthusiastic Welcome at Old
Russian Capital.
SERIES OF FESTIVITIES
Will Be Banqueted and Have 'Gala
Performance at Opera Foreign
Ministers to Give Dinner
at St. Petersburg.
MOSCOW, Nov. 30. After an inter
esting Journey over the. Siberian Rail
way lasting from November 19, Secre
tary Taft arrived here this afternoon.
He was greeted by American Consul
Samuel and Captain Slocum and Charles
B. Curtis, military attache and diplo
matic secretary, respectively, at St,
Petersburg. ...
There was an Imposing demonstra
tion by the military when the train
drew into the station, and the Ameri
can Secretary of War received an ex
ceedingly hearty welcome.
Mr. Taft will remain here until Mon
day evening. A banquet in his honor
will be given by Heutenant-General
Guerschelmann, Governor-General of
Moscow, and the Russian military of
ficers, and a special ballet will be per
formed at the Grand Opera for his
enjoyment.
WILL BE DINED BY ISWOLSKV
Taft to Meet Czar and Have Honors
at Capital.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30. The
dinner arranged in honor of Secretary
Taft by the Foreign Minister, M.
Iswolsky, will take place on Wednes
day evening. The exact time of the
Secretary's audience with Emperor
Nicholas has not yet been decided upon.
Count Monltz has been appointed Im
perial aide to Mr. Taft during his stay
in St. Petersburg.
MRS. TAFT FAILING STEADILY
May Live Few Days, but Case Is
Hopeless.
MILLBURY, Mass., Nov. SO. Dr. C.
A. Church, who Is attending Mrs.
Louisa M. Taft, mother of Secretary
Taft, Bald late today that Mrs. Taft
was steadily failing.
He intimated that she might live a
few days longer, but that her case was
hopeless. She Is unconscious most of
the time.
ALLIANCE IS DISABLED
VESSEL STRIKES ON BAR OCT
OF COOS BAT.
Three Blades of Propeller' Lost and
One Passenger Reported to
.. Have Fallen Overboard.
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30.-A Mer
chants Exchange dispatch from Victoria
says the steamer Boveric, which arrived
at that port this evening, reports speak
ing the - steamer Alliance on Friday at
10 A. M., 25 miles northwest of Cape
Gregory, partly disabled, having lost
three blades of her propeller. She asked
for- assistance to the Columbia River.
She struck the bar coming out of Coos
Bay. One passenger was lost overboard.
It was feared last night that the steam
ship Alliance, from Coos Bay, now 38
hours overdue, had met with some mis
hap, and the Associated Press dispatch
from Victoria confirms this belief. Five
steamers, bound for Coast points, suc
ceeded in leaving out during the after
noon yesterday, and as each will take the
track of the .Alliance, it Is believed that
assistance will soon be rendered the dis
abled steamer. t
The Alliance sailed from Coos Bay
Thursday afternoon. She was due off
the mouth of the river 24 hours later.
Shortly after crossing out from Coos Bay
the vessel was described by the lookout
as steering badly and acting in a manner
such as to attract attention. Local
steamship men are Inclined to the belief
that she Is making her way up the
coast under sail and that her wheel Is
gone. Captain Olson, of the Alliance, Is
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an old-time sailing man and is one of the
best navigators on the coast. The mate
has been a sailing master for years and
If the rudder holds there is little fear
for the Alliance.
STUDENT GREATLY ELATED
Klelnsohmldt Hopes to Secure Re
lease From Prison Soon.
BERKELEY, Cal., Nov. SO. Although
the attorneys for Harry Kleinschmldt.
accused of the murder of Frank Bellows,
failed to secure his freedom on a writ
of habeas corpus yesterday. Judge Harris
having stated that he would reserve his
decision until next Tuesday, the young
university student was greatly elated
over his showing In court and is now
confident that he will be released. The
attorneys for the defense believe the
honors of the day in court yesterday
rested with them and unless the grand
jury should return an indictment against
the accused on Monday, they think that
they will secure Klelnschmldt's freedom
on the following day. The prosecution,
however, refused to admit this.
, The return of A. Kleinschmldt, father
of young Kleinschmldt, from Helena,
Mont., is being anxiously awaited at the
family residence.
Money for Vancouver . Banks.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 30. (Spe
cial.) According to statements of the lo
cal bank officials, Vancouver Institutions
are now in an absolutely safe condition.
President Adams, of the Citizens' Bank,
says his bank today received a large
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shipment of coin from the Subtreasury)
at San Francisco. This is the third largel
shipment received by the Citizens' Bank,
in Alio past month and another, largei,
than any of the three, is now on the,
way. The Citizens' Bank has adopted!
the policy of sacrificing Its own profits in
order to save depositors from any pos
sible loss. As a result of its efforts, the
bank will have by January enough money
to pay every depositor in full.
Clearing-house . certificates are in gen
eral circulation and it Is seldom anyone
objects to accepting them.
'o Crime for Chinaman to Sneak In.
HALIFAX, N. 8., Nov. 80. A China
man cannot be legally convicted of a
crime when his sole offense is that ot
entering Canada without paying the
$500 head-tax required by flie Canadian
government, according to a decision to
day by the Supreme Court.
Catarrh
Whether it is of the nose, throat,
Btomach, bowels, or more delicate or
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should have attention.
The discharge from the mucous
membrane is because this is kept in a
state of inflammation by an impure
condition of the blood. Therefore, to
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Hood's Sarsaparilla
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