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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1908)
TIIE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1908. YOST GIVES HIS SIDE' OF STORY SCENES IN RIO JANEIRO, WHERE THE UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP FLEET IS TODAY Says He Has Written Letters - to Dr. Jordan That Are Unanswered. REPLIES TO ALL CHARGES G La '., yu ksifSiSs! : , KJ . - -K'4nw l m piirtfi'ffjB-y.-Rv If -. -I President Jordan Denies Some State ments Attributed to Him and Re garding Others Does Not Make Reply to Tost' s Inquiries. DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 11. Football Coach Yost of the University of Michi gan tonight said President David Starr Jordan of Stanford University was wrong In inferring that Yost had paid no attention for Ave years to President Jordan's criticisms. Coavh Yost eald that in 1903 ire wrote President Jordan asking if he had been correctly quoted and receive? a reply dated May 12, 1903, saying that newspaper reports were incorrect; that Presldent Jordan had not mentioned Gregory by name and that the only criticism he had made was that a player (meaning Gregory) who had tailed in his studies at Stanford Uni versity should not have been admitted to Michigan, and if admitted, should not have been allowed on the football team. Yost said that President Jordan over looked the fact that Gregory spent an intervening year st a preparatory col lege getting caught up in his studies. Yost said he wrote President Jordan again in 1905, asking him if he had been correctly quoted in a magazine article that charged Yoet with offering Gregory J1500 a year to come to Michi gan, and 'to -this letter Yost said he received no reply, and that he received no reply to a similar letter written last December. The coach said it was after learning of President Jordan's letter to Presi dent Peixotto, of the Pacific eectlo l of the American Athletic Union, that he decided to give his reply to the press, as he considered that the published let ter could not carry a misquotation. . O. A. C. FIVE DEFEATS OREGON Exciting Basketball Game at Eu gene Ends in Score of 2 7 to 21. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, "Eugene, Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) Oregon Agricul tural College defeated Oregon "by the score of 27 to 21 in an exciting game In the Oregon National Guard's Armory tonight. The teams were about evenly matched with the exception that Corvallls threw baskets more accurately than did Ore gon during the second half. At the close of the first half Oregon led 12 to 11, and at one time during this half had Oregon Agricultural College 10 to S, but her men seemed to lose confidence during the second half. , . The most interesting feature of the game was the personal battle between the centers of the two teams. Foster for Corvallls and Loosely of Oregon, both of whom measure over 6 feet 4 inches in height. Captain Hathaway was the star for Oregon, though most of Corvallls' baskets were made over him by Forward Moore, who Is one of the lightest men on his ftet ever seen here. OVER HALF OF GROWERS JOIS t liehalls Hopmen Have Formed a Strong Pool Officers Elected. CHEHAUS, Wash., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) The Chehalis district hopgrow ers completed their organization today by electing a board of nine directors. J. C. Bush was made president of this board; Carl Motter, vice-president; W. H. Twlss, secretary; Francis Donahoe. treasurer. Every grower present signed the by-laws, placing 457 acres in the pool. This is 60 per cent of the hops In the district, not including the Klaber & Pincus yards. The promoters say they will have 80 per cent of the acreage In a few days. A strong del egation was selected to attend the state convention soon to be called at Puyal lup. Golf Club Annual Meeting. Members of the Waverly Golf Club met at the Portland Hotel last night and held their annual business meeting. Nine di rectors were chosen, who will elect the officers of the club tomorrow. J. C. Alnsworth. president, and W. I Brew tter, secretary, submitted their annual reports. The nine directors elected at last night's meeting were; William MacMa ter. T. A. Linthlcum, Wirt Minor, David Honeyman, Jordan Zan, W. B. McKay, It. T. Cox Alexander Kerr and L. A. Lewis. WILL VISSCHER IN fIGHT I'ormer Coast Newspaper Man Shoots Omaha Policeman. OMAHA, Jan. 11 Col. William Light foot Vlsscher, of Chicago, a well-known newspaper writer, shot and slightly In jured Policeman P. H. Dillon here to night. Vlsscher had been arrested, charged with disorderly conduct, and Dillon was trying to put him into the patrol wagon. Vlsscher had gone to the Union Sta tion en route to Chicago, but missed his train and when he tried to board another was prevented by the train men. This Incensed him and, accord ing to the police, he became dis orderly. He was arrested and while being taken to the police station In the patrol wagon suddenly drew a pis tol and nred at Officer Dillon, the wagon conduotor. The shot struck Dillon In the face, passed around and lodged In the back of the neck, caus ing a painful, but not necessarily dangerous wound. Vlsscher was then locked up. Colonel Visscher Is well-known on the North Pacific Coast, having been for many years a newspaper man in Ta coma. During the boom years of the early S0' he went to Falrhaven and established the Falrhaven Herald, which is now owned by S. A. Perkins under the name of the Belllnghara Herald. When the panic came on tn 1893, he went East and has been seen seldom on the Coast since that year. Colonel Vlsscher gained some local repu tation as a rhymester. The demolition of the buildings erected t Wood Norton. London, at a cot of $."0.O00, en the oceaalon of the weddlnr of Princess loulM and Prince Cbarles ot Bourbon, has bees completed. SLAYER OF FATHER Was It George Tennyson or Dead Sister, Flora? MYSTERY ON KANSAS FARM When Son Is Accused, He Produces Sister's Deathbed Confession. Shower of Ijead Through Win dow Killed Old Man. MINNEAPOLIS. Kan., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) George Tennyson's honeymoon of less than three weeks came to a sudden end today, when Sheriff Fred J. Barrett, of Frankfort, drove out to the young man's farm, nine . miles from this city, and placed him under arrest on the charge of being implicated in the murdor of his father, February 27, 1906. Second only to the surprise caused by the arrest waa the confession made by young Tennyson when taken into custody. Producing a note, which, he said, was written by his sister. Flora, on her deathbed, he handed It to the Sheriff. On the piece of paper waa written: "George, I was the cause of father's death. Don't tell any one unless you have to. FLORA," Dead Girl's Sweetheart Wanted. The third development was the search for and arrest of Horace Tros per, former suitor for the hand of Flora Tennyson, today In Marysville. Advices from there Bay he la wanted as a witness. It is alleged that he knows something of the murder of David Tennyson, who was an aged and wealthy farmer residing one mile east of Frankfort. The old man was killed as he was sitting near the window at his home resting after the day's work. The splintered glass and the victim's wounds gave the best evidence that the shower of lead had come from a shotgun fired at close range. Shortly after the death of his sister, George Tennyson moved from the vicin ity of Frankfort and purchased a farm near this city, on which be was living at the time of his arrest. He waa well thought of. On last Christmas day he married Jennie Fleming, whose parents live near here. Not the slightest suspi cion had entered her mind, and the scene when the Sheriff entered the Tennyson home and asked the young man to ac company him .was pitiful. Family Quarrels Common. When v the elder Tennyson was killed, his wife was sitting near him reading. No harm came to her. The only clew found by officers was an old shotgun be longing to David Tennyson. It was found in an outbuilding. The motive never was explained. George Tennyson was in Frankfort before and after the murder, a distance of 20 minutes, if one walked fast. There waa considerable trouble In the Tennyson family. All of the daughters married against their father's will. Flora was married to James Brock, but secured a divorce, and was in her father's home when he was killed. Tennyson left all his property to his three sons. TAFT'S -ENEMIES SCARED (Continued from First Pa(a.) demand for his -nomination, visible In all parts of the country, have increased the probability that Governor Hughes will not be a candidate at all before the Chicago convention." It now seems pretty clear that, barring the un expected, Mr. Taft will win out on the first ballot, as Mr. Roosevelt has predloted. As matters are now .going, he can win without New York state and If the Hughes people are really anxious to have a complimentary vote for their favorite, the Taft men in this state may conclude not to stand In the way. FOBAKEB MEN HOLD MEETING Elect Committee at Cleveland to Contest With Taft Men. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 11. The first stroke of the Foraker followers here was made today when in a mass meet ing a committee was selected to dis place the regular Republican county executive committee. The question of the legality of the committee selected as against the regular committee, said by the Forakerites to be a Taft organ ization, will now be placed in the hands of the county board of elec tions. The claim of the so-called Roosevelt committee, a third element In the local situation, also rests in the same situa tion. It will be the duty of the board to determine which committee is law ful and of authority' to act for the party in nils county to make a call for Republican primaries, all on the same date, February- 11. The board has until next Wednesday to decide upon the merits of each claimant. Many policemen were on duty today In the convention hall in anticipation of an encounter between the Foraker ites and the followers of Secretary Taft, who early announced their inten tion to pack the convention, but It was as quiet as a Sunday-school conven tion and everything went through unanimously and without a hi tab- Res olutions condemning the regular com mittee and the one-man pdwer in the party were adopted. At the proposed primaries delegates to the state and National conventions will be chosen. . WILL FOLLOW NO GOLD BUG Populists Will Oppose Bryan ir Sad dledWlth Gold Democrat. OMAHA. Jan. 11. (Special.) Thirty thousand Nebraska Populists will refuse to support W. J. Bryan If he has a gold Democrat for a running mate, is the flat statement made by T. W. Tibbies, who was the Populist candidate for Vice-President in 1904. Mr. Tibbies is preparing to line his party In. Nebraska up for the St. Louis convention in April. "Not many of the Nebraska Populists," says Mr. Tibbies, "are in sympathy with the call for a National convention at St. Louis in April. We feel that we are a minority party and that the old parties should be permitted to take the lead. While many of the Nebraska Populists are still favorable to William J. Bryan, very few if any of them will follow him this year if they are forced to swallow a goldbug of the Parker stripe hitched to him on the same ticket. The Populist party has principles to uphold which cannot be entrusted to any man who has not stood squarely fog them. "Our organization in Nebraska has been badly shattered of late, but in 40 counties the Populist organization is well maintained, and before the next National convention the other counties will have reorganized. There are about 30,000 Pop ulists in the state. Twenty thousand of them voted for me four years ago, and about 10,000 voted for Roosevelt, With the right kind of a candidate we can turn them all back into the old groove. They do not care nearly so much for party names as they do for results, but they are not to be ignored as a prominent fac tor in Nebraska politics." TWO COUNTIES ARE FOR TAFT Taft Men Control Belmont and Jef ferson Committees. ST. C LAIRS VILLE, O., Jan. 11. At the meeting of the Belmont County Repub lican committee here today the Taft men carried their programme through without any opposition. An early primary was de cided upon, the total vote of the county to decide as between Secretary Taft and Senator Foraker. This means a solid Taft delegation from Belmont County. The Jeff erson. County committee at Steu benvilie endorsed Mr. Taft by a. vote of 11 to 5. Too Devoted to His Ideals. CHICAGO, Jan. ll.-Judge Peter S. Grosscup, of the United States District Court thinks President - Roosevelt may be an "over Ideal." In an address at the twenty-fifth annual inatiatlon ban quet of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, at the Congress hotel last night. Judge Grosscup said: t "I may not be sure but what Roosevelt Is an over Ideal. We must not go too far in ideals. We mustnot over empha size them at the expense of the prac tical side of life. They go hand in hand and accomplish something more than dreams. Ideals are often overdrawn and we may carry them too far. It is in this respect that I refer to the President. "We should not devote ourselves In this commercial age to mere Ideals, but should-look further." , First Election Bet Made. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. With the con ventions which will nominate Presi dential candidates still months away, betting on the result of the election has already been started at the metro politan headquarters for campaign wagers, the Hoffman House. John S. Mc Donald, the turfman, offered to bet JSO00 that Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, If nominated for the Presidency, Would be elected. Thomas H. Shevltn, father" of Thomas Shevlin, the Yale football player, and at one time member of the Republican National committee from Minnesota, took the bet. Arrange for Denver Convention. OWEKSBORRO, Ky, Jan. 11. Secretary TJrey Woodson, of the Democratic Na tional committee today announced that the committee on arrangements for the Denver convention will hold Its first meet ing in Denver on Monday, January 20. W. H. cSrlen. ex-chalrman of tne In diana Democratic State committee, has been appointed treasurer of the National committee, vice r August Belmont, re signed. EXPO RINK TODAY. Skating All Day Today on Account of Passion Play. The Expo rink will be open for skating all day today and the Passion Play wul be given for the last time at 4:30 and 9 P. Mj with 6kating before and after. The Expo will not be open regularly on Sun days, so take advantage of today, have a good, skate and see the Passion Play. Next week continuous music and moon light skating, afternoon and evening. Discuss Favorite Authors. The People's Forum will meet tonight. at 8 o'clock. In the Mulkey building. The meeting will be in the form of a literary evening. -J. D. Stevens will lead with a reading from and discussion of Shake speare. All who are Interested are in vited to a,ttend and present their views on their favorite authors. Mrs. Joseph Jacobberger Dead. Mrs. Joseph Jacobberger, wife of the well-known architect, died last night at her home, 109 Gibbs street, after a linger ing illness. She is survived by her hus band and five children, and one slater. Miss Catherine Lillis. Funeral arrange ments! have not'yat been mads. y yyoTt, r5 sr?7 v15 cowrfe-a r a veyrsS -at a cost o 004000 re 77ferr PANIC ALL OVER Deficit Gone and Reserve Sur plus of $6,084,050. PANIC MONEY SOON TO GO fcNcw York Bankers Jubilant Over Statement From Clearing-Houso and Cheer Wildly When It Ap- pears on the Ticker Tape. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. For the first time since'the beginning of the finan cial stringency in October the clear ing-house statement showed that not only had the heavy bank - reserve deficit been entirely wiped out, but that a surplus of $6,084,050 above the 25 per cent legal requirement had been established. The figures made known today ex ceeded the most expectant hopes of bankers and brokers and when the statement appeared on the stock tick ers it was greeted with a round of cheers in practically every banking house in Wall street. Bankers declared that no better evi dence than the clearing-house state ment could be obtained to show the rapid restoration of confidence and the tremendous outpouring of the hoarded money. The excellent state ment foreshadows an early retirement of clearing-house certificates, which were first Issued on October 26 of last year. With the end of the money strin gency there will now be plenty of cash for the business and industrial world and many contemplated projects which were temporarily abandoned during the money pinch, can now be financed and proceeded with. The clearing house banks faced a deficit in reserves on November 23 or $54,103,600, the largest in history. Since that time the deficit has constantly decreased and with the . rapid return of hoarded money and funds from the interior, last week'B deficit of $11,545,000 has not only been obliterated, but a sub stantial surplus of $6,000,000 estab lished. DEPOSITOR SUES FOR MONEY Claims Payment From Officers of California Safe Deposit. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. J. A. MIze, one of the depositors of the defunct Cali fornia Safe Deposit & Trust Company, this morning began suit against Dalzell Brown, Treadwell and the other directors of the institution to recover not only his own losses but the funds of those who suffered with him and wlsu to join him m the present action. He sets forth that on October 4 he had on deposit at the bank $4,217.33 and that his wife, whose book enows $737, has a signed her claims to him. It is alleged that part of the funds of the depositors were embezzled and part of them misapr propria-ted. As sums specifically embez zled, 'he mentions $25,000 by Brown, $35,- 000 by Bartnett and by Treadwell $4o,0u0 and $17,500., . Cotton Mill Bankrupt, GREENVILLE, S, C, Jan. 11. The Hu guenot Cotton Mill of this city went into the hands of a receiver today, an order declaring the mill bankrupt and appoint ing J. B. Burgard receiver having been signed by Federal Judge William H. Brawley. The mill's Indebtedness is placed at $150,000. and the value of the plant is estimated at the same amount. The com mon stock of the mill Is $90,000, and the preferred $50,000. The mill has 6400 spin dles and 300 looms. Banks Flooded With Currency. jstiw iuku, Jan. 11. Currency, which was at a considerable premium a short time ago. is now something of a drug on the market, according to orncials or savings banks, which with in the last ten days have been flooded with deposits by pania-time money- hoarders. The large amounts of cur rency received have In many instances caused th 10 per cent limit which these Institutions are allowed to carry in cash to be exceeded. The surplus has been turned over to their de positories, state and national bank and trust companies. Savings bank men now report protests from these institu tions, which are asking for deposits by check Instead of cash, which they find inconvenient to handle. Terms of Westlnghouse Deal. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. The plan, for reorganization of the financial affairs of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufact uring Company which has just been com pleted by the committee, has as its prin cipal features, the creation of a first mortgage for 'about $46,000,000. and the Issuance under It of bonds which will be exchanged dollar for dollar for the company's present obligations and also the raising by President George West inghouse and his friends of $7,000,000 cash In return for which stock of the com pany will be transferred .to them. Bankers' Trust Has Slow Assets. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 11. Thomas R. Marks, receiver of the Bankers' Trust Company, which failed October 26 last, with liabilities of $1,413,627, filed his first report in the Circuit Court here today. Mr. Marks says the actual present value of the assets is problematical. Fully half a million dollars of the bank's resources may be termed slow. The report shows that of the loans and discounts, placed at $658,700 on the day of the failure, $65, 000 has been, collected by the receiver. Big Warehouse Company Fails. HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 11. Creditors of the Farmers' & Bankers' Warehouse Building Association filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy against that con cern in the Federal Court here today. The liabilities exceed1 $500,000; assots of uncertain amount. Notes for amounts aggregating over $100,000 transferred by President Shaperlo to T. W. House, now bankrupt, are being Investigated by the grand Jury. . Indiana Bank Closed. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 11. Bankruptcy schedules of Seth M. Rlchcreek and the Richcreek private bank, which closed re cently, show liabilities of $168,000 and as sets, entirely real estate, $75,000. Will Reduce Discount Rate. BERLi.i. Jan. 11. A meeting of the Central Committee of the Imper ial Bank has been called for Mon day next, presumably' to reduce the rate of the discount by 1 per cent, i - Vancouver Man Missing. W. D. Darling, who was formerly em ployed as a watchman at the Hill rail road bridge now being constructed across the Columbia River, has been ahsent from his home in Vancouver since January 5, and the police of this city have been asked to find him. Darling was thrown out of work about a month ago and since that time has been drinking heavily. The RAILROAD MAN Didn't Like .Being; Starved.' A man running on a railroad has to be In good condition all the time or he is liable to do harm to himself and others. A clear head is necessary to run a locomotive or conduct a train. Even a railroad man's appetite and digestion are matters of Importance, as the clear brain and steady hand result from the healthy appetite followed by the proper digestion of food. "For the past five years," writes a railroader, "I have been constantly troubled with indigestion. Every 'doctor I consulted seemed to want to starve me to death. First I was dieted on warm water and toast until I was-81-most starved; then, when they would let me eat, the indigestion would be right back again. "Only temporary relief came from remedies, and I tried about all of them I saw advertised. About, three months ago a friend advised me to try Grape Nuts food. The very first day I noticed that my appetite was satisfied which had not been the case before, that I can remember. , "In a week, I believe, I had more energy than ever before in nfy life. I have gained seven pounds and have not bad a touch of indigestion since I have been eating Grape-Nuts. When my wife saw how much good this food was doing me she thought she would try It awhile. We belieVe-the discov erer of Grape-Nuts found the 'Perfect Food.' " - ' Name given by Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," In packages. "There's a Reason." saloon-keepers of Vancouver knew him and all refused to sell him any more drinks. He said that he would go where he could get all the liquor he wanted and has not been seen In Vancouver since. REOPEN WITHIN A MONTH President Watson ReporU Good Progress by Merchants National. From the present rate of progress In obtaining agreements from depositors to accept time certificates in lieu of demand balances. President Watson believes the Merchants National Bank will reopen for business within the coming month. Sub scriptions are coming in well and Presi dent Watson is encouraged over the prospect. "Depositors are showing a splendid spirit," said he, "and are accepting time certificates in good shape. We feel confi dent of reopening within the coming month. We shall not wait to have the additional capital stock subscribed for, as we expected to do at first, before resum ing business. We want to get the doors open again; that is the first thing to be done." The annual meeting of stockholders will be held January 14, when the directors will be elected for the coming year. ORGANIZED JNSIXTH WARD Republicans Form Club and Elect Officers for Campaign. A gathering of 150 representative Republicans of the Sixth Ward organ ized the Bixth Ward Republican Club at Jones Hall, corner Gibbs and Front street, last night, ; with Willis Fisher as president, George E. Streeter as secretary and B. F. Jones as treasurer. Committees on finance and on consti tution and bylaws were appointed who will report at the next meeting. ' At a meeting on Wednesday night arrangements for a smoker will be completed and a number of prominent Republicans will be invited to deliver addresses. Music and other entertain ment will be provided that will bring out every Republican In the Sixth Ward. "Uncle David" Whipple, of Travere City, Mich., has had his eoldier's pension increased to $20 a month. He Is 108. Special lot of $1.50 Negligee Shirts, with cuffs attached or detached; all good patterns; dark and light backgrounds; all sizes EXTRA Manhattan, Earl & Wilson and other high grade makes of Shirts at the following great reductions: $1.50 values at .'..$1.15 $2.00 and $2.50 values at. . ... . . $1.65 $3.00 and $3.50 values at. .... . .$2.50 $4.00 values at. .2.75 EXTRA SPECIAL on fine Underwear, including the well-known, lines of Conradi & Friedemanij, Cartwright & "Warner, Kneipp Linen Mesh and Wilson Bros., at the following great price reductions : $1.00 Garment reduced to. ... . 75d . '$1.50 Garment reduced to $1.15 $1.75 Garment reduced to $1.35 $2.00 Garment reduced to $1.50 . $2.50 Garment reduced to. $1.95 $3.00 Garment reduced to $2.25 $3.50 Garment reduced to $2.65- $4.00 Garment reduced to $3.00 $5.00 Garment reduced to $3.50 $6.50 Garment reduced to .... . $4.75 $7.50 Garment reduced to $5.75 o LYJlo 266-271 Morrison Street GOES Oil FRUITLESS TRIP BATTLESHIP NEBRASKA EX PECTS SILVER SERVICE. Makes Run From Magdalcna Bay to San r'xanclsco Governor Sheldon Wires He Cannot Bf There. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11. (Special.) The officers of the battleship Nebraska were outspoken In their condemnation of Governor George L. Sheldon, of Ne braska, when they received word today that he had postponed his trip to the Coast to present the warship with a sli ver service provided by the people of the state. The Nebraska made the trip here from Magdalena Bay especially to meet the Governor, who was due to arrive In San Francisco tomorrow. - Instead of the Governor, came a tele gram from him. In substance the tele gram said that If the Nebraska's officers would not mind, the Nebraskan officials would prefer to postpone their visit to San Francisco until after the arrival here of Admiral Evans and his 16 battleships. The Nebraska will now return to Mag dalena Bay. . Kershner's Saloon Not Criticised. D. W. Kershner. who conducts a sa loon at First and Market streets, wishes the statement made that the Hochfeldt saloon referred to In The Oregon ian yesterday is located at FlrBt and Main streets. Kershner conducts the only sa loon at First and Market, streets and believes that the mention yesterday is likely to confuse his place with those under surveillance by the police. Deaf Mutes Register at Albany. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) Two deaf mutes registered as voters in Linn County today. They were J. W. Bentley, a local shoemaker, and S. W. Hoy, who recently came to this dty from South Dakota. It required considerable writing and sign language to accomplish their qualification as electors, but they were finally duly registered. , iCIAL SPECIAL GRAY
