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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY GUEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2, IOOS. DOUBLE LIFE LED FOR FIFTY YEARS Mystery of John D. Rockefel ler's Aged Father Cleared by a Reporter. TWO WIVES FOR 34 YEARS Deserts First Wife and Five Chil dren in Cleveland and Marries Pretty Girl or 20 In Canada. Sons Knew of Misdeeds. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (.Special.) The "World will say tomorrow that the body of Dr. William Avery Rockefeller, father of the Oil King, John D. Rockeiellcr, Ilea in an unmarked grave in Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, 111. He died !n that city, May 11. Huti, aged 90 years, 5 months and 28 days. For 50 years he led a double life. Under Uic assumed name of Dr. William Levlng tne, he farmed and sold medicine of his own decoction in Illinois and North Da kota. During those same years he oc casionally appeared at the homes of his sons and among his old acquaintances in the East as Dr. William A. Rockefeller. Tho proofs of this have been col lected by a World reporter, whose in. estimation has just been completed. Two "Wives for 34 Tears. During 34 years of the 60 he had two wives. One was Mrs. Eliza Davison Rockefeller, the mother of John D. Rockefeller. The other was Mrs. Mar Raret L. Allen Levingstone. The first wife. Mrs. Rockefeller, mother of the richest man in the world, he married in New York state in 1837. She died in New York in 1889 at the age of 75. The second wife. Mrs. Livingstone, he mar ried in Ontario in 1855, while his first wife was living with her live children in Cleveland. Ohio. This second wife Is now living in Freeport. HI., a charm ing whlto-haired, Christian woman of TO years. . Dr. Rockefeller was 45 years old when he deserted his wife and family in Cleve land and went to Canada and under the assumed name of William lovingstone, married Miss Margaret 1 Allen, a pretty jtirl of 'M. For 15 years she lived with him as his wife, never knowing until just before he died that her husband was a bigamist. Until a few years before bis death she did not know that he was William A. Rockefeller, or that he had been indicted in New York State. Even now she will not say that he was Will iam A. Rockefeller. Sous Knew or Double Life. "We lived happily together for several years and I will be a true woman to the end," she says. During tho last 25 years of his life Dr. Rockefeller's whereabouts anl the exist ence of the other wife were known to his sons. John D., William and Frank Rocke feller, and to his son-in-law, lierson D, Wri;s:s. of Cleveland. But no one else in mII the world knew1. The first Mrs. Rockefeller lived 34 years alter he deserted her and died without knowing that her husband had taken a girl of 20 in her stead. And all the mem bers of the Rockefeller family, except these four men, knew nothing of it. They did not know where the old man lived. The three sons kept him well supplied with money, but they guarded well the secret of his life and whereabouts. MUCKRAKE CAUSED PANIC (Continued From First Page.) Standard Oil Company, which., he de i la red. was one of the country's most Miluahle busijness concerns. "It has," he said, "been a blessing, not a bane, to the country." He expreesed'for John D. Rockefeller the hitter's regrets at not being able to attend the dinner and of Mr. Rocke feller said: "When his career is closed and is Judged dispassionately it will be writ ten of him that he was not only one of the greatest business geniuses, but one of the greatest philanthropists of his day." .rchbold provoked applause when he said that Ohio comes to the front with two thoroughly equipped, unobjection able candidates. Senator Foraker and Secretary Taft, for the Presidency. MAKES T.VFT'S CIIOIPH SURE Congressmen's Opinion of Effect of Roosevelt's Message. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 1. That the candidacy of .Secretary Taft for the Presidential nom ination has been immeasurably strength ened, if not absolutely assured, by the message of President Roosevelt Bent to Congress yesterday was the sentiment i xpreswd by nearly all Senators and Representatives who discussed it today. Henator Fulton declares unequivocally for Mr. Taft and predicts his nomination. No Senator or Congressman concurs in Senator Bourne's idea that the message means Mr. Roosevelt's renomination. j:ilX PRAISES ROOSEVELT Says He Has Rendered Great Serv ice to the Country. DOVER, Del.. Feb.' 1. W. J Bryan addressed a mass meeting this, after noon and then left :'or Philadelphia. He said If he could die for nothing else than to furnish principles for President Roosevelt and the American Nation, he would be exceedingly happy. Mr. Bryan said, "ftoosevelt has ren dered a service to his country that no Republican appreciates as I do. His service to his party is of incalculable good, for he has played the part o an honest reformer and the reformer is the salt that seasons and saves his puny." FORAKER PRAISES . HUGHES I. mid-. His Ideas of Square Deal for Ever body. f NEW YORK. Feb. 1. Many prominent men in the political affairs, of both par ties were present at the annual dinner of the Amen Coiner, in the Fifth Ave nue Hotel, tonight. Governor Hughes said in a speech: "Wo live in times that are said to be troublesome, but they are not as trouble some as some people think. Many of the troubles are imaginary and the cure for these troubles is that every man in his employment shall do a's he claims his neighbors should do. Every American citizen feels one demand, and that is the demand that every man shall be a true man and try to do right and recognize thf right of every other man." Cuming from the bumruet of the Ohio Society. Senator Foraker, of Ohio, was given a warm reception. Senator Fora ker said: "I came in - when the Governor was speaking. I had never seen or heard Governor Hughes before, and I thought his remarks were verv aooroDriate. and 'although he has been in political life but a short time, he knows that we must have a square deal for all. Nowhere has he more warm admirers than in Ohio. We have some candidates of our own, but I am sure. there is no man we turn to with more zeal and energy than the Governor of New York." France Commends Message. ' PARIS. Feb. 1. The newspapers of this city publish President Hoosevelt's last message to the American Congress in prominent positions. The Temps says that financial, administrative and polit ical corruption in the United States un doubtedly have attained astounding pro portions and deserve to. be pointed out and reproved. WILD MAN AT ROSEBlfRG Posse Beats Brush for C. E. Hen dricks, Who Avoids Capture. ROSKBURG, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) C. E. Hendricks, recently discharged from the Southern Pacific roundhouse in this city, lias been creating conster nation in the Deer Creek section, two miles east of this city. Yesterday afternoon he was noticed near the schoolhouse discharging his revolver at frequent intervals on the edge of the woods. Miss Watson, the teacher, became scared and hastily left the building. Hendricks entered and. on her return, the teacher discovered that her watch and other valuables had been taaen. A posse soon surrounded the brush where Hendricks was hiding, and an officer was sent for, but the prey escaped the watchers. Hendricks brother was sentenced at Grants Pass two weeks ago to five years in the penitentiary for shooting a Roseburg policeman while evading arrest for al leged robbery of tho Owl saloon at Glendale. . Mrs. Hsndricks Is unable to account for the strange actions of her husband. INSURANCE MUST BE PAID Jamaica Supreme Court Decides Against Appealing Companies. KINGSTON. Jamaica, Feb. 1. The Eng lish insurance companies that lost heavily In the earthquake and fire of January. 1907, have had a further verdict handed down against them. Two test cases for the payment of losses sustained at the time of the earthquake were recently de cided adversely to the companies. The companies appealed to the Supreme Court. Today the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the lower body and dis missed both appeals. This decision ' was based on the ground that the lower court was entitled to find that the fire was not of earthquake origin. WANTS A CENTRAL BANK Controller Ridgeley Addresses the School of Commerce on System. NEW YORK,. Feb. 1. Speaking at the annual banquet of the School of Com merce, William J. Ridgeley, Controller of the Currency, expressed himself as fear ful that the political situation is such at present that the prospects of getting leg islation to reform the country's banking system are far from bright. "A central bank and a credit currency." he said, "are the things upon which we must rely, and not politics,, to prevent panics." Takahira. Attends Dinner. ROME, Feb. 1. Baron Takahira, the new Ambassador to the United States, who is about to leave for Washingtch, was suf fiiciently recovered ' from his Illness to attend the dinner given in his honor last night by' Lloyd C. Gris com, the American Ambassador. Baron Takahira remarked that in returning to the United States he felt as though he were going home. He remarked that the dinner of last night was a fore runner of that traditional hospitality of the United States. Fishing" Schooner Strands. PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Feb. 1. The Gloucester fishing schooner Pythian, during the gale tonight, was driven on the rocks off Fort Clarey, Kitterey Point. Ten members of the crew were saved by men on shore, while six others trusted themselves to a dory and rowed for another vessel? lying nearby. The weather was so thick that their fate could not be learned New 50-Yard Record. HONOLULU, Feb. 1. The American record for the 50-yard dash was broken here today by Su En Sue during a Chinese field meet. His time. 5 1-5 seconds, is one fifth of a second faster than the record established by "Victor S. Rice,. February 20. 1904. t f I - Hi lit .. - , I I ! II t "t s1 r ,'1,) , J A - . ' MRS. MARY C. BAKER EDDY'S XEW HOME AT XEWTOX, MASS. The new home of Mrs. Mary G. Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, is the old Lawrence mansion or Dupee house at Newton, Mass., and has recently been remodeled for Mrs. Eddy's use at a cost of $100,300. Sho plans to spend the remainder of her days there. As told in last Mon day's Oregonian, the house has about 35 rooms. About $100,000 was first paid for the property by Christian Science Interests, and big gangs of men were immediately put to work 300 in the daytime and as many more who worked by torchlight at night. The neighbors say they never knew such a local exhibition of disregard of money. No expense has been spared to make it an abode of comfort. The house 1s lighted by electricity, and there is an electric passenger elevator which. cost $3500 to install. Two mammoth safety vaults, built in stout, walls of cement, were among the first new features. In these will be stored Mrs. Eddy's great masses of manuscript and a variety of other valuables. It is stated that Mrs. Eddy has moved from Concord, N. II., to Newton, Mais., to be nearer the groat "mother" church of Christian Science at Boston. . ...-.--- KELLY IS SHUT OUT Portland Man Loses Trial Heat at Boston. SMITHS0N COMES THIRD Gets Place in 45-Yard Hurdles at Indoor ..Track Meet, Starting From Scratch Shaw, of . Dartmouth, "Wins the Event. BOSTON, Feb. 1. All of the prominent athletes of the principal colleges and bis atbl&Uc clubs of the East, ' including a squad of men from the Chicago- Athle tic Association, participated tonight in the annual indoor track games held in Mechanics hall under' the auspices of the Boston Athletic Association. Prominent among those entered were Dan Kelly, holder of the world's record 9 ii-5 seconds, for the 100-yard dash, and Forest Smithson, of Portland, Or. Kelly was shut out In his trial heat. Tho 45-yard hurdles was won by Shaw, Dartmouth, scratch; E. Holman, Dartmouth, second, 8 feet; Smithson, Portland, Or., third, scratch. Time, .06. RESTORE OLD WAGE SCALE Legislature's Suggestion for" Ending Strike at Goldfield. CARSON, Nev.. Feb. 1. The extra ses sion of the Nevada Legislature adjourned sine die today. The following resolution concluded the actual work of the Legis lature: Whereas, The Legislature believ the pres ent Industrial conditions at Goldlield to be detrimental "to the best interests of the state, enforcing idleness on many good citizens, and as It appears that the restoration of the former wam scale at GoIdBeld could end the present controversy, be It Resolved, That we believe that high wages and good conditions secure a high clans of skilled labor, whloln results in a correspond ingly low cost of production, thereby increas ing the profits to the mineowner; therefore, we suggest and recommend that the former scale or wages be restored to the Goldfield miners and that a copy be forwarded by the Secretary of State to the Mine Operators' Association at Goldfield. Both houses adopted the resolutions without a dissenting vote. DOESN'T BIND UNION PRESSMEN Judge Thompson Decides Officers' Contract Not Authorized. CINCINNATI, Feb. 1. Efforts of the. United Typothetae of America to force the International Printing Pressmen & Assistants'-Union of North America to live up to an alleged agreement whereby the eight-hour workday would not be in stituted until after January 1. 1909, met with defeat in the United States Court today, when Judge Thompson handed down a decision in which he says the union committee did not have the power to bind the union by the argument it entered into with the committee from the Typothetae. The Typothetae was granted a temporary injunction some time ago to prevent the officers of the Iressmen's Union from calling a - strike. It asked for a permanent injunction, alleging that the officers of the union had signed an agreement with the Typothetae for a nine-hour day and that an eight-hour workday would not be - instituted until after January 1, 1909. The officers of the union admitted that the agreement had been signed by some of them, but contended that it was not binding, as the members of the union had not ratified. Judge Thompson held tjiat the agreement made by the officers of the union providing for a nine-hour day does not bind the rank and file of the union to work nine hours, but only to work nine hours if they work at all and he denied the petition for a permanent injunction. COAL CONFERENCE ADJOURNED Miners' Convention Ratifies District Action on Wage Scale. INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1 The National convention of the United MIneworkers today ratjfied the action of the National officers and district officers of the central competitive field in adjourning the Joint conference last night until February 21, When they will again meet with the oper ators of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana to resume consideration of the question of calling a joint wage conven tion and re-establishing the interstate wage agreement. On the wage agreement adopted in the central competitive field are based the wage scales of the other districts of the country. Following the action of the convention. the joint conference of the operators and miners adjourned to meet- here Febru ary 27. The miners decided to hold their next annual convention at St. Louis.. The spe cial convention that probably will be called as the result of the conference February 27, may meet at Chicago. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Dennis OSuIIivan, Singer. COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 1. Dennis O'Sullivan, the Irish actor and singer, died today at Grant Hospital, after an operation " for appendicitis performed Thursday. He was born In San Fran cisco in 1SR6. His wife is here. His greatest success was in "Peggy Ma chree" .No arrangements have been made for the funeral, but the body will probably be taken to San Francisco. Dennis O'Sullivan was born in San Francisco in 1S66. the son of Cornelius D. O'Sullivan, one of the founders and after ward president of the Hibernian Bank. He exhibited a pronounced dramatic ability, became an excellent violinist and developed a rich baritone voice. In 1890 he went to England to have his voice cultivated and afterward visited Italy, where he studied under Tahnucini. Two years later he returned to London, where j he met Elizabeth Smith Curtis, who was j studying art. They were married, three j children being the result of the union. O'Sullivan's voice was greatly ap preciated in London and he was engaged by Karl Rosa, appearing in English grand opera at Covent Garden. After a note worthy uccess of two seasons, he created the title role in Stanford's "Shamus O'Brien," which he afterward took to San Francisco. Returning eastward, he remained for a time with Francis "Wilson in "The Little Corporal." For some years after this he lived in London, where he and Mrs. O'Sullivan were the center of a charming literary, musical and thea trical set. He was a devoted disciple of the Irish Nationalists and took a promi nent part in the Gaelic revival, devoting his energy to the preservation of the old Irish ballads. He returned to the stage with Dion Boucicaujt's "The Shaughran" and also revived a number of other plays by that playwright. In London his wife wrote "Peggy Maehree" and in that he scored his greatest triumph, producing It both in England and the -United States. So pronounced was his success that Klaw & Erlanger engaged him under a five year contract, which he had just begun when death cut short a career which had not yet reached its maturity. . He was a prominent clubman and pos sessed a legion of loyal friends. Besides his widow and children he leaves three sisters. Mrs. Oscar Sutro, of San Francisco; Mrs. Patrick Roland, of Los Angeles, and Miss Ellen O'Sullivan. who is now living In Rome, and two brothers, John D. O'Sullivan, of Reno, Nev., and Joseph O'Sullivan, of London. Mrs. R. J. Pike, Chicago Pioneer. CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Mrs. Rcxana J. Pike Church, widow of the late Wil liam L. Church, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, in Evanston. Her husband was a Chicago pioneer, serving as Alderman, Sheriff and for 12 years Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex-omcio Recorder. He also was a member of the-Union Defense Commit tee during the Civil War. Mrs. Church was born in Charleston, Mass., in 1819. She was one of the. flower girls who greeted Lafayette upon his visit to Boston to be present at the laying of the cornerstone of Bunker Hill monu ment. Henry. O.. Collins, Newspaper Man. MISSOULA, Mont., Feb. 1. Henry Oliver Collins, one of the- most widely known newspaper men of the Rocky Mountain region, until recently editor of the Missoulian, and in former years an associate of Eugene Field, Opie Read and Charles Hasbrook in Denver, died here tonight of pneumonia. He was born in Ireland, of American parents, in 1853. He had been connected with Kansas. City, Denver and New Orleans papers and was one of the most graceful writers in the West. S. AY. Gosnell, La Crosse, "Wis. LA CROSSE, Wis., Feb. 1. Samuel . W. Gosnell, . aged 63.- a leading Republican, died last night. He was one of the lead ers In the Montana constitutional conven tion. Summer Hotel Burns. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 1. The Hamilton Hotel, a tourist resort on the banks of the Suwanee River, at White Springs, Fla., was completely destroyed by fire last night. The house was crowded with Winter visitors and many narrowly escaped from death, eight being overcome by smoke, and carried from the burning hotel. All cottages and outhouses on the hotel property were also destroyed. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The fire, it is said, was caused by a defective electric light wire. Laborers Are Discharged. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. Feb. l.-The shipbuilders on the North Coast have given notice that the services of all workingmen will be dispensed with on February 1. This action is an outcome of the strike inaugurated January 22, the men refusing to accept a reduction In wages. Extra Special of Odd Lots CHESTERFIELD uits and Overcoats d It affords the gentlemen of Portland an opportunity to supply their Clothing needs-at a very small cost, and at the same time get the1 finest fitting, finest tailored Clothes produced in America. All garments on sale are of this season's latest styles and make. We don't wish to carry over a suit or over coat to next season, hence we offer the following tremendous price reductions : LOT I. All $20.00 and $22.50 Values Extra Special $12-50 R O jL 269 T TO BE F SENATORS PTiOM NORTHWEST HAVE BEEN GETTING BUSY. Interstate Commerce Bill as Amend' ert by Senator Fulton to Be Re ported Favorably by Committee. OREGONIAN NBWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 1. Northwestern Senators who united in supporting Senator Ful ton's amendment to the interstate com merce act. prohibiting railroads from en forcing any increased interstate rate prior to the determination of its reason ablencss by the Interstate Commerce Commission, have been very busy during the past week: so much so that the In terstate Commerce Commission has agreed to report favorably the bill. When Senator Fulton appeared before the committee early in the week, he was told that the railroads were demanding a hearing and that the committee would not act on the bill until a full hearing could be granted. This meant that the bill would De pusnea aside and go un acted upon, at least this session. The Northwest men wpre so determined to get action that they finally induced the com mittee to waive hearings on condition that the bill be amended giving the In terstate Commerce Commission the right to determine what increased rates should become operative without action on their part and what should be investigated be- M V JLL LOT II. LOT All $25.00 . Values Extra Special $152 All $30.00 Values Extra Special $19,00 GRAY - 271 Morrison Street fore becoming effective. The compromise bill was framed by a subcommittee this afternoon. WILL RECOMMEND FTLTON BILL Senate Subcommittee FaTors Check on Advance in Rates. ORRGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 1. The Senate interstate commerce committee has referred Senator Fulton's bill amending the rate law to a subcommittee con sisting of Clapp. Dollivcr and-Lat-timer. The subcommittee today informed Senator Fulton they would report his bill favorably, amending It so that discretion will be given the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend or allow an ad vance in freight rates pending a hearing of complaints by the commission. The request of the railroads for a hearing prior to action on the Fulton ,blll will not ba granted. AGREE TO RECOMMEND UTTER Idaho Senators Choose Weiser Man for Surveyor-General. OREGONIAN NEWS BUR EAT", Wash ington, Feb. 1. The Idaho Senators today' formally agreed to recommend the appointment of D. A. Utter, of Weiser, to be Surveyor-General of Idaho, vice Mr. Eagleson, resigned. The formal recommendation will be sent to the President Monday. Mr. Utter was the original choice for this appointment, but the matter was sus pended when his citizenship was ques tioned This has been satisfactorily explained. Hushes Revenue Cutter Bill. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 1. Senator Fulton today took up with the House members of the Oregon delegation his bill appropriating $250,000 for a revenue cutter for Oregon Coast service, which passed the Senate last evening. Earnest effort is to be made to pass tiie bill in the House, and the delegation believes this will be ac complished. CONVICTS' HAVE DYNAMITE Elude Guards and Await Chance to Escape. LANSING. Kan.. Feb. 1. Claude Kohl and J. J. Clark, prisoners in the state penitentiary here, today eluded the guards, and all efforts to locate them have so far been In vain. It is believed the men are hiding within the walls. It Is known that they have j several sticks of dynamite, seeurea I while in thp coal mines, where they j were employed, and fears are enter- : tained that the men will make an : effort tonight to escape and probably explode the dynamite to aid them. A large number of extra guards Is on duty. Actresses From England. NEW YORK. Feb. 1 Two actresses of note arrived from England today on the Lusltanla. They are Mrs. Beer bohm Tree and Aliss Edyth Wynne Mathison. Mrs. Tree is to appear as Clytemnestra in the production of "Kleetra" to be made at the Garden Theater by Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Miss Mathison will asume. the leading part in "The Great Divide," with Henry Miller, taking the place of Miss Mar garet Anglin. who retires from the cast in order to rehearse a new play. First Gold Exported. NEW YORK,' Feb. 1. The first in stance of exporting gold from this coun try since the financial stringency of Oc tober last was announced by MulUr, cliall & Co., who shipped $D0,W0 to Buenos Ayres today. Sale III. LOT IV. All $35.00 Values Extra Special $22:0 E TO PROBE L IIOQVIAM COUNCIL MAKES RE QUEST FOR GRAND JCRV. Members Demand Inside Facts Rel ative to Recent Police Row. Isue Livens Polities. 1IOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb. 1. (Special.) The City Council last evening sprang a sensation, by the introduction of a .resolution asking for a grand jury to investigate the recent police scandal and other matters. The resolution was referred to a committee to report at next meeting. The Council cut out the salaries o( tlie Mayor and Councilmcn and re duced tho stipend due monthly to sev eral other appointive officers. Local politics are getting to be very bitter, hinging largely on the recent police scandal. The reinstatement of Ex-Marshal McKinney appears to be ar issue, though the threat of a grand jury may modify the demands sug gested. INDICTED BY WHOLESALE Kansas City Theatrical People Hil by Sunday Law. K.--.AS CITY. Mo.. Feb. 1. The grand jury tonight returned 200 indict ments against stores, actors, actresses and theatrical managers and attach s ciiarged with violating tho Sunday law. This is the largest batch returned at one time since the crusade began. It re quired t.Vl.OOO to cover the necessary bondfl Brown and Barliiett Plead. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. J. Oalzci; Brown and Walter J. Bartnett. form erly general manager and vice-president, respectively, of the California Safety Deposit & Trust Company, now in the hands of a receiver, pleaded "not guilty" to the charges of embezzle ment this morning before Judge Dunne. Their case was continued until February 10. when the date of their trial will be set Scventy-scTcu for Colds and If you will lake a close of Hum phreys' Seventy-seven every day. while Grip prevails, you will escape au attack. If you already have the Grip, then Seventy-seven will cure you. and at the same time its tonicity will sus tain the system and you will not have that weakness and feeling of despond ency that usually follows an attack of Grip. All Druggists sell "77," most Druggists recommend it. 2o cents. Humphreys' Borneo. Medicine Co., Cor! William and John ittrects; New York.