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TOE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JULY 16, 1911. PORTLAND PUNT IN STEEL MERGER Schloss BY L E Baltimore Clothes Cleairainice Pacific Iron Rolling Mills Be I Cabinet Officer Said Deneen to Have Made In quiry for Taft.' by comes Part of Pacific Coast Steel Co. rui l ndis i Hawes r ....... i ...... .......... t t BROOKLYN "RAFFLES," WHOSE WESTERN CRIMINAL REO- 1 1 ORD MAY ADD GREATLY TO SENTENCE.. X it . .".."' - .... . - ' " -. j MAG VEAGH AMAZED s ORIMER I 3 , - I -, ' - - t - ii . Vr v i ' I Hah I fai 3.00 AUOM 1 Hats SEATTLE " MAN PRESIDENT Pacific Coast SteW Company, San Fn-ioo. and Seattle , .RtrI fomjianr Are Almoin To Million Dollar Combine. SAX FRANCISCO. July 1. An Im I portant consolidation iteel interests waa effected tn thlaelty today, when J the Pacific Coaat Steel Company. Pan i Franclaco: Pacific Iron Rollins; Mills. of Portland. Or, and the Seattle Steel i Co .Tips ny. of Seattle, were merged Into the Pacific Coaat Steel Company, with a capital stock of nearly $2,000,000. In I the transfers the Seattle plant la valued i fc-i tl. 000 000. the San Francisco con- I rern at f 700.000 and the Portland mllla : at i:i.oo. The officers of the new corporation, e'.ected today, are: President. . E. M. ! Wlleon. of Seattle: vice-president and , treasurer. D. E. McLaughlin, of Se attle: secretary. W. S. BurL Peat tie. ' Trustees. D. P. Doak. San Francisco: . William Plrajott. Seattle: E. M. Wll- ! aon. Seattle: D. E. MrUutMln. Seattle: W. T. Smith. San Franclaco. For the present. L M. Fletcher, of San Fran- , rl-.co. will act aa secretary, aa he - Is familiar with the details of the con solidation. Those Interested In the new company : declare It Is entirely Independent of the United Statea Steel Corporation. It - la the Intentlosf to confine the plant In fan Francisco, which will begin oper- . atlona In September, to the manufac ture of ateel. while Iron bara and Ilka products will be turned out by the works at Portland and Seattle. OFF1CIAI-S AT CONFERENCE Seattle Plan! It Operated in Work- in Orer Scraplron. SEATTLE. Wash, July IS. All the officers and principal stockholders of the Seattle Steel Company are reported to be In San Francisco attending the negotiations for the consolidation of the company with the San Franclaco 'and Portland mills. The Seattle Steel Company operatea I i. Sk a v ' k." -a. a. . v v. . - ' i A I ti -"J - ,r ,w j t . tit i '-.II Jv ;l -v. i t IJEITRXAST Kim VOX METZ-METEH OSI RIGHT) IX CViTODT . OF KING COIKTT DEFCTV SHERIFF (ON LEFT). a . ..."......4 VETO OF BILL EXPLAINED Hats J plant at Youngstown. In the south- I n I l"PI Pfi IO flimi P western part of town. The plant I U fl L L I L L IL UIII L suaed for working over acraplron. I ri U P I 71 n -rJLL TAFT ORDERS NEW MAPS Cnngre to Hare Detailed Informa tion on Control Ire Bay. WASHINGTON. July IS. To erect terminal facilities tn Controller Bay. .Alaska, would oat about $1,000,000 said Alfred H. Brooke, of the United Statea 4eo!oa!cal Surrey. today before the Houae committee on expenditures of the Interior Department, which Is In- veattfatlnB- the Controller Bay landa. In order that Con areas shall hare elaborate maps showlns; conditions In and about Controller May. President Taft directed Superintendent' O. H. Tlttman. of the Coast and Geodetlo aur. vey to make coplea of a map of the rearion In the possession of the Gorem- ment. The President spent more than aa hour looking; over the original maps thla afternoon. Mr. Tlttman will probably have th news maps made by the end of next week, ao the President's report tt Con irrese will not be made before that time. Judge Defers Sentence to Learn More of Record. PORTLAND IS INTERESTED Lieutenant Von' ' Meta-Meyer, New York Society Burglar, May De Von Meyer, Riding- Teacher , Who Proposed to Pupils. LAND-GRANT CASES DRAG J-afferty Pleada for Oregon Attorney to Assist Prosecution. OREJONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- lnton. July 13k Declaring the present sau-iike pace pursued by the De partment of Justice In the Oregon land- grant case would take It II yeara to rearh the United Statea Supremo Court. Representative Lafferty addreaaed the House today In favor of the employ ment of an Oregon attorney to assist In the prosecution. Latterly criticised the policy of the IVpartntent of Justice In attempting to a ure forfeiture or nothing, and said It should seek enforcement of the terms of the grant. He asserted the Govern ment's attorney now on the case Is b Ing sent everywhere on other business. and even going to Alaska thla S-nnmer. Trie esse la dragglnc." aald he. -and that la unfair to settlers, but Just what the railroad wants." PAY OFFICER UNDER FIRE Favoritism In Granting Leave Charged In Congress. Is WASHINGTON. July U. Investiga tions will be made of the record of Major Keechee R. Kay. of the pay de partment of the Army, says the Army and Navy Ileglster. It la aald that la response to a resolution by ftepreaen latlv Covington, of Maryland, calling for Information "relative Jo charges of misconduct on the part of officers sf the pay department since January 1. I0 J." the lepartment returned in complete records In the rase of Major Ray. Allee-atlona are made that ha had been the beneflrlary of favoritism In the matter of frequent and prolonged leave, even when other officers did not ret "sicb leave aa they were entitled :o under the regulations- It is said that an Investigation will develop something akin to a sensation. NEW TORK. July 18. Sentence of Lieutenant Karl von Meta-Meyer, so ciety burglar, will he deferred until his record In other cltlea la Investi gated. Von Meta-Meyer. who says he waa a Lieutenant In the Norwegian army and who confessed to having robbed many houses, la believed to have committed other Crimea In western cities. Letters from Pan Franclaco. Spokane and other cltlea are coming In. asking for von Meta-Meyer'a pictures and rlv Ing- deecrlptlone of a "Jultue von Mey- ert who ewlndled many persons out. of money. Thla swindler represented him self as a Lieutenant In tha German army. If Von Meta-Meyer and Von Meyer prove to ba the same man. sen fence undoubtedly will be heavier. Similarity, of name and titles hae aroused speculation In Portland wheth sr tha Brooklyn burglar ' la Identtcal with "Lieutenant Gustava von Meyer.1 who waa a riding-master at a Portland tiding academy about a year ago and who loat Ma position and left tha olty after a trial In Police Court. The Port land man had a mania for proposing to tha wealthy young women whom he took out for riding lessons, and In that way became enamored of Francea Suflleh. When she refused him he threatened to kill her and she caused hta arrest. Von Meyer -waa abject In his renunciation of Intent to Injurs the girl and by her consent the rasa waa dismissed. Von Meyer waa heard of later In San Franc'sco. where he became entangled with a young society woman under similar circumstances. There Is noth ing to establish hta Identity with tha Brooklyn man except the surname, na tionality and profession. ELK "GOAT" IS ABOLISHED Dpponenta of "Hore Play" ' Win Contention In Grand Lodge. ATLANTIC CITY. S. J, July It. No pore will the Intending Elk ba com plied to ride the goat climb a greaaed sola or do other "stunts'" In connec Bn with bla initiation. The laat tin sortant action of tha grand lodge of Clka which adjourned laat night la to iboltah absolutely all horse play and taring tn tha Initiatory rltea of tha trde.- Thla ends a fight that haa been ad for a decade by a constantly crowing element Id the organisation switch contended that the horse-play eterred men from preaentlng, thera eIvee aa membera who would be wars of atrength to tha order. SUIT REVEALS IDEHTITY MRS. AHMOIR f-EEKS SI 41.000 FROM COMPANION. an who waa my friend." said Mrs. Ar mour today. and I shall not bring a criminal prosecution against har. though perhaps the county and state authorltlea will feel. that It la their duty to see that lawbreakers are pan' ished. All I want to do now. la to re cover my money." Miss Bylngton. who Is 35 yeara old. and waa a trained nurae before becom ing Mrs. Armour's companion at a sal ary of $76 a month three yeara ago. di rected Investigators, to a dog-kennel. at the Armour home, where securities worth $25,000 were found burled In a corner. Jewelry valued at $10,000. bought from one firm 18 months ago. 18000 worth of Oriental ruga, and $4000 worth of mezio-tlnts. with many flashy art works, have also been recovered. aome from storage housea In Kanaaa City, and the rest In Mlsa Bylngtons apartments. What became of tha rest of the money -secured Investigators bave not been able & learn, and Miss Bylngton saya aha ia unable to re member. "I would work my handa to the bona If I could recover In that way all the property I took from Mrs. Armour.' eald Mlas Bylngton. - "She waa my friend, and I would never have taken the things if I had not been temporarily demented. If there la any other prop erty left to ba discovered, I can ba of no help, for I can recall no place In which I nave hidden it. . ' Mrs. Armour, who Is 7$ yeara old. had trusted Miss Bylngton so Implicitly that she let her have the private keys to her safety deposit box and required no accounting. 5 STATES JOIN IN SEARCH PASADEXA MASOX AND CHXTtCJi. MAX STRANGELY MISSING. Letter to. Wife From Boise, Idaho, Pitted May 7, Last New; Family Haa Had of E. E. Barden. LOS ANGELES. July IS. (Special.) After an unexplained abaence of many weeks, the whereabouta of E. E. Bar den, of 40t Monterey road, have be come a matter of latereat to the police of Ave atatea, and hla disappearance has driven hla wife . to the verge of nervoua prostration. Barden la- a traveling salesman, a prominent member of the First Metho dist Church of South Pasadena and of the South Pasadrna lodge of Masons. The laat word from him by bis wife waa a letter he wrote on May 1. from Boise. Idaho. In thla letter from Barden there waa no hint of any trouble, or suggestion that he intended to deaert his family. lila home life waa Ideal. He haa two aims. Ii. K. Barden. aged It. and S. H. Barden. 10, and a wife to whom he Is devoted. The fact that he has. disappeared has been kept a close secret until toaay. Illinois' Governor &jb Ho Objected to Measure "Permitting; Barber Shop to Own Railroad," and Denies " Hlites- Story, " ' WASHINGTON, July 15. President" Taft's Administration was brought Into the Lor'rher investigation today in a new way snfii Governor Deneen. of . Illinois, testified that as early August, 10. Secretary of the . Treas ury MaeVe&gh aent for him, "to ascer tain; for the President matters regard ing the election of Senator Lorimer. This waa about three months after Mr. I.orimer'a election. Whether Secretary MacVeagh was proceeding on his own Initiative, or the President actually had suggested that he Interview Governor Deneen, Was not revealed. It was not devel oped whether an extended Inquiry was being conducted by the Administration into the manner of Senator Lorlmer's election. MacVeagh's Xante Used. Governor Deneen mentioned the name of Secretary MacVeagh when he was asked to give his version erf the tele phone conversation between Edward HInea and himself on tha day Lori mer was elected. It was during this conversation. Mr. Hlnes testified, that Peneen promised to support Lorimer. This Governor Deneen denied. lilnes testified that he eald over the i telephone that he was on his way to Springfield to carry to Deneen a mes sage from Senator Aldrlch and Presi dent Taft about Lorlmer's election. Hlnes said the President was sending him a message through Aldrlch, who would have George Reynolds, president of the Continental National Bank, de liver it. Secretary Is Astonished. Governor Dcr.sen testified that when he responded to Secretary MacVeagh'ej requeat to call at the Federal build ing in Chicago. Mr. MacVeagh aald he "wanted to ascertain for the Presi dent matters regarding Lorlmer'a elec tion," and thai he, Deneen. Jokingly replied: "Ask the President: he was the man who ia aald to have aent the message that did It." - . Governor Deneen added that in re sponse to further Inquiry from the Sec retary he related the conversation be tween himself and Hlnea. The ronvereatior.' laated only 10 or IS mlnutee. for ths Secretary, after I had related my part in the election. said he was a.tor ished at the reports," added Governor-Deneen. Telephone . Talk Important. The questioning was nearly devoted to the Hlnes-Deneen telephone con versation. It waa regarded as having an Important bearing on the. Lorimer contention 'that Deneen favored .Lori- mer'a election. 'Do you think Mr. Hlnes might have mentioned Mr. Reynolds' name for pur. pose of Identification?" inquired sen ator Fletcher, referring to HInea' tes timony. 'No, waa tha reaponse, "Mr. Rey nolds could not . have Identified Mr. Hlnes. for I did not know Mr. Reynolds very well. Governor Deneen declared that It waa not necessary for him to assist them, beoauae the contest had .been won by Lorimer' the' night before..: When the committee, resume -Its hearing Monday, the testimony will be regarding - ths activities of Edward HInea In tha Lorimer election. Deneen told of being in the office of tb Tribune tha night tha White story waa printed. . He aald ha read practically the first copy printed and walked out with it hidden under his vest. He explained that he had been warned that everyone leaving the building that night would be searched. "' " Reaxon for Veto Given. White's reference to the $30,000 loss to the corruption "Jackpot" because of tha Governor-vetoing "one"' bill vu taken up. Deneen aald ha had exam ined his vetoes and "guessed" White aa referring to the corporation bill, revising tha corporation laws of the state. Deneen aald ha vetoed it because It allowed a "barber shop to Incorpo rate and buy a railroad." Governor Deneen denied he had aald to Representative Charles Durfee, when Durfee announced to him that he was going to leave Hopkins for Lorimer, that Lor'mer would be elected and that the election would ba satisfactory to him. "I tried to prevent Durfee voting for lx rimer, said the Governor, "and sug gested to him that I probably would have to call a special sesalon of the Leglalatuse in the Kail to paaa ' on waterway matters." and In the mean time tha Senatorial candidates would fight the matter out before the people." conversations Deneen had with Frank B. Noyea. then publisher of the Chicago Record-Herald were gone into. The witness denied Noyes had said to him: 'Lorimer to the only Republican who eoald take or conalatently have the of fice of Senator by Democratic votes:" Yiiavn? Hals Itilllmeit tciofoe, FScWsss1 jflmeft r Compare Schloss Clothes with those selling at the same price elsewhere. You can't but help discover ing Schloss superiority at a glance. You can now buy these good clothes the best in America" at very substantial reductions. The reason? ' We are clearing the racks and cases Tor the Fall goods now on the way. 17 Every suit sold is backed by our guarantee of sat isfaction, of course. Scnos owannvs Biltlmtn fjBsflmert JefftMvl Biltlmort LCWftesi jBiMfmor ;Otrffie IjBf fflnroit I Biflfmor rcisfftcM LriofftM i f- i $15.00 Suits $18.00 Suits $20.00. Suits $22.50 Suits $25.00 Suits $30.00 Suits $35 00 Suits $40.00 Suits Blues and Blacks Except Contract Goods at - - $ 1 0.OO at - - $ 1 2.00 at - $13.35 at - - $ 1 S.OO at - - $ 1 6.65 at - - $20.00 at - -at - - Ha5 :j Scftfou BiHlmort 1 tkCMitsA F &aul r&nhas Btltlmort kOrfhesJ V GtSlaia a fiilttman Schlou Biltlmwt ICofnsfi Bttllmott Biltlmort uornttM FC-hf..l ptltlmott iCIoHnt Reduced One-Fourth jrScnloul j Biff f more r&ol fiiltlmtrt bCfofftesi Fourth and Alder Streets CtlOihitlQ CO. Granf Pbegley, Manager ' p?" nawes Hal. Schloss Baltimore Clothes Schloss Baltimore Clothes Schloss Baltimore Clothes FILM RECORDS LIFEl Physician Says He Has Seen Human Vital Spark. ELECTRICAL AURA SHOWN Experiment on Dying Man by X-Bay Spfolallst Tt eves Is Fading:' of Light From Body Living 'Poreona Are AIbo Tested. CHICAGO. July 15. The llgrht of the vital spark In a human being haa been Been, according to a statement made today , by Ir. Patrlek S. -O'Donnell, an X-ray expert who haa been following; up experiments made by Dr. W. J. Kilner, uz London, author of a-scien- tifio monograph on the subject. Pome time ago. using a chemicalized film sealed between two thin strips of Brians. Dr. O'Donnell gave a demon stratlon to 20 physician, of the aura. or electrical radiation. ., of living bodies, four young men being used as subjects. , The aura developed aa a strung ray. ot liKm surrounding ins entire' form of the subject. "Last night," saifl Dr. O'Donnell In the presence of several physicians at Mercy Hospital, M witnessed the ex perlment on a dying man. H.e waa rapidly sinking. Suddenly the attend tn physicians announced that the man was duad. The aura began to spread from the body and presently ' dlsap peered. Further observation of the corpse revealed no sign of the aura. "We do not assert that the light la the soul or spirit. In fact, no one teems to know what It is. In my opinion, however. It Is some sort of radlo-actlvlty made visible by the use of the chemical acreen. My experi ments, however, seem to prove that It is the animating power or current of life of human beings." Marshfleld 'Welcomes Sayer. HLIVl U II 111 luuftj . I P n ft t I 1 1 ...I . The police of thla city have been asked I rcndlAls VILLAUCd OAUKLU to search for tne missing man ana a MIm Harriet Bjlngton Shown to Be TruMed Friend Who Sold Se curities to Buy Jewels. KANSAS C1TT. Mo.. July li. (Spe cial.) The Identity of the companion and housekeeper of Mrs. Margaret Klock Armour, widow of Simeon R Armour, the packer, who haa confessed to taklna securities from the safety de posit bex of her employer and selling them for money to spend on Jem-elry and art works, waa revealed today, when lira. Armour filed suit In tha circuit court against .Miss Harriet By Inerton to recover 1141.000. aald to be only a part of the alleged thefts. Not until her attorneys showed her positive proof implicating Miss Bylng ton In the disappearance of aecurltlea would Mra. Armour believe charges against the woman she bed trusted ss a daughter. Even then she kept her name secret until the filing or the suit revested It. "I do not want to prosecute the worn- request hss been made to the police of Seattle, Portland. Boise and other cities of the Northwest, where he was well known to the1 trade, to trace his movements. BRIDGES GETS DAUGHTER Girl Abdncted by See Temporarily Awarded to Father. CHICAGO, July 15. Mildred Bridges, for abducting whom Evelyn Arthur Sea. orophet of the "Absolute Life waa con. vlcted. was awarded today to the cus tody of her father by tha Juvenile Court, until September, when the oass will be finally deolded. Bridges told the court that Mrs. Clln gen was an unfit custodian of his daughter, having allowed ths latter to read "Absolute Life" and to visit Bee's lawyers during the recent trial. Mrs. Bridges also was. tn court Brldgea. who desires to regain control of Mildred himself, and who Is suing for a divorce from his wife, added that the latter waa not a fit person to care for hla daughter. Mra. Brldgea Is a member of ths "Absolute Life" cult. Cabinet Resigns In Face of Activity by Rebels. LONDON. July It. The Persian Cabinet, according to a dispatch from Teheran, has resigned and the country IS In a state of anarchy. The roada are unaafa and rebellious movements are In progress at Shiras, capital of the Province of Fars. Kermanshah and Senna, capital of Kurdistan. Forty villages In tha Ardabll district have been aaeked by rebels. A strict censorship on outgoing news haa been established. Bank to Open at Morton, Wash. CHEHALIS. Wash.,' July IS. (Spe cial.) Morton, Lewis County, la to have a banla the first concern of the kind In the eastern part of the county. It Is said that a move Is afoot to start a bank also at Handle. In the Big Bot tom country. The Morton concern will be known as the State Bank of Morton. The capital stock Is $11,000, and tho officers are A. N. Cheney, president: C. A. Cook, cashier, and- J. M. Bell. Mr. Cheney and Mr. Cook are connected with the Winlock BasC MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 13. (Spe cial.) On an official trip through Southern Oregon, James J. Sayer. rep resentative of the Oregon Development League, is In Marshfleld. Ho will con fer with the Chamber of Commerce, and it- Is probable that a public meeting will be held concerning the work of the Development League. . . Cash Register Firm Pays Fee. SALEM. . Or., July 15. (Special.) Al though operating in this state for sev- eral years, the National Cash. Register Company today remitted' to the Secre-. tary of State its-first annual license fee amounting to 1350. Marshfleld Boat Sold. MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 15. (Spe cial.) The gasoline seagoing boat Coaster has been sold by Captain Peter Olson to the Klamath Packing Com pany, of Eureka, Cal. 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