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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1913)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JANUARY 19, 1913- FISHER ACCUSED OF YOUNG WIRELESS OPERATOR, IN SERVICE BUT FEW MONTHS, GOES DOWN WITH ILL-FATED ROSECRANS. WITH CALL FOR HELP UNFINISHED. What Better Investment Could You Ask Than a. Gilt-Edged Mortgage Bearing 10 Interest? Secretary's Reply to Charges of Osages' Is They Were Unduly Influenced COERCING NO ANS STANDARD OIL INVOLVED Attorney for ITncIe Sam Company, in Brier, Says His Concern Was Opposed Because of Compe tition With Trust. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Charges that Secretary Fisher attempted to co erce Osage Indians Into leasing- valu able oil fields to the Standard OH Com pany and counter charge by the Sec retary that the Uncle Sam OH Com pany attempted to acquire the fields under circumstances which were threat ening proceedings by Attorney-General Wlckersham, were aired today before the House committee on Indian affairs. Meanwhile seven Osages, members of the tribal council, who were removed on January 6 by Secretary Fisher, be cause, he Bald, it was found they were unduly Influenced, in making a lease to the Uncle Sam Company, went to the Pistrlct Supreme Court and got a writ of mandamus calling on the Secretary to show cause next Tuesday why they should not be reinstated. Certain leases to the Uncle Sam Company have been thrown out by the Secretary and a bill is now pending in the House to compel the Secretary to validate them. Lawyer Accuses Standard Oil Albert Wilson, representing the Uncle Sam Oil Company, in his brief declared that the Standard Oil Compr.ny Is en deavoring to block the efforts of the Uncle Sam Company to secure this lease because the Uncle Sam Company could then become a competitor of the Stan dard Oil subsidiaries in the field. "The stockholders of the Uncle Sam Oil Company have fought a long, hard fight against machinations of the oil trust," says the brief. "The oil trust has had the advantage of the assistance of a former President. Cabinet officers, the Postoffice Department, Interior De partment, some Federal Judges, a Fed eral District Attorney and many other lesser Federal officers." Flaktr Regards Attack as Honor. Secretary Fisher replied to the charges. He said: "I regard-an at tack by the Uncle Sam Oil Company as a badge of honor," declared the Secre tary. "It is conclusive recognition of the fact that I have effectively checked the attempt of this concern to acquire the Immense oil field belonging to the Osage Indians under circumstances which have been investigated by a special agent of the Indian office.- As a result- of this report I removed the entire tribal council and referred the report to the Attorney-General, who 1 will take appropriate action Just as soon as he can decide what the action should be." As to the charge that he had been I airtins- the Sfnndarrt Oil Company In 1 t , . t., fi ' s. - jit jr. - - I , - 4 gf , . 4 SJ? - - f V v i rr 1 1 ssCi LAWRENCE A. PRXUONT I" WIRELESS ROOM OF THE ROSECRAXS. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Lawrence A. Prudont was the wireless operator on the Associated Oil Company's tank steamer Rosecrans, which was wrecked on Peacot Spit on the morning of January. 7. and it was he who sent the hurried "S. O. S." call, which brought a quick response from the llfosaving crews and tugboats in an effort to give assistance to tfie distressed craft This call, which was never finished on ao count of the destruction pf the operating room by the heavy seas, read as follows: "Rosecrans wrecked at bar, send assistance! Can stay no longer! Hel " The crash came so suddenly that the last word, evi dently "help," was never concluded. Lawrence Prudont, who stood at his post so long as the wireless would work, trying to summon assistance, and who lost his life in the disaster, was 21 years of age and a Bon of A. Prudont, of Venice, CaL He had been on the vessel only a few taonths. His body has not yet been recovered. " 1 trvlnsr to secure for that corporation Osage oil land leases. Secretary Fisher declared the reverse was the case. All pipe lines, he said, naa Deen pronimiea from bidding in competition for these lands. Grand Jury to uet cases. The Department of Justice late today. through Assistant Attorney - uenerai Knaebel. transmitted to tne unitea States District Attorney at. Guthrie, Okla the reports and documents from Secretary Fisher, alleging that "undue Influence had been used upon tne ae tnurd members of the Osage tribe In the negotiation of the leases. If the investigation by the District Attorney warrants such action, the case will be laid before the grand jury in Oklahoma. In the course of his examination to day. Attorney Wilson made a long ar gument reviewing the career of the Uncle Sam Company, its difficulties with the Postoffice Department In con nection with its transactions with stockholders, its troubles with the courts in bankruptcy proceedings and finally what he termed the persecution by the Interior Department in the pres ent case. Under examination by tne committee. Mr. Wilson said Mr. Fisher objected to the royalty on oil offered by the Uncle Sam lease. He said the lease offered the Indians a royalty of one-eighth of the, price received for oil, while the Secretary asserted the royalty should be one-sixth. Rules Limit Acreage Mr. Wilson declared that the rules and regulations framed by Secretary Fisher to cover the leasing of the Osage lands were formulated after the Uncle Sam leases , had been negotiated a no that under hese rules no company or Individual could take over a large acre age eut of the 800,000 acres open, for development and be assured of a rea sonable return on the Investment. The committee desired to know Just how Mr. Wilson connected the actions of Secretary Fisher with the Standard Oil Company. "Every attempt to keep the Uncle Sam Oil Company from securing a sup ply of crude oil," he replied, "aids and assists the Standard Oil Company. If we cannot get a good supply of oil for our refineries they will be able to crush us." Mr. Wilson, said when the company endeavored to secure petitions from citizens all over the country asking President Taft to order Secretary Fish er to approve the Uncle Sam leases on July 4, 1912, that Secretary Fisher, on July 3, "gave the Associated Press the false Information that said leases had been approved." As a result of the pub lication of this Information he said, "We received congratulations instead of petitions." T. F. Leahy, of the Osage tribe, corr roborated that portion of Mr. Wilson's testimony relating to the formation of the leases to the Uncle Sam Com pany by the tribal council of the Osage tribe. The members of that council whom he represented were removed from office by the. Secretary of the In terior, and a new election has been called. Ethical Society Sleets Tuesday. The Portland branch of the Interna tional ' Ethical Educational Society meets at 511 Yamhill street. Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock. "Child Labor" will be the theme for discussion. X Aiid, supposing the interest were paid to you every 90 days, without fail, so that you could depend upon it as certainly and definitely aa the income from n United States Government BondT And, suppose you could secure such a mortgage in any sum, upon any terms of payment and began drawing interest the minute yoij paid your first installment t V Who Would Wish for Safer Investing? But, you say, it is out of the question; it is not -within reason; it is preposterous. There is no doubt but what aa investment of this character -would be about as unusual as any thing else you might imagine. Unless, perhaps, it is an investment in the capital stock of this company. As a pure matter of fact, stock In this company is exactly that char acter of an investment just as profitable, just as certain and just as secure. To prove the point, we ask your careful consideration of the following: Th security against which the money ot this company is placed Is a mortgage. Every mortgage is based upon a piece of real estate, upon which we build a house for some one to live in. " Our security is represented by both the houses and the lota. These mortgages pay us 8 per cent Interest. While our profits on house build ing are still greater and add to our large income, we are still able to build a horn and turn It over to the new owner for leas money than by the old method of building bv contractor or day labor. There Is also plenty of money left to meet all expenses and add every month to a surplus fund which belongs to all stockholders alike. Our present profit enables us to pay every one of our stockholders at least 10 per cent per annum on every dollar they invest in the stock of the company. While It is true, you do not own the mortgage the company does. While it is true these mort- fages do not draw 10 per cent interest he total profit is In excess of that. 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