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rUOBNIKO. JAKTARV T, Jt:i FOBB, SiCTIOK J3 FOItTY-POOn PAGES.' pracs riK c. vol. II. x:o. 43; CD Ml Rogers :Flatly--Refa H.H. ronTLAiJD, orccn, eundAy .'T3n r I 1 - - '"-" " - , , . ; ; , . , , , ,. , ' 1 " m '" i - "' vi . L.: ' ' ' ' - - . - - - - - wa 1 THE Lir BUGASOO ;aif g Standard Oil ) Magnate the 1 -Acme of Insolence and - ' Contemptefiises -to Answer Questions. TAUNTS coissioriERr-? r SNEERS AT AUDIENCE xectrtl Hes4f . Octopus " Ohrcs procssdlngs .Frdcl Co1op TnjstV Lswyer : Refasss :W Obey When Ordettd Oat-Mrs. Butts' Xsvengtag .Father's, .Wrongs. .. v i' .11 f Baarial Meeatra 1,1ml VIM tt The IniuI) . Mew Tork. Jan. S- Henry H-JRogers. the executive head Of the Standard Oil company! Co ' the irltMU stand ta day's ptoeeedinge of; tha-stats, st JtlSr sourl against this the Te8t trust la ths world, afforded llft lMtt amualng ipoUil that any taw court ever wit nessed. He raw tire- whole proceeds e farcloal color. - He flung witticisms at the Iswyern conducting the proceedings. He roared at his own Insane Jokes. ror three fours' he exhibited monu menlal disregard for, taw and legal -ex-actlona-Sneering end ynlsHn epeeoh. Insolent and. defiant n retort,-he lolled In his chair In an attitude e amused tolerance -of the proceeding's apparently mwmH Mfldnt In hie ww nrnd that m law eit - av ssuU resdh him or his rlr-Wi . I' J, , .', -" The entire dsira proossdlngs .'..were astounding. It was assumed that the taotlea of delar ; anf defiance practiced of the- trust s, oonismpw--needing-todar fanand -away surpassed them. Bo obnoxious did itogois lawyer beoeme that he was ordered from; the room.' He declined flatly to so. Serious questions pat to . Mr. Rogers were an swsred with contempt and sneering sar casm. He flung taunt after taunt at the commissioner. 1 He grrnned at those preeent and, sneered., and after several hours of rain sttempts to get some thing tangible ths.Iswysrs gsive It-up for the day and adjourned the hearing until Unnrla v mornlnsv . ' f "' ' Th. hMHni todsv was-held In the Sffloe of Henry Wollman, No. T4 Broad- a. whan nis naraonai wwrn.j waa 'Mbral fmn the room. Roaers saldt "Can's I s Instead 7" Tnsn sowe Teles, "I envy him.'. ' , Later., when asked If the Standard OU company was not -building a refinery in Kasa 'Cltyr-r-r,.':T' ' ," "t - - BogecV yaosUowsBsss. v'--"- : " hare been In the oil business sine 11(1. and I taks as much interest in an oil refinery as I do la Carrie Nation' Mr. Hadley.retortodv , thought you wert going say Tom Law eon." ;. . . '.. Contlnued en Fags Two.) ,. r: i',r1.y -.;.,--' ! xrtiS' - y,:.-?:,ytixi r" AM w ri Ills l 11 t 11LMI.1 HillDORF ASTOR UAY BE CREATED LORD CtlVEDEtl Coveted Peerage la Said to Be Expatriated American; Millionaire, Despite King Kl) l;?v i;; Edward's Known (Ooprrlglit nart Jt-wi by."..Ussal Whe te The Jooraal.) .- ' London, Jan. ' .Society people - who have only Just begun to rocovsf from tha astonishing list of asw, peers mo baronets which, followed the resignation of Premier Arthur Balfour are .now discussing 'laddltional probables." ,- .. i It is whispered In .court circles that Mr, Waldorf Astor will sursly be made . ik the title of Lord Cliveden. notwithstanding theklng' s pdlsllks I "t that genueman. .. . . ' . . The king has really little to say tit ths matter of peerages when a would be peer subscribes ss handsomely -as Astor has dons of late to- tha conserva tive associations..' His majesty has not : forgotten ths fact that Mr. Astor snubbed one of the royal favorites noma time ago. ut if Mr. Astor Is as determined, as is generally supposed, on securing peerage, the king, will waive his objections. : V - i . On the other hand ths king has con ferred peerages right and . left. . much : sgalnat ths Judgment of his recent min isters. Perhaps the most extraordinary case is the very recent one of Sir Her- - bert Dentern, wha- was made -first - a baronet and has now been elevated to thspeeras-e. Sir Herbert or Lord Dest era, as he will be called Is an Immense ly wealthy men who has dona nothing politically or otherwise for this csuse, . He is by nd means In full control of his mental capacity, and when he Is driving frequently throws the reins ovsr the hoi sea' heal In absence of mind. When he r- 1s few years si ha gompncatKin Marm. ropsan , , ,iC;C) X Us'' ? . ; 5 - Project. Which Will B.i . Diplomats In ;Mny Ouarters, Vi (H X ! Md Resuring Statement AVSr V t awa klaV Mllaa BT'akaa.IIsa.aeat ' - t I a. ST. BBBaaaV. 4 b " .- . 1 7 t II il i ' ' . a lrl Sk. 7av J T fj 'It, . ' r 1 i ' , . . . . -'. - t " S . - - msnd That AU, Powers '.Tik i Part :'.''V.-;V:M Sf " i Cl StT ; In-Refonnssnd Work of Oturding VI'M 'VI iCDOfRsfe , Frontkr Bs Divided-France Cer- ' SiWfi-0 ' v rG' I (Oepyrlght. Raarst Kaws Berrlce, .. . Wlr to Tb JoanaaL) liondon. Jan. The Moroccan situa tion has snddsnly thrust Itself to the front In a way that has alarmed Europe more than any International complica tion within a generation. The more' ments of the kaiser hare created aa ua easineee 3n diploraatio circles, whlohlls not allayed by the reassuring statements from Berlin. . ..',. . So extremely Beaeltw has the situa tion become that marine Insurance at LJoyds' advanced ( guineas per cent to over the leas p to anytime before July 1 in the- event orwar- between Franoe and.' Oennany... ;" , '"'-simasjls Pemintf Aeoordlng to official Information .re ceived la 1-r --n t-n I iriin; Qermanjr B6t Ohlf 6o..,.iiv.a lost all the powere ahall nartlotpat In the exeeuUoa of reforms In Morocco but that the work of watcbinar he ffontler shall be dl vlded .among: them.', thus realising, the fsars that the German delegates mtgiit Insist uponregulatjQnclashing-wlih what France eonslders-ber special prlv liege.-for Instanos, the pouolng of the frontier. w " " " "'' s 1 If Oermany persists In this attitude in the' eonferenos. It Is betleved a most serious situation will arise, as France is certain to resist and Great Britain will support France. The British gov ernment, while believing the conference will flnalir reach a satisfactory settle ment. realises tat persistence by Ger many in her demands will cause Irri tation which will require aU tha efforts of the delegates to remove, and in this It ' expects the support : of the United States. Snaln and Italy. . Large holders of French bonds In England are perturbed over the outcome and are threatening to throw tneir noia Ings on the market. - . , "'.;' v Kaiser After awltserlaad. ' A- Swiss officer BOW In London on an Imoortant mlaslon declares tnai bwii serlsnd baa already t made . extensivs preparations to safeguard her territory aa In tha event of a conflict It la be lieved northern Swltserland .would be compelled to bear the brunt of the military operational It Is ths firm be lief of the Swiss people that tha kaiser (Continued oa Fags Two.) Almost Within the ; Grasp' of the Dislike ; for' Him.' ,fys;.V. on his .honeymoon to Brighton, riving" .In Brighton ho turned On ar ts his friends and said: ; - - "Just look after iny 'wife will rout rm going to hare a Turhieh bath." , ' Apropos of Mr. Astor's millions, he has -stated In a recent Interview that any man can grow rich If ha only pos sesses ths two qualities of perseverance and temperance. ' '. "A man can always save money, no matter how small his earnings may be. provided na can exerclae neceesary seir dental and keep - clear of two things, rum and tobacco," ha save. -1 ' . t Despite this utterance Mr. Astor him self Is neither a teetotaler nor a non smoker, though he Is very moderate In both, of these Indulgences, his Moor Ish smoklnsj room In his London residence In- Carlton house terraoe Is one of ths most -wonderful apartments or Its kind In ths world and as one glances around one oan easily fancy himself transported to Tanglera When asked why he bad settled in England, he said: . "1 cams to London on a visit for a few weeks and I liked It so much that I -decided to . make It my horn a 1 One night I r was -"visiting - Maidenhead and watched ths moon rise ovsr Cliveden walla' This scans was so beautiful and so fascinated me that I determined then and there that If I aver had the op portunity I would bay that estate..' . . "By a lucky- chance I heard shortly afterward that the late Duke of West minster." who wsS at that time tha owner of Cliveden, wee anxious to dls rnee of It and I secured It without loes tit. m r v'i ft "v , i v i w i i i xi ' wmjM (I FOILS-HOLDUP Ordered to Throw Up His Hands, ; He i Grabs Revolver of ' '( 'rtY Highwaymafn IN STRUGGLE THAT 1 ;V :.l FOLLbWS HE WINS i Befor Complete Victory, How- erer. People Living Across tha Way Throw ! Flood of Light , oa Combat aiid Robber' Runs. ?., ' Tltff ' eertalnl hlahwarmsn 'In town who being or ths heignt or nve feet sight Inches will make no further attempt to hold up "Bob" McCraken. For which' there appears to be excel lent' reason. "Bob" got bold of ths fal low's revolver and probably would have poured its contents Into his abdomen but for ths, men's heaty flight. It happened at about 10 : t a. o'clock last night. At that hour Robert G. Mc Craken was on WlllametU Heights, descending ' Franklin' street.'' ' As he n eared : Thirty-second 'Street tha high wayman Jumped out from a dark cor ner, and confronted McCraken with a revolver, ordering him ta throw op his hands. The Intended victim, who stands about six-feet-three In ' hie . stockings. slsed up the aggressor, discovering him to be about five-feet-eight, wearing a slouch hst and dark suit. He then seised the weapon and in. the struggle which ensued bad decidedly the better of the -argument until tha people llv Ink across tha war opened the door and at the flood of light the holdup turned and rushed down the bluff. - - Mr,- McCraken was not; robbed, nor was bo Injured beyond, a scratch In the left bend the result of tha thug's snatching of" ths revolvst; as . hs'msds his dash for liberty. .- The victim of the affair 1a tha son of Colonel John MoCraken and Is well known .locally. Hs Is prominently lden- tjlfled with the Multnomah club. ; ,. MURPHY STOPS I'OWATT IN THE SECOr.D ROUND (BSMlal INspatek kr Leased Wire te The ioamft Philadelphia, Jan. Tommy Murpar nf Harlem stopped Tommy Mowatt or Chtoago, known ss ths fighting conduc tor, efter to seconds, or the second round had been consumed at the Na tlonal Athletic club tonight. While ths hout lasted It Wsa a pippin and- ths spec tators scarcely realised what had hap pened when Mowatt went to tha floor with a left nana awing. 1 no punoa landed on the precise spot. Mowatt, gams' to ths last, tried his best to regain his feet, but there was nothing to It. He was dawn and out for several seconds after Referee Me- Ouia-an bad olooked off ths fatal IS ynth Acimowledgtmects to Represenurivs Landis, -1 -1 i-nr isU'UrnJif'sii,li i s 'i'"! " ssafbjBsaass4vBnvwwal 'Robert Q, McCraken. L1ILL1Q:IA1RES( OF liEV YORK -PAY SUALLtTAXES-" Andrew Carnegie Tops the List H. H. . Rogers Is Champion V. :,; '.Tax Dodger. ' ;i : ; (pedal Dtasateb by teaeea Wire te The Josrhal) New Tork. Jan. 1. Asdrew irnegie still tops all the New . Tork city mil lionaires In th amount of his personal tax asssssment In tha nsw tax rolls for ltOf, which will be made pubjlo Mon day. Of New York's three theussnd ana odd millionaires hs is trie oniy one wno has a personal tax of 16,000.009. which Is the amount he ia assesssd this year. Mr. Carnegie pays this tax voluntarily. - John D. Rockefeller cornea next with $1,600,000. J. P. Morgan la down for only f 40Q,000, which he saya. la too much, but which be Is willing to pay aa a good cRlsan. and nsxt comes Rus sell Bags for f 1,000,000. H. H. Rogers, who was down for.00.000 last year and had It wiped off, esoaped soot free thla year. 1 Threa. Vanderbllta are. enrolled for more than a million. W. K. VandefBUt IS'downfor an even ' $1,000,000.- - Fred erick W. Vanderbilt Is down for 20, 000, while Alfred O. Vanderbilt end Reginald Vanderbilt get off with a quarter of a million each. - , y ,, .'' ' "plsa foe loomed (Stectel m .patch by teases Wire te The leameD .. Hackensack. N. J Jan, Lawyer Peter W. Stagg. who wsa counsel 'for Mrs. Antoinette Tolls, condemned to die oh the 'gallows "next Friday, haa been retained to appear before the hoard of pardons and apply for a reprieve on the ground that new and Important evi dence which will show thst the woman acted In self-defense bee; been ' discov ered, v .'" ' ,' 'Xaaaae So Idle Oaasee Ptarry. nianataS ta Tha Jaeraal.1 ; BeatUa, Waah., Jan. . An insane soldier took eharge of ths Hotel Bruoe tonight because his laundry bill wss too hle-h. He discnargsa .tns oeiiDoy ana porter, and wrote notes to Imaginary spirits . The police hsd a bard Urns In of XndJaoa. OTHER DIES OF BROKEN HEART ., ... ,,, . -, - . ...... . Mrs. "I E. M.- Eldredge .Travels Thousands of Miles to Find J Her Runaway Boy. , ; v LOSES HER MIND IN v I SEARCH FOR HER SON Sells' Her Horns ' In California to Hunt Orer the World for Erring 7 Of f spring Passes Away in" Seattle ; HospitsL ' -v- ;v ' :y;f,": V':"l iy'. ' Seattle,. Waa tu, Jan. . If Truman C. Eldrsdgs, i a nomad, supposed to be wandering somewhere In the west, wants to find his ; poor old mother,, let him wander to Lake Vtew cemetery, and on an out-of-the-way ijrave hs will find a wooden slab put there by some one, bearing the .words:. - : ' "Dled in Seattle of a broken heart Mrs. B. M. Eldredgs." 1 ' ft. . v.il Ik. nA wAmam tin it ttare ths other day. - After traveling thou sands of miles to locals her son, she became Insane at Fairbanks. She wss sent to Seattle and died In the Providence hospital. All shs talked about as death approached waa her "My boy Truman," One of the last boats to return from Nome brought out Mrs. Eldredgo. ' Shs had lived in southern ' California for years. Her husband wss dead, her son had deserted her., shs was alone. - Bhe had soma property, which she sold and with tha money she went out into the world in search of her boy. - She Wrote letters everywhere. Shs wrote to others hoping to locate htm.. Some told her he was' fn ' Montana, others in Alaska. She wandered from town to town In the middle west. . Her money Was almost gone, but she could not find her son. 1 " She then Iwaid PS -Wad In Alasi Mrs. Eldredge went there. - She went about from camp to oamp Inquiring for her boy. Everywhere aha went she de scribed him aa he was when hs left home seven years ago. Ho wss IS then, She became a - familiar figure about Fair banks. The eld intners told the new comers that "She's erasy about a boy that deserted her.". She became sick at Falrbanka last summer. . The cltlsens, gamblers., girls in - the danos' 'halls and publm officials took up a parse for her. She was sent out to Seattle with a woman to accompany her. ' Money waa sent to pay her hospi tal sxpensee. She was, however, beyond medical aid. Bhe died. , ' . ' Testerday ' a registered ; Istter, . ssnt from Fairbanks, came to Dr.- Rlnlger, her .attending physician. The letter waa stgnsd "Tour poor old sad-hearted mother."-- It ' we sent to "Truman Eldredge. Butte." It was pathetic, . The last paragraph read: "Truman, you are a man new. 1 am at tha snd of my rosd, It Is for you to ssy how long I shall live. If you do (Continued on Page Tws.). OrefOB Senators y Htva- Been Per- siatent snd Urged yrork oa Smaller Lines If Nothing Better Were Pos sible Secretary .Withdraws Lands for UmstOla Project. ... rWaaMaatiia aagaaa a Ta laavmaLt Washington, IX C, Jan. . Oregon la. practically sea a red another reclamation Droieot. -althoua-h not on .Such a seals ss at first contemplated. . Officials of tha Interior department are working on ths Malheur project details, and while Official announcement has - not " 'been made, the completion of work .on the final lines ia almoat certain. , Aac adopted, eliminating road lands and acreage affected by ths Corvallis a Eastern right of way, the Malheur pro tect wUl . ambraoa about t0,9O and eoot annroxlmatsly tl.OOO.OOt, which sum It 1 understood Is ready for im mediate use. After eliminating tha lands named., and executing the work as modified, snlnsers bellev that the east par acre wul be but e.lthtly ahevs the last estimate or the bureau. fntll all eettmatee are flnlahsd the cost cannot bs stated with any certainty, but it la not expect ed to go beyond lit and at the highest til. It Is regarded fortunate that the alterations made ds not involve any materiaOncreejM.ln.-lhe coef of "the work. "!- f. ' Tha attitude of tha interior depart ment Is felt to be the result of ths persistent work of Senators Fulton and Oearln. ' They have urged Its comple tion on the lines indicated. If nothing better were possible, and the- fact thai they were united and so persistent over came ths feeling of antipathy that had been aroused against ths project. ; Unless unforeseen difficulties Inter vene, the work should bs oommsnosd soon In. earnest. . In connection with the Umatilla project In Oregon, ths secretary of the Interior has withdrawn from any form of dis position whatever, under ths public land laws, Willamette meridian, 7, sorts In township t, rsngs ft. and TJ0 acres in township ,4 range SB. These lands, are : (Continued on Page Two.) TViO HUUDREO ARE CELEBRATES REI Fighter Wins Back His Wifs, Makes a. Horssshos In Honor of Event and In Doing So Wrecks a. Blacksmith Shop, - N ; 1 . Hurting Watching Crowd Into the Cellar. (Sperlal Dlxpatck by teased Whs te The Joans!) . Sioux Falls, B. D Jsn. . Bob Fits Simmons haa won a "Fight for Love" more notable than any ho ever achieved In the play of that name. In which he and his wife starred for two years. By pretending that he would leave Sioux Falls 'on the . t . o'clock , train today, abandoning all effort to effect a reeon' dilation with his wifs. by deceiving her attorney. Judge Alkens. Into, a feeling of security, then neatly sludsd him and. through ths intercession of ths proprie tor of the hotel, a lifelong friend, he was enabled to secure a private interview with his wifs, whe cams here to got a divorce. -. ' . ' It took only a few minutes for Bob's plead to undo alt that her lawyer had done in preparing' for their permanent separation and divorce. Within half an nuur ins ism emeigeu from his wife's room bluing and cooing like doves. Bob proudly announced that he had again won his wife' a love and that no power on earth could ever separate them. Bob waa beside himself with Joy. In his station hs acted like a erasy man. He declared that, while the last three weeks had added firs years to his life, the last II minutes hsd made him 10 years younger. Someone suggests that he might turn a horseshoe Just to show r that hie hand had lost nons Of ths , cunning ef his youth.' .,"-''.''-.' '.-, ;" . - ."Tvs got yon,' promptly rejoined the big pugilist ' . - ' A Way ths party hied ta a blacksmith shop, leaving hQ-s. Fltasimmona to return to her room alone. Tfiy tha time Bob had reached tSa v lage smithy a crowd of boo men 1-1 bad congregated. They earer. v him as he bared hla ri-ht ar an apron, and took 1 r - ' anvil. ' Heating th he had Just plec struck ths f'"t l the blacl ( Uf"'al i , '. .1 Officers of Temple Ems.: j-CI U New York Deny H V.:. ' Never Cald HeWzs y. Formally; Called, yr" ; EXPLAINS HOW K2 IVA3 ' APPROACHED C.'J LUTTZH Says ths' Nsw York Committee De . dared It Was Purpose of ths Trc tees to .Recommend KinrtoCca gregstion sslUbbl If He' Accepted Its Limitsrions. ' ; - '. ' :. . .. - - Officers of Temple Kmenu-Za nf MeW Tork dty deny that a call has been le sued to Dr. Stephen B. Wise of Temple Beth- Israel ta occupy tha pulpit of" Emanu-IB. " The denial waa mads yes-. -terday by Dr, Joseph Sllvermsn,' rabbi of Temple Kmanu-El; H. M- Mna-a. president of the board Of trustees of e synagogue, and. Louis Marahall, -s..e. tar ff the beard of trustees. , , . A . epeeiei dispatch 1 to The Journal from Mew Tork,, received last niht says: .. -- . ! .. . Nsw Tork, Jae. The ver-n ; nounoament by Vr. S. B. wie, r I c' Temple Beth Ijra'l. Iortlao V. Crcos to the afteot that bs bad r-'" a r to seen v tv P'-'-'V r a-..t tt t 1 - ' t . r . temple sranld wicnuraw their a .-c' i providing that the pulpit should wum., be under the control of the board of . trustees, is said bjr Dr. Joseph Sil verman, the rabbi of ' the. Temple : Bmanu-Kl; H. M. Moees, president of . the hoarder trueteee of ths synagogue, and Louis Marshall. k the secretary of ' the hoard of trustees, to be absolutely untrus. Dr. SUvsrmaa whea seen today; simply saldi -T .- '.- .: 'yr-"".. , Ve Oan Bxteades. - T7o call i has been - extended io Dn -Wise; you had better sea our p reel Bent." .- , . . - Mr. Moees. tha preeldent, said: ' . '' There la no truth In the statement of Dr. Wise whatever. We have extended ' no call to him. He came here onoe or twice and lectured, and it Is somewhat . presumptuous on his part to read my letter to his congregation. These may be things untrue in his letter. We have, had no. meeting whatever yet and a meeting of tha congregation ta neces sary bef ere anything at an can be done." ' . -.' V ....:. J., (Con tinned oa Page Zlghl HURT VJIIEH FITZ y the anvil and the entire party to the basement. 10 feet away. . Fully MM were thrown In a heap.-but while all were more or leas hurt none , sustained fatal injury. Fits himself was picked up covered with blood, which waa flowing from a scalp wound. An ugly " gash had been cut in his head, but ha laughingly passed off the accident, de claring the Injury a mere scratch. i. Ths most seriously Injured person In the group ' waa- Colonel Emrake, pro prietor of the Cataract hotel. ' Tha colonel's arm waa broken. News .of the accldsnt . conveyed the -first Intimation to Jadgs Atksns that . his fair client had been captured by . the enemy, her husband. He hastened to tha Cataract hotel to ee how the. land lay. but found Mrs. Fltastmmous ' bathing her husband's wounda and kis 1 rng him at frequent interve'e. He saw Ills sei vices wiS -TWlffftfr hiaried. so ha -dtoereeUjr withdrew. Mrs. Fitsslm- ' mons announced: ' "Bob and I have adjustsd our little differences and will leave here next ', Monday and resume the stags for a live-. 11 hood. - Bob Is a good fellow and . has ', been a good husband to me." - Bob waa more effusive In discussing V hie new hspplness. -. . . "Tea, JuMa and 1 understand sh other now," he declared. "I -v could make up In a mt.! -s f had a chance to gat to r ' else about. . We eouid r 1 while any one else w-e when I oov'l b" ' rl" t u we I i r ' t I t) ' 1 seconds. -. ;, - J '., '. rr..,.. removing him, vyy - ' ; v v . y , . . . . 't ,11' V. - '- .,