The Oregon daily journal., July 06, 1907, Page 1, Image 1

B -rw -V- t ,yt'.-iy
P . ' " '- -t . ...... ,.....
,'-. 7, .f
RE YOU GOING AWAY? Have
Journal Circulation
' The Jovrnal : follow youlb
ghre y pu all the news from home.
Yesterday
, Was
28,348
1 "!.
icJL.
" "The ,Wealhei'-Flf "'and wVrrner ;
tonight Jand tomorrow J; -; .i f!
VOL. VL -NO.105,:
PORTLAND, ;. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1907.--TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SIMS
OFHISI
ilflillll
BILLIONAIRE DENIES
rKiWC ANYTHING OF ;
Jfl . " .
ADMITS HAVING HEARD OF STANDARD OIL, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL
John D. Professes Prof oundest Ignor
ance of Oil Company's Operations.
Is Under the Impression That It Re
fines Oil, But Is Not Certain Has
No Knowledge of Operating Refineries
(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, July 6. John u. Kockeieiier was on tne stand in
the federal district court before Judge Landis this morning and
swore to general ignorance concerning the methods and operation
of the Standard Oil company of which he is founder and president.
He even denied knowledge of the kind of business the Standard
conducted. The following is the verbatim report of the proceedings :
Have you any ofhciar connection with the btandard Uil com
pany of New Jersey? asked Judge Landis.
"I am its president. The position?-is honorary however, and
has been so for eight or ten years, -during which time I have ren
dered no- service for. the company , whatever,'
- ?1Po you know 'what the outstanding capital of the Standard
is?" -j ' '."- 'r;, - ". - " " ,
John Miller, Standard Oil attprhey, objected, claiming .that
the line of inquiry was unreasonable. I he objection was overruled.
"I think the capita! is-$lO0,0Qp,0OO," replied Rotkefeller.
"What' is the general Easiness oHhe tandafd Oil company?"
Miner again oojectea-ana wa? overruiea. . . u ,
"I have been out of the'business so long I could not answer.
It has been 'eight years since I have been m office at ill' said
Rockefeller. .
"What is your impression of the business.
"The Standard has a plant to refine oil. That was its business.
It would be impossible for me to give a correct answer.
Is Very Ignorant
'Have tou an impression that the I
Standard baa mora than ona rtflneryl
and that other ara outside of the
tater'
Miller objected, claiming the court
was seeking; to widen the scope of Its
.Inquiry. Miller said:
"I beg to suffg-est that the govern
ment has a case In the state's court In
Missouri. In which . tne oraanlsaUon of
the company Is Involved. The question
whether tne company . has mora than
one refinery is not at Issue." ,
Judge Landis replied: -1n view of
this court It Is pertinent to ascertain
the occupation or the Standard." The
court announced that the laat question
may nx tne nne. .
- itocjcereuer answered that he had no
impression aa to the operation of re-1
fineries In New jersey.
Judge Landis then asked: "What!
wera the dividends of the Standard In I
1S04 and 1057"
' Bldnt Zaow of Slvldends.
"I do hot know whst the dividends
were," Rockefeller replied.
"Tott know what were the net earn
ings of those two years?"
"No." .
Landis asked Rockefeller to name
the' men who could tell him-' the net
....
t - x (km,
' rr f N 4 S
" 4 . '" 5 -44 V
'u,T ' ' ' . lit
V , ' f .
f, v
CU 4. nt;;:f.nftr ' f i
,';i .":..,.i .i!,."i2. .V, - j
sfafe.tc- v. . Tt-i- ij" '
. . .... ofYLwj i&r
, JOHN D.
JAPS KEPT
Experts From Orient Barred
From Places in Islan4s
Where New Safeguards
Are Being Erected by the
United States Government
Deep Significance Attached
to Ordering of Warships
to Station in the Pacific
Vessels Will Be Kept in
Western Waters in Future
LAST SPIKE
.... .; IH
IN 1 LID
Judge Cameron in Municipal
Court Kules That Man
ning's Closing law Is Vio r
lated Even by Giving
Liquor Away on Sabbath :
.. jv - . .
ROCKEFELLER.
(Continued on Page Nina.)
cTke Sunday Jour n al
SOME OF THE OFFERINGS
Ihf TOMORROWS PAPER:
taft, the Statesman, boy and man
Albert.. Edward Ullman wrltea of the man that may be president In
sympathetic vein. Illustrated with photos of candidate taken from
youth up. , . .-
WHAT SHALL WE EAT?
. The national problem that scientists, have to solve Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley and, his remarkable experiments upon volunteer corps.
COPPEfc MINING IN THE SEVEN DEVILS -
Something about new copper region whloh is destined to add to
the fame and wealth of Oregon;. and Is now attracting national
attention.. - . .. -
PORT ARTHUR HAUNTED BY GHOSTS
Wraiths of those who .were killed In long siege reenact tragedies of
bloody battles Ghostly columns charge the walls at night.
JOYFUL SURPRISES IN MILLIONAIRE'S TOWN
Attractive homes, cheap rents and everything sanitary. Fruit,
trees in every yard; no Judge, no court and no policeman In model
city. v.-.'rt- .
TRUE HISTORY OF JESSE JAMES GANG
William A. Plnkerton, famous chief of -the great detective agency,
writes of train robbers and bandits run' to earth after llerce bat-
Uea : . ;.-. . . .
' CABRERA,' STAGE VILLAIN IN THE DRAMA OF NATIONS
Astounding record of bloodshed and orlme charged to president of
Guatemala, who holds sway like a medieval tyrant of lurteVmeU
odrama.--r-. ,,c .... . ,
REMINISCENCES OF A NATURE FAKER s
John Kendrick Bangs begins a new series of laughable, mrth
provokiqg articles. .The first is onthe marvelous Trolley Caribou.44
MISSIONS IN CEYLONi WORTH WHILE i I
Visit to those who are saving souls In spicy Isle discloses good
work dona by missionaries among natives.
THE JOURNAL; FUNNIES SURPASS ALL - 4 "
Hello, Central; her name is Maud! Jimmy, he gets a dollar. Hoo
rayj., nappy . Hooligans tuck, has turned! No wedding bells for
SOCIETY PITIES
DEAR MRS. MOVER
Many Rumors Fill the Air at
Boise While Judge Fre
mont Wood Is Fishing.
Special Commls
Poat and Oregon
(By Hugh O'Neill,
sloner for Denver
Journal)
Boise, Ida., July 6. This may be ac
cepted as an 'entirely authentic sum
mary of the posftlon of the Haywood
case .today. s -x
.' First . of all, Judge Fremont Wood,
"the court." and a designing newspaper
man have gone fishing.
Next, it is being whispered darkly
that society In. Boise lias formed Itself
into a: "social wing'' of 'the Plnkerton
agency lor .trie care or Mrs. Mover.
Mrs. Moyer la a woman of some refine
ment and society is calling "her "that
oor, dear Mrs. Moyer." ana if "dear
Ir. Moyer" would only see the error
of his ways like "that strange man,
Harry Orchard," It would be "so nice."
In the third' place, the story being
told so Industriously by some .Denver
newspapers that the-; defense will not
call Fettlbone as a witness because
there are just the fainten suspicions
that he Is a Plnkerton agent Is the In
vention of some young mind friendly to
the defense. wnen you asa fettuone
If It is true he looks like-George Wash
ington trying to ten a lie,- -
Finally, up to the hour of filing this
dispatch, it has not been whispered
that counsel for the defense ara Plnker
ton operatives.. . -.., -
NAME ALIENISTS
FOR MRS. EDDY
George S. Jell of Boston and
G. Allen Bloomer of
Providence Chosen.
(Journal Soeclal dmrrtee.)
Concord. N. H., July . -George 8.
Jell, of Boston, G. Allen Bloomer, of
Provldeioe, both prominent alienists
were today named by Judge Aldrlch to
help him determine the sanity of Mrs.
Eddy, head of the Christian Science
church, to learn if she is competent to
manage her estate.'
CLEVELAND IS AFTER
EDUCATIONAL SESSION
(Journal Special Service.)
Los Angeles. Cal.. July 8. The Cleve
land delegates arrived today to attend
the National Educational convention and
Immediately started a campaign to se
cure the 1908 meeting. . They announce
that they purpose beatingSt. Paul and
Denver In the fight for the next meet-ins.
Pettlbone ' A special train Is due this afternoon
with delegates from northern Ohio.
Several large eastern delegations are
expected to arrive Sunday and by Mon
day ' morning practically all "members
will have reached here and the business
of the convention will proceed.
PREPARE FOR
JAP BOYCOTT
State Department 3Iaps Ou
Course at Request of Peo
ple of Northwest.
(Journal Special Service.)
Washington, July 8. The state de
partment Is mapping out plans in an
ticipation of a possible general boycott
on American goods in Japan. This ac
tion was taken at the urgent request of
the chambers of commerce, - principally
those In the northwest and Paclflc
coast.
President Roosevelt made suggestions
concerning the plans. Robert O'Brien,
ambassador to Japan, has been peti
tioned by big American -; merchants to
correct tne reeling ampng the common
puoiic in japan wmcn threatened bo
cott. O'Brien ls now. on his wav i
Tokio on this mission; It is understood
AmuitBsauor aow approves me plan.
(Journal Special Serrlea.)
Washington, July 6. A special from
Manila says:
All of the Japanese working on forti
fications and around Olongapo and
Cavlte naval stations have been dis
charged, including the experts who have
been in the service for some years. It
Is aaserted by the officers stationed
here that orders for this action came
direct from Washington and were peremptory,
Rear-Admiral Hemphill and other
naval officers denied that any extra
ordinary preparations were under way,
Men who have watched the situation
here, however. 'including those hla-h in
official life, believe that General Wood
and Rear-Admiral Hemphill art carry
ing out plans to put the defenses of
Manila and the two Important -naval
stations In the Philippine islands on a
war basis. f
Mas Seep MgslfloaaoSk ,
Deeper significance of an Interna-
Mortal character than has yet been at
tached to the sending of the fleet of
American battleships to the Pacific
coast shortly is now admitted by people
In close touch with the situation. While
it has been constantly declared by the
navy department that no menace to
! Japan wss intended, by the dispatch of
the fleet, and Ambassador Aokl of that
country has ssserted that Japan will
not construe the nresenos of the fleet
In the Pacific as such, it is understood
here that the arrival of the battlehlps
In the Pacific marks the Initial - step
toward the maintenance of a permanent
fighting fleet In the Pacific hereafter.
Whether tno enure zieei or is ves
sels which Is now destined for the Pa
elfin will remain or not. it Is asserted
on the authority of well informed offi
cials that the American navy in the Pa
cific will never again be lnadefuat to
eope- with any emergency on that aid of
tne continent unless mere is a vast
change In the aspect of International
politics.
ay pro-arrangemeni secretary juei-
Decision Rendered in Case of
Sam Wafler, Proprietor of
Uncle Sam's Hotel, "Who
Was Assessed $15 for At
tempting to Puncture Seal ;
It costs $15 to attempt to puncture si
hole in John Manning's Sunday closing
lid, according to the assessment fixed
by Judge Cameron in the municipal v
court this morning. Sam Wafler, pro
prletor of Uncle Sam's hotel, la the man
who tried to do the puncturing and con '
sequently paid the price. . .
The last spike required to hold PorU
land's cover on was driven by Judg
Cameron's decision this morning, tor
now It not only Is unlawful, for .ft..
Jierson to sell liquor on Sunday, but It ,
s also a violation of the statute to give .
It away. Sunday drouth cank now ba '
complete.
Seolslo of Importance,
Much Importance was attached to the" .
decision in the Wafler case by the dla i
trict attorney's office and the saloon :
men. It being aaaerted by the diatrlct '
attorney that a decision against the '
contention of the state meant to all4
practical purposes the defeat of the en
forcement of the Sunday closing statute.
was arrested - Sunday last '
Wafler
.while In a room over his saloon. When
the officers . entered . the room they 1
found several bottles of liquor of var
ious kinds secreted under a lounr
while two men, Mrs.- Wafler and Wafler
himself, were seated around the table
The proprietor of the place was ar- '
rested and charged with having given
away liquor in violation of the law.
Wafler admitted having a-lven th -
liquor away but contended that ho had
a right to give refreshments to hla -
friends - In the parlor of his hotel.
Deputy District Attorney Haney con -tended
however, that Wafler was simply -'
attempting to evade the law. He argued v
that the room where the liquor had Been
given away was directly over the bap
room, that it waa connected by a dumb-. -waiter,
that a large quantity of liquor
ton hand but had been secreted ei .
the approach of the officers and that . -the
evident intent of the party had been)
to violate the law.
Judge Cameron In rendering his deef
slon in the case cited two cases, on
(Continued on Page Kin a)
(Continued on Page Nine.)
POSTMASTER SUED BY
ST. LOUIS PUBLISHER
(Journal Special Service.)
St. Louis,' , July . .E. C. . Lewis.
publisher; has started' a million dollar
suit against Postmaster Wyman and
rosiomce inspector mitan aJina-fnv
conspiracy xo rum nis business by 1
fusing to allow him to use the mails.
SECOND S.U I T AG A I N ST O . R . & N .
- ; him. - Mr. Batch -helper buy a hat "
, THE GIRL WHO DROPPED' A MILE v
.Chancellor Day or Roosevelt, . Western Kittitas aa a summer re
. sorU Agulnaldo leading the simple life. All Europe set humming
by a waits refrain. - Stories for young and old. Fashion hints and
. .-- beauty. aids. ,, ' y ; , - .,-
ALL THE NEWS OF THE DAY ' :
: By Hearst leaaed wire, the longest In the world, by Publishers "
Press leased wire from New York, fcy the Journal's special coast
leased wire, and by our ownUnrlvaled corps of northwest eorre
pondents and the best local aewa published in ... V
inz vjrear junaav ; i ourna
Kf!!W
1
Another suit against the OlR. if.
for damages growing out of - th car
shortage of 104 and 1J05 was filed in
the olroult court.' yesterday' . af ternoon
by Kerr. Otfford 4 Co., who seek 6,
741 from" the railroad company. . This
makes a totai or 90,585, damages for
which th WR. & H. has been sued by
two firms, the Interior warehouse .'com
pany ' having filed, suit for ISl.SSJ 'ye.
terday morning, : .- :; ,t
Kerr, Olffora i" Co., through ;Peter
Thomas and Andrew Kerr, allege .that
they purchased J. 777.000 ' bushels of
wheat for the eastern market-In the fall
of 104;-relying-upon representations of
the O. R: AN. that ample facilities for
transporting., tit ,raia , would be-fax? i
nlshed. The wheat was contracted wRh
eaatemdeaiera -for- total of $l,i39,920,
says the complaint, and when demand
was made for cars in which to ship the
grain they were- not furnished for two
months.
-The complaining 'company charges
that It was forced to hold Its grain, in
readiness for shipping an average of
68 days before' the cars were set out
for-them, when 15 days was the limit
of. reasonable time for tha,0., B. at W.
to furnish ,care; - .
When cars, were finally famished, tt
Is-alleged, Vtany of them were so badly
out of repafc that Kerr, Oifford, Co;
had to repair them at their own expense
before they could bw used, and 42(,700
bushels of wheat had to be ahftoned in
sacka instead of in bulk, which Increased
th coat oi snipping i cent bushel.
Therask the court for Judgment against
v.i, e , ror !, lor mis item
alone. . .., . . . ..
Kerr. Clifford A Co. ask Judgment
against . the - railroad company for in
surance on- the grain, storage charges,
telegraph and telephone tolls In caring
for the, grain during the-unusual time
it was held ready for shipment, the
expenses- Of of the firms In Chicago
in aajusu ng troubles with the eastern
dealers -that arose from the delay, coat
of labor.- and Interest 'o' the. money
tied up in the grain while it W held
for cara in. which to ship it,
.It - Is exiected that sMU Other suits
aralnst the railroads will follow.; Both
of the suits brought yesterday - were
filed -by the Arm of Teal A Minor, and
aa interesting legal battle la anticipated
before they - are finally - determined, v '
; ;, ..... . ... .. a ; 'Ay
Captain Isbestei; of British Ship Dalgonar Claimsr
Hare' Seen Blur Across Old Sol's Face Measuring f ft
TK AAA Vilno T?nm T?Ara 1?rlvA i:--:-f-
Captain Isbester of the British ship
Dalgonar lays claim to having seen the
biggest spot on the face of the sun.
Calculations show that the spot meas
ured 75,000 miles from edge to edge, or
about one twelfth of the entire diameter
of the Immense orb. The slate-colored
not waa olalnly outlined against the
inwtn backs-round, especially wnen
seen through a smoked glass.
The spot waa discovered on June 2S
at high noon by tne orricers or me
Dalgonar as she was slowly making her
way to the Columbia river with a cargo
of cement from Europe for this city.
She had been out nearly 160 days and
was nearlng her destination when again
tho sun was tanen. .reeamg uirougn
the colored glass of the sextant Captain
Isbester was startled by the sight of
what appeared to be an immense cloud
over the sun. He called . the first of
ficer, who also noticed the strange phe
nomenon. The spot ' appeared - to be
shaped like the shadow of a balloon '
floating up-slde-down. ' The announce
ment aroused curiosity . among- the,
crew and everybody on board from the
captain down to the cabin boy took
squint ax. vaeapoc.- v WV'-&-m"
The Dalgonar was at that , time oit
latitude 80 north, longitude U8 west,
or about 500 miles south of the rooutli
of the Columbia river and couple hun
dred miles off shore, Many of the
sailors - believed the spot an omen of
something to happen and they watched
it for lhree days until it gradually dis
appeared over the right edge of the sun.
Captain Isbester believes the spot due
to Some tremendone unhnavatl . n tha
disseminator of light and beat and that
possioiy us enect win, eventually pa
felt on mother earth. - ' fa t
UNCLE SAM REMOVES
PRIVATE
WM.
tt'
O WWACOCI LitsaC it
j Jcaraal Special Service. ; . Italnoue part of Rockefeller sf rreerv
nr..Hnt lni i Pn.im,.t. n nl three miles from Hran-l" ! t .
Washingtoii, juiy s.i3Mtiiiastsr taen-i rt ... - w -!..,,..,,
era! Meyer has decided to remove to a j)ng Lamora and his t-ii t
more - convenient point tha postomce
now located at Bay pond, N. T within
the esUt of WUUam Rockefeller-
may be re-established at Brandon, '.from
which It - waa removed after Rockefel
ler's ' feellnga were aroused by the re
fusal of Oliver I n mora, a civil war
veteran, -to Ff-'l L:s i ronrrtv to ' the
mttltlmilllor-;-. t .-at wan tea
La moras tnu.i t i:u::i out hla big
estate,
"Uay Pond Sj
till
oomplaio
foot on the 1
uunara cuuid p
He l a- penslim.T (,r
ea to n -
not get his pi -
sent him hy v
demning Rock,
outrace wer t
deprt rt tn" 1 -
.... '.-r
a'-V
. . tj. . .
7",