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VOL. IV. NO. 28.
, , PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY -MORNING SEPTEMBER 22, , 1907.
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Depositors In Oregon Sav
ings Bank Last Nigh
Agree to Take $28,000 o
TeleDhone Securities
$170,0O0LPreviously Taken
Jefferson Myers in Strong
Plea Urges Those Interest
ed to Do Their Share in
Helping Bank to Beor
ganize 2,000 , Attend.
1
At a meeting of about 2.000 of
e tho depositors of the Oregon
Trust ft Savings bank last even- 4
lng at the Armory, total .sub-
scrlptlons of $28,000 to Home 4)
t Telephone bonds and la the stock
of the proposed bank reorganlsa-
e- tlon were received. Prior to
s that time approximately $70,000
f of subscriptions had been made,
ft exclusive of $100,000 telephone
ft bonds taken by the Paciflo
ft Eastern Railway company as an
ft offset to that amount of certlfl-
ft cates of deposit heldanat the
t bank, making an aggregate of e
$108,000 of depositors' money
ft converted into bonds and bank e
p stock.
p 'If we are to make good in any 4
p plan of reorganisation of this 4
p bank It is the work of each de-
p posltor to take action for him- 4
a self," said Jefferson Myers in an 4
address to the depositors. "No- 4
) body else can or will do it for '4
him. The officers and commit- 4
tecs of the depositors' aaaocla- 4
tlon are giving their time and ef- 4
forts without pay. Tou cannot 4
expect them to do your work for 4
you. They cannot go around to 4
find each one of you and get 4
4 your subscription to bonds. Tou 4
'4 must do that much for your- 4
ft selves." 4
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' When the meeting was called to order
' by Chairman Day at 8 o'clock the big
assembly hall of the Armory was half
filled with people. Most of them were
depositors who had from $25 to $1,600
tied up In the . suspended bank. They
(Continued on Page Two.)
Organized Labor of tSeattlc
Passes Besoltftions Which
Are Expected to Affect
Business of Postal and
- Western Union. -
Drastic" Measures Adopted
With Design to Assist
Striking Telegraphers-
Associated Press May Be
Boycotted.
(Pacific Coeat Press Leaaad Wire.)
Seattle, Sept tl. Unless the man
agers of the two telegraph companies
doing business In this city and the As
sociated Press show sufficient cause te
the Central tabor council next Wed
nesday evening why their companies
should not be placed on the unfair Hat
by organised labor a boycott of a far
reaching nature against three Institu
tions Is threatened.
At a meeting of ths Central Labor
council last night, a resolution was
unanimously adopted citing R. T. Reld,
unarintnndent of the Western Union
Telegraph company; John A. Forehand,
superintendent of the Postal Tele
graph and Cable company, and ths
aunorintendent of the Associated Press
at Portland, Oregon, to appear before the
council at Its regular meeting next
Wednesday night and show cause wny
tbelr "companies, associations and prod
ucts" should not ee piacea upon un
unfair list by organised labor.
It is not exDeoted that these men will
appear and show cause satisfactory to
tpe laDor council wny organised wr
should- not look upon their ' employers
mm (infill, mntt 111 r-. ffhMV nn It At mn
prominent in the labor movement In Se
attle declare -that the spirit of the reso
lution will be lived up to Implicitly.
If organised labor. holds true to Us
promise a boycott of a far-reaching
character will result It T will mean a
boycott by the 15,000 laborers of Seattle
of all newspapers using the Associated
Press service; ef the A. . T. and N. D.
T. messenaer services, of all firms ad
vertising in "unrair" publications; all
business houses patronfxlng either tele-
Tap n or messenger companies, ana an
Irms allowing even a Western Union
clock In their places of business, of
which there are hundreds in Seattle,
END STRIKE IN TEN DATS.
,7TfjO":; HIM 7 W.s.
.MX A 'far. (h
ROGERS PiMOm THOSE WHO
MAY HAVE TO STEP DOWN
Important Conference Which May De
cide Whether Nanie of Monster Trust
Shall Be Changed and Old Rulers Re
tire for Younger Management.
(Hearst News by Longest Leased Wire.)'
New York, Sept. 21. Acting directly on the suggestion of
John D. Rockefeller, there will be a conference at the residence of
Henry H. Rogers at Fairhaven tomorrow of thaimen most closely,
associated with the affairs of the Standard Oil company. The pur
pose of that vastly important meeting, according to Cleveland dis
patches, is to complete reorganization of the great corporation,
John D. Archbold, William Rockefeller, Wesley M. Tilford, Charles
Pratt and others will either be at Fairhaven or will be in commun
ication during the session with those on the ground. The ablest
counsel that the Standard can employ will also be present and
before the meeting $ concluded the entire Question of the rear
rangement of the directorate and the renaming of the company,
it is expected, will be thoroughly threshed out.
AN. UNEQUAL DIVISION OP THE SPOILS.
Daniel RasieU Saja Operators' Viol
tory Is In Sight.
(Baarat News by Lonsctt Leaaad Wire.)
New York. Sept. 21. Leaders of tho
telegraphers' strike are strongly of the
belief that the end of the strike is in
(Continued on Pag Twelve.)
1
CAUSES
1
GROVER CLEVELAND
AT VERGE OF GRAVE
Physicians Summoned and Family Apprehensive of Outcome
of Disease, That Seems to Have Seized Upon
Massive Frame of Ex-President.
MAT SUMMON JOHN D. TO
WITNESS-STAND.
. Naw York, Sept. SI.
Frank B. Kellogc, deputy
United States attorney-general,
conducting the govern
ment suit to dissolve the
Standard Oil company ot New
Jersey, received reports this
afternoon from his experts
who examined the books of
the company covering the
years of the ell trust agree
ment and the period of liq
uidation from 188S until
1899 by which he will at
tempt to prove Monday that
the Rockefeller combination
was conducted as a monopoly
In direct defiance of the law
for eight years. The period
of liquidation from 1892 un
til 1899, when there was a
pretense of carrying out the
orders of the supreme court
of Ohio, is more .deeply
clouded in mystery than any
other portion of the trust's
existence. John D. Rocke
felle may be called to the
witness-stand.
While the meeting Is In progress it
Is understood that John D. Rockefeller,
who la at present at Cleveland, wUl be "
In constant communication and the de-'
clalon of the conference will be sub
mitted to him for confirmation befort,
any radical steps are taken. Based on
the telegram from Cleveland today, r
which was received by a prominent
Wall street man early in the afternoon, .
the plan which the Standard OH mag
nates have In mind Is a complete and
sweeping reorganisation of the corpora
tion; this reconstruction possibly rb- .
lng sufficiently far to-embrace the dls
solution of the holding company which
was chartered In New Jersey; the sub
stitution of a new name and the reor
ganisation of management by the seleo
tlon as directors of a number of youn -men
whose connection with the Stand
ard have been most remote. ' The tenta - '
tive organisation, it was learned from an
authoritative source, Is in a purely for- , ,
mative stage as yet,' but some of. the
facts became known.
The elan contemplates the ultimata
retirement of John IX Rockefeller, pres-
ldent of the parent concern, and with
him, it is stated, will retire Rogers, WU- '
Ham O. Rockefeller, Archbold, Flagler,
Pratt and others, who for years have
been closely Identified with the director. .
ate. New blood will be brought into
the concern. It is probable that a man
will be placed at the head of the com-.
pany who will; be a guarantee to the
publlo that the affairs will be honestly '
managed. Just as in the reorganisa
tion of the Eaultable. all beeralrched '
directors will , be retired. President
Roosevelt's cabinet was invaded to se- -cure
a chief executive who could com
mand public confidence-andail the ol4
directors will get out New men will -be
brought In and a president selected
whose Integrity will be unquestioned. .
That Is the present plan. - ,
wnetner a dissolution or tne corporate
entitv and the chantrtna- of the name
will be necessary Is yet to be determined :
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
Harold Mitchell Accused of Strangling Woman to
Death When She Was So Weak With Tubercu
losis That She Could Not Escape.
(United Preaa Lf tied Wire.) .
Princeton. N. J., Sept. 21. The long
shadows seem to be closing around
Grover Cleveland. The massive frame
of the man who arose from the position
of ward politician to the highest office
In the gift of this country Is slowly,
but surely, giving" way to the Inroads
of diseases.
These are anxious days at Westland,
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.),
Zlon City,- III., Sept , 21. Declaring
that Harold Mitchell. ohlef of the
"Devil Chasers" of Zlon City, strangled
Miss Elizabeth Young to death because
he was seized by an evil spirit whllo
giving her a treatment for consumption,
Robert Steele and another man told the
awful tale of the girl's torture at a
coroner's Inquest late tonight. Mitchell
is charged with the murder of Mrs.
Letitia Oreenlaugh, whom he is alleged
ment," and It is probable that a second
murder charge will be placed against
him. i
Coroner .Taylor and - States " Attorney
Hanna examined the witnesses. -They
learned that MlssToung was sick at
the home of Robert Steele In Zlon City.
She rapidly declined from attacks of tu
berculosis, but. remained out of bed un
til shortly before her death. When she
waa forced to keep In. her room, the
Mitchell followers rendered their agen
cies. The girl sank rapidly and her
friends,, who are Dowleites, and believe
In divine healing, began to consider the
Mitchell claim of power to exorcise
devils of illness.
They finally consented to let the
prophet of the "Stranglers" into the
house to expell the demons from the
girl's body. He was attended by his
"chanters' two women In whom the
"rift of tontrues ' is manifested. The
friends of the girl were dubious about j
Mitchell's methods and Steele and his
to have killed while giving a "treat-lcompanlon remained In the room. They
overcame the objections to their pres
ence bv saving thev believed in the
Dower of Mitchell.
For some reason Mitchell excluded
the "chanters" and proceeded -to -the
cure" -In the presence of the men.
"Brother Mitchell approached . Sister
ROOSEVELT IS
READY FOR TRIP
President Expected to Eeit
erate Refusal to Ac
cept Third Term.
Continued on Page Fourteen.)
SHADOW OF. RUCK WAS
ON THE GLASS
.. . ... v-
(United ' Preaa Leased Wire.) S"
Boise, Idaho, Sept. 21. According to
sworni testimony given here today there
is jut as much to" the charge that tfie
authorities at .Washington through State
Attirney Rulck, compelled the grand Jury
(rJtndict United States Senator Borah
nd nine others in the land fraud cases,
- as that "Rulck before the grand 'jury,
- said he had acted under instructions
from Washington In making the investi
gation of the . land cases, , and that he
aid before the grand Jury that Wash
ington was Interested.
This information came from George
- Latham, the gratid Juryman who made
the nrlnclDal affidavit on which the
charges of coercion were based and who
was tne first witness examined today.
' On direct examination, 'Latham had
testified that Rulck had been around the
grand Jury room with a printed .list of
tnose afterward inaicted and that by his
shadow on the glass door the grand
Jurymen knew Ruick was outside -the
room throughout the- balloting. He also
said that Rulck entered the discussion
room within three minutes after the
indictments were decided on and-deelared
he would remain there until they were
signed our tnai inauy, jkuick acceaea.
to the foreman's demands and left and
the indictments were not signed - until
the. next dav.- -t . .-::.'.;..,...
Latham also admitted on cross-exami
nation that Rulck told the grand Jurors
that they must Judge the evidence: that
he could 'not advise them on their de
(United Preaa Leaaad Wire.)
Washington, Sept. 21. When" Presi
dent Roosevelt arrives from his summer
home Wednesday it will be with his
annual message to congress' finished.
half-doxen, Important subjects Jotted
down for consideration with members of
his cabinet during his three days' stay,
and seven set speeches ready for. de
livery on his western and trans-Mlssls-
slppl trip which he will begin- Sunday.
His first speech will , be, at Canton,
Ohio, on Monday, at' the dedication of
the McKInley monument Those fol
lowing 'will be at Keokuk. Iowa. Octo
ber 1, when he begins his inspection of
the Mississippi river; St. Louis, Octo
ber 2: Cairo. October . and Memphis
uoio&er- -on -nis -return -"Trorfl -tne
huntins- triD In Louisiana he will sneak
at Vloksburg, Mississippi, about Octo
ber 20, and Nashville, Tennessee, about
October 21 or 22. i
It la understood the president will re
affirm his policies and the legislation he
wishes enacted. ' It it also believed that
he wul. before he returns, reiterate ante-election-
declaration that ha would not
-. tees, candidate tyr reelection.
the home of the Clevelands here, and
although Mrs. Cleveland and her friends
put on a brave front in public, they are
plainly apprehensive. This Is best
shown by the arrival here today of
Mrs. Cleveland's mother, Mrs. Perrlne
Folsom, with Dr. Banks, the specialist
on diseases of the stomach. Dr. Banks
Is 'now in charge of the case but de
clines to say more than that Mr. Cleve
land Is doing as well as can be ex
pected. All of the doctors agree that
Mr. Cleveland's condition Is such that
while he may show temporary improve
ment, he can. never again assume ac
tive labor. He spends a great deal of
his time in bed and wnen he is able to
go for a drive he has to be lifted Into
the carriage. .
Dr. Banks, w Is now attending Mr.
Cleveland, was hurriedly summoned
here this forenoon, un the same train
with him came Mrs. Cleveland's moth-
ill CRIES FOR
LIVES OF BOYS
Coloradoans Plan to Force
Entrance to the Jail and
Lynch Young Slayers. .
er, Mrs. Perrlne Folsom, accompanied
by a maid. All three were rapidly
anven to me uieveiana place. J-r.
Carnahan and Dr. Bryant, who have
been attending Mr. Cleveland, are said
to nave disagreed as to who was prop
erty in authority in the case. It is
stated their clash reached so acute a
stage that both decided to retire, unit
ing In a request to the family of the
aisunguisned patient that another phy
sician De retained. Both or them re
fused to make statements.
TRUST IIS Fill PRICE
Government Preparing to Break King of Ten Men Which
Regulates Prices of Practically Everything
Eaten by People of All Countries. . .
FOLK ASSAILS
BRYAN'S POLICY
(Hearst Neva by Lonxeat Leaaed Wire.)
Chicago, Sept. 21. Investigation of
the packing trust now under way by
government officials Is alleged to have
developed that ten men In Chicago com
pose the dynamlo force of a formidable
list of corporations that control prices
from those of meat on the hoof to shoes
and from breadstuffs to cattle transportation.
These ten men are asserted to hold the
Centralization of Power in balance upon the world s supply of the
xi i i T commonest necessities of life
wio uuverumeiib is wreai
Detriment to Freedom.
J. Ogden Armour,
E. F.
(United Press Leaaed Wirt.)
Jamestown, Va, Sept. 21. Govern
mental ownership of railroads as advo
cated by William J. Bryan, Of Nebraska,
waa severely- assailed here today by
Governor Josenh Folk.
"Centralisation of great power In. the
federal government to the detriment of
tne sovereign state is a grave menace
to tne republic, said Missouri s gov
ernor. "In the fight between privilege
and lawlessness there has arisen the
question between tbe federal and state
governments as to the construction of
tne powers or eacn. to deny the states
the right to enforce their laws until
they have been found to be good is to
deny them to that extent the right of
seir-goverrunent.
"It Is now proposed that the federal
government -lake ..charge, of pur large
corporations, especially the railroads.
Railroads have their charters from the
state: thev -are arlven the right of emi
nent domain by the states; they live by
virtue of state laws. Tet they seem
unwilllnjr to trust the people of the
states and 'create an unnecessary antago-
msm. - nun wnn it an, i oeueve the
and Luchetta the boys robbed ths car EXBS rred"on' to 'i'fiUSI
(United 'reus Leaaed Wire.)
Gunnison, Colo., Sept 21. Unless
copier counsel prevails Fred Collins,
aged 17 yearst and John Sisylor, aged
14 years, .will be taken from the county
Jail before .morning by a mob and
lynched."-"-'- rfS---,
The boys late Thursday evening, shot
and killed Louis Bruno, a section fore
man, 'near Crested Butte and danger
ously wounded his ; assistant,: Emlllo
Lucbetta, who escaped alive by; pre
tending death. Before v shooting Bruno
Swift,
Ira N. Morris.
Thomas K. Wilson,
S. A. McRoberts,
L. F. Swift,
Edward Morris,
T. J. Connors,
Arthur Meeker,
Lawrence A. Carton.
The most casual newspaper reader
will readily recognise the list as being
from the insiae or tne Dig pianis oi
Chicago. That fact becomes significant
rhen it is stated that they are all direc
tors In the same corooration the Na
tional Packing company, organised under
the laws of New Jersey, with a capital
of 15,000.000. v f
Control World's KajatawV4 -
The control of this directorate Is al
leged to be absolute over these things,
among a long list of others; ,
The price of meat to all consumers.
The price of cattle to, all breeder.
The price of leather to all factories,
and thus' Incidentally, the price of shoes.
The price of grain through allied in
terests, and thus, as an incident, the
price of bread. .
Thus, without taking into account the
endless details of the fertiliser market. -where
the trusts control the price' that
a farmer pays for his fertilizer, it an-
pears that the latest fight' of the gov-
ernment In the trust field is directed try
me two cniex essentials or Jire- bread
and meat. ?
"This is the easiest trust in the worli -to
get at,' said a government official
today. "Compared to getting the facta
about the Standard Oil this Job looks
easy."
Vrepare f or rreseontion. '
Active preparations for. the - prosecu
tion of the trust will- be taken up -Monday.
In the meantime the- friends of
the trust In Chicago have been exceed-
(Contlnued on Page Fourteen.)
MODERN STS GIVE; UP
FIGHT AGAINST POPE
" J (rBlted Preaa lWa4"'':!WrCJ"" :-'-,'r
Rome, . Sept. ;.,21.---8urTenderhig with
out a blow , in defense of modernism.
Abbes, Murrl and Ardlgo, the leaders of
the Italian tendency toward extreme lib
eralism In the Catholic cjiaroh,; pub
lished a declaration today approving the
as the first witness "examined' today. clslon. n ; . ' . lees, candidate ft reelection. ; lot their victims. j- - Jand aU'other interests fairly." . 1 pope's encyclical in which the modern-' entire wi
par djrctrtirer gre' denounced- n uri?iira-
urea terms.
The two abbes capitulation im n, .0.4.
ed in beta lay and olrt-al rirri.-
rtarklnsr-modemlsra's utter coiSbim g 1
over limy, wnera ins mover,
hltherui 6on the Jstroniru
Italy's failure to r-:-i c
commands will mean almiiir
among Cat hollo liberals d,,,
entire world, it Is gvn.jjV.. t ....
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