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Magnate Will Ketain Inter- rf snrr t W
I Report Has Been 'Kept (jJ
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Owing -to Failure of First
District to. Put Candidate
in Field Jeffersonian Par
ty Will Be Extinct Until
June, 1910.
STANFORD STUDENTS GIVE JOURNAL
- THEIR M
si
For Three Years Party Can
Take No Part in Direct
Primary Nominations
Will Rank With Prohibi
tionists and Socialists.
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Cnptmln Koorner in th center, Kenneth Fenton at the left and J.
who figure prominently in troubles at Stanford.
New York, March 27. Edward H.
Harrlman has resigned as president
m i l . I n i i i.ti a '
ui iub union jtbciiic nBiirusa com
pany. He is succeeded -by Charles S.
Mellen, former president of the
Northern Pacific, and more recently
president of . the New York, New
Karen & Hartford. The so-called
"Harrlman roads" will have to be
glren a new cognomen. The gams
has been played out by Mr. Harri
man, and while he will continue to
he heavily interested in at least two
of the nation' transcontinental rail
roads, he will no longer direct their
policies. . , i
' Facts Kept Secret.
The actual retirement of Mr; Har
' rlman dates back to last October, al
though the fact has been kept a
i closely guarded secret. He has been
only nominally the directing head of
the Union Pacific's vast Interests,
embracing Southern Pacific and af-
- filiated lines, his real dictation hav
Ing ceased one day when he was
. suddenly called by the great bank
ing interests that had been carrying
him for heavy loans, and he was
' obliged to turn ovejr something over
$20,000,000 of Union Pacific shares
that he had put up as collateral
These shares went to the banking
house of J. P. Morgan & Co. With
them went Mr. Harrlman's written
resignation as president of the Union
v- Pacific. These facts have been in
side history in an extremely limited
circle In Wall street for aeveral
months.
1 i'ne ay is now cioe wnen Mr. tiar
l"?NlJmftn will resign tha formality of being
president of the great transcontinental
railroads he has dominated so long, and
C. 8. Mellen will be nubllclr announced
as president of these corporations. - The
facts are now leaking out and for the
first time those at tne neaa or wan
treet's financial affairs are admitting
the truth so long suppressed for the
sake of preventing any possibility of
further demoralisation of the markets.
Within a few iays official announce
ments will verify the news that The
Journal as long ago as last November
tnid to the nofthwest Dublk'. The reign
nf Mr. Harrlman is at an end.
What disposition of the. deposed king
win be maae is not ye$ xuuy unaw
stood. It is said in some quarters that
he will be kept in the chairmanship of
, the board of directors, but there Is more
s reliable information to the effect that
' his written resignation now in the
hands of J. P. Morgan Includes his
: withdrawal, f roni' the Union Pacific dl
rectory, and his complete - elimination
excepting as one of the road's heavy
. stockholders. ' .
It is ssld Mr. Mellen will be succeeded
nronMnnt of the New York. New
Haven V Hartford railroad by Lucius
Tuttle. now president of the Boston A
Maine, and that the two latter railroads
are a part of a general plan outlined by
the Morgan inieresis.
Ths retirement of Harrlman , Is 01-
rectly attributed to tha antagonism of
the national administration to tha Har
rlman railroad polieloa; -tor mors than
a year the railroad and flnaauslal kings
of Wall atrestv aava bn feeling the
pressure of tbia growing fealing. Vh
president's personal quarrel with Karrl-
man was tna beginning or um ena. wau
street has heen sattirmlng ever slnoe
Xhr JnMloatton efthaeaweapondeBoe
involving the nation's chief exeontlve
. and the head of the world's , greatest
; railroad combination. She fore of pub-
'i as. ...aluatat as Vann alarWrt wait fJ" sk ! saSl
I jf UO fVHtUUVNl aWflJ SVM -iw-'rw..w war
verhans nerer before in American his-
; tory. v
Previous to th- Harrlman-Roosevelt
'affair there had been an Increasing feel
lng in Wall street that Mr. Harrlman
could best serve the mutual interests tif
the money kings by withdrawing frem
- his high- position. When the financial
i stringency came It found only a few of
the great financiers fully, prepared, and
" Mr. Harrlman was not among them. He
' had long lines out and could not cover
? them. - The-great banking houses were
tindef the Hmelight, and they could not
t afford to show favors. When it became
' recessary to call loans they had to call
Mr.' Harrlman." He coo Id not respond,
and more than 20, 000.00a in shares of
There was an old fellow called "Boss,"
.Who's feeling exceedingly cross;
Trje fight for the statement
Has shown no abatement,
His "following's" covered with moss.
BELLI NQH AM PEOPLE
scared by strange
Light band in sky
Cont!nued on Page Twelve.)
(United Press tested Wire.)
Belllngham, Wash., March 27. Bell-
Ingham ' and the country for miles
around it was startled last night about
o'clock by the appearance for a brief
time of a broad band of light across the
senith of the sky from the eastern to
the western horizon. Telephonic Inquir
ies wore ..made from the surrounding
towns by people believing the world was
coming to an ena.
In appearance the ribbon of light
looked somewhat HKe the milky way.
Stars were plainly discernible through
it and at the time it lightly shifted as
if moved by a gentle'breeze. ' In-view
of the presence of cool weather, caused
by Ice winds from the Fraser riveH
mountains, this caprice of the north
pole's brilliance la not at all unnatural.
WILLIAMS HINTS AT
WAR ON ROOSEVELT
OVER WILFLEY CASE
The Democratic party of Oregon,
after June 1 of this year, will cease
to exist as a recognized party under
the direct primary law Of the state
for at least three years. In all of
that tlmo no Democrat can be nom
inated to office on the party ticket
at the primaries of the state either
for municipal, district or . state of
flees. So far as the direct primary
law is concerned In Its recognition of
the Democratic organization. tholaU
t44a.slll rank with the Prohibition
and the Socialist parties of the state.
Nothing can resuscitate it until after
the f June election of 1910 and then
It will have no opportunity of mak
ing its nominatfons by direct prl;
mary until some mnnlcipal or county
election is held following that gen
eral election.
The cause of it all Is the failure of
the first congressional district to put a
candidate in the field for congress at
the coming primary election In April
and the subsequent' general election In
June.
Party Is legally Dead,
In the primary law political parties
ore defined and it is set out In plain
terms just what constitutes a political
party tinder the law. In dealing with
this definition and subject, section 11
of the primary law says)
"A political party within the meaning
of this act is an affiliation of electors
representing a political party or orgnnl-,
zatlon which, at the next general elec
tion preceding polled for its candidates
for representative in congress at least
iS per cent of the entire vote cast for
that of rice tn the - state. Every such
political party shall nominate all Its
candidates for public office, under the
provisions of this law and not In any
oiner manner, and it snail not be al
lowed to nominate any candidates in
the menner provided by section 271)1 of
ueumger ana cotton s Annotated codes
and Statutes of Oregon."
In view of this definition, which Is
the only provision of the law applicable
to the subject, a brief resort to simple
.yritnmetic will demonstrate beyond the
shadow of a doubt that the Democratic
party will be 1erallv and officially AcmA
so far as official participation In the
direct primary elnetlor.s Is concerned,
immediately following the counting of
me voies at tne June election,
At the June election of 1906 Charles
V. Galloway, the Democratic nominee
ror congress . from the first district
poiica i,340 votes, in the second dis
trict' J. H. Graham, Democratic nominee.
polled 12,151 votes, a total of 31.491
votes for the two Democratic) nomine
The total vote cast throughout the
mate ior representatives m congress
was 92,461, apportioned as follows: In
ine rirst district, Charles V. Galloway,
tlon, I.8Q1; W. C. Hawley, Republican,
JIM HILL SAYS
ROM POOR
Magnate Denies Lane's State
ment That Railways Are
JIaking Money.
(t'alttd Pns Lraied Wire.)
i. Kew York, March 27. Much interest
S-Q6! 'comment has been caused here by
M-iateriew given out by James J,
Hill, the railway magnate In connec
tion with the optimistic statement made
a few days ago by Chairman Lnns of
ine interstate commerce commission in
which the commissioner stated that
statistics furnished by the railroads
themselves indicated that the losses re
cently sustained by the roads were
largely exaggerated.
Keen Mr. L.ane s article before vou.
then follow the accounts of railway af
fairs for the next three months dally,
and see how the facts and the optimist
ic views compare with each other." said
Hill.
"The Tacts will speak loudly enouarh
for themselves. The railroads generally
R. Hoi man at the right, Orego boys
r
are not earning enougli to keep their
employes and are compelled to lay
thousands or mem orr.
"It Is too heavy a draft on optimism
to see these things In a bright light."
Goods Made in Walla Walla.
(Special Dlipatrb to The Journal.)
Walla Walla, Wash., March 27. The
exhibition of goods made In Walla
Walla held here this week by the local
manufacturers' association is proving a
great success. More than 35 have dis
plays of their crood. The show will
continue tomorrow and tomorrow night.
closing with a big banquet wnicn the
Manufacturers' association will give the
merchants of the city.
Committee Aroused In
dignation Because It
Was Out of Touch With
College Affairs.
NEW
The Journal wired last night to
the Oregon students at Stanford uni
versity for their version of the trou
ble with the faculty. The replies of
the boys follow:
By William Koerner.
(Captain of the Rugby Football Team.)
Stanford, March 27. About two
weeks ago 12 men were dismissed
from Stanford for a demonstration
against a circular letter sent. to every
organization in the college. This letter
In my opinion clearly outlined the pot-
icy of the student affairs committee.
It was much misunderstood. The com
mittee was composed of five men, much
out of sympathy with student life and
unpopular with the students at large.
and their letter was the cause of a noisy
arade. in which 375 men took part,
lo property was destroyed and nothing
occurred that would differentiate It
from an athletic demonstration. For
taklno- part in the parade 12 men were
picked at random and dismissed from
he university.
I think; tnis penalty was rar too se
vere for the offense, and moat of the
men who took part drew up a petition
and asked for the reinstatement of
those men, or that they (the petitioners)
be treated In a similar manner. The
petition was signed by 247 men. The
student body at a meeting assured these
247 men that they would back them up
(Continued on Page Five.)
E i
BTBE BOY
Chester Gillette Will Re
Given New Hearing for
Stay of Execution.
(United Pre tsaaed Wire.)
' Albany, N. Y., March 27. Governor
Hughes announced today that he would
grant the attorneys of Cheater Gillette
a hearing on their petition for a stay of
execution on the ground that new evi
dence bs been found.
Gillette is under sentence to go to
the chair Monday morning for-the mur
der of his sweetheart, Grace Brown.
Both the counsel and members of tha '
Gillette family refuse to discuss the n-.
ture of the. new, evidence, but it is said
that If It proves of sufficient strength
lo cause the governor to grant respite, '
a new trial will be asked immediately,-
Later this afternoon It develooad that
the nature of the new evidence which '
will be given by two men and a woman .
who did not appear at the other trial
tends to show that Gillette had onlv
promised to aid his sweetheart to get
out of her physical trouble, and that the
girl, finding that tha young man did
not have money enough to do this, be
came desperate. It will be argued that
in her rrantio state., or mind aha leaped
into Herkimer lake and was drowned.
and was not knocked In the head and -thrown
In by Gillette as th state .
clnlms. ...
"My boy Is Innocent of this charge,"
said Mrs. Gillette today, "and with tha
aid of the new evidence we will oonvlnce
tne governor or u.
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
Washington, March t7.-JIohn Sharp
Williams, minority leader of the house,
hinted strongly, that he intends to bring
Impeachment proceedings against Pres
ident Roosevelt in a speech today on
the Wilfley incident.
Williams' -statement followed the re
port that the president had taken to task
members of the judiciary committee for
the criticism they had leveled at Judge
wimey ior nia conduct or me united
States court in Shanc-hal - i
- "If these charges against the presl-
the floor, "I will Introduce a resolution
calling for a thorough investigation of
this intrusion of the president of tha
United States on the rights of , the mem
bers of this house." ,,,
RIDGELEY HILL
BECOi BANKER
, (tfoitea ?resa Uaaad wira.1 . '
Washington. March' 27. Comptroller
of the . Qurrency fRldgeley today pre
sented his resignation H to . . President
Roosevelt.'' , The exact date upon which
it is to become effective Is not specified,
bat it is -understood that it will be as
early as a successor an; be chosen. - f
The present comptroller is retirlns- to
assume the presidency of the National
Bank of Commerce ot Kansas City, ,
KELLOGG HAY GO
Oil HIGH BENCH
ii:
" Cleveland. Ohio, March - iT.-deve-land
Press today : prints a Washington
dispatch from' Gllson Gardner, Its spe
cial correspondent, which states : iliat
Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota has been
slated for a place on the supreme court
bench to -fill the -vacancy caused by . the
probable- retirement Ot Justice Harlan
next -May.--.''.- ( v-1 .
Kellogg, though a young man, has at
tracted national attention bv his deter-
mined and successful attacks on . the.
Standard OU, nad lla Illegal oiUio&, j
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4 .., Sunday morning the housewife o
4 likes to read a newspaper that
tells her something about the )
"many things -women are partlcu-
4 lany interested in. The Oregon.
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' children, and keeps you Well in-
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i "Jt publishes the best comlo
'pages and - the best four-color
special pages that are produced
by any newspaper In the norths
WSt.---- ' ; f --. ,, . - -.
r It will next Sunday publish a
20-page supplement, in addition
to Its double leased wire, service
and many special articles by the
best writers In the country. , '
,' Ask. for. the Oregon Sunday
JournaL. The newsboys and .the
news dealers sell It . You will
miss something if you do not
bur it ' . - ' .
EX-SECRETARY OF STATE
UNBAR LOSES MS
LOSS $10,000 BY
S1LVERT0H FIRE
Graham & Welty Meat Mar
ket and Heater Build
ing Consumed.
(Sperlal Dtapatca to Tha Journal,)
Sllverton, Or., March 27.-Fire broko
out In the meat market owned by Gra
ham. & Welty at 5:30, this morning and
in a short time the building and con
tents were - consumed. A strong wind
snread the .blase on either side and
consumed ' the Heater building, occupied
by William Farnlhg's stock .jaf.. liquors
J. D. Drake's photograph gallery, M .W.
Barkhurst's confectionery store and a
portion of William waacK s saioon. The
Hicks hardware store, a brick building,
was also sllahtly damaared.
The bulldihars consumed - were frame
structures and tne tire made quick work
of them. Before an alarm was turned
In the meat market was all on fire, but
the hose company responded aulcKiv and
did excellent work in eonfinlng the fire
within that portion or the block, The
loss is estimated at approximately $10,
000. and Insurance wsr carried on most
or tne property. -,..- .
- The f tre- Is - presumed ?tohavH orig
inated from a smoke house In the base
ment of the old frame building occupied
by Graham A Welty.
Shortly after-the' fire broke: out f
the Heater biuldlng the electric current
wae cut off and the pumping station
was of no avail in assisting lo 4hrow
water upon the burning, buildings. : but
there was fortunately a good supply of
water in ine reservoir, ana tot iir com
pany was able ,to keep four llne of
noBe In operation .at the critical time. .
Almost before the fire " had boon
Checked : property owners began to talk
of rebuilding, and during the summer it
is likely brick buildings will take the
place ot those, consumed. ,
v s-. , - - j )y , - v- , -
ftlUST REIMBURSE
STATE FOR FEES
Judge Galloway in Circuit
Court Renders Decision
Against Former Official.
ARRESTED FOR
looting; Him
(Baited Press Leaaed Wire.)
Salem, March 27. Judgment was ren
dered against former secretary of state,
Frank I. Dunbar, this morning. In, thn
action brought against him by the state
to recover fees alleged. to have been Il
legally V collected by htm . during his
eight years' term of office. In his tla.1
Dunbar was shown to have collected
more than $100,000.
The fact that Dunbar burned his pri
vate account books, whlsh showed the
f-amottnta he eaHscted-ln Jeea,. was
brought against ..the defendant In his
trial. It was also shown that besides
Collecting fees from Individuals and
corporations for bis services, , the for
mer secretary of state charged the state
$4 each fort Issuinar requisitions. -. i
- The suit against Dunbar was brought
by- a Polk county farmer, named Bears,
upon . relation of District Attorney Mc
NSirv of this -city, who prosecuted the
case ror ine recovery.pi un iees taxen
by Dunbar whil serving as secretary
o;
t state. It was tried before Judra
fiallowav. and stubbornly contested bv
able counsel on . both sides, ...v.,;.
v The Importance of the suit grows out
Of the fact that verdict against the
defendant v means that laree sums will
hav ,to be- paid j back into the state
treasury by" Dunbar and other state of
ficials. If the supreme court upholds
Galloway, a the constitution' clearly
forbids taking fees In excess of state.!
salary filed for each state official.
Teller and Auditor at Pitts
burg1 Accused of Steal-!
, ing $2,000,000. V
(Uolted Press Leased Wire.)
Pittsburg, . Pa., March '$7Chargt
with stealing from tha Farmer's Deposit
National bank s'the. sum of $t,005,00'),
Henry Relber, teller, and John ' Toun g.
auditor of the lnatitiitlrtn '. hav. t...-
FnvestlgaUo'n. ' S?1" . twit r
The ; ; expert acoonntanta who havs
charge of the hooks Intimate that thers
ar indicauone- aha tha .(steal mav
amonnt to fa.ooo.ooo.;. Bank Examtoert
Folds . stated : this ahsrnoon. however.
that the hak loss johaMy wroalj o
run ever f 4oo,ooo. x
The two'
attorneys are making efforts to b re
leased on bail, but in view of the sur.
tllnar revelations thnt s-a . ...
JAPANESE CABINET
MAY BE SHOUT LIVKI)
- ignited Pwm liwl Wlr.
TOKl Mnrrll 7 It la u..,..A ..- .
that the ministerial aiHiintinerirs n
yesterday were intended to u.ni, -t
pathy of th pera but It If .
leal whether the cut.in.t wi; .
long. There i a stri bi-ii. f ( ' :
reorganised -cabtnot v, ; t,.i ( :
and tlKOttUKW Cf I 1 f.i-':jii.' 1 r-
tne Tfkio eacUai'',