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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1908.'
TAMf
PLOT
Commoner Says Organiza-
- tion Has Either Become
Impotent or Dii Not Work
ri for Success of Democratic
' Ticket.
" rite4 Vna Leased tre.l '
r Uncoln. "Neb.. Nov. 20. iThat Tam
many kM either become impdteft or did
not work for the success of the demo
cratic party In the recent campaign, la
the charge made by William J Bryan In
aa article, made public today, to appear
la the forthcoming: Issue of the Com
moner. . . .
The Commoner article, under! the head
ing, "What Ii the Remedy r sys:
. "And Murphy, the head pf t Tam
many, eaye that Tammany did the beet
It could for the Democratic national
ticket,' There" the rub.. If Tammany
kad been treacherous it might promise
to be faithful next time, but aa It 'did
the beet It could,' what hope is there
Tor next time? , If Tammany did the
beet It could and could not carry the
city of New lork for the' Democratic
national ticket, aeveral questions arise.
Tie Question.
"First Was it the fault of thetcandl
date? "Second Was It thefault of the plat
form? ' . . .
"Third was the , rawii or Tam
many?
"Fou
ourth Is there a New York Democ-
Tmf nutatda of Tammaiivt '
"If the Democratic candidate was ob
- Jectlonable to Tammany,, the. remedy is
to nominate a candidate tnext time who
la satisfactory to Tamirsiny; provided,
of course, that la all that Is' necessary
to insure a Democratic victory.
"If it wee the Democratic platform
that was objectionable, Uu remedy la:
Let Tammany write the next Democratic
platform; provided, of course, a Tara
v many platform will Insure victory.
"But If it Is the fault of Tammany
the remedy is more difficult. How Is
Tammany to .be reformed? If Tam
many will not support the Democratic
ticket and platform when the ticket and
platform are satisfactory to the Demo
crats of the nation, what is to be done?
"Is the national party. $.0 hasve. Tam
many -used as an. argument against it
.and when Tammany Jb powerless to help
. the national ticket even when It does
its best? It will be Interesting to
emocrats outside to know how the Sit i
uation is to be remedied:
''Will Tammany explain?" -
Denounces MismanaKement.
' (C&Ited Ptrtm Leased Wire.) '
. Chicago,. Nov. 20.-Denouncing Demo
cratic mismanagement of the New York
'campaign, Congressman W. - BourkeJ
'.Cochran, former- orator or Tammany1
hall, who is In Chicago today, summed
up the situation by sayleg
-uovernor ttngneu was ai
Iflca by the Democrats. -
tcked into of-d
Tea, sir; the
1 Democrats did about all they could tot
mismanage the campaign In New York.
They showed considerable genius at IU.
too.
f, "For instance, the Democrats allowedij
themselves to be put In the position of
attacking public utility commissions.
"We are against government by commis
sion. ther said. .? WelL ther had mighty
short memories. Our own platform two
years ago caiieo. xor puwio uumy com
missions. I drafted it myself, and Gov
ernor Hughes, when he got Into effio.
made it his own. but failed lamentably
in worawg it out
Cheater's Posltlo. ..
"Then you take that race track situa
tion, wny, Chanler sad almost as mucn
to do with passing that race track bill
as Governor Hughes. . It was bis vote
which, after tha bill bad failed to pass
In- the first Instance, placed It on tha
table and thus saved it in the senate.
And yet two weeks of tha cam Dal cn
elapsed before the publlo bad any appre
ciation or me iacc
"Men have gone on the stump for
every - reason in tne wona, nut ; Mr.
Chanler was the first one to take It for
the purpose of saying that he had
nothing to say."
GERMANY WILL STAND
BY AMERICAN POLICY
(Continued from Page One.) . -
white man's standard had been placed
rjy providence upon nis invincible bat
talions. . If Japan were scheming now
to eet 'control of China.: Europe would
suffer attack.
The emperor ; was keening friends
with the Mohammedan world-. He was
even supplying 'them with rifles, be
cause they -were devils In fight, and
stooa tnero between the east and the
west, where they could break the first
force of attack.
Kmrneror William unlit ha believed
America would be forced to flrht Je.
pan within ten years. He seemed eager
to talk and poured a steady atream of
criticism, upon England for two hours.
New York. Nov. 10 TVr. ". William
Bayard Hals was shown the hla frnm
London-today carrying what purported
to be an account of his interview with
the kaiser that was to Jiasa been nrinterf
In the Century Mazaglne.
Not a word of what has been sent
the contents of nay Centur article is
correct," be said. ''This synopsis is as
far away as anything could Dosslblv be
and is tha invention of soma wandering
uiinu irgm nril iq lasc
as a report of what harmened at tha
audience. It Is also entirely absurd." ,
m
RACE SUICIDE IN
: PURITAN CHURCH
Boston. Nov. 20. In a naner on "Tha
Perpetuation of the-Church," read at
the union conference of the Consresra.
tlonal churches of Boston and vicinity,
the Rev. O. I Cady, of Dorchester, de
clared that the Puritan stock is com
mitting race suicide. - -
I find, ha said. "II churches which
boast of one . child each for last year,
and 63 which reported twins each."
his figures showed ZS churches which
with a combined membership of 7,414,
with 1.119 in the Sunday schools and
ith 1.474 vounar teonla In Endeavor
societies, were able in a year to bring
for six new births.
"Congregational families, be said,
"have ceased to perpetuate, themselves."
"When the Puritan stock commits
race suicide, the Puritan church' must
biso iouow me paw 01 involuntary
harlkari." - ,
BIG WHEEL PLANT
FOR STEEL TRUST
Plttsburr. Pa- Nov. 10 William k.
Corev, president of the United States
Steel corporation, after a meeting with
officials of the company, haa given out
the following Interview: ...
Tve have decided to enraa-e at once In
the making of a new type of car wheel
and will erect a new plant which may
oat in tne neignoornooa or 3,ooo,ooo.
)ur tests have been made at McKeesnort.
and we have found that the best wheels
are made by rolling instead of pressing
or rorging. we nave noc yei aecwea
on the location for this new plant, but
It will be la the Pittsburg district In
addition to .. this, we will spend about
tl.600.C00 In Improving tha Schoen Steel
Wheel company's plaflt at ' McKee's
Rocks, and make It one of the best in
the world. The demand for the best
steel wheels Is growing and we will be
in position to furnish them. In addi
tion to this, we will SDend about il.000.
jOOO in. Homestead."
JOHN D.
. 01 VITAL
POINTS .
Oil King Withholds Infor
mation That Monns, btit1
Trastbuster Kellogg Puts
Him on Record Will An
swer Only on Compulsion.
(Butted PreM Le Vrtf:)
New York, Nov.' JO. "I decline to an-
wer unless counsel for the government
Insists." This Is the new one sprung
by John D. Rockefeller today when he
faced tha grilling fire of cross-examination
at the hands of Frank B. Kellogg,
deputy attorney-general and chief of
Roosevelt's "trust busters." U
The oil king was composed and calm.
He did not smile when be repeated! the
answer over and aver, but there waa a
twinkle In his small bright eyes. .
Merits Rosenthal, tne mousna-aoi-
lar-a-day Standard OH attorney, and At
torney John JB. MUDurn, special counsel
for a dosen of the biggest corporations,
had framed that answer, and thsy
seemed pleased with It, too.
But If It bothered the fiery govern
ment Investigator he showed no signs
of It. Kellogg employed his quiet, un-
theatrical manner of examination, tie
asked his questions In the conversa
tional tone that has marked all hts
fierce attacks upon witnesses. The Im-
osslbUlty or conrusmg mm was evi
ent and his Clear, determined tactics
were in full play.
Kellogg started his cross-examination
by asking the question:
"Do you consider hazardous any busi
ness venture that started in 1882 with
a capital of $77,000,000 and has paid
dividends of $591,000,000 and accunfu
lated a surplus of over $300,000,000?"
1 don t consider that the amount : or
money- made in anv business has .any
thing to do with whether or not it is
hazardous." answered Rockefeller, ealm
ly and deliberately. J
Three times ftocaereuer was asxea a
certain question as to the apportion
ment of the cash property and trust cer
tificates since the promulgation of the
trust agreement of 1882,
Each time the on king, ever ready to
defend the secrets of . the Standard, replied:
1 decline to answer, . nniess counsel
for the government insists."
When Kellogg Tepeated his question
a fourth time. Attorney John G. Mil-
burn, for the Standard, interrupted the
government attorney by Baying:
"Mr. Rockefeller will answer ho
question that he Is not compelled to
answer."
Later. MllburA said Rockefeller might
answer this question, but Attorney Kel
logg had struck a new lead and de
clined to press the point evidently sat
isfied with having brought out unmis
takably the effort to conceal the facts.
Kellogg called attention to extracts
from the reoords of the Standard OH
company and pointed out that the orig
inal capitalisation or ine concern or
$69,000,000 represented property worth
$66,000,000 and trust certificates aggre
gating $18,000,000, "
John an, Adept Sodffer.
Kellogg, pursuing the examination,
said:
"Now, you say these $1$, 000,000 In
trust certificates since have been Is
sued?" . - . -,. , .V...
Oh, no. I don't; you say I say so,'
replied- Rockefeller. . .
After one of the cleverest legal
snarring bouts ever witnessed had taken.
piace uirougn jieuoeg s eiiorts 10 gam
a statement that the profits distributed
since the inception or. the trust 'agree
ment amount to over $698,000,000, the
witness had proved himself worthy of
numirauon in, veroai comoac
When Kellogg- had finished bis Inter
rogations along -tthat line there bad
been- written Into ithe court reoords a
resume of everything heretofore known
01 the financial success of the Standard.
Rockefeller replied when asked about
certatn records 01 the business
"You Bay these records are correct
1 agree mat they must be so."
In answer to a question, he said with
a smile: . --: -
"I assume that the Standard Oil com
pany Is the largest shipper In the country-.
. - , , - A
When asked whether It was Ma be-
ner. that tea Btandard had contracts
with the othtr roads identical with those
with, the Pennsylvania, he replied
"I - don't know about the relations
with ethers. We were doing what every
shipper of oil. and other nroducts. was
doing and always -will do trying to
make . the best arrangements we could
wun the railroads under the clrcum
stances." '. v
''John O. Explains, :
Rockefeller explained that the Stand
ard Oil company entered into an agree
ment with the Pennsylvania "railroad to
ship a certain amount 01 oil over its
line each year, and in return the Stand.
ard received a rebate of 10 per cent.
in explaining tne rebating. " tne , wit
ness sam
HAMMING
Less than two weeks away? it will be
wise to providfe yourself with ;
one of our
no
m for themselves, and often
, ' " . . . ....... . u. . v. w ...... ... v
t peri arm ror themselves, and often
to our tllsad vantage. We . ao annor.
tloned the shipments over their lines as
to insure ft constant regular, movement
of the .traffic we controlled to various
points, ... Thia ' concession, which was
very much desired by the railroad, often
necessitated sacrifice on our part." ,
Rockefeller said that the pipe line In.
dtistry developed considerably In 1873
1878. The pipe line systems carried on
through the American Transfer company
and the United State Lines company
werK purchased and- managed by the
Standard. Rockefeller aald.
1 Rockefeller. In answer to auestlona
declared that he entered the field of oil
ransportation because or the necessity
f getting oil from the fields to the re-
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And for every occasion and every variation in shape of man, and
for every shape of pocketbook- A complete display of all the rtew
models. Seven are suggested here fifty varieties in our store.
Thanksgiving, Thursday,
November 26
Think ahead take care of your Thanksgiving clothes needs now.
Many a man is saying to himself: "Guess I'll have to get a new
suit or overcoat, if I'm going to attend that Thanksgiving dinner."
Make your selection now, while you have time to make a good
choice and to be correctly fitted.
OVERCOATS
AND SUITS
$10 to $30
Then, to trim up your outfit, we've the correct styles in the cele
brated "Beaver Hats," and the choicest creations in Shoes and Fur
nishings of all sorts. . '
166-170
THIRD '
STREET,
NEAR .
MORRISON
166-170 r
THIRD
STREET,
NEAR
MORRISON
Ineriea at the lowest DOsslble rate.
The direct examination of the witness
was completed late this Afternoon, and
an . adjournment was taken until this
mernlng.
Just before the close of the hearing
estorday afternoon Frank B. Kellogg,
euutv attorney general, wha had been
watching the case closely Interposed
the first objection. He did not like the
question asked- by Attorney Milbum
when he endeavored to elicit the flat
statement that the absorotion " of the
Pittsburg refinery was an absolute busi
ness necessity. Milbum did not press
the point. A volume containing a copy
of the so-called trust agreement of 186 J
was handed to Rockefeller for Identifi
cation and admitted to the record.
Rockefeller answered yes, when asked If
the signers of the atrMmmt wer h
stockholders ot the Standard Oil com
pany of Ohio, and Trustees Chester,
Keep and Preyer. He will be called for
cross-examination tomorrow
now, while choosing is at Its best
" The superiority of those we sell
is conceded by everyone. ,
If you would join the ranks of
satisfied customers, have our
genial salesmen show you,
no obligation to purchase. .
JILTED LOVER USES
AX AS WEAPON
(Continued from- Page One.
upstairs, where
he made an end at
himself.
Win came into the kitchen where I
was at work getting dinner," said Car
rie Swofford as the- doctor washed the
blood from her head, "and asked me
to give him a cup of coffee. 1 did so,
and told him there were some biscuits
In the oven tbat he could help himself
to. He got them and ate some. I told
htm that after that I didn't want him
coming acound at that time of day and
asking for breakfast. If he couldn't
get down when other people ate, he
could do without. He didn't say any
thing then, but when he got tip from
tho table, he walked , over to where 1
keep the hatchet 1 use in cutting meat,
and picked it up and struck me on the
head. He tried to bit me again, and I
must, have put up my hand, for my
finger is hurt ani the ring Is driven
away into the flesh. ,
Borrowed Sar Monty. '
"I have helped that man for months.
i v lonnea mm money time and again
when he needed it, and have done
everything for him that I could. And
this is the pay I get. I have always
been doing things for people ail my life
and getting tho worst of it I wish
I had never' seen him.
"I met him about six months ago out
at the Twelve-Mile house, where I was
working as. cook and he was painting.
Yes. we were pretty good friends. And
this Is what it has come to. He was
Just Jealous; that is all that and the
whiskey, for he had been drinking hard
for three or four days. -
Grandjean was very careful and de
liberate in his self-murder. Seating hlnv
fielf on the edge of the bed, he took the
two-ounce bottle of carbolto acid which
he had stolen from the cook, re
moved the cork, drank about three
fourths of the contents, and carefully
corking the bottle again, replaced It in
h s inside coat pocket. And then be
died. An empty whiskey bottle lay on
tho chair beside the bed. He had evi
dently taken one last drink before tak
ing leave of life and drinks forever.
No note of any kind was found.
R. t,. . Squires, who happened to be In
tho house at the time of the tragedy,
which occurred at about 10:18. called up
the police station and told the desk man
of- the attempted murder, but did not
know at the time that Grandjean had
committed suicide. In fact, he did not
even go upstairs after Grandjean until
the arrival of Officer Abbott, a few
minutes later, being afraid, he says,
that Grandjean might attempt to kill
him. too. When -Abbott arrived he
went ud to Grandjean's room. No. 41
an4 broke open the door. The man was
lying on the bed with hts feet on the
floor, dead.
Was Olanclng Blow.
The officer summoned Dr. George VT.
Tamiesle to care for , the wounded
woman. The doctor arrived within a
few minutes and sewed up the wound
in the woman's scalp. Fortunately the
ax had struck her a glancing blow:
otherwise it would have killed her in
stantly. The most painful Injury waa
to the finger, the ring being so deeply
sunk Into it from the force of the blow
that she stopped With her hand that It
was hecessary to cut the ring off be
fore the wound could be dressed.
Deputy Coroner Dunning arrived and
took charge of the body. Nobody, ex
cept Carrie Swofford, appeared to know
anything of Grandjean except that be
was a painter, had been out of work
for some time, and had been rooming
at the hotel for about a month.
Letters found In the dead man's suit
case, however, show that he bad a 'sis
ter In Springfield, I1L Most t the
letters were simply signed "your sla
ter, H. O," but one of them bears the
signature "H. Crofton." She appears
to have been a faithful correspondent,
one of the letters stating that she would
nio ly mm unce r wees. Another let
ter Is from a brother, C B. Grandjean.
anfl is dated at New Berlin. 111. An-
omt-r uroiner, noy l uranqjean, also
The dead man appears to have been
the owner of a house at Springfield, a
number, of letters in reference to Its
reniai oeinr inuna. mis ruLmrnnnir
a deposit of 400 made in the Commer
cial Isatlonal bank of Los Angeles on
January 10. 1908. There are nn tnh.
io biiuw mai nny or ii nas been wltn
drawn. although Carrie Swofford -
sue bbi on eoverai occasion! loaned nlm
money. - . . -
Grandjean appears to have been be
tween. 35 and 40 years' of ags and un
married.' The- body baa been takes to
the morgue.
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WIFlE ilURDERER AT
sAlT, DIEGO REPRIEVED
" rrjnlte. Ptms led Wlie.l
Fan Qucntin. Cal., Nov.tiO William
Durko, a convicted wife murderer, sent
to the state prison- from San Diego, was
taken from the death cell today follow
ing bis reprieve yesterday. Burke's at
torneys obtained the oetay arter an an-
SATURDAY S
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Special $21.45
CASH OR CREDIT
These values are absolutely the
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ductions. . ' '
COATS
Semi and Tight-Fitting Coats in
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In all the latest colors, $25.00 to
30.00 values. Special . .$17.50
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Sample Skirts
Just received, an elegant line; of
Voiles and Panamas, regular $15
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; THE INAUGURATION OF THESE SPECIALS
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J ." LATEST EXPRESS ARRIVALS v '
We have receiVe'd a swell line of Opera Coats and Evening Dress Waists.-It is worth while
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formed that' his executloa had been In
definitely postponed. ,
Burke shot and killed his wife last
September. He waa convicted after a
Quick trial and sentenced to death. His
attorneys wUl appeal to Governor James
N. U!ett for commutation of the death
sentence to Ufa imprisonment.
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Companies Incorporated.
. i , r- Un SA .ArMftlea rtf In
corporation nave been f ilea in the of
fice of the secretary, of State as fol
lows: ."' . - ...
North - Bend Mereanuis .company:
principal office. North Bena. capital
Pugh, P. d. Larson, Henry Hoeck, Man
ley M. Btrawn and Richard Marshall.
The Interstate Telephone company;
frlnclpal office. Pendleton; capital stock
60,000; incorporators, M. H. Kirkham,
M. J. Ready and T. E. McOinltle. .
The National Folding Poultry Coop
& Bog company; principal ornce, rorv
peal to the higher court. Preparations I land: capital stork, 26,ooo: tncorpor
for his hanging were under way, even to stora, Krank- L. Mary, David L. Braes
the making of the rope. The prisoner I and Clinton 8. Fletcher. ' -..
did not show any emotion when in- Willamette Valley Oil company; prin
T
stock,
clpal office, Portland; cap!
1260,090: incorporators, w. A. ieet, rer
ley 8. Heaid and C. W. Taylor. '
Michigan Land St Timber company;
frlnclpal office, Portlandicapltal. stock,
250,000; incorporators, W. A. Leet.
Thomas R. Sheridan, Perley C Heal'l
and Reuben F. Robinson. ?
WOMAN'S MUNICIPAL
. IEAGUB GIVES TEA
New York. Nov. 0. -The Woman's
Municipal league, which was rounded by
Mr a. Russell Sage, Mrs. Charles Russell
Lowell and a number of other society
women of this city, gave a tea and re
ception at the -Waldorf-Astoria this
afternoon. The military band from
Governor's island furnished the inuslo
and many representatives of the army
and navv were present. A number of
Vlvlc societies - were also represented.
The league is not in politics, nut con
fines itself to effort of relieving dis
tress la the -crowded quarters f-.the
city. - .
We couldn't moncyback
tea, if pur tea werenY bet
ter than tea as you know it,
r f ssr sreccf rerarot year assay II yes oaV
Ilka Sckiluas's Bestt ee Mr hist.
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Birthday of Notables. ,
" (Speelai lMxpttdi to The JooraaLt
Rome, Nov. 80. Flags were displayed
on all publlo buildings today in observ
ance of the fifty-seventh birthday of
Queen Margherita, the mother of King
Victor. Emanuel. . , . t
.Ottawa, Ont, Nov. JO. Premier l,au
rler. who was born at St; Lin, Quebee,
November 20, 1841, received congratula
tions today on bis sixty-sevsatii slxUa
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