The Oregon daily journal., December 20, 1908, Page 1, Image 1

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Probing , of ; ,'tbe Hydrant
- Controversy Reveals Tire
Department Inspector's
Financial Interest 111.L0
cal Foundry. - ,
MAYOR DENOUNCES HT-
v 4 . DRANT GRAFT. . ,
, ' When. I was elected by' the
, people and entered upon the du-
4 ties of mayor I gave order to
r every department In the city
' that all specifications for sup-
plies - or equipment should be
made "wide open, so that - the 4
- whole world could tome In and i4)
t bid. These orders were given' to
c .the fire department The spec-
IHcations furnished toy this de-:
t partment ; for hydrants show
that competition has been .shut'
?4 out: 1. won't have any such mo-
4 .nopoly! - I resent It! It can't
, go!-Mayor Ijane in speech to
fire committee. '
A great, white light was shed on the
fire hydrant controversy late yesterday
afternoon,' when Fred Heasey. manager
of the Oregon Foundry company, pro
duced a contract entered into October
18. 1904, between the company and.Walr
ter. J.', Phillips, a mechanic in the fire
department, by which the foundry -paid
Phillips $100 in cash for a patent to
which Phillip admitted last night that
he had never had any legal rights, and
further agreed to pay him a royalty
of 25 centa for each hydrant which the
company should sell. Phillips further
reserved the right to himself in the
contract, to manufacture all hydrants
sold to the city. V.
This document furnishes an apparent
motive for the failure of the fire de
partment to accept ISO hydrants of an
eastern make- -until more than six
months had elapsed after the date on
which the final shipment of the fire
plugs had arrived and been delivered to
the water department. If Phillips re
ceived the royalty which the. contract
allowed him, it would of cou roe have
been to his Interest to exclude other hy
drants In so far as lie could. His posi
tion as Inspector afforded him an op
portunity to delay the acceptance of the
Are. plugs,., as Chief Campbell stated
that he - relied on Phillips to examine
the hydrants and make reports as to
whether they., conformed to specifica
tions ar not. .. -.-,.. -
Phillips Explains Deal. -'
Phillip asked permission to explain
to the fire committee how he happened
to make the contract with the foundry.
He was sworn and told how he had,
while in San Francisco invented, as he
thought a hydrant improvements He
returned to Portland and after having
a sample hydrant made by the Oregon
Foundry company demonstrated that It
would meet the requirements of the
fire department. '
"I then made arrangements to sell
my patent,? he said, "and entered Into
the contract which has been exhibited
before the committee. It was my Idea
to get a royalty, only on hydrants sold
outside the city and it was understood
between me and the company that for
any hydrants tliat might be sold to the
cltv I was not to get any money. .. .
' '"'I felt that as I was working for
the city it had a right to the free use
f v. (Continued on Page Four.)
Dynamiter Determined . to
Cheat .the. Law but the -
Doctors Thwart Her. "
,. (Hutted rw ted Wire..
' Oakland, Cal.. Deo. 19. Mrs. Isabella
J. Martin, who was sentenced . this
morning to serve a life sentence in San
Cluentln for dynamiting the home of
Judge F. B. Ogden last year, made an
Ineffectual attempt- to commit' suicide
In the county Jail this Afternoon. She
was found unconscious In her cell by
Mrs." White, the matron, of . the jail.
"Medical assistance, - promptly sum
moned, saved her, life.: The stomach
pump was used. - . ' ,
Concealed in Mrs. Martin's muff was
found a quantity of pulverized gaa
and some white powder, believed to be
arsenic. This Is now being examined by
a - chemist. ' Mrs. Martin was at first
evasive, but . finally admitted she had
found a bottle containing this powder in
the effects of a woman prisoner named
Lily Johnson, who lias since been re
leased from the jail. - - '
"They'll never get me to Pan Qucrftln
alive." Mrs. Martin is said to have de
clared to Mrs. White when she received
the intelligence of her conviction last
Tuesday. "I shall never, spend my life
In a penitentiary."
To District Attorney Donahue - She
made a similar- rerrark. strengthening
It however, with the fflat declaration
-that she .Intended ' to commit suicide.
The jail authorities were notified to
keep a clos watch and It was supposed
that every precaution had been taken.
After'her return from eourt this morning-Mrs.
Smith seemed to be unusually
cheerful, hhe joked - with her fellow
. prisoners - and ' seemed in - the bewt of
spirits. J Then she asked Mr.' Whlto for
a drink of whiskey and ' the Indulgent
mUron went to get it While Mrs.
White was out-of tha room Mrs. Martin
is supposed . to have ; swallowed i the
poison. ' ' ' I - -' . "i
When Mrs. White returned 'she fc tid
Mm.. Martin lying unconscious onlie
floor. After the physicians had used
the stomach pump she regained her
good spirits and even chatted cheerfully
about tho incident- - . v
-She Is said to be entirely out of
dner. ,
IK Will
TAKES POISOII
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Prominent Illinois. Man Is
Arrested on Charge of Se
curing $40,000 by Fraud,
After a Search Lasting
Two Years. , .
1 Special Dlapatcb to The Journal, t
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 19. Elbert
Dickson, a highly . educated man and
former member of the Illinois state leg.
Islature, is ' now on his war back to
his old home in Illinois, in the custody
of a deputy sheriff to answer, to charges
of larceny and forgery.
. The crimes alleged to have been com
muted Dy JDioKson, and partially ack
nowledged by him., were committed in
Williamson county, Illinois,, over two
yearn ago. As a member of the state
legislature. Dickson named the confi
dence of the people of Williamson coun
ty arid used it It is aliened, to defraud
farmers and stockralsers out of sums
totaling neany J4O.OU0. .
Dickson's alleged - clan of alteration
was to purchase beef cattle, for which
it is averred he gave in payment worth
leas checks on the First National hank
of Goreville, Johnston county, Illinois.
It seems that Dickson carried on his
operation with the greatest care and se
lected -as the time of his purchasing
tours .a time .wKsn weather was hail
and the county reads were very heavy;
nis reason ior inis, it appears, was to
alve him time to ret his cattle in the
markets in St Louis before the holders
of his chocks would care to make the
trip over muddy rods to the Lewis
bank at Stonefort, 111., where moat of
the men whom he Is charged with vlo-
umizing aia meir can King.
Arrest 'Warrants Seenred.
When these checks were sent tri tha
Ooreville bank, on which they were or
iginally, drawn, they were turned dow
Dy me casnier or mat institution, with
the information that Dickson had with-
drawn all of his money, and that in
addition had transferred all of his prop
erty. . , - f v v.
As soon as the full state of -r-"fairs
was discovered by the atockraisers" war
rants for the arrest of Dickson were
sworn nut and the officers at St Louis
were wirea 10 arrest mm, out thev were
too late, as it was -found that Dickson
had sold the cattle, cashed his ehecka
and decamped. Then it was that a thor
ough Investigation was started to as
certain the extent of Dickson's opera
tions. It was found that he had numer
ous victims In Johnston and - Union
countlos, the latter at the time being his
home county. Rewards were offered for
htp apprehension -and for two years of
ficers of the law .searched the entire
country. "
Dickson a experiences and' travels
were told in a trembling voice to Sheriff
B. D. SaoDington of ' Clark
shortly after his arrest at the little
schoolhouse at Brush Prairie, 12 miles
irom Vancouver,, wnere ne and his son,
Lloyd Dickson, were teachers, the father
being principal of the school and teach
er of the grammar class, while his son
had charge of the lower grades.
, Watted Money Away.
' Dickson stated to Sheriff Bapplngton
that whtn he left Illinois, his pockets
filled with his lllgotten gains, he
drifted abfcut from place to place, spending-
lavishly and indulging In every form
of dissipation. Most of the money, ac
cording to Dickson, was spent In riotous
living, and for whiskey, ascribing to
the latter all the blame for his downfall.
When asked as to the report that he
(Continued on Page-Five.)
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STANDARD FILES ITS BRIEF
Oil Trust Jlaintains Goyernment's Position Is in Effect
; Writ of En-orFalls Back on Usual Techni
. : calities in Snprenie Court Application.
(United Press Leaied Wtral -Washington,
Dec 19. Declaring that
no ground-whatever exists upon which
the government's 'application to the su
preme courft of the United States for
a review of the 129,000,000 Standard
Oil case could be sustained, counsel for
the Standard Oil company today filed
with the highest court an exhaustive
brief in opposition. ., j .. .
The document which is signed by
John S. ' Miller, JMorltx . Rosenthal and
A.D. Eddy, states that the act of 1SD1.
upon which the government bases Its
application for -a-writ of certiorari,
does not authorize a review, at the in
stance of the government of a judg
ment of the circuit court of appeals
in a criminal case by which a wrtt of
error of the defendant issue is stated.
BUR 0
Colorado Southern Changes Hands Cash Transaction
That Involves Millions Northern Pacific -'
. ;jray -Get Gulf-Outlet at Galveston.
(Heart News by Ixmcnt teased Wir.
New -York, Dec 19. The Colorado &
Southern bas been purchased - by . the
Burlington, but some details remain to
be worked out before an official an
nouncement of the- arrangements will
be made..- -The fact of . the deal was
made-plain today at the office of Kd
ward Hawley.i who is president of the
Colorado & Southern. It is a cash trans
action, but the price is not mentioned.
The Burlington la to raise the money
by pledging treasury, assets. , It is un
derstood the Burlington has a Very large
surplus as a result of operations since
It was purchased by the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern. Rumors1 In
connection with the deal, include One
thHtf I ha 'Great Northern will purchase
the Northern Pacific Interests in the
STORY
Old Veteran of Civil War Re
lates Cruel Experience
With Night Eiders Pris
oners Listen to Recital of
Tale of JIurder.
(United Prea Leased Wire.)
Union City. Ten n Dec; 1. A pall of
gloom descended over the defense when
the court . today adjourned the trial of
the night riders charged with the mur
der of Captain. Ouentin Rankin.
Around the eight men accused of the
brutal lynching has been woven a web
of evidence that will defy all efforts to
unravel and the decision of the jury is
expected to forever ouench the spirit
of lawlessness that has prevailed in
western Tennessee for the .past half
year.- - - .. .-. . - ; .
Tayior on suuia.
Never was there a more' dramatic
scene denlcted than that which" occurred
when Colonel ft. Z. Taylor, his silver
hair flowing to . his : shoulders, broke
down completely -' 9nr several minutes
and wept like a child in his recital of
the terrible experience of that night
when Rankin met his death. Men who
grew up with the frontier, who have
seen hardships in every form, stern
Black Hills men who have never flinched
in the face of danger, cried and sobbed
with the civil war veteran. Durlnar the
whole scene not one of the eight pris
oners inncnea. nor was. an eye aim mod.
i . ... .... Story of Crime. . .
The old southerner told how he and
Rankin had gone to the Walnut Log ho
tel. About midnlKht thev were awak
ened. Masked men flljed their room and
ordered them to dress. They were taken
to a deserted soot half a mile awav.
but a few feet from a neck of the lake.
Begg-ed for Comrade's X.lf a,
"They told us they were going to kill
us. True leader placed a, rope around,
Rankin's neck.
" 'Gentlemen, don't - kill Mm' I said.
Tou can't cheat me out of much. I am.
62 years old and have not much longer
to live anyway, mo is young; Kin me
instead and, let Mm revS era act afraid
to die.' 7
"When thev pulled - him- from the
ground he cried: 'Qentlemen. don't -do
that don't do that; you are killing me,
you are killing me.'"
Here Colonel Taylor bioke down com
pletely. . ' .'" .- .,
"When I heard a srunshot and saw a
hole in his coat Just below the right
shoulder. I made a dash for the water
and Jumped as far out as I could. When
I came up I was on-the other aide of a
log from the men. There was a volley
of ahots. ;They were I firing at-the 'wa
ter. -1 thought It would never. stoo.V
He then told how he came out of the
water when the riders left and of his
wanderings foe two nights and a day.
afraid to approach any house for fear
it would hold-' an enemy- . .. -
Kept Course by Tree Moss.
'I could' keen mv direction hv the
stars." he said. wanted to get to
lyaiee county, on the other side of Reel
Foot. I would be safe there. I waded
through the shallower nart of th. lake
sometimes In vater up to my neck, un
til i reacnea mo LtK county side.
"At daybreak I thought I saw masked
men all around me. I soon realized
mat my eyesignt was falling and that
these -were only trees and clumns of
uusnes. i waaed through the mud into
soma mil grass, wnere I beat down
(Continued on Page Five.)
The Standard's legal talent also main
tains that the government's position is
in effect a writ of error and therefore
not legal, since there has been no final
judgment disposing of the ease.
The original trial judge, Keriesaw M.
Land Is. "comes In for a severe scoring
in the brief. -
I' "We are' constrained ' to submit" It
pays, ."that this- record shows that the
excessive amount or penalty here was
the result of abuse of discretion.1 -
John S. Miller, chief of the Ktandard
legal array, will on Monday' formally
aiove . that the supreme court dismiss
the government's petition. -Inasmuch
as precedents indicate that only an ex
ceedingly small number of .requests for
certiorari are jr ran ted by the supreme
court the government's chances for re
viving me case appear tiqmea. -
. "'', - v - . - -.
Burlington and thus secure for itself
the gulf outlet at Gal veston provided
through the Burlington purchase.- The
Colorado & Southern operates S327 miles
of track. It is capitalised at 148.000,000
in stock and about $40,000,000 in bonds;
It is one of the -few roads that were
able to show an increase of both gross
and net in the oast year and its com
mon stock was-, recently- put on a per
cent dividend' basis. It connects with
the Burlington ' at Denver and runs
through Colorado, New . Mexico , and
Texas to ...Galveston. It extends not-th
from Denver Into eastern Wyoming.. -'Conferences
were in progress today
In Mr. Hawley's -office! fixing details
of the sale. The statement was made
that an official announcement was made
issue on Monday,-- - ,. . - ,
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The new . Gernian , ambassador and
1 (Special DUnatch to The Journal.)
Washington. Dec. 19. Preoarationa
are being, made in the German legation
to receive the new ambassador. Count
Johanna .Helnrich .von Bernstorff. and
lus wire and daughter. The German
emperor could not have, selected a- more
pleasing representative as his ambas
sador to America. Count Von Bernstorff
is recognized as one of the leading di
plomats of the world and 'cornea . to
America from the German legation in
Egypt He succeeds the laU . Baron
Speck Von Sternberg.
une point wnicn makes Count Von
Bernstorff - especially nODular In Amer
ica is that his. wife.' .Countess Von
Bernstorff. Is an American. She Is the
daughter of Edward Luckemeyer of
New xork.
The German legation has alwava hMn
one of the . social centers of diplomatic
Washington and their elaborate' quar
ters beautifully furnished, form one of
the show places in "our capital city. '
The new ambassador bea-an his rilnln.
matlc career in 1888.. when he was
made attache at Constantinople. From
Turkey he was transferred to 'the for
YOUIIGIHR
Harry B! Suydam Falls Vio
tim of J.'C.Liimsdeh's
Pistol.
(Hrant Ncirg by Lonrrst Taad Wire.)
New York, Dec. 18. -Harry B. Suy
dam, a well known curb broker, high
In Masonic circles and a town council
man of Plalnfield, N. J., was shot and
proDaDiy -xatally wounded' by John C.
Lumsden, a young southern inventor.
In his offices at 39 Broad street today.
Lumsden declares Suydam had defraud
ed him and owed him money on an in
vention that had resulted in the organ
isation of a company of which Lums
den was the former president and Suy
dam is -now secretary treasurer.. There
were cries of "lynch him" when the po
lice took Lumsden away, but they held
the arowd well Jn hand. .
Lumsden-was badly used up as the
result of the auiet efforts of George
Downs. Suydam's clerk, to save Buy
dam. -His derby hat was smashed and
he had two bruises, on his face, evi
dently where he had been hit with, the
butt of the revolver. -
Suydam and Lumsden tonight made
contradictory statements regarding the
shooting. In a statement to Coroner
llarburger at the Hudson street hos
pital Suydam declared that on his' fail
ure to advance Lumsden. $1250 the
latter drew a revolver and shot him
twice. , - ' , - - ,. '
Lumsden, however. In a- statement in
his cell at the Oak street station to
night was positive in his assertion
that after he had made a demand on
Suydam on- notes -due him. Suydam had
drawn a revolver. Lumsden then as
serts that he was attacked by Suydam
and two -friends, and that he wrestej
the Tevolver from the broker. There
upon, Lumsden further declares, the re
volver was discharged and Suydam fell
to the floor with two bullet wounds n
his body.
- In contradiction to Lumsden's dec
laration of self-defense is the statement
of the police that 98 caliber cartridges
similar to the three exploded In the re
volver' .were .found In Lamsden's
pockets. . - - ' ,
REPORT OF II. P.
FOR: NOVEMBER
- - - i i . -.
Receipts Almost Half Mil
lion Less Thai' 1907;;
Five Months' Decrease;
Boston. Mass.. Dec: 19. The Northern
kPaclflo today reported November re-
as follows: . - . . .
Freight, M. 44. 612; 1907, - $4,902,546;
decrease. $437,734.
Passenger. I1.S9R.S05; 1907.' $1.S8,
39; decrease. $190,834. -
Mail express. $228,380; 1907, $22,87;
Increase, 11698. .- .
Total. $8,088,797; 1907, $,71S,T2; de
crease, $626.87&.. .
Five months' receipts:
Freight $22,228,612; 1907. $24,001,706;
decrease,- $1,778.04.
Passenger. $8,270,363; 1907, $9,331,210;
decrease, $1,060,847. ' - - i
Malt express. $1,176,044; 1907, $1,127,
S10; Increase. $48,634. ,
Total. $31,675,019; 1907,. $24,465,426;
decrease,' $2,790,407.-. . . ' '
.'' Xaval Seaman Drovrnrt. .
Washington, Dec 19. The pavy de
partment received today a dispatch
wtattng that ordinary seaman Luis John
Beaumet. fell overboard from the In
trepid at Yerba Buena this morning and
was drowned. . ;
SNOOTS
BROKER
i:;; . fi.; t : in
' - in
the German legation at Washington
eign office In Berlin, after which he ad
vanced from on grade to another, serv
ing In Belgrade, Dresden, . St. Peters
burg and Munich. He was councilor. of
me emoassy ana nrst secretary tn Lon
don In 1802. .
While in England the count came es
pecially under the notice of Emperor
William as a result of his work In
ameliorating the existing ill . feeling
KBiiisi uermany. tie drew up a series
of lucid and comprehensive dispatches
on the situation. After four years' ser
vice In London he was sent to Cairo.
In the German diplomatic service this
post la regarded as a stepping - Stone
toward advancement.
The count married Miss Jennie Lucke
meyer in 1887. His wife was born De
cember IS, 1867, and the couple have
two children. The Luckemeyer family
left New York several years ago and
settled In France, where the countess'
father died this year. .
One interesting feature of the count's
first call on President Roosevelt will be
the delivering of a personal message
from Emperor William to the president
of the United States. , .
THIS IS NIGHTY
II
II
President Delivers Epigram
at Expense of ex-Hero
and Osculator.
(United Print Leased Wire. 1 '; f
Washington, Dec. 1 9. President
Roosevelt has acquired quite a reputa
tion, for eplgramatic characterisations of
persons.and things. Today he adds an
other. ( He was. talking with a member of
the house about the world cruise of the
battleship fleet, declaring there was no
reason 4o keep the ships in the Pacific
and that they would return to the At
lantic as originally planned. The caller,
at this, began to reneat some of the
arguments made by a certain southern !
congressman who has . been predicting
war with Janan and aemandlno- that tha
fleet be kept in the Pacific. Interrupt
ing, me president said:
"Do you know what I think about that
congressman? I think that if he had
a little more sense he might be almost
half wltted."
JOHN REYNOLDS IS
FOUND, NOT GUILTY
'(Special Dispatch to The JoaraaL)
Chehalis. Wash.. Deo. 19. After be
ing out .half an hour the Jury returned
a verdict of not guilty in the case of
John Reynolds, - charged . with man
slaughter for causing the death of
George Buckets by running him down
with an automobile last spring.
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M UHWARRRNTED INSULT
I'roni tbe Pendleton East OreRonian.
'Who says Umatilla .county would be a good place for the circula-
. tion of petitions asking legislators to go back upon their pledges?
" Who'estimates t(he honor of the people of this county at such a
.. figure?. '.Why is such an insult flung at Umatilla county?
, The people of Umatilla county hav never done anything to war
rant such treatment. The rank and file of the people of this county
-.' are honest. Thfy have never stolen anything. They do not believe
ih thievery, either of cattle from the-ranges or of political honors
from a man after he has justly earned them, as Governor Chamber
lain has the senatorship.
At times1 in the. past they have lynched men here because they
did not respect the" rights ,dt property. The day of the vigilantes is
past, but it is safe to say that the people of this county now approve
of honesty as much as they did in the days of old.,
.""If the insurrecto leaders in Portland have received information
- that Umatilla county wants its legislators to go back upon their
pledges some one has basely slandered this county. If anyone from
this vicinity has sent out such a report he has done so without
proper knowledge of the people or else has deliberately lied.
-. Umatilla'county's political record does not warrant such a charge.
This county gave Cake a majority over Fulton. . Last June it gave
Representative Barrett, a Statement No. 1 man, a greater majority
.than it did any others member of this delegation. Senator Smith
.. the other Umatilla statement man, was given a heavy majority over
his Reptiblicau opponent two years ago.
Nor do the people of this county want these legislators to go
'back upon their; pledges. If Representative Barrett were to break :
the sworn pledge he gave last June the farmers of this county would
v regard his as a political coyote,
shame because they had chosen such
there .is no danger, Mr Barrett will
i lai
' th
rs to breaTt' their pledges. If
eir': netitionsf let them -tro into.
t . . -A .... t r . .t.
L.matuiacouniy is nu piacc nr 111
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President's Secret Service
Eecommendations Will Be
Gone Into With Delibera-
. tion Congress Adjourns
Other Notes.
i (Hearat News by Longest Leaaed Wire.)
Washington, Dec, 19. Congress ad
ourned today until January 4. The two
louses were in session about IS minutes.
It was officially explained that there
was a desire on the part of the members
to get home. But among Individuals
there was no concealment of the fact
that it was regarded as wise to get
throtich as soon as Dossible and ad
journ, lest at the last minute the presi
dent snouia cnange nis mina and sena
In that special message on secret serv
ice, to the discomfort of the members
durlnar the Christmas holidays. Noth
ing but routine business, ana very little
of. mat, was disposed, or.
in uie senate Assistant secretary
Latta. with4 several communications
from the president was compelled to
watt IS -minutes before the message
could be presented, the reading of the
journal being completed In the , mean
time. - .
The senate leaders have decided upon
a deliberate course in carrying out their
plan to rebuke the president on the se
cret service matter. There will be no
meeting during the holidays of the ap
propriations committee, which la to in
vestigate the secret service and report
a plan for resenting the imputations
contained In the annual message.
Senators Are Wary.
Another evidence that the senators
are not rushing headlong Into any un
fortunate position is that .there is a
backwardness on the cart of Senator
Ha,le of Maine, acting chairman of the
appropriations committee, to take prom
inent, pan Deiore tne country in tne de
liberations of the committee. The sub
committee of five which wH) doubtless
be appointed by Hale to investigate the
secret service to suggest action on the
message will probably not be presided
over by him.
- it now iooks as 11 senator tiemenwav
of Indiana will be chairman of the sub
committee. When it Is remembered that
Senator Hemenway s term expires with
the present session of congress and that
he will not be reelected-because of the
fact that the Indiana legislature chosen
last month is - Democratic it will be
seen that there Is a method behind this
probable action. Senator Hemenway
will have nothing to lose in case the
senate should be worsted in its fight
with the president.
. There is a feeling in the senate that
the house . made a mistake when It
passed the ; Perkins resolution asklngj
the president to mi omit tne evidence
on which he based bis statements about
congress and the secret service. Sena
tors say tnis action invites tne presi
dent tc Stir up the matter more thso it
is, wiuie iney. Deiieve me oest j.way
wou'd have been to put him in the bosi
tion of practically assailing congress,
if he should have in the future fur
nished aud evidence against congress
men that he might have secured by
means of the secret service.
PRESIDENT'S SECRET
SERVICE DOCUMENT
MAT "NAME NAMES"
(Unlttd Pram Leasee -ffire.t '
Washington, Dec. 19. President
Roosevelt may attempt the "deadly par
allel" on congress in his reply to the
recent resolution of inquiry on the se
cret service incident.
It Is understood that there is now !n
course of preparation as a part of the
document extracts from house debates
of last May, whan Chairman Tawney of
the committee on appropriations led
the movement to Incorporate In the sun
dry civil appropriation bill the para
graph prohibiting any part of the money
being used for espionage service outside
the regular treasury department work
of the secret service.
To one caller the-president said his
reply would occupy a higher plane than
congress had assumedr but when asked
If he would mention names In Justifica
tion of secret service work he laugh-
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iney would hang their heads -m
a man to represent them.
But
not disgrace them. - ;
the insurrectos want sgners for
Portland's north enr! serf ion.
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Taft's Uesolve Is to Fill His
Cabinet, WTith Big 3Ien,
but to Bar All Who Bear
lioosevelt's Private Brand
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Washington, Dec 19. United States
District Attorney Htlmson of New Tork.
so says what has been good authority :
heretofore, will be attorney general
Uiider Taft - .
As I telegraphed days ago Kellogg
will not-be appointed. Wade Kills is
not available. Wickersham of New
York denies .positively that it. will be
he. - ' . ; .. . :
' Htlmson this time is on Taft's list 1
as virtually decided on. '-He Is a Tale
man. ' . - .. .. . ,
It develops that Kellogg was under
consideration and at one time practical
ly decided on. It is claimed that Taft '
was given a hint that if Kellog's name '
went in certain senators would object;
because of his close connection .with
several trusts as attorneys and ? that
confirmation might be impossible.. '
Cut Oat Boosevelt-Made Men. -
The most interesting fact' that has -developed
in connection with - the cab
inet makrtng is Taft's .decision not to
appoint men who have gained promi
nence only through connection with
the Roosevelt administration.' That he'
has so decided is known. R. A. Bellin
ger, of (Seattle Is not regarded as in.
that class, though he served as general
land commissioner under Roosevelt lie
is looked on as having won his spurs
on the coast and as not having been '
especially promoted when placed at the
head of the land department-
With a virtually official statement, to
that effect, it is now known that Taft'
Intends to have one and perhaps two
Pacific coast men in his cabinet, ft. .
A. Ballinger of Seattle is regarded . as
vory probably the appointee, to the In
terior portfolio.
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio is regarded
as the most probable man for the .
treasury, making It unlikely that Our-.
flAM will remain In the Interior fleiYArt- .
ment' simply because he comes from -
Ohio...:,. '.;- ' ', : ' - '. .
George Knight iif Calif orijl ml -M
get a place, but Baitlngor has the a-:
over any other coast man.
Herrick: was a. pronounced opponent
of the Aldrich-Vreeland emergency cur
rency bill.
FURTHER SURMISING .
REGARDING TAFT'S
' OFFICIAL FAMILY
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Waahlnatom Dec. 19. The dispatch
from Augusta to the Cincinnati Times
Star' purporting to give the makeup of
the- Taft cabinet occupied tho attention
tonight of: those statesmen who have
not already left town for the Christmas '
holidays, it would not oe surprising n.
when the makeup of the cabinet la of- -f
Iclally announced, most of the names
included in this list should appear.
Washington, however. Is becoming
skeptical about semi-official -announce-
ments of cabinets i It was only- this '
rrfornlifg that the oresldent-elect in a
statement 'issued at'Augusta announced'
that Senator Knox was the only cabinet
appointee that .he had decided upon.
Moreover. It is being pointed out here
tonight that the prenideot-elect has an-,
nounced that he will avail himself of
the advice of Senator Knox in selecting
the remainder of his official family, and
lias invited Knox to Augusta for the .
purpose of consulting with him. It is
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KIERAH HAD
ONLY BEGUN
Scheme Plmbraced "WTiole
of Catholic Church
, in America.
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New York, Dec. 19.The revelation
was mader today that Patrick J. Kieran.
the fugitive ex-president- of the Fidelity
Funding company, had planned to--be-'
come purchasing agent for the Cath
olic church in America. With him In
this new scheme, which was Just being ''
launched ' when the Fidelity . failure
checked Kieran'n financial career, were
involved Mrs. Lorna W. Davis, his pri- '
vate secretary, and B. W. Arundal, tho r
assistant secretary of the Fidelity com. ,
pany. Both nave disappeared and of ft- -cers
with supreme court orders have) :
been hunting them.
This plan or Kleran became known to
day after a hearing on the irjuotvenoy
of the funding company hefdrm Stntn
Court Referee Edwin A. Watson? Th
recolver. Thomaa. Oilroy Jr.. concluded
the presentation of evidence to prove -the
company Insolvent and adjournment
was then taken until Tuewlay, when art
effort will be made to tnrow 9ut this
claim with other evidence. - . . ,
Before Befereo Peter 1J. tlney, Mon
day, proceedings-to-turn the affxlrs of-"
the company into the hands of Federal
Receiver Robert C Morns wll! be re
sumed. The "Importing and PurchaH-" :..
ing Company . of New York" win Uie
name of the newly dIocov-red nlll!.
which branched out of the Fldnlltv fix '
October and was lncornorateu at Albany
wlih a capital of. llO.Ouo. f . -
Receiver. Ui'roy , is hot 6n the trail -of
Kleran. . y - .
BAC0X TO SUCCEED
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. fHearst ew hy linrt Uaaxl Alia)
.VahinTtontt!ia.lt has w U-
Cided that AHHiMtant Secretary (immi
shall he secretary of state afisr Jan.
uary 1. it was announced at tli? Wiit
House today that the pliuns of Mecret'-ry
he would t give up his p( t fr:in i;nt
January 16, before hr wa bliif-i u
for t nllfrt rtat-s "rmtor or lis lix-
Isiature of New. York,- .,
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