THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 8. 1911. tm WTESTIINY; Former Carnegie Supcrintend- ' lent Says Conditions Before Purchase Would Have End - f ed In Mon(5po!y. - Steel Corporation Officials Attending House Investigation of Trust ' " CnltS Press Leases Wire. 1 , ' .Washington June t.- James K, Oayley, , former Superintendent of the Carnegie ' Iteel company took the stand today be- ori the Stanley rommlttea investigate . the" steel trust He asserted that ruinous cut-throat competition obtained prior to tha lima the United States 8teel corpora tloa was formed.. Tha condition! then existing. If they had continued, he testified, would nave ' ended la the ' strongest company securing a monopoly. lie corroborated statement by John W. Oetee that Carnegie contemplated enterlnr the tube and wire business. Tha valuation placed on the Carnegie properties, he testified waa f 71.000.000 during the Frtok-Carnegle litigation. This, he said, waa nowhere near Ita val uation based on I (a earning capacity. v . , f 1.111 J A : i -.v v .! . ;'.: :. .-.'', ti. DIM ASSERT W CONDITIO . ARE OICOUItAGING In Oregon currency bill thla afternoon, ' and five I minute talka will be made on local con- rdltlona by a aoore of Orea-on bankera. Tomorrow afternoon the vieltore will be taken for an automobile ride and In the I evening a banquet will be given at the Bowera hotel , , , Financial Status Never Better Than at Pres ent, Says President Martin TAFT URGES PASSAGE ; Of UNAMENDED BILL ' New Tork June . President Tart poke last night at the banquet given by the New Tork Produce exchange to the Interatate Cotton and Cruahera aa. sociatlon. Ha argued for the passage of tha Canadian reciprocity bill ed. He phrased It, T want the bill, the whole bill and nothing but the bill.'' Tne crowa yelled. -All right. Bill." More) Firee- at Hanover. 4 n-! f I "'"vm wra Dig nr inai ueatroyea me ai Upemng . Ol - COnVentlOn.. Hnovr Prtmenla an King and Devta irveis oaa oeen reported out, ; three aiarme have been aent In from the name place, tha calla being made to extlngulah little fires that have broken out from the mouldering' mine. The last ' call waa made at midnight last sight Pa trolman Young saw flames la tha baee ment of .the ruined building and aent for the apparatue. Tha two other alarms in yesterday afternoon and yes terday morning. No further damage j waa dona. , .' - ,., t . JDilSf.1 INCEf y WILLBE INVESTIGATED Reading from left to right Norma n Ream, Jodgo B. H. Oarf, P.. a RobtrU and Richard Ltndabnrf, ' Judge Gary la chairman of tha great corporation, Mr. Ream and Mr. Roberta are directors, and Mr. Llndabnry la counsel for the corporation. HEM SCORCHES REPUBLICAN!!) T IE MIDDLE 1ST; fairsomc mm mm E Temperature at Chicago at 2 :f 0'CIock Was 96 and Mount 'K Ing; Record-Breaking Tem- peratures Reported. . Warburton, of Washington, . Announces on Floor He VVill . Side With Democrats. Rathe (Catted Press Leased Wire.) Washington. June . The flrat publican who has announced on floor that he would support the Demo- cratlo wool tariff bill la Representative 8tanton Warburton, Washington, whose speech this afternoon created a sens tOalted Ptms Leeerf Wlrat . Ition. .. , . ' Chicago, June . Another hot wave! 118 demanded the Immediate creation struck tha middle west today. ' l of a permanent tariff commission. He In Chicago at i O'clock Ihls after- j"ia h would prefer to have the wool noon the mercury stood af It and was r" ."'I MAUHti.. M.k. t i i.V. Unite Information from the tariff board, mounting higher. A cool lake breese. bnt mt he would accept the present w...., ....u v ivuwvw ms aiiuauon I revision ratherthan, none. 11 ere. Report a from ether cities show record breaking tetnperaturea. In Bt Louis street level thermometers this afternoon registered 104 degrees. In Mllwaukle the temperature stood at 04 and several prostrations were reported.. In Min neapolis tha thermometer stood at II. A temperature of lei was reported from New : Ulra and Montevideo. . Minn. X Winnebago, Mian the 100 mark was reached.' BUILD $60,000 BRIDGE . OVER THE LEWIS RIVER (Speetsi IMipstch to The MoraaL) r W as n June f " Vancouver.-Weah June I. In a tele- rAt Omaha Jhs schools were closed to- Ef?ra"?.,??.L.rto Jlas Aa - M - . . a . I UCtWCCU AUUKVr USIDUKU U V10 ag ,.u.u, neat scoron- county and Auditor CampbeU of Cow , uuvuib m iu-nu urn num arrangement was made for uemoon. maaing a temperature of meeting of the commissioners of the ??T'Z!!J? 2 ttnbearabla A baby at two counties at Kalama, Monday. June the Chllds Saving lnstltuta died this u. to draw up a mutual agreement for i-I fc L I .s .A nrcury in the maintenance of the proposed Joint IIZ. ZZ 'T' V? swrma . unun men bridge over the Lewla river at Wood T'r ln crop in southern No- land. After the agreement has been li.-.. w . burned up, while signed, a copy will be sent to Olympla J? bewi damed fully E per for record and State Commissioner ru im corn erop was unhurt. White will be notified that he may oro- I ttmA wiHi fthsa vnrk nf Mrf ilail onnsitrttn. ,V Jiunawar Girl Fonad. Uon. Amber Chrtatlanson. tha 14 .vMr-nM I Clarke county appropriated 116.000. daughter of Mrs. Ellen Chrtatlanson of Cowllte $16,000 and the state $30,000, Lents, was found last night by Mrs. Lo- making a total of 160.000 for the pro la G. Baldwin in the Occidental hotel poaed bridge. The Clarke coupty sp end has been arrested. Thla -iri i proprtatlon Is now available. Cowllts 1 l MILLION FRAUD CHARGED AGAINST ER PITTSBURG BANK Financier and Two Others Ar- rested on Fugitive Warrants in Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. 1 United Press Leased Wlre.t New York. June I. On chsrrea rt rraua involving a 112.000.000 coal land aeai in west Virginia, Thomas Latimer. a rituburg banker. .John PhlUina of tuenmona, England, and Henry Derud. oer ex jLrfmaon, were arrested on fugi tive warrants at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel this afternoon. The arrests were made at the request of Pittsburg police. The men were arraigned and committed to the Tombs In default of 110,000 balL The men denounced the arrest aa a malicious attempt to Interfere with legitimate transaction. wanted to testify , against Louis Hoff-1 esounty. it Is understood, has experienced man. a .- man 14 years old. . who Is charged with contributing to the de XltHiuency -of-a itslner. "Tha'glrt ly said to have been lured from her home by Nellie Churchill, also . a resident of The Christiansen gtrT la company!? i 51 rctvrout of h Pjopo" taU road some, difficulty In meeting the amount, but . will be prepared by the time the money Jsnceded,.:. ;,.-; rrrr r" 'The bridge will be located at the In tersection of the main street of Wood land wlta the river and will be on the from Vancouver to Seattle. Borne dif ficulty was experienced In getting the appropriations as miiuence was brought to oear to place use bridge a mile nearer the -Columbia river and to this Several days ego. Petrolma- U.i. " " oul Mu went to the hotel hn. .1 H"" " me people or tne one m.n t- f f counues wouja not get tha bene- ' - owww t, iLu inn i nt anil f , aim . i - the ChurcbUl woman, Jeft her home on May it. She met through the Churchill woman, Jack Likes and Hoffman,' all of whom took rooms la the Occidental Jbotel. . ' one girl. The case will be heard tomorrow. ' - . ' Cute Throat la Sleep. i ' I . . 'United rress Lean! Wiit.1 Los Angeles, June While a victim t of nightmare and sound asleep, Anthony if"?! v2.' Jrom his bed and slashed his throat from ear to ear with a rasor. Menge explained that during - the course of a dream he became en raged at himself. He We aMtran ... h wrm blood trickling down his body. .ilia condition Is serious. tage of autolsts on through trips from Vancouver ana Portland to Beat tie, BHD AFFAIR 0 MUGGINS tlW Oil HAND 11 E PREDIC TS CONVENTION T Makes NearProphecy and Propounds Method. of Find ing Nominee. "Banking wss never In a more sat isfactory condition In Oregon than at tne present time," declared President Alex Martin Jr.. of the Oregon State Bankers' association In hla addreaa thla morning at the. opening seaelon of the earns ' "There was more railroad building last year than ever, before," he said, "and the prospects for the entire etate were never better. Large areas of land have been opened and with nrener man. agement the Indloatlona are most pros- About TI bankera are In attendance at the meeting, coming from all parts of the state. The sessions are bain held la ths,W. O. W. hall and Will ooatlnue through tomorrow morn 1 nr. with Ht.s talnment by the local bankers inter parsed. ; , -, Vestal Bavtmgs Bank, v President Martin, who la cashier of a bank atr Klamath rails, made brief reference -to the postal aavlnra h&nk esubllshed by the government la that town, indicating that tha business dons at the federal depository Is disappoint ing la volume and haa not hurt tha local banka, . . , ' - s ' . ;..(.- ' "I learn that the deposits la tha aostal aavlnga bank have not exceeded about 11100 at any one time," ha said. "This was money that never had been and never would navebeea deposited la any of the banks of Klamath Falla." ' Mr. Martin praised Btate Bank Exam. Iner Will Wright for hla work In secur ing the passage of the banking act ta the last legislature and said this law is as good as any that oaa be formu lated. . He favored a system of uniform taxation of bank stock and closed hla address by reading a poem on persever ance. rorgec Cheek rfl. ... Secretary J. U Hartman of Portland in hla annual report also referred to the work done by tha state bank ex aminer for .the new banking law and IT, B. Harrington, wbo' la said to have stated that he met an Incendiary In the Hanover apartments on the night of the fire, andthet he endeavored to put out a blase that the firebug started, will be brought before District Attorney Came ron some time this afternoon and asked to tell what he knowa of the affair, Harrington's story has net been given , credence by the police, but since the story has been circulated that sn Incen diary started the fire that destroyed the Hanover, Captain of Detectives Moore desires to get the matter straightened out Harrington Is an employs of the Neate McCarthy garage, across the street from the Hanover. ' v. - - I'" '. v Troops Ordered Withdrawal. ; ' : li K4 r Lese4 Wlee ' ' ; 'Washington, June . President Tft War Htlmeon and Oeneral Leonard this afternoon ordered' Secretary-; of Wood to proceed at once with the withe drawal of troops from Galveston and Ban Diego. ., . . .. w -- N k . ISale OETHE- (Catteg PreM Lsasatf lrs.i . Washington. June . Discussing the reported split In tha ranks of the pro gressives In the senate today. Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon delivered near-propnecy and without mention ing names outlined a method for tolling I advocated constant am to mmt h woo wouia oe next presidential nominee passing or rorgea cnecks, which he de- "The apparent efforts of some news papers to mlsleadthe people by con veying the Idea that there will be no protest to ths renomtnatlon of President Taft Is the most ldlotlo peanut politics ever Indulged In," he said. T would suggest to newspaper editors and rep resentatives that they propound these questions to ths first hundred Repub licans cney happen to meet: "who'll be the nominee of the next Republican patlpnal convention r Sec ond. 'Who'll be presldentr Then on the assumption that no convention ever nominates a man whom the delegatea Inevitably believe will be defeated, see what conclusion they'll come to regard ing who will bo ths Republican nominee" ..cs; i. Few people realize the many dangers to which one's title is ex 4 posed in making real estate transactions, aid a new patron r.recentlyj "I fealized it too late after I had lost $4500 and hereafter I propose to have protection through a Certificate . of TiUe.M, ; , Profit by thla man's ex ; , perienee. Inrestlgate the " qnestlon before jroa make your next deal. Call for otut booklet, hW: T I T L E AND TRUST COMPANY , tewla Udg, u and Oak. k Vancouver, Wash., June Opposition to the payment of $21,000 In exceas of uie lowest bid for hard surface pave ment passed by the city council Wednes day night Is presenting Itself and Mayor mucins win mane a thorough investiga tion before signing the contracts. - It is contended by many that asphalt paving equaiiy as good aa bitullthlc, inas much as the top coating can be removed ai any time and a new surfaoe laid. while a number of property owners mvor tne Ditnuuuo even at the advanced cost it Is argued that they do not rep resent the majority and this Is the point Mayor Klggins will thoroughly Investi gate. It is a comparatively easy matter it is contended to secure signatures to a petition, especially when the signers ao not tnorougmy understand the condl tlona. , . . It Is also contended that . the. lettins vi ineue oontracta to the bituilthle peo ple was contrary to law, as the notices called for asphalt or bitullthlc and made no- distinction, slmply-asklng for the lowest bid. The bid of Moreaa ft Co Of oeatiie was the lowest. Sjid.,.ltls..con- wnaea wai uey ahouidtiave been award ed the contract It m a nn hion5i affair," said Mayor Klggtns when speak- on me suoject. "Tha facts will TO IMPROVE SANDY . . ROAD WITH SEWER Tht Wr CAmmlttaaa tha altw mi.m. r . w av UV VW VVUM' l? adopted, a resolution calling forth immediate Improvement of Sandy i-rTr L, my-suth street to luist Thirty-seventh street with. . a 10 inch sewer Th actlon of tn- 0mmlt. tee was taken In response to a request L?"1 eaaUon of property owners. o- p . "tret wentloned is already . fr or P"vem.nt Improvement IrtJl d,B,r of ths Interested Jlll ttWn,er to the seweJ con structe In advance of the pgvemeiit. , , (specltl DiiDstca to The Jeeraal.) Vancouver, Wash- June Tbe coun ty commissioners yesterday counted tha cash in tha treasurer's office and found a balance on hand of $21S,eS7. Ths books were In excellent shspe and ev erything to the entire satisfaction of the board. Hearing on the proposed Faulk road was set for July f at 10 o'clock a. m. This road. If established, will connect ma grounds of the Clarke County Fair association with ths Fourth Plain road. The fair association baa bought the grounds and it Is understood that all arrangements have been made for the tne right..ot.way .for. the..road. A petition was presented to tha hoard by-s. u. Adair, asking for the estab lishment of a road In district No. f. Ths petition was considered and a sur. vey ordered. Bias were opened for the construc tion of ths proposed Lackamas bridge ura ms contract waa awarded to Q. W, Smith, his bid being $1070. Two other oias were received, by the Columbia Bridge company. tlSSO. and bv Dooney, $1 4 to. Ths bridge Is to be completed la 60 days. A petition received from tha fiha xransponation company for cancella tion of taxes waa referred to the nroao. cuung attorney tor an opinion. Thieves Blake Ilaals. Charles Heln of 3S5 Grand avenu re ported to the police thla morning that he was robbed of $36 on an "3". car at n o ciock last night. Heln waa getting tha car-; when-a man" crowded un against him, urging him to hurry Into the car. Heln protested against the treatment and the man continued to crowd him. When the street car con ductor demanded a fare, Heln reached for his pocket, discovered that bis money was gone and Immediately suspecting tne man wno naa crowded him, turned to una mat ne naa flea. ; C W; Sedgwick Of 001 East Main street reported this morning that while he and his family were attending the psraae on tne esse side .last night, someone entered his home by prying up a winaow on tne porch. Jewelry consisting of a watch, several rlnars. a diamond breast pin valued at $250, were missing. POSTMASTERS REELECT' ALL THEIR OFFICERS Presidential postmasters of Oregon clossd their convention at noon today with tha reelection of all officers, namely: B. W. Johnson, president; Ed Hostetler, vice president, and J. & Van Winkle, secretary. Tha fifth annual convention of the Oregon League of Postmasters which began yesterday afternoon in tha as sembly room of the Portland Com mercial club will soma to a close thla afternoon. The feature of the conven tion will be passing of resolutions re questing that the service be placed under civil service rules so that tha postmasters of the lower class may work up to higher positions throuah iiirnuriuua service. ,7-77-7-r: ; ciared are-exceedingly numerous. - He reported that the membership of the association haa Increased from 171 to 104 sines last June. The report of Treasurer J. A. Thornburgh of Forest Grove showed the association haa a bat anpe of $118 on band. Tom Richardson made the address of welcome, the response being given by J. H. Albert of Salem. The latter re called that when ha first came to Port land tne only banka In Oregon - were Ladd A Tllten and tha Bank of British Columbia., Mr.. Albert spoke favorably of . the recommendation of Governor West to maks stockholders of all banks personally liable for the debts of the banks, conforming to tha national bank ing law, and said he believed tha con stitutional amendment proposed by ths legislature to this- effect will receive tne support or nearly all tha bankers. Committees STsmsd, Committees were appointed by Pres- lueni aiariin as ioiiows Resolutions Tv 3. Mahoncy of Hepp ner, chairman; F. A. Freeman of Port land ana j. n. roorman orWoodbiirn. 1 Auditing Leslie . Butler of Hood River, chairman; R. W. Schmeer of Portland and F. L. Myers of La Grande. Nominations W. L. Thompson of Pendleton, chairman: A. O. Jones of Portland, H. F. Sclmllock of Klamath Falla, D. A. Paine Of Eugene and A. a Shute of HlUsboro. Irving F. Moulton. rloe president of the Bank of California at San Fran cisco, Is scheduled to dlscuss.tho Aldiich f jl : All pianos will be sold within a few days. : Among; the many spe cials offered Saturday is a beautiful Princess style Ivers & Pond, Grand that' sells for $800 for only 5507, ' REMEMBER, this is a closing out sale of strictly high grade and up to date stock on account of our retiring f rom ... business. You can. now secure an IVers& Pond,'GabIer, Davenport & Treacy, Behring, Walworth and the great Apollo Player Piano, and others, at less, than cost; but you - will have to call soon if you want one. Easv payments if desired, without extra cost.' Saturday will be a day of ; specials in every, department and the store will remain open till; 10 p m.: The first thine Saturday mornings will be-' ' a $40 Talking Machine for $18. Music Cabinets, Rec ords, Talking Machines and Player music, all go at the sacrifice. One of our great attractions is the Tel-Electric " Piano Player. Can be fit into any piano. Be sure to see and hear it So .we say again : ' Do not overlook our Saturday specials. 106 Fifth Street, Next to Perkins Hotel. GOVERNOR SAYS STATE WILL OFFER REWARD (Specisl DUpsteh to The Journal. Salem, Or.. Juns 0. Oovernor West when , told by The Journal about the murder of the Hill family near Mil waukie last night, said: v Tne state or Oregon will offer a suitable reward. When I receive full details, the amount will be announced." Journal Want Ads bring results. Confesses Lej-cenr. Dick Reynolds, who has spent most of tne past 10 years on the city and county rockpiles, broke In for a six months' term this morning in police court whan he entered a plea of guilty to a larceny cnarge. lie was captured yesterday aft ernoon by. Patrolman Wade In. .the north too. arssaing one or tne Harare election uenta recently used in the election. Rey nolds was trying to sell the tent when he met the officer, a.i - v.. -v,... Attempts ' Suicide Italia. james al Travis. arrested on th night of June T, in a rooming house at 730 Kast Morrison on a sUutory charra by ratroiman Hewston, after having " vf -nim snores, attempted suicide last night In a saloon at First and Morrison streets, by takiasr urhnii. acid, but was saved from the effects of tne purmng xiuia ny tne timely arrival of Dr. Walker, and waa booked at police uettuiiuri.cii on a oruna cnarge. Two ? grooved wooden rollers. hi.' implement for rubbing linen while it I is being wasnea mat. hap been Invwted In 'France. : ..,;.-;. Journal Want Ads brlnSresul 1 " , .,.. p mm'm-i-- ? - - v.-;--- ti x?m'mmmm r f " 5 V 77: 1 ..J'f-i . ' '.. , , - ' 4 ' 1 r In Your Eyes What fs it that Is causing all that trouble with your eyea? Are the ,. muscles following those laws laid 'down for them by nature! - - - - - Are they' worklng; la "narmony and without strain?. ---Are your eye nerves belnc ex hausted , and ' Irritated by the unnatural demands made upon them , by aome form ot eye strain that you have? : I shall be pleased to set your mind at rest on these points. Remember, there is no ,gue8 work In my methods. My, 20 years'- experience plays anr. important ptrt-' In each case. Thompson Eyesight . Specialist Second l-'loor Corbet t Bldgv Fifth and Jlorrlson 2 ewe I .Ffeeless :oves Are lined throughout with pure aluminum, and the cooking utensilsvare alumk num. ,lhey are perfectly sanitary and easy to keep clean. ' Made in two sizes. No. 2 , has one -4-quart and one 8-quart ' kettle. No. 3 ' has ; two 4-quart and one 8-quart kettle. We" are glad 'to show these and explain their op- erauon. , Our , demonstrator ' will also gladly explain the iises and are of "Wear-Ever" Alumirmm Cooking Uten sils. On this line, we aTe making the following see- ciaI.;pricesfor ;this week only; Try this Test ) ' Plact mm etamUutm mtenni, tmpty, grrr u dr Mnd "hen utensil Acs htcom htatei throughout, thro into Urn pint of ict ' muter. You will (ini tilt uttnsd uxuffected. , That's one reason why "Wear-Ever? ware lasts a generation But- there are - other good reasons. 3-pint Sauce Pan, - regular 70c, special 35c 2-pint Sauce Pan, regular 55c, : special 30c H0MYMMHM DWAKE-eO: V-' CORNER FOURTH AND ALDER STS.