THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL'. - PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, ' 1S12. I . III ffllE FIGHT , -- Senator Charged With -Cor- . ruptness in Election . Makes ; -Personal Plea and Accuses His Enemies. i (Del ted Prew Led Wlro.l "Waahlna-ton, July 11. With packed I rallerle -arid an attentive audience on Jth finer, Senator William E. Lorimer ... of dfllinQls this afternoon made his ap- . eai to me senate to retain nia w i that body. He close! the debate and fop the second time made a personal defense of his right to sit In the senate. ' Lorimer was. cool and collected and . atooa behind a desk littered with., books, " papers and notes. Maps and diagrams 8 formed exhibits which he had ready to 1 tise. 'Two or three other senators were . .' scheduled to discuss the case, but the " general desire- to reach a vote led to ' ' curtailment of the oratory. , i"I will show that not one vote was ' forrtiptly cast for me," declared Lorl . wer dn opening: his' statement. "The I cenata wti humbugged by my enemies 5" Into a second investigation. This Is no It la a serious matter. If the sen- at decide to adopt the recommenda- . "tttona of the minority of the lnvestl " grating committee it will be a travesty on all civil. Jurisprudence and a mockery ' ef legal procedure. It will mean that the senate has decided to follow the red .. flag of anarchy and adopt the principle of that arch-advocate of the recall of a fudges and Judicial decisions. Blames BTawspapers, H "If wa had a law officer In Cook county who would prosecute violations oft the law. the knaves and criminals 'I Who control the Chicago- newspapers would 'be in the penitentiary. I will prove befereTT. conclude that they should 1 be thus punished." h. Loriraet traced an alleged conspiracy by Which be saldthe owners of certain S (Chicago .newspaper! In 1S95 sought to " t'Toot" the athool fund. " "The het rob- !bery" by th Chicago Tribune, the sen , : ator declared; was seventy odd thou- 5. aand dollars a year. The lease runs for " JO years and "robbery " he alleged, " would aggregate J6.500.600 at the end l ef that time. , . Lorimer cited other figures which, " he said. Involved the Chicago Record--. Herald, and. declared: f ''Mr,- Lawson would be in the penlten ; tiary Jf the district attorney would only ? prosecute him, and if he wasn't owned f' by the press trust of Chicago." t s i Governor Beneen Involved. t , Governor Deneen, the senator alleged, ; wa also concerned in a taxing scandal. 'i JLorlmer said the executive retained all of 4(6,000 In- fees belonging to the f acljool fund during his eight years i eervlce as , state's attorney of Cook t j- county. His share should have been j less than $40,000, the speaker declared. t Th Tlitnnln Bpnntnr nan Rtrlklne-!v & T,1s,t n r a In hie nhrfifiAn nnii htsl t speech was rendered still more dramatic I, by a sudden thunderstorm that dark' , ened the senate chamber. Vivid llght i 'Elng flashes occasionally illuminated his stout, figure and. thunder rumbled and i' Alio yiccs 11UBI, xjutiiiici ucvittru, y , "no'aoned the fountain of truth and dls- eemlnated ' misleading Information il throughout the entire country. Vafalrnesa Changed. I 1TEfforts lave been made not only to turn the people against me, but to ruin ;t all those senators who believed I am v entitled to retain my seat." . j :. Referring to the notes he had made during the other speeches, Lorimer took I up In details what he said were 'mls f statements. ' He called attention to the lifact that Eenator Reed had declared .'.that Hines went to Springfield, and ' Lorimer produced evidence to show that the millionaire lumberman was not in J, the Illinois capital until after the sena- '.. Thi or, a imiii,r i.,mi. IJlOW completely the public mind has ! Alllster. secretary of the convention "been poisoned and even senators ser- j commission, from the official grand lously misjudged." he added. j stand in front of the postnffice on Mor- ' He next read Senator Kenyon's rison street, between Fifth and SUth j "opinion of Lorimer before his election i slreets- to the senate and remarked that Ken yon sat as a Judge on the investigating committee. Lorimer bitterly arraigned Kenyon for the announcement before his election that "he would vote to g e-uat Lorimer. I Wot Owner of Tribune. Ownership of the Chicago Inter-Ocean I Was emphatically denied by Lorimer, i :,That" statement, ho said, wag circulated h by the McCormick family. ? Miss Kate Lincoln of New York Is visiting with Mis. Anna Sims of Port Z lana. , a ; WhenYouCaU at our institution you are fol ' "lowing the footsteps of all v those for whom we have made glasses and every pair of ; ; glasses supplied by us is backed by our guarantee and . indorsement of those we have served. -Our system of lens-making is . under the direct supervision of !'.;lens experts. Glass selection, vlose inspection and lens per "fection are combined in . .glasses we supply. THOMPSON OPTICAL PARLORS. - 209-IOrll Corbett Building Fifth and Morrison, 2d Floor. IN CHARGE OF " ; ' PARADE POLICE rffts'iLTaeir rcrii sisnei I r . mmm HI I rVr sV ml v s 4 I M VmirtiftirtnfiMiwiiiiiii ilbii jliVirtiMVnwiriiftiiVii it ri-i iih H .Captain John T. Moore. Lodges Enter Drill Teams in Contest Which Will Take Place at 3 o'Clock This Af ternoon. One of the interesting events of this afternoon will be the competitive drill contest which will be held on Multno mah field at 3 o'clock. The Los Angeles "Poppy Pickers," Denver, San Francisco and Oakland teams will compete and each is trained splendidly. Wagner's band from Seattle and the band representing the Elks' lodge of Kallspell, Mont., will play thlr finest selections tonight at 8 o'clock on Mult nomah field. These two bands were chosen yesterday at the Oaks, in the preliminary contest, during the early hour of the great barbecue and enter tainment held at tho pleasure resort from the three which had entered. The San Francisco band was the other entry in? the preliminaries. By counting the numbers from the official registration the prize for the lodge accompanied by the largest dele gation of women will be selected this afternoon. Salem and Vancouver, Wash., are the two leading contestants and each has a large delegation. nother contest which will be Judged from the official registration 1b the lodge having the largest aggregate mile age. . This will be figured by adding together the mileage of each delegate present from the lodge in the contest. Other contests which will be decided tonight will be for the fattest Elk, with four entries, for the tallest Elk,' with two entries; for the oldest Elk, with six entries, and for the shortest Elk, with but one entry. No Elk desires to bear the honor of being the thinnest. The prizes which have been and aro to be awarded in these contests, for the handsomest window, for the most splen didly decorated building, and the con tests which depend on the parade will be Judged by late tonight. Tomorrow i morning at 11 o'clock the winners will receive their crlzea from Hnrrv r Vlr Although Patrolman Wardle last night arrested E. J. Hnnberrv. manaenr of j the Ycon RathRkeUer, Manager Oevnrtz of the Multr.omah'grill, K. W. Qulinliy. manager of the New Perkins grill, and j Theodore Ivruse, manager of the Lou- vre, on chartes of selling llcjuor to i women in their cafes without 'serving 1 meals with them, there Is no record this i morning on the police dockets of the ar J rests. The various managers were taken to tho rnllce station last night and their ' names all entered on the poljce (locket, hut this morning a new docket was , found in the place of the one on which the four names appeared last night. ! A report of the arrest of Hanberry, Gt vurtz and Quimby was made by Pa- trolman Wardle. but this was not con J cealed as was the docket on which the names first Appeared. The arrests were made, u is sal. I by patrolmen under Cap tain liil.y on orders from Chief "f Po lice Slover to arrest all violators of the ; lw governing cafes, and the names were on tie docket when Captain Riley J left police station. Later in tt.e evening, however, It Is j claimed that Mayor Rushlight appeared j at the station, ordered the destruction . of tho dockets bearing these names and the rewriting of a new docket. How the report ny bardie was missed is not known. When Chief of police Blover was asked about the affair he refused to discuss the matter, or explain why the names did not appear. "1 gave orders to make arrests of violators," he ad mitted, but would say nothing mora. IDLERS WHO WON'T GO TO WHEAT FIELDS WILL BE PUT ON R0CKPILE iS.;at t.v Tbe Journal.) Pendleton. Or., July 11 "He who will not work shall not loaf." 1h the wnv tho 4atiisinn elty council Intends to phiasehe famnuB edict of John v .-mi,,,, ,u james own. At C0MPEII1E DRILL WILL BE HELD UPON MULTNOMAH FIELD FOUR CAFE MANAGERS TAKEN m DOCKET a m 9 meeting last night It decided to. 4 I'ut a11 men on the rockplie who 4 refused a Job when nfford them A nf In the div who de- I rime to a-cept l,or in the har. T vest when farmers are seeking BRYAN HANDS OUr MP RETORT TO Commoner-Declares-He Does H. What Seems; Best for Dem ocratic Party and Does Not Fear the Result. (fulled PreM Lesed Wire.) Lincoln, Neb.. July 11. Under the caption, "Mount Watterson In Erup tion.' Bryan's Commoner today replies to the recent bitter editorial attack of Colonel Henry Watterson on William J. Bryan. The Commoner s "comeback" says in part: "Well, Mr. Pryan conresnes tnnt no has not irltd to please Mr. Wntterson that may account for any popularity Mr. Bryan enjojs. He confesses that ho did not consult Mr. Watterson when he made his fight against Judge Parker for temporary chairman. He did not consult Mr. Watterson when he intro duced the resolution against, Belmont, Ryan and Morgan (wonder if Mr; Wat terson feels slighted, like one of the financiers, because he was not In cluded), and Mr. Bryan did not consult Mr: Watterson when he declined to Join with Mr. Murphy in nominating a can didate for president "Mr, Bryan has pursued the coume which seemed to him most calculated to advance the interests of the Demo cratic party and through -the Demo cratic party the interests of the coun try. Ho has done most of his work not only without Mr. Watterson's aid. but in spite of his opposition. He has lived to see the things he has advo cated becomo the accepted doctrines of a great nation and he awaits without fear tha verdict of the people, upon his work at Baltimore." ELKD0M RESPLENDENT IN UNIQUE AND MOST SPECTACULAR PARADE (Continued From Page One.) lne, besides an advance guard conslst ng of an escort of honor to the grand odge officers of the Elks, that was as ong as most of the separate divisions. To Portland lodge No. 142 fell the honor of acting as official escort to Grand Exalted Ruler John P. Sullivan and the other officers of the grand odge. Covering more than four and one half miles of Portland's streets, 15,000 or more members of tho Elks participated today In the greatest, the longe&t and the most spectacular parade In the his tory of the city of Portland. Starting from Twelfth and Salmon streets at shortly after 10 o'clock, the appointed time, the long, sweeping line gathered itself together and swung down streets, along the sides of which was massed the largest crowd ever gathered in Portland. From point of display the parade was probably one of the most magnificent known to Elkdom. In point of numbers. It will take its place among the foremost of that order's many gorgeous pageants. Gauged from the standpoint of novelty and uniqueness, it has never been par alelled. Backing the elaborately uniformed marchers were scores of bands, spread out between floats that were marvels of artistic decoration. Many of these were brought from far distant points, "let 'Er Buck" Delegation. The "let 'er buck" delegation from Pendleton was one of the largest in line, excepting only the Portland lodge. Chief among tho others was the contin gent from The Dalles, arrayed In purple and white feathers. At different points along the line of march these brethren nabbed girls from the sidewalks, scalped them amidst' shrill hooting and dancing, and turned them loose. Tho holiday spirit bubbled and brimmed over and saturated every man, woman mid child. It made itself felt In a hundred spontaneous ways. When the belle of an Indiana city hurled a laughing Jest at the wild Indlan'chiefs Lost, Wholly Lost! "Have yen tin sole?" The speaker, clad in cleri"al garb, gaze! into the eyes of the ynnnR lndy opposite. Sh bowed her hfad as if to hide her shainn. Outride the gates thp nnis( of the. b'.iyer eti'i sollcr in the busy marts went on, unmindful of what was taking place Insldo those gates. The Pilrnce nbout the pair, was tense. Once more the cleric. il j.tntleman was speaking. "I repent, have you no sole" "No," came tho low. tremulous an- E if. "Well then," said tho Elk from Phil adelphia at the Oaks barbecue, yester day, "well, then, bring tne gome sal mon. netting Back at Abbott. iniature Moose Charles II. Abhott, a in velt, hails from Prnide nee, K. I. "If Providence wills it," he said yesterday. "I'm coming back some day." Bocms deal on Provl- like he depends a great dence. "Speaking of m usie," he en id. tho'igh nobody was, exc pt that a band was playing, "Speaking o f music, Koose m." Then w velt is our national hi replied, witty-like. "He ries the air." certainly car Results of Overeating. "Testerday," said William Walsh, for mer mayor of Framlngham, Mass., "a friend of mine from Boston ate a dish of sawdust In mistako for breakfast food, and this morning he turned into a wooden office building." Gathering Houvenlrs. If I were an Elk in good standing. With badges all uver my roat, Just before they'd begin their disband ing I'd get every long-horned guy'a goat; I'm a souvenir fiend and I'd ask loud and clear For a dollar from each as a souvenir. A Story With a Cracker. Joe McOowan, Sometimes called the "Baby Moose," though an Elk, weighs as much in width as he does in purply MrpnUouUr aXUtud. H oom from Westfleld, Mass., where nbout all the whips in the world are manufactured. "We hold the whip hand," he said yes terday. "We whip i la world. That's what makes us Itmart." "But H lookiTto us as though your PI today's Program . :3I p. m.Orand lodge aaaaiong at tha Armory. ' ', p.'.m. Competitive -drill contest t Multnomah field; open W public . 4 p. m.Boseball, . Pacific, Coast league, Portland v. San Francisco, at Recreation -park,' ".; , ' ' ' f 4:80 p. m. Free entertainment of risking fcllta and. their famlliea at Council Crest amusemert Bark. 1209 ft .-a .....i.nM. k , - - , . - . z . r, - - - - Portland, , ,. 8 p. m. Final hand conteet at Multnomah field open to publlo. The field will accornmodats 20,000 persons, 1 a, , - Tomorrow's . 9 a. m. Concert by Administration band in Court ef Honor. 10 a. m Closing grand lodge sessions Jt 1 Armory; inauguration; of newly . ejected officers and farewell addreaa of John , P. Sullivan, rsUring grand exalted ruler. - ,,,.-,.f.-.-.-uT-. ' t: 11 a. m. Formal awarding -of priseV for parade, drill contest, band con test and decora ttbns, by Harry C McAllister, secretary of convention oommis slon, from official grandstand in front of Federal building at Fifth and Morrison streets. J . .. ... 1 p. m. Freo excursion on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Steam ers will leave "promptly1 on the hour. Elks who wish to go on excursions are asked to apply 'at the registration headquarters for tickets after 8 a. m. Friday, July 1!, 3 p. m. Baseball,' Paclflo Coast league, Portland vs. Ban Francisco, at Recreation park, e:30 p. m, Grand ball at Multnomah hotel; 9 p. m., grand march. from The Palles a doten of the savage warriors leaped across the street, seleed the fair Jester and danoed a war dance around her, to the great delight of the spectators. K'ery once in a while the cowboys of the Pendleton "roundup" bunch would throw a rope over somebody and drag the willing victim along for a block or two. Vast Crowds lorn Out. The people In the crowds were from everywhere. You could tell that by the greetings they shouted to the passing ljerds. "Oh, you Kalamaroo," shrilled by a little lady perched on a fire escape Identified her home place at once. The hotels, which have been veritable hives all week, were almost deserted during the parade. So were the refresh ment stores of all kinds. Everybody was "doln It." 'For pur fun, I never saw anything to equal this Elks' reunion," said Ad miral Reynolds, who hns been the guest of the city since Monday and who took 1n the parade today after he and his aides had participated in It. "I have never seen a more genuinely care free, smiling, happy crowd of people in my life at any affair of this kind. In fact, the entire absence of rowdyism in any form la surprising. I have not seen a single act of dlsorderliness due to In toxication during my stay."' , Admiral Reynolds' opinion 4a that ear pressed by everybody. Old Stare Coaches In Use, The most popular feature of today's long succession of parade features was the Pendleton "round-up" division. More than 300 Indians, .cowboys, stage coach drivers, pack horse outfits and mul punchers made up the representation cf the eastern Oregon metropolis. The battered old stage coaches of the early days, driven by grizzled pioneers of the frontier times were especially interest ing features. The Indians were almost naked and painted In multi-colored hues. The whole motley aggregation was head ed by a mounted cowboy band. The march of tho Pendleton contingent was marked by a continuous thunder of cheers all along the long route. Before the long march across the liver and back, again a march that covered nearly all of the Important stfeeta In the downtown district and gave the gasping and thrilled crowds every oppor tunity to view all features of the pageant was completed many of the paraders were almost too fatigued to walk, but they staid bravely on. Few dropped out. and the bands played with-. the same spirit and the funmakere "went ahead with their attics as if they had Just started out. - - From every point, of view the parade was Portland's gteatesb-greatest in size, greatest In number of participants, greatest In the elaborateness of the floats and vehicle features, greatest In the magnificence of uniforms andfTeat est in costliness. To add to the great ness of It all, the largest crowd ever gathered In Portland witnessed the spec tacle. Careful preparation and precision marked th organisation of tho parade: this morning. Orand Marshal Nichol son and his aides had matters w'ell In hand and the parade formed precisely as they had planned. Signs carefully displayed on each block from Salmon street to Hall fac ing on Twelfth street denoted the rest ing place for the head of each division. Each division had Its own separate head 1 0 B V'RD GLAD YOUTHS imwii wan a whipped one," we Bald. 'Whipped! Say," he said, "you're the kind of a guy that'd say Just be rausu they make wagon tongues In Ra cine, thiit the town wns licked." And then he stalked haughtily away. And Tlicro You Are. I saw a :ild- yed pilgrim shoot the air -plumb full of holes;, I heard him yell in curdling voice; I heard him break tho peace: He climbed a I rei- or two and then he Hr-u .-, a d'r.en poleu. He wtc In d Kln; I waited "then to bee t!ie brave police. I saw a enp enmo strolling. by ; I said: "That geezer there Is crazy vUth the torrldneus; why don't j o-.i r'm 1dm hi 7" Lie tui lied on me and handed out a large and vacant fdnrp, And w hen he ambled onward with a wide, in-growing grin. I saw a hand of Indians go Bcreechlng down the street; Thej'd stop occasionally to scalto a poor but honest guy; 1 saw ii bic policeman standing idly on the beat. Ho wat'-hed the wild men listlessly, witii only half an cys. "The cops are on the blink," I said, "I hink I'll net 'em fired;" And r,o I hurried up to him and said: net on tl.e Jon. He spat upon the sidewalk then and cald: "Vouse make me tired; Them awful things you think you see are done my Klks. you slob." But It Was at a Hoarding Hottse. An K!k and his wife from St. Louis are stopping at a private home during the convention. Yesterday they came down the street together Just after lunch. The woman was chiding- her husband for his actions at the table. "And," she was saying as we came along, "yon satn there and ate all the prunes and never said a word." "There ain't anything new to say about prunes," he replied. "And when I asked you to pass the pickles you only growled and went on eating." she continued. "Well," he eald, "what did you want ma .to- doblu youEU But another band came along then and we couldn't hear any more of the conversation. iMebbfl, ' There's ft Joke, M ebbe. "It la ze gran-n-d coun-tray," aeJd iwv,f i-antt V v iww.ng i, V j . ,. -, . Program and all worked under Orand Marshal Nlcholeon and his chief aides, George L. Baker an Adjutant General Flnser. The delay in starting was due not to inefficiency or failure of plans, but rather to the also of the body of men that had to be handled. It was the longest parade ever started In this city. Portland fcodge. In command Of their, exalted ruler, Charles C Bradley, they marched dl rectly after the carriages of the grand lodge officers In a column four men wide that stretched out fdr more than five blocks. More than 1000 members of the Port land lodge were In the Una. In blue serge coats, white trousers and straw hats with purple bands, and each carry ing a cane hung with white and purple streamers, they mads a fine appearance. At the head of the Portland division marched the welcome squad under Colo nel C. E. McDonnell, whose duty It has been to welcome and make at home the visiting Elks. Riding a coal black horse at the head of the long procession rode Grand Es quire Nicholson, chief marshal of the day. He was clad In a uniform of white flannel, with purple trimmings. Be hind him came General W. E. Flnzer, of Portland, grand marshal, with his staff of 49 members,' all mounted on spirited chargers. A detachment of artillerymen and a platoon of police marching under Cap tain Keller, and followed by the police band, to which was given the honor of being the first musical organization in the line, came next. After them in 18 carriages rode the grand officers of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and those elected at the convention Tuesday who will take -office tomorrow. After "them was the official escort from Portland lodge. As the paraders marched past Fifth and Morrison streets, from the fifth floor of a big store building a big tube shot down on them showers of confetti and squares' of colored paper. Thirty-one bands furnished music as the procession filed past the reviewing stand. Among them was the famoui Elks' band of Idaho, 60 pieces strong, and the drum and fife corps of the Elks from Great Falls, Mont. Here are the officers who commanded each of the 11 divisions in the parade: Officer In Command. First division, K. K. Kubli. P. E. R., Portland lodge Ko. 142; second division, Colonel R. B. Harrison, P. E. R., In dianapolis lodge No. IS; third division, Captain A. B. Dawson, P. D. D.t Colnm bus Jodge No, 87; fourth division Cap tain V. M. C. Silvia, Portland lodge No. 142; fifth division, Major Sanford Whiting, Portland lodge No. 142; sixth division. Captain J. J. McDonnell, Port land lodge No. 142; seventh division, Major H. L. Bethel, P. E. R., Talla hassee lodge No. 937; eighth division, Colonel C. C. Hammond, E. R., Eugene lodge No. 857; ninth division. Captain John B. Hlbbard, Portland lodge No. 141; tenth division Major Oscar P. Cole, P. E. R., Berlin lodge No. 18; eleventh division. Captain H. E. Williams, Ore gon City lodge No. 1189. In some parts of Europe geese are fattened for market by keeping them In dark rooms, to which' light is ad mitted at intervals, causing the birds to eat seven or' eight meale a day. "tfti HERB rtustav Bourassa of Montreal, yesterday. "But me, I come here yes't'day. Ze hotel he say, "Aw full,' I say, 'me, wntoll, I go back San Frann-ciaca to sleep, hey?' Hotel say, 'Hang- on ze nail.' Me, I say, 'Wot Is it am I ze picture?' 'No,' say hotel map of FYanoo.' Mr, I laf. Joke on 'ho-tel. Me, I come from Can-a-day." ITe'B a Benr, He's a Bear. Archie Boyd of Illinois has so many badges now that already folks are call ing him a badger. Judge Carey Applegate of Salt Lake knows a good joke when he sees one. Yesterday he confided to a friend down at the hotel: "None but young- men are employed as Janitors a the various temples over the state of Utah.'! . "Why youn men?" inquired the frlendV bitlngly. "Because no Mormon wants gray hairs around his temples," said Apple gate, laughing as if his poor heart would break. The Humorous Bill "A bunch of Bills were standing in front of a large fruit establishment yes terday admiring some of Oregon's ear lier peaches and cherries and things. "The potato with all its eyes ain't got much on the peach, after all," re marked one of the Williams. "The whlchness of which beingr in quired a bystander, or a stand buyer, or a stab binder, or a bind stabber, or whatever he was. "Because, you see," said the Bill, "all those peaches are in tlerB." 1 And then'he grabbed off hla hat and dashed up the street to the safety of his hotel. A False Alarm. He wore about a dozen pins and badges by the score: He also wore a purple lid, a can and purple socks. lUfl's probably tha kln,vs thought,--or mebbe, three or four" But .!lTn. 1 "Pke t0 Mm ha said: "what -are thom round things Clocks?" Poverty has-helped many a young man out after ho has fallen In, Jovt. "I . ' r- ' . , r. ' '. ' 1 . George B.-Cortelyou -Tells the . 'Senate Investigating Com- mittee That Records of Fi nances Were Destroyed. . (Calttd Press Lttaed WlrO Washington, July 11. George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Bepubllcan national committee during the cam paign, of 1804, was unable to tell the senate Investigating committee today where It would be likely to find de tailed records of the campaign ' con tributions and . expenses of that con test. Personally, he said, he knew al most nothing about tbe funds, and he believed the complete records had be$a destroyed. Cortelyou testified that he believed the campaign fund in 11:01 amounted to a little less than $1,900,000. "Cornelius N. Bliss of New York was treasurer of the committee in 1904," tbe former cabinet offloer said, "and had been' treasurer of preceding committees in national campaigns. Mr. Bliss retired from his. 'position as treasurer of thi committee before the. 1908 campaign. His death occurred last year. At the time of his retirement I understand be destroyed the records." Herri man mad Unknown. Cortelyou said he had heard nothing of the "Harrlman fund," raised by the railroad magnate to save New Tork to the Republicans In 1904 until after the close of that campaign. He was not aware that several big Insurance com panies had contributed 150,00.) eaeh to the campaign fund of 1904 until that fact was developed in the investigation of the Insurance companies by a com mittee of the New York legislature. Senator Clapp asked Cortelyou wheth er he knew of any contributions by Chauncey M. Depew, J. P. Morgan, George W. Perkins, H. H. Rogers, i, VL Axchbold or William Rockefeller of the standard Oil company and Epeyer & Co., either made by them or in their behalf. "I did not I do not recall," were an swers made by Cortelyou to all such interrogations. CABLE MONOPOLY HAS BEEN BROKEN UP London, July 11. The privy council of the house of lords decided today that an Important contract between the Com mercial Cable company and the New foundland government of February, 1909. is valid and binding on the New foundland government. It was a contract entered Into by the administration of Sir Robert Bold before his government was turned out and that of Sir Edward Morris installed. Under that contract the Commercial Cable company laid two cables to Newfoundland and broke up the cable monopoly that had existed In New foundland for 40 years. MAN SLIGHTLY INJURED BY BLANK CARTRIDGE J. H. Albright, one of the membere of the Bremerton, Wash., delegation, who was riding on the float "Battleship Ore gon," was slightly injured when a blank cartridge exploded at about 1 o'clock this afternoon at Tenth and Morrison streets. The powder burned his arm considerably and a small flesh wound was made, but he will shortly recover, according to the physicians. He waa taken-to St. Vincents hospital In a Red Cross ambulance. tOOK FOR SECURITY The strength and efficiency of this bank have Increased with the growth of Portland and the surrounding coun try. For the past twenty-two years it has been an impor tant factor in the development of the city. If you arc looking for a strong Institution to handle 'your banking business, we Invite a call and your corre spondence, SECURITY SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY MORRISON AT FIFTH STREET Capital and surplus Deposits over Visiting Elks 1 A cordial invitation is extend el to Vi siting Elks, and their friends, to call and inspect our plant devoted to flie manufacture of Printing Lidiographing, Engrav ing Blank Books, Seals Rubber Stamps, etc. Tho Irvlni-Hodson Co. Fifteen and Glisan Streets Stationery Store, 92 Fiffb Street Traffic-; Manager MilfersjRe-: ports Indicate Crop on Lines in This SbtA 19R Ppp Hpnt Reports from agents of ths O.-W. R. & N. reosived by Traffio Manager R. B. Miller Indicate that ths wheat crop In this railroad's territory In Oregon will be 125 per cent greater than last year. This Is greatly In excess of and In con trast to the crop prospects for tt.-W. R. & N. territory in Idaho and Washington, In ths Snake River country Including Camas prairie, the Indication Is for a crop 15 per 'cent Jess than last year, while In Washington south of the Snake river the crop will be, according to present prospects, only 10 per cent greater than last year. Mr, Miller estimates that the ore? in O.-W. R. 4 N, territory In the Inland Empire this year will be 15,000,000 bushels, where It was 20,000,000 bushels : last year. Ths trl-county eonntryw8hennst. Morrow, Gilliam counties win show a tremsndoue gain over the past five years, and. In fact, the conditions for a crop are said never to have been bo fa vorable. Central Oregon will have In many places its first real crop, TO (T7nltl Pwit Laesed Wire.) Atlantio City, N. J., July 11 The entire session- of the national Prohibi tion convention was devoted to a wran gle over the report on organisation and the party work. An attempt was made by Delegates Pitts of New Tork and Baker of Missouri to have correspond ence referring o tho attitude of presi dential candidates of other parties toward the llguor traffio incorporated In the proceedings but ths motion was finally tabled. The plans of the leaders to force nominations at the morning session were frustrated by the parliamentary exports who, by demanding a number of polnta of order, managed to stave off the reg ular business. Despite the protests of the leaders, led by Felix McWhlrter of Indiana, the convention at 12:30 recessed until 2:30, without nominations being reached. Alaska's Poor Decorated Cars. Alaska was represented In the parade with four decorated cars containing of ficers and members -of ths Juneau and Skagway lodges, the only two 15. P. O. . organisations In the northern terri tory. The Juneau car had the famous malamute dog, Nome, as mascot, and John T. Spichett, father of the JuneSu lodge, was in charge of the care. The Skagway cars were in charge of Mayor SI Tanner, a political warhorse of 'th territory. All along the route of parade the crowds gave the Alaskan a hearty cheer. Healthy Triplets Bora. (battel rttm luwd Wtre.t Vancouver, B. C, July 11. Three healthy girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Heathcote early today. This U"tl4 ' first caJs ofrtp'lsttf' DelSgnSora" in Vancouver. ...$1,400,000 ...$8,000,000 s e at1 sr a PROHIBITIONISTS OT NOMINATE