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SALE M, OREGOy, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1912.
NO. 111.
PRESIDENT OF A BIG
TO PREVEWT WITHES!
OR AT LEAST TO FORGET TO
REMEMBER SOME THINGS
STORY CAUSES SENSATION
Witness Whitney Tells How the Big Companies Fixed Prices,
.Shut Out Bidders and Controlled Markets He Also Tells
How He Was Ordered to Burn the Books, and How He Was
Called Out in the Hall by President Baackes, of the Wire
Trust, and Told to Forget About the Books Being Burned.
ll'NITID IM1IH8 1.KASICD Will.
New York, May 8. Whitney sprung
another sensation this morning when
he followed up his testimony about
the burning of evidence, by a Hat
statement that President Baackes, of
the American Steel and Wire com
pany had attempted to Interfere with
his testimony before the grand Jury
which voted the Indictment against
the steel trust.
Prefacing this, Whitney recited the
operations of the wire pool under the
direction of Supervisor Jackson. He
asserted that JackHon fixed prices and
arranged what companies participat
ed In the pool should bid for con
tracts. Referring to his testimony before
the grand Jury, Whitney said that
while he was in the grand Jury ante
room, George Cragln, assistant sales
manager of the wire trust told him
President Daackes wanted to see him
In the hall. Whitney went.
He sw.re: "Baackes told me:- 'I
suppose you remember your Instruc
tions regarding those papers?'
"I told hliu I remembered distinct
ly he told me to see they were !
burned. He said: 'I never told you
any such thing.' I Insisted, and he
then told uie, if 1 could, In my testl-J
RUSH WORK
Oil OREGON
EASTERN
That between 200 and 300 men will
lie put on the construction woik of
the Oregon Eastern railroad In the
Malheur canyon, west of this city, with
in the next month is the reliable In.
formation coming to the Enterprise
just ns this issue went to press today,
Bays the Vale (Oregon) Enterprise.
There is every reason to believe that
the directors of the Harrlnian system
will not even wait until July 1, when
the general budget Is to be given out,
but that rush orders will be given out
sooner for this section for the comple
tion of the new trans-Oregon line la
time for the new 1915 San Francisco
exiiosition.
This means that Vale is to be the
greatest railroad building center of
the Northwest ,and that thousands of
laborers will pass through the city on
their way to the Malheur canyon scene
of activity.
At present railroad building west of
this city la moving slowly but sure
ly, the small forces at the different
cntnps having made great headway.
Practically all of the first 15 miles
of roadbed from this city on west Is
completed, and the enormous cut near
the mouth of the qanyon wll lhe com
pleted within 10'dnys. When It Is
known that this bit of excavation Is
CS feet deep and some 1600 feet In
length. It may be readily seen that the
forces of (he Vtah Construction com
pany have lost no time since opera
tions started a few months ago.
At the big 2000-foot tunnel at jnlle
POBt Sit the operations are well tinder
way, and the big air drills have al
ready penetrated 60 feet Into the
eastern end. The approach work has
I'en a difficult undertaking, as the
rocky lilnrf has had to he torn down
o a height of 200 feet In order to
properly construct the portal.
Considerable work has already been
done on the approach on the other
Blile of the mountain.
The nanks Brothers, who have the
Contract for the construction of the
tunnel at mile post 59, and also some
roadbed grading, are progressing rap-
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mony, to avoid reference to the de
struction of the papers, and that he
would like It. 1 told him I would
have to tell the truth, and he walked
away, saying, 'Tell them anything
you please.'
"Cragln also said he could not re
member my getting orders to burn
the papers. He told me he had al
ready testified to that effect, and he
hoped I would make my story con
form to his. He' and Baackes both
told me they hoped 1 would not say
anything about the orders to burn the
papers."
Whitney declared positively that
both Baackes and Cragln tried to tell
him what to say In his testimony.
Raynall Boiling, attorney for the
steel trust, crosB-exanilned Whitney.
The witness admitted asking Cragln
and Baackes after the papers were
burned whether they remembered or
dering their destruction, and that
both had said they did not. He ad
ded: '
"But 1 know the 6rder was Issued.
Baackes said to me, 'Harry, I want
you personally to see that those pa
pers are burned.' "
Bollln's cross-examination failed to
shake Whitney's story In the slight
est degree.
GALLOWAY
OPENS COURT
TOMORROW
Judge Galloway will convene de
partment No. 2 of the circuit court
tomorrow at nine o'clock. The case
of Christie against the city of Wood
burn, for an Injunction will be the
case of on trial at thut time. At one
o'clock tomorrow the ease of Andrew
; J. Nelson against Elijah H. Nelson and
G. N. Newton, a suit to remove a
cloud to title on land, will be on
trliil. At nine o'clock, May loth a suit
to foreclose a lien of C. K. Mason
against W. II. Wilson, Louie M. Wil
son and Alex Dane, will come on for
trial. At 1 o'clock, May 10th. the In
junction suit of Ruth K. Sayre against
John and Jane Molr will receive the
attention of the court.
i Roy Morgan has begun the fore
closure of a Hen against R. and Effle
A. Rltchley, involving title to land In
the northern part of the city, the am-
, omit of money being $ll.K.20, which
It Is alleged is due the plaintiff for
.material used ill the construction of
a hoime and barn by the defendants, j
Other suits set for trial are as fol
lows: May 15th at 1 o'clock. William
son vs. Roberts, and at 9 o'clock a. m.
May Kith, the divorce case of Naomi
i Solomon Carey against Richard W.
Carey will he up for trial.
PURCHASED
ROSEBURG'S
WATER PLANT
It Is reported on what seems to he
good authorltyy that the Welch Inter
ests are prepang to extend their op
erations to Southern Oregon. The
Journal has been Informed" by those
on the Inside that Welch has pur
chased the Roseburg water and light
plant from the Kendall Bros., of Pitts
burg, Pa., who have owned them for
some years past. While no public
announcement of the deal has been
made It seems certain that If not ac
tually consummated, negotiations to
that end are well under way,
G0L1PA V TRIES
i TESTIFYING
Koosevelt Halms Ohio.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., May 8.
Following a conference here to-
day with his campaign manager,
Senator Dixon of Montana, and
national Committeeman Ward of
New York, Colonol Theodore
Roosevelt declared that he was
confident of sweeping Ohio, the
home state of President Taft.
The former president also an-
nounced that he was opposed to
the suggestion that wherever
there were contests the national
committee should seat both
sides, giving a half vote to each
delegate and let the national
convention decide the contests.
SAN DIEGO
WILL FIRE
THE I. W. W.
TWO POLICEMEN WOUNDED LAST
NIGHT, IT IS PRESUMED UV I.
. WM ONE OK LATTER FA
TALLY WOINOEO-WILL HE
SENT OUT OK CITY.
hxitm russ uussn wins
San Diego, May 8. Joe MlkolaBh, a
Bohemian, Is dying today In a hosplUU
here,, two policemen are seriously
wounded, more than 30 alleged I. W.
W's or sympathizers are being held at
the police station, and the entire city
Is aroused as the result of a shooting
affray last night, which the police al
lege was an unsuccessful atetmpt to
assassinate Policemen Stevens and
Heddon.
For some time the police have been
watching a certain house, declaring
that the I. W. W's, who have been
conducting a "free speech' fight here,
were making It their headquarters.
Stevens and Heddon were on duty
there last night. They say they were
suddenly attacked in the dark by an
unknown man, who fired on them with
a revolver. Stevens fell with a wound
In his arm, but returned the fire. Hed
don, It Is said, rushed at the man who
was filing, hut was struck on the
head with an axe. A riot call was sent
In, and police, militia, sailors and citi
zens responded.
MlkolaBh was found nearby fatally
wounded. Heddon declares Mlkoluah
is the man who struck him with the
axe. Five men, said to be I. W. W's,
were found In the garret of the house,
and taken Into custody.
The police, aided by citizens, start
ed today In rounding up all I. W. W's,
and those whom they declare sympa
thize with them. Among the prison
ers Is A. J. Van Bibber, secretary of
the cooks' and waiters' union. All will
he taken out of town, the police de
clare. "The people are tired of these dis
turbers," declared (Captuln of Detec
tives Meyers today. 'Tills marks the
end of the disturbances here. We will
clean the town of the I. W. W's nnd
they will stay out."
The 81 alleged I. W. W's taken off
a Santa Fe train at Old Town yester
day were sent north by police and cit
izens lust night. They were escorted
to the city limits and warned not to
return.
Later It was declared that several
members of the I. W. W.'s who were
found in the house after the shooting
Including Woodford Huhbard, a lead
er, will not be sent out of town with
the rest, but will be held and charged
with conspiracy to commit murder.
Hubbard was confined In a cell In the
county Jail, away from his comrades,
who were In the detention room of
(lie Jail.
A thorough search of the K street
house was Hindu todny, resulting In
finding three loaded revolvers and a
rifle, to which was attached a Maxim
silencer. Two revolvres were found
on the premises last night.
Captain Meyers said today that
there may have been more guns, but
this was all lie knew about. He said
that several of the detectives who
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Insane Man Kills Two.
Seattle, May 8. Charles Dlt-
ton, aged 30, assistant dock mas-
ter at the government navv vard(
at Bremerton, Wash., was In-
stantly killed, and George W.
Trahey, the dock master,
wounded by John Haley, aged
45, who baa been, declared by
physicians to be Insane.
Haley had the delusion that
Trahey and Ditton conspired to
prevent the government paying
him a large sum of money. He
had been in the employment of
the government for 20 years.
Haley was captured after the
shooting,
FORTY-FIVE
DAYS FAST
Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard To
day Completed Her Fast of
45 Days Undertaken to
Prove Her Theory.
DUMBFOUNDS PHYSICIANS
Medical Fraternity Fixed Limit (if
Human Endurance Without Food at
14 Diiys She Shows Tliej- Are
Wrong At Rcgluulng of Fast She
Weighed 112 Pounds, mid at the
End Only 102.
Seattle, Wash., May 8. Dr. Linda
rUirfleld Hazzard, the fasting special.
1st, who Is under enltentlary sen
tence for the manslaughter of a pa
tient, MIhs Claire Williamson, who,
according to tho prosecution, was
sturved to death, concluded a self
imposed fust of 45 duys here today.
Dr. Hazzard undertook the fast to
refute the expert opinion of the med
ical men who testified against her at
the trial, that the limit or human en
durance without food was 14 days.
The fast was broken with a table
spoonful of rice, a teaspoonful of ol
ive oil and six leaves of dead Icltuce.
She weighed 112 pounds 45 days ago.
Today Bhe tipped the scales at 101!
pounds,
The May Day program Is In full
swing, nnd a spirit, of peace and the
enjoyment of n good dose of sprlnu
fever floods tho Willamette campiiH to
day. The fair co-eds lounge lieneatn
tun shado of the maples, dozing In the
s 'iishlno nnd ii.io. mg tho slng-s ii;
t i.hlc iiff.irded by tie! college band,
while, nni'r the pri nting roof of the
old tabernacle the young braves pain
fully pile moihcif earth on the new In
ilor truck, and hauiiiier down the
tennis courts rend.' for use. Ilveiy-
body Is happy, except a few Irritated .
freshmen who wot.' this morning In
find blasphemous hills pasted, with
mole or liss regelnritv, nrouiiil I he
Criiipns tuWrg (heir young names In
vniii, nnd (lemanillng V.a' tlnv li.v
pardon fur pcste'inu; hiiuiutn'v uim
il'i.lr feeble existence. As :i mutter t
( ii' il in record i i e wlih I n fly
wise plan the sopohouiore knew nolh
lug a bout the hills, but, considering
the fact that the said sophomores
wero out in force some time during
the night, and daubed a big red nnd
white "14" on the grand stand, It
seems no more than ordinary hors
sense to conclude that they would 1m?
able to post some posters on the va
rious buildings and fences, too. The
funniest part of the whole thing,
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as Ended
JAY DAY IS
WELCOMED
AT VARSITY
THE LOS
so, eo 0,0 iio i hT:;i II fir
Mexicans Still Fighting.
Eagle Fass, Tex., May 8.
Fighting between rebels and fed-
erals is In progress at Cuatro
Clenegas and Torreon today.
The battle at Cuatro Clenegas
has been in progress since last
night, when 1500 federals under
Brigadier General Trucy Au-
bert attacked the main force of
the rebels there.
Reliable unofficial Information
says that the federals are being
piiBhed back with heavy losses
along the railroad toward Mont-
clova. Reports from government
sources, on the other hand, say
that the rebels are retreating.
PRESIDENT
IS LASIIUie
ROOSEVELT
IN EACH ONE OF HIS FIFTEEN
SPEECHES MADE TODAY TAFT
DENOUNCED HIS FORMER CRE
ATOR AND FRIEND MOST BIT
TERLY. tlNITBD meSS LBAHID Willi,
Peebles, Ohio, May 8. President
Taft started his speech making early
tbday;HddreBslng a crowd of-t500 nt
Batavla at 6 a. m. Continued denun
ciation of Colonel Roosevelt featured
the president's lemarks, reference be
ing made to the fornior president In
every one of the 15 speeches he deliv
ered today.
Although President Taft remained
at a dinner given In his honor In Cin
cinnati last night until midnight, he
was up at 5 o'clock this morning, mak
ing preparations for a strenuous day.
He was greeted by lnrge crowds at
Sardlna and Mount Ornb. The presi
dent ate his breakfast between speech
es. WILL NOT ACCEPT
THE NOMINATION
(UNITSn I' II MB I.SAHKD WIIIS.1
Berkeley, Cnl., May 8. On the eve
of his departure to attend the Indlaii
apollst Socialist convention Mayor J.
Wilson announced today that he will
not accept the presidential nomina
tion, but will be a candidate for con
gress from the sixth California dis
trict, now represented by Joseph
Knowland. a regular Republican.
Cmi't ( Inch lliiuiluraH,
united mens UDASKO wins.
Washington, May 8. Proposed trea
ties with Honduras and Nicaragua,
whereby the finances of those repub
lics should be reorganized with mon
ey obtained from a loan advanced by
a United States syndicate, and their
revenues handled by American offi
cials, were rejected by the senate
committee on foreign relations. A mo
tion that the committee report In fa
vor of tho ratification of these treaties
was lost by a tie vote of 7 to 7.
Will He Hack to Vole.
InNiTin niKM i.rarkii wur 1
Pasadena, Cnl., May 8. "I leave
for Kurope Saturday, but will return
In the rail In time to vote for Wliats-hls-nume.
Republican candidate for
president," said Robert J. Burdette
hero today, The iluiileltes will tour
Kngland in an automobile and then
passed a mouth In Had Nanhelm.
I.MKiillctte In Pleased.
Kan Francisco, May 8. FreHh from
a tour of Interior counties In the In
terest of his campaign for Hie Re
publican presidential nomination,
Henator Robert M. LnFolletle nr
rlved here today to hold Ills first Han
Francisco rally tonight. LaKollctte
declared hlniHolf In lighting trim for
a rousing rally, and expressed pleas
ure at the recepllona extended him
on Ills California lour. '
Mental Gear Dlsarrangi'd.
m Angeles, Oil., May R. Ray Net
tles' claim that a loose mental cog
caused his habit of holding up street
cars was exploded today by Insanity
experts. F.pllepsy will he the next de
fense, according to his attorneys.
S BY MISSISSIPPI'S FLOOD
SITUATION GROWS WORSE
DAILY AND END NOT IN SIGHT
MILLIONS GIVEN FOR RELIEF
Another Bad Break in the Levees Last Night Sends a Flood
Over Section Heretofore Considered Safe---Residcnts Take
Refuge in Upper Stories of T heir Homes and Are Marooned
and Helpless Two Small T owns Built on High Ground
Now Islands in a Vast Sea.
Washington, May 8. That the
Hoods In the Mississippi valley have
caused $50,000,000 loss already, and
probably will cause $50,000,000 more,
Is the estimate announced by the gov
ernment flood experts' The damage
to cotton alone Is stupendous, say
the experts.
Congress already has appropriated
$2,250,000 for relief, and probably
will And it neceBsary to add $2,000,
000 more to this fund.
Another Bad Break.
New Orleuns, May 8. Lettsworth,
Spends u Week nt Home.
DNITRD HICHI1 I.HABED WIBI.
Winchester, Ohio, May 8. An
nouncement that President Taft
would spend the last seven days bo
fore the Ohio primaries are held In
Ohio, his home state, was made from
the president's train here today. The
president plans to return to Ohio
from Washington next Sunday.
Lost Ills PiiHxes.
UNITID pnsas l.SAHBD wins.
Ijob Angeles, Cal., May 8. Forty
annual passes on various railroads,
lost by R. C. Huston, Oreat Northern
official, are blowing about Los An.
geles today, Huston has offered a re
ward. HAS SUED THE
DESCHUTES
LAUD COMPANY
Charging that the Deschutes Land
company has violated the contract
entered Into with the state for the
reclamation of hinds In eastern Ore
gon, Attorney General Crawford haH
completed the complaint ugnlnat it
and the suit will be filed In Multno
mah county Friday.
Added to this suit the company In
also confronted with a federal Inves
tigation for the alleged fraudulent
use of the malls In selling options on
II h lands, and pending that Investiga
tion, the secretary of Interior Is re
fusing to grant the company the right
of way of lands needed to store the
water of Clear Lake.
Writing with relation to this Inst
subject, J. K. Morson, the president of
lhe company, states that he Is seri
ously considering the proposition of
closing down the company until the
matter Is setlled,
The slate desert land board hail
been warring with the company (or
some time Willi relation to lis selling
options, the company n.nliiUlliIng It
had a right to do so, and I lie board
coiitudlng that under Its contract It
did not.
0R0ZC0 PUTS
GOMEZ' HUT OUT
OF THE RING
Kl Paso, Tex., May 8. Realizing
that. General Pascuul Orozco's repud
iation of his claims to the provisional
presidency of Mexico will place him
In a serous predicament unless Oroz
co relents, Knilllo Vasiiuez Gomez
sent emissaries today to the rebel
commander In chief today in an ef
fort to ndjust their differences. Vn
less Oroczo recognizes his claims,
Gomez won't be in fuvor with the reb
els on the Mexican side of the border
and will be liable to arrest on the
American side on charges of violat
ing the neutrality laws.
riVICET AT
.Jf ! . "...
La., Is Imperiled today, being almost
directly In the path of a rapid rush
of water pouring through a gap In
the levee. The residents have taken
refuge In the upper stories of tho
buildings.
The towns of Maringouln and
Grossett, both built on high ground,
are Islands.
The levee at the junction of the
Mississippi and Old divers, five miles
below Torras, broke today, making
crevasse 100 feet wide.
An Old Fashioned Horse Trade.
Portland, Or., May 8. Complaint la
made that F. A. Johnson represented
two horses as sound and In the prima
of life "where as the mare had the
blind staggers, the horse bad the
heaves and both were In their declin
ing years."
II lg Steamer Ashore.
Washington, May J. Wireless mes
Bnges received here today state that
the British steamer Indore, of Liver
pool, Is stranded on French ' reef,
Florida Btralts. The revenue cutters
Yamacraw and Forward are rushing
to her assistance. The Indore is
ship of 4,775 tous.
RESOLUTIONS
ARE AGAINST
CATHOLICISM
UNITID PltUSS 1.I18KD WHS.)
Minneapolis, May 8. Declaring that
the "Methodist Episcopal church
recognizes that It Is Its plain duty
to prosecute missionary ' enterprises
in Greek and Roman Catholic conn- ,
tries with Increasing zeal," he dele
gates to the quadrennial general con
ference of that organization today
unanimously adopted a resolution de
claring that Romanism deprives the
people of the Plble, perverts many
fundamental doctrine of Christianity
and fosters superstitions which alien
ate the thinking classes and Impose
heavy burdens iiKn the poor.
The resolution concludes:
"Resolved, that It Ib our duty to
oppose the machinations of Roman
Ism and to counteract Its attempts to
gnln ever Increasing control of our
public schoolR and to use public
funds for sectarian schools."
The conference adopted a resolution
condemning the wearing of religious
garb In government schools, Inferen
tlally censuring President Taft as a
government official who Ignored their
protests against such use of this garb.
A resolution was ndopled providing
that no one who uses tobacco shall be
elected to any office by tho confer
ence. Got OlY Lurkll).
(IINITIU PHOTS I.I A Mill Willi. 1
Vancouver, Wash., May 8. Mr. and
Mrs. A. II. Jones were only slightly
Injured when an automobile hit the
buggy In which they were driving,
although the buggy found, a resting
place on an embankment 80 feet
nway.
The Lid In Ills Pocket
(IINI1HII I' II KB It !.KIHn WIIIIC I
Port land, Or., May 8. Pntrolman
Taylor was much surprised to see an
ostrich feather projecting out of the
l rout pocket of O. E. Talt. He pulled
i It out and a woman's hat came with
.11. Talt now Is charged with bur
Ightrlzing a millinery establishment.
Portland is having au epidemic of
accidents more than a dozen serious
ones occurlng la the past week.