THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1906.
HENEY TELLS OF
COMING TRIALS
Binger Hermann's First Case
Will Come Up in Wash
ington, Not Here.
STIPULATION IS ARRANGED
Congressman Wanted to Take Ad
vantage of Heney's Return to San
Francisco After Earthquake
to Look After Sisters.
Francis J. Heney, Assistant United
States Attorney-General and special Gov
ernment prosecutor in the pending land
fraud cases, arrived in Portland early yes
terday afternoon on the delayed train
from San Francisco.
Mr. Heney was looking exceedingly well,
but said he felt somewhat fatigued from
m bis trip. He spent a short time with
United States District Attorney Bristol
and Special Inspector Neuhausen, of the
Interior Department, in arranging some
of the details of the approaching trials,
and last night took a launch ride on the
Willamette River with United States Senator-elect
Mulkey.
Upon his return he discussed many fea
tures of the land-fraud cases with a rep
resentative of rue Oregonlan, the most
important of which was his announcement
that he had stipulated with Binger Her
mann's attorneys that the latter should
not be tried here until after his case in
Washington, D. C, had been disposed of.
ICeason for Stipulation.
"You see, it was like this," said Mr.
Heney. "Tho Hermann case was set
for trial April 25. I was in Washing
ton on the morning of the San Fran
cisco earthquake, but did not realize
the extent of the disaster until the
next day. Then I undertook to secure a
continuance, as I had three sisters In
the afflicted city, and did not know
what had become of them. Hermann
had been balking about going to trial
all along, but as soon as he discov
ered how I was situated he immediately
raised a great howl about a speedy
trial. The Judge continued the case
until June 11, and I started for Arizona
from San Francisco, intending to at
tend to some private business in the
territory in time to continue East and
arrive in Washington on the date set
tor the trial.
"While in Arizona I received a dis
patch stating the case had been again
postponed until June 17, so I returned
to San Francisco, where I found a tele
gram awaiting me from the United
States Attorney of the District .of Co
lumbia, saying Hermann's lawyers
were willing to agree to a continuance
of the Washington case for the term
providing I would stipulate that It
should be tried before the Oregon case.
Trick of Hermann.
"You see, I had tried to secure a con
tinuance for the term at the time of
the earthquake, but the Judge had de
clined to consent to it. I knew if the
Hermann case was tried in Washington
before tho Hyde-Benson case, it would
delay all the Oregon cases, so I agreed
to the proposition, not knowing what
representations had been made to the
District Attorney to induce him to wire
me as he did. Later I learned that
Hermann, through his attorneys, had
led tho District Attorney to believe he
would have to take all his witnesses out
here, assuming that I Intended to try
some of the issues involved In his let-ter-pressbook
case at Washington, and
that It would impose extra hardship
and expense on him In so doing. The
old fellow was sly as a fox, and was
afraid to trust his own people, but
wanted to be tried in Washington first.
New Issues Involved Here.
"Of course, none of the issues of the
Washington case are Involved in any
of the Indictments obtained against him
in Oregon, and had I known the real
status of affairs, I should not have con
sented to his proposition, but rather
would have stipulated that none of the
Issues Involved in the Washington case
should enter into the trials here.
"I cannot say just when the real trials
will begin. Judge Hunt will arrive Sunday
next, and on Monday we shall probably
take up the Williamson and Jones bills of
exceptions. What Oregon case shall we
try first? That is something I do not in
tend to make public. Do you suppose I
am going to announce my plans in ad
vance and have the defendants tampering
with jurymen and doing a lot of other
things? Did you ever see a good poker
player show his hand before he made his
bet?
"The United States grand jury will not
be convened while the trials are In prog
ress. I Intend to remain here until I get
through with all those where the indict
ments were secured while I was here be
fore, and am certain we shall finish with
them this year. Those indictments that
were returned under Mr. Bristol he will
have to look out for, and I know he Is
capable of doing It. I am sure he will
make a splendid officer, but I guess the
Senate was too busy to confirm his ap
pointment. "The Department of Justice was dead
Tight in ordering the rearrest of those
Wisconsin lumbermen whom the two Uni
ted States Commissioners there set free.
Putor Will Be Sentenced.
"Puter will be sentenced, of course, but
Just when I do not know. Neither am I
aware what his punishment will be. That
is up to the Judge.
"The statement is false that I ordered
Mrs. Watson's arrest. At the time Puter
was wanted, just before he escaped from
Burns, I got out bench-warrants for all
those who were convicted, she among the
rest, and had their bonds declared for
feited as a matter of form. I never was
afraid of her running away, nor was L.
F. Puter, one of her bondsmen. Ben
Sweet, her other bondsman, became
alarmed, and after consulting with his
attorneys, they saw Mr. Bristol, who told
them about the bonds being forfeited.
Then they proceeded to arrest her, but I
never considered such a proceeding neces
sary'. "Burns is in the East, and will not come
out to the trials I expect Irvln Rltten
house here soon."
MAJORITY ARE NEW MEN
"Administration" Ticket or New
York Life Is Nominated.
NEW YORK, July 5The so-called "ad
mi ntet ration" ticket of trustees of the
New York Life Insurance Company was
nominated today at a meeting of the
board of trustees. Of the 24 men named,
13, a majority, are new men that Is. they
have not served on tne present board. Of
the officers of the company, only Presi
dent Alexander El Orr is named on the
"administration" trustees' ticket, the
other five officers having voluntarily re
tired to make room for the new men.
The 13 new men nominated to be voted
for by the policy-holders are:
James H. Eckels, of Chicago; David R.
Francis, of St. Louis; Julius Flelachmann.
of Cincinnati; Ewald A. Fleltman, commis
sion merchant. New York; Judge Horace H.
Lurton, of Nashville, Tenn. ; Seth M- M111I
ken. dry goods. New York; John G. Milburn,
New York. Anton A. Ravon. president of the
Atlantic Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
New York; John Reid, director Central
Foundry Company, New York; F. H. Rovell,
Chicago: G. F. Seward, New York; Elbridge
G. Snow, president of the Home Fire Insur
ance Company, New York, and Lewis Wag
ner, president of the Third National Bank,
Philadelphia.
The 11 members of the present board
who are renominated are:
John Claflln. New York; Thomas P.
Fowler, New York; Woodbury Lang-don. New
York; Robert J. Lowry, Atlanta; Clarence
H. Mackay, New York; Henry C. Mortimer,
New York; George A. Morrison, New York,
Alex E. Orr, New York; William B. Plunk
ett, Adams. Mass. ; Augustus G. Paine, New
York, and Hiram P. Steele, New York.
The five officers retiring from the
board are: Darwin P. Kingsley. Thomas
A. Buckner and Rufus W. Weeks, vice
presidents; "William T. Ingersoll, second
vice-president, and Treasurer Randolph.
Respecting the retirement of the officers
from the board the reason given is "in
deference to an opinion, which is rather
widely held, that no officer, with the ex
ception of the president, ought to be a
voting member of the board of trustees.
The board of trustees acts upon the acts
of the officers, and a man who Is both
really passes Judgment on his own acts."
REUNION OF OLD TIMERS
UXION COUNTY PIONEER ASSO
CIATION MEETS.
Sixteenth Annual Session at Elgin
Largely Attended T. A. Rine
hart Orator of the Day.
LA. GRANDE, Or., July 5. (Special.)
The 16th annual reunion of the Union
County Pioneer Association was celebrat
ed at Elgin today, and will go down In
history as one of the most successful and
largely attended ever held. The day was
excessively warm, the thermometer
standing near the 100 mark, but the un
comfortable heat was soon forgotten In
the hearty reception extended the visitors
by the citizens of Elgin. Large crowds
went from La Grande, requiring two
trains to carry them.
The exercises were excellent, and In
cluded, during the morning session, music
by the La Grande Band, vocal music and
several literary numbers. The afternoon
was taken up with a business meeting.
T. A. Rinehart delivered an address to the
pioneers. Himself a pioneer, Mr. Rine
hart proved a speaker who touched the
hearts of his hearers because he was in
sympathy with them.
At the election of officers for the ensu
ing year, D. A. McAlister, of La Grande,
was chosen president; Henry Rinehart, of
Summervllle, secretary; Mrs. Minerva
Eaton, of Union, historian.
A motion was made and carried that the
association at once begin the collection
of relics possessed by pioneers connected
with the early history of the Valley.
The secretary called the attention of
the society to the fact that, at the or
ganization of the association, the mem
bership was 527, of whom 122 have since
passed over the great divide.
DROWNED IN SNAKE RIVER
Lloyd B. Lawrence Meets Death
While Bathing at Lewlston.
LEWISTON, Idaho. July 5. (Special.)
Lloyd B. Lawrence, a salesman employed
In Kjos department store, met death by
drowning in Snake River at 8 o'clock to
night at O. R. & N. docTc. where the
steamer Spokane is tied up. Lawrence
and several companions were In the wa
ter swimming, and all had gone to the
Snake ferry, 200 feet above the steamer
Spokane, where they all dived Into the
river, expecting to swim down around the
steamer and leave the water at the wheel.
Lawrence, who was timid, remained near
shore while his companions swam far
ther out in the stream.
Deck hands on the Spokane heard one
of the other boy shout for help, but paid
no attention to Lawrence, who was float
ing and moaning, evidently having been
attacked by cramps. "When his distress
was noticed, an effort was made to reach
him by his companions, but he sank near
the forward end of the boat, evidently
being carried under the steamer by the
current. Rescuing parties were immedi
ately formed, but up to a late hour tonight
the body has not been recovered.
LawTence was well and favorably
known here, being popular among a large
circle of friends. He was about 22 years
of age, and came here a year ago from
Southern Idaho. He had not been in the
West long, having come from Joliet, HI.,
where his parents live.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Driving Party Overwhelmed by
Waves Near Yaquina Head.
NEWPORT, Or., July 5. (Special.) A
driving party this evening narrowly es
caped death In the ocean, one of their
horses being drowned. The party Viras
composed of G. Mason and H. Stimpson.
of Harrlsburg: Miss Anna Baker, of
Turner, and Miss Alda Cannon, of Myr
tle Creek. Mason was driving. They were
returning from a trip to the Yaqulna
Head light station, and attempted to drive
around a point known as Jump-Off Joe.
Mason was not familiar with the beach,
and the tide was at half rise, making It
Impossible to pass that way, which Is dan
gerous even at low water.
He drove Into water so deep that the
horses lost their footing, fell down and
became tangled in the harness. One of
the animals was drowned. The occupants
of the hack were thrown out, but clung
to the vehicle. The accident, fortunately,
was witnessed by Paul Chatterton and
others, who huried to the scene and
reached it in time to rescue the party
from drowning. They also got one horse
out by cutting away the harness. It was
nearly drowned and had to be hauled out
with another team and a line. The res
cuers had to work in water up to their
shoulders.
BOOSTED IN WASHINGTON.
Insurance Rates Go Up 2 5 Per Cent
Throughout the State.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 6 (Special.)
Official' announcement was made today of
an increase In insurance rates by all the
companies doing business in the State of
Washington. The average will amount to
25 per cent on every property in this state.
Announcement of the raise is contained
in a circular addressed to all Insurance
companies' agents by Lee McKenzie, chief
surveyor for the state.
It is estimated that the order will add
approximately 1500,000 yearly to the in
come of the Insurance companies operat
ing In Washington.
Ontario Has $10,000 Fire.
BOISE. Idaho, July 5. At Ontario, Or.,
this afternoon, fire destroyed the yard
and buildings of the Empire Lumber Com
pany, entailing a loss of $10,000. The prop
erty was insured for $3000.
Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, salt
rheum and all other troubles caused by
impure blood.
EftS
TO OIL TANKS
Measure in Council to Exclude
Them From Nearly All
Parts of the City.
AIMED AT STANDARD OIL
Proposition Is to Restrtct Large Res
ervoirs to the District North
of Portsmouth on the
East Side.
An ordinance was introduced at the
meeting of the Council last night which,
if passed, will eliminate the present men
ace to East Side property offered by the
huge tanks of the Standard Oil Company.
Since the recent explosion and fire at St
Johns there has been a strong protest
against these tanks, which led up to the
introduction of an ordinance which will,
If passed, cause their removal, or at least
reduce the capacity of any one tank. The
ordinance was brought up by Councilman
Sharkey. -
Aimed at Storage Tanks.
In introducing the measure, Councilman
Sharkey explained that it is aimed direct
ly at the storage tanks of the Standard
Oil Company, and that it is backed by
property-owners, who realize that results
much more disastrous than from the ex
plosion In St. Johns would occur if one of
the big tanks near the warehouse district
of tho East Side should catch fire or blow
up. So important is the subject consid
ered that the Council will consider it as a
committee of the whole instead of submit
ting it to one of the subcommittees. After
a short discussion last night, "the matter
was postponed until the next regular
meeting.
The ordinance, as drawn up, prohibits
the erection or maintenance of any oil
tank of more than 10,000 gallons capacity
at any place within the city boundaries
with the exception of the district north
of Portsmouth, on the East Side, which
Includes the site of the destroyed tanks.
Gets Third-Street Franchise.
The ordinance granting a franchise on
East Third street 5.0 the O. R. & N. was
passed after a lengthy discussion and sev
eral minor changes. The ordinance pro
vides that construction work shall com
mence within 30 days and that the line
shall be completed within six months. J.
P. O'JBrien, W. W. Cotton and other prom
inent Harriman officials were present to
represent the O. R. & N.
The railroad officials asserted that they
intended to construct the entire track
as rapidly as possible and to show that
they would keep good faith agreed to ac
cept an amendment whereby they will
forfeit whatever portion of the line is
'constructed unless the entire system is
completed in the period specified. The
company also consented to put up a bond
of $10,000 to carry out the project.
Councilman Kellaher introduced an
amendment requiring that a 60-foot fill
instead of a 20-foot one be made by the
company on East Third street. This Mr.
O'Brien refused to accept, and the mo
tion was lost. A futile attempt was also
made to put through an amendment to
the franchise fixing the switching charge
for less than 10 blocks at $2.50 a car each
trip, Including the return ot the empty
car.
Must Erect Depot.
By a vote of 9 to 6. the original charge
of $5 was left unchanged. The franchise
was, however, amended to require the
company to erect a depot between East
Pine and East Taylor streets, where it
shall receive both inward and outward
bound freight.
The Council granted the vacations on
Eleventh and Twelfth streets asked for
by the Portland & Seattle Railroad Com
pany. The Eleventh-street vacation ex
tends only from Quimby to Savier, but
the one on Twelfth street is from Hoyt
to Quimby. The vacations, however, do
not include the intersections of these
streets with Northrup, Lovejoy. Petty
grove or Overton. The company with
drew its petition for the vacation of
Northrup street in consideration of the
remonstrance which had been made.
Opposes Vacation of Streets.
Councilman Vaughn opposed the vaca
tion of both Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
He especially urged that the city should
reserve sufficient ground for the erection
of an engine-house, but Chief Campbell
did not believe that the locality was the
best for the new engine-house which is
to be built. The motion to vacate was
voted against by Gray, Rushlight and
Vaughn.
The report of the street committee, rec
ommending that the improvement of East
Taylor street, from Grand to Sixteenth,
be authorized, was accepted, and the City
Engineer was instructed to draft plans.
This improvement includes the fill of
Hawthorne Slough, and has been bitterly
opposed by the Hawthorne estate. Whit
ney Boise, representing the estate, ap
peared befor the Council last night and
contended the fill would practically mean
confiscation to the slough property. When
the question was put, however, Annand
and Sharkey were the only members vot
ing against it.
Committee to Inspect Fenders.
Councilman Wills brought up the sub
ject of investigating the fenders used
on Portland street-cars, with a view to
changing the ordinance if a fender pro
viding greater safety to pedestrians could
be obtained. The matter was not dis
cussed, but Mayor Lane was authorized
to annoint a committee of three to look
pinto it. The committee has not yet been
named.
An ordinance repealing the one pro
viding for the improvement of East Stark
street was passed by a vote of 12 to 3.
This improvement has been held up many
times, but is delayed in the present in
stance because of the proposed subway of
Thomas McCusker and L. Y. Keady, who
propose to make the East Stark-street
fill in consideration of the franchise to
tunnel under the Willamette. The subway
franchise was submitted to the street
committee for consideration.
The report of the street committee call
ing for the rejection of all bids on the
Grand-avenue bridge over Sullivan's
Gulch was accepted. The reDort also
calls for the drafting of new plans by the
City Engineer, which shall eliminate a
part or all of the original fill and provide
for a contract to deck the bridge.
Brooklyn District Sewer.
The time and manner ordinance for the
Brooklyn district sewer, which has been
up for consideration many times, was
passed by unanimous vote and without
discussion. The Improvement will cost
more than $100,000. The franchise asked
by the Northern Pacific Terminal Com
pany on York street was passed to the
Executive Board for valuation.
At the request of the Poundmaster,
the pound limits were reduced to ex
clude all of the territory recently ad
mitted to the city. The Poundmaster,
it was said, could not cover the terri
tory with the help he now has, and
there are no funds available to em
QRD1NANG
ploy more men. The limits will be
extended to the city boundaries the
first of the year.
A resolution was passed giving the
Forestry building and the site upon
which it stands into the care of the
Park Board. The property has been
under the. control of the Mayor since
its acquisition by the city a few months
ago.
The Council did not adjourn until
nearly midnight, The last Item of
business to come up was the ordinance
prohibiting dealers from placing un
drawn fowls In cold storage. It was
defeated by a vote of 10 to 4-
GAMES WERE NOT HIS
Taggrart Says False Reports Were
Sent Out From French Iiick.
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind., July 6.
Thomas Taggrart, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, today gave
the Associated Press the following state
ment, made in reply to the demand by the
New York World that he resign the Na
tional chairmanship of the Democratic
committee:
"The New York World has allowed it
self to be imposed upon by the false and
scandalous publications of a rival news
paper, whose editor is my personal enemy
for reasons best known to himself.
"There has been no raid nor attempted
raid upon the French Lick Springs Hotel,
nor has such a thing been thought of
save by Mr. Hearst and his correspond
ents. A building Owned by the French
Lick Springs Company, wholly disconnect
ed from the hotel property, was leased
to a party to be used for billiards and
bowling alleys, with a strong clause
against gambling in the lease. After a
time this tenant permitted gambling. We
brought suit for possession on the ground
of the breach of that provision in the
lease, and recovered judgment. He ap
pealed the case, and it is pending for
trial In the present term of court. The
state authorities have supplemented our
efforts to recover possession by raiding
that building, and that is all there Is to
the grossly sensational publications in
which the World has placed credence.
"The French Lick Hotel has not and
will not tolerate gambling in any form
on its premises. This is attested by the
court records, which show our efforts to
suppress it, and it is well known to Mr.
Hearst, who, with such knowledge, con
tinues the publication of his vindictive,
libelous falsehoods. I regret that the
World has seen fit to dignify these atro
cious falsehoods by editorial mention.
"The proposition that I should resign
is preposterous. It deserves and will re
ceive no attention. T. TAGGART."
Attention is called by Intimate friends
of Mr. Taggart, who are usually author
ized to speak for him, to the fact that on
June 7 the Indiana Democratic state con
vention unanimously indorsed W. J. Bryan
for the Presidential nomination, and that
the attacks pn Mr. Taggart have followed
this action, which was attributed to the
influence of National Chairman Taggart.
Must Run Without Gambling.
PAOLI, Ind., July 5. Judge Thomas
Baskirk today granted a continuance of
the French Lick and West Baden Hotel
cases to July 13, at the request of the
hotel companies, on the promise that in
the meantime no gambling would be al
lowed. Fifty additional affidavits were
filed by the state today against the 11
attendants of the Casino arrested when
the raids were made. The total number of
affidavits against them is now 72.
Attorney-General Miller said the suits
brought to cancel the leases were jokes.
Two cartloads of gambling parapher
nalia seized at French Lick and West
Baden Tuesday were brought here this
afternoon. A curious crowd watched the
opening of the machines, which were
found to contain only $579.53 In all. The
offcials were greatly surprised, as it was
confidently expected that the devices
would contain a large sum. The money
was placed in a bank to await the order
of the court.
PROGRESS 0F GERMANY
John O'Hara Tells of Wonderful
Strides Made There.
John O'Hara, editor of the Catholic Sen
tinel, has Just returned to Portland from
Europe, where he has been since last Au
gust. He spent the early part of the Win
ter taking a historical course in the Uni
versity of Paris, and since that time has
been traveling in Southern Europe, Ger
many and Great Britain.
"Perhaps the one thing which most im
pressed me while abroad," he said last
night, "was the great advancement which
Is being made by the German people. I
took occasion to study conditions there
quite fully, and was especially interested
in the progress they are making along
the lines of public ownership and control
of utilities. The Germane are certainly
further along in this line than any other
nationality. Why, in Freiberg they have
carried it so far that they have a munici
pal undertaker and all funerals must be
under his direction. They all have to be
held in the official chapel, and the most
expensive funeral allowed to be held in
that city costs only $30.
"All over Germany there Is a feeling
that the country Is preparing to lead the
world in commercial lines. They claim
that they are crowding England to the
wall now, and they do not fear but that
they can outdistance the United States.
They believe that this country will be so
annoyed with her labor troubles that she
will not be in a position to take the lead
ership." NOVELIST FCW GOVERNOR
Winston Churchill on Reform Ticket
in New Hampshire.
CONCORD, N. H., July 5. (Special.)
The Lincoln Republican Club, of New
Hampshire, has tendered to Winston
Churchill, the novelist, the nomination
for Governor on an anti-corporation plat
form, and he has accepted. In his let
ter of acceptance Mr. Churchill says his
principal plank will be the freedom of
state affairs from domination by the Bos
ton & Maine Railroad. His second plank
deals with means to suppress gambling,
chiefly racetrack gambling.
He is a member of the Breeders' Club
and one o the board of governors of the
Salem track, but says the sport must be
kept clean or driven out of the state.
Tillman Has a Clear Field.
COLUMBIA, S. C, July 5. Colonel W.
W. Lumpkin has withdrawn from the
race , for United States Senator. This
leaves the field clear for Senator Till
man's re-election.
Funston Party on Way to Idaho.
SALT LAKE CITY. July 5. Brigadier
General Frederick Funston. Major C. A.
Devol, Depot Quartermaster at San Fran
cisco, and E. E. Calvin, general manager
of the Southern Pacific, and Mrs. Calvin
arrived here today on the way to Mr. Cal
vin's Summer home at Island Park, Idaho.
The three men, who have been so con
spicuously Identified with public affairs at
San Francisco since the great fire, are on
a vacation, which they Mill spend fishing
along the Snake River and in the Yellow
stone National Park. W. H. Bancroft,
general manager of the Oregon Short
Line, accompanied the party to Idaho.
Japanese Fisherman Drowned.
ASTORIA, Or., July 5. (Special.) RoU
suzo Munatu, a Japanese employed at
the Columbia River Packers' Associa
tion's North Shore cannery, was acci
dentally drowned there yesterday.
STAND BY
ACCUSED
Socialists Believe Federation
Officials Innocent.
IDAHO CONVENTION ACTS
Passes Resolution Expressing Confi
dence in Ultimate Acquittal of
Alleged Dynamiters Name
State Ticket at Caldwell.
BOISE, Idaho, July 5. The Socialists
have been holding a state convention
at Caldwell for two days, and were in
session until late tonight. They adopt
ed a long declaration of principles; also
a resolution declaring their belief In
the innocence of Moyer, Haywood and
Pettibone, charged, with the murder of
ex-Governor Steunenberg, and confi
dence in their ultimate acquittal. The
convention nominated the following
state ticket:
For Congressman, E. L. Riggs, of
Heyburn; Governor, Thomas F. Kelley,
of Caldwell; Lieutenant-Governor,
Chenowich, of Lewiston; Secretary of
State, J. F. Hutchinson, of Burke;
reasurer, James Smith, of St. An
thony; Auditor, Morgan Gifford, of
Council; Superintendent of Schools,
Grace E. Workman, of Boise; Attorney
General, L. E. Workman, of Boise;
Mine Inspector, Charles, of Wallace;
Justice of the Supreme Court, Hermon
F. Titus, of Caldwell.
There was a sharp contest over the
nomination for Governor. Vincent St.
John was the candidate of the radical
element, and came within a few votes
of being nominated. St. John is the
man who was arrested at Burke soon
after Meyer and Haywood were taken
Into custody, and was afterward turned
over to the Colorado authorities,
charged with a murder at Telluride.
OREGON CITY CLAIMS $2000
Will Attempt to Secure Unpaid Road
Tax Balance.
OREGON CITY, Or., July 5 (Special.)
City Attorney James U. Campbell, on be
half of the finance committee of the City
Council, tonight submitted to that body
a report relative to the road fund, claim
ing that there is now due and owing the
city from the county about J2000 in road
taxes. The Council has referred the mat
ter to Attorney Campbell with instruc
tions to have the claim laid before the
County Court for adjustment.
This claim involves the road taxes for
the years since 1903, and represents the
difference between the 50 and 60 per cent
of such taxes paid by the county to the
city. The former County Court contend
ed that the road law as amended in 1903
required the payment by the county to
the city of only 50 per cent of the taxes so
collected, and that the general law super
seded the provision in the city charter
which calls for 60 per cent allowance to
the city. The Supreme Court has held to
the contrary.
Ill THE L
WASHINGTON DELEGATION MAY
FORCE CONSTRUCTION.
Congress Voted Against Vessel at
Swiftsure Bank, but Error
Was Made by Printer.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 5. Copies of the sundry
civil law, which came from the Public
Printed today, contain Senator Piles'
amendment-appropriating $150,000 for
the construction of a lightship for
Swiftsure Bank, at the entrance to the
Straits of Fuca. This item was erro
neously left In a copy of the bill which
the President signed, notwithstanding
the conference committee knocked it
out, and the Senate and House subse
quently refused to make the appropria
tion. The error was made by the Public
Printer and the enrolling clerks, along
with other serious mistakes in the clos
ing hours of the session. Technically
this money is now available and can
be expended, but Representative Mann,
who led the fight on this appropriation,
called on the Lighthouse Board today
and secured from it a promise not to
use this money, inasmuch as it was not
the Intention of Congress to make the
appropriation. He said any court would
deny the right to build this ship, if
question was ever raised, and on this
theory there will not be a lightship.
However. Conerress. lust before n,i-
iournment, passed a resolution annul
Yellowstone National Park
Go to the Yellowstone Park on The
Oregonian Special by the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation Company
and the Oregon Short Line, via
Boise and Salt Lake. Tickets can
be procured from C. W. Stinger,
city ticket agent of the O. R. & N.,
at office at Third and Washington
streets
ling another item erroneously slipped
into the sundry civil bill in the same
way, and probably would not have done
so If It had not feared the money would
have been expended. If the Washing
ton delegation makes a fight It may be
able to force the construction of this
ship.
POST AT AMERICAN LAKE.
Army General Staff Would Buy Site
for Brigade.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, July 5. Secretary Taft today
declared it to be the intention of tne
General Staff of the Army ultimately to
buy the American Lake camp site near
TacomaC when they can procure the
necessary appropriation, and establish
a brigade post at that point. Army of
ficers consider this an Ideal location for
a permanent post of this size. Nothing
can bo done, however, until Congress
appropriates money to buy tne ground,
which may be in the remote future.
The establishment of a brigade post
at American Lake will not affect Van
couver Barracks in any way, but may
lead to the abandonment of Fort
Wright and Fort Walla Walla. How
ever, the whole matter Is yet In ad
vance stage, nothing definite having
yet been decided upon.
Rural Carriers Appointed.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington,' July 5. Rural carriers have been
appointed as follows:
Oregon Freewater route No. 1, William
S. Banks, carrier, Joseph B. Baldwin sub
stitute; Milton, route No. 1, Alva C. Troy
er. carrier, Ura Troyer substitute.
Washington Rosalia, route No. 1. Leon-
and Blankensblp carrier, Robert F. Dyer
substitute.
Lester A. Curtis has been appointed
Postmaster at Starvout, Or., vice John
Ranrl, resigned.
Surgeon Smith to Go to Manila.
OREGONIa-s NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, july 5. Contract Surgeon George
B. Tuttle will proceed to Fort Columbia.
Washington, relieving Contract Surgeon
Rodney D. Smith, who will proceed to Ma
nila for duty in the Philippines division.
IS
HEIR TO TWOMBLEY MILLIONS
OVERESTIMATES STRENGTH.
While Swimming in New Hampshire
Lake He Sinks Before Aid
Can Reach Him.
ASHLAND, N. H., July 5. H. McK.
Twombley, Jr., 18 years old, and the
only son of H. McK. Twombley, the
New York capitalist, was drowned
while swimming in Big Squaw Lake,
Holderness, N. H., today.
Twombley started to swim from the
Groton school camp to Clarens Cove,
one mile distant. He had reached a
point a short distance from his goal
when be was seen to struggle In the
water. Before anyone could reach him
he sank. The body was recovered. It
will be taken to Newport. Twombley's
mother was Miss Florence A. Vander
bilt, of New York.
UPSET BY SQUALL ON LAKE
Four Recruits to Illinois National
Reserves Are Drowned.
CHICAGO, Jnly 5. Four members of the
first division of the Illinois National Re
serves were drowned tonight while prac
ticing rowing in Lake Michigan. The
boys drowned were out for a rowing cruise
in a "dinghy." With the exception of one
of them, all were inexperienced, and,
through some unexplained reason, the
boat was overturned and all were thrown
into the water. The men drowned were
Seamen O'Carroll, Schron, Schlepan and
Pimes.
At the time of the accident there were
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rescued by the lifesaving crew. The acci
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Chauffeur Turned His Head.
ST. LOUIS, July 5. One man was killed
and three injured In an automobile acci
dent in St. Louis County, near the city
limits, tonight. Alfred Burton, a mer
chant, died shortly after the accident.
John Sweet had his left leg broken, and
two men whose names are not known
were bruised.
The automobile contained Burton, ma
wife and two children and five guests.
While riding along the Clayton road the
chauffeur's hat blew off. He turned to
look for it, and the automobile veered
into the ditch, dropping 15 feet.
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