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THE MORJiTJiCJ- OKKliU.MAJV, SAT LTK1 A If, SEFIEIBEK 14, 1SHJ7- V C L IS WORRIES THE GOVERNMENT Way Ignore Immunity Pledge and Insist on Prosecut ing Alton Road. ; BONAPARTE CAN'T PREVENT Moody's Promise Secured Convic tion of Standard, but Koosevelt Might Have to Pardon Alton to Make Good OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash lnRton, Sept. 13. Judge Kenesaw V. lunlld, famous for having imposed the record fine on the Standard Oil Com pany, is causing considerable uneasi ness in' the Department of Justice be cause of ills apparent determination to prosecute the Alton Railroad. The de termination of the judge would not irive concern, but for the fact that this road was promised immunity by the Government if it would give up Infor mation which would enable the Gov ernment to convict the Standard Oil Company. The Alton road fulfilled its part of the contract; Its evidence ac complished all that the Government sought, and now the Alton is asking the Government to live up to its agree ' ment and overlook the sins of the railroad, which are contended to be of much less importance than the sins of the convicted Standard Oil Company. Not Bound by Pledge. The curious thing about the situation is that Judge Landis is not necessarily ' bound by any Immunity promise given by the Department of Justice. He knows that ex-Attorney-General Moody authorized the giving of such a pledge, and he knows that, If Mr. Moody or if the present Attorney-General had full say, the Alton road would be protect ed, simply and solely because of the promise of the Government. But under our system of government, the Depart ment of Justice can not dictate to Judge Land Is, nor can the President by any legal right direct tills judge as to what course he shall follow. So far. as criminal prosecutions are con cerned. Judge Land I h is supreme in his own jurisdiction, and if he sees fit to disregard the promise of Immunity, there Is no power In the Government that can check him. Cannot Call Off Landis. It is within the power of the De partment of Justice to call off District Attorney Sims, . wlio. In the natural order of things would conduct the prosecution of the Alton road, should it be decided upon by Judge Landis, but in that event Judge Landis has the power to designate some man to act as prosecuting officer in place of Mr. Sims and the case can go ahead in spite of the objection, of the depart ment. Of course the Alton may be prosecuted and jonvlcted, and it would still b in the, power of the President to thwa ;,ue efforts of Judge Landis. for the president could pardon the road or toe convicted officiate of the road nd thus nullify the findings of the jury. Bui that would be a most un usual "procedure-1 the pardoning of a convicted corporation, provided the con viction Is based upon good and suffi cient evidence. The, whole Alton case is remarkable, for It Is the first time, in recent years at least, when the Government has found It necessary to promise Immunity to one corporation in order to get evi dence with which to convict another. Such a policy has ben pursued in lesser criminal cases, but never before in a case of this magnitude. But, Immunity having been promised, the Government is In a sense bound to see that its promise Is fulfilled, ami yet finds itself In a position where it cannot enforce the terms of its agreement. Judge Landis has the whole say at the pres ent stage of the game, and his silence only adds mystery to the situation. Will ne I'p to Roosevelt. If Judge Landis determines to press the case against the Alton road, and secures a conviction, the President will be placed In a most embarrassing posi tion. The President would then have to decide whether it . was of greater importance to see that a pledge of the Government was lived up to, or whether this pledge should be 'overlooked and punishment Inflicted upon a law breaking corporation. The pledge was given the Alton by authority of the Attorney-General, but it Is not likely that he would have taken this grave .responsibility 'upon, himself without first consulting the President, and it if not likely that the President would have reached a decision without laying the matter before his entire Cabinet. If Judge Landis decides to Ignore the Government's pledge, the decision must then be passed to the President. It will not be the mosfr pleasant case submitted to the President for his dis position, but. if It gets up to him, the President will not shirk his responsi bility. NEW JOINT STATE SCHEME Proposal to I'nite Arizona and Ne vada Meets Little Favor. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash inton. Sept. 13. Since It was announced at Oyster Bay that the President would not again urge the Jointure of Arizona and New Mexico, the suggestion has been made by outsiders that Arizona and Ne vada should be consolidated. The sug gestion did not originate In Nevada, but rather was the product of some Eastern mind, bent on forcing Arizona Into the Union, regardless of its own desires. The new suggestion is not likely to meet with overwhelming Indorsement In either Arizona or Nevada. Nevada now enjoys all the privileges and benefits of statehood, notwithstanding its population is only about 60.000. Why. then, should Nevada wish to annex a territory with more than 2(10.000 people, knowing that in so doing it would place th balance of power in the new portion of the state? Certainly . the politicians of Nevada can not be 'expected to sceept-the new pro posal with any degree of enthusiasm. Senator Newlands and Senator Nixon were elected by the Legislature chosen from among 50,000 people. If there should be a consolidation and the new' state should have a population of 250.000, It Is dollars to doughnuts that two Arizona men would be sent to the Senate In place of Mr. Newlands and Mr. Nixon. It is a safe bet that Nevada and Arizona will never be consolidated If the Senators can prevent It. On the other hand, Arizona made Its position clear during the late statehood fight Arizona asks merely, to be - let alone until, it develops sufficient popula tion to Justify Congress In converting the territory Into a state. Arizona by ltsefr would make a tremendous state, an' un wieldy state from many standpoints. Ari zona and Nevada combined would make a, -state second In size only to Texas, and it is now admitted that Texas is alto gether too large for a single state. Yet no one expects to see Texas divided. Ari zona and Nevafla combined would have an area of 223.620 square miles, greater than the area of France, and Nevada and Arizona are today larger than any of the other states excepting Texas. Cal ifornia and Montana. Geographically It would be a mistake to make a new state of such enormous dimensions. It is true' that Nevada, In proportion to its population. Is the most powerful state in the Union; Its representation in the Senate is as great as that of New York, but that cannot be cured under dur constitution. Nevada had the requisite population at the time of her admission and the time will no doubt come when her population will again Justify her rep resentation in Congress. The late statehood light demonstrated the injustice of forcing statehood on a people who do not want It, and the out-, come of that fight Indicates that Congress will not take kindly to the new propo sition - unless It Is shown beyond doubt that the people of both Nevada and Ari zona favor consolidation. As yet there has been nothing to Indicate that this Is the case. ONE DAY'S GRAGE LEFT COMMON CARRIERS MUST MAKE REPORTS BY SEPTEMBER 15.' Wells-Fargo Express Company and Falls City Railroad Have Com plied With Oregon Law. SALEM, Or., Sept. 13. (Speclal.)-All common carriers in the state are re quired to make their annual report to tho Railroad Commission before Septem- Veorge A. Pettlbone, Who Is Critl citlly II!. BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 13. George A. Pettlbone, charged with complicity . In the asnaflslnatlon of Governor Frank Steunenberg, was taken to a hospital today. He is In a critical condition and an operation probably will be necessary. There will be no further prosecution of the case at present. ber 15 of each year, after which they are subject to a forfeit of $100 for each day until the report arrives. Up to date only two reports have been received, that of the Salem, Falls City & Western Railroad and the Wells-Fargo Express Company, and the balance will become delinquent and subject to the penalty either tomor row or on Monday at the latest. The report of the 'Wells-Fargo Express was received this afternoon and it shows that the total earnings from operation on its 737 miles of rail and steamer lines In Oregon, for the year ending June 30, 1907, was J235.243.46. while for all lines the earnings aggregated . J22.fi95.143.07. The operating expenses were $19,232,101.61. and the total Income for the year $3,463,041.46. There are 8,000,000 shares of stock out standing upon which the company has de clared 10 per cent in dividends, 5 per cent of which, however, was made January 15. 1907, or upon last year's earnings. The company has no bonded indebtedness. The company holds $2,849,400 in stocks in other companies, the income from which for the year was $222,251, while the bonds held in other companies amount to $2,089,658.50. yielding an Income of $104, 065.42. The balance of cash In the trea sury, after all expenses were paid. June 30. was $698,834.64. The surplus for the year ending June 30, . was $3,470,356.56, and the total surplus on hand up to June 30 was $16,008,017.54. The comparative gen eral balance sheet shows the following as sets for the years ending June 30, 1906 and June 30, 1907: June :'.0. 1006. June 30. 1007. Cost equipment f 2.078.3:i8.UU $ 2.435.7 lS.IiC Stocks and bonds 1MUed S.42-..BW.37 5.328.6S4.74 R'l estate owned 1.700.oS0.41 2,454,084.11 Bills and Acc'ts .,!. receivable ... ia.iw.ow.u in..do.o.Bi Cash and cur rent assets. . 737. 882.72 698.834.64 Total fi1.220.i2ll.33 $27,175,020.00 Hop Ivlln -Burns; Loss $5000. SALEM. Or Sept. 13. (Special.) Two hop kilns Upon the ranch of F. W. Dur bin, a prominent hopgrower and dealer of this city. caUKht fire, presumably from the sulphur, at an early hour this morning and burned to the ground with all of Its contents, about 20.000 pounds' of this year's crop of hops, hopbaler, etc., making a total lops of over $5000. The kilns are covered with $900 Insurance. Bids for Street. Paving. CENTRALIA. Wash., ; Sept. 13. (Spe cial, t The City Council is calling for bids for four different kinds of pavement for Tower avenue, namely, vltrlled brick. Hassan, bltulithlc and asphalt. The esti mated cost of paving is $78,814. These figures are based on the highest priced paving, which Is the brick. Increase in School Enrollment. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Sept.' 13. (Special.) The ' public schools of Cen tralla opened Monday with an enrollment of 1030, a large Increase over the enroll ment of last year. The enrollment in the high school was 147. It is expected that the enrollment will be increased from 300 to 400 within t,he next few days. Aberdeen 3; Vancouver 1. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 13. (Spe cial:) Bunched hits following a pass In the, second inning gave Aberdeen today's game. .Score: R.H.B. Aberdeen ' '....'.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 Vancouver "01000000 17 5 JOSE VILA awarded gold medal over all competitors Tamua Exposition. : A :: : i - tfK Ji , :: ' I - v- :: : 0 .y EXIT ELIHOOD MOD Ends Conflict Between Nation al Irrigation Men. V NEWELL TO HAVE CONTROL Thorn in Side of Irrigation Engineer Will Become a Professor. Offices Will Be Combined and Work Improved. BERKELEY, Cald.. Sept. 13. Professor Elwood Mead, who was elected to the head of the department of Irrigation in the University, Is expected to come West soon' and take charge of the work. A short time ago the British government made Professor Mead an offer of $15,000 a yean to take up investigation work in Australia. He will not accept, as' other private Interests and his position here are preferred by him. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 11. The retirement of El wood Mead from the head of the Bureau of irrigation and Drainage In the De partment of Agriculture will mean the end of friction between that office and the United States Reclamation Service, and will remove a serious handicap un der which the latter "bureau has oper ated since Its formation. Mr. Mead Is unquestionably one of the ablest irrigation experts In the United States. . A scientist of high at tainments in his line, he has studied the subject In every part of the United States and In all of the rorelgn coun tries where Irrigation- Is extensively practiced. He is a recognized author ity on Irrigation and a man whose judgment is worth much. Otherwise the British government would not have offered a salary of $15,000 In South Africa. But Mr. Mead, with all his knowl edge, has always been a thorn In the side of the Reclamation Service, and has often proved an obstacle in the way of Director Newell and the other officials who are charged with the con struction of Government Irrigation projects. The trouble is largely attrib utable to personal causes. Mend Backed! by Wyoming. - When the National Irrigation law was In process of formation the Wyoming delegation In Congress did Its utmost to have the act framed along lines laid down by Mr. Mead, for Mr. Mead Is a Wyoming man and men from Wyoming all stand together. Some of the Mead Ideas were not looked upon with favor by other men from the West, and, when, tiie reclamation act was perfected. It more nearly represented the Ideas ad vanced by Mr. Newell and the then Geological Survey hydrographers. That in Itself was a disappointment to the Wyoming men, but there were other disappointments to come. As soon as the became a Uw the Wyomigg delegation undertook to have Mr., Mead made the head of the Recla mation Service, chief engineer as-the office was then known i dlerctor as it is today. During his Tears of work in the West Mead had made friends out side of Wyoming, and he solicited t.ieir eupport as well. Other Western Sen ators and Congressmen had been fa vorably Impressed with the work of Mr. Newell, who was the Geological Survey expert on Irrigation, and they combined In urging the President to appoint him. Roosevelt Takes a Hand. The President listened to both sides, and then made a quiet investigation of his own. He found that the head of the Reclamation Service should be primarily a construction -engineer. He found that Mr. Newell, in hs years of service, had devoted himself large ly to studying the irrigation possi bilities of the West, anticipating the time when Congress would pass a Na tional Irrigation law. He had studied out various projects, had paved the way to the prompt construction of various dams and canal systems, and had otherwise acquainted himself with just the facts which the new head of the Reclamation Service should have. Mr. Mead's work had been along other lines. He had studied the duties of water, the proper methods of apply ing water to the land, and methods of draining Irrigated land. His work had dealt very lightly with problems of construction. Furthermore, the President discovered that the foundation for a Reclamation Service had already been laid in the Geo logical Survey, whereas there had been no preparation in th Department of Ag riculture. Then entered Gifford Pinchot. the forester,, close friend of the Presi dent and intimate associate of Mr. New ell, and said the last word." Mr. Newell was given charge of the Reclamation Service, and Mr. Mead was told to go back to his desk and continue his old line of work. Wyoming's Knife for Newell. The appointment of Mr. Newell was a bitter disappointment to Mr. Mead: like wise to the delegation from Wyoming, and the time has never passed when the Wyoming "bunch" has lost an oppor tunity to throw bricks at the Reclama tion Service. There has been no open warfare, but a close observer has fre 1 quently seen some -one of the Wyoming crowd going around in the dark with a long sharp knife out, ready to Jab' the Reclamation Service, and particularly its head. The work as performed by Mr. Newell has never been right, In their eyes, yet, called upon to point out the flaws, the Wyoming people have failed. And with all their criticism, their state, in proportion to the amount It has con tributed to the reclamation fund, has re ceived greater benefits to date than al most any other state In the West Consolidate Rival Bureau. Now that Mr. Mead is no longer a fac tor, this old friction 'Is likely to disap pear. What is more, with Mr. Mead out of office, Congress is very apt to abolish the Irrigation Bureau, In the Department of Agriculture, or consolidate it with the Reclamation Service, where it properly belongs. Efforts have been made several times to bring about this conolidation, but Mr. Mead, by a personal fight, backed by Secretary Wilson, has always been able to stave off action. Theje Is nj other man In the Agricultural Depart ment as well Inforomed on irrigation as Mr. Mead. The best Irrigation ex perts In the Government service are now under the Reclamation Service, and the probabilities are that the con solidation will be brought about next Winter. There Is .no question that there should be consolidation, and it is the policy of the Administration to concentrate under a single ' head ail bureaus dealing with a common sub ject. If. tb,e . President takes a hand and urges consolidation, It Is likely to result, ' particularly as Congress has heretofore expressed -a desire to have but the one bureau handling irriga tion matters. Consolidation would be In the interest of good administration and eoonomy. It would save expenses and duplication of work. m - LIMIT TO SIZE Of NEW Gt'XS Navy Fixes It at 12 Inches, Aban doning the 13 -Inch Gun. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, -Washington, Sept. 13. Although the size of the battleships Is being steadily Increased, the size of their batteries is not to be increased in proportion: that is to say. the caliber of the heavy . guns will not be raised. , The 12-ineh gun is the maxi mum that is being Installed on American warships. For a time 13 inches was the maximum. The battleship Oregop- car ried four 13-inch guns, and several other battleships built at the same time 'car ried guns of that size. But in later years naval experts decided in favor of the 12- inch gun, and that is the battlesmp stand ard of today. Only recently the French government contracted for a number of 13.5-lnch guns for' some of Us new battleships, but the American navy would not follow suit. Experience demonstrated that a 12-Inch gun is practically as effective as one of larger caliber. It. carries about as far. its piercing capacity Is about the same. and the damage done by a perfect strike is all that is desired by ordnance ex perts. The 13-inch gun is much heavier than ' one of 12-lnch bore, and the am munition is much . weightier. It was found by experience that a battery of 13-inclr guns was in a sense a heavy handicap, in that it added great weight to a battleship when equipped for war. the Increased weight tending to retard speed. All things considered, naval ex perts concluded that there was a consid erable advantage In favor or tne Li-incn gun, and until this opinion is reversed this Government will continue to equip even its heaviest and largest battleships with guns of that size, notwithstanding what mav be done by- foreign navies. NEW USE OF ELECTRICITY Physicians Harness It to Regulate Blood Pressure. Pathfinder. ' What electricity may not come to ac complish few scientists or laymen would care to predict, so rapid has been its progress in such a wide field of useful ness during the past few years, from the manipulation of a simple toy to lifting huge tons of iron by magnetic force. Re produce some of the rooms of hospitals where treatment was given 60 years ago and compare them with the modern hos pltal treatment and you will be impressed with the large number of appliances that are electrical. One of the interesting treatments that are novf given Is that of electricity to regulate the arterial blood pressure. This pressure normally is that of six Inches of mercury, but In some diseases, as neuras thenia. It falls to four or five lnchesf and In some, as arteriosclerosis or hard ening of the arteries, it may rise to 10. This .hardening of the arteries has long baffled treatment; but now it Is declared to be curable by means of the electric current. Scientists have found that blood pressure is lowered Instantly by tho ac tion of high-frequency currents, and a wire cage has been devised in which tne patient is placed, seated on a chair. The cage walls are a spiral coil of wire which Is traversed by a high-frequency current. A transformer gives to the alternating current a tension of about 45.000 volts and a frenuencv of 500.000 .or 600,000 alterna tlons a second. Within five minutes aft ter the treatment was begun the arterial nressure dropped from 10 to 7 Inches. Re peated applications eventually reduced the pressure to normal. The rapidity of the reduction of the pressure seems to have nothing to do with the age or giav ity of the case, but to depend on the pa tient's digestion' Gouty and rheumatic patients have been relieved by the high frequency currents conveyed. In " this case, directly to the body by means of a conductor which Is held In both hands; If the arterial pres sure Is below normal the patient is seat ed on an insulated platform and grasps an electrode while the attendant holds the other electrode to which is attached a comb with many points. This gives an electric spray which is passed along the spine, the comb not touching it. By these treatments permanent relief in many cases Is being found. Fun at Wollula. Wallula Gateway. There was a bathing party on the sandy shores of the silvery Walla Walla one day last week. No. the man in tho moon did not hide his face, thus causing the eclipse. The giddy old fellow has seen worse. The bathing costumes' of the ladles were simple and Inexpensive. Some men's overalls and Jumpers, the former fluted at the bottom and cut decolette at the top. The Gateway girls were ar rayed In suits made of flour sacks, with the original brands displayed to the best advantage. Silas- George Fredrick Reetz wore a stunning pair of brown trunks, on the back of which was a flaming red circle as large as a drumhead. Of this he seemed very proud. a,nd kept it con stantly in sight, until Mrs. Reetz told the girls that the red was Just a patch that she had placed there. Bob Lucas did a few stunts, in fancy swimming. Just to display his Apollo 'like form. There is lots of fun on the beach at Walllula. New Coal Bunkers for Lightship. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 13. Rush or ders from Washington were received to day for the immediate construction of new coal bunkers on Goat Island for the use of the -Government lightships, so that the other bunkers there may be, used by the vessels of the Navy. 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