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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1908. 5 RAILROADS MUST SERVE ELEVATORS Federal Court Rules Against Discrimination in Supply ing Cars for Grain. SUIT AGAINST 0. R. & N. Jud;re Wolvcrton Pismires Motion to Quash Proceeding on Ground That Warehouses Are Depos itories for the Tubllc In dismissing the motion to quash the mandamus proceeding brought by the Northwestern Warehouse Com pany against the O. R. & N. Company to compel the defendant company to make an equitable distribution of Its cars among shippers. Judge Wolverton discusses In plain terms the duty of transportation agencies to shippers under the provisions of the interstate commerce act. The motion was dis posed of yesterday and, in doing so. Judge tVolverton holds that ware houses, although owned by private In terests, are public depositories for the storage of grain and cannot in any way be discriminated against by rail roads in the distribution of cars. The rule established by the railroad and requiring that orders for cars must be made through warehousemen is criticized by the court for the reason that it operates unfairly towards the small shipper and to the advantage of the larger shipper. Under the opera tion of this rule, however, holds the court, it Is the duty of the railroad to see that warehousemen deal fairly with all shippers In distributing cars and to see that the parties for whom the cars are assigned have the privi lege of their use. The court further holds that it is Incumbent on the rail road to require absolutely fair treat ment of all shippers under the rule or to form another rule that will attain such a result. Refused Cars to Company. The suit was a proceeding by writ of mandamus to require the O. R. & N. Company to furnish cars for the trans portation of grain for the complaining warehouse company in proportion to the number of cars furnished for a like service for the use of relator's competitors engaged -in the same busi ness. The warehouse company, in its complaint, represented that It had be tween 15.000 and 17,000 tons of wheat stored in warehouses, principally in Adams and Whitman Counties, Wash ington, on the lines of the defendant railroad company. It was charged by the shippers that the railroad company practiced gross discrimination in the. distribution of its cars for shipping purposes, with the result that the complainants were unable to secure scarcely any cars. In dismissing the motion of the railroad to quash the proceeding. Judge Wol verton discusses the duty of transpor tation agencies to all shippers as fol lows: Th railroud company owes a duty to the shipper that It will not unduly and un reasonably discriminate against him In favor of another or other shippers. This duty is Imposed by law and requires that the car rier shall not make Tor pive any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corpora tion or locality on any description of traffic in any respect whatever, or subject any par ticular company, flr-m, corporation or lo cality or any particular description of traf fic to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any market wliatover. s-uch. In effect, are the provisions of section .1 of the Interstate commerce act of Con gress. In arguing the motion to quash, .counsel for the railroad company con tended that the warehouses interested in the complaint were owned by pri vate parties: that they had been con structed and remained upon the com pany's right of way by its consent and were not recognized by it as public depots for the receipt and shipment of freight generally, and for that reason the railroad was entitled to adopt and insist upon such rules as it decided to prescribe. But the court holds that the warehouses, while owned by pri vate Interests, are' in the larger sense public depositories for the storage of grain and are open to all who desire the service, and for that reason dis crimination cannot be practiced. On this point the court says: Here, then, are two public, or rather nuasi-public agencies operating together. Both are performing a. public service one the storer. and the other the carrier of a staple commodity of large volurae. taking Its course in the channels of commerce. The storer has a specific duty to perform, name ly, to receive and receipt for and to load aboard cars when furnished; and the car rier to furnish the cars and transport the commodity when requested so to do. "While It mtght be. In strict legal right, that the former could refuse service to whomsoever it would, yet offer it to all. the railroad company cannot refuse Its services to any requiring It. tinder like or similar circum stances and conditions. The court further questions the right of the railroad company to insist that orders for cats be made through ware housemen, contending that this prac tice operates against the individual shipper and in favor of the larger firms operating on the company's line. As a result, during the recent car shortage, the court comments on the fact that the misappropriation of cars for shipping purposes was encour aged by the enforcement of this rule, which was manifestly tinfair to .the small shipper. Continuing the court says: The rule Inveighed against, while pri marily and ordinurlly not unreasonable, does not meet the exigencies of the present sit uation. The duty of the railroad company Is to see that no one is discriminated against. It Is clear that under the present operation of the rule, the warehousemen are obtaining preferences and advantages, while the other storers and shippers arc being uhjected to prejudice and disadvantage. The railroad company should remedy this Inequality, for It is altogether unjust and unreasonable. Tt should, therefore, see that the ware housemen, its agents, deal fairly with all shippers, themselves Included with the num ber. In ordering and distributing cars ac rording to the respective shippers' propor tionate share, and that the parties for whom they are assigned have the privilege of their use. Or it should see to it directly, -without the Interposition of such agencies. that Justice be done to all shippers according as Us duty requires it to do. The railroad company should either require absolutely fair treatment at the hands of the ware housemen or It should abrogate the rule, and form one to meet the exigencies of the situation. This duty the company cannot evade under the guise of a business regula tion. It Is a positive duty and must be ob served. As it relates to the sufficiency of the pe tition and affidavits there Is ample set forth therein to show prima facie, that the rail road company has hcen guilty of an evasion of its duty, imposed upon it by law : that It is. by the manner adopted of distributing Its ears for the service, subjecting the storers and exporters to an undue and un reasonable prejudice and disadvantage, and thereby discriminating against them in favor. of the warehousemen enpag also in the business of buying and exporting. Chit-Chat o! Sporting World FT -VVIL.L. G. MAC RAE. WHILE San Francisco fight fans are warring over whether Jeffries could whip John L. Sullivan, both in tuc-.r prime. New York fans are telling over which was the better, Joe Gans or "Elbows" McFadden. The English the tight fans use, like their arguments, is a bit wobbly. They aren't up to the parade and are struggling behind asking their way. Here is a' hot one: The Mayor of Havana will not permit lighting during the carnival week. The Mayor says prize fighting Is more brutal than bull lighting. What a keen sense of decency those Cubans have! Have you heard that United States Marshal C. J. Reed has taken up pistol target practice? Just ask the Marshal about the - bullseye he made the other day. He might get peevish, tout don't mind that. There is one more candidate for the di vorce mill and the human punching bag society. Miss Lena M. Heath mistook Jimmy Walsh, the fighter, for a Harvard football player and married him. Walsh Indignantly denied that he was a foot ball player and confessed to heing a fighter. Yet the minister tied the knot. Tat Donahue went East with a head full of conceit and his breath fuli of lies about the Coast' League. Chit-Chat pre dicted that he would be farmed out, and he has been. He has been chased to Toronto. The willing workers in the nut factory are working overtime. The brain of the baseball bug is throwing his usual Spring spasm already. CALL; BERKELEY CREW NORTH University of AVashlngton Will Pay Expenses of Californians. SEATTLE. Wash!,, Feb. 24. (Special.) Anxious to race the crews of Berkeley and Stanford, and having been informed that the California colleges cannot stand the expnse of defraying the trip of the University of Washington oarsmen south, the latter institution has made arrange ments to bring the southerners here to row on Lake Washington this Spring. Coach Garnet, of California, in a letter to Coach Conibear, of Washington, says that he wishes if possible to arrange for a match between the freshmen crews of the respective universities and this will probably be arranged for. It Is the in tention of the Washington men to make the coming regatta one of the biggest things of its kind ever held on 'the Pa cific Coast. SHERIFF STOPS PRIZE FIGHT Lewis County Authorities Spoil Sun day Artermon Fun Xear C'hehalis. TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 24. Deputy Sheriff King, of Lewis County, stopped a fight In the second round of what was to have been a 20-round contest between Billy Ross and Fred Darboe, near Cen tralla, yesterday afternoon. The princi pals and Referee Kelley were arrested and are held under $200 bonds. A crowd of 300 persons witnessed the contest, which was pulled off In an open field about a mile from the city limits of Centralia. At the Theaters What the Press Agents Say. CLOSE OF "XEW DOMINION" Clay Clement Will Appear as Baron Hohenstaufen Again Tonight. Tonight the Marquam will offer Clay Clement, the distinguished American actor, in his classical conception of Baron Hohen staufen in the "New Dominion." This Is one of the most famous plays that has adorned the American stage in the past 20 years and -when the principal role is enacted by its author and greatest exponent it be comes of great importance. 'GRAl'STAKK" AT THE BAKER First Production in Portland of the Beautiful Romantic Play. The Baker Theater Company has the honor of presenting to Portland theater-goers this week the first Portland production of Ceorge Brit MeCutcheon's famous romantic drama, "tirausiark." It Is dramatized from th popular novel and the world of readers of fiction are delighted with its appearance here. Miss Izetta Jewel as the beautiful Princess "Yetive Is rapidly Increasing her hold on the Portland public. At the Empire. A play of interest to women especially is "The Battle of Life" at the Empire this week. It deals with Dolores, a beautiful Mexican' girl, who, scorned and cast aside by the man she loved and trusted, plays a game of terrible and just vengeance. Bitter as she. Is In the pursuit of her desire, the general verdict is that the man got Just what he deserved. Star Matinee Today. This afternoon there will be a matinee of "Adrift in the World" at the Star The ater. This new play is being well presented and staged by the French Stock Company, the best popular priced stock organization In the country. This week's attraction is not a lurid melodrama, but a refined sen sational play, with novel situations anil some new scenic and realistic effects. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Herbert Keleey and Effie Shannon in "The Walls of Jericho." The attraction at the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, for four nights, beginning next Sunday, March 1, will be the celebrated stars, Herbert Kelcey and Kffio Shannon, in the society drama, "The Walls of Jericho." A special-price matinee .will be given Wednesday afternoon. The advance seat sale will open next Fri day at the theater box office for the entire engagement. "The Bells" at the Marquam. Tomorrow afternoon and night Clay Clement and his matchless company will present "The Bells" at the Marquam. Al ready the seat sale indicates the heaviest kind of an attendance and local theater goers are evidently very much Interested in the forthcoming performances. "Way Out West" Coming. Next Sunday afternoon the French Com pany will present tse greatest love drama offered the Portland public In many weeks. This Is not one of the Vblood-and-thunder" class, but one of those nice, smooth love stories that is sure to please every one of the Star patrons. Grease, paints and professional supplies at Woodard. Clarke & Co. Leaps to Watery Grave. BE IDLING HAM, Wash., Feb. 24. M. Nelson, a seaman on the ship Star of Alaska, discharging ballast in the har bor, leaped overboard this afternoon and was drowned. No cause Is known for the suicide. SHOT BY PLAMTE Hector Brault Killed at Mount Angel College. THOUGHT GUN WAS EMPTY Lloyd Holman Raises Shotgun to Prove That It Is Not loaded and Fires the Shot That Proves Fatal. The body of Hector Brault, the Mount Angel College student who was shot and killed by Lloyd Holman Saturday, while the hoys were out hunting, was brought to Portland last nieht by his father, A. J. Brault. and taken to the home of his parents. 231 Chapman street. The fun eral will be held on Wednesday. The shooting and killing of Hector Brault. while it -was an accident, is shrouded in mystery, for instead of young Brault meeting death by tne wounds of a 22 rifle, the 10-year-old lad was shot by a 16-gauge shotgun. What is yet to be explained is where young Holman got the shotgun. The first story of the shooting given out was that young Brault had received his deatn-wouna from a 22 rifle which his father had given him for a Christmas present. Who Is responsible for possessing the danger ous weapon is not known. It seems that both of the boys had been given permission to hunt on Fri day, and that students of the college have permission to have firearms with them at school. Not content with the fun of the Friday hunt. Brault and Holman made up their minds to have another day irl the woods. One of the boys had asked for permission to go hunting, and it had been denied, o it was decided to play truant. The boys, after being out several hours, were hastening back, so as not to be caught. They had reached a clearing when Holman, who had ex tracted the shell from the gun, but in advertently replaced it, aimed at his companion and fired, thinking to show him that the gun was empty. The weapon was discharged, and the con tents of the shell found lodgment in Brault's abdomen. In spite of the mortal wound he had received, young Brault is said to have staggered to his feet and broken open the weapon. The empty cartridge was found by Mr. Brault near the spot where his son was shot. After the shooting young Holman ran screaming to the college for help. The wounded child was carried to the school, but he died a few minutes later. Mr. Brault was notified, but did not reach the college until several hours after his son had died. When the news of the accidental shooting reached Portland, it soon spread to the homes of parents whose boys were attending the college. The fact that the names of the boys that were parties to the sorrowful accident were not known caused a great deal of anxiety. Anxious mothers and fathers kept the telephone busy yesterday for assurances that it was not their child who had met death. Arrangements for the funeral of Hector Brault have not been com pleted. TRIES TO PROVE NOT LOADED Lloyd Holman Aims at Playmate and Pulls Gun's Trigger. MOUNT ANGEL, Or., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Saturday afternoon Hector Brault, aged 10 years, was shot and killed by Lloyd Holman. aged 13. Both boys were students at Mount Angel College, their parents residing in Portland. Lloyd, who owns a shotgun, asked per mission of the preseldent of the college to go hunting. The request being re fused, he went without permission, and Hector with him. The boys, about half past 3 in the afternoon, attempted to return without being seen, and Lloyd, in his hurry and excitement to escape observation by the college authorities, extracted the shell from his gun and inadvertently replaced it. The replac ing of the charge in the gun was ob served by Hector, who called Lloyd's attention to the fact. Lloyd, to prove to his little -friend that the gun was empty, pulled the trigger, and to his dismay and horror, the gun went off, the full charge of ehot passing through little Hector's abdomen. Medical as sistance was soon called, but nothing could be done to save the unfortunate boy's life. He died at 11 o'clock at night, remaining conscious until near the end. His parents were notified of the la mentable occurrence and arrived only a few minutes before life passed away. The body was chipped to Portland this afternoon. The remains were accom panied to the depot by the faculty and student body. No blame is attached to the college for this most unfortu nate affair. It is another case of "didn't know it was loaded." FUNERAL OFE. M.BRAHNICK SERVICES OVER THE REMAINS HELD AT CATHEDRAL. Body Will Be Shipped to Davenport, ' la., This Morning for ' Interment. Funeral services over the remains of the late E. M! Brannick were held yes terday, morning preparatory to ship ping the body to Davenport, Iowa, where it will be interred. The body was removed from the chapel of Dun ning. McEntec & Gilbaugh and escorted to the pro-cathedral, where a solemn requiem high mass was celebrated by Right Reverend Alexander Christie, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Oregon. Frederick V. Holman, Edgar B. Piper, Colonel David M. Dunne and C. J. Reed, of Portland: C. A. Quigley. of Salt Lake City, and W. F.. Wiggins, of Chicago, all life-long friends of the deceased, acted as pallbearers. A large delega tion of members of the G. A. R., the T. P. A., and the Arlington Club, with which organizations the decedent was actively affiliated, were in attendance at the ceremonies. As showing the esteem in which Mr. Brannick was held by his employers and fellow-employes, the Studebaker Company Instructed all its representa tives who could possibly reach here in time to attend the services and ar ranged for C. A. Quigley, manager of the Salt Lake branch, to accompany the re mains to Davenport, la., the place of In terment. At the interment the company will be represented by Mr. Fish, presi dent of tlfe Studebaker Company North west, and officers of the home company at South Bend, Ind-, and associate man agers of Central and Eastern states in paying a last tribute to Mr. Brannick. Among the telegrams received by Mrs. Brannick yesterday were messages of condolence from J. M. Studebaker. head of the corporation, anu his son-in-law, F. S. Fish, a prominent official of the com pany. Mr. Studebaker's message was as follows: "I can sympathize with you in the loss of ' your husband, because he has been with us so long that he seems like a brother to me. He was a grand, good man and our company loses a representa tive whose fidelity, industry and capacity are rarely equalled." Mr. Fish wired to Mrs. Brannick the following tribute: "My personal sorrow, the great loss sustained by the Portland company, also the loss to the City of Portland, through Mr. Brannick's death, I cannot adequately express In a telegram. My sympathy , for you and yotir son can only be measured by the affection I bore your husband." The following representatives of the Studebaker Company were present yes terday at the funeral of Mr. Brannick: W. B. Pond, factory manager. South Bend, Ind. : C. A. Quigley. general man ager Studebaker Brothers Company, of Salt Lake. Utah: C. N. Weaver, office manager,' South Bend, Ind.; M. W. Klncald. manager Seattle branch Stude baker Brothers Company, Northwest; I. J. Coffman. representative at Spokane. Wash.: John Smith, representative at Walla Walla; Mr. Swlsson, representative at Tacoma. The body will be taken East over the O. R. & N., starting this morning, and accompanying it, besides Mr. Quigley, will be Edward J. Brannick and" Mrs. E. M. Brannick. son and widow of the dead man. and his sister, Mrs. Desmond, of Davenport, la. Tribute to E. M. Brannick. WOODBURN. Or.. Feb. 24. (To the Editor.) As president of the Oregon State Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers' Association, I desire to ex press our sorrow and mourn with Port land and his relatives in the death of E. M. Brannick. In him we have lost a true friend whom we all loved, hon ored and cherished. To the bereaved family we extend our sympathies. HENRY J. ALTNOW, President. LEG BROKEN IN RUNAWAY Another Man and the Horse Badly Cut by Wire Fence. KL'GEXE, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) L. S. Hills, superintendent of logging camps for the Booth-Kelly Company, suffered a broken leg in a runaway yesterday, while Fred Brockman was seriously cut about the head by being thrown into a wire fence. One of the horses was fatally Injured by being cut on the fence. DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST Captain Couverette, One Time Com modore to the Astors. CHE II A LIS, Wash., Feb. 24. Captain C. L. Couverette died in Chehalis last night at St. Helen's Hospital, of can cer. , He was 67 years old. The deceased was for 27 years captain on the Great Lakes and at one time commodore of the yacht Idler, when it was owned by the Astors. Subsequently he was Govern ment. Inspector of Locks on the Lakes. Two children survive Captain Couverette, Rev. V. C. Couverette, of Francis, Wash., and Miss May Couverette, of Rochester, N. Y. John Milton Watson. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 24. (Special.) John Milton Watson, aged 67 years, died at the Soldiers' Home at Orting yester day, of paralysis. He was first stricken a year ago while living with his family in Tacoma. but remained at home until four months ago, when it was deemed advisable to give him the care to which he was entitled in the hospital of the Soldiers' Home. Besides his widow he is survived by two sons, Charles and David, who are at present near Portland, Or., the former being superintendent of construction for Grant Smith & Company, contractors on the North Bank Railroad on the Colum bla River, and David, who is an account ant in one of the camps for the same company. Walla Walla Pioneer of '59. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Special.) William W. Wiseman, 79 years old, one of the early settlers of the Northwest, died this morning at the home of his son, R. B. Wiseman, of 424 Third avenue, West. General debility incident to old age was the cause, Mr. Wiseman was born . September 27, 1828. He crossed the plains in 1S59, and settled in the Walla Walla Valley. Mr. Wiseman is survived by the following children: Mrs. John A. Emory, of San Francisco; Mrs. Susan Johnston, of Los Angeles; R. B. Wiseman, of Seattle; Thomas Wiseman, of Goldfield. Nev. : Benjamin Wiseman, of Los Anseles, and Harry Wiseman. Spanish War Veteran. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. .(Spe cial.) Joseph Trlssler, veteran of the Spanish War and Philippine compaigns, died this morning at the home of his mother, in this city, from complications resulting from his Army service. Trlss ler served In Company G, First Washing ton Infantry, and participated in, all tne campaigns of his regiment. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon, un der the auspices of John Barlow Camp, Spanish-American War Veterans. KESUME WORK AT TACOMA Northern Pacific Shops to Take on Full Crew March 1. TACOMA, Wash.,' Feb. 24. (Special.) It is announced unofficially that op erations with a full crew will be re sumed at the Northern Pacific shops March 1. A number of men were laid off early in the Winter, and all depart ments have not run full time for ev eral months. The improvement of busi ness conditions and an increase in traffic makes the resumption of work necessary. Cues Razor on Her Rival. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) During a quarrel over their lover, who was claimed by each, Lottie Lewis, a colored denizen' of the restricted dis trict, slashed Effie Moore. a white woman, in the abdomen and face with a razor, inflicting injuries that arc expected to result fatally. Both the Lewis woman and the colored man who was the cause of the quarrel are under arrest. Pleased With Capistrano. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Special.) Inasmuch as a great deal of stock on the new steamer Capistrano is held here, the result of her trial trip in Portland Harbor Is received with good feeling. The Capistrano was taken for a trial trip down the Willamette and Columbia rivers Saturday in command of Captain F. R. Harrlman, Pilot Harry Emken and Chief Engineer C. M. Martin. A large number of invited guests made the trip. Loot Schooner's Larder. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 24. (Special.) During early Saturday evening, while the vessel was left temporarily with no one aboard, sneak thieves went through 41 1 19 HEN w the good With an Edison Phonograph you can make your own programme select only the music, songs and sketches that you want to hear, have as many encores as you please, as long a pro gramme as you please and intermissions when you have a mind to take them you have the best talent at your instant command. There is a dealer near you who will show you the new Edison model with the big horn,v or we will mail descriptive catalogue. M arch OF what use would it be to produce a Phonograph as perfect as the Edison if there were no Records good enough for it ? We make not only the Edison Phonograph , ourselves, but we also make the Edison Records, perfectly adapted to the Edison Phonograph. 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