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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1911)
OREGOmN. WEDNESDAY, MS. JOSSELYN C0NDUCT3 PARTY ON EfSPECXION TRIP THROUGH RIVER MILL HYDRAULIO POWER toppixii PLANT, PARKISON IN DEAL -1 in Sam Cohen, Circulator of Ref erendum Petitions, Con fesses Name Forgery. . rr t--r- f v.;,.' -1 A.:-iV MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED -t Aii5Al CAPTIVE INVOLVES i Prloner Taken to Palem bj-( Burnt Itertiv) Reveal Whols Sobem and &aj Leadrr Mat ITare Known Peewit. That iL J Parklaon. manager of the fht to refer the legislative approprla- t'en fir the t"nlvrlty of Orp)n, had tn.'rentlal knowledge, at Imt. that the petition waa full of forgerle when . n ed It. I the eertlon of 8am CiJ-en. petition cmilator ondor arrt. who h in1 full ronfMlon of hla ir in tn trptlon. Inrolrln , din otSr. an.1 lnurtn. My frlnda os t.-. ur..r.i v. th rJtlon of tha rfrniuTi petition from th ballot. oftri. in lapt to b rrptd of (!? mn avilr.pt whom romplalnte hr bn n.'d. ra b-n In rutody two 4y. hut tho nwa of hla arrrat haa en kpt q-.ilt. pndtnir an lntrrlw !n him an.1 JihIk Plator. attor nv fr te urfvoralty. 'Tho confession of Cohen." aI4 Judit Sitter, "further Implicate tha men who re ire.1y In M'l or who !- under arreet In Portland and alo irentloned i other names of men who r connected with the KIM peti tion an perpetrator of fraud. Con- '.eierlrT the fact that tho Kill peti tion have been demroyen. a I unner ktnd It. proecutton under thl head will rot be attempted. I)l r'lortf- Are t'M-l. -Cohen told how dlrectorle and tele phone bnk were used In obtalnlna; name to place' on the petition and in rvcrv wav hi confession wa lml- lar to confeons that have been made pnMIr provlou to thla time. JjHirn Slater ay he expect to have the complaint In the civil ult to aire the appropriation for the L'atversliy of Oregon ready for nilna: by the laet of thl week. Cohen had been ou;ht by the W. J. Furn letectlv aitency ever ainca tha flrt complainta were nied. aeverai week tio, but eluded the detectlvea. either by accident or design. He wa flnallv picked up by a Constable on w.mhlncton atreet Monday afternoon. went before the Juatlce Court, waived examination and wa held to the grn Jury. Then, having (riven O. H. Kul- rr. manaaer of the detective arenry, a.uran'e that he would telt what he knew, he wa released on hla own rec airnlxance. Confession Made In Salem. Kulper had not proceeded fr In the Interview In hi office. Monday after noon, before be dlctvered tre value of the endear and telephoned to J'iriae Slater, arranging; an Interview for yeaterday. Kulper and Cohen went to Salem yeeterdny and epent mot of the day In the once of the former Su preme Court Justloo. coins over the jr round. Intricate connection between tha for geries on the referendum petition and throe on the city Initiative measure Introduced by ex-Counellman El I la Is shown bv Cohen" confelon. Deeper delving. It I kid. will probably how triat tnere wa an organised system of petition peddling, whereby frud waa ln)rted. not only Into the three peti tion which have been quetoned. but many other that have parsed without rnsplclon. A doien youth are lrapll ca'ej. at least three of whom are un der Indl.-tment for forging name on li-e K'.ll petitions, prior to the last tltr election. Prisoner Involve I'arkison. It wa through thla fact, aay Cohen, that the alleged knowledge of Parkl on wa brought to light. When five met were arreted April 1J. charged with raddlng the Kill petition, and -were arraigned In the Municipal Court. Parkleon took some Interest In their rae. It Is alleged by Cohen that tha fame men were circulating hi referen dum petition at the same time, and that he assumed that flaw existed In It similar to those In the petition at lss'ie. He had advanced the circulator sum of money aggregating about 1:50. and he demanded till back, promising t.-.at If It was returned he would de stroy their tainted documents and tnus relieve them frm a poslshle second prosecution over the university peti tion. The offr wa refuaed. and Park lson thereafter. sya Cohen, filed part of the petition which he had offered to first roy. Cohen says that hi own receipt from Parklaon had amounted to !3& rut that the attorney demanded ISO. In fault of which he threatened to aend 'oh.en M the renltentiary for Ave Vnr. Eventually Cohen- petition waa lot tiled with those of the other. Iarklson to lie Called. The Informant, an Intelligent youth, tf a good family, and working under the assumed name of Cohen, went Into JonglhT detail of hla communications Nrlth, the other circulators, and Intl Xiiated that tha Injection of forgeries v.s deliberate and concerted. A a result of Cohen statement, tiddltonal arrests are expected, while trill other cases will not be made the Tas!a of Informations In the lower courts, but will be carried directly to the grand Jury. Parklaon will be re 7tlred to return to Portland and gl ve .! M of the matter. Proved forgeries on the petition rumber ooo. and many more are tinder 11 dgrees of suspicion, says retectlv Kulper. He and Justice Slater" are elatel at the developments and aay un hesitatingly that the petition la too rid dled with fraud to have any chance of getting upon the ballot. Parklson Is said to be In California, snd hla representattvee aert that he I ready to return upon call and assist In clearing up the case. Five men are hld to the grand Jury, and the hearing c.f their cases will probably be made te basis of a sweeping Investigation of the petition business In genoral. A probe of this nature was predicted at the time of the Indictment of the Kltta clrcnlatora. but pressure of business. Including the Investigation of the po lice department, force! If postpone ment, with the additional data now In l-s.n1. It la believed by the Interested r"1clals that the grand Jury will lnves t'gsfe with a view to breaking up the Tetttirm-peddling trade altogether. I.Tgra Ax Nearly r-ever Hand.. SPRING FTELP. Or.. Aug. 1. Spe rlal. ) A logger named Shelly, working In a lumber ramp throe miles from thl rlty on the Willamette River, between here and Natron, nearly lost his hand Vhen the bead of the apark ax with sjrhlch Ms partner was working flerw tf the handle and struck Shelly on tna- wrUU J it - - . . k. , I -e. ...... - . ;:;(s r jamtmammm H 'gjgggjj-afi mam atom .. ! n iJMslsassassassasaWBasxr ..ft-. nnw InUKTilSfi FROM LEFT TO KIGHT AHEi O. B. COLDWEM, F. XV. HILD, I-PPKR P,rTS.W.iT joTKL F R FiaMKR Vn A. 4 BD F.R I.OWKR PICTt REl SHOWING CROSS- IroZ fnAr?yil' f" pert eracb to hollow .nter.or-spacb in fore- Ssu TO HE WAtLKD I, HOLDIXH WATKK BACK OF IT. BIG PLANT VIEWED Newspaper Men See Work in Progress at River Mill. JOSSELYN IS DAY'S HOST Engineer Usher Explain) Hugo Project Enormous Pirn Shown, lit Plants Are to Sup ply rower Needed. Yesterdav was "ye" day for a party of Portland newpaper men who were urts of President Joweiyn. or me Portland Railway. Light A Power Company, on an Inapectlon trip to the vdraulle power planta at caaaaero ana m..i- Mill whnre the electric energy that la to anpply tha future light, heat ind power for thl city ana urrounu ng district is to be generated, vi - imwivn and the engineers In charge of the work L. I. Fletcher and F. R. Fisher led the visitor tnrougn . v. . Tiiv-r rni which ts under construction, and by careful explana tion nf n.n.. and ritall tmDressed on the party something of the nature and effect of the gigantic undertaking. It wa certain that the newspaper vn.n nn. of whOm I S V.rSed in tllS technical knowledge of electrical orhy- aullc engineering. Knew nine aooui lat which they saw and all they could ,v after each utterance of their guide waa "Yes." Tonne: Engineer Explains. "Now. you know this 1 an Ambur- son type af dam." eald Mr. Fisher, the young engineer from Philadelphia, who came to see that the Puget Sound Fridge Dredging Company, which haa the contract for the big Job. does the work acceptably to the Portland RaJl- y. Light Power Company. "Tes." asnented the reporter In uni son. None' or tnem knew wnat tna term "Ambti rsen meant until it waa explained to them that a man named Ambursen determined, by experiment and calculation, that by using a given amount of materiel, a dam hollow con structed and with a sloping surface gainst the water will support a murh greater weight than a dam containing th same amount of material built In the usual way of solid masonry stand ing, vertical against the stream. "Ton see. this kind of a dam. which slopes tirvurd from Its base at an angle of 41 degree. I upported. In part by the natural pressure of the water downward against It sloping side." further explained Mr. Ftaher. . Hollow Space Llgited. a. "The width at the bottom I 150 feet." he continued, "and It alopes up toward the top. where It la only eight feet al Inchee thick. Tha wall that face the water 1 called the deck, and la four feet thick at the bottom. It la supported throughout by atel bars. Back, of this four-foot -wall, you ee i ... a big opening, occupying nearly all the remaining " width of 1R0 feet and ex tending the full length of the struc ture. Thl will be utilized In part by the power-house. The entire hollow portion will be open and Illuminated. A man will be able to walk through It from end to end to make repairs." "Tea." wag the monotonous answer. 'The length of the structure." ha went on. "la 7 feet, and Ita height from base to crest at the spillway is 80 feet. The bulkhead Is 17 feet higher." "Tes." responded hla Interviewers once more, not knowing until afterward that the "spillway" Is that portion of tha dam over which the unused water Is allowed to flow, and that the "bulkhead" la that portion from which the water that finally la utilised for power pur pose Is held. Waferflow It Regulated. "The water will drop through five pen stocks. 11 feet In diameter, a distance of 0 feet to the turbine machines that will run the generator," he added. These pen stocks will open Into the big body of water that will be contained behind the dam. A governing machine In the power-house will regulate auto matically the flow Of water In the pro portion In which It 1 needed to furnish power for the city. The total capacity of the plant, when completed, will be about 30.UO horsepower." "Yes." drawled the bewildered visitors, the aituatlon now beginning to dawn upon them. Then Mr. Fletcher, who haa charge of construction work for the contracting firm, told them something of the amount of material that la required. Among other things fC.) barrels of cement will be used. formlBg 5i0 cuhlo yard of concrete. Reinforcing steel of a total weight of 100 tona and atructural ateel weighing ISO tona aleh will be required. Each of the five turbine will throw SS0 cubic feet of water per second against the turbine engines. Fire, Plains lo Be Used. The principle of generation to be em ployed in the new River Mill plant will be. the same as that now In use at the Caaadero plant. In which five generators are at work. The drop there la lZt feet but the pen atocka are not as large aa those at River Mill. The Cazadero plant now la used for furnishing power to Portland. Tha party alao visited the Caaadero plant and the site of the fpper Clacka maa dam on which lam.oro haa already been spent In preliminary work. The route to the Oak Grove dam site, 15 mllea beyond Upper Clackamas, waa pointed out. This will provide still an other generating plant, making five In all on the Clackamaa River, and giving the Portland Railway, Light Power Com pany approximately 100.000 horsepower of energy from the use of this one stream without wasting any of the water. A wagon road Is under course of con struction from I'pper Clackamas to Oak Drove, but the grade and roadbed are such thst they can be utilized for a railroad If necessary. By continuing this road a new route across the Cascades would be practicable. BesMes Mr. Joiselyn snd the news paper men the party Included F. W. Hlld. general manager of the company; F. D. Hunt, tramo manager: O. B. Coldwell. general superintendent of llht and power service: F. P. Maiae, who haa Just arrived here from Newark. N. J., to be master mechanic, and W. T. Buchanan, publicity agent. A scheme U mooted smong business men for hoMlnx a Jurin-Clioejn exhibition at Seoul la April. 5 3 w a .' .f A x - . :VvV- Auto Men Will Open Highway Battle Here. SESSION BEGINS FRIDAY City Will Bo Host to Scores of Re cruit to Movement Xow Coming- From Seattle and Other Xorthweat Towns. Portland will be host this week to core of automobile enthusiasts who are determined to have goods -roads throughout the Northwest and the Pa cific Coast., The occasion will be the annual meeting of the Pacific Highway Association, which will convene Fri day at the Commercial Club. The ses sion will last two days. To oomplete arrangements for tha entertainment of the visiting motorists the directors of the Portland Automo bile Club will meet In special session tonight at 8 o'clock. Every attention will be paid the good road delegate. Literature giv ing detail of the beat scenlo routes around the city has been provided and will be distributed to the visitors. Betterment of Road Aim.. The Pacific Highway Association, while essentially a northwestern or ganization, has for Its object the bet terment of the roada along the entire coast. It I conducting a strenuous campaign for a direct route between Vancouver. B. C and Tla Juana. Mex ico, thla to be. completed before the opening of the San Francisco exposi tion in 1915. Sixty-two car owners representing; the Seattle Automobile Club will enter the annual tour of that association. All will visit this city and attend the con vention. Parties .from Vancouver. B. C, and Victoria. Including- Mayor Tay lor, of the former city, .will also be here. L. E. Warford, of Portland, who had charge of the automobile parade at the Seattle Potlatch. returned home yester day. While In the northern city he noticed a marked Improvement In the friendly spirit manifested by Seattle people toward Portland. This was caused, he asserts, by the grand turn out of Portland automobllea In the Se attle parade. Portland Will Benefit. "Portland will reap a rich gain from the magnificent showing; made In the Potlatch automobile parade." said Mr. Warford. "Many automobile owners have signified their Intention of coming here to attend tb.e good roads conven tion, and already a 'lOOO' club haa been organized there. This organization plana to aend 1000 Elks to the annual convention of that body here next year. "Another Portland convention in which Seattle people will be well rep- GOOD ROADS SLOGAN '11 MM If't and preserve purity. We scald every tub, keg and barrel every pipe and pumpevery time we use it. We wash every bottle four times by machinery: Even the air in which the beer is cooled is filtered. It is aged for months in glass enameled tanks. It can not cause biliousness. It will not ferment in your stomach. If you knew what we know about beer, you would say, "Schlitz Schlitz in Brown Bottles." Thai Made M resented Is the annual meeting of Ro tary clubs her August 14, 25 and 26. "Portland's consistent and rapid commercial gains has opened wide the eyes of the northern people. Open ad miration for the Rose City Is expresed and I had all kinds of Inquiries con cerning; Its business status." DRUGSELLER IS SENTENCED Chinese Sent to Rockplle for JTInety Daya for Cocaine Traffic. " For the fourth" time since the police department. Municipal and Juvenile Courts began their combined campaign against the Illicit sale of cocaine and other drug, the maximum penalty was Imposed yesterday by JuOge Tazwell, in the case of Ah Chew, who was sen tenced to pay & fine of 1200 and to be Imprisoned for 90 days, after having been caught by Patrolman Royle -n the Bet of selling the drug, at his place, at 285 Flanders street. Effort was made to introduce tk tes timony of a negress to oppose that of the arresting; officer, but when counsel for the defense mentioned that the wo man was a morphine user, the court Informed him that It would be useless to call her. as her testimony would have no weight. Officials have not abated their vigil ance and hope to bring to Justice the proprietors of several drugstores In the shopping district, who are said to be extensive dealers In the drug. Ah Chew gave no notice of appeal yesterday, and It is probable that he will be the first to expiate his offense by going to the rockplle. The other cases are ail on appeal. Two whites and two Chinese are under sentence for engaging in the traffic, the whites being Solomon Miller, a South Portland druggist, convicted of selling cocaine to young boys, and J. P. Murphy, caught several months ago In his offices In the Dekum building by Patrolman Nelson. RATE DECISION IS TOPIC Mr. Teal to Explain Spokane Case to Business Men. r t Working In conjunction, the Cham ber of Commerce and me Commercial Club are arranging a meeting at the club In the near future to discuss the Spokane rate decision and the attitude business men of Portland should adopt aa a result of it. J. N. Teal will be the principal apeaker, and will give those who attend a complete review of the decision and its relation to the business Interests of the city. Among- other things, the project of opening the Columbia from the Snake River to the Canadian line will be dis cussed, and also the down-river haul In the Columbia as a factor in lowering out coming and incoming rates at near ly every point save Portland. "The plans for the meeting are still -. . h i .mK r-T-a " said Kecretarv rrru v muui . ...... j . Olltner. of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. "We nave not yei Deter mined whether to hold It In the form Lipht in pure beer. Dark glass gives protection against light. Schlitz is bottled in a brown bottle to protect its purity from the brewery to your glass. In the Schlitz Brewery, some say, protection against impurity is carried to an absurd extreme. We don't think so. We have adopted every idea, every invention to attain ' "TheB eer n B" siwauicceraiious of a luncheon or an evening; assembly. Mr. Teal's address will be the most important feature of the programme. We shall probauly also arrange for addresses by others who are qualified to speak authoritatively on the sub ject." Astoria's Rainfall Ivess Than Usual. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 1. (Special.)" According to the records In Weather Observer GUmore'a office the rainfall in Astoria during- July waa .4 of an Inch, which was .62 inches less than the average for the cocrespondinfr month of former years. The greatest amount of precipitation during any 24 hours was .16 Inches on July 6 and there were five days on which there was a trace of rain. The maximum temperature was 89 degrees on the 23d and the minimum was 46 degrees on the 11th. ' $9,500,000 in volume of trust prop erties held by our com pany is substantial evidence of satisfactory service rendered. We handle estates, bond issues, escrows, and do a general trust and banking business. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST Capital $150,000.00 Officers and Director W . H. Fear President Willard Caae Vice-President O. C. Bortxmeyer Cashier K. M. Hnldea. . .Assistant Cashier Gustav Fretwald, Geo. 5T. Davis, Jamea B. Kerr. Opea Saturday Evenings to 8. starts decay even Phones1 Henry Fleckenstein & Co., 204-206 Second St, Portland, Ore. One very desirable thing that can be said of the Woods Electric is that the person who owns one can always be sure of the class, the standing and quality of his vehicle. There, cannot possibly be any doubt. That it is the proper Soci ety Electric is shown by the fact that it has been adopted by Chicago's "400," and any afternoon or evening function is the signal for a gathering of Woods Elec trics. As water seeks its level so also does Quality seek the Woods, and "you can't go back of the returns," as evi denced by every street, ave nue, 'boulevard and park. Chicago. Local Agent, COVEY MOTOR CAR CO, 21st and Washington Streets. ti" j vnj-rJi'iT Y