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This Is due to the necessity of making certain measurements In the river at the point where it Is proposed to build a dam, in order to arrive at estimates of cost. The Government may grant a tem porary right of -way for the proposed state portage road at the dalles, provid ed it will not interfere with work on the canal. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 30. Representative Moody today had a telegram from the Portland Chamber of Commerce, asking when the report of the Board of Engineers on the Dalles Canal project -will be completed, and how soon actual work will be com menced. He was Informed by General Gillespie that the report would probably not be completed until after tho-'adjourn-ment of Congress, as the board,, before reaching a conclusion, needs further specific data as to the flow, volume and depth of the river at the point where. In the Harts plans, it Is proposed to con struct a dam. The engineers of the board and the de partment say ithis.ts, one of the, .most dif ficult engineering problems they have ever encountered and, while there is no doubt about the ability to construct and maintain a canal, It Is a delicate mat ter to determine Just what plan will best accomplish this purpose and still remain within Captain Hart's estimate of $4,000,000. When the additional data has been submitted by Captain Langfitt. it will be considered In determining upon the project that will be recommended for construction. Representative Moody today also asked the - Chief of Engineers whether or not the War Department would annrove a right of way along the Columbia river between the Dalles and Cellio.for the pro posed state portage road. The Chief of Engineers stated that there was nrece dent for granting such privileges In slml lar cases, but only temporarily, but he could take no action in this instance un til he was advised of the exact right of way proposed to be Occupied by the port age road, and had other details regarding the proposed construction. He also de sired to be fullv nnviRMl ns to nnv lorWc latlon enacted by the L-egisIature with re gard to the project. Mr. Moody believes the department will be willing to grant temporary right of way, provided the road, as constructed will in no way interfere with work that is to be undertaken on the Dalles-Celllo Canal. IVEY ANSWERS ASSAILANTS. Say Corporation Oppone Lesisln tion In Interest of Alaska. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 30. Ex-Collector of Cus toms J. W. Ivey, of Alaska, who has been in Washington throughout the session of Congress urging legislation for Alaska, when told today that the Juneau Cham ber of Commerce had withdrawn his cre dentials on the ground that he has broken faith with that organization, said he had not heard of the action, and furthermore was at a loss to understand the report, as he has not and never did have cre dentials from that body, although bear ing them from many other chambers In Alaska. "I have just discovered," said Ivey, "that Juneau interests are endeavoring to secure an amendment to the townslte and license bill providing for the removal of the capital to Juneau. I have taken no hand In that 'directldn, as I am here In the Interest of Alaska at large and not any one section. It may be that the Juneau people are incensed because I am not pushing their cause, but neither am I working for any other sectional legis lation. It appears to me that perhaps I have been misrepresented to the Ju neau Chamber, and that it has taken some adverse action under a misappre hension. "I know that the corporations of Alaska are working as hard ar, they can to de feat the general legislation now pending. They are trying to defeat the Delegate bill, because they think a Delegate in Con gress would disclose some of their schemes and block legislation that they are trying to rush through Congress, sole ly for their own benefit. They are also fighting other Important legislation, and possibly, to accomplish their end, have endeavored to discredit me, beginning -In Alaska,' and working toward Washington. "Whatever may have been done by the Juneau Chamber, I will not cease my labors -for Alaska legislation. I am work ing night and day to get through the Delegate bill, the bill making Alaska a separate lighthouse district, appropria tions for new lighthouses, a live-saving station at Nome, a better homestead law, some adequate coal land laws, a salmon hatchery for Southeastern Alaska, and several other things. These are the mat ters I am pressing, and we are going to get some of them through. In spite of the opposition of the corporations. I un derstand they are charging that I want to be the Alaska delegate. If one Is au thorized. I don't want that job, but I do want to see Congress legislate." POWER DAMS ON THE COLUMBIA. Strict Provlitlon In Bill That Naviga tion Shall Not Be Obstructed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 30. Senator Foster's bill,' passed by the Senate yesterday, author-1 Izing the construction of dams in the Columbia River at points between Wenatchee and Kettle Falls, Is intended to permit the diversion of the waters of the stream for the purpose of generating electric and other power. The bill was amended by the committee so as to prevent any diminution in the flow of the river, or any Interference with commerce, It being stipulated that no dams shall bo constructed except where. In the opinion of the Secretary of War, navigation interests will not be damaged. Before authority is granted for the con struction of any dam, the plans must first be approved by the Secretary and at his discretion such conditions may be Im posed as are necessary to protect tho pub lic interests!. It is further provided that nothing In the act shall be construed as a surrender by the Federal Government of Its right to improve the Columbia River at the locality mentioned whenever Con gress adopts a project for such improve ments. The Secretary of War is empowered at all times tof modify, change or entirely remove any dams built under authority of this1 act, such alteration or removal to bo at the expense of the damowners, the Government being liable for no losses that may occur by reason of any future plan of river Improvements. All rights granted by the bill will cease unless the work Is commenced within two years and completed within five years. Senator Foster says there is consider able demand from tho region tributary to the Upper Columbia River for electric power for various purposes, and his bill is Intended to allow responsible parties to avail themselves of the water power now going to waste. TO INVESTIGATE TRUSTS. Senate "Will Iiinlnt on Bureau of Corporation, But Nothing More. OREGONIAN NEWS .BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 30. The Senate conferees on the Department of Commerce bill have been instructed to insist upon tho adop tion of an 'amendment to the pending bill providing for the establishment in the new department of a Bureau of Corpora tions, with a duly appointed chief and as sistant chief. . U the iritehdo f,.? the Senate that ttils bureau shall exercise oyer other cor p6ratlons practically the same functions as are exercised by the Interstate Com merce Commission over railroads. In other words, the bureau Is intended to give publicity to the inside working of irtl corporations except-railroads. It-Is gen erally believed that If this amendment prevails it will constitute about all the anti-trust legislation which can be ex pected at this session of Congress, aside from the $300,000 appropriation in the leg islative bill. The Commissioner of Corporations If he be appointed, will be required to make diligent Investigations" Into and report upon the organization, conduct and man agement of the business of corporations engaged In commerce among the several states or with foreign nations, and" to gather other information which will as sist the President In recommending legis lation for the regulation of all such cor porations. The amendment Is In effect a publicity trust bill, authorizing the appointment of ofllcI-Js to carry on the work of collect ing data to be given to the public. There will be a strong fight on the amendment, but with what result cannot be found out. Ilernmnn'M Secretary RexIsnH. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 30. Orville H. Dodge, of Roseburg, Or., who has been confidential secretary to Commissioner Hermann dur ing his Incumbency In the Land Office, ha3 resigned, to take effect February 1. LONG'S CONDITION SERIOUS Only Slight Improvement Noticed He la Still Dellrlons. BOSTON. Jan. 30. Although John D Long, ex-Secretary of the Navy, who is at St. Margaret's Hospital, held his own, there was no material improvement In his condition and he continues to be very sick man. On' the other hand, no serious complications are anticipated for some hours and Miss Margaret Long, who arrived this afternoon from Balti more, went down to the family home stead at Hlngham tonight The physicians in attendance on Mr. Long are loath to give encouragement. Frequent bulletins were Issued during the day and evening by the physician in charge. There was some Improvement during the day, which was counteracted later by a rise in temperature, pulse and respiration, so at 10 o'clock tonight the doctors coutd only say there was no material improvement but that he was holding his own. Technical details re garding the disease have not been given out, except to the effect that Mr. Long is threatened with uremic poisoning. The physicians have deemed It wise to keep to themselves the matter of nourishment. the relative strength nnd the analysis of the secretions, so that It Is difficult even lor a professional to diagnose the case. That Mr. Long Is seriously ill, however. Is admitted and there has been during the day Interest as to his condition and the chance of recovery. Dr. Spooncr returned from Hlngham at 10 o'clock and relieved the other two phy sicians. He said that there was no marked Improvement since the last report. but that the patient was holding his own He anndunced In addition that the tem perature at 10 o'clock was 102, pulse 92, and respiration 30. but he said that It was practically the same as last night. Mnxcnprni Off for San Frnnclxco. CHICAGO, Jan. 30. Pietro Maeragnl, the Italian composer, lett last nlsnt for Kan sn : PItv whence, after irlvlnir two ran. certs, he will go to San Francisco for onfe weeie. in eacn city ne win conauct orcnes trns made un of local musicians. Commit tees of citizens are in charge at either place- , . Primary Cause of De feat of Harold Preston. REVENGE OF WOODING King of South District in Role of Avenger. M'BRIDE BILL OFFERS EXCUSE Defeat of "Woodirip: for Sheriff Last Fall Undoubtedly Cent Seattle the United States Scnntorship. , The Senatorial struggle Just closed at Olympla has presented the remarkable feature of a King County man being defeated for the highest office In the gift of the state by his Inability to con trol his own delegation. Preston's defeat for United States Senator Is now said to be directly trace able to the failure of Seattle to elect A. T. Van de Vanter two years ago, or John Wooding last year to the office of Sheriff of King County. The election of Ankeny has disclosed a political breach In King County of a more serious nature than was supposed to exist. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 30. (Staff cor respondence.) When thieves fall out honest men receive their dues la a state ment which contains more truth than poetry, and equally true may be the state ment that when King County falls out the remainder of the great State of Wash ington gets a little closer to the pie coun ter. To the long-smoldering and final open rebellion of a few pocket boroughs In the south end of King County, more than to any other single factor, does Levi An keny owe his election to the United States Senate. Tht-ye few country pre cincts have T)een valuable aasetsr fpr the xtepuoncan party pi aeume, ana ine nne majorities they have sent in year after year have enabled the city. , politicians easily to convince the rest of the state that Seattle was King County. In order to "make good" on this bluff, whenever a south district man forced his way on tho ticket lie was knifed to death In the city and a Seattle Democrat elected. In other words, Seattle issued a kind of standing order to the south district to bring In big Republican majorities, but at the same time repeatedly demon strated that no rewards In the way of county offices would ever be permitted to get outside of the city limits of Seattle. The beginning of this policy of making monkeys of their country neighbors runs back several years, but the worm turned yesterday. The south district, which learned the art of knifing from adepts at the business, has been handling "the cut lery for the past few weeks, and the "Se attle hog" Is today covered with arnica, court plaster and bandages from snout to tall as a result of the encounter. Country Versa Cityl This little band of White River farm ers and coalmlners has waited long for an opportunity to even up matters with Its city friends and that It fed fat the ancient grudge Is abundantly proven when it Is stated that it defeated Harold Preston, the Seattle candidate for the United States Senate: turned down John L. Wil son and Jacob Furth, who tried to sucr ceed him; slaughtered the McBrlde com mission bill along with Preston; left the McBrlde-Preston political machine look ing as though a cyclone had struck It, and crowned Its, efforts with the election to the United States Senate of Levi An keny, the one man above all others whose defeat Seattle has spent time and money In a fruitless endeavor to accomplish. The south district men, being pretty good poli ticians themselves, are not making any undue fuss about thl3 victory long de ferred, but terrific In Its consequences when it came. As a matter of fact, they have plenty of other good excuses for their action, without the necessity of mentioning this feature of the contest. Never at any stage of this fight could Mr. Preston show them where he could be elected unless they agreed to pass the commission bill. Against this' commission bill practically all of the commercial, banking and railroad Interests of Seattle were arrayed and each member of the King County delegation. Including the gentlemen from the south district, was provided with a petition signed by nearly every reputable business house, banker and manufacturer In Seattle, urging them to use all honorable means to defeat the commission bill. No Ue for ComniUslon Bill. King County had no use for the com mission bill. Seattle, Its largest city, con taining one-fifth of the population and wealth of the state, depends almost wholly for its business and commercial interests on the railroads, and particularly upon the development of the commerce -of the Pacific Ocean by the railroads com prising the Northern Securities Company. No one had a better knowledge of these facts than Mr. Preston, and that he recog nized the fact that it would be Impossible to secure the Indorsement of the McBrlde bill was shown In his failure to make any 'attempt to have the King County convention Indorse the bill. Had he atl tempted to secure such Indorsement he would have ceased to figure as a Sen atorial possibility. He entered the fight however, with the hope that he could hold the support of his own delegation by keeping quiet on the railroad commis sion over here, and whooping It up east of the mountains. The result of this vlnegar-and-mllk mixture was easy to predict. Preston's own delegation refused to go contrary to the expressed wish of a very large ma jority of his constituents, and some of the McBrlde men from east of the moun tains withheld their support because King County refused to get in line on the com mission bill. The King County men knew from the beginning of the contest that Preston had no show to land the prize. All that was necessary was to stand oft and permit him to demonstrate his Irrep arable weakness. This Is the generally accepted version of the Preston defeat. Here Is the real cause: Renl Cnnne of Defeat. Down In the south district of King County lies the rich and prosperous White River Valley. The district contains the thriving towns of Kent, Issaquah. Enum claw, Duwamish, Auburn, Black Dia mond. Newcastle and a number of others. The population Includes several thousand coal mine operatives, and a large number of dairymen, truck farmers and small stockmen, the district being more thick ly populated than any other section of the state putslde of the cities. In the old days of the Grant-Hunt-Hellbron-Mc-Graw regime in Seattle, the political lead ers In the south district were hand In glove with the big men in the city, and tne latter recognized their value by shar ing the spoils. This practice was dis continued a few years ago. but John Wooding, the "king of the south dis trict, a man idolized by the voters of that section, continued to brinir In ble Republican majorities to help out the Se attle vote. "When Van le Vanter Wan Knifed.. Two years ago A. T. Van de Vanter, of Kent, one of the best vote-getlers In King County, was put forward by the south district for Sheriff. The fight at the primaries was a hot one, but Van de Vanter landed the nomination. The old reliable south district came up to the city limits of Seattle with a larger Re publican majority than ever and the county ticket, with the exception of Van de Vanter, was elected by majori ties of from 2000 to 5000. Van de Vanter was beaten by a small majority, and im mediately entered in his notebook the fact that the Preston Club of Seattle had flooded his district with circulars de nouncing him. The Old South was ac cordlngly left without a crumb from' the political table. When the Legislature met a few weeks later, the late Governor Rogers was making a great effort to secure the pas sage of a bill providing for a Board of Audit and Control. Dr. J. J. Smith, now President of the Senate, and then, as now, a power in South district politics, was In the Senate and Governor Rogers sought his assistance to secure the pas sage of the bill. Smith agreed to see the bill passed providing tho Governor would appoint John Wooding as one of the boardT The Governor did not exactly-ob ject to appointing Wooding, but asked a3 a favor that the recommendation of a King County man be left to Mayor Humes. To this Smith readily assented. having perfect confidence that Humes would appoint Wooding, to whom he owed much. Unfortunately, Humes had a Chief of Police on his hands for whom he wanted another place in order that the late W. L. Meredith could become Chief. Humes, recommended Reed, then Chief of Police of Seattle, and Rogers ap pointed him. Defeat of John AVoodlrrjr. A wave of disgust again rolled over the south district, but it was not yet ready to give up the ship. The delegates came up to the county convention and demanded and secured Woodlng's nom lnation for Sheriff. With fair treatment from his own party no man could have had better prospects of his own election than awaited Wooding. So certain was he of election that he spent over $5000 In the campaign, putting m every cent he had himself and borrowing money besides The campaign was on Just when Cuc-hee, the Democratic Sheriff, who was a candi- (Concluded on Fifth Page.) CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. National AffnirN. The House of Representatlvs passes many old claims, and will continue doing so today Page 3. DomeKtlc. Coal ODerators close their case before the strike commission. Page 2. Union Paclflc grants no concession to striking boilermakes; no strike on other Harrlman lines. Page G. Foreign. Russia and Austria preparing to force Turkey to grant reform? in Macedonia; Balkan states arming. Page ". Bowen sends ultimatum to . the allies; other powers may Join In protest against their claims. Pare 2. Envoy Von Sternberg arrives, and declares the Kaiser's friendship for the United States, Page 3. Senatorial Election. Direct cause of Preston's defeat was Woodlng's revenge. Page 1. Overman elected In North Carolina. Page 2. Commcreiitl and Marine. January Jobbing business the best ver re corded. Page1 15. New York stock list declines under leadership of Union Pacific. Pago 15. Stfamcr Crescent City wrecked and passengers stranded on a rock. Page 11. Arrival of turret ctcamer Elm Branch. Page 11 Northwest LcKlslntnrea Fulton forces prevent adjournment of Oregon Legislature. Page 4. Senator Stelwer Introduces bill for lieu land reforms. Page 5. Representative Hutchinson's .barber bill posses th eHouse with but one dissenting vote, Page 5. Senate passes Joint resolution proposing' con stitutional amendment giving home rule to cities. Page 4. Pacific Coast Survey of Columbia River bar shows' 23 feet of water In south channel. Page 6. Appropriation for Dalles-Celllo caaal cannot be made at this sew Ion of Congress. Page 1, Governor Chamberlain names Lewis and Clark Fair commissioners. Page 1G. Portland and Vicinity. Eat Side residents In dispute as to possession or portion or iast Eignteenth street. Pace 8. Italian Catholics decide to live ball against archbishop's ban. Page -IS. Runaway boys from Seattle, arrested by officer of Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. Page 10. East Side citizens file protest against building gas tank. Page 10. Restraining order applied" to prevent erection of fence by Slgmundf Frank. Page 11. Burns . anniversary celebrated by Scotchmen. Pajre a G STEAL IN Gigantic Scheme Ex posed at Baker City. MINES $100,000 SHORT Organized Gang Worked for Three Years. COLUMBIA EMPLOYE ARRESTED Other Arre.tfi Will Follow Miner Sold Ore for $10 Pound Worth 50 Stuff Located in Portland Ex citement in Baker City. One of the largest ore-stealing schemes ever carried out In the Northwest was exposed at Baker City yesterday. The thieving had been apparent for some time, and three months ago the manager of the Columbia secured a de tective, who has unearthed the work of an organized gang, who during the past three years have stolen gold ore to the amount of ?100.0CO. The leading mines of Baker County have suffered through the work of the thieves, and could the whole story be told It b thought .the sum stolen would exceed the estimate. One miner Is In custody, and other ar rests will follow. Part of the stolen ore has been lo cated In Portland. BAKER CITY, Or.. Jan. 30. The arrest of Peter Peterson, a miner In the employ of the Columbia mine at Bourne, near the City of Sumpter. today, brings to light the most gigantic ore-thieving scheme In the mining annals of the "West. Peterson Is charged, with taking 150 pounds of ore from the Columbia mine, which ne sold In Sumpter for ?10 a pound. About 40 pounds of this' ore was recovered by the officers making the arrest, and is now in the pos- .sessloc, or the Sheriff of this, county, and Is easily worth from $50 to $60 per pound. About three months ago Frank S. Balllle, manager of the Columbia mine, became suspicious of some of the miners working in his mine, and he employed a detective from San Francisco, who spent three months In the mine and discovered that there was an organized gang of thieves who had been at work for the past three years stealing ore from the Columbia, North Pole, Red Boy, Golconda, Bonanza, Psyche and other mines. They sold the ore at the uniform price of $10-per pound, regardless of the assay value. The ore taken is what Is known as specimen ore, that is used by Jewelers and lapidaries for jewelry and ornamental purposes. It Is estimated that the ore taken from the Columbia mine alone Is worth $10,000, and the lowest estimate placed on the specimens taken from all the mines Is $100,000. The specimens were sent all over the United Statea At the present" time there are 3C0 pounds known to be In Port land. There Is also a lot In San Fran cisco. Warrants are out for six mora men, and the officers hope to capture sev eral more within the next 24 hours. So far It is known that there was an or ganized gang of trusted men three at the Columbia, two at the North Pole and one at the Red Boy who have been engaged In the systematic robbery of the rich mines. In all of these mines the miners often run across fabulously rich one in small pockets. The detective discovered that the men would purloin a few choice samples when they came off shift, espe cially at night. These samples, were cached away until a favorable opportunity came to dispose of them. The mlneowners and officers claim to be in. possession of evidence which will show through what source these samples found their way to market. Peterson'y arrest was procured through the purchafe of a rich lot of samples by -'Harry T. Hendryx, a mining broker at Sumpter, who was acting for the mine owners, and purchased over 100 pounds of ore, for which he paid $10 per pound. One of tho leading mining managers says that if he wanted to procure a specially rich specimen of ore from the mine he wa3 obliged to go into the specimen market and purchase It. The specimen dealers Insist that they had no means of telling if specimens were stolen: therefore they bought all that was offered. The mining men are preparing to show that specimen experts are able to tell from what mine each specimen comes. A test was made at Sumpter yesterday, when a number of marked samples from different mines were mingled together and an old miner called In to separate and classify them. He picked out every piece and named the mine from which It came. It Is known that Moss, a Portland lapi dary, and Albert Feldenhelmer. a manu facturing Jeweler, purchased large quan tities of the ore. The mlneowners say that the Portland dealers purchased the samples' In good faith, not knowing they were stolen. Lately they have been keeping track of the specimens and the mine from which they came. A large lot of specimens has been sent to Simpson or Simpson Bros., San Francisco. Most of the ore was sent from Sumpter and from this city by ex press. It is- quite well established from estimates made during the past three months that the mines named have lost over $100,000 by the thefts, yet It is be lieved that If the truth was known It would exceed this figure. The mining men are determined to break up this unlawful traffic, and tonight- It Is hinted that the biggest sensation is yet to come. Tho whole mining community Is In a ferment tonight over the day's developments. k