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TIIE : MORNING OREGONIAJT. TUESDAY- AUGUST 14, 19Utf.
GRAND Ml 111
FULL POSSESSION
Pours .100,000 Visitors
Minneapolis for the
Encampment.
Into
CITY DRESSED IN BUNTING
Every Provision Made for Comforl
and Pleasure of Veterans Con
test for Commander and to
Restore Canteen.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 13. The rush of
visitors to this city for the annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic continues unabated and the
(present prospect Is that the meeting will
be one of the most successful ever held
by the Grand Army. According? to the
estimates of railroad men, fully 100,000
people have so far arrived and dosens of
trains running In two ana three sections
are still on the way.
Minneapolis has risen to the occasion
In magnificent fashion and It Is difficult
to mention anything that could be done
for the entertainment and comfort of
her visitors which has not already been
provided. Numerous committees have
been appointed t& receive the veterans at
the depots, and a man has but to men
tion who he Is and declare his desires.
At nearly every corner In the business
section of the city is situated an "in
formation" booth.
Seats on-Streets for Weary.
A feature of the thoughtfulness that
underlies the entire work so far done by
the local entertainment committee la
found In the numerous benches that are
Btretched along both sides of all the
down town streets. They are rough af
fairs, fashioned crudely out of unplaned
plank, but they afford a resting place
for. -tens of thousands of wearied pedes
trians. No feature of the encampment
has been so productive of comfort and
satisfaction.
The city is decorated as though every
man had made It his personal business
to see that Minneapolis looked her brav
est and best. Flags and bunting are
everywhere from roofs to sidewalks and
banners are swung in endless profusion
across the streets. The decorations, lav
ish as they now seem, are still in prog
ress and they will be increased until the
morning of Wednesday, when all the bus
iness houses of the city will close in
honor of the great parade.
Contest for Commander.
The contest for National Commander
Is growing warmer, although no gre'at
amount of electioneering has so far been
done. The friends of Captain P. H. I
Coney, of Kansas, are making what is
outwardly the most aggressive campaign
and claim to be fairly confident of the
election of their man. Other candidates
whose names are being strongly pushed
are R, B. Brown, of ZanesvlUe. O., and
Charles G. Burton, of Missouri. There
Is no contest worth mentioning for any
of the minor offices.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the G. A. R. was held today to deter
mine matters of routine relative to the
business meeting of the encampment.
Will Have Fight About' Canteen. -
It Is expected that considerable d?bate
will result over the recent law passed by
Congress driving the canteen out of the
old soldiers' homes. Commander-in-Chief
Tanner Is In favor of passing a
resolution deprecating the purpose of
this law, but a strong element In the
organization Is against such action.
Another feature that may crop up is
the . old fight over the proposed erection
by the women of the South of a statue
of Henry Wirz, notorious for his atroci
ties while in command at And?.rsonville
Prison. This matter came up m 1901 and
has been more or less alive ever since.
All members of the Grand Army are
vehemently opposed to the erection of a
statue of Wirz, who was hanged for his
crimes, but many ot them declare that.
In their opinion, the intention to erect
the statue is not serious, and, as the
matter now stands, not worth the con
sideration which some are disposed to
give It.
Hundreds of Reunions.
The social features of the ' encamp
ment, .which are numbered by the hun
dred, commenced today with regimental
reunions and a reception given by Gov
ernor Johnson and the National patriotic
concert was the evening feature In this
city.
E. V. Tllden, of Antelope " County, Ne
braska, an old soldier, died today of fa
tigue Induced by the Journey from his
home. ' . .
The programme for tomorrow consists
largely of receptions and business meet
ings by numerous affiliated societies and
reunions of various regiments.
Clara Barton, the famous Red Cross
worker, arrived In Minneapolis today to
attend the encampment, and will remain
during the week, to enjoy being with the
soldiers for whom she worked so hard
during the great war. Miss Barton came
with the Massachusetts department.
A number of ' veterans were ' overcome
by the heat today and taken to hospitals.
Veterans of Pliillippines Mefct-
DES' MOINES, Aug. 13. The seventh
annual reunion of the Army of the Phil
ippines convened here todayand the dele
gates were addressed by Commander-in-Chief
Alfred 8. Frost. Prominent Phil
ippine veterans, including Generals Hale
and Green, are present. A campfire will
be one of the features of the night.
CHICAGO LEADS IN CRIME
More Murders Than In Any Other
American City.
CHICAGO, Aug. (Special.) Chicago
pleads guilty to recent charges that this
city virtually leads the world In crime,
particularily murder. There are two ex
ceptionsSt. Petersburg, where the large
number of murders is due to political
conditions and the revolution, and Rome.
Italy, however, has always held human
life very cheaply, fo that, eliminating
these conditions peculiar to St. Peters
burg and Rome, Chicago stands in the
unenviable light of leading the world In
atrocious crimes. However, there are ex
tenuating circumstances.
While Chicago is known as an Ameri
can city, fully 60 per cent of Its hetero
geneous population Is foreign or foreign
born, with the prejudices of the Old
World still rampant, and still more to
this point, statistics show that foreigners
commit more than 60 per cent of the
crimes in Chicago.
Of the 35 prisoners now in the Chicago
jail waiting trial for murder more than
60 per cent are foreigners. In other lines
of crimes committed, the percentage of
foreign criminals is still, greater.
Chief of Police Collins In explaining the
number of murders committed here said:
"It should not be forgotten that Chicago
Is the dumping ground for the different
nations of Europe and that It Is also a
congregating point for the hobos of the
United States. Chicago Is a sort of a
rallying place for the scum of the earth.
The result is that we have many crimi
nals. A large proportion of Chicago hom
icides are committed by foreigners."
Chicago citizens cannot solace them
selves with the argument that the pres
ent number is abnormal, for Jailer Whit
man says the number of prisoners usually
In the County Jail awaiting trial for mur
der Is between 30 and 40. The present
number, therefore. Is about the average.
It Is true that In some Instances the
charge may be changed to manslaughter
when the case comes before the grand
Jury, but the fact remains- that at pres
ent the charge In the 35 cases Is one of
murder.
It Is apparent that if the usual num
ber of prisoners awaiting trial on mur
der charges In Chicago is between 30
and 40, the number of murders unpun
ished by death in this city must be
large, for executions In Chicago are ex
tremely rare In comparison with such
a list of prisoners. When Dr. Andrew
White. ex-president of Cornell uni
versity and ex-Ambassador, -to Ger
many, recently declared that the United
States virtually leads the clvliiied world
In murders and particularly In unpun
ished murders, he undoubtedly applied
his statement with peculiar force to this
city.
London Has No Murderers.
St. Petersburg now has 49 awaiting
trial for murder; Rome 4S, and then
comes Chicago with Its 35. This does
not Include three men now In jail who
have been convicted of murder. Chicago
leads New York and Paris by a large
margin, while London, with by far the
largest population, has no prisoners for
this crime. The same state of affairs
exists In Vienna and Dublin.
In a. speech before the students of
Cornell recently, Dr. White said that
he blamed "sham humanltarianlsm" and
lax-administration of the criminal laws
as largely responsible for the criminal
conditions. A study of the conditions
by Dr. White disclosed that In 15 years
the number of murders has risen In
proportion far beyond that of the In
crease of population, and from about
NUMBER Or SrtTKDERKRS AWAIT
ING TRIAL IX CHIEF CITIES
OF .THE WORLD.
St. Petersburg. .40 Berlln 8
Rome 4SLondon O
.-hieftg-o- .I.VVlenna O
Paris .2CDublin 0
New Tork 1S
3000 a year to close upon 10.000. Also
that in recent years only about one
homicide in 74 has been capitally pun
ished. The number of homicides In the
United States is more than 129 to the
mtllon. In this proportion. Chicago leads
all the cities In the United States.
When Dr. White declared that there
was a striking tendency to sentence even
wilfull murderers to Imprisonment for
life, which merely amounts to imprison
ment for about six years, he again must
have had Chicago in mind, for statis
tics of the length of sentences served
by Chicago criminals bears out . this
statement.
Life Sentence a Misnomer.
He declared that If the worst cases
were pardoned in a year or two, the so
called "sentence for life" has no appre
ciable deterrent effect. This Is true as
far as Chicago Is concerned, for many
who have been sent to prison - from here
for long sentences have been pardoned
In a short time.
While the foreigners are responsible for
0 per cent of the murders committed In
Chicago, this class of citizens commit a
greater per cent of the lesser crimes.
from petit larceny to highway robbery.
In the carnival of crime which prevailed
here last Winter dn which many women
were the victims of murder and robbery,
the deeds were committed, with one or
two exceptions, by the foreign element.
These foreigners were banded together In
groups for robbery, no matter how many
lives it might cost.
Since the discovery of this clique, crim
inologists and the heads of the police
department made a study of 'the nation
ality of the perpetrators Of all offenses
against law and society and they were
greatly surprised to find the percentage
of foreigners so large. These investiga
tions also disclosed that the American
youth or young man who has served a
sentence in the state reformatory or pen.
ltentlary shows more willingness to re
form and a stronger tendency to live
down his past than does his foreign
brother.
- Eighty-Two Per Cent Reform.
Under the parole system of Illinois,
which has been in effect for nearly ten
years, it is shown by statistics that now
about S3 per cent of the men who serve
a sentence In either institution reform.
This leaves 18 per cent who become
classed as habitual criminals and of this
number more than half are foreigners.
The parole law has helped a great deal
to reform young men who err for the
first time. The provisions are so strict
that after one is paroled, if he deviates
from the path of righteousness he Is sent
back to prison and kept there for a much
longer period. A third offense brands
him as a habitual criminal and then his
fate is settled at least for many years.
Those In a position to know declare that
in the last few years a very small per
centage of Americans have violated their
paroles.
When a prisoner Is taken to the re
formatory or penitentiary, he is made
to give a list of his former employers
and what kind of work he was engaged
in. After he has been confined about
a year, the commissioners consider his
case and his conduct during confinement,
and the parole officer is delegated to
visit the persons mentioned when the
prisoner was received In the Institution.
If the former employer signs the pa
role and agrees to give him work, he
is released. If he Is unable to get any
one to sign his parole or is not Insured
work, he remains In prison until these
requirements are met with. In some
instances the Salvation Army leaders
have signed the paroles and taken an
Interest in the former convict . to enable
him to get work.
Indeterminate Act's Work.
There was some talk several years
ago of repealing the Indeterminate crim
inal act, under which prisoners are now
sent to the penitentiary In Illinois, but
this law has shown such good results
toward reforming men that the agitation
for a repeal has died out.
Captain M. P. Evans, superintendent
of the bureau of Identification, says
that the Indeterminate law is a great
Improvement over the old one, as It
keeps professional thieves and robbers
away from the large cities. Under this
law, when a prisoner Is paroled If he
violates his parole, he can be returned
to prison without trial. Under the for
mer law In such cases it was necessary
to Indict him and to prosecute him
under the habitual criminal act, a copy
of- the former Indictment had to be
shown, and the testimony of one witness
who had appeared against him at the
former trial was necessary.
Despite the efforts of all who deal
with criminals to reform them, and the
laws which have been placed on the
statute books to punish offenders, Chi
cago must bear the stigma of leading
the United States In crime.
King Edward Receives Indian Chiefs
LONDON, Aug. IX Three Canadian In
dian chiefs in their picturesque dress
were received by King Edward at Buck
ingham Palace today. The Indiana came
to plead for the restoration of their hunt
ing rights and certain native customs
whlcS have been "curtailed by the Do
minion Government.
AS HED BY M
Recommendations for Life In
surance Reforms.
FINDS SEVEN ARE NEEDED
Committee of American Bar Associa
tion Advocates Federal Control,
but Condemns Armstrong
Laws and Officials.
. OMAHA, . Neb., Aug. 13. The. report
of the committee on Insurance law of
the American Bar Association to be
submitted to the convention of the as
sociation, which meets- at St. Paul,
August 29-31, was made public today
by Ralph W. Breckenridge, of Omaha,
chairman of the committee. The report
goes into the subject exhaustively, and
the conclusion is summed up in the
following recommendations:
First That the insurance committee
be directed to" draft and report to the
next annual meeting of the association
a bill that shall safeguard the interests
of the life Insurance companies and
their policyholders, but which shall re
quire deferred dividends on life policies
to be biennially apportioned, credited
and notified to the holders ot such pol
icies. Second The repeal of the so-called
reciprocal or retaliatory tax laws.
Third The repeal of the valued pol
icy laws.
Fourth The creation in each state
of the office of Fire Marshal.
Fifth Stricter incorporation laws in
the several states, with particular ref
erence to the capital stock and .stock
holders' obligations m insurance com
panies. Federal Control Proposed.
Sixth The enactment of Federal
statute forbidding the use of the mail
to persons, associations, copartnerships,
or corporations, conducting any kind of
insurance business in the United States
who are not licensed to transact such
business by the states where such per
sons, associations, copartnerships, or
corporations are domiciled, or under
whose laws any such corporations are
created.
Seventh The enactment of a Federal
statute providing for the supervision
of interstate transactions in insurance.
Committee Is Divided.
These recommendations are signed by
Ralph W. Breckenridge, of Omaha; Bur.
ton Smitn. of Atlanta, Ga., and Koaney
A. ' Mercur,. of .Towanda, Pa. Of the
two other members of the committee.
W. R. Vance, of Washington, dissents
from the recommendations for Govern
ment control on Constitutional grounds,
and Alfred Hemenway. of Boston, took
no part la the work of the committee.
Appended to the report is a copy ot a
bill proposed for enactment by Con
gress to establish in the Department of
Commerce and Labor a bureau of in
surance. This committee made recommendations
on Insurance laws at the last convention.
but the matter was referred back for fur
ther consideration. After giving figures
to show the immensity of their insurance
business in the United States, the report
says:
Condemns Armstrong Laws, .
More people are therefore directly concerned
with insurance than any other' Institution of
modern life and the public interest in insur
ance . Is intense; but the almost universal
Ignorance with regard to it and the principles
upon which It is based has made oosisible,
through legislation ostensibly supervisory but
actually destructive in it tendency a greater
menace to the lnteresta of the policyholders
than they have suffered through the mis
management and dishonesty of company of
ficials and the incompetence or unfaithfulness
characteristics of the state insurance depart
ments. The most conspicuous exhibition of
legislative unwisdom is found in the bills
prepared for the Armstrong committee and
passed by the New York Legislature the most
conspicuous because It has had the widest
advertisement and becaufie of the things which
the committee might have done but failed to
do, and Us Ignorance of the subject is con
fessed. .
The opinion is expressed that the ac
cumulation of deferred dividends Is re
sponsible for the corruption developed in
the conduct of life Insurance companies.
Government Supervision Necessary.
Government supervision of insurance
companies is urged as a necessity, but
the burdensome taxes levied against the
companies by the various states are de
clared to be unjustifiable. These taxes,
which are said to amount to $35,000,000 a
year, are ultimately paid by the policy
holders. Thepolicy of some states of tax
ing outside companies more heavily than
home companies, the report declares, is
hostile to the spirit of the Federal com
pact. Of state Insurance departments, the re
port says:
State Control Mere Fraud.
The trouble Is that the state insurance de
partments are sinecures. They are political
prizes. Knowledge of the Insurance business
la the last thing required. They are mere col
lecting agencies. They offer the most active
opportunities for fraud and graft that exist
in the United States.
The report then quotes figures to show
that the great mass of insurance business
is Interstate In character and gives many
authorities to show that the popular de
mand is for Federal rather than state
control. It also answers the arguments
that the Supreme Court has held that In
surance business is not commerce. After
analyzing many Supreme Court decisions
with the purpose of showing that they
do not have the effect attributed to them
by opponents of Federal supervision, the
report says:
The real opposition to the Federal super
vision of insurance does not rest upon the
absence of Congressional power but rather In
the disinclination to exercise it. That objec
tion is political In character and has no solid
foundation.
HEALTH CONDITIONS GOOD
Little Smallpox and Xo Yellow Fever
at Panama.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Aug. 13. A letter received
here from a Western man who Is liv
ing at Ancon, Panama, gives the fol
lowing Information concerning canal
affairs:
"There are about 23,000 men at work
on the canal, in spite of the rainy sea
son which Is a great drawback in con
struction work. Regardless of the rainy
season, however. Chief Engineer Ste
vens is doing a great deal of work
building double tracks, erecting new
houses, putting up new hotels and com
missaries, and a thousand and one
other .little things and big ones, all
tending toward the construction of the
canal. He has the work on the Gatun
dam under way, which will cost about
150.000,000, and nearby will have to be
erectel a small town for the purpose
of accommodating about 40J0 or 5000
laborers. He has begun paving the
City of Colon, and is engaged In street
and water Improvements.
The chief engineer of the canal has
got the hardest job on hand that any
man ever had in the history of the
world, and in order to carry It through,
he is expecting the best work possible
from k.11 of hi3 assistants, down to the
lowest grade laboret. Drones, laggards
and Incompetent men are not wanted,
and as soon as he finds such charac
ters they are Immediately discharged
and shipped away from the Isthmus.
"At the present time there are 35
cases of smallpox in Colon. The disease
seems to be on the decline, but It is
not thought there will be an 'epidemic
There has been no yellow fever on the
isthmus for over a year, and with the
exception of an increase of malarial
fever during the last few weeks, which
Is due to tho rainy season, the health
conditions on the isthmus are all that
could be expected."
WELC0MEDT0 KLAMATH
Portland Business Men Enjoy Them
selves at Irrigation Center.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. -(Special.)
Tonight at the Opera-House in this
city was the climax of what is pronounced
to be the most varied and Interesting ex
cursion Portland business men have eves
made Into tributary trade territory. The
day was devoted to a drive through 27
miles of the Klamath Basin to Merrill
Landing on Lower Klamath Lake and
return by steamboat. At Merrill the vis
itors were guests of the people of that
community at luncheon. At the steam
boat landing, in the shore of White Lake,
occurred a feature not on the programme,
but of absorbing interest, when Captain
O. C. Applegate gave a concise review of
the Incidents of the Modoc War, pointing
out landmarks of that historic period dur
ing the conquering of that region for civ
ilization. The meeting was under the auspices of
the Chamber of Commerce and largely
attended. President M. G. Wilkins pre
sided, :and the address of welcome was
made' by Mayor Alexander Martin, Jr.,
speaking In happy vein. Other speakers
of the evening were: President Lead bet
ter, of the Portland Commercial Club,
Tom Richardson, H. L. Pittock, William
McMurray and Jefferson Myers.
Mr. Leadbetter,, In extending greetings
in behalf of the Commercial Club, said:
Mr. Lead better's Address.
"This will undoubtedly be one of the
greatest garden spots of the world. The
Creator has shaped for you a natural
reservoir better than anything the hand
of man could form, and what represents
the expenditure of millions in some of
the Government reclamation work is
yours without price."
H. L. Pittock, speaking upon the past.
the present and the future of Oregon, re
marked on the contrast between the con
ditions encountered half a century ago
and present developments. The Modoc
War, he said, "brought Klamath first into
prominence," and. he forecasted a bright
future for the entire state.
'With Eastern Oregon developed by the
building of the Oregon Eastern Railroad
from the north to meet the road from the
south, while you are doing reclamation
work, we of Portland are also doing some
reclamation," he said. ' "We have re
claimed the trade"' of Curry, Coos and Jo
sephine Counties, once given to Califor
nia, and we want to bring the people of
Klamath into closer relations with our
business Interests, as we have those of
Umpqua and Rogue River."
H. M. Cake said in the course of his
remarks:
"I did not expect to find here the con
ditions we have seen or the people we
have met. In the molding of this great
commonwealth in the future there will
be created a state In honor of us all,
and in its foundation must be had the
combined efforts of us all. The best ef
fort of my life will be given to the
building up of the sentiment for the In
terest of United Oregon."
Talk by Mr. McMurray.
William McMurray expressed in a most
pleasing manner his confidence in the fu
ture of Klamath County and gave assur
ance that from this time on the Klamath
section will receive notice In all adver
tising issued by the Oregon lines of the
Harriman system. Mr. McMurray gave a
glimpse of the possibilities of creating a
tremendous -touris business, because of
the attraction of Crater Lake natural
wonders and industrial features of the
section. - -
C. C. Chapman spoke oh publicity and
gave some pertinent advice concerning
the methods that may be profitably em
ployed In bringing Klamath before the.
people of the country.
Jefferson Myers spoke upon the desir
ability and advisability of exhibits at ex
positions, particularly with reference to
the Jamestown fair of next year. He
urged the importance of a good display
of products in that populous section of
the East.
OFFICE BUILDING BURNS
Loss of Fire In Seattle Business Dis
trict Is $85,000.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13. Fire, said to be of
spontaneous origin, caused about 185,000
damage to the building at First avenue
and Cherry 6treet, occupied by the Treen
Shoe Company and the F. . W. Merrick
clothing store. The Treen Shoe Company
lost J15.000 and the F. W. Merrick cloth
ing store J18.000. The remainder of the
loss was on the building.
The occupants of the offices in the up
per part of the building were cut oft by
the, flames and had narrow escapes. Thir
teen persons were overcome by smoke
and carried out by firemen.
Several were injured in the panic.
D. W. Hamilton for Congress.
OTTUMWA. Ia., Aug. 13., Democrats of
the Sixth Iowa Congressional district
today nominated D. W. Hamilton, of
Sigourney, recent temporary chairman
of the state convention, for Congress.
Hamilton defeated General W. B. Wea
ver, who had been conceded the nom
ination. Police Captain Is Blobbed.
IVANOVO VOZNESENSK, Aug. 13. A
crowd of youths from a neighboring vil
lake attacked the equipage of Captain
of Police Vishnakoff today. More than
50 shots were fired, the carriage was rid
dled and a lady accompanying the Cap
tain was wounded. The Captain escaped
without injury. .
Two Drowned In Flood.
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 13. Another
flood swept down through the can
yons upon Langtry earlyt today. A
gang of workmen was caught un
awares, and two are known to have
perished. Nine bridges of the South
ern Pacific Railway have been swept
away.
Kaiser Dines Butler and Burgess.
BERLIN, Aug. 13. Professor Nicholas
Murray Butler, of Columbia University,
New York, and Professor John W. Bur
gess, dean of that university, lunched yes
terday with Emperor William at Cassel.
American educational methods, it is un
derstood, were under discussion.
May Move to Dodge Bandits.
TANGIER, AUg 13. It is reported here
in official quarters that the Sultan in
tends to transfer the capital from Fes
to Morocco City, owing to the strategic
Insecurity of the former, and by , the
earnest advice of the leading tribes.
Weak, Weary. Watery Eyes Welcome
Murine Eye Remedy. It soothes. It cures.
LEAVES FOR SOUND
Julius Kruttschnitt Winds Up
Stay in Portland.
VIEWS FIELD TH0R0UGHL?
Harriman Official Says His Trip
Here Has Not Been Barren of
Result, and That Changes
Will Follow.
. After spending three days investigating
the local railroad situation and consult
ing with officials In this city, Julius
Kruttschnitt, director of maintenance of
the Harriman system, left last night for
Puget Sound. He departed in his special
car and was accompanied only by his
secretary. After spending several days
In Seattle and Tacoma, Mr. Kruttschnitt
will return to San Francisco and thence
East.
Asked to make a statement concern
ing the results of his stay In Portland,
Mr Kruttschnitt declared last night that
there was nothing to make public at this
time.
"I do not wish it to be Inferred, however,
that my- visit has been barren of re
sults or that I have not determined cer
tain recommendations which I shall
make," he said before boarding the train
for Puget Sound. "I have gone over the
local field with the officials of the com
pany here as thoroughly as my time
permitted and there are a number of
extensions and changes in the Portland
system which 1 shall advise when I re
turn East.
"If I were at liberty to announce what
results have been reached I would gladly
do so, but I am not in a position to
make any statement at this time. My
recommendations must be made directly
to the executive board and action taken
by that body before they are made pub
lic."
Asked if he had taken any considera
tion of the Fourth street franchise of
the Southern Pacific, which there is a
movement on foot to revoke, Mr. Krutt
schnitt replied that he had not. . "That
is a matter wmcn Is entirely in tne hands
of our officials here. I have heard some
thing of the discussion, but our men here
are entirely competent to handle it, and
It Is a controversy between them and the
city."
During the three days that Mr. Krutt
schnitt was here he was almost continu
ously in conference with one or more of
the local representatives of the Harriman
system. J. P. O'Brien, general manager
of the Northwest lines, and W. W. Cot
ton, general counsel, both spent much
time with him at the Portland Hotel.
He was also in consultation with Will
iam D. Cornish, vice-president of the
Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line, who
has been at the Portland. Yesterday aft
ernoon Mr. Kruttschnitt spent several
hours closeted In the offices of Mr.
O'Brien In the Worcester building.
The party of Harriman officials spent
yesterday morning Inspecting the lines
throughout the city. They also took a
look at the terminal yards and at the
new realty purchases of the O, R. & N.
throughout the city.
SAYS CHARGES ARE EXCESSIVE
Councilman Gray Favors Limiting
Demurrage Taxes of Railways.
Councilman Gray Is of the opinion that
demurrage charges made by railroads on
goods left standing in cars are an exces
sive tax on the merchants who have to
pay them. He is now investigating the
matter and may Introduce an ordinance
limiting the demurrage charge within the
city.
After cars arrive at their destination no
demurrage charge is made upon their con
tents for the first 48 hours. After that,
the charge Is $1 a day for the first five
days, $2 a day for the next five, and after
that $5 a day. Mr. Gray says that he be
lieves 50 cents a day would be a Just de
murrage charge.
Changes on Freight Tariffs.
The O. R. & N, has Just made a new
classification of freight by which gravel
and cinders are taken for shipment at the
same rates applicable to sand. This will
be a reduction in rates on cinder ship
ments and About the same rates on gravel,
although neither has been under any reg
ular classification in the past. The rates
will apply between all points on the O. R.
& N., and will become effective August 17.
The freight department of the O. R. &
N. Is now figuring out its new tariffs on
fruit shipments to comply with the new
law, which provides that railroad com
panies furnish ice for refrigeration pur
poses at a uniform price. In the past It
has been furnished by private car line
companies Independently of the railroad
companies.
Railroad Personals.
J. W. Lawrence, a member of the Wash-
A Trite Saying.
It is a trite saying that no mart la
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A Great
Automobile Story
Possibly the best ihort story
of the month r certainly the
greatest automobile fiction-story
we have ev-er read is "Three
Speeds .Forward" by Lloyd
Osbourne author of the ' Motor
maniacs ' you know.
A fascinating tale of boldness
and love interesting to al. lovers;
doubly so to ioverj of motoring.
FOR AUGUST
The Great Fiction Number
lngton Railroad Commission, spent yester
day In Portland in company with local
traffic men.
A. D. Charlton, general passenger agent
of the Northern Pacific, returned yester
day from spending a few days at the
beach. Before going to the coast he spent
several days in Seattle and Tacoma.
W. E. Coman, of the local Harriman
offices, has left for a week's camping trip
on the headwaters of the Willamette in
company w-.a George W. Kelly, of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, and oth
ers. C. M. Levey, third vice-president of the
Northern Pacific and president of the
Portland & Seattle, arrived in Portland
from Tacoma yesterday. He spent the
afternoon In consultation with J. Couch
Flanders, attorney for the latter com
pany, and returned to the Sound last
evening.
Custom-Houses for Manchuria.
PEKIN. Aug. 13. The Japanese Minis
ter has informed China -that Japan i
ready to establish a customs service at
Port Dalny and urges China to make
similar arrangements at the frontier sta
tions in Northern Manchuria, so as to
place the traffic on the Japanese and
Russian railways on an equality.
May Be Missing Motorman.
NEW TORK. Aug. 13.-A man who
gave the name of John' McNally, ana
said he had no permanent address, was
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Varicocele
Hydrocele
Urethral Obstruction
Gonorrhoea
Kidney Diseases
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many who have treated without benefit that we have the methods that
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arraigned in PoHt-e Court yesterday on
a charge of homicide In connection
with the wreck on the elevated rail
road at Ninth avenue and Fifty-third)
street, last September.
The police suspect the prisoner of
being Paul Pelly, the motorman of the
wrecked train, who disappeared Imme
diately after the accident. The man was
arrested for begging, and when searched
a license as a stationary engineer macte
out to John McNally was found In his
pocket. In default of J1000 bail the pris
oner was locked up.
Fifty Arrests at Warsaw,
WARSAW, Aug. 13. Trains on the
Vistula railroad, crowded with passen
gers returning from excursions Sunday
night, were stopped and surrounded by
troops near Warsaw, while policemen
minutely searched the cars and passen
gers, arresting 50 persons.
The chief of the workshops of the rail
road here was shot and killed this morn
ing. The assassins escaped.
Navy Surgeons Guilty of Gouging.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Secretary
Bonaparte today received the findings in
the courtmartial cases of Assistant Sur
geons T. N. Pease and Thomas L.
Brown, of the Navy, who were charged
with "gouging" In their examination for
promotion. It is understood that the de
cisions of the courts were adverse to the
accused officers.
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Neurasthenia
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our regular fee for curing those who are now undergoing-
treatment elsewhere and are dissatisfied.
For instance. If you are afflicted with either Hy
drocele, Varicocele or Nervous Decline, we will
guarantee to cure you for one-half the regular fee,
and accent the money in any wav you wish to pay.
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