Morning Oregonian., October 25, 1906, Section Edition, Image 1

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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, . 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TERMINAL FIGHT
WILL BE RENEWED
Hill-Harriman Confer
ence a Failure.
GENERAL AGREEMENT ASKED
Exchange Portland and Seattle
Terminal Ground.
HILL MEN DRAW THE LINE
Insist ob Crossings In Portland Before
Taking; I p Other Points Blook
to Progress In Terminal
Improvements.
CHICAGO. Oct. 4 CSpec!al The Hill
and the Harrlman interests have aban
doned for the time being all efforts to
fix up their differences in the Northwest
and unless matters change unexpectedly
the fight will he waged with renewed
vigor. After several conferences held
hre the two interests were unable even
to arrange a settlement of the Portland
terminal question.
Howard Elliott, president of the North
ern Pacific, and C M. Levey, third vice
president of the same company, left here
tonight somewhat disgusted. Mr. Elliott
declared that he did not care to talk
much about the matter, but stated that
all efforts toward a settlement of the
erminal question In Portland had been
frustrated by the Harrlman people.
Rock They Spilt Upon.
"We have purchased a great deal of
property in Portland for terminals for
the Portland & Seattle Railway." said
Mr. Elliott, "and we would like to de
velop them and spend a great deal of
money In so doing. Differences have
arisen between us and the Harriman In
terests and we came here in hopes of
settling them. We offered them a fair
proposition, which comprised the use by
them of large additional track facilities,
provided they would give us the right
to cross their tracks in reaching our
terminals. An effort was made by them
to tack on other conditions regarding
other differences in the Northwest and
we had no authority even to discuss
them. So the matter came to an end.
TVe want to go ahead, but we cannot
unless we can cross their tracks."
Want Whole Situation Settled.
From what the Hill people said It. ap
pears that the Harriman interests would
rot discuss Portland matters unless the
entire situation in the Northwest was
discussed with a view to a settlement.
Mr. Elliott came here solely to try to
settle the Portland -matter and plainly
stated this to be a fact.
"Is there any prospect of the matter
being seTtled soon?" was asked.
"I do not see any. There has been no
arrangement."
"What will you do In Portland?"
"I do not see that we can do much
unless we get the right to cross their
tracks there."
Harriman Wants Hill Terminals.
I. C. Stuhbs. traffic director for the
Harrlman lines, said that it was solely
a question of arrangement, of tracks in
Portland and that they could not agree.
The land purchased by the Portland &
Seattle, he said, should have been pur-cha.-e
by the Northern Pacific Terminal
Company, under the agreement of the
Hill people to use no other terminals.
W ANTS ENTRANCE TO SEATTLE
Teruand of Harriman Which Prob
ably Caused Conference to Fall.
The failure to arrive at a settlement
of the terminal situation at the Chicago
conference is bound to embarrass both
the Portland - Seattle and the Harriman
interests. Neither can handle Its busi
ness centering here unless more ground
is given to the Northern Pacific Terminal
Company, which Is the Harriman com
pany, as well as entrances afforded to
the new Hill terminals.
It is believed here that the attempted
trade on the part of the Harriman in
terests included similar rights in Seattle
to those that the new Hill road seeks
here. Neither can arrange these matters
without the consent of the other and
each seems to seek the better bargain.
The attempt to drag in all the matters
at issue in the Northwest was forecasted
in The Oregonian at the time the con
ference was called and the officials of
the two systems hurried East. A gen
eral plan of pacification was apparently
in the minds of some of those who gath
ered at the conference that would at
once lay to rest the troublesome ques
tions that have arisen between the rival
systems at a dozen points in the two
JCorthwestern states.
It is apparent that in addition to the
opportunity to extend the local terminal
grounds, the Harrlman interests want
similar rishts in Seattle for the pro
posed Oregon & Washington line to the
Sound to those demanded in North Port
land by the Portland Seattle. These
are chiefly satisfactory 'grade crossings
of the other s tracks, giving easy access
to both cities.
The denial of the privileges in Seattle,
in addition to the right to extend the
local terminal yards, is what unquestion
ably brought the conference to a dead
lock The Harriman people regard the
xter-sion of the local terminals as their
right, which they can secure after a law
suit, and are accordingly unwilling to
make substantial concessions to gain this
point.
WOllD SELL TO TJXCLE SAM.
But (Vonld Says Government Ownership
Would Be Failure.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 24. George J. Gould,
who has been inspecting the Western lines
of the Wabash railroad, said tonight:
"If the Government believes it can man
age our railroads better than we can and
wishes to operate them. I have no objec
tion to selling the properties. I would
sell to the Government as willingly as to
any Individual or company, were the lines
to be disposed of. although ours are good
properties and not on the, market. This
is how I feel, as a railroad man. in regard
to the public ownership of carriers.
"But as a public citizen. I am opposed
to the public ownership suggestion, the
Government could not manage the prop
erties successfully. Private capital or en
terprise is better equipped than the Gov
ernment for directing railroads, and would
realize satisfactory results against fail
ures on the part of the Government."
UTES REFUSE TO GO HOME
Grierson Calls for More Troops and
May Have Fight.
OMAHA. Oct. 24. Word was received
here today from the scene of the In
dian depredations in Wyoming to the
Senator W. A. Clark, of Mon
tana, Announces Retirement
From Senate.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.--United
States Senator Clark, of Montana,
arrived here today on the steamer
Majestic, from Liverpool.
Mr. Clark said he would not seek
re-election to the United States
Senate His term will expire next
March. He said he felt confident
that the next Legislature in Mon
tana would be remocratlc and that
his successor would be a Democrat.
Mr. Clark said that his retirement
from the Senate would not mean
his retirement from active political
life.
effect that Captain C. P. Johnson, of
Major Grierson's command, with an or
derly and a scout, overtook the Utes
on Little Powder River, about 40 miles
north of Gillette. It is said the Indians
absolutely refused to return to their
reservation and declared they were go
ing to Dakota. Major Grierson. it Is
said, . has determined to await rein
forcements before trying to force the
removal of the band, as cowboys report
that the Utes are holding nightly
dances and are in a mood for trouble.
More Cavalry Ordered Out.
OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. 34 A special to
the World Hearld from Dead. wood, s.
D . says orders were received today at
Fort Meade to send six troops of cavalry
to reinforce the troops recently sent from
Fort Robinson to force the Ute Indians,
now in Wyoming, back to their reserva
tion. KIDNAPED GIRL- RETURNS
Disappears Amid Chloroform Fumes;
Returns Clad as Man.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Oct 24 Miss
Fannie Fennell, who mysteriously disap
peared from her home last night and who
it was believed by the police was kid
napped, re-appeared . at her mother's
home here at midnight tonight, dressed in
men's clothing.
She does not remember anything that
has taken place during the day. She says
she recovered consciousness a short time
ago and found herself alone in a strange
room, from which she fled. She cannot
locate the house and does not know how
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Oct. 24. Mrs. J.
H. Sidebottom reported to the police
today the mysterious disappearance of
her 18-year-old daughter. Miss Fannie
Fennell, from the family home on North
Twenty-first street. Mrs. Sidebottom
believes her daughter was chloroformed
and kidnaped between midnight and 6
o'clock this morning. An examination
of Miss Fennell's room today showed
that she had slept in her bed and left
"uer clothes undisturbed . on a chair.
The mother says an odor of chloro
form pervaded the room.
Mrs. Sidebottom and daughter vis
ited Denver. Colo., last August, and af
ter their return Miss Fennell. it is
said, began receiving letters from an
unknown man, who said he had seen
her first out West, and had followed
her to Birmingham. The writer pro
fessed his love and said he would kill
her if he did not get her. The letters
have been turned over to the police.
It is said a mysterious man in a
hack visited the place during the night.
FORGER LANDED AT LAST
Wanted In a Doxen States, Hughes Is
Sentenced In Georgia.
HOUSTON. Tex.. Oct. 24 Clarence N.
Hughes) of Swansboro. Ga. aged 22 years,
who has given banks in all parts of the
country trouble in the past several years,
was today convicted here of forgery and
given two years in prison. He made an
escape from the Colorado state prison and
is also wanted In -Alabama. Louisiana,
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Maryland. Arkan
sas, Illinois and several other states.
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New Deadlock in the
Strike Situation.
FARLEY MAY BE SUMMONED
Exporters Consider Calling - in
Famous Strikebreaker.
SHOOTING CAUSES TROUBLE
Strikers Now Demand That All Non
union Men Be Discharged Ex
porters to Start Opposition
Stevedoring Firm.
STRIKE SITUATION IN BRIEF.
After a lengthy session last night.",
the grainhandlers' union determined
to send a committee to the export
ers today asking for the discharge
of all strike-breakers before the
union will return to work. At the
meeting the mjen practically agreed
upon accepting the agreement for
mulated by exporters and the union
attorneys on Tuesday.
A persistent rumor states that
James Farley, strike-breaker, has
been engaged to organize and op
erate a new stevedoring company
to load the exporters' vessels and
whose . object is to break up the
waterfront federation. This Is not
denied by the exporters.
To the unfortunate wounding of a
union man Tuesday night by an al
leged strike-breaker is attributed
the failure of the agreement made
Tuesday by the two contending fac
tions. Striking grainhandlers will present
a new proposition to the exporters to
day. After a week of continuous ne
gotiations, during which propositions
from both grainhandlers and exporters
have been Invariably met with counter
propositions, the strikers met last
night and after practically. . agreeing
upon the settlement outlined by their
attorneys and a committee of the ex
porters, formulated terms as to condi
tions under which they will return to
work. This will be submitted to the
exporters' committee this morning and
practically amounts to the demand
that the strike-breakers now employed
on the docks shall be discharged.
' There is a likelihood that James
Farley, strike-breaker, will be brought
to Portland. A persistent rumor to
this effect was in circulation yesterday.
When asked as to the truth of this
report W. J. Burns, secretary and pub
licity agent for the exporters, did not
affirm or deny it. He said that some
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thing is being done, but just what he
declined to make public.
Union men balk at returning to work
alongside of nonunion strike-breakers.
They say that such an act is a viola
tion of all ethics of unionism and is
not to be considered. Just how this
contention will be met by the export
ers remains to be seen, but it is be
lieved that the negotiations, which
seemed about to be crowned with suc
cess Tuesday night, have again reached
a deadlock where an early settlement
of the strike trouble is a rather re
mote possibility.
It seems that the, dove of peace,
which was hovering over the Albina
waterfront Tuesday and seemed about
to alight, has been rudely frightened
away by the alleged attack on union
pickets by armed strike-breakers at
work on the docks. This occurred late
Tuesday evening and has had the ef
fect of rousing deep resentment among
the union men.
Shooting to Blame for Hitch.
-''There is but little question that
the matter could have been adjusted
peaceably had it not been for this very
unfortunate occurrence." declared Bus
iness Agent Melby last night. "After
that the men do not feel it is possible-for
them to return to work with
the strike-breakers."
The committee from the union which
will confer direct with the exporters' com
mittee some time this forenoon is headed
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James Farley Famous Strike
breaker, Who May Be
Brougrht to Portland to Cope
With Water Front Situation.
by Oscar Melby. business agent for the
grainhandlers. Other members are H. R.
Blue and A. C. Lewis. They hope for an
amicable result to the negotiations today,
but -it ts thouglit that a return the
conferences between the two factions
meang a tedious wrangle in which the
two sides are bound to advance other
grievances that have been overcome in
the former negotiations.
After the session of the union last night
the members of the committee would not
say just what demands will be made by
them today, further than that they con
cern the conditions of resuming work. It
is known, however, that after the shoot
ing affray of Tuesday night feeling
againet the strikebreakers has been in
tense, and that the union will demand
that they be discharged before the grain
handlers go back to work.
The meeting last night was the regular
weekly one. With the grainhandlers was
(Concluded on Page 4.)
WILL DAVID SLAY GOLIATH?
ritl lD BOSS
TO BE INDICTED
Heney and Burns Have
Proof of Guilt.
BAY CITY ROTTEN TO CORE
Grafts Engineered by Euef Netted
Enormous Sums.
SUPERVISORS TELL ALL
Written Confessions Implicate Srhmita
and BIr Chief In $7,000,000 Street
Railway Franchise Steal And
Everybody Paid Tribute.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 (Special V
That the evidence they have gathered is
sufficient to send Abe Ruef. Mayor
Schmitz. a dozen or more Supervisors, a
coterie of Commissioners and a score or
more of petty city officials to the peni
tentiary is the news which nas leaked
out from the Inner councils of Attorney
Francis J. Heney and Detective TV". J.
Burns, who. working in conjunction with
District Attorney Langdon, have un
covered graft in San Francisco on a scale
that would make even "Boss" Tweed
sit up and take notice.
Trolley franchises sold for TWOO: re
tail liquor dealers held up for thousands
of dollars: theaters forced to give up a
third of their profits: contractors made
to pay tribute; paving contractors al
lowed to fatten off the City Treasury,
wholesale liquor dealers compelled to pay
monthly royalties: French restaurants
mulcted for gigantic "fees." and even
women of the tenderloin coerced into
dividing the earnings of their shame.
This is some of the moral rottenness
laid at the door of the present city ad
ministration. Mayor and Boss to Be Ftrat.
The new grand jury was impaneled to
day and Heney and Burns w-ill go before
the inquisitorial body In a few days with
;the evidence and ask for Indictments. It
Is said that among the first Indictments
to be asked will be one for Mayor
Schmitz. who is now in Europe with his
wife, and one for Abe Ruef, the city
"boss."
A distinct spirit of alarm is noticeable
in administration circles. There is an
attempt to preserve an outward calm,
but the dread of exposure and punish
ment manifests itself in numberless ways.
Even Ruef shrewd, resourceful Ruef is
agitated as never before. He talks at
great length for publication, threatens
Heney and Burns with reprisals, at times
even loses his temper, something here
tofore unknown, and today he brought
suit for criminal libel against the Bulle
tin for the publication of charges which
appear insignificant compared to the
newspaper accusations he has allowed to
pass in silence for years.
Heney and Burns, with the moral sup
port of President Roosevelt, have been
at work secretly In San Francisco for the
past eight months. They claim -their evi
dence is conclusive.
Will Get Bis Fish and Little.
"W shall get the crooks." they say,
and then they add. "We are going to get
the big ones as well as the small fry."
First in importance of all the subjeots
that the two men have investigated
comes the trolley deal. Shortly after the
earthquake and fire last April the United
Railroads was given a blanket franchise
by the supervisors to convert its cable
roads into an overhead electric system.
Before the fire the United Railroads was
refused sucih a franchise. For the blan
ket franchise the corporation paid the
city nothing. Traction experts value the
concession at $5,000,000.
It is stated that Heney and Burns have
secured confessions from members of the
Board of Supervisors exposing a gigan
tic graft in this connection.
Railroads Paid Him $700,000.
The amount the United Railroads paid
for the privilege of converting all its
cable roads into electric lines is said to
have been $700,000. and, according to the
written and signed confessions of super
visors, said to be now in Heney's pos
session, only $72,000 was turned over by
Ruef for distribution among the IS mem
bers of the board.
It is set forth in the confessions, it is
alleged, that Ruef managed the deal with
John Barrett, Minister to Co
lombia, May Become Director
of Bureau of American Re
publics. the company, and that he paid the $72,00')
graft to James L. Gallagher, now acting
Mayor. It is declared that Gallagher did
not like the Job of disbursing agent and
that th ck waa undertaken fcy Super
visor Coleman.
That Heney is making the trolley graft
his star case is evidenced by his summon-
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
TODAY Maximum temperature 62 de
grees; minimum, 48.
TOMORROW Rain, fresh southerly winds.
Foreign.
British FuffraglBts insist on going to Jail.
Fa-ge 2. " ..euJ
TTholesale arrests of Warsaw terrorists.
Page 1.
National-
Government fears an tl-Japanese agitation
may cause boycott. Page 4
Moody chosen for Supreme Court. Page 4.
John Barrett may be Director of Bureau of
American Republics. Page 5.
Polities.
Shaw exposes Hearst's water monopoly in
Black Hills. Page 4.
New York Democrats make big claims. Re
publicans refuse to prophesy. Page 4.
Gould willing- to sell railroads to Govern
ment. Page 1.
Arms of Cuban rebels thrown in sea by Gov
ernment. Page 3.
Texan e cheer Culberson's denunciation of
Governmen t ownership. Pa ge 4-
Crokr defends Tammany from accusers.
Page 3.
Domestic
Hill-Harriman peace conference fails and
terminal fight will go on. Page 1.
Stuyvesant Fish sells control of Illinois Cen
tral to Harriman. but has voice, in management-
Page 2.
Explosion kills seven men In Pennsylvania
coal mine. Page 5.
Dynamiter threatens to blow up Lake Shore
Limited train unless given money. Page 2r
Santa Fe road ordered to produce books In
Immunity trial. Page 5.
Farmers' Co-operative Congress devising
ways to neat trusts, .rage o.
Many lives lost and many thrilling es
capes In 'fire at Kansas City, Kan. Page L
Alaska-Siberian Railroad incorporated.
Page 2.
Pacific Coast.
Heney will Indict Mayor Schmltx and Bass
Ruef in San Francisco. Page 1.
Beavers win game with Oakland. Page T.
Idaho Democrats plan to challenge Mormon
voters. Page 6.
Whitman defeats Willamette at football;
tame game under new rules. Page 7.
Fred Shepherd. Prineville murderer, con
victed and sentenced to hang November
30- Page 6.
Eastern Washingtpn people threaten to rob
railways of coal; desperate over fuel
shortage. Page 6.
Wife of Maurice Chea! sues for divorce;
recalls mysterious .disappearance of Port
Iand man. Page 6.
Sports.
Frank E. Watklns null terrier. Champion
Edgecote Peer, wins over all competitors
In Philadelphia bench show. Page 7.
Bert Kerrigan to be member of committee
on sports at Jamestown fair. Page 7.
University of Oregon football team spends
cay in Portland. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Reason for dullness In sugar market. Page
15.
Wheat closes weaker at Chicago. Page 15.
Stock speculation at New York quiet. Page
14.
Colonel S. W. Rnessler submits report in
harbor line extension. Page 14-
Time ball en Custom House takes first
plunge. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Shooting on union grainhandlers causes new
hitch in strike settlement. Exporters
may bring strikebreaker James Farley to
Portland. Page 1-
O. R. & N. annual report reveals reason for
car shortage. Page 10.
Residence of Roy Seeley robbed while occu
pants are in the East. Page 10.
Portianders must depend on slabwood for
their fuel supply. Page 10.
J. O. Cooper says that .copper deposits of
Atlin district are among the most valua
ble of the world. Page 7.
Defendants Lemcke and Barker appeal side,
walk sln case to Circuit Court. Page 14.
Deputy county clerks petition commissioners
for an increase in salaries. Page 14.
Members of the A- O. U. W. assert that
Oregon jurisdiction is not aIected by
troubles of the order in the East, page H.
TENEMENT MADE
NT
CREMATORY
Twenty-five Dead at
Kansas City, Kansas.
FLAMES CUT OFF ALL ESCAPE
Ladders Too Short to Rescue From
Upper Floor.
DEEDS OF HEROISM DONE
Two Honored People Cfensnt la AM
Bnlldtne Many Leap Prom fhfs
Fourth Story and Are Cansat
by the Firemen.
KANSAS CITT, HIS Oct. At 44S
o'clock the Kansas City. Kan.. Are de
partment estimates the loss of dead at
25.
KANSAS CITT, Mo.. Oct. 25. Fire,
destroyed the Chamber of Commerce
building, a four-story brick and stone:
structure. In Kansas City, Kan., in,
which 200 persons were sleeping, early
this morning; and several lives were
lost and 50 persons Injured.
The Dead.
The dead so far posifively known
are:
ROBERT BURTON, a stonemason.
LTN'CH. driver of a sand wagon.
Infant child of John A. Sparks.
Lynch, with the Sparks baby In nla
arms. Jumped from the second story,
but fell into the ruins and both per
ished. Seriously Injured.
Among the seriously injured are:
Unknown baby, fatally; dropped from
second floor to policeman, who failed
to catch it.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sparks, severely
burned.
Arthur Childers, policeman, run over
by hose wagon, may die..
James H. Branham. wagonmaker,
Jumpel from fourth floor, both le-
fractured.
TV. J. Moreland. Missouri Pacific fire
man, fractured thigh and scalp woflnds.
. Thomas Conner, blacksmith, severely
burned.
F. H. McCauley, Missouri Pacific fire
man, cut about body by falling glass.
E. O. EThart, fireman at Fowler's
packing plant, hands burned by sliding;
on rope.
Frank Otterman, railway mail clerk,
cut and bruised.
Mrs. C. H. Rose, hands burned by
Eliding on rope from fourth floor.
Charles Cartin, engineer of the Nel
son Morris Packing Company, vfis sick
with typhoid fever on the third floor
and is missing.
Fred Taft, the negro janitor. Is miss
ing. He alone had a list of the tenants
and could tell who are missing.
Mrs. Frances Perguck, who lived on
the third floor, reports her husband
and baby missing.
AH Escape Cut OH.
The three upper floors of the build
ing, which stood at the corner of Park
and Central streets, in the Riverview
district, were occupied as a tenement
and contained 100 rooms, many fami
lies living there as well as single lodg
ers. The fire broke out on the ground
floor and before the Inmates were
awakened ail avenues of escape
through the building were cut off. The
firemen took most of the lodgers out
with ladders and, entering the smoke
filled halls and rooms, carried out 30
people.
Jumps Into Firemen's Arms.
Before the firemen arrived men and
women and children were groping through
the halls in an effort to escape from
the suffocating smoke. The fire ladders
did not reach above the third floor, and
several persons on the four floor did not
get down to the floor below in time to
use the ladders. Frank Betar Jumped
from the fourth floor and caught the
rungs of a ladder below, and although
he held on he broke all of his fingers.
H. G. Wilson pitched his wife from the
fourth floor to the firemen on the lad
ders below and then with his young baby
Jumped Into the arms of the firemen him
self. The firemen carried out about JO
people who were unable to escape with
out assistance.
Drops Wife and Babe to Safety.
Jesse Ford, a laborer, with his wife
and young baby in his arms, climbed
out of a room on the fourth floor and,
walking along a beam to a point directly
above the firemen,' dropped his wife and
baby safely to them. He himself Jumped
and was saved by the firemen. Many
wonderful escapes are reported.
The firemen believe that some of the
people in the 'building failed to escape
and that their bodies will be discovered
in the ruins when an Investigation can
be made.
The cause of the fire is not known. It
was under control at 3 A. M. The loss
on the building is $60,000.
Running Down the Reds.
WARSAW, Oct '24. Wholesale arrests
and domiciliary searches continue in this
city. The police, aided by troops, are
gradually running down all the former
terrorists. The situation is growing seri
ous. The authorities are preparing rigor
ously to stamp out the slightest disturb
ance. Owing to the postponement of the exe
cution of certain terrorists, the socialists
have withdrawn their proclamation for a
general strike.