AUSTRIA EXPECTS
T
DESCHUTES ROAD
FRICK NOT BALKED,
HIRES WHOLE TRAIN
ire BILLS ARE
THEATER
SEVEN ON DIVIDE
WAR WITH SERVIA
KNIFED IH SENATE
NEARLY
STARTS AT
WITHIN SIX WEEKS HOSTILI
TIES MAY BEGIN.
SIX MEN AND WOMAN" ARE
CAUGHT ON MOUNTAIN.
L.AVISHXESS OF MILXIOXAIRE
SURPRISES FRENCHMAN.
UCKEB QUIZZED BY
HUNGER MAY KILL
BURNED
00
DEAD
RM
SURGEONS
ONCE
Opening Up of Central
Oregon Authorized.
HARRiMAN ORDERS ALL SPEED
Line Is 130 Miles Long and
Will Cost $4,773,000.
TAP IRRIGATION DISTRICT
Construction May Take Year and
Hair, and Will Proceed as Soon
as Right of 'Way Mat
ters Are Adjusted.
FACTS ABOCT DE8CHCTES
RAILROAD.
Distance 130 miles.
Routs l"p Deschutes River from
Its mouth to Madras. Bend and Red
znond.
Estimated cost 14.773.000.
Connections Main line of O. R.
A' N at Deschutes.
Physical features Water - grad
4 line, expensive of construction but
easy of operation because of low
t grades.
4 History Organized February 1.
1906. amended surveys adopted by
t board of directors August 20. 10OT.
I Road to Central Oregon promised by
Harrlman September 5. 100S. De-
schutcs route recommended by Gen-
eral Manager O'Brien In Fall of
t 1!0.
I Time of commencing; work As
I soon as right of way obstacles are
rt moved.
f Probable time of construction
( From one year to a year and a half.
Harrlman will enter Central Oregon by
the Deschutes route. The decision to
invade the Interior by this survey has
been made by the heads of the system'
and authority to construct the road was
given General Manager O'Brien yester
day In telegraphic advices from Chicago.
Work will be commenced on the new
line Just as soon as right of way ob
stacles are removed and contracts can
be let.
It is estimated by Mr. O'Brien that from
a year to a year and a half will be re
quired to construct the road. The dis
tance Is 130 miles from Deschutes, at the
mouth of the river, to Redmond, In the
heart of the Irrigation district around
Bend. The estimated cost of the road
Is $4,773,000. Upon receipt of approval of
his recommendations from Chicago yes
terday Mr. O'Brien said:
Walt for Approval of Maps.
"I iiaw been authorized to start work
on the line up the Deschutes River to
Redmond as soon as maps are approved
by the Government and rights of way
are secured. We are willing to pay
what Is considered market value for rights
of way, but we do not propose to be
held up by exorbitant prices either by
1 owners of land or others. Work will be
' started after right of way matters are
settled as soon as contracts can be let.
"Construction will be difficult and ex
pensive along the surveys, and I esti
mate It will take from a year to a year
and a half to complete the line. One
of the biggest obstacles will be the land-
lng of supplies at the points where they
will be needed by workmen. The line
will follow the river closely at the bot
tom of the Doschutes canyon, and sup
plies will have to be hauled overland
and let down the sides of this canyon,
' which In many places are 2000 feet high."
Maps N'ot Yet Approved.
The Deschutes Railroad Company,
the name of the subsldary Harrlman
corporation making; the surveys, al
though yet young, was born to trouble
as the sparks to fly upward. Although
efforts have been made since 1906 to
get its maps approved. Its object has
not yet been reached. Opposed by
other railroads and blocked at stra
tegic points. It has also had to contend
with "Jackrabbit engineers," as Irriga
tion experts are known by the rail
roaders, who see possible reclamation
projects by using the water of the
Deschutes. Dams In the river are of
course serious obstructions to a rail
road following the banks of the stream.
Just how soon the right-of-way
maps filed by the Deschutes Railroad
will be approved by the Interior De-
partmcnt so that work may begin can
not now be known. This approval is
withheld because of conflicts with the
Oregon Trunk Line. Incorporated,
which has surveys for a portion of the
distance up the Deschutes Identical
with the Harriman surveys. The ob;
stacles presented by this rival line
were detailed by W. W. Cotton, gen
eral counsel for the Harrlman Inter
ests In this territory, recently at a
special meeting of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce and are generally un
derstood. It Is the contention of the
Harrlman interests that the Oregon
Trunk Is really a plan to delay the
Deschutes company and extort money
from Harrlman.
Government OivA land.
Along the Deschutes River, for a
great portion of tne distance, title to
the land still remains with the United
States. These lands are within the
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Pays $1290 to Take Party to Pau
to See Wilbnr Wright Fly
in Aeroplane.
PARIS, Feb. 13. (Special.) Officials of
the state-owned Orleans Railroad are
still under the spell of amazement at the
exploit of H. C. Frlck. of Pittsburg,
who has given them a lesson In accom
plishing the Impossible which they will
not soon forget. Mr. Frlck when in Paris
determined to run down to Pau to see
Wilbur Wright fly In his aeroplane. Mr.
Frlck wanted six seats In the train de
luxe for his party, but -unfortunately he
found all seats taken.
"Well, add another railway carriage,"
said the Pittsburg man magnificently.
"I'll pay for It."
"I regret to disappoint Monsieur," re
plied the station official, "but this would
be too heavy a burden for the locomo
tive,, and it Is not our habl to accede
to such demands,"
"Then make me up a special." .de
manded the millionaire-. "Never mind the
cost; I'll pay."
Considerably dazed, the stationmaster,
after considerable reflection, arranged for
the special train. The Frlck party ar
rived at Pau In time to see Mr. Wright
In his exhibition, but not before the steel
magnate haTl paid out $1290 for a ride
of 55 miles.
LOCK CANAL IS CHEAPER
Also Better, Members of "Isthmian
Commission, Tell Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Chairman
Goethals and General Cousel Rogers,
of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and
Chairman F. C. Boggs, chief of the
Washington ofrice. appeared today be
fore the subcommittee on appropria
tions, which is preparing the Sundry
Civil bill.
Colonel Goethals spoke emphatical
ly in favor of the lock system for" the
Panama Canal in preference to the
sea-level plan. The latter he said,
would cost about $175,000,000 more
than the lock canal, the cost of which
he said, will reach J375.000.000 includ
ing the original purchase" price, but
not including interest on the money.
TETON TUNNEL IS ON FIRE
Grent . Northern Boro Closed to
Trains by Fierce Blaze.
GREAT FALLsT Mont., Feb. 15. A
fierce Are is raging In the Great Northern
Tunnel at Teton station, 50 miles east of
here, and it wtll be completely burned
out.
A large force of men Is at work in an
effort to check the flames, but as there
is no water available, they cannot ac
complish much. It is expected that the
road will be blocked for several days.
BECKERT ADMITS MURDER
German Diplomat in Chile Says He
Killed Servant in Self-Dcfense.
SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 15. Herr
Beckert, Chancellor of the German le
gation here, arrested at Chilian last
week, has confessed to killing the ser
vant of the legation, whose body was
found ten days ago in the ruins of the
legation office after the destruction of
the building by fire. He declares that
he killed tho man in self-defense.
FILIBUSTER DEFEATS DRYS
South . Carolina legislators Wage
War for Several Days.
COLUMBUS. S. C. Feb. 15. After a
lively filibuster lasting several days, it
appeared today that state-wide prohibi
tion had been defeated In this state. The
Senate had a majority of four for local
option and the House was equally close.
The local option forces in the House were
well organized to demand roll calls on
hundreds of amendments.
CREATES STIR IN ROME
News of Roosevelt's Visit Causes
Quite a Flutter.
ROME, Feb. 15. The announcement
that Theodore Roosevelt and his wife
will arrive at Naples the end of March
on his way to East Africa, and will
remain in Italy 11 days, has been re
ceived here with great satisfaction.
Both the King and Queen have ex
pressed a desire to meet him.
SUCCESSOR TO COQUELIN
LeBargey to Play "Chanticleer, at
Salary of $30,000.
PARIS, Feb. 13. Edmond Rostand, the
playwright, has selected M. LeBargey,
of the Comedle Francalse, to replace
Benolt. Constant Coquelin, who died last
month, in the leading role of Rostand's
new play, "Chanticleer," at a salary of
$30,000 a year.
ACTOR HITCHCOCK "BROKE"
Man Whose Name Was Smirched by
Charges Owes $28,1294.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. Raymond
Hitchcock, the actor, filed a petition in
bankruptcy today in the United States
District Court- He gives his liabilities
at $28,294, his assets at $16.
Signs of Economy in
Legislature.
STATE SCHOOL BILLS ARE CUT
One Normal Allowed at Port
land With $100,000.
HOUSE FREE WITH MONEY
Appropriations Slated for Passage
Will Total $2,680,964 Schools
and Road Bills Are Not
Included In This Estimate.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb. 15.
(Special.) The first signs of economy In
the Oregon legislature came tonight
when the Senate passsed a bill appropri
ating $100,000 for one normal school in
Portland, as opposed to the bills passed
by the House for $318,000 for three nor
mals; cut down the Agricultural College
annual maintenance appropriation from
the $100,000 asked for and voted down a bill
of Senator Oliver for a new $60,000 agricul
tural college at Union. At the same time
the House defeated the $25,000 appropria
tion' for the Seattle Fair.
JIou.se Still Liberal.
Big appropriation bills were passed in
each house, however, without applica
tion of the pruning knife. The Senate
passsed a bill for $351,000 for Improve
ments In the Asylum, the Penitentiary,
the Blind School, the Feeble-Minded In
stitute, the Soldiers' Home and the Re
form School.
The House at the day session papssed
three bills of the ways and means com
mittee, amounting to $1,727,000, and cut
down the total only $24-10. The Senate
passed a bill raising the State Fair ap
propriation from $10,000 to $15,000 and a
bill appropriating $15,000 for tuberculosis
sanatoria.
Portage F.xtcnslon Carries.
The bills passed In the House were
those known as the general, the defi
ciency and the portage appropriations. In
the House will next come about $45,000
for such Institutions as the Baby Home,
the Boys' and Girls' Aid and the Flor
ence Crittcnton Home.
These four bills are slated for passage
and amount together with $612,000 contin
uing appropriations of $2,689,964. This
b gf total does not Include the sums asked
for Normals, scalp bounty, Seattle Fair,
Crater Lake road, Johnson's road bill,
Agricultural College and a lot of other
bills that threaten to reach $1,500,000.
When the Senate this evening passed
the improvement bill President Bower
man entered a vigorous protest, which
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WEARY WILLIE,
; . - . ; j
Section - Gang:, 13,000 Feet Above
Sea, Imprisoned by Fifty
Foot Snowdrifts.
BUEXA VISTA, Colo., Feb. 15. Snow
bound at the crest of the continental di
vide, at the Alpine tunnel, on the Colo
rado & Southern Railroad, a party of
seven Is in Imminent danger of starving,
according to a party of nine men who
reached here last night after a terrible
struggle through the deep snow.
The men who arrived here are snow
Bhovelers and left Pine Pass, 13.000 feet
above the sea level, Friday morning. Ten
hours were spent In making the first six
miles, as only two of the party had
snowshoes. The snow In places was
found to be from 20 to BO feet In depth,
and a number of times the little party
had narrow escapes from death by
slides.
According to their stories the party at
Alpine tunnel consists of Larry Waters
and his wife, who run the eating-house,
and five track men, three of them sick.
They had nothing left to eat except a
limited supply of coffee and flour enough
for about two days. Yesterday's new
storm makes it problematical when the
rotary plows will be able to open the
line.
$500,000 FOR COLUMBIA
Portland Engineering District Fa
vored by River and Harbor Bill.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 15. In audition to . items
heretofore enumerated, the river and
harbor bill, soon to be reported to the
House, will carry $300,000 for continuation
of the work on the jetty at the mouth
of the Columbia River, $200,000 for repair
ing and operating the dredse Chinook.
$100,000 for continuing Improvement of the
Fortland-to-the-sea channel, together with
a survey of this part of the river, look
lng U procuring of a 30-foot channel.
The appropriation for the mouth of the
Columbia River Is far the largest single
item In the bill, and the Portland en
gineering district will receive more than
twice .the amount carried for any other
district In the country. This liberal
treatment is due to the energies of the
Oregon Congressmen and Representa
tive Jones, who is on the river' and har
bor committee.
ROCKS SINK BENEATH .SEA
Earthquake Is . Believed to Have
Changed Santa Barbara Channel.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15. It is reported
that Beggs Rocks, located in the out
side channel between Santa Barbara and
San Nicholas Islands, have recently sunk
into the ocean, probably as the result of
an earthquake and now constitute a
serious menace to navigation.
Captain Keegan, of the schooner Cecilia
Sudden, arriving at San Pedro, reports
that he came near the rocks which are
charted as' showing 40 feet above high
tide, and found them but four feet above
the water at almost low tide. The hydro
graphic office In San Francisco has been
notified.
AFTER TAKING THE DOCTOR'S TREATMENT.
Terrible Disaster at
Acapulco, Mexico.
CRUSHED AND ROASTED ALIVE
Panic Blocks Exits, and Third
of Audience Dies.
WHOLE FAMILES EXTINCT
Performance In Honor of Governor
Ends In Catastrophe Dead Can't
; Be Identified and Are Bur
led In Great Trench.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 15. Between 250
and 300 people were burned to death and
many were injured in a fire which de
stroyed the Flores Theater In the City
of Acapulco last night. The news of the
disaster reached here this afternoon, tele
graphic communication with Acapulco
having been destroyed last night and to
day", owing to the fact that the tele
graph office adjoining the theater was
burned and all wires put out of commis
sion. Crushed or Roasted Alive.
The Flores Theater was a wooden struc
ture and last night more than 1000 peo
ple crowded Into It to witness a special
performance given in honor of Governor
Damian Flores of the State of Guerrero.
One of the numbers on the programme
consisted of a series of moving pictures.
While tho operator was exhibiting these,
a film caught fire and the blaze was
quickly communicated to some bunting
which had been used for decorative pur
poses.'. In An incredibly short time the
flames spread to all parts of the struc
ture. Tls)re were but three narrow exits and
the panic-stricken audience rushed to
them, many persons falling to be crushed
to death, their bodies choking the way to
escape for others. The screams of those
imprisoned .were terrifying.
Rescue Work Impossible.
Owing to the rapidity with which the
fire spread and its Intense heat It was
Impossible to attempt rescue work, and
those Imprisoned were literally roasted
alive, as the fire burned with little
smoke, and few were suffocated.
The efforts of the fire department
were confined to attempting to save the
adjoining building, and the firemen
succeeded so well that the property loss
was small. The telegraph office, post
office and customs house were damaged,
but all of the government records, and
registered mail were saved.
Today pitiful scenes of grief were
witnessed on the streets of the city.
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Conditions on Frontier Intolerable
and Artillery Being Hurried
to Bosnia.
VIENNA, Feb. 15. (Special.) Com
petent persons In military circles assert
.that the question of peace or war with
Servla must be cleared up within the
next six weeks, or perhaps even earlier.
The present strained relations, coupled
with the perilous situation on the frontier,
are absolutely intolerable. Many well-informed
persons, who hitherto have be
lieved that a peaceful solution would be
found, now are beginning to declare that
war Is inevitable.
The war office is working night and day
to complete its preparations, which em
brace everything short of general mobi
lization. Partial mobilizations are going
on all the time. Yesterday 15 batteries
of machine guns were mobilized, men
divided and sent to various regiments for
a few days to be transferred presently
into Bosnia. All officers have received
specific instructions where to report In
the event of a general mobilization, jijc
treme secrecy is being maintained re
gardlng all these measures.
LONDON, Feb. 16. A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Vienna states that Aus
tria-Hungary will shortly issue a $70.-
000.000 loan at 4 per cent In order to
prepare for any contingency with regard
to Servia. This fund will be applied to
the replenishing of the war treasury.
AWAIT KIAMIL'S MESSAGE
Turks in Suspense Until Cause of
Crisis Explained.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 15. There
is a lull in the political excitement here
pending the appearance of Kiami
Pasha's manifesto, explaining his recent
action in deposing the Ministers of War
and Marine and the submission of the
new ministry's programme to Parlia
ment, bolh of which are promised for
tomorow..
Hllml Pasha, the new Grand izler.
today received a number of foreign Am
bassadors and Ministers, to whom ho
gave assurance of prompt solution of
the pending international questions and
the continuity of Turkey s foreign pol
icy and internal reform.
Up to tho present time there have been
no actual disturbances, but in some quar
ters of the city pistol shots were heard
and there was more or less of a panic,
JAIL LIFE IS PROFITABLE
Bay City Woman Gots $1000 an Hour
for Time of Incarceration.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. A thous
and dollars an hour for seven hours
spent In jail, was the amount of dam
ages awarded to Mrs. Annette Hart
zell, a local milliner, today by the jury
in the $25,000 damage suit brought by
her against John D. Murphy, repre
sentative of a Chicago millinery es
tablishment. Mrs. Hartzell was ar
rested in 1906 on complaint of Murphy,
who alleged that she had secured a
bill of goods from his firm under false
pretenses. She filed suit for $25,000
damages due to false imprisonment.
The fact that Mrs. Hartzell's picture
appeared In local papers with a num
ber written across It, showing that It
came from the police "Rogue's gallery"
particularly Impressed the Jury.
SUFFRAGE STORM BREWS
Glasgow Women Volunteer to Ilaid
Parliament Today.
LONDON, Feb. 15. The Suffragette
leaders have promised that they will do
nothing to annoy the King or disturb the
royal procession at the reopening of Par
liament tomorrow.
A hint of something afoot came from
Glasgow tonight, when at an enthusiastic
meeting of Suffragettes a ready response
was made to a call for volunteers for
"danger uuty" to help in the raiding of
the House of Commons. A large number
of women announced their readiness to
undergo a six months' term In prison
for the cause.
They were Immediately escorted by
hundreds of sympathizers and took the
midnight train for London.
FEAR TRIP MAY RUIN. BELL
Liberty Bell . Develops Extensive
Crack That Jars Would Extend.
PHILADELPHIA Feb. 15. The discov
ery today that the crack in the Liberty
Bell has extended 17 inches- beyond its
original length caused the starting of
another move to prevent the proposed
trip of the old relic to the Pacific Coast.
The second crack, which Is scarcely per
ceptible, extends almost to the top of the
bell, and any sudden jolt may cause it to
split In half. The committee of Council
having the proposed trip of the bell in
charge will make a report next Thurs
day. EIGHT CHINESE SNEAK IN
-
Celestials AValk Across Frozen St.
Lawrence, but Are Caught.
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.. Feb. 15. Eight
Chinese were captured herd today, having
walked across the St. Lawrence River on
the ice from the Canadian side. They ar
rived at the border from Montreal on the
midnight train and were piloted here by
an Indian. All the Chinese had their
queues cut off and wore American
clothes. They were charged with unlaw
fully entering the United States.
Wife and Mother-in-Law
Chief Accusers.
WILL TELL OF DISSIPATION
High Jinks to Be Exposed to
Army Retiring Board.
DID HE HAVE AFFINITY?
Conflict About Mrs. Piatt's Statu
Will Be Settled Amount of
Tucker's Retirement Pay
Depends on Issue.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. (Special.) Whether
Colonel William F. Tucker, Assistant
Paymaster-General of the Army, has be
come Incapacitated for service and
whether that Incapacitation, if existing,
has been caused by his Army services or
by dissipation will be decided Tuseday or
Wednesday by the retiring board of the
Army, which convened today in the Fed
eral building.
Colonel Tucker, looking thin, ill and
careworn, underwent a physical exami
nation made by the medical members of
the board today. He was subjected to a
rigorous examination at the hands of the
medicnl experts.
Five other officers are to have their
cases decided by the board and under
went the medical test. Possibly Tues
day, but probably not until Wednesday,
the board will call the Tucker case, re
ceive the report of tho medical men and
then proceed to hear evidence on the
question as to whether Colonel Tucker
should be "retired" or "wholly retired,"
If retired at all.
Wife Witness Agninst Him.
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, his wife,
and Mrs. John A. Logan, his mother-in-law,
will take the stand to testify that
the Colonel should be wholly retired. In
asmuch as his present . poor physical
condition has been brought about by dis
sipation in the Philippines and elsewhere.
Colonel Tucker on the contrary will
seek to show that his Ill-health Is due to
long and arduous services 'In the Army,
and that therefore he should only be re
tired. It Is not expected that Colonel
Tucker will contend that he Is not in
capacitated, but will make the hardest
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Weather.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
YESTERDAY'S Minimum temperature,
55.2 degrees; minimum, 43.3 degrees.
Legislatures.
Knife applied to a few appropriations at
Salecm. Pare 1.
Oregon Legislature spends busy day. rage i.
Oregon-Washington bridge bill hits snac
In House, Page 7.
Oregon Legislature to adjourn Saturday,
one day late. Page 7.
Charge of graft in state institutions reiter
ated at Olympia. Page 6.
Oregon Senate kills all proposed constitu
tional amendments, leaving work for con
vention. Page 7.
Foreign.
Austria believes war with Kervia Imminent
and makes secret preparations. Page 1.
Frick surprises Frenchmen by hiring spe
cial train. Pase 1.
Between 2."i0 and 300 persons burned to
death In theater at Acalpueo, Mexico.
Page 1.
National.
P.oosevelt sends message to Congress on
cure of dependent children. Page 2.
Fleet squadrons will unite today and may
reach Hampton Roads Saturday. Page 4.
Domestic.
Six men and women starving to death in
snow on summit of Rockies la Colorado.
Page 1.
Waters-Pierce Company pays fine to Mis
souri, but must show divorce from Stand
ard. Pase 3.
Defense of dry farms by leading advocate.
Page ii.
Heney warns witness In Calhoun trial he
will defend himself from vilification.
Page 3.
Evidence in Lemp's defense given by serv
ants. Page 3.
Army Rotiring Board begins Inquiry Into
Tucker scandal. Pago 1.
Frohman says divorce suit friendly and ap
proves Bowes for wife's second husband.
Page 5.
Daniel Guggenheim flees from mountains of
Mexico to sae life. Page 4.
Illinois lawyers argue on direct primary law-
and expect no decision for month. Page
3.
Sports.
Baseball magnates to settle Pulllam-ilurphy
tight and bribery charges. Page 3.
George V Simons will likely be chosen
president of Multnomah Club. Page 11.
Pacific Northwest.
Heavy flow of gas struck at Ontario.
Page G.
Salem men Invest J240.000 in fruit farm
project. Page b.
Admission day anntversary observed at
aalem. Page (J.
Commercial and Marine.
Better undertone in potato and onion mar
kets. Page 15.
New York stock market follows London ad
vance. Page 15.
May wheat advances but later falls back.
Page 15.
Fleet of lighthouse tentjers Increased by
arrival of Manzanlta. l'age 11.
Portland, and Vicinity.
Harrlman system authorizes Immediate con
struction of Southern Oregon. Page 1.
Prizes to be offered school children to
stimulate poultry Industry. Page 3.
Mavor Iane elaborates his reform plan in
address before Baptist ministers. Page
11.
Northern .Pacific president refuses to opea
Portland gateway. Page 14.
Executive Board to condemn power com
pany's rights In Madison-street bridge.
Page lO.
Judge Gatens shows self-possession and dig
nity in hearing first case. Page 10.
Executive Board unanimously votes to re
ject East 2Sth-street bridge. Page 10.
Mayor says responsibility of buying parks
should rest with Council. Page lei.
Granddaughter of W. H. Hurlbert kid
naped by- mother and strange man.
Page 10.
Four young merr have lurid time at show
and with police. Page 9.