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TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1909. 10 0 DENIED Bf TWOHY Contractor, on Other Hand, Declares Crews on Des chutes Increased. J. P. O'BRIEN GOES EAST Earrlman Chief Is Called Into Con ference in Regard to Legal Battle Now Being Fought Over Right of Way. Emphatic denial of the report that la borers are being discharged from the work of constructing the Harriman rail Toad up the Deschutes was made yester day by John Twohy. of the firm of Twohy Bros., contractors, who are constructing the road for the Deschutes Railroad Com pany. Mr. Twohy declared positively that Instead of reducing the number of their employes they are daily increasing their forces and proceeding actively with grad ing and construction worK. at parts of their route where there are no conflicts in the surveys of the two roads. Opera tions have been suspended only where the two surveys conflict, reports Mr. Twohy. and at those points only by rea BOn of the fact that the Harriman con tractors are enjoined by the Injunction suits wfiich have, been filed by the Oregon Trunk. "It is our policy always to avoid inter views and a discussion of our business affairs through the newspapers." said Mr. Twohy yesterday, "but in the press of to day some statements to the effect that we are discharging large numbers of men who have been working for us along the line of the Deschutes railroad seem to call for a contradiction and a statement of the facts. Forced to More Crews. 'When we entered upon the building of the Decshutes line unwer our contract with the railroad company, we proceeded In the usual way and with the proper re gard for economical management and be gan placing our camps and men at dif ferent points, commencing at the mouth of the Deschutes and extending nearly as far south as Madras. At the time the Injunction was served on us at the be ginning of this week restraining our op erations particularly on that section be tween mile post 71 and mile post 83. we had on that section of the road over fio men employed and on the whole over 120 men. but. of course, the injunction tem porarily suspended the work south of Inile post 40. "We have not discharged a man. but commenced at once to move our forces down the river from mile post 71 and up the river from mile post S3 and to other points on the river where there Is tio conflict. We had in that section of 12 hilles seven camps and the programme is lo maintain these camps where they are lintll the court permits us to resume, maintaining a number of men at each tamp to protect our property. 'We not only have not discharged any men but. on the contrary, we are receiv ing additional forces every day. On Wed nesday four of our contractors came on to lhe work with outfit, horses and sup plier to car'-y.on their contracts. We have sublet to responsible contractors praet! cajlly all of the construction work be tween the mouth of the Deschutes and Madras and are now getting equipment and men all along the line as fast as we can consistently with economy. We have now within a short distance of the mouth of the Deschutea River l'X men engaged in grading, track-laying, etc. Farther up the river and extending In both directions from mile post 13. we have rot lees than 2oa men employed, there being no contest on these parts of the line. We have 310 men employed in the neighborhood of Grass Valley. Work is also going on at other points farther south end outside of the territory affected by the Injunction." O'Brien Called to Chicago. In the pending fight for control of the Deschutes situation, there were no fur ther legal developments locally. In view of the status of the controversy and the determined alignment of the opposing forces. It Is regarded as significant that : J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the ' Harriman lines, should leave during the j day for Chicago. Late Thursday night. It is understood. Mr. O Brien received a telegram from his superiors at Chicago, summoning him Immediately for a con ference. At the Harriman offices yester day ignorance was professed of the mis- 1 lon which called Mr. O'Brien East at I this time, but there can exist no ques tion that It has to do with the Deschutes situation. Any Intimation that the Harriman forces are getting "cold feet" and may ! propose a compromise or possibly with- draw from the fight for the occupancy of the Deschutes canyon is resented vlg- orously by the men who are directing the i battle for the Deschutes Railroad Com ' pany. the Harriman property. Since the ' contest has progressed to Its present stage, even the representatives of the Oregon Trunk are not at all sanguine that their adversary will submit to any , concession other than the Federal Court may Impose after both sides have been i heard. ! Mr. O'Brien will reach Chicago some t time Monday, the day before the Oregon Trunk injunction suit comes up In the L Federal Court before Judge Bean. It Is expected the course that will be followed ! by the Harriman attorneys at this hear ing will reflect the wishes of the head officials of the road following a detailed presentation of the facts by Mr. O'Brien, who is the directing general for Harriman In this territory. The hearing and final disposition of the rending injunction suits promise to con sume a great deal of time. In the first place, the Harriman officials will resist the continuance of the injunction by filing numerous affidavits attacking the allegations of the complaint filed by the rival road and on which It expects to have the temporary injunction made per petual. This course on the part of the Harriman people will call for counter affidavits from the Oregon Trunk repre sentatives, which will take time for prep aration. After these preliminaries have been disposed of. the vital legal questions which are involved will be argued so that several days will elapse before the case Is finally brought to an Issue and an opportunity offered for presenting the legal points involved. WAY BE HIIX I.1XE TO SOUTH Railroad Supply Salesman Thinks Porters Working Tor California. HOOD RIVER. Aug. ll- Special.) From information obtained from E. T. Winner, a salesman for railroad camp upplies. who was at Hood River today and who has Just visited the rival rail road camps of Twohy Brothers and Por ter Brothers In the Deschutes Canyon, the building of a railroad into Central Oregon by the latter i of secondary Im portance, the main object being the building of a Hill railroad into Cali fornia with Its destination at San Fran cisco. Mr. Winner states that he drew this conclusion from several talks he had with employes of Porter Brothers who are on the clerical force and gave up oti:er good positions to work for the con tractors who built a good portion of the Spokane. Portland & Seattle Railroad, and who were assured three years' work at an advance in salary- The plan as outlined to Winner is to bridge the Columbia at the mouth of the Deschutes River, making a direct con nection with the Hill road on the north bank of the Columbia and building the road up the Deschutes through Sherman. Wasco. Crook and Klamath counties, striking Sacramento, and then on to San Francisco. It is said that by covering this route that the Hill road would reach San Francisco over a line that would be 200 miles shorter than the Southern Pa cific, and put It in a position to secure practically all the through traffic from St. Paul and Canadian points. Through connection at Pasco over the Northern Pacific and the Portland & Se attle, and by bridging the Columbia, it Is stated that the new road would make connections that would reach Portland. Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma and open up a gateway to California for all the roads in the Northwest under the control of the Hill interests. The building of the North Bank Road is said by Mr. Winner to have been the first step in the plan of the Hill interests to reach California over a short and com paratively easy route with the added in ducement of traversing a section of the Oregon country that will mean a big busi ness for it when It has transportation and can be developed. TWOHYS DISCHARGE 300 MEN' Confirmation of Early Report Comes From Deschutes Canyon. BIGGS. Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.') News comes out from . the Deschutes Canyon confirming the reports that all the Twohy men and engineers have been laid off In the vicinity of the cove, the entire num ber probably aggregating 300 or more. The Porters are securing the services of these men as fast as they can provide camps and equipment to use them ad vantageously. A new camp is being es tablished at Maupins Ferry, five miles above White River, manned by the labor ers discharged by the Twohys. They will at once commence constitution of a wagon road up river for transportation of grading equipment, etc. The road will probably go through to the cove, a distance of about 25 or 30 miles. LiBERATI AT THE OAKS FAMOUS LEADER AXD BAND IX TWO CONCERTS TOMORROW. Portland Favorite of Many Seasons Will Be Heard in Afternoon and at Night. Editor Blethen. writing in the Seat tle Times In 1902. says: "There have been a few great cornetists before the American people in the last quarter of a century, but we believe that it is the verdict of those who have heard them all that Liberatl stands at the head." That opinion is shared by every newspaper of note In the country, and music critics agree In praising Liber ati's band in similar words of enco mium. For example, the Cincinnati Times-Star said last Fall: "It is no exaggeration to say there has been no more artistic musical treat arranged for the public than the concerts that are being given by Slgnor Llherati, his tuneful band and the 20 grand opera singers who add the beauty of human voices to the instrumental strains. The whole combination blends into the most pretentions and acceptable treat ever offered Cincinnati, music-lovers." The Oregonlan of July 5, 1905. said: "And when Liberatl plays his inspired cornet, no one may question the genius of him. His spirit is a fellow with the spirit of music, the one knowing and loving and confident In the other. That's why he is a great master, above the affectations that make mere acro batic tune-players of so many musi cians of the hairy cult." Liberatl long ago captured Portland music-lovers, who will swarm out to the Oaks Sunday afternoon and even ing to renew their allegiance to the master artist. His hand, he says In a letter to Manager Cordray, Is today better than ever before. The Oaks management at an outlay of a large sum was able to secure Liberatl and his peerless band for two concerts Sun day, one to be given at 2:30 In the af ternoon and another at 8:15 In the evening, and this achievement evi dences the Intention that the Oaks Is to offer visitors to that beautiful park the highest class of attractions possible to obtain. There Is to be no added charge at the gates, this grand musical treat being a compliment proffered by Mr. Cordray to all who come to the park Sunday. The Oaks may he reached by large and commodious cars runninpr at fre quent Intervals from Third and Yamhill or from Morrison and East Water. Those who prefer to make the trip by water will find launches at the foot of Salmon street. West Side. GREEKS HELD FOR THEFTS Seven Await Trial When Interpreter Reaches Eugene. EfGEXE. Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) Seven Greek laborers are In the County Jail here awaiting an examination that Is dependent upon the coming of an interpreter from Portland. The Greeks are charged with theft from boxcars at Cottage Grove. All of the gang being unable to speak English, the examination cannot be held until the arrival of an in terpreter, who Is expected tomorrow. Suit to Be Agains-t Two Companies. The law firm of Gammans & Malar key filed in the Circuit Court yesterday morning the petition of Florence XL Saunders, widow of Bradley L. Saun ders, that she be appointed adminis tratrix of his estate. The estate was accordingly admitted to probate, and the appointment made. Saunders, who was a lineman. 26 years of age, was electrocuted at Ninth and Halsey streets. August 9.. As the wires of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Com pany, and of the Pacific States Tele phone & Telegraph Company are strung east and west upon the pole where Saunders was at work, it is likely that a damage suit will be brought against both companies on account of the acci dent. BISIXESS OPEXINGS And the Outlook for Fall Thoroughly Discussed. Brighter prospects for Fall business were never more apparent In Portland than they are today. Everybody is opti mistic and with every reason to be so. The different openings at present, as well as the wants of people looking for openings. Is pretty thoroughly dis cussed In the Business Opportunities columns of The Oregonlan. Harris Trunk Co. for trunks and bt- GRAND JUDY RAPS DETENTION DOME Reports Number of Boys Bene , fited Not Commensurate With Cost. SAYS CAMERON NEEDS MAN Declares District Attorney's Force Is Overworked Eighteen True Bills and Nine Not True Returned. Murder Laid to Mrs. Collins. In submitting to Circuit Judge Bro naugh its final report last night, the Mult nomah County 'grand Jury recommended that the Detention Home of the Juvenile Court be done away with, as the Jury eays it is benefiting only a few boys, and is a heavy burden to the county. The re. port says the institution is poorly han dled. Criticism of the condition of the sub-jail at Kelly Butte, on account of the crowded sleeping quarters, is also made. The City Jail was found to he in a bad condition, and the recommendation of . a fire-escape for the Boys and Girls' Aid Society building is renewed. The grand jury also recommends that District At torney Cameron be given an additional deputy. He now has five. , Eighteen true bills and nine not true bills were returned. Among those In dicted were Charles Ladd, Mrs. Kate M. Collins and W. A. Schooling. Ladd is charged with having uttered a forged hank check for J8.50. signed Edward Frank, and passed on Mrs. B. E. Ham niell. As has been expected. Mrs. Collins is charged with murder In the first degree for shooting her husband. Dr. Roy A. Col. lins. on July 24. Charles B. Frisbie. F. L. Perkins and Frank Snow were called before the grand jury as witnesses. Schooling is charged with having sold three bottles of beer to W. L. Stinson for 60 cents, without having a license. W. B. Kiernan told the grand Jury what he knew about the case. Simon Cohen was indicted for the al leged theft of a gold nugget worth $10. a diamond ring worth $50, and $1.50 from the residence of Kate Huntley, on Au gust 10. Wagner's Raid Bears Fruit. . The raid of Constable Wagner in the North End has led to the indictment of Minnie Brown, charged with having kept a disreputable house on August 2. Andy Powell Is charged with having as saulted and beaten Floyd P. Brown, June 28. William Cairns and James Dunn are al leged to have broken into a freight car belonging to the O. R. & N. Company in which were 500 sacks of bran. The at tempted theft is said to have taken placo July 9. Special Agents Ed. Wood, R. H. Craddock and P. Speigle were called be fore the jury as witnesses. Andv Morck and Harry Mitchell have been indicted for the alleged hold-up of E. V. Voos. on July 25. They are said to have obtained $15. John Lemmons Is also charged with assault with a revolver, which he Is alleged to have aimed at A. J. Shepard on July 6. T. Hazinaka used a knife on Hannah Nakamura July 7, according to the alle gations of the Indictment against him. C. A. Langston Is accused of having as saulted H. W. McNabb with a knife July K. Larceny in a dwelling is the charge laid at the door of A. L. Gray. He is said to have secured $26 belonging to George H. Brewster. Charges of wronging 16-year-old girls have been lodged against Charles Lee. Ernest Newton. Leo Lee Tissier, William Parker and Anthony Conrad. Fred L. Harris and Thomas Savage were cleared of similar charges. A. Gang. A. Kaufman. Nathan Cohen Let's see, what was Pos a to be sure, and I forgot to pull the string off when I bought them. Crisp, golden-brown "Corn Crinkles" ready to serve from the package with cream, and fresh fruit. - and Simon Cdhen. arrested in a gambling raid Julv 11. have been cleared by the grand jury. A not true bill was also re turned against W. M. Williams, accused of larceny in the dwelling of J. S. Hart, and against W. A. Schooling on a charge of selling liquor to Robert Lawrence, a minor. Whether or not the charges of Mayor Fox, of Troutdale, against Earl H. Logan, who was bound over to the grand Jury from the Juvenile Court, are true, does not appear from the Jury's report. Fox said Logan made threats against his life. Since It began its deliberations the grand jury has found 31 true bills and 14 not true bills. In its final report the jury gives large credit for the manner in which Sheriff Stevens Is keeping up the County Jail. Special credit Is given to Matron Cameron, to Mrs. Ward, of the Florence Ctlttenton Refuge Home, Mrs. Graham of the Boys and Girls' Aid Society, those In charge of the Baby Home, and Superin tendent Jackson of the Poor Farm. After urging the County Commissioners to rem edy the condition of Kelly Butte, the Jury says: Cameron Needs Help. The Detention Home was also visited and on account of the poor manner In which this home has been handled, we found It sary to make a special report in July, it at this writing, nothing has been done to remedy this condition, we urceniiy request that the proper authorities see that some thing Is done In this respect. Taking into consideration the few boys that this insti tution is benentlng. we feel that It is notn ing more than a heavy burden on the county. The grand Jury as a whole cannot see the need of this institution and recommend that It be done away with. As far as we can ascertain, the running expenses are some thing like tMO each month and only bene fiting nine to 12 boys. We would like to see the running expenses cut down or else dispense with the institution. We wish also to call your attention to a matter which we think ought to have your immediate action. We have been in session now for three months and were In a good position to Inyestleate conditions in the Dis trict Attorney's office. Becoming acquainted with the business that comes to this office, we recommend that Judge Cameron have an additional deputy: he needs more help and we trust that he will be siven this assistance at once. This city is growing very rapidly and crime grows with the city and from the number of indictments that hae been turned in during our term, we trust that action be taken at once. Tills report embodies the main work that we have done during our term and we trust it will meet with your approval. F. M. VARNER, HARRY T. NICOL.IA. JAMES B. O'SHEA. . E. E. M CLJNTOCK, S. E. PIERCE. THEO. KAY. F. H. KEARNEY. 13 Gets Very Busy on Friday Alarm From Box S3 Caused by 13-Year-Old Boy Starting Fire In Room 13 Mishaps Befal 13 In De partment. YESTERDAY. Friday, the 13th. saw a significance in the number 13, when a fire alarm came in at 5 o'clock from box No. 23. at Park and Oak streets. A 13-year-old child. In the Monarch Hotel, 365 Stark street, around the corner from the box, set fire to the interior of the house while burn ing an alcohol lamp in room 13 of the he tel. While fighting the flames, or making the run. Fireman W. E- Shell, of Hose Company No. 1. lost his badge, which was No. 13. Hose Company No. 13, at Grand avenue and Multnomah street, had hooked up to go to the fire when the recall signal came. Detective Casey, whose department number is 13. was sent to investigate the cause of the fire and reported the origin related. The damage from the fire was slight, owing to the timely arrival of the fire men, and Is estimated about $3 3. Filled with susperstltious fear that he would he Injured yesterday on Fri day. August 13. E. Constance, an Ital ian laborer In the employ of the Port land Railway. Light & Power Com pany, collapsed when he saw a street car near him and was struck by the car and severely bruised. Constance was digging in the center of the track and had expressed a fear to his fel low workmen that he would be hurt during the day. IT KEPT HIM GUESSING To find a new way to please her until he tried Pearce's Novelty Fountain drinks. Always "something different." Try a Presidential. Royal Bakery. Washington and Park. Rosenthal's sale is on. All Summer shoes must go. it Wife tied that string on my finger for? nn oasti "The Taste Lingers,' GIFTED, TOILS NOT Grenville Goddard's Dislike for Work Costs Him Wife. DIVORCE IS GRANTED HERE Woman Said She Worked on Hood River Ranch to Keep Him in Spending Money Seven? Other Decrees Are Handed Down. Happy when they were married, seven women and a man were made happy a second time yesterday morn ing when Circuit Judge Gatens granted them divorces. Carrie Louise God dard told of her various talents, which Include plowing and pulling stumps on a Hood River farm and teaching elo cution. Grenville Goddard, her hus band. Is also gifted, being a profession al operatic singer. But. unlike his wife, he does not possess a fondness for hard work. She said he was a genial "good fellow" with the "bunch" when he had money. This, his wife said, she was compelled to furnish, be sides providing for her own living. . Mrs. Goddard said, too.'that her hus band was addicted to the use of cigar ettes, but that he promised to reform. She sent to San Francisco, where he was at the time, the money for his railroad fare, and he returned to Hood River and lived with her four months. They had trouble again last April, Goddard dragging her. she said, to the woodshed and threatening to kill her. She married him at Hood River Novem ber 20. 1900. Judge Gatens gave her permission to resume her former name, Boyden. besides granting the divorce. Cruelty Quenched Love. Grace Scott said she married Edwin Scott at Fern Hill. Wash., June 26, 1905. But her husband's cruelty, be ginning at Tacoma in December, 1907, quenched the last spark of love in her heart. He gave her a stinging blow in the face, she said, breaking her glasses and knocking her against the wall. She told also of being under the doctor's care at the Hotel Nolta last May and of writing to her husband for financial assistance. For reply he told the proprietor to throw her out, she said.- Judge Gatens allowed her a de cree. Would Cut Out Her Heart. "I Intend to cut your heart out, and when T do I will go at it ouietly. so I can love you all I want to before I am caught," is the threat attributed bv Grace Buckles to her young hus band. William Samuel Buckles. She married him less than four months ago, March 29. They hav; been living with her fatiier, H. in. Barton, ai dl John, since that time. Mrs. Buckles told the Judge that she believes her husband has tried three times to carry out his threat, as she has heard him prowling about the house late at night and early In the morning. Once he tore the screen from her bedroom window, she said, and an other time he tried to enter by the front door, and another time wrenched open the screen door at the rear en trance. For three hours she lay in suspense, expecting every moment to be murdered, as she knew her husband had a kev to the back door. Then, she said, she heard a cough near the woodshed and knew he had not en tered. He Quarreled with her several times, she said; once because she bought a hat for i3.50 with her own money, Judee Gatens granted the divorce and allowed her to resume her name by a former marriage Eaton. Four Decrees for Desertion. The following divorces on grounds of desertion were also granted: Mrs. S. E. French from W. O. French: mar ried in Jefferson March 25, 189.4: wife allowed J25 a month alimony.' Ada N. Moore from Clarence E. Moore; mar- WfcW MiUKl Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway between CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL, MINNE APOLIS, DULUTH, DAVENPORT, ROCK IS LAND, MOLINE, ROCKFORD, FREEPORT, DUBUQUE, LA CROSSE, OMAHA, SIOUX CITY, KANSAS CITY, ETC. and PORTLAND, SEATTLE, TACOMA, SPOKANE , and other North Coast points. Through fast time handling all classes of freight. Consign shipments to our care. Satisfaction H. S. ROWE, ried In Seattle November 5. 1904: mai den name, Gardner. Mae P. Ragsdale from R. T. Ragsdale; married Septem ber 8, 1903; maiden name. Powers. J. S. O'Brien from Hettle O'Brien; mar ried December 15. 1887. at McKenney, Tex.; four . children. Lulu Wood se- HAVE YOU SEEN OF A MOST DELIGHTFUL TRIP, VIA THE SPOKANE, PORTLAND & SEATTLE RY. AND THE DALLES, PORTLAND & ASTORIA NAVIGATION CO. ROUND TRIP FARES Stevenson, "Wash. $2.00 Lyle, Wash $3'00 The Dalles, Or $3.60 Good one way via boat line and one way via rail line. TRAINS LEAVE PASSENGER STATION, CORNER 11TH AND HOYT STREETS, 8:45 A. M. 4:15 STEAMERS LEAVE D. P. & A. AT 7 TICKET OFFICES 255 MORRISON ST., COR. THIRD. 122 THIRD ST., NEAR WASHINGTON. PASSENGER STA., 11TH AND HOYT STS. D. P. & A. N. DOCK, FOOT OF ALDER ST. BIG BAND CONCERT ESTACADA PARK SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1909 Donatelli's Famous Band Will liven things up with good music during the day. FARE 75 CENTS ROUND TRIP Meals Estacada Hotel SOc Spend the day on the beautiful Clackamas. Trains leave East Water and East Morrison streets every hour. Portland Railway Guaranteed 134 Third St. cured a divorce from Charles N. Wood on statutory grounds. They married March 4. Oregon Herbs a tea) best remedy for kianey and bladder troubles. Nature s own preparation. 50c at all druggists. THE WONDERS THE P. M. 5:45 P. M. N. DOCK. FOOT OF ALDER ST, A. M. light & Power Co.