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THE MORNING .OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1910.
PEOPLE WILL VOTE
ON SERVICE BOARD
Regulation of Utilities Corpo
rations. to Be Submitted in
November.
MEW YORK LAW IS MODEL
Movement Is Outgrowth of Organ
ization of East Side for Better
Streetcar Service Forty
Clubs Are Enlisted.
Fortlanders who think the city's public
fcervice corporations should be controlled
and regulated will have an opportunity
o express their feelings in a material
way at the general election November 8.
A law will bo submitted at that time
through the initiative, creating a public
utilities commission, after the plans of
other American cities, being particularly
patterned after that in force in New York
City.
Under this commission, for example, if
the people think the rates for telephone
service to be too high, they may upon
proper showing be cut down to within
rwhat Is thought to be reasonable. If the
service is particularly poor the company
may be forced to Improve it. This all
depends on . what the members of the
proposed commission believe to be equita
ble and Just to all interests concerned.
Reduced to practical workings, it means,
for Instance, that if Rose City Park resi
dents think the streetcar track on Sandy
road should be double, instead of single,
bs it now is, the track will be doubled,
if it can be shown to the members of
the commission that it would be fair to
do so.
Fairness Must Be Shown.
Then again, if the members of the com
mission can be convinced that an "owl"
car service is needed in Portland and that
Bueh an innovation would not be unfair
to the streetcar company, the "owl" cars
will have to be run, and no on.
"We are going to guard against a law
that will be unfair to the public service
corporations, though," said Ben Riesland,
en attorney, and chairman of the commit
tee of federated . East Side civic organi
zations, having the subject in charge.
Wdon't want to frame a law that will
be inimical to the Interests of honest cap
ital. What we want is one that will
guarantee to the people honest service
in recompense for the franchises they
have given these corporations.
"Without it you, I and all of us know,
there is absolutely no chance to get any
thing that will not show ample dividends.
That is wrong. We propose to rectify
present conditions in this way."
Riesland is enthusiastic over the pro
posed law and has ppent considerable
time investigating the question. He has
received bales of literature from a score
or more American cities, bearing on the
Bubject, and with the aid of Judge Mar
tin L. Pip?s, who has been employed to
draft the proposed measure, is now work
ing on it. It will be completed in a week
or so and the work of securing signers
to the initiative petition will be begun in
order that the petition may be filed be
fore August 7, the last day for the No
vember election.
Fast Side Begins Movement.
This movement grew primarily out of
the efforts of East Side push clubs to
' secure better streetcar service in their
several localities, always without success,
they say. It developed into definite ac
tion at a mass meeting of 40 of the clubs
Bt Ringler's hall. Grand avenue and Bast
Morrison street. December 28 last. Ries
land presided at the meeting, which was
& stormy session, the streetcar company
having its representatives there to stem
the tide, but with about as much success
as the traditional attempt to throw a
ptraw against the wind. The entire sub
ject was left in the hands of Riesland
and he appointed a committee of seven
prominent East Siders to assist him. This
committee is composed of the following:
Ben Riesland. chairman: M. C. Van Tyne,
secretary: W. A. Martin, treasurer; R.
O. Brand, Rev. Father Gregory, Dan
Kellaher and J. Woods Smith.
Since then an active campaign to se
cure funds with which to carry on the
fight has been waged. Speeches on the
subject are made by some one member
of the committee at each meeting of
the 40 clubs and a collection is taken. In
this way the matter has been carried
thus far and now the full text of the law
Is being framed. Some minor points have
not been determined. For instance, it
is not known how many members of the
commission there will be, though three
and five are being considered.
Conservative IjHw Sought.
Generally, the provision of the law
creating the eommlsslen for New York
City will be followed. This has been
found, it is said, to be less radical and
revolutionary than the others. "It is our
fear that we will go too far with the
idea and that is what we are guarding
against." said Mr. Riesland. , "We want
a law that will be fair, but one that
will insure the conservation of the in
terests of the people."
In New York, however, the commission
exercises the functions of a state organ
ization, which will not be the case here,
and may seriously interfere with its op
eration. The best 'a to be made of the
situation. It will be harder, it is argued,
to enforce the provisions of the law as an
amendment to the city charter than as a
state law. In New York fines from
JlflOO to JSOOO are imposed for non-compliance
with orders promulgated by the
commission, and persons who aid end
abet these violations are guilty of mis
. demeanors under the state law.
The following is a condensed statement
of the power of the commission as in
Is'ew York, which it is proposed to. fol
low here: '
Duties imposed on companies The ' fol
lowing: affirmative duties are imposed upon
common carriers:
1. They must furnish such service and
facilities, as shall be safe and -adequate
and in all respects Just and reasonable.
2. All charges made or demanded for
service rendered shall be Just and reason
able. 5. They must file with the commission
and keep open for public inspection,
schedules showing: the rates of fares and
charges for the transportation of passen
gers and property.
4. They must provide switch and side
track connections.
6. There must be no special rate, re
bates or unjust discrimination.
' 6. There must be no free ticket, free pass
or free transportation of passengers or
property, except to railway officers and cer
tain othen specified individuals.
7. They must have sufficient and suitable
cars for the transportation of freight in
carload lots.
8. Railroads and street railroads must
have sufficient cars and motive power to
meet all requirements for the transporta
tion of passengers and property that may
reasonably be anticipated.
Commission's Power Defined.
Powers granted to the commission In or
der that the commission may see that the
public is adequately treated, they are given
power:
1. to examine into the general condi
tion, capitalization, franchises and man
agement of all common carriers.
2. To . examine all - books, contracts,
records, documents and papers and compel
their production.
5. To establish a uniform system of ac
counts 'and prescribe the manner in which
they shall be kept.
4. To prescribe the form of annua! re
ports. 6. To require reports as to accidents and
to Investigate the same.
6. To order repairs, improvements and
changes In tracks, switches, terminals, mo
tive power or any other property or de
vice., in . order to secure adequate service.
7. To order increases in the namber of
trains, cars or motive power, or changes in
the time of starting trains or cars.-
8. To Investigate as to any act done or
omitted to be done in violation of. law or
of any order of the commission.
f. To fix maximum rates that may be
charged.
10.- To entertain complaints by aggrieved
persons and. after hearings thereon, to or
der the carriers to make such changes as
will remove the cause of complaint.
Similar., powers are given to the com
mission with respect to gas and electric
companies, with the additional power to
test gas and electric meters.
Subjects upon which commission's ap
proval Is essential In order that the fran
chises and capitalization of public service
corporations may be properly controlled,
the act provides for the approval of the
proper commission, for example:
1. A certificate from the commission is
required before a railroad or street rail
road t or gas or electric, company may be
gin new construction or the exercise of a
franchise not theretofore exercised.
2. A franchise to own or operate a. rail
road or street railroad, or a gas or elec
tric company, cannot be transferred or as
signed without the approval' of the com
mission, nor is - contract relating thereto
valid without the approval of the com
mission. 3. Stocks, bonds, notes or other evi
dences of Indebtedness of common carriers,
or of gas and electric companies for a
longer period than 12 months may not be
Issued without the approval of the proper
commission.
Mergers Are Regnlated.
4. A railroad or street railroad company
may not acquire any of the stock of a sim
ilar corporation without the consent of the
commission, nor may any stock corporation
hold more than 10 per cent of any public
service corporation without the consent of
the commission. .
5. A merger' or consolidation of existing
companies can be xnatle only with the ap
proval of the commission, and even then
there must be no capitalization of the
merger Itself.
Penalties for, the violation of orders The
conclusions of the commission as to mat
ters affecting companies are expressed in
orders to the companies. Failure to cpm
ply with an order or with the provisions of
the law subjects the companies to drastic
penalties. Each day's violation constitutes
a separate offense, and if the vioiater be a
common carrier, the penalty is S5000;s if
other than a common carrier, 91000. Every
individual who aids or abets any violation
of an order of the commission, or who tails
to obey or aids or abets any corporation in
Its failure to obey. Is guilty, of & misde
meanor. In addition, the commission may
commence In the courts an action to se
cure a mandamus or an injunction and as
to any actions to which a commission Is
a party, precedence is given over ail cases
on the calendars, except election cases.
G1P ORDER IS ISSUED
20 COMPANIES HOPE TO MrS
TER STRENGTH REQUIRED.
Infantry to Go to American Lake,
Field Artillery to Cascades and
Coast Artillery to Ft. Stevens.
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Battery A, Field Artillery, Oregon
National Guard, has been ordered into
camp for target practice, near Cascades,
Wash., from July 17 to 18. The First
Coast Artillery Company will encamp at
Fort Stevens, Or., September 1-15, in
clusive, and the infantry companies of
the Oregon National Guard, will en
camp with the Regular Army detach
ments at American Lake, August 8-11,
inclusive.
The order issued by Adjutant-General
Flnzer, directing Battery A into
encampment contains a paragraph ex
plaining that no team will be sent from
Oregon this year to the National tar
get practice matches to be held at
Perry, Ohio. The reason given for this
is that the National matches will be
held at the same time the encampment
is to take place at American Lake, and
thus men cannot be spared to be sent
East at that time.
It is explained also that the fund
available for sending a rifle team to
the encampment is not at present suffi.
dent to meet such a demand, and this
adds to the inability of the state to be
represented at the target contests this
year.
There are at present 20 companies of
infantry in Oregon entitled to go to
American Lake for encampment at the
expense of the state and Government,
in case each can muster the number of
men required by law for that purpose.
It is believed that each company will
be able to pass muster to the extent
required by the Government.
To have its expenses paid while in
camp, a company must muster for that
purpose at least 28 privates, four cor
porals, six sergeants, two cooks and one
musician. Companies that do not have
that number of men ready for camp
duty will not be permitted to leave
their home cities.
In addition to the six companies and
headquarters of the Third regiment in
Portland, the following companies have
received orders to prepare for the
American Lake encampment: Company
A, Third Infantry, Baker City; Com
pany L, Third Infantry, . Pendleton:
Company B, Fourth Infantry, Ashland;
Company D, ' Fourth Infantry, Rose
burg; Company E, Fourth Infantry.
Cottage Grove; Companies A and C and
headquarters. Fourth Infantry, Eugene;
Company M, Third Infantry, Salem;
Company 1. Third Infantry, Woodburn;
Company F, Fourth Infantry, McMlnn
ville, and Company H, Fourth Infantry,
Dallas.
DEATH AUTO CAUSES SUIT
Woman Who Owned It Would - Re
cover Full Value From Garage.
Suit for $2000 will be filed today by Mrs.
H. M. Geren against Sam Hollenbeck
the amount of damages she claims to
have suffered because Hollenbeck al
lowed to go out of his garage the car
which carried . Frisco Day and Mable
Monto to their deaths in Oregon Slough
It is alleged in the complaint that Hol
lenbeck allowed the car to leave the ga
rage over the protest of the owner and
that, therefore, he is liable for its full
value.
There will probably be filed today, also,
a, suit of Fred de Rock, the diver who
recovered the car. in which both Hoilen
beck and Mrs. Geren will be raajf defen
dants. De Rock wants $200 for his ser
vices in raising the car and" will sue.
both litigants in the other matter in
order that hemay be sure of catching
the real owner of the cac, which wl'.l be
attached.
Mrs. Geren contends that she does not
Own the car, but that Hollenbeck assumed
ownership when he allowed it to be used
against her orders, and therefore claims
that De Rock should look to Hollenbeck
for his pay. She- says that if the car
is adjudged to be hers she will pay the
diver's bill.
More than one-third of Turkey's total
trading-is done- through Constantinople...
GRAY WALKS INTO
S OF SHERIFF
Clatsop Fugitive Near Collapse
After 55-Mile Cross-Coun-try
Tramp.
ESCAPE AIDED. BY WIFE
Operations in Portland Are Said to
Have Netted Close to $10,000.
Merchants Hold Accounts
Amounting to $150 0.
The man hunt begun in Clatsop County
Thursday morning with the escape of
Fred B. Gray, after arrest by Deputy
United States Marshal Hammersly, ended
yesterday afternoon at Tillamook. Gray
was arrested by Sheriff Crenshaw of Till
amook County as he limped into town.
Gray was reported to be in a state of
collapse following his 55-mile flight.- At
the County Jail he admitted his identity.
In addition to demonstrating his ability
as a loner-distance cross-country traveler.
Gray was able to procure a change of
clothing while making his dash for liber
ty. That fact somewhat confused Sheriff
Crenshaw in identifying the man. When
he sprang from the cottage window at
Seaside Thurday morning. Gray wore
gray trousers and a light vest. When ar
rested he was clad in blue.
Hammersly Close Behind.
' Denuty L'nited States Marshal Ham
mersly. was only a short distance behind
Gray. Hammersly arrived at Nehaiem,
22 miles north of Tillamook, at about
the hour Gray was captured. Hammersly
remained at Nehalem over night, after
arranging with Sheriff Crenshaw to bring
the prisoner to that point this morning,
Hammersly will take Gray back to As
toria. Gray will be arraigned before
Commissioner J. F. Hamilton and the
examination will be held either tonight
Or Monday morning.
There never has been a reasonable
doubt of the final capture of Gray. He is
portly and in poor training for an active
climb over the hills.
Deputy Marshal Hammersly will be re
quired by the regulations of the Treasury
Department to pay all the expenses in
cident to the chase of Gray. When Ham
mersly allowed Gray to elude his custody
the expense account of the officer auto
matically ceased. Hammersly immediate
ly used the telephone In notifying all
peace officers in the surrounding coun
try to look out for Gray and at the same
time secured the aid of farmers and
launch owners, so that the entire country
was well guarded. Hammersly secured a
clew Thursday night and procuring the
best team to be had at Seaside started
on the trail.
Wife Is Being Watched.
Mrs. Gray, wife of the prisoner at Tilla
mook, is under survellance at Seaside,
and is considered to have important
knowledge of the transactions charged
against Gray.
Gray is charged with having operated
swindling commission stores at 75 Union
avenue. North, Portland, and in other
cities in various parts of the country. His
plan was to obtain shipments of produce
by offering a price in excess of market
quotations, and when a large amount of
goods had accumulated to sell them and
pocket the proceeds. The scheme worked
so well in Portland that Gray is said to
have netted close to $10,000.
After being arrested on the street at
Seaside, Gray asked Hammersly to take
him to a cottage where he was living
with Mrs. Gray and her child. It was
ascertained that the couple have been
married since leaving Portland in March
last. Mrs. Gray is said to have aided her
husband materially in his escape from the
officer.
Man Escapes Through Window.
At the cottage Gray said he would like
to procure, breakfast and Hammersly
seated himself within three feet of the
open door leading to the kitchen. He
could see Mrs. Gray preparing the meal
and heard the couple .talking freely.
After a while Hammersly noticed that
the woman was doing all the talking and
he failed to hear the tone of Gray's
voice.
"Tell Gray to hurry up with . that
breakfast," said Hammersly.
"All right;" responded Mrs. Gray, as
she continued her talk and wOrk of car
rying food between the stove and the
table.
Not hearing the rattle of the dishes on
the table, Hammersly walked into the
kitchen to find the window up and Gray
gone.
"Where is Gray?" inquired the officer.
"I don't know," responded the woman.
While Gray is the first prisoner Ham
mersly has allowed to escape' in 16 years
of service as an officer ot the law, it is
said to he' the third time that Gray
has eluded officers by practicing the same
trick. He is now believed to be the man
who escaped twice from the United States
officers of Pennsylvania, and it is as
serted that he made use of the identical
plan on both occasions. Gray was ar
rested on each occasion for conducting
swindling commission-houses in Pennsyl
vania and never was recaptured. ,
Operations Are Widespread.
At St. Paul. Gray established the John
son & Co. commission-house and is be
lieved to have been the manager under
the name of Fred G. Braden. At Indian
apolis he operated under the firm name
of Adams & Co. At Portland he es
tablished Gray's Market, and employed
O. I. Marshall and his wife es clerks.
The Marshalls secured the greater part
of the assets of the business after it
failed. ' -
Marshall established the business at
Seaside and asserts that he emploj-ed
Gray to run it. Marshall says that he
is a newcomer from Oklahoma, and has
furnished references to the officers, who
are now checking his story. Marshall
says that he was honestly working for
Gray on Union avenue. North, and that
he had never been connected with any
of Gray's previous operations.
Additional victims of the operations cf
Gray in Portland were discovered yester
day in Allen Bros., of Benton County,
who shipped produce to the amount of
$110, and E. J. Howe, of Dixonville, who
asserts that he supplied goods to the ex
tent of $127.
Members of the Portland Merchants'
Protective Assoclaticn, whose names are
withheld by Secretary Sabin, have ac
counts against Gray amounting to $1500.
Attorneys for the association are unan
imous in the expression that Gray is
one of the smoothest swindlorc they have
encountered in year3. His address is ex
cellent and he has no trouble in obtain
ing large bills of goods and securing their
delivery from some of the most conserva
tive. houses in the city.
YORKTOWN COMING IN JULY
Chamber of Commerce Favors Pilot-
ing Naval Vessels Free.
Immediately after July 4 the gunboat
Yorktown, one of the largest of her
I
type in the Navy and which is now at
Astoria, will be ordered to Portland to
remain in the harbor a week. This
intelligence was yesterday received by
President F. C. Knapp, of the Chamber
of Commerce, from the Navy Depart
ment, in response to a request wired
Wednesday that the vessel be per
mitted to visit Portland. -
In the telegram it was also stated
that conditions on the bar and in the
river were such that any craft docu
mented under . the Department could
ascend the channel with ease and abso
lute safety. Plans for the entertain
ment of the executives of the gunboat
are under way.
Another matter to be taken up will be
a suggestion to the Port of Portland
Commission that naval - vessels enter
ing or leaving the Columbia River be
piloted without cost, as on the Sound
there is no charge.. The Yorktown
paid for a pilot on her arrival, and
Inasmuch as the Port of Portland has
bar pilots under salary, it is thought
the tariff should be eliminated with
reference to these craft. If the sugges
tion is accepted notification will bs
sent to the Navy Department, Com
mander of the Pacific fleet and the
Navy-Yards at Mare Island and Brem
erton. The Chamber is working out a
system through which it will keep in
touch with all naval vessels in this
territory, and they will be invited to
enter the river and proceed here, if
convenient.
ENGINE-HOUSE HAS FIRE
COMPANY CALLED TO SAVE ITS
OWN QUARTERS.
Sulphur Candle Sputters and Fire
. men Do War Dance on Burning
Mattress on Sidewalk.
"Sh, something's burning.'
The ominous warning- was whispered
about the quarters of engine company
No. 1, Thursday afternoon, until the "sh,
sih.'' fairly echoed through the smoky
building.
"Smells like rags." deduced an old
timer, after taking several long sniffs of
an unsavory odor that seemed to be
sliding down the slick, brass pole.
"yithout pulling the nearest box. or
sending in a still alarm the firemen
dashed upstairs to their' dormitory.
Blinded by smoke and choking from the
fumes of sulphur, which had been ignited
a short time before to fumigate the
quarters, the firemen fumbled their way
along the row of beds until they Were
enveloped in a heavy cloud that was
generating in a mattress.
"Out to the street with it," sounded a
command between coughs, and a dozen
hands grasped the burning, mattress and
dragged it into the street. It was laid
on the pavement, where the entire com
pany Joined in a war dance on the old
ticking, to- the amusement of a throng
of spectators who were- attracted by the
smoke and unusual commotion in front of
the quarters.
As the last spark was stamped out the
firemen slowly walked back to the build
ing, amid applause and shouts of "bravo."
The mattress caught fire from a sput
tering sulphur candle that contained a
poor mixture and showered sparks around
the dormitory. The room had been tightly
closed for the fumigation and had not
the keen scent of the fireman detected
the familiar odor of burning rags it Is
a question what the result might have
been.
GENERAL EDWARDS HERE
Chief of Insular Bureau on Way to
San Francisco.
General-Clarence R. Edwards, chief of
the Bureau of Insular Affairs and -a di
rector of the Panama Railroad, was in
the city yesterday on his way to San
Francisco to meet Secretary of War J. M.
Dickinson, who will sail next Tuesday
for the Philippines. General Edwards
was accompanied by Mrs. " Edwards, child
and nurse; Colonel and Mrs. Lars Ander
son and Mrs. Cutting, with valet and
maid; and Mr. and Mrs. C. R.- Simpkins,
child, nurse and valet. The Washington
party came in Colonel Anderson's pri
vate car. Convoy. After spending the
day in the city the party left for San
Francisco.
General Edwards said that the trip to
the Philippines had no political signifi
cance; that Secretary Dickinson never
had visited the islands and wished to
gain personal knowledge of conditions
there.
General Edwards and party came direct
from Washington to Spokane, thence
over the North Bank road to Portland,
arriving here at 8:30 A. M,." From the
North Bank station at Eleventh and
Hoyt streets the private car Convoy
was switched to -the Union station, to
await the party, which will go to San
Francisco over the Southern. Pacific .
PERSON ALMENTION.
. Otis R. Atwood. of Salem, is at the
Lenox.
R. A. . Booth, of Eugene, is at the
Imperial.
J. Otten, of Hood River, Is at the
Coi nelius.
Thomas Duncan, of Pendleton, is at
the Ramapo.
Lee S. Tower, of Sheridan, Mont., Is
at the Seward.
George P. Mason, of Salem, is reg
istered at the Seward.
Grant Mays, of The Dalles, Is reg
istered .at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilson, of Spo
kane, are at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Rust, of Pitts
burg, are at the Seward.
C. W. Dalamater and family, of
Omaha, are at the. Lenox.
Edward Tucker and wife, of Boise,
Idaho, are at the Portland.
F. H. Mytinzer. a merchant of Pen
dleton, is at the Cornelius.
F. A. Hull, a business man of Che
halis. Wash., is at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Merry, of
The Dalles, are at the Ramapo.
W. C. Beford, a lumberman of Aber
deen, Wash., is at the Perkins.
T. W. Robinson. a merchant of
Houlton, Is registered at the Perkins.
Chester W. Washburne, of the United
States Geological Survey, of Washing
ton, D. C, 'and his mother, Mrs. Wash
burne, are at the Portland. Washburne
has charge of the Government's work
of investigating oil deposits along: the
Coast Mountain Range.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. (Spe
cial.) Portland arrivals at the Palace
Hotel today are S. B. Linthicum,( Mrs.
Campling and party, C. E. Groesbeck
and wife, W. D. Reddell, J. A. Boyer
and wife, B. C. Crowley.
NEW YORK. June 24. (Special.) The
following persons from the Pacific North
west registered at New York hotels to
day: From Portland A. Chalrmers, at the St.
Denis; E. Guerney, at the Arlington; J.
A. Dougherty, at the Holland.
From Seattle D. M. Reid, at- the
Martha Washington.
From Walla Walla, Wash. Mrs. F. M.
DeForest. at the Park Avenue.
From Silverton. Or. G. C. Wolf, at the
Imperial.
An English factory recently turned out a
hat which was made to nt a mythical man
SO feet tall.
ismmef
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Palatial Steamer
"Wliich leaves Ash-street Dock at 8:30'A. M. daily, except Sunday (on Saturday at 1 P. M.)
going direct to Megler, making immediate connection with the Ilwaco
Railroad trains for all North Beach points.
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Magnificent River Ride of Nearly One Hundred Miles
of Delightful Scenery
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Send for our beautifully illustrated booklets, "Outings in Oregon" and "North Beach."
SEASON RATES FROM PORTLAND, good six months $4.00
THREE-DAY SATURDAY TO MONDAY RATES. . $3.00
Business men can leave Portland on the "Hassalo" at 10:00 o'clock Saturday night, spend
Sunday at the Beach, and return on the "Potter" in time for the office Monday morning.
CORRESPONDING LOW RATES FROM ALL O. R. & N. AND S. P. POINTS.
Baggage intended for this steamer must be delivered at Ash
a Strej; Dock at least thirty minutes before leaving tims.
For further particulars, reservations, etc., call on our City Ticket Agent, 3d and "Washington
Streets, Portland, Oregon, or write to ' . , ...
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WM. McMURRAY, General Pas senger Agent
BOND ASPECT IMPROVED
OMAHA TELEPHONE SITUATION
IS CLEARING tJP.
Bondholders Committee Sends Out
Circular Showing Work Done.
Franchises Effective.
Indicating that the Independent Tel
ephone situation at Omaha presents an
improved aspect, local holders of the
Omaha telephone bonds have received
circular letters from the bondholders'
committee, signed by members of tne
committee and the receiver, Lyle I.
Abbott, summing up the situation to
June IB and reaching the conclusion
that the committee Is well pleased with,
the progress made.
To save the South Omaha and Flor
ence franchises, according to the circu
lar, laying of the telephone mains had
to be completed by May 23. 'After a
foreclosure suit a receiver was ap
pointed April 6. It was then four J
1120,000 would be required to pay up
back salaries and complete the plant
In both cities.
Even should this sum be raised, en
gineers declared the construction im
possible, but by midnight of the same
day the receiver was appointed full
plans were drawn up for a campaign to
sell receiver's certificates to the amount
named. After authority from the court
this was done and the whole issue dis
posed of.
At Its last meeting the City Council
of South Omaha unanimously passed
a resolution to , the effect that the
terms of the franchise given the in
pendent company had been fulfilled to
the letter, a certificate was filed by the
engineer to the same effect and the
franchise became formally effective.
The exchange is now in full working
order.
At present the income from the plant
is $5000 per month, a little more than
sufficient to pay expenses. The re
ceiver has reduced salaries 265 a
month.
The original estimates would not
cover the total cost of the extension
work, and an additional issue of $77,
000 was authorized. The certificates
run for two years at 6 per cent per
annum. While, except by court order,
it is understood they cannot be sold for
less than par, offers of 85 per cent, with
accrued Interest, will probably be ap
proved. The main purpose of the circular let
ter Is to induce bondholders to take
up the certificates, which are issued
in denominations of $100, $500 and
$1000.
John Kiernan has been acting for
the Portland bondholders, and is now
a member of the bondholders' commit
tee. Bonds have already been deposited
to the extent of $2,000,000. and it is
said more are coming in all the time.
Kiernan controls about $330,000, which,
it is understood, gives him a promi
nent place in the discussions regarding
the property.
The committee expresses itself as
confident the property will become a
paying concern.
TEAMSTER IS ASSAULTED
Strikers Deny Beating Was Done by
Their Men Employers Satisfied.
One of the strike-breaking teamsters,
who gives his name simply as "Frisco,"
says that three strikers attacked him
Thursday noon on Davis street, be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, and
beat him brutally, causing him i
INAUGURATED BY THE
otter
ment Is looked upon with much doubt.
It i3 asserted there that all the strikers
have agreed to use no violence In any
case. If the strike-breaker was beaten,
as he charges, strikers says they be
lieve it was done by some one holding
a personal grudge, and that the attack
had nothing to do with the strike.
When seen at his room in the Man
hattan hotel, on Stark street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, yesterday
afternon, "Frisco" said that the attack
on him Thursday was the second one
of which he has been the victim since
he took to driving a striker's team
for the Baggage & Omnibus Transfer
Company. The first attack, he said,
was soon after the strike began and
he, in company with another teamster,
were attacked on Vancouver avenue by
four men, one of whom kicked him on
the knee, causing him to suffer much
pain since.
It was asserted by the employers
yesterday that they had 165 trucks In
service, but the strikers, who say they
have kept a perfect account of all the
teams sent out, insist that the exact
number of teams put to work was 77.
M. C. Banneld, president of the Em
ployers' Association, said yesterday that
the strike conditions were satisfactory
as far as the employing draymen were
concerned.
That there is much freight that is
delayed in transportation as a result
of the strike was acknowledged yester
day by draymen, who . explained that
such a condition was only natural
under the circumstances.
G. R. Milburn Is Dead.
HELENA. Mont., June 24. George R.
Milburn, ex-associate Justice of the
off temporarily from his work. At the
strikers' headquarters, "Frisco's" state-
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