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POliTJ.AM). OliKGON. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
"SILENCE"CUREIS
THREE ROADS MAY
USECONCRETETIES
HOFF'S LEAD OVER
ORTON !S 1 020
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BRIDE PLANS HOW
TO SPEND MONEY
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BRIBE TESTIMONY
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DEAL IXVOLVIXfJ MILLIONS IS
BKING XEGOTIATED.
DKTS HELD IX ROOMS.
COMMITTEE HEARS
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WESTERN HQS
Assembly Candidate
Gains in Slate.
KAY LEADS HOYT BY 2000
Hawley's Lead Over Mulkey
Cut Down by 1700 Votes.
LAFFERTY'S LEAD IS CUT
Count of DcmrnTntic Voce Oirr Male
Miow That West Ila Load of
1262 Otcr Mycr for
Ilrnd of Ticket.
Ad'ii'lort.il returns from the primary
election received from the counties
throughout the stnte have made ap
purfntlv certain the nomination of the
a...-'rril'y c.ir.d:d.-ite for Commissioner of
lhor. O. P. Hoff. wlin;"1 name as the
fr.Ijr nn on the ticket in tlouM yrKer-!--.
The more complete retunva irive
7f"fT a majority over Orton of and
carh additional report li!s to 111 lead.
Yesterday's ac!Iitlon to t!- count
rot affect materially the status of the
other candidate for (state office ns fore
;. or th candidates for Congressional
and Judicial positions.
BoMcrman's Lead I'nchanccd.
On a compilation of th-returns no
far receive!. J.iy Howerman. the assem
bly candidate for governor, ha plu
rality over Grant B. Dimlck of more
than 30OO. and there t no reason for
chancing the estimate given of about
onO plurality for the Condon candidate.
Late return continue to show tliat
Ilalph W. Moyt. the assembly candidate
for nomination for State Treasurer, ha
lirtn beaten by Thoma B. Kay. Kay.
on the Incomplete returns, ha a lead
of a little more than 2000 and wTll
probably be found to have a majority
over hi opponent of 2S00 to JOOO Totes
when the official count Is made.
RelatiTe positions on the Congres
sional ticket have not been changed.
In the First District. W. C. Hawley I
nbout 1700 votes to the pood over B. F.
Mulkey. Late returns have not In
creased his lead as much as expected,
but he Is nominated by a safe rote.
Kill Cut Laffcrty's Lend.
In the Second Congressional District
Kills has reduced Lafferty's lead aa
ehown by the earlier returns, but It Is
not Indicated that he has a chance of
winning, as the pain Is a slight one.
There I no cause for changing the
forecast that Oswald West has received
the Dmocmtlr nomination for Gover
nor over Jefferson Myers. The returns
so far reported plve West a lead of
VOTE (Oil SENATOR CLOSE
Mulkrr and Dinik-k Both I -cad In
Jackson Conntjr.
MKDFOIJD. Or.. Sept. L'. (Specials
With all but 11 votes, which repre
rent three county pre. nets, reported.
Mulkey hs carried Ja kson County by
a little less than two to one. Dlmlcx
has a lead of .! vote over Bowerman
It the Gubernatorial race.
The contest between It. Vonderhellen
und J. J. Camhers for Slate Senator Is
lose. Vonderhdien belnc 11 votes In
the lead. Trie official count may re
verse the victory or even throw th
romlnalton t V. M Colvlg. ihe antl
'Statement Or.e candidate, who is only
4t votes hehtnd.
The vote of several of the precinct
may he protest. .!, a tliere was not the
ejection board present that Is required
by law.
The vote stand as follows:- Repre-
s-ntutlve In Contress. Hawlrv SM: ilu'
ky ;4. IMml.-k Sit. K ilofcr
Secretary of State, iUnson 7-9. Win
pate 1 . Treasurer. Hoyt 311. Kay
;J; Justices. Bean TiO. M, Bride hhi.
Mct'amar.t. ITJ. Burnett 5.". iloore St:
.ttorney-';eneral. Crawford iSS. Ila.-t
II: Superintendent of Tuhlic Instruc
tion. Alilrrmm 'li: State Printer,
Clarke 4sJ. I'uniway 5I; Labor Com
missioner, lloff 411. Orton 4i; Rntl
r.Mifl Commissioner. altHcr "la: State
Knplner. l.ew: 7S: Water Superin
tendent. Chlnnork 5 1 j. i;ettin 32.1; Clr
rult J nd re. F. M. Calkins 2I.
ju:tir.s SLOW IX COMING IN
."omplcte ItcsulLs in Marion County
Will He Known Wednesday.
SALKM. lr.. Sept. 24. ( Special. )
Further electam returns are coming In
slowly In Marl, n Countr and It will he
practically Imj cssibh- to furnish more
omplcte Information rn the primary
noni;nat:r election here than that al
renuv irlven until, the official count,
wh'ch will be made Wr .lr.csiay. There
are but few precincts misslnp and It has
proved difficult to secure these as the
election statements have been sealed In
the ballot boxes and sent into the Coun
ty Clerks off i.e.
Few figures are available as to the
lace for the nomination for labor Com
missioner, alth.iuph in the city it Is posi
tive that !I..ff hus a pood lead, while a
few of the our.ty precincts have given
Orton a trifle the best of it. It is cer
tain that lloff will carry Marlon County
by a big lead and he expects to make a
Kuln In Polk County. He has received
teturns from ad but 17 counties In the
state and claims at least 12 or It of
these. It I generally considered here
that fioff will be given the nomination.
Chtnno.a. has run well ahead in Marlon
cuuciuucd oa ,TI 14.J .
Instructor Treated to "Silence" Be-
caue He Questioned Veracity.
Inquiry Is Made.
WF.ST POINT. N. T.. Sept. IX Al
though the Kpcolal hoard of Inquiry will
not report on the case for several days.
drnstic measures of discipline are being
nietrd out at the military academy, aa
the risult of cadets having twice admin
ister..,) the "silence" to Captain Rufus E.
Lonean. an Instructor.
Lieutenant-Colonel F. YV. Slhley, the
commandant, has Issued the following or
ders:
TntH further orders cadets lll con
fine thrmsrlves to their rooms. During
release from quarters. Immediately after
break fnst and Immediately after dinner.
until call to quarters, cadets will confine
themselves to the limits of the area of
thr barracks and the cadet sentinels mill
be posrc! t n minutes after drill and will
make Inspection every Imlf hour."
The .rdr will remain In force until the
return of Genera! Harry, the superin
tendent, who is expected tomorrow.
It is not often that the "silence" treat
ment Is Irfllcted upon a superior officer,
ar.d the pr-sent case Is the first that has
occurred since Captain Lindsay wn "'si
lenced" ten years ago. An Inquiry re
sulted In that officer belnp relieved from
the n.llltory academy.
Vlt!i all recreation abolished, football
prnc:l'-e necessarily has been temporarily
suspended and all hop dates In the near
future cancelled.
From various sources it has been
learned that Captoln Longan wa
silenced" for questioning the veracity
of cadets.
LEGAL DEATH LOSES RACE
Alaska Miner Returns to Claim
Property In Nick, of Time.
MONTESANO. Wart, Sept. IS.
Special.) Within a few days of being
declared legally dead and hla two tim
ber claims valued at more than $20,000
belnp escheated by the state, William
Fisher, for the past seven years given
up and mourned as dead, returned to
this county yesterday to claim his
riphts. Fisher left ChehaJl County
more than elpht years apo with a local
part- In the wild rush to the Alaska
pold fields.
While In the far North he left bli
companions, who from that day until
yesterday never heard of him. Before
leaving Chehalls County Fisher pur
chased two timber claims which have
Increased materially in wealth. Sev
eral weeks aso the tax sale purchaser
bepan foreclosing the tax liens and the
publication had expired and he was
waiting for the RO-day limit to expire.
when Fisher appeared in this city.
FUher says he has spent all the time
In Alaska and has a number of gold
mines In the North.
TAFT BUSY; SULTAN WAITS
Mi In Chief to Build "American Pal
nce" W lien He ;! Home.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Hail Ju-
malo K I rain, the Sultan of Sulu, found
1'resldent Taft too busily engaged with
affairs of state to see him today and an
audience was arranged for Wednesday
afternoon. ,
The Sultan and his native advisers.
escorted by Colonel Hugh L. Scott. V.
S. A., visited the War Department.
where they met Major-Oeneral Leonard
Wood. Chief of Staff of the Army.
Through an Interpreter he chatted with
General Wood.
The Sultan is captivated by "Amer
ican palaces, as he calls the White
House and department btrlldlngs. He
told his interpreter that when he re
turned home he would build an Ameri
can house If it cost him all the money
he had.
He will remain in Washington sev
eral days.
HENEY LIKES OREGON PLAN
lie Criticise Convention Feature of
Colorado Direct Primary.
DENVER. Sept"! Is. Francis J.
Heney. pf San Francisco, stopped off in
Denver today for a fe hours on his
way home from Wisconsin and Minne
sota, where he made speeches for the
lrocressive Republican candidates.
"I've been campaigning for La Fol
lette In Wisconsin and acalnst Tawney
In Minnesota," he said. "I find the sit
uation In Colorado interesting. The in
itiative and referendum are good, but
a direct primary law with a convention
feature Is not so good."
"To my mind the Ideal primary law
Is that of Oregon, where all candidates
are nominated in direct primaries and
no convention Is held at RlL
"Who Is going to be the Republican
candidate for President in 1912?" Mr.
Jleney was asked.
"I don't know." he replied. "A great
many things are to happen between
now and 112.
CHINESE TROOPS VIEWED
Secretary of War Dickinson and
Party See Movements.
PEKIN. Sept. 2. The final events
of the visit of Jacob Dickinson, the
American Secretary of War: Brigadier-
General Clarence Edwards, chief of the
Rureau of Insular Affairs, and their
party to Pekln. were a review of a di
vision of modern troops in the open
country north of Perkln and a luncheon
given by the commanding officers In
the barracks.
The American party left for Moscow
last night. Representatives of the
Chinese army and of the foreign board
will accompany Ihe Americans to the
Russian frontier.
WVite Witness at Lor-
I imer Hearing.
CLAS:. COMES OYER "JACKPOT"
Legislator Allowed to Answer
Questions About Deal.
SENATOR'S MAN PROTESTS
Attorney for Chicago Tribune Argues
Famous Transaction In St. I.ouis
Is Pertinent Xo Final
Ruling Is Made.
CHICAGO. Sept. 2. Testimony from
State Representative White. was heard
today by the Senate committee investi
gating the charges of bribery in the elec-
ion of William Lorlmer as Senator from
Illinois.
After hours of argument of counsel, the
committee left undetermined the ques
tion of the admissibility of testimony rel
ative to the alleged "Jackpot" fund for
the payment of legislators for voting for
or against bills pending before the Illinois
General Assembly.
Alfred 8. Austrian, attorney represent
ing the Chicago Tribune, which is push
ing the charges against the election of
Senator Lorlmer, contended that the al
leged participation of legislators who
voted for Senator Lorlmer In the spoils
of the so-called "jackpot" was pertinent
to the investigation as showing general
legislative corruption.
Admission Is Opposed.
Elbrldgo Hanecy, counsel for Senator
Lorlmer, opposed the admission of testi
mony relative to bribes paid to legislators
for their votes on matters apart from the
Senatorial election.
On the understanding that the action
was not to be considered a precedent ad
mitting the whole "Jackpot" subject.
Chairman Burrows permitted White "
answer some questions touching the mat
ter.
No objection was made by counsel to
the testimony of White that he had been
paid S1400 by Lee O'Neill Browne, but his
later words telling of the alleged dis
tribution of tho 'jackpot" in a St. Louis
hotel met with protest.
No Precedent Established.
After an executive session of some min
utes, the ruling that the witness could
answer on the St. Louis occurrence was
given with the understanding that no
precedent was established and that the
motion to exclude such testimony was
still pending.
White then declared that he was met
In the hotel at St. Louis by Robert E.
Wilson, also a Democratic Representa
tive, who paid him 900 as his share of
the Jackpot.
White detailed hla meeting with other
Democratic legislators In Wilson's room
and testified that the payment was made
to him In the bathroom by Wilson, who
lso conferred with another legislator in
the same bathroom.
The committee would not permit the
witness at this time to relate conversa-
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Suhstltute for Timbers Under Rails
Has Been Tested and Found
to Be Success.
STOCKTON. Cal.. Sept. 2. (Special.)
A deal running into millions of dollars
Is being negotiated between three rail
roads and the National Concrete Tie
Company, which Is preparing to begin
business here shortly. Georce G ites is
president of the company and Roy
Faples, of this city, perfected a machine
for turning out the tics In a rapid man
ner. The new tie is marie of reinforced con
crete In such a manner that it has with
staod all tests for weight and service,
the heaviest enplnes nd loaded freight
cars having been run . over sections of
track made with the ties regularly for
months In an effort to determine the ex
act value of the invention.
Railroad men who have made a care
ful Investigation of the new tie declare
that it has solved a problem that has
caused the large roads a lot of time and
trouble and worry. Experts who have
closely followed the experiments made
declare and they believe that hereafter
the number of accidents will b greatly
reduced.
C0REAN ANNEXATION AIDS
Japanese Control Assures Protection
of Foreign Interests.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S. The recent
expansion of Jain from an island to a
continental power through tho annexa
tion of Corea makes It possible for the
American and other governments to deal
directly r.ith Tokio in the securing of
redrcHS for any wrongs committed on
foreigners in Corea. The Japanese au
thorities have now assumed full re
sponsibility for the protection of foreign
interests in Corea.
In times past there have been numer
ous occasions at Seoul, the capital, and
elsewhere in that country that necessi
tated quick diplomatic representations.
Receipts, masses of Catholic priests and
other religious and political agitations,
and Attacks on Cnlted States vessels and
reprisals by United States forces, were
among these occurrences.
It has been some years since
Chin Fome Ye. the last Corean
Minister to Washington, closed the
legation here for all time and wend
ed Ilia way toward the Far East under
Instructions of the foreign office of Seoul.
The latest reports received here esti
mate the revenues of Coree. for the pres
ent fiscal year . ill reach $20,936,675; ex
pendltu:"ea tho .me amount.
President Ichiliara. of the Bank of
Corea. who Is an ex-Mayor of Yokohama,
declares that prior to the establishment
of the residency-general et Seoul four
years ago, the people were always obliged
to give the officials all they earned "by
the sweat of their brows"; that ail classes
were practically penniless, but that since
the I oreans have begun to save money
life and property have become guaranteed
and that Coreans. with few exceptions.
welcome the annexation.
FALL TO CANYON SERIOUS
Shasta Springs Proprietor and Wife
May Die of Injuries.
DUNSMU1R. Cal.. Sept. 26. (Special.)
The condition of John Mapson. proprietor
of Upper Soda Springs, near Mount Shas
ta, and hi" wife, who were injured in a run
away accident yesterday, continued grave
today. They were driving along a c.vi
yon road a mile above here, when they
were thrown from tho buggy to the rocks
along th.- edeo of the river. Both were
hurt Internally.
Mrs. Masson had her right arm and
two ribs broken, was hurt internally and
was cut about the face and body. Masson
suffered a left knee-cap fracture and cut
about the face.
WILL HE DO IT?
Roosevelt Says He Has
Old Guard Beaten.
REDUCED TO FRAZZLE, KE SAYS
Sherman Not Hopeful, but Re
mains in Fight to Last.
CHAMPIONS GIVE TALKS
Mliile l5Msevclt Voices Confidence
Sherman Slums Deference to
Popular W ill Saratoga Rings
With Cries of Battle.
SARATOGA. N. Y.. Sept. 26. Sara
toga seethes in a political turmoil to
night, the eve of one of the most Im
portant Republican state conventions
ever held. The old guard are making
their battle on the issue, "Shall The
odore Roosevelt rule the Republican
party in New York?"
Colonel Roosevelt arrived late to
night and within five minutes had
plunged Into the situation, taking full
command of the "progressive" forces
and rounding up the wavering un
pledged delegates. The political tides
finally set In for the "progressives"
tonight, and the Colonel, after a con
ference with his lieutenants, repeated
his declaration made at Troy, N. Y.:
"We have beaten them to a frazzle and
the trophies are ours."
Band Meets Colonel at Station.
"I am making a perfectly ' straight
fight on the progressive principles
which I announced on my Western trip
and in Syracuse," said the Colonel to
night. "I have nothing .to take away
from it and nothing to add to it."
Colonel Roosevelt was met at the
station by the New York County delc-
fo-ation, headed by Lloyd C. Grisconi,
Representative Parsons and Otto T.
Bannard, of New York, and others. A
procession, headed by a Troy band,
escorted the Colonel to the United
States Hotel, where, from a second
story piazza, he made a brief speech.
"Good luck." he shouted, waving his
black sombrero hat to the crowd. "I
shan't try to make any speech now. I'll
n,ake my spocch toInor roW "
Tlien tlle Colonel swept away
to his
headquarters.
Sherman Slips In Quietly.
Vice-President Sherman came this
morning from Utica and went quietly
to lils room. Few knew of his arrival
as he came in from Schenectady on a
trolley. He spent most of the day talk
ing with friends on the veranda of the
hotel.
Mr. Sherman. It was learned, enter
tains no very exalted hopes of his elec
tion to the temporary chairmanship,
but he says he is in the fight.
The Vice-President, however, came
in for a spirited demonstration when
a marching club of some 200 members
with a band arrived from Utica. Mr.
Sherman met them and inarched with
them once around the great court of the
United States Hotel. The Vice-Presl
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Former North Beach Beauty, Now
Wedded to Frank Thompson,
to Cultivate Voice.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26. (Special.)
"What am I going to do with my new
ly acquired wealth?"
Mrs. Frank Thompson, who was Miss
Clemence Bordnnave, North Beach beau
ty, up to tho time of her marriage to the
eccentric millionaire a week ago. stood
deep in study before her interviewer
as if wrestling with an entirely new
and great problem.
"I have not given the matter much
serious thought, really. I suppose we
shall travel, but not soon, not for seven
or eight months at least. And I shall
eventually have a beautiful home, but the
chief good of all that has been made
possible for me by my- marriage is that
1 shall bo able to study.
"Even now I shall devote much time to
studying the things for which I care,
but when we go abroad I shall take up
my music and the languages systema
tically, and I shall work hard, I shall
apply myself most seriously. Friends
have been kind enough to say that I pos
sess an unusual voice, but I know that
it Is good only in that It has possibil
ities." Mrs. Thompson is of the piquant
French type, petite and brunette. She
received her education in the local
schools and speaks four languages.
Thompson, whose age in theJ marriage
license was given as 63, is the son of
the late Captain R. R. Thompson, who
established the Oregon Railroad & Navi
gation Company and left $S.00O.OOO to
eight heirs.
His first wife. Mrs. Ella Gertrude
Thompson, divorced him receiving her.
final decree last May, a few months be
fore the marriage of her daughter, who
Is nearly as old as Thompson's bride. His
numerous entanglements with women
have kept him in considerable trouble of
late.
PRIZE LOST BY AVIATORS
Attempt to Fly From Brussels
Paris Knds in Failure.
to
PARIS, Sept. 26. Both Mahieu and Lori
dan, the aeronauts, who started from
Paris yesterday, each with a passenger
In an attempt to fly in biplanes to Brus
sels, for the Automobile Club's prize of
jai.OuO. and the prize of 1T.OO0 offered by
the municipality of Paris, were compelled
to withdraw from the competition today,
after a series of mishaps.
Mahieu got as far as Lafere, in the
department of Aisne, about 75 miles from
Paris, where he fell from a height of
about 60 feet, and demolished his ma
chine. The occupants of the biplane
were not Injured.
Loridan with his companion reached
Saint Qtientin, about 10 miles north of
Mahieu's stopping place, and although he
resumed his rligbt after making repairs,
he fell to the ground and abandoned fur
ther attempts. Neither he nor his pas
senger were injured.
BELLE ELMORE MURDERED
Coroner's Jury Accuses Crippen of
Causing Wife's Death.
LONDON. Sept. 26. The Coroner's
jury after one hour's deliberation today
brought in the verdict that Mrs. Cora
Crippen. known on the stage as Belle
Elmore, had been wilfully murdered by
her husband. Dr. Hawley H. Crippen,
the American dentist.
After listening to the testimony for
several days and hearing the summing
up of the case by Coroner Schroeder,
the Jury was left but little choice. The
incurst had been dragged out beeaus.e
the police expected to bring out at tho
trial testimony tending to identify Belle
Elmore's body through the agency of a
piece of flesh found to contain a scar.
Tlie case will come up for trial at the
next criminal sessions, scheduled for Oc
tober 11.
PRINCETON TO GO SOUTH
Gunboat Will Kclicve Vicksbur; on
Duty at Corinto.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26. The (tun
boat Princeton has been ordered from
San Francisco to Corinto to relieve the
gunboat Vicksburg, which will return
to San Francisco. The Princeton and
the gunboat Yorktown, now there, will
protect American Interests on the Pa
cific side of Nicaragua.
On the east coast of Nicaragua the
protected cruiser Tacoma, which has
just arrived at Bluefields, and the gun
boat Marketts, en route from Blue-
fields to Christobel, will continue to
look after any matters that may arise.
ROMANCE ENDS IN DEATH
Finding of Girl's Body In River
Leads to Revelation.
VANCOUVER. B. C Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) The finding of the body of a
young woman on tiowen island, Howe
Sound, last night is believed to be the
last chapter in a romance which
started in Sweden, from where the girl
came to wed her sweetheart on the
Frazer River.
Arriving here several months ago the
girl found her lover married to another
woman. After upbraiding him for his
fickleness she disappeared and the
body found yesterday is now thought
to be that of Esther Johnson.
Oddfellows Pay Off Mortgage.
VANCOUVER. Warh., Sept. 26. (Spe
cial.) The local lodge of Oddfellows will
hold a celebration in commemoration of
the paying off of the last debt on their
hall. When the hall was first built, a
two-story brick, over 20 years ago. it was
one of the largest buildings in Vancou
ver, and it is yet. The lodge has. been
laboring under a deht for the building all
these years, but this week the last note
will be paid and the hall, worth ar-l?ast
$25,000, will becom fh prtuwirtv of the
lodge
IndirectChargesofLaw
Violations Out.
REVELATION AT CHICAGO
Elkins Anti-Rebate Statute
Being Broken, Alleged.
COMMISSION HEARS CASE
Attorney for Livestock and Other
Shippers Springs Surprise at In
quiry Missouri Pacific Offi
cial's Know ledge Nil.
CHICAGO. Sept. 26. Indirect charges
that the railroads in the West were
violating the Elkins anti-rehate law
and favoring certain shippers, charging
the alleged rebates to "damage ac
counts." were made before the Inter
state Commerce Commission at today'.-;
session of the hearing into the advisa
bility of allowing Western roads to
make a general raise in freight rates.
Clifford Thorne. representing live
stock and other shippers, made the im
plication while questioning C. J. Mc
Pherson, assistant general manager of
the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
The colloquy .began with Mr. Thorne'3
question:
"To what account were rebates
charged prior to 1904 V
Rebate Knowledge Nil.
"I know nothing of rebates," re
plied the witness. "I do not know that
rebates ever were given."
"What I want to find out." persisted
Mr. Thorne, "is tills: Is it possible
that rebates still are given as they
were then and charged to damage ac
counts or similar accounts? I want
to find out what the procedure was
then, to see if it still is followed, and
I am invariably met with the answer.
'I don't know," from men whose ve.-v
business it Is to know."
Attorney Jeffreys, representing th.
railroad, Interposed with the inquiry:
"May I learn to what end you are.
aiming?"
"Certainly." retorted Mr. Thorne. "In
your railroad's damage accounts, the
same as in others, there has been
startling Increases since 1904. with no
satisfactory explanation. The Elkins
bill was passed in 1901. I have nioro
than hearsay advice that there is 4.
connection between these damage ac
counts and rebates. I want to find out
If rebates still are being given."
Clark Represents Commission.
Commissioner Edgar E. Cllark. who
alone represented the Commission, to
day listened interestedly to Mr.
Thome's remarks.
Previous to this the shippers hai
intimated to the Commission that they
would enter no evidence, but wouid
rest their case on claim that t he rail
roads had failed to show basis for an
increase of rates.
Assistant General Manager McPher
son, of the Missouri Pacific, said t'ie
physical value of that road was far
above the capitalization $143,000,000
that increasing land values had made
it so.
E. B. Boyd, assistant vice-president
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, after
some questioning, said lie believed :i
surplus, if taken from dividend earn
ings, should be allowed the railroad
from income and said he thought it
should be used the same as borrowed
capital, upon which interest and divi
dends should be accumulated.
Chester M. Dawes, attorney for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, opened
the case for his road with statistics
similar to those submitted by other
railroads, by which he hoped to show
that his road was unable to pay a fair
return on its value as judged by taxes
paid. Increased cost of labor, fuel
and maintenance, he said, were to
blame for the conditions he pictured.
COLLEGE TO HONOR EDITOR
Memorial Services for Late Harvey
W. Scott to Be Held Thursday.
Memorial services for the late Harvey
W. Scott will be held at Pacific Univer
sity at 1:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon,
under the auspices of the trustees and
faculty. Invitations have been sent ta
BOO of the most prominent men in Ore
gon, and a large attendance Is antici
pated. Speakers on this occasion will b
Charles E. Wolvc-rton, T. L. Eliot. T.
T. Geer. W. D. Fenton and Edgar B.
Piper. Those wishing to go from Port
land may take the Oregon Electric trair
at Front and Jefferson streets at 12:10
and may return over the same line,
leaving Forest Grove at 4:10, Immedi
ately following the services.
The late Mr Scott was a graduate ol
Pacific University, and was for years a
trustee, and was. at the time of his
death, president of the board.
Man Found Dead In Bed.
LA GRANDE. Or., Sept. 26. (Specials
Samuel McMasters, aged 50. was found
dead in his bed In Union this morning.
This is the second time the Coroner's
Jury has been called together In that town
in a week. McMasters is said to have
cid of heart trouble. (