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PACIFIC MAIL TO
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M'CREA SAYS HIGH
RATES ARE NEEDED
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OLD RUMOR IS DISCOUNTED
San Francisco Shipping Men Feel
Sure Concern Will Continue In
Coast, Panama and Trans-Pacific
Traffic Field.
PAX FRANCISCO. Oct. 11 Special.)
That the Pacific Mall Steamship Com
pany will continue not only In the Coast
and Panama business but that It will con
tlnue it present bold on the trans-Pa
clllc's field la the way shipping men view
the situation as regards the steamship
traffic out of this port.
The story that the Pacific Mall desired
to release the trans-Pacinc neld doubt
less grew out of the scory that waet pub
lished on September 30. In which an
Ottawa. Ont.. dispatch, declared that the
Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with
headquarters in London, had completed
negotiations for the purchase of the Pa
cific Mail's fleet and had given a check
for over si.O.000. Coupled with this w
the sturdy opposition that has come to
the Pacific Mall through the independent
line to Panama operated by Bates at
Chef?brough. and known as the Califor
nia A Atlantic
Investigations at that time brought
forth the following special dispatch from
New York:
"New York. Sept. 30. At the office of
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company the
cabled report from Uondon that the Royal
Ia:l Steam Packet Company bad pur
chased the fleet of the Pacific Mall
Steamship Company, is emphatically de
nied. It Is stated further that negotia
tions were never under way with that
oblfct In Tlew.
Tne dispatch stating that the fleet of
the Pacific Mail had been purchased by
the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company
w&s ato denied locally. It was pointed
out that R. P. Schwerin la at present in
the Orient In an effort to secure new
business for the company while It began
Its San Francisco-Panama express serv
ice only yesterday.
"A. W. Elllcott, brother-in-law of
Schwerin ar.d an official of the Harrt-
man lines, said It was Inconceivable to
him that such a transaction could have
beer carried out. He said the sals of
the fleet would have to be ratified by
the stockholders In any event and that
the transfer could not be made in such
an offhand manner."
GRANDSTAND VICTIM LOSES
Seattle Athletic Club Sot Obliged to
tiive Balm for Accident.
OL.TMPIA. Wash.. Oct. li Special.
In a derision handed down today the
Supreme Court upholds the Superior Court
of King County in non-suiting William
TV. Green, who brought an action for
damages against the Seattle Athletic Club
for injuries sustained when the Armory
ratling broke and scores were plunged
to the floor below and some seriously In
jured.
The Seattle Athletic Club held a big
athletic meet in the new Armory on the
opening night. The place was crowded.
and at the close of the event the gallery
crowd surged forward and the defective
railing gave way. men and women being
carried forward and falling to the floor
some distance "below.
Green, one of the Injured, brought suit
against the athletic club. His esse wss
thrown out of court and he appealed, but
the lower court is upheld.
JUMP FROM TRAIN FATAL
Sorthern Pacific Road Emploje Run
Over at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Wash, Oct. 12. (Spe
cial.) Jumping from a moving freight
train in the local yards today, Arlo
Athay. 25 years old. landed on an up
ward slope. Instead of a downward one,
and fell back under the wheels of the
train. His head was cut off at the
nr. k, and his body almost cut in twain.
Krom letters in Athay's pocket it
was learned that be had been working
at Eureka Junction, on a branch of the
Northern Pacific, between Paeeo and
Valla Walla- He has a brother. Gll
man Athay. In Missouri.
The body is being held at the office
of Coroner W. J. Knapp until rela
tives can be located.
EASTERN CITIES GROWING
Connecticut and Sew Jersey Census
Returns Reported.
WASHINGTON Oct. IS. Population
statistics, enumerated in the 13th cen
sus, were Issued today by the Census
Rrreau for the following cities:
New Britain. Conn.. 43.916. an In
crae of 17.913. or S. per cent over
I5.S In 1U0.
Stamford. Conn., 25.135. an Increase
nf M1. or &7.1 per cent over 15,997 In
1900.
New Brunswick. Jf. J.. 3I.ISS, com
pared with 2.on tn 1900.
Perth Ambor. N. J.. 3MJ1. an In
crease of 14.4-2. or Sl.S per cent over
17.S in lo(.
MEETING CALLED
Tor Committeemen of the First Con
gressional Committee.
The County Congressional Commit
teemen for the First Congressional
I'lstnct of the State of Oregon, com
prising the counties of Benton. Coos,
CKckama. Curry. Pouglas. Jackson.
jnfph:n. Klamath. Lake. Lane. Lin
coln. Linn. Marion. Polk. Tillamook.
Washington and Yamhill, are called to
meet at Salem. Oregon. Wednesday,
October 19, at 2 o'clock P. M., for the
purpose ot organization, by electing
a. chairman and secretary, and trans
acting such other business aa might
properly com before the committee.
C V. JOHNSON.
Chairman Congressional Committee of
the First Congressional District.
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MR. AND MRS. C. O. IIIGGIXS.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. G. O. HIgglns. who
reside four and one-half miles south of Salem, recently celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary. Mr. HIgglns was born June 9. 1831, in
Syracuse, N. Y.. coming to California March 15, 1S52. the trip being made
by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He was married at Sacramento.
Cal.. -to Miss Anna Stewart, October 4. 1860. at the home of her father.
Miss Stewart was born in Maryland. January 23. 1841, and crossed the
plains with her parents in 1848. They moved to Marlon County in 1869.
and have since resided south of the city. They have been parents of
seven children, six of whom are living five girls and two boys. There
are also two grandchildren. The members of the family are as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Phil M. Gilham and two children. Wlllamtna. Or.: Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Jones. Seattle. Wash.: Miss Emma M. HIgglns, Kelso,
Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Chymer. Tacoma, Wash.; Miss Ida May HIg
glns and Mr. and Mrs. G. S. HIgglns. who reside st the farm with
the old folks. Amos Henry HIgglns. the eldest son, is dead.
GRAFT IS MOST UNLIKELY
ATONEMENT DAY HERE
JEWISH CELEBRATIOV IS BE
GUN; COXTISVES TODAY.
Services at Temple Beth Israel Sim
ple and Held Before Large Audi
enceMany Turned Away.
With special services and a special
musical programme at the Temple
Beth Israel Synagogue, the great Jew
ish holy day. Yom Klppur. lr of
Atonement, was begun last night.
Tha synagogue was packed to capa
city, and many were turned away. The
service was opened at o'clock with a
violin solo. "Kol Nldre." rendered by
Henry Bettman. and the atonement
song service was capably handled ny
the Temple Betn Israel cnoir, unaer
the direction of Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer.
Inspiring and uplifting was Rabbi
Jonah B. Wise's sermon on "Loyalty."
in which the rabbi admonished his peo
ple to live up to the nature of their
race, a chief characteristic of wnicn.
he said. Is loyalty; not to be loyal Just
for the fear of God. but to be loyal to
themselves, to their race and to humanity.
The 'cello solo. "Andante." played by
Mr. Hani el n held the andlence en
tranced. The player showed talent In
the rendition of this beautiful solo,
every note being rich and well rounded
out.
What was probably the most pleas
ing number on the musical programme
was "Prayer," which, by request of
President Slchel. was sung by the
choir with soprano solo and quartet.
This number was further enriched by
the violin and 'cello accompaniment-
Following is the musical programme:
Atonement song service by choir.
Dora J. Zan singing cantor parts.
Violin solo. "Kol Nldre. (Max
Bruch's arrangement). Henry Bettman.
Cello solo, "Andante." (Golterman).
Mr. Hanleln.
"Prayer," (Gounod), choir, accom
panied by 'cello and violin.
Today s services win commence at
9:30 this morning and last until night.
The morning service will b read by
D. Soils Cohen, while Harold Relnhart
will assist In the afternoon.
Special music will be given during
the memorial service. Mrs. Dclphine
Mark will sing "liok t p. Oh Heart."
(Del Reigo). and Edgar E. Coursen. or
ganist, will play "Aza's Death."
(Grieg), Handel s "Largo and "Rev
erie." (Bizet-Shelley). Mrs. Elfreda
Weinsteln. soprano, will also assist in
this service.
captured and held a robber who had
Just bcld up the saloon of Axtel Punsti
with a big revolver and had taken $2 and
a watch belonging to the proprietor.
Merrifleld set out after the robber
after he heard the cries of Punsti, who
had been bound hand and foot by the
thief in a back room of the saloon. He
overtook him on Main street, walking
fast but apparently seeking to avoid the
attention that he would have caused If
he had run. Reaching tn his hip pocket
as if to draw a pistol, Merrifleld ordered
the man to throw up his bands.
"If you hadn't got the drop on me,'
replied the robber, as he compiled. "I'd
blow a hole In you big enough to throw
a dog through."
Merrifleld disarmed his prisoner and
trmed him over to City Marshal Otzin
ro The stolen property was recovered,
hr; the robber had no other money. He
said that his name was John Troy, that
he was a" logger 29 years old. and had
been driven to the crime by lack of
money. He was held to the grand Jury
$1000 ball. He said that it was his
first crime,- but the authorities are con
vinced by the care with which Troy
planned the holdup that he had had
previous experience.
POSTMASTERS MEET TODAY
Oregon Officials of First, Second
and Third Classes Convene.
Tba Presidential Postmasters' Associa
tion of Oregon will begin its annual
meeting in the convention hall of the
Commercial Club at 10 o'clock today.
The association includes first, second and
thlrd-clae postmasters. There sre about
75 In Oregon snd most of them will at
tend the convention.
The convention will lest two days, act
ions being held In the forenoon and
afternoon of each day. Tonight the
postmasters will be given a banquet at
the Commercial Club.
PAVING TO BE HELD UP
COrXCTLMES WAST TO SEE HOW
PRESENT WORK IS.
ALABAMA NEGRO LYNCHED
Mob Overpowers Deputy and Takes
Prisoner Bullet-Riddled.
Sanitary Fountain Ordered. -
OREGON CITT. Or.. Oct. li. (Spe
cial.) W. H. Howell, superintendent of
the city water works, has ordered a
sanitary drinking fountain to ba In
stalled at the entrance ot tba city fil
tering plant at Second and Main streets.
Tba grounds wUl be beautified and aat
t rosa busbca.
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Oct. IS. Grant
Richardson, a nrgro of Bibb County,
was lynched last night near Center-
vllle.
He was being brought to the Bibb
County Jail on a charge of assaulting
a white woman when tha deputy hav
ing him in charge was overpowered
and tba negro's body riddled with bullets.
BOLD RUSE GETS ROBBER
Blacksmith Armed With Tobacco
Can Captures Thief.
SEASIDE. Or, Oct. 1!. (Special.)
Armed with no weapon mora formid
able than a tobacco can. J. P. Uarrifleld.
wbo owns a blacksmith aboD hers, todajr
Letting; of Contracts Will Be De
layed Cntll It Is Seen How Long
It Will Take to Finish Tasks.
Authority for laying more hard-surface
streets will be withheld by the
city until It is determined how long it
will take to complete, the work already
ordered, according to sentiments ex
pressed at the Council meeting yester
day afternoon by the Mayor and var
ious Councilmen, who think It would
not be possible for all tbe street work
now authorized to be completed dur
ing next year.
If this policy Is maintained, it will
aid In limiting the number of streets
that may be opened and left impas
sable by contractors who take more
work than they can perform. There
are now about 50 miles of hard-surface
street Improvements ordered by the
Council that cannot -be laid until next
year.
A sentiment against this wholesale
letting of contracts so far In advance
of the time work can be performed
on them has lately gained favor at
the City Hall. Involved with it have
bven discussions regarding the probable
rise or fall In the prices of street pav
ing material next year, and whether
the city would lose much If conditions
change by next year, when the work
now authorized must be done at this
year's prices.
Councilman Cellars took the Inltla
the in the matter of limiting, yester
day, the further authority for street
improvement, when he said that here
after he wanted his vote to be recorded
as "no" on all street improvements to
be suggested, until the City Engineer
has filed a report showing bow long
It will take to accomplish the work al
ready laid out.
The Mayor said he Is heartily In ac
cord with this sentiment, and Council
man Devlin made a speech In which
he said that he believed the work al
ready authorised, and which had not
been begun would cost more than
$1,000,000. Other Councilmen also
spoks In favor of delaying tbe adoption
of measures providing for more bard
surface street work. .
FUNDS TAKEN, FIRM FAILS
K. & S. Chemical Company Is in
Hands of Receiver.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct 12. (Spe
cial.) E. M. Scanlon was today appointed
received of the K. St 8. Chemical Com
pany, and furnished bend for $4000 for
faithful performance of bis trust.
The K. & 8. Chemical Company has
bad a bard time of It sines Dr. Francis
Stewart bas been alleged to have ab
sconded with $1600 In funds of the com
pany. D. F. Doherty, on behalf of him
self and other creditors, asked the court
that the receiver be appointed.
Nothing has been learned of Stewart
since his sudden (Usappsaraaos (roa JTao-
oouvaa,
Head of Pennsylvania Believes Road
Is Run Honcttly and Because of
Increased Costa Deserves
More Revenue.
NEW RATES TO BE HELD UP.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. The In
terstate Commerce 'Commission bas
decided to suspend tbe effective op
eration of the proposed rate increases
on Eastern lines until February 1.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. President
James McCrea, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, was a witness at
today's hearing before the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the proposed
advances In freight rates by railroads
out of Chicago.
Mr. McCrea urged the necessity of the
proposed increases on account of the
increased expenditures in wages in
curred by the roada during the last ten
years aggregating SS per cent In the
case of the Pennsylvania, and the in
creased cost of maintenance of service.
The witness said that the results of
the constant increases In the business
of the Pennsylvania, through a long
period of years, had been distributed
either through reduction in rates, in
creases in wages and amounts paid for
material, or by reinvestments in the
property not capitalized.
Road Entitled to Consideration.
He expressed the belief that a prop
erty of the magnitude of the Pennsyl
vanla Railroad rendering a service sat
isfactory to its patrons, "deriving, as
it did derive in 1909, net earnings to
the amount of only 5.01 per cent of the
amount actually invested in the prop
erty." wu ,t fa!, I J -. .
by the people, and he could not under- '
siana now rates that secured such re-
suits couia oe regarded as too high.
ine nearing was conducted before
the full commission. Chairman Martin
&oapp presiuing.
Expenses Bulge $34,000,000.
At the flnAnlnv n, th h...t.. tt-
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rciinsjivsnn taii road company, said
the expenses of the Eastern lines,
through Increases in wages and cost of
supplies, recently had been Increased
m-w wAuujttBiy d,uvu.uuu a year and
that under nrnnnxed arivgn i
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earnings would Increase about $27,000,-
vvv m cai .
President McCrea testified that in the
last 1A or 19 vAar V i
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east of Pittsburg bad expended $262.-
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vuv.uuv un improvements. . rs ot wltn-standlnff-
the lnia,ii 'n 1 1 ..i
I'd Mr. McCrea. the 37.000 stockholders
of the Pennsylvania Railroad one-half
of whom were women and children
were receiving the same amount in
dividends now as they had received
during the last ten years, although
their expenses had Increased propor
tionately with those of employes.
Operation Held Honest.
Mr. McCrea testified that the In
creased inroads on the same Income
made necessary the proposed advance
In rates. He asserted that the Pennsyl
vania had never been operated with
greater economy, efficiency and skill
than now and he believed that the oper
ation was honest.
"How do you know." lnauired Tnl
D. Brandels. of Boston, renresentinar
Atlantic Coast shippers, "that such
things as have been developed In the
Illinois Central graft are not occurring
in the Pennsylvania system?"
T do not believe such a condition
could exist because of our system of
reports and checking." said Mr. Mc
Crea. "I know, too. through my faith
In the organization and in my confi
dence in the human agencies involved."
Mr. McCrea declared:
for adventure. We're
only boys and girls, a little bit grown up,
but still stirred by martial music, thrilled by
fire horses, lured by tales of subtle intrigue
and splendid daring. We're tired of reading
reams of stuff we care little about to get a
little we care a lot about. Give us some
stories that grip. Give us a magazine of
Adventure." And that's what we've done.
Look at this.
Transportation Is Seeded.
"What this country needs and what
has done so much to develop it, are
transportation facilities. At this time
I feel that improvements are very
badly needed. Any scheme of rates
that does not provide for that, treat
ing the railroads as a broad proposition,
wi.l fall short of what the country ab
solutely requires."
Mr. McCrea expressed the . opinion
that any properly capitalized company
economically managed should earn a
minimum of 7 per cent, particularly on
account of the Increased cost of living.
He said It formerly was the Pennsyl
vania's policy to put In a dollar's Im
provements for every dollar paid in
dividends, "but unfortunately we have
not been able to continue that policy."
In conclusion Mr. McCrea declared
that the present situation could not be
met In any other way than by an ad
vance In freight rates.
Asked by Commissioner Prouty as to
future railroad developments in new
territory, Mr. McCrea said he believed
no money would be available for new
railroad enterprises.
"It is not possible," he asserted. "We
cannot get the money anywhere for
that sort of exploitation."
LAMBASA, Oct. 4th. This kingdom fa m
a ferment over the mystery surrounding the
burial of King Maldio. In the middle of
tbe impressive ceremony an unknown man,
apparently an Englishman, broke through
the guard and smashed the glass of the royal
coffin, shouting "The King is Alive." The
man was seised and thrown into a dungeon,
the oeremony abruptly stopped, and the com
pany dismissed. Former Queen Eoratia
announced to-night that the king had been
privately buried.
There Is a story being whispered about
that the dead king was later seen struggling
to escape from the Queen's Guard in the
court-yard of the prison where the mysterious
foreigner is incarcerated. There are rumors '
that the king and the foreigner have both
escaped and there are hints at poison plots,
ln,wbich a certain royal lady is said to be
not above suspicion.
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MOVE FOR FLEET OPENED
ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COM
MERCE TO MEET.
San Francisco Conference of Coaai
Commercial Bodies Called for
November 17.
To advance the movement for a bat
tleship fleet for the Pacific Coast, and
to consider ways and means to pre
sent the matter to Congress, a meet
ing of delegates from the Associated
Chambers of Commerce of Oregon,
Washington and California w'll be held
November 17, at San Francisco.
The announcement was received by
the Portland Chamber of Commerce
yesterday from the San Diego Cham
ber, and in the communication it was
stated that Governor Gillett, of Cali
fornia, is in full accord with the move
ment and suggested that the meeting
be held next month In order .that a
memorial for better Coast protection
can be prepared and be submitted to
Congress when that body convenes in
December.
Information was also conveyed In
the letter that the San Diego Cham
ber had received direct advices from
Rear-Admiral Evans that he will do
everything possible to further the
movement. He is expected to attend
the meeting by special invitation and
to suggest an outline of the plans that
may, in all probability, receive favor
able consideration of Congress.
"This will be a mort important
meeting and It is expected that every
Chamber In the three Coast states will
be well represented." said Secretary
Glltner, of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, yesterday. "Oregon Is es
pecially interested in the movement
for better Coast protection, and there'
is no doubt that this state will be
well and ably represented at the meeting."
Meyer Chooses Torpedo Station.
SEATTLE. Oct. 12. Secretary of
the Navy George von L. Meyer to
day, after Investigating the desir
ability of a site at Fllucia Bay, near
Tacoma, decided to locate the new tor
pedo station at Keyport, on Dogfish
Bay, near the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
The Government Is purchasing 250
acres of land on Dogfish Bay for the
use of the station.
Nearly SOO.OOO cycles are manufactured In
Great Britain and Ireland In the course of
a year, and their value Is about 18,0O0,0ft0.
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