V
. PORTLAND. OREGOy 'sAT PxO PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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COMPROMISE MAY
YET AVERT STRIKE
Neill Stays Hand of En-;
gineers1 Chief. .
RRQTHERHOOD IS EXASPERATED
Mediator's Plan Has Chance
of Acceptance Today.
ARBITRATION TRIED NEXT
f fccone I In Mood to Call Strike
When H1 Starrs Off Crisis au
Lines West or Chicago on Both
Sides of Boundary Involved.
what wrr.jtnrjfo strik
MKAX.
Xinnbn of rallroa-l. Involved, 81.
M1M of track. 13S.OMH
Pvrr.nt.co of railroad mllrof . ta
In I led main, M por ml - .
Knnbn of tnflnvtra Involved. .
oo. Demand, of mens 12 to IS per cut
waso Increase.
Incmn offered by railroads, t-Vj
p.r cent.
Annual IncrasM offers by rail
roads. t3.ano.ooo.
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CHICAGO. Dee. SL (Special.) At mid
night tonight, after hope of peace had
been virtually abandoned by all con
cerned In the threatened strike of en
gineers on a 'Western roads. Dr. Nelll.
the Government mediator, offered a final
compromise and irashed Ms hands of the
entire matter.
This compromise Is said to make
notable concession on both sides, but the
engineers are given the long end of the
bargain. That It will be accepted by the
general managers Is said to be almost
certain. It was offered too late for the
committee to act upon It, but the decision
peace or gigantic war will be rendered
before noon tomorrow. If It Is rejected.
Dr. Nelll will formally offer arbitration,
a required under the Erdmar.n law. and
Immediately take a train for home In
"Washington. The Indications at midnight.
Jjowrver. are that peace will prevail.
Exasperated with the attitude of the
general managers committee, which has
refused to take the strike threat seri
ously, the engineers have reached a point
where they are ready to go out at a
moment's notice. If the order Is Issued,
It will strike every railroad west of
Chicago at the same hour.
final Conference Is Held.
& Since December 1? Commissioner of
Labor Nell has worked day and night
to avert the strike, and neither side has
Fielded an Inch. Early tonight the Gov
ernment mediator declared that he feared
there would be a strike, though he called
Grand Chief Stone, of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, and his assist
ants Into the nnal conference. Before
going Into the conference, which was In
session at midnight. Mr. Stone declared
that he saw no chance of settlement and
that a fight might be expected within a
very short time. The members of the
engineers' committee from the various
systems were making preparations to
leave the city early this evening, and It
is probable that, if a strike order is Is
sued, It will be set far enough ahead fo
allow each officer to get to his post,
which will require about three days.
Although the general managers have
professed to regard the strike vote of
the men as a mere bluff," the repre
sentatives of the engineers assert that
they never ware so much In earnest In
' their lives and that they are ready to
ge. the limit. They have placed them
selves deliberately In a situation where.
It la said, they cannot back down, unless
they wish to see their organization go to
pieces.
Demands Loos; In Preparation.
The movement for a wage Increase on
the Western roads began at the conven
tion of the engineers In Detroit last May.
In accordance with the convention in
structions, the chairmen on the various
systems met and formulated new wage
schedules, which were submitted to the
rank and file for a vote last July. When
the demands were ratified by the men.
they were presented to the managers In
August and negotiations began Septem
ber 2 last. The conferences lasted until
November . when they were broken off
while the labor officials submitted the
question of a strike to the men. During
the negotiations the original demands
had been scaled down to such an extent
that many of the men were dissatisfied
and. when they were asked whether they
would agree to a further scaling down,
or strike to enforce the modified de
mands, the vote was S7.JJ in favor of a
trike. '
Leaders Pare Not Hack Down.
Tnder the circumstances the lesders
ay there is no way far them to back
down, without Incurring the displeasure
of the members and making the organlsa
tloa a laughing stock among the other
fcrotherhoodsv it wso said that, should
the officers attempt le settle on the basis
offered by the managers, the men would
-kluk over the traces" and not accept
the settlement.
Representatives of the engineers, who
)tave been In conference with the man
gfersv asoert that they have not been
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DISASTER FEARED
WHEN DIVA SINGS
VAST THRONGS WILL HEAR
TETRAZZIXI IX OPEN.
Clubwomen Ask Mayor to Prevent
Concert In San FYanclsco Street,
bnt He Fears Nothing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. (Special.)
A delegation of clubwomen today ap-
ta Mavor McCarthy to stop Tet-
raxlnl from singing at Lottas Tountaln
In front of the Chronicle building to
morrow nights because of the danger
to life from an Immense crowd, and
.. rfi...t.r in Stockholm 20
years ago, when Christine Nellson sang
In the street In that city.
The Mayor decided that the police
could control any crowd that might
gather and he refused to order the
unique openalr concert transferred to
Golden Gate Park, as the clubwomen
desired. It Is estimated many thou
sand people will come In from neigh
boring cities, as oldtlme English
Christmas carols are to be sung from
the stage before the opera singer ap
pears. Chief of Pollre Seymour thinks -0.-900
people will be massed within
sound of the divas voice, and that
100 000 will crowd Market and adjacent
streets, as they did at the Fortola Fes
tival. The weather la like New Tors. May
weather and everything promises a
pleasant evening tomorrow, when the
first openalr concert of this kind in
mid-Winter In the streets of a great
city will be held. Every newspaper In
Christendom will contain a report on
Chrlstmaa morning of this unique
Christmas eve celebration.
$1,800,000 GIFT IS MADE
Affiliation Between Columbia rttl
vcrslty and Hospital Purpose.
NEW TORK. Dec IJ George L.
.h.iman of the board of di
rector, of Columbia University, and
Robert W. DeForest president ox i
Presbyterian Hospital, announced to
night that l.S00.OOO had been pledged
to perfect an affiliation between the
hospital and the medical school of the
university. The name of the donor Is
not announced.
The gift comes through Edward B.
- .n,hee of the wealthy
2 1 ar K n r 3, m m-
family of New York and Cleveland.
who adds 1300.000 "lor mo "u
on a site belonging to the hospital of
a surgical pavilion coniaiuma
Edward S. Harknees was graduated
from Tale with the class of -97 and is
director of several banks and cor
porations. Ills brother. Charles W. Harkness. Is
a director of the Standard Oil Company,
and It Is commonly believed that some
member -of the Harkness family also
makes the larger gift.
THUG'S LEGACY KILLS MAN
Mtro-GIycertne Left In Safe by
Cracksmen Explodes.
CHICAGO. Dec. M. (Special.) Nitro
glycerin left between me j.io -Z'
....i door by burglars three
months a so caused the death of a safe
repairer In the shop oi in.
. T-.it rvitnn.nv this afternoon.
The deadly explosive had .withstood the
tars of a railroad trip rroro inuuu..
the shocks of riding over rough Chicsgo
The man. who died almost instantly
after being struck by a 100-pound steel
plate which was burled from the door
by the force or tne es.piu.iu".
a. txviitek. 4S years old.
The safe in which the explosion oc
curred was a large type, weighing 7500
pounds and was five feet high. Recent
ly It waa accepted by the Trumbull com
pany from the banking firm of Grow-
v a. vi-Mia- of Klmmell. Ind in trad.
The safe was shipped from Klmmell to
Chicago and placed In the safe company's
shop today. Pavlltek waa put to work
repairing the doors.
MIXED MARRIAGE BLOCKED
Jap and White Woman Find Reno
Justice Opposes Mlsccgeny.
RENO. Nev Dec . Not until the
County Clerk here had been Instructed
by an authorized attorney that there
was nothing In the statutes of Nevada
to prevent their marriage would he
grant a marriage license to H. H.
Tackawa. a Japanese, and Miss L. A.
Frederick, an American girl.
Teckawa gave his age aa 24 and that
of Miss Frederick as IS. Both told the
Clerk they were from San Francisco.
Thla afternoon Teckawa and Miss
Frederick appeared before the Jus
tice of th Peace and asked to be mar
ried by him Sunday. The official re
fused to perform the ceremony and told
fh.m tn aee a minister.
Miss Frederick recently sold a room-Ing-hoose
In Seattle.
POSTAL BANKSARE READY
Vfw System Will Go Into Effect on
Third Day of January.
WASHINGTON. Dec 3. All Is now
ready for starting the mschlnery of the
postal saving bank throughout the
country on January .
The 4g postmasters who have been In
W'aahlngton acquiring Information con
cerning the management of the postal
saving work have finished their training
at Postmaster-General Hitchcock's office
and the last of them departed for home
tonight. All are -postmasters at second
class offices. - ' ,
WOMAN
INDICTS
BALDWIN'S GOLD
Witness Says She Is
Helpless Against It.
LETTERS DECLARED FORGERIES
Mrs. Turnbull Says She Never
Plotted With Advertiser.
PICTURE IS INTRODUCED
Witness Declares Portrait Is Not of
Her, but Says It Nearly Cost Old
Turfman His Life When
Sister fjiot Him.
LOS ANGELES. Dee. 21 Lucky Bald-
wln'a gold could do anything against a
defenseless woman.
This waa one of the parting shafts
launched at the opposing attorneys by
Mrs. Lillian Turnbull before she ended
her testimony In the contest of her
daughter. Beatrice for" nearly a quarter
of thf, millions Via old turfman left when
he died two years ago.
The record of the woman's testimony In
her suit against Baldwin has been de
stroyed and the attorneys for the estate
were endeavoring to secure her present
version of that testimony preparatory to
Introducing evidence for her Impeach
ment, when she shot the above retort In
reply to a query as to what reason there
might be for so many forgeries of her
letters.
Letters Declared Forgeries.
More of her alleged lettera were Intro
duced and she declared every one of
them "base forgeries, perpetrated by a
villain In the employ of that treacherous
man. James R. Wood." Wood Is the
Boston detective employed by Colonel
Albert Pope, whom Mrs. Turnbull pre
viously declared "sold me out to Bald
win."
One of the letters contained this sen
tence: "I resisted Lucky Baldwin more
than I did Colonel Pope, for J loved
Colonel Pope. I shall never betray his
name. A woman never betrays the man
she loves. Never."
Authorship Is Denied.
Mrs. Turnbull declared she never wrote
this or anything that la quoted as part
of the evidence. In the decision rendered
by Judge Slack, who presided In the se
duction case.
Mrs. Turnbull said she did not testify
regarding her alleged marriage by con
tract to Baldwin In the first case becaus
she had not been asked.
"Did you testify there had been a prom
lse of marriage T" was asked.
"No," Mr a. Turnbull replied. "I did
not so testify. I did say there had not
been a promise of marriage, which was
true. Mr. Baldwin married me without
making a promise. He did It out of
hand, aa quickly as he could write tne
contract"
Contract Is Repudiated.
Mrs. Turnbull also denied that she had
ever admitted an alleged contract be
tween herself and A. H. Anderson. Bald
win's former advertising agent, to give
Coneluded on Paso 2.)
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INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 83
degree: minimum. 41 aegret..
TODAY'S Occasional rain; aouthweaterly
winds. t
Fore Ian.
Trial of Count and Countess d'Aulby in
France becomes drama or pasuuii. -3.
Mexican rebel scout, m.ke daring ride
through City ot cnlhuanua. Page S.
No trace found of Orare. the aviator, and
death at sea Is probable. Pass
National.
Tran.portatlon of mall cost Uncle Bam bis
urn. pax. 4.
Power .It. bill Is drawn by Emoou rw -
Politic
Multnomah County will demand equitable
California politician. e plan to put Heney
t- u rianl. If. Par. 13.
Wets' Initiative makes position of Oregon-
unique. i i
AlleVlut ssr American hustle cause. In-
Wben hop of avertlnr engineers strike
- j l. a vj a 4 1 1 v. r n rfi Urg
compromla which may b accept a.
1 1 x.
Vt crowd! eipwted to har Tetraxi.nl
. . . mnA WAMAn
r in . in nan rranniw pn.
fear dlu.ter. Page JU
On. of Injured In Chicago flro die., maklnc
total dead 24. Pas. 3. . .
Colonel Ooethal. man of srest ability.
Pa.. 7.
Mrs. Turnbull ssts defen.elee. woman eould
do nothing- again.i xjuiuwm
Pag. 1.
Washington County still demand, eats.
Pag. 1-
Snorts.
Interschnlarrtle Athletic league disband.: re
organisation, mmu. LJ'
page 4.
Stanford Rugby team goes through Portland
on way to Vancouver, rage
rorret ' Smlth.oa will become aviator.
Pare H
Chrlstmaa swim arouses Interest. Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
T. R. Ell.xson found guilty of murder In
--i t o, r Grande. Pag. O.
Bride clasp. Kirk a. Jury free, him of mur-
aer casrie. i-.g. w
Kidnaper of Seattle child must serve SO to
40 years In prison. Page 6.
Seattle Council revoke, traction franchlss
following restraining order. Pag. 1.
Commercial and Marine.
French bark may be first crop ship ef new
season. Pag Id
Further advance In Oregon hop market.
Pag. 17.
World', .hlpments of wheat are decreasing.
I's-g. 17.
New York stock market stagnsnt. Page IT.
Brisk holiday trade at all points. Page 17.
Demand for apples limited. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Transfer of Harrlman line, to Oregon-Washington
Railroad Navigation Company
fleeted last night- Pace 10.
Dismissal of Williamson case would have
hurl Judge Hunt's chance of appointment
to commerce court. Is contention. Pag.
13. ,
Teachers demand voles In selection of text
books. Page 13.
Woman me. to re-establish will aet aside
for faulty witnessing. Page 10.
H. E. Weed, landscape architect, tails of
plan, for beaut if icatlon of Lone Fir Cem
etery. Page .
City Attorney, citing "ethic of profelon
refuse, to obey .treet committee .In set
tling Ksrl street dispute. Page 12.
Barer applicants for permit, to build swamp
Inspector Plummer. Pags 10.
Angora goat breeder, to hold convention In
January- Pac. 14-
Ex-husnand ot bride eau.es stormy dl
version at Dltchburn-Mend. wedding.
Pag. 4. . .
MAN GIVES AWAY HIS EYE
Friend Losing False One, He Fills
Gap With His Own.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Dec. 23.
Frank Vanneck, a well-known min
ing man of the Cripple Creek dis
trict, tonight proved how strong West
ern generosity Is when he took one
of his own eyes and gave it "to Sam
W. Vldler, a mining and newspaper
man, who had broken his own optic
xtntv. men wear artificial eyes. Vld
ler's eye got frostbitten, and when he
tried to thaw It out it expioaeo. un
able to secue another In the camp, he
was saved further discomfiture when
vi. e,i.nri nroceeded to take the glass
eye out of his own head and turned It
over to Vldler.
Until another eye arrives, Vanneck Is
using an old one he happened to have
laid away.
IN THE YEAR F0 E ONE MEMBER
POWER SITE BILL
DRIJHMOOT
Advocates of State Con
trol Concentrate.
MEASURE MAY BE PRESSED
Interior Department Aids- in
Drafting Measure.
ALL ADVOCATES AGREED
Icreas Set Forth by Secretary Bal-
linger In His Report Are Em
bodied In Bill Submitted
by Ttah Senator.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 23. Advocates of state
control of waterpower sites will con
centrate their efforts on a bill recently
Introduced by Senator Smoot, which
embodies the Ideas set forth by Secre
tary Balllnger In his annual report
This bill was prepared Jointly by Sen
ator Smoot and officials of the Inte
rior Department and has proven ac
ceptable, in the main, to all Western
Senators and Representatives who be
lieve that water-power development
should be regulated by the states
rather than by the National Govern
ment. It Is too early In the session to de
termine whether or not there is any
for the Dassaite of the Smoot
bill before adjournment on March 4,
but if opportunity presents tne meas
ure will be pressed to early 'considera
tion in the Senate, In the hope it may
be taken up by the House after the
appropriation bills are out of the way.
The Smoot bill recognizes the fact
that the control of waters Is vested in
the states, and this right can never be
taken over by the Federal Government.
Therefore It Is proposed to transfer to
the states all public lands abutting on
streams that may be used in power
development,- the states, however, to
guarantee to the Federal Government
that such lands shall not fall Into the
hands of any monopoly or be used in
n wav that will make the public pay
an exorbitant price for Its power.
Plnchot Theory Ditched.
The Plnchot plan of National regula
tion Is based entirely upon the fact
that the Government owns much of
the land that must necessarily be used
In the development of powers, and pro
poses to control the water by control
ling the land. This theory Is set aside
by the Smoot bill.
Senator Smoot's bill is substantially
the same as that which he introduced
In the last sesion of Congress, but con
tains slight modifications which, it Is
understood, have been approved by the
Interior Department. The bill author
izes the President to withdraw from
entry or other disposition any public
lands, reserved or unreserved, which
are or may become chiefly valuable for
the development of water power, and
which are not required for Government
irrigation projects. Lands so wlth-
(Concluded on Page 2.)
OF THE FAMILY.
SECOND APPEAL IS
MADE FOR CATS
OKAXOGAX FARMER ASKS LOS
ANGELES TO SUPPLY 5000.
Request Sent to Humane Society fof
Felines to Kill Gophers Causes
Much Excitement.
LOS ANGELES. Cat, Dec. 23. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Humane Society
In this city were considerably excited
today when they received from Albert
J. Randall, of Okanogan County, Wash.,
a request for 6000 cats.
Randall Is neither starting a cat farm
nor a canning factory. He wants the
cats for eminently legitimate and re
spectable purposes. No doubt when the
average cat; hears of this she will say:
"Me for a tlncan alley, no fur muffs
for mine."
If you should ask any gentlemanly
Thomas if he cared to migrate to Wash
ington, he would ask you with Injured
pride if he looked like a sealskin collar
ette. Cats are so suspicious, you know.
However, the alarm of the kittens and
of the Humane Society does Randall and
hie associates a great injustice. The
Washington farmers desire the cargo of
cats to assist them in driving gophers
from their ranches. They want the cats
as hunters. Gophers are making Inroads
on many Okanogan County farms and
Randall has hit upon the idea of saving
the gardens and farm lands by Import
ing household pets from those cities that
may be overstocked. No definite ar
rangements have been made for the col
lection of the tabbies, but this Is con
sidered a golden opportunity for Los An
geles to ingrate Itself Into the lasting
favor of a great Western state.
S. S. Gilbert, of Sharon, Pa., received
a letter from A. J. Randall, of Okano
gan County, a few days ago, requesting
that a consignment of 1000 cats be sent
him for use in exterminating gophers,
and, according to a dispatch, residents
of Sharon were preparing to ship the
felines in the near future.
PASTOR GIVEN MOTOR CAR
Congregation Makes Gift to Retain
Services of Preacher.
STOCKTON, Cal., Dec 23. (Special.)
To retain his services as pastor of
the Manteca. Congregational Church,
Rev. R. H. Sink, prelate in the grand
lodge of Masons of California, was to
day presented with an automobile by
the Manteca congregation, much to his
surprise. Mr. Sink has been pastor
of the Stockton Congregational Church
for years, and at the request of the
Manteca Congregationali3ts, accepted
a call to preach there at least two
Sundays a month.
The train service was such that the
minister could not reach there until
late in the afternoon following his
services here. The progressive people
of Manteca made up a subscription at
once, and today purchased the minister
a fine automobile. He will now be
In a position to make the trip In short
time and meet all of the engagements
of the two churches. One of the mem
bers of the congregation today said:
PORTLAND LEADS IN GAIN
Bank Clearings Again Show Increase
Over Period of Year Ago.
Bank clearings for the " week ended
yesterday showed an Increase over the
total for the same week in 1909 of
18.8 per cent according to Bradstreefjs
report The total Is S9,970,000.
With this substantial increase, Port
land again takes the lead over the
principal Pacific Coast cities, Los An
geles getting second place with a gain
of 17.8 per cent
Seattle's total clearings amounted to
$10,485,000. Compared with the volume
of business for the corresponding week
of last year, there was a marked fall
ing oft for Seattle, the loss being 18
Der cent
Tacoma held even in amount of
clearings and Spokane showed a loss
of 4.1 per cent . Tacoma'a totals were
(4,661,000 and Spokane s Were s4,
668,000. YOUNG M'LEAN RECEIVES
"Twenty Million Dollar Baby" Has
Birthday Party.
"WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. In contrast to
the usual social functions of the National
capital In the holiday season was the
first birthday anniversary party today of
Master Vinson "Walsh McLean, the
"2O.OOO,O0O baby," grandson of John R.
McLean and the late Thomas F. "Walsh.
Beneath a large Christmas tree, near
the golden cradle presented to him by the
late King Leopold of Belgium, Master
McLean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
B. "McLean, received half a dozen of the
little folks, some his junior.
Among others to wish the little host
happiness and long life were his grand
parents and Mrs. U. S. Grant III. Baron
ess Hengelmuller and Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Letter and his great-uncle. Admiral
Dewey.
INDIAN ' TRIBES TO FEAST
Tntnilla Mission Provides Christ
mas Tree and "Big Feeds."
PENDLETON, Or., Dec' 23. (Special.)
Umatilla, "Walla "Walla. Nes Perce,
Cayuse and Yakima Indians are gather
ing at the Tutullla Indian mission on the
Uamtllla Reservation, near this city, for
the annual mid-Winter campmeeting.
Features will be the Christmas tree ex
ercises Saturday night and the big feeds
on Christmas and New Tear's days.
Most of the Indians are encamped In
tepees. The meeting will last until Jan
uary 4 or 5 and will be attended by near
.ly 200,.., . " "
SEATTLE HITS AT
TRACTION COMPANY
Franchise Revoked by
City Council.
ACTION FOLLOWS INJUNCTION
Angered by Restraining Order.
Gill Urges Drastic Move. ,
FIVE-CENT FARE IS ISSUE
Warfare Against Seattle, Renton A
Southern Held to Be Effort of
Stone &f Webster Interests to
Gobble TJp Rival Line,
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 23. (Special.)
Calmly Ignoring the fact that Federal
Judge C. H. Hanford had just signed an
Injunction restraining them from doing
anything to Interfere with the operation
of Its cars, the City Council, In commit
tee of the whole, late this afternoon
passed two ordinances revoking the fran
chises under which the Seattle, Renton
& Southern Railway Company Is operat
ing Its lines between this city and Ren
ton, a suburb 12 miles south of here.
The meettlng of the Council was sen
sational. More than 200 citizens of the
Rainier Valley, who had complained
against the company, charging that It
had given inadequate service and had
attempted to collect a double fare Inside
the new city limits, were present and
cheered to the echo Mayor Hiram C. Gill
and Councilmen who spoke advocating
revocation of the franchises.
Mayor Gill took an active part In the
meeting and spurred the Council to ac
tion by declaring that if the ordinance
was not passed he would go out within
a week and tear up the tracks.
Plea for Delay Made.
The feature of the meeting was the
speech of Councilman J. W. Bullock, who
pleaded that a great majority of the
holders of the $850,000 of bonds of the
corporation lived In Chicago and the
Middle "West and that since their hold
ings' would be depreciated In value at
least 75 per cent by a revocation of the
franchise, the Council, to preserve the
city's credit, would best hesitate. Bullock
Is known to be extremely friendly to the
Stone & Webster Company, which con
trols all carlines in Seattle other than
the so-called Renton line, andi his speech
therefore caused something of a surprise.
Nevertheless the ordinances were passed
and signed) on the spot by "William H.
Murphy, president of the Council, and
Mayor Gill.
A. L. Valentine, superintendent of Pub
lic Utilities, ' filed the formal charges
against the company and, in view of the
fact that the attempt of the company to
collect a 10-cent fare In the territory re
cently annexed by the city had resulted
in rioting and destruction of the com
pany's property, asked that the Council
sit as a Judicial body. The revocation
today was the result.
Action Held Illegal.
The company alleged that the hearing
today and that heretofore held by the
corporation's committee were Illegal,
since the Council had no authority to
administer oaths or corroel the attend
ance of witnesses and consequently was
not able to obtain testimony that would
have upheld the streetcar company.
"The Council's action is utterly without
Justification," said "William H. Thomp
son, attorney for the Renton line, to
night "The Injunction signed by Judge Han
ford this forenoon absolutely prohibited
the passage of the ordinances and, inas
much as copies of the Injunction were
served on Mayor Gill and President Mur
phy, of the Council, before the committee
of the whole took action and distributed
among members of the Council by Coun
cilman Bullock at the same time, we
consider that the whole proceeding is
null and void. In diefense of the rights
of Innocent bondholders and to uphold
the name of Seattle as a city In which
Investments are safe, we shall treat the
Council's action as nulL"
Gill Defends Move.
"They merelyi enjoined us against doing ,
anything to interfere with the operation
of the road," sold Mayor Gill tonight
"This being the case, we think that we
had an absolute right to pass the ordi
nances revoking the franchises.
"It ls a legal question that Is Involved
and the operation of the road Is not at
present Involved." .
A strong movement is on foot to have
the city seize the Rainier Valley line and
operate 't under municipal ownership. "W.
R. Crawford, president of the road, and
his lawyers regard the entire fight as an
attempt of the Stone & "Webster Inter
ests, which virtually control the street
railway situation In Seattle, to gobble u
the only line now Independent.
NEW .TRIAL DENIED RUEF
Only Supreme Court Remains aa
Hope of Escaping Prison Term.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23. The peti
tion of Abraham Ruef, the former politi
cal boss, under sentence of 14 years for
bribery, for a hearing of his case before
the District Court of Appeals, was de
nied by that tribunal today.
Ruef now faces his last resort the Su-m-emfe
Court, '