i RAILROADTO EHTERCOOS BAY nUMEUGERE J. P, O'Brien Announces $8,000,000 Mill Be Laid At Once. DRAIN PROJECT ABANDONED Southern Pacific Orders Im mediate Construction of Branch to Marshfield. ROUTE IS ALONG SIUSLAW Trains to Pierce Coast Range in Two Years, Is Prediction. PORTLAND MADE CLOSER System to Croaa Timber-land and Coal Fields Owned by Harrlman Interest Stations "ot Tet - Selected Bids Dae Soon. nns ABOCT OPOn coos BAT KAILKOAn. Rout From Eun tlonf LVualaw Rlnr to coait and to M arshflaKL Lnrth of lina Approxrmatalr 13S miles. fonitmcllnj concern -Willamertta Pacific Railroad Company. Holding company Sootharn P- ei'tc. Ttma to complete work Probably two yaara. Coat !(.. t Immediate construction of rail mad ,.rora urn to Marshfleld. at a coat Lstlmated at I '.OOO.OOO. was authorized F eaterday by the Southern Pacific Cora pany through J. P. O'Brien. vlce-presi- ient and general manager In this city. Preliminary surreys already have een made and atx engineering- parties re In the Held locating the permanent Ine. Although the definite course through Which the new road will be constructed .as not yet been selected. Mr. O'Brien ald that the general route will be Kiong the Slualaw River, through the 'oast Range to the coast, thence south lo Marshfield. where It will connect kvltb the Coos Bay. Roseburg East- rn Railroad, now operating a line two illes Ions; from Marshdeld to Myrtle , olnt. This road also Is owned by the outhern Pacific Company. Prain Project Dropped. Construction of the road from En rut to Coos Bay means the abandon ment by the Southern Pacific of Its roject to build to Coos Bay from rain. IS miles south of Eugene, at rhich place several million dollars was jent In preliminary construction work mH1&fltlv nrivlom 1A the financial anresatoa four years ago. Part of the l-rproveraent used on the Drain line, it fi believed, can be utilised on the new 'reject. i The Willamette Pacific Railroad Vompaay. Incorporated under the laws ft Oregon, June 14. 1911. will build the -oad. The officers of this concern .are O. X. Wendllng. of Eaa Francisco, (president; 8. O. Johnson, of San Fran- Isco. vice-president; R. M. Cross, of V-rtland. vice-president; S. R. Bodlne. I Portland, secretary: C. H- Barrel, ' Los Angeles, treasurer; C R. Breck. Eugene, chief engineer; R. L. ghea and J. D. Miller, of Portland, lltlonal directors. S 1.000,000 Its Capital. Jfr. Wendling Is a wealthy timber 'perator and has extensive holdings fkdjaeent to the Southern Pacific prop erty In this state. Most of the other officers are identified In various ways !th the Southern Pacific. Mr. Breck , ing assistant engineer In the era- T of that company. he Willamette Pacific Company U capitalised at 1 1.000.000. divided shares of 1100 each, all of which held by the Southern Paclflo Inter- Is soon as the engineers now In the csn return sufficient data to pre plans for construction work, bids be called for and contract will let. J r. O'Brien said yesterday that he ects the road will be completed 1 approximately two years. Trains j-ly will be In operation ever the list Range to Coos Bay by January 1. j.4. at the latest. v -Building; of the line will be pushed 1 fast as the work can be don In tCoacluaad ea Fae 14.) ALASKAN POLICIES CAUSE CAPITAL EBB ENGLISH INVESTORS CENSCRE GOVERNMENT METHODS. Extensive Holdings In North Sold Because of Obstacle to De velopment of Industry. SEATTLE. "Wash.. July 31. (Spe claj.) Disgusted, with conditions pre vailing In Alaska. Colonel Lionel Stuart-Weatherley, representing a syn dicate of Scotch and British capitalists with heavy Investments at Nome, and who had expected to Invest several millions of dollars this Summer, left for the north on the steamship Victoria yesterday for the purpose of winding up his affairs as rapidly as possible and seeking another field. Colonel Stuart-Weatherley has agents In soma of the republics of South America and in the Porcupine gold fields In Canada, In both of which places be believes better general con ditions prevail. Following promises made by authori ties in the United States Government that the coal land of Alaska would be allowed to be opened to development. Colonel Stuart-Weatherley last Sum mer laid his plana for the formation of a corporation In the north, which, had It developed, would have opened up both the Kougarok and the Kobuk dis tricts. He already owned the Nome lighting plant and another big power plant and dredging machine on Bour bon Creek, and bought enough stock In the John J. Sesnon Company, a light erage and coal concern, to make him self president, and has other heavy In terest. He says he did not seek any assist ance from the Government, but hardly expected that obstacles would be thrown In his way. He cites land-title complications, erratic taxation and a general policy of obstruction. MARRIAGE 'EXPERT' IN NET Author of License Law Forgets Pre. cept When Planning- Wedding;. SEATTLE. Wash.. July SI. (Special.) The fact that James Albert Ghent, a member of the State Legislature, did not know that he had to have a witness to get a marriage license, though he was the author of a new marriage, li cense law In the last session of the Legislature, delayed him for two hours Saturday evening la his plana to wed Miss Geneva Testers, 14 IS Fortieth ave nue North. Dr. and lira. Ghent are now at Lake Chelan, whither they went yesterday morning. Dr. Ghent's troubles arose also from his desire to keep his wedding a secret until he got out of town. In this he succeeded, for his most Intimate- friends were surprised this morning to hear of It. though they knew that he and Mies Testers had been friends for seven or eight years. Dr. Ghent's scheme to keep his wed ding secret was te get Adelhert E. Case, cashier in the County Auditor's office, to go to his "shop" at 6:90 In the after noon, after the office had closed, to Issue a license so that the newspapers would not know of It until today. TEXT BOOK GRAFT BOBS UP California's State Printer Facing Charges of Mismanagement. PAN FRANCISCO. July 31. Serious chararea of rntemanagement In the office of W. W. (shannon. State Printer, are made In a report presented to Governor Johnson by the State Board of Control. As the result of the findings the Board asks the Governor to refuse to approve bills, exceeding 175.000 In amount, pre sented by the Zellnrhach Paper Com pany, the H. S. Crocker Company and the B. J. Shattuck Company and George D. Graham. It is charged that these firms have been enabled to maintain a monopoly In supplying text-book paper, binding snd ink. furnished at exorbitant prices. Figures are submitted aimed to show that the books are now sold at nearly twice their normal cost to the publio school children. Besides the claims which the Governor is asked to hold up. there are others cited which the report states would "mulct" the state out of $90,850. EDDY PAPERS INSPECTED Son of Christian Science Founder Ask Trial of Facts. CONCORD. N. H-. July SL The at torneys for George W. Glover, of Lead. 8. D., In the litigation directed against Henry M. Baker, executor of the estate of the late Mary Baker - O. Eddy, founder of the Christian Science de nomination, and mother of the plaintiff In the case, have concluded their ex amination of the reserved case drawn by Chief Justice Wallace for trans mission to the Supreme Court and have filed with the Chief Justice a motion for hearing the demurrer to the plain tiffs bill filed by the defense, snd for a trial of facts before the case la transferred. The reserved case la now In the hands of the defense for examination. BILL PROVIDES PENSIONS Social Ut Representative Would Pay Aged Americans SI a Week, WASHINGTON. July 31. A pension of 14 a week for every man and woman more than (0 years of age Is provided for In a bill by Representative Victor L. Berger. Introduced today. He In cluded In his bill a clause that none of the courts of the country, not even the Supreme Court of the United States, should pass upon Its validity. "The old workingmen and women' are entitled to a living outside of the poor houses and without aid of private char ity. said Berger In discussing his bill. "If political parties and the Supreme Court do not realise that fact they will be wiped out of existence, with the old constitution.' CITY'S ALL- ROUND PROGRESS T Activity in Building Gains 50 Per Cent. PORTLAND LEADS NORTHWEST Construction of Homes Excels All Former Records. POSTAL RECEIPTS SOAR Statistics of July, 1010, Pale Before Last Month's Figures In Xenrly Every Line Stockyards Are Unusually Busy. Portland's statistical record for July indicates that almost without excep tion every line of business Is maintain ing a substantial lead. Compared with the statistics for July. 1910, the show ing In some departments Is most gratifying. This is true especially In regard to the building record which shows a gain approximately of 60 per cent over the totals for the correspond ing month of last year. Postal receipts, bank clearings, realty transfers and flour shipments made satisfactory gains. Considering the condition of the lumber market, shipments of lumber to foreign and Coastwise points made a good showing. Business at the stockyards on the Peninsula was unusually active and was much better than it was for July, 1910. Outstripping every city In the Northwest. Portland made a remark able stride In building operations. The significant feature of the records of the Building Inspector's office is that there were no permits Issued for build ings costing over $100,000 except' for th Cramer A Fries Hotel building which will cost 1120.000. Nearly all the permits were for apartment-houses and dwellings. Home-Building Record Sfade. According to records In the Building Inspector's office, there were more per mits Issued for costly homes for July than In any month In the history of the city. Last week permits were granted for half a doseir -houses cost ing on an average of $15,000. Resi dence construction for the month alone amounted to nearly $800,000. Thes total values In permits reached $1,373,815 as against $908,080 for July. 1910. This Is a gain of $465,735 or ap proximately 60 per cent, making It the largest Increase that has been re corded In many years. The number of permits granted was also much larger. 697 being the record for the month Just closed compared with 622 for July of last year. Banner Year May Pale. With seven months of the present year elapsed, there la an excess of nearly $1,600,000 over tne total for the corresponding period in 1910. It seems ressonable to predict that building activity will continue with the same (Concluded on Paca 3 ) A MORE BEER, LESS FOAM, WILEY'S CRY EXPERT TIRES OF PAYING FOR "COLLAR" ON GLASS. Government Chemist Shares Honors as Drinker With Caesar and Plato at Malted Liquor Hearing. WASHINGTON. ' July 31. Entering the Illustrious names of Herodotus, Caesar, Plato and other ancients as earnest drinksrs of beer, barley grow ers and brewers from throughout the country today began testimony- before the Board of Food and Drug Inspection to determine the disputed , question, "What Is beerr Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist, who heads that board, shared the hon ors with the ancient convivlalists by announcing early that his chief com plaint was that too little beer was found In the ordinary glass of com merce sold to the thirsty. "I'm tired of buying foam." said the pure-food expert hotly. "There should be a line on glasses indicating where solid beer ends." Dr. Wiley looked thirstily on the pitcher that adorned the speaker's ta ble. It contained only water. John R. Mauff. of the Consumers' League and the Society of Equity, ar gued that most people believed all the beer was made of barley malt, hops and water, when In reality inferolr grades, or "chemist preservatives, were sub stituted. " He asserted that the brewers could lose nothing by labeling their product and that the consumer soon would Indi cate his preference for the various kinds of beer manufactured. He exploited the merits of beer, but charged that the public did not get enough for Its money. SALEM BRIDGE PUZZLER Co-operatlon of Counties With Rail road Believed to Be Solution. SALEM, Or,' July Stc (Special.) An effort Is being made to solve the prob lem of a new bridge across the Wil lamette River by projecting a combi nation structure ' to accommodate a roadwav. pedestrian traffic and the Salem, Falls City & Western Railroad. Attorney Charles L. McNary suggested the plan and he will bring It before the County Court, City Council. Salem Board of Trade and other interested bodies. Inasmuch as the Salem. Falls City & Western has secured a privilege from the War DeDartment to construct a railroad bridge from West Salem aid ha also secured a right or way into the city for the construction of an ex tension of Its road, the plan is believed by many to be feasible. Attention has been called to the fact that the present steel bridge between Marion and Polk counties is rickety and dangerous. It Is believed that oy oomDinmg tne bridges and securing co-operation of both counties as well as the city and the railroad, a superior bridge to the present one could be constructed at a much lower cost comparatively for all concerned. TWO STEAMERS SUSPECTED Boats From Cholera and Yellow Fever Districts Held at Baltimore. BALTIMORE. July 8L Two steam ers direct from cholera and yellow fever centers are being held at quar antine pending Investigation. One is the Italian steamer Archbank from Felton. Cuba, One of the crew of the Archbank Is said to have died and been burled at sea and two others are ill from what was declared to be ma laria. No sickness was reported on the Monvlso. and health officer Bosley said neither vessel had cholera or yel- low fever on board. BRING ON YOTTE OPPOSITION! DAY BANK LOOTING FOILED BY DEATH Village Marshal Kills 1, Routs 2. . $10,000 BOOTY RECOVERED Bearer of Stolen Gold Dropped and Companions Flee. MONTANA OFFICER IS HERO -n-i.il.. Trtrt. Pnlii-s Revolvers at Worker's and Rifle Vaults, Shot Warns Constable, Who t Battles With Robbers. r.RPAT FALLS. Mont. July 31. Three masked men robbed the First v.tun.i -Rjtfilc of Harlem, at about 11:30 o'clock this mronlng, but the man who had the booty In his possession was killed and the money recovered. The other two robbers escapeo. Posses are pursuing them and It hei(var thev will be captured. is As the three men rode up to the ,onTr and entered, two of tnem.cov ered the cashier and his assistant, the only persons In the banK, witn re volvers. $10,000 Put in. Sack. The third desperado went behind the counter and filled a sacic witu gom i --..-. from the counter and the vault, which was open. the total ahnilt 110.000. uiiiuuuuua - m. nf th robbers accidentally fired a revolver. The report brought Mar shal Taswell to the dsck aoor vl u bank. As he entered, one of the roD bers fired at him and In turn the Marshal fired, killing the man. who was just going out with tne money Two Survivors Escape. Th. other two robbei-s ran from the hi,ll.1lno- and mounted their horses. rode at fuU speed. Within a few min utes two automobiles loaded with armed men started In pursuit. Other posses have Joined In the chase. The country near Harlem formerly was the rendezvous of the Curry gang ..m,,f nd It is conjectured . the bank robbers are members of the old In that event It Is probable that it m hard to locate tnem a "r are familiar with the country and hid ing places In the mountains. THOSE BELOW I .1Y LOSE Promotion Begins at Kxplorer'fl Re tirement. Not After Discovery Ttr a fnTivnTrtW .ThIv SI. The JudST- VJ -" - . A .- i rt ti a Naw has de- elded tLgsdiXit civil engineers who were r--nit of the retire- ment of Civil Engineer Peary In their contention that their promotions should date from Apni o, ""r - discovered the North Pole, and became, by act of Congress, a Rear-AdmiraL He holds that their commissions in their advanced grades became effective March 8, 191L when Peary was retired. FRENCHMEN HURT JIM HAM'S PRIDE PLXK-WHISKEKED COLONEL IS ASKED TO SPEAK ENGLISH. , Polite Parisians Hear One Lecture in French, Then Request That He Use Own Language. PARIS, France, July 31. (Special.) For several days Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, better known as "Jim Ham" Lewis, of Georgia, the Pa cific Coast and Chicago, famous for his speeches and pink whiskers, has been going about Paris with a long face and a subdued manner. The Colonel admits that his pride has been hurt and that the sting is sharp, When asked why he was so glum that all his friends were commenting on it, he answered: "My French has been insulted. I know I do not speak It like a native, but I did not know It was so bad." "How bad?" "Why, you may remember that last year I was asked to give one of the usual Summer course lectures before the Geographical Society of Paris. accordingly prepared something about China and Japan, In which countries I had been traveling. I carefully wrote it out In French and spoke before the society In that language. I felt com plete confidence in the perfection of my achievement. "Imagine my feelings when I recent ly received a request to speak before the same society on the subject of 'the Panama Canal and Its relations to America and Europe." The Invita tlon concluded: It Is the request of the society. In view of your well known mastery of English, that you will kindly give the address In that language. "The intimation Is too plain to be misunderstood," added the Colonel, with a sad smile. C0RP0RATI0NSPAY MUCH Tax on Concerns Sufficient to De fray Cost of Wisconsin Government. WASHINGTON, July 31. Wisconsin alone, of all the Eastern Central states, derives enough revenue from Its taxes on corporations to pay Its ordinary state expenses. About 71 per cent of the state's taxes come from that source, Ohio collects 62 per cent of its total from corporations. Indiana 19 per cent and Illinois 34 per cent. In Michigan the revenue from corporations, which is 45 per cent of the tax receipts, is applied to the school fund. A comprehensive review of the taxa. tlon of corporations In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan ard Wisconsin is pre sented in a report c ' the Commissioner of Corporations transmitted to the President today. The report says Illinois and Indiana levy practically no special taxes on corporations: that Wisconsin alone ap proaches a separation of the sources of revenue, and that Michigan ana Wis consin make an elaborate physical val uation of steam and street railways on a system quite different from that used by any of the other states. NO SEAT, NO RIDE, PLAN Los Angeles Streetcar Boors Slay Be Barred if Benches Are Full. LOS ANGELES, July SL (Special.) So much difficulty Is experienced with crowded streetcars' and straphanglng passengers that the Board of Public Utilities is striving to overcome the problem, and may take arbitrary meas ures. Engineer Comstock, secretary of the board, says that the first step will be to change all Beats In closed sections of the cars from lengthwise to cross wise, thus making more sitting room and less standing room. It Is understood that afterth!s is done. the company will be required to pro vide bars across the car entrances and to permit no one to enter unless there Is a vacant seat. This has proved a solU' tion in Europe, but no such radical plan ha ever been adopted In this country. RAILWAY VETERA! RETIRES A. D. Barker Quits Southern Pacific After 4 1. Years At Albany, at.-ratct. Or July SL (Special.) A. D. Barker, who has a record of longer continuous service than almost any employe of the Southern Pacific, retired tonight after working almost 41 years for the railroad company. His Kmi In not only remarkable for length of service, but is more note worthy as all this time he has Deen employed at the same station. . ' Tk. first train arrived in Albany December 8. 1870, and ever since that dat Barker has been employed in some capacity In the Albany depot, most of the time as baggagemaster. tti innsr service has trtven him a wide acquaintance among railroad men and the traveling puDllc, also. uarKer is 87 years old. CHEAPER NAVY PLAN SEEN Meyer May Buy Many Ship Goods Now Made at Yards. WASHINGTON, " July SL In the In terest of economy. Secretary Meyer is contemplating the adoption tf a policy regarding the procurement or many articles required in the equipment of a ship which will further curtail the work done In Government Navy-yards. It has been found that many articles such as ship fittings, dead lights, ham mocks, flags, paint, small boats. anchor chains, rope and furniture can be purchased advantageously from pri vate manufacturers. A naval board is now looking into the subject. Another formidable protest from Navy-yard workers who are thus threatened with loss of their places is expected to follow IX an. affirmative de cision Is given. H CONFOUNDS ENEMIES OF TUFT "Dick" Letter Scandaf Hastily Dropped. NEW LICHT CAST ON MISSIVE Portland Paper First Printed Mysterious Document. .uj MISS ABBOTT "WORKED' Correspondent of Local Publication Considered .Responsible fop Ap pearance of Letter Shown. j to Be Myth or Forgery, , - j BY HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. July 31. President Taft's mes sage transmitting to Congress the com plete official record in what Is known as the Controller Bay case fully and adequately answers every charge that has been brought against the Admlnls tratioa, and clears up all prevailing uncertainty except as regards one thing, the "Dlck-to-Dick" letter. That no such letter ever appeared in the ofriclal files of the Interior Depart ment the President established beyond all reasonable question. But he did not fix, nor did he undertake to fix the responsibility for that alleged paper on the shoulders of the person or persons who, faked it. The authorship of the 'Dlck-to-Dick" letter, therefore, is the only unsolved mystery In connection with this fiasco. Letter Probably Forgery. In view of what the President said In his message, and In view of what has been said by all- other persons who would have seen and known of the "DIck-to-Dlck" letter, had it rer been appended to Ryan's letter to ' illinger. there Is no longer any room to doubt that the document made famous by Miss Abbott was a myth, or else a pure forgery. Either Miss Abbott never saw anything" purporting to bo the "Dlck-to-Dlck" letter, or else she saw a let ter that was not written by Ryan, not received by the Interior Department, not considered by Secretary Balllnger or anyone else In official life, but pure ly a forgery perpetrated by persons Interested in injuring President Taft. The chances are that Miss Abbott saw what purported to be the "Dick-to-Dlck" letter, but she did not see it when she was going through the files of the Controller Bay case at the In terior Department. Graham Prevents Inquiry. In view of the fact that Chairman Graham, of the committee that under took to "Investigate" the Controller Bay affair, does not want to establish, the facts with regard to this letter; does not desire to place Miss Abbott on the witness stand, and has no inclina tion whatever to bring out the facts with reference to this mysterious docu ment, this crime may never be fastened upon the shoulders of the guilty person or persons, unless some other means can be devised for probing Into the highly important facts In regard to this forgery. In view of the refusal of Chairman! Graham to proceed with his investiga tion, it is hardly probable that any other Congressional Investigation will be authorized, at this time at least, to Inquire Into this circumstance, and if the inquiry is put off too long, the sub ject may be dropped. But while tha Dick-to-Dlck" letter Is fresh In the. public mind, attention should be called to several highly Important facts la connection with that paper. Forgery First Printed in West. ' To begin with. Miss Abbott was not the first muckraker to print the Dick-to-Dick" letter. That interest ing but forged document first made its appearance in the Portland Journal on Sunday, July 2, appearing as a part of a special dispatch from Washington, dated July L Miss Abbott's article containing the letter was printed in the Philadelphia North American Fri day, July 7. Copies of the Portland Journal of July 2 reached Washing ton at noon on Thursday, July 6, and reached other. Eastern cities. Phila delphia, New York and Baltimore, at approximate! the same time. Miss Abbott, according to a prepared interview which she gave the Wash ington Times, following the publica tion of her story in Philadelphia, as serted herself to have been the dis coverer of the "Dick-to-Dick" letter; she said she regarded it as most sen sational; she said she found it while going through the records of the Con troller Bay case at the Interior De partment, after Ashman Brown. Secre tary Fisher's private secretary, had re luctantly handed her th record. She remembered seeing this letter, because Mr. Brown, In explaining the case to her, prior to nandln? her the papers. skipped over two pages at a time," and aroused her suspicion, and it was only when she went through the pa pers, one at a time, that she found thia interesting and most important docu ment (she herself having declared It most important). Bear in mind that Miss Abbott did not see the Controller Bay papers prior Concluded oa Page 2.) 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