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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