OK EG ONI AN", FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1911. 1 a A i ' '. SOLONS SEE PLOT IN WEST'S ACTION Muitnomah Legislators Regard Governor's Road Session as Press-Agent Move. DEMANDS KNOWN AS VAIN EUccutivc's Cam I to Have Law makers Drmnr and Then Prate About Houses' Disregard or Public and State's) t.ood. C!:rs by ufmNri of the Multno rr.ah dt.fs.vi'T in t: LKU:ture ,"t V'rsor Wf.it Is playing politics "J l-ilr,g itr i.. n"-vt""' of specUl -Ion for enj.-luiT.t vt roads ilci;t!on are borre out by d.ilty d-n-!onmnl. Thrr is a irlnir suspl ;lon t: jt t";e liovernor l.as at no l:ine ieriou.:y considered cor.venins: the ators In special session. To that tter.t f members of tt-.e Legislature. ;irt; IpuMtcan. are playlr.n directly r.to his rants In d.in so they are innocently supiytr.ir Mm wlih the very iiruw he ts se'klns; to Justify what Is thieved un.imrtetiy w.Ii be his rnal :orr.uiMn n"t to rati a special session. T ie it'iif of Ooverror West t not i fflcult to discern, lie h said he will convene the LeEtslature In ra cial session on')' In consideration tt:t a majority of the member of both hou-s asree o conditions he ha im posed and which he mull know would cot receive their Indorsement. Plal eea la lteet. In the first pi.ir. he !a asked lira to aaree to consider only good road! Urination to the exclusion of general legislation and a consideration of the vetoed bl'.la of trie regular eeaalon. In view of the action of the 1U regular session, whl-h refined t.t consider bills aed at Ihe 1S session and vetoed by liovernor Cr.aiubvr:in for the rea son that tSey ere not t.iken up and considered at an Intervening special session, the governor realises that the proposed special session, which would Cor.MM of trie same men who attended the last reu'.ar session, would Insist i n a consideration of his vetoed men-i.rt-a i'thermi.e these bills could r.ot b t:.ken up at the oeat reicular ses s.or. Tne efTe.t of Ml considering t,.i.u t the special session would te :o utnie. the Governor's veto In every Ir.v.ini'l. at;! he disapproved a total of ;i it the biila enacted at the last reg ular session. .-l"ey riaa 1 afalr. Antther condition Imposed by Oov ernor West and to wnlch he should have known a majority of the Legisla ture would not subscribe was that its members should serve at a special aes slon and Oc.tne to accept from the state per diem and ml. rune to which they are entitled under tne constitu tion. This condition, although unrea sonable, is rot objecttonahie to those members of the I.eRtslature living In rountles Immediately continuous to Marion County, but it l an obviously unfair request to which acquiescence i-ould not have been extorted by the overnor from members residing In the more remote counties. "Kefusal of t.io large majority of the members of the LcRls'ature to swallow the self-imposed conditions of liovernor West necessary to the con vening of a special session." said a member of the Multnomah County dele cition yesterday. "will give him the irrj reasons he Is seeking for not call ing a special session. It will enable Mm to come out through his press bu reau and declare emphatically that he tlesired a special session for the enact ment of road legislation, provided such a session could be held without entail ing any expense to the state. Press A seat Hum Seeatea. -With thla declaration as a starter. It may be depended upon that he will fol low It up by deploring the lack of pub lic spirit and loyalty to the state on the oart of Individual members who re fused to serve without being raid the princely constitutional salary of II per litem to re-enact legislation passed at the regular session. In the Teto of which, although ha will not admit It, the Governor made a mistake. "It may further be depended upon that If the Governor decides finally not to call a special session, he will see to It that every taxpaver will be npprlsed cf the saving he has effected In the cost of a sperial session. And you may be assured the blame will be pished entirely on the Republican majority of the two houses for the rea son tnat they refused to accept Ml dictation and serve without pay. Ielay short. Araaed. "Besides, tne Governor will be able to argue In Justification of his action that it wi.I be only one year until another Legislature will be convened ani. at best, the enactments of good roads legislation will be deferred only another i: months by his refusal to call the special session. "Another reason he can urge Is that the Grangers are opposed to the bills that have been drafted by the special Good Koala Commission. In this con nection, however. It is to be noted that. In appointing the members of this eoeclal commission. Governor 'West named as members the very same three repres.-n tatlves of the Grange who led the opposition to the roads bill passed at the regular session. The liovernor had every reason to assume that these same men. hostile In their opposition to any state-aid legislation on the subject, would prove Just as obstreperous In the deliberations of the aoe-'lal Good Koads Commission. of mhl'h they were made members. -What Is more. Governor West knew in advauee of the meeting of this Com mission that one of the purposes of the conference was to draft a bill that would Insure state aid. l:t some fcrm. !n building permanent highways throughout the state. As a natural consequence, these very same men have repudiated the work of the Commission of which they were member and in the deliberations of which they par ticipated, ar.d today are out openly and act.relr fighting the measures recom mended. oa' Art, Vpkeld. "Of course. It Is all right for our Democratic Governor to J-lay politics, but for one I seriously object to his present prorramrr.e of attempting to shift responsibility to the members of the Legislature whl.'h properly belongs to hi m and to him alone. Members of the Legislature acted In good faith last Winter and enacted legislation which Insured a systematic plan for building good roads. To make a grand stand play. Governor West vetoed these measures and at the same time adver tised to t-e state the big saving he was effecting of the taxpayers' money. If he really wants good roads legisla tion row. let him abandon his game of politics, which he has played Inces santly since assuming office, and per nujy assume the responsibility for the need of a epeclal session and not try to make political capital out of a situation of which he. unaided. Is the creator, by undertaking to charge that responsibility to tne Legislature." COVEHXOK IS HELD TO BLAME Washington County Senators Not Enthused Over Special Session. HILLSBORO. Or, Sept. SI. (Spe cial.) Neither Senator Barrett nor Senator Wood, of Washington County. Is enthusiastic over the proposal of Governor West to call a special session of the Legislature to consider road legislation. Senator Barrett expressed himself as believing that nothing would be accomplished by calling; the body together, its said that as far ui the Senate waa concerned, he thought members had acted upon their beat judgment In the road bills passed. These bills did not meet the approval of tha Governor and he had vetoed them. But he said it did not follow that Fenators who passed the vetoed bills had changed their opinions be cause of the vetoes, and for that rea son there waa no reason to believe road blllJ passed at a special aesalon would meet the Governor's approval any mora than did those passed last Winter. Senator "Wood Is frank In his asser tion that a special session was put forward by the Governor to settle the question of his vetoed bills. Mr. Wood said he thought the Governor to blame for the necessity for road legislation PORTLAND IN PLAN Vancouver-Klickitat.Pass Line to Invade City. BACKING FOUND STRONG French Bond Buyer- to Take All $8,000,600 to $1070 0 0,0 0 0 Is ene Railway Proposes) to Tse Bridges of North Baak. Plana of H. L. Harmon, of Chi cago, and capitalists associated with him In the construction of an elec trlo railway line between Vancouver. Wash., and Klickitat Pass. Include the Invasion- of Portland over the North Bank's Columbia and Willamette Klver brldRes and tha construction of a NEW LEWIS RIVER ELECTEI0 LINE TO OPERATE OVER COLUMBIA AND WILLAMETTE RIVER BRIDGES INTO PORTLAND. ' uv-.1l ' - ! TIPS.VY II1F SHOW) POITK OF PROPOsRD ROAO PTEXETRATIXG RICH FRMT, TIMBER 1SD ICE.MC DISTRICTS. at a special session. He admits that the bills pawed last Winter were far from perfect, but believes they -Uld have been given a trial and If defects developed, they could have been "Senator Wood charges that the Gov ernor waa influenced by certain Inter ests opposed to having road funds ex pended under the direction of the coun ty courts and favoring a state commis sion. "Had It not been for this" aM he "the state would have had good road laws without the necessity for a speclal session." If the -esslon l called he said be was opposed to It be ing limited to any particular purpose. STATE WITNESS GONE TRI-VIi OP ALLEGED BCXKO OIL PROMOTERS HALTED. - Prosecution Vnnble to Find G. T. Krllcy. Land locator Hearing Set for October 10. Circuit Judge Gantenbeln yesterday set October 10 as the date of the trial of W. H. Whlteaker. L. a Hammer. H. G Lucker and E. C, Lucker. accused of selling oil stock In a company which owned no oil lands, and announced that If the state ha- not Its witnesses on hand at that time the charges' against the men will be dismissed. They were Indicted In May and Jud.to Oantenbeln agreed with their attorneys that they are entitled to a speedy trial. Tha case waa on the calendar for Wednesday, but leputy District At torney Paga asked for a contlnuiinea because of tha absence of O. T. Kelley. star witness for the state. Deputy Sher iff Salisbury had epent two- days tn North Yamhill, where Kelley Is said to be In hiding, with a bench warrant for the arrest of the witness, but Sal isbury returned empty handed. The specific charge asalnst the men Is that they Induced Mary J. Cola to mortgage her property for IlO.OuO and Invest It In the stock of a company formed and capttallied for 300.0o on the strength of notices plastered at various points on S00 acres of Kern County. California, land, announcing their Intention to locate and develop the property. Their claim was Jumped." It as asserted, before they acquired title, and the state alleges that they went on selling stock despite this fact, using samples of oil and oll bearlng sand procured the state knows not where, but not from their own land. It is asserted. . i - 1 1 ' li-nnrtnnr II a Witness comes from the fact that he was the prospector who located lands for tho accus-ed men In California. He can give full particulars as to what was dona relative to obtaining land, declares leputy District Attorney Pace. The attorneys for the defense ex pressed a wlllingnese) to stipulate with Deputy Fage what Kelley would testi fy to. but this course was prevented bv the fact that the state constitution demands that a person accused of a crime be confronted by the witness aeainst him. Depositions may be used under certain conditions. Judge Gan tenbeln say, but the state haa not Kellev's deposition. A. if. Blatchley. an attorney for the defense, and L. C. Hammer and C. F. A. Feckl. two of the accused men. have filed affidavits declaring that Ieputy Page waa warned that ls wit nesses might leave the state and that It would be best to obtain their attend ance 'n some way. GIRL PLAINTIFF ABSENT Court Orders vTliat Defendant, ti Tears Old, Be Dismissed. Because the complaining witnesses, the girl In the case and her parents, failed to appear la Judge Kavanaugh's court to prosecute a charge against John Ditch, age 65. the Judge, on motion of Deputy District Attorney Dennlson. dismissed the charge and ordered that the prisoner be given his liberty. Ditch was Indicted by the August grand Jury. The defendant, who Is subjeot to nervous spells and periods of poor heart action, appeared in court In care of a nurse. More than a dosen witnesses were on hand to testify In bis behalf. branch line Into the productive fruit districts north of Vancouver. K. K. Krnsberger. manager of the railway department of the Mount Hood Railway & power Company, who repre sented Mr. Harmon at the recent meet ing of the Vancouver City Council when a franchise was asked, declares that the project Is well financed and that those Interested in It are ready to begin actual work at once. Mr. Krnsberger denies that he Is In terested personally In the project or that the Mount Hood Interests are in any way connected with It. He and Mr. Harmon have been friends for many years and he acted for him at Vancouver In a personal capacity. Mr. Harmon will be here In a few weeks and take charge of the situation. That the road seems to be on a sound financial footing Is evidenced by the fact that two brokers representing a French syndicate It bond buyers have been In Portland for the last few days. They, express their Intention of sub scribing for the entire bond Issue, which will probably total 18.000.000 or $10,000,000. Orchard to Be Tapped. While the main purpose of the com pany Is to build a line along the north fork of the Lewis River toward Klicki tat Pass, another road approximating 15 miles In length will be built Into the productive orchard district Immediately north of Vancouver. This territory al ready Is well developed and an electrio railroad. It Is believed, can operate at a profit from the start. The main line along the Lewis River will serve first as a carrier for the or chard district along the river valleys, then In a similar capacity for the heavily timbered district on the west ern slope of the Cascades, and finally, as a means of reaching the famous caves of the mountains, where It Is pro posed to establish hotels and a place for Summer homes. The feasibility of extending tha line northward toward North Yakima and forming a connection with one of the transcontinental roads has been point ed out. and it is believed that this plan finally will be taken up. Land and Timber Bought. Mr. Harmon and his associates al ready have obtained control of exten sive real estate and timber Interests In the section to be traversed by the new road, and It Is their purpose to develop these as the line is completed. It Is their Intention also to operate Into Portland at once, thus giving this city the benefit of the vast trade sure to grow along the Lewis River and north of Vancouver. As the North Bank bridge Is oper ated with common-user privileges no difficulty would be encountered in crossing the river. Gasoline could be substituted as the motive power In en tering Portland. It Is not likely that electrification of the bridges would be permitted. LABOR EUREAUSEEKS SITE Tresent Offices of City's Free Agen cy Must Be Vacated. Tents may have to be brought into use in order that the city may con tinue to operate Its free employment bureau. The present location of the office on Madison street haa been rented and It Is doubtful if room can be bad in the City HalL - Landlords all over the city have refused to rent Don't Persecute your Bowels Cat set otftWAs aaj -eaish. Tbsy acsentst CARTER'S LITTLE UVER PILLS fwJ, ..s..M. A m toa stc , bS. a s r skauai S3 BsasWhs ssJ Usassse. as aaSasa kaow. CARTERS) ITTLC IVER PULS. Small Pill, Small Dose, Scaall f ncs) I Genuine Signature MULTNOMAH COUNTY FA I R AT GRESHAM PROGRAMME TODAY, FRIDAY, BZPT. 22nd. t Competitivo Drills by several of the Fraternal drill teams of Portland, Among them vill be: Rose City Drill Team, SI. W. W. Webfoof Camp Drill Team, W. 0. W. Races by the Gresham-Riverside Amusement Club. Farmers' raee, purse $50. . Colt race, 3-years and under, trot ter or pacer, purse $100. 2:30 trot, purse $130. Bucking contest, $50. Continuous Dancing at the Pavilion from 2 to 11 o'clock P. M. Plenty of pood side shows and attractions. Take cars at First and Alder. their places for this purpose. The pres ent quarters of the employment bureau must be vacated October 1. At a special meeting -of the Board, yesterday afternoon, Fresident Clyde and Secretary Ledwedpe, after con sultation with ilessrs. Hornby and Rector, of the Executive uSard's City Hall committee, decided to Introduce an ordinance, setting aside two rooms on the ground floor of the City Hall for the use of the bureau. However, should this fall to pass, it was Toted to set up two tents on the Fourth street side of the building and Install the employment offices in them. HIGH SHBER IS HERE J. F. TREAT, IMPERIAL POTEN TATE, VISITS COCXCIL. Mystic Dignitary Is Received in Portland With Honor Itnnqnet to B Served Tomorrow. J. K. Treat, Imperial potentate for North America of the Ancient Arabic Order, Xobles of the Mystic fhrine, arrived in Portland at 6 o'clock last night, and was met at the Union Depot by the official divan of Al Kader Tem ple, the Arab patrol under Captain William Davis and Lieutenant Ueorge Robertson, and Brown's band. Poten tate Treat la accompanied by Kills Lewis Gurretson, of Tacoma, captain of the guard of the Imperial Divan, and by Ciorge Plrle, a member of the order and old friend of Potentate Treat. They have been with him since he arrived In Seattle. The party was escorted to the Im perial Hotel, which Potentate Treat will make his headqaarters while in Portland. He was entertained at din ner, lost nlftht. The party will po for an automobile ride to Troutdale today, then south to OreRon City, returning to Portland by the West Side route, and visltinsr Council Crest. A recep tion will be given In his honor at Al Kader Temple tonight, and tomorrow he will tour the city. A banquet at the Commercial Club tvlll be tendered him tomorrow night, and at 1:30 .A. M. Sunday mornina; he will "leave for Ash land, escorted by a special delegation. Just a .Few Grands in It is not often that one is able to buy a beautiful Grand piano at the . price that you would ordinarily pay for an upright. "We are to sell the remainder of these Baby show pianos this week Included in tins array are still to be found tiny Baby Grands, Quar ter Grands, "Parlor Grands, Demi Grands, Studio Grands and the Great Concert Grands. All the styles, including Colonial and Louis XV are included. Don't imagine because the price has been so radically reduced that quality has been sacrificed. Come prepared to secure the Nation's best. In several cases the price is just one-half the regular figure. For instance, you can now buy a Chick ering Grand at a saving of $275, a Sohmer Grand at a saving of $325, a Lester Grand at $435 under price; on a Kimball Grand you save $360, and you can buy a Steinway & Sons' Grand piano at $415 less than is asked for the same thing else where. Grand pianos at such prices do not remain on our floors long. The attention of music teachers is par ticularly invited to these pianos. The Nation's Largest Piano Dealers More Ins Big Sale 0f:l 'IP Chickering Grands at Big Reductions Sohmer Grands at Big Reductions Kimball Grands at Big Reductions Steinway Grands at Big Reductions Lester Grands at Big Reductions New Ones and Used Ones Now in the- New Building at 7th and Alder . Forty Stores in Principal Western Cities He will go thence to Spokane, and thence East. Potentate Treat is on his annual In spection tour. Of the 128 temples In the United States he has visited 2 since the meeting of the Imperial Council In Rochester, N. Y., In July. The Imperial Council will be held in Los Angeles next year. It Is probable Portland will make a bid for it in 1914. This is Potentate Treat's third visit to Portland. He passed through Port land on his way to the Imperial Coun cil in San Francisco in 1902, and again on his way to Los Angeles in 1907. Coat Sale Continued Friday and Saturday if w ! -: in 41 W pjUR Store thronged with eager buy ers, appreciating the unusual op portunities that are being offered in this sale. You should not miss this event! It is the best buy ing opportunity of the season. COME Season's Smartest Coats ClH fn In Eyery Wanted Style lU P j. fX&d-'Jftf Iff If- i NOTE Owing to holi day Store will not ' open till 5 P.M. Saturday SALE OF MILLINERY The reception committee is composed of W. C. Bristol. D. C. Tomasinl, Harvey Beckwith, G. W. Stapleton. W. A. Cle land, B. G. Whitehouse, W. E. Grace, J. P. Moffett, J. F. Drake, W. A. Avery, W. C Holman and A. Bachrodt. Valley Physicians to Meet Dec. T. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 21. (Special.) All of the physicians of the central part of the Willamette Valley will jueet In this city in a big medical gath ering on December 7. The Central Willamette Medical Association, which is composed of the physicians of Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties, will hold Its quarterly meeting here at that time and has Invited the medical associa tions of Marlon and Lane counties to meet with them. Dr. Morton, of San Francisco, a prominent surgeon, will address the meeting and papers will also be presented by Dr. M. B. Mar cellus and other physicians of Portland. The former Shah has riven up a pension of $2500 a year In order to head ' a move ment to regain his throne. Edlefse-'s coals are best. C 2301. Announcement Northern Pacific Ry EVERY DAY in the year, there starts east from Portland at 9:55 A. M., a through train for Chicago over the North Bank, Northern Pacific and Burlington Lines. It ar rives at Union Station, Chicago, 12:00 o'clock noon, the third day, making the trip in 72 hours and 5 minutes. J Standard drawing room and leather upholstered tourist' sleeping cars, coaches and dining cars provide electric lighted accommodations of highest character. This train stops at the important cities of Spokane, Missoula, Helena, Billings, Forsyth, Miles City, Terry, Glendive, Mandan, Bismark, Jamestown, Fargo, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, besides other important intermediate points. Immediate connection is afforded to Butte and also to Duluth and Superior. J At Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Chicago, convenient connection is made with other lines for important points east and south. JThe equipment is thoroughly modern, the dining car service of such excellence a3 to have gained a country, wide reputation, and punctuality is a feature of the serv ice toward which every effort is exerted. J From this train the passenger sees the beautiful Colum bia Eivr, the Rocky Mountains and the fertile fanning lands of North Dakota by daylight. The forenoon be fore arrival at Chicago gives the traveler, also, an en trancing view of the beautiful rolling prairie farm lands of Illinois. IJThis service is strongly recommended to the traveler going East it will be found of Northern Pacific high standard. Low round trip fares East are in effect September 25 and October 2 S 17, 18 and 19. Liberal limit with stop-overs. Tou are earnestlv 'invited to call at our Portland City Office, 225 Morrison Bt.. or telephone Main 244 or A 1244 for tickets, sleeping car reser vations or any Information. A. D. CHARLTO.V. AaaUtant General Passenger Agent, Portland. A