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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1912)
10 titr jroirmn oitTrGoirrAX, tuksdat. February Z7, miz. ROAD BILL WORK MARKED BY ACCORD CnAT-ll PnmmittOO MOVOC FY. cellent Progress in tying Measures. Uni- AGREEMENT IS EXPECTED Kt TbM1 rVvarkm Held a Hotel Moltnomah, Ctoimnltte 3Tmed hj Governor Wwt Decide on Many Points. That th good road foreee In Ore rem artll unit In a comprehensive legisla tive prorrtmmt as a reeult of tha work of t h arlal rood roads rommltte ap polntod by Oovernor Weot. which held tf flrt aesslon at the Hot4 Multno tti h rmtrrdar. wu mads evident at tha meetlna- when conceeaione I pnrtant fraturea were assured by both tha representative of the State Grant and the (late-wide leglelatlv commit tee. SpHl effort waa directed toward reconciling the two faction to one eet of hill. There are) four bill ondr rnaaldrratlon. two prepared by tha Stat Grange and two by the state wide Ira-lslatlv committee. Harmony rrijrned throughout the session, and very Indication point a to an afre mnt belnr reached. It la hoped that a rompronilse will ba reached whereby nlr two bills will be submitted at the November ireneral election, embodying the best, fraturea of the four. trerre le Made. Testerday's meetlna; resulted In tha following being tacitly agreed upon: In providing for state aid. by tha state Issuing- bonds, the state will not be allowed to bond Itself In xc. of per rent of tb assessed valuation of the state. The state will not be allowed to soli more than $1,000,000 of bonds annually. Interest on the bonds shall not succeed 4 4 Per cent. In rase th bonds are not sold, the state shall levy tas not to exceed one mill. 'onntls of an aaaeased valuation of tin.ono.006 and nnder shall expend not lms than one-ha If of their allotment from th state. Count) of an assessed valuation of more than 114.004.000 shall expand an amount not lean than equal to thetr .allotment from the state. Two-thirds of th amount created by th stata (ball be divided among the counties on th following basis: On- third eqoaily to each of the counties: one-third according; to ea-h county's are and one-third according; to each county's assessed valuation. - One-third of tha amount created by tha stata shall b expended by tNo Governor. Stat Secretary, ftate Treaa- iinr and Stat Klfhway Commissioner, on-thlrd In th ilnt Concresslonal Itstrlct and th other third In th Sec ond Congressional Watrlct. C E. . W4 wni AU. Whea adjournment was taken at I I. M. nnul o'clock this morn Inc. It waa decided to have Attorney C. K. S. Wood, of I'ortiand. who baa offered his services) to tha committee In th prepa ration of tha now meaaurea, meat with the committee today. In calllnc tha sesalon to order. W. B. Aver, chairman of the new committee, ald that It waa aentlal to adopt a l!LatlT plan that would ba accept able) to all Interests la tha state. He said that th future development and prosperity of Oregon depended to a Treat extent upon rood roads, and urgd th members of th commit tea to throw aside pet theories and adopt In tha raw measure such principles as would ba regarded most Impor tant and most advantageous to tha state as a whole. In the dlacuaslon of th merits of th bills drafted by the state-wide commit tee and tha Stat Uranga. It waa ehowa that th conflict between the two In terest waa over tha state-aid provision and the one-man power Invested In tha Highway Commissioner. These two features wra Included in tha legisla tive plan submitted by th stala-wld rnmmltte. C. K. Mpence. master of th Oreron State Grange. ob)ocil to these provision, while C T. Prall. president f the Oregon Association for Highway Improvement, supported them. Tentative Cesaprexelsa Mad. At the suggestion of Chairman Ayer, a compromise was tentatively agreed upon which paved the way for harmony In the present deliberations. "There are good feature In th bills of both organizations." aald Chairman Ayer. "1 beJIeve that It would be th bet policy to hav concessions from both sides. The Stat Grange repre sentative desires that the question of locating roads In each county be left entirely In the hands of the County Commissioners and the people of th respective counties. I believe that Is a fair demand. "On th other hand, th state-wide committee Insists on th adoption of tr?e- state-aid provision, which will make It possible for the state t build good roads supplementary to county road construction. Tha details of th two principle can b worked out to the satisfaction of all concerned. " fatted Prearraaaaae Isealrea. Messrs. r'nenee and Prall assured tha chairman that It was their deelre to arre upon a harmonious programme, and that they would be willing to make oncesalons to that end. Judge liernard Ja!y. of lakrtlew. also favored th otate-ald provision, declaring that fully per cent of a.l taxable property la the state would b exempted from contributing to the construction of country roads, due to th fact that that portion of th taxable property la within th incorporated eltle and la relieved from rounty road taxation. In drafting th new bills. Chairman Ayer aald It was desired to make them r ear and simp! so that vry voter ul understand them fully. Attendtrr the conference were W. B. Aver, president of the Kastern West ern I.nmher fompanv. chairman: W. K. Newell, prealdont of the State Board of llnrtlcoltur; C. T. Prall. president of tne Oregon Association for Highway Improvement: C. K. Ppence, master of the Oregon State Orange, and Iternard 1-aly. County Judge of Lake County. t.OOD ROADS BILL LACDED Writer Argue In favor of Adoption of Slate Ilondlnir Project. SALfJt. Or., r-e. . f To the Brlltee.) . Tit aate K"Md rmmArn a-madtna1 bill le a 4 tjri th. theory that th current rev.au of trie stale eh.uM 9m J entr the current x rene laclodiaf Interest upon an tha raejn loianrl f p.ffnaneat lmpeav.rn.nl. In sue new rapidly srowtn endevetered atar. the liianiM I paf fir permanent lmprveie.n's rut of eurrent revena ai'l rale the tax levy rjey.n rean.i limits. Thla pellry Irsie4 by the atate aa ratiea la the real cause ef tut preeewt hla rataa of tax auuf. U I Lft suauxa for avuvlaitsxUua to lao loii v-tlm bond for f hair ormajiMit lmtrMinu, Mich ptrM., bMd. irwrki. dtckjL (c porc;nd bM now mtstmndiDff and utr,nrliM shout ? 5. ".. or rorh bosiaav and could . biv ham th prent water r-'ro and bridg under any otbr policy. Its manlficnt buUn block built by prtvats ntrpri bavs aio bva ret4 by borrovtnf monty on lonjr tima. hn it is worth irsa than in th irrowinf, tbrlvlny metropolis of ths Nortiwal. CoMltattow Asicsdtd. Tbo rtato and ooontlw hav bo trthlMtd fery oar oonstttatloa from locurring- lndebtd- ra an am mwi alrhAiivh fha I !rotlo na bn mn14 ao aa to author- ef pcrawntBI roada. and tha proposed rood bills proYfcl for aatbonstns- tb stato no bonds for that purpot. Of tha xpaaditoreo fc ths current yar. at on-half ara for permaiisnt Improv- i snartta. Including publto bolldlnaa. ord for a air osarury. ir stata bonds could nava baaa Issued to eorer tbaaa It em a It would bare besj ascaasary for the current yasr to o1do for the Dtrmrat of only $0.0"0 Instead of Sl.WM0-0. and tha state levy to eTr tha It in of Interast would ba only 7-1O0 Of a mill Instead of mill and T-l tbua rvdurlDr tha stata tax to 2 mill in stead of S 4-10 mills. Tag I-evy Tae same conditio eoafmnts MultaomeJl County. Yea are lust completing a mac- nlflcent Courthouse at tha cuat of about SI.- 2SO.OOO. and I understand are paylna: for the mm. mm out of tha tax levy of three year. arrreratlrc about 4 mills, could von nave PIOsJFER LOfOMOTITK FTOI SKF.R ASD CIVIL. WAR VKT KKA3I DIES IX FOHTLASD. v -7? V v Ckarlea W. Tvaey. Char lea W. Tracy, pioneer loco motive engineer and veteran of th Civil War. died yeaterday at his home. 590 East Burnsld street. Mr. Tracy waa born tn New Tork 10 years ago. He m ago. He State Navy t and cam to I lor coming T served In the United S during th Civil War ai Portland In 1SS- Befo to thla city he waa an engineer on the New Tork Erie Kail way, and entered Into tha service of Ben Hollariay as locomotive engineer for the Oregon Cali fornia Kallroad Company. Ha waa one of th first engineers on that railway. He waa a member of th Veteran Double Male Quar tet while It waa led by Samuel Bullock. Mr. Tracy la survived by a widow and one daughter, Mrs. Etta Tib belts. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 1:10 P. M., from the family residence, and th final service will be at the Portland crematorium. taoudl rotanty bond for thla Improvainont, which U parftxrtly aood for 4 year, on tavjr of ltv-ioi of a mill vooid par tha in at oar ISO.oOO tnaktn an acarvcata raluctt-m or your tax ly la thr ax of M-loO in li la. Each yaar this levy would crow li(htr by raon of tha Incroaaa 1 vajua of tha taxabla prnporty la tha county ao that at maturity of too bond, rn poatartty pail It If tbay cboaa ao to do. ratbr thaa to eontinoa to borrow tha mony t a low rata. It could ba paid by a lev j of about 1-13 of what would ba roqulrvtl to Bay It aow. Tha rap i Lai or ma atata. county ana city la la tba pockata and Inwatmanta of th popta. and who th money for permanent aubu improTmnta can bo bad at a I rata than It la wort a to tna buainaaa public It ahouid not ba taaa from tha pocbaia of tba poo pi a. How to B4iKa Tax Ka4. I rait rat a tha only ay to reduca tha I.JiVh.Imd.-a' k,V.:X "'l nua of taxatioa la to to tba laval of currant Kpe-n fix4 charvaa. Objaottona bava boon urcd acatoat tba stata bond.n bill, bacauso It provtdas f-r i annual Laaoa or aeiiea of bond a. Now In view of th fact that In thl atata th paop'.a ar at tb belm, and aa am and or repaal thla law at thatr will. tha provision authorising an annual isau for 19 ara is maniiafft.jr tntaur and to an- tiolpata tba mythical .'-J.vOO.OvO can amy bava tna fft to bwidr and mislead tha puMl. Lader tna first luna off ixooo.OOO. and If tha bill carcit-s th is la tha oniy river to i now. Multnomah County will pay an nually aa har anax of tha Interest. tsS.'ivQ, ulrlna a levy of .1111 of a mill on bar valuation. Now aha pays tha largest amount or than one-third of tha wbola amount of tba tluAtH interest paid by th stats because aha owns mora than on a-third of tha tazaMo property in tb state. On thla aoora. she Is entitled, to no ay m path y. upon he prupoaula that buildlnx good roada la lea-It Imat a work for tbe stale. ibiectlona bava also been urtrd to tha manner of tha distribution r the proceeds of these bonds; that while Multnomah pays thla larva amount Into the fund toward food roa'ta aha receive a Try small portion of It to s spend upon tha roads in Multnomah County. Now bow many Intelligent busl peaa snea la Multnomah County would prefer to bava an-third of this MJ.Ho expended la that county rather than In all tha otbr aountlaa of tha state, especially with the reo.ulramat that $2.000.tXH additional muse be spent In tiiaae counties 7 Ytlth fuese roans ao built, tnera would mot ba one mile that did not carry to tha nearest rati way station producta consigned ta Portland, and at least 73 per cent of all tha producta tarourbaut tba stata hauled to market over theee food roads, would ba ao consigned. I am surprised at tba attitude of some af Portland a cltlseaa oa this phaee of the qu ca tion, it amaaaa or tne o.u regime not or t ba spirit af tba new and greater Portland. It ta not in accord with tba new goapal spread by vor Commercial Club, your .De velopment Leaa-ue. your get-together excur sions ta tha remote counties of tha atat. teaching Interdependence. That "the ere can a el aay unto ibe haad. I bava ao need of thee, por agala tbe bead to the feet. I have no need or you": that 'tnr Is a withholding thai anrtahath aat, and a giving mat impoveriavaeta net. If the aid parsimonious spirit should ra turn (I feel aura It will not, and cast ta pail over your city; If tba city sball selfish. r build a wall about Itself, and drive com mere from It borders, II will faat looee lis supremacy; other entrepots will welcome the ommerca It spurns. Its share of th state tax will rapMiy dwtndle. Iha track age gf its public service corporations, which aw pay ai.e-tentb of Its taars, wtll become atreaks of rust," and Its towering busi ness b.osks will pase Into th hands cf East ern Irsuraoce cempaniea Paraphrasing th prophetic Vision of XjotA Macaulay ' bom traveler from tbe Inland ropire In the mvlat of a vast solitude will take hts stand oa a broken arch ef P roadway bridge ta skstcb the moas -cove red ruins of the Ore gon tan iowtr." J. H. ALBERT. C0RDW00D. Holman fuel Co, successors to Ban fleld-Vcsey Fuel Co. M Is!. A J6I. Tbe ead fleep ef Qee4 ITeailth Is not for those suffering from kidney ailments and Irreguiarltle. Th pruuirt use of Foley Kidney ruts will dispel backache and rheumatism, heal and strcnatnen aore, weak and ailing kidneys, restore normal action. and w ti It heaith and strength. Mrs. Sf. F. Spalsburjr. Sterling. III., says: "I pu'ere.i great pain In my ba'k and kiuteys. tould not sleep at MKMt and rould not raise my hands ov.r my h. srt. but two boltiea of, roley Kidney Plls cured ma." aula by sal drug-(Lsl. ITHREE ACCUSED OF LAND FRAUD FREED Court Holds Limitation Had Run in Ross, Holbrook and Aitchison Case. JURY ORDERED TO ACQUIT Federal Jndge Beaut Decides Men of Irrigation Company Dropped Illegal Stcthods In Time to Eecape Prosecution. Charges against J. Thorbnrn Rosa. Prank B. Holbrook and John E. Aitchi son. alleging conspiracy to defraud th Government of desert lands along th Columbia IUver. were quashed suddenly yesterday, when Federal Judge Rean dismissed the indictment as to Ross, and ordered directed verdict by th jury in the cases of Holbrook and Aitchison. who were on trial. Judge Bean held that the statute of limita tions had run. Th three men formed a company to Irrigate desert land. Land had been obtained by them from th Northern Pacific, some from Douglas Bailey, of Pendleton, and some from others, who ere Induced to file with tha Govern ment. making contracts with the Irri gation company for water. These per sons signed clang deeds and gavs mem to Koss. Laad la Take a Rack. The Government contended that tha Irrigation company intended to acquire the land In thin manner and that to persons filing did not take up the land tor tnemseives. but for th company, The defendants maintained that giving or aeeas was aa a protection to them. that If the persons who filed failed to continue with their water rontracta tha company might make out the deeds to other persons. The case was submitted to Washing ton. D. C. attorneys by the defend ants tn 106. th opinion blnar riven by th attorney that these transactions were illegal. Ross and his associates then changed their method. Judge Bean held that whatever the original intention. It had been abandoned, and that Rosa and his associates had been working under a legitimate method for more than three years before the In dlctment waa found. Therefor, he held the crime waa barred by the statute of limitations. All the land waa relin quished, and went back to th Gov ernment, with th exception of th clalma of Holbrook and his two sisters. IJmltatloa Hiatal Ru. The original conspiracy, if one waa entered Into at all, originated In 1903. id judge liean. "and It Is admitted all the overt acts In pursuance of that conspiracy occurred more than three years prior to th return of th Indict menu unless In th two Holbrook entries, and th Frederlca Llndslay entry, and th acta in relation to those three entries. Now the allegation In reference to th Irederlca Llndsley entry 1 that tha defendanta permitted final proof to be made and tendered, but tha evidence on the trial shows that Mr a. Llndalev mad that proof herself, and there waa no evidence that it was don at th Instigation or request of any of these defendants. So that leaves th two Holbrook entries. A far as the Ktta Holbrook entrv is concrrnea. I am clearly or th opin ion that there Is not sufficient vi denc to show that that waa originally mad In pursuance of any unlawful agreement. Tea 1 1 mom y Held Week. The only testimony In reference tn ft la mat it was mad at th tlm that some other entries were made, which ,n Government claims were unlawful, h' th. expense, of Mr Holbrook to in.fiuM iu .iBi l inia property, or ex mine this property, th expenses at tending entry and the initial payments ar advanced by th company, smd that tn company toon possession of th ntrlss. and endeavored to sell same or part of th land embraced within her entry: that It thereafter looked after th final proof, and advanced th money with, which to pay these ex penses, and that some tlm after th entry Mrs. Holbrook executed and de liverad to this company soma hlanlr deeda for this property, and received irora the company 140 for such deeds, Oaly Inference "Now these facts, of cours. raise tha inference naturally that hr entrv mav have been under th same plan that some of these other entries war mad under, but a mere Inference Is not enougn xo justify a verdict in a criml nal case where a man's liberty and reputation ar at stake, and tl:se In fwrenors ar In a manner ovaroome by her subsequent conduct In proceeding ia nan xms rmai proor In her own name, and obtaining title: the property never passed to th company; she never deeded It to tbe company, and It never received a title, and she transacted this entire entry th same as any other honest entry man would hav done, so that any lnfcr.po that may ba drawn py uios other racts Is overcome by this later conduct, which I relate. in. Lettta Holbrook entry stands on a somewhat different basis. Prom her testimony it appears that at the tlm she made the entry she expected that pari or tnis property at least would go to th company. She left the subject to ner protner. and paid no more at tentlon to It. Sh didn't visit the land. and th oompany proceeded to sell or contract to sell tn best part of it, and If th cas depended on that feature alone. I should be Inclined to leave th jury to determine whether there waa an unlawful agreement and whether thla entry waa mad In pursuano of It. ('aiis ef Method Saves. But th Qovemment. In th trial of this case, with the commendable fair nesa that characterises the District At torney'e office, has Ellon In evidence all th facta in relation to thla trans action, whether they were favorable to the Government or not. It appear from that testimony that whatever the plan was originally by these people. It was abandoned In 1904 or 1905. and they proceeded as expeditiously as they could to r. purchase all th eontracta they had made looking to the sale of this property, and to hav th Droperty relinquished a portion of It to th Government. "I am not sure whether these con tract wcr cancelled mora than three year prior to th finding of the In dictment or not. but whether they were or not, th plan to cancel them and to abandon thla arrangement, whatever .It was. waa matured at that time, and th subsequent actions are taken In pursuance of that chsnged arrange ment, so that th conspiracy. If there waa on, to obtain this property by these people, waa abandoned in 1904 or 10S. Time Limit Kxplred. "That Is more than three years prior te the finding of the indictment, and therefor th. subsequent acts by th officer of this cempaajr la assisting 1 th Holbrook to make final proof, even if done by the authority and di rection of th defendanta but that fact does not appear In evidence could not be aald to be In pursuano of the original conspiracy, because It had been Abandoned by the partlea. It they had an unlawful purpose at all, and they were seeking to undo what ever unlawful thtnga they had done. And so I take it that for that reason this conspiracy was abandoned and th statute of limitation has run against this transaction. j "More than that. I don't believe there Is evidence aufflclent to show that th lettera that were written by G. B. Aitchison on behalf of the land com pany. In reference to the final proof of th two Holbrooke' entries, were written by the authority of the defend ants, or in pursuance or tne original plan or scheme, if there was one prior to that time Home time prior to that Mr. Holbrook had withdrawn from th com nans', had withdrawn from any connection with this transaction, had settled up, come out, and had no more control over It, and did not exercls any control over It so far aa the orig inal plan waa concerned. -What he did with reference to th final proof of his wif and slBter I do not think has any bearing on tnis case. "So I take it that upon the record POHTfiAXD WOMAJf DIE OP PARALVMS AT AGE OF SIXTY YKARS. 31 ra. O. M. Scott. Mrs. O. M. Scott (Belle Taylor) whose death occurred yesterday of paralysis at her residence, CIS Kast Alder street, was born In Putnam County, Illinois, 60 year ago. Her early life was passed at Wenona, 111. She was educat ed at Lincoln University. Lincoln. III., and for ten years taught In th schools of that city. On June tt, 1864, she was married to Owen M. Scott. Thoy came at once to Grant Pass. Or., where Mr. Ecott enKatred In business, removing; to Portland In 1881. Mrs. Scott waa, a charter member of the Haw thorn Park Presbyterian Church. For many years she waa a mem ber of the board of directors of the Baby Home, serving aa vice president several years. Mrs. Scott Is survived by a widower, a son Herbert T. and a daugh ter. Mary Lois. Th funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at S o'clock at th Hawthorn Park Presbyterian Church, East Twelfth and East Taylor streets. Rev. E. Wilson Allen officiating-. Hurlal will take plac at Mount Scott Cemetery. ' thla transaction la barred by the stat nt of limitations, and th defendant ar entitled to a verdict of acquittal. This Is a cas where my wife and took land for ourselves In stood faith and found certain filings had been mad by other parties under th direc tion of an attorney who had advlae-d them wrong-fully," aald Mr. Holbrook In reference to th cas last night- Later, when B. Aitchison, an attor ney, cam to Investigate for Mr. Ross, he said, I think those filings ar wrong, and you should straighten them out.' Brlttlan & Gray, attorneys at Washington, V. C, were eommunl cated with and confirmed Mr. Attchl son's belief. The filings were changed to comply with the law, but at no time was any . one of the three Holbrook claims changed. Tbey were left they wars originally. Because of my connection with the Oregon Land & Water Company as an ofnoer It waa supposed that I had criminal knowl edge of the error. I did 't think then that Llndsley Intended to do anything criminal. This case waa brought to atralghten matters out, to draw the line between criminal actions and those which were legal. "Originally the Oregon Land A wa ter Company purchased all th railroad land which cuuld be covered by 6000 Inches of water, appropriated by D. V Bailey In !. In 18H1 I went to buy Bailey out. Than the problem of at taching water to the Government land was one of either scrlpplng the land or contracting with desert land entrymen to furnish the water at 150 an arre and giving them the option of paying either tn money or land. Instead of allowing th entrymen to do that, aa tbay bail a right to do, our attorney said to these folks, Tou can file and take 140, Instead of an Interest In the land.' A a result w hav been wait ing In suspense for three years for this matter to ba straightened out. am not here to defend th. Oregon Land a Water Company or to deny that some thing war dona irregular ly, but everything which waa done lr- reralarly '"'aa straightened out as soon aa Mr. Aitchison knew of It." BRYAN TO BECLUB GUEST Progreisaiv Business ilen to Enter tain Ncbraskan Thursday. W. 3. Bryan, of Nebraska, wtll ba th s-uest of honor and pr'nclpal speaker at th. Progressive Business Men's Club at th weakly luncheon Thursday noon at tb. Hotel Multnomah. Members of th Ad Club, Commercial Club, Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce have been invited to attend the meeting. Between S and t o'clock In th after noon. Mr. Bryan will hold a reception at the Parkins Hotel and from 6:80 to o'clock will be the dinner guest of V. M. Watson. At 8 o'clock Thursday nlaht Mr. Bryan wtll gtv a political address at the Gipsy Smith Auditorium, to which tha public is Invited. Maaon Declines to Run. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 2. (Spe cial.) A. I. Mason may b a legislative candidate from Hood River and Wasco counties, "Many of my friends have requested m te accept tha nomination for Representative to the next State Legislature," said Mr. Mason. "How ever, owing to my interest in the state campaign for the f-'tate Grange Initi ative ruad bills and my already too great an absence from private Interests at home, I feel it my duty to decline In favor of some progressive' Republi can who believe In th Oregon system and b will ei taller in Ua defense. " ' .- . . t - ' 1 ; r- .1 rs v , , - V-i i" - - aiinri..iur isiaaMafcaaienilMi POLICE WARN TOi EN TO Ei FIGHT Chief Slover Brings Leading Chinese Into Conference and Declares War Must Stop. SIX COMPANIES NOTIFIED Ultimatum to Belligerent Mongo- ! liana RemiK. From Discovery of Purchases of Revolvers and Reports Hatchetmen Coming. BUrred by reports that a gang of a dosen hatchetmen were on their way here from Ean Francisco to take a hand In the factional fights among Portland Chinese, Chief of Police Slover sum moned representatives of tbe Six Com- p.- nles and of tbe Warring families yes terday and gave them his ultimatum that the fighting must cease, In default of which he would, as far as possible. abolish every privilege enjoyed by the Chinese here. Moy Back Hin, consul of the Chinese republic, was among those called, whila Seld Gin was present as the represen tative of the family around which much of the controversy has centerec since the arrests of Wong 81 Sam and Lew Soon, on a charge of having mur dered the clan cousin, Seld Blng, Many of the Chinese assembled In tha conference room at detective headquar ters cam accompanied by American body guards, who left them at the door and waited outside until the con ference was over. Greetings were ex changed by the Chinese, although many of them ar bitterly opposed to each other in the existing trouble. Situation Growing Critical. Summons to - the conference were served by Detective Day, who, with Captain Baty, took part In the consul tation. Chief Slover's action was based upon belief that the situation among the tongs was growing critical, each of five deadly assaults, of which two were fatal, having added greater en mities to the tong war. Within the last several days the situation has grown more tense, through a demand made by the Lee family and the Si: Companies upon the Seld family, that they furnish 16000 ball for the release of Lee Sam, held for a deadly assault on Seid Wing. -The basis for the de mand Is the belief of the Lees that Seld Wing was himself to blame for the affray In which he was wounded, and that he aooused Lee Bam to cover his. Seid Wlnxs', tracks. Th Lees say they can prove an alibi for Lee Sam. Th Seld assert that they were threatened with withdrawal of tha countenance of th Six Companies, if they refused to furnish th ball, but they held to their refusal. - Maay Revolver Purchased. I don't know Just what we will do,' said Chief Slover, "but the Six Com panies must disarm their men at once. W know that many purchases oi re volvers by Chinese have been made In the last several weeks, and we cannot sret at them under the concealed weapon ordinance, as most of the guns ar not carried, but plaeed where they can be grasped at a moment a notice. "One of the first things I shall do If satisfactory results do not coma from thla conference Is to withdraw all pro tection from tbe Chinese, revoking the commissions of special . officers they employ. Immediate arrests for every slight violation of any law also will be made, and if that does not bring them to time, .we may have to try even more severe measures. The conference closed late In the evening without any agreement having been reached, and will be continued thla afternoon. The Chinese repre sentatives participating In it exacted from the police officials an agreement that they would In no way dlclose the negotiations under way until the con ference Is terminated. jrrom mo at titude of the police officials that par- ever? that progfe.; is being msTd. to- ward an amicable settlement. CHURCH TEAM IS GUEST MEJT AND RELIGIOX FORWARD MOVKMKN'T WORKERS DINTS. Representative of Campaign Dis cuss Plana at V. M. C. A. Lunch- con More Than 100 Attend. Clarence A. Barbour, chairman of Team No. I, of th Men and. Religion Forward Movement, and representat ive o ine neiiKiuui nvrn icunriuieu, - . . .., i. i . i i . i or in xomus manu '" tion: John Alexander, of Philadelphia; r i.hr.n..iii. Knnth I Africa) William A. Brown, secretary of the adult division ef the Interna tlonal Sunday School Association, of Chicago; and John Moors, other mem bers of th team, were guests or in Portland Y. M. C. A. at luncheon yes terday noon. Raymond Bobbins and John Dean, other members of the team. were not present, Mr. Dean having re malned In Seattle for an extra day. that being his home, and Robblna hav Inr srone to Ean Francisco to look after the opening of the campaign there. A seven-day campaign will be made In San Francisco, and another seven days will be spent tn Oakland. Ala meda and Berkeley, across the bay. More than loo men of all Protestant denominations gathered In the Y. M. C. Hall yesterday noon at luncheon. Mr. Barbour eald ths movement has succeeded everywhere, and that the male church members ef the large cities are reaching out and evangeliz ing tha smaller towns. In Pittsburg, said, ma, mi men and boys were ad dressed by members of the team in seven days. He said Des Moines is reaching the entire Western part of Iowa, and that Hartford is reaching th entlra Stat of Connecticut- John Moore, speaking on "Missions, said the home mission task in America is not merely a question of whether a few thousands or tens of thousands of man shall be saved, but. "can our Western civilization survive? Can we really Christianize the life of this Na tion, and perpetuate our republicT Mr. Russell, speaking on "Evangel- Ism," said the need la "that every church member realize that he Is saved to sav others. He spoke of th evan gelizing influence of shop meetings. which are conducted by the T. M. C. A. Bible Study" was the subject of William A- Brown. He denounced the men who live off the religion of their wives, or the female members of their families." Only on la 10 of th mala mimbtri of Christian fatnUia ar. an- 'av'av Tou must - jaJce your hat off Ui am,v jrun.M, v-' J. io ihe 'Pure-Grain flavor that flows from each 'Bottle of Old Clarke Bourbon. ' This uniform high quality is due to the fact that Clarke Bros. & Co., Peoria, 111., who are now the largest whiskey dis tillers in the world, have spared no expense in the manufacture of their products. They use the finest grade cf grain, and the only correct method of distilling The Mash Tub and Three Chambered mmm gaged In active Christian work, he said. Mr. Alexander, speaking on Boys Work," Bald more are converted at the age of IS than at any other age, and that It Is better to put an ounce of effort upon the children "than to pour out our billions upon them after they are grown, to bring them back to righteousness." Mr. Baurbour asked that Portland send a delegation of 1. men to the Conservation Congress of the Men and Religion Forward Movement In New York City, April II to 24. L. W. HILL TO OPEN LANDS President of Great Northern and Aides to Develop Central Oregon An aggressive campaign for the de velopment of Central Oregon will be waged by the Oregon & Western Colo nisation Company, of which Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, has Just secured control, ac cording to the announcement yesterday of E. L. Marvin, Western axant of the company, who returned from St. Paul. W. P. Davidson, president of the Before any sore can heal, the cause mm mm Wm ' iff fc! 220 As long as the blood, from which our systems receive their necessary nour ishment and strength, remains impure and contaminated with disease germs, any old sore on the body will remain open, and resist every effort made to heal it. The nerves and tissues of the flesh around the places are continu ally fed with unhealthy matter and nature is simply disposing of the poison bv drainine it from the svstem throutrh the sore. 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CLASXE BROS. & CO, Peoria, EH. BtmiUER A. HOCH Portland, Orac, Distributer. company and who Is understood Is the partner of Mr. Hill in this enterprise, will be In Portland before the end of the week to outline plana for the colo- nizatlon of the 800,000-acre tract. Mr. Marvin said yesterday that the gen eral policy that had marked the work of the Oregon & Western Colonization Company since its organization would be followed In the future, but that be cause of Mr. Hill's established connec tion with the concern, it might be pos sible to pursue a more active develop ment campaign. Mr. Marvin said that he knew nothing regarding Mr. Hill's personal plana, but that he did not expect him ta soon resign the presidency o the Great Northern. Mr. Marvin said that It waa Mr. Hill's intention to take an active part in the development of the large tract that he and Mr. Davidson had ac quired. 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