TTTE MORXIXG OREGOXIA2T- SATURDAY, JULY Z0, 191S.
10
STREETCAR PLAN
BRIDGE
DENIED
Committee of Council Refuses
to Sanction Mayor's Rev
ocable Permit.
COUNTY ASKS CONCESSION
Railroad Company Requested to Al
low Old Structure to Be . Tsed
Longer Kellaher Proposes
Purchase of Xew Span.
Mayor Rushlight yesterday after
noon aeked the members of the street
committee of the City Council to rec
ommend to the main body the granting
of a revocable permit to the Portland
Railway. Light & Power Company to
lay tracks on Adams street to connect
with the new Steel bridge.
Six members were present and but
two of them Baker and Dunning
favored the permit and it therefore
died a quick death.
This only served further to com
plicate the tangle relative to the
handling of tratTic over the river. The
entire committee, however, voted to
give the Mayor and City Attorney au
thority to negotiate In any other way
they may find for a solution of the
problem and they will get together at
once to work it out.
Refusal of the committee to favor
a permit for the connecting tracks
means that the streetcar company has
no means of crossing this bridge and
that, when the old structure I closed.
It will have to route all of its narrow
gauge cars over the Burnside and Morrison-street
spans. This will of neces
sity make much delay and Inconveni
ence to the patrons of the numerous
lines reaching the North East Side
districts and the Peninsula
Conditions now are almost Intoler
able, but they will be many times worse
in case It becomes necessary to re
route the cars now passing over the
old Steel bridge around the other two
bridges.
Passing of responsibility for taking
action as to the use of the new Steel
or Harriman bridge about from city
to county was continued yesterday with
no definite results. -
Coonty Asks Concession.
A letter was yesterday sent to J.
P. O'Brien, manager of the O.-W. R.
& N. Co.. by the County Court asking
him if, owing to the delay in nf gotiat
lng for the use of the upper deck of
the new bridge and the fact that the
Broadway bridge will not be completed
for Ave or six months. It would not be
possible for the county to continue
four months from Aupgust 9 Its con
tract for the use of the upper deck of
the present Steel bridge. The County
Court had heretofore received notice
that the demolition of the old bridge
would be commenced on August 9.
The United States Government
marine bureau requires the destruc
tion of the old bridge only within
six months after the opening of the
new one and the County Commissioners
and Judge Cleeton believe that the
railvay company may. therefore, ac
cede to the request. The county now
pays 350 a month for the use of the
bridge and the letter contains a proposal
to continue paying this rental and also
the salaries of the operating engineers
which have been paid by the railway
company.
"We regret," says the letter In con
clusion, "that we were unable to con
tinue negotiations for the use of the
new Steel bridge, but owing to an offi
cial opinion from the District Attorney
we were not permitted to do so and
referred the matter to the city."
"I firmly believe that the solution of
the problem is for the city to condemn
and take over the entire struciure at
its cost lower and upper decks and
then lease the use of the structure to
the railroads." declared Dan Kellaher.
. Mr. Kellaher pointed out that it will
pay the city In the end to own the
structure, in fact should own all the
bridges across the river, and said that"
if the present terms of rental are ac
cepted It will mean that the city will
eventually pay for the bridge, and yet
the railroad company will still own the
structure.
"Portland will need this bridge for
Its belt line." said Mr. Kellaher. "be
sides the city could get revenue enough
from it to pay the bonds, interest and
operating expenses."
There is no present fund available
for action of this kind It is stated.
Draw Relieve Traffic.
Traffic moving over the new Harri
man bridge will meet with little de
lay on account of open draws If the
record yesterday morning is a crite
rion. .
While the lower deck, upon which
the trains will move, waa telescoped
up agalnBt the upper deck, which Is to
be used by streetcars and vehicles. S7
boats that required the old 6teel bridge
to open passed through unobstructed.
Tt l the intention of the Harriman
officials to keep the lower deck raised,
lowering it only to accommodate
trains. Most boats In the river will be
able to pass under the upper deck with
the lower deck raised, so it will be
necessary to lift the upper deck only
a few times' a day.
It Is probable that regular traffic
over the new bridge will be inaugu
rated Monday. The first ballast train
will pass over it today.
DRY FARM EXHIBITS ASKED
Oregon TTrged to Send Big Delega
tion, to Congress, October 19.
Daniel Morgan, of Spokane, vice
president of the International Dry
Farming Congress for the State of
Washington, visited the Portland Com
mercial Club yesterday to secure the
co-operation of the Oregon Develop
ment League and the Portland Commer
cial Club In sending from Oregon a
large exhibit of agricultural products
. and a big delegation of farmers and
business men to the congress, which
opens In Lethbrldge. Alberta. Octo.
'"Jlr. Morgan left last night for Cali
fornia to organize exhibits and a dele
gation from that state, and will return
to Portland next month to continue the
work here. Montana, Washington and
Oregon are arranging for larger ex
hibits than they have sent to any of
the six previous dry farming con
gresses, Tillman Reuter, of Madras. Oregon s
prise winning exhibitor in the dry
farming expositions, accompanied Mr.
Morgan to Portland. Mr. Reuter soon
will bring to Portland and Install In
the Chamber of Commerce an exhibit of
dry farming products to arouse Interest
In the coming show. -
PHYSICIAN LAID TO REST
Prominent Men of Profession Attend
Dr. Holllster's Funeral.
Among the pallbearers at the funeral
aTcei ot th. l-9 pu OUs C. HoUiater.
yesterday, were three prominent mem
bers of the medical profession, who
paid tneir last xriouie w & "
had held for many years an honored
position among physicians, not only in
Portland, but also In Oregon.
Dr. Hollister died last Wednesday at
St. Vincent's Hospital following a pro
tracted illness arising from disorders
k. ..Ananl. H waa fifl vuiri Of
Ul luo iuiuaui. . . -
age. and he practiced for 80 years, 24
of which had been spent In Oregon, and
14 or tnem in roruanu.
The funeral service took place at the
tt i t o a -T And vu at
tended by large numbers of mourners,
many of them physicians. Rev. Henry
Marcotte. pastor of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, preached the ser
mon, referring in touching terms to the
good work accompiisnea oy xne uutwi
in his many years of practice, and to
.nnnw neCAflioned bV his lOSS tO
the profession. Rev. Mr. Marcotte also
read we service l wo imc,,uau.
T . ; riamAtaw Thr was a bic
display of flowers. Mrs. Lulu Dahl
Miller sang "Lead, Kindly Light."
The pallbearers were ur. nuueri v
Tenney. Dr. A. C Smith, Dr. A. C. Pan
ton, C. G. Condon, P. G. Fowler and
R, W. Foster.
TELEGRAMS PUBLISHED PRIOR
TO RECEIPT, HE-SAYS.
Messages From Stockton, Cal., Re
garding Proposed Franchise
Cause Trouble.
Mayor Rushlight was so annoyed be
cause of the publication of telegrams
sent him by the Mayor of Stockton. Cal.
and by the Chamber of Commerce of
that city, that he Instructed his secre
tary yesterday to ask the Western
Union Telegraph Company for an ex
planation. The telegrams were sent to Mayor
Rushl'ght as a means of advising bim
that, in 1907, the Flelshhakers. back
ers of the Northwestern Electric Com
pany, sold out to the monopoly com
pany In Stockton.
Both telegrams . evidently wore
filed at about the same time at Stock
ton and were received yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the City Hall In
the form of night letters.
Where the Mayor of Portland felt
that something had gone wrong was
when he learned that the same tele
grams had been published, one in a
local evening newspaper and the other
in a morning paper, many hours before
he had received his copies.
it. .i a i-oftAH Georsre K. Mc-
Cord, his secretary, to ask the manager
of the local onice or me n
office whether, by any chance, the
. ti,m nd. The
manager promised to cause such invest
igation.
. . tt V. t ( Tina nn SDeclal
aiayor jtumin". -
knowledge as to why or how the May
or of Stockton came to
i. tha ntockton
message or "" " -. i
Chamber of Commerce happened to sena
. . - i ..tilia, nnM
one just at tne same nm,
he care particularly, but he is lnter-
. a.jm. ih, "ipak" from the
wires to the newspaper offices In Fort-
a!L. ' . .i TiAtrlr ComDany,
backed by the Flelshhaker interests.
mentioned in tne otocmon i.c7B. ......
is a live issue here now because of the
. . . . . . - V. 1- n,nl IT HT. Which.
tact mat a. icw.vn.oo -- '
if granted, will give them entrance into
Portland. They want iw nupi-'i
trlcal power and light
J; . j u. ,nn.nlnn has devel-
oped, especially because of the fact that
several business men have written to
the City Council saying they do not
believe competition in mo -
. . cnivinir the tiroblem.
that they believe regulation of rates by a
public commission would be preferable.
r ...int.. .nrMlfllnn i ft llOt
knvvAi-. as the people
of the etate'are to vot, . on lu PMe
In November, me -----
: ... t-v t fo inrkav. a. state
Senator. Is author, Is the act referred
to It was passed by the last session
of the Legislature, but a referendum
i m .Tirl wrtll not DA 06-
elded as to whether it will stand until
after the election. m -----lated
to extend the powers of the Btate
Railroad Commission, and does not cre
ate an entirely new commission.
Several letters, written to the Council
and protesting against a competing
compaPny, were read at the . session of
the street commnioo J -
deThe franchise will be up for action
Wednesday morning, when 7"?
Council will meet. It has been through
the Executive Board for vHuatio
Three per cent of the gross receipts
was placed as the value.
SOCHET CHARGES SLANDER
Jewish Butcher Wants $10,000 for
Speeches Made In Synagogue.
I. Medvedosky, who described him
self as a "sochet (slaughterer of Jew
ish meats) for the Jewish community
of Portland," has started in Circuit
Court suit to recover Judgment for
10 000 against M. Shanker and M.
Goldberg, whom, the complaint al
leges, slandered him before many peo
ple in the synagogue. First and Hall
streets, March 4 last.
The plaintiff declares that the de
fendants falsely charged him with
stealing tainted meat and selling it lor
Kosher meat to the Jewish people of
Tcrtland and stated that he had been
iu Jail In Siberia for murder and that
he escaped in the dead of night by
killing someone. He further says that
at the same time, they slandered him
ty asserting that he had conducted a
bawdy house in Japan. Morris Gold
stein is attorney for Medvedosky.
WIFE SEEKS MATE DEAD
Man Hurt In Runaway Dies at Hos
pital Unknown to Spouse.
While Mrs. Nathan Goldfoot, of 265
Arthur street, searched "high and low"
for ber husband Thursday night and
for Beveral hours yesterday morning,
he was lving unconscious at St. Vin
cent's hospital, a victim of a runaway
accident. Not until he had been dead
for more than an hour did the wor
ried wife finally learn of her hus
band's fate.
Goldfoot was an expressman, 46
years of age. While on his way home
Thursday afternoon his horse ran
away and collided with a tree, hurl
ing him to the pavement, inflicting
injuries from which he failed to re
gain consciousness. He remained, un
conscious from the time of the acci
dent until he died. He had no papers
from which his identity might be as
certained and there was no number or
name on his express wagon by which
he could be Identified.
IT IS HIGHLY IMPORTANT
The reason people can't sleep soundly
is because they don't eat proper food.
Choice rooms and splendid food make
the Bowers Hotel the Ideal home.
Business College to Open.
ASHLAND, Or., July 19. (Special.)
The Ashland Normal and Business Col
lege and school of engineering is a
new educational Institution which will
... j v. . r . canumher 2. It
open 119 kjui '
Is a branch of the Polytechnic College
of Oakland. -u.
MAYOR IS MUCH ANMOYED
KELLAHER VEXES
TWO OLD PARTIES
Republicans and Democrats
Are Trying to Find Where
Progressive Stands.
SENATOR MAY GET 3 JOBS
Roosevelt Supporter Refuses to Say
AVhether Name to Go on. Ticket
as Taft Elector - Unusual
Silence Worries Many.
Republicans and Democrats alike are
trying to find out how many times Dan
Kellaher, president of the National
Progressive Club of Oregon, intends to
have his name appear on the official
ballot In November. Ordinarily, It Is
not much trouble to get Mr. Kellaher
to talk, but this is one time that he
firmly refuses. He said yesterday he
"might have something to say in a few
days."
In the April primary election Mr.
Kellaher was renominated State Sena
tor on the Republican ticket, and in
the same election was nominated on
the same ticket for Presidential elector.
Following the Chicago convention and
the nomination of Taft and Sherman,
Mr. Kellaher, although not withdraw
ing from the , Republican party for
mally, became an enthusiastic supporter
of the third party movement. Because
of his activity, he was made president
of the National Progressive Club, which
will form the nucleus of a state or
ganization that will be formed at a
mass meeting to be held In Portland
next Thursday. This organization will
elect five delegates to attend the Roose
velt convention at Chicago, August 6,
and will otherwise labor to nominate
and .elect Roosevelt to the Presidency.
v Republicans Want to Know.
Mr: Kellaher has also ignored the
request of the Multnomah County Re
publican central committee that he
announce whether he ia a Republican,
and. If elected, will support President
Taft and other regular Republican
nominees, both state and National. The
county organisation of the party Is
seeking this information from Mr. Kel
laher and other candidates who re
ceived nominations at the hands of the
Republican voters of the state last
April. Allegiance to the Republican
party, Its platform and Its nominees is
demanded by the county eommittee in
consideration of Its support of the va
rious nominees.
Thus far Mr. Kellaher has declined
to say whether, if elected one of the
Presidential electors on the Republican
ticket, be will support Taft. neither
will he indicate that he will resign, a
step that Is urged upon him by some
of his associates In the third party
programme. In fact, Mr. Kellaher Is
the only one of the five Republican
Presidential electors, nominated last
April, whose attitude with respect to
President Taft is not definitely known.
MneMahon Also tn Doubt.
nrilllam Hgntav nf HurnAV! MoTCIn-
ley Mitchell, of Multnomah, and E. V.
Carter, ol Jackson, are Man supponer.
It is unaeraiuuu iuul a- o. matjianuui
. i Af.h .i.ninr 1 H.Hnra for the
regular Republican nominees, although,
prior to tne nicago uoiiveuLiuii, m
personal choice for President was
Roosevelt. Mr. MacMahon said yester
day he would make a definite state
ment as to his position soon.
Members of the Republioan county
central committee take the position
that the active support and advocacy
by Mr. Kellaher of a third party give
........ larlilmita i-aMnn for eXDectiniT
some declaration from him as to his
Republicanism, since he received tne
nominations from the Republican voters
for both State Senator and Presidential
elector.
There is a strong proDabinty mat
the .Roosevelt convention at Chicago
will anthnrlKA niacins: the
names of Roosevelt electors on the
ballot In the NovemDer election, par
ticularly In those states that were car
v.,, .v.A ...pmniiipnt In the Drlmary
elections last Spring. If such a course
should be adopted, Mr. Kellaher un
doubtedly would De inaorsea hi one u
the five Roosevelt nominees for elector
In this state. That contingency would
only aggravate an already complex sit
uation. Taft Men Want Assurance.
Supporters of President Taft are de
manding that Mr. Kellaher give the
h.t if sleeted Presidential
elector, he will vote for Taft. They
will make every ereori to si
record. Having accepted the nomina
tion, Taft leaders declare Mr. Kellaher
cannot resign, but must remain on the
ticket. On the ballot, his name, with
those of the other four Republioan
electors, will appear as the Taft and
Sherman electors.
It is strongly suspected In some auar-
. ti v . n u h o r Aven if he be-
t C I H ilia . . ' .
comes a Roosevelt elector, will not part
with any ot tne iwmin&nuuo. -expected
that he will hold to the thres
prospective Jobs and, after the election
returns have been canvassed, elect
which of the three offices he really
will retain if he is legally unable to
hold them all. provided he should be
elected.
Democrats Are Concerned.
Here is where the Democrats are
interested. They do not want to see
a condition presented that might de
feat their plan of eelcting Wilson elec
. .Tn . w vv. Taft and Roosevelt
tors. v ilu U w .
electoral tickets In the field, the Demo
crats confidently expect to eieci. uo
Presidential electors. But the Democ-
. . H.nirA to see Kellaher or
any other aspirant for elector appear
on the ballot as ovm - -- -Roosevelt
elector. In that event they
. .h.t Mr. Kellaher. or any
are lem" ' - , " . -
other nominee representing the two
opposing rival organiiaiiou. wuuiu
ceive enough votes to elect, even
should the Democrats elect the other
four electors.
Oregon Democrats are not desiring
any splits this year. They would like
to make It unanimous. They are Just
as anxious as the Taft Republicans to
have Mr. Kellaher come out in the
open and inform an Interested public
where he stands and whom he will sup
port for President. They are insisting
that he get on one ticket and either
sink or swim with it.
BURNS SETTLEMENT MADE
Settlers and Pacific' Livestock Com
pany Get Together.
BURNS, Or.. July 19. (Special.)
Results of great possibilities were
reached1 this week when a settlement
was agreed upon between the Pacific
Livestock Company and a number of
settlers around Bums, in a lawsuit in
volving the waters of Foley Slough, an
arm of Sllvles River which flows
through the valley and upon which the
success of many fine farms depends.
The Pacific Livestock Company some
years ago placed a ram in Foley Slough
near Its head, thus shutting oft its
flow and last Fall the settlers gathered
una u,u. " f . j -
dam, asserting the slough was a natural
stream, but tne company s ageui.it ui
were secretly informed of what the set
tlers were doing and swooped down on
them with the Sheriff before the des
truction was complete.
Several arrests were made for ma
licious trespass and those cases are
still pending. Then the settlers pro
cured a temporary injunction to re
strain the company from rebuilding
the dam and it was while taking tes-
.tmnnw in tht. Iniim.tinn Kilit that the
company "threw up the sponge" and
agreed to a compromise, jui .giccmciu
has been signed by the company and
. K a .at tlsri nrrwfritncr ttlA.t t tlft dam in
controversy shall be removed and that
an open box 15 ieet wiae biio.ii uo
placed at a gravel bar near the head
. . . at thA jLVA.ra.re
height of the gravel bar. with sides the
height or tne banks oi tne sioub"
wings reaching to the banks, to pre
vent the slough from widening, thus
insuring an open flow of IB feet wide.
The settlers are also permitted to
clean out debris and willows from the
slough and to fill In a cut which
the company made on the other side
of the river some years ago to divert
the current past Foley Slough across
a bend made by the river, but which
was not successful. Altogether, the
resident farmers are well pleased with
their victory and the belief Is now that
.trio 1c 1 1. ji KAclnnlno- nf thA end Of til 8
annoying and costly litigation which
... i . . n fiTI
this weaitny company n.B iu lDu uh..
the farmers of this valley. The crimi
nal cases were ignored by the grand
Jury. ,.
CONFESSION IS FORCED
ENGINEER COMPELS EMPLOYER
TO SIGN FALSE PAPER.
Eugene B. Brownrlgg, Manager of
Portland Sand Company, Says
He AVas Threatened.
Alleging that he was forced, at the
point ol a revolver, to write a long
confession of misconduct with the wife
of one of his employes. Eugene B.
Brownrlgg, manager of the Portland
Sand Company, obtained a warrant
against Alex Dranges, engineer for the
company, yesterday, charging assault
with a dangerous weapon.
After procuring the warrant Brown
rlgg caused it to be withheld, because
Dranges was about to leave the city
for a distant state, which the com
plainant considered preferable to a
prosecution.
"I am writing this under compulsion,
at the point of a gun, and it is all
false," was one clause that Brownrlgg
says he managed to slip into the "con
fession." Summoned "Tuesday night to the
home of Dranges, 480 Kast Washington
street, Brownrlgg went, supposing that
the call related to business of the
company. He found Dranges waiting
at a window and was invited Into the
house. As soon as the door closed,
he says, a revolver was thrust In his
face and he was commanded to throw
up his hands. He did so,
Then, he says, Dranges upbraided
him for alleged relations with Mrs.
Dranges and demanded, on pain of
death, that be write a complete con
fession of their meetings.
Believing that he was in the hands of
a demented man or a desperate crim
inal who would carry out the threat,
Brownrlgg wrote as directed. Urged
on by the waving revolver, he draw
upon his imagination and memory and
inserted the names of numerous low
class hotels, giving dates and other
circumstantial details.
Trusting to Dranges" meager knowl
edge of English, he inserted the clause
which he trusted to make the docu
ment valueless if ever it was brought
forward against him.
When he had signed and delivered
the "confession," Brownrlgg was re
leased and allowed to leave the house.
He carried the case to District Attor
ney Cameron, who gave a complaint
against Dranges.
Then the complainant demurred to
having the warrant served, fearing
that Dranges would get his liberty and
make good hla threat to kill Brown
rlgg. Learning that the engineer was
about to depart, the arrest was de
ferred and detectives were assigned
last night by Captain Baty to make
sure that the man was leaving.
Brownrlgg says he Is at a loss to
account for the actions of his em
ploye. HORSEBACK JAUNT ENDS
Railroad Traffic Chief Makes Ten
Day Trip Through Oregon.
J. G. Woodworth, traffic manager for
the Southern Pacific, returned to Port
land yesterday from Coos Bay, after
completing an overland trip of 10 days
on horseback. He will remain here a
Mr." Woodworth is on bis annual va
cation and has been entirely out of
touch with his office and with buniness
generally. He traveled through the
Willamette Valley, then crossed the
hills to the coast, and spent a few
days in exploring the district around
Marshfield. Before returning to St
Paul he probably will visit the beach
resorts near Portland. Mrs. Wood
worth passes nearly ever Summer in
their cottage near Seaside.
"There is no use to comment on con
ditions in the Willamette Valley," he
said, "as they are always good there
especially the farming districts. Crops
are looking fine, but that was to be
expected."
SENATOR IS NOT SANGUINE
Chamherlaln Reports Brigade Post
at Vancouver Only Rumor.
Senator Chamberlain Is less hopeful
than Representative Lafferty over the
prospect for establishing a brigade post
at Vancouver Barracks.
"Nothing but rumor with reference
,A ..t.hiishintr hricrarie headauarters at
Vancouver. If It can be accomplished
and you can assist, will telegraph you."
This was tne text ot a Leictsiaw, ""
by him yesterday to the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, in reply to a
wire from Secretary Giltner asking if
the Chamber of Commerce could.be of
any assistance in furnishing data upon
the merits of Vancouver as a brigade
post.
A brief, outlining the merits of the
post, was sent to the War Department
; . th rhnmher of Commerce.
when there was agitation to remove
the barracks to tne oouuu,
Giltner thought a supplemental briel
- . . .ha i4an,rtm,1lt &t . thiS time
might be of value in securing a favor
able recommendation.
, Fair's Scope Enlarged.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or July 19.
(Special.) Preparations are complete
for the Industrial Agricultural Fair to
be held August 6. 6 and 1 under the
auspice! of Cottage Grove Grange. The
exhibition originally was proposed to
show the products of the school pupils
of the city and surrounding territory,
but the scope has since been enlarged
to Include everything raised and pro
duced. The school exhibit will, how
ever, be a feature as also will the poul
try department.
RAILROADS ABSORB
SWITCHING CHARGE
Harriman Lines Cut Cost of
Handling Carload Lots
for East Side.
LITTLE TRAFFIC AFFECTED
Business Originating and Destined
to Non-Competitive Points on Hill
System Will Continue to Pay
Fee of 40 Cents a Ton.
Switching charges on all carload lots
of freight moving between Portland,
Seattle and Intermediate points to
Southern Pacific tracks on the East
Side hereafter will be absorbed by the
railroad, according to an announcement
made by officials of the O.-V. R. &
N. Co. to Mayor Rushlight yesterday
morning.
Tne plan Is one which the Harriman
officials had been contemplating for
several months. It will affect only a
small percentage of the traffic han
dled on the East Side, but will cause
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific to make similar reductions. '
AH business originating at or des
tined to non-competitive points on the
Hill lines will continue to be charged
a switching fee of 40 cents a ton with
a minimum of 10 a car if it moves to
the East Side district. This is the
schedule of charges collected by the
Harriman interests from all business
handled for the Hill lines on the East
Side.
Invasion to Brins; Relief.
The Hill lines now do not serve the
East Side district, but have planned
an invasion of that section through
the construction of a belt line, fran
chises for which are pending In the
City Council. Not until this invasion
is consummated will the East Side
shippers be afforded complete relief.
At the present time the Southern
Pacific rates on all carload shipments
taking a toll of $10 or more a car and
moved to or from Industries served by
the O.-W. R. & N. Company in East
Portland apply likewise to the South
ern Pacific industries in East Port
land, excepting when originating at or
destined to points between Portland
and Seattle.
The O.-W. R. & N. Company and the
Southern Paclfio Company now have
agreed to make their rates between
Portland, East Portland and Seattle
apply to and from the Industries served
by the Southern Pacific in East Port
land. They have decided to treat with
the line north of Portland in exactly
the same way as they treat with the
line east of Portland so far as busi
ness to and from points moving be
tween, to or from Industries on the
Southern Pacific tracks is concerned.
Concession Not Sweeping.
Briefly stated, the rates of the Navi
gation company to and from Portland
and East Portland on all carload busi
ness where the rate is $10 or more a
car will hereafter apply to and from
the tracks of the Southern Paclfio in
East Portland.
"The concession is not a 'sweeping'
one at all, as it has been called," said
R. B. Miller, traffic manager of the
O.-W. R. & N. Company, yesterday. "It
merely places the East Side on an
equality with the West Side on all car
load business moving to or from any
of the Harriman lines."
The "concession" does not relieve the
situation relating to traffic moving
over the Hill lines and makes little
difference in shipping conditions on the
East Side, inasmuch as the compara
tive amount of freight moving between
East Portland and points on the Puget
Sound line is small.
Harriman officials were able to an
nounce the plan at a meeting which
they, in company with representatives
of the Hill roads, held with the Mayor
yesterday morning. The Mayor called
a conference of the railroad men for
the purpose of discussing the East Side
situation generally. There were pres
ent, besides the Mayor, J. P; O'Brien,
general manager of the O.-W. R. & N.
Company; R. B. Miller, traffic man
ager of the O.-W. R. & N. Company;
Joseph Young, president of the North
Bank road; W. E. Coman, general
freight, and passenger agent of the
North Bank; D. W. Campbell, general
superintendent of the Southern Pa
cific, and Harvey E. Lounsbury, gen
eral freight agent of the Southern Pa
cific. Mr. Young told the Mayor that he is
progressing with his plans for the in
vasion of the East Side and that as
soon as the franchise is granted per
mitting the company he represents to
construct tracks on that side of the
river actual work will start.
All switching charges for East-Side
shipments then will be absorbed, ef
fecting a heavy saving for shippers in
that district
MERCURY BEHAVES BETTER
Heat Spelt Is Broken and Thermom
ter Registers Only 87.
At its highest mark yesterday the
mercury registered 87 degrees, nine de-
..... inTira. than t Vi a mnvlmiim of the
two days preceding and although it
was still far irom oeing tum, um
eral public, which had sweltered and
- . ...... -l -. WAalr hallAri with
BWB.L 1UI ' J . " ...-
joy what It conceived to be the advent
of "a break in tne not speu.
Early In the evening the temperature
began to fall rapidly and a breeze
springing up brought a sigh of com
fort and satisfaction from some thou
sands who had been looking forward
with the misgivings begot of three
nights' of sleepless perspiration to a
calm, cool and untroubled night's rest.
The weather man, now that he at
last has the hot spell on the run, is
.I .i i hta vinriAful nredlctions and
promises today continued fair weather
without accompanying me" wt'o
ture. The hourly temperatures yesterday
were as follows:
A. M. Dee-! ?-M- Degrees.
5-00 W" i.ww a
iXk 64! 2:00 84
..Via 63
a -Oft . 85
8:00 sl
9-00
10:00 J;
linn . 75
4:00 85
6:00 S?
6:00 8
7:00 81
13:00 7l
LODGE MEMBERS AT OAKS
Fourteen Circles of Women of Wood
craft Will Picnic.
Twelve Portland circles, one Oregon
. . , VanfnnVlr HI ml A. of the
Women of Woodcraft, will hold their
annual picnic at the Oaks Amusement
Park tnis aiternuuu. xu,.uS mo w. ow
ing Mrs. B. Summer Leach, grand
banker, will install 14 officers to each
lodge and the officers of the order
. . -.mnTiv will he the most
aeciare tiic ' -' - " , ' ,
imposing of any that Portland has ever
been permitted to wimesa.
Special lighting effects and the Oaks
Park band will assist in the ceremo
nials. Each of the 14 circles has arranged-
for different headquarters and
each of the headquarters have been
prettily aecoratea.
Special trains will be run to the Oaks
fynrr n.ao-nn Civ anil VanftOUVer. While
excursions are being run to the city
on tne uregon Electric, inu
of the Women of Woodcraxt in other
cities may attend.
Officers of the order assert mat at
laaa 1 A AAA mAmVar-a will hj DrUSnllt
during the day. Lunch will be served
at the Oaks.
T-. . . ..J .. I Cn.na.f I"" Q TT! T
Woodmen of the World, will hold an
initiatory and installation ceremony.
"OPEN ALASKA' SAYS PECK
Posterity "ot First Consideration In
Jfew Yorker's Mind.
"What has posterity done for us
that we should conserve our natural
resources for it to the detriment of
our present needs?" said Charles "E.
Peck, of New York, at the Oregon yes
terday. With a. party of New York
businessmen, Mr. Peck is returning
from Alaska and expressed himself as
amazed that the natural wealth of
Alaska should be permitted to be
closed to development because of gov
ernmental action.
"While It is all new to me," he con
tinued, "I cannot understand why the
people of the Pacific Coast have not
risen up in arms and forcibly taken
possession of the Alaska coal mines,
at least, instead of having to purchase
an inferior quality, duty added, from
a foreign nation. The people of the
East do not understand the conditions
out here or they would assist in se
curing what Is right.
"Some of the alleged wise men tell
us about conserving our natural re
sources for the coming generations but
tell nothing of present conditions. Per
sonally I propose to be a disciple
against the foolish proposition in the
future, and as well as are the other
members of my party."
SEATTLE ASH0ST LAUDED
Postmaster Merrick and Party Also
Praise Admiral Reynolds.
Postmaster Merrick returned yester
day from Seattle, where he visited the
Potlatch. With other Portland resi
dents attending the Seattle show, he
was royally entertained by Rear Ad
miral Reynolds, of the battleship Ore
gon. Mr. Merrick. Councilman Burgard,
Phil Metschan. K. K. Kubll, Russell
Hawkins and James McCool took din
ner with Rear Admiral Reynolds on the
flagship Pennsylvania last Wednesday
night. The ship was elaborately decor
ated electrically as a reminder to Port
landers of the decorations here during
the Rose Festival and Elks' carnival.
Thursday Postmaster Merrick and
Mrs. Merrick were invited to luncheon
with Mrs. Reynolds. There were five
at the dinner, and a band of 20 pieces
furnished music, this havinr been ar
ranged for by the Rear-Admiral. He
is high in his praise of Portland and
of the hearty reception he received
here.
BRIDGE LAWS ARE FRAMED
Bills Regulating Draws of Portland
to Be Introduced.
Three bills, two in the Oregon Leg
islature and one In Congress, for the
regulation of draw bridges in Portland
and of traffic through them, are to be
introduced as soon as possible. The
one for Introduction in Congress has
been prepared by Arthur I. Moulton.
and affects not only Oregon, but all
other states of the Union as well, giv
ing to all the right to regulate draw
bridges over rivers in the respective
states. This matter is now in the
hands of the War Department
The hill will be Introduced at this
session of Congress by Congresman
Lafferty, says Mr. Moulton, and an
effort will be made to pass It at the
next session.
One of the bills in the Oregon Leg
islature will be to regulate the clos
ing hours of draw bridges in the
state, and the other will be to regulate
the height of smokestacks of river
boats and other local craft.
Mr. Moulton says the County Court
is supporting, these measures.
RATE FIGHT TO CONTINUE
Councilman Clyde to Carry Mini
mum Charge Case to Council.
Councllmen Jennings and Magulre
yesterday morning signed a minority re
port to the City Council, favoring the
passage of the ordinance introduced by
Councilman Clyde, making the mini
mum charge for gas .companies 60
cents a month, instead of $1. Over
this proposed measure a verbal row
occurred at a meeting of the Judiciary
and Industry committees Thursday.
The fight will now be carried into
the main body, where Mr. Clyde will
attempt, with the support of his friend
ly colleagues, to get the ordinance
passed. He declared yesterday morn
ing that he Intends to wage a hot bat
tle over this subject, as be believes
it necessary for the relief of the gen
eral public.
LOW FARE BILL IS BEATEN
Magulre Denounced for Offering
Straphangers' Relief Measure.
Members of the street committee of
the Council yesterday refused to recom
mend for passage an ordinance intro
duced by Councilman Magulre. regulat
ing streetcar fares. He wanted to make
it illegal for the companies to collect
more than half fare for standing pas
sengers. , "
Councllmen Sehmeer and Joy took oc
casion to grill Mr. Magulre for his ac
d stronelv Inti
mated that he is "four-flushing." They
did not mince woras in tening aim iimi
they believed he was insincere in intro
ducing the ordinance.
PORTLAND DRAWS KAN SAN
Carl Nelson Expects to Establish
Commission Business Here.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson, who came
to Portland during the Elks conven
tion from Hutchinson. Kan., are con-
t.mnliLtlnsr making Portland their
home. Delighted with the climate and
the opportunities here, Mr. weison ex
pects to estaDUsn a commission ouu
ness in the city. He will' handle poul
try, butter and eggs.
HavlnK business matters in Los An
geles to attend to, he will leave for
that city tomorrow on the Beaver, but
expects to return. He has Deen in
business in Kansas.
AUTO TRUCKS TO PARADE
Retail Grocers to Use Red Fire in
Advertising Annnal Picnic.
A parade of automobile trucks
through the principal business streets
of Portland tonight at 8 o'clock is the
method selected by the committee of
the Retail Grocers' Association to
arouse Interest in the annual grocers'
Take a Victor
with you
when you go away for the
summer.
There's many a time
when you'll be glad to hear
it3 music; and it will make
your summer vacation
more enjoyable in every
way.
Come in and find out
what a ereat entertainer
B the Victor is and how easy
it is to own one.
Victors $10 to $100. Victor
Victrolas $15 to $200.
Store Open Tonight
The Wiley B.Allen Co.
Morrison Street
Seventh
picnic, which will be held at Bonne
ville, Wednesday, July 24.
A. C. Black is chairman of the com
mittee in charge of this feature. He ex
pects to have between 40 and B0 dec
orated auto trucks in the line.
A band will head the procession and
a continual blase of red fire will be
kept up from the trucks all along the
line of march.
Nearly 6000 persons attended the an
nual picnic at Bonneville last Summer
and It Is the ambition of the Grocers'
Association to take a larger party to
the park up the Columbia this yaar.
LICENSE CLERK PUZZLED
Two Ministers, of Same Same, Apply
by Mall for Pishing Permit.
ALBANY, Or., July 19. (Special.)
Two men of exactly the same name and
same profession securing the same kind
of license within a period of a few
hours waa the remarkably unusual sit
uation at the County Clerk's office here
Saturday. The men were both named
A. M. Williams and both are ministers.
Both secured licenses to fish and made
their applications for the licenses by
mail.
Rev. A. M. Williams, of Portland, who
Is the representative for Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho of the religious edu
cation department of the Board of Sab.
bath School Work of the Presbyterian
Church, and who is now camping at
Detroit, was one of the men, and the
other was Rev. A. M. Williams, pastor
of the Baptist Church, of Sodavlile.
Woodward Opposes Franchise.
That a franchise should not be grant-
j . v. a, .nirngnil tn ri II nl lc fl t a thA
tJU tO CilVLllW v. ..... j - '
service now furnished the city by the
Portland ttanway, iJieni. oc j-vwci tym
pany is the belief of W. F. Woodward
i- i.it. orri-ANHAri to the Mavor and
City Council. He says he has no In
terest in the company, out Deneves tne
question of sufficient importance to
,...4 ,v- ttnt1nn nf everv citizen
and taxpayer. He comments favorably
upon the streetcar service iuhhbucu
during the Elks' convention, and says
. i- - t3..kii TT, !!,!- PnmmiMtAn And
voters should pass upon the question
of granting a new irancnise. m con
clusion he says, "An additional company
. . ,v.i. Hm will he a handlcaD to OU9
community. This is said without the
slightest feeling or animosity xowara
any outside investment."
A pound of soap will make 25,844,000
rmrihlM.
SOME WORKING
GIRLS LOSE TOO
MUCH TIME
Two Girls Tell How To
Avoid It
There is nothing that teaches mora
than experience. We therefore quota
from the letters of two girls who suf
fered and were restored to health. The
same remedy is within reach of all,
Brooklyn, N. Y. "Prior to taking
the first bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound I suffered agony
every month, but after your wonderful
medicine had been taken a while I felt a
little better, and after taking seven bot
tles of it I feel that I can truly say I
have no more pain or inconvenience.
" As I am out in the business world as
a stenographer, I come in contact with
many girls, and when the opportune mo
ment arrives I tell them about the Veg
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a few are taking it. "-Helen Canet,
656 Dean St
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Tishomingo, Okla. "Iam a stenog
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