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7 PROHIBITION NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT PHOTOGRAPHED LAST NIGHT. IN PORTLAND ICE IS RUMORED Robert Strahorn and Southern Pacific Said to Be Headed for Surprise Valley. OREGON LINES PROJECTED TTIE MORXIXG OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY. SLTTEMIJEK 16, 1D16. RAILROAD BUILDING System of Roads in Central Part of State and Through California-Portland Kan Via Klam ath Falls Slay Result. BAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) A battle royal between the Southern Pacific and the rejuvenated "Western Pacific Railroads, with an old fashioned construction and tracklaying race, is Impending-, according: to reports circulated locally today, following the receipt of news that a corps of survey ors, directed by Robert E. Strahorn, ex president and general manager of the Portland. Eugene & Eastern, a Southern Pacific Subsidiary in Oregon, had be gun work in Fandango Pass, Modoc County. The price for which it is believed the two roads are contending Is the Sur prise Valley, an undeveloped, unex ploited inland empire In Northeastern California, said to be as rich In possi bilities as any section of the state. Mr. Strahorn has established head Quarters in the Heryford building at Lakevlew. Or., and is personally direct ing the survey. One crew of engineers is making a survey for a three-mile tunnel through the Fandango Moun tains, starting on the Goose Lake side and coming out in Surprise Valley. From the east, or Surprise Valley, end of the tunnel the line will follow the ridge of the hills to Lake City, where it will descend to the level of the valley, which Is considerably lower than Goose Lake Valley on the west side of the mountains. Luke City I J unci Ion. The new survey will, it is said, con nect at Lake City with the survey made last Spring from Flanlgan, on the line of the Southern Pacific, to Lake City. The Surprise Valley Railroad, as the new line is called, was Incorporated under the laws of Oregon October 27, 1915, shortly after Mr. Strahorn had turned over the completed Portland, Eugene & Eastern to the Southern .Pa cific lines In Oregon, of which it is now an integral part. The Incorporators were Mr. Strahorn, James G. Wilson and W. E. Bond, all of Portland. Its avowed purpose was to do a general railroad business, using any type of motive power and to build a railroad from Flanlgan, "Washoe County, Nevada, and running through Lassen and Modoc Counties, California, to Cedarville, Modoc County. It is believed that ultimately this road is to be linked with the main line of the Southern Pacific's Shasta route at Klamath Falls, connecting at its southern extremity with the Southern Pacific's Susanvllle branch at Flanigan. Branch Long Considered. The Southern Pacific would thus have not only a line tapping the fertile Surprise Valley, with ingress both at the north and south, but would also have practically a second main line from Portland to Southern California. The route would permit of the opera tion of through trains from Portland via Klamath Falls, Lakeview, Lake City. Flaniganv Fernley, Hazen and Thorne, through the Owens Lake region to Mojave and Los Angeles. The Western Pacific branch into Sur prise Valley has been under considera tion many years. When Charles H. Schlacks was in charge of the Western Pacific here as first vice-president, he and his engineers made not less than two reconnalsances to Surprise Valley by automobile, and the branch would have been built five or six years ago had the money been available. Present plans call for a branch leav ing the main line of the Western Pa cific at Gerlach, Nev., and extending some 90 or 100 miles north and north west into Lake City, the present goal of Mr. Strahorn. The route will cross Into California at a point between Lower Lake and Middle Lake, and will thence run northward up Surprise Valley. Mr. Sproule Makes Denial. William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific, who arrived In Port land last night, denied that the South ern Pacific has any Intention whatever of building a line Into the Surprise Valley or through any other portion of Northern California. "Mr. Strahorn is not operating for us." he added. NEGRO MIDGET WINNER BILLY JfELSOJT DROPS FROM JOLT UNDER CHIN. Eddie Gorman Learns Boxlna; From Toujthy Wins at Rose City Club Smoker Before 600 Fans. Lee" Johnson, the little colored boxer from Oakland, divided stellar honors with Toughy Wing In the weekly smoker at the Rose City Club last night. Billy Nelson towered over lit tle Edwards in the main event like a giratfe, but, notwithstanding, the sepia tinted midget gave him an artistic beat ing. In the fifth round the quick-shifting negro sent Nelson to the floor with a Jolt to the chin. Referee Kendall award ed Johnson a well-earned decision mid way In the sixth round. In the other feature bout Toughy Wing gave a boxing lesson to Eddie Gorman, brother of Joe's. Eddie is a mark to a straight left, and Wing brought blood to his proboscis early In the bout. He kept pecking away, shoot ing In a right cross every so often, and near the end almost put the Cali fornlan out. Other results were: Walter Knowlton and Tommy Clark, six rounds, draw. Clark substituted for Sailor McGinn, of the Marblehead. Joe Gorman and Frankie Edwards, six rounds, no decision. Earl Zimmerman knocked out Jimmy Ryan in one round. The Gorman-Zimmerman affair was decidedly tame. Gorman was outweighed- but If he had showed some willingness to mix before the sixth round he might have beaten his Indian opponent. He probably earned a shade. About 600 fans witnessed the bouts. Stefansson Engineer Is Dead. SEATTLE. Sept. 15. A letter from Lorne-'. iwriigrht, a member of the crew on thV-Stefansson powerboat Polar Bear, dated, April 23 and written in a camp oh. Uk .west coast of Banks Is land, Arctic Ocean, reports that Second . Engineer -Jones-r tne polar iiear, ;died of heart disease last November. This was the 14th -death in the Stef an? son expedition, since it left Victoria la June, 1913, :- ''.tC 'Vs! I ' - V - J HANLY SCORES BOTH Dry Candidate Attacks Beer Amendment in Oregon. LIQUOR TO DIVIDE PEOPLE Old Parties to Disappear and Voter Will Be Either Prohibitionist or Anti-Prohibitionist, Not Repub lican or Democrat, He Says. (Continued From Flnt Page.) the Prohibitionists and the Anti-Prohibitionists.' "The Anti-Prohibitionists have two candidates Woodrow Wilson and Charles E. Hughes. The Prohibition party has only one candidate. And the Issue is not between men. but between fundamental principles that go to the heart of American institutions." Mr. Hanly quoted from a speech he said had been made by ex-President Taft in Boston, in which Mr. Taft said: "It would be an idle, a futile thing, to amend the Federal constitution pro hibiting liquor traffic, because the Nation could not enforce the amend ment if it made it." "Am I making my case?" thundered Mr. Hanly. "Am I presenting to you the most tremendous Issue that has been presented to the American people since slavery made the same chal lenge? "Could not be enforced by the Amer ican people! "Confession of Failure," He Finds. "Do you know what Mr. Taft's state ment Is? And if you do I wonder that you keep your seats! It's a confession from the lips of a man who for four years personified In himself as Presi dent the highest authority of the American people a confession that representative constitutional govern ment has failed In the United States. "If you forget all else I say tonight, remember this: The essence, the soul of American liberty lies in the right of the American people to choose for themselves policies of state, and. hav ing chosen, the right to have the choice effectuated. "All there is In American liberties Is summed up In that sentence outside of It, only anarchy and despotism. If an amendment to the Constitution prohib iting the liquor traffic, or any amend ment made in the orderly process re quired for the amendment of that grreat instrument, the Federal Constitution, a process requiring a two-thirds ma jority in both branches of Congress and subsequent ratification by three fourths of the states if such an amend ment cannot be enforced by this Gov ernment, then representative constitu tional government fails in this Nation. Challenge Refused, Is Charge. "What brooks It to amend the con stitution of Oregon and the enactment of statutes, If after the amendment and enactments you are helpless to enforce them and make them the law In your community?" Mr. Hanly went on to eay that when he heard Mr. Taft's statement he de termined to take up the issue In the councils of the Republican party. "we took it before the Kepubllcan National convention and pleaded with them to heed the Issue," he said, "and it refused to accept the challenge. In stead. It wrote a silent platform and nominated a silent candidate. "We took it before the Democratic National convention and pleaded with them. They, too, refused to accept the challenge, but wrote a silent platform and nominated a dumb and silent can didate. Life Devoted to Cause. "Then I stretched my hands across party lines to this stalwart Tennes seean you have Just seen and heard, and said, 'Let's accept the challenge for ourselves, our children and the manhood and womanhood of this re public!' "And so we left our parties, because they refused to do battle with this thing that had Its hand upon the throat of this Nation. That Is why I am no longer a Republican, but a Prohibi tionist, and that is why I shall devote my life to the answering of this Is. sue." Rev. Dr. Landrith, who Is also ex tension secretary of the World's Christian Endeavor, opened his spee-h in characteristic fashion. "Eight Years More for Llqaor." "Fellow freaks and fanatics, fellow Pharisees and hypocrites, otherwise fellow Americans," he began. l come tonight merely to utter a prophecy or so. Let me first of all say that you're living in the last eight years of the life of the organized liquor traffic in America. If I were as sure of all other hopes as I am in that con fident prediction I would leave Port land the happiest of men. "Before you and I are eight years older, we shall nave attended the most beautiful funeral that waj ever culled off. "I bring you good tidings not only. but also greetings. I bring you greet ings from dry Tennessee to dry Ore gon, from the dry South to the drying West. , Any Way Is Good. "We- are out in this campaign to preach the broader gospel of National prohibition through a political party, or any old way we can get it. I be lieve with Sam Jones that when a mule is pulling your way. you ought to pull with it. And we are pulling with any body that is pulling toward Washing ton. "U I bad, my, V? I'i. perfectly J. Frank Hanly Con Rla-fct), Who Addressed Larse Audience mt lee Palace, and Dr. Ira Landrith, Who Was Banqueted by Christian Endeavorers. willing to let the liquor traffio suffer the agonies of a slow death. But there are so many people who are dying with it that we must kill It Instantly. The Prohibition party won't choke the liquor traffic to death we'll cut its head off. "I used to be a good Democrat, but I never belonged to the party. That Is, I wouldn't vote for it when it was wrong. It's wrong now In keeping silent on the prohibition Issue, so I'm a Prohibitionist. Both Called Rotten. "There Isn't a political party in this country that wouldn't adopt the 10 com mandments as a platform, the sermon on the mount as a year book and the golden rule as Its campaign slogan If It thought It could put Woodrow Wil son out of a Job by doing it-or keep him in, as the case may be. It's a Re publican who laughed then and you Republicans are as rotten as the Demo crats are indecent. "I don't want to be elected Vice President of the United States and I'm not a-g'wlne to be, but I'm going to spend the rest of the time between now and election fighting the devil from the campaign platform, and then I'm going home to keep on fighting him in my own way. "The church must now lick the llcker out of this Republic. You can't preach the gospel of religion unless you fight the liquor traffic. The preacher that don't know the liquor traffic's a bad thing ought to quit the pulpit and follow a mule down an eight foot furrow, and that's the meanest thing I ever said about a mule. "The fight Is on Between the church of God and the liquor traffic of the devil, and you vote no against the brewers' amendment. "The church of God Is God's organ ized omnipotence on earth. And the church of God Is responsible for the existence of the liqour traffic on this earth. And the church of God has made up its mind not to be responsi ble any more for an iniquity it can kill. "And it has set out to kill it." BREWERS' BILL IS ASSAILED 'Kill the Vicious Bill," Is Appeal of Dry Candidate to Voters. "Kill the brewers' vicious bill." de clared J. Frank Hanly. Prohibition nominee for President, upon his arrival on board his special train in Portland last night. Dr. Ira Landrith, the Vlce-Presedentlal nominee, was equally vehement In de nouncing the initiative measure that would permit the brewers again to manufacture and sell liquor In the state. "The people of this enlightened state already have voted the saloon out of business, thank God," declared Mr. Hanly, "so there Is nothing left for me to talk about in Oregon excepting the Iniquitous brewers' bill that you will have on your ballot at the November election. "Let no one be fooled by that bill. Don't believe the fiction that It Is de signed to protect home Industry. "As. a rule we ought to beware when the Greeks come bearing gifts. The brewers' measure ought to be defeated. "Instead of weakening the law we ought to strengthen it by adopting an absolute prohibition amendment. You have that kind of a measure on your ballot here this Fall. Vote for it. "The danger about adopting the brewers' bill Is this: It makes the brewery a legal Institution. If It Is legalized It has political power. With this power once established. It will radiate an influence that will work to break down the existing prohibition law. "The brewers bill Is a step back ward. We can't afford to go backward in this movement. We must go for ward. Kill the brewers" bill and vote for air-tight prohibition." Both Governor Hanly and Dr. Landrith made a direct appeal to former members of the Progressive party to vote the Prohibition ticket this year. They insisted that the Republi can organization still Is in control of the "standpat element and that the reactionaries will have control If a Republican Congress Is elected. VANCOUVER T3REETS MR. HANLY Both Heads of Dry Ticket Speak In Public Park. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Frank Hsnly, Prohibition candidate for President, and Dr. Ira Landrith, candidate for Vice-President, spoke here, in the City Park at 4:30 P. M. today to about 200. The party arrived in a special train and the speakers were taken to the park In auto mobiles. Mayor .Evans, of Vancouver, Intro duced the speakers. The reception com mittee included the Mayor. Donald Mc Master. Mrs. Flora Sunderland, C. W. Ryan, Mrs. D. M. Ellsworth. J. L. Suth erland, president of the Chamber of Commerce. E. H. Wright. C. C. Gridley, J. B, Atkinson and E. Swan. FAIR CLOSES TODAY PORTLAND RESIDENTS IXTITED TO SWELL ATTENDANCE. Interest Displayed in Races and Flower Show Burro Contest Won by William J. Bryan. PORTLAND ATTENDANCE DE-. I SIRED. This is last day of the County Fair at Gresham, and the man agement extends a cordial invi tation to Portland residents to attend and wind up the week with a new record. The Racing Association promises two inter esting harness races in which new horses will be entered. There will also be a running race. The canning contest between five county schools will close this afternoon. At S o'clock the baby show will be held, and all are Invited ta bring their babies and enter the contest. More than 2000 persons thronged the fair grounds at Gresham. examined the displays and enjoyed two exciting har ness races and one running race yes terday, the attendance being a record breaker for the week. The badges of the East Side Business Men's Club were in evidence in the afternoon, and Port land residents generally turned out largely. Frizes offered by the County Fair Association to the Portland Floral So ciety, amounting to 1250, were awarded. These were for the best bed displays in front of the pavilion, which have added much to the beauty of the ground. For cannas, William E. Guengy and Edward Guengy were awarded first and second prizes of f25 and 115. For gladioli. W. E. Guengy was awarded first prize of $20 and first for hardy annuals, of $10. John Zimmerman won first prize of $25 for tender annuals. For best bed of dahlias Gill Bros, won first prize of $25, and Tonseth Floral Com pany second prize of $15. Zimmerman won first prize of $25 for hardy per ennials and the Mountain View Com pany first on roses of $25. The other prizes went to individual displays. The Portland Cnamner of Commerce pacing race for $150 was won by Montana Belle, In three Btraight heats. She Is owned by J. A. McCulloch, of Victoria, B. C. The standing of the horses was as follows in the three heats: Montana Belle 1 1 1 Kenny Wave. 4 8 2 Thomas Hal 5 4 4 Royal Express 2 2 H Charlie Mack 8 6 6 Time. 2:1UK. 2:21, 2:1S4. The Gresham mixed pace and trot for $100 was won by Laddie Aviation in two heats. Following w.as the stand ing of the other horses: Hal Wilkes 4 5 8 Hal Girl a 8 4 Halite Bear s 4 B Zombronum ........3 21 1 lime, x:sz'k, 2:tl, z:i. The Gresham trophy derby race was won by Anna Doon with Letltla ' S a close second. Special Gresham business men's race, burro cpntest, was won by the burro, William Jennings Bryan, ridden by Mayor ueorge titapleton of Gresham. The following were the standings of the burros: William Jennings Bryan, G. W. Stapleton. rider, first; Orvil West, ridden by George Honey, a prohibi tionist, second; Champ Clark, ridden by Joseph Patenaude. third; J. Ham Lewis, ridden by Bert Metzger, fourth. Purse. $1. 126 IN HUGHES ALLIANCE Many Women Enroll as Members at Forest Grove. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) A National Hughes Alliance was organized here today by State Or ganizer A. Ai Courteney with a char ter mebership of 126, the following temporary officers being selected: Chairman, W. J. B, Beach; secretary. Miss Mamie Loomis; treasurer. H. R. Bernard; vice-chairman. Mrs. Agnes E. Hines. Fifty-three of the members are women. Mr. Courteney found much Huches enthusiasm here and was only three hours in enrolling the 126 mem bers. There Is no doubt but that this com munity will be overwhelmingly for Hughes and th whole, Republican LET ER BUCK at the PENDLETON, SEPT. 21, 22 and 23 Wild men pit their skill against wild cattle and wilder horses ; and the women of their kind vie with the men in skill, nerve and daring. It's one of the few real great shows. GO THIS TIME A ROYAL RECEP TION AND A BULLY CROWD will make every minute count. lLsssssrmiirt"i ' -Zmrn ticket this Fall. Local Bull Moosers who formerly were Democrats signed the Hughes Alliance roll. Albany Woman Dies. ALBANY, Or., Sept. IE. (Special.) Mrs. Cora M. Tyson died yesterday at her home, about five miles southeast of Albany, at the age of 43 years. She Is survived by her husband, G. J. no ottier soft drink like Bevo 3S v Vim hi Ui,tmmm ' i ii m rm Round Trip Fare $8.60 via- 0-W. R. R. & N. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Tickets and reservations upon call CITY TICKET OFFICE Washington at Third Street. Broadway 4500, A 6121. Tyson, and three children. The family came to Linn County five years ago from Ohio. Mrs. Tyson was a mem ber of the Mennonlte Church, of Al bany. Yellow Fever on Increase. WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. Apparent Increase of typhus and yellow fever In Mexico, particularly at coast ports. ir- h Ira A beverage with positive virtues. Better than just non-intoxicating it's good for you. More than wholesome it's a nutritive beverage. More than being refreshing it's pure, free from bacteria. You will like Bevo for its goodness it will repay you by its nutritive wholesomeness. Serve your guests with Bevo then ask them what it is. They will make a guess, but they will be wrong. Get Bevo at inns, restaurants, groceries, department and drug stores, picnic grounds, baseball parks, soda fountains, dining cars, steamships, and other places where refreshing beverages are sold. Guard against substitutes. Have the bottle opened in front of you, first seeing that the seal is unbroken and the crown. top bears the Fox. ANHEUSER-BUSCH BLUMAUER Distributors IT IP Is reported In today's official dis patches. Should the epidemic become more serious. State Department! offi cials said today, consideration might be given to imposition of rigid quar antine regulations upon persons com ing to the United States. The Depart ment still Is discouraging Americans from returning to Mexico, refusing passports even- to missionaries. ST. LOUIS & HOCH PORTLAND, ORE.
