The Sunday Oregonian., September 29, 1907, Page 10, Image 10

TTIE SmVJTAi OREGONTAX PORTLA'NlJ, SEPTEMBER 29, 190T.
ETHE
THEIR SCAPEGOAT
Railroads Attribute Wrecks to
Dictation and Lack of
Loyalty.
DEFENSE FOR COMMISSION
Committee Will Try to Show Safety
Appliances Are Ahead of World.
' Wrecks Caused by Employes,
Though Hours Are Shorter.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. (Special.)
The managements of American rail
roads have begun energetically to pre
pare their defense against the charge
that present operating methods lead
to needless losses of human life, and
that there Is not the fullest use of
safety appliances, owing to a nig
gardly policy generally pursued. The
defense will be made before the com
mission of experts tuat the Interstate
Commerce Commission appointed thor
oughly to Investigate the operation of
the systems and the use of 'safety appli
ances. Including olock-signal systems.
The operating officials realize that the
trial through which they are to pass
undoubtedly is the most important in
the history of railroads, and accord
ingly there will be no sparing of time
or of expense to place the truth before
the American public regarding the op
eration of American lines.
Amend Kules of Operation.
The first of a long series of confer
ences between the committees of the
American Railway Association in
charge of train rules and safety appli
ances has Just closed here. These com
mittees are to work together for the
next few months in. preparing amended
rules of operation and an amended code
of signals for the operation of block
signals for the inspection of the Com
merce Commission's experts. Through
these 'the railroad men believe that
they will be able to convince the ex
perts that the science of operation of
the systems has developed In the
United States as it has In no other
country, and more rapidly than any
other science that may be mentioned.
Attribute Wrecks to Unions.
What is the cause of the fearful sacri
fice of human lives on the railroads of the
United States? The answer to this ques
tion. I? ultimately given by the committee
of experts, may startle the entire world
and possibly may Involve labor and cap
ital and the Government in a long and
bitter struggle. The railroad men will
endeavoi to show the committee- that the
rules ar.d the methods of operation in
this country have kept pace with the de
marUs of traffic. The sole and logical
conc'uj'or, this premise being proved cor
rest, Is that it Is not lad: of- method or
" of rules from which the traveling public
'a suffering, but rather non-observance of
rules. This will bring to the front the
questions whether or not the alleged lack
if discipline of American railroads is due
:o the dictation of labor unions and, if
10, what is the cure.
Employes Deprived or Excuse.
The need of more stringent laws and
I more rigid enforcement of laws
passed to punish those who cause death
and disaster by disobedience of rules
will be urged by railroad officials. To
try to accomplish this again will lead
the committee into the realm of labor.
Operating men insist that in former
times, when they complained of lack
of loyalty In observance of rules and
regulations, the men replied that their
hours of labor were so long and their
work so severe that failure was at a
premium. Times have changed great
ly with regard to working hours rind
operating men will, according to the
railroad men men, say that there
should be a decreasing percentage of
failure to obey rules, whereas the con
trary seems to be the case.
- SIMMON'S OUT FOll OFFICIALS
Progress in Case Against Harriman
Lines Indicted.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28. Judge De
Haven, of the United States District
Court, today issued an order for the sum
moning of officials of the Southern x acltic
Railroad and the Pacific Mali Steamship
Company on indictments ret; 'ned yes
terday charging the two Harriman cor
porations with granting reductions of
shipments from Japan without filing the
three days' notice required under the old
law to be filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission
Those upon whom the summons were
served today are: R. P. Schwerin, gen
eral manager of the Pacific Mail Com
pany; A. M. Garland, traffic manager, and
W. J. Hardy, agent) E. H. Ca.vin, generil
manager of the Southern Pacific; W. R.
Scott, general superintendent: J. L. Wil
cutt, assistant secretary,, and George Red
lngton, assistant treasurer.
UNIFORM RATES IX NORTHWEST
State Railroad Commissioners to
Meet on Subject.
ST. PAUL. Minn... Sept. 28. C. J. Law
rence, member of the Washington State
Board of Railroad Commissioners, Is in
St. Paul arranging for a conference of
State Railroad Commissioners along the
lines of the Hill and Harriman railroads,
for the purpose of arriving at a uniform
schedule of railroad rates. A call for
such a meeting is being sent out, but just
what the call embraces is not known.
STUBBS XO LONGER DICTATOR
Shorn of Power . Over . Transcontl-
x nental Rates by Law.
CHICAGO. Sept. 28 (Special.) With the
advent of the Eastern railroads Into the
Transcontinental Freight Bureau there
disappears from the railway field one' of
the most powerful dictatorships in rail
road history With the Eastern roads en
joying an equal voice in the making of
transcontinental freight rates, J. C.
Stubbs is no longer the autocrat of the
traffic world. Until the recent admission
of the Eastern roads into the councils of
the freight bureau the Harriman lines
dictated what all transcontinental rates
should be. Mr. Stubbs, as general traffic
director of the Harriman lines, therefore
held a position which was unique and all
powerful. Stubbs Xo Longer Dictator.
The strange part o. the story is that
no one is more happy than the former
dictator over the change. The responsi
bility of being Czar in Western freight
circles is greater than one man can bear
for a number of years and retain his
health. The entry of the Eastern roads
MAK
UNIONS
into the reckoning is the result of the new
law, which makes them responsible for all
rates in which they concur, and they must
concur in a rate before it can be used
over their lines.
The dictatorship of transcontinental
freight rates was held by the Harri
man roads by reason of their owner
ship of the Morgan line of steamships
plying between New York and the At
lantic Coast ports and the Gulf ports,
where they connect with the Harriman
lines. By means of these steamers the
Harriman people were enbalcd to make
j through rates, and thereby control the
situation absolutely. In all the vast
tonnage which passed between the At
lantic and the Pacific Coast the Harri
man lines were the le arbiters, if
they chose to exercise the power. It
came about, therefore, that Mr. Harri
man's $30,000 traffic director was
looked upon in the entire traffic realm
with awe.-
In the exercise of his great power
Mr. Stubbs brought to bear an inti
mate, and expert knowledge of traffic
condltioni; everywhere, including an
experience of 30 years in traffic atfalrs
on the Pacific Coast. It was for this
work as much as for anything else
that E. H. Harriman selected him from
among all the traffic men in the coun
try and gave him a salary equal to
that of the President of the United
States.
Himself autocratic and prone to
value other men's opinions lightly. It
Is said of Mr. Harriman that he never
once interfered with Mr. Stubbs in
the exercise of his rate-making power.
GIVES HOTEL BAD CHECK
Evans, Alias Smith, Hcnens Swind
ling Operations.
On the complaint of H. M. Pierce?
proprietor of the at. Paul House, at
the corner of Fourth and Burnside
streets, a young man giving the name
of P. O. Smith, but whose real name
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is said to be Albert Evans, 20 years
old, was arrested last night by Detec
tives Inskeep and Alden, charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses.
When taken to the station Evans con
fessed that he had passed a $25 check
on Pierce, and last April was paroled
from the State Penitentiary at Salem
after seiving 18 months of a one to
five-year sentence. He also admitted
attempting to pass a $50 check on the
Davidson Clothing Company, which
was refused by the proprietor.
About two weeks ago Smith came to
the St. Paul House and told the pro
prietor that he was a civil engineer,
working for the Mount, Hood Railway.
He stayed at the house for a few days,
then when the time came to leave gave
the proprietor a $25 check, drawn in
favor of J. C. Allen. Pierce presented
the paper at the bank and was told
that it was no good. Yesterday after
noon he applied for a warrant for
"Smith's" arrest, which was granted.
Alden and Inskeep located their man
a few minutes after he had tried to
pass the check on the Davidson Com
pany. Evans confessed his whole rec
ord to Detective Hellyer at tho station,
saying that he had been sent up from
Pendelton about two years ago to
serve an intermediate sentence of one
to five years for obtaining money un
der false pretenses. It is probable that
Evans will be sent back to Salem to
serve out the remainder of his sen
tence and not be held for the crime
committed here.
ANOTHER BLOW TO SALOON
Xone Allowed In Future Small Cit
ies of Tennessee.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Sept. 28. The
State Supreme Court today held the Pen
dleton law to be constitutional. This
statute abolishes saloons in all cities of
100,000 inhabitants or less, "hereafter in
corporated." Fair Xcxt Year In Lewis County.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 28. (Spe
cial.) Next year and for the three follow
ing years at least there will be a county
fair held in Centralia. The management
of the Western Washington Livestock As
sociation have leased their grounds to
Miles McGrail for four years, and he has
turned them over to H. H. Coiner, of Ta-
coma, who will organize a county fair.
Centralia ia specially well located for a
fair, as exhibits could be secured from
Chehalis. Thurston and Mason Counties,
besides from Lewis County.
"NEED STEAM?"
Get It From the Selected Food.
It is good to know the kind of food
those with weak stomachs and hearts can
get along with for when a man or wom
an is a little below par, an easily digested
food is the thing that goes right to the
spot.
A man in Kirksville, Mo., tells how he
got out of trouble by using Grape-Nuts
food. He says: "My trouble was intense
suffering in the stomach. It was called
gastralgla, but no medicine gave any per
manent relief.
"In June of last year I began to grow
much worse in every respect. I was
terribly constipated and the stomach
pains were severe. I ran down until
I weighed only 120 pounds. I had to
give up my business for my nerves were
completely unstrung and I could not sleep
more than two or three hours during the
night, and that only by snatches during a
lull In the pain.
"I tried almost every kind of food, but
finally was put on Grape-Nuts and In a
little while it began to make Its worth
known. I began to sleep better nights,
my strength .gradually came back, and I
gained in weight rapidly until a little
while ago I weighed 165 pounds and have
been a well man for months with never a
touch of the old trouble.
"My bowels are perfect, the nervous
trouble has gone. You can realize I ap
preciate the value of Grape-Nuts food."
This is another evidence of the prac
tical worth of Grape-Nuts food in cases
of weak stomach and bad digestion. It
Is the most scientifically made food in
existence and contains absolutely noth
ing but selected parts of the field grains,
so cooked and prepared as to admit of
almost immediate digestion and assimila
tion, carrying with it the elements fur
nished by Mother Nature for rebuilding
the nervous system, the gray matter of
the brain and the solar plexus.
When one gets from food what the
body needs, it is easy to get well and
keep well. "There's a Reason." Read
"The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs.
HUSBAND IS KILLED
Lover Proves Better Shot in
Duel About Woman.
STIRS UP GERMAN ARMY
Rich and Handsome Officer Wins
Wife's Affections Challenged to
Fight, He Kills His Opponent
' With the First Shot.
BERLIN", Sept. 28. (Special.)
Under the German military coie of
honor, a duel has just been fought
which has created a terrible impres
sion throughout army circles.
The Third Grenadiers is oriie of the
liveliest infantry regiments in the
line. Its officers are all men .of "well
high born," or noble rank. The regi
ment Is stationed at Koenlgsberg.
Among the ranks in uniform was Cap
tain Pachaly. He is Handsome and
rich. He flirted assiduously with all
the women of the officers' set, married
and unmarried. Lately Captain von
Berken joined the Third Grenadiers.
He brought with him his wife, a beau
tiful and accomplished young woman.
Pachaly became Von Berken's bosom
friend. vVhen he was on this footing
In the family he began to pay atten
tions to Frau von Berken. It began
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to be ev ent that she was hot of
fended. Her husband remonstrated
with her that she was making herself
conspicuous, but she laugned it off.
Captain von BcrKen finally came to
realize that gossip was truth.
The military code does not permit
a husband aggrieved in this way to
shoot the other man except in a duel,
which must be arranged in strict con
formity with set rules. The meeting
was arranged. ine conditions were
such that one or lue otner, perhaps
both, must die.
The men were stationed at 12 paces.
They were to begin shooting at the
word and fteep on shooting until one
L"or the other should fall. At the first
shot the injured husband fell with a
bullet through both lungs. He died
soon afterward.
ROAD'S GOAL SALT LAKE
(Continued from First Page.)
Moffat Road," which is . being steadily
advanced o completion between Denver
and Salt Lake City. Several months ago
David H. Moffat, president of the com
pany and formerly the executive head of
the Rio Grande, announced that it would
be built to Portland.
There is little doubt that the Mount
Hood Company is assured of the con
nection that would be afforded to the
East by the rails of the Moffatt line,
which at Denver makes connection with
the Burlington, Rock Island and Santa
Fe, three lines not controlled by Union,
Pacific, while if the Gould system Is also
Identified with the new move, the track
age connection may be in Nevada in
stead of at the Utah metropolis as now
planned. '
At any rate the road is under construc
tion, surveys completed ' for the greater
part of Its route and amp.e capital ready
to prosecute the work vigorously.
Portland Man Contractor.
Construction camps located at Bull Run
and near Falrview are those of the Mason
Construction Company, of which A. W.
Mason, of Portland, is the head. He Is
one of the best-known railroad contrac
tors of the Northwest and has done a
great deal of heavy work for the Southern
When It Comes
To electing; a trunk you should use good comno n sense, and carefully
consider the Ttear, tear and expense Involved, "ion don't want worry
and trouble all along the line. Our trunks have Individual style and
character which stamp them as superior fo all other makes.
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Our Reputation Was Built Up on Our
to Select
The Portland
Makers of High
54 Third, cor. Pine.
107 Sixth, Near Stark.
The
Supremacy
of
Chesterfield
Clothes
Is more firmly established day by day.
Scores of wearers testify to their supe
rior merit by asking for them season
after season.
Fall and Winter models in CHES
TERFIELD SUITS and RAINCOATS
are now on display. Call and inspect
them that you may judge of their merit.
GUARANTEE If front of Coat on
any CHESTERFIELD SUIT sold by
us curls back at edge or otherwise loses
shape in one year, customer gets a new
suit FREE.
JUST RECEIVED Latest model in
" English Walking Frock," edges
bound with braid.
CHESTERFIELD SUITS and RAIN
COATS, 25.00 to $60.00.
R. M. GRAY
269-271 Morrison Street
Pacific and Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company. At present he is the con
tractor for part of the new railroad being
built by the Southern Pacific to tap the
Klamath country and which Is to link
that region with Portland by way of
NatronT
Persons who have been to the camps
during the past fortnight say that the
heavy machinery taken in and large
amount of live stock and men employed
all Indicate that It is not merely for the
building of a few miles of electric road.
There is a mill in operation cutting ties
and timbers for the bridges and other
structures and it is said that only the
heaviest steel of practicable use for an
electric and steam road of heavy traffic
will be used.
Portland has been hearing something of
the power plant to be located not far
from Bull Run postofttce to supply elec
tric energy for the city portion of the
road, but that is understood to be only
one of several power locations that have
been secured and are to be developed.
Another plant is to be .situated on the
Upper Deschutes and still another on one
of the rapidly-descending streams In the
vicinity of Crater Lake or Upper Klamath
Lake, according to authentic information.
These would indicate that the day of the
electric locomotive in long-distance trans
mission of trains is not far distant and
that while the new road may be a steam
railroad as well as electric, its trains
may be moved largely by means of the
current generated by Oregon water
powers now going to waste.
It is some three or four months since
Hlah-Grade Values. 1000 Trunks
From.
Trunk
- quality Baggage
Your Credit Is Good.
' Pay I s $1.00 Per Week.
Mfg. Co.
actual work was started on the Mount
Hood Railway- and soon after the con
tracts were reported to have been
awarded for construction The Oregonion
published the rumors of its being more
than a merely local road to enable
tourists to reach the summit of Mount
Hood. So well have the officials In
charge guarded their secret that it was
not until yesterday that, confirmation
could be had and It became all but posi
tively known that such plans are prac
tically completed and that Central Ore
gon is to have a railroad in advance of
the long promised line of the Harriman
system.
Will Be Room for All.
The route outlined will, serve the
greater part of the vast territory east
of the Cascades now remote from trans
portation. Development of the region by
the interests allied with Senator Clark
will of course hasten work on the
surveyed routes of the Southern Pacific
and Navigation Company extensions, but
there will be traffic enough for all, and
through the Intervention of Senator Clark
the Interior states will secure the benefits
of the outlet to tidewater at Portland
and trade with the Orient through this
port.
Kipling on Way to the Coast.
MONTREAL, Q.. Sept. . 28. Rudyard
Kipling, accompanied by Mrs. Kipling,
lias arrived here. Mr. Kipling expects
to remain In Montreal for a couple of
weeks after which he will " cross
WHEN BUYING
DIAMONDS
See that you get a guarantee as
to quality, weight and cash
value, should you want to return
same. This is one way to pro
tect yourself from some unscru
pulous dealers.
The Safest Way
Come to us our stock of Dia
monds is the largest in the state,
our prices are far below those
of any other jeweler. Call and
examine our stock; compare our
prices we can prove the truth
of our ads.
OUR EASY
PAYMENT SYSTEM
Makes it easy to buy and easy
to pay for the gem we all love
best. We charge no more than
were you to pay cash. We refund
your money less 10 per cent
purchasing price on any dia
mond bought from us.
Marx & Bloch
74 Third Street, Near Oak
Largest Diamond Dealers in
Oregon.
OREGON TRUST
i SAVINGS BANK
Recognizing the fact that a large number of the
depositors of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank
have been caused, in addition to serious embarrass
ment, great disappointment in the consequent sacri
fice of necessaries and pleasures perhaps long
planned, among which with many was the purchase
of a musical instrument, we have decided to extend
to all depositors in the unfortunate institution an
offer which will not only enable them to satisfy
their musical ambitions, but which will also enable
them to realize dollar for dollar for all or a sub
stantial portion of their funds.
Beginning Tomorrow
We will accept from any depositor of the Oregon
Trust & Savings Bank, at full value, his or her de
posit account in this institution, toward payment of
any new piano, Pianola piano, Pianola player, organ,
orchestrelle, talking machine or talking machine
records, that he or she may purchase from us dur
ing the time that this offer is in force. This offer
is extended to all departments of our store without
restriction, and
Any Depositor's Claim
Will Be Accepted in
Any Amount, Large or
Small, at Full Value,
As partial payment, up to one-half the sale price
of the instrument purchased. Each account must be
properly certified to by the receiver of the Oregon
Trust & Savings Bank.
The liberality of this offer by Eilers Piano House, and
the inducement it offers, should prove an incentive to every
music-loving and pianoless depositor of the Oregon Trust
& Savings Bank. You are now afforded an opportunity
to obtain the entire value of your funds, dollar for dollar.
You are offered an investment that will return more real
satisfaction and enjoyment than perhaps you could realize
from a"hy other source. And it can begin at once. Let us
show you, tomorrow; morning, what splendid value we can
offer you, in the musical line. Let us demonstrate that we
can not only save to you full value for the money you
have so frugally laid away, but let us demonstrate that
we can also save you from $50 to $150 on any new piano
you purchase from us as compared to the prices asked by
other houses.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE
353 WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER OF PARK
THE HOUSE OF HIGHEST QUALITY
BIGGEST, BUSIEST AND BEST
STORES EVERYWHERE CALIFORNIA TO ALASKA
Canada to the Pacific Coast. He will
return to Eastern Canada, but after
that, he said, his plans were unde
cided.
Northwest Postal Changes.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, V. C, Sept. 28. Rural route No.
1 has been ordered established De
cember 2 at Krupp, Douglas County,
Washington, serving 300 people and 95
families.
Rural carriers appointed:
Oregon Baker City, route 1. David
B Buy With
a Certainty
You can make us responsi
ble for the wear and tear of
t your boy's clothes, because we
will sell you a suit that Is
guaranteed.
Security Bond Guaranteed
Boys' Suits
" $5.00
Are fully armored
at all weak points.
Like putting your
boy In a c o a t of
mail. Let him kick
and romp he can't
break through the
double seats and
knees and the re
inforced seams and
waistbands. Your
" money back If not
all we claim. An
abundance of style,
too.
Send 10 cents in
stumps for net of
clever College Posters,
ready to frame.
EASTERN OUTFITTING CO.
Washington St., Cor. .Tenth.
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ERTHEIMER
kSMlTH ($
739-74Whzda!3,
W. Yoakum, carrier; Harvey Yoakum
substitute.
Washington Everett. route lJ
Charles A. Mallory, carrier; reinstated
No substitute.
Oregon postmasters appointed: Alpt
H. E. Taber. vice M. E. Porter, resigned;
Barlow. Margaret Kydd, vice M. W.
Sheppard) resigned.
Reclamation Service Clerk.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Sept. 2S. Miss Sophia Reese, of
Eugene was today appointed clerk in the
reclamation service.
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