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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1916)
Tim SUiNUAT ORXXTOXTAX, POKTJLANU, APTTTD 16, 1916. I. H. DAY ANSWERS from W. M. PlimDton. secretary of th State Printinsr Board, in whose official possession is the report of my commit tee. It is sufficient now to refer to his certificate that 'there Is a. "com JOURNAL ATTACKS plete financial statement" included i the report.' "In further refutation. I quote from a letter written by the Secretary of State: " 'Mr. I. X. Day: Answering: your in qulry of today as to status of appro priatlon of Jlo.Ouo. covered by chapte After Time Is Given for Re traction of Accusations Proof of Falsity Sent. 374. laws 1913. and entitled "An Act to Provide for the Detailed Survey and Investigation of the Columbia Rive Power Projects Near The Dalles," have to say that on March 1. 1316, and April 10, 1916. there remained on hand and unexpended of such appropriation the sum of three and 73-100 (13.73) dollars. "Report Suppressed" Allegation. -"I quote again from the Journal of PUBLIC DENIAL DEMANDED March 5. 1916: "'When it came time to prepare the State Senator Declares Publisher's Promise to Kecant if Charges Were Found Untrue Has Xot as Vet IJcen Made Good. After several weeks of vain expecta tion that the Portland Journal would publish a retraction which he avers wan promised him. State Senator I. N. Day yesterday submitted to the Journal and to The Orcgronian a letter pointing: out many absolute and at least two libelous misstatements concerning: him in an article published in the Journal March 5. Senator Day's letter is accompanied ly copies of letters from the Attorney- oencral. Secretary of State, secretary of the State Printing: Board, by the certificates of public accountants, af fidavits of well-known engineers and by clippings from the Journal Itself, all directly contradicting: every im portant statement made in the Jour nals article. Trouble Over Power Report. The article In question was an at tack upon Senator Day concerning- the report of the legislative committee which. Jointly with the Government, in vestigated the power possibilities of the Celilo rapids, under authority conferred by the Legislature of 1913, and accused him of misappropriating funds, sup pressing public documents and of other misdemeanors. The article, according: to admissions said to have been made by the Journal to Seifc.tor Day, was written by Ralph Waljon. formerly state Corporation Commissioner. Watson was bitterly and asurwi"-!' active as a lobbyist in the last Legislature against consolida tion and ether measures advocated by Senator1 Day to cut down Statehousc Job3 and reduce expenses. He was finally removed from office by Gov ernor Withyronbe. under the terms of the Musier bill, which Senator Day aided in passing. Time Given for Ketiartlon. Senator Day's letter follows: "Portland. April 12. C. S. Jackson. Publisher Oregon Journal, Portland. Or. &ir: .More than two weeks ago In my presence you instructed the editor of the Journal to investigate the truth of certain statements published in the Journal, March 5. and if same were untrue to make full correction. It has not been done. "Fifteen minutes spent in inspecting; your own files and in dictating: letter would have provided your editor long ere this with complete refutation of the statements in question, both from your own newspaper and from the public records of the state of Oregon. "Your editors and reporters are of course fully aware that the Journal has persistently and repeatedly misrepre sented my legislative record and public activities. A.- to the Journal's asser tions that I stood for this or'that when everyon.: knows I stood for something else. T am largely Indifferent. But the article of March 5 Is libelous. It ac cuses me of acts whrh are inhibited by iavv. as to imputations concerning my personal honesty I am not uncon cerned. Evidence la Provided. "I am therefore submitting herewith tho evidence your editor will not take the pains to obtain and ask that it be published and that the Journal alsc print an editorial disavowment of its news story and retract the editorial comment heretofore based thereon. "The article which you instructed your editor to retract if not true con cerned the publication of certain maps of Oregon by the Columbia River power project committee created by the Legis Jature of 1913, of which 1 was chair man. "Your article stated that the publica tion of these maps was not authorized by law and that I had diverted state funds to that purpose. This is construe tively a charge of criminality under tne laws or Oregon. AMERICAN -BRED CHI9AHAX TO BE DEPORTED. . Joe Sans; Gwug. Deportation into a. land that will be as foreign to him as though he had never known it is to he the fate of Jue Sung Gwpng, who is waiting now in the County Jail to be sent back to China on April 18 in accord ance with the order of Federal Judge Wolverton. There is only one possible way of delaying the proceedings, and that is through an appeal, but Jue has no money. He was born in China and came to America when but 7 years old. and later at tended Hill Military Academy, but his entrance to the United States was illegal, for which he is to be sent back. . "The article also stated that the com mittee had spent all of the funds ap propriated by the act of 1S13. and more Constructively, this accuses me of creating a deficiency as a public officer an unlawful act. Other Statements Resented. "Other false statements in your arti cle of March 5 were, that I had sup pressed the reports of the Government engineers on the Columbia River power project; tnat 1 had withheld informa tion from the public: that I had made no report of expenditures and that the maps published were false and mis leading- and that I personally was dis tributing the maps throughout the btate. -nirue assertions comprise every phase of importance in the article. I shall now quote tho various falsifica tions published by the Journal and pro duce as evidence against thern, testi mony of the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, the secretary of the State Printing Board, a reporter of your own paper, a responsible map maker, a firm of certified public ac countants and engineers of unques tioned standing. "The state officers quoted speak aft T examination of public records. These records were readily available to the Journal's editor had he been actuated by fairness, been submissive to your or ders, or been mindful of the reputation of his paper for honesty and accuracy. Charges Are Quoted. "'Day diverts the expenditures in Part of a 115.000 legislative appropria tion to pay for these maps." This from the Journal's headlines. March 5. 1916, followed by text to the same effect. "In refutation of the foregoing state ment. I quote from an opinion pre pared by the Attorney-General of Ore gon "'I have your letter of even date herewith submitting the question whether the cost of preparation of two maps prepared by your committee with its report o the 28th Legislative As sembly was a. proper charge to be audited and paid out of funds appro priated by the Legislature for the pur pose for which your committee was created. (Here follows a quotation from the law.) It is, therefore, appar ent that the making of maps, plans or other exemplifications of the informa tion, estimates and other data gathered by the committee are a part pf the duties of said committee, and the cost thereof a proper charge against the ap propriation.' "This disposes of the charce that state funds had been diverted to an unlawful purpose. Accounting; Charged. "I quote again from the Journal of March 5, 1316: " The committee used up all the $13. 000 appropriated and more, and never made an accounting to the Legislature of how the money was spent or for what purpose." "Later I ball quote In full a letter report. State Engineer Lewis and the Reclamation Bureau of the Federal Government prepared a report of their findings to be incorporated In the re port of the committee. Day suppressed this report, and caused the report of his engineer. Morris, to be printed, giv ing only such information as he desired the public to have.' 'To prove the falsity of the foregoing statement, I quote the letter from Mr, Plimpton, already mentioned: 'Salem, April 5, 1913. Mr. I. X. Day Portland. Oregon. Dear Sir: 'In reply to your letter of this date regarding the report of tho Columbia River power project committee which was made to the 3sth Legislative As sernbly, will say that this report, com prising the committee report, the report of the project engineer and the report of the committee engineer, is in my possession and has been since the ad journment of the Legislature. Th matter was all handed to mo by the chief clerk of the Senate after the re port was ordered printed. The report is part of the'original journal of the Senate and will be filed with same when the matter is disposed of by the Print ing: Board. Financial Statement Acknowledged, "Regarding the "financial state ment I will say that there is a com plete "financial statement" included in the report. " 'Yours truly, ' 'W. M. PLIMPTON", " 'Secretary State Printing Board.' "The foregoing, it will be observed, is a certificate from the present custodian of the report. That report is a part of the original journal of the Senate and it includes the report of the Govern ment engineer and a complete financial statement, so he certifies. "Lest you may be inclined to ques tion the veracity of a state officer, : am appending part of a Salem dispatch printed by the Oregon Journal itself. February 18, 1915, while the last Leg islature was still in session: ' Senator Day also made public the report of the engineers and others con nected with the investigation, and the report of W. E. Morris, who acted as representative of the committee. The report of the engineers fend invest! gators is a volume of 509 typewritten pages, besides many maps. Paper "Evidence Submitted: "In absolute contradiction of the Journal's assertions it thus appears that I did not suppress the report of the Government engineers and did make a detailed report to the Legislature of committee expenditures. "In your article of March 5. 1916, you also say that the maps prepared by this committee are 'garbled,' 'false,' 'mis leading,' etc., in the matter of sta tisUcal information as to acreage of Government and patented lands. "I append the certificate of a firm of certified public accountants to the effect that they have checked the sta tistics on face of the maps with figures supplied by Clay Tallman. commissionet of the general land office, and with the report of the Secretary of the In terior for 1913. and other authorities. and that the statistics on the maps correspond therewith. I append other evidence of their accuracy: Political Attacks Disregarded. It is not a. matter of moment except that it shows the apparent determina tion of the writer of the Journal's ar ticle to falsify, but I desire to refute the statement that I am personally dis tributing the maps in question. The Senate, by resolution No. 38, ordered the printing of the committee's report. The maps have already been published under the terms of that resolution. It should not be necessary for me to quote the law to you on the distribution of public documents. That distribution is done by the State Librarian. Lest you pretend to doubt the authenticity of the letters quoted here in, I invite you to inspect the originals. I have also accused you of misrepre senting my legislative and other ac tivities. I have also said that that is largely immaterial to me.,b-'t I am on fident the public, which has noticed your frequent transgressions of the truth in gen teal news presentation, will assume from reading the foregoing rec ord, that you have been as false in other statements concerning me as you have in those enumerated. If you care to pursue the matter further, however, I assure you I am fully equipped with evidence, just as conclusive as that herein given, which if published would give greater Impetus to your waning reputation for veracity. "I. X. DAT." Statistics Checked l'p. The certificates and other documents appended include the following: A certificate from W. R. McKenzle & Son, certified public accountants, to the effect that they had checked the figures aa to untaxed lan da printed ou i A STATEMENT Concerning Final Drive in White Motor Trucks IN VIEW of of final drive the conflicting claims for this form and that form which now confront the purchaser of heavy duty trucks, this Company, as the largest manufacturer of motor trucks in America, deems it fitting to make a public statement of its own purpose and practice in the matter. White Trucks of over two tons capacity have always been chain driven, and will continue to be chain-driven until some other form of final drive is developed in the future which is more efficient or equally efficient. In its present stage of development, worm drive will not be adopted by this Company, and White engineers now see no prospect of its basic handicaps ever being sufficiently overcome to warrant its adoption. CHAIN DRIVE EFFICIENCY 1. 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Over and above the conflict of all theory looms the solid fact of White Truck performance longer life, more days in service, lower eventual cost, as attested by comparative cost records of numerous large users and by the fact that such users purchase more White Trucks every year than trucks of any other make. THE WHITE COMPANY, Cleveland PORTLAND ? Broadway and Oak Street ONLY GRAND PRIZE for Motor Trucks, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francises 32 esxj ft " 1 J the face of the power committee's maps and found that they accorded with the figures given by the follow ing authorities: Memorandum prepared by Clay Tall- man, Commissioner or tne iienerai Land Office, Department of the Interior. Report of the Secretary of the Inte rior for year ending June 30, 1913. Report of the nearmgs Deiore tne House committee on public lands con cerning the Oregon St California land grant. Oregon Almanac for 1913, published by the State Immigration Commission. An affidavit by J. P. Newell, engl- eer, te the effect that he bad checked the maps in respect to the proportion' al area of each county under Federal control and that' the map is correctly drawn in accordance with the figures given thereon is included. These fig- res are the ones certified by McKenzie & Son as accurately transcribed from uthoritative data. An affidavit by. John A, UcQulnn, civil engineer, that he had examined the power committee's map and had found that it was correctly drawn and traced from a map furnlsheS by Land Commissioner Tallman with respect to Indian reservations, military reserva tions. National forests. National parks, bird reserves and power and reservoir sites, is also included. An affidavit by Theodore Rowland, engineer and cartographer, tnat he had examined the records in all the United States land offices in Oregon with the exception of the one at Lakeview, to obtain the number of acres of unre served and unappropriated lands in Oregon and had platted them on the power committee's map, that the Lake view figures were supplied by iS. A. Mushen. county surveyor of Lake County, and that the reserved lands were traced on the map from a map furnished by Commissioner Tallman, is also offered. There is also an affidavit from Mr. Mushen that he compied the Lakeview district figures from the records of the Government Land Office. , Two Maps Betas Distributed. Two maps which accompanied the report of the committeo have been printed by the state and are now in the hands of the State Librarian for distribution. One is a map in colors showing every acre of Government land in Oregon and its classification. When presented to the Legislature last year it was com mended as particularly valuable as a public document because it is the only map in existence which shows the loca tion of all Government lands that are open to homestead entry. The other map is a diagram depicting the proportionate area of Government to private lands in each county. It is this map which has aroused the ire of the bureaucrats and reservationists. Apparently because of its astonishing showing of the small amount of land in private ownership in Oregon Senator Walsh questioned its accuracy at the Portland water power: conference. This map was also used at the hear ings by the House public lands com mittee on the Chamberlain bill for dis posal of the land grant and its im pressive showing there also caused it to be questioned. The attacks upon its accuracy by the Journal have been largely generalities and criticism of the inclusion of the open Government land in the total of untaxed land. This open Government land is not taxed now, but will be when patents have been issued to the home steaders who may some time in the future enter upon it. Senator Day said yesterday that the maps had caused such consternation among the proponents of Government landlordism that he had taken partic ular pains to have them verified that an end might be put to the carefully manufactured suspicion directed against them. New Building Started at Gre&ham. GRESHAM, Or., April 15. (Special.) E. 7. Junes & Co, has commenced work on a two-story brick building for Ben Mathews to replace the two wooden structures destroyed in the big fire of December 20, 1911. when eight buildings were burned to the ground. The upper floor of the new building will be occupied by Maxwell Schneider's photograph gallery and living rooms. MAN TRIPS, SHOOTS SELF Barton Tanner Is Injured In At tempt to Regain Balance. ESTACADA, Or., April 13. (Special.) Last Thursday W. W. Stone, of Bar ton, while attempting to shoot a hawk, which was bothering his chickens, tripped over a log. In regaining his balance, he pulled the trigger of a 38-caliber revolver, which he had in his hand, the bullet passing completely tbroush his right foot, above the toe