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THERE IS TO BE A SECRET INVESTIGATION OF TANNER CREEK SEWER THE GRAND JURY IS THE BODY TO Sfouimaf G OOP EVENING. THE aRCUUTKW OF THE JOURNAL YESTERDAY WAS 17.000 Tonight and Sunday, relet MM tonight; sigh south. sWtlaS southwest, winds. VOL. III. NO. 22?. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1804 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CIRCUIT SOUNDS DEATH STANDARD UNDER FIRE Rockefeller's Corporation Under Government Investigation. POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR JAS. R. GARFIELD Former President's 86n Put in Charge of Probing of the Great Trust's Methods. (Wesblnrton Korean of The Journal.) Washington, D. C. Nov. "To ertaln whether or not the Standard Oil company la a combination In re straint of trade" la the specific purpose of a direction given by President Roose velt for the first of the great post-election Investigations, so long promised. The order to make the inquiry Into the methods of the greatest trust In. the world la Issued to the department of commerce and labor, and while not spe cifically mentioning Standard Oil. directs a general investigation of the petroleum Industry of the United States. James R. Garfield, a personal friend (if the president snd significantly enough a native of the .state which 'Standard Oil claims as Its birthplace, will have charge of the Inquiry, which falls un der the jurisdiction of the bureau of corporations. Mr. Oarfietd, son of a former president, half a dosen years younger , than the present- chief execu tive, may not be wholly without political ambition. And what better opportunity t or political advancement could hs have than association with the most Interest ing Investigation ever undertaken by the government? It would give him prominence, prestige If succesful, and In any event a grip on the Inside dealings of the nation's captalna of finance, such as ha could obtain In no other way. Sen ators are elected now and then In Ohio and possibly Mr. Garfield alms even higher. It Is promised that the Investigation shall be more thorough and compre hensive than any previously attempted by the bureau of corporations, of which Mr. Garfield haa been the head since February, 101. t It Is announced that the president haa determined that the Standard Oil monop oly shall be broken, and, anticipating a long, hard fight, has Issued Instructions Instantly hs was sure of his seat to begin the Investigation at once, In or der that It may be completed within the four years of bis term of office. The Delay attsplaraod. Some of the uncharitable have asked why the president did not order the In vestigation long ago. The official ex planation of this delay Is that "the president Intended to Inaugurate the In quiry laat summer, but feared that his sctlon might be tskcn as arising from political motives that his intention might be misconstrued." The sug gestion has been made that the fear was that Standard Oil might misconstrue the president's motives. Special agents of the bureau of cor porations will be sent all over the United States to make the preliminary Investi gations, Just as was done In the case of the beef trust. It Is understood that Mr. Garfield last week submitted to the president a list of men he had selected for this work, and the list met the ap- (Continued onPage Seven ) MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT IN FLYING AUTOMOBILE (Journal special RerTle. ) Chicago, Nov. 19 --Murdered In his automobile evidently while driving the maohlne. William Bates, a chauffeur, was found this morning on Archer avenue, near I-nmnnt. a Chicago suburb. Mis hands were clasped to the steering gear and a bullet wound was In the back of hla head. An empty cartridge was found on the bottom of the car. After the the car evidently started back Into the ditch, but some one had placed an obstruc tion to prevent the car leaving the road. The car bore Chicago license til snd was rented at t o'clock last night to a man giving the name of Dove Shortly afterward the machine was seen leaving the auditorium, -rne po lice ire Inveetlxewng tne mys- terlnus affalr. William Bates, the murdered was employed by the chauffeur Dan Canary Automobile ront pany on Wabash avenue. The machine was sent to the audi torium In response to a tele phone call from a man giving the name of Dove, who has not since seen. JUDGE GEORGE IN RED HOT City Council Committee Investigating Tanner Creek Sewer. INSPECTORS CALLED MADE REPORTS Riner Says Hie Enemies Are Re sponsible for the Bad Work and the Charges Mads Against Him. There Is no abatement In the Interest shown In the Tanner creek sewer Inves tigation; neither are the rumors of fraud, craft and political Influence In shielding the city engineer's department becoming lass startling. The star-chamber proceedings of the council committee are censured on all sides. - Even their colleagues In the council are criticising the members vary severely for their attempts to keep the true condition of affairs from the pub lic. One startling discovery Is said to have been made at the investigation yesterday afternoon. It Is ssld the testimony of James Cay wood, the Inspector appointed by City Engineer Elliott to Inspect the work of the sewer-bullders. was damag ing, not .only to himself, but' to the cOy engineer's department. It was stat ed this morning by one In a position to know that Inspector Caywood was In competent to fill the position C. W. Rlner, son of R. M. Rlnsr, the contractor, who was Interested with his father In the work, stated that he thought he would come out of the In vestigation all right. "I told them I would repair any de fects that were to be' found." said he. "I said that before, and I eland ready to do the work at once." Regarding the defects In the work Be would say nothing. It Is also stated that the work on the sewer has fallen considerably under the grade called for In the plans and specifications. Other reports regard ing sections of stone block pavement being missing, laying of many blocks on edge, and faulty construction of much of the brickwork, have been fully substantiated by the report of the ex perts and the testimony which was b rough t out yesterday afternoon. Bed Mot investigation. Promptly at 3 o'clock yesterday after noon the committee assembled In a private room on the third floor of the city hall. Those allowed to enter wars City Engineer Elliott and his assistant. George Scogglns, R W. Montague, rep resenting the property owners; Attorney J. M. Irfing. representing Rlner's bonds men; City Attorney McNary. Attorney E D. Mendenhall. W. B. Ayer, N. L. and E. A. King. I J. Goldsmith. E. W. Riner, A. T. Smith. J. N. Teal and Mayor Wlllama. Stenographer W. E. Mitchell was also summoned to take the report of the investigation The report of the experts was Yead and Contractor Riner. City Engineer Elliott and Qeorge Scogglns and Inspec tor James Caywood were questioned re garding the construction of the sewer It is said by one who ws In the room that the Investigation was "red hot." The committee adjourned to meet .early next week, when the testimony taken will be considered snd the com mittee will thsn make up Its report to be mads to the city council Wednesday While the Investigation was In pro gress yesterday afternoon R. M. Riner, the contractor, who is (0 years old pared nervously up and down the tsoTrJdors of the city hall. To those he knew he told a sorrowful tale of how his enemies were attempting to bring ruin uponjilm. Everything I hsve in this world." said he,. "Is Involved in this sewer. All my property is mortgaged, and If I lose It the last shingle over my head will be gone. "I tried my best to have the work done properly, but If there are defect In the sewer It was done by my men without my knowledge. My enemies were seen around there several times while the sewer was build ing, and If there Is anything wrong with the work they bribed my men to do a poor Job." Stesponslblllty of the City. In a most Important opinion. Inasmuch aa It lays down the rule for court aro eedure in a certain class Of Injunction suits snd has a direct hearing on the Tanner creek scandal, the presiding Judge of the circuit court held that where fraud Is charged on public works, a defense must be made by the city. The decision waa given In the suit of George T. Myers and others against ths city of Portland relative to assess ments aggregating 117,000 for ths Im provement of Third street, from Maui to Ollsan. Ths direct amount at Issue Is about to. eon. R R Dunlway Is urg ing the esse on behalf of Myers and others. About two weeks ago the court sus- SESSION (Continued on Page Two.) KNELL Statue of Frederick the Great, Given to the United States by the German U.S. GRANT III CAUSE OF TALK (Journal Spoil 1 fte'Tlre.) San Francisco, Nov. 1. I, lew tenant J. Oreer, of the Twenty-eighth United states Infantry, and, hla wife furnish 'he latest army sensation. They have luarreled and separated. Coming from the Philippines on the transport Thomaa vhlch arrived Wednesday, they had so serious a dispute that they did not jpeak on reaching port. . When the transport docked Lieutenant ireer went to the Palace hotel alone. Yesterday he left alone for his post at Fort Snelllng. Lieut. Vj 8. Grant III. of the engineer corps, who was also a passenger on the Thomas, escorted Mrs. Greer to the California hotel, where she Is staying. Grant, who la registered at the Palaco as "U. B. Grant third." Is a son of Gen. Fred Grant. He showed Mrs. Greer considerable attention on board the Thomaa Since taking her to the Cali fornia hotel he has been a constant Mes eeeee TwelveMuaic essons THAT'S BECAUSE THE JOURNAL IS GENEROUS Order Ph one The Journal Main 500 see A POWERFUL DECISION TODAY OF PUBLIC GAMBLING IN PORTLAND - --tl iggJgWweissMlflilL I sMewS ASgal1 S gsw V VBl LJsgMsswlv WggSsggggggflEal Emperor. , Caller, and last night spent the evening in her spartments. Mrs. Greer Is an exceedingly pretty woman fromTexas. The Greers were married here In Trinity Episcopal church, ller maiden name was Good nnugh, and her family Is prominent snd wealthy In Texas. Both Lleutensnt and Mrs. Greer freely admitted that they had quarreled and would live apart. Neither would talk aa to the causa Grant said that hs never met either until he encountered them on the steamer, and that he la not responsible for the separation. povbi (Jooraal Special Pel me.) Fernle, B. C. Nov. It. Fourteen miners are dead at the carbonado mines, near Morrlssey, ss the result of a ter rific explosion caused by gas" yssterdsy afternoon. The bodies were recovered. If you want to play the Piano, you can Because The Journal will show you how. It makes no difference whether you have musical genius or not. A man by the name of W. Scott Grove invented the way. Joseph 1 1 of man n, the peerless musician, says it's the right and the only easy way, and insists on indorsing the method. It's done on the kindergarten system, hence a child or grown-up must understand. There will be twelve studies the first one appears in The Sunday Journal tomorrow. Therefore, if you want to play the Piano, there is nothing else needed but to take your Sunday Journal, cut out the illustrated lesson, lay it on a Piano and pley. This is only one of the many features which The Sun day Journal presents Popular, readable and instructive. reel I STATUE OF FREDERICK Baron Von Sternberg Pre sents, Roosevelt Ac cepts Kaiser's Gift GERMAN AMBASSADOR'S WIFE DROPS THE VEIL Monument Stands with Those of Alexander and Napoleon - in the Creat Square. (Jooraal Special Service.) - Washington, D. C, Nov. 19. Amid the enthusiastic demonstrations of a great concourse of people the bronse statue of Frederick the Great, a gift of Em peror William to the people of the Uni ted States, waa unveiled today. Seldom has an svent presented so many brilliant features of military pageantry and .at the same time given occasion for the manifestation of the strong bonds of friendship between the German empire and the United States. Ths ceremony f unveiling occurred on the esplanade of the Army War col lege In the Washington barracks reser vation. Surrounding the statue were great stands to accommodate the many officials and guests invited to take part In ths exercises. Oh every hand the colors of ths United States and Germany epee "hponeedtr" 1 1 1 ' Within the smphltheater formed by the stands were gathered the represen tatives of every branch of the govern ment, including the president of the United States snd members of the cabi net, the chief Justice and associate Jus tices of the United States supreme court, the chief of staff fit the army, the ad miral of the navy, senators and repre sentatives. Not less notable was ths representa tion of Germany designated by Emperor William. The special commissioners representing his Imperial majesty were Lieutenant-General von Loewenfeld and Major von Bchmettan, both of whom are descended from officers of Freder ick the Great. With them were the German ambassador. Baron Speck von Sternberg and the entire staff of the German embassy, all In brilliant diplo matic uniform, while the diplomatic corps waa represented by the British, Russian. Italian and Mexican ambassa dors and the ministers from many for eign countries. . A troop of cavalry escorted President Roosevelt and the members of ths csbl net from ths white house to the scene of the ceremonies. When the president arrived at the stand the entire assem blage rose and greeted him with cheers. An impressive Invocation waa delivered by Bishop Satterlee. Baron Speck von Sternberg delivered the statue to the president with these words: Baron Speck von Sternburg, German ambassador to the United States, said: "Mr. President The hearty and truly sincere welcome which Prince Henry of Prussia met with throughout the United States during his visit in February, 1902. has left a deep and lasting Im pression on the German emperor and on the German people. The cltlsens. of the United States showed Prince Henry the true manner of American hospitality and where he appeared, he received a greeting which did not merely come from the lips, but which had tne true ring or ths heart. "In the many addresses, with which the prince wss honored, the name of Frederick the Great was conspicuous. It was emphasised that the prince's an- cestor had shown himself a staunch and true friend of those people who now were welcoming, the descendant or tneir own soli. It was pointed out that Fred erick the Great had proved America's friend st a tlms when the young re ( Continued on Pegs Seven.) e eeeess mm 1 ALL DELAY AT AN END Final Details of Portage Road Agreed Upon and Work to Begin at Once PLANS OF OPEN RIVER ' ASSOCIATION APPROVED All That Remains Is for the At torney General to Pass Upon the Contract and Bond Money le Pledged. Unless unforseen obstacles arise, nothing now stands In the way of the immediate commencement of work upon the Portage railway except the formali ties of executing the contract and bond for the work, and the approval of the papers by ths attorney-general. As sll details have been agreed upon, these preliminaries are little more than a matter of form. The final arrangements for beginning work upon ths railway were effected this morning at a conference -between ths .STSSattlsa board- f ths Open River association, we open river committee of the Portland chamber of commerce and the state portage board. The meet ing waa held at the office of J. N. Teal. attorney for ths Open River associa tion. The meeting was marked by entire unanimity among those present. The plans snd specifications for ths railway were submitted and approved. The Open River association wss ready With a contractor who will perform the work, upon- terms agreed upon, and the asso ciation also declared Itself In readiness to raise ths additional funds required In excess of ths monsy at ths disposal of the stats board. This excess will possibly amount to (40,000. All details proved to be satisfactory to the members of the stats board. The engineers of the board and of the Open River association reviewed the specifi cations and agreed upon the terms of ths contract for the work. The contractor selected will furnish a bond for ths fslthful performance of his undertaking and this bond snd the contract must be approved by ths attorney-general of the state. All that will then remain to be done by the Open River association Is to raise the money which It haa agreed to supply, and aa the entire amount Is already pledged, no difficulty or delay can arise on this score The construction of the road will not be delayed on this account, but will begin as soon as ths contract and bond have been approved by the attorney general Those present were Governor Cham berlain. State Treasurer Moore, Secre tary of State Dunbar and Engineer Mc Millan of the state hoard: Dr. Blalock. Judge Mariner, J. A. Smith and J. T. Peters of the Open River association, and Henry Hahn and I A. Lewis of the open river committee of the chamber of commerce. Another meeting of the executive board of the Open River association Is to be held this afternoon at Mr. Teal's office ALICE ROOSEVELT TO BE PRESENTED AT COURT i journal Sped! Service.) Washington, Nov. 1. Rumor Is afloat In high official circles that Miss Alice Roosevelt Is to pass the season in Lon don and that she will be presented st the court of St. James. It Is said that she will be a guest of the Whltelaw Reids, who will take a house In London the coming; spring. TAFT IN NEW ORLEANS WILL SAIL TOMORROW (Joaraal Special Seerlee.) New Orleans. La.. Nov. 19. Secre tary of War Taft and Admiral Walker and their party arrived tins morning. They were met by a committee of cltl sens and soldiers and escorted to the hotel. Taft will be given s banquet to night. He leaves Sunday for Panama. HEAVY STORM SWEEPS OVER PUGET SOUND (Special Dt i pa tea to The JaemsL) Tecum a. Wash.. Nov. It. The storm on the sound today Is severe. Regular steamers are all late. No lessee are reported, but feara are entertained for the incoming British ship Arracna, which Is believed to hs lost. OOI. I Journal Special garvlee.) Lexington. Ky.. Nov. It Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge Is being kept alive by the administration of oxygen. Ms can survive but a few houra WIPES OUT POOLROOMS They Are Clearly in Vio lation of the State Law. Sheriff upheld in raiding gamblers Council Lacks Power to License Illegal Games and Equity Court Will Not Aid Those Who Conduct Them. T JTTDOK saoMs so: Gambling-" exists when any thing of value Is wagered on any event or act In which the element of chance enters. Selling pools on races Is gam .bllng within the meaning of the Oregon statute. A pool room is e common gaming house, and as such a public nuisance, even though tV? .nd bettmg an races may ntSfg Vn vlolatlon.of law. Any license Issued by the city eounett to conduct a gaming house In violation of the statute Is void, and the charter does not authorise the licensing of such an establishment. The sheriff Is directed by stat ute to enforce the gambling and gambling nuisance laws, snd If any person collides with such of ficial In the performance of hla duty, such person must not look to a court of equity for relief. The opinion does not touch on the law side of the case and leaves all questions which may come before the court on law points to be decided on their merits. Pool-selling Is gambling within the meaning of the Oregon statute, and any man who engages In such questionable and unlawful business and thereby brings himself Into collision with the sheriff must not expect relief from a court of equity. Such Is the decision of Presiding Judge Oeorge of the circuit court, who this morning refused to enjoin Sheriff Word from holding possession of the premises of the Warwick Commission company. The court used language showing that he believed M. O. Neaae. manager of the establishment, exhibited effrontery In coming Into court and ask ing for such a restraining order. "Poolroom gambling Is certainly mor ally aa bad as any other kind of gam bling," says Judge Oeorge. "The law la against subterfuges on matters of 'devices.' The plaintiff, admittedly, haa entangled himself In a questionable and unlawful business, and a court of equity must leave htm and the sheriff where it finds them." The opinion of the court is looked on by members of the bar as being one of the strongest and moat comprehen sive relative to gambling In the his tory of Jurisprudence. The court holds that gambling exists whenever anything of value Is wagered on any act, event or occurrence In which the element of chance enters. It Is held that the city council hss no power to sdopt sn ordinance which Is In contravention of the state laws, and that the charter does not purport to give It any such authority. A license to conduct a poolroom, therefore, la held by him to be null and void. Par ticular attention Is drawn to the Intent of the legislature, as shown by the reading of the laws enacted, to stamp (Continued on Page Two ) BANKS OF PORTLAND BREAK THE RECORD : Bank clearings for the week establish a record In the business history of Portland. Though the clearings for the same week of last year were considered un usually large, they are exceeded by more than ll.DOO.ooa by the clearings of the week just ended Por the week ending to av Portland's bank clearings : amounted to K.StO.SK .". Tor ths same week of ItOt the clearings amounted to tt.T04.lW.lt. The difference shows that business In Portland's banks has Incrssd more than 1. 000,000 dertSaf Use past 12 months. Local buslassi the lea rings far Ins weeks or re positive in a I