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IS CLOSED EXPECTED
Greatest Financial Trans
r action In City's His-
-tory Concluded. -
STREET RAILWAY NOW . :
. IN EASTERN HANDS
New Owners Plan to Build .Up
: City's Suburbs Immense T
- Sum Is Poured -Into Port-
iarid Mors Promised. . ,
-' Advices' from Now York are that the
purchasers of the Portland Consolidated
Bail war are desirous of securing posses
sion at the earliest possible date, with
the object of Inaugurating thla season
suburbsn extensions and improvementa
It la reported that ther expect to apend
from 11.000.000 to $4,000,000 enlarging
and perfecting the system. The deal
waa cloaed finally yseterday. 7
With unlimited capital at Hhelr dis
posal, their' purpoaa la to construct a
network of auburban llnea In thla valley,
with Portland aa the center. Unofficial
etatementa made by their representa
tives, who recently visited thla city and
made aw axhajatlv lavestlgatioa of thai
ayatem and the territory triDutary to it,
confirm these reports. The purchaaera
fully Mallse the great poeslblHtlss of
development of Portland's Immediate
surroundings.. - They -are advised -aa-t
hs city's rapid growth, avd Its pros
pects for continued expansion at the
same marvelous rata . and . they sea
areat possibilities for' a traction com-
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MZSZ-lfl. C yj--!-sn!-nm-M''-- ;
WU1 Snlarge tha ystaml
' It Is thought they will build lines Into
many dlatrlcU of the city that, are now
without that convenient streetcar ! aer
vina. amd In conseauenoa a areat fmpe-
ua will be given to horae-bulldlng. , Toe
ayatem sow naa lit mues i iracK, uu
Its -equipment Includes about 176 cars,
nearW ail of which are in operation. It
-J i(d thll 8UearTUi4TiutpmeTitwra
within, the next few years be nearly. dou
bled, giving frequent and rapid transit
to aU psrtaof tha city and county.
- From the cf floe of tha president of
the company circulars went out to the
stockholders of the Portland Consoli
dated rsilwsy yesterdsy, advising them
that 111) I share waa offered for their
stock, and that if they desired to accept
that figure for their holdings they must
deposit their atock with the First Na
tional bank of Portland on or before
June lOu On that basla.- coupling ex
penses and commissions, ' ths Portland
Consolidated, capitalised at $4,000,000,
- ffvv.f,y ta eastern PwnKl ng
firms tor approximately ,00.000.
-There are 150 residents of Portland who
own street railway stick..
eUgmaaa and Clark tne Owners.
- Under the terms Of the sale, tha First
National bank agrees with deposltora of
stock that it will return to them the
stock or pay them the price named for
It on or before July 10. Delivery of
the stock 1 to be made to ther New
York1 Truat company of New. Tork,
which' la acting-aa the flacal agent of
A. and F. Bellgman sc Co. of New York,
and a W. CUrk C Of Philadelphia,
wht are tha aetual ownera of the prop
erty. The Clarka are already ownera
of it traction syatems In large eastern
cltiea. - ' - -' " '
Tha eastern representatives . and ex
perts who came hero to Inspect the
property were surprised to find one of
the best streetcar ayetema In tha coun
try. The company haa been owned In
Portland, Ssa-JTranclaco and Ne York.
Conalderably more than
stock hat been held here, and It Is due
to- the men in Portland who controlled
It that the property la In flrst-clsss con
dition and that ths construction work
done In recent years Is of the beet The
- mnri -mrk f these- men; haa brought
about the conditions thatL fntbt1, h
property to be aold at a price nigmy
creditable to the city of Portland aa
well aa to the Consolidated company
stockholders.
Oity'g largest Transeetlo.
Tha amount of money Invdlved In this
sale makes It. the I'argeat transaction In
the history of the city. .
; The of ncere,. of the company are:
'.President. A. U Mills; vice-president snd
superintendent.. C. F Swlgert; general
manager, F. I. Fuller! tfeaaurer, J. C
Alnaworth. Theee,1 with A. White
of New Tork are tha directors. . 1
Tha propertlea now included In the
' Portland Consolidated - company Were
originally built and owned by various
companies, and have passed '' through
stages of bsnkruptcy and prosperity,
dating from the old horsecar days. They
have been through receiverships and at
times ths stock was almost worthless,
although vast sums of money have been
Invested In course of thelr-constructlon
snd reconstruction. The present sys
tem hss been evolved from a condition
ot trsctlon ohaoo that existed 10 years
ago. when soma of the present stock
holders took an Interest In the street
tar proposition In Portland and "stuck
to It" faithfully until the problem of a,
successful trsctlon system wss solved
lust fall by tha consolidation of the two
.(Continued on Pagt Two..
Both Russia and : Japan
"Act Favorably
: i Peace Proposals.
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HOPE THAT MIKADO WILL
lr GRANT GENEROUS TERMS
Washington Hears That the
. .Powers Are Planning to Pre
- vent Japs'. From Keep- r-
Arthur,
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(Special rn.petch by leased Wlre-te Ths Jooraal)
Washington, D. C. June 10. Presi
dent Roosevelt Is expected , back- In
Waahlngton tomorrow,'' when It is ln-.J
ttmmted he wlU have the replies in iuii
I cf Japan and Russia to" his Identical
note suggesting peace.. wnica waa pub
lished today.-v - -During
the abaenoe of the irealdent
the mouths of officials, aa they put It.
were ."absolutely sealed." r They will
neither affirm nor deny-that thla gov
ernment has knowledge that both Japan
and Russia have adopted tha president s
views that in the interests of humanity
tha-wa-must-ceaselt la believed,
however, that detailed replies of the
h.iirrnta have been received: be
cause a proper reply to the prealdent
would demand eonaiaeraiion oj um umr
ftlotaMiivolvedr--:'rr"rr ; J"
Tha intimation IB strong am irvm
official sources that the deoleratlon of
a truoe or armistice Is ta be looked for
v.n ahortlv. The varlaua atepe which
1 will Uii jn as the flrat eaasiowtif the.
T ..-....tt.Hes T were todsy
stated to be aa follows!
- First The agreement to negotiate for
peaoa by formal reply to the president.
Second Armistice. -
, Third The appointment by Japan and
Russia of peace plenipotentiary. .
. Fourth The selection of a place of
the meeting of the plenipotentiaries. f
Officials of the state department are
not ready to admit that the plaoe to be
elected will be Waahlngton. They aay
frankly that that question hss not been
reached and,' of course there Is no use
discussing such a proposition until the
armistice has been declared. ' Aside from
tha proof in cable dispatches, which
ststa specifically that Japan and Rus
sia have agreed to the president's propo-.
sltion, the Impression here Is general
that all of tha ambassadors. Including
Count Casslnl. were aware for some
dayafjf the nature of the president's
suggestion to Russia and there was no
objection to It. ' '
- It la also aiauid litie by .the. dlplo
mats themaelvea . that the prealdent
would not have aent the proposition hsd
he not had soma assurance that It would
have received favorable consideration.
Tha atata department ssys that the
reply to the president from Jspsn and
Russia (If not already made) will be
sent to tha atata department by Min
ister Grlacom at Toklo and Ambassador
Meyer at St. Petersburg. .
. Admirable Statesmanship. .
The unofficial newa In Washington
that Russia and Japan have approved
tha president's plan s supposed to have
come from the Russian embassy -and
the Japanese legation. The Japaneee
minister was outspoken with regard to
the move made by the president. He
said: -T - .-'
"It Is the most admirable piece of
statesmanship I have ever seen. - It Is
entirely baaed upon the noble Idea of
humanity and civilisation. - It will be
regarded aa tha beeoon-lght-of"the 6IW
11 lied world to be followed by Interna
tlonal transactions and I am aura that
the suggestion mafla in that manner by
tha president will, be promptly accepted
by Japan." " '
' Tha Japanese tegatloa 4a still main
taining tha 'position that Japan haa not
yet estimated her Indomnlty and that
this will only become Jcnown apeclflcelly
when the Jspanese plenipotentiaries
state the terms. , As usual they will do
much higher than aver when eventually
accepted. . .,-.- , .'. . ,! -;.
1 ""Stay Oraata Baadloek. r iT '
It may happen that the terms may
create a deadlock and. tnere would be
thn nothing to- do. buty accept au- um
pire, reier tne wnon esse iw ing m.ut
or resume the wsr.
The general Impression ' gained here
aa to the special desire of Japan Is thst
the must Iravsj Port Arthur on the asms
terms from China sa It is now held by 1
Russian Japsn, tt is reasoned.- nas all
aha can get la Korea aa aha could not
have full sovereignty over that coun
try. That Pclrt Arthur la what Japan
wants Is a matter of history past and
present. Japan was. deprived of Port
Arthur at the .time-'.! the .Chinese
Jspanese war ana got instesa. tns is
land of Formoss. -The main proposition
of Japan will be for-the possession of
Port Arthur to .put a stop far sll time
to Russian Intrigue with China in Man.
ehurla. . .-
There Is already a report that none
of the ambassadors, not even the British
ambassador who ha been consulted by
tha president, favora the delivery of
port Arinur 10 .lapsn. w.
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Cruiaer
AUTO DASHES INTO :
RIVER OFF BRIDGE
Motor Car's Fatal ; Piunge . at
Full Speed From Open
: Draw in Chicago.. '2J il
THREE ARE DROWNED ' 1
TWO OTHERS RESCUED
Touring 'Plirty Racing With
Other Machines No Lights
toWajn nrivnr
(gpaeUI tnspateta bylased Wire to Tha JearssI)
Chicago, June 10. Three members of
a touring party, one woman and two
men, were drowned and two other per
sons hsd narrow escapes from death
when a large' touring car plunged
through an open draw at tha Rush street
bridge tt $ o'clock thla avenlpg. Tha
.4ea4-ar
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Kurtsemao 01
the Delprado hotel. - '
A man named Hartley of 171 Mtohl
gan avenue and recently from New
.York.' -. ", '
Those rescued were:
Mrs. Jeremlsh Ranyon of the Lexing
ton hotel. William H. Hoops. 4106
Drsxel boulevard, son of tha manager of
the Cadlllao Automobile company.
, Hoops was aotlng as chauffeur whan
the accident occurred.
- The desire of Hoops to pasa another
automobile which tie had been trailing
along Ruah atreet la aald. by one of the
wltneaaea. to have been the cause of ths
liienUtiutaT accident, lioopa ds'clared
that there were no signal lights to warn
him that tha bridge iwaa open and It
tbere'-wera- he eauld-not .-ee -tlem-in
the heavy fog.
Pedestrians saw- three- machines run
nlng aide by aide up the Incline to the
bridge. When they were within 14
yards of tne opening, tha machine oc
cupied by young-Hoops and his friends'
shot ahead. - An agonised cry waa heard
by those in the other carriages as Hoops
saw and realised his perlL
- There waa a grinding sound as tha
chauffeur applied the brakea ' to tha
wheels of the machine.' They did not
knew . that ' tha - bridge waa opsn but
Hoops' shouts "Stop! Oh. atop!" warned
them that eomethlng waa wrong.
The next instant the foremost auto
mobile suddenly swerved to one. aide
and then plunged Into the air and dis
appeared from view in the darkness.
Anothsr cry waa heard In a woman's
voice, then a loud splash as the heavy
"vehicle struck' the water and carried Its
load of human beings to ths bottom.-
Hqpps and Mrs. Rtinyon managed to
free themaelvea from the' carriage in
soma -manner, - they scarcely know just
how t.hmeelvea. - They came to the
surface and after long moments were
rescued - ..'.
. Hartley and Mr. and Mrs. Kurtseman
were carried to the bottom. It la be
lieved they were beneath tha mass of
Iron when it struck tha soft river bot
tom and that they were pinioned be
tween tha carriage and the mud In such
a mannsr that their dying atrugglea
were of no avail. . Although tha river
was dragged thoroughly, add without
Interruption for three hours, nons of the
bod! were recovered. . '. -
As this wss tha Second accident of the
ssme kind to occur at the Rush street
bridge, sctlng Msyor Patterson ordered
tha police to require automobile drivers
to oome to a dead stop when approach
ing bridges In tha future. The police
were warned to see thst the order is
obeyed to the letter. . .
,'--' tra-Svara Taeolm, - z
.(IpeMal Diapatek U The Jearael.) -"
TacolUWasluJuna 10-rirai-anpr
posed to be of Incendiary origin, early
thla morning burned most of the busi
ness houses here, causing a laea of 110,.
f oo. with Insurance or xssa tnsn ons
third. " - - ? r.v:,- - ,
- - Osliforalaaa) Oemiag. ' -(Ipeelal
Dispatch kyLsassd Wire The Jearsel)
San Francisco, June 10. Ons hundred
and fifteen members of the California
promotion committee- left -San Fran,
riscor this evening by speolal train tar
.Oregon. - . - '
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Mgrblehead, in the River Near the :
Group of Sailors
CRUISER
"STAY VvTOTB E. V E
' Tha TTclted State cruiser Marblehead
arrived In port yeaterday from San
Franclsoo. Tuesday morning she will
leave . for Puget sound, orders to thst
effect having been., received from the
navy department. ,
-Through United States Senators Ftil
ton of Oregon and Ankeny of Washing
ton, both of whom are in tha city, and
other representatives in congress, the
Lewis and CUrk fair officials will msks
an effort to Induce tha department to
allow the Marblehead to remain at Port
land until, the exposition is' ended. This
Is the announced purpose . of I. N.
Flelschnor and X. Allan Lewis, members
of the fair committee, who boarded the
Marblehead yeaterday and welcomed the
of fleets and crtw tothe el ty-tn behalf
Of tha management of the exposition."
Will Watok fog Busslans.
Just, prior .to leaving the Bay City
for the north Captain F. H. Holmea.
commanding officer of the Marblehead.
received a letter from Rear-Admiral
Goodrich, who haa charge of tha Paolflo
squadron. Instructing him to proceed- to
Port" Townsend on -Tuesday morning. He
was told to relieve the torpedobost de
stroyer Perry, which would be aent to
Portland.- Tha communication also made
clear that Captain Holmea should sier
ctee every precaution to prevent foreign
Invasion of the north Paclflo coast.. If
a Japanssa or Russian warship should
drop Jnto-any- of the-aound-porta- the,
commander was tnformad thst It would
be his duty to Intera or force her- to
leave within 14 hours.
Captain Holmes, ss well ss tha othsr
Officers af tha Marblehead, la much die
appointed that his suy at Portland glvea
promise of being of such short duration.
The theory ia advanced that Admiral
Goodrich haa been led tq believe that a
torpedoboat will-be of greater interest
to the vieltore to ths fair than a cruiser
and.forthla reason ha concluded to
make the' change. The expoaltton man
agement will not only mske an effort
to have the cruiser remain here but will
aleo recommend that the Perry be or?
dered to Join her.
Marblehead Arrtvea TfBasveotadJy.
The Marblehead reached port yeater
day afternoon at t o'clock, much sooner
than expected by thoaa who bad been In
formed of the hour that aha left up the
river from Astoria. , The, run from the
cltv'bv the eea. was started 'at I:1S
Ve clock la .Ue: iing,, ..and oonse-
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Steel, Bridge.. . ;
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f,.aj t'i'ji"H.'i ti HD'nit mmm i. t ' i'V'.. .'" 1 wi'S sa.'
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ontha Upper Deck of the Cruiser
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MARBLEHEAD'S
quently the vessel completed the lsst
stretch of her voyage in the best of
time. She was piloted up tha Columbia
nd Willamette by Captain Patterson,
the government's trusted mariner.
L Coming up from the Bay Cltyth
cruiser faced a raging gala aa far north
aa Cape Blanco, which accounta for her
long paaaage. For more than a day her
deck wss flooded. Under, favorable con-
ditlona the Marblehead travels 15 knots
sn hour 'without any particular exer
tion, but for more than a day when she
wss battling 'With the elements she did
not cover more than four knots an, hour.
Tessel Bear Marks of Storm.
Splashed by the seas which JefL .yel
low marks the cruiaer did not arrive In
ACTRESS TEARFULLY
TELLS OF BANKRUPTCY
Mrs. James jJJrown Potter Re-
lates Story of Her Financial
Transactions in Court. '
(Copyright, Hearst Hews Serrtee, by Lessrd
.. Wire., to Tse- Jesrsal ..-,.,...
London, June 10. "Oh. I an 'a pined
woman!" broken-heartediy exctaimea
Mre. James Brown Potter an tha wlt-i
ness stand In the police court' today.
She waa giving , evidence In a case
agatnst her lata. lawyer,. . Mr. Foealck.
who la being prosecuted on a charge of
emhexsllng H5.00J belonging to the es
tate of a widow of which be had con
trol . ' .
' When Mrs." Potter leased the Savoy
theatre last October for her production
of "Du Barry." sha hsd overdrawn her
bank account 114.000. gating aa security
her freehold estate. Bray lodge, at
Maidenhead.' valued by her at 1 100.000.
8 he told Fossick- sho-nsedo)' to raise
50.000, with half of which sha wanted
to pay off the overdraft and with the
other-half to carry on. the Savoy the
atre, 'Mre. Potter elgnad aeveral docu
menta without reading them and toolt
Fosslck's word for ,Jt that he had dis
charged the overdraft and had deposited
the .balance to her bank account, .
' The ' United 1 States cfulssr
Mgrblehead reaohed port at I
. o'clock , yesterday afternoon.
Through the orders of Admiral
'Goodrich she will leave - for
' Puget - Sound : Tuesdsy morning
unless a chang should soon be
made In the program. - t-t
- At 19 o'clock thla morning
.si visitors will be received and en-
a ; tertalned .0 , board u tha veaaeu e
a ' The crulaers Chicago and Boaton
a are axpeeted to aall from Ban
a : Franclaco for Portland tomor-
a row.
aBhe has beti 'ordered to re--
a Ileve tha torpedo-boat destroyer
a Ferry at Port Townsend, Wash- e
lngton. s'nd exerctsa-every pro-,
caution against foreign Invasion. e
a This mesns that If a warship of
either belligerent In the far east
a should tutor that port. It would
be tha duty of the Marblehead - 4
to in that aha left Within 14
t. hours or waa Interned.
4 The Perry on being relieved ia 4
to coma to Portland. The ex-
position management,' through
- Senator Fulton of Oregon and "
e Senator Ankeny ofJWashlngton,
s-la maklns an effort to have the
e navy department . rescind the
T-orderand-permlt-tha-Marble
O head to remain here till the close
of the exposition. - v
- Tha fair authorities wish to
" have the Perry sent mre to Join , 4
ths MarbteheadVaVid other naval 4
e " vessels In this harbor. .
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staWxiaaVe'. aall ataSV!
Marblehead.
R Y S H O RT
as attractive" form as .her officers had
hoped. .For this reason visitors were
not received on board yeaterday after
noon; It waa decided to tidy her up a
bit, first and the sailors put In the re
maining hours of tha afternoon scrub
Ing the. decks ' and polishing the wood
and brasswork of the craft. , The dual
and. fust were also brushed from the
barrels of her gloaming guns. - in s
few hours they had the vessel free of
dirt and looking aa though ahe i,,si
dressed up In honoivsf a gala ( day.
Flags floated from her mainmast and
she presented a pretty picture floating
on . the Willamette. , Beginning at 10
o'clock thla morning visitors will be re
ceived Snd entertained on board during
the remainder of her its y .in port. .
Bkiejaeketa Given laira Treedosn.'
Thai members of tha committee bid
ding her welcome to -the harbor in
formed Commander Holmes that the of
flcera and crew would be granted free
admission to ths exposition grounds. He
was also requested , to delegate two of
ficers who know the' sallora to stay st
the exposition gstes and allow the blue:
Jackets to pass Into the grounds-whenever
they appeared fot that purpose. If
they Intended to ' remain during the
aummer It la probable .that they would
be" given season, tickets. -
The Marblehead Is very much larger
than the revenue , cutter Hugh McCul-loca-,
- which Is enchored In the harbor
some distance above her. She, is 2(7
feet long. 17 feet across the beam and
of 14.T depth of hold. The vessel wss
built st Boston In 1891 and her speed
Is .given -aa 18.23 knots sn hour. Her
armament conalata of 10 five-Inch guns
snd slx-pounders. A, list, of her of
ficers Is aa follows:
F. H. i Holmes. commander; A. C
Almy.'; lieutenant-commander;
Palmer, lieutenant-commander, J. ' H.
Blackburn.' ensign; . M5, , Davla mid
shipman; R. A. Dawss, midshipman; F.
C Johnson, midshipman; C. H. DeLancy,
assistant surgeon O. A. Helmtcka, as
sistant psymaster; J. C. Hlckmetts,
bostswaln; 1. .Wilbur, gunner; D. J. Mc
Carthy, warrant machinist; H. F. Deeds,
psy cleric Sha hss a crew -of ZSS men.
.Advices received last evening state
that the crulaers- Chlcag and Boaton
will leave Han Franclaco on Monday for
Portland.- Rear Admiral Goodrich, who
Is In command of the Pacific squadron,
will be oa tha Chicago, whita is bis
flsgihlp.' '.'.. '
Hcney Says That CalU
fornia State Land Of-;
ficc ls Corrupt,
.-
AGENTS HAND IN QL0VE ; ;
-WITH THE LAND THIEVES
Two Thirds of ths Cotdehtate's
Priceless Timber Lands Stolen .
Government Employes ,
Refuse to Stop Crafting.
(Special IHapeteh by Leased Wire ts Ths Joarsal) ,
Ban Franclaco, June 10. There . are
tha best reasons for believing that tha
scandals of the land of flea. In Oregon
will soon be dwarfed by the expoeure
Of yet mora- gigantic frauds In con-'
nectlon with ,the land office of Call- -fornia.
. Notwlthatandlng' , tha v deter
mined inaction of tha men whose offi
cial position makes them guardians of
tha publla domain T and '. who are in
honor bound to, checkmate' every attempt-
to acquire atata or federal ter
ritory by. ilHclt ..means, the explosion '
cannot .much' longer be' delayed. - -Tha
administration - at Washington bss
been Informed -of whet Is -going,
that big stick is ' ready to fait upon
guilty haada however, .high,, in author
ity , .
Francla J, Hney, who lert ror rort-
land last night to prosecute ma-Uvaeti-gatton
aa special government counsel,
deserves tha credit . of setting the
wheels of Investigation In motion.' In
aa- interview yesterday he t revealed
soma startling Jacta in connection wltn
the land grabbing in tha auta. . -. - -Ofttoial
Are Blamed. ' - .-;c
There la no uae in pounding away tt
private individuals who have been--try-
Jng : to turn a dlshoneet penny at the
states expense," he said. "The center
of corruption is In ths land efflcea of the
state of California Itself. As before. It
I haa. born hand and-glova-with tha ring.
and any pretense of .Ignorance In re
gard . to the schemes ' of graft whlch
have been hatched under its nose' le ab
surd. The land ring haa received favors
from thla office ever since tha last elec
tion until now two thirds of ths state'a
priceless: timber lends have been prac
tically stolen."
It Is known on good authority that
Attorney - Heney, when In Washington,
D. C reported to President Roosevelt
that he had uncovered unmistakable
evidence' of fraud in the methods by
which public lands had been acquired by
large syndicates In- California, Idaho-.
and Oregon. Tha president. It Is stated,
eumstul hi
uieeeea at onto wnu
the' probing process. Whether Heney .
will accept the commission sod clesn .
cvery-suU-ia ths-Augean. stahlaa. or
whether tha completion e tha task will
devaive upon other shoulders. Is as yet
uncertain. But the determination of tha
president to get to the bottom of the -matter
Is so well known that tha landt
ofnee officials are beginning to trembla -for
tha consequences. - - - - -t ,
Ofnelala aVwara af Fraud, f
There ought not to be any need for l
tha government to retain a special at
torney." was the opinion expreaaed by .
Heney yeaterday. "It la no mora my
duty to hunt down the land thieves than
It Is 'the duty- of Surveyor-General
Wooda or Attorney-General Webb, or of
United States Attorney Devlin. What ,
are these men In of Ilea fort , And be-,
sides, there are the special inspectoral
of the department of the Interior de- v
tailed for the express. purpose of ,pre i.
venting frauds against the government.
All' of these men know that offenses
ssalnst the state and federal law hav
Lbeea going on for yea re, and yet when
they do notning worse iney sn ana ioiu
their hands and say: "Well, no one baa
has made a complaint.'. '
"I do, not know what they would call
a complaint. . The papers, have been full
of eomplatntav The public records are -full
of evidence of bad faith on the part ,
of thoae who . have acquired timber
lands. And yet , the government has to
hire special counsel to Investigate the)
charges. --The trouble la that we have
1,000 'officials . who . ara paaalvely dis
honest to one who Is actively honest -"For
example, take tha Hyde and
Dlmond esses. The men were indict!
under the federal atatutea. and a part
of their defense Is that even If ihey
did defraud the stste of California, they
committed no crime against ths United .
Hate. Tsftha state land officials can
not be made to budge, aa inch oa behalf
"Ot the state." .."'
Attorney Heney ststea tna ne naa
proof which he believed would stand
good In court of tha active participation
of certain nfflclala In unlawful deals,
snd ttisn continued;
""Th specttletorw have apparently baaw - -in
possession of advance Information ell
along In regard to tha forthcoming ac
tion of the government. Thla baa been
especially-noticeable -In the matter of
creation of forest reserves. Two super
intendents have confessed - .that lh
were bribed to select auch lands fr re
serve, the ld being to make the rr
vatlon cover as much tsrant school l.n .
ss possible.
'This land wss particularly w
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