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THE OREGON : DAILY joURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENINO, NOVEMSSH 13, 1SC5.
llfir!i;:::!iGEIIT880UlCflUIJCIL.lEJ
OH PUIUATE BELT LINE PROJECT
Application for Franchise Along
Water Front Expected Now .
" Within a Week, v ' "'
WOULD GIVE SOUTHERN ;
PACIFIC A MONOPOLY
If Belt-Line Privilege Were; Granted,
It Is Said, Road Could; Not Be
- Built in Lew Then Three. Tears
Faith in McCuaken. ;i '' ' v-
' Utmbtn of the city counoU have been
approached by agenta of the Harriraan
system to learn their attituda toward
tha granting of a franchise to that cor
poration for a belt Una alone tha water
, front, to eonnact tho Southern Paclf Ic'a
Jefferson atreet road with tha union ata
Hon. A member of tha council aald
..today:.., T - ' -"'' , V'1
1 look for tha filing of an application
, by tha Harrlman Interaata within a weak
lor a franchlaa for tha belt Una along
, jthe waterfront."- .- - ' ' - '
Tha view expressed by-this member
of-the council appeara ta. railroad experts-
to axplala tha recant purchases
.of valuable waterfront property by rep
resentatives' -of tha Harrlman llnea. It
'1 known that aome time ago a number
, -nt South Portland manufacturara, whole-
aalera and retailers, petitioned tha Harrl
: man ayatem to effect a connection with
tha union atatlon. and that General Man
ager J. P. O'Brien refuaed ta .. conalder
their requeet at that time.
: aVosebmrg Takea a Kaad. 1 ... '
However,..'eoon after T.'R. Sheridan
. of Roseburg appeared In the city with
an application for a Front atreet fran
chise, and there wss 'a suspicion that
ha waa acting In tha Harrlman Interest
Thla waa noted In addreaaee by cltlaeni
who went before tha atreet committee
.' of tha council ' to proteat agalnat tha
granting of Mr. Sheridsn's application.
' The caution waa uttered In theee worda:
"Have a oara leat you wake, up aome
morning to , And that Mr. Sherldan'e
franchlaa. If granted, turna up In tha
Iianda of the Southern Pacific. " .
The theory waa forced that poaalbly
tha Harrlman people had procured tha
' cooperation of the Roseburg . . banker,
thinking that if tha corporation applied
for the franchise In the open the people
would oppoae It and that therefore Mr.
Shertdan'a mora waa merely a. Harrl
man project in disguise. .: .. .
" Wo aid Ooatrol Waterfront.
' 1 The preponderance of aentlment, now"
ever, today ia that tha Harrlman aye
tern conceived tha idea, of bottling up
tha waterfront and thue. gaining tha
tremendoua advantage' that would ae
rrue to the corporation by commanding
virtually tha entire foreign freight han
dling In Portland.
- It la known that Mr. Harrlman'a vlelt
- to Japan recently-waa to arrange with
the mikado's. government . for hla
eteamer liner preferential ratcg or some I
relatione that would give him the ad
vantage ever tha ateamtfhtp Interaata
backed by James J. Hill, and the con
elusion ta drawn that Harrlman'a am
bition la to eecura practical proprietor
ahlp of ahlpplng facilities In thla port,
v Tha people -of Ban Franclaco 40 years
CILEERT SAYS MM
litfDS JUOfiE BADLY :
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Wise' Onet" V'See Appointing
i; Finger. Pointed at Jut- ;
" tice Bean. :'''.'','
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trnlted Statee ' Circuit t Judge W. B.
v Gilbert, returned' yesterday, from San
Francisco and will remain ln Portland
until some, time In January, Be , held
' court yeaterday and today In the fed,
;. eral building. " i ,
Judge. Gilbert has no delinKe Informa
, tlon aa to-the time when the land fraud
trl.l. -til ha i-eaiimad In this r.ltv.
yond that contained in The-Journaf a
. Washington dlspatchea ' ta ' tha affect
. that" Congreajiman Hermann will be
placed on trial aoma time In December.
' . Ha la uncertain also- whether ' or not
Judge. Hunt of Montana will preside at
-.jibe coming trlala. . $ . .
"I do not know 'Whether It will be
poealble for. Judge . Hunt to leave hla
own-court again." -If he should do aa It
" might be naceasary to assign aome other
. Judge to bis court while he la here. If
'. tha vacancy on tha district bench for
thla state ahould be filled soon, poaalbly
' the' appointee might go to Helena ta
.take Judge Hunt'e place while ha waa
herO ., .. '
f Judge Gilbert axpreaaed tha hope that
' ' a district Judge for Oregon would be
-" appointed eoon, for much bualneaa has
; accumulated In that court which cannot
be disposed of 'while the vacancy" con-tlnuee.-
He bad -no -Information aa to
. who the appointee ia likely to be.
Among the politician however, the be-
lief Is gaining ground that the office
' will go either to Justice Bean or to Jua-
tlce Wolverton. and aome of-tha wlee
ones are saying with -a myaterlous ah
that ..underground advices point' un
t mlstakably to Bean, "there are others
mho era Just a confident that Wolver
' ton will be the president's choice.
PAYS TWO DOLLARS TO
I jMAVE peace at station
, Bella Baxter grew hysterical at police
headquarters this afternoon and Created
huch a scene because aha could not ae
rure It which waa stolen from her and
Held .by the- police aa evidence that
Chief Giitamacher ordered her given
.' tier property, '. 'e
1 If there la any trouble about It, I
.aviu. refund the amount. .put of my own
pocket." aaid tha chief. . .
..- ; , Ms x well Sinclair waa arrested, act
cuaed of robbing Mlas Baxter and with
" the theft of an overcoat and 111 from
Mr. Wilson. He waa held to the grand
Jury under a bond ef ll.aoo.v .
Made famous . oyer, fifty
years ago--ls ' still famous."
The only dentifrice 'of
International reputation. T. ..'
S Ptrmj: IifaicV Ptwdr & Patlt
ago fought zauch a battle and wreated
from private Iianda tha waterfront, foil
ing aobemera who designed to secure
complete control. In San Pedro, the
seaport of Los Angelee, tha Harrlman
and W. A. Clark Interaata now are en
deavoring . to secure control of the
waterfront and agenU left for Waeh-
Ington a few days ago to effect arrange-menta-
with the war department that
would alve them such control. Similar
efforts have been made In San Plego,
and In faot all along tha coast wherever
the Harrlman tntereata touch transpor
tation there has been a atrenuoue ef
fort " to " aecure control -aucn ee -woiho
follow the acquisition . of Portland a
waterfront' - V - - ' ' f
I- Sea Ooaat Ontle. aseestlaV,:
An element I tha Harrlman anxiety
to control water front property In thla
city la tha necessity of all roada in the
central region of the United States get
ting ta the sea coast In order to pro
tect themselves sgainat the effects of
possible -rate regulation legislation by
con crass on- account of the port prefer
ence clause la the federal constitution.
South Portland conoerna realise that
they must have Immediate transfer fa
cilities, elaa they . wUl be lert in the
race for supremacy. - Their attitude . la
explained by their Importunity to the
Harrlman llnea ta build a belt line con
necting them with the union atatlon. .-. It
la claimed by railroad- contractors that.
If tha Harrlman ayatem be granted a
water front belt line franchlaa It will
be three yeara before It ran.be place
la operation. - It would entail sl.600.00e
to t -.000,000 expense. ' Concrete piers
would have to be constructed and ex
pensive work done In order toget te
lino peat tha bridges. . . . y 7
Would Take Tee tong. .
"By tha time the-Harrtmen belt line
along . tha waterfront waa. computed,
three yeara hence)," aald a prominent
business man today, "Soath Portland
would be 'deserted, and concerns now
doing bualneaa there we-ald have founa
locations- farther north or on tha aaat
aide of tha river.". . - .
The application of Thomas MeCusker
for a franchlaa for an electric' Una down
Front' - atreet, - at yeetarday'a . council
meeting, haa thrown all prevloue pUna
Into confualon. It la claimed, that. many
of the moat powerful houaaa of tha city
have looked Into the-matter and today
are aaylng that they have proof that
Mr. MeCusker la not acting for the
Harrlman llnea. and that R. M. "Wade
Co, and the Honey man Hardware com
pany, who are backing tha project, are
moving in good raitn. . v .
. ; SlaeMa Uae Bea. -.
It' la claimed that an electric Una
alnn Front atreet ' can . be - placed In
operation within - a few months, while
a general waterfront belt line of the
Harrlman people would not be available
for traffic: within tnree years.
AoDarentlr only one other aolutlon o-
the Harrlman ayatem'a weat aide trans
portation problem la offered to bridge
tha Willamette river above Portland and
throw over to tha east aide the trafflo
that comes in via the Fourth atreet and
Jefferson atreet lines. ' Thla might be
done In the future, and It la aald that
It would be one means of relieving the
oongeation that- now Is troubling tho
terminal company, which la unable to
handle the-cara needed for tha uiesenl
volume of business. With the enor
mous growth aaaured for Portland with
in tha eotnlna five yeara. tha necessity
for providing for larger ar.lpplng and
tranafer.facilltlea ia appreciated by all
persona who have atudied the altuation.
AUGUST ERICKSON MAY
LOSE. HIS LICENSE
Eight Other , SaloonKeepert
Must Explain to Liquor
T License Committee. :
August . Erickson. proprietor ef , tha
. nnnr hall nil tha : ' Pacific
coast, and eight other saloon-keepers of
Portland have been cuea to appear dw
for the llauor license committee of the
city council : Saturday night to ahow
causa why their llcenaea' should not be
revoked. . . .'
Tha nine men have been convioieo in
city ordlnancea, and under a ' rule re
cently adopted by tna commtitee toe 11
censea of convicted men shall be re
voked, nrovldlng they cannot give rea-
aonabla axcusea . Erickson . haa three
recent copvlctlona agalnat him. on Oc
tober t'he waa lined 1 58, and November
I 7S and ISO for two separate offenses.
The', other aaloon-keepera who have
been cited to appear are: Ed Villa, II
North Third atreet; Al Wohlera. II Fifth
atreet; William Mader, 30 Firat atreet;
C. U Clina, l Fifth atreet; at Marka,
251 First atreet; J. D. Morrla. Ill Sec
ond atreet; I). Fraclaa. 164 Market
atreet; W. P. Lilgeaon, 111 North Sev
enteenth atreet. . '
Nearly all the, convictions against
these men were -for keeping their, sa
loons open after 1 o'clock. -
PUPILS DELUGE-VISITORS
WITH" BOUQUETS
Cottage Grove Citizens Enthut
laatically;Creet BuK .
.' nest Men.-
rt. lMifa? fir . Kov. It. .The
Portland business men were met at tha
train at 1 o"clock today. Mayor veatcn
delivered "ariVaddrerfa at welcome' and
Mm r.Mnkl m-ealilen tit tha Clommer-
claj club, also spoke. .Among tha apeak-
era or the fortiana aeiegation were aii
White, Mark Levy and Mr. Carroll of
Tha Journal. Tha visitors were delight
ed with the etty and Its people. School
children gave bouquets to the vlaitora.
An hour waa spent. in ceiyngupon tha
local merchante.
DICTATOR FOR RUSSIA '
) : MAY BE: APPOINTED
St. Petersburg, ' Nov. -1I.-X cabinet
meeting 'was called by the emperor to
day at Tearakoa-Selo. It la reported
that the' appointment of a dictator la
proba4e. , -. ' ';.,'..-'
' Fewdse Werka Bxptede. , - '
reorla.' .Ill:, Nov. II. t nree- eblv
slona occurred almost olmuHaneoualy la
tha Buckeye powder tnllle thia-ai tar
noon. Several persona are reported
killed and many Injured.'.-
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" Ooloael Befe eaee te Oooa. Bay.
Salem, Or., Nov, 11 Colonel Hoftr
and hla wife left: today lor Cefyg bay,
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r.lURDER TRIAL IS
flEAR CLOSE
fMany Witn Examined
In
case or staie Againti
, Frank Reis.
PRISONER APPEARS ?
; ; J ; PERFECTLY AT EASE
While Many Testify to Good Char
acter .of Man Accused of Killing
Feas One Witneat Saya Defendant
Admitted Crime to Him. . ' '
: tSnselal DniDateb to Tka JoarnsLI
The lHillea. Or. Nov.. II. Tha Rela
murder trial opened yeaterday afternoon
at 1:10 o'clock. Louis Owen was the
first witness. . He testified that he had
gone to get some apples on May 11. at
I o'clock a. m.. . and . found-. the houae
burned and the body of a human being
In the ruins, the lower llmbe and arma
burned off and otherwise badly charred.
Dr. Dumble of Hood River., who made
the postmortem examination of tha re
mains, stated he found several round
holea aa though made by bulleta. but
could' not positively swear to that, as
the internal oreana were Daaiy cooaeo
a ad he . did - not . determine the - sex, but
thought -It the. body of a mala. '
Coroner- Burgett testified to' hla get.
ting a 40-ll-oallbre .Winchester rifle
from Mrs.-Rises. -a neignnor, covereo
with dust, but it araelled of gunpowder
aa though lately nred. . r
Mr.. Thorns a. for , whom Rata waa
working, -aald Rala came to- breakfast
Mav 11 the same aa usual and In no
way excited suspicion.' '
Mr., Knight told of the treumea witn
Foaa and a eonveraatlon with Rala
the evening of the ahootlng- Mr. Per
kina wald thatTie heard seven shots on
the evening ef May 11 about I o'clock.
Ha 'was In bad, but at onoe dressed and
went to Foes' cabin. He aaw a light
through tha open door, which waa ahul
and bolted when he neared the house.
Ha rapped On tha door several timea,
but got no response, and atarted home
Rela then opened the door and aald ha
had killed Foaa. and that Perklha had
better keep still. Perkins said he
would tell the truth. Rela pulled a
gun and . forced . him -to promisee, and
then he aald ha would go back and burn
tha whole .thing. , .Under , moat aevere
croae-questionlng by the defendant's
counsel 'Perkins waa only mixed up on
distances and .time Seventeen wltneaaea
were examined until adjournment at
p. m. ' "
Thla morning tna aeaaion waa taaen
up by tha defenae, wno examinea z
wltneseee. all of whom testified to tha
good reputation and law-abiding quali
ties of Rels.
The defense will try to prove that
Rela was In his cabin at tha time of
the murder. The accused appeared In
court neatly dreaaed and. sitting fceside
hla aged mother, ahowa no algn of ner
vousness. ; It la a crowded courtroom.
The prosecution thlnka tha ease will go
morning. ..
CLOSE TO THE FINISH.
If : Tsawwaarg ; Beeord la BapeaHed,
VotUag- WUl Be aVeft by the Bad ef
ghe.Week, , . .' , ; .' r'-'-.' ' '' .
No lesa than H - choice ilnstruments
were sold at the exposition piano aala
of Kllera Piano Houaa yeaterday.
The number - of fine pianos, pianola
planoa, pianolas and organa that have
been sold by . fillers Piano House dur
ing the past couple . of weeka ta sur
prisingly large and the great exposition
sale ta rapidly drawing to a cloae. -
There are atlll left. for aala aeveral
very choice atylea of the moat costly of
Chickerlnga, . alao two very fancy up
right Klmbelle, three Webera. one very
An Haddorf, two beautiful Schumanna,
and one pianola piano, together with
aeveral pianolas and leaa than a half
dosen "second-hand" planoa of various
makes..
If you ever hope te own a really
choice piano, an Instrument that haa
been selected by aome connoisseur or
high-claaa artist, specially for some
prominent feature of the mualcal work
of .our great Lewis and Clark exposi
tion, and aecure such a musical gem
.TrT
vou will have to attend thla aale with
out delay. '.Paymente have been made
ao thoroughly oaay, too, that no one
whose home' la without a really fine
pisno ' need hesitate to secure one.
"MOney back." we aay,' It the purchaaa,
after delivery, la not in every way ac
ceptable to you. What more can be
doneT If you're coming, come this
afternoon or evening. Eilera Piano
Houae, 111 Washington street.
OPEN SHOP ADVOCATED
BY . INDUSTRIAL MEN
- (Jearsal Special gervke.!
flt Louis Nov. II. The Clttxena In
dustrial association thla morning adopt
ed resolutions Indorsing tha United
Typothetae'a open , shop stand. '
Herbert George, president of the CHI
sens'' alliance of San Francisco, talked
on the necessity for national coopera
tion. "Let oa live and work together in
we should live and .work together n
peace.- . Let ua put tha constitution - of
the United States above the constitution
of tho labor of man. . Union men have
rlghta, so have nonunion." W. C. Fran
cla of Portland, Oregon, told how Port
land built an open shop exposition. - -
';'.'; Football. ; '"s'-.v:;
' Sherman Indiana of California vs.
Multnomah.- Saturday. .November .- II,
Multnomah field. .1:10 P. m.. ra'n 4r
shine Admission 10c.
. . ,, , m l , ;
areeal Bew Bomea, '
The following permits f4r buildings
were , Issued yesterday: A. P. Smith,
cottage, O rover between Water and
Corbett atreete, coat 11,101; C B. Steel
smlth. cottage, Karby between Beach
and Falling atreete, 11.100; Portland
Seed company, chimney,--110 Front
street.-- 125; C f eW-Carlaon. -cottage,
Ruc.htef between Kaat Pine and East
Stark atreete, 11.100; A. Seott. two cot
taxes, corner East .Stark - and East
Thirty-sixth streets, II.J00; E. J. Oray,
eottage. corner Eaat Flandera and Kaat
Thirtieth) streets, 11,110: O. ' E. Hen
rich.' cottsge, ' Eaat Flandera between
Eaet Thirtieth and Eaat Thirty-first
streets. 11.160; M. M. Bin ford, residence,
Esst Seventeenth between East Couch
and . Eaat . Davis atreete. 12.000; D.
Crelfnton. residence, corner East Ever
ett and Eaat Thirtieth atreete, 12.101;
Oeorge E. Waggner. cottage, Eaat Main
between Eaet Thirty-first and Eaat
Thirty-second streets, 11,100. '
- Repair ' permlta were Issued to tha
following: I. W. Applegata, cottage,
Benton between Cherry and Montgomery
streets, coat 10; O. II. Zetsler, cot
tage. Division between Twenty-second
and Kaat Twenty-third aireeta, TI. .
THIS
RULE THE R0:D
Claimed That Melvin and Orval
" Acton Are Bate Line
. . jerrort.
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LAY IN WAIT FOR SMALL
' BOYS AND FIGHT THEM
If "Approaching Youth la Not Too
Large One of the Twing Enter the
Liata With Hint While the' Other
Standi by aa Referee. . V ' ,
" Out on the Base Line roal live Mel
vin and Orval Acton, twlna II yeara of
age, whose belligerent tendencies have
attracted the attention of juvenile court
officers and caused ' all manner of
trouble for Inoffensive youngsters who,
chanced to pass that way..
It was the merest accident that seri
ous If not fatal Injurlea were not. in
flicted upon one of their vlctlma -whom
they aaaaulted with a board through
which a nail waa driven.,. The victim
may loaa an eye aa tha reault of the en
counter and the pugnacious twins will
try to explain to the court why they
are always looking for a right.
Officers of the Juvenile court declare
that the twins have acquired a habit of
laying In wait for lads who paaaed along
the road. It the lad waa aa email aa
.Kh.r n the twlna he la attacked-by
one, while tha other acta aa referee and
reinforcement. ,- in caae "nf
.ho., unaxnected flahtlng atrength the
combined efforts of the twins are used
to ahow him that be haa no rignt mat
vicinity. - : v- . ' .
- Woe to the fragile lad of tha Pretend
ing Psrrv tvne who walka along the road
paat theAshton homerHe -ia apted from
afar by the twlna. who draw lots to see
which shsll have the pleasure of a combat-
That Is. lota are drawn provided
the approaching lad looks small enough
for one to handle -. If he ta big, both
attack him without preliminaries .
One of the pugnarloua twins con
vinced his brother that ha waa able
single-handed to lick Jamea Stanley, 14
yeara of age, who defied both. He waa
permitted to enter tha engagement
alone and unaided, but : tha waiting
brother eoon aaw that reinforcements
were needed. " 80 he joined In tha fray.
Then It waa discovered that tha pug
nacious twlna bad met their Waterloo.
It la aald that one of the lada seised a
board, through which a naif had been
driven, he atruck the Stanley boy In
I'MlitlKE
the face, the nairnterlng"behm thefrolve-4he-doubt lt favor of tha city.
eye and Inflicting a eerioua wound. It
ta aald that the. lad may loaa tha aye aa
a -result. The pugnacious twine will
appear at tomorrow'a aession of v the
Juvenile court. "f
IMOR MUST SETTLE. BOX
Vote on Bennett-Wills' Measure
a Tie Has Two Weeks to
' Decide.
In -tha handa of Mayor Lane reata
tha fata of the Bennett-Wllla box ordi
nance prohibiting boxea or bootha in aa
loona In tha etty. It la not tha duty of
the mayor In- this Instance to veto the
measure, but to cast a deciding vote, as
chairman of tha council, on the question
of the adoption of the majority report
of the llauor license committee wnicn
recommended that tha ordinance be
passed.
The vote on the adoption of tha re
port resulted in a tie yesterday after
noon. The Republican forces which
have heretofore, with two or three ex
ceptions, held solidly together on the
question were badly demoralised.
Councilman Wllle. Wallace. Vaughn,
Rushlight, Preston, Masters and Ben
nett voted for the adoption 'of tha re
port, while thoae opposed were Coun
cilman Annand, Beldlng. Oray. Keluv
- ThrTharortla never ween the uidl'
nance and aald he would Ilka to have
time to conalder the matter and, on a
motion to give him two weeka to de-
ctde how he would vote, the members
voted . the aame as they did on tha
adootlon of tha report If hla vote
Is favorable to the report and the ordi
nance la passed the measure will then
ao to him for hla signature.
Councilman Annand and Oray filed a
minority report asking that all box or
dinances" before the council be tabled.
and Councilman Shepherd filed another
minority report recommending that the
Vaughn ordinance be paaaed.
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JUDGE C: H. CAREY TO '
AID FIGHT FOR JETTY
Judge C. H. Carey, who leavea on No
vember 10 for Washington. D. C, will
represent the Portland, board of trade
rrrr assisting to aecurg appropriatlona
for . the Columbia river Jetty and the
Celllo canal. The board haa authorised
another delegate, whose name la with
held from publication, to 'go to Wash
ington later in the Interest of the work.
Judge Carey will not be able to remain
In Washington longer than a few days,
as private business demanda hla time,
but while there he will confer with con
gressmen and senatora of his acquaint
ance and urge the Importance of appro
priations for the Columbia river.
"The board Is doing all it can te help
tha cause of an open river and a deep
channel," aald President a. W. Allen.
"We want: to work' In cooperation with
tha other commercial bodies aa far aa
poaalble, for all are work in a; to a com
men end." V ....'..
GAS FROM NEW STOVE
. OVERCOMES SHOEMAKER
. , ... - .
A. Bukowsky, a shoemaker at 1 Six
teenth and Waahlngtoa .-atreete, .nar
rowly escaped death by gaa asphyxia
tion this morning. He purchased a new
gas stova for hla shop yesterday and a
Urge quantity of gaa escaped In the
room where he waa working this morn
ing, with tha result that ha was over
come, ,
pr. Start waa called. Tha physician
saya the man Is In a precarloua condi
tion. " ' ' ' ' ' -
r Urlo Aold and Oraveel .
Are' eaase by tka Klflnera being enable te
properly titer the Impurities from the biooa.
Ipvinv-a Burns Waf.r are tea only enrs
Lemedr for this eniMlltlna; the? cleanse tne
kldnevs from sll worn-eni aisTerTBi, - ouim np
the eiirnnkea walls of the Klrineys and prevent
the formation of trie Add. oM st fine a bos hr
S- O. Skldmora Si Oo., Druggists, 11
, Tairt sole aereaja far rertiaaa. Ox.
ORDIMCE QUESTO :
SAYS COUNCIL m
v THE POWER
Councilman ,
Southern
Master ' Thinks
Pacific's Fourth
. Street Franchise Revocable.
HIGHEST AUTHORITIES
UPHOLD" HIS ASSERTIONS
Franchlaa Granted ; for : Indefinite
t Period Held to Be Merely a Li
,'. cenae In Case of Doubt City Has
Adyantage Over Corporation.
Tha eitv council Doaseeaea tha power
to annul the Fourth atreet franchlaa of
tha Southern Paclfle company, m my
opinion.' said W. Y. Masters, today.
Mrv uaatera la a member of the coun
cil committee on Judiciary, to which waa
referred Councilman w. 1. vaugnn a
ordinance Introduced yeaterday to repeal
ordinance 119, paaaed In 11(1. granting
to tho Oregon Central Railway company
the privilege of laying a track and run-rilna-
eara on Fourth atreet i Tha old
Oregon Central rlghta have been ac
quired by the Southern Pacific, which
now operatea that line and brings all
cara from tha weat aide of the Willam
ette river territory Into ,the city via
Fourth atreet. . excepting the limited
number that come in over the Jefferson
street road. : '
Although I have not yet given eepe-
clal attention to Mr. Vaughn'a - ordi
nance." aald Mr. Masters. "I understand
that aa a general propoaltlon In tha law
tha authorlttea hold that auch granta
as that which waa made to the eld Ore
gon Central, now owned by the Southern
Pacific, are merely licenseserrolhabie
at will of tha council. . Thia la tha ab
stract phase of the case, and I believe
Jhat "tha -authorltlee - will be ;. found - to
euntain aucn a contention.
Careful examination of the various
court reports appeara to auataln Mr.
Masters' view.' A Una of decisions has
been traced which Includea the federal
supreme court and tha aupreme courts
of New York, New Jersey. Alabama.
Indiana. Iowa. Kentucky. Illlnola, Wla-
eonatn and Oregon. In addition, Elliott
on ''Roada and Bridges" and Dillon on
Municipal Franchises, both accepted
aa authorities by every court 01 tne
United Statea, expreas ther same view.
Still holdlne to the aba tract phaae of
the proposal. Councilman Masters further
dlacuaeed the question aa ronows:
"Whenever there be doubt a a to tha
balance of rights aa between the city
and a corporation,. . the courts alwaya
In other worda, the. preaumptton-1s-l-
waya In favor of all ef the people rather
than tn favor of a few of them asso
ciated in a corporation .or company of
any serf - ...... ... 1 ; c
WEAKNESS AKD DISHONESTY
ST BE PURGED . ,
So Says J. H. Ackerman, State
Superintendent, at Home
. Training Association.
."The weokneae- and dishonesty of
parents and the diahonesty of .teachers
are the three evlla that must be purged
from the. achool and home In order to
effect ideal ' condltlona for the. training
of children," aald 1. H. Ackermian. atate
auperlntendent of schools, last night,
before the Homa ' Training asoclstlon
and an audience ef aeveral hundred of
Ita friends. It was the second annual
fall rally and Invitations to the fathers
and mothers of the city to attend were
accepted ao generouely that tha large
auditorium of tha Taylor Street Meth
odist Episcopal church was filled. Mrs.
Samuel Connell. . the aecretary. Intro
duced Mr. Ackerman to apeak on "Tha
School and the Home." -',.
Rev. Dr. J. W. B rougher epoke briefly
on "Homa Ideala." - He declared that
the ..dally Inculcation of high enncepta
of duty was th greateat safeguard of
society. - '
Judge A. Li. Prase- eneswUd ta
clalma of the juvenile court for tha as
sistance of 'women to act aa probation
J of fleers and pleaded for volunteers.
Judge Fraser explained that the work
of the probation offlcera Is to look
after particular cases of families need
ing guidance and children who are
under the direction of the court. ...
Miss Nellie Dickenson played aa an
organ prelude Sir Arthur Sullivan's
"The Lost Chord." and Mrs. Jordan
Jordan Purivne.' Mrs E. 8. Miller, Mrs
K. A. Bamford and Mr. Kemp Bang
aoloa. Dr. F. Burgette Short, pastor of
the church, -opened the meeting with
prayer. ,1 ,,. " '
NO INCREASE FOR ANY '
TEACHER' THIS, MONTH
. . .
i Salariea for city achool Aaaohera for
tho achool month ef tha fall term are
being made out today, by City Superin
tendent Frank Itlgler according to tha
old schedule. , If ' the aalarlea are In
creased, by tha achool board as -pin rifled
the Increaae will be for tho entire term.
' There .... la no doubt that . the merit
ayatem will be dlacarded by the achool
board at tha meeting to be held Tues
day, and the schedule provided for In
the resolution to be Introduced by J. V.
Beach adopted. Under this 'schedule
principals of the grammar achoola will
receive f It Increaae a month and grade
teachera holding life '. dlplomaa, who
have been In tha elty achoola for alx
yeara. and high achool teachers, 5 a
month.' '
HELD AS DRUNK, HE r
-DIES AT ST. VINCENT'S
Picked up by Patrol Driver Price ajt
Second and Oak atreets shortly ,after
midnight, A- Roberta waa lodged in the
city priaon on a charge of drunkenneas.
This morning his condition was such
that he waa removed to St.' Vincent's
hosprtnt,' where he died about Tl o'clock.
- Iiittle la known of the man, . Ha was
sober enough to give his name and age.
If years, when taken Into custody. Jailer
Branch took him out of his cell to dis
charge him from custody yils morning,
when he turned pale and sank te the
floor. Dr. Matson waa summoned, pro
nounced the man's condition eerioua, and
ordered him aent to the hospital.
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.' Talk oa Pay oho logy.
There will be a meeting tomorrow aft
ernoon - at - tha home of .Mrs. Otto
Rothschild. S4J Third atreet. of the so
cial : economic!, department of the
Woman'a club. Dr. Norman H. Nesblt
will give a Ulk oa 'Taychology." . ..
Iflll GIRLS LEAR
JODIE
Josephine Bates and Estella Field
Tell of Experience in Elk
-' Saloon.'
BARTENDER MADE THE -'
: ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE
Mies Field Bronght Sixteen-Year-Old
Joaephlne" Bates With Her There
' Were Many Ways to Get in, Saya
' Miag Batta. ''' ''..- . . '
.In Judge Clf land's department of the
circuit - court thla morning Josephine
Batee, aged II yeara, and Estella Field.
10, told how young girls are enticed
into saloona and taught to drink. Jamea
McPherson, bartendjr at the Elk aa-
loon, Third and Yamhill atreata,' accused
of Inviting them Into a room In tho rear
of tha aaloon. liatened to tha atory. '
The proprietor of the - aaloon ' la
charged with violating tha ' ordinance
permitting females under 21 - years of
age In ' hla place, - The chargea were
made by Policeman Price, whoedeclared
that between I and o'clock one morn
ing he met the two girls In company
with 'MePhereon. the bartender. ' The
Iris were intoxicated, he aald. and were
ainging as they walked . along tha
atreeta. . He a treated tnera . ana tney
spent the night In Jail.
. The Batee girl aeciarea mat sn want
to the aaloon because she wss Invited
to so bv her friend. Estella Field. Mine
Field was Invited, she aald, by Mc
Pherson, the bartender, who called her
by - 'phone during . the afternoon. He
served them with wine end cocktails,
they said. . - .
-"I know I must have been drunk."
said the H-year-old girl., "for l -wee
tha first time I ever drank any wine. 1 1
don't remember much what happened
after I drank It. We entered the place
through a- rear. door. There are many
waya to get In, ee I waa told that
nlghf . . .. ....
The eaae went to tne jury . "
afternoon. ' - '
FlliDS OBSERVER DIGGInG
VEll III DESERT
K. Experiment Succeeds Silver
. .Lake Country . Wil Be Great '
Stock Country, Says Beals.
While making hla tour of tha Interior
part ef the atate to eacertaln If tha
weather bureau - instruments were In
good ahape at tha vmrloua cooperative
atatlona District Forecaster Baals, who
returned thla .morning, aaya that ha
found one of hla obaervera busily em
ployedniTTIlgglng an ai tealan well." The
observer was F. M. Chriatman. wno ia
located at a point near . Silver Lake,
which la a barren deaert with tne ex
cepllon , of a " Tieavy ' growth" of aa are
brush here and there. r i
1 Mr. Chrlatman had the well aunk to
a depth of 2JH -feet and waa atlll
boring away - confident that ha would
secure a good flow of water.- Water
waa atruck at a depth ef 7 feet, but
not In sufficient quantltlea to reach the
aurface. '
"Other aettlera In that neighborhood
are keeping In touch with, thla experi
ment." saya Mr. Beela, "and if It provea
a aueeeae .t will maan greet things to
them. Water would make that one of
the finest atock raising snd farming aec
tlona In the atate.. There la a new
country being settled thla fall about
l miles northeast of Sliver Lake Late
expeiimenta rn that locality have abown
that plenty of water can be fourtd at a
depth of only le or It feet below the
surface. With thla aa the condlUon It
is believed that the jsountry will pro
duce alfalfa and aettlera are Socking In
there from every point of the compass
to try their hand at farming."
During tha paat two weeks Mr. Baals
haa covered a distance of more than 400
... . . v Im.J h
miles. For ins m" ....
she.vsrH
tatlnna la
good ahape and properly oxpoaeby the
volunteer obaervera. 1 . .
SAMUEL SIMON WEDS
r ;; ; TODAY IN NEW YORK
Th marriage of Samuel . Simon' of
tn wins Kami Ooldsmlth takea
place today. at the home of the brlde'a
parents. 101 Mast Bevenijr-awcunu
New Tork.J The groom le a member of
tha firm of Flelsohner, Mayer Co., and
Is a brother of former Senator Joseph
Simon. ' Hla eister. aira. ywnionw,
also Uvea In Portland. . Tha bride la a
coualn of Mra. Ben Selling, and Mra. E.
Sechel and haa a . number of friend
here. '. " ' ; .. ?
;' e , rUlUM"wCeae. '1 : .TV..'.'
r,n (joaraal gseelal gsrvlsa-t
. El Paso, Texaa, Nov. It. In : . tha
world'a championship drilling contaat
for the 11.000 W. C, Greene puree. Mc
Iver and Bradahaw thla morning drilled
tt 1-10 - Inches arid - the "Terrible
Swedee". of CHppla Creek, Colorado.
II 1-1 lneheo. i
A reaolutlon waa Introduced e the
mining congress aession calling for gov
ernment experimental . atatlona In tha
different atate schools of mines and
for a federal atatuta whereby the lo
cator of a claim may In lieu of annual
assessment work pay ISO. " " -,
y '' Seataaeea for Bobbery.-' '
In the circuit court - thia . morning
Joaeph Hoff and O. W. Scott were oen
teneed te t and ttt yeara Imprisonment
respectively for robbery. . They were
convicted of having held up and robbed
a man at Front and Davla streets Oc
tober . Jlott was releaaed from the
penitentiary a short time previous and
la aald to be an old offender. Soott Waa
convicted as an accomplice.- .
FALSE CZAR APPEARS
PEASANTS FLOCK TO HIM
e e f
tjoanul S perls I gerviee.
St. Petereburg, Nov. Is.
.-A t
near
mm " falsa emperor has appeared
d Pensa and already his followers'
number i0,0O0. This . report Is , 4
from Slmblrse. If the report te -
true snd tha pretender haa really 4
d placed himself at tha head of tha d
' pee sentry, tha government farea 4
4 other trougler than agrarian re- ;-e
e hellion. . 1. ' . '' ,
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ALVOST EVERYBODY ,
b couhin. It li the time of
year when people are moat $u$
ee?ilb!e to colds. ' Scott' Emul
sion will not only cure the cold,
which otherwise might hang on
J winter, but wi gfa strength
and flesh to the body to resist
more colds, pneumonia, etc. .
SCOTT a BOWVC. e Pearl Swaet, Mew Yerta,
CITS GIO OHIGAGE
: b;i ie others-own .
-I: 't -; ' ; , :,- ;,'r,."-
Missing Witness in Seattle Real
Estate-Frauds Discovered ,
. . Hiding.
. . - r - .. -.! ... t ,. .
' : - f Joaraal Special Barries.) ' .
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 1. Frank Downy, - -th
fugitive witness in the real eatate
frauds, waa arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Griffith late last night hiding In the
northern part of the city. He was taken .
to tha county jail, where he la atlll con
fined. ;-:. .:.. - .
v Henry - O. ' Clough. - aecretary of the
Odessa (Washington), university. Is oa -the
stand today. On cross-examination
he was forced to admit that he had been
InforrSed by the Babcock Furniture 00 in
pany of Spokane that hla alleged title
to Lincoln countv land waa fraudulent.
and lhat It belonged to them. Never- "'
theleaa, later he executed a mortgage
on the land to Downy, who tranaf erred
to Bert Colllne. now on trial, and by tha -latter
tt waa used to purchaaa tha prop
erty of Mra. Oingua, which waa aold -before
aha discovered aha had been.de- -frauded.
- '" ',
Clough - clalma - that ha gave the
mortgage In the hope- of raising funds -
for the alleged university. Under order
of the court the unlveralty books are '.
being used aa evidence end the prosecue"
tlon expects to show that this, fraudu
lent Instrument waa-not the only one
that Clough had been Identified with. -
Thla afternoon tha proeecutlog ex- . .
oecta to Introduce ev1denca-coiintlwg
Clough and J. Ralph .Norton, who ia be
lleved to be a myth, and who acknowl-
edged the deed before Paul Dorrottser,
attorney for Bert Collins a few months '
ago. The atatement of tha prosecuting
attorney Am that on aeveral . occaelone '
partlea have applied to htm for war- ,
ranta. for Dormltsera arreat. . ..whole- ,
aale arrests are promised at the conclu
sion of the trial.
tlonal atatement that J. Ralph Norton,
whose fraudulent deeda In Washington,
Missouri and California he disponed of
under po-wer."of attorney last . March, -waa
a guest of the Auditorium ' hotel
In Chicago, and there received money
from the aalee or hla alleged property.
A wire haa been aent to ech.lcsgo to"
verify the atatement ; , (,
LABOR FEDERATION ASKED
TO MEET IN DENVER
Scullin Is Accused of Getting
, Money Under False Pre-
' i tenses. ' ';:' '. ; .-.
- "iJosraal Spaelsl Service.)
Pittsburg,- Nov.. 1. The Amertcen
Federation of Labor waa today Invited
by the mayor and chamber of commerce
to meet next year In Denver.-. , .
- Delegate Frank Duffy told tha federa
tlaa of a person giving the .nam !)!
P. H. Scullin of Seattle. Wasblngto 1.
who. ha aald, bad traveled from coast
to ooaat getting money from labor lead
era and others under falaa pretenaea ay ,
being an organiser, for tha Industrial
Peace aaaoclatlon. '. -
A reaolutlon- waa offered that I10A
from H. C. Frlck to tha entertainment
committee be refuaed.. Oompers tn a
hosted address urged tha refusal of all
auch contributions. Tha reaolutlon waa
referred to the committee.
During the addreaa of William Mosses
of Englsnd a small fire among the flags
Interrupted the meeting for 10 minutes. .
GOOD CORNER IS SOLD
FOR FIFTEEN THOUSAND
Fred S. Stanley and Robert Smith to
day bought tho southeast 'corner at
Thirteenth, and Marahall streets from '
R. K. M. Strickland of Spokane for
$16,000. John D. Wilcox made tha aala.
Tha purchaaa la understood to have been
for an Inveatment The property ta In .
tha district that undoubtedly will be
utilised largely In tha future for ware
house purpoaea.
Other aalea are pending In that sec
tion and the general Impression appears
to have bean created that property there
will be valuable oa account of the de
mand for sites for large bulldlnga for
storage." '-' 1 ' ; .
The Intimation waa' given a. few day
ago that . the railroad company will
build a apur down Fifteenth atreet to
afford ahlpplng facllltiea for that dis
trict, and in answer to thla announce
ment property there haer-taken on added
Importance., - - . . - , j
EX-SPEAKER HENDERSON J
, . IS REPORTED DYING
-; .- . ' ' . -1
tlooraat SpeeUl wvlee. ' "
', Dubuque, - Ia., Nov, K. Ordinary ;
medical methods have been . abandoned
and the aged brothar , of ex-Bpeaker
David B. Henderson la acting aa a nurse
and trying to aava the life of hla pa
tient by applying repeatedly hotJj!an-
keta to tha body to keep tha blood fmm
the head -of hla brother, who la aald te
be dying. - -
Qtggngs AuffUalt Flsysae
Is the stoat enpalar remedr aa tke glebe fee the
ran of all stomaes, dletive, h,r tmihlee snd
bihltosl eonatlpatlon, wits- their ailaershle ef
feeta Ws sdTertlsed ss s test la T x0 aevspa-
yrrm tow , num. rrm or any reae
where Aiisiwt rinwer wss ae4 that did aot al.e
nilsfsetlnq. Osly three -eases ef rallare ta
fhon..n1. ef letters: twe rr ,hM. .
of .the tom-h. . Prlre V ind 7B cetita net hoiiu
al aU aracisita. (eat Urtca'a AUBtaaa. ' . .
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