n -1 J. TflE OREGON DAILY JCUnHAL. PORTLAND. YSZDllZZZ.Yr EVENING, FCSHUAHY C3, V.'Z. SERIOUS 0OIGE r.l RESULT Ship Subsidy Craft Seems Likely to Slip Through With Mam Objectionable FeatMres.- OTHER FEDERAL PROJECTS i 2 MAY SUFFER FOR FUNDS Much Amassment Among Observers , at Capital Over Easy Path That Measure Haa' Traveled Without Apparent Friction. . , :.. . By Jeha E.. tathrop. ' ' ' tSpartal Corriaatlnt ef The Journal- Washington, U C Feb. II.The $50,. ' SOO.SOt graft provided In the ship sub , aldy trill seem likely te all .through the congress and the executive depart ' ment, without receiving the attention . Ita objectionable featuraa deserve. There sie'aeveral federal Improreroent .. projects 1 which - ere . suffering for lack -i of available fund a. yet the eongresef .gives to the shipowners In the form of annual subsidies an aggregate of $!t,- lM.eea aa a present on aeceunt ef car 'eying th mails, .during the ten years for which the eubaldy makea provision, ' 'and enough mere in per ton bounties ' 'for freight , .carriers to make op the (rand total of the craft to fully 150. ' The government haa expended mil f Hons en the Improvement of the Co . tumble river, and new that -t 400. o9 la ' needed to save the worka already be . gun from destruction there le heeltancy en the part of the congress to appropri ate that eum. " , ' Othar fadaral projecte are in dancer ef eertoue damage from the action of tha aea and the laments, and the aame ., hesitancy Is manifest in providing ".Money needed, to save the works from t aaalhllattoa. .. i . . sssage tebrteatia. Among observers in, the caultal there haa bee amaaement during tha pree- ent eeeetoa ef the eongraaa that the i ship subsidy measure hae had such aa . . eaay course along the highway or na . tloaal legislation, ,aa though it bad keen graeaed to. make its passage possible. ... That soma sort of lubricant hae been v utilised la aaoarent from the absence of the friction thai oaoe wao prodaced r when an attempt was made te pass this !!. remaps, sue luDneani naa neea t perfectly proper; nevertheless. It Is waee for wonderment that the time- strenuous opposition haa been ab V seat this winter and well-knew oppo nents of the eubsldy in question have been praettoally alien. ti Thle and other matters ef Ilk -lav port have eaused the leading men here to listen with deep Interest te the pro- poeal made by the National Rivers and Harbors congress, recently held la A Washington, end the elaboration there- of by Joseph N. Teal on hie return te 7 Portland, aa published In The Journal -of February T, for the federal govern' ment to provide annually t50.000.OOI .for Improvement ef rivers and harbors. ' and te effect arrangements for. earing . . . . l . . a i or ine ranama canai cm vj uif w suv at Bonus, h-m, 'r rmmd for Xarbera. ' Many well-informed men were aur prised to read In Mr. Teal's letter the '' statement that, although during; the past Vlt years tha congress baa appropriated 'a total of i.03.014,l!l for all purposes, r the average annually for' rlvere and r harbors has been only IIMOO.OOO. Mr. Teat'e contention that tha present Inter , eels of the nation that depend on need ' od ' Improvement of waterways and ' water terminal facilities should not be i hinatitd aa thev are now. by the pay' ment of Immense earns in cash to build f tha Panama canaL has been received 1 with Urge degree of public favor, and others e-re adding to It the auggesuon ' that It la a further injustice to tbe aama Interests that depend on harbol ' and river improvements to provide for ' the expenditure of approximately . - ma aea l anhaMfea ttr "subventions." as 1 the' bill Itself diplomatically calla them. "and thua exhaust the avaiiaoio re 5 sources of the federal treasury. ; . sOlUeas to snreeds. . Boms one haa discovered that the . aevornment la paying t4(,OOO.90 annu . ally for oarrying the melle to tbe rail- . road eempantea. and that a large pro , portion of thle le in excess of what Je 1 1 1 Mml Tt la inMMnt. from the disclosures this week In the bouse committee on ' postofflcee and post roads, that the agents of the transport tatlon corporations have engaged In wholesale corruption and have employed i Ingenious means whereby to "stuff" the malla during the tlmee when tbe i quadrennial weighing haa taken place. ao that every year tbe government has ' paid lmmenee suma more 'than the roade really were entitled te. ; The method need in determining the 9 mmmMtmmt m H.M MaA shall wrmtvm fnv carrying the federal mails over a gives etretca of track le obvlosely crude, and, I had It been devised by a grseplng cor ' po ratios without oonaclence or - soul. wniq nvi anvv iiiwiv .av.iw ..iv -' robblnf of the public treasury, i ..- v Oraft U WelfUaf. , Once every four yeare government employes are eent te a given point te weigh the malle carried for, say, six . weeks,' and from thle en averege Is struck and this Is the bests of tbe , r charge mode by thee road for the com ing four yeare. i f A eertala ecnetor stated the other day . that, he bad. personally proved that the railway agents stuffed tha malla dur- ing the weighing period, and related . hew he had noticed that a clerk of a ! congressional committee came te him .periodically and offered. to furnish him, ; with publle documents not on hla quota te be sent to hie constituents. . Thle ; A11 Run Down " Vctias fa vifciEty, visor, ivfci, tiit b a conation , Ct to cs cca safely ne .C!it, "fc St is the inosL ccra pctHrpcdziz c&use fcf Czzzza. Tta tlood Is at tr: -i czl ttX k a. e t -1 Tar eaemtisJrVi ef leas mt stls carae :, r-M far t wk am TaaC TVad reeSns. 1-J.fr &Lltoo4CoLywea.Maaa, oaeerred several tlmee. . Until ' hit sus picions were s roused, and, upon inquir ing of other senators, he and they dis covered that the young man was In the pay ef railway ooa.paa.lee . . and , was regularly stuffing; the malla at1 tha weighing times, so that the average would be larger and. the government thereby be made te pay jmore than was earned. To Obeok am OfflelaL Another astounding fact was deval epad in the committee meeting that there le actually nu check on the sec end assistant postmaster-general, who haa charge er ail -ina rau way mail serv. lea, .and virtually audita his oww'.ao eouata. A representative of the au ditor's division of the poatoffloe de partment testified before the commit tee that hie chief haa absolutely ne way ef ascertaining the correctness of the accounts for carrying reJlway'malls andy the only conclusion to be drawn therefrom la that the honest adminis tration of the MS.OOO.eOO Item of rail way mall bualnaaa rests antirel unoa .the pereorfal probity ef the second as sistant postmaater-feaoral. No one knowe how much the railroad corporations have thus stolen from' the people through mail etufflng, but enough' has been brought to light te prove that,- If correct methods were employed - In this department there would be mora money for river and harbor Improvements, without Increas ing the total emount collected from the people for tha expenseg of the federal government.. TRAMP'S HEROISM SAVES TRAin "' f . , " Southern Paoific Overland Urn- ; itttJ Esoapa Horribl Dia art air Through. Hobo. ' . NOTIFIES . ENGINEER , OF DERAILED TRUCKS Wsarla.Willia Stealing Ride on , , Blind Baxgafe Seas Tire on Tender Thrown Off and Stope Train Be- fore Curve la Reached. ' Osama! Special karrtte.) . San Francisco, Feb. 2L The South ern Paclflo . overland limited due te arrive at San Francisco at i:4I o'clock Monday afternoon did not reach here until 10;0 o'olock Tuesday morning. and the paaeengora. beeugbt a story of hew they had been aaved from a frlgbt ful disaster by the heroism ef a tramp. The train was four hours behind time and running more than 41 miles aa hour when tbe steel tire on one of the wheels of the rear truck of the, tender was thrown off. This caused the rear wbetls of the truck to. leave the track and the train aped ea with the engineer unoonsclous of the accident and an mindful of hie fearful peril. It wss ebout tl minutes te four o'clock In tbe morning. On rushed the train with the derailed wheels trimming off bolts and elloina fiah platea and cutting- deeply Into the ties, with the certainty that at the first switch er sharp curve the wnoto train wonia go into the aitcn. The tramp waa eteallng a. ride In the blind vestibule of the baggage ear. He wee tbe only one who knew that the accident had happened, and lnatant- y appreciated the peril or tbe tram. He climbed upon tha rocking tender and .crawled forward te the cab, where he warned tha englneea, of the danger. The train was brought to a staadetlll about ISO yarde from a sharp curve, where it certainly would have been derailed had It gone on dragging the disabled truck, over the tlee. . r It seems almost a miracle that the accident had not happened, for the train bad gene over a mile before the tramp could alva tbe warning.'- The tramp dis appeared In the darknsse without wait ing for thanka. . .. f f , GIRL I'M! LOVER I'HO IS A HELPLESS CRIPPLE Young Woman Rafutaa to For taka Sweetheart Because of Accident and Weds Him. (Joaraal Special Rervlr.) Sen Francisco, Feb. II. True In her love for tha men" to whom ehe had plighted her troth, Mlee Gertrude Smith of Oakland refused to forsake him when he euddenly became a help less cripple. He offered to releese her from her promise, but ehe spurned the offer end ' reeolutely eeld they should be merrled and now they are husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. X Gardner, he an Invalid for life and ehe the care taker and breadwinner. ' Four months ago A. L. Gardner, by trade a roofer, fell from a building on which he wee working, sustaining In juries which left htm a helpless Invalid. Only a month before the accident he won the heart ef Miss Oertrude Smith, a friend of hla childhood, and ahe had promised to become his wife. Gardner wee removed to Providence hospital, where for 1 1 weeke he hovered between life end death. Medical science finally triumphed eo far that hie life was saved,' but he will never recover hla health and must always be cared for like a child. Miss Smith., nursed him through hie Illness end now- a wife she la Me caretaker and earns their living.. .. , i . CHRISTIAN FEDERATION READY FOR ITS WORK II. 8. Wallace of the Cooperative Christian Federation, which Is planning Urge colonisation schemes to be carried out in thle state, will leave Portland to night for 'New York with the contracts relating to. the Mid-Oregon railroad, Signed and ready for completion. Tbe necessary steps have been taken for advertising the purposes and opera tions of the federstlon. Meetings have been hold within lha last four day at which tha organisation of district cen ters of publicity for both membership and bond subscription throughout the United States waa affected. This action was In accordance wlh the plana formulated King since and ac cepted by the New York parties eeao eleted In the enterprise. -'- , la alewwp. .: (Jnaraal eeerUl Berries.) Birmingham, Ala. Keb. 1. Eight men ere dead and IS so badly injured that they will probably die before night by aa explosion In the Little- Cahaba mine at Ipe, Alabama, last night. , OEMOEfiATS M HI SALEH Marion Follower Convene and Talk Over Coming Campaign Amid Enthualaem. "' . 7) : - 1 MANY PARTY LEADERS - GATHER AT BANQUET Resolutions Adopted Favor Election ef Senator by Direct Vote of Po ' pie, Support Pledf a Number One . and Indorse Governor Chamberlain. (Special Dlepatefe te Tbe Joormal.) Salem. Or.. Feb, It, Salem waa allv with Democrats yesterday, "represents. tlvea from every precinct la thd eoen try being on hand at the county aa- aembly meeting held In the afternoon at the city hall The gathering waa celled to order by the chairman of he count central committee. - W. V. Taugha of Slrverton. who made a short apeech statin tha purpose of the gathering. Paul Broat ..of Salem waa made temporary chairman and Fred Palmer of Balam waa chosen secretary. A com mittee on resolutions waa than appointed ea follows: Charles Dick, W. H. Holmee and Francis Feller. ' W. H-- Downing of Bhaw waa elected chairman of the central committee for tha ensuing two years and Fred Palmer of Salem was made permanent secretary,, . Speeches were then made by the lead ing Denocrata present end after much enthusiasm had bean atlrred up the fol lowing were requested to run for the legislature aa representatlvee: Dan J. Fry of Salem. H. R. Crawford of Turner, F. 8- Sena of Sllverton, TV. V. Vaughn of Sllverton and Charles Dick of Salem. . Candidates were also mentioned for the various other offloes, pat these will be pat before .the peonle only through their petitions. . Candidates . for the legislature agreed te make a strong canvass of the various precincts e( the county. The banquet held last evening waa a tremandoue suooeea. The room a had been beautifully decorated with flags and Steeibamner'a ereheatre enlivened the occasion with patriotic music Au gust Huckeeteln of Salem soted as toastmaster and hla opening remarke were weU received by the 100 guests seated at the festal board. Tha speakers and their subjects' were: Judge .Halley of Pendleton; Vf. H. Holmee of Salem. "Oregon Judtelsry"; Hon. Charlee V. Galloway of MoMlnn vllle. The Democracy ef Jefferson"; W. T. Slater of Salem, "Honesty in Poll tics"; V A. Jeffreys of Portjand, "The Neoda ef the Hour": Joha BaVne ef Ba lers The Initiative and Referendum." Other apeakera were Judge W. S. M Fadden of Corvsllls, F. 8. Senn of Sll verton. Feme Cochran, J. H. Albert, George B. Downing and Charles Dick. The resolution adopted strongly ad , vacates 'the -election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. supports pledge No. 1, declares for ths ownership by the etate of lte printing office and the piecing of" the rotate printer oa a fixed salary, oppoeea the leasing of eonvlots and favors working them pn etate and county roads, favors a change In the lawe or taxation ana assessment, commends the efforts bf Presldsnt Roosevelt to regulate railroad freight rates and put a stop to the methode of trusts. Indorsee the edmtnle tretlon of Governor Chamberlain -and eongratulstee the people of the etate in having John Vf. Gearin ae their repre sentative at Washington. . COAL UIKE IS DISCOVERED IH HEART OF 'FRISCO Workmen, While Blasting, Un cover Ledge of Bjtuminoua Substance That Burns. rlearsat Special Service.) Ban Franolsao, Keb. II. Coal hak been dlaeeverad In San Francisco, The discover? wee made . at the base ot Twla Peaks within a etone'a throw ot tha ffutro monument on .Clarendoa Helghte. On Friday men bleating rock in a quarry uncovered a small ledge of bituminous eubetanoo resembling coel end when placed In the stove of - a neighbor burned readily. Quickly the rumor took wings that a large quantity of coal had been discovered at the quarry and estlmatee of the quantity taken out ranged all the wey from a large chunk that a email boy carried home to hie mother to t tone. It le understood an effort will be made ty the ownera of the property to determine whether or not there le coel In euf flolent quantity to justify (Ink log a shaft . , ''.''.., Koeer Oat Agata. - ; After a severe Illness lasting almost week. Deputy Dlststct Attorney Ous C. Moser is able to attend to legal matters again, - He suffered with stomach trouble."'" ' A NATURAL ANTISEPTIC KCCPSOUT BLOOD P0190NIN0 fW TOILCTS BATHEE3TIH TrlCrVtWlO r:;Tt)!iiHn ni( RAIHIER ORB. was formerly connected with the la POB SAXJI Y Ul JjaVdaXSTS AJn dlanepolla News a Its editor. Tbe par- etBOCBSUTa 1 cy4.iriencan Restaurant ora PAY asm Soiled Salt aWhavea SeOles t..tB4 Pitea SUaey Ctlame ..lSo) Frtod OolnmMa SUver gmalt .164 Frtsd Oatosh lee, Matlbaa lae, I XBe) tiasasd BMtte areok ffleejia &4 Olaae aeniueai erttkv Toast ,,.154 16 164 Cora soef Steak with weaofceA Jbrg 164 pagbeetl e4 Oaeeae ,,..164 ....o.lBS bkea OalveeJ Bsalas) .....,.804 We aeem eear ew eteea. We bake ems ewm 1 lUead, Vies aevt Ooffee, all THE CURIOUS Accused Murderer In McMlnn- ville Jail DUIikea Umellght pf Publicity. DEFINITE DATE FOR TRIAL NOT ARRANGED Tillamook . Kesldant Charted With KElinf Wife sad Daughter Bpcads Much Time Reading and Says He W01 Be Set Pres. . (Special Mseatea te The Joemal.) Mofetlnavllle, Or Feb. !- There Is but little public Interest la tha case of Abram Hembrea, confined la the county Jail here on a charge af the murder of hla wife and daughter.. At presentU la not definitely known when the trial will be held. ' If Hembree to tried here the trial will act take place until aext fall. The circuit eoert In Yamhill convenes, in March .and the Jury la already Impaneled. . The circuit court la Tillamook county eonvenea la April and tbs Jury in Yamhill wlU have been dismissed before Membree la eves arraigned. He will, however, be. ar raigned and enter his plea at Tillamook. . Hembree refuaes absolutely to die Interviewed. Publicity ig very distaste ful to him and Sharif f Corrlgaa aays he dlallkee very much, to be aee by eurloua vlaltora. . . i . . . Hembree spends moot of bis time In reading. He eays that everything will come out all right for him; that many things have been said that are not true and thla will all be straightened la the trtsL Hla two sbns from Sand take are stav ing with their vnole at Carlton and at tending echooL They visit him at fre quent intervals. The bones' of Hembree' s wife and daughter were found In the mine ef his house at Sand Lake after It waa burped last December. Circumstantial evidanoe seemed to show that Hembree had mur dered his wife and dawghtsr and then burned the house to cover his crime. Feeling was ao great against him In Tillamook county that It waa thought beat for safe keeping to bring him te tne xamniu county jau. BIG FAIR DlET" eaBwaasnaenwaNBSBB (Continued from rage One) J. M. Church, who died February When opened June 1. 1101, the fair waa tea times as great aa projected when the corporation waa organised. At met time a ii.voo.eoe lair was not dreamed of. It would have been highly satisfactory and even beyond the hopes or tne moot sanguine ir assurances had been t given that a 7,00 exposition wouia oe neia. . Sevss aniuoa Bollae yat. " . Instead of with tbe local and unpre tentious enterprise that waa at first contemplated, Portland entertained the wane - wun a i7.eoo.oeo . exnoeitlon. Those figures do not Include the coat of supplies furnished oa tbe .groundo nor the estimated value of tbe art exhibit, aaia to novo neon one of toe moot vej aeble ever collected. Three yeare before the opening of the exposition It was estimated that there might be a total attendance of 100,000. Ineteed,- the actual paid admissions dur Ing the exposition period alone amounted to nearly 1,000,000. When the exposition movement had reached Its first stages of fulfillment. eastern patronage waa not taken Into consideration; It was generally admitted that the city waa too remote from the centere of population to depend on east' era visitors, so hope of' success were founded on the loyalty of the people of Oregon and neighboring states. - How ever, far eastern states sent to Portland lZi.oos gueets. . it lg impossible to aetl mate how many times each of the east erners paid admission Into the grounds. . - '.What California Bit. .:- ' Original promotere of the fair counted upon cordial aupport not only from Ore gon, nut from California. . Uberal est! mates Of the original promoters placed the number of poasible vtattora from California at t.000. Instead of 1.000. tha Goldeo state eent seven times that numDer to visit tne exposition. Portland Itself eent mora than 100.00 people through the gatea of the exposi tion. The number wee far Jit excess of the original estimate ef tae total at tendance from all aotfreea. - The genesis of the Lewis and Clark fair was a resolution adopted by the Oregon Hletorlcal society December If, 1900. It euggeated the erection of a monument on Clatsop plaina. near Sea side, in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary or the Journey of explora tion of Lewis and Clark. The resolution also favored tbe holding of a northwest Industrial exposition at tha city of Port land In 100B. ' Suoh an exposition aa waa contem plated would not have axeeeded 110,000 la eoet and would likely have been held in one building. The resolution was drawn and presented by Lawla B. Cox. now dead. It waw su greeted to him by Dan MeAllen of Portland, whose Inces sant efforts to create Interest In the propeetd fair resulted ultimately In the great exposition that, aa he expresses it, "placed Portland on the map." Morning Olyviplaa Soia.-' (Speelel IMapetea ft? Tee osraal.) Olyrapja, Wash., Feb. II R. , T. Buchanan, a newspaper man recently from Indianapolis.,. Indiana, haa pur chased the Morning Olympian of thla otty from Hart well di Pfelfer, former owners and ' nubllahera. Mr. Buehanan chase price nay not been made public. IIEUBREE ; Men's wcvX Youths'. SUITS tnd f ; . top coats from ;.......:....rt....;:...v Jv J . Fancy Patterns of from Big Selection of Newest Styles of SHIRTS xrom.;.......:... J . RUN NINO TWO 8TOSE3 Cor. First and YmWU irJ (r. Tl'cnd bavb Sts. ...... i ' . ? j '.'"":.; . ". m , ' . . " . - - . - ' . - l i -J: . , . .. , .7 . ',. . 1 .v COALandCQKE a. WE ASSURE OUR CUSTOMERS PROTECTION REGARD ' LESS CP "COMBINE OR COMPETITION t i ' . i - ii i i ii i i Arc unequaled (or Style, Fit and Wear. A well-known repu--Utioa for carryinf only the BEST MAKES and our ability to buy aama in large quantities enable us po offer you the Best Values in the city. We invite your inspection of our Spring Styles. . V '' Sole Agents Hanan and Boyden Celebrated Shoes., - 1 e-aa-s u i i oijE such imm VMM tu o.vjtnr. ttr DAr.KAnr.e.. MraatLL-SauuCa.SvRAeujf NV ma arer-a eay ar e-ar e-ewsas - STUDENT VOLUNTEERS MEET AT NASHVILLE ' " (Joeraal Bpeetel Sarvlee.) ' " Nashville. Tenn.. Feb. tl Alt the railway tralna arriving last night and early thle morning brought delegations to the fifth International conference of the Student Volunteer movement, which waa formally opened in this city today, to continue 1n saseton until next Mon day. It la estimated that 1.S0S dale- AM TOV SVaBTJUSBS a StwOT ' And harassed by a bad eourhT tTse Ballard's Horehound 8rrut. It Win se cure yon eound sleep and efreot e prompt ana raaicai ours, aoio ay Woodard. Clarke Co. ', . C mm t7e3ve Veil fey PiNT3 ....... ....................... ....... ,i . 1-'- -,.'.-' ... BEST ASSORTMENT OF LATEST STY)E SHOES AT ONE-THIRD LEC3 in price crim parison other stores' piicea. ; ; .GPtCrW HHCarlow Phone Cast. 244.. There's Acbther Reason Than looks why your teeth should be kept in perfect condition your health. Without good teeth it's impossible to masticate your food properly and ao indigestion ensues and a long trail of troubles. We examine teeth without charge and do for them exactly what j i iuiiiavit 'they need. " 1 , WISE BROO. Main 2029. ; Third and Washington. Open evenings and Sundays, work done on easy payments. s-s a a e i M 0 0 0 - a - gatea and ether visiters already have reached Nashville, and It la expected that by tomorrow another 1,04 will be In the oity to attend the proceedings ot the conference. TO accommodate thla multitude the capacity of tbe hotels haa been tested to the utmoot, while every available board-Ing-houae haa been called Into requisi tion. The. evangelical church ee and many residences - and bualneee houses have been decorated In honor af the eo caeloa. .. v'' - , ' "The Flaaa Tree," .that gveM awvel by David OeaJaeaa SndUlaa, win teaareet yev, for n aeala wit tha veaiag preb leaa of praotlaal Amarioaa peuttoe. tt wlU eemmeaeo, ta neat Snaaavye aea. Be emre aad get rv. "The Scenic Una of the World." The Denver A Rio Grande, In connec tion with the O. B. A haa eetab llehed tourist Bleeping ear service be- ;.T T3 LnTiVT TH 7$irFl ! VNT xf Mi " t- J on fol2 ff - J '(W (jrrA' UiJ U i)LJjJ 0)11 hlhhjQ) $liO(o$5.CD 5Cc to 81i0 evtmnsw . WAISTS: We offer new line of the popular "RoyaT tailor-made : walstsUiiens and lawns black and white the lateit ' styles, They're the; guaranteed to fit Wnd 50cAWEEK Our display of smart spring Suits and Mil-' iinery grows prettier every day, New things are constantly arriving from fashion creators In New York and abroad. Your iotSt wia cost no more here than else . where; ou need pay bat $1 A' WEEK EASTERN CUTFITTIKS The Stare Weeee Tear OretH'i Seed WASHINOTON AND TENTH SJS twees rortland and Denver, leaving Portland at 1:11 . va. dally. ' Thla ants paeeongare la Salt take City at : the eeoend morning, where they have the privilege of spending the day. Leaving Bait Lake City thet evening gives a. daylight rids through Colorado's won drous Rocky mountain acenery tha fol lowing day. sThet you may form eome Idea at tne eeenio attractiona of the Denver A Klo Oranda write or call upon W. a Mo-wlde, 11 Third street. Tort lands v