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City's Interests Will
One, Which Astonished Attorney
for United Railways, Would
Give Thai Line Monopoty-
In 1 One Section."
JRSCTION MODDCE
Ezpoaitioin of Conditions . Grouped
' About the I Demand! of the Two
Leading Corporations Which Seek
- to Uae City's Busiest Streets, for
. Railway Purposes.
- Undr-tba. proposal franchin. of th
" United Railway company It would be In
p-h power of -ttiat rorportlon-to nxcluda
t'atolutely th Wlllumtt VaileyTTrac
tlon company from Front and Watar
treats. Careful examination of the or
dtnances ' which will be -oniililrea by
' the city council tomorrow afternoon,
and which have been recommended by
the alreet and ludlclary committeea., e
tabllahea thU fact beyond question.-If
; the city should srant the. franchise
thareTbrit-Hliat-ts--ite4-tty the Malted
Railways,' the result mlht be to fjlve
i thai "ccir.Wknjr tn-
the entire lenkth of Front and Water
streets. -
In fairness te the United Railway.
' It may be assumed that there was ne
Intention tn framm the ordinance
to monopolise the streets named, never
theless the power to do so Is clearly
conferred by the proposed franchise.'
- This possibility of ,the exeluslon-of
the Willamette Valley company from
the streets named springs from .the fact
tharlherSIs not STIlne In theTfran
'. chlse of the United Railways compelling-
It to lay tracks to the south end of
Water street, which point Is the north-
em terminus of the Willamette frsn-
chlse, as fixed by the council committee.
, The ordinances recommended by the
council committee give separate rights
; of way to the two companies from the
south boundary of the city to the June
tlon of Hood and Moody streets, which
Is the south end of Water street. From
that point ribrtnrovef the nttre-UneW
of Water and Front streets, a distance
of 1,660 feet, the United Railways Is
given the right of way. while the wil
. lamette Valley company Is given only
- the Tight to operate ears-evee even
tracks as , Its rival mar ley- ,
Could Bar Out BrreL
If the ITnlted Railways should elect
to build on only a portion of Front or
Water street the Wlllsmette company
would have no power to complete the
line by building over the remainder ot
the streets. . All it can do is to rurt cars
-on such tracks as the other company
sees fit to build. The United Railway
" would have the tight to lay. track on
Front and Water streets to within a
block of the point where the- Wlllam
- ette f rsnchls ends and there stop short
Nothing in the ordinance compels the
United Railways to. build over the en
tlre length of Front and Water etreeta.
It may build on as much or as little
of the streets as It soe fit
The effect of leaving gup tn the line
at the point where the Willamette frnn
. fchlse . ends would be to exclude that
company altogether from Front and
. Water streets. The United Railway
would be In possession of both streets
under a 26-years' frsnchlen, with a
virtual monopoly. ..which ..coq!d,npt , be
; assatled. -
When the attention of W. T. Mulr.
attorney for the United Railways, was
.called to this matter" this morning ha
" expressed" surprise, saying that he had
not b n wr itii was in -insrpower
of the United Railways to exclude the
WlUamtteiyaUeyi cpnipanrEQnLFr8nt
and Water streets. . '
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OREGON JOURNAL GIRLS
FORM A VOLCANO CLUBT
1 (attroTtttl Hwrlfit Sf.rTtci.y ' w
Honolulu, March 14. Organ e
lilng a volcano rtub at the brink 4
of a biasing caldron of nature, w
surrounded by the darkness of
night from the rest of the world,
Is the rather weird and Original e
- experinoeof -a party -of -young e
women who have been visiting
the Hawaiian Islsnds.- They are e
knownaehe-rgtm-ioiirnal--w
girls and have been visiting the
Islands for the past throe weeks. 4
On last Thursdsy night the 4
psrty left the volcano house, on
the brink of , the big crster e
Kllnues. and wont down Into the 4
crater, ever across the leva bed
to the edge of HaleinuamaU. the
deepest pit, where ths fires of 4
Msdsme lle, the Hawaiian fire
goddess, never cnol. , 4
The Oregon psrty called the 4
mgsnlsstlnn. "The Oregon Vol." 4
esnq Club." . ,
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COnSPIRACY
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Plot- of Reactionists to
Premier by Inciting a Counter;
' Revolt Uncovered.
INSISTS ON SUPPRESSION
OF THE BLACK HUNDRED
Liberal Candidates Elected to Pop
ular Assembly Are Railroaded to
-Siberia People -Are-Now-Afraid
to Vote. : ' .
(Joamal Bpedsl SerTlce.) -St
Petereburg, March 14 - Conspiracy
among , reactionaries to oppose Count
Witts by Inciting a. counter revolution
has been discovered. . Wltte at today's
cabinet meeting Insisted upon ths sup
pression. of the Black Hundred. The
conspirators Include 'Trepon. Vonder
launlts, Durnovo and others of the high
est officials. The plan of ths reaction
aries la to provoke riots and Jewish
massacres. In order to Justify to the
csar thenecesslty of still more repres
sive measures, and set at naught the
liberal manifesto of October.
Wltte's opponents in the cabinet con
trol the governors-general throughout
the empire and through them the' sol
diers. Meantime the proletariat le or
ganising another general strike. An
outbreak sbout Easter seems certain.
The election of representative assem
bly s proceeding 'but slowly. : People
generally are afraid to vote. Many of
the Liberals elected have been Imme
diately banished to Siberia, i The violent
policy of the reactionists is rapidly
alienating from the -government all
classes of support except the extreme
loyalists :
The Warsaw Socialists todayTsUe
decree denouncing the election as a farce
and declaring that revolutionists "must
fight mercilessly In the spring to' gain
their ends before May 1."
, Rumors of another .railroad strike
are current The government Is taking
exceptional precautions, troops being
centered at Moscow to take the places
of the- strikers in cass they go out
Military- trains are- held In - readiness
to proceed in sny direction. , .
--Ths -report' that 'the offlcers of the
rirtres;treetV-w4h their s.rtlilei y vt
the palace guards, resigned in a body
when ordered to participate in the paci
fication of the Baltic provinces, is con
firmed todsy. The offlcers .resigned
their commission- rather than conduct
the campaign of langtiter outlined by
the government
Tremendous outcry throughout ths
empire against the arbitrary acts of the
mtlltftry-,t arresting ttlsns and hold
ing them without trial and exiling them
without, a' healing has caused ths Issu
ance of a circular to governors-general
instructing them that persons taken Into
custody for political offenses must be
given a hearing within 11 hours of their
arrest. .More thsn 70.000 persons have
been arrested since- the government be
gan Its campaign against the revolution
ists. Reports from . southern . Russia state
that the peassnts are again seising land
snd refusing to work for proprietors.
In many provinces peasants bare taken
possession of the estates and are sowing
the land for themselves.
Be Fatally Imperiled Unless
Depot. , r I!
Pro jected, routes joL the United Rail
ways, its subsidiary line, the Oregon
Traction Company, and the Wil-
jlamette-ValleyTTractionConipany.
REFUSE BARONET RIGHT TO
, - CHANGE NATIONALITY
English Knight Tries to Secure
Admittance as an American
" but Is Turned Back. T
. (Journal Special Service.)
New Tork. March 14. 8lr Arthur
KeppeF Stepney, TS years old. a cabin
passenger on a steamer arriving here to
day from England, was held up by ths
immigration officials because hs gav
his nationality as an American. It was
supposed a clerical error had been made,
but Sir Arthur Insisted he wss an
American and wanted to be admitted as
auch. .' -
The officials - wanted to knew how
Sir Arthur could be an American. . The
aged knight said he owned a large tract
of land In California and Intended to
live ther When-the- Immigration Su-
rttJOTttlea asked -for- hie cltieenehlp p-
pers. hp lisd none to show, se after a
long conference It was-decided thst Sir
Arthur 'could land only as a British
subject ' i
The visitor's full name is Sir Smile
Algernon Arthur Keppel Cowelt Stepney.
He wss V member of parliament for
many-years. J He owns 10.009 acres of
land In California and Canada.-
GIANT SAILING SHIP
-GIVEN UrAfrLOST
(Jon rati Special Service.)
New Tork. March 14. The British
ship Daylight, which sailed for Japan
from New Tork on August II, has been
missing since September t9. and was
posted at the maritime exchange as
with a crew of J 7. The ship belonged
to the Standard Oil company and. was
one of ths largest sailing vessels In ths
world. She carried a cargo of refined
oil and. was commanded by Captain H.
Nlckeraon, . . . , , .
CLOSING ARGUMENTS
IN BEEF TRUST CASE
' '(Journal Special arrk-e.)
. Chicago. . March 14.In the parkere'
case today. United States Attorney M.or
rlaon argued, declaring that the packer
did not claim Immunity, at . the. time ot
the Investigation .... '
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Practically Certain That Port of
.:: Portland; Commission Will
Compet Provision for Ve
hicle and Car Traffic.
PART-0FPR0P0S
SYSTEM-OF-ORIVESf
Steel Bridge, Commissioners Urge, Is
. Already- Overcrowded vndJIt
: Would Be Fatal Mistake to Permit
Another Structure Without Pro-
- vision to Relieve It, 'ji. lZ., .
It la practically certain .that the Port
of .Portland 'Commission-will stand -Im
movable In favor of requiring the North
ern memo and tl reaTTNorinern Railway
companies to build an upper deck to ths
proposed Willamette river bridge, for
the vehicle and streetcar traffic of the
future between Portland and the .penln-
aula. The attitude of the commission on
other questions ts conjectural.
The railroad t'tiiniiHfiies sis opposed to
such a deck, and prefer to Wave a bridge
that will be devoted exclusively to rail-
jojtd-JmelnesaespltgL J kfeoAtht a
large revenue nigftt Ultimately , us .ae
rived from the county and -from street
car companies. No date has been fixed
for a conference between, the commis
sion and ths companies on ths provisions
that are set forth In the commission's
terras of acquiescence. . .
Should the commission adhere to the
stand it has taken -with reference to
the upper deck, such action would mean
that Multnomah county would become
an Important factor, as It Is In the steel
bridge. The county- would ba . called
upon to make a' contract to use the
bridge at a fixed revenue and to build
spproaches at both ends aggregating
4,400 feet. Including a high viaduct
across the entire switch yards of the
Hill lines on the west side to a con
nection wjth Linnton boulevard.
" ' FartTof Boulevard,
'Such a route would. It la said, be
come a part of the great system of
drives and car rides thst sre proposed
by the Initiative committee of one hun
dred toward beautifying Portland and
jnaklng it attractive to tourists. A
member of the commission sald:
1 t ie immaterial" whether tlie counTy
or the city does these things Imme
diately. The Idea of the commission is
to provide for ths future,' In recom
mending plans for the proposed bridge
of the Hill lines. Sines ths bridge Is to
be regarded as no serious obstruction In'
the harbor, we believe It should be
built tn such a manuer that the public
will derive actual uts from it The
brldgo would serve as a further link be
tween the business center of the city
and the rapidly growing peninsula,
where In a few years there will be thou
sands of people. The steel bridge rs
already congested.' and further facilities
for crossing by the publlo are needed.
It would be a fatal mistake to purmtt
another bridge to span the harbor un
less the general publlo were able to
have some use of it. I am satisfied the
sommlssion will stand firm for an upper
dock and I believe the railroad compa
nies will accept the requirement"
Object to Towfeoa Jrro vision.
There is a feeling In the commission
thst the proposed clause requiring the
railroad companies to furnish, on ' de
mand of towboat or steamship men, an
extra towboat to bring ships or rsfts
through ths brldgo. la not a reasonable
requirement la Its .present -terms... It Is
said such a provision would open a great
opportunity for graft. It, Is further
pointed out' that if such requirements
wsrs mads-in conneutlon wlth-ths new
bridge the ssrae law should govern at
all the other bridges.
It Is argued that any regulation or
charge regarding towage through the
bridge. of, the Hill lines coum noi oe
Justly Imposed unless ths Harrlman
bridge ware-subjected - to the -same re
quirements. This provision is a mooieu
question among members of the com
mission. ' They would like to see such
a provlaioh made to govern both the
railroad br4dgs lu the -hope thai it
would ba sufficient to remove all possi
ble cause for discrimination by , ship
pwner against this port
- Oongaaiee Oomplaieaat.
Other clauses in ths recommendations
of the commission-ar said to embrace
no cause for serious dispute, between
the city and the railroad companies. Th
companlosrwhll wishing to avoid every
burdensome regulation - and every re
etrlctlon to free and exclusive us of the
bridge for' railroad purposes, are be
lieved, to be- willing to oonoede every
other point raised In the controversy.
They have already indicated" to th com
mission thst they are willing to con
tribute liberally toward the j coat of
dredging the river In the neighborhood
of the bridge. At the-coming confer
ones this matter will be threshed Into a
definite proposition, and. the compsnles
will probably fsvor- payment by tnem
of a specific sum annually toward the
cost and leave ths matter of dredging
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Cutle Rock, the Gibraltar
PRICE- MAY SOLVE
KUHfJ f.lYSTER
District Attorney Manning Is
Told That 'Cash Will Lo- :
' cate-Murderer. .,
MRS. KUHN AT ONCE"
OFFERS A REWARD
However- NorInformation HssYet
Been Divulged Woman Who Wss
Jtt Place onlNight JoUShooting Tele,
phones That She Has Information.
A price fror their ' Information has
been demanded by persons claiming to
know the- Identity end location, of the
murderer, of Julius Kuhn. the east 'side
saloon msn who wss mysteriously shot
down In his saloon on February IT last.
Though the persons profess to know
of a confession msde by the murderer
to a close friend and to stand In a posi
tion to clear up the mystery, they hsve
given the district attorney to under
stand that . they will not tell what
they know unless assured that they will
receive a reward. Mr.Mannlng was In
formed" that detectives wCrR!ngDn the
esse have been in possession of the
facts relative to the confession of th
murderer snd have had - him shsdowed
for some time psst.. but delayed the ar
rest "In - the hope that a reward would
be offered.
After Mrs. Kuhn. in the office of Mr.
Manning, yesterday afternoon, an
nounced her willingness to offer a re
ward,, the informers hesitated still.
Thsy wanted to wait until the proffer
was ' published. Since thst was done
the district attorney hss not been able
to see the persons claiming to posses
the Information. They told him thai
if th proper reward, was offered an ar
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Is There Anything
nk foH UriiitTh ic.P in nnc if in n 7
4 jjL1 fas ! U
Portland-cxceeds that of each of
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by several thousand, a, much as
in one case aiid more than two
other. - This is a plcasinfr condition
but it creates considerable ill-will
otfeelinir on the part of our esteemed veninii con. ; Oregofirto- pay
temporay,, which gives expression
in some inflammable language and-it even resorts
to vituperation. Now, The Journal believes .inS a
"square deal" and possibly 'the 'offended "one is. en
titled to like treatment.' "- -It- ')
. So, in order that the newspaper game be played
fair and above board the, publisher of The Journal,
in all kindness to 'its contemporary? that seems so
shallow that it cannot-hide its indignation and regret,
suggests that a circulation investigation committee
lie selected. The Journal's esteemed, contemporaries,
Uevew44
For-AII Is Permitted
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of the Columbia River, Which la Threatened With Devastation.
SC1IET.1E TO BLAST
ilSTLEICK
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Party of Surveyors Camped Near
- Monolith Second in Size '
-to Gibraltar.
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HISTORIC LANDMARK .
; " FOR BUILDING STONE
Was Discovered by Lewis nd Clark
and by . Them Called Pilot or Bea
4on RocaFlmaJecTyranS
'J. Smith. ' ' - " '." : '
With the view of "blaatlnnhe"glgtltrc
boulder into fragments, a party of sur
veyors is camped near Castls Rock for
the purpose of ascertaining the dimen
sions of what Is said to be the largest
rock in the world wtth th exception ot
Gibraltar, which commands the entrance
to the Mediterranean aea. ;
The. party is In the employ of Daniel
Kerns of this city, - Mr.- Kerns. denies
that he hse the contract for destroying
ths historic lsndmark, which for cen
turies was a lookout station for Indian
tribes, and answered a somewhat similar
purpose -for'lyewie-andrcTaTK on their
Journey of exploratibn. -
However. It hss been ' rumored ' for
months that the huge rock Is . to be
blown away, and the presence of a sur
veying party at this time has revived
Interest in the venerable landmark. It
is said that stone is to be taksn from
Its sides for the erection of several
buildings in Portland.
Covering an area of 1J1-4 acres gt
Its bass and towering to a height of
1,140 feet, the huge stone stands as -on
of ths most conspicuous soenlo attrac
tions along the Columbia. It rises nesr
the water's edge and 'is separata and
aloof from the hills and cliffs which
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its contemporaries
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of. The Journal one and these two select one other,
the three to make a canvala of the circulation of the .
morning paper and its evening edition and r The
Journal, and the paper found to have the smallest
, three thousand
thousand in the
to The journal.
and some display
Circulation in the
to its thoughts
Thus it will be proved to the advertiser snd the pub-"
lie which paper nas the largest circulation and who
the "liar"'is that is doing the f guring with the view
of getting: money from the advertiser under false
pretenses. ,The Journal knows it has 'the largrst
bona fide paid circulation- in city and state and is
willing to submit to, any far test to prove it. The
.Journal's contemporaries must have an insight int.i
the truth of this paper's statements or they vt--"
fall over one another to srrrrt ii challrnpr, -is
offered un?-r the rr " i t'. at it it a
frank an 1 f
wwe4tett
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in "COLLISION
During Fiercest Storm in Twenty
Years Short Line Locomo- J
tives Crash Together-"---
FIREMAN IS HURtED V ' '(
INTO FLAMING COAL,"
One-Dead .'and SeveraLInjured Pas
UWUUIIGMES-
aengera Compelled to Go to Bed ty-""'"' ;
r Keep Warm Snow Up to Car Win
dows Traffic Delayed. ' '
-tAMHat-nisMt e-: The- Joerseh
.Butte, Mont, March 14. During
thei
fiercest storm -that has raged along ths
line In 20 years four giant locomotive ' "
of the Oregon 1 Short Line crashed te-'
gether s t short distance this side of
Humphrey at 4 :S0 (O'clock -.yesterday
morning, killing Flremanv 8. . J. Lucu
and painfully injuring a number ' ef ;
trainmen and occupants of passeogef
coaches. V , 'f . -, v
Lucas was "hurled headlong jagatnsC
the door of ths firebox and was burled ,
beneath a mass. of flaming ooai. Whan '
rescued bin, face and head-were charred -
almost beyond recognition. - -. - s- ,
Engineer Erickson escaped, leaping?
through a cab window. . Ha was pain
fully cut about the hands and arms, but
was otherwise uninjured.
- Conductor John--Qulnn suffered wl
bruised head. Baggageman Fltxpatrlctc
sustained a scalp wound. . i -
Ths passengers on the northbound
train escaped ' without injury, although ,
many wets severely shaken-up. --'
The ' engines were going as double-
hesders, because of ths deep snow, nt
owing to ths fact that the Water tank
at Monlda was frosen two engtnes left
that point for- the next tank, thinking
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J L ..1.. nikse
city of Portland and the state of ,
tHe whole' expense of the canvas.
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