The Oregon daily journal., April 03, 1906, Image 1

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VOL. V. NO. 24.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL" ; 3, 1908. FOURTEEN PAGES.
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DOWIE FALSE
IHREMTieS EJECT
FOR FRAY OOUtJ
-Bill
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Zion States That Restorer Never
V I Possessed Divine Power and
5 Was Not ' Authorized : ;
3v';: Agent of God.'. ... ..
NEW CftEED ADOPTED-
CHANGE IN FIANCES
V; Church Will Be Conducted as
Chriatian Cooperative Community
..Respect Dowie for Good He Has
; Done All Humble Worker' for
: Common Good.
TV r: r t Joursat Spatial 8m ilts.
...' Chicago, April I. Ovmr WIIW O.
, Voliva and other directors of the Chris
tian .Catholic church In Zion thla mora-
.' Int" adopted a new creed and a financial
policy to save the residents of the coin
niunlty from suffering for necessities.
- nllva. uvi:
" "The Christian CathoHcchurcTiwtn
b conducted as a Ohrlatlan cooperative
-community, which wilt continue to re
aped John (Alexander Dowie for the
good he haa done, but we aee now - that
be has never poaaeaaed divine power.
We do not believe that any roan among
' "us la a directed authorised agsnt of
God. All of ua are bumble workers fot
- the common good." , - :-
It Is planned to raise 11.000.000 Im
, mediately.- No word haa yet been re-
: eelved from Dowle In answer to the tele
gram sent him yeaterday.
.Vollva states that he believes what
'. lias been Alone Is rot the good of the
v rhurch and Zion City 'and for Us credit
ors. The house cleaning will proceed
and the affairs of Zion City will be put
in good order. Further legal moves
. depend upon Howie's course as to how
he takes his dismissal.
Dowle is said to be very sick, suffer-
, fug from pulmonary trouble. paralysis;
dropsy and occasional delirium. His
X. project Tor the establishment of a col
ony In Mexico will be abandoned and
; an allowance be made to the formal
' leader sufficient to enable him to main
.tain rea'dence In Mexico If he desires
or he will be received as a common clti
' sen by officers of the church if he desires
to return to Zion City. It Is said that
.-'Gladstone Dowle-is prepared to make
' startling revelations shoald' hie father
undertake a legal con teat for possession
.cf the property.
. Ths overthrow of Dowle wss publicly
, .approved at a meeting held In the Tab-1
ernade at Zion City laat bight attended j
1 by 7,009i . members, prsslded over by
Overseer John O. .Spelcher. Mrs. Jane
-'Dowle. wife of the -"prophet."-and Glad
stone Dowle.- his son, both participated
In the depose I. . .- . . .
After a conference of the overseers
, ' snd deacons this morning if was an
nounced that a telegram from Dowie
had been received, requesting immedi
ate and complete reports of the Sunday
meeting, and It Is assumed that he had
hot received . the official dispatch an
nouncing his deposition as the head of
Zion. .
WHY BARNARD QUIT.
Toraier rimaaolal asaaage ef Horn Was
rioaeer la Uffort for Beform. (-
' The fall of John Alexander Dowle and
reorganisation of Zion City Is said to
have been Inevitable since ths date of
resignation a year ago of Charles J.
Barnard, general financial manager of
-Zion. now a resident of Portland. Ha
has been regarded as a sacrifice victim,
being the pioneer In the herculean tank
of reforming Dowie's reckless business
methods. Mr. Barnard has never, until
taoday, made an authoritative "state
ment of his reasons for leaving Zion
City. - - . . . ' , :
- Asked tt make a statement' regarding
the patft difficulties and probable fulurs
. of Zion City, be said:
'. ,-"I wsnt to be careful to say nothing
, that would Injurs any one. It is my na
ture to vroteot the under dog. . Mr.
-.Dowle has done a grrat deal of good,
; and although he haa raid unkind things
of me I drill have considerable respect
f or him, My peltlon was simply thls
"It became a matter of . conscience
with me as to the handling of the peo-
: ple'a money and seeing It expended In
the way that much of It was spent. Re
' posted promises of change of policy
' were not fulfilled. ' Having been edu
, eated for over 30 years In One- of the
most conservative banks In Chicago. 1
. was desirous of hsving the business af
fairs of Zion- conducted along certain
. business lines, which were In-accordance
' with ordinary business customs. Hav-
. tng failed tn mr efforts to coflTlncs) the
' - leader of Zion that these plans were for
' the best Interests of oil concerned. I felt
- It my duty to resign and- allow others to
: effect ths changea which . all now eee
were, absolutely accessary. -' - - .
' 4f the reports as published In the
papers 'recently are true and Overseer
' Vollva has taken full management of
the affairs of Zion and also secured con
trol of the property .for the benefit of
7 the people, I believe that - spiritually,
financially and commercially the Zlorf
movement will go forward with leaps
. and bounds. How could it be otherwise.
; when the true teaching of Zion la whol
ly tn accordance with the word of OodT
"When men and women are saved
from lives of sin and degradation and
made fit to become members of society,
living useful and honest lives, when ths
children are taken- from the klndor-
' garden through the -various slagea of
school and college llfs and fitted for
useful men snd women. In the battle Of
life, how could any community do other
wise thsn receive with open arms such
a cIhbs of people? . .
(l'ontnued on rie T
'V'.:' ',''.'' .'i
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Gladstone Dowie, Who Has
.Turned Against His Father.
WATER IS
AT
Backwater .From the Columbia
Already JJoticjBaeJn the
Willamettts Here-'
MELTING SNOW SWELLS;. t
' ; THE TRIBUTARY SNAKE
Forecaster Beals Believes That Rite
of Two Feet at Lewiston la First
Notice of the Spring Freshet Its
Force Depends Upon the Weather.
What ' Is regarded by the weather
bureau offlclals aa the beginning of the
annual rise of the Columbia river was
recorded thla morning. , A report was re
ceived of a rise of two feet at Lewis
ton during the lsst 24 hours. The stage
of the river at that-point Is now K.I
foet and at The Dnlles lO.i feet. above
the low water mark. .
-When a stage of six or .seven feet at
Vancouver la reached the backwater
from the Columbia -Into the Willamette
ts noticed st Portland. There is today
scarcely any current in. the Willamette,
which shows that the backwater is al
ready making Itself felt. With the con
tinued warm weather on the Snake, for
the last week It Is said there is no doubt
that -the Columbia will rise 'rapidly and
the river at Portland will soon be higher
thsn It has. been, since- the . middle of
laat summer." '.
. SUoord of High Water.
f Dlwtrlnt H-nrwQ.ter HoaT. egy'ii that
the average date of the annual -rise of
ins Columbia occurs about April U.
Frequently If Is 'a .mdhth earlier, but
usually It comes latsr. He explains
there . may be short ' periods- when a
check Is put to the flood, such as a few
days or com weather, but. he suys un
questionably this Is the beginning . of
the period of high wster, which will
soon be experienced. . Tito highest stage
of the liver at Portland during the an
nual rise of the Columbia for the-past
IS years . waa reached on the follomiug
detee; '-- 1 r,.lv - '. "
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In lilt the water mark was tha low
HIGH
HAND
est ever recorded, while In 184 the river
was at a higher stage thsn ever before
known.' In that yen r the .Willamette
Yerflowed Its banks, and for two weeks
or more some of the principal streets In
the city were tnundsted snd smsll boats
were plying up as Jr as- the Chamber
ef Commerce building. ' i. - - -.
sVsi JBssy Winter.. ' -j ,."
Weavy falls of snow occurred tn ilia
mountains last winter, snd It l believed
there -alii be an .unusually 'g rise in
t tCunliaucd en. Pegs ?iwot .
Eyes ; of ; Nation Cast Toward
Oregon Where Mighty. Fight
Is Being Made for Equal ;
'-y,.v Suffrage. :
CAMPAIGN IS PLANNED t
-V TO SMALLEST. DETAIL
Leaders of National Fame in Charge
of Cruaade Every Voter in Oregon
to Be Reached Conference Opens
' .Tomorrow and Will Be Attended
.by Two Hundred Workers.- -:
la two little rooms, on the top floor of
the Stearns building. Sixth and Morri
son streets, where a staff of clerks and
stenographers , works Incessantly,' and
where superfluous tslking Is prohibited,
a band of sealous women is directing a
movement to bring about In Oregon the
realisation of wonwui- hopes -Mhromh
all the years by securing for her tha
right to vote. - -
Assembled st ths headquarters In ths
Stsarna building are leaders of the suf
frage movement from all parts of
America, i Veterans , of Innumerable
campaigns for a cause that is gradually
but surely establishing ths standing it
demands hsve gathered In Oregon to direct-
a fight in which the entire femi
nine world, and. indeed, every voter In
the United States, has more than a pass
ing Interest. -
For months the work has been quietly
but Industriously -carried on throughout
ths state-from headquarters. Professional
speakers hsve been sent Into every vil
lage snd every hamlet of Oregon. Coun
ties have been canvassed and headquar
ters established. -In ssch. - Evsry town
and city has been dlvfded Into districts,
and In evsry district ons or two meet
ings will be field oany until me eiec-.
tlon in June. At headquarters arrange
ments are also being made for frequent
mass jneetbigs. county conferences, par
lor meetings and gatherings of various
kinds fojc, the purpose of arousing In
terest la tne universal sunrsgs movement.-
. Oowfcrlautlons rear In.
From everr state In the Union con
tributions have been sent Into Oregon
to carry on the work. There have been
no sacrlfioea of Jewels or private for
tunes by ardent believers In the cause,
but liberal. sums are being, sent from
every part of America to assist in win
ning for women ths right to vote In Ore
gon. . However, every officer' of the Na
tional Etfuat Suffrage association devotes
her time and labor to the cause gratuit
ously. None of, the national officers'
who have come to Oregon to use pan
In the greatest and most extensive cam
paign that has ever been waged by the
suffragists receives a salary.
- "The eyes of America are upon Ore
gon." said Mrs. ' Ida Porter-Boyer. who
Is in charge of the press work of the
movement. "Already there are four
states In which women hsve been granted
the right of suffrsge. and others are
waiting the result of tne battle in ure-
gon before Inaugurating campaigns of
their' own. There are iso.eue voters
In ths state of Oregon, snd we propose
to see every one of them before our cam
paign la closed. Wo propose to go Into
every poling place ana precinci in tne
state to advocate our cause."
National workers In the suffrage
movement declare that Oklahoma will
be the scene of the next great effort to
secure universal suffrsge. In case ao-
tlon on the bill for staleliood bow pend
ing in the senate-la deferred, they pre
diet thst Oklahoma will be admitted to
the union as an equal suffrsge state.
' A rdtoraitare Oampalgm.
In carrying on the campaign In Ore
gon the state has been flooded with a
mass 1 of literature books. - pamphlets,
circulars, letters and brteflets con
taining arguments In favor of he move
ment and exposing what they, believe
l6 be fallacies of the opposition. In
every town and county In the- stats
there ts a committee, whoso duty It Is
to distribute ths literature that la aent
out from headqusrtere. . .
"On Uncoln-s btrthdaf 'we aent-OUt
80,000 ' circular" containing his picture
and a quotation of his, advocating wom
an suffrage.-- ssld Mrs. Boyer.
In 32 states of the union suffrage has
been' granted to women, though In a
majority of rases In a restricted form.
Thst number does not Include ths
ststes where .'equal suffrage , prevails.
In Kansas, the right of municipal suf
frage has been granted. In New Orleans
a tax restriction Is Imposed, while In
other cities and states suffrage is lim
ited - In - various 'degrees. : The more'"
ment tn Oregon is to secure, equal suf
frsge. .'."
"A peculiarity about Oregon," ex
plained Mrs. Boyer, "ts "'that, while
women already have the right of School
suffrsge, t her are not eligible to the
(Continued on Page Five.
TH I RTY INVOLVED I
; ,J ,
'Wealthy eastern timbermVn' are In
volved In an Indictment for land
frauds which will probably be returned
by the federal grand Jury late this aft
ernoon.' Who the Indicted timber kings
are Is not positively known and all In
formation Is withheld by the federal
officials, who say thst they can tell
nothing until the arrests have been
made.'
It Is known, however, that the frauds
Whlofi form the basis-of the Indictment
took place m the. LhW view, district, tn
southern Oregon, end It is said-that
Deposed. President of ' Pittsburg
Union Refuses to Leave Hall
and Is Thrown Out After -Two
Hours' Fight. ;
ANTHRACITL; OPERATORS
- CONFER WITH MITCHELL
Little Prospect of Peaceful Outcome
of Meeting to Avert Strike Agents
. Signing Strike-Breakers by Hun-
- dreds Owners' Determined to
Crush Union. '- . ,
' ' - 1 (Journal peel1 Berries.)
Pittsburg, I'a.. April ; 8. A . stormy
scene wan enacted this morning when
the district convention of mlneworkers
met snd President Dolan was deposed
as executive officer of the union and
expelled by resolution both from the
meeting and membership of. the union.
DolanresiKted-ths- attempta-.to" eject
him from the hell and a lively scrim
make ensued resulting in. an adjourn
ment until means of ejection without an
open fight were found. After holding
his position for two hours, Dolan was
dragged from the rostrum antt forcibly
ejected. .He will seek redress In count.
When .the convention wss ealhsd to
order Dolan, the deposed president, and
Frank Feehan, the newly- elected presi
dent, were both present. 'Dolan pro
ceeded to call the meeting - to order.
Feehan refused to engage In strife and
the convention chose S. - A. Wetsel as
chairman. Wetsel and Dolan, -from
stands on opposite aides ' of" the hall,
proceeded to preside at the meeting, re
sulting in the utmost confusion.
The convention voted almost unani
mously to-expet Delaft from the meeting
and membership In the convention. - An
attempt was made by ths sergeant-at-arma
to put XHlan out of the hall.. He
resisted and Wetsel declared tha meet.
fng adjourned until Dolaq -was got
rid of . , "
There will be no strike in the Pitts
burg -district among tha bituminous
mlnera and work was generally resumed
at the collieries this morning. F. I
Bobbins of the Pittsburg Coal company
and all ths other large companies In the
distrlot having signed - the 1003 scale
providing an Increase of (.55 per eent
In wages. . The miners of the Independ
ent operators are an' exception, but they
represent less than a fourth of the total
tannage of the district.----- - --- - -
The Independent operators met laat
night and adjourned after passing a res
olution to support the Independent oper
ators in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in
their refusal to pay ths Increass in
wages and to close down the mines for
the time being. No attempt will be
made to import nonunion labor.
A majority of the. large operators la
the other -districts of western Penn
sylvania signed the scale today. There
has been no clash between the men and
the operators, and none Is looked for.
IN CONFERENCE.
Aathmelta Operators and Mitchell Make
l-lmsl Zffort for Psaee.
tJoaraml SpecUl (Jerries.)
New Tork. April 3. Anthracite op
erators and miners' Joint conference be
gan at noon. There is little hope of
peace as the anthracite owners havo an
nounced their Intention of fighting the
union to a finish.
At the conference the operators re
newed the counter-proposition made
by the miners eat 1 in March to een
tlnue for another three years the scale
adopted by the anthracite strike com
mission. , Argument followed by both
operators and mlnera The union" lend
ers renewed their original demands.
The conference. adjourned until Thurs
day. ' Operators' agents - at Phlladslphls,
New Tork, Chicago. Pittsburg and St.
Louis are signing strikebreakers by the
hundred. The operators are' determined
to make an effort 'to work , the mines.
At WUkssbarre Thomas Tsguo and a
rrmn named Titus, employed at a col
liery, were assaulted by Italian strikers
this morning. This Is the first trouble
sine, ths suspension.
'- No. othsr disorder is reported from
the anthracite region. The strike order
haa generally been obeyed and all the
men are out with the exception of those
manning ths engines for the protection
of the property. Only one colliery in
the entire region Is working, snd thla is
a nonunion establishment.
Every colliery In the anthracrte region
la open in readiness for work, but there
Is no response other than the appearance
of those necessary to preserve the mine
from Injury, who are exempted in the
strike order. There Is as yet no ap
parent attempt to Import, nonunion
labor. 'The miners assert that a strike
ha not yet "been declared. ths. suspen-
, (Continued on Pegs Two.
some 10 persons figure as defendants.
Tha tsnd secured through the frauds
which form the basis of this particular
Indictment are said to amount to about
10,000 acres. ,
Other transactions of even grestsr
magnitude are yet to be investigated by
ths federal grand Jury, and a host of
witnesses is in constant - attendance,
ready Ie be sailed into the juryrofm.
The estrsordlnery care with which
the government Is concealing the iden
tity of the defend nt a, coupled with the
known fart that they are mea of wealth
Modern Office and Store Struc
ture to Supplant Multnomah
, Block at Fifth and Mor-
- rison Streets. - " -
NEW HOSPITAL AT
. COUNTY POOR FARM
Sky-Scraper to Be of Brick and Steel
- Construction and Will Be Started
' Soon Will Be One Hundred Feet
Square Hoapital to. Be of.. B rick
and Erected in Shape of Letter H.
Within the next 12 months a modern
office and store building of eight or
ten stories, will cover the sits now oc
cupied by ths Multnomah building at
tne southeast coiner of Fifth and Mor
rison streets, Multnomah county wHU
during the same period, bullcf the fineat
ttubUc hospital on -the Pacific -coast;
at the county farm. These were the
two important developments In the real
estate field today. --
The rebuilding of the Multnomah
block, t Fifth, and Morrison, has been
undertaken by the Corbett estate, own
ers of ths property., and no time is to
be lost In preparations for the Immedi
ate beginning of work. Present tenants
are- being-notified, and In most cases
are being temporarily provided for in
other rooms owned by the estate.
Tne new building will be a brick and
steel structure of pleasing architecture.
and the corner apace on the ground floor
will be taken by a large and handsome
banking room to be occupied by the
Security savings bank, -now occupying
quarters on tha south side of Morrison
between. Thlrdand Fourth streets. The
Arm of H. Llebes dc Co., jaeger Bros.
and perhsps others of the present ten
ants will be- housed In tha new building;
Oas atnadred feet e.oaee,
The" ground space to be covered by
the new building Is 100x100 feet. The
present buildings are occupied bv Her
man Bach's cigar store, tha Jaeger
Brothers' jewelry store, II. Llebes' fur
store. J. N. Bristol's grocery. Max
Schmidt's restaurant, tha P-ostoffloe
barber shop, Rosenthal Sisters, and up
stairs a rooming-house conducted by
Mrs, Anderson. Some of the tenanta
ars already preparing to move to other
quarters until tha new building Is com
pleted. Jaeger Brothers wUI take the
room at the northwest corner of Fifth
and Alder streets, now occupied by X.
Aronson's jewelry atore and W. K. U ar
ret non. optician.
H. W. Corbett, who haa charse of the
building project, left yesterday for Salt
Utke, but the report that the new build
ing was being planned for Immediate
construction wss confirmed by W. C.
Alvord of the First National bank. Ha
said: '
. "I can tell nothing definite concern
ing the matter. It In quits likely a
new building will go up on the site la
the near future. The plans are not
completed. ' It will be a modern office
building, something that will be a bene
fit to the owners, the surrounding prop
erty and the elty.7-
All lessee of present 'occupants of "the
property, excepting one. expire at some
time thle year. A few tenanta have
no leases. The owners have for ths last
year or two been contemplating the
advisability of erecting a building of
a character commensurate with the com
mercial importance of the location. This
corner Is said to be one of the most
desirable building locations In the city.
Saadaoxae Wsw Xosplta ,
Multnomah county's public hospital
Is to be erected on the county poor farm
near the location of the buildings at
that Institution. Architects will soon
be asked to submit plans for the build
ing. .; - - . .-
At, a. recent meeting of the. county
court, composed of County Judgs Lionel
R. Webster and Commissioners Frank C.
Barnes -and. W. L. Llghtnar, It was de
cided that the work of building a new
hospital at the poor farm should begin
ss soon aa possible. It waa decided
that the building should .bo of brick
and erected In the shape of a large let
ter H. .The hospital will be aa com
plete an Institution of its kind as ran
be msds. It will be, two stories high
and is to -be placed on the finest site
for . the purpose to be found on the
eounty's farm. . . 1
- While members of the court do not
explain just what they plan to have
the new hospital cost. It Is said that the
county will have an Institution for the
ears of its-alck poor-that wilt be -numbered
among the beat In the land. .. It la
thought that the building will be ready
for occupancy ' within a year. The ac
tion has been hurried by. the fire In the
structure now used for the needy sicks
several ..weeks- ago. This is a frame
building. Had the fire In the hospital
not started In the day time many lives
would haye been lost.
N FRAU DS
and prominence, leads to the belief thst
the offlclals fear the defendants will
leave the country If they should learn
of their Indictments before arrests are
msde.
It Is said that efforts have been made
to tamper- with some of the govern
ment's wttneoses. This report hss re
sulted In redoubled .precautions en the
pert of the aovernment. and a score of
special agents are constantly on rhs
alert to detect any. attempts to pre In-dice-
the prosecution or to Improperly
Influence the witnesses. ;
Calvin S. Heilig.
NAMES PLAYHOUSE
"THE HEILIG"
Friends Suggest That Manager
Give Theatre His Name, and
. . ; He Finally. Consents.
f -
WILL SEAT MORE DOWN
STAIRS THAN MARQUAM
House'Wm BrChristenedTWTtlTAp:
propriate Exercises on Monday,
When "The Heir to the Hoorah
Will Open the Theatre.
-The Ilelllg" Is to be tha name of the
new Washington street home Of Klaw
Krlanger attractions in Portland. The
playhouse-will bear this name in honor
of Manager -Calvin 8. Heilig, who for
years hss handled the Marquam Qrand
and will- now endeavor to make the
new theatre even more popular than the
old one haa been.
Friends of Mr. Ilelllg strongly sug
gested that the hew theatre bear hln
name. Since It became known that the
Marquam -was -to be -closed and that
ths Washington street house would be
used, they have been urging Mr. ilelllg
to consent , to their wishes, and It is
understood het he ha Anally decided
to consider the proposition favorably.
' The christening of the. theatre Mon
day night when the curtain rises will be
done' with appropriate ceremony, the
details of which will be arranged be
tween now and then.
"Tha Heilig" will open to the public
with "The Heir to the Hoorah." This
production will be followed by "Babes
in Toy land," said to be one of the best
musical productions on ths circuit.
The work of remodeling the Washington-street
house la progressing rapidly.
The lower boxes on both sides have
been torn away and a dosen or more ad
ditional Bests are being Installed. Ths
whole house Is being thoroughly ren
ovated and redecorated for the openfhg
night.
Manager Heilig, after carefully figur
ing the seating capacity of - the new
house In comparison with that of the
Marquam, finds thst there are some 13
more sests ou the lower floor than In
tha old house, the baloony will seat 60
more while the gallery is considerably
smaller than that of the Marquam.
The etsge Is much more commodious
and convenient than the old one. From
the" floor to the rigging gallery the
distance - is- 20 -feet-more--thsn at the
Marquam. thus giving a far better view
upon this stsge from 'the balcony and
gallery than was afforded at the former
home.
PROFITABLE DEAL IN
COPPER BY CHINESE
' (Jouraal Special Berric.)
New-Torkr-Aprit-. A-blg and -well-managed
deal In copper, engineered by
a firm of Chinese merchants at Shang
hai, by which the members profit to at
least foO.OOO, has become known at the
New York Metal exchange. - . The mer
chants bought (.000 ' tons of American
copper last fall. It was then selling
at from it to lt cents a .pound. It
Was shipped to Shanghai. Today copper
Is selling st 71 cents. Foreseeing its
increase, the Chinese - merchants had
held most of the big consignment and
4iow they are shipping . It' back to this
country. The first part of the shipment
arrived yesterdsy: on the Stands rd Oil
company's steemer Hudson, which cams
from Shanghai and Kobe. Japan, after
a rough voyage. The- cost of freight
ing the copper to China and back will be
half eent a pound. ....
TEHACHAPI LANDSLIDE
BLOCKS ALL TRAFFIC
. (Joeraal SpecUl Service
- Bakersfteld. Cel.. April 3. The condi
tion of .the Tehachapl landsllds Is un
changed. Large gangs -are at work
clsarlng the tracks. It is reported that
the tunnel has shifted two feet from Us
original position and, will have. tn -be
dynamited. Both the Santa Fe-and
Southern Pacific are transferring pae
sengera. Trains are over a day late.
It will probably be two days before the
lines are cleared.
FULTON'S MEASURE V
TO EXCHANGE LANDS
' Spel(t ntspatek te Tke Jesrsal.T
Washington, April I. rieimtor Fulton
today v Introduced a .hill authorising the
sxi'hsnge of odd sections owned by the
California Oregon company on the
Klamath reservation for other land not
exceeding 8T.000 acres.
. Snffalo Ttaaee Baraed.
(Joirfant Special Sen tee. I .
Hut fain. N. V.. April S. The plant of
the Unffalo Times was destroyed hy
fire this morning. , The loss is l;iMV9.
No Bank Desirous of Taking
Charge of City's Money and
' Depositing Bonds in Excess
" of Amount Received.
TREASURER NOW HAS TOO
MUCH WEALtH ON HAND
Is Sole Custodian of Three Quarters
' of a Million Dollars Which Under
New Charter Amendment He Can
Not Deposit in Any Bank Council
to Seek Relief at Once. .
Only one bank In this city submitted
a proposal .yesterday to City Treasurer
Werleln to become a repository for elty .
funds, according to the amendment to
section Its of tha city charter, which.
went,. into effect yesterday. '-
Aa a result the city treasurer ta facing
a necullar situation. He haa .nearly "
TfA AAA - T Ll- U- Jk . . . ji 1 . .
t'itO.000 orf his hands and according to
the amendment to the charter which
was approved by the people he cannot.
depeaif-TV3 in any. bank. t ;
The law provides that a bank which. ..
desires to become a repository for city
funds must deposit with the city trees- 1
urer bonds of the elty of Portland, the
face value of which must be equal to- ,
the amount 6f money on deposit by the
city: or city, county, municipality or
achool district bonds within the state ,
or Oregon, or well-recdgnlsed railroad
or - street railway bonds, . the market
value of which shall be one and one
fourth times greater than the aum on
deposit. , .."'.'
The bank a have positively refused to
sccept .the deposits on . such terms.
They will not let the bonds they hold -go
out of their possession, although they ...
claim that they have unbounded eon 1- "
denco In the Integrity of tha city trees-
urer. ' The reason givsn for tbsir refusal
to submit bide ta said to be due to the ' '
fact that' they', will . not' deposit, bonds "
with the city treasurer of a value equsl - -to
or greater than . tha amounts - they -would
receive on deposit. They say thle
would be foolish when they can send east '.
and get all the money they desire for
a much lower rate, and see no reason
why they should maks a deposit of
bonds In value of one and one fourth
times the amount of the deposit of eity
money.
City Treasurer Werleln has been can-7
vaaslng all-the banks in the city this
morning. .He said that all of them had
the proper security, but would not sub
mit bids. He found nearly all of them
willing to take deposits under the old
plan by which the city would receive
from I to 4 per cent Interest,
After he haa thoroughly canvassed
the situation be will make a report to
the city council. . possibly, tomorrow
night. He will also make recommen
dations regarding the disposition of tha
city funds among the banks and some
steps may be taken to remedy the situ,
atlon.
Ths amendment has brought forward
complications which its adhsrenta never
contemplated, and J- may be found al
together Impracticable to enforce It. '
HEIRESS TO FORTUNE v'-
STRANGELY MISSING
.. .
tJesraal Special Servln.l
Florence, "Col.. April . J.r-Miss Neva,
Morgsn of Lyons has been notified that
she and her cousin, Mrs. M. E. Von der
Lynder,- formerly of Tellurlde, are heirs
to the J. 8. Hess estate tn South Africa
valued at 1 1 00.000. Of. thla. amount .
11(0.000 Is bequeathed to Mrs.. Von der ,
Lynder and the remainder goes to Miss -Morgan.
- -
Mrs, Yon der Lynder' disappeared six
months ago and Miss Morgan hss been,
searching for her industriously ever
since, but without being able to Jocste
her. Mrs. Von der Lynder wss traced to
southern Colorado and from there lto
New Mexico. From New Mexico she
was traced to Denver, where' sll trace)
was completely lost. Miss Morgan came
to Lyons from Seattle last October. t ',
STRIKE BREAKERS '
STONED BY YOUTHS
(Jearsel Kseetei Serrwe.t -Oakland.
Cel.; April . The first vio
lence' attendant on the threatened strike
of the Oakland streetcar employes oe
eurred this morning waen a crowd of
schoolboys hurled stones at an enclosure '
where 1(0 strikebreakers were camped.
None were Injured. - Most of the strike
breakers are from Los Angeles. It Is
reported thst msny decamped during the
night.- "
Traffic on the eompany'a ferry line,
the "key route," haa fslien off, peoplo
fearing to buy commutation , tickets,
which will be useless tn the event of a
strike. Officials ef the union' and com
pany . are In aeaslon this morning en
deavoring to reach aa . agreement to
avert the atruggle,
EDWARD EVERETT HALE
' IS EIGHTY-FOUR TODAY
Maeraal Somlal fteretea.t
Washington, I. '.. April ttUtwmnt
Everett iUhv the chaplain of the senate.
received msny oonsratulatioes tod.iv
npon entering on his e!liv-flftt -.
Dr. Hale waa nors "in l.rtnn.- Aenl : ,
ihZJ. and a-ertnjd from I'-ev.ri 1
the early. ae ef 17 He em- ' r
Istrv. snd while still a u - 1
null jiI fame s a' noloii
spite Ms years. Or. M-'e 1
tme and ss wetlve aa t
worker an-l a er!t - r
' t ,