The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 02, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt I - f , if o GOODVnVLiUIuG; . . .. . . ej - , ' ....,...-. am i ".-! II .1. , i ... . ' '..V Fair toafc&t and fussday ton ' tioued warm; northeast winds. O.v - Baw' m a ss a i ...- vol. v; 1:0. ici. PORTLAND. OREGON, I'OIIDAY EVENING, JULY i, 1SC3. FOURTEEN TAGES... ; PRICE TWO CETJT3. . GulJ.'PtZT - -i - -.- vj . .- U-ii: .x ...... . j IS Ml ML )T77 A Lil OUIBLV C. E. Loss Gets Control of Company's Fran chises-and Holdings for Half Million Purchaser Has Acquired Ninety . '. Per Cent pi Capital $toclc . of Company i. and John B. Yeon1aJd to Own "Hemainder of Stock.-1- - ! Ths United Railways ooinpsuii con l rolling the Front street railway fran chiae,' the Oregon Traction company and ths Chamber of Commerce building, to- uay passed into the poaeeeslon of C. XL "Loss" of San Pranclaoo and eastern aaoo-etate.-Tbe purchasers have acquired per cent of the ' eapltal atook of the United Railways mdidut 4t a aria 1, which Is understood to be upward of KSOtiauon extendm MoK orar a weak hT bea oaletly carried on In thla city between H.. St. John ptx. rep- ,. reeenuna- in u. Jfl. iosa corapany and member of the United Railway ,, pany.-.'Wl . tagtehhih Of the Osao ! c, Development eonpany with ffloaa 1a conneetlon wltl the C X. Ijom cemaaajr in itie Chamoer or Commerce buUdinf, '. ' liaa been -aasoalateA erlUi Mr. T h tha - deal; ' Mr. Ben ham a it-th bead of v . i.uHuw-uiit wnpu LU.L n i&r( i nanctal baldn, and probably will be coma an Important factor In the con- atruotlon Of the lropod Front' treat Una. the Foreat Grove road of tha . Oregon TrexUon company. " i-ii. Some Oppoattion wui' There" ha noubeen unanimity on the lart or tne ynited Railways company atocKTiOildeT in tha ueiutlatlona that ,.' led up to today's arreement Deter mine oppoattion baa been ' made by J, ' Whyte Bvafts, president of the company, who 1 said to have Insisted on. retaln - Ins; the orlg-lna ortnlsatton and pro ' ceedlnc with the financing and con- structloit of the road under tha franchise : secured from - the city coHanoil a few ' weeks nao. A large majority of the ! stockholders decided In. favor of selling . their interests. " ; -. r- w i -Tka aAmnanw si vwialf mhiaW AnnAI " tion In the anal lu the after ts fleat lts bonda.-and ass, Jast reaort was . obliged to contract fortheirflala.Jn ! Kngland. It la aald the 10 par cent of the company's stock today unsecured by the C K. loss people la held by Mif. Evans mod John B. Teon of Port- , land.-v, '. :" 'J:.'-y- . -" Mag Talmaale rranokJtoa. v ' The . cowpajiy'i franehlee for an :ia1ectrto line on Front street has been ' regarded as one of the moat valuable railroad franchises In tha gift of Port- (Continued on Page Two.), President ;bf Northern" Account fpr Story of r tic in Good .. '' (Jtoaretl. 8er1l rrlot... . Chicago, July 1. --"There la no foun- datlon for the statement that I am- to resign." said President Elliott of tha Northern Paclflo today. "I Teadj the Item in an eastern pepr recently-and .am at a loss to account for It." r 4 Tha Northern Paclflo nsvsr was In better condition than at . present, ao- cording to Elliott; ' Ho continued: "Con siderable construction work la In prog ress in Washington. . New towns are ; springing up along tha Una and menu i facturlng plants are , being established constantly. -. . . ' ELLIOTT DENIES RESIGHAIfl SOCIETY TO DANCE 1 ' . ON FOURTH OF JULY rT- r - IN -BAT HI NONSUITS ' . rJeereet aeeeM eervie. ' " Newport, uly 1. ioclety to awaiting In a flutter the dance to follow the din ner given by Mrs. Btuyveaent ' Fish on .the Fourth of July. The affair marks the opening of the Newport residence Crosiwaya. She has demanded an en tertainment forber guests which will be sufficiently original for the occa- . aim, nd It is said has appealed to Har ry 8. Lehr. and Lehr's ability to make Jaded society sit up and take notice will bo demonstrattd. . ' . Charred Bones Tell of Terrible Fate Met by .Watchman L B. Jaqua at OiliTankstire Infestlgation'' Reveals That .Un ' fortunate Man . Must .' Have " Been Hurled High In Air by " Force of Explosion and Fallen ntdTBumlrig Oil to Die. - burnlngr oil and debris tha remain z I B. Jaqua, the unfortunate night watchman who wa cremated when tha tanks of the Union oil works, near Pomnuiuth. ' 'upioder Saturday night. wero -found -this morning: - Nothing ia left but a few bones, so far .consumed as to.be almost, unrecognisable as hu- Coronor . Flnley Investigation Into tha oause of -thr-fearful explosion baa resulted In the .boiler - that Jaqua. in maklna hla rounds- of Inspection, placed hl Oantern s over a manhole and the exploeion : followed i almost, lnatan taneoasly.' The 'watchman was hurled Blah' into vie, air ana zeii into tne seething 'caldron, whera- kts --remalna Were discovered thla morning. Near tha rOmslns was . also found' tha .lantern. whidl) waa blown Into the .sir and feU near-tne-waoeatnan. - - ' " 1 ; asoaped Agony rMrbaps. - " Cdronor Panlev believes that tha plosion rendered Jaqua unoonsclous and that In' trial condiuon- no escspeo tne frightful agony he must have suffered had ' he .fallen auve into - tae - oaaaron. The force of tha explosion, he says, would undoubtedly have hurled the man to ft height of 0 feet In the air. Tha Tlrt ftrll-rrrrd Imm-nl'ft'TlT jL." In tha caldron into which he fell was Ignited L while - tha- body wag on - Its aerial Journey.-' ' : " :" Tit siaes oi xne caiaron were it rm above the ground. It was not fllled with oil as ware the tanks, but tha bot tom wan covered, to the depth of a foot or more with a thick sediment or oil and debris. It was Into that aediment that tha body .fell. . -i The aedlmetM baa oornea eontinnauy sine . the eXDloelon. Tha tcrrltte beat artsmg from tha raiaronhasmelUd tne sides aimosi nan way 10 xne grouna and it. was because of thla that firemen were able to dleoover .the remalna of the nlahtwatchmaa this morning. The remalna are near the center or the caldron and near them is the lan tem, So fearful Is . the bes4.JUULt.nft one Is able to approach within n distance-of t9 feet of the caldron and it will be impossible to recover tba bonis for Jtwo or three days. Jaquavwaa 46 years or age ana lived with hie family at Portsmouth.. He la survivedTsy a widow and a daughter. Pacific at a Xoss to Retirement Traf-. Condition -'a s. . heretofore tho ' grant nroMem oTt the freight department of Paclflo rail roads baa been tha return haul from the west -' Borne have attempted to solve the problem by seeking trade with the orient, while tha eastern demand. ,f or the timber wealth of Washington and Ore gon has supplied the deficiency In some oases, now the Paolflo states are de veloping so rapidly that within fsw years they will be shipping large quan tities of manufactured artlclea to the middle west and this with the-rapidly developing trade with China and Japan will help to balance conditions." . i i H ii . i I ,i i ". 1 " ' :':, It la understood that Lehr baa decreed bathing, ooetume for the- dancers at Mrs. rieh a balL He has modified the brevity of women's sklrU aa aeon on tba Sana's. Short sleeves, flowing collars, turn-back cuffs and ' four-ln-hand ties are other details; i . . . ' i ' Many other aensarranal features are being prepered and It is hinted that the function will surpass all others ever at tempted and -cause a sensation among even the pleasure-seeking smart set. ; 7 Helpinf Young Blame Tor, Electionl Frauds in . Sellwood Pre cinct Is Placed Upon the Management of the Daks Fenders Discussed ; The grand jury called Into being to Investigate frauds In the recent election has completed" Its work and adjourtied. Its final report, which -waa submitted IhU morning to Presiding Judge Sears of the circuit court, lays the blame for the Bell wood frauds - upon the manage-mehrof-Uio Oaha. As for the errors In the count til Bertha precinct the jury finds that they -wore due solely to mis takes of election officials. . The por tions of the , report dealing with Bell wood (precinct .17) and Berth (pre cinct II) are a follows: . , . - "We have carefully Investigated the charge of election frauds said to' have been . perpetrated at - the recent ) June election in precinct No. 17 ln .this oounty. We believe that there was a ooncarted notion on the- part, of the management of the . . pleasure . resort known aa the Oaks to Import into said precinct IT and have vote ; therein a largo number of persons not entitled to veto in said precinct - we have Indicted several of such voters and have Indloted others for causing such-voters tot go Into said preclnot for the purpose ' of voting. We And that a great number of said voter "voted . by, am davit'; la said precinct, and that in a. great nura- be-ef cases the freeholders who made the affidavit before the election board -: .'. - .... - EI6HT ' 1.1 W LOSS : H KEVPOST VALUATiqriS r ndignant Millionaires Move Out When Compelled to Pay Rea- - sonable Taxes. ' (Jenraet gpeelel lervlee.) " Newport, July a-The loss of 11,11 f.- 01 In total property valuation waa dis closed yesterday when the tax assess ors completed their work for the year. The withdrawal of estates and porta of estates by wealthy New Tork"peopts and othere who thought they had been badly used in the sensational Increase of mora than 91MOI.OO0 fn valuations a year ago aoeonnta for much of tha loss. Tet the tax. assessors . are . not i dis pleased. ' Tbey say. the assessment of last year waa just, and they still have a- gain In valuation over 1194 of about 4,000,Me, which will bold. ; - The total valuations are: Real e tate, 111,001,100, arm personal - prop, erty, 111.111,100. "There will be raised on this in uses I67i,74.l0. The rate U 111 on each fMO ' ' ' - i OirU' to Rise. as to their knowledge of the residence of the proposed voter and their ac quaintance with him did so . without having any such knowledge ' of the voter- and- of his residence. And we have Indicted numerous freeholders for perjury therefor. We believe there was election held in precinct 17, and ' we hope that the court, will afford the dl triot attorney, as much help In carrying outi hie dntt" In the prosecution' of these cases as the district attorney and nia deputies nave atrordeo us in our in vestigations thereof... - V". ' 1" aVMroM Of "We -have investigated, at your hon or's requent, the election beld - In pro emot elgnty-olght (II) In thla county and while we find Irregularities In the tally.' sheet, and 'a discrepancy of the tauy eheet actually voted, which we have, recounted, wo bellevo from a care ful Investigation that this waa result of mistakes made' by the election offi cials. "And we have no evidence of any xraaa Doing perpetrated in P real not It," The, results of the investigation of streetcar tenders are , a statement of conditions, an expression of belief that the streetcar companies are not vlolat (Continued on . Page Two.) - OF IIATIOn I7ILL 'VISITIBAYCITY-B ( ' . I. -v -. ,.: ..:, Convention Abandoned but Jour "hey 'Across' Continent Is v - Maui tteitni MAm ! - li I " ' ' (Joaraal gpedsr Swrlee.) ' . New Tork, July . More than 100 teachers In the New Tork schools from the various boroughs left Grand Central station yesterday for a trip across the oontlnent Tbe teachers are members of the. National Educational . association. Other delegations will join thorn through thstate at various stopping places be t ween here end .Buffalo nntil tba num bar reaohee 110. The convention of the National Educational ' association was to have been beld In San Frsnclsoo dur ing July, but the earthquake and Are there made a change of plans Impera tive. . Under the change made there will be no convention1 and : the party ' will make Oakland Its headquarters. Thus all will bo able ta visit Iberulns of the dostroyea eity. ' i . ' i' " . i. , - I W -. . ;' . fk lrVI as I TEACHERS VJ1LL DE SENTENCED THURSDAY (.WlUUllG J, Jerome Seeks Evidence Against ft : '--... -A-- ..- fiSwell ClubfneaolMetropolis; ompanion of White Arrested. (Jeeresl Special Hervtrs.) ' New Tork, July I. District Attorney Jerome Is vigorously prosecuting to search . through the vile depths of de pravity uncovered by the Thaw-White tragedy. AsslsUnt District .Attorney Oarvau this morning examined I. P. Berghoff and a number of his assistants, Berghoff ' Is the bead of a detective agency . employed by White and the personal bodyguard of White somewhat prior to the shooting. Berghoff thinks he can refute the charges of. immorality against White. - -.; --- - May - McKensio denies that Mr Thaw ia enolente. " Mrs. Thaw visited her husband -, this morning. ' When searched she greeted the warden bright ly and said that she was In much bet ter health than since the tragedy,. As a result of recent exposures' of White's Immoral life . Henry Alford Short, a menrbor of the University club and son of the lata Professor Charles Short of Columbia university. Is "teked up In West Side prison charged with ruining two 14-year-oia. .gins, - tne daughters of - respectable parents. Ar raigned with him-today waa Barbara Livingston, charged with procuring one of the alleged ' victims, . The aoensed man Is-prominent socially. He la the brother of Edward Lyman "Short, ' the ooeC who died a year ago.- Short made a practice of ruining .young girls. The police declare snort s gin - victims number scores. -- - '.., . . , ? , . GIRL IN JHE PIE. Ohflst Xodsl far aTnge Tttrr sUdaaped . by Wales and Kept Three Tears, " (Ixersal gpeelsl Servlee.) New Tork. July I. The Journal says: In tba traditions of gay - life Jn - New Tork there- 4s -no incident more Tlotur- eeque nor better remembered than that of "The Olrl In tha Pta" , A- banquet waa in progress , In James Breese's studio. - The studio was -a synonym of - luxury.- The - entertain ments given there were Lucullan in character, and a truthful description of -. (Continued on Page NlaeJ VILt mm "X- ' yav f,. ss " . U IL . - W SBV SBSBBV .' - ' - ' . .V j. . . . T. . - .r - - v. i , ' . t i " ' -1 II III I '-- ' . LAND Judge VoIverton Decides Death of Judge Bellinger Does Not Furnish Sufficient Reason for New Hearing of the ;C&2 and Denies Petition of Defendant III the United States district court this morning Judge Wolvertonv. dented Henry Meldrnm. convicted of forging affidavits Tor the purpose of defraud ing the government, a new trial and Mi ThUTSdtimoxnlng at 10 o'clock, n tha time -for Imposing eentenoe.; Meldrum was the first man Indicted-In oouneutlon with the land fraud oases of Orrgtn, Thq decision was leng, fully reviawing all points raised by the attorneys, and comprehensive in its scope. Its effect is xar reaching. Tor if iieidrtun had gained his point 8. A. D. Puter, Emma Watson and other land thieves .would have to'bo-tried again. - ... -: Meldrum " waa Indicted in October. 104, and fonnl guilty November IT Of tha same year, -There were II -counts lu tne lndlcunent returned agalnat Mel- oturo and he was found guilty on all. on is eounta no - was round gulltv of forging arnaariW-for the purpose of defrauding the government while serv ing as surveyor-general of Oregon and on tba remaining three for uttering and puousmng in roe ox tne xorgeoT am- Aavita In bis decision-Judge Wolver- on said; :;::;, W''-; : v ; ;,t. ' Jndge Wolverton's Beeisloa. , ' "December II, 104, Meldrum asked for a new trial. Assigning the four fol lowing seasons: That the verdict was not sustained try any evidence; . that It waa'contrarVtb law; 'that error of law was committed by the judge at tho trial; that error of law was committed In overruling the objections of defend ant to the introduction of any testi mony In the cause for the reason that the Indictment falls to charge an offense..- ' i ....... . . - ... After Judge -Bellinger's death the de fendant waived all reliance upon the four - grounds ., first named, . and based hla rlrht for a new trial solely noon the fact that' because of the -death of tberIaXdW.bts-Troec-esor7Juag Wolverton, ought not to assume to es erclae the . authority - to sentence , the defendant, and as a matter of course the motion for a - new trial should be sustained.- "" " '' " "This procedure' on the part of the defendant" Is tantamount to a conces sion that none of tha grounds waived was well assigned. I . In referring to a certain law to which ho referred. Judge Wolverton said: , "This statute is manifestly a recognl ITonand ererotedeciltorydf lh law as It existed prior to lu enactment touching the allowance or disallowance by the aucoeedlng judge of a motion for a new trial. A motion to set aside a verdict proceeds upon Identical grounds. It Is logically Impossible, by reason of the -order In which the hearings must be bad and . determination - rendered,- to Ing upon a motion to set aside a verdict or to grant a new trlaL If such a mo tion .were allowed as counsel argues I -4'"'-.- - ...-. . s- Wall Street Engineering Hundred Million Dollar Trust to Control Country's Supply -e-.,iof Butter.tMilk, Eggs and Chickens ' (Jennal Speetal tarvlce. . . New Tork. July I. Much Interest Is being manifested all over the country la the American Farm Products company, that. Is being organised to control the country's supply of butter, milk, eggs and hl,ckena , So quietly baa the work of preliminary-organisation progressed In the last six months that only those directly interested la the negotiations have known what was going on, but that the company's plans contemplate the most gtgantlo monopoly over estab BY ANGRY PEASANTS KEEPS DOU MA SITTING (Jearee! Special garvWl London, July I. A man just returned front. Russia who knows . the country well, saysi ffWhat the people in Eng land do not understand regarding the members, of the douma and their, un willingness to dissolve Is this: , These gentlemen are a 1 moot entirely a lot of shyster lawyers and agitators of various kinds, who In order to be elected made wondrous and exaggerated promises of what -they were going to do for thelx ... V . V- . . v..- should be, of course, where a succeed ing judge Is sitting, then there could be no further bother about tha bill of . exceptions, as the case could not be proceeded with further until another trial was bad and another verdict rendered,- so the congress mur authorised a succeeding Judge to settle the bill of exceptions, a thing that was not clear," and perbapa not allowable, prior to the act. Bnt In doing so It has recognised . the rule as It previously obtained, that a sueoeedlng judge , might regularly., grant a new trlaL 'noeeedlsg- Judge Mam Power. further hi the decision Judge Wolver ton said: ---. v.; .-- "True a judge who has not heard the wltaeeaea er noted their bearing while on the stand giving their testi mony might not In many cases be so well qualified as the judge who pre sided- to pass upon each motion,", yet unless- It develops that ho Is unable, by the reason "of the fact that bo did not preside, to fairly pass upon the motion, be la aa fully authorised to ' perform the function as If ha bad pre sided at the trial. In many cases it must be conceded that the manner of -the witnesses 1. testifying has but lit- " tie to- do -with the Influence of their testimony, and that ia readily manifest from the very nature of the testimony luelfrXnsuch. a cais why" may"not' the succeeding judge pass upon the -motion ; aa readily aa- tha presiding judge? ' There Is no reason left, or if any but slight, to ..urge against it" In deciding upon ' the . discretion In volved -Judge - Wolverton said: - - "Both In consideration of the motion-' for a new trial and in pronouncing sen- . tence there exists no good reason why the suoceedlng - judge may not con scientiously discharge both functions In the present case. - The evidence has - t been fully reported and a careful si amlnatlon of It shows unmistakably that . the jury was entirely justified In ar riving at 1U verdict. There la but little . room for the,, demeanor, of- witnesses while on the stand to have any par tlcular beating upon the weight of the ' evldenoe, they being called as to plain mattera of fact not readily susceptible of ' different shades of rendering." Meldrum can be sentenced to 10 years In prison at hard labor, or a fine of 11,000 on each count, or ho can be son- tsnceoTlo"1otnenrnrtowttaTsarir-tor pay the fine on each count, ir be were to receive the full penalty bo would have 110 years to servo In the peniten tiary and forced to pay a fine of 111. 000. .-,--', United States District Attorney Bris tol waa happy this morning L after the -decision had been-read. The district verton on all the point which bo had contended In arguing against granting the defendant a new trial. lished In this country there Is no doubt ' among those familiar with the scope and amount of capital behind It. - The statement was made yesterday that If It Is necessary for the oorapiny to raise tl00.000.000 for soma, speedy development, the enterprise would have no difficulty In getting that amount into the treasury within 10 days. Nsw Tork will be the financial head- ? quarters of the trust. Such men as Thomas . Ryan, Levi P. Morton. Harry Payne-Whitney and Anthony Brady are heavy stockholders. - ' 'FLOGGINGS: oonstltuenta -1 The douma has been t' ting sis months and the members I done nothing. . 'This has eomO to the know' the peasants, who eonsider U ' . been taken In and consequent! s angry and are awaitlnv the r the representatives elm stl' and pitchforks, whU-ht!y apply. - There is llttie woit' , t the members of t;- e t msus u their r.J.