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MAY LEAVE HABRIMAN SYSTEM
STRANGE DI3AFP EARATiCS SOLVED
CCDV
CorpneroFinleyKDp-
clares Qne Would Not
Place-Blame-for the
Lineman's Death' -.
t r' r
ThoUh Four Electrical Workers
Have Been Elctr6cutd ' In
ElgrrKWeeks, No inquest tfaa
t Been Held 'Over" Arfy V of
th Bodloa. ;". -:
toroner i. P. Flnley hit not held an
Inquest over : tha remalna of Wallace
Sherrod, who was killed yesterday while,
: t work on a pole of the Portland Rail
way. Light st Power company. ..
Coronar Unlay furthsr mskes the as
sertion that ha doee not lntand to hold
an Inquest, because auch ' an Inquest
would bo of no value In placing .tha
blame for .Bherrod' death. Tha U Da
man waa killed by having 1,100 volU
or electricity paas through his body.
The ooroner'a attitude has deeastonod
much 'aurpriae about town, for,' la" tha
. opinion of many people familiar ,wtth
(he clroumstanoea surrounding the fatal
accident, ad. Investigation would have
piacaarlia-blanie 1 at 1 the 1 door of tin
electric company. f ,
1 In the case of , Charles' . ' Hlcka,
Jack tiockwood and James T.- Bannister,
other ; lineman klUed within the past
tn woeka, the1 coroner' held -no In
quest ,HII reason a f or not Holnc '. ee
wore the aam aa those which, he aaya.
prompted him not to hold kn investiga
tion 1 harrod1 eaae.'" ' , ' . t.
He. denies tn. aseertlon, kooradlted te
Dim. that the young man's death was
lar a d twUla own areteasnesa.
ttherrad may have been slightly . ear
leas, he say,, fa performing his duties,
but- death was '(ue ohiefly ta the fact
that he did not hrtow which wires to
touoh. - -M;.. , .' v
:r f'aM paWf C f .
An inqueat. he smys. would 'have bean
an - additional expense to the county
which would -have had-no bawaf total -re
suits. A -verdict , would hare been
reaohed to the. effect. Mtat th young
man "came to hs death byjoontaet with
a live wire while la the performance of
his duties.". - The 'inqueat would) not
likely have placed reeponaibillty- upon
any one, and, Indeed., from all that the
coroner was able to. learn, blame 'for
herrod'a death cannot be charged, he
ays, against any one.
The state - laws provide that an In
quest may be held at the discretion of
the coroner. - Whoa he deems it ad
visable and believes that additional light
may be thrown upon any oases by V
calling of a Jury he may do so. '
"We Investigated the affair thorough-
(Continued on Page Two.)-
TWENTY CLERKS
UUEARTH L1USTY
DIVORCE SECRETS
Government Compiling Data Ra
garding Separations' InJForgot
tan Cases, , Diaoloslng Family
Skeletons Regarded as Sealed
to Public Foreveri ! ? r'
; t i (Jesraal peetal gerrlee.)- -.
. ' New Tork.-Aug. 14. For ths purpose
of obtaining data for use by the United
Btates govern nflfnV and also by eongress
to aid In universal divorce laws through
iddt the country, 10 clerks from the de
; pertinent of cammeroe and ' labor at
' Waahlngton, called upon the county
clerk today to begin their work of lnves-
tigatlon of tha olrouinatanees and causes
- , of each divorce or separation case for
' ths last 10 years.
The majority of the clerks who ars
engaged to collect all the facts regard
ing divorce' are women, end it will be
' their duty to make a, thorough searcl)
. through alt the musty records of mstrl-
r, moniai aiapuies tor yeere w bikivbw
the skeletons ror - pumio recoras tnai
have been regarded as sealed to the eye
f tne people forever. "'.
Therare II questions to be answered
after the in vea tigatlon . In each .case,. In-
: eluding the date of. marriage and sepa
ration, by whom the suit was brought
', and to whom tha decree, was granted, if
at all tne number, of yeara the partlee
were married,. the number pf. children by
the -union, the occupation of the parties,
the . nature of the divorce, and ,lf .all-
' mony was requested pr granted..
. It has often been said that divorces
, have been granted to certain Influential
persons of, social and. financial . stand-
Ing In ths community that have been ae
cretly put away and .so safely guarded
waa the Information that they have
never come to light. These will now be
made sobjert of thnrotifK search.'" ""'
. The secret thus disclosed will, not be
for publication, but for ths uas of the
government only, no matter how ssnsa
tlonal may be the charecter Of the facta
I ,, raveaiefv- u-
I
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TO
GHineseGirl for Love
1
Yee Lick Yee? in' Portland's Chinatown
- S r.M list Retu rn ;tb Her Natiye" Land
Judge William H. Hunt of the United
States district coBrt ha added the final
chapter In' the romance tn -which. Sing
Irar," the pretty little Chinese maiden,
Is the-heroine, and Year Uclt Tee, -the
hero., who 'was snot and killed by the
villain of Chinatown, Jew, Nun,, who .In
turn Is waiting to receive the sentence
of the oourt for his crime, by ordering
tha - flsDortattotr'ot the young- Chinese
maiden to her hqme vM ... the "Flowery
Kingdom. '.?: ' . !
The sacrtfloes. which, the young slave
girl-has undergone for the love of the
man- who -was killed haVa made her one
Of the most Intsrsstlng characters that
have appeared In the courts of' Oregon.
She. waa brought to Portland, from Ban
Francisco by Tee Lrck'Tee In order to
escape the dreaded Jew. Nun.- The 1st-.
ter, . however, learned or her presence
In the Ross City and followed the pair
to Portland to win the maiden and kill
Tee, -If 'necessary to; keep the lovers
separated. !-,
81ng Far never deviated from her love ,
for Tee; and Nun In his -Jealousy,' shot
and killed the man. He was triad in an
GOULD Jfl BUY :
IROn WORKS SITE
FOR TERnillllL
Shipbuilding Trust to Move the
Union Iron Works From Potrero
to Hunters PolntWestern
pacific to Use Present Grounds
:, for Freight. Yards. ' j J
(Jnsrael ftpertal lerri,,.) , j
' San Frandaco.-Aug. 14. George Gould
la trying to buy the site of the Union
Iron works - at ' Potrero. He wants
ground 'to -add ,to the terminal of ths
Wsstsrn Pacific road.-' Negotiations' are
already .under .way, and. It la .reported
from a . reliable source ' that the deal
will o . through. In . that event , the
shipbuilding. trust will move Its plant to
a site at Hunters Point, adjacent to' tha
Hunters Point dry dock, and will engage
In bualneae on a larger seals. .
Virgil. Bogus, i chief -engineer of the
Western Pacific road recommended the
purchase of the Iron works-site a year
ago, but the matter ws held In abey
ance by Oould until recently, .when the
Southern Pacific company waa 'discov
ered strengthening its position on this
side sf the bay. te -the extreme annoy
ance of the promoters iOf the, new trans
continental road.' It was then that
George Oould end 'Charles Schwab, hsad
of tha shipbuilding . trust, got together
regarding the proposed, iron works trans,
action. ..-..'.". ; -,Oould'a
.terma .wars ,aatlafactory but
for a time Schwab. waa st'g loas where
to move the works.-. Finally the entire
matter waa turned ' over to Prealdenl
Fredertrks of tha Union Iron works, wno,
after several conferences with Chief En
gineer Bogus, decided upon S00 seres of
land at Hunters Point as the most de
slrabls 'location the Iron- work . could
obtain' Tor' a, site.. , '," ' ." ! ; '
, f. . - 1 . t .
Ktas srte-sUeae.' t
-Iondon Aug. -14: The king' started
this morning for-Orenburg,-Prussia.. 16
meet the kalaer tomorrow.' He waa not
aooompanlad byaajr mesa bar-of ths- cab-
Inet.-.. v.. -..-.I .;.,.,.,. . v. U . '
1
'ii
.i .
BE
of Whbm JeW Nun Sbw
American oourt by an American Jury,
which disagreed -upon verdict. r A sec
ond trial; was ordered .and , a-conviction
waa 'returned 'with -a. recommenda
tion that, the prlaoner.be given the ex
treme penalty for, manslaughter IS
years In the penitentiary and a One of
$6,000. .Nun -is in the county jail watt
ing for sentence : to be Imposed upon
him. ' - : w
' Before the tragedy occurred to blight
the happtneas of the maiden .the federal
authoaltlea 'learned that she was un
lawfully In this .country. A suit was
filed against' her but It waa never
brought up because of the ' necessity-of
bsvlng the girl In the state court it
witness. This' morning her ' attorney,
W. L. Brewster, appeared In the federal
court ' and oonaentad to an ' order . for
deporUtlon and the little girl who baa
been so fiercely fought for. by two men,
one of whom Is dsad and the other watt
ing for sentence for his crime, will re
turn to her home, ' away from tha
temptations that bavs mads her life one
of thorns, to - her friends and parsnts
among the ever-blooming luster of the
Chinese chrysanthemums. -
SHERIFF TAKES CHARGE
', 0FX0NEY, ISLAND CARS
.',,; v i hj ,' r " '
' ' (Jeoraal gpeeUl Sernea.) v ' 5
- NswTork. 'Aug. tl4. At noon -today
Sheriff Flaherty - took charge of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit blockade of
cars to Coney Island. ' He aald that he
would' protect' the public, being guided
by Justice Osynora decision, which his
advisers tell him la the law at present
He says that t any . person Interfering
with passengers ' or refusing to pay a
second fare. Will be arrested. He Is
prepared to swear In a thousand depu
ties i . . - '.': .. .";
ENGLISHMAN FINED FOR
: ' HISSING .OLD GLORY
. (Jooraal Special krrlee.) f
Bayonne, N. J.,- Aug.. .14 James
Pierce, an Englishman, was this morn
ing fined $2 for hlaalng an .American
flag at a theatre. The. result almost
caused a riot. ' The judge who assessed
the fine wss a member of the audience."
On'a Thursday In-July a-girl gavs a
red rose to a-man she loved; In the
sfternooh of the day, ths man was elec
trocuted. . ,-
On Thursday last, ths same girl gave
another man,' whom shs had coma to
lov. a red rose, and yestsrday morning
the man, Wallace B her rod. was electro
cuted. s f - : '' ' - -
With a heart that Is -torn-and bleed.
Ing from sorrow and mourning for tha
happiness of which shs dreamed, Mar
garet Barger, 1(1 Esst Eleventh street,
makes frequent - visits to' the morgus,
where lie the remalna of Wallace Bher
rod,, ssld to hsve been' her affianced,
who was suddenly killed by. a llvs wire
st Third , and Morrison -streets iyestsr
day."-, , ' ., i . ' ' ;.-' - . ,
. Peculiarly unfortunate , are the expe
riences -of the girl, about whoss love
affair there-seems to hover a weird
and tragic fatality. Loving and beloved
by Jsck Lock wood and betrothed to him,
It Is-said,, she-was .left to .mourn his
sudden death, .which' occurred July H.
He wss electrocuted while, at work at
the -top. of. a pole at' Union -avenue and
Aah street) .. ', '. .
- .At Ptnlay's chapel, ahs ttendd ths
funeral services over.- ths remains of
the sweetheart who had een taken from
her, and Bherrod, who was a. friend
of the dsceaasd lsa attended. It was
TSIAGEDY OF RED
PLEA
a TO
IT REJECTED
. i T, , .. -;. -.
Attempt of Agreement
"in Zachary Perjury
' Case Fails After Long
Conference
i.f'
'i
Coverrfmont DtcldM' on Trial
Rathor , Than Lat Dafandant
Plaad Guilty . WHh Stipulation
That Raault of Barnard Appeal
Oovam In Hit Caaa. f - U
.......... . w
aset tn sassry oasa,
Walter E, Tatsa. .farmer, Craw
fordsvlUs. Unn county.
, Lewis C , Bhorno, contractor,
Portland.
' Araos Beach, oonatabls. Wood
burn. 3 , '
' William Knotts, farmer, Cor
vallls. .
' W. T. Orlnn, farmer, Hubbard.
Marlon county. ,
4
4
I,C Cavaaagh, farmer, Tur-
. ner, Marlon county.
d - Francis, Fcllsr, farmer, Butte-'
d rills, Marlon county.' '
e A. H. Blrrsll, real estate agent.' e)
4 'TwtUt:-"-r--'--f"' . t'e
Newton Clark, clerk, Portland.!' e
4 J. O. Malona, bookkeeper Port- 4
4 : land. ,1 v, i i . , . ,. v . - oi, e
d : , Thomas Price, farmer, Salem. e
e "-John '.Buna.. . farmer, i North e
4TambUL ; 4 - .-.. . a . a)
4 . 4.e 4 4 4
. Clarenee B. fachary, owner of fifth
Interest In ths Butte Creek tiend, Live
stock: ft. Lumber company, offered this
morning to plead guilty to perjury' pro
vided the government would stipulate
that the final determination of his ease
should follow ths decision on ths appeal
of Cos D. -Bernard. ,,..... , r
- Soeeijj-1 Assistant - Attornsy-Oeneral
Francis ' J. HeneyV who got back from
San Francisco on the morning train, and
United States Attorney William C. Bris
tol, discussed the matter at length with
Judge A. S. Bennett. Attorney for Zach
ary, but- a hitch came when the govern
ment's repressntstlves Insisted that the
record should show 'that the defense had
agreed to prosecute diligently ths appsal
In ths Barnard case. .. This obstacle
might have been surmounted, but when
a- few moments later Judge Bennett ad
mitted that he wss going to carry his
fight for Barnard to the United Btates
supreme court. Prosecutor Heney con
cluded .that further parleying was use
less.
"That settles IV he said, "we'll go to
trial." .
, sT Agreement peeked. "' .
'.- The oonfereace that brought forth na
agreement was suggested by the govern
ment In the hope of saving time, and
clearing the way for the Franklin Floret
Mays case, wnica is sat lor trial next
Thursday, Numerous stipulations as to
ths admission of evldenoe were expect
ed, but the defense consented to noth
ing, thereby making It necessary for tie
government to present what might well
be called a reproduction of the Barnard
eass.
Zachary and Barnard were witnesses
for Charlea A. Watson when the latter
made fraudulent final proof on a home
stead claim In Whseler county. Watson
and Barnard - have already been found
guilty of perjury. Zachary has no hope
of averting oonvlotlon, and that Is why
ths opening of his ease this morning
suggested the quiet solemnity of funeral
arrangement.
Judge Bennett spoke In a low tone
and . had the look of an undertaker.
Long, lean and scrawny "Cant" Zachary,
whoss fate waa at Issue, bsnt wearily
ovor the table as ha studlsd ths face
of the men called to pass on his case.
Judge Bennett. . addressing District
Judge Hunt, aald In a voloe just strong
enough to reach tha bench, "We don't
(Continued on Psgs Two.)
Two Portland Men Re
ceive .Flower From
Girl Each Is Elec
trocuted After Gift
at the services,' it Is ssld. that. the be
reaved girl met Bherrod. '
. He was kind and consoling and com
forting to hsr, and tha friendship whloh
followed ripened Into love. They wore
together frequently and friends are said
to hays' been preparing to congratulate
the apparently happy couple In view of
the approaching nuptials. ' '
' They wars dreaming of a future hap
plneas when the accident' occurred st
Third -snd Morrison streets ysaterday.
Bherrod was- electrocuted while st work
at ths top of a pole, ' Ths remains were
removed to Plnley's and there the young
woman goes to view them and weep
'tJ. V. Van
Judge Webster Called'Upon to Hear and De-
ide-PeculiarContestiirWills Involving-
Three . Different Disppsitions
Three wills making three dtstlnot dis
positions of property said to be worth
$6.00 will provide an Interacting con
test for Judge . Webster of ths county
oourt to dsalds. . Tha wills are alleged
to. have .keen drawn by Olive. Ann
Brennan. An affidavit was filed In the
countr court this morning by Lillian
Cornwall of Brutes. Michigan,- a sister
of the dead woman. Stating that a eon-
test will be filed as soon as tn tnira
will arrives from Mkshlgan.
Tha first will waa drawn April IT. of
this year, and provided that a son, Gor
don Champlaln-JUyburn, aged ltVyeara,
should bo given IS. and that the hus
band of ths deceased, Robert T. Bren
nan, should have all the remainder of
the property. , The husband -was named
executor.-, -
The second will has been rued in tne
county, court with the . papers of the
estate, but has not been admitted .to
nrobate. It was datsd June Zl, and
gavs the husband $10 and provided that
the son, who is in Burma, now xora,
should havs all ths remainder yof the
property. W. 8. Ward was named ex
ecutor. It waa witnessed by J. W.
Sprtggs and E. Charleaon. The will of
April IT. was . witnessed by Rose E.
Coffey snd W. 8, Ward.
With, the affidavit filed thla morning
Is a copy of a will bearing date of June
10. By Its -terms ths slstsr, Lillian
Cornwall, la bequeathed SXOO, and a
friend, Mrs. Hulda Shaver. Is ta have
MORGAN'S RAIDERS IN
. REUNION AT LOUISVILLE
' -J . '. M MMW ' f '(
(Joeraal Special Serrlee.) -Louisville,
Ky., Aug. 14. At Park Hill,
Nicholas county, several score of -voter
ana who saw service under the dashing
General John Morgan, whose daring ex
ploits filled the north with alarm some
to odd years ago. rounded up today In
annual reunion to swap stories of war
days snd renew friendships. ' Oeneral
Basil W. Duks was ths chlsf speaker at
the reunion. Of the 1,000 men who were
In Morgan's command scarcely a fifth
survivs, - j . .
BIG JEWELRY ROBBERY
REPORTED IN L0NDQN
.' -i ' (Joans! (pedal Berries.) '-
London, Aug. 14. Jewelry worth $SS,
000 waa stolon from a case belonging to
Vlenese merchants st Earl's court ex
hibition.. The theft occurred' in day
light :. - ;, . .',,..
bitterly at the fats which haa pursued
hsr and those she loved.
A peculiar coincidence in connection
with the fatal love of this Nlobe of
Portland la a red rose incident that has
twice been duplicated. During the
early part of Jho day on which Jack
Lockwood was killed he wslksd horns
with her. As thsy .went along tha side
walk they passsd a lawn, near thssdge
of whloh wss a rosebush. ' Prom it ths
girl plucked a red rose and gavs it to
hsr swsstbsart ' ' .
.."Keep this till you see ms again, and
be sure to call mo up this svanlng," she
said In parting.
His death occurred that sfternoon and
she waited long by ths telephone, not
understanding why It did not ring.
Lsst Thursday Walter Bherrod walked
horns with her. They passed along the
asms strsst snd ths same rose bush,
8ba stooped and 'plucked a red rose
which shs gavs to him. N
"Keep this till you see me again, snd
be aura to call me up this evening. 7
ahe said In parting.
She smiled when shs wsnt to respond
to the jingling of the telephone bell
that evening snd shs asked him If ba
still had ths red rose, v He replied that
he had. . -.'-.'.. .
On the fallowing day he also met
death- by, electrocution. . . w ,
ROSE
1
Nam.
any of the deceased's diamond rings
that she may choose. The remainder of
the property la to be held In- trust by
ths sister for the son uatu the boy Is SI
years old. Lillian Cornwall la named
executrix of this, will, which la wit
nsssed by R. C. Coffey snd Oeorge Tax
"Wall. -. .: -
' Mrs. Bresn'sn -died July I and" ths wfll
or April it wss admitted to probate tn
the county court July T.
The affidavit of Mrs. Cornwall statea
that ahe Is .the executrix ..named In the
last will; that ths will waa sent to her
st Brutus, Michigan, - by , Mrs.. Hulda
Sharer; that It Is now In transit by mall
from Michigan, and that a petition ask
ing that it ba admitted to probate will be
filed as soon as It reaches here; that the
Robert. Brennan -who was named ex
ecutor of the will of April, IT had full
knowledge of the existence of subse
quent will: that Mrs. Cornwall Is tn
Portland for the purpose of contesting
ths will of April IT, and of offering for
probate the will of June 10; and asks ths
oourt to confirm no sals' of real estate
or personal property of the deceased by
Robert Brennan until after the contest
Is determined.
. A board of appraisers appointed by
the county court estimated the value of
the estate at IJ.tls, but representatives
of Mrs. Cornwall, who will make ths
contest, declare' that Inveetigatlon will
show the estate to be worth at least
tt.100. . .- -
VAN ir,E IS .
FOUND DEAD
Id OKLAIIOLIA
Mystery In ' Disappearance of a
Portland Man Is Solved When
His Body Is DiscovereoMn. a
Creek Hands Tied, " Weight
i Fastened to Corpse. .
- Ths mystery surrounding - the pro
longed disappearance of J. F. Tan Name,
a prominent attorney of Kelso, Wash
ington, whose family resides at East
Ash and - Twenty-eighth streets, this
city, has been partially solved by ths
receipt of details of his tragi o- death
near a little town of Oklahoma.
Whether his death waa the result of
murder at the- hands of unknown as
sassins or of a carefully planned and
executed . plot to destroy himself. a
coroner's Jury waa unable to decide.
However, every Indication In connection
with the tragedy points to murder and
with ons exception the jury favored thst
theory. - i
. A letter from Mountain View, Okla
homa, juat received, informed Mra, Van
Name that tha body of her huabaad had
been found at the bottom of a small
creek near that place. It had apparently
been there ror several months, tnouga
tha remalna were in a fairly good stats
of preservation. . rrt.
Ths man's arms had been tied behind
him with a strong rope and a railroad
rail had been attached securely to the
body, holding It at the bottom of the
creek.' The heavy wetght of the rail
had prevented the body from rising to
the surface and had preeerved the secret
of ths tragedy until it was accidentally
discovered by fishermen. .-...
' Missing Thirteen Xoaths.
For II months' Van Name's wlfs snd
three small children, who live st IIS
Esst Ash street, vainly waited Tor his
return. It wss in May.' 1901, that he
left Kelso on a business trip through
ths east and' also In tha hope of bene-
.'.(Continue, on Pag Two.
Replies to Letter Of
; Mayor Lane and Says
He Will Do as He is
Requested -
Every Publto 8ervlce Corporation
In City Will Ba Qlvan Notle
to Hand . In Reports of Theli
Earnings by the Last Day of
October. :
Holders . of franchises) under tha
former charter will in a few days bo
served with a formal demand to soaks ; '
detailed reports of their earnings to the"
city auditor. - . . '
- Practically' every public ' gen lea eer '
po ration in tha city will be given not loo
to hand in ths . reports required bp tha
charter by October II. It seem preti
able that legal objections will be made,
but Mayor Lano Is ready to push tha
case until he learns for all time whether
the publlo can receive thla valuabl In :
formation,
' City Auditor Devlin thla morning no-
tlfl ad the mayor that ha would retruewt
these reports. This is tn reply to tha
mayor's letter of last Thursday, which
called the attention of the auditor to
the section of the eharter which re
quires that such reports be furnished
every three months.' Mr. Devlin ta his
letter of today aaks the mayor to lend
him ths assistance) of any suggestions
he may offer. ' I -
The companies which win ba asked ts
make these reports include the street
railway company, the Portland General
Electric company,' the Portland Oaa
company, the Oregon Water Power com
pany; the City -Messenger company, ths
Postal Tslegraph company, the Western
Union company, tha Southern Pacific,
tin a R. ft N.. the Northern Paelflo
Terminal company, and the Union Mar.
ket association. ' '..
While it ts evident from Mr. Devttn
letter that hs doubts ths legal possibil
ity of getting such reports front the
publlo aervloe corporations, tt la also
evident thst hS Will dO tllS bast tO fol
low up ths msyor's suggestion without
regard to the opinions and experience of
tha rormer aominisiraiion. r
. Wfcat Aadors Xawess SayaV '
The sudltor's Isttsr follows:.
: "Dear Sir: I have the honor te e-
knowledgs receipt of your, favor ef tha
tth instant relative to requiring in
the holders of franchises reports sa pro
vided by section II of the charter. In
reply I will state that vary soon after
the present charter went Into affect thla '
subject wss taken up, and I waa advised
by the city attorney, and other legal au
thorities that this section oould not hp
ply to the holders of franchises granted
(Continued on Pag Two.)
STUBBS TO GO
TOEUD 00
S70,000 SALARY
Trafflo Manager of Southern Pa-
. binu -ne;uiiu w naie r
' signed Position With Harrtman
to Take Charge of Crh.'i
Railroad Denies Report.
CJOaBTaMlt SeMtel PVfVlt).)
" Ban Francisco, Aug. 14. Ths' Exam
iner says: Tha killing and injuring of
twenty-three odd wealthy Americana
at Ballsbury, near London, by one of
the modern and best equipped English
railroads a fsw weeks ago caused a pro
found sensation in Great Britain and
tha United Statea and haa led the rich
English railroad corporation - In ques
tion to offer flattering Inducements to
J. C Btubba of the Harrtman system
In Chicago to go ta London specially to
handle and promote the . company's
American travel. .Tha offer made lib
tubba la a salary of 170.000 a year.
. The English road la settling without
question all damage claims because of
that disastrous accident It will prob
ably have ta pay 11.101,000 before all
the claims are satisfied.
It wants to not only financially fa
ouperat from this outlay, but ts re-"
eatabllsh Itself In ths good opinion es t
confidence of American travelers
It la said that thla company fir""''
the annual American trayel to En.
4
and Buropa amounts In transport),
expense alone to 110,000.000, and t
Its part of this big ateemer and r 1
psndlturs each spring sad suras
fully 11,110,000. For these ree,
Stubbe has been made ths ot f r
tloned and tt la ssld by thoas who I
Of Mr. gtubhs saiblMnns. he w 1
to cap ths cllrass of bis ral!roe4 t
by accepting eurn of for. it
he is getting I40.000 a ye-r
director of Hsrrlrasn'S :,' i
railroad. , ,
Harrlman dose not want 1
JCoatlnusd a 1.