The Oregon daily journal., August 29, 1906, Image 8

THE OREGON DAILY JOUBNAU . rCHTLAND. VCDIirCDAY EVENIi:3. AUGUST 13, ItZX
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TElOfl YARDS
EDELIOG TO FEED
THE PRISONERS
COTICE IS ; GIlEH
RIGID EXALIiriATIOrJ OU STAND
TOO SHALL ,
Such Is Report After Investlg
DY AUDITOR
f:
wi Deposition to Hold Back
. Important Evidence Wanted
; V ' by Prosecution. -; A
GRILLED UNMERCIFULLY .
' " BY ATTORNEY HENEY
y Ertn - Judg eHant -Eaterm-Fray-and
I ' Suggests That Witness be Rigidly
' ' Examined by Both Prosecution and
'Defense, Which Is Done.
Captain" tolWOff"BrOrrosby squirmed
, and wriggled this morning (or two
hours and a half. He was undergoing
his second ordeal as a witness In the
Blue mountain reserve ' case, now ' on
trial before Judge Hunt and a Jury in
the federal court. .'v . 1
. Ormaby is the forest superintendent
who went over the country which It was
- proposed 'to include In the Blue moun
tain reserve and, before snaking his ra-
port agreed to accept two sections of
school lands from Franklin nerce Maya
He escaped indictment In order that he
might be used aa a witness, but when
called a few days ago to testify against
' Mays, Wtllard N. Jones and George Bo
renson he showed a disposition to hold
; back at every possible opportunity,
1 This morning he repeated the same tao
i tics, and bis long examination suggesiea
: tns story or "Uir agin, on agin, gone
i aaln. Finnlaan. '
i The defense recalled Ormsby for f ur-
f thercrofs-esamlnatlon. Attorney W. D.
I Fenton, representing Mays, brought out
f that while the Blue mountain reserve
Indictments were under consideration
by the grand 1ury, Secret Service Agent
William J. Burns accused Ormsby of
holding back' something-that would lu
criminate Binger Hermann and threat
ened to have Ormsny's son indicted If
i the father did toot tell all he knew,
Further it was disclosed that onos while
) Ormaby was in the office of Lou Tarp
j ley, his attorney. Mrs. Ormsby went
, Jdown -en her knees before her hu
; band and begged him to tell what he
knew about Hermann. When on this
I occasion Burns threatened to have the
i younger. Ormsby sent to the penltentl
j ary Mrs. Ormsby said that Mr. Heney
j had promised that her' son would not
I be Indicted. ' j '
' ;" Money Takes the Witness. ' '
. ' Special Assistant Attorney-General
Francis J. Heney, who is the Mr. Heney
. referred to by Mrs. Ormsby, then took
hold of the witness. Ormsby denied
V that during nine days of questioning by
Bums he had steadfastly declared that
he had never received any school lands
from Mays. . Heney mentioned some de-.
- tails 'and the captain's memory was sud-1
denly refreshed. He bad deceived Burns
. for some time and finally confessed to
receiving a bribe. -
; "Then Mr. Burns had good reason to
believe you were lying to hlmf" asked
"'. Prosecutor Heney. 1
(. "Tea, air,? answered the witness. '.
After revealing that Ormsby was a
' rn ember of the gram! Jury that indicted
""8. A7M.rPutr ahdaoms"of' his accomr
plloes, Heney asked many questions re
lating to the famous "7-11", ease in
which Puter. Daniel Webster Tarpley
and Horace Greeley McKinley were con
victed of conspiring to defraud the gov
. eminent by means of - fraudulently ac
f quired homestead claims in territory
' to be Included in the Cascade forest re
serve. These claims were In the- re
gion of eternal snow and nobody ever
lived upon them, but Ormsby ss forest
' superintendent made a report favoring
. their Inclusion la the reserve. 1
' ' v "radge Kant Props Bint.
... -fust before Heney began to ask ques
tions about the Cascade reserve Judge
Hunt surprised the captain by saying:
I believe this witness is now in a
position where he la subject to rigid ex
amination by both sides.
And rigid It was. . Heney lead off.
"Didn't you admit to Mr. Burns and
myself.", he asked, "that you received
tide through your son from Puter for
snaking your report?"
At this Salmon B. Omsoy squirm ea
-and
explained that Puter gave the
tnoney to MerrUt-Ofmeby, eon of the
witness, to ueV his Influence with his
father. The father denied that be re
ceived any of the money. ...
. Then the wltnese was asked If he did
Hot get part of the 11,000 received by
Ills son for the sale of school lands In
FRISCO
FEAR DISORDERS III
Arrival of Farley's Strikebreakers
Will Probably Result in
K$'v'-l:" , Trouble.
..,' (Josnul Special Sorrles
, San Francisco. Aug. 20.-The strike
, Situation 14 unchanged this morning.
,, Neither Side shows any Indication of
Elng. The' confirmation of the de
ls from New York of three traln
of .strikebreaker haa given a
serloue sspect to the strike, since the
determination of the company to operate
cars by this method is likely to lead to
sn outbreak . of violence. The nubile
. generally sympathises with the striking
: carmen.
It de sdmltted by the company's em-
ployee st the bsrns this morning that
s arrangements are being made for hous
; Hig the men from the east. During the
flight the company smuggled 100 Jsp--eneBe4utatheFJlJmprtstref1arna
who were today put to Work onThe
streets snd tracks,' Ten unions, repre
' sentlng sll classes employed by the
' Vnited railways. hav united to fight
against the company.
Another sperlal has been, started by
-.. Farley from New York for San Fran
rUco loaded with streetcar strike
breaker. Three Farley trains are. now
n route, trying to make the. trip In
four days. Another leaves tonight and
another tomorrow. Farley's headquar
' ters are said to resemble a general's
headquarter la . the field. , Kxpedi-
tlons are being equipped, ammunition
; and medical supplies and 71.000 rounds
' ef etamunltlon ordered, end 1,100 re
volvers furnished. A new Tort sur-
fon will go to get aaslataats In Saa
raactaco. Many anion men trying to
paae aa "strikebreakers 1 Jiave ' been
''-ejected. As soon aa t.600 men are en
rsate, Farley will take a fast train
fclmeelf for Saa Franelaco.
K much ferger crowd surrounded the
earbsra at Turk- snd Fillmore .sfYeete
the proposed , Blue . Mountain reserve.
Thta caused, more squirming. The cap-
ism eAulaliHtl mat hie sen anted
some money and devoted part of the
11.000 to paying the debt,
Next Heney brought out that the wit
ness la under Indictment for his con'
nectlon with the "7-11" conspiracy for
which Puter and two of his pals wors
convicted. ' . .
. Makes Boats Denials.
Cs ptaln-Ormaby dented thiit'hahad
asked Puter to go to John H. Hall, then
I'nited Statea. attorney, and try to save
him fromJndJctmentHe explajlned that
Puter's errand was to "Induce HalTto
permit Captain Ormsby to appear before
the grand Jury as a witness.
When naked If he wore not the only
person favored by Binger Hermann with
a visit when the latter passed through
Portland last Novrmber-the captain
"j knew nothing about It When asaea it
Hermann had not called upon him and
discussed with him tba evidence that
he (Ormsby) might give In the Blue
mountain -. case, the captain ' first said
"Ho.- positively, and then added: "Not
to my recollection." -.
It was next shown that the captain's
recommendations In his report on the
Blue mountain reaerve included 11 miles
of sage-brush land that did not contain
a single stick of timber. The captain
explained this by saying that he sought
to Include the headwaters of Butty
creek. .
Xerrltt Ormsby sTo aoy.
Attorney Fenton" brought out that
Merrltt Ormaby is no boy, but at the
time he owed his father money he was
II years of age.
.Prosecutor Heney gave the defenae
notice that he expected to argue tnat
the witness and United 8tates District
Attorney- John Hall protected Binger
Hermann while the latter was under In
vestigation and that the latter Is still
nrotectlna- - Hermann. Following this
declaration Heney got the wltrfcss to
admit that he owed his appointment as
forest superintendent to Hermann ana
that ha had no other Influence.
Drmaby testified that when he wrote
te Heimanu he often marked his letters.
"personal." because if he did not do that
they would be handled by clerks and the
answers would be delayed.
Heney naked the captain If he did not
know ' that all Oregoa mall, . whether
marked personal or unmarked, went to
Hermann's desk and was opened by him.
This was news to the captain; at leaat
he eaid eo., ;..'',. ''"" 7'
Ormsby Balees a laafk,
When naked In regard to the promise
not, to Indict his son If be, understood
that Prosecutor Heney was going to dic
tate to the grand Jury the captain raised
laugh by replying. I did not, but
there is -no knowing what you can do."
A moment later the captain grew sar
castic. . He was anxious to leave the
stand and, had .started; to climb down
when Attorney Fenton called him back.
The queatlon was unimportant and after
he had answered it the captain said:
"I didn't knew, Mr, Fenton, but what
you were going to aak me. how many
legs I lost at Gettysburg."
J. H. Dobbin of Joseph testified that
ha wss a delegate to the woolgrowers'
convention held In Pendleton In Septem
ber, 1902, and hat Congressman' I. N.
Williamson took an active part in the
work of Inducing the convention to In
dorse a plan to add several townahipa
to the Blue Mountain reaerve. - The- reso
lution .of -indorsement was passed- - In
the townships to be added Wlinamsonj
owned school and timber lands which
the government slleges were fraudu
lently acquired. r v s , '
Wltaessee Xs Teste rday. .''
Among the witnesses called late yes
terday afternoon were F. A. Krlba. the
veteran dealer In scrip. He teejlfled to
buying school lands from Wlllard N.
Jones snd Daniel Webater Tarpley.
These lands were within the boundaries
Ss recommended by Ormaby In . his
Blue Mountain report. 1
EM win M. Mays, brother of Defendant
Mays, wss surprised by being made a
witneas for the government. He testi
fied that Jones 'assigned school lands
to him and he passed them on. At no
time did he pay any money to' Jones.
J.. P. lAicaa, formerly register of the
land office at The Dalles, told of the
attempt of Senator Mays to secure val
uable timber lands on Maury mountain
by using school unsurveyed lands in
the proposed Blue Mountain reserve ss
base. Lucas ss register held up the
application made by the state land -agent
on;-behalf of Maya, and Mays called
Lucas up by telephone, rebuked him Tor
Interfering and said the government
had experts In Wsshlngton whose duty
It was to pass on the validity of base.
Lucas paased the applications and they
were canceled In Washington.
today than at any time since the inau
guration of the etrike, but ; made no
demonstratlona. The railroad company
made -no attempt to operate its care. -
President Cornelius this afternoon is
sued soother ststement to the publie
stating tba position of the union la un
changed, and charging the company
with breaking ' Its contract srlth the
union, stating, that ths men. ara ready
te return to work immediately on the
granting of f I a day for eight hours by
ths United Railways. '
HOOTED AT CHICAGO.
Strikebreaker Make Beoorg Tiamo la
Trip to Saa Fraacisoo,
(Journal anecUl Strvlee.!
i
Chicago, Aug. !. Twenty-seven
cosches, two sections of the Farley
train, arrived at T o'clock this morning,
having madeJ0 mlnutis In the effort
of a record run to the coast Slight
delays occurred on account of the re
fusal of union trainmen to handle the
cars. Crowds . hooted the strikebreak
ers. THe first section left at T:I5, 10
minutes ahead of time, and the second
at H o'clock, ft minutes ahead of sched
ule. WOOLGROWERS WILL
MEET IN PENDLETON
. fSpwUl Dtatmtek te The Journal.)
PendfetonT'Of.r Aug." II. A meeting
of the Umatilla Woolgrowers' associa
tion will be held In this city Septem
ber I. Among the matters of Impor
tance to come before the session will
be Xhe election of delegates to the State
association's nsxt meeting, which win
be held at Condon on September It and
10. Other subjects for consideration
will be the quarantine laws, building of
dipping vats In the mountalne at ehlp
plng pointa. President Perry Gould
will come from Portland to attend thle
session.' - t
EARLE THINKS TRUST
' FUNDS ARE NOT LOST
(Joaraal Speetat Sorvto.)
Philadelphia. Aug. Receiver Earls
of the Real Batata Truet company says
be thinks the failure la not so bad as he
thought. Hs thinks ths trust funds are
safe. . ,- t
tion into congestion of
FACILITIES HAVE NOT
-CRQWNWlTHTHE-aTY
Railroad Teamsters sjd WholesIef
Must GeTTogether iTRelieriOtfrTVVe'bstef -That Contrsct HBg-Been
Be Secured An Understanding Is
Reached st Conference.
A hearing of 'causes of congestion of
freight In the yards .of the Northern Pa
cific Terminal company was held in lbs
office of J. N. Teal, counsel for the
transportatlorieommlttee of the chamber
of commerce, yesterday afternoon, and
as a result It is believed the troubles can
be minimised by cooperation between the
wholesalers, transfer men and terminal
company officials. . The fact waa sharply
brought out that the present terminal
yards ara far too amalL
; OosBaatttee Beport, -
A report of the oomm it tee's findings,
made to the chamber today, says:
"The condition la largely due -to the
fact that the Terminal company has not
kept pace with the growth of buslneaa.
At present this company should have
at least 10, more miles of trackage te
take care of care In a satisfactory man
ner "
There la a congestion of freight ears
extending south to Ashlsnd snd north
to Taeoma. In East Portland the tracks
are full of loaded oars. The situation
la serious to the business Interests snd
to the railroad company as well. The
company is undoubtedly doing all it
can to relieve the situation. Ita reve
nues depend upon release of these cars
and their use In handling new nuainess.
Ij,
pany flfflclaitadml
that they have been too, alow .In pro
viding more trackage and that the
city's business has far outstripped
them. . ' "
wiu Don Die iraeiuiisa.
The committee Is advised that the
Terminal company Is now taking steps
to more than double Ite facilities. . The
improvements - ' will Include a new
freight house 1000x410x70 feet, on Hoyt
street, additional team tracka to hold
1(0 cars, and an outside yard for break
ing up trains. This yard wlU be lo
cated at the point where the horse
show was held -In connection wife the
Lewis and Clark exposition. Here
11.000 , feet of trackage will be put
down aa aoon . aa litigation recently
started is settled. "
The committee expresses doubt ss to
when this litigation will te settled and
regret at the threatened delay caused
by Che granting of an Injunction in
favorv of ths Northern Pacific Railway
company, as the - traffic congestion Is
bound to grow steadily worse untU re
lieved by the enlarging of .facilities.
The growth of the city la mucn oe-
yenu the proportion of Increase in Its
shipping facilltlea. The terminal yards
have not been enlarged fast enough, nor
has ths railroad , equipment been in
creased at a ratio conforming to com
mercial progress. Representatives of the
varioo Lntereats concerned attended; the.
meeting yesterday "and discussed the sit
uation thoroughly. It was shown that
ths Jobbing houses are dlllatory In un
loading cars. Demurrage Is not charged
on a carload of goods until 41 hours after
it bas been received, and whila ths rail?
road company Is not always prompt to
deliver the car to the place where It la'
to be unloaded, the consignee Is often
low to remove the contents and release
the car for use of other shippers. Aa a
result, the terminal yards, already much
too small, are overcrowded with loaded
cats, and It Is with the greatest diffi
culty that the men In the yards handle i
the switching problem.
As a result of yesterday's conference a
better understanding wss reached, and
the Interests concerned will make aa ef
fort to cooperate and relieve the situa
tion so far as It can be relieved with
prevent terminal faculties. Aa effort la
being made by the terminal company to
acquire more ground and enlarge the
yards. - .,. .... . . . .
kUmler appointed -: . i
TTaSahmhail-carrier
Wsshlngton, Aug. St. B. F. Kumler
was today . appointed letter-carrier at
Salem.
BRYAN PLEASED TO
BE HOME AGAIN
Nebraskan States That Home
' Never Meant So Much
Before. '
tJearatl Special Serrlee.t
New Tork, Aug. W. j. Bryan, In
elothea which gave the 11a to the Eng
lish tailor who said that he la Incor
rectly dressed, stood on the forward
deck as the Princess Irene stesmed to
quarantine this afternoon. The decke
were croVvded with hero worshipers ss
(hs tug Morsn and the yacht IUInl
raced alongside. Bryan, slightly heavier,
considerably bronsed, : with a mors
shiny pate, watched with amusement
the two boarding parties' struggle to
reach him first . '
.As soon as the doctor wss through
his examination at quarantine both
oraft came alongside and members of
botrfpartles grasped-4he horoe-oemer'
hands simultaneously, uryan placed
Mrs. Bryan aboard tba IlUnl and Joined
ths Nebraskans aboard the Moran for
an hour's lovs feast. He will go aboard
the mini later this afternoon.
Though not so bolaterous nor aa dem
onstrative as his friends, Bryan's pleas
ure at ths meeting wss none ths leas
evident. " He declared ho had had a
moat enjoyable trip, but home never
meant mora- to him than this afternoon.
He chaffed good naturedly with ths
newspapermen and feigned surprise
that they ahould desire an expression
from him on current politics.
Then in seriousness he stated he could
not talk politics . when .there were so
msny "how-d'ye-dos" to be said. He I a,
promised, however,' not to keep the
newspaper men waiting long.
Bryan was sppsrently much moved by
the enthusiasm of his Nebraaka frienda.
He will remain on the Illint until landed
at the battery at f o'clock tomorrow
afternoon,
County Court Awards Him Con-
Uacl at Price Mentioned -
In His Bid. V ; : ' v
WILL BEGIN TO DISH t : y..
OUT-fOODSATURDAY
Sheriff . Stevens Notified by Judge
Awarded snd Eberling Entitled to
'Right Sort of Treatment. ' " ! 4
Louie Ebellrig this morning signed a
contracjt to feed all the prisoners In ths
county Jail in the basement of the court
house, for one year for 11 M cents for
each meal - furnished. - Hs will begin
feeding ths prisoners next Saturday
morning, unless some steps are taken
by Sheriff Stevena to prevent it. The
sheriff has done nothing aa yet.
Ebellng'e bid was not only the lowest
submitted to the - court, but he Is
thought to be better sble to give the
prisoners Batiwfactory food thaa any
of the other blddera. . Ebellng conducts
a restaurant on Fourth street, within a
quarter of a block of ths Jail, and will
have to carry the food only a ahort dis
tance, eo that he can serve It while It
Is warm. ..'.
The contract provides that two meals
daily shall be served, as follows:
Breakfast, to be served between the
hours of T:I0 and 1:10 a. m., to consist
of one order of meat and potatoes, oof
fee, with sugar, and one half loaf of
bread for each person.
Dinner, to be served between ths
hours of 4 and f p. m., to consist of one
order of soup. meat, potatoes and one
other vegetable, tea or coriee wim 1
sugar, and one half loaf of bread for
each peraon.
It,-uiuMiviilad that the meals shall be
served between the hours named at SuohTthanrH;tober Ii,-t
time aa the ehertft may designate, and
it the sheriff does not name a time than
it is to be delivered at any time con
venient to Ebellng.
Ebellng agreed to ' use good, fresh,
wholesome provisions,, and to prepare
them properly. The county court 1 re
serves . the right to annul the contract
at any time if the food or service la not
satisfactory, i '
Judge Webater notified Sheriff Stev
ens by letter ' that the contract for
boarding ths prisoners had been award
ed to Ebellng, and that Ebellng would
begin feeding ths prisoners September 1.
TWOlililTS
PLEAD GUILTY
.. , asaBnwsaMBssjsaveBswaSBBssass '
Arraigned Before Judge Sears,
They Determine' Not to A;
Fight the Case.', i,.:.,.
William Boyd and Ernest Hutchlns,
ths boy holdups who attsmpted to rob
George E. Bobbins at North Ninth and
Couch streets lest Saturday right, were
arraigned In ths circuit court this morn
ing, charged with highway robbery.
They pleadpd guilty, and will be sen
tenced Saturday morning. .
Bord la IT years old, and Hutchlns
only 14. When they attempted to rob
Bobbins st the point of a revolver he
attacked them and they ran.' The young
er boy k waa captured by Robblus, and
Boyd waa arrested later at his home,
llltt Burnslde street, Toung Hutchlns
lives with his mother at 216 H First
street, his parents having separated, '
The Hutchlna boy was placed In a
novel position this morning when the
information charging him with, highway
robbery waa filed by Deputy- District
Attorney Bert ; Haney. A charge
against him was filed In - ths
Juvenile court Mondsy by Detective H.
H. Hswley, and the boy is now -charged
y is now -charged
olntwoapari.
with the aame offenae
ments of ths circuit court. , .
The error was not discovered until
after the boy had entered a plea ' of
guilty to the charge before Judge Sears.
This plea of guilty will bd withdrawn
and the case .of the boy taken up tn the
Juvenile court before Judge Fraser thle
evening.
Under the Oregon law the 14-year-old
boy cannot bo sent -to any pen si Inati
tutlon except ' the reform school. The
Boyd boy, being over II yeara of age, is
liable to a penitentiary sentence, though
Judge Sesrs haa power to suspend ths
sentence during good behavior, should
he see fit. .. . 4 .
OLD-FANNING PLACE
DESTROYED BY"FIRE
(Saeelel Dtopetes te Tke Soaraal.) -
Pendleton, Or Aug. ft. Fire at 10
o'clock last night burned the old Fan
ning place, two miles from the city. It
waa one of the oldest places In this
county, "being built 10 yeara sgq st the
mouth of McKay creek. It was a land
mark, ths lumber being hauled In from
Umatilla landing. It belonged to Theo
dore J. Cheney of Hells and was rented
to Frank Cary. .
Fire etarted around the chimney yee
terday morning, but waa put out In
soms wsy It broke out again last night
The insurance la 11.000.
J.
0'SHEA INJURED :
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Lite-thls-aftsrnoon-T. trsnea, e
a son of the proprietor of the 4
Union Meat company, and a wall- g
known young man about town, : q
waa seriously injured In sn 4
automobile accident on the Linn- . 4
ton road. Mr. O'Shea was alone 4
In his automobile and waa flrlv- e
Ing toward town about one mile . 4)
beyond the fair grounds, whan 4
In aome manner he lost control 0
of his mschlne. ' q
, The vehicle ran down an em- 4)
bankment and overturned, throw. 4)
Ing Its .occupant" heavily to the ' 4
ground. When O'Shea . waa 4
picked up a few minutes later e
by paasersby hs was unoonsglous ' 4)
snd appsrsntly bsdly hurt Dr. 4
MUler happened along and took e
the Injured man to St Vincent 'a 4
hospital, where en examination . 4
la being made to determine the -.4)
extent of. his-Injuries, "" 41
:
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Formal Demand Made Upon the
ports' of Their Business.
COPIES pF CHARTER
MAILED TO MANAGERS
Letters of Auditor Devlin Are JE
plicit and; Demand Sutementaof
Assets, Liabilities, Operating Ex-
1 penses and Profits. ' ' r ( :
Managers of ' publlo service corpora
tions which are enjoying franchises
from the city found In their mail this
morning a later from City Auditor tv
lln requesting ' that .they comply with
the provisions of the charter and fur
nish him with quarterly statements of
their receipts and expenditures.
Copies of the charter were also mailed
yesterday afternoon to each of theaa
eompaniea that section , under which
Mayor-Lane asked Mr. Devlin to send
out. the requests, might be read by
every one Interested. '
The letter follows: . ,
"In pursuance of section II of the
charter of Portland. ' I hereby demand
from you, aa ths holder of a franchise
granted by ordinance No. 1110 of the
city of Portland, a report . in writing
which shall eontala an accurate state
ment In summarised form as well aa
In detail, of all receipts from all
sources, and of all sxpendltures for all
purposes from the Urns of the accept
a nee of your r franchise to September
10, 190f; I also demand a full state
ment of all assets and debts of your
company, ana sucn otner lnxormauon
as may-be necessary to show the eoets
and profits of the service rendered. '
I request that such report and state
ment be filed In thla offloo not later
I hand you herewith a eopy of the
charter of the city of Portland, and call
your attention to section 09 thereof.'
Section It of the city charter pro
vides that publlo service ' corporations
holding franchisee shall make quarterly
reports to ths auditor of their total re
ceipts and expenditures and shall also
show In detail how the profits of the
business are made. If auch reports are
not made regularly the franchise may
be declared forfeited, and failure to keep
books and aocounta may be considered
a misdemeanor and punished by fine or
Imprisonment - under ordinances ' passsd
by the council. i"
The . following .' corporatlone were
served with the notice:
, Highland Park Water company, Cas
cade Power company, Willamette Valley
Traction company, Inveatment company,
Portland Hallway company. Western
Union Telegraph company, Portland
Oaa company, Postal Telegraph-Cable
company, American Dlatrtot Telegraph
com pany. Portland General Electrle
company. Southern. Pacific company,
O. R. St N. Co., Oregon Water Power
Railway company, Portland Hydraullo
Elevator ooinpany. Northern Paolfle
Terminal company. Mount Hood Electrlo
company,- Home - Telephone company,
United Rallwaya eompafny. City Messen
ger 4c Delivery company. Pacific Statea.
TSiegf apKTTTWephone -companypunioh
Market association. , - ,
RAILROAD MEN RACE WITH
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Special Dispatch The JooraaLt '
Salem, Aug. .. In a mad - race to
dodge the Injunction servers, tho con
struction gang at work laying traok at
the Salem terminus of ths Baiem 4k
Portland electrlo road, scattered ties,
placed them down and laid the ralla on
the last two blocks In the apace of II
minutes. The Salem end of the road
waa complete yeaterday afternoon at 4
o'clock with the exception of the two
blocka between State and Trade streets.
On those blocka the street had been im
proved by tho property-owners at their
owa expense ana tne council naa estab
lished a grade to accommodate - these
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rest of High street The property-
owners feared that they would be put
to en extra axpenae la atreet paving un
less the new road was lowered to grade.
It would bo Impossible .to do thle and
on these two blocks ths ties were laid
on top of the pavement - Juet as the
construction gang began work en these
blocka the rumor became current that,
one of the property-owners bsd caused a
temporary Injunction- to be leased re
straining the company xrom laying the
track. Foreman Tiffany could not be
found and all available men on the Job
were centered on these two blocks and
In II minutes the track waa complete.
It is said thle morning that no Injunc
tion will be lasued and that tha railroad
and tha property-ownera will reach aa
amicable understanding. . '
IS ARRESTED FOR SEllInO
PRESERVED HEAT
' H. E. Wood of 11 North Sixth street
wee arrested late this afternoon,
charged by J. W. Bailey, state dairy
and food commlaaloner, with selling
"preserved" meat
Thla la the third arrest made for thle
offense.. Since the arrest of Thomas
Duffy, and Jack .Henry on tho aame
charge . yesterday .the commissioners
say they hare found that the hamburger
steak seised and. declared Impure-was
purchased of tbs Union Meat company.
Whether Wood mads his own hamburger
steak or bought It from a . packing
house is not known, i
"We're going right after It wherever
we can find." said Mr. BaUejr this Arter
noon after the arreat of Wood. "All
the dealere have bn notified, but they
have paid no attention to the letter I
sent out They have waited until some
body got pinched and now they . are
aqueallng.
"If we 'find preserved' meat In the
possession of ths packers they will be
treated ths same as ths retailers. The
retailers will be forced tp inalat that the
meat they buy from the' pocklng-houaes
Is not "preserved.' "
Sulphite of sodium wss found In ths
hamburger steak aelsed. It la ons of ths
peculiarities of sulphlts that lesa can
be taken out through chemical analysis
than Is put in It Tet plenty of aulpbli
waa found In the meat seised yssterdsy.
Bsksr City, Or., Aug. II After an
illness of about 10 hours, Mrs. Maltnda
Lows,' one of the earliest pioneers of Ba
ker county, died laat night at midnight
at her home in Baker City, , v . . 4
IKESIC3 K30 IS
BE 11 OC-.
Trans-Miss!salpptCongresr- at
Kansas City Promises to Be ;.
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oT iviucn vaiuwt
- Offloiala of the trans-MlsslsslppI eoa
grass have Issued the program for'the
Kansas City session, to.be held No
vember 10, II, , n. Most of ths sub
jects to be dlsoussed are of Oital Inter
eat to Portland, and four or five of
them were selected from a list of sub
jects suggested by the Portland cham
ber of commerce.
The toplos Include livestock Interests
of the west. Isthmian canal, mnjea
and mining, oriental trade, harbor im
provement, Alaska, Columbia river, ir
rigation, forestry, San Francisco, naval
construction on the Pacific coast, state
hood, deep water from lakes to gulf,
merchant marine, flood oontrol, drainage
ox public landa, trusts ana tneir rela
tion to business, government ownership
of railroads, telegraph and publie utili
ties generally. Uvea eyetemo, commer
cial union, a -
Portland commercial bodies today re
ceived advance copies" of tha program.
and an urgent Invitation from Secretary
Arthur B. Francis to aena a large ana
representative delegation to work for
the interests of the Pacific northweat
Many of the most Influential men and
able speakers in - the nation will s
there. The session la the first follow
Ing the meeting held In Portland -last
year, and means a continuation of mucn
of the work taken up at that session;
Officers of the congress are: Presl
dent David R. Francis: vioe-preeident
for bregon.-SmlthHood-Rlverl
chairman executive committee, Fred W.
Flemming, Kanaaa City; vice-chairman.
Tom Richardson, Portland; chairman
congrosBisnal oommiUeo. T. D. Wilcox,
Portland; chairman advisory committee.
EL R. Moses, Great Bend, Kansas,
FEAR LIFEBOAT IS LOST
WITH ITS OCCUPANTS
Crew of Steam Schooner Celia
Think Boat Capsized and
All Men Lost.
t Journal Bseeial Servlee. '
Pacific Grove. Cel., I Aug. II. Fears
are being entertained for the aafety of
a lifeboat from the eteam . schooner
Cella in which are Mate Anderson,
Superintendent Bishonof the . Albion
Lumber company, his wife and three
children and Brlgham Klnston. sailor.
It Is believed that tho boat capstsed In
the heavy swell off stormy Point Plnos,
when the occupants put out from the
Celta after she struck tbs rocky shors on
the promontory near this city. Ons
boat carrying ths captain and 10 of the
crew made Monterey in safety and they
reported that tha second goat"wal
launched with the above-mentioned per
sons clinging to it lor tneir uvea
The Cella went sshore lest night
while bound for Monterey from Santa
Cms with a cargo of lumber. She was
caught by the current and taken out of
her course before anything could be
done to check her speed. The heavy
awell that rolls In from the open sea
will probably pound her- to pieces be
fore aaaiatance can be rendered, the bot
tom being rocky. .
The Cella belongs to D. Beadle end
registers 111 tons net' She wss built
In 1114 at Benlcla.
TWO MINERS KILLED
BY BONANZA CAVE-IN
' rftnertal Mepsteh te-Tbe Joarasl.l '
Baker City, Or Aug. II. "An unavoid
able accident" thua the coroner'o Jury
today eummed up tho terrible caveln
at the Bonania mine Saturday tn which
Ounder Klttleson and Allen Dillloh lost
their ' llrss. No blame was attached to I
any one by the Jury after it had care
fully Investigated the tragedy.
While rescuers worked over blm seek
ing to - release him from the poaltlon
in which he lay, Klttleson died. The
man waa found caught between the tim
bers under which he waa burled, with
one leg broken In euch a way that It
waa wrapped around the logs and held
by their terrifto weight Dtlllon was
dead when found, his skull crushed tn
and hla collar bono broken.'
When the accident occurred the men
were working at the top of a etope and
had Just timbered up. They began
picking at the roof when It gave way
and crushed 'them undef the timbers
which they hsd set Two sets of tim
bers fell and were covered with rock
and earth. - The stops In which ths men
were working waa within II feet of the
earth'e eurfaca, '-...
POUR CARBOLIC ACID
IN VICTIM'S MOUTH
Lea Angeles, Aug. II. The body of
James Hyde, aged II, proprietor of the
Crystal Ice company, was found In soms
bushss st Fourth avenue and Twenty
seventh street thle morning. He had
been missing since yeaterday. His
wallet had been Titled and hie mouth
burned with carbolic add. It la thought
he waa alugged and acid poured In his
mouth to give the sppearance .of suicide.
, PERSONAL ; -
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Joseph Knspp, professor of engineer
ing snd timber teste at the state uni
versity, IS at the Oregon hotel. - Ha la
in" Portland to" confer wtth Henry
Grlnnell, aa Inspector In the foreatry
ssrvlce from Washington, District of
Columbia, In - rsgard to the work
planned for the students at Eugene. .
E. S. ' Gardner, . a well-known Walla
Walla merchant, is at the Perklne hotel.
F. I. Dunbar, secretary of the stats,
Is at the Portland hotel. He le accom
panied by Mrs. Dunbar. .
Dr. and, Mra. H. E, Beardaley. of New
Tork are at the Portland. They -are
well known te many Portland people.
P. L. McDerraott and W. L. Mason,
New Tork business men, are guests 'of
the Portland 'hotel. They are touring
the west and incidentally visiting tim
ber lands In which they are interested.
J. C. Bothln and daughter of Oakland
are registered et the Portland. Mr.
Bothln Is a, wall-knewn business man
of Oakland. , . ,
Dr. ,W. C. Shear , who has been in
southern Oregon for the psst two days
on a deer hunt haa returned, ." ,
Launching of New Service May
Not Be Accomplished Until v
; J.,1,, Next Spring. , v
ELECTRICALWORKERS TRY
TO TIE UP CONSTRUCTION
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Robert Tucker. Explains Company's
Attitude in Controversy gnd Says
:Ta Thousand Telephones WuTHeT
in Operation by First of Year. '
Portland people who are breathlessly
awaiting the inatallatlon ef the plant
of the Home Telephone company with,
Ita "girlless" awltohboard and Its prom
ise of better service may have tq hold
their breath until spring. Labor
troubles threaten to tie up tho work and '
postpone the leunchlng of the new sys
tem for months.
Because local union . No. Ill, Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, and the Home Telephone com
pany had a little misunderstanding
aome time ago the 10 union linemen
and cable aplicera employed at atrlng.
Ing the new wlree walked .out The
oausa ef the trouble was a raise of
wsges from 4 to $4.10 for the cable ,
splicers, ordered by the union but not
acceded to by the company. Since the
etrike the company haa been plugging
along aa beat it could.- The strikers
declare that ' the company la wholly
unable to get linemen and cable splicers,
though It Is offering 11.10 for non
union linemen snd e for cable splicers,
50 cents In each case above the union
scale. The men on etrike aa that all
the help the company haa been, able to
get has been a half dosen ' common
laborere, - whoare-nnableto rdotn
work properly and who have to have
their tools purchased for thernJl.
Work Kar e Pslayod.
If these stories are true the advent
of the new system may be postponed '
for more than six months, as it le vsry
difficult to get linemen and cable
splicers during ths winter months,
union or nonunion. There Is a good
deal of auch work now being done on
the coast and when the flret cold snap
cornea ths outdoor electrical workere
usually make a hlka for California or
some other warmer clime. . The local
union officials say that all the -strikere
are employed or about to be employed
at the regular scale on unionised Jobs.
Local union No. Ill, I. B. B. W.,
Issued a statement from the meeting- -rooms
last night setting forth its side
of ths controversy and calling upon all
union sympathisers to refrain - from
patronising the Home Telephone com
pany until such time as' It may make-
peacs with ths union. ' 4 '
' Tuoker Bzplalna Trouble.
Robert Tucker, president of the Em
pire EleBtrio company, a telephone con-'
structlon company of Toledo, Ohio,
which has the contract from the Home
Telephone company of thle city for the
installation of the Automatic Tele
phone system snd which will turn -tha
sams over to the Home Telephone .
company In full operation, aald In re
gard to the contention of the electrical .
workere that he did not think a dlg-
cusalon qreutd avaU mueh, bue-the-q
tinfc ft, a fcutshell was almnlv this- '
. "The Empire Electrlo company In Oc
tober, lios, entered Into a written con
tract with - the 'electrical workere.
which waa then, and they now say,- is
satisfactory. The duration of thta con
tract was two yesrs from October, 1101,
and if provides a scale of wages, terms
and conditions of employment We
were proceeding under thle contract,
the electrical - workere ' having almost
completed the - construction under. It
when a short time, ago a representative
of the' electrical -- workere from San
Franelsco . informed ua that although
the contract with ua'waa satisfactory,
they demanded a - contract from the
Home Telephone company..
Mr. Sumner of the Home Telephone
company,- upon his return to Portland,
stated to the representative from San
Franoisoo that the Home Tslephone
compsny .wrould not be employing labor
until . the plant was -, oompleted . and
turned over by the construction com
pany (.that ths Home Telephone aom-
pany, whoa it la ready lor business will
have a local board Of directors, who .
VHrno doubt tahs up ths mailer wu
tended for In due season.
'At no time in the controversy waa
there a question of wage or conditions -of
employment - discussed. Ths slec-'
tries! workers aubmltted a form Of con
tract, but Mr. Sumner wag not dlaposed '
to consider any kind of a contract until ,
the board waa properly organised and -ths
company tn operation... The eon- '
structlon compsny haa a contract and
haa lived up to It but In the face of this
contract the electrical workers rsf used
to continue te work end our company
is obliged to seek elsewhere for labor.
The work is progressing nicely.
From 16 to '71 application for tele
phones are coming in every day and we
expect to give service la certain por
tions of the olty within a very tew
weeks snd fully 10,000 telephones wUI .
be in full operation by January 1.
"The Empire Electrlo company s em
ployes were and ars thoroughly satis
fied with their wagee and employment1
snd In view of ths fsct that a great
manv of them were new men In Port- .
land, only three of them were eligible ,
to vote as to whether or not the striks '
should be declared. , Two of thesa voted
against the etrike. '
In so far ss a contract is concemea.
oar attitude la well defined and we hasa
only naked that the electrical workere
live up to their contract"... j ' "
PRACTICAL JOKE IS - I
CAUSE OF ARREST
Pendleton. Or' Aug. II. M. L. Taft
haa sworn to a complain before District
Attorney Phelps charging Robert Beavert
with assault with a pitchfork.
The trouble grew out - of a practical
Jokav-lt-ia-aald.. and which JBeayert sI-
leges reflected en bis wife." To punish
Taft for the eame he uaed a pitchfork
and from the appearance of the 00m
plalnant'e face the husband had revenge
for the slight, whether fancied or real.
Taft wss required to give band to cover
the cost of the case in- the event of
failure to convict. " - ,
MAIL CLERK INJURED ?
TAIfCM Tfl UnCDlTAI
is 1 w 1 ivwi 1 1 nw
James Cannon, a mall clerk, was seri
ously Injured on sn O. R, N. train
near Troutdals this morning, snd upon
arrival hers waa taken to St. Vlncent'a
hospital. ' It le underatcod that Cannon
was leaning out" of a car door when he'
was struck on ths head by a -roadside
crane. . He waa rendered unconacloua by
the blow, and for a time It waa feared
that hla skull had been fracrared.
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