The Oregon daily journal., September 09, 1906, Image 1

GOOD MORNING
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.THE" WEATIIES.
Yesterday O T3 f
Partly cloudy with possibly show
er; westerly winds.
VOL; III., NO. 23.
Immense; Profits' Paid
No Returns Made -
Lower- Rates or.Extension-' of- Existing
5 Lines Shippers Suffer Great Losses.
Tot JO TMirs th pople of Ortfoo h bean dmnding- better Md '4
cheaper railroad .transportation. , Tbaxdenuind haa fallen upon ufeheed-
teiptte Ita Immense reeourcea Oregon has suffered more than anjr
other' state .la-; the union from inadequate 'transportation facilities.
e . Through th failure to build 'extensions of existing lines, much of the
; state has remained undeveloped, and the arowth of the remainder has
4 - been retarded' by burdensome and exoesslve tariffs.' Shippers hare suf
fered Immense losses, every rear through the failure of the railroads
to supply rolling stock with -which to
, The excuse given by the railroads
,
maintenance and operation were so heavy as ; to preclude extensions of
their systems or reductions la rates. v This pretense Is disproved by the
report of these same' railroads,, filed with the secretary .of state for
more than-a dosen years. ? -" i V'-'V ; ;' - ':
'i Facts gathered from these and other - authoritative " sources ' show
that Oregon has been for years, in
combination, which, has milked th
f .Wall, streets 'king At. finance.:
Ko better lUnstratlon of .this Is
e Oregon Railroad Navigation company. Ha huge profits and Its
e .gardly policy to ward Xh people of
" ..; '
' V The Oregon Railroad A NavlgaUon
'. company commenced business on a
organised basis In the year Hf. Its
history and that of Its predecessors Is
the history of the development of east-
- era Oregon .- its nucleus was ins uiw
T gon Steam - Navigation , company, - pur
chased by Mr. Henry iVUlard snd his
. associates. .. It wss reorganised and ro
eapifallxed-vinder the name of the re-
- gon Ballwey navigation company,
It was always a money maker.
r;"-V - . Oraapsd br Vnioa Vaatflo. "v-
Without following the- changes In
logical sequence or detail It, finally
, came ' under the domination of ' the
Union Paoifio Railway company through
he lattefa control of the Oregon Short
Line Utah Northern Railway com-
e pany, which company owned a majority
of the stock of the Oregon Kauway at
Navigation company. October 1SS.
..the. Union-Facifia- Railway eoeapany-f
passed into the hands of five receivers
, and with it went the Oregon Railway
Navigation company and 21 other In
corporated companies operated by the
Xrnlon Pacific. j -
The Union Paclfto receivers operated
the Oregon Railway Navigation com
pany until July S, Hit, when Edwin
McNeill was appointed receiver in a suit
- instituted by the Farmers' Loan
Trust company -as trustee-under the
consolidated mortgage to foreclose the
- nam in the' circuit court of the United
states for the district of Oregon.. Mr.
McNeill - wss receiver until the re-
or tnis road wnen a targe poriiurr ut m
line between Portland and Umatilla waa
washed out by th great flood in ll.
and no through, trains passed over this
portion of the road between May 17 and
August t of that year.- It coat a large
iuin to put th line again in shape to
handle traffia ,-.- ; -- . - - . ,
; v Trees nry Beonperase Qoiokly.
Crops were por arid times were very
hard, yet within 1 months, after spend
ing large sums In repairs i for. 1 new
bridges, new steel and betterments, th
treasury had a cssh surplus of 1650,000.
This speaks volumes both for th exp
edient management of Reoelver .-McNeill
snd for the earning capacity of
4i-. inal -iiaA moat . trvina? eAndttlnna.
SoutherniPacific Rushes ;Twoirhou$and:Men
v to Hurry Work oh Road From Weed to
:fKlamath:FallsrBorius ,WilI Be Pald4 v :
Two ttiouaand laborers will b brought
by th Southern ,Paclfio company's con
tractors, from work Just completed. In
th southwest, .to rush construction of
the California Northeaetern railroad
from Weed thrdugh to Klamath Falls.
It Is authoritatively , denied that the
subscribers the Klamath Falls bonus
of 1100,000 will repudiate the subsorlp
tlona snd affirmed that th money will
be paid If the road la completed to tb
ti l br March 1 next, in accordance
with the terms of th subscription.
Klamath basin people say It is not
material that any particular person or
eorporstlon shall . 'oonstruot the Jin,
but that any company that build It
under the subscription" contrsct Is sn
tltled to and will receive the money.
PORTLAND,
by All Railroads but
to People in " Form of
-e)
carry their goods and -products.
his been that" their expenses of 4
the grans el a, merciless railroad ... e j,
people -of the state for the benefit
'.. 't'.'.': . ."');'',; ' .C. e'
afforded thaa the history of the
thia - sUte; ' -
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During , th course of the reoelvershlp
many Interesting facts cam to light.
-- It - had long been suspected that the
Oregon Railway Navigation company
had been systematically "m liked for
the benefit of the Union, PaclMo .and
that some shippers' were "getting the
benefit. of rebates or other favors. 'Both
faota war substantially established
through certain court proceedings.
In the year lt Milton Evans insti
tuted proceedings before the Interstate
commerce commission on, behalf of th
grain growers of th Walla Walla coun
try for rednotlon on wheat rates from
I4.7 to 11.41 per ton. Prior to this
suit . there had been. In 11(7, another
suit before the asm commission and
th rates were foroed down from-It to
14.70 per ton. In December of 1114
the rates were reduced by th company
to I4.2S per ten, and It was asserted by
the management that it aooounta and
books showed that further reductions
could not la Justice be mad. How
ever, Mr. rEvans did a little exporting
on hi own account, the road having
in th meantime gone into th. hands
of a separat receiver, and its accounts
being public intelligent . comparisons
could be made. ; J; v .. ,v .
'. . . nght tW
- It wss learned that' there had been
some rebating going on. a demand was
made on the railroad for an examination
Of the vouchers showing such payments.
but th demand waa promptly renised.
A subpoena wss issued by the commis
sion requiring th auditor to appear be
fore the clerk of the . United States
court at ; Portland . and produce th
vouchers of the railroad for . rebates
paid - th Paclfto Coast . Elevator com
pany. H produced seme vouchers, but
not the elevator company's. . The ones
S reduced, however, showed .that between
uly I, 1(14, and April 10. l(t. th re
bates paid th Pactflo Coast Elevator
company . amounted "to til.tts.lt on
shipments of I4I.70S tons of grain, or
an average of about (I 1-1 cents per ton.
This amount was paid from non-com-petty
ve points,' leaving to th Imagina
tion what was pstd ' front competitive
points.' : - r -;".'. -.- r ;
' Just to show how the j-ail road . ao-
(Continued n Pegs Two.)
Thoy say they would Just as willingly
pay It ,to th Southern Pactno company
as. to sny other company.
Returning from the' Boise1 Irrigation
congress Friday evening were J. Frank
Adams and Mrs. Adams, Judge Oeorge
T. Baldwin. M. I Hoi gate, John Shook
and Airs. Shook and Frank I. White of
Klamath Falls. Mr. JWhlt said yes
terday: : .. , . . .
. "I have heard no talk In th Klamath
sountry to Juatlf f th' reports circu
lated to th ffect that the subscribers
to the railroad bonus would refuse to
pay their subscriptions because of the
road having paased Into possession of
th Southern Psclflo, The, people wet-
Continued on Psge rour.i,. ;. ;
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OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1906.
H -: I
Statement
STENSLAIID TRIES
TO MIL HIL1SELF
Futntlve 1 Banker Reported to
-' Have' Taken PoIeonCreatly
Depressed and Seems to Have
7 Lost Hopt-Cuard Over Him
-Increased by Sultan.
(OepyrlgBt, Heartf Kewe aerrk. " by
1 . Wire The Jouraal.
i angler, Morocco, sept. : s. taui
LStensland was removed from - hi lux
urious' aparcmenis tooay in tno xioiei
Bristol to th house of tb ' American
banker, near the United State con
sulate. These apartments are th ones
which-ware , ottered yesterday. When
th prisoner was taken from his hotel
but one . detective , accompanied- htm.
This was to avoid attracting a crowd.
Prior to t he. removal of Stensland the
apartments' war - thoroughly - Inspected
and disinfected, so as to avoid th possibility-
of disease. '- : : - w
The guard provided by .the Sultan has
been strengthened. Instead of . - thro
soldiers there are now eight on hand,
of which four stand guard Inside while
an 1 equal' number are stationed" with
out They are on duty every .minute
of th night and day. No on is al
lowed to see . the prisoner on any pre
text and his meals are sent In from th
hotel by a waiter who Is watched with
th closest scrutiny. " "
' The' stringent precautions which are
being taken to safeguard' Stensland have
given lis to a report that has not been
Verified that 'he has attempted to take
his own life by poison. It la acknowl
edged by those haVIng him in 'Charge
that-they fear h will either make an
attempt to escap or try suiclds rather
than go back to fao a long term In
. Stensland ie greatly depressed. - He
seem e to-have lost -all hope, and at
times Is very, moody. When Stensland
was first take Into. custody, he was
allowed postage' stamps, but they are
denied him-now. - He is allowed, noth
ing In the' way of drinks, but. mineral
water,; whereas for the day or two he
was permitted to buy such liquor as he
chose to order for himself and pay for.
It is learned that be was 111 for two
days, but be haa recovered. - H refused
to see a physician' and his guards are
noncommittal when aaked as to. th
natur of hi Tallment. ' They say that
their prisoner 4s-i now In his -usual
health. ' Xv ' -'r-
Stenslaad ' shows - plainly- the effects
of his -recent experiences. - He . seem
old and walks with a hesitating, shuf
fling step, .as if h has lost much of
his old-time vigor. There are deep lines
In his faco,-and;hls dress has a. negli
gent appearance. He has all th air of
a weary,, heart-broken man, who sees
that he .has- reached th end of his
tthr.- f..-. .. v. i
DIVORCE LAWS VILEv ...
JUDGE FRATER SAYS
' Seattle, Waah., Sept. I.- "The present
divorce legislation of the state la vile.
Under, the statutes . I must grant this
divorce. These two parsons should be
mad, to llv together, and If w had a
system Ilk they have In New Tork they
would probably make up their minds to
llv happily, together; Nln tenths of
th divorces granted In King ottunty are
secured by persons who deslr to marry
some one. el a ,'n a short time." ; .
' This waa the' declaration made-by Su
perior judge jrater.uua saoroin
; : iiruii c in onionn
I. Illl I III I lllllllll
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by Prisoner Made Up by McParland
CONFESSION
CLAIMS GOODING
TO HANG HIM
Wife and Babies Kept In Penitentiary, for Months Without a
h-Warrant sund Withoirt Trial, Charged Witt
' " ;;: High-Handed Acts' of Idaho OfflclaJsI . :
(Special Dispatch to The JeamaL) -Boise,
Idaho.- Sept ft. "This- la to
certify that th statement -that I signed
waa mad up by James McParland, de
tective, and Barry Orchard, alias 'Tom
Hogan,- ' I signed ' It . because ,1 was
threatened br Governor - Gooding say
ing' I would b hung. If I did not cor
roborate -Orchard's story against, th
offlcars of the federal union, of miners.
(Signed, y Stephen Adams. - c witness.)
Annl Adams." " 'A ''
The abov statement waa delivered
by th wife of "Steven Adams to ex
Governor Morrison, on of his attor
neys, this . morning, . and th reason
givsn fprwrlting-th statement was that
Adams feared something might happen
to him . the last night . h was In . th
Idaho penitentiary and asked his wife
to carry th messag to his lawyers. .
In ' th district court this, afternoon
tha attorney-general flledf th return of
Warden Whitney to th writ of -habeas
corpus Issusd yesterday;- It set up the
ground tor Unprleonmant Is an order Is
sued by th probate Judge of Canyon
oeunty, with th further allegation that
Adams remained in th custody of th
warden at his own reqaeet. Th court
beld th return to be Insufficient and
directed, the releaa of th prisoner. -,
Arrested ra Vow Charge.",
As Adams received the congratula
tions of his lawyers and his wife. Sher
iff Mosely again arraated him on a
fuglUv warranC. charglngj.hlm .with
th murder of Lyt Gregory In Denver,
May I, 1104. , Adams' attorneys de
manded an immediate hearing and th
prisoner wss taken before Justice' Dunbar,-
who, on motion of th county at
torney, set th examination for next
Monday and ordered that Adams , be
committed to th Ada county Jail with
out ball. " .. .. r-''' !:.
Adams, It has been claimed by th
prosecution In th 8tunnberg murder
caaea, would corroborate Harry Oroh-
arda' confession charging that th as-
sasslnation of th former governor was
oommittsd by th officers of th Western-Federation
of Miners, and for which
PrasldMit Moyer. Secretary i Haywood
and Committeeman Petttbon are now
In the county Jail at Boise awaiting
trial.-.-...'.';'' - , - --- -r- H
Adams told th story of his experi
ence sine his arrest last February, and
If. what h says is true, most of which
Is confirmed by his wife and - ancle,
some of the officers of Idaho will find
themselves in an' uncomfortable posi
tion, h saia:
hn X was arrested. In Oregon and
brought' to Idaho X secured a lawyer to
look after my case. -1 had not been in
tb penltentiarf bur. a few day until
was persuaded into- admitting , th
truth of some of th statements mad
by Orchard In his confession to MoPar
land. first by th threats of th gov
ernor that there was a mob awaiting to
hang ma In Colorado, wher they would
send m If I did not do as they de
manded, and second because'- I waa
promised to go clear If I followed dlreo-
tlona - - v ' - t
, , . Za prisoned CMldrem.
-After t had been In Jail about three
weeks Thlel. . a Plnkerton deteotlve.
was sent to - mr place in . Oregon and
brought, back mr wife and two children,
confining them. In the female ward of
the penitentiary, and where I was al
lowed to llvs part of th time.
'Last Juns I was asked ir I knsw of
certain location near Tellurlde, being
.i spot described by Orchard as the bury
ing ' nlac of a man 1 named Bsrnum,
said U bav been killed there, said,
FOUR SECTIONS FORTY
UNLESS HE-SIGNED
I did : and was than informed that X
was to go. there and pick out th plaos.
Th deteotlve took me In a wagon across
th country to th siding called Orchard
station, wher X was put on th train.
Adjutant-General Bulkloy Wells and
Deputy Sheriff Bob Helldrum f Colo
rado took charge of m and we went
to Tellurlde, remaining there three days.
"X found th. place described, but
there was no grave. X think they ex
pected to And some evidence against
Vincent St. John., but after staying
ther three day was returned to Idaho
and put back In the penitentiary.
-Treated ae- Convicts.
'"During the time my. wife haa been
la the penitentiary we have been held
and treated the same as convicts. Ws
wore not allowed to as any on unless
a guard was pre Bent and w had to glv
th letters we wrote to th warden un
sealed. - Letters addressed to my wife
were opened and read by the warden be
fore being delivered to her. -
. . "Last Monday J. W. Lillard, an uncle,
came to ae me and I aaked him to gat
some lawyer who would secure my re
lease. ; I gav him . written authority to
act and he secured ex-Governor Morrl
son, Clarenoe Darrow and John F. Nu
gent, the last two being attorneys for
Moyer and Haywood. They brought th
application for habeas corpus and yes
terday afternoon I was called on by Mr.
Hawley th chief counsel for th prose
cution, ciswiey nrgea m now o see
any- lawyers, and tried to Indue me
to sign a statement discharging th at
tornsys m ployed by my uncle. , This I
refueed.to do. Haw ley said:
. "There's nothing against you. Steve;
you are not held a prisoner.' .
VTakaat to Mmdnfs Cell,":
' "I then asked if I could leave the
penitentiary and h said no, so I. waited
to see- my lawyers. After they left the
deputy warden hsd me taken to th cell
formerly occupied by Bond, , who waa
hanged three weeks ago, and after being
stripped and searched was locked, up. I
was glad I had given my wife the state
ment to take away - with her when ah
was permittee 10 leave ine penitentiary,
for' when I was taken to a murderer's
cell I was afraid somsthlng would hap
pen to ma" '
- Mrs. Adams corroborated much of her
husband's .story. She and her husband
had tsksn a homestead near Baker City,
and bad Just moved to th land when
h was arrested. "T - ;
-i'.. '.,2 ".. Bobbed XmmM.fi": ZZJ'S.l
After she. was brought to Boise her
uncle r endeavored ' to secure permtsilon
from th governor for Adam to visit
the land, offio and mak affidavit ex
plaining why h waa not on th land
so that h could get a leave of absence,
but this was refueed. though Lillard of
fered to glv 1190.000 bond. . .
. Th asm attorneys employed to de
fend Moyer. Haywood and other mem
ber of th Weatarn Federation of Min
er are now In charge of Adams' de
fense, and It la stated a number of sen
sational proceedings are . soon to be
brought In which several of the promi
nent officials of the stat will be sailed
on to explain some embarrassing no
tion on their part. : -
Th federal grand Jury la to mset In
Rota Monday morning, and It is said
Mrs. Adams will go before that body
with a complaint that her mail waa
opened by aome one connected with the
penitentiary, and several actions for
damages will be brought for unlawfully
detaining Mrs. Aifams and her children
in' the prison .without any, authority, , ,
OBTAINED
THREATENED
..... Wu
- FOUR " PAGES.
A. Z, MOHLBJRk,
BY THREATS
LIEU GOOD
SAYS PRESIDENT
Muftl-Millionalre Only a Trustee
f or His lWeaJth Preacjhes
Z Roosevelt'atTTvvo' Hundredth
Anniversary of the Oyster Bay
-' Church -. ;-' -:.:-' . :'
(Special Dtopatea by Leased Wire to The Jovraal)
New Tork, Sept. . The multi-millionaire
la not a harm but a good to
ths community. If hs appreclatee that
h la only a trust for that wealth and
h uses It for the cause of goodness.
This' was President Roosevelfa reply
at the bl-oentennary celebration of the
Christ Episcopal church at Oystsr Bay
today, to a clergyman who hsd advised
the great audience of church folk to dis
regard wealth entirely. . It was ths first
time the president had givsn his oplnjon
In publlo of the man of great wealth.
Th men and ' women that literally
Jammed th little old church leaned for
ward with eagerness to catch . every
word of the "little sermon'' by the presi
dent, who had been Introduced as "ths
trisnd of all of. us." -
"To tell men to disregard lichee en
tirely.? he continued, "is to preach ' to
them . not only a doctrln which It ' is
Impossible for them to live up to, but
whloh the preacher know perfectly well
they will not try to llv up to, to put
rich below " the things of th soul.
Glv to the body what the body Is en
titled to." ' . ,- .
President Pleaches. . -Th
presldsnt and Mrs. Boosevelt oc
cupied a pew close to ths chancel rail,
with them being Mrs. W. Emlon Roose-
velt. In th pulpit with th Rev. Henry
FOR COLDilTY
Homer .Washburn, the rector, were theJan armored train aent agalnat General
Right , Rev. Dr. Frederick - Burgess,
bishop of 1 Long Islsnd; the-Rev. Dr.
Montague Oeer and the Rev. Dr. Oeorge
Ri - Vandewater, - the last two having
been pastors of the church In the past.
"Our prosperity, continued the prov
ident, . "must . only serve, as th has on
r (Continued on Pag FivaV
ROADS
Eiuoiii corns
Federal Judge Hanford Grants Temporary
Restraining Order Forbidding Washing
4 ton Board From Enforcing Wheat Rate.
- - fgeeelal Vtasateh te The JaeraeL
Seattle, Sept. I. Federal Judge Han
ford this morning granted a temporary
restraining order forbidding th State
railroad commission from Interfering
with th O. R. N. or other stat rail
roads la an attempt to enforce th Joint
wheat rat order. Th temporary re
straining order will continue In effect
until th case , can . be . beard on its
merits. It wsa granted after a two-
hours'' discussion of the lew.
The O. R. A N. la leading the tight
against the Joint whest rate order, but
therNorthern Pacific snd Great Northern
have Joined and both were heard In op
poeltlon . to the railroad commission a
order, ........ .
v
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RevolutionistsTrappcd
andBadly"Whipped
in Battle at Gates of
Cuba'j Capital.
Fighting . Now :. In Progress - In)
Many Parts of Island Palma
Refuses All Attempts at Com-
- promise Only Hope for Peace)
. Lies In Intervention.
; Havana, Sept. . '(Bulletin) It la re
ported tonight that a large force of In
surgents ha been assembling all day)
vu iu. viuin ui un aiy ua aa at
tack Is believed to be Imminent. As si
result the entire community is In a
state of great excitement and there are
all sorts of wild rumors In circulation.
One la that .the rebels are planning to
captur th olty and mak a prisoner of
raima. .- r
(Copy right. Reant Hew aerrlee, by
Wire to xn JovuL)
Havana, BejiJ.l. Trapped and bad
ly whipped In a battle almost within
sound of the palace la this city, the
insurgents In' this province are scat
tered and demoralised. Colonel Aa
bsrt, who commanded the insurgante.
Is among ths seriously wounded., Th
list of dead Is said to be very large.
So far as known the fight grew out oa
a misunderstanding on the part of the
insurgents. They had been told that
an armistice had : been . declared and
were met outside 'the city by a de-
tacnmeni ox ruraies ana a nerco ngni
ensued. - . , l, . - ,
For more. than an hour .the rebels
stood their- ground, but at last theyi
were foroed to retire, : taking - thels
wounded with them and leaving many;
dead, "behind. Colonel Asbert, although)
desperately wounded, made his escape, -Later
In the day when seen at the
palace. President Palma said: '
. STo Ajrmigtleo Prailnlmed, -"Th
fiercest fighting that there has-
been since the beginning, of the wa
took place . today, yet the newspapers
printed a report that a truce had beent
officially proclaimed. Aa this fals:
news waa first spread by apparent.
friends cf the government, I oonsidsr is
an act of treaohery.
"I have never said or done anrthlna
wttfntl eotilif thm intmrnrmtmA mm rmu ...1
tlon of the belligerency of the rebels.
When General Menocal aaked me foet,
permission to see the rebels, to Induce
them to make peace without graatlnar
them anything contrary to the dignity
of the government. I consented, but ao
with ths Idea of stopping th war for ar
moment. ;
"If General ' Menocal succeeds la
bringing about a compromise between
the political ' parties the government
will be- glad. But It will not take any;
part In a compromise. I consider the
publication of the news of a trace as si
dastardly trick designed to promote yes
terday's battles at Clenfuegos and In the)
province of Plnar del Rio.".. : ,
, Armored Trala Attacked. '
Kewa ebmes from Finer del Rto that
Pino . Guerre has ' been forced to turn
back. The commander eeema to have
learned that a freight train ahead had
been- stopped ty ' an armed f oroe and
he lost no time In taking to the woods.
In. spite of the fact that he had tw
machin guns b msd no sffort to
'(Continued on Page Two.)
o;:
' W. W. Cotton and Mr. Wilson ef Porfc
land, representing the O. R. N., made
the principal arguments - agalnat the -commission's
order. B. S. Oroeaoup of
T acorn repreeented the Northern Ta
elflo. L. C. Oilman of Seattle tha Greet
Northern, A eel a taut Attorney-Oeneral
Falknor the state and C S. WH'ord of
Kerr de McCord certain milling Iniere.t,
which are affected by th Joint r'
order. - Railroad Cnmmlaalnnera II. A.
Fairchlld and John T. Lawrenr -.e I i
court. . . I
The rallrofcla ar sltBlr.g v t .
railroad commlMlns act In un
tional and that the es!.i u )
authority to del"ite ret-n..
thorlly to any other b'.ily. T ;
of the Joint rat eri.r Us
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