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THE OREGON DAILY .JOURNAL', PORTLAND.' THURSDAY EVENINO. NOVEMBER 2. KZ3. COLUMBIA VALLEY ROAD FORCED BY no C 0 U R T TO - A B A fl D 0 H - TA S K linoal Through CjornJn OppoaltionllcuHilt .Road Must Be Mrs. J. C. Brown Fears He Has Engaged In Drinking Bout ' With Friends. : V 9 ; r--" .,; .. Stopped, ays xnt wircuu wourx ot . . ; Washington. ; , ' V: vv'.; ; fUSBANO TJISSIfJG SIICLf,10f0VL u ' " After devoting many weeks of bard . work, perilous to lives of the men n 1 g"ged. thousands of dollars, and about !t.00 pounds ot pewdar.ln n effort to drive s, tunnel through Cap Horn In ; opposition to the Hill rallroada. th foroea " of ths" -Columbia - Valley road hsva bean forced by an order of ths circuit court of Washing-ton to eban- t '' don th task. Tha workmen of tht ' ' Hariintan road have been withdrawn, i leaving a hoi 16x11 feet In .diameter ,' and extending about 109 reet into ine .'mountain. ' While the Columbia Valley baa quit ; work at Cap Horn. It ha by no mean J abandoned work at other point alone the north bank. Fir grading camps are ' tia. working; full .blast, and- the - official Of th company express a de i termination to go on and complete th ' road at any coat, and fight through th supreme courts an appeal from th d- laiuns uf Taaye ' jrccreararoi vsucuu- ' ver, by which they have Been oTivea ; frnm their rredes at Cap Horn and i - also at Wallula. Gap. a point of equal . atrateEto importance further up th - Columbia river. They say th decision of th Vancouver count will not be up held by the higher courts, and they propose to fight It out -In the appeal prepared and filed by their attorney ' It la alleged that the rights of th ap pellanta have not- bees properly pro . .. teeted by the lower court, where a bond of only 15. 60a was required from th v- Hill companies In granting J injunc tion In their favor. . . The Harrlman company alleges that J 'th bond should have been ISO0.O0O, for - tinder listing conditions tha H1U com. : ; paclee can, before, a final decision is "-wecurel rom the suprem court,-Jro- ceed.fo construct their line, destroy th : (grades, tunnels and property ef the Columbia Valley, and appropriate It rights of way, and th only recovery th Harrlman company can secure la th , ' 15.004 named in the bond, while th loss '; ' and damage to said company may be to ' times that amount. .- . . .,'."' . Based on Teehnioal Srror. ' It Is alleged that th victory of th 'Hill companies in the lower court was ..based on a technical error In a deed front th government to the Columbia Valley company granting it rights of ' ' ray at Cap Horn.- Tha deed described TRIAL OF DWYER BEGINS TODAY Testimony in Second of Idaho . Land Fraud Cases Is Taken L&efQreederaT-Cour jSIX SEPARATE COUNTS it : .OF, PERJURY CHARGED Secret; Service Men Who .Infested Moscow During ' Trial of Robnett Have Disappeared, as Their Meth ods Caused Much Indignation. , - (Special SHpatcs t The Jaoratl.) ' r. -Moscowrida Nov. IS Th taking of -testimony rn th case of William Dwyer, ' charged on six counts with subornation of perjury, began In th federal court i her this morning. . The time of th morning session waa 'largely taken up by the district attor . riey In getting before the Jury the filing "and proof papers in the case of Hiram i ,1". Lewis, who la alleged to have been ; suborned by Dwyer. Counsel for de fense objected to th laat three count :of th Indictment, contending that ths ; second offense they are Intended to cover. If committed at all, was commit- V ted at th- tlm th filing was made. and la covered by the first count. Th -court overruled this objection. J. B. West, former register of th land office "'at Lewlstonridentifled the papers and they went Into th record. ; Th grand Jury, which has been In session for 19 dsys without returning any bills, rr knowmtlir to be ehgaged In probing for other land frauds. Wil- Jlam 6eyeler. one of the original venire f trial Jurors, admitted In court he bad beeif approached upon tha matter of taking a timber claim. H wa ex cused as Juror by th prosecution and Immediately subpoenaed befor the . grand Jury. "Teddy" Roosevelt the football-player, was also summoned be 'fore that body. - He was employed 'with ; what ws known as the "fire brigade," a fore of men employed during th . summer and paid Jointly by th state and owners of timber In tha Clearwater country. While thes engaged Roosevelt . fil'd en a timber claim In that section. Mas of th secret service men who were here during the trial of Robnett ;. hav disappeared. Their mAthod Of dog- ; ging the movements of. Jurors befor the same had been sworn caused con siderable Indignant comment. TO PROSECUTE CAPTAIN (Continued from Pag One.) , Mill company, stock In whlr.h ts held , by wealthy lumbermen. The steamer . Jeanle ha been libeled by th owners ' ef th steamer 01 x for 115,000. nuiuiniuuminuuiniiiiiiiuiiiniiniiiii See Our Corner Window for THANKSGIVING CARVING SETS fa all me aeweet tbanM, lthr with BHithr-of-pirl. bark hers or solid tllvr kamllM. the felaan ere of tbe sl(ht frede of eteel, wnlrti for jOTk-a are seeioelled. Is elUe er (-piece arte. ' flalttbkt prices. , '.--. ;. xnt uiamona Liacrs Mtnufacturiryr Jeweler. t k' ' th ground and was accompanied by plat that waa not mentioned in th deed Th description erred In locating on of th corners, and tha court. Instead of accepting other corner monuments, de cided that the Columbia valley com pany's ground lay 100 feet further tin rth mountain aide. This put the Co- lumbia Valley road out of bualneaa . at that point. Th same Injunction waa mad by Judge McCredl to apply . on - govern ment land at Wallula Gap, and ther th Hill line were given right of way around a slid mountain where th Co lumbia Valley surveyed and graded ita Una several months ago. Wallula Gap la th western gateway of th Inland empire, and la th point where th Co lumbia river make.. It', first break through the mountains on Ita course to tha sea. It Is extremely difficulty ts build a railroad around th ateep moun tain sta7" whlrtrts-compWea6r Tods' stones and . earth that constantly slid to th bottom of th gorge. Construc tion of a single Una of road Involves th moving of a treat amount ot earth and make It impossible for another road to be built within several hundred feet either above or below such grade. - Seope . of Charges. It la charged by th Columbia, Valley people that th Hill companies have ao planned and constructed their tunnel and railroad at Cap Horn that It will for all future time be Impossible for another railroad to build through to th sea on th north' bank, unless tha can yon-law la enforced.. In approaching th tunnel -from the east tha Portland ft Seattle road la built close to th per pendicular bluffs, and on entering th tunnel th Jin makes a curve of about t degree toward th river and ap proaches th aheer face of th cliff close enough to prevent another tunnel from being driven through between th river and th H1U tunnel. It la alleged that th tunnel . ahould hav been driven straight through and that Ha deflection was planned aa a harrier to competi tion. ' ' ' Th Columbia; Valley road now has II miles of grade ready for tha ties. 25 miles more broken and has let a con tract to Ertckson Peterson for con struction of It miles extending east from llwaco. . DAMAGE TOJOUM FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS Repairing of Roads and Bridges ; About Tacoma Will Prove ' Immense Task. - iSpeelal Dtipsich te the lnml-V. . Tacoma. Wash., , Nov. 11. After a thorough Inspection County Commis sioner Mettlerl estimates ' that It will cost $10,000 to restore bridges and roads ,otV the; county to th condition they were In before .Lth flood. ' This does not Include th loss In th Stuck rlvr valley, where th diversion of th Wbttr-ylvar ha -caused - endless havoc .. . So serious Is this problem that the county commissioners have s It ?j"r and It will be considered separate from othr county buslnsss. Chairman Win chester and Mr. Mettler will this week go to th Muckleahoot reservation In King county and com down, the iiew channel of th Whit to the Stack and follow the Stuck to th point of con vergence with the Puyallup. At Buck ley, l'ierce and King countier must Join In the building of a new bridge over th Whit river. -i Fuel, fruit, - yeast, egg an dairy produce are very carc and slaughter houses are still buying up cattle In the vicinity of Tacoma for their needs. Tor day the street railway, the power plant of which waa crippled through th washing away of its Hum and power transmission lines. Is closing down fre quently to enable tha -steam"- plant to catch up. '.,...! LIGHTS CANDLE TO LOOK INTO GASOLINE Baker City Residence Destroyed by Flames and Girl Has IN arrow Escape. RpIk1 Duwtefc to -T Joernil.) ' Baker . City, Or Nov. 13. Dropping and breaking a quart bottl of gasoiln laat night, Gertrude Pelter, a domestic at th horn of Carl DUnhalmer, lighted a candle to investigate the catastrophe. Aa a result, tbe Dliahelmer horn Is In ruins and th girl barely escaped with ber Ufa. The explosion which followed th lighting of th candle, enveloped th girl and th kitchen In flames. Ths door of th kitchen waa locked, as th girl was alone in th house. In ber fright, she could not get the key to tnrn, and was badly burned before ah climbed out of th window. Tha new residence we completely destroyed. "The loss la 110,000. Rom furniture was saved by th neighbors, but priceless heirlooms were destroyed. November so far has beeri Ilk on of th Oregon month we read about. 1., i' LJ or tne wortnwtst. Cof. Third and Washington S in. ABSOLUTELY PURE Healthful cream of tartar, rJerlved solely" from grapes, refined to absolute purityj is the active , Principle of every pound of Royal Baking 'owaer. . : - -V ''.'' Hence it is that Roval Baking Powder renders the food remarkaSle both for its fine, flavor and healthfulness. ' ; - principal elements ' baking powder -and which are derived from bones, rock and sulphuric add. Mm! eAjtme rowoen eo., Nrw vomk. NERVOUS LOVER LICENSE Found On marriage license author ising th marriage of Emit De Hard and Mlas Eva Fltsgerald Fobs. Owner can have same by providing treats for th young men employe at th office of Mace's market, on Fourth street, near Morrison, and Identifying himself - to Deputy County Clerk C IX Cbrlstensen. in response to sn urgent telephone message, Deputy Chrlstensen went to Maoe's market yesterday afternoon and leanrned that Emll De Hard had lost his marriage license at th market. Tha license waa secured Tuesday afternoon. Deputy Chrlstensen knew only on ot .WOMEN.IN SCRAMBLE (Continued from Pag On.) waa la command, and Pilot Kan Olney waa at th wheel. 8h waa pulling out from th Blanchard dock at thla place and had Just gotten- under good bead- way when suddenly th lookout on th hurricane deck dlsoerned th green and red lights of th Cascade. Ha reported to th man at th wheel, but It was too lata, and the next moment tha bow of th Cascade was - plowing its way through" tha plankingof -tha Lurline. Alarm was sounded with all possible haste, and those occupying berths were told to get out in their nlght-clothe. There wer men, women and children, but th officers of th Lurline managed to maintain aa good order a could be expected.' In view of the fact that th teamer went down almost Immediately, Captain Lsvkln Is certain that no Uvea were lost In th" wree,"-Brh account for all who wer on board to bla knowl edge. Bauayaa HaaUaf Assess. . Th steamer Cascade waa In com mand of captain McNally. Captain Mc Nally waa asleep In his berth at the time. Pilot Murlln being at th wheel. Captain McNally was awakened by th danger signs is or th Imuran and lm mediately rushed on deck and did v rythlng posalbl to render assistance to ths Lurline. It Is aaid that th Cascade had lost her bearings in the fog and would have run ashore had ah not collided with th Lurline. Th Lurline lie In 18 feet forward and 20 teet aft, leaving only a small portion Of her cabins showing : above th water. The loss of th cargo la not very heavy, as It consisted mainly of canned salmon, which can be aaved. She also had about six tons of fresh fish and oysters on board. Th officer and crew are waiting for instructions from th townera. Th Lurlln 1 on of th best known passenger boats plying out Of Portland. 8he is owned by Captain Jacob Kamm and has been on th Portland-Astoria route for a number of years, making three trip weekly. Bh 1 on of th neatest stern wheelers-On-lh Ttver and- of th- following dimensions: Legth, 1S7.7 feet; beam. JO T feet; depth, (.( feet. Officials of the Kamm line believe that th craft can ens II y be raised snd barges will be sent to the seen thl evening for that purpose. Th steamer Cascade Is a powerful towboat owned and operated by th North Paclflo Lumber company of thl clty.8he la of about th sam dimen DYNAM iiijm )"'r' 'It I ' TfTllT'l ""'ir" iJf4f'f1'1fti-f-Sssftli ifrM-m&ii During ths Flood To is Log Jam-Diverted tha Course of the Stuck River Into a New Channel,- , plishlng What Years of Legislation Has Vain Sought to Legally Accomplish. In Its flew .' ati. w xr-... i- ' .' ' I of the alIe3cKeap LEAVES HIS WITH BUTCHER ths young women at Mace's and when he Inquired for tha license - the others thought h was th owner of th license. They clamored loudly for a treat, and ver so disappointed when they learned that Chrlstensen was a deputy county clerk that they exacted a promts from him that he would send D Harda to tbe market with a large box of Don bons befor th license waa delivered. Th license Is now In th vault at th county clerk's , office, where th owner may get It after h has complied with th conditions Imposed by th young women who found It r : sions . aa th Lurline,' but la heavier built. According to officer of th North Pacific Lumbar company, th Cascade left Portland, laat night for th lower Columbia river' with th port of Portland dredge, Portland In tow. 8h had orders to pick up two log raf ta on her return to Portland and It la sup posed that ah wa in search of the rafts whan ah got envelopedIn the fog and ran Into th Lurline. ' The steamer Cascade arrived at Tay lor street dock at 1:10 o'clock, thla after noon, bringing the passengers who were rescued from the Lurline. Th Caeoede is only slightly Injured aa a result "of the collision a couple of planks in tn bow having been stove Inl Captain Oeorg McNally of the 'Cas cade stated? that bis vessel stood by th Lurlln for three hour after h went down. A portion of th Lurlln' cabin remained above water. He says that there was a thick fog at th tlm of th collision. CRUSADE AGAINST YOUNGSiaOKERS Police to Stop Practice of Deal ers Selling Cigarettes to Minors. ' A vigorous crusad against th sal of cigarette to minora and th enforce ment of th ordinance prohibiting th smoking of th noxious weeds by boys has been started by the polio. Three lads A. Barton, - Jo Henderson and Michael Neylon were befor Judge Cameron this morning on the charge of smoking. Barton was fined $19 and th other two war found guilty, but sentenc wa suspended on their prom ise to refrain from, th us of tobacco. Neylon Is a messenger employed at the Portland hot eL When arrested he Informed th pollc that b bad Ob tained th cigarettes from a dealer at Grand avenue and East Morrison street. Later h declared that A. W Waldt, Second and Morrison streets, had sold htmthr smoking Tnatertat Waldt-wa arrestsd, but the' testimony of Neylon was not deemed sufficient by Judge Cameron to call for a conviction. Divorc I an effect, not a cause, says. an exchange. O, It may ba a causs, too of another marriage, for lnsunc. or of a murder. ITING LOO JAM ON STUCK m hi,! ii wnm in ini.u.)'i''ii .iiiii.)i)i;iyiijwii!i.iyi.ii t , X sVjls ASKS THE POLICE " TO LOCATE HIM Young -Employe of Portland Flouring ' Milla la Also Missing andRelatlvea ' Want Him Because Hi Mother Is Critically 111,. - V ' . 1 ' Mrs. Brown, residing ' at th - Iowa house. Union avenue and ' East Oak street, has reported to th colic that her husband, J. C. Brown,' has been missing sine last Monday, He had been la ill health for a week and on the day In question- announced his in tention of coming to tha west aid to canault-a.fihyatrln and aaouxa madlclna It is Mrs. -Brown's belief that be may b engaged in a drinking bout with aom convivial companions and her theory la strengthened by th fact that Brown waa, Been lit a aaloon at Sixth and Da via streets last night - Fred J. Head, a young employ of th Portland flouring mills, who disappeared about two montha ago, is being eagerly sought by his relatives, owing to th critical illness of his mother in "Jeffer son, Iowa. - Head la a nephew of Kid dle brothers, th well-known La Grande millers, who were in Portland during th week seeking a clue to th present whereabouts of their missing relative. J. Nash, a 1 (-year-old lad employed at Roberta Bros department ator and residing at 161 Sixth street, bss been reported missing to ths police. Tha boy failed to return home at th conclusion of hla day's labor and at an early hour this morning the services of th au thorities wer enlisted tn th search. FOR OPEN RIVER (Continued from Page One.) consideration in the legislature, because. in ma opinion, the 'opening or th Will amette i a vital queatlon to th farm ers of th valley and to ail of western Oregon. ' It will meet, be thinks, with hearty western- Oregon support, whil eastern Orejton will havs no cause or reasonable ground upon which to op pose It. Tbe governor la hopeful there for that the end of bondage ts almost coma for th Willamette valley pro ducer, and that an era of lower freight rates la near. - Outlines Xla rifca. . At his office In Balem yesterday,' th governor outlined his plan and dis cussed th question In all its bearings upon the future development of th Willamette valley. "Th lock at Oregon City snould be th property either of th United. States or of Oregon," h said. "It 1 wrong that the - farmsr aft a ftroducerbf "the upper valley, aa well as th merchant below th falls, b compelled to oav tribute to use on of th chief water way of th atate. Th river should b open to ail navigation, wherever a boat can go. "Th lockage charge of SO cents a ton on all freight is a tariff operative not only on the river, but to all practi cal purposes upon th Southern Paclflo ad well. Open tha river by f re locks at Oregon City, abollab th 60-cenl charge and the freight rate, on th rail trnes win fail 5v ectiu a ton u Tamp" th valley aa the river la navigable to boats." Expects Vo Difficulty. "Do you think there would be any dlffioulty in securing ownership of th locks T" ths governor was asked. "Or; In case th present owner wer not rea aonable In- their demands, would ther be difficulty In securing title to the locks or to the water for their opera tion r . "No," wa th reply, "I do not ' If th electric company would not tak a reasonable price for the property. It could be condemned and bought either by th government or the state at a Just appraisement. I do not know what th owners ask for ths property or Its value, but the latter could - easily be determined and the justice of ths price asked be determined by the estimate." "Th oompany asked $1,200,000 for th property In 1889, when the govern ment, was Investigating with an idea of purchase. The owners would " per haps ask f2.S00.0O0 for It now," it waa suggested. Looks Into th Tutur. ' j "Looking Info th- future,"-lhg0v- cheap at that price. It would not tak many year for a saving that large to be made by th residents' of th valley through th lower rate on transpor tation resultant from government or stat ownership of the locks. Of course I do not mean to aay that auch a figure should be paid for the locks, but that RIVER 4 )M Thus Accom Channel Ther 9 ' - si tuA i ffcdsilssw. s m c iii; Every man in Portland in justice to himself should see our display of Chesterfield Clothes. : We combine our knowledge with new ideas , and skilled designers and produce the most ' practical as well as the most elegant concep tions. We guarantee the workmanship to be . of the highest standard. : V . ; ' "Chesterfield-Clothes-arear lose their shape tn one year a wear; if they do we replace it with a new garment. J ' Drop in and see them. ' You will not be urged to buy. We leave that to your better judgment. ' ,.. " -' . CHESTERFIELD Suits Overcoats Raincoats 1 $20.00 Ho $50.00 II 269-271 MORRISON STREET no ultimata loss would oom from vn so large an expenditure." . -. In .concluding th governor spok of th affect th high freight charge bad In retarding -th growth-of the-vaUey, and of the ooneequent Influx of popu lation and Inorsas ta shipment - and business which would come with an open river. ' He recalled that- h had touched on th subject In a previous mesaaga, and aaid that th friends of th open Willamette would hav vry aid from him that It waa consistent and In bla power to give. , MAYOR'S BROTHER th Belvedere extortion by Building In spector. P. FItsslmon. Under oath, Fttsslmoa testified that he waa a war of th faot that th Belvedere dive was being constructed In . violation ot th fir ordinance. On fiv different occasions he visited th plac and ordered James Bcbwarts, the manager, to stop. Finally he was called upon by Herbert Bchmtts. who wss then a member of th board of publte works, and was definitely or dered to stop Interfering with th work on th Belvedere. Th testimony of FItsslmon and th testimony of Isador Bchwarts, who at on tlm secretly held stock la th Belvedere, to th af fect that he paid Attorney Lynch of Ab Raefs of floe tltO to secure a per mit to violate th building ordinance, wer sensations of th- session ot th grand Jury. . . . atyrtl OerTs Confess!. -.Myrtle Cerf oonfssslon that II per cent of th atoek that ah bald waa in reality the property of Abraham Ruef was corroborated by James Bcbwarts, who suddenly recovered bis memory after reading about he arrest ef Out- '. ' . . ..- . We Bej to. Announce That - t: - I . . We Htiv Secured The "i ' '' Agency For The ; ' JUSTLY FAMOUS . " ' ' -,'f- ' y ' "t"" ; ' y : ' w -. FOR. MEN ' .- V A Trial will convince you ' that they are the best , . , ghoet told for the price . - All Styles All Sixes L ; v Z $4.0Q and $3.50 MAILORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED ROSENTHAL'S I4 THOU) STRUT . ., ' ; "PortlAnd'-i Dt 3ho Store" ' I Merit Utiz Them Tamcul SEE OUR AD IN "FRIDAY'S JOURNAL-- Williams Avenue and Knott St. fy for perjury, also by Colonel Herbert L Cboynskl and B. If. Oraney. Oraney mad a, clean breast of alt affairs con-' neoted with th Bel vedere. without any attempt to hlld Ruefc He admitted that Kuef received six dividends ot . tSSO eacn in II montha before th fire, aa bta ahar of th Belvedere's profits. Later Offloer Crocker of th National bank waa subpoenaed" to appear with books bearing; on th Belveder' ao-. oounta. WIU BUbaasV, . Mlnneapolta, Mlnn Nov. SL J'oha MitcheU said that ther is no truth in th report that tha United Mlnworkrs contemplate dlsbandment. a, Olos Call. "A dangerous surgical operation. In volving th removal of a malignant ul cer, aa large a my hand, from my daughter's hip. waa prevented by th application of Bucklen's Arnica Salve." says A. C. Stlckfl of MlleUs, W. Vs. 'Persistent uee of th Salve completely cured It." Cure Cuts, Burn and Inju- l&e at -tteo cross fnarmaey, ..... 1 Empdriiim KCBZXXSSXrXZIIS iiiieiiiziiiiiiziiisiiieki e (' r - - --- ;